Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1931, Page 30

S BLLON RETAL SALES 9 RECORD Food Stores Lead With 22.61 Per Cent, Auto Group Next in Census Data. an emjoy, at special l’l - the comfort dhat mel By the Associated Press. | Pood stores led In vohume in met | national ‘retall eales in 1929, amount- g o $50.033.850.792. 25 reported from 1.549.168 retail stores to the Census Bureau from 957 separate cities and 48 States. | “In the survey the Census Bureau, in | announcing the results, today said 192 different kinds of retail stores were listed and the foxd group made 2261 per cent of their total =ales, sales aggregated 32 per cent of the W(Al‘ made by #ll stores. The automotive group. motar m‘ and accessory dealers, filling stations ' and garages sccounted 19.08 D(‘l’1 cent of soles. General merchandise tal- B Ao e o e | [per cent, * furnituire and "household | goods 4.57 per cent, restaurants 4.19 | per cent, Jumber epd building mltennl 7.27 per cent. The flling stations of the land were | numbered, lppm‘(hnulel_\', 124,000 and were found to be doing & business of iy $1,900,000,000 ‘The 135,600 restaurants $2.094.000.000 total. | Radio shops, new to the last decade, | re checked in $535.000.000 Dful\ stores. more diversified in stock lhnn\ In earlier eras, totaled $1.683,000.000; of which $1,138153.388 went. to “drug stores with fountains.” The 20,100 jewelry _stores reported _$537,000,000, | Hardware totaled $861,000,000, Elec- ! = : irical, gas and_other bousehold appll. | w"p?{nu‘&”lvfi-r"fi'r‘«'A"in"n‘&?&"n"i‘fil?fl Helk- ances made stock in trade for 10,5 B BATHING o HQIRE Eeseich Ga stores doing o $426000,000 business. HOCK] URY Winter Hotsh, Deetmont. S, Pecersbure, Fia V. F. W. DELEGATION DUE TO START TODAYE Twenly-eight Men Plan to Attend | | Encampment at Kansas City Aug. 30 to Sept. 4. | A delegation of 28 men will leave | | Washington this afternoon for the Na- | tional Encampment of Vetcrans of | Foreign Wars of the United States, | Kansas City, Mo., where- sessions wil be held from August 30 t> September 4. | ‘The delegation will be headed by De | partment Comdr. Charles B. Jennings. ' | This jurisdiction also will have the | distinction of being “unofficially repre. sented” by ancther man who was an organizer of the Front Line Post here, | | but who is now department command- er of the States of California and | Nevada. He ‘s Val N. Bfandon. | From Washirgton also will be Lieut. f Lecil S. Ray, national legislative officer | of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, with offices here. The local delegation plan- :\;: :A‘) leave memzi:z about 3 o'clock terncon, jol the special train of the commander-in-chief at Balti- more. 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Private baths. Pree bathing priv Mod. rates. Special weekly. Mrs. Wm. Laird BEACH HAVEN, N. J. WAVENILL Capacrty 300 AU paies wich Sea” waier, Hest biine en N. 3. Coas wre veliel from Har Fever. Speciat _rates for_Sept. K. F. ENGLE, Mer = y O O A 1207 E St. N.W. The 4LVYN Met. 9562 Never Closed. Sori bathing. A ) ARGEK. American __OCEAN CITY. MD.__ “HASTINGS” op Berrd Wik ;'.r-."!“':ll h# Soecial Rates for Sep- BREAKERS 0.2 a2 Evecial Sept Rates “Fhone 16 ioaradlalk: booklct VIRGINIA 18th Season. Special Seplember rates In the Mountains of Virginia e's. Hiliside Cottares. near Orinew ‘Xrn~ YE‘X‘ ‘"4". . wet it the beautiful eaagdonn valsy. two of Mt Jack e Washington to Baltimore By Boat and Rail 2 $12 12 Round Trip sl MIZLE pe an. . iterature City Tieket & SEUNW. o Asemt's Offce, TN B Wharf Balto. & Va. Steamboat Co, Basve or Orkney Springs. door sports and smusements. Sepl _are the beaullful months in e AN'S RESORTS. COLONIAL BEACH. VA. COLONIAL BEACH HOTEL “week Tates afier Labor Day. Bhowe SHADY SIDE. MD. 3 Miles to— Rural Home Hotel ON CHESAPEAKE Good Fishing—Good Bathing Good Food—Modern Conveniences $16 per week $3 per day Tel. West River 217-F-11 The Rural Home Hotel, SHADY SIDE, MD. i A. W. ANDREWS, Manager. | discontent they have sought to create Ito the cost of living in this country. 'ASSOCIATION TO ENTER THE EVENING STAR, WASHII NGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 1931. TODAT’S AMUSEMENTS. | BENEFIT CRUISE IS SET —“Five and Ten,” at 6.15, Palace—"Silence,” at 12: 210 28 4 7:34 and 08¢ pam. Slage ab 1:39, TO HELP UNEMPLOYED c -u-— 'nvamun Lieutenant,” Lotk Fla at 11:35 am, 135, 5907530 1.30 aua | Machinists’ Lodge Plans to Raise 30 pan. $5,000 With River Outing Fox—"Bad Girl,” at 10:35 a.m., 12:52, 5:05, 5:15, 7:45 and 9:45 p.mm. Stage | Sept. 1 to Aid Drive. e pay 13118, 2:28, 4:38,°7:08 and | oglumbia Lodge, No. 174, Interna- | R-K-O Kelth's—“Caught , Plastersd,” | Yonal Association of Machin'sts, which et 11:16 aum., 1:22, 3:28, 5:34, 7:40 and | has set a goal of $5,000 to be raised for 2:48 pm | unemployment, rellet this Winter, wil | l‘.-rle— “Bought,” at 11:15 am., 1:47, | make its first endeavor to raise a pari :z 1";%,‘2 - e s‘;‘;;:"“ jg: the amount on Lavor Hay, Septem- Tivoli—“Annabelle’s Affair: il 4 2 4:15, 6105, (R 4 | The lodge is sponsoring a moonlight Central—"Dude Ranch,” 11 am. to crulss down the Potomac on the | 11 pm. steamer City of Washington that | Ambassad evening. Arthur Wharton, natonal | §'and 0:06 pan, | president of the machinists; E. C. Davidson, general secreiary-treasurer, | | #nd Fred Hewitt, editor of the Machin- ist Journal, with other otficials of the | American Federation of Labor, will be | the guests of the local lodge. | Columbis Lodge compriscs mnearly | 4,000 machinists empl d_ in he | Waoshington Navy Yard, 4 Bureau of | Engraving and Printing and other Gov- | {ernment éstablishmen The cruise, | which will start at 8:45 pm., will be | the first of a series of affairs planned to help raise the unemployment fund. Party Pubhclty H°ad Defies Democrats on Tariff and | | : | WORLD FAM Depression. , RS EmOu s By the Assoclated Press SEDALIA, Mo., August 28.—James L. Wesf, publicity director for the Repub- lican National Committee, said in an address before the Missouri Repub- | lican Editorial Association here today that the Republican party would wel- come us issues in 1932 “those subjects on which the Democratic high com- mand has been directing its fire—the tariffl and depression.” Says Attacks Unwarranted. West sald the Democrats hope to “ride into power upon the wave of Easex, Pontine 34, Durant INTERNATIONAL' BRAKE SERVICE th & V N. W, DEc. 5403 No. 80 For Neuritis HOMEOPATHIC PHARMACY 1007 W St. N.W. Phone NA. 1695 with their unwarranted assaults on the administration.” “When the minority party was de- | liberately delaying enaetment of the Hawley-Smoot act in the Senate and thus _contributing to business uncer- tainty, unemployment and distress, we heard much of the claim that the new tariff would add = billion dollars a year You haven't heard that canard in laie months. The Democrats have aban- doned it in the face of falling prices just as they have had to do in the case of similar charges in connection | with the Republican protective tariff. We have inaugurated a campaign to force the Democrats to put up or shut up. Largely they have shut up.” Believes U, S. Lucky. world-wide depression in this country was not nearly so bad as in European countries, West sald, and Americans should “give thanks that they were fortunate enough to live in the United S!‘tt’x 2 e e et PHOTO OIL COLORS et of 15 colors, com- s3 90 ’ plete with instructions Fuller & 2’ Albert, Inc. 815 10th St. N.W. SdIool Supplies —a Splendid Assortment Special Discount to Sch and Colleges Toy and GARRISON’S Neovelty Co. 1215 E St. N.W. The ENGINE IN FIRE PARADE Oldest Inhabitants Are Suminoned by Secretary to March for Labor Day Prize. ‘The Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia will hold its next regular meeting st the Old Union Engine House, Nincteenth and | H_streets, next Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Plans are being made by the organ- ization 1o enter the old engine at the engine house in the Piremen’s Parade on Labor day i compstiiion for & prize. | Jon us in the Engine House at 9 o'clock Monday, September 7, with dark s and black tle,” says a . motice from the secretary, J* Eliot ight, “You will get your shirt and helmet. Notfy J. P. Dubamel, 900 F street, if you will join s0 we can deck you out. LITVINOFF IN GERMANY Hear with the NEW SONOTONE With a Very Small Ear Piece Private_Dewmon I ations 1217 G Street for BLANK ASK 5 Store Hours, % to 5—Saturdays. & to 1 E. MORRISON PAPER CQ. 1009 Pu. Ave. Visits Poreign Minister Curtius on Way to Geneva. BERLIN. August 28 (#).—Maxim Litvinoff. Soviet commissar for foreign affairs, arrived today en route to Geneva to attend the meeting of the League of Nations Assembly. He visited Foreign Minister Curtius and was & guest of the foreign office at luncheon. COLUMBIA PHOTO SUPPLY Since 1900 1424 New York Ave. N.W. 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