Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1943 — Page 3

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ry Windshields as Suprly of Metal Plates Gices Out; Plenty Here.

ie se because the supply of the small metal tabs has exhausted in mapy license branches are being: issued rs to be used until more tabs can be obtained. he supply of tabs in Indianapolis, however, is believed

e adequate. te police superintendent . Stiver announced that policemen would not armotorists displaying the| ters on the windshields that arrests would be made motorists are found driving , either the tab or sticker, ; Underestimate Order The supply of the tabs has been ixhausted in many license branches pughout the state because license ureau officials several months ago ordered 20 per cent less plates from the state priSon than were sold in 42, They believed that many cars would be off the road because of % g and other wartime causes. “But evidently, from the demand r tabs, approximately as many cars are used now as there was a Jee ago, license bureau officials

said. Lowell McDaniel, director of . the license bureau, estimates that between 40,000 and 50,000 tabs are jet needed and says that they can %¢ manufactured, by the state Be and issued to the motorists within a week or so. The state last year ordered around 1,000,000 plates made by the state prison. This year only 800,000 were ordered. Orders for more have

New Personnel . to ‘Named Soon, Judge Rhoads Says.

Judge Mark W. Rhoads.of Ju‘venile court, empowered by the ture this week to appoint the ‘Marion county welfare board, today said he will remove all present nbers and name a new board in

days. The appointive powers for the board were taken away from Olircuit Judge Earl R, Cox who has 3 involved in, friction over, ‘ministrative policies in the depart-

#T have been put on the “spot? by this law—I didn’t want the power to appoint the board: and fought

2 power I see no other policy than appoint a whole new board and remove any trace of the iongAn friction in the departent,” Judge Rhoads said.

Provides Early Action

getting hurt politically.” He said he would make the ap-

“The post of welfare director in the ‘county has been vacant Since Jan. 1 Thomas L. Neal resignediafter years of friction between the and himself. Miss “Helen has been serving as tempoy acting director. Members of the present board are Frank Symmes, president; Mrs. ce Finch, vice president; Al Feeney, Mrs. Frank Chiles and ‘Chester A. McKamey.

TES FRIDAY FOR RS. BERTHA WARK

G. A. R. LADIES TO MEET fT. W. Bennett circle 28, Ladies of h G. A. R., will meet at 1:30 p.m. at Pr. Friendly.

TAX FORGIVING

FOES SET BACK!

Ruml ~ Exponents Revise Proposals to Meet Major Objections.

WASHINGTON, March 3 (U.P). —Administration forces lost valuable: ground today in their fight to

avoid cancellation of a year’s taxes

and block repeal of President Roosevelt's, $25,000. limitation on salaries. The pressure of approaching dead-

lines for government tax and war

financing programs produced new demands for quick action on a pay-

as-you-go plan of income tax col-

lections and a debt limit bill, which includes the salary limit repealer. Some of the most urgent proddings came from treasury officials who broadcast their second warning in two weeks that income taxpayers will have to file returns and make their first payments on 1942 earnings by March 15 regardless of what congress does. All groups are agreed that nothing can be done to make the 40,000,000 income taxpayers current, with ror without forgiveness, before July 1. tr : Returns Filed Slowly

Treasury officials, however, are becoming concerned over the slow rate at which returns are being filed, and blame it on congressional confusion over collecting methods. The demands for action came as supporters of the Ruml pay-as-you-go plan fortified their proposal for by-pdssing a year’s liabilities with safeguards against “windf to high income groups. Rep. Frank Carlson (R. Kas.), sponsor of the original Ruml legislation, submitted a revised bill providing cancellation of all 1943 taxes for persons making up to $20,000. ‘Those making $20,000 or more would be forgiven either 1942 or 1943 liabilities, which ever is lowest. He also incorporated a 20 per cent paycheck withholding device

ad<twhich would cover first bracket. sur-

tax and normal income taxes (19 per cent) and wipe out the 5 per cent victory tax.

Meets Major Objections

The new Ruml plan now meets the major objgctions voiced by members of the house ways and méans committee, which rejected a modified version of the plan and all other proposals several weeks ago, Carlson said. A ways and means subcommittee also is deadlocked on the “forgiveness” question and indications point to a showdown on the house floor.

LIMITED RAISE FOR BLUE AIDS FAVORED

x ~ « The house bill to permit an increase in the allowance granted to Prosecutor - Sherwood Blue. for his staff was reported favorably in the senate yesterday by the Indianapolis committee which, “however, limited the possible increase to $10,000. The measure as it passed the house would have permited the Marion county board’ of commissioners to increase his allowance from $60,000 to $75,000 a year. Senator Harry O. ‘Chamberlin, chairman of the cmomittee, said that he was opposed to granting the increase, but that the amount agreed upon was a compromise worked out with the other members of the committee. :

FILL CONSERVATION POST Lester Holman, Anderson, has ‘been named president of the state conservation advisory committee, He fills the vacancy created by. the

‘|death last month of the Rev. A. M.

Riehl, Madison. Mr. Holman has represented the 15th conservation district on the advisory committee for several years,

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0CD Garden Committee May | Help You Solve This

Problem.

By VIRGINIA HATFIELD The man behind the plow is the man of the month. His work is of the utmost concern to every potential victory gardener in Indianapolis. No plowmen mean no gardens. A list of available plowmen has been compiled by Harry Myers of the OCD garden committee, but the number to date will not take care of the demand. At least 12 more are needed. Every man who is equipped for this type of work is urged to contact the OCD tomm:ittee at the world war memorial, Ri. 2541, Attempts will be made to divide the city into districts so that plowmen will not be asked to go far afield for their work. In this way, transportation difficulties will be minimized, No prices on plowing will be, quoted, for the amount charged will w|depend upon the condition of the land and the number of hours necessary to complete the task. All arrangements regarding cost will be made between the plowman and the employer. Persons who wish to obtain the names of plowmen in their distriets also should contact the OCD. ® 8 8 A plea for additional lots located at places where victory gardeners will not be faced with transportation difficulties was made today by Mrs, Merritt Woolf, acting chairman of the OCD garden committee. Persons with unused vacant lots are urged to send in their names and the location of lots to the OCD committee in the world war memorial, so that Indianapolis may meet its quota of 20,000 victory gardens this year.

GARDENS NEED FERTILE SOIL

They Won't Aid in Victory Unless Properly

Planned.

“Victory gardens” will go down to defeat if gardeners attempt to grow vegetables under unfavorable conditions, warns Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard, } Unless the soil is fertile, the site has plenty of sunlight, and is free from competition witix tree roots, there is little reason to expect that it will be a “victory garden.” . “Vegetables grown under unfavorable conditions are apt to be poorly developed, lacking in flavor and of little nutritive value,” Mr. Wickard said. Needs Sunlight To begin with, the garden plot should have sunlight for at least five hours a day—full sunlight is best. Morning sunlight is better for plants than afterncon sunlight. .Poorly drained soils are cold and wet. Vegetable growth in such suil is delayed, both in planting and harvesting, and seed losses are high. Heavy clay soil is hard to work. Root crops seldom develop satisfactorily in them. Soil modification is costly and requires much time.. During the present emergency the only fertilizer available to the gardener is the victory fertilizer which, while not as good as that formerly used; will do a fair job. Usually sandy soils make the best vegetable gardens, although they are more subject to the effects of drought. : Mr. Wickard urges gardeners to choose a small plot near the family dwelling and garden it inten-

{sively rather than to spend the

time, tires and gasoline going back and forth to a plot at a distance,

REPORT HITLER: AT HOME LONDON, March 3 (U. P.).—The “inside information” column of the Daily Skefch said today that Adolf Hitler was in his personal retreat at Berchtesgaden, and it was not believed he had been at the Russian front for two months.

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da— Easy to grow, al ant sssiv tom 1a the wed, VEE supplies, vitamins A, B-1, B-2 (riboflavin) and C. : "Onion sets will grow in soils of only average fertility. When produced from seed, according to A. A. Irwin, assistant county agricultural |

agent,~onions are quite exacting in

on the rich black muck soils of northern Indiana.

Onions planted from sets are one of the quickest crops and least likely to fail, while planting from seed is more difficult and requires a full season for maturity. Onion seed must go intp the garden with the very first plantings of lettuce and radish, early. in

March, The seed should be sown| °

rather thickly in the row, covered with one-half inch of soil and thinned to stand about two to three inches apart. The tiny new shoots should ‘be used for flavoring and for salads. The crop will mature by midsummer,

How {o Plant

Among varieties recommended by Mr. Irwin: are Southport yellow globe, Ebenezer, Strassburg and sweet Spanish.

When onion sets are used, plant about three inches apart. Onions grown from sets are principally for use as green onions. It is common practice among old gardeners :to plant onion sets in the carrot row thus marking the row because carrots germinate slowly.

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Scarce Seed Is Wasted—Irwin

“Don’t put out a victory garden just to be patriotic and then not take care of it,” A. A, Irwin, assistant county agricultural agent, told North side victory gardeners at a meeting in Rauh Memorial library last .night. * The scarcity of garden seetls and garden equipment will not warrant the waste, he said.- He pointed out that a plot 20x30 feet, if properly managed, would take eight to 10 hours of work a week from March to the first of September. Gardeners . with small plots were urged to plant tomatoes and beans. A dozen tomato plants, Mr. Irwin said could produce 240 pounds of tomatoes. Amateurs were encouraged to start with' plants instead of with seeds. Pole beans may be planted around staked tomatoes. Peas, Mr. Irwin added, are not a sure .crop in. Indiana. 2:

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Answering Some Questions -On Point Rationing System

WASHINGTON, March 3 (U. P.). —The office of price administration today issued the following questions

and answers arising under the rationing of processed foods: Q—I buy all my food from the same grocer and order-all my food by phone. May I leave my ration book at the store and authorizé the dealer to remove stamps for the food I order? A—Yes, you may authorize your dealers to act as your agent in deducting stamps from your ration book. i Q—What can I do if T get a swelled can of food from my grocer? A—Return it, and ask him to give you a perfect can to replace it. Q—Suppose ‘I accidentally break a bottle of food for which I have just surrendered a ration stamp. Should my dealer replace it? A—No. . The loss for broken containers is yours if you are responsible for the breakage. Q—1If I have a surplus of canned corn and canned tomatoes may I exchange these for foods I need but do not have? A—Yes, you may exchange canned goods of equal point value with your grocer if he is willing, or with neighbors and friends. : , Q=—If I have no: to buy rationed foods during t e first month of rationing may I a my stamps to use when I need them? ' '. A—No. Point stamps become invalid at the end of each ration period just Ike Stamps for Sagar |

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“If plantings are made in this ‘manner, the green onions, harvested before the carrots attain much size, do not. disturb the carrot growth. This method of inter-cropping saves valuable garden space and is advised by experts. - Let Cure for a Day All onions: should be leit to cure for a day or two in the direct sunlight. This should be done before the tops are removed. They should then be placed on slats or screens. in a.dry place for further drying. The tops may then be snipped off, leaving about two “or three inches of the leaves. . A corner of the garage es a good drying place. The crop may be left there until freezing weather when it should be put in loosely woven sacks and hung indoors in a place where it is dry, cold, and dark. One-half ounce of seed or two pounds of onion sets will plant 100 feet of row. The average yield per 100 feet will be one and one-half bushels..

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gardeners planning a pea crop should make their major planting early in March as soon as the soil is workable. Potatoes also should be planted early—around March 15.

Vegetables hard to grow in Marion county include cauliflower, celery, egg plant ‘and brussel sprouts, Mr. Irwin said. Broccoli also is a doubtful crop here.

In regard to successive planting, the agent pointed out that vegetables should not be planted twice a season in the same space. For example, peas should be followed by carrots or beets, not by more peas. Mr. Irwin also encouraged the use of victory garden fertilizer and the planting of late fall crops for storage. The importance of the late crops cannot be over emphesized, he said, with point rationing now In effect. $ 5% et wn : ® 8 =

Q—Are the smallest sizes of food now rationed? A—Yes, even the smallest size cans of foods are rationed if they contain foods included in the rationing program. Q—1Is it more economical for me to buy dry or canned beans? A—If you can use either dry beans are more economical from the standpoint of ration points since they increase in bulk when they are soaked for use. Q—What should be done with the point ration books of men going into service?

service—providing they eat at an army mess-should be returned to local war price and ration boards. Q—If ration books of men eating’, al an army mess are turned back to

how can families get food for them when they are home on leave? A-—If they are home for a week or more, local boards will issue them ration certificates for the length of their leave if they present their furlough papers. Q—-Do men in the merchant marine turn in their ration books to their local boards when they ship out on a trip? 3 A—Yes. These books are surrendered to the board if the sailor is leaving the country for 30 days or more. When he returns home he may get the book from the board for use while in the United States.

RECEIVES POSTERS ‘AIDING BLOOD BANK

The campaign to obtain irore blood donors received new impetus today when W. L. Longsworth, Red Cross chairman, received from W. A. Reichert, local manager of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., the first of 5000 posters dramatizing the need.

A—Ration books of men going into|

the .war price and ration boards,|:

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: WASHINGTON, March 3 (U. P). The office of price administration

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meat and cheese to begin about| April 1 with each consumer probably limited to an average combined | allotment of 1% pounds a week, it was learned today. Reliable sources also believed that rationing of butter, oleomargarine,|. lard and other cooking’Tats and oils nay be ordered at the same time. Deputy OPA Administrator Paul}

| O'Leary, chief of the rationing pro-

gram, when informed of these reports, said OPA was awaiting the

department which must make the hr move. Meat rationing has been planned for some time, but (VLeary said it was impossible to predict’ just what items will be included when rationing begins. ~ Choice Cuts Costly He also said that any average weekly figure of the amount of meat and/or cheese allowed would vary under the point system inastfauch as scarce meats wduld have high point values. Thus a person who spent all his meat points each week on porterhouse steaks would get far less than the average, while a person who spent his points on more plentiful meats might be able to get more. Other quarters said cheese rationing was almost a certainty. It has been predicted here for several weeks and when canned meats and fish were frozen two weeks ago reports began to circulate that cheese would be rationed with meat. Red coupons in the new ration hook will be used for meat ration-

"ling. If cheese is included the stamps

will be interchangeable. A housewife will be able to spend all of her red coupons on meat or divide ther] between meat and cheese. The 1% pound average allotment is based on supplies expected to be available during 1943 for civilians. Civilian consumption of meat alone last year averaged slightly more than 2% pounds per week per: person.

POTATO SUPPLY RUNNING SHORT

Capital Heavy ‘Dgmand May Cause Deficiency.

WASHINGTON, March 3 (U. P). —The supply of potatoes is running

deficiency before. the new : crop comes in about June'l, agriculture

Jiepartment officials said today.

gongeded that present supMa it not be sufficient to meet all demands. Shipments of potatoes to market in: January and February were reported to have been abnormally large, due to desire of producers to reduce storages and avert the lower price ceilings which go into effect next month. Mentime, OPA officials awaited a report from. regional aids in Chicago who ‘investigated alleged attempts by some producers to escape price ceilings. on the regular run of potatoes by labelling them as “seed” potatoes which are not under price tops. Dispatches from Chicago said potato dealers admitted privately that some of the “seed” potatoes une doubtedly would. find their way to dinner tables. It was stated also that growers were refusing to send carload lots to major wholesale markets, preferring to sell to jobbers who distributed them at high prices = “seed. ” An OPA spokesman said today] that if the inquiry by regiona! au-

| thorities indicates that there is a

“black market” springing up in potatoes, the government would act promptly, : t y

FOOD TO BE TOPIC FOR HOMEMAKERS

writers building at 10 a, m. tomorrow to discuss the food production and preservation program needed this year. Those attending will be the presi= dents, garden and canning chairman of the 39 Homemakers’ clubs and all 4-H club leaders. Mrs. Mary Wolcott of Franklin township is garden chairman and Mrs. Oscar Blank of Wayne township in canning chairman.

Miss Janice M. ‘Berlin, home demonstration agent, will lead a discussion on the use of available ‘Planning and planting the garden

sistant eounty sgticnl tural agen b.

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recommendations of the agriculture}:

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to 17. And the ho few minutes later. oe ‘As the measure goes Ws]

‘ment of financial . responsibility under the control of the Demo-

public safety.

would so increase the duties © the department that the ee ment personnel would have to be expanded many times. James Dunn, director of the department, estimates that from th experience . in- New York state where a similar law is in effect that it would take at least 10) employees to operate the law here. The department now has about 14

This increase in jobs ,would amount to more than the Republicans stand to gain by passing the bills to give Attorney General James Emmert control over all attorneys employed by the state and State Auditor Richard T. James the Store license divi-

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Insurance Firms to Pay

PROPONENTS OF THE measure, which would practically make it a necessity for every automobile

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Officials Concede|

Homemakers of Marion county} will meet in room 310 of the Under=-{

wilt be discussed by A. A. Irwin, as-|

owner to carry liability insurance, finally got around yesterday to having a provision inserted to cover the cost of operation. This provision provides that the cost of operation of the department of financial responsibility shall be prorated among the insurance companies on the basis of premiums sold, The willingness of the insurance companies to bear the costs of op eration of. the law shows that enactment of the bill into law will be of great financial benefit to them. The insurance companies reportedly pay the cost of operstion of the law in New York,

Director Out

THE BILL GIVING Mr. James

control of the store license division is the second G. O. P, measure having: patrohage involved to be sent to Governor Schricker this session. The first was Mr. Emmert's bill which the governor vetoed and which the Republican legislature passed over his veto. .

The governor, however, has riot indicated whether he will sign or veto the bill. Some Democrats feel that the store license ‘division is short but there should be no serious|~ 7 ; :

-as be

_governor, it leaves the depart. (purely

He says he will have one of the en in his office do ‘the work done by the director with no os compensation. Mr. James estimated that | can which ‘gw has 14 employees, at a saving of 215,000 annually for the state. ° Vi

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Tax Board Bill Through

IT WASN'T JUST a coincidence that the bill giving the state tax board, composed of two Democrats and one Republican, an increase in salary from $4500 to $6000 annually was passed by the house only a few hours after the senate

| approved the store license bill.

The store license division

"now under the control of the tax

board and friends of Mr. Jam were determined that the salary increase bill wouldn't pass unless the store license bill also was

Governor ‘Schricker himself pro=

board members’ salaries in message fo the legislature, This followed the resignation of Hi "8S. Murray, one of the governor’ key officials, as tax board man to take a more highly p position with General Motors Bedford. The tax board. salary increase bill gets around the constitution= al bar against an increase in an officer’s salary during term of of: fice by providing for the aboli= tion of the tax board and the creation of a new one. : The governor will reappoint present members to the board and, since they are ing on a new board, they will entitled to draw salaries of Bi annually. Salaries paid the tax. members at present are nized by leaders of both ps too low. This board one of the most important units of state government,

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