The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
PLAN ALTERED
FOR AUGUST q
NRA PARADE
Conferees Decide Against
Circle as Scene CT
Giant Celebration.
BUTLER BOWL FAVORED
Perry Stadium Suggested
as Suitable Place; Many
to Enter Floats.

Plans for holding a monster
parade and celebration in Monu-
ment circle on Indiana Recovery
Day. Aug. 81. were changed today,
following a meeting at the Chamber
OF Commerce.
Butler bowl was suggested as the
place for speeches and the rest of
the NRA program instead of the
Circle, where police and civic lead
ers agreed it would be too difficult
to disband such large gathering.
The new proposal is for the parade
to form at Garfield park instead of
the state Playground as originally
suggested.
Definite announcement of the
line of march and place for the
celebration, to promote the inter-
ests of national recovery. will be
announced following a meeting OF
the parade committee AID the
board of works at city hall Mon
day.
Stadium Also Suggested
At the meeting today. abandon
ing Monument Circle as the termi-
nus point of the parade. Chief
Mike Morrissey of the police de
partment and AL Feeney, state
safety director. were among those
who voted for the change in the
tentative plans. Perry stadium also
was suggested as a spot for the
celebration.
Despite the change in plans,
local merchants and civic organiza-
tions continued to express enthu-
siasm for the recovery day program
by volunteering floats and delegates
to march.
Francis Wells. Indiana recovery
director, received word today from
the local recovery board at Gary
that delegates and floats would be
sent to the parade from Ham
mond, Gary, East Chicago, Whiting,
Crown Point and Hobart.
Indianapolis Grocers Association
volunteered TO send a float carving
a large replica of the Statue of
Liberty" Capitol Glass Company
VIII furnish an enormous blue
eagle of the NRA, done in vari-
colored glass.
Others Offer Floats
Standard Oil Company, Indian
apolis Clearing House Association.
Massachusetts Avenue Merchants
Association. and Sixteenth and Illi-
nois Streets Merchants Association
also offered floats.
Ace Berry, manager Of the Circle
theater, was appointed to form a
committee to contact news reels for
the event. Adolph Fritz and Robert
E. Fox were appointed to contact
musicians.
Kresge Company and l0-cent
store pledged its employees the mini
mum wage scale, when a code of
fair competition for its business is
accepted by the administration. the
wage scale to be retroactive to the
week of Aug. 7. according to R. L.
Pierce, manager of the indianapolis
stores.
Grocers' Query Answered
Awaiting an answer from Wash
ington on the dispute over hours
among local retail grocers. Wells
quoted the following Interpretation
received today from the recovery ad-
ministrator.
The Presidents agreement does
not contemplate any limitation OF
store hours. No collective move bv
store owners is sanctioned by the
President"
Organization of more than 5000
active "combatants" in the local re-
covery army TO codify the unem-
ployed and investigate non-compli-
ance with the NRA program was
started today.
Offers of assistance in this work
were received from nine Indianap-
oils business and civic organiza tons
and a number of individuals by
James E. Fisher, colonel" of the
local NRA army.
Fisher stated that 5000 workers
would be needed to make the sur
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