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The Washington times., 1930-12-17
NEW YORK PRODUCE
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-PrOducs:

NEW YORK Dec. 17.-Fro0UcS:
Eggs-Market steady. Nearby hem
merry whites: Closely selected extras
s20s5hc; average extras. 2s0S1c;
extra firsts, 2702Sc: firsts, 2S027c
Nearby hennery browns: Top quality
35037c. Nearby gathered browns:
Extras, ss0s4c. Current collections
mixed colors: Closely selected extras.
sic: extras. 2s0sOc: extra firsts 270
2se: firsts. 94@2Sc. Pacific Coast:
Shell treated extras. s3@34Nc; she'll
treated extra firsts. sO0s2c: mediums
1s022c.
Butter-Market was unsettled ana
creamery salted. higher score. declined
Nc per pound. The c6nditiOA Of the
market is apparently due mainly to
two causes. First. dealers continue 70
buy for immediate needs only; second,
the decline on the Chicago market
Creamery salted: Higher score, S1h o
sac: extra (93 scorel. sic: firsts (91
score), s0@30hc;, firsts eco score),
2she; firsts (ss-sS scSrsl, 27h 02she;
seconds Ss4-s7 scoreh ash @as%c; lower
chesse-Xarket steady. New York
32hc; fresh specials, 21c; fresh fancy.
Live Poultry-Receipts light; market
slow. holding steady with last week.
Fowls. Leghorn, 1401sc; eolored. 1S0
23c. Chickens: LeghOrn. 1S@16c; reds.
1Sgdsc; rocks, 21c, Ducks: Nearby:
g. pfseRs csRSn' pr pss9sSs p. c SEhss, sgb. %
per pair. sSc; Jumbo squads. per pair.
W l.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
CHICAGO GRAIN FUTURES

CHICAGO, Dec. II U.NSD-
Old crop deliveries of wheat cov-
cred q narrow range during trad
ing on the Chicago Board Of Trade
yesterday. Other grains sold off
sharply. led by corn. July wheat
hit so cents during the day, low
est since 1908. ,..
Closing prices for corn were
21a to 29s cents lower, wheat I'M
changed to 1ss cents down and
oats Ia to 1h cents off. Rye
was 11a to 2h cents lower.
July wheat was under pressure
due to weakness in foreign mar
kets. After opening at 7012 to
705sc, July plunged to 6912c,. a
new low for the season. May
wheat received the usual support
credited to farm board agencies
and averaged steady, December
and March wheat sold off 70 to
Asc after opening unchanged.
There was further closing Of
spreads evident early between
Chicago and Winnipeg, with the
selling pressure in the latter mar.
ket also causing uneaSinesS here.
Buying power was extremely
narrow early. The Buenos Aires
market was 2 to 21ac lower.
Liverpool opened, 70 to Ad higher.
but later eased in sympathy with
Buenos Aires, and ruled un-
changed to sd lower. The mar
ket abroad were apparently af-
fected by more favorable weather
in the Argentine. Winnipeg was
112 to 19sc lower. Colder weather
was reported over the winter belt
with some snow.
Oats and rye displayed easiness
in line with other cereals.
Estimated carlot receipts were ::
Wheat, 19; corn, 81, and oats, 20.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
PASS REPUBLIC
DIVIDEND

Republic Steel Corporation di.
rectors today omitted the regular
quarterly dividend Of $50 a
share on the preferred stock due
at this time. On November ]
the regular 81 quarterly dividend
on the common stock was omit
ted.
Republic Steel was formed last
year as q merger Of four Middle
Western steel companies con-
trolled by the Cyrus Eaton In
tereStS.
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden Cor
poration directors today declared
q quarterly dividend Of is cents
a share on the common stock,
placing the issue on a go cents
annual basis. Three months ago
a quarterly dividend of Is cents
was declared, prior to which the
stock was on a $3.50 annual basis.
The dividend is payable January
Is to holders Of record January 5.
GIObe-Wernicke
Directors today omitted the
quarterly dividend Of $50 q
share due on the common stock
ct this time.
e. w. Bliss Extra
e. w. Bliss Company directors
declared an extra dividend Of 8
per cent in stock on the COM
mon payable in quarterly install
ments in addition to the regular
quarterly dividend Of Is cents in
cash payable January 2 to hold
erS Of record December 20. The
stock extra is payable In four In
stalmentS on January 2, April ],
July /, and October I to holders
Of record December 90, 1880.
March 20, 1891, June 20 and
September 40, respectively.
r. D. Mooney. president Of the
Atlantic Gull and West Indies
Steamship Line, was elected a
director.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
Nv LEWIS HANEY

D;reetor Ne,O York University
bureau of Business ReseGTch
and Former Economist OF
Federal Trade Commission
wholesale commodity prices
continue to decline. In q long
list of commodities 4S declined
and only 13 rose last week. Out
standing were the fall In cotton
and silver, Incidentally it should
be noted that these two commodi-
ties are closely related and that
silver prices are very important.
Silver is widely used as money
In China and India, and the de-
cline In the price Of silver means
that the Chinese, for example,
find the buying power OF their
money reduced. Suppose you had
nothing but silver for money and
that one day you woke UP 70 1tnd
that your money was worth only
half as much as 1t had been.
That is the condition facing the
Chinese merchant. a
We read that Shanghai ex-
change" is weak. This simply
means that an ounce Of silver
has fallen in price and now ex-
changes for less gold. AS q result,
people depending on silver money
cannot buy so much, and here is
where cotton comes in.
Means Lower Consumption
England Is one Of the chief
cotton consuming countries. Her
cotton manufacturers ordinarily
sell much cotton cloth to the
Chinese. Now the Chinese can
not buy 50 much. Therefore, the
English manufacturer loses his
market. He buys his cotton from
us. The price Of cotton falls.
Ut is now the lowest since 19150
do not mean to say that this
Is the whole story Of cotton prices.
but 1t is an important factor.
The markets not only for cotton
but for other products bought by
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
Call End of False Hopes
Great Aid to ReUiUaL

Oriental peoples have been hurt
by the drop in silver.
The average price Of silver at
New York in 1921 was 81 cents an
ounce. In 1925 1t averaged 80
cents. On Saturday, the, price
was only 321a cents an ounce.
which Is the lowest on record.
China has been forced to, sell sill
yer in order to buy commod odities,
and large stocks Of this metal
have accumulated at London
which Is the leading world mar
ket for it. t..
Business News Mixed
The business news during the
past few days has been mixed.
On the whole, it seems none too
favorable. But, while electric
power consumption and steel
operations appear to have de-
clined a little further, it can be
said that railway car loadingS
are estimated to have done q
little better, considering the sea.
son.
OF course we must allow for
seasonal conditions at this time.
Aside from holiday retail trade,
1t is usual for business activity
to show some let down toward
the end Of the year.
In one respect, at least, prog
ress has been made, that is in
the way Of reducing uncertainty
and clearing the business air.
False hopes have been abandoned.
AS one writer puts it, The illu-
sions Of last spring and summer
are completely dissipated." We
may now hope that q debunked
situation win allow business lead
ers to think more clearly. Really
constructive policies are likely to
result. ~.
After all, it is only by facing
the facts that we can hope to
build sound basis for renewed
prosperity. ss.
One Of these facts Is q per-
manently lower level Of wholesale
prices.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
RAIL TROUBLES
/. EXAGGERATED,
/. IS CLAIM

Comparison of the relative
position Of railroads in 1929 as
against 1920 indicates that at the
beginning of this year plant,
facilities, equipment and financ-
iaI situations were the best in
their history. The current busi-
ness depression and the emphasis
placed upon the menace Of rate
reductions, increasing taxation,
highway ar ID pipe line compett
ton by the roads themselves have
resulted in wide public overesn'
nation Of present and potential
adversities besetting railroads IN
general, according to a current
bulletin of the. Standard Com
pany, Of New York, which con-
tinues in part:
ultimate improvement i'm
fundamental business will YIN
questiOnably be followed by up-
turn i'm railroad traffic and
earnings, based on the progres-
Sive improvement i'm operations
displayed over the past decade.
Compared with the first ten
months Of 1929. there was an
increase this year i'm the num-
ber of locomotives and freight
cars installed in service, the
latter showing an increase over
any corresponding period since
1926. Curtailment of equip
ment additions is in prospect
in coming months as q result
Of the smaller number of
freight cars and locomotives ON
order as of November /"
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
Rubber Exchange
Amends By-LNIUS

Members of the Rubber Elk.
change of New York have adopted
a number of amendments and ad-
ditions to existing bylaws pertain
ing to the proposed new "a" con-
tract, which will go into effect on
January S for delivAies on and
after February 2, 1881, and also
affecting the repeal of the present
IA" contract at the end Of Decem-
Der, 1881. 1
The members also approved
amendments 10 the bylaws delet-
ing the charge for interest on
original margin requirements, ad-
ditional provisions for suspension
or expulsion of members, and dis
position of proceeds from the sale
of membership rights.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Hogs-Reeeipts $4,000; market 10c
higher. Top Ss15: bulk. s7.2s@s.1O;
heavy weight, S7.7O07s5; medium
weight, s7.S50s.o5; light weight $3.50
@S.10; light lights $S@9.15; packing
sows. $s.75O7.2S; pigs. s7.7s@s1S;
CattieIReeeipts 1890; market steady.
Calves-Receipts 1000; market steady.
Beef steers-Good ana choice, $10@
yearlinEs, 3TO13.60 Butcher cattle
HeiferG. $s0I2; cows, 34@7.6O; bulls.
S5OT.SO; calves, $7.5o010; feeder steers,
$s0S.TS; stocker steers. $s@S.S0; stocker
sheep|Receipts Is, 900; market steady
Medium and choice lambs, $7.50@8.5o;
culls and common. &6.S0@7; yearlings,
$3.50 @e.75; common and choice ewes,
S2W3.75: feeder lambs, $S@12S.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
Suspend Dealings
In NeUe DrlGg Stock

The committee on listings Of
the New York Curb Exchange to-
day suspended dealings in the
common and convertible A stocI
of the Neve Drug Store, Inc, for
failure to maintain a New York
transfer office and registrar. The
company is at present in the
hands of a receiver-the Irving
Trust Co. On october IS Fed
eral Judge Bondy ordered that
the so stores of the chain be
sold and the Irving Trust Co
Immediately sold four Of them.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
II. E.. Webster Heads
Pratt &c Lambert

Harold e. Webster, formerly
senior vice-president, was today
elected president of Pratt and
Lambert. Inc, paint manufac-
turerS, w. p. Wertheim, vice
president, was elected secretary:
r. W. Lindsay was made treas
urer and also a vice president,
and j. F. Schoellkopf, jr., who
is a director Of about 81 COM
panies, including the Buffalo,
Niagara and Eastern Power Cor.
poration, was elected director to
succeed the late A. D. Graves,
former president. ,
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
Cut Export Copper
Halt Cent Pound

Copper Exporters, Inc, have
reduced the price of export copper
~ cent a pound TO 1880 cents,
c. I. F. Hamburg, Havre and
London. Domestic copper prices
werer ecently cut to 10h cents
after failure to peg the red metal
at 10 cents following worldwide
curtailment agreement. Fair ton
mage Of copper was offered at
second hand at 9A cents a pound
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO. Dec. 1T uN.s.l. - Cash
grain close: t-s.
Wheat hard. Ts%c; ! northern
spring. 7sAc; / mixed. 7sAc.
Corn-New. 2 mixed. 69hc; 3 mixed,
6ac: 4 mixed. ee0e7Mc: mixed, $40
65hc: mixed, 62h W6Sc; 3 yellow,
sax 070c; yellow. 6sh 06sAc;. s
yellow, sAh @sehc; 2 white. 71@74hc;
white, ssh Ss7c; sample grade, sic;
Rye-i. ASH @6SNo: .. 4Sh04s%c.
OATS white. 33%0sSc; . white.
32hc.
Barley-None.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
Lone Star Gasoline
CO11spOyay Formed

The Lone star Gasoline Com
pany was today formed. by the
Crawford-Denning interest, which
controls. the Lone Star Gas Cor
poration, and are also interested
in the columbia Gas and Elec-
trio Company. The new COM
pany is capitalized at So, ,75O, 600.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
NEW YORK LIVE STOCK

NEW YORK. Dec. 17-Live stock:
Cattle-Receipts, 80; all directs. Off
day; no trading. Vealers and Calves
Receipts, S20, including S00 directs.
Small lot nearby vealers, steady. Few
good, $12.50. Small lot common, 81.
Hogs-ReceSpts, 1910; all directs None
offered.
sheep-Recsipts. 47s; all directs. Nora
on sale, ~.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
Wheat Pool Head
Calls on Premier

OTTAWA, Dec. 17.--John Mac
Farland. head Of Canadian Wheat
Pool, is In Ottawa and has been
Ia conference with Premier Ben
nett and n. p. Stevens, minister
OF trade and commerce.
The Washington times., 1930-12-17
Ohio Standard Oil =.
Cuts Gasoline &c

CLEVELAND, Dec. 17.-Stand-
ard OH Company Of Ohio has
reduced the price Of gasoline
throughout its territory 2 cents o
Gallon TO II cents service station
and 16 cents tank wagon.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17
Twelve Years Ago

ill., LnrnII Of Oct liz 1913


From The Herald of Oct. II, 1918
Influenza had taken a toll OF
seven lives during the previous
week. They were Mrs. Lester
Stone, Mrs. John Foley, Morris
Sheldahl, Joseph Mueller, Mrs. E.
j. Hougen, the year old son OF
Sub-agent Kirk, and the infant son
of Jos. LaRoque.
Carl H. Schwan and Miss Mabel
Peterson we're married on Oct. l"
by Judge Charles Gordon.
Bill Smith, jr., writing from
Vladivostok, Siberia, where ne
was a member of the U. S. Elk
peditionary forces, said: I'll
wrestle these square heads just
like | used to wrestle them old
horses when | get into it" He
told of how the people of the city
threw flowers to the U. S. soldiers
when they entered Vladivostok.
He had been stationed in Japan
for seven months before being
sent to Siberia.
McAllen's was advertising a
money-raising sale. Among other
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17

there is little likelihood that there
will be any distress selling OF
livestock. Pastures are expected
to provide sufficient feed until
fall and with wheat, rye, barley
and oats as cheap as they are
these grains will be substituted
for feeding purposes.
'The movement of grain to mar
ket has been slowed down con-
siderably in recent weeks, due
largely to the low prices prevail
ing. Should grain prices improve,
a good deal of wheat would be
started to the terminals.
"The demand for loans for grain
stored in country terminals, Twin
Cities and Duluth terminals and
on farms is fairly heavy. How
ever, the number of dollars requir-
ed to finance these loans are com
paratively few when the volume
in bushels is considered. Cooper
ative marketing associations are
making loans of about 70 per cent
Of net value of grain. This means
that only about 40 cents a bushel
can be loaned on wheat in the
country as compared with more
than 81 a bushel a year ago. The
amount per bushel is so small in
many cases, that the proceeds Of
4 loan are not sufficient to pay a
'armer's labor, store and other
bills, so that he sells at low
1~rices."
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17

Nedrud and Void had leased the
Listerud Flour Mil and were open
for business.
Marriage licenses issued at
Glasgow to Wolf Point people
during the previous week includ-
ed those to Eugene Rogers and
Martha Arthur, John H. Herting
and Alma Sletvold, Benjamin H..
Spencer and Alicia Sletvold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Millson had
a baby daughter born on the 14th.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17
SCOTT LEAVITTS ACHIEVEMENTS

ONCE Scott Leavitt was sent to
y congress by constituents of the
Second district Of Montana, he has
secured the enactment of 70 bills
under his own name and OF direct
benefit to Montana people. This
number is in addition to numerous
others introduced by him as chair
man of the committee on Indian
Affairs.
Mr.. Leavitt's laws are practical
ly all of the type which do not inn
pose penalties and are not sump-
tuary in character. They have to
do with the rights and needs Of
individual people and of Montana
communities and the state at
large.
One Leavitt bill alone during
the last session of congress, auth
orized expenditure of $4,000 in
behalf of Bitter Root irrigation
project.
"A Record Made Is
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17
WHEAT SITUATION
In NORTHWEST

ST. Paul-Not withstanding pre-.
vailing low prices, normal acre
ages of winter wheat r being
seeded in Montana though dry
weather in the Southwest has
somewhat curtailed the planting
of winter wheat crops in Okla
homa and Nebraska, the Farmers
Union Terminal Association re-
ports in its weekly review.
ANY real test of whether wheat
acreage is to be curtailed in the
Northwest cannot come until
April, as the bulk of wheat pro
duced in this territory is sown in
the spring." the review says.
Farmers show a desire to curtail
acreage of wheat, but seek infor-
nation al to what to plant. With
fax and other grains nearly all
at low prices, it is difficult for
farmers to find any crops that
promise profits.
Farmers are beginning to in
crease their feeding Of wheat to
livestock. In the southern part Of
Minnesota farmers have turned to
mixing wheat and oats and are
using wheat instead of higher
priced bran. During the past few
weeks there has been a decided
trend toward the holding of wheat
to be used as feed.
DRY weather has hampered
field work in many districts. For
less than the normal acreage Of
land has been plowed because Of
the lack of misture. With grain
harvesting completed except for
scattered fields of flax and late
crops, the digging of potatoes and
sugar beets is occupying the at
tention of producers. Generally
the potato crop is below average.
The sugar beet crop is spotted,
with some Montana districts re-
porting the best crop in years.
I'm many district feed condi-
lions are much better than fore
casts indicate that they would be
a few weeks ago. Pastures gener-
ally are fair in the Northwest and
in a number of districts there are
some surplusses of hay above re-
quirements. In some cases cattle
will be moved from Western dis
tricts to North Dakota and Mime
sofa feed lots where there is suffi-
cient feed,
"The feed situation is so much
improved and the fall weather has
been so favorable to date that
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17

things the various wheat flour
substitutes were listed. Corn
meal was 7 and 7H cents a pound,
barley -four the same aud rice
flour 12h and 10 cents Wisconsin
brick cheese was 81 cents, onions
5.25 per hundred pounds, navy
beans 3 pounds for so cents, blue
rose rice, II cents, etc.
w. L. Geer from near Sand
Creek, was advertising a big farm
sale.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17

Senator Walsh and Senator Wheeler, arden fee taders' VINO
would allow the products of the cheaper labor OF Europe n TN WORM
to enterA American ports tax free and to compete with ne producs d
the highly paid labor of the United States, should explain u Montana
farmers how this country could absorb the wheat Oh RUSSIA n sun
keen American farmers employed. Russian wheat is grown o cneap
labor. Despotism that rules Russia grows wheat proouces LII Vi
the products of the country by what is practically slave farm owners
Walsh and Wheeler should tell the farmers OF this a VIVA.
would avert their ruin if they lost the home market Ihey'shouu
explainw why Montana and other American farmers, under the RepuD
rcan tariff, enjoy higher prices for their products than are palo
Canadian farmers just across the line.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17

Mn ONTANA voters who have the
Ma welfare of the Treasure State
at heart are supporting Judge
GaIen, Republican candidatel for
the United States senate because
of his courageous stand on para
mount issues of the campaign. He
holds Montana's interest upper
most. He is a native son. with
a background of eight years as at
torney general, 10 years as associ-
ate Justice of the supreme court
and two years in the service OF his
country in the American Expedi-
tionary Forces, Judge Galen is en-
inentIy fitted to represent the
state which has long been a red
eraI orphan. He stands for:
"A protective tariff shielding
Montana products against for-
eign competition.
L. D1OY
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17

EIwood Mead, commissioner of
reclamation, speaking to the farm
ers in September, 1923, regarding
the 100000 Sun River project
dam said: 1.-THE greatest credit for
what is being done for the deveI-
opment of the Sun River project,
should go to Mr.. Leavitt."
Each of the three other recIa-
nation projects in Montana can
point likewise to direct benefits of
thousands of dollars resulting
from bills sponsored by Mr..
Leavitt.
With Cotton of Utah, Congress-
man Leavitt is credited with "con-
spicious service in securing fair
tariff rates on wool and other
livestock products" by the Nation
al WooIgrower of Salt Lake. These
western members of congress are
the only two mentioned by name.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17
WHAT JUDGE GALEN STANDS FOR

.~Co-operative marketing as advo-
Gated by Chairman Alex Legse
and the federal farm board
Federal construction of public
works to relieve unemployment
For construction of the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence waterways
canal.
Conservation of water by the
federal government
Proper disqualification for sick
and disabled veterans, adjusted
compensation and a modern
hospital at Fort Harrison.
Increased construction of feder-
al aid highways in Montana
Solution of Indian problems.
to the World Court and
foreign entangIements.
State control of the liquor traf-
hc under governmental supper
vision.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17

III uE Walsh campaign is being conducted on a rec trade issue velSus
the tariff with the chief issue the price OF wheat au ee 0"s "
commodities used by Montana citizens
This statement of facts will show you that to vote lr " aSn 0m nrn
gers Montanas interests and is adverse to he Wehare VI e'"' pP
ery owner in the state.
The following facts and comparisons answer tn argument u
Walsh and Wheeler that the tariff bill is OF 10 penent:
1880 lSo
pdces in Alberta, Can Prices in Montana
- rari8 project Farmer Under Tariff
ton, Calgary, Alberta, o"C"
Canada. Helena Nnon"'
&C. co. n 35c per blu.
O@s o. nor IN SIC per bu.
Barley lc pH ~ 2Ac ner b i.
Ra 1c per bu. Ac pei -"
Flax goo pr u" Tsho nor M
Wheat 49, Der U.
Note that N Montanas chief crops n only PRICES N'
are wheat pices due to world conditions
viii senator Wheelers remedy Of free Russian wheat ep u'
WHAT ABOUT LIVESTOCK? DOES THE TARIFF
HELP MONTANA FARMERS?
.,hor+o Canada Montana, U. S. A.
PRODUCT 49, ~ nr n &c to &c per h.
Top GraSs FaI 09u' o,o ~ so nor III nc to SIC per h.
Top Hefers 51@c % DC pei ~ 70 Go ner III
Cows II TO 42c pei sc ~ 10 YER III.
CAVes - eno nor III SC to 7c per lb.
al amps hWHs ~ " - ner III 22c to 2c per lb.
Wool q 10 liz per ~
W. average difference in the price of beef and lambs
Canada and Montana is from $500 to $500 a hundred Dt ue ~ Ge
drought Montana lambs and cattle have been forced Oh Ae nAh'S
OF al fat as usual, with an unusual dro IN price
6 E HEAR TARIFF DOES NOT HELP MONTANA
FARMER.
why Not Be Fair and Honest?
Montana nrices on every product is better to the Montana farmer
than to the Alberta, Canada, farmer.
The issues arr ceancut~ The outcome is vital to Montana ana LEI
citizens To protect your own interests and those Of n state Fooeu e
Republican ticket
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17

We are conscious of more than
a legal obligation towards those
entrusting to us to handle
their business.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17

.sMo,tana and Her People are of First Concern"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-17

"A Record Made Is Better Than Promises"