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Evening star., 1932-06-18
IN DIXIE GOLF FINAL
Perry, Former Champion, Opposing
Crenshaw, After Hot Semi-Finals.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. June l8 (P-
Sam Perry, former champion, battled
his way to the final of the Southern
Amateur. golf tournament yesterday by
defeating Johnny Morris. also of Bir-
mingham. up. on the nineteenth hole.
Files Crenshaw, Montgomery, Ala,
defeated Charles Yates, Atlanta. up,
at the twentieth hole in the other semi
final match.
H. will meet Perry today for the
championship.
Evening star., 1932-06-18

A T the annual meeting of the Dis
"A trict Of Columbia Chess League at
the rooms of the Capital City
Chess Club six clubs or groups were
Evening star., 1932-02-08
FACTS AND SENTIMENT
IN FINANCIAL CIRCLES

To Lucian. Greek philosopher and
author of charming stories about the
dead is attributed the following:
The Isle of Samos in the Aegean was
called upon to pay the extreme penalty
for the sins committed by one of her
citizens The crime was So grave that
Pluto, monarch over the dead. was
authorized by his more powerful brother
Jove to destroy three-quarters of the
SamoarS.
The ruler of the island. greatly per-
turbed, took it upon him to intervene
in person on behalf of his doomed sub
jects Upon very effective plea. Pluto
compromised Only half would be de-
stroyed The other half would be
spared. A date was set for the COM
mencement of the disaster Before ing,
well over so per cent had succumbed
and it looked as if Pluto had not kept
his word Once again, the Islands ruler
confronted the deity. Il have not
broken the word which l have pledged" !"
said Pluto. My intentions never were
to take more than half All others died
from fright which could not prevens." "
Conditions today are not mucn differ
ent, says the Wall Street Journal. Losses
are suffered not so much because of
what is going to happen, out because of
fear of what might, but in all likeli-
hood will never. happen. Facts are
much more cheerful than sentiment,
the Journal adds.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
New Government
Agency to Offer
Sl5,OO0,OOO Bonds
Reconstruction Finance
Corporation Debentures
Are Ready for Issue.
BY FRANK H. MCCONNELL,

NEW YORK, February 8.-For the
first time since its formal organization
fortnight ago the new $4,000, ,000,0 600
Reconstruction Finance Corporation ap-
pears today in the background OF new
Wall Street financing.
Charles r. Dunn, fiscal agent for the
Federal intermediate credit banks, an
nounced that a public offering of SIS
100000 of this institutions per cent
collateral trust debentures would be
made. They will be dated February
Is and will mature in four months.
THE Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration will take all or any portion OF
these debentures remaining unsold on
February Is, 1882" it was announced.
The Federal intermediate credit banks
were created under an act OF Congress
to provide credits for agriculture. The
four r-month debentureS which comprise
the present offering will be secured by
loans and discounts representing ad-
vances by the banks for production and
marketing of crops and live stock.
Today's financing will be the first on
the public market in more than week.
For the third week since last. Autumn
the new offerings during the week just
ended was a complete blank. There
were no offerings of any kind.
This week States and municipalities
will ask for bids on an aggregate of
11,379,944 of new issues, principal
among these being $4,790,00O sought by
the City Of Buffalo, N. Y; $2,122.000
by Maryland and 100000 BY Della
ware.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
CONFLICTING FACTORS
IN CURRENT OUTLOOK

The current outlook for securities
seems to be clouded by number Of
conflicting factors On the adverse side,
says the Guaranty Trust Co, are the
uncertainties over congressional legis-
lation; the prospect of higher national
taxes. and of either substantially in
creased local taxes or drastic cuts in
public improvements; an absense of
any tangible signs as yet of an extra
seasonal pickup in industrial activity;
the difficulties of the railroads: the
possibility of further liquidation Of un-
sound loans and investments. and the
precarious European financial situation
and generally unpromising foreign
trade outlook.
However, among the favorable factors
are the indications that many raw ma
terials may be at points of resistance
to further price declines; the posi-
bility of at least a temporary improve
ment in many lines Of production be-
cause of generally low inventories; the
possibility of favorable results from
various proposed Government palliatives,
such as the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration and loans to railroads; the fact
that money rates are still relatively
low, and, finally, the indication that the
current low prices of securities may be
attracting some buying on the part of
long-term investors.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
CHAIN STORE TAX I
BILL TO BE FOUGHT
National Association Prepares to
Oppose Measure in New
York Legislature.
Special Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. February s.-The bin
introduced in the State LEGISLATURE
calling for taxation of all chain stores
will be opposed by the National Chain
Store Association, just as it has op-
posed passage of similar bills in other
states, 1t was announced today. The
association is composed of virtually all
OF the big chain store organizations in
the country.
While reluctant to comment directly
on the bill, officials of the association
said they would oppose the measure.
and that plans for so doing were in
the hands of the associations lega! de-
partment.
The bill, introduced by Assemblyman
Edward S. Moran, Brooklyn, Democrat,
Is modelled after the Indiana law. It
provides for $1,000 year tax on each
store in the ownership of more than
five stores.
Similar measures have been enacted
In number of other States. although
IN most cases the tax Is not set as high
as this proposed levy. Under the Moran
bill retail stores up to five would be
taxed $50 each.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-02-08
GIANNlNI is CLAIMING
PROXY FIGHT VICTORY
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 8.-Re-
iterating that he holds proxies repre-
senting a decisive majority OF the
shares of Transamerica Corporation, A.
P. Giannini announced Yesterday ne
would leave Tuesday night for Will
mington, Del, to contest the manage
rent of Elisha Walker, present head
Of the corporation.
The annual meeting of stockholders
is to be held at Wilmington February
is. Giannini. founder of the corpora
ton, has stated tlat he plans to wrest
control from walker at this meeting
Interests connected with the Trans
america management have challenged
the assertion that the Giannini group
had obtained proxies for a majority OF
shares.
Giannini said the associated Trans
america stockholders, his faction, would
be represented at the Wilmington meet
ing by United States Senator Hiram
W. johnson of San Francisco and
Hugh Morris of Wilmington.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
EXTENSION OF BOND
INTEREST is EXPLAINED

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, February 8.-Lucius S.
Storrs, president of the United Rail-
ways & Electric Co., today sent holders
of the consolidated first mortgage bonds
of the Central Railway Co. due May
next and holders of the extension and
improvement 5 per cent bonds of the
company, due March |, letter giving
details of the plan to extend the bonds
fer two years at per cent interest in
September.
The issues are both divisional bonds
Of the United Railways. In Saptembe.
tire company formulated policy which
provided for the extension of such OF
its underlying bonds as would mature
during the existing economic situation,
and, pursuant to this policy, it recently
completed a plan to extend for two
years the first mortgage IS of the Mary
land Electric Railways Co.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, February CP, UNITED
States Department of Agriculturel =
H -gs-Receipts, $1,000 head. including
10000 head direct; slow, 10a20 below
Friday: 170-210 pounds, 395a4.05: top,
40: 220-250 pounds, 370a3.90; 260-
3CC pounds, 355a3.71: 140-160 pounds,
3.65a390: rigs 285a3.25; packing
sows 3.15a3 325. Light light. good and
choice, l40-l60 pounds, 365a3.90; light
weight 10000 pounds, 3.75a4l0;
medium weight 200-250 pounds, 3.65a
41O; heavyweight. 250350 pounds, 3.45
aS,75: packing sows. medium end good.
275-5OO pounds. 315a3.35 pigs, good
and choice. l00130 pounds, 30os3.50.
Cattle-Receipts, $4,000 heed; calves,
1000 head VERY slow; few fed steers
and yearlirgs scld to shippers about
steady: better grade yearling heifers
steady: COWS dull; bull strong; vealers
opened 25 70 so lower. prospects still
lower close: early top fed steers, IT'S.
Slaughter cattle and vealers: Steers.
good and choice. 100000 pounds, elsa
975; 9OO-1,10O pounds. 6.75a9.75; HOO
1900 pounds, 6.75a9.75; 1901 500
pounds, 675a9.75; common and medium,
60O-1.30 pounds. 3.50a675. Heifers,
$50: common and medium. 30035 90.
Cows, good and choice. 3.OOa4 90: COM
mon and medium, 25Oa3OO; low cutter
and cutter, 1.50a250 Bulls Cyeariings
excluded. good and choice CbccO, 300a
3.75; cutter to medium, 2.25a3-35.
Vealers milk fed. good and choice.
7O0a850; medium, 600a700; Gull and
common, 350a600. Stocker and feeder
cattle: Steers, good and choice, 500
1850 pounds 425a5.50; common and
medium, 3.25a450.
Receipts, $4,000 head; few
sales, 25a50 lower than Friday; quality
considered; good to choice lambs, 6.25a
$50: closely sorted kinds held at 6.75a
100; quality rather plain. Lambs, 80
pounds down, good and choice, 6.25a
ZOO medium. 5.25a625; all weights,
common. 450a5.25; ewes, 90l50 pounds,
medium to choice. 2.25a40O; all weights,
Gull and common, 1.5Oa2.75; feeding
lambs, 5075 pounds, good and choice,
5.00a550
Evening star., 1932-02-08
AUTO PAINT lob"
NEARLY PERFECT
College Scientists Have Only
to Eliminate Chalking by
Violet Light.
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE,
Associated Press Science Editor.

STATE COLLEGE, Penna, February
8.-Search for the perfect paint job
on the automobile is nearing compile
ton. Only one factor remains to be
eliminated, say Pennsylvania State Col
lege scientists, to produce an automo-
bile lacquer as durable as the car itself
The lurking place Of that last Wearable
factor, that which results in chalk
ing" has been hunted down in labora-
tories here. Chalking is the process by
which the lacquer wears away one
layer of molecules at time.
Search has now shown that chalklng
is caused by ultra violet light. The
researches were conducted Jointly by
Wheeler P. Davey, Ph.D., professor OF
phvsics at the PENNSYLVANIA State Col
iege, and D. r. Wiggam, assistant
director of the experiment station OF
the Hercules Powder Company.
Cause of ChaIking.
ra-violet-ray light may affect any
or all of the constituents of automo-
ldCuutl,
be caused by its action on the plastl-
cizer and ester gum
The plasticizer introduces sufficient
elasticity into the lacquer to prevent
cracking. The ester gum increases the
adhesion of the lacquer to the metal
and overcomes scaling, and the action
of the two together eliminate plttlng.
In the action which causes chalking,
the gums and plasticizers act as light
transformers, the process which physl-
cists term floreScence. The short wave
length light, the ultra violet rays, is
transformed into longer wave length
light but, as in the electrical trans
former, only part of the energy re-
ceived is given out in the changed form
The electrical transformer dissipates
the remaining energy as heat, but the
light transformer concentrates it as
powerful bundle of energy.
Dischargihg of Energy.
This concentrated pellet of energy
discharges outward in any direction,
some striking the nearest molecule OF
lacquer. These molecules are dis
integrated they got into the path oi
a force too great for them to asslmllate
Bit by bit the surface molecules of the
lacquer are burst and dislodged until
like a stone from which all the mortar
has been Clipped, tiny flake of pig
ment is left on the surface with no sup
porting element, and dusts off.
With the discovery that chalking can
be caused by the florescence OF the
plasticizer and the ester gum, the
search for the perfect automobile lac
uuer narrows down to an examination
of the hundreds of possible plasticizers
and gums for those which have neg
lible florescent properties.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
INCREASE IN TRADE
VOLUME is PREDICTED

Business statistics reveal protracted
bottom of the depression from Novem-
Der through January. states the United
Business Service of Boston. No i'm
pressive upturns have taken place. nor
are these probable. A gradual increase,
however, in the volume of trade of the
United States now seems likely. aided
considerably by the Federal expa nsion
of credit The business trend should
be moderately upward during the COM
ing months.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
GENERAL MOTORS SALES.

NEW YORK. February lP,.-Total
January sales by General Motors Cor
poration to dealers were 74,710 cars
and trucks, compared with 1889 in De-
cember and SO 349 for January. 1881.
Sales to American consumers totaled
47,942 units, compared with 53,588 in
December and 6l,566 year ago. Sales
to American dealers were 65,382 cars.
against 68.65O in December and 76,681
in January. 1881.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
Bridge Contracts Let.

LURAY. Va, February (SpeciaD -
N. H. Clark of Luray, has just been
awarded contracts for three bridges in
West Virginia, two for steel bridges ard
one for concrete. He will begin work
at once on steel bridge over river
near Lewisburg. Mr.. Clark will en-
deavor to use only West Virginia labor,
having had this request made By the
West Virginia Highway Commission.
Formerly he has used number of Page
County men.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
New Standard Brands Official.

NEW YORK, February (R.-Traver
Smith has been elected vice president
of Standard Brands, Inc. He is "a
wears old and learned the fundamentals
of the food business in his fathers
grocery store on Long Island. he
Joined the Fleischmann Co., Standard
Brands subsidiary, 13 years ago. and
recently has been in charge of the tea
end coffee products of Chase & San
born, another subsidiary.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
CHECK TOTAL GAINS.
Bv the Associate ted Press.

Checks cashed on individual bank
accounts in leading cities of the Fed
eral Reserve System increased 19 per
cent during the week ended February
3 as compared with the previous week.
Total debts for comparable periods fol-
low. as reported by the Federal Reserve
Board:
Week ended February 3. S8,385, ,727 900
Previous week ... 1882, $50 900
Same week last year. 58,676,OO0
Evening star., 1932-02-08
PHILADELPHIA Rector Dies.

PHILADELPHIA, February 8 P).-
Rev. S. Lord Gilberson, II, rector
emeritus of the historic st. James
west Philadelphia, died last night.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS AND DAYS SALES
SALES.
Washington Gas IS "B'-S500 at 10254.
AFTER CALL,

Washington Rwy. & Electric pfd.-1o
at 9112, at 9112. 18 at 9112.
Potomac Electric 512To pfd.-5 at 1034.
Mergenthaler Linotype-2 at SO.
Evening star., 1932-02-08

Hopes in Denmark that the aban-
donment of the gold standard would
help Danish agriculture are reported to
have been blasted.
Evening star., 1932-02-08

Arbroath. Scotland. will raze 353
workers houses to make room for new
ones.
Evening star., 1932-02-08
Sales of Stocks on New York Exchange.

,n.,o ~ ~ 100 600 l2:O0 Noon $500. 100000
1880 PM.... 100000 2:10 P M........ 100000
annual cash
quarterly hayear
Exdividend trading less than 100 shares Parity
stock. Paid this year-no REGULAR rates
Plus So stock Plus 20 In
special preferred stock Plus 3e in sock
regular Plus so IN stock Plus
~
Evening star., 1932-02-08
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Barber & Ross, Inc. 6i2s. go :;
Chevy Chase Club 512s. :..... SO j
Columbia Country Club 5l2s.... 100 II
w NJ. Cold Storage SIS. "a
Evening star., 1932-02-08
STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.
NATIONAL BANK

MA IOVhi 0A1NIA.
Min. price. Asked
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-28

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. UP
Most of President Hoover's cabinet
are expected to ease back as grace
fully as possible into their regular
professions when they return to
private life March 4.
Law probably will beckon Secre-
tary of State Stimson again, while
Secretary of Interior Wilbur will
return to the presidency OF Stan
ford university-maybe even before
March 4.
Secretary of War Hurley has real
estate and oil interests.
Secretary of Commerce Chapin
will be back in automobile manu-
featuring. AS for Secretary Of Navy
Adams, he will find more time for
yachting off the New England
coast.
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde,
according to friends, viii be a fig
ure in Missouri politics. The party
in that state needs to be rounded
into shape again, after the upsets
of last November.
Attorney General Mitchell, the
only Democrat in the cabinet Is
not expected to find the Roosevelt
administration needing his services
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-28
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1882, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,

mending broken Christmas toys.
"Ho Hum! Hal" He looked at the
toy engine, poked with his paws
and a stick here and there and
said:
II see what's the matter. This
jigger has slipped off the dingus
and the gadget doesn't take hold
of the whatisit and the whichyou-
maycallum slips off the dodingle.
But I'll soon fix it,
This Uncle Wiggily did. Then he
looked around for some water to
put in the tank of Peetie's toy en-
gine. The sun was melting an icicle
near by and. by catching this wa
ter in his fountain pen top, Uncle
Wiggily filled the tank.
Nov I'll wind up the spring
and We'll see if it doesn't pump
and squirt as well as ever" said
the rabbit gentleman.
Uncle Wiggily and Peetie were
bending over, looking at the mend
ed toy fire engine, when, all of a
sudden, head was thrust between
them and voice growled, saying:
What's going on here!" 1t was
the Bob Cat, sticking his nose in
where it wasn't wanted. But be-
fore he could bite either Uncle
Wiggily or Peetie, the little puppy
dog boy pushed a gadget on his en-
gine and 1T began to pump. Then
Peetie aimed the hose at the Bob
Cat and he squirted so much water
in the Bad Chaps eyes, nose and
mouth that he ran away bowling,
yowling and scowling.
Thank you for mending my en-
gine!" laughed Peetie as he ran
home to play fireman with the
other animal boys. Uncle Wiggily
still sat on the stump, laughing at
the way the Bob Cat had run away
all wet, when, all of a quickness,
through the bushes came hopping
Baby Bunty. On one paw the lit
tie orphan rabbit carried a bas-
ket.
What have you in that basket?'
asked Uncle Wiggily.
"Oh, it's secret!" said Bunty.
But in the next story we may
find out what it was all about, for
am going to tell you of Uncle
Wiggily and Bunty's secret. That
is if the bicycle will stop trying
to bite it's initials on top of ths
fresh chocolate cake with the egg
beater. Really that isn't very po-
lite, is it.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-28
FORD LEADS
IN CAR SALES

Since 1927 when the Model T
Cal was discontinued, Ford pas
senger car sales led those of all
other makes, according to a tab
uation by the Ford Motor Com
pany reported today by j. H. Ed
gar, president of Edgar Bros. Co.,
local Ford dealers.
In this period from January,
1927 to and including October,
1882, the latest month for which
reports have been compiled, Ford
Sales total 4001, 1884, as compared
with 3,705,827 for its nearest COM
petitor and total sales of all makes
of 15,183,842. Fords share of all
business in these six years was
z6.4 per cent.
This record, it was pointed out,
was made despite the fact thai
Ford production was halted twice
during this six-year period in pre-
paratlon for the Model "a" and
the va" Ford cars. Manufacture
OF the Model "T" was discontin-
ued in May, 1927, Ford being out
of the market until December of
that year when the Model "a"
was announced. Ford again was
out of the market for the first five
months of 1882 until volume deliv-
cries of the new Fords began last
June.
The vaar-to-vear record follows
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-28
Mother OF Local
Minister Buried

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Jane Malan, of Brawley, mother of
Rev. w. E. Mhlan, pastor of the
First Methodist church here, were
held yesterday afternoon in Braw-
ley, with Rev. Gerald B. Harvey,
pastor of the Brawley Methodist
church officiating. Burial was in
Riverside cemetery, Brawley.
Mrs. Malan, who died Christmas
day, was pioneer resident of I'm
perial Valley, coming to Brawley
with her husband, the late Phillip
Malan in 1904, and at the time of
her death was senior member of
the Brawley Methodist church.
Throughout her residence in that
city she took an active part in the
community religious and civil life
and was highly esteemed by all
who knew her.
AS a tribute to the work which
she and her husband had done in
behalf of the Japanese people of
Brawley, Rev. Chou Haruyama,
pastor of the Japanese Methodist
church, assisted at the funeral
services.
In addition to Rev. Malan she
is survived by another son, John
Malan of Long Beach and two
daughters, Edith McMath of Los
Angeles and Mrs. Martha Lyall of
Brawley, also three step-children,
Charles and Leo Malan of Braw-
ley and Susan Wafflard, who lives
in the east.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-28

oh, dearl Oh, dearl Oh, dear!' so
often?" the rabbit gentleman want
ed to know.
"It's my engine that fell and hurt
ITSELF" Peetie went on. Look, it
won't squirt water any more. Oh,
dearl"
Now stop saying Oh, dearn Be
a brave little puppy and tell me
what happened" said Uncle Wig
gily.
We'll" said Peetie, 7 got this
toy fire engine for Christmas. I
like it the best Of my toys. It's dan
dy! You put some water in this
tank, and then you wind up this
spring, and then you push this
jigger, and then water squirts out
of this little rubber hose" barked
Peetie, showing it to Uncle Wig
gily. II was just like a real fire
engine hose, only smaller, and il
had a shiny nozzle and every
thing.
Lets see how it works. spoke
the rabbit gentleman, SHOW me
how your toy fire engine works.
1T won't work." whined Peetie
That's just the trouble The day
after Christmas my toy engine
worked fine and it squirted water
like anything and 1 put out loi
OF fires, make believe you know
in our chairs and the table and the
piano and 1 even put out a fire
down my fathers back. Anyhow
/ squirted water there, though ht
said he wasn't on fire, he was only
smoking his pipe"
Il seei" said Uncle Wiggiiy, try
ing not to laugh. And I snppost
you squirted SO much water from
your toy engine around your ken
mel house that your mother made
you take the fire engine out"
yes" whinsd Peetie. That
just what happened. And I was car
ly'ng my engine out TO play witt
the boys but I slipped on some ic'
and the engine fell down with ;
bump and now it won't squirt watel
any more and could you pleas
fix it?"
We'll, III take look" said Un
Gle WippilV. who was quite good q
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-28
UNCLE WIGGILY AND BUNTY'S
BASKET

Uncle Wiggily sat down on a flat
stump in the woods and waited for
Peetie Bow Wow, the puppy dog
boy, to catch up to him. Peetie was
running along the path, carrying
in his paws a Christmas toy fire
engine, and Peetie kept saying;
"Oh, dear! Oh, dearl On, dear!"
Whats the matter? Did you
fall and hurt youself?" asked Uncle
Wiggily as thepuppy dog boy came
to where the rabbit was sitting on
the stump. Uncle Wiggily had been
roller skating with Jackie, who was
Feetie's brother but Jackie had
gone or ahead to do some fancy
skating with Rover, poor dog
boy.
mo, I didn't fall" Peetie an
sWered.
Then why do you keep saying,
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