Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1936, Page 11

STORES EXPECTING UPSWING IN SALES Best Christmas Business in Seven Years Anticipated by Retail Group. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 7.—A soar- fng Christmas shopping trade, spurred by increased employment, higher wages and fatter dividends from securities, may make the coming Yuletide the best for retail stores since 1929, the National Retail Drygoods Association reported today. “Thousands of stores are reporting early interest from consumers in holi- day merchandise,” Channing E. Sweit- rer, managing director, asserted. “Con= fidence in business conditions appears to be broadly evidenced, and with political distractions definitely out of the way, there is a genuine belief among merchants that consumer spending will be unleashed in full force for a tidal wave of holiday buy- ing. Sales during the period for the country as a whole are likely to show e 12 to 15 per cent increase over last year.” Men's furnishings, cosmetics and perfumes rank high in the holiday gift demand, the association disclosed, with hosiery for both men and women vieing with them in activity. Consumer interest in home em- bellishment and improvement has con- tinued forcefully during the first por- tions of this season, the association reported. This was brought out by & check of the six departments in each store which showed the greatest sales Increase in the six weeks from Sep- tember 1 to October 15. The home furnishings department, it was found, registered more often in this respect than any other section. The accessories section followed elosely, and after it, in this' order, came women’s and misses’ apparel, men’s and boys’ clothing, plece goods, small ware and miscellaneous depart- ments, including sporting goods, res- taurants and beauty shops. Jewelry and furs were included in the list of popular departments, indi- cating, the association held, that goods of a more costly and greater luxury nature were being actively sought. To meet the expected surge of cus- tomers the Nation's stores stocked an unusually large supply of merchandise well in advance, the report sald. It was estimated orders for Fall and Christmas merchandise would show an increase of 7.6 per cent over 1935, and would total approximately $3,- 650,000,000. -— WATSON CONCERN BANNED BY S. E. C. Former Senator Heads Corpora- tion Denied Registration of Securities. By the Associated Press. The Securities Commission yester- day issued an order which officials said denied registration to securities of the National Invested Savings Corp, headed by former Senator James E. Watson of Indiana. ‘The order said that whereas @ Prospectus of the company stipulated that $8.80 of every $11 worth of ptock sold should be set. aside for the purchase of stock, cash receipts to June 30, 1936, totaled $12,403 and disbursements $12,109. In addition, it said a balance sheet eertified by 2 Washington accountant listed liabilities as “none,” when, as & matter of fact, $7,200 was due em- ployes in unpaid salaries. Yesterday's action was in the na- Rure of refusing to permit the com- pany to amend its original registra- tion statement, which officials said had the effect of suspending the ef- fectiveness of the entire registration. “The amendments to the registra- tion statement being untrue, they cannot be permitted to become ef- fective,” the order said. The registration statement said the ecorporation was “primarily organized to raise funds to purchase 99 per cent” of the capital and surplus stock of the Washington General Life In- surance Co. _ CHINA LEADS AS BUYER OF ARMS FROM U. S. EBpent $306,404 in October—Total Licensed Exports Is $1,484,995. - BY the Associated Press. China, with purchases of $306,404, was the largest buyer of “arms, am- muntion and implements of war” from | the United States in October. Total licensed exports to all countries amounted to $1,484,995. State Department figures showed yesterday that China devoted all but 81,500 of its expenditures during the morth to the purchase of non:military mirplanes, engines and equipment. Great Britain, with purchases of $135,547, most of which was spent for non-military aircraft, was the second largest buyer, while Canada vanked third with expenditures of $133,433 for rifles, pistols, ammuni- tion, military and non-military air- craft and equipment. CAT SHOW PLANNED Double Championship Event to Be Held December 5 and 6. A double championship cat show including an all-breed show sponsored by the Columbian Cat Fanciers, Inc., and a special display of “alley cats” by the Domestic Short Hair and Manx Bociety will be held December 5 and 6 at the Hamilton Hotel, Fourteenth and K streets. Miss Dorothy Hunt of London, England, will judge the short-haired cats, while Mrs. Mary Warfel will _handle the all-breed show. Miss Mary Hantzman, 312 Maryland avenue northeast, is show manager - and has charge of registrations. EARL J. DAVIS DIES Heart Ailment Fatal to Former Assistant Attorney General. DETROIT, November 7 (#).—Earl J. Davis, 49, an Assistant Attorney General of the United States under President Coolidge, died in a hospital here this morning of a heart ailment. Davis handled several noted Gov- ernment trials, including East Chi- cago graft cases, involving charges of election and liquor frauds. He was one of several attorneys rep- resenting Henry Ford in his legal eog'wurly with Aaron Shapiro. I Promoted I CHARLES B. DULCAN, SR. HARRY DAVIDOW. DULCAN IS NAMED HECHT MANAGER Harry Davidow Promoted to Fill Merchandise Exec- utive Post. Charles B. Dulcan, sr., vice presi- dent of The Hecht Co, has been named general manager of the de- partment store, according to an un- nouncement today by Alexander Hecht, president of the organization. Dulcan gives up the post of general mer- chandise manager to assume complete charge of the store. Harry Davidow, divisional merchan- dise counselor, moves up to accept the duties of general merchandise man- ager, vacated by Dulcan. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1888, Dulcan joined the Hecht organization 24 years ago as a contingent employe during a sale, and moved up by rapid strides from salesman. A great advocate and firm believer in advertising, Dulcan credits much of the growth and development of the Hecht Co. to & policy of featuring ad- | vertised lines in practically every de- partment of the store. Dulcan is widely known in retailing | and distributing circles throughout the | country. Davidow got his first retail training | at the Namm Store in Brooklyn, N. | Y. He was called to Washington in 1926 by Dulcan. DA ey Vast Tract Is Treeless. The northwestern part of Alaska | contains 400,000 square miles of tree- less lands. WITH THIS COUPON WATCH REPAIRING - G "*The Upstairs Jewelry Store 1 §IZWF s nw. All Watches Carefull oL o Ctaned Thgronchls v Band. ‘Eiip THis COUFON. " 1330 G Street HOME OF THE KNASE PIANS T HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Tomorrow...SHARE IN THE C., NOVEMBER 8, 1936—PART ONE. 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