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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
PALM BEACH OPEN,
FOR WINTER SEASON.
Last of Great Hotels Ready
for Guests-Society Already
Present in Numbers.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
PALM BEACH, Fla, December 90
The traditional signal for opening the
1881 Palm Beach society season was
given today when the Breakers Hotel
around which much of the resort'E
most fashionable life centerS, tnfgS
open its doors.
Leading hotels here, with two AXc4T~
tions-the Royal Poinciana ana ss6-
bassador-and many fashionable sUir
and fishing clubs and other play places
already entertaining guests.
Season Has Promise.
Bright sunshine Is making condi-
tons ideal for surf bathing and the
displays of next Springs fashions on
the beach and in the patios and
lounges.
More than $S,OOo,oOO worth Of new
homes and public and private beautifl-
cation, provided during the Summer.
have greatly enhanced the beauty of
this island resort.
The Christmas season has found
most of the Winter homes open, with
hostesses announcing plans for the
yuletide festivities extending into the
new year.
Society Is Active.
The Seminole Club, one of the Ma
tions most exclusive golf organizations,
also opened today, following closely
upon the opening of the Boca Ration
Club and the informal openings of
the Gulf Stream and Bath and Tennis
Clubs and the Sail Fish Club of Palm
Beach.
New Year eve will see society life
in full swing, with much gaiety cen
tering around formal openings of the
Everglades and the Bath and Tennis
Clubs.
Sports Program Active.
At least two regattas, one including
an cupboard race for the Sir Thomas
Upton Trophy, and four golf and three
tennis tournaments for State and re-
gional titles, are on the Winter sports
program.
Grand opera and the drama viii be
an innovation in Palm Beach life this
year. The former will be furnished by
Miss Muriel McCormick,s Palm Beach
playhouse organization. while III Pag-
liacci" will be presented at the Ever
glades. Club early in February by the
Romany. Chorus. q group of Palm
Beach singers, with Ernesto Dodds, the
Argentine baritone, taking the leading
role.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
By a stafr CORRESPONDENT Of rhe STAR.

SILVER SPRING, Md, December 20
Reversed caps, Klieg lights, grease
paint and all the other paraphernalia
of the movies soon are to make their ap-
pearance at the Takoma-Silver Spring
High School, where the students will
commence producing a full-length pic
ture.
AS soon as the Christmas holidays are
over it is planned to start work on
this unusual extra curriculum activity
A contest will be held to pick the best
scenario written by a student, which
will be used for the production.
The movie will be made entirely by
the boys and girls of the school, who
will be actors, camera men, technicians
everything but director. The duties
of director are to be performed by Mrs
Elizabeth c. Macdonald, a member OF
the faculty.
The picture this year will be the Sec
ond to be produced at the Takoma-Sil-
yer Spring School. Last year a Movie
Club" was formed at the instigation o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Dust Betrays Gambler.

Dust proved the nemesis for Charles
J. Howard, shoe filter, when he was
arrested recently at Tottenham, Eng
land, charged with betting on horse
race. Howard claimed innocence. but
when police sprinkled dust over an
apparently blank pad found in his
pocket the words "Melodrama sixpence
win and Norman Baron 20s each way
were revealed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Birds Get Yule Gifts.

NEW YORK, December 20 (P).-The
birds of New York are not being over
looked in the Yuletide festivities. Boy
Scout troops of Nature Study Troop 472
of the Hips Bay Boys Club are erect
ing feeding stations in parks and will
keep them filled during the holidays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

chancellor of the
university and
president of the D,
c. Board of Edu-
cation.
A second addi-
ton to the staff in
DR.. Lewis Rockow,
prominent research
scholar, and IA
new courses in the
Law School cur
riculum also were
made known by
DR.. Carusi. T h e
new appointments
and course addl-
lions will become
effective January
2 with the begin
ming of the Winter
term
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

dent, EDWARD y
McLarney, vic c
president; Mis- S
Ruth M. Jameson,
S e CIR tary, and
Louis o. Thomas,
treasurer.
Christmas activ-
tiles of the univer-
sity and its amli-
ated schools were
launched last night
when the annual
Christmas dance of
the Alumni Asso-
citation was held
lin the Wv "hut"
at Twentieth and
'B streets. Students
and faculties of
the various schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Columbus U. Plans Party.

to address the or
ganization at in
tervals during the
new year.
The society was
addressed Monday
night by William
Gordon Buchanan,
certified public ac-
CO unt ia Mt and
member of the
board of examiners
of public account
ants Of the Dis
trict.
The committee
in charge of the
Christmas party
comprises William
D. Harris, Joseph
=
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

joined with the old-timers in the cele-
bration. A feature was the rule that
each guest must bring a gift as a con-
tribution toward needy children this
Christmas A large collection OF gifts
was received in this way.
The Christmas vacation of the uni
versity will begin Wednesday and con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

One of the biggest air raids Of the.
World War was carried out by the aid
of the aurora boreal's or northern
lights. On that night the whole of
the North Sea was a white glow under
this strange radiance, the nature Of
which is still a mystery even to men
of science
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
GEORGIA APPoINTEE POPULAR.
Judge SibIey to Fill Fifth Circuit Court
of Appeals Vacancy.


ATLANTA, Ca, December 20 OP).-
United States Judge Samuel H. Sibley
of the northern district of Georgia,
nominated by President Hoover today
to fill a vacancy on the Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals, is a popular figure
with lawyers and laymen alike.
Judge Sibley is a Democrat having
been appointed to the District Court in
1919 by President Wilson. Except for
two years in private practice just before
his appointment to the Federal bench,
Judge Sibley has been continually a
presiding judge since 1905, when he was
elected judge of the County Court of
Greene County, Ga.
He was born at Union Point, Greene
County, Ca, July IL, 1873. He is a
Presbyterian and a member of Chi Phi
Fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Honor
Society and the knights Of Pythias and
Odd Fellows.
Judge Sibley was graduated in law
from the University of Georgia in 1898.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Woman Joins N. U. Faculty.

DR. JEAN STEPHENSON has been
- appointed to National University's
faculty as the first woman to
teach any law subject at that 61-year-
old institution, according to an an
nouncement by Dr. Charles F. Carusi,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Sc. Juniors Elect STAFF.

THE Junior class of the School of Law
i of Southeastern University has
elected officers for the ensuing
year. H. j. Carow was chosen presi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

Theatrical men Of London are loud
in their denials that the Christmas
pantomime in London Is dying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
law School Sets Holidays.

IueSQdy anu COIlLuiuC w SSA'~V -
Law School Sets Holidays.
WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF Law
w closes Tuesday evening ior a
Christmas holiday which Will last
until January 5.
Dean Grace Hays Riley announces
that the examinations Will commence
on January 20, and WIZ De heIo oaliy
until the end of the semester:
Judge Mary O'Toole presided over
the Moot Court last night.
The freshmen of the morning ol-
vision had a Christmas celebration IN
their public speaking class, under the
direction of Rebekah s. Greenhouse,
when each member gave a f1ve-mlnute
impromptu talk on whether chlldren
should be told their presents come from
Santa Claus"
with the assistance of DR.. Edwin A.
Mooers are making plans for the or
ganization of round table group TO
be held in the college library for the
discussion of study problems.
International Founders Day OF Kappa
Beta Pi Legal Sorority was observed by
the four local chapters on Monday,
when members gathered for a recep-
ton, dinner and dance at the Shore
ham Hotel. This celebration marked
the twenty-second anniversary OF the
founding of the Oldest wcman's legal
sorority in the world. Honorary MEM
bers and patrons of the local chapters
attended as we'll as active members.
Columbus u. Plans Party.
CTUDENTS of Columbus University
y Schools of Law and Accountancy
will be entertained with Christmas
party by the faculty and senior classes
Tuesday night. The, Yuletide holiday
will begin Wednesday and extend
through January 5.
Robert Findlay, president of the
Venetian Society of the School of Ac-
countancy, will BE- in charge of selec-
ton of numerous ACCOMPLISHED speakers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

Eight clessrooms have been added to
the facilities of the Columbia Technical
School to accommodate new engineering
courses Additional space also is being
arranged for for three new courses In
the aviation department.
The full curriculum Of the current
term will be presented during the COM
ing semester at the Columbia School,
according to Paul Leverone, president.
Glasses will begin studies as soon as
their individual organization is COM
pleted instead of the full enrollemnt
LAUGHING its work at given date.
Christmas holidays at this institution
began Friday and will conclude Janu-
airy 5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

tinue to January S. The Woodward
School for Boys also will adjourn for
this period. The Washington Prepara-
tory school will start its vacation
Tuesday and continue to January 5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

and Thomas w. O'Brien. The program
composed of Mr.. Harris, Mr.. O'Brien,
Seton Darr and William A. Roberts;
one-man minstrel show by William
Q. Mullings, songs by the Miles Bro
Tiers quartet and a selection by
Stephen Charity, soloist, accompanied
by Ray Faulkner.
The annual dance of the Junior
classes will be held January 81 in the
Carlton Hotel. The committee in
charge will be composed of Gearin En-
right, chairman; Miss Helen Furey,
David Williams and Richard A. O'Con-
nell.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-12-17

1t Is fine Christmas
time modest of
heartily his friendly feelings We
friendly attitude throughout
the If able pleasantly
andmo you tina ioue
May wish for that this Christmas
shall
that ghout then Year viuha
go
of mandgr good
Christmas Greetings
Che Following Professional men
Of Redwood Falls
T. E. Finn J. Budk
B.. Finn CT Lynn
w. A. Brand J. W. Ingis
HBCoe A. Aseson
Ell Johnson C. A. Alexander
Greetings
&9 MM @$Y
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
TRANSAME RIGA
|ON CHANGE

Transamerica porat on,
whose shares we're approved for
listing on the New York Stock Elk
change by the governing ctm-
mittee yesterday. plans to make
application for the listing of its
stock on several of the principal
European exchanges.
The total authorized capital
stock of 24,848.789 shares of
Transamerica will be listed on the
big Board" Trading in Trans
amer\a stock on the exchange
will begin Friday.
This swells the number of cor
orations with more than 100000
900 Shares of stock listed on the
exchange to six. The other five
are General Electric, General Mo-
tors, Commonwealth and South
ern. United Gas Improvement
and Standard Oil of New Jersey.
Other listings approved by the
Stock Exchange we're j. j. New
berry, $5,000,000 10.year converti-
0le 5 u per cent notes due April /,
1910; Michigan Central Railroad,
$7634,000 refunding and improve
ment mortgage Az per cent bonds,
series &C." due January l. 1879,
and Electric Power and Light,
100000 shares of Sc cumulative
preferred.
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
international Net
Assets Increase

Reliance International Corpora
ton in its report for the six
months ended June 80, 1890, as
made public today, shows net in
come after all expenses, but be.
fore taxes, Of $701,011.
Net assets, taking investments
at market value, amounted to
$17,310,032, equivalent to $62.95
per share of cumulative prefer
red stock So convertible series,
and after deducting the out
standing preferred stock, to 1925
per share OF class A common
stock.
AS of December 81, 1929, the
net assets, valued at the market,
amounted to $16,623.120. During
April the corporation sold 10000
shares of class A common stock
at a ret price of $3.50 per share
and 10000 shares Of class B
common stock at a net price Of
$3.50 per share, increasing the
outstanding amounts of these two
classes of stock to 385, 900 shares
of class A and 100000 shares Of
class B.
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
j. s. STEEL NET
PUT At So

Net profits of United States
Steel Corporation for the quarter
ended June 80 were estimated to-
day at $32 100000. This COM
pares with $35,777,sO7 in the first
quarter.
This will approximate SO a
share on $3.50, ,S07 common shares
outstanding. In the first quarter
net profit equalled S3.44 share.
The second quarter OF 1929
showed a net profit of $53.625,8 ,843
equal to $3.50 share on 7,1l6,235
common shares outstanding on
June 80. 1890.
The showing is considered by
the trade to be highly favorable.
A comparison with the second
quarter of 1928, it is claimed,
presents a truer picture. Net
profits in the second three months
of 1923 were $25.838.758, or $2.75
share on 7,116,235 shares.
Extra Dividend Doubted
The profits this year are after
deductions for Federal taxes, sub
sidiary bond interest, depreciation
and depletion charges and include
the quarters proportion of the
interest received on income re-
funds from the government.
The quarterly report is to be
made public after the close of
business next Tuesday. At that
time directors will declare the
regularly quarterly dividends of
$1.75 eaC.I on the preferred and
common. There have been rumors
of a 81 a share extra being de-
clared on the common, but the
CoservatiSm of the management
and the present conditions in the
industry are believed to preclude
any such action. An extra divi-
dend Of 81 a share was declared
last october.
The corporation will have COW
cred all but about SO cents of its
annual 81 a share regular com
mon dividend requirements in
first six months of this year. Net
profits for the half year are likely
tc be nearly $4,000, 900, equal
after preferred dividends to about
$3.50 share on $3.50, ,807 shares
common outstanding.
Ahead of 1928
For the first six months of 1929
net profits totaled $96,O11 ,29O or
$11.72 a share on 7,116,235 shares
common outstanding on June 80,
1929, and to $10.38 a share on g..
030,304 shares common entitled
to participate in distribution for
second quarter of last year.
In the first half of 1928 net
profits were $47,200,629 or $4.86
a share on 7,116,235 shares com.
mon then outstanding.
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
MOnSdntO Chem.
Earns Soc Share

Consolidated, net earnings of
the Monsanto Chemical Works
and subsidiaries for the second
quarter amounted to. $329,227,
equal to 80 cents a share on 410,-
307 shares outstanding on June 80.
On July /, the company issued
6,142 additional shares as a quar-
terly stock dividend. Consolidated
net earnings for the first quarter
of 1880 amounted to $293,170. In
view of the company's acquisition
of several new properties in the
last half of 1929 no strictly COM
parative figures for the second
quarter are available.
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
PLANT ACTIVITY
SHOWS GAIN

Productive activity is swinging
upward in American plants en-.
gagged in the manufacture Of elec.
trical equipment. apparatus and
supplies. A survey of operations
in June, based on the consump-
ton of electrical energy. reveals
a IA per cent gain over May, an
advance which is approximately
IL per cent greater than the nor
NAL seasonal increase, Electrical
World reports.
Manufacturing activity in the
industry, as whole, last month
was 6 per cent below June, 1929,
levels. but was 348 per cent above
June, 1928. the survey further
shows. During the first six
months period, however, equip.
ment manufacturing averaged Al
per cent above the same period
last year. This is one of the very
few industrial groups reporting
higher operations in the January.
June period than for the CORE.
spending time a year ago.
Operations for the second quar-
ter average IL per cent under the
second quarter Of 1929, whereas
the average rate of activity during
the first quarter was 1915 per cent
above the same period last year.
The closing month of the first
half finds the smaller electrical
manufacturing companies in a
slightly more favorable position
than the, group of larger com,
panieS. although both experienced
an upward turn during June.
The smaller companies recorded
a June increase of 1.8 per cent
under. June last year. The group
Of larger companies reported June
operations 0.4 per cent over May,
but 6.8 per cent under June, 1929.
Comparative indexes Of produc.
tive activity in the electrical man
ufacturing industry, based on the
consumption of electrical energy
by these plants, adjusted for mum.
ber of working days, and referred
to the period 1923-1925 as 100, are
shown in the accompanying table
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
Structural Steel
AUurdS TOP AUerdue

Structural steel awards for the
past week were $1,000 tons, or
little above the weekly average
for the year, at $4,000 tons, ac-
cording to The Iron Age. The
bulk of the lettings were in the
New York district and included
7.700 tons for a technical high
school in BROOKLYN; $500 tons
for the Majestic apartments at
Central Park West and Seventy
second Street. New York; 1850
tons for New York subway work.
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
CutLer-Hdn1nler Net
For Half Year Off

Cutler Hammer Company, Inc,
reports net profit for six months
ended June 80 of $8O2, ,807, after
depreciatiory Federal taxes, etc.
equal to $2.43 a share on $50 900
no-par shares. against $1.123, 1852
or $3.40 a share on the same
share basis in the first half of
1929.
Shipments for the first half of
this year were $5,209, 1858 as COM
pared against $5,S75,315 in the
corresponding period of last year.
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
WOrthingtOn Pump
Earns S4.3I Share

The Worthington Pump and
Machinery Corporation reported
today for the six months ended
June 80. a net income of $1,052,-
732 equivalent after preferred
dividend requirements to $4.31 \
share on 126921 common shares.
This compares with $2,529,356, or
$11i96 a share for the full year
of 1929. Between January and
July /, the company paid arrears
on the class A preferred stock of
$3.50 share, and SO a share on
the class B stock. Arrears on the
preferred stock now amount to
$3.50 a share on the A stocks.
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
NEWS
In Today's
CLASSIFIED ADS

FoRp.- Model A. phaeton: good
conditiOn; SSs0; terms.
FURNISHED APARTNIENT--GeOr-
gia Avenue, opposite Walter Reed
HOspItiI; entire second floor; two
large rooms, Kitchen and double
sleeping pOVch; tile shower-bath
ali modern improvements heat, gass
electricity included; SAS month.
IF LITERARILY INCLINED, take
up newspaper work; quick courses
pays well; reasonable references.
WATERFRONT PRoPERTY-North
Beach cottage; three roonnsl cleo
triclty, screened porches; water IN.
side.
FURNISHED RooMs--Mt. Pleas.
ant; two large. cool roOms;. de-
tached private home; hot water
garage; reasonable
--
APARTMENTS FOB RENT--K St.
\. E.t entire frat and second
floors, two and thFee-rOOm apart
ments: private bath; 80 60 &i0.5O
weekly.
These are "sidslgAEs' on sons o. nsaa,
ntsrestfn1 ddOerttsenssgts YOU tpfu ftns q
oday's Times Gad Herald Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Hoss-Receipts 5000: market ttsady.
TOP 1870; bulk Sc 5h@ 9sS; heavy
weight ss4s6e2h: medium weishts
ssasSs: light wetkhts, Ss,+h e e,
light lights ss1s9s6s; packing sovs
sos: pigs, Ss.25@s.25; hoidorerss
5000
Calves: Receipts, 1000; market STEADY.
Beef steers: Good and choice. Ss@7G so:
common and medium, Se8S,6o; year
lines, SSn1eSe: Butcher cattle:
Heifers. s450@lo. cows, $s.76a 9 80 :
bulls SSns5o; calves. $1o@12; feeder
steers S66775; stocker steers. $4.50Q
7.e5 stocker cows and heifers, SAC
$50 -.
sheep--Receipts, O,ooO. market steady.
Medium ana choice lambs, S999.Tb;
culls and common. $5@7; yeardngss
sems56; common and choice ewess
S2@4; feeder lambs. $6@7.25.
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
Prairie Pipe Line
Co. Earns $3.50

INDEPENDENCE. Kan, July
24.-Prairie Pipe Line Co.. and
subsidiaries, which are expected
to merge with Sinclair Consoli-
dated Oil Corp, today reported
net earnings for the six months
of $10,550,250, equal to $3.50 a
share on $4,050, 900 $25 par shares
outstanding. This compares with
$1O,975, 900 or 2.71 a share in the.
first half of 1929. June quarter
profits were $5,328,250, or $1.31
a share, against $5,222,000, or
$1.29 in the first quarter and
$5,575,000 or aE1.38 a share in
the June. 1929. quarter.
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
NeLD Orleans ShOUs
BuiLdinu SDurt

NEW ORLEANS, July 24.-In
New Orleans, new construction
undertaken in June amounted to
$1,625 400, compared with 1924
900 for the preceding month. For
the year to date contracts in
New Orleans aggregate $5.867 800.
according to the report of the F..
w. Dodge Corporation. For Louisi-
ana as a whole, contracts let for
all types of new construction dur
ing the month amounted to
$5.534,8 900. Mays total was
1896. 100. For the first six
months of 1880 the State has
totaled in construction contracted
for $36, ,780, 300.
The Washington times., 1930-07-25
CREDIT EASE IS
STRESSED BY
RESERVE

With open market rates on
loans at the lowest ebb in more
than five years. easier credit con-
dttions are reported in the mid
year review of the, July bulletin
Of the Federal Reserve Board.
Discussing the reduction in the
New York Federal Reserve Bank S
rediscount rate to 212 per cent,
the lowest level in history, the Re-
serve Board says:
The principal factor in the
decline in the absence of i'm.
portant gold movements or
change in the demand for cur
rency was q continued policy
of ease on the part of the Fed
eraI Reserve banks, represented
during June by the purchase Of
$5O,OOO,OOO Of Government Secur-
ties I'm the open market, further
reductions in Reserve Bank buy
ing rates for bankers accept
.ances and further reduction of
discount rates at Cleveland,
New York and Chicago"
Credit Changes
The development of ease during
the past eight months, the bulle-
tin said, had been largely a re-
Election of the changes in the
credit situation.
"The more important Of these
changes" the board says, ''have
been accession of funds to the
money market during a period
through ID purchase by the
reserve banks of $44O, 10000 in
United States Government sc.
curities, ~ in flow of money
from circulation, partly seasonal,
in the amount of S325, ,O00. COO,
and t3) an increase of S145,
OOO,OO0 through gold imports
from abroad, in the monetary
gold stock of the country"
Commenting on the gold move
ment, the board says:
THE gold inflow during the
Is months ended with last Oc-
tOber was one major result Of
. market decline in our capital
exports. The net inflow of gold
during that period was S307,-
100000, equal to about per
cent Of the total gold stock Of
the world"
Big Loans Abroad
The most interesting develop
ment in foreign fiscal business in
1929, the bulletin states, was the
fact that the United States con-
tinued not only one of the great
creditor nations among the world
powers, but became the greatest
debtor nation in private tranSac-
tions in history, the private debts
of American citizens to foreigners
approaching $500, ,O0O, 900, an in
crease during the year of about
$400, 100000.
Net profit of. the Federal re
serve banks in 1929 was $557 ,0O0,-
900, an increase of $50, ,000, 900 over
1923, The return Of 8.75 per cent
on the banks capital funds last
year was lower than the rate of
sos per cent earned in 1928.