Evening star., 1951-11-06
|New-Cor Sales Down, Upturn
1Seen in Used-Cur Demand
By DonoId B. HodIex

Sales of new cars here in Octo-
ber declined further. and were
31.4 per cent below a year ago,
data from the Traffic Bureau in
dicated today. Used-car sales re-
covered moderately from the previ-
GUS month. but were 81 per cent
below October. 1850.
The District issued 2,073 new
car titles in October VS.. 2,183 in
the previous month and 1922 in
October last year. Title transfers,
barometer of used-car sales totaled
1914 VS.. 3,042 in the previous
month and 1892 in October, 1850.
For ten months this year. new
car titles totaled 25.362, a drop of
IT'S per cent from 30,743 a year
earlier, and title transfers totaling
1892 were SO per cent below
42,329 in the same 1850 period.
Net automobile registrations,
after deduction of transferred reg
istrations, stood at 189.635 on Oc-
tober 81, a drop of 81 per cent
from 1875, ,686 on October 81. 1850,
highest postwar mark for that
date.
Inventories Gain Reduced.
Inventories of Washington de-
partment stores were only Is per
cent above a year ago at the end
of September. smallest year-to-
year increase since February. the
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank
reported today. At mid-year, they
were up "a per cent and on July
81 were 80 per cent above year
earlier. The gain was reduced to
18 per cent by August 81.
Outstanding orders of the stores
were % per cent below a year
earlier on September 80. The
drop from 1850 levels was 40 per
cent on August 81.
Collections on open accounts in
September amounted to 43 per
cent of their September / receiv-
ables, while collections on INSTALL
ment accounts were 18 per cent. |
The figures for September 80 last
year were 49 per cent and 18 per
cent respectively.
Three Promoted by Safeway.
j. Arnold Anderson has been
named manager of retail opera
tions for the Washington Division
of Safeway Stores. Inc. ]. w.
Upton has succeeded him as price
maker and c. c. Garvin has been
promoted from assistant to Office
manager.
Mr.. Anderson succeeds j. D.
Weymer, who recently was pro-
NOTED to managership of the
Phoenix Division. He has been
price maker eight years.
Mr.. Upton is a native of Wash /
ington and became Office manager
in l941. Mr.. Garvin is a Virgin
ian. received his education at
Lynchburg and Virginia Poly /
technic Institute and has been
with Safeway since 1880.
Edgar Balshaw is manager of
the Washington division. which
operates 200 stores.
Departmental Changes Made.
Mrs. Mary Jane Edwards, divi-
sional merchandise manager att
Woodward & Lothrop. has been
placed in charge of the following |
departments: Women's and misses
dresses, the walnut room, Women'st
and misses coats and suits, sports |
wear, junior misses and Women's
furs.
Henry G.. Leef, divisional mer-
chandise manager. was relieved of
these departments, but will con-
tinue to have the following depart
ments under his supervision:
Women's knit underwear, neg
ligees, silk and musline underwear,
costume slips. corsets and bras.
uniforms and aprons, budget
dresses. neckwear, blouses. blouses
first floor. millinery, millinery
salon. hat bar. budget shoes and
women's shoes. Mrs. Edwards will
continue to merchandise the in
tants'. children's. teen-age and
junior miss departments.
Mrs. Edwards entered Wood
ward & Lothrop in 1927, and in
l947 became a divisional merchan-
disc manager. She attended John
Tarleton College in Stephansville,
Tex: Alabama State Normal Col
lege and Howard College, Bir-
mingham, Ala, where she received
a bachelor of science degree.
The new Federal income taxi
law which taxes earnings of saw