Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1941 — Page 18

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- CONGRESS RACES LIVING COST RISE

Prices Going Up Faster Than Administrator Henderson i | Can Get Started, Although He May Catch Up in Long Run. Ry RUTH FINNEY Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, July 20.—Congrest and the cost of] living are in a race which will affect the pocketbooks of many Americans even more than the new tax bill, | The cost of living ig creep) = ing steadily up, tortoise fash- cent higher than a year ago.

ton, while Congress, apparent= fall retailers will have exhausted Vv 8 ite as Jeeean. heir stocks of merchandise bought I ure i a iy ai P! Jaushoh at the lower prices, and will start trol legislation Defore the marking up their goods in aes

race ix lost, ie still at the cordance with the new wholesale & h he level

starting point, In July living costs have reached the 1837 high point and have gone 3 of a point above it I They are still far below pre-de-pression costs. With the 1935-30 average which the Bureau of Labor Statistics now uses as 100, the 1930 living cost stood at 120, and the 1920 Costs at 123 Today they are around 105 Rut they are going higher. Whole-

will be in operation by then is a question Leon Henderson, head of the Office of Price Administration and § Civilian Supply, hag asked for legislation giving him power to impose mandatory ceilings on commodity | prices, but instead of drawing a bill and sending it to Congress he has asked Congressional leaders to i help draft the bill. This procedure _ {is taking time now but may save y (time in the end, if anything re- | sembling agreement ean be brought about by the conference method.

No Fasy Task

Mr. Henderson was in NRA and | | khows how hard the job of controlling prices can be, particularly | with different sectiongs of the | country bringing pressure through | their Congressmen. He therefore wants Congress to fix specific] | boundaries within which he shall | operate, | That puts up to Congress at once the question whether wages—a big item in the cost of any produet—

sale prices are now about 14 per §° By,

| Whether price-control machinery

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SURVEY RUSHED i ON CAMP SITE

Many Preliminary Studies! On Columbus Cantonment Already Finished.

Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind, July 20.—With (survey work nearly 100 per cent completed, Army engineers reported today that the proposed Army ean tonment site near here consists of L817 tracts of land with a total of [55,327 acres 4! At the same time, Lieut. Everett K. 8himp, camp construction quar termaster, said that surveys of the fF cantonment site, topographic sure vey and foundation and power | supply reports were 90 per cent completed; water supply and sewage disposal reports, 100 per cent completed, fuel studies, 96 per cent finlished, and work on master and | tract map and stream gauging 100 [per cent complete, Work is proceeding on drainage, ‘road and railroad studies, camp {layout and plans and specifications a for all eantonment utilities, | Lieut. Shimp also disclosed that Walter Boyne, 12, an eighth. [businessmen and property owners grade schoolboy of East St. Louis, AFoLng Je cantonment site have 5 . |effectively prevented inerease in Nt dea an idea to ald U. 8, sub living costs despite the arrival of marines against enemy action. [hundreds of new residents in the Hit plan is to equip submarines

eity. with dummy periscopes: when de- en —— stroyers charge after the tieeing | | WO HURT SERIOUSLY periscope of the sub, the sub- | marine would dive, releasing the the dummy periscope and maneuver out of the way. While the enemy eraft hovers over the spot te drop depth charges where the dummy periscope was re leased, the submarine doubles back on its course and moves in to begin itt attack. Walter submitted his plan to Secretary of the Navy Knox, who referied it to Navy experts for consideration,

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A workman and a 12-year-old boy {were injured seriously in falls yes- | terday, Herbert Swinford, 24, of Nobles ville, fell 15 feet from a beam in | the Marmon-Herrington Co. plant and was taken to City Hospital with {head injuries. Bert O'Leary, Tist St. and Central Ave, fell seven feet while playing in a house under construction at 70th and Delaware Sts. He was taken to St. Vincent's Hos-

shall be limited along with prices, and the question whether farm prices shall be included. Apparent ly Congressional leaders are insist ing that wages be left out of the bill. They are still deadlocked over the question of farm prices If agreement can be reached on these points and on standards by which price ceilings shall be fixed jin different parts of the eountry where living costs vary, Mr. Hen iderson may be allowed to admin ister a price-control system without constant sniping. The question at) the moment is how long before he | can get started.

10 Per Cent More for Food

A picture of what will probably | happen to the family budget in the | months just ahead while Congress is weighing and balancing all the factors in our complex economy ean be seen from what has happened in the last few months, The cost of food for moderateincome families has gone up 104 per cent in the past seven months The rate of increase is larger each month, | Clothing has gone up 1.2 per cent | | in the past four months, p Rents have gone up an average of Fw 2.2 per cent in large cities, during x the past four months. In some cities the increase has been much! sharper

ANTI-WAR MEETING CALLED AT ELWOOD

ELWOOD, Ind. duly 20 (U. P) | An anti-war meeting. called by] Mayor George M. Bonham, is sched- | wled for Sunday in Elwoods' Calla. | way Park. ! The Telly. aCoousing to a proela-| mation of the Mayor, will be to! one ftedap—Be Safe! demonstrate the antipathy of the | “home of Wendell Willkie" toward! j war. Mr. Willkie, then Republican | ; | Presidential candidate, made his! | notification address in Callaway Park last summer, { The Mayor's proclamation an-! nounced that Rep. Forest Harness! of Kokomo, Congressman from the! Fifth District, would be principal speaker at the rally. l

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GASOLINE TAX USED

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Patriot Group

To Hear Linton

DR. ERNEST M. LINTON, associate professor of government at Indiana University, will address members of the Federated Patriotie Societies at their annual pienie tomorrow noon at the Brookgide Park € 0 m m unity House Dr Linton will speak on “The Challenge to American Dex mooraey.” Mise Evelyn Compton, Dr. Linton president of

the ¥. P. 8 will introduce the

HOUSE OPPOSES EXTENSION PLAN

Poll Shows G. 0. P. Solid, And Enough Democratic

Votes to Beat Measure.

WASHINGTON, July 29 (U, P.) — An informal poll by House leaders indicated today that the Administration proposal to retain selectees in the Army couldn't pass if a vote was taken now, The disclosure coincided with a private caucus of Republican members of the Military Affairs Comspeaker, who hag traveled exten- mittee. They decided to oppose ex= sively through Europe and has |iancion of the military service of

lectured in England and on the ee The meeting is given |selectees or a Congressional dec-

bers of the Grand Army of the [that the national interest is “imRepublie. periled.” — They will support the indefinite retention of National Guardsmen jand Reservists, who also were called | originally for one year of service. | Senate opponents of the Admin10 WIDEN 2 STREETS stration proposal planned a caucus [in the office of Senator Burton K { Wheeler (D, Mont), The Senate begins debate on the {service extension proposal tomorrow. carry | House consideration has been de- . {layed by the Military Affairs Com-

mittee, They are Capitol Ave, from 16th]

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increased gasoline {ax Works Board has ore widening of which now Rep. Dewey Short (R. Mol), CY | hublicans, said President Roosevelt already has the power to retain selectees., He contended

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that under the , y : N | Selective Service Act, selectees, Capitol Ave. will be widened 14 \)0) they complete their year's training, 0 ito the reserves. The National Guard Act authorizes the President to call up the Reserves, The survey of House sentiment, it was learned, indicated an almost solid Republican opposition and 13 and learned the sufficient Democratic defections in 13 Wheeler St.-his|the New England, Pennsylvania and Schwartz recently celebrated | Illinois delegations to create doubt

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FRESH PEARS, plums, prunes, apples and enriched wheat flour have been added to the list of foods available during August for purchase with blue stamps by families taking part in the Food Stamp plan, which was inaugurated here yesterday. John C. Taggett, stamp plan program organizer for Indiana, said that pork and pork lard, obtainable during July in all areas, are not included in the August list, The complete list for August: All fresh vegetables, including potatoes; fresh oranges, fresh peaches, fresh pears, fresh plums, fresh apples, fresh prunes, raisins, corn meal, shell eggs, wheat flour, enriched wheat flour, self rising flour, enriched self rising flour, whole wheat flour, dried prunes, dry edible beans, hominy (corn) grits.

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Members are Oscar M. Wilmington, 1516 Brookside Ave, assistant adjutant of the Grand Army of the custodian of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Adjutant

Republic; Albert A. Henry,

Monument, and State General John Friday.

Mr, Wilmington represents Civil War veterans; Mr. Henry, Spanishand Mr,

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TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1941

NAZIS UNAFRAID HOOSIER CLANS

George E. Kidd, Back From Berlin, Says Reich Is Determined.

NEW YORK, July 29 (U. P),— George E. Kidd, who has: been on the staff of the United Press in Europe for 4% years, said on his arrival in New York today that the German people still appear grimly determined to carry on the war. Mr. Kidd, who is from Brazil, Ind. left Berlin with his wife July 5, traveling by train through Switzerland, Free France and Spain to Lisbon, whence they sailed on the S. S. Excalibur, They planned to leave shortly for Brazil, Ind. to visit Mr. Kidd's family before visit-

Mr. Kidd said that the German people were confident of defeating Russia despite the apparent delay in the original time schedule due to Russian resistance.

Enough Food

“Some unofficial German quarters at the beginning of the campaign said they expected Russia to be de=feated within six weeks,” Mr. Kidd sald. “The German people thus far have given no sign of collapse under their total war effort. To the contrary, they still appear de= termined.” ‘Mrs. Kidd, who kept house in Berlin, said the food situation in Germany had become slightly more restricted after two years of war. “Bread and potatoes still are the mainstay of the German diet,” she said. “They have fresh vegetables lin season, but very little fruit. Recently, the meat ration was reduced from one pound to slightly under one pound per person per week. “All in all, however, the German housewife gets enough to feed her family but she has to scour the market and stand in line to do it. It's not much fun.”

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