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of 3.2 per cent beer in the vicinity jot army camps and naval bases.

Or oli oh oar the

| merit system. Merit List Dwindles

ae law permitting appontment

covered that not enough merit sys-

¢| tem men are on the application lists ol to fill the fncrensing number of Sl vacancies. oe needs 50 men imme- | diately and only a few are available {from the merit system list.

The safety board also adopted a resolution urging the national police pension association to relax its reg-

astions sii pefmis Tecalling of or-

t, sald a survey

[showed that not more than 20 of-

BN MODIFICATION

massivTON, Oct. 31 (U.P) — Senator Josh Lee (D. Okla) today rejected administration

f proposals) mi | for ‘modification of his dryset tor

‘amendment to the ’teen-age draft | bill so that it would permit the sale}

“I don’t think that would do

| |ficers ‘eould be found available from

the retired lists. ‘The age and physical requirements of regular policemen will be abandoned in appointment of special officers, board members agreed. They fixed 55 as the maximum 5 feet T inches as the

ars the “minimum height requited is 5 feet. 9 inches.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

' CENTRAL WAR TIME Sunrise ......7:02 | Sunset .......5:57 TEMPERATURE =Oct. ‘21, 19041-— < ®. iors 61 3 Ps Missessane “2 Precipitation 2¢ hrs. ending 7:30 a. m. Total tation since Jan. 1...... Excess since Jan. 1.............. he

‘2490 2.24

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES The following table shows the temperatures in other cities: : Station High Low

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Atlanta ...e0 Boston

ve “eessesscnassscss 18

206008008 s0sevsesoss on 5.

Cincinnati Cleveland ..co.cesosboscsessssoses 51 Denver .

E ‘Evansville isesssssssassavenesnenses 1D

«| Omaha, : Pittsburgh bo San Antonio, TeX. secevesssoncess 13 Louis

New York Oklahoma City, Okla,

998d 00s stn 3 Neb. sesenisnsesisectecesy 80

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1| of special policemen outside the reg-. sh SE channels was in- | voked by the board when it was dis-|

announced as a political forum. Here's what happened:

Gary, the chairman, tactfully - tossed a coin to see whether Re-. publican State Chairman Ralph Gates or Democratic State Chairman Fred Bays should speak first. Mr. Gates won, The G. O. P. chairman remarked that he was not surprised. The Republicans usually do things first, he said, recalling that the G. O. P, holds its state conven‘tion first. He fold a couple of funny stories and then quoted from Abraham Lincoln as to the need for constructive seiticiom during war times. He declared that this woe one ‘of the—most important elections in our history and told the 50

“if you don’t know the issues, you should.” “Mr. Gates concluded by urging the women “to go out and work on election day and see that, your people get to the polls.”

Bays Talks Politics

MR. BAYS then got to his feet and mage an out-and-out,’ old-. fashioned speech. He said it was ‘the. program of the

en the right to vote; that it was the Democratic party that first sent a woman to congress, to the senate and to the cabinet. “He termed President Roosevelt “our greatest humanitarian” and ° praised Governor Schricker for - being “the governor of all the people.” Mr. Bays asked his listeners to remember that President Roosevelt will be in the White House until 1945 and ‘said that he should be surrounded with men of his own political philosophy. He asked the women to read the biography of James Eli Watson, former U. S. sénator who was one

| of the leaders in the fight against

President Wilson's program, and then read the statements “of that great Atieriea® IW esidel! Willkie.”

. Denton Asks Heavy Vote

of state, ‘was then called upon to speak.

‘He urged that a heavy vote be gast and:said that while the sol-

Washington, D. C. Indianapolis (City), “oases ssesrnes

IN INDIA NA POLIS

Hore. Is the Trafic. Record) nian FATALITIES

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seeses 0 Es sti SAS

,| District. 8. 0, first

=r luncheon, Board of

Ee or taurant noon. of Indianapolis, lunch-

pCR ee Jovax oo Park Christin o church, Fao p. 2 p.m.

EVENTS TOMORROW War : Show, Butler Bowl, 8 p. m.; ECE

ar 4 p.m.

Jay, ;

-] Clifton Paul Ts Delaware.

, Los Angeles: vis. 20, of 404%

én Larison, 18, Danville, 10d; ae | 2088 ja Josh FooThy Viola arrison; Ma Storrer, 32. Tremon Me Smith, 39, of 1 ‘Warman; thryn Lucille’ aa 26 Dan-

Donald onald Atbuckle, 80. of! s11 Suheriandy a y grace reer Sharp, 86, o

BIRTHS Girls ps Stewart, at St. Prancls, Jn Elder, ‘at St. Francis,

at St. Francis, Asti. Te , at City,

Jorn Hall at C1 nin, at ColeDuway, Doris Boyd, at Methodist,

at Methodist. otis sane bed “at Methodist. : ‘Methodist. §

Jones, a edt shiek

THE INDIANA FEDERATION OF CLUBS ‘had the two state chairmen and a’ number of state candidates of both. political ‘parties on the sate platform at he Claypool heigl yesterday, for What was

After a few brief introductory speeches, Mrs. George Russell of

women present for the forum that

‘Democratic party that gave. Wom i

i Bi. Vinsents. emin,

.diers were out sacrificing their

lives for the country there was no excuse for the ‘people back home not to exercise their right of franchise on election day. Rue Alexander, Mr. Denton’s Republican opponent, was unable to be present, and Mr. Gates got up to read a letter from him. The Republican state chairman remarked that he was sorry he was not told the meeting was to be political ‘and said, in regard to the recent row over whether the polls should be kept open until 8 p. m. on election day to per-

. mit war workers to vbte, that “no

one is more anxious than us to have people voting. “But the law says that the polls

| ' must close at 6 p. m. and the law

IT'S ONE

STRAUSS © SAYS:

SANTA CLAUS WILL GET IT THERE— i MAILED BEFORE NOVEMBER FIRST

7 THERE Is PLENTY OF TIME for olrely choosing—there is ABUNDANT CHOICE— And this is stated not to hurry you— but merely as a matter of information— some of the choice gifts: will, when sold, be Ly impossible to Feplace | in time for Chrishmas!

Emmert Invites Debate JAMES EMMERT, Republican

candidate .for attorney general, frowned as he advanced to the

speakers’ table. He pulled from

his pocket a letter inviting him to appear at the forum and read a paragraph from it which he con-

strued to mean that the meeting.

was non-political. iL He turned to Mr. Bays and said he would be glad to argue con-

' cerning our appeasement of Japan and ‘the lack of a unified com-

mand. He then - launched into a dis course on the “scandalous” state of affairs concerning the teaching of «= American history in our schools. - He ‘said that the “right kind” of history should be taught , to teach patriotism.

Mr. Emmert’s opponent; Attor-

ney General George Beamer, said he didn’t claim to be the best qualified man in the state for the office but that he did believe that Governor Schricker should have

an attorney -of his own choosing

ca SoH BOARD Ta PLAN DEFENDED 4

Dunn, Selection of Candidates by

he contest was open to all plant] x WIth sie efsepHion of Sas tives and the supervisory per Judges’ were Fred Hasselbring, district commander of the American Legion; H.'H. Anderson, principal of Technical highschool, and Nor-

man E. Isaacs, managing editor of

The indianapeiis Times.

fo the remasing vo years of his

1 term.

“They Leave Early

E. CURTIS. WHITE, Democratic

‘candidate for state auditor, praised the League of Women

Voter: Dr. Clement T, Malan, Repub‘lican superintendent of public instruction who is a tandidate for re-election, spoke. chiefly on Abra‘ham Lincoln, Ralph Watson, Dr. Malan's Democratic opponent, stressed the need for keeping education going during the war, And the Republican and Democratic candidates for the state supreme court, Mart J. O'Malley and Roscoe O. O'Byrne, talked on the functions of the court. Most of the candidates filed out before the meeting was over, one of them remarking grumpily that there wasn't a vote to be made there. You're not supposed to get any point out of this; there wasn’t any. This was narrated. because I thought you might enjoy read-* ing what our politicians had to say at a political forum,

DAY NEARER TO VICTORY

We hate to use the old, trite, stereotyped perennial

Do YOUR CHRISTMA

ot . Bath yoarit really makes a lot of sense!

| We mean particularly for gifts for so @verseas—{and « on American goil).

Committee Praised by Perkins.

Mrs, Clayton D. Ridge, former school commissioner, and Edgar A.

school board, were the principal

mittee meeting last night in. the @race Methodist church.

Mrs. Eldo I. Wagner, Dr, Harry G. ence Farrington.

the commitee candidates ‘were se-| lected. He sald one of the charges} is that the nominees, if elected,

influences. “As a candidate,” he said, “I can’t]

that the candidates on the citize ticket are hand picked, and that that is not the democratic way .to do! things. It may be that my understanding of the democratic way is sadly awry." “But if there could be. any more democratic way of making selections than is followed by the citizens group, I have not heard of it.”

PUERTO RICO DEMANDS FOOD SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Oct. 21

shortages have occurred in several places throughout this island and the people are getting “impatient,”

Governor Rexford Guy Tugwell said.

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. GIFT WRAPPING!

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rain: red 58d glovia

ning in

Perkins, East side candidate for the} speakers at a Citizens School .com=-|

The other candidates of the com~ 3 mittee seeking election Nov, 3 are|:

Mr, Perkins said he had heard|ba criticism of the manner in which}

would be pawns of certain political} J

believe this, The other criticism = ns

(U. P.)—Disturbances due to food}

Mayer, Howard S. Young: and Clar-| - *

stopped. in the center of one of tracks and watched the train bys TL ff Fails to Hear Warnings A neighbor, Ernest Wilson, 25 Audubon, saw the passenger approaching, honked his horny screamed a warning to the boy. Edward J. Keithley, 5046 E. Mic igan st, who manned the tower at the crossing, leaned a window and blew loudly whistle to: attract the boy's a tion. i But the , noise ‘of the freight’'s passing drowned out all warnings and Eugene’s back was still urned to the west-bound train ag it him, ; ; The boy's mother is embioved, j P, R. Mallory. Co. six days a week

as a ‘coll winder. She was home today with a cold. The boy's fae

ther 15 a city fireman.

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Tg pes IN JHE A e us hi rank, Army se of ber. branch of service, organization, A. P.:O. :. ‘number and the post - office through which the package is to be routed.

IF ‘HE'S IN THE NAYY— give us his name, rank or rating, and the Naval unit, or name of ship, - and post office through which package is to be routed.

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IF HE'S A MARINE give us his name, rank or ‘rating and U. S. Marine Corps unit number. Also post office , through ‘which Package ° is to be rout

WHAT ABOUT PACKAGE SIZES? ‘Because. of the need for shipping space for war... “ materials, a parcel should .not be lar or than an ordinary. shoe and shoul not wei A more than six oun

S SHOPPING EARLY!

“Which brings us to the subject of

On Christmas. .morning in Indiana polis in Indi jana; and even in adjoining states——and here and there throughout: the worl have had a warming, gy iting, heats | They have become alm

‘We think it important on this Christmas to — them going—and we shall as long as supplies hold and facilities permit. Which brings us back to whore. we started from—'"Do Your Christmas red) 3 Have wed gifts wra un-rush sxceflence-—a have them. niteady to send.

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ao conprions BEING AS THEY ARE—with fine, genuine, phaotiont ite to the for