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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
100000 IN BRITAIN
PROTEST PAY CUTS
Civil Service Parade Is Held
as Communists March
and Harass Police.
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, October 12-The peaceful
demonstration of Great Britain'S civil
servants against reductions in their
salaries was described by police today
as the greatest within memory.
1t was estimated that 100000 per-
sons-men, women and children-were
in the orderly parade that moved along
the banks of the Thames to Hyde Park
to listen to a dozen addresses yester-
day. 1t required an hour to pass
given point and hundreds of mounted
and foot police were required to regu-
late traffic.
They marched to the music Of 20
bands and to the waving OF hundreds
OF banners. The tune was When the
Flag Goes Marching BY" and their
Cutting Our Wages and Keep the
Eighth Commandment in Force" and
Serve, Yes: Serf, No" They spoke
few words and let their mass presence
tell the story.
concomitant Communist manifest
alton was not as peaceable. Many Of
them broke out of line and hurled
threats at spectators in homes and
hotels. keeping the police in continual
turmoil. They carried flags bearing the
Soviet sickle and hammer and sang
the "Internationale" and The Red
Flag" Socialist anthem. They
shouted to bystanders. You'll be with
us soon, too. brother!"
Later thousands of radicals and I'M
employed sang Of world revolution out
side the walls OF Norwood Scrubbs
Prison. Inside a convict chorus set up
an answering refrain which echoed
eerily in the first fog of Autumn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
TWO DRIVERS HELD
IN AUTO M|SHAPS
Hit-and-Run Victim Nabs
CoIored Man-Student
Faces Charge.

Vincent Saleme. 10 years old, of 42l6
Albemarle street received slight bruises
last night when an automobile said by
police to have been driven by William
F. Sharkey. %, student at Children's
Hospital struck him while he was
standing in a safety zone at Wisconsin
avenue and Grant road.
Saleme was removed to Georgetown
University Hospital. Sharkey was ar
rested by fourteenth precinct police and
booked on a charge of reckless driving.
Small Boy Struck.
Three-year Raymond Bose. 486
F. street. was treated at Emergency Hos
pital for head injuries yesterday after
he had been struck by an automobile
while playing in an alley at the rear of
his home The automobile was driven,
police say, by Thomas Simmons OF 467
F. street southwest
William williams. colored. Al years
old, of Alexandria, Va, who was over
taken and held for police by the victim
of a hit-and-run accident in which his
machine figured last night, was to be
arraigned In Police Court today on
charges Of driving while drunk and
leaving the scene of an accident.
Captured After Chase.
Williams. according to police. drove
his machine into an automobile oper-
ated by Harry F.. Gemme. As. of $500
Cathedral avenue at Sixteenth street
and Rock Greed Ford road and failed
to stop. Gemme gave chase and caught
Williams a short distance away, holding
him until Patrolman J. l. Shotzberger
arrived
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
LEGAL NOTICES.
WILLIAM ". BRIDE and THOMAS F.
(1NIERON

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
trict OF Columbia. holding District Court.
IN re Condemnation of land for the eX-
lesion and Widening OF the public alley IN
square 4O74 IN the District of COLUMBIA
District Court No 2l23 Notice and order of
publication. Notice Is hereby given that the
pursuant 70 the provisions of section 1903 10
section. 1910, inclusive, OF The Code of Law
titIon in this court praying for the con-
demnation of the land necessary for the cX-
square 4074 in the District u Columbia as
shown on plat or mao filed with the said
petition as part thereof. aid praying also
ance with the law provided for in such cases
TO assess the damages each owner OF land
70 be taken may sustain by reason of the
IN square 4074. and the condemnation OF the
land necessary for the purposes thereof. and
entire amount of said dam ages. including
the expenses OF these proceedings, upon Cacn
% or be p"F % 0 BY d e. "h
widening in the proportion that the said
Jury may find said lots. parts Of lots or
1or IN and by the aforesaid code OF law.
t IS. by the court this LIST day OF octobaA
interest in these proceedings be- AMI they
are hereby. warned and commanded 10 APP
pear IN this court on or before the lSt day
continue in attendance un,il the court shall
have made ITS final order ratifying, and
Of ole cn wa Of Of 6c afS to- be e ane
pancled and sworn herein: and it IS furtner
o order that copy Of this nott3e and
successive weeks in The Washington Evening
Star, the Washington Post. and the Wash
ington Times. newspapers published in the
ssfoTs the sad IS of SRysmbe ssl
euNNi f SR3E cl sf2' BY fairy Hui
Asst. SClelk. ocS6,l2,l3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12

MUSICAL STUDIOS.
BENZ. LEVIN ANNOUNCES OPENING OF
a Banjo & Ukulele Studio at 1919 Conn.
Ave. Phone Pot. $3.50 for fun particulars
between s and pm. II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
NEW AIR LINE TO LINK
CAPITAL WITH NORFOLK
6O-Minute Service With Two
Round Trips Daily Planned by
Ludington Company.

: Eighty-minute passenger service be-
tween the National Capital and Nor
folk, Va, will be inaugurated Thurs
day by the Ludington Line, operator
of hourly service between this city and
New York. The new line, cutting more
than four hours from the fastest rail
schedule, will be operated on a sched-
ule of two round trips day, morning
and afternoon.
Ten-passenger tri-motored planes
will be used and the pilots will ~
drawn from the New York line Should
the volume of business on the new line
warrant the change. fast express planes
cruising at $50 miles per hour and
making the trip in so minutes will be
used, according to Eugene Vidal, ex-
ecutive vice president of the line.
The route to be flown is over the
airway laid out by the Department of
Commerce and equipped with Federal
intermediate landing fields, beacons
and other aids to air navigation.
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TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

Belasco-"The Sex Fable" at BIS
pm.
National-Earl CAROLS "Vanities,"
at $40 pm.
Gayety-"Parisian Beauties" at 2:15
and BIS pm.
R-k-O Keith's-"Devotion," second
week at ll:40 am, 40, $40. $40,
7:4O and $40 pm.
MetrOpolitan-"Five Star Final" Sec
ond week. at II am l2:43, 2:28. Alb.
5:58, 7:43 and 9;28 pm.
Rialto-"Spirit of Notre Dame" at
11:38 am, 1886, 3:35, 5:33, 1877 and
GAL pm.
PaIace-"The Unholy Garden" at
1870 am, 2, ABS, 7:05 and $40 pm.
Stage shows at l:20, 3:55, $50 and
9 pm.
Columbia Monkey Business" sec
ond week, at IL AS am. AS, $40, $40,
TAO and $40 pm.
Fox-"Sob Sister" at 1905. 2:1s.
4;31. 7.39 and 9:52 pm. Stage shows
at 1871, 3:44, 6:52 and 9;05 pm.
EarIe-"The Road to Singapore" at
1924 am. $50, 4:35, 7:30 and 1907
pm. Stage shows at 1852, 3:39, 6:33
and 9:l0 pm.
Tivoli-"The Modern Age at 2:35,
ABS. 6:l0. and GAS pm.
Central-"Sporting Blood" IL am.
to II pm.
Enthusiastically Road to Singa-
pore" at els. sos and 10 pm.
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MAE DAWSON

Tap and Acrobatic Glasses. Fridays. g 10
10 pm. Children's classes Wed. to s IN
evening. beginners 8 to Q, practice Q 10 II
Teaching all dances. including the Rumbs
Glasses or Private in Ballet. Toe, Spanish
Gypsy. Russian. CaStinet playing
Health Exercises as taught BY Dl
Sauchelli of New York.
Studio, 1929 NJ ST. NV. Thomas Circle,
Nail. 1911,
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TO TALK ON ARMY FLYING
Lieut.. Birnn to Address v. P. I
Alumni at Cosmos Club.

Recent technical developments in
military aviation and Army flying
training will be discussed by Lieut.. Ro-
land Birnn of the Office of the chief
of the Army Air Corps at a meeting
OF members of the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute Alumni Association tonight
in the Cosmos Club.
Lieut. Birnn will illustrate his talk
with motion pictures of the new Army
Air Corps West Point of the Air. ;"
Randolph Field, Texas, which has just
been opened.
Arrangements for the meeting were
made by j. Hotel johnson. secretary
of the Association, and w. C. Bowles
president. will preside. Graduates of
the institute who have not yet joined
the association are invited
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
DANCING

Marie & Charline School of Dance. Ballet
Tap. Physical Culture. Acrobatic and Bal
Adams 620l. 2727 Woodley Place NV.
PEYTON PENN STUDIO-BalI room dancing
Private lessons Glass lesson g. dance Sat
eve. 8 to II. l745 F st. NV, LIST A. Met. 3059
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12

SI49.OO Long 3-pc. Overstuffed
Bed Davenport Suite in blue and
taupe velour. From $9O.75
storage W.
$4,000 Rose and Taupe JAG
guard 3-pc. Living Room Suite.
excellent 50 OBS
condition minimum. 10
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PIT. A. TO MEET TONIGHT
Powell Schools First Session OF
Fall Is Set for s O'clock.

The first Fall meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association of the w. B.
Powell Elementary School will be held
tonight at o'clock in the school au-
ditorium. Representative Robert Rams
peck of Georgia will be the principal
speaker, and musical entertainment
will be provided by Miss Helen V, Har-
per and Miss Grace Powell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12

r. ORGOTTEN for 90 years among
- the relics of the Georgetown
University museum, this unique
Il old wine chest, which once
graced George Washington's
Sideboard at Mount Vernon, was dis
covered recently when the Coleman
Museum was moved to make room for
the new Offices of the president, DR..
w. Coleman Nevis, S. j.
The Washington wine chest was
part of the museums original collec-
ton. according to the records of the
curator, Rev James Curley. S. j., who
started it in 1910. 1t contains six
bottles of quart size and two smaller
bottles Each bottle is trimmed in
gold. but the wine, alas, long ago dis
appeared Frank j. Wolpert. present
custodian of the Coleman Museum, is
seen in the picture holding a piece OF
cloth that came from Martha Wash
ington's ball dress. 1t is treasured
among a number of Washington relics
at Georgetown, including a lock OF the
generals hair.
The dress was given in 1910 to Mrs.
Clara Mead. the wife of Commodore
Mead, U. S. N, by the wife OF Col.
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Crash Kills Grain Leader.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, October ~
H).-F. j. Anderson of Winnipeg, presi-
dent of the British Empire Grain Co,
was killed, and Ernest S. Parke, also
of Winnipeg, president of the Parker
Grain Co, was seriously injured in an
automobile crash late Saturday night,
near Warren. Mimi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
Storm Hits New Zealand.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Octo-
Der IL CP).-Miles Of telegraph and cleo
trio power lines we're down and thou
sands of acres of newly sown wheat
fields were washed away yesterday after
a violent storm in the Canterbury re-
gion OF New Zealand.
Plantations were ruined and traffic
paralyzed. Many inhabitants had mar
row escapes from disaster in the storm.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23

city rather than as q nominal Off
cial
Urges Holding Stock
1T seems most i'll advised for
those stockholders who are in po-
sition where they are not forced TO
sell, to dispose of their Transameri-
ca stock at the sacrifice prices now
prevailing. Such procedure would
enable the enemies of Transamerica
to further raid and depress the
value of the stock.
II am astounded that the divi-
dend which has been twice reduced
should now be entirely eliminated
On March of this year, Mr.. Walker
assured the stockholders in an Of
ficial statement as follows: Your
directors feel that a part of the
large surplus, resulting from more
prosperous periods, but not hereto
fore paid stockholders, may be used
to reasonable extent if necessary
to the continuance of the present
regular cash dividend in case cur
rent earnings should temporarily
not prove wholly sufficient for the
purpose.
Financial observers here saw the
statement as Giannini's challenge
Tor the greatest battle Of his story
career. In semi-retirement for seve-
raj years, Giannini never relin-
quished his hold on the companies
he built and in every crisis he has
emerged to fight for them.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Screen Actor
Wed In Nevada

LAS VEGAS, New, Sept. %. Up)
james Kirkwood, veteran motion
picture actor and former husband
of Lila Lee, screen actress, was mar
ried here today to Beatrice Powers,
of Hollywood.
On the marriage license KirkWood
gave his age as over 40' and Miss
Powers said she was lover 81
The couple flew here this morning
and planned to return to Hollywood
later in the day. Kirkwood said they
had no plans for a honeymoon.
They were married by Frank
Ryan, the justice of the peace who
remarked Mrs. Minnie (Ma Ken
nedy and Guy Edward tWhat-a-
Nam Hudson at Boulder City last
Saturday.
Mrs. Dorothy Keeler, of the coun-
ty clerks office, and John F.
Cahlan of the Las Vegas Review
Journal we're the witnesses.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
MANY EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
BY STEEL WAGE REDUCTION

NEW YORK, Sept. %. UP) In
come of million wage earners will
be reduced and earnings of their in
dustrial corporation employers will
be buoyed if the entire steel indus
try follows it's leaders and cuts
wages.
The wage cuts announced late
Tuesday by United States Steel cor
poration, Bethlehem Steel and
Youngstown Sheet and Tube, will
affect about 100000 employees. OF
them 100000 are U. S. Steel en-
ployees.
Other independent steel producers
expected to follow the induStry'S
leaders will bring the number af-
fected within the industry itself to
100000 employees.
Industries closely related to the
production of steel employ about
100000 men, it was estimated today.
Financial interests, 1t was be-
lieved, would view the reductions
as a boon to business; labor
leaders at the same time reiter-
ted claims that wage reduc-
tions would cut the buying
power of the nation, and thus
adversely affect business.
Wall Street. and other world fl
nancial markets, 1t was pointed out,
had anticipated the wage reduction
announcements, and had bought
steel and affiliated industrial stocks
in the face of worldwide financial
unrest resulting from Great Brit
aims suspension of gold payments.
This speculative interest aroused
by the 10 per cent wage cuts, is ex-
pected to result in better demand
for steel corporation securities, based
on the assumption earnings will i'm
prove with reduced labor charges.
The steel industry was not alone
in announcing wage or salary ad-
juStments.
General Motors, employing no.
600 persons. announced salary re-
ductions on a sliding scale affecting
10000 employees.
United States Rubber company
one of the largest units in the rub
Der industry, announced its organi-
2ation would go on a fiVe-day week
basis october ] That involves a
reduction of almost 10 per cent in
salaries and wages of $4,000 en-
ployees.
Dupont interests. 1t was pointed
out. have extensive holdings in both
General Motors and United States
Rubber.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. %. U.P)
Wage reductions ordered by the
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23

United States and Bethlehem Steel
corporations will affect approx
mately $500 California workers, 4
majority of them living in the San
Francisco bay district, according to
estimates here. The biggest plant
is that of the Columbia Steel COM
pany, subsidiary of u. S. Steel, at
Pittsburgh, Cal, where 1900 are en-
ployed. Another subsidiary, the
American Steel & Wire company of
San Francisco, employs 125.
Bethlehem's three subsidiaries
here are the Pacific Coast steel
company at South San Francisco,
the Calmar Steamship company and
the Bethlehem Ship Building COR
poration. The steel and ship units
have about 600 workers.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. %. {U.P)--
All major copper companies operat-
ing in Arizona have informed en-
ployees that wages will be reduced
by 81 per cent, effective October l..
Ten thousand men are affected.
Under the new scale miners will re-
ceive $3.50 and muckers S4 per day.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS MEET
IN WESTMORLAND FRIDAY

Westmorland will act as host To
the Associated Chambers Of Com
merce of Imperial County when
they meet next Friday night for
the first time since last May This
will be one of the most important
meetings of the year as the officers
elected at the May meeting will
take charge of associated affairs
for the coming year and matters
of interest throughout the past
year will be given final consider
alton.
The meeting will be opened by
A. j. Mercier, outgoing president Of
Calexico and the gayel will then
be turned over 10 the new presio-
ing officer, S. c. Sorensen, Of Cal
ipatria.
Announcement has been made
by Roy II. Bellwood. president of
the Westmorland chamber. that the
speaker of the evening will be r.
w. Blackburn, president Of the CAL
ifornia Farm Bureau Federation
He will give an address on matters
of particular interest in Imperial
Valley farmers at this time. In
addition. Bellwocd promises one Of
the DINNERS which have made the
ladies of Westmorland famous
throughout the valley for then
cooking and entertainment is beinp
arranged to round out n very in
teresting evening.
It is expected that there will be
a very large attendance at this
meeting and all those attending
from Ell Centro are asked to tele.
phone the Ell Centre chamber in
order that reservations may be made
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
Continued from page j.

Bank of Italy, was the biggest sim
gle unit under Transamerica con-
troll. 1t was the relinquishing of
hold on the bank that was believed
mainly responsible for Giarninis
opposition.
The directors made no mention
of any plans they maye have for
disposing of the controlling inter
ests, pointing out that the steps will
not be taken until economic con-
ditions are more favorable.
Three members of the Lee, Hig-
ginson firm replaced the Giannini
interests on the board, with the
following composing the new di-
rectorate:
New Directors
Frederic w Allen, New York,
Lee Higginson company; James a.
Bacigalupi. San Francisco; Ed
ward II. Clark. New York copper
magnate; Charles E. Getting and
George Murnane. Lee, Higginson
company; Paul d. Cravath. New
J OIk, FItQtl IL u. JOllIIldlIit. bOSlUIl.
Henry O. Havemeyer, New York;
Georges JouSasset, Paris; Charles
w. Nash, KenOsha, Wis; Jean
Monnet New York, vice chairman;
Armando Pedrini, San Francisco;
Roland L. Redmond, New York;
Fred w. Sargent, Chicago; Y. Sci
ALOHA. Rmoe, and Chairman Walker
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. %.
WP)-AmadeO y .Giannini. who
fought his way from a water
front produce market to lead
crship in one of the nations
greatest banks. entered a new
struggle of financial giants to-
day in opposing the drastic re-
organization of Trapsamerica
Corporation.
Openly breaking with the execu-
tives to whom he had passed con-
troll Of the institutions, Giannini
aligned himself with the great
mass of Transamerica stockholders
and promised n lively personal in
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23

| corporation in refusing to consider
an alternative plan submitted by
me, providing for an amendment to
the bylaws to require a vote Of
| the stockholders in matters involv-
ing sales of principal assets and ma
jor changes in structure, policy, etc,
is, l believe, a fundamental mis-
take"
! Seeing Transamerica slipping
from his grasp, and with it his
lifelong dreams of world financing,
Giannini attacked Chairman Walk
er for voting the formers proxies
in favor of a plan which Giannini
opposed
AT the special meeting of
the stockholders called for the
purpose of adopting the amend
ments proposed in connection
with the new plan approved at
the directors meeting of June
/ II, and for the additional pur-
pose OF changing the stock to no
par value, there were, l am in
formed, no sufficient new prox-
les received by Mr.. Walker and
his associates to constitute
quorum. and without my knowi-
edge or consent the general
seven year proxies previously
given me along with others by
the stockholders we're voted in
favor of Mr.. Walkers amend
ments. Was it legal, fair or
:. ethical for Mr.. Walker TO per-
init those proxies TO be used in
this manner?
MY intentions and the intentions
of my family is to retain our in
vestment in the company. AS a
representative Of a large stockhold-
ing I shall naturally continue tc
take lively personal interest il
the development of its plans, anc
I shall feel that I can do more eff.
fective work in the interests of tht
general stockholders in this capa
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
TRANSAMERICA CONTROL PASSES FROM
HANDS OF SAN FRANCISCO BANKER

terest" in the corporations future.
Gathers Forces
Known at 81 as "the man who
refused to become a millionaire,
Giannini gathered all the powers
at his command to fight the break
ing up of the money giant he pulled
from the ashes of the San Francis
co fire in 1906. In a statement is
sued last night after directors In
New York had voted to dispose of
controlling interest in vari u
banks, Giannini pleaded for faith
in Transamerica" and then vigor-
ously attacked the directors.
Giannini commented first on the
fact that he, the founder and for
mer president of Transamerica, had
been voted into retirement as a di-
rector.
81 presented my resignation
as an officer and director of
Transamcrica companies last
June while at Badgaste in Aus
tria because 1 could not ap-
prove the policies, plans and
procedure of my successor,
Chairman Walker" Giannini
said.
The present plan, offered by Mr..
Walker, is primarily Objectionable
in that it proposes to take out of
the corporation the control of its
principal and most valuable insti-
tutions and does not give the stock
holders an opportunity to express
themselves regarding the terms and
time, or sale, merger, or other dis
posal, and no assurance is given
that they will together remain in
control of these institutions, as
would be the case in the event of
a free distribution, or that allow
ance will be made for normal time
value, earning capacity, good will
and control value. It is we'll re-
cognized fact that the good will
value rests principally with the con-
troll, and if these valuable assets
were to be disposed of in periods
Of market weakness such as at pres
ent, it would mean a great loss of
value to TranSamerica stockholders.
Fundamental Mistake
The action of the officers Of the