Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1935, Page 20

A= wxw THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ACTIVITY MOUNTS AT AUTOCENTERS Industry Assembles 93,177 F Units- Against 89,095 of Previous Week. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 18.—The pro- ‘duction division of the motor car in- dustry is slowly stepping up its out- put toward the 100,000-units-a-week mark. Figures compiled by Cram’'s Re- ports, Inc, show the industry last week assembled 93,177 cars and trucks, compared with 89,095 the previous week and 16.810 in the comparable period of 1934. Washington Exchange Capital Transit Co.—10 at 16's, 10 at 16'5. Potomac Electric 6° pfd.—10 at 109 . Lanston Monotype—2 at 65. AFTER CALL. Mergenthaler Linotype—10 at 33. Potomac Electric 5!, pid.—5 at 113, 5at 113, Bid and Asked Prices. BONDS. PUBLIC UTILITY. STOCKS. BLIC UTILITY, =gl DAILY SHORT STORY CANNON 'ROM the loud speaker blasted forth the voice of the announcer pro- claiming the last act of the circus, and the women and children and some men, crowded on thg uncomfort- | able seats in the | big tent listened eagerly. “Ladies and gen- tlemen,” boomed the voice, “you are about to witness a death-derying ex- hibition of cour- {age! JeanduJean will get into the mouth of this mighty cannon! Ladies and gentle- shot 50 feet into the air and will land in the net in center of the stage. Watch closely as he lurches through the air—a human cannon ball!” ‘With tips half parted and eyes wide, the audience at the Washington circus grounds waited for the human can- non ball. “Say, kid,” * ok kK E CAME, wearing & helmet and a pair of thickly padded overalls. He climbed out to the mouth of the | cannon and hesitated while a shiver of excitement swept the audience. He swung himself up and slid into the mouth of the cannon. The muzzle of the cannon slowly swung upward, wavered, stopped. Every one waited tensely and then there was a booming roar. Jean du | Jean sailed in a graceful arch, landed in the net, bounced around. crawled | out, staggered around a little and _ | lumbered off to the applause of the audience. 5 It was sweaty and hot in the dress- ing room, and Pete Huffer peeled off the helmet and padded overalls he ~ | wore when he played the part of Jean i Columbia (.30 Real Estate (6)__ Wdvwd. & Loth Wdwd. Lo *Ex div | du Jean, death-defying daredevil, who | was shot out of a cannon. Joe, the dog-faced clown, who had been an old schoolmate of Pete’s, had | got Pete the job. It was $5 a day, $2.50 for each time he was shot out of the cannon, and there wasn't any- thing really dangerous about it. You - | just stuffed cotton in your ears, got into your uniform. put on the act as ~|you climbed into the cannon and | then stood with your mind a complete | blank waiting to be hurtled into the | net. “One thing I don't like about this job,” said Pete as he pulled on his trousers. “It upsets your stomach.” “Aw, that’s nothing. All these cir- cus jobs do that at first. You'll get used to it.” “yah, if I don't starve to death first,” Pete returned o . | JPETE sauntered away from the n0st s, &.408 rate d steers ac- higher; sheep ®00d 1 icl ts_ tomo sheep. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ® NEW YORK, Nove exchange er 18 (P).—Foreign in dollars n. demand R 8% n—Nominal, U. S. TREASURY POSITION. By the Associated Press. The position of t vember 15 was: circus grounds and through the | business section. He was hungry and | | vet he didn't feel like eating. He was | walking down a street toward Penn- | sylvania avenue and he saw a little | restaurant. He might have passed that one by, too, except there was a waitress stand- ing up front. She had red hair all fluffed around her pink face and was | just the kind of girl that always had a - | big appeal for Pete. So he went into | His | the restaurant. He ordered, and somehow, looking | at the waitress, his appetite returned { and he felt good. | men, he will be o % 7 FODDER By Frank Kern Levin. “Say, kid,” Pete called. “Yep, whatl' it be?” asked the waitress. “I'll bet you don't know who I am,” said Pete, and pulled his face to- gether with a smile. “Sure Ido; you're the guy who just had some veal stew. ‘We got apple pie, rice pudding—" “No, mno, that ain’t what I mean. Ain't you never seen me perform " “What do you perform?” “Oh, nuts — you don't get it!” ex- claimed Pete, and he explained to the waitress that he was the fellow in the circus they shot out of a cannon and called Jean du Jean. At first she wouldn't believe him. But when he promised her a pass, she agreed to come and see his act. And she did. * % ko “¥0U sure did it,” said Margot, the waitress, as Pete went walking with her after the circus. “I want you to come to sce me a lot of times. It gets better as it goes along.” Pete promised. So it got to be a pretty regular habit with Margot. Almost nightly she went to the circus to sce Pete. And after the circus they went walking through the park. And one night Pete kissed her. “Oh, you shouldn't have done that,” said Margot. “Aw, heck, why not?” asked Pete. Well, you shouldn't have done it right now, anyway, because I was go- ing to tell You I can’t see you after to- night. You see, my boy friend is com- ing back tomorrow. He's a sallor.” “Your boy friend! So you just been playing me for passes to the circus, huh? Well, you can't throw me down.” “Why can't 12" “Well, if you do throw me over I'll commit suicide, I will. I'll get into that cannon head first!” “Say, if my boy friend sees you hanging around it will be a lot worse,” said Margot simply. e ’[‘HE: next day, after the barker had | made his announcement. Pete | came to the mouth of the cannon. He hesitated and there was even greater tension in the air than usual. Then, pulling himself up, he slid head first into the cannon. Maybe the one who shot the cannon did not notice it, or maybe he did, but in a few minutes there was the deafen- ing report, and Pete went gracefully sailing, feet first, through the air. He landed in the net, bounced around, crawled out and strode dizzily away to .he wild applause of the audience. “Boy, you're good!" shouted the manager of the circus to Pete five min- utes later. “I'm going to give you a buck and a half a day more. Say, I can bill you as the only man living who goes into the cannon head first. Say, where did you get that idea? I didn't think you had it in you!” “Aw, T got lots of ideas,” said Pete. omach was all upset. And it wasn't like old times. . . . He couldn't go to see Margot with that sailor-boy friend of hers hanging around. ___(Copyright. 1935.) Pete called. | SENT TO YOU ON 10 DAYS FREE TRIAL GRAND PRIZE MODEL 9 C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1935. "WHAT! no sale: 29 The advertising wwriter takes a day off and “Mr. Grosner takes pen in hand” to do a little reminiscing This store is fifty years old today. The day brings back memories of my boyhood. I recall the talks at home with my father, who founded this business. I remember him re- peating over and over again: “Only honest merchandise will ever come into my store. Every customer must be treated fairly.” I've tried to carry on the tra- ditions of the founder. This store has lived a natural to say “no” because our way of doing business doesn’t per- mit sales at the beginning of the season—when we have a sale 1t’s a genumne SALE! So we’re not going to cele- brate our fifty vears in busi- ness with a lot of ballvhoo and promotions—after all these vears of leading a nat- ural life. We're just going to say we enjoy every day of our busi- ness life because we've earned the confidence of the people of Washington—because we Rebuilt at factory and guar- anteed by the manufacturer FOR THIS SPECIAL SALE life. It has avoided so many of emergency penditures, lebt, B ). an_increase of S5, Be previous day. Gold 940,24, of Agricultural EGGS—Market Current_receipts, hennery whites, large. 33a36. G ent graded and te eggs (including grading and parketing costs). U S extras, large, 40: S. extras, mediums, 30’z U. S. stand- ards. large 36, LIVE POULTRY—Market steady to firm. Receipts _of _turkeys only moderately heavy today but larger supplies expected Tuesday and Wednesday. Sentiment gen- erally firm. Fowl: Colored. heavy 19a20 Leghorns, 14a15; roosters. 11al? chickens: Plymouth Rocks, 22a24 colors. 19a21. Ply Under 2 pounds, 24a25. Turkeys: Young hens and toms. 25, all sizes 0. 2t 20. Old hens Guinea fow! Ec mouth ~Rock_brotlers Your Doctor will tell you— “Be careful of the things you eat.” This is especially true of candies. You are safe when you eat Loft pure wholesome candies. Today’s Suggestion— HOME MADE 2™~ PECAN MALLOWS 39¢ (Made without Glucose) ~ 70¢ Value Tuesday, Nov. 19 FOUNTAIN SPECIALS CoffeeSandac | ruter 15 10¢ Cream Soda 10¢ Esg Salad Sandwich and fee with Cream regular 25¢ 15¢ SPECIAL Triple Deck SANDWICH: Deviled Ham and Swiss Cheese—Tomato —Lettuce—Mayonnaise— 20¢ Pickle regular 30¢ 1103 H St. N.E. A 800 7th St. N.W. 3102 11th St. 225 $f STORES—one near you A 3107 F St. N.W. 8115 M st. | p— A new cleaners. All worn bearings, brushes, etc. DOWN us for this special sale. only $.l 9 8_5_ Attachments free with each cleaner during this sale A startling value! Grand Prize Winning Model at Sesqui-Centennial Exposition. Sold originally — when new THIS GREAT OFFER IS GOOD FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY Just imagine! These fine cleaners look brand new! Full size, full power, every one guaranteed by the manufacturer the same as brand arts have heen replaced with brand new parts sucfl $ 00 Balance small monthly payments«— small carrying charge Hurry! Only a limited number have been allotted quest a FREE TRIAL in your own home. Then de- cide if you wish to keep it. Phone or mail coupon: —at $53.50. erfect and fully as bags, cords, wheels, Decide right now to re- 724 - 114, STREET . N.W. NAtional 2700 o v e e === PHONE, OR MAIL COUPON AT ONCE ==========| Please send a factory guaranteed Eureka Model 9 to me for free trial during this Special Sale—no obligation. the artificial stimulants that have crept into retail store- keeping today. That’s why the traditions of 50 years say “no” to so many things, why this business has been built as much by what we don’t do and what we don’t permit, as by what we do do. That's why, when so many people said “50th Anniversary —swell, have a sale!” we had see them 1n our shop day and day out—mnot merelyv at sale time—never questioning quality, néever arguing price. We're proud of this confi- dence and we’ll never do any- thing to violate it—not even to celebrate our 50th Anni- versary. GROSNER -of 1325 F Sfreez":h