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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-16
FINE PROGRAM Q FEE R E D B Y
 VIKING SINGERS
Numerous Selections to Be Given by Normanna
 Chorus Tomorrow

Great interest is evidenced in the concert of the Normanna Male Chorus of Ketchikan which will be given in the Coliseum Theatre to- morrow night beginning at 8 o'clock. Advance sale of tickets insures a large audience. The members of the chorus will arrive here at mid night tonight.
 The chorus is composed of more than 30 members. Miss Florence Tobin, violinist, Mrs. Lilly Berg lund, pianist, Edwin Sande, tenor member of the chorus, and L. A. Berglund, baritone, will offer spec ial numbers The progras follows: 1. (a) Winter Song ....... Ballard
 (b) Duna -.......--.....-.........M McGill 9. ta) Viking Sonner Moller
 tb) Hay ..-.....-..........-........ Borg 3. (a) Oh, Cease Thy Singing,
 Maiden Fair ........
 .... Rachmaninoff- -Kreisler Tenor solo, Edwin Sande; Violin Obligato, Florence Tobin; Ac- companied by Lilly Berglund 4. ta) The Lost Chord Sullivan
 (b) Det rodmer saa vakkert.... k ...................... Thorkildsen 5. Rustic of Spring, Sinding
 Piano solo. Lilly Berglund 6. (a) Naar Fjordene Blaaner. ....
 ................................. PaulSen (b) Paul paa Haugom Nilsen 1, Co Aa Kjore Vattem Moller '. A la Luz de laLuna. Michelena Tenor Baritone Duet-Edwin
 Sande and Jeff Berglund 8. (a) Larboard Watch .. Parks K (b) Chimes ............-... Westman : 9. (a) Alteration ,. Borowski
 (b) Swedish Melody ....,...
 ...............arr. by Wilhelmj Violin solo, Florence Tobin
 Accompanied by Lilly Berglund 10. (a) Beautiful Savior .,,..,,.,...
 arr. by Wick
 (b) Den Store Hvide Flok
 
 ELECTRICAL WORK
 Call Schombel. Telephone 4502.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
RATCHET MAN
ATTACK WEEK s.
BEST TIP
Story Landed Reward of $40;
Rum-running Witness Tip
Pulls Down Second HonorS

A Chinese "hatchet man" and
picturesque veteran of rum-run-
ming off the Florida keys were
the central and colorful figures
in the stories which are awarded
the first and second prizes IN
The Washington Times neWS-tlp
contest last week. l.
The narratives carried the
background of tong wars" and
of weird Caribbean liquor SNUG
Cling into the news-grist OF the
week and are excellent examples
of the sort of stories the news-t1p
contest aims to bring forth from
readers of this newspaper.
$40 Prize Awarded
The story awarded the first
prize of $40 told of three Celes-
tialS in a Rhode Island Avenue
laundry fighting it out with meat
cleavers, razors and knives.
The second prize of $40 goes
to the story about the struggling
entrance of Col" Ralph Buck
ley. missing witness in the I'm
Alone rum-running case, into
Washington. Buckley appeared
just as the Government wanted
him to testify in the hearing of
the joint commission which will
weigh the pros and cons of the
Canadian governments claim for
damages against the United
States because the Coast Guard
sunk the ship.
Mellon Story Third
The tip about Secretary of
the Treasury Melons ruling
about the Saturday half-holiday
in his department won the third
prize of IS. Under this ruling
an employe taking an entire
Saturday off must lose a full
days time in the reckoning of
his annual or sick-leave.
The wedding of an Indian
princess by the name of POGO
hontas Bradby to a councilman
from the Mattaponi tribe of red
skins in Virginia made the inter
eSting story which wins the
fourth prize of So in the contest.
Six 81 Prizes
The six remaining prizes of 81
are thus awarded:
To the story of the $1,000
robbery from show window at
702 Seventh st. N. w.
The man who sent money to
the Baltimore & Ohio to pay for
railroad ride which he took
in 1911.
The first student who rode to
school on a three-cent fare last
week.
Taxicab injury suffered by Miss
Anne Sharkey, White House
stenographer.
The injuries suffered by Ben
ME Pinkey, 627 Twelfth st. N.
W., when he fell heavily on
Fourteenth Street Northwest.
Fire in the razed old Center
! Market on last Saturday.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
$4,000 DESERT
SOVIET MINES

MOSCOW, March Is G.N.SJ.
Special inducements in the form
of lower tax were offered peas
ants and members of farm col
lectiveS today by the Soviet gov
ernment in an attempt to draw
recruits to the fast waning ranks
of the coal mines.
The disagreeable and dangerous
work in the Soviet coal pits mas
driven miners to seek other lines
of endeavor, leaving the mines
depleted of manpower. It was
estimated that at least $4,000 men
have left the Dvina Valley coal
mines in the last ten days.
To cOunteract this labor drain,
recruits from hOmeSteadS were
promised their families would be
exempt from agricultural tax, and
male members of cOllectives would
be required to pay OHly two in
stead of ten L:er cent tax on earn
ingS while working in under
ground diggings.
A similar drive for recruits with
like inducements was launched in
the lumber camps. from which
thousands of workers are re-
ported to be deserting.
Meanwhile, the central govern
ment here announced a reorgani-
zation plan for collective farms,
which included the introduction
of a piecework system on the
IS 900 collectives.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
WE. SMITH SAYS
HE SUSPECTED
HOLD-UP
D. c. Man Must Face Grand
Jury; Dorothy TaImadge,
3 His Auto Companion, Freed

I. FAIRFAX. Va. March 16.-W.
q. Smith. %. a Treasury Depart
nlent craftsman, of Columbia
Road. near Fifteenth Street. is
being held for a Fairfax county
grand Jury on a charge of shoot
ing with intent to kill.
He was given preliminary
hearing before Justice of the Peace
A. C. Ritchie here yesterday.
Fired at Policeman
According to testimony offered
SAt the arraignment, Smith fired
three shots at County Policeman
Carl Mcintosh as the officer ap.
preached a parked automobile on
Chain Bridge hill early yesterday
\ morning. The car was occupied
by Smith and Dorothy Talmadge.
20, of Sherrier Place, near Con-
dsit Road.
~ The first shot, according to Nc
J Intosh, passed through his collar
and powder from the second
burned his face.
- It was not until the officer had
drawn his gun anu threatened to
shoot that Smit'- stopped firing.
Believed Him Bandit
Smith said he believed he was
beiny held up
He was ordered held for the
grand jury, which convenes today.
Miss Talmadge was not de-
tanned.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
TRADE STUDENT
BARRED

The practice of admitting for
eign industrial students who take
temporary employment for the
purpose of gaining experience in
American industrial establish
ments. was suspended today by
Secretary of Labor Doak because
of employment conditions.
In some years nearly 200 stu
dents have been admitted under
a reciprocal arrangement which
assumed that like numbers of
American industrial students
could be permitted to take EN-.
ployment in foreign countries
concerned.
The order does not affect in
duStrial students sent to the
United States by foreign gov
ernments, or those who are
brought here by employers who
are desirous of training foreigners
with a view TO employing them as
representatives in foreign coup-
tries.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
GANDH| PLANS
LONDON TRIP
TAYLOR

BOMBAY, March 16 0.N.SD
That Premier MacDonalds efforts
to secure peace in India have
borne some fruit was indicated
today by assurance from Ma
hatma M. K. Gandhi that Indian
Nationalists would attend forth
coming round table conferences
in London. and cooperate fully
in seeking to arrive at a solution
of all Indian problems.
The Nationalist leader, it was
presumed here, mas decided to
accept Premier MacDonald'S in
vitation to appear personally in
London to participate in these
renewed table conferences.
Gandhi. addressing q gathering
at Gujarat, urged work in con-
structive, rather than destruc-
tive manner toward Indias free
dom.
'It would be culpabIe of us
to refuse to attend the round
table conferences. 1 decided
upon cooperation because the
demand of Indian delegates
for a responsible government
has been accepted by all
British parties. But our all
India Nationalist congress
should have the freeSt scope,
insisting even to the right to
secede from the British En-
pire."
The annual session of the rul-
ing Indian princes opened at New
Delhi today, where the new rela-
tions between Britain and India
will be discussed.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
D. c. POLICEMAN
SUSPENDED
FOR CRASH
H. McDanieIS, Said to Have
Been Drunk, Crashes in
Maryland; Woman Released

Hiram McDaniels, a policeman
attached to the Fifth precinct,
was suspended from the force
following his arrest early yes
terday morning charged with
drunken driving in Maryland.
Swerved Into Fence
Officer Mcdaniel crashed his
automobile through an iron fence
Oh the Baltimore Pike near
Hyattsville, swerved onto the
tracks of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company,
bounced along and finally re-
gained the road after nearly side.
swiping police automobile,
Maryland authorities claim.
R: E. Brown, chief of police of
Brentwood, Md, and Policeman
E. M. Brown, of the same town,
arrested the Washington police
man and a woman companion
who was riding with him.
Gun Is Discovered
An additional charge Of carry.
ing concealed weapons was placed
against the officer when it was
found he was carrying a pistol
that was not the regular police
department issue.
He will be given a trial Wednes-
day afternoon before Judge J.
Chew Sheriff in police court at
Hyattsville.
Officer Mcdaniel has been on
the police force nearly IL years,
it was said.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
MARRIAGE LICENSES

ROCKVILLE, Nd, March 16.
Marriage licenses we're issued here
to Edward C. Tapping. 27, of
Newport News. Va, and Helene L..
Hoffstetter. 25. of Cleveland. Ohio;
Carroll C. Greegar, %. and Evelyn
Louise Baker, 10, both of Their
mont. Md; Ray Gregory, "a,
StateSville. N. c., and Bessie M.
Ah.l. "a, Of Fredericksburg. Va;
Edward F. Avery, 81, and Marba
J. Wolhiser, 18, both of Wash
ington, and Albert j. Gay. SO. and
Mary E. Miles, 40, both of Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Georgetown Class
Studies NeW Y-R1u
MISS KI'TENUUR

Under direction of DR.. F. o.
Coe, class in X-ray technique
for assistants began at George
town University today.
The class is using a newly in
vented type of X-ray. The ma
chine, which is entirely shock
proof, is the result of & long
period of study by scientists.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Run Runners Given
Surprise and Arrest

AL IXANDRIA, Va, March. Is.
John Brown and Nedra Sharp. of
Baltimore. met with an unex-
pected reception when they
stopped at house on Madison
: Et"eet YESTERDAY to deliver 144
gallons of alleged corn liquor. The
reception committee consisted of
Sergeants Sims and Padgett and
Patrolman Curtis, who were there
at the time searching for man
for whom they had a warrant.
Brown and his companion were
released on $1,000 for their ap-
pearance March 80 on charge
of violating the prohibition law.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Burglars RGnsGck
House: Family AWdy

Clothing. table linens, food and
$40 were stolen from Russell Piel,
142 Carroll st. S. E. by burglars
who entered the house yesterday
through an open rear window.
The family was absent at the
time of the robbery, Mr.. Piel tod
officials, and the house was thor
oughly ranSacked.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
DRIVER FINED S25
MISS SUTHERLAND

ROCKVILLE, Md. March 16.
Lawrence Duffin, colored. was
fined $25 by Judge Charles w.
woodward in police court here.
where Duffin was found guilty of
driving without r permit.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Nice Looking Peeper
Is Sought by Police

"A nice looking young man" is
being sought by police today. He
is accused of "peeping" from the
third floor fire escape at Trinity
College last week.
Officials were informed that
the hatleSS young man was seen
lettering on the college grounds
on several occasions.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Pilot, rs, Companion
Die in Loaned Plane

PORTERVILLE. Calf, March
Is 0.NS0. Charming Reeves,
Is, youthful pilot and his com
panion, Paul Belts. Is. were dead
here today as the result of an
aerial crash.
The plane in which they
crashed was borrowed from the
flying field here. The youths
fell from a height of 500 feet.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
British Rail Workers
Refuse WQqs Cuts

x, LONDON. March Is 1.N.SD.
Friction has arisen between en-
" ployers and employees of British
railroads with refusal Of the for
rner to accept wage reductions.
s- "A long struggle and a possible
strike was feared by authorities.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
REV. Mr.. BROOKS SPEAKS

The Rev. r. w. Brooks, pastor
of Lincoln Temple Congregational
Church, was the principal speaker
yesterday at masS-meeting un-
der the auspices of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People at Campbell
A. M. E. Church of Anacostia.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
1900 Pennies Stolen
From Rail office

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March IT,
Nineteen hundred pennies were
obtained by burglar who forced
the window of the railroad sta
ton at Springfield, in Fairfax
County, few miles south of here,
and ranSacked the office.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Obtains
yeUeLrv Worth $50

Police today are searching for
a Sneakthief who entered the
room of Odessa Wilson, 1904 o
st. N. W.. and stole jewelry val
ued at $3.50. The stolen goods
consisted of a diamond ring and
a white gold wrist watch.
She named a suspect
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
COLONEL COOPER GUEST

Col. Wade H. Cooper, president
of the Commercial National
Bank, will be the guest of honor
and speaker at the regular
luncheon meeting of the Civitan
Club tomorrow. :
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Do0T neq/ect Hot
SORE THROAT

Authorities warning the public that sore throat is
prevalent, and not to neglect the condition. At the
first sign of any soreness take immediate steps to
the throat and to reduce the infection. Bayer Aspirin
will do bothl Use it garge. Three tablets crushed
in Is tumberful of water. Relief is immediate, but
repeat until all trace of soreness and inflammation is
gone. Take these tablets freely to ward off colds
and for prompt relief of headaches and body aches
from colds, exposure or other causes. Bayer Aspirin
cant harm you and does prevent all sorts of needless
suffering! Get the genuine tablets, stamped thus:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
INCREASE IN SHOE
INDUSTRY EXPECTED
Observers Believe Pickup Will Be
Evident Next Fall and
Winter.
BY ALVIN RESCH.

written for the Associated Press)
CHICAGO, July 4.-Scatter signs OF
Summer optimism have led the retail
shoe industry to expect a pickup in
business for the Fall and Winter
months.
Even then the increase in trade may
be only slight, but it Is the hope OF this
81, 500, 000, 900 industry that Fall and
Winter business will mark the first step
toward O return to somewhere near
normal conditions by the Spring and
Summer Of 1892.
Only within the last few weeks has
the shoe industry experienced its FIRST
evidence of encouragement. Produc-
ton has been stepped up somewhat,
partly because many retailers have dis
played confidence in their Fall and
Winter market by placing orders several
weeks earlier than usual.
The National Shoe Retailers Associa-
ton believes retailers generally have
concluded that prices have reached
bottom. and that orders henceforth
are not apt to be postponed because OF
anticipation Of lower prices. At no
time since the war, says the association.
have shoe prices been so low.
During the Spring season this year
retail shoe sales throughout the country
dropped from to per cent below the
1880 level for the same season, but last
years shoe production was on 1873 per
cent from the 1929 figure.
In normal years the industry makes
about three pairs of shoes for every
person In the country, but last year
the market was reduced 70 about two
and .Qne-hak pAtEA Dc eapefh In 1a2e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
REPORTS
SHARP DROP IN TRADE
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated fTeSs
SYDNEY, Australia, July "A dras-
tic decline in both exports and imports
during the II months ending June 80,
was revealed in figures for Australia's
external trade today. But 1t was shown
that exports exceeded imports by $685.
100000, reckoned in Australiia's de-
pleted currency, or by Sill 100000 on
the basis of par currency.
The difference in the estimates was
due to the fact that while imports are
paid in par currency. exports are paid
for In Australian depleted currency.
Thus imports for the IL months totaled
1886, 500, 900, compared with $6l8, $685.
600 In the same period o year ego, on
the basis Of par currency.
Exports for the IL months totalled
Sass, 80, 900 compared with $3.50, 1885,
600 year ago, reckoned in Australian
currency.
Imports thus dropped by $685., 000, 900
In par currehcy, while exports decreased
bg Sl25,QQQ, 900 N Australian GlxyencB
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
INCREASE MEMBERSHIP
BY the Associated PRESS.

By the Associated Press.
Trade associations have increased
their membership IS per cent and their
income 70 per cent during the last 10
years. This was shown in study made
public by the trade association depart.
ment Of the United States Chamber OF
Commerce.
Philip p. Colt. manager of the de-
partment, said the survey was the most
complete one ever made. covering 416
associations having a combined men,
bership of more than 100000.
I'm $780," he said, "the average net
decline in income as compared with
1929 was 8 per cent for national asso-
Citations, somewhat more in the case OF
State and regional associations.
1.-THE year 1890 closed with an aver
age net loss of members by 302 national
associations of per cent and ia State
and regional associations also Of per
cent.
Estimates for the first quarter of
1881. based on partial returns, record
a further average net loss Of about one
half Of / per cent. On this basis. in
spite of these losses, total combined
membership is now greater than In
1928"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

the Nations output was 1851 900 ,00e
pairs, in 1880 1t was slightly more than
304, 600 ,O0O-a difference Of $1,000, 900
pairs, or almost enough to outfit the
Nations population.
At present retail shoe stocks are ex.
tremely low. For q year and q hall
retailers have made continued efforts
to reduce their stocks, in addition to
effecting all possible operating econo.
mics. Normal wage schedules. however,
have BEEN maintained In MOD inetances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
Commodity Price
Trends of Week
BY HI. n. McGILL,
Editor MeGm Commodity Service.

AUBURNDALE, Mass, July LP)-
For the second consecutive week COM
modify prices increased rapidly, well
illustrated by the fact that out OF Is
individual groups, IL advanced, 2 re-
manned unchanged and only 2 declined.
Following President Hoover's suggestion
for financial moratorium which would
suspend intergovernmental debts for
the period of one year, psychology and
sentiment changed quickly. Demand,
particularly for the speculative COM
modities. rapidly expanded. AS prices
were CRITICALLY low, little difficulty was
experienced in establishing the price
level of the principal basic commodities
well above the low points reached In
recent weeks.
Apparently there is a general dis
position to overrate the immediate
benefits Of the proposed international
financial plan. It is impossible to jump
from depression into prosperity over
night. Already leading commodities,
which have increased sharply, such rs
cotton and copper, have shown reac-
tionary movements. It is far better to
increase commodity prices gradually.
which reflects healthy conditions, rather
than rapidly. which Is usually followed
Dy Disappointing IGACllOL1S.
ALI Commodities.
Noting specific conditions in in
dividual groups, the average for all
commodities advanced quite sharply.
Industrial Prices.
Industrial prices were also higher,
but it Is important to note that nom
ferrous metals, after sharp advance
last week. have In recent days turned
downward, copper taking the leadership
There Is still a burdensome supply of
raw materials and actual consumption
has not experienced any marked
recovery.
Fine Textiles.
Fine textiles were moderately higher,
as cotton Is holding well above the
quotations of a week ago and silk has
also held the recent advance. A check
up shows that total supplies of all
textiles are quite heavy in terms of the
low rate of consumption.
Hides and Leather.
A relatively sharp increase was ex-
perienced by hides and leather, largely
due to the higher prices for hides. Fer
rous metals recorded the first increase
in many months.
The two groups which remain I'M
changed for the week were chemicals
and paper and pulp. The two groups
which declined were fuels. which
reached q new low, and nom ferrous
metals, which were moderately reac-
tionary, following the sharp advance
Of q week ago.
Vunnorta mt Prize Chances
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
YEAR 1881 TO DATE

& BUILDING Washington CO
",
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
WAGE CUTTING
INDICATED BY
U. S. REPORT
Slight Employment Gain in
April, but Total Pay
Rolls Drop.
BY THOMAS J.. STOKES.
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON. May 16.-A Slight
increase in employment in April
as compared with March was re-
ported today by the department of
labor together with a decrease in
pay roll totals in the same indus
tries.
The employment increase was
two-tenths of l per cent. The pay
roll decrease was Is per cent from
the March total. Increase in jobs
continued a Slight advance noted
in February and March, although
it was less than the normal seasonal
gain.
The pay roll cuts, in view of the
slight gain in the number of jobs,
indicate wage reductions.
These come in the face of renewed
warnings by the American Fedora
ton of Labor, accompanied by
threat of strikes, against violation
of capitals pledge to the President,
and in the face of a White House
statement Friday that mo man
alive" was more interested than
President Hoover in maintaining
wage levels.
The reports on which the ANALYSIS
is based cover As, 225 establishments
in fifteen major industrial groups.
which in April employed 47O5,47O
persons whose combined earnings in
one week totaled S115,715,549.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
Woman Is Knocked Down
by Hit-Run Driver
South of City.

Nine persons were injured, ac-
cording to police reports today, in
a series Of accidents in and near
the city Friday night.
Miss Ida Reinhart, 1858 Bowman
avenue, was struck by hit-and-run
motorist as she stepped from a bus
at Stop 5, on U. S. Road 81 south
of the city, but suffered only cuts
and bruises.
Robert Rains, Is, of 4947 West
Eleventh street, is in city hospital,
with cuts and bruises sustained
when he walked in front of a bus
from which he alighted at Winton
avenue and West Tenth street, into
the path of an auto driven by Mrs.
Charles Stevens, 1916 Fisk street.
Deputy sheriffs held Roscoe
White, IS, of 1913 South Randolph
street, on a drunkenness charge
after his car went into a ditch at
Bluff road and Hannah avenue. He
was bruised slightly.
Four were injured when Pete
Thomas, 33, of 1924 West Washing
ton street, steered his sedan be-
tween a power pole and phar-
macy at College avenue and Forty
second street to avoid collision with
another car that passed in front
Of him.
They we're Mrs. Edna Murphy, 80,
Of 811 East Forty-sixth street, cut
on the head; Bobbie, 2, her son, cut
and several teeth knocked out, and
Mrs. i. B. Smith Of the same adj
dress, cut and bruised.
W. NJ. Montgomery, 36, of ITO
Blaine avenue, was charged with
drunkenness, drunken driving and
failure to stop after an accident,
following a collision with an auto
driven by Joseph Groebel, r. r. l,
Box GOD, at Beecher and Shelby
streets. Mrs. Groebel was injured
slightly.
Antonio Gice, 48, of $50 Greer
street, was knocked down and