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LESS pS s were opti ast a partial day-old ship= progress was h in the film, lustries. ineers cleared ement in the yielding on ny settlement and Atlantio ended to gove hips in the triking union n on the same
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5500 hotel em ervice at 1 les, includin inet members, )-ranking gove among their
was renewed wood film dise squads, swinge eared a path ets outside the ries, arresting
bound Chicago, \ilroad, serving ters, informed neet union dee to obtain a 10
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Motor Co. shut lines for the steel shortages re layoffs if a rane operators er Rouge plant tled. C. I. O. union's a partial seftle« me strike, the ight to arrange otiations which dnesday. West eft Washington ng their comnd saying that appeared futile,
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't. 12 (U, P).~ treated in a pital today for en a section of at the Linton ol football game ther spectators s and bruises in
ersons were. sitbleachers when he third quarter r a short delay, med. patients at the . Matthews, 50; Mrs. Herbert Richardsville, 14, nnes.
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Council Opens Promise
Alleged Valuation Write-Up By Light Firm, Disposition
@® Of Gas Revenue Ist Targets
By RICHARD LEWIS City council's promised utilities investigation was under way today with: a“probe of the Citizens Gas & Coke utility and Indianapolis Power
& Light Co. first on the agenda. Meeting in special session 1 preliminary report which set th gation,
gets are the gas and light utilities. .The council decided to make a formal inquiry into the disposition the municipallyowned gas company and to find out what it is doing to get natural gas. Councilmen then adopted the report's recommendation to query the light company in order to examine closely an alleged 125 per cent write-up of the utility's valuation.
of revenues of
Written by Bowers
The council's preliminary report,
‘a. seven-page mimeographed docu-
ment, was written by Herman E.
Bowers, finance committee chairman. It set forth the policy to be followed in the investigation: “We recognize that public utility rate making must balance the interest of investors and consumers. This principle is clearly set forth by the United States Supreme Court. “As elected officials of the City of Indianapolis, we also recognize that: “Utilities should pay their share
®. the cost of corporate facilities
used by them.
“Utility rates charged all cus- structure of the company in. order tomers should be based on the
actual cost of the service and include a recognized fair profit. “Utilities must provide modern equipment to insure the best and most economical service. “Utility rates should permit fair salary and wage payments to utility employees “Monopolistic privileges and mass production facilities of public utilities permit low unit costs of service. Utility rates must recognize and
This will cover all Indianapolis utilities,
ast night, the council adopted a e compass for the entire investibut the first tar-
earmarked for future coke-making equipment. Initial evidence in the natural gas negotiations, which Utility Manager Thomas L. Kemp said he was conducting several months ago, was produced and distributed to the council hy Mr. Bowers. The evidence was a letter to the council dated Oct. 4 from Fred H. Robinson, vice president of the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. of Detroit, asserting that there are no negotiations between his company and Citizens. If there are negotiations, Mr. Bowers, observed, the council would be interested in knowing with whom they ‘are being" carried on. In. respect to. Indianapolis Power & Light, the report recommended that the council investigate an alleged 50 per cent mark-up on elec-
pared .to domestic rates. The report charged that the city | pays $13.75 per 500 kilowatt hours compared to the $11.65 domestic | rate. It also recommended that the council examine the entire financial
{to make rate recommendation to the Indiana Public Service Commis- | sion,
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By MARGUERITE SMITH
away just yet!., “There's a lot to be done in the garden in the fall,” sald Mrs. James R. Thompson,
1133 W. 32d st, last week as we walked around her. attractive yard. Her long experience (“I've gardened for 75 years—ever since I could walk!” she said) has taught her that “if you want a nice yard next spring you've got to get it ready: now. I've been digging in the dirt all week.” > One of her fall garden chores— she will shortly “get out the graveyard.” “That's the bunch of sticks I keep to mark my perennials,” she explained, ‘My husband ued to laugh at them sticking up all over the yard in winter, But it all got started when I found I was buying new perennials every spring and the next year they were nowhere to be {found. Then I discovered he had {been cleaning them up every fall | right along with the dead zinnias! (So now I mark them before winter kills the tops.”
o » ~ MUCH OF the attractive quality of her flower filled yard is due to the neat edging plants that set off the borders. One in particular
caught my eye. It's low growing,
| frosty, almost white foliage “stays
i Ison explained, identifying small spikes of porcelain blue flowers during the summer. After the seed stalks are trimmed off it requires no more attention. It is worth getting acquainted with
DON'T PUT your hoe and trowel},
that way all season,” Mrs. Thomp- | it as [veronica incana candida. It bears|
|since veronicas in general are ex-
GARDENING: Spade Work Now Means Nice Spring Yard
~,Caladiums Brighten Greenery
Mrs. George F. Off, 5816 Carrollto
tween garage and alley
and hinged.
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They can be used indoors as houseplants.
three lower slats fastened together White.
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Times Stale Service MADISON, Ind, Oct, 12.—~Mrs. Lottie Lockman's heart was heavy | with grief today. She had been Indicted on a charge of attempted murder in Dupont's mysterious mercury poisoning deaths, Deep in her heart, “Tot” the hymn-singing Good Samaritan of | the hills, had hoped tle grand | jury of four farmers, the bank teller and the bricklayer, would exonerate her,» But yesterday, they walked slowly into the court of Judge Harry E. Nichols and solemnly Jury Foreman Andrew Blake read the jury's report. Would Continue Study A few minutes later, Deputy Sheriff Walter Sauley stood before Tot in the home of her attorney, Joseph Cooper Sr, and read the indictment to her. “Yes, sir,” meekly ‘said Tot, her eyes downcast, Sauley led her to the jail next to
Jefferson eounty's ancient court house. While indicting Mrs, Lockman
only on the charge of attempted murder, the jurors asked permission to continue its study of the mysterious deaths of the persons { whom Mrs. Lockman nursed.
{ The indictment is based on the poisoning of Mrs. Mayme McCon-
n ave, with fancy leaved caladiums.
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THE STORY: Gayle, daughter of a» college profegpor, has just become engage o ' handsome Bruce Bartlett, amous athlete and scion of wealth, / home and parents for the she is frightened by the splendor in which they live, Although rs, Bartlett greets her kindly, Gayle feels that oan never be happy amid such extreme luxury,
CHAPTER VI THE LITTLE. electric. clock on the table beside the bed said 8 o'clock when Gayle awoke the next morning. “What do I do now?” she wondered helplessly. “I'll bet nobody else will be up before 10.” She pressed the button, and in a few minutes the maid entered the room. “Good morning, Miss Kent,” she sald, spilling pleasantly. Then she went to the windows and drew up the shades. Bright sunshine streamed across the blue carpet. “It's lovely <today—real spring.” » » . ‘ “IT LOOKS wonderful from here. Won't you tell me your name, please?” “I'm sorry,” the maid said. “I ought to have told you last night. It's Lucille, What would you like for breakfast?” Gayle considered. She was hungry, and she usually prepared her breakfast and gulped it in a wild rush, She might as well make an occasion of all this leisure and service.
» n » SHE SAID she thought she'd like orange juice, toast, coffee, and an egg with a slice of bacon.
RENEWED DRAFT
cellent subjects for poor soil though they appreciate extra plant food. Mrs. Thompson's soil is so rich
fastened up for easy removal of |ihe same. Mrs, Off potted the roots the finished compost or down when the box is refilled.
in rich woods dirt and later sprinkled dry cow manure over the
has the the center with bright red and nell, wife of wealthy Forrest Mc- Lucile nodded. “Right away,” re | Connell, Dupont hardware dealer [S%, Promised and ot In Joo lb | 5 $ . § CULTURE indoors or out is much | Pa aor salesman through her hair, slipped on a bed | Conield household : | jacket, and went to a window,
She seemed to be looking out
| Mrs. McConnell, who survived the on an endless park, all trees and
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her parsley plants resemble young trees. She keeps it that way by composting all grass clippings and
Resumption Is Expected leaves but adds no dead plant trim-
The brightly colored fancy leaved caladiums that have adorned shady spots outdoors all summer can be| used indoors this winter to liven)
top of the pots, which she used in her porch boxes. Before cold weather she will take them indoors, gradually dry them off, shake the
illness, was one of the witnesses | against Mrs. Lockman in the grand | jury. i Report Awaited |
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permit full and economical use of | facilities” based on. such low unit |
After First of Year.
mings. | likely
These, she thinks, are too to carry disease whether
and incremental costs. Waste must be discouraged.” Queries Tax Payments In the case of Citizens Gas, the report found evidence that the utility -has obligated itself to pay to the city an annual sum equal
| composted or allowed to stand in By WILLIAM F. McMENAMIN [the yard all winter, United Press Staff Correspondent = » » WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—It's un HER COMPOST arrangement Is |likely that the army will extend its|one that could be copied for the | draft holiday beyond Jan. 1, war Smallest of yards. An open slatted {box built to fit a narrow space be-
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windows of greenery.
and plenty of moisture, says Mrs. George F. Off, 5816 Carrollton ave. Her four kinds range from the lacy white on green pattern of candidum through combinations of {red and green to one in which the | predominant green is touched in
Their two requirements are shade
dirt off the roots. Meanwhile the jurors, the state
They can then be stored in some dry loose material like peat moss if you wish to carry them through winter in the dormant state. But they are such energetic growers that if you want them for houseplants they will begin new growth after only a few days rest.
and defense, await a report from toxicologists, to determine if the mercury found in the exhumed bodies of three elderly patients whom Mrs. Lockman nursed, was the cause of their deaths. |
Tot spent only 25 minutes in fail | yesterday while awaiting the $2500 |
department sources said today. The army cancelled all inductions | | vesterday for the remainder of the|
to the amount of taxes which its predecessor company paid’ under private ownership. i It also found a newspaper report | vear, effective Oct.. 15, Calls for dated May 3, 1935, in which the | 20,000 men in the last half of Octodirectors were quoted as saying |ber and 15.000 men in November had that it was their purpose to nego- | been scheduled. tiate immediately for natural gas.| The suspension was ordered beThe seport recommended that the| cause enlistments—spurred by the council find out why these two al-|army’s huge recruitment . drive— leged - statements of policy have! have been greater than expected,
HOOSIER POLITICS—
Gates Prepares for Harder Going During Next 2 Years
By ROBERT BLOEM
Election day, Nov,
5, observers believe, will mark the end of the!
never been carried out by thejand probably will pass the 1,000000| “green years” for Indiana's No. 1 Republican, Governor Gates.
utility. ;mark early next week. The army |
| council probe directly into comparative costs of natural gas|not maintain its strength, and of synthetic gas as produced
The two years which follow, they feel, will be a constant test of It also recommended that the|reserved the right, however, to re-| the governor's ability to stay on top, a test which will end only when the|sume the draft if enlistments do he has tipped his hand on his plans for 1948.
Local boards were instructed not|post of national committeeman, a by the utility and determine how! to call men for induction or for pre- position calculated to keep him in be the lesislature which opens in
It is generally believed | | the govefnor took cognizance of this prospect when he accepted the |
bond. Mr, Cooper produced two | $1000 bills and 25 $20 bills. | ‘Friends,” whom Mr. Cooper re- | fused to identify, furnished the! cash, State police investigators also are seeking to prove that the deaths of at least three other persons were | due to mercury poisoning administered by the woman who always could be counted on to take care
LOCAL BRIEFS
Members of the Midwest chapter, Society of the Plastics industry, will hold their autumn meeting at] French Lick Nov, 7 and 8.
of the sick and the old in the : Jefferson county hills. Rho chapter, Sigma Chl, will have| one of them was Mrs. Minnie
open house at the chapter house, 442 M tomorrow. Mrs. Scott Hardis, Mrs.| ao han
much of net operating revenue is'induction physical examination after |the spotlight as well as to enable January. The governor hasn't in-
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rd | Oct. 15 still must do so. Times Carriers
Resumption Expected The army said it would require] Get Basic Training its strength at 1,070,000. . [51,750 voluntéers and 25,000 induc- | 4 In Business tees during September. |
| calls after Jan. 1 and continue them until the selective service act ex-
expected to fall off sharply. TWO: About 49 per cent or 480 - {000 of the 992,648 volunteers are in
1 270,000 will be discharged by June | 30. 1947.
THREE: Voluntary enlistments!
ibe with their families.
{food shortages on the front that have encouraged re-en- | | listments may improve before Jan. 1. |
FIVE: Enlistments were large in|
Billie Davenport
Billie Davenport is a Times | Carrier Salesman who lives |ber and December. at 231 North Arsenal. Billie is |
getting a basic training in NARCOTICS STOLEN business that he could not get in any other kind of work. He is learning by actual experience (the lasting way to learn) about SERVICE, SALES, COLLECTIONS, | and ACCOUNTING — four important elements. of any business he may later chéose as a life work. Billle has a pleasing per-
into another pharmacy in an un- [gi successful attempt to steal drugs.
The forecast of harder times tion. his strategy is expected to|will - 40,000 men a month to maintain |8head is based primarily on the come into the open. It had |eXperience of past administrations. | A new governor in his first half of | {term . War department sources said the | center of a lot of whooping-it-up, | {army probably would resume draft|Pointing with pride, governmental
Past Experience
in office invariably is the
innovations, publicity.
Men called to report on | him to keep the Indiana G.O.P.|dicated what he plans to do to | there.
demonstrate his control of the legislature, but immediately after elec-
Burch Seen Leader Of State GOP Ticket
Republican party leaders, particularly candidates, are beginning to
Most governors would bear out come around to the belief that A. V.
shaken get one know after two years they're €Ver, is not the main factor leading not going to get one and there's no (Nis “colleagues” to this conclusion.
| for short-term enlistments. Of these |1On8er any point-to being
down. Those who didn't
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Taking No Chances
The feeling, generally, however,
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|always slow down around the Christ- | is that Governor Gates is not taking jas holidays because men like to any chances on his last two years. As national committeeman he can FOUR: Economic uncertainty and | know. the national picture and hold domestic (attention -on a national as well “as on a state plane.
h his friends and his political
enemies look for him to blossom | September because. it was .the end forth with some first-rate publicity {of the summer holiday, but they ideas after the election, plans that |are expected to drop off in Novem- | Will make good reading in the news- | papers. |of victory Nov. 5, is working at the
lelection as though it weren't sure TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Oct. 12 (U.|of a vote—the governor and his
| P.).—Police sought today a burglar state {who stole narcotics in a burglary |haven't {of the Gillis drug store ahd broke |value of an overwhelming vote mar-
I'he party, cocksure as it is
chairman, Clark Springer overlooked the prestige
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sonality and has made an outstanding record as a SALESMAN. The ability to SELL whicH he is developing now may prove to be the deciding factor in his business life.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
William Jackson Merrill, 1120 N, Pennsyl- | vania; Marie Louise LaHaise, Pennsylvania.
John Michael Corriden Jr., 1338 Shannon; Lucille Ellen Kuntz, 1010 N, Richard Oliver Black, 4104 Margaret Hunt, McCordsville, Albert Joseph Cohen, Chicago, Ill; Jasuue- | |
Linwood, E. 21st; Betty
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2135 N.|Edward Ethel Kegeris, 528 N. LaSalle:
Margaret Mary Clark, 5015 Julian,
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| Dale Kennedy Young, 2637 Carrollton: Ben
Louise Kloess, 1821 E. Minnesota 641 Collier; MarEvelyn Kdwards, 343 8. Taft.
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favor of the direct primary, how-
{ Strangely, it is his accordion band, [& group of attractive -brightlydressed school girls who are stumping the state literally singing and playing the praises of Mr. Burch. Because his girl accordion players must be in school, the band consists of a nucleus of professional players augmented by the teen-agers who | rotate from day to day. The band usually consists of five to seven members, though nearly 40 girls alternate on the parts. Mr, Burch, too,” is regarded as having a definite “stake” in a big vote—his hopes to lay claim to the gubernatorial nomination in 1948. LIGHTING ENGINEER TO TALK James C. Weeks, Westinghouse lighting engineer, will address °a dinner-meetirig of the Indiana chapter of the Illuminating Engi[neering society at 6:30 p. m. Monday {in the Hotel Warren.
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{John Sturman, Mrs. Leslie Duvall, | | Miss Rebecca Taggart, Miss Evelyn {Goepper and Miss Marjorie Cain will assist Mrs. Hazel Whitenburger, house mother, as hostesses.
The others were Mrs, Hattie Cal- | (houn and Uncle Fred Giddings, aged {livery stable proprietor and farmer, {who left his small estate to Mrs. | Lockman, Dr. Louis R. Hill, Duncan, Okla,| Tot Whose hair has gotten no-| speak on “Optometric | ticeably grayer since the tumultuous Economics” in Hotel Severis at 7:30| events of the last several months, | p. m. Monday. {immediately went back to the home |of her daughter, Mis. LaVerne JefW. Howard Ober, 2227 Central] fries, after her day in court. ave., Indianapolis artist, donated an| “I'm still innocent,” she said.
Parent. Teachers assocution st CHIROPRACTORS TO | MEET TOMORRO
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|pires MaPch ‘31 1947. They ..|that by the time the last two years Burch, state auditor, and the man |recent community auction held as these PERSOREI b 8%V€lroll around, certain of their syp- Who “crossed” the organization over |g benefit event for the association.| The 36th. annual convention of! | ONE: The draft increased the POTETs begin jockeying for advan- [the direct primary, will lead the |Mr Ober presented a set of bird pic-| the Indiana Chiropractors associa-| | \neentive to enli he i; ute tage in the race to sudceed him. Iepublican state ticket next month. [tures to Indianapolis schools last tion opens tomorrow at Hotel Lin- ' 15% win ne Mr. Burch's single utterance in ye ln ; r BPO: : 2 Lr ; h's : . 1 r ” session draft the voluntary enlistments are Patronage jobs are pretty - well year | © for a three-day session
Revellers auxiliary,” Sahara Grotto, will meet at 8 p. m. Monday in the Grotto home for a business session and special entertainment program.
the College” of Chiropractics, St.| Louis, Mo. will be the principal] speaker at the meeting tomorrow. Merle Calvert, executive secretary of
1000 members are expected to at-
The junior auxiliary of the Pub- tend.
lic Health ‘Nurses association will meet at 12:30 p. m. Monday at the home of Mrs, Horace Nordyke, 216 EB 32d st.
J. Elder Blackledge, magician and retired architect, will speak on “This Hocus-Pocus Business” at the Rotary club luncheon at 12:15 p. m. Tuesday at the Claypool hotel.
The Scientech club of Indianapolis will hear Prof. J. J. Davis, head of the department of entomology, Purdue university, discuss “New Developments in Insect Control” Monday noon in the Y. M. C. A. WORKERS SET VOTE MILWAUKEE, Oct. 12 (U, P), — Workers at the La Orosse, Wis., and {La Porte, Ind., plants of Allis-Chal-
| mers Co., vote today and tomorrow on agreements designed to end their long-standing strikes against the farm equipment firm, O izati North Park chapter 404, 0. E. §., will have ts stated meeting and . observe Fruit for the Home night in North Park Masonic temple at 7:45 p m Tuesday Mrs. Lillian Fewes is worthy matron and John S8telzel, worthy patron
Members of Koran Temple, Daughters of the Nile, will sew all day Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Lillian Anderson, 1832 N. Pennsylvania st. Assisting her will be Mrs. Mae Ruth Ludwig, Mrs. Martha Jane King, Mrs Thelma Hasting and Mrs, Martha Phillips.
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lawns and flowers, Below her window a white dogwood tree was in full bloom, and two scarlet tanagers were balancing on its branches,
~ n » SHE SIGHED, It was all too perfect for her. She returned to the bed, put both pillows behind her, and waited for breakfast. Lucile appeared with it almost immediately, The glass of orange juice was bedded in a silver bowl full of shaved ice. The toast and egg were under silver covers, and the coffee was in a silver thermos. And there was one lovely pink rosebud in a crystal vase, » » 1 J LUCILE placed the tray on a bedside table, wheeled it close to
| Gayle, and then went to the closet.
“The linen dress?” she asked Gayle. “With the’ green applique?” “Yes, I think so, It seems about right for a morning like this, and {there's a green jacket to go with $
cConnell, mother of Forrest Mc- |
Lucile appeared with the dress
|over her arm. “I'll have it pressed |
by the time you're through with your breakfast.”
» » . GAYLE ate her breakfast slowly,
confronted her. She had no training for dealing with servants.
For the past few years there had |
been one maid at home, a woman whom the whole family loved. Gayle knew that one of the first things she would do after she had
hence would be to go to the kitchen and give Belle a big hug. One | certainly did not hug the maids at! Sycamore. Well, anyway, Lucile was | nice. ’
presented Bart to her family a week | {
» " » “HERE, I've got to hurry up,”| she admonished herself. “If I don't, | and washing behind my ears, I, couldn't stand that.” She drank her coffee too fast and scalded her tongue, but she took
of bed, and hurried into the bathroom.
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‘A shower, she decided, would be quicker than a tub; besides, she had never enjoyed the luxury of a glass-enclosed shower where water poured over one from every direce tion, » » ” THE experience was as pleasant as she had thought it would be, | but she did not linger over it. She
was in her slip and brushing her
Lucile returned.
She permitted Lucile to draw the dress, still smelling faintly from the iron, over her head; but she pulled up the zipper at the side before Lucile had an opportunity to, Lucile tugged a little at the hem and then stood up. “It is very chic,” she said admiringly. ® . » “JUST a dress,” said Gayle, half
self.” Lucile shook her head, “No. It is right.” Then she almost visibly ree treated to the position she conside |ered proper and stated impersonal ly, “Mr. Bruce is still sleeping, and { Mrs. Bartlett is also; but Mr. Barte | lett is in the conservatory. He asks if you would be so kind as to visit him there.” “Of course, But I don't know where the conservatory is.”
*» » » “I WILL show you.” Gayle followed Lucile down the marble stairway, across the hall, and through three rooms before they reached the conservatory. [ She saw half a dozen servants working. ~ “And last night,” she thought, half amused at her own innocence, “I thought they had a dozen servants. There must be scores.” : The rooms were all very large, and one, which she supposed was the drawing room, was enormous. She tried to bolster her courage with contempt, and told herself that if the room wasn't all cluttered up with furniture and rugs, it would be swell for roller skating. LJ » . THE ATTEMPT failed. Her steps were faltering before the third room was half crossed, and she was as terrified at the ordeal of meet ing Bart's father as she had been the night before of meeting his mother. Lucile stopped at a door. “Miss Kent, Mr, Bartlett,” she said, and stepped back to let Gayle pass. There was nothing to do but go forward.
(To Be Continued)
CPA HERE 0, K.S EIGHT APPLICATIONS
The Civilian Production Admin. istration here has approved eight
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| wondering about the problems that aPplications for new construction
work totaling $458,262 in Indiane apolis. Applications approved on the basis of “hardships” and to correct fire and health hazards follow: Additions to two Wayne township schools to eliminate fire hazards, overcrowded and unsanitary condi tions, $260,000. New building for Red Dot Foods, Inc. to replace structure destroyed by fire, $30,000. Additional buildings for mount Glass Works, $137,000. New building for the Greater St,
Faire.
| Dr. Vinton F. Logan, president of she'll be up here drawing my bath {Lake Baptist church to replace one
that has been condemned, $10,000. Elevator alterations at Lemcke building, $13,600, Alteration of A. J, Miller res-
the association, said approximately|one final hurried gulp, slipped out |taurant, $3592.
Rewiring International Harvester Co. garage, $3350.
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