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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9,1937
JUDGING WILL GO TO CHICAGO
iSponsoredbyBeth- ^ C. of C. Enters National Contcgt
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^on flrst honors at the Bteit held recently at Penn- , gtate CoUege. the North- _ county 4-H Club Judging SLoMored by the Bethlehem r^ Commerce, Is planning , the national contest to be Chicago the latter part of
ItorbamP'o" County Team. I «m compete In the contests l^M in connection with the looal Uvestock Show at consists of Aaron Hower. MPton R. D. 2; Elwood Buss, ^^O. 3; Paul Schlegel, Bath !• under the supervision of rfttrrn Agent B. L. Coleman. m the State contests held In , at Penn State, the North- I County team won flrst honors II draft horses, beef cattle, liwlne. - _,ntlng on the accomplish- ^ the Northampton County BI. Vernon K. Melhado, ppi of the Chamber of Com- _ «C Bethlehem, addressed a Tn County Parm Agent Cole- Web read In part as follows: _^ (Mt that your group won ^BOn at the State contests ^Tpennsylvanla State College aoeat credit to your organl- |«Dd to Northampton County. bem, as the leading city jnpton County. Is proud of 1 folk and on behalf of the ^jB Chamber of Commerce Tjou nothing but success at al contests to be held in
FORTY-THREE TEACHERS GREET PUPILS HERE ON OPENING DAY
DIKECTOKV A.N'NOUNCEl)
tATION MGirr AMONG PENN GROWERS
...ttlon of the thlrty-tw) _^' Msociations of potato grow- I li Penn.5ylva:iia to make lli-J I potato marketing program a I was solicited today by Jamc^ acting director of tlie of Markets, k a fctter to the groups he asked to  discuss   their   marketing
 with   Shelton   R.   Too'.e,
 r«arketing specialist In charge
I tl potato work.  This program is [ financed by a $23,000 special •tlon granted by the  1937 Ltglslature.
TO PAY 1937 RNDS TO FARMERS WZINSTALlMEim
Pmnsyhanla   f.irmers   .md   tins>
I the entire Northea.^t region wli >
Jlpated in the 1937 Agriculturai
vation Pi-o?ram will lie  pi.i.l
two  in-t;U!mpnt-.   according   V)
*nde^  A.   Boraer.   chairman   of
Nortiiampton  County   Agricul-
al Con-servation Committee.    D-
to make installment piivnii'iit^
I to allow fanni'fs to receive their
(y as soon as possible,
[While the  county  committee  a\-
dy has mea-ured  'oil conserva-
1 work done- by many cooix-ratint;
ers. some time will elapse l)eforj
I total expcn-ps of administration
also the ; pta'. numbtr of par-
lUng farmers are known, says
A. Borger.
[p» cost of administering the pro-
"" In the county will be deducted
the final pavment to farmers.
1937 conservation program pro-
sthat the   announced  rates of
pment may   be increased or  de-
»»ed by as much as 10 per cejit,
ending on tho numlier of fcfmcn
BO cooper.r...    In the ca.se of ap-
eations tiled alter county expenses
rates of  p.iyment   are  known,
full md final paynvnt will be
Ide.
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•OTCMBER
10-Pern- j.^lej'ed ths Bril¬ ls i or. Ljke Erie, 1813.
11—Jenny Lini .java her hrst American roncert In New ^crk, 1350
U-C..V Burice el N, Cati li.'.i captured by n;tori OU3 David Fanning. 1761
''-general Vi'olfe captured Quebec, er.dmj French dcmination in America 1739
*s»^ U-Iohn Hirvat 1 willed
Y^        library and halt his
ostita lor cjlleje.  16J6
I»-H,.'..h8taj ad.^i's swaa likT as Getir.^n flaj. 19.fS
£\   W-Imtwrial French army ¦     > ur. Jet Napoleon S(.ta liio
to l.;.'i:ow, 1312.   ^„„
With the reopening of the Naz¬ areth schools yesterday morning the directory of the Nazareth Borough School District has been announced.
Principals: Prof. P. A. Marks, su¬ pervising principal; Miss Florence L. Nicholas, principal of the senior high school and Miss Myra Druckenmill- er, principal of the Junior high school.
Faculty of the senior and Junlo.- high schools: Kenneth I'. Abel, Marvin Reltz, Jean B. Clute, Ouy Cump, A. William Day. Donald L. Detweiler, Charlotte Dixon. Myra Druckenmlller, Mary A. Dry, Au¬ gusta Etschman, Gordon S. Feller, Marlon E. Kern, J. Frederick Knecht, Franklyn E. Kostenbader, Andrew S. Leh, Lois M. Long. L. Elizabeth Marx, Florence L. Nicholas. Mildred C. Oakes, Earl K. Ritter, Pearl E. Schnerr, Adam E. Shekletski, Eliza¬ beth S. Sloat, Anna C. Wunderly, Mae M. Yelsley, Charles Bartolet and Margaret Roesch, Miss Lahoir.a Peppel win again be librarian. Miss Jean B. Clute and Miss Mae M. Yelsley will again be art and mu-ic .Supervisors, respectively.
Elementary school teachers- Fair-
I view   building:   Evelyn   H.   Ccoley, ! Ellen   H.   Ruloft,   Mary   A.   Rohn I Mary   Craig,   Mrs.   Weiss,   Amy   R. Knauss,   Miriam   E.  Kleckner   aiit Katherine E. Schlegel. I    Whitfleld building:   Kathe;ine T. Schmeukle, Mary L. Wheeler, LlUia \ A. Dry, Emma A. Schmeukle, Miss Fehr, O. Elizabeth Bahnsen, E'J;ai I A. Snow and Viola R. Kessler. I    Department of health:  Dr. J. A. Franufelder, medical inspector, and Miss  Mary  A.  Orlm.   nurse.    Mis.i Emma Yukna, clerk to the district principal,   and   Charles  Happ;!   as attendance officer.   William M. Sil- nes superintendent of buildins.^ and grounds; Edgar Rohn as janitcr in the Pairview building: Joseph Wag¬ ner, Janitor in the Whitfleld build¬ ing,   and   Oeorge   Rudge,   Charles Happel and Harvey Rohn  as Jani¬ tors of the Junior and senior high school buildings.
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HARVEST HOME
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The Festival of the Harvest will be celebrated In Forks Church, the Rev. Oeorge S. Kleckner, Lutheran pastor, on Sunday, September 12, at 10 A. M.
Autumn Will PmiH Sute 'Scene* With Uvuh Bnuh
¦srrlibwff. — With summer's passing and autumn around the corner, Pennsylvania's country¬ side soon will change into its colorful fall costume.
Brilliant scarlets, vivid reds, bronzes that gleam like burnished gold, and deep browns will be stained against the evergreens which arj the constant back¬ ground  of the rich foliage.
Never Is Pennsylvania more beautiful, the trees and leaves; brighter, the mountains more im- j pressive in their majesty than; in the season of rose-colored j tints.
Prom the northeast tip of the. State where the Delaware begins | its winding course to tiie westerr., border beyond the AUeghenies— from the more primitive forest-1 lands along the northern tierj down to the Muryland line, the] land of William Penn is rich in beauties. j
Between these four boundaries j lie an area which has  no equal i for the variety of its scenic splen¬ dors and  the wealth  of  its his¬ toric lore. I
There   are   r.illing   farm-lands., towering   m!)Unt:>ins,   majestic rivei ,  sparkling  lakes,   g . i'oous ¦
water-falls cascading over age- worn rocks, secluded glens with all the mystery of nature in their quiet and solitude.
Views almost beyond the power of the artist's b;u.=;h to duplicate unfold in breath-taking panora¬ mas as we ride by automobile or tiain, or hike through any sec¬ tion  of  the  Commonwealth.
In other words, as the slogan being advertised over the Nation savs—"Pennsylvania Has Every¬ thing."
There is interest, enjoyment, education and profit for all the school children and all the adults in this great undertnking.
Places to go that you have read about in hi.-.tory books. Things to do that you have always wanted to do, but seldom get around   to  djing.
You can hunt—as you surely will do by the thousands when the season opens—you can fish —along the trails and in the streams that pioneers, and the Indians before them, hunted- and fished.
And at the same time absorb the atmosphere and learn the lora and background of these dif- ;'.!•( tv   I'ogions.
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sil.i 1 Tl,n-ad F.ill . ofl Um:;in;in^ Creek, in Pike County, sparkles iigiiinst u bacUgi uund of iiutuiun colors.
65,000 MAY LOSE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
More than 65,000 Pennsylvania i numbers may work a hardship on workers for whom (.mployers hive all of Ihesj workers and their fam- made contributions may lose uneni- mes since It will be diflBcult for them ployment compensation benefits next .^ year because of failure to obtain a | ' Social   Security   number.   Secretary
—Photo (mm Fenna. Publicity Commits.on
For the first time In three years, the government of Penn¬ sylvania Is "square" with the Motor License Pund. Secretary of Highways Warren Van Dyke looks on as State Treasurer F. Clair Ross signs a requisition for repayment of $5,216,211 to the Motor Fund, comolptcly v.-iping out all borrowings which had totaled more than $24,000,000.
ECONOMIC HIGHUGHTS
lIuprx-nhmN That Aff«ct th* l>iiiner I-hIH. I>lvid«nd Ch*ok« ai.il Ta.\ BIILs of Every Indlvl- rlial. Natinnal and Interna- lioiiiii f'n.t.lHiiiH Inseparabl* xroui Lo. al  Welfare.
hy R  At. Holer
NAZARETH WOMEN WIN BLUE RIBBON
Tiie Nazareth Women's Club, flower group division, has been awarded a blue ribbon for a special cla-:s exhibit by the Monroe County Flower Garden Club at Its flower show last week. The exhibit that won the blue ribbon award callsd for arrangements of any flowers In a basket suitable for church dec¬ orations. The local exhibit consisted of prize dahlias in tons of lavender, orchid, and yellow, taken from the garden of Mrs. Warren Breinig Sr., West Center Street. This was the liivt exhibit by the Nazareth Club in competition with other clubs and was a forerunrter to its Pall Flower Siiow which will be held in the local V.M.C A. on September 15 and 16.
FEDERATION OF SPORTSMENSCLUBS TO HOLD CLAMBAKE
LEfilON AUXILIARY TO HOLD MEETING
To Stage Several Contests
Fifteen ^port^men clubs of North- i ampton County constituting the Northampton County Sportsmen Federation are going to hold a clambakf. Sunday September 19th. near Ea.ston, opposite Schiable's Baker>.
The affair will start at noon with lunch. fuUowing which several con¬ tests wii: be staged. Trap shooting, batt and fly casting and some amus¬ ing stunt.- wil. be on the program. Hand.sonie prizes will ije awarded che winner^, and Robert Kleckner. tile Pici-ir.ion's secretary promises an mtereiting meet of old-timers. Tlie bake will be served at five o'clock .uid o^ily members of Cou.ity Clubs  ,v:i: be admitted.
cf Labor and Industry Ralph M. Bashore declared here today. He advis"d such employes to got thetf Social Security numbers at once and report it to their employers or incur the ri.ik of being ineligible for Un¬ employment Compensation payment.-- a!ti .• January 1. 1938.
TiiQ figures .submitted to the Di¬ vision of Unemployment Compensa¬ tion and Employment Service by the Social Security Board revealed that 2.517.871 Social Security nu.Tiberj have been issued in Pennsylvania. Tills is 65.511 less than the total of 2.583.382 employes' records posted by the Divl-ion. Many of these are be¬ lieved to be workers over 65 who are covered by Unemployment Coniiieti- sation but not Old Age Bene.lt^.
"Failure   to   get   Socia:   Security
prove   their   identity,   especially those  who  have   had  two  or  more jobs or have worked for a previous --mployer now ou: of business," Mr. Bashore   explained.     Persons   with umilar names or initials will  have an al.mo^t hopeless task in establish¬ ing benefit credits unless they have Social Security numbers, lie added Mr, Bashore in outlining the u-ua'. procedure in obtaining a S3:ial Se- ¦urity number, said:  "An  employer can get these numbers for his em¬ ployes   or  a  latx)r   union   may   g;t them for its members    Au employe -lim^ielf  may obtain  an applicati',n form a; any post office, fill it in and drop  I:   in  the   mail   ix;x,  postage tree.   Employes are advised to give their  numbers  to  tiieir  e.mployers. .lot  send  t.hem   to  the  Division of ¦Jnemployment   Compensation   ani Employment Service."
EFFORTS MADE TO PROTECT FUL- MER'S CROSSING
RULES AND REGUUTIONS OF FLOWER SHOW
Following   the   accident   at
The   American   Legion   Auxiliary
of the H, V, Kn.'cht Post, will hold their regular meeting tomorrow eve¬ ning at 8 o'cljck in the Legion Home, on South  Main Street,
MILK OUTPUT TIES ALL-TIME RECORD
MANY IMPORTANT DATES IN SEPTEMBER
The month of September marks many anniversaries of historic in¬ terest and importance that may be celebrated in the public schools of Pennsylvania. Dr. Lester K. Ade, Superintendent of Public Instruc¬ tion, .said today.
It was on September 5, 1V74, that the First Continental Congress as- .-{¦mbled in Carpenters Hall in Phila¬ delphia. On the 17th of this montii. thirteen years later, the Constitu¬ tion of the United States was form- illy adopted and was made ready tor the ratification of the Original States. Nine years afterward, on .Septt-inbcr 17. 1796, Washington is- .-Ufd his "Farewell Adress" to the lieople of the United States. The cornerstone of tlv.^ National Capitol .it W"-hington w.is laid by the Fir-t President on September 18, nn.l. On the 14th of September 1814, Francis Sott Key wrote the .Star Spangled B.mner" President I inrolii. on Sopt.inbcr 22. 1862. issued ;!ic famous Emancipation Proclam.i-
:ion.
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NAZARETH
r.RADUATES r.0 TO COLLEGE
The following niember.s of the ;I.i.-^- of 1931 Nazaroth High School •re planniag to attend high-.r in- titutl iiv- *f learning; Pearl .^rttd". Richard 8l'ii;fried. WaH.icp Schnu It. .•\ithur Br.r.vn, R»>b''rt Bivinig, Johr. RuncIIt', Mi.^s E.-.tlier Repsher. and Fvelino Smith, Churchman Busi- ne^.s CoP.eue. Easton; Milton Snyder, 7,ena Ferr.iro, Edith Bario, Janet narie. and Grace' Blttenbender. Hethlehcm BlHliiess College; Miss Or.ice Simmons. Jeffers.on Ho.'^pital School of Nurjintj; Mis.-es Louise Kern, Kathryn Hahn, and Robert lerch. llr.siiuis CoUege MLs.se- Vhainla Wolfe, Edvthc WiUiam.s, Oornlcline Kellow, and Daniel Seig- irled will take j) wt sraduate courses hi the local Hijli School. I
I Milk pr .¦ductioii in the United State.- d.iiing August equalled the all-time hull record for mid-Suinm->r and w.i.s considerably higher th.ui tlie 1H3G Augu.st output, the Federal- State Crop Reporting St.'rvice of tiie ijt.ite Depart iiv.nu of Agriculture reported today
With larger feed crops in pros¬ pect, feed prices are adjusting to a new-crop basis and they have de¬ clined relatively to prices of dairy products. It .seems probable that there will be about the usual seasonal ri:.e m prices of dairy products dur¬ ing tlie Fall and that the relation- .-hip between prices of d.iiry products and feeds will continue to become more favorable for dairy producers.
Production of manufactured dairy jjriducts In June was larger tlian tho year earlier but somewhat be- .j.v tlie peak production for the month, which occurred in 1935, Heavy receipts of milk and cream at the pruioipal eastern markets indicate continued increa.-^s in the total coii..-umptio!i ol the.^e products i:i eit.f^. Apparont con.-unipiion of niaiuifactured dairy products in June was somewhat less than th.' \c,ir L'arlier.
Cold storage lioldiiigs of creamery butter on August 1 were 20 per cent lari-ir tlian small holdings on Aug-
II t 1. 1936, but about the same as tic .')-year ilit32-36) average. In July the margin between tho price of 9t!-score butter at New York and liiU'.it New Zealand butter, averaged C.4 cents comared with 7.3 ctiit> a ..'.ir a?o, Willi this narrow margin ¦ 11.:-. .small quantities of butter arc .;i ;:..;  imported,
S.-ek,5 of Am.n-ic.ii cheese reach¬ ed a new high for the m.mth. about 2,1 p r cent above the 5- year (1932- ?,&' .r.erage.
Pyi.' Rules and regulations concerning mer'^ crossing last Tuesday evening ' ^'^^ Nazareth Woman's Club Flower causing the death of Warren Uhler. the Nazareth Chamber of Commerce communicated with the Department of Highway as well as Senator Rob- ert.s in an effort of having this cross¬ ing protected.
Tlie Chamber received word from the Department of Highways that the matter of protecting grade cro-s- ings is entirely under the jurisdic¬ tion of the Pennsylvania Public U'll'fy Conlmi-^;on and referred the Chamber's requ-st to that body for attention. No word has as yet been received as to whether or not this dangerous crossing will be quipped with automatic signals.
weddinc'at'bath solemnized
SCHLEICHER—EBERLY A pretty wedding was solcmniz-^d in Christ Evangehcal-Refonn-^d Churcli. Friday eve at 6:30 o'clock. when William A, Schleicher, of Naz¬ areth and Miss Vema I, Eberly of Bath were married by the Rev, R. H. Helfferlch. pastor. It was a can¬ dle-light service. The ring ceremony was u.sed. Xnii couple were unat¬ tended,
Tlie bride wore an ense.mble gown of brown and gold.
Immediately after the ceremony the couple left on a wedding trip to an unannounced destination. Both young folks are well known and popular among their younger .-et in their respective coniniunitie.^
democrTtITwomen
WILL MEET SEPT. I6th
Show lo be staged in the 'Y", Sep- te.mber 15 and 16, may be obtained at Paul Heckman's Drug Store to¬ morrow or thereafter,
Tiie public is cordially invited to display at this year'> show and the Club is anxious to have all rul?i and 'regulations known  to exliibitors.
cou.\ty inmates enjoy band concert
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Cu^to.mary of the Na^retii Band, ' last Friday evening ,l^f-y rendered I the annual band y^ncert for the ! benefit of ttie inn^^s a: the County
Home. One da/ is set aside ea:h j year by thaj^imd for this free con- I cer;  and the inmates  look forward
to the occasion from season ta sea-
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I   RLNKER   REUNION
1 Tne fourth annual reunion of the : Rlnker clan will be held on Saaday. ! Sept 12. at Appenzall Drove, Mon- ' roe County. A picnic lunch will be 'served at noon The bu>ine.-s meet¬ ing IS scheduled for 1:30 p m, and I games will start at 3 p. m j  • »
i Engagement I    Announced
Mr   and .Mrs. Quint us Fran.z, of
,434  South  Main   Street,  annoutic^d
the ••ngagement  of  their   daughter,
I Mi;- .Minerva I   Frantz. to Nlchol.is
HAWK FAMILY IN ANiNUAL REUNION
T:ie tenth annual Hawk family reunion was held on Monday, Labor Day, on the We.st End Fair ground, M Gilbert. Monroe County, The main exliibiiini biiildinij was fill ed to c.ipaclty. many being unable to g.iin .idmission.
Tiie business meeting was opened by the audience singing ".America," ffi: -.v.'d by t!i- It'.vocalien by Rev. (Continued on Page Four)
Harrisburg, Si^pt. 9—Representa¬ tives of the Penn.sylvania Federatio.i of D-emocratic Women will meet here September 16, .Mr-. Kuhryn S. Flohr. President of the Federation an¬ nounced today.
The meeting, first to be held by the oi'^anizatioii siiXe Mie Executive Committee meeting early in the Suminor, will bring together out- .-tandmg Democratic women of the State for a di-cus-ion of the Pall campaign and to hear reports on pr.-.gress b' iirj; made in enlisting new- clubs in the Fed>^rati 'U
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Arrange For  1937 Farm Show
III Nti/.arelli Hii:h School (iMimnsiuni
MISS    .MINE.^VA    I     FR-^NTZ
Better Health Assured For State's 2,000,000 Pupils
Two million children retuni\l i !lie )niblic schools this week tn Penn- -vl\,inla Many will find impnved .-rhool facilities, 80,000 at least en- t ring new or reconstructed bui:dings. built at a cist of upwards of $.iO,- ono.OfK). New la\v,s, p.i.ssed by the t!t37 LcRl.'.lature, will alsi then be ill eflect for the first time
One cliuige provides that in the future there will be a single ad¬ mission \wv\rA at the beginning of •he term during which pupils may be ontored In the first grade. Tlio ;igp of attendance for the 1938-3:1 -chool year will ix- oxteiulixl from 10 to 17 years and tor the 1939-40
\ ¦¦ 11  ; I 18 ye.irs.
I    The  new   law.-,   al.«o  provide  that
^ K'«inii.ng In the 1939-40 school year tiie minimum term of attendance will bo 180 day.s. thus dfTording ev-
I ery pupil an equal advantage ao far as length of term Is concerned. No permits for domestic or farm work, ill ire-over, will be issued until the piilill ts 16 years of age. Beginning next year fri>e tran.sport.ition for all pupils living 2 miles or more from .srli > i|  will  1)0  pr ivlded
, Scliool rhildrt n will also benefit liiroujU tho nurKliiK ot small dis- triet.s and tho Iniprovcmeiit of play-
. ground faciUtics.
The committee of the Farm Show of Nazareth and vicinity met and arranaed for another show for 1937 on November 19 and 20 in the Naz¬ areth Hi^h School gynin.isium..
The premium li.st of last year will linve very few changes.    Sub-Com¬ mittees have been  appointed to se¬ cure   .spv'akers   of   prominence   and also for entertainment.    This show ha.s  attracted   State-wide   attention, and  has  been  frequeiily  quoted  by ! tlie  Agricultural   Committee  of  tiie | Pennsylvania State Banker.s A>.socia- | tlon as the largest .show of It-s kind i in  the State.    County Agent B. L. I Coloman   and    Margaret    Erickson, IvMd  of the   Homo  Economics  De¬ partment of this county, arc vitally i intoro.'^ted and are eoop-^rating whole | lieartedly in this project.    Many ofl the prize winners in this .show have ' IxM-n exhibitors at  the State Farm Slnw  at   Handsburg   and   captured many   prizes   there     This   .show   Is •open   t.i  everv  one   and   there   are thou and.^  of   jxHiplo  who  come  to see  the exhlblUs  every year.
Tlio S<T.->nd National Bank of Nnz- arclli is again apnisoring this show.
A.   Shestok.   son   of   Mr,   and   Mrs Ptter Shestok,  Bethlehem
Mis.- Frantz i< a graduate of the Nazareth High School. cla.ss of 1930 as well as the Indiana State T-^acher- College, class of 1934. Por the pas' two years Miss Frantz has been teaching Hom? Eccnomics in the Washington School. Bethlehem. Mr Shestok (s a graduate of th'-- Ber¬ wick High School and Is engaged in the automobile business in Bethlp- hem No dite has been set f^r the weddi:.
Anniversary folumn
Sopteml>'r 9—Came W Seek. Dwayn.?  'Voung.   Mauch  Chunk S:.
SeptembtT 10—Sherwood Rash. Now Street,
September 11—Mrs, Clayton Bow¬ er-, Walnut Street; Ralph Kosten¬ bader.  Aluta.
St^ptcmber 12—Claude Altemose, Main Street; Mlldrrd Strouse. Main Street; Virginia Clewell, Evergr«>en Street; Mrs, Peter Berarr, Daniel Slate Qii.irries: Roy Kostenbader. Belfast; Carl Beil. Main Street; the Misses Blanche and Emily Moore, Now Village; H.irvoy Frable, Pair- view Street; Claude Loh, South Main Street
A short time ago tbe New Totk
Times' index of business actlvlt|r reached a new recovery bi|h, and tood at its maximum since Septem- :er, 1929. Tlie figure reached WM 110.9, 100 equalling a theoretleal normal. Of Che many Items contrib¬ uting to the index, all rose but one— carloadlngs.
Tlie other standard bustneas bar- :.-n2ters show a similar trend. Tht recovery movement has been steftdjr and persist«nt, even In the face Of many disquieting factors. An es« ample of this Is provided by eleetria power output. As a rule, power UM decreases in the Summer months, due to longer days and a recessloo in industrial operations. Yet thia year power sales increased.
The adjournment of Congreas bad little effect either on the biulncM Indexes or the sentiment of buaineM leaders. Several reasons are reapon* sible for this. For one thln(, tt h«tf been widely forecast for several weoks that Congress would call It a day at about the time It did, so adjourn* m-int was no surprise. For another, the tendency of Congress, during the last half at least, was to nslsl experimental legislation and to oithsr vote it down or to defer it until tb« next session. So business had a breathing spell. Lastly, tha r«> surgence of congressional Indapen* dence. and its refusal to accept dic¬ tation from the executive branch. Is viewed with strong approval bjr industrial leaders.
The nomination of Senator Black, one of the strongest New Deal solans, to the Supreme Court, likewise had practically no effect on biulness. It was anticipated that the President would appoint someone 100 per cent in accord witli his views. And there is a tiellef. pointed out recently by most of the Washington columnists, tliat once a man Is placed in a pcxsition of great t.-m.-t and respon* slbility wiiere he no longer is de¬ pendent on pleasing the voters to hold office, his attitude toward legal and public questions often under¬ goes considerable change
Buiine.ss briefs of interest follow; COST OF LIVING:   In July, saya
the National Indu.-.trial Conferenet Board, tiie long and steady rise ia cost of living stojjped. Principal item registering a decline was food, which now costs 19 psr cent less than in 1929,
AUTOMOBILES: July sales weM greater than June, and August sales held to high level,, proving that ttie public's desire for new cars is far Irom satisfied There will be a decline in production soon, due to manu¬ facturers preparing for the I»U models to be introduced this Fall. Next year'.^ cars will cost mote. Major producers have already upped prices, will doubtless Increase them again, and independents are follow¬ ing suit,
CONSTRUCTION; Public con¬ struction ij dclming; pruate con¬ struction rising, Bui,ding materials I ri.>e in price. In tia.i connection a sur\ey made by Purdue University ;,- of interest—it indicates th.it the all-wood house is the cheapest to ¦;.iuild of all types.
STEEL: Productit)n recently drop¬ ped  fractionally, but it  is forecast that it will soon rise again,   Expan- isn  of hta\y industry means vast -teel orders,
RAILRO.\DS: Are now embroiled iti labor difHeulties, due to demandi for substantial wage increases by operating employes. Business con- tinu's at a g'H)d level, when seasonal eoiHiderations are taken into ac- eount. Heavy buying of new equip¬ ment by many lines is anticipated for Fall and Winter.
SECURITIES: Stock market ac¬ tivity liai l>H?n relatively slight. Bond prices recently dropped serious¬ ly. The Federal Reserve hais re¬ duced discount rates to spur ixind values.
FOREIGN TRADE: Under the new neutrality act, the President can cut off trade with any foreign power involved in war. But today was, such as the Sino-Japanese con¬ flict, are undeclared, and as a result our trade with belligerents con¬ tinue Japan, one of the heaviest buyers of U. S. scrap Iron in recent years, is now buying now steel on a big scale, as 11 can be more rapidly made into war materials. China is likewi-st? a major customer of ma- terlal.s that are directly and Indirect¬ ly essential to war. Foreign trada ill general tends to ri.se slowly.
T!ie United States News has com* piled the record of the last thrat rungres.se.s In enacting major laws. It shows that the legislators are no¬ where ne^r as eager as they used to be to put new laws on tne books.
Tlie 73rd Congress n933-34) pass¬ ed 27 new major laws. Including UM NRA. AAA, TVA. SEC, and 4 hn- portant monetary acts. The 74tll Congress (1935-36i pa.ssed 19 maJdC laws including the social seeuflty ;ict. a revi.sloii of banking leglsUttlOII, the National Labor RalaUoM ik«t. and 4 farm akl acts.
The last session passed but • nuijar laws And some of these—suoll at the law to plug loopholet In tlW IS- mme tax—were practically ally supported.
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