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Evening star., 1932-05-08
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Partly cloudy
and not quite SO warm today and to-
morrow, probably local thundershowers;
south.
Maryland-Partly cloudy today and
tomorrow with local thundershowers;
not much change in temperature
Virginia-Generally fair, except pos
sibly local thundershowers and not
quite so warm in extreme north por-
tion, today; tomorrow partly cloudy,
probably local thundershowers.
West Virginia-Local thundershoWers
today and tomorrow; little change in
Temperature.
Evening star., 1932-05-08

civil liberties" and that mo adequate
steps" had been taken to bring the
perpetrators thereof to justice"
Walter B. Smith of Pineville. Bell
County attorney, who recently dared
the American Civil Liberties Union to
test his right to eject visitors he con-
sidered undesirable from the coal fields,
also was silent
Gov. Ruby Laffoon, here for the Ken
lucky Derby, said he did not care to
talk about it at this time"
Evening star., 1932-05-08

Anniversary
Specials
$1.00 and $1.25 Sheets, 59c
\ Famous 5-point seamless bleached
/ sheets in sizes 81x90, 72x99. 72x90,
63x99, 63x90 and 54x90. Slight sec
onds, One of these sheets has been
| thoroughly tested, including IS wash
/ ings by a modern laundry.
Pillowcases, 1876 Each
4 Better quality cases to match the
\ above sheets. Sizes 45x36 and 42x36.
I Perfect.
/ Cannon Bath Towels, 6 for ST
Extra large size 22x44 Cannon
Turkish Bath Towels, white with COL
ored borders.
81 and 76-Inch Sheeting
1876 Yard
Heavy quality unbleached sheeting
for making seamless sheets and mat
tress covers.
+ Unbleached Cotton, Sc Yard
3812-inch standard quality un-
bleached cotton.
Mattress Covers, 55c
Sizes for double beds, three
quarter, twin and single beds in
these unbleached cotton mattress
covers.
Street Floor
$1.00 and $1.5O Silk Hose, Sic
pairs for $165. Full fashioned
all-silk chiffon, chiffon with Isle
plated soles, silk-top and lisletop
service weight and quarter
length silk hose
Extra Size Silk Hose, 59c
$125 full-fashioned service weight
silk hose in extra sizes, 9 to II. Lisle
top. Perfects and irregulars.
25c and 39c Children's
Socks, 15c
Half socks, anklets, "whoopees."
girls 5s hose and boys fancy golf
hose Lisle rayon mixtures, mer-
cerized cotton.
81 Full Fashioned Silk
Hose, 35c
3 pairs for slOo. Seconds of chif-
fon and service weight silk hose
| Popular colors.
Children's Union Suits
z for 44c
Waist attachment suits. with
French legs and double seat; sizes
to r. Also boys athletic suits
with knitted insert in back, sizes
to 16.
Women's Union Suits, 2ec
All sizes SO to So Light weight
knit suits with band top and tight
or shell knees. Get a Summers sup
ply at rare savings.
Sc Rayon indies, 39c
EXTRA SIZES and regular sizes
in chemises, step-ins, boomers and
panties; regular sizes in gowns and
pajamas. Lace-trimmed, appliqued
and tailored
Street Floor
Women's Smocks, ACC
Double breasted smocks in blue.
green, rose and orchid. Small, me-
dium and large sizes.
Second Floor
Mems Broadcloth Shirts, 39c
Blue, green, tan and white. Col
lar attached. Sizes IA to IT.
Mems 81 to 81 Shirts, 79c
Collar attached. separate collar
and neckband shirts, all perfect. In
white and colored broadcloth and
fancy madras. Sizes 1872 to IT.
Mems Union Suits, SOC
Athletic suits Of 88x88 square
white nainsook, with knit insert,
snubber and strap reinforcements in
back All sizes, SO to So.
Boys Wash Suits, Soc
Sizes to 8, in jaunty new wash
suits OF broadcloth. linen, jean,
crash and covert. Belted and but
ton-on styles.
1 Street Floor
Evening star., 1932-05-08
KENTUCKY LEADERS SILENT.

DtCIHt 10 OUIIINIUHI UH NtpUTE OF
Investigators.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 7 (P).--
Church, State and labor representatives
received with silence today the declara-
logical Seminary; Cameron Hall, pastor
visit to Southeastern Kentucky coal
fields had confirmed their belief a SEN
ator1al investigation should be made
of conditions there
Rev. F. E. Tull, Middlesboro. who was
among the Kentucky clergymen to greet
the investigating committee. declined to
comment on the committees statement
charging widespread violations of
Evening star., 1932-05-08
C0TTRELL Is DELEGATE
Will Attend Trade Meeting in Sar
Francisco Next Week.

The Washington Board of Trade will
be represented at the annual conven-
ton of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States at San Francisco
next week by Robert j. Cottrell execu-
tive secretary of the local trade body.
The chamber convention will open
week from tomorrow. Mr.. Cottrell
will leave Wednesday. He will repre-
sent the trade board in elections and
other business there
Evening star., 1932-05-08
JoYrides on Locomotive.

AJACCIO, Corsica (P).-A mechanic
at Solenzara was all steamed up about
a joyride to town. He's in jail for steal
ing the locomotive that was found in a
ditch near here.
Evening star., 1932-05-08

and Mrs. Archibald B. Roosevelt,
national chairman OF Repeal week. {"
speak to the voters Of the country over
the Columbia network.
Evening star., 1932-05-08
MEN STORM JAIL
FOR SLAYING SUSPECTS
North Carolina officers, However.
Whisk Pair Away Before
Mob's Arrival.
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
GASTONIA, N. C.. May IA mob
gathered before the CASTOR County jail
early today and demanded two colored
men who are charged with killing
Harold Carter, 18, filling station oper-
ator, but dispersed when shown the
men were not in the jail.
Alec Grier and Clyde Smith we're re-
moved to Charlotte yesterday. They are
accused of killing Carter in a holdup
of the filling station Sunday.
Two men were allowed to go in the
Jail and see that the men were not
there The jailer said there were at
least rs men in the mob, most Of them
masked and heavily armed.
Evening star., 1932-05-08

After working 81 years at London
Bridge Station of a railway, Arthur
H. Bull has just retired
Evening star., 1932-05-08
LEGION TO HOLD FIESTA

District Department Sponsors Event
Starting Tomorrow.
The District of Columbia Department
of the American Legion will stage a
Spring fiesta at Fourteenth and r
stI eets southeast, beginning tomorrow.
The Executive Committee has en-
gagged Bernardo Greater Shows.
Evening star., 1932-05-08
Report for Last "a Hours.
Temperature.
Tide Tables.

FURNISHED by United States Coast anc
Geodetic SurYeyD
Evening star., 1932-01-26
Trade Trends

BY the Associated Press.
Copper.-Selling agents are looking
to the motor industry as a possible
source of improvement in demand. Do
nestic fabricators are said to have
large commitments in the metal, sug-
costing only hand-to-mou buying
pending q better demand from ultimate
consumers There are reports in the
trade that some secondhand copper Is
available at concessions below the 7l4a
7la cent level quoted during the past
month.
Petroleum.-Hearings of the Okla
homa Corporation Commission on a
proposed revision of output alloWables
in the Oklahoma City field opening to-
morrow, will be followed closely by the
industry in view of the increasing
amount in storage in the Oklahoma
City field. This has continued in spite
OF the fact that daily production is
running more than 10000 barrels below
the daily allowable OF 10000 barrels.
Opinion in the oil trade is that an
other substantial reduction will be
ordered.
Zinc.-Sales of T1f-State concen-
trates last week totaled 2540 TONS with
the price $l6 to SIT ton, new low.
and comparing with SIT in the preced-
ing week. Production for the week was
$3.50 tons, with shipments of 1850
tons. making stocks of sold and unSold
zinc concentrates in the Tri-State field
39, 800 tons.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
DESIGNERS OF ENGINES
AIDED BY u. S. BUREAU
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Bureau Of Standards is render
ing unique assistance to aircraft engine
designers in two important directions.
Each new type of commercial engine
must pass a 50-hour endurance test at
the bureaus plant, and meet certain
other requirements in order to be ap-
proved by the Commerce Department
for use in licensed aircraft. Fifty fall
ures were reported from the first 100
type tests, with 13 occurring within the
first five hours of the endurance test,
proving, the bureau says, that manufac-
turers had done inadequate development
work before submitting engines for tests.
The reliability Of the approved engines
is shown in the departments accident
statistics for the three years ending
June 80, last, which show less than
three reported accidents per million
miles of civic flying attributed to fail
ure of the power plant or its accessories
In the altitude laboratory at the
bureau, aircraft engines are mounted
for test 'in a concrete chamber where
they can be subjected to the very same
conditions of temperature. pressure and
humidity that the engine would en-
counter In flight at any desired altitude
up TO 10000 feet. This laboratory first
OF its kind in the world, has been In
continuous operation for ID years.
Evening star., 1932-01-26

Public Utilities Securities defers ac-
tion on quarterly dividend on cumula-
tive preferrd stock; last payment made
November 2, 1851, at rate of Sits a
share in cash or one-twentieth share
common stock OF Utilities Power 81
Light Corporation.
Purity Bakeries common share earn
ings, year ended January 2, S2.14 VS..
S513 in year ended December 27, 1880.
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
About $500 employees accept 10 per cent
wage cut for period of one year.
Sisto Financial Corporation net asset
value December 81. 1881, $l4.63 a COM
mon share VS.. s19.87 December 81, 1880!
Stewart Warner Corporation 1881
deficit 81 ,83o,17l VS.. net income ST.
262,279, equal to SO cents common
share.
straus Is. W. Investing 1891 net in
come Sl25,862, VS.. $1,120,518.
Atlas Powder 1881 common share
earnings SO cents, VS.. $267.
Great Northern Railway December
net operating income $896,822, VS.. $346,-
273; IL months, $l2,669,420, VS.. s2l,-
912,508.
New York, New Haven e. Hartford
1881 common share earnings $305, VS..
S733
st. Louis-San Francisco Railway 1881
deficit S3,255,762 VS.. net income S.
62l ,536, equal to $4O7 a common share.
Standard Investment Liquidating
value December 81, 1881. S5.72 a pre-
ferred share, VS. sl0888 December 81,
1880.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
GOVERNMENT DEBT
ESTIMATE IS MADE
Federal, State and Local
Obligations Now Total
$4,000, 900, 900.
BY CHAS. P..SHAEFFER,
Associated Press Business Writer.

A total indebtedness by Federal, State
and local governments of about thirty
three billion dollars. is indicated for
this country by compilation OF best
statistics obtainable on the subject.
OF this amount slightly more than
half is owed by the United States Gov
ernment. local bonded Indebtedness
amounts to at least Sl2,500, ,000, 900,
while State debts make up the balance.
The official statement of the United
States Treasury shows a gross Federal
indebtedness, as of December 81, OF
sI7,825, ,449, 900. This account has in
creased approximately $l4,o00,000 since
that time.
Statistics available to the National
Industrial Conference Board, covering
the fiscal year 1929, indicated total
bonded debt of State and local govern
ments of S13 500, ,000 The Chamber
of Commerce of the United States has
estimated that this debt increased
$500 100000 uIing the year over the
previous II months which would indl-
cate present total of around $4,000
600 600 for both classes of Indebtedness
provided the rate of increase had been
maintained OA o+AN'
there seems no doubt due to an acceler-
ated building program in the interests
of unemployment during the last TWO
years.
State floating and fixed debts in 1880
amounted to about s2,240000 900. This
form of Indebtedness has been respon-
sible for only about 10 per cent of the
increase shown in debts other than
Federal, the chamber says, with local
indebtedness accounting for about SO
per cent of the combined State and
local total debt.
While the Federal Government has
been reducing its debt to the approx
mate extent of 100000 900 from the
peak in 1919, States and municipalities
have been increasing theirs. The in
crease in the latter has been on scale
large enough to offset whatever reduc-
tions have been effected in the obllga-
tions of the United States.
The sum total of all classes of gov
ernmental Indebtedness is now as large
as when the war debt was at its peak.
The structure of the obligations alone
differs.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
TOTAL PAY ROLLS SHOW
MORE STABLE CONDITIONS

The most important change that has
taken place in the average consumers
financial situation since November is
halt in the declining trend of pay roll
totals, which had been falling con-
tlnuously throughout the depression,
according to the last consumer study
by Investors Syndicate. This, coming
at the same time as a renewal of the
decline in the cost of living, indicates
some improvement in the employed
workers financial status.
An 83 per cent jump in number of
automobiles sold in December over No
vember, together with a slight upturn
in the amount of security investments,
suggests some change for the better,
although the total volume in both cases
is far below last years total. Life in
surance sales register sharp gain,
while savings continue their almost
unbroken climb, suggesting more and
more that the debts from the boom
have been paid and that thrift has
become predominating habit.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
Washington Produce

Butter-One-pound prints, %; tub,
81.
Eggs-Hennery, 16a17; current re-
ceipts, 14a16
Poultry, alive-Turkeys. old toms, 1sa
20; young toms and hens, 22a25; chick
ems, pounds and over 16a18; to
2l2 pounds 18a20; broilers, 1l2 to 2
pounds, 1920; hens, large, 16a17:
small, 12a14; Leghorn hens, IL roosters,
10; keats, young, 45a50; old, 25a35.
Poultry, dressed-Turkeys. old toms,
23a25; young toms and hens, 25a28;
chickens, 3 pounds and over. 19a21;
2 to 212 pounds. 23a25; broilers, IL to
2 pounds, 23a25; hens, large, 20a21;
small, 15a17: Leghorn hens. "A; roosters,
13; keats, young, 5Ja60; old, so.
Meats-Beef. prime, 49, choice. Is:
good, 1212a13: COW. 9l2a10; lamb, top.
IA; medium, IL; veal, top, ID; medium,
13; pork loins, 12; fresh hams, to 10
pounds, II; Is to % pounds, 10; smoked
hams, 16a17; strip bacon. 16a17: lard.
80-pound tins, 613; package, 4; COM
pounds, 615
Live stock-Hogs, light and medium,
4.00a4.50; heavy. 3.75a400; pigs, 3.75a
400; roughs, 200a3.00; calves, 4.00a9.00;
lambs. 400a650
Fruits-Strawberries, ptnts. 1215a15;
Qudl 70, G0doO, dpp4eo, DuSIleI DdSkcIS,
50a1.0Ci fancy box stock, $50; oranges,
Florida, 2.75a3.50; California, 300a400
grapefruit, 2.25a3.25; pears. 3.50a4.00;
pineappleS, 800: grapes, Emperoes. kegs,
450; Almeiras, 5.00 lemons, 400a45O;
1.25a1.75; kumquats, quart,
10al5; bananas, 150a300: alligator
pears. fats. 250a300; rhubarb, hot
house, pounds, 1.25: honeydews, Chile,
400 plums Chile, 2.00a2.50.
Vegetables Potatoes, 100 pound
sacks, 1.25; Idaho bakers, 250a2.75;
sweets, 65a1 25; tomatoes, Florida, Span,
2.50a3.50; Span carriers, repacks, 250a
300; peas, 500: string beans,
1.50a2.25; limas, 200a4.00; broccoli,
2.00a2.50; spinach, Texas, 100; home
grown, so; kale, So watercress, l 00a1.25;
lettuce. Iceberg, 2.25a250; caulifiower,
8 3.50a425; squash, 2.00a40O; mushrooms.
65al00; beets, crates, 2.00a2 25; carrots,
crates, 400; cucumbers, 350a4.25; egg
plant, $50; celery, 300a3,75; onions,
50-pound sacks, 1.90a200; Spring
onions, per dozen punches, "a; satisfy.
dozen punches, 80; artichokes, 4.50a
500; parsnips. $50; cabbage, new,
crates, 800; old, sacks, 100a1.25.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
pecline in Chicago Stocks.

CHICAGO, Ill, January 26-Fiftv
representative stocks listed on the Chi
cago Stock Exchange at the close of
business for the week ended January
70 had market value of S844 517045
which compares with $3.50 ,297077 At
the close of the preceding week. ac-
cordlng to a compilation by Paul H
Davls & Go. This represents decrease
OF SlOo, ,780,032 or 1113 per cent.
Inc analysis by Paul H. Davis g. Co
SHOWS 1urther that at the close of the
corresponding week year ago the san1e
80 stocks had a market vaI1Ie of O.
lS2,976,556, indicating a decrease dir
ing the year of s1,348, 459,5l1, or 6443
per cent. a
Evening star., 1932-01-26
PRICE OF BANK STOCKS
SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January 26.-New York
City bank stocks showed little change
during this past week as evidenced by
records compiled by Holt, Rose &
Troster. The average yield Of the IS
leading stocks as OF January % was
1856 per cent, compared with a yield of
7.58 per cent on January 16 and 9.84
recorded on December IT, the highest
average yield reported last year
Based upon the January % figures
the Is issues now are selling at 1910
times their known current earnings,
against 1875 times on January 16 and
90 times known earnings on December
II, the low for 1881. The current mar
ket value Of the Is stocks is 092 times
known book value, against 0.96 on Janu-
ary Is and 0.65 on December II, 1881.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
OIL DELIVERIES DROP
DURING YEAR OF 1890
BY the Associated Press.

Deliveries of gas oil and fuel oil dur
ing 1880 by oil refining and marketing
companies totaled 385 5,080,l62 barrels,
including exports, compared with ALL
149,930 barrels the year before
These figures, just announced by the
Mines Bureau, show a decrease of 628
per cent for deliveries within the
United States, while shipments to for
eign countries decreased $50 per cent.
The combined 1880 demand for COM
mercial and domestic heating was equal
approximately to two-thirds of the
quantity burned as fuel In general
manufacturing. Reduced demand for
oil fuel in 1880, due largely to the in
duStrial depression, was evident in all
the marketing areas of the country ex-
cept in the South Atlantic States, the
report said.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
STOCKS EX-DIVIDEND
NEW YORK, January 26 (RD.-
COAL PRODUCTION.

BY the Associated Press.
Production of soft coal showed a
slight decrease during the week ended
January l6 as compared with the pre-
vious period. Total production for
comparable weeks follows, as reported
by the Mines Bureau:
Week ended January 16, 6,887, 600 tons
Previous week .......... $3.50, 900 tons
Sane week last year. 80, s,t95 900 tons
Evening star., 1932-01-26
BONDS ARE CALLED.

NEW YORK, January 26 GAP).-Fiscal
agents for the per cent external sink
inC fund gold bonds of the Province of
Buenos Aires announce that $257 900
principal amount has been called for
redemption by lot on March /.
Evening star., 1932-01-26

pf ............$l.62la @ Feb Jan. 25
Payable by U. S Rubber Co. N Y,
EuaTantor OF this issue, at the rate OF So
per annum from the date OF issue 10 De-
cember 81, 1881
Payable in cash or stock.
Evening star., 1932-01-26

Bombay, India, has had number Of
textile strikes recently.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
Sales of Stocks on New York Exchange
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS AND DAYS SALES

SALES.
Capital Traction Co.-l0 at 1874.
AFTER CALL.
CAPITAL Traction Co.-10 at 1874.
Capital Traction 5s-S1 900 at So, 81 600
Sl,00C at 5614.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.

6stPsr 65ePy dhsse BE- Club Inf fs,s s,,s ss 1901
Columbia Country Club 5lzs... 100 lo3
W. NJ. Cold Storage 5s. ~ ..'.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-13
BOOM MRS. CANE FOR STATE CENTRAL
RIVERS RISING IN NEW ENGLAND
 TO FLOOD LEVELS
Melting Shows and Heavy Rains Have Swollen All Streams and Some Places Are in Danger

Boston, April 13-UP)-New England lakes and rivers, swollen by melting snows and heavy rains, were at flood levels to-day and some sections reported highways and lowlands already under water. At Bradford, Vt, the railroad sta- ton was expected to be isolated as the waters of the Waits river covered the road between the town and the station, and one family was forced to flee when the rising waters menaced their home. The Connecticut, Merrimack and White rivers were reported many feet above normal levels, and the wa ters of Lake Winnipesaukee were highest in five years.
 At Miltonboro, Vt, a highway bridge collapsed after abutments had been undermined by high wa ter. Meadows and lowlands along the Connecticut river near Dear field, Vt, were flooded, but no se- rious conditions were expected. The Daniel Webster highway near Franklin. N. H., was so deep with water, automobile traffic had to be diverted to higher roads. The mark set as flood height by the federal government on the Hol- yoke dam near Springfield nearly had been reached by the rising waters of the Connecticut river,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-13
Primary Landslide
 Swings To Democrats
c esed moIA penuIauoO)

An analysis of the vote indicated 6 large protest shift of normal re- publican voters to democratic ranks. Democratic stay-at-homes came out for their nomination con- tests, hitherto rare.
 In Nebraska the democratic vote was expected to exceed that Of the republicans by about 25,000. The shift was attributed to the three way contest for the democratic presidential electors b e t W n Roosevelt, Speaker John N. Garner and Governor William H. Murray of Oklahoma and a vigorous fight for the democratic state nomina- tions.
 One of the most marked revers- alSs was in Wisconsin. So many progressive republicans entered the democratic primary to vote for Roosevelt that the LaFollette fac- ton lost control of the republi- can presidential delegation for the first time in years. Refusal to vote for a "dry'' republican sent many republicans into the democratic primary.
 m North Dakota the largest democratic vote in history was brought out. The situation here was similar to that in Wisconsin with the added feature of strong last-minute stumping campaign put on by Murray for the demo- cratic delegation. As in Nebraska lack of an important republican contest encouraged numbers of voters to shift. Roosevelt alone polled five times the usual total democratic vote.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-13
Mrs. Bruna Blekis
 Took Poison In Court
lContinued From Page D

worth of new furniture from one of the local stores. The furni- tnre was not used in the fire how ever, Mir Fitzgerald explained, be- cause second hand furniture owned by Vernale was put into the Gates avenue house instead.
 Mir Fitzgerald recalled that the elder Vernale, Antonio, is serving charges and intimated that the ac- males who were alleged to be part terbury. The last member of the accused ring is awaiting trial be- fore the superior court having court from city court.
 When MT Fitzgerald finished out lining the case, he said the state was ready to recommend a sen- tence of one year in jail for the accused.
 Attorney John T. Monzani ap- bearing for the accused pointed out that the woman was a victim of circumstances in this case, that she was forced to enter into the deal because of threats made by the elder Vernale. He said she did not receive one cent of the fn- surance money and was not sure that she was to receive any money at all. He pointed out she was married and the mother of two children, and urged the court to accept the states recommendation. Judge Jennings then said he would accept the states recommendation and imposed the one year jail sentence.
 Mrs Blekis, her counsel, MT Mon- zani and Sheriff Gray with Sheriff Nick Jamele were standing to- gether before the judges bench.
 Suddenly and without warning she whipped small four inch bot tie from her pocket, yanked out the cork and tossing her head back, poured the contents into her mouth.
 Women shrieked and the wo- mans child, seated with the spec tators. set up q loud bowling.
 The woman collapsed to the floor and began to cry out. She made pitiful picture there on the floor, her hat having fallen from her head. her mouth covered with a red coloring, her eyes distended and streamed with tears and her hands clasping and unclasping.
 Sheriffs rapped for order while several persons near the fallen woman helped her to her feet and