Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1943 — Page 8
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LL ee 5200 Held Over From SEEMS TO BE SERMONIZING TODAY, orda cond a1 rsary of Pearl Harbor. This department, ever, would like to toss a few war production figures r way and let you draw your own conclusions. : "The figures are from the National Association of Manu4 ers, some of whose members, such as the Aluminum Co. of America and the steel industry generally, were opposing the building of new industrial facilities before the war because they were afraid it would upset their thrones.
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0’Neal Wants Artificial Barriers to Trade - Smashed.
CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (U, P.)—Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm bureau, said today that farmers must be freed of the fear of government bulging of production control, and advocated a world congress of farmers to discuss their own problems,
The U. P. W. A said it was “shocked and angered” by confusion deliberately created . around the commission's action “clarifying its investigations of liberals and progressives in the government.” The commission has ordered its investigators to atk no questions regarding union membership, whether the job applicaiit was in sympathy with the Spanish Loyalists, whether he reads the Communist Daily] “It
planned to evade the neutrality law American labor
. » . and criticized the attack on - | Earl Browder which charged him with falsification of passports. “4. Union * Newsletter, organ of WPA local 1, on May 29, 1040, stat8 ed: ‘Labor wants no war or any said that the U.'P, W. A.jpart of it and while countries in Worker, or whether he was a mem- | welcomes now, as it always has wel- Europe are engaged in their bar.’ ber of the Washington Bookshop, an |comed, investigations designéd to|baric orgies of conquest and ag00 organization branded by Attorney cover who attempt to-over- gression, as. they have been. doing" 3.00 Biddle as Communist controlled, |throw the government by force and for centuries, it must ever be the" The U. F. W. A. said that “those violence and. who are sympatheticpu of the United States to familiar with the situation” had|to the enemies of our country.” .. |remain out of these wars’ This been incensed at irresponsible ac-| The U.P. W. A. action followed publication recommended affiliation gels La .... 1215@1230/tions of government investigators,| Rep. Busbey’s citation to the house with the Emergency Peace commit. : 300- 4 «oo 1218G138 and that “every honest American of what he sald was the unionsitee which was coeoperating with TT i : 15| welcomes steps taken by the com. record of following the Communist |the American Peace Mobilization, [email protected]/ Mission to stop its investigators Party line, as follows: , which conducted the picket line’ [email protected]| from prying into private lives, per- : Record Cited around the White Houses
f M 50 sonal opinions and political beliefs “The Federal Recor Dec. 26 ‘Line Changed’ 280- le [ J ‘ . » | ! 60 Slaughter Pigs Rae» of persons in the government.” 1938, offici ‘gored of Ag W.A. ; M XED Al CH CA » a > *| “5. After June 22, 1941, ‘when
CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (U, P.).—Grain "35a Tho pounds + [email protected] Crititiors Busbey called for ‘direct aid to the VICUmS| yypjer invaded Russia, the line of” futures turned narrowly irregular on CATTLE (2350) THe union criticized Rep. Busbey » % mgd Sod Io ie Soph 3 the U, F. W. A. changed accord- - the board of trade today. Steers (R. IIL), for calling the USCC ac- Co. ue: wou for oolleclive ingly. Heretofore the U. M. W. A. : | At the end of the first hour wheat tion to the attention of congress, pu party vas os had supported Communist-led was off % to % cent a bushel; oats the Scripps-Howard newspapers for | 5¢! d pee 2 . a strikes in important’ defense indus- _ up % to oft %, rye up % to off %, their original disclosures of the Bgains! a. ages wap) OF'| tries during the Hitler-Stalin pact. and barley up %. matter, and the Hatch “clean poli-| 8 WOT d-wide fight against fascism.’| The commission said that U. P.*
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7 [email protected] Despite the mud - slinging at ‘Henry Kaiser and the - backwardness of old-line shipbuilding firms, merchant ship production this year will be five ‘ times greater than the 1939 figure or 19 million deadweight tons against only 1,374,406 delivered in 1917 and 1918, world war I peak. The U. S. fleet, world's mightiest, bad 12 times as many vessels at its disposal in mid-1943 as it did two years before and by July 1 next year He told the 25th annual meeting ~ will have 20 times what it had -on ofthe federation “We can. wield. an compared with 1940 in October, Sly 1, 1941. influence greater than our mem-|,.q tne world war I high of.4196 Stee roduction this year Is iw’ " of. . a a vans" indicate 2" we are properly « o 8 53 million tons in 1939. Aluminum [oreanized.” .| Paper production in the weez 39, “I hope to see the day when rep- ended Nov, 27 stood at 80.8 per cent (2
production will be 1,841,000,000 resentatives of farm elected [of capacity compared with 91 per J : pounds against 327,000,000 pounds in peopie cent in the preceding week and 82.3 Am Cun a:
. 1939. Magnesium production will|by the people and not appointed by : } vrreen 0% total 336,000,000 against 6,700,000 inthe government, will get together at|per cent in the corresponding “O12 Am Hour wi” its 1939. : 3 regular intervals to consider their period, the American Paper & Pulp|Am T & T..1% There's no need to continue, The [mutual problems and to work them [association index of mill activity A er 24% basic question remains: 1f we canfout in fairness and justice to all,” [disclosed today. . |Armesr m pr p 71 -- produce like this for war and all its O'Neal ‘sald. oh vs "8 0 |Au Refining. %Y destruction, why can't we do it dur-| O'Neal said that full production| Stocks of tea in the U. 8. on BEL. | Boh Steel 791.16 ing peace and all its construction? and full employment. in peace time |30, including actually delivéred and Borg-Warner... 18 : an depends upon “smashing all arti-|allocated but undelivered supplies, | Briess Mig 2 ficial barriers that obstruct the pro-|amounted to 33356000 pounds|Cons Edison p 1004 HENK Y. KAISER hus des) ed duction and free movement of against 30,474000 a year earlier, ac- Cordis wr on Tb 3 a P= | goods.” cordirig to the Tea Bureau, Douglas Alrc.. 46 proved by the ordnance depart- . East R Mill... 6% ment. It's reported that Kaiser, “Put House in Order” » 8 = Gen Jhecirie. 3% Willys-Overland and the “Big | | 1 Pisher Body division of General|Gen Motors ... 50% Three” (General Motors, Ford, ‘The only possible way to Pre-imoiors Corp. has removed more Chrysler) have been approached [vent a world-wide depression the than 1000 former workers dison manufacturing the mew ve- [outcome of which will be another charged from the armed services - war, will be for the nations to first
Goodrich , 40% Goodyear cee 387% Int Harvester . 68% Int Nickel pf 129 hicle. and hired 300 ex-servicemen who : loyed ‘MARION, Ind, lost & booming set thelr own houses in order and Ad revlon been employ company when the Hallicrafters Co. [then to stabilize their currencies os mo * moved from there to Chicago seveni|and agree upon trade policies which| Black market purchases of oranges, years ago. Founded in 1935 by Wil-|wii1 Jead to a healthy and ekpand- {averaging $800 per. .carload. over
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The average interest rate paid on the U. 8, government's gross public debt increased slightly in November, after seven months of decline, but was still far below the high of the first world war, it was disclosed today. The computed interest rute in November stood at 1.944 per cent
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ties” law. Of the Hatch act the| “After the signing of the Stalin-|the opinion that the commission's union said: : Hitler pact on Aug. 23, 1939, thew, A representatives had expressed “Moreover he (Mr. Busbeyy|line of the U. F. W. A. changed investigators should not ask ques knows that congress, by passage of | accordingly: tions designed to develop whether the Hatch act, has denied govern-| “1. The Library of Congress (job) applicants had followed the ment workers the ordinary rights of | Newsletter, a U. F. W. A. local| Communist party line. ; American citizens to protect them-|union organ, in its issue of April,] “The commission stated that it selves through political action.” 1940, opposed ‘guns and bullets or|was in complete disagreement with It was too bad, the union said,|loans to foreign governments’ and| the representatives on this point that Mr. Busbey did not do ‘his own | denounced all ‘warlike expendi- and that it would continue to de-: investigating. It charged that the| tures. to “tvelop ~ such- evidence,” the stateinformation he used “was wrong in|' “2. The Federal Worker of Sept! ment said. hs TE :
BREWSTER PLANT |r. Wayne Boys [STUDEBAKER GUTS. MAKES GRANT ‘SICK Praised for Job [TS WORKING HOURS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (U. py—| NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (U. P).—| “soupy BEND, Ind. Dec. 7 (U. A special house naval affairs in- Two Ft. Wayne, Ind, teen-aged P.)~H. 8. Vance, chairman of vestigating subcomrhiiiee paid youths who manufacture delicately- Studebaker Corp. said today that surprise visit to the Johnsville, Pa., tooled bomber parts in the basement the work week in Studebaker plants plant of the Brewster Aeronautical 1 hele Tyoike wil) be Nomieod oy She at Chicago, Ft. Wayne and South, Corp. yesterday. NUIAC-| pend were being cut down in con--
It . v : Rep. Robert Grant, (R. Ind)! urers at the Waldorf-Astorial hotel formation With revised production : here tomorrow, schedules. '
+. [email protected] said “it made me sick at heart : : [email protected] see it.” - fo The two Morrill brothers—Jerry,| vance said that employees at the 9.20010.25) Grant said men ~ “just weren't 16, and Giles, 13—will be presented | Chicago aircraft engine parts plant | 8250 9.25 working”. but acknowledged that it{1long with 10 other honor. war work: { would- work 48-hours per week fn Bn ert n. ure-4180. 826 AS “nigh all their fault. The route |r at the N. A. M's annual meet-| stead of 54. Overtime hours of TT Catvie, (steers © |of the Wssembly limes in process of 10g: = rie pena od CTTRPIOY EER. at the. gear plant at Pt and Choice— 11.35@12.%8 change—a change which ‘very -ap- The pair helped their father, an| Wayne have been cut varying i - ML3S@N2I8| ently will result in increased electrical engineer, in his workshop, amounts, Vance said, according to [email protected] | production,” he said. for a number of years. They se-!the production demands of the new “However, the change is so simple, [cured his permission to bid on &!schedules. The same holds true at [email protected]| So obvious, that I am at a loss to [bomber part contract for the army| south Bend, he added. : s15011.00 know why some one of the six air corps—and won it.
The brothers now have been! fom) Browser gretidents ulting die past turning out orders for almost two KLEPPER ELECTED
year-hadn’t thought of. it.” He sald years-ondlong 10ds, to ; hi SL * Js “dearly wn indication of lax y oie ranee oF a tooling the off DAIRY GROUP "HEAD % . {Good and choice : . > I an : William A. Klepper of Indiandp%|Common and medium .... ; 28 | i Their mother acts as purchasing presiden wo DISCOUNT F IRMS agent for them and their 5-year-old oy Jiested Dros . Nin Products association last night at
HOLD 18TH MEETING sister, Cara, keeps their shop neat PIOGIER Saosin a, =
by working a two-hour week. The 18th annual convention of TTT superintendent of the Indiana prothe Hoosler Association of Finance! [J. S. STATEMENT [duction division of the Kraft companies opened today at the Lin-| (wasuINGTON. Dee. 7 (U. P.).—Gov-| Cheese Corp. v coln hotel with discussion confined ernment expense and receipts for the| C.J. Hill of the Furnas Ice Cream to the current and post-war prob-|Sarrent fscel sear through Dec. 4 com-| Oo., Indianapolis, was elected treaslems of automobile discount com- This Last Year |urer. Directors elected were H. T. panies which finance a IArge Per-| ir moend.’ 36.063.963.198 © 37173.404.¢03| Perry of the Banquet Ice Cream centage of cars and trucks in In- Reouipts, -- 14 5371.01.81 Co., Indianapolis; Norman Allen of diana. hn N A133 76; | Gary, Don Kellum of the Ballard Speakers included Paul Jones, as-| Work Bal . 4,449,778.591 | Ice Cream Oo. Indianapolis; Harry sociation president; Homer O.|Gold Re A Tae Robinson and Steve Martin, Ff, Stone, department of financial in- ; Wayne; William Morgan, Vine WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (U. P.).—|Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. for| stitutions; Fred V. Chew, Bloom-| INDIANAPOLIS CLEARING NOUAR __ | cennes; Bd Nance Jr, Brazil, and In a move to improve manpower alleged delivery of sub-specification NOt disclosed, the outstanding capi-|ciated with woodworking industries, | ington, and J, A. Edwards, Bedford. |pepits Floyd Byers, Goshen. ho he efficiency as thé nation entered the steel plates. [alization of ihe U. 8. Sanitary was | especially with pre-fabricated kitch-| pom a. A
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Johns-Man .... 86a Kennecott . 30% Kroger G & B Jl'a L-O-F Glass -.. 39% Minn Hny .... 68% Nash-Kelv . 10% Nat Biscuit 20% Nat Cash Reg Be OF, | ne world trade” he. sald, ceiling prices, were charged to, 22 : jing sald that essa price ‘and | corporations and individuals nantéd Fa 0% wage structures is over-inflated as New Peoples Gas 0 compared with those of other na- Pup Serv 13 tions, we must bring it into adjustment with world trends. . “That can be accomplished without penalty to any group,” O'Neal ‘isald. “To be specific, if a dollar a bushel for corn to the farmer is equivalent td a dollar an hour for labor, then thé interest of both will be protected, if both agree to keep prices and wages at that level, rather than asking for $2 corn and $2 an hour wages.” O'Neal took a firm stand against subsidies. “The frightening thing the natives are unable to new |About the subsidy proposal,” he gs. , . . Gimbel's in New York sald, “is the certain danger that the customers,|once adopted it would be a Hercu-
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The life expectancy of thousands of small country bridges, now considered obsolele because Servel Inc .... 18% of poor floor systems, could pos- [Sheil Un Oil .. 26% sibly be increased as much as 10 3 ang JIM to 20 years through application of std O cal .... 3% new floor surfaces, F. H. Frank- |8td Off Und) ©” 1 ¥ land, enginering director of the |stonexWebb American Institute of Steel Con- (3uth Tah striction, said today. TW A Oil pt .. bo Fh . 9 a |US & For Bec 8's 8 § - Announcement was made today U # Realty .. 1%
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under Japanese “prosperity,” that
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land Motors, Inc., to succeed J. W.' ; Ar Fraser who resigned sept, %. can REYNOLDS. METAL sday wil remain chatrman, » post ~~ ADDS NEW PLANT] 0 5: 0 on eed to tne | PITTSBURGH, Dec. T (U. P).— Indianapolis staff of the Smaller
s = = ! Federal Judge Robert M. Gibson| Ihe U. 8. Sanitary Manufacturing | war Plans Corp. Harry 8. Rogers,
lean task to get rid of it.” of Pittsburgh today granted the Co. of Monaca, Pa. has been sold manager, announced today. | Mr. Brunow, formerly of Seymour,
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: | government's request to stay a citi-| } FACTORS--M'NUT ! | Jen's informer suit until the govern- | Uniontown, subsidiary of the Reyn- has been with the army air force merit can try its civil sult against|0lds Metal Co. procurement board ay; Detroit and | Although the purchase price Was| Columbus, O., and has | Gi
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TOBACCO AUCTION RECEIPTS SMALLER
in many years today at the opening of the loose-leaf auctions here, and at New Albany. Deliveries on the Madison market were not expected » to exceed 200,000 pounds for the ~ Opening sales. ] Growers were generally satisfied ‘over a three-cent-a-pound increase in the tobacco ceiling price, although a few said that they believed that while it would result a higher return it would not higher production costs
~ SULLIVAN MINERS
Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt
to concentrate on elimination of
portation in production centers. McNutt's action followed up his report that manpower estimates for the year ending July 1944 would require 1,300,000 added to the armed forces, 900,000 mtore workers in munitions industries and 400,000 in other jobs. McNutt last night sald his estimates of manpower needs can be met and there is a possibility even of a labor surplus of 100,000 by
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SULLIVAN, Ind, Dec. 7 (U. P.).—
next July. | McNutt did not say whether the outlook indicated that no labor draft legislation appeared necessary, but Dr.. William Haver, assistant executive director of the WMC, said it was his “personal opinion” that at present there appeared less need for such legisitaion.
-| CHICAGO ELEVATOR
SOLD TO CARGILL CO.
CHICAGO, Dec. T (U. P).—Cargill Grain Co. Inc, has purchased for $1,783,545 one of the nation's
The elevator occupies about 84 acres of South Chicago land and the 10,564.000-bushel capacity repre. sents about 20 per cent of Chicago's total grain elevator storage space,
DAILY PRICE INDEX NEW: YORK, Dec. 7 (U, P).~— Dun & Bradstreet's daily weighted price index of 30 basic commodities, compiled for United Press (1930-32 average equals 100): - Yesterday Seassesuuseseeanes 170.22
ago SeeBcBNIRIIIRSRS 160.49 ssssisssasssaneiten 182.7 15) sesneness 1759.30 desspvennes 166.61
time=wasting factors such as inade- | advisory committee quate eating facilities and trans- {mended a 1944 cut of 25 per cent
third year of war production, War ® = = {
The war production hoard re-
ordered WMC area directors foday | ported today that the commercial
printing and lithographing industry has recom-
{in paper usage on the basis of the {amount consumed in 1941,
WAGON @EEAT © Up w the close of the Chicago market today, Indianapolis flour mills and grain elevators paid $1.57 per bushel for No, 1 red wheat (other grades on their merits), No. 3 xhiy oats, o ane No. 3 ne oats, 1 No. liow corn, 970 per bushel, and No. 2 white shelled corn, $1.16
{ferred and common stocks owned {by the Arrott family of Pittsburgh
|has been acquired by Reynolds.
COAL LAND SOLD | JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Dec. 7 (UP). —The Monroe Coal Mining Co, subsidiary of the J. H. Weaver Co. of Philadelphia, announced the purchase of 16,075 acres of coal land in Cambria and Indiana counties from the Bethlehem-Cuba Iron
Mines Co., Bethlehem Steel Corp.|!
subsidiary.
New York Central Railroad, F. E. Young, it was learned today.
with the commission, according to information here. Testimony to which Williams took exception was this statement by Young: “Now in the case of the C, & O. we have a reverse condition where some of our bonds are selling even at premiums of 20 to 30 points and it is my feeling that for the commission to come in and tell us how: we should conduct our financial affairs is unnecessary and tends to punish the well-financed railroad for the sing of say, the New York Central, who pay dividends on their common stock when their bonds are selling below 50 and who can also
financing through the house that it is generally recognized. controls their board of directors, without competition.” oa In his letter, Williamson declared that “it is difficult for us to under-
N.Y. Central Head Angered |i: By ‘Slur’ of C.&O. President ii:
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (U. P.).—Recent testimony ‘before the inter|:d state commerce commission by Robert R. Young, chairman of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, carried a “groundless and insulting slur” on the
Copies of Williamson's letter and‘ Young's reply have been filed
endanger afford to go out and do theirithe continued solvency of the three
Williamson, president, has written
to the question that was then before you for answer.”
testimony “coincides with the facts as I see them. I had no intention of an ‘insulting slur.” “You imply that this testimony was brought in ‘gratuitously.’ : Pers
Nickel Plate (affiliated with C. & 0.) has much at stake in the affairs of the New York Central.
interwoven with the Central's, until the last Cleveland Union Terminal bond is paid off, we must continue to express ourselves whenever the Central's finarcial policies
Uni Answering, Young wroté that his
haps you have forgotten that the |!
“The Nickel Plate's fats is sof
Mr, Cherry, formerly in the production conttol department of R. C. A. here, is experienced in sales and service in heating, air conditioning and stokers,
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