Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1935 — Page 4

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GAS PRICES IN OTHER STATES VARY GREATLY 500 Per Cent Difference Shown in Towns Not Far Distant. This is Ik' l.rtllk U at( sHift" a. I **nt. Tk. Ti Plaiarlil Mttar. an Ikf tat illmlni la Indi.napxlla. BY VINCENT LYONS Tim.a financial fdilar If bread were to sell for 6 cent* a loaf :n Indianapolis. 9 cents in Nob>svtlle and 15 cents in Lawit mould be a duplication of the situation which exLsls in the rate s’rticture todav. Such * Jittery price performance is hard to conceive for an article of food like bread, but it prevails lor gas, a virtual necessity in its own right. Gas rates are without any sign of s'ability throughout the country. The price which the consumer pays for this service rises bv as much as 500 per cent within the radius of a few hundred miles. For instance, in Amarillo. Tex, the center of the Texas Panhandle field from whence a large portion of th* nations natural gas supply .r>?ma‘es, the charge to the consumei for the first 1000 cubic feet of 1000 B. T. U gas Is 30 cents. But In Clovis, n. M. not greatly removed from Amaril’o, the rate for non B T U. gas is $1 50 for the first 1000 cubic feet. Ohio Situation Similar In Arp which comprises consumers in tha* town as well a* in the F-a.sf Texas oil field, main line rurais. Universal City and Willow Springs, the price charged for tike first 1000 cub e feet of 1005 B T. U. gas is $2 05. Ohio also Is a victim of sharply fluctuating rates for Its service. In Cincinnati the first 1000 cubic feet of 805 B T. U. manufactured gas bring' 80 cents, whereas approximately 50 miles away, in Dayton, consumers are charged only 66 cents for the much more powerful natural gas containing 1100 B T. U's. In Akron the first 1000 cubic f**et of 1050-1100 B. T. U. natural gas brnig s $1 03. but in Seville, less than 25 miles to the south. 1000-1050 B T U gas is sold for 55 cents. Riftman. which is adjacent to Seville, pays $1 66 for the same amount of the same type of gas for which Seville consumers pay 55 cents. Cleveland Pays 50 Cents Cleveland has a rate of 50 cents for the first TOGO cubic feet of 10501100 B. T. U. natural gas, whereas in Parma Heights, which is less than 25 miles removed, the rate Is 51.25 for approximately tlv same gas. Sirongville. a bit south of Parma Heights, is charged $1.55 for the first 1000 cubic feet of gas. The unwieldy rate structure is not peculiarity of Indiana nor the Middle West. In New York City, w hich !' composed of five boroughs, the rates lor 570 B. T. U. manufactured gas in these subdivisions is as follow Manhattan. $115; Bronx, $1 45: Rrookivn. $1.40; Queens, $1 38. and Richmond. $1 75. Haverstraw <N. Y * consumers pay $2 72 for the first 1000 cubic feet of 537 manufactured gas, whereas in Gowanda customers there are charged only 42 cents for 1025 B. T IT. natural gas. In Buffalo the first 24 000 cubic feet of 1000 B T. U. natural gas is available at 65 cents a 1000 cubic feet. Rate is $3.50 in Wyoming In Pennsylvania, Allentown pays $1 58 for the first 1000 cubic feet of 520 B. T. U. manufactured gas; Allison Park pays but 58 cents for 1150 B. T. U. natural gas; Athens pays $2 10 for 537 B T. U. manufactured and Bangor pays $2.50 for 530 B T U. manufactured. In Wyoming only 32 communities *re furnished with this >*nd of public utility service. The rates there range from as low as $1.50 for 800 B T. U. natural gas in Lyman to $.3 50 for 875 B. T. U. gas in Lander. In West Virginia consumers in Fast Bar.* are supplied with the first 1000 cubic feet of 1050 B T. U. natural gas at 20 cents. Persons desiring gas in Martinsburg. however. s' 'barged $2.15 for the first 1000 cubic feet of 500 B T. U. manufactured gas. Customers in Charleston pay $2 10 for gas of the same heating content as that supplied to Martinsburg. Louisiana Rate Varies Maine, n small gas consumer, receives no natural gas whatsoever. In Lewiston the charge for the first 1000 cubic feet is $l 40 for 525 F T U. gas. while in Old Town similar gas easts $2 55. The cost to Bangor consumers is only five cents less than that of Old Town residents. Louisiana has a highly variable charge for gas in its communities Shreveport pays 40 cents for the fir.-t 1000 cubic feet of 1000 B T L T . natural cas; New Orleans pays 50 cents for 960 B. T U. nauiral gas and Abbeville is changed $2 05 for the first 1000 cubic feet of 1050 B T. U. natural gas. The Cheapest rate in Florida Is $1 50 for the first 1000 cubic feet of 535 B T. U. manufactured gas. and Is allowed to citizens of St. Petersburg. The gas plant there is owned bv the Department of Public Utilities. St. Augustine is charged $2 94 for the first 1000 cubic feet of 525 B T. U. gas. Jacksonville pays $2 54: Deland pavs $2 35 and Bradenton pays $2 15. vr\T —Rate Comparisons. 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Crippled Turn Out Artificial Limbs in Unique U. S. Relief Factory Here

BY TRISTRAM COFFIN Times Stair Writer DON WILSON, a pleasant young man from Terre Haute, is what you would call a working humanitarian. His business is making wooden legs 4nd he got one of the biggest kicks of his life when Robert Foltz 4406 Caroline-av, an elderly man who lout a leg in an accident, received the first leg manufactured by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration wooden leg factory at 1038 Madison-av. Mr Foltz was so elated over the new limb that he took a six-mile jaunt to try it out. Mr. Wilson thought that an experience like that made worth while the lifelong study he had made of wooden leg manufacture. For 40 years Mr. Wilson's father and then Mr. Wilson have been manufacturing wooden legs as a commercial business. Several months ago a representative of the Governor's Unemployment Relief Commission called on Mr Wilson and asked him how he would like to take charge of a plant to build artificial limbs which would be given free to persons on relief rolls, s a TO an average business man, perhaps such a proposition would have call'd for heated words about "the government usurping the place of private business." That wasn't the way Mr. Wilson thought about it. •When I understood that it w'as a humanitarian enterprise, I was for it right away." he said in his earnest way. “I believe that this project is one of the finest ever set up by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. •We aren't taking anything away front the artificial leg business, because the people for whom we make the legs would never have the money to pay the SIOO to $l5O that the legs would bring on the market. By giving handicapi>ed men artificial limbs, they are enabled to obtain jobs and be taken ofT relief." In large rooms, smelling pleasantly _of wood and glue, at an abandoned furniture factory. 1038 Madison-av, 15 men are now carving wooden legs to fit the measurement of relief "clients.’’ Some of these men are themselves without legs. All suffer from some physical handicap. When production is stepped up. later on, 80 to 90 men are expected to be put to work. A goal of 1000 legs has been set for the year. Fourteen legs have been completed already. Although few people realize it, there are approximately 9000 legless persons on relief rolls, kept from earning their living because of the handicap. The government is giving them another chance at independence. VMM THE Madison-av plant is the only FERA wooden leg plant in operation. It is the only factory in the nation at which unskilled labor is used for mass production ‘of artificial legs. The customers come to the plant to have their fitting taken. During the three or four weeks of construction the client is given several fittings. In the words of Mr. Wilson: "In all mv experience of making wooden legs I have only seen two men who could wear the same leg." Red willow and bass wood Is used because it is light, durable and strong. A leg will last six or seven years, on the average. Most of the legs will be semi-wood and aluminum. Special tools and vices have to be used in order to carve the measurements exactly. Both the Governor's commission and the United States Department of Education are enthusiastic about the project. But those who are most in favor of the idea are the men who will get the legs—they and Mr. Wilson. Parent-Teacher Fete Arranged The annual dinner of the Indianapolis ’arent-Teacher Council will be helc* tomorrow night at Shortridge High School. Paul C. Stetson, school superintendent, will speak on the subject "New Schools for Old."

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In its artificial limb plant at 1038 Madison-av. the Governor's Unemployment Relief Commission employs men with physical disabilities. Andrew Massingale, 3151 Wood-st. who wears a wooden fleg, enjoys making artificial limbs so that others may be enabled to live a more independent life.

SCHOOLS ADOPT MERIT SYSTEM Janitors. Custodians to Be Selected on Ability, Stetson Says. A special committee appointed by ;he Board of School Commissioners has completed plans for the establishment of a merit system for the employment of public school janitors and custodians, it was announced yesterday by Paul C. Stetson. School Superintendent. This plan, which the commission hopes to put into complete operation soon, will follow another of the points in the 10-point program adopted by the commissioners lor 1935. A list of qualified applicants for jobs will be established and these applicants will be given personal interviews before the committee, which is composed of A. H. Seilken. superintendent of buildings and grounds; A. B. Good, business director. and Paul C. Stetson. Persons seeking jobs will have to fill out application blanks setting out their health record, educational training, martial status, preceding employers, nationality, military record, and number of dependents. CITY TRAFFIC CLUB TO HEAR PROF. MIKESELL I. IT. School of Business Instructor to Speak Thursday. Prof. R. M. Mikesell of the Indiana University School of Business Administration will address the Indianapolis Traffic Club at 6:30 Thursday night in the Columbia Club. Prof. Mikesell was formerly connected with the Link Belt Cos. of Indianapolis and the United Electric Light and Power Cos. of New York. *‘Y” Man on Radio Clarence E. Guthrie, Y. M. C. A. program secretary, is conducting the morning devotional broadcasts this week over station WIRE. The programs are broadcast each morning except Sunday at 6:30.

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CITY COUPLE TO MARK GOLDEN WEDDING DATE North Side Pair to Celebrate Anniversary at Home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Roch, 1644 College-av, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in their home next Sunday. Mr. Roch is 79 and his wife is 78. He came to Indianapolis Lem Bavaria in 1881. and followed his trade as a iocksmith. In 1884, h° established the Rock Iron Works and continued in active management of that organization until he retired five years ago. He married Miss Lilly E. Ferling, daughter of an old Indianapolis family, March 31, 1885, and they have made their home here since that time.

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HAY FEVEHITES URGED TO TAKE IMMUNIZATION 20,000 Sufferers Here Are Warned to Act Now by Dr. Morgan. 'Twenty thousand Indianapolis | citizens who sneeze and sniff every I summer from rose and hay fever | were warned today to take immunization treatment against the two diseases immediately. The warnig came from D. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of the City Health Board, who said that immunization against the two respiratory disorders would not be effective if sufferers waited later in the season for treatments. "For a number of years, our local weather bureau kept an accurate daily account of the number of pollen granules per cubic yard in the air during the fever season.” Dr. Morgan said. "These pollen counts have been highly interest-

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