Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1933, Page 4

A—4 SALES l]fll]E 1SSl ! NO NEARER SOLVE A. A. A. Leaders to Scrap Some of Provisions Affect- ing Food Dealers. By the Assoclated Press: Officials of the N. R. A and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration todsy continued to find their view- points on retail sale codes at odds &0 far as the food and grocery distribution industry is concerned, and their dif- ferences are expected to be placed be- fore President Roosvelt for settlemnt. The new controversy developed when A. A. A. leaders decided to scrap some of the major provisions of its code for grocers and food dealers, intended as a companion piece to the N. R. A. retall code. Unless the codes are harmonized, merchants with a can of shoe polish on one shelf and & box of raisins on another will find the two articles sub- ject to two separate and distinct sales codes at sharp variance with one an- other in some respects. Farm officials, who opposed the fiat retail mark-up plen, are now equally opposed to the N. R. A. retail code pro- vision that “the selling price of articles to the consumer should include an al- lowance for actual wages of store labor, to be fixed and published from time to time by the trade authority.” Sales Below Invoice. They are ready to prohibit sales of foods and groceries by retailers at less than invoice cost which they sald was the essence of an agreement reached recently by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Farm Administrator George N. Peek and Industrial Administrator Hugh S. Johnson. This agreement, came after the farm administration had made clear its op- position to & minimum mark-up of 7'z per cent over delivered cost to grocers and 10 per cent for other retailers. But farm officials said yesterday that the trio reached no agreement that retailers should include a wage allowance and that they belleve this will lead to higher prices. Farm officials are concerned over in- creased prices to consumers, and recog- nize as one of the chief causes of farm impatience with the recovery program is that prices to farmers have advanced more rapidly than prices of commodi- rs sell. e e estimated_that the food and grocery Tetall business represents roughly one-third of the retail distri- bution industry. The N. R. A. code exempts_stores with five or fewer em- ployes in towns of less than 2,500 population, Farm officials expect to approve a similar provision. President Roosevelt signed the N R. A. code, and his signature also will be necessary before the food ccde be- comes effective. It comes under the Farm Administration for action through an executive order issued early in the Summer placing powers to ad- minister the N. R. A. act in the case of foodstuffs—with the exception of labor provisions—in the hands of Sec- retary Wallace. Other Phases Opposed. Objections to other phases of the N. R. A. retail code besides the wage allowance have been raised by farm officials, who are considering two courses in presenting their recom- mendations to the President. The first may be a recommendation that the N. R. A. retail code be amended to eliminate those provisions which they | consider objectionable. The second and | the most likely recommendation will be that the food code be aproved in the form in which they finally present it with_principles in the N. R. A. code of which they_disapprove eliminated. The N. R. A. code becomes efective ! Monday, and in event it leads to price increases to farmers, as farm officials fear, they expect to ask for prompt elimination of some of its provisions. Peek has made it clear that he has two principal policies in guiding the farm program—first, to prices of farm products; second, to “protect consumers.” He has said repeatedly that “I do not conceive of it as my duty or desir- able that we freeze the present distri- bution system,” and that “Unless a code or marketing agreement brings some assurance of a better price to farmers it has no place here.” MOWRER TO SPEAK AT JEWISH CENTER‘ Berlin Correspondent to Talk on “Germany Sets the Clock Back” on November 5. Edgar Ansel Mowrer, American cor- respondent in Berlin for the Chicago Daily News, will be presented in a co- | operative lecture entitled “Germany ! Sets the Clock Back” Sunday evenin November 5, under auspices of the Jew- | ish Community Center and Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, at the | center auditorium, Sixteenth and Q| streets. The lecture is open to the | public. Mr. Mowrer recently resigned as' chairman of the Foreign Press Associa- | tion of Berlin and became a voluntary victim of the hostility which is now being employed increasingly in the Third Reich. | Mr. Mowrer achieved his reputation | as champion of free specch in Germany by fearless criticism of the Hitler gov- ernment. His colleagues in the Foreign Press Association also stood by him in declining to accept his resignation last April, but Mr. Mowrer later resigned his Pposition. Subsequently the Chicago Daily News | appointed him correspondent in Tokio, | Japan. Before leaving for his Japanese post Mr. Mowrer will make this address in Washington. and will speak on the | same subject as the title of his book, “Germany Sets the Clock Back,” wmeh won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. PARIS DROPS FORMALITY TO PLEASE LINDBERGHS |¢ Accorded Large and May Flyer and Wife Degree of Privacy, Leave City by Tuesday. By the Associated Press PARIS, October 28—Col. Charles A.\ Lindbergh asked privacy for himself and his wife in Paris—and he's get- ting it. The French, however, are seizing every opportunity of the fiyer's first visit since his historic 1927 solo Atlantic crossing to pay him tactful tribute. Informality is the keynote. It marked the dinner at which Premier Albert Sar- raut also was a guest in Aviator Dieus donne Coste's apartment last night. It characterized another small party given by Air Minister Pierre Cot. Just as informal, it is expected, will be the visit to President Le Brun the famous flying couple likely will make while here. By himself the colonel is working out details -of visits to French air es-. tablishments, upon which the length of his stay largely will depend. It was thought, however, the Lind- berghs would be ready to leave Paris by Tuesday. Woman Artists. Woman artists featured the recent exnibtion of the Ulster Academy of Arts in Belfast, Ireland. ~ THE EVENING HOOVER FOREGOES S1II0 PANE I0CIIE |HOOVER FOREGOES FISHING | pnl I CATINNG CUOW | o TO SAVE STARVING FAMILY Cartoonist Bares Story of How Former President Arranged for Sum of Mountaineer and By the Assoclated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, October 28.— J. N. Darling, Des Moines cartoonist, toid this story last night after his re- turn from a fishing trip with former President Herbert Hoover: “On the second morning in camp, Mr. Hoover was up very early. An old timer from the Placer gold mining ter- ritory along the mountain stream came up to our door and knocked. He looked troubled and said he had a girl who was sick. “Mr. Hoover grnbbtd his hat lnd . | taken to a hospital, then he telephoned Money to Provide for Seven Children. went with the man to his home after telepkening for a doctor. “When he arrived at the home he found one girl dead from starvation and |seven other children sadly under- 1ourlshed “Mr Hoover had the seven children a friend and told him he wanted $1,000. He finally raised a fund of $3.030 and then found a school teacher whom he instructed to administer the fund and told Ier if more was needed to let him know. “Mr Hoover did not fiah thl'. dfly 3 2500 MEN ADDED 10 SOUTHERN C.CL. 121 More Camps Will Be Opened During Winter to Bring Total to 471. By the Associated Press. Reforestation forces in Southern States will be swelled by approximately 25,000 men under the new distribution of Civilian Conservation Corps camps | for the Winter. Robert Fechner, director of emer- gency conservation work. announced yesterday 471 camps had been allotted to 14 Southern States. This represents an increase of 121 camps over the number maintained in these States during the Summer. All told, Fechner said, there will be 97.035 men working in Southern for- ests and parks during the Winter, compared ~with the _approximately 72,000 men who occupied 350 South- | ern camps during the first enrollment | pericd. The War Department said transfer of C. C. C. companies from the Far | West to Eastern and Southern States had been completed, and it was indi- cated the new Southern camps will be occupied and enrolled to maximum strength by early November. The following table shows the num- | ber of camps to be maintained in the | South this Winter and the number of men who will occupy the camps: State Camps. I\umber Men Alabama 761 Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Ncrlh Carolina Oklahoma ... South Carolina ‘Tennessee Texas Virginia . Totals .. “BOY PLUNGER” TO FIGHT BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT| Jesse L. Livermore, Recently Mar- | ried for Third Time, to Answer Miss Krassnova. he Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 28.—Jesse L. Livermore, once “the boy plunger” of Wall Street, served notice today he would fight a $250,000 breach of promise suit. The suit, brought by Miss Naida | Krassnova, was disclosed yesterday. Livermore said he would enter a gen- eral denial. He was married for the third time last March to Miss Harriet Metz Noble, | opera singer of Omaha. WoOoDWARD 0™ U™F anp G STREETS Frances Denney Preparations Next week only—Frances Denney permits us to include one of her complete Make-Up Kits with each purchase of her beauty preparations. Each kit contains generous sizes of Foundation Lotion, Creme Rouge, Face TAKES MILK FIGHT 10 WHITE HOUSE Representative Crosby Seeks “Clarification” on Surplus Purchase With Mcintyre. Representative Crosby, Democrat of | Pennsylvania, today took his fight with | the Federal Emergency Relief Admin- istration over the purchase of surplus | milk to the White House for settlement. Arriving at the executive offices nt‘ 10 o'clock, the Pennsylvanian told | newspaper men he would confer with | Marvin H. Mglntyre, secretary to the | President, and seek a “clarification” Of his controversy with officials of Lho\ relief administration and the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation. May See President. He said if he could not obtain satis- faction from McIntyre, he would re- quest an audience with President Roose- velt and lay the entire matter before | him. He added he did not intend to engage in any controversy with either Relief Administrator Hairy L. Hopkins, | | who is president of the Surplus Relief Corporation, or his assistant, Jacob | Baker. After his conference with M(‘INWP Crosby said he had been requested to | call back at the White House this aft-| | ernoon. He said he had received an attentive audience and that the Presi- | dent’s secretary had promised to look | into the matter and advise him as to the outcome of the investigation at the afternoon conference. The dairy farmer representative seemed pleased at the! outcome of his talk with McIntyre. Differences between Crosby and Baker arose over the denial by Hopkins of statements by Crosby that he had been assured the Surplus Relief Cor: poration would buy 3,000.000 guarts of milk a day to relieve bankrupt dairy | farmers and help feed the destitut unemployed. Crosby said he had suggested a plan| of milk purchase at the invitation of - Baker which would involve the buying of only 1,000,000 quarts a d but that Hopkins’ assistant had set “the figure at 3,000,000 quarts daily. to be bought between November and June, at a cost | of about $24,000,000. Gets Independent Support. Crosby. meanwhile, announced he| was receiving whole-hearted support from many independent milk producers throughout the country, as well as the backing of some State, county and municipal authorities. He said he ex- pects to hold a conference here some time next weck with leading independ- ent producers and draft a single Na- tion-wide marketing agreement for submission to the Agricultural Adju: | ment Administration. The code would embody the one-price plan of milk purchased by distributors, a plan which Crosby claims must be adopted to save producers from ruinous” - prices ! paid farmers b; Powder, Lip Stick, and a jar of her new Hand Cream. If make-up is difficult for you, Miss Jacoby will suggest ways to improve your technique. She will also give you intimate advice on skin care and suggest Denney preparations that will be beneficial in helping to correct your particular skin disorders. TOILETRIES, A1sLE 16, FIRST FLOOR. | open accounts was 0.5 per cent, whereas | the average for the whole country was | & LLoTHROP Proxe District S300 NEXT WEEK— During the Visit of Miss Wilma Jacoby, Special Representative of Fran- ces Denney — We Will Give, Without' Charge, One of Frances Denney’s Make-Up STAR, WASHINGTON, COLLECTIONS SHOW BIG IMPROVEMENT Retail Survey Reports Re- versal of Trend for First Time in 31/ Years. Collections on charge accounts in retail stores during May and June of this year reversed their previous down- ward trend for the first time in three and a half years and showed consider- able improvement, according to the Retail Credit Survey, January-June, 1933, made public today by Dr. Willard L. Thorp, director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. ‘Washington stores during the first half of the year showed ume change in the proportion of credit business handled, although total retail sales here during_that period dropped 14.1 per cent. Dpen charge accounts here drop- ped from 46.7 per cent of the total busi- ness to 452 per cent. Deferred payments, or installment accounts, on the other hand, increased slightly from 11.1 per cent to 11.5 per cent. Sales Situation Similar. Improvement in collections for the country as a whole was accompanied by a similar situation with respect to sales. Retall sales continued to de- cline, but the decreases for the last two months in the survey were much less than for any similar period during the last three and a half years. Reports were tabulated from 418 re- tail stores covering virtually all lines of retail business and representing 28 cities. Their total dollar sales, amount- ing to $366.623,589 for the first half of 1932, were 16.3 per cent less for the first | half of this year. Washington Near Top. The only gains reported were from Houston, Galveston and Beaumont, Tex., where the sales for this year increased 2.6 per cent over last year. Washington remained among the best cities so far as collections were con- cerned. Total losses from bad-debt 0.6 per cent. In installment accounts, however, there was a much better showing, losses to Capital stores amounting to 0.1 per cent, as compared | to a national average of 0.5 per cent. | Eight Washington stores participating | in the survey reported a total loss of | $2,027 as a result of bad checks they | accepted during the first six months of the year. J |ROYALTY AT "HOLLYWOOD| Grandson of Former Kaiser Wil- helm on Vacation in Film Cnplul HOLLYWOOD, October 28 UP\—\ Louis Ferdinand, grandson of former | Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany. accom- panied by Dr. Richard von Kuhlmann. former” minister of foreign affairs ot‘ the German Empire, arrived here yi terday from Detroit for an extended va- | ation. He is the second son of the | ormer Crown Prince. He came to the United States early | in 1929 and went to work as a laborer | in a Detroit automobile factory. LIDEY‘ he worked in a Los Angeles assembly | plant, but returned to the East about | a year ago. | | | -UN AIR EMBAUME A Purse Bottle isa s] 10 Lovely Introduction: WoopwARrD & LoTtHROP 2opVAR ~OTHRY Kits With Each Purchase of- D. C, SATURDAY, Wrap Once Owned By Dolly Madison Sold by Auctiomeer By the Associated Press. UNIONTOWN, Pa., October 28. —Dr. Hammon C. Burton of ouutmd Md., pald $1,000 yester- { for a silk wrap said to have belonged to Dolly Madison, wife of the fourth President of the United States, at the second day's auction of valuables acquired by the late J. V. Thompson, one- time coal magnate. Dr. Burton, a former member of the Johns Hopkins Hospital staff, who says he is in ‘“semi- retirement” now, also purchased Tor $800 an artistic Ttallan statu- ette known as the Blonbe Well. ‘The scarf had been valued at $10,- 000 and the well at $25,000 by the auctioneers, An antique Italian library set of desk and chairs, one of ‘Thompson's most valued treas- ures, and a blond eagle, a statu- ette, were purchased by Dr. Bur- ton for Wallace Groves, New York banker. The library set brought $2,000. Chess Is Popular. Chess is again becoming popular in i Great Britain. OCTOBER MISSALICE STEARNS 28, 1933. WILL RETIRE TODAY Concludes 34 Years of Serv- ice on Federal Rolls—To Enter Insurance. Miss Alice W. Stearns, for the past 18 years secretary to the commissioner of the Bureau of Fisheries, will end her service today by voluntarily retir- ing. Recently the bureau was forced to re- duce its personnel under the economy act and an even dozen employes had to be dropped from the rolls. Fifteen years agp Miss Stearns set out to retire in 1933, purchasing insurance that she might realize that ambition. When she heard of the effects of the economy act in her department she applied for re- tirement. A. K. Brown to Leave. Of the dozen to leave the service, she and one other asked to be let out, her record in Government service standing at 34 years. Albert K. Brown, former administrative assistant to the commis-,| sioner, who had served 31 years, also | asked for redirement. Miss Stearns began her career in the Bureau of Census in 1899. In 1915 she ‘was transferred to the Bureau of Fish- erles as secretary to Commissioner Hugh M. Smith, now fish adviser to the King of Siam. Dr. Smith was suc- ceeded at the beginning of the Harding administration by Henry O’Malley, nnd Miss Stearns continued to act as his secretary until he left the service last April. Since then she has served as secre- tary to Commissioner Frank T. Bell. Miss Stearns’ date of retirement is November 30, but she has enough leave of absence accumulated to make to- morrow her last day of active service. She is not, however, planning to cease her business activity, for she will enter the insurance business immediately with offices in the Shoreham Building. She resides in the Argonne Apartments. In addition to Miss Stearns and Brown, others to leave the service today | are Dr. Chester D. Tolle, chemist; George A. Schneider, architect; Charles W. Burnham, superintendent of the| Fort Humphreys, Va., fish hatchery; Winthrow A. Roberts, statistical clerk: Mary C. Stilwell, stenographer; Harry A. Timmis, field statistical agent; May | Haynes, typist; Kate R. Ryland, tele-| Robert and Alice G. Adams, Jefferson, phone operator; fish _culturist, charwoman. Schneider, Burnham, Roberts and Miss Stilwell have each served more than 40 years. WHEAT SHIPMENTS UP Cargoes for Week Total 10,627,000 Bushels—Russia Drops. OTTAWA, October 28 (#).—The Do- minion Bureau of Statistics announced yest world wheat shipments for !Be week ending October 23 amounted to 10,627,000 bushels as compared with shipments of 9,374,000 bushels for the previous week and 12,864,000 bushels for the corresponding week last year. Shipments from North America in- creased by more than 1,000,000 bushels. Clearances from both Argentina and Australia show a slight increase over last week while shipments from Russia were reduced by half, THE BEST TREAT for HALLOWEEN ._ FYSSELLS WooDWARD & LLOTHROP I0™™F anp G STREETS Prone Districr S300 AN ANNOUNCEMENT That Should Prompt Every Home to Buy the Furniture It Needs Fine Furniture—at orthwhile Reductions SOFAS 7, covered in friezette. Were $65...... $55 2, with pillow backs. Were $92.50...... 2, gold covers. 2, Sheraton design. Were $150, $165. .. CHAIRS Were $165 and $185. .. $75 $125 $95 9 Comfortable Easy Chairs. Were $30 $22'50 4 Small Easy Chairs. Were $40.. $29.75 11 Easy Chairs. Were priced at $50 9 Easy Chairs, smart covers. Were $40 $27‘50 2 Hall Chairs, red leather covers. Were $100 $75 SUITES 10-Piece Dining Room Suites 5, in walnut; early English pattern. Reduced t0 ....co0qeneens Others reduced to....... $275 and $135 $325 4-Piece Bedroom Groups 6, of solid mahogany, in early American pattern, with peg tops. 6, same style with twin beds. 6, in walnut. Reduced Reduced to.. $150 $175 $145 Reduced to.. 6, same style with twin beds. Reduced o P e e e e o P $|75 OCCASIONAL PIECES 2 Living Room Benches. Were $60......... $45 1 Cabinet, 1 Lowboy. Were snssso 2 Drop-leaf Tables, in cherry. Were $50 and $60 $25 Many Other Furniture Pieces and Suites Also at Greatly Reduced Prices PURNTIURE, SIXTE FLOOR. Just In—A4 New Shipment of Karastan and Karashah Rugs These two famous weaves are recognized as the outstanding Amer- ican Orientals. Woven of the finest imported yarns and dyed with the highest quality dyes, the rugs reproduce so faithfully the deep- piled texture and the rich color tones of the Persian Originals that it is almost impossible to distinguish between originals and reproduc- tions. We invite you to see our display of originals and reproduc- tions hanging side by side. Size 2.2x4 3x5 4.6x6 6x9 Karastans $16.75 28.25 52.50 102.50 7.6x9 8.3x10.6 9x12 9xI5 164.50 169.50 259.50 9xI18 10x15 1ix15 12.3x15 289.00 275.00 295.00 Karashahs $11.50 19.75 37.50 78.50 90.00 116.50 125.00 185.00 200.00 204.00 230.00 Special Selling— 9x12 Cavistans A limited quantity of the new Cavistans, which cannot be reordered at this price. $69.50 Rucs, Firra Proor