Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1942 — Page 5

4 TUESDAY, MARCH 94,

FACE CONFLICT IN SUGAR DATES

Authorities Learn Some Schools Close Before

Registration Days. By LOUIS ARMSTRONG

The registration of Marion county rationing is in conflict with the closing school date

persons for sugar

of six township school systems in the county. It has been announced that family and individual consumers, will register at elementary schools May 4 5 6 and 7 and that elementary school teachers will have charge of the registering. But schools in Wayne, Decatur, Franklin, Lawrence, Perry and Pike townships close April 30. * William Rightor, deputy state rationing administrator, who has charge of sugar rationing, said this conflict is yet to be ironed out. The school teachers who live out of the county may have to come back for those four days.

Futile to Hoard Stamps

The problem is the same in rural areas in the state where schools are only eight months long. Mr. Rightor said, also, that sales of sugar would stop on April 27 and not be resumed until after May 5. Commercial users of sugar, restaurants, institutions; bakers, and meat packers will register on April 28 and 29 at high schools. A stamp on the consumers’ rationing card will also have definite limitations. Each stamp will be good for a two-week period and a given amount. If stamps are not used in their designated period they are useless so it will be futile to hoard stamps for a big buying splurge.

Take Excess into Account

Persons who have always bought sugar in large quantities will not

be classed as hoarders. Only those}

persons who buy more than their usual amount will be so labeled. However, in cases where persons have more than two pounds of sugar on hand in their homes, stamps will be torn from their book to cover the excess, Mr. Rightor said. He and James B. Strickland, state rationing administrator, have just returned from a rationing administrator's meeting in Chicago. They learned there that 7,000,000 pounds of sugar is being hoarded in this country. Industrial users of sugar and persons who normally buy large amounts will use certificates instead of stamps.

2 FILE BIDS TO FILL CITY STREET TRENCH

Two bids for filling in the trench

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fourth degree service. pledge of allegiance.

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with sons in the services are (left to right) Richard W. Graham of the fourth degree service; Edward J. Dowd, grand knight; O. C. Litzelman, in charge of military guests, and Vernon Hennessey, also of the Mr. Graham and Mr. Hennessey will be in charge of blessing the colors and the Principal speaker at the program, which will start at 8 o'clock in the K. of C. auditorium, will be Lieut. Col. William Cleary, friend of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and at present director of the chaplains’ school at Ft. Harrison. :

This article is one of a series describing wartime activities on the Pacific Ceast.

By FRED S. FERGUSON Times Special Writer SAN FRANCISCO, March 24— State and local authorities have been far ahead of Washington in attempting to do something about the transportation problem growing out of the tire shortage. Three weeks before the issu-

W. Coast ‘Keeps 'Em Rolling’ Despite Truck Tire Famine

for which they attribute to the evacuation of the Jap farmers. Torn for years by labor strife and strikes, San Francisco now finds its labor situation in pretty good shape —at least stabilized. This has been brought about by adoption of the Scandinavian system, and having as effective an organization among employers as that presented by labor. There are 27 different employers’ organizations functioning. The waterfront has its own organization, but all of the employers’ units deal collectively, just as labor

ance of President Roosevelt's letter to govern- : ors asking them to fix a 40mile speed limit, the California railroad commission was hot after speed reduction and load control for trucks, while Chambers of Commerce were studying their fields and making tions. A letter and charts for posting, sent out by Justus F. Craemer, president of the railroad commission, showed clearly how bad loading or speed affected tires, and the battle for rubber conservation was on, It’s vital battle on the Pacific coast. It has nothing to do with bicycles, but it has a lot to do with oil cattle, foodstuffs, cement, hay, liquor and almost everything entering into general living and production.

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cents per lineal foot. The Marion County Construction Co. submitted | a bid of 17.4 per lineal foot. The board will accept one of the bids tomorrow. There will be approximately 17 miles of trench to fill as the city’s unused streetcar rails are removed.

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The railway along the coast is a single-track line.| It can only be said that it is busy, 0 it is not difficult to understand the importance of keeping trucks rolling. Under normal conditions the commercial truck hauling business in California amounts to $80,000,000 a year. This does not include the transporting done by privatelyowned truck lines such as those operated by oil companies and others. The passenger bus business runs over $30,000,000. Ninety-four per cent of the oil consumed in California is transported by truck. There is a possibility of revival of the old river traffic between San Francisco and Sacramento. | | Airplane plants and other war] | production organizations are sur- | veying the tire, situation among all their employees. At one plant if the car owner cannot show that he is carrying one or two others with him as his part in the “double-up” program, he is not permitted to put his car in the company lot.

Food Storage is Problem

From the standpoint of the storing and conserving of food products, California has another knot{ty problem. The warehouses are {built for “bag storage,” rather than {bulk. That is the warehouses were {built to receive the grains and veg-

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lin bags. The warehouses which are built {with huge open bins for bulk storage elsewhere are lacking here. And Inow, with the supply of burlap vir- | tually exhausted, there will be no | bags. | You know you are bang-slap in la war area when you are in San | Francisco. Old familiar civilian | spots and activities, such as lunch{ing or having dinner at a water{front restaurant, become strangely |inter - mingled with soldiers on guard and barricades and spread before your eves are many things that aren’t talked about.

Crab Supply Low

The fish and the crab supply isn’t what it used to be, and housewives are complaining about the rising cost of vegetables, the cause

deals collectively, Labor pressure for the closed shop, of course, continues, but the constant series of sporadic strikes has been brought under control as a result of the association’s system of negotiations. When a former management of the Sir Francis Drake hotel failed to stand by the employers’ council during the hotel strike, the council just bought the hotel and is now operating it. 5 ” o TOMORROW: Portland protects vital industries.

SOUTHPORT 0. E. S. T0 INSTALL HEADS

Southport chapter 442, O. E. S, will hold an installation of officers at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the South-

port Masonic temple. Mrs. Opal Swords and Howard C. Smith will be inducted as worthy matron and worthy patron, respectively. Mrs. Daisy Crist, grand secretary and past worthy grand matron, will be the installing matron. She will be assisted by Mrs. Irene Kennedy, marshal; Mrs. Lillian Davis chaplain, and Mrs. Vivian Schmalz, organist. Others to be installed are Mrs. Esther Groves, "associate matron; the Rev. Reuben Lindstrom, associate patron; Miss India Stubbs, secretary; Mrs, Marion Lockwood, treasurer; Mrs. Emma Haviland, conductress; Mrs. Ora Brown, associate conductress; Mrs. Susana Sweany, chaplain; Mrs. Dora Talbert, marshal; Mrs. Mary Tarkington, Adah; Mrs. Schmalz, organist; Mrs. Lois Taylor, Ruth. Also Mrs. Viola White, Esther; Mrs. Mary Miller, Martha; Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham, Electa; Mrs. Edith Stone, warder; Omer Brewer, sentinel; Mrs. Susan Edmonds,

stereoptican. The retiring matron and patron are Mrs. Alma Spencer and D. S. Rider.

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Mother Pleads Temporary Insanity in Flogging Of Teacher.

LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 24 (U. P.) —Opening testimony was to be heard today in the trial of two Lafayette parents, charged with flogging grade school teacher Constance M. Davis in her class room because their son reported she had struck him with a book while disciplining him. Francis J. Murphy, attorney for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Leslie, the parents, entered a special plea of temporary insanity for Mrs. Leslie following the selection of the jury to hear the assault and battery case. The state has accused Mrs. Leslie of whipping the teacher while hey husband stood guard at the doar. The mother’s wild aim also resulted in her striking two pupils, the state charged, although neither the pupils nor teacher were injured seriously. Two Lafayette physicians appointed by Tippecanoe Circuit Judge W. Lynn Parkinson for an immediate examination of Mrs. Leslie will be the final witnesses. Judge Parkinson overruled a motion for a change of venue by the defense, who asserted that the “prejudice” aroused by the case would result in an unfair trial.

STUDENTS TO HEAR CHARITIES LEADER

The Rev. Fr. August R. Fussenegger,

Marian college Friday morning. Father Fussenegger will discuss the social service activities of Catholic charities bureau in coordination with welfare, social and recreational activities. He is widely known in the field of social services and is national chairman of Diocesan directors of Catholic charities of the United States.

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HIKE IN COUNTY PAY MUST WAIT

Federal Employees’ Hopes Dashed for Year by

Beamer Ruling.

By NOBLE REED

For more than five years several hundred county government employees have been trying to get their wages restored to pre-de-pression levels. Two mnths ago they organized a mass petition, requesting the county commissioners to sponsor a 10 per cent increase in pay for them, Acting as spokesman for the employees, Joseph McLafferty, deputy county recorder, appeared before the county council with the petition yesterday, declaring that county wages were cut 10 per cent in 1931 and never had been restored.

Reveals Beamer's Ruling

After he had finished his plea for council approval, F. W. Biemer, deputy county auditor, revealed that Attorney General George N. Beamer had ruled in an official opinion that county wages could be increased above budget requirements “only under emergency conditions.” Unable to qualify the wage increase as an emergency, employees were told that they would have to wait another year and make their pay boost application in the annual budget requests for 1943.

Insurance Decision Soon

The question of whether the county should pay out $48,000 in premiums to carry fire insurance on $3,800,000 worth of county property in the next three years, must be decided by the county council soon. County Commissioners will submit a request for an appropriation to buy the insurance at the next meeting of the council. For many years the county has been operating under a “self-in-surance” plan on the theory that in the event of fire damage, emergency bonds could be issued to make repairs and save huge insurance premiums. At the request of county com-

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