Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1930, Page 35

FIVE-HOUR WORKING Metal Trade Officers Report to Con- By the Associated Press. officers’ report of the metal trades de- partment of the American Federation of Labor, presented Wednesday at the gpeninl session of the department’s we! vored two five-hour shifts per day as Saturday—Second Day HECHT MONTH L profitable to investors, and_the public in general. “It is inevitable,” the report read, “that the rapidly increasing use of pow- er and the introduction of more massive automatic machinery must be accom- Plnied by a rapld decrease in the ength of the work day in many of our industries. A radical reduction in hours of labor has become an economic neces- sity to the producer as well as the in- vestor and consumer.” “The two-or-three-short-shift plan of DAY IS PREDICTED vention Favors Two Shortened Shifts as Generally Profitable. BOSTON, October 3.—The annual as certainly as the three 8-hour shifts displaced the two 12-hour in continuous production,” the report added. Referring to unemployment, the re- port said the subject had been taken nty-second annual convention, fa- up in other countrles by national con- $4975 to $57.50 Furred' Coats Newest lines, colors and fabrics. For misses and women. €Third Fioor, The Hesht Co) $35 to $39.75 Junior Miss Coats 528 Trico broadcloth and broadcloth, beauti- fully fur-trimmed. Sizes 13, 15, and 17. @aird Ficor, The Hecht Ov.) operation during the daytime is coming | labo; THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1930. ference. “In our country,” it added, “A- nance and management have shown no particular interest in discussing these problems with the repfesentatives American labor. of - i d e Paid Grid Men “Workers.” Foot ball stars who are paid for their services “are in the same category as paid workers in any other branch of in- lustry,” ing to a decision just rendered by the British ministry of labor. The announcement was made in connection with the question of placing & ban on foreign players for British foot ball teams. The ministry has cir- culated the English, Scottish and Welsh foot ball associations to ascertain their views on the proposed ban. BANDIT FORCES CASHIER TO WALK 15 MILES AFTER WOUNDING WIFE Kansas Posse on Hunt for Man Who Escapes With $800 as Companion Disappears. By the Associated Press. CONWAY, Kans.,, October 3—Kid- naped and forced to walk 15 miles by a bandit who wounded his wife, then apologized for the trouble he had caused, R. C. Webb, cashier of the State Bank here, was safe at home yesterday. over $800 in cash while the other rob- ‘ber stood guard, armed with & crowbar, over the woman. Hours later Webb appeared at Mc- Pherson, Kans, where he told officers his captor had forced him to accompany him on foot. He said the bandit who had not been rejoined by his compan! apologized profusely for the accidental wounding of Mrs. Webb and for the necessity of the forced march. Kansas a search for the nocturnal bank yesterday. Mrs. Webb opened & door of their oA S it home Wednesday night striking and accidentally discharging the pistol of one or two bandits about to enter the house. She was wounded in the arm. ‘The armed bandit forced Webb to accompany him to the bank and hand o o teams, numbering nearly 70 a few years ago, have ceased to exist in England. Girls’ foot ball We Feature in Hecht Month: Women's $2.00 Margy Full-Fashioned Chiffon Silk Hose $ I 19 Hecht Month reduces this hose for the first time. Our own make, which we always have sold for $2. Sheer, all-silk chif- fon, with dainty picot tops. New Fall and Winter colors. (Main Ploor, The Hecht OCo.) Soft Jerseys and Silks in Dresses and Suits Dresses in satin, crepe and travel prints. Two and three piece knitted and jersey suits, the knitted suits with matching berets. . Suits 14 to 20 (38 Pairs, $3.50) Dresses 14 to 50 (rifth Floor, The Hecht Co.) Sizes 814 to 10 New Cantons $5.50 Women's $3-95to $7-50 Hats Soleil Fur Felt All style successes, many copies of Lots of black, as well as Paris models. Velvet Chenille brown, green and other smart shades. Many for the Matron (Third Pleor, The Hecht Co.) $3.45 Fashion Cuts a New Figure in $5 Nature’s Rival Foundation Garments $2.95 Corselette of brocade, with bust section of soft swami, lightly boned, sizes 34 to 44 ... or a step-in girdle of striped coutil. Sizes 27 to 32. (Pifth Floor, The Hecht Ovo.) HE HECHT CO. F Street at Seventh Furniture and Homefurnishings are participating in Hecht Month . «. see The Sunday Star and Post for offerings in these . departments 0y C3 the judges were not mentioned in the policies. e of the racketeers have been given Jail sentences. . selves disposed of some of -, CHINESE BUNKO MEN SELL NON-ARREST INSURANCE Crooks in Shanghai Learn Truth and Dispose of Those Who Victimized Them. SHANGHALI (#).—Chinese bunko men have gone into the insurance business. selling to kidnapers, murderers and burglars policies guaranteed to protect even the most vicious from arrest. Several culprits have been brought | before district courts protesting that they had “insurance,” only to find that Somn caught and Croaks them the others. RV TSC R mE Lonely Tsland for Bride. It has just been revealed that the late Earl of Barrymore's daughter and her husband, Alexander S. Gray, Writer to the Signet, who were ‘married reeently at the Southend, England, register office, have taken up residende on the lonely Island of Wallasea. register's records describe -the nces Mege, widow. o ‘The bride as Emma Fra $16-50 to $]975 Silk Frocks and tweed prints. For misses, women and little women. (Third Ploor, The Hecht Co.) HIbY Lapin (res), Muskrat and Other Fur Coats *100 For sports or dress. Sizes for misses an: women, SIRR YA s Ty 13 o (TBird Floor, The Hecht Oo.) . .