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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
STOCKS Irregular
IN QUIET TRADING
Profit Taking Reduces Gains
Made at 0pening-BuIIs
Continue Campaign.
BY STANLEY w. PRENOSIL,
Associated Press Financial Editor.

NEW YORK, February 6-Frequent
shifting of speculative sentiment i'm
parted considerable irregularity to to-
days stock market Prices opened
higher, then reacted sharply before
midday, when selling pressure was re-
newed against some of the high-priced
industrial specialties. Heavy buying Of
Fox Film and a selected group of util-
tiles turned the course of prices up
WARD again in the early afternoon.
Trading failed to maintain the brisk
pace set in the first 100000 share
session of the year yesterday.
Call money renewed at Az per cent,
but again dropped to when the Off
cial opening rate was shaded in the
outside market. Time money and COM
mercial paper were unchanged. Wall
Street was divided in opinion as to
whether the New York Federal Reserve
Bank would follow the action of the
Bank of England in cutting the redis-
count rate this afternoon. Insofar as
acting as stimulus on business, 1t
was agreed in many quarters that a
lowering of the rate might be more
effective few weeks later, but some
bankers felt that an immediate reduc--
ton was likely to prevent the export of
gold from London to New York
Several excellent 1929 earnings reports
made their appearance, Crucible Steel
and McKeesport Tin Plate being among
the many issues to make favorable COM
parsons with 1928. Steel production is
reported to be slowly expanding, al
though the bullish effect of the increase
has been Offset to some extent by the
lower prices.
In the early outbreak of selling, j. L.
Case dropped points and Johns Man.
vile and Otis Elevator each. A re-
newal of selling pressure against Sim
mons carried that issue down nearly
points to new low for the year at 76A E.
Auburn Auto dropped 312 and Column
bia Gas 3.
The brisk bidding for Fox Film appar-
emily was predicated on the theory that
a successful reorganization program
would be brought forward to avert the
receivership asked for by certain credi-
tors and minority stockholders. The
stock was marked up more than points
to new RICH for the year at 1912,
which contrasts with a low of 1914
when the receivership talk was at its
height.
Detroit Edison, Stone & Webster and
Peoples Gas were marked up Az to
51s points in the early afternoon rally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
H@G'
Income

When husband and wife, living to-
gether, file separate returns, either
may claim the exemption of $500 or
they may divide it between them, the
husband, for example, claiming 81 900
and the wife 81 500.
Many errors have occurred in the re-
turns Of couples married during the
taxable year. The revenue act provides
that If the marital status of a tax
payer changes during the year his per-
sonal exemption shall be determined by
apportionment in accordance with the
number Of months he was single or
married. For example, a couple mar
ried on October IA may file joint re-
turn and claim an exemption of $3,125,
which is nine-twelfths of $500, or
SLIPS for the husband while single,
plus nine-twelfths of $500 for the
wife while single, plus three-twelfths of
$500 for the period during which they
were married. Should they file separate
returns, each is entitled to an exemp-
ton Of 81 ,562.50, which is nine-twelfths
of $500, plus IL Of three-twelfths of
$500.
A similar provision applies to the
head Of a family. A taxpayer who on
october IA ceased to be the head of a
family-the support in one household
tinued--iS entitled to an exemption of
$4,000, which is nine-twelfths of $500,
plus three-twelfths of $500.
With respect to the $400 credit for
a dependent, the taxpayers status as
of the last day of the taxable year de-
termineS this credit. If his support of
such dependent ceases before the end
of the year, he is not entitled to this
credit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
ADVANCE IN BOND
PRICES IS STEADY
Convertible and Second
Grade Rails Featured in
Record High Quotations.
BY. F. II. RICHARDSON.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February g. Bonds
advanced to new high prices for the
year today, under the influence of
somewhat easier money, the dropping
of the Bank of England rate from to
Az per cent and the prospect of a cut
in the Federal Reserve rediscount rate.
While activity was greater in the
convertibles and the second-grade rail-
road issues, it was in the high-grade
department that the most consistent
strength was manifested. 80.
Liberty bonds and u. S. Treasury
obligations improved from 1882 TO s-32
and stand now within a small fraction
OF the high level of the year. In the
Canadian Pacific As, Pennsylvania 412s.
ST.. Louis-San Francisco "a" As, Great,
Northern rs, Chesapeake & Ohio gen.
eral 412S and Chicago, Burlington 81
Quincy As all gained fractionally. In
land Steel AIS, Duquesne Light 4b,
Philadelphia Co. SIS, Utah Power &c
Light SIS, Utilities Power 81 Light 5Ias,
General Motors Acceptance Is and
American Telephone SIS (1965). -
There was considerable interest IN
railroad bonds with convertible features
or stock warrants. Southern Pacific
AIS Q969) gained q point. Allegheny
IS, New Haven IS, Atchison convertible
AIS and Chicago & Northwestern AIS
were at their highest prices for the year.
There were no big gains among the
junior carrier bonds, but in almost
every case prices rose. The most active
were Rock Island 4las, Erie General
Lien As. Erie Refunding SIS, Missouri
Pacific As, st. Louis-San Francisco AIS
and Seaboard Airline IS. The last
named gained u point and touched a
new high. ="
With most investors seeking high
grade investments, or fair amount Of
security with a correspondingly better
yield, the more speculative sugar, trac-
ton and oil bonds, along with certain
industrials, were neglected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
REDUCTION IN COTTON
MILL OUTPUT URGED
BY the Associated Press.

ATLANTA, Ga, February 6 (P-
George A. Sloan, president of the Cotton
Textile Institute of America, said yes
terday at the conference here of 100
Georgia and Alabama mill executives
that mill owners must recognize the
existence of depression in all indus
try and put aside the idea Of running
their mills on a 100 per cent basis
"Other industries" he said, "are
priding themselves on being able to
operate on less than a 10 per cent
basis. There are not great many mills
shut down at present, but there will be
unless the operators agree to part-time
production and become more market
minded"
Describing the campaign of the tex
tile institute to make the public cot
ton-minded and the mill operators
undetermined" Mr.. Sloan said, recent
products introduced included cotton
roads, cotton airplane propellers, cotton
airplane wings and parachutes and cot
ton street markers.
Cotton roads, he said, consisted Of a
layer of cotton fabric topped with
gravel and tar. Cotton airplane pro-
pellers are made by COMPRISING cotton
fabric and resin into hard, solid sub
stance. Material for street markers and
aerial guide markers are being manu-
featured in Georgia and are coming into
wide use, he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
MerpenthaIer at New Hirh.

Mergenthaler Linotype reached an
other new high mark on this move
during trading today on the Washington
Stock Exchange. The stock opened at
loS and closed at l084 on small
turnover.
Commercial National Bank stock
recorded 10-share sale today at 239
and another similar sale at 238, these
transactions following a 10-share sale
yesterday at $40. Five shares of. Ma
tional Savings & Trust sold at Sis,
same as the last sale. Potomac Electric
Power 6 per cent preferred stock moved
at 112.
Bonds again drew considerable atten-
ton. Anacostia & Potomac Railroad
IS sold at 83IA, SO 900 Washington Gas
6s, series A, at 103, and $500 at 1884.
Washington Railway e. Electric As
moved at 8412 and Capital Traction SIS
came out at "a. The final bond sale
was $1,000 Potomac Electric Power IS
at 1862.
Edward L. Brady, who has been
rental manager of the Washington
Loan & Trust Co. for the past Is years,
has been appointed assistant real estate
officer. He has been with the bank
since 1909, having joined the stan
under Thomas Bradley.
George l.. Starkey, president of the
National Bank of Washington, has been
confined to his home for several days
with q very severe cold. OficialS ex-
Dsct him back ct the bank soon,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

Cham -yan6lt. Hotel sf ss;.'.'.'i... 90"
g q p Chase M Club 2. SS.... 100 ~.
Pot. Joint Stock Id. Blk. 5s.... 90 eS
w. M. Cold Storage 5s,.,,.,., 95 -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
Washington Stock Exchange

Anacostia & Potomac r. r. 5s-$i,000
at S31s.
Washington Gas IS $4,000 at 10S,
$1,000 at 103.
Washington Rwy. & Electric 4s-$l 900
at 841a, $500 at SAY.
Potomac Electric SO pfd.-3 at 112.
Commercial National Bank-10 at 23e,
10 at 238.
Mergenthaler Linctype-1O at 1Os, 3 at
1924, z at 108H.
AFTER CALL. 81
National Savings & Trust Co.'S at SIS.
washington Gas IS A-$300 at lo37s,
500 at 103B.
Capital Traction $500 at "a.
Potomac Electric IS 1851 900 at
1867
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Received Pavasw k

NOtice-AH stocks sold in hundred lots
excepting those designated by the letter (65Sl 2s3sl
which shows those stocks to be sold In odd lots onIy
Sales of Each Stock Compiled to 1890 PM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
AFTER CALL.
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY

PUBLIC UTILITY.
Amer. Tel. & Telga. AIS 49,. 100 49,.
Amer: Tel: & Telga. AIS 49,. Isl ....
Am. Tel. & Tel. ctl. tr. 5s..... lO3N go.
Anacostia lSg Pot. r. r. 5s..... 81 80.
Anacostia & Pot. guar. 5s..... 90A %
9. & p. Tel. of Va. IS. 100 $50.
Capital Traction r. r. 5s..... 90 80.
City & Suburban SIS. .......... 81 90
GEORGETOWN Gas LIST IS. sy...... 97Ja 10l
Potomac Elec. Cons. So ..,.. 100l5 iOi
Potomac Elec. IS 1858. 1864 ..,.
Wash, Alex. & Mt. Yer. ctf.... 3
Wash, BALTIC. Annap. ST.. 81 go.
Washington Gas IS. ............ 1904 -.
Wash. Gas IS, series A........ 103 1881
Wash. Gas 6S, series B. ....... 104 $50,
Wash. Rwy. & Elec. 4s.,,,, 84h as
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CONTINUED on Page 14,l :.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DRINK.
Pity Him-Under Prohibition Especially

This picture of drunkard is presented by artist Of
imagination his conception Of the effect Of drink the
human mind
Whoever to his misfortune has known drunkenness and
looks at this picture when sober will in it reminder Of
conditions through which he has passed.
Huge bottles typify the importance that drink in
the drunken mind
The half foolish half wild expression of the face
duces the effects of drink mind intelligent and keen
The overturned bottle stands for drunken carelessness
Here sits the drunkard among his enemies the bottles and
the glasses after alcohol has done its work.
Unfortunately against drunkenness and warnings
against alcohol needed in this day Of socaled prohb
ton more even than they needed in days before pro-
booteggng had financed crime to the tune Of billions
Ia year.
The drunkard today drinks alcohol that is poisonous
shortens e destroys the constitution sometimes causes blind
instantly within few hours and frequently death
follows within an hour of the drinking.
In old days he who drank whiskey reckesy certain
of run physical and mental in the long He be
ptied.
In these prohibition days of bootleg wood alcohol the
that buys and drinks the poisonous stuff is to be wondered
at-hs folly is not far removed from suicide.
Fortunately the of the nation protesting
against fanatcm gives hope that prohibition with its crime
its grating bbg and poisonous drunkenness be
swept away
Hope for that and VOTE FOR IT, if you are fortunate
enough to have a vote.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20

Do good people get good
breaks?
They should. according to
copy book maxims, And yet
you've seen those maxims dis
proved a hundred times, haven't
you?
For example, you're assured
that honesty is the best policy"
But look what happened to poor,
honest old Steve. Worked like
a slave all his lfe-pever told
q fib or cheated anyone out of a
nickle. Trusted everyone. Then
along came that slick crook with
his phony investment scheme
and robbed Steve out of every
cent he had. Does honesty
seem the best policy when you
think Of Steve?
BE good and you'll be
happy" - that's another one.
But look at all the good people
who are perfectly miserable!
See how people impose on them
see what tough breaks they
get. God certainly doesn't re-
ward them for their goodness!
Sometimes you get pretty
bitter thinking about it all.
don't you? And you decide that
goodness doesn't pay. But
you're wrong. Goodness does
pay provided you use
gumption with it.
II good people would use as
much shrewdness and spunk
about being good as bad people
use about being bad, their sue
cess would be as great.
But the trouble with most
good people is that they expect
God to hang around as a body
guard and protect them from
all miShap. But God doesn't
make life foolproof for anyone.
He expects all men to take
their chances, regardless of
morals. And of what use is
your goodness If you won't pro-
tect it " If you allow bad
men to make a joke of it?
It's very sad to think of poor
old Steve being robbed by a
crook. But 1t was Steve's bust.
ness to look out for crooks. He
had no right to trust every-
one" That kind of gaga is not
virtue-it is an actual vice and
1t does more harm to the cause
} OF righteousness than a dozen
crooks. For it makes good peo-
pie look sappy and goodness
seem silly.
Considering Steve. you decide
that honesty doesn't paw. Steve
nd no right to let you think
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
Hearst Papers Advocate

1. peace and an,lty with all nations; entamglimg
alliances aCth mone," advocated by George WASH
tngtOn.
g Proportional representation the United States
Senate, state to haze less than t1Oo Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionmemt in the House of Representatives.
8. A separate Department of the Army of the Macy
and of the Air Forces all united under Secre-
tGry of National Defense.
A. Federal action to the limit of Federal poUers to
abolish iRteracy IN the United States under
Secretary of Education.
5. Installation of the President on the first of Jam
uGTy following November election.
6. Selective immigration to admit only those suited
for American citizenship.
Z. Deportation of undesirable aliens.
Q. Complete publicity for income tGres.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20

But Charlotte Corday still
held to the gentle role Of
womanhood for which she was
cast by birth and breeding
until June, 1893.
On May 81 the Girondists
had fallen-and the Terror had
broken with fresh violence over
Paris. A number of the fallen
party sought refuge in Nor
mandy and, during the month
of June, the fugitives held rally
meetings at Caen and in sur
rounding places - and those
meetings were attended by
Charlotte Corday. From the
Girondist orators she heard
lurid reports of the Terror in
Paris-and she was swept off
her feet with the horror Of it
all. Then came an upheaval
of mind-and the gentle young
woman was metamorphoSed
into an avenging fury.
Charlotte Cordav loved Lib
erty-as Madame Roland loved
it-and she would die for it.
But Marat, who was rated by
the Girondists as the most
bloodthirsty Cf all the Terror
lists, should die for it, too. And
that last was her part, as she
saw it.
Charlotte Colday knew that
the guillotine was waiting for
her at the end of her journey
when she set out for Paris
but, to her, an end on the scat
fold was not in itself a dis
grace.
THE crime-and not the
Scaffold-makes the shame"
she wrote in her farewell to
her father and those words,
written in the certainty of
death, must be taken as truly
expressing her convictions.
And Charlotte Corday bore
herself with the dignity of a
CLASSIC heroine to the end. She
faced the Revolutionary Tribu-
nal before which she was tried
without a trace of weakness or
fear.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis E. Bisch-

If you have ever known a
drug addict the warning to be-
ware Of narcotic drugs will be
quite unnecessary.
There is no torture more
acute or horrible than that of
the person enSlaved to dope" !"
Once the habit takes hold
whether it be the morphine
habit, heroin, or cocaine, these
being the commonest in Amer
lica-the individual is in a pitt
able state trying to fight off
the craving or trying to reduce
the amount.
And the worst of it is that so
often, no matter how strong the
will, the fight to conquer the
habit is a losing one.
Whether gradual reduction or
complete and absolute with
drawal Of the drug is the bet
ter way to attempt a cure is
beside the point here. Suffice
to say that some physicians
hold one view, others another.
The point I wish to make is
that everybody-every man,
woman and child-Should guard
against taking any medicine Of
any kind which contains a
habit-forming drug except when
such medicine is prescribed and
its buying and taking con-
trolled by a reputable physi-
clan.
Narcotic medicines of various
kinds have a legitimate use in
allaying pain and suffering,
but only the wise physician
knows when they should be ad-
ministered, how and for how
long.
If you have just passed
through q siege of illness it is
always a sensible precaution to
empty out all the pills and
powders and liquid medicines
you have been taking, even
going so far as to throw the
boxes and bottles away.
It is a temptation when Ill
again to look up the prescrip-
ton number on the box or bot
tie that did you so much good
the last time. And perhaps you
can have it refilled! Better,
however. see OOur doctor again.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
Disabled BOrland Law Is to
Continue to Function

The Commissioners could well take any other attitude
than that enforcing whatever part of the Borand law still
effective.
The duty of the Commissioners is to administer all laws not
TO attempt their notification.
The muchated law be enforced until Congress repeas
It or the further limit its operations by judicial decisions
The decisions far rendered apply to suburban properties
and those Of peculiar shape upon which would be
more less confiscatory when collected.
The attitude of the Commissioners though likely to bring
iniuces in attempts collect assessments properties
that directly named' court decisions but are of the
class the Of these properties went to the
courts much they would almost surely win their cases
The situation much mudded and contains the elements
injustice that the only satisfactory thing to do 1or
to repeal what left of the law and find other
method of making up the losses in revenues Congress can
amend tlaw it still stands but its unpopuarity in wash
gton is great that outright repeal would be best
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

that. It was up to him to make
his honesty pay-to so protect it
that it did pay.
Being good is a two-fisted job.
It implies much more than just
keeping out of Jail. It implies
that you must respect and de-
fend goodness and make the
other fellow respect it, too. If
you can't make goodness pay,
you better not start it.
Why do the s"wic K e d
flourish?" Because they believe
in what they're doing. Because
they'll fight for what they're do
ing. Because they're on the job
and don't expect anyone else to
do it for them. But good people
expect God to shoulder all the
consequences and reward them
with sweet kisses and free
passes. Fat ch hance! Why
should He?
Copyright. 1890. by King Features
Syndicate, lnc.)
The Washington times., 1930-10-20

Avenue can be expedited by de-
stroying the magnificent elms
that line the middle Of that
thoroughfare strikes me as con-
siderably overplayed, especially
with the opening Of H Street
to two-way traffic.
Just who is to be benefited
by the all-night parking restric-
ton proposed by the committee
I am at a loss to know. Per
haps it is to be established for
the benefit of the milkman,
who is about the only person
patronizing our streets between
the hours of midnight and 6
a. m. OF course it would be
ridiculous to accuse the garage,
street car and bus interests Of
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
Educational Campaigns
Better Traffic Accidents

Traffic fatalities in the District considerably less per
600 population than in American cities of about the
same size with Baltimore ranking second in its statistics OF
killed and injured
Probably there should not be many automobile accidents
here as in other cities nasmuch wide streets should
make for greater safety but there should be no let up
official and community efforts to reduce fatalities and
injuries.
ampairns of education have found helpful in cities
where the people earnestly endeavored to cooperate Local
safety councils have carried these campaigns using d
ferent methods, including posters.
One poster much used is Honestly, now what's your
hurry? all automobile drivers here could be induced
ponder that inquiry and be influenced by it, much
rood would follow Self control among drivers just
portant as community and official control Haste is big
factor automobile disasters Speeding to get somewhere to
DO NOTHING kills and Injuries many people.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20

having displayed their fine
Italian hand in such a recon-
mendation!>
Now, not as a traffic expert,
but as one who believes him.
self possessed of common sense,
I would like to suggest to this
committee of traffic experts
that some consideration be
given the following points.
First, I would restrain members
of the Districts paving. sewer
department and other surface
divisions from obStructing high
ways with men at work during
the peak rush hours and
especially between $3.50 and 9
q. m.
I would prohibit these huge
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
FAMOUS PHRASES
d Not the ScaffoId-Makes the Shame"
BY M. H. Tillitt-


The above was a blazingly
illuminative sentence in let
ter Of farewell written to her
father by Charlotte Corday Cor,
as her full name ran, Marie
Anne Charlotte Corday d'Ar-
mont) from the prison cell
where she sat awaiting the
death by guillotine to which
she had been doomed.
That was in Paris, in the
middle of July, 1893. On the
thirteenth day of that month
Charlotte Corday had gained
admission to the presence Of
Jean Paul Marat, one of the
most bloodthirsty Of the French
leaders, and had stabbed him
to death in his bathtub.
Born Of noble but poor" par
entS at st. Saturnin, Nor
mandy, on July ~, 1853, Char
1otte Corday's "a years had
until the end Of May preced-
ing the assassination-b e e n
SPCAO A pCeSOC cSA4O Nu4COs x1CA
early days of education had
been passed in a convent at
Caen. And there she went to
dwell with an aunt where, be-
ing left much alone, she turned
to study as an antidote to the
tedium of her life. And she
found special interest in the
SphiloSophieS." The works of
Abbe Raynal and Voltaire espe-
c1ally appealed to her. Plutarch
also caught and held her in
eereSt.
Indeed, that historians Par
allel Lives of the Noble Greeks
and Romans" was doubtless the
source of Charlotte Corday's
ideas Of classic heroism that
she was later to put into effect.
Nor was her reading limited to
the classics. She studied cur
rent politics in France as they
were presented in Girondist
publications. And so she be-
came imbued with revolutionary
ideas that held for basic
changes in the government of
France-but moderately and
without violence.