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WILLKIE T0 AVOID Cool Profit in lce Cream TIEUP WITH F.D.R. }

Refuses to Be Committed in Advance on Specific Acts in Field of Foreign Affairs: Wants to Be Free to Criticize.

THOMAS L. STOKES

Times Special Writer

COLORADO SPRINGS,

Aug. 10.—Wendell LL. Willkie

continue to avoid commitments in advance on specific

the Roosevelt Administration in the field of foreign

Roogevelt

is President, and as far as

Mr. Willkie

oncerned he must take responsibility for foreign policy.

hig, in brief, is ican candidate's reply to ious behind-the-scenes apwches in the last few days, apparently indirect and rough third parties, looking ward sort agreent between the President

1d Mr. Willkie about foreign

i 1,

some of

these maneuvers have

d toward the

obtaining

nominee's of

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escence

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MORE DEFENSES ARE INSPECTED

President Talks to Donovan, Just Back From Britain, | On Latest Tour.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H, Aug (U. PP) —President Roosevelt toda) inspected submarine constriction | being speeded up under the national defense program at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and boarded his yacht Potomac to continue his check up of defense establishments along the | New England seaboard | After a 45-minute swing through | the vard, Mr. Roosevelt was piped | over the Potomac's rail and sailed | for Boston. where later in the day he will inspect the Boston Navy Yard Accompanied by Secretary of Navy Frank Khox and Secretary of Commerce Harny L. Hopkins, Mr Roosevelt was beginning an intenive “non-political” inspection of defense bases in Maine, New HampRhode Island

re, Massachusetts and Connecticut With Donovan Fn route here. Mr. Roosevelt conferred with William J Donovan, war-time commander of the fighting 69th of New York, who recently returned from a mission to Great Britain on which he had been disvatehed by ary Khox Although White House sources and Mr. Roosevelt, himself, refused to disclose the nature of My Donovan's m was understood authoritatively that he informed Mr. Roosevelt that his impressions gained in England indithat e ale good chances Great Britain will be able to German blitzkrieg

Confers

secret

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the

repulse am

Mystery that Myr. Dono that eflectiveness ot thie Roval Air Force might be a factor 1 British success 1 defending their island against the Nazis There was no indication, however that Mr. Donovan was sent abroad {0 assay British prospects in the European struggle and Mr. Rooseshowed no inclination to clear up the mystery surrounding Mr. | KHox's activities | The swing roughly paralleled the President's journey through northeastern states in the 1936 campaign this time he will travel largely by boat precluding the possibility of political demonstrations

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But

GREENES TO HAVE REUNION he Greene Family annual union will ve a week irom toMorrow at Cascade Park in Bloommgton A basker dinner will be

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Miss Beulah Clements, of 1109

330 Peddlers Sell 2,400,000 Bars Yearly for $120,000.

EARL HOFF 2,400,000 jce cream bars Indianapolis this sum-

By take off

It to cool mel For the 330 peddlers in the eity, ranging from vacationing boys to

grown men with year-roung routes,

have built a $120,000 business on Indianapolis residents’ taste for ice cream and the desire to have it brought to their front doot And the business continues to grow The boy or who wheels his cart to vour front curb or lugs a box up the stairs to vow makes all the wav from cents to $8 a day He works an 11hour day five or Six davs a week He could work seven davs a week, But he usually likes to take a day or two off. It's a business in which personality and hard work count the most. which accounts for the great range in the peddlers’ income Dealers who furnish the or boxes to the peddlers and sell them the ice creamy and the dry ice to keep it cold count on a 100-day peak season each veal This vear. with ed ont slow Bit Drexler, head of Cream Novelty Co that the July weather more than made up for June August looks like it's going to be poor for the ice cream business, however, The best business is after 3 p. m, and cool evenings make sales few and fai between Men, as a general rule, make bhetter salesmen than the boys, My Drexler savs., Most of the boys consider their ice cream earnings pin money, while many of the older peddlers support families. About 35 of Mh Drexler’'s 96 peddlers work year-round When the weather gets cold they sell hot tamalies. candy and sandwiches Each peddler has a route which he builds up himself They all keep their eves open for a better one. but there is No scrapping over territories Each peddle: als keeps himself on 3a train-like schedule that their customers will be used to seeing them at cer tain times. It helps business Dealers in ice cream bars call

man

carts

1 cool June, start. Raymond S the Drexler Ice SAVES

'| Was Slugged. Stewardess Insists, ‘and Swallowed Key' WIN BLOGK'S PRIZES

YORK. Aug. 10 (U. P sounds impossible Rose - Mth sald today ‘But mie in an American Nashville, Tenn old A. A. hostess al her emplovers and

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man Gl A Man siugged Airlines pian veal x

© Ol Nashville today home in Flushing attack said expen thousands of feet in the an ovel Tenpiessee mountains gave ta commercial aviation one of its ctrangest experiences Airline of- ; were s t pending outcome

rom hel he she once ed the

cial of incident Repeating the has told to Nashville fice inspectors and line officials, the model” hostess all she knew that an unknown man had Ber in the powder room Wednesday night ana he give him the key and mail companrt-

the already postof -

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police

story

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gone Inte the up when

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téd to turn around.’ was grabbed Hom man said, ‘give me key or I'll shag He fell to the foo It Was then swallowed the key It seemed about the Oo do. IT dont Xhow thought much about it at the time Then Miss recalled that she Once had seen a motion picture based on of the stories of Rafael Sabbatini—in which the Herd Nad done WwW That, namen low a Kev, when a bang of to steal the loot from

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she said, that she Pest thing

though if I

Griffith OMe

St SYA Pirates tried Rim mm the continued, hey cut the hero open to get the kev. Maybe that was in the back! of MY Mind, too “I Know it sounds impossible. IX

movie,” she

TtHex

understand how hap-

pened. There are a million theories and 1 wish someone would explain it all me, 1 can't explain it Miss Griffith

thought she would take a week

and the airline,

100 off m that hoax

and from the ordeal Nashville, the Banner asserted Miss Griffith's story was a Before she left on the fight the newspaper sajd, she had written Aa letter to het sweetheart” with wiom she had quarvelled, declaring that ‘le had a premonition that something would happen on the tip Air portexs hospital published

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line officials had prevented ve seeing Miss Griffith at the Soon after this story was the air line officials arranged for the reporters to mtverview ler. THe newspaper was sent in to her in advance of the revorters Arrival and when they entered her room she was white, a little atrembie. fer hands elutehing at Jieeis of her Bed Obviousiy she Was very angry WH wiote this

manaed

Story 2?” ghe deone of the ren Miss Griffith then

the reporier with an

AIRY he had characterized epithet whieh ttle standing conservative nariot of ang®

denied

ving m a expressive dighation. She then

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MORE GO TO CHURCH. CONTRIBUTIONS LESS

WASHINGTON. Aug. io UU. p American chweh attendance during the decade 1926-36 increased by one million, But contributions declined quarter-billion dollars, Census Burean figures disclosed today At the start of the decade 34% - 500.000 members of 213 religions de rominations donated $817.215000 an average of $16 each—to support their churches. Th 1936 there weave 535.800.0000 members of 238 denoming - fons, With contributions totaling £318.000.000

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Was

GARRETT HAS PHONE

SERVICE ONCE MORE

GARRETT, Ind., Aug. 10 (UB)

Ralph Howell, 12, of 112 Chester St. receives his

dav's load from Brookside Ave.

: $ ® b. Fhe ey Sug ed

Novelties | §

3 i | 8

And there goes John Moore, 18, of 820 N. Fast St... . a “frst vear man.” He's already saved $358 for school expenses at Tech this fall

theirs a "novelty business” ag cone

tracted to package and sundae and oda Mr. Drexler from 2's per cent of the ice cream thusiness in 1931, the “novelty” sales rose to 27 per cent last year You ean almost tick off the rise in temperature by degrees as the jce cream ‘novelties’ sales mount MY. Drexler savs The hotter it gets, the better the that is until the mercun) Iveaches around 93 degrees, Then sales start declining The reason, he says, it gets that hot Indianapolis dents switch to soft drinks heey When beer

Speedway ice

«ales says that

sales are

when resi and

is that

introduced sales

Was cream

at plum

- meted 75 per cent

| That's one of the hardships of the

Business

1600 PHOTOGRAPHS

Photographs of Ham Jennings Bryan taken at fafavette and of little girl with a parasol, both taken in the 90s, shared honors today in William H. Block Co, Old ! Photograph contest Two prizes were offered. 1 William Jennings Bryan photograph won the most interesting picture prize for Mis. F. H. Green, R. R 4 Rox 808, Indianapolis It Was taken by Ira A. Thrush, a cousin of Mis, Green's father, Mrs, Marie LaGrange of Frank in entered the photograph of the little girl, which “most charming pic prize. The ture was taken bv a Washington D. C., photosrapier Contest judges were I. I. Engel Block's camera shop feland H

PD manager, ang Ridgway, Indiana Bel) Telephone dent

the

) he

won the

ure DIY

Co. camera c¢lub presi

6 BIG BOTTLES

25¢

Think of it! 6 big Bottles . . « 12 big drinks , . « in that thrifty home carton of tasty Pepsi-Cola. No wonder Pepsi Cola gets Rrst call with smart shoppers everywhere, Order some today!

Aan average of $9 each |

THES Yon of 3000 Was receiving jt

regular telephone service todav after A hace was called in a strike of Sight Operators and a clerk Mm the Garett telephone exchange The strike lasted for seven ang one-Half hours yesterday, The work ers Agreed to the truce pending a conference Monday.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

doubt

SATURDAY, AUG. 10, 1940

| At City Hall—

STREET REPAIR PROGRAM IN 41 IS FORMULATED

‘Works Board Plans Best | Way to Spend Gas Tax; | | Little Rate Change. |

It evolved at the Works Board meeting, a few minutes after 11 a m. vesterday—the plan for spending $100,000 of next year's {gasoline tax on im-

almost

major street

(provements “Maryland St in shape,” City Engineer M. G son said. Maurice Tennant, member, nodded | “I think that ought he said { “What would you have to do?" lasked Leo Welch, Board vice presijdaent “You'd have to take up the wood block and put in five inches of conerete,” Mr. Johnson said “Leave the car tracks in, they're all right but that wood block is gone It must have been in for 30 years 1 guess we'd have to take it from West over to Alabama |

Quick Mind's Eye Tour The members of the Board took a mind's eve tour of the City and, stopped at Central Ave | We wouldn't have to pull the tracks. We could cover them up resurfacing.” Mr, Johnson | “How far? asked Mr. Britton “Off hand, I'd as far as you can go from Ft. Wayne Ave. to 34th 1 the engineer said Board President Louis Brandt fingered his necktie clasp I guess] we'll have to do that, too,” he said “T'll get an estimate of the costs, (My Johnson said “Theres one) more thing | “Some people on the West Side [have an idea to build a subway in Morris St. underneath the Belt tracks. 'Thev've been up here and they've been up to see the Mavor | “Oh. ves," said Mr. Welch | | “1 talked to them vesterday,” Mi { Johnson continued and I think i lwould relieve that district. T'Il have plans made for both Harding and Morris St ubwavs and get est mates so we'll have an idea

Little Change in Civil Rate The valuation estimate of $311.970 080 for assessed proverty in Ir dianapolis. which is $351.000 higher than last vear’s estimate on which current civil ety tax rate is isn't going affect the 1941 citv rate materially City Controller James FE. Deer) estimated that if the present $128 civil city rate is continued next yea it will raise only $7163 moire on the basis the new valuation than it dia this veal hig is enough to pave a 20-fool allev for about two blocks But even that's something While City officials will use County Auditor Glenn B. Ralston’s pctimate to formulate the civil eity vate. they aren't sure that it's going to remain unchanged The practice is that the Auditor makes a valuation estimate in Apgust for budget making purposes But the real valuation figure doesn't appear until the following February fast February, City officials got a shock when they found the real valuation was $3.000.000 pelow the Anditor's August estimate, on whieh the current tax rate was based At a matier of fact, there Is that the valuation last year actually $507073920, as an-| officially City officials valuation was nears

terrible JohnBoard

to be done”

Sav

the based civil

was nounced think the $309 000.000 They won't ind out definitely until all taxes pavable this year are collected, mavhe sometime next vear, It's all very complicated,

‘Mistaken Impression’ A member of the Mayor's Reerea jon Advisory Committee has taken jseiie with the statement which ap: peared here recentiy that the Park Department will need an additional £30 000 next veal The committee member said it gave the wrong im pression { The fact ig that the additional $30.000 is requested by the recreation division. The entire appropriation which the Park Department js asking for next vear ic $1413.55 below the departments present budget The

recreation

cli

the being

$30.000 increase budget request more than offset bv cuts in the operating expenditures of other divisions of the Park Department ‘he increase will finance the salaries for an assistant recreation director and an additional clerk at City Hall, pay raises of $5 a month for Qqirectors on the playgrounds and $10 a month for full time

Veterans of 98 to Picnie—The] annual basket picnic of the Harold C. Megrew Post One, United Span-ish-American War Veterans, will be held tomorrow at Brookside Park. | Local Spanish-American War veterans and the Megrew Drum and Bugle Corps will go to Detroit Mich, a week from tomorrow to represent Indianapolis at the fourdav veterans’ national encampment

aviation vears,

Henry E. Ostrom enthusiast for many

Capt. Lewis B. Rock of Dayton, Ohio. chairman of the Fifth Corps Area Civilian Aviation Committee, yesterday appointed Henry E Ostrom of Indianapolis to head the Indiana Committee of the or ganization Myr. Ostrom succeeds Richard M Fairbanks, president of the Ins dianapolis News, who resigned the chairmanship recently. The group was organized by Col. Frank Knox Secretary of the Navy, to promote interest in aviation among civilians Mr. Ostrom, a contractor, owns his own plane and was one of the first advocates of a municipally= owned airport in Indianapolis. He chairman of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce aviation committee

Light Family Organizes Indiana of the Light Family met for the first time recently at Spades Park and organized a local of the nationally-organized family The Light Family originated in Clarke County, Virginia. Officers foi the Indiana section ave A F. Light, president: Carl Light, vice dent; Warren G. Light, treasurer; Mrs. Frances Fiscus, secretary, and Mrs. C. A. Daniel, historian

members

section

supervisors and utility services for

houses houses will

community The new community be located at Rilev Camby Place and abandoned Sehool 61

four new

To provide these things. the Park Board and the Advisory Committee decided to eliminate funds for land purchases altogether and cut the department's sponsors’ contribution for WPA projects by two thirds. In addition, money for the purchase of playground apparatus will be switched to a fund for mimeograph publication expenses

presi-’

Northwestern, |

BOY OF 18 WINS DRIVERS! TITLE

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‘Gene Kennard of Evansville Is State Champion in Club to See Film—=A movie “Flagship of the Air,” sponsored Ford Contest.

by the American Airlines, will be| Times Special chief entertainment at the Service] DEARBORN, Mich, Aug. 10 Club luncheon Monday at the| °N® M. Kennard has been named | Claypool Hotel. The Service Club's| Indians » Wi ng awomabiie weekly publication, “The Grenade.” |r. Ye vufissiom | made its first appearance this eek | OTivers League national contest p Ti 4 B | The 18-year-old Evansville youth in new form, with a summary of the : | Burke Wadsworth Act by “Bverets RCCOMpanied by an adult sponsor f,. MeOoy and An article oR “De {of his own choosing, will go to the } a Eo br “New York World's Fair the week hg and Conscription bY! of Aug. 26 to represent Indiana in

|Mark E. Hamer. | the finals.

Discusses Young Men—The needs! He will compete for one of 48 ‘of young men today will be dis. | Scholarships ranging from $100 to | 4 $5000. He will be presented with a | etissed by R. Warren Fisher at the trophy emblematic of his champiornY'" Bible Breakfast at 8:10 a. m {ship and a certificate designating tomorrow at the ¥Y M. C. A Mr | him as state champion. | Fisher is Indianapolis “Y" educa<| To win over youths of high school tional directbr age from all over Indiana, the Evansville vouth scored highest rat« ings in technical examinations on driving knowledge. He took a 25« mile driving test conducted by drive ing experts, then wrote a 300-word etter on “What 1 personally can do to reduce automobile accidents.’ Byron Doenges, I't. Wayne, fine ished second in the Indiana cone test

Legion Post 312 to Pienie—=Mem-| bers of the Broad Ripple Post 312 American Legion, will have their an- : | nual picnic at Northern Beach to-| |morrow. A pitch-<in dinner will be | served at 1 p. m. The afternoon activitier will include a tug of war foot races, softball and horse shoe! games. Ice cream and lemonade will be served Paul E. Miller is post com- | mander. The committee in charge includes Dr. A. B. Chambers, acting! chairman; L. P. MeGehey, Grafton | Anderson, Dick Melds and Mrs John Noon !

WILSON REUNION SET The Hugh Wilson Family, coma prising eight families, will hold ita 26th annual reunion Aug. 18 at the friends Church at Plainfield. Those invited include members and de= | scendants of the Wilson, Harrison, Green, Stanley, Donnell, Howerton, Herdel and MeMannis families. Ems mett W. Green is president and Louisa J. Wilson ig secretary

SHOP IN COMFORT, Entire Store Air-Conditioned

ENTIRE STORE

OPEN TONIGHT

UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK

Come to Sears for

Complete Selections of Summer Merchandise

New Shipments Arriving Daily

ARS. ROEBUCK AND CO

FREF PARKING FREE RUS

Tephone Alabama at Vermont St.

PICTURE PEDDLERS . ..

Cause Numerous Complaints

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The appearance of this Information Message in these columng is evis dence that this publis cation subseribes to the principles of the Bets ter Business Bureau, and co-operates with the Bureau in protect ing the public even to the extent of refusing to accept the advertiss ing of firms whose ade vertising and sales poli= cies are proved by the Bureau to be contrary to the public Interest

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The

This By

has for

711 Majestic Bldg.

profit, supported by more than 600 Indianapolis Business concerns, and

especially where there is a public or competitive Interest involved.

For several months the Better Business Bureau has been receiving numerous complaints from housewives and others, who by high pressure selling or tricky tactics are induced to give orders for picture enlargements to transient photographers or their representatives.

Numerous sales devices are used which would lead the prospect to believe that she is getting a free enlargement or that she is getting an unusual bargain for "advertising or “introductory” purposes, but always in the stories brought to us the "hook" is somewhere hidden in the scheme. Generally the "hook" is the requirement that the prospect purchase a frame for the picture. The price of the frame is usually excessive.

The names of five different companies, from as many different cities, using such tactics have been reported to us as operating in Indianapolis. Undoubtedly, some financially responsible companies may be operating in a similar manner who do not approve of sales practices used by their representatives. On the other hand, there are a number of these companies who instruct and encourage their representatives in such practices.

The only way you can protect yourself is to determine beforehand the responsibility of the company and the authority of the representative before placing your order. Beware of the company offering "Free Picture Enlargements,’ or other "Free merchandise or services where such "free" offer is conditioned upon the purchase of other merchandise or services.

If information is not available elsewhere, call the. Better Business Bureau.

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