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Evening star., 1932-12-24
$4,00O,0O0 IN DIVIDENDS.

ATLANTA December "a (P,.-Atlanta
and Georgia corporations will distribute
dividends the first Of the year approxi-
mating s4.0oo.oo0
The Coca-Cola Co. will lead in quar-
terly dividend payments of s2,7oo 900
The Georgia Power Co. will pay
100000 and local national banks Will
release a total Of $500, ,0O0
Other payments include:
Bibb Manufacturing Co. sl50.000:
Atlantic Ice & Coal Co., Sl00 900; Con-
tinental Gin Co.. $4,000; Rich's, Inc,
s14,600; American Discount Co., sl2.-
500; Southern Spring Bed Co. S7.897:
Atlantic. Birmingham g. Coast Rail-
way, s129. 500; Exposition Cotton Mills,
SIS, 900; Decatur Building & Loan AS
sociation, sl3,500; Southeastern Ex-
press Co. (semi-annuaD, S35,000.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
CURB SHARES GAIN
IN QUIET MARKET
List Closes Firm at High
Levels of Day-UtiIi.
ties Featured.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, December 24-The
Curb Exchange, in one Of those dull
pre-holiday sessions, finished firmly
today. The close was at the high Of
the day.
Bunker Hill-Sullivan Mining, an ex-
ception to the general upward trend,
eased, following the lowered quotations
on bar silver. Cleveland Union Stock
yards made no immediate response to
the dividend reduction from 371a to
rs cents quarterly on the common.
British Columbia Power ignored the
shrinkage In earnings reported by the
company for the first II months OF this
year. Electric Bond g. Share at the
end was q trifle higher, but Standard
OIL of Indiana and Cities Service were
heavy. Pan-American Anyways opened
up q point.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Baltimore Markets
,pecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, December a.
White potatoes. per 100 pounds, s5a1.10
barrel, .25a1 so; sweet potatoes, bushel,
25a75; barrel, 50a1 .00; beans, buShel,
l.5oa3 90; beets, per 100, 1.50a2 90;
Brussels sprouts, quart, 10a15: cabbage,
basket, 25a30; carrots, per 100, 1.50a
200; caulihower, crate, 1.75a1 IS; celery,
crate. 75a1.75; cucumbers, hamper, ESQ
a4.50: eggplants. crate, 200a2.75; let
tuce. crate. 175a2.5o; onions, per 100,
75aso; peas, bushel, 1.25a3.0o; pump
kins, per 100. 10.00al5.00: spinach,
bushel, 4oa1.1o; peppers, bushel, 2.00a
800; cranberries, box, 1.75a2.65; oranges,
250a3.75; tangerines, one-half, strap,
1.0Oa1.6 go; squash, bushel, 1.50a2.50;
tomatoes, lug. 1.00a350; turnip6, ham
per, 20a25; apples, bushel, 25a1.75.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Turkeys, hens, pound,
l6al7: gobblers. 12a13; old hens and
Leghorns, lOall; old hens. 10a14; Leg
horns, 10: old roosters. 7a8; ducks, 10a
IL; geese, 10al3; guinea fowls, each,
l5a25; pigeons. pair. 10a15.
Eggs-Receipts. 683 cases; hennery
whites dozen, 30a32; nearby, firsts, %;
Western flrSts, %: Southern flrstS, n;
current receipts. 81.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery,
pound. 2la28: ladies, l6a17; store
packed. l2al3: process butter. 18a19.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Winter Aids Coal Producers.

NEW YORK. December ~ (HD--The
old fashioned Winter u helping the
coal producers, even II 1t has not had
any effect on the coal securities. The
anthracite people anticipate = larger
Of next year than a year ago. The price
structure Is said to be very Arm. Even
the oi, industry. mcnaced by price cuts
aud oyerproduction, has an Offset 10 the
strength Of the market Ia kpoouA
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Adjusted Level Nearer.

NEW YORK. December "a (P.-
While the Lamp, official organ Of
Standard Oil of New Jersey, editorially
said it looked for no marked improve
ment in business in the near future, 1t
added: Eve can make out much better
in future even on present volume Of
trade. We are nearer an ad-
Justed level between income and living
costs"
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK, December "a R.-
Stocks steady; holiday dullness prevails.
Bonds irregular; United States Govern
ments higher. Curb steady; list stag
nant. Foreign exchanges irregular:
French franc steadies. Cotton. sugar
and coffee closed.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
YULE DINNER PLANNED
unee,.l Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, December 24.-Be-
tween 10 and 80 inmates Of the city
Jail will be served special Christmas
dinner tomorrow. City Sergt. Joe
stewart has announced he would per-
petuate the custom i,,:ti2tcd years ego
by his predecessor, the late Sergt. P. H.
ipiseeau. who served for over 60 years,
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Production Increased.

NEW YORK, December "a OP.-It is
reported that many manufacturers of
garden tools and steel goods have STEP
ped up production and employment
schedules to- the highest point since
last Spring.
Evening star., 1932-12-24
Drug Inquiry Improves.

NEW YORK, December "a (P.-
Dealers In crude drugs reported bet
ter inquiry for material for delivery
early in the new year.
Evening star., 1932-12-24

Dividend rates in dollars based on last
quarterly or semi-annual payment. sEx
dividend. tPartly extra. tplus - in stock
Payable in cash or stock. b Payable in
stock. e Adjustment dividend. Plus Sc
in stock. Plus 60 in stock. h Plus 1eo
in stock. jPlus 2Gs in stock Plus 100
in stock. m Plus SO In stock. Plus Sc
in stock. Paid last year-no regular rate.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
PEACE DISCIPLE.
PESS|M|STIC
MRS. HOOPER

A note of pessimis,m for the
1882 international outlook clouded
the seventh conference on the
Cause and Cure for War at the
Washington Hotel to-day as James
G. Mcdonald, cha irman of the
Foreign Policy Association, bore
down vehementlY on gigantic
ornaments.
Mr.. Mcdonald urged the United
States build up an international
political relationship comparable
to the realities of modern inter
national econ .omic life.
Peering into international prob
lens, Mr.. Mcdonald declared that
the Japanese military occupation
of Manchuria has raised more
problems chan it has solved" The
conviction that Japan has vio-
lated all peace pacts has weak
ened the worlds faith in the
japanese plighted word, he said,
and has tended to "shake conf
dence in the whole system OF
peace, machinery built up SO
laboEiOuSly since the war"
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
GUT To 20 CTS.
VIEWED AS
THREAT
Petition for Slash Fails to Win
P. U. c. Approval; Chicago
Link Denied

Another taxicab rate war
in Washington, with the possi-
bility of further reductions,
lOomed today.
The Black and White and
Yellow Cab Company asked
jermission of the Public Utili-
ties Commission to reduce its
rate from 35 cents to 20 cents,
The commission has not ap-
proved the rate, but the company
is operating on the 20-cent rate
and threatens to go lower If
other taxicabs cut their rates.
p. U. C. Order Cited
Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick,
chairman, pointed out that the
commission could not approve
the rate. in view of the recent
order abolishing the zone system.
That order was a clause de-
claring that no cab company
would be permitted to change it
rates, except to install the rate
and meters approved by the COM
mission.
The order provided that all
cabs be equipped with meters and
charge Is cents for the first two
miles and S cents for each addi-
tional third mile.
Appeals from the order were
taken to the District Supreme
Court.
Sale of Company Denied
William J. Brown. president of
the Black and White and Yellow
company, denied rumors that his
company had been sold to Chi
cago interests.
An investigation of the reports
was decided upon today by the
Public Utilities Commission.
Major General Patrick said that
he had no definite information
regarding the supposed sale. The
reports, which have persisted
about town for several weeks,
connect the Parmalee Transfer
Company and the Checker Cab
Company, Of Chicago.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
GRANT DRAF IS
HIGHWAY RULE
Times Staff Photo

Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grand, Sd ex-
ecutive officer of the Arlington
Memorial Bridge Commission, is
compiling traffic regulations
which park police will enforce on
the recently completed Mt. Vernon
Highway.
A squad of IL, including three
sergeants, will patrol the road by
machine day and night. accord
ing to Capt. r. C. Montgomery,
superintendent of park police.
The regulations will embody the
laws of Virginia with such changes
as the nature of the highway
requires.
Driving at As miles an hour on
the highway and probably 80
miles an hour over Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge will be allowed.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
TRANSFER.
RIGHT ASKED

A petition for free transfers be-
tween the Capital Traction Com
pany and the Washington Railway
and Electric Company lines at
Seventh and G Streets and Fiji
teenth and G Streets Northwest
was filed with the Public Utilities
Commission today by the Central
Business Mems Association and
the Center Market Dealers ASso-
citation.
The commission instructed Earl
v. Fisher, executive secretary, to
write the companies for their
views on the proposal. The as
sociation pointed out that such an
arrangement would not only tend
to increase street car riding but
would further business at the
Fifth and K Streets Northwest
Market.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18

am tired of waiting for the bribng to begin
What Of 1t?
No one in his senses has tried alter the mind of
Senator since Roosevelt was President and Senator
who is also dry is douby difficult SUBJECT pro-
pose therefore, to make the unheard-of assumption
that Senator Brookhart is right that the newspapers
and the press associations favor the vets only because
they receiving money from the drys The direct
threat of congressional investigation has been made
and had better be prepared for it. What battles me
is the Senator's astonished pain Suppose 1t IS true
Isn't there, possibly. business enough money involved
in the of prohibition to make it ungenerous for
dry to call names?
Dry Business
am treading on the Senator's ground, but will not
hint at corruption. l do not that congressman
have received money for voting to prevent the American
people from reconsderng their first false STEP Money
after the of the AntiSaloon League would be
too much of an antcmax | mean only that the tlght
for prohibition supported before 1t was tried oy
great industries and by manufacturers who stood to gain
from the disappearance of liquor and finally that prohl-
bon receives support Financial otherwse) from
people who making money out OF 1t, by the
devious way of bootlegging confess that testimony on
this last point is vague but have heard OF a
bootegger who wanted the Absurd Amendment repealed
The this is worth repeating is that the emotional
hangover of the temperance movement has cooed all the
activities of the prohibition movement Until we learn
that prohibition business, success
until it became business and remains business to this
dav we will have trouble undermining it, All one needs
to do is consult the dates. The great emotions of the
temperance movement out of the religious revvas of
the 183Os in America; these high moral
CIAhS1erreu 10 CHe league anu H. was oJ
after the league began to function that prohibition be-
to the sanctity of the American home.
A Faxed Facade
AS moral propaganda it was hystercal and unavail-
ing when took to card indexes filing cabinets
tive secretaries and big organization prohibition became
danger 1t took in big business; it took in steel manu-
facturers Zone of them, heard recently, brewing
beer for his employees to keep them happy couple of
years ago, when considered good form to keep
poyes happy. People backed prohibition because they
thought they would make greater profits in dry
try But the words they used the sacred and sent
mental words of the dead temperance societies.
So if the newspapers anxious for return of ad-
vertisements for Old Grow and Gordon's and White
Horse, and if they feel that the drys haven't taken
enough white space space rates. the newspapers
be blamed. The only to be blamed are those who
cannot believe that newspaper writer's may either like
their drink like that touching remnant of freedom
which consists in allowing others to do pretty much what
Thew n1eaSe
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
CHEATS
AMBITION
Times staff Photo

Alexander Harvey, rigger en-
ployed or Arlington Memorial
Bridge during it's construction,
looked forward with keenest en-
thusiasm to it's opening last Sat
urday to the public
Long months he worke' at
the hazardous task Of placing
monumental pieces in their as,
signed POSITIONS. Proud of his
share in it's erection he hoped to
be among the first to ride across
the bridge upon its completion.
The day before the bridge
opened Harvey, who lived in Bal.
timore, was working on a con-
struction job at Second and B
Streets northwest. Far above the
ground he lost his footing and
fell, meeting instant death.
Today Harvey will be borne
across the bridge with full mill
tary honors for burial in Arling-
ton Memorial Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18

preparations Committees of Con-
greSS.
Mr.. Rea, clerk and expert ad-
wiser to the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee, received the
congratulations of Chairman
Jones and committee members.
He passed the day alertly going
over appropriation bills and
budget estimates calling for the
outlay of billions of dollars.
In 1892, the late Representative
William S. Holman, powerful
figure of the House Ways ana
Means Committee and father of
the Holman rule" brought Mr..
Rea to Washington from Mount
Vernon, Ind, and found him a
place with the House committee.
He stayed with the House group
until 1908, then became clerk of
the Senate committee.
Mr.. Rea handles countless de-
tails in the drafting of supply
bills and is at the side of the
committee chairman to advise
concerning each item when the
appropriation bills come to the
floor of the Senate for analysis
and debate.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
Religion Is Theme
Of Bishop Freeman

With social responsibility" as
his keynote, the Rt. Rev. James
E. Freeman yesterday at the
Washington Cathedral declared
something more is needed today
than personal feeling of right
eouSneSs. Defining the religion
needed most he said:
ut is a thing that transfig-
ures life and translates itself
into service and love of ones
neighbOr."
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
Carroll Spring Inn
Blaze Costs $500

The Carroll Spring Inn, for
merly a sanitarium. near Forest
Glen, was damaged by fire at
6 a. m. today. Origin of the
blaze is unknown. The Silver
Spring fire department and
rescue squad and the Kensington
rescue squad kept the loss down
to $500.
The building comprises about
so to so rooms and is now a
summer boarding house. At the
time of the blaze only two per-
sons, including the caretaker,
were in it.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
'Rdckets,' Fire Traps
iTODicS of MeetinQ

How to rid the National Capt.
tai of charity rackets" and fire
traps will be discussed by mem
bers of the public health commit
tee of the Washington Board of
Trade at a meeting tomorrow
night, according to DR.. D. Percy
Hickling, chairman.
The members will also discuss
the feasibility of codifying the
legal responsibilities of doctors
engaged in public and semi-public
work and of obtaining advanced
training for members of police
and fire rescue squad members.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
MURDER QUEST
. FAILS To FIND
CRAWFORD
Virginians Watch State Roads;
Southeast Washington Still.
Being Combed

Virginia authorities today
followed clues in widely scat
tered sections seeking to appre-
hend George Crawford and his
alleged accomplice, wanted at
Middleburg, Va, for the MUIR
der of Mrs. Spencer 1lsley, So
cial registerite, and her 65-year-
old maid, Mrs. Nina Buckner.
Tension continued unabated at
Middleburg where the fox hunt
is the chief amusement. Satur-
day night and again last night
while law officers were securing
nearby Virginia communities on
reports that Crawford had been
seen there, roads leading to Lees
burg, where the Loudoun county
jail is located, were closely
watched.
Automobiles Watched
Automobiles, parked along the
roadways at half-mile intervals
with lights out, carefully scrutl-
nized all automobiles entering the
county seat.
Sheriff E. S. Adrian said today
that the force of deputies sent
to Middleburg when prominent
citizens threatened to appeal to
Governor Pollard for protection
will remain on duty until Craw-
ford has been CAPTURE or feeling
has abated.
The sheriff. Commonwealth At
torney John Galleher and other
law officers hurried to Warrenton.
Va, late last night on ''hot" tip
that Crawford had been seen.
Like other clues, however, the re-
port proved fruitless.
Law officers are inclined to be-
lieve Crawford is hiding some
where in the vicinity of Middle
burg, but were overlooking no bet
to apprehend him elsewhere. AS
a result search for him was con-
tinued yesterday in Southwest
Washington and in Boston and
Long Island.
Case to Be Postponed
Trial of State Trooper, T. F.
Stafford on charges of slugging
Joseph Roberts, Washington Her
aid photographer, Friday during
the funeral of Mrs. IlSley will be
postponed today at the request OF
Roberts attorney, Frank Hall.
At the same time it was
learned that T. Mccall Frazier.
director of the division of motor
cycles, who investigated the incl
dent at the request of Governor
Pollard, will make his report to-
day.
Plans for inclusion of addi.
tional territory into the corporate
limits of Middleburg were dis
cussed at length yesterday, and
it was indicated that Col. Wilbur
C. Hall, prominent Loudoun
county attorney, will work out
the plans.
Decision to take in the addi-
tional territory was reached Fri
day and was prompted by a de-
sire of residents to have adequate
police protection. At present
Middleburg has no law officer,
depending entirely upon the
sheriff's office.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
Tip on Sligo Bridge Crash,
Killing 3, Wins $40

A red-letter week for newStips,
which sent the judges into a
mystified huddle over the proper
distribution of the $50 in the
weekly Washington Times News
tip Contest, resulted in the
award of the first prize of $40
for the story of the Sligo Creek
Bridge crash in which three men
were killed.
Those bomb deaths in Penn
Sylvania may have set police au.
thoritics all over the country to
watch the mails very closely. but
employees at the Commerce Build
ing here were perhaps little too
jealous in their lookout for
bombs.
Takes Second Prize
The tip on the mysterious
package at the office of DR..
Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce, which turned out
to be heat cubes, won the second
prize of $40.
For information on the brutal
murder of Mrs. Spencer Ilsley,
beautiful society matron, and her
maid at their Middleburg. Va.
cottage. which has stirred the
country from east to west, an
alert tipster was awarded SIS
the third prize.
Announcement of the sale of
Saks and Company to S. Kann
Sons Company won the fourth
prize of So.
The 50 Awards
Six So prizes were awarded for
the following stories: The com
mitment Of a young girl to jai
The Washington times., 1932-01-18

in Hagerstown, Md, for riding on
1881 Kansas tags; the strange
appearance of a little white pig
at Dupont Circle; the arrest of
a colored boy in connection with
a fire in Colonial Beach, Va,
which swept the entire water
front; the leap of a woman and
child from a window when fire
broke out in their home; the
death of a workman when he
fell from a Scaffold and a. suicide
at 1908 Seventh st. N. W..
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
WILBUR TO SPEAK

Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
and DR.. J. A. C. Chandler, presi-
dent of William and Mary Col
lege, will address the William
and Mary College Alumni Club
dinner at the University Club,
Wednesday. This will be the
fifth annual meeting of the club.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
Bus Line to. Buy
Six NeLU Coaches

The Capital Traction Company
was authorized by the Public
Utilities Commission today to pur-
chase six new parlor coaches at
a price of $6,550 each to replace
equipment now used on the Chevy
Chase bus line of the company.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18

latest one is that the great news
papers and press associations have
turned against" the dry organiza-
tions, and given "outlandish and un-
reasonable publicity to the wets," be-
cause the prohibitionists refuse to
advertise in the newspapers. Senator
Brookhart, like most human beings,
believes that his cause is right and
that his enemies are wrong: but he
cannot conceive of the barest possi-
bility that his enemies are wrong
for honorable reasons. He has to
accuse them of the worst. Some OF
his colleagues have before suggested
that all journalistic vets are receiv-
ing pay from unidentified sources,
opJ Elo yoonv of NV colleapI1eS |
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
SCOUTS PLAN PAGEANT

A Boy Scout pageant as
tribute to Abraham Lincoln and
George Washington, will be pre-
sented at the Mckinley Technical
High School, Friday night, Feb
ruary IL.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
P. U. C. APPOINTS TATE

Thomas R. Tate was appointed
by the Public Utilities Commis.
sion today to serve as a valuation
engineer to the commission. He
was formerly connected with the
Trojan Engineering Company of
New York.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
d. J. Alexander to Go
On Trial In KiLLinq

The trial of D. J. Alexander,
charged with the murder of
Melvin Carter, colored, October
"a. 1881, will be heard by a jury
in the Alexandria Corporation
Court.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
PHONE "OPEN HOUSE"

The Telephone Company will
hold open house" tomorrow
Wednesday and Thursday nights
of this week, from until 10
o'clock, at the Columhia-Adams
central office, 1920 Columbia
Rd. N. W.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
DISCUSS FETE PLANS

The George Washington Birth
day Association will meet in the
Alexandria Chamber of Com
merce tonight to further plans
for the February % parade.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
CIVITANS TO DINE

The Civitan Club of Washing
ton will give dinner at the first
business meeting of the year at
6 p. m. tomorrow, at the Hotel
Lafayette.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
ONE-MAN CARS O. KID

The washington Railway and
Electric Company was authorized
by the Public Utilities Commits
sion today to operate one-man
cars on it's Rockville Union Sta
ton line.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
40 Years Mess O Figures,
Rea;s Life on Capitol Hill

Kennedy Rea, who probably
has had more to do with figures
than any man at the Capitol, to-
day entered upon the forty-first
year of his service with the Ap-
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
True to Type
Neglected WRITER
PUTS IN BID FOR
BR BE
-Rv GILBERT SELDES.

F THE Senator from Iowa we're corrupt corrupt
Il shall be; have learned by experience not
to annoy angry Brookhart. The talntest show OF
disagreement nfuriaes the honorable gentleman, who
promptly paws the ground and snors accusations The
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
FALLS CHURCH CITIZENS

The Northwest Citizens Asso-
citation of Falls Church will meet
tonight at the home of John
Bowen.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18

Just a minute that's all the
time il takes to inform Yourself as to
the details of the Slogan Contest an
nOunced today In the Classified Section
Of this newspaper read about
win one Of the 20 CASH PRIZES.
The Washington times., 1932-01-18
The 50 Awards

Six So prizes were awarded for
the following stories: The com
mitment Of a young girl to jail