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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
Los Angeles Improves.

LOS ANGELES, Calf. November T.
Substantial Improvement in a number
of basic activities. with others holding
steady, was shown in this region in
October. Employment is now at the
best point since last March. Building
permits increased IL per cent above
September postal receipts, IA per cent;
bank debts. per cent, and motion
pictures show an increase in activity
and greater employment.
Three other important local manu-
featuring misunderstanding wearing
apparel and millinery-report a good
Fall business. Agricultural prices gen.
orally are low, but crops are good and
are moving actively.
The rise in crude oil has injected
considerable optimism into that indus
try. The retail trade Is fairly steady
and wholesalers report some gains over
September. Sea-going commerce is
brisk, exports for the year so far show
ing an increase Of more than 25 per
cent over 1890
(Copyright 1881 by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
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family shouted about so far in advance.
But there is plenty of potential unrest
In this hungry country. The Tyrol
newspaper Unzeiger says. "Our storm
troops will sack the Vienna arsenal
and hang all the Socialist leaders on
the poplar trees lining the Rennweg,
the main street of that part of the
town.
Two putsches, not Just one. seem in
the air-and probably will never get
down to earth-on account Of the divi-
sion in the Heimwehr camp between
those who are pure Heimwehr and
those who are flirting with Adolph
Filters Nazis. or National Socialists, in
Germany.
Mgr. Ignaz Seipel. former chancellor,
II Is alleged but denied. has seen Prince
Ernst Rudiger Won Starhemberg IN an
euort TO keep Prince Starhemberg away
from the Hitherto NaZis The leader
OF the last abortive putsch. Walter
Primer, Is In Munich. where he is
doubtless seeing Mai. Waldemar Pabst.
wei known Austrian troublernaker, and
perhaps Adolf Hitler himself.
Primer Heads Heimwehr.
The exiled Herr Primer has been
elected honorary head Of the Austrian
HelmWehr and seems to be leading the
opposition group to Prince Starhem-
berg. For some reason, figured out by
no one the Austrian government has ar
rested none of the participants of Herr
primers September putsch or freed
them after short Incarceration.
ReichspoSt, Mgr SeipeTs organ,
quotes stories of plotted uprising to-
morrow in Lower Austria, Burgenland,
Upper Austria and Syria, with 80 900
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men ready for Prince starhemberg's

men ready for Prince Starhemberg's
muster call.
The Tyrolese group. under Richard
Steidle, seems to be the third distinct
outfit also ready for trouble.
The government denies all rumors
and promises a statement next week"
clearing up the matter. BY many the
whole business is seen as an intrigue
of the powerful but distinctly fright
ened Socialists to create enough agt-
tation SO that the government will be
forced to make the Heimwehr disarm.
(Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08

Chest and Station WMAL is donating
the time on the air for the same rea-
son.
The programs are to be under the
direction of c. c. Capped. manager Of
the United States Army Band, and the
series has been designated officially as
"Washingtons Own Artists Program"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
BANK BANDITS HOLD GIRL
3 HOURS AND GET $1,000
Telephone Operator Hears Three
Blasts as Safe Is Looted.
Robbers Escape.
By the AssocIated Press.

By the Associated Press
MACOMB. Ill, November Terror
stricken for three hours, under the
glare Of a bank robbers searchlight,
pointed at her bed, Mrs. Nellie Max
Well. telephone operator, heard three
explosions that blew the safe at Bar
dolph State Bank early today.
Three or more robbers worked DELHI
erately, first puncturing the tear gas
safety device. They escaped with
81 900 in cash, unnoticed except by the
telephone operator
Mrs. Maxwell sleeps in the telephone
exchange, next to the bank
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Wisconsin Better.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, November T.
There has been decided improvement
In Wisconsin textile mill operations In
the last few weeks. Some Of the larger
companies feel that it is a definite
turning corner. others that it is merely
a seasonal advance described as abod:
normal and probably due to last until
the end of the year. Textiles are not,
However, an important State industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
Nebraska Grain Higher.

grain prices has added nearly 10000
600 to the value Of grain in the bin on
Nebraska farms, has eased the banG-
ing situation and generally has given
impetus to the upturn in business. IN
dications are that the acreage of Spring
wheat sown viii be largely increased,
although Winter wheat is the big crop
in Nebraska,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08

In the metal trades division, Mil
waukee's leading industry, the first
gain in the present year in untitled
orders is reported by the Allis Chalmers
Manufacturing Co., reporting a total of
S8,l0l 900 business on the books, a gain
of more than 100000 over the Sep
TENDER statement. A better tone is
reported in the tanning industries,
with prices improving. Automobile &C
cessory plants expect squirt in produc-
ton incident to the Introduction of
new models
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Grain HELPS Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, November 7.
Advancing steadily on a strong and
increasingly active market, wheat prices
IN Minneapolis have swung upward to
new peaks Of the 1930-31 crop market
ing season, and now stand at levels of
is to 20 cents a bushel above the quo
tations OF July.
This improvement has had the fur
ther effect of injecting new life into
many lines of trade and creating a
more hopeful tone for business through
out the Northwest.
New activity has been registered in
the flour milling industry. Railroads
are benehting from increased traffic, as
higher prices increase the volume OF
wheat moving to terminal markets.
Farmers are buying more freely of the
merchandise they need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
Northwest Optimistic.

PORTLAND, Greg, November T.
Bankers and business men in the Pa
ciflc Northwest, as well as farmers,
have welcomed the , big advance that
has occurred in the wheat market
which has increased~stfes price of the
regional crop fully $20,000,00O.
The position of interior banks has
been strengthened, as has the purchas-
ing power of consumers in a large terri
tory. Part of the bettered position of
the wheat industry has been due to the
sale by the Federal Farm Board of l5,-
100000 bushels of Grain Sterilization
Corporation wheat to the Chinese
government. Half of this grain will be
milled into -four here, causing full-time
operation of the flour mills.
However. the Pacific Northwest lum-
Der market is at a standstill, and fish
cries are still in a bad way. Shipping
has not improved as whole. Farm
crops are still in the dumps
The general spirit of the people
seems to be improved and our banks
are full of money.
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1,4OO WORKING AGAIN
Memphis Plant of Fisher Body
Corp. Resumes Operation.

corp. Resumes operation.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, November up.
Fourteen hundred men returned to
work this week at the Memphis plant of
the Fisher Body Corporation, local Of
ficials announced today. The plant
will operate on four-day week, day
and night schedule. Operations at the
plant were suspended in September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
Construction Shows Gain.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, November T.
Indications of improving business con-
ditions in this city are shown in build
ing construction figures. The first 10
months Of the year are $647,l31 ahead
Of the entire year Of 1890.
Compared with the record of 1890,
the first 10 months this year show an
increase in construction of S1,14O, AS,
the total being s5,986,175 as against
$4.845,730 for the first 10 months Of
1880. ..''.'. .,......
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ELNATHAN MEADE.
Star Staff Photo.
carried and related something Of its
history.
'Why!" Roosevelt had exclaimed,
with hearty chuckle, that ball would
have killed an elephant!"
That's what the President said" de-
clared Elnathan Meade today, restoring
the relic to his pocket, land it was
an elephant hunter who said it!'
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Coal Fields Better,

SCRANTON. Pa, November Tn
creased demand for anthracite and a
marked improvement in the silk indus
try have resulted in better working time
for thousands of men and women in
this vicinity.
Some of the companies are working
their mines daily with two and three
eight-hour shifts. For the men of the
mines and their families, the outlook
is bright for busy Winter.
The Employment Bureau of the State
Department of Labor and Industry in a
bulletin issued this week says a survey
shows marked improvement in the an
thracite field. This improvement has
resulted in better working conditions fog
the men of the railroads and shops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
TRENDOF BUSINESS
. IN i. S. is ON MEND
Survey Covering Many Sec
stions of Nation Shows Bet
ter Trend Generally.

Is badness definitely mendino3 Recent
dereioEa4ents hare appeared to indicate
that the turn finally is here. Core
SpondeHfV in UdTiouS centerS throughout
> the Unittd States mere asked TO send
reports on improvement in business tphen
.FeoOTfS fotJofp.
The Washington times., 1931-07-28

The bib collar is shown in
many types on the becoming
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The collar dips to a point in
the back, and in the front
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The Washington times., 1931-07-28
PENAL REPORT.
H|TSD.C c. JAIL

Criticisms Of the American
penal system. contained in the re-
port Of the WickerSham Commits
sion. hits the District Jail in only
one respect, that Of being anti
quated. according TO Lieut.. Col.
william L. Peak, superintendent.
Colonel Peak declared that dark
cells and dungeons do net exist at
the Jail and that prisoners at the
institution are kept busy working.
He added that cells are rOOmieT
than Is usual and that handeuffs
are used snly 10 prevent prisoners
from dOing themselves harm.
MOdernizatiOn Of the jail would
cost $500 600, Colonel Peak says.
The Washington times., 1931-07-28
Third Heart Attack
Is Fatal to Engineer

Elmer johnson, an engineer Of
the Department Of Agriculture.
about 50 years old. was found
dead this morning in the bath
room Of the apartment he occu-
pied alone at 921 Nineteenth st.
N. w. The colored janitor, James
Anderson, discovered the body.
DR. Russell MeNitt had treated the
man twice yesterday for heart at
tacks, and this was officially
recorded as the cause Of his death
at the inquest.
The Washington times., 1931-07-28
PERMIT LIQUOR
NOW IN USE
CALLED BEST
But 20-Year. r.0ld Whisky Is
Near Exhaustion; Survey
of Nations leeds Now On

To determine the volume o.
medicinal liquor which will be pro
duced By the rye and bourbon dis
tilleries operating under Govern
ment permit in Pennsylvania and
Kentucky. a survey OF the prob
able future needs OF the country
has been started by the Bureau OF
Industrial Alcohol.
A the old supply ef whisky be-
comes exhausted. there now being
stocks sufficient to last fer tw" ~
thre years, II will he necessary to
increase somewhat the annual
production.
Last year and this, permits have
been issued for the production OF
about 2,000, 900 gallons. At the
end Of four or five years aging.
this annual production will have
been reduced by evaporation to
about 100000 gallons, or ap-
pRoximately the average consump
ton with some surplus to build
up CAuCI CIsCIICy SOONAS.
Current Liquor Rest
The permits to be issued within
the next few months for the out
put Of 1882 may call for somewhat
more than 1000, 900 gallons. al.
though q definite decision will NOT
be reached until the return Of DR..
James M. Doran. chief of the al.
cohol bureau. from Europe.
The liquor now being dispensed
on permit Is the best whisky that
has been sold for medicinal pur-
poses since the prohibition law
was written into the statute
hooks. being on the average from
eight to Is or 20 years old. The
first 0f the whisky produced since
the war will 20 on the market
probably in 1894. depending upon
the consumption In the next Two
years.
After that the four or five year.
old whiSkey will be sold on pre-
Scription.
Denaturing Changes Due
There may be some further
changes in methods of denat@ring
industrial alcohol on the return
of DR.. Doran. The bureau last
January issued new formulas in
which poisonous wood alcohol
was abandoned as a denatur4nt.
Among the important questions
now confronting the authorities
is the setting up of safeguards
around the distribution Of syn
thetic menthol, largely used as an
anti-freeze preparation. The prod
net is poison and has been respon-
Sihle for a considerable number Of
deaths.
The Washington times., 1931-07-28
KISSING TIME FOR NATHAN
Lillian Cish Lands in
Critics Arms as
Boat Lands

NEW YORK. July 70 GNsJ.
George Jean Nathan. critic. to-
day swept Lillian 0ish. actress.
into his arms and kissed her
when she stepped over the gang.
plank Of the lie de France.
Miss Gish has been Nathan's
companion to first theatrical
nights for some time.
Nathan has always maintained
he will die q bachelor.
Miss Glsh returned from Ger.
many where she was treated fer
heart troubIe. She new Is much
improved, according to physicians.
The actress plans to visit her
mother and sister, Dorothy. at
Norfolk, Conn.,. and will appear in
a play this autumn.
The Washington times., 1931-07-28
AIR CHANGE DISCUSSION

Proposed changes in the air.
worthiness requirements Of Air
Commerce regulations will come
UP for discussion At q meeting
Of representatives Of airplane
manufacturers with officials OF
the Aeronautic Branch OF the De.
partment of Commerce July 81.
The Washington times., 1931-07-28
Indemnity Company
Must COUer Default

The Federal Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia,
yesterday ordered the Consolidated
Indemnity Insurance Company.
Of New York. to pay claims
aggregating $4,000 for materials
furnished by % firms to E. C.
Derby. of Fayetteville. N. c. The
material was furnished for con-
struction Of quarters at Fort
Humphreys.
The Washington times., 1931-07-28

ADVERVIsEMENT
The Washington times., 1931-07-28

ReuRAsSRheT, there
~" "nly I4a NS
these mirrors t~
GO 0N sale to-
morrow. Come
early.
The Washington times., 1931-07-28
LIGHT FOR SCHOOLS

The District Commissioners to-
day ordered the Potomac Electric
Company to install poles and over
head wires in the vicinity of
Twenty-fourth Street and Ben
ninRs Road northeast to furnish
electric service for the Charles
Young and Hugh M. Brown
schools.
The Washington times., 1931-07-28
9 Brothers Make Up
This Baseball Team

VANDERGRIFT, Pa, July %
1.N.S) ).-VandeTgrift now boasts
Of . baseball team In which all
the nine players are brothers. The
team passes under the name Of
the spaniel" nine and the play
ers are the nine Spaniel brothers.
A couple Of cousins by the same
name serve as auxiliary players.
w. Spaniel, the youngest broth
er Of the team, Is IL, but has had
experience with junior league
teams, while the oldest brother,
Frank, is q veteran Semipro.
The Washington times., 1931-07-28
HER LEG HEALED
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The Washington times., 1931-07-28
NelU York SDeLtering
In NeU Heat WaUe

NEW YORK, July 20 UN.S0.
New York was in the midst Of
another heat wave today. No
relief was in sight and the
weather bureau said the hot
weather might continue for sew
eFal days.
The Washington times., 1931-07-28
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
A Curious Legal Tangle.

At their leisure the lawyers may un-
ravel the curious legal tangle that re-
suited in a verdict Of murder In the
second degree for a man charged with
and found guilty of an offense which
the law specifically defines as murder
In the first degree. The irregularity Of
the colloquy between the clerk Of the
court and the foreman Of the jury may
be ironed out, after lengthy discussion
of such points as "He could have done
this" ''They should have done thus, u
''He couldn't do that" and ut might
have been possible to do this"
But the layman, as always, is pug
Fled by the ease with which the pom
derous and majestic machinery Of the
law can throw a wheel or skip cog
and leave everybody gasping for breath
at the unexpected results. Why should
court procedure be SO delicately ad-
justed that such relatively trivial mis-
haps as slip Of the tongue, or the pos
sibility that something said may have
been merely slip Of the tongue, throw
It out of kilter?
In this case man was charged with
murder n the first degree. The I've
counts g lrsed him with the prem u
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tated commission Of the crime, ana the
commission Of the crime Of murder
while committing the crime OF robbery,
or attempted robbery. One may read
lily agree with the members OF the jury
that the defendant, In the light OF the
evidence, may have been innocent OF
any. premeditation, Is the word Is
strictly defined. He may never have
thought, when he put his gun In his
pocket and started out to commit .
robbery, that he would actually kill q
man. The shot may have been fred on
the spur Of the moment, or 1t may con-
ceivably have been an accidental tug
at the trigger. But, aside from all that,
the law provides that a man who kills
another while committing a crime pun
ishable by penitentiary sentence Is
guilty Of murder in the first degree.
Murder in the frst degree in the Dis
trict carries q mandatory death SEN
tence.
The man was charged with murder in
the first degree and found guilty. Yet
the verdict Is that he Is guilty of some
thing else entirely. The lawyers, 1t
seems, are not so much bothered about
that. A jury can scale down" an
offense. But in this case the jury may
have scaled down the offense on the
wrong count. It should have chosen
the first count, charging premeditated
murder, to ind the man guilty Of sec
,pnd-degree murder. As it happened, he
was found not guilty on that count and
guilty on the second count-but guilty
only Of murder in the second degreel !.
There is no reason why the law should
trip on its own garments. But it fire.
quently does. In Baltimore the other day
a Judge, presiding in the case of former
bank president charged with violating
State banking laws, announced the as
tonishing verdict as follows: Il find
him ninety-five per cent guilty, which
isn't suf1cient. He escapes like o Singed
cat. The verdict Is not guilty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
Base Ball Phases.

Washington's base ball enthusiasts
are passing through the third phase of
pennant aspiration. The first phase
was ct the beginning Of the season,
when, on the strength of the training
work Of the Capital aggregation and the
early games which were scored on the
right side Of the tally sheet. they
visioned the Senators as the sure win
ners Of the nag. OF course, they all
realized that pennants are not won in
the flrst weeks Of the season and they
realised also that the present cham
pions, who are going strong, must
be beaten. But they still were hopeful
II not confident.
Then came the second phase, one Of
disoouragement, when the pitchers, who
had been expected to do dazzling work
on the mound, were, game after game,
found wanting and had to be replaced;
when for q period there were indeed
two and three pitchers in each game,
and when the batters failed to hit up
to expectations. It was then that the
feeling prevailed that perhaps Wash
ington might have to be content with
second place, or perhaps third.
Now the third phase has come, with
the pitchers delivering" with the
hitters hitting, the helders functioning
reliably, and with percentage Of VIC
tories that would In many champion