Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 258, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1936 — Page 20

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TIMES SERVICE GIVEN TO H,012 READERS IN '35 12.967 Bulletins Sent to City Persons; Interest on New Deal. BY FREDERICK M. KERRY 'Timn Wuhinjlon Service Director) WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—lndianapolis Times readers made good use of the Washington Home Service Bureau in 1935, Judging from a survey of requests for factual information, and educational booklets and bulletins received and answered. This bureau is maintained for the free and unlimited use of Times readers in answering for them any question of fact or information, not involving extensive research. It also publishes a continuous stream of educational bulletias of 4000 words each, and 24-page booklets, each of approximately 10,000 words, on subjects of wide popular interest. During 1935, a total of 14,012 pieces qf Information were sent to readers. Included were 609 letters, each asking frortPone to dozens of questions; 12,967 bulletins, and 436 booklets. Interest on New Deal 'Hie vital interest of every man, woman and child in the crowding events of the “New Deal'' period through which we have been passing in 1935 is reflected in these question letters and in the demand for printed educational and factual information demanded of the bureau. The vast variety and complexity of human interests, needs, and d> - sires is reflected in this correspondence. As perhaps never before in American life the government at Washington, with its enormously increased powers and duties, touches the intimate life and fortunes of each individual in the United States. The Service Bureau at Washington has settled bets, told the facts about astronomical phenomena, helped housewives with canning and preserving, kept students and teachers abreast of world events, changes in geography and exploration, helped father with his gardening, mother with her cooking, sister with her school work, brother at the office, supplied sports records, told how congressmen voted, given the marital state of our screen heroes and heroines and, in fact, run the gamut of the human thirst for knowledge. Bulletins and Booklets Supplied The bureau offered during Lhe year 52 printed bulletins and 2fi booklets. Bulletins and booklets are supplied

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January Clearance! SALE OF OVER 2,000 t MEN’S Unredeemed O'COATS and SUITS $950 0 Men who arp accustompri to ravins high orices (or their clothwill ba buvine thpse tomorrow! Large seTM lection of wanted styles. All sizes! I aa Down holds <J)Ia>UU any garment. § Ladies' Unredeemed FUR Coats >1 0“ Wide selection of vtvles and wanted furs. SI. 00 holds anv coat. CHICAGO JEWELRY CO. 148 E. WASHINGTON ST. Farmer Goldstein IWpt. Stare Bide.

to readers at cost, including return postage and handling. A full list of all the more than 300 titles in print 1 may be obtained by sending a postcard to The Indianapolis Times Home Sfrvice Bureau. 1013 13thst, N. W., Washington, asking for the list. You may similarly ask the bureau anv question of fact or information 'not involving extensive research)

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The New Favorite, “ Double-mellow Old Golds show more than 100 per cent gain in past two months. They are now 'the new favorite', " says Marvin Shapiro, Manager Tobacco Shop, Wm. H. Block Company.

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The biggest hit on Broadway. At the famous Paradise Restaurant where the “Old Maestro,” Ben Bernie, holds forth, the sales of Old Golds doubled in November and redoubled in December. “ Double-Mellow did it!

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A sell-out at the Morrison. “One week after Double-Mellow Old Golds hit Chicago: we had to treble our usual order. 24 hours later, we were practically down to our last carton,” says Charles A. Rubey, proprietor Hotel Morrison Cigarette Stand. #

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and receive a personal reply. Write your question, sign your name and address clearly, and inclose a postage stamp for reply. Rrookside O. E. S. to Meet First 1936 meeting of Brookside Chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, is to be held tomorrow night at the temple. 3117 E. lOth-st. Mrs. Sara Davis is worthy matron.

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HOME ECONOMICS CLUB TO SEE DEMONSTRATION Meat Canning to Be Shown at Beech Grove School. Mvat canning demonstration is to be given from 1 to 3:30 tomorrow afternoon by Misss Eva Buell of

Sensational Suceess.“Douffc-Me/fou!OUCold3' popularity is truly sensational. Sales increasing by leaps and bounds, - ’ says E. W. Rohlfing, manager of cigarette shop, Stix, Baer & Fuller.

New cigarette delight clicks with smokers everywhere!

TAST OCTOBER, Lorillard introJLi duced anew cigarette delight, with this amazing offer: “Smoke half a packOof DoubleMellow Old Golds. If it isn’t the finest cigarette you ever tasted, you’ll get double your money back • ” Never before had a tobacco firm made such an offer. But Lorillard knew what it was doing. It felt sure that every lover of fine tobacco would get a thrill from the prize crop leaf in Double-Mellow O.Gs.

as per offer made to smokers since Oct. 6, 1935 * TAKE a sporting chance on a pack of Double-Mellow Old Golds. Smoke ten of the cigarettes. If you don’t say' they’re the finest you’ve ever tasted, mail the package wrapper and the remaining cigarettes to us at any time before May Ist, 1936, and we’H send you double the price you paid for the full package, plus postage. Established 4760"^*^^ 119 West 40th Street. New York City

Purdue University in the Beech Grove school auditorium under auspices of the Home Economics Club. The club is to meet at 1:30 Thursday at the home of Mrs. Walter Schuler. 85 N. 7st-av. Officers for 1936 are Mrs. Alma Forsythe, presdent; Mrs. Katherine Wakelam. vice president, and Mrs. Marie Herold. secretary-treasurer.

Old Gold-rush hits town. “You’d think it was Mardi Gras week,” says Odess Mayfield, manager of Roosevelt Hotel Cigarette Counter, “the way folks crowd in to buy these Double-Mellow Old Golds.”

So it has proved! If you’ll ask at any cigarette counter you’ll find that Double-Mellow Old Golds are winning smokers who haven’t changed their brands in years. Lorillard .believes that DoubleMellow Old Golds will add, greatly, to your cigarette enjoyment. But that’s for you to say. Try them on this distinct agreement: “If YOU don’t get a thrill, we’ll pay the bill ••. and pay it DOUBLE!’’ READ THE OFFER BELOW

SUSPECTS GO ON TRIAL Two Accused of Stealing Car Used in Bank Burglary Plot. Trial of Bennie DeWitt and Harry Pierson is to start today in Criminal Court before Judge Frank P. Baker, on charges of vehicle taking. They are alleged to have stolen an automobile used in an attempted

burglary at the Speedway State' Bank several months ago.

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Cleveland’s smart §et goes double-mellow! “It’s amazing to see how many prominent Cleveland women have changed over to Double-Mellow Old Golds in the last few weeks,’* writes Mrs. Victor B. Phillips, Cleveland Socialite.

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“It stars With the stars,” Eddie Cantor writes," Double-Mellou) Old Golds are selling 2 to 1 over any other brand at United Artists Cafeteria, according to the cigarette attendants here.’* (Mr. Canlor, dressed for his role in the Samuel Goldwyn production, "Strike Me Pink")

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