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Evening Courier from Camden, New Jersey • 16

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Evening Courieri
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Camden, New Jersey
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Sixteen COURIER-POST, CAMDEN, N. MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1940 III I I i I it III ft il II II 11 II I Ml HI ill II HIM All I lZ II L. 1 I I I I 1 I tl I II 11 I i I til 1 ill II I ft wr I ft 3 13 fi If Il I 'I I 'yi I h' I Jl 1 1 1 1 1 'J I 1 5 4 li IS I I I 1 i I I fS-J 1 i 1 hip can be made before any of the RCA FACTORY- ME n.i mm pays IS RE Latest Vessel Launched at N. Y. Ship raw material the construction jof the' ship has been delivered to yard.

imnnn nnn IS11EUDJ1F Ships JBy Assicmbly Line .1 A 1 IIE1IIG vai American, cnuv into-the Workf Vr startlinglv demonstrated the industrial of these fundamental principles. Mold Loft in the New York Shipbuilding. Corporation. Yard in Camden- CAMDFJ OPERATED ifj ow BASIS Brunner Expresses Hope Tax Rate Won'tJump; More Ratables Cited on the market today as BAA, in contrast to the rating of a few short years ago. "We are trying every way possible to give our citizens improved service without compelling them to pay a higher tax bill.

Having weathered the depths of the depression and put our house in order without increasing taxes, we hope to be able' to continue. "We are contemplating now a plan to give out' the ash, rubbish and garbage collection privileges on contract, hoping to save monej' by doing so. The purchase of new equipment which otherwise would be necessary, may be averted in that way. This is indicative of the way seek means- of reducing operating costs. "We invite constructive criticism by our citizens and always are glad to receive suggestions, This is our city, and with our natural advantages our pure water our proximity to- "great metropolitan centers and seashore resorts; our shipping and transportation facilities, our climate and- numerous other resources, we feel fCamden 1 1 A i I i 'Magic Brains' Make Scientific Miracles Seem Only Casual Six Now on-- Ways With Gross Valuation Puf at $109,655,555 (Continued from.

Page Thirteen): warm on either the outside or the inside of the hull. 5. The installation of propelling" machinery and heavy weights in a vessel before launching, permitting vessels," in many, cases, to be 90 percent' completed before launch- uiigmai set: ot it'om which-the steel wasJibri-cated fpr the. c-argo ships built -at Hog Island. was system that made pos- sible the- large output of -arcuzed ships from Hog Island arid from, other -assembling yards of emergency, times.

-In 40 years the New York Ship-: builri'iiif line r-)iwAI Con tinned i-oni rate luriecnj 'oday, tonight when laboratories, voices of vvel 1 tz I iMl vH ivi r-H I i I XM known aelors ana heard from the theatre down the actresses are screen of thq Jl be most likely or now has under construction 422 (Continued from Paye Thirteen) herited from prior administrations, our -operating costs are of necessity higher, "The people of Camden can depend upon this administration to economize in every way possible, however, and I. still am hopeful we may be able to avoid an increase in taws." street, it through the phone sfkmd; vnU inuring- me woria war medium of Photo-motion picture' RCA product. To-hen a district police cording; anoth day, tonight official comrrn nicates with patrol- win Lunuiiue lu giuw, to. aiiraci home-owners and merchants and ing automobifi protecting scat-ties, "cities and sub- ilVMll. T-i A r'-imIon fmanrin ifinyidLt: sivmciii permits ie nnn; oer 0,000 men wert employed on fabrication of steel before the keel jits property.

of the ship is laid. in turn', I Today with, a nation at peace, does -away with the old-fashioned 'Production has been stepped up to- method of "lifting' templates fromgipf C01'1t SThe' "-Sf i i rairie went down the wavs Dec. 9, work iii place before the shop Mrs. Sa miel M. Robinson! could function and allows material jie of Rear Admirai Robinson! to proceed directlv to its'destina-if cmsor- This was the last ves- tered commun I 1 I i he because: sending 'urbs, it will and short-wave; auto been perfect'ed by J.

IN 'COMEBACK' eariinnienl has RCA jLamicn. stability today-is irvsnaij) cummsi with conditions a few years ago. 1 "Camden was close to bankruptcy and bondholder committees only "four yearsago," the Mayor declared. i -Bond maturities were due and jtheie was no money to meet them. I'I'hP Vitv was beset by a tremen ti0n i io reacn this point of construe- comes jhf limit or many.

Radio, mov- "At this poin experience far tibn during T939-. ll tne ren pairui rm The shops are enabled to go ahead ith their work from' 'tem ips, music evr. Xew Methods of Iron Mining Make It Feasible to Reopen Oldtime, Workiiigs in Sffite The advent of industry, or the restoring and improvement of INDUSTRIAL ODDITIES wo sf-e and hear "Hashing by when it comes to plates' for any part of" the ship v-r- iuik en in mom ion duels of-KC-A, lim- dous floating debt, current obliga-! knowing that when a particular -i produced the- set of'tcmnlates (nat- every day. lu many ot her. 'pi its of e.ye and Behind those i lions 'which 'should have been paid former, industry in New is lear fome nuo juav.

for cargo ships buiit en pait is waiuea oyxne snip erectors our of current revenue, Dutigooa roducts is the saga is, ai with a job in haste at- war 'time' it will fit. Templates for a'ri- weren't. IMew Jersey was once an iron of. 14,000 work that 'no mailer how "Short-term bonds and notesimining center. The discovery of so important I were out and drawing interest at vast quantities of ore in Pennsvl- it may seem, 'smalt or eliru it is vital to ionoi 30COI six percent.

The debt service jyania led lo the abandoning of the ven the twsi ot a of a record. charges were terrific. Tax cpllec iron industry in the State. Now- break the other knon, the groo That prison was frustrated You read 'it' in the The Basic INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ftund a prisoner in ihaking his yvay to papers. They' the corridor, tions were at their lowest ebb.

Millions' of dollars; worth of tax sale certificates were lying idle, producing no revenue to the city, which was compelled to pay county and state taxes on them. There were millions of dollars more in delinquent-. taxes not in the form iff ice, a gun i care- Protection As the felon passed an alarm sounded, he carried set off 11. The convict was of an instrument he warden's fully concealed a given--point, The very, gun warning. Yv seized because designed and i That lecture haps you didn' Th-e "Lit Co.

invites inr quii ies from 'any. man'u-' factum who wants- 'to. ro in. Ca Pro Mected by RCA. iron, is making a comeback.

A letter from R. E. Crockett, superintendent of the Scrub Oaks of the Wood Steel Company, in Dover, 'revealed today that new of mining and concentrating iron ores, recently developed anid now being used in New Jersey, will enable the. State to meet competition other Eastern States and point the way to greater activity and production than ever before, Crockett believes. Crockett declares that New Jersey's worst competition will come from foreign sources in the normal times of the future.

In addition -to the Scrub Oak mines, three gthers are now open in New Jersey, the Mount Hope mine near feover, the Thomas Iron Company's. Richard mine near by and the "Washington mine at Tlie manuf interests begins in the yerv soil tthe other day-r-pe'r-. of liens. i Recalls Scrip Days "Scrip and were used i in place of Employes were paid with scrip, and receiving only Ipart of their at one time las little-as 70 percent. hear about it but talked to.

club, while a womaa upon which his plaint rests. i the Sasic" protection he fashions, a pattern he air and was re- via radio, abou fame through nh i us a chine. curded' a and eyes were Ears were aide apparatus designee! gratified by can enjoy lies in ntie Insurance of ownership is the first consideration: of- every successful' industry." and distributed,) a few ft by RCA. ays ago, when you The sec ond I'. S.

naval vessel to hear the name Prairie was the latest ship launched at the Camden yard of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, going down the ways in December at the end of an eventful year. The first Iairie, formerly the 8. 8. El Sol, was purchased by the government April and served as an auxiliary cruiser until April, 1917, when she was converted into a destroyer-tender. The first Prairie was 'Isold in June, '1923.

The new Prairie, shown at her was authorized in the naval expansion program by Congress in May, 1988. The keel was laid a year ago. The ship will be completed and commissioned this Spring. erties witlj 2000 to 20,000 of tspace. Ground with all industrial facili-: Water front," rail and.

highway transportation. j. Consult us for tlie solu--tioi to your industrial, real estate You an benefit from our knorledie and i expe.riente..', Write OR iTfne Camden nis. TheLlTCCRealtors 215 UK OA WAY details, ot the scut- "The' budgets, were palpably false. Revenues were over-estimated, beyond all hope of realization.

Appropriations were understated sd. that deficits' existed before the budget, even was adopted. An honest budget in 1935 would have placed the tax rate at. more than instead of $4.30. "The city's bonds were 70 and lower on the market and brokers were not inclined to deal, with Camden on any basis.

They wanted de of Nazi pocket West Jersey Title 2 thrilled by the listened to the tting-of tlie pr you we play-by-play re able broadcast lint. That lemark- out installed materials must be purcha ed transmitters were brought out in is apparatus orison was through the A Communical ions Like as not the.se facilities of JiCj. and the platform of the purcnasn major, another Guaranty Company Insurers of Title to h'eal E.staLe Since 1SSS-1 TOWN LOSES FIRST HOUSE Fort Stockton, Jan. 1 (UP) Progress: The first frame house built in Fort Stockton, landmark since 1906, has 'been razed to Montevideo he radio facsimile is a err pled as ordinary, miracles art story. The facsimile offers a rela viib us to refinance under the stringent provisions of Chapter 60.

Had we things that go ew of (lit; Miraelrs department is -ahvays aswarm with action. In the inspection rooijns, nothing is taken for granted the material purchased is tested anxl elnssHlied every day. j. New. models, new' designs de-numil new tools they are mide lOJZJOZZLi done sa our tax rate would have 1 room for.

a filling station. tocaoi (to ships house Ships talking imv uuuse. au never- oeen painted. shot upward immediately wives comiorieie in nomesi e. sur roundings ch'atti-ine.

with husbands 1 iigh the; dark-because pilots can ts and weather ex- on nanevrous planes zooming ne'ss in safety talk wit airpoi the last year. 'Today cannot be just like yesterday when the detector the radio facsimile are produced to improve it. many things are happening in the little kingdom that is RCA that company officials have solved quiz system to keep employes on their toes. "What's a 'jeep'?" they ask. "When was television officially introduced to the.

public and where?" "Can you name three artists recently added to Victor and Bluebird lis(s?" "Was Nipper, Victor trademark dog, a real dog?" "What is Muscial Clock series?" "Can you name at least five big movie. companies that use RCA Photophone sound equipment?" you name at least lat Uujlding "Eight. Even the toiols 'must by specialists on the models, to make certain tliey ido the job expected of them. Not until 'materials are at hand tools pel tec-ted accomplish iac- "But with the help of our ex-perieneffd comptroller, Sidney P. the Philadelphia financial expert.

Dr. W. Carlton Harris, and Henry M. Russell, of the New York bond attorney firm of Hawkins, Delafield we evolved a program 'which enabled us to refinance without jeopardizing the rate. "Today we budget, conserva- 1.

TRADE III RCC d.f where they -are perls, certain lively simple method 'of Hashing graphic information simultaneously by radio to homes, offices, clubs and receivers located within-- service range of the transmitting station receive- and print the material at the same instant, no matteij how far apart. Photo-Radio Service Now the-company operates' cont-mercial photo-radio service ber tween the United States! and Europe, South America and the Hawaiian Islands and Other widely-separated areas where news pictures, fashion 'sketches, legal- documents and, similar material re (lens secure irr the prison uat knowledge, "that; no one can ap curacy speed does actual i.jro-! duct ion Ijejiin. This comes with A he proach ttu-m maps flyiif i I A Ihe. air in- thes it- nveiy, eacit snuwiug uniciinen in our appropriation accounts andjl i a hidden weapon unseen through days when maps to be recorded in a few of the inir-e headciuarters of Oild, isn't it, that mean so much, detail far away All our These are but pressing of pieces of heaK'y-gauge steel. Tons of pressure transform-a piece of steel intp a chassis frame in only a Assembly Line ork Tlie chassis now moves through a plating process, in, which tne metal is-cleaned and coated with a rust-resisting material.

Now) the scores of tin.v. "patented electrical three RCA 'firsts'?" On the answers depends a wealth acles exciting 1 RCA every day. where these ai On the Label Means. BEST For The MASTER PAINTER PROPERTY OWNER DEALER hievements should" Laf information, interesting not only aUl JJlUoCJC ill in ucun. va.j revenue accounts.

We haven't onejl penny's! worth p. temporary debt outstanding. We meet every tion promptly and in cash, not scrip, I "Pay icuts have been restored mjj full. We are taking care of our! tf-ommonplaee long- have become a co, there is a Kreater thrill than is sometimes niktiufested by those to the workers to whom the quiz was put but to the general public. Here are some of them: A 'jeep' is what, engineers call the RCA television demonstration Onit being used my manv radio ho are so obvi modern accomplishments lead batk to POWER POWPJR turns the wheels of industry, Don't liandicap your busings.

ELECTRIFY Looking down jj devices are added one by onej the highly important capacitor, the ijinain transformer which demjandS jthe intricate attachment of Inine ssepaiate. wires and- then to' the of factories Ls nisly neneiuect the wide expanse npressive justi the more impressive thai mnre 3 han The city's debt has been reduced and interest charges reduced still more; old outstanding obligations same. It is the I There 'is Only One "Nice" VARNISH and PAINI I when one really Jv line. assemnjy .1,000.000 squard li'ui uunii-u quiring speedy -distribution play important roles in domestic and world affairs. This much already history at More recently efforts have been concentrated on development of a highly Simplified form of facsimile apparatus for use in the home." One interesting application is the simultaneous transmission, on separate of inter-related sound and facsimile programs.

For example, Vance lout that a cooking, school 'or program can be broadcast -over the sound channel and copies of recipes, via facsimile. A -talk ion new dresses and other fashions can be illustrated by facsimile transmission of photos, or even patterns, as the talk goes' on. Experiments with news so ifar have If you have never seen an'as- its United. States by RCA in -all "plants, with 2,5 645 of that total lave lhat- KtL. (.1 III IUVUI i i 7 have been cleaned up; tax delin-j quencies are being converted into' liens and liens into titles which are! sold to return property to the5 ratables list.

i I in Camden. RCA radios, Victrolasj, Hi-iiHiusriite lerm. rnerei are 'along which, at -either I I ill llM EUGENE E. NICE CO. I mam run KI.KS 4S.H'.

Corner 3rd Green j-a. and combina'tio contrasting desi. side, a belt moves siowly, steadily. ns are impressive "Tax collections have improved and our' picture in has so improved that our bonds are rated not until in themselves bikt a lew each-w ith the iob and ion. hly.

lines ha en seen" in omen to a ronm.f'1. tightening that, the licit' moves 'alone 'each 7 uu men- ana hind each set. be- does the story '1 come known a peak from 3000 completed here developed a new technique, a bulle- I IJ to oOOO radios every day. Any observer layout of RCA, vantage of Car ill admit, that the viewed from the Advantages FOR INDUSTRY hden Bridge, is a isepunue function-to her completed jin a given time, wcjked joit. Tiiouiinds of radio sets, jiare (skeletons when -placed on the jielts" 1 at one end of tht; line, are virtlual-f cumplele hen the other end i'of the fables lias been reached.

other women lhave (been guiding the machines jhat Itigiitly wind the coils. The chassis moves dn and is checked with jear-j phones. Meanwhile, the cabinet pic ture, iiut oei. uise lie does not learn that: the i uu luca, reiernng tne reader to regular newspapers for full details, as radio stations do now. Here, you see, the development of the senses, seeing and hearing, are being hitched together in a new, unbelievable medium.

There is no limit to these, devel ask, he does out ever 4,5 acres ot plant, spreads Demand for Industrial Real with 27 from one to t( iiuldings ranging stories. in height, ious about such opments. Why? Because RCA Unless he is cu stations and department -stores in area where television program service is 'not yet available. Television was first officially introduced April 30,: the opening of the New York World's Fair. Alec Templeton was the blind pianist recently listed for records by Victor.

The Victor dog was the mongrel pet of Francis Barraud, English artist, who painted the picture for his own amusement and titled it Master's Voice." Kt'A Are LlstiT Bob Chester, Bob Zurke, Alex Templeton, Bea Wain, Raymond Massey, Kenny Baker and Lorch were recently added to the list of Victor recording artists. The Musical Clock, series is an early morning radio program of record-ings. Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Productions, Republic Pictures, 20th Century-Fox. RKO Studios: Warner Brothers, Pathe News and the March of Time all use RCA Photophone equipment. RCA "lirsts" include program service, receivers, transmitters and associated equipment in television; the all-electric operated radio, the superheterodyne' radio circuit now-standard, AC-operated-radio tubes, electro-dynamic speakers, establishment of network system, elec-trfc: push-button tuning, Magic Eye, Magic BrainMagic Voice and recorded music, for teaching in the schools.

In the quiz was also a question about the many titles that arc associated RCA and these are sometimes difficult- to keep straight: Radio Corporation of America, th.e parent company; RCA Manufacturing Company, covering research, engineering, manufacturing and selling activities; the National Broadcasting details, he does there are three of standard eau not discover that uid one-half miles 1 e- railroad tracks, Estate Is on the Upswing fur vor systems. 3600 tons of six miles of -com naces consuming coal boasts the largest and most complete radio research and Engineering laboratories in the world. Here seldom seen and usually unsung some of the world's leading scientists are hard at work, every day, trying to achieve some 'new departure, some new discovery, or some new use for a discovery made i already. There must be silence for i a for storing- -000. tons of coal kind 20,000 gallons I 1 of fuel tactory -'has been busily engaged in.

its activity and soon the tested set is enclosed in its- proper and cut, Touted, gluedj Stained many sprayod with lacquer, polisthed over and over -between sandijigs. At last in the main assembly ijiom the cabinet meets chassis sand speaker. Consider' all of these precision functions for hundreds upon hundreds of orkers and, you hjave some idea of what lies behind tliiat mere turning of the knob. it's not over yet! The band test cojnes and pointers are spun by the troubfe shooters who, in tlie last isobodj. they -jav No.

1 Water transportation plays a star role for Camden Industry. Four miles of navigable Cooper 'River with access to the Delaware six miles of Delaware River front its 35-foot ship channel making a highway to the sea! INDUSTRY Thrives IN CAMDEN! likes statistics, hese are On the other har.d, concentration. Beyond -that, a new i similar graphic secret must be guarded well Own surprises, ts- when charts an data have their pecially at RCA. Now, when national defense is a It is a little fficult to compre- major, topic everywhere, RCA and1 its manifold operations are on the front line. i instahce, that an: ac- hend, for thows that: i curate estimate The story of.

the work done in' refuse sawd.ust Eight tons our great RCA nlant. of Hip mir! is from the factory is dis- i acles perfected in-their laboratories! posed of or. consumed -in plant fur win be followed in detail, in this section. naces ever month. Two thousand tons of refuse is either-put to woik or cast aside by than those of the operations other -The largest real estate transaction in this area.

in ten years or more was recently consummated by -Albeit Greenfield Co. with.the sale to' the Philadelphia Kleetnc Company of the extensive Delaware waterfront industrial property of the'Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing: Com-' pany, at Delaware Avenue and Oregon, Philadelphia as a -site for the new $45,000,000 South wa'rk generating and dts- tributing station of the PhiladeFphia Electric Company. Anexpans'ion program at this time of magnitude is the most encouraging evidence that industry is on ttfe upswing. There is no better industry barometer than tfje increasing use of electric power. thcPhiladelplna Electric Company has chosen this time 'to' provide for increasing power needs, speaks volumes, not only for revival but 'for returning faith in real estate, Albert Mi Greenfield' Co.

is particularly well equipped to serve the needs of industry, no matter what its requirements. With branch offices and correspondents various cities, it is in position to render a unique service to industry, whether in the sale or the cbnfidential acquisition of buildings or building sites. caome-t factory im that the station is where it ought be' when you turn the. or push the button. The slightest jin-aevuracy, even a scratch on jthe cabinet, means a retracing of mhny This, you see, is but the routine that is followed-in the production of one radio set.

any set. Tliert is a snrilar routine where recording equipment is concerned. with all this talk of records, and the same period, has to be thor-RCA owns 22 Cabinet lumbe ougniy arien, sp Company, world's largest just for. that pur-prepare 7 rnil-of lumber every kilns constructed pose. These can lions boad feet year.

consumed every phonographs, some details month are. gas while, in are i broadcasting system; RCA Communications, international and inter-city message service; Radio-Marine Corporation of America, radiogram message service between ship and shore, renting and selling marine communications apparatus, and finally, the RCA Institutes, oldest established technical radio .200,000 cubic fee naturally snowed under, enough, electricity is a single day, generated at plants to light IJusiness Keeps Progressing; Around.tho.se slogans thatvh1ve become well-known in the field covered by RCA, "The Music YauJ training school. 1 the city of Camden, now a major operation, a full week. These tacts become the more amazing when is realized that the Victor phonograph was born Want When You Want It" for Vic Mention has been made of the electromagnetic metal detector and that SOUnds Serving a Great Industrial Community In a community depending upon Industry good banking- facilities are a prime essential. CAMDEN TRUST COMPANY Mala Office, Broadway at Market street 121.T Ht(idn i jlill Fcdpriil BLACKWOOr).

UXIX A pi: MAV Member Federal Reserve System f- Federal Deposit Insurance'Corp. Geared To Serve industry Whether it's the celebration of the 25th year of service of a trusted employe or a confidential executive session The Hotel Walt Whit-: man' is geared to give that perfect serviee which makes for a cessful meeting. HOTEL WALT WHITMAN NEW JERSEY tor, and Bluebird records, "The Magic Voice of the Screen" ifor Phot ophone, sound equipment, and in Camden enly 06 years ago. iince was issued, to model wildering. Speak of its functions I and somethinsr moro is rnmnro.

1 the "first RCA All The Wav" for all which the modern designs oner no RCA products, has been built ianihended Not only is it. used hv comparison at all, such' wonders as- the Magic Brsjin radio receiver rfnd electric tuning have come into watch-manufacturers for the dis-1 covery of inaccuracies but it also reveals an intruder with a gun or knife, concealed upon his nerson. Albbrt M. Greenfield Go. is tossed -what "amounts Eye, Magic being.

The word about at RCA wi to abandon Ma Thus RCA enters the field of safetv industry with a story that cannot be static. Around a "business that associates Camden with Harrison, Indianapolis and Hollywood, too little is known by the man irj the i Today cannot be "just another day" when such products as plck-Me-U-ps, Sound Contirol Studio Tov Kit, Electronic Lab Toy-Kit, the RCA Toy Victroia Junior, have the im- Rrain there you complete feu. institution PHILADELPHIA NEW' OM ITTSURS4 NWAHf 'ATLANTIC. CITY senses again, you provement of the but also the precise accuracv of i varied arrangements everywhere. The development of the detector originated with a request for a method of inspecting prisoners and prison visitors for concealed wea-i pons.

Resultant study produced the Gun Detector, By this time this 1 In the engineering building there is a drafting roosk already being nr.iarerf.rf- where the 1941 line of on he Storytone Piano "Voiced! by' radios is already i going aown sion receivers and From the blueprints turned RCA," new telev. i.

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