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Evening star., 1931-12-24
Decline in Silver Output.

NEW YORK, December "a (SpeciaD
Houses that have taken a definitely
bullish stand on silver and anticipate
that the silver issue will be an active
one in Congress next year point to the
improved statistical position of the
metal.
For the nine months ending Septem-
ber 80, the world production Of silver
decreased nearly % per cent. Since
then there have been further reduc-
tions in output and in November the
lowest production rate in years. Esti-
mates of the supply of silver in the
Indian treasury range from 250,000,0 900
ounces to 450,000,000 ounces.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
Gold Transactions.

NEW YORK, December "a P.-Gold
transactions yesterday as reported by
the New York Federal Reserve Bank,
indicated a net loss Of $l,899,O 900 in the
country's gold stock.
This amount represented the days
excess of exports over imports and gold
released from earmark.
The moderate exports yesterday and
for the last several days were believed
to reflect withdrawals by banks abroad
for the purpose of strong showing in
gold reserves in the annual statements.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
Receivership Order Signed.
BALTIMORE. December "a (Speci

BALTIMORE, December "a (SpeciaD {.
Judge Albert S. j. Owens has signed
an order in the Circuit Court appoint
ing G.. w. S. Musgrave and Theodore
c. Waters, receivers under bond of
$4,000, for the assets of the Great Ma
tional Insurance Co., Of Washington,
D. c.. with headquarters at 213-l5 East
Fayette street. Baltimore.
The order was signed upon bill Of
complaint filed by the Empire Fire In
surance Co., which claimed it was a
creditor of the defendant IN the sum
of s8,22S93, and alleged that it was
unable to meet its obligations as they
mature.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
POTATO MARKET.

CHICAGO, December "a Up Omitted
States Department Of Agricultural -
Potatoes-23 cars; on track, 1877; total
United States shipments, 4l6; dull,
trading slow; sacked per hundred
weight, Wisconsin round whites No. l.,
75a80; few IS; unclassified, 70a7212:
Idaho Russets No. /, 145a1.55; few
!. go; No. 2, 80a95; Commercials, GOA
100; few selected cars higher.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
New York Cotton

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 24.-Opening
cotton prices today were 2 to points
higher in dull trading. Most of bid
ding came from the trade and most of
the offerings from professionals unwill-
ing to carry market commitments over
the holiday.
Opening prices were: January, GIT,
up 2; March, 6.35, up 5; May $50, up
3: July, 6.68, up 3, and October, 6.94,
up 2.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
WHOLESALE PRICES.
BY the Associated Press

11s VITO IrN1ONItREVNt
Wholesale selling prices showed a
slight recession during the week ended
December 18, as their trend was CAL
culated by the Commerce Department.
In the table that follows the index of
all commodities is given for comparable
periods based on representing the 1926
average as 100. In addition, the selling
price for a ton of composite steel prod
ucts is given for like periods:
Evening star., 1931-12-24

Sth and Eye sts.
F. p. Wellers
Pharmacy.
11th a n d Pa.
ave. - Fealy's
Pharmacy.
1907 Mich o Is
ave., Anacostia
-Healy's Drug
Store.
18th an d East
Capitol sts.
Lincoln Park
Pharmacy.
2204 Minnesota
ave. Sloan's
Drug S tore;
f. s. Boisfeuil-
let, prop.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
RIGHTS--EXPIRR

- " Com Edison. - "a 1k Ia IL IL
Dividend rates in dollars quarterly Of
nqa! payment Ex dividend tPary extra tPlus ~ in stock
Payable in cash bPayable adjustment
dividend plus So Plus s% in stock Plus ~ in
STOCK Plus ~ in stock. Plus lo% in stock Plus 50 in
STOCK Plus 81 in regular rate.
Evening star., 1931-12-24

Birmingham, England, has 1,4oo diff
ferent industries.
Evening star., 1931-12-24

Winnipeg. Manitoba, is . have q
million-dollar civic auditorium.
Evening star., 1931-12-24

80
North C a pitol
and Eye-Ken-
Q ealy'S p h a r
macy.
goth and r. /.
ave. Collins
p h a r m a cy,
Woodbridge.
$500 18th st.
B r o o kl a n d
p h a r m a cy,
BroOkland.
Ath and r. /. ave.
Joh n G.
Biggs' p b ar
macy.
G h e s q p pe a k .
Junction DIR.
F. L. Wight, jr.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
In Georgetown

30th and p sts.-Morgan
Bros Pharmacy.
30th and M sts.-Brace's
Pharmacy.
3411 M st.-Moskey's Phar.
macy.
1884 Wiscon sin ave-
Haney's.
Wisconsin ave. and o St.
Donahue's Pharmacy.
35th and o sts. Sugars
Drug Store.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
In the Southeast

3rd and Pa. ave.-O'Don-
nell's Drug Store.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
In the Northeast

20S Mass. ave. - Capitol
Towers Pharmacy.
4th and HI sts. - Home
Drug Store.
4th and E. Cap. St.-Pauls
Drug Store.
907 H st.-Garren's Music
Store.
18th and Md. ave-Luck.
ett's Pharmacy.
7th and Md. ave.-Louis
F. RradIev.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE
PkaeW Drctto

those desiEnated By letter "s."
Sales
Add 90. Open. HiEh. Low. Close.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
In the Southwest

10th st. and Va. ave. -
Herbert's Pharmacy.
316 AZ st. - Harris Drug
Store.
AZ and L sts.-Columbia
Pharmacy.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
tReported by J. & w. seligman &

vw-With warrants.
xw-Without warrants.
n-New.
vi-When issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
AMERICAN u. OPENS
WITH LARGE CLASS
"FreShmen Week" UShers in
Seventh Year of Arts
College Work.

American University opened the
seventh year of the College of Liberal
Arts yesterday on the campus at Mas
SachusettS and Nebraska avenues, with
prospects that the freshman class will
be considerably larger than last year,
according to DR.. Lucien G. Clark, chan
cellor, and DR.. George B. Woods, dean
CT the college.
An innovation was introduced this
year in Freshman week" which
started today at noon, with arrival of
the first members of the new class. A
special program of events has been
scheduled to enable the newcomers ito
become better acquainted with their
environment before college work begins.
Group meetings were held in Hurst
Hall this afternoon for discussion of the
topic Adjustment From High School
to College" the program being under
direction OF DR.. Arthur j. jackson
of the faculty. e. A. Schaal of Johns
Hopkins University and Virgil Lowder
of the University of Maryland led in
the discussion.
A hike was sponsored this afternoon
by the Big Brother and Big Sister
Committee and tonight there will be
sessions devoted to campus traditions
and college songs.
A program lasting throughout the
Gay has been arranged for the freshmen
tomorrow, including church In to-
morning visit to Washington Ca
thedral this afternoon and vesper serv-
ice in the campus amphitheater. The
freshmen will be registered on Monday
The School of the Political Sciences
and the Graduate School of American
University open September %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
Low EXCAVATION
OFFER IS S686,OIV]
McCIoskey & Co., PhiIadeI-
phia, Submits Smallest Bid
for Post Office Work.

McCloskey & Co. of Philadelphia,
which already has started on a big Gov
eminent contract here, is low bidder on
the excavations and foundations for the
new Post ONCE Department Building.
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets,
Pennsylvania and Ohio avenues
The McCloskey bid was S686,0o0. as
compared with the bid of 1891 100 sub
mitted by the next low bidder, Frederick
Snare Corporation of New York City.
Other Jobs Under Way.
The bid of the McCloskey company
virtually means award of the contract,
since the same organization was
awarded contract on its low bid for
three foundations, one of which will
adjoin the Post ONCE Department.
Work already has been started by the
company on the Interstate Commerce
Commission, Government Auditorium
and Labor Department Buildings
stretching from Twelfth to Fourteenth
streets along Constitution avenue.
The award of the Post ONCE founda-
ton contract thus would give the same
company a gigantic foundation jot
stretching for several blocks continu-
ously from Pennsylvania avenue south
| on Twelfth street to Constitution ave-
1iuC dlId NGSL OH OCIlSLlIuLIOn avenue
for three blocks to Fourteenth street
Complications exist, however, on the
Post once site, which is cut across by
tracks of the Mount Vernon, Alexan-
| dria g. Washington Railway. Railway
officials indicate they will endeavol
/ through court action to hold onto their
rails as long as possible. so under the
contract 1t is likely that excavation may
take place on both sides CT the track
| between Twelfth and Thirteenth on e
street, leaving the tracks.
Must Rae Terminal.
Under the contract to be let soon. the
company also will be called upon TO
! tear. down the terminal at the corner OF
| Twelfth street and Pennsylvania ave-
| nue.. Orders to vacate The terminal by
| September 80 have been given TO the
railway by the Treasury Department,
/ which now holds title to the property.
! The contract provides that work shall
/ be completed within 2l0 calendar days
from date of the receipt of notice to
1 proceed on the job. However, several
: old buildings stu are under process of
being demolished and it will probably
be some time before the site will be
cleared. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
SHOUSE RAPS BROWN
ON OMAHA ADDRESS
Says Speech to Postmasters Shows
Pitiful Plight of Hoover
Administration.

Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Executive COMMITTEES,
today interpreted Postmaster General
Browns reminder to postnasters OUT
side the civil service that the law did
not prevent them from political ac-
tivities as an effort to save the Hoo
yer political scalp"
In a statement issued from Demo-
cratic national headquarters, Shouse
had this to say about Browns speech.
made Thursday night at Omaha before
the National Association of PoStmasters:
First, 1t shows the pitiful plight in
which the Hoover administration finds
itself The popular uprising against 1t
is such that in its desperate attempt
to prevent disastrous defeat next year
its chief political spokesman instructs
the poStmasters of the country to go
to work to try to save the political life
of President Hoover
Second, it is a stark and frank
though unpleasing exhibition of the at
titude of the present administration
toward governmental officials whose
concern is supposed to be the carrying
on of governmental business rather than
partisan politics"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
CITIZENS SEEK
STREET EXTENSION
Glover Park Group Asks
Opening of BeeCher Street
From 39th to AID.

Three resolutions were passed by
Glover Park citizens at the first meet
ing of the season last night at Indus
trial Home School. Midseason attend
ance marked the meeting.
OF first Importance was the resolu-
ton concerning the opening Of Beecher
street from Thirty ninth to Forty-sec-
end street. The street now runs only
from Tunlaw road to Thirty-nlnth
street, but, it was said property owners
along the street bought their lots with
the understanding that the street
would be opened to Forty-second street.
Now, they say, real estate developer
would close off the west end OF the
street by erecting row OF houses along
T'nirty-ninth street from Benton 10
Calvert streets.
Street lighting in Glover Park also
came in for discussion. Letters were
sent the Commissioners asking a near
ing on this matter.
The Improvement" of old Schneider
Lane, by cutting Calvert street through
it, was the topic for heated discussion:
The citizens claim that the opening OF
OdlVeTI SCTeeI, Is dPPIOAlludICAJ w.
same place as old Schneider's Lane,
and its subsequent abandonment be-
fore completion, has cut off transporta-
ton for those living west OF Thirty
seventh and Wisconsin. The old lane
at least was navigable, they say, but
the new Calvert street, from Thirty
seventh street and Wisconsin ave-
nue.. The old lane at least was
navigable, they say, but the new
Calvert street, from Thirty-seventh
west to Tlnlaw road, which takes
up the greater part of the old
lane, is rough, full of large concrete
chunks, and unfit for traffic. Letters
were sent to the Commissioners ask
ing them to take some action toward
finishing the street.
The association will participate in
the Halloween celebration planned by
the Federation of Citizens Associations,
it was decided.
The next meeting of the group will
include an entertainment and dance, to
be held the third Friday in October
at the Industrial Home School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
BUSINESS men VOICE
FAITH IN D. C. POLICE
Central Association Expresses Con-
fdence in Majority of Men
in Department.

The Central Business Mems Associa-
ton expressed its belief In the integrity
of the majority of the Washington
Police Department in a resolution
passed at its meeting Thursday at the
Logan Hotel.
The resolution follows:
THAT we believe in the integrity
and honesty of the majority of the
members of the Washington police
force, and we feel that We have one
of the best police forces in this coun-
try, but the sooner the guilty mem
bers of our police force who have been
found implicated in third-degree meth
DDS are convicted and discharged the
better 1t will be for the morale of the
police force of Washington and the
establishment of the confidence that
we have in our police force
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
POLICE SEEK COUPLE
ON ROBBERY CHARGE
Alleged Victim Says Man and
Woman Took $42 From Him
in Taxicab.

Headquarters detectives today were
seeking a man and woman who, &C
cording to Charles T. johnson, 412
Sixth street, robbed him Of $42 while
he was riding in a taxicab with them
near the Washington Airport last night
He said the man hit him over the head
with a blunt instrument. Both fled
after committing the robbery, accord
ing to police.
johnson was taken to No. police
station by Ralph T. Smith, 5000 block
of D street southeast, driver of the
taxicab, and there reported the in
cident. He gave the police the name
of the man supposed to have robbed him
Oliver H. Parker, rs, of the 500
block of Pennsylvania avenue, was
taken to Emergency Hospital in an un-
conscious condition after being hit on
the head with a brick by a colored man
who attempted to rob him in the 4O0
block of Pennsylvania avenue late last
night. He was reported severely in
lured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
RETAIL FOOD HERE
|. SHOWS PRICE GAIN
/. SINCE LAST MONTH
Market in Capital Has Ad-
vanCed | Per Cent in Last
Four Weeks.
IL OTHER CITIES REPORT
SIMILAR INCREASES
Fifteen Communities Indicate Fur
ther Decreases, With 8 Per Cent
Fall Greatest Change.


Retail food prices in the District of
Columbia continue on an upward trend
after having rallied from its slump Of
Is per cent since August. 1880, the
Labor Departments Bureau of Stats
tics announced today.
Records Of the bureau show the mar
ket here has increased per cent since
August IS last, and similar increase
was noted for the 3O-day period from
July is.
Prices in so other cities throughout
the Nation showed an average increase
of one-half of per cent on August
Is, as compared with figures made
available on July Is, and an average
decrease of 1921 per cent since August
Is, 1890
Other Cities Show CAIN
The bureaus weighted index num-
100, were 1887 for August, 1880; l19
for July IS, 1881, and 1877 for Au-
gust I5 Sast
Along with Washington, IL other
cities reported a 1 per cent increase
during the last 80 days. They were
Baltimore, Buffalo. Cleveland, Column
bus, Dallas, indianapolis. Milwaukee,
Mobile, Newark, New York. Phfladel-
phia and Scranton. A per cent in
Providence, while Boston. Bridgeport,
Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Man
chester, Portland. Me, and Savannah
reported an upturn of per cent.
Fifteen cities showed decreases-San
Francisco, per cent Little Rock and
st. Paul. 2 per cent; Fall River, Kansas
City and Minneapolis per cent, and
Atlanta, Louisville, Memphis, New Or
| leans, Omaha, Peoria. Portland, Greg;
ST. Louis and Springfield, ILL.,, less than
| five-tenths of per cent.
Eggs Lead Increase.
| During the month ending August IS,
| last, IL articles on which monthly prices
were secured increased as follows:
Strictly fresh eggs, IL per cent: butter.
per cent; cabbage, per cent; pork
sirloin and round steaks, rib roast,
cheese, pork and beans, and tea, / per
cent, and hens less than five-tenths Of
l per cent.
Twenty-one articles decreased: On
ions, IL per cent: -four and bananas, 8
per cent; eyaporated milk and pota-
/ toes, per cent; oleomargarine, lard
and oranges, 2 per cent; plate beef.
bacon sliced, leg of lamb, canned red
salmon, bread rolled oats, macaroni.
navy beans, canned tomatoes, prunes
and raiSins, per cent.
Wholesale food prices increases were
reported for butter, cheese. fresh and
cured beef, hams, dressed veal and
dressed poultry, resulting in a net in
crease of per cent for the group. Food
articles averaging lower during the
| condensed milk, lard and tice.
Further price drops we're noted among
! textile products, with silk rayon and
wooden goods showing little or no change.
Building materials continued TO drop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
MAJ. R. B. LAWRENCE
WINS PLAY CONTEST
Drama Depicting Struggles of
Washington at Valley Forge
Chosen by Judges.

Award of first prize in a national
playwriting contest to Mai. r. 3, Law
renee Of Bethesda, Md, was announced
recently by the Drama League and
Longmans. Green & Co. of New YORK
sponsors of the competition.
A check for 500 as advance ROYALTIES
on the work was forwarded to Mai
Lawrence Immediately after his one-act
drama, THE Decision at Dawn" had
been selected for first prize by a pronn
of judges from the American Academy
OF Dramatic Art. the Yale Dramatic
School and board of prominent play
wrights.
The scene of the work which will, he
produced during the Bicentennial cels-
bration here next year, is laid in Valley
Forge, and the play depicts George
Washington's struggle against defeat in
spite Of the Conway cabal In Congress
Mai. Lawrence is member Of the
Arts Club here and has for several wears
written and staged the annual military
exposition and carnival at the war
College. His latest piece will be given
preliminary production by the American
Academy in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
FORT MYER STEEDS
FIRST AT ROCHESTER

Winning 25 ribbons in classes ranging
from the $1,000 stake to hunt team
events, the Fort Myer horse show team
captured first honors with its string
of jumpers at the Rochester Horse
Show, September z to II. The victorious
prollp will next go to the Bryn Mawr
exhibition, September % to IS.
Squire, Capt G. d. GarriSon's gray
eelding, was again the outstanding per-
former of the team and the show. With
Lieut.. c. w. Bennett up, the gray
Jumper won the Touch and Out. both
on the first day and in the finals; took
the 81 900 stake and tied with one OF
Other fine performers in the Fort
string were Temptation, Garcon, Royal
Oak, BY lingo and Flash, 20-year-oio
troop horse.
The Fort Myer riders were Col. Harry
N Cootes, Mai. A. D. Surles, Lieut.
Charles H. Noble, Lieut.. w. A. Burgner
and Lieut. Bennett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
U. S. TO SHIP $550,000
IN GOLD TO HOLLAND
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press,
NEW YORK. September ia ship
ment OF S55o,00 Of gold TO Holland has
been arranged for. the Federal Reserve
bank announced yesterday.
This is the first gold shipment to Eu-
rope since July. when s1.000,00 was
sent to Italy. The latter transaction was
a shipment made for some special rea-
son. whereas the present one is made
because Dutch exchange is selling at a
premium sufficiently large to permit a
profit on the operation. Dutch guilders
reached a new high for this year today
at 40.36 cents for cables.
The last previous shipments TO Hol-
land we're made in 1928, and totaled
81, 900. 000
A shipment Of $S47 900 in gold arrived
from Mexico today. and an increase of
100000 in gold earmarked for foreign
account, that is sold here but owned
abroad. was reported.
Approximately $4,000 in gold has
been received at San Francisco from
China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
FINE ARTS BODY
TO FACE PROBLEMS
Northwest Triangle to Claim
Attention in Sessions
Starting Thursday.

A number Of problems relating to the
public buildings program here. especially
the treatment of the so-called North
west Triangle" bounded by Seventeenth
street and Constitution avenue, will be
considered by the Fine Arts Commits
sion on Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day. The commission will hold joint
meeting with the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission to deliberate
over these problems.
Bridge Plaza to Be Studied.
Treatment at the Arlington Memorial
Bridge Plaza, at the Washington
terminus of the bridge, will be consid-
cred by the Arts Commission, as will
further development of the Columbia
Island Plaza.
H. P. Caemmerer, secretary OF the
Fine Arts Commission, explained today
that the commission will advise as to
plans for a building to be erected by
the Animal Rescue League at North
Capitol and o streets. Mr.. Caemmerer
said that sversI plans submitted by the
inspector of buildings of the District,
coming under the Shipstead-Luce act
requiring commission sanction, will be
considered
The commission will hold a confer
ence with War Department representa-
tives relating to q proposed memorial
It Appcmattox, Va, which has been
authorized by Congress.
Taft Bust to Be Inspected.
A model of the late Chief Justice
William Howard Taft will be inspected
by the commission, at the request of
Senator Simeon D. Fess, chairman of
the Joint Committee on the Library.
The bust is the work of Bryant Baker,
the sculptor.
The Department Of Agriculture World
War Memorial, recently set in place in
the new Administration Building, will
be inspected by the Commission. This
Is in the form of a panel of Carrara
marble, IL by 6 feet, and is the work
of the sculptor John Flanagan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
SEVEN FROM CAPITAL
NAMED FOR WEST POINT

Seven residents of this city yesterday
we're appointed by the President as cadets
at large at the United States Military
Academy, with the view to their admis-
sion July /, 1892. They are:
Thomas j. Hayes, 3rd, 3518 S street;
John H. DAILY, son of Mai. G. ID. DAILY,
General s AFT; Charles B. Stewart, 1705
Upshur street; Sidney ". Bingham, r.,
son of Mai. S. b. Bingham, War De-
partment; Robert Josfg, 3rd. son OF
Maj. Robert Joerg. jr., Infantry, at the
Army War College: Robert II. Dunlop,
jr., 1445 Rhode Island avenue, ana
Worthington Williams. 1918 strees,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
FARM SALE STARTS.
RHEEM LIQUIDATION
Property Near Four Corners Is
First of Defunct Concerns to
Go on Block.

The first sale to 1iquidate properties
of the bankrupt firm of Swartzell.
Rheem & Hensey took place yesterday
in the offices of the defunct concern
with the sale of the Swart farm near
Four Corners, SO.
The farm was sold at p.ioIic auction
by Adam A. Weschler & Son, to George
Y. Worthington, representing the pur-
chaser, Scott B. Appleby, jr. The high
bid was s14,250, subject to an Sill 500
deed of trust.
The property sold yesterday is To-
Gated between Four Corners and
Wheaton, in Montgomery County, Nd,
half a mile on the roadway. The farm
contains 174A acres.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
FACES LIQUOR CHARGE

Harry Orme, 20 years old, an insur-
ance salesman, Of $3.50 L street, was to
be arraigned IN Police Court today on
q charge Of driving while drunk fol-
lowing an accident last night in which
avenue and Hardwood road northeast
with a machine operated by George
Burroughs, $500 Thirteenth street.