Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1947 — Page 2

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MONDAY, SEPT. 22, 1941]

PACE 2 iu Even Crystal Gazers Can't See Major Cut . In Cost of Living

To the Old ‘Normalcy’ in Our Time NEW YORK. Sept. 22.—The cost of living is up to stay. of steaks and eggs and tomatoes will settle back.

ican consumer likes to think of as “normalcy.”

sulted in an attempt to find out ~~ why the cost of living—and par-| ticularly the cost of food—is sky-| rocketing so fast that it already has broken through all previous U¢ ceilings. Even the brash. isso est expert admits © that he cannot go. 8 clearcut x which urban workers explanation of * what is happening to prices, or put the finger on '} any villain who! is even principal- { { ly responsible. i ! But most of STR those consulted mr Heath agree that certain factors are very important. Before

- _ "These—not necessarily in order of it was hil their importance—are: . | since’ dust-bowl days,

workers.

MAND, During items that used to be rare luxuries ltry, cheese.

demand bred by full employment at not be felt until later.

TION. way:

getting have risen more, by all won't go away

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French Farmer Is Well Off, Highly Envied

Rich Not in Money,

But in Livestock

By JOHN W. LOVE Scrippe-Howard Staff Writer PARIS, France, Sept, 22.—"“The

farmers are the rich people today,” a priest sald to me in Orleans. “They are the best buyers,” sald a merchant in Chartes. “Such goods as bedding and household supplies, d men’s and women's clothing 8. We could sell them To that extent, he is to blame mych more merchandise if we could for at least part of the high costiget yt.” of food. But even city economisls| agree that the level from which] he started was below that from

|Of Boston's Baby Siters. (

Experts Convinced There'll Be No Return

By 8S. BURTON HEATH, NEA Staff Correspondent The current crisis in food prices will pass—some time—and the cost But living costs®never, in our time, will return to what the Amer-

That is the almost unanimous opinion of a variety of experts con-

indices, than the prices he is paying ~~ and more than the prices leity folk are paying for farm prod-

“The farmers are better off than they have ever been,” said the edi-

Envious Prosperity The prosperity of farmers is the envy and admiration of people in a dozen communities | in which I inquired while on two |automobile trips out of Paris.

These journeys of about 75 miles

Pl Thus, while the farmer never was i so prosperous in history, he still is no more prosperous than the factory]

. FOUR: THE SUMMER'S DROUGHT. A cold, wet spring de{layed corn planting, Then floods |washed out a lot of the rooting, crop land forced a second, late planting.

PANORAMA-—You'll never find it on an Indianapolis picture postalcard, but this is the antique panorama the visitor to the city sees as he steps off the train at were in two directions, southwest. Union station. The S. Illinois st. section has barely changed in 70 years.

| ble when the Driscolls returned.

A combat disability and a long terminal leave gave Mr. Driscoll {time to survey the baby-sitting field The double row of antique three in New York, Washington, Wp ? 4 » = delphi ities. ; 's Booster {storied "buildings looked. good I eet president of the school’s

[and northeast, In that area wheat this late erop could matire|is ordinarily the chief crop, sugar hit by the worst drought beets and potatoes next, | Signs of the drought were every- { in wilted garderis’ ONE: THE TREMENDOUSLY As a result, the government Corn 4 4 ctv flelds, But on the wholé

‘H LEVEL OF CONSUMER DE. estimate made Sept. 10 predicts HIGH LEVE ‘eo only 2,404,000,000 bushels, a drop of|

and since the war (he|874,000,000 bushels, or about 27 per Inchmes of workers have been built|cent, from last year's crop. | 10 levels that, not long before, would; Corn Is close to 78 per cent of . yop yi he is rich not in money have been considered fantastic.|the grain fed to “farm animals. |p in’ lvestoek. Fven with wartime rationing and When corn is scarce or high priced,

| Indianapolis. It makes an impres-

Maybe Gunther Judged Our City by Dingy S. Illinois St.

Flamboyant Posters, Battered Buildings,

Filthy Clutter Greet Weary Train Traveler By RICHARD LEWIS What John Gunther probably saw when he hurled his provocative learn insult at Indianapolis as the dirtiest town Inside the U. 8. A. was the! shortages, workers’ families learned this directly affécts the cost of \why bread and potatoes are scarce three-block panorama of the past on 8. Illinois st. between Union stato use and want, regularly, food meat, fats, milk, butter, eggs, poul-|4yerywhere and meat high-priced tion and Washington st in the cities. One trouble in France

|1875, but they have achieved no dig-| “I've a single-track mind” Mr ’ ‘tL The club voted to Increase the {Driscoll laughs. . “That baliy-sitking) In the old days, they housed a idea stuck in it, I had to find out dozen little hotels of the economical what was really being done to ke an yejuned Do Xatieg end | ! > ec |Suzanne and Barbara Damier to the |type and restaurants serving all you a needed service efficient.” |position. New yell leaders selected could eat for a quarter. In 70 years, the major changes in tioned, for the most part under fa- Williams with Betty Jones as subthe character of the street is the miliar handicaps; teen-age sitters stitute. . {who failed to take their responsi- | Beverly Baird has been elected {bilities seriously, fees that were t00 president of the school’s chapter of (high, and a general lack of protec- National Honor society. Other offi{tion for children and parents. jcers include Nancy Hendricks, vice

it was still a green and pleasant

Savings in Cattle The townspeople say the farmer

The traveler can

|disappearance of the 25-cent plate While this section of town is no dirtier than the rest of the city, dinner, the 5-cent cigar and the 20Output of many food items is atf Neither animals nor humans yel ;s that the country Is building up it presents a ramshackle vista to greet the visitor as he steps off the (cent haircut. record. high level But it has not are eating the 1947 corn crop.lsavings too fast—savings in cattle, |train and trudges north, risen enough to satisfy the Increased! Theoretically,” 1ts shortage should x butcher in Chartres suid” the! Maybe 1Us-the-way the conductor’ meat markets were open three davs the 4 week, a butcher in Compiegne said.

Pigeons inhabit the gutters on the Time has passed. ihe area by. Here

roof of old brick buildings with pyjidi

(dingy windows and scarred fronts. war, that is. Legend has it that the building at Would become the hub of the busi-

civil | vides mothers—or grandmothers, and Rosemary...Arndt, . treasur Its buildews hoped it experienced with children of their| Other members of the chapter are fown, as sitters, a $25,000 accident|Betty Anderson, Dolores Nerding |insurance policy for each child, and and Madeline Stark.

Instead, it became the rim, worn( 23 hour emergency service from a gouthport Hi-Y club officers and

but still sturdy. Business comes and All kinds of business.

Besides the little hotels with the

“INDIANAPOLIS” development—post

train comes in, as though announcing the promised land. Maybe that's A good deal of the meat, he said, What leads travelers like Mr. Gun-! SIX was being butchered in the country ther to expect something.

high wages. | The principal elements TWO: THE FOREIGN SITUA- picture can be summarized In this one day a week, — § Black Market Meat As the only nation with even! Permanent inflation of the Amer- | the northwest corner of Maryland relative plenty, we are called upon ican price structure is here, to help feed the distressed peoples months ago economists expected il and sold in town through the black of the Old World, We already have to level off at around 50 per cent market. He was sure the regular i shipped quite a lot, but probably above 1030. Now they are sure this dealers weren't getting it all. not enough to light such a fire|was over-optimistic and they don't|

and Illinois sts. was a hotel or a

Legends and Trash {this for 60 cents an hour. |“older boys’ training conference” at

According to the legend, Benjamin Harrison and his wife. moved in! there when they first came to In- torn green window blinds, the travdianapolis’’and there their son was eler passes five package liquor stores land a half dozen bars. The street is loaded with legends. | also filled sometimes with eager for customers.

Entertainment is offered

One of the butchers said more : 1d soon be coming in .as decorated with flamboyant lof life in the old west, The editor sald the farmers were lesque house is also something of an For the first time In years the of living in cities and on farms. It {not actually holding out much pro- institution on the street. American farmer is sitting on lop|will fluctuate, perhaps, consider- duce of the world, The prices he is/ably, but in our time at least it feeding all

. under domestic prices. dare make a substitute guess. THREE: THE FARMER'S NEW| It is caused by full employment, farmers felt the feed shortage. PROSPERITY. high wages, an improved standard |

Four store-|insurance, can -go a long way to|treasurer; 0! nnin - Its coy photographic exhibit under rt ro

theiriglass is in tune with the rest of the|

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Ex-Marine Becomes Boss

-Service Provides Mothers, Grandmothers,

$25,000 Accident Insurance for Each Child

By GRACE DESCHAMPS, NEA Special Writer BOSTON, Sept. 22—“I have gleaned what you could call a wealth

of experience,” the deep baritone voice booms. . Ex-Marine Lt, Joseph L. Driscoll isn't talking about fighter planes, He means babies. ee : ’

Mr. Driscoll has made baby-sitting big business. Grateful Boston parents keep his telephone ringing demanding the services of his hun.

dred or so A-l1 carefully screened] baby sitters. 3. ree | Out of the 60 cents an hour Dris+

He started thinking about a post-| coll receives for the services of his war career as a baby-sitting spe- pubyesi tess, he pays the sitters 48 clalist while still shooting Japanese. cents an hour. He had found his own brief war-| The modest rate is acceptable to time leaves fouled most of them, Mr. Driscoll says,

up because he {because most of the women have and his wife grown-up families and leisure time couldn't find a and they are quite willing to ensatisfactory baby gage in a part-time activity which

One they hired turned their home into a temporary jive hall and left the baby to its own devices—the child was trying to swallow a mar-

salary and defrays the cost of office rental, insurance, telephones, sec retarial service and incidentals,

wr auniy wa o ou EOGES Christie

Marvin Christie, Southport high school athlete, has been elected

number of yell leaders from three to

He found that baby-sitting func- are Katherine. Dampier and Anita

Mr, Driscoll's new service Pro-|president; Nancy Ford, . secretary,

KIDNAT ter, Dorothy, amined after after her abc

physicians’ and nurses’ bureau. All committee chairmen will attend the was found by

Sitters Get 45 Cents Flat Rock river, Oct. 27-28. Cl Eamily The knowledge that one’s chil-|mcers are Dale i Family

{ : {dren are in good hands, that ex-/gob Bidlack, vice president: Carl

quickly available, if necessary, and assistant secretary; Richard Miner,

A couple of pawnshops are there, that each child is well protected by|treasurer: Ray" Bertram, assistant

pert medical and nursing care are|Kauffman, secretary; Bill Whitaker, U 1 2

make a theater party more enjoy-|dell Leedy, chaplains, and Marvin ~The consum able for conscientious parents, Mr.| Christie and Bob- MacBeth, ser '\, moderate inco

| Driscoll says. geants-at-arms. : 3 anapolis rose

SDRC = _— June and July fires wrx day. - The increase 1939 index, the vey, by more Greatest rise lights, which ° Other changes cent;. house f cent, and sun Housing and changed. Compared t the index hac ’ ! with food, up the sharpest i

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Luncheon Plates =~... 41.00 each Bread and Butter Plates... 60 each

Cup and Saucer. .... co ivied 128 4 Salad Bowls, two sizes, .65 and 2.50 cach Individual Casseroles. . ... «1.50 cach p

Chop Plates, two sizes, 11 in. 2.00 sack 13in. 3.50 each

Covered Soups. ..cmvovuziad 25 each Cereal Dishes. . - cvoyswavwem . 168 Sach) Teapots. . . mrermrwes veri! 3.50 each’ Mugs. oo omriTrreroeeRasag 1.00 each. Salt and Pepper Shakers >c3 1.00 sef Ashtrays. ..... Giassnsepese +30 each

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