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QP Opening.
RING CHAMP lNVADES

Vassis Of Greece, Middleweight, to
Seek Fortune in u. S.
CHICAGO, August 20 (P).-Constan-
tine VaSsis, middleweight boxing cham
pion Of Greece. Is coming to America In
search Of fame and fortune in the ring
The 2i-year-old boxer will sail Sep
TENDER 10. according to word received
today. His ring campaign will be direct
ed from Chicago by a group of his
countrymen who are financing his trip
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BRITISH CHAMP TO VISIT
Enid Wilson Sails TO Take Part in
o. s. Golf Tournament.

LIVERPOOL. England, August 20
l4Y1.-Esnid Wilson. British -0men's golf
champion, has sailed aboard the liner
Dor1c for Quebec To make use Of a
present given her bv hex father TO cele-
brate her 2lxt birthday anniversary.
The present is trip to the United
states for the national women's golf
championship opening al Buffalo Sep
TENDER al
Miss Wilson also will compete in the
Canadian championships at Rosedale
the following wegx.
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by the win Of the United States
team at Prague over all competitors,
especially considering the distance the
American team had to travel.
Three rounds from the end Austria
had lost but a single match and was
looked upon as a sure winner. Then
came three successive defeats. Hans
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Pointers on Golf
BY SOL METZGER.

When driving, all great cham
pions-Burke, Won Elm, Jones,
Barnes and others-swing the club
head through and on after the ball
in much the same way. Their idea
is to follow through low, the club
head staying close to the grass as it
goes after the ball.
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the blindfold simultaneous record. play
ing against 80 boards, Of which he
won 90 and drew 10, in liz hours,
with one hour for lunch The score
of the game between Rubenstein and
KoltanoWski follows.
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TIP FOR FISHERMEN.

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, August
29.--The Potomac and Shenandoah
Rivers both were muddy this morning.
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IRIS TO RADIO SERIES
Former Star In Diamond Classic
VIII Assist Reporting It.

49, ~~S0ASS ~SSRNN SAAo Ae~
NEW YORK. August 20 P1.-Tris
Speaker, who appeared on the field in
three world series as a featured per-
former. Is to have a new role IN the
1881 games
This is to assist In the broadcast of
the games as one Of the National Broad
casting CO. staff He has been report
ing games in Chicago over the micro
phone this season.
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Columbia on September /, two
weeks before the opening Of college.
The summons. quite the contrary,
seems to have been accepted gener-
ally as an antidote to President
Nicholas Murray Buffers Summer
outgivings Of views as to the con-
duct of the gridiron game.
DR. Butler, as will be recalled,
was quite radical. He would do
everything to the game except de-
fate the foot ball itself, and the
writer suspects he failed to recon-
mend this only because he did not
happen to think Of 1t.
At any rate Lou Little's call for
preliminary practice at date
frowned upon by the Big Three. by
the Big Ten and By various confer
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BIZ LAWRENCE PERRY.

Nv YORK, August 29.-No
objections have been heard
with respect to Lou Little's
call for foot bali practice at
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Look at the sketch Of Barnes
driving.
One of the main reasons for not
finishing the stroke correctly, &C
cording to Barnes, is hitting too
soon,
Sol Metzger offers an illustrated
leafiet on Driving" which will help
every golfer having trouble of the
tee. Send stamped, addressed en-
velope for it. Address Sol MetZger
in care of this paper.
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SHOE
DATES ANNOUNCED
buffers Pitch Monday and
Experts Thursday and
Friday at Carnival.

r ORSESHOE pitchers from
II throughout the Metropolitan
area will take part in special
Evening star., 1931-12-20
FORD EIGHT DEBUT
IS REPORTED NEAR
Announcement of New Lin
coin Also Expected in
Trade.
BY EDWARD w. MORRISON.

Special Dispatch to The Star
DETROIT. December 19-Henry Ford
has prepared two surprise packages for
the automobile industry for 1882
First, the promised new Ford
model for which the public has been
waiting will be an eight, not a four
cylinder car.
Second, new Lincoln model, which
will be added to the present line. will
enable Ford to offer competition in a
new price class Rumors are that the
model will sell somewhere between
$4,000 and s2,500.
Formal announcement of the new
Ford eight Is still quite few weeks
distant. No word of the new car is
being permitted to leak out of the Ford
offices, but information in the factories
is that the new molds that have been
cast are for an eight.
Rumors that Ford might introduce a
low-priced eight have been lively, Of
course, ever since the old model IT.
was supplanted by the model "A" four
years ago. They were inspired chiefly
by the many eXperiments-ands success
ful experiments, too-that Ford had
conducted with a V-type eight.
Even as late as g, week or 10 days
ago 1t was assumed everywhere that
Ford would cling to the four in his new
model How long ago the decision to
shift to an eight was made is not known
The important decisions of the Ford
Motor Co. are made by Henry Ford
alone, so that how far the plans for the
new car went before the decision on the
eight was made must remain mystery
for the present
Week by week the expected date for
the appearance of the new Ford has
been set forward in the places where
automobile gossip is exchanged. When
discussion was first aroused last Sum-
mer, October was tentatively set as the
time. When October arrived and only
a part of the Ford workers were re-
called, it was believed that December
would bring the new car. But as the
weeks went by there was little sign Of
increased activity, and some of the
workmen who had been recalled were
laid off again.
One of the large Detroit body manu-
facturers who has contract from Ford
is reliably reported to have received in
structions not to begin work on the new
bodies before January %. This would
mean that the new car would not be
ready for exhibition before February.
Such plan would. of course, bring
the car to the market just a few weeks
in advance of the annual Spring sales
squirt.
The best guess in Detroit regarding
the decision on an eight-cylinder car is
that Ford decided to try to outdistance
his competitors.
(Copyright, 1917
Evening star., 1931-12-20
PAY ROLLS REPORTED
AT NEW LOW LEVEL
November Statistics Show Average
of 81 in Index of Manufac-
turing Industry.
BY CHARLES p. SHAEFFER.
Associated Press Business Writer.

Manufacturing industries payrolls
reached a new low index level in No
vember when an average of 510 was
reported for the period. The index is
based on representing 1925 averages as
100.
In making the announcement the
Department of Labor said the decline
was seasonal, as decreases have been
noted for the month in each of the last
nine years with but one exception, to
decreases in employment in industries
connected with building construction, the
between seasons" in the clothing and
boot and shoe industries, and the usual
shrlnkage in employment in the auto
mobile industry. which reports regularly
decreased employment at this time of
year due to temporary lay-offs occa-
stoned by changes in automobile models.
The statistics of the department cover
81 manufacturing industries, besed on
returns from 1883 establishments OF
th-sc, only five industries report gr- ater
earnings for employees, these being book
and job printing, cigar and cigarette
makers. production of automobiles. cleo
trio car building and repairing and the
production of agricultural implements.
None of the industries reporting show
higher payroll for November as COM
pared with the same period year ago.
The lowest index figure is reported by
manufacturers Of pianos and organs
pit, while printing of newspapers and
periodicals is hi9hest, 1044 or above the
average for 1926.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
STEEL PRODUCTION
IN FURTHER DECLINE
Buyers Are Apparently Awaiting
Price Lists for First
Quarter.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 19-The
steel trade continued to reflect seasonal
influences this week with ingot produc-
ton receding to about rs per cent of
capacity and additional decreases pre-
dicted in the trade before the end of
the year, because of holiday shutdowns
in some Of the smaller mills. The
easier price undertone was still noted
and buyers were not inclined to make
purchases pending announcement of
first quarter price lists as well as owing
tories.
Although slight improvement occur
red in automobile specifications, large
production orders on new models are
still delayed. Railroads remain out of
the market and structural specifications
are small. Output of pig iron has de-
clined owing to smaller demand and the
undertone is easier
Copper prices advanced u to 81 cents
per pound to ia cents for electrolytic
delivered in the Connecticut Valley
when three producers announced they
had withdrawn their designations from
Copper Exporters Inc This created
trade expectations that final agreement
on world curtailment and marketing
would follow and buying, particularly
for foreign accounts, increased supply.
Domestic users are somewhat better
supplied but fair volume of orders
came from this source.
Moderate demand for tin developed
following announcement from the in
ternational tin pool that it now holds
10000 tons of the visible supply and
that the price at which it will be r.
leased has been increased els to fl65
per ton. Slight reactions from early
week advances occurred, however, in
sympathy with sterling.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
DEBT DEFAULT FEARED.
British Hope for Cancellation Action by
United States.
BY LEONARD L REID.

Associate Editor Of the London Economist.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LONDON, December l9.-The space
ana prominence given by the British
daily and weekly press to the debt de-
bates in the American Congress accu-
rately measure British concern over the
fact that the world financial problem
has been complicated by new factor
Tor which Europe was unprepared.
Ihe financial district supports what
is known to be the British government
view-that there will be poor prospect
for the Forthcoming statesmens con-
ference II the negotiations are to be
conflned strictly to reparations, eXclud-
ing the practically inseparable question
OF allied debts, tariffs and monetary
policy.
1t is the universally held view here
that until the burden is lifted. inter-
national debts will be intolerable by
reason of the fall in commodity prices,
which was unforeseen six years ago,
and that there will be no hope Of
checking the progressive enforced
trade strangulation which is proceed
ing through the medium of quotas,
tariffs and foreign exchange restric-
tions. The question here upon all lips
is: Will Washington cancel these debts
in time to prevent an otherwise newt
able. however. deplorable. European
default? Pending, an answer TO this
question no business or enterprise Is
to be observed in the share markets,
which continue drifting No disposi-
ton exists anywhere to increase COM
mitments.
Large investment institutions are
slowly tightening their holdings with
out pressing the market. the result of
this policy being a gradual downward
trend in equities and sensitivitv on
the part of giit-edged securities to
superficial changes in sentiment. The
bond market took the Japansce de-
parture from the gold standard placid
ly, putting down prices only 2 to 3
points. 1t is assumed that Japan will
be able to maintain service on her
dollar loans, which, equal only 26 per
cent of her total debt.
(Copyright, 1917
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Brisk Retail Sale
Cain Is Reported
During Past Week
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December l9-There
was a sharp gain in retail sales during
the past week as compared with the
previous week, according to the weekly
survey by the Fairchild Publications.
Total sales have been up to expecta-
tions and in several instances above ex-
pectationS. Aggregate volume in De-
cember to date shows decrease Of
about 10 per cent under 1890. Metro
politan New York stores show decrease
of about 8 per cent.
The movement of units in December
has been of record proportions. The
decline in prices under a year ago is
estimated at about l7l2 per cent, indi-
eating an increase in unit sales OF about
7l2 per cent above year ago.
There has been a sharp increase in
the sale of low-priced gift items The
number Of these items sold has been
increasing during the past 10 days.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
TAX ON MOVIES HELD
OF SLIGHT IMPORTANCE
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, December 19.-Trade
opinion as to the administrations pro-
posal for 10 per cent tax on theater
admissions above 10 cents is that the
adoption of such measure would en-
tail only a small decline in attend
ance at most, says the Standard Statis-
tics Co. in a survey which continues in
part:
THE average admission price to mo-
tion picture theaters is about 35 cents.
An addition of 8 or cents to ticket
cost, ACCORDING to trade belief. should
not prove a S nificant barrier to the
attendance of TIE habitual movie-goer,
such as now comprises the large bulk of
movie audiences.
"More fundamentally disturbing in
the medium term outlook for motion
picture earnings are the influences of
unemployment and ihsuficiency of box
office attractions, as well as the finan-
cial difficulties under which . number
Of 'companiA are labortng."
Evening star., 1931-12-20
BOND GAINS LAID
TO OVERDUE RALLY
Resumption of Buying Brings
Spread Between Bid and
Asked Prices.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, December 19.-The In
vestment market this week went
through the eliminating phase of the
liquidation that has driven bond prices
vertically downward since November TO-
The bond market hit its bottom on
Wednesday and Thursday in a volume
of selling as heavy as that of the worst
days of the 1929 crash. On Thursday
bond transactions on the New York
Stock Exchange totaled S19,50O,00O and
on the Curb Exchange nearly S5,000,000
Then on Friday the market rebounded
and recovered all of the losses of the
two previous sessions, or more than
tWo-thirdS of the entire losses of the
week
An overdue technical rally was bound
to occur sooner or later in a market
that had declined more than 10 points
since December /, but the main cause
for the recovery was the persistence of
reports that large bond pool had been
formed by interests identified with the
banking consortium that rescued the
stock market in November, 1929
Whether such a pool was actually
formed does not matter. The market
for two or three days has been turning
toward the belief that bonds had been
oversold and the reports of the for
nation of a pool provided incentive
enough for bidders to get in and for
-and-outers. who were selling the
market short and covering the same
day, to get out.
Even during the height of the rally
there was still large volume of offer
iT1n hut och rlyyoY
under the stimulus Of better bidding.
At one time this resulted in a large
spread between bid and asked prices.
For instance, New York Central IS, due
III 1885, which closed at 73 on Thursday
and opened at IA on Friday, were then
74l2 bid, SO asked. In another case,
bidders for Philadelphia Co. SIS, who had
seen the bond close at TIA Thursday,
were forced to bid successfully 73. rs
and finally 79 to fill comparatively
small buying order.
In the Junior railroad group the ad
vance was most impressive. Issues such
AS Erie SIS, Missouri Pacific SIS, Nickel
Plate 4l2s, Southern Railway SIS and
Chesapeake Corporation SIS we're pushed
up 7 and 8 points. Industrials like
youngstown Sheet & Tube SIS and Texas
Corporation SIS also moved up.
The utilities recorded gains ranging
from l to 2 points in prime issues such
as American Telephone SIS, to s and 10
points in Western Union obligations and
international Telephone descriptions.
In the foreign list, German bonds, in
spite of Congress delay in ratifying the
moratorium on war debts and the pes
simistic spirit in Europe, evidenced by
selling in Amsterdam and London. re-
covered 4 to points from their lows.
South American, japanese and Austria
liam bonds also moved up. British is
sues were slow to respond, owing to the
wide break in sterling, ascribed to the
attitude of Congress on war debts.
In the week just ended new bond Of
ferings amounted to $19,020,000, against
9,779,0 900 in the previous week and
SCI ,487 900 in the same week of 1880.
(Cnnyripht
Evening star., 1931-12-20
LOFT REPORTS SHARP
GAINS IN BUSINESS

Loft. Inc, reports sales for Novem-
ber of S1,372, los SO, an increase of $685.
950.54, or 24.5 per cent over November,
1880.
Loft sales for II months totaled sl2,-
453,67764, an increase of S4,470, ,67281,
or Sc per cent.
The company showed a gain in Gus
toners during November Of 8l9,236, or
IS per cent The gain in customers
for II months over the same period
in 1879 was s,2l5,5ls, or rs PERCENT.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
American Interests in Austria,
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Department of Commerce reports
1t would be premature" to try to
formulate definite line of action
calculated to safeguard American in
terests to the fullest extent in present
Austrian trade conditions
The degree of consideration which
the central bank of that country will
give to applications of importers de-
pends largely on the amount of foreign
exchange on hand, it was said. Much
also depends on the resourcefulness, in
telligence, energy and loyalty of the
local representative of American firms,
it was said, inasmuch as no definite
percentage of ALLEGATIONS are likely to
be fixed for individual kinds of merch-
andise.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
ARUNDEL CORPORATION.

BALTIMORE, Md, December 10 (Spe-
ciaD Directors of the Arundel Corpo-
ration yesterday declared the regular
quarterly dividend of rs cents a share
on the common stock, payable January
2 to holders of record December 81.
In the first II months of the year,
Chairman Frank A. Furst reported to
the board, the company not only earned
its full SO per annum dividend, but was
able to add to surplus approximately
100000.
For the period the company earned
$2,178,000 or SAP per share, and for
the full year 1891 it is estimated that
earnings will exceed $5 per share. Net
income in November was Sl76,l52. Cur
rent assets and current liabilities, s446,-
s33.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
GAMERS SEEKING PLAN
TO ADJUST PRODUCTION
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Gamers of the country will discuss
ways and means of adjusting produc-
ton plans and methods to changing
business conditions at their annual
convention in Chicago next month.
The program of the conference will
be divided into meetings OF the var1-
Gus commodity sections, and informal
conferences for Gamers and growers
of their crops. These conferences will
take the form of clinics at which ex-
perts will discuss problems that both
Gamers and growers have encountered
in their operations.
There is outlined, also, an informal
conference on home economics which
will enable Gamers and workers in the
home economics field to meet and dis
cuss subjects of mutual interest.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
NEW APPLE RATE
TO AID INDUSTRY
Freight Reduction Charges
Ordered by interstate Conn.,
merce Commission.

The Shenandoah Valley apple indus
try will have the advantage of the new
schedule of reduced freight rates, for
export shipments, under a decision of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
annouHced yesterday.
Using Winchester as a point of origin,
for example, this will mean cut OF
from "a TO 80 cents per 100 pounds on
consignments to New York, 81 to 20
cents to Baltimore and 80 to 26 cents
to Philadelphia.
Rates on Parity.
These new rates thus become identi-
cal with those on domestic shipments,
effective December under the Eastern
class rate decision, the commission
having held in an action instituted by
the Virginia State Horticultural So
ciety and associated complainants that
the rates on apples. which are fifth
class, should be 35 per cent of first class
rates from points in Virginia, West Vir-
ginia and Maryland to destinations on
and east of the Mississippi River.
The commission order did not apply
to export and import traffic and the
carriers, in applying the new reduced
rates. exempted from them, among
other commodities. export apples, thus
leaving the former rates, which were
the same as domestic, applicable.
Later they reversed this stand and
asked that the lower schedules apply to
the export traffic.
Inasmuch as the apple growers are
now in the middle of their export sea-
son, it was said yesterday that the re-
duction would mean a difference of
several thousand dollars.
Meanwhile, the peach growers in
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and
PENNSYLVANIA also face the prospect of
reduced freight rates for shipments
destined, in general, to points east of
the Mississippi and north of the Ohio
and Potomac when the next crop
moves.
Charge for Peaches.
Under decision of the commission
on December 1, and just made public,
the charge for peaches, which are sec
ond class, shall not exceed go per cent
of the first class rates. The rate which
is being superseded approximated IS
per cent of the first class rates.
This case also was instituted by the
Virginia State Horticultural Society and
associated compliments.
The commission denied reparations
as sought by the plaintiffs. but petit
tior tor reconsideration is to be filed by
r. M. Gilliland Of Washington, counsel.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
PARIS BOURSE PRICES.

PARIS, December 10 R.-Three
per cent rertes, 70 francs 20 centimes.
Five per cent loan. SO francs s5 CEN
times Exchange on London, 86 francs.
The dollar was quoted at IS francs
41A centimes. =
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Plant Schedule Increased.

NEW YORK, December 10 P-The
Sharon Steel Hoop Co. has advanced
operations is per cent to IS per cent
Of capacity.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
EARNINGS REPORTED.

NEW YORK, December 10 UP). Per-
share earnings of corporations report
ing this week, with comparisons for a
wear ago include the following.
Evening star., 1931-12-20

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