The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23
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Business Obtained by
Three Peru Firms and
One at Columbus.
MORE WORKERS HIRED
Auburn, Marion, Edinburg
and Muncie Show Gains
in Employment.
BY CHARLES G. STONE
State Editor, The Times

Booking of orders by Indiana
firms for a total expenditure of a
quarter of million of dollars is
outstanding in business and in
dustrial review Of the state for the
week ended today.
The bulk of the business was OBJ
tanned during the Janary furniture
shows at Chicago, by three compa-
MES operating at Peru. The Was
muth- Goodrich Company, radio
cabinet manufacturers, was given a
100000 order, assuring full-time
operation of its plant for the next
three months. The Ariel Cabinet
Company received orders for a to-
tai of 100000, requiring sixty days
of steady operation to fill. The re-
mainder of 100000 in orders was
obtained by the w. G. Redmond &
Sons Company.
An order for $4,000 worth of en-
gines has been received by the Cum
minis Engine Company of Columbus,
from the city of Portland, Me. The
engines will be installed on a new
municipal fire boat
Employment Improves
Improved conditions in employ
ment were reported from several
cities during the week.
At Auburn, the Auburn Automo-
bile Company, placed between $50
and 300 men back on the pay roll.
Within the next few days, fifty
men will be re-employed at Evans
vile in the Graham-Paige body
plant to increase production to ITS
units daily.
After being idle several months,
operations have been resumed at
Edinburg by the Amos Thompson
veneer mill and Edinburg Cabinet
Company.
Employment has reached the
highest point in history at the plant
of the United States Radio and
Television Corporation at Marion,
where LOO persons are on the pay
roll. They are receiving $150,000
each month. Daily production is
$500 sets.
Within the last two months, LAPS
persons have been put to work in
Muncie, and the industries of the
city are now employing total of
7,723. From IL to Is persons will
be employed in the plant of the
John Cook Company, the most re-
cent addition to Muncie's small in
dustrieS.
Four months Of idleness of the
Corcoran Manufacturing Company
at Washington will end Monday.
Officials announce small force will
be used at the start
Furniture Plant Moved
Noblesville has lost the Capital
Furniture Manufacturing Company,
owned by Sears, Roebuck g. Co.,
which is being moved to Louisville.
When operating at capacity, the
plant employed $50 persons.
All property of the Chard Lathe
Company at Newcastle will be Of
fered for disposal at a public sale to
be held Tuesday morning. The COM
pany has been in receivership.
Sale of the cream separator de-
partment OF the Hydroil Corporation
Of Lebanon to the Welded Metals
and Engineering Company of st.
GATHERINGS, Ont, will not reduce the
force employed in Lebanon, it is
announced, as operations in other
departments will provide work for
all now on the pay roll.
An expenditure of $4,000 will be
made Oil improvement of United
Public Service Company property
in Winchester.
Construction will be started about
Feb. on a 100000 three-story
building in TT. Wayne to be used as
a garage and in which space for 300
automobiles will be available. The
contract has been awarded by tiIe
Fox Realty Company to the
Thomas A. Moynahan Construction
Company of Indianapolis.