Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1932, Page 22

B-6 ANNALIST DEPICTS BUSINESS UPTURN First Advance of Any Magni- tude Since April, 1931, Shown. NEW YORK, September 16 ().—The Annglist announced today that fits index of business activity for August “shows” en upturn for the first time since last December and the first ad-} vance of any magnitude since April, 1931." The preliminary index for last month 1s 540 against 51.7 for July and 73.5 for August, 1931 Principal Factor. rise of 17.9 points in the adjusted | index of cotton consumption.” said the | “was_the principal factor in the upturn. The adjusted indices of bitul ous coal production and freight car loadings showed small in- creases, but all the other components of the index for which August figures or estimates are availabie declined With the exception of the adjusted index of automobile production, which dropped to a new low record for the present depressic declines were of comparative o that the large increase of cotton consumption e: the combined index upwar publication Reopen Mills. TERRA ALTA, W , S (8pecial) —J. C Pa. has take in ‘East T 3 put in working Th nd Meyersdale, ta. which are being order for immediate plant had been idle srmerly operated and George E. Wolfe of Preston Count heat flour. Textile Employment Up. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 16 (#)—W. A. Murphy, State labor com- missioner, today reported employment in textile manufacture in Oklahoma increased one-third during Augus ot weekly pay rolls showing a gain of almost 20 per cent Passenger Increase Seen. Greater Loading Reported. CHICAGO, September 16 ¢!'.—The Rock Island L! reported that 39.224 revenue cars w loaded during the first 10 days of September, an increase of 6,550 cars, or 20 per cent over the first 10 days of August Locomotive Bookings. NEW YORK, September 16 ().—Au- gust bookings of Baldwin Locomotive Works and affiliates ]fou.\ed $468.800, 3 July. les Greater. tember 16 (#).—The Corn Products Manufacturing Co. told the Illinois Manufacturers Association that A sales were 20 per cent greater than August, 1931. The Argo, 11, plant is operating 24 hours daily on 42-3 days each week. CHICAGO, Will Employ 400 Men. LINCOLN, Nebr., September 16 (#).— Burlington Railroad Co. officials an- nounced the Havelock car shops will open September 19, giving work to 400 men. Havelock now is a part of Lin- coln. Sixty to Resume Jobs. CHARLOTTE, N. C., September 16 () —The Southern Cotton Oil Co. an- nounced yesterday it would put approxi- mately 60 men back to work with the reopening of its Charlotte mill within the next 10 days. The mill has been closed since early Summer. The company operates 26 plants in this State and all of them, the an- nouncement said, will resume operations at an early date. OKLAHOMANS CELEBRATE LAND OPENING OF 1893 Enid Picturesque With Indian Tribesmen Gathered by Camp- fires in City Bquare. By the Associated Press. ENID, Okla., BSeptember 16.—Enid celebrated today the opening of the Cherokee strip to homesteaders 39 years 8g0. ‘Among the thousands of visitors were gi’cturuqul ploneers who Aci) the “run,” and hundreds of Chey- enne, Arapaho, Otoe and Ponca tribes- men, who bivouacked by their campfires in the city square last night. A unique veteran of the historic occa- sion was a mule, with which Frank Trosper of Oklahoma City, asserted he made the run. Trosper also brought the wagon he used. More than 1,000 Enid business men let their beards grow to add an authen- tic touch of atmosphere. The two-day celebration will close to- morrow night with a pageant of Okla- homa history, staged by Phillips Uni- versity of Enid. WEISSMULLER ACCUSED OF NEGLECTING HIS WIFE | Bobbe Arnst, in Divorce Plea, Claims Swimmer and Actor Pre- fers Company of Others. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 16.— Charging Johnny Welssmuller, swim- ming champion and film actor, pre- ferred the company of swimmers to that of his wife, Mrs. Weissmuller is seeking @ divorce. I ptember 16 for its production | | | Retires CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY EMPLOYE HONORED. | { | | | | WALTER ROSE WHITTLESEY, Assistant chief of the music division of | the Library of Congress, was reured‘ yesterday after completing 35 years in | | the employ of the institution. He was | presented with a mahogany Chippen- | | dale armchair and a basket of flowers { by fellow workers. | “Mr. Whittlesey, who was acting chief | of the music division from 1917 to 1922, |is known to biblicgraphers as an au- thority on early American music. He /| is a well known figure in the Capital’s | c circles | .20 Ke | wreck Wednesday of a French Foreign | Legion ‘hng been brought to Tlemcen HDSM(M.[ | an RISTS THE EVENING DEAD IN TRAIN WRECK! NOW PLACED AT 55 242 Injured When French Foreign Legion Locomotive Plunges Into Deep Ravine. By the Associated Press. | TLEMCEN, Algeria, September 16— | An amended estimate of the dead in the | troop train near here placed the total at 55, with 242 injured, many | of them probably fata | The revised estimate was based on the | rescue alive today of many legionnaires, - who were found under the overturned coaches in a mutilated condition. Be- | fore dark last night 212 of the injured 30 more had been located under the debris. They were being taken out as rapidly as possible It was still impossible definitely to list the dead since there were many bodies under the mass of cars and ma- chinery at the bottom of the ravine where the troop train jumped the track. Three of the injured died yesterday in Tlemcen Hospital Authorities still held to the belief that rains had undermined the roadbed Best for Youngi| Best for Grown Ups Fussells lce Cream Delivers Any TIRE ORDER Up to $25.00 STAR. and caused the train to plunge down the deep ravine. The nationalities of the 500 legion- naires on the train had not been checked, but none of them was be- lieved to have been an American. PAY ROLL IS PASSED Arlington Board 0. K.'s $3,067.88 for Semi-Monthly Period. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., September 16.—The County Board yes- terday passed the semi-monthly pay roll, totaling $3.067.88. 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C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, WIFE’S BODY EXHUMED IN SUSPECT’S PRESENCE Man Accused of Killing Foster Daughter Involved in Mate's Death Because of Insurance. [ By the Associated Press. BELTON, Tex., September 16.—In the presence of Cal Yarbrough, who is charged with burning his foster daugh- ter to death, the body of his first wife was exhumed by authorities yesterday at the request of her brother, R. H.| | Perry, who expressed belief she might have been poisoned. | Perry said he learned that Yarbrough, | & former city commissioner, carried $4,- 500 in insurance on the first Mrs. Yar. brough, who died after a week's illness 9 %Mm-‘lfi- s Fall FELTS At the New Lot Price $2. 85 sort of brim or what color you like you are sure to find it nexpensively priced, Snap brims Stetsons—$5 years Genuine Stet- sons have been offered at such a low and new colors. New ‘‘Stetsonian,” $7.00 Men's Store—Kann's—Street Floor. Introducing Champcloth (A Lonsdale Pabric) RTS 1932, March 25, 1925. The stomach con- tents will be analyzed by a chemist. Officers reported ascertaining that $12,000 in insurance policies were car- ried by Yarbrough on his foster daugh- ter, Dorls, 16, whose dress caught fire from a blow torch Priday. Yarbrough poured a pail of gasoline on her dress, but later insisted he thought the pail contained water. OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW Special Dispatch to The Star. BETHESDA, Md., September 16— Open house will be held by the Bethesda | Elementary School tonight for parents | of the students. The program will open at 8 o'clock, with talks to be delivered by Dr. Edwin W. Broome, superintendent of schools; George P. Sacks and Mrs. E. G. Bauers- feld, with sn inspection tour of the | schocl building scheduled to follow. | CERMAK BACK ®/WORK AFTER EUROPEAN TOUR Chicago Mayor Given Big Recep- tion Upon Return From Three Months’ Vacation. | | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, September 16.—Mayor, Anton J. 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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., September 16 () —Forty children at Daisy Hill, 25 miles northeast of here, have spent the first four school days in fruitless waiting for a teacher to apepar at a bullding the State Board of Education has ordered abandned. Their parents refused to allow them to ride a school bus to Borden, 3 miles away, on grounds the roadway, with four sharp curves and a steep hill, is a menace to thei Thirteen ' par- s ents have petmoned‘;hr State board to reopen the Daisy Hill School. —Shirts fer men who are fussy about what they wear . . . for men who like collars that fit snugly . . . sleeves that taper from fullness at the shoulder to trimness at the wrist . . . plenty of room—but not indiscriminately scat- tered—so that there’s leeway for activ- ity, but no bulkiness. Fabrics that come and go between wearer and laundry with a lustrous smoothness that improves with age . . . and above all shirts that STAY their size. Men's—Store—Street Floor. 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