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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN
AMERICAN BUSINESS
By JOHN CRADDOCK
NEW YORK, Jan. 20—BUSI
NESS —Looks as though we’re
rapidly approaching the time when
we’ll have to take down the “bus
iness as usual” signs over the
doors of many of our industries.
It’s been contended for months
that Uncle Sam couldn’t go into
the 'armament business—for him
self and for nations elsewhere
that are fighting what is often
described as our battles —on the
scale that now seems necessary,
and still have the time, talent and
materials necessory to carry on
everything else at normal speed
and in normal volume.
DISLOCATION appears just
around the corner, with official
acceptance of the above view. And
it is beginning to appear, to
economists studying thq situation
with an eye to the future, that
along with passing of the “busi
ness as usual” status will come,
to a noticeable extent, the passing j
of profits on some usual —that is,
peacetime—businesses. Washing
ton ecoiCmists have arrived at
the inescapable conclusion that,
for example, if automobile pro
duction must be curtailed in or
dnr to provide needed steel for ar
mament, other businesses which
lean heavily on the auto industry
will be greatly affected because of
the curtailment of purchases by
this top-notch peacetime customer
of theirs.
COUNTERBALANCE Next
question is: Will the defense wjrk
make up for the normal business
thus shoved aside? Consensus is
that, in the over-all picture, it
will more than do that; for most
companies, such as aircraft, steel,
shipbuilding, copper and alumi
num, it assuredly will dr> so; that
ifor others, notably motors, the
answer is “probably,” and that
for some others, like building ma
terials, agriculture, and household
appliances, it’s “probably not.”
NO SHOW—Just what’s going
to happen with respect to the
auto industry’s production of cars
and changes of models, in view of
defense demands, is the question
that gets mjost attention of the
layman, outside of the question
■about how the defense drive itself
is coming along. Indication that
something will happen in this
field, though, came last week
when the Automobile Manufac
turers Association cancelled the
National Auto show booked for
next October in New York. It was
pointed out that this action will
not control the course each com
pany may follow in the matter
of new models for ’42.
TALK in automotive trade cir
cles, though, has. it that it’s quite
doubtful if many changes other
j than new colors and incidental
accessories will be made in 1942
models. Changes involving only
minor alterations in body or mo
tor design naturally require new
dies and tools. Therefore, to pass
up such changes would release
toolmakers and machine tools for
defense production without seri
ously impairing the normal out
put of passenger cars upon which
nation’s business and agriculture
today are so vitally dependent, ac
cording to J. W. Frazer, president
of Willys-Overland. It would also
help to prevent recurrence of the
situation of 1917-18, when pas
senger car output was curtailed,
demand increased tremendously,
and cars sold at a. terrific pre
mium.
** * *
ARBITRATION AWARD —Be
cause business men engaged in in
ternational trade know that dis
putes with far away customers put
red ink on ledger books, there are
many thousands who use arbitra
tion to settle controversies out of
court. With this in mind, C. V.
Whitney, president of the Ameri
can Arbitrati n Association, has
just announced the creation of an
annual award to the American
business organization most effec
tively promoting the use of arbi
tration in foreign trade.
THE ZEBULON RECORD
THINGS TO WATCH FOR—
An airplane that is “half auto
mobile,” having four wheels, two
seats, sedan-like fuselage, and
driving “like a cir.” It’s to be
priced at $2,000, may open the
skyways to many a well-to-do,
but not rich, man. Propeller is be
hind the sedan-type “body.” . . .
“Love insurance” p licies, taken
out through your favorite florist—
for a flat fee, the florist takes care
of seeing that all loved ones get
remembered appropriately, with
flowers, on all birthdays, anniver
s-aries, and so forth, for a full
year . . . Dry goods stores oper
ated on the super-market princi
ple that has scored so resounding
ly in the grocery field ... A new
paper bag for retail merchants,
featuring a flap, a part of which
may be tom off to provide a rec
ord for the store while the other
part serves as a recipt for the
customer ... A flour cart n with
a built-in sifter —so that you can
put the carton itself on the kit
chen table and sift out the flour
without transferring it into a sep
arate sifter.
Andrew J] hnson became so un
popular while president that his
impeachment was sought, but the
attempt failed.
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AT WENDELL
MARX BROTHERS
“Go West” is the big attraction
at the Wendell Theater this week
and the Marx Brothers will de
light all who see them.
With an 1870 setting and Hor
ace Greeley’s advice, with New
York, Cripple Creek, Dead Man’s
Gulch, various highways and by
ways, and with plenty of hilarious
siuations, it may be well to sug
gest that thi se who do not like
to laugh wait fbr another show.
If laughter and fun are enjoyed—
see the Marx Brothers in “Go
West,” Wendell Theater.
•EPIDEMIC’ OF
ACCIDENTS IN
N. C. REPORTED
An “epidemic” of accidents in
which persons have been killed as
a result of falling off of or out of
moving automobiles or trucks on
North Carolina streets and high
ways has been noted in recent
weeks, the Highway Safety Divi
sion reported this week.
Five such fatalities were record
ed in December, and two more dur
| ing the first two weeks of January.
Reading of the accident reports
gives seme idea of how these acci
dents hapepned. One report said:
“Two negroes were riding between
truck and trailer. A hog ran out
into rear wheels of truck, causing
truck to bounce up, throwing
negro from truck and under wheels
of trailer. Killed instantly.”
Another report simply said: “De.
ceased fell out of car when right
door came open as car was round
ing curve.”
In another instance, a boy riding
on the back of a truck fell off while
attempting to attract the driver’s
attention to get him to stop the
truck and let him off.
“Such accidents can be eliminat
ed if every driver in North Caro
lina will refuse to carry any pas
sengers for whom they cannot find
a seat inside,” sail Ronald Hocutt,
director of the safety division.
“Furthermore, all persons who ride
in motor vehicles as passengers
should learn that it is dangerous
to lean or door handles.”
“Falling out of a moving vehicle
is sheer carelessness and can be
prevented only by the use of a lit
tle common sense,” he added. “Fall,
ing off or being bounced off trucks
is an inexcusable type of accident
which is primarily up to drivers to
control.”
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