Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 111, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1933 — Page 9

SEPT. 18, 1933.

NEWS OF THE WEEK IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

MILLION-MILE MARK NEARED BY 11. S. ROADS Building to Be Stimulated by Apportioning of Federal Funds. The country rapidly is approaching the tim® when a million miles of surfaced highways will be available for our rubber-tired system of transportation, according to Frank Hatfield, president of the Hoosler Motor Club. Hatfield declared that at the end of 1932 there were approximately 875,000 miles of surfaced roads, of which around 275,000 miles are on state highway systems, and the remainder local highways. "There are a total of 3.040,000 miles of highways in the United States.” he continued, "of which 360,000 miles are on state systems and 2,680.000 are county or local roads. Included in the state system, of course, is the federal aid system, covering some 200,000 miles of important interstate highways. $400,000,000 Available "The $400,000,000 fund now available to the states under the national industrial recovery act will have the effect of stimulating road building. Every state will share in this fund, and, as there is no requirement that it be matched, the states can begin to use the money as soon as their programs have been approved. In fact, no less than twenty states already have obtained tentative approval for their programs and are getting work under way. “Aside from the new mileage to be improved and the resurfacing of mileage previously improved, the federal funds will enable the states to eliminate a large variety of traffic hazards. This work will include the building of by-pass highways around cities, the elimination of grade crossings, and the removal of •bottle-necks’ as a means of facilitating traffic with a greater degree of safety." Solid Tires Disappear Solid or cushion tires rapidly are disappearing from the highways, and this is certain to mean less wear and tear on the roads in the future, according to Todd Stoops, secretary-manager of the Hoosier Motor Club. Stoops declared that estimates indicate that only 2.9 per cent of the 1932 truck production had solid or cushion tires, whereas in 1921 the percentage of commercial vehicles so equipped amounted to 29.8 per cent. “Solid tire use.” he continued, ••now is confined almost exclusively to a limited field of specialized hauling, including road construction. excavating and the transportation of structural steel and other extremely heavy loads, mostly within cities. Restrictions Made Law* ‘‘Aside from the effect on highways. solid tired vehicles usually are of a slow-moving variety which serve to impede traffic. The general use of pneumatic tires for commercial vehicles will speed up these and thereby facilitate travel. This is true particularly in metropolitan areas.” The Hoosier Motor Club executive pointed out that new restrictions on commercial vehicles now being written into state laws provide for the elimination of solid or cushion tires, with a reasonable time for replacements. “Several states," he added, “have already enacted laws banning \c~ hicles' with solid tires from the highways, and it is anticipated that a number of legislatures will give consideration to such legislation in tlje immediate future.” DEMAND^SACK WAGES gtrikirfg Warsaw (Ind.) Workers in Demonstration at Plant. /tv Thi'ft-*/ Prc** WARSAW. Ind . Sept. 16.—Striking employes of the Schultz-Illinois-Star Paper Box Company gathered at the plant today demanding back wages. Some of the workers claimed they were owed four weeks’ pay. All decided at a meeting Friday night not to return to work, unless they were taken back in their old Tvitinns And under the NRA code.

Beer's Sale in Business Recovery to Be Shown

3.000 Delegates to Master Brewers' Convention Are Expected. By Time* Spfdal CHICAGO. Sept. 18—The facts and figures showing the important role beer is playing in the recovery of business is to be revealed at the thirtieth annual convention of the Brewers' Association of America, to b? held here at the Drake hotel and Germania Club, Sept. 24 to 23. inclusive. When 3.000 delegates and representatives of maltsters, machinery manufacturers. bottle concerns, coopers and other lines, arrive, the amount of money spent by each brewery or company and the number of men put to work will be obtained. Predictions are that the total will be comparable to the national debt and the number of new employes larger than the regular army. Significant also, as this is the first business session since the legalization of beer, will be the reports of various committees on brewing methods, new systems used and some of the problems Involved in keeping step with the demand. Mathew Wall, vice-president. American Federation of Labor, Washington; Robert Schwarts, director. First Scientific Station for the Art of Brewing; Marcus Maeg-

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Packard Introduces 1934 Cars in 41 Body Styles

Added Refinements Mark New Models Shown at Citizens Cos. The 1934 Packards feature many important improvements in mechanical details, and even greater strides than ever before have been made in the reduction of noise, added comfort and beauty, according to Ted Byrne, general manager of the Citizens Motor Company, Packard distributors for this territory. The new Packard “line’’ has eight chassis, forty-one body models in thirteen different type and three engines, two eight-cylinder in line moters and a twelve-cylinder engine for the super-luxurious head of the “line.” the big Packard twelve. One of the outstanding of the many mechanical improvements is anew oiling system for the eightcylinder motors. All oil in the new engines is filtered and cooled before going to the bearings, through operation of anew oil conditioner. In cold weather the oil also is warmed quickly. Packard engineers say months of testing have proven that the new Packard oiling system still will further increase the life of the car and cut repair bills through reducing wear. Exterior appearance of the new car is characteristically Packard. Fenders, however, are deeper and carry the curve of the wheels. Around the edges of the fenders is rolled a deep hidden gutter which carries any water thrown up from HOTEL TAKES HUGE GROUP OF INSURANCE 1,140 New Yorker Employes Given Protection. By Time* Special NEW YORK, Sept, 18.—The largest group insurance contract in any American hotel is announced in a statement by Ralph Hitz, president of Hotel New Yorker, that 1.140 of its employes are protected by group insurance with a total volume of $2,500,000, under an arrangement with the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. The insurance plan makes available group life insurance totaling $1,260,000 and group accident and health insurance with a volume of $1,240,000. The cost of both forms of insurance will be shared by the hotel and the insured employes. “Convinced that every employe should have the benefit of group insurance.” said Hitz. “Hotel New Yorker offered the plan to the entire organization. The response was most gratifying, more than 90 per cent of the employes have already subscribed to the plan and it is expected that there will soon be 100 per cent participation. The management is very glad to co-oper-ate in this manner to protect employes who have contributed to the success of the hotel.”

erlein. president, Master Brewers’ Association, and Frank P. Van de Westelaken. master brewer of the Prima Company and in charge cf the convention, will be the principal speakers. Bronze busts of Dr. J. E. Sibel and Anton Schwarz, who developed the present brewing methods, will be unveiled in the Hall of Science at A Century of Progress. Election of officers and a banquet also are on the program.

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the pavement by the wheels, preventing it from being blown back along the sides of the car. Recessed plates in the rear fenders catch stones cast up by the tires from gravel roads. With these new cars, Packard becomes the first automobile builder to give full recognition to the radio as a desirable feature of motoring. The new models are completely engineered for the installation of radio sets. Besides shielded wiring and lead-in wiring, change in coils to prevent interference, larger aircooled generator and other such engineering features, the instrument board caries a removable panel into which the radio controls can be set. The panel follows the characteiistic Packard radiator lines and acts as a decoration for the instrument board if a radio set is not installed.

Rubber Made From U. S. Plant Is Put to Test

Use Held Practical Only If Foreign Supply Is Cut Off. Bjj Science Service CHICAGO, Sept. 18. Rubber from the only source within the borders of the United States, the Guayule shrub, has been given a commercial test in automobile tires and tubes. What the motorist and the army could expect from tires that would have to be made from this local source in case of a war embargo was told to a gathering of chemists of the American Chemical Society here by J. Harvey Doering of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. The test tires built by this company from rubber that was exclusively guayule failed between 8,500 and 10.200 miles because of tread wear. The inner tubes proved satisfactory throughout the test. ■ The chief difficulty with the ex- ; tensive use of guayule rubber is its high resin content. Doering said. This can be overcome by an expensive process that will renjove the resin. The tires tested were not made from treated rubber, but contained from 18 to 20 per cent of resins. These rubbers are extremely soft and sticky, so that it was found necessary to add several “drying” pigments before the tires could be built. Small quantities of dirt and bark in the rubber made it very difficult to build good tubes. Doering expressed the opinion that these foreign substances could be removed by some straining method such as is used in cleaning reclaimed rubber. It seems very improbable that the guayule product will take the place of hevea rubber imported from the East Indies except as an emergency measure, such as war. Uncle Sam probably has enough stored away, in the form of new and reclaimed rubber, to last the nation for perhaps two years in case of war while rubber experts are developing this emergency supply. Under these conditions, Doering promised guayule tires as good as the fabric tires of 1918. DANCE CASINO TO OPEN Falls City Establishment to Be Located on East Side. E. W. Mushrush. owner of the Riverside dancing pavilion, and Robert S. Kiefer, operator of North and South Pole Inc., have announced that they will open the Falls City dancing casino Sept. 30 at 3547 East Washington street. Harold L. Bailey will direct the ten-piece orchestra at the casino. The building is being redecorated and a modern bar will be installed.

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Nothing hampers an automobile’s performance in winter weather as much as does a faulty radiator system. Almost every motorist knows that and perhaps that is one reason for the popularity of the ReedMueller Company, 111 Kentucky avenue. The company was organized in 1928 to make a specialty of repairing, cleaning and replacing automobile radiators and servicing hot water heaters. And Reed-Mueller today is a household word with hundreds of Indianapolis autoists. Stored in the basement of the firm’s quarters are approximately three tons of radiators, beyond repair, taken from old cars. These represent about 300 radiators which have been replaced with new ones in the last four months. The old ones are sold for junk. Vern (Pop) Reed, who gives his personal attention to all work done at the company, asserts that every radiator should be checked for leaks and all hose connections inspected before winter weather arrives. Reed-Mueller," he asserts, inspects the cooling systems of automobiles without charge.

OIL REFINING PROCESSJHOWN City Dealers See Actual Demonstration in Glass Still. Featuring the complete reproduction of refining processes conducted entirely under glass, so that all steps are clearly visible to the audience, a spectacular demonstraton of the carbon removing qualities of Macmillan Ring-Free Motor Oil was held for independant dealers Monday night at the Antlers hotel. The meeting was sponsored by the Mid-Western Petroleum Company, distributor for this territory, and is said to be one of the most educational and interesting demontrations of its kind ever shown in this vicinity. The demonstration was conducted by De Ralph Prizell, lubrication engineer o fthe Macmillan Petroleum Corporation, and his technical assistants. Perhaps of greatest interest was the exhibition, in glass enclosed stills, of the new and different kind of refining process responsible for the high specifications and carbon removing ability of Ring-Free Motor Oil. Being conducted entirely under glass, all steps were completely visible to the audience. This is the same spectacular demonstration that caused such enthusiastic comment on the part of dealers in Peoria, Springfield, Decatur and other points. It features special equipment and trained personnel brought here from the Pacific Coast for the meetings by R. S. MacMillan, President of the MacMillan Petroleum Cprporation, refiners of Ring-Free Motor Oil. Among those attending this meeting aside from the dealers, was the entire sales staff of the Mid-West-ern Petroleum Company, headed by C. E. Foreman, president.

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ECONOMY TEST RUN IS STARTED BY FORDTRUCK First Lap of 5,000-Mile Grind to Be Ma'de on Roads of State. Anew type of truck test run was inaugurated in Indianapolis last Thursday morning, when a stock Ford V-8 truck began the first lap of a continuous 5,000 mile economy test. According to R. A. Hayes, manager of the Indianapolis Ford branch, this stock Ford is the same model as sold to the buying public, no attempt being made to make any special adjustments or add special equpiment. It is loaded with 5,000 pounds of Isovis motor oil, in drum lots, which represents 66 per cent overload above its rated capacity. The test run is bping sponsored jointly by the Indianapolis Ford branch dealers, the purpose of which is to prove the economy of operation of the Ford V-8 truck which is gaining in popularity by leaps and bounds. Filler Caps Locked At the conclusioin of the first 5,C00 miles, the truck, called the “Red Ford Freighter,” will be loaned out to business concerns in various cities in Indiana to be used in their own hauling service, in this way an opportunity is provided for the business houses to get first hand information on the economy of operation 9f the Ford V-8 truck. The “Red Ford Freighter” started from the Standard Oil Company service station at East Washington street and Southeastern avenue Thursday morning after being filled up with Red Crown gasoline, Isovis motor oil and water, in the presence of representatives of The Indianapolis Times and the News, who are making official checks of the test run. Before starting, locks were inserted on the gasoline tank, radiator and oil caps. Fuel to Be Checked Keys have been furnished to station attendants in the following eight towns which are official refueling stations: Indianapolis, Frankfort, Fort Wayne, Wabash, Anderson, Washington, Vincennes, and Terre Haute. By this method an accurate check of gasoline, oil and water consumption will be kept in a log book which the driver carries by each station attendant. All day and night for eight days, stopping only to re-fuel and change oil, the “Red Ford Freighter” will drive over a course of 1,200 miles maintaining an average speed of 40 miles per hour. This course, which is mapped out over two circuits, takes in the following cities: Indianapolis Richmond, Muncie, Fort Wayne, Angola, Huntington, Kokomo, Lafayette, Columbus, Bloomington, Washington. Evansville, Vincennes, Lawrenceville, 111.. Mattoon, Charleston, Terre Haute, Ind., Crawfordsville and other towns en route. BERGHOFF CO. SHOWS HALF-MILLION PROFIT Net Earnings for First 8 Months Amounted to $495,079.61. The Berghoff Brewing Corporation reports net earnings for eight months ending Aug. 31. after taxes and depreciation, were $96,079.61. This is $1.83 a share on 270,000 shares of common stock outstanding. According to the figures just released the balance sheet shows current assets amounting to $836,444.71, of which $630,608.91 is caslf. Current liabilities, exclusive of customers’ deposits for containers, were $280,562.43, including SBI,OOO dividends payable Sept. 1. Sales for the first twelve days in September are in excess of those for the same period last month. On Sept. 10 a special train consisting of twenty-two cars of Berghoff beer, left Ft. Wayne on a passenger schedule for Dallas, Tex., where the sale of beer became legal on Sept. 15.

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INNOVATION OF BEER WELCOMED AT FAIR Brewers ‘Six Big Horses’ Unusual Sight. State fair visitors this year were greeted with a spectacle they had not witnessed on the grounds for many years—the “brewers’ six big horses.” Each afternoon and night in the parade, they and their huge dray piled high with kegs and cases of Miausner beer, never failed to create considerable comment along the line of march. With unusually warm weather throughout fair week, t£e selling of cold beer on the grounds, too, was a welcome departure from the custom in years pfest. Indiana Breweries, Inc., w r hich had exclusive sales rights with Mausner beer, reported that results exceeded even their expectations. Leo C. McNamara, president, has asked for this opportunity to thank all the fair visitors who remarked favorably to him and to the fair officials concerning this innovation. At their request, his company hopes to be able to have Mausner beer available at future fairs. Indiana Breweries, Inc., are located in Indianapolis.

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U. S. IS VIEWED 'ON ROAD BACK' BY LABOR CHIEF Miss Perkins Points Ouf Growth of Pay Rolls Since March. By Scrippt-Hoicard Xeicspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Sept. 18—Estimates that. 2,795.000 workers have been put back on pay rolls in the five months since March encouraged Secretary of Labor Perkins today to declare “we are on the read back." Warning that factory employment still is 28.4 per cent below the 1926 "normal" and pay rolls are 48 per cent below that mark. Miss Perkins gave out figures showing that emplyoment has gained by 29.9 per cent over March, pay rolls by 55.4 per cent. Studies of fourteen manufacturing and sixteen nonmanufacturing groups resulted in the estimate that by August, nearly 1,500,000 new factory hands had gone to work and that other workers, not counting farm and railway employes, brought the total up to 2.200,000. The labor department estimates that 95.000 railway men and 500,000 farm workers have found employment since March. Miss Perkins said that pay rolls are back to the level of December, 1931, and employment back to July, 1931. Particularly encouraging was that the August over March pay roll index was nearly twice as high as the employment index, showing that wages going up as well as employment, and at an increasing crescendo. “The increase in pay roll totals inAugust, comoined with the estimated increase in weekly pay rolls between March and July, represents an increase or more than $40,000,000 disbursed in weekly pay rolls in August over those of March,” Secretary Perkins said. “Factory pay rolls rose faster than employment, indicating that purchasing power of factory workers was being to some extent revived.