Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1936, Page 8

BUSINESS OF JUNE PEAK, SAYS ROPER Broad Improvement Points * to Sustained Momentum, % Secretary Declares. * By the Associated Press. Basing his statement on semi-an- “‘zual reports from the several hranches ‘of the Commerce Department, Secre- “tary Roper said today June business ‘“reached the highest point since “March, 1933.” The Commerce head said “broad tmprovement” of the last six months *at this time seems to point to sus- tained momentum throughout the year.” - Roper said national income for 1935, Jon which tabulations have just been completed, reached 53 billion dollars. JHe said it had dropped from 81 to :39'2 billions from 1929 to 1932, Present factors indicate a rise “of perhaps 10 per cent” this year over ‘1935, Roper said. The Secretary said 6,000,000 more persons were employed now than at “the time of “the depression low of early 1933.” ‘Other factors in the advance he < sald, were increased automobile pro- duction, a six-year peak during June in steel production, all-time records in ~power production and consumption afnd an increase in farm purchasing power. Roper said the downward trend of wholesale prices from January to mid- May had been checked and prices had been moderately higher recently. _MAJ. OLIVER C. HINE “ BURIED IN ARLINGTON ‘ Masonic Order Participates in Military Rites for Veteran of Two Wars. Military funeral services for Maj. Oliver C. Hine, U. 8. M. C., retired, who died Tuesday at the Portsmouth, Va., Naval Hospital, were being held this afterncon in Arlington National Cemetery. The Masonic Order was participating in the rites. Maj. Hine, a son of the late Lemon G. Hine, District Commissioner dur- ing the Harrison administration, served both in the Spanish-American and World Wars. During the latter . he attained the rank of major. He was retired last January. A native of this city, he was gradu- ated from the Georgetown University “Law School after having completed his preliminary education in the pub- lic schools here. Honorary pallbearers included Majs. Joseph G. Ward, George F. * Stockes, George H. Morse, James A. Mixson and Bernard Dubel and Capt. Henry A. Carr. _SHORT WEIGHT CASE © MOTION IS DENIED I udge Cuey Blocks Effort to Take Remaining Trials to Jury Branch. Efforts to bring the remaining 22 cases charging snort weight against the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. * to trial in jury branch of Police Court * met failure today when Judge Walter J. Casey denied a motion to set the ! cases for hearing. -' ‘The motion—made by Elwood Seal, * mssistant corporation counsel, who « has been pressing court action in the » cases since the first one was brought to trial last August—was denied on »-the ground the - "o questions involved in the company’s plea for writ of error *now pending in the District Court of = Appeals might nullify action taken by < the lower court in the remaining r_tases. ; Questions to be decided by the .eppellate court were raised in con- _ nection with the A. & P. firm’s recent .conviction on short weight charges, . Which resulted in a $50 fine. The appellate court’s expected ruling in- volves the life of the weights and . Mmeasures act itself and the legality of the jury which rendered the ver- * dict of guilty. The company’s counsel, (Arthur G. Brode, contended the fury “'was illegal since members of the panel - were employes of the District or Fed- ernl Government. " gJudge John P. McMahon in Police {Court yesterday granted a motion by Seal, in which the prosecuting officer ,asked that the remaining 22 cases 5 lagainst the company be consolidated vand tried as one case to speed the court action. s . ¢ ’ f}Temperatures Hit 100 Mark in East As Drought Grows| vToronto Reports 104, New All-Time High. 110 in lllinois. «By the Assoclated Press. ' CHICAGO, July 9 —The hot breath ‘of the drought area extended to the «Eastern States today as weather fore- “wasters looked in vain for signs of +general relief from the #7104 yesterday, & new all-time high at <both places. Other zypu:u Mna: dia) lis . 1 SWAT THE FLY Take advantage of an early start by an aggressive war on the fly at the beginning of the season. The Star has for free dis- tributfon wire-hapile fly swat- ters. Ask for eme at the main office of The Star, 11th and Pa. Ave. N.W. Mother THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. of Two Missing ]AMESB WIM[R Luella Pearl Cole, 6, and her 3-month-old sister, Leoris Catherine, with their grundmother Mrs. Luella Bridges, 431 G street. Mrs. Bridges told police the children’s mother, Mrs. Ellen Marie Cole, disappeared last Thursday. The grandmother said she crying and found her daughter gone. was awakened by the baby’s A widow of a Spanish- American War veteran, Mrs, Bridges gets a pension, but it is too small to support her grandchzldren she said. —Star Staff Photo. TWO SHOOTING MARKS OF UNUSUAL MERIT Two unusual shooting scores made recently were announced today by the National Rifle Association. Ome of the champions was a policeman and the other the 16-year-old son of an Army officer. Policeman J. D. Conroy, graduate otl the last police school class and now at: tached to No. 2, won three marksman- | ship medals during his training. 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He was a member and at one time & senior vestryman of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church. His wife, Mrs. Mary Nolan Wimer, James B. Wimer. No matter whm Eastern is b; cheapest Round tl’lp¥ fares slashed to as low as | afrcraft on July 1, C., died 15 years Martha in ago, and s daughter, E. Wimer, & teacher ness on Connecticut avenue; another daughter, Mrs. James Rohrer of Rio Bamba, Ecuador, and & son, Albert Wimer of Flint, Mich. REMODELING PLANNED AT FRANKLIN SCHOOL Remodeling of the Franklin School to provide more space for the public schools’ administrative offices is contemplated as the result of recent creation of a new sssistant superintendency. One plan is to transform part of the building’s auditorium into offices. The auditorium is “stepped” like an amphitheater but expensive changes would not be necessary, said J. J. Crane, assistant superintendent in charge of buildings. The additional space is needed for the offices of Dr. Chester W. Holmes, new assistant superintendent in charge of junior high and vocational schools. e s MORE LICENSED PILOTS An increase in licensed pilots and aircraft was reported today by the Commerce Department. ‘The Bureau of Air Commerce said that on July 1 15,204 pilots and 7,403 aircraft were under license, as com- pared with 14,806 pilots and 1,203 1935. Woman fiyers numbered 418. z:u want to go in the U 1 EXAMPLES OF NEW ROUND TR FAR“ = § 2818 Pittsburan. 24.30 s Los Angeles RF.AT EASTERN tem THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1936. = PAY SLASH S LAID = TON.R.A FALURE Shoe Firm Cuts Salaried Workers, Keeps Scale for Shop Employes. @y the Assoctsted Press. ENDICOTT. N. Y., July 9—~The Endicott-Johnson Shoe Corp., assert- ing that business competition result- ing from the collapse of the N. R, A. made it necessary, has ordered a 10 per cent reduction in the pay of its 500 executives and salaried workers, effec- tive August 1. “We believe in retrenching where it won't hurt so much,” George F. Johnson, chairman of the board, said in assuring the company’s 18,500 shop employes that their wages would not be cut “until we are forced to do it.” In a statement posted on the bul- letin board of the plant yesterday. Johnson said “the total collapse of the NO MONEY DOWN | N. R. A. has been a hard blow for us to meet, * * * we have avoided this as long as possible. We sincerely re- grgf the necessity.” ‘The firm claims its average weekly ‘wage of $28 is among the highest paid in any industry. In addition the com- pany provides free medical service for its employes. Johnson said the medi- cal service will be continued. ‘The manufacturer said fair competi- tion among industrialists would result enly if the three main ideas of N. R. A. were carried out: Establishment of minimum wage scales, maximum hours ana the abolishment of child labor. “I still believe in the ideas behind N. R. 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