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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-13
I'D YEAR OF COLLEGE
Iowa State Alumni Here Plan
Dinner on Anniversary.

The seventy-third anniversary Of the
Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, one Of
the largest Of the Federal-State land
grant institutions, win be observed at q
dinner by the washington chapter OF
the schools alumni association next
Friday at the Burlington Hotel.
DR.. r. A. Pearson, president OF the
University of Maryland, was president
OF the Iowa college for many years
prior to coming to Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-13

OF the department yesterday afternoon
marked the informal dedication Of the
new 'talkie' equipment and officially
launched the departments program for
production Of the talking pictures.
A recorder has been installed In the
laboratory Of the office Of motion pic
lures, and preparations have been
made for the scoring Of educational
films with lectures. The old proJec-
ton room has been soundproofed, and
will still be used for the time being az
a sound studio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-13

home, Fifteenth and @ streets, at 5
o'clock Sunday afternoon. Morning
Star Lodge, No. 40, and Forest Temple,
No. 9, are the washington bodies under
whose direction the home has been
built.
The dedication ceremonies will be
preceded by street parade, in which
many visiting clubs and their marching
bodies will take part, and banquet
will follow the exercises.
DR.. John Marques, exalted ruler Of
Quaker City Lodge, Philadelphia; Rep
resentative William c. Hueston and 9TH
ers win be present and speak.
The committee in charge includes
Thomas H. Cabaniss, Robert F. Plum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-13
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON MARCH -

mer, Edward r. Janifer, Dr. Robert L.
Peyton, trustees; DR.. j. j. Porter, dis
trict deputy; DR.. Leo 8. Holton, exalted
ruler; Cortez w. Peters, secretary, and
william B. Harris Of the Ways and
Means Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-13
SOUND FILMS GIVEN

Agricultural Department Equip
ment Officially Dedicated.
The presentation of sound films be-
fore officials and scientists of the
United States Department of Agricul-
tllre In the motion picture laboratory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-13
ELKS' EXALTED RULER
TO BE GUEST SPEAKER
Will Attend Dedication Of New
Washington Home Of Lodge
Next Sunday Afternoon.

Grand Exalted Ruler j. Finley Wilson
will speak at the dedication exercises
for the Washington EIks' new $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-13

Analysis of water from "Dire Water
Springs" near Caddo, Tex, showed 10
different minerals.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
CHARLOTTE,N.C.
BONDS SOLD

The new issues of $2,200,000
City of Charlotte, N. c., 414 per
cent bonds, due serially May l,
1884 to 1879, inclusive, which was
awarded to a group, headed by
Bancamerica-Blair Corporation, is
being offered today at prices to
yield from SIS per cent to Ais
per cent, according to maturity.
The bonds, which are issued for
street widening, water, grade
crossing eliminations, street
improvement, sewer and public
improvement purposes, will con-
stitute direct and general obliga-
tionS of the city of Charlotte, and
are payable from unlimited ad
valorem taxes levied against all
taxable property therein.
The 1880 assessed valuation OF
real and personal property in
Charlotte is reported as $160,781,-
626, while the city's net debt is
$8,988, 800.
The bonds are legal investments
for savings banks and trust funds
in New York State and are ex-
empt from all Federal income tax.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
BIDS FOR SHIPS
CONSIDERED

The opening Of bids received
by the Shipping Board today for
10 laid-up ships to be sold for
Scrapping or conversion into
barges revealed offers of more
than 80 cents a ton on the
Scrapping basis. The Union Ship
building Company of Baltimore,
with an offer of $53,293, was high
bidder for the whole group, al.
though offers of others for some
vessels were higher.
The Schuylkill Transportation
Company of Philadelphia offered
$4,000 for the Lake Girth, a
4155 ton steel freighter, under a
proposition to convert the vessel
into barge for use on the Della.
ware. For the Conotton, 1880
tons, the Eastern Chief, 677I
tons, and the Provincetown, 946c
tons, the Boston Iron and Metal
Company, of Baltimore, offered
$3,012.9O, $5,62O.76, and $3.50 81,
respectively. The total bid of tn
Boston Iron and Metal Compan,
was $52,038.51.
The bids were taken under ad.
Visement by the Merchant Fleet
Corporation.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15

customers showed their resent
ment by giving their business to
other oil companies.
Check on This Control
During the bull market many
of the best-managed utility COM
panies disregarded customer-own-
ership because of the public's in
satiable appetite for stocks, max
ing unnecessary the extra effort
of customer-ownership work.
At present those companies
that did continue their customer
ownership work have found it a
most valuable asset in fighting
movements designed to bring utili-
ties under Government control,
the report concludes.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
TWO-YEAR LOW
RECORDED BY
BIC STEEL
Vanadium, Consolidated Gas,
Columbia, North American,
Westinghouse Take Losses
By w. S. COUSINS

NEW YORK, April Is QN.SO.
A wave of selling which awaited
the first tap of the opening bell
on the big board today carried
prices of long list of the in
duStrial and utility favorites l TO
3 points lower. A 2 per cent drop
in steel ingot production reported
in the weekly reviews, and un-
certainty over dividend action by
two or three boards, unsettled
the market and gave the bears
an excuse for a deluge of selling
orders.
U. S. Steel at New Low
Vanadium dropped 212 points
to a new low at 48, while await
ing official report on the dividend
action of the directors of this
corporation. United States Steel
was again under pressure and
dropped off to 134A.
This is the lowest price in more
than two years, the stock having
been given strong support at $50
in the 1929 market break. Bethle-
hem Steel sold in good volume at
so, down 112.
Standard Oil led the downward
move in oils, with a loss of 3
points at 72A.
Consolidated Gas, Columbia,
North American, and other active
utility shares fell off a point or
more, but selling volume was not
heavy.
Westinghouse dipped under IT
for a 2-point loss, and American
Telephone and Telephone was
down ga at 1874. American
Can and Dupont lost 112 points
each.
Vanadium Passes Dividend
Directors of the Vanadium Cor
poration today omitted the reg
ular quarterly dividend of IS cents
a share on the common stock due
at this time,
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
STOCK WEDDING
PROCESS To
CONTINUE
0verhanging Liquidation Due
For Cleaning Up Before Any
Permanent Advance, Is View
By THE SPECTATOR

NEW YORK, April Is. - The
stock market gives evidence that
the wedding out process has yet
some distance to go, for Tues
days session left no doubt there
was considerable in the way of
overhanging liquidation to be
cleared before anything more
than technical rally could mate
rialize.
The days reaction almost dis
sipated entirely the fruits of the
previous sessions advance, with
the Standard Statistics index of
80 common stocks showing a loss
of II points.
OF much greater Importance
was the fact that quite num-
Der of trading .favorites sagged
into new low ground for the
year, notably Air Reduction
Westinghouse Electric and FO1
Film.
Public Ready for Play
This tends to prove that stoch
which are expected to show uS
adversely from an earnings stand
point should be avoided until thu
actual news is released, deSpiI
severity of the deflation which
may have taken place. There i.
no question but that the public
is willing to play ball" with the
forces committed to the cause Of
advance.
This was brought out by the
heavy accumulation of overnight
buying orders attracted early
yesterday on the strength of the
previous days advance, as we'll
as by the dullness which de-
Veloped in the main body of
stocks as prices were beating a
retreat.
Since the long decline set in
some weeks ago the average has
been for each day of advance to
be followed by two or three sue
cesslVe sessions of decline. If
Mondays flareup was not merely
another flash in the pan" it is
altogether likely the constructive
interests will attempt to make an
other effort to turn the tide on
the bears.
Should success accompany such
operations, it will carry more than
the usual significance over the
near term.
Basing its estimates on reported
results to date and present indi-
cations of conditions affecting
the individual companies during
the remainder of the year, Stand
ard Statistics has computed the
probable full years earnings Of
some leading railroad issues as
follows:
Atlantic Coast Line 1910
against $3.50; Canadian Pacific
$1.7O against $3.50; Delaware and
Hudson 1920 against SOTO;
Illinois Central $3.40. against Sc;
Louisville and Nashville $500.
against $3.50; New York Central
$3.50, against $7.20; Pennsylvania
$4.7O, against $3.50; Southern
Railway $420, against $470;
Western Maryland $1.40 against
90 cents
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
CuStOm1er-O1UnerS Check
Utility Control, Claim

More than 3,250,OOO customers
of public utility companies were
owners of the stocks of these COM
panies at the end of last year,
representing an increase of about
100000 in the last three years, &C
cording to a survey of General
Shares Corporation of Chicago, in
the first in a series of Studies in
American Business"
Despite the wider distribution
of public utility securities, com
panies actively engaged in Gus
tomer-ownership promotion have
declined from about 270 in 1929
to about 200 at the present time.
Many Abandon Plan
Twenty years ago, however, only
about 10 utility companies were
pushing this kind. The report
says:
MANY utility companies were
forced to abandon their Gus
tOmer-Ownership campaigns last
year when stocks fell into gen.
eral public disfavOr. Most of
these will undoubtedly resume
them on the return of better
conditions in the security mar
ketS."
The common stock customer
ownership campaign seems to be
a thing of the past, says the sur
vey. Several prominent utility
companies in the last two years
have learned to their regret that
this type of campaign sometimes
results in more disadvantages
than advantages.
One oil company sold its com,
mon stock to customers; and on
drastic declines in prices these
The Washington times., 1931-04-15

Amer Tel & Tel AIS 39....129 I.....
Am Tel e Tel Ctl Tr 5s..I1O6 ..
& Pot r R 5s. II
Ana & Pot Guar 5s.., 90 400
C & P Tel of Va 5s..... I1O3 ..
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
Kinner AirpLGne
Lists No Profits

LOS ANGELES, April 15.-Bal-
ance sheet of Kinner Airplane
and Motor Corporation, Ltd, as
of December 81, 1880, lists cur
rent assets of $392,923, against
current liabilities of S14O,779, or
a working ratio of 2.7 to /, the
annual report, mailed stockhold-
ers today, reveals.
No profit and loss statement
is included in the report, the
net expenses of the year having
all been treated as experimental
and development expense. This
item stands at $1,185, ,290 as Of
December 81, 1880, compared
with $484,025 at the close Of
1929,
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS

Southern Natural Gas Corpora
ton, a subsidiary of Tri-Utilities
Corporation, reports that its
gross revenues for March totaled
$290,583. Operating expenses,
maintenance and taxes, other
than Federal income tax,
amounted to $123,534. Net in
come available for interest and
other charges was $167.049.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
Canada Income Tax
ShOUS Bio Increase

In contrast with declines in
other sources of Government reve-
nue., Canadian income tax returns
for the fiscal year ended in March
promise to exceed the 1880 figures,
it was revealed by the Department
OF Commerce yesterday.
Canadian income taxes for the
first II months of the fiscal year
were $2,000,000 more than the
corresponding period of the year
before.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
WASHINGTON STOCKS

Capital Traction IS AT, $1,000
@77A, $1,000@7714, $1,000@77A.
Washington Gas IS '33, 5000
1924.
Capital Traction, 1O@321z, so
@3212, 5O@3212.
Union Trust Company, 106210.
Lanston Monotype, 1@1O5, 10
1O5.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 2@81,
10@8O1a, 1O@8O5s.
National Mortgage and Invest
ment, pfd., 10@47s.
Carpet Corporation, 25@247s,
10@24B, 10@24B.
After Call
Washington Gas IS '33 A, $100
@1O2.
Potomac Elec Power 51as pfd.,
SOTO.
washington Gas, 1o@124, 100
124, 20@124.
Capital Traction, 5@3212.
Washington Gas IS A, $4,000
1924.
Capital Traction IS, $1,000
7714.
Public Utility Bonds
Amer Tel g. Tel A1bs 90 LOO
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
LIVESTOCK DECREASE

Livestock decreased 80 percent
in value and per cent in number
IN Kentucky during 1880.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-09
LEO LARRIVEE TO
BOX BOBBY BROWN
Local Lad Meets Lowell
Veteran in Ten=ROund
Headliner at Springfield
Monday

Springfield July 9.--Leo Larrivee,
Waterbury, Conn, middleweight ace,
and Bobby Brown, LowelIs punching
demon who is engaged in a sensa-
tional comeback campaign to win
his last 10 fights, clash in one half
of a dual windup of next Monday
nights boxing show of the Ameri-
can Legion across the river. Occupy
ing the other section of the bar
gain will be Pete DeGrasse of New
York and Vernon Cormier of Wor-
cester, hard hitting featherweight.
Both matches are scheduled for 10
rounds.
I4arrivee has not performed in this
vicinity since he bounded into the
top flight of the 160-pounders by a
surprising knockout of Vittorio Liva n
in Boston. AS a preliminary Differ he
was a starter in Holyoke and across
the river several times, but as a
leading middleweight he will be
showing for the initial match. He
is regarded as a heavy swatter and
crack club fightre
Browns comeback is being hailed
in ring circles as one of the most
enthusiastic known to the industry.
Last week alone he whipped out
wins over Joe Gainor in a New
Hampshire ring and Joe ZelinSky in
Slaem. Zelinsky is the same lad who
stopped Brown in the Paper City two
years ago when the Lowell battler
was tired from one of the most en-
during series of bouts undertaken by
a middleweight during the past dec
ade.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-09
Rumors And Reality Gathered From,
This Sporting Word
The Grist OF Athletic Contest
Such Unpopularity Must Be Deserved;
Or "Sports and Mr. Graham McCracker"
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

Right newspaper running radio broadeasers
popularity Graham MeNamee leading the
Perhaps well that the that Graham has received
from large and from
like his smile of his locks for other
his ability radio broadcater Graham be
brodca of subjects and
sports mcrophone he about eight degrees
Those who tuned the Dempsey Iunney fight
Chicago World Series Philadelphia the Schmeng
Stbng 90 inclined this the other hand
they may
Graham has Let illustrate If you
decidedly all Tunny from the minute that Chicago
boadeastng being cruelty partisan insofar fair description
fight concerned Perhaps his excitement He gets
terribly may At the World Series last fall in
philadelphia able of Ford Prick former president
Baseball Writers Association who has been writ
ing years. the inside What do
think he did, Very generously he allowed Mr. Prick the
the celebrities who attendance
etc. himself had the gall describe the World
play What he made of it, well remember
Strbng Schmeng last week he all Strbng until the
strong the later rounds that good old Graham had
change style entirely and the German the recognition that he
certainly Graham had Sam Taub with him the fight to
the mcrophone duties Sam New York boxing
writer describe the last round he when
grabbed and did HIS stuff the
could The old kid plenty of assistance
letting the boys who know sports talk about them
the air, it's nay Pauline Just an actor at heart
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-09

AS a result, Harmon A. Genlot,
manager of the Genlot Recreation
Center and Bob Stone of the Wooster
alleys will shortly begin a campaign,
which, it is hoped will result in the
return of the "a inch or small
ball to all Connecticut alleys.
Bowlers Dissatisfied
Interviewed upon the subject of
the larger bowling ball, both Genlot
and Stone agreed that it was q COM
plete failure from the standpoint of
the bowlers themselves, many of
whom have asked to have the small
err ball returned to service. About
year ago, when the five inch ball was
introduced in these parts, many of
the better local bowlers reasoned that
bigger ball would mean bigger
scores, which after all, is the gauge
upon which their ability is based.
This evening, Genlot's Ambas-
sadors and Stones Woosters were
scheduled to meet at the Genlot al
leys in a match game, using the
smaller ball. Difficulty in getting the
Wooster team together threatened to
cause postponement of the match
game at press hour. At any rate, the
agitation for return of the small
ball to alleys in all parts of the state
has definitely begun and will, in all
probability wind up in official discus
sion and action before the summer
meeting of the Connecticut Bowling
Alley Owners association next
month.
Hard To Handle
Both Mr.. Genlot and Mr.. Stone
stated that the bowlers, for the most
part, were against the larger ball be-
cause it tires their hands and is not
the higher scoring medium that they
first believed. For women, the larger
ball is a distinct detriment, as it is
most difficult to handle and almost
impossible to control. If the five
inch ball is ultimately eliminated, it
will mean that smaller pins, to cor
respond with the smaller ball will
also have to be used, and the sooner
that happens, the better for the ma
jority concerned, local alley addicts
believe.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-09
male CHOICES IN
VALLEY NET PLAY
CONTINUE TO WIN
Defeat OF Lucia Dewell By
Bridgeport Girl Furn=
ishes Lone Surprise in
WOmen's Play

Ed. Mcknight of Springfield,
seeded number two in the mems
singles, was the only player to adj
vance to the third round on the
opening day of play in the annual
Naugatuck Valley tennis champion
ships at the Waterbury Country Club
courts yesterday afternoon. In his
first match Mcknight disposed of
Willie Gies of Naugatuck by scores
of 6-1, 60. He then beat Clark
hopkins Of New Haven 6-1, 60.
Now Comes Action
More than half of the matches in
the first round of the mems play
were completed yesterday. The re-
naainder will be cleaned up to-day
as well as the second round and the
first round of the mems doubles.
HOBBY Hyde, Art Wright and Sam
Snider all of Hartford, Francis
Smith of this city and Amos Wild
er of Cam bridge, all favorites are
scheduled to make their first APP
pearances to-day.
But eight matches remain to be
played in the women's singles, the
tourney entering the quarter-finals
yesterday. Lucia Dewell of Thorn
aston, Waterbury champion, was
eliminated yesterday by Esther Ed
wards, Bridgeport champ, in
straight sets, GA, 6-2. Florence
Chase of the Country Club came
from behind to win in three sets
from Margaret Barclay.
All Winners
Other favorites to come through
were Margaret Cluett, Eleanor
Grow, Clare Smith, Helen Rice.
Mary Childress, and Ann briggs of
this city. Miss Smith was forced
to three sets by Anna Moran, former
local champion. The results:
Mems Singles
William Bragaw defeated George
Lindquist, 7-6, Sc.
Blackman, 6-2, Ga.
Howard Fairchild, defeated F. A.
Thompson, 6-2, 6-3.
Ed. Mcknight defeated Willie
Gels 6-1, 6-2.
Clarke Hopkins defeated John H.
Foster, Ga, 60.
Ed. Mcknight defeated Clarke
Hopkins, 6-1, 60.
Neil Maloney defeated Joe Pratt,
T. II. Wilbur defeated John
Bridgeman, 81, SO.
j. B. Morse defeated David Hyde,
6-1, GO.
WOmen's Singles
Mary A. Childress defeated Mrs
Bennett Bronson, 6-3, 6-1.
Clare Smith defeated Anna Moran,
G-S, GA, 60.
Helen Rice defeated Elizabeth I.
Chase, 60, 60.
Ann briggs defeated Mrs Roger
WalcOtt, 60, 60.
Margaret Cluett defeated Marian
ma Richards, 6-1. GA.
Esther Edwards defeated Lucia
Dewell, GA, 6-2.
Eleanor Crow defeated Betty
Warner, ST., SIS, 6-2.
Florence Chase defeated Margaret
Barclay, 4-6, GA. GO.
Women's Doubles
Margaret Cluett and Mary Child
ress defeated Mrs Porter and Bar
bara Stone. 6-1. 81.
Helen Rice and Mrs Walcott de-
feated Mrs Wilde and Mrs C. p.
Goss, Sd, 60. 6-2.
Clare Smith and Betty Warner
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-09

"A fine man when he was right"
John Ilsen of the Bethesda Mission
said. "Cook, night Waterman, car
penter and handy man he was for
four months until last New Years
eve when he went off again. l saw
q fellow he hit the night before he
went to the hospital and the fellow
was still bent over, a cripple.
That was Wolf Larsen of the New
York water fronts.
HE won many a decision, but
more of them were against cops
than against prize fighters Tom o.
Rourke and Jim Buckley, who once
managed the Wolf, recalled.
Beat the Battler
When his freight schooner touch
ed Holland back in 1919 he already
had a reputation aboard ship. He
was matched with Battling Sikh
and won the decision in 10 rounds.
"Then he came to New York.
Studied reading, writing and arith-
metic, as if they'd help him along in
the world, and became amateur
champion of his class in America.
He got by on the rep he made
In his fight with Siki-no one real
lied that both he and Sikh were to
end their lives in the gutter.
Out of His Class
"And then Wolf got ambitious. He
wanted excitement. He got it. He
fought Tunney in 1922 and the fight
was stopped with Wolf cut to rib
bons.
From then on the VOLTS life was
one of enjoyment
He became the playboy of the Red
Hook section of Brooklyn-a man
of 40 in appearance.
Once he stole a horse and wagon
drove them to the pawnbroker's shop
and tried to cash in on them. Once
he tried the same stunt with a
bicycle, and again he straddled a
hsh peddler's pony in the Italian
market.
The pony wouldn't bulge. Wolf
picked it up and carried it under his
arm. 81 thought he was a calf.
Wolf told the police.
Butted In
In 1929 he watched two fellows
attempt to break into a speakeasy,
and was sympathetic, so tried to
help them. He was slashed from ear
to mouth, but in two weeks was
about again.
That same year he was offered SIS
for a fight in New England, accept
ed, and when he thought the ref
cree tried to trip him, he floored the
referee and fled the town with a
thousand fight fans at his heels.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-09
FRANKIE 'OBRIEN
IN RETURN BOUT
WITH MANOLIAN
Middleweights Top Hart
ford Card Monday-Bat=
thing Archie, Irishman's
Sparring Mate-Kaplan
in Drill

Hartford. July 9-f'rankie o.
Brien. Hartford lrishman who has
not appeared in the ring since he
lost his New England middleweisht
title to Rudy Marshall. of Stamford,
will go back to the wars of the
roped arena next Monday night at
the Hurley Stadium when he faces
"Wop' Manolian, of Boston, in a
ten rounder.
Manolian knocked out Eddie Ba-
sill in a round at the Hurley show
Tuesday night. lie has been any,
ious to get a return bout with o.
Brien, to whom he lost a close de-
cision in a ten rounder at show
in the State Armory last winter.
When the proposition was offered
him, he and his manager Dan Car
roll lost no time in accepting.
The Hartford 1rishman is already
in training. He says that his in
eye, are all right now and he VIII
Manolian that his winter victory was
not f1uke. Yesterday O'Brien start
ed boxing with Battling Archie as
his spar boy.
Louise the Kid. pride of all the
Kaplans, will soon be back tossing
leather.
Tuesday he INDUCED in his first
bit of training for several weeks Or
since the day his back was so Sc
verely wrenched that he has not
been able to exercise actively.
A few days of road work, COM
bined with the gymnasium work,
and Kaplan will be ready for the
call to the wars.