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The Washington times., 1930-08-25
ANOTHER PLEA
WILL GO TO
CONGRESS
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

BY ANDREW II. KELLEY
While the spotlight has been
turned on the labor dispute in
volving the motion picture the.
aters and the Musicians Union,
the local stage hands have been
having their troubles trying to
agree upon a contract with Con
stitution Hall in the new D. A. Il.
Building.
Numerous parleys having failed
the local stage hands have ap-
piled to the International Union
for q national call that will place
the new D. A. r. Hall on or
ganized labor's unfair list"
Another protest that will be
taken to Congress is not inspired
by labor's minions but involves the
right Of patriotic society to rent It's
hall for musical attractions hith
erto booked In washington the
aters or public auditoriums. The
giSt Of the complaint to be SUD
mitted to Senator Capper Is tnaI
the D.. A. r. Building is on lano
contributed by the Government
pays no taxes and Is not pre-
surned. to be operated for profit
Enjoying this economic advan
tage, the complaint will cite that
its operation in the concert 1lelo
constitutes unfair opposition Tor
taxpaying enterprises.
The principal outside BOOKINGS
for the D. A. r. Constitution Hail
are artists courses and recitals ar
ranged by the Wilson Greene con-
cert bureau.
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GT1OIllC ba1C11G
and facility for disguise. The
truth is that some of the dialogue
is quite impossible, that the ac-
ton has been slowed up and that
there is seldom other than the
illusion of actors doing their
stuff. Throughout is synthetic
flavor although it is not un-
pleasant.
When this picture was first
made in 1925 CLANCY played the
ventriloquist crook (Echo); Victor
MacLaglen was the strong man
(Hercules) Harry Earles the mid
get and Mae Busch was Rosie.
In the 1880 version CLANCY and
Earles have their original parts,
Lila Lee is the Rosie and Ivan
Linow is the strong man.
The story concerns three dime
museum characters who decide
to combine for criminal deviltry.
They buy a bird store which en-
ables the ventriloquist (Chaney)
to dispose of parrots without a
voice, while his two pals, the
strong man and the midget, de
liver the pets to homes of rich
and thus acquire information val
liable for their burglary jobs. In
their strange menage is a girl
pickpocket, LILA Lee) with a de-
sire to go straight. Eventually
there is a murder and the story
is climaxed with justice in the
drivers seat.
Lon, CLANCY, we are told, re-
vealS five different voices. Actu-
ally you are interested in his
real voice, which is good, and
the simulated contralto he uses as
the wigged Mrs. O'Grady. The
impersonation suffices though it
is not very convincing. Ivan
Linow I think is a poor actor as
Hercules and the midget was
hard to understand. The lovely
Lila Lee blew life and some ap-
peal into a hard assignment and
even made the weak tea finish
seem plausible. The recent ex-
posure of "Ingagi" unfortunately
has nullified the effective dread
and terror which might have
surrounded the presence Of a
ferociouS man-ape in the tale.
On the supplementary program
is an "Our Gang" comedy called
Pups is Pups" which is well
threaded with a fine vein Of Sa.
tire. The Hcerst-Metrotone News
includes among interesting shots
a screen message rom E,eanor
ttterSon. editor of the Washing.
ton Herald.
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HANDS MOVE TO PUT NEW D. AR. HALL ON BLACKLIST
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

FOX-Constance Bennett In
Common Clay" (second week.
at 1880 a. m, las, 4, 5:33, 7:4S
and 1908 p. m. Stage show at
1907, 1922, 7:10 and 9:25 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-W a 1t e r
Huston in "The Bad Man." at
11:42 a. M, 1:41, $40, 5:39, 1888
and 9:37 p. m.
EARLE-Clara Bow in Love
Among the Millionaires," at 1880
a. M, 1924, $3.50, $3.50, 7:40 and
9:45 p. m.
R-K-O KEITH'S-Bebe Daniels
in 'Dixiana" (second week., at
1O:30 a. M, 1890, 3, S, 2 and 9
p. m.
PALACE-Jack Oakie in Lets
Go Native" at IL m, 2:30, 4:45,
1885 and $50 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Lon Clancy in
"The Unholy Three" at 11:45
a. M. 1:15, $40, 5:25, 1885 and
9:45 p. m.
The Washington times., 1930-08-25
Blackmer Returns

Sidney Blackmer is on his way
East for a brief vacation from
Hollywood and may make his
spare time busy by playing again
on the stage. Lenore Uric wants
her husband for leading man in
her new play by William Dubois,
tentatively called Keys to Para
disc" which opens at the Ma
IIonal Theater on September %.
If he likes the role he viii play
In it until November when he
must return to take up work on
a long-terna Warner Brothers
contract. The temporary closing
OF the First National Studios
makes possible this Broadway en-
Sagement.
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Stage Show Plans

The Fox Theater is proceeding
under a belief that peace and
goodwill will prevail with the
musicians come September /. Ac-
cordingly q new Fanchon and
Marco unit show will open there
Friday with the banjo playing
Eddie Peabody as master of cere
monies and Bob West. a singing
organist, as added attractions.
If the union controversy is not
settled by Sunday night, the late
Sabbath performance will be the
last stage show.
At Loew's Palace no stage show
has been booked and peace or
war, Greta Garbo in Romance
will be the main attraction next
week unless perchance the skies
clear within a day or two.
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About LON Clancy

Lon Chaney's present serious
fitness dates back to his last silent
feature for Metro Goldwyn. When
he played Grumpy Anderson
in Thunder" the action called
for him to ride in a locomotive
cab in a snow storm with the
windows open. The actor con-
tracted pneumonia and the per
nicious anaemia from which he
is now suffering is an aftermath
Of the attack.
"The Unholy Three" his first
talking picture now at the Co.
lumbia Theater. justifieS Chaney'S
prolonged opposition to appearing
as a talking star. One Of the
prize box office stars on the
M-G-M payroll he claimed that
audible dialogue would minimize
the value Of his screen imper-
SonationS. In "The unholy Three"
it does just that although his
voice is disclosed as well suited
for the microphones.
Chaney Is credited with having
the most expressive hands in pic
lures and there is a story in that.
Both his father and mother were
deaf and dumb. Back in 1889
when his mute mother was III for
O long time it was Lon who at
tended to her wants. He learned
to cheer the invalid with his talk
IA the sign language. Then by
bits Of pantomime he enacted and
made graphic the stories he told
her. This experience in expires
sing thoughts and emotions with
his hands has come in mighty
handy hundreds Of times since
ho adopted acting as q career.
The Washington times., 1930-08-25
Glen Echo Park Has
Record Attendance

Ideal weather conditions swelled
the attendance records at Glen
Echo Park the weekend, the cus-
toners coming by street car, bus
line. and private automobiles.
The big coaster dip, the derby
racer, aeroplane swing, roller
coaster, ferris wheel, old mill, car
rousel. midway and all of the other
half hundred amusements were
kept busy throughout the day and
night.
Many picnic parties took advant-
age CT the fine weather for an all
day outing at the park, where
every facility is available.
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Bio Weekend CrOuUds
At Chapel Point

Gay crowds of young and old
found fun over the weekend at
Chapel Point and on the moon
light rides given Saturday by the
City Of Washington. At the
Point bathers found the water
ideal. while others enjoyed the
picnic grounds, played baseball,
tennis or danced.
The children found many enter
tanning features in their play
ground. such as swings. slides. etc.
On the moonlight ride. hundreds
Of couples enjoyed the dance
floor. while others play bridge
and other games provided On
board.
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version.
Constance Bennett and a thor
oughly fine supporting cast which
includes Lew AyreS, Tully Mar
shall and Beryl Mercer give Strik-
ing portrayals of their roles.
The story of Common Clay"
seems like lurid melodrama but
the screen enaction is strikingly
realistic.
frankie jerks is back this week
as master of ceremonies over the
Fanchon and Trees" Idea. Billy
M. Green, Addie Clifford, the Six
Candrevas, Paul Olsen, Don Car
roll and Toki and Yoki are fea-
tured in the stage entertainment.
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t h ug the
addition of au-
dibility to this
1925 silent un-
derworld has
weakened the
suspense of a
weird fiction.
Cha n e y S
voice meets the
test of the new
technique ad,
mirably a n d
there is no dis
position here
to underesti-
mate his his
4..:.ns. 4nln.af
The Washington times., 1930-08-25

BEBE DANIELS nearly a cen
tury ago. "Dixiana" and her two
partners, Robert Woolsey and
Bert Wheeler, of "Cuckoos" fame,
are seen as a star act in a circus.
Everett Marshall, opera star.
sings we'll. as is to be expected,
and would seem even better if
there we're no closeup Il OF, his
mouth and mustache.
The Washington times., 1930-08-25

measure reSpon-
sible for that
picture goin G
into a second
week at RK-O
Keith's.
The extrava-
ganZa, while it
makes more at
tempt at plot
than do most of
it's kind, does
not burden one
with a series Of
c o m p lications.
It tells of New
nnln an nf
The Washington times., 1930-08-25
A Large Order

When RK-O scenarists COM
piled all of Edna Ferber's descrip-
tive passages on Yancey Cravat,
hero of "Cimarron," they laid out
a large order for Richard Dix.
Miss Ferber pictures her hero
as vital, charming, brilliant, a
spread-eagle enigma, cool, steely.
debonair, brave, handsome, a per-
son with an amazing speed of
mind and muscle, an amazing
ability to meet all men with equal
grace, a man constantly in the
grip of conflicting forces that
swayed his nature beyond his con-
troll, man temperamentally un.
able to become a part Of the fixed
human machine, man driven by
the Columbus-like urge Of the pio.
neer, a Ulysses in modern attire. {"
Aside from that, Dix can just
relax.
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BEBE DANIELS
In 'DIXIANA'

Bebe Daniels has a habit of Civ.
ing good characterizations; her in.
depreciation of the title.role in
'Dixiana" comes as another trf
umrh for her, and is in a good
The Washington times., 1930-08-25

Few film S
that have been
seen here this
year have been
met with such
universal favor
able comment
from movie-go-
ers as well as
critics. The ire
mendouS emo
tional appeal Of
the play, in
W h ic h j a n e
Cowl starred on
Broadway. has
not been lost
in the cpraan
The Washington times., 1930-08-25

CS~NSAS
A farce ori-
ginal in theme
and treatment
and W ith a
Knockout cast!
You'll have the
time of your
life a n d be
amused at Par
amounts cut
up, Jack Oakie,
going a Gilbert
Garbo with the
gorgeous Kay
Francis.
You'll b e
thrilled a g a / n
HT
The Washington times., 1930-08-25
Do You Know

That Hollywood turns out a fea-
ture motion picture every thirty
six hours?
That there are $4,000 motion
picture ads placed daily in various
mediums?
The Washington times., 1930-08-25
LAUGHS RULE
IN A NUTTY
FEATURE

What a lark! Come on down
to the Palace and Lets Go Ma
tive" and don't waste any time
The Washington times., 1930-08-25
LON CHANEYS
DEBUT AS
TALKER
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Lon Chaney's first talking pic
ture, THE Unholy Three" on view
at Loew's Columbia Theater,
makes fair entertainment al
The Washington times., 1930-08-25
COMMON CLAY
IN SECOND
WEEK

Common Clay" is enjoying a
second week of well-deserved sue
cess at the Fox.
The Washington times., 1930-08-25

car fer yea and enc for tie fam
ily can beth be purchased fer The
price % q new enc thRslgh to4@yb
The Washington times., 1930-08-25

A car OF your own is your safest
transportation and II can be procured
at low cost from the automobile
dealers advertising in tOday's Classified
Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-08-25
CHAPLIN HAS
A
THEME SONG
By HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1880. Premier Syndicate.
Incl

SeA-N@N~@AN@@
Copyright 1890, Premier Syndicate
Incl
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Aug. 25.
News that Charlie Chaplin has
composed a song for his picture,
"City Lights" has brought the
comedian a flood Of offers from
music publishers.
Irving Berlin heard the song,
Beautiful, Wonderful Eyes" and
did his utmost to persuade Char
lie to let him put 1t on the mar
ket Immediately. Charlie is with
holding a release, however, until
the picture is ready to be shown.
When will that be? Ask me
another. The entire synchroniza'
ton remains to be done. Charlie
thinks this is going to be O simple
job, but he is notoriously particu.
lar about music. / wouldn't put
it past him to complete a musical
score and then remake part Of
the picture to suit it.
Ills own song will be the recur'
ring love theme in the score.
incidentally, it appears as If
Irving Berlin is to win out on
the publishing rights.
Right the First Time
Robert Montgomery says that
he noticed an elderly couple
staring at him the other night
in a supper-club. Finally they
rose to go. AS they passed by,
the old gentleman smiled.
Pardon us for staring" he
said, but my wife thought you
were Robert Montgomery, the
film actor"
High Rents
Three room suites in one of the
Hollywood apartment houses
where many film people live
bring from 5000 to $500 a month,
according to their location. A
four-room apartment costs from
$400 to $500. The modern Span
ish homes in Beverly Hills, with
grounds and swimming pools,
bring as high as $500 a month.
There's gold in them thar stuccos,
folks.
Always Posing
In addition to working before
the camera, an important star
in Hollywood has to sit for a
new series of portraits about once
a month. They also have to ap-
pear in from so to 100 still pic
lures taken on the sets during
the making Of each pictures. A
few, like Douglas Fairbanks. IN
sist that stills be taken with a
grafex (quick action) camera
that does away with the necessity
Of special poses. Most of the
stars accept the usual routine,
however, as they realize the i'm
portance of the newspaper, roto-
gravure section, magazine and
theater-lobby publicity.
H. B. Warner Cast
Due to a temporary delay in
the production of Luxury" II.
B. Warner will play in The
Princess and the Plumber" for
Fox.
This is the Alice Duer Miller
story that will be directed by
Alexander Korda.
Charles Farrell and Maureen
O'Sullivan take the principal
r 'es in the film. Warner sup
ports them in the part of a Euro.
pean prince.
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REVOLT LEADERS
 ARE CRUSHED IN
 SWIFT EXECUTION
HUNDREDS or LEADERS ALL OVER SPAIN ARRESTED,
 REVOLT CRUSHED

FUEsCA. Spain, Dec. 15, l4' The Spanish government moved swiftly Sunday to sauelch the revolt which flared at Jaca Fri day
 TWo leaders, Fernyn GaIan and Garcia Hernandez, Were court marGialed and shot Hundreds of leaders aI over Spain were ar rested and the revolt crushed.
 "A sharp ba ttle between rebels ana loyal tfoops s tarday oe- fHrra5 near AHagbs Rsbel leaa- efs died braVely refusing ban- dsees over their ey4g GaAan nlaadad for tte lile of his com rade saving he deserved to die but that Hernandez was inno- cent. As his last act Galen hand ed his purse to the officer of the firing squad with the request the contents of 500 pesetas be given to the poor
 Several others ate under sen tence of death but it Is believed clemency will be shown.
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FORMER YACHT .... . HA5 TOUGH TRIP .."..FR0M SEATTLE
BATTLES STORMS AND GOES \. ASHORE BUT FINALLY
 WINS THROUGH
After a heart breaking trip

# After M heart- breaking trip from Seattle which tried every seam of .her staRnch hull, the good ship Picaroon. a sloop, and formerly a
 private y7cht, is being fitted out In the Seward harbor today by Captain Bob Hall of Kanatak ion her further trip to the Westward She ts Haiting for her other oW- .ner. T. 1estefnev Who is aboard .the Es vnt-on dna Hare Tuasdav- XVI Tha P4ca room which FH7ll and DesFefnev ba+ailt in Eaattle tor a rraisa of westward fHr araas and #l4ra thn Tatter Is already infer4 a7tsa in.a filr ranch is a 32-fo1t res7ai ofT f2- f1ot hoar and 5-foct ar5rg7t. she is fittsd with KY full 1anplanlent of sai1 besides her 10 .h- p. fas engine and has comfort Phla acfnmodation5 f0r fonr. Her first collective win he a fox is- land opposite ChigniE Bay. where Destefnav. a business man of Seat tle has interests They expect to cruise westward fur areas for the balance of the winter and it is possible that Destefney will select additional fur ranching locations
 She is a fine. sea-worthy craft ]" said Capt. Hall, 'and she needed 10 be for we had the trip of our lives coming up- We had no sooner left Puget Sound than we ran in - to heavy weather and we had 1t aIl the way up. I had shipped three men at Seattle but they proved to be no good lot. and could get little help from them. \ sure drop bed them pronto at Ketchikan- At Juneau, Dan Carlson same aboard and we brought her here after some hair-raising experiences We were the second boat to reach the Northwestern when she dropped her rudder and stood by for 7 hours. We were compelled to lay to for two days and nights off Cape st. Elias with everything battened down and We rode some gale, believe me.
 "At Dixon Harbor this side of Cape Spencer she dragged two
 anchors and the wind lifted us high and dry unto the beach, We were apparently a long ways from human kind and we would probab-
 " have been there still, if it had
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MONTANA PI.EGERS 0F w. OID DAYS .STNL.HAVE '.
 ESTABLISHMENTS 5

SPOKANE. Dact.. f5 Gald creek, Montana, |is.Eieh not only in historic wealth af pioneer daEs but in present pNaesI Wsaltll. sa M F. Cushing MoorR .ntA+Hizg enriil- 'eer of Spokane, .Ffla Aas returned with rich gola .HYU@HN# ln5 a5I5 duat which ha QH54#H#a5.5n an #E- animation of ni5cHr gH5iind ilai5 bg Spokane intara sts #
 CsHd creek sta#i71 1tt ttlH N1r- thefn Pacific is hht#sRn DruFl- Ilond and Deer Laaaa # #
 "The first disc3EarF of gold it7 Montana was mada #t tt2e mouth of Gold Creek in ls52.r said RFr F
 Gushing Moore. 'tFalloWiag this discovery. extensive pIacer opera- tions were carried on in.the yicin- ,ity of Pioneer Creek #.on Gold Greek. which was a flourIshing city during the early '6o's Several mill lion dollars were taken out in that period .#H##.#.#| # '
 While the bulk of tlle gold was mined from the elowef portion of Gold Creek. the Source of the gold undoubtedly was in the high noun tain range Conclusive proof lis furnished by placer deposits containing coarse gold which have been mined in the headwaters of the creek. saw in a bank at Deer Lodge nuggets from this stream some of which were worth more than $400 each" #..#.# M .
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SPANISH THRONE
 TOTTERS: TROOPS W. LOYALTY WAIVERS
MARTIAL Law DECLARED IN ALL BIG AND LITTLE
 SPANISH TOWNS

BIIBOA, Spain, Dec. 15, tR- The Spanish revolt in Spain's political drama burst into na- ton wide movement against the throne and a president was pro- claimed at Bilboa
 Madrid is .in turmoil, rebel air planes showered the principal cities with inflamatory proela- nations.
 News is scarce under the rigid censorship but it is reported that Madrid troops afe about to join the revolt.
 Labor riots flared i'd Blboa and san Sebastian accounting for three deaths. Martial law has been declared throughout Spain
 Alcala zamora, cabinet min ister in 1928, was proclaimed president of thR republic.
 Eing Alfonso kept to the castle.
 Premier Rerenguer is attempt ing to wllip the government into a united frontl There has been na recent Word fr0m Jaoa where t5e rev1it br0Ee
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RAILROAD TRA|NMEN ..0". LEAD WAY.IN PUTTING W
 0UT HELPING HAND HAND

SPOKANE, Dec. l5. l4 Rail- road trainmen and switchmen representing six .lines here voted to share their jobs with unem- ployed trainmen and agreed to surrender 1000 miles -
 switchmen agreed to give four days and trainmen stipulated that they would give work only after a minimum of 3,3O0 miles.
 Work will be given seniority holders on the extra board, accord ing to their rating. #
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RAD|O's LURE ADDS
 KING ID ITS F0LO

LONDON, Dec, Is, tP-The lure of radio has taken hold of King George.
 In the past his hobby has been stamp collecting, He has not giv- en this up altogether, but radio now is claiming most of his at tention.
 He is studying the scientific side in particular. He has accum- ulated small library of books on the subject and is constantly adding to it.
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sCANT ATTIRE EASILY
 DONNED BY MOVIE FOLK

LOS ANGELES. Dec, l5, (P)-- Fifteen homes in the fashionable Malibu Beach motion picture col ony were destroyed by fire, the result of an explosion.
 The damage is estimated at 5000 ,OO0 Film stars and others were forced to flee in scanty at- tire.
 The cause of the explosion is not known
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ARMY CADET MAKES ... GREAT RUN TO MN

NEW YORK, Dec, 15, R-A sensational 57 yard dash by Ray Stickar, Cadet half-back, gave the Army, during the last per iod, victory over the Navy foot ball team, 6-O. M It was a hard fought battle before 7O,O00 people who contrib uted lGO.OOO to the Salvation Army's unen p N oyment relief fund. -
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init been for two trappers whose smoke we saw at the head of the bay. They came down and helped us and after taking out the car go we managed to get her back in the water. It happened to be a nice, sandy beach and no damage was done.
 ITO cap the climax of all these troubles we broke our steering gear just as we were coming into Re surrection Bay and had a hard time making it.'
 . As soon as Destefney arrives the Picaroon will pull out for the Westward, going to Seldovia and thence across the Inlet to the vii cinity Of Katmai and then along the coast of the peninsula. Next Summer Captain Hall expects to use the boat on prospecting trips and possible charter parties for hunters.
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RISING STANDARD
 LIVING KEYNOTE
 ]. S. PROGRESS
COMMERCE SECRETARY GIVES CHEERFUL BUSINESS NOTE
 ANNUAL REPORT

WASHINGTON, Dec, l5, (P)- An unbroken advance in Amer lcan productivity was cited by Secretary Lamont as the funda- mental cause of rising standards of living.
 1n this factor, he found "con- 1Iusiye evidence that business ly not wiped out by periods of depression. This cheering word vent to Congress in his annual report
 1t has marked a permanent aehievment, ne said, and when inc present recession is over, the szme upward mqvement will un- aaestionaDly be resumed.
 The causes at work are for inc most part of a cumulative character. so that 1t may be said 1hat each forward step leads to
 mother step tn the same dlree- iaon.'
 The report dealt with the fis- aI year which closed June 30. 14 incIuded a survey ot economic tHends md a resume 0I tha Com nerce Departments Activities.
 Mi. Lamont said it Was '+a 8tauag5ay fact tAat pra 4HlcalAEf ho cuts a wages nave baan maae HF employers as a rasaIt pf sHe 5..assslpl of business.
 This he saw as contrasting sharply with the practices of previous slack periods and as evidence of widespread cont rlction that ~pernanent progress ln prosperity is dependent on lib- fral wages and consequeunt large aaying power on the part of the masses of the people
 Greater skill and intelligence anong the workers, improved methods of organization and management, advances in scien- res and inventions, and increas- i'd output per workman.
 Gains in personal productivi- " have ranged from 57 to 115 Ter cent in the various branches of economic endeayor over per yed of 30 years. Gains of 10 to 40 rer cent were noted for the last decade.
 Among the major economic phenomena of the fiscal year, the Commerce Secretary re- 1erred to "yery considerable decline" in commodity prices, which broke "the steadiness" that characterized the price lev els of recent years. The drop ran all the way through the commodity list but was "espe- cially marked in farm products" "A decrease in the value of crops was noted, together with an i'm crease in that of animal pro- ducts
 In the field of transportation increased efficiency was noted with railroads handling more traffic with fewer employees,
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MICH BORROWING IN U. S

WASHINGTON, Dec-, l5. R Some form of small loan credit is used regularly by more than four-fifths Of the people of the United States, says the Depart
 nent of Commerce. M MI