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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1923)
Labor Conditions Growing Better (Jnemployment Conditions Throughout World Show Im provement, Report Says. London.—The unemployment situa tion throughout tha world Is favorable - compared with that of a year ago, gays the current Issue of the Inter national Labor Review, the monthly publication of the International labor office of the league of nations at * (Geneva. The periodical has Just fin ished a world wide survey on unem ’ ‘plbyment. " In France and Belgium unemploy ment Is almost nonexistent. In North America employment was exceeding ly-good toward the closo of 1922 aa ; compared with 1921, though In 1 Canada figures for October and No ; vember show a contraction aa com 1 pared with previous years. In the United States employment has been steadily Increasing during the last year and business conditions continue to improve. Production was very good during January, 1923, and apparently no cne a year ago ex pected such a rapid recovery. In the United Kingdom the general unemployment Index numbera ahow little change at the end of January, 1923, as compared with December, 1922. The activity In coal mining, in steel-sheet manufacture, and In the worsted Industry was satisfactory, but most of the other principal Indus tries are attll under the spell of de pression. In the Scandinavian countries and In the Netherlands the situation shows Improvement. In Italy the great Immense of the numbera unemployed recorded the end of the year was due to unemploy ment In the mining and outdoor In dustries, as well as In agriculture. Polish industries were compara tively active during the laat three months of 1922, and a comparison with the corresponding month of last year shows that unemployment has greatly diminished. In Switzerland unemployment Is still declining. Austria and Germany are the only two countries for which unemploy ment figures show a substantial In crease at the end of 1922 as compared with 1921. It has.been estimated that Austrian Industries were working at 10 per cent of their capacity at the end of 1922. In Germany seasonable unemployment In the building Indus try Is especially acute this year. Em ployment In the metal, electrical and chemical industries is still good, the decline being chjefly in the printing, food and building trades. Son of Armour Official Is Killed by Gunshot Chicago, Sept. 8.—Fred E. White accidentally shot himself to death late yesterday. He was the son of F. E. White, president of Armour A Co. Young White, who was only IB, had been hunting on his father's Lake Forest estate with Arthur Armour, son of A. W. Armour, the vice presi dent of Armour A Co. A bull charged toward the boys and White attempted to beat It off with the stock of the gun. In some manner the weapon was discharged, tearing a hole In younjf White's side. Mayor Hylan Better. Saratoga Springs, N. Y„ Sept. 8.— Mayor Hylan of New York, who is suffering from pleuro pneumonia, was somewhat better this morning. His physicians issued the following bul letin: “Mayor Hylan was somewhat better this morning. Pain less, breathing better. Temperature, 99; pulse, 108; respiration, 30.” The physicians expect that he will recover. His temperature last night was 103. Champions save tjoumone# Champion X, to c oi n i z • d Jtmndard for '“ord Cara and Truck a and Fordaon Trsc jfer* coifs but 60c \ You save in first cost when you install Champions because the price of Champion X is but 60 cents and the Blue Box Line 75 cents. You save also in oil and gasoline consumption and in avoiding costly repairs. Your engine will perform better. It will have new life and pick-up. Gat Champions by the full set at~any dealer anywhere. The genuine ia identified by the Double-Ribbed core. A type and size for every engine. Champion Spark Plug Company « Toledo, Ohio Champion Spark Plug Company of Canada, Ltd. Windsor, Ontario / Champion Double-Ribbed Core \Jtor your protection Mail Superintendent Raises Giant Vegetables at Suburban Home u But His Phone Rings When Friends Become Too Inquisitive. William J. Mettlen, superintendent of malls, central postoffice, mined from the Coronado apartments out to a place In the suburbs last spring. He expressed to his fellow employes the philosophy of the great open spaces, communing with nature and particularly raising one's own garden vegetables. Now, "Mett" Is one of the hardest workers In Uncle Sam’s mall depart ment, having office hours (according to Pat McGovern) from 1 a. m. till 1? midnight. After he moved to his new place at 4219 Mayberry avenue, he received frequent queries as to how the garden was coming along. His report was always optimistic. He described his early radishes and lettuce as the best of their kind. “I never .saw anything like them. Radishes the size of a fist, heads of lettuce the size of a bucket. It’s the way I tend 'em that makes ’em grow.** And the unbelievers chuckled sardonically. The other day Mr. Mettlen ca^ne In with an enormous tomato. It was red and smooth faced and weighed Just over two and a half pounds' on the postofflce scales. "Here's one I Just plckted off the vines this morning,” he said. "Fair sized one but If I'd had time to look around I could have found some real big ones.” Pat McGovern fixed him with a gim let eye. "You could, could you?" he asked. "Sure could," said the superintend ent. "I saw a tomato Just like that one in a grocery window on Sixteenth street Just yesterday morning,” said Mr. McGovern. Gardener Mettlen seemed to blush a little. "Listen,” he said, "I think that's my phone ringing.” And he hastily left the group, leav ing his giant tomato behind. Manufacturers of Country Will Standardize Products By Associated Press. New Ydrk, Sept. 2.—The business of life, at least that portion of it hav ing to do with the manufacture, sale and use of material things, has be come so complicated in recent years that more than 200 national Industrial associations and government depart ments are now engaged In a co-opera tive effort to straighten out the tangle. The straightening process has taken the form of simplification, unification and standardization of raw materials, of manufacturing processes and of finished products. The far-reaching proportion this work pssumed during 1922 Is revealed in the year book of the American engineering standards committee, a federation of the industrial, technical, social and governmental agencies en gaged in national standardization work. The projects under way range from standardization of the propor tions of bolts, nuts and rivets to the standardization of the dimensions of motion picture films; from the stand ardization of the methods of testing automobile headlights to standardiza tion of methods of testing wood, steel or Portland cement; from standardiza tion of methods of sampling coal and coke to the standardization of the methods of testing cotton fabrics; from the standardization of rules con cerning electricity meters to standard ization of the manner In which tele graph, telephone and other electric wires cross each other at overhead Intersections on the streets and roads of the United States. In all, more than 20 such projects have been com pleted or are now under way. Even the language of Industrial and technical men has become so compli cated and confused in the rapid devel opment of science and industry dur ing recent years that it has become necessary to simplify and standardize words and their meanings and sym bols. The standards committee reports that the national movement for indus trial standardization accomplished more during the last year than in any preceding year, and the work has now reached the stage of mass production. Trade associations and general com mercial bodies have shown decidedly increased Interest in standardization work, which, in its earliest stages, was considered of Interest principally to engineers. , German Student Must Die. Dusseldorf, 8ept. 8.—Itiehard Raab. a 20-year-old student, was sentenced to death today by a French court martial for throwing a hand grenade into thes midst of a detachment of French troops here on August 4. Two of the soldiers and a German woman and child were wounded by the ex plosion. Kitchen Ethics. A pinch of salt will make cream whip more readily. Ad-Sell League Will Start Fall Program Ralph Partlette, vice president of the PartlettePadget company, pub Ushers, will address the opening fall meeting of the Omaha Ad-Sell league at Hotel Fontenelle, Monday night at 6. E. Elmo Martin of Cleveland, O., author, lecturer, and Industrial engi neer, will address the league Septem ber 24. Other speakers during the fall will Include Lawrence W. Rog ers, phsycologlsts. New York City. Di;. Preston Bradley of Chicago; E. St. Elmo Lewis, vice president of the Campbell Ewald company; Ed mund Vance Cook, poet; Samuel Orathwell, Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, Herbert Leon Cope and Robert C. I Fay, sale* manager of the La Sail* Extension university. That the Order of DeMolay fot Boys, an organization composed of sons of Master Maons and their com panions, between the ages of 1« and 21, Is a fast growing body Is shown by the fact that they have estab- * llshed, In addition to the many IMw this country, councils In Milan, Rome, -The Good MAXWELL Reduced to forges so far ahead of anything in its field that no room is left for discussion* The one thing remaining is to come, see, and ride* Consider its remarkable reputation for standing up, in connection with this complete equipment: Cord tires, non-skid front and rear; disc steel wheels, demountable at rim and athub;drum type lamps; pres sure chassis lubrication; motor driven electric horn; un usually long springs; new type water-tight windshield. Touring Car - $795 Sport Touring • • • $960 Roadster' - ' - ' 795 Sport Roadster » - 895 Special Sport Touring 975 Club Coupe • • • $ 935 4-Passenger Coupe - 1195 Sedan •••••• 1295 Traveler - * * * * 1585 Prices r. U. D. Uetrou; nex'cnue i ax w w aaoca PETERSON-MILLARD COMPANY t Twenty-eighlh and Fafnam HArney 5066 Four-Wheel Brakes—New Engine—New Bodies! Special Showing all Week—You are Invited! 'j Come In and see this True Blue Oakland— f built to be the finest light-six! Study its exclusive features and you will marvel at the value built into this car at its new low price. Test its four-wheel brakes—an outstanding safety achievement on a car of Oakland’s price! Note how simple they are; learn why they require so much lest attenfMKS -than conventional two-wheel brakes. Inspect the brand new engine—smoother, quieter and more powerful than even its highly successful predecessor, the Six-44. See the new blue bodies, built by Fisher. The top is permanent with new side curtains comparing in snugness and utility to the doors of a closed car. Controls are centralized on the steering wheel. Disc steel wheels ar« standard equipment, at no added cost. See this new’ Oakland at our special show ing this week! Don’t miss the first public exhibition of this True Blue Car—the latest and finest achievement of the Oakland Division of General Motors! RooiiHr Touring Car Sport Roadsttr Sport Tour inf Business i oupe M. Passenger coupe Sedan cAnnouncinq the J 1Q24 * - -c. -iqtui j It’s Brand New—and True Bluer Embodying Exclusive Features of Engineering Design and Superior Coachwork Never Before Associated With Cars of Moderate Price This True Blue Oakland was deliber ately planned to be the‘finest built light'Six in the world. Two years have been devoted to its design, manufacture and test. Two years—plus the wealth of Oakland experience in light-six manufacture and the limitless resources ofGmn^ >« Motors. From axle to axle—it's new! It embodies features of mechanical superiority—of beauty and comfort and performance—heretofore un* heard of in cars of its price! Every single part was designed and built to fit and function in perfect harmony with every other part. And because, it, has betan so soundly built—Oakland places upon it the samiftltitten 15,000 mile engine per* formanc# guarantee and the same Mileage«Basis gauge of value that have proved the quality and the value and the excellence of Oakland cars in the past OAKLAND MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Pontiac. Mich. OMiIm •/ Qnufil Matari Corporation A Nation-Wide Demonstration/ "True Blue Traveler*”—of which die 1924 Oakland* are exact counterpart* —have itartad on a remarkable tour I They are part of Oaktand'e fleet of test care, *ome of which have traveled fifty thousand mile*. They are dem onstrating tha remarkably efficient performance buyers may expect from their True Blue Oakland* after months of the hardest service. Oakland Motor Car Company Oakland Bldg., 20th and Harney Street* Tel. AT lantic 2929 Omaha, Nebraska