Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1939 — Page 28

GAINS BUT LESS THAN 1 PER GENT

Increase for Nov.-Dec. Is

Below U. S. Average, Report Shows.

Food prices increased an average|’

of 1 per cent in the U. S. between November and December, but Indianapolis’ increase was less than the national average, a report by the U. S. Department of Labor re-

vealed today. The report also disclosed that consumers of retail electricity in Indianapolis paid smaller bills in June then they paid in March, 1938. Indianapolis was among 47 of the 51 major cities showing increases in food costs, but the advance here was only 6-10 of 1 per cent, it was

found. Retali Costs Lower

The December national index for all foods was 78.6 per cent and the Indianapolis December index was

77.9. The 7.3 per cent advance in the price of butter and higher prices of 11 of 13 fresh fruit and vegetable items surveyed are given as major causes of the 1 per cent average rise in prices of all foods. Changes in rates for retail electricity in ‘Indianapolis meant lower monthly bills on June 15, 1938, than on March 15, 1038, the report re-

veals. Bills Reduced

During (that period there was no change in" the 25 or 40 kilowatthour monthly bills but there was a 9.1 per cent reduction in, the 100 kilowatt-hour bill and a 12.9 per cent reduction in the 250 kilowatthour bill, according to the survey. The 100 Kkilowatt-hour bill on March 15 was $4.40 as compared with $4.00 onyPune 15. For the 250 kilowatt-hour ‘the monthly bill on March 15 was $8.15 as compared with $7.10 on\June 15. There was ao change .in Indian-

Times Photo.

John E. Yarmack (left), engineer who has spent five months installing the groundwork at Municipal Airport for the nation’s first approved “blind” landing system, turns the job over to Russell Hofiman, antenna expert, for completion. Both are representatives of the International Telephone & Telegraph Co. Installation of the system, designed to bring commercial airliners safely to ground in “zero-zero” weather, is expected to be completed by June.

apolis residential rates for manufactured gas, the survey showed, and only four of the 51 cities had any price changes between September and December. They were New York, Cincinnati, Minneapolis and Louisville.

V.F. W. POST MARKS 20 YEARS OF PEACE

Twenty years of peace will be celebrated tonight by the LaValleGossett - Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, with a military ball at Starlite Gardens, 3547 E. Washington St.

Officers af the Department of In-

diana and State, County and City officials will be guests. Veterans from

posts in other states also are expected. Ancil B. Morton, post commander, will be master of ceremonies, and Merville Ray, Evansville, senior vice commander of the Department of Indiana, will speak.

CANAL SURVEY PROPOSED Times Special

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—Rep.

William T. Schulte (D. Ind.) will in-

troduce a bill to provide for an Army Engineers’ survey for a proposed six-million-dollar canal to link Gary with Indiana Harbor, he announced today.

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