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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

New York cables opened in London a.
466ia. against 4.86 1882; Paris checEs
Berlin, 20,425.
Bank of England statement as of May
Z, shows circulation of $50. 217,000
pounds, against 349,sI4,O00 pounds
April 80, ratio 522 per cent, against
55.3 per cent and 14s,4s2,O00, against
1927 900 pounds.
379.976, against SIT 4537 48 in April 1890.
-Four months amounted to s4707s,079,
against $50, All o32.
Atlas Powder Company declared a regular
quarterly dividend of 81 on the common
stock. payable June 10. of record May %.
Shell Union Oil Corporation and sub
otter charges, against So, 1856 085 net loss in
Dee. 81. 1880 80 cons soiidtd ne net loss
SIS o9s ,574 after taxes and charges. against
sl.25 common share earned in 1929.
Oldsmohile Motor Works. division OF
General Motors, shipped 1874 cars in
April, against 1924 in March and 9,432
in April, 1880.
Shell Pipe Line Corporation quarter
ended March 81. profit S3,797,9S5 after
interest. etc, but before federal taxes,
against Ss,671,1S1 in first quarter of
1880
National Tee ,os April sales Of 1917 pc
10 9-l0 per cent to S35,769, zi9
India Tire aud Rubber Company now
operating at capacity Of six days week.
tires weekly, against 1890 at present
time.
Bank of France as of May !. shows
gold 55,617,GOO 900 francs. against S.
6G5,0O0,Oc0 on April Is. circulation of
1880 COCO agains 1920. O0o 900. and
ratio $3.50, against 55.OS per cent.
Poor & Co. and subsidiaries quarter
q class lAl and S62,84s shares Of lass S
class "a and sI51 a share On class 81
stock IN first quarter Of 1880.
National Public Service Corporation and
subsidiaries, twelve months ended March
81. 1881, profit $5.665235 after taxes in
teTeyt+ ete o;o o6 but , before eepreciation.
against s4'sS0'sSS Ike period OF last year.
Class railroads March net operating
income OF p $40 per cent from a year
ago. Earned 2.2-l0 per cent OF property
investment. against Fer cent q year ago.
Shipments of pneumatic castings in
March, 4,121,531. highest shipments for
one month since September. 1880, accord
ing to Rubber Manufacturers ASsocia-
tion. March shipments show an in
crease of Fl e-1O p>r cent over Feb
ruary this year, the seasonal increase
being % 6-l0 per cent. Production in
March. 4,662.516 castings, an increase of
II per cent over previous month, but
41-1O per cent below March. 1880. Cas-
Ing TO Rubber Manufacturers Associa-
increase over February, but 90 per cent
below March 81. 1850.
April ingot output 2722,47s tons
against 1898 $50 a month ago and 4.1o9,
400 a year ago Operations 1929 per cent.
against 54.2 per cent and 1885 per cent
four months. l0.677l2E tons against 16.-
177.l69. Rate 4e.7s per cent, against 7s.45
per cent.
National Time Company first quarter
net loss S45.1l4 after taxes and charges.
Year ago earned $50 43l.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
Net Changes
By UnitedPress

by DriJtU FT6SS
NEW YORK, May 6.-CIosing
prices and net changes on the prin-
cipal stocks traded today on the
New York Stock Exchange follows:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
BIZ Urited Presa

PITTsBURGH May Hogs - Re-
sssip!s; 49, ina m5asxet strong: i5o-2Io !os..
steady. s7.5007.75: packing sows STEADY:
bulk. s5-5096. Cat-ls-Receipts, IS; mar
ket. nominal Calves-Rsceipts. i25;
choice vsaieTs. ssas.so Common to me-
dun. <4.5o6T-5o. Sheep-Receipts $50
market fairly steady; shorn lambs. sa4a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
BIZ United Press

CHICAGO MAY -Eggs-Market. easy:
receipts. 25,7S5 cases extra firsts l6A4c;
seconds. l29zc. Butter-Market. unsettled
receipts. II. us tubs; extras 2li2c: extra
nrsts. 2os4 Q 2lc; frsts, 2o620izc; seconds.
ls31ec; STANDARDS 21izc. Poultry-Msr-
ket.. steady; receipts. no cars in. due
fowls. ie1s 6iIisc; springers, gee; Leg
2292Sc: ROSTERS. 1910; broilers, SIC.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
By United Press

kA EA adz Z 10! mo- I6v. May soi5dE s
10000 lbs. s7.l5: 200-220 lbs. sin: 220-
240 lbs; sos: 24o-!26O lbs. $685.; 2eo-2So
S6:s5: i4o-ieo lbs. $685.: I2o-i40 lbs. IS 70;
l09-i2o lbs, $3.50; roughs. $3.50 down: tor
esiDoes, So; TOP lambs, SO; spring lambs, Sc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
New York Liberty Bonds
BuiIdinu Permits

:, Freebooter bakery oil burner. $40 East
Merrill, $3.50
: Claude Teke. dwelling and garage. 5246
North Capitol, $4,000.
Harry Bluestein, warehouse 11O1 South
Illinois (rear). $4,000.
Frank Goldman. storeroom 1929 Bellefon-
tame. $4,000.
L. W. Tolin. storeroom and apartment,
33l7-19 East Tenth, SIS. 900.
Growers. Market Company. garage, South
near Empire 554.
Henry schumann. inclosed porch. 2442
Ashland. $240.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

Election of Harold E. DunkeI,
University of Chicago sophomore
and son of DR.. and Mrs. ]. AM
brose Dunkel, 1915 North Delaware
street, as national treasurer of Eta
Sigma Phi, was announced today.
Dunkel was graduated from Short
ridge high school in 1929.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
ByUr:ted Press

CLEVELAND, May -Butter-Extras
frsts, l5isc Poultry-Eeavy fowls i3c;
medium, zoe: Lsghorn fowls l5c heavy
hroilers s5q s5c; Leshorn brcilers and
ducks. Is 42Sc: Old cocks. I2c; geese IS
Q loo. Posatoes-Maine Green Mountain,
S2.4042.50 per 40 10. sack: Idaho Russet,
S2.loG2.2o per 100 lbs sack.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
By Cnited Press

TOLEDO, May 7-HoVs-Receints 2oo.
market lodisc lower; heavies ss.f5 a 80:
me6-um SI97.25; Workers. .s717.25: pigs
StaI25. Cettle-Eeceipts light; market
Sow and lower. Celves-Rsceipts. light:
market. slow. Shssp-Receipts, Light:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
Other Livestock
By United Press

DB C71tCcU PfCSS
oo SSHIGAG9 May ,o6 -H7ogs-Recsipts 1s
TOP $74S buEp i7622e eS iSs e eaT rG s929
$40; packers bidding unevenlv lower: few
pacing so%s, s565GS. aTound 1oc lover We1S
light lights. 140-160 lbs, good and choice,
Sl5q740; lightweights. 10000 lbs, good
s s66 o5 cdholce S7.29@7 8; medium, weights,
beayywejghtg 25o-s$o lbs, good : and and
i3fs; medium Jun, al, and ~ good $569@6ioj
choice, s6,So@725. Cattle-Receipts. 5000:
calves, 900; general market mostly steady
with Wednesdays uneven downturn; no
ting much better action than weighty
offerings; most steers here of value to sell
at $1g8: Reayy lat, COWS draggy, but cut
slaughter cattle and vealers: Steers. COO
800 lbs, good and choice, S7.75M so: 500
LOO lbs, good and choice. S77569.50;
d'} l9 Egg le eS0 good and chocei s775g
$3.50; 600-i, 800 lbs. common and me-
dunn. s5.75@S; -heifers. 55o-s5o lbs, good
and choice, 50QS.25; common and me-
S5a6; common and medium. -$4.50@5; low
cutter and cutter cows, $3.25@ so: bulls
b se9gf4sIIgs eexycl1defdl good and el+9ice,
80: vealers, milk fed. good and choice,
s750@9; medium. s6.50d750: stocker and
feeder cattle: sters. 500-1O5 lbs good
dium, $5.25Q7. Sheep~Receipts. is, 006;
early market at a standstill. Bidding ESQ
29c. lower; good and choice woolskins bid
slaughter sheep and lambs. lambs go lbs,
DOWN. good and choice. S9@l0; medium
69.75: all Weights cor91non' S71s2g
ewes, 9O-I5o lbs, choice. S2l5oaS.75; ali
WelgnIs, Gull ana common, Sl,50Q2.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
sales REDUCE
GAINS MADE IN
STOCK UPTURN
Trade Is Dull After Short
Covering Hats; Steel
Shares Firm.
Average Stock Prices

Average OF thirty industrials for
Wednesday was 1873 up "a. Average OF
twenty rails was se.43. up o3. Average Of
Of Forty honds Was 95 a. I'D 10
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

Bank of France as of May !. shows
gold 55,617, OOO. 900 francs. against S.
6GS,oo0,0co on April Is. circulation of
s69,o00,OOO, agains 1890. 0Oo, 900. and
ratio $3.50, against 55.OS per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
Officers of the indianapolis Sec

officers of the indianapolis Sec
ton, American Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers, elected Wednesday
night are: Homer Rupard, presi-
dent; Fred Saunders, vice-chair-
man; M. r. Edwards, secretary, and
Professors Frank c. Hockema of
Purdue and Donald B. Prentiss of
Rose Polytechnic, executive commit
tee members.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
Chicago Stocks OPENING
IbY James 7. Hamil & Co,

May =
Bendix Avia . 1881 insult COM. s27.
| Cord Corpn. . 1I15}Midl United con- 99eis
Con Oh Cp com 57sl Midi IN pfd 38i5
Cent Pub Serv.. 14izlMiddlew com To1{
Commonw Ed 1929 NATL Sec corn
Cirigsby GrunoW Swift Inter az
Houdia B. 6jklU s Radio H. II 81
Elec Household 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
BIZ United Press

d JWFttU FIt5S
TT; WAYNE. nd, May 7.-Hogs-1.ar-
ket 1oS lower; lo0-i40 lbs. S665; 140-I60
2s; Se s93 9 56ol81 l5s $7IS 10000 lbs
2so-2e1 lbs. $500 260-250 lbs. Sc 10; $50
goo lbs: $3.50; 2oo-35o lbs. $3.50; roughs.
So: wooled lambs SO; spring lambs, $40.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
Chicago Grain Table
NEW YORK COFFEE RANGE

By Times Special
CHICAGO, May .-Carlots-Wheat. 81:
corn, 60; oats. 10; rye. none. and barley, 2.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

india Tire aud Rubber Company nov
operating at capacity of six DAYS a week
New installation to raise output to I4.t0c
time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

J. G. Penny Company April sales SIS
$40 976. against SIT 453 748 in April 1890.
-Four months amounted to 7s079,
against $50 All o32
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

National Tea April sales Of 1914 pc
cent to IS, 405 CTS. Four months of
10 e-lo per cent to s35,769z49
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

Shell Pipe Line Corporation quarter
ended March 81, profit $685. S5 after
interest. etc, but before federal taxes,
against S3,671,1S1 in first quarter of
1880.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

A transparent leather has been
invented in England for clothing
and several other purposes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

income OF p 9-l0 per cent from a year
ago Earned 2 2-l0 per cent OF property
investment. AGAINST Fer cent q year ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

Poor & Co. and subsidiaries quarter
ended March 81 earned 40 cents a shdre
on combined participating 10000 shares
Of class tAl and 362.843 shares Of class
(B) stock. against so cents share on
class AZ and sl.51 a share on class (B)
stock in first quarter Of 1880.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

National Public Service Corporation and
srbsiddiaries, twelve. months ended March
terest etc but before depreciation,
against S4,s5o9S9 like period of last year
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

April irgot output 2722.4Te tons.
against 2.9sS.5so a month ago and 4.lo9,
400 year ago. Operations 1929 per cent.
against SAG per cent and 1885 per cent,
four months. l0677.i2A tons against Is
l77l69. Rate 4e.79 per cent, against 76.45
per cent.
National Time Company first quarter
net loss S45.7l4 after taxes and charges.
Year ago earned $50. 43l.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
DOW-JOneS
Summary

New York cables opened in London AZ
1861. against ABS 1889; Paris. checks
124. as; Amsterdam. 121o7; Italy. e2,9l5;
Berlin, 20.425
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

Jacob B. Solomon, secretary of
the Kahn Tailoring Company, has
been elected president Of the In
dianapolis Association of Credit
men. Other officers: Walter j.
Hubbard Jr, first president;
Roy Sahnl, second vice president,
and J. A. Saltzer, treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

Bank of England statement as of May
:, shows circulation Of $50. $4,000
pounds. against s49sI4,O00 pounds on
April 80. ratio 52.2 per cent, against
55.3 per cent and 4s,4s2.0 coo, against
1927 900 pounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

AS part of the Indiana Demo-
cratic clubs drive for 1000 mem
bers, the annual spring dance Fri
day night at the Municipal Gar
dens will be made an elaborate af-
fair, John E. Boyce, chairman of the
dance committee announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07

Atlas Powder Company declared a regular
quarterly dividend OF 81 on the common
stock. payable June TO- of record May %.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-29
Peace-A State Of Mind

Two neighbors, we know, have vast lands that touch for 1000 miles Follow ing the war of 1872 they said one to the other, ''I trust you" To prove it each one removed his battleships his forts, and his armed forces Now, the hundred mil- lions of people along this unfortfied border between Canada and America have mind for peace. If this were not so, war might have famed in the century since the RuSh- Bagot agreement of 1917. The Great Lakes and the Canadian American boundary were defortified by no formal treaty, but by a series of letters written to Richard Rush, a Quaker gentleman in our State Department. by Charles Bagot British Ambassador in Washington.
 There is little doubt. according to noted authorities. that if there had been soldier, warship. or fort along this 4,000 mile frontier, war might have been declared sev- eral times. But with will to peace these two neighbors settled their disputes by con- sutation and arbitration. On December 29. 1857. a Canadian insurgent vessel Caroline was sunk by the Canadian government in an American port, and an American man was killed. A United States court tried and acquitted Alexander Mcleod, the Canadian who boasted of the killing. During the Civil war several rather serious conflicts arose. The I'm Alone case few years ago caused a flareup of popular wrath
 The only real debate on the World Court today is not to answer Yes or No but only When and How answered James Grafton Rogers, assistant secretary of state. who with Elihu Root and Dr George Vincent former President of Rockefeller Foundation. pied the cause of the world court at recent dinner in Philadelphia sponsored by the committee on foreign rela- tions of the American Foundation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-29
Football Revolt

The football sensation sprung at New York University with the resignation of Coach Meehan has been meat for the football deflationists. It seems to have been Mech. ans misfortune that he did his job too well. He was brought to the institution to produce winning team, and he did. In the eloquent words of the sporting alumni, he put the college on the map But the triumph is said to have been attended by the usual, and perhaps inevitable, process of players subsidies and other abuses which have come to be considered scandalous since the famous report of the Carnegie ln- s,tution on college football ethics. New York University doesn't like the tant of professionalism masqueradng as amateur sport.
 There is growing evidence that many other colleges don't like it. All over the country they are becoming sensitive of their sporting honor Football appropriations are being cut down. Salaries are reduced, CTS eligibility.
 There is evidence. too, of more pow erfu reaction coming from the students themselves, of smoldering revolt among undergraduates. Players student managers, cheer leaders and the whole elaborate or ganization required to stage the big foot ball shows begin to feel that they are being unduly exploited. There is less zeal to win for alma mater and the alumni association. There is more questioning as to whether the effort is worth the reward. and what these elaborate shows have to do with education, anyway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-29

after twelve years of effort. of training. of schooling, of developing technique. of stool- pigeoning, of snooping, of smelling and inc forming. is generally conceded to be bust and it will not be long before he retires per- manently from his annoying activities.
 Docs it ever occur to Scott Mcbride and his Anti-Salooners, Dinwidde and his dry strategists. Dr Polling and his allied cam paigners that if Americans believed in pro- hibition as they belive the laws against eounterfeiting and robbing the mails. that few men could make it effeetive?"
 Of course it does, but these gentlemen are not interested in this phase of the situation. They are concerned with our moral welfare. which is very praiseworthy. However. there are others interested in this moral well fare who do not believe it necessary to tamper with the Constitution of the United States to secure necessary regulation of the same. Temperance is not question of leg islation, but education. We will preach that as long as we can, hoping that in the end it will prevail against the present pro- hibition hysteria.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-29

Gasoline bootlegging has assumed major proportions in states where the gas tax ex- ceeds three cents. Incidentally the number of states where it does exceed this amount is more than one-half of the forty-eight. Ac- cording to reliable figures this racket does an annual business of S50,000000 which places it in the lmelight to our way of thinking. If there is ever any talk about decreased tax receipts blame some of it on gasoline bootleggng. This evasion is man. aged in diverse ways, such as abuse of re- fund and exemption privileges; adulteration of motor fuel with non-taxable products; trucking across state lines at night; diver- sion of ostensibly out-of-date shipments to the same state; false bills of ladng; and dummy sales corporations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-29
Tell It To The Colonel

Some interesting facts and figures have been recently exhumed by the Crusaders that militant ant-prohibition organization which enlists the aid of those interested in true temperance Of course, we don't im- agine for one instant that they will evoke more than the customary indignant denial from the prohibition forces of the nation. Still they bear reprinting. The Crusaders became curious recently about the number of enforcement agents in the United States. They investigated and found out that Uncle Sam employs 5,439 to enforce the federal laws. That doesn't seem like large num- ber does it'
 Of this total 2.3o3 are employed in en- forcing the prohibition laws They con- stitute A per cent. The Justice Department has 343 employees engaged in fnvestigatory work. Then there are $40 individuals pro- tecting our mails. Along our borders to prevent smuggling of contraband goods and aliens there are 8o7 guards. We don't doubt but what many of them are asked. also. to keep an eye out for liquor snug glers. Enforcing the immigration laws are ll29 employees Our Secret Service, which does such commonplace trifles as guar5 the currency and life of the President numbers just 37. Startling figures these prove on ones first examination.
 Still we can believe that ardent prohibi- tionists will see no discrepancy Tn the above. They wiil be of the op.aion that even double the number should be employed to make prohibition success. But to the average person it may seem as if Uncle Sam is one-sided Prohibition isn't so vital to the success of this nation as it is made out to be. It doesn't demand that millions be spent annually to enforce it. while more worthy causes suffer. 1t docsn't mean that every governmental agency must be made subservient to the wishes of those engaged in foistng prohibition upon us
 Listen to this Crusader statement; Prob ably no one has counted the number of laws enforced by the Federal Government it certainly must run into the thousands--- but Uncle Sam seems to manage pretty well in enforcing them all with the exception of prohibition.
 "The attempt of Big Boy Prohib:ion' - ndN according to Colonel Woodeoek. very gfntlemanly chap to dry up America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-29
TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER
(New York Times)

Amid spring rain in December and the thermometer up to 66 at football games, 1t is reassuring to learn from the Evening Posts cen- tennry column what the weather was in the early part of December, 1881: up to Dec. 2 this has been "the coldest December since 177e. "The lowest degree has been 14 ''above zero. The Hudson river was "closed by Ice at Albany on tho Sd 'of December" At first sight, there is no parallel between IS degrees below freezing in December, 1881, and 34 degrees above freezing, us 1t was in the afternoon of Dec. 12, 1881. But the interest Is not in the fact that tho first week of Decem- Der, 1881, was quite cold, but that 1t was the coldest December wealth. CT of any year since 1776. In other words, for the space of fifty-four years between 1776 and 1880 people in the United States must have been commenting on the extraordi- nary changes that were taking place in the climate of the country.
 That has been favorite occupa- tion of mankind outside the tropics HuQ buUtT0plCB BVtF bluce DCODi0 began to take notice of how diff ferent things are from what they used to be. Where are the rigorous but stimulating winters we used to have when we were boys? Where are the snowdrifts such as we res member blowing through to see General Washington drove by in q sleigh and four-an event we re- member as clearly as though 1t happened day before yesterday. Where are those whitening frosts we used to have in Jefferson's first administration, when the birds froze to death on the wing? Plain- ly, the winters are growing un- recognixably milder and, we are in the midst of a climatic revolution unQuestionably due to the sun- spots. or to the destruction of the forests, or to the shifting of the Poles under the influence of the Aurora Borealis in cooperation with the tides, or something of the sort.
 And so the winters kept retreat ing and the polar ice-caps were steadily melting away between 1776 and 1880; and then the Hudson river froze up on Dec. 3, 1881, and the country had a winter even colder than Valley Forge. which was in 1777.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-29

A judicial council. similar to that in this state, is proposed for New York in the re- port of the Merchants Association of New York. The report submitted by the asso- cations judiciary committee will be present. ed to the General Assembly's special com mittee on Judicial Reform just appointed by Governor Roosevelt. We trust that the Judicial Council. if created. will carry more weight with the Legislature than Connectieut's now does. We have read its accommodations with interest and watched their progress at the hands of our legislators. We can recall the progress of the ill-fated district court bill of this year. It was among the pet recommendations of the Judi cial Council, but it struck such blow at republican patronage throughout the state that republican legislators admitted as much on the Assembly floor. It is believed that such a Council in New York would save business men millions of dollars annually. There can be no question of the value of the Judicial Council. Composed as it is of men who have devoted their lives to the proper administration of justice it cannot help but reflect the programs they would have inaug urated during their careers had it been possi- ble. Their suggestions are always worth while. even if not accepted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-29

The result was too many crashes directly due to the intervening flash between red and green. Now there are but two lights red and green. And so far there have been fewer accidents, although there will still be drivers who will skip blithely by the red light sure of their own ability to escape trouble and censure. We wouldn't be a bit surprised to find this idea adopted pretty generally. There is no trouble in stopping a car quickly in these days of four-wheel brakes. And the amber light is certainly a temptation to all to start or to continue moving.