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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-08
200 Widows Unable to Marry.

WARSAW, June LP).-TwO hun
;rcd Jewish widows in Poland are un-
.,ble to marry because their brothers-in-
Jaw in the United States refuse TO re-
turn and go through a ceremony en-
abling the widows to remarry whom
.hey choose Efforts are being made for
the widows to obtain permission to visit
the brothers law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-08
Black at Allahabad.

AILAHABAD. UNITED PROVINCES
India, June 8 LP).--Van Lear Black,
Baltimore publisher, who is making an
air tour from Croydon, England, 10
Japan. arrived yesterday after a very
hot flight of 9 hours from Karachi
H. will stay here with the crew of his
air plane for several days before going
on 70 Calcutta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-08
Army OF Bnlgarians
Modified TO Fight
Plague of LOcusls

BY the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, June g.
Every man and woman between
Is and 80 was modified by the
government at noon yesterday to
night plaques of locusts, which
are destroying crops in the
Haskovo district of Southern
Bulgaria. Farmers already have
exterminated no less than 65 tons
of the pests, but have failed to
check the denxedations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-08
Athletics Official Dies.

PHILADELPHIA. June 8 LAp.-Ernes
j. Cozens, graduate manager of ath
letics at the University of Pennsylva
mia. died suddenly of an acute hear
attack today in his Office in Weight
man Hall on the university campus.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
TAX WINS
IN ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. S.
The city license ordinance in it's
final form will be presented to
council this afternoon for passage
on its first reading. The auto
mobile tax which has been a
source of contention for several
years has been retained after the
usual 3-to-2 vote in the council
against its abolition.
The city licenses will be placed
on sale December 16.
At the meeting of the Old
Dominion Boat Club last night it
was decided to hold a smoker for
club members and their friends
within the next few weeks. A
committee was appointed to make
arrangements.
Today is the last date on which
State poll taxes may be paid
so as to vote in the election for
three city councilmen next June.
City Treasurer Roger C. Sullivan
will keep his office open until 9
o'clock for the benefit of late
corners.
The first social function in the
restored Gadsby's Tavern will be
held tomorrow night when the
American Legion Post will hold
it's regular meeting. The build
ing will be heated with log fires.
Representative H. G.. Hoffman
of New Jersey will be the speaker
Traffic between Alexandria and
Washington is being routed over
Mt. Vernon Avenue and Russell
Road while the River Road is
being widened. 1t Is expected
that the road will be closed for
three months.
John H. Coleman, one of the
oldest active engineers on the
Southern railroad system. died
here Tuesday evening. He had
been for more than 80 years an
engineer on the Southern and,
although in his seventy-fourth
year, continued to drive an en-
CINE.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
PIC IRON TOTAL
TUMBLED IN
NOVEMBER

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-PigI iron
production, contracted sharply in
November, rejecting a rapid adj
justment of output to reduced de-
mand.
Total production was 3,181,4ll
tons and the daily average was
LOG, DAT tons, the lowest since
September, 1923. The decline
from the October daily rate, $500
tons, was the largest reduction
recorded since May, 1925, Iron
Age will report tomorrow.
The net loss in active blast
furnaces in November was 26.
three having been blown in and
90 put out. The greatest net
losses in recent years were 40
furnaces in April, 1924. and as in
May, 1924. On December /, 1T
furnaces we're in blast, making
iron at the rate of 98,450 tons
day, compared with 203 fur.
naces and a daily rate Of 113,600
tons on November l.
Both iron and steel makers
are avoiding overproduction so
far as is possible, although some
piling of pig iron and semi.
finished steel is reported at Chi
cago. At the same time unem.
ployment is being kept at
minimum. At Youngstown and
at other centers work is being
distributed among as large q
number of men as possible.
Where mills are now running
on only one shift, the crews of
all three Of the customary shifts
are being given an equal share Of
the operating time. Additional
employment is being provided by
an unusually large amount of re-
pair work, resulting from the
heavy strain on equipment in the
first nine months of the year.
Steel production as a whole
has shown little change in the
last week, with slight increases
tending to offset further reduc-
tions. Ingot output at Chicago
has declined to IS per cent, COM
pared with 10 per cent last week,
but the rate in the Pittsburgh
district continues to range from
65 to 10 per cent.
Youngstown production is now
estimated at SIS to so per cent,
compared with 40 to so per cent
a week ago, while Buffalo opera
lions have dropped from so to so
per cent. The average for steel
corporation subsidiaries remains
at So per cent, which also repre-
sentS the present rate Of Beth
chem plants.
Railroad buying is conspicu.
ouSly good, in contrast with the
sharp reduction in the general
level of demand. Rail mill back.
logs have been augmented by
orders for 1885, 900 tons, and pur-
chases of 6,70O freight cars will
mean the rolling of $4,000 tons
of plates, shapes and bars.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
PEPCO To BACK
HOOVER PLEA

Announcement of 1880 con.
struction budget of nearly $6,0O0,-
0O0-largest in the history of the
concern-was the response of the
Potomac Electric Power Company
yesterday to President Hoover's
call for strength in the nations
business.
An additional fund of $780,
900 may be voted later by the
board for enlarging the substa-
ton at Bennings, was learned.
The huge budget provides for
q new office building at Tenth
and E. SITS. N. w., a building for
the operating department on part
of the company-owned site at
Eleventh st. and Florida Ave.
N. W., and new substation in
the vicinity of Champlain st. and
Columbia Rd. N. w.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
IRREGULARITY
MARKS STOCK
OPENING
BY w. s. COUSINS

NEW YORK, Dec. 5 d.N.S)-
The market was dull and. irregu-
lar today, with lower prices
quoted for the stocks which led
yesterdays brilliant closing rally.
American Can sold off nearly
points at 119H, General Electric
was down 2 points at 1854,
and American Telephone and
Telegraph down "a at 22734.
Standard Gas, at the head of
the utilities, jumped 23s to 1874.
American and Foreign Power was
down 20 at $3.50, American Water
works down " at 101 u, and Con-
Solidated Gas down 1s at 1925.
United States Steel sold up Il
at 1853, but Bethlehem lost point
at 92A; Vanadium was un-
changed at 81 and Ludlum was
down 1s at 34B.
Oils were steady. Atlantic Re
filming lost "a at 40; Mexican Sea.
board was unchanged at %; Sin
clair up 1s at 281s; Standard of
New Jersey unchanged at 683s,
and Standard Of California up 70
at 641s.
Chrysler Motor advanced frac-
tionally to 32B. General Motors
sold down " at 395s; Hudson
down "a at 48; Hupp up u at
20A; Studebaker down u at
1874.
New York Central railroad lost
Ia at 176. AtchiSon was down "
at 22934; Western Maryland down
1b at 1898.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
D. c. WOMAN MAY
WE'D ATW|LL

Gossip from Broadway has
linked the name of Lionel Atwill
with that of Mrs. Louise Crom-
well Brooks Macarthur, promi-
nent in Washington Society, who
last year divorced Maj. Gen.
Douglas Macarthur.
Variety. the official theatrical
publication of Broadway. states
that Atwill will be the next actor
to storm the social barriers. and
that he will wed Mrs. Macarthur
at her country estate, near Balti-
more, on New Year Day.
Atwill admitted the marriage
was within the realm of posi-
bility, but no formal announce
ment had been made. His last
appearance in Washington was as
the star of Stripped"
Noted as a beauty, Mrs. Mac
Arthur has led society in New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington. She married Gen
eral Macarthur in 1922, but soon
after she reported she found life
at his post in the Philippines
extremely dull"
In 1928, Atwill divorced his sec
ond wife, Elsie Mackay. and he
was first divorced in 1919 by
PHYLLIS RelphS Atwill.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
~ Business Women
Plan Xmas Carnival

A winter carnival will be held
at the Y. w. c. A., Seventeenth
and K SITS. N. W.. Friday and
Saturday, under the direction of
the business and professional
women's department.
Gifts of varied aSSortments will
be sold for the Christmas season.
The different clubs will vie with
each other in presenting the most
attractive and useful gift. A short
feature, 1.-THE Iceland Revue"
under the direction of Mrs. Alice
Morse, will be. given each evening
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
CLEAR|NGS TOP
NOV. 1928

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Bank
clearings in November, as re-
ported to Bradstreet's from 1875
cities, totaled $64,722, 387, 900, an
increase of 1877 per cent over a
year ago.
New York city's total aggre-
gated 43,O89, 7O3 900, a gain of
20.6 per cent, while at the 1875
cities outside of New York the
total was 1882, 683 900, a gain
of only 7 per cent. New York.
gain was scored despite the fact
that sales, of stocks on the New
York Stock Exchange fell from
115.433,835 shares in November,
1923, to 72,455. 420 shares in No
vember this year, decrease of
81 per cent, while sales on the
curb exchange decreased by
slightly over so per cent.
Gains m bank clearingS were
confined to New England, the
Middle Atlantic and the Central
Western cities. New England
cities ombined reported a gain
of 1871 per cent, the Middle At
lantic group 20.4 per cent and
the Central Western cities one
tenth of ! per cent.
For the ii months bank clear
ings at the same cities totaled
$3.50, 900, 10000, an increase of
179 per cent over the like period
a year ago, itself a record period.
New York City clearings con-
tributed $444,142,04 of this
total, or a gain of 26 per cent,
while the total at the other cities
was $221,878, 10000, an increase
of only A per cent.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
ROEBUCK
SHOWS GAIN

CHICAGO, Dec. Sears, Roe
buck & Co. had sales amounting
to $43,S46.273 in November, COM
pared with $36.171,914 in the cor
responding month last year, q
OF 212 per cent.
For the first eleven months of
the current year the company
had sales of 1899 ,233, 100, against
$304,539,742 in the 1923 period, an
increase of 27.8 per cent.
Exchange Buffet Corporation
reports sales for November of
$552,949, as compared with $49O,.
Alb for November, 1923, an in
crease of 1915 per cent. Sales
for the first seven months of the
fiscal year aggregated $3,775, 0i3,
as compared with $3,317, 688 for
the corresponding period of last
year, an increase of 1918 per
cent.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Gam Named to Head
New Shipbuilding Firm

e. E. Gam, Of this city, is
named as president and one of
the incorporators of the Hampton
Roads Shipbuilding Corporation,
of Norfolk, recently charted to
engage in the shipbuilding bust
ness at Norfolk. The company
has been , authorized to issue
maximum capital stock of $500
shares common without par value
and $3.50, 1000 of preferred stocks.
Other officers include H. B.
Spear, vice president, and Joseph
Murdaugh. treasurer, both OF
Norfolk.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
West Virginia Society
OF District Has Party

A cider and gingerbread party
of the West Virginia Society of
Washington was held last night
at the Washington City Club.
Former Gov. E. -. Morgan, of
West Virginia, presided.
Dancing and card games were
added to the entertainment fol
lowing refreshments. Among
those pro mt were Senator and
Mrs. Guy Golf, Representatives
Carl G.. Bachmann and Frank
Bowman, William B. Catlett, D.
w. Gall and Miss Flora Shinn,
the last three of the entertain
ment committee.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
WILBUR RAPED
BY CRAMT0N

Secretary of Interior Ray Lily
man Wilbur's elaborate reorgan
ization plans for the Interior De
partment have already en-
countered congressional fire, il
was disclosed today in hearings
of the House Appropriations Com
mittee, made public with intro
duction of the annual supply bill
The department was severely
criticized by Representative Louis
Cramton (RD of Michigan. chair.
man of the subcommittee in
charge of the bill, for conducting
propaganda instead of giving the
public facts.
He also criticized the proposal
of DR.. Wilbur to establish a radio
correspondence school in the
Bureau of Education and the
bureaus alleged refusal to de
fend the Governments Indian
policy. An unusually large mum
Der of changes was made by the
committee in the budget recon-
mendationS of the department.
Appropriation Cut
The measure laid before the
House carried 1898, 1898 for the
Interior Department for one year
This is $2,444, 1O2 less than last
year and $148,674 under the bud,
get estimate.
Cramton cited the departments
announcement of Secretary Viii.
bur's new Indian policy as an ex,
ample of propaganda. He criti'
ciSed William A. DePuy, execu
tive assistant to Wilbur, for writ,
ing magazine articles and for a
letter to Good Housekeeping Mag.
azine congratulating it for puo-
fishing articles depicting the con-
dition of Indians as deplorable.
He charged the bureau with
laying down" when Senate
committee last summer was hear
ing testimony that Indian school
pupils were being starved.
Wilbur's radio correspondence
school plan was defended by him
as an experiment to determine
the value, of the use of radio in
education. The plan provided for
direct education of children in
isolated light houses by this
method.
Admits Undertaking
The hearings disclosed that H
B. PEARS, director of Indian edu-
cation, regarded Indian school
pupils as under-fed, although he
denied they were starving. He
asked more funds for food and
the request was granted.
The major appropriations in.
clude: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
$23,012,7 60, an increase of ST.
624,715 over last year; Reclama-
ton Service, $8,321,000, an in
crease of $243,000; National Park
Service, $8,O70,935, an increase of
$474,995; Bureau OF Education,
$1,526.331, an increase of $474,.
1911; Pension Office, $235 ,099, 400,
decrease of $8,111, 800: Howard
University (negro), $1,249, 900, an
increase of $4,000.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Brooklyn Jury Values
Each Toe Worth
$500 to Man

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-The
price Of a mans toe was fixed
at $500 by jury before SUI
preme Court Justice Lewis in
Brooklyn. A verdict, awarding
Ralph Turkin, of Brooklyn,
$4,000 for the loss of five toes,
was handed up. The verdict
was against the Brooklyn
Queens Suburban Railroad. Tur-
kin testified he was struck by
a Ralph Avenue trolley car.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 5 U.N.SO.-
The demand for cotton was quiet
here today with prices easier,
Sales totaled, 5000 bales. Re-
ceipts were 1000 bales.
Middling fair was quoted at
10.89d; strictly good mids al
10.44d; good midS 1O.04d: stric
midS 9.84d;;- mids esd; strictly
low mids 9.39d; low mids 9.14dS
strictly good ordinary S.74d; good
ordinary 8.34d.
Futures were quiet, but steady,
January was quoted at 9.32di
March 9.40d; May 949d; july
9.54d; October 9.4Sd.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Reserve Officers Plan
New Year Eve Party

Elaborate plans are being made
for the New Year Eve carnival
dinner of the Reserve Officers
Association of the District of Co
lumbia, to be held in the Raleigh
Hotel.
Army, Navy and Marine Off
GERS and their families have been
invited to attend. The committee
in charge is headed by Major
Charles Demonet, president Of
the association. -
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
GRAINS OPEN LOWER

CHICAGO, Dec. 5 UN.SD.-
Grains opened lower today.
Wheat was down l to lac; corn,
y to 12c, and oats, u to 9sc.
Opening prices:
"a Wheat - December, $1.18;
March, $1.3434; May, S1.38R@
100; July, $1.39@1.39A.
Corn-December, 0H@903sc;
March, 954c; May, 97A@97Bc.
Oats-December, 471ac; March,
60hc; May, 511a@513sc.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
GENEALOGlST TO SPEAK

Dr.. James A. Robinson, execW
tive secretary Of the Florida State
Historical Society. and managing
editor of the Hispanic-AmericaH
Historical Review, of Duke Unb
versity, will address the National
Genealogical Society on Saturday
December Z, 8 p. m, at the Mt.
Pleasant Branch Public Library.
He will give a historical survey
of Florida from the date of its
earliest settlement until it's am
nexation to the United States id
1921.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Commission Merchants
Elect Ward President

N. j. Ward, of the N. J. Ward
& Co., has been elected president
of the National League of Com
mission M hants for 1880.
Other officers elected were F. D.
Parrish, vice president; w. o.
Newbold, secretary, and w. j.
Leishear, treasurer.
The next meeting of the Wash
ington branch will be held at the
Raleigh Hotel on Monday, Deem
Der 16. Paul Findlay, merchan-
diser of the league. win be the
speaker.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
ORATORS TO CONTEST

f. George Washington UniverSity'S
annual freshman oratorical con-
test. under the auspices of the
Phi Delta Gamma fraternity, will
be held Friday at 6:15 p. M, in
the assembly room of Corcoran
Hall. Dean Charles e. Hill. of
Columbian College. will preside.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
. GEOGRAPHIC LECTURE

Strange animals, beautiful birds,
the native tribes and modern
cities of Australia will be de.
scribed and pictured by Capt,
Tim Healy, World War veteran.
before the National Geographic
Society tomorrow evening at the
Washington Auditorium.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
BANK STATEMENTS

WaShinton Clearing House,
9S.268,530.11.
New York Clearing House, bal.
ance, $4,000. 900.
New York Clearing House ex-
change, 81 ,505. 000.00
Treasury balance, S,306,658.-
"a.
customs receipts, $4,577,776.7S.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
REBEKAH. LODGE MEETS

CLARENDON, Va, Dec. s.
The Clarendon Rebakah Lodge,
No. %, will give its annual
Christmas bazaar and dinner Co
night in the Odd Fellows Hall
at Clarendon. Dinner will be
served from to 8 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-18
THRU DIFFERENT EYES"
 AT CAPITOL

Thru Different Eyes," at the Capital today and Wednesday. an all dialog production, is by far the greatest achievement to date in Fox Movietone, and sets a mark that will press future products to approach.
 Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe. well remembered for thelr marvellous performances in Tn Old Arizona" first outdoor Fox Movie tone prod -ctic.. are co-featur~ d with Miss Duncan and again prove that they stand among the leaders of male actors in talking pictures.
 Miss Duncan has particularly difficult role as Viola Manning. a part call: for a triple characterize ton. As the wife of Harvey Man ming, on trial for the murder of his best friend. Jack Winfield, Miss Dun can first appears as the defense at- torney visualizes her; next. as seen by the district attorney, and finally as she really is. It is a role that gives Miss Duncan full scope for her hi-trionic talents. and that she Is successful was attested by the en- thusiasm of last nights audience.
 On Thursday ard Friday, two days only the Capitol, will offer a double feature bill presenting the Nitaphone Talkie Rin Tin Tin in "The Million Dollar Collar" and Sue Carol and Nick Stuart in Girls Gone Wild"
 On Safurday for fyo dave tho Capitol will offer the all talking, all singing success "'rhe Rainbow Man" with Eddie Bowling featured.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-18
CHILDREN HAVING
 PRE.SCH0OL EXAM !.
SM Already Tested in City for
 Physical Defects

The summer round up of the pre- school children for complete physi- cal examinations before they enter school for the first time in Septem- ber. is continuing. The round up is fostered by the United Parents and Teachers association. assisted by the division of child welfare of the Connecticut state health department and the local Visiting Nurse asso- ciation.
 Already 2a0 children have been examined at four different schools and parents are now busy having defective teeth, tonsils, vision and hearing corrected before the chil- dren enter school in the fall.
 Particular attention is being paid to posture, which is corrected by a few simple daily exercises under the supervision of the mother and the visiting nurse. Flat foot in many youngsters has been noted and for this also there are corrective exer- cises which will strengthen the arches of the feet and aid the child to outgrow this tendency.
 The schedule for the physical ex- aminations to be held this week is as follows:
 Wednesday-Elihu Burritt school. a. m. to 12 noon. to p. m: visiting nurses. Miss Anna Miskey, Miss Lucia Longhi, Miss Sara A. keevers, Miss Elizabeth Tait
 Friday-Lincoln school. to { D.. m; visiting nurses. Mrs. Hattie Recknagel, Mrs. Helen Meehan.
 Friday-Vance school, g a. m. to 1e noon; visiting nurses. Mrs. Hat tie Recknagel, Mrs. Helen Meehan.
 Saturday Benjamin Franklin
New Britain herald., 1929-06-18
ROOSEVELT GIVEN
 DARTMOUTH HONOR
4S9 Graduate-0ther Honorary
 Degrees Given at Hanover

Hanover, N. H., June IS R)-The honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred upon Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York at the 160th commencement of Dartmouth college today.
 Governor Charles w. Tobey of New Hampshire was awarded the degree of master of arts. In addi- tion to those granted Governors Roosevelt and Tobey, honorary de- grees were announced as follows: Master of arts. to George Lincoln Plimpton, headmaster of Hilton school; doctor of divinity, to Ben- iamin Martin Washburn, rector of St. Paul's church, Kansas City, Mo-; doctor of science, to Henry Clinton Fall, teacher and entomologist, of Tyngsboro, Mass: doctor of letters, to Edmund C. Tarbell, Boston ar- tist. and to Harvey Cushing, Brook line, Mass, author and surgeon; doctor of laws, to Frank Pierce Carpenter. Manchester manufac- turer and phiianthropist, to Alfred Adams Wheat, justice of the su- preme court of the District of Co., lumbia, and to Harry Bates Thayer, trustee of Dartmouth college and former president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company.
 Undergraduate degrees were granted to 439 men. the largest number in Dartmouth's history. President Ernest Martin Hopkins awarded the degrees.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-18
Our Class
 by John Black

MT. Postmaster. members of the faculty. and classmates:
 No doubt every graduating class of the New Britain high school leaves firmly convinced that it IS the best in the history of the school. We are no exception as far as that goes. Otherwise We are an excep- ton, because ours really is the best class the school has ever seen.
 For three years the high school has been highly honored by ouc presence. It is really difficult tc imagine what a drab and undis- tinguished place our school would have been without us. Without doubt the school might have man. aged to have maintained it's interest with what assistance the other classes may have given. But how infinitely betterit has been since we entered! Words fail me!
 Not once during the three years We have passed in the high school have we failed to give it the best support we could. Not once have we failed in our loyalty to it, tc its activities and its standards. As a last convincing proof of the su u.per-excellence of our class, takt | not, of what we have accomplished eG in this past year. our senior year We have been laboring under Ire. mendous difficulties, both in oul SC plastic and extra curricula work Yet our class has made a fine show. ing in both. despite the odds against it. Furthermore, as 8 graduating class we have had better class co. operation and have met with success. greater than any of our predecessors | ever encountered. And we have ac. complished this with the aid of bu, 1 Che class meeting.
 ! Wa are proud of our record, o1 all we have done, and no one car dispute our right to be 80.
 May future senior classes evcl have as an example the one set b, the best, most efficient cooperative diligent, and loyal class ever pro duced by the New Britain senin! high school. the class of June 1929.