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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
EASTERN TOUR
SUGGESTED FOR
WINTER TRAVEL
Mediterranean Cruise and
Journey on River Nile
Part of itinerary.

The Magic Heart of the East"
tour is a winter journey of surpass-
ing interest, according to Richard
Kurtz. manager of the Union Trust
Company Travel Bureau
To begin with he said, a cruise
through the Mediterranean; then
Egypt at the height of the fashion,
able season, with voyage down
the Nile from Aswan to Asyut, on
one of Cooks famous de luxe steam
ers, the most fascinating section OF
the river, lined with imperiShable
relics of antiquity.
To really know and appreciate
Egypt. it must be seen from the
Nile, the great stream that gives life
to the desert, and along whose banks
the first civilization Of the world
had its beginning.
Bagdad. scene of a thousand ro-
mantle adventures, appeals to the
imagination of every traveller;
Damascus is no less intriguing. The
ruined cities of ancient Mesopo-
tamia promise the thrill of an eX-
ploration into the unknown. Pales-
tine, with its old biblical settings
side by side with modern colonial
developments, has become land of
contrasts to which each passing
year adds a new interest.
Only few years ago, tour such
as this would have been practically
impossible for pleasure travellers,
entailing weeks by caravan across
the Syrian desert, armed guards and
elaborate camping equipment. But
today, Mr.. Kurtz says. the two most
modern methods of transportation,
the airplane and the motor, link to-
gether the remote cities of the Near
East. In ten hours one can fly from
Cairo to Bagdad and in twenty
hours motor from Bagdad to
Damascus.
The tour, limited to a small group
of travellers, offers every comfort,
and the skilled guidance of an ex-
pert tour manager.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
AWNING USE IS
URGED TO SLICE
COOLING COSTS
Refrigerating Upkeep Would
Drop Rapidly, Expert
Tells Group.

By Times Special
ATLANTIC CITY, October 23.-
When home cooling becomes uni
versal every house will be emblaz-
oned with awnings as a means OF
cutting refrigerating costs from 16
to 80 per cent, j. j. Donovan, man
ager of the air. conditioning depart
ment of the General Electric Com
pany, told the Tent and Awning
Manufacturers Association recently.
This will mean increased produc-
ton of awnings, manufacture of new
and electrically controlled blinds
and shades, and the resultant en-
ployment of many additional work.
ers in such trades.
Just as good roads, garages, and
filling stations have come with au-
tomobiles, SO will virtual reorgan-
ization of the awning industry come
with the growth of air conditioning, .
Mr.. Donovan said.
Prospects Are Bright
"At the present time prospects
are bright for the air conditioning
industry. Within a short time the
temperature of the average home as
well as Office building will be con-
trolled automatically and the build
ing will be protected scientifically
with awnings"
From an economical point of view
awnings will be a necessity to the
air conditioned home, according to
Mr.. Donovan. The awning indus
try, he said, will benefit principally
from the use of summer condition
ing equipment, since the use of
blinds will reduce the heat load and
permit the installation of lower ca
pacity and consequently lower cost
equipment.
Aid in COaling
The speaker based his talk on the
result of experiments recently con-
Quoted in the General Electric air
conditioning proving home in Sche-
nectady, N. Y, where awnings were
placed on all windows to reduce the
transmission of solar energy.
A comparison of operating costs,
before and after the installation of
awnings, showed that they reduced
the cooling capacity required by Is
per cent and affected saving of
1925 per ton of refrigeration, after
sos, the cost of the awnings had
been deducted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
BIZ Times SnecinL

BIZ Times Special
ROCKFORD, Ill, Oct. 30.-A call
for the mobilization of the amateur
craftsmen of the United States as
assistants to Santa Claus was issued
today by LeVern T. Ryder of this
city in announcing the incorpora-
ton of the National HomeworkShop
Guild, a non commercial association
of lobbyists organized to promote
and facilitate the useful employ
ment Of spare time under the added
leisure foStered by the NRA.
"At least million men in this
country" said Mr.. Ryder, have
home workshops and are sufficiently
skilled with tools and brush to make
toys. Our aim is to organize 5000
of them-a half of l per cent
before Christmas and so make sure
that Santa Claus does not miss the
orphan asylums and children's hos
pitfalls this year"
Last year a hundred of us in
Rockford got busy in our shops and
save NOoAANc q lAC4PlA4S III OAA4o
section. Now we have organized
nationally and hope to have local
clubs filling the old gentleman's
pack the country over"
In addition to promoting the
manufacture of Christmas toys for
charity, Mr.. Ryder said, the National
Homeworkshop Guild will endeavor
to bring about a wider interest in
the practice of the manual arts by
amateurs by organizing local clubs
of lobbyists, supplying instructors
and demonstrators in handicraft for
their meetings, and conducting ma
tional and sectional handicraft con-
tests for groups and individuals.
Mr.. Ryder is president of the
guild. It's advisory council includes
Prof. Collins T. Bliss, dean, college
of Engineering, New York Univer-
sity; DR.. Clyde A. Bowman, dean.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30

The first automobile parts were
made for two cars built by H. o..
Smith and George Weidley, the
Of the Premier Auto
mobile Company.
AS motor cars became more nu-
merous and wrecks became more fire.
quent, c. Off e. Co. expanded into
the repairing of damaged tenders,
bodies, hoods and other parts. A
woodworking department was add
ed and facilities for matching paint
on damaged parts was installed.
Machinery to speed up service was
added and today the concern is
equipped to handle any type of re-
pair work resulting from a wreck.
In addition to other services rem
dered the concern maintains a
complete radiator repair and re-
placement department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
WATER DISAPPEARS
AS CROWDS WATCH
Battling Display Shown at
Crazy Crystal Plant.

Large crowds of people are being
attracted to an unusual and mys-
FERROUS apparatus on display in the
show windows of the Crazy Crystal
Company. 142 North Pennsylvania
street.
A bottle of water is suspended
from a rack by means of shoe
strings. and a hollow glass tube
protrudes from the neck of the bot
tie. When any one places their
hand on a marked place on the
window the water flows from the
bottle into a funnel placed below
However. the bottle never be-
comes empty and Henry Thomas.
owner of the concern, refuses to tell
the reason, or where the water goes
after running into the funnel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
Help Santa Claus, Appeal
to Nations Handy Men

school of industrial education, Stout
Institute, Menominie, Wis; Harvey
Wiley Corbett, architect, New York;
Surgeon-GeneraI Hugh S. Cumming,
U. S. Public Health Service; Major
General Benjamin D. Loulois, chief
Of the air corps, U. S. Army; Capt.
E. Armitage Mccain, Brooklyn,
N. Y; DR.. Francis G. Pease, Mt.
Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, Cal,
and Frank A. Vanderlip, New York.
Popular Science Monthly has been
selected as the official magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
HALLOWEEN PARTY SET
Tally-Ho Room to Present Peek and
His Columbians.

Since its opening several weeks
ago, the Tally-Ho room, at the
Hotel Antlers, has been playing to
capacity crowds. Tuesday evening
R. I. Griffith, manager of the
Antlers, is presenting a gala Hal
loween party. Entertainment will be
headed by Arnold Peek and his
Columbians, the nationally famous
orchestra. with Cliff Nazzaro as
master of ceremonies.
Included in the floor show are
Dora Lee, speciality singer, whom
Mr.. Peek claims is headed for fame;
Lea Kennedy, a torch singer, and
many other special acts. Four floor
shows are presented each evening.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
Began Making Auto Parts
as Industry Started
in indianapolis.

Pictured above is Senator Fair
banks in his model E 6-cylinder Ma
tionaI speedster At the wheel is
Harry Moore. The picture was
taken in 1906, just a few years after
the automobile came into existence.
With the advent of motor cars, c.
Off & Co., the Oldest sheet-metal
firm in indianapolis, located at LOT
North East street, started making
various parts for local manufac-
turerS of automobiles.
The gasoline tank and other sheet
metal parts on the car, pictured
above, we're made b1 the concern.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
SOUTHERN BARBECUE
ADDS LUNCH SERVICE
r. L. DalsOn Finishes Third Year
as Successful Proprietor.

r. L. DalSon has Just completed
his third successful year as pro-
prietor of the Southern Hickory
Smoked Barbecue, located at 1910
North Meridian street. Having been
in the restaurant business for over
thirty years. his intention was to
confine his business here, strictly to
barbecuing. However. due to many
requests from customers, a regular
dinner and luncheon service has
been added.
The Southern Hickory Smoked
Barbecue has been a favorite eating
place for show people for some time
and many visiting celebrities of the
stage make ii a rendezvous after the
last evening performance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
CLINIC CONDUCTED HERE
Naturopaths See Demonstration at
State Conference.

A clinic demonstrating the techni-
que in treatment of specific infective
processes was the feature of a meet
ing of the Indiana Naturopathic As
ISOLATION at the Lincoln Sunday.
DR.. R. A. Williamson, Anderson,
conducted the clinic. and DR.. E. w.
Cordingley, Clinton, presided.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
FLORIDA HAPPY
AS NRA STARTS
BETTER TIMES
Real Estate, Resort and
Building Activity Is
Increasing.
BIZ Times SnecfnI

~ lmfS Spectdt
MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 30.-"Happy
Days Are Here Again" is the new
theme song in Florida, where soar
ing real estate activities, doubled
building permits and the prospect
of the biggest resort season since
the land boom days of 1925 have
inspired the citizenry with
healthy respect for the Presidents
recovery program.
The first state to feel the nip of
depression now appears to be the
first to hit the road to recovery.
Cheered by a definite upturn evil
denced in record advance hotel
reservations, state = wide private
building programs employing thou
sands of men and an early stimu-
luS to retail trade, leading hotels
are preparing to start what prom
ises to be the brightest resort sea-
son in recent Florida history by
opening their doors four weeks
earlier than last year and az
months before the traditional Jan.
Is date.
More Tourists Arrive
A survey of Miami and other
tourist centerS shows Is per cent
increase in tourist arrivals above
the same time last year, and adj
vance hotel reservations 20 per cent
ahead of October 1882. AS a con-
sequence, cynical Florida realtors
who lost their illusions as we'll as
their shirts in the historic smash
of the land boom, precursor of the
national depression, are greeting
with renewed hope the best mar
ket for residential property in the
last six years.
Floridians are extending a gener-
Gus measure of credit to President
Roosevelt for their new-found pros
perity, of course, but for the new
deal in resort activities they are
hailing Colonel Henry L. Doherty,
New York engineer and financier
who, after stepping to the head of
the resort parade last winter, is now
widening the scope Of his activities
to include practically the entire
state.
Hotel Chain Enlarged
His most recent move was the
acquisition this month of the So
900 900 Alba hotel at Palm Beach,
which is to step into the resort pic
ture as the Palm Beach Biltmore,
unit of Colonel Doherty's Florida
Year-Round Clubs organization
which already includes the Miami
Biltmore and the Roney Plaza at
Miami and Miami Beach.
Building permits, those other sure
indices to Floridas financial health,
meantime show a sharp increase
over last year. In Miami and Coral
Gables permits for the year to date
aggregate $1,149,074 as compared to
$832,083 in 1882 Miami Beach re-
ports total building contracts of
$1.875,6 70, a new high since the de-
preston.
On the west coast the story is
the same. st. Petersburg reports
tourist arrivals far in advance of
last season and October building
permits total 100000, double the
amount for the same month a year
ago. Contracts include a $29O,O00
United States coast guard air base,
a 100000 federal soldiers home,
recreational buildings and ware
house, 100000 in hotel improve
ments and more than 100000 in
residential property.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
De PAUW WILL ERECT
NEW STUDY BUILDING
Middle College Is Abandoned as
Fire Trap by University.

BIZ Times Special
GREENCASTLE, Oct. 30.-As re-
suit of the Mansfield hall fire, De
PAW university has abandoned use
of Middle college, one of the oldest
buildings of the college, housing the
botany, zoology and mathematics
departments. 1t was built in 1884.
The university is awaiting settle
ment of the estate of John H. Har-
rison, Danville publisher, who left
$250,C00 for erection of a duplicate
of Asbury hall on site of the old
building
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
Decatur Sheriff Is Wounded
By Times Special

bV IWfS Npfcl0T
GREENSBURG. Oct. 30.-Robert
Alexander. Decatur county sheriff,
was wounded on the finger Saturday
night during an exchange of shots
with bandits who attempted to hold
up motoriSt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
GAS STATION is ROBBED
Meridian Tavern Attendants Lose
$50 to Randit Trio.

Three bandits held up the Merid-
ian Tavern and Service station at
state Road IS and the county line
Saturday night, escaping with $40.
The bandits forced Fred Baker, ID,
and William Bowman, 40, attend
ants, to run east on the county line
road after the robbery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
Police Ask Armore.d Car

d tWtS SpCctUt
ANDERSON. Oct. 3O.-Appro-
priation of $4,000 to buy an ar
mored car for police has been asked
of city council as result of the
crime sweeping the state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30
TROLLEY CARS
AND BUSES USE
EXACT METHOD
Research Department Sets
Schedules for Varying
Traffic Demands.

Keeping street car and bus sched-
ules adjusted to varying demands
for service at various times Of the
day and at different seasons of the
year is the job Of the Indianapolis
Railways research and methods de-
partment, under direction of George
Ihnat.
Street cars and buses run on
exact schedule time, just as steam
railroad trains, according to Mr..
Ihnat, and each car has its ap-
pointed place at every minute
throughout the day.
A staff of transportation experts
is constantly at work checking and
double-checking schedules on all car
and bus lines.
Through constant analysis, suf-
ficient cars and buses are always
provided to meet demands for serv-
ice. Through the efforts Of the re-
search department, slack time has
been eliminated from running
schedules to such an extent that
the indianapolis railways is today
one of the fastest systems in
America. Further improvements in
speed are expected with the arrival
of 100 new street cars and trackless
trolley cars early next spring.
Changes Follow Study
When it appears that a change in
schedule is necessary on particu-
lar car line, crew of especially
trained checkers ride the cars on
that line for a period of several
days. A detailed report is made of
the number Of passengers carried
on each part of the trip of each
individual car. The speed of each
car is checked along every portion
of its schedule The number of
stops per mile, and the number of
seconds consumed at each stop also
are recorded.
This data covering all cars over
a period of several days, is then
assembled in the research depart
ment. BY scientific methods, the
new schedule speed of cars on the
line, and the number of cars need
ed is then determined. Such factors
as the horsepower of the motors,
weight of the cars and traffic con-
ditions are considered Finally, a
new detailed schedule is compiled to
exactly fit the existing conditions on
the line.
Speed Varies During Day
So that car patrons may get to
and from their work and shopping
in the least possible number of
minutes, running times are changed
throughout the day Cars run at
one speed in the morning rush hour,
and go little faster later in the
morning and afternoon. Another
speed is used in the eevning rush
hour. Cars operate faster in the
early evening, and fastest of all after
p. m. when travel is light and
traffic is not congested.
Persons who wish to know the
exact time that cars or buses are
due to pass their house or place of
business at any particular time of
the day, may obtain this informa-
ton in a few seconds by phOning
the Indianapolis Railways service
department at Riley 1871
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-26
Local Melon Market

Data regarding melon shipments
from the valley yesterday con1nsI-
ed by the State-Federal Market
News Service at Brawley follows:
Shipments yesterday: Imperial
Valley--1 cantaloupe, % honeyballs,
43 honeydews, mixed melons. To-
tai, 70. Total for season, 95O7.
Shipping point information: de-
mand slow, market dull. FOB.
track cash sales, standard and jum-
bo crates: very few sales, 60-65
cents. Honeyballs demand slightly
better, market stronger, fob cash
track, standard Ass, jumbo 36s and
Ass, very few sales, 65-75 cents.
New York 81 degrees, cloudy.
Cantaloupe: q cars arrived; IA CAL
ifornia, 10 Arizona, 2 North Caro-
lima unloaded, 46 on track, Honey
balls: % cars arrived, 20 California
unloaded, SO on track. Honeydews
10 arrived, 18 California unloaded,
az on track. Demand slow, market
steady. Imperial Valley; jumbo 36s.
Ass, So, few ASS, $2.75. Standard ASS
$1.75-2. -25. Honeydews, d e m n d
slow, market dull; Imperial stand
ard 8s, 9s, $1.121a -1.50; standard
12s, $125-l.62h, few SITS; jumbo
IS, 8s, $1-1.25, few 8s, $50.
Chicago: SO degrees, clear. 16 Ari-
Zona, II California, l Texas arriv-
ed, 81 cars on track. Honeydews: 2
California arrived, 6 on track. Hon
eyballs: California arrived, 13 on
track. Koneydews: demand slow,
market dull. Imperial standard 6s
and 9s, IS cents-$1; few 12s, $1.15-
lbs; precooled: 12S, S1.50. Honey
balls, demand slow, market weak.
Imperial very few sales, Jumb
36s, $1.50-l75; standard ass $1.50
Its, few sales.
Watermelons: 81 cars from I'M
perial Valley, 2O64 for season. De-
mand slow, market slightly weak
er. F.. o. b. cash track, Klondykes,
bulk per car, lc-17 pound average
few sales, $110-115.
Los Angeles, Calf, rs degrees,
clear. 20 California arrived, 35 un-
broken 20 broken on traNS. Truck
receipts, IA car loads. Demand and
trading better, market stronger for
good stock. Imperial Klondykes
bulk per car 1917 pound average
$140-160. Ordinary $125-135; bulk
per ton, 1917 pound average, s14-
16, poor and small $40.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-26
NEW STRAIN LETTUCE SEED
NOW READY FOR DISTRIBUTION

tried in Arizona for the earlier fall
paintings, Harrigan stated. It
should not be planted for later
spring harvesting in Imperial VAL
ley and Arizona, when tip burn
and slime are always threatening,
but it has given some promise for
earlier spring harvesting.
Instructions to those intending to
use this seed contain the following
If the trials of Imperial No. 152 are
promising. the user is free to pro-
duce seed from his trial plots or to
contract for seed production from
any seed reserved by the user, pro-
vided, that he use the produced
seed for his own paintings and does
not sell or give away any seed until
after December 81, 1884, or after
some later date specified by the de-
partment of agriculture in written
notice direct to the user.
This provision is for he purpose
of giving established seed growers
an opportunity to grow and offer
seed for sale before seed from trial
plots can be sold or given to their
customers. If the 1888 fall trials OF
Imperial No. 151 are satisfactory
seedgroWers will undoubtedly bt
able to offer 1884 crop seed for salt
in the fall of 1884, but it will prob
ably be too new for best results fol
early 1884 fall paintings in Imper-
| ial Valley and Arizona.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-26

Seed of the new strain of lettuce,
Imperial No. 152, is being distrib-
uted for preliminary trial by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
and the pest control committee Of
the Western Growers Protective AS
sociation, according to B. A. Har-
rigan, county agricultural commits
sioner, based on information re-
ceived from Ivan c. Jaeger, of the
United States department of agri-
culture.
So far it has been given only linn
tied trial, Harrigan said. Seed has
not been released for general use
and it cannot be bought on the
market. Whether it will be released
and seed grown and offered for sale
by seedsmen will depend on the be-
havior of the seed now being dis
tributed, Harrigan continued
Imperial No. 152 is fully resistant
to brown blight. 1t is similar to I'm
perial F. and New York in size and
natures fully as early, but, unfor-
tunately. it is somewhat more sub
ject to tip burn than either
1t is of principal promise for the
earliest paintings in Imperial Val
ley, made about September 20, tbs
government notice states. Seec
planted at this time frequently
makes only a small percentage o.
marketable heads, and No. 152 has
shown indications of making a
higher percentage Of heads than
any variety or strain now in use
The seed now being distributed is
new seed harvested in Imperial
Valley in June and should be irri-
gated very thoroughly to insure ger
mination in 1888 early fall plant
ings
Imperial No. 152 should also be
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-26
AFR|CAN TRIP
NOT SUCCESS

LONG BEACH, Calf, July 26.
W.Pf-Thirteen-year old, freckled
Clifford Crandall was back at home
today after a runaway rowboat trip
to Africa had terminated some 1895
miles short of his destination.
Sick of the humdrum, Clifford
packed his duffel-extrs trousers
and shoes-and set out to serve in
the foreign legion where a man
can nurse his bitterness unmolest-
ed.
Through miscalculation, he ar
rived at the harbor an hour after
the African boat had sailed.
Annoyed at the inevitable delay,
he nevertheless appropriated a loose
rowboat and set out in the general
direction of Morocco, via San Pc
drd breakwater. and presumably,
the Panama canal, South Atlantic
and Mediterranean.
His hands we're pretty we'll bis
tered before he cleared the break
water, so he moored for the night
in lee of the U.S.S. Salt Lake City
Finding the salt air sharp, he
climbed aboard after taps and went
to sleep under one of the big stern
guns. A sentry found him there and
he had ham and eggs with the
mems mess, and was then sent TO
the mainland in shore boat.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-26
SOUGHT +
IN SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO. July 26. U.P) -
Charles Pretty Boy Floyd motor
ious middle-west bank bandit and
killer. was sought here today by
federal and city authorities.
Floyd, it was said, was traced
here from Hollywood where he
went in an attempt to negotiate
the sale of a story of his life.
Authorities said the bank robber
inspired with a dramatic complex
and an idea that he was sort of a
Robin Hood hoped to induce film
producers that his story was fit
subject for a motion picture.
Los Angeles authorities were said
to have aided in tracing him here.
On the theory that he was at
tempting to get across the border
into Mexico the government border
patrol was asked to maintain the
closest possible watch.
Meantime local authorities said it
was their opinion that he had not
yet had time to cross to Mexico
and that he might still be captured
here.