davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-01

the bases. Simmons up-ball l, high inside; ball 2, low wide; foul back, strike 1, strike 2, called; ball 3, low wide; ball 4, low wide; Simmons walked forcing Bishop across with the tying run and bases are still full. Foxx up-ball 1, low; singles to center; scoring Haas and Coch- rane: Simmons on second. Miller up-foul back, strike l; ball l, low inside; side out. grounded in front of the plate, out catcher to first.
 Four runs, four hits, no errors, two left on bases.
 ST. LOUIS: Frisch up-ball l, low inside; ball 2, low inside; strike l, called: strike 2, called; foul back; flied out to Miller. Bottomley up strike l; strike ?; foul back; ball 1. low wide: foul back; out. flied to right in short right center. Hafey up--attempted bunt and rolls foul along base line, strike l: strike 2; side out, strike 3, famed.
 No runs. no hits. no errors, none on base.
 Fourth Inning
 PHILADELPHIA: Dykes up strike l. called; singles to short left center. Williams up-strike l;
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
P POL|CY COVERS
S500,000,000

NEW YORK, March 16 U.SD.
With announcement that protec-
ton will be available to all its
dealers in the United States and
Canada. General Motors Corpora
ton today became the first half
billion dollar policyholder in the
history of life insurance.
Already the largest group
policyholder, with $347,471 900 of
life insurance in force on the
100000 employees of it's divisions,
subsidiaries and affiliates, Gen
eral Motors. by inclusion of the
car dealers in the group, will
increase total insurance benefits
to more than $500,000, 900.
The new plan constitutes the
largest insurance transaction to
be completed since 1923. Under
its provisions, 1925 dealers and
their employees - approximately
10000 persons-are eligible for
benefits, under policies graded
according to salaries, the mini
mum being $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
TOBACCO Chief
. FACES FIGHT

Minority stockholders Of the
American Tobacco Company are
pressing efforts to cancel the
company's bonus plan at the an
nual meeting In Jersey City on
April /, under which, it was
charged, George Washington Hill
received an income Of about
$2,2SO,OOO in cash and paper
profit on stock last year as presi-
dent of the company.
The fight is being led by Rich
ard Reid Rogers, former chief
counsel Of the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company and Of the
Isthmian Canal Commission. Rog-
erS, it Is. understood. has been
asking some of the company'S
stockholders to submit their prox-
les to him to be voted against
the bonus system.
Rogers charged that only ex-
ecutives benefited from the bonus.
Hill and five vice. presidents re-
,ceived 3O,125 shares of the 56,S12
shares allotted to sac employees
under the plan. This is part of
$4,000 shares of the B stock set
aside for sale to employees.
At current levels this block is
worth about $37, 900. 900. At the
par value Of $2S q share the com.
pany will receive 1880, 900 from
the employees.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Business Ousting Politics
In Local Government

Hugh Reid Is a Washington
lawyer, a Virginia legislator, the
financier of a happy family in
Cherrydale and of various minor
interests. He has ideas. Here
is one:
"The greatest political revO-
luton in the next generation is
coming almost unnOticed. 1t
will be q fact before the aver.
age man realizes it is happen
ing.
"It will be in local govern
ment, the largest single neg
lected field in American pOliti.
cal institutions. Many Ameri-
can cities already have recOg-
nized that q city or county
government is not political
institution, any more than a
department store is.
Local governments hereto
fore have been modelled after
State and Federal governments.
They SnOu1d De mO0eAeu a1ter
private business.
Business cannot be run by
debating societies.
"The business corporation is
the proper model for o country
or city government. Stock
holders select directors and hold
them responsible for the man.
agement. They do not ham,
string them by selecting subOr-
dinateS.
Several hundred cities new
elect commissions who hire gen
eral managers trained in local
administratiOn-nOt selected for
their good looks or their views
on the tariff.
Bank heads do not hire
cashiers because they are Re
publicanS or Democrats, but
because they are bankers. Many
modern cities already hire man
ayers solely because they under
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
U.S.. STEEL NETS
S9.18 A SHARE

NEW YORK, March 16 GNSO.
The total market value of the
products of the United States
Steel Corporation last year was
$767. .122,s44, on which the net
profit was 99,16o,111.58 and net
earnings 1913 a share on the
common stock.
This is. shown in the annual re-
port of the corporation, issued to
stockholders today. Though the
steel corporations gross income
was 21.7 per cent less than in
1929, it was able to maintain the
regular Z per cent dividends on
both preferred and common
stocks. and to pass over the sum
of $18,836, OCT to surplus account.
Including refunds of taxes from
the United States Treasury, the
big corporation now shows total
surplus of $471,782.758, equiva-
lent to $54 a share on the 8,687.-
435 common shares outstanding.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
New Yorkers Yearly
Eat 4,OOO,OOO Tons
OF Produce

Approximately 100000 tons
Of fresh fruit and vegetables,
or the equivalent Of 24S,839 car
loads. with q wholesale value
Of about $12S. .000, 900, arrived
in New York city via rail and
water during 1890.
An analysis shows Greater
New York's supply of fruits
and vegetables last year came
from ~ States and 10 foreign
countries. California and Flor
ida provided about half of the
years supply.
The consumer had his choice
Of SO different commodities,
grown In this and other coun.
tries ',s
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Phone STOCKS
DEAL STUDIED

The Public Utilities Commission
was asked today by R. A. Van
Orsdel, general counsel of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company. for a copy of the
opinion of Corporation Counsel
William w. Bride which holds
that the issuing of $2,000.000
worth of common stock by the
company in September, 1880, was
illegal.
Mr.. Brides opinion held that
the Public Utilities act compelled
the company to obtain permission
from the commission before the
issuance of any securities. The
company issued the stock to the
American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, its parent con
Germ, without obtaining permis-
sion from the Public Utilities
Commission.
Mr.. Bride is expected to meet
with the utilities commissioners
this week to decide what action
is to be taken.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
BERLIN BOURSE
TRENDS Up

BERLIN, March 16 CU.s).-Re-
ports of satisfactory results of a
trip Of German industrialists to
Russia stimulated stock on the
Bourse the past week. With the
prospect of new trade arrange
ments with the Soviet govern
ment, industrials such as iron
and steel jumped several points.
Sentiment was also aided by
the fact that unemployment is
believed to have passed its '7orst
level.
Considerable foreign and do
mestic purchases continue. The
activity of international specula-
tors is regarded as an indication
of a revival of international eco
nonic optimism although finan-
cial writer's warn against a too
rapid upward climb.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
DIVIDENDS. NEAR
S1,000,000,000
On PENNSY
will Pass Mark in May, With
Unbroken Earnings Record
for Every Year Since 1847

Cash dividends paid by the
Pennsylvania Railroad amount to
nearly $1,000, 100000, according to
figures just compiled for 1890.
Including the dividend paid Feb
ruary 28 out of 1880 earnings,
Pennsylvania stockholders have
received $995 ,OS4,433 since 1855.
With the distribution of the
May, 1881, dividend, the total
Pennsylvania Railroad payments
to stockholders will pass the bill
lion-dollar mark, the largest divi.
dend disbursement of any rail-
road in the world.
Record Set Last Year
Last year $52.O3O,987 was paid
in dividends to Pennsylvania
shareholders, an 8 per cent re-
turn on the par value of the out
standing stock. This was the
largest annual dividend payment
in the railroads history. The
preceding year with dividend
payments aggregating $46,S35 ,965,
also established record to that
time.
Pennsylvania shareholders have
received return upon their in
vestment every year since the
railroad was incorporated in 1846,
an unbroken dividend record Of
81 years. This record for con-
tinuous dividend disbursements is
unmatched by any American rail-
road.
In the earlier years. which
covered the period of initial con-
struction, these payments were
designated as interest. The first
installment on subscriptions to
the original capital stock was
paid in April, 1847 In May. 1848,
the first payment of interest was
made at the rate of 6 per cent
on the paid-in value of the stock,
and this was continued until
November /, 1855.
Several Stock Dividends
Beginning with 1856, as the
operations had by that time
reached an extensive scale for the
period and were upon a securely
remunerative basis, payments to
the stockholders were designated
as dividends. In 1856, a dividend
of 8 per cent was paid, which,
however, covered a period of IA
months-from November /, 1855
to December 81, 1856.
Cash dividends have been paid
in each year since that time and
the average rate during this long
period has been a return of slight
ly over 6 per cent annually.
In addition, stock dividends in
the earlier years and also scrip
dividends were paid, all of which
represented cash expenditures for
additions to the property and
assets.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
CARTELS WORK
IN GERMANY

The reconstruction Of the iron
and steel industry Of Germany
within the comparatively brief
period of five years Is a remark
able economic achievement. The
progress has been so rapid that
little information as to the
details has reached the public in
this country.
The complete story Of the
naturalization" movement in
Germany, from the standpoint of
the economist and induStrialiSt
has been told in a comprehensive
report just published by the Ma
tional Industrial Conference
Board, under the title, Ration
aliZation Of Germany Industry" )"
One of the chapters iS devoted
to an analysis Of the cartel or
combine system as applied to the
iron and steel industry.
Cartel System
That the cartel system has
been accepted by German pro
ducers of iron and steel as the
best method of industrial admin
istration and control is shown
by the fact that all cartel agree
mentS in the industry were re-
newed for a period Of 10 years,
beginning February !, 1880.
AS in the coal and potash in
duStrieS, the results Of rationale
Zation in the iron and steel in
dustry are shown in an increase
in the size of establishments, .
decline in the total number of eS-
tabliShments and workers, and a
marked increase in the output
per worker.
This last result Is highly inter
esting and significant. In the
pig iron industry the output per
worker in 1927 was S9.2 per cent
higher than IN 1924 and sos per
cent higher IN 1918. In all of
the leading industries Of Ger
many there was o material in
crease Of output per worker over
1924. .... }
Situation Changes
Before the World War there
were two principal cartelS in the
iron and steel industry, only one
OF which survived the postwar
period Of initiation. After five
years of unrestricted competition,
from 1919 to 1925, the industry
returned to the system o. cartel
control Of most of its staple pro-
ducts. 80.
The present situation in the in
dustry. however, differs in one
significant respect from that is,
in the extent to which production
has been concentrated In the
hands of q few great enterprises.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Cotton Is Steadier
On Firn1er Gables

NEW YORK, March 16 G.N.SD.
The New York cotton market was
steadier during the early trading
today on firm Liverpool and
Egyptian cables. There was some
scattered buying by Wall Street
and professionals. Trading was
moderately active with trade buy
ing more than offSetting consider
able selling from New Orleans
and the South. Liverpool and
the Continent bought. Co-opera-
tive brokers bought October.
At midday May sold at 1890,
up 7: July at 11:15, up 8; October
at 11.47, up 9; December at II SO,
up 8, and January at It's, up 10.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Refined Lead Stocks
Increase for Month

Stocks of refined lead inclusive
of both primary and secondary
sources in United States at end
of February totaled 122,826 short
tons, against 113,145 at end of
January and 43,O77 at end of,
February, 1880, American Bureau
of Metal Statistics reports.
Total production in February
was 44,118 tons, against 47,297 in
January and 60,351 in February,
1890.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Harvester Co. Cuts
W0OeS on ADriL I

CHICAGO. March 16.-Effec-
tive April /, International Har-
vester Company will reduce wages
of all Salaried employees as fol-
lows:
Salaries below $4,000 will be
reduced 5 per cent; those be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 will be
reduced an additional "a of l
per cent for each 500 by which
they exceed $4,000, and those Of
1000 and over will be cut 10
per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
RESERVE BANKS
|NFAVORABLE
SITUATION
Borrowings of Members Off,
With Reserves Large and
Increasing, Haney Notes
BY LEWIS HANEY
Director New York University
Bureau Of Business Research
and Former Economist of

, Bureau Of Business Research
and Former Economist Of
Federal Trade Commission.
Brokers loans increased con,
siderably in the week ended last
Tuesday. The rise of $29 200, 900
In such loans brings them up
$l03,00OOOO from the low point
touched in early February.
What does this and other
changes in the Rerserve Bank fig
) ures mean? It can be said that
the brokers' loan figure was Ger.
tainly large in comparison with
the movement of the stock
market.
distribution" Seen
Stocks gained only a little dur
ing the week covered. and they
averaged lower than in the pre-
ceding week.
It seems, therefore, that we may
reasonably conclude that some
distribution of stocks to margin
, traders is indicated-though not
in any great volume.
During the week there we're
large new bond issues. These
usually require some borrowing
by the dealers who carry them
pending sale to final investors.
To some extent, therefore, the in
crease in loans probably reflects
these new hond issues,
In either case, the rise IN
brokers' loans is not favorable.
It is slightly unfaVorable.
a. N. Y. Loans Reduced
1t is interesting to note that
last week the New York banks re-
duced their loans to brokers oy
$50, 10000 while out-ot-toWn
banks and private lenders IN
creased their loans by S1O9,OOO'-
600.
Evidently this was largely due
to higher money rates and 2 per
cent call money is sufficient to
draw plenty of funds back TO
New York.
AS to the general condition OF
the Reserve bdI1kS dAAO VIC $1,000
Der banks, the evidence is mostly
favorable. Gold reserves are large
and increasing, and the Federal
: Reserve ratio is high.
The total borrowings OF mem
ber banks at the Reserve are
down and are S14,000,000 under
q year ago, while the New York
banks are out of debt in this
respect.
Reserve Increasing,
The net reserves of the mem
ber banks deposited with the Re
serve banks are large and in
creasing.
A year ago the loans and in
q. .vestments of the New York banks
were IS per cent greater than
their total deposits. Now they
are only about 10 per cent IN
excess, which shows more liquid
condition.
In short, the condition of the
Reserve System and its member
banks looks good.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Northwest Reports
Gains in Business

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March
16.-The Federal Government has
announced that it will start work
next week on o new postoffice
building for Minneapolis, the cost
of which will be $4,1OO,OO0.
Manufacturers of washing ma
chimes. electric refrigeratOrs and
similar large articles report in
creases in sales for February Of
from 20 to as high as 800 per
cent over last year.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
INDUSTRIAL RAY0N

CLEVELAND, March 16.-Re.
port of Industrial Rayon Corp.
for year ended December 81,
1880, shows net profit Of $l,547,-
529 after depreciation. interest
and Federal taxes, equivalent to
Of stock.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
". Y. Central Denies
CrOWLey Is Quitting

New York Central Railroad
Company has denied Patrick
Crowley would resign as presi-
dent to become chairman of the
board and stated the Central was
not considering the placing of F.
e. Williamson, president, Chicago
Burlington and Quincy, to head
New York Central
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Food Index Prices
For Week HiUher

Food prices were slightly higher
last week for the first time since
January 8, according to Brad
streets. which placed this weeks
index number at -$2.37, an in
crease Of 0.8 per cent over last
week, but a drop of 1914 per cent
compared with a year ago.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Sun Life Pays Extra
Dividend S25 Share

MONTREAL, March 16.-Sun
Life Insurance CO. of Canada has
declared an extra dividend of
$25 and regular quarterly divi-
dend of $6.25. Six months ago
similar extra was paid.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
S44.s3O.ae8 lax EXEMPT

NEW HAVEN. Conn. March l6
N.S(.-Yale University is ex,
empt from paying taxes on prop
erty valued at $44,83O,39s, &C.
cording to the assessors of the
city. --
The Washington times., 1931-03-16

The coupon ,Ou bring you '0ithout obligation, fuH
details about this 790 stock. If convenient
you may obtain Information place subscriptions
at The Washington Times Co. Stock Sales Dept,
1921 H st. ~ W., Washington, D. c., at
the cashiers office of any Hearst newspaper or
corporation in the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-02
THE INDIANAPOLIS TINES

Louis, Louisville and indianapolis
Radio solved theft quickly
Wednesday night, according to
Sergeant Dan Cummings. whose
squad arrested three Negroes on
burglary, larceny and vagrancy
charges within a few minutes after
they are alleged to have run from
the Barton hotel tailor shop with
clothing valued at $3.50.
Held are: Frank Majors, 20, OF
43l West Michigan street; Richard
Robinson, 10, of 85l West Michigan
street, and -, ,ert Weathers, 10. OF
519is Ogden street. The clothing
was recovered at 300 East Michigan
street.
Ora johnson, 1926 North Beville
avenue, collector for the Standard
Grocery Company, STAYED off hold
up attempt at Ninteenth street and
Ashland avenue Wednesday, driving
in front of the bandit car which is
sued an order, Pull over to the
curb" and drawing his own gun on
the bandits. They fled.
Two Negroes in an automobile
asked Roy Barnett, 524 East Mich
igan street, the way to State Road
81, Wednesday night. He told them
and then surrendered $6 when they
produced guns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-02
Former Cashier Kills Self

By Times Special
KENDALLVILLE, Ind, April a.
Laurene Mccartney, "A, who was
cashier Of the Noble County Bank
and Trust Company when it was
closed Jan. 10, is dead, a suicide by
drowning in BXler lake. Accom-
panied by his wife, and Carl Miller,
friend, he was in Indianapolis and
GreencaStle Wednesday, at the lat
ter city visiting his son Joe, a De
Paw university student.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-02

lou're hearing ii all around you.
You've probably said il yourself.
Throughout the whole country, people not
only are smoking Camel cigarettes in the
new Humidor Pack, they're saying how good
they are!
They're deIighting in new mildness; an
aroma and fragrance found only in CameIs.
They're learning how much smooth cool
enjoyment is locked up in fine Turkish and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-02
FIND $4,000 IN
BURGLARY LOOT;
TWO ARE HELD
Suspect Pair in Louisville
of PIundering City
Homes.

Detectives today weres in custody
of stolen goods values at $4,000
found Wednesday in the home of
Clarence J. Cones, %, at 2309 East
Thirty-eighth street, who, with
Roy Lockwood, "a, of 1888 Lambert
street, is held in Louisville on
larceny charges.
Included in the plumber were
radios. clothing. iewelry, and house
hold effects. Police say Cones and
Lockwood are members of a gang
that operated in Cincinnati, st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-02

nouncement said he had assumed
command of the Fascist storm
squads in Berlin, Mecklenburg,
Pommerania, Brandenburg and ST.
lesla. He blamed the rebellion on
Hitler's breach of faith"
The rift came at an inopportunc
time for the Fsscists, in view of the
fact that only Wednesday the state
government of Thuringia-the first
IN which Fascist ministers had par
tlclpated-Was overthroWn in a
campaign against the Hitlerites.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-02
CITY COURT FINES
liked rs PER CENT
Increase Is Announced by Deputies
in Clerks Office.

Twenty-Five per cent increase in
fines paid in two municipal courts
since Jan. l, as compared with the
amount collected for the first three
months of last year, was announced
today by clerks office deputies.
The total collected since Jan. is
$24,750. The 1880 figure was S19,-
026 Judge Clifton r. Cameron
levied fines totaling $9.45O for the
first quarter, while Judge Paul c.
Wetter assessed monetary judgments
of S14,8675O.
OF the fines collected, $l2.246.5 so
will be turned over to the common
school fund. In the same period in
1880, 1898 we're donated to the
fund.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-02
Alumni Hear Leslie

81 United Press
HAMMOND, Ind, April a.
Speaking at the annual banquet of
the Lake County Purdue Alumni
Association here Wednesday night,
Governor Harry G. Leslie declared
the Calumet region of Indiana will
be the nations greatest industrial
center.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-02

rebellion, which
seriously threat
ened to disrupt
the military-like
or z anization OF
the Fascist storm
detachments.
Hitler's dismissal
on Wednesday OF
Stennes, who was
in command of
the Berlin and
eastern German
S t orm troops.
aroused partisans
OF the ousted
lieutenant and led
to the revolt move
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-02
FASCISTS SPLIT
IN GERMANY ON
HITLER'S RULE
Powerful Organization Is
PerlIed by Revolt of
Key Detachment.
b. United Press

81 United Press
BERLIN, April 1.-The Fascist
party of Adolph Hitler-recently be-
come one of the most powerful po-
litical organizations in Germany
was split today by a rebellion Of
part Of its Berlin and cast German
forces.
Captain Walter Stennes, who had
been dismissed by Hitler, led the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-02
BINNY HAD THINGS
TO WORRY HIM SICK
A New Southern Writer Gives Two Women Chance to
Compete With Moral Standards and Ideas of Life
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN

DAUGHTER stepmoher pickle any
"A whether 1t be In life a
ment and the mess of a
Let the sepmother have beauty
loving rich husband ability
the
This happens under the roof McEoys
Orleans told by Gladys Knight "Bnnys published