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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27
CANNING INDUSTRY
OUTLOOK BRIGHTER
Associations Prophecy of
Better Business Backed
Up U. S; Figures.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
sound production program, with
orderly marketing of its products, en-.
abling Gamers to participate fully In
the returns of better business year. Is
promised the canning industry in 1881.
ThiS Is the prophecy of the National
Gamers Association and Is backed I'm
by the Department Of Agriculture in It's
preliminary acreage intentions reports
Tor truck crops for commercial manu-
facture.
While the association is in no manner
a regulatory body in this respect, 1t has
placed the departments estimates Of
curtailed acreage in the hands of can
ners throughout the country in the
hope they will be governed accordingly
and make adjustments to keep indi-
yldual programs in line with profitable
marketing
Reports from canneries indicate plar
to curtail acreage of snap beans by
per cent in 1881, with tentative &C
age of 66,450. From these reports IL
pears decreases are being planned il
States except Michigan and Ind
intended decreases in some of r.
areas are as follows: New York, Z.
cent: Maryland, 10 per cent. an,r.
consin, 6 per cent. Michigan isase
emily planning a 16-per-cent tThe
while indiana reports no char re-
heaviest relative decreases Caro-
ported from Utah, Oregon, Sc
lima and Mississippi cron
Present plans for the ttent In
call for reduction of Is jecreases
acreage to $4,000 in 1sSlnt M;chs
are scheduled in all Statesrado and
igan. Iowa, Mississippi, state in
Utah. Colorado is the ,ted New
which an increase is tare annear
York, New Jersey and + cIt. Narv-
to be planning 20 pepo cut = ner
land and Virginia exI. MisSo,,ri os
cent; Indiana, 10 per ,er cent. Ten
per cent: Kentucky, Arkansas and
nessee, Is per cent,
California, 80 per cSnars 70 CONTRACT
tentative plans othis year. il car
acreage OF sweet &c an acreage onlv
ried out, would inf From these re-.
$40 less than last Gamers in Maine.
portS IL appears ermont, New York.
neW nam silH Delaware are plan
reHnsylvanla acreage ranging from
ming decreases In Marvland how
70 ~ per ent increase over last
ever; ~ p acreage is indicated,
year narVual heavy abandonment
oae 70 tEe lge in 1880. In the Mid
~ 81 p II cup of States, consisting
o uE N,sS llama, Illinois, Michigan,
I vi Oiilo, Minnesota, Iowa and Ne
,WlsGohSient indications are for a
totai 5e about the same as last
year.,
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Steel Products Exports.
, the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Exports of iron and steel products
from the United States in January
totaled 92,745 gross tons, 9,243 tons less
than in December, the Department Of
Commerce reports.
Shipments to Canada totaled Al ,491
tons, while the trade with Chile
amounted to 8,641 tons; that with
Japan, 1924 tons; Argentina, 4,528 tons,
and that with Mexico, 4,398 tons.
Imports during January totaled &C, 781
tons, only 81 tons more than in Decem-
ber Pig iron was the chief product
received, followed by structural shapes,
merchant steel bars and concrete REIN
forcement bars. Belgium was the chief
source of supply, shipping 1o,609 tons
in all.
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Freight Service Change.

BALTIMORE, February 81 Especially
The freight service of the Baltimore
q Philadelphia Steamboat Co. between
Baltimore and Philadelphia and way
points will be conducted in the near
future by new corporation, to be
known as the Ericsson Line, Inc, in
which it is understood the Bull inter-
ests, now operating the Baltimore and
Carolina Line. are to have a substantial
holding. A. H. Bull d. Co. will act as
agents for the new corporation.
The passenger service of the Balti-
more & Philadelphia Steamboat Co.
will continue as heretofore, the new
company being concerned only with the
freight end of the business. The change
Is to commence at a date to be fixed
IN March.
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Standard Gas Equipment Corp.

BALTIMORE, February q Especially.
-Reflecting the low pace of business
last year the Standard Gas Equipment
Corporation earned net income, before
provision for depreciation, of only $94,-
718, as compared with $4,000 in 1929,
according to the annual report, just
issued by President w. Frank Roberts.
After allowance of $181 1884 and
minor adjustments the company showed
a net loss for the year of $50, 758.41. as
compared with surplus of $13O,369
for 1929.
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CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, February q C4).-Butter,
9,497 tubs; steady to firrh; creamery ex-
tras (e2 score), 28H; standards go
score. car lots), 2814; extra frsts (90-9l
score). 2712a27A; firsts $3.50 score,
251aa26h; seconds (86-87 score), 24a
24h. Eggs, 1884; stealy to firm;
prices unchanged.
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PARIS ROURSE PRICES.

PARIS, February 81 (R. Trading
was quiet and prices were firm on the
Bourse today. Three per cent rentes.
SO francs IS confines; per cent loan,
101 francs so confines; exchange on
London, 1913 francs 951a confines; the
dollar was quoted at Is francs So GEN.
times.
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. February 81 Especially.
Cotton prices at the opening today
were unchanged to points higher. In
the near months new offerings from the
South and local professionals taking
profits were about absorbed by trade
purchases and by overseas buyers. In
the more and distant months, however,
there was an inclination to revise acre
age estimates, and some speculative
buying resulted.
Opening prices were: March HIT.
unchanged; May ll.40, up 2; July IL "a,
up /; october 1892, up 3; December
1910, up 3, and January 1914, up 4.
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Lead Output Declines.

NEW YORK, February 81 L4).-World
output OF refined lead in January de-
clined to $40 short tons, as COM
pared with 153,840 tons in December
and l53,772 tons in January, 1880, the
reports.
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CURB SEATS HIGHER.

NEW YORK, February 81 R.-The
value of New York Curb Exchange
memberships today responded to the
improvement in the security prices, adj
vancing $17,500. Arrangements were
made for the sale of curb seat at
$137,500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27

Because of the decrease In passenger
receipts three branch lines of a large
railway system in England have just
be- n closed.
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Trade Reports at a Glance



February 27-Tablod
the wholesale obbng the retail trade
industry well the state of collections reported Bradreets
thefo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27

For the first time in its history a
British tobacco company last year had
a net profit Of t50,000,000.
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET s ss:, III : ::: S s:

NoteAn stocks are sold in one hundred share losa
excepting those designated by the letter (80s) (250S
which shows those stocks were sold in odd lots.
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Ptsbughstee industry improved trade marking
LouisveGenea trade ag industry time;
prices
Ceveand-Ceneral industry slightly improved
Misunderstanding slump employment
need water.
Chicagosteel slightly
1880; values lower; coal weaker.
report gains
hardware paints fair.
nneapos-sprng catalogues help mail
ST. Retailers buying cautiously activity
jobbng business
a
improved; at 10 cents; moisture needed.
badly needed.
improving; whoeang improved mil
weather
manufacturing gains slightly buyn
immediate
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IL |onite Products %. 33 1lM 1874 lns 1914
Dvdends rates In dollars based
tPlus
nPayable dividend
ns pu eI, per cent IN STOCK Plus stock h
In stock m Plus per stock
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TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
STOCK ANT BOND AVERAGES
STOCKS.

RIVE FssocIaIed Press.
FrdT''terda''s $50 Edition.
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FOREIGN BONDS.

EW-With warrants.
xW--Without warrants.
NEW.
Wi-When issued.
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EtVFA.
Dominguez Oil Fi...15c :. Mar. Feb. 81
Omitted.
Kleinert II b Ru.25c @ Due Mar.
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on the radio, which he believes, how
ever. viii be remedied by voluntary
effort on the part OF the advertisers
themselves as broadcast hours. which
are limited, come to be held at higher
premium. Senator Dill's chief concern.
he said, was the proposed patent pool
for the radio industry, which the Radio
Corporation Of America has agreed to
enter. Negotiations with the Depart
ment of Justice, which will drop rs
antitrust suit against r. G. A. n the
pool is formed, win be resumed some
time IN September.
The Senator from washington, who
has returned to Spokane for ct least q
month before coming hare for the next
Congress, wants to know the exact
terms of the proposed patent pool He
thinks Congress win want to know
them, too. The Attorney Generals
special assistant in the radio cases,
Judge Warren Olney, jr, is now in San
Francisco. but plans TO return here
shortly to resume the negotiations. So
far as known, no exact terms have yet
been stipulated beyond the concession
by r. G. A. that 1t is willing to join a
general pooling of patents by the entire
industry and the expressed willingness
of the Department Of Justice to drop
its antitrust prosecution If the indus
try can be brought into agreement.
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Folks Behind
The Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

Z DWELL THOMAS is an outstand-
ing candidate for honors as the
worlds foremost globe tTotter
IL He was reared in the rarifled
atmosphere Of Cripple Greek.
Colo, world-famous Rocky Mountain
mining camp. has Travelled back and
forth over continents on big missions
and is now digesbing the days news for
listeners over n. B. G. networks.
In Cripple Creek his boyhood mag
nation was fired by stories Of adven-
tureFk from far corners Of the weird,
and since then Thomas has had an
aversion 70 congested places. Psychi-
artists classify him as victim Of claus
tFephobia, q dread Of small places, q
terror of being confined.
As a college student he attended four
universities, Valparaiso, Denver. Chi
cage and Princeton, working his way
through by various meansLfeeding a
COW, tending a furnace. acting as cook
and waiter. assisting a geologiSt, min
ing In Cripple Greek and reporting on
several papers.
When barely of legal age. Thomas out
fitted and headed two private expedi-
tons into the Arctic. His inseparable
companions were a camera and note
book. and soon he became known as an
authority on the Northern regions tax
ing the lecture platform before smsS
groups and later before such imposing
organizations as the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition.
When the United States entered the
World War Thomas had become widely
known as a brilliant speaker and re-
porter and Franklin X. Lane, Their
Secretary Of the Interior appointed hin
70 record the history of the war Eight
cen wealthy men financed the plan, and
1ncmas. With staff Of camersmen apc
assistants. set out He was attached, IN
turn, TO the Belgian. French. Italian
Serbian. American. British and Arabian
armies. He met most of the crowned
heads, generals. premiers and othel
leaders Of the allies.
Thomas, now 50 ysATH old, begaT
broadcasting in the Pail OF 1880 oVel
an N p. c. network He maintains {
nine-room duplex apartment in Euttor
place, Manhattan. and q big estate II
the Berkshire foothills. TS miles du,
north of New York This home Is flleC
with trophies he has gathered in re
mote and exotic points of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
RADIO COMMISSION
MEETS This WEEK
Hlgh-PoWeE Issue 10 Amona
Problems Up for Acton
After Recess.
By ROBERT MACE.

With welter Of business before Il.
the Federal Radio Commission. mum.
bered among the busiest Of Uncle Sans
independent agencies, Will swing back
into action this week after q two
month recess.
Converting Tuesday, the commission
VIII plunge into the radio regulatory
matters that have accumulated during
the past two months, covering q wide
variety OF activities in the constantly
growing fleld. Broadcasting, television,
polnt-to-point communication, aviation
and ship radio, police radio and ex-
perimental operations are embraced in
the hundreds of cases which have
piled up.
The commissioners first viii exchange
views ON the radio situation generally.
to chart their course of procedure,
these views being based largely on
knowledge cleaned during the recess
by surveys. Three of the five cors.s
missioners made surveys of their own.
Most important Of the manifold
problems before the commission from
the publics standpoint is that of high
power, which has hung fire for lust
one year. It is scheduled for con-
sideration October /, having been side
stepped by the commission on two
previous occasions. This has to do
two dozen stations, all I'm the broad
casting forefront for the eight re-
naming channel assignments with the
power CT $4,000 watts, the maximum
permitted. The stations have i'm
plored the commission to lift its exist
Ing restriction and permit all outlets
now assigned to exclusive channels
to use the maximum power, rather
than restrict the number Of one-half.
or 20 of the 40 channels.
The commission must ratify actions
on miscellaneous or emergency an
plications taken by less than Quorum
Of its membership during the two
month recess. In addition, several
score of examiners reports recommend
ing action on applications which al
ready have completed the hearing
stage await commission action.
That television viii play an IN
cFeasingly important part in-bhe COM
missions future activities also Is quite
apparent. More than a dozen app1i-
cations for new television stations in
various parts Of the country have ac-
cumulated, spurred by the encourage
ing reports from experimenters indi-
eating that the visual art rapidly is
approaching the point of practicability.
tConyriEht, 1871
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

>Gifectog Of development IN Palestine.
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Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

| ican-Canadian plan Of licensing
| private citizens or organizations to
operate radio broadcasting sta
tons. ONLY handful of countries
of the world, however, fail TO ex-
act a license fee for the right to
own and operate radio sets.
That government operation of
/ the radio is not as widespread as
the public has been led. TO believe
is revealed in a new digest OF. for
eign radio broadcasting and re-
ceiving requirements just issued
by the Department of Commerce.
It was compiled by Lawrence D.
BatSon of the electrical equipment
division as a supplement to his
biennial survey of radio markets
OF the world.
The BatSon report reveals that
private enterprise conducts broad
casting not only in the United
States and Canada, but in Mexico,
Cuba, Costa RIGA, Honduras, Ar
gentina, British Guiana, Chile,
Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela,
Only in the Dominican Republic,
Haiti and Peru does the govern
ment own and operate the radio.
In Brazil radio club has the con-
cession, while in Bolivia there Is
a semi governmental monopoly.
In Europe private enterprise
rules in France, Holland, Belgium,
Spain, Portugal, Finland and Es-
tenia. Government bureaus op-
crate the systems in Russia, Lat
via, Lithuania. Denmark and Dan
zig. Monopolies and concessions,
with the government usually re-
tanning complete or partial con-
troll over programs, are the rule
in England, Germany, Austria,
Italy, Luxembourg. Norway. Poland,
Rumania, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and YugoSlavia.
In Asia, the governments gen.
orally own and operate radio sta
tionS, although citizen operation
is permitted in China, the Dutch
East Indies and the Philippines.
In Australia and New Zealand the
high-powered stations are in the
hands of a government monopoly
and the low-powered stations are
operated by citizens. In the coun-
tries of Africa that have radio sta
tions government ownership and
monopolieS are the general rule,
although citizens are licensed in
French Morocco, Tunisia and the
Canary Islands.
An interesting sidelight in the
Batsen report Is the fact that the
United states prohibits broadcast
ing In Panama, and England pro-
hihits it at Gibraltar, Radio Is
also prohibited in Malta. Ethiopia
and Egypt. though in Egypt the
law is not enforced. The reasons
are military.
WHEN Harvey Hays. N. B. C.'s
w Old-Timer of the Empire
Builders series. went West to
Glacier National Park for his va
cation, friends cautioned him to
discard his spats. They declared
that the real old-timers of the
West would ride him out Of town
on a rail If he wore the ankle
adeFnments. Hays merely smiled
and wore his spats The real
pioneers ignored the spats and
accepted the radio star as a reg
ular guy"
~
before he became radios poet
- of the uke," Roy Shelley used
to do high diving stunts through
a circle of fire at Coney Island.
The first time he appeared before
the WMCA microuhone. he nearly
tainted from fright
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CONCERT IN Berlin
! TO Be HEARD HERE
Rossini's BurIesaue "Iazz" of
Century Ago Chosen for
Opera Glass Hour.

Tiae National BFaadeasting Co to-
dag VII attempt to pick up ard re-
broadcast over its Eation-wide network
a classical concert in Berlin. directed
by Werner Jansen. The program Is
scheduIed by wRC from 2:3o TO 800
O'Clock II will consist entirely Of
American music.
Jazz music Of century ago, written
as q satirical buriesque by the italian
composer Rossini viii feature the
Through the Opera Glass" program at
BIS Cesare Sodero viii be in charge
Of the presentation.
"Yeoman Of the Guard" is announced
as the Gilbert and Sullivan offering az
4 O'Clock. The solo parts will be sung
By Mary MCCOY, Ivy Scott, Mary
Hopple Charles Harrison, Harold
Branch and John Barclay.
London Editor 10 Speak.
Ruth citing, Of musical comedy
fame, viii again be the guest selcist
With RubinofIs Choral Orchestra In
its broadcast at o'clock. The Men
About Tevn Trio also win take part IN
oltstanSing anens wRc'a other fsa-
lures viii BE- recital by Ralph Kiroy,
baritone: the weekly club Of the Air
dranatiEatien and q concert by the
South Sea Islanders
william Blackwood, London newspa-
per editor. viii be the speaker IN CO.
h1nbia'B regular international rebroad-
cast today, which WMALi will carry at
IL 80 o'clock He will discuss the per-
sonalities and IRREGULARITIES OF Gaelic
notabies, his topic being Some Scots
men Know
Iewlsohn Concert Tonight
Into the classical Lewisohn Stadium
eoncext Of the New York Philharmonic
symphony Orchestra. TO be broadcast
at $50, viii be woven one OF George
Gershwin's hits, An American IL
Paris" The other numbers will include
the overture 70 THE Flying Dutehman'
F7uriesT from Glueks "Orpheus."
Felix SIatkin, I5-year-old violinist
viii be the featured artist IN the Voics
OF ST. Louis program 81 0.30 o'clock
this morning He will play several diff
dcult classical numbers.
Gay and Braggiotti, Franco italian
piano team, viii play aS their principe
number the "Fugue In @ Minor" Q.
Bach. The ether selections range
60 the populaT New sun IN the sky
from the Broadway revue The Banc
wagon"
VOL win broadcast the morning
service Of Calvary Baptist Church and
several musical programs. These In
Guide organ melodies and popular mu-
sic hy Bob CARRIERS Orchestra.
Sammy Brown and Roland Wheeler
popular radio singers. will contribute
to the program OF WJSV Among Tho
other attractions are the regular relig.
ious broadcast of the Gospel Spreading
Association and the Twilight Hour.
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100; "Our Government" by David
Lawrence, WRC, 800.
CLASSICAL.
Gilbert and Sullivan gems, WRC. 400;
Lewisohn Stadium Concert, WMAL,
$50.
VARIETY.
Choral Orchestra, WRC, 700; Tony
Parents and his singing saxophones,
WMAL, 1870; Through the Opera
Glass, WRC, 8:15: South Sea
Islanders, WRC, 1890.
DRAMA.
Moonshine and Honeysuckle, WRC,
goo: Daddy and Rollo. WMAL
$50; Big Brothers Club, WRC, $50.
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RADIO TESTER PATENTED

Andrew d, Ring, assistant CHIEF
broadeasting engineer Of the Federal
Radio Commission, last week was
granted a patent by the Patent Once
covering a testing instrument for radio
transmitters
Formerly in charge of transmitter in
Stallations for the General Electric Co
at Schenectady, where he perfected the
to it to that company. He is the in
ventor Of various other radio circuit
devices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
y ROBABLY unnoticed by the
4 average radio listener has
been the distinct improve
ment in the tonal quality

~ RORABLY unnoticed by the
- average radio listener has
been the distinct improve
ment in the tonal quality
of the radio programs thai
are being transmitted by various
broadcasting stations on those
portions of the basic networks OF
the National Broadcasting Co, anc
Columbia Breadcasting System
lying between New York and Chi
cago.
1t is possible that the trained
ears of some engineers and must
clans have discerned the differ
ence, but the average radio fan
IMMERSED in the technical nuances
of the mysterious art, must rest
on the assurances of the Ameri-
can Telephone g. Telegraph Co
that its telephone line connections
between those chain stations have
been vastly improved by the recent
installation of new type of con-
Meeting cable,
Known as the new high-grade
covered cable, its chief character
istic is that it widens the fire.
quency-and thus the tone-range
of music to make it possible to
transmit and reproduce the studio
performance more faithfully. Thus
il the receiving set is capable OF
tuning in the whole range Of fire.
Quencies being transmitted by sta
tons capable of radiating the full
range of frequencies carried into
the stations via the telephone
cable from the networks key
studios, vocal and orchestral rem
ditions should be considerably
more natural.
Ordinary telephone lines, Spe-
cially engineered, hitherto have
connected stations of the chains.
Their frequency range is around
1905 900 cycles. which leaves out
many of the lower and higher
notes. The new cable widenS this
range to 30-8, 900 cycles, thus en-
bracing many more low and high
notes. Thus the pianos low G, at
80 cycles, should be heard as well
as squeaks and ehirps above 5000
cycles, hitherto outside the hear
ing range of radio.
The harmonieS of notes deter
mine the fidelity, color and dis
tinguiShability of musical instru-
mentS, which occupy a consider
ably wider range Of frequencies
than the human voice, for which
the telephone company provides
only q 250-2, 750-cyele channel.
Nest radio stations now on the
air cannot transmit on as wide a
range as the new 30-6,000-cycle
cable, and very few receivers and
loud speakers are designed so that
they can tune in high notes be-
yond 4,000-5, 900 cycles. The trend,
however, is to widen the range Of
transmission as fast as technique
permits. The Federal Radio Com
mission allows Motorcycle bands
TO each station; the telephone
conpany's new cable installation
is thus keeping apaee with, II not
ahead of, the radio art.
It is the telephone c6mpany's
plan to make the widened fire.
quency range available to all net
work stations as rapidly as pos
sible. AT the present time 1t Is in
StalliHg spurs Of the new cable be-
tween New York, Boston and
washington. Circuits will also be
extended from Chicago to the
West Coast, using high grade
open wires. however, rather than
the covered cable.
- &h
MOST Of the countries of Latin
w America and seven countries
of Europe are following the Amer