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DRAFT OUTLOOK | FAILS TO UPSET the H. P. Wasson & Company basement store. . .. | Dial RIley 7411 ® Wasson's Basement Does Not Seil Seconds, Substandards Nor Imperfects in Any Department ® Wasson’s Basement Is Air-Conditioned ® Shop Daily From 9:30 A. M. to 5 P. M.

CITY BACHELORS| >" -.

Marriage License Bureau The “layaway plan” serves in domestics

Slumps Here; Only 450 | — SN Wasson’s basement affords important savings to you comApply in June. 3 - : bined with the advantages of the “Layaway Plan”! You may

BERG. HORE x". 7 7 © lavishly fur trimmed make your selections in the domestics department and with a

Buinets nines Wowie. AR small deposit they will be held for you in ‘Layaway’ til wanted.

production of airplanes may soar, |

defense expenditures may reach an LON La FE RL \ § Ea all-time high, but Indianapolis’ war, Shay He Nae index is suffering its usual seasonal , EC TY S-

slump. . War or no war, the City’s eligible | bachelors right now are as hard

to coax into the marriage license F 8 A ; = r clerk's office in the Court House as Wee 1 i EE : if there was no threat of conscrip-= | FR : ; SRR b ! ) \ S tion. | i T ! & \ 3} 3 Clerk Francis Feeney says that Saas -_iy - ps i even the usual month-end handful # N N i of soldiers from Ft. Harrison has | b 3 haa q / di Sc , Quit coming In. | 3 Ya A \

There's not even the slightest indication that war jitters will send panicky males rushing into Mr.

s S the aa 4 3 ¢ : Feeney Oe Ay HT vo 55 la : _ I New as tomorrow, youthful as the teen

droves they came in 1917 when 500

more couples were married In the a BER a years . . . nubby cloth coats in black,

first three months here as compared

Yo Vie LIN fe : Ad brown, blue and wine! Lavish fur trims he —— Sa the) FA LT of Natural squirrel, Sedl dyed coney, Mr. Feeney sé that maybe the § . ; “in Indianay : 4 ~ Mink dyed coney, Pieced Persian and

men in Indianapolis are different,

because he understands mariage : Kidskin! Note the new side closings,

license clerks are doing a rushing : : k business on the East and West Ra : 3 ! plastron fur fronts and new small collars!

Coasts

Maybe ils {ue new. compulsory X July Junior sizes 9 to 15, Misses sizes 12 to 20. marriage physical examinations. : EF Cupid has never fully recovered

from that and in no month since RR 3 ? we } : : the law went into effect in March ? SAR Es y ' § ¥ Four Ways to Pay s ® ® ¥ ® ® ®m ®: su @®@ have the 30-day totals come even a 3 3 ciose to the figures for the same : : : f i. 30-Day charge accounts months of 1939 | > - From a last-minute rush of over { ; 2. Deferred poyment accounts 700 couples in February, the March i § \ \ . Layaway purchase plan

business turned into a trickle of less : than 100, That compared with 350 Advance credit coupons fin February and a few over 350 in March of 1939. Julv and August are aiways slack

months in Mr. Feeney's business. i . pee . Probably it's the let-down after the : . % own 1 8 co m 0 rts

yearly heavy June business.

Even June Slumps x Rl This June less than 450 couples Cg $8.95 Values in rich beauties offered for the first g took out Ili ses. her y 0 ; A . . . . 3 . a ea, ay NR time this season at this ridiculously low price!

Blue ribbon feature, number three

Jest Whe ial dropped Io les wan Filled with fluffy down, these comforts are cov-

330 as compared to 450 for the

tame month of 1939 H : ac k dresses git, ered with rich rayon celanese taffeta in any of 26 And he way business is dragging . 3 . . . 1 this month it doesn't look as though / SR | solid colors or reversible units! Ne

the total will pass the figure for August, 1939

= We . . % ® - es. ) < . > . . . Est I5 4 houses warvie : RES: ; ; Ls ® 300 Big bed size, snow white sheet blankets each, 68¢ this year were hetween 20 and 30 ros e Wi Ww i e ‘ :

years of age. But even that, Mr Feeney says, is not unusual, although that is now the age span

in which men are liable to be drafted if conscription were to come . tomorrow. | War experts say now that the long-waited blitzkrieg against England may be launched this week- :

end. Nol the Jittery Type That might set off a boom in

license business at the Court House But Mr. Feeney doesn’t think so.

Even in their blushing confusion Indispensable for summer and early fall et the license ccunter when brides

and bridegrooms-to-be often make beautiful and charming by contrast, cooled little jok f 2 ried . . ER rayne maTiel 1) by frosty white trims . . . these are dresses

ase their tension, the subject of

war and conscription doesn’t co 1 i up. Mr. Feeney said. tome that will go to the office, the mountains, the

polianapolis rales, it seems, are seashore or serve for general daytime wear! 10 18 jitt ry vpe. wv

LA White lace yokes, braid or collars! Many

DRAFT WOULD DENY | Jactey Siylen! Sizes 9 to 15, 12 to 20 and VOTE 10 THOUSANDS

Vas HINGTON Aug. 6.—If the 3 / government drafts hundreds of § ’ g thousands of men into military ser- i i : : 4 . vice before the November election, 3 / 3 . most of them are likely to lose their ‘Je k k d { th votes | : md : : > | ea er According to the most recent com- | : i Sa . )

pilation by the Judge Advocate General of the army, United States

soldiers, sailors and marines are for- : % rr = 2 ’ Ba ; bidden to vote in all but 19 states. | k RR — i SES 0X i Y 5 w According to the army's compila- : TR x Xx £3 tion, 13 states which permit per- : ce Sod e n i e S D re a S sons in the military and naval ser-| .

vices on active duty to vote, pro- : Se | 1 k ! : vided the domicle is not on a fed-| x oe - si : . oo 3 . 1 eral reservation, are: Alabama, Ar- 8 : . SRC GAY > { : Lush chenilled gl andure n spreads that W ili make 9 " y kansas, California, Florida, Illinois, h Wa NRE om you dream of new bedroom beauty’! A distinctive, ° Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, $ NS %, New York North Dakota, Utah, | ; . rich pattern of waffle weave and colorful florals in jer West V ia. 3 3 ie he WE , ermont and West Virginia PT Nea n : the border and on the pillow- seam! Winter rose,

In six other states, soldiers and La . sailors may vote if they live on I Lg ~~, ¥ a : 2 Pairs $3.00 dusty rose, tan, gold, white, orchid, green, blue.

government reservations, provided the reservation lies in the state and Pig & ba 8 ‘man Fas Jegul residence m Uppers of fine soft kidskin and very flexible * ‘ y ‘ : wash cloth, ea., 10¢ : “ 4 ; oe CO . ' ' in the state. These are Connecticut, 3 F ss TH leather soles make these shoes the favorites of ‘ Famous ‘Cannon’ towels 23x34, ea, 25¢; hand towel, ea., 13¢; ely Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi, New ! ox 5 No : { 1 h k ] ' Hampshire and North Carolina. AS J AY oe E's all women who work a lot on their feet! Note All of the 19 states named, except ET petra 84 also the many built-in features of these fine Maryland, permit absentee voting: | MY ; i \e 1 Hence in Indiana, as in most of the {i shoes! : other 19 states, any soldier who | . BEN " . wishes to ask for his right ta a' TY 1s ga) 1. Folded edges . Flexible leather soles ballot can have one. i vi « 2. Leather lined . Shock absorbing heels : 3. Steel arch support . Fine kid leather

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