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Evening star., 1933-03-12
Speed in Building Construction
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
II took . hundred years to build | b

II took hundred years to build
Rheims Cathedral. but the average
time for the construction Of all types Of
structures in the United States, with
the aid of modern devices, Is only Ill
days and an hour or 20 over. This Ii
one manifestation of the situation which
has resulted in so much unemployment.
In former times. when tie building OF
a house was undertaken, the wogkmen
employed upon the job felt confident
week., perhaps months. When large
Office building was begun, the wofkmen
felt secure for t1o or three years.
Furthermore, the rate Of speed IN
construction is accelerating. In two
years 1t has dropped from an average Of
1872 days. That means that 81 Gays
three full 7-day weeks-have been sub
tracted. The rate of speed still Is in
creasing. If three weeks can be cut
of the construction in only two years,
and the development continues the
future does not hold out much hope for
increased work in that field, even
though there should be Q tremendous
increase In the volume Of building. More
houses would be constructed IN less
time. The fact that less work has been
given men in the building industry, be-
cause Of the increased speed OF con-
struction, is coupled with . coincident
decrease in the rate Of pay over most
Of the country, SO the workers earning
opportunities have been twice curtatled.
Many great structures are requiring
many months to complete, but these
are comparatively few. The greatest
haste appears to have been practiced
in the erection Of commercial struc-
lures. For example. In II representa-
tive cities 1t was found that 215 COM
mercial buildings were erected In 80
days or less. This includes the elapsed
time from the very commencement Of
the excavation to the completion and
turning over Of the structure for occu-
pancy or the decoration Of "For Rent"
sign. In the same class Of 80 days and
under are found u residence structures,
most Of which were frame.
The largest class of buildings was that
composed Of frame residence structures.
This class was composed of LOTS and
from 81 to IS days were required from
the first breaking Of ground to the last
brush of paint.
Construction Rec0rdA
Different types Of construction obvi-
ously require different periods. The
very nature Of certain work involves
some amount Of waiting, but such Pc
rtods have been progressively reduced
until buildings are run up IN phenome-
nally short time.
For example, 18 brick dwelling houses
in these IA cities were erected In six
weeks and 172 were built in the 81 to
IS day period which saw the largest
number Of frame houses built. How
ever, from 121 to $50 days were required
for the largest number Of brick dwell
ings-a class Of 594. The average num-
Der Of days for frame one-family dwell
ings Is 9l.8 and for two-family frame
buildings 1929. For brick one-faYnily
dwellings the average number Of days
required Is 141.4 and for two-farnily
structures 1854.
As might be expected, the frame
dwelling houses require shorter time
to erect, but 1t comes as something OF q
surprise to hnd that apartment houses
take less time than even the two-farily
Evening star., 1933-03-12
Truths Taught by Adversely.

Now that 1t has become apparent
that at least certain number OF local
banks are shortly to reopen for regular
and unrestricted business, it seems ad-
visable to review some Of the more
significant and elemental truths that
the past week has brought home SO
forcefully For II, from the recent ex-
perience the average on-financially-
minded citizen Of this and other COM
munities has not attained to q broad
ened understanding of the relationship
Of sound banks to his personal inter-
ests and welfare, what would seem to
be the one golden opportunity Of the
so-called holiday has certainly been
missed.
The first Of these truths Is that
banks with open doors, operating on q
100 per cent business basis, are highly
desirable and indeed essential factor in
this rather complicated economic era.
Even in the brief duration Of the holi-
day probably no Washingtonian has
failed to feel the inconvenience-how-
ever cheerfully' borne-of closed or lin
tied credit machinery. And this despite
the fact that. due to the brevity Of the
holiday. merchantile establishments
were not under the necessity Of curtail-
ing credit as would certainly be the case
in a more prolonged bank moratorium.
Sound banks, all now know, are vital to
personal, industrial and commercial
comfort and progress. That is useful
fact to be borne steadfastly in mind.
The second truth that all must have
cleaned is this: Even If blessed with
the strongest banking system conceiv-
able, it is impossible for all to with
draw deposits from the units Of that sys-
tenn at the same time without wreck
ing the works" Sound banks play .
vastly more useful part in the modern
economic picture than merely acting as
safety deposit boxes for their thousands
of depositors. The fuel upon which the
industrial machine operates Is credit.
The fundamental function Of sound
banks is to turn each cash dollar de-
posted in its care into as many dollars
of useful and secure credit as they
safely can Those credit dollars are
essential unless business in general Is
to stagnate and die. But because q
time factor Is involved in credit trans
actions, no credit would be available
and no banks would exist If bankers
had to contemplate that each depositor
was going to step up to the paying
teller's window on given day and de-
mand his deposits in full. That is an
other useful fact for future guidance
And third and equally useful truth
Is this: Unreasoned fear-panic-is
perhaps the most debased Of human
emotions. AS such it leads to chaos,
whether it springs from the cry of
fire in crowded theater or the
whispered untruth as to the solvency
and stability of soundly and ably op-
Grated financial institution. Panic
leads to chaos, and no one can benefit
from the substitution of chaos for or
dered and secure and time proved busi-
ness methods.
Bearing these three truths In mind,
this community and the balance Of the
Nation can face the unfurling of "busi-
ness as usual" signs with confidence and
relief. For many have learned q les
son that will stand the present and
future generations In good stead as
America marches forward to her high
destinies.
Evening star., 1933-03-12

When it comes to transactions in
stocks and bonds Europe is left with
pretty nearly the sole privilege of buy
ing u S. A. Even the confirmed specu-
lators over here are demanding that
the money temple managers count the
chips and straighten out the parapher-
MALTA
Evening star., 1933-03-12
Commodity Prices
Stabilizing on Glow"
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

Commodity prices all over the world
seem to be gradually stabilizing around
their low levels. In Government circles,
as well as among private business men
with national viewpoint, there now
Is seen some basis for hope that at
last foundation has been reached upon
which to build.
Lines on the charts Of the experts, by
prices is shown, indicate In general q
slow but steady flattening out of the
downward curve which began last Sep
tember. After the secondary rise of
the summer, which ended in the early
FAN OF 1882, fairly sharp declines oc-
CURED to the end of the year, which are
now believed to have about spent their
force. Since January the figures of
the Federal Reserve Board and the De-
partments Of Commerce and AsricuI-
ture seem to bear out the correspond
ence between prices in this country and
those IN foreign countries, tending to
justify the general conviction that the
prices OF most Of the basic commodities
In which the world trades are at last
slowly stabilizing themselves.
During the last few weeks the ex-
tended decline in wholesale prices ap-
pears to have been halted, with most of
the indexes showing little change. The
principal farm staples are slightly above
the levels recently prevailing. The mod
crate strength and activity in some of
the leading agricultural commodity
markets is pleasing to the financial
world, which believes that there can
not be any permanent strength In the
security markets without some recovery
IN the price Of agricultural commodities.
or 10 groups Of representative COM
m0dities, the indexes show 6 have been
relatively stable since the beginning of
the year, and during the past six or
seven weeks In most Of the countries
they have shown tendency to stiffen.
Farm products, foods, light and fuel
have at times shown considerable weak
ness, but generally prices Of most of
the farm products, In the United States
at least. have held firm and some have
shown slight advances. Observers feel
that this presents one Of the most en-
ccuragins signs Of the past few months.
The main object Of trying to bring
about rise In the domestic price level.
Of course, Is to create . workable
balance between domestic debts and do
mestic prices. This Is important both
for industry and labor. Government
statisticians are beginning to believe
that they see some ground for hope
that this balance may not be quite SO
far distant as we had thought. They
point to the apparent evidence that pro-
duction costs, which almost always fall
more slowly than prices, have now been
reduced so much by the introduction Of
new processes and from other courses
that an approach to balance seems to
be In sight.
In q study Of wholesale commodity
prices In foreign counties, month BY
Evening star., 1933-03-12

The present presidential term will be
shortened by two months, but II the ad-
ministration keeps up its fast pace
the difference In output of work will
not be reduced.
Evening star., 1933-03-12

France Is said to have a large stock
Of fine wines to be offered In the
American market. Mrs. Willebrandt
may be expected to offer an especially
eloquent argument In favor of home
buying.
Evening star., 1933-03-12

Balancing the budget Is an enterprise
of increasing difficulty for large organi-
zations that were concerned with per-
sonal profits and were keeping no
budgets Of any consequence.
Evening star., 1933-03-12

A time Of readjustments finds Nature
attempting to change the map with as
much violence by earthquake a. man
employs In war. The earthquake is
preferable In leaving no aftermath Of
hatred.
Evening star., 1933-03-12

Competition is no longer regarded as
the life Of trade unless what Is meant
Is competition to facilitate q process
of Interchange between superabundance
and necessity.
Evening star., 1933-03-12

In the financial anxiety the Ameri-
can public has shown its perfect sense
Of equilibrium by never once forgetting
the annual fascination Of a study Of
prospective base ball line-ups.
Evening star., 1933-03-12

If radio should come under the super
vision OF Secretary Daniels, the public
may hope for more of those hearty old
sea songs and less grooming.
Evening star., 1933-03-12

Art is expecting a new influence
which will take the quaint old stein out
of the bric-a-brac closet and replace 1t
on the table.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Busy,

Busy.
Said Uncle Sam, When next you call
You will be welcome one and all.
Each will be cozy as can be
With cookies and q cup of tea.
But do not let 1t hurt your pride
If we appear preoccupied.
For this. good friends, you must allow;
The folks are cleaning house just now.
1.-THE bureaus must be moved about
While pigeon holes are emptied out.
The merry birds to Spring belong,
We dare not unger for the song.
Before we pause for hours Of fun
There's simple duty to be done.
We can't wait for polite pow-wow;
The folks are cleaning house just now. ="
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make amends In the future by sys-
tematically ignoring Virgins and his
prophecies. Let them be consigned to
the oblivion Of profound silence and
coutempt"
Evening star., 1933-03-12

Question continues to assert itself as
to whether war can logically be re-
garded as over until it is fully paid for.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
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special dispatches herein are also reserved
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out there
And plenty Of appetite here.

"Sise don't allus count" said Uncle
Eben. IT it did, de bass fiddle would
be settin' De tune fob Dc entire
orchestra" y ~ ~'
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Fair Exchange.

For conditions Of comfort we all will
prepare
And turn to q future Of cheer,
With abundance OF m,at and potatoes
out there
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pride which seeks to deserve respon-
sibility." said HI Ho, the sage Of China
town. rs helpful, but that which seeks
admiration Is destructive"
Evening star., 1933-03-12
Simplifcation.

Simplification.
Are you still explaining economic
conditions to your constituents"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum.
I'VE have done better than that. We
have brought economic conditions into
the open 50 that citizens can examine
them for themselves"
Jud Tunkins says that patriotism is
to some extent the art Of knowing when
to get out and give three cheers and
when to sit quiet and listen.
A Sweet Silence.
No more we hear throughout the land
The gamblers tale Of woe.
The market tipster's silent, and
No doubt It's better SO.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
A Sweet Silence.
Relief.

do you experience any relief"
"Kind off,, answered Farmer Corn
tossel. "A little while ago we all felt
like fightin' one another. Now that
we are gettin' the facts, we're all gettin'
toeether and sympathizin'."
Evening star., 1933-03-12
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The local detective scandal 50 years
ago absorbed public interest IN wash
ingtnn to the exclusion
Speedy Tr1al Of political news and
rr..;r. the progress Of the
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All Other States and C2nada
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-30
RECOVERY BILL
HELD BLOW TO
Child LABOR
Miss Perkins Says Baby
Competition With Adults
Is Unfair.
BY MAX STERN
Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, May 30-Child
labor opponents look to the pend
ing administration recovery act to
do what sixteen years of battling
have failed to accomplish.
They expect it to abolish the en-
ployment of children for the next
two years. BY that time they hope
to secure ratification of the child
labor amendment.
According to Miss Frances Per-
kins, secretary of labor, child labor
comes under the unfair practice"
clause in the pending measure.
1t is her own as well as union
labor'S first determination to take
from the mines, mills and sweat
shops the 100000 children esti-
mated to be at work there.
There is no more unfair prac-
tice than the employment of child
workers in competition with
adults" Miss Perkins said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-30
Grand Jury Probe of Banks
Affairs Is Con-
tinued.

Valuation of assets of the defunct
State Savings and Trust Company
under present conditions, will be de-
termined by two appraisers named
Monday by Circuit Judge Earl R.
Cox on petition of Homer Elliott,
receiver.
George w. Snyder of the Security
Trust Company and N. M. Dunbar
of the Union Trust Company, we're
named by Cox to act as appraisers.
Elliott pointed out in his petition
that present valuation of the trust
assets is necessary in view of suit
pending in superior court two seek
ing to collect on stockholders liabil-
ity
Meanwhile, the grand jury in
veStigation of the banks affairs
continued with Mrs. Ida Broo, &C
countant, appearing in person to
testify regarding her findings which
precipitated the probe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-30

head of the stairs and rolled to the
bottom. Regaining his feet, he
fired one last shot at Goldsberry
staggered out on the porch, and
fell dead.
Goldsberry, police said, was struck
by only one bullet, believed to have
been the last shot fired by Gregor.
Without word to his young wife,
who had been huddled in the cor
ner during the shooting, her infant
child Rugged to her breast, Colds
berry walked outside and collapsed.
He was taken dying to a hospital
at Lima.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-30
BIC BUSINESS
DIVIDED over
RECOVERY BILL
'UnduIy Drastic Say Some
Leaders; Encouraging
Say Others.
BY RUTH FINNEY
Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, May 30.-Uncle
Sam-1933 edition-wears the as
pect Of kind patron to part OF
industry, and to another part seems
to be a threatening tyrant as the
national recovery bill moves toward
passage in the senate.
This Jekyll-Hyde Interpretation by
business men of the purposes and
probable results of the recovery bill
confronted the senate finance COM
mittee today as it prepared to wind
up hearings Wednesday.
James Emery, representative of
the National Association of Manu-
facturers, told the committee the
bill in it's present form is "unduly
drastic" and represents the power
of complete conflscation of every
enterprise-the power Of CONNER
cial exile and destruction"
Difference in Views
While he was testifying there ar
rived in Washington excerpts from
an article in the Magazine of Wall
Street, in which it is suggested
apropos of the recovery bill that
perhaps the forgotten man actual
ly was the business man.
The new measure ALTERS the attl-
tude of government from an in
imicaI to a paternistic or at least
helpful one" the article said. THE
practical appraisal Of it E. would
appear to be that it will be stinlu-
lative directly to business in num-
Der of depressed industries, reaSsur-
ing to all, and enormously encour-
aging to the public morale
Frankly, the article points out,
"the bill may be regarded as the
first step of the government toward
economic planning. Under its broad
provisions the entire output of every
industrial group, and so of indus
try as a whole, may be restricted
and otherwise regulated"
Voices Objection to Bill
Emery told the committee that
while employers are assured of no
protection in the discharge of their
onerous obligations but must place
their trust wholly in the admins
traitor, it is sought to twist the pend
ing legislation into distinct effort
to mold the employment relations
of the United States into a single
form, to the manifest advantage of
particular form of organization.
That's your real objection to the
bill, isn't it?" said Senator Robert
Wagner Dem, N. ". You think
labor is getting too much under this
bill. You don't think they should
have the right to organize as they
please"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-30
Contract Bridge
BY w. E. M'KENNEY,


A GAIN let me impress upon you
"A the Importance Of the safe
ty Of the hand"
Find the safety Of the hand first
and then start your bidding tactics
always knowing that you can come
back to the safety of the hand
Here is an interesting hand played
in the recent Ohio state champion
ship at Cleveland:
South and West passed. While
North has four high card tricks he
must not open with one no trump
in the constructive one over one
system of bidding, as he holds a
weak doubleton.
Also, his hand does not contain
any tenace positions, therefore he
must resort to one Of his four-card
suits.
I prefer to open the hand with
one club, then, if the partner can
make a one over one response, you
can go to no trump, while if he
happens to bid spades, you know
UnaC you are going 10 nave gOOo
play for a game at spades.
Holding Easts hand, I would
make a negative double. However,
at the tournament, most players
overcalled with one heart, in which
case South now made construc-
tive bid of two clubs.
Immediately, North and South
knew the safety of the hand-they
have agreed on clubs. They know
that they cannot get into much
trouble playing the hand at that
suit.
y =
MYTH this information, when
w West passed, North was now
justified in showing his spade suit
by bidding two spades. This was a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-30
DUEL TO DEATH
IS FOUGHT over
LOVE OF WIFE
Enraged Husband Shoots
1t Out With Other Man
in Case.
By United Press

LEIPSIC, O., May 30.-An en-
ragged husband and the man he &C
cused of stealing his wife's love
stood at ten PAGES Monday night
and fought gun duel that ended
only when the second man was dead
and the husband dying.
Andrew Goldsberry, "a, the hus-
band, started the shooting, police
said, when he found David Gregor,
81, in the house where his estranged
wife was living.
The men emptied their guns at
each other, filling the weapons and
emptying them again before Gre
gor fell 1ortally wounded down a
flight Of stairs, fired one last shot
at Goldsberry, and sIumped to the
floor, dead.
Goldsberry's wife Octavia, 20
year-old mother of three children,
reconstructed the scene that led to
the shooting in her story to police.
Separated for Five Months
She and her husband had been
separated for five months, she said,
and she had been living with his
mother, Mrs. John Mason. Her
husband, she added, had made sew
eral attempts to effect a recon-
Citation since filing suit for divorce.
Late Monday, Mrs. Goldsberry
told police, her husband came to
the home, asked her to come and
live with him again, and became
enraged when he refused.
Rushing upstairs, he came face
to face with Gregor, a former fell
low workman.
Without word, both men drew
revolvers and opened fire.
Reload Several Times
When his first round of bullets
was exhausted, Gregor, wounded
several times, reloaded his gun.
GoldSberry did likewise.
Suddenly Gregor Slumped at the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-30
Name TuO Appraisers to
Study State Savings Assets

Attention of the grand jury is
centering on 100000 book keeping
error" in statements alleged to have
been submitted by bank officials to
the state banking department.
William J. Fahey, attorney, filed
companion petition Monday to one
filed recently asking that former
liquidating agents and officers of
the Meyer iser Bank be prevented
from obtaining security records
until owners of stocks and bonds,
issued by the bank, have an OPP
portunity to investigate their hold
ingS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-30
AUTO SHOW DATES SET
1884 National Event Will Open in
New York, Jan 6.

The 1884 national automobile
show in New York will open on Jan.
6 and will be held, as for many
years, in Grand Central Palace, the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce announces, following a
meeting of directors.
The date and place Of the Chicago
show will be decided upon at the
annual meeting Of the car manu-
facturers in New York City next
month.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-30

constructive bid and showed part
ner a very good hand. But as the
spade suit had been bid secondary
partner should know that it is only
a four card suit.
East would now bid three hearts
South, having four spades, imme-
diately gives partner this informa-
ton by bidding three spades.
Regardless of whether West bids
four hearts or not, North now
knows that his partner holds at
least four spades and club support.
With this information, he knows
there is good chance of making
game, and therefore bids four
spades, knowing that if he is dou-
bled he can go to five clubs. How
ever, the bid is not doubled and
four spades is a lay-down.
North and South have discovered
a suit at which they could play for
game, but not until they first es-
tablished the safety of the hand
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