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Evening star., 1932-02-25
7 PRINCE GEORGES
SCHOOLS IN CONTESTS
Will Compete in Maryland Divi-
sion Of the National Ora
torical Contest.

Seven Prince Georges County high
schools will compete in the Maryland
division of the National Oratorical con-
test Star area, according to an an
nouncement made at local head
quarters yesterday.
Orators who are successful in pre-
senting their speeches on subjects re-
lated to the Constitution in the sub
contests will go to the county finals,
where a winner to represent the section
in The Star area finals will be selected.
The victor in the latter contest will
win a trip to Europe and a cash prize,
as well as the opportunity to compete
in the national finals here.
The schools under the direction Of
Nicholas Orem, superintendent Of
schools, which will enter speakers in
the contest include, Baden Agricultural
High, w. r. c. Connick, principal;
Maryland Park High School, William
D. Hines, principal; Bowie High
School, Robert H. Weagly, principal;
Oxon Hill High School, william T.
Jobe, principal; Marlboro High School,
Gardner Shugart, principal; Hyatts-
vile High School, K. j. Morris, prin-
cipal, and Brandywine High School,
Miss Ruth E. Warren, principal.
Evening star., 1932-02-25

vbo declared ut will wreck the en-
forcenent of the prohibition law"
Hall Supports Measure.
The measure was supported by Dele
,ete wilbur Hall of Loudoun County and
ssveral other members. Hall said he
Rod never been able to understand why
a commemorative = attorney should be
raid SIS for convicting a man having
q mint of liquor and $40 for convicting
murderer, or why sheriff should be
paid $40 for arresting a man with
iiouor and 81 for arresting a murderer
He said the bill was not aimed at pro-
hibition, but at rising criminal cost.
Delegate Page, patron of the measure,
said it had the approval of the attor-
new general and Delegate Ashton C.
DovelI, floor leader, declared this in
dorsement should remove all doubts as
to the worth Of the measure.
Every Northern Virginia delegate,
with the exception of Delegate r. A.
Mcintyre of Fauquier County, voted in
favor Of the engrossment of the
measure.
Evening star., 1932-02-25

Splendid size for
small corners 34Iz
inches high, l8 inches
wide, II inches deep,
and three my
shelves.
Evening star., 1932-02-25

Six-shelf cabinets, &c
inches high, 18 wide,
and II deep! Useful
for linens, dishes, and
general storage. Your
kitchen is not complete
without onel
Evening star., 1932-02-25
DRY BILLS BEFORE
VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY
Bin Is Passed to Remove
Mandatory Sentence for
Drunken Driving.
BY a STAFF Correspondept OF The Star.


RICHMOND, Va, February 25.-
Consideration of bills affecting the
State prohibition law occupied greater
part of the attention Of the House OF
Delegates yesterday.
BY passage of the bill of Senator
Robert o. Norris, the House sent to the
Governor a measure which removes the
mandatory jail sentence for driving
while intoxicated. but tightens up the
revocation provisions
Under the bill, a person convicted oil
driving while intoxicated will be de-
prived of the right to drive for one
year on the first conviction and three
years on the second, although courts
will be permitted to assess a fine IN
place of the present mandatory jail
sentence.
Page Believes Bill Is Fair.
While the bill was attacked by Dele
gate w. Stuart Moffatt of Staunton as
too drastic, Vivian Page of Norfolk
chairman of the House Courts Of JUS
tice Committee and an avowed wet.
declared his committee believed the Dill
to be a fair one and that he was per
sonally in favor Of it. 1t is expected 10
result in more convictions since 1t Will
remove the dislike many judges ana
juries have for sending a man to jail.
Following sharp debate on the floor:
the House advanced the engrossment OF
the Page bill reducing fees paid by the
commonwealth in prohibition law cases
to the status Of fees in other criminal
cases, and removing the mandatory jail
sentence and automobile conf1scatlon
provisions where less than half-gallonl
of liquor is transported for personal
use and not for sale. The measure was
advanced by vote of SIS to Al.
Among the opponents of the bill was
Delegate H. M. Bandy of Wise County
Evening star., 1932-02-25
PROF. DRAKE TO LECTURE

An illustrated lecture on the Oberam-
mergau Passion Play will be given Mon
day by Prof. Timothy Drake, under the
sponsorship of the Delta Circle OF st
Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal
Church. The lecture, to be given twice
at 4 and 8 pm.-Will be in The audi
torium of the parish house, Sixteenth
and Newton streets.
Prof. Drake has studied this religious
presentation for the past Is years
There will be special music,
Evening star., 1932-02-25
AID MEN HEAR HARDEY

James w Hardey, advertising man
ager of Woodward & Lothrop's, was
the principal speaker at the weekly
luncheon meeting Of the Advertising
Club of Washington today in the
Raleigh Hotel His topic was What
the Advertising Manager Expects Of
Advertising in 1882"
Howard w. Berry, president Of the
club, presided at the meeting.
Evening star., 1932-02-25

tive assistant in the once of the Chief
of Coast Artillery.
Gen. Kilbourne was graduate of
the Virginia Military Institute in the
class of 1894, and for four years there
after, before joining the Army, was a
surveyor and official Of the United
States Weather Bureau. He was born
at Fort Myer, Va, 1872, the son Of
an Army officer.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
UNVElL CHURCH TABLET
Record Congregation Attends Cere-
monies at Ironsides, Md.

monies at Ironsides, Md.
BY staff Correspondent of The Star
IRONSIDES, Md, February 25.-Be-
fore a record congregation Of 300 per-
sons, a bronze memorial tablet was un-
yelled In Old Durham Church, Sun
day, "in comemmoration Of the 2ooth
anniversary Of Gems. Washington and
Smallwood and Of Old Durham
Church"
The tablet was unveiled and present.
ed to the church by Mrs. Maxwell
Mitchell of La Plata, on behalf of the
Gen. Smallwood Chapter of the D. A.
r. Representative Malcolm Baldridge
of Nebraska delivered the speech Of ac-
ceptance and planted two memorial
Yale elm trees.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
SCHOOL TERM CUT

Hammond, IND, Gops On montn
Because of Shortage of Funds.
HAMMOND, Ind, February rs P).-
Thirteen thousand Hammond school
children learned with rejoicing yester-
day that they will have an extra month
Of vacation this Summer.
The decision was reached by the
school board because funds are ex-
hausted. Schools will be closed May
is. Teachers will be paid their salaries
in full, and the board said the schools
probably will open on schedule next
Fall.
Evening star., 1932-02-25

Smaller size cabinet
that is excellent for
storing groceries or
dishes and linens A
inches high, Is inches
wide and II inches
deep.
Evening star., 1932-02-25

A fine under-the-sink
cabinet! Space for large
pail, shelves for soaps
and cleaning powders;
26 inches high, l5A
inches wide and III
inches deep.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
MOTOR INTERESTS
PLAN FIGHT ON TAX
Opposition to Propose d
LevieS Will Be Carried
to Senate Floor.
BY CHAS. p. SHAEFFER,
Associated Press Business Writer.

Defeated thus far on all fronts, the
motor industry of the country is align
ing all its forces to carry the fight
against impending motor tax rates to
the floor of the Senate.
The present impost provided by the
revenue bill Of the Senate Finance Com
mittee provides for a 4 per cent tax on
automobiles, per cent on trucks and
? per cent on parts and accessories, es-
timated to produce 100000. An ad-
ditional s53 900 900 is expected to ac-
crue from an import duty on crude
rubber, used largely in the automobile
industry. and $35 ,000,0 900 is expected to
accrue from the cents a gallon tax on
lubricating oil.
Assurances have been given the auto
mobile industry, it was learned, that
several Senators will take the floor in
opposition to these taxes when the bill
is taken up, probably tomorrow.
Aligned with the motor industry are
various farm organizations, which de-
clare this particular levy would work its
greatest hardship upon an element Of
the taXpaying public which is now hit
harder than any other-the farmer
They argue motor vehicles are an alb
oOAUbC AAONCooALy Al NAAC NJLlNuSb vi pics
ent-day agricultural pursuits. with the
small-priced car, the truck and the
tractor all filling an important part in
farm equipment
The industry itself declares the bill
in its present form is discriminatory at
the expense of the revival of the largest
business in the country Coming at a
time when practically all members of
the automotive business are operating
at loss, spokesmen contend the new
burden would place upon the industry
ana its users increased unemployment
and additional hardships upon the A.
100000 workers dependent upon the
trade, it said.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
STOCKS IRREGULAR
AS MARKET CLOSES
Further Advances in Early
Part of Session Bring
Out Offerings.
BY GEORGE t. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE stock
market today made a valiant but vain
effort to rally.
During most of the session the av-
erages ruled well above the preceding
close, but in the last hour the selling
obtained the upper hand and the close
revealed no important change Never
theleSS. the ability OF the stocks to
stand up as well as they did under all
the discouraging developments was a
triumph.
Directors of Eastman Kodak declared
the regular SIPS quarterly dividend on
the common stock, which responded by
a moderate advance General Ameri-
can rank went to a new low, however
on dividend doubts. The common
stock OF the Mccall Corporation was
put on 81 annual basis, against $3.50
previously paid
Stocks started in higher and for the
first hour advances predoninated
Then the movement halted and a set
back to approximately the previous
close resulted, but with activity falling
of on the reaction
Ihe market had a number of uu-
pleasant items to asSimilate. One was
the definite passing OF the New York
central dividend, expected to be sure
put OF no help to the railroad shares
Another was the closing of a fairly large
bank in Cambridge Mass, and a third
was the neutral attitude of the Iron
Age in its weekly report on the steel
INDUSTRY. The best that could be said
was that there was very little liquida-
tlon IN the general list, all these things
70 the contrary notwithstanding.
New York Central, resisting at first
nhaiIy reacted to a new low for the
stock just above S13 a share. The off,
clal statement said that the decline of
gross revenues has continued and de-
spite economies in operation the com
pany has not been able to earn cur
rently its fixed charges" An unoficlaI
estimate was that the company would
fail to earn fixed charges for April bv
s2O00,000. Union Pacific. whose di-
rectors meet for dividend action to-
morrow, fiuctuated nervously through
narrow range. Put and call brokers
were asking 4 points up for a three
day call.
United Aircraft developed weakness
during the morning, both the common
and preferred dropping to new lows.
Directors meet for dividend action on
the preferred May 81 Elsewhere. how
ever. there was a good deal of short
covering, in Allied Chemical, American
Can, and American Telephone. all of
which ranged higher.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
$4,000, 900 INSURANCE
MERGER is UNDER WAY
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 11.-An insurance
holoing company, the principal sub
salaries of which will be a large
casualty company and two insurance
investment trusts. lis being formed by a
group headed by Julius H Barnes, for
mer president of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce.
AS a step in the creation of the new
company, the Insurance Equities Cor
poration has acquired from the United
Founders Corporation a controlling
interest in the InSuranshares Corpor-
alton of Delaware. the General Man
agement Corporation and Insuran-
shares Certificates, Inc. Mr.. Barnes
has been elected chairman of the three
corporations, which on December 81
had aggregate net assets of nearly $19,-
100000.
The group proposes the formation of
casualty and surety company through
a merger of the Iloyds Casualty Co,
the Detroit Fidelity & Surety Co, and
the Constitution Indemnity Co. 1t al
ready has control of the last named
company.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
BANKS CUT INTEREST
RATES ON DEPOSITS
Action of New York Clearing
House Expected to Cause
Shift in Funds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE New
York clearing house has announced that
its member banks, which include the
leading Wall Street commercial banks,
will cut the interest rates which they
pay on deposit by y of l per cent.
This reduction, the first since rates
were increased last October. was inter-
preted as reflection of the credit ex-
pansion policy of the Federal Reserve
System, which has been pumping credit
INTO the open market by buying approxi-
mately $l00,000.000 of U. S. Govern
ment bonds weekly.
The new interest rates to be paid on
the large deposits of corporations and
individuals, or on deposits in the New
York institutions by other banks. will
be y OF l per cent, against l per cent
previously. The rates on deposits in
these banks placed by mutual savings
banks, and on time deposits. will be l
per cent as reduced from y per cent.
The New York banks raised their
rates last Autumn, when the outflow
Of gold from this country coincident to
the British tumble from the gold stand
ard. brought tightening of credit gen.
orally, and interrupted the easy money
policy of the Reserve System, which
h2d resulted IN sharply reduced credit
rates during the Summer of last year
The efforts Of the Reserve System
to bring more commercial credit into
ues, in theory at least, may be helped
by making it less attractive to de-
positors to leave their funds on deposit
here.
The interior banks customarily leave
large amount Of funds on deposit in
New York. 1t has been the policy of the
Reserve System to try To force excess
credit out Of the great reservoir of the
New York money market back into the
country. Since under the new rates in
terest which interior banks can get on
deposits left in New York banks will
now be only p of l per cent, it was
explained in banking quarters that they
may be more inclined to take their
funds home and deal more literally
with borrowers
Evening star., 1932-05-11
BOND ISSUE AWARDED.

BALTIMORE. May IL (SpeciaD -
The National City Co. was the success
full bidder yesterday for the 100000 OF
Allegany County 4s4 per cent road
bonds on a bid of 1008299. This bid
makes the money cost the county ap-
proxlmately ASS per cent.
The bidding was close for the issue,
with three groups other than the win
ners submitting offers as follows:
Phelps Fem 81 Co, New York, 100. .48;
the Mercantile Trust Co, Chase, Harris
Forbes, the Union Trust Co., Baker,
Watts g. Co., Stein Bros g. Boyce,
Strother, Brogden & Co, Macubin,
Goodrich g. Co, and the Maryland
Trust Co., joint bid Of lo0.l4 and j.
NJ. P, Murphy & Co, and Robert Gar
rett u Sons, 9s593.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
BANKERS ACCEPTANCES
YIELD RATES REDUCED
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 11.-Dealers today
reduced yield rates on bankers accept
ances by IA of l per cent on all ma
turtles. thus canceling the advance
made last Thursday.
There has recently been a marked
scarcity of acceptances. for even the
succession of rate cuts last month
failed to stimulate sales of such paper
by banks. Last weeks reduction in
price, however. had the effect of tight
ening the supply still further and to-
days action represented another effort
to attract offerings into the market.
The new rates are: 30 to go days,
per cent bid, Is asked; months, ~
per cent bid, l per cent asked to 6
months, 13s bid, IA asked.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
COTTON CLOTH EXPORTS
SHOW SHARP INCREASE
By dc Assoclated -.

BY the Associated Press.
1t is reported in cotton trade circles
that export departments Of cotton cloth
manufacturers are operating on a basis
close TO capacity due TO the unusual
piece-goods demand from Far Eastern
markets. It is said that American pro-
ducers are getting mora than their nor
NAL share of the business diverted from
Shanghai cotton mills destroyed in the
fighting last January.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
Stock Sale Prohibited.

BOSTON, May IL (P.-The State
Department of Public Utilities today
prohibited the sale in Massachusetts OF
securities of the insult Utility Invest
n.ents, Inc, and of the Mississippi
Valley Utilities Co. The action was
taken because the companies failed to
file with the department information
relative to their business as required by
law
Evening star., 1932-05-11
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, May IL (P).-Butter.
1899; steady Creamery specials (92
score). 1Sal812; extras 1927, 17l2; ex-
ira firsts (90-9D, 1694 ait; flrsts
(88-89), 15A ale; seconds (86-97),
Halls: Standards go centralized car
lots). II; eggs. 1879, steady; extra
firsts, 13A fresh graded f1rsts, 1294 !;
current receipts, 11al2; storage packed
flrstS, l4l2, extras, l4Aal5.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
Trade in Fifth District Cities.
COMPARISONS in IL Reserve Areas.


The Federal Reserve Board, in pre-
s1nting the trade picture for the whole
United States, reported today that pre-
lInninary figures on the value Of de-
partment store sales show a consider
ably larger increase from March to
April than the estimated seasonal
amount.
The Federal Reserve Boards index,
which makes allowance both for number
of business days and for usual seasonal
changes, including changes in the date
of Easter. was 81 in April on the basis
of the l923-1925 average as 100, COM
pared with IS in February and 72 in
March.
In comparison with year ago the
value of sales for April, according 10
the preliminary figures, was "a per
cent smaller. The aggregate for the
first four months Of ths year was 2l
per cent smaller Percentage decreases
from a year ago are as follows:
Evening star., 1932-05-11

American Stores Sales Of.
The American Stores Co. reports sales
for the four weeks ending April 60
1882 as S9,471 1873 in comparison with
total sales for the corresponding period
in 1881 of S1O,822 .068, decrease Of
Sl,350,235, or l2.47 per cent.
Sales for the first four months OF the
present year were also reported today,
as totaliing $40 326277 against S46,-
161 .9l1 in the like period a year ago.
decrease of $3.50, ,235, or 1926 per cent.
1t will be noted that the drop in
April was not 50 large as for the first
four months of 1892, indicating that the
company may be facing improvement in
sales totals.
Much Local Investment Buying.
Local brokers report that Washington
people are doing a large amount OF
small lot investment buying. In spite
of the recent sinking in quotations on
the New York Stock Exchange. many
people believe that sound securities are
in the buying zone" and are picking
them UP, even if they do 60 lower.
Bankers in this city also report buy
ing in investment issues in moderate
ways. Reports from other parts Of the
country indicate that the same condi-
tion exists. In addition to the bond
stocks are being bought In a good
many instances, issues that are not now
paying dividends are being purchased.
AS one broker said today, these Sc
curlties are being taken cut Of the mar
ket and will form the foundation of the
next bull movement. Many such stocks
will not find their way back into the
market for years, thus reducing the
doatlng supply, almost permanently.
tpJI bo+
foundations of fortunes are being laid
right now But they admit it is some
what difficult 10 tell Just what to use in
laying these foundations
Heard in Financial District.
After yesterdays living trading on the
Washington Stock Exchange when
bonds were in unusual demand, todays
session was very dun. The weather, thin
pocketoooks, or lack Of orders was the
cause
Two $1,000 sales in Georgetown Gas
Light 5S were recorded, one at 1904
and the other at 100. Ten shares OF
Washington Railway & Electric pre-
1erred sold at 83. The asked price on
Capital Traction was raised from Is to
is, with no sales.
Howard P Preston, formerly vice
president of the Bank OF America in
San Francisco and of Transanerica
Corporation in New York, has become
associated with the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation in washington M
Preston, a native of Woodbury. Tenn,
is a brother Of J. N. Preston, judge of
the California Supreme Court; Of II. L.
Preston, presiding judge Of the Cali
1ornia Court Of Appeals at Sacramento.
and Of Thomas H. Preston, president Of
the Hamilton National Bank Of Chatta
nOoga.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
Massachusetts Bank Closed.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May II (P.-
The Central Trust Co. of Cambridge
and its branches were closed to busi-
ness today, the directors having asked
Bank Commissioner Arthur Guy to take
pany.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, May II P).-Noon-
Silver futures firm. Sales. 625. 900
ounces. May 28.30T; July. 1855 bid;
September, 1890 bid; October. 29.l5T;
December, %. 40 bid
Evening star., 1932-05-11
U. S. TREASURY BALANCE.

By IIlt ASSOCIaIeu Press.
Treasury receipts for May 9 we're $4.-
15951405; expenditures, S45. .664. 7l3. SO;
balance, S607, ,207. .405 .05. Customs duties
for nine days of May we're s4, ,844 1854
Evening star., 1932-05-11
New York Central Omits Dividend.

NEW YORK, May IL (R.-Directors
Of the New York Central Railroad Co.
at their meeting today decided to omit
the dividend on the common stock due
at this time.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
D.. c. STORE SALES
IN APRIL REPORTED
Washington Ranks Second in
| Fifth District, Monthly
| Figures Show.
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

With the exception Of Durham, N.
c., Washington made the best showing
in department store sales of any city
in the fifth Federal Reserve district in
April, sales being off III per cent.
For the first four months Of 1881,
the National Capital also leads the
other cities in the district, the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond announced
today. During this period sales were
off but l4.6 per cent in comparison
with the corresponding four months
in 1881. In this comparison Hunting
ton, w. Va, and Richmond are near
est to the local retail trade figures.
Sales in department stores in the
whole district in April average % per
cent less in dollar volume than sales
in April. 1881. the Richmond Bank
says compared with an average de-
cline of "a per cent reported in 544
stores in the United States. Cumula-
tive sales in the first four months of
this year were 18 per cent less in the
fifth district than sales in the four
months of 1881. compared with a ma
tional decline Of q per cent.
Trade in Fifth District Cities.
The accompanying table shows indi-
Vidual percentages for cities in which
three or more stores reported for April,
this year. in periods named with CORE
spending periods in 1881:
Evening star., 1932-05-11
No. OF
Jan. ! Report No.
American Stores Sales Of.

April figures preliminary; in most DIS
tricts the month had the same number o
business days this year and last year.
Evening star., 1932-05-11
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

NEW YORK, May IL lP.-e
Final
Pc Pay Hldrs of
Company. Rate Rod able. record.
Bah & wilcox Ltd Gam
deb rctS) ..-....lSc e. May IA Apr. 20
Johnson & Phillips Ltd
Gam dep rcts) lac May l3 APT. 29
Accumulated.
Prov. Dyeing Bleach
Calendering pf so q. June l May is
Omitted.
Evening star., 1932-05-11

oAIcb OF oIU<Ns Oh NC" AUIk LAcHAhk0
1890 AM........ 100000 :2:G0 Noon. ...... 100000
1880 P.M........ 100000 2:lO PM........ 100000
the above table
liar
rate In Payable stock
in h stock Plus 81
stock Plus 81 in stock year-no regular rate
n Plus 2lao in stock.
Evening star., 1932-05-11

97A Zonite Prod Corp % 6+s g.
Sales of Stocks on New York Exchani
Evening star., 1932-05-11

Stock and
Sales

PREV 1892 Stock and Sales
High. Low. Dividend Rate Add
80 so Great Wn Sug pf(7).
Ia u Grigsby Grunow