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The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Radios In Scout Cars
When Not Turned off
| Resound in Garage

Stentorian voices have been
roaring in the wee small hours
IN the park police garage and
Capt. Doyle o. Hickey, park
police commander, wants a stop
put to it.
Scout car number umpteen,
20 to-"
Blaring announcements sim.
Gar to this have been heard in
the garage where scout cruisers
are parked when not being
used, Captain Doyle was in
formed. e.
He ordered his men not to
be so absent minded and to
turn off the radio receivers
Vhen they put the cars away.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27

are plague. l remember Cne
skimpy items posted on board a
British cabin liner which l took in
1916, the almost meaningless official
reports from the front, and the wise
look of the purser, who assured us
that something big had happened
and we would hear of it the moment
we got to England. Nothing had
happened.) l remember French bull
letins, also during the war, which
were written with such a supreme
contempt of the English language
that l wanted to steal one as
curiosity, until l discovered that the
typist considered himself master of
our tongue and would be mortally
offended; he was saving his own
record of the war.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
MARRIAGE
CLAUSE IN BILL
CONDEMNED
Mrs. Wiley and T. T. DoIan
Voice New Attacks on
Economy Measure

AS a parliamentary entangle-
ment further delayed Senate
action on the omnibus economy
bill, Government employees and
their friends today besieged
legislators with appeals to re-
ject provisions that would
bring about the discharge of
one or the other of married
couples in Government employ
and launched a general attack
on the furlough plan.
The National Woman's Party,
headed by Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
campaigned vigorously to have
the married couple" clause
stricken from the bill while the
United National Association of
Postoffice Clerks, one of the most
powerful political organizations in
the country, condemned the 30
day payless furlough plan as one
of the most inequitable laws ever
suggested.
Attack on Marriage "E
Provisions in the economy bill
which would force the discharge
of one or the other of a married
couple if both were in Govern
ment service, were branded by
Mrs. Wiley as a Federal attack
on the institution of marriage.
Many young women in the Gov
ernment already have cancelled
plans to marry as they realized
the salary of their prospective
husbands and theirs combined
would be necessary in order that
they might live, Mrs. Wiley said.
Thomas F. Dolan, president of
the Post Office Clerks .Associ-
alton, charged the furlough plan
and other proposed economies
that would attack the salaries of
persons receiving $1,000 or more
were recommendation that came
from legislators who have a
warped conception of the rights
and needs of our most modest
citizens and who would not care
to struggle on such pitiful in
comes themselves yet stoop to
enrich our budget through such
ruthless savings"
Senate to Reconsider
Reconsideration of Senate
action late Saturday in sending
the economy bill back to confer
ence committee was the program
today of Senator McNary,
Oregon, assistant Republican
leader Of the Senate.
Whether the vote on the Nc
Nary motion to reconsider would
come late today or tomorrow was
uncertain as the Senate convened.
However. McNary bluntly told
the Senate he intended to have a
showdown and was apparently
peeved because the conference
committee has permitted the bill
to be sent back. The House al
ready had approved the report
and McNary said the Senate
should have further threshed out
the isuses and taken a record
vote.
Representative McDuffie, CD
Alabama, chairman of the House
conference group, left for the
Chicago convention and expressed
indifference about the Senate ac-
ton. If economy finally is called
he argued, the Senate must take
the responsibility.
Senate attacks on the rewrit-
ten bill, however, were that it
had been carelessly reshaped;
that it contained many discrim-
nations against classes of gov
ernment employees, and that it
was such a haphazard piece of
legislation that the Comptroller
Generals office would have great
difficulty in interpreting it.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Story of Grocery Vouchers
Wins Newstip Prize

The exclusive story in The
Washington Times on payment of
salaries in grocery vouchers" by
the Shapiro Construction Com
pany to it's laborers won the grand
prize of $40 in this weeks newstip
contest.
Spenser created quite a furry
when he was married several
months ago at the Bureau Of
Fisheries. But last week he caused
considerable grief when the 25-
year-old sturgeon died from old
age. The tip on this story won
the second award of $40.
For information of the cancella-
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
HH-Gnd-Rl1n Suspect
Freed on Bond of $500

Kenneth N. Watson, Is, of
1902 Twenty-Seventh st. N. W.,
was released in $500 bond last
night after arrest on a hit-and-
run driving charge. His car al
legedly struck one driven by
George o. Smith, 4434 Garfield
st. N. W., at Cathedral and Wis
conSin Avenues. Watson fled, it
was charged and was captured
after a chase.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
2 Get Commissions
In ARM Reserves

Commissions as captains in the
Army Reserve Corps have been
issued to Milton Jack Jakowsky.
Ambassador Hotel, and to Ste
phen Frederick Tillman, National
Press Club.
Garland Stewart, 400 Gallatin
st. N. W., was appointed a first
lieutenant in the Engineer Re
serve.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
D. C. MAN WINS PRIZE

J. B. McCann, display manager
of S. Kann Sons Company, has
been awarded first prize in the
merchants record and show win
dow annual contest for 1882.
Hundreds of stores in this coun-
try and a number ofzRforeign
countries competed.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Mrs. HOOUer DriUes
Car Here From Camp

Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of
the President, and their son,
Herbert, jr., drove from the Presi-
dents camp yesterday afternoon
with Mrs. Hoover at the wheel.
The son left Immediately for New
York, where he has a business
engagement,
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Mans JdlU Broken
In HighUQu Crash

George Wentworth, 1919 G ST..
N. w., suffered fractured jaw
yesterday when a taxicab in
which he and his daughter we're
riding was forced off the Fort
Humphrey Road below Alexan-
dria and he was thrown through
the door. He was brought to the
Alexandria Hospital for treat
ment.
Miss Wentworth and the taxi
driver escaped with slight in
iurieS.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
kewPie's Record

kewPie's Record
Nowadays ships publish little magazines in which
page, at least, is given to Supplementary bull
tns posted and able to learn in good time
that the younger John D. Rockefeller had out for
repeal Il hope that is accurately But chiefly you learn
that "J. H. Cochran feet inches tall, known to
broke the worlds beer-drnkng record by drinking two
liter schooners in II seconds. Former record held by
Cochran is native of Pennsylvania" just that
under five-column headline, in the newspapers back
home.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Geneva, As Usual

Political news is not scamped in these reports. For
instance it is gratifying to learn that at Geneva report
adopted admitting failure to reach unanimous agree
ent whether any weapons offensive or defensive IN
character If hadn't got that bit of news we might
think that the world had suddenly changed while we were
at sea. But Geneva keeps right on: 1.-THE commission
also failed to distinguish between tanks and armored cars
or question of Notifications basis for computing ef
fectives (number of armed forces) in each country
Read at home in familiar newspaper, these statements
might seem profoundly important. Taken between the
beer rinker and the that New York merchants op
thing sounds futile Which it probably is.
We go five days out to sea and remove ourselves by
miles and years from the businesses we attended to SO
earnestly at home l cannot honestly imagine what
would have thought of the that the first unen
poyed army had penetrated into New York. CThat is
the given in the bulletin to the groups of marchers
who descend railway termini, take possession OF
freight cars and, in general demonstrate profound
dislike for the present suation At home might have
Thought the event exciting significantly terrible.
Here it is merely an item like Cochets defeat of De
Stefan which is announced in the next paragraph The
ships newspaper makes discrimination between ltems
it uses headlines; it does not edlorlaze One piece
of news is as good another Perhaps the lack of sign
posts confuses 1t is quite likely that have to be
told what is important.
: On board number of and few women practice
golf shots They extremely earnest they are mourn
full these days at sea during which they may lose
fhe virtues they abored long to acquire. They are
worried begin to suspect that the nervous strain OF
playing golf and not bad economics, lies behind our
present crisis. It hardly seems possible that men VINO
came so to Mysteries over swing should be able
to conduct serious business
In an advertisement for book golf this is
quite clearly stated The book not only teaches how
to play it teaches you how to avoid the break
downs of golf It doesn't, far the advertisement
goes teach you how to have fun But at least it pre-
vents hystera.
.'My Nerves, My Nerves"
"First he tells you how to Danish mental tension and
nervous strain says the advertisement and still speak
ing of this woodworking author his last fifteen years
have been spent to help the typical of thousands
Of golfers: the who stands grimly before his ball.
concentrating with knuckes white with tension and the
cords in his neck swelling with strain"
This gentleman, before he wrote his book, charged
5000 for IL lessons in golf. They without doubt
worth it. But think that he should be commissioned
by the American Government to give millions of lessons
day. cannot bear to think of business with
knuckes strained white and the picture of the cords of
their necks swelling with strain is all too horrible No
wonder we had panic; until stop this sort of golf
we'll never get prosperity back.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
True to Type
( NEWS NOT NEWSY
IN SHIPBOARD
-. PAPERS
Rv GILBERT SELDES-
BY GILBERT Sc

ONE of the misfortunes of being newspaper man
~ (and confirmed reader of newspapers) is that the
moment you get board ship of supply is
shut off and in its place you get wireless bulletins which
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Not Actual Facts

NOC Actual FaCCS
Informed of Representative Hol-
aday's statement, Elwood Street,
director of the Community Chest,
said:
"These figures misrepresent
the actual facts. Representa-
tive Holiday has access to the
facts and should know better.
/ do not say that he is mis-
representing, but the figures do
not tell the true story.
The truth is that the IS
agencies, members of the Com
munity Chest, spend annually
a total Of $5,5OO,OOO. OF this
amount about 40 per cent goes
for salaries. The figure Of
S1.8OO,OOO is correct, / believe.
"Chest agencies include hos
pita'S, OrphanageS and other
institutions where salaries and
wages are large factors. These
agencies earn about $S,OOO,OOO
a year.
"The Chest tried to raise
$2,6O1, 900 th.S year."
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
PERSIAN RUGS STOLEN

Robbers forced an entrance to
the store of Farman Uazarian,
1925 Connecticut Ave. N. W., and
stole Persian rugs valued at
SIS, 900.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
MOST Of FUNDS
FOR SALARIES,
IS CHARGE.
Holiday Ayers 100000 Of
$2,200,000 Contributions
Went for Wages

An appeal to District resi-
dents to investigate the Com
munity Chest was made by
Representative William p.
Holiday (R.) of Illinois when
the House took under con-
sideration the $41, ,425,622 1882
District appropriations bill to-
day.
Holiday charged that of a
fund of $2,200,000 the chest spent
$1,S00,000 in payment of salaries.
ExOrbitant, Is Charge
Discussing the $35O,000 item
which has been included in the
appropriation bill for emergency
relief. Holiday, a member of the
District appropriations subconl-
mittee of the House, said the
committee, when it was called
upon to appropriate 100000 de-
cided the Community Chest was
spending such an exorbitant sum
Tor the salaries of 1852 employees
that a further appropriation Of
public funds was unwarranted.
The Senate later inserted the
100000, but confereeS of the two
houses agreed on the $35O,000
item, Holiday told the House:
High Salary $4,000
"The salaries paid by the
Community Chest are from
$4,000 annually down to lower
levels. 1 hope the citizens Of
Washington, before coming to
Congress next year for apprO.
priatiOns for relief, will 20 into
the matter and determine what
reason there can be for the ex.
penditure of such an enormous
sum for salaries"
House Backs COnfereeS
The House approved the report
of the confereeS and agreed to
substitute the $7,755.000 Federal
contribution instead of the
$6,500,000 lump sum originally
fixed by the House.
The present Federal contribu-
ton is $9,500,000. The figure
adopted by the House was a COM
promise between it's own figure
and that fixed by the Senate at
$8,550,0OO.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
Washington Produce

Butter-One-pound prints, %; tub. %
Eggs-Hennery, Il; current receipts.
10.
Poultry, alive-Old toms, IL; young
toms IS; hens, 20, crooked breasts,
II; Spring broilers, III to 312 pounds,
23a25; Leghorn broilers, 20a21; Win
ter chickens, 18a20; stays, II; hens,
large, 15a17; medium. 15a17: Leghorn
hens, IA; capons, large, 3oa32; small,
20a23; slips. 18; roosters, 10; keats.
young, 45a50; old, 25a30.
Poultry, dressed-Turkeys old toms.
IS; young toms, 18; hens, 26a29; crooked
breasts, 20; Spring broilers, ~ to
3i2 pounds, 26a28; Leghorn broilers.
23a24 Winter chickens. 21a23; stags.
Is; roosters, IL; hens, large, 1920;
hens. medium, 1920: Leghorn hens,
IT; capons, large, 33a35; small, 23a26;
slips. 81; roosters, 13; keats, young,
60a70: old. 3Oa40.
Meats-Beef, prime. IA? good. 13;
veal, top, 13; good, II; lamb, top, IT:
good, IS; pork loins. Is; fresh hams,
IA; smoked hams, s; strip bacon, Is;
lard, ~; compound. 7.
Live stock-Hogs, lights and mediums.
4!4O; heavies, 350a450; pigs, 3.75a4.25; /;
roughs, 200a3.00; calves. 300a6.50;
lambs, 4.00a7.50; Spring lambs, 6.00a
9.5O.
Fruits-Strawberries, North Carolina,
quarts, 35; apples, bushel baskets,
LOCAL 40 fancy box stock, 1.50a2 so;
oranges, 3.50a4.50; lemons, 400a4.50;
grapefruit, 2.25a3.00; honeydews, Chile,
ESQ; pears, 3.50a4.50; alligator pears,
2.00a300; pineapples. AIS; ba-
nanas. 1.00a2.00; lines. per 100. 200;
rhubarb. hothouse, 75a85; plunS, 1.50a
ZOO; nectarines, ESQ; cranberries. 4.50.
egetables-Potatoes, Maine, 100
pound sacks, 1.25a1 40; New York, LIS;
idaho bakers, 2.25a2.5O: new, bushel
2.75a3.00; seed, 150-pound sacks, LISA
2.25; sweets, 75al 90: string beans. 500
a5.50; limas, 600; spinach, home grown,
50a75 Norfolk, IS; kale, 40a60;
cabbage. 2.o0a210; celery, 2.50a3 so ::
eggplant, 3.ooa3.50; peppers, 3.50a4 90; /;
cucumbers. Florida, baskets, 40Oa5. 90;
turnips. crates. 3.00a350; beets, 2.75a
800; carrots. 3.5oa400; home grown,
bushel, 400: tomatoes. 6 pans. originals,
2.50a3.00: repacks, pans. 225a2 so:
mushrooms. 85a1.00; peas. California,
crates. 500a5.50: Florida. baskets, 800
a3.50; squash, $50; lettuce. Iceberg.
225a2.50; asparagus. California, dozen
punches, 350a5.00.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
Stocks FLUCTUATE
IN narrow RANGE
Trading Volume Shrinks.
Action on Dividends
Awaited in Street.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.
fa1 nfenakrh - TAn

NPtN4aA bAohatNt W Inc OtdI.
NEW YORK. April 25.-Net changes
in the desultory trading that made up
todays stock market were unimportant
in amount and Of no significance as re-
CARDS trend. The market was lower at
intervals during the morning firm with
scattering of advances in the early
afternoon and reacted again toward the
close
The feature Of the late trading was
the weakness in Allied Chemical which
broke on the statement at the annual
meeting that net for the first quarter
was insufficient for dividend require
mems for that period.
Outside the stock market the most
important development was a 6-point
crop IN sterling exchange. said to be
caused by Paris selling. which the Bank
CT England made no attempt to check.
IL was evident from the start that
traders were unwilling to take position
on either side pending the weeks i'm
portant dividend meetings, those of the
United States Steel on Tuesday and
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad on We'd
nesday among them, and DEVELOPMENTS
at washington, particularly with re-
gard to the inquiry into Stock Ex-
chance procedure. Trading during the
morning fell to the lowest ebb of the
year. IN lISeH thlS was en- encourag-
ing feature, as all agreed that any
real upturn in prices must be preceded
by season of more or less prolonged
inactivity.
Ihe market was slightly lower at
the start, hardened after the over
night orders had been executed and
then sold off again Railroad shares
were fractionally lower, although the
March statements coming to hand
showed a number of instances where
the arrangements had been able to
translate loss in gross into a gain
in net compared with March, 1881. In
this group were Lehigh Valley and
Lackawanna. Liquidation in Chicago
q Northwestern common depressed the
price OF that already low-selling stock.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
ADVANCE IN WHEAT
IS WHITFIELD DOWN
Showers in Winter Belt
Result in SeIIing-Corn
Also Lower.
BY FRANK l. WELLER,
Associated Press Farm Editor.

Domestic wheat markets have lost
3 to cents of last weeks 5 to 6 cents
upturn and corn has dipped to the
lowest point in 33 years without any
particular reason except inherent nerv-
BUSINESS of a purely weather market.
Many believed the advance on ac-
cumulating reports of drought and
wind damage in the Winter wheat belt
had gone too far and the advent of
local showers brought quick reaction.
After that the trade settled down to
realization that the final yield will de-
pend largely on amounts and distribu-
tion of moisture between now and
harvest.
The effects of recent precipitation
cannot be determined until along in
May. 1t cannot be said that it has
repaired all damage already done or
that it failed of tremendous benefit
Still, it generally is believed that under
the most favorable conditions the crop
will be short one.
There is a tendency among some
traders to play the bull side, feeling
the Spring crop will have to go through
all its troubles yet and that damage
to Winter wheat still is an open ques-
ton. While a private report on plant
ing conditions in North Dakota and
Montana was rather favorable, crop
report from the former said seeding
has just begun in most districts and
on the average is not more than 10 to
IL per cent completed for the State.
1t was said Sc per cent Of the farm
ers will be compelled to apply to the
Government for seed loans and that
since the process is slow manV NAV
not be able to complete their programs
Some believe that the scent break
in strictly weather market and May
liquidation apparently having spent its
force, = the wheat market should be
ready to respond to buying orders.
Heaviness in securities, prospects Of
further showers and failure of Liver
pool to hold the early gains put the
professional element against the mar
ket, but there was talk that profess
sional selling failed to break wheat.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, April 25 LP).-Over-the-
counter market:
Evening star., 1932-04-25
NEW ENGLAND BANKS
HAVE EXCELLENT RECORD

BY the Associated Press
New England has been free of ma
tional bank failures during 1882 and,
as main geographical district, stands
alone in this respect.
The monthly bulletin of the Federal
Reserve Board shows also that this
area. which embraces the States of
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecti-
cut, has the smallest number of insol-
vencies so far this year This area,
however, ranks well up the list with re-
spect to the amount of deposits in
volved, having total of S3S,O15 900
tied up IN the five institutions and be-
ing exceeded only by the Richmond and
Chicago districts.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

8 NEW YORK, April rs CP).-Bar silver
FRteady and unchanged at 20.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK, April Is (P).-Except
for easier quotations on Commercial
paper the money markets were un-
changed today. Prime name paper
was cut from 3l4 to 315 per cent. with
some dealers putting the rate as
low as 8.
Supply of bankers acceptances was
slightly better. but still far below de-
mand. Call funds outside were avail
able at 1ls per cent against the stock
exchange rate of 21a.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
GENERAL THEATERS co.
WILL BE REORGANIZED
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 25.-Reorganiza-
ton plans for General Theaters Equip
ment, Inc, sponsored by committees
representing holders of the company's
l0-year per cent convertible deben-
lures and approved by the company's
bankers, provide for exchange of de-
bentures for preferred stock in a new
company, it was disclosed today.
The proposed new company would
acquire the principal assets of General
Theaters Equipment. including voting
trust certificates for more than 900 900
shares of Fox Film Corporation class
"A" stock now pledged as collateral
Evening star., 1932-04-25

began llS OptI-
alton of pu iii c
utilities in Van
couver, British Co.
lumbia. in 1890.
For many years Mr..
D a m G supervised
utility o p e r ations
of companies in
various parts of
the United States
formerly controlled
by the General
Electric Co. In
1920 he became
vice president of
the North Amer
lean Co.
Mr.. Gruhl was
born in Milwaukee
in 1886 and gradu-
Evening star., 1932-04-25
Petroleum Trade Improved.

NEW YORK. April 25 (Pl.-Statis-
tically, the petroleum industry has reg
lstered a marked improvement since
last Summer, says the Standard Statis-
tics Co. Strict control of production
throughout the past Winter has held
output well in line with demand and
has laid the foundation for a more
balanced production situation this wear.
this authority declares.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
French Trade Balance.

PARIS, April Is (R.-The French
trade balance for the first three months
of 1882 shows a deficit of more than
1000, ,000,0 900 francs $3.50, 900, ,000) in
figures compiled by the customs serv-
ice Imports were 1857, ,765, 900 francs
ts294,310. 5000 and exports, 5,294,-
$4,000 (s211. .791, 1900.
Evening star., 1932-04-25

D. dIQ anu bONIll
Gruhl president.
Mr.. Dame has been
president of the
CO m pany with
which the Wash
ington Railway &
Electric and Poto-
mac Electric Power
c o m p a n i e S are
amliated, in C c
1921, a n d M r.
.Gruhl has been
vice president and
general n a n ager
during the S a m e
period. Both men
have had inter-
esting b us in e S S
careers.
Mr. Dame Tac
Evening star., 1932-04-25
U. S. TREASURY BALANCE.

BY the Assoclated Press.
Treasury receipts for April % were
S3,943, ,46747: expenditures, SGT 1854
1863; balance, S393 .659. .1O2.54.
Customs duties for % days of April
were $15,610,6 ,68917.
Evening star., 1932-04-25

born in Boston in 1857 and, after
graduating with a degree in electrical
engineering frcm Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology in 1889, joined the
Westinghouse Electric Co. He was en-
gagged at first in construction work and
Evening star., 1932-04-25
'NORTH AMERICAN
NAMES NEW HEAD
Gruhl Succeeds Dame, Who
Will Be Chairman
of Board.

BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Following the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the North American Co.,
held in New York, the directors today
elected Frank L. Dame chairman of the