The Journal Times from Racine, Wisconsin • 33

Sunday, February 1959 33 i XT. Webster and Case Join Hands in Deal to Add Zest to Farm Life 4 Stock Market Ready fbrTesting of Fears, Hopes and Convictions HOG00DGB 4 a. Tone" df ihe g'uardians of busi I Al N. Searespresldent, Na their taxes going up. These days taxes are just as much a tional Sales Executives Inter cost of living as are the rnbre- ness inventories.

For example, steel executives admit thatthe latest upsurge in orders Has carried pur familiar ones of food and clothing and shelter. national, will address the Sales Executive Council at the Hotel Racine at 6:30 jp.m., Thursday, Feb. 12. Seares speech' title is So all the turmoil next chasing beyond the prospects or normal use. Allow for the month may not be confined! to the clouds and the winds.

current seasonal peak in de the Free World." Scares is a mand for steel by the auto retired vice president of Rem makers and the appliance com By Sam Dawson (Ap Bulntai Newt Anlyt NEW YORK -WWanuary has seen many of the pressing issues of the day coming to a head. February should see some of them showing how much speed they can pack and what direction they will take. The stock market seems ready for a testing. The talk about coming labor strife is leading purchasing agents to take a new look at inventories. Bankers and the nation's money managers are talking more about when and if interest rates will rise further.

How long living costs can be Racine Teachers Credit Union elected Lyle S. Tennis of Washington Junior High School to the board of directors for three years Thursday evening. Three year directors re-elected were Charles A. Stimm, Jerstad Agerholh School and Mrs. Mildred E.

Haggerty. public library. F. F. Rogers of Washington Park High School was elected to the credit committee.

Officers are Teckla Ronda, president; Charles Stimm, vice president; Lucy E. Smith, secretary, and Erwin Wall, treasurer. Total assets of the Racine Teachers Credit Union, largest in Racine county, are $475,435. ington Rand Divjsion of Sperry Rand Corp. He was associated panies and the coming upturn in use of structural steel as the weather improves, and you still with Remington Rand Corp.

from 1923 until his retirement in June, 1958. have order to account for. Steel Strike Feared L. F. Boeck, president of the Boeck Fuel 3524 15th The explanation seems to be the growing fear of a steel Texaco representative for the Racine area, attended the sales merchandising clinic held by strike this summer.

Copper and aluminum workers will be ne i i i ft L4 A irroniiiTinrti'(iliii kept from going up again be the Texas Co. in Minneapolis. gotiating new contracts, too. A trend among metal users to Federal Reserve Board staff cause stable food prices have offset other expenses becomes Feature was a closed circuit telecast by the advertising rebuild stocks' as insurance officers gave the. Senate Bank a moot question.

against work stoppages is al ready taking shape. ing Committee a generally on agency of the Texas Co. from New York, to 15 divisional timistic" forecast of economic February may give an indication of what congressional meetings throughout the na conditions in the year ahead. Committee Chairman Fulbright spending may do to federal tax tion. prospects, and how much high Money matters seem to be coming to boil, too.

The battles in Congress and in state legislatures and in city councils over spending more and raising made this report after a closed Officers for the coming year er state and local taxes may door session with the F.R.B. were elected at the annual specialists, an annual affair. go-Issues Coming to a Boil meeting of the Machinist's A specific example of a corporate handshake between Racine industries reveled thts week when the J. I. Case Co.

instigated a special sales-: campaign to help introduce its new machinery. Specifically, Case made a major purchase of special farm intercommunication equipment from the Webster Electric Co. With dealers offering this intercom system as a premium to any farmer who purchases new Case major equipment, the predicted an important step toward additional farjm mechanization. Hydraulic Units Bought This is not the only cooperative venture between Webster and Case. Thousands of Webster hydraulic units have been shipped to J.

I. Case for installation in the 600, 800. 1,000 Industrial crawlers, the 320 loader, the 310 loader-backhoe and several others. Webster, producers of "Tele-talk" intercom equipment, is furnishing Case with thousands of made-to-order sets of farm intercom equipment. Each set consists of a "Master" unit, two indoor substations, plus an outdoor speaker, According to Reed A Wible, Case's agricultural division ad manager, the promotion will be advertised in leading state and regional farm magazines as well as dealer-sponsored spot commercials over radio stations reaching millions of fanners.

Wible predicted that before the promotion ends, up to 10,000 farms will be equipped with intercom systems. Some 3,000 Case dealers will be offering Intercom sets to purchasers of Case equipment in the U.S. and Canada'. System Explained Kenneth P. Jensen, sales manager of Webster's electronic communications division, explained the intercom system this way: "The entire system is interconnected with just three wires and can easily taxes will make most of the headlines on this subject in The Arkansas Democrat indicated some members of the Credit Union, held at 1119 Kewaunee St.

They are Frank And business also thinks that the course of international affairs especially the Berlin February. panel believe the Federal Reserve men are not worried Richter, president; Clyde Row lands, vice president; Joseph question may become clear enough about inflationary pres But' in financial circles there will be quieter discussions about tight money and easy money, about raising of inter Seitz, secretary and George shortly. sures. The board itseir is known to feel inflation is a def Steimle, treasurer. Elected to February, economics often are as unsettled as February three year terms on the board Robert A.

Johns, director of product development, Belle City Malleable Iron Co. and Racine Steel Castings Co. demonstrates a lacquer spraying operation in the' firm's new stress analysis laboratory. Foundry Adopts inite long-range danger, but of directors were Norman weather. If it is different this est rates once the upcoming treasury refunding problems are out of the wav.

about a present conditions do not warrant drastic action against it. Black, Clyde Rowlands and year it could be because so possible new onslaught of in George Steimle. flation. Bethlehem Steel has experi Appointment of Henry L. And in family circles there'll enced "quite an upsurge" in incoming business during the last Nicholls as assistant general credit manager of Massey-Ferg- be debates about what do do about the cost of living.

A bumper harvest has cut down two weeks, disclosed A. uson for the United States and Homer, president He said the many things have been coming to a boil in January. The stock market has risen to new heights but has shown more and more cross currents, more susceptible to quick sinking spells and sudden hard-to-explain upward surges. Professional stock analysts are getting more cagey in their predictions. So are the purchasing agents Canada, has been announced Stress Tesls the prices of some foods.

But this influence may wane as the company expects to operate at 80 per cent of capacity in the by G. Keith Blair, general credit manager. Nicholls has been winter wanes. first three months this year and A stress analysis laboratory Meantime, many other costs around 85 per cent in the sec with- the company since 1948 and was promoted" to his pres designed to serve as customer have gone on creeping higher. ond quarter.

Homer reported Bethlehem's earnings in the ent position after a year's serv And many families will find ice as credit manager in the consultants has been instituted at Belle City Malleable Iron Co. and Racine Steel Castings officials said this week. United States. Nicholls will final quarter last year jumped to $1.24 a common share, from 55 cents in the preceding three months. For all 1958, net was continue to maintain his office Although the stress analysis at Massey Ferguson's U.

S. headquarters in Racine. $2.91 a share down from $4.13 in 1957. tests can be duplicated by any of the firms customers officials say it is not enough to know where a casting Is weak but Mrs. Walter Klehlbauch, Route 4, Sturtevant, has Immediate conversation with her husband by merely pressing down the switch of the "master" unit located in the kitchen and speaking in a normal voice.

Walter Klelbauch can hear and answer her immediately from the farm workshop, or the dairy barn. The latter photo shows how Klehlbauch can originate a call to the house. McDonald's System, op erators of McDonald's drive-in it -f- I va x' -fr jAh Western Union Telegraph Co. has begun a candy-by-wire restaurant chain, reported a how the basic weakness can be corrected. 151 per cent increase in gross service similar to the familiar income for 1958.

Forty-nine flowers-by-wire. waiter P. According to i spokesman be installed by the farmer him new drive-ins were opened in 1958, as against 23 -opened in the firm has always assisted customers with casting designs but no facilities have ever been offered for experimental self. The master station will generally be located in the farmhouse kitchen, the outdoor speaker can be located 1957, bringing the total actual Marshall, Western Union president, announced the company has signed a contract with CandyGram, whereby a box of candy, accompanied by a personal telegram, can be operation at the end of 1958 to 90 in 19 states. anywhere within 8,000 feet.

Racine Accelerates Gains in Employment During January, Racine accelerated speed of its march The two substations will prob The basic experimental tool Wisconsin Telephone Co. ably be installed in farm buildings such as the barn and the has launched projects to pro is a brittle lacquer which is sprayed on the castings vide additional telephone cable NEW CASE PRODUCT Main Works of the J. I. Case Co. was operating at full throttle capacity this week tooling up new models for the industrial division models that will carry the ball later this year In Case's accelerated drive to fill sales orders.

Above: first published photo' of Case's new two-yard W-10 Terraload'r, which is being tooled up at the Main Works. The W-10 and a 2V yard W-12 were unveiled to Case industrial dealers at the Nassau World Premiere. machine shop or wherever the tested. When the part undergoes laboratory stress, it wonld farmer spends most of his facilities on the north side of Racine. The projects, costing toward recovery from the 1948 industrial depression.

sent by wire. The 25 Year Club of Mohr-Jones Hardware Co. held its 13th annual dinner Thursday night, at Danish Brotherhood HalL The club has 20 members. H. P.

Hansen was elected secretary, and will be in charge time. approximately $128,500, in shoulder as a'working tool, the lacquer will crack at the cast Increased employment was reported by a majority of "An lmoortant phone call may require Immediate infor volve the placement, of more than 21,000 feet of under ing's weak points. i Racine's largest industries. Several foundries, among the first to be stricken by the depression, began calling some men mation from the fanner who Under the supervision 'of ground telephone cable and about 2,700 feet of aerial cable back to work. of next year's annual dinner.

is out working. The farmer's wife merely has to press down a switch and speak in a normal voice through the W. D. Stansil, executive secretary of the Manufacturers Robert A. Johns, directory of product development, the laboratory serves primarily asl a sales tool Auto Show in Racine association, described trjp improvement as a "definite upsurge." to serve north side customers, particularly hear Lake Michigan.

The work is scheduled to be completed late this spring. Home building preparations The Wisconsin State Em Johns says the reasons for ployment Service reports more helping customers correct cast machinery and tractors has in Planned Feb. 28-March 1 favorable trends. Establish ing designs are. fluenced the recall of workers 'master unit Her voice is heard simultaneously through the other three outlets.

The farmer can actually answer his wife while continuing his work. He merely directs his voice toward any of the three units near him. The farmer 1. Correct faulty designs ments regularly reporting labor market information had 23,069 previously laid off and the hir that have resulted in failures during field application; ing of new men for foundry and machine shop work, WSES closed. 1958 with a burst of activity.

Housing contracts let in December topped $2.2 billion, 15 per cent ahead of a year earlier, F. W. Dodge Corp. reported. Other major types of construction awards also workers on the payrolls at mid-January.

This was an increase of 400 in 60 days and 2. Modify the design to re Racine automobile dealers have announced that the 1959 open house and auto show will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 28 and March 1. The 10 participating new car dealers this year will offer five awards totaling $1,000 in government bonds as prizes in a slogan contest First place award will be a $500 bond. According to Arthur Schaefer, president, Racine Automotive duce foundry scrap; officials say.

165 over one year ago. -can call in from his work sta tion as well." 3. Create a lighter weight It eliminates effort Accelerated demand for farm casting; Webster pointed out other Seasonal declines, due to weather conditions, have been experienced in retail -trade, showed strength last month 4. Make castings that will though contracts for industria require less machining for the customer; and plants continue to slide, falling service and construction indus Develops Sfarter for Power Mower Trades Assn. the guests to the 4th annual show will tour from showroom to showroom of 'participating dealers, Inspecting new models.

Sales staff personnel are scheduled to be on State St. Group Installs Officers 36 per cent in December. For 5. Convert welded fabrica tions and forged parts to advantages of the system. It can be used as a built-in "baby it can monitor chicken houses or stock bams for predatory animals or burr glars; it can call the stock-even pipe music to all parts of the farmyard.

all 1958, total awards for future building rose 9 per cent above tries. Figures show 615 fewer workers registered at the WSES office this month than during the same period last hand to point out features and answer questions on the 1959 automotive line. 1957 to a record $35 billion. Ihe Acme Die Casting Corporation, 1635 Murray Ave. Robert J.

Toeppe, 4618 was installed as presi WASHINGTON W) Un has designed a -new kind of dent of the State Street Busi cle Sam plans to refinance enortiess starting ror power ness Professional Men's mower machines. year. Industry Lists Its Civic Needs ELIMINATE RATS MICE Front Home Industrial Welfare State Called the Path to Inflation nearly $15 billion of the nation al debt by marketing more gov Assn. during It eliminates effort and strain of pulling a rope to start the Complicated Tool Does96IJobs the group's an-nual meeting ernment securities. One-year certificates and three-year engine.

It requires only three this week, or four turns of a handle to MILWAUKEE The steady i Mi (MM A big Milwaukee enterprise, Other offi -w store energy in a powerful growth of "welfare state" prin with many branches and a stu cers of the 1 MILWAUKEE UP Trecker Corp. an notes will be on sale Monday through Wednesday next week and will be dated Feb. 15. The certificates per cent interest, the notes '-4 per dious approach to site selec spring. When the.

staging lever is tripped it automatically would be almost impossible, he added, to return to a level of individual self-subsistence, but that is what Would be forced on this country if runaway inflation ever took over.1 ciples in America is leading this country dangerously close to runaway inflation. This tion, has published its check nounced it had developed an automatic machine that can starts the engine. list of attributes it looks for cent warning was issued by Leonard and compares in each commu A. F. Stoffel sales of the starter division of utilize 961 different tools to perform a wide variety of sociation are William H.

Pugh, 1st vice president; El-roy Bastian, 2d vice president; William E. E. Read, president of the Foun Rail freight traffic will show nity. Aside from the obvious economic items, no less than Acme Die Casting said: manufacturing operations. dation for Economic Educa Toeppe tion, Irvington, N.

Y. Read nine of the 20 check points are a rising trend in the weeks ahead. This was predicted by officials of the Association of The machine-' was developed by the corporation for metal "This new starter provides an easy and convenient way to start all gasoline engines be aspects of community charac Hellesen, secretary and Sam addressed the annual dinner meeting of the Employers' As ter, thus: American Railroads, who based RULED FORMS OF ALL TYPES conomcoWy printed fo meet your requirements BARKLEY'S RACINE'S LETTER SHOP Missurelli, treasurer. Arnold working job shops and manu; facturers of such diverse prod sociation of Milwaukee at the tween one to five horsepower." In addition to being available their forecast on increasing in Pleasant living facilities with good schools and recrea ucts as electric ranges and jet Milwaukee Athletic Club. qulries the roads are receiving Oakes was named to the board of directors.

Toeppe is president of Wis on new mowers the company engines, the company said Inflation, which Read de tional areas; churches and a ror dox cars. During the week Publish Directory of Industrial Area The Chamber of Commerce has published a 1959 directory of Racine area industry, Jistfag a total of 265 firms. An official of the Chamber of Commerce said that although the total figure is an increase over the 257 firms listed last year the growth means only that a larger return In operation, all functions plans to make for lawn mowers already in use: Stoffel churchgoing populace; ade scribed as "an indirect form of taxation, "is the only man consin Plating Works and is ended Jan. 24, freight loadings amounted to 553,845 cars 0.5 per cent above the yke 1958 quate law enforcements governmental interest; sympathet further explained that "these units are so designed that they ner In which the welfare state (Merchants MI 4-2340 1215 Stat S. Dttivrf BIdg.) the exalted ruler of Racine Elks Lodge 252.

ic public awareness of busi can be financed; It can't be i period. However, they were are automatically, controlled by the electric control system that takes commands from punched tape and translates them into electrical signals that operate the machine. can be used on almost niy, down 32,409 cars, or 5.5 per nanced by direct taxes," he ness problems; civic pride; co Frederick P. Helm, honorary iawn mower inai now nas a cent, from the preceding week operative attitude of estab member of the business asso conventional rop rewind told 400 executives who at tended the dinner. lished businessmen: enterpris starter." Acme Die Casting a drop which the A.A.R; as crlbed to adverse weather.

ciation, served as Installing officer. I Creeping inflation, which Is Corp. also produces quality die ing press; an aura of confidence in the future. of directory information was DIVERS' PHONE WIRELESS SAN DIEGO, Cal. An un castings and features vacuum U.

S. Steel is reonenine the currently taking place, Read said, can easily lead to hyper received this year. Compiled by Mrs. Ruth Lau die casting. derwater wireless telephone No.

4 open hearth shop at the Homestead, works after a inflation. Runaway inflation, rent, staff member, the 36 page has been developed for div Racine Business Signposts CLEARING COSTS VARY BranJ Nw "National" Elactrta ADDING MACHINE" $195 i hih ni TUlln( Ji, Rtorirl A4lrIUMnti tnU i-rr ort PAY ONLY S'O A MONTH MOW HAKt' HV TDK KKW NLK IAH lRAWt MAC'HINS AVAILABLS AX. period of idleness lasting near en to use to contact their boat directory lists the names, addresses, phone numbers, em ATLANTA The cost of ly a year. Officials said seven or; other divers. High-frequen clearing land varies greatly.

In of the shop'f 14 steel-making cy pressure waves in the water ployment Size, officials and products of the industries. I 4 hI7 It 41 1104,423 134 331.375 furnaces will be put back into tM.lian Jndtrll ImploymW PraitM BwclpU KJctrl rnrlnra KWH are transmitted, and received some parts of the South, where the land cover is not heavy, production. This is in line with Of the total 192 firms employ! 34.114 v. ic by -battery-operated transls torized unit' he added, be much more catastrophic In the United States than anywhere else in the past because we in this country have become more spe-, cialized than any other nation In the world." said that Americans are so; far removed from self-subsistence that "we are utterly dependent on each other," It 1 to 49 persons; 41 employ 50 resumption or output a number of the Industry's older facil clearing may cost as little as $20 to $30 an acre. In the Pacific the cov 14,773, 34,771 I J5 4M 231370 I3.6e4,70 J4.0S I tll 370 4114) 7 1597 SO to 11 employ 200 to 500; BAKER'S lf.114.183 34.333 l.lai.ui 43.890 47 J.3W 11,111,000 Om mtri Thrm eonttlffltO lVliph8ne Racine bmldlfll ftrmlti Prdii fturtntr 'repdrtt Call pumpH ities to meet rising demand as customer's begin laying in steel in anticipation' of a strike this er is heavy, it may cost as 3 tot Ml 'Additional Markets News age 34 1 I.7 91.S21 ll.U1.0O 5 employ 501 to 8 employ more than 1,000, and 8 others are subsidiary operations of, larger plants, rj much as $200 art acre to clear Ml l-753 107 MAIN ST.

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