The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
industries Active at Ander-
son, Frankfort, MunCie
and Columbus.
MORE GET EMPLOYMENT
Record Week Since ian. !
Set at Fl. Wayne Office
of State Bureau.
BY CHARLES c. STONE.
Siate Editor. The Times.

An INDUSTRIAL anu DAo44iCoo IL
view Of Indiana for the week ended
today shows plants at Anderson,
Frankfort, Muncie and Columbus
unusually busy
Every Anderson factory is on at
least full time and some are OPP
Grating on an overtime basis. The
CCrtain-teed Products Company is
operating seven days a week; full
time is i'm effect at the DelCO-Reny
plants with 1913 persons on the
payroll; 700 are working steadily
for the Guide Lamp Corporation;
AN abnormally good business" is
reported by the Dwiggins Fence
Company, which is operating on an
overtime schedule.
Full working forces and operat-
ing schedules are in effect at the
plants of the American Steel and
Wire Company, r. and r. Company,
American Playground Device Com
panv. Anderson Engine and
Foundry Company, National Tile
Company. Howe Fire Apparatus,
Ames Shovel and Tool, Barber
Manufacturing Company, Forse
Manufacturing Company and Hill
Standard Company.
400 Get Pay Increase.
Overtime is in effect at the plant
Of the Colt Manufacturing Com
panv, Frankfort. Four hundred
employees of the Nickel Plate Rail-
road shops were affected by re-
cent pay increase, adding 100000
annually to the local payroll.
At Muncie, the Warner Gear
Company is preparing for double
shift operations in manufacturing
four-speed transmissionS for Ora
ham, Paige automobiles. Officials
expect this situation to continue for
the next few months. Three thou
sand automobile batteries are be-
ing produced daily at the Delco-
Romy plant with $50 men steadily
employed.
R. j. Dickey & Sons, Columbus,
hold contracts for all window
cleaning SAT y devices for the
eighteen-story architects and Con-
tractors building, Indianapolis;
medical research building OF West
ern Reserve university, and the
twenty-five story Medical Arts
building. Cincinnati. Improvements
to cost $4,000 will be made to the
Bassett building, which will be oc-
cupied by a Sears, Roebuck q Co.
store.
Merger Plans Dropped.
OmciaIs of the Noblitt- Sparks In
dustries, Inc, with plants at Co
lumbus. Greenwood and Seymour,
announce that plans to merge It
with Borg-Warner Corporation,
Chicago. have been abandoned.
Noblitt- Sparks stockholders are said
to have disapproved the combine
proposal.
Conditions in other Indiana cities
are shown in the following sum-
mary:
TT Wayne-Au weekly records
for the Indiana employment bu-
reau here, since Jan. l. were bro
ken when 354 men and women were
given work.
Alexandria - Completion within
ninety days is specified for an adj
dition to the Johns-Manvllle Cor
poration plant at cost of Sl5OOOO.
South Bend-First shipments Of
radio sets from the new Colin B..
Kennedy Company plant were made
this week. Within ninety days, 1t
is expected the daily output will be
100 and that 1000 persons will be
employed.
Goshen-The LewiS-Neville Man
ufacuring Company has bought at
receivers sale the plant and equip
ment of the Art Novelty Company,
providing room for expansion. The
buildings purchased will be put to
use Immediately
Evansville - The Vulcan Plow
Company has bought the Peoria
Drill and Seeder Company factory
at Peoria, H., the largest concern
of its kind in the country.
Dccatur-A controlling block OF
stock in the Cloverleaf Creameries.
Inc. here has been bought by the
Phoenix Cheese Company,
largest concern of its kind in the
country.
Valparaiso-Th French Motor
Company has awarded contract
for 9 $4,000 garage-SaleS building.
Oakdale-The Peru Canning
Company announces a $4,000 add1-
ton 10 its plant here. On compile
ton of the structure kraut will be
added to the company'S output OF
canned goods, which now includes
peas. beans, corn and pumpkin.
Hartford City-The Orpheum
jefferson and Royal theaters have
been sold by Mrs. Frank Walters to
Frank G. Culberson and Matthias
Schneider. local business men.
Steel Production High.
Gary-Another peak month in
production is forecast for the Gary
works OF the Illinois Steel Corpo-
ration as a result of operation dur
ing April of ten blast furnaces al
full capacity.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for sew
enty-two new ovens in Plant OF
the Inland Steel Company has
started, the first move in an ex-
pansion program for this year which
Will include an open hearth fur
mace, q ten-inch mill and power
line extensions.
Michigan City-The c. A. Dun
ham Company OF Chicago an
no,mces plans for a Sl,000,000 adj
di'ic-l 70 its plant here, permitting
employment of $50 more persons. A
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