Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1942 — Page 3
Nei COLLAPSE
~ Many Supplies | Bring No|
Offers Whatsover, Ayres Reveals.
The competitive sytem of bidding
on the county’s $500,000 a year con-
tracts for supplies is nearing col-|g
lapse, it was reported today.
County commissioners said ‘that
they are having trouble getting any bidders to.submit offers on an ad-
vance price basis and that on most
of the items purchased, only ong bidder appears. No more than two bidders ever submit offers on any materials or supplies. Some of the supplies needed in county institutions are no longer available and they go begging for bidders. . “We have contacted dealers in all lines of supplies, urging them to submit competitive bids but few ‘of
them are interested,” Commissioner
William-T. Ayres said. The result is a general breakdown of the competitive system that is supposed to protect the public treasuries from exorbitant prices and graft. f ¢ Competition Is Light Some of the dealers asked by commissioners to submit offers re-|. ported back that they “already had]. more business than they could handle.” Others are dodging: the county contracts on the ground that fluctuating prices on some goods not affected by price ceilings might force them to sell at a loss on the contract. of Of 21 items of supplies for which bids were opened yesterday, 11 of
them had to be let to bidders with- |”
out competition. The items on which: only single bids were received included butter and eggs, clothes, coffee, fish and oysters, dry goods, canned groceries, paper goods, shoes, fresh vegetables and yeast. These contracts were awarded fo the only bidders who made offers and most of them were the same dealers who have held county contracts for several years. In previous years, many of the) items brought half a dozen bidders in close competition.
5% Victory Tax Church Puzzle
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 22 (U. P.)—Kentucky Baptists declared today that many of their congregatfons will have to “go to jail” on behalf of their tenets if the victory tax on ministers is collected at the source. In the case of ministers, the source would be the church and the Baptists, in a committee report by the executive board of . Kentucky Baptists, object to the church being considered a. corporation and their pastors as “employees.” John D. Freeman, editor. of the Western Recorder, publication’ of the general association of Ken-" tucky Baptists. said ministers do not object to paying the 5 per cent victory tax, but declared the provision to collect it at ,the source “will force. our churches to become agents of the federal government.” Failure by an employer to collect the tax is punishable by a. $1000 fine or a year in jail, or both.
TWIN CITIES WAR WORKERS ‘FROZEN’
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Dec. 22 (U.P.).—Approximately 175,000 es< sential workers in the MinneapolisSt. Paul area were: “frozen” in their jobs today. John C. Nord, Twin Cities area director for the war manpower commission, said the freezing order was prepared by the Twin Cities industrial . rea committee to end “wasteful shifting from job to job.” The plan, he said, is similar to that announced in Detroit ‘last week,
KILLED BY TRACTOR
LA PORTE, Ind. Dec. 22 (U. P). —Roy Heinold, 22, La Porte, - was crushed to death yesterday when he fell beneath the wheels of a farm , tractor.
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eling service ‘men join in a songfest between! trains at the Union Station Service Men's Canteen. Affiliated with the Indianapolis Service Men’s Centers, Inc., the canteen is supported by the USO, the Indianapolis park board and the united war fund. |
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Letter paper is free, as are doughnuts, cookies, milk, coff-c and cigarets for soldiers, sailors and marines passing through Indianapolis and stopping off at the « nteen. Workers provide the men with all
the comforts of home and a taste of Hoosier hospi tality.
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EVERYTHING'S FREE OF CHARGE:
Attendants Extend Hoosier Hospitality to All Who Make a Call.
Just a year ago today the Service’ Men’s Canteen opened at the Union station. It was to be a “home away from home”. for soldiers, sailors and marines passing through Indian=|lapolis.. They alone know how well it has lived up to its purpose. Workers from the service men’s centers spent a lot of time and energy, cleaning up an unused room in the southwest corner of the station, while railway officials pitched in and reconditioned an old soda fountain, counter and small kitchen. Fifteen days after Pearl Harbor that corner of the station was transformed into a homey, comfortable room where traveling service men could relax hetween trains with free doughnuts, cookies, milk, coffee and cigarets.
» Hostesses Are Trained
Mrs. Elias C. Atkins, the present director, was in charge from the beginning. Volunteer workers were trained to “be hosts and hostesses, and a schedule of working hours was arranged. The Junior Chamber of Commerce took over the evening hours from 7 to 11, and the canteen was off to a good start. Today, after a year of service, all the comforts of home and more, too, await the transient service men. The canteen is open 24 hours a day.. Four hundred volunteer workers are ready and willing to help. Red caps, joining in the effort, carry heavy
modate both workers and men, free of charge. : The American Legion auxiliary, under the direction of Mrs. Harry Ridgeway ,s furnishing cigarets for men when they leave the city.
Celebrate Birthday
The lounge is equipped with game and writing tables, comfortable chairs and davenports, a coke machine, a piano-and radios. Cadettes from the Indianapolis service men’s centers are on duty to play games, dance and entertain the men.
handled by the office of the Traveler'$*Aid agency or the home seryice department of the Red Cross. Two large birthday cakes are: at the canteen now—one to celebrate the first and hardest year just past
and .the other to mark the beginning of a successful year ahead.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Here Is the Traffic Record FATALITIES City County Total
64 66 130 82 117
1942
"Injured .... 1|Arrests .......218 Accidents ... 13 | Dead
MONDAY TRAFFIC COURT
Cases Cénvic- Fines - Violstions Tried tions Paid 3 3 $25 Reckless driving... 3 3 3 Failure to stop at streét. 2 13 Failure to stop at
0 2 40
All others........ 8 5
Totals ......... 18’
RATIONING DATES
Sugar—Coupon 10 good until Jan. 31. Coffee—Coupon 27 good until- Jan. 15. Gasoline-A book—Coupon 3 good until
~~ hi 2 Coupen 3 SP IAtE effective hi BL 2 EVENTS TODAY
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BIRTHS $33) Triplets . Edward, Eleanor Gallagher, at St. Francis, two boys and girl, py Raymond, Virginia Baughman, at City. Thomas, Eleanor Lysaght, at St. Vincent's. 8t. Vincent’
Paul. Virg inia Brown, a t St. Vincent's. Robert, Virginia Davis, Bl Colem Ronny, Evelyn /Boercherding, "Meth-
Maurice, Coleen Brock, at Methodist. ‘Gayle, Edna Hunt, at Methodist Bruce, Mary Chastain; at Methodist. Marvin, Beatrice Schram, at! Methodist, Jeff, Mary”® Smith, at Methodist.
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Your Christmas” 1. Tunsheon, Claypool hotel,
Boys Hisue: Srna, 415%, Tne, a Bu on, a anc Lee, Belva Bolin, at St. Francis. Rosemary Baker, at
Lois Breeze, at St. Faye McCurry, at un Vincent's. Hughey, at hi Vincent's. 1 Fag at St. Vincent's, h Melick, a Coleman.
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OFFICIAL WEATHER . U. S. Weather Bureau ___
; All Data in Central War Time ° Sunrise...... 8:04 | Sunset........ 5:23
Precipitation 24 hrs. endin
i 30 a. m. Total, pEesiphation Since Jan 41 Excess since J
Complicated travel problems. are| .
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21 (U. .)—Uncle Sam wished a merry Christmas today to the 102,008 banished Americans isolated in 12 Japanese relocation centers of the West. The Japanese, moved inland protectively, were busily preparing to celebrate their first Christmas at camp with Christmas trees, carol
* |singing, toys for the children, church
services and family dinners—and with the official blessing of the war relocation authority.
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“We ‘want to encourage them to be good Americans,” Harvey M. Coverley, acting regional war relocation director, explained.
+ Half - Christian, half - Buddhist,
1half-alien, half-American, half-free
and half-prisoner, the Japanese go whole-heartedly for Christmas observance,
The little Japs dream of a Cau-
casian Santa with ruddy cheeks and
white beard and subscribe to the chimney - sliding, reindeer - driving legend of St. Nicholas—and have
IT’S ONE DAY NEARER VICTORY
Well made—featured
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better than an even chance for a real white Christmas at the two California. camps, well in the snow country. - At the Tulelake, Cal, relocation camp, 30 crates of toys already have arrived from outside church societies and individuals. Christmas trees have been set up and decorated in hospital wards and in the camp mess halls, The Japanese, about 65 per cent of whom are citizens, live in army
WELL HOW DO
Here they are spread out before you-—-
Uncle Sam Provides Christmas At Jap Relocation Center:
barracks where the chimney:
small. : y
One schoolboy drew a pict the blackboard showing -a
Santa on a low rooftop smili g a narrow chimney. Over *the
ture he wrote: “He’s a cinch to mike it!” The evacuees ‘were sent t
relocation centers last sprin:
cause they might include a column taint and be pote dangerous to the Pacific war tiers.
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a collection of really remarkable
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—that we choose to sell at 55¢.
CAN YOU IMAGINE how MEN will gather around them and buy a peck or so of them for themselves—and for gifts—
CAN YOU IMAGINE—how the WOMEN will gather around—and check off their
gift lists.
BIBLE CLASS AT Y
im of the Central
{ Charles Weiler will preside.
T0 HEAR DR. FIFER
Dr. Orien W. Fifer, former pastor Ave. Methodist
church and once editor of the Christian Advocate, will speak at a meeting of the Bible Investigation club of the Y. M. C. A. at 6 p. m. tomorrow in the central branch. Mrs. Sexson E. Humphreys will sing and Charles Daugherty is to lead the club in Christmas carols.
12 Parties and Dances
Listed This Week; Open Daily.
The city recreation department has arranged 12 Christmas parties and dances at local community centers for the rest of this week: Most of the parties are for children: under 12 years of age. : Two family parties have b planned at kside and Municipal Gardens cente Director Frank Luzar said today that the buildings will open at 10 a. m. to accommodate sch children during the two-week holiday period. The centers will be
1 closed . this Saturday as well as
Christmas and New Year's days. ~~ Rhodius Dance -‘Fonight
Children under 13 were to atter the party at Northeast at noon day and at 6:30 p. m., children ove; 13 will be entertained. The party at Ray st. this afternoon is for children under 12. Rhodius center's program calls for a party for grade school girls this afternoon and a dance for high school boys and girly tonight. : The family party at Brookside will be at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow. The one at Municipal Gardens is set for 6,30 p. m. and will include a sup= per. Volley ball, basketball, acro= batic exhibitions and dancing are included on the program at Brooke side.
Northwestern Tomorrow.
At 3 p. m. tomorrow, Northweste: will entertain children under 12 a at 5 p. m. tomorrow, South Side will be host to children in the same age group. Boys under 15 will attend the Rhodius party at 7:30 p.m. tos morrow and children from 10 to 14 will be entertained at 3 p. m. to= qorrow at Christian. : J. T. V. Hill center has sched:
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