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The Connecticut craftsman., 1932-03-15
FIRE DEPT MEMBERS SEVERELY CRITICIZED

Continued from page 1, column 6.) tention of the Trades Alliance, which, although not as fragrant as that of Messrs. Anderson and Mulhall, caused a great deal of resentment among union building trades mechanics who are at present out of work. It be- came known that Edward J. Cody, also a Hartford Fire Department member, had given the contract for a house being erected for him on Euclid Street to a non-union contrac- tor. In this case it was said that MT. Cody received an offer from the non-union firm that looked so good on the surface that he signed it with out thinking too seriously of the con- sequences. Immediately upon the start of the work, union officials were informed, fellow firemen and neigh bors subjected MT. Cody to good deal of criticism, taxing him with his moral obligations to Organized Labor in Hartford. It was reported that MT. Cody would have welcomed an opportunity to break the contract and have the work done "right", but that he was bound under a signed agree ment which he could not we'll afford to break.
 Whole Department Not Blamed.
 Speaking of the attitude of the Trades Alliance in such cases, Charles A. Hellyar, representative of the Bricklayers', Masons' and Plasterers' Union, said that the sentiment of the Alliance was to withhold judgment until all the facts and circumstanc are known; and especially to avoid charging the whole Fire Department with the delinquencies of few in dividuals within it. On the whole, he said, the Hartford Fire Depart ment personnel has been more than fair to the labor unions, realizing and admitting openly it's debt to the unions for help in many past and present skirmishes for rights. One prominent member of the Department said over the telephone to Crafts man representative that if it had not been for the support of the unions tie firemen would not yet be on the two-platoon system. He expressed it as his belief that the opposition in Hartford was so strong that it looked for a time as if Hartford would be one of the few great cities in the country to hold to the old system that denied all semblance of family life. He expressed chagrin over the actions of his fellow firemen in the instances quoted above, but asked that they should not be construed as indications of the sentiment prevailing among the great majority of the men.
The Connecticut craftsman., 1932-03-15
NEW DEVICE PERFECTED

A device for recording telephone conversations, local, long distance and transoceanic, has been perfected in Germany and will be introduced in this country, it is announced. The inven- tion can record a conversation of 15 minutes. It is hailed as an aid to trade, as it will provide an accurate record of business conversations.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Three Capital Firms
Aid Building Schools

The Washington Permanent
Building Association, American
Building Association, and the Dis
trict Building and Loan Associa-
tion are sustaining members Of
the American Savings, Building
and Loan Institute, educational or
ganiZation which provides night
school for building and loan work
ers in 40 cities, according to an
announcement yesterday from
Clarence T. Rice, Kansas City,
Kan, president of the institute.
Officers Of the local association
are: E. j. Sacks, president, and
Carl j. Bergman, treasurer, of
the Washington Permanent Asso-
citation; William A. Hettinger,
president and Charles H. Kindle.
secretary, of the American Build
ing Association, and William S.
Quinter, president, and F. Wilson
Camp, secretary treasurer, of the
District Building Association.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Loans on Securities
BVReSerUe Banks Din

The Federal Reserve Boards
condition statement Of weekly re-
porting member banks in leading
cities on october 26 shows an in.
crease for the week Of $113, ,OOO, 900
in investments, Of $88,00O,OOO in
net demand deposits, $33, ,0OO, 900
in time deposits, $104, 100000 in
reserve balances with Federal Re.
serve banks and $4,000 900 in Dor.
rowings from Federal Reserve
banks.
Loans on securities declined
$83, ,000,00 at reporting member
banks in the New York district,
$6,00O,000 in the Chicago district
and sos, 100000 at all reporting
member banks. "All other" loans
declined $4,000 in the New
York district and $21 100000 at
all reporting banks.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
FREIGHT LOADS
. CONTINUE DIP

NEW YORK, Nov. / UNs0.
Following the decline Of more
than 5000 cars in loadings for
the week ended october 20, in.
dividual railroad traffic reports
today gave further indication rail
loadings had passed their sea-
sonal peak. The downtrend, how.
ever, this year started later than
normal, loadings in the past hav.
ing reached their high early in
October.
Atchison reported loadings for
the week ended Saturday were
28,323 cars against 30,593 in the
preceding week, a decrease of
IA per cent.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul handled 25,203 cars last
week against 26,424 cars in the
preceding week, a decline of as
per cent.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
SOUTHERN GAIN
| IS SFEATURE IN
BOND LIST
BY MUNROE ROBERTS

NEW YORK, Nov. ! U.N.S0
The bond market continued its
irregular fluctuations in today's
apathetic session, with the run of
active senior obligations unable
to move more than fractionally
away from previous closings.
Southern Leads Gains
Rails were mixed, with Southern
Railway IS of '56 showing to ad-
vantage with a gain Of 17s points
to "a. Chicago Northwestern 4hs
were UP u point at %; and
Missouri Pacific 5As were un-
changed at 14A.
OffSetti - these gains were de.
clines in Erie SIS of ST which dip
ped 70 to 28A; Rock Island As
which were off " at "a, and B.
ES Q. 6s which sold off "a to SO.
Little chanI was apparent in
The foreign ~vernment list, with
German 3 up v to SO: German
Szas off " at 491a, AMI United
Kingdom 5hs off 70 at 1053s.
U. S. Liens Easier
United States G o vernments
were slightly easier, with Treas
9ry 4As, Treasury 33ss of 40;
Treasury 3bs. and Liberty 4th
HAs each showing declines of
u-32 Of point.
Industrial corporation loans
were steady for the most part.
High grade utilitS liens were
firm.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
NAVAL STORES

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (LN.S.)-Tur-
pentine-Savannah. 4uwON; New York,
1N. Rosin-Savannsh. s2.3O; New
YORK 1886. Linseed oil, carIOts, 81.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Prices Are Steady
In Thin Cloth Trade

NEW YORK, Nov. i I.N.SJ-
Quiet trading again featured the
coarse yarn cloths market today,
buyers in the main showing lit
tie interest.
Prices held steady and with
the exception of a few first-hand
offerings there was little in the
way of new developments. There
was some evidence that numerous
buyers were in need Of goods, but
were awaiting until election news
is out before covering.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
GRAIN FUTURES
|. ARE LOWER

CHICAGO, Nov. / INS0-
Grains displayed an easy under
|. tone in early dealings here today.
s December wheat sold down to
A2hc, the lowest price Of any
' future on the Board of Trade.
- Wheat futures we're 70 to 74c
lower at mid-session, corn % to
1ac lower, oats unchanged to Ac
G down and rye "a to &c lower.
+ Trade was quier in the pits.
Overnight news was featureleSs.
There was some selling evident
In wheat on weakness at Winni-
, peg and in securities.
WINNIPEG, Nov. / G.NS0-
Grains opened weak today. Wheat
was down 70 to 1ac with November
46; December 45% @ 4534; May
495s O so.
Oats were unchanged to Ac off
with December 22A; May 1874 q
} 22M. ..--...l
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
District CIeGrings
Increase In Month

Bank clearings in Washington
Tor October increased $7,454,-
SO0.68 over the September clear
ingS, according to figures released
by the Washington Clearing House
Association yesterday afternoon.
The total clearings for last month
were $77,358, ,33068, while those
for September were $69, 1894 ,030.
,Clearings for October. 1881, were
$106,592,111.85.
While last months check trans
actions were considerably below
those Of the same month last year
they were larger than the pre-
ceding month Of the current year.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
BitlIn1inOus Output
Off, Anthracite Up

Total production of soft coal in
the country during the week end
ed October % is estimated at
1900, 900 net tons. A decrease of
$4,000 tons, or IL per cent, from
the preceding week. Production
in the corresponding week in 1891
was 8.144,000 tons.
Output of anthracite in the
week ended October % is esti-
mated at 1857 900 net tons, a gain
Of l11,000 tons. or 8.8 per cent,
over the preceding week. Output
in the corresponding week in 1881
was LII, 900 tons.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
CURB SETBACK
IS SHARPEST
FOR WEEK
By THEODORE KOsLOW

NEW YORK, Nov. l uN.S0.
Inability of the curb market to
break through on the upside in re.
cent sessions encouraged heavier
selling pressure from profes-
sionals today and resulted in the
sharpest setback in more than q
week.
Little Outside Selling
It was apparent, however, that
little in the way Of outside lquida-
ton was attracted by the sell-off,
so that while a number Of stocks
may have shown sizeable losses it
did not carry any too much
weight under present conditions.
Bullish interests pointed out
that without special influences to
swing prices, the present crop Of
shorts would find 1t quite a task
to cover their commitments at
anything close to prevailing levels.
Electric Bond and Share, always
q step ahead Of the general list,
regardless Of trend, led the de-
cline in the utility group with a
sell-off of 11a points to 221a.
Specialties Hard Hit
The speciality list was featured
by unusually severe declines in q
few Of the usually inactive issues.
Northwest. Yeast slumped z points
to 98, while Montgomery Ward A
sold off points to So. Lesser de-
clineS were chalked up in Alumni
mum, which was down IA points,
and A. o. Smith, which showed a
2-point loss.
Utility obligations were moder.
ately lower in a quiet curb bond
list,
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
DAIRY PRODUCTS

CHICAGO, Nov. / (IN.S.).-Butter-
6,154 tubs; steady; old cars, IL; new, o;
creamery, extras, 1shc; standards,
1870; extra firsts, IS0i9c; firsts, ITO
INC; packing stocks, lie; specials, 30
@20hc.
Eggs-l,s45 cases; firm; old cars, G.;
ordinary current receipts, 20022c fresh
graded extra firsts less than cars
24kc; cars, 2I%c; fresh graded firsts
less than cars, 23hs; cars, 24c; dirties,
1S0 zoe; checks 1601Sc.
Cheese - Young Americans, 13h6
13&c: longhorns, 12h @12%c; brick,
fancy, lie: daisies, IAN @12&c: prints,
12% a lac. twins, 12612Hc.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Steel Rail Need Put
At S2,OOO.OOO,OOO

NEW YORK, Nov. / U.N.SO.
Robert P. Lamont, president Of
American Iron and Steel 1nsti.
tute, yesterday stated that cur.
tailment of steel orders by rail-
roads in the last two years meant
that roads would be in the mar.
ket for $2,00O,000,0O0 Of the
metal when their buying power
is restored.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Commodity Prices
Continue to Decline

wholesale commodity prices
continued to decline last week,
according to the National Fer
tiliZer Association index yester.
day. The decline was three
tenths Of a point, from 606 to
sos. The three.year average
from 1926 to 1928 equals 100.
Present prices are still seven.
tenths Of q point higher than
the low of 59.6 on June IL.
Fuel and petroleum products
composed the only group that
registered an advance during the
week.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
JUGoSLAvIA DEFAULTS

NEW YORK, Nov. / QN.S). I.
Jugoslavia today defaulted on in
terest and sinking funds pay
ments on its $45, ,250, 900 Of and
3 per cent bonds, due to its inabil-
ity to procure foreign exchange.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13
BUICK WIZARD
CONTROL new
AID TO DRIVER
Innovation Affords Safe and
Positive Form of Free
Wheeling.

Most significant innovation of the
1882 Bucks on display at the In
dianapolis Automobile show, is what
the manufacturer calls wizard con-
troll" This is a vacuum-operated
automatic clutch. also affording a
safe and positive form OF free
wheeling.
BY slight pressure on a button
beside the regular clutch pedal, and
release of the accelerator, the
clutch is thrown out and the car
put into free wheeling.
Pressure on the accelerator, even
with the button still depressed, i'm
mediately will throw the clutch in.
The same action will result from
release of the button, even with the
accelerator untouched.
So slight is the force needed to
operate the wizard control button
that the manufacturers believe
many drivers, especially women,
will use this instead of the heavier
clutch pedal for all their driving.
Next in Importance to this inno-
walton is Bucks new appearance,
tending more toward reduction of
wind resistance and affording a
sleekier, speedier-looking job.
For this effect, the radiator has
been heightened and narrowed down
at the bottom, while the outer sun
visor has been replaced by a sun
shield that can be manipulated to
hide the sun from in front or at
the side.
The windshield, too, has smart
er slope and its lines flow forward
into the horizontal lines of the body.
The front tenders have a longer
sweep, the headlights are stream
lined and the rear of the body is
finished off to give the entire car
more speed and length in appear
ance, besides helping reduce wind
resistance.
For greater comfort, Buick has
installed ride regulator" which
regulates the shock absorbers for
! the different types of road encoun-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13
FWe-miIe Stretch in Texas
Has No Accidents
In Six Years.

BIZ NEA SerUice
TEMPLE, Tex, Feb. 13.-The SAT-
est road in Texas, and probably in
the country, is a five mile stretch
between this city and Bolton. Dur
ing the past six years it has not
seen a single accident.
The highway, built under the adj
miniStration of Ma" Ferguson, is
like a double-track railway, system,
with the rails eighteen inches wide.
Two treads of brick, representing
one set of rails, are laid on one side
Of the road, and similar brick
track is laid on the other side, four
feet separating the two.
Pass With Ease
This gives the road two sets of
rails one going east and the other
west, so separated that a car travel
ing one way will pass another at a
safe distance. The gaps between the
two sets of treads are filled with
asphalt.
1t is said that this type of road
exerts a psychological effect on a
driver which causes him to remain
in his own track for the most "
When passing another car, WI
road offers ample room.
Visible at Night
The driver is provided with a
smooth, definite track to follow,
plainly outlined by day or night, -
Fedeyal Engineer w. T. Haunum re-
ports. AT night except in rainy or
misty weather, the path Is plainly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13
NASH REVEALS
FEW SECRETS
OF new LINES
President of Company Says
1882 Models viii
Lead Rivals.

Decision Of Nash Motors officials
to withhold public disclosure Of its
complete new line until just be-
fore the spring buying season opens
has aroused wide speculation at
the show as to the design and fea-
lures of the coming new Nash
models.
Plans for bringing these new
cars into production are said to
involve the greatest investment
Nash has ever made in new au-
tomobile series, and the greatest
secrecy yelled all details OF the
gigantic new program.
c. w. Nash revealed the first
facts concerning company plans
which promise sensational dis
closures in the early spring.
The time for half measures in
industry or in business, generally, in
this country is past" he declared
when pressed for a statement Of
plans. I'VE have projected and put
into operation for the coming year
program which goes all the way
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13
Beauty and Performance of
New Models Developed
to High Degree.

Both the stylist and the mechani-
cally minded will be equally inter-
ested in the new Oldsmobiles being
exhibited at the automobile show
this year. They will find that
the designers and engineers have
worked hand-in-hand in combining
beauty and automotive performance
in both the larger, finer Oldsmobile
six and the new Oldsmobile straight
eight.
Graceful stream lines feature the
new OldsmobileS. The long oval
radiator shell introduced last year
by Oldsmobile has been retained
with notifications, while new lines
of hood and cowl accentuate the
additional length of chassis and
bodies. The profuse, but artistic,
use Of chromium plating provides
an exterior trimming in keeping
with the luxurious finish of the in
teriors.
Engineers Advance Great
But it is in advanced engineering
that this veteran of the automotive
industry has distinguished itself.
officials of the company state
that never in the nearly thirty-five
year history of the car has an Odds
mobile contained so many new fea-
lures which improve driving ease,
riding comfort and such perform
ance characteristics as acceleration,
speed hill climbing and safety.
Among the more important of
these new features are a Selective
ride regulator with dash control and
double-action hydraulic shock alb
sorbers; free wheeling with i'm
proved syncro-mesh transmission
and silent second gear; an engine
decarbonizer; full automatic choke.
AcceIeratiOn Increased
Other improvements include down.
draft manifolding and carburetion
on both the six and the eight, with
dual carburetion and manifolding
on the eight-cylinder engine; high
compression cylinder head; auto
matte heat control; oil temperature
regulator; longer, 1862 inch wheel
base, and complete rubber insula-
ton between engine and chassis and
chassis and body.
These and the other new Oldsmo-
bile features provide exceptional
performance. The six. although ma
terially larger than the 1881 Odds
mobile, shows a 20 per cent increase
in acceleration with comparable in
creaseS in speed and hill climbing,
the engineers report, while the eight
develops all the additional power to
be expected from this larger en-
CINE. Two other performance char
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13
PAGE 81

in meeting changed economic condi
tons. 1t is program which vir.
tually discards all that has gone be-
fore in our history and which might
be compared to the entrance Of a
new manufacturing organization
into the automobile field.
I'VE are ready to introduce at the
beginning of the intensive automo-
bile buying season five entirely new
groups of Nash motor cars, which
viii be new from the ground UP.
They will embody many distinct
changes in design and engineering,
which we are putting into effect be-
cause developments worked out by
our engineering department over a
number of years have now come TO
head and proved sound"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13

tered to make riding more easy for
the passengers.
A further improvement is the
vacuum pump operated windshield
wiper, which keeps the wiper going
no matter what the strain on the
engine, since it is made to operate
Independently of the manifold.
Inside the appearance is en-
HANGED considerably with comfort
and at the same time driving con-
troll is made easier by setting all
instruments directly in front of the
driver so he can see them through
an arc of the three-spoked steering
wheel.
Besides these major improve
ments, the Buick engineers have
added refinements to almost every
important part of the car, to the
Synchro-mesh transmission, tn e
clutch, the oil cooler, the carburetor,
the fuel line, the diferential, the
springs and the entire body itself.
The engine is still the eight-in-
line overhead valve type, but
either normal or high compress
son head will be afforded the new
buyer for the same price. There
are advantages in either type, al
though the engineers point to the
greater power, high speed and
quicker pickup of the high compress
sion engine with the necessary use
of the more costly anti-knock gaso-
line and special type spark plugs
There are twenty-six models in
four series, of which eight will be
entirely new. The most appealing
innovation is the f1ve-passenger
coupe on the 118-inch and 114-inch
WheelbaSeS.
And all this is presented at prices
as much as 500 below those of the
1881 Bucks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13
Pride Falls
By NEA Service

By AEA Service
CHICAGO, Feb. Is. - If
~ you've just bought a new
shiny car, and your pride
causes you to lift your nose
and don the high hat when
passing an inferior looking
machine, you'd better discard
the conceit, because you'll
wind up in an accident very
soon, according to DR.. Paul
Schroeder, Illinois state Grim
inologist.
1T is the ego-centric man,
rather than the man of low
intelligence, who is unfit to
drive an automobile" he says.
AN appreciation of the
rights of others on the high
ways appears to be a more
important qualification of a
driver than even normal in
telligence. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13
OLDSMOBILE MAKES
BIG IMPROVEMENTS

acteristics not so easily measured,
but decidedly apparent, are quiet
ness and smoothness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13
SAFEST ROAD HAS
2 SETS OF TRACKS

visible to. the driver several hun
dred yards ahead.
Thus under all conditions the
driver knows that an approaching
car is on the proper side of the
road and there is no danger of col
liSion. At the same time he can
pass a slower car moving in the
same direction and do so without
sounding his horn"
The British museum has a carv-
ing. dated 700 B. c., which shows
an ASSyrian king leading troops into
battle while carrying an umbrella.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13
ENGLAND TRIES, LIKES
ASBESTOS CAR BODIES
Fireproof, inexpensive to Repair,
Claim of Enthusiasts.

bN y ca NCfffCt
LONDON. Feb. 13.-Fireproof, in
expensive repairs, durability and
improved appearance are some of
the advantages over metal auto
mobile bodies claimed for the new
asbestos car body now being built
in England.
The material of the body consists
Of kind of canvas of two layers,
an asbestos compound being con-
tanned between the layers. This
sheet is nodded before hardening
into the shape desired.
The external surface of the prod
uct is smooth and takes a glossy
finish. 1t is so durable that even a
hammer blow will fail to chip paint
applied to it, it is said.
In case of a hole being punched
in the body, it can be easily filed
up with the asbestos compound and
refinished with a lacquer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13
HUDSON GAINS POWER

Due to design improvements, plus
an increase in the bore of Il Inch,
the new greater Hudson eight en-
CINE develops 14-horse power
above that of last year. Present
engine shows 101-horse power at
$500 revolutions per minute on the
block, while the motor of last year
developed 87-horse power.
In spite of the gain in horse power
which has come from improved de-
sign with increased compression and
manifold capacity, the engines are
more economical than formerly.
This largely is due to the adoption
Of such features as the new patented
combustion chamber, the new mani
fold and improvement in the car
buretor system. thermoStatic heat
control, improved intake manifold
system, and improved oiling system
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13
STUDY LIVING CORPSE.
Autopsy Continued on Body of
Woman Found Dead At Milwaukee,

BIZ United Press
MILWAUKEE,, Feb. I3.-The
mystery of whether Mrs. Esther
Falk, 80, actually was alive when an
autopsy was begun six hours afer
she had been pronounced dead, was
studied by physicians today.
Six hours after the body Of Mrs.
Falk was taken to the morgue after
she was found apparently dead, DR..
E. L. NiloSlavich started an autopsy.
He found evidence she still was
alive and a respirator was applied
for two hours without effect and
rigor mortis set in. Today the
physician continued his autopsy in
hope of solving the mystery as we'll
as establishing the cause Of her
death.