Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1942 — Page 12

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Turkeys Can't Be "Jacked Up" Too’ High:

Watch Out “for

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THE HOME FRONT FORECAST: ol pay any abnormally high price for your turkey-

There has been a new type of ceiling price set on turkeys, onions

‘Coffee ‘Extenders’

Come Thanksgivin,

and potatoes—it is a price ceiling which will vary with the seasons.

~~ OPA is now working on the very same idea for commodities already ier ceiling prices—the price-as- ; -last-March type. Those items 0 be brought under the new fluc‘tuating price ceiling system will be . eggs, cheese, milk, citrus fruits. The 60-day price ceiling term ends Dec. 5, but the OPA expects the new regulations to be ready by then to

© OPA is getting sore at the lack of co-operation on the part of the few unpatriotic manufacturers and . stores who refuse to stick to and “post price ceilings. Also, quality "standards in some cases are not be‘ing maintained, whereas prices are. {~The OPA nylon-hose shopping card { which lists the grades and qualities of nylon hose and their respective . ceiling prices is probably only a forerunner of shopping cards to | come. Good gueSs is that before long there will be many such shopping cards and shoppers will be urged to insist on quality at the right ceiling prices.

Coffee 'Extenders'

rT IF YOU'RE SMART youll make sure you're really getting one pound of unadulterated coffee for your . ration coupon, OPA officials point out. Many distributors of ‘branded coffee are stretching their coffee by . adding “extenders” so that in a one- © pound package for which you suri render your coupon, you may also be purchasing unrationed “extenders.” Of course, if you prefer coffee containing different types of flavorings, such as chicory, you can turn in your coupon for pure coffee and stretch your coffee out yourself by . adding the unrationed chicory, cereal, chick-pea or other substitutes.

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Curtailing Hot Water

THERE MAY BE something to the rumor that Australia’s method of cutting consumption of manu_factured illuminating gas may be adopted by the United States. Manufactured gas is made approximately half from coal and half from oil. The transportation problem therefore enters into the picture. Then there is also the fact that many more millions of cubic feet of gas are being used in war industries. Only seven states use natural gas —and even that | is limited. Australia’s plan is -that only on ‘certain days may the hot water heaters be lighted, and only at certain hours may the ranges be used. So possibly America may adopt daily cold showers with a weekly scrubbing in a hot tub.

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|Clubs to Join

In Observing War Week In preparation for the observance of national “Women at War Week” Nov. 22 through 28, numerous clubs in the city are polling their memberships and making application for U. S. treasury certificates showing that 90 per cent or more of theif members are regular war bond purchasers, First clubs to report on such polls are the Wednesday Afternoon, Progressive Study and Magazine clubs. The first to report purchase of a bond for Thanksgiving week was the Magazine club of which Mrs. H. W. Dragoo is president. Six ‘members of the Wednesday

afternoon club have indicated they will buy extra bonds that week, ac-

chairman. Special Celebration

A mystery celebration is planned for Friday, Nov. 27, in Ayres’ auditorium at 4 p. m,; according to Mrs. R. PF. Grosskopf, county chairman for the week’s activities. Merit certificates will be awarded to organizations at that time and clubs buying additional bonds also will be honored. Retail merchants are co-operating next week with the women’s division of the war savings staff in honoring women war Wworkers—volunteers, wage earners or housewives. “It is our sincere hope that every woman will put herself voluntarily on the 10 per cent plan and buy extra stamps and bonds during Thanksgiving week as a real Thanksgiving present to the boys who are now facing death that we may be free,” said Mrs. Grosskopf.

Richard Struna To Speak at DePauw U.

. Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind. Nov. 17.— Dr. Richard Struna, who lived for two years under the Hitler regime in Czechoslovakia before returning to this country in June, 1941, will speak at DePauw university chapel next Tuesday. “What About Russia?” will be the title of his talk. Dr. Struna, who has traveled throughout Europe and is considered an authority on Russia, served as president of one of the largest privately owned industrial enterprises in Czechoslovakia before fleeing Europe. He also was a wellknown journalist in central Europe. During the first world war, he was an officer in the Austrian and Czechoslovakian armies and fought for two years on the Russian front. For another two years he lived in various Russian prison camps as a prisoner of war.

|Contest Plans | Announced

Plans for a poster contest open to high school art students of the state have been announced by the Indiana Association for Cancer Control. Cash prizes awarded to winners in five districts will be in the

dition, an honorable mention will be awarded in each district. District winners’ posters will be brought to Indianapolis to compete for final prizes of $15 and $10, and will be shown here for two weeks before being sent over the state. + The contest will open Jan. 4 and close Jan. 27. Mrs. Kai Hanson, general chairman, will be assisted by Miss Flora Lauter’ and Mrs. Ronald M. Hazen. The advisory. and contact committee is composed of Miss Betty

Noblesville, Mrs. Karl Koons and Mrs. Thomas J. Murphy.

Card Party to Be Given by P.-T. A.

The. Parent-Teacher association of Washington high school will sponsor a card party at 2 p. m. Friday in -Plock’s auditorium. Mrs. Hartford E. Lewis is general arrangements chairman. Mrs, Earl Tackitt is association president. Members of the finance committee in charge are Mesdames Fred Wattleworth, Albert McIntyre and Homer Tucker, table prizes; Mrs. William Crim and Mrs. Roy Katterhenry, candy; Mrs, Harry Davis, cards, tallies and special prizes, and Mrs. Lewis and Mrs, Jack Southworth, tickets and tables.

to 'Woman’s Bridge Club Does War Work

Announcement has been made by Mrs. John Kelley, chairman of the war unit of the Woman's: Contract Bridge club, that since the unit was formed eight months ago, more than 200 garments have been contributed to the Red Cross and Bundles for America. Members of the group meet each

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letic club. Mrs, W. A. Bridgins supervises sewing and Mrs. Sam

Shortle is in charge of knitting.

you won't A is seeing

cording to Mrs. Louis Bland, bond|

amounts of $10, $5, $3 and $2. In ad-|ss

Foster, Mrs. Frederick Conkle of:

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—The

Even before the war, this governmental agency was no comfortable spot for the inflated masculine ego. When the best “man” for a position turned out to be a woman, she got the job. Now the plans are to double the number of women executives with good salaries, bringing the total to about 40.

One might find, among the present group of women executives, the reason for the commerce department’s willingness to string along with a corps of feminine economists, statisticians and lawyers. If you take a trip through the department’s offices and ask a few questions, you will find a total sum of ability and experience that has no need of special favors or privileges. . "For instance there is Mary E. Gross of Ft. Worth, Tex. assistant chief of co - ordination of international statistics. Her duties include the assembling of analyses of scarce materials, shipping quotas and other § statistics on {@ American and a, foreign produc- Mary E. Gross tion and external trade for the board of economic warfare, the war production board and similar agencies. And she brought to the job an impressive background that included extensive travel and military intelligence service in Norway and England during the last war.

Carrie Cloyes came from a position as business specialist in Philadelphia to the commerce department. Before that she was a reporter on a New York newspaper, the editor of a Cuban newspaper for two years, and a copy writer for national advertising concerns. The major part of her present job consists of preparing speeches and writing articles for the department’s publication, “Domestic Commerce.” * Red-haired Winifred R. Maroney hails from Williamsport, Pa. and has the reputation of knowing “everything” about Canada. She has been with the department’s Canadian desk for ten years, and is an Ae authority on the - Dominion’s trade, Carrie Cloyes ..,nomic trends, inflation control and needs in relation to the: United States. Mary L. Bynum’s interest in spices, tea, coffee and cocoa is more than housewifely. Her greatest concern is with their place in international trade. And her long study of coffee and tea imports makes her particularly valuable at present to WPB and OPA officials, who frequently consult her. Her home is in Durham, N. C. Other women in important professional positions are Myrtle Starr, Nepeuskum, Wis, and Elma S. Moulton of Washington, associated with Miss Gross in the co-ordina-tion of international bureau. A recent addition to the bureau of marketing is Edith ‘Cooke of New York. She’s chiefly interested in the legal aspgets of interstate trade barriers. ] Florence Dart of Phi! ‘adelphia has been with the department four months. Formerly with an adver-

ing firms to advertise, although

continued or their plants converted to war production.

' ‘Trade Experts

Chief of the personnel division in the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce is Alice I. MacDonald, of McKeesport, Pa.

ville, Tenn., is an expert in the European unit. Victoria C. Hungerford of Seat Pleasant, Md., is regional consultant on the Far East. Martha H. Porter of Sardis, Miss., prepares all statistics for the “Sur-

tion. Edith Ware, Troy, N. Y., compiles studies on international economics. Ann Swift of Milton, Mass, is an expert on chemical products in the durable goods and materials unit. And Roberta P.

viser on trade

Commerce Department's Men Discover That They Are Far From Being ‘Indispensable’

Times Special

[ous and brutal toward me. | one we knew was afraid to speak or

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tising’ agency, she’s now encourag-|

their product may have been dis-|.

Florence K. Icannou of Knox-| vey of Current Business” publica-|’

"Wakefield of Anderson, S. C., has|

Not a man in sight—but the girls on the commerce department’s payroll keep this branch of the government’s business running smoothly as more and more of them replace men called to the armed services.

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department of ‘commerce today is

something of a career woman’s paradise. Instead of bewailing the loss of “indispensable” men to the armed forces, the department is going ahead with plans to replace these men with women. In fact, it is asking for deferment only in the case of a few key men, and then only until replacements can be found.

DEAR JANE JORDAN—I am completely in love with a service man and I know he loves me. We plan to be married on his next leave. It has been eight months since I saw him. Before I became engaged to him I was going with another man who, although he loved me, was very jealEvery-

alk to me for fear of bringing more trouble to me. I tried every way I knew to reassure him but his brutality began to kill the love I had or him and I refused -to see him

About six months after I last saw him I fell really in love with the man in service. ‘Now, although the man whom I refused knows about my engagement, he has been to see me and all the talking- under the sun doesn’t make any impression on him. He swears he still loves me and wants me to marry him. What can I do? He makes me so miserable, and when he sets his mind to see me he always succeeds.

My fiance is too far away to be of

any help and I haven't written for fear of causing unhappiness. Will you please tell me what I can do. I am at the end of my rope. A SERVICE MAN'S FIANCEE. . 2 ”» Answer—If you could give up the idea that the man is in love with you, you would feel more indifferent toward him. Of course he isn’t in love. He just wants to break down your. resistance in order to satisfy his own conceit. I say conceit, but in creality he has a weak and wobbly ego that can bear no competition. The fact that you are engaged has inspired him to see if he can’t beat his rival. But this isn’t love. No matter how firmly you have resolved that the man is no good there is still something flattering about his persistence. As long as he can arouse you to -anger he knows instinctively that some part of your former feeling: for him remains. He can stand ‘to be refused as long as .you show some emotion about it, for thal gives him hope. The thing he couldn’t stand would be for you to have no feeling toward him whatever. Let me assure you that cold, calm indifference is more dashing to the aspirations of an unwelcome suitor than misery. ‘You can get rid of him in short order when his presence leaves not the slightest impression upon you. You are wise not to worry your fiance with a problem which you can solve your self. | JANE JORDAN,

Put your problems in a letter to Jane Jordan who will answer your questions in this columia daily.

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Churchwomen |

Presbyterian Group To Hear Mrs. Higdon

calendars of churchwomen’s groups meeting this week, The Women’s society of MERID-

|IAN HEIGHTS PRESBYTERIAN |church-will hold its monthly meet-

Mrs. E. K. Higdon will talk on the , Philippines during the afternoon program which is to follow a short business meeting. Also appearing will be Mrs. Herbert Akers, devotions leader, and Mrs. Sidney Blair Harry, who will present musical humbers.

A lunch eon meeting will be held at 12:30 p. m. tomorrow in the

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church by the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the church. Mrs. Curtis R. Light and Mrs. Nor-

iman A. Halseth are co-chairmen.

-A-brief talk will be made by Mrs. J. G. Hastin on the Roberts Park church service men’s center; Mrs. Harry O. Garman will lead devotions and Mrs. O. W. Fifer will give an address. Mrs. Fred E. Gifford will preside at a business session.

The Women’s union of the EMERSON AVENUE BAPTIST church will hold a general meeting at 11 a. m. tomorrow followed by a lun-

|cheon, Appearing on the program

will be Mesdames G. A. Webb, J. M. Horton, J. E. Tamblyn, J. H. Bailey, Otto Benz Jr. and E. W. Krause.

A fish fry and card party will be given in the Assumption school basement Friday by the Altar society of ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC church. Serving will begin at § p. m. and the card party at 8:15 p. m. Mrs." John Fetter and Mrs. Fred Higbee are chairmen.

A social meeting will be held this evening by the Mother Theodore circle 56, DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA, in the Catholic community center. Preceding the meeting, the nursery fund parish chairmen will meet at 7 p. m. to discuss the annual fund drive,

Legion News— Legion Groups Book Meetings

Two units of the American Legion auxiliary have scheduled meetings for tomorrow. The post 4 auxiliary will meet in the Indiana World War Memorial ‘building at 8 p. m. and the Robert B. Kennington unit will hold its monthly meeting at 8 p. m. in the post. home, Mrs. Thomas Maley will preside at the Kennington meeting and Lieut. Gertrude V. Pratt, WAAC recruiting officer, will be guest speaker. Mrs. J. L. Edwards, war activities chairman for the post 4 unit, has issued an emergency call for auxiliary members to meet at her home, 4558 Guilford ave. Thursday to complete sewing for Bundles for America and the Red Cross,

Life Saving Class to Open

A senior course .in Red Cross life

saving will open next Tuesday’ at the Y. W. C. A. pool. The group will meet each Tuesday, from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m,, until the required 15 hours of instruction are completed. No meetings will be .held Dec, 22 and 29. The course, taught by Miss Ruth S. Ferguson, physical education instructor at Tudor Hall school, will be open to girls and women 17 years of age and over who meet. the entrance requirements in Life saving certificates may be renewed at the course. Registrations may be made with Mrs. Florence Lull or Miss Mary Lou Beck of the health education Jepsrunen of the ‘Central Y. Ww.

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Mrs. Mabel Bruce To Be Hostess

The Women’s Memorial association to the 38th division, U. S. A., will hold its monthly business meeting at the home of Mrs. Mabel Bruce, 1225 Woodlawn ave. tomorTow, \ - Assisting hostesses at the 12:30 p. m. dessert luncheon will be Mrs. Joy Owens and Mrs. Kate Scott.

Results in : {War Bungling

‘By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON © Times Special’ ‘Writer: I HOPE MRS. ROOSEVELT wen’t come- home with any mere notions of regulating America’s womanpower according to ‘British patterns. For it: is becoming ever clearer that much of our war ‘bungling is the result of copycat behavior. So far as feminine war work is concerned, we've done little except ape the Hnglish. Nothing new has developed here; everything has been planned and } set up according to foreign meth-3

mire the way British women Ferguson have risen to their responsibilities. They have not shirked a duty, and we expect to see our own women do as well. But since there are “many differences in the situation, customs and social habits of the two countries, we- feel that our women should first

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and prepare to meet them wisely. And we shall not meet them wisely if we let our thinking be done for us in England. ” 2 tJ _ NATIONS, LIKE individuals, have traits which set them apart one from another. Before group activities are begun’ these traits should be considered. And speaking of groups, it looks now as if we might be tangled up with too many. Thé power to organize is an asset, but efficiency suffers when - women are broken up into hundreds of groups with efforts overlapping and about two-thirds of the workers attending to administrative matters. There has been a dangerous tendency to over-organize in this country. The war has increased it." My head swims when I read the lists of feminine groups ajl devoted to the same purpose—winning the war and the peace. Thus mass thought takes. the place of individual thought, and sometimes, in that sort of a situation, we can’t see the forest for the trees. So let’s get this straight once and for all: You don’t have to belong to something or to put on a uniform to do “war work.” You're doing it when you tackle your. job with force and resolution, and that has always been the American way of getting something done.

'|Pledged at Stephens

Three Indianapolis girls recently were pledged. by sororities at Ste-

are Miss Patricia Ann Scott, daugh-

Helen Whitehead, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Whitehead, Beta Pht Gamma, and Miss Barbara] Ellen Winters, Dr. and Mrs. Mat-|!

Mrs. George Bork will preside,

thew. Winters, Psi Chi Omicron.

phens college, Columbia, Mo. They}

ter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Scoit,| pledged by Kappa Alpha Phi; Miss}!

row” (Fields) by Mrs. Clara Reye _

nolds will be sponsored at 8 o'clock this evening in the auditorium .of school 78 under the sponsorship of the school’s P.-T. A. Miss Leebert Riegel, ways and means chairman; Mrs. Lester Cone rad and Mrs, Murel Moore are in charge of ticket sales. ’

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