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U, S. HOUSING CONTROL: HI
Take Lid Off Prices’ One
the housing situation now is worse than at anytime during the war. Mr. Teckemeyer, who represented the Indianapolis Home Builders association, sald the detrimental factors in the crisis were: Thousands of homes removed - from rental market because of unjustly low rent ceilings; 'share-the-house program has fallen down because of OPA’s fixing rents unreasonably low; remodeling of old properties
found venture unprofitable as result of OPA controls. The principal speaker at the luncheon in the Claypool hotel was Clarence Farrier, technical director 6f the national housing agency. Other speakers were Mayor F. Kenneth Dempsey of South, Bend and John Acker, secretary of the state federation of labor. State Will Aid At the session opened, Governor Gates declared: : “The state of Indiana is not going to provide homes to solve the
will go all out in an effort to find a solution to the problem.
“This conference is just another effort on behalf of the state to pro-
the scientific knowledge which will
In Los Angeles, 23 C. 1. O. pickets arrested in a bloody battle at
OPA KEEPS CHECK ON MEAT PRICES
. The possibility of overcharges for ' meats during the threatened short‘age 18 being checked by OPA representatives throughout the state. Persons in Marion county or In-
POST-WAR UNIT DIANA C. A. P.
| John B. Fergu-
| Ferguson,
help local communities to accom-
seeking a solution fo the housing shortage at the state
Henry E. Seibenmark, state com-
mander of the American Legion; Rep. Earl B, Teckemeyer, representing the bullding industry; George C. Wright, representing civil development,
John Acker, secretary of the State Federation of Labor , . told labor's story in the housing conference.
CHAPLAIN DEPLOR! CONFUSION AT HOME
Sugar, butter and nylons , » . that's what worries the American civilian public, Chaplain Edwin H. Hughes Jr, Bridgeport, Conn., told the Seventh District Federation of Clubs members today. “We thought we would find the people settled, the country settled. Instead everything back home is badly confused,” the veteran told
“I may be sticking my neck out,’ the chaplain said, “but one of the spokesmen in the Pacific for demobilization was a 28-pointer.”
plish their ends.” He described the meeting as “purely explorgtory” and warned
U. 8. Motors, Inc, among 100 police|against hopes for any immediate ind 1500 striking electrical workers|solution to the No. 1 post-war prob-
; Individuals were invited to “spea up” on their problems at the after-
and night noon panel discussion.
Pfc. Ferguson Is At Parents’ Home
+ JOHN LAWRENCE FERGUSON has been discharged from the army after overseas service and is
at home with his parents, Dr.
i son and Mrs. i Mr, Ferguson was awarded three bronze stars, was with » Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Leyte invasion and also was on New
Mr, Ferguson
‘Guinea. He returned home from "the Philippines with the rank of private first class. Dr. Ferguson is pastor of the Irvington Presbyterian church and the family residence is at 312 N. Ritter ave.
FAMED UNIT TO SAIL PARIS, Jan. 18 (U. P.).—The last units of the second armored (Hell | on Wheels) division, which is cred- | ited with breaking through the! German lines at St. Lo, will sail from Marseilles by Jan. 22, headquarters of the western base section announced today. |
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pairing motors and sWeeping their own shop down on Sanders and | Shelby sts. »” » n MUCH of the city's mechanical brushing and flushing apparatus is leaky, outmodéd and dilapidated, Mr. Hamilton claims. Of six flushers now on hand, only three are in service.
Three of the seven automatic Sweepers are usable.. One flusher is 23 years old, another 21 years old and the four others 16 years old. - They all spray wa'er, but sometimes out the wrong places. The division's 20 trucks were bought from the WPA in 1938. The upkeep, In terms of repair costs, is terrific. The city has no snow clearing equipment, oo
: . » ¥ -BAMSHACKLE, drafty and dapk, the Shelby st. shops are cluttered with broken down trucks and Sweepers, discarded parts and worn-out brushes. ; An uncontrollable factor that reduces the effectiveness of mee chanical apparatus, explains Mr,
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Only with a strong occupational force in the Pacific and in Europe can peace be established, he emphasized. The men who served their coun-
try have returned to strikes, a genk | erally bad political situation and |
confusion that they did not expect. The same prejudices exist and. the outcome of this. battle for peace can be found only in more tolerance and understanding, Chaplain Hughes told the audience. The federation will support the Marion County Tuberculosis assoclation’s drive for new buildings, and also will indorse a bureau of air pollution control to rid the city of smoke, dust and ashes. Governgr Cates’ proposal to turn Bunker Hill over to the establishment of a children’s institution also was backed by the group. Other speakers were Mrs. Louis
|R. Markun, Mrs, Anna Bobbinger * (and Mrs, Elias C. Atkins.
FOR BRIDGE REPAIR
Closing of road 158 west of Bedford for bridge repair was the only change in the detour picture in the state, the highway commission reported today. A detour on road 46 on the west outskirts of Greensburg was lifted after completion of repairs to the railroad crossing there. Roads currently closed on account of construction are: is ns ao et Dt Ben
and 22 Ind. 120—-Closed from Jet, 13 to Jet. 8; detour over 13, 20 and 5. nd. losed 1 mile west of Bedford for bridge repair: detour 6.7 miles over 450 and county road Ind. 162 and 164—Closed Just east of Jasper, bridge. out: detour 30 miles over 45, 64 and 148 (Temporary bridge for pedestrian traffic only.) Ind. 258—Closed 1 mile west of Seymour for bridge repair; detour 4 miles over county gravel roads,
{Clean-Up of City Streets Held Job for Next Spring
Indianapolis white wings receive 75 cents an hour. . Drivers make 85 cents an hour. This amounts to a take-home pay of about $26 and $32, respectively. That sum, observes Mr. Hamilton, fails to attract husky young men to cleaning jobs. As a consequence, he discloses, the street cleaner's age averages 55 or 60, with some ranging up to 70. . non THE ASSISTANT street commissioner believes his department needs “at least” 10 trucks, three new truck chassis, two more power sweepers, three more flush« ers (two are already on order), 15 additional labowers. Some of the cleaners, idling around the shops yesterday, charged garbage and ashes spilled from city collection trucks, complicated their tasks.
» » . . MR. HAMILTON reminded that . the state now has responsibility for the upkeep of 52 miles of state highways transversing Indianapolis. One of these, he slyly commented, is Washing‘ton st. 4 2 “That ‘used to be one of trouble ‘spots , , , the state now,
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that time, steel people assert, The 1944 steel output was priced at nearly $6.6 billion. That's about $650 million per month or $21 million worth of steel turned out each working day. The steel industry's wage bill is about $100 million a month, spread over 400 plants of 275 steel companies. Annual steel capacity is about 95.5 million tons. November production was 6.23 million tons. The finished steel com-
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RESOLUTION PAYS DR. MORGAN TRIBUTE
Marion County Tuberculosis association has passed a nesolution expressing its regret and sorrow at the death of Dr, Herman G. Morgan, city health commissioner, on Jan. 8, “Something of strength has passed that may not be replaced,” the resolution said. “The emptiness in our own lives may not matter, it is the emptiness in this community from the loss of a vital force that long has made for sturdy warfare
against disease that must count for most now.”
posite price per pound in december was 2.44 cents, The average hourly earning for about 450,000 employees in steel is
$1.12. Packing Industry America’s packing industry, now, on strike, turns out an annual prod- | uct worth $55 to $6 billion— |
not far from the dollar value of!
the steel output, About 75 per cent of this {
and sheep, and who today keep his stock, on the range feeding pens because the big ing houses cannot take his ments. ! Packing house workers average! 85 cents an hour and are seeking a
| 25-cent increase.
Government figures yield no good |
index to the loss in the electrical | manufacturing industry, where| 200,000 employees of General Elec-| tric, Westinghouse and General Motors gre on strike. The G. B.| weekly wage loss is estimated at § million. The last peacetime ce { manufacturing industry estimated the annual output at $1.7 billion, | but this did not include many products made by the big electric companies, A labor department report shows 35 million man-days of idleness in | 19045 due to work stoppages—an | estimated wage loss of $280 million. | Some economists hold that a considerable part of production! and wage losses are made up after | resumption of production by increased output schedules.
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REQUEST TO CALL ‘CHURCHILL REJECTED
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parallel U. 8. and British warnings | to Japan against further aggression. | Rep. John W. Murphy (D. Pa.) | protested that “it ill behooves” the | { committee not to let Mr. Churchill | {have the rest for which he came to | the United States. i Senator Scott W. Lucas (D, mL), | | said he didn’t think it was “fair” to call “a citizen of another coun-
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try” | “The Republicans have utterly | failed to find what they set out to {find und now they're on a fishing {expedition,” he said. “They're {looking for headlines.” Rep. Murphy told reporters he {didn't think that questioning of |Mr. Churchill about the Atlantic | conference could contribute any-| {thing to the Pearl Harbor inquiry. He pointed out that the committee already has heard former Secretary | of State Cordell Hull and others {who were at the Atlantic confer- | ence. { | Remote Possibility Mr. Barkley interrupted examina- | tion of Adm. Husband E. Kimmel, | { commander of the Pacific fleet at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, to take the vote on calling Churchill. Adm, Kimmel, testifying for the fourth consecutive day, repeated | his statement that as of Dec. 7, 1941 | he didn't think a' Japanese attack. on any Untied States possession was more fhan “a remote possibility.” He sald that as time went on after receipt of a war warning message from Washington on Nov. 27 he thought the possibility of Jap- | anese aggression was growing less! likely. Even if war did come, he thought it would be in the Far East rather than in the Hawaiian area.
WAR RELOCATION | - OFFICE TO CLOSE
The Indianapolis office of the War Relocation . Authority, department of interior, will close Tuesday, Prudence Ross, Midwestern area supervisor, announced today. . Assisting persons of Japanese ancestry who were evacuated from ‘West coast states in 1042, the office
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Some 42.8 per cemt of veterans interviewed are living with relatives
find houses for sale, North and East More than 55 per cent of replies indicated an ability to pay $31 to $40 monthly rental or payments on FHA mortgages, Replies from servicemen indicated a slightly lower ability: to pay, the majority being in the $21 to $30 bracket. :
The housing trend is north and east, the poll showed. More than 70 per cent of returns. indicated a preference for new homes in those
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NAMED REGISTRAR AT INDIANA CENTRAL
Robert E. Mason. has been appointed a registrar and director of admissions at Indiana Central college. i ho upg He succeeds Dr. Anna Dale Kek, who was shifted to full time work in the department of languages. Mr, Mason holds a master’s degree in philosophy from Indiana university and taught in several Michigan high schools before accepting a
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ophy at Indiana Central in 1044. He has taken advanced work at Colume bia university,
CANTEEN MEMBERS INVITED TO DANCE
. Carnegie Hall Feen-carifeen nieri+ bers and their parents will be guests of the Fall Creek Civic league at a “get-acquainted” meeting and dance at 8 p. m. Monday in the Orange Grove hall, 4525 Keystone ave. Mrs. Grace Parris will be in
part-time instructorship in philos-
charge of the program. Clifford Ray is league president.
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tribute to the 8 token teem of the me and his wife we silver for eight. The name of “Candlelight,” s Dr. Shullenber Mrs. Shullenbe reflected in speeches, Warmth For they all d ling” worth of glow and warm and that of his The dinner dramatization tory presented under the dire C. Young. Mi associated for with Dr. Shu dren’s minister Others who s) M. Hopkins, pre Christian Miss L. H. Fuller, church board;
Central church J. Baumgartel, of the Indians ation, Have Dr. E L D tary of the union, gave | Mrs. Carl 8 silverware. The many-r boards and con Shullenbergers including the p dent of the Ir tion of the Di The Shullen sons, Lt. (J. 8) a ship's phy Tokyo bay; Lt now on term Wendell A. SI apolis physicial
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