Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1946 — Page 6

Talk Heard of Move e Open Strip Mines Continued From Page One)

during the strike by getting more strip or open-pit mines in opera-

In the strippers, coal is mined by power shovel and loaded directly into railroad: cars or trucks. One fair-sized strip mine can produce, in the same period of time, as much heat energy as the Big and Little inch pipelines can deliver in gas. 25 Strip Mines in State Hoosier strip mine operators have | had no direct indication that such & step is in progress. Ortho Scales, president of the Coal Trade Association of Indiana, said today that state strip mines

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normally supply about 54 per cent) ur J of Hoosier production, or ahout 26 | pecat \- Franklin million tons yearly. TWP Twe There are about 25 such mines Perry Twp in the state, all of them now on| strike. Should the government take | steps to put them into operation . it is understood that troop pro- wwanTowishe, . Streets === Cit tection will be necessary. | vn Boundaries Strip mines might ease the coal] Booting ar more coal concentrations

crisis as they produce f in proportion to their employment | than do pit mines. The output is anywhere from two to five times as| pr much per man, depending upon the type of equipment used. Mr. Seales estimated that should Indiana strip mines open, sufficient’ | coal could be mined to operate the ° railroads, utilities and some cssential industries in the state. Industries on Watch The government might supply additional mining equipment over the nation, brought in from other work and from army supplies. Mr. Scales

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_ INDIANAPOLIS HOUSING—Here's where major housing in Indianapolis. Locaticn of add approximate number of homes in these major projects are A, Stout field, 507; B. area east of GC >arfield park, 60: C, Christian.park, 160; D, Tacoma

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tonnage output could be increased. the national housing

braced the blows

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NHA, know must fall soon if the’ strike py Wilson Wyatt, There have been few pet hate. layoffs to date and no shortening system—and distribution — of hours, according to an Indian- FHA and

a war-born agency headed is the builders’

It controls the. priorities through | NHA is that the agency was created

duction | to provide housing for war workers wis not supposed to

the

apolis Chamber of Commerce sur-|'administration.

vey. | If a rail embargo goes mio effect | three

downs. week, there will be a gradual in-| dustrial recession.

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1s. which it is granted under

materials. administra-| Even with these priorities, con-| istruction men say, the agency

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that the cumbersome, | or utility service is’ cancelled, there (ya+ their duties overlap and that! will be wholesale layoffs and shut-|in general they can't help the hous-| that if these agencies are done Otherwise, beginning next jo program. The federal public housing au-| wastes ma-

These include veterans

terpri 15es.

arcy Village and Broad Ripple area, 150,

dF Hoosie er Airport and | Taggart park area, 120,

uation, but will make it

| With its top priorities, they assert,| items |

FPHA drains much needed

Their chief complaint

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ems.

{away with, they can do a better job

ldn housing.

is|say. Instead, they want a

series of conversations on hemi- built by FPHA must be torn down, they believe. spheric defense with the war de-|in two years.

partment general stafl,

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The organization says rents have this arrange- increased only 4 per cent s since 1940.

ment will not solve the housing sit- step up deliveries elsewhere.”

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doesn't complete many homes. They | will represent Indiana at the meetpoint out Stout field as an example. | ing. Plans for emergency redistriagainst | bution of natural gas, made possible | (WRIGHT'S)

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lenter the post-war housing prob-

The builders corporation declares

They do not want rent control terial and labor needed for per-|abolished now, the real estate men { manent WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (U. P. )—| charged with construction of all cent increase in all rentals. AboliA Brazilian military mission ar- {emergency temporary housing. Un. | tion of control would bring too many rives here by plane today for a |der current regulations, every home! abuses by un- orgatiised landlords,

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Denver Hunts for Anything to Burn.

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kitchen gas stoves.

was left at Colorado General pital.

and combustible debris streamed in- barely a week's supply

to Denver from outlying rural areas. a dead tree was bonanza for the family man who could wield an sx. The last of the coal in retail yards was sold last week-end. Gordon Callbeck, president of the Denver Coal Merchants association, said “full-scale disaster” was on the way for Deriver and would strike by the end of the week “unless drastic steps were taken.” More than 2000 people in one Denver housing project have been struggling with the cold since last Saturday night when the central

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heated by oil and gas. Business activities were

council's investigation of Citizens Gas. The council is seeking to: determine whether the Citizens Gas board of directors is willing to negotiate for natural gas to avert such emergencies in the future. Preliminary investigation by the council has shown that several attempts by Panhandle & Eastern to

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heating unit for the 475 apartments | ran out of fuel. THe only source of heat in. most of the apartments was

Only a three-day supply -of coal

Children’s hospital reported and St. | Joseph's a two-week supply. Other major hospitals in the eity are

slowing down by the hour as coal supplies in office buildings and stores dwin-

Lt. Col. Charles: H. Terhune Jr, 924 E. 54th st., has been awarded she The pilot was cited for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight in the

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