Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 June 1932 — Page 2

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BARES TRICKERY USED IN SHORT WEIGHT RACKET. Grover Parr Tells Women How to Detect ‘Errors.’ The dishonest miller of fairy tale* who tmeared the bottom of his maasur* with molasses to which the grain would stick, has his modern counterparts, who use slightly mor* finesse in their trickery, says Orover C. Parr, head of the city department of weights and measure. Parr and four assistants ar valuabl* aid to the housewives who s*ek to stretch the, marketing dollar to it* limit. Out of his long experience Parr has gained an intimate knowledge of the tricks of tradesmen, and offers a number of helpful hint* to assist the women of the city in detecting the short weight measure racket. With city market stands and grocery stores displaying berries of various varieties, a prevalent racket i the "crimped'* basket racket. By deft manipulation of the sides of the container, the dishonest dealer can displace several cubic Inches from the Inside of the basket, Parr ; says. Watch for ' Crimp'’ To obtain full measure in the j pint or quart size fruit baskets, the > housewife should see that the sides have not been pushed in or "crimped.’’ Parr early this week confiscated ninety-six crate* of berries because the containers averaged 4.54 cubic inches short of the United States standard. This occurred through an error in manufacture, he explained. Boxes have been found with false bottoms which give an outside ap- j pearance of standard, although the j bottom really is from one-half to an inch too shallow. A favorite trick used on boxes with double bottoms is to slit the lop layer of the two strips forming the bottom. In filling the box, j the dealer squeezes the side to- ] gether. causing the slit strip to gap ! and reduce the cubic content.

Give Box a Tap Dealers also have become adept at "spotting” berries in a box. corners of which are not, filled. All that the housewife needs to do to discover this trick is to tap the box smartly on the counter, and thus cause the berries to settle into the corners. In buying meafs, vegetables or other commodities sold by the pound, the housewife should give her order for one or more pounds, rather than the equivalent in money—and then watch the scales to see that the indicator shows the proper weight. In ordering 25 cents worth of meat at 18 cents a pound, the buyer would have difficulty in determining just what the correct quantity should weigh. Parr warned against buying commodities in indefinite measure such as a bucket or pail. Hucksters going from door to door commonly use buckets for apples, pears or vegetables. City manufacturers of ice take effective .precautionary measures to insure delivery of correct amounts. The ice, which is frozen in 300pound rakes, is scored to guide the driver in cutting 50 or 75 pound orders. In addition to this each rake contains from 20 to 35 pounds over the 300 mark, so melting is on the company, Keep Eyes on Pumps For men, Parr offers the advice to watch the gasoline pump at the filling station. Make sure the indicator points to zero to insure full measure, There are about 2.000 gasoline pumps in the city and over 6.000 scales of the computing type commonly used in grocery stores. Own-

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Ann Harding is wilting to tpar up a contract under which she gets 85,500 a week.

ers of each is required to obtain the department's seal indicating the equipment is accurate. The city department of weights and measures covers the entire city four times a year. Besides Parr, members of the department are Fred Eisenhut, Clarence Stewart. Mose Rector and A. W. Miller. "One ol our greatest difficulties Is to get the support of the buyer who has just been ‘gypped’,’’ Parr said. "An inspector on duty at the city market will see a customer ‘short weighted’ and attempt to get the woman’s name. When he tries to stop her—well, masher’ is one of the politest names that's used. "Even when we get a chance to explain our business, the woman sometimes won’t bother to aid us in the prosecution,” Crash Kills Chief Navy Pilot By C niteft Pres* HAMPTON ROADS, Va.. .June 17. —H. A. Sells, 23, chief aviation pilot, attached to the naval air station here, died Thursday night of injuries received Wednesday in a crash in which mander Herbert C. Rodd was killed.

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By S FA Berries. HOLLYWOOD. June 17.—1 t requires plenty of courage to tear up a contract calling for 85.500 a week these days, but Ann Harding has offered to do this very thing just the same. Studio executives want to team the actress with Richard Dix in "The Conquerors” for her next picture. Ann doesn’t want the part and has offered to tear up her contract to get out of it —being willing to take a chance on getting anew one. However, she isn’t getting huffy and walking out as some players have done recently. If the studio basses want to hold her to her contract and insist that she do the picture, she will—but she prefers not to.

SHRINERS FETE HIGH OFFICIAL Imperial Potentate Pays Visit to City. Members of Murat temple. Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, were to entertain Thomas J. Houston of Chicago, imperial potentate of the order, today. The head of the organization was to arrive here from Louisville, Ky. He was to be met by members of the Murat divan, heads of the various organizations in the temple, and directors of the temple association Inspection of the termple. luncheon at the Indianapolis Athletic club, a visit to Elias J. Jacoby, past imperial potentate, a trip about the city, and dinner at the Indianapolis Country Club were on the program for the potentate’s entertainment. Houston was to be accompanied on the visit by Harry E. Sharrer of Hammond, his secretary and personal physician and formerly a member of Murat temple. ARRESTS ORDERED FOR TWO OF FILM COLONY Hcdda Hooper and Mrs. Mcl.aglen Failed to Answer Speeding Charges. ” f nit fft Prct* HOLLYWOOD. Cal., June 17;— Bench warrants were ordered today for the arrest of Hedda Hopper, film actress, and Mrs. Victor McLaglen. wife of the screen actor, for their third failure to appear before Municipal Judge Alfred E. Paonessa on charges of speeding violations.

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SEPARATED FOR 20 YEARS. PAIR UNITED IN CITY Happy Married Life Was B'ocked by Balkan War in 1912. Twenty years of separation that almost made strangers of a husband and wife ended today in a happy reunion on a farm at the west end’ of Tenth street. Carl Deloff and his wife, Katrina, worked today among the flower beds, cabbages and corn—determined to make their little farm produce twice as much now. "Tell me, is this Katrina? How you have changed!” Deloff exclaimed when he met his wife at the Union station Wednesday. Their new happiness is like they enjoyed in Macedonia for three short months in 1912. He was only 20 and she a girl of 18. Then the Balkan war broke their romance. Deloff was arrested by Grecian police. He escaped to America as a political refuge, vowing never to return while Macedonia remained under Greek rule. He came to the little farm which he had established for his bride near Indianapolis a few months before. For weeks she did not hear from her husband. Then he wrote for her to come to America. But this was not easy. When her family consented, the immigration officials interfered. Deloff was not a citizen of the

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