Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 July 1950 — Page 41
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“SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1950
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The Week in ‘Business—
~ Plant Orders ‘Look Like War’
Call for Jet Engines Speed-up Suggests Major Conflict
By HAROLD H. HARTLEY, Times Business Editor ONE QUESTION has stood out in every business mind since the first shot echoed down the valleys of Korea. “Is this a big war or a little war?” That's what workers, executives, and everyone else, want to know. : 1 Last week the fog of doubt was beginning to lift. The war news was bad. Americans were heating up. Pictures of
murdered GI's made Ameri. | cans “fighting mad” for the!
first time. |
This meant
making, and the direction was [toward government controls. BusiThe signal that the government ness bosses remembered clearly | is figuring on a war bigger than that under the draft law, Presi-|
Too Many Frills in Houses of Today?
Here are two of “solar'
shortages in the
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Korea came with the request fordent Truman could also draft the Allison Division of General factories.
Motors to turn on the production! steam in jet power production.
Employment
{And some employers already were
| is near its peak. |
And stories were creeping from looking for draft-exempt men.! other plants that their orders That meant if the war got bigger,
“looked like war.” But
they women would be back
couldn't be sure. They were sub- factories. .
{| This will change the employRaw materials were tightening ment picture permanently. The
contractors. up. There were some ment and by industry.
Speed Up
industry.
But it was pointed out that industry is in muc
fight a big war than it was in the early forties. After the war business plowed back nearly $74 billion into pro-|
duction capacity, new plants and] equipment.
in the
signs of history is that everytime women stockpiling both by the govern- invade the factories inumbers, a lot of them stay.
in large
The Allison cancellation of vacations was the |. 204 the cow and biddie, the signal the government pressure is closing in ony... y
h better shape to
{to higher paying jobs, a headache
{ Credit buying is still moving up. 07 employers,
It is 20 per cent higher than last year. And you can look for air-|
takes over factory production to| any major extent.
One of the factors in building!
That will continue until Uncle| Sam cracks down; freezes men in|
tight controls if the government | thelr jobs, their wages and prices, 00.
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Sam Springer, manager of the Indianapolis office of the State]
ets ‘and a better understanding ing' even faster.
between management and labor.!
“union resistance, slowdowns, and compared with 7243 for the first
excess of absenteeism, employee interest, bad guesses on| production schedules small job returns.”
workers from poorer paying jobs
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ments.
lack of half of last year.
Bossie to Get
Employment Security Division, re-|
America’s production muscles has|horted that 2500 persons picked up| been stronger competitive mark- jobs in June. Today they are go-| Jobs filled by the office in the Ford Glass Co. of Toledo, O. But there still is reported some first six months totaled 10,986, |
{shade—can be determined to give] fa building the right shade to make
The “runs” on sugar, and a féW i warmer in December and cooler and toojother “war items” continued but in July. .
there was a slackening. This] Jobs were plentiful last month. meant that some hoarders. hadi, And that was before the war. begun to wonder what they were som Pennsylvania State -Col-| They are getting so plentiful now going to do “with all that stuff” jogs has spent five and half that there may be a shifting of piled in pantries, attics and base- months
less. The expansive windows give that "solar" «wu» —
‘Wide’ Window
Glass Will Make Farm Buildings Better
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 15—One § of these days the farm folks may!
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be all glassed in—Mom, Dad, the! a=
kids, the hired man, plus the
They'll be cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, same as the city slickers. All of this is possible because of a new device ‘that can depict the angle at which the sun will shine on a building in any part of the country at any time of day. It was demonstrated -at the annual meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, \ ; Perfected In Teolédo The instrument is known as a solarometer and was perfected by engineers of Libbey-Owens-
It was used to show how the width of a roof overhanging—or
David C. Sprague, an agriculral engineering consultant
{where the machine has been used,
[the right places. ee You don’t use the machine on|jstg cost an additional $1000. That the windows hg glass—usual-| wag in 1948.
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H. Goodall built for $10,000 and
8 houses near LaPorte, ind., which C. look.
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N | | The large double-paned windows bring heat, overlook a patio. An overhanging roo
in the sun for winter blocks the hot summer sun from the south. Professical models pose in one of the 10 houses on LaPorte's Monroe St.
La Porte Builder Stresses Need for Low-Price Home
Cut Costs Wherever Possible, C. H. Goodall Urges; Favors $7500 to $12,000 Range
Times Special
LA PORTE, July.15—Builders can bring high quality housing into the lower price range if they build “the 1950 dwelling instead of| {the 1930 house.” | There's no magic in building a good house to sell for $10,000 or looking over buildings! even $7500, according to C. H. Goodall, local designer and contractor. he edges of this norther
He's erected 10 ‘“‘solar” homes on t
to put the right kind of glass in 1hqiana town which sold for bes
|the farm—just t {ly of picture-window size instead)
room.” “I designed them with the idea
3 strip of land edging Big Eagle ltween $7500 and $12,000. Large said. “The sun coming in through Creek as picni¢ ground, not only helped heat the for the project, but for all Speed-
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192 Units Due For Speedway
| Streets to Have
Automobile Names |
By LARRY STILLERMAN Times Real Estate Editor
There's a $3 million hous- |
" ing project going up with
“motorized” street names on
_ | the western edge of Speedway | :
| It's tagged Speedway Cunningham Park, mapped for 182 ide luxe dwellings. { But {ts thoroughfares are {named for the product that has imade the “speedy” Indianapolis {suburb famous. | Streets winding through the {real estate will have signs reading {Cadillac and Buick Drives, Lin-| |eoln Road and Nash, DeSoto and {Crosley. Lanes. | | The developer who has bet his {building dollars on civic pride is {youthful V. Keith Nelson, custom{home builder. | Pours First Footings His crews poured footings for {the first two brick and stone houses planned on the 69.6 acres. This was done Wednesday, right after the Town Board and Plan-! ining Commission stamped the {project a good investment for |Speedway City. | Two years in the making, the development is the biggest postwar project for the automobile and aircraft town. {| And besides the street names, (Mr, Nelson has taken a second civic step forward by dedicating a
way. This play area is at the ex-
Exteriorly, he used brick ve-|treme edge of the park.
|of the French-window type gener- |p cutting costs wherever possi- Deer “which turned out to be! Helping foster the park is the
|ally found in old-fashioned COW-pie» he said. “There's too much| cheaper than frame and siding in Speedway Development Corp.| unnecessary Our area” he said. “With my headed by Mr. Nelsons father-in-| {In a solar-designed building, the frig going into today’s homes. trussed-roof construction, I also law, Realtor A. C. Moldthan. His eliminated bearing petitions in the brokerage firm will handle sales]
|barns, hog houses, and homes. gingerpread
ing-shaded in the summer and open to the sun in the winter,
Instrument Explained
me. It must be set to demonstrate building in any community. Then the gimnsick sends a mechanical “sun” in an arc from dawn to| dusk in the proper path for that] latitude. All of that was part of | the demonstration. | According to Mr. Sprague, such|
{kind used in ranch-type homes {already has been put to practical use on farms. { The scientist says that's all
large glass must be self-insulat-\That puts the price up.”
{tical Builder, construction trade The instrument itself is com-imagazine, Mr. Goodall said toplicated, at least for guys like yay's contemporary designs en-| lable a builder to erect an effi- bedrooms,
cient house with a minimum of the angle the sun will shine on a costs. {are radiant
ithe 1930 dwelling, he said.
glass as the ‘modern double-pane |v,
{architects Goodall said, “After all, ‘a house is a machine for living.
and
{house.” Minimum of Costs
Currently the editor of Prac-|
modern building feature.
-heated.
rices,” he said. {sociated with his .father's And that’s the 1950 house, not J. W. Goodall & Sons. | —— Taking a cue from Frank Lloyd el right, dean of contemporary difis p and designers, Mr i -
He explained his contemporary
This, he said, took the weight}
"Live" television's ears and eyes are already visible on the platform atop the Indiana Bell Telephone building on N. Meridian St. Microwave tower contact with the East will be made sometime
before Oct. |.
Boss of Big K
Kroger stores in the city.
He talked about hoarding and wondered what would happen | if everyone stopped buying at once and decided to use up what they
had stored.
He talked fluently, like a m who knows and likes the world of admitted too, that the flexible " food. He ought to. His company independent supermarkets can sold considerably over $800 mil-|give the chains quite a wrestle.
a matter of humidity. If you can|, coo were carefully oriented to
| control the sun, you can keep the sorb the sun's rays for heat in |dampness down and the COWS|i). winter and constructed with iwilk give with more milk, and! i economy. in mind. are more contented. The hens ‘mp. ‘solar’ house idea comes
{lay better and cackle louder.
Joseph Hall, president of the Kroger Co.! Moisture Danger Noted |double-paned windows facing again yesterday to grab onto the was in town for a two-day tour of the 2¢| “When smaller panes are used south. The sun's lower in the government - insured mortgage {in barns,” he said, ‘dust and dirt{southern sky in the winter and train before the caboose goes {collects and such windows won't comes drifting into the room whistling by. The warning came {last very long. I've seen timothy easily, provides warmth, cuts from M. L. Hall, president of the p {hay growing out of the sills, it/down artificial heat. Marion Count : was so damp. It's better, too, if| In the summer, the sun, higher ers, Inc. you can air-condition a barn.” The Pennsylvania agriculturist hanging roof, he said. {eral Housing Administration-in-sald that isn't as silly: as it| Big Sales Factor {sured mortgages from the Veter-
Of FHA-GI Split
Hall Urges Use Of Mortgage Aids
an| evening and odd hours. And he
lin here. All his houses have large AVeterans here were warned —
y Residential Build-/ {in the sky, is blocked by over-\ The government unhooks Fed-|
On *3 Million Home Project
This sturdy stone rambler at 13th St. and Winton Ave. is
typical of homes planned in Speedway Cunningham Park. Hers project developer V. Keith Nelson looks over his. work.
The county's newest home site... Speedway will have 192 new home owners.
oa ain At Home With Real Estate—
To Hoosier H
Excessive Moisture
Little Raindrop Is Costly
ome Owners Drains Off
$50 to $300 Annually for Repairs
By Times Real Estate Editor “Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven” , . .
for
{of the homes as well as the lots. ne farmer and home repair dealers.
{be ready for public showing be-| All his homes have at least two fore the school bells toll. From attached garage and these models he will take orders
{to build other homes in the de-
| Mr. Goodall has been building | velopment. “That plus modern construction in the LaPorte area for more than! {methods and high grade materials 20 years. Although he is now a also being sold to home planners; make for better living at cheaper building editor, he is still as- who want their ho firm, custom-wrapped.
Lots from $1750 to $2750 are use package
| Two and three-bedroom brick {and stone houses will be construc- | ted on lots averaging 10,000 {square feet. Prices for dwellings (will average $16,000, Mr. Nelson
|said. | The dwellings will be serviced
{by septic tanks and wells, but {sewer stubs will be installed for {connection to municipal lines, | Currently Speedway plans for { ’
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Realty Market Found Brisk in All Parts of U. §S.
LIKE ACTIVITY here, the {brisk real estate market is the {order of the day throughout the
And like most builders today, |
FHA Shouts ‘Help’; Building ‘Boom Climbs
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HEAVY HOOSIER home build{ing has loaded up the Federal {Housing Administration offices {here again, | The state headquarters, for the {second time within four weeks, thas requested additional aid. | This time, FHA Administrator R. Earl Peters through George Bremer, zone chief, is seeking authority to add 10 examiners and office help plus $2500 more {in government funds for overtime {and Saturday paysheets. » » | FHA'S OUT to saw off the {backlog of committment requests {flooding state headquarters, Mr. Peters said. { “Mr. Bremer said our office is {understaffed for the amount of
That little raindrop costs each Hoosier home owner between of the roof off the room walls and Mr. Nelson will promote the park g50 and $300 annually in maintenance. It's the excessive moisture trimmed heavy supports, another through two models which should in the home that drains off the repair dollars. The raindrop, coming heavier and more
uent this year, is only one cause of moisture in the home. y 7) Washing, cooking, mopping, even plastering puts water in the house. - eT “ Where moisture comes from, what it does to the house and pocketbook and how to sop up the scources is told by two Purdue University professors. They've issued a booklet, “Moisture Problems in Homes." The authors, Prof. W. T. Miller ind Fréderick B. Morse of the mechanical engineering school, are offering the bulletin to Hoosier home-owners as a public | service. Extension bulletin 70° can be obtained by writing to the dean of engineering, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. . - »
HERE'S WHAT you'll find: The modern home is practically air-tight. And you've got to bring in aif to burn fuel and absorb the moisture-laden air, the pro. fessors warn. The tight structure was pro= moted by developers to reduces high cost of heating a house
lion worth last year. He said this year’s berry crop|
was disappointing. So enterpris-|
ing Krogers “flew in” berries from warm climates. “They sold a little higher, 33 cents a pint, against 33154 cents a quarts for local berries, but it was good enterprise,” he said. He reported a slight uppage in soap sales, but not much. And he said those Maine farmers who have been getting rich on supported potato prices are losing the market. He said he didn’t want the little “Pop and Mom” stores to disap-
He discussed shoplifting which is around one per cent of the gross, the amazing success of the self-serve meat counters. What he wants to do is to find ways of improving the handling of produce. There are no shortages, he said, but canned food may be a little higher next fall, packing and transportation costs. | Whenever he saw the Big K,| he went in with Indianapolis Manager Rodgers N. Brown, shook hands with cashiers and| counter boys,
his hands a little greasy, and that|
pear. They serve a purpose, open
Straws Chevrolet, has the
knows how to compliment them—in black. Elinor Shouse’s Studio out in Broad Ripple has the coolest light, in delicate greens and yellowish reds. She makes the shades herself, chooses the shade material and the ceramic bases. SHELL OIL CO. has put in
four completely remote-controlled
pipeline pumping stations. One of 'fucky Ave. Burl Pierson will con-|
them is at North Salem, Ind. and will be operated by long distance wire. C. R. McCOTTER, president, . Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co., this week has spent 45 years with the com-
milestone. NEW CAR registrations hit 475,000 in June, setting the total for the first half at 2,720,000. The C. of C.'s monthly analy-
Mr. McCotter
‘sis of business showed mostly plus signs. But water consumption was on the minus side, Plenty
‘of rain less sprinkling. ‘ COLUMBIA DRIV - _Bervice of St. Louis has bought
on WISH at 8 p. m. today.
Pa
NORMA SCHUBERT, informatien girl for North Side
{general agent
UR - SELF
Harold H. Hartley with “The Business
makes him hunt a towel,
most charming freckles in town,
the Markle U-Drive Co., 25 Ken-
tinue to manage the Indianagolis Service. But the name will change to Columbia. FRANK J. KIEFER, traveling freight agent for the New York Central, has been promoted to in Indianapolis. J. M. Burke was promoted to Division freight agent at Loulsville. : FISK has a new tire called “Safti-Flight” with terraced sidewalls to prevent curb scuffing. THERE'S A PUSH on to sell turkey to housewives, backed by C. A. Swanson & Sons; Omaha, world’s largest packers of poultry
NASH 1S HOLDING up pro‘are selling at capacity
. And those Ramblers’ like hotcakes.
are going]
sounds.
| A farmer worth a fork of hay ican install the equipment himself
and the whole works, blower and all, won’t cost more than $150. If he has selectivity, he can run the business for a few cents a day and can have more contented cows and louder-grunting, fatter pigs in dry buildings.
State Architects To Meet on Aug. 5
The summer meeting of the
and backroom|Indiana Society of Architects will in storm sash with insulating efi- Estate section butchers who sometimes leave be held at the Terre Haut € ciency,” Mr. Goodall explained. [last April, the
Country Club on Aug. 5. The all-day session includes a tour of the Commercial Solvents Corp., boat trip up the Wabash, business meeting, golf and swimming and dinner.
ing factor today, Mr.
nation. requests coming in,” he said. This was revealed yesterday ‘And the present building boom today. Forty years ago an ave In the 51st survey conducted by is drawing off construction talent erage frame house often had onethe National Association of Real that we need, too.” | fourth to three-eighths inch cracks |Estate Boards. | He said most of the new em- between sheathing boards and i 8 8 » {ployees would be construction around windows and doors. Not | THEY TOOK straws tossed in and architecture examiners. Mr.|80 now. ) : |the realty winds by 252 city peters received permission to add But we're still living with in {boards and came up with In-geven housing inspectors early in door washing, mopping, bathing
| Besides the window-wall ans Administration guaranteed {eliminates additional cost of dry trailer starting Thursday. ior wet wall construction, permits * The combination enabled serv[the “picture” opening, a big sell- icemefi home buyers to purchase Goodall!a house with lit« {tle or no down FHA the
| “With a conventional wall you payment. {have labor and material cost for/inSured
brickwork, sillwork, plasteriyg greater portion lereased investments “measur ) ping, bath i June (Times. June 11). New per- and cooking. And that's 80 Od De caster me aust 1th VA Siig able in increased volume of swonnef would hike FHA employees Sood in ah air-tight residence. {the usual glazing costs,” he”said. With VA filling {sales.” 3 ouifie] woul I a in a de
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“With floor-to-ceiling windows the gap. you ‘eliminate the first four ex-| Under the new ipenses entirely and besides with act, reported -in {the double glass you get a built-|'The Times Real
living habits and condensation on doors and windows causes paint to peel and frames to swell or rot, besides mildewing and ceiling stains, the bulletin points out. For example, the average week-
Mr. Hall
‘Side of the News”
Somerset Ave. Home Has New Own
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‘Study of first half gales this | - {year attributed the hike primar-! . . {ly to rise in construction costs University to Make {alerting investors, NAREB said. 1 { This was reflected in purchase Foundation Study lof properties of all types. The Research in foundation developThis plus his radiant oil-fired veteran will be {same picture was presented by the ment of basementless houses will) ‘heat cuts heating costs. {able ta use one [br g or, re. {be made by the Small Homes amily four Helps Heat Room mortgage guarantee of the other. okey i bund . he . {Council of the University of w.{IY washing Jor a.1 iy of foul | “And in’ one case, one 6f my Never both on the same deal. CLUB DIRECTOR TO TALK |nois this year. with 28 Dou pounds liber {home buyers didn’t need heat at! Final cutoff date is Oct. 20 and] Arthur E. Focke, Scientech| The Council received a study| i oq it the washing is dried in‘all on one winter zero day,” he all loans in process prior to this Club director, will speak on “In- grant by Levitt and Sons, Inc. oors Fn teen et deadlin® will be completed, how- side ASM,” (American Society developers of Lewittown subdivi- : FR i ever, : {for Metals) at the meeting of the sion of .Manhasset, New York.) THE BOOKLET also states But Mr. Hall's warning con- Scientech Club at noon tomorrow The study will be conducted b¥lcooking on a gas range frees cerns those GIs who have used in the Hotel Antlers. J. T. Lendrum of the Council. |ahout 4.7 pounds of water vapo: part of their VA home loan J rena = : = 1 ; 't of ; : : guar. ——g—— p antee. ‘Hom La
The unused portion, like a savings account, will he still available for guarantee on another! § thouse. But it- will not be available with an FHA tie-in after Oct. 20. - 3 ‘Home builders fear the cutoff may put the brakes on the construction express. Through Mr. Hall, they warn of bigger down payments ‘without the combination government guarantee. ~ Urge Loan Revival ‘The Residential Builders, Mr.
ers in requesting revival of the combination loan if “veterans find it leaves too wide a gap in their