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The Washington times., 1931-03-13
GRANT COMPANY GENE:RA[ GAINS
STORES BOOM IN TIRE SALES.

Directors of the General Tire
and Rubber Company have just
declared a. dividend of $50 a
share on the company's preferred
stock. payable on April 1, to
stockholders of record as Of
March 20.
This is the fifty-fifth consecu-
tive dividend on General Tire
preferred. maintaining the com
pany's record of never having
failed to pay, regularly and in
full, ever since the organization
of the company, dividends on
both classes of its stock.
Directors were informed that
the assurance given by President
w. O'Neil, at the time. of the
annual meeting in December,
that the company would continue
production on an und1minished
scale during the first quarter of
1881, was being ulfilled. He
added:
Both sales and production
during the first quarter Of the
present fiscal year, which
started on December /, have
shown a satisfactory cOmpari-
son with the same period in
1880. The trend in both ap-
pears to be steadily upward
as they showed an increase in
February, 1881, over February,
1885,"
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
NEWA|RHOOKUP
|SANNOUNCED

NEW YORK, March Is G.N.SD
The addition of seven represen-
tatives of the General Aviation
Corporation, a subsidiary of the
General Motors Corporation, to
the board of directors of Trans
continental and Western Air,
Incorporated, was cited among
Wall Street leaders today as a
significant step in the develop
ment of aviation in the United
States.
Announcement of the move
was made last night by C. M.
Keys, chairman of the board Of
T. and w. A.
General Motors, which had con-
fined it's aviation activities to
the manufacturing field, now
takes an active interest in the
operation branch of the in
dustry. General Aviation recently
added to its manufacturing in
tereSts the Pittsburgh Metal Air
plane Company, which it pur-
chased from Pittsburgh Aviation
Industries, Inc.
The airplane plant will be
used to develop all-metal military
and commercial planes, it was
said.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
Hard boiled Being Shown
Civic Aid to Trade

The Chamber of Commerce of
the United States rates as a
fairly hard-boiled business insti-
tuition, and F.. Stuart Fitzpatrick,
manager of its civic development
department, looks the part of the
traditional efficiency expert, who
roams the works looking for
whom and what he may devour.
He got started that way in
Western New York State, and
polished off in business eco
nomics at Columbia University.
He has ideas about the relation
ship of civic development to busi-
ness progress and prosperity. Let
him tell it:
"a proper understanding of
the subject of civic develop
ment will enable any business
man readily to see how a
planned public works, or mu-
nicipaI development program,
can assist business operations;
how important it is to the
city's commerce and industry
to have facilities needed for the
cOmmunity'S economic life as
well as for the convenience
and comfort of residents, pro-
vided in the order of their
urgency and at a reasonable
tax rate.
ut should be remembered
that business pays for the
major part of necessary or un-
necessary municipal projects.
Adequate familiarity with
this subject will give a better
understanding of the practical
and direct value to business
and industry of adequate re-
creatiOnaI and educational ?aci-
ltieS from the viewpoints of
reducing labor turnover and
contributing to the health and
physical and mental well-being
of employees and their fanni-
lies.
"The importance at the pres
ent time of civic development
to business men is indicated
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
UTILITIES SEEN
HOLDING OWN

In their current financial and
economic review, Clarke, Dodge
g. Co., of New York, point out
that the record of the public
utility industry in 1890 was one
of stability rather than recession
and that while future growth may
be more intensive and more de-
pendent on sales efforts than it
has been in the past, there are
as yet no definite indications Of
a slackening in the rate of ex-
pansion of output. gross revenues
or earnings.
General business activity. as
measured by the Annalist Index,
dropped 31.1 per cent from its
1929 high to the low of last De
cember,. while the total recession
in 1921 was only 28.9 per cent. In
the latter year, the maximum
monthly shrinkage in electric
power production, below the same
month of the preceding year, was
81 per cent, while the maximum
in 1880 was the So per cent de-
cline reported in November.
It thus appears that while gen
eral business activity declined to
relatively lower levels in 1880
than in 1921, the recession in
electric power production was
appreciably less.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
Coral Gables Debt
Settlement Sped

Asserting that any settlement of
the debt problem confronting the
city of Coral Gables, Fla, will re-
quire additional legislation, the
city of Coral Gables bondholderS'
protective committee has issued a
letter to all bondholders. urging
that they deposit their bonds with
the committee. The notice calls
attention to the fact that the
Florida legislature will convene on
April 7, to be in session for so
days, after which it will not meet
again until April, 1888. The
notice adds:
"Unless the committee is in a
position to submit a plan of
settlement and to draft and
cause to be enacted the legiSla-
ton necessary to effectuate the
plan before the legislature of
1891 adjOurns, no settlement
will be practicable for a period
of two years."
The Washington times., 1931-03-13

W. T Grant Company and
operating subsidiary report net
income of $3,349,174 for fiscal
year ended January 81. 1881,
quivalen t, after taxes and
charges, to $3.50 a share on
1,195,355 shares of no par capital
stock outstanding.
This compares with net income
of $3,057,75O in the preceding
year, equal to $2.58 on S1,185, $50
shares then outstanding, and rep
resents a gain of 95 per cent.
Sales for 1880 totaled $71,376,-
487 against $65. 5.9O2. .419. a gain Of
$5,474,068 or 8.31 per cent.
Balance sheet shows the com
pany to. have ended the year in
the strongest financial condition
in it's history. Cash nearly
doubled, advancing to $4,759,000
from $2,517,203 on January 81,
1880. the increase, $2,241,797, be,
ing in excess of the $2,161, ,344 in
crease in surplus from earnings,
although 10 stores were opened
during the year.
The cash item alone was more
than 2.8 times the total of current
liabilities, $1,660,094. Current
assets totaled $12,388,626. Ratio
of current assets to current
liabilities were, respectively. $10,-
817,958 and $1,816, ,104.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
Firn1er Trend Seen
For Cotton Market

NEW YORK. March 13 U.N.SD
"A firmer trend was evident in
the early trading on the New
York Cotton Exchange today,
owing to higher markets in Liver,
pool and Alexandria and to con.
tinued buying by trade interests.
Offers were not large and were
easily taken. New Orleans COM
mission houses and wire firms
bought. Liverpool and the Con
tinent sold. japanese interest
bought distant. months.
At midday, May sold at 1921,
off 2, July at Ills off /, October
at 11.47, off l, and December at
1859, up /. After the burst of
strength at the outset, the market
again seemed to be in the process
of liquidation. Rallies were
feeble and temporary. The net
decline, however, was negligible.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
U.S.Buildings' Design
RQpped in Magazine

An attack on the cost and de-
sign of Government buildings is
launched by Albert o. Larson in
the new issue of the American
Architect.
Mr.. Larson maintains that the
cost of Government buildings is
much larger than that of similar
construction done by private in
terests, and the design. as a rule,
is not nearly as good as that of
private buildings, he maintains.
He attributes the latter to the
custom of having design~for Gov
ernment buildings, postOfficeS and
other structures drawn in the of
flee of the supervising architect
here
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
BRILLO SALES INCREASE

Brillo Manufacturing Company.
in it's report for the year ended
December 81, 1880, shows gross
sales of $1.655.966 and net earn
ings, including other income, of
$215,637, after operating expenses
and depreciation. M. j. Loeb,
president, stated that during the
first two months of 1881 sales
have increased approximately 10
per cent over the same period last
year.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
NelU Shell Refinery
Planned for Dallas

DALLAS, Tex, March 13.-Shell
Petroleum Corporation has under
consideration plans for a $4,000
barrel refinery which it will con-
struct in east Dallas to handle oil
from east Texas fields.
Shell has acquired leases on
several thousand acres in Gregg
county field and has made loca-
ton for it's first well there.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
ST. PAUL RAILROAD

According to preliminary esti-
mates of Chicago, Milwaukee, st.
Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. for
February, 1881, gross revenues
will be about $8,600,000, as COM
pared with $10,974,034 in Febru
ary, 1880. Net operating income
will be about $411,00, as compared
with $1,161 .286 for February, 1890
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
BANK PAYS DIVIDEND

The directors of the United
States Savings Bank have just de-
clared their regular quarterly divi-
dend Of ~ per cent, payable
March 81, 1881.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
GRAPHS REVEAL
TRADE TRENDS
UPWARD
Commerce Department Data
Shows Lumber Production
and Building on Upgrade

The Department of Commerce
survey of business conditions for
the week ending March I show
recent encouraging gains in lum-
ber production, steel ingotS, De.
troit factory employm emf, build
ing contracts. and stock aui bC nd
prices. Three comparative graphs
for the first two months of the
year and the first week III March
are shown below.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
BEARS SEEN DUE
To TEST OUT
MARKET
Haney Forecasts New Check.
Before Stocks Get Away
for a Permanent Advance
BY LEWIS HANEY
Director New York University Bureau
of Business Research and Former
Economist Of Federal Trade 6
Commission 20

Economist of Federal Trade &
Commission .
If you have kept an accurate.
record of the moves of the most
active stocks day by day, you VIII
find that in the two weeks since
February "a they have made no.
net gain. 'v,.
In that period, the speculative
favorites from, day to day have
made gains on four days and
losses on eight days. Considered
as a group, this handful of stocks.
has made gains of about six
points and losses Of about the
same amount.
Public Indifferent ~
A successful and active bun
trader would just about break !.
even on points. but would be out
his commissions.
Among these stocks, the most
active have been United Corpora
ton, Radio, Columbia Graphic. !,
phone Warner Brothers, AmertS
can and Foreign Power, ChrySleT
and Montgomery Ward-al low
priced speculative issues.
The Janaary-February rise has
clearly turned into a professional
trading market. It has failed to.
develop any important public
following.
Due For Slump
The market is again stuck in
the same four-point trading range
it occupied in rnid-February. TT
seems reasonably certain that thSS
lower limit of this range will now
be tested. ~
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
OPENING LIBERTY BONDS

NEW YORK March IS U.N.SO.
Opening price quotations for Govern
ment bonds today were: Liberty first
4Hs 1924, and Treasury as OF '43,
1920.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13

It will be noted that while the
average this year is well below
that of the 1923-25 period, there
has been a recent sharp upturn
toward the median line.
The lumber production shows
the black line rising from below
40 as the new year opened to
web above so on March 7.
LUMBER PRODUCTION
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
BOND PRICES

In the above graph tie price
course. thus far in 1881 is shown
in the black line and that for
1880 in the linked chain, both
being shown in comparison with
the weekly average, 1923-1925
rated at 100.
Comparisons are the SAINT in
the building contracts graph be-
lew.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Virginia Staggers Road
Work For Idle Relief

Richmond, Va.-Twenty five hun
dred additional highway workers will
be employed by the Virginia depart
ment of highways during the coming
winter by staggering" work There
will be two divisions of workers, each
employed for alternate weeks, State
Highway Commissioner Henry G.
Shirley announced.
Mr. Shirley said the plan will go
the state, shall use the alternate week
after that date contracts awarded will
require that contractors, as we'll as
the state, shall use the Alternate week
system.
Preference will be given to labor
ers who are jobless, Shirley said, and
social agencies in areas in which
there is highway work in progrtss
will be asked to cooperate in placing
workers who are in greatest need.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Gospel Truths Brought
to Cuatemalan Indians

Adding to the long list Of over 800
Scriptures appear, the American Bible
society has issued translation Of the
Gospel of st. John in Nam, the most
primitive language Of 100000 Indians
In Guatemala. Nam Is the most archaic
language Of the Mayans, and 1t Is the
eleventh of the numei Gus Indian lam
guageS spoken In Centr,l America into
which any part Of the Bible has been
translated. To accomplish the almost
impossible task Of translating the gut
tural, explosive dialect, the transla-
tors, Rev. and Mrs FL. Dudley Peck Of
the Guatemala mission of the Presby
terian church, had to rely upon human
dictionaries and grammars-IndianS
selected for their general intelligence,
linguistic ability and knowledge Of
Spanish. One Of these, Aniceto We
lasQuez, had three years at the Bible
school, during which he walked $40
miles per year, to and from school. In
Nam, John BIG, appears thus: "Kun
AStsuHJu uldhJtdulHi DloS QulJ AJdi, Luu
tsunju tsajtgkon ocxcujun Tkual, tunt-
sun jiniju intxontanmi til, mlai
cubxitj, tuntsun titen angkbil jumajx."
Which being translated into English
reads that well loved verse: "For
God so loved the world that he gave
his only begotten son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life" A translation
OF the entire q books Of the New Tes-
lament Is under way.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
A. J. COOK, BRITISH
LABOR LEADER, DIES

London.-A. j. Cook, secretary of
the Miners Federation of Great Brit
ain for number of years, died here
after an operation.
Mr.. Cook was born in 1884. He was
the son Of soldier, was brought up
in army barracks, and preached in
tht Baptist pulpit when. II years Of
age. He joined the independent labor
party in 1905, and was turned out of
chapel owing to his socialism.
He joined the Miners Union in
early life, was elected member of
the executive committee of the South
Wales Miners Federation in 1919, be-
came member of the executive COM
mittee of the Miners Federation Of
Great Britain in 1921, and shortly
after was elevated to the position of
secretary of the federation, which
now has 100000 members.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
As THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest Of
Important Events Of the
Week, Here and Abroad


Ten miners were killed October 81
in an explosion at the Bowhill Col
liery, Scotland.
Effective November l, all officers
and unorganized employees of the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad receiving more
than $500 a month had their pay cut
10 per cent.
Construction of a great soviet
automobile plant at Nizhi Novgorod,
equipped with the most modern ma
chinery and covering 60 acres, has
been finished and is expected to begin
production in January
Two miners, entombed five days,
were rescued on October 30, while
four others were found dead, when fell
low miners penetrated mine near
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, wrecked by gas
explosion.
Engineers, firemen, conductors,
trainmen and telegraphers on the
Canadian National and Canadian
Pacific railroads have notified the
arrangements that they will accept no
wage cuts.
Employment in the radio industry
increased 15.1 per cent in September
over that in August, and wages in
creased 2.7 per cent, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics announced.
Federal contributions for relief Of
unemployment in Canada will exceed
$3O,000,000 apart from direct relief
requirements, Senator G. d. Robert
son, minister of labor, announced
November 8.
Pointing out that all records for
new prisoners were broken during the
last fiscal year, ending June 80, Irv-
ing G. Bleam, clerk, in his annual re-
port to Colonel Edward B. Stone,
principal keeper of the New Jersey
state prison, said recently that unem-
ployment tended to bring high prison
populations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Wonders of Universe
Revealed by Stars

Sir James Jeans, the famous astron-
omer, has told us that II Adam had
been wireless operator and had dis
patched an sos message to the near
est globular cluster Of stars, 1t would
still have long way to travel before
1t reached them. When you consider
that light moves at the speed Of 1885,
600 miles second, you may realize
to some extent what this means.
Even the sun, on whom we rely for
heat and light, is so far away that
we see him not as he Is but as he
was rather more than eight minutes
ago.
Look up into the sky and you cam
not see a single f1xed star more re-
Gently than four and a half years
ago. And there are very few whose
light reaches us as quickly as this.
For all we know some Of the stars we
see may have ceased to exist thou
sands Of years ago. There may have
been in the dim ages Of the past col
lisions which our remote great-great-
grandchildren will live to see.-Wash-
ington Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Locksmith's Art Old

The history Of the locksmith's art is
probably as old as civilization, and ref
erences to 1t are found in the early
literature Of every nation. Wood was
undoubtedly the first material used in
the construction Of locks, but the Egyp-
tians at an early date employed brass
and iron. The Hebrews and Greeks
used crooked keys with ivory or
wooden handles. The similarity Of
primitive locks made access to the
house easy and led to the improve
ment Of methods, resulting in the So
called Lacedaemonian lock- Among
the ancient nations lockmaking made
little progress In advance of what had
been done by the Egyptians. Even
the Romans used very simple locks.
The tumblers lock was probably first
invented and used by the Chinese.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
October Dividends
Reach S224, 4,023, ,OO7

New York.-Nine hundred and
twenty-four corporations declared
$224,O23,007 dividends in October, ac-
cording to compilation made by the
New York Times. In October, year
ago, 1859 corporations declared $780,
112,902 dividends.
There was an increase in the amount
of dividends declared by department
stores in October, the figures being
$3,742,825 against $2,529,516 in the
same month in 1880. All other groups
showed reductions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13

President Green said. working men
and women wish to buy food anc
clothing and to secure the necessities
of life with the money earned BY
them.
"They demand the exercise of the
right to earn their living They wish
to eat bread bought with money
earned rather than eat bread bought
with money bestowed.
"It is for these reasons that labor
emphasizes the demand which it has
repeatedly made-the exercise of the
right to work.
"The number of days worked per
week and the number of hours worked
per day can be reduced to a point
where millions more working men and
women can be employed"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Natural Currents

The Gulf stream and other ocean
currents are not freaks of nature. but
result from natural causes. Wind
blowing steadily for a considerable
time from the same direction is able to
start surface currents. This is demon
strated In the currents Of the Great
lakes, where there are no differences
Of temperature or saltiness, and also
by the currents Of the Indian ocean
north OF the equator, where the cur
rents reverse their direction after
changes In the monsoon winds. 1t has
been calculated that the force of the
trade winds Is sufficient In 100000
years to set water in motion to the
depth of 1900 feet.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Metal Mine Operators
Fired Is, 500 Miners in 1880

Washington.-The owners of the
metal mines Of the United States
threw around 1880 metal miners
into the army of the unemployed in
1880, according to reports made to the
U. S. Bureau of Mines by the operat-
ing companies. The reports show that
l03,233 men were employed in the
mines in 1880. The companies say
that this was reduction of 13 per
cent from the number employed in
1929.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
FORD CUTS WAGES

Detroit, Mich.-Henry Ford issued
decree cutting the minimum wage
of Ford employees from 81 to $5 a
day.
At the time of the stock market
crash in October, 1929, Ford declared
that tht way to insure prosperity was
to raise wages rather than lower
them. He advanced the pay of his
own employees from Sc to 81 and
simultaneously placed them on half
time or less, where they have been
most of the time since. He says the
81 day plan has cost the Ford Motor
Company over $37,O0OOO0.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Five German StOkers
jailed For Striking

Kiel, Germany.-Five stokers of the
German freighter Asia were SEN
fenced to two months in Jail for par
ticipating in strike in Russian ports
recently.
The strikers were convicted by a
special court which is working "a
hours day in three shifts to try 120
sailors for going on the strike, tying
up Al German vessels.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
REDUCE HOURS
To Make More Jobs, Green
Says

New York City (ILNS)-Reduction
OF working time to make more "work
opportunities" was urged by Presi-
dent William Green, of the American
Federation of Labor, in nation wide
broadcast here.
Green declared that unemployment
is the "most vital problem before the
country today" He spoke on a pro-
gram sponsored by the presidents
committee on unemployment relief.
"The most practical and construc-
tive way to deal with unemployment
is the creation of work opportunities,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Work Of Old Sculptors

A marble column bearing the head
OF Hermes, similar to the columns
used to mark the entrances to Athe-
nian streets In ancient times, was dis
covered by a group Of American
archeologists excavatIng in ruins at
Athens. At the head OF the column
was the hand of woman holding an
infant whose head Is missing. The
body Of the woman also missing. The
group represents Peace holding the
hands OF the infant Ploutos, god Of
riches. Excavations by the British
school In Athens near Loutraki re-
vealed remains Of the ancient temple
OF Juno and vases of the protocol
rinthian epoch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
To Aid Labor's Campaign
For Dry Act Modification

Bakersfield, Calf QLNs)-Kern
County Labor Council has voted to
cooperate with labor's national com
mittee for the modification of the
Volstead act, after affiliated locals
had overwhelmingly approved such
action in referendum. w. A. Starr,
secretary of the council, and S. S.
White, editor of the Kern County
Union Labor Journal, were named on
the committee to represent local la
Dor in the movement.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-11-13
Minimum Wage Scale
For Minnesota Project

ST. Paul, Minn.-The state building
commission adopted a resolution pro-
viding for the Incorporation of
minimum wage scale in the plans and
specifications for the new $1,50O,OOO
state office building, bids on which
will be opened November IL.
The workers on the structure will
be paid the prevailing wage scale in
St. Paul as determined by the Mime
sofa industrial commission.