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The Washington times., 1931-04-10
WATERWAY HAS
TRADE BOOST

EVANSVILLE, Ind, April /
Successful operation Of Evans
ville's new $50O,O00 waterways
terminal has demonstrated that
the expansion OF facilities for
handling inland waterways ship.
ping is followed by an immediate
flow Of commerce, according to a
bulletin issued here by the Evans
vile Chamber of Commerce. 1t
says:
"An idea Of what the uIti-
mate development of waterways
projects will mean to the Mid
die West is already evident in
the volume Of business being
handled through the new Mead
Johnson terminal on the Ohio
River here. Opened for opera
tiOn only a short time, the new
terminal has proved that Just
as quickly rs adequate storage,
transfer and terminal facilities
are provided for waterways
traffic, shippers will take ad-
vantage Of them"
Thousands Of tons Of steel from
the Pittsburgh area are now being
handled through the new terminal
and transferred from river barges
to railroad cars for shipment else
where. Sugar from New Orleans
is being shipped up the Ohio and
Mississippi to Evansville for Stor.
age in the terminal warehouse
and distribution by rail through
out the Middle West. Tobacco
from Kentucky is being loaded on
barges at the terminal for ship
ment to the British Isles. Many
other commodities are passing
through the terminal.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
SUBURB RE TAIL
TRADE GOOD

A healthy condition in almost
all retail lines in the Bethesda
area Is indicated in preliminary
survey conducted by the commit.
tee on industrial expansion of the
Bethesda Chamber of Commerce.
The study shows that some in
creaseS have been most encourag-
ing, coming at time when many
sections were suffering from the
effects of the general depression.
Not only have individual stores
been securing satisfactory volumes
OF business, but the number of re-
tail establishments has more than
kept pace with the growth of the
community as a whole.
One index of this trade activity
Is the report of the Baltimore and
Ohio freight office that the re-
ceipts for 1880 were approx
mately $4,000, representing
nearly 1000 cars loaded.
Since the beginning of 1880 the
number of retail establishments
has Increased by approximately
20 per cent. While the population
has increased at a slower rate,
this growth of the number of re-
tail outlets is not surprising. The
study made by the committee
more than year ago revealed
that stores in the community were
fewer than might be expected.
Similar committees elsewhere
had fewer potential customers per
store than Bethesda. Very prob
ably Bethesda now more nearly
approaches the average in posi-
BILE customers per store which OBJ
talns throughout the country as
o whole.
Consensus of opinion among
those interviewed is that general
retail conditions compare favor
ably with those of the unusually
good year. 1929. The natural
growth of population and the i'm
provements in highways, trans
portation. store equipment, signs
and lighting facilities are among
the factors cited as making posi-
BILE the good showing for the past
wear,
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
OUTPUT Of ZINC
Low IN 1880

The production of primary re,
fined zinc in the United States
from ores of domestic origin in
1880 amounted to 489,361 short
tons, compared with an output of
612,136 tons in 1929, according
to the United States Bureau Of
Mines.
Production from foreign sources
was 1854 tons, compared with
1891 tons in 1929. In addition
to the output of primary zinc,
34,849 tons of redistilled Sec
ondary zinc was produced, com
pared with 47,438 tons ip 1929
Of the total output of 532,894
tons, 366,857 tons was distilled
primary zinc, 131,188 tons was
electrolytic zinc, and 34,849 tons
was redistilled secondary zinc.
In 1929 the total production OF
672,795 tons was made up of
469,212 tons of distilled primary
zinc, 156,235 tons of electrolytic
zinc and 47.384 tons Of redistilled
secondary zinc. The 1880 output
was composed of 156,494 tons OF
high grade zinc, 26,O79 tons Of in
termediate, 93,270 tons of select
and brass special, and 257,051
tons of prime Western zinc.
A more detailed statement Of
zinc production. stocks, etc., will
be published in the near future
by the Bureau of Mines.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
POWERPRODUCT
OFF FOR WEEK

The production Of electricity by
the electric light and power in
dustry of the United States for
the week ended April 4, was l..
672, ,405, 900 kilowatt hours, accord
ing to the National Electric Light
Association. This is 1.6 per cent
below the corresponding period in
1880.
The Atlantic Seaboard shows an
increase of 81 per cent in electri-
cal output above last year. The
great central industrial region,
outlined by Buffalo. Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati, st. Louis and Mil
waukee, registers as whole, a
decrease of So per cent below
last year, while the Pacific Coast
shows an increase of 8 per cent.
Gross revenues of the electric
light and power utilities of the
country were $17l,779,60O for
February, a decrease of $2,725,O0O
or 1.6 per cent-below Feoru-
ary, 1880. 1t is, however, $685.
800-or S per cent-larger than
the revenues for February, 1929.
For the IL months ended
February %, preliminary figures
indicate q revenue of $685.
714,4O compared with 1892
12O,60 for the same period last
year and with a revised total of
1895, ,56O,5OO for the calendar
year ended December 81, 1890.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
|LASSOC|AT|ON
PLAN SUITS
WILBUR
Secretary Of interior Claims
1t HaIts 0verproduction
And Assists Small Wells

Secretary Of the Interior viii
bur today hailed the oil alloca-
ton agreement, reached yester.
day by the Oil States. Advisory
Committee in cooperation with
the Federal Oil Conservation
Board, as one of the most inn
portant forward steps" ever
taken by the American petroleum
industry.
The program arrived at bids
fair to inaugurate substantial re-
suits in the conservation Of oil
products and in the prevention
of oil monopoly" he added.
Will Limit Production
Under its terms the governors
of 10 leading petrOleum-prOduc.
ing States pave the way for q
compact which will have the ef.
feet of limiting the amount Of
oil to be produced in each State
of eliminating overprOduction.
This compact will have to be
ratified by the next Congress and
the legislatures of the various
States involved in it. Secretary
Wilbur is confident that this can
be obtained.
The primary purpose of the
agreement is to preserve the inde-
pendent operator, who is now in
danger of being crushed by mo
nOpOlistic interests, and to regu
late the steady production Of
established small wells"
will Supply Needs
It is expected that some of the
importing oil interests will sup
port compact by which, in the
words of Secretary Wilbur, a
more harmonious national pro-
gram of production in keeping
with the needs of the consumer
will result"
This meeting of the Oil States
Advisory Committee was called in
Washington following the failure
of oil embargo legislation at the
last session of Congress. It CON-
pleted it's labors yesterday and
submitted a plan Of cooperation
to President Hoover, which he ap-
proved.
It represents, in view of admin
istration officials, the only prac-
ticable method of dealing with the
present crisis in the oil industry
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
PROGRAM To AID
NEW ENGLAND

BOSTON. April ID G.N.S.l
Fourteen recommendations we're
included in a working program
for New England industry in
1881 made by 739 leading busi,
ness men and compiled by the
industrial committee of the New
England Council.
The first recommendation
made by 534 executives was to
hold lay-offs to a minimum" by
eliminating overtime and, if
necessary, reducing weekly hours.
Aggressive merchandising was
urged by SOL executives in the
second recommendation. Past
sales should be analyzed for the
most profitable lines, according
to the suggestion by the execu-
tiveS.
The improvement of employe
morale was the third recon-
mendation by 448 business men
in their ballots. This could be
done, it was suggested, by keep
ing employees informed of the
company's efforts to maintain
steady work, wages ana condl-
tions on a level that enables the
employe to prosper.
The remaining recommends
tions suggested encouragement of
normal buying, urged household,
erS to elem up, paint and re-
pair; the overhauling of ma
chinery and equipment, develop
ment of plant modernization pro
grams and numerous other Sug-
gestions.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
Liquidation Is Continuing
Orderly, Says Haney

there has been no strong support
at definite levels.
Major financial interests are
evidently willing to let the mar.
ket seek its own levels this time.
The panicky conditions Of late
1880 ''aving ceased to exist, and
the public being out, the market
no longer needs a nurse.
The banks have done about all
they can in the way of carrying
collateral loans and investing"
in untimely bond issues.
The news is mostly unfavorable
to stock market strength. The re-
lapse in commodity prices has dis
couraged sentiment, declines in
cotton, grain, silver, copper and
gasoline being disturbing.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
BY LEWIS HANEY

Signs Of liquidation in stocks
which were accumulated by pools
during the ill.advised January and
February advance, continue to
appear.
There is also a steady barrage
Of careful short selling. Rallies
are short and feeble.
The result has been a cancella-
tion Of the entire bulge. Stocks
are beginning to test" their De-
cember lows. A few have broken
through.
The absence Of buying, how.
ever, is more notable than the
selling. The decline has been
very orderly but 1t is clear that
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
GAS, CURRENT 7
. TWINS, SAYS
UTILITY
Central Public Service Corp,
Operators Of Gas Co. Here,
Publish Industry Booklet

HICAG April 10.-Public
utilities, comprising electricity
and gas companies, with a capi,
tai investment of $17,500, 900, 900,
rank as the third largest indus,
try in the United States, it is
declared in a booklet just issued
by the Central Public Service
Corporation. whose recently Sc
cured operating control of the
Washington Gas Light Company
is under investigation by District
and Department of Justice Off,
cials.
It points out that if all the
public service industries including
railroads, TELEGRAPH and tele'
phone, and street railways were
included in the compilation their
capital investment would be even
greater than the $4,000, 100000
credited to agriculture, which is
now the largest industry.
Gas s-EIectric Twins
Gas and electricity, it states:
care twin services, supple
menting each other in the
home, the workshop and the
factory, and they are now an
industry in themselves. They
comprise the public utility in,
dustry."
Approximately 100000 Gus
toners are using gas and elec-
tricity and more than 100000
customers are being added each
year. Electric light and power
has grown from capital invest
ment of less than $500,000,000 in
1900 to $11 ,800,0OO,000 at the end
Of 1880. Manufactured and nat
ural gas bring the total up to the
$17,5O0,o00.0OO figure.
Operates in "a States ,
The Central Public Service Sys-
tenn, it is pointed out, has a
total invested capital of more
than 1923, 100000. ranking it as
a major unit of the industry,
despite the fact that it was only
formed six years ago. More than
100 separate operating units of
varying size are owned or con-
trolled.
Subsidiaries operate in "a
States in the United States, two
provinces in Canada, and to a
more limited degree in the Philip
pines, the West Indies, the ca.
nary Islands and the island of
Mallorca.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
Issue to Be Offered
For Phone Utilities

A banking group comprising
Bonbright and Company, Inc;
Paine, Webber and Company,
and Mitchum, Tulley and Com
pany will offer Friday $4,000, 900
Associated Telephone Utilities
Company two-year 6 per cent Sc
cured notes, priced at 100 and
accrued interest to yield s per
cent. In addition to being di-
rect obligations of the company,
the notes will b secured w de,
post of 10000 shares of S6 divi-
dend cumulative preferred stocks
Of three subsidiary operating COM
panies.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
CHICAGO LIVESToK

CHICAGO, April 10 UNs).-Hogs:
Receipts, $4,000. Market, steady. Tor,
$50: bulk, $6.5O@S heavy weight, $3.50
weight. s7.7O@SO5; light lights, s775@
$40; packing sows. $6.25 @6.7O; pigs,
T.25 q 40; holdovers, 5000.
Cattle - Receipts, 1900. Market
steady Calves: Receipts, 1000; market
steady. Beef steers: Good and choice
500 1850; common and medium, $50
500; yearlngs. $6Q1O25. Butcher
cattle: Heifers, $500; cows, $4250C.5O:
bulls, $406.50: calves, $6@S.5O feeder
steers, s5.5ODS.25; stocker steers. S56S:
stocker cows and heifers. &4@6.5O,
Sheep - Receipts 70 900 Market,
steady Medium and choice lambs 500
as: Culls and common S7.5O6S5O:
yearlings &7251S.5O; common and
choice ewes, t2d5; feeder lambs, $40
s.2S.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
Export
Gains in FebrM1ru

Exports of automobiles reversed
the downward trend Of several
months and turned upward in
February for the first time since
last September, it was reported by
the Department Of Commerce yes
terday.
February shipments totaled ST.
201,911, an increase Of II per
cent over January. Denmark con-
tinues to be the leading pur-
chaser of American cars, though
is countries showed an increas-
ing demand.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
Postal Receipts
For March SZun1n

The Post Office Department
announced today that postal re-
ceipts at so selected cities during
March had dropped from $32,-
474,635.98 in 1890, to $3O,178,-
275.67 this year, or a decrease of
7.07 per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
Untitled Tonnage
Of Steel Increases

NEW YORK, April 10 GN.SJ.
Untitled tonnage of the U. S.
Steel Corporation as of March 81
showed an increase of 30,136 tons
to 1895, $3.50 tons, against 3,965,19
on February %, 4,132,351 on Jan
uary 81, and 4,57O,653 on March
81. 1880,
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
SHOE OUTPUT UP

February production Of boots
and shoes totaled %, ,625, ,902 pairs
as compared with 1S,888,S69 pairs
in January and 25,898,273 pairs
in February, 1880, Department
of Commerce reports from returns
Of 1,179 factories.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
GORHAM, INC.

Gorham, Inc, and subsidiaries
report for year ended January 81,
1881, net loss Of $384,197 after
interest, provision for price reduc-
tions, etc. This compares with
net profit of $363,071 for year
ended January 81, 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
Selsnoeraph Is Used.

Canada Is now the second largest
gold-producing country in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
roDAY-s AMUsEMENTs.

Gayety-Burlesque Southern Bellies,
at AIS and 8:I5 pm.
Metropolitan-"Al Hamilton, :"
at ii am, 12:46, 2:s4. 4:3s, 6:l0. 7:Ss
and 9:46 pm.
RIaIto.-"East Of Borneo." at 11:45
am, las, 3:45. 5:45. 7:45 and Gas pm.
Pa,ace-"Personal Maid" at 1850
am. 2, 4:3o, tbs and 9:4o pm. Stage
shows at 1:2o, $50. 6:35 and pm.
~Columbia-"Street Scene" at 1i:10
am. / lis, $500, 5:25. 1880 and $40 pm.
Fcx-"The Spider" at 1910, 2:2s,
4:42, 7:48 and 1904 pm. Stage shows
%, 1888. 6:44 and pm:
R-K-O Keith's - Travelling Hus-
bands" at 1850 am, 1:50, $50, 5:45,
7:45 and GAS pm.
EarIe-"Side Show" at l1:20 am,
las, 4:25, 7:30 and 1905 pm. Stage
shows at 12:45. $3.50. $50 and s:05 pm.
TivoIi- Bought" at 2, $50, 5:45,
TAO and 9:35 pm.
CentraI-"Politics," IL am. to IL pm.
Administrations Hamilton,
at 6:15, $40 and 9:55 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
Picks Wrong Boy as Thief.

NEW YORK Cp-It looks as II col
lege boys razzing can beat science.
Prescott Lecky, instructor in psychol-
ogy, put two freshmen at Columbia
University through a scientific third
degree designed to expose one as a
thief who had taken a dollar In mock
theft. Lecky picked out the wrong man
as the thief. His alibi was that the
audience had applauded SO much that
they made the reactions Of the subjects
untrue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21

PEYToN PENN STUDIO Instruetion in
iT45 r st. NV. LIST ID Met $3.50. -.''e''' :
PROF. and MRS: AcHEE5 1l3J 10th Street
Monday and friday 3 to fi.S0 Is n. Private
lessons by appointment. Met. also. Est. 1900.
CATHERINE HALLE
Reopening the classes in alt types Of
Dancing. beg Oct q Instructions IN Ball
orch. .. FRI. $50. children s classes. Pri-
yate lesson any time By appt. n. 7zi5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
SCIENTISTS STUDY
ARTIFICIAL QUAKES
Yosemite Cliff Experiments
Are Expected to Reveal
Facts on Vibrations.

The Carnegie Institution of Washing
ton and the California Institute OF
Technology were granted permission
Saturday by the Interior Department
to conduct In Yosemite National Park
experiments with artificial earth tremors
with the hope OF learning more about
earthquakes.
According to Arno B. Cammerer, act
ing director Of the National Park Serv-
ice, the investigation has been under
taken at the suggestion Of DIR. Arthur l..
Day, director of the geophysical labora-
tory of the Carnegis Institution.
A group of investigators already Is
at work producing earth tremors. A
large tunnel Is being cut into the base
OF the cliffs east of Bridal Veil Falls,
and is now about $500 feet long. At
the inner end of the tunnel, officials
explained, charges Of several hundred
pounds of dynamite are exploded each
day. The explosions set up vibrations
which can be registered up to several
miles.
Echoes and Velocity Studied.
Three problems are being studied in
the experiments. The first is to deter
mine the velocities Of earthquake waves
in several kinds Of granite; the second
is to ascertain the effect Of vertical
walled canyon or valley or earthquake
wave when they travel at right angles
or across the valley, and the third is
an attempt to record the echo In the
rock wave by reflection from the bottom
of the granite itself.
Of1cials explained that the earth
Is made Of concentric shells, the outer
one OF which is believed to be only or
10 miles thick, and Is made OF granite.
Elnln Mi IA .
ferent rocks of bassltic composition. 1t
was said that the waves from the ex-
plosion travel downward through the
granite ana ehould be reflected back
from the baSa.t surface as an echo, but
tie return distance Is great and the
problem of recording the echo Is very
difficult.
If the time for the return journey Of
the waves to the base of the granite can
be ascertained, it was said, the thick
ness Of the granite is determined, be-
cause the rate of travel Of the waves
Is known approximately.
SeismOgraph Is Used.
The instrumental equipment operates
electrically, officials explained. A num-
Ter OF portable seismographs are placed
some distance apart in the surface rock
When they are disturbed by vibrations
they send electrical impulses through
cables to delicate recording instrument
in the Instrument trunk. These i'm
pulses are recorded as lines on rap
Idly moving record. When the rock
stances still the line is straight. When
the rock yibrates the line becomes
sinuous and irregular and by its form
indicates the nature and amount OF
the rock vibrations.
The group of scientists include DR..
Beno Gutenberg of the California In
stitute. Henry SALVATORE of Dallas, Tex;
Ray FELTON,, Frank Bierend and Edward
Partain. assistants to Salvatore, and DR..
John p. Buwalda Of the California
school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21

The United States leads the world
in deaths by motor vehicles. Sweden
and Norway come last on the list Of
countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
MAE DAVTgfYN

Ball Room Class. Tuesday EveninEs. BE-
ginners, Er2m Ito . Pm. Advanced Class.
20 Il EshA.s .I9p end Chtidronse Claeaass
2pen Oetoeer 19t. Private i1ssons Il All
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-09
LITTLE CAESAR" MIGHTY DRAMA OF PRESENT DAY
 RACKETEERING AT STATE
Starting Tomorrow

A visit to score of flop joints in Los Angeles were made by Mer- vyn LeRoy, in company with plain clothes men, as a part of the re- search work on Little Caesar" the
 First National and Vitaphone thrill Ter, which comes to the Warner Bros State theater tomorrow. Le- Roy directed the picture.
 "All these places present sad spetacle," says LeRoy, flor night ly they house the fiotsam and jet sam of humanity, the old, the crushed, the defeated-those whom life has battled down.
 Yet dingy as these places are, nevertheless they fill a need. For ten or fifteen or twenty-five cents q man may have a bed for the night -a place to sleep out of the chill and the wind and the rain, with
 bedclothes to keep him warm. It is a temporary haven of rest and forgetfulness for eight hours. Ut is not house, much less home. The lodgers only staA for
 the night The places are emptied
 during the day. Nearly any man
 can bum a few nickels or a quarter. Thus such flap joints really perform public service, for they keep this class of idle floaters out of tempta- tion to a certain extent. They pre- vent petty thievery. They keep man going.
 Most of them are under rigid
 police and sanitary supervision. They are not dirty. It is only the
 close quarters and the class of peo. pie who frequent them which makes them so."
 Little Caesar" is the picturiza- tion of w. F. Burnett's powerful story of the rise and fall of gang
 ster in a big city. It runs the
 gamut of locales, from small town
 thievery to big town racketeering and night club life, and then back again to the dismal note of the flap l joints. It has been hailed as one
 of the biggest successes of the year.
 Edward G. Robinson plays the title role of Little Caesar" Douglas
 Fairbanks, Jr, also has big role.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-09
W-Lcadcr Q-0-7- 7-(5)
"SIN TAKES A HOLIDAY"
 SCORES AT THE LYRIC

Achieving d personal and artis- tic triumph, Constance Bennett's new Pathe star picture, "Sin Takes a Holiday" scored heavily on it's first showing here at the Lyric the atcr yesterday. The unusual story and smashing climax, the massive ness of the production, beautiful and charming as it is, the artistry of the players, the wonderful displays of fashionable Parisian gowns, its drama, appeal and remarkable di- rection by Paul l.. Stein, all serve to make this one of the finest takers ever presented on the local screen. The fine portrayals of Miss Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna. who plays op- posite her in an exacting role, Basil Rathbone, Rita La Roy, Louis Bar tels. Zasu Pitts, were warmly ad- mired. 'Sin Takes Holiday" is worthwhile talker which no lover of the screen can afford to miss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-09
Junior League WiU
 Offer January Jig "
Cabaret Waterbury Womens Club Night of January 2 Arranged by Mrs Robert L. Munger - Local Members of League Take Proceeds Go League Philanthopies

"Blackgammon"- Alfred F. Andrews, Mrs sherman H. Perry, Mrs John s. Coe, Miss Elizabeth Fielding. Miss Elizabeth Mcknight, Miss Betty Price, Mis- Suzanne Leach, led by Mrs George Morgan.
 According to the Accordion" Mrs Maurice T. Rowland.
 Thursday Night at the Club" Junior League Husbands: Harold c. Ashworth, Henry Campbell, Rodney Chase, Francis T. Phillips, Walter 1T. Deacon. Robert L. Munger, Charles H. Upson, William Jones.
 Under the Gas Light: Mrs Mark L. Sperry, Mrs Albert Brooks, Mrs Harold Ashworth, Mrs Barlow Hem- inway, Mrs Harrison H. Camp, Miss Marion Hunt. Miss Rhoda Chat field, John s. Coe, Barlow Hemin- way, Milton Bristol. Warren Upson, Harrison H. Camp. Everett Mer- riam, Edward Wotkyns, Dutton Mo- ble, Albert Brooks, led by Mir and Mrs Rodney Chase.
 "Piccaninnies"- Robert L.. Munger, Catherine and Elsie Coe.
 Little Things of Life" - Mrs Charles H. Upson, Edward Jones.
 Buck and Wing" clog dancing.
 ouI AiDDy, MTS buel II. Hem = inway singing Body and Soul"
 "An Ohman and Arden''-Mrs Robert Larkin and Deborah Elton playing two pianos.
 "Silver Rhythm"--Miss Louise Driggs, Miss Helen Hurlburt, Miss Helen Thompson, Mrs Milton G. AL lerton. Mrs Alexander Campbell, Mrs Alan Curtiss, Mrs William Goss, Mrs Chauncey r. Goss, 3rd, led by Miss Ann Driggs. Mrs Frederick R. Kellogg, John K. Pratt, Roger F.. Gay.