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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS

NEW YORK, October 16.-The fol-
lowing is a summary of important cor
poration news prepared by the Stand
ard Statistics Co., Inc, New York, Tor
the Associated Press:
News Trend.
Outstanding in the days corporation
news is the announcement that Gillette
Safety Razor will absorb Auto-Strop
Safety Razor by exchange of stock.
Plan provides for creation of new is
sue of 10000 shares SIS preferred
stock, through conversion Of block of
common stock purchased for this pur-
pose, and exchange Of same on share
for share basis for and B Auto-Strop
stock A $20000,000 5 per cent note
issue is to be given by Gillette in pay
ment of funds borrowed for accumu-
lation of common shares.
Reports of unfavorable dividend &C
lions included passing of preferred
dividend by American Solvents g.
Chemical and omission of stock divi-
dend by Pickwick Corporation.
Construction contracts awarded in
the States east of the Rocky Mountains
during the first 10 days of this month
totaled $l36,408,0o0, according to F..
w. Dodge Corporation This was at a
daily rate Of l5,156,4 per business
day, or 1879 per cent above September
average. but lis per cent below daily
rate of year ago.
Electricity production in the United
States for the week ended October IL
was 0.5 per cent above preceding week,
but As per cent less than in like 1929
period Against 1928 period output was
81 per cent greater.
The Companies.
Ajax Rubber had net loss of $685., 1877
in first half against loss of $504,92l in
1929 period.
American Metal, Ltd, acquires large
interest in Rhodesian Selection Trust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

Bank stocks are directly effected by
business conditions. They appear to be
than any other class of high-grade
securities.
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PRICES FOR CORN
I APPEAR TOO Low
Official Crop Estimates Re-
veal Shorter Yield
This Year.
BY JOHN F. SINCLAIR.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, October 16.-It doesn't
take much study to see that the price
Of corn today is too low.
The official estimate of the corn crop,
as of October l, is 2,O47, 100000 bushels,
compared with 2,614,O0O,OOo bushels in
1929, and a five-year average of 2,700,-
100000 bushels.
The drought throughout the Middle
West last Summer cut down the crop
Little corn is exported, but much OF 1t
is used to feed cattle and other live
stock. In case of a shortage, what can
be used as substitute? Several grains.
Sorghum grain, barley and oats, for
instance. Now, the United States this
year produced a total of 1856, 00O,O 600
bushels of corn, and these three other
grains compared with 4,252000,O00 a
year ago, and a five-year average OF
4,443. 0O0, 900 bushels.
Check it over 1t shows that under
the flve-year average in these four crops
there is shortage of 578,000,000
bushels Tie this up to a short hay
crop, and corn prices appear to be sur
prisingly low. So do the prices for all
live stock-cattle. sheep and hogs.
Now let 150,O00,o0O bushels of sur
plus wheat be teQ 10 nogS ana live
stock, and wheat will improve in price,
tool
The farm situation is looking up.
Bank Stocks.
BUY good bank stocks" said a sub
stantial bank stock investor to me this
week. This man thinks that form of
investment is better than even the blue
chip stocks on the exchange.
Q,tf To yn I1a Lao ft,rr 1aa,
stocks of the United States and one
finds that the drop in prices has been
as impressive as that which has taken
place in blue chip industrials
The following table indicates the
trend of bank stock prices:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
CONSTRUCTION AWARDS.

NEW YORK, October 16 R.-
Awards for new construction in the 81
States east of the Rocky Mountains
during the period from october l to
October 10, inclusive, were at a daily
rate higher than in September, F. w.
Dodge Corporation reports. The total
for the period was $l36, 4O8, 900, daily
rate of $l5156,400 per business day,
compared with a daily rate of $l2.-
764,000 in September and $17,140, 100
in october last year Awards for the
year to October 10 totaled $3,821,131 :
500, against $4,785, 1923 900 in the cor
responding period last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
TWIN COACH REPORTS
RECORD IN SEPTEMBER

Special Dispatch to The Star.
KENT, Ohio, October 16.-Twin
Coach Corporation reports that sales for
September make that month the best in
the history of the company. Deliveries
for the month are valued at more than
$500, 900. a gain of more than 100000,
or 80 per cent over the value of deliv-
cries in September, 1929.
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EARNINGS REPORTED.

NEW YORK. October is Cp).-Wil-
liam Wrigley, Jr., Co., excluding for
eign subsidiaries, earned third-quarter
net equal to $1.69 a share on 1000, 600
shares, against $168 a share on 1,972,-
462 shares in the like quarter last year.
l.. A. Young Spring g. Wire Corpora
ton reported third quarter net equal TO
SO cents share, against $1.34 share
insthe September quarter Of 1929.
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Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.


Capital Traction Ssh 900 at 90.
Potomac Electric Cons. 5s-$1,000 at
1929.
Washington Gas SIS "A"-s5O0 at 103,
5000 at 103, 81, 900 at 103
Washington Rwy. 81 Electric $50, 900
at 89Ss, $1,000 at 895s.
Capital Traction Cos at 52h, Is at
5212, 10 at 521z, ) at 5212, 10 at 52l4
80 at 50. 10 at So, Is at So.
Potomac Electric SO pfd.-10 at 110ia
Washington Rwy. & Electric pfd.-10
at 983s, 10 at 983s, 10 at 98as, 10 at
9S3s, 10 at $3.50, 10 at 983s, 10 at
$3.50, 10 at 983s, 10 at 9s3s, SO at
983s
American Security & Trust Col at
375.
Mergenthaler Linotype-1O at 92is, at
92la.
National Mtge. g. Inv. pfd.-10O at 5,
so at 5.
Real Estate Mtge. & Inv. pfd.-2OO at
612.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Rwy. 81 Electric pfd.-100
at $3.50.
Washington Gas IS "A"-$30O at 1887.
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CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, October 16 (P).-Butter
receipts. 6,202 tubs; firm; creamery
extras, SO: standards, 3512 evtra firsts,
36a37; first, 32a33 seconds, 291za30
Eggs, receipts, 1854 cases; steady;
prices unchanged.
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Flyer Hats in Java.

BATAVIA, Java, October I6 (P).-
C. w. Hill, who is flying from England
to Australia, halted here for a half
hour today, later proceeding in the
direction Of Sourabaya.
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sales OF Stocks on New York Exchange
1880 AM........ 2SO40O 1900 Noon. $500, s93 600
1870 PM....... 1218.sO0 2:1O PM ...,.. / ass 700
Dividend rates as given the the annual
payments based the latest dcars.
pep GENT IN stock sPayable in fPlus
socR esT P PsyaSe In cash Or stock Plus 10
Plus per cent In stock Plus cent stock Plus
per IN STOCK Plus
preIerfeo stock T Sublect TO
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
DEVELOPMENT Takes Time

The man who undertakes to de-
velop an industrial subdivision must
not look for his reward to come over
night. Such huge undertaking would
be considered to have made phenom-
enally rapid strides If it reaches a
producing basis within five-year peri
cd and some highly successful develop
ments have required more than twenty
years to reach their maturity.
Land to be suitable for development
as an industrial subdivision must have
elbow room and initial low value, but
it must be accessible to a railroad
right-of-way, preferably belt line. It
must be accessible to main highways,
to power lines, gas mains and tele-
phone trunk lines, and it must be &C.
cessible to growing community which
can furnish ample and dependable
labor supply.
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money and arrived home in adequate
time to meet the engagement which
l was making unfortunate haste to
keep.
But there is such thing as taking
too much time, of dawdling along and
getting nothing done; Of watching the
pictures on the wall when we should
be having the eyes on the book or
the problem.
Thomas Arnold. the great master of
Rugby, enjoyed the out-of-doors. and
one of his chief out-Of-door delights
consisted in taking long walks. His
biOgrapher says of him: He hated
lettering" and quite as feelingly he
disliked going alone. Mrs. Arnold was
not so young as her husband; nor
was she as fleet of foot. but she al
ways went with her husband. Since
she could not. walk as fast as he, she
rode little gray pony and one of the
stipulations had to be that the pony
should, without urging, be able to get
over the ground at the rate of at
least four miles an hour. The two
could often be seen together on the
roads about Ambleside and Grasmere;
she sitting upright upon the little ac-
tive beast and he striding along be-
side her, with no lettering on the
way. 1t was characteristic of Arnold
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
Movement on Foot for
More Beautiful Cities

American cities still are 80 per
cent ugly" according to Charles 81.
Cheney, chairman of the city and reg
ional planning committee of the Amer
lean Institute of Architects which
body is launching nationwide cam
paign to educate the public to an un-
Outstanding Of the essentials of good
architecture and efficient civic plan
ming.
Washington, although now city OF
contrasting good and bad in its phys
ical aspects, is destined to be the out
standing beautiful city of the nation,
says the American Architect magazine,
which tells of the campaign. Motion
picture films illustrating the develop
ment of the Capital are being shown
before high schools, colleges. cham
bers of commerce, women's clubs and
other bodies as an important feature
Of the campaign.
"The seriousness Of the architectural
situation in America lies in the fact
that the percentage Of new buildings
really esthetically good is not increas-
ing" says Mr.. Cheney. "In some cities
it is even decreasing"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
Rasputin's Daughter Public Dancer

of the few legacies she possesses from
her father. The ikon was found near
his body after his assassination.
II carry this ikon with me always,
cherishing it as rare memento of
my unhappy father. Whatever may
have been said about him, my father
was the incarnation of sagacity5 and
common sense and he was also gifted
with the power Of clairvoyance. Many
times he said: When / am dead the
dynasty will be overthrown.' Three
months after his assassination the
revolution broke out, bathing Russia
in bloodshed and sweeping away such
small fortunes as we possessed.
"My father was poor and after his
death our plight was terrible. My hus-
band was an officer in the army Of
Admiral Koltcha. When the Reds de-
feated the White army we fed from
Russia and sought refuge here in
France"
Rasputin's daughter is planning a
visit to the United States, where she
hopes to lecture on her father and
his relations with the Russian impe-
rial family.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28

Paris, France.-The daughter of the
monk Rasputin, who welded powerful
influence over the czarina of Russia,
Nine. Marie Solovieva-Rasputin, earns
a meager living as cabaret dancer
In Montmartre.
Since she came to France with
many thousands of other Russians
after the Red revolution, the daugh-
ter of Rasputin has experienced many
vicissitudes and has worked in many
humble stations in order to support
herself and her two children.
Il consider myself lucky in being
able to dance in the fashionable night
resorts in the bright-ligllt district of
Paris, where thousands of Americans
come to amuse themselves" Nine. So
lovieva-Rasputin said. Il do not care
for the cabaret, but / find it easier
to dance than to work as kitchen
hand, as / was forced to do not long
after l came here.
II have been logged by the same
sinister influence which fate seemed
to exercise over my father, because I
was recently involved in taxi smash
and was unable to work for time,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
Owning and Renting

No doubt many conservatives and
far-sighted persons, men and women,
have asked themselves whether it pays
to own home, but have never made
any real serious effort to find out If
they could. There is only one way of
looking at this matter in the right
light: those that don't own their homes
must pay rent and the rent must in
varlably be paid promptly. A person
having good health and a fair pros
pect of steady employment, assumes
no more responsibility of risk in buy
ing and paying for home than In
paying rent.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28

by Professor Garstang on a visit to
the excavations at old Jericho where
the Sir Charles Marston expedition
has been working some time.
The defensive citadel, twelve feet
thick of exceptional height, was be-
lieved to have been built about 1000
B. c. But the excavations have
changed many previous assumptions
about old Jericho, which was cursed
and burned by Joshua.
The expedition has discovered that
the earlier city had the. largest wall
and that the city began to decline and
lose population, making necessary the
building Of smaller and more easily
protected walls in later centuries.
The theory that an earthquake
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
"Parts of Gods Estate"

There is a distinct joy in owning o
piece of land unlike that which you
have in money, in house, in books, in
pictures, or anything else which men
have devised. Personal property
brings you into society with men. But
land is part of Gods estate in the
globe; and when parcel of ground
is decided to you, and you walk over
1t, and call it your own, it seems as
II you had come into partnership with
the original proprietor of the EARTH
Henry Ward Beecher.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
Community
pB,ildi1a|g:A
NSE8GN q o3NI9S I
Chance to Make Small
Home Thing Of Beauty

44OAAkG AAAAA& OA ADS~~sAsJ
A sense Of the wordless poetry and
soundless music Of the small home Is
iawning on the consciousness of the
American people.
Such, at least, Is the impression Of
Secretary Wilbur after examining the
reports of the better-homes movement
for the past year. But the improve
ment still has far to go, as is shown
by the most cursory examination of
the prevalent types of small house
architecture in American cities and
towns.
Much Of the architectural ugliness
is due to the perverted tastes Of the
past two or three generations, the
Washington Star comments. The pres
ent generation may be indicted justly
for it's constituencies destruction Of
natural beauty in building operations.
but it certainly cannot be blamed for
such monstrosities as the "three-deck-
err" of New England cities or the box
like structures of southern and west
ern towns.
The small home is the lyric of arch
itecture-a medium through which the
artist can express almost the whole
range Of human emotions and reach
the heights of artistic expression. He
can incorporate into its lines loves, as
pirations and memories. He can put
into it the intangible substance Of
hymns, ballads, childhood prayers and
lullabieS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
Snooty Street

We might, today, take stroll along
snooty Fifty-seventh street, home Of
Carnegie and Steinway halls, the steel
skeleton Of a new hotel, silversmith's,
a foreign automobile agency and
numerous shops devoted to expensive
and sometimes useful things.
Across the way from Carnegie is an
unusually large plate glass window,
and behind it a strangely arresting
display-a cabin motor boat of yacht
proportions. / have often gazed at it
and wondered how they ever got it
there, so far from the water. 1t has
been there for year or two, and right
now it is in dry dock and painters are
going over its hull. Even dry-land
boat must be kept shipshape.
For Doggie
Farther along is dog shop. No
dogs are for sale, but merely the lat
est fashions in puppy accessories.
Wealthy dogs must have just the right
things, you know, and here is the
place to get them. There are jeweled
muzzles, fancy leather leashes, collars
that might grace dowager. and fine
warm blankets. And dogs, too, must
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28

caused the collapse of the wall of
Jericho, will be worked out by the
expedition next, as this seasons
work will end shortly.
The biblical version is that Joshua
was instructed to have his priests
march around the wall seven days.
blowing trumpets and then, on the
seventh day, all the people shouted
with a great shout and the wall fell
fiat and they marched in. The inhab-
itants of the besieged city were then
slain and the city itself burned.
In the burned city, as it is ex-
posed today, the remains of charred
corn in bin were seen which were
there when the Israelites marched
over the fallen wall.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28

so was beaten by his slow competitor,
the tortoise.
Men do their work so today. Ben
son told me twenty years ago that he
had a book underway, but he is a
loiterer and it is not yet written.
Gould has been going to improve his
business house and bring his equip
ment and his methods up to date, but
he loiters on the job and in the mean
time his competitors have gotten the
edge on him. Rusk is behind with his
school work; not because he has
lacked time. He has dawdled along !;
he has loitered and the result is dis
aStrous
q. 1880. Western Newspaper Union.)
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to go at things with energy and push
whatever he undertook quickly
through to completion. If he did not
like lettering when he was out for
walk. he disliked it equally when 1t
came to any other task or problem
which was his for accomplishment or
solution. Get thing done, when
you have undertaken it," was Arnold's
slogan.
1t was the lettering of the hare
which caused him to lose the race
with the tortoise. He was by far the
better runner and could have won
"hands down." as we now say, but,
having begun his task, he lay down
in the furrow and went to sleep, and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
BY
GRANT
DIXON

care to arrive after the curtain has
risen, SO that every one will notice
him.
On recent trip he was, as usual,
perfectly groomed for every occasion.
At times he could not resist showing
off a bit, and once he paraded the
length Of his private train in his loung-
ing pajamas-an exquisite creation of
blue trimmed with red, and set off
with a red stock tie.
All went well until one morning
when the stop-over at fashionable
country club called for golf outfit.
He was as pleased as usual with his
habiliments until he saw his secretary.
"Come here" he shouted, Infatuated.
"What do you mean by this? Your
trousers hang better than mine!"
(@. 1890. Bell Syndicate)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
Children Sacrificed in Jericho

Jericho, Palestine.-The practice of
child-sacrifice on the site Of Jericho
in the Bronze age was revealed by
inspection of the latest excavations
made here under direction of the
British archeologist, Prof Walter
Garstang.
Tragic aspects of ancient life with
in the walled city before the Israe-
lite conquest were revealed during
excavation of the bones of children
killed SCIENTIFICALLY in the years prior
to Joshua's successful assault on the
city.
The correspondent was accompanied
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28

people can attest.
Haste often does
make waste, and
the longest way
round is not in
frequently the
s h ort st way
h o m e. We ar e
likely to get into
trouble of various
sorts If we go too
fast. l was my
self startled by
the sound of a
policeman's bell
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28

and it was only because Of gifts from
charitable people that I and my two
daughters, seven and five years old,
have been able to exist"
The daughter of the Russian monk
is intensely religious. At night, after
the bright lights of Montmartre are
,dimmed, she goes to her room and
prays before the ikon, which is one
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
Sparkle of the citv

The successes of a few in the cities
dazzle the youth of the country, but
1t should not be overlooked that where
few achieve wealth and places of
prominence, millions and millions plod
along with bare living and many
scarcely are able to make that
Houston Post-Dispatch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28

and handed ticket rs was coming
down Western avenue, not long ago,
which cost me ten dollars and an
hours delay when, If had gone more
deliberately | should have saved my
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
Smothers in Straw

Saint Brieuc, France.-A farm work
err near here met his death in an un-
usual fashion. He slipped on stone
and lost consciousness when he fell.
His face was buried in some straw
and he was smothered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
DIPPING INTO
SCIENCE
Heart Action

Heart Action
1t is estimated that something
like six barrels of blood pass
through the two ventricles of
the heart every hour. In other
words, the amount approximates
1900 pounds, or 224 gallons. A
writer estimates that one hours
energy of the heart would raise
1880 pounds one foot.
"a. 1880. western Newspaper Union.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
Modernizing Reclaim. Value.

Many thousands of our old homes
stretching from coast to coast, that
are obsolete and out-of-date, inside
and outside, will take on new life and
beauty within the year. Moderniza.
tion will bring about this great rec
lamation.C
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28

years super-sixteen automobiles. This
year the debutantes have chosen green
orchids. And so the green orchids are
the most expensive. Or perhaps it is
the other way around. The debbies
may have picked the flowers because
of price. In one shop some green or
chids are exhibited under glass
dome, just like the old artificial flower
and hair exhibits in the stuffy parlors
Of yesteryear. Even on Fifty-seventh
street, however, are to be found cut
rate flowers. In one shop beautiful
orchid may be bought for $1.50.
A Proud Man
A gray-haired New Yorker whose
position in both the financial and artis-
tic worlds is unquestioned is very
proud Of his personal appearance. An
inveterate theatergoer, he always takes
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
LIGHTS OF NEW YORK

be amused. So there are dog dolls
rubber hounds which may be played
with and chewed. And there's jack
in-the-box out of which pops a dogs
head. Won't Suzette be surprised.
4
Orchids
There are several flower stores and
all feature orchids. New models of
orchids come out oftener than next
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-28
LOITERING
BY THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Illinois.

There is, of course, imminent dam
ger in travelling too rapidly, as many
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-12
Sunday School Lesson

of a mans improvement the trick
cries and treacheries of his early
life tend to come back upon him,
often to his undoing. In the days
of his prosperity, with much de-
pendent upon his security, Jacob is
face to face with ESau once more
under conditions where Esau might
well have exacted vengeance and
under which Jacob had much to
fear.
On the whole it is Esau that
comes out most nobly in this part of
the story, and one wonders whether
Esau in his -careleSsneSs and drifting
did not likewise come to a finer and
more substantial character than he
had at first. No man is ever lost
who has such capacity for affection.
1t was a chastened Jacob who met
ESau, but was it not also, a re-
pentant and better spirited ESau
who looked back upon the weakness
of his own career, not with the dis
position to blame Jacob, but with
the realization that the chief blame
was upon himSelf7
Perhaps we have tended to learn
the lessons of experience on its con
s~tructive side chiefly from the story
of Jacob. 1t might be worth while
to consider. also, all that We may
learn from the experience of ESau.