Evening star., 1932-09-07
WORK IS SPEEDED
BY CARNEGIE STEEL
Operations is Per Cent of
/ Capacity, Compared With
: II Per Cent Last Week.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. September THE
Carnegie Steel Co. reported yesterday
that it was operating at l6 per cent OF
capacity, compared with IL per cent at
the first of last week and Is per cent
at the end of the week.
Scrap Iron Value Rises.
NEW YORK. September OP1.-Steel-
works and railroads have appreciated
approximately So 500.0 900 in the recent
rise in scrap steel prices, the magazine
Steel said yesterday. pointing out that
about 100000 tons of scrap are held
by such establishments.
1900 Auto Workers Return.
TOLEDO, Ohio. September 7 R.-
Labor in this city went back to work
Yesterday in force. The Willys Over
land plant reopened, giving work to
4,3o0 men. and numerous smaller fac
tories also resumed operations.
300 to Get Radio Plant Jobs.
wAUKEGAN, Ill, September LP.-
Three hundred men soon will be given
employment in the plant Of the Echo
phone Radio Manufacturing Co, its
president, Arthur T. Haugh, said yes
terday.
Ford Plant Is Reopened.
DETROIT September CP).-A large
number of former employees returned to
work Yesterday with the reopening of the
main plant Of the Ford Motor Co.. the
exact number not being disclosed. Com
pany officials said only former employees
are being given work now and that
more gradually will be added.
Get 10 Per Cent Pay Raise.
WILMINGTON. N. C., September
P.-The Spofford Mills, Inc has
granted its 296 workers, on full-time
employment, a 10 per cent pay in
crease, effective September IL.
200 Miners Back at Work.
RUSSEILVILLE. Ark, September I
Rl.-More than 200 men went back to
work Yesterday in the Bernice anthra-
cite ccal mine near here, after a lay-of
Of nearly a year.
1,100s Ford Workers Rehired.
HAMILTON, Ontario, September
R).-After a months shutdown the
Hamilton plant of the Ford Motor Co.
resumed operations yesterday, recalling
lilo men.
Reading Rehires 500.
READING, Pa, September z R)-I
Return to work of 500 men in the shops
of the Reading Railroad Co. here yes
terrIay was announced by C. A. Gill,
superintendent of motive power and
rolling eolIinment
He said 1t was the first step in pro-
gram of repair work recently announced
by President Ewing involving the .ultl-
mate expenditure Of 81 100000, and the
employment of 1900 persons during the
current month.
Saw Mill viii Reopen.
GULFpORT, Miss, September 7 QP). |
The Batson & Hatten Lumber CO..
saw mill at Lyman, Miss, Will resume
operation about october l, Norman P.
Hatten, an official. announced yes
terday.
Reopening Of the mill, one of the
largest in South Mississippi, will give
employment to about 500 men, Hatten
said
100 Brick Workers Recalled.
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio, September
z (PJ.-The Globe Brick Co. yesterday
recalled 100 men to full-tinne jobs at its
Newell. W. va, plant, which has been
idle two months.
Adopts Five-Day Week.
PASSAIC, N. j., September 7 lP.-l
The Forstmann Woolen Co., one Of the |
largest wooden manufacturers in the !
country, announced yesterday that 1t
would inaugurate q five-day working |
week in all its mills, starting Monday.
Curt Forstmann, vice president, who
made the announcement, estimated the