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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
CORPORATION
NEWS

NEW YORK, July 24.-The following
is today's summary of important cor.
poration news prepared by STANDARD
Statistics Co, Inc, New York, for tn,
Associated Press.
News Trend.
Reports of an unfavorable natur,
continue to characterize the trend
corporate news, and although oc
casionsl announcements from scattered
points declare activity is swinging up.
ward. composite data indicate such re.
ports to be local, with industry as
whole still on the down side. The frs
nine railroads issuing June statements
show reduction Of 25.6 per cent in ne
operating income from last year. Will,
in the six months the drop amounted
to 25.3 per cent. Gross earnings o
the same companies fell off 1872 pei
cent in June and 100 per cent in thu
half year. Such declines reflect thu
steady fall in freight holdings witnessed
in previous months. With freight rev.
enues comparing with 1924 levels
would be unlikely for railroads to re.
verse the trend OF earnings in the nex
few months. OF interest is the Amer
lean Railway Association report thai
roads of the United States placed 49.20t
new freight cars in operation durinI
the first six months Of $780, compared
with 32,794 in last years period Or
the other hand. new cars on order july
/ aggregated only 2f.SAo against 1861
on the corresponding d@v in 1929. max.
ing it appear that Efforts to keep ex.
penditures IN line with volume of traffic
in ensuing monthss are becoming eff.
fective.
The Companies.
American Water Works &, Electric
June electric output, off per cent; SIP
months, up 2 per cent.
Atlas Powder earned 81 cents share
in June quarter VS.. $2.06; six months
STA: against 1884.
Castle (a.m.) June quarter share
earnings $1.14 vs.. $197; six months
$2.26; against 1888.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail.
road president says six months earn.
ings viii exceed average of same pc.
RODS from 1925 to 1929, inclusive.
Chicago & Northwestern Railway ane
Manner Air Transport Co. start 24-hou1
air-rail service between Chicago anc
Spokane.
Commercial Solvents earned 80 cents
share in June quarter, against &C
cents: six months, so cents VS.. IS cents
Continental Can gets $114,049 income
tax refund.
Cushman Sons earned $500 on ss0e
preferred shares in June quarter VS.
$2.93; six months, $1759 against
$11.54.
Cutler Hammer six months share
earnings to June 80. $2.43; against
$340.
Federated Metals had deficit s482.0s2
in six months to May 81, against net
$625, 1859.
Ford Motor will extend two weeks
vacation period another week to re-
open August T.
General Motors earned Sl.l7 share
in June quarter, against S2.15 VS.. $3.50
Net working capital June 80, $780,.
577,234; against $251,287,78 December
81, 1929. Subsidiary. Buick Motor Car
reported to have received over sl0.-
100000 advance orders for new s.
cylinder cars.
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ELECTRICITY FOUND !.
IN BETTER DEMAND
Figures Show Equipment,
Apparatus and Supplies
Swinging Upward.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 24-Productive
activity is swinging Upward in Ameri-
can plants engaged in the manufacture
of electrical equipment, apparatus and
supplies A survey Of operations IN
June, based on the consumption Of
electrical energy, reveals Ia per cent
gain over May, an advance which is
approximately IL per cent greater than
World reports.
Manufacturing activity in the in
duStry as a whole last month was z
per cent below June, 1929. levels, but
was 34B per cent above June, 1928, The
survey further shows. During the firsi
six-month period. however. equipment
manufacturing averaged Al per cent
above the same period last year. This
is one of the very few industrial grcups
reporting higher operations in the jan
uary-June period than for the corre-
spending time year ago. Operations
for the second quarter averaged IL pei
cent under the second quarter of 1929
whereas the average rate of activity
during the first quarter was 1915 pen
cent above the same period last year.
The closing month of the first hah
finds the smaller electrical manufactur.
ing companies in a slightly more favor.
able position than the group of larger
companies, although both experienced
an upward turn during June.
The smaller companies recorded 9
June increase of l.8 per cent over May
but were still operating on a plane
about SD per cent under June last
year. The group of larger companies
reported June operations A per cent
over May, but 6.8 per cent under June
1929.
Comparative indexes of productive
activity in the electrical manufacturing
industry. based on the consumption o.
electrical energy by these plants, adj.
iusted for number of working days ane
referred to the period 1923-25 as 100
are shown in the accnrnr1a nvir1cr fai,In,
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WEATHER AFFECTS
NATIONS BUSINESS
Effects of Recent Dry Spell
Are Apparent in Va
rious Lines.
BY ]. C. ROYLE.

The business man no longer is indif-
ferent as to whether it rains or does
not rain. Whether he lives in the city
or the country, he pays strict attention
to heat, and drought and moisture, not
because of his personal comfort or dis
comfort, but because they affect his
business basically.
Business in America now is so closely
interlocked that a factor like the
weather cannot affect one line without
having bearing on every other.
Effects Of Drought.
The recent drought. for example, has
been causing the steel manufacturers
almost as much discomfort as it has
the farmers. II the crops drop off the
movement of crops over the railroads
also will drop off. This means smaller
loadings of revenue freights and smaller
sums available for purchase of new
equipment and maintenance supplies.
The steel mills depend to a marked de-
gree on railroad buying. The carriers
already have had to curtail steel buying
because of drops in revenue freight
earlier in the year. II the loadings
continue low the steel men can expect
to sell less tonnage.
The drought has cost the oil men,
with large stocks of gasoline in storage,
no small sum in evaporation and pre-
vention of evaporation. 1t has had a
bearing on automobile traffic and on
automobile sales. If farm revenues
drop, auto sales in rural districts will
drop with them this Fall This would
result in smaller sales of copper, tex
tiles, rubber and score Of other COM
modities used in making motor cars.
On the other hand. the hot spell has
stimulated sales of refrigerating equip
ment. house cooling systems. ice, ice
cream. dairy products cotton textiles,
bathing suits and other hot weather
goods. 1t has hampered the sale of
certain kinds of meats and encouraged
the consumption of fruit and green
vegetables.
The dry weather has lowered the level
of the streams and has reduced the
production of current from hydro-elec-
trio plants. This has resulted in re-
stricted operation of some plants de-
pendent on such power, but has slim
ulated the consumption of coal in the
steam generating plants, which supple
ment the water power stations. Sales
of fuel oil have increased for similar
reasons.
Other Results of Heat.
Use of taxicabs has increased accord
ing to some of the cab companies,
owing to the reluctance of the public
to crowd into subways, buses and street
cars during hot weather Another in
dication of the widespread effect of the
heat waves is seen in the fact that the
cost of upkeep of golf course greens
and tennis courts of country clubs
throughout the country has practically
doubled temporarily. Laundry profits
have risen and sales of electric house,
hold labor-saving machinery have been
brisk.
Copyright. l930.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
other Results of Heat.

William M. Rankin, jr., formerly with
the Riggs National Bank, has recently
become identified with the discount
house of Solomon Brothers 81 Hutzler,
so Wall street. While with Riggs Mr..
Rankin was for several years editor of
the Washington Chapter publication,
Dollars and Sense, and was a member
of the original board that sponsored
the publication. He also edited the
Riggs house organ, The Clearing House
Key. He is graduate of the chapter.
Mr.. Rankin's new situation will be In
the acceptance department of the dis
count house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
VIRGINIA BUILDING
CONTRACTS INCREASE

With awards for new building and
engineering works in Virginia amount
ing to $9.878, 800 in June. large gains
we're registered both over the preceding
month when the contract total was
$5.340. 400, and over June year age
with S4.897, roo New construction OF
ell types undertaken in Virginia during
the first half CT the year was valued at
$39, 1874 400, compared with $35, PA, 200
for the corresponding six months OF
1929.
1t was reported through the Rich
roond Clearing House that deposits in
Is banks in the city were Si0,378.S3
higher on June 30 this year than last
The report this year is for one less bank
than in 1929. Total deposits this year
we're $l25,984,4l6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
sHoRT-TERM SECURITIES.

Bid. ASke
Allis- Chalmers Co: IS 1897. -. 1914 in2
American Tel. g. Tel. S.ss 1919 i07l, ln7
American Thread 5igs 1898 - i00i, ini
Baltimore e. Ohio AS 1888 - i0Ola 100
Batavian Pet. Corp. 4ias 1912 CASA IS
Bell Tel. of Canada SIS tesS l03 100
California Pet. Corp. 5las 1888 iUz. i02
Canadian Nor Rwy AIS 1895, a934 100
Chicago Rock Island - 1894. 90 %
Chile Copper Co. SIS 1917 s6 90
Cudahy Packing Co. 5i2s 1897 96I2 81
Gen. Mot Accep Corp IS 1887 1927. i02
General Pei. Corp. SIS 1910. -. 1o2 1902
Gen. TheaterS Equip. IS 1s40.. 95ia 90
Goodyear T. & n. SIS 1857 93i4 ~
Grand Trunk of Canada 6s 1895 1857 i06
Gulf Oil of Pa SIS 1897 1911, 10i
Humble Oil SIS 1892. ... Ini3, In2
Internal. Match Corp. SIS 1871 99i, 40
New YORK, Chi & st L. IS 1892 In1it To-
Philips Pet Co 5i4S la39. asts as
Pure OIL Corp. Siss 1887 1900 $685. p9
Shell Union OIL Co. SIS t947 96lz ee,
Sinclair Crude OIL Co 5l7s 1898 100 1o2:
Standard Oil N. Jersey SIS 1916. 1885, 104
Standard Oil N. York 4izs 1851 99i4 90
s.. l.. IF Mt. & So. Ry. SIS 1881 la07a lni
ST. L., Southwestern Ry. IS 1882 90 90
Swift & Co s. 1882. ........,.. i00sa i01
Union Oil Co OF Calf SIS 1895 q97t 100
United Drug Co SIS i953...... 97t3 90
u 5. Rubber IS 1917 . sla4 az
Western Electric Co. SIS 1915, l03as I04
Wheeling Steel Corp. Siss 1913. 1927 l03
Wheeling Steel Cora. 4lzs 1888, sllk 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
POTATO MARKET.

CHICAGO, July "a (lP) Omitted States
Department of Agricultural Potatoes
Receipts. 80 cars on track, 204 cars !:
total United States shipments, $40 cars:
weak; trading slow; Kansas and Mis-
souri, sacked Irish Co5blers, best, I.40a
$50: few fancy shade higher; ordinary
to poor, l.25a1.35.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
BANK CLEARINGs.

NEW YORK, July (Special) -
New York clearings. today, sl,105, 0O0,-
900; a year ago, 81 ,654000, 900. New
York bank balances. today, $152 900 900;
year ago. $219. 1000, 600 New York
Federal Reserve credit balances, today
$I25, 100000; year ago, STA, OOO. 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
Patrol Cleaning Ordered.

Following complaints made TO the
Police Department that patrol wagons
were in a dirty condition, Inspector
William H. Harrison today issued an
order to all precinct commanders to
keep the wagons clean at all times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
Washington Stock Exchange

Geo. Gas SSH 900 at 1903.
Wash. Gas 6s A-$500 at 1903.
Cap. Tract. Colo at 67h, 10 at 67K
10 at 67h.
Lanston Monotype--lO at 1I4h, 10 at
l14H.
AFTER CALL.
Pot. Elec. 5Iz% 20 pfd.-5 at 1081s, 5 at
1887.
N. & w. Steamboat rts-69 at 16, 4 at
1914.
Wash. r. g. E. pfd.-4 at 3d.
Cap. Tract. Cos at Sta, S at 673s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

ELEANOR PAINTER, who makes her
return to the lighter music field IN
Victor Herbert's 1.-THE Fortune Teller"
at Polls Theater next week, has had
an unusually interesting and varied
career.
Born in Iowa and reared and edu-
Gated in Omaha and Colorado Springs,
she Is truly of the West. AS child
she sang continually until her voice
broke in a Christmas cantata, which
nearly broke her childish heart, and
for seven years she didn't sing note.
One day she went horseback riding
and In an isolated spot alighted. Seat
ed on rock. she began to sing Justify.
Turning suddenly, she saw two stran-
gers, and one of them, a woman, asked
ii she liked to sing. YES" replied the
child. land I'm going to be a great
singer some day" The woman was
Nine. GarrigueS. a singing teacher who
later advised Eleanor's mother to take
the child to New York, and two years
later mother and daughter went Eas.,
where lessons we're bsgun, Miss Painter
meanwhile singing in q choir.
A year later Miss Painter determined
to go to Europe to study, with a guar
anteed income of $50 a month, under
the tutelage of Nine. Nikisch, wife Of
the famous orchestra conductor.
Miss Painter in due course OF time
accepted an offer to sing at the Char
lottenburg Opera House. She made her
debut as Madame Butterfly" and for
two years sang there and at the Berlin
Opera, scoring successes in lyric roles,
besides creating many roles in new
operas.
She left Germany for the Opera
Royal, Covent Garden, London, where
her reception was a repetition Of her
Berlin ovation. She remained through
out the season, singing in Italian roper
toire. Her career in Europe, however,
was interrupted by the World War, and
Miss Painter seized the opportunity to
make her debut on the American stage
in New York in the leading role Of
1.-THE Lilac Domino" in 1914.
Since that eventful time her career
has embraced the principal parts in
successes such as Princess Pat" Clio
rianna," THE Climax" "Florodora,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
Miss Kruger Arrives.

MISS ALMA KRUGER of the New
York Civic Repertory Theater has
arrived in Washington to direct re-
hearsals Of the Community Drama
Guilds production Of John Tobin's
charming old comedy, 1.-THE Honey
MOON" which is to be presented Febru-
airy % and March at Mckinley Audi
torium.
1t Is the purpose Of the Community
Drama Guild to allot the direction of
its various plays to different outstand-
ing directors, not only of this city. but
elsewhere. Last season Clifford Brooke.
then OF the National Theater Players. d.
rected the Drama Guild production of
the A. A. Milne play, 1.-THE Dover
Road; and since that time Drama
Guild plays have been directed by j.
Minor Dorey, for Sherwood" last June
at the Sylvan Theater, and Denis T..
Connell, "The Torch Bearers" last Oc-
tober at Mckinley Auditorium. Two
entirely different directors will be
chosen for the remaining two full
length plays Of this season-Georee
kaiser's Gas" in April, and Shake
speares THE Tempest" in June, at the
Sylvan Theater.
Immediately upon her arrival Friday.
Miss Kruger took up the details Of the
Honeymoon" production with designers
Of the stage settings, lighting and cos
tune committees. A first rehearsal
with the cast was held Friday evening,
prior to the presentation Of the finals
OF the Drama Guild one-act play tour
nament, at Mckinley Auditorium. Miss
Kruger will remain in the city for sew
eral days, working with the cast and
blocking out the entire play within the
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

TINE Civic Repertory Theater.
Wnicn mas the amiab1e habit of
giving New Workers glimpses of
Il foreign plays which they might
otherwise never see-MisS lie
Galliennes company has produced plays
from the Russian, Danish, French, Nor
wegian, Spanish and possibly other Ian
guageS as well-continueS its beneficent
service with another of the quietly
charming little pieces by the Spanish
brothers Quintero.
The new comedy, THE Women Have
Their Way" Is all about a Young man
from Madrid who came to a little An
daluSian town and fell in love with the
village beauty in spite of himself. The
young man from the city was duly
warned He was incredulous and laugh
ed at the warnings. But the women
of the little town had their way.
An old doctor tells the young man
how the ladies concentrated on him
when he, too, was young man Just
come to town. They made him do all
sorts of absurd things. He even had
to become a bullfghter and appear in
an amateur bullfght for charity and
fight three bulls. And you have no
notion" he signs, 'how formidable even
the smallest bull can become when he
approaches you'll" Nevertheless the
lo0ACS wASAASu ~, LHc young mco1cO
fought the bull, and presently got mar
ried, and presently found himself tied
hand and foot with a wife and several
none too attractive daughters.
Other things happen and are talked
about. The hot, sleepy hour Of the
Siesta, the jealous village Don Juan,
whose bark Is worse than his bite; the
little rhymed couplets which Juanita
compoSes and recites or sings, accord
ing to ancient village custom; some
whimsical and modern references-quite
in the t2uintero manner-tO the old
habit OF counting ones lady love in the
evening before the barred windows.
Out of such little things, all true,
guileless. charming, with a special sort
of sly, quiet humor and modern irony,
the Quinteros make their play. It is
light as a feather and yet has weight;
or, rather, something real and lasting,
something that stays after the curtain
falls, as it doesn't with so many noisier,
red-faced plays. In short, the Quin-
teroS are artists, and their Spain Is
very different from the stencil or cigar
box Spain made of bullf1ghters and
Carmens with red roses in their hair.
\ 4
THERE must be thousands Of people
scattered about the country whose
dancing days were at their height
about the time the war began, who
would like to hear the waltzes Of the
Hungarian operetta, "Sari," once again,
and would get a lot more "kick" out of
the one called Loves Own Sweet
Song"-which you recall at once II you
heard 1t played-than out of most Of
the brand-new things of the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
In the New York Theater

Little Miss Mitzi Hajos, who made
her first success in the Emmerich Kali
man operetta when it was first pro-
duced in New York some Is years or
so ago, takes her old role in the present
revival at the Liberty Theater.
y 4 = y
0XXIALPOLE Terms Tunney Sincere:
w Cites Shaw Visit--Greatest Era
for Creative Writing at Hand; Novelist
Tells Town Hall Audience-See Moral
View Changed-'Art and immortality of
the Novel Reviewed by Lecturer. New
York newspaper.
The lecture racket" isn't generally
listed among theatrical events, but every
now and again it reveals elements of
showmansfip which cannot be ignored
Here we have a British novelist on
one of his business trips to this coun-
try, drumming up trade among the
women's clubs. Mr.. Tunney having
made himself literary by Selling the
coattails of Mr.. Shaw, why shouldn't
the process be reversed and a literary
gentleman grab the coattails orr our
heavyweight champion? No sooner
said than done, and IT say without
reservation" says the British artist.
"that when a man can spend six weeks
with Bernard Shaw. seeing him each
morning and each afternoon, and Shaw
doesn't get terribly bored, then that
man has something behind him."
From Mr.. Tunney, plainly, is owing
the retort courteous, but he goes fur
ther, appears ain person"-what more
picturesquei-and when that Charming
bit of huckstering comes at the end of
the lecture, when the ladies crowd I'm
to have the author autograph the books
they have just bought, Mr.. Tunnev
rescues the harried litterateur and sends
the ladies OF happy, or nearly SO. with
his own autograph: Gene Tunnev-
for no reason whatsoever"-on the Nv
leaf.
It's just like Kipling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
FOX-"Harmony at Home"

Harry Delf's successful stage play,
"The Family Upstairs" has been util-
ized under the title of Harmony at
Home" to introduce William Collier, ST.,
noted Broadway comedian, to the talk
ing pictures The keynote Of the story
is involved in the statement that har-
meny exists only when everybody at
that home is out.
Mr.. Collier is one of the surviving
deans of the legitimate stage and as
highly admired by theatergoers of the
Nation as he is on Broadway. A tai
ented cast to support Mr.. Collier in
cludes Marguerite Churchill, Charlotte
Henry. Charles Eaton, Dixie Lee, Rex
Bell, Elizabeth Patterson and Dot Far
ley. The picture was directed by HAM
ilton McFadden, and was produced at
Fox Movietone City, in Hollywood.
The stage portion of the program will
present, as a Fanchon and Marco idea,
Singers MidgetS, a collection of little
people, in "A Miniature Revue of 1880"
This group of talented little persons,
known throughout the world, will have
something to appeal to both young and
old alike.
. Another in the series of Brusiloff ar
rangements of works of the great COM
posers will be offered by the orchestra
and the Fox Movietone News will COM
plete the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
Eleanor Painter.

THE Last Waltz" and 1.-THE Nightin-
made her most recent appearance on
Broadway. Following that, Miss Paint
er returned to Europe and reappeared
with the Berlin Opera, singing Faust"
Carmen" Madame Butterfly" and
other roles in the German capital and
on tour. Last season she appeared at
the Paris Opera in "A Light from st.
Agnes"
Her love for Victor Herbert's melodi-
GUS music brought her back to the
American stage in THE Fortune Tell
err" and she Cancelled number of APP
pearances with the Philadelphia Grand
Opera to enable her to take advantage
of what she felt to be great oppor-
tunity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
A Comic Smash.

RUSTER KEATON's density Of ex-
preston has been solved. The
comedian who seems to be the most re-
served person on the screen as well as
OF, defying any one to tell, whether he
is amused, bored or Just not human,
actually is conscious.
Proof of this may be extricated from
his remark TO an attractive but persist
ent flapper who said to him: Have
you no greater ambition than to make
people laugh?"
YES" answered the laconic Mr.. Kea-
ton. 'Id like to throw an egg into an
electric fan"
Elinor Hughes tells the story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

Tschernikoff- Gardiner studios in Wash.
ington, later completing her studies in
Europe. On returning to the United
States Miss Burr received her first pro-
fessional engagement in the Ziegfeld
"Follies" of 1927. She later was in the
ballet of Rio Rita" with which she
visited Washington. Her first perform
ance here since that time will be dur
ing the week of February Is with "Sari."
Besides her parents, Miss Burr has
two sisters in Washington, Mrs. Helen
Thompson. assistant secretary to Sena-
tor Deneen Of Illinois, and Mrs. Anna B.
Smith, clerk in the insome tax division
OF the Treasury Department.
The Burr family came here more than
IL years ago from Illinois.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

Jed Harris, who ate collecting a for
tune or two on Broadway and ANNOUNCE
ing last year that he vas through with
such things and woul1 live the life of
. hermit In France, mas come out of
his corner to produce Mister Gil
hooley," which dramstization of Liam
O'Flaherty's novel will see the New
York lights in March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
Queen High" Paramount's
Next.

QUEEN HIGH" musical comedy hit
{ Of the stage. has been purchased
by Paramount and will be filmed at the
Long Island studio of the company as
a screen farce with music, according
to an announcement from the ONCE OF
Jesse L. Lasky.
1t will be produced on the screen I'M
der the supervision of Schwab and Man.
del, musical-comedy producers, who
presented the original stage production.