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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16

United States and Foreign Securities
1890 net equal 70 $5.5s n share on first
preferred against 1921 a common share
in 1929; nauidating value of common
$40 a share against s3o.57.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16
CHICAGO STATEMENT
TREASURY
Chicago Stocks Opening
New York Liberty Bonds

Jan. IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
Business Notes
~ The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 7.-Unfavorable
weather during part of last week was
responsible for some slackening in gen.
eral demand for merchandise in the
New York wholesale market. A feature
OF the trade. however, was the con-
tinued call for mems and boys wear,
with a decided shortage of desirable
items in clothing in evidence. Mail
orders were considerably ahead of the
corresponding week of 1880. A re-
sumption of activity this week is looked
for.
Although dried fruits were not par
ticularly active last week. jobbers re-
ported a fair seasonal movement, with
demand satisfactorily broad. AS buy
ers are taking only small lots, 1t is
apparent that active selling will con-
tinue. Stocks on the spot are not par
ticularly heavy, and requirements may
come in higher priced, trade reports
state.
With the coming of warm weather,
the food trade is watching with inter
est the extent TO which the movement
Of salmon will be accelerated Usually
9rS&ers wholesalers and retailers find
this widely popular sea food begins to
move heavily in April. and develops
momentum as the Summer comes on.
Owing TO the extraordinary sales
throughout the Fall and Winter, there
is q confidence that the new con-
Stunning outlets opened up by the chains
and independents can be maintained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
BY CHARLES F. SPEARE.
spatch to The Star.

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April About 10 per
cent of all of the shares listed on the
New York Stock Exchange were quoted
today to yield 10 per cent or more
Actually 100 different issues were cited
in the category of stocks returning an
amount on capital that suggests a
probable dividend reduction:
When foreign dollar bonds were hav-
ing their downward plunge few weeks
ago 1t was argued that if an issue of
this type sold below so it reflected a
probable default. This analysis proved
to be true in a number of cases, such
as in Bolivian and Peruvian bonds.
1t was found to be in error, with many
Others, which subsequently rallied and
have met their debt services promptly.
The question is now being asked, in
view Of the numerous reductions.
basis on the stock is a safe forecast
of a change in the dividend rate.
Lower Dividends Expected.
Among the prominent stocks quoted
today at or slightly above 10 per cent
basis are Atlantic Coast Line, Bethle-
hem Steel, General Asphalt. Illinois
Central. Northern Pacific, Pittsburgh
& West Virginia Texas Corporation,
Underwater Associated per cent pre-
ferred and U. S. Realty.
OF these stocks it is anticipated
that the current decrease in earnings
probably will compel a lower dividend
rate on Atlantic Coast Line. Bethlehem
Steel, Illinois Central and Northern
Pacific within comparatively short
time The problem Of the investor is
whether prices have or have not dis
counted this event. 1t is doubtful if
few careful buyers of securities have
been prompted to purchase any Of
these shares with the expectation that
the 10 per cent return was a perma-
nent one although the same persons
bought other stocks at even higher in
come yields last December when prices
were so low that they discounted divi-
dend changes of a more radical char
acter than those now regarded as
probable.
In the higher income-return brackets
are such prominent stocks as Allegheny
Corporation So per cent preferred,
yielding 1214 per cent; American Steel
Founders, over IL per cent; Armour of
Delaware per cent preferred, nearly
IA per cent; Chicago & Northwestern
common, over IL per cent; Endicott-
Johnson common, 14A per cent; Fox
Film, 1919 per cent; international Pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

kinds have not moved very freely, and
there has seemed to be no reliable out
let for medium weight and weighty
feeders. Heavy feeders have lost IS to
40 cents and thin offerings about rs
cents.
The weeks is to rs cent advance on
hogs came too late to determine the
strength Of the market. Supplies, which
were reduced early In the week because
OF storms in the producing area, picked
up almost all of the loss later.
Around As per cent of the Chicago
arrivals went into the direct division, as
compared with only "a per cent for the
same first four days of trading O week
earlier. Shippers bought only 10000
head, as compared with 24,50O.
Hog receipts for the month Of March
at the IL principal markets totaled
2,075.9 79, as compared with 2,117,106
for March, 1880.
Lamb Prices Higher.
High lamb prices materialized and,
in turn, were spurned by killers as re-
ceiptS expanded during the course of
the weeks trade. The fact that values
jumped to the highest point since last
August, and threatened to hold, prob
ably had negative influence on late
shipping demand. Eastern orders drop
pC0 SAidA PiJs alAA NAASdbO PuOACAo oCAACu
the opportunity to bear down on the
market.
Choice nght-weights remained more
or less immune to the late decline, hav-
ing reached q stage in the movement
of the old crop where they are speciali-
ties along with an advanced showing of
Springers. Apparently a healthy Easter
demand is stimulating lambs of the
old crop as well as of the new. Prac-
tically all grades of lambs finished Is
to SO cents higher, sheep sympathet-
ically tending TO follow the upturn.
An outstanding feature of the cur
rent market is the comparatively high
prices thin lambs are bringing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
RESTRAINT IN OIL
TRADE IS CHARGED
Federal Commission Asked to
Issue Complaints Against
Certain Companies.

The Federal Trade Commission has
been asked by the Pennsylvania Grade
Crude Oil Association to issue COM
plants against certain of the major oil
companies, because, 1t is alleged, these
major companies are depriving the in
dependent oil producers, refiners and
marketers of retail outlets through ex-
elusive selling agreements with inde-
pendent retail gasoline stations. Filing
OF this application has been announced
by Rodney j. Alexander, secretary of
the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil As
ISOLATION.
I'VE have asked the Federal Trade
Commission to issue complaints against
certain of the largest oil companies
because we believe that these exclusive
dealing agreements operate in restraint
of trade" said Mr.. Alexander. Under
the guiSe of lease and agency agree
ment, a steadily increasing number of
service stations are being closed to the
lubricants produced and marketed by
our members in Pennsylvania, New York,
Ohio and West Virginia. The big COM
pany induced the station operator to
sign a lease, in consideration of larger
discounts or other concessions. The
operator is then employed as the agent
of the company leasing his station, and
only the products of the leasing COM
pany are permitted to be sold.
I'VE believe this arrangement to be
illegal. and If it is permitted to con-
tinue unchecked it will cost the inde-
pendent producers and refiners millions
If dollars and may completely wreck
their business
Not only are the independent oil
men being deprived of retail outlets
they have enjoyed for years, but the
consumer is being deprived of opportu-
nifty to purchase the products he has
been using.
It is alleged in the association appli-
cation that offers of larger discounts
use Of Misrepresentation, duress and
coercion are among the means used to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
TEN PER CENT STOCK YIELDS
SUGGESTS CUTS IN DIVIDENDS
Further Reductions In Returns Are Ex-
pected In View of Recent Decline
In Stocks.

, per preferred, 171a per cent; Nash Mo-
tors, over ii per cent, and Southern
Railway, 1872 per cent. If 10 per
cent return is a forecast of a dividend
modification, it is even more true that
stocks quoted to yield these higher
amounts are in danger of having their
dividends cut. Again, it may be said
that comparatively little investment de-
mand exists at the present time for
stocks in this category, unless the buy
ers are convinced that the dividend
change has been discounted and are
willing to carry the stock through a
readjustment period.
Decline i'm Prices.
AS for the rest of the list of stocks
on which the yields run higher than
those indicated, it is obvious that they
cannot or are not expected to, main
tain their current dividends.
During March, when the momentum
of dividend reductions was the greatest
of the year, the fall in the price of
stocks was sufficient to counterfeit the
effect on income return of the dividend
changes. In quite a number of cases
stocks actually advanced after their
rates had been reduced, indicating that
this action had been anticipated before
the event occurred.
The net result, according to a discus
sion of this phase of the subject by
Moody's Investors Service today, was
that the average yield on all cash divi-
6end paying stocks listed on the New
York exchange rose in March from 1923
per cent to 7.42 per cent, in spite of
dividend changes in IL per cent of all
of the stocks affected. The trend toward
dividend reductions is growing as cor
porationS follow the general plan of
conserving their cash resources. This
is expected to bring a change in the
rates of many prominent industrial and
railroad companies during the present
quarter of the year.
comparison recently made between
the current yields on stocks and those
in 1921 brings out the fact that in list
Of 80 prominent industrial issues the
average return today is nearly 2 per
cent below that in the depression of a
decade ago. In explanation of this Is
tine fact that corporations generally are
in much stronger position as to cur
rent assets and capital structure than
they were in 1921, and therefore are
entitled to have their equity" securities
sell on lower yield basis.
Copyright, 1919
Amateur moving pictures are popular
in the Philippines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
LIVE STOCK PRICES
REMAIN UNCERTAIN
Break In Steers Occurs In
Face of Very Small
Receipts.
BY FRANK 1. WELLER.
Associated Press Farm Editor.


It will take another week to determine
what's what in the cattle market. No
one can look at a rs to SO cent down.
turn in weighty steers, an advance of
rs cents in medium weights and a
straight show upward of SO cents to 81
on light heifers and mixed yearlings
without questioning the stability of
such irrational positions.
The break in steers came, further
more, despite the smallest receipts since
July. 1t was precipitated by conditions
in the dressed trade, which was under
going the weakening influences COM
monty seen during Holy week and the
set Of Jewish holidays comprising the
Passover period.
Receipts Small.
There was no killing on kosher ac-
count after Wednesday of last week, nor
will there be any to great extent until
after the Wednesday and Thursday
holidays this week. So, the true value
of medium and weighty steers good
enough to ordinarily sell on shipper &C
count cannot be established until nor
NAL conditions return.
Relative scarcity and competition
among killers who were ignoring
weighty bullocks forced common and
medium grades to the 25-cent advance.
Their position, when the trade takes
hold of heavy stuff again, may be al
tered
Light heifers and mixed yearlings
have undergone an entirely different kind
OF market, compared with week earlier.
Receipts were small and competition
strong. For two reasons, however, the
so cent and 81 advance looks unde-
pendable. The advance was more or
less the result of starvation supplies,
and. besides, light heifers and mixed
yearlings now apparently are selling too
high as compared with medium and
good long yearlings and light steers.
The country seems less interested in
feeders and stockers. Light, thin fleshed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
Washington Produce

Butter - one-pound prints. s4as5;
tub. 321aa3Sh.
Eggs-Hennery, 22a2S; current re-
ceipts, 81.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, young, 30a32;
old, 25a27; Winter chickens, 30a35;
Spring broilers, sea3s; Leghorn broilers,
34a35; hens, heavy, IS; small, 22a23;
Leghorns, 10; ROSTERS, 10; ducks, is;
keats, large and young, 60a65; old
25a30. DreSSed-Turkeys. young, 38a40;
old, 30a32; Winter chickens, 38a4O;
Spring broilers, As; hens, heavy, 27a28;
small, 25a26; Leghorns, %; capons, large,
37a38; small, 32a33; ducks, 24a25;
ROSTERS, 16; keats, young, 7oaS0; old,
4Oa45.
Meats-Beef, 13ha151a: veal, Halls:
lamb, 10; pork loins, 19a21; fresh hams,
10; fresh shoulders, IA; smoked hams,
81; smoked shoulders, IL; strip bacon,
81; lard, in bulk, IL; in packages, IL.
Live stock-Hogs, heavy, T25a8 90:
medium and light, 8.50a8.6o; pigs,
7.50a8.25; loughs, 2.00a6.O0; Spring
lambs, 1900; calves, 5.OOa9 so.
Fruits-Strawberries, 30a35; oranges,
Florida, 375a4.50; California, 35Oa5 90:
grapefruit, $50; lemons, 450a6 rs;
pei 1OO, l-tOdz.UU, grapes, Ar
gentina, 350a4.00; apples. bushel bas-
kets. 1.0Oa225; box stock, 2.25a3 90;
pears, $50; rhubarb, rs; pineapples,
4.50a5.00; honeydews, Argentina, $50
a275.
getables-Potatoes Maine and New
York, 120-pound sacks, 275; Idaho
bakers, 100-pound sacks, PTS: Florida,
new, per bushel, 800; sweets, Nancy
Halls, per bushel. $50; reds, 1.25a1. so;
caulifiower, 1,75a2.00; mushrooms, 50a-
go; squash. $50; eggplant, 4.50a5 90;
asparagus, South Carolina and Georgia.
1.75a3.50; string beans, 2.50a4. so; limas,
Cuba. 4.50a5.00; Florida, 6.OOa6 so; Gu
cumberS, Indiana hot house. per dozen,
1.75a2.25; tomatoes, three-pan contain
ers, 250a3.50; peppers, 20Oa5 so; car
rots. per crate, ITS; beets, per crate,
2.75; turnips, punched, per crate, 275
kale, 1.00a1.25; spinach, LOCAL rs; okra,
per pan, LOO; lettuce, iceberg, 3.50a4.00;
Florida, ESQ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
EARNINGS REPORTED.

NEW YORK, April z [P).-Great At.
lantic & Pacific Tea Co. increased both
sales and profit in the fiscal year ended
February %. Net profit was $50, 742, It's.
equal to $i3S6 a common share, against
S26 ,219,631, or SLIT a share, in the
previous year.
Sales exceeded the billion-dolla
mark for the second consecutive fiscal
period totaling 81 ,065 ,3e6 885, gain of
sf2,114,003 On each dollar of sales
net profit of 2.83 cents was realized. the
hest showing since 1924, when the mar
gin was 313 cents on the dollar
At the end of February the company
was operating 1871 stores, an increase
Of BIG for the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
CORN PAINTINGS.

By the ASSOcIhteu PrtSs.
Cumulative reports by the Department
of Agriculture indicate that farmers in
the United States contemplate larger
paintings of corn, oats, barley, potatoes,
peanuts, soy beans, COW peas and tame
hay during 1881 than were harvested
last year.
Acreage planted to wheat and rice is
expected to show a decrease.
In corn. and particularly oats. large
part of the increased paintings appear
in the Southern States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

induce dealers to agree not to handle
products competitive with those of the
companies making the contracts.
The proposed respondents are charged
in the application with violating section
Of the Clayton act, and section Of
the Federal Trade Commission act, and
the Sherman act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

Northwest
18th and Park rd.-Arm-
strOng's Pharmacy.
14th and p Sts.-Day'S
Pharmacy.
1135 14th st. - Martyrs
Cigar e. Magazine Store.
18th and Que Sts.-Ken-
ner'S Pharmacy.
18th and u sts.-G. o.
Brock.
2901 Georgia ave.-Har-
ward Drug Store.
1912 14th st. COlIihOweF
Art & Gift Co.
3401 14th st.-BrOnaugh's
Pharmacy.
18th and Buchanan stS.-
HOhberger's Pharmacy.
18th st. and Colorado ave.
-O'Donnell's Pharmacy.
1903 Mount Pleasant St.
Mount Pleasant Cigar
and News Shop.
1773 Columbia rd.-The
Billy Shop.
2162 California st.-CO-
lOdny Brothers.
Wardman Park Pharmacy.
N. Y, N. J. ayes. and Nj st.
Sanitary Pharmacy.
1St and X sts.-Duncan's
Pharmacy.
18th and X sts.-GOIden-
berg's (time clerks
desk).
18th and o sts.-LincOIn
Drug Store.
7th st. and r. /. ave-.
French Simpson.
18th and NJ sts.-L. III.
FOrSter's Pharmacy.
9th and u StS.-M. III.
HuntOn's Pharmacy.
Ga. ave. and Upshur st.
PetwOrth Pharmacy.
221 Upshur St.-MOnck's
Pharmacy.
1915 Ga. ave.-BrightwOOd
Pharmacy.
Ga. ave. and Kennedy st.
-Lampkin's Pharmacy.
2901 Sherman ave.-Sher-
man Ave. Pharmacy.
1924 3rd st. - Stewards
Pharmacy.
1908 Mass. ave. - Dupont
Pharmacy.
18th and Fla. ave.-Bern-
STEMS Drug Store.
Fla. ave. and LIST St.-N.
Reiskin.
North Capitol st. and r. I.
ave. - Parker's Phar-
macy.
1912 Pa. ave. -. Louis
Krick.
21st and G Sts.-QuigIey's
Pharmacy.
25th st. and Pa. ave. -
Herbst's Pharmacy.
1918 Conn. ave. - JOlFs
Newsstand.
$500 Conn. ave. - Circle
Confectionery Store.
Wisconsin ave. and Ma
comb st.-Harry C. Taft.
4231 Wisconsin ave.-MOr-
gan Bros Pharmacy.
Takoma Park, 359 Cedar
st. - MattingIy Bros
Pharmacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

Every business house was closed and
every window shade drawn in Enniskil-
len, Ireland, population 5000, recently,
during the funeral of Mrs. Robert w.
Smith, wife Of a prominent business
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
HEAVY INTEREST
PAYMENTS COMING
April Bond Maturities and Xisdds
Reach More Than Han
Billion Il

Interest 10 be paid On domestic cor.
porate bonds, United States Govern.
ments and foreign dollars bonds n April
totals 1898 $50 1886, according 10 TIA
standard Statistics % Of New York.
Maturities, calls and redemptaons for
tnese same classes Of securities win
amount to $213,SS4.653 for April. De,
groups follow:
Calls rsdsup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
Southeast

3rd and Pa. ave.-O'DOn-
nell'S Drug Store.
9th and Eye sts.-F. r.
Weller's Pharmacy.
11th and Pa. ave. Fea>
ly'S Pharmacy.
1907 Nichols ave., AnacOs.
tia-Healy's Drug Store.
18th and East Cap. sts.--
Lincoln Park Pharmacy.
22O4 Minnesota ave-
Twining City Drug
Store.
No fees in connection
with this service - only
regular rates are charged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
Northeast

2OS Mass. ave. Capitol
Towers Pharmacy.
4th and I'll SITS. - Home
Drug Store.
907 HI st.-Garren's Music
Store.
18th and Md. ave.-Luck-
ett's Pharmacy.
18th and Md. ave.-LOuis
F. Bradley.
North Capitol and Eye
KeneaIy's Pharmacy.
goth and r.. I. ave.-COI-
Inns Pharmacy, Wood
ridge.
$500 18th st.-BrOOkland
Pharmacy, .BrOOkland.
4th and r. I. ave.-JOhn
G. BiggS' Pharmacy.
Chesapeake JunctiOn-Dr.
F. L. Wight, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

A [ cOnYen-
lent points in
town and near
by S u b u r b S
Branch Offices
are locate d,
where copy for
Star Classified
ads may be left.
One in your
neighborhood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
Have You Rooms for Rent?

An ADVERTISE
nj e n t III the
Classified Sec
ii on of The
Star will &C
q Il a n t more
people with
what you have
to offer than
you can reach
in any other
way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

3Oth and p sts.-MOrgan
Bros Pharmacy.
30th and Nj sts.-Brace's
Pharmacy.
Bali NJ st. - Moskey's
Pharmacy.
2O72 WiscOnsi n ave-
Haney's.
Wisconsin ave. and o st.
-DOnahue's Pharmacy.
35th and o stS.-Sugar's
Drug Store.
5104 Conduit rd.-Modern
Drug Store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
Southwest

10th st. and Va. ave.
Herbert's Pharmacy.
BIC Az St.-Harris' Drug
Store.
412 and L sts.-COlumbia
Pharmacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

Japan is substituting iron and steel
selling agents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

Amateur moving pictures are popular
in the Philippines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-19
Former Teacher Dead

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 19-Pro-
fesor Joseph Johnson, former Madi-
son county school teacher, is dead
in Cleveland, o.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-19
1900 PETITION
FOR EXHIBITS
AT STATE FAIR
Largest Entry List in Eight
Years Reported by
Secretary.

Thirty persons were busy today
tabulating the final entries for the
Indiana state fair, Sept. SIP. in the
offices of Secretary E. J. Barker at
The Statehouse.
Closing date for entries was at
midnight Tuesday and more than
$500 have been received. Barker
announced today.
He said the mail to his office is
greater than at any time during the
last eight years, and he expects the
total number of exhibitors to be
larger than ever before.
Forty thousand merchants and
farmers fair tickets have been sent
out to various merchants, county
agricultural agents and farmers or
CARNATIONS for distribution. These
tickets are good for one admission
and will be sold at 20 per cent re-
duction before the fair starts.
Printing of the state fair pro-
grams has been completed and
$4,000 now are ready for free dis
tribution. A feature of the
printed program this year is an
aerial view in the center of the
booklet showing the state fair
ground with each building num-
bered.
Opening day of the fair, Satur-
day, Sept. 5, has been designated
as Boys and Girls club day, Sun
day services are to be held in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-19
PAUL ON HONEYMOON
Whiteman, Bride Are at His
Parents Home.

BIZ United Press
MORRISON, Colo, Aug. 10
Paul Whiteman and his fourth wife.
the former Margaret Livingston.
motion picture actress, were honey
incoming today at his parents
country home.
Whiteman was married late Tues
day after he and Miss Livingston
came to Denver from Chicago. In
obtaining the license he gave his
age as Al, and that of the bride
as %.
The couple plan to spend several
days here before returning to Chi
cago where Whiteman will rejoin
his orchestra. Later in the year.
the band leader said, they will 90
to California to permit Mrs. White
man to resume her motion picture
work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-19
coliseum under direction of Billy

coliseum under direction Of Billy
Sunday, famed evangelist.
Monday, Sept. Z. is Labor day;
Tuesday American Legion ard chill
dren's day; Wednesday. farmers
and eH-board members day; Thurs
day Governors and legislature day;
Friday, indianapolis day, and Sat-
urday, Sept. II, aviation day.
Grand Circuit racing is scheduled
for the mile track daily, and there
is to be night harness racing as
well, with ample seats for Specta-
tors in the quarter million dollar
f1reproof grandstand.
Throughout the week the Indiana
fairs famous horse show will be
held nightly in the Coliseum. Horses
have been entered from New York,
Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati,
Nashville and st. Louis.
Gus Suns three-ring circus is
scheduled for the acts in front of
the grandStand, between the racing
events and the D. D. Murphy shows
will provide the midway carnival.