Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1931, Page 20

PRICE INDEX NEAR PRE-WAR LEVELS Commerce Department’s Survey Shows 14 Nations Drop 18 to 33 Per Cent. Wholesale prices throughout much of - the world have dropped to pre-war levels or lower, the Commerce Depart- - ment announced in & survey made pub- The study, made by E. Hundley Omo- hundro of the statistical research 'di- vision, disclosed that “in 14 countries yrlce drops since 1929 have ranged rom 18 to 33 per cent. Food Lower in Five. Food prices were held by Omohundro to be below the lfl!klevel in Italy, but higher in Austria, Czechoslov the United Kingdom, France ahd Nor- f industrial products in_the (' Prlces of D and Ttaly United Kingdom, France were lower than in 1913, but ht:her ln cwchnslovml, anada, German! only 4 few individual products have escaped this sharp downward mo‘ye- ment,” according to the survey. “In many countries prices are now lower than before the war. Price changes be- tween different countries are only roughly comparable, however, United Kingdom Higher. “In Chile and Egypt prices in June, 1931, were from 2 to 3 per cent lower than in 1913; in Belgium, 7.4 per cent lower, and in Italy and Latvia, 11.2 per cent and 15 per cent lower, respectively. Prices were_higher by from 3 to 5 per cent i, the United Kingdom and France and from 10 to 13 per cent higher in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Czecho- slovakia and Canads. In Norway they were 27 per cent higher in June, 1931, than in 1913. “From May to June price declines oc- curred in 10 of the 14 countries studied, the largest occurring in Denmark and Poland. -Prices advanced 2.8 per cent in Austria and Czechoslovakia, while in Belgium and Egypt they were practi- cally the same in June as in May, 1931.” DO-X LEAVES TOMORROW FOR UNITED STATES VISIT Trip From' Rio de Janeiro to Miami Will Take Nine Days. By the Assoclated Preu MIAMI, Fla, gust 3—E. M. Applegit of New York represemmg the builders of the German fiying DO-X, said here last night he ‘had been informed the craft would leave Rio De Janeiro tomorrow on its flight to the United States. He said it would require nine days to reach Miami, with & number of stops for refueling. The last leg of ‘the flight to Miami will be from San Juan, Porto Rico, with a refueling stop at Antilla, Cuba. Mr. Applegit said the craft probably would remain here overnight before continuing to New York. CHINESE RIVERS RISE TO TAKE NEW VICTIMS Hundreds Feared Drowned in Floods and Truck Gardens to Avert Famine Are Destroyeds By the Assoclated Press. HANKOW, China, August 3.—Floods claimed scores and possibly hundreds of new victims today, when the Yangtse and Han Rivers, after slightly receding for 'a few days, overflowed their ba again. Dykes crumbled before the rushing waters and large sections of this city and its environs, previously undamaged, were inundated. Twenty square miles of truck gardening land, from which Hankow obtains vegetables, its main Summer food dependence, were flooded. Grave fears were expressed that city would suffer severe famine thn coming Autumn and Winter. Last week vast areas of Central China were under water when the Yangtse and other rivers overflowed following continuous rains for a fortnight. . Lens Made by Shower. The fusing of quartz in the form of red-hot shower will permit of the | 2 making of a 200-inch astronomical mir- ror, long desired by the California In- stitute of Technology. Already the makers of quartz mirrors have com- pleted the highly successful experiment of turning out fused quartz on a large scale—a mass of 5 -foof,intmckneumd.wduhtot €,000 pounds. The mirror was sembled or formed by spny!.n: nd-hnt powdered qua.r'.z into a mol Previously the largest m.lm)r had been 22 inches, so when it was an- nounced that electrical scientists had finally completed one of 6 inches, the astronomical world was astounded. The process, in addition to devel ln‘ an almost perfeet surface, will cut the time of actually making the mlx- ror. ‘To have attempted to develop a 200-inch slab under the old glass-melt- ing process would have required some- thing like nine years for cooling and annealing. Other problems incident to perfect pouring would have brought the time limit to around 15 years. The new way should do the job in about one-third of the time. Belgium, | | akia, Dressed for Party LACK OF TOP HAT FAILS TO WORRY LAUDER. One of the few men not wearing frock coat wnd top hat at the pic- turesque garden party given by Kl.n( George and Queen Mary in gardens Buckingham Palace, London, was sn- Harry Lsuder, the famous Scotch comedian (above), shown arriving at the palace for the party. But, never- theless, Sir Harry with his host of admirers was & cepter of lttncuon —A. P. Photo. WICKERSHAM DETROIT POLICE REPORT DENIED Commissioner Asserts Predecessor’s Removal Was Not Affected by Gambling Interests. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, August 3.—Thomas ‘Wilcox, who succeeded Willlam P. Rut- as commissioner of Detroit police in 1930, said yesterday he did not bellevo Rutledge's removal could be at- tributed to pressure brought by gam- interests, as charged in a repon[ of the Wickersham Commission, made public Saturday. ' “It was strictly & polmcll move, with something else in_view,” Wilcox said, and added thai police departments will render better service to their communi- boat | ties “when politics are removed.” Former Mayor Charles Bowles, who removed Rutledge and appointed Wil- cox, said he might make a statement later. Wilcox, in turn, was removed last Pebruary by Mayor Frank Murphy, who flpolnud Commissioner James K. Wat- , the incumbent. Commissioner Watkins, early in his incumbency, an- nounced a policy of demanding “brains rather than brawn” in candidates for police appointments. WORLD “Y” CONFERENCE TO BE CLOSED THIS WEEK Representatives of 54 Nations Gather at Cleveland Tomorrow for Final Six Days. By the Assoctated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 3.—Rep- resentatives of Young Men's Christian Associations from 54 nations will nt.her here tomorrow evening to begin final six days of the Y. M. C. A. World Conference, which has been holding nks | sessions in Toronto for a week. 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