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The Washington times., 1937-01-21
DEPARTMENT
STORES CITED
/ AS EFFICIENT

Department stores we're praised
as efficient retail merchandising
units by Wilford L. White. chief
of the marketing research division
of the Department of Commerce,
in an address before the twenty
sixth annual convention of the
National Retail Dry Goods AsSoci-
alton in New York last night.
Mr.. White based his conclusions
on census statistics of various re-
tail outlets. which indicated that
from 1929 to 1885 retail sales for
all types of establishments de-
clined approximately 30 per cent,
while the department store sta
tistics showed a more favorable re
suit. He pointed out:
"For department stores, how
ever, with a few less stores in
1885 than in 1929, sales fell off
only "A per cent. These figures
speak well for this type of enter
prise as contrasted with all re-
tail operations"
WAGES DECLINED LESS
The comparison of department
stores with all other combined
types of retail outlets, Mr.. White
declared, shows that while the
number of workers declined to
about the same level, the wages
paid to the workers declined less
for department stores than for all
other types of retailing. He ex-
planned:
"It is interesting to note that
while the tOta! 1885 payroll de-
creased about rs per cent from
the 1929 figure, wages received
by employees, on a part-time basis,
increased almost Al per cent.
These percentages indicate that
whereas the number of fulLtime
employees has shown decline
from 1929, the number of people
sr1plo3 ID on a part-time basis
is greater than that of the earlier
year
III is also of interest that to-
tai expense of department stores
dui nF this period did not de-
cline in the same percentage
ratio as did their sales or wage
payments. Whereas, 1885 sales
and wages were but 76 per cent
of their 1929 level, total expense
was something over 78 per cent
in 1885, as cOntraSted with 1929"
Mr.. White stated that the aver
age wage in department stores
was less than that in other types
of employment. He urged on
managers of this type of enter
prise the necessity of training
employees for permanent careers
in the department store field.
Consider 1t Temporary
Employees consider work in a
department store a temporary af-
fair while seeking other more
profitable employment. He said:
Except for the fact that EN-.
plOyment in your store generally
means white collar job, it also
means about as low salary as
is earned, with the general ex-
CeptiOn of the service trades"
The marketing expert pointed
out that higher salaries would at
tract a better and more permanent
class of employees and that this
would in turn work toward a bet
ter sales relationship between the
members of the sales force and
the customer, in this way increas-
ing business.
The Washington times., 1937-01-21
MussoIini Is Baked
On Revival Of Pad

R o M E, Jan. 81 Q.N.SO.
French adherence to the Soviet
alliance and British opposition to-
day killed Premier MuSSolini's
plan to put new life into the four
power pact of 1885, with Germany
as the fourth signatory.
Abandonment of II Duce's
scheme was announced in the
semi-official Giornale d'Italia by
Editor Virginio Gayda, MuSsolini's
mouthpiece.
The Washington times., 1937-01-21
Semi-Anuual Sale of
MEMS FURNISHINGS

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IS Sweaters ................... ..$3.S8
soc Mems Carriers ..................3 39e
Csc Irish Linen Handkerchiefs IS for 81
IS to $3.50 Dress Jewelry Sets .....$2.SS
$3.50 Fitted Dressing Cases .....".$4.SS
81 Fancy Suspenders ...............7SO
The Washington times., 1937-01-21

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The Washington times., 1937-01-21

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Evening star., 1937-06-12
Twizzler Answer.

The expressions in the story should
be as follows: Confirmed bachelor,
blushing bride. proud father. new
born baby, blessed event, blitherins
idiot, general nuisance, travelling sales
man, tired business man, fiat tire,
aheent-minded professor. public-spir-
tied citizen, crooked Politician.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Bedtime Stories

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Those longest in deception schooled
Themselves are very often fooled.
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1937-05-12

slider what concessions it would be
willing to make If the general con-
vention looks with favor upon this
city as the logical place for its Fed
eral seat Of administration"
Dealing with social service prob
lens in the diocese and throughout
the country, Bishop Freeman asserted
that the church must look with favor
upon Everything that makes for bet
.tering conditions in the world in
which we live"
More than 100 delegates and vestry-
men representing all the parishes Of
the diocese and IS members of the
clergy marched in the procession at
the beginning Of the service. Rev. DR..
George F. Dudley read the prayers.
In the absence of the choir, the hymns
were sung by the congregation, with
Mrs. Griffith johnson at the organ.
Today's session Of the convention
was being held at Rock Greek Parish
Church.
Evening star., 1937-05-12
"ANGEL OF BROADWAY"
AND AIMEE AT PEACE
Rheba Crawford Spivalo's Attor.
neys Agree to Settlement
of Slander Suit.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. May l2.-The dove
OF peace f1uttered yesterday over the
erstwhile embattled evangelists, Aimee
Semple Mcpherson and Rheba Craw-
ford Spivalo.
Attorneys for the former Angel Of
Broadway" were ready to move for
dismissal of her s1,G80,000 SANDER
suit against Mrs. Mcpherson, pastor
of Angelus Temple. Agreement on a
cash settlement was reached out Of
court last night.
The case was "amicably adjusted
in Difference to the earnest solicitation
of the Christian ministry" the oppos-
ing attorneys announced in a joint
statement. A delegation of ministers
previously had urged the evangelists
to seksas their differences privately, If
possible.
Miss Crawford's suit charged Mrs.
Mcpherson had accused her falsely
of trying to control the temple and Of
being the mistress Of high State off,
cial.
Evening star., 1937-05-12
FREEMAN LAUDS
FOUND|NCFATHERS
Ideals and Principles Must
Be Maintained, Bishop
Declares.

Addressing a congregation which
filled the Church of the Epiphany
last evening for the opening of the
annual Diocesan Convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Communion,
Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop
OF Washington, defended the ideals
and objectives of the founding fathers
Of the Republic.
The trainers of the Constitution, he
declared, were moved by high mo-
tives and inspired by holy trust in
q divine power"
Insisting that "the men who gath
cred in Philadelphia in May, 1887, to
erect a mighty state" were reverent
and prayerful individuals, the bishop
argued:
Their great and commanding
leader. George Washington, stands
among the worlds supreme masters
as a man Of the highest Christian
character, whose life and service to
his country constitute one of the
brightest pages in its history
We esteem too lightly the Christianity
OF those who laid the foundations
whereon we have builded this great
Nation. Our work would prove of lit
tie worth were it built on less secure
footingS
whether there are those within
our gates who fail to acknowledge
their debt and obligation to the ideals
and the Christian principles that are
our rich inheritance or not, it is for
us who do believe in these ideals to
maintain and preserve them unim-
paired and to steadfastly adhere to
them. We will adjust ourselves to
new and changed conditions, but We
will not permit any influence, how
ever arrogant, that proceeds from
within or from without, to subvert or
to change the clearly defined prin-
ciples and ideals that are the guar
antee Of our security and the sure
warrants of our permanence.
Morality and Religion.
with these the temple of God has
to do, and for these the temple of God
will valiantly contend. There are
concerns of the state we dare not ig-
more. There are immuta bic principles
that We will not subject to the capri
cious wills of Self-seeking and Willful
men. Washington affirmed that mo-
rality and religion were the sure and
indispensable props that sustain the
state. Morality and religion the
church is appointed to safeguard and
protect"
Specifically referring to the religious
aspect Of the sequicentennial Of the
Constitution, Bishop Freeman told his
hearers: I'VE shall dishonor its high
minded authors if we do not see in
them and their incompatible service
the aspirations and high aims of
Christian men"
Tells of Cincinnati Meeting.
The bishop urged diocesan interest
in the general convention of the Epis-
copal church, to be held at Cincinnati
in October. This year." he said, "one
Of the vitality important matters for
consideration has to do with the pol
icy of the church with reference to
its national center, as the seat of the
presiding bishop and administrative
Offices. There is growing conviction
that Washington is the normal place
for this center. 1t may be the part OF
wisdom for our convention to con-
Evening star., 1937-05-12
Victim Outruns Ambulance.

DALLAS. May IL (P.-During an
argument bullet ripped through Sam
Hickman's right armpis Emergency
Hospital physicians raced to the
scene, but found no Sam. They re-
turned to the hospital. to. flnd the
victim, grinning and painting, waiting
for them.
When I'm shot," said Sam, II
Just can't wait for no ambulance. I
was in a hurry"
Evening star., 1937-05-12

renee N. Proctor, vice presidents;
Gibbs L. Baker, assistant secretary,
and Warren S. Stone, treasurer. Four
new members have been added to the
Board Of Directors. They are Philip
L. Gore, w. Floyd Crosby, Fred c.
Mamman and John A. Selby.
Evening star., 1937-05-12
PRINCETON u. ALUMNI
WILL BANQUET FRIDAY
Dewitt Clinton Poole Will Be
Principal Speaker-Roderic
navicop A1so n To1L

DAWSON Also to Talk.
Washington and nearby alumni Of
Princeton University will meet at 7:30
pm. Friday at the Chevy Chase Club
for their annual banquet.
The principal speaker viii be De
Witt Clinton Poole, head OF the
Princeton School of Public and In
ternational Affairs. Roderic Dawson,
senior at the university and men,
ber of numerous campus organizations.
will also speak.
Samuel Biddle, secretary of the
Princeton Club OF Washington, is
handling arrangements, and the new
president, F. Moran McConihe, will
preside. Tickets may be obtained at
the door.
Other officers elected recently in
clude Walter F. Chappell and Law
Evening star., 1937-05-12
60 ARzHEK g.

Are ,ou adding oil frequently Then you should make the
Quart Drain and refill with Quaker State Motor Oil of the
grade your Check the mileage Note how much farther
before you have add That's because bere extra
oubrieaon of Quaker State So your dealer
park xr worries in empty oil The retail
is per quart Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation, Oil City
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22
COMMISSIONER
 TO BE QUER|ED
Legislative Board to Get After Facts in County
 Home Scandal

Putnam, Conn, May g. = (UP) = A special legislative board of t1- quiry prepared to question the three Windham county commissioners late today in its investigation of recent wholesale escape of children from the County Temporary Home for Children. State Senator Pierre. J. Laramee, Willlimantic, chairman oi the board, said he also would in- quire into reported rift among the commissioners on county policy. Commissioner Albert J. Cavanaugh, democrat, was said to be aligned against the two republicans com- missions. Urgele LaFrance and Arthur c. Keith.
 Conniving Charged
 Cavanaugh publicly charged the republican commissioners with "conniving." The new investigation was started following escape of IT children from the home Wednesday night. The group, state police said, wished to complain about the pres ent management" at the institution. All were taken back to the home by police.
 According to Commissioner Le- France, Mrs. Mollis Osborn is In charge of the home. Philip Pro- vandie, 65, suspended superintendent, was being held for superior court on charges of indecently assaulting girl inmates ant. embezzlement. HIS wife, suspended a smatron, was held on embezzlement charges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22
OLd Blue Eagle Industrial Theory WiU Be Discarded

ing only such distinctly intra-state businesses as hotels and service trades. The extent of federal con-
 trol will be subject to further tests of congressional authority before the supreme court.
 Usually well informed congressman said MT. Roosevelr,s wage and hour
 message would establish 8 Accent an hour minimum wage and seek
 the objective of a 35-hour week in all those industries not plrely intra- state. The scope of these has been perceptibly widened by recent sue
 preme court decisions in the Wash
 ington minimum wage and Wagner act cases. The latter established fed eral authority over steel and cloth ing manufacturing.
 One ultimate objective of the bill will be to facilitate employment of
 some 4,0OO, ,00O jobless by limitation of hours as strictly as Is economical
 ly feasible. At present, ofacial works works progress administration esti- mates place the number of unenl-
 ployed at approximately S,000, 900. Hourly restrictions will necessitate some industries to hire immediately
 many new employees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22
BY JOHN GURWELL

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Wilsonville, H., May 22.-(UP).- Officials of the Superior Coal com pany and the 457 strikers sitting down" in the dingy cavernS of its mine No. 4 waited today for the other to make the first move to- ward peace. Leaders of both sides said they were willing to talk things over," but neither made a move to do so. Fred F. Pfaler, com pany president, waited in his offices for a reply to his offer to confer with strike leaders If they come up here." The strikers made no direct reply, but said they would con tinue the fight as long as we are able"
 Strains of harmonicas, the slap ping of playing cards, and the clang of pitched horseShoes rang through the corridors and mine-roomS of the coal pit until early today. The men settled down to sleep in blankets their wives and relatives sent them on the elevator. They rose to break fast from the well-stocked larder kl the car-barn converted into kitch- en. Apparently they were happy and comfortable.
 The strikers said they wanted the company to waive . clause in the present union contract which gives the company 30 days in which to re-distribute labor when one of Il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22
Miners StiH Sitting Dowr, Far BeLow Surface OfEarth

shuts down mine. They demanded immediate redistribution of work among men disemployed by shut down of mines No. 1 and No. 2. Pfaler said he had received no di- rect demands. When the F. M. As executive committee met yesterday to devise means of ending the strike which they did not authorize, neith- CT Pfaler nor strike representatives appeared. A few hours late five strikers emerged from the pit to attend a "pep" meeting.
 I followed the strikers into the pit, riding the elevator on bushel of apples and crate of oranges. At the bottom, BIO feet underground, was greeted by 8 piercing shriek from Attilio Beriatti'S clarinet. A bass drum murdered in some hid den cranny. A few strains from Neando Chiozotti's accordion and an answering bar from Floyd Still ler's guitar. The musicians nodded to each other and launched the second night of their sit-down witt laundering rendition of "Ach du Lieber Augustine" My guide led me down the tunnel past other groups Some played cards, a few were sing. ing, or trying to sleep in the din Four miners pitched horseshoes. Tn, walls of the car-barn-now kitch' en-were piled high with food. srher' were bread, cold meats, pickleC peppers, vegetables, canned aI1C
 fresh fruits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22
.MARCIE M'DUFF
 LEAPS TO DEATH

New York, May 22 = (UP = Margie McDuff, 20, of Everett, Mass, jumped to her death from ||the l1th floor of the hotel Bryant ||early today. leaving a note saving ||that she was "disgusted with life." Her falling body struck two men walking along Broadway-Thonaas |Mc Govern, 27; and Robert Allen. 23. |hNcGovern was cut on the shoul- der, and Allen had two teeth Knocked out.
 Miss McDuff came here, police said, to visit her sister, Rose. model, who lives at the hotel. The latter had left her room key with the clerk. Miss McDuff obtained 1t about 8 p. m., it was said, but did hot go to the room until a. m. today. She jumped a minute later
 Her note contained this message:
 "say to Abbey m'love. Just tell him Mac said See you later Hell understand" :.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22
TRUCE STOPPED
 HOTEL STRIKE

Boston, May 22-(UP)-A truce reached early today after a 12-hour state house conference averted at least until Monday a threatened strike of 1900 employees in Al Bos- ton and Cambridge hotels.
 Representatives of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Service Em- ployes' union, an American Fedora tion of Labor affiliate acceded to the delay requested by hotel opera tors to permit them to confer with hotel owners on the unions de- mands for pay increases.
 The truce was reached five min- utes before arrival of Governor Hurley from speaking engagement at worcester. He had attended the afternoon conference with State Labor Commissioner James T.. Moriarty.
 The hotel operators promised to bring the owners answer to the union by Monday noon. The union has demanded Q 20 per cent tn- crease for employees receiving less than $15 a week, and 12 per cent increase for those receiving $15 or more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22
William J Dunleauey Gets More Authority
Sealer of Weights, Measures Can Now Enter Any Building Without Warrant-Bill Was
 Passed in House Friday

Sealer of Weights and Measures William J. Dunleavey has been granted additional authority under provisions of bill passed yesterday in the house of representatives. Heretofore Sealer Dunleavey has conducted a very active campaign against dealers in coal, oil and ice but he has done so under difficult conditions. The new bill gives him the. authority, along with other weighmasterS in Connecticut to enter without a warrant into any building or other premises, or stop any vendor, peddler, junk dealer cr driver of any vehicle transporting or containing coal, coke or other commodity Tor any other dealer" and require him to proceed to some place which he might specify for the purpose of making tests.
 Result of Pressure
 The act is result of pressure on the part of Representative Frank w. LiVolsi of Stamford, democratic member of the house. The measure was reported favorably by the ju- dietary committee of the legislature of which Representative John D. Thoms of Waterbury is a member.
 The purpose of the act is to broaden the powers of the sealers of weights and measures and to wipe out possible obstacles that might arise in the course of their carrying out of their duties to pro- tect the average or common pur- chaser of the various commodities needed such as coal, coke, ice and fuel oil.
 What Bill Stipulates
 The bill specifically states that no person, firm or corporation shall deliver any coal and so forth with out first having 1t weighed or measured by the public weigher or licensed weighmaster. The scales or measuring instruments must be ap- proved by the public official.
 During the recent winter and spring months Sealer of Weights and Measures Dunleavey has been very active in testing loads as to weight and also testing meters on fuel oil delivery tanks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22
MAIDEN THEATER
 IS BURNED DOWN

Maiden. Mass, May 22-tIIP)-A three-alarm fire early today de- stroyed the Mystic, theater auditor ium, damaged two stores and five professional offices in the block and threatened a million dollars worth of Maiden square business property before being controlled after an hours fight. Fire Chief William J. Dooling estimated damage at SIS, ,000 to $100, 900. Aid was summoned from Melrose, Medford, Everett and Re- were.
 Forty families residing in houses on side streets bordering the theater were wakened and ordered out by police as renSe smoke poured from the building. Fire damage was con- fined to the theater auditorium. The balcony collapsed and the roof caved in, leaving only brick walls and part of the stage structure standing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22

& Hartford Railroad Compan
 Bowman, who was 25 years of age, died in a most unique manner, at St. Mary's Hospital, November SO' 1886. While riding in the back of railroad company truck he sunereo carbon monoxide poisoning, 1t $ claimed, by the exhaust of the mo- tor seeping up through the noor. Thirty other men who were riding m the same truck suffered no Ill et- fleets, although they did smell the fumes.
 Wife is Revealed
 Until the time of the compen- sation hearings, Mrs. Harriett BOW man considered herself the only dependent of the deceased, but IL was then revealed that on July A. 1938 Bowman was married in New port. R. l.. and at the time of his death was preparing to set up housekeeping for his wife, who VIII become a mother in June. Bow mans wife is not pressing a claim through the Compensation court put has entered a claim through the United States district court, which is the proper procedure provided Bowman came under the Federal Employers Liability Act. Commls- sioner Lynch has stated that BOW
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22
FUNERAL OF COP LEADER TODAY
Many Prominent People to
 Be Honorary Bearers at |. Roraback Obsequies

Several from this city and vicinity will act as honorary bearers this afternoon at the funeral of Repub- iican State Chairman J. Henry Ror- aback. who committed suicide We'd nesady at his summer home in Har- winton. Archbishop John G. Murray of St. Paul, Minn., a former Water burian and former auxiliary bishop of the Hartford diocese, will De among the honorary bearers.
 Lieutenant Governor Frank Hayes of this city will also be included in the group along with former Con- gressman E. w. Goss, Ex-Mayor Will liam E. Thoms, Representative John ID D. Thoms, Rowlev w. Phillips, Irwin ' w. Day and Edward M. Day.
 Bishop McAuliffe Also
 Rt. Rev. Maurice F. McAuliffe ot the Hartford diocese will be an hon. orary bearer, also, as will Represent ative Asahel Mitchell of Woodbury |and former State Tax Commissioner William H. Blodgett of Winsted.
 Republican leaders halted tenn porarily today in their deliberations over who will be Chairman Rora- backs successor. Several have al-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-22
MADRID BOMBED AGAIN TODAY
Forty-fve Are Reported to Be Killed-Planes Hit
 More Towns

Madrid, May 22-(UP)-Forty- five persons were killed and 70 wounded, according to unofficial es- inmates, in Nationalist artillery bombardment of the capital today. This followed a series of lombard ments yesterday in which about 20 were killed and 60 wounded. in- cluding women and children. Several windows of the American Embassy building were smashed during a { 1-2 hour bombardment today.
 Shells fell particularly, as usual in the Gran Via, Madrid's broad way, and in streets adjoining. Oth- CTS fell in the so-called neutral zone in which the American and other embassies are situated.
 Some shells fell also in the Bar rio De Salamanca residential zone, which had not hitherto been hit.
 About 120 shells, most of them of 6-inch caliber, fell in wide area over the city.
 AS this dispatch is written more shells have begun to fall near the telephone company building. the newspaper headquarters, and gov- ernment batteries are retaliating.
 Two shells hit the Central hotel, which houses the foreign corps. Both crashed down the elevator shaft and exploded in the empty cellar.
 Rooms of two United Press Staff correspondents were shaken by the concussion.
 More Towns Bombed
 Perpignan, France, May 22-(UP) Three Spanish Nationalist air. planes bombed two towns on the
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