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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
CATHEDRAL. Will.
HOLD FESTIVAL
Student Council Completes
Arrangements for
Benefit.

Cathedral high school fall festival
will be held Friday and Saturday at
the school. Arrangements for the
festival, the purpose of which is to
obtain funds for student aid, have
been completed by the Student Aid
Council.
The council, which is beginning
its eighth year at Cathedral, is
pledged to assist in affairs of this
kind. The members are for the
most part honor pupils and while
on duty represent the faculty. Each
year the council sponsors a dinner
and theater party.
Members of the council this year,
as announced recently by Brother
Richard, G. S. c., are Joseph Hoff-
man, William Conner, Charles Betz-
ner, James Carson, Joseph Clark,
William Clark, John Gallagher and
Ray Grothouse.
Andrew Heichelbeck, Joseph Ker-
mel, John Sullivan, Leo WEIGH,
Charles VOLTA, John Culbertson,
William Brennan, Charles Broder-
lex, John Krieg, James McConahay,
Robert Meihaus, John Quinn and
Robert Shiel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
NAME EDITORS
FOR BOOSTER,
MANUAL PAPER
First Issue viii Appear on
Oct. 13 Under New
Editorial Staff.

The appointment Of Jessie Levin
as editor-in-chief Of the Booster,
weekly publication of Manual Train
ing high school, was announced to-
day BY Miss Elizabeth Hodges. fac
ultv adviser. The first edition Of
the paper will appear Oct. ID.
Clara Poggemeyer is associate ed
itor and Harry Miedema, sports ed
.itor. Other positions on the staff
nave been filled as follows: Sports
reporters, David King and Wilbur
Baker: feature writer's, Lucille Da-
Wis and Virginia Russet; exchange
editor, Norma Hall.
Reporters include Roseann Fogar-
tv. Mary Ellen Billiard. Samuel
Gordon and Edward Roessler. Other
positions are: Proofreader Miss
Poggemeyer; joke editor, Miss Rus
set. typists, Madge Gallamore. Jua-
nita Miller and Catherine Ferraro.
Robert Duncan has been appoint
ed business manager by Miss Helen
Haynes, business staff sponsor. Mil
bred Jackson, Erie Wilson and Rob-
ert Mathews will act as posting
clerks. Mathews also is mailing
clerk and Harvey Wyant is circu-
lation manager.
Active work in connection with
the campaign for subscriptions to
the Booster, was begun Monday
when the various Booster agents
were given time in roll rooms for
their sales talks.
Booster agents for the year, elect
ed last week, include: Paul Baker,
Frances Bernloehr, Robert Cain,
Mary Colligan, Charles Dickmann,
Herschel Duncan, Ruth Dunn, Harry
Einstandig, Don Emery. Charles
Goebel. Clifford Griffith, Robert
Hansing, Irene Hardin. Max Harris,
jeanette Hatten, John Hayes.
Helen Jones, Lewis Kemmerer,
Orval Kidwell, Marie Kunta, Ken
meth Lee, Robert Maar, Mildred
Moore, Ed Morris, Rosemary Nor
ris, Norman Mueller, Josephine Nc
Kee, Veneta Nelson, Alberta Pasch,
Eva Popcheff, Essie Privette, Vera
Raesner, Lilyan Reiser, Robert San
ford, Herbert Schwomeyer.
Dorothy Shearin, Esther Louise
Skaggs, Frances Snobby, Walster
Stoltz, John STICKY, Genevive
Stumpf. Ruth Tiefert, William
Vaughn, June Wagner, Emily Walk
er, Charlotte Wallace, Clifton Whit
ley, Lois Wolfanger and Harold
Yeagy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
.HI-Y HEAD IS NAMED
elmer SchloOt Elected President at
Broad Ripple High.

Elmer Schloot has been elected
president Of the Hi-Y club of Broad
Ripple high school. Other officers
elected include Jack Rich. vice
president: John Barnett secretary.
and Eugene johnson. treasurer.
The organization. which is open
to juniors and seniors of the school
will be operated on the lines of a
fraternity this year, opening and
closing with ritualiStic ceremonies.
A. ]. Kettler is faculty sponsor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
Indiana Extension Grants
Half Tuition to Is
Former Pupils.

Fifty-seven members Of the class
of 1888 OF Technical high school won
scholarships in various schools and
universities.
Indiana univerSity'S extension oil
vision granted scholarships, which
cover half the tuition fee. to Alfred
Kuerst William c. Mellender, Edwin
RAY Mover. Howard Rettig, Janet
Rhoades. John w. Marley. Clifford
Lee Hewitt, Geraldine Longest, Rob-
ert E. Elliot. Herman E. Rhine,
Charles Hoover, Walter Twineham,
Katherine Boone Ross. John Fargo,
Dorothy NJ. Quick, Katherine Her
berS and Charles F. Gillespie.
Scholarships covering one-third Of
the tuition also in the extension di-
vision went to Katherine Knepper,
Robert MunSford, Harold Cooper and
Neil Whitney.
Philip Jeffries received a scholar
ship from the International Cores
pondence Schools. Mary Lee Walk
er and Herman >Albert Lynch won
half tuition t franklin college for
a semester. L 'lyn Venitz will at
tend Capitol university on a one
year scholarship granted on student
application.
Allen Breedlove received a
scholarship for full tuition for one
year. and Esther Hipes and Leon
ard Gasaway grants for half tuition
for year at Indiana Central COL
lege.
Alfred Ferguson will attend Woo
ster college on scholarship re-
newed for each of four years.
-Four year scholarships at Lake
Forest college went TO G.. Dale
Smith, John Baker, Alfred Kuerst,
Hazel Fisher and Marian Phipps.
Earlhan college presented q
schola3 hip to Mariemma German.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
End Serious Coughs
With Circumcision

Don't let them get a strange hold.
Fight germs quickly. Creomulsion
combines the best helps known to
modern science. Powerful but harm
less. Pleasant to take. No narcotics.
Your own druggist is authorized to
refund your money on the spot if
your cough or cold is not relieved
By Crecmulsions- Advertisement,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
EXPLOSIVES ARE TOPIC
ShOrtridge Chemistry Teacher Is
Speaker Before Club.

uses of Explosives was dis
cussed by Frank B. Wade. Short
ridge chemistry department. in an
address to the Shortridge high
school Chemistry Club last week.
The club. under the direction of
Mr.. Wade experimental with gun
powder, gun cotton-and T. N. T.
Following the address the club
elected new officers for the coming
year. Those elected were Julia
Anne Benson, president: Robert
Upton, president; Mary Bur-
rim, secretary. and Frank Streight-
of, treasurer. Gordon Jacobs. Nor
ris Taylor and Bobby 10 VeStal
were appointed members of the
program committee for the semes-
ter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
SCHEDULE REGULATIONS
Riley Poems to Be Given by Pupils
at PIT. A. Meeting.

Recitations and songs from the
works of James Whitcomb Riley by
pupils Of School IL at 1873 South
West street, will feature the open
ing meeting of the schools Par
ent-Teacher Association meeting
Wednesday afternoon.
Rebecca Levi, 10; Orville Burge,
10; Evelyn Howe. Il; Edward Tour
nagis, Is; Marian Ballenger. 10;
Geraldine Carlue, 9. and Mildred
Delkf, IL, are the pupils who will
be featured on the program. Talbut
Howell VIII speak on the Community
Fund. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
TECH SPONSORS
PLAYLET SERIES
UnderCIaSSmen Will Have
Opening for Talent;
TrYOutS Set.

Underclassmen at Technical high
school who have an urge to display
their dramatic talent will get a
chance soon through arrangements
Of the Technical English depart
ment which is sponsoring a series
of playletS.
First of this series will be "I'he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
RILEY PROGRAM IS SET
Anniversary of Poet to Be Marked
by ga at School 20.

Grade ga of School 90 at 1125
Spruce street, Will commemorate the
eightieth anniversary Of the birth
u James Whitcomb Riley, by a
program Of songs selected from the
poets work at the opening meet
ing OF the schools Parent Teacher
Association Wednesday afternoon.
Charles sunthimer, principal of
the school, viii address the gather
ing in welcome to parents of new
pupils
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
PRESS TOUR is MADE
Freshmen See Operation of Tech
Cannon at Offices.

Four freshman English classes
visited the offices of the Arsenal
Cannon. the Technical high Schooi
publication, recently to familiarize
themselves with the various stages
through which a high school paper
must pass before it appears in print.
The recent visitors will test their
skill at news writing by submit
ting stories to the Cannon for pos
sible publication. The classes which
visited the paper we're those in
structed by Mrs. Jeanne Eastland,
Miss Mary Winters and Mrs. Ethel
Mcintosh.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
ANONYMOUS AWARD IS
GIVEN MANUAL GRAD
Margaret Babe, Receives Scholar
ship at Butler U.

Miss Margaret Made, January '33
graduate of Manual high school, has
been awarded a scholarship to But
Ter university by an anonymous
donor. The scholarship is in mem
ory of Miss Evelyn West, teacher
for many years at School 80, at 801
South State street.
The scholarship, it is announced,
will be given each year to Man
ual graduate who also is a graduate
of School 80, and who is particular
~ interested in music, art, history
and literature.
Miss Babe will major in history
and Spanish at Butler.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
FIRST ISSUE OF
PAPER APPEARS
AT SCHOOL SO
Mckinley BrOadcaSter at
Start of Fifth Year;
Girl Is Editor.

Pupils at School 80, at Dol South
State street, publish their own
monthly newspaper, the Mckinley
Broadcaster. which recently made
its first appearance in this, the
fifth year of its existence.
The paper was founded to teach
the children to express their opin-
ions well. freely and clearly; to en-
able them to cooperate better in
their school activities and to en-
courage an early interest in reading
the daily papers.
Helen Schmidt is editor-in-chief
of the BroadcaSter. Her staff is:
Alice Crane. news editor: William
Jones, editorial editor; Rosalie Beel.
primary editor; William Stansbury,
feature editor; Rush Robinson,
alumni editor: Jean Dick, Parent
Teacher Association editor.
Raymond Lowe is poetry editor;
Howard Strausser, teacher editor;
Ruth Gullian. exchange editor: Ma
RE like. assistant exchange editor;
Louise Moody, recipe editor; Donna
Sanford, club editor; Morton Camp
bell art editor: Valeta Pray. per-
sonal editor; James Smith adver-
Using manager.
staff Is Named
The staff of special reporters are:
Elizabeth Beberdick, Eldeen Blair.
Frances Bryant, Lily Crutchley,
Helen Edmonds, June Martinella
and Kathleen Shaw.
Esther Love is room news editor.
one of the most important positions
on the Broadcaster, since she re-
ceiveS the news from the Junior re-
porters, who have a representative
in each room of the school.
The junior reporters, who meet
once a month with the entire staff
of the paper, include:
Part of Education
Room /, Alice Esther Jones; Room
2, Mearl Perry; Room 3, Aleen
Quack; Room 5, James OFT; Room
6, Robert Snyder; Room 7 Esther
Love; Room 8, David CaSs; Room 9,
Russell Matzberger; Room 10, Lii
liam Forsyth; Room II, Orval Cauff-
man; Room IL, Frances Landram;
Room Is, Pauline Wells; Room 16,
Charlene Hulse: Room IT, Imogene
Rhodes; Room 10, Billy Shaffer;
Room 10, Robert Coffin; Room 20.
Junior Habig, and Room 81, Mary
Alice Lamparter.
Miss Lena D. Swope, principal,
regards the Broadcaster as an in
tegral part of the educational pro-
gram of her pupils.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
ROSES TO BE PLACED
ON GRAVE OF RILEY
Primary Class at School 9 to Hold
Rite on Friday.

Six little girls from the primary
rooms of School 9 at TAO East Yer
mont street will place roses on the
tomb of James Whitcomb Riley in
Crown Hill cemetery Friday morn
ing in commemoration of the eight
ieth anniversary of the birth of the
famed Indiana poet.
Pupils from the school will visit
Riley's indianapolis home prior to
the ceremony, where they will pre-
sent a short program of songs and
recitations from the poets cele-
brated works for children.
Riley's birthday falls on Saturday,
but since that date is a school hoI-
day the school program has been
moved ahead one day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
SHORTRIDGE HISTORY
CLUBS HEAD NAMED
Dwight Schuster Elected President
for Current Semester.

The Shortridge high school His
tory Club, sponsored by Miss Naomi
Fike, recently elected Dwight
Schuster, a senior, president for the
current semester.
Other officers elected were Martha
Norman. president; Jean
Knowlton. secretary, and Frederick
Tucker, treasurer.
The new president appointed
Allan Solomon, Betty Weier, Mar
gsret Stump, Sidney Netzorg and
Bobby 10 Vestal members of the
program committee. He instructed
them to find out the cost of a year
book.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
Broad Ripple Seniors Elect

Senior class of Broad Ripple high
school, numbering f1fty-four, last
week elected Phillip Waggoner,
president. Other officers elected
were Ona Butler, vice-president;
Eleanor Earle, secretary, and Morris
Conley, treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04

Light travels 186,264 miles a sec
ond, sound travels 1888 feet sec
ond. Light speed is constant, while
sound speed often varies with the
temperature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
Junior Passes Choir Test

Dorothy James, a junior at the
Broad Ripple high school, has
passed the test for membership in
the Capella choir Of the Arthur Jor-
dan Conservatory of Music.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
BUSINESS COURSE is
OFFERED FOR JUNIORS
Training Glass Opened for Ninth
Grade Pupils at Ripple.

Grade Pupils at Ripple.
A course in junior business train
ing is being offered at Broad Ripple
high school for ninth grade pupils
under the sponsorship of Miss Win
fired West.
The purpose of the course is
the training Of young people to be-
come intelligent consumers, the dis
covery of individual abilities and
the laying Of a foundation for adj
vanced commercial work.
KARL " zimmerman, principal
was one of a committee of In
dianapolis educators who helped
plan the course.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
schooImen's Club Picnics

Indianapolis Schoolmen's Club
held a picnic yesterday at the Boy
Scout reservation. The program
consisted of a variety of outdoor
sports.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04

The new postoff1ce at Dagenham,
Essex, England, has a skylight
which takes the glare and most of
the heat out of the sunlight.
Evening star., 1933-04-07
Grain Market
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 7.-Setbacks soon
replaced new upturns Of grain values
early today. After several days Of con-
tinuous advance, many traders looked
for . reaction, and the volume Of fresh
buying was decidedly smaller at the
start than had been the rule of late.
Opening at H-H advance, wheat
later receded all around to about equal
with yesterdays finish. Corn started
unchanged to 3s higher, and subse-
quently showed losses.
General downturns In wheat values
later carried the market to 1R cents
o bushel under early top figures and
to well below the close of the previous
day. Temporarily, September wheat
contracts at the outset reached q new
high-price record for the season, but
much increased selling pressure quick
ly dominated the pit. A large part of
the selling Of wheat came from recent
buyers and was Of q profit-taking
character, but wheat was also bearish-
ly affected by q sudden collapse Of more
than 3 cents bushel in the corn mar
ket.
Stop-loss selling Of corn had quickly
developed when efforts to collect profit
for recent big speculative buyers
showed that corn at the moment was
without aggressive support. After
corn, however, had tumbled 3K cents
a fresh wave OF buying orders swept
over the pit and the corn market raj
lied in some cases almost 2 cents. A
pronounced disposition was expressed
by many grain traders today to uut
less emphasis on possible currency in
nation as bullish factor. One strik-
ing feature was that wheat relatively
showed less rallying power than corn
did. Oats trailed after corn.
Provisions held about steady.
Evening star., 1933-04-07
Washington Produce
WHOLESALE PRICES.

Butter-One- pound prints (93 score)
%; tub. 81: one-pound prints coz
score). 81: tub, 20: one-pound prints
(91 score), 20; tub. 19; one-pound
prints 600 score). 10: tub. ls.
Eggs-Hennery, white, IL; current
receipts, 1la111a; Government graded,
extras, 2oh; standards. II; mediums,
15h.
Poultry. alive-Turkeys, hens, young,
16a2O; old. 12a14; toms, 13a14; old.
Sa10; chickens. hens, 13a14; Leghorn
hens, 10; roosters, 6a7; Plymouth
Rocks, broilers, 2oa2l; Leghorn, broilers,
1s; fryers, 17a1s; roasters, 17als; mixed
colored chickens, 14a16; keats, young,
25a40; old, 1Sa2o; capons, rs; slips, 1s.
Poultry, dressed - Turkeys. hens.
young, 1sa23; old, 15a17; toms. young,
16a17; old. 1lal3; chickens, hens, Is:
Leghorn hens, 10; roasters, 9al0;
Plymouth Rocks, broilers, 23a24; Leg
horn, broilers. 81; fryers. 20a21;
roasters, 20a22; mixed colored chickens,
17a19; keats. young, 2Sa43; old, l8a23;
capons, %; slips. 81.
Meats-Beef, 10; veal, II; lamb, IL:
pork loins, IL; fresh hams, IL; smoked
hams. IS; strip bacon. Is; lard 71a;
Live stock Hogs, light, 3.75a4.0o:
medium, 3.75a4.oo; heavy. 3.25aS IS:
pigs, 2.50a375; roughs, 1.50a3.00;
calves, 2.5Oa5 90; lambs, 300a5.00.
Fruits-Grapes, Argentina, 3.50a4 90;
Strawberries, 5.00a7.00; oranges, 2.50a
400; lemons, 400a4.50; grapefruit,
l.50a2.50; lines, per 100, 400; tan
gerines, 2.0oa2. so; bananas, 1.50a2.75;
peaches, $50; apples. fancy box stock,
1.50a2.25; nectarines, LIS: honeydews,
2.00a2. so: pineapples, 400a4.50; rhubarb,
IS; alligator pears, 3.50a4.50; pears, box,
2.50a3.00.
Vegetables - Potatoes. Maine, 1.25;
New York, 1.l0; Florida, new. barrels,
4.50a4.75; Idaho bakers, l.75a2.00;
sweets, 60a75; cabbage, new, 90a1 90;
turnips. rs; parsnips, 1.25a1.50; celery,
2.50a275; lettuce. Iceberg, 500; string
beans, 1.75a2. rs; limas, 3.50a4.00: shelled
linlas. quarts, IS; eggplant, 1.00a2 90;
tomatoes repacks, 3-pan, 1.00a1.5Q; lugs,
Its; caulif1ower, 1.60a1.75; peas.
crates, 400; carrots, crates, 1.15al Is;
beets, crates, 1.l5al.50; okra. pan, IS;
asparagus, 1.00a3.50: cucumbers, Cuban.
3.00a4.00; spinach. 60a75; kale, 30a40;
beet tops, hothouse. 1.50; Spring onions,
per 100 punches, 100; radishes, bushel
basket, 100; squash, white, 2.00a2.50;
yellow, zoo; satisfy, per dozen
punches, go.
Evening star., 1933-04-07
Baltimore Markets
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, April White
potatoes, per 100 pounds, 85al 90; new,
bushel, l.25; sweet potatoes, bushel, 4Oa
90: vans, barrel, 1.25a1.60; beans,
bushel, l.00a1.25; beets, per half crate,
75a1.l0 cabbage, per ton, l7.00al8.0O;
carrots, bushel, 45a55; caulifiower. crate.
l.25a1 40; celery, crate, 1.25a2.50; egg
plants, crate, 100a225; kale bushel, 20
a25: lettuce crate, 400a4.50; onions,
Der so pounds, 60a75; lima beans,
bushel, 2.25a3 90; peas, bushel, 2O0a
500: peppers, bushel, 75a1 SO; spinacn.
bushel, 40a70; radishes, bushei, l.0Oa
$50; squash, bushel, 1.50a2 90; turnips,
basket, 25a40; apples. bushel, 35ai 90;
strawberries, quart, 12hal8; grapeiruit,
taneerines, half box, LOCAL 30.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Turkeys, hens, pound,
23; gobblers, 17a1s; old hens, 20; oid
toms, Halls; capons. 2oa25; young
chickens, 19a21; broilers, 21a25; old
hens. 11a14; Leghorns, 11a12; old roost-
ers. Sac: ducks, 1la13; guinea fowls,
each, 25a45; pigeons. pair, l5a20.
Eggs-Receipts, 3,697 cases; current
receipts, 1914; duck eggs, 15a17.
Butter-Good to fancy. creamery.
pound, 1920; ladies, Is; store packed,
i2al3; process butter, 16laal7.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, receipts, 100; steady; steers,
good to choice, 5.00a5.25; medium - 10
Food. 4.75a5 .OO fair to medium, Asa
ITS; plain to fair, 3.75a425; common
to plain, 300a3.75. Bulls-medium to
good, 3.00a3.25; plain to medium, 2.5o
$500; plain to fair, 225a2.50; common
to plain, 2.00a2.25; cows, medium to
rood, 225a300; fair to medium. 2.25a
2.75; plain to fair, 1.75a2.25; common
to plain, 1.25a175. Heifers-good to
choice, 4.25a450; medium to good, 400
a4.25; fair to medium, 250a4.00; plain
to fair, 300a3.50; common to plain,
2.5oa30 Fresh COWS and Springers,
80. .00a6o0 90.
Sheep and lambs, receipts. IS: steady;
sheep, 50a250; lambs, good to choice,
5.25a5.75; common to medium; 3.50a
SIS.
Hogs, receipts. $500; steady; lights,
400a440 medium to good, 40Oa4.50
heavies, 3.60a440; roughs. 2.20a3.65;
light pigs, 3.00a3.50; pigs, 3.70a43o.
Western hogs, l0a20 higher.
Calves, receipts, IS; steady; good TO
choice, 5.25ae.oo; common to medium
3.25a475.
Hay and Grain.
Wheat-No. 2, red Winter, garlicky,
694 April, 6934; May IL.
Corn-No. 2, yellow, spot, domestic,
49a50; cob corn (new), 2.35a2.50 per
barrel.
Oats-No. 2, white, domestic, as to
weight, 31a34; No. 3. 30a31.
Rye-Nearby 50a55.
Hay-Receipts, none. General hay
market is quiet, but no surplus OF good
timothy. Prices range from 1l.00al5. 90
per ton, as to grade and kind. The
poorer grades Of hay are hard to sell
at an price. Market irregular on
everything below No. timothy.
Evening star., 1933-04-07
INDUSTRIAL UPTURN
IS BELIEVED NEAR
Observers Here Point to
Need for New Equipment
in Several Lines.
BY CHAS. p. SCHAEFFER,
Associated Press Business Writer.

Washington observers see good reason
to believe that an upturn in many lines
of manufacturing Is imminent.
This Is held TO be particularly true
with respect to makers Of railroad
equipment. automobiles and in fields af-
hliated with the manufacture and dis
tributlon of beer. Renewed business ac-
tivity with respect to the latter was
cited last week In a detailed statement
by the Commerce Department.
In the automobile field the consensus
Is that the present equipment is in a
state of depreciation never before
equaled. Activity in this field has been
declining steadily since 1929, until, lead
ers say, continued operation Of a large
proportion Of the present-day units is
not only contrary to economy, but q
serious impairment Of operating Ell
cheney.
Proposed railroad legislation, however,
is seen to offer the greatest impetus in
the equipment manufacturing field. This
pending legislation, designed to improve
the credit status of the carriers, IL Is
felt, will make 1t possible for them to
replace worn -out equipment, much of
which has long outlived its usefulness.
Equipment purchase statistics Of the
carriers during 1882 indicate the magni-
tude OF potential orders in this field.
During the year there were only two
locomotives ordered. as against zig the
previous year and with an average Of
$50 year during the flve-yeaf period
ended with 1929.
Likewise. new orders for freight cars
placed last year totaled 1,728, which
compared with 1900 the year before
and with f1ve-year average Of $3.50
for the period ended 1929. Also, there
were only 80 passenger cars ordered
last year, and four the year before,
compared with a five-year average Of
1,435. Track material production last
year amounted to 27,278, which COM
pared with 100 tons the year before,
and with a flve-year average Of 1885,
900 tons.
The forerunner of this important
new business is seen In the recent
flotation of $25,000,000 Of equipment
trust securities by the Boston g.
Maine Railroad to provide capital for
needed requirements to .ts equipment.
Evening star., 1933-04-07
Reichsbank Statement.

BERLIN, April P.-The Reichs-
bank statement as of March 81 shows
the following changes in Reichsmarks:
Gold and bullion increased 11,289.0o0
reserve in foreign currencies decreased
24,987,000; bills Of exchange and
cheques increased 344,481 900; silver
and other coins decreased 112, az, 600;
notes on other banks decreased II $685.
900; advances increased l26,6sl 900:
ets ncT.aind "a Sa7 ot. other
circulation increased 22,S76, 900; other
maturing obligations increased 80,523,-
600, and other liabilities increased
681, 900.
Total gold holdings, 73s, ,645, 900. Note
coverage, 2.37 per cent. Rate of dis
count, per cent.