Speedway Flyer, Volume 16, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1948 — Page 3

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ROLLES ANO SEARLES Pure Oil Products GAS OIL LUBRICATION \ <Pt|RF> 5002 W. 16th Street Be. 0740

i Painting ROBERT R. STDERWALT EXTERIOR INTERIOR 20 yn. Exp. -l Work 5054 W. 16th St. Belmont 0257-R

C LUB members enjoy great SAVINGS on meat ■ L,OW PRICES, YET HIGHEST QUALITY &U. S. INSP. 1 UJ—TOO CAN SAVE, EAT MORE MEAT Become a member of our $1 club *|-O r i IWft i- | ‘ ' LEW’S MARKET Lyndhurst at State Road 34 BELMONT 0579 ; >*- . • ' . ■ Mr Delivery Service AU Day Saturday , ■

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Wage-Hour Fixing By GEORGE S. BENSON President ot Harding College » Searcy. Arkansas ——.n

THURMAN SENSING, who directs research for the Southern States Industrial Council, Nashville, Tenn., is a man who speaks with wisdom. Sometime ago Mr. Sensing released comments on our wage and hour law, in which he predicted there would be continued agitation to fix minimum wages at higher figures. I think it is true, as Mr. Sensing suggests, that few people understand the implications of wage and hour fixing by the government. Says Mr. Sensing: “The whole system of democracy is directly opposed to any sort of planned economy . . Deny it though we may, the fixing of wages by legislative action can be regarded as nothing else than part and parcel of planned econom/ If the government is allowed to assume the power to fix minimum wages and maximum hours, there is nothing to keep the government from reversing this process and fixing maximum wages and minimum hours.” Only Real WITH THAT, demoGuarantee cracy flies completely out the window, Mr. Sensing declares. Everybody, he says, should have a living wage or more if he earns it. “But no one who believes in democracy will argue that a person should have a certain wage whether he earns it or riot. Productivity comes first, not wages. The only real guarantee behind a wage in a democracy is the productivity of the person who receives the wage.” These words are So logical and the reasoning so plain that I would like to continue with Mr. Sensing's comments. Suppose an employer couldn’t pay the minimum wages set up, and had to

45 TROLLEYS; BUSES ORDERED; COST $775,000 Orders totaling $775,000 have been placed with three manufacturers for_4s new motor coaches and trackless trolleys by Indianapolis Railways. The new equipment will be similar to new vehicles purchased in 1947, but larger in each case. Ten Marmon-Herrington trackless trolleys manufactured in this city will be huge 48-passenger vehicles, largest rubber-tired coaches ever used by the Company. They will be delivered in May. The 25 General Motors Diesel buses will have 45 seats as compared to 40-seat buses placed in service last year. They are scheduled for June delivery. First to be delivered will be 10 Twin Coaches in February. They will have 44-seat capacity instead of 34 in those purchased last year.

Indianapolis Railways officials announce that the new vehicles will premit the company to retire a similar number of obsolete equipment, some of which dates back as early as 1932. The “king size” coaches will have a total seating capacity of 2,045 as compared to 1,597 on the old eqiupment to be abandoned. Receipt of the new coaches will give the Company 195 new units

WE WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FEBRUARY 9TH EMMETT VENETIAN BLIND COMPANY 5242 Crawfordsville Rd. Belmont 1276

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close down. There are two choices for the government: “either the business must be taken over . . and workers paid without any reference to the of the business; or go on relief and are issued a dole at the expense of the general public.” Whence THE FIRST would Prosperity? be state socialism, which the people of America would never endorse willingly or knowingly. “Socialism never has and never will bring the people a strong government and a high standard of living.” Mr. Sensing cites socialism in England: “Promising them greate.r production, it has brought decreased production; promising them a higher standard of living, it has brought them a lower standard of living; promising them happiness, it has brought them misery.” The other alternative, says Mr. Sensing, would bring a great body of unemployed. “They are unemployed simply because the laws of the land have made it unprofitable for them to be employed . . . They are living off the enterprise and productivity of the rest of the people. Their incentive is dulled, their energy is stifled, their initiative is warped. “If minimum wages fixed by the law are to make us prosperous, we might as well set the figure at one dollar per hour or two dollars per hour or five dollars per hour . . . In a democracy the requirement must always be that the individual shall earn his wage, whether it be ten cents per hour or ten dollars per hour; moreover, that it shall be fixed by free enterprise in a competitive economy. Our whole history' has shown this to be the road to prosperity."

in its post-war modernization program. More than $3,000,000 will have been expended in the transit firm’s $4,500,000 post-war program. Conservation Club (Continued from Page 1) put up our x almost new trap and so some shooting. Trap Shooters! Why we have some of the best in our fair county that go other places. Why not shoot at our own targets?. Our officers for the past year have done a wpnderful job working with this club and show it by the balance in the treasury and to show our appreciation for what they have done, let’s all come out Jan. 21st. Just remember the best things in life are free, and our entertainment is just that. 1948 dues are now payable. Just one buck puts you in good standing for one more year. Shooting at Marion County Fish and Game, Jan. 18, all day.

Telephone Report for 1947 ... A Year of Progress

★ The year 1947 was one of record activity for Indiana Bell. We made fine progress on our expansiop program which is many times larger than was ever undertaken before. Material shortages failed to im-

Hero Is What Wa Did In 1947-

About 50,000 telephone* were added during 1947, which was on* eyery three minute* of every working day. We spent more than $16,000,000 on new line*, equipment and building* to expand and improve your telephone service—part of a three-year $50,000,000 program.

The Outlook For 1948 Is Bright

★ During 1948, our three-year $50,000,000 expansion program will move forward rapidly. Numerous projects begun in 4947, and many new ones, will be completed. Much additional construction and installation work will get under way.

INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE Ojy COMPANY

Volcanoes Are Booming The restless earth, boiling st fantastic temperatures within, has broken lava seals on craters long dormant and has created occasional new vents during the year. Volcanologists count, about 500 active craters in the world, active by virture ot eruptions within historic times. About 60 of these have been in some degree of active eruption in 1947. Three-fourths or more of the total are in the Pacific half of the globe. Most of them are strung along the Andes and North American coastal ridges, the Aleutians, the Kamchatka peninsula, the Kurile islands, Japan, the Philippines, New Guinea, the Solomons and New Hebrides. ' Pasteurisation Detective If one* pound of milk in 2,000 or one pound of cream in 5,000 has not been pasteurized, a new test developed by the U. S. bureau of dairy industry can detect it The test originally was perfected for use on Cheddar cheese and since has been improved for application to practically all milk products. By its use, a variation of one degree below the standard pasteurizing temperature can be detected. « Cost to Plant Forests It costs from $6 to sl2 an acre, depending on the cost of labor, type at country, equipment and cost of seedlings, to plant trees. The final cost of reforesting an area artificially cannot be determined until the planting is a few years old and the necessary replacement of trees which die is known. Ordinarily, more than 60 per cent of all planted trees will survive.

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prove as rapidly as we had hoped in 1947, while demand for telephone service continued unabated. In spite of handicaps, we were able to complete many important projects and begin work on numerous others.

Enough central office equipment wa* installed during 1947 to some a city the size of Anderson, Mundo and Kokomo combined. Work progfaaead on 6 now buildings and 15 additions to prptonl buddings ot on osN** mated Anal cost of $3,275,000. Nine of those projects were completed to 1947.

This accelerated activity by Indiana Bell will provide telephones for those who have been waiting. In 1948 we will take a long step toward our goal of even better and faster service than in pre-war years.

Personal* Oontlnuea from Page 1 Minn., where Mr. Morrow was undergoing treatment at Mayo's. Mr. and Mrs. John King of Gainsville, Fla., formerly of Speedway, announce the arrival of a baby boy born Jan. 8, named John Steven . King. Mr. and Mrs. Walter, Zieher, 1838 Georgetown Road, have a baby girl, Janet Sue, born Dec. 27. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sett, 1615 Cunningham Road, are the proud parents of a baby girl born Jan. 14 at the St. Vincent’s Hospital. Aunt Minta Carter of Brownsburg, Ind., was the surprise guest of Ida Marvel Friday afternoon. On. account of their health there will, be no get-together on their birthdays this year. Trapshooting Record One of the greatest trap shooting records ever made was shot by the late Mrs. Elizabeth Toepperwein of Winchester who broke 1,952 out of 2,000 day targets in three hours and 15 minutes of actual shooting time. The greatest recprd ever made anywhere in the world at aerial targets was made with a .22 rifle by Mrs. Toepperwein’s husband, Ad, Who is now 76 years old. in 12 days of shooting, Toepperwein broke 72,491 out of 72,560 targets. He had only nine misses in 12 days.

A total of about 120,00 p miles of wire, mainly In cable, wa* placed in service by Indiana Bell during the past year. Some 350 Long Distance Unet were added tn 1947 to speed your calls to other cities. On on average, 77,000 long Distance calls

* 'C' K ' s'-*. lyfe”''’ x ' 's' ' g ■' ■■•• s'. \&' ! I bring in your Maxwell House coupon get 1 lb. of -7 MAXWELL HOUSE coffee

BACON.. 1b. 69c PORK CHOPS lb. S4c COTTAGE ROAST lb. 53c Speedway Food Mart 16th at Lyndhurst Belmont 3843 WE DELIVER ALL DAY SATURDAY ,

TAX RETURNS By Appointment, Wednesdays or Saturdays JOHN J. FIDGER, JR. 1520 Main Street Be. 5182-2

Expert Shoe Repairing While You Wait Shoes Picked Up And DELIVERED WITH DRY CLEANING Walt’s Speedway Cleaners dt Shoe Repair JIMMY CUTRELL. Prop. 4723 W. 16th St BEL 2925

DOYOUKNOW | That if you are 'buying your homo on contract you can effect gome worth while savings in taxes and interest if you have enough equity to qualify for a mortgage loan? t LET US EXPLAIN. SPEEDWAY SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION 1518-20 Main Street Bo MlO

“Lay Your Coal In Early” MOOREFIELD COAL COMPANY “We Don’t Keep the Beet --WeSeUlf 2820 W. Mich. St Belmont 0350 Owned and Operated by Zeb. Maddrey

A. E. BOYDEN ALL MAKES OF FURNACES PLUMBING REPAIRS 1832 Exeter Ave. Belmont Mil

Don’t let your supply of coal get too low. Good coals and coke will be hard to get all || winter. \ | f- A. '■•‘'-■W Champe de Garland Coal Co., Inc. 1422 W. 30th St. Wa. 4543 IBMI Gciddnd ' Cer4dlanpc ' "jftud Uimamihr'

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