Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1929, Page 9

making radio sets and bodies of auto- mobiles and skilled and unskilled workers in both those industries will be needed in construction in order that | 4 x the supply of labor shall not be less than the demand. In the radio indus- try there has been an overproduction which threatened difficulties long be- | fore the stock market crisis and what is now being characterized as a diminu- tion of luxury buying is in reality be- lieved to be a case of the production White House Cites Figures|running ahead of the actual needs of the consumer. Consolidations in the radio field are expected to stablize the industry and there is already some talk of reorganization in the “automobile | field 5o as to_keep supply and demand at a better balance. On the whole there is an under- R |1ving confidence now in the business BY DAVID LAWRENCE. | situation reflected by Government offi- With an eagerness borne of a desire | cials, which is backed up by statistics to Tefute any psychology of hesitation | gathered in the last 30 days, for it is in business that may have resuited from | realized that surmises and conjectures the recent stock market declin, admin- | Will_not have the effect in_instilling istration officials are pouncing upon | confidence as the fundamental data every bit of information and statistics | on current business operations. that throw light on the business situ- (Copyright. 1920.) ation. S b What happened in November is con- CHAIN STORES RO‘BBED. -sidered particularly pertinent. The as- sumption is that if the stock market losses were widespread it would be Te- | Bandits Lock 13 in Refrigerator flected in a diminution of retail buying. But the figures for department store in One of 3 Jobs. sales throughout the 12 Federal Reser B RRIRARRI Pi iDecenber 14 (P)—Three young men yesterday in Disclaiming Decrease in Purchase Power. districts actually show a slight increase. There is no denying that the increase | y wWould have been substantial under ordi- | Joo’a, chAlf stores in thice nolghbor” nary circumstances, but gratification i | friterator in an Avoca store. and end- expressed that November, 1029, more | ing their day's work by rifling a store than held its own with November, 1928. | jus; across the street from the Wyom- The figures on Christmas buying are [ine police station. pointed to by & White House as & | Al three stores belonged to the same gign that the country has not at all|chain. 1In the Avoca establishment been shaken by the recent crisis. In|the robbers drew revolvers and ordered \DE VAUGHN DISMISSAL| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 15, 1929—PART ONE. IS GIVEN APPROVAL Policeman, Was Found Guilty in Maryland of Drunken Driving. The District Commissioners have | upheld the action of the Police Trial Board in ordering the removal of Policeman Stanley L. De Vaughn from the force. D2 Vaughan was convicted at Marl- boro, Md., of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, reckless driving and using fictitious markers. He was fined $165 and costs and sentenced to three { —The last sacraments were yesterday months in the House of Correction by the Maryland court. He did not ap- ENERAL HEATING gmdoisxgatmw The Most peal from the finding of the trial board. The Commissioners ordered the re- tirement of Capt. Charles Thomas and Pvt. W. R. Frye of the Fire Depart- ment for physical incapacity incurred | in line of duty. Capt. Thomas, who served with Ne. 10 Truck Company, was awarded a pension of $104.16 per month, and Pvt. Frye was awarded a pension of $87.50 per month. Sacraments Given Field Marshal. LISBON, Portugal, December 14 (#). given to Field Marshal Gomez da Costa, who has become unconscious. The latest bulletin from his physicians said that he was losing strength and that his kidneys were not functioning in nddl-i tion to the pulmonary congestion which has made his condition critical for several da Platinumsmiths 37 Years at . « o o« « . . 935 F Street Members of the Amsterdam Diamond Exchange the most comprehensive selections at The Christmas Gift Store for all the people fact, the volume of holiday trading is ahead of last year. | Some Stores Show Big Gain. | In many cities the reports indicate that some stores show a substantial in- crease in business. The belief is ex- pressed by the experts here that the buying power of those who speculated in the market was undoubtedly affected, but that relatively speaking the whole country averaged up as well as last | year on buying power. It is pointed out | that many of the people who sold their | the six clerks and seven customers into the meat refrigerator. The men sped off in an automobile after taking about $200 from the cash drawer. A customer, who entered soon after, re- leased the freezing 13. From Avoca the trio went to West Pittston and stole the cash from the drawer of a chain store there. Then they drove 3 miles 40 Wyoming and held up the third store. 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SPECIAL ATTENTION TO NERVOUS PATIENTS Sympathetic care by thoroughly ex- perienced dentists is a feature of my office. You need have no fear in I, - total unemployed is going to be less than a year ago. It was one of the phenomena of the prosperity period that unemployment reached its peak then notwithstanding high dividends. The most important picce of news with respect to the business situation s the notable increase in construction conz;cu g‘urmg the first week in De- .gember, the average for 37 Eastern (§ Per Tooth, $6 and $8, Guaranteed States, according to Secretary Lamont |§ o Graduate Dentists. Oral Hygienists of the Department of Commerce, being | | and ‘Maids in_ Attendance. Pain Pre. well over the figure for the same week |} ventive Methods Used. Large, Comfort- of last year and also higher than the previous week. 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