Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1939 — Page 10

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CITY GAS USERS Census Directors Learn How It's Done SET NEW MARK Ft

November Consumption Hits Highest Monthly Total In Local History.

Gas consumption in November reached the highest volume for a single month in the City's history, the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility announced today. The total consumption, 354.042 000 cubic feet, represented an increase of 10 per cent over that of November, 1938. The Nov. 27 gas send-out to consumers, 14,611,000 cubic feet, was an all-time high for a single day.! The number of meters in service also set a new record high with, 88.814 meters. November was the 10th consecutive month in which a new meter record was set. The number in use last month was a! gain of 3512 over the same month a vear ago. Indianapolis industries consumed 0,788,000 cubi t s - oS 2 os, Or Supervisors and assistants for the taking of the 1940 census who met yesterday for instruction by of 16,500,000 cubic feet, or 22 per Mark Gray of Indianapolis and William A. Knight of Washington, office heads, are (left to right, seated,) cent, over the same month last) ajss Cecilia Viehmann, James Tandy, Kenneth L. Price, Charles E. Melcher, Cash Essington, Mr. Gray,

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year. | Mr. Knight and (standing, left to right) Miss Mildred Hitch, August J. Lannert, Fred T. Cretors, Robert

House heating cons ti was just under 30.00 np Py wy | E. Eckler, James R. Marshall, John M. Conner, John D. Council and John H. Duffey, Mr. Knight's assistant. |

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BOARD DELAYS BUYING TRUCKS

Works Body to Ask Local Users About Their Experiences.

Works Board members reached an impasse today in considering eight bids for two large trucks

which the Board wants to purchase for use as cement mixers at the City Asphalt Plant. Members conferred yesterday with representatives of large truck manufacturers. The meeting was attended by City Councilman Ernest C. Ropkey, Democrat, who was delegated by Council President Joseph G. Wood to supervise the purchase. Members also inspected trucks which were displayed By the concerns competing for the City's business at the Municipal Garage. They decided to seek the opinion of large truck users in the City on the merits of various makes of trucks. Bids submited by the right truck manufacturers ranged from $2086 to $3450, but the Board members and Mr. Ropkey said they would not

{accept the low bid until they were

satisfied they were getting “the best truck for the money.”

Veteran Sends Finland a Fin

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 (U. P)), —Rolland MacFayden telegraphed $5 to Finland's Minister of Defense today with the explanation: “A fin for Finland from an average American ex-service man and citizen saluting a country that has what it takes.”

HUNTER IS KILLED

BUCKSKIN, Ind. Dec. 7 (U. P). —August Behagg, 18, of Buckskin, died yesterday from wounds received when a shotgun held by a hunting companion, Harry Buck, accidentally discharged.

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November, 1938. The number of house-heating meters passed the!

Domest Sons saved Business Su roey Is First; Check Will Start Jan. 2

mercial consumers used 30.378.200 cubic feet, an increase of more than The 16th national decennial cen- They were told that each individual {sus will be started Jan. 2 and the 13 Feport must balance.

2,000,000. district supervisors and assistants| The group discussed what busi-

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for Indiana today are in a training nesses would come under specific) ‘school for directing enumerators, | classifications, and whether certain | The Hoosier staff is going over income reports would be counted ‘forms with William A. Knight of under one or another of several

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (U. P.).— Washington and Mark Gray of In-| heads. Abbe d . | The British Embassy said today|dianapolis, directors of the local] Although this is the 16th time Shei that latest regulations for the con- census. census has been taken it will be

trol of German exports will permit| Supervisors and assistants. chosen Only the second time there has been certain shipments to reach ‘any country-wide accounting ol,

the py Congressmen, will direct the cen- : = Wi United tSates until early in January |sus in their respective Congressional business institutions. although the blockade aganist such gjstricts. The first one was urged by Herbert shipments began the first of this bance (Hoover, then Secretary of Com-| week. Study Business Forms Imerce, in 1929, and was carried out) Officials said that German goods! Most of the census aids are in the by him after he became President. which passed into neutral hands real estate business. There is one! Mr. Gray said the enumerators before Nov. 27 would be released if lawyer, one former County Clerk, a|would be hired in a short time. They proved to be of “innocent” nature. highway engineer, a road contractor, will be instructed, not only in tech-| There was no specific definition of a newspaperman and a blanket nique of enumerating, but in| “innocent” but the Embassy said the manufacturer in the Indiana group. courtesy, he said. i general policy was to show some| They will meet for several weeks! “They will be told to be diplo-| lenience toward neutrals at first at regular intervals ;in the U. S. matic and to remember that they Other goods will have a chance to District Court chambers at the Post-|are asking questions of their boss,” | clear the blockade if the buyer con- office. [Mr. Gray said. “After all, the citi-! tracted before Nov. 27 to take| At their first meeting they went|zen is paving she bill for the big“delivery” (responsibility) {over the form that will be used to gest single job the Government Se, get information about types, organ-|handles. This is Uncle Sam's 50ization and financial status of busi- million-dollar decennial inventory.” |

WINDSOR ‘ROUGHS IT’ Enumerators must be hired from

be the enumerated daily reports, a Marion County. PARIS, Dec. 7 (U. P).—The Duke kind of day-by-cay ny of| The most interesting part of the of Windsor has spurned privileges their progress. that they must keep. census is vet to come, says Mr. offered him on the Western Front! However, Mr. Knight told them Gray. That will be when the popu-| and is roughing it near the danger the figures for employment and pay- lation figures are gathered for In-! lines with the British and French roll would be most difficult. | dianapolis and Marion County. soldiers, dispatches received here to- . Many guesses are being made as! day revealed. Count Noses Later [to the final figure for Indianapolis. | The former British King who! From Jan. 2 until April 2, the | Mr. Gray says 410,000. Mayor Reg- | broke his long exile to take up arms enumerators will seek figures on inald H. Sullivan guesses 412000. | for the country he once ruled over| business manufacturing, irrigation|Other guesses vary from a mere now makes his home in a trailer,/and mines and quarries. The census 400,000 to 450,000. although he is entitled to a warm of population will begin in April. | Mr. Gray says 410. Mayor Reginald | bed and other conveniences at Gen-| Supervisors were told that cents H. Sullivan guesses 412,000. Other eral Headquarters as a major gen-'could not be carried on the reports.| guesses vary from a mere 400,000 to eral in the British Army. The figures will “break” at 50 cents. (450,000.

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