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Evening star., 1933-01-30
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
DEAN 80 YEARS DIES
Arthur Main, "a, Was President of
Alfred University in 1S93-95.
DR.. Daniel Main of D. c. Son.

By the Associated Press.
ALFRED, N. Y, January 30.-Arthur
Main, "a, dean of the Alfred University
Theological Seminary 80 years, died
here yesterday.
He was president of Alfred Univer-
sity from 1898 to 1895 and for sew
eral years was corresponding secretary
of the Seventh-Day Baptist Missionary
Society.
Dean Main is survived by his widow
and two sons, DR.. Daniel Main OF
Washington, D. c. and George Main OF
Daytona Beach, Fla
Evening star., 1933-01-30
INFLUENZA HITS ROME
Foreign Religious Colleges Ham
pered by Widespread Epidemic.

ROME, January 80 (P).-Influenza
has struck the foreign religious colleges
here. Thirty persons are reported Ill
in the North American College, includ-
ing the rector, Msgr. Eugene S. Burke
of Newark, NJ J. Eighty per cent OF the
French College have been affected and
ell of the faculty with the exception OF
one in the Propaganda Eide College,
where many Americans attend lectures.
None of the cases are reported serious.
Evening star., 1933-01-30
SPECIAL
CANNON
SHEETS
60c
Only ESQ
Size 63x108; size s2x10S;
Size 81x99 and 90x99.

MOSES-FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-01-30
NOTED SURGEON DIES
Sir William Taylor Was Head OF
Royal Academy in Ireland.

DUBLIN. Irish Free State, January
80 lP).-Sir William Taylor, president
OF the Royal ACADEMY of Medicine in
Ireland since 1927, died suddenly to-
day. aged g..
He was noted as surgeon, an honor
able fellow of the American College OF
Surgeons and past president of the As
sociation of Surgeons of Great Britain
and Ireland.
Evening star., 1933-01-30
observation-disclosures

1 seamless Castillian chenille
rug, size 9x12. Was S195. .SAS
2 seamless Administer rugs,
plain colors; size 9x12. Were
$3.50, as is. ...... .$l9.5O
pain burgundy b-oadloom rug,
size 9y17. Was $3.50, as is
$3.50
$3.50 Cork Carpet
Soc
Limited quantity. Il Inch plain
green cork carpet.
$3.50 to $6.25
Carpet Sweepers
$1.95
Only 8. Bissell carpet sweepers,
some without brushes; some
with SCARED cases. Sold as is.
Evening star., 1933-01-30
BrOadloonn
Carpeting

Limited quantity eft. width
peach colored and burgundy
broadloom carpet,
bes: grade. Was 50 40
S5.40 50. yd.. ......... ~-
1-pc. plain blue broadloom car
ss,, e. ,s size ~ ls1s': Was $3.50
:s.,, =! ?, is!':: s''!s ": W. :j:;7'.:1 $57
pc. plain blue broadlo0m,
:ss :,ss $, ls1l'. Was $49.5O
Buy on Our Deferred
Payment Plas
Evening star., 1933-01-30
r A D L O S
r REDU E. D

PhilcO model 50, clock and radio
combined. Regularly $50. OPP
p0rtunity Day $3.50
Victor radio, l0-tube console style.
Slightly used. Was $174.50. $3.50
Majestic S-tube radio, beautiful
case. Slightly used. Was S119.50,
$3.50
Pilot 10-tube late model radio,
slightly used. Was SIPS. $3.50
All-American console style radio,
slightly used. Was $3.50. :. . $3.50
Stewart Warner direct current con-
sole style radio. Slightly used.
Was $3.50 ................S .S29. so
The above models are in PERFECT
CONDITION and bear our regu-
lar 90-day guarantee.
MOSES FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-01-30
S2.25 LinOleuns
Soc So. I'd.

Limited quantity plain grey b
grade IM oleum.
Limited quantity plain green
Battleship linoleum. Was $3.50
50. yd. soc 50. yd.
Evening star., 1933-09-04
NEARLY 5000 EMPLOYED
ON AMERICAN AIRLINES

BY the Associated Press.
Nearly 5000 persons were gainfully
employed on July l, last on American
operated airlines, one of the newest of
domestic industries
The Commerce Department, in max
ing the announcement, said the total
represented gain of 500 in the last
year. and includes 575 pilots. 1872 CO.
pilots. 2236 mechanics, 1913 other
hangar and field personnel, and 1881
office workers.
The industry proved profitable out
let for gasoline, providing a market
for 2,589,54 gallons during the first
six months of 1888. during which time
also 470,l84 gallons of oil were con-
sumed. Both represented increases over
the corresponding six months of 1882,
although the number of planes in serv-
ICE at the end of the period was 544,
or SO less than at the end of July l,
1882.
Evening star., 1933-09-04
RECEIPTS OF GRAIN
AT BALTIMORE RISE
Wheat and Malt Lead Increase
Above 1882 Level-Exports Dis.
close Heavy Falling Off.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, September A. With
the exception of oats, receipts of all
other grains on the Flour and Grain
Exchange of the Chamber of Com
merce showed increases last month
over August, 1882, especially wheat,
which totaled 347,581 bushels, COM
pared with 96,095 bushels during the
same month last year.
Due to the legalization of beer, malt
showed the second largest increase,
with 88,082 bushels. against 1880 in
August. 1882.
Receipts of flour for both August and
the eight-month period showed slight
declines
For the eight-month period this year,
however, receipts of all grain, with the
exception of malt, showed declines
compared with the same period last
year. wheat heading the list with a
decline of 1,248,336 bushels, receipts SO
far totaling 1,549249 bushels. against
1888, ,585 bushels during the first eight
months of 1882.
There was no shipment of grain last
month compared with 315 200 bushels
in 1882, while only $40 barrels of flour
were exported, against 2,785 barrels in
August, 1882. For the eight-month pc
riod wheat shows the sharpest decline
in exports for many months, only 70,87O
bushels shipped, against 4,093 915 bush
els during the same period in 1882. =
Evening star., 1933-09-04
WAGES HELD MOUNTING
FASTER THAN COSTS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MINNEAPOLIS. September A sub
stantial increase in wages. not only over
the preceding month but an even
greater increase over the corresponding
month last year, is revealed in the latest
consumers study made by Investors
Syndicate of Minneapolis. Moreover, in
marked contrast to some popular
thought on the subject. cost Of living is
revealed as being down. Thus wages
show an increase Of 285 per cent over
the corresponding month last year,
while cost of living. although up l per
cent from last month, is down 81 per
cent from last year.
Only investment income and new in
surance written show a decline for July
over the corresponding month of 1882.
Other indices are uniformly encourag-
ing.
particularly significant gain over
the preceding month, that of June of
this year. is shown in the matter of re-
tail sales.
Evening star., 1933-09-04
Complaints Bring Warning ~
To "Switch and Sell" Firms

mately $11 900 savings for a 72-year-
cid resident of this city, who had been
victimiZed in this manner"
1t is a curious comment on public
credulity, but the average holder of de-
preciated investments is more likely to
believe anybody outside of the manage
ment rather than corporate officials,
who naturally have been blamed for
losses to the company, the depression
and other matters of greater or lesser
import.
Although the bureaus report does
not so indicate. it would be well for
the average holder of a security. when
he receives a suggestion to switch, to
look up the current position of the
company. Many small concerns great
ly improved their position in the last
100 days and such betterment has not
always been reflected marketwise In
some cases officials, desiring to buy in
publicly held stock, have purposely re-
Trained from telling such developments
to their shareholders -
(Copyright, 1933)
Evening star., 1933-09-04
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 4. - The
switch and SELF boys are very active
these days in many parts of the coun-
try Not hampered as much as the
straight stock swindler or the tipster,
these switchers and sellers, nevertheless.
are likely to find that the new Securi-
ties act also applies to them. At least
that is the inference in the quarterly
report of the Better Business Bureau
here, which is cooperating with the
New York attorney general.
The bureau" the report explains,
has received number of complaints
against certain local concerns which
induce holders of deprecated invest
ments to switch into other securities,
usually not listed on any stock ex-
change, at substantial profit to the
selling firm. In one such case which
the bureau investigated the facts We're
reported to the attorney general. Who,
after an investigation of his own, was
able to effect the recovery of approx
Evening star., 1933-09-04
COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO..
DECLARES DIVIDENDS

At the regular meeting of the board
of directors of Commercial Credit Co.,
in Baltimore. regularly quarterly divi-
dends on the 6l2 per cent and 7 per
cent first preferred and per cent class
"B" preferred stocks were declared,
payable September 80. 1888. to stock
holders of record at the close of busi-
ness on September 9, 1888.
Regular quarterly dividend of rs
cents per share for the third quarter
was re-established and declared, and
rs cents per share unpaid accrued divi-
dend for the first quarter, ended March
81, 1888, was also declared on the So.
Glass A convertible stock. payable Sep
tember 80, 1888. to stockholders of rec
ord at the close of business Septem-
Der g.
Evening star., 1933-09-04
BIG INITIATION Barred
IN BANKING SITUATION
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The latest official statistics on the
current banking situation indicate a
huge deflation has taken place during
the present calendar year
National banks now operating num-
ber 4.96l as of the close of business
August II. compared with 6.8l6 on
December 81, 1882. During the same
time deposits of all banks dropped from
s42 600, ,0000 600 to $31 700 100000.
State member banks have declined
from 805 to IA during the period and
non-member State banks dropped from
10980 to $3.50
The recapitulation shows that on
August IL there were 1881 licensed
banks as compared with 1880 at the
end Of last year,
Evening star., 1933-09-04
BRITAIN EXPORTS MOST
HARD COAL TO CANADA
Special Dispatc to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA, September 4-During the
four months ended July 81, 1888, Great
Britain, as Canadas principal source
of supply sold the Dominion 659 per
cent of its total purchases of anthra-
cite coal, while the balance, 341 per
Gent, came from the United States.
In July, Great Britain sent Canada
177,974 tons of anthracite and the
United States 62,911 tons. AS regards
bituminous COAL however. the United
States still controls the import market
here, supplying 877,51 tons in July,
against 1888 tons from Great Britain
Coal production in Canada in July
was 675,631 tons, a gain of 36 per cent
over July, 1882. Nova Scotia's output
of 342,966 tons was a gain of 109 per
cent over July, 1882.
Copyright. 1899
Evening star., 1933-09-04
DR.. BUCK JOINS STAFF
/. OF INVESTMENT FIRM

DR.. F. w Buck has joined the staff
of the investment firm of Slauson,
White & Rowe, Inc, Peoples Life In
surance Building. DR.. Buck was for
rerly executive secretary to the Fed
eral Dispensary- Reduction League,
and had charge of the legislative work
in Washington. Before coming to
Washington DR.. Buck was for years a
practicing physician in Lincoln, Nebr
He is a member of the Masonic Order
and the Elks.
Evening star., 1933-09-04
WHOLESALE COMMODITY
= INDEX RISES FURTHER

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 4.-Dun's
index number of wholesale commodity
prices made its sixth consecutive
monthly advance in August. On Sep
tember l this figure stood at $160265,
an increase of S4131, OR 2.65 per cent
over August /. compared with a rise of
S9247, or sc per cent during July. It
was. however, 1875 per cent above Sep
tember /, 1882.
Evening star., 1933-09-04
FRANCE FIXES OATS QUOTA

BY the Associated Press.
France has levied an import quota
on incoming shipments Of oats, it was
stated in cable to the Commerce De-
partment. For the third quarter of
1888 the quota for total imports of the
grain was fixed at 5000 metric tons.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
THIEVES TAKE GUN, 81

After smashing a rear window
in the garage Of Edgar M. HirSh.
Silver Spring thieves last night
entered the establishment ram
sacked the office and then made
off with a revolver and about So.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
z MORE PARTIES
YIELD To Nk|

BERLIN, July 5 GN.S0.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler's regime
found itself without organized op'
position today following decision
of the Catholic Centrist and Ba.
varian Peoples parties to dis
band.
These two parties, closely allied,
were the last remaining non-Nazi
political groups Of consequence
left in the Reich following the
breakup of DR.. Alfred Hugen.
berg's Nationalist party and his
resignation from the cabinet.
Members of both the CentriSt
and Bavarian parties have been
invited to join the Nazis.
No sooner had the Centrist an
nouncement been made than Ed
ward Dingeldey, leader Of the
Populist party, formerly headed
by the late Chancellor Gustav
Stresemann, declared his organ
ization would likewise break up.
Formal ceremonies marking the
end of the Catholic Centrist
party, from which Vatican sup
port is believed to have been re-
moved under terms of a German
Vatican concordat, will take place
later today.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
POnseHe Bans
Smoke, Prince
Obeys Her

NAPLES, July 5 GN.S).-
The name Of Rosa Ponselle,
Metropolitan Opera Company
soprano, was on the lips of all
Naples today, all because Crown
Prince Umberto of Italy stopped
smoking when she asked him to.
The unusual incident occurred
during a command performance
at the royal gardens. Miss
Ponselle was in the midst of an
aria and stopped suddenly when
she detected the odor of smoke.
Prince Umberto was revealed as
the offender.
He asked Miss Ponselle if
she objected. She said:
"My one obsession is against
anyone smoking while 1 am
singing"
The Prince promptly crushed
his cigarette with the heel Of
his boot and later described
the incident in an amusing
manner at a State banquet
given in the singers honor.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
D. c. RESTRICTS
CLAIMANTS

The District Commissioners to-
day ruled that all claims against
the District, presented by persons
other than the actual claimants,
must be accompanied by state
ment showing the authority Of
the person pressing the claims.
The rule was adopted on
recommendation of Major Daniel
j. Donovan, District auditor, and
Corporation Counsel William w.
Bride. They said that in the
past, considerable confusion has
arisen from the presentation Of
claims by attorneys or other rep
resentatives who were not au-
thorized to handle the matters.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
MARY P|CKFORD.
ESCAPESGRASH

HOLLYWOOD, July GN.s).
Mary Pickford, americas Sweet
heart" of the films, was back in
Seclusion today at Pickfair. after
making her first public appear
ance since announcement of her
separation from Douglas Fair
banks.
Miss Pickford narrowly escaped
being in an airplane accident
when the tail skid on the plane
that was to have carried her from
United Airport to the Municipal
Airport for the National Air Races
broke.
The mishap occurred while Miss
Pickford was waiting at the air
port for the plane to taxi up to
the passenger platform. Another
plane was used.
Brushing aside her marital
troubles, Miss Pickford was Off
cial hostess at the air races,
which were attended yesterday
by $4,000 persons, whom she
greeted over the loud speaker sys-
TEN.
She presented the trophy in
the $4,000 Thompson Race to
Col. Roscoe Turner.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
JAPS HOLD RED
Spy" SHIP

TOKYO, July 5 GN.s).
Another spy scare today en-
ivened Soviet-Japanese relations,
precarious since Japanese military
operations in Manchuria and
northern China began.
The latest incident was re-
vealed in reports stating japanese
authorities were OBTAINING two
Soviet ships and their crews in
the Kurile Islands on suspicion
of espionage.
The spy scare follows a series
of mutual apologies between the
governments. The Soviet govern
ment on Monday apologized for
the killing of three Japanese
fishermen by Soviet guards in
Kamchatka and the Japanese
government apologized for action
of a patriot" in wrecking the
office of the Soviet commercial
attache here with a huge sword.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
LIQUOR FLEET IS
TOFLOOD ]. s.
EREREPEAL
Coast Guard, Crippled by the
Economy Act, Unable to
Stem the Big Flow
BY International News Service

International rum syndicates OPP
Grating in Atlantic and Gulf
waters are preparing to make q
killing" before the Eighteenth
Amendment Is repealed, confiden-
tial reports received by the Coast
Guard today indicated.
These reports told of expanding
rum fleet activities based upon re-
viving prosperity and general let
down Of dry law enforcement on
land and sea.
Coast Guard Low
Efforts to flood the country with
cheap foreign liquor before the re-
peal amendment is finally adopted
were foreseen.
Five rum ships we're sighted
near New York City.
To meet this new offensive, the
Coast Guard had force sadly de-
pleted by the Administrators
economy program.
Coast Guard officials pointed
ruefully to the figures: Seven de-
StroyerS, which have been used for
sea patrol duty, decommiSsioned:
140 smaller vessels laid up, to be
sold at auction: four Coast Guard
bases commissioned, and the
personnel slashed to meet these
new conditions.
Four Bases Gone
The destroyers were relied upon
to keep contact with offshore rum
fleets. The 140 smaller vessels
consisted Of 75-foot boats used
for patrol work 10 to 20 miles
offshore; and 36-foot picket boats
for inShore work.
The four bases decommissioned
were at st. Petersburg, Fla, Gal
weston, Tex, Fernandina. Fla, and
Boston, Mass. Fernandina form
erly was known as a notorious
rum hole" Coast Guard authori-
ties declared.
On top of all these curtail-
ments, which recently have been
effected, the Coast Guard was
forced to decommission a number
Of radio stations and Is life saw
ing stations.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
A|RNAN BROWNS
IN STUNT LEAP

CHICAGO, July 5 GN.S).-
Drag nets were resorted to today
in the search for the body Of
Joseph Wilson, of Hollywood, Cal,
who plunged 1900 feet into the
lake before a worlds fair crowd
Of thousands.
Climaxing a Fourth Of July
fireworks display, Wilson, attired
as Uncle Sam and waving Ameri-
can flags as searchlights played
on him, leaped from the plane Of
Barney Dewitt, Hollywood stunt
flier.
Apparently the chute failed to
open properly and cheers died on
the lips of the crowd as Wilson
struck the water.
The operators Of search lights
became confused when Wilson hit
the water with terrific force and
switched their beams to the plane.
a moment later, when they tried
to train their lights on the spot
where Wilson had fallen, they
had lost the place.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
E.. NJ. Monroe Heads
Anti-BLue LalU Unit

The District of Columbia branch
Of the National Association op.
posed to Blue Laws elected E. M.
Monroe president last night. The
association will fight the move
ment to close all places of an1use-
ment on Sunday.
Other officers elected were John
Cronin, vice president; William
F. Cooper, SECRETARY, and Law
renee Gichner, treasurer. The
board of directors will consist of
Linn Gale, John McGinnis, Marx
Lewis, Clarence S. Tucker, Edward
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
Victim of Attack
Seen Improving

Miss Helen Victoria Mahan,
5000 block P st. N. w., 33-year-
old assault and robbery victim,
has shown considerable improve
ment at Georgetown Hospital,
where she has been i'll since the
attack last week.
Meanwhile police are attempt
ing to solve the attack on the
woman. Miss Mahan claims to
have been attacked and robbed
by a colored man while woman
companion, who is said to have
been walking with her in Rock
Greek Park near the @ Street
bridge, made a telephone call:
She had been struck in the head
with a concerto slab.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
GAVIN RAISER
To MEND WAYS

On his promise that he would
go back 10 Maryland and raise
corn and not drink it, William
Beasley, an aged colored farm
hand, was freed on a suspended
sentence by Judge Ralph Given
in Police Court today.
Beasley told the court he comes
to the city only about once a
month and yesterday he bought
IS cents worth of corn whisky.
He denied he was drunk, but
Policeman G.. F. Struder, said
he saw Beasley holding up the
lamppost on South Carolina
Avenue Southeast"
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
Mountain Climber
Killed By Lightning

DENVER, July 5 UN.SO :.
Roger McDougall, "a, Denver Uni
versity graduate, was dead today.
victim of a strange accident. Nc
Dougall was struck by lightning
while standing on the highest
peak of Mount Evans, 1920 feet
above sea level. AS an engineer
McDougall worked on the con-
Struction Of the Mount Evans
Highway in the Denver Mountain
Parks. When the road to the
summit was opened for the
season yesterday, McDougall was
one of the first to drive to the
top.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
TOLL Of FOURTH
HERE z DEAD,
SCORE HURT
Dynamite Bomb Fatal to One;
Negro Scared to Death
By Blast in Auto

Hospital records today revealed
that two died and a score or
more were injured by firecracker
explosions in Washington's cele-
bration of the Fourth of July.
The deaths were those of Joseph
Simmons, 26, Mitchellsville, Md,
who died at Sibley Hospital after
being mangled by a dynamite
bomb, and La White, colored,
First block Florida Ave. N. w.,
who died from fright when huge
cracker was thrown into his au-
tomobile on the Benning Bridge.
Funeral services will be held
for Simmons tomorrow from the
home of his mother, Mrs. Pace
Boice, near Mitchellsville. The
Rev. William Clews will offici-
ate and burial will be in Mt.
Oak Cemetery.
Two seriously nuEG
Conditions of two of the injured
are serious.
Lyle L. Simmons, twin brother
of the dead Simmons, suffered loss
of his right arm in the same eX-
plosion.
Rosemary Lamb, 13, TOO block
Virginia Ave. S. E., may lose the
sight of her right eye. A fire
cracker hurled into Monument
Grounds group last night exploded
in her face.
Injuries Listed
Follows list Of others injured
by firecrackers and extent of
burns.
Ralph La Belle, 10, 14OO block
A st. N. E., left hand: Douglas
McKechnie, 40, 5000 block Pro-
Spect Ave. N. w., left leg; Mary
Gully, $500 block N st. N. W.,
left leg; Johnn Holden, Is, 1700
block California St. N. w., right
leg; Page Seekford, II, $500 block
T st. N. w., right hand; Arthur
thinner, II, same block, right
hand, all treated at Georgetown
Hospital.
Others treated at various hos
pitals include Joe Young, IA, 400
block Ninth st. N. E.; Thomas
E. Boswell, Is, 300 block Eighth
st, N. E.: Kate wise, colored, TOO
block Seventh st. S. w; John
Jackson, colored, TOO block L
st. S. E.; Vernon Smith, 6,
colored, Snow Court Southwest.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
FireCrackers Cause
OnIV Few Deaths
BY International News Service


It was a safe and sane Fourth,
a nationwide survey by 1nterna-
tional News Service disclosed to-
day.
Automobile accidents, rather
than firecrackers, caused the ma
jority of deaths and injuries Suf-
fered by independence Day cele-
brants.
Half a dozen deaths, however.
were caused by fireworks, most
of them the result of firing home
made noise makers or by ex-
plosion of bootleg" firecrackers.
Throughout the country, how
ever, a total of So fatalities were
reported from various causes.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05

Eight pages Of comics. pictures and
magazine features with Saturday Q
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