Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1949 — Page 26

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Tumble to

ie Of Flipping a Coin -

about how the State divides

Some of the bankers SQUINt-| “gu that isn't all. There'll be a

HAROLD H. HARTLEY, Times Business Editor THE STATE decides where to bank how much money, it's not exactly a matter of “heads or tails. © The figures don’t look that way. And there are deep - down rumbles that some of the bankers are not too happy iss.

flipping a coin,

its deposits, ' :

ed closely at the Nov. 10 re-/tour-wheel drive tractor with a

ports. They could see the big ($306 million) Indiana National with $45 million of State money.

diana National had been up to §73 million. i And the American National has been batting a pretty steady average above the $20 million-mark (last call, nearly $23 million). And the Merchants National and Fletcher Trust have been running along on a fairly even! keel, getting some State funds but not enough to give balance sheets much of a lst. Then they came to Frank MeKinney's Fidelity Trust Co. It showed up with about $6.5 million of the State's money. Bankers remembered that Mr. McKinney's hank did not do so well under the administration. Last year, June 30,

hydraulic steering mechanism such as is used on the big high-| way trucks. .And. there also willl be a farm building made of pan‘els insulated -in-the factory. Nose-holding city folk will appreciate mo#t of all the new steam cleaning device for. cattle stalls! and hog pens, :

Inside Look

THE MONON is bringing the General Motors cut-away diesel locomotive to town. ) The 189,000-pound, 5i-foot raflroad power plant, lighted with four colors in neon and color. keyed so you can tell what part is doing what, will be shown at Union Station next Monday to Wednesday.

teries of diesel power right out!

it had less than $700,000 of State

money when Republican Ralph! If you want to know why a dium lightweight native yearlings Governor's diesel-pulled engine doesn't toss and: heifers sold at $16.50 to {you into the aisle when it starts, $22.50. run over to the Union Station,

Cates was in the

chair,

24 Per Cent |

FRANK McKINNEY, who also runs the ball club and WISH, was elected treasurer of the State Democratic ittee. That, no!

them in. plain language.

take a look. ” 1 Sweet Stuff |

Fewer and fewer people argue you out of your money these days.

doubt, was becafise he is a suc- It's all automat,

‘cessful banker, highly respected in the counting rooms of the

Take soft drinks. They've got, it down pat. You put in a nickel and touch your flavor button.

town. Let's see if this adds up.. After That's all. You've got your drink. |

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splinter

salesmen.” are opening the doors

to architects for a $5000 prize. . The Timber ng Co.

. Washington, will hand out this

tidy sum for the best garden-type

door. These apartments are built) Ha mostly groups of | HG

in multiples, eight, in U-shapes and L-shapes or in a square with a vourtyard 1 the center. w

fingers crossed with the hope that the $5000 will land in Indianapolis. It's a Grade A idea, and if yon take a second look, you can sce

where the lumber companies are N

going to try to beat’ public housing to the punch. The garden-apartment idea is the one the Government uses.

Farmfare

THE NEWLY BRED “wing [u'L/00 WW

less” chicken will have a star billing at the National Farm Show | opening in Chicago Nov. 26,

GRANDMA JOINS 35 OTHER COMICS . . . SUNDAY TIMES

- TUXEDOS

. FOR RENT! OURS-FIT LEON TAILORING CO. Ine. 235 Mass. Ave. |

wagner; general mans ager of the Burnet-Rinford Lum-: ber.Co,, Is handling the local com-| Je “petition and has his

»| And the machine has your nickel. !

Down at Atlantic City where the waves (and convention delegates) rush in, the automatic ven-

after next. And one of the companies to show its syrup making eq t and assorted flavors be

Hurty-Peck & Co.. 1423 Naom St.

agures Slowing Down Fidel-

SHRINKING retail prices put the brakes on in October. Fairchild Publications,

Fairchild’s keeps one of those indices (1935-39 equals 100) which showed only one-tenth ‘of one per cent price drop from September to November. ; This would indicate that prices

still 3.5 per cent under last year's nigh.

Mallory Co. to Pay’ Dividends Dec. 10

25-cent dividends per share P. R. Mallory & Co., Inc., common stock were declared. payable Dec. 10, at a recent meeting gf the company’s board of directors. A regular dividend and an ‘extra year-end dividend will be paid to stockholders of record Nov. 26.

Local Issues

- mete AT STOCKY

Asked

{to 50 cents higher.

rs are going to get all of their steady. Bulk of good and choice ricky new gadgets together week! gold

which keeps books on such mat. How to Be Popular the decline

which have been stumbling down-

«FBI Arrests Man

Hog prices today tumbled 25 to 50 cents per hundredweight to tie the $16.25 OPA-ceiling top of late

Receipts estimated at 15.000) forced quotations to drop in the Indianapolis Stockyards. Prices reached the same three-year low early Tuesday, but regained most of the loss later in the day. i Good and choice ‘170- to 240pound butchers today sold at’ Weights from 240 to 270 pounds brought $15 to $15.50. Weights below 170 pounds were scarce. | Bow prices dropped 50 cents or more. Bulk weighing less than 300 pounds sold at $14.50, Weights| 300 to 550 pounds moved at $13.25 to $14.50. Heavier weights were

salable at prices down to $12.75. v & RIGUSPATOFF, COPR 1949 (OW L A WAGNER ALL BIGHTS ASERVED.

All slaughter classes of cattle! were fairly active, Steers and) yearlings sold at about steady! prices. Cows sold at prices steady |

mostly steady prices. ! Steers

Bring $28 Top The model is a lifesize Railroad, Small lots of mostly medium- Official Fair piece which brings the mys- grade steers of average weight! UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU

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TODAY AND TOMORROW-—Freezing weather is forecast for most of the country, with tem. atures in the 20's in the Ohio Valley, the Great Lakes, upstate New York and from lowa to the ota. Snow flurries are expected in Ohio and Michigan. In the Gulf states and along the At-

Weather

Bulls sold ai| antic Coast, readings are forecast in the 30s and 40's.

; Burly Bird

CHICAGO, Nov. 17 (UP)-~

into the open and talks about $28. Good and choice heifers! gol

Berryman Collapses 'On Way to His Office | WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UP) —Clifford Berryman, veteran poli/tical cartoonist of the Washing{ton Evening Star, collapsed today on the way to his office and was |taken to a hospital. | Mr. Berryman, 80, went to work

a 4.1-pound serving of Thanks-!for the Star in 1907. His draw-

800 to 1100 pounds sold at $24 to) ed ou This 's turkey is the were Absen mmon ’ Sunset : second largest on record, and a . bat os and me | cipitation 24 hrs. end. 7:30 &. m... _02| your share is more than four i otal prscipitation, since Jan, 1 .. 4 ® pounds. s | "The following table shows the tembera-| The Poultry and Egg NationMedi d good beef ture in other cities: | al Board reported today that sold #t $16 to $18. Odd head piatis” § "{F'| the turkey crop totals 41,107.00 : ] Tans 3 | man, reached $19. Common brought Burbank |. iii... 1111000 5 | Uirds==anonghie five tacts san; $14 to $15.50. Canners and cut-|Ginchenay | serene. 8 woman and." n ters brought $11 to $14. Cleveland ssrbnrsunasien was 24 3 giving Medium and good sausage bulls Eransue 110. 8 i . i rp A # ¥ PLENTY OF BACTERIA oy ph at prices strong to gmaha city .. a | It has been estimated that 1 $1 higher. Good and choice in’ Antonio oh i 3 brought $27.50 to $31. Common RIEINED oss sxesasansuns ® and medium sold at $19 to $27. Washington. D. C. 3 3¢ ‘are harmless, however.

Cullis dropped to $12 to $17. Lambs Steady Native lamb prices remained

at $23 to $23.50. and good brought $22 to $22.50. A few common sold at $16 to $19. A deck of fed yearlings resteady. Bulk brought $6 to $9. A

$10.

With the Boys ot Bar

prise for understatement goes to , C.

has a custom of treating everyone

men in the distriet.”

On Desertion Charge SHELBURN, Nov. 17 — FBI agents have apprehen a 2¢

the Navy. : Norris Morris, married and father of two children, is alleged to have deserted from Norfolk, Va. in August, 1945. He formerly lived In Sardis, Tenn.

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January. 1949, than a year earlier,’ although the number of animals

continued a decline begun four 4

years ago.

FARMING COSTS MORE 1 man nt falists |

Farm 00 lat the University of Hitnols esti-|

mate that it takes from 68 to 80 per cent more cash now to oper-! ate a farm in Illinois than it did’ 20 years ago. : Local Truck Grain Prices “No. 1 red truck t 51.78, No. 2 white corn. $1.08 No. 2m corn. ho. oats. #6c. yellow soybeans. $1.97. i

INDIANAPOLIS CLEARING NOUSE Be Co NER | LEGAL NOTICES

“NOTICE TO TAXPA of ADDITIONAL APPROFRIN TIONS ven

t_ 7:00 o'c » ay of November, will consider the following additional appropriations which said officers consider necessary .meet the extraordinary emergency existng. at this time, hat there is hereby set aside from the’ unexpended balances In the funds oe ax follows and that the Jotat of 1. be added to the General nd working Salary Town

balance: } Marshall { Agcount Neo 15

Account No. 18 Other Compensation Repairs to bldgs, & property Repairs & quip for Town Hall S3Int-fenees, ol

Seeds, fertiliser, trees. . ote Insurance & General repairs Elec. Light Repairs ria

Account Neo, 253 | Account No. 411 | Account Ne.

Account No. “1 Re. ni o. 113 - That from the above of

jarred funds the General additional + ms ing accounts

Account Account

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floss not &x t on i id which were levied for the year 1940.

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Account -Aseount Neo, 71

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SYDNEY, Australia (UP) — A {8 Alexander, bar owner at ==

year-old farmer near here and charged him with desertion from

lings of public figures made him

wpe Margaret Nelson, 1221 E. Raymond St.—"“When there was a

other block . . . one side for

Le hirsty horses, The OLNEr SIGE TOF! ms we aar,

thirsty people . . . with big old dippers on chains, some rusty and some shiny. Youngsters would race to see who would get the shiny ones, then throw water on each other, It was fun until got and received spanking for being wet.” New Jersey - “Funny incidents

that happened in the good old : Not having a bathroom,

my brother always took his bath

in an old washtub In his room upstairs, Just 18, he was in a hurry to fill a date with his best |girl. Instead of carrying the bath water downstairs, he emptied the water out the window without looking. Bath water went all over his best friend who happened to be passing, all dressed up for a date also.” Your accounts of “The Good Days” also are sought. The best letter—in 100 words or less «will be depicted in drawing by Erwin Hess, creator of the Sun-

| famous. {| Despite his age, he has conisistently worked a five-day week,

ing son, Janves T.

day Times’ color comic feature. {The drawing, with credit to the

| person suggesting the idea, will | million bacteria live in each tea- refusing to retire. For years he appear in The Times and otheriand “showery, spotty [my ar] of earth. Most of them has been assisted by his cartoon-|

metropolitan papers throughout |the United States. Cash prize will

green water: fountain. in every |

Reserve Board Sees -

~The Federal Reserve day painted a rosy future for new car dealers. : It said there is a for new automobiles to replace some 20 million pre-war models now on the nation's highways. Furthermore, it said, people want and can afford to buy them. - “If these buying intentions are carried out,” the board said, "a continued high level of sales is indicated through the middle of next year.” ,

Corn Crop Falling Short of Estimates LAFAYETTE, Nov. 17 (UP) Indiana's 1949 corn crop is fale ing .three bushels per acre short of pre-harvest estimates, Purdue {University and federal farm ex|perts said today. | The monthly crop report from {Purdue said husking reports indicated the crop. would total 240% [264,000 bushels, 92 per cent of the {record 1948 corn crop. Extensive corn borer damag’ summe jrainfall” were blamed for the crof |decrease.

Medium| =

mained unsold, sellers asking| °° $19. Slaughter ewes, scarce, sold|

hill since last January are getting "Pending about $1000 a year in’ Court No. 1. Executio back on their feet for the Christ- "s PRIASIHIOPIE PES, ati to se ln thei HN season. But they areig mmers 18 one of the best-liked

cow was six per cent higher in a

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Will Give Away, Absolutely Free The First 8 50 Fords

Delivered im Indianapolis

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DOWNTOWN FORD SALES CO.; INC.

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720 N. Meridien 1. C. T. FOXWORTHY CO. noe West Side Srancls 2419 W. Washington

Novembe

o ticket

ond 9:00

will be fi

HATFIELD MOTORS, INC.

‘623 N. Capitol

WALTER HISER, INC.’ 3850 N. iilinels St

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\. Here's all you have to do‘te qualify ~. for these great FREE prizes...

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that will enter your n

P. M., Friday, November 18.

Theres a

Just come to one of the 6 Ford Dealer showrooms listed below on

00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. And while you're looking at the cor you've been dreaming about—the "50 Ford—ask for e for this free Ford Dealers’ gift . . . it may be the Ford in your future’, : Fill out the ticket completely. Keep. the Ticket Holder's stub. Before 7:00 P. M., drop the Judges’ stub in o showroom. Ask your dealer for complete dui The winners of the 8 new ‘50 Fords will be decided during a special broadcast announcing the ‘50 Ford over station WIBC, between. 8:00

ey will be provided at the

NN The special broadcast will be heqrd ot oll Ford Deulers’ showrooms listed below. Personal interviews will be made on Ford Dealers’ showroom floors and broadcast over WIBC. rah Contest is open to everyone 18 years or older, except employ their families) of Ford Dealers, Ford Motor Company and their a ise ing agencies. Ne EA In the event of questioned eligibility, the decision of the judges ». :

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The models to be given away will be ‘50 Ford V-8 Custom Deluxe Tudor Sedans, equipped with white sidewall tires. Be sure to go to your Friendly Ford Dealer, Friday, November 18th! You'll get the thrill of the year when you see the really fine cor in the low-price field—the “50 Ford! And you'll ‘get: a chance to own this revolutionary NEW Ford, absolutely FREE! Be sure you get your ticket!

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