Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1931, Page 16

S 00000 TRADE BROUEHTTL. . Commerce Department In- strumental in Guiding Exports | to New Markets. American cxporters obtained $58,- 000,000 in business through aid fur- nished them by the Commerce Depart- ment's Bureau of Foreign and L:mes- tic Commerce curing the last fiscal year, Direct:r Frederick M. Feiker said today in his annual report e face of a general decline ir 1d_trade, the trade obtained sets a new high mark in foreign trade promo- tion, marking an increase of 13 per cent the corresponding period for 1930 and substantially higher than the fig- ure for 1929, Feiker reported | Exporters Share Benefits, The directcr pointed out that an- other new record was established by the bureau last year in connection with the total number of specific serv- ices rendered. He said these reached & total of 3,965,000, which was 10 per cent higher than the preceding year's record and nearly doubled the ~total for 1926 Exporters in every section of the country, the report discl:sed, shared in California dried frut \ ut hardware Min- Ohio le akia, s nia, Pennsyl- oils in Spain, Illinois radios | Egypt, Massachusetts shoes in Turkey and New York wallboard in Australia. Finds Growing Needs. Feiker's report, in referring to domestic commerce activities, shows effort of its organization resulting from the growing demand of business men for counsel and aid in solving their domestic problems. “Because of the business situation,” FPeiker said, “new demands are bein, made on the bureau by organize trades and industries, and as a conse- quence it is performing an endless number of timely and valuable services.” ‘ | ENS HUNT SEASON 0P IN TWENTY STATES | Marshes and Rivers Alive With | Shooting and Whirr of Ducks and Other Fowl. By the Associated Press. The wirring wings of ducks todav brings its annual thrill to America’s army of hunters. The shooting season | opens at noon in 20 States. The hour makes impassible the usual booming salute to the hunting season, uttered by hundreds of guns along marshes and rivers as dawn stirs the birds into motion. The Biological Survey issued a special warning about the noon beginning, cne | of the precautions taken this year to | conscrve the dwindling flights, deci- | mated by drought. The scason has been shortened to one month, clesing December 15. The States which permit hunting today are: New Jcrsey, Delaware, Maryland, D: trict cf Columbia, Virginia, North Caro- lin2, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, _ Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizone, 'Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington and Long Island Sound in New York. The Florida season will | opsn November 20 and close December | 10, CONFEDERATE REUNION SET FOR ANNIVERSARY | Meeting at Richmond June 20 to 24 to Correspond Closely to Dates | of Battles 70 Years Ago. [ By the Associated Press. | RICHMOND, Va, November 16.— | Dates for the Confederate reunion in | Richmond next year will be June 21 to 24, closely corresponding to the se enticth anniversury of the seven da; battles arcund Richmond in June, 1862. Licut. Col. Robert T. Barton, general chairman of the Reunion Comittee, in anncuncing the dates, estimated today that the former capital of the Confed- | eracy would be host to approximately | 30,000 visitors. | The opening of the Battlefields Park | area at Richmond will be a feature of the reunion. Eventually the positions { occupied by the Federals will be marked by the States furnishing the troops. DELEGATES IN CANTON | Eight Hundred Assemble for Na- | tional Congress Wednesday. | CANTON, China, November 16 (#).— | | Eight hundred deiegates assembled here | today for the National Congress of the Canton government, which opens Wed- nesday. One of the subjects for dis- cussion will Le the question of intro- ducing compu'sory military training in the schools . True Love in Egypt Affected by British Suspension of Gold By the Associated Press. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Novem- ber 16—Britain’s suspension of the gold standard has troubled the course of true love in Egypt A young Egyptian was strolling down the sea fromt with his fiancee, happy iu the thought that her father had promised a dowry of 500 Egyptian pounds But his eye found the news- paper headline announcing the action in England. Next day his prospective _father-in-law was visited by a friend, who informed him that the dowry t be raised to 700 pounds. FIVE GET COMMISSIONS Army Reserve Corps List Applies | to Four Branches. Commissions in the Army Reserve | Corps have been issucd by the War De- partment to George W. Gardes, 3 Raleigh street southeast, as a first lieu- | tenant of Engineers; to Carter Page, 1803 Nineteenth street, ‘as a first lieutenant in the Field Artillery: to Charles M Hunter, 3312 Northampton street, as a | second ' lieutes and to | George McK r, Porter street, and to John K. Souther, 5820 Chevy Chase Parkway, as second lieu- tenants of Caval U. S. Diplomat Shifted. | 1t is announced at the State Depart- ment that G. Howland Shaw of Boston, | counselor of the embassy at Istanbul, | Turkey, has been transfererd to Paris, | France, for similar duty at the United | States cmb ‘l | | To Chicago . . take The leerty Limited Now faster than ever HE Liberty Limited—long famous for the speed and luxury of its service to Chicago ~—is now on a faster schedule than ever. It makes the run in only 18 hours. LeaveWashington toward the close of one business day—you are in the heart of the midwest for the opening of the next. The trip takes only one hour of bus- iness time. And you travel in luxury all the way. You will especially enjoy the famous “‘Liberty Dinner” —skillfuliy prepared for the most exacting palate, yet cost- ing only $1.25. Faster Service to St. Louis On November 1, The American, luxurious flyer to St. Louis, quickened its already fast schedule by fifteen minutes. With the “Spirit of St. Loyis,” it leads a fleet of six trains daily to the Southwest. Swift Flyers to Chicago THE LIBERTY LIMITED Leaves Washington . 4.02P.M. Arrives Chicago. . .+ 9.00 AM. . MANHATTAN LIMITED Leaves Washington . 705 P.M. Arrives Chicago. . L 2.05P.M. . THE STATESMAN Leaves Washington. . ...,.11.10 P.M. Arrives Chicago.. 535 P.M. Alan B. Smith, General Passenger Agent, 613-14th Street, N. W., Wash- ington, D. C. Telephone National 9140. PPENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD THE EVENING IBANKER SEES HOPE FOR TRADE REVIVAL Check on Gold Exports, Cut| in Money Circulation Found Encouraging. | By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, November 16.—Three | recent developments give some hope for STAR., WASHINGTON, ailing business, Col. Leonard P. Ayres, vice president of the Cleveland Trust Co., sald yesterday in his monthly busi- ness bulletin. The first is the slowing down of gold | exports, the second a decrease in money in circulation and, third, the stiffen- ing of commodity prices with a “sturdy | advance” in the price of wheat. i A notable improvement in business sentiment has been brought by these changes, he sald. Finds No Real Gains, “There are not as yet,” he added, “many real evidences of increases in business activity. The records of indus- trial and mining production reached new low points in October, as did the figures for the transportation of freight on the railroads. Stock prices, in the first week in October, went to the lowest levels yet reached. and e since then made fair technical re es. Bond ) prices reached their lowest levels so far D. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1931. in the latter part of October.” October was the most depressed PEACE SOCIETY PLANS month in 10 vears for the steel incus-| DARIEY HERE IN MAY | try, Col. Ayres said. September Trade Low. ‘ Figures based on Federal Reserve Tnternational Justice Conference Board data and corrected to allow for | 3 = e seasonal influences showed September| Will Bring Leaders in Many industrial production the lowest during | . . any month in the last three years. Lines to Capital. “The low point of 28.2 per cent below | il normal, which was recorded last Decem- | | b)rr_ \x{’ia.x tlho lowest on record, and| The American Peace Society an- showed a slowing down of industrial ac- | no unced today that an American con- | b e tepraaie drastically than that | ference on. international justice will be | SOt i e g 7| held in Washington during the first | aid. week in May, 1932, to survey peac conditions throughout the world and to | examine economic. moral and social factors affecting the stability of world peace. Leaders Taving flown all the way from the A a eider duck vas found exhaust- ed recently on the Monifleth, Scotland, beach in public affairs, business FURNITURE1 education, jurisprudence and all the Pprofessions are expected to in the discussions here st oonfer- ence headquarters in the quarters of the Chamber of Commerce of United States. . Washington members of the Peace Soclety Executive Committee include Thomas E. Green, David J. 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