Show i Silver Silver Lining Lining of Business Cloud Begins to Show Steady Gains Reported by Practically All States Factories Reopen By J. J R. R BRACKETT BRACKET Associated Press Business Writer NEW YORK March 26 AP AP The The great dark cloud which has enI enshrouded enshrouded en en- I shrouded American business these I past months has begun t to turn itself bright side out I A survey and analysis of or conditions from Crom a majority of the states give i evidence that stability the most important im im- im present desire of or business Is js slowly lowly but steadily being achieved ed There are no spectacular p Indications Indica of recovery ry InS fn in the the the financial communities but wh whore where rc rca a year ago Industry reported la layoffs and curtailed curtailed cur cur- tailed production pro programs rams today In every area aiea of ot the country sporadically ally cally but none the less consistently Industry reports improvement ement And its it's not only the spring urge which nearly always Increases business business busi bust ness as witness the federal reserve boards board's findings that Industrial output output out out- put and volume of ot wage payments went up more than seasonally in Feb Feb- mary APPLE VENDERS SPENDERS VANISH ANIS Perhaps p. as pleasant a sign as any in New York is the decreasing number number num num- ber of ot street corner comer apple salesmen In Memphis Tenn the mayors mayor's Unemployment unemployment un Un- employment relief committee snowed under for months is discontinuing Its ts apple selling concessions wOOdcutting wood woodcutting woodcutting cutting and other emergency meas ures urea Red Cross workers all over the south drastically hit by the drouth as well as industrial decline report slackened activity Automobiles an artery of or business busi bust ness are going to be made In IncreasIng Ing ng numbers The tire plant of ot the United States Rubber company at Detroit now is 15 and expects to continue con con- working its full complement of Buick Bulck Motor company company com com- pany at Flint FUnt Mich increased March production schedules 30 per pcr percent percent cent over February and March 1931 Is running 18 per cent over March 1030 EMPLOYMENT El GAINS Paramount corporation at al Hollywood will employ from 1700 to 2100 persons exclusive of ot extras and nd players layers in a production program call call- trig Ing ng for seven ell pictures a month for forthe forthe the he next four months The Utica N. N Y Industrial lon tion last week reported I. 44 per cent Increase in employment At Syracuse Syra Syra- cuse cure the I L 1 C. C Smith and Corona Typewriters Inc the Remington Typewriter company and the Syra- Syra use Washing Machine company the Continued on Pace Pate Two I I BUSINESS CLOUD I BEGINS TO VANISH I Continued from P PUS pu t One three employing Ing about are operating oper more strongly than for severa several months At Amsterdam the Chalmers Chalm ers Knitting Is now operating lug ing ns twenty-four twenty hours a a day At Newark N. N J. J the Lauter-Hu Lauter mana Piano company has resumed full tull time operations for the first time since the radio began to compete The Massachusetts state department department department depart depart- ment of ot labor and industries says employment ment showed a greater gain gainIn In n February than in any month since September 1929 The American n Printing company textile manufacturers at Fall River Mass has begun begun be be- gun employment of about 2000 work work- ers rs in four mills I ADVERTISING INCREASES In Bridgeport Waterbury and Tor Tor- Ington rington Conn the American Brass company has received orders which will wIh result In some speeding up The Connecticut chamber of ot commerce reported a a. slight rising tendency in general business during March In Kansas the Gleaner Combine Harvester company in receivership and shut down is ready to embark ember at once on a small production pro pro- gram About 1000 men went to work Monday on full lull time at the Werton m Steel company plant at Ohio The Ohio state industrial relations relations re re- re lations department through reporting reporting report report- reporting ing employment at its lowest level the week of March 16 found an Increase Increase increase In in- crease in number of ot persons persons' put t to work the week of March 23 In Chicago metal meW trade manufacturers hirers and department stores have Increased personnel Large machinery machin ery cry manufacturing companies report an Increase in inquiries about orders West Western Electric has let let a a. contract for a addition to 1 Its Hawthorn Haw Raw thorn plant 5 MILLS OPENED The Inland Steel corporation In Milwaukee Wis opened five of ot its ten sheet metal mills a few days ago Women's wear industries in St. St Paul Minn Minu show a greater seasonal gain than in 1929 or 1930 1930 twentysix twenty twenty- six of ot the two thirty plants in the city are running to capacity Tho The Iowa state labor bureau found a slight increase of employment in March The Waterloo Garment com corn pany closed last fall will open April 1 I employing persons Building operations by virtue of construction on a county hos lies pita pital have led the way in Omaha Neb Grain receipts at Omaha showed a per cent increase Livestock Livestock Livestock Live Live- stock receipts and packing house output also were up OPERATIONS BOOSTED Cotton men in the New Orleans area report a slight improvement I since the turn of the year The clothing manufacturing industry In Nashville Tenn has a reported report increase increase in lit crease of 35 per cent in March over o February The Norfolk Va silk mills reopened March 16 with a small force The federal district of Virginia Vir Vir- ginia ginta income ta tax collections on March 20 increased 35 per cent over overa a a. year ago The Atlantic Steel company at Atlanta At At- lanta Ga has increased operations 10 per cent since January and nd is now running 65 per cent of f capacity Construction Construction Con Con- starts soon on the million million- dollar first unit of the Clark Thread company at Austell Ga gu ill |