Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1931, Page 11

Sl 1 i i i ! 1930 Business Reduction Is Revealed to I. C. C. by Companies. ‘The business depression was shown rday to have reduced the net in- | . yeste ; “come .of telegraph and cable companies + operating in the United Stales last year | . by more than 50 per cent, as compared ‘with the preceding year. b The nuumblr “fi, according to reports as- sembled the Interstate Commerce Commission, , declined by more than | and _employment dropped in 1929 to 60,349 In 1950. amounted to only $10,730,- ) th '$21.- | , as compared wil A year before, while messages declined from 209,525,741 to 184,637,029. Lines Extended, Almost 16,000 miles of wire used in " and cable service in the " United States were added during the past year, while the investment in plant nt increased by approxi- : and cable companies had o H 2,365,413 miles of wire in serv- ice, which rose to 2,381,191 miles by the end of 1930. Investment in plant and equipment rose from $411,725366 to $450,223317, t “othet investments” fell off from $54,285,258 to $38,640,179. om_the th on hand dropped off fr l.%.tflul of $16,215,022 to $14,519,320 in 1930 The investment in material and sup- plies rose from $9,910,013 to $13,659,805, while working assets fell from $76,818,- 844, a8 l‘ltn“;.flll §74,485 the year 4,710, 574, e . expenses ed from the $165,747,266 to $146,164,- OF INDIAN MASSACRE | 0ld Fort Dearborn Reproduction airplanes . progress LAnREEY Recalls Slaying of 90 Settlers in Evacuation in 1812. the Associated Press. t-day Chi- of almost 4,000,000. oy in native garb and and children in dress of atmosphere At the fort's reproduction, where Dearborn, Maria Middleton of . presided, crowds placed tributes on the rough I as circled overhead, symbolizing that the century had brought. DAIRIES UNITE OUTINGS the Chestout with workers of the their annual Employes of will_join ind fleld events with appro- awarded to winnere, as ‘well as other features of amusement Danc te Houses Taken Und?r. | Foreclosure to Be Sacrificed TELEGRAPH INCONE] | | | Mortgage Company will sell at re- | | duged prices and on easy terms the | g houses— 2120 North Capitol Street 3831 Garfield Street N.W. ond 4618 Hunt Avenue, Chevy Chase Gardens e sbove houses are modern in every way and in excellent condition. | | FEDERAL SECURITY & MORTGAGE COMPANY 1522 K Street N.W. el 1200 + THE RITZ ~1631 Enclid St. N.W. One-half Square OFf 16th St ‘Waltonians Find Use For Empty Shells In Destroying Algae eare of your old razor biades. the Izaak Walton League can turn to new business: What to do with empty rifie shells? ‘The league’s New London, Conn., chapter has found a use for them. Perfectly innocuous copper shells, emptied of their deadly Joad, will kill a whole pondful of algae, the green scum that col- lects on the surface of pools. The sportsmen, trying to maintain a trout pool, could not keep it free of slime until they tried tossing a few shells into the water after target practice. The green algae gave up the struggle, although the health of the fish and other plants in the pool was not af- fected by the trace of copper in the water. BABY’S CRY SAVES FIVE MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 15 (®).— A baby's ery was. credited today with saving a family of five from death in flames that destroyed their home at daybreak. Suffering from the effects of smoke, | the infant cried out and awakened its ‘mother, Mrs. George Hollls. She gath- ered the baby and three other children together and hurried them to safety. AMERICAN GIRL, LOST IN MEXICO, RETURNS Miss Pauline Phillips Tells of . Staying With Friends at Agua Caliente. By the Associated Press. | SAN DIEGO, August 15.—Explain- |ing she had been with friends, Miss | Pauline Phillips, 24, of Oklahoma Oity, | reported missing st Agua Caliente, | Mexico, yesterday, and for whom & | search on both sides of the interna- tional boundary line had been made, returned by airplane today to the home of relatives, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hood, in Santa Ana. Word that Miss Phillips had returned | was contained in_a te'sphone conver- sation by Mrs. Hood to San Diego police. Mrs. Hood explained to police here that Miss Phillips 't cayed with other friends last night “We had had N isunderstanding while at Agua Caliente as to where we were to have met,” Mrs. Hood said. | “When Miss Phillips discovered we had missed one another she boarded an airplane for home.” Railway Executive Dies. SEATTLE, Wash., August 15 OP).— A heart attack caused the death here today of James E. Oarver, 67, general of the Northern Pacific Rail- Toad Tmes west of Helena and Butte. He had lived here 22 years. "CORPORATIONS Announce their ground floor of removal to the 1420 K Street Northwest, where larger quarters permit increased facilities for wider service to their clients. 3B Shapiro, President; M. C. Shapiro, Vice President: Secretary. T. L. Taylor, LANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 Mo Connection With Any Other Washington Store e B s sstmonbty o Fure Introducing . . . ata price that makes it fun to buy the first -of -the -season Gmpress i Bog Felts THE TRI-CORNE— that dips low over one eye and shows a good bit of hair, is one way to arrive at the 193] silhouette. THE DERBY — bor- rowed from the fashion- ables of 1860, isanother of the new “lines” the Empress Eugenie in- spired. enie AUGUSYT 16, 1931_PART ONB. LANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 No Connection With Any Other Washington Store Quart size O'Cedar Spray, |sure death to flies, roaches, ants and fleas. and Extra heavy! inches and with clear < and hems. TOWELS—THIRD FLOOR. 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