Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1945 — Page 18

’ Boast: to-Coast Cable Now Being ie Now Being Laid by Bell Telephone System Passes Through Terre Haute.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (U. P.).—It looks as if the little from coast to coast, has a chance of getting a gander at “Belevision some time in 1946. A lot may depend on how badly the little guy, himself, |

~swants it. If he shouts loud enough; he might get it. The Bell Telephone system at present has a tranaconts “pental coaxial television-tele-“phone cable, which wil “from New York to Los An-

pant of the United States to Los. Angeles and then up the Pacific, Loast to San. Francisco. # «We can't say exactly when itl] be finished, the official said, yore doing all the rushing possible.” 5

% BELL PLANS to lay more than #000 miles of coaxial television. “Relephone cables “within the next Rew years,” which means it shouldn't

~ fe 100 long before the milkman in can flip on alighted screen tch Broadway cuties dancing

Ah oftshooting link from the Cali-

SOUTH BEND, ind. Dec. 21 (U,| Ame P.)A-The Studebaker Oorp. an-

outer. . today that. Suiemohile on’ would be 3

HOG RECEIPTS RISE SLIGHTLY

Yards Get { 6050 Pigs and

1625 Cattle.

The 6050 hogs received today at the Indianapolis stockyards sold at ceiling levels, the U. 8. agriculture department said. Firm prices ruled on the 1625 cat. tle, and the 350 calves held their] sharp gain of yesterday. Sheep totaled 1450. Fat lambs were mostly fully steady, and) slaughter ewes were strong to 25

cents higher, . 8 = GOOD TO CHOICE ROGS (6030) 120- 140 pounds ..... rettaus $13.75@ 14.50 140- 160 pounds ............. 14.50 14.85 160 pounds up ............00 14.85 i 160- 200 pounds ............. 14.85 ‘ Packing Sews Good to Choice— 270. 400 pounds ......e0.. 00 14.10 Good — 400- 500 pounds .....e0000 0. 14.009 14.10 Medium 250- 550 pounds ......... 13.50G 14.00 Slaughter Pigs Medi to Good-~ 90-130 pounds ......... [email protected] CATTLE (1625) ~ Steers 700- 900 ds 006 18.08 NEB. ovoerr rarer . 900-1100 Bounds CoH str ery " [email protected] 1100-1300 pounds ....cocoveees 17.35@ 18.06 1300-1800 POUNAS ...ovc.vescns 11.25018.05

15.75 17.00 . 10.75917.25

Medium pounds ...... dss ion 13.00@ 15.75 11001300 DOURAS 1. rereres [email protected]

700-1100 pounds ........... [email protected]

Choice Me iiievnens [email protected] 360-1000 Pounds Freres 16.5011.7% Good pounds .iesvesvee 16.00 300-1000 pounds setae 15358102 500- 900 pounds ,..... sess [email protected] 500- 500 pounds ..... fiers [email protected] Cows (all weights) STE hr ee 1 14.50 COA eS y 1». Ran te nl SHON + Sa © 5.15@ 1.50 Bulls (alt weights) Beod (at WOIghta) «oieiiinis [email protected] BASE AaASE RAK SAR RAERS [email protected]% VS ov be 10.00611.25 and common ....... s 8 10.00 CALVES (350) Vealers (all weights Good and choice ............. 11 18.08

Bett aaiaa asian

"LOCAL ISSUES

$ss5=uss

asses »

ay con BY Wa) RR pid 9 1 Herft Co ¢ Jou 1 Home T&T B fae a % Ind Assoc Tel 81 a Indole i Ty Hien 18 P&L Sa I Wa SM tiie Inapis Ratlw, vor 10% ‘Joff “Nat Life a Nn *Lincoln Loan 98 ER Lincoln Nat 6 i PR « 38% MW Lincoln Nat Life com . 8 y Marmon

% ‘the st. styling section of Genzral Motors, 1 1s being studied by meiirend executive ee tn ny a rn, It features elevated, all-glass domes for better observiand there are many improvements in seats, berths, recreation facilities and sanitary provisions. a cocktail lounge below the elevated observation lounge.

U.S. Surplus for Vets Sell In Quantities Too Big to Handle TOT. W. A. POSITION

‘By ROGER W. STUART Scripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The door to success for veterans who hope |cOntinental & Western Air, Inc,

ARMY MAN NAMED

RATE ie:

Report Wages, Costs Rise,

' WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (U. P), ~The nation’s railroads will find it difficult .and perhaps impossible to continue operations at present rates in face of shrinking traffic and revenue, the Association of In a year-end review of opera-

{tions, . the association said that

rising wages, increased prices and declining revenues may make rate

boosts mandatory in the near.

future. It did not state what types of rate increases might be sought. Net earnings, the report said, were less satisfactory in 1945 than any of the three preceding years, with much of the decline due to increased operating, costs. In 1945 gross revenues were nearly $1,500,000,000 above 1942, but net operating

below the 1942 figure.

road revenue:

KANSAS CITY® Mo., Dec. 21 (U.! P.) —Jack Frye, president of Trans- |

[to set themselves up in business with surplus war goods is slightly ajar./3nnounced today that Brig. Gen.

But it's.a long way from being wide open, | ~ Chief stumbling block is quantities. For months, W. Stuart Sym-|1- W. A. vice president to handle

Julius C. Holmes had been named’

ington, surplus property administrator, and other officials have talked |the—air line's relations .in Europe. |

about releasing surpluses to veterans in small lots. But it hasn't been done.

A veteran would require large

[financial backing if he were to minimum of $6831. Shoe merchants | ‘stock the shelves of his store with [say even a small neighborhood store | K surplus goods (which is one of the|would have to stock dt least 30 things congress had in mind when [Styles of shoes, and if complete it adopted the surplus property act lines of men’s, women's and chil-

Suppose, dren's shoes. were stocked, the vaof 1944) for example, a rieties of styles would run into the reds.

veteran decided to start a small retail shoe store. He could buy surplus shoes, but the minimum quantities sold by the Reconstruc-

for consumer goods, would be likely to disqualify him at the outset. The RFC has just held a sale of $13 million worth of surplus boots, shoes and rubber footwear—a total of 2,500,000 pairs. Here were some of the minimum quantities which buyers were required to take: Field shoes—1008 pairs at $3.25. A total of §3276. High top blucher boots — 504 pairs at $5.95-total $2098.80. Four-buckle arctics—240 pairs at $2.32—total $556.80 Thus, for only three styles, the dealer would have had to invest a

DELAY REDUCTION OF PRESS RATES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (U. P.).— The federal communications commission suspended until April 1 operation of reduced press rate charges for the transportation of news between San Francisco and

Feeders and Stocker Cattle snd Calves ‘R. C. A. C, rate reducCL Beers tions for Jan. 24. Oe ~ R C. A. C. had proposed to make “trary 7 | eioe Bounds “ inl 18.8) the new rates effective Jan 1. The trieesssss.. [email protected](PTOPOSEd rates were based on a 200-1080 Bones aeserund 110001350 sliding scale, the first reduction 300-1000 pounds ...... aks angie! from the present 3 ents per word © SHEEP (1480) regular press rate to be effective 3 Ewes (Shera) S upon each word above 10,000 filed |

COLUMBUS PLANT

and closely sorted .... 15.00 (Et AR Simasty rv .... 1% EHH] vere 12.80 Common

12.25

T0 CHOOSE UNION

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (U. P).

| of Noblitt-Sparks Industries, ‘Inc.| . | was ordered Soda. aL ‘the national :

‘aboF Telations boa

So's ers uiiion, unaffiliated, or neither.

JROUP FORMED a ~U. S. CHAMBER

‘WASHINGTON, Dec. n . PJ.

1. The : Chamber sald the “gioup

Jould Med \n New York Jan. 20 to outline an expanded program

' for serving the advertising industry.

SEATS BOUGHT

Wages Up 28 Per Cent 1. Total freight movement for the year was down to about 680,- | 000,000,000 ton miles, or about 8 per cent under. the 1944 figure. 2. Total passenger travel fell 5 per cent below last year's total, to about 91,000,000,000 passenger miles. 3. During latter months of 1945

god of Ton Dis Clos’ 3

Stall Writer NEW YORK, Dec. RT aa niwiy unions 404. cepatations often haggle over apparently picayunish details of a contract can be — shown by the pending steelworkers® strike.

“The companies, through the lron-Steel institute, claim’ that a

strike would violate the explicit prohibition of the existing eontracts,

America scoff at that contention.

whether the steelworkers have a right to strike, under the terms: of

You be.the judge. The Bethlehem contract, which is typical, provides in Article XI, section 3, that: “During the term of this agreement neither the union nor any employee shall (a) engage in or in any way encourage or sanction any. strike or other action which shall interrupt or interfere with work or production at any of the plants or works or (b) prevent or attempt to prevent the access of employees to

was more than S500-900,000| he oF * this nt the

The association cited the follow-'¢ompany shall not engage in any ing factors in the decline of rail-|lockouts of employees at any of the | plants or works.”

any of the plants or works, During

The companies say that this, and

"similar clauses in contracts with

‘other companies, explicity make any strike or lockout before next Oct. 16 a viclation of agreement. The Bethlehem contract (and ‘others in similar words) provide further that “The company may suspend and later discharge . .

It would seem that the wording of the contracts. ought to tell

the agreement. Here are the facts. oi

Which have until next Oc}. 16 to run. The United Steelworkers of

forbids a strike during the contract's lifetime, the companies are mis-

wage raise issue should be a matter of collective bargaining, and, in the paraphrase of Pressman, “that any dispute that may arise between a company and a union where the wage issue was properly re-opened could not be presented to the board because no such new dispute would be accepted.”

This may seem puzzling. What it | appears to mean is that the WLB

Asia.

High minimums are placed on] many other items, Suppose, as a small retail buyer, you wanted to tion Finance Corp. disposdl agency purchase e hich he agency now has on sale. The Which wiped out Hiroshima was|of the war, wage rates have been described by the National Geo-|increased 28 per cent while costs of Lee Pressman, general counsel, ad-| vided by contract, and then refused materials and supplies are up 28 per | vises the Steelworkers union that, to accept the very jurisdiction hat |if the companies think that this it had ordered. N\

least you could buy would be 120. At a “cost of $3.85 each, you'd have to invest $461 in that item alone.

North Africa, the Middle East and {the general level of freight traffic

Holmes, a resident of Lawrencé, vas din riod of 1944. ~ , figured in some of the war's ponding re

as assistant secretary of state,

A-BOMB TOP STORY WASHINGTON, Dec, 27 (

graphic society today as the. top engineering story of 1945.

was nearly 20 per cent below the

ness fell off.

cent since Pearl Harbor.

any employee who shall violate any | refused to accept the suggestion of provision of this section.” | ‘The . contracts provide further |issue should be submitted: to collec 4. Empty railroad cars sent to that—as worded in the Bethlehem tive bargaining, and that if no nt important diplomatic missions ports to carry returning military version—in case the wage question agrezament could be reached the as a member of Gen. Dwight D.|personnel required an unusually shall be re-opened because of a/contract should be terminated. ; Eisenhower's staff. When the Jap- large movement of passenger equip- change in the national wage policy, anese surrendered, he was serving | ment although total passenger busi- “either party shall have the right| provision quoted above for conTo | to request the (war labor) board to|tinuance of the contract and reThe association said that al- resume its consideration of the de-| submission of the wage matter to though railroads are hauling mand for a general wage increase the board. But having done this, . P.). freight at general rate levels simi-' and of the procedure that might| the board then, if Pressman is cor~Construction of the atomic bomb lar to those in effect at the start then be appropriate.” In dignified and proper language|ing it had declined to have pro-

U. 8. Steel that any general wage

Instead, the WLB ordered the

rect, ordered the collective bargain-

i ME

4 1843 Sessa ——— 1.05

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (U. P)—|

~ How Well Has ~ General Electric Met

ik hese A Otjecives?

HIGHER WAGES

Here's how Geiieral Electric's increased production and efficiency have affected

for men; not SEtiding 1 overtime Poy, have gone up as follows:

cri WIZ iran

1938 ctrssiesenssrssasanesees ?

1939 a ait————.

y 1941 Sth ——— 4

2B 2 8523

1942 CRNNNNNIINNTIINNINNNNNINSNRIY

rs pp

1944 sssriib—— 100 1045 (Sopt) .......cce... 108

“uve jobtuday, sod at much higher ay.

CR 0: Sa

LOWER PRICES

ET ba antoblipation You sect FoaD. of people—the public. The public wants

improved products at fair prices.

“More goods for more people. at Jess:

_ cost”—G.E.'s goal—is not a part-time . assignment. It is a job for management ‘and worker alike if G. E. a

growing, keep raising wages, keep making jobs for more workers.

REN

Refrigerator .,.. .. 1035 $188.00 Soe hE C1 108

Lamp, Tes PENNS 1938 8

Transformer + srw BB 7632

EP Yo ME ee Ai! aa 2% Naver ae 183 "3

GENERAL ELECTRIC'S OBJECTIVE is to keep ren mving downs, keep wages Seip, and to sw Tals wo ie Gall £6 vile produ

its more than 200,000

'Afow figures show typical price de

Ny — a fas

FAIR

_ PROFITS Fre

GE. during the was earned 4.7 oiveath dollar of sales. Of this .1¢ was pid Vy stockholders, and.

All money earned over this 4.74 was turned back to the U. 8. Govern. ment. G-E cost-saving methods had

: Government expected. :

El Eo Sov pol om

share of common stock since 1935:

1935 Sin 10 Boot L 1938. ini ee 180

< : . vg ig = 13] 220 : . FARA RINNNNIRNIRNITIANNNNN NNN a 3 >

M30 eine 0 Sn MID insist ME ; 140 cninnepsirsnionse ns 1941 see" is

away on it

2 A passing =r

racket, drove t ket where he t by the time sq thugs and $f from the fillir

Bandi

Henry Whit! ave, told pol costed him as home early to containing $17 Cab driver forced at gur $20 to two h spectacled, wh the 1000 block A teen-age overalls grabb

She sajd it he

T. U. T0 EX The Interna union today bh pel from its mn International ] ing the dissol injunction gr: ~-~-Jocal 17 of th The . decisior federal court Federal Judge Springfield, Ill Judge Brigg! permanent in expulsion and porary injunct the I. T. U. c« of the cour plaintiffs. The membe mailers union cause they ha International retaining thei Typographical constitution ft ship for its loc

Q 5 : = Et Pl PE EEE TT ETT ET ETE ET ET TT Een BE