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Brooklyn Brothers Own Largest
Men s Apparel Producing Plant
By HENRY J. BECHTOLD
UPI Financial Editor
New York - (UPI) - Many peo
ple look at London and Rome
the world's fashion busi-
4 ness centers.
B u t little
known in the
elegant circles
o f London's
Saville Row
and Rome's
Via Condotti
is the lact
that two
brothers from
Henry Beentold Brooklyn own
and operate the largest men's
apparel producing plants in
both Great Britain and Italy.
Raymond and Myron Ack
erman of the New York man
ufacturing retailing firm ot
Simon Aekerman Clothes, al
so head Chester Barrie, Ltd.,
o London, and D'Avenza of
Rome.
Chester Barrie, considered
to be as British as it is possi
ble to be, sells its apparel
in England and some 36 other
countries.
D'Avenza emphasizes the
increasingly popular Italian
look in men's clothes and al
so sells in many countries
around the globe. But al
though it plans to do so, it
does not have ils products
available in Italy,
Business Boom
Business for these two privately-owned
enterprises has
never been belter, according
to Raymond Aekerman, Bar
rie volume was up 15 per cent
in I960 and D'Avenza sales
up 25 per cent, and Aekerman
said advance orders indicate
similar increases this year.
Raymond Aekerman's ex
planation of the success of
the two foreign companies
is that "As American men
become more and more in
terested in fashion, the more
anxious they are for distinc
tive imported apparel to add
to their wardrobe."
He was quick to note that
the clothes his firms make
and export to this country
are not affecting sales of
made-in-USA garments. "For
like the foreign car which
usually is a second car, and
like the many foreign foods
we import to add spice to
our meals, so these highly
advanced style items from
overseas are of interest as ex
tras for men," he declared.
The Barrie enterprise start
ed back in the 1930s when
Simon Aekerman, father of
the two brothers, believed
that England's superior tex
tiles and style leadership
would combine handsomely
with America production
know-how, Raymond, then
23, was sent over to slart the
operation and it has grown
steadily since.
The Italian operation had
a different start. Following
Jl
World War II the Amalgamat
ed Clothing Workers of
America built a plant to aid
war-ravaged Italy. Later an
Italian relief agency took ov
er. But greater fabrication
and merchandising experi
ence was needed and, in 1936,
the Ackermans w e r ap
proached because of their
success in the British oper
ation.
Interesting enough, neither
Barrie nor D'Avenza apparel
is available in the Aekerman
stores here which cater to a
moderate price line. The im
ports are sold in specially
franchised stores around the
world
While U. S., -British and
Italian products all are high
ly distinctive, Aekerman said
that, in general, men very
where are turning to slim
mer, trimmer apparel more
than In Hie past few years.
Greatest variations, he ex
plained, are the result of the
different physiques in each
country, and ingrained style
habits.
Demand for Accessories Forced 12-Volt Batteries in Autos
A 7;
Detroit - Wit - Public de
mand for more and more pow
er accessories forced the auto
industry io swiich from the
8-volt battery to the 12-voIt
battery.
It now appears that the in
dustry will have to go a step
further to keep the electrical
system from failing under the
heavy load of air condition
ers, lights, radios, cigarette
lighters, power windows,
power seats and the like.
The conventional auto gen
erator has been able to keep
the battery charged in normal
driving conditions, even with
the mounting number of electricity-using
accessories.
But battery failures are
frequent In congested traf
fic, especially during the
winter in the northern slates.
One anio company, Chrys
ler Corp., already has scrap
ped the generator and substi
tuted an alternator as stand
ard equipment. The other
car makers are expected to
follow suit.
The alternator delivers S
to 10 amperes even when a
car Is idling,
A generator delivers no
electricity until the engine
reaches 1,000 to 1,500 revo
lutions per minute, about IS
to 20 miles an hour,
The alternator is not new,
Chrysler started building al
ternators for aircraft in 1935,
and most medium and heavy 1 cost.
duty trucks are equipped
with alternators.
But the auto companies
found it too costly to equip
cars with alternators previ
ously. Alternators produce alter
nating current which must be
converted to direct current
by expensive rectifiers,
Chrysler experimented wiih
several types of rectifiers be
fore selecting silicon diodes.
The alternators, manufac
tured at ChTyslcr's Kokomo,
Ind plant are still more cost
ly than the direct-current pro
ducing generators, But the
company believes perform
ance outweighs the added
j current supply to the battery tos and trucks. It actually in
Alternators are 30 par cent from the DC generator, proves the performance ot
lighter than generators and "The nUernator is a real- (he ignition system, and"
Chrvsler claims they have solution to the high elec- makes engine starting easy "
double or triple the life span 1 a flemenfls of Wrtay s
of generators, j
r's a-itn any wcathw."
At least one independent
company, the Leece-Neville i
Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, is;
manufacturing alternators as j
replacements , tor generators !
on all present-day American j
ears.
President P. H. Neville of
the Ohio firm said, "The DC
generaltoT is on its way out.
One look at the traffic jams.
this winter will reveal the i
reason why, Most car stalling 1
is direct result of battery I
failure, caused by Insufficient
u
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. . . It's where my money works for me I know my sav
ings are safe here, because they are protected by an
agency of the U. S. Government,"
Tour own savings with us are imured by that same Gov
ernment agency, the Federal Savings and Loan Insur
ance Corporation, whose symbol we proudly display.
Investment mode by Ihe 10th of the month
receive earningt ot of the 1st,
CURRiNT DIVIDEND RATI 4ai PER ANNUM
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29 North Ivy Street Robert F. Kyl, Manager
3 Damage Suits
Filed in Court
Three damage suits arising
from traffic accidents were
filed in Jackson county cir
cuit court Friday,
Two of them involved a 18-year-old
daughter and her
mother, who are seeking sep
arate damages. The third re
sulted from a car-bicycle col
lision. Diana Lee Myers, 18, of
2862 Madrona lane, Medford,
through her mother, is seek
ing $30,000 from Mark W.
Taylor, 1924 Westerlund dr.,
Medford, as a result of an
auto accident on Nov, 28,
1859 In Grants Pass. Her
mother, Mrs. Frank Myers, is
seeking $50,000 from Taylor
as a result of the same accident.
Rsar-End Collision
The complaint alleges that
the car Taylor was driving
overtook a small foreign car
Diana Lee was driving, which
was slopped for a traffic
light, and caused a rear-end
collision.
Robert L, Canty, Jackson
ville, is seeking $25,000 gen
eral damages and $1,654 spec
ial damages, according to a
complaint filed in Jackson
eoounty circuit court.
A car driven by Carl Wes
ley Wilson, 1889 Grand ave,,
Medford, struck the bicycle
Canty was riding, the com
plaint charges. The force of
the collision threw the man
off his bike at the intersec
tion of Vorheis rd. and the
South Stage rd, and seriously
injured him, according to the
complaint.
Gerald w, Scannell, Ash
land attorney, is representing
the complainants in all three
suits.
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No Citations Given
Following Accident
No police citations were Is
sued following an accident
Friday Involving vehicles driv
en by Simeon Burrill, "8, of
5611 Table Rock rd., Central
Point, and Elmor Edward Ba
ker, 35, Rogue River.
A story in Sunday's Mail
Tribune could have been in
terpreted as Indicating blame,
when such was not the ease.
Burrill suffered bumps and
bruises In h collision, and
was released from the hos
pital after treatment Saturday,
BATTLES SEA LION
Monterey, Calif. -tUPf- Rob
ert Evans, 25, a skindiver,
said he was attacked Sunday
by a 300-pound sea lion which
dragged him 50 feel under
water before he was able to
break away, Evan, of Ala
mcda, Calif., suffered three
gashes In his leg, requiring 14
stlk-hes. He said he escaped ;
byjkieking the animal in the
lis wili hit iztt leg. I
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