Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1943 — Page 4

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: Top for Bylk Sales Is $16; 3 : , Market Slow at Bald L wis | Bi i gon a : Stockyar ds. Bellance Aire’. 41s Thé hog market was slow, with gp; few early sales at the Indianapolis | mii stockyards today, the food distribu- > tion administration reported. Yas Sam 100 to 260 pounds were steady, with a drop of 10 cents from yesterday’s prices. The top for bulk sales was $16. C

Receipts - included 2500 hogs, 150 cattle and 25 calves.

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There are Problems on the CHANGE LITTLE a - ii i Other Side” of the Counter Adams : Ya | Yesterday .sceesescecerseacss 185.87

Week Ago cattsnbesnabodenes 134.58 By ROGER BUDROW-

Month AZO ...ccornescensees 180.74 0.13 of C.112% 113 Te | ah ge Wn ‘AN EXECUTIVE IN A LARGE LOCAL STORE admits; » guessed wrong on one thing lately. He had underesti- : : ated the public's patience with war inconveniences. «]| CHICAGO, April 3 (U. P)—

Grain futures moved within - ‘think the public is far ahead of us in understanding Why We! row range on the oq ¥ of 8 3 Nar: Amerada Re Pet nila

27 can’t make deliveries as in the old days, why we make mis-| day. Prices steadied after recover-|Am Bai Note. 18 184 es, why there are unavoidable delays,” he said. | ing from early weakness.

And then he added that he hoped he is wrong on another bin i. mn hed he a eisessceeniesnseshe A

guess. The prediction is that the stores themselves are at OPA levels; oats off % to up %,|Am Chicle ..... 10 s % +3 ; 1.0 ; and rye unchanged to up %. o 20tty, (Month ALO ..iiiicrcarirenes 1947 going to fais a serious situation from now on. Here is the #78 W2 Wwe ated op B= hety oi wy Melty Jee Na i he explains it. tiie i ie Sidelines waiting for legislative | Am Eaport L... 27% High, I 2 Jew, 1345, 1h» | The store’s income i ; evelopments in Washington. 4 2 w— . Nat we ways. First, there are price to retailing. But the turnover / 2 iF 15 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS |Rak cellings. Second, the amount of among the replacements is “ter-| GRAIN rer lo 34, Sales Net |Nat

Pre cas obtainable is . dwin- ” y o i : : (In 100s) High Low Close Change dling. Against|tific” (Among the best replace-| wheatr 08" Low (Close Close) S07 zo Til pt & loo Am Gold. 446 #3: 3% 4% + %|Nat

OR ter these “i ovable ments are wives of officers stationed May. $1.45% $1.45% $1. 44% 11.43 13% $1. 45% am Am Lace Radio Corp . 432 9 8% 9

objects” there are|at Ft. Harrison, Camp Atterbury or{’"7:- 148% 148% 14 1 2 dss Un Gas Imp..264 3% 8% 3%

X ....188 15% M% 15% the “irresistible|in t > Sept.. 1.46% 1.47% 1.46% Ties, 1.46% is ye muh. re an 6's 6% ; : own.) Dec.. 1.48%. 1.40% 1.48% 1.49 Pwr & Lt. 2 2 . ‘ forces” of Increas-| ,vo.0 are three major reasons | Cor" . 28% 1 Nat P &'L...151 5% 3% 5% ing taxes, intreas- May.. ....¢ Sve 01b 1.01 ; Eng PS. ....145 5% 0% B% ing expenses

why employees quit. The first is guy. ; {05 105 . i050 143 Del L&W RR 144 8% 8% (wages, etc.) and wages. The store doesn’t even pre- Doria wv leew ih RIM ov pi 84 Alaska Geld..13 . 6% &s 3

fo : : Col Gas & EL.119 3% 3% an irreducible{tend to compete with war plants on May. 0 Si 2% 837s 843 Ship Bld - West Union . 96 34% 30% | ‘amount of over-|that score. The second is a sense Of Sept.. 61's 61% 60% . Gab J : BIEL vs 480 Armour & Co. 90 4% 4% head just to keep|frustration, a feeling that retallipe. 627% 63 62% ’ stl Fdies . ! 38% Comw & So. $6 11-16 % 11the store open. [sales work is not important to the Stores =»... 13 Alleghany ... 83 od a in “Even a baby war effort. Those who think through NY Cent .... 0 18% | as could have made|the importance of keeping the home [July.. 87% 88% 87% Stock sales totaled 835,610 - Budrow money retailing in [front the way the boys in service Sept. .89% 90% 89% Soha 32 compared with 798,030 last Satur-)Northw Medium and good— the past 18 months,” he said, “but|want it kept soon decide their work Dec... 93% 93% 2% To Pt oot 7 13 +! day. Curb stock sales were 225,885 no yich Pharm. 115 11% 90- 120 pounds from now on, it’s going to take alin the store is necessary, he said. : A Ee 139 3 ‘a Ya s| shares against 168,670 a week ago.) —O ~~ CATTLE (150) ‘mighty efficient store io hold out The third reason is fatigue from, _ == hai, 1. Tea, % ; Net | Ohio Fr 5 16% 16% 8 eer | Steers oad... 3 & ’ eat—INoO. a 48. & 6 Le / i a 5 / , , 3 r “for ‘the duration.” waiting on an “upset public.” There Corn~—No. 1 had, 3130: No. 2 yetiow, sa. 5 Hi ios fh Change | 3 Nt os 6% 6% > zy; Choice 16.00@ 16.50 | Ponts” Sec "fi . 2 8 is nothing to do about this except |$ No. 3 ‘yellow, [email protected]%; No. An W & Cable 271% 2 .... |Eaton Mf > alhe 4l% ig ... 8412 84% | “ye | 900-1100 15 9! Pioneer Gold hope that the public will get over A 96@96%ac; ne 2 white, $1.23%3;| Anchor Hock Gl 19%; 4 3 { B Boone 1s si - Coll .... 1% 7 7 2 | 1100-1300 : : ONE OF THE most difficult prob- | 1%P p g 0. 3 white, [email protected]%, Ar¢h-Dan-M . . 39% vis Eee Auto, 13% 13% Te Elev 20° 320 [100-100 Bounds vvverree oogIT I ys : : its “ration-jitters.” The store con- y Beans—No sai \ En Del pf. no, : . b 321; 32 Jems is in personnel. Specialists Rye—No sales. Armour Ii 5% 3 ; Lt ’ 4 ny k Pee | Good— Republic Ayn .. a = stantly- impresses the clerks not to Oats-—No. 1 mixed, re; No. 1 white, | Arrar IIl pr pf. sois ; 3 ros 2 4 a Ith v,| 700- 900 pounds .. [email protected]| S¢ Regis Paper * are next to impossible to hire, ex-|indulge in “scare selling,” reminding | gii4c: No. § White, Tac; No. 3 white [Armour Ill pf . 56) a 56% ; 4 Fa a v4! 900-1100 pounds 1 3\ Segal Lock '... perienced pressers, furniture ‘refin- {them that such buying merely re- Baers, 67c; ly ®ane; Fol A re os : Le < a 1300-1300 Pounds ; 16.25 i630 Shadtick Bo - gshers, tur workers, etc. Some work |duces many lines of goods unneces- Do . * Se@tioy pommel: Soa pi lL Tis 8 Bm OB — hee m 3 Mesum Sud Oil Ky i Hs, bs left. undone atv: 16 takes]: hard, 87@95c nominal; feed, 80@%0c nom: |Atl C Li . 34% sale... pre 2 3 1.1 ets Va| 700-1100 pounds ............ [email protected] HH il ail of. 10, 2 Gaso joni ’ Atl Refining .. s 23% + 4 —1-18|p Mi : 3, | 1100-1300 pounds ... er 14 . Pg ’ “mnore time to accomplish other jobs line rationing apparently had | cash Provisions—Lard in store, $13.80 Atlas Corp ... 12 Erte 14 4s + Yo ] acifit & T > ag | common~— Sunray Oil dla BE Ee i 2%: |no effect on sales. One reason, he bid; loose, $12.80 bid; leat, [$1240 bid, 4 + !s|pac Tin Cons .. oY . A normal times his store employed

and bellies Saas b i Ys| 700-1100 pounds 12.00G 14.00 Tibet 105d said, was the excellent local trans- : LL 1% ies is Bac West Oil .. hn th stem. i Lo... MY Y ia + 3% P : , 90 per cent women, 30 per cent portation system LOCAL GRAIN i 40 3 i Rt Bei 28%; men. It is now 80 per cent and : ; CASH A

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Prices Steady at Closing; 4 Air Redue ‘Traders Wait for Action High, 1942, 119.71; low, 1942, 92.92.

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Ui 18.50@ 16.00 | Un Gias Cor i 800-1000 pounds ..... © 14.50@1530| Un Gas cp, 11684 1, | G00d— Un Lt & A : hard, $1.40% @1.417% Balt & O pf - will probably have women driving ting supplies for the store are a| “Coin. Steady: i receipts, 23 cars; No. g| Bangor & Ar a Parmnelen es Medium U id, i Pe Save (oat. o 1, | Penney : pH West Va Coal . 4%, A year and a haif ago the store|5 to 50 per cent of what they order. Et Penn Coal & C 6 ~~ 5% 8 .... | 500- 90 pounds A receipts, pon In- % si 11 1 ; WAGON WHEAT Benaiz -- 4 3 1% 19% ) 1, | Peoria & East. : his t (Yearlings Excluded) High Low Close Change a elevators paid $1.54 per bushel for No. 25 to 100 a day, now total one Oricause the first order is the only one red wheat (other. Be on their merits). Bigelow San": It ssn rmour & Co ,. 4% ’ 8 , “In the old days a buyer would be and No. 3 white corn. $1.04. De Ar LL 207s $ nee (OW x 3% 9% 9% vi |BhileoCorp... 21 20% 321 | Goad © [email protected] (Chie Corp ..... 4'a 4'; : ti wen TURNOVER of help is in-|wined and dined by the wholesale Bohn Al & Iv, 21% Gen evs 43 7 s + % "a revs Cutter and common [email protected]| Com Edison ... 24% -—

781 "000-300 POURS ....sss.s.s M30@2530] UR Lt & Pw pt aes p [email protected] 234 getivery vans and acting as clerks| on niohtmare. They get from |Jeliow, 95%@96%c: No. 3 yellow, 92@95c; Baroer Asphalt. n & Ford ..- 500- 900 POURS «ve.sreas.. 13.00014. L 3% 0 : 11,[email protected] | Wright Harg .. 32 Oats—Easy; receipts, 5 cars; Yous 2 white, B RE 26 26 3 A sii: 24 is 2 Sor Penn D Cem . . Cows (all weights) y 8 : ~The Indiana legislature's action in |store would buy a few dresses of a |diana and Illinois No. 2 yellow, $1. Tit. Beld. Hem “ a 10 y A gy : Eig DD Dr .... 23 © 8b night a big help. Applica soi4 well, they would reorder. To-| gp to the ciose of the Chicago market Be Adame Mfg ... 13% 13% 13% — 3% two, some days up to 15 or 20. opened by the dress manufacturer. |No. 2 white oats, §7c, and Ho. 2 red oats, | Black & Decker 1812 Sausage— Ara Eaulp Cp 1 , en t Gen Baking ... 8% pres 28 g a CALVES (25) ve. 15%

: . ry os ; Hi teresting. About six months ago al- [houses and manufacturers’ agents.| [ncorporations pone. ws ? | Gen Bak pr L137 197: i : "

. most all of the “regulars” had left who were going to leave. The oth“ers apparently had decided to stick

Now the shoe is on the other foot. The buyers take the salesmen out to dinner.

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., DeltWare corporation; change of agent to Fred C. Gause, 1342 Consolidatedebldg., Indjanapolis.

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Hornbeck, Leslie Shippey, Maribeth Milles, a Casler and Mary Elizabeth Gessert. They're real queens, too. . . . Gideon * Blaine tried to sell his fellow members of the works board on the idea of putting a pigeon trap on the roof of city hall. . « » Nothing has been done about it yet.

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Such Dizzy Goings-on

BUTCHER SHOP cupboards were as bare as Mother Hubbard's Monday when meat rationing started. . . . Most every shop was emptied in the week-end rush. . . . And someone started a soap buying spree with the false report soap was going to be

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No Jaywalking, Please

CITY P Henry Coombs has Zenith hin. drawn up a posed. ordinance providing 7 B0-cent fines ‘against pedestrians caught | jay-walking, emaing against red lights, or hbitch-hiking. . . . The city would get rich ; ck if it were passed and enforced. . . . doctors on the City hospital staff y became ill after their noon meal Wednesday in the doctors’ dining room. . .. Most of them were okay by the next morning. - “+ : . Some chicken splad was blamed. ~The phone company says its Belmont, Talbot, - Wabash and Highland central offices are full “+_up and no more customers can be served on “$hese exchanges. . . . The works board is Thain about, resurfacing Central ave. north pf 38th st. . . . Remember how rough it is petween 42d and 52d sts.? . . . Today was rationed. . . . Many Pag inspection day, with Boy Scouts checking grocers’ shelves

1p on soiled, tattered or improperly @rpiayed were cleaned - of = SOAP. » + + The

.. [email protected] Goebel Brew ... pounds down LOCAL ISSUES

13.00@ 14.50 oodrich ..... — Nominal quotations furnished by Indi. - 38% Gaod 3 93% 93 Calves (heifers) anapoli 85s 88 = ve b polis securities dealers. Bid Asked % 55% Goodyear a Good and Choice~ 14.000-15.00 or YW i...

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[email protected] | 1, 4 Hydro Elec . 14.508 15: 3 Ind Gen Serv 6% .e.eseenses [email protected] | Indpls P & L 54% ...0eeus..301 *Indpls P & L com ...cevvese. 1 14.75® 15.26 Indpls Riwys, Inc, com .......

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i TWO HOME TOWNERS—Edwin P. (103) S. Arlington) and Harry L. Miller (1140 W. 17th) were in the crew of ad coast guard ouster Campbell that made

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subs, sinking one by ramming it.

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OPA has asked housewives here to serve as unofficial police in the war on black market operations. . . . Dr.

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veterinarian, reports that despite the meat shortage, sale of horse meat doesn't seem to be “catching on.” . . . There's béen an epidemic of robins driving folks crazy by fighting their own reflections in window

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Jr. said today, in reporting 1042 6 on sgl Pin 4 sales and earnings at record highs. I . The company has never paid any|y dividends on the capital stock. Con2 | solidated net income for 1942, Ward said, amounted to $626,744 or 80 Muncle ws

33% by oe Spicer Mfg ... 2 save har rise of 16 per cent|N Ind Tel 4%s 55 814 1% ( «| cents a Ss ec, & i over 1941, when net was $541,079 or Pu Das “ Richmond Vater 5 5a ‘81. . 108 52 cents a share. Trac Term Co vadue si *Ex-dividen

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WASHINGTON, April 3 (U, P.).—Gove} ernment expenses and receipts for the current year through April 1, eompared ago:

with a year This Year Last Year ..$55,266,023,754 $20,371,026,400 . 50,826,548,115 15,492, + 34 74 7, 33. 073 ie 504, i. ,830

. . . Relatives of Ensign David E. Hine (722 E. 9th) were grouped around a radio the " other day to hear him broadcast from London. . . . He told of his gecent rescus at ses when a sub sank his ship rte cote. Mate thera Seis spony } WAACs here on recruiting duty have

panes. . . . Nobody has found a sure remedy short of kicking out the glass. .. . . Mayor Tyndall proclaimed the week starting last Thursday as “Let's Sing Week.” . . . And then before any sour notes could be sung, he took off for Harrisburg, Pa., to attend a meeting of the National Guard association,

%* %* % In the Mail Bag—

AND NOW for the mail. . . . Sergt. H. M. Rogers sends greetings from England we south plaza of the federal building. and says thanks for the mews from home. . ‘They put on quite a show. . . . W, . . . Mrs. Thomas H. Cochrane, 609 E. d ‘Johnson, the former state personnel 53d, has been sending “What's Cookin’” to r, reported in Washington today as a her husband, Corp. lieutenant in the navy. . . . Army air Thomas H. Cochrane, in eréw students of the 52d college training Denver, since the first of detachment at Butler began their flight the year and has been { training this week at Hoosier airport. . . . wondering if he really

“They're using Piper.Cub trainers. enjoyed it. . . . Now she knows. .. . . She got a Yr % %

letter thie other day say-~ in Blackout—

ing: ‘Please keep it iy coming” . . . Lieut, ‘WE HAD OUR first real blackout last Harold L. Lawler has day night. . . Except for a few been promoted to captain, somewhere in plations, it was a big success. . . . Even Africa. . Happy birthday (Monday) to # jail and the hospitals were blacked out. Pvt. Robert J. Petro, 614 N. East st, from . During the excitement, a seven-pound his wife. . . . He's at Camp Ettinger, Va. was born at Methodist hospital to Mr. . . . Sending thanks for “What's Cookin’ ” nist John W. Click, 1630 N. Whitcomb are Harold Breece, Seaman 2/c, somewhere ‘and an 11-pound boy was born to Mr. in northern Ireland, and Jack Edwards, Mrs: Lewis J. Weigand at their home, Radioman 3/¢ (3947 N. Illinois), on a mine Roache st., just as the blackout ended. sweeper in the Atlantic. . . . So long, fellows, ; Bob Hope took his life in his hands . . . We'll be seeing you one week nearer picked five Butler Drift beauty queens victory . . . with more news from the p photos of 15. . . . The queens: Phyllis home town. LR :

Sntire contents sopyrightad, 1943, by L. Strauss & Co., Ine.

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