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The Washington times., 1932-04-27
HOOVER WON 7.
COMMU TE
SENTENCE
Alfred AIdridge Convicted
Twice; With Brother
Caught in Robbery

Alfred Scott Aldridge.
colored, convicted slayer of
Policeman Harry j. Mcdonald,
will 60 to his death in the
electric chair on May 6,
President Hoover having de-
clined to commute his SEN
tence. it was announced today.
Aldridge was twice convicted,
the first conviction having been
overruled by the United States
Supreme Court on the ground
that jurors had not been ques.
toned for possible racial preju'
dice. In still another trial the
jury disagreed
Surprised in Robbery
Mcdonald was shot by Aldridge
on July 6, 1929, when the po,
liceman surprised the coloreo
man and his brother as they
we're trying to rob a drug store.
He was on the way to a patrol
box with them when Aldridge is
said to have opened fire.
The policeman shot and killed
Albert Aldridge, the bro h e r,
whom Alfred Aldridge accused at
two of his trials of having shot
Mcdonald.
First in District
The case is said to have been
the first in the District Supreme
Court where a conviction fol-
lowed a reversal of conviction by
the United States Supreme Court.
When Alrdige was arrested he
was eXpenSively dressed and wore
silk underwear. His home was
characterized by the police as a
Tynyif n hi
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
Wife Sues and Asks
Maiden Name Back

Charging Walter D. Long, of
Laurel, Md, with desertion, Mrs.
Pearl Long, of Prince Georges
county, yesterday filed suit for
absolute divorce at Upper Mari,
boro.
Mrs. Long also asks to resume
her maiden name of Pearl Dwyer
and asks custody of the child.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
Man Takes Trousers,
Fined S25 or 30 DnuS

Pleading guilty to stealing a
pair of trousers owned by Albert
Jackson, 1904 First st. N. W.,
from a downtown hotel, William
Shanks, colored, AZ, of 220 I st.
S. w.. yesterday was ordered by
Acting Police Court Judge Robert
E. Mattingly to pay a $25 fine or
serve 80 days in Jail.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
Wilbur to Address
American Coalition

The American Coalition, a pa,
triotic, civic and fraternal society,
will have as main speaker, Secre
tary Wilbur, at a luncheon at the
Carlton tomorrow. The o h r
speakers will be Senator Tom Con
Yially and Mrs. William Sherman
Walker. y
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
lis Own Word

cared that 'the Hun at the gate" recalled the pro-
found explanations Of scientific gentlemen proving the
Teutons actually descended from of
and cruel partakng of of the finer instincts of
humanity, blood brother Cor should we say, cousin
Germany to the beasts of the field The simpler explana
ton that the Kaiser had ordered his sodiery in China
conduct themselves like Huns in order strike terror
the Mongo heart also offered to explain how fit and
pat the name of Hun | worked then newspaper
officially neutral it indeed, mystery for it owned
by Republican who hated Wilson edited and managed
py two violent Wilson men. I fanatcallX pro-ally,
out the policy of the forbade the of the word
Hun. Later I got used to it. in England where it was
pronounced I'm
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
G. o. P. TO HEAR SISSON

Charles P. Sisson, Assistant
Attorney General, will be the
principal speaker at meeting
of the membership committee of
the National Capital Republican
Club Friday at 1890 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
True to Type
n UN AT THE GATE"
RECALLED BY
KIPLINC
mu Gu RERT SEA MS
By GILBERT SELDES

AM not that l know what the old ladies in George
l. Belchers pictures when they say that something
gave them quite turn yet 'quite turn is certainly
the phrase for what experienced the other day when
book lust issued found famous Englsh writer calling
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
ARLINGTON FUNERAL SET

Military funeral services will be
held at Fort Myer Chapel tomor-
row at II a. m. for the late
Comdr. Bradford Barnette, U. S.
NJ. retired. Interment will be in
Arlington Cemetery. with Capt.
Sydney K. Evans, Navy chaplain,
officiating. Captain Barnette
died in San Diego, Calf, March 8.
The Washington times., 1932-04-27

German a Hun. You must under
stand that it was in a story not writ
ten during the war and not about the
war; the earliest possible date is 1927,
nine years after the war ended. In
deed, the paragraph begins with the
words, "The war over. ." The
startling phrase is, influenza had
carried off the learned Hun who
claimed continental allegiance" " The
author is Mr.. Rudvard Kipling. His
new book is Limits and Renewals. "
His Own Word
The turn shifted my mind back to
the day when, in the press of war
news, space was found in newspapers
for the whole poem, copyright, cabled,
Spt On naUn ono -, W oh KipliOo do
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
Apologies Due

Yet think most people have not yet made the amende
honorable to those who against the war in every
country while the warever ragged We convinced that
half the Ills we suffer the inevitable plaques
war brought FORTH and the pacss told So even before
we took up arms. The wul in the Senate who tried
TO stop the declaration fighting against fact thev
might have made hahearted and chaotic after we cot
INTO the war which would have done good But they
oegan their work before the declaration offered The
men and newspapers who began in 1914 the fight to keep us
out deserve from us an apology and word of praise
think they haven't got it vet
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
Hating for Money

good economic exists especially in France for
insisting on the perpetuatiOn of hatred 1t not fear of
revived Germany 50 much the necessity for keeping
intact the idea OF Germanys exclusive guilt On that
sumption, which driven deep into the heart of the
Treaty of Versailles, rest all the demands reparations
whch have ruined Germany and set the finance of the
whole world awry.
Rudyard Kpng, denied the honor of being poet laureate
Of his country becomes poet laureate of the Bank of
France For the far-seeng who knew that the war
wouldbrng good who suspected that at the end we
might be rid of two and burden ourselves with
dozens OF dctaorshs no poets and aureates exist
Perhaps shall have to wait for the time Indicated in
ShawS Back to Methusaleh, the year 10000 A. d. when
wiser men than ourselves have erected statue to Faaff
not because he drunkard wencher and liar hut
because he was coward. And then hope some one
will remark that to stand against the flood of lingo fury
is not cOwardice
The Washington times., 1932-04-27
A Pro-AIIy Confesses

desired profoundly that the United States should
the In that whole business find only one small mark
to credit not of the superpatrots who hated
America in order to prove their love for England When
returned to America, shortly after the force without stint
Or limit speech of President Wilson, was astonshed
discover that pacfsts exsed-not pro-German but men
who lntelligenty believed that the United States should
have kept out of the because outside it could bring to
better end with the objects of which it was funda-
mentally unconcerned slow and dull and unpercep-
i've; 1t wasn't until the middle of the peace conference
that belatedly began to have doubts.
An Ancient Relic
That Mr.. Kplng living in world aware of all that has
passed since the of all know about the
OF the should still call German "Hun is remark
able only for this that he is probably the only prominent
man of letters in England America who could do it.
Mrs Aheron in autobiography tells how she threw herself
into fury of hatred when she did propaganda but she
recognizes it for what it was, indulgence in new and
saVagey satisfactory appetite The the war dis
appeared five years and They will be re-
vVed they will only reappear in other FORMS for another
Evening star., 1932-03-17
BONDS ARE LOWER
IN SMALL MARKET
Hiuh- Issues Continue
Steady-U. S. Group
Advances.
BY r. H. RICHARDSON.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. March l7.-Bonds
moved lower again today. Trading was
in small volume, however, and there
was no reason to believe that, apart
from a few special instances, there
was any large volume offerings hanging
over the market. The steadiness of
high-gra issues contributed to this
theory.
The market opened higher, buoyed
up by another cut in the Bank of
England rate. Wall Street anticipates
another reduction in the New York
Federal Reserve rediscount rate next
week, and both bill rates and time
money were easy in consequence.
United States Government issues were
firm, the long-term group advancing
4 to y point. The most active issues
were those at discount, such as Treas
ury IS, 3lss, 33ss and 334s. Liberties
were up narrowly. Short-term Gov
ernments we're reported in good de-
mand, with the recently issued 3a4s
quoted at premium of 1882 to 1882
Most prime corporation issues clung
closely to their previous price levels.
Atchison General As dropped "a point.
American Telephone 5s were un-
changed. In the secondary list there
was a general down trend Junior rail
issues such as Erie S. Chicago g. North
western ASS and st. Paul 5S were
lower. Nickel Plate IS, however, which
have declined in the last three market
sessions, recovered about point and
Western Maryland SIS were narrowly
higher. Industrials like Youngstown
Sheet & Tube SIS Paramount-Publix
5l2s International Paper 5s and Shell
Union Oil 5s eased.
There was also some unsettlement
among junior utility issues, notably
those listed on the Curb Exchange. A
holding company situation in the West
was still causing some concern.
In the foreign department the pros
pective liquidation of the late Ivar
Kreuger's fortune caused some unset
tlement. Traders recalled that Kreuger
had purchased SIT, ,OO0, 900 of the Young
plan 51as when they were issued and
he is known to have had other large
holdings of German bonds. German
512s dropped to a new low on the move
ment While Kreuger & Toll SIS, Inter
national Match 5S, International Tele-
phone Securities and others of the
Kreuger group followed this downturn,
other German issues were compare
lively steady.
Argentine issues were all sharply
lower This was believed to reflect
nothing but the temporary cessation of
sinking fund purchases, now completed
for the current quarter. Other South
Americans were quiet and little
changed.
japanese government issues were
steady but Toxic 5l2s dropped 2I2
points These bonds are now selling a
little above SO cents on the dollar in
spite of assurances from Japanese
bankers here that there is little chance
of any interruption OF service.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
CURB ISSUES DROP
IN LIGHT TURNOVER
Public Utilities and Oils Un-
der Pressure, but Of
ferings Are Small.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. March 17.-Heavy at
the outset, the Curb Exchange weaken
ed further today, but the declining
quotations brought out only a slight IN
crease in offerings.
The various Electric Bond e. Share
securities again came within fractions OF
their record low levels. Cities service
dipped below 6. Standard OIL OF IN
diana was off a small fraction and so
was Ford Motor, Ltd.
A series of unfavorable dividend
declarations and earning reports more
than offset the unexpected reduction
in the Bank of England rate, which
firmed stocks in London but had little
affect on British issues listed here.
United Verde Extension rose fraction
ally Immediately after the declaration
of a quarterly disbursement OF l2i2
cents, which contrasted with 20 cents
heretofore Traders had expected the
dividend to be omitted. Newmom
Mining did not appear on the tape in
the first two hours. but bids were re-
duced following the 2-point decline
late yesterday which resulted from the
statement that 1881 dividends were dis
bursed out of earned surplus.
Ohio Brass B broke two more points
as a result of the passing of that pay
ment. BaStian Blessing Co. omitted its
quarterly common of Is cents. Garlock
Packing, which has not sold in recent
sessions halved it's usual quarterly dis
bursement of go cents. Acme Steel had
discounted reduction of its common
quarterly from 62i2 to 40 cents.
Foundation Co. Cforeign) A shares,
which have been unusually active lately,
eased following the calling Of a special
shareholders meeting for March 81 to
vote on a plan which may mean
eventual liquidation of the company.
Food shares were active, but irregu-
lar Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea at
one time was down three points. Ma
tiOnal Sugar Refining and Seeman
Brothers advanced. but Upgrade Food
Products reacted. Horn & Hardart was
virtually unchanged Mead-Johnson, a
food speciality, opened off almost two
points.
The widest break came shortly be-
fore noon when a lot of so shares of
Central States Electric convertible pre-
ferred dropped about 40 points. United
Light & Power convertible preferred
yielded four points Commonwealth
Edison was off slightly.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
Washington Produce

Butter-One-po pound prints, 26 tub, 25.
Eggs-Hennery, l3; current receipts,
II.
Poultry, alive - Old toms, 15a18;
young toms, %: hens, 23a26; crooked
breasts, 20; Spring broilers, IL to 3l2
pounds, 24a26 Leghorn broilers, 21a23;
Winter chickens, l8a20; stays, II; hens,
large, 18a20; medium, 18a20; Leghorn
hens, 14a16; capons, large, 24a26;
small, 2Oa23; slips, Is; roosters, II;
keats, young, 45a50; old, 25a30.
Poultry, dressed Turkeys, old toms,
18a21; young toms, 25; hens. 26a29;
crooked breasts, %; Spring broilers,
IL to 3lz pounds, 27a29; Leghorn
broilers, 24a26; Winter chickens. 2la23;
stays, Is; roosters, IA; hens, large
2la22; hens medium, 21a22: Leghorn
hens. 17a19; capons, large, 27a29;
small, 23a26; slips, 81; roosters, IA;
keats, young, 60a7O; old, 30a40.
Meats - Beef, prime, IA; good, 13;
veal, top IS; good, ID; lamb, top, 10;
good, 10; pork loins, IT; fresh hams,
IS; smoked hams, 7: strip bacon, IT;
lard, 7l2; compound 7.
Live stock-Hogs, light and medium,
425a485; heavy. 400a4 so; pigs, 4.25a
500 roughs, 200a350; calves, 400a
800; lambs, 4.00a800.
FruitS-StraWberrleS plntS Florida,
25; quarts. Sc; Louisiana, pints, Is;
quarts, 30; apples, bushel baskets,
75a125; fancy box stock, 150a2.50;
oranges, 2.50a350; bushel baskets.
150a2 so; lemons. 400a4.50; grape
fruit, 175a2.50 honeydews, Chile,
175a200: pears, 3.50a4.50; alligator
pears, 800; pineapples, 425; bananas,
O0a2 90; lines, per 1O0 200; rhubarb,
hothouse, 75a90; plums. 1.50a2 90; nee
tarines, $50 cranberries, 450
egetables-Potatoes, Maine. 100
pound sacks, 1.25; New York, LIS;
Idaho bakers, 225a2.5O; new, bushel,
1.75a2 90: seed, 150-pound sacks. LISA
225; sweets, 60a85; string beans, 500;
limas, 500; spinach, Texas, 1875;
kale, 50a60; cabbage, 2.00a210; celery,
2.5Oa3 so; eggplant, 300a3.50; peppers,
3.50a4 90; cucumbers, Florida, baskets,
0Oa5 90; turnips, crates, 300a3 so; ;
beets, 275a300; carrots, 350a4.00; to-
matoes, pans, originals, 2.50a300; re-
packs, pans, 2.25a2.50; mushrooms,
85a1 90; peas, California, crates, 500a
5 $50; Florida, baskets, 3.00a350; as
paragus, 00a7. 90; squash, $50; lettuce,
Iceberg, 800.
Evening star., 1932-03-17

REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.
Stock and

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE fol-
lowing is summary of important cor
poration news prepared by the Stand
ard Statistics Co., Inc, New York, for
the Associated Press.
News Trend.
favorable foreign trade balance of
$24 100000 was experienced by the
United States in February, due chiefly
to heavy exports to Great Britain in
anticipation of the general 10 per cent
tariff that became effective March /.
Exports totaled 5000 900, an in
crease of S5,194, 900 over January. while
imports amounted to $131, 100000, a
decrease of S4533, 900 below the pre-
ViouS month
Electric power production in the
week ended March II made slightly
better comparison with the like 1881
week. According to the National Elec-
trio Light Association, output totaled
l 1,538, ASP 900 kilowatt hours, a decline
of 81 per cent from the corresponding
week of last year and comparing with
a decline of 81 per cent in the pre-
yious week.
The Companies.
Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric
1881 preferred share earnings $119.78
VS.. SI1430
Crex Carpet Newburgh mills sold to
Firth Carpet Co. for about 100000.
Happiness Candy Stores-Stockholder
who brought receivership action has
filed injunction and accounting suit
against company, Loft, Inc, and officers
and directors of companies.
National DoiIupo,c Of Aeyipn NOT oft
er charges. six months to December
81, 1881, up 20 per cent.
Otis Elevator 1881 common share
earnings $2.01 VS.. S344
Parker Pen 1881 deficit $193532 VS..
net income $537,028, equal to $3.50 a
common share.
Signal Oil & Gas 1881 deficit $685.
4O5 VS.. net income S689,7l6 equal to
500 per class A and shares.
Steel Co. of Canada. Ltd, 1881 COM
mon share earnings SLOT VS.. $2.89.
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining 1881
common share earnings IA cents VS.. So
cents.
American Republics Corporation
Delaware Chancery Court appoints two
receivers for company on application
of stockholder; company admits in
Solvency.
Anaconda Copper Mining Co.-Sub-
sidiary. International Smelling, curtails
operations at lead plant and oxide mill
about 10 per cent.
Auburn Automobile prices of
new cars to be advanced Sl00, ef-
fective April Is.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad took no
action on quarterly preferred dividend;
paid 81 March l.
Ford Motor Co., Ltd.-SWedish affili-
ate omits dividend for 1881; paid 10
per cent plus a bonus for 1880.
CRANKY Consolidated Mining Smelt-
ing & Power Co., Ltd, deferred action
on cash distribution; paid 12l. cents
February l.
Gulf Oil Corporation 1881 deficit $23,-
670052, VS.. net income, Sl0,625 ,252,
equal to $235 a common share.
International Match Co. directors
took no action on quarterly dividends
Evening star., 1932-03-17
BRITISH BANK RATE
CUT TO 81 PER CENT.
Lower Discount Terms Will
Aid Business and Govern
ment Financing.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 1.-THE BANK Oh
England reduced its discount rate TO-DAY
from 4 to 81 per cent.
The decision of the bank authorities
surprised the market which was not
prepared for further reduction after the
two recent declines.
The monetary situation has grown
so easv, however and revenue has been
coming in so steadily that apparently
the bank directors decided to give trade
and commerce the benefit OF a turtner
half of l per cent reduction.
The lower bank rate also VIII assist
the government in its conversion plan
for public obligations. The hrst OF
these was announced last night. Hold
prs of a, treasury bonds due April Is,
we're invited to turn these into con-
version loan at per cent.
The Stock Exchange showed equal
surprise with other financial circles and
cheered the new bank rate Wher it was
flashed,
opened firm on the strength of good
revenue returns, we're marked up for
advances of one-fourth to l per cent
around noon Industrials and home
rails became firm in sympathy with the
market and internationals, which
opened weak, developed better tend
ency.
Evening star., 1932-03-17

on preferred and common stocks; paid
81 on each class January Is, 1882
Macy (R h & Co. declared so cents
common dividend formerly paid rs
cents quarterly
National Casket Co. declared ST so
semi-annual common dividend former
ly paid 50
Ohio Oil 1881 deficit $5,182. .26O, VS..
net income S10,630015, equal to $l21
common SHARE.
Southern Acid & Sulphur passed
quarterly common dividend paid 25
cents December Is, 1881
Western ssachusetts Cos. declared
so cents quarterly dividend; formerly
paid 6834 cents.
Western Union Telegraph, January
net loss Sl73446, VS.. net income, $685.
383.
Cities Service Co. February gross off
0.6 per cent surplus after preferred
dividends before reserves up 81 per
cent; gross II months to February 20
off 35.3 per cent, surplus after pre-
ferred dividends before reserves off 58.3
per cent.
Columbian Carbon 1881 common
share earnings S3.O2 VS.. S504.
Noranda Mines, Ltd, 1881 common
share earnings Sl.06 VS.. S1.72.
United Aircraft & Transport passen-
gers carried by United Air Lines in
February totaled 3,546 vs. 3,036 in jan
uary and 1852 a year ago; February
mail totaled 284, 745 pounds.
United States Freight 1881 deficit
$339 $40 VS. deficit S160, 789
United States Leather 1881 deficit
Sl,109,076 VS.. deficit S1,l31624
Central & Southwest Utilities de-
clared l34 per cent dividend in COM
mon stock on common shares.
Finance Co. of America (Baltimore)
declared quarterly cash dividend of 10
cents each on Glass A and B common
stocks, and also a stock dividend of 2
per cent in Glass A stock on each
class; formerly paid 20 cents in cash
and l per cent in stock
Evening star., 1932-03-17
Shoe Production.

NEW YORK, March II (P).-ESti-
mated shoe production fors February
was 25,200,000 pairs, or 1,050,000 pairs
an average working day, in compari-
son with 23,571 900 and l ,042 900 pairs,
respectively, for February of last year,
according to the report of the Tanners
Council Of America. The output is eStl-
mated at 16 per cent below normal.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
Bank of England Statement.

LONDON, March IT LP1.-The weekly
statement of the Bank of England
shows the following changes in pounds:
Total reserve increased, 767 900; circu-
lation decreased, 76l 900; bullion in
creased. 6,OOO other securities de-
creased, 6,299,O00 public deposits, in
creased, 100000; other deposits de-
creased, 21, ,260,O00 notes reserve in
creased, 7e4,00O; government securities
decreased 14075 900.
The proportion Of the banks reserve
to liability is 3718 per cent compared
with 1,19 last week.
Rate of discount, 3l2 per cent.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
Bank of France Statement.

PARIS. March IT LP).-The weekly
statement of the Bank of France shows
the following changes in francs: Gold
increased 420,OO0,O0O, sight balances
abroad decreased 684 600, 900, bills dis
counted at home increased 1000 900,
bills bought abroad increased 81 ,000,-
600. advances decreased $4,000, 900, cir
culation decreased 87l 100000, current
accounts increased 622,000,000.
Rate of discount 212 per cent.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
POTATO MARKET.

CHICAGO, March II (P). CU. S. De-
partment of Agriculture) Potatoes,
120, on track 228; total U. S. ship
ments, 1897; steady, trading fairly
good; sacked per cwt.. Wisconsin round
whites, No /, 85a95, few 100; unclassi-
fed mostly so; Minnesota North Da-
kota Red River Ohios, 1.25a1.35 Ne
braska Triumphs, 130a1 40; Idaho Rus
sets, No /, 140a155 mostly 145a1 so.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
Grain Market

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 17-Forecasts of
extra heavy shipments of wheat from
Argentina this week led to early down
turns in grain values today. There
were also bearish effects from urcer-
tainty shown regarding the significance
OF a trip abroad by George S, Minor
head of the United States Grain sta
bilization Corporation.
Opening 3s34 lower, wheat after
ward held near the initial range. Corn
started 14-13 off and subsequently
sagged further.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, March II LP.-Butter,
6208 cases. firm; creamery specials
1913 score), 23A a2324; extras 1922,
22A; extra frsts (90-9-), 2l34a2214
firsts t88-89), 20laa21; seconds (36-8D,
1912a20: standards go centralized car
lots), 2212 Eggs. 1l,648 crates; firm;
extra firsts, 1914 fresh graded firstS
ia current receipts, 1012.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
New York Cotton

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 17.-Opening
cotton prices today were l to 4 points
higher. Trading was quiet. Foreign
demand was good in the March posi-
ton.
Opening prices were: March 6.84 up
q. May 692 up 4, July 7.09 up 2, Oc-
tober 7.3O up / and January 7.54 up l.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
Machine Tool Trade Quiet.

NEW YORK, March II (SpeciaD -
Quiet prevails in the machinery aid
machine tool industry AS another week
gets under way. according to American
Macninist Every one continues to wait
for activity in the automobile industry
and it continues to wait for Henry Ford.
General business looks little better.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
PARIS BOURSE PRICES.

PARIS. March II LP).-Three per
cent rentes, 78 francs IS centimes.
Five per cent loan, 101 francs 10 CEN
times.
Exchange on London, 90 francs 3
centimes. The dollar was quoted at
25 francs 3834 centimes.
Evening star., 1932-03-17

One of the nomination papers in a
recent election at Kells. Irish Free State,
was signed only by women.