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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
BRAIN TESTS

These intelligence tests are being
given at most of the leading universities.
Study them. try to answer them, and,
If you can't or are doubtful. refer to the
correct answers. This will give you a
slant on your mental rating.
Allow yourself 3 minutes for this test.
The names of various cities appear
below. Each one is followed by blank
space. These cities are not arranged
in alphabetical order; but you must try
to put them that way.
Find Akron. and mark 81" in the
space that follows 1t: because Akron
will be the first In alphabetical order.
Find the name which should 60 second.
and mark 1t g." Continue thus until
you have COMPLETED the arrangement
of the entire list
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

pose. The blackheads will come out
more easily with this instrument than
when pressed with the fingers, Rinse
your face for several minutes In cold
water and dry. Do not try to remove
all the blackheads at the same time, but
remove a few every day. Soon there
will be none left. After washing your
face in the morning with cold water,
dry and pat on an astringent lotion.
LOIS LEEDS.
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School Days.

School Days.
As simple and as sensible as the proc
esses of arithmetic is the wardrobe OF
the grammar school girl-plain and USE
full, with no residuum of furbelows, but
with knowing air of smartness impart-
ed by the mother of good taste.
"A little jacket dress not unlike her
older sisters has a special claim to
schoolgirlishness by means OF its broad
cloth blouse with the frilled Peter Fan
collar. Wool rep or crepe or jersey, IN
the popular browns and naVles' makes
such costume.
(Copyright. 1927
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Make corrections II you WISH but do
not go over the time allowed for the
test.
Akron, Atlanta. Augusta. Baltimore,
treal. Newark, Philadelphia. Pittsburgh,
Portland, Sacramento, Seattle, Tampa,
Trenton, Xenia, Youngstown, GAINESVILLE.
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am very fiat-chested and incline to
stoop. How can make my arms
stouter? ANXIOUS.
Answer-You ere very much UNDER
weight, my dear. The average weight
for your age and height is between lit
and 100 pounds You should see a doc
tor and follow his advice on gaining
Weight and improving your posture.
What you need is general body-build-
ing program under medical supervision.
LOIS LEEDS.
,Copyright. 1927
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wonder whether 1t is always like
that--that the clothes you think smart
everything that wasn't considered smart
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The farmers subscribe $500 or two
thirds of his salary. and the other third
Is paid by the Federal Government
This will stop yearly loss Of several
thousand dollars in poultry, sheep and
other live stock.
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Trans Wolves for Farmers.

Farmers and poultry growers In De
Witt County, Tex, have hired an ex-
perienced trapper to wage 90-day
war against wolves and other predatory
animals, says the Capper'S Magazine.
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UnderWeisht

Dear Miss Leeds-I am Is years old.
64la inches tall and weigh 81 pounds.
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IAN be sliced thinner
than any bread | ever tried :"

In HUNDREDS of letters, Washington
housewives have told us that they are as
particular about the brand of their bread
as they are about the make of their watches,
their vacuum cleaners, or their washing
machines.
And all these Washington housewives
say that they prefer Rice's because it COM
bines all the qualities they regard as most
important.
You can get Rce's-fresh twice daily
at your erocer's.
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"Has the flavor Of
dr1t1df11Other'S bread"
MRS. ARTHUR BRyDE

x4GAC kskS ySs~SOs ~
arandn1Ofher'S bread"
"Rice's Bread is King of the
Table. Its flavor and texture are
the finest. After keeping three
days it Is still fresh. 1t can be
sliced thinner, without falling to
pieces, than any bread I ever
sliced, making it ideal for toast
and sandwiches. By slicine a
loaf. butterine each slice, put
ting together, wrapping in oriei-
nal waxed paper and heating in
oven I have delicious hot bread.
It has the same favor as the
bread our mothers and grand
mothers made"
Mrs. Arthur Bryde
az E ST., S. E.
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iCnnyriRht. 1921
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dozen eggs, as o result of the Gambling
of IL cases. Strictly fresh eggs are re-
ported scarce and consumers are willing
to pay high prices for them.
Butter prices have undergone very
little change during the week. The
market continues firm. however. with
an upward tendency Meat prices also
have remained about stationary during
the week. The principal demand Is
for best cuts of beef, according to re-
ports, and that is not brisk.
Municipal fish market supplies OF
marine products this week have been
exceptionally heavy. most supplies COM
ing from the North and Chesapeake
Bay shippers HOLSTERS were excep-
tionally scarce and high and prices
were not quoted.
It was suggested that the storm in
Florida probably would interfere with
the fishing industry. Local dealers are
not especially interested in the Florida
situation. however, for they are get
ting more fish from other places than
they can handle.
Grabs, both hard and soft, have been
plentiful this week, the hard crabs SELL
ing as low as SO barrel, low level
for the crIstaceans for several years.
Soft crabs sold as low as % cents
dozen for the small ones to 81 for the
large ones.
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TIGHT MONEY HOLDS
STOCK DEALS DOWN
Trading Is Restricted During Week
BIZ Advances in Loan
Costs.
E. the Associated Press

E. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 1.-THE stock
market tried hard this week 10 shake
of the restraining influence Of tighten
ing money conditions, but without APP
preciable success.
Although numerous specialties. under
strong pool sponsorship. were hfted 70
nrw high records, the general list
Welded to selling inspired by frequent
advances in call money rates, which
reached 3 per cent yesterday, and by
Ar advance in time money rates TO the
highest levels since July. 1921 Trad
ire vas relatively light in volume, in
d;catinr the absence Of any extensive
forced Iiauidation Of speculative ac-
counts. one stock Exchange failure
took place during the week, but the
firm involved dealt largely in odd lots
and vas not actively identified with any
speculative issues.
High money rates we're generally re-
rarded as the natural OuIgrowth OF the
Federal Reserve policy to force re-
auction in brokers loans. Although
New YORK banks succeeded in reducing
loans for their own account by nearly
S68 900 coo the increase in loans Tor
the account Of other banks, corpora
tiors and wealthy individuals raised the
general Joan total cy about sl4.000,000
Speculation IL stocks centereo largely
In me amusement, motor and mail
order shares. The brisk bidding for the
amusement Issues vas based on rumors
involving the new talking pictures. p"
Warner Bros A leading the advance
with a sensational rise 10 new high
ground.
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Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE. Md, August IL
Potatoes, white, bushel. 75a80, new
potatoes, barrel, l,25a225; sweet pota-
toes, barrel. 2.0oa6oo; yams. barrel,
4.o0as 90: beans. bushel. 75al,25; beets,
100. 2o0a300, cabbage, 100, 300a5.0o D,
carrots. 100. 3.O0a40o
CuCumbers. basket. 50a65. celery,
crate, 350a6O0 lettuce, crate, l.50a2 80 ;
peas. crate, 500a6 90; peppers, basket,
25a35: onions. bushel, 35a75 squash,
basket. 25a40; tomatoes, bushei, l0Oa
$50; basket, 20a50,
Apples. bushel, 25a1 50: blackberrics,
quart. 10al213: cantaloupes, basket,
5Oa85: crate, LOCAL SO: huckleberrles,
quart, l2a15; peaches, bushel, 75al.50;
Watermelons, 100, 15.00a45 90.
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat-No. 2 red Winter, domestic,
no quotations; No 2 red Winter, gar
licky. domestic. August delivery, l25.
September delivery. 1851; spot. los.
Bag lots Of nearby, at whart-No
sales.
Cargoes on grade-No. red Winter.
garlicky, 1243. No. 3, 1.2l24; No. 4,
l18si No 5, 1t54,
Corn-No. 2 yellow, domestic. 100.
No. contract, export, no quotations:
corn on cob, new, 5,75a60o, nominal
per barrel
Oats-No ? white. new. 64a65. nomi
nal: No. 3. new, domestic, old, 52a53,
nominal
Rye-Nearby. 110a1.20.
Hay--I2 tons.
Straw--No | wheat, li00al200 per
ton, No. / oat 1200a1300.
Dairy Products.
Poultry-Spring chickens, pound. SEA
SO; small. 30a32; Leghorns, 25a32. old
hens. 1928 poor and thin, i7al8; old
ROSTERS, HALT; ducks, 2la23; poor and
thin, 17a18; old, 15ai8: pigeons. pair,
25: guinea fowl, each, 9oal.00.
Eggs Receipts 52l cases: native and
nearby current receipts free cases, 20
firsts, 81.
Butter-~Good to fancy creamery,
pound, 45laa4s; prints. 4sa50: blocks,
47a49; ladies. 35a38; store packed, ala
80; process, 4la4l H.
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Wall Street Briefs

Dynlog Tire & Rubber Co. Buffalo
rep1rts an increase Of 81 per cent IN
unit sales for july over the same month
last wear ard 40 per cent higher than
in June this year. Sales Tor the nan
wear were 50 per cent larger tban II
the first half Of 1927.
The official opening Of the National
Raw SIX Exchange mas been flHed foT
Eeufenner IL when trcs>ng IN raw
sigg futures viii begin al 10 30 am,
and continue until pm. During Sep
temDer the only months for future de-
livery Of raw silk 70 BE- traded IN VIII
be the month IF October and the sue
cce6iro SIX months There VIII be no
trading IL the then current month Of
September
View bond offerings this week aggre~
gated S36229 COG compared with
Ss 63g 00g the week before and sat .3ll,~
000 In the corresponding week of 1927,
pratt L. whitney Aircraft Co has
Increased SIS output Of aJrplane engines
Tve times the volume 0t a year ago
The company shipped 1863 engines IN
1927 which with spare parts involved
gross business q about $4,000 600.
rJr3on OF CO. If California recently
rc3d a cargo q about I 200 900 gallons
Of gasoline 10 the Spanish on Honop-
cly through Duncan FoH ~ Go, for
deliver 81 Vladigo8tgk. Siberia, for
Russian consumption.
safes ~ studebaker Corporation in
.J1ly showed for the eleventh consecu-
fjve month an increase over the pfeyi-
tile corresponding month Retail oe-
liveglcs in Jgly were 40 pr cent aheao
IL July, 1927.
Sales u Western Electric CO. for the
Faf wear were $780, SOB 600 an increase
of So 99z 600 over Tie fret half o. 1921
international Envelope Corporation.
sf3be5diary Of International Paper Co
fae submitted the l8w bid " the post
Cflce Department for fo1r~yeaf
Elpely u Stamped envelopes starting
JanQary ]. 1929 1he BID was ~ per
ceuf leas than The present contract
nfgce and involves o supply 81 l2,S0O -
0b0 600 envelopes FoT the ffst tlnle
ir So years. three G.GS we're received
Yrsfaad If Two IrteruationaIs bld
vax s6oat $500 900 Jess than that 81
fra Middle West Supply ca. Dayton.
Ohio tne present contractor
sale. ~ the Schultz Retail stores are
v.urgfUe we'll ahead - tile best pteNl-
r,,e ~ months period ln the history
ri t#7a company said D8Rld 4 Schultz
president Realty holding also are
showing marked appreciation, one par
eel ID Flna avenue he# YORK #iilcI
tn company owns less tnan a year
haYMe been sod this week a prom
q Ga 900. 600. ....-----~--.-...----
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STOCKS ARE FIRM;
STEEL ISSUES LEAD
Market SteadieS After Initial
Activity in Overnight
Selling Orders.
BY GEORGE I. HUGHES.

Special D1Spatcb 80 The star
NEW YORK. August 1I.-Startlug In
lower on an accumulation of overnight
selling orders. tO6ayS stock market
Steadied in The later trading, leaving of
with about as many advances as de-
clincS.
Leadership was assumed by tho steel
stocks For TINS development only i'm
provemeut lD The trade outlook sug-
cested itself This particular emphasis
was placed upon the new price policy
Of producers The market indicated
also that some special development
might be pending of which the gen.
eral public was unaware.
Motors SHOW HcavineSS.
United States Steel opened down
point bUt soon rallied and, crossing lag.
vas taken IN large volume Republic
Iron & SteeI followed the main course,
starting II lower and then rising. Beth
lehem Steel Vanadium and Cruc.bie
went along 10 3 greater or less extent
The other side Of the picture was
the heaNiucSS ia the motors, ChrySlcr
which was q feature on Friday had a
spit opening of 81 q, 10 92l, in con-
tr8St with The preceding close Of "a
Il made up q part of the loss aftcrWard
General Motors was down about a point
ana the shares Of the independents
fsucOsted IrreGul7rly. Packard seemed
20 be- in better demand than the ma
g0rty
Group support was in evidence in
specific issues. Among these Loose Wlles
and American Can were prominent. II
was characteristic Of the trading that
once 4 particular stock had shown abili-
" 10 move ahead the money menace
was dismissed as lncoGSeQuenusl, In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-11

ClearlngS tor the
week ended August
Q amounted to
$25,81l.000 c o m s.
pared with Il total
of $24 sol 900 for
the week closing on
August 2, and also
revealing an in
crease of 81 per
cent over the same
period a year ago,
Most of the other
large cities in the
country showed a
loss in clearings
over the previous
week. although the
average was ahead
of the same time
! a S ( year. The
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Electrical Equipment Demand.

NEW YORK, August II tPl~ de-
mand for heavy equipment In the cleo
trlcal industry the past week was we'll
above the average, considering the sea-
son of year. with orders from the util~
tiles pred0minating, Electrical World
reports. sales 30 industrials were III
fair volume, originating largely with
steel mills, chemical plants and the pa
per industry
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BUSINESS FAILURES.

NEW YORK, August II ga sharp
rise in commercial failures in the
United States the last week is reported
by r, @. Dun az Co. 470, against 424
the week before and 800 year ago.
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GAS MAIN EXTENSION.

BALTIMORE, August IL Especially -.
The Consolidated Gas Electric Light 81
Power Co. of Baltimore, which con-
trolls the Washington, Baltimore 81 An
nopolis Electric Railroad, has flied an
application with the Public Service
Commission to extend its gas mains
from Linthicum Heights in Anne Arun-
del County to Annapolis.
The extension would be 20 miles, and
will be the longest single main in the
state The cost is expected to be sew
eral million dollars.
The Consolidated already has control
of the Chesapeake Bay Power Co.
subsidiary of the w. p. & A, which
serves gas rs we'll as electricity In the
Annapolis area.
Nv the main connecting Baltimore u
would be possible to do away with tn
Annapolis gas power plant.
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Automobile Accessories.

CLEVELAND The automobile aC-
cessory plants here report continue
ton of heavy business and the COM
panies making parts for airplanes are
increasing pay rolls steadily.
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ATLANTA.-Th better grades of
Georgia bright leaf tobacco will be Of
fered at the auctions next week, and
prices which have been unsatisfactory,
are expected to advance.
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N Y. BANK cLEARINGs.

NEW YORK, August II tSpeoiah .
New York bank clearings. 81 0a7 900 600
New York bank balances, l0a 0o0.000
NJ. Y. Fed, Res. balances 81 100000
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D. c. BUSINESS GAIN
SEEN DURING WEEK
Bank CIearanCes Show In
crease Over Previous Week.
Declines Elsewhere.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

This weeks bank clearings indicate
that business in the Capital has been
better than last week and also ahead
of the corresponding week in 1927.
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Fish.
MONTERREY

} MONTEREY, Calif.--The sardine
fishing season has opened here with
prospects Of a large catch The boats
brought in about 465 tons of FISH the
first day. The fleet will be augmented
shortly.
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Commodity News
Steel.

CHICAGO. August 11.--Steel activity
In the Chicago district continues active
with prices firm Sales are large and
mills an operating at a high rate.
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Dividend rates as given In the above taule
are the annual cash payments based OF the
latest quarterly or halt-yearly DECORATIONS da
Partly extra. I Plus 4ee IN stock : Plus
SO in preferred stock. Plus t/25 in stock,
a aid this year--no regular rate. 3 Pay
able when earned. PAYABLE in cash or
stock Plus 1917 in stock, Z Plus So,
in stock Partly stock I Plus 2o- In
stock. k Plus 1920 share quarterly IN
stock M PAYABLE 1fi0 share quarterly, IN
United Cigar stores common stock. PluS
10 r. in stock.
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Money stringency Held Unlikely.

Pointing out that the bank reserves
Of the country are sufficient to prevent
any money panic or permanent strin-
gency of funds for regular business
Robert Garrett 81 Sons, bankers,
In n discussion Of the financial situa-
ton, declare that activities Of the Fed
eral Reserve Board have been aimed
chiefly Mt stock gambling
AS soon as the situation Is adjusted
1t is reasonable TO suppose. say the
bankers. that the Reserve system win
relax its pressure and become an equally
important factor In helping to restore
normal money rates and easy acconlmo-
dalton for all legitimate business needs.
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CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO. August IL P)--Buttsr
unchanged; receipts, 12,41o tubs.
Eggs unchanged; receipts, 10,eso
cases.
Poultry alive, very firm; receipts 2
cars; prices unchanged.
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Bank President Returns Home.

Lanier p. MeLachlen, president of the
McLachlen Banking Corp. is another
local banker who has had months
vacation and returned to his desk. He
spent his annual outing in Connecticut
on the cool shores of Long Island Sound
about 25 miles from New London,
While it is said that bankers do not
live by golf alone" yet MIR. McLachlen
did improve his game considerably,
But what is more remarkable. he ar
rived in the Capital at the height of
the hot wave and actually declared that
he was glad to be back"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-19

TEN of thoroughfares for the District
to provide for all future traffic, al
though the plan is subject to modif1ca-
ton, depending upon new conditions
that may arise.
The commissions studies of the plan
will continue with a view to indicating
the width to which the various streets
in the plan, which are not already
paved should be improved, both mi
italy and ultimately Furthermore. the
sections whose width between building
lines is not already definitely fixed by
existing construction may be subject to
modification on the highway plan in
order to provide more adequate widths.
However. all the lines shown solid are
streets which are now open or provided
for definitely on the highway plan.
The dotted portions only are as yet I'M
provided for or in uncertain state.
In the tentative form in which it has
existed for the past year or more this
plan has already been in the hands of
the municipal authorities of the Dis
trict for consideration in connection
with their program of street improve
ments. As now developed, the plan will
serve as a guide for future programs.
thereby insuring consideration of the
relative Importance of streets from the
standpoint of the general traffic of the
city. In other words, it shows which
are the streets of major Importance for
the orderly flow of traffic throughout
the District as distinguished from those
which serve local or vicinity needs.
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ridiculed the small economies not for
| the purpose of decrying them. ridi-
culed them for the purpose Of show
ing the wasting of so much time of
public official and so much money In
| the Government Printing ONCE In
printing these small economies, for
| purpose, and the purpose was to try and
| Justify the false claim of having re-
duced the cost of government"
The nominee asked why Mr. Mellon
did not cite up couple of big econo-
mics instead of taking a $50 one" and
said he conceded the Secretary a Sl4
saving by some American consul. He
then said the Republicans spoke of a
| $4,000 100000 saving and added:
They have accounted for about S34
out Of the $2,000,0 100000"
Holds Tax Cuts Inevitable.
Regarding the Secretary's utterances
on rsx reduction, the Democratic can
didate declared that mo one would ex-
pect anybody in the possession Of his
natural faculties to continue wartime
taxes long after the war was finished"
There would be nothing else they
could do he continued, unless they
stood up on the Capitol and threw the
money all around the City of Washing
tom
The nominee was asked If he had
any comment on Mr.. Melons reference
10 the fiscal affairs being a puzzle to
him.
Yes" the governor shot back. eff
IL Is Chinese puzzle to me with my
experience in diving into governmental
| ngureS running over a quarter of a
century, what must It be to the fell
low on the sidewalk who is entitled
to know as much about the Govern
ment as any one else? That is the an
swer to that. I frankly admit it is a
Cnlncse puzzle. do not conceal it.
And he knows it is"
The governor said that between the
years Of 1921 and 1928 not a single
governmental department had shown
O. decrease in expenditures. and added
that the Republican national commit
tees textbook Says the cost of Gov
eminent has gone up"
Silent on Marines.
Further, the nominee went on. Mr..
Mellon in 1925 when there was no
national campaign on gave credit to
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia. Sec
rotary of Treasury under Wilson. for
| starting the tax reduction. He gave
the credit to Glass, the governor added
and in $50 many words said that he
was carving out the system inaugu-
| rated bv his predecessor
The Democratic candidate was asked
If he would leave American Marines in
Nicaragua if he became President and
the reply was:
II do not know. That depends on
how far the Government is committed -
In answer To further questioning. the
nominee revealed that before the CAM
paign closes he will discuss foreign
relations and reorganization Of the
Federal Government.
Asked why he had not talked on
international matters before this, the
nominee replied that he had not yet
reached that point
This campaign has two and half
weeks to CO." he said. IT have been
dealing with one subject at time"