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er's name was Wyon. He took her
up to the third floor, and she saw
al around her evidences OF wealth
and prosperity, such as deep pile
carpets. much polished woodwork
ana plate glass and gilded bronze
fittings.
On a mahogany door she saw q
small brass plate bearing the name
Richard ;. WyOn." Gong in, she
found a large office tenanted by
four clerks-two men and two very
smart young women.
Her inquiry produced an older
man from an inner room, who dis
appeared for a moment. and then
ushered her through two smaller
offices into a large, handsomely fur
nished apartment that might have
been a library but for maps OF South
Africa and the United States that
hung on n of the walls and some
letter-flling cabinets and q Stock
Exchange ticker.
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Along Elizabeth

Along Elizabeth
Leon Perl. of the Fashion. 49,.
talking to Brother Sam. lin the
front door Of their establishment. .
Tito" Viduarri. with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. S. Duncan. -. riding in a
big Nash sedan. DIR. Lawrence
Olmstead. lin his Elizabeth street
office. -. listening TO a radio. Nv.
w. Scott. ."Scotty".... insurance
salesman de luxe. attending to
business Monday. "A. Wayne Wood
800. attorney. climbing stairs -.
smoking. ...R. =. Green. another
lawyer. climbing the same stairs
....on his way TO r. 3. Creager's
suite Of offices. ..Conrado Cloetta
.. hardware store owner and man
ager....all dressed up.
Jimmy Lonax, everybody's friend,
Is gone.
His funeral Sunday afternoon
proved the number Of his acQuaint-
ances was extraordinarily large.
Hundreds OF friends from all ver
the Valley were there, and floral
offerings were extravagant.
Jimmy was a generous, big heart
ed man. He was always ready to
help q friend-and he was always
ready for a little fun
He enjoyed life, and lived a full
one.
Originally from Pennsylvania,
Jimmy moved TO the Valley and be-
came an ardent supported Of this
strip Of Texas. He made this his
home, and once here. never return
ed TO the scene OF his birth.
His untimely death at Legion
leaves q void that will be difficult
70 fill.
III Men Shopped As Women Do
No. 3
A cement highway is purchased:
Buyer: What we want is a ce-
ment highway. Every other county
in the state has one. and we must
have one Immediately. We are out
Of style.
Contractor. 7 wouldn't say out
OF style exactly. A highway Is a
necessity.
Buyer: Not in this section. The
soil Is sandy and absorhs water in
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WARNING

Bob told me l was the eighth
wonder of the world"
What did you say?"
Told him not to let me catch
him with any OF the other seven
The HumorISt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-14

Sleek Club Member: I've just
been sitting for my picture in oils
The Other: What are you being
painted asa sardine?-The HUI
morist.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-14

The whole Hunter family, including the mother,
aged 62-and who has been p~racticing dance steps
is In vaudeville following that twenty -four days-in-
the-air figh;. It would appear that the audiences
are now In for something Of an endurance test.
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Watch Your Step!

The house in which John D.. Rockefeller was born
has been bought and moved to Coney Island. where
It will be set up as a ballyhoo lane attraction. II
the oil king decides to make a pilgrimage to his birth
place now he will have to be careful not to get into
a roller coaster by mistake.
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~"LOsT-False teeth at city airport Saturday. Be
16"-Lansing Journal.
The parachute evidently failed.
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Tammany Hall has given a flag pole to New York
City in Union Square. Possibly SO its indicted Of
ficials can now be taken care of as flag-pole sitters.
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Add SMILES: As emotional as a girl who could
swoon with excitemnt after reading one of Mr.. Coo
ndge's syndicated articles.
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Helen is going back to King Carol. We'll. here
hoping that she had him put whatever he promise
in writing.
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Copyright. 1890. by The Associated Newspaperso
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
DUNHILL gu rs
DIVIDEND

While State authorities are in
Vestigating Thea pool manipula-
tions in Dlmhill international,
Inc, stock directors of the com-
pany have cut the annual div
dend rate to 81 from 81, paid
previously. A quarterly dividend
of 2 cents a share has been de-
clared, payable October Is to
stockholders of record October 1.
The cornpany's earnings, made
public today, fell off sharply in
the first six months Of this year,
totaling $6S,657, or Al cents a
share. This compares with $423,-
AIT, or $2.38 a share, earned in
the first six months of 1929.
Officers and directors Of the
company are said to have had no
connection with the pool opera
tionS in the stock, which sold as
high as $43.50 this year and $92
last year. Today it sold around
SIC. The low for the year ls
$3.50.
Directors of Park & Tilford,
Inc. controlled by the same in
terests as Dunhill, today omitted
the quarterly dividend due at this
time,
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
Wall Street
Hears:

That American ChiCIe will
show record earnings this year.
That copper companies will
cut their dividends still fur.
ther.
That Bangor & ArOOstOOk r.
r. (BNK) is an attractive pur-
chase.
That many large concerns
have began placing orders for
their future requirements and
have abandoned the hand-tO-
mouth buying policy, in the be-
lief that bottom prices have
been reached.
That L. A. Young Spring &
Wire (YGJ looks higher.
That many are switching from
International Harvester (HR)
to National Biscuit (BIl.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
GRAND SEEKS
CANADA CHAIN

Negotiations are under way
whereby F.. & w. Grand Silver
Stores, Inc. will acquire the Can
adian Units of Metropolitan
Chain Stores, Inc. Conservations
have reached a point where an Of
ficial statement can be looked for
shortly. Transaction is likely to
be in the form of an outright pur-
chase.
Metropolitan has So stores in
Canada, operated by a subsidiary,
Metropolitan Stores. Ltd.
The acquisition of Metropoli-
tan's Canadian properties will
mean the initial entrance of
Grand-Silver into Canada, its ac-
tivities having heretofore been
confined to the United States.
1t will increase its chain to 203
locations and increase annual
sales to around $4O.0O0.00
F. 81 w. Grand-SilVer Stores,
Inc, is. a holding company own
ing practically all of the common
stocks of F. & w. Grand 5-l0-2a
Cent Stores, Inc, and Isaac Silver
& Bros. Co., Inc. Through these
subsidiaries it operates 151 units
with an annual sales volume Of
about $4,000, 900.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
further Attacks By Upon Stock Market Predicted By Spectator
Comeback Expected
In Business IL Given
Chance, Expert Says

metal low enough to warrant
large purchases. Foreigners have
been taking more cotton, and
the price of that material has
come down to a level at which
trade interests can buy to adj
vantage on all further declines.
We now know that this is a
worldwide depression, affecting
Europe, South America and the
Orient. England, Argentina and
Japan are hit as badly as we
are. This situation has been
made more difficult by a bad
drought. No one could help these
things. Perhaps mistakes have
been made in not realizing in
advance how bad the recession
would be. OF course. errors were
made in the preceding boom
period. The tariff hurts.
But that is water over the.
dam. Knocking will do no good.
What we need is intelligent pa
tience, based on a frank facing
Of the facts. Above all I would
put reasonable hopefulness. We
should recognize that progress is
being made every day. We are
saving again, as the savings bank
figures show. That is a great
restorative.
The crisis is passed. We are
still sick. But we are going to
get well. At the bottom Of a
business depression, the next
move must be upward.
But we must avoid impatient
and unWise efforts to get up too
soon. We should, for example,
quit taking credit hypodermics."
We have all the bank credit tina:
is good for us. And our indus
trial leaders should not try to
expand production too soon-not
until stocks of commodities are
reduced, wholesale prices defi-
nitely stabilized and retail prices
adequately adjusted to wholesale
markets,
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
POWER TRAFFIC
interstate
GROWING
Trade Commission Reveals
17.57 P. C. Was Sent Across
State Lines During 1929

The legal foundation for Fed
eral regulation Of power was
strengthened yesterday by a Fed
eral Trade Commission finding
that 17.57 per cent Of all electric
energy consumed last year moved
across State boundaries.
An interim report to the Sen
ate disclosed this large proper
ton of interstate commerce in.
volved even after Implications
were eliminated. Including the
current crossing more than one
state boundary, or crossing the
same boundary twice, the ratio
of imports to electric energy con-
surned was 1885 per cent.
Power Trust Differs
The power trust, fighting Fed.
eral regulation and handling its
figures differently, has contended
the interstate movement is less
than / per cent.
Disclosures of the vast inter-
changes of energy are expected to
bring a demand in December for
immediate Federal control over
the interstate movements and
over holding companies.
Chairman Couzens, of the Sen
ate Interstate Commerce Commit
tee, has a Federal regulation bill
of this sort pending. Couzens de.
layed action last spring to leave
a clear road for reorganization of
the present Federal Power Com.
mission.
This reorganization has failed
because the President appeared to
lack power to make effective re-
cess appointments.
Launched Inquiry
Couzens initiated the trade
commissions study of energy
movements. through a senate reso-
luton.
Nearly 10000, 100000 kiIowatt
hours of energy crossed state and
international boundaries in 1929.
the commission reported. This
compared with 94,703, 600. 600 xii
owatt hours generated and 8O,.
$4,000. 900 kilowatt hours con.
sllmed, after losses.
How much energy moves in and
out of each state will be shown
in final report which is virtually
complete and will be submitted to
the senate shortly.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
RECOVERY SEEN
BY BRYSON

Railroad business, both freight
and passenger, is increasing. This
is the conclusion drawn from
latest reports by G. L. Bryson,
District passenger agent Of the
Canadian National Railways here.
He said:
'It is felt that undoubtedly
the peak of the business de-
preston has been passed, and
we are looking forward to a
gradual increase In revenue
each month"
Bryson added that the con-
fidence his company had placed
in the recovery has caused them
to arrange that their Halifax.
Bermuda British West Indies SER
vice steamers call at Boston on
all trips. This is the first time
that Canadian National steamers
have called at an American port.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
Freight Traffic In
July Declines

The volume of freight traffic
handled by the Class I railroads
of this country in July this year
amounted to 35,579,981, 900 net
ton miles, according to reports
Just received from the railroads
by the bureau of railway eco
nomics and made public today.
Compared with July, 1929. this
was a reduction of 6.429,418,0 900
net ton miles. or 1873 per cent,
and reduction of 72,947, ,00G
net ton miles, or 81 per cent,
under July, 1928.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
Fry Is Awarded
Refund of Taxes

A $51,843 income tax refund
to Wilfred w. Fry, of Philadel-
phia, was announced by the In
ternal Revenue Bureau. Others
were to estates Of:
Edward j. Walsh, st. Louis,
$50, ,705; Frank C, Snedaker, $45,-
636; George Edward Earnshaw,
$36,524; Frank P. Clark, $37 7.686,
all of Philadelphia; Frank Won
Tacky, Titusville, Pa, $49.672;
Harriet ". s. Thorne, New York,
$23, 1858; John F. La Boule, Mil
Waukee, $2O,703: Samuel Small,
York, Pa. $27.45
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
R. Y. FLEMING
To WELCOME
DELEGATES
Prominent D. C. People Plan
ming for Convention Of Per-
sonaI Finance Companies

A group Of Washingtonians,
prominent in banking, social vel
fare and religious circles. win
extend a welcome in behalf Of
local institutions to the delegates
to the sixteenth annual conven-
tion Of the American Association
of Personal Finance Companies,
to be held at the Chamber Of
Commerce of the United States
from September % to 26.
Robert v. Fleming. president
of the Riggs National Bank, one
of the youngest chief executives
of a major financial organization
in the country, will deliver the
principal address of Welcome.
Chester Leasure, manager Of the
department of referenda al reso-
lutions of the Chamber cf CGn.
lnerce of the United Stat IS, Hill
act similarly in behalf of she lat
ter organization.
The Invocation on the opening
of the convention VIII be otIiveted
by the Rev. DR.. John O'Grac3y sec.
retary of the National Con- arence
of Catholic Charities, and Niaely
known as an authority M asci-
ology.. The Rev. DR.. Jaan C..
Palmer. pastor of the washington
Heights Presbyterian Chu ID, allI
give the invocation at the aart Iet
to be held at the Mayflowe Eatel
Thursday evening.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
Lead Production Up
1882 Tons in Aug,

Refined lead production in the
United States in August totaleG
58,036 short tons, against 56,204
tons in July, an increase of l.
832 tons. In June this year, out
put amounted to 55,686 tons, ac-
cording to the American Bureau
of Metal Statistics.
! Stocks of refined copper at the
end of August amounted to 1882
tons, against 62,880 tons at the
end of july and 55,501 at the
end Of June.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
Pub. Ser. of N. J. to
Sell Prd. Stock

Public Service Corp. of N. j.,
in a campaign which will start
October /, will make new offer
of its S per cent cumulative stock,
no-par value, under the popular
ownership plan. The stock will
be sold at $97,50 a share and
accrued dividends for cash or on
terms of $40 down per share and
SO per share per month there
after until the final payment
which will be $3.50 per share.
Purchasers will receive interest
on installments as paid at the
rate of per cent per year.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
Chemical Company
Change Approved

NEW YORK, Sept. 20. - Reor-
ganization plans of the American
Agricultural Chemical Company
finally have been approved by the
directors and will be submitted
to stockholders, Horace Bowkar,
president, announced.
Plan calls for the issuance, in
exchange for stock of the Ameri-
can Agricultural Chemical Com
pany, of Connecticut. of 1876
shares of no-par common of the
American Agricultural Chemical
Company, of Delaware.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
BY LEWIS HANEY
Director New York University bureau
OF Business Research and Former
Economist Of Federal Trade
Commission


Commission
It seems that there is danger
of becoming too impatient over
the slowness of business recovery
What is needed is Cd to note
the progress made in correcting
past Embellishments, (2) to con-
front frankly, but hopefully. the
weak spots that still exist, and
90 to adjust our business policies
accordingly.
1t takes time to work out of a
business depression such as this
one. We always have and always
will do so. But sometimes a sick
man makes himself worse by get
ting out of bed too soon. just
now, the wisest course Is keep
quiet.
In our ordinary ills. nature
works the cure, and the best
thing to do is to give her a
chance. just so, in the business
world, the forces which will in
due time bring recovery, are on
the job.
OVerproduction is being cor
rected by curtailment of produc-
tion. Credit initiation is being
corrected by liquidation. Declin-
ing commodity prices are gradu-
ally correcting Embellishments
and slowing up production where
it has been excessive.
Gradually, too, declining prices
are bringing more and more
things within the limits of con-
sumer purchasing power-though
this is a slow process.
Already the wholesale prices OF
a good many basic commodities
are down to very reasonable
levels. For example, we learn
that one of the biggest buyers
Of copper thinks the price Of that
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
Railroad Shares
ReDOrtS Increase

NEW YORK. Sept. 20. - Rail
road Shares Corporation report
for the period from July 3, 1929,
to September 6, 1880, disclosed a
gain in profits amounting to $462.
491.
Surplus and reserves as of Sep
tember 6, totaled $237 ,480. OF
which $106,250, is required for
dividends.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
Missouri Pacific
To Enlarge Lines

The New Orleans. Texas and
Mexico Railroad asked authority
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to acquire control of the
25-mile Rio Grande and Eagle
Pass road in Webb county, Texas.
The proposal calls for the pay
ment of $337,50 for the roads
5000 shares of capital stock.
The former road is a part of the
Missouri Pacific system.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
aTearing 'Em Down"

The old bear crowd is at 1t
again, am told. A house which
has acted for Livermore in the
past was said to have been sell
ing stocks heavily yesterday.
Danforth, the Boston bear, was
listed as operating on the short
side in big. way, and also sev-
eral others who have been in the
limelight since the bear market
started in November. They are
being followed by other bears, both
big and little, professional and
novice. At that / hear the short
interest in the market isn't as
big as the decline in prices would
seem to indicate, for considerable
covering has been going on dur
ing the selling.
The smart bears never wait for
bottom. They take their profits
when stocks look their worst. It's
the amateur who is usually caught
waiting for the last eighth of a
point and gets his fingers burned.
Consolidated Gas was like a
thatch of fiery red hair in an
African jungle yesterday, closing
off only "a fraction while other
stocks were as many points lower
and heading Stubbornly through
out the selling. A floor trader
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
80 RAILWAY ENGINES

To finance the purchase of 80
locomotives, the Chicago Great
Western Railroad asked the Inter
state Commerce Commission for
authority to issue $2,235, 900 of
AZ per cent equipment trust Ger
tificates.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
RAIL BRANCH APPROVED

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission authorized the Pitts
burgh and Lake Erie to construct
a three and one-half mile branch
from Monaco Borough to Potter
Township, Pa. The new line will
serve a lead plant being con-
structed near there.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
SURPRISING DEVELOP MENT
IN RUBBER STRENGTH
Price Sterilization of Wheat Will Aid Re
covery of Stocks; Eastman Kodak at
Levels Where Big Buys Were Made
Bx THE sPEcTAToR

advice been giving readers for
the past week justified yesterday when stock prices
along break the most drastic
we have in over month, the good stocks went
down with the bad
The being successful in getting hqulda0n
yesterdays volume of about 100000 shares proves 1h
reaction gives indications CT going f6rther
There good deal of selling coming from those VINO are
disappointed extent the business Stan0
aside let the storm blow
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
100000 RAIL STOCK

The Fairport, Painesville and
Eastern Railroad asked the Inter
state Commerce Commission for
authority to issue 100000 of COM
mon stock. 1t will be offered to
stockholders at par.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
S711,ooo RAIL BONDS,

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission authorized the Cleveland
end Pittsburgh Railroad to issue
$711,000 of refunding mortgage
AZ per cent gold bonds.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
McKeesport

There are a number of indi-
vidual stocks that have been
pretty cheap right along and are
getting cheaper. McKeesport Tin
Plate is one. 1t is selling under
81, paying SIS and earning about
$40. General Refractories is an
other, selling under rs and earn
Ing about $40. Drug is third.
This stock has high investment
rating and is being steadily ac-
cumulated by far-sighted in
ReStorS.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
Rubber Stocks

Strength in the rubber stocks
was a surprising development.
Settlement of the tire price war
helped. hear of smart buying
in Goodrich. Goodyear is a
splendid company, but hasn't
been making money. It would be
we'll to stay away from this stock
until the dividend status has
been settled.
I like Penick and Ford on any
further reaction from these
levels. Warner Brothers is act
ing well considering the general
state of the market. The market
Is going to continue sour until
wheat shows some signs of price
sterilization.
Eastman Kodak is around the
levels at which insiders began
picking up the stock In the June
and August breaks. Eastman will
be a good buy under 200. Loril-
lard is another that is acting
we'll.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20

told me Gas was well bought all
day. There are rumors OF Elec-
trio Bond and Share buying. Gas
is still sthe same old investment
favorite of a great many desplte
the rate hearing mixup, but |
wouldn't advise touching 1T at
current levels while the stock list
is under pressure.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
"The Buying"

Who's buying stocks, becomes
the question when prices seem to
be melting away, and even the
highest grade issues look like a
plugged nickel. Yesterday the buy
ing came from many sources. The
bears were there for one, taking
their profits.
There was some investment
buying, not enough to turn the
tide, but enough to give some
support. This was centered in
the best stocks as Steel, Can, the
American Tobacco issues. General
Motors, Telephone. and others.
One substantial order took a lot
of Continental Can out of the
market. A surprising develop
ment was public participation,
one of the Biggest houses in the
Street reporting heavy outside
buying.
One sign that the reaction is
likely to go further was given by
one of the members Of the Ex-
change, who said he saw no evi-
dence of aggressive support by
the So-called constructive forces.
In fact, one of the bull leaders
sold a considerable amount Of
Steel.
Sponsors Of quite a lew of the
leaders, especially General Motors,
Steel and Union Carbide, sold
stock last week. They are said
to be replacing their lines on a
scale down.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20

w. FRANK PERSONS
EXECUTIVE vice president Of
the American Association of
Personal Finance Companies
who will preside at the round
table conference in the hall OF
the U. S. Chamber Of Com
merce September % to 26.
The Washington times., 1930-09-20
"Near Bottom"


1t was noticeable that several
groups of stocks head strongly
while prices of others were crack
ing. The coppers closed practical
ly unchanged. Despite all the bad
news about the red metal situa-
ton, price cuts, heavy surplus
stocks and the like, strength in
this group would bear out the
belief that the coppers were
pretty thoroughly deflated.
The oils act as though they
were around bottom, too. The to
baccos and film stocks gave way
more than the above two, but
their losses weren't extensive, and
they show a big clearance from
tEeir low prices of the year. The
rails also are acting well. Strength
in these groups reveals good buy
ing and little if any urgent sell.
ing, and would indicate the like.
lihood they would be the first
to turn when the market
strengthens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-22
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