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Evening star., 1933-08-19
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, August 10 Up Omitted States
Department of Agricuiturel.-Cattl 100;
compared clcs< last week fed steers and long
yeaflinss steady; active in face Of sharp In
crease In receipts; closed firm; light he fers
and mixed searlings and grass fat cows. e.
lower; largely fed steers run; about $500
Western grassers. mostly killer steers and
she stock. in crop: extreme top fed steers.
Z 40: best light yearlings. S.25; heifer year
linss, 6.40; most fed steers sold at 5.hua
SO; grsssers 800 down to $50: most
killer Westerns going at 425a4.s0 most
grass fat COWS. 2.s5a3.25.
Sheep, 4;e6e head: for % yeek ending ,, rri-
compared close laN week fat lambs. bOa75
lowel; spots, on l 90 and more; increased
Supplies and dull dressed trade important
bearish factors. yeArlinRs showing less de-
cline; sheep and feeding lambs steady;
weeks ton. A35 on both natives and west
erns, closing extreme 500. with most ma
tivss z .50a7:75 and rangers .25a! a5: Iats:
weeks bulk yearlings. 5.Ooa5.S0: feeding
Hossw6. 600 head including $500 direct:
nomin ally steady; choice kinds absent; quot
able top around $50; shfppers toak 900
head. bought Friday estimated holdover
0O3 head; COMPARED with week ago 1oa 40
lower; heavies and packing sovs, on most;
iieht light 5000 and choice; lte-1sS 90 lbs sso
ibsS ,4S25ss5 sSminsl sS1l msd5Hm Wsishs s.ayy
Vefghs a5o-s50 lhs. s.4oa{2s, nonain.f
packing sovs. medium and good.. 2!S-55o
6s, 106a3.4o, nominal; pigs, good and
ehoSo4, 1o0-1a0 Ihs., a-0OA3 90. nominal
Evening star., 1933-08-19
TOBACCO GROWERS
RUSH POOL PLANS
Negotiations for Receiving Station
Pressed by Bright Leaf Co. :
operative Group in Virginia.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PETERSBURG. Va, August 19-
Plans for the establishment of a re-
ceiving station for the Virginia Bright
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Mar
keting Association in the Watson ware
house here are going forward as q re-
suit Of the action Of the group in for
bidding the handling of the association
leaf in any but association operated
warehouses
The cooperative operated here last
year by using part Of the facilities
Of the Virginia warehouse as a re-
>ceivmg station, but with the adoption
at the last meeting Of the new rule
this practice could not be continued
For time it was feared that no
cooperative leaf would be handled here
this season because of the inadvisabil-
ity of establishing a new warehouse.
When the Watson warehouse was taken
over by the court, thus eliminating
the necessity for a third warehouse,
the problem was again undertaken. A
number Of leading business men Of the
city have pledged themselves to guar
antee the estate owning the warehouse
against loss If rented to the association
The petition for an option on the
warehouse must be approved by the
court before the proposal can be acted
upon by the cooperative association
ofncials.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
Average Business Man Found
UNIFORMED on Bank Facts

rect, and = typical answer was frozen
assets
4. What is q bank fioat?"
only seven answers were correct,
and among the others was this illunni-
mating definition: "A mythical some
thing which Is supposed to keep q bank
from sinking but does not
Those Of us who are bank officers
or employees" continues the A. B. A.
notice, may well ponder these answers
and their significance to ourselves.
There is no reason to suppose that our
own customers are better informed re-
garding banking practice than were the
successful business men who tried to
answer these simple questions. They
were bank customers themselves Of the
type upon which almost any bank de-
pends for its business and for loyal
support and understanding. Yet hew
can loyalty or understanding be ex-
pccted from customers who have no
clearer conception of banking than
those replies disclose?"
A disgruntled stock trader was COM
planning about the high cost of specu-
lation.
Profits are split three ways" he
said. "A point to the broker, a point
TO the Government, and a point to you
If you can get it,
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1933-08-19
Markets CONTINUE
ON QUIET COURSE
Erratic Grain Fluctuations
Enliven an Otherwise
Dull Week.
BY JOHN L. COOLEY,


NEW YORK, August ia sudden
decline on coincident with
break In grains-and sharp recov-
spurted, enlivened An otherwise dull
week on the stock exchange.
Except for these signs Of life, the
market suffered from acute ennui.
Stocks were obviously Influenced by
events in the Chicago Board Of Trade,
although they cooked an attentive ear
to fresh rumors about imitation. The
market was thin all week.
The stock exchange was closed today
in line with the Summer schedule
The grain market celebrated the ter
mination of o minimum "pegged" price
ON Wednesday by q prompt drop to the
full limit permitted for a single days
fluctuations Stocks came tumbling
after. but the picture was reversed the
next day.
Dollar Weakens.
On the bond market trading plodded
along and price chances were generally
confined within q narrow range. Com
modities were steady on the whole.
The dollar got the worst Of 1t In the
foreign exchange markets where trad
ers Jump at the shadow Of an imitation
rumor Apparently the chief basis for
the new money stories was the White
House visit of certain members Of Con-
gress, who also happen to be confirmed
inf1ationists.
Oficially, the monetary situation re-
mained unchanged as the administra-
ton continued to focus expediting codes
of some major industries.
Wide attention centered on . report
Of Secretary of Labor Perkins hdicat-
ing that employment has risen to the
level Of October, 1881, with July pay
rolls sac, ,000, 900 above the weekly wages
In March
While food prices advanced 8h per
cent last month, said Miss Perkins, pay
rolls gained 70 per cent IN the same
period.
Banks are Praised.
The banking structure, as . whole.
came in for praise from the Secretary OF
the Treasury's executive assistant who
pointed out that deposits in banks. re-
opened since the banking holiday. to-
tailed more than 3l.7 billion dollars.
Only about 81 billions remain tied
up in closed or restricted institutions.
Week end trade reviews found no
appreciable modification In the forward
movement which business has enjoyed
In recent months.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
Financiers Using
Airplanes Both in
Play and Business
Speed to Country Homes
or Conferences on
Wall Street.
|pecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, August 19.-Many
bankers and brokers now are using air
planes for business and pleasure as
casually as most Of us use trolleys,
trains or automobiles.
Among the brokers who have become
airminded is william C. Langley, head
of the investment firm Of that name,
who has acquired a cabin monoplane
to use for week end communication be-
tween New York and his Virginia farm.
He has just obtained his pilots license
after being flying passenger for several
years.
Financial leaders of other cities often
use planes to speed to country homes
or to Wall Street conferences. Charles
A. Hinsch, jr., OF Cincinnati, was con-
verted to aviation following the visit
of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to the
Queen City. John Pattison, Cincinnati
insurance executive and active stock
market follower, also is sky-minded.
Down Baltimore way Hayward e.
Boice, jr., takes to the air, while over
in Cumberland. Md, planes have at
tracted A. Hammond Amick, jr. In Chi
cago, G. T. Baker, an automobile
finance executive, pilots his own plane.
In Wall Street, Thomas Eastman
flies cabin plane and Richard F. Hoyt
pilots seaplane as well as he drives a
speed boat.
James Goodwin Hall, who led Capt
Frank NJ Hawks a real cross-country
| race few years ago, is another finan-
cier who takes over the controls of an
airplane after a day in Wall Street
Others include William Fahnestock,
Roland Palmedo, Willis D. George. Law
,, renee Turnure, Barron Lambert, Alan
Eustis. Samuel L. Register. William
Barclay Harding, Edward B. Cahr and
Bertram s. Rosenbaum. Miles Vernon
who was with the Army Air Corps dur
ing the war. is now an active pilot in all
| Of the Aviation Country Club cruises.
(Copyrieht, 1881
Evening star., 1933-08-19
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 1.-the aver
age business man knows little about
the fundamentals Of banking, concludes
the American Bankers Association.
which has been sponsoring study Of
constructive customer relations" and
made available to members Of the asso-
citation results Of answers to q ques-
tionnaire sprung on number OF busi-
ness men who were present ct a lunch
con recently.
-Four Of the easiest questions and
some of the answers follow:
/. I'm what way does q State bank
differ from a national bank2"
six of the Is men," explained the
bankers association, could give no an
swer, and seven others were incorrect,
as indicated by such replies as the
name is different and national bank
has deposited funds with the National
Government"
2. What is the difference between
bank and building and loan associa-
tion?"
Fourteen answers were incorrect, one
Of them asserting no building and loan
associations have failed in this depres-
SION
8. What are banks uncollected
funds?"
"Only one answer out of as was cor
Evening star., 1933-08-19
AVERAGES MAINTAINED
BY INVESTMENT TRUSTS

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 19.-Invest-
ment trust securities registered little
change during the past week. The
average for the common stocks of the
five leading management trusts, in
f1uenced by the leverage factor, as COM
piled by Distributors Inc, stood
at 1854 as of August 18, compared
with 1853 on August H. The low
for the current year to date was s22
on March 81.
The average of the non-leverage
stocks stood at 1919 as of the close
August 18, compared with 1909 at the
close on August IL. The average of
the mutual funds closed at 11.29, un-
changed for the week
Evening star., 1933-08-19
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd,

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Nd, August 19-
White potatoes. new. barrel. 1.7sa3.5o;
sweet potatoes, bushel, 30a1.o0: yams,
bushel, 75a90; beans, bushel, 50al 90;
beets, 100, LOCAL so: cabbage. basket,
35a60: corn, dozen, 6a12; carrots, 100,
50a1 so; cucumbers, hamper, 20a60;
eggplants, hamper, 15a25; lettuce, crate,
s0a1 90; lima beans, bushel, 50a1 90;
onions, 100 pounds, 1.50a1.75: peppers,
hamper. 10a20; tomatoes. hamper. 15a
40; squash, hamper. 10a2o; spinach.
basket, 35a5o; apples, bushel. 25a1. as:
peaches, bushel, 5Oa1 so: pears, bushel,
local SO; blackberTies, crate, 2.00a3.00;
watermelons, each, 5a20; hucklebefrtes,
crate, 1.50a250; cantaloupes, hamper,
15a30; damsons, hamper, 40a50.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Young chickens, .12a
20; Leghorns, 11a13; old hens, 10a14;
Leghorns, 9a10; old roosters, 7a9;
ducks. 7a12; pigeons. pair, 10a15.
Egg-Current receipts, l3a15: near
by frsts, 15a17; hennery whites,
Butter-Good to fancy, creamery,
pound. 20az2h: ladies, 16a17; store
packed, 19.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
Washington Produce
Wholesale Prices.

Egg prices furnished by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
Butter. one-pound prints (93 score),
IS; tub. "a; one-pound prints (s2
score), "a; tub, %; one-pound prints
go score). %; tub, "a.
Eggs-Current receipts, 12al3; hen
merry whites, 16al8; Government graded
and dated, white eggs, U. S. extras,
large, 2717; medium, -; standards.
23k.
Poultry, alive; chickens, Plymouth
Rocks. 15a18; mixed colored, 13a14;
Leghorns. 11a13; hens, mixed colored.
10a12; Leghorns, 7as: roosters. 6a7.
Poultry, dressed; chickens, Plymouth
Rocks, lSa2l; mixed colored, 16alS;
Leghorns. 14a17: hens. mixed colored,
13al5; Leghorns, 13a14; ROSTERS, eA1o;
squads, dozen, IL to IL pounds, per
pound, 25a3o; Long Island ducks, l4al5.
Meats-Beef, IL; veal, 10; lamb, IS;
pork loins, IA; fresh hams, II; smoked
hams is; strip bacon. Is; lard, sh;
compound, 812.
Fruits-Apples, 75a1 90; peaches,
1.00a2.25; pears. 2.00a3.25: watermelons,
rs; honeyballs, 2.50a3 90; oranges,
3OOa3 so; lemons. 4.00as.50; lines,
Persian, lugs, Florida, l.50a2 90: plums,
200a2.25; nectarines, 1.5oa1.75; grapes,
Thompson seedless, 1.50a1.75; black
berries, 400; huckleberries. 400: dam
sons, 1.25a1 so; bananas, 50a2.00; fgs,
250a300.
Vegetables-Potatoes, 100 pound
sacks, 250a2.75; sweets, 1.25a1. rs;
string beans, 5Oa75; limas, STATS;
shelled, quart, IS; cabbage, 5oa75;
squash, so; peas, 11.7Sa2.00; corn, 75a
LIS; celery, 2.50a3 90; onions, 50-pound
sacks, 1.25a1 so; peppers, 50; tomatoes,
1.00al.25; okra, 2-peck baskets, IS;
lettuce. Iceberg, 4.00a4.25; eggplant, 50:
cucumbers, bushel. 50a1.00: squash,
25a35; kale. so; spinach, las; beets,
per 100 punches, 800: carrots. per 100
lunches. 500: broccoli. 2s-pound bas-
kets, $50; mushrooms, 2.2S.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
canada TO ADMIT
|. US. GOLD OUTPUT
Ore, Concentrates, Precipi-
tates and Unretorted Anal
gam Will Be Handled.
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSociated PreSs.
OTTAWA, August 19.-Minister of
Finance Z. N. Rhodes announced today
that the dominion government had de-
cided to permit the shipment into Can
ada of gold ore, gold concentrates, gold
precipitates and unretorted amalgam
from the United States to Canadian
smelters.
After the gold has passed through the
smelters, 1t will be sent to the Royal
Canadian mint and refined, then ship
ped by the department Of finance to the
world markets.
The department will act as agent
for selling the metal In the most advan-
tageous market. The cost of refining,
shipping and other necessary expenses
will be deducted as well as handling
charge of per cent.
The minister Of finance will have sole
discretion as to the market and time Of
sale. No sales tax will be levied against
the shipments. The departments only
charge above the out-of- pocket costs
will be the per cent handling charge.
By the Associated Press.
The action of the Canadian govern
ment In permitting import into Canada
Of American gold ore, concentrates, pre-
cipitates and unretorted amalgam was
interpreted by officials today as provid-
ing a higher market for American gold
mines.
Gold in the United States commands
a fixed price Of $2o67 per ounce, while
in Canada recently it has been selling
| for more than $28 an ounce.
Several days ago the United States
relaxed President Roosevelt's gold en-
bargo to permit export of gold ore, con-
centrates, precipitates and unretorted
amalgam. The action was taken after
receipt Of many requests from American
mining companies that they be permit
| ted TO take advantage Of the higher
prices In foreign markets.
At the Treasury today 1t was said no
further relaxation in the gold embargo
was contemplated 90 far as was known
| there.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
LOWER net Barred
BY METRO GOODWIN
$3.50, 1852 Profit Reported for IL
Weeks Compared, With $780,
1923 Year Ago.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 19-Metro-
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation reports
for the II weeks ended June 8 net
profit of $330,362, compared with ST.
35l 1928 for similar period ended June
4, 1892. For the 40 weeks ended June
net profit was $1,296,5 ,535, compared
with 1892 $50 In the 40 weeks ended
June 4, 1882.
and subsidiaries report for the six
months ended June 80 net income of
S449,7 ,729, equivalent to 45 cents a share
on the common stock. This compares
with $604,655. or so cents q share, in
the first half Of 1882.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
MOVE SLIGHTLY LOWER
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 70 The star.
NEW YORK, August l9.-New York
City bank stocks were slightly lower
during the last week. The aggregate
value Of the 16 leading issues, as COM
piled by Holt, Rose g. Troster. ended
the week at 81 ,545, 1885, 900, compared
with 81 ,569. .060, 900 at the close of the
previous week. a decrease of s23,303,-
900, or lag per cent. The low point
for the year to date, namely 81 ,065, 746,-
900, was recorded on April S.
The average yield of the 16 stocks is
now 507 per cent. compared with a
yield Of 4.99 per cent. reported on Au-
gust IL. The current market value of
the Is stocks Is now 118 times their
known book value, against 1.20 on
August IL. Based upon current figures
the Is stocks are now quoted at an
average of 1.3 times their known earn
ings, against lis on August IL.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
R. N. LYON GIVEN POST
IN TAKOMA PARK BANK
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
TAKOMA PARK, Md, August 1s.-
Robert M. Lyon Of this place has been
elected an assistant cashier Of the Cit
izens' Bank and viii assume his new
duties September /. FOR many years
he was a member Of the stan Of the
Commercial National Bank tn WASH
mgton, and at the present time h con-
nected with the Chevy Chase branch
Of the Riggs National Bank.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
FAVORABLE DIVIDEND
CHANGES PREDOMlNATE

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, August 19-For the
fourth consecutive week. favorable divi-
dend changes outnumbered those re-
vised downward. Standard Statistics re-
ported today. Favorable changes In the
week ended August 18 totaled Il against
we're nine in which dividends were
out or passed against five In the pre-
viouS week.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, August 10 P.-Rssa 49,
$50; firm Mixed colors. whites and browns
all UNCHANGED
Butter. IO.3O5; f1rmer Creamery. higher
than extras. 2O,4a211a; extra t92 sccrel,
2OIa; frsts ts7 to 81 scorep. 17lsa20; sec
onos I6a1T: centralized 600 scorel. 19.a:
packing stock. current make, No J. lsha;
No . 12h.
Cheese. 824S9; arm; prices UNCHANGED.
Live and dressed poultry quiet; prices un-
changed.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
New York Cotton

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 19-Following
an early dip of about a dollar a bale,
cotton prices today rallied sharply
nearly 40 points and ended with a gain
Of 10 to Is points on the day.
Fears of a tropical storm reaching
the cotton belt and better tone to the
grain market helped the price improve
ment. Spots were advanced 10 points
to 935.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
Sugar Melt Is Larger.

NEW YORK. August 10 R).-Sugar
melt Of Is United States refiners from
January to August II totalea 2,495,-
600 long tons, against $4,000 In the
Ike 1882 period, Deliveries n aa aSsresated
ago.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 1s.-Big concen-
trated buying that totaled far up into
millions of bushels hoisted wheat high
er and higher in the last hour today
Topmost prices reached came shortly
before the close.
One broker alone took upward of
5000 900 bushels In the past he has
often represented United States Gov
eminent financed corporations, and it
was popularity conjectured that his buy
ing today was for q possible deal with
the Orient on Government account.
Pit gossip was to the effect that a con-
siderable amount of grain recently
pressing on the market had been ab-
sofbed.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
U. s. TREASURY POSITION
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSuCIdleu FItSS
was: Receipts. SIS. 1925 9s4.6 .6S: expendi-
lures, siS'5s6 S26 IS; balance. 81 .e4s. 66o.-
1880; custom duties for month, S17.-
715,57O.sS.
Receipts for nscal year tsinee luly y,
2S7,o35,s30.2e: expenditure 7S.013.-
eency expenditures). Excess Of sxnsndi-
lures, S191,5S7. .a71.39.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
MONETARY GOLD STOCKS
UP SLIGHTLY IN WEEK
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MonstAry gold stocks oe the Omitted
States showed q small rise during the
week ended August 16 - the change
was measured by the Reserve Board.
In the table that follows the total OF
periods, a. announced By the board:
Week ended August 10. - .32l 100000
Same week last year. ...,. =. 4,046, 900 900
Evening star., 1933-08-19
Cash Grain Market.

Cash Grain Market.
CHICAGO, August 10 P).-Wheat,
No. 2 red, S6A; No. l hard, 861aa87;
corn. No. yellow. 52a53; oats, No. 2
white, 3534a36h; rye. no sales; barley,
40a63; timothy seed. 4.60a5.00 hundred
weight; clover seed, l0.0Oal3.7s hun
dredweight.
Evening star., 1933-08-19
Trade Reports at a Glance
~ the Associated Press.


reported BY Dun
and bhng retail trade
manufacturing and industry and collections this week. compared with
Evening star., 1933-08-19
Pipe Line Holders to Vote.

NEW YORK. August 19 (P.-Stock-
holders Of the Shreveport Il Dorado
Pipe Line Co. will vote on August 81 on
a plan for partial distribution Of the
assets
Evening star., 1933-08-19
SILVER QUOTATIONS..

NEW YORK, August 10 R.-Bar
silver easy, u lower at 35A.
Evening star., 1933-08-19

METAL HARKET.
NEW YORK, August 10 R.-Metals
nominally unchanged.
Evening star., 1933-08-19

4 Last week.
Bank clearings. .....
tCrude oil output thar
Electric output. ,kilowa
Freight car loadinGs j.
Failures (number) -.
Commodity price aovar
Commodity price dech
Latest month,
Merchandise exports
Merchandise imports ;.
Building permits i.
Pig iron output (tonS)
Sseel output ttonsl
Unflllcd steel tonnase
Cotton coneump.ion
Cotton exports tbales)
Dun's price index -.
Bradstreet's price inds
Failures (numherD =.
lnsolvent (liahihties)
Failures tCanadaD -.
Inso,veut (liAbilitiesD
! Daily Avel2Ho prod
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
COLLECTED STONES 4s YEARS

Ontario, Wis = (U.P.) - A col lection of 1000 or more stones and shells started 43 years ago is the hobby of Mrs Carrie Downing, farm woman living near here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
PARENT-TEACHERS
 MEET JANUARY 8
National Congress Execu= tive Committee to Dis= :
 cusS Convention

The mid-winter meeting of the executive committee of the Ma tional Congress of Parents ana Teachers will be held the week or January 8, 1884, the place to De announced later. Mrs Hugh Brad- ford, of Sacramento, California, National president, will preside at sessions. Other members of the executive committee expected to attend this meeting are as foi- lows:
 Mrs B. F. Langworthy, Winnet- ka, Illinois, first vice-president; Mrs Frederick M. Hosmer, Auburn, New York, second vice-presideht' Mrs J. Sherman Brown, Littieton, Colorado, third vice-president; Mrs J. K. Pettengill. Lansing, Micnl- gan, fourth vice-president; Miss Charol o. Williams, Washington. D. C., fifth president; Mrs B. c. Hopkins, Des Moines, Iowa. sixt ice-president; Mrs Herman Ferger, Chattanooga, Tennessee seventh ce-president; Mrs c. Il. Thorpe, Little Rock, Arkansas. secretary; Mrs B. I. Elliott, Port land, Oregon, treasurer; Mrs S.. M. N. Marrs. Austin. Texas, budget chairman; Joy Elmer Morgan, Washington, D. C., congress publi- cations chairman; Dr William Mo Kinley Robinson, Western State Teachers College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, rural service chairman; J. w. Studebaker, superintendent of schools, Des Moines, Iowa, school educational chairman.
 Plans for the thirty eighth an- nual convention of the national congress, to be held in Des Moines, Iowa, May 13 to 19, 1884. will be discussed by the executive com- mittee at this meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
Condon Named Clerk
 Of Education Board
Salary Set at SI Year at Meeting Yesterday-Ap-
 pOintment Holds Only for Remainder of 1883

amounted in all to $59,199s. Total savings for the year were 1,OO6.
 Educational steps of the year included revision of the manual training and physical training cur ricula, more pronounced empha- sis on reading courses, experiments in the method of teaching arithme- tic in the primary grades, and the current study of elementary Eng fish courses with revision in mind.
 The newly established longer high school day was warmly de- tended by the superintendent on the grounds of economy, less crowd ing of classes and better oppor- tunity for supervised study.
 There are only six half-session classes in the city now, as com pared with 29 at one time. The present classes have a total of 194 pupils, the lowest figure since be- fore the World war.
 The report, on submission to the board, was accepted immediately and was designated the official re- port of the board for the year. On motion of Commissioner Harry Beardsley, seconded by Commits sioner Martin Scully, the board voted its appreciation of the re- ports thoroughness, clarity and composition.