Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1932, Page 5

10 GTESPRASED FOR FIRERECORS Maryland Towns on Honor List in Prevention Camapign. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 2—The Na- onal Board of Fire Underwriters yes- | terday published a list of 110 cities in the United States which made notable the 1931 fire-prevention s suffered no loss week of September 27, 73 d week of October 4, and 70 during the following week. The board computed the total as the equiv- alent of 201 fireless weeks and said the fire loss in the cities concerned was Teduced 48 per cent during the three weeks The following cities by States were given first or second ratings in order Prescott and Tucson, Ariz; Fort Smith and Pine Bluff, Ark.; San Fran- | cisco and Fresno, Calif.; Fort Collins Colo.; Hartfor vi g Wilmington, Del r | ville, Fla.; Savannah and Albanj 1 Moline (first), Herrin and Belleville | (both_seconds), Ill.; Indianapolis and | Fort Wayne, Ind.; Burlington, Iow Wichita and Topeka, Kans.; Owens boro and Louisville, Ky.; Baton Rouge, La; Hagerstown, Md.; Springfield, Mass.; Fremont (first), Benton Harbor | and Grand Rapids (both seconds), Mich h and Faribault, Minn.; Jack- | Louis and Kansas City Mo.; Lincoln and Omaha, Nebr.; Col cord, N. H: Ridgewood and Newark, | J'; Rochester, Newburgh and Water, | Asheville and Gastonia, N. C.; City, N. Dak.; Elyria and Lake hio; Ponca City and Woodward, field, Oreg.: Philadelphia rg, Pa; Pawtucket, R. L; Columbia and Charleston, 8. C.; Kings- port and Johnson City, Tenn.; El Paso and Laredo, Tex.; Richmond, Va.; Col- fax and Yakima, Wash.; Huntington and Bluefield, W. Va.; Milwaukee and Oshkosh, Wis.; Hilo, Hawaii. The following received honorable mention: Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Stuttgart, Ark. Los Angeles, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Griffin, Ga.; Cham- paign, 1IL.; La Porte, Ind; Mason City, Iowa; Hutchinson and Kansas City, Kans.; Lexington, Ky.; New Orleans, La; Lewiston, Me.; Salisbury, Md.; New Bedford, Mass.; Muskegon, Mich.; Chtllicothe and St. Joseph, Mo.; Boze- man, Mont.; Keene, N. H.; Jersey City, N. J; Deming, N. Mex.; Syracuse, | V. Durham and Greensboro, N. C.; veland, Ohio; Muskogee, Okla.; | Baker, Oreg.; Hanover and Pittsburgh, Pa.: Huron, S. Dak.. Memphis, Tenn.; Fort Worth and Houston, Tex.: Spring- fleld, Vt folk, Va.; Seattle and ‘Tacoma, Was! DEPRESSION CUTS INVENTORS’ WORK Reduction in Total U. §. Patents in 1831 Ascribed to Adverse Business Conditions. The world-wide business depression has curtailed the hands of inventors, Commissioner Thomas E. Robertson of the Commerce Department's Patent Of- fice said today. Taking stock of the applications filed with this vast Government institution prior to moving from the 91-year-old b g on F Street, between Seventh inth Streets, to the new Com- merce Department Building, Commis- sioner Robertson found that there has been a substantial decreases in number during the last year, During the first year of the depres- sion, Mr. Robertson said applications poured into the Patent Office. The rec- ords show, he explained, that the first part of 1930 was the “banner” period for the office, and that it was not until December, 1930, that any appreciable decrease in applications took place For the first 11 months of 1931, pat- ent applications totaled 73,336, com- pared with 82,474 in 1929. Mr. Robertson said that although | these is no scientific proof available, he believes there has been a very defi- nite correlation between unemploy- | ment, production schedules and patent applications He said that on the basis of available figures, it would appear that follow- ing the stock market collapse in 1929, | unemployed men turned their hands | o taven Technical staffs, also with extra time, worked on devices in- tended to be used when industry re- gained moment Later, with tec caught up { nical staffs probably th their schedules, accom- ible shortage of funds inemployed who tem- d been turning to inventing, ticeable decrease in applications developed from December, 1930, until “ae closing month of 1931, he declared PHILADELPHIA WORKERS | AGAIN GO WITHOUT PAY| City for Second Time Is Unable | to Meet Semi-Monthly Pay Roll of $1,700,000 oclated Press | DELPHIA, January 2.—Today | less pay day for the | county employes of | d successive time the | ce was without suffi- h which to meet its| pay roll of approximately | | 5 last-minute tax payments, | sent through the mails, reach record | proportions, there is little likelihood of the municipal emploves receiving their salary checks until the middle of next | week The treasurer, however, did have suf- | ficlent funds on hand to pay to bank- | ers the $3,700,000 in short-term loans | 1 October and November | olls in those months. Part | of this sum was paid off New Year eve and the remainder today | 1 situation can be met | ation of another loan from | this fails, by having the ) d Commission purchase £1500.000 worth of the city'’s latest bond issue. PHILIPPINE LEADER DIES | Gohn C. Early, 49, Adviser Gov. Gen. Davis, Expires. | MANILA, January 2 (#).—John C Early, 49. Governor of Mountain Province, technical adviser to Governor General Dwight Davis and leading figure in Philippine administration, died at Baguio today after an illness lasting more than a year. to Born at Fargo, N. Dak, in 1882, 'their president for 1932 Early came to the Philippines in 1906 as a teacher. He has been lieutenant governor of Mountain Province and held other political posts. He has written considerably on 'the non- Christian tribes of the Philippines, on which he was considered an suthority. His widow survives. Burial will be at Baguio Monday Hull, England, reports that its mu- | were surprised at the announcement. | with Weds Salesman MILWAUKEE HEIRESS SUR- PRISES SOCIAL SET. | \ | After an elopement to Waukegan, TIL., December 30, the former Miss Alcy Sivyer (above), wealthy member of Mil- waukee's younger social set, and her husband, Joseph F. Hacker, salesman for the Chain Belt Co., are honeymoon- ing in Quebec. The bride is one of Wisconsin’s wealthiest heiresses. Friends an invalid, de- —A. P. Photo. Her widowed mother, clined to comment. W.0.T. 0L 0PPOSES VOTE ON DRY LAW Hold Resubmission Is At- tempt of Selfish Interests to Restore Liquor Traffic. By the Associated Press ‘The Woman's Christian Temperance Union today explained its opposition to resubmission of the eighteenth amend- ment by contending it is no move for political justice, but “an attempt by the same old selfish interests to restore the liquor traffic.” “The drive for resubmission,” said Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the union, in a letter to members of Con- gress, “will be accompanied by that type of wet propaganda which has al- ready advocated violation of the law and parades disobedience as a virtue. It is a vastly different thing to submit to the people a constructive measure for bettering conditions, than to submit a subversive idea fraught with selective anarchy.” Asks Betler Enforcement. Another national vote onqrohibiflon, the letter said, would not take the is- sue out of politics, but would assure it a plage there for many years. Better enforcement and larger observance were called for. i Mrs. Boole's letter was directed at the broad question of resubmission The most frequently discussed proposal recently has been one to resubmit the eightecenth amendment to constitutignal conventions after the people have voted their views on prohibition in selecting delegates to such conventions. Text of Letter. The circular letter said in part | “The W. C. T. U., you have been told by the Association Against the Prohibi- tibn Amendment, has changed ts po- sition on the subject of submitting pro- hibition to & vote. The W. C. T. U. has not changed its position with relation | to the liquor traffic. “Resubmission is the strategy in- dorsed by the brewers, the foreign wine | interests and supported by the sinister activities of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. For that rea- son we oppose resubmission. In its place | we ask for better enforcement and | larger observance.” JURY IN TRIAL OF COX | ON FRAUDS STILL OUT| of Deliberations Progress Kept Secret—O0il Stock Promoter and Seven Await Verdict. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, January Federal jurors puzzled today over evid- | ence in the trial of Seymour E. Jacob- | son Cox, Texas promoter, and seven | associate defendants in the Universal | Oil & Gas Co. mail fraud case without | a hint as to the progress of their deli- | berations, begun yesterday morning | when the jury was given the case by District Judge Edgar S. Vaught i Cox, alleged unofficial head of uni- | versal, his wife and six other persons | were tried after dismissal of charges | and guilty pleas had disposed of the | remainder of the 19 originally indicted. | The Texan once served n term Dr. FPrederick Cook. self-styled | “Discoverer” of the North Pole, on con- | | viction of using the mails to defraud The current charges grew out of ex- tensive preorganization syndicate stock sales, The company now is in receiver- ship. HURLEY SETS AIR MARK | FOR CABINET MEMBERS | Secretary of War Has mwn! 1,000 Hours Since Assum- = | ing Office. Since he took office as Secretary of War two years ago, Patrick J. Hurley has put in more than 1,000 hours of | flying time in a special, high-speed| Army_tri-motored transport, which he ' uses for his varous tours of inspection. | While flying in this plane he has| been in constant touch with the war| Department by radio, the ing relayed from the departm. station through Army and Com Department _radio stations. Secretary Hurley's big plane now is at Wright Field, Dayton special radio-chone trar g and receiving unit of unusual power ang. range is being installed. The new in.| stallation will make possible direct radio communication between the plane wherever it may be in the United States, | and the department radio station here. | CAPITAL MAN ELECTED Geographers Select 0. E. Baker President for New Year YPSILANTI, Mich., January 2 (&) The Assoclation of American Geo. graphers Thursday elected O. E. Baker of Washington, D. C., chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as Other officers elected by the geo- graphers at their annual convention here included: W. H. Haas of North- western _ University, vice president: Robert §. Platt of the University of Chicago, treasurer; Prank E. Williams, University of Pennsylvania, secretary. and Derwent Whittlesley of Harvard University, councilor. Soviet Russia has announced that it o STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 George Walburg-Zell, it was announced yesterday. She is the daughter of Archduke Francis-Salvator and Archduchess Marie Valerie. He is the son of Count Clem- ent-Maximilien of the house of Wal- burg-Zeil and Princess Jettingen. ’I‘hel course of & dinner here last night honoring Chief Justice Aaron J. Levy THE EVENING WEAR CONVICT GARB ARCHDUCHESS IS WED of the New York Supreme Court. The| g .;q4aughter of Francis Joseph i was decorated as a court Guests at Dinner for Chief Justice | dining room i S SOy o BServed Bread and Water. room. Guests included Justice Julius Miller | yrpNNA January 2 (F).—The Arch- MIAMI BEACH, Fla, January 2 (P, ; York Supreme Court and | ; g{,::'sfi‘;;o,‘{,";l P and Herman | duchess Gertrude Marie, granddaughter —Guests wore convict garb 8hd were | giog,] of New York and Samuel Jacobs | of Emperor Francis Joseph, was married served bread and water as the first|of New Jersey. LONDON, January 2 (#).—A further decrease in Britain's unemployed was shown Thursday in official figures list- ing the jobless on December 21 at 2,506,719, which is 65,883 less than the k' before. bridegroom's first wife was the late| " " & Archduchess Elizabeth-Frances, elder sister.of the present bride. They had four children. — Rutland claims to have the best crime on December 29 at Badischl to Count a non-resident. WoopwARD & LOTHROP 10" 11™™ F aAND G STREETS Monday—We Begin Our Annual January Selling of Linens and Bedding—COffering, We Believe, the Best Linen and Beddin Values in a Generati Al the articles are FRESH, PERFECT—not broken assortments of bad patterns, close-outs, manufacturers - mistakes—but ALL NEW' DESIRABLE MERCHANDISE 8 n Prices Average 25 Per Cent Lower Than Six Months Ago WE&L Sheets and Pillowcases Linen Sheets and Pillowcases Naumkeag Sheets, Pillowcases Double Blankets Bedspreads Single Blankets Comforts Wash Cloths Huck Towels Linen Towels Turkish Towels Napkins Tablecloths Luncheon Sets Damask Dinner Sets The large varieties of merchandise are complete and comprehensive, but, because our January Selling provides some of the best linen and bedding values in a generation, it will be wise to make immediate selections. LINENS AND BEDDING, SECOND FLOOR. Discontinued Designs and Floor Samples of Famous Gulistan Rugs A Limited Number—Average $ 8 5 9x12 Size—Were $100. Now Every rug perfect—every one an exact reproduction of an Oriental rug master- piece. Because the maker must have more room for his new 1932 patterns, Monday we offer these world-famous Culistan rugs, at greatly lowered prices. Other Sizes of Gulistan Rugs at Greatly Reduced Prices Former Price Now Now $15.25 $9.25 $6 Average Size 8.3x10.6 $94.50 $80.50 6x9 $66 $56 4Yx7V, $39.50 $33.50 Rues, Pirre FLOOR, Now in Effect . . . All Hartmann Trunks Reduced !/ Cladstone Bags, Suit Cases, Fitted Cases, Hat Boxes and Average Size Former Price 36x63 $18 27x54 $ll 22Y,x36 $7 British Jobless Total Declines. | Shoe Cases—Mostly One-of-a-Kind—Reduced 14 to 13 Luecace, FourRTH FLOOR. nicipal telephone system has made a will erect 400 flax and 100 hemp treat- 4 profit of $40,000 in the last six months. ing factories within a ygyr. WooDwWARD & LoTHROP The Layette Room features A Practical and Complete Layette —including garments for necessary changes —all well made—and of excellent quality. Articles shown are illustrations of actual garments included in the $25 layette. ilk, wool and ootton 3 Bilk, wool and eotton Bands .. $2.25 2 Flannel Binders . 8 Handmade Slips . 8 Gertrude: 8 Arnold Knit Gown 2 Flannelette Wrappers, $1 2 dozen Diapers ....$3.90 2 Quilted Pads ..... ..50¢ 2 Wrapping Blankets...$1 1 Rubber Sheet ......750 1 Knit Towel ........50¢ 2 Knit Wash Cloths...25¢ 1 Covering Blanket ...60c 1 Package Safety Pins, 10c Other Layettes $15 to $100 Laverre RooM, FOUurTH FLOOR.