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Evening star., 1932-09-08
BOND PRICES GAIN
IN ACTIVE MARKET
u. S. Government Issues and
/ Prime Corporation Group
Are Favored.
BY F. HI. RICHARDSON.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
Is NEW YORK, September 8.-Bonds
moved higher today in moderately ac-
tive trading. Gains averaged about a
point in speculative issues in the rail-
road nd industrial divisions High
grade corporation bonds were firm
without showing any sign of extend
ing their recent gains. United States
Government issues were narrowly high
er. Foreign dollar bonds were strong
The market opened with firm tone.
The strength of stocks and the rising
trends on European markets before the
opening in New York were reflected in
a demand for junior bonds. Gains of
a point or more appeared in Erie Re-
1unC'lg SIS, Missouri Pacific General
Is. A,lec hany Corporation SIS, Nickel
Plate 4l2s. Illinois Central 434S, Dodge
Brothers 6s, United States Rubber SIS
and bonds of the oil companies.
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron
6s gained about points, touching
new high for the year. This bond is
selling about 80 points above its 1889
Cow and after a long period of mac
tivity has again become prominent
member of the active list. An upturn
in the coal business has caused brisk
inquiry for the securities of coal COM
panies, many of which are still SELL
ing at less than go cents on the dollar
In spite of the rapid advance of bonds
generally. Hudson Coal SIS sold not
far from their best price of the year
and q point higher on the day.
Bonds of the oil companies, which
were steadier than other industrials at
the time of the greatest weakness last
May and which recovered earlier than
other bonds, were again in favor today
Among them were Shell Union Oil IS,
Phillips Petroleum 54s. Texas Co IS
oils like Standard Oil Of New Jersey IS
and Standard of New York 4l2s were
firm.
Prime investment issues held their
levels. American Telephone IS were
active but did not stray far from their
1882 high around 102. Consolidated Gas
SIS. New York Telephone AIS, Du-
ouesne Light AIS and the many sea-
soned utility issues traded on the Curb
Exchange were firm and active. Prime
rails were unchanged despite the &C
tivity Of Junior railroad bonds.
United States Government bonds
were 132 to Il point higher. The new
SAs and 1As, for which allotments
have not vet been announced, were in
demand at sharp premiums Outstand-
ing Treasures of the low coupon
group were eagerly sought. Municipals
continued their rise, led by New York
City bonds. In three days New York
City long-term 4As have gained more
than 6 points.
German government issues were again
strong with gains of fractions in Young
Plan SIS and Dawes Loan Is and OF a
full point or more in Berlin IS, Cologne
|614s, Prussia IS and other municipals.
German bank and industrial obliga-
|tions were firm. japanese issues were
|fractionally higher. South Americans
Iwere unchanged.
Evening star., 1932-09-08
SHARP DROP IN BUSINESS
FAILURES is REPORTED

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 8.-What is
described as an astounding drop" in
business failures is reported by Brad
streets Weekly covering the flna, week
of August. Failures declined from SGT
the preceding week, to ABS for the week
ended September /. 1t was the smallest
total for any week since November,
1881.
Since a slight increase is expected
seasonally for the week. this decline of
IT'S per cent brought Bradstreet's ad-
since the first week of this year.
Evening star., 1932-09-08
MOTORS AUGUST SALES
|. EXCEED JULY FIGURE

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September General
Motors Corporation sold 37,230 cars and
trucks to consumers in the United
States during August This compared
with 32.849 in July and 6e,S76 in Au-
gust. 1881.
Sales to American dealers last month
totaled 24,15l units against 31,096 in
July and 62,667 a year ago. ToSc
sales to dealers. including Canadian
hnd over seas business, amounted to
b0,419 units compared with 36,872 in
The previous month and 70,078 in Au-
gust, 1881.
Evening star., 1932-09-08
AFTER CALL.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.

Barber & Ross, Inc. 6las..... SO 49,.
Chevy. Chase Club 513s ,,;..... i0o ;:..'
b. C. Paper Mfg. 6s............ IS .....
Wash, Mkt. Cold Storage 5s.... "a .....
Evening star., 1932-09-08
Grain Market

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 8.-Breaks In
cotton values had a decided bearish
effect on wheat prices today. causing
wheat to dip to 3l4 cents under Tues
days high point.
Rallies, however, ensued owing to
evening up for the Government grain
liveries of wheat in Canada continued
heavy, more than triple those Of year
ago.
Wheat closed nervous, q to cent
under yesterdays finish; corn a to q
down, oats IA to u off and provisions
varying from II cents decline to rise
of
Evening star., 1932-09-08
New York Cotton

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September S-An ava
lanche of cotton came on the market
today and prices broke over a cent and
a quarter a pound from high levels Of
the morning and ended 81 to 104 points
under yesterdays close.
The disappointing Government crop
estimate caused extensive liquidation,
catching stop-loss orders and the low
est prices of the session were reached
near the close. Spots were reduced los
points to 7.95.
Cotton range:
Evening star., 1932-09-08

Dividend rates in dollars based on last
dividend tPartly extra tPlus AZ IN stock.
Payable in casl or stock b Payable in
stock Adjustment dividend. Plus So
in stock. Plus So in stock. h Plus 1Se
In stock. Plus 2zs in STOCK. Plus loie
stock Paid last year-no regular rate
Evening star., 1932-09-08
U. S. TREASURY BALANCE.

BY the Associated Press.
Treasury receipts for September 6
were s11 ,595, ,681 80; expenditures, $21,-
178,585.04; balance, S322, 1858 ,154.89
Customs receipts for 6 days of Septem-
ber were $4,621 ,853.87.
Evening star., 1932-09-08
WHOLESALE PRICES RISE
SHARPLY DURING WEEK
Rv the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press
Wholesale selling prices rose sharply
during the week ended September as
the change was calculated by the Com
merce Department. In the table that
follows the index Is given for compar-
able periods, based on representing 1926
ton of composite steel products Is
given for like periods:
All COM
Evening star., 1932-09-08
STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.
NATIONAL BANK

The following figures are not bids. but
rnerely represent minimum prices fixed by
the Washington Stock Exchange:
National
Evening star., 1932-09-08
q. S. TREASURY CERTIFICATES

An investigation of lotteries, sweep
stakes, betting, gambling and cognate
matters, and whether any change Of the
law is advisable" is being made by
federal committee in England.
Evening star., 1932-09-08
Washington Stock Exchange
CAFES

Washington Gas 5s-sl 900 at 1914,
$500 at 100%.
Gas IS "A"-s100 at 981a.
Potomac Electric So pfd.-3 at l0712.
Potomac Electric 5ls % pfd.-5 at 103,
! S at 103, 10 at 1o2%, 10 at 1925, 20
at 103.
| AFTER CALL.
Potomac Electric 6qc pfd.-4 at 1o712.
tPoomac Elecric 512 % pfd.-l0 1925.
Gas 4l2s-$2,000 at 9714.
| $4,000 at 9714, $4,000 at 97l4, $4,000
| at s7K, $4,000 at 97l4.
/ Bid and Asked Prices.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK
Road Work

Grade stakes are being set on
the Lincoln hill south of town
this week by the county engineers
crew, preparatory to oiling that
section. The county will soon let
contract covering several sec
tions of improved road in all parts
of the county. The new grade at
Whitstran, a recently improved
section east from White Bluffs and
Hanford and the extension of the
Richland road north as well as the
section from the end of the pave
ment west of Kennewick into
Richland on the south, will also be
included.
A drain is also being put in near
the clubhouse on the Highlands to
take care care of the waste water
which has been gathering there
since the grade of the nearby lat
eral has been raised.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Five Pass Test

Sunday, May s, at the Christian
church morning service, class of
five were presented with "certifi-
Gates of merit" for having sue
cessfully completed a course of
study on "How to Organize and
Conduct a Successful Bible School
Class. The class was organized in
January with % members enrolled
under the teaching of Rev. T. G..
Nelson, the pastor. The class met
every Monday evening for study.
At the close of the series of ten
lessons, only five took the exam
ination and received certificates.
They were Mrs. j. I. Hill, Mrs.
Guy Liston, Mrs. M. A. Nash, Mr..
y. Vinson and Dale Smith.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Rebekah Memorial

Althea Rebekah lodge held their
social meeting Tuesday night at
their hall with Mrs. Lape and
Mrs. Heberlein as hostesses. The
lodge will join with the LOOT.
Sunday evening in holding their
memorial services at the Metho-
dist church. All Oddfellows n d
Rebekahs are requested to meet at
the hall and leave from there in a
body at 7:45 pm Committees were
appointed to decorate the graves
of departed Rebekahs on Memorial
day, also to arrange for memoir
ial exercises at our next regular
meeting, June ID.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Des Loses Car

Il. w. Desgranges is minus his
auto, which was reported stolen
friday night some time in front
OF his house on Kennewick Ave.
Inc car, a, Ford Model A, bearing
Washington license number 63-
O19, was a black coach. A car
stolen that same night in Pasco
was found a couple of miles out
on the Umatilla road out of gas.
ana 1t is supposed the thieves or
thief walked back towards town
and appropriated the first car with
gas they found, which was Mr..
Desgranges, and made their get
away. Mr.. Desgranges is still to-
date out his car.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Win in Cam paign

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Skill were
hosts to the local office of the Pas
Ken district and their wives and
sweethearts at card party Sat-
urday evening at the Kennewick
local office. The district won the
Gold Bowl Thor washer in the fall
washer ironer campaign, n d it
was recently delivered to the dis
trict manager. The party was CIV
en- by the Skills for their appre-
citation. Guy Davis, sales super
visor of Portland was an out of
town guest. The display room was
charming with shaded lights n d
spring flowers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Gets Bad Burn

A. F. Brown, manager of the
Kennewick Valley telephone Co.
suffered third degree burn this
week on his left hand as a result
of an attempt to clear clogged
line on a pressure gasoline stove
at his home. The gas spurted out,
covering the stove and Mr.. Browns
hands, which caught fire from the
still burning generator light. The
stove was taken outside before
damage other than scorched walls
resulted inside the house.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Fine Berries

Mrs. C. E. Hitler reports very
heavy yield of Strawberries from a
plot Is x 100 feet or .21 of an acre
in the Garden Tracts, picking Is
crates of improved Clarke Seed
lings, which all packed 4x4, in one
picking and the next picking the
same. The plants are one year
old, set in matted rows and have
had excellent care. They are still
loaded with green berries.
r. E. Reed was a business visit
or in Prosser and Yakima Monday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Bridge Party

The Tuesday Bridge club en-
tertained their husbands at no.
hostess dinner party at the home
Mrs. Clarence Yedica. The Grav-
lund on Kennewick Avenue We'd
nesday evening. Three tables of
bridge were in play following the
dinner. Honors went to Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Yedica. The Grew
enslund home was charming with
spring flowers, and the same clev-
er arrangements was carried out
in the table decorations.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Signed Up

w. M. Coble of Spokane, who is
with the Benton County Columbia
Company, which is handling the
irrigation district refinancing, was
a business visitor in Kennewick
and Prosser Monday and Tuesday
of this week, getting the new fl
nance plans underway. Ninety per-
cent of the property owners have
signed up, and Manager Frank
Mason of the Columbia Irrigation
company hopes to get the balance
of the signers in short time.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Ronald Bishop left for Prosser

Ronald Bishop left for Prosser
Saturday, where he was transfer
red by the reclamation depart
ment. He has been stationed at
Kennewick for about a year on the
Highland reclamation project.
Miss Bertha Fricke returned
from Seattle Monday afternoon
and will spend week in Kenne-
wick before going to Southern
Idaho to spend her summer vaca-
ton.
Mrs. Phil Trier was brought
home from the hospital in Pasco
Tuesday, where she had been a pa
tient with pneumonia for ten days.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Lock EN-

Chief of Police Fl. II. DeHaven
has given warning to residents
who have refrigerators on their
porches, to either equip them with
strong padlocks, or to see that the
screen doors are securely fasten-
ed before retiring for the night.
The warning came about as the
result of several refrigerators be-
ing looted during the past week in
the residential section bounded by
Ave. A, Fruitland and First Ave.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Memorial Services

Special memorial services will
be held by the local Masonic lodge
next Wednesday night at the hall.
A program has been arranged and
all Blue Lodge Masons are expect
ed to attend. Following the serv-
ices, George Martin, of Mabton,
will deliver paper on "The Wages
OF Master Mason" Mr.. Martin
is said to be fine speaker and
all who attend are assured an in
teresting meeting. Refreshments
will be served.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Bring Jars
Wanted-fruit Jars.


Anyone having old fruit jars
which they are not going to use
this year, will be comforting a ia
vor upon the community if they
will take them to the cemetery be-
fore Sunday. w. M. Broughton
who has charge of the cemetery,
told last fall of the thief who re-
moved most of the receptacles fol
flowers one dark night. Some of
them have been recovered, but q
great many more are needed over
Memorial Day.
If you cannot make delivery, il
you will notify Mr.. Broughton, he
will see that they are taken to the
cemetery.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Belairs on Trip

Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Belair and
Miss Lorene and Junior returned
Sunday evening from a ten-day
vacation spent in Prosser, Yakima
and Seattle, visiting friends and
relatives. The Kennewick bakery
was in charge of John Banniza Of
Tacoma, who was returning from
Chicago, where he spent four
months as a chemist baker.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Entertain PEG.

The Misses Esther Moulton and
Leone Skeen We're hostesses to the
Order of the p. E. o. sisterhood
Tuesday evening at the Moulton
home on Kennewick Ave. Mrs. F.
Green, Mrs. Charles L. Powell and
Miss Leone Skeen were in charge
of the program and gave the
phantasy, cinderella Married"
by Julia Lyman Reed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26

Miss Gladys Vickers and r. Lane
drove over from Pullman Sunday
| and spent the day visiting friends.
Miss Gladys mother, Mrs. J. w.
Vickers, returned with them. Mrs.
Vickers had spent a week here Wis
ting friends and looking after her
business interests.
j. B. Slaugenhaupt is confined
| to his home this week with ill
ness.
Mrs. j. II. Siegfried left Friday
afternoon for Hood River to join
Mr.. Siegfried, who had spent the
week there on bushes, and they
then went on to Portland and to
salem to spend the weekend visit
| ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shaugh-
messy of Seattle arrived Friday to
spend a two weeks vacation Wis
ting Mr.. Shaughnessy's sister,
Mrs. Nell O'Leary. and his broth.
er, William Shaughnessy and
family.
Mrs. E. A. Silliman and Mrs.
Fred Higley entertained the Busy
Bee club, and their husbands at a
card party at the Silliman home
1ast Friday evening. After the
cards a delightful lunch was serv-
ed. ~ Ill
Rev. Longs Sunday school class
enioyed a weiner roast and marsh
| mallow roast last Thursday eve
ming.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Berry Festival

The Valley Grange will give
their first annual strawberry fes-
tival Wednesday, June I, at the
Valley club house. Willard Camp
bell, Grange master, states that
all the strawberries, cake, cream
and coffee any one can eat will be
served for 35c, beginning at $50.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Birthday Party

Mrs. Mark Switzer entertained
at her home on the Highlands on
Wednesday evening three tables of
bridge for the pleasure of Mr..
Switzer on his birthday. Bridge
honors went to Mrs. Harold Him.
melsback and Avery Truman, and
consolation to Mrs. Meyers and
Milton Libby. Refreshments were
served by the hostess at the close
of the game.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Picnic Inside

The Kennewick Business and
Professional Women's club held
potluck picnic supper in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms Mon
day evening Margaret Ranlett Of
Spokane, former member, was a
guest. Plans were completed for
the delegates to attend the conven-
ton held this weekend in Cen
tralia. g.. .-...aa
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Sheep to Hills

j. N. Ayers of Hover started his
bands Of sheep for summer pas
lures Wednesday. Mr.. Ayers will
go with the sheep, while Mrs.
Ayers is a guest of Mrs. Cole of
Pasco this week, and will visit
next week with friends at Ringoid
and at Seattle, before joining Mr..
Ayers in Idaho.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26
Here from Seattle

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Shaugh-
messy of Seattle are spending the
week with Mrs. Shaughnessy's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Appenzeller
on the Highlands, and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Shaughnessy on the
Garden Tracts and Mrs. Nell o.
Leary in East Kennewick, broth
er and sister of Mr.. Shaughnessy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26

Mrs. Hughes, who has been visit
ing at the home Of her son, Les
ter LaRue, left for her home in
Wallace, Idaho Sunday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-05-26

InsT-Tank wagon hose on Tues,
dav evening, between Pasco ana
Kennewick plant. Finder will re-
ceive reward by leaving at Iexa-
co station.
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WE WANT to fill this page with good newsy items
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25
Plan Benefit Card PARTY.

LEONARDTOWN, Md, September "a
(SpeciaD Ladies of Charity Of
st. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church
here will hold card party for the
benefit OF the church, at st. Mary's
8 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25
Car Loadinggs Hit
Highest Point in I
Steady Trade Cain
587,3O2 for Week Best
Since l93l-Many
Plant Jobs Opened.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Car loadings of revenue freight for
the week ended September II rose to
587, 302. the highest of any week since
December II, 1881, the American Rail-
way Association said. The greatest in
crease was shown in merchandise and
miscellaneous freight. The weeks total
was 85,47a cars above the previous
week.
CHICAGO, September "a R).-The
Wahl Co., manufacturers of fountain
pens and automatic pencils, has added
100 employees since August Is, President
j. c. Parsons said. Several depart
ments were working full time to catch
up with untitled orders, he said.
NEW YORK, September "a R.-
Dow, Jones & Co. reported Youngstown
steel plants next week likely would be-
gin operations at a shade under 20 per
cent, against average operation of 10
per cent for the two previous weeks.
CHICAGO, September "a CP.-The
Jewel Tea Co., in reports for the four
weeks ended September 10, said collec-
lions increased 4.84 per cent over the
previous four weeks.
NEW YORK, September "a CP.-
Bankers here regarded reports from
Mexico that the nation was working on
plans to return to the gold standard as
another indication of worldwide finan-
cial improvement. MeXico's return to
the gold standard, they said, would i'm
prove trade and place the American
continent as the only one capable of
keeping all national currencies on a
firm basis.
DETROIT, September "a CP.-An
analysis of the automobile industry by
Frazier Jelke & Co. estimates that con-
trary to usual seasonal trends, automo-
bile output for September will be larger
than August. The firm estimated Sep
TENDER production at $4,000 vehicles
compared with 1880 in August in the
United States and Canada. The in
crease was attributed to unexpected i'm
provement in retail sales and to shut
down of Ford plants for period before
Labor day, necessitating accelerated
output this month.
NEW YORK, September "a R.-The
magazine, Daley Metal Trade. said in
dications pointed to slow but steady
improvement in the steel business. A
subsidiary of the United States Steel
Corporation has placed $4,000 tors of
scrap steel, the largest single scrap ton
mage placed in months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25
CAR DRIVER KILLED
IN COLLISION HERE
Reed EmpIoye Held in
Death-ChiId and Train
Fireman Also Hurt.

Albert johnson, colored. 40. Of the
1900 block Half street southwest. was
killed late yesterday in an automobile
accident at First and N streets south
west. Johnson's car was struck by one
said to have been operated by James H.
Tlnsley, %, attached to Walter Reed
Martha Quinn. 1e, of the s7oo block
was riding In Tinsley's car, was treated
at EmergencyHospita for shock and
bruises. Tinsley was arrested by Fourth
precinct police and held for action Of
the coroner.
In a triple automobile crash early to-
day at, Thirteenth and Harvard streets,
Julian Hart, 14OO block Park road, was
slightly injured. Hart said he was
asleep In q car driven by Mervin B.
Lester, 1900 block Of Quincy street. and
occupied by several other persons, when
the crash occurred. Charles M. Arcel-
lini, 5000 block Connecticut avenue, took
Hart to Garfield Hospital, where he was
found to have been cut on the head.
Police began a search for two men said
to have fed one Of the machines in
volved in the accident The cars were
only slightly damaged, and so far as
police could learn no one else was in
jured.
In another accident yesterday after
noon, Catherine Davis, 10, of No. 4
Logan Circle, was knocked down by
an automobile as she was crossing P
street between Thirteenth and Four
tenth streets. She was treated for
Commissions at Emergency Hospital and
sent home
Alex Hans. 38-year-old fireman on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. was treated by
physicians at the Washington Terminal
for cuts received when several small
boys threw stones through the wind
shield on Engine No. lis as it arrived
in Union Station yesterday afternoon.
He was severely cut on the hand. but
was allowed to go home after treat
ment.
William Preston Lee, 48, Of the 600
block Of street. received a broken
collar bone. cuts and bruises late yes
terday when knocked down by an au-
tomobile in the 1900 block Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue He was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital DR.. Carl Kettler, So,
II the 1900 block Of Connecticut avenue,
was the driver of the automobile which
struck him, police said.