Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 June 1943 — Page 19
" Looal Facey, Prepared Long Before War Broke Out, | " Honored for Excellent Production Record.
By ROGER BUDROW Another “old-line”’ Indianapolis manufacturing concern] will be recognized for its contribution to the war effort when the Link-Belt Co.'s Ewart plant on S. Belmont.ave. receives
the army-navy “E” tomorrow, .
« Back in 1875, William Dana Ewart went. to the Philadelphia Centennial commemorating the 100th year of American freedom, taking with him the first detachable link-belt. Young Ewart was a farm implement dealer in Belle Plaine,
Iowa, then and had conceived the idea of making a drive chain with square detachable tlinks to use instead of the harvester chain which broke often and stretched so much
it: ran off the sprockets. Ewart’s same principle is now used - on drive and conveyor chains being ade em the plant here ‘which was his honor. This chain, Tame we ‘peacetime in the food, clothing, furniture, automobile, ore, ' ‘coal, steel, sand, gravel and cement industries, readily found many war uses. ; ! Among the most prominent of these is in the amphibian tractor or tank which was originally called the | “alligator.” This odd-looking. war vehicle transports troops on land or water with equal ease and, according to Link-Belt officials here, is the brain-child of Donald Roebling, scion of the rope manufacturer. Four years ago Mr. Roebling ap
proached toe Link-Belt Co. with the proposal that it should undertake the manufacture of the vital tread used on the amphibian. When war broke out the amphibian was ‘shown to the marines, who tested it, ordered 200 of them and have since ordered many more. Link-Belt was fortunate in having another head start in war production. Before the Nazis overran Poland, the company, enjoying increased civilian business, decided to CO expand the old Belmont plant here and spent several million dollars on the addition which was later called
the Ewart plant.
Its big foundry casts all sorts of parts, including everything from ‘monkey wrenches and hair clippers to giant sprocket wheels. With the war came orders 'for shells, burster tubes, tank wheels and tank treads and airplane parts. The Ewart plant also pioneered in the forming of labor-manage-ment committees to step up war
| pany,
1. On Inventories 2. Machinery & Equipment 3." Accounts Receivable 4. $1,000 to $25,000 or more
8. Up.to 2-years to pay"
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‘| lowing it to become law.
fet 54,661,407,341 £5 10,023,853,91 : "140,735 ~| Gold. reserve
production, being one of the first 25 plants in the nation designated by
adopt the plan. Officials praise the committee, saying it has reduced ‘absenteeism, increased production and spurred suggestions from em-
bining three operations into one, thereby saving 5000 man-hours a year in the 20 mm. shell department. Link-Belt is employing more women than ever before with nearly 30 per cent of its working force being comprised of women. They are not confined to jobs women ordinarily would do, but operate big punch presses, riveting machines, hammer
assembly line. More than 338 men from the Ewart plant are in service and about 100 more from the Dodge plant here. Tomorrow's ceremonies will be held at the athletic field of Washington ‘high school which is adjacent to the plant. Kurt F. Pantzer, attorney, will be master of ceremonies.” James 8. Watson, who is retiring at the end of this year after 50 years’ service with the comwill give the address of welcome. The “E” pennant will be presented by Col. F. W. McMahon, chief of the Cincinnati ordnance district, and accepted by Frank S. O'Neil, manager of the local Link-Belt plants. The “E” lapel pins will be presented by Capt. E. E. Roth of the bureau of ships, Washington, D. C., to representative employees, Charles A. Trotter, Orris H. Francis, Pat Hanlon, Ralph S. Dyson, and accepted by Walter Craigle,
NO-STRIKE BILL 00S. ARE EVEN
What Will FDR Do? That’s The Question of the Week.
By FRED W. PERKINS Times Special Writer. WASHINGTON, June 16. — The question of the week is whether President Roosevelt will sign the Connally-Smith anti-strike bill, alJow it to become law without his signature, or veto it. Bets are being placed. If the president follows the opin-|’ ions of some of his executive subordinates, already expressed in a “round robin” to congress engineered by Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, he will use his veto power. Then he might be overridden by a two-thirds vqte in each branch of congress—the votes already recorded show such majorities are possible. “Or if Mr. Roosevelt's veto should be sustained, he might find himself facing strikes more serious even than the two already pulled by the coal miners. ' Students of Mr. Roosevelt's public actions believe he will not go silent on the issue by failing to a¢t on this first anti-union bill of his ten years in the Whife House, thus alThey think he will either sign or veto.
pleas of labor groups which: have formed an important part of his political support. For instance, A. PF. L. President William Green told him in a letter today: “The workers of our country would never become reconciled to this legislation. They would protest against it and rebel against it.” Mr. Green, however, did not repeat his advice to A. F. L. members, as previously given in connection with union-regulatory laws
states this year, that they refuse to obey on the ground that the new statutes. are unconstitutional. A threat that the president’s signing of the Connally-Smith bill might ase cause the disintegration of the national war labor board, through | Med withdrawal of the labor members, appeared to have been dissipated "| today. U. S. STATEMENT WASHINGTON, Jung 16 @©. P.)—Covcurrent fiscal year through June 14 compared with a S.year go 13,420,682
$73, 1001s 103 10,888,718,694
Receipts ng 1. ‘816.481
10,786,512,984
,973,085 780,339,657 aor 164328 mee
APOLIS CLEA CLEARING HOUSE
WPB Chairman Donald ‘Nelson to}
ployees on methods of saving man-| hours and material. One 19-year- W old girl devised a method of com- »
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This is where the 81 mm.
«Uncle Sam” is awarded each week to the Link-Belt department with the best attendance record.
trench mortars are made.
PRICES ON HOGS
Porkers- Weighing 200-225 Lbs. Bring $14.05 Top; 8775 Received.
Prices on hogs weighing 160
the Indianapolis stockyards today, the food distribution administration reported. The top for 200 to 225-pound porkers dipped to $14.05.
cattle, 525 calves and 425 sheep.
HOGS (8775)
220- 240 pounds 240- 270 pounds .. 270- 300 pounds ... 300- 330 pounds 330- 360 pounds Medium-— 160- 220 pounds Packing Sows
Good to choice— 270- 300 pounds 300- 330 pounds 300- 360 pounds 360- 40 } pounds
400- 4 450- 550 i Medium— 250- 550 pounds Slaughter Pigs Medium and Good— 90- 120 pounds CATTLE (600) Steers -
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1300-1500 pounds Good—
700- 900 pounds 900-1100 pounds 1100-1300 pounds 1300-1500 pounds Medium— 700-1100 pounds 1100-1300 pounds Common-— 700-1100 pounds
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CALVES (525)
Vealers (all weights) Good to choice h Common and medium Cull (75 lbs. up)
Feeder and Stocker Cattle and ‘Calves
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Chrysler Comwith & So . Cons Edison .. Cons Vult Als Corn Prod .... Curtiss-Wr A . ome Mines ... Douglas Airc .. Dow Chem East Kodak ... Elec Auto-L ,.. Gen Electric . G G&E 6evpf. Gen Motors ... Goodrich Goodyear Ind Rayon .... Int Harv Int Nickel Int'T &'T ... Johns-Man ...
Monsanto Nash-Kelv Nat Biscuit ... Nat Cash Reg . 2 Nat Dairy
Phelps Dodge . Procter & G ..
8t Jos Lead ... Sears Roebuck. Servel Inc ... Shell Un Oil . St Brands Std G& E ... Std Oil (Ind) . Std Oil (N J) . Studebaker Swift & Co ... Texas Co Un Air Lines . 27% U 8 Gypsum 69% U 8 Ind Alcohol 37 Rub . 407% . 561%
West Union ... Westing El .. Woolworth .... 40 Wrigley Yellow Tr Young Sheet .. Zenith Rad ...
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FRUIT LABELING NOTICE ISSUED
Sellers of Apples, Peaches, Strawberries Given Final Warning.
Final notice of the enforcement of the fresh fruit marketing law for apples, peaches and strawberries was issued today by Frank Goss, inspector in charge of the Indiana fruit labeling law. Requirements of the law are that the sellers of apples, . peaches and strawberries in Indiana shall, by the use of a sign, label three pertinent facts concerning the fruit offered for sale. The label must tell: 1. The true. name of the variety of the fruit. 2. The correct U. S. grade classification. 3. The size of the smallest. fruits in any lot.
Promoted
Charles R. Keogh
Violation Subject to Penallies Fruit which by defect, blemish or, condition is unfit to be included in,
labeled with a special 'one-word
sign—CULLS., The letters of this GS s| sign must be at least two and one-
half inches in height. The purpose of the law is to serve the buyer, whether dealer or consumer, with true labeling. Correct use of the labeling sign in compliance with the law, Mr. Goss said.
4) Failure to display the labeling sign lis a misdemeanor and subjects the , |offender to penalties meted out in
court. The Indiana fruit labeling law was enacted by the 1941 general 2 assembly and was strengthened by
u amendment by the 1943 legislature, «It will be enforced by the fruit 2 marketing division of the office of s | Indiana’s commissioner of agricul-
ture.
NEW OFFICE PLACES 400 IN WAR JOBS
The newly opened Citizens War Manpower committee office at 20
| N. Pennsylvania st. has already
placed 400 men and women regis-
?| trants.
The drive to tap all possible
sources of manpower is proceeding
at a fast rate, with 15 interviewers being kept busy from the time the until it closes at 9 p. m. John A. Reis, chariman of the committee, said that the ‘“commit-
sl tee is serving to bring to light a
shortage of help.” He cited numer-
ous telephone calls from employers asking for help.
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Mr. Hittle Mr. Templeton
Charles R. Keogh Elected Cashier of American
National Bank.
Charles R. Keogh, comptroller of the American National bank, was elected cashier of the bank after a meeting of the board of directors yesterday. Charles H. Hittle, auditor, was promoted to the post of comptroller, and Howard M. Templeton was elected assistant cashier. Mr. Keogh has been connected with the American National bank since its opening on Aug. 24, 1933. He served as auditor until January, 1937, when he assumed the duties of comptroller. Mr. Hittle entered the banking business in 1917. Mr. Templeton is a past president of the Indianapolis chapter of the American Institute of Banking.
GRAIN FUTURES FIRM I~
ON BOARD OF TRADE
CHICAGO, June 16 (U. P.).— Grain futures turned firm after an irregular opening on the board of trade today. At the end of the first hour wheat: was up % to % cent a bushel; corn unchanged at OPA | levels; oats unchanged to up 4, and rye unchanged to up %.
s [SEEK TO BREAK CORN PRICE:
Officials Trying to Avert. Halt in Eastern Dairy, Poultry Output.
WASHINGTON, June 16 (U. PD). — Food administration officials sought today to break a price-jam which is holding corn in the mide west and threatening eastern danry and poultry production.
War Food Administrator Chester C. Davis, Price Administrator Pren= tiss M. Brown, Stabilization Direc= tor Carl Vinson, and a corps of aides agreed tentatively late yester= day on action intended to ‘move corn. Food officials worked on de= tails of the program until late last night. Another conference is sched uled today.
Davis said the corn shortage is being given “priority” ‘by govern= ment food officials and that it will receive “every attention we can give it until the situation is relieved.”
Aim to Conserve Feed
The tentative ' program being worked on by Vinson, Davis and Brown is understood to include a sharp reduction in prices of heavy hogs in an effort to force the marketing of medium weight hogs now and thus conserve feed. Reports to farm organizations here said’ farmer co-operative ele vators in” the east have on hand only about a 10-day supply of corn and that is dwindling rapidly bes cause of small shipments from the cornbelt. The reports said dairy
that many dairymen and poultry men are operating on a day-to-day feed basis.
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There is plenty of corn'in. mide west cribs to meet current needs,
of it on the market because the ceiling price, averaging about $1.03 a bushel on the farm, makes it more advantageous to feed it to hogs, selling at $1.14 a hundred pounds. Davis, in an effort to break the jam and force corn into the come mercial market, has called loans on about 55,000,000 bushels of corn from the 1938-through-1941 crops, effective July 1. said to be paying off the loans, but either holding on to the corm or selling it to neighbors. The loans were made at 60 to 80 cents a bushel and corn now is selling at a price which would dise
3 suade farmers from turning it over
to the government in payments for the loans. Davis has on his desk for possible signature an order calle ing loans on 50,000,000 bushels of 1942 corn.
American Transformer Co. 1942 net income $161,231 or $2.93 a share vs. $178,736 or $3.25 in 1941,
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