Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 February 1942 — Page 9

1942

3000 More. - Added in County.

has reached the 400,000 mark, according to made by ‘the Council of

Sacial

The | estimated that the city grown by at least 12,500) | since 1940 censiis and that 30005000 have been added to those in the county outside

This |.calculation fixes Marion : present population at|’ §

478,000. Of. population increase in city, half of it is due to a i natural increase and.the is due to an influx of defense workers, it was said.

y Move Back to City

April 1, 1940, and Dec. 31, » were 15,732 births in the 10,086 deaths, making increase of reported. : the council sai tire and possible trans ‘rationing, there reversal of the to rural-non farm areas county, thus making an increase in Indianapolis) likely.

Outnumber Men

factor noted by the increase in the numeri of women over

Indianapolis had than men. Now it women, the council said. phenomenon is occurlarge American cities,” reported, “in spite of boy babies continue to girls. The greater life of women, plus increased use of women in urban in part for the situa-

TO FRATERNITY Times Special Ind.,, Feb. 20.— An, student, Robert Geekler, been initiated into: the Alpha Sigma professional chemistry at Indiana University. other Hoosiers were inducted. 7

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TOTALIF PUT AT 400.000

of Social Adbiéias

Chapter XVIl—The Dreary Islands

EVEN BEFORE Japan attacked American, British ‘and Netherlands territories in the Far East, the shortage of oils and ‘gasoline was a serious military, naval and economic

problem.

. At the end of last October Japan had about 65,000,000 tons of oils and gasolines on hand. Before becoming involved in hostilities with the democfacies she was consuming 35,000,000 tons a year,

That consumption must be vastly enhanced now. Her own production: averages only 4,000,000 tons a year, so it will be vital for her to capture

Borneo or Sumatra, for those Dutch islands offer her the only possible oil producing territory in the Orient. But the Dutch, like the British at Sarawak, will dynamite their wells and refineries

and pipelines, rather than surrender them to the

i: Japanese. , Hallett Abend

Even before Japan challenged the democracies, private automobiles were rationed to seven gallons

of: gasoline a ‘month, hire cars to 45 gallons, and cruising taxis had

been abolished.

Trucks, except those owned by army. or navy, stand idle more

than half the time, for small trucks are limited to 54 gallons, every 30 days, medium trucks to 87 gallons, and large trucks may have only 101 gallons

Super-Patriots Rampant

PRO-WAR FANATICS and super-patriots are making life miserable for the average Japanese. The super-patriots want all dogs, cats and riding horses killed, in order to save food, and advocate having all of Japan's magnificent and picturesque golf courses plowed under and planted to crops. Skiing almost came under the government ban, but finally it was decided that this winter sport,

popular in Japan’s mountain dis-

tricts, is “good for national health,” but “those many insin{cere skiers who ski merely for enjoyment” will be subjected to official reprimands. Manufacturers of sporting apparel are urged to make skiing outfits “in more somber colors, in keeping with the guiding spirit of the nation.” September of 1940 was a month of hasty purchases and of busy readjustmeénts in merchandising and in industry, for Oct. 7 was the date set for formally inaugurating® an official government ban on a long list of luxuries.

This rush to buy articles soon to be forbjdden began in August, and for that month in Tokyo alone the tax on the retail sales of luxuries was 520,000 yen larger than in any month in the city’s history. Frigidaires, electric fans and imported cameras were bought to the imposing total of 10,681,300 yen in Tokyo in August alone, whereas other luxuries in great demand were embroidered sashes, all kinds’ of imported clothing, brass bedsteads, desks and jewelry.

Take the Joy Out of Life

GOLD OR platinum jewelry were not in demand, of course, for the finance ministry promulgated an edict demanding the sale to the national treasury of all gold ‘and platinum articles still in the possession of the Japanese people. Large fines are imposed against

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Stock

WOOL and PART WOOL

DRESS

Received From Other Stores For Immediate Clearance!

Group 1 Formerly

NOW °

Group 2

$3.99 and $4.99

52%

Formerly $4.99 aed $5.99

hoarders, for Japan wants to collect and melt down every gold or platinum | ring, ' necklace, watch and cigaret case. Soon there will be no gold in Japan, literally, except that already in the fillings of teeth. | And that, as everyone knows who has ever seen a toothy Japanese smile, ‘will still constitute quite an important reserve of precious metal. Censorious snoopers and busy tattletales are taking much of the joy out of the lives of beautyloving Japanese women and young girls. In Tokyo the municipal social education bureau began a close scrutiny of female pedestrians. A preliminary check-up lasting only one hour at one Tokyo street intersection reported that out of 1172 women and girls “patriotically scrutinized” 27 had their hair done in unpatriotic elaborate fashion, 192 had luxury belongings, 172 were wearing luxury silk kimonos, and 163 others wore suspiciously expensive-look-ing foreign style suits and dresses. No detailed list of men who defy the war-bred puritanical spirit was given out, but it was darkly hinted that too many men wore imported gloves and rings, or carried luxurious walking sticks or umbrellas. Shoes of costly looking foreign leather were also regarded with suspicion.

Buttons of Clay

THE MEN of Japan suffer from war economies too, and in ways far more serious than having their geishas ang waitresses go drab on them. Leather shoes, for instance, when they are to be had at all, cost from 60 yen up a pair—more than a month’s pay in many cases, Since the army grabs nearly all the wool to be found in East Asia, the Japanese men who wear foreign-style suits have had cloth~ ing as shoddy as their fishskin or pasteboard imitation-leather shoes For early in 1940 the . autho decreed the use of “staple fiber,” which turned out to be mostly hark and wood pulp, with a very slight admixture of wool and a somewhat larger proportion of cotton. The stuff soon simply bursts at elbows, knees and shoulders. And even the Japanese men who wear cotton kimonos soon found that the. one-time pure cotton cloth was half bark and wood pulp, which would not survive many washings. Of course | your kimono-clad Japanese man does not worry about buttons, but the others do. And from now on their worries will: increase, [ior Japan’s new buttons are to be made of a mixture of clay and resin. All the metal buttons®in the Empire will be melted up for the use of the munitions plants, and bone buttons will be ‘used for army and navy uniforms exclusively. # » #

Weary, but Tough

UNDOUBTEDLY, wishful thinking has colored much of the spetulation ‘as to the extent to which 54 months of hostilities - have drained the resources of the Japanese treasury and to what extent this long-drawn conflict has ,wearied the spirit of the people. Although it is true that Japan is war weary, the people still accept with fortitude the steadily tightening blggkade of what, even in peacetime, were their pitifully few comforts, their very cheap pleasures, and now even the simple necessities of their nor-. mally frugal lives.

‘MODERN ELIJAH’ OF OHIO FORCED TO. EAT

DAYTON, O. Feb. 20 (U.P.).— After 28 days of fasting, Ralph Bowser, 42, self-styled “modern Elijah,” has been committed to the Dayton state hospital. Bowser will be forced to eat at the hospital. He has lost more than 21 pounds. Bowser has lived on what he called “sp: al nourishment” since has was committed to the khouse for refusing to send two children to school. He opposed compulsory vaccination. : |

GIVEN RELIGIOUS POST Miss Anna Clark of is ' the newly elected - .of the state and onal advisory section of the Interna

Council of Religious Education. She elected at the 21st andrei convention in Chicago last w

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