Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 87, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 August 1933 — Page 8

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NEWS OF THE WEEK IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

BETTER HOUSES CALLED CITY’S CRYING NEED Thousands Could Be Given Work, Health Cause Advanced. BY I)R. R. CLYDE WHITE Director Indiana ( niveriitv Bureau of Soria! Research. Every one familiar with the L’Enfant plan for the city of Indianapolis knows that little has been done in the last two generations to make It a reality. The studies which the community plan committee of the Chamber of Commerce has made show where our social problems are located in the city. These problems are most acute in the areas of bad houses. We can not get away from the fact that the surroundings of a man. woman, or child affect his state of mind and have much to do with his efficiency. To live in a house with leaky roof, broken windows, sagging porch, and general appearance of dilapidation saps pride and ambition Calamities which drove the lamily to move into such an area already have dealt a severe blow at salf-respect The unsightly and unhealthful surroundings tend to complete the break-down of morale, and in time the family gets used to the standard of living and lacks the ambition to try to improve It. That is the moral effect upon those who must live in these bad housing areas. Effect Bad on Health But there is more obvious effect of bad houses, and that is the effect upon health. Dampness, inadequate heating facilities, and insanitary conditions endanger health. When there was an epidemic of spinalmeningitis in Indianapolis in the winter of 1929-30, almost all of the cases came from the areas of bd houses. Any other epidemic tends to show the same results. The surroundings are in league with disease and against the perons forced to live in such areas are helpless to make a successful counter attack Deaths from respiratory diseases and heart diseases are highest in these areas. Venereal disease flourishes in the areas of dilapidated houses. Delinquency, crime, poverty, sickness, and death come to the areas of greatest economic drain, that is, the areas of bad houses, with a calamitous force not present in other parts of the city. These are the great enemies of the individual and of society. They can not be attacked by the persons who are exposed to them most ; they must be attacked by the entire city. This is the problem of 365,000 people in Indianapolis. Threat of Tuberculosis A case of tuberculosis in census tract 22 or 77 is a threat to every other person in the city who is susceptible to the disease. All contagious diseases which break out most often in such areas are a threat to the entire city. The city is responsible for such conditions, and it must make united attack on them. One of the most obvious methods of attack is the demolition of acres of bad houses and the construction of decent, sanitary houses for the working population of the city in the same place. That can be done, provided the city unites to do it. For twenty years the rebuilding of unhealthful areas in the cities of Great Britain. Germany and Austria has been going on. Workmen have good, attractive houses in which to live and the rents are low enough to meet their requirements. These countries have built workmen’s houses on an amortization plan, and the same thing can be done in the United States. Surely, Indianapc'is would admit that something can be done in the industrial cities of Europe which can not be done here. We have followed a • let alone policy" so long that it is hard for us to take united action for community welfare, but we can do it, just as the old countries have done. Another method of attacking the problem is to put money in the pockets of the unemployed and underemployed in the city. This can be done for a great many famiiles by starting an extensive house building program. That will give work to skilled and unskilled workmen; it will boost the construction material business; and indirectly it will boost the food business. If we could spend $50,000,000 on houses in Indianapolis, we would contribute immensely toward the success of NRA and, therefore, to the building of our economic life. The houses are needed as a permanent improvement in the city, and the work is needed immediately by everybody in the city. It is well known that the construction industry is a good index of general business condition. A housing program in Indianapolis would stimulate this industry immensely. and we reasonably could expect this stimulus to be carried to all lines of business. HIGH MARK IS STRUCK IN SALES OF PONTIAC F • r s for First Ten Days of August Show Increase. Retail demand, continuing strongly into August, raised Pontiac straight eight sales during the first ten days of this month to the highest point for any corresponding period since 1929. according to figures released by Sales Manager R. K. White. "Pontiac’s 1933 sales through Aug. 10 exceed the same period of 1932 by 23.018 units." said White. "Pontiac has accounted to date for approximately 42 per cent of all sales made during 1933 in the entire straight eight field. "The remarkable manner in which sales are holding up offers the best proof of the strong backlog of demand underlying the market. In July. Pontiac sold 7.069 more cars than In July of 1932. And now, completely reversing the normal trend, the first ten days of August continue that sales pace, bringing retail deliveries of almost identical the volume obtained in the same period of last month, and which exceed the first ten days of August, 1932, by nearly 1,800 units.''

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Pictured above is part of the equipment for ironing towels at the Frank Selmier Towel Supply Company, 710 East Michigan street. More than twenty different sizes and types of towels are ironed on these large ironers. The Selmier Company, in addition to supplying towels to many of the business houses of Indianapolis, has a complete apron and uniform service.

FIRST COAT OF PAINTUSELESS Second and Following Ones Protect Wood Against Weathering. B.y Science Service MADISON. Wis.. Aug. 21.—The first coat of paint by itself Is almost useless in protecting wood against weathering. The assumption that the second and third coats were for appearance and durability alone is shown to be incorrect from tests conductedby F. L. Browne on many types of paints at the Forest Products Laboratory. It is claimed that the major portion of the protection offered by paint comes from second and further coats. Mills that supply lumber primed for protection against shipment and handling are wasting their efforts. There are two general types of primers on the market, aluminum and granular white pigment paints. Asa primer alone, aluminum paint is less effective than white paints, but it seems to serve as a better base for further coats of ordinary paints to make a complete protective cover. Browne states that special primers can be developed that will offer good protection against moisture by themselves and will serve as suitable bases for Aurable coats of ordinary paints. A perfect primer would be one that would contain enough pigment in the proper form to exert a capillary action in opposition to that of the wood so that absorption of oil out of the top coats of paint would be kept at a minimum.

Telephone Is Stripped of Secrecy by New Device

Mechanism Enables Every Conversation to Be Recorded. F.y Science Service. Many canny business men count among the advantages of the telephone not merely its speed and the immediate entree its imperative bell gives to their correspondents' attention, but also and especially the fact that it makes no possibly embarrassing permanent record of transactions which for one reason or other they may wish to leave unrecorded. But that latter advantage will be taken away from the telephone, if the telescriptor, the invention of a German engineer, comes into common use. The telescriptor is a simple and compact mechanism whereby a permanent, unbreakable phonograph disk is made of any telephone conversation which the user desires to make a matter of record. It consists essentially of a small microphone which the user can attach to his telephone ear by means of an ordinary heat-set spring. To the outer side he applies the telephone receiver, and carries on the conversation in the ordinary way. The instrument takes toll of both sides of the conversation, feeding it into a radio amplifying set, and thence to the recording phonograph. The disk when finished can be "played" on any ordinary phonograph. The uses of such a device would seem to be almost endless. Aside from making any desired telephone conversation a matter of record even more permanent than a written or typed letter it can be used for the automatic and confidential taking of the minutes of long-dis-tance committee and board meet-

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Flip of Light Switch Alters Entire Room

Whole Setting Changed by Paints Illuminated by Ultraviolet Rays. B.y Science Service Variety being the spice of life, modem scientific ultra-violet lighting and special paints have combined to make possible.the complete redecorating of a room with a flip of a switch. The usual room setting may be changed at will to that of a luminous Japanese tea garden, or again to a dimly lit winter scene in a Swiss chalet. This is all possible right in the home by the use of special phosphorescent and fluorescent paints illuminated by ultra-violet light. Ordinary nonluminous paints are used for the formal common finish that forms the standard type of decoration. Over these paints it is possible for skilled artists to paint a scene of entirely different design with fluorescent paints of almost any color that will not show in daylight or with ordinary lighting fixtures. Still, a third scene may be applied with phosphorescent paints that will glow in the dark. When the visible light Is extinguished and pure ultra-violet light is shone from concealed fixtures, the fluorescent and phosphorescent pigments in the special paints begin to shine and the walls are lighted by a soft, gentle light. When all the light, both ordinary and ultra-violet, is extinguished, the phosphorescent pattern becomes visible. This new home luxury of changing scene and re-

ings which are passing out of the stage of "stunts'’ and rarities; it can be turned against ‘phone-using blackmailers and kidnapers with deadly effect; combined with one of the sound-scrambling machines long since invented, but not often used, it could transmit military and other highly confidential messages that subsequently would be unscrambled at the receiving end. There might be some interesting legal aspects connected, with the introduction of one of these records into a sharply contested trial. It might require the employment of voice experts to determine the identity of the participants in oiv of the recorded conversations, as handwriting experts now are employed to identify script and signatures, or typewriting experts to trace a given document to a given machine. And woe to the truant husband who telephones home that he is going to be detained at the office, and then arrives later—much later—having forgotten his original excuse and substituted the one about the sick lodge brother! Prepare Limited Supply The practical painter should thin down only enough color to last through the day, mixing fresh color each day for each day's work, rather than thinning enough to paint the whole house and taking a chance on the weather. Elevator Contracts Placed By Times Special NEW YORK. Aug. 21.—Contracts approximating $93,660 have been placed with the Otis Elevator Company during the last month for modernizing and maintenancing elevator equipment throughout the United States.

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laxing atmosphere will soon be in demand. As usual, it is the advertisers who have gone ahead with these schemes. A visitor to the Century of Progress can see many commercial exhibits featuring this new use of the ultraviolet. Wall paper changes its design from a simple geometric pattern in the day to an aquarium design under artificial illumination. A single poster may have three different scenes painted on it. Tne surroundings of a group of children playing in sunsuits change from a beach in the middle of summer to a modern nursery equipped with sun lamps in the winter. The development of the “black bulb” ultraviolet lamp brings these properties of certain pigments, known for more than 300 years, into commercial use. It is similar to the ultraviolet health lamp>s, but is shielded by a dense purple glass that cuts off all the visible light. These lamps may be wired into the ordinary 110-volt electric light circuits and are small enough to be concealed in a hidden fixture. The invisible light that it generates may be directed upon the painted designs. The phosphorescent paint stores up energy from the invisible ultraviolet light and glows more feebly than the fluorescent paint so that it does not interfere with the second design. When all the light, both ordinary and ultraviolet, is turned off, the phosphorescent paints will continue to shine in the dark, in much the same way as luminous dials of watches.

BRANCH STORES OPENED Crazy Crystal Distributor in City Announces Expansion. Due to increased demand for Crazy Crystals, branch stores have been opened in Muncie, Terre Haute, and Evansville, and plans are being made to open additional retail outlets throughout the state, according to H. M. Thomas, distributor for Crazy Crystals. PEN TERM FOR BOOZE Two Men Sentenced to Six Months in Federal Prison. Arraigned before Judge Robert C. Baltzell in federal court Saturday charged with transporting liquor, Fred A. George of Connersville, and Roscoe A. Carpenter of Elwood w'ere sentenced to serve six months each in the penitentiary and pay fines of SIOO. Both men were arrested by federal prohibition agents last June at Central avenue and Fortieth street. Paint Under Porch Floor Painting the under side of a porch floor is an excellent way to keep irtoisture and dampness from coming through and causing the paint on the upper side to blister and peel. If the house is just being built, paint the boards before laying them in place. Moss Growth Remover Moss growth on stone or brick work that is to be painted can be removed by washing the surface well with water to which has been added 2 per cent by volume of carbolic acid. About an hour after this treatment, the growth should come off easily with the aid of a stiff brush and clear water.

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INDIANA RANKS NEAR PEAK FOR FOOD PRODUCING First in Hominy, Close to Top on Beans, Onions and Tomatoes. By Timm Special CHICAGO. Aug. 21. ranks as one of the greatest foodproducing states in the union, it is shown by statistics gathered in a national survey made public at A Century of Progress. The survey was made by foodstuffs experts of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. Statistics on the state-by-state production of foods were compiled after six months’ research in the archives of federal and state bureaus for the purpose of designing “A Food Map of the United States" which just has been hung at A Century of Progress. Virtually every foodstuff possible in its temperate climate is produced in Indiana. In canned goods, the state leads the nation in several items, including hominy, of which Indiana’s output is 51.16 per cent of the country's total; beans, 33.42 per cent; pumpkin and squash, 44.88 per cent, and tomato pulp 34.78 per cent. The state ranks fourth in production of onions, 11.02 per cent; third in tomatoes, 13.05 per cent; seventh in canned corn, 7.32 per cent; fifth in grain corn, 5.82 per cent, and eleventh in wheat, 3.05 per cent. Following is the list of principal foods produced by Indiana, together with the amount of production of each and the percentage of the United States total; DAIRY PRODUCTS & POULTRY Per cent of U. S. Total Butter, lb* 59.5000.000 4.02 Cheese 5.095 000 0.99 Chickens 17.706 000 4 02 Ducks 465.000 4.10 Es. do* 103.540.000 3.35 Oeese 103.146.000 3.66 Ml k. Ral. ..... 332.183.000 3 00 Milk, canned, lb 63.130 000 3 33 Turkeys 130.00 0.77 FISH Fresh fish and shellfish. lbs 1.317.00 0.04 FRUITS Apples, bu 2.294.000 1.31 Uiackoenes and dewberries. ots 444.000 1.15 Cantaloupes, cr 513.000 3 32 Cranberries, ots 3.000 0.01 Currants, ats 22.000 0.47 Grapes, tons 3.679 0.15 Peaches, bu 599.000 1 01 Pears, bu 235 00l> 106 Plums and prunes, bu... 43.000 0 22 Raspberries, qts 829.000 1.54 Strawbenes. cr 110.000 0.89 Watermelons, mel 1.050.000 1.65 GRAINS Buckwheat, bu 256.000 1.91 Barley, bu 946.000 0.36 Corn, bu 160.599.000 5.82 Oats, bu 62.796.000 4.77 Rve. bu 1.589.000 3.44 Wheat, bu 25.052.000 3.05 MEATS Beef, fresh, lbs 125.123.000 2.73 Cattle, head 1 291.000 2.19 Beef 608.000 1.65 Milk 683.000 3.04 Cooked hams, lbs 4 089 000 2.69 Lard, lbs 82 771.000 4.06 Mutton and lambs, fresh. lbs 3.527.000 0.59 Pork, fresh, lbs 113.215.000 3.17 Pork, cured, lbs 124.397.000 3.53 Sausaße. lbs. ~ 31.899 000 2.69 Sheep 686.000 1.60 Swine 3.035.000 5.35 Veal, fresh, lbs 10.403.000 2.04 STABLE GROCERY ITEMS Flour bbls 2.882.000 2.59 Honev lbs 2.156.000 2.58 Oleomamarine. lbs 3.464.000 1.28 Pork and beans. canned, cs 12.73<.000 74.92 Hominv. canned, cs 903.000 51.16 Sauerkraut, canned, cs. 388.000 9.19 Spaßhctti. canned, cs... 206.000 4.86 Sorghum sirup. Ral 178.000 0.62 VEGETABLES Beans, snap, bu 139.000 1.24 B< ans. strlnß. canned, cs 142 000 2.79 Cabbaae. tons 15.000 1.54 Carrotts. bu 16.000 0.20 Celery, cr 23.000 0.31 Corn, canned, cs 1.255.000 7.32 Corn, sweet, tons 41.000 4.54 Cucumbers, bu 384.000 3.98 Beans, canned, misc. Inc. kidnev. cs 1.465.000 33.42 Onions, bu 2,450.000 11.02 Peas, bu 266.000 1.54 Peas, canned, cs 301.000 1.77 Potatoes, bu 4.859 000 1.28 Potatoes, sweet, bu 250,000 0.31 Pumpkin and squash. canned, cs 1.088.000 44.88 Tomatoes, bu 8,222,000 13.05 Tomatoes, canned, cs. .. 1.146.000 8.81 Tomato paste. canned, cs 121.000 19.97 Tomnto pulp, canned, cs. 1.066 000 34.78 Tomato sauce. canned, cs. . .t7T 9.000 0.95 Credit for the attractive presentation of the story of food on the giant map now hanging at the A. & P. carnival belongs to Louis Fancher, noted poster artist. The products of each state are depicted graphically—and somewhat whimsically. Fish grin, crows eat corn, and cows scamper away from lassoes. The eleven colors of the map are as gay and as brilliant as Fancher’s designs. Watch the Thermometer ' Exterior painting should be done only in dry weather and when the thermometer registers at least 40 degrees. In colder weather the moisture that is generally present will condense on the surface and nterfere with good results.

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Heat Acts as Fire Perils Department Is Called When Electric Toaster Is Operated. By Times Special CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—When an exhibitor at A Century of Progress decided to make a piece of toast for himself, he didn’t know he was going to create more excitement on the fair grounds than even the Streets of Paris have aroused. It happened this way: The exhibitor placed a slice of bread In an electric toaster. The heat from the toaster set off the automatic fire alarm system. Before the bread had been browned, the city fire fighting department stationed on the grounds was on the scene, with hose ready to play a stream on the supposed fire. Gazing at the toast, the firemen hauled in their hose, climbed back on their apparatus and with a loud clanging of gongs retired to headquarters. This is a demonstration of what is perhaps the most efficient fire alarm system In all the world. It is a combination of copper tubing and copper wire. The tubing, if laid end to end, would extend over a distance of forty-two miles, or from the fair grounds across the lake to Michigan City. It would reach from one end of "The Longest Street in the World” —Halsted street, Chicago—to the other end and back again. The tubing is so small that one has to look mighty close to find it, | if one can, for in many buidings it 1 is entirely concealed. It Is only onetwelfth of an inch in diameter, yet it gives effective protection to fifteen of the major buildings, including the Hall of Science, the Electrical group, the States group, the General Exhibits building. Travel and Transport, General Motors and Chrysler. The system is known as the Aero I Automatic Fire Alarm and was installed by the American District Telegraph Company.

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Alarm If World's Fair Any rapid rise in temperature, such as would be created by a fire, causes the air In the copper tube to expand, and this in turn expands a copper syphon bellows that closes an electric contact and transmits the alarm to the central station indicator.

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LOW PRICES ON PAINT SOON TO COMEJTO END Home Owner Can Save by Using ‘First Aid’ on His Home Now. By Time Special WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. The home owner who acts with speed may give his domicile a little ' first aid'' at the last of depression prices, according to officials of the American paint, varnish, and lacquer industries. The effect of inflation, the recovery drive, and the administration's re-employment campaign already have made themselves felt In a sharp stiffening in the prices of all commodities, and notably in the cost of materials that go into the care and repair of the home Despite this, however. Charles W. Eastwood of Providence. R. 1., chairman of the Save-the-Surface campaign, asserts that timely re!>airs and a rejuvenating touch of paint still ran be administered at costs anywhere from 20 to 30 per cent under those of 1926, which are used by the federal government as a normal basis. Such undertakings, Eastwood declares. perform the added function of saving the home owner bills in the future. The exterior of the home, exposed to all kinds of weather the year round, is subjected to a terrific annual toll of depreciation at the hands of the elements. Seasonal attention, necessary repairs, and constant care are essential if the home owner's investment is to be preserved, or if his property value is to be enhanced. At the first sign of need, the entire exterior of the frame house should be painted. If. however, the home owner is not in a position to undertake such a project, it is wise to look for so-called danger signs cracks or crevices in the wood;] peeling or blistering of the surface, or deterioration which admits moisture the forerunner of rust, rot and decay. By watching these danger points and by being on hand with putty, brush and paint to administer the remedy, needless waste is avoided. Removing Old Paint Loose or scaly paint should be removed before new paint is applied. Burning has been found to be the best method of removing such impaired surfaces from building exteriors. The torch, however, should be handled by someone one skilled In its use because of the fire hazard. An effective paint remover is recommended for places which can not be reached with the torch.