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The Washington times., 1932-03-09
OPENING GAINS
I ARE LOST BY
STOCKS
BY LESLIE GOULD


NEW YORK, March 9. (IN.S.l
Erratic fluctuations in sterling
gave a nervous tone to the stock
market today despite a show Of
strength.
The pound jumped to $3.751a,
up 10 cents in London, reflecting
yesterdays squirt here, then broke
more than SC. Sterling In New
York was up slightly at $3.71, but
futures weakened.
Opening Is Higher
Opening stock prices were gen.
orally higher with leaders Scor-
Ing fractional gains and special
ties like Eastman Kodak, Auburn
and Peoples Gas rising a point
and more. This induced profit
taking and the gains were wiped
out.
In some cases like Steel, Tele-
phone and American Can, slight
losses were substituted.
There was little pressure on the
market, however, and activity
slowed down on the reaction.
The rails generally ignored the
sharp decline in carloadings for
the week. The steel shares were
helped in the early dealings by
the cheerful Weekly Iron Age Re
view, which showed a rise in
operations and a sitter price
structure. but were unable to hold
their gains.
Some Weak Spots
Oils were churned over in large
volume at fractional advances.
The coppers were steady with
silver producers like American
Smelling and U. S. Smelling
showing a strong tone.
American & Foreign Power was
weak, equalling it's low for the
year, on the prospect preferred
dividends would be omitted to-
day. Radio was another weak
SDOt.
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COTTON STEADY
IN NARROW
:.
TRADING

NEW YORK, March 9 QNs0.
Cotton futures were steady
around noon today, after holding
narrowly throughout the early
trading. The market was a con.
fused affair because of continued
Straddle operations growing out
Of the movement in sterling ex.
change.
More StradIing
There was a placing Of new
straddles, selling at Liverpool
against purchases at New York,
offset by a reversal of this
process to take profits.
Aside from the Straddling, there
was a fair demand from the
trade. Liverpool bought July and
October. Scattered demand came
from the continent.
Commission houses and wire
firms liquidated near months.
Spot firms sold. Hedge sales
and selling by the South were
limited. :.
GyratiOnS Abroad
GyrationS in cotton markets
abroad were a disturbing influ-
ence in New York. The Liverpool
market for American cotton dur.
ing early trading was about 20
English points lower than due.
and at the time of the New
YORK first call was 8 to 8 points
lower.
Midday quotations were off 8
to up point, with March off
3 at 6.88, May off l at 7.02, July
unchanged at 7.18, October up I
at TAI, December unchanged at
7.57, and January off l at 7.62,
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Dutch East Indies
Fiqht Rubber Curb

It is officially reported that
the representative of the Dutch
East Indies, at the conference
on the crude rubber situation
now being held at The Hague,
has expressed the opinion that
restriction of output is not advis-
able.
1t is the feeling here that the
idea of restriction has been alb
Solutely abandoned.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, March . IN.s.).-Hogs-
5000; 1oc higher. Top, $4.SO: bulk,
$4.5O@49O light, $4.SO04.SO; light
lights, $4.35@4.75; packing sows, S3.s5
@4.25: pigs, ,$3.SO@AEO; holdovers,
1000.
Cattle-7OOO; steady. Calves, 1000;
steady. Beef steers, good and choice,
$7@S.75; common and medium. $4.5O@
7; yearlings, $5.50@8.5O. Butcher cat
tie: Heifers. $S25@6.75; cows, $2.75
@4.25; bulls. $8@4.5O calves $5.50@8;
$3.25@5.25; stocker cows and heifers.
$4@5.
Sheep-1S, 900; steady; lambs. ss,750
$50; common, $4.50@5.5O; yearlings,
$45O@5.75; feeders, $4.7595.5O; ewes,
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New York funds in Montreal $102.50
premian at, 81. 900. e
Montreal funds in New York S1o250
discount at S1.000s
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WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
SALES

Capital Traction Company, 10
@18b.
Washington Railway and Elec-
trio, pfd., 1000.
Washington Gas, IS, A, $4,000
1924.
Ann. & Pot. R. r., IS, $1,000
5112.
AFTER CALL
Washington Gas, IS, B, $1,000
1914.
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HydttsUiLLe Loan
Group Prosperous

HYATTSVILLE, Md, March
Completion of it's fortyfifth
year finds the HyattsvilIe Build.
ing Association stronger than at
any time previously in it's history,
according to reports presented at
the annual meeting last night.
The association has assets of
$6,104,931.13. It's growth. during
the past six months has been a
surprise even to it's officers, and
the usual dividend at the rate of
8 per cent will be paid.
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SIX Futures Sell ~
At NeU Lou Prices

Silk futures on the National
Raw Silk Exchange yesterday
sagged to new record low prices,
March and April contracts touch.
ing $1.45 a pound.
The market closed around the
days bottom levels, registering
net losses of 2 to 4 points on 8
total turnover of $50 bales. -
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Chevrolet Sales
Hiqher in Detroit

Chevrolet Motors CO. registered
more cars and trucks in Wayne
county in February than in the
previous month and exceeded its
total for February, 1881.
Chevr olet registrations in
Wayne county last month totaled
760 cars and trucks against $50
in January and $40 in February
of last year.
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M 6I zonte Prod d.. 81 915 9X+ q
tal Optional stock cash. (b) Partly extra (cD Extra
% s.bOhs OF share In stock tgI Paid 1881 thl
stock and cash. I'D Extra in
able in stock. (k) PAID this AA) iO9 in stock
lwwl With warrants. (xw) Without warranta (s) Ex-
dividend. (t) Ex-rghts
Dividend in dollars in paren nthesea
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CURB MARKET

NEW YORK, March 8 UNSJ.
The Curb Market took on a rag.
ged appearance after a fore
noon period Of firmness today.
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Transportation worries can be over
come economically through the pUr-
the many GOOD BUYS listed in to-
days Classified Section.
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BOND MARKET

Ire bond market today went
into new high ground for the
year led by Government issues. L.,
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
BAY STATE VOTE
ELATES SMITH

NEW YORK, April 27 GN.s0.
Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith
virtually admitted today for the
first time that a "stop Roosevelt
movement exists and that Smith
is the peg on which it hangs.
In the first flush of his over
whelming victory in the Massa-
chusetts Democratic primaries,
the former governor was asked:
what effect will your victory
have upon the stop Roosevelt
drive?'
He replied deliberately:
'Well, it ought to put a chOck
under the band wagon and
stop people from jumping on it
on the theory that there is no.
where else to co."
With obvious elation, Smith re-
ceived newspaper men in his Of
flee in the Empire State Building.
He was surrounded by kilograms
congratulating him upon his
Massachusetts, victory.
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SENATOR COHEN
TAKES OATH

Major John S. Cohen, Demo.
crat, Atlanta publisher, who once
sat in the press gallery of the
Senate, today was sworn in as
Georgia's junior Senator, succeed
ing the late William j. Harris CD.
The oath was administered by
Vice President Curtis a few
minutes after the Senate con
vened at noon.
The new Senator's wife and
daughter, with a delegation of his
friends, witnessed the ceremony
from a reserved gallery.
Senator Cohen entered the
chamber a few minutes before
noon in company with his col.
league, Senator Walter F.. George.
They we're greeted first by Sena,
tor Vandenberg (R.) of Michigan,
who is also newspaper pub
Usher.
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HEFL|N'S PIE A
WINS VOTES

The Senate was expected to
vote today on the right of sena-
tor John H. Bankhead DJ, of
Jasper, Ala, to retain his seat
in the Senate.
Some Republican Senators pre-
dicted the fervent appeal of for
mer Senator Thomas j. Heflin,
of Lafayette, Ala, in the Senate
yesterday would swing the ma
jority of votes against Bank
head.
Heflin, who was defeated by
Bankhead in the 1880 Alabama
Senatorial election, charged vic
tory was stolen from him by
"the most corrupt political ma
chine outside Tammany, Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia"
Granted by the narrow margin
of a single vote the rare privilege
of addressing the Senate as con-
testant, Heflin held Spellbound
for five hours the largest gallery
gathering seen in the Senate this
session.
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B D 7 H SIDES
CLAIMING
VICTORY
First Major Battle Due as
Legislators Take Up Gag
Rule Question

A rebellion similar to that
on the tax bill is feared to-
day by party leaders as the
House plans to determine the
financial fate of Federal en-
ployes by calling up the
$2OO,O00,000 economy bill.
An atmosphere of bitterness per
vades the House as it plans its de-
cision on the II per cent pay re-
duction program and the 30-day
payless furlough scheme.
BY nightfall veterans pensions
may be slaShed, Saturday half
holidays abolished, and other dras,
tic steps taken as the lower
branch of Congress weighs econ,
orny against the principle that
the Government should live up to
its obligations.
Both Claimed Victory
On the eve of battle over the
omnibus bill, opponents and pro-
ponents alike predicted they
will be able to tip the retrench-
ment scales in their own favor.
The fight may last until Friday
night before the House agrees on
the bill that it will send to the
Senate, and night sessions will be
called to expedite passage.
Specia: Rule Up
Like an army in the field, the
opponents of pay cuts, payless
furloughs and other such schemes
have planned their campaign and
hope to take their rivals into
camp before disposition of the
bill.
The first major encounter will
come with the introduction of
the special rule with which re-
ductionists hope to invoke the
detested "gag-rule" to prevent free
debate of all sections of the bill.
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Curtis Ends Mystery Trip,
Hints Baby Deal Near

NORFOLK, Va, April II
G.N.S0-John Hughes Curtis,
chief of the Norfolk negotiators
who have been trying to effect
return of the Lindbergh baby,
returned to Norfolk today after
mysterious three days absence,
full of optimism and reporting
that progress had been made"
After conference with
Admiral Guy H. Burrage, retired,
and the Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock,
Curtis issued a statement which
said:
1--WE have definite assurance.
at this time that we have
overcome certain obstacles that
have stood in our way"
He would not add to this
statement nor would he discuss
his whereabouts during the past
three days. He left Norfolk on
Sunday aboard the yacht Maroon
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
FLAMES SWEEP
LEESBURG INN

LEEsBURG, Va, April %.
Fire which originated on the
fourth floor of the Leesburg Inn
today threatened the complete
destruction of the building.
Aid was summoned from all
neighboring fire departments and
from Alexandria.
Although the Leesburg Inn, a
structure containing between 200
and 300 rooms, is located in the
heart of the town, the firemen
were able to keep the flames
from spreading to any serious
extent. The fire is believed to
have been caused by a defective
flue.
So far as the Leesburg fire
men know, no one was injured
in the blaze, all occupants of the
hotel having had the opportunity
to leave it in safety.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
SMITH To WIN
CONNECTICUT

HARTFORD, Conn.,, April q
,GN.SO.-To the ocean of Demo
cratic sentiment for Alfred E.
Smith in Massachusetts,. Connecti-
cut today added its first few
drops of presidential preference.
The result of last nights pri-
maries in New Haven showed that
the "old guard" organization, led
by former Mayor David E. Firz-
gerald, swept all but two wards
and will control the town copven-
tion Tuesday night by 1874 to IL.
That will mean the city's 81 votes
to the State convention May 16
will be instructed to vote for a
pledged Connecticut delegation of
Is votes for Smith.
The total vote in New Haven
was estimated at 5000 for the
"old guard" and 1000 for the
young guard" which is favorable
to the presidential aspirations of
Government Roosevelt.
In Norwalk last night, although
the "old guard" organization led
by Paul R. Connery, Smith man,
was defeated in ward caucuses,
indications were that the Is town
votes to the State convention will
be instructed tomorrow night in
town convention to support Smith.
This situation arose because the
town will support National Com
mitteeman Archibald Mcneil, a
Roosevelt backer, for reelection,
as against Fitzgerald.
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ROOSEVELT 7
LEADING BY
7O0VOTES
Half of Pa. Precincts Heard
From; Sen. Davis Easy
Winner Over Butler

PHILADELPHIA, April q
IN.S. Like some erratic
pendulum, the Pennsylvania
Democracy's preference for
Franklin D. Roosevelt or AL
fred E. Smith swung back and
forth today between the two
men in the aftermath of yes
terday s presidential primary.
1t was a neck-and-neck race
throughout the night and fore
noon, with the lead shifting sew.
eral times. but never by mar
gin of more than few thousand
votes.
After Smith had maintained
his Scant lead throughout the
morning, the New York gov
ernor at noon went into the lead
with returns from 4.590 precincts
out of the 8,181 in the State.
The figures we're: Roosevelt,
54,308; Smith, 53,577.
Roosevelt Heartened
Heartened by this, Roosevelt
spokesmen renewed their predic-
tions of ultimate victory. They
asserted that the missing dis
tricts-almost half the number in
the State-lay in territory more
favorable to Roosevelt than to
Smith and predicted a steadily
mounting total for the New York
governor.
In the Republican contest
United States Senator James j.
Davis, avowedly wet, continued
to forge ahead of the bone-dry
ECajor Gen. Smedley D. Butler,
supported by Governor Clifford
Pinchot. The vote stood: Davis,
521, ,463; Butler, 274,406.
One of the peculiar features
of the tabulation was the delay
in returns from Allegheny county
(Pittsburgh), the home Of Jo-
seph F. Guffey, the Roosevelt
leader in the State, who has
steadfastly predicted that RooSe-
velt would emerge with approx
imately IS out of the States 76
convention delegates.
Slow Pittsburgh Count
Philadelphia gave Smith a 2
to l victory over Roosevelt in
the final figures, but at noon
only about 20 per cent of the
Pittsburgh districts had reported.
In some sections of the State
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Labor Party Lists
MOOneu as Candidate

OMAHA, April 81 GN.S0-The
name of Tom Mooney, CALIFORNIA;
famous prisoner, was among three
to be presented today to the
Farmer-Labor party national con-
vention as possible candidates for
the Presidency.
H. H. Mars, head of the
Colorado delegation, said he would
present MONEYS name to the
convention. The names of Gen.
Jacob S. Coxey, mayor of Mas
silon, Ohio, and Col. Frank E.
Webb, of San Francisco, also were
to be placed before the conven-
ton.
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SMITH V|CTO Or
IN BAY STATE

BOSTON, April 27 G.N.S).
Al Smiths followers in Massa-
chusetts stood by the brown
derby today as it waved across
the Bay State, routing the forces
of Franklin D. Roosevelt in final
primary returns.
BY a margin of approximately
three to one, the Smith-pledged
delegates, with 36 votes in the
Chicago convention, rolled up a
$4,000 odd lead in the States
1885 precincts, according to COM
plete unofficial counts. The
Smith average was approximately
141,000 and the Roosevelt aver
age slightly better than $4,000.
United States Senator David I.
Walsh. with 153,3O1 votes, and
Governor Joseph B. Ely, with
148,941, topped the Smith slate,
while James Roosevelt, son of
New York'S governor, with 56,478
votes. and Mayor James M. Cur
ley. veteran campaigner, with
56,400, headed the Roosevelt
delegate-at-large slate.
In the Republican primaries,
all delegates elected were pledged
to President Hoover.
Mayor Sinclair Weeks, of New
ton, and Representative Albert F..
Blgelow, of Brookline, anti.prohi-
bltionistS, defeated Prof. Thomas
N. Carver, Harvard University,
and State Representative Clar-
ence S. Luitwieler in the Ninth
district by 81 vote.
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and he reappeared today at
noon.
TRENTON, N. j., April 27
G.N.SD .-Univerified reports to-
day all tended to indicate a new
contact was established with the
Lindbergh baby .kidnapers, either
by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
himself or one of his emissaries.
A new clue engaging State
troopers today involved a mystery
woman seen in Brown Mills, N. j.,
in light blue roadster. Post
office clerks reported she mailed
a letter to Lindbergh, then dis
appeared.
Lindbergh was reported to have
personally met the kidnapers or
their agents on a boat with John
H. Curtis, head of the Norfolk,
Va, negotiators. Col. H. N.
Schwarzkoff, head of the State
police, issued a denial to this.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
FiUe Killed, II Hurt
In Georgia Tornado

NASHVILLE, Ga, April 27. U.
N. S0.-Five persons were dead
today following tornado that
ripped through a farming COM
munity seven miles south of
here. A dozen persons were in
jured.
Mrs. Everett Gaskins and two
children we're caught in the wreck
age Of their home and Efiteis
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MUST
|. co TOJ(JRY
He TELLS
DARROW
Defense Lawyer Asks in Vain
For Directed Verdict;
Trial Ends Today

HONOLULU, T. H., April 27
$3.50 a. M, Honolulu time; II
noon, E. D. T.) (I.N.S. .).-Re-
quest by Clarence Darrow for
an instructed verdict of not
guilty for the four defendants
in the sensational Massie-For-
tescue trial was refused by
Judge Charles S. Davis, Inter-
national News Service learned
today.
Darrow, it was learned, sub
mitted his request to Judge Davis
in the judges chambers. Judge
Davis attitude, it was reported,
was that the jury should have the
sole power to pass on the guilt or
innocence of the four "honor slay-
ing" defendants.
Before nightfall in Honolulu,
the fate of Lieut.. Thomas H. Mas
sic; his mother-in-law, Mrs. Grace
Hubbard Fortescue, and two naval
enlisted men, Albert o. Jones and
E. j. Lord, should be placed in the
hands of a jury representing a
dintinct croSS-section of Hawaii's
racial melting pot.
The four men are accused of the
second degree murder of Joseph
Kahahawai, who confessed, Lieu
tenant Massie testified, to an at
taok m his uyifn
Weigh Cases Separately
The jury, half white, half of
mixed blood, will be asked by
Judge Davis to consider the fate
of Lieutenant Massie as separate
from the other codefendants, In
ternational News Service learned,
because a defense of insanity was
advanced for Lieutenant Massie
alone.
That Darrow will place almost
as much emphasis on the ''unwrit-
ten law as on the insanity Of
Lieutenant Massie was predicted
by close observers of the trial.
DarrOw to Talk Four Hours
Basis for this assumption was
found in Associate Defense Coun.
sci George S. Leisure's stirring
speech to the jury, citing Bib
lical passages and asking the
jurors what they would have done
in Lieutenant Massie's position.
Three verdicts will be possible:
Guilty as charged of second de-
gree murder, guilty of man.
slaughter, and not guilty.
All attention was riveted on
Darrow, whose four-hour plea
will precede that of Prosecutor
John C. Kelley.
Darrow, his deep eyes sunk a
little more deeply under his pro.
truding brow by the strain of
the long trial, drew together all
the strength of his rs years to
carry him through the closing
argument of the defense.
One Hour for Instructions
Judge Davis said that he would
need an hour to read the IS
typewriter pages of instructions.
Then the jury will retire. 1t was
planned to hold court in session
throughout the day.
Darrow himself evidently be-
lieves this may be his last ap-
pearance before a jury. He is an
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Tax PrObers Aim
At "DUtch" Schultz

NEW YORK. April 81 G.N.SD.
Dutch" Schultz Flegenheimer,
reputed beer baron, was under
investigation today by Federal
authorities on suspicion of evad-
ing the income tax laws. One of
his supposed aides, Peter Dona-
hue, called before the grand jury,
refused to answer questions about
Schultz. He was held in con-
tempt Of court and sentenced to
go days In Jail >,.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
MdnchuriG Rebels
Advance on RdiLIUdu

HARDIN, April 81 G.N.SJ.
Four thousand Chinese rebels
under Gen. Ma Chan-Shan, lead
ing the revolt against the new
Manchurian regime, are march
ing against the Chinese Eastern
Railway north Of Harbin and the
railway staff is fleeing. ,,.-
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
Ohio Blast Suspects
Waive ExtrQditiOn

CHICAGO. April 27 GNSO.
Two suspects in the explosion at
the State Office Building in Co
lumbus, Ohio, which killed 10, to-
day decided to waive extradition
and go back to Ohio to submit to
questioning. The suspects, Frank
Wilson, 80, and Edward Wallace,
80. an ex-convict, denied they had
anything to do with the blast.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
Britain May Cancel
Soviet Trade PdctS

LONDON, April 27 QN.SO.
Britain's industrial leaders viewed
with interest today the admission
by Sir Walter Runciman, presi-
dent of the British Board of
Trade, that Great Britain was
considering measures to "break off
or cancel existing trade treaties"
with Russia
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
u. S. Refuses Wine
To French Athletes

PARIS, April 81 0N.S0.-The
United States has refused to al
low French Olympic athletes their
daily litre of wine while compet-
ing in the games at Los Angeles
next summer, it was announced
today by Charles Dennis, Secre-
tary of the French Olympics.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
ReUOH Against Oath
To King Set DOUn

LONDON, April 27 GN.SO.-A
short-lived. almost single-handed
revolt against the parliamentary
oath of allegiance to King George
was staged in the House of Com
mons today.
John McGovern, Laborite tried
in vain to introduce a bill which
would enable members to take
seats in the House without sub
Scribing to the oath of allegiance.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
CGrOLe Lombard, Fill
Star, Has Breakdown

HOLLYWOOD, April 27 U.N.SO .
Carole Lombard, blonde film
actress and wife of William
Powell, actor, today was the vic
tim of a nervous breakdown.
Friends learned she was stricken
two weeks ago and had passed
the crisis, although still confined
to her Hollywood home. Powell
has been ill with influenza.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
SENATE RAISES
INCOME TAX

A new income tax schedule
ranging from per cent on the
first $4,000, 6 per cent on the Sec
and $4,000, and 9 per cent on in
comes over $4,000 was written into
the tax bill by the Senate Finance
Committee today.
These rates are an increase of
1, 2 and per cent, respectively,
over the rates in the House bill.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
Where There's Will
There's Wan to Die

NORWALK. Conn, April 81
SO-Frank Lycett, deter
mined to commit suicide, could
find only a dull knife used by
his mother to pare potatoes. He
went to the cellar and with a
hammer drove the knife through
his heart.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
Mother, 2 Girls Die
As 6 Houses Burn

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, April 81
'U.N.SO.-A m other and two
daughters were burned to death
early today when fire destroyed
six dwelling houses in this city.
Mrs. Mary E. Bentley, Al, and
her daughters, Edith, 8, and Luta,
B, peE1sheds -l--..--:-E. : ~. .4azE
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
Department Store
OIUner'S Kin Killed

NEW YORK, April 27. QN.s0
Investigation was under way to.
day to determine whether negli-
gence contributed to the acci.
dent in which Edward Kuhn, 78,
retired dry goods merchant, was
killed.
Kuhn, father-in-law of Herbert
N. StrauS. department store ex-
ecutive. was struck and killed by
a truck.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27

Treasury balance as of April
Is, $3.50 ,449, ,96461; expenditures,
S25, 5,594, 1886; customs receipts,
SIT ,466, 6,002.28.
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MONEY RATE REDUCED

BERLIN, April - 81 QN.SO.
The Reichsbank today reduced it's
rediscount rate from 5la to- S
per cent
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CONDITION OF TREASURY

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