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LOCAL PRODUCE

Butter-One- pound prints. 41c: tubs.
4Oh @41c. Eggs-Hennery. 2792Sc: cur
rent receipts, 26c.
Live Poultry - Turkeys. young, $50
sac; old, 22@25c: spring broilers, $50
3Sc; winter chickens, 35c: leghOrns, 80
635c; capons, 3503Sc: ducks, 10000;
hens, % @26c: ROSTERS 1Sc; keats. seq
Csc, Dressed turkeys. young, $50 3Sc;
old, 800 35c: spring broilers, 400 46c.
Winter chickens, 35 case: leghorns. 35c;
fowls, 2S@29c; capons. IS q Acc. Ducks.
IS q CSC; keats, SO@90c.
Meats, fresh killed - Beef. 20@23c:
veal, rs @ soc; lambs, 22c: pork loins,
IS a soc: fresh hams 26c; fresh shout
ders, 22c: smoked hams, csc; lard in
packages, 13hc; In bulk. 1Sc; smoked
shoulders, 2O@23c; bacon, Csc.
Live Stock-CaIves. S0l2c: lambs
IO012c; spring lambs. 13@15c.
Apples-Supplies light: demand mod
crate; market steady. Barrels: No
sales reported. Boxes: Washington.
Winesaps, SS@3.25. Bushel Baskets:
Virginia, U. S. Is. 2k Inch up, Wine
saps $2.5O@2.75; U. S. Is, Inch up,
Winesaps, $27563, few fine quality
higher: U. s. Is, 2-inch up Wine
AspsraEus-supplies hight Demand
light; market firm. South Carolina,
dozen bunch crates, partly white, very
large size, $3.5O@4.00; large size, $500
635O; medium size, $2.e0 q $50; prac-
ticalIy no full green on market
Cabbage-SuppIies liberal. Demand
light. market slightly weaker. south
Carolina. Ia bushel hampers. Wake
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Live Stock Marts
CHICAGO

CHICAGO. April 1S.-Live Stock
Hogs-Receipts. 10000: market 1oc
higher. Top. $1,000: bulk. 3s.sO@1o.6o:
heavy weight. 3s.sO@1O.s5: medium
weight, $1O01Os0: light weight. 500
sowa. &S@965; pigs. $s,15@10.1S: hold
overs. 5000.
Cattle-Receipts 1000: market strong.
Calves. receipts. 1000; market steady.
common and medium. $95O@12.50: year.
lings. $9@1A5O: butcher cattle. heifers
$SQI3; cows. $S.25@1O: dplls. T9s.sO:
calves. &S@11.5O: feeder steers $50
1850; stocker steers. 9S0ll; stocker
cows and hefers $ST9.
Sheep-Receipts, 10000: market
steady Medium and choice lambs.
Ss5O695O: culls and common. $7@S;
yearlings S7@S.25: common and choice
Ewes. S5.5Od6; feeder lambs. S6@s.75,
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S64O,OOO Bond Issue
Voted in Clarendon

CLARENDON, Va, April To-
At a meeting of the board of
directors Of the Arlington County
Chamber of Commerce here last
night, a bond issue of $64O, 900
for the construction and enlarge
ment Of Arlington county schools
was unanimously approved.
This action followed a report
by the school committee of the
chamber, which favored the
financing of the schools.
The coming ordinance approved
by the board of supervisors of
the Arlington county coming COM
mission was also acted favor
ably on.
David R. Collins was appointed
chairman of the public utilities
committee.
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today, charged with beating to
death a 73-year-old printer.
He is i, James Mathew Maxon,
IT., former Columbia University
journalism student and son OF
the Episcopal Bishop Coadjutor
of Tennessee. His middle-aged
landlady and three of her middle
aged boarders accuse him OF
running wild in a drunken craze"
and beating David Paynter to
death with chair.
Maxon, who admitted he had
been drinking gin that makes
you do crazy things" said he did
not remember just what happened
when he returned to his West End
boarding house early Friday morn
Ing. He did not remember jerk
ing few gas jets from the wall,
breaking up the furniture, and
finally, as his accusers charge, Of
strying to assault Mrs. Hickey and
then raining blow after blow on
the aged printer when Paynter
tried to protect his landlady.
Fight Details Obscure
Police who arrested Maxon, who
recently had worked on a New
JERSEY newspaper and had been
trying. to sell short stories, ad.
mitted they did not know exactly
what took place at the braWl in
which the aged man was killed
Detectives said there were dis
crepancies in the stories told by
the three boarders and the land
lady. Too, they were dazed by
Maxon's frank admission that he
was drunk" had heard a quar-
rel downstairs and ran down to
the basement, where he remem
bered hitting some one.
Maxon's father is the Right
Rev. James Mathew Maxon
former president of Margaret Col
lege. Bishop Maxon is on his way
North to aid his son.
Young Maxon had taken his
room at Mrs. Hickev's boarding
house on Sunday. Six months
ago he came to New York after
attending Knox College and the
University of the South at Sc
vance. He was said to have
worked for a time on newspaper
in Chattanooga. He entered Co
lumbia here but left college in
February.
Wrote Short Stories
Recently he had attempted writ
ing short stories. A short story OF
newspaper life called "Deadline'
and it's rejection slip were founC
in his room. In the roller of his
typewriter was a new story, which
began: &C. Bernard TompkinS lay
murdered on the floor of his bed
room in luxurious apartment in
the East sos"
He had been sitting before the
typewriter trying to go aheac
with the story when he heard a
fight downstairs, @he told police
Mrs. Hickey, however, claimed she
was awakened when she felt the
hand of the halfnaked youth or
her shoulder and other boarders
said they found Maxon in the
lAndlady's room, twisting hel
wrist.
The fatal fight followed, accord
ing to the youths accuSerS.
Several young girls, friends Of
Maxon, were to be questioned to
day. A girls fur coat was found
in Maxon's room. and a letter
signed "Cherie" was discovered in
one of his pockets, police said.
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Kin of Actresses
Gets Seven Years

LOS ANGELES, Calf. April 10
(IN.SO sentence of seven
years in Folsom penitentiafy
awaited Jack Noonan. Is, today.
Noonan, the brother of Sally
O'Neil and Molly O'Day, motion
picture actresses. was sentenced
eSterday on a charge of receiving
property stolen from the home of
Ted Lewis. movie actor and or
cheStra leader.
A plea for probation was denied
Noonan because of previous con
victio- for forgery.
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|DATrYC0URTkJlA
CALENDAR. t0l
Monday. April 81
ISTRICT SUPREME COURT

DISTRICT SUPREME COURT
EQUITY DIVISION 1 = MIR. Justice
William Hitz presiding: Russell P.
Below. clerk.
johnson VS. Johnson; Lync -
BOardman.
2-Ratterree VS. Ratterree: Kramer.
S-Miles vs. Miles; Landreau.
Estate of William II. West; HUI
bert.
5-sorrell VS.. sorrell; Darr. Darr &
Espey-Esher.
6-Baughman VS.. Baughman: Noel
Easily Smith.
bankruptcy Of Taubman Stores;
Steinem, Norman.
S-CIements VS.. Clements; O'Brien-
Zeutzius
9-Radio Service Co. vs. jenkins: Nc
NeilI-Flaherty.
10-Pepper VS. Pepper: Mackey.
11-Rothwell VS.. Rothwell: Stearman
--Hawken.
12-Daniels VS. Daniels. Morganston.
15-Lunacy of Henry S. johnson;
Hartman
14-Davis vs.. Davis; Dickson.
15--In re william w. Blaine: Saw
age-Gallaghe
16-Chicca VS.. Chicca: Coombe.
17-Weber VS.. Weber; Neudecker-
Arnold
lS-Knapp VS.. Knapp Carmody.
All other branches of the court will
be recessed during Easter until Mon
day. April IS.
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In Today's
ADS

-CLASSIklED ADD
FIVE-ROOM and bath home with
detached garage located In the
1900 block of Maryland Ave. n. Z.
now available for the monthly
rental of SEQ.
MAJESTIC Radio, Model 81, lOwbOy,
only three weeks old, still has 90
days free service. Cost $3.50;
can now be purchased for SOS cash.
FORD Roadster, Model A. 1899;
dark blue; mileage less than 1900.
1878 and terms.
TWO-ROOM apartment near Library
of Congress now available. Gas and
electricity and all cOnVenIences.
Very reasonable.
$1,000 will make You Che owner al
an elght-rOOm- Rnd-bath brick home
with garage, located near Eighth
and HI. SITS. n. x. Terms to suit.
TWO-ROOM. kItehenette and hath
apartment with reception hall; re-
Gently decorated. Available April
10; located near Iowa Circle. Mod
er" cOnyeniences.
These are "sidelights" ON a feu
u many interesting advertise
tents you will find in today
Times and Herald Classified Ads
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK, April 1s.-Live stock;
cattie-Market receipts so head: d.
reefs. $40 head. No steers on sale.
Common to medium, S6.259s: low
cutters and cutters, S3.25Gs: bulls
nominal.
Vealers and Calves--Market receipts
400 head: directs, $40 head. Vealers in
light supply, slow. 5O@75c lower Good
to choice $1O.5O@13; medium, $7.SOQ
10: Gull and common, 1901
Hogs-.Market receipts. none; directs,
2,17O head: none offered.
Sheep-Market receipts. 1870 head: d.
reefs, $3.50 head. small lot common
clipped lambs. steady at So.
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PRODUCE SHIPMENTS

Car-lot shipments reported for the
April>17;
Apples-California. 4: New York, 80:
Pennsylvania, 2; Virginia. 8: Washing
observation-disclosures, 2; Georgia, Z:
Illinois /: Oregon, !: South Carolina.
81; Washington. 4. Total. "a.
Lettuce-Arizona. s: California. 125:
North Carolina. 2; South Carolina. 10,
Total, 14S.,
Orangesz-California, ga.
Potatoes - Florida, So: Maine. 24S:
Minnesota, "a; New York, IL: Texas,
1905; others $50. Total, AT.
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Miss Ida Jones .Weds /.
Mr.. NJ. Wood MOnduY

LEONARDTOWN, Md, April
19. - Announcement has been
made of the approaching mar
riage of Miss Ida Jones, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar F. Jones'.
of near Leonardtown. to Mitchell.
Wood, son of Harry A. Wood, and
the late. Frances Bowles Wood
of Loveville. -4yr
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Less Than One Thousand People

according to Government figures living in Washington,
are unable to read and understand the English language
This statistical fact not given as matter OF civic
pride although the number is remarkably low, but is
quoted because the Better Business Bureau wonders why
it is, if so many people in city read English, why
do so many people sign contracts and agreements without
reading the piece of paper before they ax their sigma
lures.
Doctors business men, housewives and others have COM
planned that they have been vctmized into signing con-
tracts that bind hem they admit that neglect caused
them to forego reading the agreement or that high pres
sure statesmen assured them that the contract twas merely
formality."
To know your obligations in advance to prevent msrepre
sentation or future argument, READ BEFORE YOU
SIGN.
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FLEMING APPOINTED

John r.. Fleming of Ohio State
University. esterday was ap-
pointed a special agricultural
writer for the Department Of
Agriculture.
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The publication of this an
nouncement in these columns
is evidence that this news
paper co-operates with and
supports the Better Business
Bureau for your protection.
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK, April 1s.-Produce:
EgRs-The egg market weakened this
week and prices declined 2 cents per
dozen ON the best grades of white and
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Letters to the Editor

RS printed unless signed. Names held in confidence
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Editor, Times:
am a native Washingtonian
and have lived here the greater
part of my life. I take an &C.
tive part in civic activities and
am proud to reside in this city
of which one may truthfully say
thta it is by far the most beau-
tiful in the entire country.
But while one may appreciate
the beauty and general resi-
Dental desirability Of a city one
may at the same time take no.
tice of it's defects and am writ.
ing this to protest against one
of the most deplorable conditions
prevalent in our city at the pres
ent time. I refer to the street
car situation, something to which
the people of this city do not give
sufficient attention although it
affects nearly all of them in one
way or another.
I have Just returned from
trip to Baltimore during which
time had occasion to ride the
street cars of that city several
times. I want to say that at no
time of the day, be it in the
morning, in the evening or late
at night, are the cars so crowded
and uncomfortable as they are
here at almost any hour of the
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today, charged with beating to
death a 73-year-old printer.
He is James Mathew MaXon,
The Washington times., 1930-08-05
HOLD|NG CORP.
EXPANDS

The acquisition of Joint In
vestors. Inc, a general manage
ment company with assets Of
over $l.75O.OOO. by Yosemite Hold
ing Corporation was announced
today by Luther d. Thomas,
president. In this arrangement,
Lee Maxwell, Robert Gair, jr.,
Curtis Franklin and Alexander M.
White. of New York, also Luther
.. Thomas and Ralph W. Simonds
of Detroit. have been elected di-
rectors of Joint Investors, Inc.
This latest acquisition is the
third major step in the expansion
program Of the parent corpora
ton, and has been under negotia-
tion for several weeks. Prior to
this time, Yosemite had acquired
Union Investors, Inc. and a sub
stantial interest in British Type
Investors. Inc. both general man.
agement investment companies.
Joint Investors. Inc, with head
quarters in New York. was or
ganized In January, 1926. with
Grover O'Neill as president. and
since that time has shown stead
lily increased earnings and assets
until at the present time Joint
Investors, Inc. is one of the we'll
known investment companies.
In 1927. the first year Of oper-
alton, the corporation reported
net income Of $63,275: In 1928,
net was $11O.O53: and in 1929,
$685., ,2OS. For the five months
ended May 81. 1880. net was
$74,0SO.
Dividends on Joint Investors,
preferred stock have been paid
regularly since organization. The
class "a common stock in jan
uary, 1928, was placed on a 81
annual dividend basis, payable
quarterly. In April. 1929, the
regular dividend rate was in
creased to 50 annually and an ex-
ira dividend at the rate Of 81
annually was declared. Quar-
terly dividends at these rates
have been regularly continued.
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PRIVATE BANKS
DEPOSIT BONDS

J. p. Morgan b Co. and other
large private banking firms have
deposited securities with the State
banking department. in accord
ance with the banking laws which
require that under certain condi-
tions banking houses. either de-
posit 100000 in bonds or subject
themselves to supervision Of the
department.
Thomas Cook. q Son, Gold
man, Sachs a. Co., A. Iselin & Co,
Kidder, Peabody q Co. and
Laidlaw & Co. have made security
deposits with the banking depart:
ment.
Following the failure last year
Of Clark Brothers, the State bank
ing law was. amended to require
that private banking firms either
transmitting amounts Of $500 Or
less or paying interest on deposit
balances with 8 daily average sofs
less than $500. fall under the
supervision Of the department tli-
less securities be deposited with
the department.
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InstallInent Sales
Have Become Vital,
Morris Tells Group

tiOn would not have declined.
production would not have
fallen off ana unemployment
would not have followed. The
present business recession Is due
% the failure Of our banking
machinery to make . eOntinu-
Gus supply Of cheap money
available for business uses.
Reserve b Hope
"For the past. two years, legit-
innate business has had TO
compete with Wall Street gam.
.bIers for money and the
gamblers were willing 10 pay
exOrbitant prices while the spec
ulatfYe mania persisted. The
answer lies with the Federal
Reserve System. To make q
continuous supply Of reason
able money available, the Fed
eraI Reserve act should be
amended 80 IS TO make con-
sumner credit or instalIment
paper eligible for rediscount, Or
50 that bankers holding such
paper could put IL into action
through the Federal Reserve
instead Of having TO hold 1t
In portfolio rs necessitated ut
present. This would insure an
adequate volume Of banking
credit 10 sustain manufacturing
and distribution, regardless Of
the stock market demand for
call loans.
Cheap money now prevail.
Ing Win inevitably re.start the
wheels Of commerce, but we
win inevitably have q recur.
renee Of the present recession
unless our banking machinery
Is FatiOnalized."
Mr.. Morris concluded with thu
prediction that the next 10 years
would witness an expansion ir
the volume Of consumer credit, 'ol
Installment financing, fully com
parable to the expansion thaI
has occurred during the past
decade. pointing out that It /.
estimated at present that con
sumner credit now totals $1,000,
100000 annually, or IL per CEN
Of the nations total retail sales
The credit discussions will con
tinue through to August 8.
The Washington times., 1930-08-05
EGEIVE RSHIP
PETITI0NED
FOR FIRM
American Bond and Mortgage
Co. Named in Maine Action;
"Mismanagement" Charged

BOSTON, Ang. 5 CI.N.S.l The
Boston Evening American In an
exclusive copyrighted article today
said:
"Charging gross Inlsmanage-
nent and fraud, . group Of
New England bond owners have
pctitiOned the supreme court
Of Maine TO appoint receiver
for the American Bond and
Mortgage Company, with cen
trail headquarters In Chicago,
the Boston Evening American
learned today.
"A bill I'm equity has been
filed In Augusta, Chief Justice
w. r. PattangaII has issued an
order Of notice, which Is re-
turnabIe in supreme court at
Augusta on Tuesday. August IL.
'The action came rs q bomb
shell IN financial circles all
over the country, because Of
the prominence and activities
Of the defendant corporation.
The American Bond and Mort
gage Company in the past 20
years is reputed to have done
= business aggregating S15O,OO0,-
900.
''Tie complaining bond owners
charge that the American Bond
and Mortgage Company Is on
the brink Of insolvency. They
ask the court to give the re
ceivers power to AXE over the
affairs Of the corporation and
to restrain the corporations
officials from transferring the
money, assets or books. They
claim Al issues have been de-
faulted.
"The action was brought in
Maine because the company
was incorporated there. The
first drive was made by bond
owners who reside In North
AttIebOfo and Plafnville. Later
they were joined by protesting
bond owners i'm Maine, many
Of them In agricultural circles.
"The claims of the North
AttlebOrO and Plainyille petit
tiOners total 100000"
Efforts TO locate the offices of
he company in Washington failed
when q call to the building in
which they were listed failed to
reveal any offices of firm by
that name. A telephone call to
the number under which the
company was listed brought the
information that the telephone
had been disconnected.
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c. & O.HOLDINGS
MADE LARGER
BY TRUST
Chesapeake Corp. Increases
Holdings by zoe, 600 Share
Purchase; to Net 10 P. c.

Chesapeake Corporation exer.
cised fully the rights which
accrued to it under recent stock
allotment made by the Chesa.
peake q Ohio Railway. AS a
result, the corporation should
show increases in both total in,
come and net profit in the third.
quarter compared with the second
quarter.
Exercise Of It's rights involved
the purchase Of about 2O3.65O ad.
ditional c. & o. common shares
at 800 share, requiring an out
lay Of about $2o.365, 900. Assum
ing present $40 dividend rate, c..
g. o. is continued on increased
stock, Chesapeake Corporation
win receive 10 per cent return
on the investment.
Chesapeake Corporation ar.
ranged through temporary bank
accommodations to finance the
exercise Of the c. & o. rights.
That increased bank loans to
almost $4,000, 900 from 0,203. .285
at the end of last year. Ultimately
loans will be repaid through per.
manent financing, which prob
ably will take form of issue of
collateral trust bonds or an offer
ing Of rights to subscribe to addi-
tional stock. with former more
likely.
Compared with 10 per cent
which Chesapeake Corporation is
likely to receive on funds used
in exercise of C. 81 O. rights, cor.
poration probably is paying not
more than 4 per cent on out
standing bank loans. Thus con.
siderable increase in third guar.
ter's earnings is probable.
On basis OF $lO dividend paid
by c. d o. and SO dividend in.
cluding 50 extra paid by Pere
Marquette. Chesapeake Corpora
tion's annual income from stoc',
holdings would total $8,302,C 4
Bond and other interest require,
ments on basis of the December
81, 1929 balance sheet would
aggregate about $2,8O0. 900 leaving
q balance of about $500, 900.
equal to $3.O5 a share on l,799. .745
common shares.
Used Cars ut economical prices
are advertised today In the Gas
AIfied Automobile far Sale e0luMns.
The Washington times., 1930-08-05

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug.
5 5.--1nstallment financing, having
successfully weathered the "acid
test" Of the recent business de-
preston and consequent unem-
ployment. has definitely estab-
lisIaed- itself as q sound and vital
factor lin the American industrial
pattern, the Institute OF Pubic
Affairs was told today by Arthur
J. Morris. president Of the Indus.
trial Finance Corporation and
founder or the Morris Plan, who
opened the Institutes round-table
discussion on Consumer, Credit =
Bankers, manufacturers and
distributors from throueRlOtt. the
country were here for the credit
discussions.
In answer to critics Of the In
stallment system of merchandis-
ing who had forecast dire results
for the country In the event of
depression, Mr.. Morris pointed to
the present soundness OF the
large installment financing or
ganizations, citing $lOO, ,OOO, 900 an.
nual operations Of his own COM
panies aaS an example. Con-
tinuing, Mr.. Morris said, In part:
Less Delinquents
"The increase In delinquent
collections from people who
bought products on the defer.
red payment plan has been
much less than even our own
organization had expected In
event 6f 50 much unernplOy.
nAent. The explanation Il that
only the better class Of en-
pIOyes are eligible for credit,
. point that we have been
stRosSing for years. Our in.
duStrial banks reject rs per
cent Of applications for leans
to buy articles ON the install
ment plan and most Of these
who are ineligible do not even
take the trouble to apply.
"As matter Of fact, indus
trial banking is teaching the
masses financial MANAGEMENT
and the value Of personal credit.
The absence. Of serious 4. com.
niunistic tendencies In Asneri-
can labor circles IS adEnittealy
due 70 the sense Of ownership
thich has c@nae 20 American
workers BY the possession Of
homes, automobiles, radios and
other productive afticleS-yet
installinent credit has made
this naass possession pOssible. Y
Had money remained ample
for the proper financing Of con.
Jumef credit national cOnsump.