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The Washington times., 1931-08-29
METAL BUYING FAIR

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 QN.SO.
Copper buying continued quiet
today with very little metal avail
able under 7A cents delivered.
Producers were out of the market
at 8 cents. Electrolytic for foreign
shipment was at 8 cents a pound
elf. Hamburg, Havre and London.
Zinc buying was quiet with
prime Western zinc unchanged at
$50 to 1926 cents a pound East
st. Louis.
Lead buying was in fair volume
with the price unchanged at 4.40
cents a pound New York, and
4.225 cents a pound st. Louis.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
GRAIN FUTURES
CLOSE STEADY

CHICAGO, Aug. 29-0N.SO
Grains closed steady to easy on
the board of trade today. Trade
was light during the abbreviated
session.
Last prices for wheat were u
to 7sc lower, corn % to 5sc down
and oats unchanged. Rye was
steady to Ac higher.
Corn turned easy with wheat
in the final hour of trading.
Estimated carlot receipts we're !:
Wheat 81, corn 68 and oats SO.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
Cash GRAIN CLOSE

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 0NS0.
Wheat-No. 2 red. 47A; No.. 2
hard, 48H; No. 2 Mort Ter n
spring, so; No. 4 mixed, 45R;
No. 2 yellow, 4s; No. 8 yellow,
47A.
Corn-No. 2 mixed. 44@44H;
No. l yellow, 44@4412; No. 2 yel-
low, 44@4412: No. 3 yellow. 43A
@43A; No. 4 yellow. 43@43A;
No. l white. 46A; No. 2 white,
46A; sample grade, 3712.
Oats-No. 2 white, 22A@24R:
No. 3 white, 20R@22A; No. 4
white, 19h@2Oh; sample grade,
1872.
Rarlev-A0M53
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
MONEY MARKETS DULL

NEW YORK, Aug. % 0N.S).
Call money was held over at Ia
per cent today and 2 per cent on
the curb.
Bankers acceptance asking
rights were unchanged with 80 to
80 days at 7s per cent, 120 days at
l per cent, and $50 and 180 days
at 1A per cent.
Commercial paper was quiet
with prime names quoted at IA
to 2 per cent.
The time money market was
dull and unchanged with go days
at 1H to 11a per cent, 80 days
at ~ to ia per cent. and 100 to
180 days at IA to 2 per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
CLOTH MART FIRM

NEW YORK, Aug. 90 Q.N.S).
Coarse yarn gray goods markets
were unchanged today. Print
cloths sold lightly at firm prices.
Carded broadcloths ran to good
yardage as prices slipped back for
a time to the low levels of recent
date. Sheetings we're moderately
in demand and prices were rela-
lively firmer.. Some reports told
Of large sales Of goods quietly
made,
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
Colon Oil Product
In Venezuela Rises

Colon Oil Corps subsidiary in
Venezuela produced 146,383 barrels
of crude oil during the week ended
August 81, compared with 144,979
barrels during the week ended
August ID, and 98,33O barrels dur
ing the week ended August %,
The Washington times., 1931-08-29

OTVVN NWITIWWIO
Copyright, 1891, Standard Statistics CO..
SO 20 20 30
IItil1 Rlsl Utii lStks.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29

WILLIAM d. HOOVER. . President
woodbury. BLAIR. list v. Pres.
FRANK STETSON,
End Vice Pres. and Trust officer
CHAS. C. LAMBORN. Treasurer
T.. PERCIVAL WILSON. :. Secretary
FRANK r. ULLMER, Asst. Treasurer
BRUCE BAIRD. :. Asst. Tr. Officer
DAVID BORNFT. Asst. TP. Officer
JOHN W. CALVERT. Asst. Treas.
W. HILES PARDOE. Asst. Treas.
ALEXANDER j. FAINT. Asst. SeCy.
JOHN NJ. BOTELER. Asst. SeCy.
AUDLEY A. p. SAVAGE. Auditor
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
TODAY'S MOST
ACTIVE STOCKS

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 GN.s).-The
following are the high. low and clos
ing prices of the ten most active stocks
on the New York stock exchange for
the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-21

Now is the time TO buy Tor the
Summer house-when you can
get this good grade fiatware i'll
an attractive pattern at such
low price.
Palais Royal-Main Floor.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
The Howell Dry Bill

Many of the Congressman who returning to town
bringing legislative baggage which won't hurt anyone
but Senator Robert Howell the Omaha water expert is
carrying particularly vicious and obnoxious bill which he will
ask his colleagues to force upon the District.
This is the famous Infamous, District bonedry BILL
The dangerously close to getting through the
Senate at the last session and apparently its author thinks it
has good chance at the coming session.
Every Wasngtona regardless Of his prohibition views who
has any respect for the safeguarding of the home from unwar
rapted INVASION should register his opposition to the bill with
Congress at once.
The provisions of the Howell 60 far beyond
the provisions provided in the Voead act They would
make possible search private dwelling suspicion that
liquor stored therein.
Even the dry Department of Justice opposes this extension Of
the right of search But Senator Howell insists that the bill is
approved by the Hoover Administration and he is able to i'm
press members of Congress with that belief.
The search clause not the only Objectionable feature OF this
proposed legislation.
The bill would make all District policemen prohibition agents
It would 90 further and would penaze any policeman
unless he devoted his time enforcing the prohibition laws
Apparently the prohibition law would have to be given prece
dence any other function which the policeman might have
to perform there being provision for fine of the officer
he failed to enforce any District law.
Washngton has had enough difficulties with its policemen
without becng them the criticism which would be aroused
If they all made dry agents.
The Howell bill should be buried under avalanche Of
test before it reaches the floors Of Congress.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
Police Socks and Bugs
Ored socks and cockroaches must go!

Colored socks and cockroaches must go!
This become the shbboeth of the cys police ad-
ministration.
With four murdered here in recent twenty hour
period with the morale Of the police shattered by
vestgaions of brutality with liquor running and gambling
fourshing Major Pelham D. Glassford finds himself horr
fled because his officers white coored socks instead
Of black and there cockroaChes in police head
quarters.
The chiefs umatum socks and cockroaches starts
bis administration auspiciously.
Belief that his military training would lead to drastic police
measures has been confirmed.
Hammer and tOngs he is going after cOlOred socks and
Cockroaches
The vicious citizen who parks overtime to be placed in
khe category with the socks and cockroaches
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
The Drama Shifts to
Washington
By Claude G.. BOIUerS-

markable ability made him a
host within himself. But,
Just before, he had refused
to bow to the yoke in the
rate regulation fight and
Aldrich pronounced him
"unsound." He was refused
a place on the Finance Com
mittee and an obscure new
man from Michigan, who
would do as he was told,
was put on.
That was a stupid piece
of ruthlessness. 1t made
Dolliver so ruthless that
within a year he was tear
ing the cotton schedule to
tatters in one of the most
tremendous speeches ever
heard in the Senate during
the fight on the Payne-Al.
drich bill. That was the be-
ginning of the end of truth
lessness" and of the oli-
garchy of privilege. 1t is
too late to return to the old
methods,
The Washington times., 1931-11-25

America has observed the great German flying ship DOX
her surey voyage from the smooth lake in Switzerland
the South America and north to shores
England also has that DOX and unlike ourselves Eng
land is content SEE and look and say Very fine.
This little picture with big meaning back of it shows what
England is doing by way of reply to Germanys big flying
boat.
And the British don't wait for private individuals create
o British flying fleet
The British works its aviation problems and
Is NOW BUILDING THIS GREAT SHIP.
Built alght the water carries six engines Of nine
hundred horsepower It will fly 145 miles hour, twelve
miles faster than the D0X and carry during seven hours
flight distance of thousand and fifteen miles useful
load pounds above the weight of the
and commanding officers.
This interests countries England France just
the Channel convenient Italy, around the Gibraltar corner
Russia, to the East.
And the British, THROUGH THEIR GOVERNMENT, not
depending accident the enterprise private individuals
continue building arshps able to 60 anywhere in the world
All nations open attack through the air. Even
the Swiss people, but for the sense that keeps them
always PREPARED and OUT OF WAR, could if they chose,
prepare air fleet with bombs and poison gas that would
destroy day the cities of country Europe and wipe
out half the population.
Therefore, nation for safety be in the position
say the other long brutal lasts You at
tack and inure But first let prove to you which
do that have the terrible that you
will forget it, and half your people will not live to
remember it.
Dear old Uncle Sam ought thinking about his air fleet
spending many billions to make himself nvulner-
able and worrying less about other countries what THEY
want and need.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

entail emergency with superb
good humor and good sense,
they're muffling this particu-
lar ball all over the lot.
Does not Nom Edith, remem-
bering her own 17-year-old
dreams, invite the boys in, get
a new bunch of dance records,
and set the stage for romance.
Yes, she does NOT. Instead
"Alice May is such a COM
FORT" she boasts to her friends,
in Alice Mays presence. "Just
the sort Of a nice, wholesome
little girl I hoped she'd be. Boy
crazy?" my dear! Why the child
never gives a thought to boys!"
Hot and Ashamed
And Alice May, listening,
feels hot and angry and
ashamed. For every tingle and
throb Of her awakening young
body is thinking of nothing but
boys! And. how should IL be
otherwise? Yet-maybe if she
were really q nice girl, like
Mother thinks she is, she
wouldn't feel that way-maybe
it's just because she's horrid
and bad
Sick at the thought Of her
own horridneSS, Little Alice Nav
SidleS away from mothers trust
ing eyes-carrying her guilty Sc
cret with her-wondering how
she's going to meet boys with.
out mother knowing!
Upstairs, standing before his
mirror, struggling with his new
''lay-back," young Bill is having
his bad quarter of an hour.
Mother and Dad do not ignore
nor deny Bills new heart inter
est. Instead, they have decided
to laugh it off. So from morn.
ing till night, Bill endures an
unmerciful razzing. Bill grins
miserably in answer. SneakS off, :,
as soon as they'll let him. Sits
in his room glowering, brooding
sex, that should be to him a
radiant revelation, darkening
into a. . murky secret.
Queer ere a ture S-parents!
Most Of them would, without an
instant's hesitation, lay down
their lives for their youngsters.
For years, they toll and
sacrifice without stint, to guard
their children physically. YET
WHEN THOSE CHILDREN
APPROACH THEIR FIRST
GREAT SPIRITUAL EXPERT
ENCE, WHAT DO THEY DO?
Chat it off! Laugh it away!
Turn the thing that should be
natural and sweet and sacred,
into forbidden fruit. Create
confuSionS, erect barriers,
which it may take years to de-
stroy. which often mar and
scar a sensitive spirits whole
life. Then say it doesn't mat
ter because "it's only puppy
love-!
Queer creatures-parentsl
(Copyright. 1881, King Features
Syndicate 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
Democratic Party
May Organize Senate

If the reactionaries refuse
to throw Moses to the sharks
at the instance of the inSurg-
ents there is a possibility
that the Democrats may or
ganize the Senate, which is
Republican by a meager ma
jority. If the reactionaries
vote for Moses for President
pro tenn. and the insurgents
for one of their own number,
the Democrats will control
in the organization. This,
however, is not the sort of
control they will want. A
minority in control is al
ways hopelessly y handi-
capped. They would lack
the power and yet be SO
situated that responsibility
for legislation and policies
they could not dominate
would be passed to them. It
would be infinitely better
for them to organize the
Senate only when they have
a clear majority and a posi-
tive mandate in the Senate.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25

MYTH Congress about to
w convene, the most in
teresting American news is
trickling out of Washington.
Jack Garner, a real Jack
sonian in character and tenn
permanent, is assured Of the
speakership and this is not
alarming to Republicans
who know he will be fair.
He has breakfasted with
John Curry, the Democratic
leader of New York city,
usually described as the head
Of Tammany Hall, and found
him a delightful gentleman.
In facetious mood, Mr.. Gar
ner announces that he found
none of the hoofs or horns
of caricature. Instead he
found a modest, soft-spoken,
kindly gentleman, interested,
like himself, in the coming
triumph to the Democratic
party.
Just what is to be done to
meet the $4,000, ,00O,0OO defi-
cit of the Hoover regime is
still in a nebulous stage,
men differing widely as to
how to get the money. Mean
while, in the home Of Sena-
tor Walsh of Montana,
Democratic leaders wisely
have met to plan the party
program for the winter. And
in the Republican camp
there is CONSERVATION over
the evident determination of
the insurgents to unhorse
Senator Moses, whose con-
temptuous fling about
"wild jackasses" in the
agricultural sections still
rankles in the minds Of the
affronted.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25

Isn't it true that you refuse
to accept any work in your
lodges because Of the effort
you must make to meet the
demands?
You'd like an office if you
could have one without the
necessity of learning the de-
gree work.
You'd like a place on some
club committee if you could
get it and not be asked to take
any responsibilities or spend
any time serving in a practical
way.
Very likely you are one who
complains that "the same old
crowd" is still running things.
You probably say that it Is
impossible to break through that
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
1nsurgent Group
Gains Great Power

It is remarkable that the
insurgent group of the Re-
publicans in the Senate have
attained so much power, de-
spite the policy Of exclud-
ing them from strategic
positions.
In the old Aldrich days
this would have been i'm
possible. Reactionary lead
ership has deteriorated in
cleverness since those hal
cyon times. 1t is almost in
credible that some Of the
most important chairman
ships are now held by 1.-the
sons Of wild jackasses. "
Borah is at the head Of the
Foreign Relations Commit
tee; Norris of the Judiciary
Committee; Couzens Of the
Interstate Commerce Com
mittee; La Toilette of the
Manufacturers Committee,
and Norbeck of the Com
mittee on Banking and Cur
rency.
If men once living and
now dead meet in the shades
and discuss the proceedings
done before, it would be
interesting to listen in on
Aldrich. Eugene Hale, Julius
Caesar Burrows and Spooner.
Such things were impossible
in their day.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
Johnson q Fighter;
President Is Not

A contest, whether John
son is a candidate himself
or not, between the Senator
and the President, would not
be conducive to the Presi-
dents triumph. For John
son is a fighter and the
President is not; johnson is
forcefully inarticulate; John
son is fighting now against
the subordination of Amer
ican to European interests,
and the President, blissfully
oblivious to conditions here,
is bending every effort to
help Europe by transferring
the billions of European debts
from the backs of Europeans
who got the money to the
backs of American taxpayers
who loaned the money. Ma
tionally that is not entirely
to the advantage Of the
President in a fight.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
Ridicule Dominates
Johnson's Demand

Meanwhile the demand of
Senator johnson Of Cali
fornia> that Mr.. Hoover an
nounce that he does not
choose to run next year is
overlooking him with jeers
and ridicule. But the very
intensity of the fury against
him is a revelation of the
seriousness of his demand.
It, is not encouraging for the
Senator from a President s
own State to lead in the de-
mand for his elimination;
and especially when that
particular Senator so easily
eliminated the President
from consideration in Cali
fornia in 1920. Mr.. Hoover
never has had any such hold
on California as Hiram John
son. Neither has any other
Republican in 20 years. Mr..
Hughes once took too seri-.
ously the jeers Of the East
ern press at johnson, and
that was fatal. On the night
of the election in 1916 re-
porters calling at the
Hughes home we're informed
by the butler that
"The President has re-
tired"
He awoke the next morn
ing to learn that California
had retired the president"
before he had qualified.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
ONCE-OVERS

crowd, and an outsider Is never
accorded any honors.
Occasionally you have been
tried out in minor offices and
how did you perform the work
expected Of you?
Is it any wonder that you are
not invited to accept higher
honors?
The men who hold office in
your lodges are the workers who
are willing to memorize the parts
and put heart and soul into the
Interpretation or they do not
stay in office more than one
term and it ends right there.
It is not easy for men long
out Of school to qualify in carry
ing out degree work but those
who do successfully are workers
who deserve all they get.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25

no woman is too young for a
job or too old for a love-affair;
and as long as she has these
two, she will never petrify.
A woman buries her dead
love as a dog does, bone,
where she can go back and dig
it UP occasionally; but a man
simply cremates his, and Uses
the embers to start a new
flame.
Odd how quickly a man loses
all his carefree gallantry to
women and becomes cautious
the moment his wife loosens
the bonds and puts him back
into circulation.
There are times when a man
doesn't know which irritates
him more-to feel that a
woman has a "claim" on him.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
Vengeance Of People
Falls on Reactionaries

OF course, Watson, Moses
and Reed do not approve
but the vengeance Of the
people has fallen upon the
reactionaries from time to.
time, and death has taken
its toll and, under the rule
Of seniority, the insurgents
have moved up to the chair
manships automatically. But
it will be noted that the
Finance Committee, the
happy hunting ground OF
privilege for generations, is
still in the hands of the re-
dictionaries. When the IN
surgents get that committee
the Bastile falls.
In the "good old days"
Aldrich handled these mat
ters better because more
ruthlessly. Thus there came
a time when there was a
vacancy on the Finance
Committee to which Dolll-
yer of Iowa aspired, and
with reason. He had served
on the Ways and Means
Committee in the House and
for years had been used in
close debates, where his re-
The Washington times., 1931-11-25

AAAAO q q GABAO 1kOUAN0OA
great success. Alice May is
II nova fine, big girl-going
to be a beauty some day. And
young Bills t5-but looks three
years older. You can't blame
Ed and Edith for being mighty
proud of the job they've done.
But. here's the queer angle.
"A Normal Girl
Alice May, as I've said, is II.
Typical athletic American girl.
Crazy about tennis, swimming,
riding, snow sports. But, Of
course, that isn't all. If you
know anything about 17-year-
old femmes. you'll realize that
young Alice May is all aseethe
with certain speculations that
have nothing to do with tennis
or football. In short, she's
taking a very lively, and most
natural interest in The Other
Sex.
Likewise young Bill. Rilps
in the throes Of his first
Grand Pash. She's a blonde
hasher down in the Bee Hive,
and easily four years his senior.
But age and social distinctions
mean nothing to Bill, who has
suddenly broken out in a vio-
lent rash Of new neckties,
socks, hair lotions and wart
cures.
All Of which, as we ssid be-
fore, is perfectly natural. as,
inevitable as teething or collie.
And you'd expect wise, careful
Dad and Nom Patterson to
realize that fact. But you'd
expect wrong! For though
they've met every other par
The Washington times., 1931-11-25

E d a n d
E di t h a r e
S i m p ! Y
wrapped up
i n t h O S e
y o u n g sters.
Nothing'S too
6 Cd for
them. Always
fussing over
t h e ir diet,
their clothes,
their school
ing, tn e ir
sports, their
vacations.
A n d tn e
kids are. q
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
WISE WORDS

Words are not essential to
the existence of thought, only
to its expression.-Stewart.
He who would be wise must
daily learn his wisdom.
Jordan.
Ignorance is the curse of God,
knowledge the wing wherewith
we fly to heaven,
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland :

or to feel that she doesn't want
any.
There is nothing that so
effectively awakens a woman's
emotion as a tender kiss-and
nothing that deadens them so
quickly as a "dutiful" kiss.
After a bitter parting, there
may be some hope Of a recon
ciliation-but when a man and
a woman part amicably," love
is beyond the. help Of a pull
motor.
When a man reaches the
point where he can no longer
fall in love or even skid into
a mild spring romance, he is
on his way to the wheel-chair
and no doctor and no serums
can bring back that school boy
enthusiasm.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25

Queer creatures-parents.
Take the Pattersons, for in
stance, and their two children.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
Lovers-and Others

LOVeFS-anu ULnefS
You can usually spot a mar
ried man at this time of year
by that haunting fragrance of
mothballs and tar-bags which
envelopes him like an aura.
The modern woman is age
less. Because, in these days,
The Washington times., 1931-11-25

One hand full, the other empty,
In their gestures, grasping, pleading,
AS the puzzled rich man, poor man,
Tries to find a better balance.
The Washington times., 1931-06-25

Misses and ChiIdren's Shoes.
OXfords and strap pumps. Pat
ent Gun-metal and tan calf. QOo
Broken sizes. wv
WOmen's RayOn Crepe
House Slippers. Sizes 0Oo
10 ................
The Washington times., 1931-06-25
MURDER H|NTED
IN GAS DEATHS

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,. June 25
G.N.SO.-A strange double death
by gas was being investigated
today. The victims we're Herman
PerSchall, 67, and his son, Ed
ward, AZ.
The elder PerSchall was found
dead on the second floor, in a
room with a tube carrying gas
up from the meter in the base
ment. The meter reader found
him after he had been dead
about IL hours.
The sons body was on the
first floor near a sugar sack
containing $500. Police believe
that he placed the rubber tube.
took his fathers savings but
failed to escape the deadly fumes.
The Washington times., 1931-06-25
PetroUa Comes to Hurry
Hubby on Vacation

Nine. Petrova asserted that she
could not live in America for two
reasons, prohibition and the fact
that everybody in America has
to work"
Il am not a drinker, myself,
although occasionally 1 enjoy a
little glass of wine. But l find
it impossible to live in a cOun-
try where the people pass a law
and then almost the whole peO-
pie proceed to break it.
"And can't live here be.
cause I'm through working.
Everybody here works. 1 want
to loaf.
"Yes, I am through with the
stage for good. 1 never had any
love for the stage. 1t was
merely making a living"
The Washington times., 1931-06-25

NEW YORK, June Is. - Nine.
Olga Petrova came back to New
York on the lie de France from
her home on the Riviera, at Cap
Serrat, to take her husband, DR..
John D. Stewart, of Post Gradu-
ate Hospital, one of New York's
most famous surgeons, away for
vacation. She explained:
"The only way 1 can get him
to take a vacation is to come
and take him away"
The actress talked enthusias-
tically Of her new play, Every
JILL" that she has just finished
writing. She said:
True romance is cOmrade-
ship more than anything else.
Age means nothing. Eighteen,
28, 38 or So, all are the same"