Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 November 1943 — Page 35

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Lack of Supplies Has Indiana)

~~ Anti-Freeze Dealers Worried

By ROGER BUDROW

: THE NEXT COLD WAVE, IF IT COMES SOON, is goto freeze 4 good many radiators around here unless the loosens up with more anti-freeze, according to a

ie ’ number of distributors.

~ © Since as far back as April, some dealers have had orders on their books which they have been unable to fill. Indiana is “supposed to get 2,026,000 gallons of anti-freeze this| winter; that is, ethyl alcohol freeze of all types. But Where ‘is it? That is the question dealers are asking.

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‘ised, Mr. Ludlow said, to call up all the leading producers of antifreeze and ask them to send more into this state. Dealers hope this Wil np Son thounliivg quickly. B. Spindler, who represents rc — anti - freeze manufacturers _ here, beljeves that Indiana's alloca- | - ‘tion of 2026000 won't be enough. t 1s based on the 1050,000 cars, | “and tr in Ine

diana, Mr. Bennett claims" Mr. Spindler says. “But it doesn’t take into account evaporation and other factors. It will take care of 60 per cent of our winter's needs. That means 40 per cent will be left ‘out in the cold. p

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_ gluts in hog marketings here was ‘made. yesterday. It worked, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week farmers shipped in 16,000. 15,000 and 12,000 hogs. Our packing plants just can't handle that many because of their manpower shortage. _ Several thousand hogs had to

Sparks | = its. in the quarter ending Oct. 2;

net income of $372,000 or $1.57 a him ng hb ef

president, effect in Egypt; a 1939 Buick that bad gone 40.000 miles sold there for $16,000. . . . Henry Ford's. announce- | ment today that he will buy the “$66,000,000 Willow Run bomber plant from the government at war's end _to make cargo-passenger airliners is ‘the first such announcement of many to come; but other industrialists are more timid than Ford, preferring to wait and see (and better their chances of bargaining with the government over the price) what they will do with new war — plants. ow Te

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wheat was up % t0 % cent a bushel:

oats up %. rve up % to %, and|Zublle,

up %. In Ad December options wheat] was up % cent a bushel from the previous $1.57%; oats up % from 78%, and rye up % fo % from sux to $1.11%.

LOCAL PRODUCE Leghorn nena

Heavy breed nena 33¢;

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Begs—-Orade 4, Ia §0c: grade a ASO A, small, 8%: Bo

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Stieglitz Warns To Use More Older

Workers.

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 12 (U. P) — Blasting the theory that “you amy

E. J. Stieglitz today warned industry to make greater use of the elderly worker before politicians, in the battle for ‘votes, provide Utopian schemes to care for the aging. Dr. Stieglitz, Washington, D. specialist in diseases of age, told te eighth annual meeting of Industrial Hygiene foundation that today {in this country there are more than 13,000,000 persons aged over 60 and{[in 1080, it is estimated that more than 40 percent of our people will be 15 years old or This increase in ‘the number of elderly people makes it imperative for business to find more ways to employ older individuals or be forced to contribute more to their

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ar “industry “does. not ‘take “the initiative soon and earn leadership

eareciation is very minor, once the inertia introduced by this false concept is removed. “The rate of learning at 80 is \about the same as at 12, with the peak at 22,” Dr. Stieglitz said. “What deprecidtes one’s ability to learn far more than age per se is disuse of the faculty. If no effort to learn is made after cessation of formal schooling, the ability quickly atrophies; if the practice of study is continued, it declines very slowly.” Although aging affects industrial efficiency .considerably, its effects are not ‘ail in the nature of decline,

creasing Jumper ‘of older persons, Dr. Stieglitz

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Dun & Bradstreet’s daily weighted price index of 50 basic commodities,

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average equals 100): Week ABO +.cvresrersssnsnss 17143 Month 880 .....icovssvess.. 173.30 YeAr 880 .......cieasnvsres 16048 1943 high (Oct. 18) ........, 173.30

1943 low (Jan. 2) .........u. 16.61,

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Federal Bank

Rations Pennies

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (U. P.).— "Take care of those pennies! The Federal Reserve hank has begun a semi-official form of rationing - to meet the great demand for the one-cent pieces. While the mints are busy turning out more pennies than ever before, the record supply is far: “from- sufficient to. meet demand, Yiiich is apparently far greater

Because. its supply of pennies has been greatly limited, the New York Federal Reserve stated that” it has been unable to meet the requests of member banks and others and that “the dvailable supply has been a oned une deren informal -f ing: -8ys~: tem.” :

: —— PAE TE TEYS WAH,

:IN BRIEF—

September chain “store and ‘mail

| order sales were estimated by the

commerce department at $1,200,000,000, or 2% less than in the cor- ; 1042 month. First §

Tol the comparable 1942 period-but

the department stated that price rises indicated that the actusl

388 | Cuantity of goods sold was less than Lin the

9 months of 1042. Tg EEN staid

«+The relatively low rate of war-

not so much to legal controls as to cautious spending on the part of the population, W. Randolph Burgess, vice chairman of the Clty bank of New Xark,

. » » Wilbur J. Schult, Elkhart, Ind, today became president of the Trailer Coach Manufacturers association. x - . 8» P-38 Lightning fighter planes “now roll off the assembly lines at a daily rate equal te the monthly production rate of December, 1941, Lockheed Aircraft officials announced today. A mew expansion program calls for a production rate five times as great as that required by the army a year ago, the announcement said. » ,. oe

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How. America’s synthetic rubber production: will increase during the coming year is shown in this chart released by the. office of the rubber director. Quarterly figures are estimated. :

or dollars, it ‘was said hére.

STOCKPILE OF

‘cents higher than yesterday and

“Weights from 110 to 275 pounds .were steady while those from 160] =

¥ sis Aid Sought for Venewvela's Diamond Mines iTo End U.S. Dependence on British Monopoly

Receipts also included 500 ele, F335-ealves and 3828 sheepi—r ors

In Prices; Local Top Is $13.50.

Hog Receipts rebounded to 9700 head at the Indiahapolis stock-

run of slightly over 4000 reported, Prices for weights between 275 and 400 pounds were steady to 10

the practical top was $13.50 for good to 170 were steady to a dime lower,

GOOD TO CHOICE HOGS: eh

1 — 160- 320 pounds

‘Dewey's Rott Holds No’

Bright Future or Civilians”

B— PETER" ‘EDSON = ol Times ‘Special Writer HINGTON, Nov. where the United States stands today” on its critical rubber supply, ‘with estimates of production and demand for the remainder of the year and for 1044, is revealed in|S Progress : No. 4, covering the third quarter of 1943, now released by. the. new. .rubber director, Col. Bradley Dewey. The report gives flat assurance

plants will be in production by early 1944 and that enough rubber can be | produced before the crude, stockpile | is all gone. "This assurance is, how- | ever, qualified: 1. The supply of tires and other essential rubber goods will be short for a long time. 3. The synthetic rubber production program is being completed far later than wished for. percent. completed as of Noy. 1... 3. Still ahead are the production problems of expanding ‘the rubber industry to process synthetic rubber, and ‘expanding of allied” indus-

4. The next six to nine months will be the most difficult. 5, Solution of the rubber crisis will depend on management, labor, scientists, engineers ang the utmgst of

{self-sacrificing . co-operation by all

rubber users. Striking: a summarized balance sheet that tells the complete story of supply and demand for the next year, the report reveals that by Dec. 31, 1944, the national stockpile of both synthetic and crude rubber may be as low as 151,000 long tons, or approximately only half a year's requirements for military uses alone. All the figures following are

tin long tons:

1944 205,000

81,000 .818,000

x 1043 Inventory, Jan. 1.. 443,000 New Supplies: Crude imports . 60,000

Total .......... 736,000 Requirements for

1,104,000 953.000

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oe Dec. 31. 205,000 . 151,000 “The figures show the dwindling oe cs

745,000 tons on hand and a monthly usage of oally 35,000 tons. The old tion brought in 12 mil-

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Lihat. all of the rynthetic . rubber.

It was 76!

Heiow4o produce sifickmt rayon-coid]. 0.1050 for heavy duty tires, carbon. blacks! $209 {and-other materials necessary in thei {making of rubber goods,

yards today, after yesterday's light! the food distribution administration ;

Heavier Weights Increase! |

WASHINGTON, Nov, 12 (U.P),

Packing Sows Gund to Cholce—~ 300. 300- 330 pounds

330- 360 pounds | a5. 400 pounds

12.60812.88 | 12.604 12.88 |

12.508 13.78 }

{ “300 pounds 450- 300 opunds Medium 50- 500 pounds . siaughter Pigs | Medium and Good-~ 250- 350 _opunds

[email protected] | 11.358 12.50

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CATTLE (M00)

700-1100 nds 1100-1300 Bounds

Common 700-1100 pounds

oo [email protected] tenses verers 10.304213.00

Chotee'600- 800 pounds 2800-1000: pounds...

rae sansnres FINES

600- “900 pounds Seve 12.50 800-1000 pounds . 113001248 VIE GIISY |

7.50910.00

| 8500- 900 pounds Cows (all weights) 10,00211.35 9.604210.00 7.006¢ 9.00 5.259 17.00

Good. | Medium . | Cutter and common | Canner . ; Bulle ah weights)

10.25Q11.50 1028011. 3

Beet Sou Sausa Good an weights) ,. Mediu Cuter and common ....... 4.00Q CALVES (325)

Vealers (all weights)

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to choles” : Common. and meditim Cull (78lbs. up)

Poeder and Stocker Cattle and Calves - . Steers

Chotce—

500 800 pounds ... . 119091300 1050 pounds 4 ye

-500+- 800 pounds: 100-1080 pounds FO riresersaras 8.500 0.78 . 11.50913.00

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300-1006 Lave (atders) - poun Medium — ». 500- 900 pounds i. 1.00@ 0.50 Calves (heiters) TET FA CRONE ot Ar saasAnmosrsifd 250 Dounds down , 1. 8a. » 500 pounds down .... y SHEEP AND LAMBS (2525) Ewes (shorn)

Good and choice Common and medium

LAMBS Good and choice ood .

FARM PRICE INDEX RISES IN INDIANA

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 12 (U P.) ~The Indiana farm price index rose seven points hetween Sept. 15 and Oct. 15, and was one point over the Aug. 15 index, the Purdue university agricultural statistics de-

partment. reported today.

The index, based on the 1930-39 period as 100, stood ‘at 1756 on Oct, 15. It was 168 on Sept. 15. - Indiana purchasing power a farm |

131 on Sept. 15 to 136 on Oct. 15. The grain price index showed a jump of 15 points from 182 to 197, and the livestock price index gained nine points, standing at 165 on Oct. 15. : Farm commodities showing an increase in price between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15, included wheat, oats, soybeans, hay, lambs, butterfat, whole milk, eggs and apples. Price decreases were shown in corn, cattle, calves, wogl, chickens and potatoes. Hogs remained steady. During the same period the national farm price - index lost one point—from 182 to 181, National purchasing power of farm products dropped two points to 140.

LOCAL ISSUES

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—American diamond mining ~ex- | perts are preparing to press the |

~All officers of the e Indiana Association of Small Loan Companies ‘were re-elected at The » 28th annual meeting yesterday at Hotel Lincoln, dtanapatiy; (-TIVINC Wesley of “Indians and Paul A. Hancock of Infianapulis treasurer,

polis, secretary W. B, N

His statement is corroborated by| others who have attempted to es-| tablish themselves as diamond]

Officers (left to righti are Lloyd 8.

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The Economist, has predicted the possibility that the tightly organs ized subsidiaries of the Diamohd

‘war production board for priorities] fprodticers independent of the mono-|Corp-ecould-impose-its-own terms on

{ which to develop Venezuela's indus- | trial diamond resources, it learned today. In the opinion of proponents o | the project, such exploitation could give United States industry inde-| pendence from the British - con- | trolled syndicate, the Diamond |

8:00-Corp,;-whose..memher._firmg.. cons

trol 95 per cent of world diamon dl

.35 | production, ni Recent explorations in the Ca-

roni-Surukan river districts south of the Orinoco and in the Santa | Elena region near the Venezuelan- | Brazilian border have shown the]

Anton Smit, Inc, .of New York,

vestigations, I Venezuelan law forbids the use

fields, One Venezuelan firm

It is believed in ofMcial circles, how- | ever, that the Venezuelan govern-| ment would welcome American participation on a large scale and] would make the use of heavy! equipment possible: { Venezuela late last year suggested | project for development | with the United States of her dia-

officials, because of the lack of |

terials. : Some. quarters’ said Pressure from | American and British mémbei's of | the syviidicate wax Partly Fesponsinle | for rejection of the plan. Rafael. Oreamuno of the Inter-American! development commission, who supported the Venezuelan proposal, raid that his organization had given up hope of getting “the : project

bucking the Diamond Corp. .

he said, “but it could be felt. "

CLAIMS BREWSTER

EMPLOYEES LOAF

. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (U. PJ. Paul "Krebs, secretary 365, United Auto Workers (C. 1. 0), will be asked today to answer charges that guards slept,. workers rolled dice, and women employees

‘| danced in a washroom at the Brews

ster Aeronautical Corp. Krebs was recalled by the house naval affairs subcommittee —investigating production troubles at Brewster after Lt. Leo Hoffman, ‘naval security officer at Brewster and son

told it that loafing was still going Hon —unider— the new Presidency of Henry J. Kaiser,

has been. conducting extensive in-,

mond Nelds, but Jt was turned down | | cinnatt--tould begin broadcasting | according. to war production board | shortly after the war when the

technical experts and critical ma- station -is made available.” |. Assuming no radienl changes in|

threugh- Sesaitzasot-daudifritwal Ls

“You could not see the pressure.”

of local],

of Rep. Clare Hoffman (R, Mich.),|

12.60€12.7 | on diamond mining equipment with | poly. Those favoring American develop-| was ment of the Venesuelan field ex- monds is highly regarded by men

| pressed fear that if this is not done; |

Diamond Corp. monopoly, At least one British publication, ||

post-war industry, The quality of Venezuelan dine

[in the Industry, among them .I,

of [it will fall under control- of the Henry Hirsch of the Diamorid Drill

Carbon Co, of New York, a leader in t the fleld.

Good. $200.T elevision. Sots

‘Expected by RCA Official

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (U, P.) ~Television will be within the reach of 100,000,000 Americans 10 years after the war and will grow. in that decade

cent of the nation's buying power.

a good television receiver in the

friends of television”

Since television broadcasting fa-|

cilities now exist In New York,| { Philadelphia, * Albany - Schenectady, | Chicago and 108 Angeles, Joyce said, “a television station in Cin-

needed ‘equipment to complete this

broadcasting standards ° ‘of alloca~= tions, he “wdded, those cities—With 125°907,600 people,” 1.410.022 “wired homes and 2846 per cent of the U. | 8, buying power—would logically be the first television market.

If the radio ‘industry oan produce |

| existence of rich deposits of dia- {to a $1,000,000,000 industry, according to Thomas F. Joyce, of the Radio monds, ‘At least one American firm; Corp. of America, who expects television Set owners-to represent 82 per

“Television coverage. of. only 10. per cent of these homes,” Joyce continued, “would in itself constis

of heavy machinerywin, the. -dlamond. $200. price range--and. ha believes 1] tute a very important. new. advers licensed to lov ligt 18! can Joyce declared that “broad-|tising medium, particularly when ‘ employ light machinery. |casting facilities and program serv- [one considers that the effectiveness Hee will develop with a speed which | of television advertising per unit of j will ‘amaze even the most ardent | circulation

will undoubtedly be many times greater than that of any other form of advertising. Ten per cent would represent 741.000 homes with television, or a probable post-war audience of over 7,000,000 people, ] “In-my-opinion-this could be ats tained approximately two to threes years after the full commercis

‘(tion of television.”

The “nucleus of television work operation has already be,

I wecording to Joyoe. mince Now Y= Philadelphia and -Atbany«Schenec- ; tady .have already broadcast teles vision programs originating: at central source,

THIS CURIOUS WORKED

ADMIRAL. DAVID .

(aD if JOINED THE » U.S. NAVY AT THE AGE OF YEARS

whose father is-a vigor ous eritic of + organjaed labor, declared that “10 to 20 per cent ‘of Brewster employees won't work and can’t be fired - because the union won't permit it» |_He said loafing and jdleness con=

cited a report by a female gaurd who said women workers brought portable radios to the plant and held dances in the lavatories; that colored women workers played cards in the washrooms. :

G. M. WILL OPERATE DANVILLE FOUNDRY

DETROIT, Nov. 12 (U. P) ~The Saginaw Malleable Iron division of General Motors Corp. has been asked by the government to operate a plant to be built and equipped by the Defense Plant Corp. at Danville, Ill, G. E. Wilson, president of

17% | outskirts of Danville and will em-|’

ploy about 500 men.

BOND CLUB TO HEAR

John K. Langum, chief economist Federal Reserve Hank of will speak at the IndianBond clubs-mesting. 9:30 Bs

tinued during the past week and].

WHE MOON SHINES BECAUSE THE SUN DOESNT; YET THE MOON COULDNT IF THE SUN DION'T, ** Seve ISRAEL ALTMAN, New York, NY

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