Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1948 — Page 38

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Shortage of Turkeys LoomsAs Thanksgiving Ti Time Nears

By MARION CRANEY grain shortage, discouraged turTurkeys are becoming “ss scarce as hens’ teeth.” key-raisers in the spring. Supply With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, the faint gobble decreased, boosting the price of in'local poultry markets is expected to become even fainter. Tur-| turkeys.

keys also will be costlier than last year. Health*tonscious raisers, not Indianapolis turkey dealers are bracing themselves for the confident of the turkeys’ resistcoming holidays with little on hand but hope. Within the week ance Jo damp spring weather, they expect to feel the effects have “played safe.” Some waited week. Despite the lull, prices|for dry weather, while others

average a nickel less a pound.

already began purchasing toms. to serve their Thanksgiving cusig since they can use larger ds.

Restaurants and hotels here have ;

sell for 70 cents a ‘pound, with toms a nickel cheaper. Most dea} ers say very few sales will av

Live turkey hens will probably

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Miss Erica Lehrer—'"Why confusing.”

"You Can Say Anything,’ Amazed Refugee Discovers

By IRVING LEIBOWITZ Miss Erica Lehrer, 22-year-old refugee from Rumania, came to Indianapolis for a&' week-end and remained to become engaged. The petite brown-eyed brunet

E. 24th St, a ‘native Hoosier, » » ” DOUBTLESS, she admits, her two-month whirlwind courtship has helped her forget many of the memories of war-raked Europe. However, she becomes sad when she talks of her parents who were put to death in a concentration camp, Now quietly living with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kraft, 1120 Union 8t., Miss Lehrer finds time for sports, night clubs, parties and dances— unheard of things for her in Rumania,

She has made the transition Slovakia.

from refugee to bobby - soxer quickly, “Sharp” is her favorite word for a flashy dresser and “o the beam” is her way of saying everything is running smoothly.

MISS LEHRER came to America to study at the Hebrew Seminary in New York. She later planned a week-end trip to Indianapolis to visit relatives with"

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of last spring's report from [this hatcheries of a 19 per cent dropiy pound last week. in production of turkeys com- - From an economic viewpoint pared to last year.

little buying, turkey trade is ex- mand.”

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Lehrer swung right into the daily, social whirl surrounding her. Since: the first day she set foot: on American soil, in January of this year, she has been constantly on the move—going to theaters, | shows, parties and even night,

“Most. people in Europe still think money grows on trees in America and the streets are lined! with gold,” she says. “I didn’ t think #0 but I knew it was won-| derful” .

. . BEST of all she likes Ameri-| ca’s freedom, ‘‘You can say any-! thing here and nobody does any-| thing,” she adds in amazement. The only surviving member of| her immediate family is a 17-year-old brother, Joseph, a soldier in the Israeli Army, She hasn't seen . him = since they were separated In. Prague, Czecho-

more . . .

Hoosier hospitality impresses | h Miss Lehrer so much she wants] to remain here for the rest off aa

Pi her life. “Everybody is so friend-{lly

ly and patient, M Gro says.

BUT one "hing Aor appalls| Miss Lehrer. “Everybody doesn’t! vote in the elections.” This, she exclaims in her well-stocked Eng- | lish vocabulary, “is confusing.” | Having already taken out her,

@ result that she stayed on nearly four months, An _accomplished d_planist, Miss

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