Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 197, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1925 — Page 16

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LOCAL PLANTS ALL RUNNING; LABOR SCARCE Shortage of Skilled Workers Exists Here, U. S. Department Reports. Timet WatTiinotem Bureau. iSts New York Avenue. WASHINGTON, Deo. .18.—Employment conditions In Indiana are trowing better steadily, according tff the employment bulletin of the Department of Labor, out today. Increases are noted In the Iron, steel, auto, mining and building Industries. The surplus of common labor labor almost entirely has disappeard, It was said. All plants are running In Indianapolis, and a shortage of skilled workers faces employers In many industries, the report says. In other Industries there still Is a small surplus, which la being rapidly absorbed. Considerable building Is being done and building workers are scarce. At Evansville furniture factories are operating full time and the employment outlook Is better than for many months. There is still a small surplus of common labor, however. At Terre Haute a surplus of coal miners still exists, although the mines are operating on Increased schedules and many miners have left the district. At Clinton about 1,500 miners are on part time. At Terre Haute about 90 per cent of the plans are operating 75 per cent full tlmo, the report says. Optimistic reports were received from virtually all other large Indiana employment centers. RIVERSIDE NOW TAGGART PARK Board Votes to Honor ExMayor. Riverside Park Is no more. The name is Tom Taggart Park. Park board members Thursday voted to change the name, In honor of Former Senator Thomas Taggart, who was mayor of Indianapolis when the city acquired the ground for the park. Suitable markers at park entrances will designate the new name. A board committee Is considering a proposal of women to use part of the Garfield Park shelter house for a children’s museum, ROAD BONDS ROIJ> Rt/ Timet ffpccial NOBLESVILLE, Ind„ Dec. 18.The county treasurer sold a road bond Issue for $10,500 Thursday afternoon to the First National Bank hero for par, accrued Interest and a premium of S6O. Several Indianapolis firms competed.

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GAS RATE CUT MARCH 1 Increased discount of from 6 to 10 oenta a thousand oublo feet of gas for prompt payment of bills will be effective about March 1, C. L. Kirk, Citizens Gas Company manager, said tocfhy. The reduction was voluntarily voted by directors. Consumers will save about $168,000 yearly. Kirk said ha hoped to continue reduction of operating expenses of the company and Improvement of equipment. Stockholders will receive one-half of all deferrred dividends which accrued during 1921 to 1923. A further 1 per cent dividend for 1925 was declared. MILLERS HOLD ELECTION H. C. Scearce of Mooresville today Is the new president of the Indiana Millers’ Association, succeeding John A. Shields of Seymour. Frank C. Hutchinson of Lawrenceburg was named vice president and Charles B. Riley, Indianapolis, was re-elected secretary-treasurer.

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THIEVES LOOT MOVING TRAIN Merchandise Thrown From Express Cars. Bv United Preto JERSEY CITY, N. J„ Deo. 18; Merchandise carried In two freight cars of an Erie Railroad train operated by an express company from Jersey City to Chicago was thrown from the cars last night by thieves who apparently had secreted themselves In the train before It got under way. Railway detectives, after the robbery had been discovered, found scores of packages strewn along the right-of-way. The robbers were believed to have had confederates In motor trucks who were following the train. Total value of the loot is reported to be SIOO,OOO.

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Winter will not handicap William Nelson, blind newspaper merchant at Meridian and Ohio Sts. For four winters he has had to combat the dements, but this year, J. E. 'lhiUey, his brother-in-law, 846 Edison St., built him a shelter. Nelson lives at the Gnaystone hotel and has been selling papers In TndtanopoUs for four years. He has_ been at the one corner more than iwo years. He plans to place an electric heater on the Inside of his shanty to insure further warmth. He sells The Indianapolis Times and other local newspapers and a few out-of-town publications. The shanty is more than six feet high and Is constructed of wood. There are two hinged windows on the front side. The other two sides are glass enclosed and a full length door opens from the rear of the structure into Ohio St. “People are mighty fine to me.” Nelson said. "‘They always have some cheery word when they stop to get their papers. I never hear a grumble from any of them. They always Inquire about my health and make some joking remark, “Since I have my little place here everyone asks me about lt.“

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YOUNGER MEN FOR MITCHELL Ft. Harrison Officer Says Opinion Is Divided. Younger officers of the Regular Army favor Colonel Mitchell, dismissed from the service for insubordination, a captain at Ft, "Benjamin Harrison said today. The name of the officer Is not

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