Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1935, Page 24

SLK ML STRKE PLANSAREMADE Uniform Working Conditions Demanded in Passaic Valley Plants. By the Associated Press. PATERSON, N. J, October 7.— Union leaders laid plans yesterday for ® general strike in the broad silk mills of the Passaic Valley. , A strike committee of 22 was em- powered by a general vote of the workers Saturday to make prepara- tions and set a date for the proposed walkout. Alexander Williams, general man- ager of the plain goods division of the Paterson district of the American Federation of Silk Workers, said the strike can be averted only if employers sign an agreement stabilizing wage scales and setting up uniform work- ing conditions in the 500 plants in- volved. The last year hac seen sporadic | walkouts in the shops as union leaders and employers wrangled over enforce- | ment of the existing wages and hours contract. LEGION WOMEN ELECT Bpecial Dispaten to The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md., October 7.— Mrs. Mildred Burr has been elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit of Takoma Park Post. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1935. And Rubber Flowed Through London Streets Firemen are seen trying to extricate hose lines from molten rubber that flowed into the streets from a huge water front fire here. razed the wharf and burned for hours before 300 firemen and 40 engines could put it out. estimated in the millions. The fire, which broke out in the Colonial Wharf, melted rubber in warehouses, Damage was —A. P. Photo. | Mrs. H. P. Ware; secretary, Mrs. Wil- | geant at arms, Mrs. Joseph R. Bate- | take place in the near future, with a liam B. Mauger; treasurer, Mrs. David Abercrombie; historian, Mrs. Carl Other officers are: Vice president, Day; chaplain, Mrs. Roy Yates; se! men; directors, Mrs, Anna M. Shadle, | special program and auxiliary offi- Mrs. Clarence Shields and Mrs. D. cers from the Maryland department 'widdy. Installation of officers present. All odds are on the Fur Swagger as the outstanding fur coat fashion. From the most formal mink, to the most inexpensive sports furs (such as dyed rabbit) —it is the big favorite. The new swagger is big and animated looking—deeper-cut armholes, loose sleeves and wide- sweeping bodies are the earmarks of chic. And swagger lengths are measured by a sliding rule—and run all the way from the 38-inch trotteur to 43 and 46 inches. Naturally, you turn to Woodward & Lothrop for Fur Swaggers—not only because you want quality of fur, fit and finish, but because of the absolute rightness of their simple good taste. Prices begin at 35975 1 3995 Sketched from the collection A Jap Mink, beautifully matched skins, beautifully worked, with $525 the Barrymore collar Ombre grey silky caracul swagger, very full-swinging, collarless Leopard swagger, with an un- usually chic collar, and sleeves gathered to a cuff ; $395 Featherlite Beaver, in the trotteur length, our best suggestion for $295 sports .. Grey Persian Lamb, and Persian is a great favorite with the young and chic, in a swagger Furs, THIRD FLOOR, $265 ROOSEVELT STRESSES | ‘INFLUENCE OF BIBLE Hull Reads Presidential State- ment Over Network on Anni- versary of English Printing. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 7.—The in- fluence of the Bible on the fathers of the Nation was cited in & presicential message read yesterday by Secretary of State Hull over a WJZ-N. B. 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