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ii 1 1 rm ill TDNTISDAY. JULY 1931 Other Trm PfpcrLmemta, Covrft 3(5f WEDNESDAY, JULY 89, 1OT? TTTF PITTSBURGH PRF.SS I Thousands Discount Taxes As Deadline Nears Mr. FTxit Iif t- AUDIT OF POOR 1 'J 1 1 i a 1 BOARD'S BOOKS DUE NEXT WEEK Armstrong and McGovern Direct Inquiry Despite Adverse Ruling AUTO SPEEDERS TO BEVARNED Complaints to Mr. Fixit Bring Prompt Action From Traffic Head -Vl it Pittsburgh's Largest Home Furnishers! Downtown: vf'9. East Liberty: Open Monday and Saturday Nights Clotem 5:30 P.

Af. Daily SPEED IS DEMANDED Tomorrow! An Important Traffic, difficulties constitute one of Pittsburgh's major problems. That is why the Bureau of Traffic Planning is quick to satisfy complaints received by Mr, Fixit of The Press. Numerous complaints sent to Mr. Fixit pertain to dangerous inter- Directors, Asking Re-election, Want Criticism Answered Before Primary Mr, Fixit Can Help You ale eddin Studio Couch 921 of accounts of tha County Doard of Poor DirPctors il! in two it was cx-j-rr-rz-ri tociav.

County yrstrrdaj r-1 the inquiry. Commissioners Armstrong and McOovern directed the audit despite an opinion from County Solicitor Lcs-her, who declared they had no legal power. Covers 1330-1931 Period The audit, as proposed by McGov If you have any trouble involving city departments or public utilities, tcrite Ur. Fixit. care The Press; state yovr complaint clearly: and he'll attempt to have it straightened out Tor you.

It is absolutely essential that you give your name and tddress completely. Yovr name will be omitted when replying if so desired. Anonymous letters will not be recognized. sections, to irregularly operating traffic lights and to traffic congestion on busy thoroughfares. A.

D. complained of traffic conditions at Fullerton Street and Wylie Avenue. "Our school children's lives are endangered in crossing the streets." he said. "There is no light signal or traffic officer at the above-named A comfortable, attractive, single size bed, completely equipped ready for use. A wonderful value at this low price.

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CHARGE IT! 0 American Bridge Company Bids $713,422 Wylie Avenue." "We have made a careful investigation of the situation here," Traffic Engineer Lewis W. Mclntyre replied, "and found that the volume of traffic at present does not warrant signals. "It is evident the speeding of motorists at these points creates the chief danger, and we are referring this matter to the police with the thought in mind that they will curb reckless driving." Bathers have been getting all the breaks at South Park. For the new $250,000 swimming pool, using thousands of gallons of water, has left the picnic grounds high and dry. Consequently, picnickers have had to take their own drinking supply or learn too late that they were stranded on a veritable desert of Sahara without an oasis in sight.

A new well to provide drinking water is being sunk, according to county authorities in charce of the park, and will be completed in three The well shortage is a resuit of too much strain on the six-inch Dn a bid of $713,422, the American Bridge Company yesterday was awarded the contract to construct the superstructure of the new South Tenth Street Bridge over the Mo-nongahela River. The Vang Construction Company has been at work removing the old span and erecting masonry for the new structure since last October. The bridge, costing $2,000,000, will be Simmon's Daybed 19 95 water main, which served the three-fold purpose of the pool, the drinking taps and the golf course. Director Riis was quick to recognize the handicap caused by the limited drinking supply, and with water engineers worked out the solution: Taps were scattered 250 yards apart in the picnic groves. Hundreds of picnickers have been forced to walk long distances to procure nature's thirst-quencn-er with their sandwiches.

A few sprinsts. scattered in the park, have saved the situation for outinsr parties lucky enough to i find them. Etna Police Chief Bans Political Placards Etna's chief of police. S. G.

Fry. doesn't believe in signs. And he is particularly peeved at political posters. completed next year. ern, will cover transactions of the roo Directors for 1930 and the first months of 1931, although the' r.nard, in a letter to the Commis- 5 wrs vevferday.

urced a "complete s'idir, revering our entire term of cTkt." Directors, candidates for reelection, are completing four-year 'Tins. Dr. L. Henderson, secretary. the annual practice of hiring 1 independent auditors to review the a'Oiints of the Woodville Home! would be delayed temporarily.

1 Kids to Be Delayed Thi jtresents a new ang." he said of the Commissioners' action. and we will hold up our requests for Has on the audit until we learn exactly what the Commissioners pvoprv-p. "As members of the Board of Directors of the Allegheny County they wrote, "we have en-riavored to conduct the affairs of tlus institution on an economical basis, and believe we have succeeded, because the cost per capita per week is lower than in any other similar stitution in Pennsylvania. Nevertheless, if it is the wish of the Commissioners that the County Controller audit those books, we have no objection, but will wel- I rome it. If, however, the Commissioners of the opinion the Controller his no liral authority, and desire an audit bv some other accountant, have no objection." flfivern Demands Speed MrOnvrrn demanded the audit be -mrletfd before the primaries.

Prpt. 15. "because these men are in a campaign now, and the suspicions about their conduct of af- lrs should be refused or justified so the people of the county will know." The duty of the Commissioners is simply ministerial." Leaner ruled, "for it extends merely to assessment and collection of the tax de- tenmned upon by the Poor Direc- Ot'S Le.her said he could find "no puthonry whatsoever" permitting ri-her the Commissioners or Con-, ti'llcr Wood side to "interfere in any way the work of the Directors of the Poor." MeGovrrn. disaerrrinsr. said.

"1 The County Commissioners also awarded Langdon Kaschub a S554 contract for heating and ventilating equipment in court rooms of the City-County Building, and the One of Simmon's better Day-beds with exceptionally beautiful panel ends. Equipped with famous quality Simmon's Mattress and Spring! CHARGE IT! J. V. P. of East Pittsburgh said: "I often branch off the Boulevard of the Allies at Craft Avenue and then have to cross Forbes Street at the car barn.

This is always a very hard job because of heavy traffic on Forbes Street." Mclntyre said a traffic "stop and go" signal is under contract and will be installed within the next few months. R. E. Cleveland Avenue, Ava-lon, pointed to the heavy traffic on Thirteenth Street, between Liberty Avenue and Etna Street, and said "the street is narrow and often has cars parked on both sides." He asked that parking be prohibited during business hours. "We have prepared an ordinance providing for 'no parking, 7:30 a.

m. to 6:30 p. m. Mclntyre said parking also is prohibited on the left side of Twelfth Street and on the left side of Thirteenth Street between Liberty Avenue and Pike Street. A 60-day trial of regulations has proven "satisfactory and beneficial," Mclntyre said.

POLICE CHIEF AGAIN GRANTEDNEW TRIAL Forest Hills Official Faces Extortion Charge W. C. Hammerle Electric Company an $849 contract for electrical work on the same job. 10,000 Due at Picnic More than 10.000 were expected 1 to attend the annual picnic of the! i Retail Grocers Association of Alle-! eheny County and Community Builders of America today at West I Vr i ti To rlr A no iq rx ro -mr a ennrte Maple or Mahogany 245 A handsome wood-end Daybed. Equipped with strong, comfortable COIL Springs, heavy Cotton Mattress and cretonn cover.

$39.50 value! CHARGE IT! Every election finds Etna's telegraph and telephone poles liberally decorated with cardboard advising the citizenry how to vote. Since the poles are borough property. Fry has the right to destroy the signs. Knowing the extent of his authority, he makes a daily round, removing the placards. "They're riot going to play politics in Etna." he said.

"The sisns are worthless, anyhow. They're a nuisance." a. a. jri mu ft-" k. A and free groceries and buttermilk are included on the program.

For the second time, C. K. Lowell, Forest Hills Chief of Police, was granted a new trial yesterday in Criminal Court by Visitins: Jame.s A. Chambers, LawTence County. 1 The new trial was granted because a jury two months ago convicted i Lowell generally on an extortion indictment instead of separately on each of two counts within the in-dictment.

The first re-trial also was granted on a technicality. Lowell was alleced to have attempted to extort money from a mo-tori. arrested for violating traffic laws. THREE CHINESE HELD ON OPIM CHARGES Purchase of Drug Leads to Trio's Arrest WOMAN ASKS S20.000 FOR FALSE ARREST think it is a well-established law tli at a tax-levying body is required to see that the money it raises is ptoperly spent. Wonderful Value in a Genuine SIMMONS 3 -Piece Ensemble As illustrated! Beautiful Simmons Metal Bed, Simmons All-cotton Names Former Cemetery Superin-tendnt and Policeman in Suit Jessie Shuttleworth, Wilkinsburg, filed suit for $20,000 damages yesterday against William Allen, former superintendent of Homewood Cemetery, and City Patrolman Albert S.

Knott, alleging false arrest. On July 23. 1929. according to the suit. Patrolman Knott arrested her at Allen's request and she was held all night in Central Police Station, being released next morning when told no charge had been made against her.

The arrest occurred while she awaited a street rar at the Forbes Street entrance to the Charged with sale and possession of opium, two Chinese yesterday were held for court and another for a further hearing before a United States Commissioner. Yee Lai. 1743 Fifth Avenue, was beld tinder $3,000 bond, and Yee Qwock, 523 Third Avenue, under $2,000 tend. Hop Lee, 1743 Fifth Avenue, posted $2,500 for another hearing. Federal narcotic agents have been investigating the Chinese, and through a special employe made purchases of opium, which led to the arrests.

Mattress and Simmons. Coil Outside Firm Favored I "It is the duty of the Commis- fioners, not to hide behind the de- cision of some local judge, not to ask the Controller to make this checkup, but to hire an outside i a'iditint; firm." Bids will be asked on the audit and the contract probably awarded Ausr. 11. I The financial statement of the Toor Directors, showing 19X0 disbursements of more than Sl.fiOO.OOO, tcei5 five paaes in the annual report of Controller Woodside. i 20-Cent Drop Claimed The average number of patients st Woodville during the year was i 2.495, according to the report, ana the per capita per week cost, de-Fnibed as the lowest of its kind in the state, was $6.28, a decrease of 20 cents over 1929.

The Directors. Dr. Henderson. J. Clyde Miller and If.

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