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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
DRY LAW FOES
CLAIM VOTING
MAJORITY
0ne-fourth of States Already
Have Regulated Amend
ment, Association Reports

More than a fourth Of the Otal
population of the United States
already has officially repudiated
the Eighteenth Amendment at the
polls. and more than half the
population is ready to vote repeal
as soon as Congress permits
vote, the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment declared
in it's annual report yesterday,
which added:
mine States. containing rs
per cent of our population, have
officially repudiated the amend
ment, and at least a majority
of the American people want
national prohibition ended.
Anti Votes Growing
"In the November elections
prohibition did not advance an
inch. We have more than dOu
bled our representation in the
House, rising from 76 votes in
1928 to 100 today. while Senate
antidrys are now % against 10
in 1925"
The report pointed to the vic
tories of Senators Morrow in New
Jersey. Lewis in Illinois, and Mar
Gus Coolidge in Massachusetts,.
Regarding the Pennsylvania cleo
ton, where Governor Pinchot,
dry, defeated Brown, by 10000
plurality while Phillips, the repeal
candidate polled 281, 399 votes, the
report said:
1--WE were successful in our
purpose, defeating Brown, to
teach the machine leaders they
could not pander to drys by
lodging the issue and still ex-
pect liberal support"
Hits Hoover Stand
Concerning the Wickersham re-
port. the statement said:
president HOOver'S tearing to
pieces of the painstaking find
ings of his commission, showed
him to be opposed to repeal, OPP
posed to revision, and in favor
of more laws and more money
for attempted enforcement"
The report laments the fact
that advocates of beer and wine
are confusing the real issue at
stake" Refusing to back this
compromise, the report states:
"It is not a question of
drinks, but of self government"
The report called attention to
widespread polls on. the repeal
question in 1880. al. overwhelm-
ingly supported. by the Literary
Digest, the American Bar Asso-
citation, the Virginia Bar Associa-
ton and several universities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Girl in I'LL Health
Poisoned. RecOUerS

Betty Allison, %, of 1917 Half
st. S. E.. yesterday attempted to
end her life. according to police,
by drinking poison in her home.
The girl was found by her mother
who summoned the Fire Rescue
Squad.
After being revived the young
woman was taken to Casualty
Hospital where it is said her
condition is not serious. Ill health
was ascribed as the reason for
the alleged suicidal attempt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Textile Workers
Elicit SuE1nnthu

Protests against the wholesale
dismissal of women from night
jobs in the cotton textile mills.
without provision for daytime
employment, we're voiced at tea
given by the National Womans
Party yesterday at Alva Belmont
House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Woman Union Head
HOnOred bu COLLe0e

Mrs. Raymond Robins. president
of the National Women's Trade
Union League from 1907 to 1922,
has been given the degree of Doc
tor of Humane Letters by Rollins
College, Winter Park, Fla, the
Washington headquarters Of the
league announced yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02

Loyal Order Of Moose tonight.
The lodge will meet in its new
building at the intersection OF
Wilson Boulevard and Courthouse
Road.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
MOOSE ELECT TONIGHT

CLARENDON, Va, March 2.
Election of officers for 1881 will
be held at a meeting of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02

Radio Lamps in San
Ia Maria ship design
and pewt or
finish. S1.9S CT M
value ..,.... UA'OV
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
We Overheard

A North Meridian Street
housewife say: "A sale like
this makes one Oont to start
oUer again and restock every
thing from wardrobe to
kitchen"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
o FOURTH FLOOR Q

PhCO Radios $500
Lounge Chairs and OtOmans. Regular $4,000 Values so
Occasional Chairs. Regular s1295 Values 6.9s
Seay Mattresses Regular $685. Values .9.75
Regal Washers $3.50
Card Tables. Regularly $10O ...................79c
End Tables Regularly S1.00 ..................,..79
Occasional Tables Regularly S49S. ..............3.9S
Dog Door Stop. Regularly $19S LOO
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
We Were Glad

To hear an IrUington doctors
lDife say: "Pm buying tr0ice
as many things as / had
planned to buy-ond an, still
keeping tDithin my budget"
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Public Utility Bonds
Chevrolet Sales
Exceed 1880 Level

DETROIT, Jan. 22-CheVroleU
Motor Company delivered at re-
tail during first 10 days Of Janu-
ary. 1885 cars, which compares
with 1888 in first 10 days OF
December. Stocks Of cars In
transit and hands of dealers Jan
uary 10 totaled 4S,o58, which is
an average of 4.S car per dealers
The management estimates it
will need a stock Of cars for
transit and dealers samples OF be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 cars for
the peak selling season in April
and production is being timed &C
cordingly. OF present 48,058 car
stock approximately 10000 are in
transit. .,
President w. S. KnudSen said
that absorption of cars in the dis
trict east of the Mississippi River
is rapidly approaching the normal
seasonal curves established in past
years.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Quiet Trading Seen

The failure of the volume of
activity to broaden out has led
Wall Street to believe that the
market has definitely entered a
quiet trading period of limited
price fluctuations. 1t is pointed
out that this is the normal be-
havior following u severe price
decline. In 1926, following the
collapse in the utility stocks, the
list remained in a trading area
from the second half of March
through the first half of June.
In 1923, following the deflation
in the oil shares, the trading
period lasted from June through
November, and in 1921. after the
drastic price adjustment of 1920
1921, price changes were limited
and the transactions on small
scale from about the middle Of
June through October. During
these former trading periods, sig
nificant price movements occurred
in individual issues. but the gen=
eral list, as measured by the
averages, did not go far in either
direction.
Slump Less Severe
A study of some of the more
important onomic readjust-
ments that took place in the de-
preston period of 1920-1922, as
compared with those in the cur
rent business reversal, indicates
that the present industrial set
back is of a less severe nature
than the one a decade ago. A
review of the 1920-1922 period re-
veals that wholesale prices de-
clined 40 per cent in 16 months,
retail food prices declined "a per
cent between April, 1920, and
March, 1922; rents declined 3.5
per cent between March, 1921,
and March, 1922; the cost Of
living declined "a per cent be-
tween July, 1921, and August,
1922; the purchasing power Of
the dollar declined 90 per cent
between January, 1922, and De-
cember, 1922; and wages, accord
ing to the Federal Reserve Board
index, declined "A per cent be-
tween June, 1920, and January,
1922.
Decline rs Per Cent
Similar data for the current
depression shows wholesale prices
declined 26 per cent between
March, 1929, and January, 1881:
retail food prices declined II per
cent between September, 1929,
and November, 1890; clothing de-
clined IL per cent between Febru-
ary, 1929, and November, 1880;
rent declined 5.3 per cent between
March, 1929, and November, 1880;
the cost of living declined per
cent between October, 1929, and
october, 1890; the purchasing
power of the dollar increased II
per cent between November, 1929.
and July, 1890; and wages de-
creased SO per y cent between
September, 1929, and November
1890.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Alabama Supports
Frisco on Fare Cut

Alabama Public Service Com
mission has intervened before I.
C. C. in support of st, Louis-san
Francisco railway proposal to re-
duce passenger coach fares on
it's system to basis of 2 cents
a mile instead Of present rate Of
3.6 cents.
The commissions communica-
ton said:
1--WE earnestly urge the COM
mission not to suspend the tar
iff in question, but to permit
it to go into effect in order
that all concerned may have
the benefit of such an expert
ment in dealing with the vex-
ing problems incident to the
loss of passenger travel on the
railroads"
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Chain Stores Cut
Bread Price to SC

Chain stores throughout the
country have lowered the price
of bread generally to the pre-
war price of cents. in conform
ity with the lower cost Of wheat
and flour, according to r. w.
Lyons, executive vice president
of the National Chain Store AS
sociation.
Reports from the large chain
in all sections of the country
he said, show that they cut the
price of bread some time last
year, many months before the
Senate in Washington began to
inquire into the discrepancy be-
tween bread prices this year and
the lowered wheat and flow
prices.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Gain in NeW Phones
LOUest in 30 Years

During 1880 there was an in,
crease of only 125,O00 telephones
on the Bell System, the smallest
annual gain in the past 80 years.
At the close of 1900 there were
855,911 telephones in the system.
In 1901 253,162 phones were
a dded, the increase mounting
each year until it reached the
high point during 1928 of 949,-
536 phones. At the present time
there are about 20,2e0,000 phones
operated by the, Bell System.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
GAS LISTS RISE
/ HIGHEST IN
UPSW|NG
Amusements, Rails, Utilities
Reach Better Levels; Steel
And Copper Are Firm
BY w. S. COUSINS

NEW YORK, Jan. % QN.SD.
after an irregular opening today
In which narrow gains and losses
were about evenly distributed
among the active shares, the
market developed a firmer tone
and the list moved moderately
Forward.
Stocks of the natural gas COM
panies, including Columbian Car
bon and Houston Oil, sold at the
best levels on the move. The
amusement companies stocks and
D few of the rails and utilities
carried to slightly higher levels
ehe forward movements started
early in yesterdays session. Steel
Ind copper stocks we're firm.
Trade Report Favorable
Business and industrial reports
oVere generally favorable, particu
4arly in what they predicted for
Che coming year. Stocks moved
through narrow~range of prices
In the second hour, but there
was no indication of any increase
en the floating supply" of stocks
pverhanging the market.
Auburn Autos new 2-point ad-
Hance to lib brought that stock
nearly II points above the low of
last week, principally at the ex-
pense of the shorts. Houston Oil
moved up points to 40l2. Coca
Cola was good ground-gainer in
The high-priced specialties. Gen
kral Electric and Westinghouse re-
covered their early gains and sold
tractionally above the previous
close. The steel stocks we're in
good form with Bethlehem above
&8 and United States Steel above
b40.
Cotton Rises
Cotton rose about 75c a bale on
better home and foreign buying.
Wheat and corn cold fractionally
higher. Call money was un-
ehanged at ~ per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
A Year Ago

Continued short coverings
again advanced stock prices.
Sales on the New York Stock
Exchange tOtaled 2,SO5,9SO
shares.
Call money dropped to per
cent from AZ per cent.
Goodrich Rubber was reported
in a deal to purchase the Miller
Rubber Company.
American Tobacco B at 214
was up 2.
Austin Nichols preferred
jumped 51s to 3O1s.
Case ThreShing gained 71s to
close at 2OS3s.
Fox Film gained 3 to 22A.
Eastman Kodak closed with a
gain of 234 at 1924.
IngersOll Rand ran up 5 to
165.
Western Union at 2O2 was up 3.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
State Bankers Assn
To Meet TOMORROW

The third annual mid-winter
session of the New York State
Bankers Association will convene
here tomorrow at the Federal
Reserve Bank. Most of the ses-
sion will be given over to banking
costs. Joseph A. Broderick, State
superintendent of banks, and
Luther Roberts, chief national
bank examiner, will speak. Rich
ard Whitney, president Of the
New York Stock Exchange, will
speak at the dinner to be given
at the Hotel Roosevelt in the.
evening.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Sessions to Retdrd
ReUiUdL of Business

NEW YORK, Jan. % Q.N.SO.
If there is a long session Of
Congress there will be slight hope
for any remarkable business re
vival in 1881, according to DR..
Harold Stonier, educational di-
rector of the American Institute
of Banking.
Speaking at the annual dinner
of the wholesale dry goods insti-
tute here last night, DR.. Stonier
said a $4,000 home could now
be constructed for $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
QUIET TRADING
ERA PREDICTED
BY EXPERT
DuIIness Of Exchange Activity
Expected to Continue Until
Business Trend Changes
BY THE SPECTATOR


The stock market continued
to display a firm undertone
in Wednesdays session, and
despite the renewed outcrOp-
ping of weakness III such
leaders as U. S. Steel, West
inghOuSe Electric, Allied
Chemical and American Can,
sufficient support was ac-
corded to the general run
of secondary issues to close
the averages of 80 composite
stocks exactly unchanged on
the day.
The market responded ear
Iier in the trading to the
bullish reports of a further
increase in ingOt production.
but when revised estimates
of fourth quarter earnings of
the U. S. Steel Corporation
placed profits at between 80
and 40 cents per share, in
stead Of the 81 per share
generally expected, beariSh
pressure increased, with q
resultant setback in prices.
The official report of the
Steel Corporation is due next
Tuesday, to be followed by
that of Bethlehem Steel on
the following Thursday, with
the likelihood that these will
be preceded by statements Of
Sears ROebuck and Mont
gOmery Ward. None Of these
are expected to provide
grounds for constructive Oper-
atiOnS, with the possibility
that reports of an unexpected
adverse nature may unSettIe
prices to an even further ex-
tent.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Ginnings of Cotton
Estimated LOUeT

CHICAGO. Jan. 22.-E. H.
Miller, j. E. Bennett & Co.. es-
bimate ginnings from December
t3 to January 16 at $4,000 bales
against 100000 for same period
last year. Total ginningS for
season to date placed at 13.548,-
boo bales against 14,177,000 bales
last season and 13,889.000 bales
bwo years ago.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE

FURNISHED by w. B. Htbbs q Coz
SALES
Capital Traction Co., 10@41A.
National Metropolitan Bank, 10
31O.
American Security and Trust
Co., 1@345.
Merchants Transfer and Stor-
age Company, 100 100.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 100
887s.
The Carpet Corp, 5O@22; 500
2112.
After Call
Washington Gas IS 'B", $1,000
1862.
Merchants Transfer and Stor-
age Co., 10000.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 5000.
Union Trust Company, 5Q219.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
PARKWAY ASSURED
ON AVENUE AT 18TH
Triangle to BE Beautified
Before BiCentenniaI--Foun.
tain Project SheIved.

Although the plans for a great fon-
tain which citizens OF Pennsylvania
planned TO donate to the triangular
park on Pennsylvania avenue at the
corner of Fifteenth street, apparently
have fallen through for the present. ut
least, there Is definite assurance that
some kind OF impressive parkway VIII
be developed IN this area, before the
washington Blcentennial.
WreckerS now are picking away ut
the remains of old Polls Theater on
the site. and another concern Is rap
idly filling in the big holes left In other
parts Of the square witt good earth.
Tree Planting Planned.
The plans now under way are for a
temporary park only, but It will include
good sou planted to grass, which bv
Bicentennial time should afford beau
ttful sight to visitors to the National
Capital for this great celebration.
Plans under consideration also are
known to include planting trees around
this area, bounded by Fourteenth and
Fifteenth, r street and Pennsylvania
avenue. The trees would be Of large
size, according to present plans, instead
OF the small trees usually planted In
WIG Pcsa A60yC DCbWCCu SIDEWALKS ana
curbtng throughout the city.
TranspIanting Proved Success.
Transplanting Of such large trees al
ready has been proved q success along
the Rock Greek Potomac Parkway,
where large elms transplanteA last year
are. beginning to bud heaIthily this
Spring.
The little park between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets will be in q
prominent corner, not far from the
White House, and the general center
OF tourist concentration, lying generally
between the Treasury Department and
the gigantic new Department Of Com
merce Building. The Government plans
to- make it into a beautiful place.
Great care IS being taken In filing In
the subsoil, which must be tamped
down and rolled as it Is filed In. Fine
topsoil viii be added, and the whole
area viii be seeded with q special mix
ture Of grass seed.
Later on more elaborate plans WI
be developed for the area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
STONE SAYS FARMERS
ALTER ACREAGE VIEW
Kansans Willing to Accept Cut in
Production Of Grain, De-
clares Official.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press
TOPEKA, March ga change IN
sentiment among many Southwestern
Winter wheat producers who last Sum
mer refused to accept the Federal Farm
Board recommendation for q reduction
in planted acreage has been noted BY
Chairman Stone in his swing through
Kansas and Oklahoma.
Summarizing his observation after
meeting with grain growers and eIe-
yator men IN Hutchinson. Kars., and
Enid, Okla, the new Farm Board
chairman said he was happy to report
change In sentiment
Chairman Stone spoke at a confer
ence luncheon where he was a guest
OF Senator Arthur Capper.
He recalled Southwestern wheat pro-
ducers, particularly In Kansas, had re-
fused to heed advice given last Sum
Tner by his predecessor, Alex Legge, and
Secretary Hyde of the Department Of
Agriculture. Acreage reduction was
urged as q price Sterilization measure.
In Kansas, leading producer In the
Winter wheat area, 1929, 900 acres
we're sown to the grain last Fall, repre-
senting a reduction Of only per cent
under the 1880 acreage against a 10
per cent curtailment advocated by the
Farm Board. Oklahoma wheat farmers
cut their acreage approximately per
cent.
Mr. Stones only comment on a pro-
pcSal advanced at Enid that the board
lease approximately 100000 acres Of
wheat land and retire it from produc-
ton was that to do so would cost ap-
proximately S75,000,000 annually. He
said the proposal had been taken under
Amusement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
SEARS, R0EBUCK BUSHES
WORK ON NEW ADDITION
Company Advances Date for Be-
ginning Construction to Aid
Business Conditions.

AS its share toward stimulating con-
struction business, Sears, Roebuck &
Co. has started work on an addi-
ton to the automobile and tire and
battery service station at its Washing
ton store on Bladensburg road consid-
erably In advance Of the scheduled
time.
The company had planned to expend
between $125, 900 and $4,000 on con-
struction and enlargement Of such free
service stations on the lots of various
units in the East and Middle West later
in the Spring, but with the hope Of
contributing somewhat to the relief Of
conditions 1t announced yesterday that
such work would be undertaken i'm
mediately.
j. M. Parker, vice president in charge
of, Eastern territory, said these protBcts
In other cities, likewise would BE-
moved up, declaring:
I'VE hope and believe that the ere
alton Of q few more jobs now In sew
eral cities will do its share--even II
only in small ee-towards taking
up some Of the slack in the constric-
ton business" said Manager w. F.
Clark of the local store. Later on, we
believe there viii be q general res1mp-
ton Of building activities, anyhow"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
UNIVERSITY ASKS
PROBE IN OKLAHOMA
Gov. Murrsy's Charges Of Immo-
rality and Misuse Of Funds
Stirs Board.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March o.
Legislative investigation Of Gov. Muir
rays charges concerning the University
of Oklahoma was asked by the institute
tons board of regents in resolution
adopted late yesterday.
At q meeting behind closed doors
and attended by Dr. w. B. Bizzell,
president of the university, four Of the
seven regents attending voted to ask
for an immediate and thorough in
vestigation of Gov. Murray's charges
Of immortality, misuse of State funds
and other alleged irregularities at the
institution. Three regents failed to at
tend the meeting.
The resolution urged that the in
vestigation be made before adjourn
ment of the present Legislature, so that
the Governors charges may be def
nitely determined"
Following the regents meeting, it
was learned they did not consider am
davits which Gov. Murray said Alva
Mcdonald, who made q private investi-
cation at the university for Gov. Muir
ray, had obtained concerning conditions
at the institution.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-10
MAIL BOAT D|sCOvERER
 ARRIVES FROM INLET

The MS Discoverer, Capt. Heinie Berger, arrived in port today from Cook Inlet ports, completing an excellent run in fast time and in ideal weather.
 Captain Berger announces he will depart this evening as early as possible on the return voyage.
 Robt. Heath of Anchorage was left at Nuka Bay MT. Heath re- gently returned to Anchorage from the Interior where he was enrolled in the mines department of the Alaska College. He will spend some time in the Nuka Bay quartz field looking over prospects.
 Lots of king salmon are in Inlet waters, Captain Berger said, and everyone is preparing for a large catch.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-10
kUS|LOF NEWS

By Special Correspondent MT. and Mrs. James Stryker ar rived on the mail boat MS Discov- erer from Seldovia to spend the summer with their daughter Mrs. Archie P. McLane. They brought Jimmie and Peggie Peterson and also Stanley McLane who has been spending the last two months in Seldovia going to school.
 '
 MT. and Mrs. Ernest Johnson of Butte, Mont, arrived at Kusilof to spend the summer looking for location; they are stopping at the cannery at the mouth of the Kuslof River. <
 t
 Perry Cole has a saw mill com ing on the Mailboat MS Discoverer and will be able to supply the surrounding country with first class lumber.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-10
THOSE BAPTIST PROTESTS

Again example why many churches are losing in attendance is in Mondays dispatch i'll which a report of the Baptist convention was made public
 The resolutions committee favor entering the news paper business in order present to the public moral news they protest against the presentday cigarette ad versements the of tobacco in all forms, and un- flinchng support of the obnoxious 18th amendment.
 Not word about the terrible narcotic evil which saps the moral thousand times than quor noth ing about relief for the millions of unemployed today If they choose go outside the pulpit to the coun trys alleged ils why not start the last two items?
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-10

Making practical the use of al- minimum in many new ways, solder for this and other white metals now is being produced.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-10

The Marlyn Fish Company's branch office and buying agency in Juneau has been transferred to Sitka, reports the Empire.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-10

The Seward Fisheries, judging from the excellent red salmon catches todate, anticipate packing about 7,500 cases.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-10

Llst your labor wants with us: we will endeavor to secure for you the heIn desired Phone Adams 126 call at the NJ < W Club, Seward. Alaska
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-10
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

hAThS-Fifteen cents per line first inser. ton. Seven and one half cents per line Tor subsequent insertions. Count six av- craze words to a line. Minimum charge 50 cente
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-10

WANTED TO BUY Hundreds have sent us discarded jewelry. old gold, false teeth. bridgs. crowns. silver. platinum. diamonds, antiques, Mail yours turned if offer refused Uhier Sta.. B. Brook lYn. N Y