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Evening star., 1932-12-24
SPECULATIVE CORN
ACTIVITIES GROW
Rural Offerings Have Dried Up,
While Shipping Demand Has
Been Increasing Actively.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, December 24.-Corn, the
United States most valuable grain. is
giving some notable signs of a revival
OF speculative interest.
One Of the reasons put forward is
that rural offerings of corn have dried
up almost completely, and that corn
shipping demand here has suddenly be-
come active, with the market cash basis
strong. Meanwhile, movement of corn
throughout the West has dropped to
the smallest aggregate for late in De-
cember witnessed in many years. Even
the normal amount of corn selling
usual just before Christmas, has this
year been absent
So far. however. rural holding back
OF supplies has had little effect on
prices Of corn future deliveries. Com
pared with q week ago. corn futures
this morning were of about as much
as wheat. corn showing 7s-1a4 decline
and wheat setback of 1-2Is, with oats
varying from 81 cents lower TO a rise
Of II cents.
Pronounced holding tendencies which
have developed throughout the corn
belt are accompanied by indications
that farm use Of corn Is extra heavy
both as regards livestock feeding and
as fuel.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
STOCKS CO HIGHER
AT SHORT SESSION
Railroad Issues Given Sup.
p0rt-Market Closes in
Firm Trend.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, December 24.-Stocks
made moderate gains in quiet trading
in todays pre-holiday market.
There was little short covering,
which helped some. and a lst-up in the
tax selling. which helped more. A few
OF the gains were OF as much as a poirt,
but at least stocks gave a bstter az
count OF themselves than they had in
the two Immediately preceding sessions.
The news was mildly cheerful. The
car loadlngS statement showed the
lowest percentage decline from a year
ago OF any during 1882. An advance
IN the price of cement was announced,
which is worth noting in these days
OF continuous commodity decline.
The railway November earnings tate
ments were about as expected Missouri
kSnSaS-TeXaS showed a surplus after
all charges including Investment bond
interest, of Sl45,806, against sI55 279
IN November year ago. New York
ontario & Westerns net this NOvrm
Der was sl13,465, against So. SGT last
November
Railroad shares were I'D fractiorallv
except for Delaware &: Hudson. Union
Pacific at one time was I'D a full poinf
International Cement rallied on the
price news Oils were firm and so were
most OF the utilities, Special demand
was IN evidence for Drug. Inc. which
may or may not have been short cover
ing. The stock vas heavily sold a
month or SO ago and it is believed the
snort interest still outstanding is fairly
large.
There Was ro;h;ng in the market
action, hcwevc-, to indicate any cstab-
HsAlng CT tr-2d c.. even any breaking
out OF It's present trading area. Sent!-
ment n the Street was 2 litt'n more
cheertul but that may have been due
TO The approach Of the holiday. At
tendance n the brokerage Offices was
down TO minimum. The cnly reasog
Tor keeping the exchange Cpen was the
lnsstenc@ OF the large wire houses. to
"fom any commissions a. all are SO
much gain, in view CT their large over
head.
The only commodity market open
was the Chicago Board CT Trade. Here,
100 quotatlorS varied from Yesterdays
only by the minutest fractions. For
elgn markets were closed. c-:cept for
Berlin. Sterling exchange declined s.
as 1t sold at 1892 a, while francs were
unchanged.
The market closed firm. at the ton
OF the rally. Coca Cola vas st-cnp
spot at the end. Preferred stocks Of
the better grade were in good demand
all day. '-'''-@
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Washington Produce

Butter-One-pound prints (93 score)
27; tub. 20; one-pound prints 1872
score). 2e: tub. IS: Qne-pound prints
go score, rs; tub, "a.
Eggs-Hennery whites, 30; current
receipts, %; Government graded extras,
80; standards, 81; medium, 30
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, young hens,
IA; young toms, 12; No. 2, 8; old toms.
3; old hens, 10; chickens, Plymouth
Rocks, 4 pounds and over. Halls; 4
Eounds and under, 12al3, mixed
'ceolored chickens and Leghorns, 9al2;
mems, pounds and over, 12al4:
capons, Z pounds and over. 20a22; small
capons and roasting chickens, 15al6;
keats, old, 20a25; young, 25a35; roost-
ers. 7a8.
Poultry, dressed-Turkeys young
hens, 16al8; young toms, l5a16; old
toms, 10ai2: old hens, 10a12; No. 2,
lOal2; chickens. Plymouth Rocks, 4
pounds and over. 16a17; under pounds,
l4al6; capons, pounds and over, 23a
Is; mixed colored chickens and Leg
horns, l4al6; small capons and roast
ing chickens. 16a18; roosters, 10a12;
hens, pounds and over, 15a17
tiooIo Decl, IL, veal, IL, ldLQD 10 |,
pork loins. 9la; fresh hams. 91a
smoked hams, II; strip bacon, l3; lard.
Game-Rabbits. 15oa1 80.
Fruits-Apples, bushel, 5oa1 so; box
stock, l,75a200' pears. 2.5Oa300
bananas, 75a25O; oranges, California,
3.00a4.50; Florida, 2.75a350; lemons,
5.50a650: tangerines, l00a2 so: grape
fruit. 250a3.50; grapes, 1.25al.85; alli-
gator pears, 200a2.75; casabas. ESQ;
Christmas melons. $50: persimmons,
100; cranberries, 200a275; pineapples,
400; kumquats. quart. 20.
Vegetables - Potatoes, 100 pound
sacks, New York, l.00al.l0: Maine, l.25:
Idaho bakers. l.65al.85; Florida, new,
bushel, 2.75; sweets, 50a75; tomatoes,
repacks, three-pan containers, 225a
800; 30-pound lugs. $50; lettuce. Ice
berg, 225a2.50; Florida, ESQ: beets,
bushel, 800; carrots. bushel, 800;
celery, 20oa250; punches. 5Oa6O;
spinach. Texas, 135al so: homegrown,
100: broccoli 25oa275: string beans,
300a3.50; limas. ATS turnips, 75;
peppers, 300a400; squash, 225a2.50;
artichokes. 325a350: parsnips, LISA
$50; satisfy. 100 punches. 500: onions,
60a75; peas. 300a3.75, cabbage, new,
l.00al.10 old, 75a90
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Currency Fluctuations.

NEW YORK. December "a (Spe-
ciaD The advance in the value of the
pound sterling, in the face of a drastic
decline in the gold stock of the Bank
of England. is proof that currency f1uc-
tuations. as a rule. are determined by
the confidence in the integrity and
honesty of governments to meet con-
tractual obligations. whether they be
debts or notes payable on demand.
The metallic cover CT the bank stands
today at less thar fl2l 100000. the
lowest since the war and compares
with more than SIG. 100000 in Septem-
Der. 1923. The ratio Of reserve to liza
bilities has declined to a new low Of
fractionally more than 18 per cent,
compared with SO I, per cent last week.
and about u per cent a wear ago.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
GAIN IN FALL Pig
CROP IS REPORTED
Increase Is Estimated at Approx
mately 4 Per Cent by Depart
ment of Agriculture.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
An increase Of approximately 4 per
cent in the total 1882 Fall pig crop as
compared with the previous year was
announced yesterday by the Depart
ment OF Agriculture.
Because of decrease in the Spring
pig crop the total Fall and Spring pro-
duction was 3 per cent smaller than
in 1881
A 1.8 per cent increase in the num-
Der of sows to farroW next Spring, COM
pared with the previous year, also was
reported.
The number of Fall pigs saved this
year was estimated at 29,090,000, an
increase Of 1921 900 over the previous
year. This resulted from 4 per cent
increase in the number of sows far
rowed. The number of sows expected
to farrow between December ! and next
June l is 100000, an increase of 2
per cent over the previous year.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
TOBACCO GROWERS PAID
MORE THAN S10,0O0,000
BY the Associated Press.


LEXINGTON, KY, December "a
It's merry Christmas for hurley to-
bacco growers. More than $4,000. 900
in cash has been paid Central Kentucky
tobacco farmers during the three weeks
before the holidays.
At Lexington's huge market alone
s3.s13, ,256 80 has been paid out at to-
bacco auctions. More than a score of
smaller hurley markets throughout the
State have brought in enough cash to
make up the estimated SIC, 1000 0OO
With hurley selling more than so per
cent higher than last year, the auctions
have had stimulating effect on busi-
ness, according to James NJ Todd pres
ident Of the Kentucky Retail Merchants
Association
Sales on all markets closed yesterday
until January 2. City averages this
year have ranged from $40 to SIG a
hundred pounds. as compared to last
years 81 to $40. The sales season
started December S.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Leather Industry Outlook.

NEW YORK. December "a LP).-The
small decrease in 1882 shoe output as
compared with 1881 estimated five
per cent?, in the face of adverse con-
ditions. suggests an encouraging sta
and makes the outlook for 1888 mot
at all cherries" according to Armand
Schmoll lr.. president of the Schmoll
ills Associated, Inc, International deal
trj in hides.
Evening star., 1932-12-24

slightly below 1881 indus
the HOLIDAYS coal
obbers holiday lines hnd fairly active
cHICAGo-Jobbers holiday per above 1881,
orders from retailers Christmas trade exceeds
steel industry by increased autoooe pou
tion activity at coal mines brisk
trade far behind 1881 with purchases
necessity steel mills Is cent production basis soft
DETROIT-Depamen favorably
automobile industry extensive poduc-
models with improvement employment smaller
factories closing for holiday and inventory period - retail trade.
whoesang manufacturing
schedules unemployment serious relief agencies
n % U % a s1ys % P beTST 1STa cost as Of from
MILWAUKEE-Hoiday trade favorable steel orders sufficient to
weeks retail quiet rubber
footwear in better dmnd brewes continue their extensive repair
experience Of buying; coal
heavily coal miners this than
last.
seasonay Inactive lake shipping this
KANSAS cITY~chImas buying generally normal
chiefly necessity items live receipts heavily cuaed due
weather. mill Of
Wholesale Disappointing with sasonable
satisfactory industrial activity low ebb collections hard to
make
OMAHA-Re seasonaly brsk-pracical goods generally
poultry market active exceedingly cold
weather helps coal sales labor poorly employed with volume
1881 curtaed future
indicate fair showing for 1888 operating extremely
PAUI.-cold Of heavy
confectionery about equal 1881
wholesale oils gasoline plumbing and electrical supplies less active retail
BALTINoREIsevere holiday buying: week
nocesSy domestic coal upgrade drugs and
we'll
Evening star., 1932-12-24
B. & 0. Refunding Plan.

NEW YORK. December "a 0P.-The
fact that more than 80 per cent of the
Baltimore g. Ohio convertible 4i2s CT
1888 have accepted the roads refund
ing plan is interpreted in Wall Street
as promising successful consummation
Of the plan. The amount of bonds in
volved is S63.25O, 900, making it one OF
the largest of the 1893 rail maturities.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
TRAFFIC GAINS REPORTED.

CHICAGO. December "a P.-Trafic
gains were reported this week by the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Chi
cago g. Northwestern and the Chicago,
Milwaukee, st. Paul g. Pacific Railroads.
Freight carried on the Burlington Tues
day was within IS cars Of the COM
parable day of 1881. the nearest COM
parison this year. Coal shipments
formed much Of the traffic.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
NEW BOND ISSUES.

NEW YORK, December "a lP,.-New
bond issues forma lily offered in the New
York market this week totaled s25.-
$4,000, against S35. .720 900 last week
and S48,0o0,o00 year ago.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Grocery Trade Active.

NEW YORK, December "a OP.-The
grocery industry Is enjoying a good
holiday business, according to reports
from wholesalers. Prepared foods and
canned goods are moving well.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
NEW YORK COMMODITY
MARKETS ON HOLIDAY
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK December 24-Al-
though the security markets functioned,
several New .ork commodity exchanges
were closed today Those lengthening
the Christmas Holiday, which will ex-
tend until Tuesday, include the cotton,
rubber. coffee and sugar, cocoa and
hide exchanges.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
C.&P. EARNINGS OFF.
DURING / MONTHS.
November Report Also Shows
Revenue Drop-D. C. Bank
. CIearingS Hold Up.
By EDWARD c. STONE.

Net operating income OF the Chesa-
peake g. Potomac Telephone Co. for the
first II months of the present year to-
tailed sl,a08,719, against $2,l3l,566 in
the like period in 1881. decrease of
$322,847, according to the financial
statement just filed with the Public
Utilities Commission. Balance before
dividends in this period totaled $1,548,-
375, against the higher figure year ago
OF sl,825,399
Telephone operating revenues were
larger for the IL months of this year
than last, being S8,548.126, against
S8,4l9,O42 operating expenses called for
S5,996,620. compared with S5603, 764 a
year ago. leaving net revenues from op-
erations of S2,551 SOC, as compared with
S2,815.278 in the corresponding period
in 1881.
Taxes were heavier this year. uncol-
lectible bills almost doubled, making to-
tai deductions from operating revenues
larger than a year ago, and total gross
was proportionately smaller. In the
first ii months of 1882 more phones
were disconnected than installed, in
comparison with a gain of 1888 ne"
installations in the same months in
1881.
During this period, however, telephone
calls totaled 2l0.5l4,000, against 200,-
262 Coo a year ago. a gain so far this
Year of $4,000 calls.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, December "a (R.-
Over the counter market:
Evening star., 1932-12-24

91A Zonits Product8...
Dividend rates given in the above table the annual cash
unit Of trading less than 100 shares tPrty extra iPlus
stock PAYABLE cash or stock Plus in stock Plus
Paid regular n
Evening star., 1932-12-24

Quotations as Of 10 o'clock
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-13
|N|SS|NGDOCTOR
BACK HOME

DR.. Emil G. Bakersfield, of Beth
esda, Md, who was reported miss
ing to police more than fort
night ago, is back and has been
at Bethesda since yesterday.
j DR.. Bakersfield told The Wash
ington Times he had been i'll Chi
cago and st. Louis on business.
He said he was very much sur
prised to know that he had been
hunted. Further than that he
would not comment.
The physicians disappearance
was reported to police by his wife
after she had waited week for
his return.
She delayed, she said, as long
as possible in the hopes that his
practice would not be damaged.
She told police that he had left
home in a highly nervous condi-
ton between 2 and 6. O'Clock on
the morning of April 90.
I Police of Washington. Mont
gomery county, Baltimore and
New York had sought the doctor,
whose return was almost as sud-
den as his disappearance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-13
Commodity Prices
. Abroad Again Drop

i Wholesale commodity prices
dropped again in March, as COM
with February, according to re-
ports from IL of the 10 foreign
countries studied by the Com
merce Departments division of
economic research. April indexes
SO far received indicate that fur
ther slight price declines have &C.
Cured.
The sharpest rise in wholesale
Commodity prices occurred in
Chile, which registered an in
crease of 8 per cent, while the
largest decline was noted in Brit
iSh India, fall of 3 per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-13
JQps Cite Chinese
In Lindy Staying

4 TOKYO, May 10 Q.NS0-
Japan was astounded today at
the killing of the Lindbergh baby.
The press was quick to compare
the Lindbergh slayers with Chi
nese bandits, whom it has FIRE.
quently referred to as baby
Killers"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-13
MRS. ROOSEVELT BACK

X NEW YORK, May 10 0N.SO.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, widow
Of President Roosevelt was due
to arrive today from Europe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-13
BY MARGARET LANE


NEW YORK, May Is 0N.SJ.
Few crimes have so shocked the
world as the vicious murder OF
the Lindbergh baby. From the
moment of his kidnapping. the
curly headed little boy became
the most interesting figure in
two hemiSpheres.
The news was flashed by radio
to ships at sea; passengers in mid
atlantic were Mortified by the
news; London streets were posted
with placards bearing the baby's
name in letters a foot high; the
ehild's picture became familiar
in Paris, Berlin. Vienna, and the
grief of Americas most famous
pair went home to the hearts of
parents in all the countries OF
the world.
Europe Mortified
Now that the terrible ending
to the story is made known, there
is not a foreign capital, not
mid-European hamlet that has
not shuddered at the news.
y : To European minds. it is tale
too horrible to believe, the sort
of crime that only lives in night
mares. For never before has
saation-loved child been taken
from its bed and murdered for
Anoney-the old horrors Of GRIM
5fnal history look pale beside
americas latest contribution to
IawleSsnesS and vice.
The world is waiting to see
what this country will do. 1t is
probably the only murder for
which every feeling mind believes
reverence. rather than justice,
SHOULD be the penalty.
I Whatever men did that little
child to death, must now be in a
sdeath-sweat of terror in their hid
ing place, for there is not a man
or woman, in this country or in
ANY other, who would not gladly
lend a hand to their destruction.
4 Must Be Revenged
/ If this horror is not revenged as
bitterly as it was committed, the
american people will have to face
the rest of the world with
shideous scar of its conscience.
If finding the criminals de-
pended on the public, on the
jordinary people who have chill
dren and sheltered homes, they
would rise-one would swear-to
"a man.
If such a thing had happened
in England. the people would rise
sand take the law into their own
hands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-13
MIND.
| MORTIFIED BY
. TRAGEDY

E Miss Margaret Lane, one OF the
star feature t0riterS OF the Lon
don Daily Express and at present
a guest Driter for International
NeDS Seruice, DGS in London at
the time the Ltndbergh baby tOGs
kidnapped. In the tollotOirg article
she tells HON the netDS OF the
kidnapping StOaS received abroad
and What the rest OF the tDorld
is thinking about the crime.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-13
Difficulty in House
G. O. P. Chiefs TO Meet

The Republican state committee
will be called into session Dec. 20,
Ivan G. Morgan, state chairman, an
nounced Monday. 1t will be the first
meeting since the election and plans
for the party's future will be dis
cussed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-13

bers Of the board and City Con-
troller William o. Elder. More than
$500 in back rent was reported due
as Of July at a recent board meet
ing when the matter was referred to
the city legal department for advice
on possible action to collect.
Eviction for nonpayment of stand
rent is not contemplated at the
present time, Walter o. Lewis, exec
utive secretary of the board, said
today, and the holders will be per-
mitted to continue operation al
though without leases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-13
HOOvER'S BANK
REFORM PLAN TO
Be PASSED UP
Senate'S Discussions Will
Center on Glass Bill,
Now on Calendar.
BY RAY TUCKER
Times stan Writer

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The adj
ministration's recommendation that
all banks be brought into single,
unified system will not be taken up
at this session Of congress, and the
move for banking reform will re-
volve around the Glass bill now on
the senate calendar.
Even Senator Frederick Walcott
Comm, the White House spokes-
man on the banking and currency
committee, does not believe the
Glass measure should be sidetracked
by Secretary Ogden L. Mills sug-
pestion for new study by another
congressional commission.
Compromise Sought
Walcott says the problem has been
studied for eighteen months, and
it is time to inaugurate reform. He
thinks the Glass bill will pass if
certain compromises are made.
These are now under consider
alton in conferences between Sena-
tor Carter Glass, banking represen-
tatives and progressive senators
from the west. The banks want
the time for divorcing commercial
banks from investment affiliates ex-
tended from the proposed three
years to ten.
The westerners insist the provi-
sion permitting national branch
banking within certain distance
across the state lines be eliminated.
Difficulty in House
Even If the bill passes the SEN
ate, it will face difficulty in the
house. Democrats in that body have
shown no disposition to take up
the senate's measure. They passed
two banking bills last year that
Glass does not like, and they have
not been acted on by the senate
committee. There we're the so-called
Goldsborough initiation bill and the
proposal to safeguard deposits with
government funds.
Until this deadlock is broken, en-
actment of the Glass measure is
jeopardized.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-13
ORDER SHAREHOLDERS
TO PAY OVERDUE RENT

1888 Market Leases Not to Be
Issued, Is Board Warning.
City market standholders received
notice Monday from the safety
board that 1888 leases will not be
granted until overdue rent is paio
in full.
The notice was issued after a
conference Saturday between mem
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-14
LEGION WOMEN
ARE ASKED TO
VISIT CAUCUS

Members of Boyce Aten unit,
No. 25, of the American Legion aux
iliary, are urged to attend the
twenty-second district caucus to be
held at Lake Cuyamaca at 10
O'Clock. Sunday morning, according
to an announcement made today
by Mrs. Hazel Sheely, president OF
the district.
The candidacy of members seek
ing election to offices at the con-
vention will be announced at this
time.
Arrangements have been made
for a dance Saturday night as a
part of the entertainment planned
for those wa-o atten1. Camping
facilities and hotel accommoda- :
tions will be available for those
who wish them and a barbecue
dinner will be served at noon on
Sunday. A rodeo, spesdboat rae
ing, fishing, rowing, horseback
riding and swimming will be ar
ranged for everyone. Those whs
plan to swim are advised to pro-
vide their own swimming suits.
Mrs. Sheely said today she is
anxious that unit No. 25 be we'll
represented.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-14

Mexican. two Negro and one Jap
aneSe.