Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1931, Page 29

RAL ONOIS T0GET SEEET PROPOSL Nature of Plan Believed to Be/ on Division of Existing Jobs | Among Workers. 1 _— | By the Associated Press CHICAGO, December 8.—A proposal, | propounded in secret by rallway labor Chiefs, was ready for presentation today to chairman of each of the five affected unions D. B. Robertson, chairman of the Railway Labor Executivss’ Association, | Tefused to disclose the exact natu the proposal, but other representatii intimated that it concerned mosily ¢ ternal problems affecting & more equita- ble division of existing jobs amcng the STONES TOO ABUNDANT FOR FIREPLACE PLANS Couple Who Sought One From Each State Can’t Stop Oversupply From Coming In. By the Associated Press DURAND, Wis, December 8—One| cannot convince Lioyd Lobdell he is not | living in the Stone Age. He will point to big and small, regu- lar and irregular stones to prove it in explaining it all started when he and Mrs. Lobdell decided a fireplace built of & stone from each State in the Union would be just the thing for their Sum- mer cabin. Letters were sent out, and stones came back—even from 31 foreign countries. They have got the fireplace and more than a few to spare. For where it once was a question of how to get distinctive stones, it is now a question of how to stop getting them. And they are still coming. Uruguay has created a national ad- ministrati'n ,of fuels, alcohol! and ce- ment, which eventually will control THE EVE~St&d Si1aAR, W voION, b, BENGAL TO PREPARE FOR NEW RESISTANCE Few Months of Passive Action to Pave Way for Civil Disobedi- ence Campaign. | By the Associated Press. | BERHAMPOLE, Bengal, December 8. —A few months of passive resistance | would: prepare Bengal for renewal of the | civil disobedience campaign against | Great Britain, Subhas Chandra Bose, | former mayor of Calcutta, declared yes- | terday before the provincial conference | of the National Congress. His statement resulted from com- plaints to the effect that there was “no fighting program” in the resolution calling for renewal of passive resistance | and the boycott, which was. ldBDted‘ Sunday night. The former mayor sald no district | in Bengal was ready at present to start | again the civil disobedience campaign. Delegates to the conference refused s rural ump;gn in the province against rents and taxes. i In the resolution adopted Sunday night the Provincial Conference urged boycott against foreign cloth, British goods, banks, insurance companies and | shipping lines. — BOOXS BY LINDBERGH’S FATHER AGAIN IN DEMAND By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, December 8.—Two books written by the late Charles A. Lind- bergh, sr., again are being read at the public library. Last Spring volumes by the pilot’s father, a former Minnesota Representa tive, had disappeared. Scarcity was be- | lieved the reason, but librarians said some one not agreeing with the author’s declaration against world war partici- pation by the United States might have carried them, away. Public appeal was made because the book was out of print. Now the do- nated v “Why Is Your Country at Wi “Banking, Currency and he Money Trust," must pe read in the libgary to prevent possible disappear- N DWARD & LLoTH —The Christmas Store - workers. production and distribution. dopt a resolution designed. to start ' ance. After the separate mestings of chair- men representing the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, the Order of Railway Conductors, the Brotherhood of Rallroad Trainmen and the Switchmen’s Union of North Amer- ica, another joint session will be held at which action will be taken by the group as a whole | The most important of the sessions will be held tomorrow, when 1,500 ehairmen, representing all the branches of the unions, will consider the plea of | raflway managements for a general 10 per cent wage cut Union officials said the propesal ready for consideration today concerned & six-hour day in the place of th: present eight-hour schedule. This, it was be- leved, would create jobs for 50,000 members of the union who have besn | Jaid off because of the reduced traffic | of the railroads Any oivl would be better oil if Germ TWO SOLICITORS HELD IN DEATH OF WOMAN Proprietor of Cleaning S8hop Found Dead in Field—Body Bears Marks of Brutal Beating. By fhe Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 8.—Two | wolicitors for a cleaning and dyeing association were held for questioning today in the death of Miss Eugenie Vance, 55, operator of a cleaning and dyeing shop. Miss Vance's body, bearing marks of & brutal beating, was found in-a field | in the south end of the city last night. | The men held are Jack R. Snyder, 24, and L. A Miller, 33 Police said they hitch-hiked to this city from Dal- las Center, Iowa, recently and took | positions, with a cleaning and dyeing | associatibn. | Police said the two were held because | they had called on Miss Vance Decem- | ber 2 and 3 and urged her to join the association. Various owners of cleaning shops had protested the activities of solicitors for the organization of clean- | ers and dyers, asserting threats had | been made. | Miss Vance disappeared last Friday. She was last seen to enter an automo- bile in which two men were passengers. Processed—but Con- oco makes the only Germ Processed Ol in North America! GOLDFISH DOPED ‘The First and Second District Dental Societies of Greater New York had & i : : l ; I : C : good time at their convention watch- ‘ o ing goldfish. You may wonder at the connection. . i o ml B Qm" Prof. Charles W. man of orth- ARAFFIN BASE recommended mixture, fell asleep more | o I L quickly and recovered sooner than ex- | western University Dental School used P the goldfish to illustrate the advantage of mixing novocaine with sodium car- | bonate. Exhibit A, a goldfich, in the | | CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY hibit B, another goldfish who was merely given novocaine FILL UP WHEREVER YOU SEE THIS GERM PROCESSED OfL TRIANGLE B o shars., e ey b AP tmbaliddbad S St ALY i darderk e ol el s il Sketched—from left to right— Misses’ ruffied taffeta dance frock .... Woman's exquisite metallic gown .... (White velvet wrap with flying squirrel, $79.50) Larger woman's black velvet gown, beaded yok Misses’ fur-trimmed metallic gown . Junior misses’ ivory and brown taff Misses’ red velvet wrap, with mountain sable. With December well ushered in—the holidays and their round of gay parties literally upon us—and the Washington social calendar crowded almost beyond capacity—one's thoughts naturally must turn to clothes—and quite naturally to Woodward & Lothrop clothes to make more glamorous each glamorous occasion. Distinctly holiday in character are the smart collections gathered here—for debu- tante and dowager alike—and not too expensive, as one can see here—by the pictures and prices. Junior Misses” (subdeb) Frocks, $16.50 to $39.50 Misses’ (debutante) Evening Gowns, $16.50 to $35 Women's Evening Gowns, $16.50 to $35 Misses’ and Women'’s Walnut Room Gowns, beginning $39.50 Walnut Room Evening Wraps, $25 to $175 Little Women's Evening Gowns, $16.50 to $59.50. Larger Women's Evening Gowns, $29.50 to $95 FASRIONS, THIRD FLOOR. JUNIOR Misszs’ FAswiONs, FOURTH FLOOR.