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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
TRADE FUTURE
BEST SINCE rs,
FIGURES SHOW
Business Is in Position to
Increase Profits, Says
Economist.
BY A. L. JACKSON
Vice President, Standard Statistics, In,


NEW YORK, Jan. Cuisines
activity averaged IL per cent
higher in 1885 than in 1884 In the
course of establishing this gain
there were no Embellishments Gre
ated and some significant correc-
tons were made. Thus the record
is even more impressive.
Total demand domestic con-
sumption and EXPORTS has in
creased steadily since October,
1884.
Taking the period from 1923 to
1925 as 100, demand has increased
from lew of So per cent, reached
in September, 1884, to high Of 853
per cent, reached in October, 1885,
and for November, latest month for
which data are available, registered
83.9 per cent.
Inventories Decline
New supply domestic supply and
imports) rose from low of $50 per
cent in October, 1884, to high of
86.9 per cent last November. Inven-
tories of total raw and finished goods
declined from 1869 per cent, regis
tered in September, 1884, to a low
of 99.6 per cent, recorded in August,
1885.
While there has been slight in
crease in inventories during Sep
TENDER, October and November, 1885,
the gain has been small and appar-
emily of temporary nature. mas
much as this gain was due to a
heavy movement of agricultural
crops during these months, and it is
known that the total supplies of
these crops are small, it appears as
though further liquidation in in
ventories can be expected in the
near future.
Rest Position Since 1928
AS inventories were reduced COM
modify prices increased, rising from
a low of SIT per cent in Novem-
Der, 1884, to a high of 1853 per cent,
established in November, 1885.
1t is also important in this con-
nection to note the gain in purchas-
ing power, which rose from a low
of 1874 per cent in November, 1884,
to high of 81 per cent in the
same month last year.
Thus we find that business activ-
ity has made an increase of IL per
cent in volume and at the same
time has greatly corrected its statis-
tical position. We have not entered
a new year with a stronger statisti-
cal position in industry since 1928.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
OUTSTANDING LOANS
TOTAL $46,389,24
Railroad Credit Corp. Files Year
End Report With L. C. C.

Times Special
WASHINGTON, Jan. g. The
Railroad Credit Corp. report filed
today with the Interstate Commerce
Commission shows that the corpo-
ration had SAC, 1889, 249 in loans out
standing at the close of 1885, &C
cording to E. G.. auckland, presi-
dent.
The loans originally made to par
ticipating carriers amount to $73,-
691, 1868. The reduction of $27,302,-
119 in the loans was brought about
by repayments of Sill, 522,292 credits
of $15,694,270 from distributions
made by the corporation, applied tax
refunds, $780, $50, and miscellaneous
$52,968.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
C. N. DECEMBER
SALES AT PEAK
Months Total Is 1858
Units; 1885 Reported
Best Year Since '29.
By United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. General
Motors Corp, biggest automobile
company in the world, today re-
ported its best December on record
and 1885 as the best year since 1929.
Total sales, including Canadian
and overseas shipments for Deem
Der, were 1875 ,698 units, the best
month since July, 1929, when sales
were 189,428. 1t was the first time
in the company's history that De-
cember sales crossed 100000.
For the year 1885 total sales were
1,715,688 cars and trucks, a gain Of
38 per cent over the 1,240,447 sold
in 1884 That total was exceeded
only in 1923 and 1929. In the lat
ter year the record was set at 1899, :
269.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
CELOTEX EARNINGS RISE
Net Profit for Fiscal Year Ended
Oct. 81 at S221,215.

I IUttS NVtCTNF
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-The CeloteX
Corp. which was reorganized Nov.
/, 1885, from the Celotex Co., today
showed a net profit of S221,215 for
the year ended Oct 81, 1885, before
provision for services of trustees. A
net loss of s192,689 was reported in
the fiscal year ended Oct. 81, 1884.
The company, reorganized under
Section 77B of the bankruptcy act,
reported net sales of S5,660,749,
against $3,914,390, and operating
profit of S616,072, against $375,369.
Trustees for the corporation are
Colin c. Bell and William T. Allen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
B. & O. LOADINGS RISE
Cars Loa d LEI Show Increase Of
1886 During 1885.
Times Special

I IW6S NUfCInT
BALTIMORE, Md. Jan. Gar
loadings on the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad for 1885 showed an in
crease of 1886 cars loaded over the
total of the preceding year. it was
announced today. The total for the
year was 2,079,395, compared with
2,043,S59 in 1884.
For the four weeks period ended
Jan. 6, 1886, carloadings amounted
to 35,537, an increase of 3051 cars
over the same week of 1885 when
the total was 33,486. Last week
also showed an increase of 1929 cars
loaded over the previous week end
ed Dec. 20.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09

be about the first indication that
the idea is getting out of the talk
ing stage. If successful, there is
no telling how far it may go or
how much new business it may
produce.
Housing facilities are badly
needed in every section of the,
country. Very little building has
taken place in the last five years,
and a great many houses have
outlived their usefulness during
that time Lack of repair work
has helped along their deteriora-
ton.
CHEAP, good houses should
- prove as popular at this lime
as Ford automobiles have been in
the past. Prefabricated steel con-
struction may prove the answer.
If it does, the steel companies
should enjoy very profitable times
in the next few years.
1t is encouraging that the large
corporations have taken an inter-
est in the subject of housing. They
should be in a position to give
more for the money than private
individuals. And they should be
better able to arrange the proper
sort Of financing If the business
is taken out of the hands of pri-
vate spectators and placed with
well-managed large corporations
it should be better for all con-
cerned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
BY United Press

CHICAGO, Jan. s'@Apples. Michigan
Mcintosh, bushel, slai.S6 carrots~fiii-
nois. bushel. 30635c. Sweet potatoes -
Tennessee, bushel. s579Oc. Beans
Florida. bushel, s2.50a4. Cabbage-Sacks,
per cwt;; sl@l.2ss Pssss-caHioTnia'
Bushei, 7scGSi.1S. LettuceaWestern
crates. dos. 81 5O@225 Cucumbers =
Cuban bushel s2G440 Michigan,
California, crates. si'25a1. 40 tomatoes
Mexican. Tugs, si.75G250. Onion market
so 10. sacks Western Valeucias. Sl3S.
75cgsi. Indiana yeilows, siaiio. 'O"S'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
FORD OUTPUT IN 1885
PASSES MILLION MARK
World Production Shows Increase of
More than Sc Per Cent.

Times Special
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-World
production of Ford cars and trucks
during 1885 amounted to 1885 1865,
compared with 855, 037 units in 1884,
an increase of more than Sc per
cent, according to an announcement
made today by the Ford Motor Car
Co.
Production of Ford units in the
United States and Canada during
the last year totaled 1,272,885 units,
an increase of 557, 447, or more than
II per cent over the total of u.s.
438 units produced in the preceding
year.
The announcement recalled the
prediction made by Henry Ford
more than year ago that he would
produce better than a million" units
during 1885.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
EARNINGS TO INCREASE

FOHtS . ptCFUf
NEW YORK. Jan. "a. w.
Robertson, chairman of the board
of directors of the Westinghouse
Electric Co., today announced that
earnings of the company for 1885
will approximate $12.o00,000. equal
to $3.50 a share, against s2.27 last
year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
BuSigruphs
Fourteen billion dollars gained in

Fourteen billion dollars gained in
eight months! That is the ire
mendous increase in the quoted
vaiue of all listed stocks on the
New York Stock Exchange, while
during the year the value went up
SO per cent.
But more than that-only a small
proportion of our securities are list
ed on the Big Board" When we
consider the Increased value in Sc
curities on other exchanges ard
ver-the-coulter, the paper in
crease in our national wealth last
year may well prove record.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09

step may re-
suit in the
opening up of
a n entirely
new field for
the steel in
dustry, a n d
it is such de-
v e ! opments
that trade re-
COVER les III =
built.
Much h a S
been said of
refabricated
steel houses
in re ce n t
months, but
this seems TO
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
STOCK TO BE CALLED
Times Special

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Directors of
the Allied Chemical and Dye Corp.
have voted to call the company's
preferred stock for redemption on
Feb. IA at $3.50 a share and accrued
dividends, it was announced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
Trends
All Steel Houses
Being Built at
Ohio Plant.
HENDERSON,

NEW YORK, Jan. 9. - The
1 Y American Rolling Mills Co.
has begun fabrication Of 100 all
steel houses at its Middletown
co. plant. according to dispatch
es. They will cost approximately
S350O00 and will sell from $500
to $500 each.
The importance Of this news
hardly can be over estimated. The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
Local Securities

because quotations or local securities
are unlisted on an Exchange, The Times
can not assume responsibility for the ae-
curacy Of these figures gathered from local
brokers)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
CHICAGO FUTURES RANGE
(By James E. Bennett g. Co..
LOCAL CASH MARKET

City grain elevators are paying 81 cents
for No. soft wheat Other Grades on
their merits. Cash corn new No. 4 yellow
IS cents and oats 10 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
TOOL INDUSTRY
PICKS UP WITH
GAIN IN ORDERS
1886 Prospects Favorable;
Auto Requirements
Enlarged.

Times Special
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Prospects
of the machinery and machine tool
industry are favorable not so much
for the reason that manufacturers
are getting substantially more busi-
ness as for the fact that this BUSH
ness is now coming in from a wider
variety of sources than at any
other time since 1929. Standard
Statistics Co reported today.
Most of the 1885 improvement is
traceable directly or indirectly to
the larger requirements of the au-
tomobile industry, and to the fact
that the early introduction OF new
models moved this business into the
summer months, the survey said.
Until recently. the increased in
terest in modern machinery and
tool equipment on the part of in
dustry generally has been largely
confined to requests for specifica-
tions and prices On machinery for
delivery at an indefinite future
date.
Must Maintain Efficiency
Nov these vague inquiries not
only are being replaced by firm
orders, but by orders for as early
delivery as possible. The SUCCESS
ton is that manufacturers are con-
vinced either of the necessity of
lowering costs through installation
of new machinery and equipment or
of increasing their productive ia
cilltleS in order to meet present or
potential increases in demand for
their goods. Or perhaps it is both.
In any event, the trend is one that
can scarcely avoid spreading and
gaining in momentum.
competitive conditions are such
as to leave manufacturers in a
given line virtually no choice but to
maintain plant efficiency and pro-
duction costs on parity with those
of rival concerns.
For the first three months of
1886 machine tool and machinery
orders should exceed year-earlier
levels by substantial margin, and
shortly thereafter demand from
general industrial lines should be
augmented by the start of buying by
automobile makers preparing for
fall model changes"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
Unlisted Stocks
(By Blyth g. Co.
FIRE INSURANCE
TREASURY STATEMENT
LEY Abbott, Proctor g. Paine)
By United Press

WASHINGTON. Jan. s.-Government ex-
penses and receipts for the current fiscal
year to Jan. z, as compared with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
Average Stock Price Rises

The average market Uolue of all stocks listed the
NenO York Stock Exchange Jan. 1Ods sS562 COM
pared NTH sS4.S4 Dec and s25 90 on jan T. 1885.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09

alton Corp =. 5
!. inr Aircraft. %
e tiss Wright 4
Cu4tiss Wri tA) II
Douglas Air :. SIS
Nor Amer Az. Z
Sperry Corp -. II
Utd Aircraft new %
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09
SHEEP AND LAMBS

receipts, 1000
Lambs 90 lis. down. good and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-09

(90-125) Good and choice :. 40o6 5
Common and medium 800 3.006 4
Yearling wether, good to choice 900G 9
Medium ............... 700@
Evening star., 1936-09-20

o9INNY was sent to prison last week.
He had his picture taken for the news
papers standing between two husky
- guards.
He had been caught breaking into drug
store, and his bad record stood against him.
The Judge sent Johnny away for couple of
years. When he comes back he will be
tougher guy.
knew Johnny well. We grew up in the
same section of the East Side. We used to
huddle together over corner bonfire in the
winter, and dive into the dirty East River
when the summer sun parched the streets. We
used to spend hours on street corners. shoot
ing dice. We would plan little robberies, and
swipe fruit from the grocery store.
In those slums on the lower East Side of
New York City there are many fellows like
Johnny.
Pushcarts line the sidewalks, and little
shops face the pushcarts - saloons, pool
rooms, candy stores with back rooms and
gangs of young fellows playing blackjack.
Dozens of races live together in crowded,
dirty old tene1nents.
That was where Johnny and lived. knew
him long time Johnny and l, jack Joel.
Anthony and red-haired Ralph were gang.
We were all about ten years old. You couldn't
call us little boys" even if we were under
nourished and scrawny we were burdened
and hardened far beyond our years. And you
couldn't exactly call our activities play" We
used to steal things, break windows and play
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Magazine Section

were just in the same gang. We gave the police
many headaches We all looked up to the gang
leaders. If they began smoking at the age of
IL or l3, so did we. If they grew interested in
going further than the ordinary pushcart pill
fering, so did we They thought cops were big,
cruel bulls - so did we held my teachers in
contempt - but there was nothing wouldn't
do for Johnny.
Our heroes were the flashy corner gangsters
who we knew were race touts and gamblers.
They always seemed to be well dressed, but
they never had any jobs. When we were al
lowed to run their errands, we felt great.
Anthony's brother was glittering, f1ashy
fellow. Everybody knew he was gangster.
and his mother always looked as though she
wanted to cry. He didn't live at home, but
Anthony wished he would, because he always
gave him nickels and dimes. He was pool
room guy. admired by all the girls. We wanted
to be poolroom guys too
Anthony's brother was our hero. Once we
told him we had stolen an expensive stamp al
laughed and said:
Don't get caught!
1t was inspiring praise.
Crime is probably terrible word, but it
meant nothing to US. Each of US had been in
trouble with the police, had relative who
was in trouble with the police. or knew some
body who was in Jail.
Sometimes one of the older boys would be
arrested and sent to prison. We wouldn't see
him for few months; then, he would be back
on the same corner, out of a job and tougher
than ever.
That is how we grew up, in the Uttered
streets Of a big city slum. We disliked the
police. Once, man was beaten and killed.
When crowd gathered, one little boy began
to say:
Mama, saw somebody hit this man.
His mother slapped his face and dragged
him away. We did not see him for couple of
days.
We never played basketball or baseball. be-
cause nobody ever taught such sports to us.
Many times Johnny and would go on the
hook" That is, for days at stretch we did
not 60 to school. Johnny was always very
brave.
When some strange gang would come
around looking for fight, he was always the
first to start it. 1t was he who first got the idea
of making periodic raids on the fruit push.
carts. He even got reputation. and his
mother used to cry.
One day Johnny was given a chance to
hang out" with the big guys in the corner
Confisvsd on poss 13)
Mvsfrofions BY
Evening star., 1936-09-20

quently dine The rich people would see us
standing by the door. crowding around to look
inside They would laugh, and throw us pen
nies. We thought they were suckers. We be-
gan to wait for them, and expect to get money.
Each block had such gang as this, and we
all did about the same things. We never
thought of ourselves as chums or pals - we
Evening star., 1936-09-20
JOHNNY ZIh
PR|S on

But Johnnys pal stayed home A frank,
dramatic story by boy from the city sIums WI
was headed for crime and prison. It's a
vivid example of how any community
can nip gangstersm in the bud
by Mack WILLIAMS
Evening star., 1936-09-20

hockey from school, and
swear and smoke. We were
just average East Side boys,
and those were the things to
which we we're accustomed.
We belonged to the streets.
Even if we were lucky enough
to have parents, they did not
have time to watch over us.
There was no room for us in
our three-room cold-water
fats. We had no grassy yards
to play in, either. My yard
was full If clothes lines and
garbage cans. live ever went
there to pitch pennies or fight
among ourselves, the janitor
would swear and say he'd
break our necks if he ever
caught us. He caught Johnny
once. and Johnny picked up a
stick with a nail at the end.
The janitor left Johnny alone.
Sometimes we would 60
around to the more popular
East Side restaurants, where
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-20
HAVE YOU
HEARD THAT
SSSsSSSsx$s,

Mrs. Eugene Tyrrell, Miss Edith
Tyrrell, Mrs. Ina Bennett, Frank
Visger, jr. Arthur Dutton and Mr..
and Mrs. A. M. Duttop are leaving
Thursday for a ten-daH vacation at
Sunrise Park and coast cities.
Alma Circle will meet Monday,
August "a at the home of Mrs. II.
w. Withers. The annual election Of
officers will be held at this meeting
and all members are urged to be
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. II. Dempsey,
Thomas and Eileen left Wednesday
for Seattle and Bremerton and CAL
ifornia, where they will visit before
going on to their home in Chicago.
The Dempseys have been visiting
at the Joe Nadig home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. F. Rees of Los
Angeles were visitors last week at
the Odin Staley home. Mr.. Rees
was First Lieutenant in Mr.. Staley's
company during the World War and
the two men had not seen each 9TH
er since their meeting in Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Bennett ar
rived from Bellingham Friday at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Ina
Bennett. They were surprised by
q charivari Friday night.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-20

Mrs. Clifford Tucker from st.
Maries. Idaho are visiting at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Lee Sutton.
Miss Lois Ford left Monday for
Seattle where she will visit Tor
while before going to Roseburg,
Oregon to resume her duties as
teacher at the school there.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Hore, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Hartung, Mr.. and Mrs.
,Koehler, and Mr. and Mrs. I. M. NC
|Inis were among the Richland group
that attended the Yakima Dairy
mans picnic in Prosser Tuesday.
kathleen Muncey and Dorothy
Homhan attended Rainbow meet
ing in Kennewick Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. B. Worden Of
Cutbank, Montana visited in this
region last week.
Mrs. Ernest Quackenbush, who
has been in San Francisco for the
past several weeks under doctors
care, returned home to attend the
funeral of her mother, Mrs. Ella
Sutton. ...-.... II. .'s.E + s"
Mr.. and Mrs. Quackenbush SOLD
their farm west Of town to Carl Toll
liver this week. s
Mr.. and Mrs. L.. w. Sloan and
family are visiting in Troy, Mon
tana.
j. F. Bell of Wyoming this week
purchased the old Howard ranch IN
Fruitvale.
Mrs. j. b. Clements spent the
weekend visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Sam McMahan.
Lester Lay, who has been visiting
at the Demitruk home for the past
two weeks, returned to his home in
Walla Walla Saturday.
Jean Arrestouhl is spending the
summer in Montana.
F. p. Freeman left Monday on a
business trip to Yakima and Seattle.
S. G. Ellington attended lum-
berman's meeting in Pasco Thurs
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. H. Sundet and
sons, Clusben and Marfield of Sc
attic visited Saturday and Sunday
dC CI1c uOIIlc VI MAo. 0uA1OCC OAO0
theirs, the JacObsOnS.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Snively were
visitors in White Bluffs Tuesday.
Miss Jean Cheyne and Miss
Myrtle Grace Barnett, who have
spent the summer in Cheney at
tending summer school, returned
to their homes Tuesday.
Henry Hartung and Elmer For
rest returned to their homes after
spending the week at Deer Park at
tending to business interests there.
Mrs. F. A. Schaefer left Tuesday
for Tacoma by way of the Naches
highway. Before returning home
they will visit in Salem and other
points of interest,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-08-20
ELLEN MADISON GIARD

Ellen Madison Giard passed away
at the home of her son on the
River Road Wednesday evening at
the age of "a years, after a years
illness.
She was born April 20. 1852 in
Foldreid, Norway and had been a
resident here for the past seventeen
years, making her home with her
children, as her husband preceded
her In death several years ago.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. G. p. Olston and Mrs. j. G.
Wade of Kennewick and six sons:
F.. II. Giard Of Stanwood; l.. j.
Giard of Seattle; A. w. Giard, p. A.
Giard, f. w. Giard and Dan p.
Giard, all of this city.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day afternoon at 2 pm. at the Muel-
Ter Funeral Home. Interment will
be made in the Riverview Heights
cemetery.