Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1933, Page 24

$142.113,000 PUT T0 RECOVERY USES ndustrial Committee Figures Made Public by Chair- man Robertson. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 16.—Repair, ' replacemept and improvement projects involving a total expenditure of $142,- 115,000 have been undertaken by indus- trial and commercial establishments throughout the country since the or- ganization of President Hoover's Com- mittee on Industrial Rehabilitation last | August. A. W. Robertson, chalrman of the committee, announced this figure yes- terday in making public the cumulative results to date. total reported De- cember 18 was $105,266,000 and on De- eember 6 it was $75,000,000. In announcing the total had reached | $142,115,000, Robertson said the figure | represented a compilation of reports re- | celved from subcommittees in each of the 12 Federal Reserve districts. Creates Employment. ‘The projects under way, he said, will ereate employment among the 1,620,000 | normally engaged in the equipment in- dustry and will help to stimulate b\ul-‘ ness generally. { ‘The largest subcommittee report was submitted by William A. Ross, chair- man of the San Francisco district, who placed the total for that area gt $28,- 976,000, including an $8,000,000 modern- ization and improvement program of the Shell Oil Co. The Cleveland district, under chair- manship of Randolph Eide, president of the Ohio Bell Telephone Co., re- ported a total of $11,798,000; the Chi- cago district, under James D. Cunning- ham, president of Republic Flow Me- | ters Co., reported $11,531,000; the St. Louis district, ullder Albert B. Elias, sident of the Southwestern Bell elephone Co., $9,223,000; the sixth Federal Reserve district, under Theo- dore Swann, president of the Swann Chemical Corporation, $6,555,000. Self-Liquidating Projects. “We are particularly pleased,” Rob- ertson said, “to hear of all large self- liquidating projects, such as the pro- posed Reconstruction Finance Corpora= tion loan to the city of Los Angeles for the construction of a transmission system from the Boulder Canyon project of the Colorado River to Los Angeles. Here is an undertakipg which has the support of all Los Angeles in- terests that would be affected by it and which would put to work some $20,000,000 of R. F. C. bonds, together | Sharp with $11,400,000 of its own revenue funds, that the Los Angeles Bureau of Power and Light would expend.” Other large projects noted were the lan of Swift & Co. to spend $2,500,000 improvements to its Chicago plant, and the proposal of the Safeway Stores in Oakland, Calif, to undertake a $1.- 500,000 improvement job on.its stores, warehouses, manufacturing plant and equipment. e AUTHOR OF FAMOUS SONG IS PENNILESS Blake, 70, Who Wrote Words to “Sidewalks of New York,” Given Emergency Aid. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 16.—The New {vorces, When the number of marriages Keeps Tab on Cupid CENSUS EMPLOYE CHARTS MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES. ’ IX days a week Miss Alice V. Hagan sits at & desk in the Cen- sus Bureau and keeps track of marriages and divorces. She has been doing this seven years, and probably knows more about the tricks | in the game called love than any other person in the country. | Her correspondents are court clerks, and. each divorce card filed with her by them is identified only by a num- ber, At the bottom of the card is one | line reserved for the clerk to state the | real reason for the divorce granted, and | from this line Miss Hagan gets the “low down.” | “She left him to become a movie queen,” was one notation received yes- terday. “He threw a mirror at her” was another. “Too much mother-in- law" is said to be a common complaint, | as well as “hitting the bottle” and | “running around.” | But, Miss Hagan's chief duties are to watch' the trend of marriages and di- increase in a certain county, she writes to the court clerk for the rea- son. Mainly the cause is attributed to & spurt of prosperity in the locality. | Cupid in Oil Field. | When a new oll fleld is opened in | Oklahoma, Miss Hagan said, marriage records increase overnight. A year | later divorce cases \overshadow mar- | riages. Cupid, she said, also follows | the railroad ' gangs, the telegraph | crews, the bridge workers and the small army of men who migrate to dam projects and wheat flelds. The marriage record of a certain ‘Texas county recently showed a fair increase. Miss Hagan said she sent a questionnaire to the county court clerk as to the cause. He replied: “Merriage increases due to a fellow on radio singing ‘Potatoes Are Cheaper, Now's the Time to Fall in Love.’'” | She said she was watching the di- | vorce trend in this particular county with interest. | During the days when divorce cases in the District were tried before only one Supreme Court jurist, there was | a 100 per cent reduction in divorces | granted. Miss Hagan made an inquiry and ascertained that for 6 of the 12- mosth period a patent suit trial had completely blocked divorce proceedings. | Since the appointment of additional | jurists, divorce records in the District Supreme Court have increased. | From close study of the records, which | date back to 1887, Miss Hagan says the Nation-wide marriage rate responds quickly to changes in economic con- ditions, increasing in periods of pros- perity and decreasing “during hard times.” She added: “The slight drop in the marriage rate in 1893 and the striking decline in 1894 undoubtedly reflect the influence of the financial panic of 1893; the reduced rate in 1904 probably reflects the re- | currence of a financial depression dur- ing the first part of that year, and the | declinetn the rate in 1808 doubt- less reflects the influence of the then prevailing depression. In Other Depressions. “Likewise, the decline in the marriage | rate in 1921 and 1922 may be attrib- uted in part to the commercial depres- sion of 1921, and the decline since 1924 in part to ‘the depression existing in | certain industries during the period covered by the reports. | “To some extent, however, the de- clines in the marriage rate in recent years have been but the natural re- gression from the abnormal conditions growing out of the World War, and | have been tempered somewhat by the | change in the economical status of | ‘women.” 1 In 1931 the laws of 19 States pro-! | large cities. Cecil, MISS ALICE V. HAGAN. vide for an interval between the mar- riage application and the actual date of ceremony. In three other States & similar law applies to candidates under 21, while in North Dakota and Oregon “eugenic laws” are enforced. In Miss Hagan's opinion these laws have cur- tailed the general marriage rate to some extent However, they have been a boon to the so-called “Gretna Greens” scatteréd throughout the country, she said. One county in Oklahoma, located across the border from Texas, which requires five days to elapse between the issuance of license and the ceremony, makes mar- riage its principal business. Its name is Love, and the business done is re- ported tremendous, coming next to Reno as_the Nation's leader. Since Nevada met the competition of Arkansas and Idaho for divorce laurels by invoking the six-week residence law, Reno is agafn among the high divorce rate cities. Chicago, Los Angeles and Detroit, because of their popula- tions, lead the country in divorces. A divorce is not obtainable in South Carolina, while the District of Columbia | is reported to be the hardest place to obtain a decree, with New York State second. Divorces Cause Stir. Chicago once had the reputation of being the easiest place in the world to obtain a divorce. However, decrees granted to two actresses several years ago In Cook County while they were elleged to have maintained their resi- dences elsewhere, caused quite a stir, Since then the Windy City’s divorce rate has decreased considerably. There are 77 counties in the Nation having marriage rates three times the rate of the States in which they are located. Each of the 77 is situated on a main highway leading out from Garrett, Howard and Kent counties are the Maryland leaders, while Alexandria City, Bris- tol City, Danville City, Greensville and Henry Countles head 'the list in Vir- E ———— e Water buffalo, faithful beasts of bur- den in the Philippines, are succumbing in an epidemic. Oapalite—Sheen, ILLINOIS LEADERS Declares Voters Expect New Congress to Support Party’s Program. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 16.—Chairman | James A. Farley of the Democratic Na- tional Committee conferred with Illinois leaders of his party and ssserted the “electorate is expecting the coming Congress to support President-elect Roosevelt’s program regardless of indi- Tidual views of its members' constitu- enc n in the hotel room from where he directed Roosevelt supporters’ activi- ties at the Democratic national con- vention last June Farley declined to amplify remarks in an address at Cin- cinnati. There he had said earlier in the day that the President-elect “has rhoed no limits, geographical or po- itical, upon his choice of the most FARLEY CONSULTS l competent men whom he can induce to undertake public service.” - however, to say” Farley added here, “that I don’t think the President-elect will have any difficulty in securing men of the greatest ability at this time because every Ameri- can is anxious that Roosevelt shall have - food administration and is help him in any way possible. “Personally, I am confident that the incoming administration will be able to work with the Seventy-third Congress and enact into law the I tive pro- gram of the Democratic platform.” Farley was met at the station by . Henry Horner of Illinois, Mayor n Cermak and other local leaders. Farley will speak at the Notre Dame Universif§ foot ball banquet at South Bend, Ind., tonight. He came here from Indianapolis, where he met Hoosier | backs. Democratic_chiefains, and will return {ffl’:m York after the Notre Dame fes- y. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., January 16.— William H. Mitchell, 88, last Confeder- ate veteran in this section of Maryland, died last night here. He was a member of Col. Mosby's famous Cavalry. His wife, who died two years ago, cele~ brated her sixty-second wedding anni- versary. Among the surviving children are Lella Grubbs and John R., of Wash- ingon, D. C. 300 New Spring Dresses $2.89 Just Unpacked—in Smart. 1933 Styles! SEEKING DIAMONDS —il Civilians Join Hunt Near Manila Despite Rain—Jeweler Faces Shortage Charge. s kidnaj help retrieve the stones. By the Associated Press. | MANILA, P. I, Jani 16.—Police | in uniform, and civilians in varied at- tire, spent much of Sunday crawling on hands and knees along a roadside 20 miles from here. Rain pelted their They were not as foolish as they may ‘ have looked. They sought dlnm«mds,l allegedly scattered there by a jeweler | who, police said, broadcast thousands of gems after he weakened in a uulclde’ plan and instead determined to ar- range a kidnaping-robbery hoax. The Jjeweler was one of the searchers. With the diamond field apparently exhausted, police prepared to bring criminal charges against the jeweler, | Emmanuel Strauss. Authorities said | he would be charged with the shortage of $57,361 in his accounts with the jewelry firm for which he worked. The Sunday search yielded 482 dia- monds, bringing the "total recovered to 6,326, which jewelers valued at be- tween $35,000 and $40,000. Officials be- P / Bargain BRIEFS Because of limited quontities and broken sises we will be un- able to fill mail and phone orders om these. Infants' Wear (75) Infants’ 75¢ “Vanta” Teething Bands, silk- 39(: (21 Prs.) Infants’ $1 Shoes, but- ton styles with soft soles; broken sizes. ... 29¢ Infants’ 79¢ and $1 Shirts, silk-and-wool, or rayon-wool- Large s (68) Infants’ S0c. “Varta” Shirts, fine combed _cotton. Double breasted but- ton front. Large sizes. 290 (10) Infants’ $1 Hot Plates, with nursery de- 59c CRAWL ALONG ROAD [t mow « oo s e - hflu’uflmmmmu monds and then reported he had been and - robbed, later confessing Specially purchased for the Reorganization , Sale—and you are going to like them! Pure silk crepes and rayon crepes in many attractive long and short sleeved Housewares (58) $1 Electric Sandwich Toasters, can also be 9 C led Mixing Bowls, used as grills......... (80) Green Enamel. SiX-quart size......... 19C ‘Washingtonian to Wed. D. C. 'LITTLE RADIO STAR Gets FAST Cough Relief “My daughter, 10 years old, woke up coughing Sunday morning—the day she sings over Kiddies’ Hour at Station ‘WMBG. I was afraid she could not sing. But after taking Smith Brothers’ Cough Syrup in the morning she was all well for the evening—her cough completely gone. Mrs. C. Calmus, Maspeth,L. I. ES . SMITH BROTHERS Cough Syrup “3iians no 35¢ Boys' 79¢ and 95¢ SHIRTS 59c Collar-attached broadcloth in fancy patterns. Juniors’ sizes, 8 to 12 years; youths’ sizes, 1214 to 14% neck. Third Floor Boys' 59¢ Knickers 39 Exceptional values in boys’ school pants of suiting pat- terns—in sizes 8 to 14 years. ‘Third Floor MARTINSBURG, W, Vs., Junuary 18 (Special) —A marriage licenss was ped issued here Saturday to Miss Ruth mm for suicide. Filing of charges | Elisabeth Ansell of Norfolk, Va, and him was delayed so he might | Charles David Farley, a lithographer ‘Washington, . - WATERPROOFER Guaranteed to Stop Seepage of Water in Tanks, Pipes, Walls, Ceilings, Etc. —underground-or above ground— wherever the seepage of water exists ABSOLUTELY ACID AND ALKALI-PROOF. NOT AFFECTED BY EXTREME HEAT, COLD, OR OTHER CONDITIONS. York Herald-Tribune relates how aid was obtained yesterday for the 70-year- old author of the words of “The Side- walks of New York,” James W. Blake, through the Emergency Unempl ent Relief Committee. disclosed when, models—including the two shown. Prints and print combinations, as well as the bright colors that spring wardrobes crave— and black - with - white, (Very smart!) Misses’ Sizes 14 to 20 (7) $L19 and $1.98 Window e 79¢ 19¢ (36) 29¢ Brooms, well made, four sewed..., _(20) i}1.50 Wi’zml-d Mops, large size, oil treated, lon, handle ... ¢t 88¢c (5) $2.98 Hampers, oval shape, made of indestruc- tible fiber. Pastel $1. 49 colors . (24) 79¢ Waterless Cleaner, large 5-pound. pails for cleaning painted ur- 39¢ faces ........ Downstairs Store Rugs $20 Seamless Tapestry Rugs, 1 x 12-fc. i, 7 $10.95 quality $45 Extra Large Axminster Rugs, 11%xI2-fe $29 Seamless, seconds.... $35 to $45 Heavy Axminster all perfect, some are discontinued 2 % 5 0 patterns ..... $1.50 to $2.75 Seatter Rugs, che- nille and hand-woven types, fast colors $395 Gold Seal Congoleum e i $2.94 39c Felt Base, two yards wide, odd rolls and cut lengths. Perfects and seconds, 22 C Store Boys' $1.49, $1.95 Sweaters 93¢ Manufacturers’ surplus lots of smart-looking all-wool sport sweaters in neat &uu- over styles. Sizes 26 to 36. Third Floor Blake's needs were facing & night of trudging the cold sidewalks, he visited the office of the newspaper which in cheerier days had interviewed him. His job as a salesman went more than a year ago, he explained. Three weeks ago he was forced to leave the flat where he had supported a blind brother and a 74-year-old sister. They went to a dollar-a-night hotel, “hop- ing that something would turn up.” But nothing did and yesterday morn- ing they paid their hotel bill, used what | little was left to check their few bits of fi:mu, and set out upon the side- walks. USED IN SWIMMING POOLS AND AQUARI- UMS, IT WILL NOT CONTAMINATE THE Women’s Sizes 36 to 50 The New Goldenberg’s Second Floor The newspaper referred his case to t&e Erz\terxenq"‘gmmloy‘r:n:m Rell:t WATER. MAY BE mmittee, which arrang to take WASHED REPEAT- f his d | care of him and his charges. | EDLY WITH SOAP AND WATER. $29 Wool RUGS $18.85 9x12-t. seamless Axminster and velvet rugs that will give splendid service and beau your home. All perfect—g designs. Downstairs Store FACED BY LEGISLATURE Acts of State Board of Examiners in Wingfield Closings to Re- ceive Special Attention. By the Associated Press. 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