Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1932, Page 10

A0 RETAILERS FORM FORLAWCHANGE lnérease of Credit Sales to 47 ‘Per Cent Raises Bank- ' ruptey Problems. Qfganization of a Washington retailers in an effort to ob- tain: passage by Congress of amend- menfs to the existing bankruptcy laws of $8e District has been announced by R."Preston Shealey, Washington coun- sel for the National Retail Credit As- soctation. Mt. Sheal before the Senate Judici in génnection with hearings on legisla- tion - desired by the group, explained thit the retail men composing the group are particularly interested in ob- tainhg congressional action on the Baldridge and Andresen bills. These womld amend the bankruptcy laws so asitb bar the necesaries of life from diseharges in bankruptcy and to limit voluntary bankruptcy to those owing a | mifimum of $500 in unsecured ncebt- edness. ’rxL group of dealers which has been crabfed to foster congressional consid- eratfon for the two bi Mr. Shealey saifl, includes retail credit men, small store owners, retail dry goods deale retafl grocers, retail meat dealers, hospital _officials, her retailers xplained that when the presént bankruptcy act was enacted, in fuel 1898 less than 10 per cent of the total | value of retail sales were on credit, while today approximately 47 per cent, or from $25,000,000.000 to $27,000,000,- 000, pf retail sales throughout the coun- trysare made on credit TMese conditions, he said, led re- tailers in Nebraska and Minnesota in 1926 to advocate the tightening up of discharge provisions in bankruptcy and were responsible for the introduction in Congress at that time of bills similar to the Baldridge and Andreren bills. the passage of which is now being sought. ACTRESS SEEKS DIVORCE Elsie Bartlett Files Suit Against Publisher Horace Liveright. NEW YORK, April 27 (#). — The Horace Liverights, married less than five months, have separated and Mrs Liveright, known on the stage as Elsie Bartlett, has started suit for divorce Her counsel announced yesterday that a financial settlement had been made out of court. The corespondent in the divorce action, the lawyer said, is not named. Liveright, well made no statement. The marriage was the second for both, Liveright having been divorced in 1928, at which time Mrs. Lucille Live- right was given the custody of their two children. Miss Bartlett formerly was the wife of Joseph Schildkraut, the actor. WOMAN RUN'S FOR HOUSE Miss Cora M. Riggs of Indiana One of 19 Candidates for Seat. GRIFFITH, Ind., April 27 (#).—Miss Cora M. Riggs, editor and publisher of the Calumet Weekly News, aspires to be the first woman to represent Indiana in Congress. She has announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination in the first district. Nine men are also seeking the Re- publican nomination, while 10 candi- dates are fighting for the Democratic nomination. The primaries are May 3. More known publisher, large group of | . who appeared Monday | ry Committee | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, ARR 2 1932;——% Temple With Eleven Domes Unearthed in Smyrna Excavations [ By the Associated Press. ISTANBUI. Turkey, April 27. —German archeologists, look- ing for the ancient Greek thea- ter at Smyrna, have excavated an antique temple with 11 domes and many marble columns buried deep in the ashes of vol- canic_eruptions. They called specialists from Germany to identify the edifice. ‘The German Prof. Weygant has offered to finance extensive ex- cavations at Smyrna, one of the greatest cf the ancient cities of Asia Minor. MEDICAL SOCIETY T0 HEAR LEADERS District of Columbia Group to | | Elect Officers at Meet- ing in May. | Leaders in the various branches of medical practice will address the an- nual meeting of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia at its ses- | sions in the Medical Society Building, 1718 M street, May 4 and 5, it was an- nounced today. The session will also be | marked by election of officers. | At a meeting open to the public| Thursday evening, May 5, Dr. Haven | Emerson of New York will deliver an | address on “The Mutual Responsibility of the Medical Profession and the Laity in the Organization of Preventive Ef- forts in a Community.” Dr. Joseph F. McCarthy will be the principal speak- er at the opening session at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, May 4, and on| | Thursday afternoon Dr. Emanuel Lib- | | man will take part in a symposium on | cardiac disease. Discussion will follow | the reading of papers throughout all | the sessions. | Local members of the medical pro- | fession who will participate include: | Dr. James A. Cahill, Dr. Joseph P.| | Shearer, Dr. Oliver C. Cox, Dr. E. W.| Titus, Dr. Bernard Notes, Dr. Joseph | B. Bogan, Dr. Claude Moore, Dr.| William Thornwall Davis, Dr. J. G.| Lewis, Dr. Leslie T. Gager, Dr. H. Lynn | Colvin, Dr. Charles R. L. Halley, Dr. Harry H. Kerr, Dr. Pred R. Sander- | son, Dr. Margaret M. Nicholson, Dr. | Edgar D. Griffin and Dr. Wallace M. Yater. ‘ Dr. Arthur C. Christie is president of | the local society, in addition to being ‘presldem of the Young Men's Chris- | tian Association apd president of the | board of trustees of American Univer- sity. FORD TO BE. CANDIDATE Motor Magnate Expected in Race to Keep School Post. DETROIT, April 27 (#).—Henry Ford is expected to be a candidate to succeed | | himself as a trustee of the Board of | | Education in Dearborn school district | Ne. 5. After once resigning because of | | criticism caused by failure to attend | meetings regularly, Ford was appointed | | three months ago to fill a vacancy on | the board. | Thomas J. Evans, secretary of the | board, said the motor magnate would | be a candidate at the annual election in June, when his term and that of Wil- liam Johnson expire. Petitions of three 2500 BOYS READY FORTRAFFI MARC School Patrols to Parade Up Pennsylvania Avenue Sat- urday Morning. More than 2500 members of the District School Boy Patrols will par- ticipate Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in a safety demonstration and parade, sponsored by the District division of the American Automobile Association. About 90 juvenile floats will be en-| tered by boys in all parts of the cit Music will be provided by the Navy Band, the High School Cadet Bands and other organizations. The par pants have become famiiar with mili- tary formations and commands. Beginning at the Peace Monument. the procession will move along Penn- sylvania avenue to Fifteenth street, then south to Constitution avenue and the reviewing stand. Final parade details will be worked out tomorrow at conferences between representatives of the A.A.A.. the Dis- | trict Bicentennial Commission, school | and traffic authorities. | Traffic officers assigned to duty with | the patrols have notified their precinct commenders all is in readiness for the | demonstration. These officers and their divisions_follow: J. W. Kite, Division 2; A. S. Miskell, | 3; Charles A. Strobel, 4; John O'Con- nell, 5; P. J. Lynch, 6; H. A. Reed, T; R. E. Cannon, 8; Joseph Junghans, 9; E. H. Hinson, 10; Altus Moore, 11; C. T. Gibson, 12; C. H. Lutz, 13, and H. E. Metcalf, 14. | CHURCH HEAD RETURNS Archniinog o Ganterbury Tm | proved After Stay in France. LONDON, April 27 (#).—Most Rev Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, returned to his home, Lam- beth Palace, yesterday from the French Riviera, where he has been recuperating from sciatica His health was improved, it was said at the palace, and he would begin ful- filling engagements today. Now—a new service to our customers In response to an increasing demand for refrigerators scientifi- cally designed to increase the refrigerating value and the econ- omy of ice, the American Ice Company has added an important extension of its service to its customers. A complete line of modern, well-insulated refrigerators, for both home and com- merdal use, in a large range of the public. These refrigerators ice capacities, is now offered to are certified as to performance by the American Ice Company, and are offered at prices which set a new standard of dollar value in refrigeration. Ask your American route man where these refrig- erators can be inspected, or call District 6240. 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