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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-05
Three MERGERS
HOLD STAGE OF
BIC BUSINESS
Van SWeringenS to Garry
Fight to Interstate Com
merce Commission.
3n Unitea Press

81 United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Three merg-
er moves two of which virtually have
been consummated-en engaged atten-
ton of financial experts here to-
day.
The report that the Van Swerin-
gen interests and the Baltimore q
Ohio railroad would carry their
fight to merge several eastern rail-
roads to the interstate commerce
commission indicated, experts said,
that the cause of railway consolida-
ton might be advanced by years.
Victor r. C. A. Merge
Meantime directors of the Radio
Corporation of America and of the
Victor Talking Machine Company of
Camden, N. j., approved terms of a
merger between the two organiza-
lions. The combined securities of
Victor and R. G. A. have a market
value of $626,540,000 on the New
York stock exchange. At the same
time, the directors of the Radio
corporation approved a f1ve-for-o ne
split-up of their common stock and
the issuance Of a new series.
Merger of r. G. A. and Victor
will involve the following subsid-
iaries of the latter concern: The
Gramaphone Company, Ltd, Of
England; the Victory Talking Ma
chine Company of Canada, Ltd, and
the Victor Talking Machine Com
pany of Japan, Ltd.
The third projected merger was
that of the Gorham Company and
Black, Starr & Frost, two of the
most exclusive jewelry stores on
Fifth avenue. Gorham Company is
the retail establishment of the Cor
ham Manufacturing Company,
silVerslniths.
Break With Pennsy
Rumors that the Van Sweringen
interests and the Baltimore and
Ohio would appeal their case to the
interstate commerce commission
was regarded as marking an open
break between the two lines and
the Pennsylvania railroad, which
long has opposed the Van Swer-
ingen consolidation plans.
Permission to acquire, though not
consolidate, several roads which
they believe should be aligned with
the two systems is the point the
Van Sweringens and the B & o are
expected to place before the COM
mission.
The roads reported involved in
the Van Sweringen-B & o plans
include the Pere Marquette, Chesa-
peake & Ohio, the Erie, Hooking
Valley, Virginia, Reading, Central
of New Jersey, Wabash, Ann Arbor
and others.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
Roof Important Unit
in Decorative Scheme

The modern note in home decOra
ton. according to leading authorities
Is complete harmony of color, outside
as we'll as inside the building.
According to this idea, while the
roof of house must give protection
against the elements and mus; he last
ing, yet as prominent architectural
feature of the house, the roof SHOULD
also add to the beauty of the structure
In line with this idea. commercial
roofing materials are being manufac
tured in the greatest selection of col
ors. With these new cOlOfs it Is pos
sible to make the roof one of the mes;
effective units in the decorative
scheme.
These beautiful colors can be com
hined in an almost endless variety u!
tasteful combinations to harmonic
with every architectural style and col
or scheme.
BY consulting Il roofing color chart
Information is obtained in a second a:
40 what color roof is in harmony witt
a red brick house, white Colonial
residence. or gray, brown or cream
building. The chart also takes into
consideration the color of the trim Sc
that building. roof and trim may form
q harmonious whole.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
Protection From Fire

The modern home builder forsees
and cancels possible Ali" fire
alarm when he plans his house.
He knows, for example, that con.
siderable proportion of house fires
originate in basements-around heat.
ing plants or in stores of fuel, ash
trash or other inhammable material
SO he plans to prevent such figures
climbing upward and through his
house.
Fire may also enter through the
roof which is exposed to flying en-
bers.. Fire-safe shingles or tile elm
mate the hazard and add materially
to the beauty of the home.
Real fire safety also implies fire
resistive construction in exterior
walls. Fire stops in walls, unburn'
able stairways, proper design of fire
places and chimneys-these are few
of the details the modern builder in
cludes in his far-sighted dip alarm
preventive.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
Vast Siberian Section
Awaiting the Explorer

An immense new mountain range,
covering an area as large as the eau.
casus has been discovered in Yakulsk,
northeastern Siberia. The new noun
tain range has been named "Cherski"
after the Russian geologist and geog.
rapher /. CHERISH, who headed an ex.
petition sent out in 1891 by the Rus.
sian Academy of Science to this re-
gion and who died as q result of ex.
posture to the rigors Of the Siberian
winter. 1t was Cherski's idea that
there were undiscovered mountains
forming one great range with the Arc
tic mountains, and the discoveries made
by the Obrutchev expedition have con.
firmed this view. Very few expedi-
lions have been made to this region,
on account of it's inaccessibility, the
first having gone there over two hun
dred years ago, and over 100000 kilo-
meters of land, an area as large as
France or Germany, remains unex-
plored to the present day.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
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Death of the Lady Killer

DSdlh Oh the Lazy tAlllGr
DON'T know how many men were
killed during the war, but ! guess
they are missed by the women of the
various lands. But 1t wasn't only in
dividual men, but personages and
types that were put out Of business
by the big scrap.
Oh! Pm not thinking Of the Kaiser
and the Car or some Of the little
monarchs who had the fourteen-carat
derbies knocked off their royal heads.
l have in mind types Of men, like the
gentleman and the lady killer. We
have them with us-nit.
The old style lady killer, who is
now as rare as a horse car, made his
hay while the sun was shining on the
old style female. She's gone too, and
even Ii the lady murderer still existed
there wouldn't be any lady for him
to kill. Now, why?
Well, the women of today aren't
half as mortal as they used to be.
Time was when girl saw about only
one man, and all she could do was to
get crush on him. She was ma
rooned on the lonely island Of sweet
home, and so had to signal the first
sail that came along. 1t was easy for
mister man to make killing in those
old days.
But, never again. Women are out In
the world, and every day they be-
hold as many fine men as woman
could see before only on Decoration
day, when the G. A. r. veterans
marched together to the cemetery.
Men aren't such curiosities nowadays.
+ I'll say they aren't.
But it isn't only the quantity of
masculine material which has come
before womans gaze. It's the way she
has got their respective numbers. She's
on to the male game, which was
pretty much like the bluff of realtor
in one Of our southern states.
A man can't pretend he's the whole
works and tell about the wads of
stage money he's making. Woman
knows the work game herself, and
when she scrapes her wages togeth-
er, she knows that 1t takes lot of
such lettuce to make head. The
good provider" game Is as much out
of date as crOquet.
And then there's knowledge; not
the bookish kind. but the degrees one
gets in the Uneeda university of hard
knocks and wise cracks. Woman has
learned something on her economic
excursion into the world of big bust
ness and bigger bluff.
The men who get us will have to get
some new weapons. for we don't fall
for their pop guns. A woman does
want to be hunted, but the modern
girl requires the real hunter. The
lady killer can't carry her into camp.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
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What Home Ownership
Means to Average Man

Look into the family life of the
home owner-there you find right
thinking, thrift and pride. Father,
mother and the children wedding the
lawn. planting flowers and trees.
Would they take that same interest
working in yard where contentment
is measured by dollars and cents, paid
to the landlord each month?
Spare time Is spent making i'm
prOvements, placing touch here and
there to enhance the beauty and IN
crease the value of the home place.
Drive over the city and you can
easily distinguish the home that is
owned by the family within from the
house which is rented. The home
owner gives his children better
chance. Good citizens grow out of
well-established homes. They are bet
ter known and they command respect
in their community.
If for any reason one has outgroWn
ones present place, remember there
is some one ready to take it over
some ore who will be proud to call it
home. He should by all means buy
another. One can never be satisfied
unless one does. After once owning
your own home it is evident that life
seems aimless ana shallow. paying
for the privilege of living in some
ones property other than your own.
The American home means so much
today. 1t is the very corner stone
of progress and safety. Its morale and
dignity must be upheld. The home
owner commands respect.-Indianap
oils News.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
Loves Old Sweet Song

TT IT'S music you're talking about,
L you've got to hand 1t to Love for
supplying the leading theme all the
way down from Tubal Gains brass
band to the philharmonic orchestra.
The musicians try to get new themes,
and for few weeks folks chant the
Banana chorus, but the Love Song Is
as old as the hills, as new as the
latest summer resort
People like to think and sing about
love just as they spend time and
money on love plays and love films.
They themselves may have been out
of the love game for long time. but
they are just as mich as ever inter-
ested in the necking and smackins
that they see on stage and screen.
Love is your one best bet, your big
headliner, and your everlasting thrill.
The number of love pairs wouldn't
begin to fill the Social Register. and
the lovers who have made good are as
few as the millionaires of America.
We have Isaac and Rebecca, Hero
and Leander. Romeo and Juliet,
Browning and Peaches Heenan. and
then some more. But all human be-
ings want to try their hand at the
game even when they know that they
have poorer chance than that Of a
lamb among the bulls and bears and
realtors.
1t makes me tired when l read
about the way that science tries TO
explain the love-impulse and the love.
interest. What does science know
about love. and what chance would a
specialized scientist have with red.
hot mamma. Well. guess not. 1t
would be only a fresh example of the
famous celluloid cat in that terrible
place so famous for it's fire.
No. science foozles badly when It
tells us that love is only an inherited
interest In the propagation of the
race. Nature may want the race to
go on, although don't know why,
but she isn't responsible for all the
frills and thrills that accompany love-
making. These are due to the kit.
tenish ways of the human heart.
Love is your great adventure. The
other persons heart is like the new
world to Columbus. the North pole
to the frozen explorer, the fourth
dimension to the mathematician who
is tired Of having only three.
Love puts the kick into life, or the
thrill If you think that's a nicer word.
1t may steam in the blood and boil
in the heart, but II gets above the
boiling point in the brain.
Love Is the only kind of insanity
you may have and keep outside the
official bug house. People accent II
because it's so old. II began before
there was any thought of neuras-
thenia, and will outive every other
form of lunacy.
&c by the Bell Syndicate Incl
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
Be Liberal With Paint

Paint is insurance against losses re
sulting from weathering and decay
paint protects house and keeps it ir
good condition. Weathering and decay
cause losses, according to one author.
ity, of over a billion and half dol.
lars Il year. While most of us are
willing to pay for fire insurance be-
cause of the sense of security il
brings, few of US realize that weather
insurance is really more necessary be
cause while fire rarely threatens
weathering and decay are constantly
at work to lower houses into dust. 1t
has been estimated that if house is
painted every five years, its value in
creases about per cent at each
paint.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
Probably Blockheads

First Boy (boasting)-M pas got
wooden leg.
Second Boy-Huh! dat amt moth
in; my sisters got a cedar chest.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
Lonner Covenants Urged

In many suburban sections there
has come change N the duration OF
restrictions placed on property. Ii
was formerly thought that 20 years
was long enough. but developers are
now of the belief that 80 years is
better. The reasoning behind the new
figure is that n man who buys a house
mt the beginning or his business
career, and often at about the time he
takes on the responsibilities of mar
riage, will be approaching the close
OF active participation in business at
the end of 80 years.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
Hoaxing the Hens

Quartz glass used in the windows
Of hen house is said to induce hens
to lay more eggs. The glass admits
ultraviolet rays, which are also said
to speed up the process of incubation.
When a quartz mercury are giving
off ultraviolet rays was used in an
incubator, 20 per cent of the eggs were
Matched from "a to 4S hours sooner
than other eggs not treated with the
rays.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
Neolithic Relies?

Containing bones of animals and
human beings and showing signs of
in the Pills mountains, near Budapest,
Hungary. One of the most interesting
objects found was an AK made from
antlers of stag. The eXcavators be-
lieve that the find dates back to neo-
lithic times and are pushing their
work for other traces of human life.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1929-12-05
Plant Protection

The uprooting of ferns and other
giants growing in roads, lanes, banks
or commons is punishable oifense
in Berkshire, Eng.
The Washington times., 1929-02-06
BALTIMORE PRODUCE

BALTIMORE, Feb. 6.-Live Poul'
try-Chickens, young, colored, as to
size, 33@36c; broilers. S5Q3Sc; chick
ems, old, Az lbs. and over. 29@30c;
and 81 lbs, 2GQ2Sc; leghoTns and
other light stock, 25G28c; roosters,
10000. Turkeys. young, lbs. and
over, hens, 40042c; gobblers, 800
3Sc: old toms. 2S@30c. Ducks
white pekins, young, A lbs. and over,
2Sm30c; puddle, young, 4 lbs. and
over, 2S@30c; muscOvy, young, A lbs.
and over. 2S630c; all kinds, small
and thin, 1S@22c; capons, lbs. and
over, 3Sc; slips and smaller, S3G36c.
Guineas, young, 1& lbs. and over, so
0S5c; smaller. 50mG0c. Pigeons,
young and old. per pair, ESQ SOC.
Dressed Poultry (undrawn, head
and feet on)-Turkeys, young, 400
acc: old toms, 3O032c. Chickens,
young, 32@35c; mixed, old and young,
26@3Oc. Ducks, young, 28Q32c.
Eggs-Market unsettled. Weaker
tendency. On the Baltimore Butter
and Egg Exchange, nearby fresh.
gathered firsts. one sale, 25 cases,
37Rc; one sale, 25 cases, 37Ac; clos
ing offerings, nearby fresh.gathered
firsts, offered, 371bc; bid, SIC. Re-
ceipts, butter, 1853 tubs. eggs, 1880
cases,
The Washington times., 1929-02-06
AIRPLANE A GE =,
HEARST TELLS
FL|ERS

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 U.Sh-
On the eve of the opening of the
New York aviation show In Grand
Central Palace today. William Ran
dolph Hearst last night sent this
telegram to Comdr. John Dwight
Sullivan, of Aviators' Post, No. TAB.
of the American Legion:
Aviation is the most important
matter before the people of the
United States in this day and gen
Grafton.
ut means genuine rapid transit
and transportation between all parts
of this great country country so
large that mo other form of transit
and transportation can be truthfully
called rapid.
1T means rapid communication be-
tween all parts of the continent and
North and South America. 1t will
speedily mean rapid communication
with Europe and Asia.
Furthermore, full development OF
aviation in this country means
complete defense against any danger
of foreign aggression which close
communication between Europe and
Asia might precipitate.
1.-THE enormous Airplane fleet
which this country will need for
commercial purposes can be made
at any time an irresistible addi-
ton to the defense fleets of our
Army and Navy.
Therefore. for the purpose of
national development as well as
national defense, aviation Is a domi-
mating factor.
This era of ours will be known
as the era of aviation ard because
Of aviation the progress and achieve
ment of this era will be greater
than that of all eras which have
preceded it.
civilian RANDOLPH HEARST {. y
kilograms of good wishes also were
received from Augustus Post, pioneer
in the development of aviation, Lady
Jane Heath, Amelia Earhart, Post
master General Harry s. New, Sena-
tor Hiram Bingham, president of the
National Aeronautical Association,
and Rear Admiral Louis r. De Stei.
guer
The Washington times., 1929-02-06
COlOred Voters to Give
HOnOrS to DIR. Hawkins

Plans for a testimonial in honor of
DR.. John r. Hawkins. director of the
colored voters division of the Repub-
lican national committee, and his
executive staff by the District of
Columbia Citizens Reception Com
mittee have been completed. The
gala affair, which is to he the high
light of the colOred social activities
during inaugural week, will be held
on the night OF March at the new
Armstrong High School.
A delegation of 400 from all sec
tions of the country is expected to
be present. including Oscar De
Priest, Representative-elect from Hi.
nois; DIR. Robert r. Motion, president
of Tuskegee Institute. and Perry G.
Howard, suspended special assistant
of the Department of Justice.
The executive committee of the re.
ception comprises Ferdinand D. Lee
chairman. Mrs. Mary Church Ter.
rell. Whitefield Mckinley. NJ. Grant
Lucas, Charles f. Robinson. DR..
Emmett j. Scott, c. 3. Lee. r. H.
Rutherford. c. W. Banton, Samuel
Smith and S. W. Rutherford.
The Washington times., 1929-02-06
Bill
NOW GOES TO
CONFERENCE
nv WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
international News Service

Tbo American Government ap-
neared to he on it's way today 10
tbo construction of an American
N,ayy second to none in the world
unless a new disarmament CONFER
ence is held.
The Administration new cruiser
hill passed by an overwhelmlng
vote of the Senate, was sent 10
conference today to iron out minor
differences in the measure as II
nassed the two branches Of Con-
gress. 1t probably will be finally
enacted and sent to the White
House for President Coolidge's sig
nature before the end of the week.
The bill will add Is fast 10000
cruisers, carrying S-inch guns, to
the Navy, supplanting old warships,
some of which date back a quarter
of a century. modern giant al =
craft carrier was authorized. too.
Two Peace Notes
There were two distinct notes or
peace i'm the bill, however, pro-
vision that the President shall sus-
pend all or part of the construction
program if new disarmament
agreement is reached among the
nations and the Reed amendment,
proposing international treaties to
guarantee the rights of neutrals and
private property on the sea in time
of war The President likewise
was encouraged to arrange an
other disarmament conference.
The vote enacting the bill was
6S to 12. bearing out international
News Service forecasts. All efforts
to soften the building program were
defeated and it's warmest advocates
declared the measure, by placing
an adequate American Navy on the
high seas, would tend to promote
world peace.
The Senate meanwhile turned to
its remaining legislative duties. The
Caraway anti-grain gambling bill
was made the unfinished business, X"
but the War Department appropria-
ton bill was taken up for immedi.
ate consideration
In conference, the House and SEN
ate must agree upon two Senate
amendments.
To Begin This Year
One was the Reed amendment and
the other would allow the navy
yards TO buy any special equipment
for the new warships from private
manufacturers if the Navy found
this course economical. Both amend
ments undoubtedly will be accepted
| by the House.
The cruisers will each cost ST.
600. .OO0 and the aircraft carrier s1s.
900, 600. +
The Washington times., 1929-02-06
Citizens Ask DC. Remove
Boulevard Lighting Poles

Residents on Twentyfourth Street
from Massachusetts Avenue north
to Kalorama Circle apparently do
not enjoy the limeIight, it was
learned yesterday, for they asked
District officials TO desist from
placing large street lamps there.
Several weeks ago the District
electrical department and the Pc
tomac Electric Power Co. started
to place new lights along the street.
One of the residents, Asa E. Phillips,
noticed that the size of the poles
resembled those used for highway
and boulevard lighting. He went
to the officials in charge and per
suaded them to change the lights
so that a smaller. shorter type
would be used. The number of
contemplated lights was also re-
duced from II to 13. Phillips de.
posted check for $20O.OS with the
District to defray the cost of re-
moval of the first post that had
already been erected and the sub.
stitution of the new ones,
The Washington times., 1929-02-06
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK

BALTIMORE, UNION ST o G. X
YARDS, CLAREMONT, Feb. g.
Cattle-Receipts. so. Steers, choice,
$12 @ 1850: good, $1O.75 q 1850;
medium, $9.75@1O.50: common. $50
3: heifers. choice, $10@1o,50; good.
$9.25Q9.75: medium, $S.50G9; com
mon, $725@S.25: bulls, good to
choice. $1O01O.50; fair to good.
$S.5O@9.5 so; common to medium, So
as: cows. good to choice, $8 50@9;
fair to good, $6.750S; common to
medium, $466.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. so.
Market steady on sheep. lower on
lambs; sheep. $56S.5O; lambs. 50
@17.25.
Hogs Receipts, 800; market
steady: lights, 5000; heavies, $40 so
GD10.S0: medium. S10.95; roughs,
$6,7569 10; light pigs, sS09; pigs.
$40; Ohio and Western hogs, 10 to
90 cents higher than quotations.
truck hogs, Is to 80 cents lower
Calves Receipts. 25; market
steady; calves. $5017.50.
The Washington times., 1929-02-06
PITTSBURGH LIVESTOCK

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6.-Cattle-
Supply light; market steady; choice,
$12.7501S; prime, $11.75@12.5O; good,
$12.25@13: tidy butchers, $11@1l.75;
fair, $1O.5O@11.25; common, $500
10; common to good fat bulls, $S.75
@1O.50; common to good fat cows,
S5.5O6s; heifers, $s.75@10.5O; fresh
cows and springers, $5OQ125; veal
calves, S17@1S.5O,
Sheep and lambs-Supply, 1000
market steady; good, $11.50; lambs
$17@17.25.
Hogs-Receipts, 1000; market gen
orally lower; prime heavy hogs
$10.10@10.2O; heavy mixed, $10.25G
1890; mediums, $1O.35@1O.40; heavy
Workers., $1O.35@1O.4O; light Workers.
$9.5O@s.75; pigs, $S@S.25; roughs
$S.S0@S.75.
The Washington times., 1929-02-06
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET

BALTIMORE, Feb. 6.-Wheat-
firmer. No. 2 red winter, garlicky,
domestic. S1.3SA. Receipts, 94,266
bu.: shipments, 50.150 bu.
Corn-Firm; No. yellow, domes-
tic, S1.12. Receipts, 2,627 bu.; ship
ments, %, ,034 bu.
OATS-Firm. No. 2 white. domes-
tic, 62662hc bu.; No. white. 500
6013c bu. Receipts, S,00l bu.; ship
ments, 1924 bu.
Rye-Nominal.
Hay-Market, narrow; little de-
mand.
Flour-Steady, unchanged.
The Washington times., 1929-02-06
Found Shot in Auto,
Suicide Certified

Learning that the 19-year-Old
colored youth had telephoned his
wife and threatened to ''end it aIl,'
DR.. J. Ramsay hewitt, District
Coroner, today issued a certifica e
of suicide in the death of David
Elgin, 1000 block of Kenyon st.
n. w.
Elgin was found lying in his auto
mobile at Fourth and Bryant Streets
Northwest, last night by James
Cole, colored, of Alexandria, Va.
and removed to Freedmen's Hos
pital. Physicians pronounced him
dead of a gunshot wound near the
heart.