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The Washington times., 1931-11-11
MAJOR STUART G. WILDER

Major Stuart Gardiner Wilder,
military aide to Governor Judd
Of the Hawaiian Islands, died at
Walter Reed Hospital yesterday.
An emergency operation, said to
have been an unusual one, failed.
Governor and Mrs. Judd, now
in this country, were frequent
visitors during his brief illness.
Major Wilder, born in San
Francisco in 1890, was a graduate
of the University of California
and it's law school. In 1915 he
was of the first class at the Leav-
enworth training school, later
saw border service, and COM
manded a unit of the Sixteenth
Regiment, one of the fiyst to
land in France. Three times he
was cited for gallantry on the
battlefield.
Eight years ago, while flying
as an observer in a bombing
plane, he fell in an accident that
killed the pilot and injured sew.
eral others.
The effects Of that accident
were held primarily responsible
for his death. He suffered a
ruptured diaphragm and when he
became i'll of bronchitis in
Hawaii about a month ago he
came here for treatment.
In June, 1880. Major Wilder
married Miss Heleanor Campbell,
of Baltimore. She and the
majors mother, Mrs. Clara Burt
Wilder, have been staying with
friends at 2349 Ashmead Pl. dur
ing his illness. Funeral arrange
ments will await the arrival Of
brother, Major Cyrus Wilder,
U. S. Cavalry, now on border
duty
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
National Service
Dividends Declared

National Service Companies,
distributing ice and fuel in larger
New England cities and in West
chester county. N. Y, has de-
clared a quarterly dividend Of
$1.00 per share on its 81 con-
vertible participating preferred
shares. and a dividend of $0.75
per share on it's So convertible
participating preferred shares.
Both dividends are payable No
vember 16.
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u. S. AbGtes Millions
To OrSUtti Family

Abatement of an over-aSsesS-
ment of $3,667, ,842 in favor Of
the Orsatti family, of Los Angeles,
Calf, was announced by the
Bureau of Internal Revenue to-
day, following an order of the
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals.
Attachments of $611,682 were
ordered in favor of Alfred P.
EStella, Victor Carmelita and the
OrSatti Company, and $609, ,432 in
favor Of Mary o. OrSatti.
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Prospects Better
For CrODs of u. s.

Crop prospects throughout the
country improved OF per cent
during october, improvement be-
ing shown chiefly by cotton, po
tatoes, beans, buckwheat, sugar
beets, peanuts and rice, the crop
reporting board said yesterday in
its monthly crop estimate.
Combining the % principal
crops, exclusive Of vegetables,
yields per acre are now expected
to be ia per cent above yields
last year.
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FLORISTS
GUIDE BROS. CO., 1912 F St. NV
Phone Nat. 4278. Funeral designs
CHACONAS 2'0C COZ! btth s4is sii NV

X. Hicks, Fl. The Rev. T. w. john
joseph NJ. Bochniak,. q. and Marie
Bebnowska. 10. both Of Baltimore The
Rev. Andrew N. De Muth.
Dominic Caperto. AZ, and Mary
Joshin, 4S The Rev H. W. Tolson.
George Deal. 81, and Mary Peterson.
Hidenari Terasaki. 80. this city. and
Gwendolen e. Harold, %, of johnson
City. Tenn. The Rev. C. NJ. Young.
Harry T. Griffith, "a. and Virginia
Alice May, 10. The Rev. c. P. Ryland.
Paul Valentine, 81. and Lily Worth
ington. 16 The Rev. w. Westray.
Sidney C, Jackson, 81, and Louise
e. Barnes. 20. The Rev. g. o. Wing.
Malvin Parent. 81, and Angelina Can
d0re. 21. The Rev. N. N. De Carlo.
John w. Gillian, SO, and Irene
Fielder, ~. The Rev. j. W. Caryoll.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
COMPANY
SPREADS JOBS
IN VIRGINIA
Betterments on Way Call
For 100000 Man-Hours
of Employment

New plant and equipment to
cost $l,046,700 and requiring
about 100000 man.hours Of labor
are now under way in Virginia.
The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co., of Virginia, accord
ng to officials, now serves 1855, S,212
telephones, 985 having been added
in october. This makes a net gain
of 6,292 telephones in Virginia
since January /.
1000 Miles Of Wire
Expenditures for the Northern
Virginia district, including Alex
andria, Clarendon, Winchester,
and vicinity, are $248, ,760, requiring
81 1000 man.hours of labor; Cen
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
New Albany Bridge
To Omen 1900 Jobs

ALBANY, Nov. II d.N.S0-.
aooth and Flynn Company. OF
pittsburgh, today was low with a
bid of $2.49O,02S for constructor
~ ~ a new bridge to span the Hud:
son River between Albany ana
Pensselaer. The State engineers
estimate was $3,588,8S1.
construction is expected to get
under way in about three weeks
and will provide employment 1or
1900 men.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
COL. /. N. LEWIS

Col. Isaac Newton Lewis, re-
tired, U. S. A., who died Monday
at Hoboken, N. j., will be buried
tomorrow at the United States
Military Academy, West Point, N.
Y. Services will be held at 10:30
a. m. at st. Luke's Episcopal
Church, Montclair, N. j.
Colonel Lewis, who was 70
years old, was the inventor of the
Lewis machine gun. He was a
native of New Salem. Pa, and a
graduate of West Point. Mrs.
Mary Wheatley Lewis, his widow,
survives him.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
Atlantic & Pacific
TONNAGE Increases

Sales of the Great Atlantic &
Pacific Tea Co. for the five-week
period ending October 81 were
sos, ,497, ,921. This compares with
S10O,O24 for the same period OF
1880, a decrease of 5.4 per cent.
More goods were sold during
the october period in 1881 than
in the same period a year ago, as
shown in the estimated tonnage
figures. October sales were 524,-
TAB tons this year, compared with
4S1. 1.703 in october, 1880, q gain
Of S.93 per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
ITALIAN TRADE GAINS

The drop in the prices of raw
materials, agricultural and petro-
leum products has been beneficial
to Italy's foreign trade balance,
and as a result the United States
for the first time in memory has
an import trade balance with
that country.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
NeuU Bedford Mills
Announce WnQe Cut

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Nov.
II CU.SO O-Announcemen Of a
10 per cent wage reduction af-
fecting approximately 10000
workers in 16 fine cloth mills
affiliated with the New Bed
ford Cotton Manufacturers AS
sociation, was made today. The
reduction is effective December T.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
SI,253,I75 Earned
Bu Tide Water Oil

Tide Water Associated OIL Co.
and subsidiaries report for quarter
ended September 80, net profit Of
$1,253,175 after interest, deprecla-
ton, taxes, minority interest and
other charges, equivalent after
dividend requirements on 6 per
cent preferred stock, to 2 cents
a share on 5,740.143 no-par shares
o. common stock. This compares
with net loss in preceding quarter
of $685., ,889.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
BIRTHS

Edward and Jean Fontana. boy.
Nicholas and Evelyn Boxwell. boy.
Wilmer r. and Rachael Gill, boy.
James and Ethel Segnari, boy.
Clay c. and Dorothy Holmes, boy.
Estel o. and Marie Landers, boy.
John w and Lucy Marcus. boy.
Frank B. and Katherine Harper, boy
George w. and Gladys Beahm. boy
John f. and Helen Bissett, boy.
Leon and Anne Churnpr. boy.
Jerry and SaulnieT, girl
Michael and Mary Kilbridge girl.
James and Olive Pistorio. girl.
Alden l.. and Nolia Howard. girl
Edgar c ard Agnes Seaquist. girl.
George F. and Eugenia Forbes, girl.
Edgar and Willie Jones, boy.
Floyd and Matilda Haight. boy.
Ernest and Ruth Bruce, girl.
Charles and Marian Butler, girl.
William and Verdell Hoston, boy.
Samuel and Rose HILL boy.
Henry and Ethel Lewis, girl.
Isaac and Mary Payne, girl.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
Bank Stakeholder
LiQbiLitu Is Fixed

The Ohio supreme court has is
sued a ruling that stockholders
in closed banks in the State. who
may be assessed under the
double liability provision Of the
Ohio banking law. cannot offset
the assessment with deposits they
may have in the bank.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
BY SAMUEL W. WHITE.
Vice Chairman of the Board. Central
Republic Company, Chicago
Copyright. 1881, by international


Republic Company, Chicago
Copyright. 1881, by International
News Service)
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
w. Va, Nov. 11.-BusineSs is
really getting better.
So much has been said and
written about the present COM
plex and bewildering economic
conditions that it is eXtraordi-
narily difficult to transmit an
ordinary, commonsense viewpoint
There are, however, some easily
discernible and firm landmarks
that point to improvement, and
it requires neither keen economic
perspicacity to visualize them nor
abstruse phrasing to describe
them.
Many Signs Listed
A few weeks ago the general
situation ceased to grow worse.
There was quite a marked halt
in the downward economic pro-
ceSsion.
The question then was as to
whether the halt was temporary,
whether or not it was merely a
pause in the downward trend.
But this halt was followed by
a definite and encouraging series
of improvement signs.
These signs are basic and in
clude the rise in prices of wheat
and silver.
The value in market recovery
of wheat is widely appreciated.
But comparatively few seem to
realize the encouraging improve
ment in the price of silver.
There is a school which stead
fastly claims that the trend OF
silver shows the trend Of the
business situation.
Millions Affected
Silver denotes the buying power
of quite a number of nations and
many millions Of people.
And the rise in the price OF
silver means improvement in the
great silver-standard countries
Hence, it is a great influence
for better conditions in the whole
world, since this depression from
which we are emerging is world
wide.
Aside from this. there have
been within this month a mum
Der of other definite encouraging
developments, especially in the
broad dening determination OF
American business to carry on
A number of lines have re
ported improved collections and
an increase in new business in
quiries.
But the important thing of the
moment is that confidence is re
turning with increasing strength
every day.
After all, the will and the cour,
400 tn d0 is a fundamental asset
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
MARION DUCKETT

Funeral services for Marion
Duckett, II, prominent Maryland
attorney, and father Of T. How
ard Duckett, chairman Of the
Suburban Sanitary Commission,
who Cied Monday at his home
in Bladensburg, were held today
at st. Luke's Church, Bladens-
burg, with interment in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Mr.. Duckett was injured in
an automobile accident several
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
Head Is Elected
Morris Plan Chief

Walter w. Head, former pres
ident OF the American Bankers
Association, has been elected pres
ident of the Morris Plan Corp.
of America.
Bertram Chesterman is presi-
dent Of the local Morris Plan
Bank, 1408 H st. N. W.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
Westinghouse Gets
SI,23O,OOO Order

westinghouse Electric and Man
ufacturing Co. has received from
the board of transportation OF
New York city an order for elec-
+ro.pneumatic control apparatus
tn be used on the 500 new sub
wav cars recently ordered.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
ASBESTOS SHIPMENT UP

ents of Canadian
oshestos during September
totaled 1876 tons, against
13O79 in August. Exports from
Canada during month were
14,llO tons, Of which 11'720
went to United States.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
DEATHS

Mary Martha Ashcom, IS years. 2os
Edith l. Goddard, rs years. 1885
Kenyon St. N W.
NiA.f..DtS A.1ls G St NsEwtT; + w " years. 1913
Louis j. PeIta, SO years. 7oS H
st. N. E.
Laura wilkins. s5 years. sibey Hos
pital.
James Edward Sexton. SO years. 121
Twelfth st. S. E.
Horner Hugill 80 years. Emergency
Chu chinn. SIS years tuberculosis
Mary Kate Monison, 55 years. sibley
Hospital.
sabatino Gentle. ~ years. St. Eliza
beths Hospital.
Thelma Kehne. 2s years. Emergency
Hospital.
N st. N W.
Pauline Ruth Presley. IS years
George Washington University Hospital
Robert Jenifer, Is years. Gallinger
Hospital.
dence Hospital.
william + Oliver. SO years. GAL
linger Hospital
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n T. w S
In Todays
CLASSIFIED ADS

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT
Large % room in lawyers rs, office IHcs.,dn In
Rust BUiSlna .Eespationa Ssa1 Gs"S@ ESr
the right person only $40
per month.
ROOMS FOR RENT-K st. near
TS"% With best best meals ttfR ia ttRe S ctS
attractiveIy furnished
also room to share with young
man only $S5 per month.
USED CAR FOR, sALE-Packard
1889 Sedan de luxe equipped.
painted dark blue was taken
In trade for . Cadillac :. can
be bought at quite reduced
price just the car you VIII
want for the winter months and a
bargain that you do not want to
overlook.
APARTMENT FOR RENT-wlacOn-
sin Ave. beautiful southern
exposure 2 rooms. kitchen
and bath electric refriEera-
fiOn reasonable rental.
BUNGALOWS FOR sALE-Thrss ,.
all modern improvements
can be bought for only
$500 small cash payment
balance monthly See
them today.
Pkese are "sideIi0hts" on R0nae ot man
nteyestiR0 Advertisements you tcdH find q
iodGV'S Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
Tips on CHEEKY
Trade News

General Cigar net higher
for quarter.
Albany bridge work to give
1,50O jobs.
Tide Water Oil turns from
loss to profit.
Atlantic and Pacific in.
creaSes tonnage.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
Canada

New York funds in Montreal, $3.50
pPemium on 81. 600.
Montreal funds in New York $3.50
discount on $1,000.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
BANKER COUNTS
CONFIDENCE
BIC GAIN
Restoration of Courage Held
Best Business Asset by
Samuel w. White

The tollotDing article By Samuel
W. White, director of the InueSt-
ment Bankers Association 1ot0 in
contention, presents reasons in
support of the belief that deti-
mite Improvement In economic
conditions is at hand.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11
JOHN B. LARNER

Funeral services for John B.
Larner, 70, president of the
Washington Loan & Trust Co.,
philanthropist and educator, who
died Monday night at his home,
1909 Nineteenth st. N. w., will
be held tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. at
the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church, with interment in
Rock Creek Cemetery. The Rev.
Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the
church, will officiate.
Prominent local bankers were
appointed yesterday by Edward
j. McQuade, president of the Dis
trict Bankers Association, to
represent the association at the
funeral.
They are Corcoran Thorn, Will
liam D. Hoover, George E. Flem-
ing, John Poole, Robert V. Flem-
ing, George w. White, Lanier P.
McLachlen, Victor E. Deyber,
Frank ]. Stryker and Francis
G. Addison, jr.
The Washington times., 1931-11-11

MARRIAGE LICENSES
Clyde L. Gibbs, "a, and Jessie Belle
Rice, "a. The Rev. G. G. johnson.
Leonard A. Coslow, 81, and Pauline
The Washington times., 1931-11-11

months ago. He was a native =.
Bowie and had lived in Prince
Georges county all his life.
Besides T. Howard, Mr.. Duckett
= survived by six other children,
Mrs. John E. Selby, of North
field, VT; Marion Duckett, jr., of
Mitchellville; Lieut.. E. DuVal
Duckett, U. S. NJ, stationed at
Indian Head, Md; Mrs. Clifford
L. johnson, of Bladensburg; Mrs.
j. Burton Glenn, of Washington,
and Mrs. John B. Thomas, Of
Catonsville, Md.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
|C, n, D. A. PROGRAM
EXPLAINED TO CLUB
Bismarck Rotarians Hear Talk
by B. &. Groom, Agricultural
Committee Head

For the fourth time the Greater
North Dakota association is Offering
cash bonus prizes to North Dakota
grain and grass seed growers, who WILL
take some time in selecting, cleaning
and preparing winning samples 1os
the international show at Chicago.
The best grain on the farm should
be selected now and be cared tor so
that it will not be damaged BY I'M
favorable weather, it should be
threshed separately, cleaned and re-
cleaned with the best machinery
available so that only the best and
the perfect seeds will be left IN the
show samples.
Full information regarding the
sending of samples Of n peck. OF q
little more, will be sent upon request
to the office of the Greater North Da-
kota association at Fargo.
The following cash bonus prizes are
offered for the 1881 show:
To the North DalNta exhibitor win
ming the championship on wheat,
$500.
To any North Dakota exhibitor win
ming a championship on either durur.
flax, oats, rye. barley. alfalfa seed or
sweet clover seed, 500.
To any North Dakota exhibitor win
ming a first place in region I on
either white dent, yellow dent or
flint corn, 500.
All samples sent by North Dakota
growers will be transported to Chi
cago from the G. N. D. A. office at
Fargo free Of charge, placed on ex-
hibit, cared for, and later returned to
the grower.
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dialogue, however, has been written
to appeal to the modern public,
Long passages cannot be quoted here,
but one example will illustrate the
point. The wife. fearing that her
husband will overhear another mans
compliments, says: He has ears like
a party wire The dialogue is pune
tuated with several lines like that
Many of them, possibly, will later be-
come popular phrases Of general
speech"
The screen version of the stage hit
Meet the Wife," produced by Chris.
tie for Columbia Pictures, will be
shown at the Capitol Theatre for. two
days, starting Monday. Laura La
Plante, Lew Cody, Joan Marsh, Har-
ry Myers, Claud Allister and William
Janney have prominent roles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

Budapest, Hungary, is said to con
tain more mineral springs and health
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Boy Scouts in Camp
At Yellowstone Park

Bismarck Boy Scouts began their
tour of Yellowstone park Monday
morning, a letter mailed to the Trib-
une from Ten Sleeps, Wyo.. indicates.
The trip from the Black Hills to Cody
was made in two days.
According to the letter, the Scouts
left Buffalo. Wyo., at noon Friday.
For more than 80 miles the truck
climbed steadily the steep grades OF
the Big Horn mountains. AT. times
the boys had to get out and push to
make the more difficult hills. After
arriving at Powder River Pass, at an
altitude Of 1866 feet. the going was
easy.
From here the road led through a
deep canyon. following for miles the
side of a cliff beneath hanging rock.
It was Just after sunset when the Car
entered the canyon and the boys
amused themselves by pointing out
what appeared to be ~grotesque figures
seen along the canyon wall In the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
WOMAN BRINGS FAR EAST TO
U.S.. WITH UNIQUE DISPLAYS

her nurse. Mrs. Sweeney began COL
lecting a few things for Peggy. A
picture from Mukden, a native cos
tune from Cambodia. a bronze head
of a Brahman from ANCHOR Thorn, a
Buddhist prayer book made Of wood,
fragments of ancient textiles. Always
interested in things Oriental, born
with a dramatic senSe and trained in
staging pageants, Mrs. Sweeney
seemed to have a sixth sense about
picking unique, valuable and highly
picturesque pieces.
Now Has Many Orders
Seven years ago at graduation time,
when San Francisco stores were play
ing up to girls and boys who were fin
ishing school that summer, Mrs.
Sweeney had the idea of using some
of her exhibit to broaden their entire
horizon and include a world picture to
show them what might lie ahead of
them. In n store window, Mrs.
Sweeney built up a display that was
called "One hundred thousand miles
of travel in 100 feet of space"
This exhibit attracted a steamship
company, Mrs. Sweeney was given an
order to show the same display in
New York. From that she began
doing store windows as a background
for their merchandise. She now has
her huge collection of art objects
classified and catalogued so that she
can use them in numberless ways.
Little Peggy in the mainline has
absorbed much of Oriental culture
from her parents, much meaning of
Oriental customs from the costumes
she owns, the dances they have taught
her, the strange instruments her
young fingers have learned to play.
I'VE have lever wanted to foist any
alien thing onto Peggy" Mrs. Sweeney
explained. But she seems to love it
all as We do. She learned the dances
just like native girls. She speaks
several languages and plays many in
struments. We think she has real
talent as an artist. But in the mean
time her life is much richer, her hori-
zon worldwide.
Highly Paid Profession
Peggy now travels with her mother
and father when they make their trips.
She has an artists ability to adapt
herself to a different scene and be-
come part Of it and absorb the beauty
of it.
In addition to enriching the life of
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IN. D. BREAD WHEAT
CROP CUT FORECAST
u. S. D. A. Estimates State Will
Raise Only 35,113,oo0
Bushels This Year

North Dakota will raise 35,ll3,0 900
bushels of spring bread wheat, or
28.27 per cent of the entire U. S. crop,
this year, according to the July /
forecast of the U. 8. D. A.
The two Dakotas, Minnesota, and
! Montna will raise 8 ,739, 900 bushels,
according to the forecast, whereas
the entire country will produce but
124, 1S2, 900 bushels.
This state has 5,402, 900 acres in
spring bread wheat this year COM
pared with 6,2e3, 900 acres last year,
when 64,O87, 900 bushels was produced.
The l0-year average production in
North Dakota Is 81, 679 900 bushels.
All spring wheat production in
North Dakota this year will total co.
807, 900 bushels. according to the
forecast, while the entire country viii
prduce 251 10000 bushels. The state
this year has 7,753,000 acres in spring
wheat, compared with $3.50, 900
bushels in 1880.
Other acreage Estimates and pro-
duction forecasts for North Dakota,
with comparisons, made by the U. s..
D. A. July / (000's omitted) follow:
prod,,c.
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A. D. McKinnon, Bismarck. for many
years project engineer for the state
highway department, is the new chief
commissioner of the reorganized state
road organization.
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AT THE MOVIES
A

Bebe Daniels proves her remark
able versatility by her ability to por-
tray the lighter moods and the dark
err. as demonstrated by the role OF
Miss Wonderly. the incredible add
ventures who is the heroine, II the
name may be 50 used, of 1.-THE NAL
tese Falcon" the Warner Bros. MUIR
der mystery now at the Paramount
Theatre.
The authentic story is an adapta-
ton Of a best-selling novel by
Dashiell Hammett, and all the parts
are admirably taken. The detective
who both loves and mistrusts Miss
Wonderly is played by Ricardo Cor
tez, who succeeds in the difficult task
Of making a detective likeable. 9th
ers in the play are Robert Elliott
Una Merkel. Otto Matiesen, Dudley
Digges, Walter Long, Dwight Frye
Thelma Todd and J. Farrell Mac
Donald. Roy Del Ruth directed.