Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1933, Page 6

ADVANCES SCORED IN ATLANTA AREA Retail Sales and Building Permits Gain Rapidly In Sixth District. Specla] Dispatch to The Star. . ATLANTA, July 4.—Most of the avallable series of business statistics in- dicated further gains during May in trade and industrial activity in the sixth district. Department store sales in- creased in May over April by 12.8 per oent, and were 1.8 per cent greater in dollar value than in May, 1932. The seasonally adjusted index of daily aver- sales rose to the highest point since tember. For the five months of 1988 department store sales have been 18.6 per cent less than in that part of Jast year, not allowing for difference in levels. Wholesale trade increased .6 per cent in May over April, and was 81,8 per cent greater than in May, 1932. Volume of reserve bank credit out- standing at this bank declined further between May 10 and June 14, and was Jess than at the same time last year, and total loans of weekly reporting gfl.nber banks also declined, but their vestments increased slightly. Bank debits increased 9.5 per cent in May over April, compared with a decrease of 19.8 per cent at the same time last year. Building permits at 20 reporting cities increased 87 per cent over the month before, and were 11.4 per cent greater than in May, 1932. Contract awards also increased over April, but were less than a year ago. Weekly statements of the Southern Pine Association indicate that orders continue to be received by mills in excess of their production, and in much greater volume than at this time last year. Consumption of cotton in the three Btates of this district for which figures are available increased 34.7 per cent in May over April, and was 69.7 per cent greater than in May, 1932, and cotton mills report substantial increases in orders, shipments and production, and n the number of workers employed. Pij am production in Alabama increas .8 per cent in May over April, but con- tinued less than in the corresponding month last year. URGES TEACHERS T0 ENTER POLITICS Oakland School Head Says It Is Time to Take Leadership of Government. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 4.—Willard E. Givens, superintendent of the Oekland, Calif., schools told teachers attending the convention of the National Edu- cation Association that it was time they took the leadership of Govern- ment away from politicians, capitalists, bankers, industrialists and ‘“profit seekers” of all kinds. “From the beglinning of our coun- try,” sald Mr. Givens, “the school teacher has not had the privilege of exercising the full rights of an Ameri- can citizen.” He explained that they had been per. mitted to vote “but we have not been allowed to discuss political issues or to take any leadership in matters affect- ln%éhe welfare of our Government.” e situation, he sald, had reached the point now where collapse of the economic order was possible and that “to save the nobler qualities of our democratic society” great effort would be required. ‘The convention under way yester- day with ap tely 10,000 dele- gates in attendance. hts some- ‘what similar to those expressed by Mr. Givens were volced by President Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin * i one of the major addresses yester- day, when he said the Nation's edu- eational system must lead the way along new political, social and economic paths. SUPPORTS LABOR DAY PARADE OF FIREMEN District Association Backs Event v and Appropriates Funds F for Float. Whole - hearted support of the eleventh annual Labor day parade of firemen was voted last night by the District Firefighters’ Association at a meeting in the Hamilton Hotel. ‘The association appropriated money for & float and appointed a committee to_decorate the entry. This action was taken after an ad- gress by George Finger, an organizer of the National Firemen's Association. “For 10 years,” Mr. Finger said, “fire- n_ from many States have visited 'ashington on Labor day to participate in the parade. It has been the one day - In the year when they got together for the common good. It would have been & blot on the pages of local fire his- tory tshoum we have lost such a colorful event.” The meeting was presided over by J. M. Jamison of Engine Company No. 17, president of the association. The association, representing 750 Washing- ton firemen, will hold another meeting atwo weeks to make further plans the parade. Air Hogs Must Be Barred. ‘With the advent of cheaper and rela- Mvely fool-proof flying machines they eventually will be in the hands of pri- yato owners in numbers comparable ‘with those of the automobile today, de- elared Col. F. P. Lahm, of the United Btates Army Air Corps, in a recent lec- ture before the Royal Aeronautical So- elety in London. “Control of traffic in the air will then be a real problem,” he sald, “one in which the lame, the halt and the blind, or even partially blind, be eliminated.” He predicted fly- in the stratosphere, at 80,000 feet. ! Prehistoric Tooth Found. The tooth of a marsupial lion, beast which carried its young i its pouch as do kangaroos, has been found 8% Molong, Australia. The tooth, with fobsilized bones, was ~discovered by miners in a limestone cave 20 feet underground. The marsupial lion is belleved to have lived in Australia ||| from about 20,000,000 years 1 became extinct 20, oog !eu:‘:go'fmu A Comparison of 39 COMMON STOCKS 26 INVESTMENT TRUSTS Free Upon Request George M. I'E:rm & Co., Inc. ‘Washinston Bids. NAt. 5025 First Mortgages FOR SALE 6% Interest THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0., TUESDAY, Forest Worker an Artist Harold Sims, 20, of Georgians, Ala., he painted on the canvas of a holds the portrait of President Roosevelt broken cot at Fort Benning, Ga., where he was conditioning for a forestry camp. Army officers said that the likeness was being sent the President. PAINTS PRESIDENT ON PIECE OF COT Youthful Forest Camp Worker Gains Recognition as Amateur Artist. By the Assoclated Press. FORT BENNING, Ga., July 4—A plece of canvas, salvaged from a broken- down Army cot, was used by a youthful amateur artist on which to paint a black and white portrait of President Roosevelt. Harold H. Sims, 20, of Georgiana, Ala, is the artist, and the painting was made while he was conditioning here for six months in the Civilian Conservation Cérps. Sims is one of five children whose father is dead. Jobless, except for an occasional sign painting job, he joined | the Reforestation Army and was sent here. Authorities recognized his talent, and when the portrait of Mr. Roosevelt was finished officers of the Army post mailed it to Washington. Harold was graduated from high school at Georgiana in 1932 and hoped to enter Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, where he could study art, but was unable to do 8o because of the death of his father. DR. SHAUGHNESSY NEW BISHOP OF SEATTLE Instructor at Catholic University Succeeds Late Bishop Edward John O'Dea. Rev. Dr. Gerald S8haughnessy, S. M., of the Marist College at Catholic Uni- versity, has been named Bishop of the Diocese of Seattle, Wash., it was an- nounced here today by the Apostolic Delegation. Dr. Shaughnessy succeeds Bishop Edward John O’Dea, who died last December. Dr. Shaughnessy, & native of Everett, Mass., was graduated from Boston Col- lege 1n 1909 and became a member of the Society of Marists in 1916. He was ordained to the priesthood here in June, 1920. He has been a member of the faculty of Marist College since Septem- ber, 1920. PROPERTY Apartment House + |Declares 850 Words {All That Are Needed For Conversation Mnssac.humu Educator Says Selected Group Can Do Work of 20,000. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 4.—Of the 400,000 or more words in the English e, only 850 are actually needed in o! conversation, Miss Mary L. Guyton, su- pervisor of adult education in Massa- chusetts, said today. Miss Guyton appeared on an adult education pre to explain for Na- tional Educat members the basic English works of Prof. C. K. Ogden of Cambridge, England, who was unable to be here because of a change in plans. “We have chosen 850 words Lgn can be made to do the work of 20,000,” she sald. “The average reader has a vo- cabulary of 25,000 words. ““We actually need only 18 verb forms. They are: Come, get, give, go, keep, let, make, put, seem, take, be, do, have, may, see, send, can and will. “The 850 words are composed of 400 nouns, 100 adjectives, 100 verbs and verb-helping words, 200 picturable ob- Jects (such as pencil, cart) and 50 ad- Jectival opposites.” Market Averages By the Associated Press. STOCKS. 50 20 20 Indus. Rails. Util. Yesterday ....°96.5 *54.0 Y Previous day. 5 1 Week ago 1 4 BRSO BONDS. 20 20 20 6 Indus. Rails. Util. Total. °74.2 '073.7 *85.8 °T 3 233300 3o SESSRAOE®S 382322 PR TASER e 229323800 I RBOR DN RD Badn (Copyright, 1933, Stand. Statistics 2 MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT 'HETHER you are in town or away, when your apart- U. 5. FARM EXPORT INCREASE IN MAY Government Figures Show Gains in Cotton, Fruit and Other Sales. . By the Assoclated Press. American farm exports in May were 71 per cent of the pre-war average, s sharp increase over April when exporty reached 59 per cent of the 1909-1914 average. 7 The Buresu of Agricultural Econom- A pre counted principally for the increase in the classification which includes 47 in May totaled 627, ich the buresu sald was Bachelor Waives Rights and Saves * Family Man’s Job Dismissal From Federal Service Accepted by War Veteran. 80 a father who would have been dis- could retain his job, J. D. Mc- Kellar, bachelor engineer in the Valua- tion Bureau of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, has waived his m‘mulry preference and accepted dis- mi Issal. McKellar, who believes men with families should come last when dis- are considered, was to have been retained in the Government service July 1, his military preference lacing him above men with families. gwheuoubnndshmnymmm his shoes. McKellar resides at 600 Twe street. H.huufiveolvwmm‘m 8. Dak. ¢ INDORSE M'LEOD BILL Federation of Business Men No- tifies Logislator of Action. ‘The Federation of Business Men's Associstions has notified Representative Clarence J. McLeod, Republican, of Wwere | Michigan, that by unanimous vote the - | association has indorsed his bill requir- the period since the World War as did exports of dairy products. Only fruit and lard were exported in ter than pre-war volume in May, with frults being at about the same level as for that month in recent years. ing financial responsibility for motorists, and will sup) his efforts to get this legislation enacted. The letter to Rep- resentative McLeod was signed by H. F. Carl, secretary of the association. " National Trade Associations lnvited to Inspect Offices Natiomal Press Bldg. ADULT EDUCATION and founder of the experimental ‘Wisconsin, TESTPROIECTRD 555 Experiment on Coast to Be Patterned After English Study Groups. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.—An ex- ?eflmenz in adult education, patterned argely upon the English study groups taught by Oxford, Cambridge and other university faculty members, will be given at least a year's trial as the re- sult of the financial contributions of several wealthy citizens. somewhat similar, also, school for soclal research, of New York. Although the project will have many of the aspects of a liberal college or university seminar, there will be no , dogmas, terms or entrance requirements. ‘The directorship will be assumed in September by Dr. Alexander Meikle- john, former president of Amherst Col- Acids Cause Tooth Decay Mouth acids attack teeth and To effectively fight this danger dition brush your teeth twice Paste. 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