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The Washington times., 1933-08-12
FAMILY BUYING
FOUND AIDING
BUSINESS

With thousands of employees
receiving wage increase and
other thousands a d d d to pay
rolls this week, the forward surge
of business has been resumed, &C
cording to the Dun & Bradstreet
review. It comments:
"The haze which hung over
general trade activities a week
ago, because Of the confusion
arising from the Interpretation
of the new codes and appear
ance Of a restricted seasonal
recession in scattered industrial
divisions, apparently has been
cleared"
Current reports disclose tn a t
families in all parts Of the coun-
try are in possession of increased
incomes, with stronger buying
power certain to develop under
the unrelenting stimulus of vigi-
liant Government measures, it
was pointed out. The survey
adds:
"That the demands Of the
shopping public are spreading
beyond the confines Of imme-
diate necessities is apparent in
the stronger interest noted for
furniture, rugs, electric sewing.
machines, table linens, china
and glassware"
With the removal of some price
difficulties which prevented the
acceptance Of orders last week
when the code provisions were
being regulated, wholesale buying
has been resumed with all its
former vigor, althoug most
firms are proceeding cautiously,
it was declared.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
CROP
IS REDUCED
BY International News Service -.

BY International News Service
A % per cent reduction in the
1893 Georgia-Florida shade to-
bacco crop has been arranged
through agreement between the
Agriculture Adjustment Admin
istration and growers of this
tboacco, j. B. Hutson, chief of
the tobacco section of the de-
partment, announced today.
The reduction was achieved
through growers qualifying under
the cigar-tobacco adjustment
program. Less than two dozen
in the district failed to qualify
or to sign agreements, it was
said. Of the 70,025 acres in
volved, only 1893 were planted
to shade tobacco this year. Other
growers are expected to sign
later.
Simular curtailment agreements
are being sought in the New
England district, and those of
pennsylvania New York; Ohio
Indiana, Wisconsin Mime a,
districts.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
TOPIC
To Be SOUL"

"Soul' is the subject Of the les
son-sermon in all the Churches Of
Christ, Scientist. tomorrow. The
Golden Text is from Psalms 42:2,
MY soul thirsteth for God, for the
living God"
Among the citations which COM
prise the leSSon-sermon is the fol-
lowing from the Bible:
"Be mercifuI unto me, o God,
be merciful unto me; for my soul
truSteth in thee; yea, in the
shadow of thy wings will 1 make
my refuge, until these calami-
ties be Overpast." Psalms 57:1O
The lesson-sermon also includes
the following passage from the
Christian Science Text Book. "Sci-
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy:
Knowing that Soul and its
attributes were forever mani.
tested through man, the Master
healed the sick, gave sight to the
blind, hearing to the deaf, feet
to the lame, thus bring to light
the scientific action of the di-
vine Mind on human minds and
bodies and giving a better un.
derStanding of Soul and saliva
ton" page 21O.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
PEGGED LEVELS
HIT BY GRAINS

CHICAGO, Aug. IL GN.s).
Grains dropped to the "pegged"
levels under heavy selling here,
reflecting chiefly dissatisfaction
by traders over the announce
ment by Board of Trade officials
that minimum prices would be
withdrawn, effective next Wednes-
day morning.
Prices touched the "pegged"
levels at the opening and held
steady at that level to mid-ses-
sion, wheat being 212 to Sac
down. Corn was 22s to sac
lower, oats 7s to 14c off and rye
2A to 37sc down.
Liverpool wheat closed 2 to
21ad lower. Winnipeg was AZ
to sac lower on latest quotes.
AS was the case here yesterday,
after wheat dropped SC, the maxi
mum decline permitted in any
one session, bids were withdrawn,
with the result that large
volume of selling orders could not
be executed.
Estimated carlot receipts were:
Wheat 80, corn 1O9 and oats 81.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
To WATCH
GIVEN STOCK
TRADERS
By LEWIS HANEY
Professor Of Economics New York
University

University
Technically, and from the view
point of market action, the out
standing question now concerns
the significance of the dull
trading.
Volume has fallen to low
levels, and this should mean that
a turn in one direction or the
other is in the making. Which
way?
A Pertinent Question
One pertinent question is, is
the dullness occurring on a rally
or on a decline? Strangely
enough this is not easy to say.
The answer depends upon
whether the market is still in
the course Of its rebound from
the July break, or has recently
been showing some attempt at
mild secondary decline.
If the latter is the case, the re-
cent small volume of trading
probably is to be regarded as a
favorable symptom. 1t would in
dicate that little liquidation re-
mains to be done, and that
people are still disposed to hold
stocks.
Abnormal Conditions
One difficulty in reaching a
conclusion is due to the abnormal
conditions which now prevail.
The prevalence of artificial con-
troll over business and of new re-
strictionS on trading in stocks and
commodities must make one hest
tate to draw conclusions.
I feel that we should either
have a move one way or another
in a few days which would be
significant break out of this tri-
angle, or else the market will
continue in a narrow trading
range until after Labor Day.
This reasoning suggests that
one should continue on the side
lines pending a sufficiently pro-
nounced move to show which way
the market is going to jump.
Points to Watch
For example, if the Dow, Jones
industrials close above 96, with a
tendency to increased activity, an
upward trend would be suggested.
But should they break through
80 on a rising volume of trading,
another setback would be indi-
Gated.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
RAIL MEN |RKED
BY EASTMAN

NEW YORK, Aug. II Q.N.S).
The Eastern railroad presidents
conference has called a meeting
for mex Thursday to discuss the
proposal of Federal Coordinator
Joseph B. Eastman that the gen.
eral economy committees be abol-
ished and that all projects for
economy be handled by the three
regional coordinating committees.
While none of the rail execu-
tiveS would talk for publication,
resentment was expressed against
Eastman's charges that these gen.
eral committees prepared a ode
vice" for evading the new rail
laws provision against taking any
measures that would reduce "ail
employment below the level of last
May.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
Commodity Prices
Steady During Week

The rise Of commodity prices
noted over the past few weeks by
Labor Department statisticians
steadied during the week ending
August S, the department reported
today.
Advances in the price of hides,
leather and textile products were
offset by declines in the price of
farm products and food, the index
figure remaining at 69.2 identical
with the index for the week end
ing July 20.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
j, s. CLEAR|NGS
At NEW Low

NEW YORK, Aug. IL G.N.S).
Bank clearings are again re-
duced even below the unusually
low records for August of last
year.
The total this week at all lead
ing cities in the United States, as
reported by Dun & Bradstreet,
Inc, of So, ,889 ,0O5 900 was 4.3 per
cent below that of a year ago.
At New York city, clearings
were $2,646. TAB 900, a reduction
of So per cent while the aggre-
gate for centers outside Of New
York of 1922, 1852 900 was %
per cent lower.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
SHOEMAKER IN NEW FIGHT
legislators Sleep Is
Disturbed, So He
Raises RumPus

When Representative F. H.
Shoemaker, fighting Congress
man" and the only former con-
vict to hold membership in that
august body, can't sleep he mus
Cers himself, blows the whistle
and goes over the top la Don
Quixote.
Twice now has the Congress
man battled for his slumber, and
each time he has been victorious,
or has taken second honors-de-
pending upon how you look at it.
Several months ago Shoemaker
was annoyed by the loud tones Of
a neighbor's radio in an apart
ment house here, and by way OF
self-expresSion the fighting Con-
gresham" called upon his neigh
Dor and, as Jimmy Durante would
phrase it, ups and clouts him.
Prosecution in that case was
finally dropped.
Last night two workmen weld
ing street car tracks beneath the
window of Shoemaker's hotel
room in Minneapolis kept him
awake by the hammer of drills
and the flare of acetylene torches.
Shouted Shoemaker from the open
window:
"I'n take on the whole lot of
you I'm the fighting Con-
greSSman.'"
Then, in his nightclothes, he
charged into the street. Picking
up a red lantern, Shoemaker
smashed 1t on the pavement.
Elated with having kayoed the
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
Maryland Potato
Crop To Be Small

Maryland's potato crop is ex-
pected to reach $4,000 bushels
this year, Richard C. Ross, statis-
tician for the Maryland Crop Re
porting Service, has announced.
Acreage is the smallest in several
years, according to Ross.
Because of the late spring, the
condition of all crops in the
State is below average, it was
learned. Those products espe-
cially affected are hay, peaches
and grapes.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
COTTON LOWER
BY Is POINTS

NEW YORK, Aug. IL G.N.S).
Renewed liquidation and heavy
profit-taking sent cotton futures
tumbling more than IS cents a
bale at the close today and erased
earlier gains of almost 81 a bale.
Commission houses and the
South, were the heavy sellers and
this combined with Liverpool sell
ing offset a fair trade demand
and some Wall Street buying.
Final prices were off 8 to II
points. October was off 8 at 9.32,
December off 10 at 9.51, January
off II at 9.56, March off II at
go, May off II at 9.83, and July
off IS at 9.93.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
END.
RUM TRYSTS

Shades of Old Man Moonshine!
The shade of a huge beech tree
on a site at Sperryville, Va, which
is now a Government reforestation
camp, no longer shadows the local
bootlegging exchange.
In the old days, before the Gov
ernment moved in, local still
operators met there to gossip
about prices and revenue.
But the arrival of the Govern
ment reforesters ruined this little
resting place and the bootleggers
have had to move elsewhere.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12

abOut-4O hours q week and
the like. Why don't those
fellows do something about us
elevator boys who work IL
hours a day seven days a
week? Or do they think we're
professional men?"
"You wrote some time ago."
L. ]. Burns calls to my at
tention, About a big Wall
Street man. / know one, who
like your friend, the big op-
orator, sits alone in an office
in a building on lower Wall
Street, only it happens to be
Gee of the oldest on the Street,
and the floors are not carpeted
with heavy rugs; he has no
telephone calls from London,
no mysterious appointments on
the palatial yachts Of finan-
ciers, and to the best of my
knowledge the biggest trans
action he ever put through was
for 1000 e:sSreS of steel. For
all that, his clientele includes
some mighty big people-that
is, they were big people some
20 or 80 years ago. Today,
they are just memories. There
is, for example, a celebrated
soprano who flashed across the
operatic armament a decade
ago-and whose name you sell
dom hear today; an equally
noted tenor-a once famous
statesman-a surgeon who
dropped from the public eye
following an episode that had
best be forgotten. He is their
mentor, their financial advisor,
the pilot who guides the last
remnants of their Shunken
fortunes safely through perilous
waters. He works on a strictly
commission basis, and if he
hasn't made a fortune, for any
one of his old clients, he has,
at least enabled them to carry
along in the fashion of older
days. They would be quite lost
without him."
"Some day." writes Robert j.
Carson, "get someone to tell you
about newspapermen of the
past-about those other days
that might make your newer
crowd sit up and ponder, for me
did things down there on Park
Row that were worth reading
about-starting at Lopton'S,
Andy Horns, once in a while
Smith & McNeill's, then Pabst
up where the Times Building
stands on it's little triangle. Oh,
we had our spots, too, and we
stepped when we had to, but the
present day columnist is just as
good-he is modern, up to the
minute and fast worker. Now
adays, I have my small village
farm with a flock of Rhode
Island Reds, a pump in the
yard and the usual complement
of flower beds plus trees and
birds singing in them, also the
good old party line telephone
which does not contain this
burned old dial thing you wise
ones have had wished on you
down there in New York-we
just grab the receiver, tell our
tell, and finish without being
required to learn engineering to
talk to somebody!
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
Peach Gamers Join
Agreement on Code

Representing IS per cent Of the
industry, % California peach can
ming companies yesterday tele-
graphed acceptance of the mar
keting agreement for the cling
peach industry of their State.
Growers would be paid a mini
mum of $40 a ton for their en-
tire No. / crops, whether har.
vested or not, through a ICON.
troll fund" into which Gamers
would pay $3.50 for each ton Of
peaches packed.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12

Perhaps you remember me,
writes Jerry Rose from Ward
20, Hospital National Soldiers
Home, Bath, New York. Il
was once secretary to Earl Car
roll and l once worked on the
old Graphic. I wound up here
with T. B., and it's not so bad
up here. The only thing I can't
do is run around. OF course,
you know the Government has
taken all our money away from
us and my old $12 that I did
get I get no more. 1t really
used to help. Merely a hint
we could use stamps and smokes
up here-you have no idea how
much we could use them"
Before any one else says it, if
they haven't already: I suppose
it is now a case of MIRA my
job to thee" offers Keno Clarke.
"A kissing Marathon, first
Of its kind ever staged, will be
held at Luna Park the latter
part of this month";" writes
Bert Nevins. "Only amateur
kisSers are eligible. Knowing
your experience in matters of
this kind, we would like very
much to have you act as one
of the judges at this contest.
You will not be required to ksis
any Of the contestants"
"A somewhat effervescent
movie columnist, in speaking
of the Bennett girls, said their
grandfather was a Jewish
actor" writes Sig Wachter.
Lewis Morrison was one of the
foremost actors of his time but,
although of Jewish parentage,
he was not Jewish actor
His portrayal of the character
of 'Mephisto' in his version Of
Faust toured the country for
years, and many summers he
headed the old stock company
at the Alcazar Theater in San
Francisco. His second wife was
Rosabel Morrison, who sup
ported him as Marguerite. His
daughter, Mabel, mother of the
three Bennett girls, was also
we'll known in the theatrical
world and created the part of
the Squaw Girl with James K.
Hackett in the plan The Squaw
Man."
81 wonder" writes ]. CliffOIa,
"if maybe, Mr.. SobOI, you'll say
something about us elevator
boys. Maybe I'll lose my job
because I'm writing this but 1
don't care because I can't
stand it much longer anyway.
I work in an apartment house
an0 very swell one, too (he
gives the address which /
omit, and we have three pas
Senger elevators and one SER
vice elevator and there's only
seven of us to run them. Do
you know what that means?--
1t means we each put in IL
hours a day. come in at 8
o'clock every night and work
right through until 8 the next
morning and every two weeks
get one day off. Then the
man who runs the service eIe-
vatOr. am married and I
got a kid and 1 get $3.50 a
week. Well, now they've got
this code they're all talking
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
COage to Address
Missionary Meets

jefferson S. Coage, recorder Of
deeds, will speak tomorrow night
at the missionary flower day eX-
ercises of the Metropolitan A. M.
E. Church. Other participants
on the program will include DR..
Emory Smith, of Howard UniVer-
sity; Miss Maude Smothers and
Mrs, Lillian Clarke. The Rev.
w. H. Thomas is pastor Of the
church,
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
DO1U, Jones Revising
Stock ADer1ne List

NEW YORK, Aug. IL GNS).
On Tuesday, August IS, the Dow,
Jones average of 80 leading in
dustrial stocks will be changed so
as to include United Aircraft and
Corn Products Refining Corp. in
stead of International Shoe Corp.
and Drug, Inc.
The elimination of Drug, Inc. is
necessary by the forthcoming re-
organization of the company into
several new corporations.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
Rail Freight Loads
Decline for Week

Loading of revenue freight for
the week ended August S totaled
613,112 cars, the American Rail
way Association announced to-
day, a decrease of 1924 cars
below the preceding week this
year, but an increase of 116,486
cars above the corresponding
week in 1882.
All districts reported increases
in the total loading of all COM
modities compared with the same
week in 1882 except the central
western. which showed a small
reduction.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
Bishops Daughter
To Talk at Service

Mrs. Grace Jones Welch,
daughter of Bishop E. D. w.
Jones of the South Carolina dis
trict of the A. M. E. Zion Church
will speak before the Lambda
Phi Gamma Club of Asbury M.
E. Church tomorrow. Her sub
ject will be THE Psychology of
Religion" The club meetings are
held at a. m. in Mcmillan Park
near the Howard University
grounds,
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
Telescope of Faith
Is Pastors Topic

DR.. Albert Evans, associate
minister of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, will have
for his subject on Sunday MORN
ing, THE Telescope of Faith"
Sunday at p. m. the usual
evening vesper hour will be con-
Quoted with DR.. Evans delivering
the meditation. This evening
service also includes the singing
of old gospel hymns. At p. m.
Thursday, DR.. Evans will conduct
the mid-week prayer meeting.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
Chaplain to Preach
At Arlington Meet

A sermon by the Rev. r. c..
Deibert, chaplain, U. S. A., at
Arlington, Va, will conclude the
forty-eighth anniversary exer.
cises of the Church of Our Re-
deemer, Lutheran, Eighth and
Barry Place, tomorrow at Il a.
m. Assisting in the services will
be the Rev. Charles H. Butler.
The exercises, under the direc-
ton of the pastor, the Rev. D. E.
Wiseman, began a week ago. Par
ticipants in the meetings have
been the Rev. R. A. Farley. L.
w. Turley, Paul L. Reaser, T. ].
Brown, Biship E. D. w. Jones,
and Lewis Sheafe.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Aug. IL G.N.s).-Hogs-
$4,000: slow; steady. Top, $3.50; bulk,
$4.25@4.55; heavy. $4.2O@4.45; medium,
$4.35 4.60; light. $4:2O@46O; light
lights, $4.20@4.5O: packing sows, 1925 q
3.75; pigs $2.75@3.50. Holdovers, 1000.
Cattle-S0O: steady. Calves 200;
steady. Beef Steers: Good and choice,
$6.5O@7.5O; common and medium, $3.50
@6.6o: yearlings $5@725. Butcher
Cattle: Heifers. $4@6.25: sows, $4,000
45O; bulls. $2.75@4; calves. $4.5O@7;
feeder steers. $4.50@5.5O: stocker steers,
$35o@5: stocker cows and heifers,
$250@450.
$50: common $46O@5.5O; yearlings.
$450@6: feeders, $6@6.75; ewes, $1.750
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
WESTERN DAIRY PRICES

CHICAGO. Aug. - G.N.sD.-Butter-
Receipts 1855 tubs, market steady.
tras. 191ac: standards. 1890: extra
firsts, 18@19c: firsts. 17917hc; spe-
cias, 2002Ohc.
Eggs-Receipts. S451 cases: market
steady. Old cars. 8: new, 8. Ordinary
current receipts. 1@11%c; fresh graded
extra firsts. less than cars 12ac. cars
19c, oars 12hc: dirties. sac: checks.
sac.
Characterization and Twins. 13H @
13hc: daisies. prints and lonEhorns,
13% @14c.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
Traffic Policeman
To Sneak at Church

Capt. Milton D. Smith, of the
Traffic Bureau, will speak at a
meeting of the Harrison Bible
Class of the Congress Street M. P.
Church, Thirty-first and M Sts.,
N. w., tomorrow. His topic will
be Divine Motherhood" taken
from the Sunday school lesson
for the dav.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
Bible School GiUen
Piano for Sessions

The Baptist Bible School has
received the gift of a piano from
the w. w. Kimball Piano Com.
pany.
All the classes of the school
will meet next session in Wad-
dell Hall, tbs Eighth st. N. w.
The first semester will begin
September IS, registration day.
The school will offer 19 courses
Of study and training.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
CODE CONFERENCES

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. II.
A conference will be held today
between the Tri-State Packers AS
sociation and the National Can
ners' Association. with the event
ual signing of the recovery code
in view,
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
ELDER TO PREACH

DR.. Charles H. Wesley, pro-
fessor of history at Howard Uni
versity and presiding elder of the
Potomac district of the A. M. E.
Church. will preach tomorrow at
II a. m. at Seaton Memorial A.
M. E. Church.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12

DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess Of temperature
since January !, 1888. $40.
1873, Q.
Accumulated excess Of precipitation
Since January /, 1898, 3.7S.
Deficiency of precipitation since
August /, 1888. O.47.
TIDE TABLE
% Today y-High tides, 12:4O a. m. and 1907
,. m. Low tides, 7:3O a. m. and 1874
=. m.
Tomorrow-High tides. 1:29 a. m. and
: p. m. Low tides, see a. m. and S;2S
p m.
THE Sun AND MOON
The sun rises today SIS m. and sets
1909 p. m.
THE sun rises tomorrow 5:19 a m. and
sets 7:O6 y. m.
The moon rises today 1928 p. m. and
@ats 12:41 a. m.
The moon rises tomorrow 1903 p. IN.
and sets l:43 IN.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
The Weather

District of Columbia, partly cloudy.
6lightly warmer tonight; Sunday local
showers; moderate southwest winds.
Maryland, partly cloudy with showers
sunday and in extreme northwest por-
fion tonight; not much change in tenn
perature. .
Virginia. partly cloudy, warmer in
west portion, possibly followed by show
Srs in extreme northwest portion to-
night; Sunday local showers.
LOCAL TEMPERATURE
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
Court Calendar

Assignments for Monday
Motions Court
The following rules: Nunally
Investment Co. VS.. Burnett, Lynn
VS.. Lynn, Clary VS.. Clary, Jacob
sen VS.. Jacobsen, Apt VS.. Cham
Hiss and Lyles VS.. Lyles.
The Washington times., 1933-08-12
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
by Louis SObOl-
OUT OF THE ENVELOPES!

(Or a Colyumist's NRA Day of Rest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-04
Marie Dressler At The Lyric

Headllhing tomorrow is "Pros. perity" with Marie Dressler and Polly Moran, Anita Page ana Nor. man Foster. We're laughing al- ready. Have a heart. Marie and Polly, you'll make laughing wrecks of us all. We've heard that your new comedy is funnier than Caught Short" Reducing" ana Politics" Welcome back, ladies, you're good for what ails US. Ev. cry minute of this pictrue is packed with joy. You'll howl at the antics of these two women--and amidst your laughter, you'll feel Q tug at your heart, for there is no one who can 30 Yilagnifcently move us as Marie Dressler. Here is one entertainment of which you will say at the end, "That was wonder full"
 And the companionate feature Is Zano Grey's "Wild Horse Mesa," tho current attraction at the Lyric theater, features Randolph Scott and Sally Blanc, tho same players who appeared to advantage in the last previous Grey film, Heritage of the Desert"
 In "Wiid Horse Mesa," Scott horse-trader and friend of the In- dians, who pits his strength against the barbarous thievery of c horse- rustler, Fred Kohier. Miss Blanc Is Q girl of the west, who is saved from stampede of wild horses by Chane and falls in love with him.