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New Britain herald., 1930-01-15
POLICE SAY NEGRO
 SLEW BOSTON COP
Prisoner WaiYes EXaIninatiOn-
 Gun Expert Yet to Report

Boston, Jan. , (UP)-Authoriti seemed satisfied today that James Threadgill 2S year old Negro. was tho slayer of Plainclothes Policeman James J. Troy.
 Troy was killed by a single bullet Monday night while guarding a doorway of a south end tenement house against escape Of Threadg;ll for whom superior officer WIS searching the house. The Negro was wanted in connection with an armed robbery in Taunton and d robbery in South Boston.
 The staying was unwitnessed, but police said they found .32 cauber revolver from which one shot had been fired in Threadgill's overcoat pocket when they captured him in a Batavia street dwelling
 Await Gun Experts Finding
 Determination of whether the bull let taken from Troy's body had been fired from the gun aIlegedly founi in Threadgill's overcoat constituted the most important step in the in vestigatisn into the murder.
 Gun and bullet have been examin- ed by Captain Charles J. Van Am burgh. state firearms expert. and his report to the county prosecutor was expected momentarily.
 Threadgill waived examination I,th H. charge yesterday. He was commit ted to jail pending the February sit- ting of Suffolk county grand jury.
 Several charity funds have been started. and legislative action has patrolman's wife who is about to give birth to a fifth child.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-15
BURNS CLUB TO HONOR
 FAMOUS SCOTCH POET
Annual Banquet and Entertainment to De Held At Burritt
 Hotel, January 23

The Burns club of New Britain will hold it's 2ond annual dinner concert and dance in honor of the birthday of Robert Burns at the Burritt hotel on January g. It will be an informal affair and about 200 arc expected to attend.
 An interesting program has been arranged. including Maurice F. Wal len, tenor, of Seth Parker's Singing school, and Miss Dorothy Warwick, Scotch concert artist. Miss Warwick is a graudate of the New Britain High school and has appeared in concerts all over United States and Canada. A Scotch comedian has also been engaged.
 The reply to the toa"t to Robert Burns will be given by Rev, Donald Fraser of Rochester, x. H.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-15
DOLORES COSTELLO AT STRAND

A remarkable cast interprets Sec ond Choice" the Warner Bros. and Nitaphonc production which comes to the Strand theater Thursday for three days, with Dolores Costello in the stellar role.
 Miss Costello, one of the scrcen's most popular stars, has. through the medium of the talking picture, supplemented her ethereal beauty by voice of great charm. In Sec ond Choice" she sings the lovely theme song, life Can Be So Lone Somc.'
 Chester Morris. the magnetic young Broadway star of the speak ing stage, recent recruit to motion pictures, continues the remarkable work which made him an overnight sensation when he creater his first
New Britain herald., 1930-01-15
Editor Gives Verdict on
 Skirt Lengths of Year

New York. Jan. 15 UP)-The editor of the Vogue dashed ou. of his office today and shouted sixteen. fifteen, twelve, six, zero" Naturally it was presum ed he was calling football sig nals, but inquiry brought out the fact that he was merely having his say about the length of skirts for spring and summer.
 The editor had decided to toss in an opinion before the new style actually began appearing on the streets, and the verdict was:
 Sport dresses will be l6 inches from the ground.
 The suit skirt will be 3 inches
 The afternoon dress. 1 ? inches.
 The dancing froCk will be six inches from the floor.
 The formal evening gown will touch the floor and may even trail a bit in the back.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-15
SUFFRAGAN BISHOP BETTER

Boston, Jan. l5 JP)-Hope for the recovery of Rev. Dr. Samuel G. Babcock, g year old suffragan bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts. was slightly strength- ened today.
 The eminent churchman, who was struck by an automobile Monday night. was reported by City hospital officials this morning as being somewhat brighter" after passing q fairly comfortable night.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-15

Hale is the banker. Assisting them in first water comedy is a remark able cast headed by Franklyn Pang- born, Patsy Ruth Miller and Edna Murphy.
 The co-feature will offer Dorothy Mackaill in The Love Racket" an all talking romance as daring as life.
 Beginning Saturday for three days the Capitol will present Ronald Colman in Condemned" an all talking hit with Ann Harding.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-15

a continuance for one month order his wife S15 week. II is expected that the matter of support will be cleared up when Mrs. Buddc's action for divorce is disposed Of in superior court, Mr. Grcenstein said.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-15
MCKINLEY DOCTOR DEAD

Colorado Springs, Col, Jan. 15 (P pr. R. H. Mechanism, personal physician to Mrs. William McKin- ley during the Mckinley administra- tion. is dead here after a long ill., ness.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-15
Firemen's Association
 NOminates New Leaders

Officers were nominated and an nual reports read and accepted last night at the annual meeting Of the Fircmen's Relief association held at fire headquarters Officers nOmin- atcd as follows will be voted upon at the roll call tomorrow. President Peter Nuss; vice president, David Moore; secretary, Eugene r. Barnes: treasurer. Chief William J. Noble; for representative on pension board. NJ. T. Souney. John Finneran. The report of the treasurer showed upwards of $i000 in the treasury. The association is in a flourishing condition.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-15

Circulation makes ClassliioG ad- yertising, that's why the Herald leads.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-15

Herald Classified Ads help you f sell your second hand furniture.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
WILL
FLOAT ISSUE

The Treasury will borrow $40O.,
100000 June Is to help meet ma
turing obligations and interest
payments on the public debt. Sec
retary Mellon announced yester-
day.
1t will pay a rate Of 27s per
cent on Treasury certificates Of
Indebtedness to run for -
months.
Proceeds of this issue, with the
heavy income tax payments due
June IS, will be used to pay off
$3.50, 100000 Of Treasury certifi-
Gates, meet about sos, 100000 of
interest payments on the debt.
end provide funds for the next
quarter.
The new certificates will be
exempt from all taxation except
estate and inheritance taxes.
Maturing certificates will be &C
cepted at par, in payment for the
new ones, Mr.. Mellon said.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
GA. TANKS MAPS.
EXPANSION

NEW YORK, June 6.-An ex-
tenSive program of expansion of
its European properties is
planned bv General American
Tank Car Corporation, according
to Elias Mayer, president. The
plans involve the building up of
a large system for affording tank
and refrigerator car tranSporta
ton to the petroleum. wine, olive
oil and fruit and vegetable indus
tries of Europe.
Last year the company formed
the Germania Allgemeine Trans
port LeihgeSellSchaft in Germany
and early in the present year it
organized a Swiss holding com
pany known as the Societe de
Moyens de Transport These
units. he stated. are expected to
form a nucleus for a tank and
refrigerator car system .aking in
the principal European countries
Lester N. Selig, assistant to the
president, sailed for Europe to
day to join Max Epstein. chair
man, who has been in Europe tor
some time inspecting the com
pany's foreign subsidiaries.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
1et Record for Dune By Spectator
Warm Weather Seen
AS Activity Cause,
Bradstreet Declares

NEW YORK, June T. Real
summer weather, with tempera.
lures in or above the COS in wide
areas, is responsible for a slight
pickup visible in retail trade re.
ports and an access of sympathetic
cheerfulness in wholesale and job
bing lines, Bradstreet's will re-
port today.
Collections reports, too. were a
shade more cheerful. and crops
although reporting rain needed,
held nearly all of their former
promise.
Industrial reports for the week,
on the other hand. showed some
evidences Of the quieting down
noted in late May, as, for in
stance, in iron and STEEL auto
mobiles, lumber and cotton, being
carried over into June.
Pig Iron SIumps
Pig iron production in May
fell a trifle below that of April
and the slow but steady drop in
steel ingot output reported weekly
Of late seemed to progress slightly
further. The unfavorable position
Of lumber production and orders
was not greatly changed, while
raw cotton eased slightly on the
reports of curtailed use of that
staple agreed on in May.
The downward movement of
commodity prices in May as
shown in Bradstreet'S index num-
ber was apparently not checked
and this week wheat was added
to the list Of products easing after
reaching earlier in the week the
highest levels since the middle of
April.
Four products, sugar, silver, rub
ber and raw silk, made new low
levels for the first three for all
recent years, If not, in fact. for
all time. The decline. in silver
was without recent equal and this
was reported having a hurtful eff,
feet on the foreign trade of a num-
Der Of countries.
Scrap Price Hard
In the industries, while there
was a tendency to accentuate TIE
declines shown in output and the
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
ROYAL D j 7 c \
NET HIGH

NEW YORK, June 7.-Rcyal
Dutch Company, a holding con-
pany, today reported a net in
come for the year ended Decenl'
Der 81. of ,3s1 florins tpar
40.2 cents a florin). after ex-
penses and taxes. This is equal.
after dividends on the 4 ana AZ
per cent preferred stocks, to 26.11
per cent on 5O3 1874, 900 florias Of
ordinary stock.
In the preceding year the net
income amounted to l03.3S7.1S
florins. or PATS per cent on Az.
100000 florins of ordinary stock
then outstanding.
The report states that the
Royal Dutch Company has de-
cided to pool its interests with
those of the Standard Oil Of
New Jersey, I. G. FarbeninduStrie
combine. in order to exchange
experience and patents in this
direction, and to work the hydro
genaticn patents jointly. It adds
"By combining with other In
tereSted parties, some Of which
are large chemical industries,
all further inventions and in
prOvementS will be concentrated
in one central body and tAus
this process by which high.
grade products can be made
from greatly varying raw Ra.
terialS can be applied On the
widest possible scale"
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
BONDS STEADY.
At CLOSE

NEW YORK, June Z 1.N.Sl.
Except for the convertibles. which
sold off in company with the de-
cline in their respective stocks.
the bond market was steady at
the weekend. Buying demand
dwindled for the leading Govern
ment and prime corporation is,
sues. in which prices were gen
orally inclined slightly higher.
French Government 712s led the
upward move in the foreign gov.
ernment list and sold up nearly
a point at l2312. Liberty 312s
rose fractionally to 10000. Fourth
As sold at 1925. Pathe Exchange
Z per cents made a 4-point re-
covery to SO. International Tele-
graph and Telephone 41as sold
under 100 for the first time this
week and International Telegraph
and Telephone 412s declined frac-
tionally to ITO. Baltimore and
Ohio convertible 412s advanced
to 102A, while Atchison 4l2s
were unchanged at 1872.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07

recent ease in prices. the leading
trade authority called attention to
the fact that heavy steel scrap
prices at Pittsburgh had hardened
despite some declines in other
centers and further shading Of
pig iron.
In the steel trade the demand
for plates for the making of pipe,
orders for which have been
breaking all records. was good.
Implement trade buying was
smaller coincident, with whole or
partial shutdowns Of some fac.
tories for inventory. The report
from the steel trade was that
makers of small automobiles.
hitherto leading in unit output,
had slowed in takings Of steel.
Crop reports, as a whole. were
favorable, except where as in
parts Of the grain belts more
moisture was needed. but late re-
ports were of needed rains fall
ing in some wheat and corn sec
tions, with the result of easing
prices.
1t is to be noted that early
June estimates Of possible wheat
yield point at present to a total
American yield little different
from a year ago. which, however,
was lO0,00O.000 bushels less than
1928. with preliminary Canadian
estimates pointing to 125,000, 900
bushels more than yeal ago.
Commodities Lower
Bradstreet'S monthly price index
shows for June / the eighth sue.
cessive monthly decline in com
modify prices. with nine of 13
groups going lower. three higher
and one unchanged during May.
The June / index, in fact, is the
lowest touched since July. 1921,
and with two exceptions in that
year, the lowest since December l,
1915. In all SO articles went
lower, while IA advanced and 56
remained unchanged.
May failure reports, while total
ing the largest number in that
month on record, showed smaller
liabilities than in the like month
Of 1926. 1924 or 1921. Five
months failures are close to the
record for 1922, while liabilities
were larger than in that period in
three years of the preceding
decade.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
HYDE TALK HIT
BY WAGNER
Times staff Photo

Senator Robert F.. Wagner of
New York yesterday took sharp
issue with Secretary of Agricul-
ture Hyde who Thursday declared
the nation is back at work" and
that I'VE have suffered from lit
tie more than seasonal unem-
ployment."
In a statement issued through
the Democratic national commit
tee, Senator Wagner said:
"I wish I could be as cheer
full about the present unemplOy-
ment situation as Secretary
Hyde. 1t is astounding that a
Cabinet officer should declare
that the aCiOn is back at
work when the Governments
own figures indicate that more
men are being laid off, both
in the manufacturing plants
and in industries generally. 1t
is a shocking abuse of words
to call the present unemplOy-
ment normal, seasonal slack.
I'm all of the presently pub
lished records of the Govern.
ment. Secretary Hyde will not
find q single April in which the
index of employment fell as low
as in 1880. and the same is
true of the entire first quarter
of the year.
Nothing at all is accom-
plished by denying unpleasant
facts instead Of graphing with
them"
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Iron Ore Shipments
Decline Durinq Mdy

Iron ore shipments from upper
Lake ports during May totaled
6,979,2l3 tons, as compared with
9,549,173 tons in May of last
year, or a decrease of 2,570. .060
tons, or 26.91 per cent, accord
ing to the Lake Superior Iron
Ore Association.
Shipments to June were
7,087,132 tons. as against 2.065.-
514 tons in the similar period Of
last year, or a decrease of 4,S7S,-
382 tons.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
South Penn Oil Co.
Adopts PrOrGtiOn

FRANKLIN, Pa. June South
Penn Oil Company has agreed to
the 20 per cent curtailment OF
crude oil production in the Brad
ford field, and most of the smaller
companies have joined with the
larger ones in prorating. which is
designed to stabilize production
and improve all quotations.
Adjacent fields are watching the
Bradford situation with keen in
terest, realizing that their future
depends much on the success OF
the new program.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
GERMAN BONDS
GIVEN ]. s.
SANCTION
Third of ReparatiOns Issue
Soon TO Be SyndiCated
BY Morgan Company Group

The United States will inter-
pose no objection to the flota-
ton in this country Of &100, ,000,-
600 principal Of the German rep
aration bonds soon to be offered
by an American syndicate headed
by j. P. Morgan and Company.
Under Secretary Of State Joseph
P Cotton announced yesterday.
At the same time it was tacitly
pointed out that this declaration
is not an official guarantee of
the bonds by the United States.
In no sense are the BOMBS which
are offered through the bank fer
international payments, q national
obligation Of this Government,
it was emphasized.
Meanwhile the legality Of the
bonds has been questioned by
Representative McFadden. chair
man of the House Banking and
Currency Committee. Speaking
in the House Thursday, he caal-
Ienged Thomas w. Lamont. Of
the j. P. Morgan banking firm,
to submit proof that the bonds
are legal.
The action Of the United States
in authorizing the flotation is in
accordance with the practice en-
forced by the State, Treasury and
Commerce departments whenever
foreign loans of any kind are Of
fered to the American investors, it
was said at the State Department.
The total amount Of the German
bonds will be approximately $780,
600 900, of which this country viii
take about one-third.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
TOBACCO CORP.
PLANS STOCK
CHANGE
Reduction in Par of Common
Shares to Be Voted On BY
Holders on June rs

NEW YORK, June Proposal
to change the par value of the
class "A" and common stock Of
the Tobacco Products Corpora.
tion, from $40 par to no-par
shares, and to reduce the capital
of the corporation represented
thereby to IS a share, was sub
mitted to the stockholders today.
Stockholders of the corporation
will be asked to vote on the pro.
posal at the annual meeting.
which will be held on June 25.
Carried High
In a statement issued, F. K.
Morrow, president of the com
pany, stated that the corpora.
tion's investment in common
stock of the United Cigar Stores
/ Co. of America, is carried on its
books at an amount greatly IN eX'
cess of either its market value
or value of net tangible assets of
the United Cigar Stores Co. OF
America and subsidiaries. He
added:
Because of this fact, and
even though consideration be
given TO substantial value Of
the corporations 99-year lease
with the American Tobacco Co.,
over $36,75O, 900, as compared
with S4,217 .8O5 now carried on
the books, including good will,
directors have felt that there
might be such a substantial i'm
pairment of capital as now
constituted to prevent a re-
sumption of dividends out Of
current earnings.
such recapitalizatiOn
would permit the corporation
to reduce the book value of
its investment in common stock
Of the United Cigar Stores Co.
Of America to it's approximate
Iy present value, based on net
tangible assets, represented
( thereby, and also to permit the
resumption of payment of such
dividends out of current earn
ings as your directors might
feel to be justified by the
financial condition Of the cor
pOratiOn."
Nets S4,574.635
Company reports a net profit
for the year of 1929 of $45I4 %,
after interest, Federal taxes etc.
and after deducting $519.553 loss
on the sale of United Cigar Stores
Company of America common
stock. This is equal, after allow
ing for full years dividend re-
quirements on the $40 par class
"a" stock, to AZ cents a share,
earned on 3,296,652 shares of $50
par common.
In 1928, the net profit was
S8,386,963, after Feleral taxes.
etc. equal. after class "a" divi-
dends to $8.96 a share. earned on
800 shares of common stock
of 500 par, then outstanding.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
REMINGTON Rand

Remington Rand received good
support yesterday when it sold
ex-dividend. While losses in most
issues ranged from to points,
this stock lost 70 of a point on
fairly heavy trading. The recent
earnings statement of the COM
pany is ample justification for
holding this stock for higher
prices.
Agreement of Royal Dutch
Company to lease Standard Oil
OF New Jerseys patented hydro
geaation process was no surprise.
In a short time. every oil com
pany in the world will follow
suit. bringing enormous revenues
to Jersey.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
TranSdnlericG Plans
4Oc Cash Dividend

Elisha Walker. chairman of the
Transamerica Corporation. re-
ports that directors have sched-
uled for June IL. the regular
quarterly cash dividend of 40
cents a share would be declared,
payable July Is to stock of rec
ord July 5.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07

greatly increased profits, accord
ing to reports from well-informed
sources. Such reports are re-
flected in the current market
action of the stock.
Childs Company yesterday ad
vanced ia in the face of a
breaking market and registered a
gain of point on the day. A
favorable statement will be forth
coming soon. The stock has
acted so we'll marketwise that
pool group is said to have be-
come interested in the stock for
the first time in many months.
The crowd that started an
operation in Thermoid a few
weeks ago has failed utterly to
move the stock. This group has
failed in other undertakings of
late.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Borden

Borden continued to receive the
best of support, due to the fact
that it is one of the outstanding
food stocks and also to the effect
of the hot weather. Borden is a
large distributor of ice cream,
and at this time is entering it's
best season of the year. one
Of the Streets most aStute opera
tors remarks that anyone who
buys Borden under 90 will see it
cross 100 before many weeks have
passed.
Traders continue to display ner-
vouSness over future of Celotex.
Volume appears mostly on the
selling side.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Childs COMPANY

Expansion of the Childs res
taurant chain in the last year
and under the reorganization
management has resulted in
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
TRADING DULL
AS BROKERS
REST
Bankers Convention, Vacation
Trips Cause WneSs
in Local Market Trades
BY JOHN f. NEVIN, Jr.

Dizziness is the keynote of bust
ness in Washington today. With
q laggard stock market as their
principal example, Washington
brokers reacted to its lead and
made plans for short over.the-
weekend vacation.
The financial district, already
barren by the absence OF more
than 800 bankers, who are at
tending the District Bankers ASSo-
citation convention in Asheville,
N. c.. was made even more de-
serted by the halliday holiday.
Where heretofore there has
been quite a bit of business trans
acted in brokerage houses during
the day today's session was
made even more deserted by the
halliday holiday.
Where heretofore there has
been quite a bit Of business trans
acted in brokerage hou%es during
the day today's session was
marked by q decided slump. Ap-
parently all interest in the prog.
reSS of stocks has been aban-
doned for the present.
Some of the foremost brokers
in Washington do not look for
any decided change in the trend
Of stocks for many weeks. Many
are planning their vacations for
this period so that they will be
ready for an early fall rise in
market values.
However, 1t Will be remembered
that last summer when stock
prices were riding in an aston
iShing manner these same brok-
ers, as we'll as others Of their oc-
cupation, being out Of the city.
were caught unprepaTed when the
down ward crash came,
Today the general consensus
Of opinion is that the market is
in a semi-state Of Sta gnatiorl and
that it will not do snyth g for
some time. -
The Union Co-ope, ~ Insur-
ance Association w' re Of
fices in the 1900 b {" zenith
st. N. W., today : niS: !, that
it has taken over h SIS of
the John Mitch tn, ' Life
Insurance Comr W. Zelton,
Pa. Accordina7 , ment
made today tEe- .zLAf firm
will reinSure ,"uc and
The Union 70 ~ has
been doing bA Id AZ on "a %kng-
ton since Not "pSaln JAIL. J. Ere
Gently increa; oeCie'e t0ck
to 100000 an :, the
State of Penn$l 5rle it
has not previous, !.
The report. o Smpany
shows that unde] -, 1asolida-
ton the amount Il ., Mrance in
force will be over $40. 900, 900,
while the annual premium income
will amount to. Lover $l,25o,000. At
present the local Organization op-
crates in ten states.
The three hundred or more
members of the District of Co
lumbia Bankers Association at
tending the parley at Asheville,
N. c.. will return to Washington
Monday. it was announced today.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
GrGhGm-Pdige May
Car OUTPUT LOUer

Graham-Paige Motors Corpora
ton produced 4,797 cars in May,
it was announced yesterday. This
compares with an output of 6,754
in April.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07

While the drop of ia per cent
in Woodworth sales for May is at
tributed to the fact that the COM
pany conducted a special 'fiftieth
anniversary" sale last year, it is
pointed out that sales for the
first five month have shown a
decline.