Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1944 — Page 8

Pectage Shortage 2 Spurs

‘Return of

By ANN

‘Crackerbarrel

STEVICK

NEA Staff Writer

, July 4~The old crackerbarrel type of grocery ‘ ‘business may come back. Bulk handling of groceries or other con-

tainers will replace more of the

newer type of smiall~quantity pack-

. aging before the container crisis is over.

grocers are already handling bulk soaps. Such dry groceries sugar and macaroni may go into apres large boxes or sacks

alast-dite ‘measure, but will. be put off as long as pos sible, - Most gpd3 cers. are hyrd3 up for help to

avty

h ave old-fash-joned bins and scoops for hanAnn Stevick dling bulk foods. Increfised use of bulk soaps has brought on new pricing problems, The office of price administration has found that “washing powders” are being sold at the: pag of package soaps. » Must Be Marked

New rules will require that bulk soaps bp miarked ‘to show their exact quglity, according to specifled definitions of laundry. soap, scéuring powder or ‘cleanser, and washing powder. In other words. don't buy your soap in a poke without scanning the label. .

at the Carmelite monastery, The services in preparation the feast of Our Lady of Mt.

“Just in case the two red points

hts becomes too tempting for

at food stores to leave the fats

in the original cans.

Thus the. renderer who hands

cated at West. Baden Springs. With the hope for peace as it

novena will be in charge of the Rey, chaplain at the monastery. An In-

dianapolis native, Father ‘Kava past; I also connected with the]:

REY. DONNELY HER

The Very Rev. Thomas J . Deonfelly, 8. J., president of the John | Carroll university, Cleveland, O., will preach each day at. the sixth annual public outdoor novena which begins Saturday at 8 P m.

mel will continue ‘through July 16. ‘|They were addressed by. Father Donnelly last year. He is the former rector of West Baden callege lo- |

Richard Kavanagh, who’ succeeded the late Father Walter Nugent as

: rather than © some ill- ier t coms=mercial by-product.

Odds and Ends

In a pinch, new babies\ and babies in hospitals will get dia‘per service, older customers will be,cut off first, according to plans announced in a meeting of iaundry and ’clearjing officials. . . . A super-alloy of "aluminum is being’ produced in ‘big quantities for war-time aircraft. It may appear later, in your kitchen. . . . OPA’s work is never done. Now. “they have taken up the problem of a 15-pound extra allowance for bee colonies confined to ' their hives by—-adverse weather, conses quently unable to. provide their own sugar rations.

,YOUR VICTORY GARDEN—

Few Trees of ‘Bearing Age’

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Produce Fruit First Season

By HENRY L. PREE -

Scripps-Howar

d Stat Writer

While, many “bearing-age” trees ‘are sold, few of them will bear fruit the Hirst season, and quite often not until the third year after

planting. As’ a rule, one'm

must wait from 3 to:

years before apples

.* start to bear; apricots, pears, plums and cherries,\3 or 4 years; peach and nectarine, 2 or 3 years. Dwarf varieties of fruit trees usually

gtart to bear one to three years same variety, but are not usually as long lived. However, the difference is:too slight to be considered when a I planting home 1 grounds. Currant.- and My g ooseberry BY bushes start to i produce. good # crops the third season after planting; blackberries the sec‘ond year, while . "raspberries yield a, harvest the first year. If, “when planting strawberries, - you pick. off the blossoms from the spring-planted strawberries all during the first season, the plants. will develop a . stronger root system- resulting in ‘bigger and better berries the second season. However, pot-grown plants set out last autumn will prcduce a Igte crop this season witout benefit of, blossom removal, Ever-bearing strawberries will produce a Crop te. in sum- . mer. Few Srape vines bear until

* Follow State Advice

Follow the spray or dust program as outlined by the state * agricultural college. Insect enemies and disease are bound to be present. . Feeding, mulching and water“Ang‘will help to improve the vigor of your frees. Give fruits good growing condi : a ficlent, moistur® and. the fertilizer needed by. :yotr | particular soil.

, at. “the égpen Fertilizers ‘strong in phosphorus

material . must: be kept loose, as . packing down’ might prevent root geration. Failure, “or. established trees to set fruit may be: due to lack’ of cross-pollination. Most apple, ail the varfeties of the European pear, . few: varieties of peaches, all sw cherries, many of the Eurp ‘plums and most of the Japanese plums require the aid of another variety to fertilize the blossoms and thus permit the forming and Setting of fruit.

sooner. than standard trees of the

Chemical sprays do -not actually? fertilize fruit tree blossoms, but “they may help the fruit to hang on. and develop without seeds. Fruit should be picked from the trees before it is dead ripe. Fruit to be stored should be free from bruises, scratches~and cuts.

jh] July 4, 1944

Ration Calendar

W8 in Book 4 good indefinitely for 10 points each. ‘CANNED GOODS—Blue stamps A8 through V8 in Book 4 godd indefinitely for 10 points each.’ SUGAR—Stamps 30, 31 and 32 In Book 4 are good indefinitely for.$ pounds. Stamp 40 in Book 4 gbod for 5 pounds of canning sugar. ° Applicants applying for canning sugar. should send in one spare stamp 37, attached to the application for ‘each applicant. GASOLINE—Stamp A-12 is good for 3 gallons and expires Sept. 21.

5 gallons. T good for 5 gallons through June 30; E and E1 good for 1 gallon; R and R1 not valid at filling stations but consumer may exchange R for E at his local board if he wishes to purchase non-high-way gasoline at filling stdtion. A, B, Gi:D) and T coupons are not valid aie have been indorsed in ink

| should -write 1944 numbers on hott and SPORE

po “valid through Sept. 30. Al changemaking ‘coupons and reserve coupons are now .good. TIRES—Inspection on passenger automobiles discontinued. Commers cial -vehicle tire inspection every six months or every 5000 miles. Inspec: tion certificates still will be a requisite in" obtaining replacement tires. B card holders are now eligible for grade 1 tires if they can prove extreme necessity. .All A holders are eligible for grade 3 tires, including factory seconds, if they find tires which may be purchased. SHOES—No. 1 and No. 2 “alrplane” stamps in Book 3 good in. definitely.

Stepping- Stone Islands Lead From Marianas to Japan

By Setence Service WASHINGTON,” July 4. —Although thi’ Marianas in the Pacific. combat ‘area, where the Japs have just received severe, punish ment, is the nearest location south of Tokyo at which: the Americans have struck in force, they are a long way from the Nipponese capital city. From American-owned, Japoccupied Guam to Tokyo is about 1500 miles, nearly the di stance from Washington to Denver. - Between Guam, the most south: erly Mariana island, and the Japa~,

|Guam. All are low coralline limestone islands without -prominent elevations. Their climate is comparable with that of the Philip. pines, although the heat is not as intense. The northern 10 islands are volcanic, with an extreme elevation of 2700 feet. They are well watered and most of them heavily timbered. The Ogasawara still are often called the Bonin group, although the name no longer properly dpplies. Bonin is a corruption of Bunin, which means without popu-

nese main islands, however, a long | lation.

string of islands stretch out over

much of the- distance and form

steppingstones to Tokyo.

They in- persons, clude the 15 Marianas, the. Volcano

The principal istand in the group how has a population of over 5000 mostly Japanese. This island is ‘Chichi-jima, or the Father

or Vulcan group, the 20 Ogasawara island, and it is sometimes called

islands, and the Sumisy. group - just | Peel, , south of the coast of .Honshu on which Commodore

which Tokyo is located,

It has an excellent harbor, Perry, .who visited it in 1853, strongly urged be

The Marianas, stretching north- \made into a , United "States coaling

ward from Guam ‘about 550 miles, are sometimes called.the Ladrones.

Sahn Commodore Petry found a opulation of 31 at the time of his

“This is a name given them by Ma: > or: four Americans, four English,

gellan in 1521, He called them

,|one Portuguese, and 22 natives of

. perhaps prophetically, Islas de los the Ladrones.

, Which - means Thieves’

dslands. The Japs, in 1914, took all | Ogasawara

he hag bought them frpm |

European geographers ‘divide tHe islands inter Groupe, the Coffin or Bailey, the

Cope group is the most southerly of(the three. The Volcano or Vulcan islands lie to the south between the Bonins and the Marianas. Only "10 of the Ogasawara group

MEAT-Red stamps AS through|_

B3 and C3 ahd B4 and C4 good for|

ficil with autemobile registra. |

and the Parry groups. The |

have any appreciable size. The ter-|, ‘In- oo hast ds Such What wis Bits) is may be consctructed.

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——————————— WESLEYAN GUILD MEETS The Wesleyan guild of Victo; Memorial church will hold its regu, [10st his, billfold containing $650, his lar monthly meeting tomorrow night, at the home of Mrs. Ruth Decatur, 1040 8S. Randolph st.

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theme, the arrangements for the Emblems may be obtained at pe

or at

BILLFOLD WITH $650 RETURNED TO OWNER

convinced ' today that if Diogenes

“were living, his quest for an honest

man would Je ended. : Bénthroft |

savings. for the last six years, last Thursday. Sunday he found it in his rhailbox.

July 4 (U.P). 3 Tom

CHAMPAIGN, July 4 (U.P).

are a carpenter, a hot clarinet ay. er or perhaps a deep sea Schour, “of the: University nois” school of dentistry,

tient's teeth often reveals his occupation.

teeth; he explained. Small, show on the teeth of ‘carpenters and upholsterers who J in: their mou he said, often ‘have ‘hemorrhages

changes in atmospheric pressure.

at their mouths,

rp tr ett. O. E. S. MEETING SLATED Lawrence chapter, No. 384, O. E. S., will meet at 8 p. m, Thursday.

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—Let Dr. Isaac Schour look in your| ’ mouth, and he can tell whether you P) ~The last letter prs boy-16 |

nails or tacks SEB divers, the end of that time you must

And the survey showed that the

sugar and flour “dust ‘which. settles|

| J You Must Not ¢ fe, ARMA | Have Nef ar of Death’

mother—mailéd by his’mariné corps buddies after his death in the South

of 2 Tiny Pacific—was published today.

It was written by Paul Hi

today the results of ‘a - survey Which|, sergeant in an cair detachment;|. showed that the condition of a pa- dead in action, to his mother, Mig |

Jeremiah -Houlihan.

“Dearest Mother: * Though\I feel

For instanice, est musicians wear no premonition at all . . . I have flat places on their center front instructed that this lefter be-for-|}

warded to you should I fail to return

rounded marks Of Wear! . one of the raids which we shall

shortly be called to undertake. You must -hope on for a month but at

cept the fact that I have sacrifl

along their gums because of sudden) ie for what we know is right .>.

“I have always admired ‘your courage in the. face: of contimied

mean that your struggle has ‘been in vain. . . « It means that your sacrifice is as great as mine. Today we are faced wtih the greatest challenge to christianity and civiliza«|g tion that the world has evel seen

Mrs. Faye Riebel {5 worthy matron.[and I count myself honored t0 be Fi

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welfare committee of the Saf ae " Grotto auxiliary will meet Sahara Grot atfnoon Friday at the home of Mrs, [card party at|Fountain Square hall

Acton chapter No. 000 B. 8. as and ou } igel at 8 J in. Thursday in the PE Ean Rake MEE : IS. HL

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every Tuesday, beginning tonight.

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