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FRIDAY, TAN. 25,108 i. he

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By JOHN V. WILSON

The nickel phone call was con-|

demned to death here today.

Pay phone calls will advance to! 10 cents within six months. And]

long distance rates within the; state go up 6 per cent Feb. 1, Home phone bills will remain |

at the same peak they reached |

when & temporary increase was|

granted last June. The hike was| made permanent.

The increases were ordered by Circuit: Court Claycombe yesterday new _rate hike year, >

The long-awaited ruling in the

seven-month “eourt battle drew)

heavy criticism from, both sides—| J the utility and the Indiana Pub-|,

lic Service Commission.

. Suggests Appeal Judge Claycombe trimmed the| utility's request for another $4.7

ne To Remain at

Judge Lloyd D.| in award-| ~dng Indiana Bell Telephone Co, a| of $1.5 million a|

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Fidelity Trust Elects » Two New Directors

Two. new directors were elected

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company and president of Universal Broadcasting Co... ownler of WISH and other Indiana Mr. McConnell Mr. Lacy (Sialians wev Operates seven cor And Chester L. Robinson were 4 AC ( rate seven 0 : 2 3 . _ .. elected senior vice presidents. rugated shipping container fa Mr. McKinney £aid his trust \iories, ang is president of ine wpany had had its Biggest {board of managers of Sunnyside ont and had paid its regular six Sanitorium, and vice president r cent dividend in JARUATY, the board of the Indianapolis C : : a, 4 of C. . Frank E. McKinney, chairman Mallory Dividend and president of the trust com The board of P. R, Mallory and pany was re-elected. And three Co. Inc. voted its regular 30-cent officers were promoted. They dividend on common stock pay-

million by $3.2 " vice president, J. Albert Smith 21, y $3.2 million, - r— . re ere —— “An appeal to the Indiana Su- a ne preme Court is the only recourse. STRAUSS But a motion for a new trial will oo : ‘ at Sut i oe SAYS: TRADITION WITH A TOUCH OF TOMORROW Rave to o Sg Sret I dat HIT BUT NOT HURT—Bus driver Hazel Jeffries sits again behind wheel of bus after it was TRAIN PILOTS—Fireman David DeVoe and.gngineer G. L. of Indiana Bell ANNE d pres the| hit by a NYC train late yesterday. Bus stalled with nose on tracks when he tried to back up. Starbuck peer from locomotive after their train hit loaded bus. ruling could curtail investments to “improve service in the months to come.” Indiana Bell officials, “however, Plans Appeal | were munt on their possible appeal to the higher court. The nickel~*increase in the pay On Phone phone rate--first in the T4-year history of the utility here—may * not take effect. until July, Utility Rate Hike officials | said it will be several { months / before the changeover -Attacking the increase in can be made. "© Hoosier telephone bills as *“un-| Tolls Up Feb, 1 lawful, unfair and inconsistent,” Indiana Bell will begin collect- Public Counselor Walter Jones jue he Ser eens Forages the-|said today he would appeal Cir-| oard hike in long distance rates o next month. Mr. Jones said it cult Court Judge Lloyd -Clay-| will affect all Hoosier cities, in-|cOmbe’s order to the Indiama Su-| cluding those not in the Bell sys-/preme Court. tem. But utility officials disputed! Mr, Jones, expressed dissatis-| the statement. faction with the following points Also increased were service - charges for installing and recon- in Judge Claycombe’s Indiana necting phones. Bell Telephone Co. order yesterInstallation costs were hiked day: from $3 to $3.50 for residences,| and from $5 to $8 for businesses] ONE—Raising the pay Fieve Rates for reconnection of service charge from five to 10 cents. Mr. were advanced from $1 to $1.50./Jones pointed out Judge ‘Clay- -~ Commenting on his ruling, cov- [combe realized the fixing of utili- / ering 53 pages, Judge Claycombe|tY rates is not a court function | said, “I realize it probably is not Put a proper one for the Public satisfactory to anybody — not | Service Commission. He quoted even to myself —but it was my the judge's order: “Under the best judgment.” law, the PSC has exclusive jurisdiction to determine the rates! Hoped for More land charges of any utility.” 7 President Hanna said, “We had] Tw0 — Raisin the property! hoped that the court would give value of Indiana Dy trom $90 SITTING DUCKS—Trolley buses shine in the night as they wait in line for wiedled bus to be cleared from rail crossing on E. greater recognition to the present|mjlijon to $110 million. Mr. Jones| New York St. i: value of the company’s property.” saiq the judge allowed the utility| gx ag ,. Je said the court-ordered boost g29 million more than it invested. | / doesn’t even cover. increases in The Public Counselor said the! s . Seman aves DS ave Incurred court's action was “unusual” in urn 3 ear. - Indiana. : yr . . ated ie wi mat awh so, THREE Fiing a rate of re. nt The 1932 edition — including turn for the company. Mr. Jones| carn un “adequate” return ‘on the objected to'the court's deiermin.| colors new fo you! investments in plant and equip-| jog how Teh Dron I Sovpenl ment required in the months fol shou Hake On Ns es men . é come for continuously improved! lg d 2 Ma er for the service — an investment which | Ved 0 Sos e. 5 Ked HAS / . must be made at higher, costs pre- udge Claycomb, asked to com-| : . i vailing today.” : ment on Mr. Jones’ objections, H XS They're soft, light weight, WASHABLE On $110 Million Value |said that he was “within his| T E DENIM—they have an elastic BOXER The court order determined the Fights» I fixing of the Fates 0d) . ; WAIST—zipper fly—two big front fair value of Indiana Bell prop-|raising the pay phone charge be- ockets and two big hip pockets to erty at $110 million for rate-mak. | cause he had found “anything e 4 hold the im reas : the task - ing purposes. The utility had else would be confiscating money in ° P Y h wanted a $135 million figure, the/from the telephone company,”| ’ for pleasure) at hand—You turn the PSC $90 million. |although it- was making a profit. ottoms up for the length you like— In denying new increases in| A spokesman for Indiana Bell A ins into 4h d he' home phone rates, the judge fixed said the telephone increase was! man slips info them and hes them permanently at the level “greeted with mixed feelings” by comfortably, smartly ready for sports— he set last June. utility officials. Some liked it, he! 5 for televiewing—for his work shop or His temporary $5.4 million rate said- but felt “it wasn’t enough.” hobby—for the yard and the tasks | boost at that time followed an He said, however, that if the hereto—for high grade relaxing— appeal by Indiana Bell from the judge hadn't raised the property ‘ thereto—tor_ high g r ing PSC’s apprev al of only a §730,000 value, the utility would “eventu- We repeat that this is SOFT, LIGHT Increase, ally have gons broke.” WEIGHT Denim—easy to take care | of—They're in a full range of sizes— » . . Gives Self Up In Fatal Shooting | in 6 wel calors (soe DATA below) Lester M. Johnson, 30, of 2537| The fatal fight followed an ar- EASY JEANS—are something. that Columbia Ave., surrendered sarly gument over medical care of the after you have a pair (or Daten today in the fatal shooting of his Johnsons’ two sons, 3 and 2, de- you'll naver ses how you did 55-year-old mother-in-law, without them! . Johnson told - police he needed tectives were told. medical attention for a bullet] Mrs. Johnson was treated at 4.95 " wound in his hand. He said he General Hospital for a gash on : : was wounded in the fight in which her scalp, and her husband for| First Floor——Straight Back Mrs, Mary Belle Beckwith was the bullet wound which relatives ° killed yesterday afternoon in her Said was accidentally self-in- COLORS SIZES home, 2461 N. Rural St. flicted. Charcoal Gray 128-30 waist Police said Johnson also pistol-{ Johnson was held without bond Shamrock Green 232-34 waist whipped his wifg, Dolores, 23, who Ona preliminary charge of mur-| Blue Stone © 336-39 waist sued Him for divorce yesterday|der. His case was continued until| Cloud Gray 4-40-42 waist morning, 4nd fired two shots Thursday in Municipal Court 3. | DOWN Sail (darker) Blue S—(in Blue Stone enly) which missed her sister, 16-year- Cedar Brown 44.46 waist old Doris Beckwith. . . $12.85 Month! 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