Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1936, Page 19

SRR THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, fRI'DAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1936. CONVENTION PLANNED av awenst srooewrs| BAPT1O1S URGED for the return of a State ban on alco- | tional Inlututhu and $600,000 for | liquor trafic no quarter whether it is holic beverages, that the “bartenders| public health.” carried on by bootleggers and bar- extraordinary” of the A. B. C. are col- | Mr, m@n said, however, “I| tenders, or by the State. lecting revenue from Virginians who | am not here to criticize the A. B, C. “Wherever you have a fighting are spending $26,000,000 annually for | officials.” chance local option elections should CREDIT SALES -THIS WEEK . . . share in the SHOW BIG GAINS > v sen Various Reasons Advanced * for Improvement in Retail Store Business. B the Assoclatro Press. ST. LOUIS, November 13.—A Na- tion-wide improvement in general business conditions, an almost uni- versal “pick-up” in employment and higher prices for farm products are reasons given for increases of 5.8 per cent in the country's retail - store collections and 14.1 per cent in credit sales for October, as compared with the same month one year ago. Thirty-nine of 45 cities reporting to the Research Djvision of the Na- tional Retail Credit Association listed collection gains and 43 cities report- ed credit sales increases. Figures from 13,162 stores were included in the association’s report issued here today. Largest Gain. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., reported the largest collections gain, 25 per cent, “and the biggest credit sales improve- ment was 36 per cent in Decatur, Ill For all stores reporting, the average eredit sales increase was 141 per cent and 5.8 per cent for collections. Collections and sales continued up- ward in the New York and Pennsyl- | vania area, the report states. Pitts- burgh reported a general improve- ment in industry which is running above 90°per cent of normal, with employment conditions greatly im- proved. Workers there have received 25 per cent more in wages for the first nine months of 1936 than in the corresponding period last year, it con- tinued. Fort Lauderdale reported its good showing was due to continued | building activity and no unemploy- ment. Collections on Upgrade. With the exception of Abilene, in Central Kansas, collections in the Sunflower State were reported on the upgrade. The same is true for Mis- souri. There was a 25 per cent sales gain in St Louis and a 21.4 gain In Evansville, Ind. Normal upward trends in both divisions were reported in the Iowa, Ohio, Nebraska, Michigan, Colorado and Idaho areas. Sales continued to jump in Texas. Breckenridge, how- | ever, reported collections slow because | of unusually warm weather.. Sales in- | creased 16 per cent in Tulsa, Okla. Collections decreased 0.3 per cent in San Francisco, Calif., while sales | increased 13.9 per cent. Augusta, Me., reported both items unchanged. BALTIMORE MILK PRICE TO BE'BOOSTED MONDAY Maryland Co-operative Announces Jumfi From 12 to 13 Cents Per Quart. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 13—I W. Heaps, secretary of the Maryland Co- operative Milk Producers, Inc, an- nounced that the price of milk in| Baltimore would be increased from 12| to 13 cents a quart next Monday. The price per pint will remain at 7 cents, Heaps said. He added that the increase was brought by a raise in the price paid to the farmer. He said failure of feed crops forced the increase in the farmers’ income. The farmer is now paid 23 cents a gallon for his fluld milk, but this will | be increased to 27 cents. The price | of milk produced in addition to that needed for the daily supply will be increased & half cent per gallon, Heaps said. 0ld Mill Lights House. Peter Patrick, an unemployed mirer, has put an old windmill at| Holytown, England, to work. He has| geared it to a dynamo from an aged automobile, and the wind drives it at such high speed that it generates enough electricity to light his house and recharge batteries for rnmo uu of the village. Calvary Church. ‘The annual District of Columbia- Maryland State Baptist Student Con- vention will open at 7 o'clock tonight with & banquet at the Calvary Bap- tist Church given by the Women's Missionary Union. * Ermes Knight of George Washing- ton University, president of the union, will preside and the speakers include Mrs. Howard W. Smith, president of the Woman's American Baptist For- eign Mission Society, and Dr. Theo- dore Adams, pastor of the First Bap- tist Church in Richmond. Both will enlarge on ,the convention theme, “The Will of God.” William Hall Preston will address the Saturday night session at the Na- tional Baptist ~Memorial Church. ‘Tuesday’s meeting at Waddell Hall, 715 Eighth street, will feature moving pictures depicting social conditions in ‘Washington and Baptist progress in | foreign missions. | tional Memorial Baptist Church. Canada to Buy 2 Ships. * OTTAWA, November 13 (P).— nounced last night Canada is buying two modern destroyers from Great Britain to replace the obsolete Cham- plain and Vancouver. U s CHICAGO—VIA ..leave Washington at 3:40 ner aloft and arrive in Chicag on United. UNIT p 3 Fastest,_7" shortest between the Sporty, scuff-proof, comfortable. inal British tradition. The concluding ses- | | ston Tuesday will be held at the Na- | Prime Minister Mackenzie King an- | CHICAGO only 4} hrs. Fastest evening flight to Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Twin Cities. A brand new one stop planc service to Chicago. 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