The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-20

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WE have not made single arrest for M
a serious crime in the past year"
the big police chief of TWAS model town Z
of Norris told me. "Since last May, we ~
have arrested SO people, All of them were
charged either with traffic violation or
with public intoxication. There have been no
felonies in this town. What is the most serious
piece Of ViOlence?"
Chief Kenneth Rause grinned L suppose the time
some one hit one of the bus drivers in the An arrest
to us is always the last thing to do We try to solve
every problem without making arrest if we can"
The Norris police force is the socioogists dream of
what law enforcement body should be. Of course all
of its 16 members carefully selected by physical and
mental examinations They average 90 years old and the
education high school with year of college
Chief Rause himself an all-America football man
and is not only college graduate but has taken three
years of graduate work in psychology and police admins
tration He practically carries gun, but look
at his maonifcent nhvsoe and extremely ableappearing
fists would be enough to any ransgressor.
incidentally, he has never had to use those fists
DOLCE HEADQUARTERS at Norris have all of the usual
Il paraphernalia including squad cars radios riot guns
and projectors but these weapons the chief declared
merely for in outside gangstes dropped
in to make raid ON the Credit union Bank or the pay
roll
The ordinary policeman would be amazed if he took a
look the library Norris headquarters Shelf after shelf
filled with police reports and documents from all
the world including the British Police Journal Then too
there of authoritative works abnormal and
criminal psychology. Still another section is devoted to
scholarly works on municipal and state government.
Chief noticed looking his library.
Yes" he said my read good deal in their of
time don't the idea that Boy Scouts. We
have Gnats Eye Club and eight of our men have al
ready qualified"
To belong the "GnatS Eye Club must hit three
out 20 yards and shoot double zero
bucksho swinging at 20 feet twice out of five
times.
THE town of Norris is miniature picture Of what So
ciety the Valley should actually be like if
TWAS plan for economy Of abundance be carried
out.
approaches it by highway, the natural beauties
by sign boards and unsighty bar
becue and hot dog stands There are wooden barracks
a knoll in grove of trees. Here the single men
who are workers the dam live
There are houses for the married men and their
families These range three eight and rent
for from sl2 so $40 month All wired for electricity
and have the modern type OF plumbing and water
supply.
The larger homes baths, sleeping porches and
living rooms with big repaces No two homes are alike
The building materials al the way from Steel native
stone brick. cnder blocks to frame.
Those having from five to eight completely
electrified Even the heating by electricity
The Norris housewife need to downstairs to
shake the ashes the furnace while her husband is
away at If the house gets TOO cold, all she mas 10
do S switch
THE interesting thing about all this is that the cleo
trica distribution system for the town will have paid
for itself at of IA years and the actual cost of