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Inside Indianapoli By Ed Sovola i ; n Be Expensive, AE ndianapolis y Ed Sovola Qperation of a City Can Be Exp A bide In polis y =@ sovola Operation of a City Can Be Expensive, . sriii rime FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY : { . Q * .. | ; gig & lk het y least 330 for A THIN DIME, or a thick one, is sure a potent i Costs Follow Same Trend as in Business co 4 i sounting rails, little coin. When you do the right thing with it, | Iceberg Blue Interior Trim On This derstand I ; S i C {ing the past seyen years, pay pared to the $850 cost estimated equipment. VACSrS and. oaring osts . [rates for city mechanics have for next year. ar Chanel No. § , Never one to do things halfwzy, I wore a fire- Swell Budgets \climbed to a range of $1.25 to} A drop in contracting costs ue rding: to. size, man’s uniform when I went to ring the bell and By DAVID WATSON [$1.90 to keep pace with raises has been noted in the engineering r—— I high as $20 . extend my hand and observe charitable citi- Day to day operation of a city | granted workmen by priyate in- department. M. G. (Ole) Johnson,| } — | D 1 nny Gis 5 don't think clothes, the act of helping children who need i Big vesiness. 1's getting big: | neering department trick tors. ae Diding us ow as 10 per : \ mh | Lia inhi as sales will . , ger. 60 cent below job est 3 It doesn't take long to notice a couple of | In line with goaring costs ex. drivers plied their trade for 60 cen lob estimates. The Place De pe O , : ; os Square of nn ae ogiaat the api of giving peranced by priente emergrine, cents 1 hour and borers tor 86, During, te var. promt ent | Color cant pes, dip or rb of With Seon as the low. Second, that being cold is mighty un- |partments has more than doubled "OW get $1.15 and. the laborers city 30 Miract bids, Increased Model shown is DL-86 with nearly but ine comfortable. It sort of sneaks up on you and all in some instances since 1942, $1.05. compe "ath . -contracting’ fa; 9 cu. ft. storage space and — ppers, n It cost the city $31,675 from field has beerr cited as reason for ustomers are of a sudden it hurts, City Purchasing Agent Albert| ; | bid decl F . Losche said 1942 was the last Mie general Jund te Fn Ihe _ga-/some bid dec ne. = * Full-width Super-Freezer Chest ——— reezing Weather year Indiayapoils vas . operated fuge mu gasiine taxes. Next Canada Curtails E | o Full-width, glass-topped Hydrator YOU WONDER how children with thin frou- “Higher salaries and equipment ¥#ar it will operate with an allo- . 99 | ¢ Famous Meter-Miser mechanism sers and cotton dresses, no stockings, ear muffs, shortages have combined to boost, CAtion of $162,423 from the tax. Exports; Prices Decline | — ¢ 5-Year Protection Plan gloves = Sma yum riper psu Se. along 18 | budget Hligwanees for depart- hevy and §55524 from gasoline) OPTAWA, Ont. Dec. 17 (UP) A - ¢ Rust-proof aluminum shelves . ment spending. Some higher op- . — ~ oy ¢ Quickube Tra strong after an hour or two on the sidewalk. {erational costs are attributed to], Trucks ere Dlenticul etore igo ga nel; a2 , ye aries When I lef “apt. ter use of machi ew hen Mr. Losche got ‘ Blazic's spare. on rr aE Sart Jon. De ot ot) stafts and them for about $800. They have Canada today as a result of a 32975 Other Models fram 318975, ~ Parker's cap, I thought no chill. would penetrate In the municipal garage, where Tre Sth » About $170). government announcement that Liberal Trade-In for Your the heavy wool materials. The marrow in my la total of $7200 was allocated in ale 0 the city) o more eggs will he exported to ¢ : Old Refrigerator. bones fairly splashed around, Not for long. [1942 for buying repair parts, Are becoming competitive again Britain. po Smiall Down Paymen g

» $23,000 and prices are levelling off, M 1 $23, will be needed next year. p & off, Mr." oMcials of the Dairy Products at current prices. |Losche said. Board sald ios of the British 3842 N. Winois St. HU. 1427 Pay Rates Rise Office Supplies Higher market means Canadian e - Saturday ! 8 : 88 pro "” . A amma on the Christmas spirit you hear about which. is Skilled meclianics at Ce ga Even office supplies made the duction is now 10 per cent above Open ves Except wr i ~ y y [rage were pa etween and price jump during war years. In domestic demand. Canada had supposed to warm the cockles of the heart, Time out . . . Even fire-eaters get chilly along 80 cents an hour for their work the Mayor's office $180 was exported 35 oon dozen eggs to TO 2 RR RR RI RR sk R06 Ts RR RA RR SRR 0 TR JR RR Ye ak es lh a uk

Capt. Lawrence Stiegelmeyer, Chauffeur Bert yo .o 4a of The Times Mile.O.Di in the last “pre-war” year. DurCaylor and Pvt. Frank Pagano chuckled and e rou e Times Mile-O.Dimes and (left to in the last “pre-war” year. Dur allowed for purchases as com- Britain so far this year.

The three men who were working the morning four-hour shift told me right off the bat that in some respects the job was cold. I counted heavily

. " . . " shager rubbed their hands. They said it wasn't the right) Inside Firefighter, Bort Savior, Capt. nds cockles of their hearts that they were worried Lawrence tiegelmeyer and Frank Pagano coax ie Wha about. up some circulation. i urteous { Giving the coke fire a look of disdain, I pro- wag driving cab No. 26. Didn't have a chance to ceeded to one of the two firebells the Firemen's say thank you or anything. | ® skers, Post No. 42 of the American Legion has set up. Little children are fun to watch. They're so ' | Santa With gusto the cord was pulled. Shoppers’ heads golemn. A mother handed a little boy of about . . turned in the direction of the Mile-O-Dimer, 4 two dimes, She told him to place them in one "LAST MINUTE" Mr, Caylor called out that he had been handed~ of the lines. . many, a $5 bill earlier. He thought that I should get a ~ “That's for the poor children,” she said. “One : indreds 10 spot if noise had anything to do with loosen- dime is from you and one from Ann.” His little . cts for ing up purse strings. What's wrong with that? sister in her mother's arms was more interested g kits, A woman with a big smile on her face and four In the bell. The threesome hurried off, | grand- dimes in her hand came up to the rope and re- First Smile ust the marked, “I bet you have your red flannels on.” MRS. WILLIAM HORN, 1530 Park Ave., gave » estions “Never owned a pair in my life. Thank you her 2-year-old Billy a couple of dimes to hand to, gil ils and Merry Christmas.” Capt. Stiegelmeyer. The little fellow pondered | " gris. Dimes weren't exactly rolling in by armored the act he was to perform. Suddenly the dimes ere S e answer or ristmas trucks but business wasn't at a standstill. Some- were on the sidewalk. Not in a straight line but| ven for times people you'd least expect to give came on the sidewalk, Billy cracked his first smile after ) nn ® in t about through. A good example was an old woman who he rang the bell. f those last minute at this gave me a lone dime. She was the type of person Mrs. C. E. Carter, treasurer of the Needlecraft | th and that looked as if she herself needed help. Club, handed me an envelope containing dimes. |

“It's small,” the woman said, haltingly. Her The club took $3 from the treasury and designated hand shook. The safety pin around her coat collar Mrs. Carter to bring it to the Mile-O-Dimes. Merry smacked you right in the eye. A wool stocking Christmas, ladies.

lled low over her ears. “It will help, Gathering dimes for a few hours was good for Lap va F® P my soul but tough on body temperature. My three

Christmas Gift Hel : ristmas OIrrs . . . mere a t Nati aE uli buddies shared the’fire without a word. a ona Of course, I told her every little bit helped. She - : ; beamed as she returned my Christmas wish. The One thing sure, there are people, a lot of them, - - vr

who know what it is to be cold and dig into the y A ia four of us watched in silence as she disappeared p50 nti they smile. The smiles don’t ‘end there. SRR LL a $2 among the shoppers. Not much you ean say. Oh, no, because a little boy or girl will be si es A Red Call pulled to the curb. The driver rolled in warm clothes. soon" " Ee FEN ; his window down ard flipped a quarter to me. He ,. Thankyou ahd & Merry Christmas.” | oc IEC TA | ri RAP. 5 Lok ~

—" coriomy Ax Hits By Robert C. Ruark|

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17—It was a beautifully ' leap to sign‘ authors of ‘overnight sensations to| . typical Mexican village, from the pigs in the wal- long contracts, leaving them to snooze at high| low to the fly-blown cantina, to the mangy yellow salaries for months before putting them to work. | curs in the dusty littie street and the chili-draped The original story, as opposed to the adapted book | 4K bodega. The Mexican fancy lady (played by a or play, is the basis for a heavy percentage of | green-eyed Swede) even had a run in her sock. today's pictures, Twentieth Century-Fox, as I This was the set for a movie called “Death in remember, produced about 90 per cent of last x a Side Street” with the oomphy James Mason and year's film crop on modestly priced original stories. |

the equally oomphy Miss Marta Toren, the afore- : : mentioned Swede. It was located on the back Nepotism Fading, Too

lot of Universal-International Studios at Culver THE OLD STOCK formula of broad nepotism) City. In every detail it could have been located In the industry is fading somewhat, too. Economic, as easily outside Taxéo or Acapulco in Mexico. pressure has convinced some of the moguls that

Hollywood's genfus for duplication is nothing 2 professional producer might be more desirable new, and each studio has a lot full of stock props thas Aut Sophie’s boy Herman, the one with the —the penthouse, the western barroom, the ghost © 8. i city, the Victorian mansion. But in most cases, Even the sons of the big guns have started to| 4K

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x ing for Universal-International, Jack Warner Jr.! 3 Sass Seay Shee ee ae company usually packs up and goes 0 the independent dodge with his father-in-law, | % A I Rat tL STN J ) This little Mexican village is a fine example of pomoghlics sn Wo abit wig B. P.’s boy, is back] . - i | J 1 — 1 . aa . 3 a , = . - ss 3 NAAT I Son moni Sanu, Os The old-time lavish disregard for time and : i 1 AL Assesses J REI IY site for his picture. He found it, close to Acapulco, Money is no more. The moody director who) £7 /4 > Sr —— | -— — lis are and the company was set to move there for the . Shoots the same scene 100 times for artistic per-| "I f- 7 COM- shooting when Mr. Goldstein did some fast fection is rarely working today. The tempera. | bones g! Lo] g figgering. ment-ridden star whose penchant for booze, babes op 1 A . v or brooding holds up production suddenly finds: Ei : ) Takes Mexico to Picture himself at liberty. ; ; 4 at DIANA WHEN THE -ADDITION and subtraction was... New. York is loaded today with old-time Holly- 4c} : : is fur- o .™i'-over, he found he could rebuild the town; iri every - woodians ‘attacking television as the result of ’ detail, in his own back yard for less than half the being strictly from hunger back home. ' The talent \ ncluded “cost of maintaining his cast and technicians on search is for competént youngsters who do not x accor location. Leonard got his artists and architects come too steep on the salary scale, and who seem | together, and instead of taking the picture to Mex- likely to be capable performers on a long-term | 4 y learn ico he took Mexict to the picture. basis. i IPANY In many respects Hollywood is becoming as A producer who can turn out a score of 0-80! x thrifty as any other business facéd with drasticy ‘pictures, on small budget, which make money, sits

rt your retrenchment in order to break even. Writers and higher at Romanoff’s than the composer of the)

actors work on a picture-to-picture basis, with artistlc financial” flop. © Hollywood has finally | Ki relatively few signed to long contracts. hauled in’its horns, and such words as stupendous : The old lavish spending for hit books and plays and sensational have given way to the argot of is beginning to ease off. The studios no longer cost-accounting.

The Easy Way By Frederick C. Othman | aii ny

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—S8ecretary of Agri- turned to the government's crop insurance pro- x culture Charlie Brannan never realized what he gram of several years ago. A

« + « plus a guaranteed built-in Electric Clock at this unheard of, sensationally low, sale price! The 7way floor lamp, with built-in night light in base, and the arm-style bridge lamp have translucent

was getting into when he remarked, casual like, Mr. Brannan said he agreed it hadn't been » ACCURATE that many Midwest farmers were giving up their perfect. : ’ vegetable gardens, “I can show you one congressional district! ; A ric IMAGINE! A roomful of good light and good looks “Why?” demanded Rep. Robert F. Rich where you lost $9 million a year,” Mr. Rich said. i me a § DEPENDABLE

(R. Pa.), tHe one-man guardian of the public purse “You told the farmers to leave their wheat in the g and the hottest tempered Congressman in the fields because they would get more money for it. Greatest business. ’ After they got the money, they cut the wheat and x

Charlie said, well, they liked to go into town fed it to their pigs.”

to get their rutabagas and caulifiowers. Such things may have happened once, Mr. Lam \ V | I “Why?” crescendoed Mr. Rich. Brannan replied, but no more. What he wanted i Pp ] a Ue. y glass reflector bowls for eye-saving indirest light, Mr. R G Into aS uviter now, he said, was more money to lend to farmers! ; ; 5 ; ; and fluted metal standards with weight ses in F. oes ni pt I he § 0 to improve their homes and their lands. { ; lovely bronze finish, All 3 are tastefully orna of ae It's easier,” replied the Secretary ® why Jot tell 'em_to go down to the RFC?” mented in heavy cast brass-plated metal and have ' ep. ch suggested. “It's easy to get mone ) I thought there for a minute the gentleman aon there, Suggs if you want $100 A, ology v decorative, colorful parchment paper shades. The from Pennsylvania was going to explode and Rep. Walter D. Huber (D. 0.) said it was not, Laboratory-Time-Tested electric clock — guaran.

scattered pieces all over the sanctum of the Sub- either, easy. committee on Low-Income Families. He was so Sen. John J. Sparkman suggested that this angry that he sputtered. didn’t seem to have much to do with poor farmers. ? “Th, th, th, everybody in Washington is look- Rep. Rich-said farm hands ought to earn higher x Ing for the easy way.” he sald. “The more we .yg,ges ike other people. Sen. Sparkman said ". give 'em the more they want. I just wonder sometimes this was impossible. Mr. Brannan where we're headed.” agreed. And Rep. Rich said, don’t get him wrong ~ Mr. Brannan, who tried to remain calm In his He wasn't accusing farmers of being lazy. He + + chocolate-colored suit and his tie the shade of a knew how hard they worked. He was a farmer ! fresh beefsteak, said he didn’t think the farmers pce himself, and that was why he became a x

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were looking for the easy way. Rep. Rich sald woolen manufacturer, he didn’t mean farmers, only. He meant every- DON'T MISS : body, including bureaucrats. Seven Days Shalt Thou Labor x | THIS SENSATIONAL )B. 4 “All eating out of cans,” he lamentyd. “The “THOSE COWS,” he said. “They give milk 1 OFFER! easy way.” . seven days a week and you don’t even get Sya- WW —y } E. New Mr. Brannan said yes and hed like to remind day off.” pe ” sautiful the gentleman that canned vegetables were a “That isn’t all,” sald the secretary. “We're ring by big business. He said his department was helping getting those cows geared up so that instead of x Ing. Co. the canners as much as it could. Rep. Rich was milking them twice a day, they give milk three: aghast, or four times a day.” x ughout “You mean you're subsidizing them, too?” he That stopped Rep. Rich, but not for long. And autitul cried. I don’t know why I've told you all this, except to , Mr. Brannan rubbed his eyes behind his gold- indicated that the committee somehow didn't get x : ng and rimmed glasses and said he meant he was giving much done this particular afternoon about the , but » ‘em advice on how to preserve foods. Mr. Rich problems of the poor. x Wart ¥ la Gy a an De aA alumi- TT = oo EE HOOSIERLAND SINCE . oll . . paint- Rich Brazilian Reports $100,000 Jewel Theft SHOP MONDAY: 9:30 to 9 P. M. wi A er will LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (UP) puted tq be one of the world’s ried to George Schrafft, New TUESDAY thru SATURDAY, 9:30 to 5:30 ET : a! hy yy ; the —Detectives searched today for richest men, and his blond bride York candy and restaurant king, Till Christmas 3 vz ot your more than $100,000 worth of jew- of two weeks, Susan Stephenson and Carlos Guinle, Brazilian mil- : ) . elry stolen from the Bel-Air Ho-| Schrafft Guinle Veiga, 27. lionaire wv 1359 tel suite of a fabulously rich Bra-| The couplé told police that the Sh " the. swt ¢ M x FREE PARKING o send Somatois Handed FE onl Toni nti rR wlio Boulos ary HES, : rn bride. . - |sometime y L | 1: ? ost for Victims. were- Antenor Mayr- aftrnoon and Thursday evening. widow of bandleader Hal Kemp| X IN LOT JUST WEST OF STORE yment, kink Veiga, 47-year-old Rio de The jewels were fully insured. and divorced wife of film star today. = ¢

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