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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
HOOVER CABINET TO GO ON AIR
IN NEW RADIO FORUM SERIES
Members Will Speak on Governmental
Problems, Beginning May 2 and
Continuing for 10 Weeks.
Hoover's cabinet is going on

President Hoover's cabinet is going on
the air.
Starting May and continuing for
10 consecutive weeks, members of the
cabinet will appear in the National
Radio Forum arranged by The Wash
ington Star and carried over a coast
forecast network of the Columbia
Broadcasting System. They will be
heard each Saturday night at $50
O'Clock. 1t is expected that more than
so radio stations will be linked together
in broadcasting this special cabinet
series. which will be heard locally from
WMAL.
Members Of the cabinet are not
strangers to the microphone, having ap-
peared repeatedly in programs arranged
by the National Radio Forum. They
have carried directly home to the people
the great Government issues that con-
Stantly are arising.
In the Forthcoming series President
Hoover's cabinet will tell the people of
the Nation about the operation of their
respective departments and deal with
some Of the more outstanding problems
faced by this country at the present
time. At no time in decade has there
been more complex problems of gov
eminent than those of the moment and
it is the belief of official Washington
that when the cabinet series will have
ended people generally will have full
comprehension of the workings Of Gov
eminent departments.
Two Have Lots of Experience.
Logic, rather than attempts to sway
the audience by oratory. characterizes
the radio activities of the Hoover big
Ten"
Most Of the members have become
veterans before the microphone 9th
ers. less frequently heard on the air,
survived the first stages CT mike
fright" on coast-to-coast hook-up by
displaying rare courage and eagerness
to become better acquainted with radio.
Two members, Secretary of State
Henry L. Stimson and Secretary of In
terror Ray Lyman Wilbur, share the dis
tinction Of being the most experienced
radio takers in the cabinet Direct and
matter of fact in his delivery, Secretary
Stimson speaks with exceptional vigor
on the air
The other veteran, Secretary Wilbur,
is the most fearless cabinet officer be-
fore the microphone. Qualified to speak
on practically any subject DR.. Wilbur
can begin talking on the air after only a
few moments preparation. Like his
cabinet brothers. he also has learned
the knack of precisely fitting his talks
to the allotted broadcast time-a car
dlnal point in rad'o-and he can ex-
temporize without faltering
He is virtually the only cabinet Of
f1cer who ever ad libed on the radio
Often when he has finished his pre-
pared address or notes ahead of time,
DR.. Wilbur continues without a break
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09

news of the death of Mr.. Longworth.
He was man of great ability and great
personal charm. No one in public life
was more widely liked than he. AS
Speaker OF the House he will be deeply
missed. He was always just in his de-
cisions, firm and invariably fair-mind-
ed. In his death the country has lost
one of its outstanding public men,"
Secretary Wilbur:
Mr.. Longworth ran always true to
form. His loyalty TO his own ideas and
plans bred loyalty in others. His ca
reer as House leader will be considered
as Of great historical importance.
THE passing of Speaker Longworth
is great shock to me personally. He
was an outstanding statesman and legis-
lator, admired and respected by all. His
death is a loss, not only to his native
State, but to the whole country"
Tess Pays Tribute.
Senator Simeon D. Fess, Ohio: THE
Nation nourns the death of one of its
distinguished citizens. Speaker Long
worth has made place for himself that
extended beyond the realm of public in
terest. His varied ability and long ex-
perience eminsntly qualified him for
leadership in many lines of human
activity"
Former United States Senator Rich
ard p. Ernst, Kentucky:
Longworth was one Of the most ad-
mirable and greatest of American states
men and parliamentarians."
Former Gov Alfred E. Smith: "I
hear with great regret of the death Of
Speaker Longworth. For years he has
been prominent and commanding fig
ure in our national public life. His loss
will be mourned by hosts of friends
throughout the United States"
Senator Robert F. Wagner: 'I am
greatly shocked by the news of Speaker
Longworth's death. His passing is an
immeasurable loss to the Nation. He
loved his country and was devoted to
attractive personality and enjoyed the
affection as we'll as the respect of all
who knew him.
John W. Davis, former Democratic
candidate for President: Il learn with
sincere sorrow of the death of Speaker
Longworth. His passing is loss to the
country, to the Congress and to host
of friends. In his long life of public
service there is much to commend,
nothing to regret"
Frederick H. Gillette, ex-Speaker CT
the House:
It am deeply distressed He was
ton as a coed fellow and a charming
companion rather obscured his real
ability, which was very great.
Gov. Pincoht of Pennsylvania:
Washington will never be the same
without him. His death will be de-
plored by hundreds of thousands who
never saw him, but to whom his genial
character and his high efficiency as
Speaker are intimately known"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
Widow Doesn't Want
LongwOrth Death to
Halt Social Events

Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, it
was announced at the Speakers
Office today, following CONVEX
sation over the telephone with
Mrs. Longworth in Aiken, S. c., is
DESTROYS that plans already made
in Washington for entertainment
shall 60 forward without change
because of Mr.. Longworth's death.
This is understood to include
the annual Spring dinner of the
Gridiron Club, which is to be
given Saturday night. The fam
lily feels that Mr.. Longworth him.
self would wish that such affairs
with which he was so intimately
connected for so many years,
should go forward without inter-
ruption.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band this evening at Stanley Hall at
80 O'Clock; John S. M. zimmermann,
bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program:
March, 1.-The New Ebbitt,"
Zimmerman
Overture. "Preciosa" Won Weber
Entr'acte-(a) I'm Coin Home"
White
(b) "Toy Soldiers March,"
Fritz Kreisler
Excerpts from musical comedy, The
Gondoliers" ...............S sullivan
Fox trot, Forgive Me" 1910. Morcaldi
Waltz song, Sing Your Way Home"
Monaco
Finale, ION the Co.. ...... Goldman
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09

and Levine in the slain woman's diary
was to the effect that they were look
ing over a bank in Oslo, Norway"
S Elm told police he went to Oslo on a
bootlegging expedition and Greenhauer
and Levine admitted having been there
ION a pleasure trip"
Miss Gordon's diary reference to Oslo
was dated about the time the three men
admitted being there.
Holdcroft police said. admitted de-
serting a vessel on which he sailed
from Sydney, Australia, in San Fran
cisco in 1926 and said he had been here
since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
FINANCIAL MEN MEET
Investors Syndicate Has Banquet
at Hotel in Capital.

Addresses on aims, purposes and ac-
complishments of the organization fea-
tured banquet Of the Investors Syn
dicate, financial house, in the Hotel
Mayfiower last night.
j. r. Ridgeway, president and chair
man of the board of the institution. was
the principal speaker. Addresses also
were delivered by C. E. Albeit, man
ager of the Eastern division for the
syndicate, and James Sheriff., State
manager of the Washington Office. Mr..
Sheriff. also was POSTMASTER
A program of entertainment, consist
ing of musical numbers and character
sketches, was provided
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
Reserve Commissions Issued.

Commissions in the Reserve Corps of
the Army have been issued by the War
Department to Gregory JmFreeman, 1912
Quarry road northwest, as asecond lieu
tenant Of Cavalry, and to Myer Fried,
at Boiling Field, Anacostia, d. G., as a
second lieutenant in the Signal Corps,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09

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addition to the $4,000 item, to ap-
proximate $4,000
The majority of these additional
missing notes are also on the Shoreham
Hotel and are held by the Washington
Lear g. Trust Co. 1t was understood
the bank is holding these notes as the
representative of six estates. These notes
may also be returned, it was said, if
the trustees Of the estates concerned
consent.
Rheem is alleged to have substituted
the unreleased notes for like amount
in released notes when the bank de-
manded that the released securities be
replaced.
Liquidating Assets.
The trustees-Ju6ge NJ M Doyle,
Henry P. Blair and Mai. julius 1. Pey-
ser-are now engaged in returning un-
released notes to the proper owners and
in liuuidating the assets of the bank
rupt so the released notes may be paid
of on a pro rata basis.
The investigation by the United States
attorneys Office and the Department of
Justice of possible criminal phases OF
the firms failure has been completed
Some action is expected in the near
future.
Rheem is now at liberty under $685.
600 bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
MRS. MCCORMICK GRIEvED.
coIORADo SERVINGS. Colo. Al

8 (P).-Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick,
former Illinois Congress member and
close personal friend of Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, said she was
shocked and deeply grieved" at the
death of Nicholas Longworth, Speaker
OF the House.
She said she would not be able to
attend the funeral and would not leave
here, where her son Medill is attending
school, until next week. She talked by
telephone to Mrs. Longworth in Aiken,
8. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
TWO DIE IN COLLISION

Husband and Father of Victims Is
Hurt as Bus and Auto Crash.
KANSAS CITY, April 9 (P).-Mrs.
Claude Epps of Kansas City and her
daughter Kathleen, IL, were killed today
in the collision of their automobile with
a bus of the Pickwick- Greyhound Lines
at Blue Springs Junction, east of here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
N0N-FLYER TO RECEIVE
MEDAL FOR AVIATION AID
DR.. James H. Kimball Will Be Re-
warded for Charting Weather
for Ocean Pilots.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April "a man who
never flew an airplane will be honcred
tonight for what he has done for avia-
ton when Distinguished Service Medal
is awarded Dr. James H Kimball of the
United States Weather Bureau.
The award, given in recognition of
DR.. Kimball's work in charting trans
atlantic weather for ocean flyers, will
be made at a dinner given by the air.
men his weather predictions have served.
Seven European nations will have off,
cial representatives at the dinner. and
the speeches will be broadcast by the
WIZ network at 10 pm.
Among flyers having part in the tes-
timonial will be Byrd, Balchen, Cham
berlin. Fitzmaurice, Ruth Elder and
Amelia Earhart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
MOSES DEPLoREs LOSS.
Calls LOngworth One of Outstanding
Figures in High Office.

CONCORD, N. H, April R-
United States Senator George H. Moses,
President pro tempore of the Senate,
today said "the loss of Speaker Long
worth is not only disastrous to Re-
publican leadership in Congress and
throughout the country, but it brings
imn2 aSurable sorrow TO friends whom
he numbered countlessly everywhere"
During the six years of his speaker
ship" Moses said, "he made himself
one Of the outstanding figures in the
long line of distinguished men, who
have held this high Office"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
10 ON Boat Given Up as Lost.

GRIMSBY England, April F.-
The trawler North Cape, with crew
of Is men, has been given up as lost
by her owners, since nothing has been
heard of the vessel since she sailed for
Iceland 80 days ago.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
[ ONGWORTH RITES
TO BE SATURDAY
IN CINCINNATI

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RHEEM FOR RETURN
OF $4,000 IN NOTES
BY TRUST COMPANY

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09

Chairman McFadden Of the House
Banking Committee: He was an able
pariamentarian. and impartial"
Representative Bacharach from his
home in Atlantic City: I'VE have been
intimate friends and boon companions
owe him much for his friendly coun-
sell
Senator James E. Watson of In
diana, majority leader of the Senate,
said:
He was a genuine partisan and in
the heat of debate dealt vigorous blows,
but he was so constituted as to be
able TO take punishment as well as ad-
minister it with a smile and no scars
were ever left after the battle was over.
He was incapable of long continued
resentment and some of the warmest
friendships he formed throughout the
years we're with stalwart Democrats.
While he believed in his party and
understood that he was always ad-
vanced to the speakership by his party
associates. he welded the gavel with
absolute impartiality and with unfail-
ing courtesy, and history cannot fail
TO lift him among the great presiding
officers of the House of Representa-
tiyes.'
News Distresses StimsOn.
Secretary Stimson:
1 = ana profoundly distressed at the
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
IS VOTED
WOOL CHIEFS

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March
26.-American Woolen Co. stock
holders az SSeir annual meeting
approved a profit-sharing plan
whereby the president, vice pres
ident and general manager and
chairman Of the executive COM
mittee will receive a percentage
of the company'S profits when
ever they exceed 100000.
After net profits Of 100000
have been realized, Lionel j.
Noah, president, will receive 4
per cent on the next $1,000,000,
5 per cent on the second 1,00O,-
900 and 6 per cent on any fur
ther profit.
Moses Pendleton, vice president
and general manager, and viii.
liam B. Warner, chairman execu-
tive comn1itte, will benefit to the
extent Of 2.5 per cent on the
first $1,000,000 additional profits,
3.125 per cent on the second and
3.75 per cent on any further
profit.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
PF545 5F li! ij,i net NET FTIgFIi F!5 jLRF; IIF5F

Showing an increase of over 2
per cent in gross revenues and
over 13 per cent IN net income,
American CommonwealthS Power
Corporation, in it's statement for
1881, reports gross revenues from
all sources for the concern and
affiliated companies Of $26, ,433,-
001, as compared with $25, 1857 ,407
for the corresponding period a
year ago, a gain of $575,594. Net
income after operating expenses,
including maintenance and gen.
eral taxes, amounted to 1929
Sill, as against $11,522,742, or
an increase of $1,6O0,769.
The balance available for re-
serves, Federal taxes and surplus,
after all charges, including an
nual interest charges and divi-
dends on preferred stocks, totaled
$4,848,389, as compared with $3,-
887 ,252, an increase of $961, ,137.
This balance of earnings, on
the average amount of class A
and class B common stock out
standing for the period is at the
rate of $2.68 per share before de-
probation and $1.87 per share
after deduction for depreciation
reserves. AS of January 81, 1881,
there were 1,521,711 shares of
class A common stock and 459, ,091
shares"of class B common stock
outstanding.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
u. S. Mineral Production
Value Drops in 1880

lead and zinc, but the value of
gold production increased slightly.
The total value of nonmetallic
mineral products in 1880 decreased
about IS per cent from the pre-
ceding year. 'Of the mineral
fuels, the total value of natural
gas increased, while the total val
ues of bituminous coal, natural
gasoline, and petroleum recorded
sharp declines.
The following figures give the
estimated total value of metallic
mineral products and nonmetallic
mineral products other than fuels
and of mineral fuels produced in
the United States in 1880:
Metallic, $685., 100000; nonmetal-
lie, (other than fuels), $1,028,000,-
900, and mineral fuels, $2,7a2 ,000,-
600.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26

The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company for Febru-
ary reported $128,749 balance net
income, an increase of $40,716
over the same month last year,
to the Public Utilities Commits,
sion.
Balance net for the two months
ending February 28, was $265, 1872,
as compared with $199,696 for
the same period in 1890.
Operating revenues in Febru-
ary were $736.331, and operating
expenses, $513,459. Operating
revenues for the first two months
of the year we're $1,497 $50, and
expenses, $1,043.48O. After de-
Quoting taxes and uncollectahle,
the total operating income for
this period was 1897, ,689.
Capital expenditures for new
plant and equipment in the Dis
trict of Columbia during the two
months ending February %, were
$333,497. Gross retirements dur
ing this period were $203, ,181
making net additions $130,316.
Net additions to plant for IL
months ending February % were
$6O,480.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26

The estimated total value of
mineral products in the United
States in 1880 was approximately
$4,795 ,OO0,o as announced by
Scott Turner, director of the
United States Bureau of Mines,
Department of Commerce. This
is drop of about 18 per cent
from the total value of mineral
products in 1929.
Declines in values, accounted
for both by lower unit prices and
by the falling off in output of
nearly all mineral products, are
principally explained by the de-
preston prevailing during the
year in most lines of industrial
activity.
The total value of metallic
products in 1880 decreased about
80 per cent, as compared with
1929. Notable decreases in total
values, ranging from approx
imately Is to so per cent, were
recorded for copper, iron, silver,
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
SEES VAST
ELECTRIC GAIN
AHEAD
Achievements Are Recorded
and Prospects Estimated by
Cleveland Trust Company

The electric power and light
industry, maintaining operations
consistently above the fluctua-
tions of general business, faces q
most promising outlook in 1881
from the Standpoints of electrical
energy sold and operating profits,
according o the Union Trust
Company of Cleveland.
A survey of the industry in the
current issue Of Trade Winds, the
banks publication, points out
that 1880 was a record-breaking
year in gross revenue despite a de-
crease Of IL per cent in electrical
current generated.
Future Encouraging
With some signs of general eco
nomic repair, the industry's rec
ord is the Soundest reason for
future encouragement, the article
continues:
"The industry today represents
an investment of approximately
S11,85O,OOO,OOO, and collects
more than S2,OOO,OOO,OOO an
Eually from 24,7O2,OOO consum.
erS of all types. Domestic users
of electricity now total 2O,438,-
900, representing 10 per cent of
American homes. In 1927. do
mestic users tOtaled 15,5OO,OOO.
"The industry expects to spend
approximately $8OO,OOO,O 900 this
year for new constructions, ex-
tensions and improvement Of
facilities, and the sum of SILL.
600, 100000 is contemplated for
that purpose during the next
10 years."
Achievements Summarized
Achievements of the industry
during 1880, period Of severe
national depression, are sum-
married. as follows:
New customers increased by
$4,000 of whom 472,000 were do
meStic users.
Domestic consumption of cleo
trical energy gained IA per cent
and commercial consumption 10
per cent. Industrial consumption
fell off rs per cent.
General capacity was increased
by 2,750,000 horsepower or Z per
cent.
Electrical service to farms in
creased 18 per cent, the largest
gan ever recorded in one year.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
PLANS FOR RAIL
MERGER LAID

The ground work for the four
party plan Of consolidation of
Eastern railroad systems was laid
yesterday at a protracted secret
meeting of counsel for the va
rious roads involved, it was
learned today.
A petition will be filed with
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to reopen the general
consolidated plan laid down by
it last year and to modify its
plan to the extent of permitting
four Eastern trunk line systems
instead of five.
George T. Slade, son-in-law of
the late James j. Hill, railroad
magnate, had been selected as
arbitrator of the question of
trackage rights by the Pennsyl-
vania railroad over the tracks of
the Nickel Plate between AShta-
bula, Ohio, and Brockton, N. Y.
The New York Central has OBJ
jected to the granting of such
trackage rights.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
WAR FOR ARMCO
F. PROXIES HOT

NEW YORK, March ga
battle for the control of the
$144, 100000 American Rolling
Mill Co. is on as efforts were
started to oust George M. Verify,
its president.
The Verify opponents are be.
lieved to be the Mellon interests,
who recently became a power in
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation
through the exchange of their
holdings in the McClintick-Mar.
shall Co. when it was acquired by
Bethlehem. E. G. Grace, presi.
dent of Bethlehem, denied, how
ever, that his company is seeking
American Rolling Mill.
The fact that 1880 was one of
the most unsuccessful years in
the history of the company is
believed to be the basis for the
fight to oust Mr.. Verify, who does
not control 81 per cent of the
stock, but who has. nevertheless,
stayed as head of the company
through the support of friends
who own the stock.
In the year ended December
81, 1880, the company reported
a net income of $114,094 equiva-
lent to cents a share, against
$6,110,e70, or $4.24 a share, in
1929. On March the dividend
on he common was passed
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
Rebound From Depression
Usually Short-Lived

sound condition Of business and
credit is restored, and if it goes
too far, it is likely to be fol.
lowed by a new low level.
Recovery Faces Test
This is the big question before
us now. Last December the stock
market began a rebound after a
long and severe bear market. In
January or February certain in.
dustr1eS also began to pick up.
For example, iron and steel
production have gained more
than seasonally for two months.
Is this recovery merely the usual
preliminary rebound, to be fol.
lowed by a secondary" let down?
And, if so, had there developed
by December a sufficient correc-
tlon and readjustment of business
and financial conditions to allow
us to hope that any further de.
cline will stop short of the old
bottom?
Time alone will tell. March,
which is often a critical month, is
the third month of recovery in
stocks and in the steel industry.
BY the middle of April we
ShOulG be able to arrive at a fairly
definite opinion.
Watch Commodities
If in the meanwhile commod-
ity prices do not show strength
and if the expansion in business
begins to round off, we will prob
ably be in for the usual "sec-
ondary" decline.
Perhaps the most hopeful fact
is that the recent business gains
have mostly been SO moderate and
cautious that any let-down in
business may also be moderate.
In any case, we can be practi-
cally certain that any further re-
cession in business will be final
and will mark the end of the busi-
ness cycle of l927-l93l,
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
Alabama Water
Revenues HiQher

Alabama Water Service Com
pany, a subsidiary of Federal
Water Service Corporation, re-
ports gross revenues Of $869,573
for the year ended January 81,
1881, as compared with $847, ,906
for the preceding IL months.
Operating expenses, maintenance
and taxes, other than Federal
income tax, totaled $452 .008, as
against $443,994. Gross income
was $417,565, which compares
with $403,912 for the year ended
January 81, 1880
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
Pennsylvania Pays
S4,5OO.OOO Benefits

More than $4,500,00O was paid
in benefits to Pennsylvania Rail
road employees and members Of
their families last year by the
employees voluntary relief depart
ment, it was revealed today in
the departments annual report,
just completed by E. B. Hunt,
superintendent.
OF the total payments, $685.
900 was disbursed in death bene-
fits, $2,414,000 for sickness and
disability, and $4,000 in the
form of superannuation allow
anceS,