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book or kitchen varieties, Smokers pay 22.cents for a package of American cigarets. And if they want matches they disgorge six cents more for a box of Cuban-

ly and inexperienced users: average a handful of blistered fingers per pack. . Butter is beginning to get a wee

in Yugoslavia at

this artificially established norm. Many Losing Money

Taxes on apartment rentals,

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than they -are receiving in the form |, of rents. Merchants are being taxed according to the following schedule: ONE: A tax of 10 per cent, pay~ able in advance, on their average

"monthly inventory, as estimated by committee of their

the people's: neighborhood. TWO: A-12 per cent tax on their

estimated turnoves,- payable in ad-|

vance at six-month intervals; THREE: A 10 per cent profits tax. pe Cuts Profits POUR: A federal emergency tax amounting roughly to 20 per cént of their estimated average inven-

tory. ¢ What it means in terms of dollars and cents is that most storekeepers are required to pay in taxes from 100 to 150 per cent of the value of their average inventory. The proprietor of a furniture store, for example, had to pay dyring 1045 a total of 1440000 dinars ($2800). His average inventory was assessed at 1,000,000 ($2000). His gross profits, based on rationing and fixed prices, amounted last sear to $6000; his net profit, after deductions for rent, wages, depreciation and taxes came to less than $100C.

bit tight in San Juan. Some of the stores won't sell shoppers more than a pound at a time.

with your restaurant meal, and diners may command the waiter for more with no danger of getting a soup tureen over their ears.

Shortages are things most Americans learned about from the war. Puerto Ricans have been familiar with them for years, because ships must bring in most of the items the middle and upper classes eat, wear and use, And during the war ‘Puerto Ricans had shortages that made the one box of weinies on the mainland butcher's shelves look like the ripe end of the horn of plenty.

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WGUFFEY_ SOCIETY TO MARK BIRTHDAY

Indianapolis McGuffey society will celebrate its birthday anniversary with a luncheon in Hotel Lincoln at 12:15 p. m. Friday,

Arch Bobbitt, city corporation counsel, will speak on “Washington the Statesman and Military Leader.”

NITROGEN EFFECT CITED WASHINGTON -— Nitrogen, the chief growth-producing stimulant ih the soil, is responsible for the

hardy stem and leaf; with a lack of nitrogen, these characteristics are absent; with too much, the op | PIADE runs to foliage and not to

°*| fruit.

Aluminum Funnel Pillowcases, pink or

Cotton Pickers

Terry Cloth Bibs Assorted Rattles

“Kumfy” nit cotton Floating Toys Assorted Rattles

. Creeper Balls

Large Rolly Polly

Pepperell Blankets

2-pc. Knitted Suits

Plastic Measuring Sets

“Mommy says the Infants’ Center in Wasson’s Downstairs has the ‘mostest’ for the

‘leastest’ in

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Novelties

with strainer . . . blue bands

Terry Cloth Wash Cloths

Anklets, wide assortment, 41% to Tl Cotton Knit Sacques, pink or blue Dr. Allen’s Rubber Teethers

Rubber Squeeze Toys Outing Gowns, pink or blue Infants’ Shirts, half sleeves, 1214 % wool Seersucker Gowns, pink, blue or white

training pants

Stainless Steel Knife and Fork Sets (plastic handles) ‘Book Baby Banks with key

Knitted Cotton Creepers—o, 1, 2, 3 Knitted Towels, 20x40

Plastic Hangers (2 to a set), pink or blue Plastic Dish Set with fork and spoon. , . ...

(86x50), pink or blue

Plastic Waterproof Crib Sheets, 36x54

Electric Bottle-Warmer — Vigoriser Jar Sets with Tray... .... Lucite Comb and Brush Set

Buoy or baby’s graduation to tub) $2.98

wm Sterilizer

n Carriage Sets, pink or bie

$7.98

14 teaspoon to. 1 tablespoon . ..

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S$. AR. SUBJECT

The Indiana Society of the Séhs of the American Revolution will hear an address on “George Washington” ‘given by Dr. PF. Marion Smith Baturday noon. Dr. Smith will speak at the s A. R. annual business meetin luncheon in the Columbia club, is pastor of the Central oh De | Methodist church and former president of Evansville college. : Col. Robert Moorhead, nominating committee chairman, will read the report of the committee after which election and installation of officers will be held. Arrangements will be made for the April annual dinner, Reports will be made by Franklin L. Burdette, secretary, and Clarence A. Cook; treasurer. State President Jesse Cameron Moore will preside,

Officers, of the board of directors of the Indianapolis- Athletic olub will be named, at a meeting SaturFive members were elected to thei eo board at the annual election meeting yesterday. They are William d|J, Coughlin, Paul O. Ferrel, Ralph ¢/M.. Reahard and Joseph W. Stickney, re-elected, and Walter R. Schott. da

MISSIONARY SPEAKER

Mrs, J. D. Montgomery, former Disciples of Christ missionary to the Argentine, will give the address for the monthly missionary meeting

at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow in the Broadway Baptist church. Mrs. Charles Toliver is society president.

[I A Cc. WILL NAME OFFICERS SATURDAY|

GARBAGE GRINDERS

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 20 (UP). ~That brand new, super-dooper post-war kitchen 1s just a pain ih the disposal plant to city managers With - electric garbage grinders going into kitchen sinks as rapidly as they can be manufactured; collectors no longer have to, pick up as much refuse in back alleys. But—according to assistant city manager G: E. Arnold—it just means that finely ground kitchen waste is clogging up the sewage treatment plants, upping costs. Arnold also raised a squawk against new refrigerators, They save too much food, he said, and cut out sales of garbage .to hog

raisers.

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NEW CHEST. X-RAY “DEVICE ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (U. P).—A new X-ray device, designed to speed up clinieal chest.examinationson an economical basis, has been announced. : Termed a definite aid in thé nation's fight to curb tuberculosis and other chest defects, the new device was developed by Powers: X-Ray Products of Glen Cove, N. YY, in co-operation with the New York City department of hedlth.,™

AUXILIARY SETS LUNCHEON The Central District Auxillary to the Chiropractors’ association will meet for luncheon and business tomorrow noon in the ¥. M, C. A. Mrs. P. B, Burns, Columbus, Ind. will be hostess, and Mrs. Willlam Ellery, re-elected chairman, will

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VETERANS T0 SPEAK AT HEBREW SERVICE

Returned service men will give addresses. and be honored in a special service at 8 p. 'm. Friday in the temple of the Indianapolis Hebrew congregation. A memorial service for those who died in action will conclude the program. Speakers wil include Col. Sultan G. Cohen, Capt. Charles B. Feiblee man and 8. Sgt. Bernard Bloom, Members of the sisterhood will be hostesses for the social hour follow ing the meeting for which the brotherhood will provide the ushers, Rabbis Morris M. Feuerlicht and Maurice Goldblatt will be in charge, .

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