Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1936, Page 12

10 INDUSTRIE PLAN EXPANSION Pay Raise Also Announced by One Firm—1,400 Are Affected. BY the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, December 2.—Ohio’s industrial pulse quickened today s two concerns announced expansions and another & 5 per cent wage in- crease. The pay raise came at the National Screw & Manufacturing Co. of Cleve- land. President Harold G. Alexander said 1,400 employes received the raise, effective yesterday. The total annual benefits were not disclosed. Cleveland Employment Up. J. W. Vanden Bosch, Chamber of Commerce statistician, said his month- ly survey of 100 representative con- cerns showed Cleveland industrial em- ployment surpassing all Novembers since 1928, and exceeding November, 1929, by almost 4 per cent. “This good showing,” he said, “is due to another advance in iron and | steel plants, which have added workers | for the fifth consecutive month, and | to the stable picture in the textile groups.” Employment in the 100 concerns, representing half of Cleveland's in- dustrial pay roll, mounted in Novem- ber to 77,960, or almost 3,000 more than the same month in 1929 and| 5,667 more than November, 1935, More Men to Be Hired. Seventeen plants indicated more men would be hired in December and only four anticipated a decrease. Nine concerns also indicated they| would increase wages. Completion of a $200,000 addition to the Corcoran-Brown Lamp Co. plant at Cincinnati will increase the personnel there, said Joseph L. Lackner, director. Stockholders ap- proved yesterday absorption by the Electric Auto-Lite Co. of Toledo after a suit to block the merger was dis- | missed in court. | The W. F. Emmons Co. at Delaware, open only two months, will be en- larged soon, officials said, increasing its employes from 50 to 200 The concern manufactures night clothing. - ATLANTA STUDIES CURB ON TRAILERS Mayor-Elect Asks Probe of Tran- sients Turned Back at Florida Border. BY the Associated Press. ATLANTA, December 2.—Reports of hundreds of trailer-home tourists finding the stop sign blocking their entrance into Florida led city offi- | cials here to study what they can do | about it if the travelers try to adopt Atlanta. Mayor-elect William B. Hartsfield requested the investigation, declaring the experience of Florida with “the | increasing number of people who live | in trailers” indicates Georgia eities | may find regulation necessary. Raymond W. Torras, engineer-sec- retary of the city Planning Commis- sion, said he had found few trailers in the city. Jack Savage, city at- torney, thumbed code books to de- | termine sanitary regulations which could be enforced against the tourists. MOTHER, 21, SENTENCED FOR KILLING SALESMAN | 14 to 15 Years in Prison Is Min- | imum Under Charge—Guilt Admitted. B the Associated Press. KENOSHA, Wis, December 2.— Mrs. Ruth Moran, 31-year-old mother, was sentenced yesterday to serve 14 to 15 years in prison for the killing of Herbert Winters, Kenosha auto- mobile salesman and her former lover. The former Highland Park, Ill, do- mestic pleaded guilty to a charge of second degree murder. The sentence was the minimum under the charge. A first degree murder charge, orig- inally placed against her, was with- drawn. Winters was slain in a wood near here October 8. Mrs. Moran admitted she shot him while attempting to per- suade Winters to give her his car so that she could go to California with her sweetheart. She said, however, she “didn’t mean to do it.” Canadian Defense Bolstered. OTTAWA, December 2 (Canadian Press).—The National Defense De- partment has contracted for five fly- ing boats for the Royal Canadian Air Force, it was announced yesterday. They will be built in Canada at » total eost of more than $780,000. ‘They will be used in coastal patrol. o T 50 Cents Saves Life. WEST SALEM, Ill, December 2 (#).—A 50-cent piece meant a lot to Postmaster C. N. Ginther. While hunting he was struck in the side by a stray bullet which hit the half dollar, preventing death or serious injury. 15 Mules ‘“Junked” For $1,000 by State Road Department BY the Associated Press. RICHMOND, December 3.— Mag, Pink, Long Legs and & domen other mules—the pride of the State Highway Department 18 years uo—!hwod their long ears in shame The 15 were ’\.Inked" to the highest bidders for the humili- ating aggregate of $1,000. The sometiges stubborn but faithful workers would have de- manded twice that sum, or per- haps more, in their prime. But the mchny D'plfl.lunt. aside he question of age, has F ln-n .nduny replacing horses and mules with machine power for the last two years. IAV!RSON oiL wgl_uu coLumMBIAa Hughes 3-Piece Military Sets ‘with genuine ebony backed brushes .00 If there’s anything a man appreciates it’s a pair of really good brushes. This Hughes set is one you can be proud to give him—genuine ebony backs with natural or black finish and long bleached bristles. With matching comb. ‘The Hecht clothes brush and comb. With beautifully duigned backs of natural wood grained French enamel. Chromium plated trim. 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