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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
CONTINENTAL BAKING,

Regarding Continental Baking Cor
roration, Standard Statistics says in q
recent analysis
Continental Is the largest domestic
baker of bread Principal nationally
advertised products. Wonder bread and
Hostess cake, ere manufactured ct
plants located throughout the Nation
Has expended close to $1S.ooo,o0o for
increased and improved facilities dur
ing the past four years, while unprof-
table milling business has been dis
posed Of. Bread sales now are increas-
ing. including volume of new Wonder
Fiff-teens' light rolls Competition IS
strong in this field from chain stores
rs we'll as wholesale bakers and, despite
low raw material costs, reduced prices
have cut into already narrow profit
margins. Cake accounts for about 20
per cent of sales
Met for the Is weeks ended June 20
1891, was equivalent TO only IL cents
per share of class A. compared with
E1.7l in the comparable 1880 period
Recent profits have evidenced decided
improvement. results for the final 10
weeks Of the foregoing period in the
two years, eoualing $1.31 and S157, re-
,spectively For full year 1890, earned
sT.03 on class A share, against S8.12 in
the preceding IL months. Dividends
ere not paid on A issue HEAVY cap
itali2stion Is being reduced by gdedual
retirement of subsidiary funded debt,
El1ile cash position remains strong."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
INVESTMENT TRUSTS
REACH AGREEMENT
Special Dispatch TO The star


NEW YORK. August 1.-Sharehold-
ers Of Investment Trust Associates ct
meeting held in Jersey City author
lied the trustees to accept tbs offer Of
United Founders Corporation to ac-
uuire its property and assets. After the
shareholders meeting the trustees Of
Investment Trust Associates met and
formally accepted the offer of United
Founders Corpora ton.
Under the terms Of the offer share
holders we're given the option Of re-
ceivine Sl264 per share which vas the
luuids ting value at the close of bust
ness June 20. 1891. as computed By
Messrs LOOMS, Suffern 4, Fernald, o.
having this money applied to the pur-
chase of common stock of United
Founders Corporation at 1921 per
share. the consolidated asset value per
share of common stock Of United
Founders Corporation as of the close
of business June 30. 1881.
In view of the fact that the cur
rent market price of United Founders
common is less than the June 40 ssset
value, the trustees of Investment Trust
Associates have made arrangements to
permit those shareholders who had al
ready deposited their shares under the
second option to change their tnstruc-
tions to the depositary agent, the Guar
anty Trust Co. of New York, In order
to accert the cash, Such shareholders
will have until August 5 10 change the
instructions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
BOND PAYMENTS ARE
NOW BEING ARRANGED
SPECIAL Dispatch 70 The star

Special D,scatch m The star
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. August l.
The bondholders' committee for City Of
st. Petersburg fFla.) bonds announced
Yesterday the collection Of suf1cient
funds from the city to permit a pay
ment to each depositor on account of
his first delinquent coupon. The funds.
the notice explains. have been collected
under court order which represents
the successful conclusion of legal pro-
oeedings instituted by the committee
about June l.. The committee. which
represents more than $12.000OO0 par
value Of St. Petersburg bonds, announced
also that holders of these bonds who
have not deposited should do so In order
to participate in the forthcoming initial
distribution. since payment Is to be
made only to holders of certificates of
deposit Of record as of August 20.s1s3I.
No provision has been made for nom
depositors. The amount Of the PAYNE emit
will be announced at later date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
GERARD ANNOUNCES
PROSPERITY PLAN
Program Includes Dry Repeal.
Antitrust Reforms and So
Wet Import Ban,
By the Associated n-ess.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. August flames F.
Gerard, former Ambassador to Germany
Yesterday offered q three-point prosper
ity revival program which. he said.
President Hoover could utilize for the
Nations benefit
The program. related BY Gerard
shortly before ns sailed on = Mediter-
ranean cruise aboard the liner Vulcania,
would have President Hoover declare
against prohibition, sponsor amendment
of the antitrust laws ard act to pro-
hibit Importation of Russian products.
The repeal of prohibition, Gerard
said. would give immediate employment
to 900. 900 men and would keep at
home tremendous sums paid BY Amer
leans in foreign countries for a sniff
of the air of liberty Amendment of
the antitrust laws TO permit certain
forms of price fixing would. Gerard
said. stimulate the oil and mining in
dustries OF Russian imports. he said
American industry should not be forced
to compete with some of them because
they are turned out by slaves
Gerard. who named the 40 real
rulers Of America" year ago said the
trouble with the country IL that II has
no real financial or industrial leader
ship
He said he had been wondering why
these 30 rulers. with their trems ndous
power had done nothing to lift the
United States out Of the depression.
They certainly control sufficient
wealth" the former Ambassador said
The trouble is We do not have the
leadership in industry and finance that
we have in labor II we did. some
thing helpful would come Of it
The man who spent eight years rep
resenting the United States in Ger
many said the fight of German capital
could be traced directly to the fear
kindled in Jews by the declaration Of
Adolph Hitler he would conf1scate their
property If his party came into power
and the fear of the confiscation of all
property through the organization Of
100000 Communists in Germany.
who knew they had the sympathy Of
130,0o0000 Communists in Russia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
ENDlC0TT JOHNSON CO.
SHOWS HIGHER PROFITS
snscial pisratch 10 ma star.

Special Dtspetch TO The star.
NEW YORK. August i.-Endicott
johnson Corporation and subsidiary
companies report for the six months
ended July 3. 1881, net profits. after all
charges, including Federal taxes, of
Si.333.752. This Is equivalent, after de-
Quoting preferred dividends paid. to
s25l per share on the 405, $50 shares of
common stock outstanding. Net profits
for the corresponding period of 1890
amounted to &1,223 ,236. or S2.12 per
share of common stock,
Net sales for the six months ended
July 3, 1881, amounted to s24, T3e.eo7.
against s5s6e3, e7e for the CORE
spending period. of 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
BUSINESS DISPLAYING
GREATER ACTIVITY
Special dispatch to rhe star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BOSTON. August Some quicken
ing in the tempo of American business
is now evident. says the United States
Business Service In it's current report.
Improvement is particularly noticeable.
this service states. in those industries
such as shoes and textiles, which are
closest to the consumer. and which
generally move up first from depression.
General improvement in the basic in
dustries of the country Is expected to
follow the upturn In the consumer in
dustries. This betterment, however,
will be modified by the uncertain for
etgn outlook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
New York Reserve
Bank Extends Aid
To British Credits

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August THE New
York Federal Reserve Bank, comment
ing upon the announcement Of the eY-
tension of $3.50, 200, 900 credit in co.
operation with the Bank of France TO
the Bank of England. explained today
that In association with the other Fed
eral Reserve institutions 1t has agreed
to purchase, II requested, up to the APP
proximate equivalent of 1000, 0OO Of
prime commercial bills from the Bank
of England
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
.PENNSY EARNS s.
"A SHARE FOR YEAR
Estimate for Period Ended
June 30-Heavy Cash
Surplus on Hand.
spacisI Dispatch 70 The Star.

NEW YORK. August THE Penn
sylvanta Railroad earnings are ofacially
estimated at slightly more thsa 90 q
share for the year ended June 30 For
the calendar year 1880. the Pennsyi-
vania earned $500 a share on the
13.O3S.7l1 shares outstanding at the end
of last year
The Pennsylvania had net operating
income Of $22.639.3 47 in the first half
Of the year. as compared with sA6. 63z.5os
in the corresponding period Of 1880. q
decrease of S23.a 9s 252
Since the Pennsylvania Railroad does
not currently report monthly earning
figures down TO surplus after charges,
the only measure available TO arrive at
net income is through the quarterly re-
ports made to the Public Service Com
mission at Albany The report, saws
the Wall Street journal. for the first
three months revealed that the net
charges other than from railroad op-
Grafton had increased more than
100000 over the corresponding quar-
ter of 1890 Assuming similar in
crease In charges for the second quar-
ter of this year. the eompany's earnings
for the II months ended June 80 were
about s2S. 900. 900 less than for the cal
endar year 1890 The decline Is euuiva-
lent to S213 share on the 13.120,501
shares Of Pennsylvania stock outstand-
ing IS of March last. the most recent
figure available. Subtracting the de-
crease of S2.13 share from common
earnings of 1929 for 1890. would make
earnings for the year. ended with June,
amount tn &3.15 share.
Lighter Dividend Receipts.
One reason for the decrea5e in tbs
Pennsylvania other income Is that the
road is taking dividends of only 81
from the Long Island Railroad this
year against . per cent last wear
The Pennsylvania has more cash than
any other railroad in the country At
the close Of the first quarter, the read
had current assets of s11A752,5e1,
against s133.446 921 on March 81 1890.
Current liabilities on March 81 last
we're $50 $50 s3e, against s6s, 254,247
on the same date last wear
The company made substantial re-
auctions in operating expenses for the
first half of 1871 as compared nth
1890 figures This applied particularly
to transportation costs, which we're CT
s1s.o17.1s7 for the period
Operating Results Compared
A comparison Of operating results fer
ths first half Of 1891 showing the de-
creases from the corresponding period
Of 1880, follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

It seems unlikely that tbs rennsv1-
vania vii be able to earn its current
dividend rate of SO annually during
1881. Ioadlngs for July ran consid-
erablv under 9 year previous For tbs
week ended July IS the Pennsylvania
handled 116.14s cars Of revenue freight
against 141oto cars in the like week
of 1890 . decrease of 1871 per cent. In
the immediate preceding seven DAYS
the Pennsylvania handled 11e.3zs cars
Of freight. against 143.749 IN 1890,
decrease of II per cent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-03

men. Both Of the women were
known as prostitutes.
The investigation by the sheriff
into the fight between Negroes and
whites on the freight train, now
centered around the question of the
two white hoboes who turned out to
be women. Did the Negro boys
fight these hoboes who were really
women in mems clothing? The
women denied that the Negro boys
had done anything to them at all.
But very soon an idea struck the
sheriff and the prosecutor. The
two white women In jail were again
asked If the boys didn't do some
thing" to them. For, what sort OF
Fighting" could Negro boys be most
logically accused OF in connection
with white women-if not "raping" ?
One of the women very willingly,
the other one rather reluctantly
were led to agree that instead OF
being prisoners under charge OF
"hoboing" they should get out OF
Jail and be the accusers of the Ne
gro boys for "raping" them
A thousand times things like this
have happened in the long, sleepy
and brutal, stagnant generations OF
slavery and peonage in the Black
Belt of the South. "Horse-swapping
Day" was coming on, and the prose-
cutor, the leading town merchants,
the sheriff and all of the lawyers
of the town (some of whom would
have to represent the "niggers')
agreed that big crowd could be
gotten to trial of nine Negro boys
for rape" BY general agreement,
in consultation with the judge and
local merchants OF the town, the
date Of April 6-"Horse-swapping
IDay"-was selected as the date Of
the trial Of the nine Negro boys for
rape. The penalty for rape is death.
A big crowd would come from the
mountains. ''Horse-swapping Day"
would be a success; there would be
some trade at the stores. The man
ayers of the local textile mill were
interviewed and persuaded to allow
the use OF the brass band OF the
mill to play for the crowd that
would come.
Almost all of this has happened
before, countless times. And 1t was
to be assumed that this would go
through in it's orderly" process
the harrangues to the jury-the de-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-03
BY ROBERT MINOR.

Deep down in the life conditions
of the Negro masses is a cause of
struggle. An enslaved people
millions Of agricultural laborers and
peasants living in peonage and
Observation-Disclosures of thousands of
Negro industrial workers exploited
under special devices, confined to
the poorest jobs and lowest pay-a
great mass of enslayed people iv-
ing as inferior animals" in segre-
gated slums where they are doubly
exploited by landlords and credit
sharks-there is a deep-seated vol
canO to be found in this mass.
1t is q live Volcano. There is
always the urge of this human mass
to rise up and throw off the slavery
in which it lives in country whose
standing joke is democracy" and
whose standing practice is lynching
and capitalist class dictatorship at
home, and military rule over sub
ject peoples abroad.
But the urge of these black
masses to fight for freedom is al
ways thwarted, hemmed in, de-
ceived, diverted by a thousand
shrewd devices. The Negro masses
cannot vote except where their
voting is completely ineffective; if
they organize labor unions they are
terrorized, murdered or jailed-any-
thing to keep them silent, helpless.
dumb slaves
The political machinery, particu-
larly of the southern states, is con-
structed and maintained not only
for the suppression and exploitation
of the working class generally, but
largely for the purpose of keeping
this mass of Negro population so
completely hemmed in, restricted
and terrorized as to be unable to
move.
But the volcano is there, and 1t
shoulders. And all who are not
shareholders or the agents of slave
holders are thinking: how to release
the fighting forces of the Negro
masses, how TO break loose and
make the fight for freedom.
This Spring, as cotton prices fell
lower and lower, things were get
ting desperate for the farming and
working population OF the South,
black and white, and the small
merchants who depend upon their
trade.
At the little town of Scottsboro,
Alabama, local merchants were on
the edge of ruin, with unsold goods,
with mortgages unpaid and banks
in bad way.
1t was in March, 1881.
The village merchants were look
ing forward wistfully to April 6, the
date of sort of county fair, which
is called in Scottsboro 'horse-
swapping day." as q chance to
stimulate trade.
On March IS, nine Negro boys,
plain farm boys, from 13 to 20 years
OF age, were arrested On q freight
train near Scottsboro for 'hoboing"
and for fighting with some white
hoboes. Most of the whites and Ne
groes who had been on the freight
train had jumped off and run away,
while nine Negro boys and three
white hoboes were put into jail.
Then 1t was found that two Of the
white hoboes were women, dressed
in mems clothes, who had been
travelling with crowd of white
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-03

fused to ask the jury for an acquit-
tai, thinking, along with the N. A.
A. C. P. leaders, that the matter
would never be heard of and all
would be well with no change but
just nine fresh graves in an Ala
bama Jail yard.
But only because the Interna-
tional Labor Defense and the
League of Struggle for Negro
Rights, at the instigation of the
Communist Party, took up this
fight and spread it around the
world-only because of the mass
protest that arose in spite of them
the NAACP leaders stepped in
after several weeks Of silence and
claimed that they would defend"
the boys.
The role of the NAACP has been
what? Precisely and only to defend
the judge who falsely condemned
the nine innocent boys, to defend
the prosecutors who framed them
up, to defend the governor who
represents the whole system Of tor
ture and persecution of Negroes
to attack the lid, the LSNR and
the Communist Party for stirring
up" and "agitating" among the
masses Of prosecuted Negro people.
The NAACP leaders who themselves
had a shameful part in the frame
ups and verdicts Of death, now
claim that because they were in
terested only in saving the lives Of
the boys" they wanted no mass
movement against the slavery of the
Negro people, which they claim
would arouse prejudice" against
the boys who were already SEN
fenced to death with their con-
nivance.
But the movement of protest. in
spite Of them, spread like a Jungle
fire through the North, the South.
the East and the West and across
the ocean to Germany, France,
England and Spain and the Union
OF Socialist Soviet Republics.
What is the present chance FOR
this movement to save the lives and
liberty Of the nine innocent victims
Of the southern white ruling class?
Many who came to the defense
of the boys were at first surprised
by this sudden success in mass re-
Spouse by the great mob
ilization Of the masses which start
ed at the very first call of the Com
munist Party.
But what then?
The very success in getting the
masses started into motion, the ease
with which this was done, has
caused many thousands of friends
of the Scottsboro defense to slow
down their work. There seems to
be an idea that somehow the move
ment will automatically move on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-03

Tense Of Southern womanhood'
the verdict Of death-the hanging
and then silence and the slow cruel
pace of southern slave society would
resume.
But the volcano was underneath.
There was a rift in the silence.
The black mass that had never
moved since more than half a CEN
fury ago when the capitalist North
made its peace with the white
ruling class Of the South-began to
move.
What was done? What was
there this time to stir up the
masses, to break through the OBJ
structions and bring the hitherto
silent voice Of the black giant to
a roar Of rage and protest? OF
course, there Is something new: the
unequalled economic crisis which is
sapping the roots Of American i'm
perialist society - and something
else. The Communist Party had
been established. and already had a
slight footing In the South within
a few score miles Of the little court
house where nine innocent Negro
boys were to be condemned to death
on Horse-swapping Day. The Com
munists, bent on overthrowing
American institutions" interfered.
All Of the lynchers, all of the white
supremacy" citizens, the Ku Klux
Khan, the sheriffs, the lynching
judges-all agreed that "the Com
munist Party stirred up the trou-
BILE"
The roar Of protest Of the black
mass arose-and suddenly, to the
surprise OF the unknowing-the roar
of q new element. the revolution
lied vanguard Of the white working
class-arose and blended with the
roar OF the black giant of the
South.
The effort to impede, to hem In
and to suppress and divert the pro-
test had to be renewed. The white
ruling class Of the South recognized
the revolutionary significance of a
sudden volcanic eruption of protest
against this most spectacular mar
tyrizing Of the Negro people. But
the old machinery was not suffi-
cient. clustering sheriffs and Ku
Klux Khan could not stop 1t.
But new machinery was found by
the white ruling class to try to stop
the flood of mass movement. y
The white ruling class found that
it had new servants-servants who
had been considered enemies of
white supremacy-black and white
servants, who proved to be friends
in need" to the white ruling class.
The National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People,
which had always been considered
IAN enemy" because 1t claimed to
be for the advancement of colored
people stepped forward in the per-
son OF Mr.. .. z. SriH.SS2rn, Mr.
Walter White and 0ater) Mr.. Will
liam Pickens, to prove to the south
ern white master class that they
and they alone were precisely the
bosses best agents to suppress the
rising wave of protest!
1t has later become known that
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
leaders had stepped in and taken
hand in the actual frame-up of the
nine Negro boys at Scottsboro. 1t
was they who employed the lawyer,
they say Though their name was
not at first announced), who was
put forward as the attorney" for
the boys, and who agreed TO the
whole proceeding of frame-up and
death verdict, tried to induce the
innocent boys to plead guilty, and,
when the- vor1d not do this, re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-03
NOVEMBER LABOR DEFENDER
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The Washington times., 1931-10-19
News and Events Of Persons Of Society the National Capital
Social Notes

Mr.. Ernest Lee Jahncke, the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
accompanied the President to
Yorktown on the U. S. S. Ar.
kansas, sailing from Annapolis
Saturday afternoon.
Ambassador Hugh r. Wilson
arrived in washington from
Switzerland and joined Mrs.
Wilson, who has been Al the
Hotel Mayflower for several
weeks.
Senator Cameron Morrison,
of North Carolina, is in Wash.
ingtc-. for a few days al the
Mayflower, where he and Mrs.
Morrison will spend the coming
congressional season.
Mrs. William Laird Dunlop,
jr., will sponsor the Black and
White ball to be given on Mon
day evening, November 9, at the
Mayflower for the debutantes of
this season.
Mr.. John B. Cochran and
Mr.. william Bowie Clarke left
by motor, for Yorktown, where
they will attend the Sesquicen-
tennial celebration today.
The Washington times., 1931-10-19
Coming Weddings

Miss Marion Tice Heyser,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Tice Heyser, will be mar
ried on Wednesday, October 81,
to Mr.. Melville Glaf1in Lind
say, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
vile Lindsay.
The ceremony will take place
in the Concordia Lutheran
Church at eight o'clock, and it
will be performed by the Rev.
Charles Enders. The bride will
be given in marriage by her
father, and her maid-of honor
will be her sister, Miss Adeline
HeySer. The other attendants
will be Miss Beatrice Golse and
Miss Elizabeth White. The
bridegroom will have as his
best man. his brother, Mr.. Al
ton. s. Lindsay.
A small reception will follow
the ceremony at the home of
the brides parents.
The wedding of Miss Kath-
crime Reeme Appleman, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Orville Appleman, of College
Park, Maryland, and Mr.. Jo-
seph CliSsoid Longridge will
take place on October "a.
The ceremony will be per-
formed in st. Andrews Episco-
pal Church in College Park,
the Rev. Ronald Taylor Of
flciating, and the bride will
be given in marriage by her
father.
Miss Appleman's matron-of-
honor will be Mrs. Victor Myers,
and her bridesmaids - Miss
Oma Longridge and Miss Mar.
garet La Fetra. The bridegroom
will have as his best man Mr..
Rex Longridge, and his ushers
will be Mr.. Paul Saunders, Mr..
Harry Orr, DR.. Byron Unstet-
ter, and Mr.. Victor Myers.
There have been a number
Of pre-nuptial parties for the
bride including lunch e o n S,
showers and dinners. A recep-
ton at the home of the brides
parents will follow the cere-
mony.
Mr.. Longridge is the son of
Mr.. Robert Thomas Longridge.