Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 July 1944 — Page 8

CHICKS GO FOR A RIDE |WARTIME LIVING— : CHICAGO--Recent airplane ship-

25 ot wn dude ‘aan wes Production Deficit Si gnals AF Continued Shoe Rationing

not to have affected them and they

DURING JULY AND AUGUST

SATURDAY HOURS, 9:45 ALN. to 6 P.M.

ou & Wiite EE aT SE are reported to be doing as well as wee Tey way Y. } As al drug stores everywhers—in|the non-flying -chicks in the same * By ANN STEVICK Sattarain st Hook's Drug. hatch. Scripps-Boward Staff Writ

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$1.99 Others $2.93 to $7.99 Print cottons and rayons.

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shoe rationing will soon end. . Production of women's leather

For Your Bin ore than three times as many plants have special equipment to . I fabric shoes are being turned out, (help women do the heavy work reVacation but they bare- quired. The situation is so serious » ly make up, that war manpower commission aueven in num- thorizes anyone who wants to .vol-

bers, for the leather shoe | deficit. Most of | the fabric shoes | can't be expect~ | ed to last as

age. | Odds and Ends

War production board is seeing to it that manufacturers of V-boxes get a share of the short paperboard supply. WPB warns, however, that (there won't be enough for other uses than sending packages to sol|diers, Stores are requested not to {use V-boxes for display. ... Forge and foundry work has been tradi- | tionally a “muscle job” for men {only. War manpower commission | points out that in the present mane | power crisis in this critical industry

more women must be used. Some

WASHINGTON, July 20~~New bureau of census figures on this year's shoemaking show that there fst much to current rumess that

year, for the January-May period covered in the report. Men's leather shoes are off about one-quarter, with work shoes cut down more than

shoes is off nearly a third from last

unteer for the work to telegraph the foundry and forge division of WMC, Washington, D. C, “I would like a forge or foundry job. Western Union offices are ready to handle! the messages speedily.

‘cost! l | long as leather. | Bright sideof TOO MANY FREAKS PLAY SUITS | the report IDAHO FALLS, Ida. (U. P)~—

Frank Keefer, Idaho Falls taxidermist, fears he is becoming a surrealist. This spring he has been | called upon to “stuff” a lamb with only one eye, a lamb with no

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Sizes 12 to 18. | reduction of husky GI shoes 1 should leave a good deal of leather (mouth and a lamb with two heads SHORTS for civilians. and two tails. Leather supply experts point out, however, that the leather . $1.69 situation is not a domestic affair. Refinance your Others $1.99 to $2.99 The home leather supply is doing : ' ' 8 well with large beet slaughtering Out-of-Town All wanted colors. Sizes 10 to 18. under way. Leather is allocated |} “Contract” - by a combined board, which con= - siders needs of other countries. T Sina Keep On U. S. homefolks have had 3.2 pairs HOME LOAN uying of leather shoes per person in 1943 , 1.09 WAR and 1044 That makes them tne|| oF Celtic : Others $1.29 to $1.99 BONDS best-shod people in the world dureg > Plain and striped cottons. ing that period; according to departe : ment of commerce figures. Any exe A LOCAL LOAN, , | . tra leather is likely to go to coun- } : SWIM" SUITS tries where there is a severe short- IS CONVENIENT | | f |

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No worry about une sightly crooked. seams when you wear these beautiful sheer seamless hose, cotton tops, cotton reinforced feet, two _ pretty summer shadcs to Bselect from. Sizes 8% to 10%. » Star Store—Street Floor

Clearance of SUMMER

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Pretty fabrics and colorful straw bags that formerly sold from $1.69 to $2.98. Pouches, top handles, underarm and envelope styles, Every bag an extraordinary value at this low price.

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2 Women's $3.00 and $3.49 Denim

3 SLACK SUITS

Offering for clearance our

women’s denim slack suits : that sell regular at $3.00 and $349, in powder blue and rose. Well made of wash 9% R 4

able fabric. Ideal for gare dening, war plants, and general wear, while the t Choice $1.00.

Toddlers' Sheer

DRESSES

A splendid selection of toddler’s sheer dresses, one and ‘wo-plece styles, cute little, attractively styled dresses in . - sizes 1 to 3, formerly sold at . $1.39. For clearance— 2

Boys’ Play

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Odds and Ends Women's and Children’s

SPORTSWEAR

Here's a real buy, Mothers! Boys’ play overalls in navy blue and other desired colors. Styled with bib and pocket sizes 3 to §, origi-

Clearance of Women's

Slacks, gg sun ls nally sold at $1.19, ortalls, * skirts clearance slacks. Broken size range i but real values at only $1. $ for $1.00 -

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Bedding Needs at Savings

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ANY folks don’t. They're as far from the real facts as this ' photo in an amusement park

OF YOUR ELECTRIC BILL?

mirror! | Proof? In a nation-wide survey, 429, of the people sharply overestimated the amount of their last electric bill. 59% didn't realize that rates had been reduced in the last fifteen years—and 95% didn’t realize how much! Actually, the average American family gets about twice as much electricity today as it did fifteen

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. years ago for the same money. *For the same money.’ * That's the clue. You don’t realize that rates are down, because your bill may be as much as it was fifteen years ago—or perhaps even more. But you have more electric appli-. ances now. Y ou’re using more elec tricity—and you get about twice, “as much for what you pay. Keeping electric production up rand electric prices down is not ‘easy in w artime—when other costs and taxes are soaring. Bub Your clectric company has done jt—by careful planning, hard work and sound business man:

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Women's RATION FREE

PLAY SHOES

$2.99

Offering | for wlearaiice all of our regular

$3.95 Play Shoes in bea beautiful

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MATTRESSES

for Full or Twin Beds—50-Pound

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Colorful covers

DAY BED AND STUDIO COUCH PADS

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Clearance of Men's

$5.00 and $5.95 :

SLACK SUITS

$399

For quick clearance we are offering all our $5.00 and $5.95 Sanforized . Slack Suits of poplin in blue and tan, also washable cordet cloth. Long > Shon sleeves, in sizes 29

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Men's Work Shirts of Sanforized blue chambray, slight imperfects, but does not

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