Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1933, Page 38

10 MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL| o, Sxg, woe e woa nam. Organized last year, the loan fund y purposes to lend money to needy Jewish To BE HEI.D TONIGHT students in local universities. Last year $1,000 was'raised and loaned to 14 students. ey | ROBBERS GET $10,000 ‘Three Registered Mail Pouches R R Stolen at Minneapolis Depot. Featuring adaptations from the fa-| \NNEAPOLIS, January 7 () —Ten mous New Orleans festival, the second | yovcana dollars in cash was disclosed Adaptations From New Orleans Fete to Feature Jewish Loan Fund Program. annual Mardi Gru.'u;\‘der auspices of | yesterday as the loot of robbers who | the Washington Jewish Student Loan|gioe three registered mail pouches from | Fund, will be held tonight at the Wil- | 5 gepot Tuesday night. lard Hotel Joseph Bulman, Washington attorney, | a previous announcement that approx- is general chairman of the committee | imately $100,000 in cash had been in charge. Associated with him as/|stolen, sald R. H. Griggs, postal in-| | heads of various committees are Miss | spector. Janet Kohner, Mrs. Barney Breeskin, Aaron Goldman, Brown Veneszki, Miss | cluded in the loot, Griggs said. Ann Rosenbloth’ and Miss Rose Sinrod. | bk lisen Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith heads the 2 *! lisc of sponsors. Acting with her are | Cattle Brands Ruin Hides. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sherby, Mr. and | MELBOURNE, Australia (#).—Care- Mrs. Morris Garfinckle, Rabbi and y Mrs. Abram Simon, Arthur S. Rosichan, | less branding of cattle on the ranches Representative Sol Bloom, Mr. and Mrs. has damaged their hides to the extent Isaac Gans, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D.|of $40,000,000 during the last 10 years An error in handling records caused | No bonds or other securities were in- Y STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 8, 1933—PART THREE COST U. S. Cheaper Than The jollowing article is the fourth of a series showing how industrial conditions in foreign countries affect American workmen. Merwin H. Browne, the writer, is a member of the Washington Bureau of the Buf- falo Evening News. BY MERWIN H. BROWNE. ‘There is a shuffling, muffled tramp of rubber-shod feet in America today and each silent padding footstep brings some worker in the American rubber foctwear industry just that much nearer to unemployment. More than 1,000,000 Americans are | walking to work and play in Japanese FOOTWEAR COMPETITION IN ‘31 PLANTS $6.000.000 ‘Japanese Products Dcclar'e'd Sold at Prices American Cost of Production. [ican-made pair which must collect | dust on a factory shelf. The American | manufacturers clalm that they lost | more than $6,000,000 in 1931 in trying | to_meet foreign competition. | 1t is the old story of iron and steel and electric light bulb, depreciated cur- rency, low-wage competition from | abroad, which laughs at tariff walls and lands its product here for compe- | tition in the American market, duty | paid, at prices cheaper than the Amer- ican cost of production. | Sworn testimony of American pro- | ducers shcws that the Japanese are ‘:‘.elllng in New York City high-topped, rubber-soled shoes at 33 cents a pair, Kaufman, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B.| and tanners and cattlemen hope to sub- |and Czechoslovakian rubber-soled shoes, | shoes which it costs the American fac- Schloss, Miss Bertha Israel, Mr. and |stitute ear-marking or some other |and for every pair of the foreign shoes|tory 385 cents to produce. Another Mrs. Bernard Danzansky, Mr. and Mrs. | method of identification. Ui LA Sample Line of Babies’ KNITWEAR Price or Less Booties, Mittens, Moccasinsl 2 ]/2 cto Regularly 25¢ to 75¢ Scarf Sets, Sacques, Infants’ or Tots’ Sweaters, Misses’ Sweaters, Shawls. Soc to $I.47 Leggings o L. Regularly $1 Regularly $1 to $2.95 Little Boys’ Suits Infants’ Snow Suits Regularly $2.95 to $5 Smart Bonnets Reg. 50c to $2.95 29c to $1.47 Brother and Sister Suits Reg. $1 to $3.95 50c to $1.95 $1.47 t0 $2 " L] (8econd Floor, The Hecht Go.) 50c s Sweater Sets Reg. $2.95 to $5.95 | sold here there is a companion Amer- Dr. Denton Sleepers . . 79c Dresses Sizes 0, 1 Sizes 2, 3 Sizes 4, 5 Sizes 6,7 Babies’ Bed | Japanese shoe sells in this country for Babies’ 24.6 cents a pair, & shoe which it costs the American producer 40 cents to pro- duce, without even a profit added. An- other shoe, sold here by the Japanese at 12 cents, costs the American 17 cents to produce. Must Quit Business. ‘The Czechs make a gaiter which they can sell in the United States at 41| cents a pair. It costs the American factory 71 cents to produce this item. A Czech child's rubber bcot, selling at 48 cents a pair here, costs the Amer- ican producer nearly twice that Listen to what Charles E. Speaks, ex- ecutive of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Cc. of Boston. has to say about this type of competition. “We have definitely made up our minds, so far as footwear goes, if we cannot find some way legally to see that this stuff is not brought into this country at cost, then we must quit this business and let them have it alto- gether.” Brought to this frame of mind by the footwear competition, it is not difficult to understand why American rubber manufacturers, who represent a busi- ness of $100,000,000 annually and em- ploy from 25,000 to 27,000 persons, fear that other lines, not now feeling ex- treme competition from abroad, may be affected. Fear Loss of More Markets. They point out that beach balls, hawked on corners by street vendors for 59c¢ o iy H an d-embroidered. PFine batiste. Sizes 1 to 2 years, eees..8L15 39¢ Wrapping Blankets 30x50 size as little as 25 cents, of Japanese manu- facture, are shutting the American manufagturer out of this line, while an inc: number of inflated water toys are making their appearance, Japanese erasers also are entering the American trade, and Americn manufacturers of r botiles are quaking for fear this market will be taken from them. 3 | . Similar feaf is felt by the rubber tire | industry, which normally makes 80,000,~ 000 tires a year. This production is now down to 40,000,000, but Government | officials have had pointed out to them the Japanese went into India cold” and in three years took over a market of 15,000,000 pairs of rubber | shoes and shut out rubber manufactur- ers from every other country, as indi- cating why the American industry | should be fearful |~ According to official Customs Bureau figures, between January and August, 1931, American imports of Japanese rubber-soled, fabric-topped shoes to- taled 1,074,096 pairs. Their average | value, in this country, was 13 cents. During the same period in 1932, these imports had jumped to 2,467,646 pairs, urmtxs an average value per pair of 10 cents. Japan Cuts Into Czech Trade. The figures show that Japan was even cutting into the Czechoslovakian share of the American trade, since American imports from the latter coun- try declined from 2,410,076 pairs in the Babies’ Bed Accessories $1.95 All-Wool Blankets, Pink or blue with stitched ends. $1.19 Rubber Crib Sheets— 27x36 size, regularly January-August period of 1931 to 733 pairs during that period in 1932. i o e e o tions is illustrated by the offered in the child’s t cents, and the HINDU NOBLEMAN WEDS Indian Marries Oriental Dancer in Gallup, N. Mex. HOLLYWOOD, January 7 (#).—An- . | nouncement has just been made here of American concerns stood the 20-cent|to Joss on each pair sold. Rubber-soled canvas shoes were sold at 10 cents less than cost to meet the foreign price. The “sneaker” type shoe, sold in Ppopular-price stores at 20 cents a pair, costs the American firm 25 cents for manufacture alone, and to place them in the store would cost an additional 4 cents, making the price at least 29 cents, or 9 cents greater than the for- eign price. (Copyright. 1933. by Nor paver Alianee: taey - ionn News- Oppose New Calemdar. ATHENS (#)—Although the Gre- gorlan calendar was introduced into Greece in 1923, the adherents of the | § old calendar have demanded the right to celebrate the great ecclesiastical fes- tivals on the old dates—13 days behind the present calendar—in their own churches, lmnmb the Greek con- stitution admits lom of opinion. man who came to Hollywood to study the film industry. They were married December 8 in Gallup, N. Mex. They went East to sail for s honeymoon tour of England, France, Germany and Italy. Each is 21 years old. SPAIN LIKES POTATOES Bumper Crop Parelleled by In- crease in Demand for Them. MADRID (#).—Potato growers in Spain are pointing to a bumper c:op which has been paralleled by an in- crease in the Iberian appetite for that lood. ‘The total crop of matured potatoes this year has been computed at 562,250 tons. BESFRAT Yeis Germany's imports from the United States have been increasing. Wi Boys’ $I Tub Suits Broadcloth. Solid color or colored pants, white top. Pearl button trim- 69c mings, Sizes 2 to 6 years. (Second Floor. The Hecht Co.) Accessories 79¢ Nursery - design Crib Blankets, 36x50. Pink or 5Qq $1.50 Satin-bound Crib Blankets, 36x50. Pink nursery designs st covered Feather Pillows ... or bluei Q76 $1.25 Down-filled Crib Pil- 81 lows, sateen covered. 12x16. 81 Babies' Comforts. Floral de- size baby pillow 3¢ signs, in rose or blue, 40x52 Q¢ Muslin Cases, for any size ] ()0 20c Muslin Crib Sheets. Qg Hemmed, size 36x50 79¢ Handmade Batiste Pillow Slips, with lace and embroidery, cut-out trimmings 50c $1 Linen and Filet Lace, Embroidered and Cut-out Qo Pillow Slips Fruit of 17x18 size, regularly 10c 18x34 27x40 size, regularly 65¢ 36x52 size ... Zig-zag stitched: the Loom 81 Fruit of the Loom Print Comforts, regularly $1.59. Cotton filled. Neat florals. aoxpe.- e 91 Fruit of the Loom Sheets 4-inch hem on one end, 1-inch hem on the other: 36x50 size. 97 275 42x64 size, regularly 69¢ . 43x73 size. Tots’ $1.59 & $1.95 Tub Frocks Samples and slight ir- regulars. Imported Swisses, plain or em- $ broidered organdies, batiste, 'kerchief lawns, linens, rints, broad- cloths. Sizes 1 to 6. | .00 (Second Floor, The Hecht Co.) $2.59 3-pc. Jersey Zipper Sets Hat, jacket and leggings of fleece-back jersey, cut full and roomy. $ Heather mixtures. Sizes 2 to 6. |.29 (Second Ploor, The Hecht Co.) regularly 59¢ .. regularly §9¢ .... 39¢ 49¢ 59¢ 29c 30x40 size. Pink or blue with white borders. Tots’ $1.95 Pevperell Pastel - colored Rubber Sheeting, 30x45, regularly gm soc . syt 5% Vanta Rayon-and-cotton Vests: double-breasted, tie-string = 43¢ Vanta Knit-fabrie Nightgowns, me- & $2.95 Sweaters dium and lightwelght. oL $I Ig 39¢ Double-thickness Knitted . Towels; pink or blue with 25 white shell edge c Novelty effects; at- tractive colors. 3 BUc ximm, sutee to 6. towel 100 White Combed Cotton, @, B.bie” sl An 8hell-edge Wash Cloths. ... Wool Sweaters 59c Coat and slip-on styles. Some em- broidered. Pgstels. Sizes 1 to 3. Boys’ $2.95 & $3.95 Knit Suits Red Star Hemmed Diapers. pack- aged—27x size, - ; 75¢ dozen $1.35 20¢ Cuddle Toys—dolls and animals of attractive prints, cotton ] Qo 30x30 size, Tots’ and Babies’ Wear $|'59 Handmade, Hand-embroidered Slip-on sweater, Broadcloth Creepers. Pas- o Plain and s, Baes 1080 i D0 2 to 6. 39c Handmade, Hand - scalloped Gertrudes of fine batiste. 6-month size only. 29¢ Babies’ 39¢ e Flannelettes edre Baby Sha blue, white . 29c 59¢ Tots’ Pastel Flannelette Sleep- ers. Some stripes. Drop 9 4 4 for $1 ko seat; open front. 2 to 6.. Kimonos, Night- gowns, gertrudes. ‘White or pink. alars, hand-smocked or embroidered. (8acond_Floor, pastel crepe de chines. 1 @] The Hecht Co.) to 3 R S R R $1.50 and $1.95 Toddlers' Silk Dresses; samples and slight irres- Tots" $2.95 Navy Chinchilla Coats Double-breasted, brass button-trim- med style for boys or girls, Tan flan- $ 79 nelette lining. Sizes 1 to 6 years. (Second Floor. The Hecht Co.) Tots’ $I Smart Cotton Frocks Samples and slight irregulars that won't affect their wear. Dimities, prints, broadcloths. Sizes 1 to 3; C 2to6. 3 (Second Floor. The Hecht Co.) Boys’ $1.59 to $1.95 Broadcloth Suits $|.19 (Becond Ploor. The Hecht Co.) Oliver Twist styles. French cut pants; con- trasting embroideries, pipings and trimmings. Linen, too. 2 to 6. -$5.95 3-Piece Suede Zipper Sets Helmet, jacket and leggings of imported - R ol G L ors, for toddlers. o (Becond Floor, The Hecht Co.) Sizes 1 to 4. Toddlers’ 59¢ Tub Frocks Straight line frocks L) with shorts, in dainty lawns. Sizes 1 to 3 (Second Floor. The Hecht Co.) years. $! Handmade Frocks for Toddlers ered. White with Dainty batiste, and broadcleth, beautifully embroid- C color combinations and solid blue. Sizes 1 to 3. (Second Floor, The Hecht Co.) Long or Short Infants’ Dresses Regularly $1.59 to $1.95 Handmade, daintily hand-embroidered yoke and panel effects, scal- $ 000 loped or plain hems. Sizes 6 mos.,, 1 and 2 years. (Second Floor. The Hecht Co.)