Program To Boost
State Employment
North Carolina will benefit in in
creased employment, wages and
sales resulting from the new Navy
expansion program involving con
struction of 92 combat vessels at a
cost of $1,140,000,000 ,
E. Leigh Stevens, staff represen
tative for the office of government
reports. Mated today that North Car
olina manufactures or produces, cot
ton goods, canvas, lumber, copper,
aluminum, mica and to a lesser ex
tent many other products used ir.
modern naval construction
"On the basis of Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates, the construction [
of 92 vessels will result in $445,000,
000 in wages to labor employed in
the shipyards," Mr. Stevens said,
but even more will be spent in
wages in the mines and factories
where the raw materials are pro
duced and in transportation."
According to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimate that 41 per cent
of the total costs in private shipyards
is spent for materials, mure than
$467,000,000 will be expended for
materials and manufactured prod
ucts for navai expansion, "there are
over 200 major industries producing
materials used in ship construction,"
Mr. Stevens said.
More than 540.000,000 man-hours
of work in shipyards and more than
047.000,000 man-hours of work at
mines, factories, and in transporting
materials will be created by the new
program, providing sufficient work
to keep the equivalent of 242.000
workers employed two full years
"Although there are more than
40 types of skilled mechanics need
ed to build a ship." Mr Stevens said,
"the actual building uf the slop re
Thousands of Dollars
Spent for Equipment
The Perfect Smile
Louise Greenwood displays the per
fect teeth that won her the title of
the girl with the perfect smile at
the contest staged at the dental cen
tennial celebration in Ix>s Angeles.
Centennial celebrated establishment
of first-dental college in Baltimore,
Md? in 1810.
quires less labor than does the pro
duction of the materials
New Basket Plant
Crowded ith All
Kinds Of Machines
\1o?lcrn Machine Shop. Print
ing Prenuen Included in
F^liiipment
Visitors to the new plant of the
, Goldman Package Manufacturing
' Company, near the river here, are
| beginning to understand why a
bushel potato basket costs around
fifteen cents each Quite a few of
! those going into the plant this week
! m advance of the formal opening
| of the factory next Monday are
puzzled. by the presence of so many
machines, and heavy machines, too
ft r hard for many trf them Wtw
"Tici >t.md that all those machines art
necessary in the manufacture of a
littii basket that has such a simple
appearance.
Realizing that the plant owners
| have been in the basket business for
I years, the visitors are certain, after
some reflection, that the manufactur
ers know what they are doing in fill
ing the large factory unit full of
machines.
Extending almost outside of the
buildings, the machines?thirty-eight
of them?are placed side by side
against the exterior walls around a
greater part of the building And
then there are more machines hold
ing places in fairly even rows in the
middle of the structure. The count
of 38 machines does not include two
printing presses used in printing
names on the baskets. After cover
ing the basket machinery front, the
visitors run into a large supply
room, the materials being found
there in such quantities as t,o lead the
visitor to believe that the company
is also in the telephone business.
Hundreds of rolls of wire used in
making basket handles are stored
in the supply room for use in the
manufacture of baskets.
Just before completing the round
of the factory, the visitor observes
a large machine shop which is equip
ped with modern lathes, drills and
presses. The shop is maintained in
connection with the plant.
Listing the machines, Secretary M.
T,. Goldman slated that 38 units had
been installed and are now virtual
ly ready for use. Included in the
handle machines, two loopers, two
hnOn'l presses ton rover machines.
two pl'Uiling pi eases, a large vwiuar
drier which, incidentally, weighs
about sixty tons; two lathes and a
drag saw.
WELCOME
TO WILLIAMSTON
Goldman Package Mfg. Co.
ttc take |>l?a?ur. in <-xt<-n<iitlf; congratula
tion* ami liol wi-lic- to thi* urn \\ iiliam>lou
pntrrpriw. May your l>ti*iii<-M* lu> profitable
ami itroyrewivr.
Woolard Hardware Co.
Business Is Solid
Despite The Wari
Looking around, with the paMing |
of the first half of the momentous
year 1940, we find that despite the
terrible impact of shattering world
political, military and economic i
events, business in the United States j
has held solidly through the first six
months of the year Last September,
business was fearful about expand
ing on the basis of war orders ?
fearful that -tf it did, a sudden stop
page of the market created by war
needs would find it caught with a
lot of tools and goods and plants that
then would be useless
Those fears were even intensified
when the amazingly quick conquest
of the Low Countries and France
made it look as though the war might
be ended suddenly?if unsatisfactor
ily. Then along came the United
States' own plans for re-armament.
Much as we may bewail the neces
sity for such action?and dread the
ultimate cost? the fact remains that
it is this rearmament drive that has
reassured industry and markets.
Now it appears that, even though
foreign customers for arms and mu
nitions may be k nocked out, or block
aded out, our own needs will keep a
tremendous volume of war orders?
or at least munitions orders?grind
ing through our foctories for some
years to come.
Things To Watch
For In The Future
Phono vision, the latest thing in
the "juke box" line?it provides talk
ing motion pictures in restaurants,
bars and other public places "at the
drop of a coin" ... A new portable
room cooler with the catchy name of
"Wizardaire" . . Sealed-beam head
lamps on jalopies, as well as on the
1940 and 1941 models?it's estimat
ed that there are some 25,000,000
used cars on the highways that
would benefit by a change to this
improved road lighting . . Your own
name printed on match-book covers,
complimentary with your morning
newspaper, in some hotels . . . New
labels on many long-familiar drug,
food and cosmetic packages?as re
sult of provisions of new federal
pure food and drug law, effective
July 1, requiring labels to specify
contents, but truthfully . . . Rubber
mudguards for passenger automo
biles?though they've been used
successfully on buses for four or
five years.
When the entire mill is placed in
operation two large steam engines
and dozens of motors are required
to furnish P"' motive power. Belts, i
used in making the wheels go, run
parallel, perpendicular and at all
angles md it is quite evident that
when full steam ahead is ordered
there'll be a lot of turning and twist
Basket Manufacturing Is Not
Such A Simple Job After All
Basket manufacturing is not the
simple task that the finished prod
uct would indicate. To start with,
the work proceeds on a fairly slow
schedule to start with, gaining mo
mentum and then rapid speed as the
finishing touches are applied
After the gum log is delivered to
the mill yard, it is cut into required
lengths by a drag saw. Traveling on
endless belts, the log is then placed
in one of six steam boxes where it
is cooked for about twelve hours.
The log removed from the steam
chamber is then peeled of its bark
and rolled into the lathes or veneer
machines where it is cut into strips
and sheets. The material is then
placed on sorting tables where i
workers select the best and throw
out the defective stripe.
Passing inspection at the sorting
table, the strips are then made
ready for the basket-making ma
chines where they are shaped, stitch
ed and rimmed and where the fin
ishing touches are applied.
Its manufacture completed, the
basket is then thrown on a convey
or and carried to the dry kiln where
it spends an hour and a half. At the
end of that time it is ready for stor
age and then shipment.
The operation requires extensive
handling all the way through the
manufacturing process, but once it
comes from the dry kiln it will stand
a great deal of bouncing and count
less knocks and punches.
Weaker Sex?
Mrs. Frances Stone, coach of the
Westfield, Pa., police department's
pistol team, Rives some pointers in
pointing to Mayor Alice D. Burke.
The chief of police, a man, declares
Mrs. Stone one of the finest pistol
coaches in New h'ncrlami
Business Activity Is
Now At High Level
Thus, at the half-way point of
1940, we find the stiffening of our
domestic backbone giving confidence
to business and industry to counter
act the quivering uncertainties of the
foreign war situation The funda- j
mental solidity of U. S. business is
shown in behavior of basic price and
activity indexes. For instance, whole- j
sale commodity prices stood at 75
points last August, reached 79.2 at
the year's end, and have remained
near the latter level, most recently
showing 78.4. The New York Times
index of general business activity
likewise is higher now?at 102.4 ?
than the'54.4 of pre-war August. De
partment store sales are now at 85.6
less than two points below ihe last
August rating, anj general retail
trade, at 1028, is four points high
er than just before the war started.
FACTOGRAPHS
United States
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The lata Una Marti I
aka Curia, la the only '
the world who aver won the
Nobel prlxa twice in aclcaaa.
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In 1535 an Englishman, W.
Greener, Invented the ftrat mod
ern cartridge, but the British
government turned It down aa
impractical aa a meant of Idl
ing.
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Julius Caesar used a cipher la
writing secret messages to his
generals ui Ida numerous cam
paigns.
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The oldest Creek lettor fra
ternity In the United States la
I'hi Beta Kappa, organised at
William and Mary college. Wil
liamsburg. Va., Dec. 0. 1776.
CcHtfiatit&iticHS
To The
Goldman Package Co.
On The
Erection Of Their New Basket
Factory In Williamston
It givet us a great ileal of pleasure, along
with the other merchants anil business
firms of Williamston, to exteml a cordial
welcome to this new firm. We are glad to
have you and we say WELCOME.
Way I our Businett Venture Be
Profitable And Profire??ive
tkatfolisBwlkw
WILLI AMSTON, N. C.
Announcing the Opening
Factory of the
Goldman Package
Manufacturers of Fruit and Vegetable Packages
On
vU, ? -
15th, 1940
We take pleasure in anuuuiieing our open*
ing Monday, July 15th. We have heen fav
orably impressed with the town and sec
tion and the cooperation we received dur
ing the construetion of our plant is duly
acknowledged and appreciated.
Wo extend to you a very cordial welcome
to visit and inspect our plant and observe
the products in the process of being man
ufactured and after they have been com
pleted. Regular operations will begin on
Monday morning, July 15th.