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E FOOD Bumpy City Streets Draw Critics’ Fire AS ACUTE ISSUE -

on LARRY STILLERMAN p= oy L, ee | Complaints about bumpy city - a Fear Chaos if Conditions streets head today’s list of letters ; : wri

j . tten to the Hoosier Forum and Are Not Remedied. phone calls to The Times and City By SIDNEY B. WHIPPLE

Hal. Clifton L- Smith, 1241 Sharon Scripps-Howard Staff Writer ave., asks why the Rocky mountain TOKYO, March 25.—It is becom- | gent on 16th st. continues. He ing obvious that the Japanese gov | ioc. «mor years, Indisvnpolis ernment regards the food situation and its organizations have greatly De OO eaned that chaos wil|SUPPOTted our great 500-mile Specdresult unless steps are taken to

way race, “They have special reception ameliorate conditions before sum- |... ittees and other things to mer, show the city off during that time, High officials of the Penteal Yao Why doesn’t someone try to justify son office took eccasion recently to all of this gander about the Speedemphasize the necessity that Atpep way by trying to make the straight4 ica permit early shipments of est thoroughfare to the track more to Japan and Tegpen Sade Sharels presentable and easier on cars? Fulicienily Sor pravide Le Recesy “Bounce and Jostle” Shigeru Yoshida, head of the liai-| “Cars bounce and jostle on such son office, made a point of turning |a street. I suppose that all our civicevery question asked him into a

minded officials and organizations

discussion of food. Thus when 1}torget the number of people Who| wy jg st, (Speedway rd.) « « . scheduled to be repaired after May 30. asked, “Don't you think the occu- have to travel over this street the | pation is proceeding smoothly?” he year round, as well as during our $13,906.25 contract for resurfacing road designer in the state highway | replied: “Yes indeed—so far—but great 500-mile classic. Fletcher. ave. has been awarded; department, said that repair of 16th | I greatly fear things will not be 50 | “Why can't someone spend some | for repair on unpaved streets, $60,- (st. is included in the 1946 urban smooth if the fobd shortage be- of this tax money that is thrown | 000 has been allocated to Luther program. comes acute.” [to the four winds and try and fix |Tex, street commissioner and more| Patterned after state. Road 31, June Critical Month {that street up? Yes, it would be |than $20,000 will be spent at Stout |the proposed new 16th st. west of I asked him about Communist [quite a job, but worse streets than | field. [West st. will be a four-lane con-

in. [16th st. have been fixed and I'm| Proposed street construction in |crete highway with a curb] strength in the coming elections | i : . and he answered that it depended Sure that it would create a much i), 1946 pudget calls for repairs on Separating the. double lanes, tire . |better impression on our visitors “The present road is now 30 feet entirely on the state of restlessness =. . great city of ours.” Audubon rd. from the Baltimore | py oon Ty Tens Sd] Ol Fe re Le Thomas R. Jacobi, city engineer, |& Ohio railroad to the Pennsylvania «byt we plan to reconstruct the |

Vice Minister Kano said Sune} Anomees that parts of 16th st.|railroad; College ave. from Fall road with a 66-foot width after May |

Yould Be ne Stition) a with that are city maintained are being | Creek blvd. to 27th st; Pt. Wayne |30.” ol Americans also were voluble on the repaired. A contract to resurface ave, from Alabama st. to, Central| Under a $12,000,000 federal aid | ne S (the street from Lewis st. to Hill- |avé, and Belmont st. from Wash- program, the government will sup-| mbject. several officials why the | side ave. has been awarded to the [ington st. to Oliver ave. ply 50 per cent of the cost, he

“ rap? acobi explained, said. s sibility tha government was not taking a firmer | Indiana Asphalt Paving Co, However,” Mr. Jacobi explained, said. There is some possibility that |

attitude toward the black market, | Street Repair Program |“the state maintains 16th st. from |a grade separation will be Duilt | ; { ; ” {West st. toward Speedway. in co-operation with the Big Four ail nok seizing Stocks of Tecaleitrant| “Citizens must realize that under william Behrens, engineer and railroad near Speedway | farmers who refuse to meet govern- | the 1946 budget, the works board | ~~ S, 8 IIe y. | ment delivery quotas. Nearly all| js allotted $200,000 for contractual | answered that weakness of the zjjowances for street repairs,” Mr. | present police force made it im- | Jacobi explained.

possible. | Prom current funds three streets So far, however, dealers have held | ,;.. ogrmarked for resurfacing this

onto stocks and seem stubbornly | ope Mr. Jacobi pointed out. |

" ; the exorbitant! Indiana ave., and Capitol ave. from public couldn’. pay | Michigan to 16th st. |

Footlight Club to Present ‘Stage Door"

The Howe high school Footlight|ton, Bill Insley, Dick Sharkey, Don | Revelers club will present “Stage Armstrong and'Elliott Jose.

p.m Friday in ne | DR. KELLOGG NAMED

| Dr. Allen B. Kellogg, professor of | Included in the cast are Jose- English, has been named academic | prices while dealers were unwilling | {phine Justice, James Denny, Jose- | dean of Indiana Central college ac- | to let their wares go for less. | “Bids for resurfacing Capitol ave. phine Bailey, Giovanna Ball, Mil- cording to an announcement by Dr. While it seems certain Japan| Will be accepted soon,” he explained. dred Bailey, Norma Ziegler, Mar- I. Lynd Esch, college president. must import in order to live; some | ‘Mayor Tyndall wants that street|jorie Kingsbury, Helen Aldrich,| Prior to joining the faculty in workable program of marketing repaired before Memorial day.” Ruthann Thomas, Mary Elizabeth May 1945, Dr. Kellogg served on | distribution must be offered by the! The city engineer reported that|Hite, Ann Schutt, Alan Gise, Mike | English departmental staffs at InJaps themselves if we agree to|almost $100,000 in this year's budget | Wagoner, Ronnie Williams, Allen |diana university and the University *prime the pump.” | has been allotted for repairs. A!Smith, Fran McAree, Richard Cot-'of Chicago. |

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Of 50 Per Cent for 25 Years 10 NEW STARS

| Veterans interested in guaranteed |in the bank before, he can borrow Many Suggest Designs to loans have sent in the following|that much. If he had that much’ [nclude Hawaii, Alaska. questions: [in the bank he wouldn't need. to i Q-—Is it possible to get the total borrow at all. What about this? WASHINGTON, March 25 (U, P.).

Scripps-Howard Staff Writer | A—There i thi in the I ) cost~ of a house financed by the ere is nothing in the law|_The interior department's division WASHINGTON, March 25.—Re- government? |

which says a veteran has to have] ae : % {of islands and territories is seeing sponsibility for conditions in For A—Yes. With a combination

any money in the bank to get a LATS. 40 50 of th mosi, where the war's aftermath pupa loan and a veteran loan you| °3. He can borrow up to $4000, S'87% oF 50.01 Shem. has produced corruption, looting can do it, in some cases: |and the government will guaran-|

This phenomenon is due to sug- ; | tee half of it. It is up to the per-| and graft, rests with China and not Q-I am: interested in getting a Pp per- gestions that Hawaii and Alaska the United States, state departmen government loan

er aro 1] on or agency making the loan to|qhoy1q be admitted to statehood. officials said today. Bill of Rights. I was told by the

| | : | indge whether or not the veteran yo givision 15 being flooded with Under the Cairo declaration of local office of Veterans’ Adminis- g . 5 esti 1 , December, 1943, it was pointed out, |, " vl Q—I have a place to live, but suggestions for, rearranging “Old the «+ United States and Britain tration that I could get a loan on Y| my brother hasn't. He expects to| Glory.” The sample designs range agreed that the rich, strategic] oF 13 years and at 20 per cent of | pe out of the service in a couple|from the practical aspects of more island was to be turned back to ™Y salary. I undergtand that I canoe months, I have found a small|arithmetic to fantastic and revoluChina immediately after the war. 8€t a loan for 20 years. Which Is|houee 1 can buy if I get a guar-|tionary ideas. This government's only participa- | right? ‘ vil | anteed loan. Can I get a loan on| The most intriguing suggestion, tion in Formosan affairs has been| A—Under the latest G.I. YOU my veteran's right and have it|perhaps is the idea of retaining the to assist in moving Chinese troops an get a loan to buy a home up| ;o54y for my brother when he gets| original 13 stripes, but rearranging 50 per cent of $4000 guaranteed otit? the 49 or 50 stars in the form of the island and in moving out the for 25 years. Your salary has noth-| A_y js very doubtful whether an eagle with wings outspread. Japanese, ing to do with the size of the loan| op jot yoy can swing this kind of| One that would appeal to Texas a deal. The law is specific about|is the idea of using the stars to

Longer Responsible.

By NED BROOKS |

Information reaching Washington you get, except that a lender through diplomatic and other chan-| usually wants to be pretty sure|in. fact that the veteran getting | form one large star. Another would nels bears out the reports of mal-| you are able to pay back the money | 5 Joan to buy a house must live reshape the flag to carry a double administration under the Chinese You borrow. {in it himself. |row of stars across the top and reported by William H. Newton, | Q—My son was in the army Hires) et |a similar row along the left side, Scripps-Howard correspondent and | years. I want to know if he ean (Questions will be answered only retaining the 13 red and white the first American writer to visit | borrow $2500 to buy a house and lot.! in this space—not by mail.) | strips. / the island since V-J day. TT Tr 3 School children and housewives U. S. Plans Consulate head the more conservative conThe state department is expected tributors. They offer such prac-

a mm aT ENGLISH TEACHERS | Care Is Urged to soon to establish a consulate on the | . tical plans as providing seven rows island, giving this government a | MEET IN EVANSVILLE Avoid VA Delay of Aas ih sever if gan row. other child would start a new |

post from which conditions can be EX-SERVICEMEN" ; | : bh . ~ N'S complaints |row umder the present o FepOriee first-hand. i Dr. Ruth Bozell, president of the that the Veterans Administration Space lefy for reser Sones Wid The Formosan debacle is at-|phdiana Council of Teachers of | is excessively slow in handling |peeded . . 8 n

tributed here to the disorganized | o_o, will head a delegation of routine correspondencé are in | Statehood Recommended

state of the Chinese government. | y 3 i | Similar conditions of maladminis-|English® teachers from local high | ey DSS june, Sricisls Statehood has been recommended tration are said lo gust in pier | schoels to the annual convention | They cited Ee on. the Eek Nob) Howali and Alaska, and areas taken over by e Chinese |in Evansville Saturday. ills have been introd i - from the Japs. y i Sari Y ill Include | Part of the individual veteran as los which would — pros go The Cairo agreement negotiated|Miss Jane Strain, Miss Margaret | 2 principal reason for delays, | territories to the union. by President Roosevelt, Winston|Burnside, Miss Margaret Remy,| MIS. Lois Hipkins, mail and | An act of congress in 1818 proChurchill and Chiang Kai-Shek, | Miss Helen Thornton, Miss Gladys| records section chief" for the local |vides: “On the admission of every was made at a time when the | Eade and Miss Hortense Braden,| regional office, suggests to vet- | new state into the union, one star United States and Britain were con-| Technical high school; Alfred K.| €rans that legible writing or {shall be added to the union of the cerned about China's war weariness. | Jones, Mrs. Margaret P. Mcwil-| Printing, proper claim and serial |flag, and such additional shall take An additional reason for granting |ltams, Mrs. Mary Hall and Miss numbers, and appropriate classifi- | effect on the July 4 next succeeding Fornfosa to China was the fact that |Elizabeth M. Smith, Washington | cation of letter, subject such as |such admission.” the island had belonged to China high school. disability claim, insurance, educabefore 1895 and its population was| Miss Florence Guild, Mrs. Eu-| !ion, or subsistence would help predominantly Chinese. |genia Hayden, Miss Ruth Armstrong the department. The 2000 army and navy officers and Miss Eleanor Dunlap, Shorttrained for occupation duty and ridge high school; Miss Ruth Carmilitary government in Formosa [ter and Miss Jane Colsher, Broad |

star should be put, however. In [1912, when Arizona joined the union,

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vasion plan, officials explained. It | Walker, Crispus Attucks high!is obtained principally from Can-|set up for revising the flag and was not contemplated, they added, school; and Mrs, Ada Bing, Miss|ada, although some is mined in this | won't be until another territory is that the U. S. officers would|Helen Tipton and Miss Jessie E.|country and some is obtained from actually admitted to the union as function in post-war operations. |Moore, Manual high school. Africa, India, Australia and Russia.|a state.

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