Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1943 — Page 11

Returning Reporter Aware Of Much Less Food On Store Shelves.

| Copyright, 1063, by 2 To ndapapals Time Te." : LONDON, Jan, 22.—Britain pre- | sents most of the aspects of a war : zone to the correspondent just rei : turning after four months’ absence. | There is a certain grimness in the | atmosphere of the cities Which ap- | pear more drab ‘and dingy than i ‘ they usually do ! in a British win- ! ter. | None of the ' devastation whieh: i I saw on debark- = ation was new, but atter the . fresh, untouched { quality of Ameri- . can “eities, the.

contrast was Kirkpatrick

: People who were hurrying home | from work looked the healthiest— a lean kind of health, though. Their J clothes seemed neat and clean but were obviously well worn, While giv- | ing no.impression of darns, patches : or threadbareness, they yet con ; veyed a well-lived-in, durable im- | pression, . Lack of any but official or hérse- | drawn traffic is also striking after ! the less stringent gas rationing of i the United States. Bicycle traffic

A seems fo have doubled during my Es

| absence. 4 Péultry. Disappearing * The food situation presents a yeu i; rious mixture. On: the one hand, | there ig much less to be had in. the : markets though basic rations remain unaltered, Whereas last .year : chicken, duck, ‘goose, grouse and ' partridge were obtainable, though i expensive, all ‘these birds are now | mere memories. Fish has not been ' geen in the majority. of ' London's | markets for several weeks, so house- : wives must ‘rely on their weekly : meat rations which still amounts ' to 22 American cents per- person. . London’s: restaurant. foods have { improved: enormously in four months {| though no: new items ‘have been added. It is 8 bafling task to try | to determine why, Perhaps cooks : have finally adapted themselves to : | rationing and have learned how to i better prepare’ those Touds which : are obtainable; Fresh eggs are an unknown item . and by Irésh is meant eggs of any . age or description.. On- the other . hand, omelets and’ scrambled eggs p{ppneas on all menus’ ‘but they are ade from péwdered eges

| WCAMMON COURSE WILL GRABUATE 24

A Bert C. McCammon will present certificates to 24 graduates of the : McCammon course in effective speaking and salesmanship, followie a Sinnge tonight at the Hotel Graduates areas follows: Mr. and . Mrs. Thomas Bemis. Jr, Maj. and { Mrs. Dallas Leader, Mrs. Vera L. Blackburn, Floyd S. Blake, Robert .-H. Brown, Raymond E. Carmichael, A. Frank Craig, Charles C. Cash, - Mrs. Russell Dean, Kenneth H. . Draper, T. Lorin Driscoll, Miss Ruby Ertel. Miss Jean Eichacker, Mrs. Dessa Mae Franke, Harry F. Fuller, ! Miss Virginia E. Gordon, Mrs. E. M. Gordon, Miss Edith Jenkins, Miss Jean Johnston, Melvin Nickell, Robart P. Schellinger and Detrick C. : Swanner. At 2 p. m. Sunday, six of the new “grads™ will be. pitted against six members of the Indianapolis - | ers’ club in a contest at the Hotel Washington. The public is invited ‘and the audience will select the winners. Plaques will be given to top winners in prepared and imi: promptu divisions and books to i second and third placers. ' . Contestants will be as follows: Prom the graduating class—Mr. #4Brown, Mrs. Bemis and Mr. Dris- | coll; prepared speeches; Dr. Draper, | Mr. Bemis and Mr. Swanner, im- . * promptu. From the Speakers’ club | —Mrs. Clayr McCoun, Harold ' De- | vine ‘and Mrs, Bessie Hardy, pre- | pared; Homer Chaney, Herman Jordan and Homer Eichacker, imAoronre

| SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

| WILL ADDRESS CLUB

i The Stephen Foster Kindergarten | Mothers’ ‘glub will hear a talk on “From Kindergarten to the First . Grade” at its meeting in the kinderi garten rooms at 1:30 p. m. Wednes- { day. Mrs, Lola Eller, principal of i school 67, will be the speaker. | . Mrs. Walter ‘Ward ang, Mrs. An-

| Mrs. Charles W. Martin is the i teacher. 1

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