Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1933, Page 25

MANY LINES SHOW BUSINESS: UPTURN Automobile Output for April 62 Per Cent Over That for ‘March. By she Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 5.—The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce has estimated its members produced 137,300 cars and trucks during April, a 62 per cent increase over March and 3 per cent over April, 1932. All leading automobile manufacturers, with the exception of Ford, belong to the or- ganization. AKRON, Ohio,. May 5 (#).—The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. yesterday announced it was recalling 150 former office employes and would extend the seven-hour, five-day week plan, already in use for isolated office departments, to all salaried employes. NEW YORK, May 5 (#).—Bank clearings for the country last week totaled $4,504,913,000, & gain of $665,- 957,000 over the previous week. NEW YORK, May 5 (#).—The Penn- sylvania Rallroad expects to order soon between 20,000 and 25,000 tons of steel rails, it was reported yesterday. CHICAGO, May 5 (/’).—Montgomery ‘Ward & Co. announced April sales de- clined only 3.68 per cent from the same month last year, the best such comparison since the Fall of 1930. NEW YORK, May 5 (#).—The Daily Metal Trade yesterday estimated steel production activity at midweek at 31 per cent of capacity, an increase of 2 points since the end of last week and :’l:e !}lflgahlen level since late in Novem- T, - NEW YORK, May 5 (#)—F. W. ‘Woolworth Co. yesterday reported April sales totaled $20,158,996, a decrease of 2.8 per cent from a year ago—the smallest percentage of decline for any month in more than a year. In March sales volume was 17.6 per cent under that of 1932. NEW YORK, May 5 (#).—April sales of W. T. Grant Co. totaled $6,276,936, an increase of 4.66 per cent over April, 1932, the company announced. WAYCROSS, Ga., May 5 ().—Ad- vances of 80 per cent in the prices of hides and 20 per cent in furs with soaring demands for both commodities were reported by the Georgia Hide & Fur Co. . Orders from foreign and domestic sources have doubled the company's business within the last month, officials BURDETTE IS HONORED BY BOARD OF TRADE! Distinguished Guests at Dinner to Retiring Chairman of Mem- bership Committee. Elmore T. Burdette, retiring chair- man of the Membership Committee of the Washington Board of Trade, was honored by members of the committee at a dinner last night at the Kenwood Country Club. An elaborate program of entertain- ment was staged. The numbers in- cluded songs by Fred East and Bill | Raymond, several dance numbers of groups from the Hoffman Studios, and renditions by the Glee Club of Mar- jorie Webster School. Guests of honor included Gen. Her- bert B. Crosby, retiring District Com- missioner; Maj. Ernest W. Brown, chief A. Magruder MacDonald, Claude A. Owen, newly- dent of the Board of Trade, and Ben T. Webster, past president. Mr. Burdette, in recognition of his year of service at the head of the com- mittee, during which time 230 new members were added to the board’s roster, was presented with an electric clock. Fred Smith, newly-appointed chairman of the Membership it- tee, presided at the meeting. New Manager POWHATAN HOTEL CHANGES HEADS. D. EARL COFFMAN, Secretary of the Washington Hotel | Greeters’ Association, who has been | chosen as manager of the Powhatan; Hotel. | COLONIAL DAMES | INSTALL OFFIGERS, |Five-Day Meeting of Na- tional Society Ends Today. Officers of the National Society, Co- | lonial Dames of America, elected yes- | terday afternoon, were installed this | morning at the final session of the so- | | ciety’s five-day meeting in the Carlton i Hotel. | They include Mrs. James P. An- | drews of Hartford, Conn., re-elected | president; Mrs. Joseph Rucker Lamar, Atlanta, Ga., honorary president; Mrs. | Willlam Howard Taft, honorary vice | president; Mrs. Edward Shoemaker, | Maryland, first vice president; Mrs. Wil- | liam H. Wilmer, District of Columbia, | second vice president; Mrs. Holmes For- syth, Illinofs, third vice president; Mrs. Charles H. Merriman, Rhode Island. re- | cording secretary; Mrs. Herbert A. Clai- | borne, Virginia, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Frederick A. Packard, Pennsylva- nia, treasurer; Mrs. Victor 8. Woolley, Delaware, registrar, and Mrs. Egbert | Jores, Miasissippi, historian. This morning the delegates journeyed | to Arlington Cemetery, where Mrs. Henry | Dickson Bruns, president of the Louis- iana Society, placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the name of the national society. After the visit to Arlington and the installation of officers, final committee | reports were heard. | This afternoon after adjournment the | delegates were to visit Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason, author of the | Virginia bill of rights. | SHIP RESUMES SERVICE City of Washington to Make Daily Runs to Mount Vernon. The Wilson Line, Inc., announced to- day its steamer City of Washington will | make daily trips between Washington and Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Park throughout the and Sum- mer season, substituting this run in place of trips to Colonial Beach and Chapel Point. The City of Washington, fresh from her shipyard at Wilmington, Del., will take the place of the Charles Macales- ter, retired permanently at the close of last season. ‘The line announced beer would not be served. See the New 1933 STRAWS A Whale Of A Sale at only —Fine Flat Foot and improved Sennit Weaves with genuine leather sweatbands, silk trimmings and solid or fancy ribbon bands. 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Dresses of field flower prints, plaids, dots, checks, plain crepes with a whiff of white organdy or pique trim. Coats of casual nonchalance . . . perfectly made . . . warm weather en- sembles . . . hats . . . shoes . . . and Greenbrier sportswear, ours alone. ON OUR FOURTH AND SIXTH FLOORS From Now On, Younger Chaps Will Be, Seen Wearing Blue ”Prep" Coats With Flannel Trousers! <The Salt o, g L7 yp, ludes 1 pai =YY Matching Pasts ’ ond 1" pair .; ; TN Flennels or ““\% pairs of “Matck- ® m | ing Pants. —This {s the outfit for the graduate who wants to get double wear out of his suit. Rich blue chev- iots, single or double breasted models—lined with celanese. Sizes 14 to 22. Last Call! 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