The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01

OF a DuSlneSS-llke admlnlSIra-
ton, Mayor Kern pleaded for
the non-partisan sympathy OF
the people in his effort to dis
charge fully the mandate
which he said had been i'm
posed by the results of the
November balloting.
At noon Mayor Kern took the
Official oath of office which was adj
ministered by his brother, William
c.. Kern, who earlier in the day
had become Deputy Prosecutor
under appointment of Prosecutor
Herbert NJ. Spencer.
There was little of a %pageantry IN
the inaugural ceremony. Mayor
Kern had insisted that simplicity
mark his entrance to Office.
Gets Key to City
Following Mayor Kern's brief
speech retiring Mayor Reginald H.
Sullivan congratulated his successor,
predicted a successful administra-
ton and handed the smiling young
executive a huge gilded wooden key
to the city, emblematic of his new
official position.
The ceremonies took place on a
raised platform in the main ro-
tunda of the City Hall, which was
gayly decorated.
Beside the Mayor during the cere-
mony was his mother, Mrs. John w.
Kern Sr., widow of John w. Kern
ST., former United States Senator;
the Mayors wife, and their son,
John w. Jr.
After the Inauguration of the
Mayor, Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox
administered the oath of Office to
other city officials.
Ceremonies at the City Hall began
at 10, when the Mayor opened his
Office to receive callers and we'll
wishers. Other Offices were opened
and their new occupants received
the congratulations and best wishes
of crowds of friends who surged
through the building.
The Police and Firemen's Band
played patriotic airs following a
march from Marion County court
house, where newly elected county
officials had been indicted into Of
flee earlier in the day.
Mayor Kern had not completed
selection of his official staff when
the inaugural began. 1t was not
considered likely that he would
make any additional appointments
during the day, so occupied did he
expect to be with routine affairs Of
his first day in Office.
List of Officials
Those who took office today in
GUIDED:
Mayors Of1ce-Mayor. John w.
Kern; secretary to mayor. Joseph
B. lyman; stenographer, Miss Har-
riet Day; messenger, William w.
Walker Negro.
City Clerk-City clerk, Daniel j.
O'Neill Jr; assistant clerk, Mrs.
Frata MacCabe.
Department of Pharmaceutical
Ter, Walter G. Boetcher; deputy con-
troller, Herschel M. Tebay*; finance
auditor, Francis A. Muehlbacher'.
Department Of INCORPORATION
counsel, James E. Deery; city at
torney, Floyd j. Mattice; assistant
city attorney, Michael B. Redding-
ton.
Public Works Board-President,
Hubert S. Riley; members, Louis C.
Brandt and Robert K. Ely.
Barrett Law DepartmenG-Chief
clerk, George D. Yeazel-.
Assessment Bureau public Works
Department. - Bond clerk, Cecil
McConahay-.
Street Department-Stree5 COM
missioner, Claude E. Shower.
Safety Board-President, Theo-
dore H. Dammeyer; members, DR..
Carleton 3. McCulloch and Edward
P. Fillion; market master, Paul w.
Lindemann; assistant market mas
ter, Rocco Meo.
Municipal Garage-Superintend-
ent, Daniel @. watkins; assistant
superintendent, Wilbur H. Winship.
Building Inspection Department
Commissioner Of Buildings, Will
liam F. Hurd".
Police Department5Chief Mike
Morrissey*.
Fire Department@Chief of force,
Fred Kennedy; first assistant chiefs,
Roscoe A. Mckinney and Harry H.
Fulmer; second assistant chief in
charge of fire prevention, Bernard
A. Lynch; secretary, Harry r.
Could; police and fire department
surgeon, DR.. Frank T. Dowd+.
denotes reappointment.
Council Is Sworn In
Meanwhile. Judge Cox admins
tere the oath of Office to the new
City Council.
Among the members was Mrs.
Nannette Dowd, first Indianapolis
woman ever to occupy an elective
position in the city's legislative body.
Other members are Edward B. Raub,
DR.. Theodore Gable, Adolph Fritz,
Silas j. Carr, Ross H. Wallace, Ed
ward r. Healing, John A. Schu-
macher and william A. Oren.
City Engineers Office Looted