Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1931, Page 33

| GRAN DEALERS HT . FARM POLEY Declare Cotton and Wheat Are Siamese Twins of Depression. Br the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., October 15.—Pas- sage of a resolution condemning the agricultural marketing act and the re- election of President Hugh A. Butler of ©Omaha, Nebr., marked the close of the National Grain Dealers’ Association Convention here vesterday. ‘The resolution asserted that the mar- keting act had been “an utter failure,” and declared that the business of mar- keting agricultural products “can no more exist part Government and part private than this country could exist half slave and half free.” Blamed for Depression. J. W. Evans, Houston cotton mer- chant, said that wheat and cotton were the Siamese twins of the depression. Both products are experiencing increased foreign competition. “Had it not becn for the announce- ment of the Federat Farm Board two years ago that they would buy wheat at $1.25 per bushel and cotton at slightly more than $80 a bale the sur- pluses of these two products would have disappeared in the channels of trade,” Evans said. George E. Booth, Chicago, was named first vice president. Elected to Board. Those elected to the board of direc- tors included D. B. Kevil, 8lkeston, . F. Bast., Minneapolis; W. J. dence, R. 1.; Leo Flanaga D. Sturdevant, Omaha; Carl J. B. Boston; T. B. King, Central Ci Nebr., and Sam Mason, Sioux City, Tow: AUTOMOBILE PIONEER IS HONORED BY VIENNA Austrian Capital to Celebrate Cen- tenary of Siegfried Marcus, First Car Inventor. VIENNA (N.AN.A).—Vienna is cel- ebrating the centenary of Siegfried Marcus, claimed by Austria as the ‘in- ventor of the automobile. It was in 1860 that he opened his own shop here, having come from the little Mecklen- burg town of Malekin. Marcus' first car, in 1864, was run with benzine, while that of his rival claimant, the French Jean Lenoir, though self-mov- ing and constructed four years earlier, was driven by coal gas. Marcus’ _much-improved model of 1875 is still on show at the Vienna Technical Museum. The inventor used to drive about in it but the police came down on him for making so much noise. This, together with lack of financial Telp, discouraged him and he became il and gave up his work. Nevertheless, at the Jubilee Exhibi- tion at the Rotunde in 1898, the Aus- trian Automobile Club showed his his- toric vehicle and testified to his hav- ing been the originator of the modern automobile. It was in the Summer of that year that Marcus died. (Copyright. 1931, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) LAKE ROADS IMPROVED Visitors to Italy to Be Surprised by Recent Changes. MILAN (N.AN.A)—The Italian lakes this Autumn are offering their visitors a lovely surprise. Nearly all the roads tha un along their tiful shores have undergone widening and general repairs. The new Western Gardesana, on the Lombard shore of Lake Garda, ran, until recently, only as far as Garg- nano where the rocky mountainside rising precipitously from the waters of the lake stopped it. Cutting the twenty-mile road through these rocks to Riva has tested both the ingenuity of the Italian engi- neers and the world-famous qualities of the Italian roadmakers. e work has cost one and a half million lire 8 mil (Copyright. 1931, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Ine:) Pillars of Porphyry. Cordova, in Spain, is one of the most interesting walled cities of Europe. It ttands on the banks of the Guadala- quiver, where the Andalusian plain glows with the gold of orange trees and with silver olives, merging into the intense blue of the Sierra Morena and the Sierra de Cordova, whence a purple canopy spreads over the city at sunset. The chief glory of Cordova is its cathe- dral, which Borrow called “perhaps the most extraordinary place otdo p in the world.” Once a Moor! mosque and now a Christian cathedral, the tour- ist will spend many an hour in wonder at its labyrinth of 800 pillars of por- phyry, granite, serpentine and jasper, which form a forest of beauty. The great Roman bridge which spans the river was first built by the Emporer Augustus. SIX-HOUR DAY ADOPTED Du Pont Company Hopes to Create More Jobs by New Plan. WILMINGTON, Del., October 15 (#). —The Du Pont Co. announced yester- day that work for a large number of unemployed will be provided by the adoption of & six-hour day in & number of its plants. The plan will be put into effect at once by the Du Pont Raj Co .and the Du Pont Cellophane Co., which employ the largest number of workers among the various Du Pont units. The plants of these two companies sre at Buffalo. N. Y.; Richmond and Waynesboro, Va. and Old Hickory, Tenn., and employ about 10,000 per- sons. TWO CENTS DONATED Columbja U. Gets Money Teachers Saved in Summer. NEW YORK (N.AN.A).—Columbia TUniversity has announced the receipt of a cash donation of 2 cents. Acompanying the bequest was the following note: “We, the undersigned, Jeave the total sum of the savings from our incomes during the last Summer session for the advancement of study in musie, philosophy, history and reli- gion. Irma Maria Smith, Ph. D., and Fannie Gertrude Perkinson, D. D.” (Copyright. 1931. by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) SNAKE CIRCLES ARM Arkansas Man Finds Rattler Coiled Upon Awakening. MELBOURNE, Ark. (N.A.N.A)— Herman Winfree woke up with & cramp in his arm. A glance at his arm revealed a rattlesnake coiled around it. The snake was induced to uncoil when its head was banged several times against a post. &Copyrignt, 1931 by the No-th American - Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) f THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1931, Manufacturer’s Sacrifice of 300 COATS One of a Kind—New Sample Coats 368 Por the woman who is smartly eritical—for the woman who wants a“truly individual model —these are THE coats! (Third Ploor) which we would sell usually at $49.75 to $55 Colors—Fabrics: Styles—Sizes: Spanish Tile, Green, . Replicas of the season’s Cardinal Blue, Brown best imports — cinched-in and Black. In the very waists, broad shoulders, expensive looking lei’ collars, face - framing Boucles, Rough and Nub- collars, elaborate sleeve by Woolens.. ... rich, stun- treatments. 12 to 20; 36 to ning! 46; 354 to 45'%; 48 to S0. CThird Ploor, The Hecht Oo.) THE HECHT CO. 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