Show 11 SHOE FACTORIES CLOSE TEMPORARILY ST LOtTIS Aug 1' Four of the five Internat onal Shoe company fac tones did not open today as an indirect result of the European war Seven of twelve factor es operated by the com pany in other cit es did not open It is thought that all tie idle factories will reopen August 31 Officials of tie company sa d the clos ing of the factories was due to the demoralisation of the southern cotton industry by the war Shoes wh cl it had been erpected to sell largely in the southern states are not now m demand |