Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1931, Page 16

A—16 D. . DIVORGE CASES DROP DURING 1330 Capital and New York State Lead in Ratio of Mar- riages to Separation. The National Capital has set an| example for the rest of the country in | marriage and divorce statistics accord- | ing to the figures announced by the United States Bureau of the Census. Divorce decreased most rapidly in the District of Columbia falling off 19.1 per cent while Delaware showed the high- est increase of 21.3 per cent. The coun- try as a whole showed a decrease of 42 per cent. Marriage decreased 8.5 per cent throughout the country as a | Whole. | The ratio of divorce per 1,000 popula- | tion was the smallest in the District of | Columbia, 0.19, while in Nevada it ran | up to 28.67. ! Totals for Country. The District of Columbia and New York State led the entire Nation in the ratio of marriage to divorce. Each Thas only one cause for absolute divorce. The District of Columbia Teported 24.5 marriages to each divorce while New York reported 57.3. Marathon Parson TALKS FOR 58!'; HOURS, SETTING NEW MARK. Wik ISTAGE AND PRESS PLAY RELIEF ROLES “Shoot the Works” and “Newsdom” Appear in New York to Aid Jobless. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 23 —Broadway has gone co-op to keep the wolf from the door. ‘Two nights ago the curtain rose on a° new show, “Shoot the Works,” dedicated to the proposition that actors must eat. Today & new weekly newspaper, Newsdom, appeared; a modest tablotd, the purpose of wbich is to put co-oper- ative profits in co-gperative pay en- velopes. Heywood Broun, newspaper columnist, is the impresario of “Shoot the Works.” He makes a speech and even sings in the enthusiasm of his effort to make the show accomplish its primary purpose which is, in essence, to put some ham, or something, in the actorial sandwich. Only Players Can Win. ‘The cast is made up of actors and actresses who otherwise might be “at liberty.” ‘The critics, for the most part, have been kind. One of them remarked: agreed to take nothing but what they actually put up. Newsdom has Edward A. Roth, for 43 years on the staffs of the World | and the !.‘venl':g ‘World, as editor. It is written, edit and published by un- employed newspaper men and women— & dozen on the editorial staff, the others soliciting subscriptions. All the workers are newspaper workers who have found themselves out of jobs as & result of recent consolidations in the New York field. Newsdom publishes no adver- tising and sells for 25 cents a copy. “We will work entirely on a co-opera- tive basis,” said Jack Hyatt, news editor. “If we make 500 bucks this week, after paying expenses, the remainder will be divided among the staff, and we will continué to do that. “Aside from staff writers, we will have each week a guest columnist and guest cartoonist. The first edition has Idwal Jones of the American and Wind- sor McCay, also of the American.” Newsdom . has no financial backers, The first edition was eight' pages. NRPRRRNEPRRRRRRRE R RRRY If You’re Building a HOME —plan on using a gas boiler that is automatic and saves you many a step to the cellar; it is cleaner and_ healthier, too! So get our estimate first on a Richmond Radiator Co. HEATOMAT EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONTREAL, Mnn of 10 per cent 1 Canadian the rallway. THURSDAY, CANADA RAILS CUT PAY July 23 (P)—A reduc- in the salaries of National Rallways em- gnyu receiving more than $3,600 a year been announced by Sir Henry ‘Thornton, chairman and president of The salary cuts will be ' was announced. 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For the United States as a whole 5.9 marriages were reported for each divorce, as egainst 6.1 in 1929, Nevada in Lead. Nevada had but 2.3 marriages to each _divorce. but even then it led all the States in rate of marriages per 1.000 population, with 67 as against a rate of 9.2 for the United States. South Carolina, allowing no_ divorces, could mot be included in the com- | parison. On an estimated population™ of mu 191,000 for July 1, 1930, marriages | tallied 92 per 1,000 population; | divorces, 1.56. Texas, with a recent law rcqulrmg‘ advance posting of intentions to marry, | showed the heaviest falling-off—28.5 per cent. Texas marriages in 1929 | numbered 63,173; in 1930 they reached | 45,158, Texas' loss proved New Mexico's| B gain. Marriages increased in New Mex- | ico by 23.5 per cent—8.711 in 1930, as | against 6727 in 1920—by far the most | marked increase of any of ‘the States. 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