Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1925, Page 38

- School Thrift Drive Causes 6,786 Pupils To REDSPLAN TRADE INVASION OFGRENT Soviets Lack Credit in U. S., :But Are Buying Cotton and i Textile Machinery Here. y the Associated NEW YORK rating how economic dvantages November 20.—Illus- laws and trade diplomatic Textile Syn circumvent sian report $44,284.8 bought in campaign of the District public schools to eradicate the pro- verbial extravagance and wastefnl- ness of Americans. is described by Dr. E. . Kimball, supervising principal of the third division, in a statement in connection with the observance of “Conservation and Thrift day” of American Education week A similar paper was given out for publication by J. C. Bruce, supervising principal of the thir- teenth division. In connection with the encour agement the schools give pupils t e their money, Dr. Kimb: led that the automatic ing tellers installed in last took in equivalent to $1.38 per child, the total enrollment of the schools in The num- THE EVENING !FINDS NEWSPAPERS AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE Start Accounts _— e | Sociologist Says Improvement Will Come With Improved Institutions. By the Associated Prees. CHICAGO, November nary newspaper accounts of incidents fn everyday life seem sensational be- cause the reader knows so little of human life he is unable to interpret the events in life when he reads about them. The present newspa- pers are about as good as they can e. 20. — Ordi- These are the opinions of Prof. Robert E. Park, University of Chi- cago sociologist, whose analysis of the newspaper forms a part of a volume on the modern city published by the university. STAR, WASHINGTON, bug,” he says. “But the same may be said of every political institution and the newspaper is quite as much la political institution; soemtimes we have sought by certain legislative devices to exercise and expel the evil spirits that possessed them. “On the whole, we have been in- clined to regard them as sacred and to treat any fundamental criticism of tham as o sort of blasphemy. If things went wrong, it was not the institutions, but the persons we elected to conduct them, and an in- corrigible human nature, who were at fault. “What then, is the remedy for the existing condition of the newspapers? There s no remedy. Humanly speaking, the present newspapers are about as good as they can be. If the newspapers are to be improved it will come through the education of the people and the organization of politi information and intelli- genc Ma Knows the Species. D. T, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1925. MAIL WORKERS’ BILL FOR LARGER ANNUITY Amendment to Retirement Law| Drawn at Meeting of Postal Employes. A bill to amend the present retire- ment law was drawn up at a meeting of representatives from 10 postal or- ganizations throughout the country at the Capitol Park Hotel yesterday. The proposed amendment, which will been fixed, meet the incr | annuity at present 1s $720. As this amendment would affect all enough will be asked to other departments will be asked e movement organizations represented at { the meeting are not afilfated with any labor union and it is estim at they represented 270,000 postal o ion of gue of District Post- ce Postmaste ciation, Postal Supervisors' A. tion, Railway Mail Supervisors’ Asso. ciation, United National Assoc! be introduced to the next Congress, calls for an increase in the amount of | the annuity and no increase in the 23 | per cent deduction from the basic sal- ary of postal employes. While the ex- | act_amount of the in e has not | WINDOW SHADES We are able to make higheat grade Wi Bhindes to order nt fuciory pric Jou quulity shades at I Any size up to 38-In.x 6.6-1t. Dupant Ecoteh 1 Sun-Lite Best Damentie of Post Office Clerks and the National Association of Rural Carriers. O. P. Franciscus of this city pre- sided. If vou want wor columns of The Star. s R |z o o &7 Tinners of Experience —will be responsible for your roof work, whenColbert handles the job. Insure de- pendable results, quick service and reasonable prices by making this reliable o r g anization your “roof doctor.” & , read the want worg| question being 28, ber of personal bank accounts opened through the school tellers and maintained at the end of the term, he said, was 6.786. Mis country during the fiscal year nded September 30 and delivered at furmapsk, Russia. This is an in §rease of 34 per cent over the first Year's operation of the syndicate. i In adc shipments of dves valued 50,798 and of ma 94 were shipped. vice president and explained that this trads 1ovement had been handled throug* zation of a corporation un York State laws, all of the 1,000,000 worth of stock of which is ¢ the All-Union Russian Tex T wposed Opaque Cloth Hartshorn Rollers Exclusively. THE SHADE FACTORY 1109 14th St. N.W. Main 104 From the Louisville Courler-Journal Willie y, mom, do you believe man was ever a bird? Mother—I certainly do—and I don't believe there ever was a man who n’t a bird, my son It is safe to say, he observes, that when anything shocks us we do not understand it. “It is true that we have not studied the newspapers, as blologists have studied, for example, the potato Maurice J. Colbert 5 Heating—Plumbing—Tinning 621 | Street i " & | Siv/af Opera “Fedora” on WIP. version of the opera be broadcast Sunday werful sti- man e Pucecini Grand Opera Co. vise the production, which | ¢ from the stage ntown Theater tabloid ‘edora’” will business of gold rubles $132,000,000. Soviet Credit PPoor. “If the United States were to rec ognize trade relations with Russia,’ declared Mr. Gumberg, “thls business would expand immediately, as recog: nition would enable us to obtain much more exte In spite of the fact that Russian production of cot- ton and imports are increasing, our mills still are unable to obtain suf. ficlent raw mater and machin As a result it has been necessary in Russia upon miting sales to 10 meters on cloth to a purchaser. In Ru we have 80 wholesale stores and 1,000,000,000 vear more than Announcing EHE completion of a more versatile hotel dining service in the Capital with the addition here of the Lunch Room and Coffee Shoppe Booth, table and counter service. An atmosphere equally appropriate for ladies or gentlemen v stores. “We have found it advisable, how- ever, to begin the export of cotton cloth. We have four offices now in Persia, and are planning to open dis- tributing depots in Mongolta, Man churia, Afghanistan and Chi sia has developed cordial dipl relationships In these countries, the Russian designs and colors have become immensely popular with the Orlental populations.” HoTELWASHINGTON Opposite the U. 5. Tresswry Penna. Avenue at 15th IS ALL YOU NEED Soviet Plan Simple. tica > flow States, s managed is rela- When the factorles, sian syndicate, order confer together ne ount they need Ler of Soviet departments investigate and ratify the wed. When cotton country & PO000000000 000000000000 _— Open a Charge Account A large n must the order before it can be F the order is sent to the American corpora- tion, which buys in its own name. The balance sheet as of September 30 shows that credits in the amount of $2.500,000, secured only by the s tures of the officers of the American corporation and the indorsement of the Russian corporation, for which Ar. Gumberg acts with power of at- torney, were obtained fre New York L ks. In addition, the balance sheet shows bank acceptances of $5,100,000 cured by cotton shipments, and trade acceptance of $874,483. Upon raceipts of a_shipment in’ Murmansk credit is cabled through London or Berlin with which to take up the acceptances or loans. Want to Buy Machinery. A commission of Russian engineers . 1S expected to come to the United s thsi Winter to place an order textile machinery. Orders for Inglish machinery. ~amounting to ahout $10,000,000 were placed last Summer. 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