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The Washington times., 1931-07-21

A&ASAA ~SSSA ~ AA4SAAy SASA
In his last seven games Hayes
has hit to the tune of .392-a very
strong average for an infielder in
sny league. This in itself should
warrant Jackie'S Sojourn at the
bag for some time.
Hayes actual figures read some
thing like this: He has been to
bat % times, has scored S runs,
and has socked out IL hits-for
the big 1892 total.
Jackie Can Still Field
Manager johnson need not
worry about weakness in his
batting order with Hayes pounc-
ing upon the So-called onion at
this clip.
Also Pilot Johnson need not
worry about the fielding around
the second bag. Hayes has GER
tainly held up his end in this
respect, despite the fact that he
has not played errOrless ball.
Whether Jackie wins himself a
regular job or not, it's. safe con-
tention that he'll be kept in there
a long as he hits, because it's the
punch the team needs most at
this time in view of the apparent
steady pitching being put over by
the hurlers in recent games.
Hayes fielding shouldn't take a
tumble, if his performances Of
the past mean anything. He has
always been a power on the de-
fense, if it will be remembered.
In fact it's the real reason why
he's in the big leagues today.
Tigers Hard Luck Team
So it seems that all Jackie
has to do at this time is to keep
up his present gait and a regu,
lar job will be his reward-if, as
said before, he can only continue
to sock. and sock consistently.
The Detroit Tigers, by the
way, are slowly but surely
going down in baseball history
this year Us the hard luck
team. Not just once, but tens
of times this season, Manager
Bucky Harris has been unable
to put his full strength on the
field.
When Charley GehringeT's all
ing arm finally came around to
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
Arlington the Slower Track

In comparing time for both tracks Churchill Downs con-
sdered faster than the Arlington Park From that
standpoint Mate to have the Indian sign on Twenty
Grand Each time the two colts have met they have carried
equal weights Below the comparative records OF the two
thoroughbreds:
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
Mates Record Best
20 GrGnd'S Victory
Lots Of Discussion
Facts and Figures
1880 and 1881
Meet Next Month

Racing fans are still discussing the comparative merits Of
Mate and Twenty Grand They will continue to discuss these
horses through their next and fifth meeting next month at
Saratoga.
We have had so many requests for information to the
past records these great thoroughbreds that have
taken the liberty lifting from Racing Form their past per-
formance chart and submit below for the perusa Of those
who take their racing seriously and most people do
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
VETERAN TIMER

Father d. B. o'Connor has
been timing track events at Lin
coin, Nebr., and at national COM
petitions fer 20 years
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
PITCHING MARVEL

Cy Young, the famous Ohio
farmer. is the only pitcher with
three no-hit games to his credit
n the mai9 Leagues
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
Hayes Could Win Regular
Job By Consistent Hitting
Bv GARRETT WATERS

If Jackie Hayes continues to hit in the in which he
his substitution into the game for Buddy Myer he is
likely himself the regular secondsacker of the Grff
men before manv more davs
The Washington times., 1931-07-21

Rune batted iR-Hargrave (S), West,
e. Rice, Cronin, walker. GehringeF,
McManus. Two-base hit-HarErave.
Three-baSe hit:-Hpyes. stolen bases
to Hayes to Kuhel. Left ON bases
Detroit, 4: Washington. 4. Bases ON
balls-Off HOGsett. /: off suIllvaR. 1.
Hits-Of HOgsett, II in innings:
off Sullivan. 1 In innings. Struck
Out-By HOgsett, Ii; by Sullivan, 4;
by MaFbeFry. 5. Losing pltcheF-1Og-
sett. Observation-Disclosures Van Graf.
Ian and Ormsby. Tlme-1:50.
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
FIVE STRAIGHT

lBatted for HOgSett In fifth.
2Batted for Sullivan in ninth.
WASHINGTON
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
SHORT REST SHOULD Benefit hE|N|E MANUS|
Baseball
Standings

NGames behind leader.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
WASHINGTON: Z; Detroit. 3.
New York, 8; st. Louis, s.
Cleveland, D; Boston, 2.
TODAY's GAMES
Detroit at WASHINGTON,
Cleveland ut Boston.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
st. Louis at New York.
The Washington times., 1931-07-21

HemSIey, the Chicago catcher,
hit through the infield to score
Taylor with the only run. VIII
liam Watson Clark gave the
Bruins only three hits.
The Washington times., 1931-07-21

When Charley Gehringer's all
ing arm finally came around to
The Washington times., 1931-07-21

Walker singled johnson across
for one run in the third while
four straight hits by johnson,
Walker, Gehringer and McManus,
counted two in the eighth. Mar,
berry, all told, gave up IL bingles,
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Washington Produce
Butter-one-pound prints, ss: tub, IS.

Butter-One-pound prints, 36: tub, IS.
Eggs-Hennery, 3oa33; current re-
ceipts, 24a27
Poultry. alive-Turkeys, young toms
and hens, 25a27; old toms. 20a25; old
hens, 19a22: chickens, 8 pounds and
over, 18a20; 2 to 2la pounds, 20a22;
Spring broilers, %; hens. large, 18a20,
small 15a1T; Leghorn hens. l3a15;
coosters, l0a12: keats, young. 4oa45; old.
25a35.
Poultry, dressed-Turkeys young
hens and toms, 28a32; old toms, 28a30;
old hens, 30a32: chickens, pounds and
over, 22a24; 2 to 21a pounds, 23a25;
Spring broilers. 80; hens, large. 2la23;
small l8a20; Leghorn hens, 16alS:
roosters. l3al5; Long Island ducks.
1920. e ssss.
Meats Beef, wime, IS; choice, IS;
IS; fair to good, 13a14; common, l0a
IL; veal top, IA; medium, 12E2a13; pork
loins, 8 to 10 pounds, hall "; 10 to
II pounds, 10; fresh hams, 8 to 10
pounds. 13; Is to % pounds, 10; smoked
hams, l9a20; strip bacon, 1920; lard,
8o-pound tins, 8; package, 10; COM
pounds, 7a7lh.
Live stock-Hogs, light and medium.
4.40a4.70; heavy, 400a4 40; pigs, 4o0a
4.50; roughs, 2.50a3 so; calves, 3.50a
$50; lambs, 3.50a650.
Fruits-Apples, fancy box stock.
1.75a2.50; nearby, bushel baskets, 35a
LIS; oranges, Florida, 3.00a3.50; Cali
fornia, 4.25a5 90; grapefruit, 2.25a275;
honeydews, 2.50a3 00;. lines, per 100,
1.75a200; pears, 3.00a350; pineapples,
2:75a3.0o; grapes, .Emperors, 200a2 rs;
Tokays, 1.25a200; Concords, IS; ba-
nanas, 1.ooa2. 90; tangerines, 2.00a2. IS;
kumquats. quarts, 8a10; cranberrics,
2.25; Strawberries, per quart, rs.
Vegetables - Potatoes, Maine, 100
pound sacks. lbs; New York, 150-pound
sacks, Its; Idaho bakers, I00-pound
sacks, 2,25; sweets, Eastern Shore, 50a
IS; red, 75as0; lettuce, Iceberg, 3.75a
450; Florida, 200; broccoli, 2.00a2 rs;
caulihower 1.75a2.00: carrots, California
crates, 400; string beans, l.50a3. 90;
nmas, 400; peas, 7.00a7.50; beets,
100 punches, 3.00a400; carrots, per 100
punches, 6.00a700; satisfy, per dozen
punches. 1,00al.20; peppers, 3.00a
$50; kale. SO; spinach, 75aso; mush-
rooms, 75a90: turnips, 50a60, arti-
chokes, 400a5.00; squash, $50; okra,
CUBA, per pan, s0al.0 Florida, per
bushel, 325a3.50; cabbage. new. 40
pound basket, 2.25a2 so: old, 100-pound
sacks. 1.25; celery, 3oOa3 rs; tomatoes,
Florida, fancy, span containers, TOO:
California. so-pound lugs, $50.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
REACTION IN STOCK
PRICES RESUMES
Markets Break Through Low
Averages of October 5
Brings More Selling.
BY GEORGE r. HUGHES.

NEW YORK, December 10.--More
discouraged liquidation poured into to-
DAVIS stock market and prices suffered
another reaction. The selling was
plainly not the result of operations for
the decline, but represented sacrifice of
holdings, some of 1t voluntary and some
of it involuntary.
The awe with which Wall Street re-
CARDS the theory of the averages was
aptly illustrated in today's transactions.
Because the October 5 lows had been
broken on Wednesday, 1t was taken for
granted that a fresh decline was in
progress and this in itself led to con-
siderable selling. Then there were
numerous instances of stocks which had
held up we'll during other recent weak
markets. but which gave way on this
movement. This made a bad impress
sion. Examples are Bendix, McKees-
port Tin Plate and Electric Auto Lite.
New Lows Numerous.
Even when the official earnings sheets
were satisfactory and when the dividend
action was favorable stocks made no
response. The best illustration of this
was Northern Pacific, which declared
the regular 75-cent quarterly dividend
Wednesday, and yet sold off with the
other rails today
The new lows were too numerous to
item!Ze. Nearly all Of the active rail-
road shares broke through their re-
sistance points, conspicuous among
them being atchison, Reading and
Union Pacific, to name only three.
Delaware d Hudson dropped 3 points
After the New York Central dividend
omission, traders were willing to believe
almost anything unfavorable about the
rails, The only place whence any help
could be expected was the Chicago con-
ference OF union representatives, and
there was not much optimism about
that either.
Market Opens Lower.
The market opened actively lower.
There were few news developments,
but the markets downward momentum
resulted in an accumulation of selling
orders and blocks of 1000 to 5000
shares were frequent in the first few
minute-.
An advance in sterling aided the
market to a small degree, but another
reduction in gasoline prices and fur
ther pessinistic expectations in regard
to dividend announcements - notably
that of International Telephone, which
was to be announced today-kept UP
the pressure. International Telephone
broke below 9 for the first time. Ma
tional Power Light was off fractionally
to a new low at 13. American 81 For
eign Power also was at new low
at 7B.
In the oils, Socony Vacuum was at
new low at 10ls, but Standard Oil
Of New Jersey and Texas Corporation
were both firm. Auburn was off frac-
tionally at the start and then re-
traced most of the loss. Dupont and
General Motors started lower United
States Steel was nearly a point lower
at 489s. but later sold up TO 49. In
dustrials such as American Can,
Loews. General Electric, Johns Man
vile and Woolworth all had substan-
tial declines Railroad shares were
again lower. New York Central at
26ss was shade lower Canadian
Pacific and Pennsylvania had wider
drops.
American Telephone opened at
1924, off ".
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Money to Loan

Secured by first deed Of trust on real .t.te
Prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph l. Weller s's,w'. sss w,;s n !; : TE,;,
Evening star., 1931-12-10
BANK SITUATION
DECLARED BETTER
Bankers Journal Reports Fa'
vorable Developments in
. e. 81 Past Month.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December l0.-In addi-
ton to continued paying off of bank
loans, there are number of other
favorable developments in the banking
situation that have practically removed
1t from the major problems In the busi-
ness outlook, the American Bankers
Association Journal says in its current
discussion Of financial conditions. The
journal says.
Taking the total of bank loans Sc
cured by stocks and bonds of all
Federal Reserve member banks, the
high point on the quarterly figures was
in 1880, but this included large
amount OF stock exchange loans taken
over when the outside loans made by
banking lenders were withdrawn.
The real peak of credit of all kinds was
around October 4, 1929, when the Sc
cured bank loans stood at S10,314,0Oo.-
600. On September 20, 1881, the total
had been reduced to s8,o88, 600, 900. At
the time OF the credit peak, however,
there was outside money loaned direct
ly to brokers in the amount of nearly
$4,000, ,ooo, 900, which has now been
banned by the New York Clearing
House banks and has dwindled to few
million dollars. The reduction in all
secured loans, therefore, was from over
sl4 ,oo0, ,0oo, 900 to $4,000, ,ooo, 900, or by
more than $4,000, 900, 900.
Brokers loans during the period de-
elined from a peak of S5,S04 600 900 to
S75l 900, 900, or by 80 per cent. OF
every dollar borrowed against stock
two years ago only II cents is still
OWING liquidation that is unprece-
dentcd. Loans Of member banks, In
cluding both secured and unsecured or
commercial loans, declined from s26.-
| 105, ,000, GOO to $4,000, ,000,0 If the
1000, 100000 outside loans be added,
the decline In credit has been from over
$50 900, ,0oo, 900 to less than s2I 600
| 100000, or practically one-third.
Withdrawals of gold on a huge
| scale in October, accompanied by un-
pleasant rumors from abroad as to the
| soundness. Of the American money
| market, have entirely subsidized and
| November brought return flow of ap-
proximately 500 .000,o the largest
| imports In single month since 1917.
This viii prevent the base of our credit
structure being forcibly contracted by
! the loss of gold reserves.
Operation OF the National Credit
Corporation has removed the danger
; of forced selling of high-grade securi-
ties by the banks to meet the with
drawal OF deposits, and thereby removes
pressure from the bond market that
has caused depreciation in the holdings
of bonds by all banks.
Circulation of currency, after in
! creasing by large amounts over period
OF weeks, has now turned downward.
indicating that the widespread fear on
the part OF the public has subsided.
Bank failures have shown a marked de-
crease during the past month"
Evening star., 1931-12-10
CLEARING HOUSE FIGURES.
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

Washington Clearing House figure.
for today: $3,069, ,986 80.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
SHORT SALES ANALYSIS
BY WHITNEY EXPECTED

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 1o--If re-
port current in usually well informed
quarters is substantiated in fact, the
financial world will have in its pos
session q week hence much more COM
prehensive data on short sales than
it has yet been able to obtain. Rich
ard Whitney, president of the Stock
Exchange. is slated to talk before the
Syracuse Chamber of Commerce next
Tuesday, and while the topic of his
remarks has not yet been made known
officially, 1t is believed he will deal with
the subject Of short selling, form of
trading now under attack from many
directions and particularly In Congress
Inasmuch as the exchange has been in
dustriously gathering short sales" data
for some months, he could 1t is pointed
out, set forth figures as recent as those
covering such trading up to and includ-
ing November 30.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
RAIL PROFIT ESTIMATED
AT 2 PER CENT THIS YEAR
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Railway Age estimates American rail-
roads VIII earn only about per cent on
their property investment this year. the
smallest return ever recorded In 1890
the carriers earned 3.e3 per cent, and
in 1929 the return was 4.84 per cent.
Net railway operating income for this
year will be about $52e, 500 ,000,s it was
1t was estimated, decrease of S725,-
00,0O0. or 81 per cent as compared
with the peak Of 1929.
Even though the. carriers secure all
the trafic to which on sound economic
grounds they are entitled, the publica-
ton estimates the amount of earnings
they will be able to make will depend
in large measure. as in the past, upon
the Governments policy of regulation
Of rates"
Evening star., 1931-12-10
STORE SALES DROP
DURING NOVEMBER
D. c. Decrease of 9.5 Pei
Cent Is Smallest in Fifth
Reserve District
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

Retail sales in Washington depart
ment stores in November were off 95
per cent from aggregate sales in No
vember. 1880, according to announce
ment made public today by the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond This
slump, however. was the smallest re-
ported by any city in the Fifth Re-
serve District
Sales for the first II months of the
present year, in Washington, are now
only per cent below last years total
business. This, too, is a record not
equaled by any other cities in the Fifth
District, which district holds the best
sales record FOL" the whole United
States in the ll-monJh period.
Retail sales in SIS department stores
In % cities OF the fifth Federal Re-
serve district in November, 1881, totaled
Is per cent less in dollars than total
sales in November, 1880, only 4 stores
increasing. while 81 decreased in sales
during the 1881 month. In the United
States as q whole 5o4 stores reported
an average decline of Is per cent in
sales, in comparison with sales in No.
vember, 1880.
Cumulative sales in the II elapsed
months OF 1891 decreased per cent
in the fifth district and IL per cent In
the Nation, in comparison with sales in
the corresponding IL months of last
year.
Fifth District Cemuarisous
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Bank Of England Statement.

LONDON, December 10 (P).-The
weekly statement of the Bank of Eng
land shows the following changes In
pounds: Total reserve decreased 475,-
600; circulation increase $4,000; bull
lion decreased $4,000 other securities
increased 2ol 900; public deposits in
creased 2,080,000; other deposits de-
creased 11,789,000; notes reserve de-
creased $4,000: government securities
decreased 9,400,000
The proportion of the banks reserve
to liability Is 1923 per cent, compared
with 28.44 last week
Rate of discount, per cent.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Fifth District Comparisons.

Percentege comparison of sales in periods
follow:
Evening star., 1931-12-10
q. s. Dollar at New High,

MONTREAL, December 10 R.-The
United States dollar reached a new high
yesterday, with a premium of 20 cents
over the Canadian dollar. A sale at
20Hs per cent was reported at Toronto.
Sterling continued the recent small
but steady advance to sell between 1898
and $685., with the close at S3.945o.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Reserve Districts Compared.

Preliminary figures on the value of
department store sales show an in
crease from october TO November of
some what less than the estimated
seasonal amount. The Federal Re-
serve Boards index. which makes al
iowance both for number of business
days and for usual seasonal changes.
was IS in November, on the basis of
the 1923-1925 average as 100, compared
with SO in October and 81 In September.
In comparison with a year ago the
value of sales for November, according
to the preliminary figures, was is per
cent smaller. The aggregate for the
first II months of the year was II
per cent smaller.
Percentage increases or decreases
from year ago are as follows:
Evening star., 1931-12-10
U. s. TREASURY BALANCE.

The United States Treasury balance
announced today as Of close OF business
December was $s3,183, ,8341I. Customs
receipts dor the month to date were ST.
72l, ,9l5.42. Total ordinary expendi-
lures were $10,O53,48l o9.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Jan. ] Number Number
TO reporting OF
'Noy. NOV; 30. stores, cities.
Opens Own Insurance Offices.

November figures preliminary; in most
districts the month had the same number
Of business days this year anc last year.
Evening star., 1931-12-10

NEW YORK, December 10 lP-Bar
sllver nrmer and u cent higher ct
29s cents.
Evening star., 1931-12-10

Continued on Page l4.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24
Drought Broke Records
Summer of 1880 Was Dryest Ever in Seven States.
Washington in Area Which Had Most Snbnornral
Rainfall for Yedr-Arkdnsds Hard Hit.

The year 1880 was one of weather
superlatives, according to a resume of
the years reports from 5000 weather
stations prepared by the Weather
Bureau in response to the recurring
query. Just how dry was the 1890
drought?"
Al-time records for dryness and
warmth fell throughout the United
States last year as the unprecedented
meteorological blight spread ineXorably
over the suffering Nation.
OF special interest is the disclosure
that the small area embracing WASH
ington, Baltimore, Lynchburg, Va, and
Parkersburg, w. Va, was the dryest
spot" in the United States, in point of
departure from normal precipitation for
the year.
Lynchburg led all other cities of the
Nation in percentage of rain deficiency
for the 12-month period, the total rain
fall being 40 per cent of normal. Park
Washington and Baltimore were third
with 81 per cent each.
East Held Dryest.
The greatest rain deficiencies for the
year were noted in belt extending
from the central Mississippi Valley
eastward to the Atlantic Ocean. In
some sections of the South, especially
over the lower Mississippi Valley, the
drought was extremely severe during the
Summer months, but the total rainfall
for the year was not largely deficient
because of heavy rams that fell in the
Spring and also in the Autumn.
The summary was made by j. B.
Kincer, chief of the record division of
the Weather Bureau. He found that
1880 started out wetter than usual, with
IL per cent overprecipitation in jan
uary. but all other months of the Spring
and Summer showed a marked def1ci-
ency. except May, which had an excess
of IL per cent. December was the dry
est month of the year. Deficiencies
during the first part of 1880 were:
February, 81 per cent; March, 20 per
cent; April, 20 per cent; June, 20 per
cent; July, 81 per cent, and August, Is
per cent.
The Fall months had above normal
rainfall generally in the South and
West. and November was the wettest
month of the year, with an excess of
moisture for the year of II per cent.
Dry weather returned in December,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24

January combined the least rainfall of
record was recorded in Nebraska, Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky,
while for the period from october to
January new low records were estab-
lished in Michigan. Indiana, Ohio,
Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania and New York.
Heavy Rains Fall.
Following the unusually dry Decem-
Der and January, Mr.. Kincer said, heavy
rains fell over large sections Of the per-
sistently dry area of the country. From
February to II total rainfalls of from
2 to more than inches we're reported
in an area comprising Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Arkansas, Southern Missouri and
the northern parts of Mississippi and
Louisiana.
In West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and
the southern half of Illinois February
has brought from about to 2 inches of
rain and in the Middle Atlantic States
about l inch.
In the upper Mississippi Valley and
in the Plains States north of Kansas,
however, very little rain or snow has
occurred.
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however, A States having rain defici-
encies, with 81 countrywide deficiency
of 40 per cent.
Arkansas Hard Hit.
Arkansas was hit hard during the
Summer. It's rainfall was about one
third of normal during June, July and
August, making it the dryest State east
of the Rockies in that period. 1t was
the dryest Summer of record in Ar
kansas. Kentucky, Tennessee, Missis-
sippi, West Virginia, Virginia and Mary
land, and the dryest since 1894 in
Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
Pennsylvania.
The Spring and Summer combined
March through Augusta was the dry
est of record in Missouri Illinois, Indi-
ana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia,
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania,
the rainfall in these nine States averag-
ing for the six months So per cent of
normal. For the year as whole 40 out
of the 48 States had less than normal
precipitation.
The relatively dryest State for the
year was Maryland, with Sc per cent of
normal, followed by West Virginia with
SO per cent, Virginia with so per cent
and Kentucky with 81 per cent.
The year was generally warmer than
usual east of the Rocky Mountains and