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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-29

REFINANcfNG? Let me help
YOU. Plenty money. Low inter-
est. Easy repayment. Quick ac-
tion. Direct contact with lend
er. $4,000 minimum. Jno. I.
Wilkins, Agent, JEFF ferson
Standard Life Insurance Co.
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H. rr%SN N I! EGGS, fresh from
T. AZ, y, hdeIweiss Farm. Whole
Ei,j j"S retail. ". X. Cox, 1874
- ave. +. Phone SAS. .
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LIST YOUR PROPERTY with for sale. Sold
pieces real estate this month. real bona fde sales.
Sold the mule also. J. II. Yclton. Phone Sl4.
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WEATHER too bad to get out!
Then try our exercising treat
ments, 25c. Deluxe Beauty
Shoppe. Phone 916.
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WHEN HENS are fed Eull-O- Pep,
eggs must come. The hen can't
help it. Farmers Federation.
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3l-Real Estate

WANTED - Listings of small
farms within miles of Hen
Jacksonville. j. ID. Solley. Phone
l72.
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Special Notices

THANKS FOR TIPS as to where
our bottles get lodged and don't
circulate freely. Cooperation is
appreciated. McCrary's Dairy;
Phone 562-R.
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[oRE YOU BUY TIRES for
4,s' use be sure and see
+ s1gea's New Sure Grip. Mid
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MARKS CLEANERS & OVERS
will buy and sell secondhand
clothes. See us for bargains.
231 N. Main st. Phone SOL.
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WANTED
destinations (Female)

EXPERIENCED cook seeks work.
Louise Williams. Phone 1882
J.
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FURS-HIDES-They are bringing
good prices and we are buying
heavily. Bring them in at once
for top prices. Sherman's Groe-
cry. Phone GIL.
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WANTED - Refined educated
young women to learn paying
business. GA" care Times
News.
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BRAKE Innings

H. H0LLlNGSWORTH,
GULF STATION
Opposite Library
tsiONE We have plenty.
|Ga,y Tire Co. =
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29-Help (Female)

KNITTING instructors wanted
for shop to open shortly. Must
have pleasing apes rance.
Write Box az, care Times
News. giving experience and
expected salary.
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Washington Journal., 1937-06-25
Giebenbaraer Nad)ridteu.

4iitris. - Ser bisberige 8farr.
amtsberueler @aIter Gilbert muroe
einltimmig gum Bfarrer Der. Bis lest
bon inn betreltten @emeinoe &c.
pGbIt, in elmer onoeren @emeinOe
&eftorIebrer Mi9aeI &ebboeett. -
&olf gsoaner lit an Der &lauien-
burger llniperfitat gum 9oftor Der
Observation-Disclosures promobiert NOR
tp0en.
Ser Bauer GloriceI aus 8oiona
Mare BEL @roBparoein ftieB beim
@raben zines 8runnens ouf 5a5l-
reide aunitgegenitanOe unO Elm @e-
fGB nit etwa 45 Seq. @olomiin5e1
uno @olof6mud. Ser Sdas iou
aus Der 8eit oes ruiiiid-tiirfiiGen
&rieges i'm Sabre 1853 Itammen.
Oie 2oideerdte Der SddBbureer
SreiDiaigen Seueripebr muBten oil
Die miIit1riide G%eueripebr iberee.
ben iDeroen.
8ei einem 6uBbanipiel in 8renn.
6orf Bel &ronitaot, gerieten sic GU
idouer 10 bart oneinanoer, Dab biele
Ieidt berIest, bier Herionen ober
10 idtper beripuu0et tpurOen, ooB fie
ins 2~ranfenbnis gebrodt perben
muBten.
Ser RronItdoter @ertreter Ser
2ogobteiInne Der n8anco @omono
6e Gomert", 2eon Sdober, Bot ith
bonn oritten Stod Oes SoteIs nRro-
ne" berabgeitiir6t uno lit ~seitorben.
CT Bat iih Dor Dem Sprung and
Die Gdlagaoern am Salie oufse-
idnitten. 6omiIien6piit mar Der
@runS Ges SeIbitmOroes.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-25

2sinn6. $ier Bat fi6 Der "a
Sabre oIte berbeirotete anoreas gt-
idof in Ieiner Sdeune ourd CT.
b6neen 6os 9eben senommen. gls
Gruno ninMt man S1permut an.
OberpIcidfsIS. SIN boben glitter
bon So Sobren itorb Die Glteite Gin
Dobnerin Der @emein0e, Nnna Md-
ria RIos. sic mar Die 8itDe oes
aItbeteronen un0 friiberen StraBen.
m1rters 0ifoIaits 9los.
gvenbIurcnseH. Ser 80 Sabre
oIte 2anopirt Sermanu Sen eeriet
unter iein nit &oIa ~beIo6enes Gubr.
Derf. Gr fDurDe iiberfabren. Dic
&fer0e blieben gum Slid iofort Ite-
ben, 10 ooB Sen nit Ieitteren Ser.
Iesungen Oobontnm.
Sab @emitabt a. 3. Gaale. 0ie
gltern oes bieiigen gcItomtsbor-
itanoes, SGulIeiter uuO Gontor l..
q. Gouor0 groidoIN uno Grou.
fonnten in erfreuIider Triide ibre
oiomnntene &of3eit feiern. @as
SubeIpaor 1T in goo NeuItoot Be-
items befonnt, oenn idon felt II
Sobren fommt es re%geIm6Big bier.
Der. Der Siibrer bat Den Snbilnren
ieine ber5Iiditen @liidwiinide iiber.
mittelt.
&6bcImaier. Mit 8eginn oes
neren G6uIiobres trdf sic @eminoe
elm Idmerer gerluit ourd ben ab.
i6ie6 bon 2ebrer 3oaer, Ser iid ieit
6 Sobren oIs tiidtiger S9ulmann
ertuieien bate. CT bat iiG in Ser
@emeinOe Our1 gemeinniisige SG-
tigfeit beIiebt genodt, 10 OoB man
i'm nun uttgern ifei0en iiebt. 2eb.
rer Boiler bat bereits feline neuc
Gdulitene Mtiiblbad Bel 8aO Neu-
itaot angetreten.
Berlin. am 449. @~eburtstog III
rid b. Suttens erblifte tpieOer elm
I1Iri9 b. Sutten Oas 2idt Der @elt.
Ser iingIte Sprob 6ieies oeutiden
@eidle6ts lit Der Sobn hes 6rei-
BERN &arl 5erOinonO b. Sutten unO
ieiner @emobIin SIZE, ge6. S6af-
Dis. @S lit elm eigenartiger gu
fan, 0aB 0ie @eburt Oes iiinglten
lllrid b. Sutteu nit Dem @eburts.
tag beg 9roBen &umauiiten 5uiom-
menfdnt.
9eKam. Sier fubr elm iungcr
Mann aus Berlin, Der in 9eiiau
orbeitet, nit einem YoooeIboot auf
Ser Muloe. 8urd Die 5tarfe Str0-
mung muroe er iiber Oos @ebr &c.
trieben, 0as Boot fippte Inn, uno
Ser iunge Wfnnn rang nit benz
Strom. Nod fltr5er 3eit berfonf er
i'm @oiier, obne OaB iemanO bon
ben 3obIreiden 9aiionten, Sic ben
9orfan beobo6teten, in Der Gage
getpeien pdre, inn SiIfe gu brin,
gen.
Tranffmrt a. 30. Nod Sen or.
mitteIungen Ser 2onoesfrimtnalpo'
Iiaei lit elm berbeerenoer Brand i'm
&loIter MarientboI i'm HbeingoiL
Bel benz Die foItbare 8ibliotbet uno
0ie @obngebGuoe in GInmmen ouf-
gingen, ouf Die 2eihtfertigfeit zines
Mondes 5uriid3ufiibren. gr bate
iid Notwithstanding in ieiner Belle
einen S9ranf in Die @ano eingcs
baut. 9a er in Der Belle feline 8e-
leu6tung bate, benuBt er itets cine
Serge. Mls er om 9ienstdgmorgen
mieoer nit elmer Serge Dor 6ein
SGronf bantierte, b0rte er plosliaI
Dor Ser 3ene elm @erduid. lin
nift entopdt au neroen, idloB er
Ben Gdronf, bergaB ober, Die Serge
at I0iden. 9ie Serge feste 0ann,
oIs Der Mond Sen &ailm berloiieli
batte, bic 3eae in Brand, griff ouf
oas @ebGlt iiber un0 idlieBlidl
muroe 6ann Ser 9odItubI in BranO
geIest. Ser M0nh. Der erit nad)
langem 2euenen eeitanO, tpuroe ber-
baftet.
G;eherh;;rnsr NnH1r;dfsn.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-25
6emeinMhkL6eg
Qnes nrit ga.

Aues NIT Sal5.
Gos 6ie berIdie6enIten 6inse an
Itott nit @usmitteln oft e6eniOgut
nit elmer fleinen Meuge ao9ial5
eereiniet per6en f0nnen, miro biel-
leidt monder Sousfrou nod unbe.
tonnt iein.
Sci ihmubi9en, fetten @Idieru lit
Oie idueae gfeiuigungspirfung be-
ionOers berDor5ubeben. aud @Ias.
toroffen Ioateu itGnOie nit Sol5 ge.
Hubert Deroen, Oa oieies nidt nur
ben GoltranO beieitigt, ionoeru aud
Dos Snnere obne RiiditauO blanf En-
b1lt. Eeefonnen aus 8or3elon un0
@mniGe, Iotpie &eetaiien legen iih
idneu br1unIid an uno peroen wie-
Der peiB, ipenn man lie nit unge.
Teudtetem Sal3 ousreibt. Aud bel
8lumeHbaien un6 -eldiern entfernt
man auf oieie Weiie ben ihlammi-
gen 8elae. ueber frilde Gbit. uno
BeinfIede itreut man gen0bHlih
Sal5 un0 reiniet iie bierouf, nie
gepobut, our1 auspoiden peiter.
8eroltete Eintenflede bebonoelt MAJ
ebenfaus nit SoI3 unter 3ubiIfe-
nabme bon beiBem 3itronenuaiier.
8aOeIdm1mme peroen nit Der 3eit
idliipfrig uno unbDgieniid. 8enn
man tie in SaI5paiier ausp1idt unO
griinOIi6 nadipiilt, lino iie pieOer
pie tteu. Aud N~agelbiiriten legt
man aus Oieiem @ruuOe ab uuO 81
einen bolben Gag lang in foltes
Sal3uaiier, nm Die Observation-Disclosures,
peIde oie 8iirite mei1 unO I'M
braudbar ma9enL 5u i0ien unO oie
goritesl tpieOer 5u b1rten. 3abn-
biirIten reinigt man ebenio.
Au9 in Der Slide lit oas Sal3
nidt MIR gum &oden unentbebrlid,
ionOern bepdbrt ii9 aud ionit aIs
gutter Seller. Slide ouf5ubepabren
miro 0urd giillegen in Sa.5paiier
ern0gIi1t. @or Dem Sduppen reibe
man Die Slide tr0ftig nit Sab Elm
uno lolie tie cine 8eile Itegen, I'M
li6 oonn oieie uiiolsenebme Arbeit
81 erleidtern un0 nb5ufiir3en. Butter
beDobrt man ebenfoas tn Sal3ipai.
Ter, oos man 5umeilen erneuert,
ouf. 8eim. @ieriieoen gibt man
Sols nit in oos Maiier, uut BEL ct.
paigem 8laBen Oas Auslaufen gu
bermeiOen. SdimmeI an @iirIten.
S6infen, @erdldertem uID. reibt
man am beiten nit Sal5 ab.
gIs biuieites BubmitteI, aIs &i-
denbeIfer, ober ou1 oIs GeIuno.
beitspfleeemittel lit oos Sal5 gu bee
tra6ten. L
Gum @urgelu BEL Solsentsiinoun.'
gen tut tparmes Sol5poiier CUTE
9ienite. Gum Naienfpilen BEL
Shnupfen ipirtt cine laltDarme,
idmode aodiol5l0iung ousge8eidl.
net. Gum 8obnpusen bertDeuoet,
loft Sal5maiier i6nea bic 5peiie.
riiditdn0e 5piiden sen 3Gbnen uno
idubert iie bon @elng. Gin fHr0es
GuBbaO ooer cine 5uBpoidune Be-
Iebt un0 itdrft ermiioete JiiBe.
8as fonnte bel 10 GROCER @er'
Observation-Disclosures einfa9er unO
biaieer Iein, ols infer Sal52.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-25
Sraftiide &atidIdse Eel fleinsn 8i-
denunf1aeR.

demunfGQeR.
@cs maGt man, ipentl man ii1
berbrennt, tpie 0as beim Anfaiies
81 beiBer E0pfe ODER DedeI poer
beim MusgieBen beiBer Sliiiiigfcit
ia 10 bGufig oorfommt9 Eapfer iein.
oie SABINE ouiammenbeiBen = ober
Oie n~erbronnte STEELE iofort iiber
tiidtige Sise balten un0 binterber
nit reinem Set beitrei9en. Damn
gibt es feline @aierblaIe un0 Der
Gdmero bort balo auf. - aleine
4ronopunoen beltreidt ma nit
Geife, ettpas @iflar ODER etmaS
ongefeudtetem SoId. Mud 0onn
eibt es feline @aiierbIoIen. = @e.
rat beim Baden in Der offenen
Yfnnne SdmaIS in 8rono, 0onn
nur ia nift etmo @oiier Oraufgie-
Benl Roideitens bonn Geuer tpeg0ie-
ben uno einen eroben Dedel bar.
iiberlegen obporten, Bis oas
5euer 10 in ii9 ielbit auiammeniinft.
- Gas glei6e gilt fir Hetroleum
ODER Spiritus = niemals nit Mai.
ier au IOfd)en ncriuden! @ntmeoer
feudte Glider iibermerfen ODER NIT
9Iide uno Sono bic Glammen UNI
idd6Iih MAIDEN.
8rot ODER &uden i'm Sc.
item neroen 5u f6neu bartl Gin
5eridnittener MpfeI ODER einige robe
Standardization oa5u eelcet, uno e
bleibt minoeitens 5tpei big orei Case
Ianser friid.
ApfeIinen Ioiien iid piel
Ieidter abid1len, wenn man tie por-
Der idneu in beibes 8oiier toudt.
@efodte Ger, Die eia @s-
riHt 3ieren ioIlen. peroen nit elm
nenie 3itronenioft obserieben, mo.
ourh lie idneepeiB tper6en.
90 iirbeteie i'm CONNER ru-
fen 3i loiien. Ga betonntlih gutter
Miirbeteie einiee 3eit ruben muR
ebe ma i'm bddt. 10 pirfe man eiit-
nal Die Butter om beiten MIR nit
benz Sonobonen inter, ben man inl-
mer iDieoer unter Der 2eitung tIhlt
nno Ieep iiber Die Sdiiiel. in Der
man ibn ruben lGBt. elm in Colt
pniier setdn6tes 9ud, UNI i'm DIN
~offenen 6eniter in 3usIuft gut fiib'
len lu Iniien-
Washington Journal., 1937-06-25

Gam6a. Sic dlteIte ginwobnerin
Srou eliie arebs, geb. Bonn, lit i'm
Sitter bon SO Sobren u~neripartet
%eeitorben. Sros ibres boben III.
ters mar Iie big in Die Iesten Gage
rinein fGrperIid uuO seiitig nod
reft frtId.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-25

Rieberr5bIingsn an Der SeIme.
geim SdmieoemeiIter Sopfer erpIo.
oierte aus mbefnnnten @riinoen Der
SdpeiBopparnt. ginem ief5ebn-
idbrieen 9ebrIine trofen berumfIie-
gen0e giienitiide 10 iHmer ins Sc.
iidt, OoB Der iunse @ann olsbnIH
Itorb.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-25

GdDeiAbsrs. Grnu 8itDe Waa-
ria @reuliH fonnte ibren 95. @e-
bursting feierH. Srou @reulib
erfreut iid nod ieltener Eiiitisfeit.
DdIsnfnrt. Qas feds Sabre oIte
gnteIfinO 6es arbeiters Jrieorid
gneelbarot i~tiir6te bonn goIfon Ell
nes Souies in Der Monggaiie. 9as
&inO erIitt idUere aopf- unO in.
mere 8erlebungen.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
SO Notable Year
For Investment
Companies
BY ANDREW J. LORD

President, Lord, Albeit q Co., Inc.
The past year may be described
as notable in the history Of Ameri'
can investment companies and
suggests an increasingly pro
nounced trend toward the mutual
ization Of investment trusts.
1t is highly probable that as a
sequel to the trial and error
period of our widespread expert
mentation with the fixed, semi
fixed, the management and other
forms of trusts, including the in.
vestment or trading" company
we shall see a sounder and a far
less complicated investment trust
structure built on the principle of
self-imposed restriction and regu.
lation. ...-,
Mutual investment funds, en-
joying the benefits of restricted
m anag ment, paid dividends
throughout the depression period,
and yields to the investor have
been rising steadily over the past
two years. The tax-saving feature,
which exempts from the normal
income tax mutual investment
companies distributing to stock.
holders all net income, results
from a provision contained in the
Revenue Act Of 1896, and is an
added benefit calculated to
heighten interest in these trusts.
The mutual fund gives to stock
holders the right to redeem their
shares at approximately asset
value. enabling them to enjoy
ready marketability for their
shares. Operations and holdings
of the fund are made fully public
to stockholders in regular periodi-
cal reports. Shareholders have
voting privileges.
During 1885 the public saw sub
Stantial advances in common
stock prices and for that reason
may feel that they are now too
high for conservative investment
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
MACHINE TOOL
ORDERS GAIN

The value Of machine tool or
ders placed during 1886 exceeded
the 1885 volume by so per cent
according to a review Of 1885
and forecast for 1887 made BY
Clayton R. Burt, president oi
the Niles-Bement.Pond Company
Mr.. Burt says:
Domestic business placed
during both 1884 and 1885
was exceeded by the 1885 vol
ume.
machine tool builders ap-
proach the new year with q
backlog Of forward orders esti-
mated at approximately TWO
and a half times the best
months shipments this year.
Inquiries and quotations are
running high, and the industry
looks ahead confidently to a
continuation Of rising demand
for all classes Of equipment.
"Our industry believes la .
good beginning has been made
in 1886 to extend :he more
goods for less money principle,
and IL it is kept in mind our
country's prosperity, with its
cOncomitant Of high wage and
salary earnings, will continue
through 1887 and beyond.
''Many important groups OF
machine tool users are buster
than they have been for five
years."
W. E. Whipp, president o.
the Monarch Machine Tool Com
pany, declared:
"It is not alone expanded pro-
ducti0n in the user industries
that is providing the strong cur.
rent demand for machine tools.
As urgent a factor as plant ex'
pansiOn is plant mOdernization.
Some authorities assert that the
six years since 1929 have wit
messed machine tool technical
progress equivalent to that Of
the three previous decades. If
this industry, small in dollar
volume Of sales, large in Signifi-
canoe, today is functiOning &C.
curately as an economic barOme-
ter, the New Year augurs we'll
indeed for the nations indus
try"
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Tool Steel Production
LARGEST Since Boom

Production of tool steel last year
was the largest since 1929, accord
ing to L. Gerald Firth, president of
the Firth-Sterling Steel Company.
He says the outlook for an even
greater increase in 1887 is evident
because of rising production
among manufacturers generally,
the need for replacement of a large
percentage of obsolete machines
and the introduction Of new car
bide tools.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
INSURANCE CHANGES

amounts by offering larger re-
turns than were available abroad.
This foreign capital played an
important part in developing such
American fields as railroad trans
portation, and in expanding the
insurance industry which few
Americans then understood. Be
cause insurance is an undertak-
ing requiring a large capital rela.
tive to the volume of business and
offering lower returns than have
hitherto been obtainable in indus
try (although with greater Secur-
ity), it is not to be wondered that
American capital thus flowed into
the field of greatest demand.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06

More than 40 years Of employ
ment in the same shop is an un'
usual record at the Washington
Navy Yard, but that distinction
is held by Jesse T. Stephens.
Entering the old East and West
shop" in 1887, Stephens became a
machiniSt in the eastern end and
remained in the same spot until
1880, when he retired.
That fact shows 43 years of
service in one place, Stephens
points out, even though the name
of the place changed several times
and eventually became a part of
what is now known as the erect
ing shop.
When he first went down to the
Navy Yard, Stephens says, the
work was not divided into shops"
as it is today, even though many
more types Of manufacture were
carried on.
Stephens also remembers the
famous pair of oxen used at the
Yard until some time in the '90's
for hauling heavy guns. He re-
collects that whenever the animals
became mired in the mud, all
types of workmen near the spot
dropped their tools and ran to
disentangle the heavy beasts and
their heavier burden.
Stephens was born in Hartford
County, Md, in 1862 and learned
his trade at a machine shop in
Baltimore. He now lives at 719
Quincy Pl. N. w.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
SPINDLES ROAR
PROSPERITY
IN TEXTILES

NEW YORK. Jan. 8 G.N.SO.
With countless thousands Of
whirling spindles roaring a con-
sistent note of prosperity, leaders
Of the Nations cotton.textile in
dustry are convinced that for the
first time since the World War
the current boom will be extended
we'll into the future.
Overproduction. bogey Of the
twenties which brought a success
sion of spurts and slumps to the
induStry-and concurrent series
of rises and dips in employment
has been practically eliminated by
individual voluntary action of mill
owners to maintain basic provi-
SionS Of the NRA cotton.textile
code. Despite invalidation of the
NRA, more than 95 per cent OF
the industry have continued vol
unfairly to maintain fundamental
provisions of the cotton-textile
agreement.
During the last half Of 1886
mills hummed with even more &C
tivity than they had in 1929. EN-
ployment in September exceeded
by 5000 the 425,000 average rec
ord set in the last of the boom
years. Average hourly wages. at
361a cents an hour, were 4 cents
an hour. were 4 cents above the
1929 average.
Stick to Code
Overproduction, which stopped
every postwar squirt in the indus
try, is no longer an imminent dan
ger as mill owners seem deter
mined to prevent the excesses in
production which caused the in
stability of the twentieS. On the
recommendation Of tton-Textile
Institute officials more than 95
per cent of the mill owners Of
the Nation today cling to the pro
visions OF the NRA code which
limit machines to an 80-hour work
week and men to 40-nour work
week.
Mill owners are resisting the
temptation to work machines "a
hours a day to reap the profits
Of the squirt. Failure to resist
this temptation brought the
slumps of the twenties as the prod
ucts of mills running at full ca
pacity glutted the market.
Jap Competition
But, with the tendency toward
excessive production at least
temporarily checked, the industry
buckled down to solve another
pressing problem-Japanese COM
petition.
Although total imports from
Japan equal less than per cent
Of American cotton consumption,
the problem is a sore spot because
Japanese traders concentrated to
dominate sales of bleached, un-
bleached and colored cloths.
Since 1882 the Japanese inroads
into these three particular fields
have increased tremendously, until
today imports of cotton cloth from
Japan equal nearly So per cent Of
the average annual domestic pro
duction Of competitive fabrics.
Proves Major Problem
Economic strategy of the Nip
poneSe merchants constitutes a
major problem for the American
industry. The Japanese gain a
trade and then spread gradually
to the other branches pulling
price levels far below operating
costs of the American producer.
Governmental efforts to relieve
the pressure of competition from
cheap-labor Japanese goods have
been Intellectual because, institute
officials pointed out, when the
president increased tariffs AZ per
cent, almost to the legal limit. he
cut the Japanese advan-
tage in half.
Another aspect Of the competi-
ton was in foreign markets, where
japanese competitors halved the
export trade which once
absorbed more than per cent of
production.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
BY EDGAR Fl. BOLES
President General Reinsurance
Corporation

EEeSIuenb Genefal Reinsurance
Corporation
The new year may be expected
to witness increasing changes in
several past tendencies Of the in
surance business. These changes
include further expansion Of the
industry by American capital to
meet the rapidly growing volume
Of business created by our rising
standards Of living; a replacement
by American capital Of some Of
the foreign capital which now un-
derwriteS a large amount Of
American fire and casualty risks;
and a tendency to reinSure with
American-financed and operated
companies a larger proportion Of
domestic fire and casualty risks,
of which but two-fifths and two
thirds respectively, are now placed
with American reinSurers.
In its initial stage Of develop
ment, the United States absorbed
all Of the capital it produced and
in addition imported substantial
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Blouse, Skirt Trade
Biggest in 20 Years

The blouse and skirt industries
enjoyed the largest fall volume in
20 years, according to B. H. Lerner,
executive director of the National
Association of Blouse and Skirt
Manufacturers.
Gains for each industry aver
aged 20 per cent. Due to favor
able style indications, manufac-
turers anticipate even greater
gains during the coming season.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Electricity Sales Up

Electricity sales by light and
power companies in the United
States during 1886, with the last
two months estimated, are put at
SO, 800, 100000 kilowatt-hours by
the Edison Electric Institute.
This compares with 77,555, ,000,-
900 units in 1885 and with 1924
100000 units in 1929, the pre-de-
preston high record.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Car Registrations
In u. 5. SET Record

Approximately 2s,27O,oOO motor
vehicles were registered for oper-
alton in the nation during 1885.
This exceeded by nearly 1,500,-
900 units the previous record made
in 1890.
The Washington times., 1937-06-05
HIGH SETS
RECORD

ARLINGTON, Va, June s.
WaShington-Lee High School will
graduate the largest class in its
history when diplomas are pre-
sented to 209 boys and girls by
Superintendent Fletcher Kemp at
exercises in the school auditorium
at 8 p. m. Thursday.
This years graduating class Is
the first with more than 200 mem
bers, school officials said.
Members Of the graduating class
will hear DR.. Russell Clinchey,
pastor of Mount Pleasant Congre.
gational Church, deliver the bac-
calaureate sermon at $3.50 p. m.
tomorrow at the school. The an.
nual banquet of the senior class
will be held tonight at the Shore.
ham Hotel in Washington.
Miss Shirley Smith, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Smith, $40
South Glebe Road, led the grad.
uating class with the highest
scholastic average for the four.
year course.