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Evening star., 1932-12-27
COUPLE WE'D so YEARS
Family Reunion Is Held by Nor.
gantown, w. Va, Pair.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MORGANTOWN, w. Va, December
27.-Mr. and Mrs. John C. Price cele-
brsted the golden anniversary Of their
marriage Sunday with family re-
union They have six sons and one
daughter. Mrs. Price was Sarah Cath
crime Kinkaid, The family has been
prominent In this city '-...-..--.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
Cattle Prices Down.

Recent severe declines In cattle val
ues and the near approach OF the non.
day season. with its increase in poultry
consumption, tended to reduce cattle
marketings to unusually small volume
the third week of December. Combined
receipts of cattle at IL Of the more i'm
portant market centers the first four
days of the week were % 1000 head, or
5000 less than the moderate supply
of the corresponding period the week
before. The market at Chicago showed
good response during the first hall OF
the week. with q sharp reduction IN re-
ceipts. but turned weaker the following
DAYS, with declines of Is to so cents.
The top was about $725 on steers. The
bulk of beef cows sold In Chicago
around 81 to $275. A few choice veal
calves sold up to IS. Stocker and feeder
trade, adversely influenced by the con-
dition of the fat cattle market In re-
cent weeks, was quiet, with . price
range of $3.50 to $40.
Twelve markets received about 1000
more hogs during the first four days
than for the like period the week be-
fore. Average cost at Chicago was well
below So and the extreme top fell to
$500. Some very heavyweight butcher
stock sold almost as low as packing
sows, at $2.20.
Sheep and lamb values fluctuated
rather narrowly, with later price levels
at Chicago mostly Is cents higher than
the week before. Supply and demand
were comparatively well balanced. but
prices hold with greater dimculty be-
cause Of low priced hogs and cattle.
A moderate volume Of wool moved On
the Boston market. the transactions
covering q fairly wide selection as mills
CONTINUE to cover immediate require.
ments. Prices were fairly steady On
most uneA -.
Evening star., 1932-12-27
Four Rescued at Sea.

vI0O, Spain. December 81 fP,.-The
crew of the ship Europa II rescued
today four sailors who were adfift IS
hers IN the disabled boat valeAtna,
Evening star., 1932-12-27
BRITISH CONSUL DIES
Erthur r. Hogg Long Was Envoy
at Vera Cruz.

VERA CRUZ, Mexico, December 81
LP).-Arthur r. Hogg. British consul
here during the last II years, died yes
terday.
Surviving are the widow, son,
Arthur. who lives In Mexico City, and
q daughter, Mrs. Sig Varian Of Browns
vile, Tex.
The Washington times., 1932-05-14

last minute to compete.
Of course, if Little Sister
chews up your set that'll be
different. It happened to one
of our contestants. in the An
imal Contest. Seems to us
(thinking it over) that the
Big Brother in question never
did send in a book, even after
We had supplied those de-
stroyed by the baby. She must
have gotten a taste for printed
pictures.
Our pictures today are OF
Wilson Shay, 213 Eleventh st.
S. W., and Alice Greenhorn, 438
Warner st. N. w.
Gets Thrill
Wilson writes that he has
never had his picture in the
paper, and he expects to get q
big thrill out Of seeing it in the
column. Well, here's his thrill,
and we hope it is up to expecta-
tons.
He writes:
81 am sending yOu my pic
ture, and I hope very much
you will put it in the paper.
1 have never had my picture in
any paper in my life, and it
will be q thrill to have it in
The Washington Times. 1 have
a cousin up in the Shenandoah
Valley in Virginia, who says she
wants to join the club. / have
lost my membership card and
sending you an addressed and
stamped envelope. Would you
please send me another card?"
We will be very glad to send
Wilson his new card. We don't
mind in the least replacing lost
cards, but we ask that when
you need 'em you send us a
stamped and addressed envel.
ope. It saves work here, and
is a gentle reminder to you to
be more careful of your cards.
Alice, who is just 10 years
old, says she likes The Wash
ington Times better than any
other paper not only in Wash
ington but in the world. That's
the way we like to hear you
talk. We think our paper is
The Washington times., 1932-05-14

n
crazy that he is funny.
81 know several Of the Ad-
venture Club members. Dorothy
Cunningham, a friend Of mine,
said she was going to Join the
club. 1 hope she does because
she is a very nice girl and you
will like her very much. / will
send you my picture as soon as
1 have one that is suitable"
Thelma Carter, 40 Fifteenth
st. N. E.:
I would like to join the
Adventure Club. I read your
column in The washington
Times every evening and enjoy
it very much. Many Of my
friends have already Joined
and have told me about it.
Dorothy BuSey is one Of my
friends. Her name was in the
paper not long ago. I am Is
years old and go to the Eliot
Junior High School. I think
that The Times is the best
paper in town. All the funnieS
are so good that I don't know
which one like best. I hope
Mrs. Meany doesn't get Little
Annie Rooney"
Francis Fontaine, 319 H st.
N. E.:
st am years oil d and in
the third grade at the Ludlow
School. I wish to enter the
Adventure Club and will you
please send me my card as
soon as possible as I wish to
tell everyone that I am one Of
the members Of the club. My
brother wants to enter, too.
His name is Richard and he Is
8 years old. We love to hear
Kit Karson sing over WJSV.
F. De Marco, 1449 v st.
s. E.:
please enroll me as a mem
Der of the Adventure Club. I
have been wanting to join for
sometime. I read the column
every day and enjoy it very
much. I also enjoy Kit Kar-
son every time he broadcastS
over WJSV. I am IL years
old and in the sixth grade As
st. Teresa's School. I have
many friends in the club"
The Washington times., 1932-05-14
n A Observation-Disclosures
~ ADVENTURE CLUB

pretty good ourselves, and We
like our Judgment confirmed.
Sends Poem
Alice says:
II can hardly wait every
night for the paper to come.
like Blonde and Little Annie
Rooney best of all the COMICS"
Here is Bonnie" poem Alice
composed:
my bonnie lies over the ocean
My bonnie lies over the sea
My Bonnie is taking a trip.
And its all up with me-"
Elizabeth Knott, 606 Twenty.
second st. N. W., writes:
II thought I'd write you and
let you know how much / ap'
The Washington times., 1932-05-14

Kit KarsOn wishes to thank
the hundreds of boys and girls
who wrote him that they
missed him at the party at the
RialtO last Saturday.
His sprained ankle is prac-
ticaIIy well, and he hopes that
at the NEXT party he will
have the pleasure Of meeting
the club members.
The Bird Contest is Sched-.
uled to start on Monday. All
of the club members planning
The Washington times., 1932-05-14

TO enter Cne
contest are
W rn e d to
S A V E the
papers. w e
will be glad
to sup ply
pictures that
a r e l o S t
through no
fault Of your
own, but we
will not be
able to hand
out entire
sets. Just be-
c a u Sc y GU
decide at the
The Washington times., 1932-05-14

pr eciat e d
your putting
my name in
your column.
I'll bet / was
the proudest
kid in the
world when
1 read the
Adve n t ure
Club column
that night.
I like all The
Washing ton
Times funnieS
but none can
equal POpeye.
He is SO
Evening star., 1932-11-27
CLIMB CONTINUED
BY STEEL EXPORTS
Increased Shipments to Foreign
Countries in October Affect
"a Glasses.

With "a Of 48 classes of iron and steel
products showing increased shipments
to foreign markets, this division of the
United States export trade continued
its upward climb during October, the
Commerce Department announced yes
terday.
Exports Of these products for the
month totaled ii ,266 gross tons as COM
pared with 36,03S tons in September
and 32,955 tens in August, according to
Government figures.
Canada was the United States lead
ing market for October, increasing its
purchases to reach 1920 tons. Japan
was second with shipments amounting
to 1922 tons or 234 tons less than pre-
ceding month. Shipments to the
Philippines increased to a total of
$500 tons, while Ch.na's shipments
amounted TO 2,092.
The report said exports Of iron ore
doubled during october and amounted
to 10.O75, all of which were taken by
Canada.
The demand for these products both
at home and abroad caused substantial
increases in employment at steel mills,
the Federal Reserve Board reported
yesterday. Operations ct steel mills
expanded 10 per cent of capacity dur
ing october, which was contrary to the
seasonal tendency, the board said.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
HOTEL MEN FAVOR
REPEAL OF DRY LAW
Middle Atlantic States Body Makes
Elimination of Prohibi-
ton Prime Aim.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE November 26.-The
Executive Board of the Middle Atlantic
States Association of Greeter Charters
today adopted as the organizations pri-
mary objective the repeal of the eight
eenth amendment at the short session
of Congress and immediate ratification
by State Legislatures of the repeating
amendment when it is submitted to
them.
The Executive Committee Of the as
sociation, composed of hotel men in
New England New York State, New
jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the
District of Columbia, Virginia, North
Carolina and West Virginia, met here
for the formation of the plans for re-
peal Of the eighteenth amendment
Explaining the majority of hotels in
the country were 'in the red" largely
because of prohibition, members of the
committee emphasized that no time
should be lost in marshaling the hotel
forces Of the country behind the pro-
posed repeal amendment and IN
bringing all pressure to bear" on State
Legislatures.
1t was decided the repeal of any con-
flicting State dry laws would not receive
the attention Of the association until
the national law has been repealed.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
CLUB FEDERATION
HEAD WILL SPEAK
Mrs. G. M. Poole to Be Honor
Guest of Montgomery
Women tuesday.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHEVY CHASE, D. c., November 26.
Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, president
of the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, will be the honor guest and
principal speaker at the semi-annual
meeting of the Montgomery County
Federation of Women's Clubs in Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church Tuesday
morning
At this meeting. for which the Wom-
ans Club of Chevy Chase will act as
hostess, representatives of the "a clubs
affiliated with the County Federation
will present reports of work done during
the past year.
Prominent club women who will at
tend this meeting include Mrs. Rudolph
S. Allen, president; Mrs. C. Albert
Kuper, vice president. and Mrs. Homer
L. Twigg, treasurer Of the State Fed
Grafton: Mrs. John Paul Troy. president
Of the Baltimore district; Mrs Floyd r.
Younkin, president of the first district;
Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, vice chairman
of legislation in the General Federation;
Mrs. H. Matthew Gault, chairman of
club Institutes, State Federation; Mrs.
Alfred G. Goodrich and Mrs. Spencer
w. Seery.
Mrs. George F. Mikkelson, chairman
of the Building Fund Committee of the
Womans Club of Chevy Chase, will be
in charge of the luncheon to be given
in connection with the meeting.
The president of the County Fedora
tion, Mrs. B. Peyton Whalen, will pre-
side at the Tuesday session.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
EXPLOSION KILLS YOUTH
AS. ARE INJURED
High School Student, Attending Y.
M. c. A. Conference at Roches-
ter, Mimi, Is Victim.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
ROCHESTER, Mimi, November 26.-
An Albert Lea, MINI, high school stu
dent was killed and seven persons in
Jured, several perhaps fatally in an
explosion in central heat and power
station late today
The dead youth is Fred Woolverton.
Ir., II, here to attend Y. M. c. A. con-
ference
Curtis Kellar, also an Albert Lea
youth, YVES among the injured, with a
broken jaw. He and Woolverron were
believed by police to be passing the
station
The other injured, most of them en-
ployes OF the station, were r. r. Stanch-
field, chief engineer; Jesse Lewis, r. F..
Webster, r. c. Kelsey, e. H. Dormady
and Russell Nelson.
The detonation. which caused heavy
damage to the three-story structure in
the center of the city, vas heard a hall
mile away. Windows in nearby struc-
lures were shattered. =
The station furnishes heat, power
and light to hospitals and hotels owned
by the Kahler Corporation. Investiga-
tors tentatively decided escaping gas
was the cause.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
JOBLESS AID FUND
CANVASS is PLANNED
Drive Will Be Conducted in Four
Cheverly Wards by
Councilmen.
spscial Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
CHEVERLY, November 26.-Funds to
provide useful employment for the job
less of Cheve-ly will be sought by
hoasa-to-house canvass to be conducted
in the four wards by the respective
councilmen, it was decided last night
by the mayor and Town Council.
1t was emphasized the money was
not to be sought for charity, but to
provide work of a public character for
the jobless who really want employ
ment. The funds will be turned over
70 Town Clerk and Treasurer Carl r.
Yagle for administration by the mayor
and Council.
The councilmen who will make the
canvass arc: John N. Ogle, Ward ];
William F. Gather. Ward 2: p H.
Wentworth, Ward g. and Dewey L.
Guest, Ward f.
Work Of graveling Pursell and Crest
lawn avenues and Cheverly Circle was
reported progressing
A balance of 1924 was reported in
the town treasury. .fF
Mayor Fred W. Cast conducted the
meeting.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
RACING DOGS LURE
FARMER FROM CROPS
Finds Kennel So Profitable He
Abandons Wheat Till
Prices Rise.
~ the Associated Prens.

b. the Associated Press.
AMARILLO, Tex, November 26.-
William Hennershot's business of wheat
farming has gone to the dogs"
At first it was only a hobby, but
after the harvest last Summer Hen
nershot checked up and found that
instead Of his business supporting his
racing dogs, the latter we're keeping up
his farm.
So Hennershot this week closed up
his farm home, loaded up his kennel Of
25 greyhounds and their trainers, and
hieo himself to the racing tracks OF
Florida, where he said he would remain
until wheat prices go up.
Winning the national all-sge futurity
at Concordia, Kans., this year en-
couraged Hennershot to devote all his
time to his dogs.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
Papyri Discoveries
In Egypt May Clear
History of Church
Contract Law Questions
Also May Be Settled
by Finds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 26.-A letter
written by fourth century bishop and
a slave contract of the late second or
early third century, both found in
Egypt are included among papyri re-
Gently acquired by the Columbia Uni
versity Library, Prof. William Linn
Westerman, curator of papyri, an
nounced today
Prof. Westerman said the bishops
letter might prove of major importance
in clarifying early church history.
Although none of the collection has
been fully translated as yet, the cura-
tor said the letter had been written
Egyptian diocese, as st. Paul's epistles
were designed to be read in the
churches the apostle had founded.
He said 1t reviewed matters of doc
trine which were in dispute at the
time and warned members of the do
cese againsS heresies that had crept
into the church.
The slave contract, he reported, is
two versions OF the same agreement
written on one piece of papyrus, one
being a rough draft evidently prepared
by one of the contracting parties, and
the other a finished copy made by a
scribe. It may aid, he said in the
study of legal forms and questions of
contract law in the Egypt of the
Roman Empire.
The collection was purchased for
Columbia by Prof A. E. r. Boak of
the University of Michigan, who has
been directing excavations at Rom
Ushim. the ancient city of Karanis in
the Fayllm, just west of the Nile River.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
CONFESSIONS DECLARED
VOLUNTARILY OBTAINED
Officers Testify in Staying of Miss
Merrill at Natchez, Miss.-Re-
pudiation Made Later.

BY the Associated Press
NATCHEz, Miss, November 26.-Pub-
lie officials who assisted in investigation
of the Staying August Of Miss Jane
Surget Merrill, testified fer the State
today that the purported confessions Of
Emily Burns, colored, on trial as an
accessory to murder, were made volun-
tarily.
The colored woman subsequently re-
pudiated the confessions which charged
George Pearls, oolored, later slain resist
ing arrest in Arkansas, with the Staying
2nd named r. H. c. Dana and his
guardian, Miss OTTAWA Dockery, aged
ne:ghbcrs CT Miss Merrill, as accessories,
as well e3 herself and Edgar Newell
colored undertaken.
The EurnS woman and Pearls were
the only ones indicted, Pearls on
charge of murder.
John c. Junkin, president of the
Adams County Board of Supervisors,
testified that clothing and pistol taken
from the body of Pearls at Pine Bluff,
Ark, and returned here by him were
identified by the Burns woman as
having belonged to Pearls, a roomer at
her home.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
TO SEE ROOSEVELT.
300 Delegates to Pay Re.
spects to President E:cc:
at Warm Springs.
BY the Associated Press.

ATLANTA, November 26.-Sons ano
daughters Of the country's Democratic
leaders are coming to Atlanta next
week for the annual meeting of the
Young Democratic Clubs Of America
December and s.
The second day of the convention the
delegates, about 800 in number, plan to
go to Warm Springs to pay their re-
spects to President-elect Roosevelt.
One topic due for discussion is the
part Young Democrats will play in the
presidential Inauguration March 4. An
other Is an educational campaign de-
signed to keep young voters informed
as to the policies of the Democratic
party. Still another is movement to
preserve as national shrines the homes
and burial places of outstanding states
men.
Floyd M. Kenlay, president of the
Illinois Club and a son-in-law of Mayor
Anton j. Cermack of Chicago is being
groomed by the Chicago delegation as
a candidate for the national presidency
James Roosevelt of Boston, son of
the PreSident-elect, is treasurer of the
organization. Miss Elizabeth Wheeler,
daughter of Senator Burton K. Wheeler
of Montana, is vice president. Tyre
Taylor of Raleigh. N. c., is president.
The secretary is John Boyden OF Salt
Lake City.
The organizations Executive Com
mittee Is composed of three representa-
tives from each State.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
EXPOSITION WILL HAVE
"0LD HEIDELBERG INN"
Brewing Fin Officials IN Nil
wa1Eec to Operate 2iggcz: Res
taurant at Chicago Fair.
By the Associated Precs.

By the Associated Precs.
MILWAUKEE,. November 26. Of
ficials OF the Blatz Brewing Company
today made public plans to transplant
to the Century of Progress Exposition
at Chicago some Of the feeling and
tradition Of Heidelberg, Germany's uni
versity city. Heidelberg atmosphere will
be incorporated in "Old Heidelberg Inn. -
the exposition's largest restaurant,
which Is to be constructed by the brew
ing company.
Construction will begin early next
month, 1t was announced. Its two
dining rooms, lunch room and raths-
keller will accommodate $500 persons
at once and there will be facilities to
5erye $4,000 meals daily. Tha inn will
be operated by Robert and Max Eitel,
brothers, who operated restaurants In
Chicago many years.
OF German renaissance architecture,
the building will be adorned by the
towers and turrets remembered by
Heidelberg visitors. Knotty pine walls
and ceilings will be the distinctive fea-
lures Of interior design.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
Sac Paulo Loss $4,000, 900.

RIO DE JANEIRO, November 26 Up.
The newspaper Anoite today quoted
investigators as saying defalcations
from the Sac Paulo Caixa Economical,
state-controlled public depository,
may be revealed as 10000 contos,
equivalent to S2,000,000. The news
paper said former Controller Them
istocles Machado had confessed to par
ticipation in the Withdrawals.
First estimates of the defalcations
were about 1900 centos.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
PRISONER STAYS
DEPUTY AND SELF
Wife Views Tragedy in New
York Jail, After Men Have
Argument.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November ga pris-
oner in the Raymond Street Jail in
Brooklyn shot and killed a deputy war
den tonight, then turned the weapon on
himself and fell dead at the feet of his
wife. who was visiting the jail
Andrew Mccormick, %, of New York
City was the prisoner.
William Mcconnell of New York City
was the deputy warden.
Father Harry Honeck, son of the jail
warden, William Honeck, was wounded
the shooting, but his condition was not
believed to be serious.
Riot Reports Started.
The shooting started reports that a
riot was in progress in the crowded jail,
and every radio car in Brooklyn was
sent to the scene.
-Four hundred policemen surrounded
the building and flood lights were set
up to illuminate the walls and build
ings.
Jail authorities held McCormicks
wife. believing she may have brought
him the pistol with which he killed the
deputy warden and himself
Mrs. Mccormick, young and at
tractive blonde, visited the jail on a
special permit. Deputy Warden Nc
Connell went to McCormick's cell, took
him to the visitors room and stood by
while the two talked.
"Your Time is Up"
After about IS or 20 minutes he an
ncunced your times up" Mccormick
whirled, pistol in his hand, and fired
two shots at the deputy warden As
he fell, Mcconnell shot once at the
prisoner. but missed. Then Mccormick
shot himself.
Jail authorities found Mrs. McCor-
mick bending over her husband and
moaning, why don't you speak to me?
Why don't you say something?"
1t was understood that Mccormick
and Mcconnell had had several argu-
ments.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
LIMERICK ESTATE GETS
COURT NOTICE AGAIN
Supposed $3e, 100000 Fortune Fig
ures in Order to Grant Letters
of Administration.
By tho Associated Press.

By tho Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, November 26.-The
supposed $39,000.000 John Nicholas
limerick fortune figured again in the
courts today, as Judge John M. Guest
authorized the register of wills to grant
letters of administration on the estate.
1t has been declared in former court
actions by other claimants that Emer-
ick was silent partner of John Jacob
Astor in 1887 and that the partnership
agreement assigned limerick two-thirds
Of the proceeds of the fur trading,
shipping and other mercantile ventures
Of Astor.
Tcday's petition. flied by Mrs. Maud
z. P. Barth of this city, describing her
self as the nearest surviving next of kin,
sets forth that the burial place Of
limerick has been found in Old Swedes
Church Yard, Phile ledelphia, and de-
clares certain funds to which heirs of
limerick ere entitled, are being held in
trust by Certain trustee"