Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 76, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1927 — Page 8

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LOW WAGES TO LABORERS SEEN NATIONAL PERIL Several Million Workers Can’t Live or* What They Are Paid, Survey Shows. BY EARL SPARLING WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—Eeveral million laborers in America are underpaid to a point of moral and economic peril, the United States Labor Department warned today. . Wages for adult workers average in some cases as low as $10.34 a week, according to figures to be cited in teh . forthcoming issue of the Labor Review, department publication. The Review will quote an estimate by Secretary of Labor Davis that from 10 to 20 million persons, counting women and children, are failing to share in the nation’s prosperity. Can’t Live on Wages Davis will be quoted: “Morally, economically, and on the grounds of simple humanity, this inequality should not be allowed to exist in the richest nation of history.” Statistics gathered by the labor department during the past two years show that common laborers are receiving less than a subsistence wage, not in isolated instances, but throughout industry. The actual earnings of more than 200,000 railroad laborers averaged only sl7 a week in 1926. Thousands of day laborers in the lumber industry received for a maximum 57% hour only $17.77 a week in 1925. Actual earnings, due to loss of time, were probably much less. In the lowest paid districts the average maximum wage was only $10.48 a week. * Average Wages Are Low Machine shop laborers received on the average in 1925 only $11.78 in the lowest paid districts and only $23.07 a week in all districts. Inside laborers in the bituminous mines in 1926 earned a maximum average of only $10.34 a week.in the lowest paid districts and only $22.78 in all districts. Other average wages for common laborers in Various industries were: Woolen dye-houses, (1926) $21.98; paper box-board factories (1925) $23.99; blast furnaces, (1926) $24.34; foundries, (1925) $25.25; motor vehicle factories, (1925 ( $28.75.

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CAFETERIA TO MOVE White's Restaurant Giving Up Circle Location. White’s Cafeteria, for twenty-one years at its present location on the Circle, will be moved to the second floor of 27 N. Illinois St., Hubert H.

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Keller, president of the White Restaurant Company, announced today. Anew Soda-Coffee Shop already has been opened on the ground floor of the Illinois St. site. Alterations are being made for removal of the cafeteria within three months, Keller said. Meanwhile, the Circle Establishment will continue to serve patrons until the change is made. Relocation tfhd alterations will cost about $90,000, it is estimated. Graduate of Valparaiso By Times Special VALPARAISO, Ind., Aug. B. Martin H. Carmody. Grand Rapids, Mich., newly elected supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, was granted from Valparaiso University in 1894.

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SHERIFF GIVES TWO LESSON IN ETIQUET Knox County Official Uses Jail As Classroom By Tima Special VINCENNES, Ind., Aug. B. Arthur Akers, 29, and Jessie Roberts, 26, who are “seeing America first” by getting lifts from motorists, are on their way again after spending a night in the Knox County jail here for a lesson in etiquet with Sheriff Henry Mack as teacher. Driving along a road near here, Sheriff Mack failed to give the two a lift as he passed. They made an insulting gesture. Then the sheriff stopped and took them into his car and to Jail. OELAY RADIO EXHIBIT Plans for Exposition Will Not Be Acted on Until 1928. Plans for the Broadcast Listeners’ Association’s third annual Indianapolis radio exposition, which was to be held the first week of October, have been canceled and will not be acted upon until 1928, H. A. Luckey, association president, has announced. This was decided because several local radio distributors favored collective exhibiting at the State Fair in September, one month in advance of the proposed radio show* instead of supporting a strictly radio exposition, Luckey’s statement said. IMPROVE FAIRGROUNDS New Loading Facilities for Exhibitors Being Provided Facilities' for unfading exhibits at the Indiana State fair, Sept. 310, will be increased by construction of anew railroad siding to enter the fairgrounds on the east. Secretary E. H. Barker announced today that arrangements for the new track had been completed with the Nickel Plate road and will be Especially beneficial for stock shipments. The present siding of the Nlckle Plate, which runs outside the grounds, will be retained. Anew entrance to the grounds Herman Richardson, alleging cruelty.

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HOOSIER GIRLS TOGRJEUINDY All Parts of State Will Be Represented. Young women who will welcome Col. Charles A. Lindbergh at the Coliseum entrance here Tuesday were named Monday. The list follows: Miss Irene Jenner and Miss Leila Kauffman. Indianapolis: Miss Pauline Kerr, Fowler; Miss Adeline Davis. Newman. 111.;

Business and Industrial News

ROGUE LEARNED BY EXPERIENCE Benjamin Bogue, authority on speech disorders, has more than twenty-six years of practical experience to serve as the basis of the method employed for the correction of stammering and stuttering at the Logue Institute for Stammerers. Nearly thirty years ago Bogue himself suffered from stammering. Eo experimented with. different pans in use at that time, and from the start which was obtained by studying the many methods then in use he developed a natural method for the correction of stammering and stuttering and immediately freed himself from his own chronic case. By sudying his own case and comparing it with the speech of persons who talked normally, Bogue discovered the parts of the speech mechanism that needed correction and the re-established proper coordination. He then proceeded to develop a method to establish that normal functioning. Many persons began to hear of what Bogue had done for himself, and there was an immediate demand for him to assist other stammerers. The method worked with such general success that it became the standard method of the entire country. COAL AND ICE DEMAND GROWS Increased demands for coal and Ice are noticed by the Polar Ice & Fuel Company, 2000 Northwestern Ave., according to Henry L. Dithmer, president. Dithmer is one of the best-known ice and fuel dealers of the city and his firm has become one of the outstanding concerns of the State. Increased summer temperature has stimulated the demand for ice. The firm has maintained an excellent delivery system and an increased number of homes have been served this year. Every driver is trained in the most courteous treatment of patrons. Housewives are assured of polite service, Dithmer declared. “Our men are trained to give service at all times with a smile and

BATTERIES—Our own make 11-plate, *8.2.1; 13-plate, $9.25. Special Radio batteries made to Order CAPITOL AUTO PARTS AND TIRE CO. B*l NORTH ILLINOIS BT. Main 6090.

F SANITARY DRINKING CUPS Off ice or Factory 0 OSTERMEYER IfAPER COMPANY Virginia Ave. Ri.6902^

Restaurant Supplies Hotel China, Coffee Urns, Steam Tables, Coolers, Kitchen Furnishings. John T. Cusack Cos. 34S W. Wash. St. MA In 4033

VELVET BRICK The most delicious lee cream made. Appeals to everybody and everybody likes it. Hone better than "Velvet.” JESSUP & ANTRIM ICE CREAM CO.

STAMMERING ITS CAUSE AND CURE Is the title of a 288-page book which we will send free to any stammerer or stutterer. Bogne Institute for Stammerers. Dept. 10150. 1147 N. Illinois St, Indianapolis, Indiana

BABY PICTURES Our photographs always remain the same—a priceless treasure in later years. MOORE’S STUDIO 133 Vi 8. ILXINOIS ST.

$3.00 Round Trip to Winona Lake Tickets Sold FRIDAY, SATURDAY and SUNDAY Good Returning MONDAY. Indianapolis Phone HA. 0573 Union Traction

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we are delighted with the reports we have received of the way our drivers and employes respectfully deal with our customers,” Dithmer said. Coal buying is more brisk this year than this time last year, due in part to the unsettled condition of bituminous coal mining. “Orders for summer delivery have come in stronger during the last month. Many home-owners are making sure that they will have an adequate supply.” TRANSFER FIRM IS DEVELOPING The development of the commercial trucking and warehouse business by the Central Transfer and Storage Company, 118-132 S. Alabama St., has been an Interesting story in the civic progress of Indianapolis. The firm ranks as one of the bestequipped transfer and storage concerns in the city. Its big Internationa trucks make their way about over the city and State with speed and safety. Already the 1927 commercial business has surpassed the 1926 record. Many concerns do not maintain any trucking facilities, for the work of transporting merchandise is being done by specialists like the Central Transfer and Storage Cos. This is due in part to the discovery that considerable capital must be tied up in modem, motorized equipment if real service is to be given. Some concerns want this capital for other purposes. They do not have sufficient work to warrant investment in trucks. They find that the commercial trucking facilities of this firm are available with littlenotice and the charges are low. Competent drivers are employed and personal supervision of all contracts Is given. The firm does not do household transfer or extra heavy hauling. It makes a specialty of rapid commercial trucking and storage in its warehouse. Aviation Club Proposed By Timet Speeial BRAZIL. Ind., Aug. B.—A meeting will be held here Tuesday night for discussion of plans to organize an aviation club. A proposal for training pilots at the local aviation field will be presented.

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britten. Sardinia; Mis* Mabel Culmer, Brooklyn: Miss Zula Hawkins. West Point, and Mrs. E. A. Myers, Flora. ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED Bethlehem Lutheran Church Celebrates It’s Fourth Birthday. Fourth anniversary of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Fifty-Seco.id St. and Central Ave., was observed with special services Sunday morning. The church was organized in a storeroom at Fifty-Second St. and Central Ave. four years ago. Its history was given Sunday by Edward Miller. The Rev. Allen K. Trout preached on “False Prophets.”

HANDLES PARTS FOR OLD CARS Many bargains offered oustomers at the Capitol Auto Parts and Tire Company ,831 N. Illinois St., in new and used auto parts and accessories, have won for Morris Mar*cus, proprietor es the store, the reputation of being the “Bargain Shop Man.” Careful buying of both used and new parts for machines of all types and the unusually low-priced offerings have established Marcus a reputation in the automobile parts business. The firm has an almost endless list of parts for many of the older models of automobiles, and many mechanics have been able to get parts from Marcus that they have not been able to secure elsewhere, it is said. With the used car market unusually active at this season of the year, business has been above normal for the “Bargain Shop Man,” Marcus reported. “No merchant is justified in asking an unreasonably large profit,” says Marcus. “We have priced our goods with a fair margin of profit, to which we are entitled, but we have been able to build up our business, not alone on a price basis, but on a service basis.” Marcus handles Capitol batteries, Capitol oil, Capitol special parts, Capitol tires and other special branded goods. Fishing Beats Movies By Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. B.—Mrs. Mary E. Cantrell, 66. obtaining a fishing license here, remarked that she would rather fish than attend a motion picture show.

Dust and Shaving Collectors aiyd Piping JOSEPH GARDNER Phone 147 Kentueky Ave.

AMERICAN CONST. CO. CONTRACTORS SEWERS BRIDGES ASPHALT STREETS 1201 E. Georgia St. ,

Our Rates Are Lower Three Payments if Desired State Auto. Insurance 711 Occidental Bldg. # Main 5680

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TRUCK EQUIPMENT COMPANY INCORPORATED MANUFACTURERS OF CUSTOM-BUILT TRUCK BODIES AND DISTRIBUTORS OF TRUCK EQUIPMENT W. V. Holland. President H. A. Condlt. Manager

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THREE DIE IN BLAZE Father and Two Sons Burned to Death in Home. Bit United Press _ _ . WILKES BARRE, Pa., Aug. 8. -V Wlllmi aOwens, 45, and his two sons, William Jr., 16, and Allan, 6, wera burned to death whq| fire swept their home at Avoca, a small town near here today. The blaze completely destroyed the Owens home and badly damaged two other residences and Pershing Hall. The three bodies were not removed from the wreckage of the house until two hours after the blaze had been extinguished.

FIRM CATCHES DISHONEST MEN An old adage, “Know In whom you place your confidence,” should be kept in mind by more firms, J. W. Lovett, superintendent of the Quigley Hyland Agency, Suite 801 Guaranty Bldg., points out. Lovett believes that more money would be earned by business concerns if they would analyze mors carefully their personnel. I The agency originated a, special system for auditing retail store clerks, now universally recognized, as a most reliable, efficient and ecfl nomlcal method, protecting the tail merchants against petty pilfering. “We maintain a crew of operatives who are specialists in retail stpre efficiency and experts in the execution of our system of checking employes,” explained Lovett. C "They come into a store as crus-' tomers and purchase merchandise which we later return to clients. These operatives are of all colors and creeds, and this prevents the clerks from knowing they are being tested. If they test clean, that, of course. Is what a client wants. “What assurance has the average merchant that his clerk Is honest? Does the average merchant know where his employes spend their spare time when they are off duty? Does he know with whom they associate and what their expenditures are? If a clerk is dishonest, about the lowest sum he will take is $1 a day and that will run up to $lO or more per day whenever the opportunity presents itself to ‘knock down,’ thus running up a loss of perhaps S3OO a year for each dishonest clerk. “Firms protect themselves against fire, and so why not against dishonesty?”

Washing—Polishing Greasing and Crankcase Service THE SERVICE MOTOR INN 130 S. Capitol Ave.

Wm. D. Beanblossom Funeral Director 1321-23 W. Ray St. Ambulance Service, BEI. ISBB. Lady Attendant Free.

—The Pen Shop— Largest Assortment of FOUNTAIN PENS In the State. ALL MARES REPAIRED 41 W. Ohio St. Lin. 3083

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SHIRLEY BROS. CO. Main OfEcfs 944-46 N. Illinois St. Phones, MA in 1918-1919 Our Aim—Better Service at Proper Prices 24 Hour Ambulance Service

Fro liman Restaurants Two good places to eat No. 2—loß W. Maryland St. No. 1—244 S. Meridian St. Quality Service