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The Washington times., 1931-11-09

Iu6 IEIIEI OF GnE IUIE,
Central and Washington and
Lee High School, of BallSton,
will appear in a similar role at
the same stadium November IS
and the University of Alabama
stars Of this and other years
are undertaking the gigantic
and humanitarian task Decem-
Der IL at Clark Griffith Sta
dium Of playing so minutes of
football against Georgetown,
George Washington and Cath
olic University. each of the
latter of whom will play 20
minutes.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
PLAY.
LURES EIGHT
FROM D. E.
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

ndEQly Ildu JLAC POACooAOAAdA
golfers collected their prize money
for the first annual National
Capital Open at Kenwood than
they were on their way to Pine
hurst, N. c., where the yearly
mid-South open will be held
Wednesday and Thursday.
AS usual, the District is send
ing eight representatives to the
affair. They are Sandy Armour
of Congressional, Freddy Mcleod
of Columbia, Walter Cunningham
of Burning Tree, AL Houghton of
Kenwood, Bob Barnett and Gene
Larkin of Chevy Chase, Arthur
Thorn of Woodmont and Mel
Shorey of East Potomac Park.
Play starts Wednesday with a
36-hole pro-pro best ball tourna-
ment. A 36-hole medal play is
scheduled Thursday.
Ma -arlane Is Winner
Willie Macfarlane, Tuckahoe IN.
" pro. took first money of $700
for the Kc wood open with a 81
hole total of 214, four strokes over
par. Macfarlane swept to the
front on the second 18 yesterday
morning, scoring 10, even par,
and giving him 142. He finished
comfortably with 70 for his final
18. The cash prizes were awarded
by Gen. John j. Pershing.
Frank Cunningham, assistant
pro at Burning Tree, who jumped
into command with 10 for the
first 18 IL Saturday, couldn't con
troll his putter on the second
round and fell far back with 70.
He finished strongly with IS for
total of 224, taking down eighth
money. At that, young Cunning
ham finished ahead of any pro
from the Middle Atlantic area.
Tommy Armour, the 1881 Brit
ish Open champion, turned in a
glittering 68, two under par. to
place himself four strokes back of
Macfarlane as they started the
final Is. Armour caught up on
even terms with the pace-setter by
scoring a 80 on the first nine
while Macfarlane counted 81.
Tommy blew up on the last lap,
starting out in S, 4, 76, while Mac
farlane was 3, 4, 4, 5 for the same
distance. This gave the 1925 ma
tional open champion safe mar
gin of six strokes.
Armour Blows Chances
He killed his chances of over
hauling the pace-Setter by driving
out-ot-boundS on the short tenth,
placing his second over the green
and finally taking a 5 on his par
3 hole. A disastrous 7 on the
twelfth hole shut the door tight
on his chances. Armour, however,
tied for second with Salvatore
Di Buono Larchmont, New York
pro, each with 220. They divided
second and third money.
One surprising feature of the
tournament was the failure OF
the games stars to burn up the
course, as had been predicted.
only once was par beaten and
equalled but twice, which speaks
we'll for the future of the Ken
wood course. True, the green's
were fast and tricky while the
falrways were hard but this new
course gives promises of develop.
ing into a real layout.
Approximately 1000 turned out
for the final day and Kenwood
Club officials today expressed the
belief that they would break even
on the venture. They plan a big
Der and better National Capital
Open in 1882, which will also
be part of the George Washing
ton Bicentennial,
Tne summaries follow.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
DECISIONS OF OFFICIALS SANCTIONED BY TOM N
Many Charity Sports
Within FiUe Weeks
Schools Will HeLD
: Sway Game Biggest
G.. w. u. Hires PickenS
Nursery Fight Card

Washington certainly going 100 per cent charity in its
immediate sports plans and in the long considerable
should for the needy took the chill weather
that ensued during the latter part of last week to crystalline
several sports promotion that had been the making
Consequently the coming five weeks will steady flow
Of customers through turnstiles which will be clicking for
the needy.
Three football games toward such end as
sured here Business and Technical will play at Central
High School Stadium the seventeenth of this month for
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
N. Y. Labor Federation
Supports Plan

SYRACUSE, Aug. % QN.So
without a dissenting vote, and
after several leaders had endorsed
it as offering the greatest prom
Use of immediate relief of any
remedy advanced for unemploy.
ment," the State Federation of
Labor yesterday passed a
resolution advocating the William
r. Hearst proposal for a Federal
prosperity bond issue"
The resolution urged President
Hoover to call Congress into spe-
cial session Immediately to float
prosperity loan" for the financ.
ing Of extensive public improve.
ments throughout the nation,
with the Federal Treasury loan
ing money to States and munich
palitieS where needed. 1t fixes
no amount for the loan, which
Mr.. Hearst has declared should
be eat least $4,000, ,00O, ,00O."
Action by the convention fol.
lowed strong Endorsement of the
plan by leaders in the American
Federation of Labor and the
State Federation of Labor at
earlier sessions. President John
Sullivan was reelected today for
the seventh consecutive year as
head Of the State body.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
Army Orders

Leave of absence is granted to
each of the following officers: I
Major william A. Beach, Adult
ant Generals Department, II
days. ,
Capt. John F.. Bohlender, Medi:,
cal Corps, extension one month
and seven days. .
First Lieut.. Elton F. Hammond,
Field Artillery, extension one
month and three days.
First Lieut.. Charles l.. Baird,
Medical Corps, extension Is days.
Capt. Louis G. Gibney, Cavalry,
extension seven days.
Col. William j. L. LySter, Med.
ical Corps, retired. :.
Major Harold E. Egan, Veterin'
ary Corps, to Army Medical Cen.
ter for duty as Director Of the
Army Veterinary School. %
The promotion Of Capt. Ralph
B. Stewart, Veterinary Corps, to
the grade Of major is announced.
Capt. Edward A. Kimball, in.
fantry, is detailed at Howard
University, washington.
Capt. Carl j. Rosenberger, cav.
airy, to duty with the mechanical,
force, Fort EustiS, Va. ~.
Capt. woodrow w. Woodbridge,
field artillery, to Fort Des Moines5
Iowa. g
Capt. william Hesketh. Coast
Artillery Corps, to the Eighth
Coast Artillery, Fort Preble, Me. :
First Lieut.. Joseph 8. Robins,
Coast Artillery Corps, to New
York, N. Y, and report to the
commanding general Second Corps
Area for duty pending further
orders.
Capt. Maurice A. Hickman,
Quartermaster Corps, retired.
Second Lieut.. Ashton M.
Haynes, Field Artillery, is detailed, 4,
in the Air Corps, Randolph Field;
Tex.
Major Harrison w. stuckey,
Medical Corps, to Fort Jay, N. Y.
Capt. Thomas N. Stark, Infan.
try, to the 30th Infantry, the Pre-
Sidio Of San Francisco, Calf. :
Second Lieut.. Josephine ",
Bruen, nurse, Army Nurse Corps,
retired.
Second Lieut.. Bernice e. Han.
son, nurse, Army Nurse Corps, re.
tired. q,
The Washington times., 1931-08-28

tive scale to relieve the unem-
ployment situation.
That this movement shall be
hased on the plan suggested last
June by William Randolph
Hearst of a $4,000. .00O,0OO pros
perity loan is a widespread de-
mand in Southern California.
Sentiment on Coast
In order that action may be had
before the hardShips of winter
shall descend upon millions of un-
employed men and their families,
there is forming here as elsewhere
in the nation a strong public opin-
ion insisting that special session
Of Congress be called by President
Hoover.
The Los Angeles Examiner in
aiding the project, publishes a
blank to be signed by readers, ad-
dressed to the signer'S Congress
man, asking him to urge upon the
President the assemblage Of Con-
gresS in special session as early
rs possible.
Southern California has three
Representatives now-next year 1t
will elect II, eight Of them in Los
Angeles county. The demand Of
ii members Of the House Of Rep
resentativeS upon the President
would be intensively effective, but
that of three will have weight, it
is declared.
Other Endorsements
Representative Joe Grail. of the
Tenth district, and Representa-
tive Phil D. Swing, of the Elev.
enth district, have both indorsed
whole-heartedly Mr.. H arst' S
5000, ,OOO, 900 prosperity 10 n
plan. Representative William E.
Evans, of the Ninth district, has
declared that it has in it much
food. for thought"
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
WHEAT IN WEST
CANADA THIN

With cutting well under way
and preliminary threshing re-
turns coming in, indications are
that the wheat crop in the prairie
provinces Of Canada as a whole
will run around so per cent of
normal, according to the latest
crop report Of the Bank of Mont
real. In the northern areas fair
to good yields are indicated; in
southern districts the crops vary
from q total failure to a fair
yield. .
In Saskatchewan during the
past week rains have benefited
fodder crops and pastures. Har-
vesting of grain is practically
completed in ontario. Threshing
shows the average yield of fall
wheat to be above normal; that
of barley satisfactory, and of
oats much lighter than last year.
In Quebec and the maritime
provinces harvesting is proceed
ing under favorable conditions,
with satisfactory prospects. Warm
weather is favoring the grain
harvest in British Columbia,
where the prospective yield is
100 per cent Of average.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
COTTON TRADE
IS MODERATE

NEW YORK, Aug. % .G.N.S0.
The New York cotton market dis
played a steady to firm tone
during the forenoon trading to-
Gay. At the first call, the gen.
eral list of future contracts
showed decline of 3 to s points
on lower than expected Liverpool
cables, but a steady trade de-
mand and covering sent the mar
ket higher until gains Of 4 to Z
points we're registered.
Trading was only moderately
active. Observers reported an
increase in Southern selling in
cluding hedge sales. Liverpool
sold January. Wall Steet and
commission houses liquidated.
New Orleans and local traders
sold. The market received its
main support from an overnight
accumulation of price fixing
orders combined with scattered
short covering on predicted show.
erS for the belt. Japanese inter
ests bought distant months.
At midday, october sold at 7.O8,
up z; December at 7.29, up g.;
January at 7.38, up 5; March at
7.58, up 4; May at 7.76, up 4, and
July at 7.95, up 7.
According, to advices received
from Dallas, Tex, unless the price
of cotton declines further, most
of the Texas cotton crop, which,
according to present estimates
will be the same or larger than
last season, will be picked.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
NEW AUTO RADIO
CONTROL UNIT

A new automobile radio remote
control unit, the smallest of its
kind on the market, that per-
mits placing the radio set in any
part of the automobile, is an.
nounced by the Utah Radio
Products Company, Chicago.
The new control unit will
stimulate a wider interest in au-
tomobile radio sets, officials Of
the company feel, because it
makes possible location of the re-
ceiver under the floor boards to
the rear of the car, back Of the
back seat or any other place
away from motor and ignition
disturbances.
Due to its small size, the unit
can be affixed to the steering
wheel, within easy reach OF the
driver, and out of the way of
the gear shift lever. 1t IS shielded
and weather-proofed and equipped
with a lock to insure against
operation of the radio during the
absence Of the car owner.
Patents on the unit are now
pending.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
QnciQ[ Ne1vs Stocks Bonds Commodities and Comment
Green Predicts 100000
Jobless Next Winter

Predicting that 1000, 900 will be
unemployed this winter, William
Green, president of the American
Federation Of Labor, today issued
a plea for shorter work hours and
the division of jobs among those
unemployed.
President Green's gloomy pre-.
diction was made despite a small
seasonal gain in employment in
August. He estimated that about
10000 found work in August
through increases in industrial EN-.
ployment, but this was partially
offset by q decrease Of about
1000 in agricultural employment,
The labor leader said:
Even allowing for the tenn.
pOrary fall gain in employment
we will have some 1000, 600
more to provide for in addi-
ton to the 100000 now out
Of work.
There Is only one way to
lessen this number Of unem-
plOyed; for industry to keep
men at work by shortening
work hours and dividing avail
able jobs among all. This, with
q guarantee Of work to the
minimum force in each plant,
would be an immense bulwark
against depression this winter"
The increase in the number of
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
MINED MICA UP,
VALUE DOWN

The total quantity Of uncut
mica by producers in the United
States in 1890 was TAGS short
tons, valued at $2S6, ,407, as re-
ported by the United States
Bureau of Mines, Department Of
Commerce. These figures (includ-
ing sheet and scrap mica) repre-
sent an increase in quantity Of 2.7
per cent and decrease Of 29.1
per cent in value, as compared
with 1929.
The decline in total value is
due partly to the inclusion in
1880 of a larger proportion of
scrap mica in total sales than in
1929. OF the total quantity sold,
733 tons Il, 1,465, ,485 pounds, val
ued at $177,3 BOT, was sheet mica.
including 1,253,782 pounds of
punch mica, valued at SCI, ,230,
and 211,703 pounds of mica larger
than punch, valued at $116,077.
A very small quantity Of uncut
domestic SplittingS was reported
by one producer and included in
the sales Of sheet mica. In ad-
dition to sales Of sheet mica there
were 6,732 tons Of scrap mica sold
in 1880, valued at $109, 100.
The sales were made by Ala
bama, Colorado, y Connecticut,
Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, North Carolina,
South Carolina, South Dakota,
and Virginia.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
U.S.SH|PSCARRY
CHINA WHEAT

Members of the Federal Farm
Board began an inquiry yesterday
into the cost Of transporting
wheat to China in American
ships.
This was taken in shipping cir.
cles as an indication that nego-
tiations with China for the pur.
chase Of 100000 bushels Of
wheat are progressing Satisfac-
torily and that the deal may soon
be closed.
The board has been severely
criticised for not specifying that
the 25,000.000 bushels Of wheat
sold to Brazil be shipped in
American vessels.
This oversight, it is said, will
cause American shipping interests
to lose some $4,000, 900. The ships
not only lost the wheat but stand
to lose part of their regular
cargoeS from South America which
will be hauled for a song by other
ships that come for the wheat.
More than 100 vessels will be re.
quired to haul the $4,000, 600
bushels.
It was announced by the State
Department yesterday that the
sale of Farm Board wheat to
China will not result in competi-
ton with the regular trade since
it will all be sent to flood suf-
fers in the Yangtze Valley.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
527 Firms Better Million
Net Average in Six Months

the past week have brought
the decline in net of 80 COM
panies to so per cent, while
All industrials indicate a SINH
lar reduction to that reported
q week agO-namely So per
cent.
"As the influences of defIa-
tiOn are continuing from
month to month in every
phase of the industrial struc-
ture, the increasing urge to
reduce operating and distribu.
tiOn costs is widening the
pOtentialitieS for more efficient
operations"
Standard Statistics offers
the opinion that the cOmpari-
sons to be made by third.quar.
ter returns with those Of the
April-June period will reflect
these tendencies 4 In even
greater degree"
The Washington times., 1931-08-28

The list Of representative COM
panies having reported for the
first half of the current year
now numbers SGT, with aggregate
net income of $578, ,409, 900,
against $1,021,954,000 in the
similar period of 1880, says the
Standard Statistics Company, of
New York, in a survey which
continues in part:
"These totals represent a de-
cline of 43 per cent from the
results obtained by the identi.
cal units in the corresponding
period Of 1880. OF the major
groups, utilities continue to
make the best relative show.
ing, rs reporting companies
having registered a gain of 2
per cent.
Particularly unsatisfactory
railroad reports received during
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
HIGHER LEVELS
On CURB MART

NEW YORK, Aug. 28-GNSO
Leading stocks on the New York
curb market showed an indication
Of emerging from the recent
narrow trading into a definite ad.
vance during the trading today.
The utility group moved at
somewhat higher levels with Duke
Power the bright spot at 10424.
up 4A from the last previous
close. Electric bond and share
in a fairly active demand sold UP
a point at 373z. American Gas
and Electric, Niagara Hudson
United Light and Power A and
American and Foreign Power War.
rants were fractionally higher
American Superpower, Associated
Gas and Electric A, United Gas
and Appalachian Gas continued
unchanged while Middle West
Utilities, Utility Power and Light
and General Gas and Electric
convertible preferred B sold slight.
ly lower.
Cities Service continued to move
in a somewhat liStless fashion un-
changed at 1919.
In spite of the favorable oil
news, stocks in this group dis
played decidedly irregular ten
dencies. South Penn oil gained
3s at 1919, while Solar Refining,
and Standard Oil of Kentucky sold
fractionally lower. Gulf oil and
Standard oil of Indiana remained
unchanged.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
WHEAT EXPORT
BY SOVIET IS
WORRYING
Spurt Is Called Temporary
However, and Total Below
Last Year, Experts Show

Revival Of the Russian wheat
export bogey caused q renewal Of
selling pressure on the grain mar A
kets. Heavy Russian shipments Of ,
100000 Bushels from Black Sea
ports, compared with 1000 ;
last week. brought total Soviet s
clearanceS for the season since
August / to 17,936,000 bushels,
compared with 6,232, 900 in the
like period last year. '-j
Lower Than Last Year
Cognizance was taken by more a
experienced trade observers, how:
ever, that the total Russian wheat
output this season is definitely.
under last years record 1904, ,0O0r.
000-bushel production, despite z
per cent increase in acreage to
that cereal.
Moreover, in these quarters the Z
point was made that Russia tSn
merely fulfilling charteringS pre-
viouSly taken out before an;
nouncement of the abolishment Of.
the strict ration plan by Stain. =,
It is expected that the new plan,
will 60 into effect early in 1881 !
and will sharply increase domes-
tic usage, thus curtailing exports.
Temporary Spurt e.
These interests believe that theis
large Soviet shipments are merers
ly a temporary squirt and that,
when the final tabulations Of ex-i.
ports are made next August ttr
will be found that Russia failed Z
to clear as much as the $1,000, 600 !
bushels shipped in 1930-31.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
BrGdStreet Finds
Nen Food Decline

Bradstreet's weekly food index
again is lower, being 5 cents off
from last week and equaling the
low point of mid-June, when the
index reached the lowest level
since it was started in 1915.
Weekly price changes in Brad
streets list of 81 selected commod'
tiles shows that 13 were higher
than last week, 20 we're lower and
81 remained unchanged. In the
preceding week there were seven
advances, "a declines and So un-
changed.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
Treasury Offering
Is OUerSubScribed

The Treasury Departments
latest offering of $S0,OOO,OOO of
91-day Treasury bills was over.
subscribed by nearly $780, ,OOO, 900,
Secretary Mellon announced last
night.
Compilation of the bids opened
at the Federal Reserve banks
yesterday showed that the total
amount applied for was $3.50 ,O21 :.
600. OF this, $S0,019,O 900 was
accepted at an average price Of
1894. This represents interest at
the rate Of 0.62 per annum.
The lowest bid accepted was
80 1888, equivalent to an interest
rate Of O.64 per cent, while the
highest bid was 99.856, equivalent
to a rate Of 0.57.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
Navy Orders

Lieut.. Comdr. Leo H. Thebaud
to duty as aide and flag secretary,
commander cruiser division 4,
Scouting Force.
Lieut.. Comdr. Henry p. Samson
three months sick leave.
Lieut.. George H. Hasselman to
v. T. Squadron 1B.
Lieut.. Frederick I. Entwistle to
Naval Air Station, Pensacola Fla,
tempory duty under instruction.
Lieut.. (jg) Henry r. Hodgskin
to duty Naval Air Station, PenSa-
cola, Fla.
Ensign Frank c. McAllister to
q. 8. S. Sarato, temporary duty on
or about September Is.
Ensign John A. Moreno to u, s..
S. California.
Ensign John B. Dimmick, En-
sign John G.. Burgess, Ensign
Richard j. H. Conn. Ensign Abra.
ham L. Baird, and Ensign Manley
H. Simons to duty Naval Air Sta
ton, Pensacola, Fla.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
FirestOne Tire Co.
Builds In CHICAGO

CHICAGO. Aug. 28.-Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company will
start immediate erection of a
$350,000 three-story branch office
and service building on the north
west corner of Wabash Avenue
and Sixteenth Street, Chicago.
Clearing of the property has
started and the new building is
scheduled for occupancy early
next February.
Three-quarters of the first floor
Of the new building will be de-
voted to a service station for tires,
gasoline, oil, greasing, car clean
ing, brake testing and refining and
the sale of accessories.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
Daily Crude Output
Far BeLOU Demand

Domestic crude oil production
now Is running close to 1900, 900
barrels daily, according to Wall
Street journal estimates. This is
500, 900 barrels below daily de.
mand for August as fixed by the
Voluntary Committee on Petrol.
cum Economics.
It is also approximately 100000
barrels below the 1881 record
daily average yield for the week
ended August 20 as estimated by
the American Petroleum Institute
Previous low for the year was
2,O82, 100 barrels daily in the week
ended January 3.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
Business Decline
Seen NeQrinQ End

Since the first of the year, the
United Business Service Of Boston
announced today, the monthly
index Of the United Business
Thermometer has declined less
than five points, compared with
a decline Of nearly 18 points in
the previous six months.
This indicates that the decline
in general business is gradually
drawing to a close. Business
showed no additional decline from
July to August, according to the
United Service.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
Northwest Utility
Increases Revenue

CHICAGO, Aug. 28.-July cleo
tricity sales of Pacific Northwest
Public Service Company, one OF
the most important electrical
properties among the Central
Public Service Corporation sub
sidiaries, showed an increase Of
Is. 40 per cent, indicative Of in
creased industrial demands in
the States of Washington and
Oregon, it was announced by the
parent corporation today.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
General Tire Sales
Increase Is Per Cent

When directors Of the General
Tire and Rubber Company de.
clared the sixty-second consecu.
tive dividend on the company'S
common stock, w. O'Neil, presi.
dent, announced that the com.
pany had made and sold IS per
cent more tires in the first six
months Of the present fiscal year
than during the same period in
1880.
BY authorizing payment of the
regular common stock dividend
in August, General Tire directors
maintained unbroken a record of
never having failed to pay regu.
lar dividends on both classes OF
its stock.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
Chevrolet Makes
8,OOO,OOOth Auto

DETROIT, Aug. 28.-Chevrolet
Motor Company has turned out its
5000, ,000th car. The car follows
the 1000, ,000th Chevrolet by a
year and three months and brings
the total Of Six-cylinder cars built
by the company to ,845,933.
Organized in 1911, the COM
pany spent IL years in building
its first million cars.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
ELECTRIC OUTPUT SAGs

Production of electricity by the
electric light and power industry
of the United States for the
week ended August % was l.
643, ,229,0 900 XVIII. compared with
1881 ,261 900 XVIII. in the like
week Of 1880, a decrease of 2.8
per cent, according to the Ma
tional Electric Light Association.
In the week ended August IS
output was 1,629,O11, 900 XVIII.
against 1,677,145,000 in the cor
responding week Of 1880, a decline
of 30 per cent.