Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 231, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1921 — Page 16

W. R. I. CLAIMS TOTAL MILLIONS Payments Indicate Volume of Bureau’s Work. Few persons realize the tremendous volume of business handled by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance since It began operation a few months after this country entered the World War. Allotments and family allowances alone have amounted to $534,801,626.92, according to a statement Issued recently by 11. G. Cholmeley-Jones, director of the bureau at Washington. Compensation claims for death or disability of 457.39S soldiers have reached the enormoua total of $114,765.422.84 and Insurance on our military and naval forces amounted to more than $40,000,000,000. When the bureau first functioned In October, 1917, the director says. It found 900,000 claims on file and as a result the department was swamped 'with work from the very first. During the war It required 17,000 persons to handle the work of the bureau, but at present employes number only a few more than 6,000. That the work of the department is

Sensational Furniture Sale SAVE 331% to 50% On High Class Furniture Buy Your Furniture Needs Now at Unheard of Prices

RUG SALE Eligh-Grade, 9x12 Brussel Rugs. Worth $45.00. Sale price—s2l.9s

Oil Mop and Oil 59c m

KITCHEN CABINETS IT R° oni Table lO PIECE ALUMINUM SET ormerly S3B - 7 °- * l9 - 78 iia $6.98 $19.75

TWO STORES—One Management—TWO STORES m This Syndicate operates stores all over Indiana. Two stores here in Indianapolis. Operating many stores, we buy in large quantities. We buy and sell for less.

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still of great importance Is shown by the fact that there are 54,799 patients in government hospitals and that 452,609 have been treated and examined. By far the most profitable department of the bureau was the msrlue Insurance branch. This department showed a profit of more than $17,000,000 on a total volume of Insurance amounting to $2,590,000,000. Wholesale Prices Lower in England LONDON, Feb. 4.—According to the Economist, wholesale prices In this country show a heavy drop during last month, in comparison with previous months of this year. Despite this fact retail prices as yet show little decline, and merchants ana manufacturers are responsible for the statement that If retail prices wqul6 move as quickly as they ought to the change-over period would not be so severe and so prolonged. Headaches From Slight Cold* GROVES Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets relieve the Headache by curing the Cold. A tonic laxaUve and germ destroyer. The genuine bears the signature of E. W. Grove. (Be sure you get BROMO. 30c. —Advertisement.

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Beautiful Cane Living Room Suite Davenport, chair, rocker; high grade velour covering. Real S4OO value. Sale price, $198.00

6ib. Electric Iron Sale, $2.98

SUNNYSIDE Health Talks By Information Bureau of the Sunnyside Tubercular Sanitarium.

MENTAL HYGIENE. It has been estimated that there are two insjne and four feeble-minded Individuals for every one thousand persons in the general population of the United States. Field Investigations by officers of the United States Public Health Service indicate that In school children the rate for feeble-mindedeness will average eight to a thousand. The medical examinations of registrants In the first selective draft showed that out of each one thousand men examined twenty-four were denied military duty because of nervous or mental disorders. Other cases were unrecognized or developed under stress of military training and warfare, necessitating their return home. From Infancy to old age much can be done to prevent mental disease. Many forms of insanity, If discovered In their

Daveno, Chair and Rocker Worth CEiQ EZIHh SIOO H'ClI/.Uv/

Blanket Sale Large heavy double blankets. We sold hundreds at $7.50. Sale price, pair—s3.B9

Talk ng Machine Worth $125.00. Sale price—s69.so

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1921

lnclplency, can be helped and arrested. The principles or mental hygiene are often neglected, they are so obvious yud familiar. i Children should be allowed to ex- | press themselves and their control should | be natural and not one of repression. The I child naturally concentrates on the thing ! at hand and he should be encouraged to do this. There are many trying periods in child life. They have their worries and their fears. If these worries and fears are met and overcome in a natural way with the occasional helpful advice of the parents the child soon meets difficult situations in the right way. Never ask a child to act contrary to his conscience or do a thing contrary to his sense of honor. In adolescent and adult life there Is also need ror mental hygiene. The adolescent should be taught a healthful attitude toward life, to take the knocks and the disappointments as a part of the game, to play to win, but If one loses, and lose one must, to take it as a part of life and go at It again. The adolescent and the audult should not harbor thoughts of revenge for wrongs or fancied wrongs and should not always be looking for slurs and injustices to harbor In the mind. Meet the world with a smile, accept

Buffet Special Beautiful golden oak, extra well constructed. Regular S4O value. Sale price—sl9.7s

Nursery Chair $5.00 value—sl.9B

South Side Furniture Cos. 943-945-947 S. Meridian Open Monday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings

Bed, Spring and Mattress All-Steel 2-Inch Continuous Post Bed, three finishes. Extra -good springs, 45-pound mattress, $40.00 value — $19.75

SAVE ON Heating Stoves Quality sold earlier for $39.50. Buy now for next winter ami save one-half. Sale price—sl7.9B

8-Piece Brush Set Sale, 69c

the hard knocks and plan to rise above them. We all believe In hygiene. Let us practice it physically and mentally. Prisoners Fight Fire, Pardon May Follow MANCHESTER, N. H„ Feb. ..—A request has been sent to Governor Joh*. H. Bartlett at Concord, for the pardoning of eleven prisoners who assisted in fighting the recent fire in the Coos County House of Correction. The con--1 victs are all short-term men. Are You Fat? Just Try This Thousands of overfat people, have become ellm by following the advice of doctors who recommended Marmola Prescription Tablets, those harmless little fat reducers that simplify the dose of the famous Marmola Prescription. If too fat, don't wait for the doctor’s advice. Go now to your druggist or write to the Marmola Cos., 4612 Woodward Ave„ Detroit, Mich., and for one dollar procure a large case of these tablet*. They reduce two. three or four pounds a week without exercise, dieting or any unpleasant effect whatever. If too fat, try i this today.—Advertisement.

Kitchen Table Sale price—s2.9B

BALDWIN— A Q-R-S I Player Rolls for D FEBRUARY vvr SI.OO $1.25 “Becky from Babylon” (from The Passing Show). • Y “The Love Boat” (from Follies). I “Look for the Silver Lining” (from Sally). “With the Coming of Tomorrow.” “Those Mean Blue Sunday Blues.” “Sunshine in Your Big Blue Eyes.” “Thinking of You.” “It’s All Over Now.” N “Love Bird.” “Margie.” “Rosie.” “Rickety Stairs.” “Parisian Nights.” “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden” (from Florodora). * The Baldwin Piano Cos. OF INDIANA 18 North Pennsylvania Street

Tomorrow Will be a Big Day in This Big, Money-Saving Sale Rubens WINTER Clearance Sale The Wonderful Value Giving Event of the Season, Which You Cant Afford to Overlook Great stacks of goods are melting away under the relentless rays of these radical price reductions, and if you have not already gotten your share of these splendid values, we want you to come tomorrow without fail. You’ll be surprised how much your money will buy.

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These are elegant new models, double and single-breasted suits for young men. Conservative, regular, stout, slim and stub suits for conservative men. The fabric range includes every good and worthy material. Every garment guaranteed all wool and to give perfect satisfaction.

Overcoat Prices Reduced

We are determined not to carry over a single overcoat, hence these radical reductions. All smart, new models and perfectly tailored. $45 to SSO values.... Other coats as low as $17.50 and from that up.

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