Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 August 1946 — Page 13

BORN INKFORT

i Doing Well ibator.

Special Ind, Aug 13. to Mr. and Mrs, 758 E. Clinton st. 1g just fine today} t Clinton County

5. early, the chile ed by Dr. C. ‘A. cfort obstetrician They arrived only \ o be born to Mr, they are, Robert weighed 4 pounds, th; Gary Edwin , 4 ounces, and Timm, 4 pounds,

he former Phyllis apolis. The father, world war IT, . sales representa« parents attended at Madison, Ind arried four years,

.RVICES | DANVILLE

Special Aug. 12 Serve vesterday in the

home for Mrs. Iris 1structor in piane | college for many

'riday. er husband, C. W, ittorney, and a»

arjorie Dean Gase music department lege.

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High Costs

SLASH IN FEDERAL WORKS ALSO FELT

Contractors Bid as High as 50 and 100 Per Cent Above

Engineers’ Estimates on Projects.

By EARL RICHERT

Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12

-Gone a-glimmering is

congress’

locking Plans For National Road Networ

war-

time vision of a country criss-crossed with fine highways soon after the

end of the war Congress acted to translate this ized in December, 1944,

million for highway fiscal years. (With the states matching on a dollar for basis, this meant a $3

building program during the first three post-war years.)

Then last October congress

no contracts

vision into reality when-it authorexpenditure of the unprecedented sum of $500 building during each of the first three post-war dollar | regardless of whether contracts are billion road-|or cin be awarded. Practically awarded in the last

were three months

moved to start the program rolling |of 1945 and in the first six months

by declaring that insofar as it was|Of this year only 15

74 federal

ald

concerned the first post-war year| contracts were awarded by all the

had begun. Balked by Conditions But it failed to reckon with economic conditions.

All this does cials said, that the be built. It only means their construction will be delaved further, Any part of the $500 million not spent In one year can be spent the following vear And agree-

not mean,

million.

York

registration plates,

“will not interfere with

|states at a total cost of only $241 The federal government's | share of this is slightly over million State highway

$120 |

departments have

PRA offi- New York. A notice in all police preroads will not cinets said the jeeps carry no New but each vehicle has a United Nations identification on the rear, Nos. “Members of the force,” said,

1 to 6. the notice

the

ments entered into with states~to operators of such vehicles for op-

It is now the beginning of the rejected 398 bids since the first of | second fiscal year and the program the year because they were so far] still virtually is on dead-center be- above the engineers’ estimates of what the job should cost. cause of high prices and shortages Highway building materials costs of such items as steel. Only a are up about 50 per cent over 1941, “handful” of contracts actually have but many bidders are going up as been awarded. high as 100 per, cent. many cases, no bids at all And Reconversion Director Steel- ave been received. And in some man’s new economy order means, cases only one bid has been received public roads officials believe. that that so high it had to be re- | awarding of new road building con- jected tracts will be banned at least until Sheets - Jan, 1. PRA officials say they have DIPLOMATIC JEE PS not learned just how much of the| NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (U. P).— $700 million Dr. Steelman expects Six jeeps owned by the United Nato save will come out of road funds.|tions have diplomatic immunity in

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Rm.

Lake Erie Her ‘Baptismal Fount’ ESN ad, <

*

U, S. OKLAHOM

i

Battleship Victim of Japs Never Had a Chance. By KEYES BEECH

Times Foreign Correspondent

HONOLULU, T, H,, Aug. 12.—The the bottom of, Pearl Harbor exactly tack on Dec. 7, is to be sold for scrap. Whether San disposed of here, decided. Pacific fleet . headquarters - estimates that it will take 30 days and | cost $20,000 to tow the old hulk to|

the coast. | |

1041,

“Okie” will be towed to] and sold there, has not yet been

Francisco or

{ The Oklahoma now lies among a graveyard fleet of more than 30 de- | commissioned ships in ‘the quiet | [backwaters of Pearl Harbor, So far as old salts can remem-

Hysterical zeal is displayed bys+this Jehovah's Witness as a minister and woman lead her into Lake Erie for baptism at Cleveland's Edgewater park. She was one of some 3000 baptized, one of whom shouted “Oh Lord, Satan's busy!” More than 50,000 attended the international convention

never revealed how many men died when the Oklahoma went down, but the 30-year-old battleship contributed more than her share of the 1500 Pearl Harbor dead

f Other battleships, including the . {ancient Nevada, which survived Offers to Move UN Office for $l | two atomic bombs at Bikini, lived to fight again, but not the OklaNEW YORK, Aug. 12 (U. P.).— job of moving its office. equipment i 8 | James J. O'Neill, 46, a moving from Hunter's college in the Bronx| For two vears she lav in mud at

company owner, the bottom of Pearl Harbor.

rected two vears later,

Resurshe was sal-

is a practical bus- to its new headquarters at Lake

inessman, but he so thoroughly be- Success, Long Island, most New lieves ‘in the United Nations that York moving firms said it would! he is willing to donate $12,000 of cost about $12,000. his firm's services to the cause of Mr. O'Neal bid $1 world peace. United Nations When the an- startled but pleased.

guns and. glory, her gone, brooding over might have been.

superstructure

officials were things that

United Nations They accepted

battleship Oklahoma, which lay: at|

10 minutes after the Japanese at-|

shot in anger in two wars. The | 29,000-ton battleship had an uneventful career in the North sea in the first world war. Never Had a Chance k. In the second world war, she 4 never had a chance. The nayy

vaged and towed to the graveyard. | There she lies today, stripped of |

TIMES SERIAL—

THE STORY: Cecily’s wedding is over at last. But never will 1} es the cruel thing I did to er. An Della, Ceclly’'s mother, will never for. give me. 1 have adored Cecily since she was a baby—kept on adoring her

tional program was designed to enable her to shine before the town and especially the Ralstons, the invitations came to Corinna.

even after I married Robert an my » a Ee TY Hoot pr any Della seethed over that, not too too, 1 knew that Della was raising Ce- |privately, until I suggested that ily to be an insufferable snob. and |g. team the two children. Both

that she was jealous of my love for her. 1 was broken-hearted that time Della prevented Cecily’s coming to the Christ. mas party 1 had planned for the (wo little girls. Robert, to cheer me up, in vited some of the youngsters from across Marlin st. instead and that was how I met Val. “He needs you more than Cecily does,” Robert said,

little girls were fair and Corinna was large for her age so that they were evenly matched as to size. | I had always wanted them to see more of each other than Della permitted and this offered such a perfect chance that I feared Della would refuse it. Della, however, wanted Cecily brought to the town's attention and although it touched

CHAPTER SEVEN ROBERT had finally made a place for himself as director of the {Marlin Playground—the town had {seen the value of his volunteer work | her pride to have Cecily share any lin the “tough” district and had glory, she was glad enough to let {voted him a small salary to con-|her ride into public notice on the [tinue, tide of’ Corinna’s popularity. We could not have lived on it but | “ un Robert was so full of his job that| FOR ONCE Della seemed to play |articles on underprivileged children, | right into my hand. {junior health and morals problems | “You'll have to bring Corinna spilled out of him into magazines|over here to practice with Cecily,’ lall over the country, she instructed. “Corinna will have

As his name became familiar to to learn Cecily’s routines if they're ithe reading public offers of better|t0 80 on together.” | positions in ‘his field came to him | I hid my elation

Hours

I would not leave the town that|Of Years of desire held Cecily. | I should have been forewarned TT after my long knowledge of Della THE CHECKS though, solved our Nothing was trivial to her problems, We our old bungalow and it was pog- had to be new costumes sible for me to give Corinna ballet! a professional, Della insisted and tap dancing lessons so that|least four changes, with plenty Cecily should not outstrip her in| sequins and Williams everything | » » Corinna had a definite talent for! “IF CECIL Y is going to appear in dancing and, unlike Cecily, she|Publie everything has to be perfect,

{ financial

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At

of

could devote all of her attention to that's all there is to it.” As if SHE|

it. To Della’s cohsternation Corinna! Were the one conferring largess. caught up with Cecily in short! “Della, order. | tested, “It isn’t as if these were paid Cecily wds undisputedly prettier, programs— than Corinna, but Corinna had a| “Well pertness and charm of her own and|do without Cecily, in the gay she captivated her audiences. (n't risk losing Cecily now. 5 & » { “Call her bluff,” Robert said lazily | THERE WERE numerous oppor- when I repeated the conversation, | tunities for her to appear P-T. A's and the civic clubs in |kids. which Robert held honorary mem- alone.”

you'll have to afford it or ' Della said. She|

Corinna's doing all right}

T0 RE SCRAPPED Daughter of Mine PT By R. Louise Emery

answered. 8he had by this time convinced herself that she was doing' me a favor and if I didn't give in to her she'd make occasion to hit back at me—through Cecily.

” n ” “THERE'S THE check from your last sale—" I hinted. “1 wanted to use that for =a brush-up course at the university this summer,” Robert said slowly. “It's a long time until summer,” I pointed out. “That's right,” Robert conceded.

“I can write other articles—" But they didn't sell in time for him to go to summer classes.

Corinna had the costumes, however, and the first sight of the fairy creations brought forth an outery of pleasure that was half pain. Corinna had never dreamed of owning anything so expensive.

» ” . “OH, MOTHEK, may Mercedes 'Itry them on, too? She never gets

anything pretty to wear. We'll dress up and surprise daddy,” she coaxed,

with | ber, the Oklahoma never fired a but he declined them. knowing that|Cecily! It was the consummation room to comb their hair and in-

| = telephoned where | remodeled | Cecily was concerned. First off there|

I can’t afford it!" I pro-|

costumes I made her! had a pretty fair idea that I would- |

before |* ‘It's to her advantage to team the hung up the receiver.

She and Mercedes raced into her

dulge their passion for lipsticks before getting into the costumes. to Della. “Bring Cecily over to join the fun,” “You know I don't want her

made by|playing with ghose Marlin street

kids!" Della snapped. “And if youre going to let them wallow around in those costumes Cecily can't’ dance with Corinna. I don't

want her catching something.” » - n “MERCEDES is as clean as Cecily,” I retorted. “That may be, but there's no use letting Cecily play with her —she doesn't belong in our class and Cecily hasn't any time to waste on her.” I think I had the prescience {then of that blow I was (o strike Cecily. My hand was trembling as I

How could Della — how could anyone be so heartless?

construct highways are binding, erating without registration.” nounced it was taking bids for the the offer hurriedly. CO rs a ya Aeabolis TIME: | berships. Although Cecily's educa-! “You don’t understand Della” 1! (To Be Conjinued) J - w» LIARS AAA AARP A A 1 ¥ WA Ap o_o» r—— — on A A pan wo Anas on —— -— Abt 2 ve Ta i - - i . § i p | dd i a i Richard Hudnut's "DuBarry" preparations take your face in hand . . . and vanish that drawn, sun-drenched look . . . - { smoothing the way for a lovely you for now-into-winter! b f ¥ i | Cleansing Cream, 1.75, ..Skin Freshener, 1.75. ..Skin Cream, 2.50 gi po Make-Up Base, $I . Face Powder, $2 . . . ; | 77a i 8 J : | : : 0d A of i : | i pir f . | Lipstick, $1 . . . prices plus tax . . . Toiletries, Street Floor. 4 8 b : : : to ; 5 i | ’ < - i ; : : 5 : : ’ § \ A i ‘ fa ; i cn 2 a, “ io ama a “ & “ milder