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Big-Hearted City Gives 86,858 For Record Times Clothe-A-Child

“Merriest Christmas” of your life. You have set another record in your help for needy children through The Times Clothe-A-Child. You have shared with the poor, shivering youngsters more than you ever shared in the 22-year history of Clothe-A-Child . . . $86,858.68 worth. There have been 2520 children clothed. Last year 2413 were clothed by " Christmas day. Never has anyone dared to dream that the public would give such tremendous -support to The Times Clothe-A-Child. Last year the public gave $81;767.40 by : Christmas day. Here are the official figures that stamp Indianapolis as a city of “good neighbors” who care what happens to those less fortunate:

A MILE-O-DIMES IN RECORD YEAR—Scooping up part of the Mile-O-Dimes in Clothe-A-Child's record year are (left to right): Robert Tuttle, commander of the Firemen's Post of the Legion which manned the "mile," W. B. Nicewanger, Times' comptroller; Wal-

ter Leckrone, editor of The Times; Louis Larson, Times' circulation de partment,

Remember?

R EMEMBER the: pictures of those worn-out shoes discaided by- Cloths-A- Child children. in last Friday's Times? © A Times reader sent a contribution with this notation, “Here's $25 to keep those old shoes off Page 1.” Will you help keep old shoes off Page 1 and off the feet of shivering, poor children? The Clothe-A-Child job isn’t finished. Many children who are cold because they don’t have warm clothes.are crying for help. ~The Times Clothe-A-Child will help them tomorrow and the next day or the mext...if you help furnish the funds to buy the clothes: Send what you can spare to Clothe-A-Child, Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Maryland St. Or telephone PLaza 5551 tomorrow and make a donor appointment to take one or more children to the stores and buy their clothes.

Thanks—For 2000 Merry Christmases (An Editorial)

WE don’t know any words that will really tell you how much your gift of warm clothing means to just one needy child this Christmas morning. And this morning that is multiplied by more than 2000. This Christmas—for the twenty-second year—Indianapolis has met most generously the needs of these children through The Times Clothe-A-Child. So many thousands of men and women have helped by giving their own money, or time, or work, that it seems today like something the whole city joined hands to do.

A great many years ago the One whose birth is cele-|

brated today said: “Inasm these . . . . Ve have done it unto Me.” It seems to us this morning that you who have made this gift possible have truly understood the spirit of Christ-

Cash Contributions (An All-time Record) Spent by. direct donors who took another all-time record 1440 Times Clothe-A-Child children to the stores (conservatively estimated at $35 per “child) Mile-O-Dimes (more thas a mile) .....

$27,016.58

50,400.00 9,442. 10 »

GRAND TOTAL ... . $86,858.68

A Times reporter told fellow newspapermen at The Times office 22 years ago about the horrible conditions “among shivering, poor children. He found that in staffing any story his wildest dream could never have been equal to the achievement

That year the fellows in the office threw their loose change on the desk to help a couple of needy children. A story was published about it in The Times. Readers wrote letters—and sent money-—saying they wanted to help, too. A few children were clothed as a result. The following year more people helped and more children were clothed. And year after year the people of -Ifdianapolis have put more of their Christmas money into The “Times Clothe-A-Child fund and have taken more children to the stores and spent their own money to buy clothes for them. The generous support given to The Times Clothe-A-Child was possible only because the people of Indianapolis

once again—as they have in the last 22 years—realized that The Times Clothe-A-Child is the ONLY place needy children can turn with confidence each Christmas to

obtain tHe warm clothes they need. Many sacrifices have been made by the public to make this record year possible, Local Union 1048 IBEW (AFL) at RCA-Victor again did a tremendous job clothing some .500 chlidren with approximately $13,000 contributed throughout the year. The Herff-Jones Co., Allison Division, Eli Lilly, Naval Ordnance plant, Mitchel & Scott Engineering Co, .

“Another Story, Page 10 10; Donor List, Page | 17 P. R. Mallory & Co. and many, many other plants got behind the big job of clothing the needy children. Office workers took money they formerly had used for gift exchanges to clothe children. Much could be said for many. To all, the children of Clothe-A-Child, can only say + ».» "Thanks... . and

have a Merry Christmas, too.”

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of this year’s Clothe-A-Child.

Rear are Firemen John Ball and Tom Greenwood.

HELPS TOP MILE-O-DIMES—Ann Turner, adds contents of her tiny purse onto pile of dimes as they are swept up to the obvious approval of onlookers. helped stretch line to 1.052 miles of dimes for Clothe-A-Child,

It's Wet Outdoors -Slick, Too

By EMERSON TORREY It's a wet, not a white Christmas for Indianapolis.

The forecast for the holiday was rain. It will change to sleet and freezing rain tonight, the weatherman said. Some of the white stuff was to in

3 northern Indiana today, but none (Sluistmas i cao

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fand he 8 Sal 1 But here in Indianapolis, light ) holiday traffic moved cautiously, American and Hoosier style. and no weather-connected traffic, That's the subject of a Page 13 feature story in today's Times by Carl Henn, who con

accidents had been reported early trasts the Yuletide celebration

¢ today. | : | One man who slipped on the ice at Vermont and Illinois Sts. was| In snowy Brazil, Ind, and in sun-bathed Brazil, South America.

taken to Methodist Hospital with a broken leg. He is Harvey Cat- ———————————————— Times Index

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End Christmas Swing HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26 (UP)— | Edgar Bergen. and Charlie MeCarthy were home today from a {10-day 8400-mile swing through {14 cities which brought Christ{mas chuckles and gifts to 22,000 {hospitalized GIs.

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Her contribution

The Foxholes Keep Faith— Will Head Spellman Says Mass Safety Board For 3000 Gls at Front

Mayor-elect Alex M. Clark nas, Ry United Press only the Board of Works to ap-| WITH U. 8. 1ST MARINE Di-

point to complete his “official vision in Korea, Dec. 25—Three| family.” {thousand battle hardened United Yesterday he named three Indi-| States Marines knelt in the soft

mixed costume of American army winter gear against the biting cold, and with it the red of his rank. He shook hands with hundreds |of Marines and promised to write anapolis ‘men to the new Board fallen SEorean Show today i and|¢, the families of all who asked. of Public Safety which will take] ear rane arding Spe. man Only the religi i a Christmas m 1 y glous services an office Jan. 1. ay 5 B58 almost within the white snow reminded the

| sight of the enemy lines. The new president is Paul Rob-| Throughout the moonlight Marines of the date, for the war went on as usual in the trenches,

ertson, former member of the Christmas Eve the Leathernecks board during the administration ramped in from their frontline and Christmas Eve was another g night of waiting and watching for

foxholes for the mass, six miles! of the late Mayor Robert H. Tyn-| srom the Communists, and more! {the skulking shapes that might dall.

|than 400 of them received com-| 'be the enemy. The other members appointed munion from the Cardinal Arch-| A five-inch snow erased plans are Paul J. Shick, Republican bishop of Rey i [to ny iy a piping hot Turkey sin e cardina ew from New ner, but one company came down World War II Navy veteran, and | York to spend Christmas at the from the hills and other units James €. Courtney, Democrat at-| front, He stepped from a heli- were supplied by truck and portorney. [copter at 9:30 a. m, wearing a'ters. Mr. Robertson is president and |

Turkey? Nope, Hot Dogs TOKYO, Dec. 25 (UP)—When a group of sailors from the Escort Carrier U. 8. 8, Bairoko asked 140 Japanese orphans

whether they wanted turkey orJapanese food for their Christ.

treasurer of the "Hume-Mansur| ’ |Co., which owns and operates the| ‘Be Sure They All Get Fed'— Hume-Mansur Bldg. He is a ford i C 4 HX $1 8, 500 and Managers. Mr. Shick is a director of -the T K 1 1 2 P Republican Veterans of World 0 eep rom ises War II, the organization which A former member of the Mar- Loretta McIntosh, operator of &| Passengers were rebooked. ion Co. Liquor Board, Mr. Court-|¢,aye] service, walked into the Cancellations were confirmed and ney resigned that position to aC American Airlines office here and |grabbed up. An extra airliner cept the Safety Board appoint-|pjunked down $18,500. |was rolled out and placed in to get home by Christmas, bound airliner seat for every one She told each of them he would of the stranded servicemen. be at his own fireside by Christ-| “I told the boys they would get mas. Each of them was, out’ of here and be home by for which she. booked passage the fares they paid and the reguwith a charter plane service which | llar airline rates, and I still have was to supply three 55-passenger not got back the money i put up airliners for the trip East, for the chartered planes. I

mer president of the National Association of Building Owners backed Mayor Clark in his cam-| By United Press The activity which followed was |paign. | LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25—Mrs. furious. Hes. It was het way of keeping faith service. with 112 servicemen she promised | By sundown, there was an eastThe 112 men in uniform were a Christmas,” Mrs. McIntosh said. part of an original group of 165" ‘It cost me the difference between No planes ever arrived. _ | “But that doesn’t matter.. Mrs. McIntosh telegraphed and couldn't break faith with ‘those

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May your own Christmas be a happier one for the knowledge of what you have done.<—Amnd-in behalf of the children you have clothed: ; “Merry, Christmas——2000 times.” A

the usually shy children responded with a shout: “Hot dogs.” :

{i but still no planes came. She turned to. leave, Carrying $18,500, she went to|stopped. the American Airlines office, laid, “Be sure they all get fed. If the money on the aS the planes they're on don't serve

meals, I'll pay for it.”

then,

Times photo by John R. Spicklemiry "THE BIG DAY—AT LAST—A litte boy has no words to describe the wonderment of Christ

mas morning, And there are no words to describe the look of wonderment that Mike Caskey dis plays hire: 44 he onl ot a wonderland of tinsel and faye. He's a

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