The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-09

WAYNE, Mich, April 9.-Stinson
Aircraft Corporation received from
the department of commerce ap-
proved type certificate No. 312 on its
four-place Junior plane powered
with Packard Diesel engine. This
is the first approval of a Diesel
engine powered plane in the United
States. The corporation reported
that its first Diesel job, now on show
at the Detroit Aircraft Exposition,
has been sold to the B. F. Schultz
optical Company New York.
CHICAGO. April 9.-Conditions in the
furniture industry and In the retail
marketing throughout the middle west
have shown a married improvement since
the last week in March. AdOlph Drey of
Hartman Corporation. said on his re-
turn from a national merchandising
clinic in New York City.
CHICAGO. April e.-Increases Of 4.26
per cent in freight revenue and Ia per
cent in freight traffic are reported by
the Chicago Great Western Railroad in its
annual report for the year ended Dec. 81.
1929. Income from all other services OF
the ROAD WIN the exception Oh passenger
business also showed increases during the
year. and the ration of operating expenses
to operating revenues improved from 15.l!
per cent in 1928 to 1898 per cent last
year.
F. B. Davis Jr., chairman and president
of the United States Rubber Company.
has announced the Appointment of Joseph
O'ShaughneSSy as general manager Of the
tire department, with headquarters at De-
troit, Mich. o'Shaughnessy has been as
sistant to L; p Tompkins, who IN add
member Of the executive committee Of the
company, has been general manager OF
the tire department.
CHICAGO, April 9.--Experiments con-
Quoted In Q. R. SIDE Vry Corporation
laboratories over n period OF months on
talking motion picture equipment have
just resulted in the perfection Of the
De Vry Industrial CinetOne, T. NJ.
Fletcher, president announced Tuesday.
Large. brilliant pictures are now pos
sible at sixty feet and are synchrOnized
with modern amplifler and dynamic
speaker unit, Fletcher said.
DDETROIT. April 9.-The Chevrolet
Motor Company announces an expansion
Of its production capacity through the
opening last week of the rebuilt and en-
Id ecu dooGllDAy anu CAPOAG PioAAb AZ
TaTrytown, N Y. The new Tarrytown
plant has a capacity of 900 cars daily and
Is one Of the nine assembly planes and
one of two export plants maintained by
Chevrolet in the United States.
J. E. Bassill, vice-president Of the
Tubize Chatillon Corporation, announced
today the appointment of o. J. CarOn of
Chicago as the cOmpanys western rep
resentative. Caron is well known in the
middlewest, having been in the wOrsted
yarn business there for a number of
years. He will be located at 222 West
Adams street, Chicago, ILL.,, after April 1.
WAYNE, Mich, April 9.-Production of
Stinson Aircraft Corporation. subsidiary
Of Cord Corporation, increased 81 per cent
in March over February, william A. Mara,
Yice-president. revealed.
DAYTON, O.. April all first quarter
production records were broken by Frigi-
daire Corporation during the first three
months q 1890. according to E. G. Biech-
Ter, president and general manager. More
men are being employed than ever before
at this time Of the year. he stated
NEW YORK. April 9.-The National
Chain Store Association will hold It's