The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-07-01
retired 10000 cars as obSoles-
cent. Only about $4,000 new

retired 10000 cars as obsoles-
cent. Only about $4,000 new
cars currently are on order.
Americas first "box car in a
package"-the P-S-1-haS been
introduced by the Pullman
Standard Car Manufacturing
Company to play a major role
in helping to offset the nation
wide shortage of freight equip
ment.
According to its builders, fig
ureS based on data from the
American Railway Car Institute
Show that the Psi is now ac-
counting for Approximately &c
per cent of box cars ordered
from all contract builders and
more than % per cent of box
cars ordered from all sources.
Built of component parts main
ly engineered and manufactured
by Pullman-Standard, the Psi
box car has contributed heavily
to the ability of the company's
Michigan City, Ind, plant to
reach its preWar capacity of 81
cars a day, making it the big
gest single producer of freight
cars in the nation, As of April
], more than 1000 of the cars
had been delivered to nine rail-
roads.
THINGS TO COME-A Sold
ering iron that uses a chemical
cartridge for a heat unit builds
up a fusing temperature within
five seconds ...Color and
chiaroscuro pictures can be
taken alternately on a new
camera that holds two rolls of
film, one color and one black
and white ga recently-mar-
keted floor enamel with a rub
Der base dries in an hour. -.
Plastic gadget cooks frankfurt
tiers at the table 80. Packages
of bacteria-producing yeast are
available for cleaning septic
tanks -. Liquid for bottom of
ice trays keeps them from
sticking $50. Lightweight port
able welder operates with gaso-
line engine 80. Magnetized Spir-
it level permits hollands use
in metal construction New
plastic utensil combines func-
lions of shaker, squeezer, strain
er 49,. Portable stainless steel
charcoal grill is available for
campers.
THE FEMININE TOUCH-The
nation is in pretty good spirits,
if you can judge by its taste
in car colors. Paint-Shop super
visors at Crosley Motors report
that the traditional black or
blue automobile is becoming as
obsolete as the night before last.
Perhaps it can be attributed
to the inevitable relaxation of
a postwar world" observed
Powell Crosley, Jr., pioneer small
car manufacturer, "but I'm
rather inclined to think it re-
fleets a definite trend toward
better living, more colorful
clothes, cheerier homes and
brighter surroundings-not to
mention the fact that women
have a great deal to do with
selecting the modern car"
Crpsley recalled that, just
fifteen years ago, more than 90
percent of the nations automo-
biles were turned out in a mar
row range of three or four sub
dued colors. Now, Car manufac-
turers offer as many as twenty
hueS.
To-day we find the demand
for live colors the rule rather
than the exception" Crosby
said. "Our people want apple
green, canary yellow, light blue
and a daring red"
BITS o. BUSINESS-TH T
middle income for all U. S. fam
lilies rose to $2,920 during 1947
up 1920 from 1916, according tc
the Federal Reserve Board. This
means that half of the AZ mil
lion families in the country hao
incomes higher than $2,920, hall
had lower, For every 100 famil-
les in the country in 1947, q
had incomes above $1,000 anG
eight of this group above $500
In the same braket of 100, how
ever, Is families had incomes
below $1,000 and another 18 hao
earnings between $1,000 ano
$4,000. 49, To spur sales of cleo
trical appliances, Consolidated
Edison Co. of New York, Inc. is
conducting for the first time g
consumer prize contest through
its cooperating dealers. Applian-
ces with a retail value of $15,-
900 will be given away to SOC
contestants who best answer II
factual questions to be diStri-
buted by dealers. In announcing
the contest, E. F. Jeffe, vice
president in charge of sales
said he feared wage rises pro-
badly would put a stop to the
downward price efforts of in
dustry ....U. S. wool consump-
ton is now running at double
preWar figures -. Balanced lead
production and consumption is
not yet in sight. The storage
battery industry has eased uI
on its UNPRECEDENTED demand
but cable manufacturers rhaVe