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New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
PAONESsA IN COLUMBIA

Former Mayor A. M. Paonessa, candidate for the democratic nomi- nation for congress, is in Columbia today attending picnic of the Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs. The picnic is being given by Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch, leader in the organization
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
STEERS QUIT AT 6

Harold Morley and Michael Ko- walczyk, the two local youngsters who are out to set up new record for tree sitting. decided to remain in their perch until o'clock to- night in an Affort to outdo other sitters throughout the country They had originally intended to de- scend this afternoon at o'clock Both have been in the tree foul and fair weather continuously since July oA
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
FOREIGN EXCHANGES

New York. Sept. P|-Noon- Prime mercantile paper to 8 1-4 per cent.
 Foreign exchange easier: Demand rates (Great Britain in dollars, oth- CTS in cents): Great Britain 4.s6 3-1s; France 3s2 3.4; Italy 5.23 7-16; Germany 23.84.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04

CHORES ON PICKET FENCE
 Worcester, Mass, Sept. 4.-(UP) George Grant, 31, choked to death when he fell and his neck became caught between two pickets of a fence around his yard.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
R. O. CLARK RETIRES
 FROM ASSEMBLY POST
(continued From First Page)

statement of Henry Deming, chair man of the local republican town committee, this section has never yet sent a man to the general as- sembly for the second consecutive term.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
ORPHAN TREES NUMEROUS
 HERE, R0SSBERG REPORTS
Single Species of Several Types Are Found in This Vicinity, Bo-
 tanist Says.

Orphan trees are not unknown, according to William B. Rossberg, expert on botany, and in New Brit ain and vicinity there are a number of trees which stand alone, the sole representatives of their species
 Trees which are represented by only one of their kind in this city and vicinity include southern swamp cypress at the corner of Winter and Summer streets, a Chinese Angelica in front of St. Mary's rectory, Spanish cork bark oak in front of the old Talcott home at the corner of West Main street and Grove Hill, a yellow wood tree in the same vi- cinity, a European ash near St. Johns German Luthexan church on Arch street, an English elm on Hart street, fern leaved beech on Rus sell street. near the residence of Judge William C. Hungertord, snow drop tree in Plainville near the New Britain town line, a European ash in Plainville in front of the residence of John Lamb on East street. Plainville, and a hop tree near the quarry in Newington.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
BOY MAKES HOLE IN i

A five year old boy made a hole in one at Tom Thumb golf course on West sMain street yesterday morning.
 While playing with his father, Officer William F. Sullivan, Billie knocked the ball into the hole in one shot on one of the most diffi- cult hazards in the course. Billie experienced a thrill not at the feat but because of the fact that his daddy found 1t necessary to make a number of attempts at the feat which he found so easy.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04

Here is the first actual photo to reach this country of Dr. Gunnar Horn. chief of the Norwegian ex- petition which discovered the bodies of Solomon August Andree and one o5 his companions of the lost polar balloon. expedition of 1897 on White 1sland.' Famous himself for many daring explorations. pr. Horn com manded the party which set out for the far north aboard the Bratvaag to hunt seals. whales and bears, and returned instead with the solution to one of the greatest human mys-
 teries of the arctic.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-04

FOR BEST RESULTS USE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
IMPROVED
COPPER MART

Copper outlook Is more encouT-
aging at present, as there are in
dlcations that If present price
holds for the next week or 10
days, good buying Of copper and
copper products will come into
the market, according to well
informed interests in the trade.
Another factor, they state, is
the reported stocking up of cop
per by several large corporations.
Buying on domestic account is
in fair valune, but consumers are
still cautious, feeling that the
price may show further recession.
Foreign sales Saturday came to
2,25O,0 900 pounds, bringing the
total sales for September so far
to 45,0OO,000 pounds for the
larger producers.
Lead and zinc buying Is in fair
volume, with the lead price un-
changed at $50 cents, and 535
cents pound. New York and st.
Louis. Prime Western zinc re-
mains firm at AIS cents pound.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
COMMODITY SITUATION HITS
NART'S ADVANTAGES
Shorts in American Can Said to Be in IN
comfortable Position, Big Operator Said
Cautiously Buying Wheat
By THE SPECTATOR

The bulls are smiling Just bit It their
turn yesterday and they started whacing the bears Just
they have been whacked the last two weeks The
market strongest at the close and looks though
the rally has further to co. ~ .s.es, j.
However again advise those who bought stocks at my
Recommendation yesterday not to wait too long and 70 be
satisfied with reasonable profits The market may have
its lows the reaction but the business
commodities situations s unsettled to
rant any big advance at present.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
| IMPROVEMENT
IN STEEL
SEEN
Iron Age Reports Gaining
Demand In industry; See
Future Shipments Growing

Sustained Improvement In iron
and steel demand with much of
the betterment represented by
future commitments rather than
orders for current shipment will
be noted by the Iron Age tomor-
row In its weekly summary Of the
iron and steel trade.
Aggregate specifications are
averaging close to Is per cent
higher than in August and for
some steel sales offices are run.
ming ahead of the volume of q
year ago.
Obscurity of the full extent Of
gain in steel released is due to
the tardy response Of ingot out
put to expanding rolling mill
schedules. Current steel ingot
output at 65 per cent compares
with SO per cent in the two pre-
Wous weeks.
Growing interest In forward
buying has stiffened finished
steel prices. Among the heavier
rolled products. bars are showing
greater strength with 1850 a
pound, Pittsburgh. representing
an advance of 81 a ton. More
commonly quoted structural
shapes are up 81 ton to 1.7Oc
a pound, Bethlehem.
Basic iron has declined 81 a
ton and other grades have
dropped soc q ton in the valleys,
while at Ohio River points and
other Northern consuming cen.
ters Southern iron heretofore
held at $l2, Birmingham, has re-
ceded. to 311.50. Scrap markets
are irregular.
Declines in pig iron at Pitts
burgh and at Birmingham for
Northern shipment brings the
Iron Age composite price down
to $16.46 a gross ton, the lowest
figure since late in 1915.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
HOME BUILDING
IN new YORK
SPURTS
Metropolitan New York, Acting
As Barometer, Points to
Recovery Elsewhere

Residential building in the met
ropolitan area Of New York for
the first time in months has
been restored thus far in Sep
tefnber to its position of primary
Importance in the construction
industry, according to F. w.
Dodge Corporation. While this
may develop to be only of tenn
porary nature. 1t will bear watch
ing as an indication of further
possible improvement in general
construction activity.
Contracts awarded for new con-
struction of all types In the met
ropolitar area during the week
from September 13 through Sep
tember 10 totaled $28.932, 400.
This brought the September total
to date to $57, ,636.2O0, which was
at the rate Of $780,. 300 per bust
ness day. In August the daily
rate Of contractletting was $2.-
950,300, while in September, 1929,
the rate was $2,310,7O0 per busi-
ness day.
OF the total contracts for the
first is business days of Septem-
ber $28,111, 400 was for new resi-.
Dental buildings, $15,04O, 800 for
public works and utilities. and
$14,484,50O for non residential
structures.
For the year to date construc-
ton contracts of all typea let In
this area totaled $715, 702 200, as
against $685. 900 in the CORE
spending period ended September
90, 1929.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
BANCAN. BLAIR
BACKS. TRUST

Bancamerica-Blair Corp. viii be
identified with a new fixed in
vestment trust, it was learned to-
day. The new investment trust
will also be sponsored by the dis
tributors group which at present
is identified with the North Amer.
ican Trust Shares and which re-
ports having sold more than $780,
100000 Of that security.
Rumors for the past week that
Bancamerica-B Blair would enter
the fixed trust field were re-
ceived with great interest since
this is the first time that com.
pany of the type of Bancamerica-
Blair has become interested in the
distribution of fixed trust.
Since Bancamerica-Blair is as
sociated with the Transmerica
Corp. and Interstate Equities it is
assumed through the foreign con.
nections of the bank the company
will have a wide outlet for its
shares in Europe.
Although representatives of
Bancamerica- Blair did not divlllge
the actual size of the trust, it is
generally expected to be one of
the largest yet formed and sew
eral thousand dealers will be en-.
gagged in distributing the stock.
The trust. it is believed, will be
of the semi-fixed type, giving it
discretionary features and is sup
posed to have IS stocks In its
portfolio, of which 28 OF the
stocks now in the portfolio Of
North American Shares will also
be in the new trusts holdings. 1t
is anticipated that the Bank Of
America win act as the trustee.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
MANY FIRMS GET
TAX REFUND

Tax refunds were announced
by the Internal Revenue Bureau
today as follows:
Union Cotton Manufacturing
Co. Fa1l River. Mass, $475,150.
Crescent News and Hotel Com
pany, Nashville. Tenn, 6l,741.
UtahsIdaho Sugar Co., Salt
Lake city. $161,OOo.
Illinois Merchants Trust Com
pany. Chicago, $59,279.
Estate of M. Taylor Pyr1e, sr.,
New York, $54,407.
Toombs and Daily Co., Chicago,
$46,204.
Riverside Western Oil Co., Pitts
burgh. $35, ,406.
Alcak H. Ruff, Chicago, $50, 1888.
Charles r. Aver, Boston, $24,444.
Century Insurance, New York,
$22.T56.
James F. Gallagher, Chicago,
$2U,216.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
FOREIGN TRADE:
OFF IN JULY

The export trade of the United
States in the seven months ended
July 81 decreased $671,OO3, 900
from the same period in 1929.
according to the Department OF
Commerce. Imports for the seven
months showed . drop Of $133..
706 900 from the like 1879 period.
Exports for July decreased from
$4o3, 800 in July 1929, to s26l.-
s1s in July 1880. and imports de
clined from $354,l5o to s22O, ,444
in July of this year.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Local Stock Market
trurnishsd BY W. q aibDs q Co,

CFurnished by W q Hibos 4 Col
washington Gas 6s, $4,000
103A, 5000 1O2Ts.
Capital Traction SIS, $4,000
93k: $5,5OO@9312.
Capital Traction Company, 10
@60, 10000, 10000.
Potomac Electric 51as pfd, so
10SA.
District National Bank, 100
ali.
washington Loan and Trust
Company. 4O475.
Federal American Company, 10
031Hs.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10@95,
10095, 10@94A, 10@94a4.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric con IS, $4,000
1O3.
washington Gas SIS, $1,000
1O434, $4,000 1O434, $500 q 1O4h.
Potomac Electric 5l2 pfd, 100
1O8K, 100 108A, So 1084.
Federal American Company,
l0@31a4. ....s
Potomac Electric 6s pfd, 100
1112, 501l11a.
Merchants Bank and Trust
Company, 10@112k.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Offer S775,O 900 Issue
On 86th st. Building

A new issue Of $775,0O0 guaran-
teed mortgage certificates to net
5 per cent is being offered today
by Lawyers Mortgage Company.
The 15.story building and land at
SIS East Eighty-sixth St.. valued
by the company's appraisal at
$725,0O and $3.50 900, respectively,
totaling Sits, 900, secure the Ger.
tificates. which are legal for trust
funds in New York State. Semi
annual payments of $7,750 against
principal, beginning March l. 1881,
will reduce the principal amount
to $697 500 prior to maturity on
September 25. 1885.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Oil Products Export
Price Is LOIDered

Although the association is still
retaining prices put into effect
on February 81 last, member COM
panies Of the Export Petroleum
Association have agreed to shade
prices In order to meet competi-
tion. Movements to the United
Kingdom will be allowed Q maxi
mum concession of two cents q
gallon below the list price per
mitted on gasoline and one cent
a gallon on kerosene.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
GRAINS LOWER

CHICAGO, Sept. "a uNs.). Grains
opened generally lower today wheat
was hc up to SC off; corn, X to 1c
down, ana oats. y to 81 lower.
Opening prices:
Wheat-september, Tsac; Decembe
s2h @s2Ac; March. s5h 9s5Mc; May.
ssn 0SSNc.
corn-september, s5c; December. 81
@s1&c; March, s1& @s2c: May. Sac.
Oats-December, 37Sc; March, SO Y q
3sAc: May, 41c.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Cautious Commitments oue Valuable Nou AOe
Wall St. Hears

That California Packing
tCFF) win net about IS q
share.
That B.-M-T system
tBMTD is being well bought.
That the rails may be
bought with less risk at the
present time than the In
dustrials.
That Paramount (PX) Is
an attractive purchase.
That Electric Bond q
Share tEBSl Is OversOld.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24

for the year. At that the STOCK
is down more than 400 points this
year and seems to have dis,
counted about everything.
AnacOnda
Anaconda sank to another new
low for the year. The stock
seems to. be discounting unfavor-
able dividend action at the
directors meeting tomorrow, The
belief In the street is that the
rate may be cut to 50. The
stock was heavily sold yesterday.
much Of the selling probably
coming from tired out holders
depressed by the unfavorable out
look for the copper companies.
Informed circles, however, be
lieve that red metal prices are
near bottom. they can see cop.
per at 10 cents pound but no
lower. Recent announcement by
Western Electric of its heavy for.
ward buying Of copper would
substantiate this belief.
The rub is that none of the
copper companies can make any
money to speak of on current
prices for the metal, and the
huge surplus stocks will act
against higher prices fo- some
time.
Real buying has come into Re
public Steel. Insiders feel that
Republic has seen the worst in
the passing of the dividend, ard
the have begun picking UP the
stock on a scale from 80 down.
Republic is buy between 26
and 80 for those who have the
patience to wait a year or two.
The company is the third biggest
factor in the steel industry and
has a real earning power.
Leading stocks have been meet.
ing real banking buying. Morgan
bids were said to have come into
the market yesterday.
Columbia draphophone has been
acting well. It Is apparently
meeting good support as it gets
within striking distance Of lis
low for the year. I believe it Is
a good speculation around IA.
am told of important selling
in the utilities.
Electric Bond and Share buying
in American and Foreign Power
was reported around yesterdays
low. This was probably for sup
port purposes since Bond and
Share has option warrants for
several million shares of Foreign
Power under current levels Bald
win acted well under 81.
Shorts In American Rolling Mil
are apparently getting a irub-
bling. Don't follow the bulge in
this stock, however.
Johns Man-Ville win meet real
buying under 80, 7 am told.
Action of Mexican Seaboald Is
impressive in view Of the soft
ness Of the oil shares.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
BIG Sales Increase
s Per Cent in August

BIG Sandwich Chops, Inc, re-
ported today for the four weeks
ended September IL sales of 1885,
400, against $242.4 400 in the like
1929 weeks. In the period from
January i to September 10, sales
totaled S2.436. 300 compared with
$2,289, 100, an increase of 6.45 per
cent over the like 1929 period.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Offers $2,82O,OOO
EQuipnrent SITS.

A new issue of Merchants Des-
patch Equipment Trust of 1880,
~ per cent equiptaent-trust Ger
tificates, due June J., 1881, is
being offered today. The issue is
priced 3.25 to ASS per cent. The
New York Central railroad owns
all the outstanding capital stock
Of Merchants Despatch Trans
portation Company.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
r. C.. A.-VictOr to
Add Workers Soon

The r. G. A.-Victor Corporation
announced today that the maxi
mum production of 5000 radio
sets a day will be soon be
reached. In a few weeks 5000
more employees will be added to
the payrolls. The Camden
plants are now employing $4,000
men, of which 1900 are engaged
in the manufacturing end.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Crude Oil Output Up
2,737 RbIs. DniLu

TULSA, Sept. 24.-The daily
average production Of crude oil In
the United States for the week
ended September 20 totaIed 2,419.-
T44 barrels, an increase of 2,737
barrels, Oil & Gas Journal an
nounced today. Light oil output
decreased 1,481 barrels daily.
The Washington times., 1930-09-24
Squeezed

squeezed
Shorts IN American Can had
an uncomfortable time of 1t yes
terday, and they certainly were
on the run In the last hour.
Their anxiety was increased by
the rurlor that directors were in
session and that the dividend
was to be raised. This later
proved premature.
Directors meet next Tuesday.
There Is a strong possibility that
some action will be taken on
the dividend. Can is certainly
In D. position to pay 81 or 50
more, for earnings win be at
least SO for the year, and some
estimates run higher. I declared
yesterday that Can had reached
q fair price on earnings. # you
bought the stock, I would hold
1t for higher prices.
I am told that Beatrice Cream
cry win show about SO q share
in its first half earnings report,
due, on October /. With the
stock selling currently around 81,
1t would appear cheap. / hear
of good buying for the account
Of investors and investment
trusts. Beatrice Creamery float
ing supply is small, and the
stock could easily become q sen.
sation on the upside.
A Heavy Load
Yesterdays rally would very
likely have gone much further
were it not for weakness in COM
modify prices. But Ii was too
much for battered stocks more
than to raise their heads on the
average, with wheat selling at
the lowest price in more than
two decades and corn and cotton
prices tumbling.
! There is the feeling that wheat
is being oversold and a large
operator is said to have been q
heavy buyer in the last two days.
A rally, however, which would be
due almost entirely TO short COW
ering, won't be much help from
the long-range point of view.
Grain and commodity prices
must become stabilized first be-
fore anything much can be ex-
pected Of the market. The busi-I
ness picture requires this also,
for there are few things as dis
turbing to sentiment as steady
declines in the principal COM
modities like wheat. cotton and
copper.
Case Tnreshing is q stock that
seems to be getting to the point
Of being oversold. The break IN
wheat led to q lot of bearish
feeling ON Case, for the COM
pany more than the other agri-
cultural implement companies Is
dependent on the wheat farmer.
Case, it is estimated, will
operate at a loss in the second
haif and earnings predictions have
been cut to as low as 81 a share
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-19
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES :

Miller and Roy Brown indicted
with him, wko turned states evi-
dence, were scored by Maxwell, who
charged that Mrs. Miller tried to
work the badger game on me-"
He pleaded he was innocent and
bemoaned the fate that sends me
to prison and leaves my wife and
two children to the mercy Of life"
Miner interrupted Maxwell's IT,
rade, asserting he had received a
fair trial and that his attorneys had
represented him ably.
Members of the Seventh Day Adj
ventist church, of which Maxwell
is a member, who were in the court
room, said they will take up a col
lection to perfect appeal of the case
to the supreme court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-19
CHIEFS RETAINED
BY TYPO union
National Officers viii Be
ReinStaIIed in Fall.

Officers of the International Ty-
biographical Union were reelected
by large majoritieS, returns of the
biennial union election showed to-
day. The officers will be reinstalled
in September.
Figures showed 57,867 votes were
cast by members of local unions. A
resolution to boost salaries of the
president and Secretary-treasurer
passed by vote of $50.
Those reelected were: Charles P.
Howard, Chicago, president; Theo-
dore Perry, Indianapolis, first vice
president; George Bentley New
York, second vice president; Wood
ruff Randolph, Chicago, secretary
treasurer; c. E. Tracey, Los Angeles,
member Of board of auditors; R. G.
Gwinup, Denver, agent, Union Prin-
tiers home, and Will B. Lowe, Win
nipeg, Canada, delegate to Trade
and Labor congress in Canada.
Five delegates to the American
Federation of Labor are: William
H. Trotter, Vancouver, B. c.; Will
liam NJ. Riley, Dallas, Tex; Frank
x. Martell. Detroit; William j.
Robinson, New York City, and Will
liam Young, Philadelphia.
Trustees of the Union Printers
home are: George H. Knell, San
Francisco; William R. Lucas, To-
ronto, Ont, and j. H. Fairclough,
Boston. One trustee died just as
he was elected and the council will
appoint a successor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-19
MAN CONVICTED
IN ARSON TRIAL
RAVES AT FATE
Reese Maxwell Declares
His Attorneys Let
Him Down.

In a ten-minute speech to Judge
Joseph M. Miner, Reese a. Max
well, 81, Of 81 west Pleasant Run
boulevard, former county grand
juror, today delivered a scathing
denunciation of his attorneys and
witnesses against him in the trial
that resulted in his conviction on
an arson charge.
Maxwell was convicted of burning
his house last March and was SEN
fenced two to fourteen years in the
state prison today by Miner.
Appearing before Miner today for
sentence the convicted man said his
attorneys "let him down" in the
trial and did not present the de-
Tense he outlined. Mrs. Loleta
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-19
500 Examined
FOR C. N. 7. C.
Fort Authorities Busy With
Medical 0nCeoVer.

open your mouth! Bend your
knees! How old are you? Next!"
These words were repeated over
and over today as 500 candidates
were examined for entrance to the
citizens military training camp at
TT. Benjamin Harrison.
From early morning through the
dinner hour the candidates arrived
at the fort.
To prevent recruits from being
lost, Colonel Horace P. Hobbs, COM
mandant of the camp, had squads
of Eleventh infantry 'noncoms"
meet all trains and interurbans and
direct the students to the fort.
Colonel Craig R. Snyder, post
surgeon, was in charge Of the
physical examinations.
Physical examinations will con-
tinue through Saturday with the
first parade of the students in
uniform scheduled for Saturday
afternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-19
HERE'S SOME RELIEF,
AT LEAST, ON FARM
Mad Dog Owner Can Recover From
Township on Cattle.

A new form of farm relief was
disclosed today in an opinion from
Acknowledgement James M. Og-.
den to Lawrence F. Orr, chief ex-
aminer of the state board of &C
counts.
If the farmers dog gets rabies
and bites stock, the farmer can re-
cover from the township trustees,
the ruling sets out.
Orr had asked if this recovery
statute, passed in 1929, applied when
the dog biting cattle was owned by
the farmer whose cattle were bit
ten.
The answer was Eyes"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-19
PROBE DEMANDED IN
GAS BOOTLEGGING'
Lake County Legislator Charges
Laxity in Bobbitt Quiz.

j. Glenn Harris, veteran Lake
county member of the house of rep
resentatives, appealed to the state
budget committee Wednesday to au-
thorize employment of a special in
vestigator to halt alleged gasoline
bootlegging" in northern Indiana.
: state officials have failed to halt
these activities, and the recent probe
by State Auditor Archie N. Bobbitt
merely has shifted activities from
day to night time" Harris declared.
Legitimate oil dealers will de-
mand at the next legislative session
that the Accent tax be reduced I'M
less these bootleggers are made to
pay it.
''They charge that Bruce Cooper,
Bobbitt's field investigator, has been
lax about the entire matter and are
dissatisfied with recent settlements"