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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
NEW FRENCH EMBASSY
SOON TO BE ERECTED
Million.D Dollar Edifice to Further Develop Embassy
Row. Idea Planned Years Ago by Mrs.
John B. Henderson.

OBSTRUCTION of miion-dolar French
embassy Sixteenth
expected having
of the voting the French of the
first credit for the project
another of the elements
Wasngtons Embassy planned long quarter of
John B. Henderson, widow Of the Missouri
Senator who died this week.
under consideration
present home the French representatives this
country having crowded for the building
Phla
architect of
Pan Union here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
NEW FIRM JOINS BOARD
Newbold, Candy & DeNeale, Inc.
Elected by Realty Body.

The newly formed realty firm of
Newbold, Candy g. DeNeale, Inc. was
elected to membership in the Washing
ton Real Estate Board during the past
week.
The officers of the firm are Alfred
T. Newbold, president; Benjamin j.
Candy, vice president, and George c.
DeNeale, secretary treasurer. They
have been identified with the real
estate and building business of Wash
ington for the past 10 or more years
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-16

~Goodi" exclaimed Cadj. wen pleased. 1--WE
shall do this thing before dawn tomorrow. And
before the Flaming God goes to his rest at night,
he shall look upon new High Priestess in Opar
whose name Is Dahl" That night Tarzan,
aroused from sleep, heard bolt slip back and
the door Of his prison swung open. He heard the
stealthy movement Of sandaled feet. Then out
Of the darkness a womsns voice whispered his
name.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-16

I came in2 It's quite simple, but
1 don't suppose"
Gypsy looked down at her worn
coat. Lets do it." she said. Don't
I look just Ike Cinderella running
away from the ball? Yes, I think
the fire escape by all meansl" =
He helped her through the win
dow and she was not as frightened
as she had expected to be. High
places always had terrified the
girl.
They went up the slanting front
stairway and Wallace climbed into
the building again. Gypsy scram-
bled after him.
Both were embarrassed. The
smile with which Gypsy tried to
hide her confusion was patiently
self.conscious. Wallace glanced up
and down the corridor. No one was
in sight.
Seem to be in luck" he raid.
"The elevator is over this way"
There was no more conversa-
ton until they had reached the
street and we're in taxicab
headed for Mrs. O'Eare's rooming
house. Then Gypsy glanced up
from the enveloping shadows:
Il was sort of excited-when
I was talking to Anne" she said
softly. Maybe we'd better just
forget about tonight
Gave your word, didn't your"
Wallace reminded her. Back out
if you want to. I thought you were
game"
You mean-you really mean
it?"
'Of course I dc. There's a train
at II o'clock tomorrow morning
that I'd like to catch. If I come
for you at $50 can you be ready?
City halls the quickest place to
get it over with, 7 guess. I'll get
Phil to come along"
"I'll be ready" Gypsy promised.
At the door of the rooning house
Wallace touched his hat and said
good night. Gypsy went inside,
climbed the long flight slowly.
Dozens Of jumbled, incoherent
thoughts were tumbling through her
brain. She was going to marry a
man she never had seen before to-
night. She had promised to marry
him.
Packing. She would better do
that tonight! At $3.50 in the morn
ing James Wallace, her bridegroom,
was coming. What was the name
of that place? Forest City. Mrs.
O'Hare would have to be notified
Ten hours later Gypsy Mcbride
stood beside tall young man in a
blue suit and listened to a hoarse
civic official who was saying, at pro-
nounce you husband and wife"
Gypsy looked up into Jim Wal
lace's blue eyes. AS she did so the
vision OF another face-dark and
mocking-danced before her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-16
RrGN HFRr rnnAY

GYPSY MCBRIDE, 19-year-old typlst.
meets the boat on which ALAN CROSBY
returns from q year and q half in Paris.
Two nights later Alan breaks an. en-
ness
She goes 20 the theater alone and
encounters Crosby with MRS. Lang
LEY. There Is 3 scene. Mrs. Langley
drives away alone and Crosby and
GYPSY 90 home together. ouarreiing
Next day Gypsy attempts TO apologize.
Crosby refers % their romance as a boy
and girl affair, now outgroVn. Gypsy
Is crushed. When she Is criticised for
carelessness az the Office. she resigns.
To forget her misery she accepts q
dinner Invitation from her wealthy
cousin. ANNE TROWBRIDGE. The din
ner is bore. While the others are
playing bridge Gypsy goes for her wraps.
determined 70 leave.
She hears a. noise IN the next room,
opens the door and sees a man climbing
IA the window. He is JAMES WAL
LACE. guest Of the TroWbridges, who
entered by the hre-escape to avoid the
dinner party guests.
He tells GYPSY he has been Tilted by
his aancee. She tells him she has been
Tilted. too. and has lost her lob. Wal
lace asks Gypsy to marry him.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-16

Cadjs cunning plan had been conceived not so
much to destroy Tarzan. but to overthrow LA.
If ne acted as he hoped, 1t would bring upon
her the wrath Of the priests and people of Opar,
who properly instigated. would demand her life.
But LA had warily avoided the trap More fu-
rious than Cadj even was Oah Never before had
she been 50 close to achieving her ambition OF
becoming 4zigh Priestess Of opar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-16
Ito Be Continued
Sentencing Deferred

z tFFtUo pUWtUB
SOUTH BEND, Ind, March 49,
Pending efforts of former State
Representative Edward j. Bouchard
to reach a settlement with his en-
bezzlement victim, sentencing has
been deferred until Tuesday. Bou-
chard was convicted two weeks ago
of swindling Mrs. Bertha o. Borley,
Mishawaka, out of $500 in q real
estate transaction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-16
CHAPTER ELEVEN

rs that supposed to be a joke?'
i Gypsy asked. She was not smil-
ing. Her dark eyes, studying Wal
lace, looked wide and childish.
do I look as though I were jok-
ing? Never more serious in my life.
said let's get married. I mean it"
But what"
Listen, this will be the most
sensible marriage you ever heard
Of. Now wait a minute"-he saw
that the girl was about to inter-
rupt and hurried on Doesn't it
strike you as a coincidence that
out Of this whole city full of people
you and I should meet tonight?
And that both of us should be try
ing to forget somebody else?
Forget-say you and I are just
couple of saps who don't realize
how lucky we arel Do you want
that guy, whoever he is, to know
you're miserable, wishing he would
come back to you?"
mo" said Gypsy emphatically.
Then instead of incoming over
him prepare for your wedding
morn"
II see what you mean" the girl
said slowly. You want to marry
me to make-her-sorry she treated
you so badly. That's what you're
thinking about, isn't it?"
We'll, what if I am? Tt works
the same way for you, doesn't it?
And it's a hundred times better
reason for getting married than
most people have. Romantic non
sense-say, it makes me sick!"
You're pretty bitter, aren't you?"
Gypsy asked. Il don't blame you
for feeling that way, but I couldn't
marry you"
why not?"
'Well, tit just isn't my idea Of
a marriage, that's all"
do you like this town." Wallace
asked.
Gypsy considered. 81 thought I
did," she said. 1--WE always lived
here. But now hate It'll"
Getting out of here tomorrow
morning, myself" said the young
man. "Glad of it. Two days of
New York is plenty. Lord-Ill be
glad to be on my way back to For
est City"
Whats 1t like there?"
"Oh, you probably wouldn't think
it was so much. little place-com-
pared with New York. We think
it's quite a metropolis out there"
He told her about the city 500 miles
westward where the Wallaces had
always lived.
Forest City boosted p population
Of 100000 citizens. 1t had Cham
Der Of Commerce th4t was boost
ing" it and two comltry clubs.
4 q
IT'LL get there" he said, "at $50
i tomorrow night. Then I'll go
out to the house and before I've had
chance to get off my coat Aunt
Ellen will be telling me that the
roast is getting cold and to hurry
and come to the table" Wallace
laughed shortly:
There's one person who's getting
a break-Aunt Elem I've lived
with her ever since I was a kid
Parents died. She was going to
move next month. Rented little
place across the street, but I don't
think she really liked the idea. Fond
of the old house. Well-She won't
need to move noWl"
There was brief silence. Then
Gypsy said: "Were you-to be mar
ried soon?"
Next month. But instead OF
waiting a month for me, the young
lady Is going to stroll up to the altar
one week from next Saturday with
young Brock Phillips, polo player
bon vivant and awfully, awfully vel
fixed with cash. Sole heir to papa'S
millions"
WAS it just tonight tat she TOLD
you?"
Wallace nodded. He glanced al
the watch on his wrist. approx
mately one hour and half ago." he
said. "You can imagine that II
rather changed my plans for The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-16

Long did oah pace furiously to and fro. Sud-
denly she halted before Cadj. "LA loves this
ape-man," she said. "The ape-man knows it and
trusts her; and because Of this there is way
Send to the ape-anan one who shall say she
comes from LA That LA has instructed her to
lead him out of Opar and set him free. This one
win lead him into ambush. When he is killed
weiwiH accuse La Of the deed. Thus we viii be
nd OF both Of them"
La gaceta., 1931-05-07
PROYECTO DE LEY PERMI-
TIENDO VENDER CIGA-
RRILLOS A MEMORIES DE
14ANOs

Tallahassee, Mayo TN
proyecto de ley presentado
hoy a la Camara por ell Repre-
sentante Elliot, de Lafayette,
permite a los ninos memories de
16 amos, comprar cigarrillos,
sin que con este violen la Ley
del Estado.
Elliot declare que Sc propo-
MIA anular una Ley aprobada
en- 1907, con ell 1nico objective
de permitir que los muchachos
puedan comprar cuando perso
mas mayores Sc los encarguen y
ellos act1en de mensajeros, y
nunca con ell proposito de au-
mentar ell numero de fumado
res entire la joven generation.
Ell proyecto de Ley fue tras-
ladado al Comite Judicial.
La gaceta., 1931-05-07

carlo; y pas6 mucho tempo,
mucho tempo, y nj impaciencia,
nj anhelo, nj piedad, mostraba
ell viejo indiferente e inmuta-
bic sobre la pampa de granite.
Y cuando la cavidad fue colma-
da, ell dolor habfa pintado la in
fantil cabeza de blanco.
Y luego, ell viejo, levantando
al 1ltimo de los pequenos, lie di-
jo, senalandole la simiente ente-
rrada: HAS de regar esa 81
miente'; y como el lie pregun-
.tase, TODD tremulo de augusta
Padre, zen d6ndo hay agua?"
"Llora, la hay en- tus ojos, con-
test6; y lie torcio las manos de-
biles, Y en- los ojos del nihe rom
pic entonces abundosa vena de
llanto, y ell polvo sediento la be-
bia; Y este llanto dur6 mucho
tempo, mucho TEMPO, ponque
para exprimir los lagrimales
cansados estaba ell viejo indife-
rente e inmutable, de pie sobre
la pampa de granite. Las lagri-
corrian en- un arroyo que
jumbroso tocando Ell circulo de
terra; y la simiente asom6 So
bre ell haz de la terra como un
punto; y luego echo fuera ell ia
Ito incipiente, las primeras no.
juelas. Y mientras ell nino llora-
ba, ell arbol, nuevo criaba ra-
mas y hojas, Y en- TODD este pa
SO mucho TEMPO, hasta que ell
arbol tuvo tronco robusto, Y CO.
pa anchurosa, y follaje, y flores
que aromaron el aire, y descoll6
en- la soledad; descoll6 ell arbol
La gaceta., 1931-05-07
IMPERA Ell ALGODN EN-
LAS MODAS DEL &RANO
New York, Mayo !

} New York, Mayo 7~ Al
god6n, transformado por las
exigencias de la Temporal de
verano, y un nuevose estilo
Sastre, esta IIame9do la aten-
ci6n a 10 laraDde los boule-
wards.
Por "a manana Sc ven en- pro
fusion las telas Sginghams, pi-
ques, de hilo, (iac zado en- ira
jes de corte sasffe.
Dor la tarde Sc esta prefi-
riendo ell wolfe, hilo fino, y e.
legantes mezclas de algodon y
organdie.
Por la noche Sc estila como
nota de buen gusto, ell uso de
telas bordadas en- dobladillo
de ojo y caladas en- forma de
malta, dandosele preferential
al organdie.
El algod6n sera igualmente
popular en- las playas, aun den
tro del aqua misma, pues de-
Dido a la demanda del momen-
to, Sc estan confeccionando ira
jes de banos con csc material.
Los pajamas siguen de mo-
da en- toda OCCASION. Sc esta
creando una gran variedad de
estos de algodon, y a bae de
dolores artisticamente c6nbl
nados.
Tambi6n Sc esta usando e.
algod6n en- otros adornos acce-
sorios. En- los zapatos de vera
no Sc esta empleando Ell algo.
don grueso y teJldo.
Los sombreros de sports son
generalmentamRe piqu6 Y
broadcloth. bi6n Sc estilan
pequeh4S Rntes inclinados
hacI%atras del mismo color
del traje, y de algod6n.
Flores y lazos de organdie
y algod6n complemegtan ell a
dorno de TODD traje e}A este We
rano.
La gaceta., 1931-05-07

aun mas alto que ell viejo indi'
ferente q inmutable, sobre Ia
pampa de granite. Y las ayes
del cielo vinieron a anidar So
bre su cdpa, Y sus flores Sc Qua
jaron ed frutos. Y ell nino que
lloraba MIA toda blanca La ca
beZa de- anas.
Y lo4 res ninos tendieron las
manos stvidas a la fruta del ar
boil; peko ell flaco gigantic los to-
mo conc c%achorros, del pescue-
20, y franco una semilla y fue
a stu rise con ellos en- cercano
punto de la rcca, y levantando
uno d sus pies, junt6 los diem
ties de- primer niho con ell suelo
junt6 de nueyo con ell suelo los
dientes del nino, que sonaron
otra vez bajo La planta del viejo
indiferente e inmutable, ergui-
do, immense, silencioso, sobre la
pampa de granite.
Jose Enrique RodO.
(C0mtinuard)
La gaceta., 1931-05-07
WATSON QUIERE A C
SON Y GRIFFIN

Tallahassee, Mayo LA
delegation del condado de
Hillsborough en- la Camara de
Representatives., declare hoy
haber prometido ap0yar las
enmiendas del Senador Pat
Whitaker a la carta constitu-
cional de la Ciudad de Tampa
Una de las enmiendas mas i'm
oortantes es ell nombramiento
de cinco tampenos para dirigir
en- ell future todas las eleccio-
mes municipales.
Esta enmienda, que quita la
supervision de las elecciones
municipales de las manos de
la administrator de la Gu =
dad, y la pone bajo ell dominic
de manos privadas, no con :
tiene clausula de referendum
por la cual pudiera ser apro :
bada o rechazada por ell pue-
bio.
E. Representante J. Tom
Watson dijo hoy, que 81 bien
Ell estaba dispuesto a apoyar
la Ley de Whitaker creando
la Junta Electoral, tambien in
sistirfa en- que Sc incluyeran
los nombres de Frank Jackson
Y j. A. Griffin entire los MEM
bros que constituyen la Junta.
Estos dos nombres pueden fl
gurar aumentando ell n1mero
de miembros a siete, en- vez de
cinco, o quitando a dos de los
hombres seleccionados por
Whitaker.
En- ell ~proyecto de Ley Sc au-
toriza a los miembros de la
Junta Electoral para que nom
bren a sus sucesores.
La gaceta., 1931-05-07
LA PARABoLA DE LA PAM
PA -GRANITO

Era una inmensa pampa d
granite, triste y desierta, -baj'
un cielo de plomo. Y sob-e Ii
pampa (taba un viejo gigante'
co, enjG acuido, sin barbas, err
guido como un arbol desnUdo
Y eran frios los ojos de este
hombre, como aquella pampa y
aquel cielo; y su nariz, tajan.e y
dura como una Segur; y sus
m1sculos recios como ell mismo
suelo de granito... Y junto al
viejo, tres ninos ateridos, fla
COS, miserables: tres pobres nj
nos que temblaban, junto al vie
jo i~ndiferente e imperioso, como
Ell genio de aquella pampa de
granite.
Y ell viejo tenfa en- la palma
de una mano una simiente me-
nuda. Y en- su otra mano, ell in
dice extendido parecia oprimir
en- ell vacio del aire como en- CO.
sa de bronco. Y he aquf que to-
mo por ell flojo pescuezo a uno
de los nihos Y lie dijo: "Abre I'm
hueco para esta simiente."-'Pa
Dire, solloz6 el, Ic6mo lie podre
abrir 81 TODD este suelo es raso
y duro?.-"muerdelo'', contes-
to ell vieio, Y levant6 uno de sus
pies y 10 puso sobre ell pescuezo
languido del nino; y los dientes
del triste sonaban rokando la
corteza de la roca, como Ell Gu
chillo en- la piedra de affair; y
ash paso mucho tempo, mucho
tempo: tanto que ell nino tenia
alberta en- la roca una cavidad
no menor que ell concavo de un
craneo; pero rofa, rofa siempre,
con I'm gemido de estertor; roia
ell pobre nino bajo la planta del
viejo indiferente e inmutable,
como la pampa de granite. Y Ell
nino, sin dejar de ser1o, tenia
la cabeza blanca en- canas.
Y ell viejo levant6 al segundo
nino Y lie dijo: "Junta TERRA pa
ra la simiente"-"Padre pre-
gunt6le ell cuitado-t en- d6nde
hay tierra?'-Y ell otro: LA
hay en- ell viento, recogela", y
con ell pulgar y ell indice abri6
las mandibulas miserables del
nino; Y lie tuvo asi contra la di-
recci6n del viento que soplaba,
y en- la lengua y en- las fauces
jadeantes Sc reunia ell flotante
polvo del viento, que luego ell
nino vomitaba, como limo pre-
La gaceta., 1931-05-07
Case UN ~PISTOLERO

Chicago, mayo 7.-Se ha sabi
do que ell domingo contrajeron
matrimonio en- Waukegan, "a
metralladora Jack" Nc Gurn Y
Miss Luisa Rolfe, que fueIsan
detenidos dsspues de la matan-
"a del dia de San Valentin, en-
1929.
La licencia Sc expidi6 a nom
bre de Vicente Gebardi, que es
ell verdsdero nombre del pistole-
ro. Y de Luisa Boex, ell correcto
nombre de ella.
No impedira la boda que am
hos sean acusados de violar la
SeH Mann contra la trata de
blancas.
La gaceta., 1931-05-07

lust a tasteless dose of Phillips Milk
of Magnesia in water. That is an a.
kali, effective, yet harmless. 1t has been
the standard antacid for so years. One
spoonful will neutralize at once many
times its volume in acid. 1t is the right
way, the quick, pleasant and efficient
way to kill the excess acid. The stomach
becomes sweet, the pain departs. You
are happy again in five minutes.
But don't depend on crude methods,
try the best way yet evolved in all the
years of searching. That is Phillips
Milk of Magnesia.
Be sure to get the genuine Phillips
Milk of Magnesia, the kind that the
physicians prescribe.
milk of Magnesia" has been the
y. S. Registered Trade Mark of The
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company
and its predecessor Charles H. PhilHp1
since 1875
La gaceta., 1931-05-07
AL TESTIGO DE-
UN ~ASESINATO

Salt Lake City, mayo T.
Frank B. Snyder, de 38 amos,
a quien Sc describia' como un
probable testigo en- una nueva
investigation del asesinato de la
Sra. Dorothy Moormeiter, ma
trona de Salt Lake City, fue a
sesinado anoche en- I'm canine
de aquf.
Una queja acusando a Char.
lie Peter, dueno de minas, con
ell asesinato de la Sra. Moormeis
ter, fue sobreseida aver GUAM
do ell estado no pudo efectuar un
preliminar por ausencia
de los testigos.
La gaceta., 1931-05-07
MGR MACON
DEF .Pt.ERTO

Vapores que arribaron aver:
Delisle, Major Wheeler y Cuba,A
de bandera americana. Ell MOI
ruego Sorvangen lego a carga
MADEIRA
Carq do de MADEIRA Y fosfR
to Sc 10 a la mar ell vapor il a.
lianol onfiore.
Co un cargamento de made
ra rutas en- conserva parti6
ell v r frances San, Antonio.
aron tambien los vapo-
res ericanos Commercial Or
lea 4 Y Charles E. HARDWOOD.
La gaceta., 1931-05-07

UN LUJOSO
Sale para New York llevando
I'm matrimOnio. Necesita tres
personals para ayudar a los gas
tos. Informan: 231312 Gale II.
Telefono 53-807.
La gaceta., 1931-05-07

QUIERE COLOCARSE una Sc
nora para los quehaceres lie una
casa. Dirfjase a la Once svenl
da 927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-15
Newsprint Mill Operations.

MONTREAL, euebec, July Is o.
Canadian newsprint mills operated At
sos per cent Of rated capacity during
June, compared with 50 per cent IN
May and 73 per cent In June last year,
the Newsprint Service Bureau reported.
: The report indicates that for the first
six months Of 1881 the ratio OF opera.
lions of mills IN the Dominion was 59.T
per- cent Of capaeity. against ~ 2 per
cent In the first six months OF last year.
, Minis in the united states In June
operated at eT.s per cent OF rated
capacity, while those In Ncwfoundland
operated at ss.s per cent, the report
said.
The Canadian mills produced 1929
tons less in the first six months OF 1891
than IN the corresponding period OF
1880, which was q decrease Of IL per
cent. BY thu same comparison, the
United States nails showed . decrease
Of II Per cent. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-15
Floating. Stock Supply Drops.

NEW YORK. July IS lA1.-The float
ing supply Of United States Steel Cor
poration. common stock, IS indicated by
stock in brokers names, decreased 49,
s6l shares In the three months ended
June 80.
The total as of June 30 was 1 ,250, o44
shares, or 1887 per cent of the total
issue Of s.701,371 shares outstanding
On june 80. 1890. the, total floating
supply was 1,5s9,s34 shares. or 1887
per cent OF the total issue Of 1850, S76
shares then outstanding. =, r..
Holdings of investors as OF June 80
this year amounted to 7,4S1, 1927 shares,
Of $3.50 PEE cant Of the total. compared
with 7,332,9S4 shares on March 81, and
e,s7l. o<2 shares June 30. 1880, -.
Holdings OF brokers In New York
State amounted. 10 1,1sl,ss4 shares June
30, against 1.507,s4l shares June 80.
1880. Foreign holdings Of Steel CON-
mon stock June 30 totaled 100, 1858
shares. aasinst 170,oo3 shares at the
end Of June, last year. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-15
PIPE LINE PROGRESSES.

NEW YORK, July IS (R.-A $4O,-
0OO, 900 pipe line, by which natural gas
Is eventually to be brought from the
Texas Panhandle 1000 miles north and
east to Indianapolis had been completed
today as far as the eastern shore OF
the Mississippi River ut Louisiana, Mo-,
New York engineers in charge Of the
construction announced.
The lire crosses the Mississippi on
the Champ Clark Memorial Bridge and
In the hrst pipe line ever brought across
the river above the water line. Anchored
at the center, 1t crosses On rollers at
tached to the side of the bridge. which
is 2,27e feet long. and allowance had 70
be made for 12-inch expansion due to
cold and heat ut the west end of the
bridge, and l31a-inch expansion at the
east end.
Gas IN the pipe extending across the
Mississippi was turned on today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-15
STEEL TRADE SHOWS
VERY LITTLE CHANGE
" the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 15.-Little change
I'm the steel industry was noted in to-
days trade reviews. Iron Age estimated
production at not more than % per
cant Of capacity against 80 per cent q
week ago, but Steel said the latter rate
had been continued.
Industrial shutdowns for vacations
and inventories, rs we'll as poor BUSH
ness conditions In most steel con-
svn,ing lines, have restricted steel buy.
Ing and plant operations, Iron Age as
serted.
Notwithstanding belief Of the steel
industry that resumption, Of paanufac-
turing By many steel consumers IN Au.
gust win bring q moderate improve
nont In replenishment buying" said
the Review, there is. no evidence yet
Of q definite turn upward IN require.
ments. Some large tonnages, partie-
uiarly for building construction, are
cverhanging the market, but there Is .
disposition to await more favorable
conditions In the general situation be-
fore making awards. a,
"A number Of automobile plants are
using up inventories of materials and
parts preparatory to shutdowns. Some
Of these plants will be idle during the
latter half OF July. Railroads are tax
Ing very small ShipgnentS Of rails"
Steel said 1t was felt the industry
was..sas near q completes stoppage as
possible, for all praetieai purposes, and
that from this low tableland an upturn
Is inevitable"