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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-24
READY IF FRANCE
QUITS GOLD BASIS
Brokers for Lloyds Offer Insurance
Against Risk as Concern
Grows in London.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 24.-Brokers for
Lloyds are effecttng insurance against
France going Of the gold standard. 1t
became known today. charging 20
gufneas per 100 guineas or 80 per cent.
1t was stated In city circles that
some concerns, disturbed BY trends re
sponsibIe for the recent weakness OF
the franc. had taken out insurance Is
a precaution.
The dollar made another recovery.
closing at s5.2l to the pound, IA cents
better than its unofficial closing price
Yesterday.
The French franc attracted attention
owing to the overthrow Of the French
cabinet and Paris offerings weakened
its rate to "a francs to the pound, but
control fund operations supplemented
fresh buying and helped the frame re-
cover to close at 1883.
PARIS. November "a Rl.-The United
States dollar closed at 1877 francs
1888 cents to the france.
Three per cent rentes, IS francs IS
centimes: Az per cent rentes. 82.45.
Exchange on London, 83.52Ia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-24
New York Cotton
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, November 24.-The
stopping of the first December notices
IN the cotton market today was followed
by advances on trade buying. covering
and a scattering commission house de-
mand stimulated by the failure Of
further advances in the dollar to bring
out additional liquidation and firmer
grain and stock markets March con-
tracts sold up from 1908 to 1924, or
about 81 per bale from the lowest, with
the mid-afternoon market showing net
advances of l6 to 20 nointS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-24
INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK. November "a dP.-Over-the
counter market:
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POULTRY FIRM ORGANIZED.

BALTIMORE, NOVEMBER a lSpeclADl
j. T. Barlow of Silver Spring, Md.
and Edgar Langelutti and Ira Lange.
lutti both of Churchtown, Md, have in
corporated the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Poul.
try Producers Corporation, Inc, of Dis
trict Heights Village of Meadows, Mo
The company, which has no capitai
stock is authorized to engage in any
activity involving agricultural products,
etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-24
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

u. CHICAGO, November "a R.-Poultry.
i've, o. trucks, strong; hens. 7a9 Leghorn
9a1O; teshorn chickens. 81: ROSTERS g.:
nSn Iorkeys 1917; young toms. 1872; old,
IL NO. z. 3; ducks. 7aSh; geese. 8.
dressed turkeys steady. prices unchanged.
shipments; 533; dull. supplies moderate. de-
mand and trading slow; U. S. No /, wis
Minnesota. North Dakota Red River Ohio's.
t;IItsaeo; Idaho Russets- Goa s71z: COM
p pi,nation grade, l.35a1 40; Colorado Nc
Butter. 1891. steady. prices UNCHANGED
EGGS, I73, unsettled; extra FIRST, o3: fresh
GRADED hrsts, 81; current receipts, I7alS
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RAIL PRICES EXTENDED.

NEW YORK, November "A Op.-The
American Iron & Steel Institute an
nounced yesterday that the time for
delivery of steel rails under the re-
Gently reduced price has been extended
to July /, 1894.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-24
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK November "a (P.-Ba
silver easy, Il lower at 1878.
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Bid and Asked Prices.
oO4VASs
PUBLIC UTILITY
STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY

Amer Tel 4 Tel. t9)...... 12O1s 49,.
Capital Traction Co. ....... 1874 IA
N. 4 W. Steamboat. ...... 81 -.
wash Gas It. Co. "a. 60) 80. 80 -.
Pot. Flee Power So pfd. s109 Ill
Pot Elec. Power 5h% pfd.. .s104k l06'
Wash Rwy & FL. com. 90 $3.50 311
Wash. Rwy. & FL. pfd. 3d.. 'e0+ %
MISCELLANEOUS
Emer Bromo-Selz "A" (2). 20 %
Lanston Monotype "a. ...,.. 40 AIN
Mer. TT & StRe. pfd. ..... 20 go.
MerRenthaler Linotype. 80. 23h IS
Peoples DRUG St. pfd. t6.b0).. S4h go.
wdwd & Lothrop com. d.6O) rs .....
Wdwd. q Lothrop pfd. o.. l06h zee.
'Ex-dividend
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Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.
Washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.-10 at
81, at 81, S at 81.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas SIS l960-$500 at l04,
$500 at l04.
Lanston Monctype-8 at As, 10 at As.
Potomac Electric 81 % pfd.-S At 1854.
Potomac Electric Sc pfd.-1 at 10.
Washington Rwy. & Electric As-$l 900
ut 857a,
Evening star., 1933-01-25
REAL ESTATE TAX
BILL INTRODUCED
Chairman ,Nort0n's Measure
Provides for Quarterly
Payments.

Chairman Norton Of the House Dis
trict Committee yesterday introduced q
bill providing for quarterly payment
of real estate taxes in the District.
The measure Is similar to that intro
duced in the Senate by Senator Cope
land, with an additional section.
The bill would require the District
assessor to send to the owner Of each
family dwelling occupied by the owner
tax bill not less than 80 days prior
to the date the installment Is due.
Any tax or special assessment omitted
from that statement Is not to be due
or payable during the fiscal year for
which the statement Is sent.
The new section provides that the
proposed act shall be considered as
applying only to such occupation as
the owner shall have filed with the as
sessor with an affidavit as to residence
and ownership. The form Of this am
davit is to be prepared by the assessor
and show the beginning OF domiclle ana
the period during which occupied by
the owner the location Of the property
and all trusts that may be against the
property
The bill provides that the collector OF
taxes shall extend the time for payment
of real estate taxes and special assess
ments to any family dwelling occupied
by the owner for not more than 90 days
upon written application if the collector
is of the opinion that through unem-
ployment or other emergency the owner
is unable to make tax payments. The
owner would be required at the time OF
application to pay interest at the rate
Of 6 per cent on the amount OF the tax
or assessment covering the period OF
extension.
The bill further provides that no
family dwelling occupied by the owner
shall be sold for delinquent taxes or
special assessments unless notice has
been served upon the owner personally
or by registered mail not less than ~
days prior to the date of the sale.
Evening star., 1933-01-25
HOW F1UMMING BIRDS REMAIN
MOTIONLESS IN AIR DISCOVERED
Formula Belonging to Hydrodynamics and Electro
magnetism Used but Secret Not Yet Published.

Mathematical solution of q problem
which hitherto has bafied all investi-
gators-how certain insects and such
birds as the humming bird can stand
still" in the airs announced by the
Carnegie Institution Of Washington.
The explanation Of this commonly
observed phenomenon, 1t is announced,
required the development Of q formula
belonging simultaneously to hydrody-
namics and to electro-magnetism," and
came from q group Of Norwegian COL
laborators with the Washington insti-
tuition as side-product Of studies Of
new methods Of weather prediction.
Although the practical application is
not apparent, it is noted that centuries
Of study Of bird flight preceded the
first successful steps in human avi-
alton and the solution of another Sc
cret OF the winged world may lead to
far-reaching results in the future.
Modern dynamics have taught us"
says the Carnegie report, ito calculate
the force which lifts airplanes and ex-
plain the sailing flight of birds. But
no method has heretofore been given
for calculating. upon dynamical prin-
ciples, the effect Of the pull of an oar
or Of the blow of the wing Of bird or
insect. BY the use Of this formula, it
Evening star., 1933-01-25
ARMY BILL PASSED
AFTER SK|RM|SH
Republicans Upset Demo-
cratic Leadership and Put
Through Increases.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A War Department appropriation
bill. carrying $34s,ss5 for the military
and non-military expenses of the Army
next year, was passed by the House
the Republicans upset the Democratic
leadership and put through Q number
OF increases.
Two roll call votes were forced by
Democrats in an effort to keep out Of
the measure $2,500,000 for citizens
military training camps and $572, 1000
more than the budget asked for organ
lied reserves. But the effort was futile,
for Republicans, joined by Democrats.
among them the Tammany delegation
from New York. obtained approval Of
The final vote on the reserves in
crease was POT to 1856, after Speaker
Garner, on a standing ballot, counted
1874 against the change and 127 for It..
The c. M. T. c. allowance went In by
a vote Of 202 to 1853.
Both amendments were introduced
by Representative Barbour, Republican,
Of California, members of his party, in
cluding Smell of New York, supported
him.
Another amendment, introduced by
Representative Taber, Republican, Of
New York and expected to reduce the
pay of nearly half the Army officers,
was adopted by a 60-to-44 vote.
The amendment, expected to save
$3,500,O00 year, would change the
basis Of computation of longevity pay
allowed Army officers.
In only one instance did the Demo-
Gratis succeed in eliminating an increase
written into the bill, and that was spon-
sored by a Kentucky Democrat, Chap
man. Proposal to let the War Depart
ment spend S201 1927 on horses-$82, 500
more than the Appropriations Commit
tee approved-was stricken out OF the
measure on a viva voce vote.
Evening star., 1933-01-25
ICE TRAPS FIFTY
ON ONEIDA LAKE
Eight Fishermen Still Unsaved
Despite Frantic Efforts
to Reach Them.
By the Associated Press.

oy tuo ASSOClateQ fTeSS.
ONEIDA, N. Y, January 25.-Fifty
ice fishermen were swept out into
treacherous Oneida Lake today when
wind, sweeping across the lake in q
Northwestern direction, broke up the
ice that had been weakened by
Spring-like sunshine. Quick work by
rescuers using almost every available
small craft on that end of the lake
made possible the rescue of all but
eight Of the men within two hours
after the ice had gone out.
The rescuers worked desperately to
reach the others, through the field of
floating ice cakes, before the larger
sheets ground themselves down and
dropped the fishermen into the chill
waters.
The ice drifted, under the force Of
the wind, from near Sylvan Beach, at
the eastern end of the lake, toward
North Bay, to the northwest.
The men were engaged in what Is
locally known as "tip-up fishing" Old
timers said the trick of nature was
what might be expected from that
there lake." which is known as one Of
the most treacherous bodies of water
among the many in the State, because
Of sudden winds that often seem to rise
from nowhere.
Evening star., 1933-01-25

proves possible to arrive at good first
approximations Of these forces.
THUS it Is known that birds under
normal flight lift only a part of their
weight by the blow Of the wings, the
rest being lifted by the sailing effect
in the intervals between the successive
blows Of the wings. For insects that
can stand still in the air, 1t is found
that the blows downward lift more
than their weight, the excess compen-
sating for the Oppressive effect of the
blows upward"
The formula itself and the mathe-
matical computations by which it was
reached have not yet been published
The Norwegian group of ,mathemati-
clans and meteorologists is working
under the direction Of Prof. "
Bjerknes of the University o. Oslo. The
great advance represented by this for
mula Is that it is based upon conditions
as they actually are, and not on ideal
hypothetical conditions called into ex-
istence to fit the explanation.
Further work Of the same group of
investigators, it is announced, has sue
ceeded in revealing errors in the fun
damental equations Of LaPlace and Sir
Isaac Newton by which certain tide
movements have been explained for
centuries, so that 'the entire theory of
the tides must be recast"
Evening star., 1933-01-25
ONE HELD, TWO FREED
BY U. S. COMMISSIONER
Charles County Man Placed Under
$1,000 Bond as Result of
Raid on Still.

By Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, January
25.-One man was held for the Fed
eral grand jury and two others set free
when arraigned before United States
Commissioner j. Frank Parran on
liquor charges here yesterday.
Arrested following a raid on a still
near his home, Joseph Gray of Browns
road in Charles County, was brought
before the commissioner on charges
of manufacture and possession Of
liquor He was held under ST 900 bail
Commissioner Parran dismissed the
charges against Dudley Willett and
Nelson Murphy, both of La Plata. They
had been arrested by Federal agents on
the Southern Maryland pike, who testi-
fled the men were carrying a cypress
still, a copper still and a quantity of
rubber hose in an automobile. The
commissioner held there was not sufd-
cient intent to engage in the manufac-
ture of liquor proven since the defend
ants testified that the stills were knock
ed down and they were taking them to
q junk dealer in Washington.
Evening star., 1933-01-25
Federation HEAD
NAMES COMMITTEES
Judge Alfred D. Bailey Announces
Personnel of Groups in Prince
Georges County.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BLADENSBURG, Md, January 25.-
Judge Alfred D. Bailey, president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations of
Prince Georges County, has named the
following committees for the year, the
flrst named in each case being chair
man:
Membership and credentials sc. Wat
son Lambert, H. w. Gilbertson, Clifford
L. johnson, George Morgan, Blair H.
Riggles and Frank H. Fierstein.
Public utilities-John R. Riggles, N.
o. Brigham and w. R. Beattie.
Highways, parks and waterways
w. Cast, Clifford L. Johnson, George
Morgan and H. w. Gilbertson.
Publicity-Frank H. Fierstein and E.
j. Cannon.
Health-George Morgan, Richard M.
Schuler, E. Donald Preston and George
Harris.
Fire protection-W. r. Beattie and
William Fierstein.
Police-H. w. Gilbertson and Blair
Riggles.
Evening star., 1933-01-25
ENGINEERS RETURN
TO ?. 0. BUILDING.
Temporary Agreement Ends
Strike and 600 Men
Resume Work.

Several hundred men went back to
work today on the new Post Ofice
Department Building at Twelfth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, under
temporary agreement which still leaves
the issues of strike by hosting en-
gineers to be settled.
Under the agreement, the two motor
generator machines, which have been
the center of the strike, were removed
from the building to shed on the
grounds The men who have been
operating them, members of the Plum
bers and Steamfitters' Union, quit their
welding work, which had been done with
the motor generator machines furnish
ing the current, and continued work on
other parts of the Job on the building.
Meantime, the hosting engineers.
who had been on strike since last Fri
day, returned to their hoists on the Post
Office Building BY lifting building ma
terials again, they enabled hundreds Of
men who had been thrown out of work
to go back on the job.
Dispute Unsettled.
1t was emphasized that the return to
the issue over who shall operate the
motor generator machines still remains
to be decided between the two unions,
the steamfitterS, who have been run
ming them in the past, and the hosting
engineers, who claim they should oper-
ate the machines.
The agreement to resume work today
was reached last night through nego-
tiations in which many different parties
participated
John Coefeld, general president of
the United Association of Journeymen
Plumbers and Steamfltters Of the United
States and Canada, approved the plan,
which permitted the contractor to stop
use OF the machines by members of his
union. The plan. Mr.. Coefield said, was
agreeable to him because of the large
number OF men of other trades who had
been thrown out of work because of the
strike by the hoisting engineers.
Not all of the Is hosting engineers
who had been on strike returned to the
job, but there were enough of them to
enable resumption of work. Before the
end of the day, it was thought that
most OF the 600 men who were rendered
idle by the strike would be back at
work.
Appeal to Federation.
The building trades department of
the American Federation of Labor is
understood to have been appealed to
by contractors to settle the controversy,
but under the rules of the federation,
it was said, both international unions
must request settlement before posi-
tive action can be taken by the fedora
tion officials. M. j. McDonough, head
OF the building trades department, is
converSant with the issues at contro-
versy.
The Department of Labor, through
Hugh KerWin, Director OF Cancellation,
and his staff, is understood to have
been willing to help settle the matter,
but so far is leaving it in the hands
of the two unions and the Fedora
tion of Labor.
The temporary arrangement has no
technical name in the language of the
trade union movement, according to
different union officials, but could be
called an 'armistice" or an "abate-
ment," or just temporary agreement to
allow work to proceed.
Evening star., 1933-01-25
Brown Could Hold
Office Extra Month
Under Law of 1872
Postmaster General Made
Exception of Rule to
Retire on March 4.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
If Postmaster General Brown chose to
become technical, he might continue
in Office for while during the admin
tstration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
This would be possible. it was pointed
out today at the Post ONCE Department,
under an act of Congress passed in
1872.
That act provides that the Postmaster
Generals tenure shall be for and dur
ing the term of the President by whom
he IS appointed, and for one month
thereafter unless sooner removed"
The act was passed. it was explained,
on the ground that the Postoffice De-
partment was business institution and
the Postmaster General should remain
a month to familiarize his successor
with the duties.
However, no one ever has remained
beyond March 4. And If 1t were
attempted against the wishes Of Presi-
dent, the power Of removal provided
under the act could be exercised In .
very few minutes.
This provision applies to no other
cabinet position.
Evening star., 1933-01-25
VOTE COUNT begun
IN IRISH ELECTION
Result Believed Close Be-
tween De Valera and
Cosgrave.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, Irish Free State, January
Counting of the heaviest vote in
Irish history began today. with indi-
cations of an extremely close race be-
tween President Eamon de Valera and
William T. Cosgrave for the presidency
A definite trend in yesterdays elec-
tion of a new Dahl Eireann-the Irish
House Of Representatives, which in
turn elects the president of the execu-
tive council-was not likely to develop
until tomorrow. In some scattered dis
tricts clerks will not be able to open
ballot boxes until then.
Rioting Frequent.
Rioting. which featured many meet
ings during the whirlwind three weeks
campaign. carried right through into
election day, with the biggest free-for-
all at polling booth in AShburton.
Tear gas bombs used by troops, sum-
moned from an army barracks several
miles away, finally ended the row.
Civil guards previously found they were
unequal to the situation.
The election was considered so close
that bookmakers were offering even
money that it would go in either direc-
tlOn-Wltn DE valera retaining supreme
power or with Cosgrave winning the
necessary majority to return him to the
presidency.
De Valera, leader Of the Republican
party seeking the complete independ-
ence of Ireland. was believed by some
observers to have gained heavily in the
rural districts. Cosgrave, who favors
continuation of the Free State as an
integral part of the British Empire,
was believed strong in the cities.
Vote Is Heavy.
The vote ranged from 70 to 80 per
cent of the enfranchised electorate,
listed as 1,73o,o0O in the 1927 regis
tration.
OF the eligible voters, 10 per cent
went to the polls for the previous gen.
eral election-last February 16-when
Cosgrave, the first Irish President, was
defeated for the first time in 10 years.
That some small party, such as the
new farmers organization or the Labor
party, would hold the balance Of power
was considered likely by many. The
Labor party had seven of the 153 seats
last year and their support kept
De Valera in power.
Evening star., 1933-01-25
CHAIRMEN ARE CHOSEN
BY N. & NJ. DIVISIONS
Joseph B. Murphy Elected by Coal
Merchants and A. ]. Sundlun
by Jewelers..

Joseph s. Murphy was elected chair
man Of the Coal Merchants Division
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association at the annual meeting of
the group in the Raleigh Hotel yester-
day. Other officers chosen include r.
s. Miller, first vice chairman; Wash B.
Williams. second vice chairman;
Samuel S. Blick, treasurer, and w. H.
Hessick. jr., assistant treasurer.
Arthur j. Sundlun was chosen to
head the jewelers. Division, and L. S.
Scott was named chairman of the Fuel
Oil Division. The chairmen Of the
groups represent their trade section
on the board of governors of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
Evening star., 1933-01-25
Old Automobile
Used by Burglars
To Enter Building
BY the Associated Press.

ATLANTA, January 25.-Ultra-
modern burglars have solved the
problem Of what to do with old
automobiles here-they're using
them for "jimmies."
Anyway, police said robbers who
broke into an auto supply house
yesterday and stole q quantity Of
goods used that method of entry.
They smashed in the door Of the
building with the car and left it
when they fed.
Evening star., 1933-01-25
GEN, BLANTON WINSHIP
TO BE GUEST OF S. A. R.
Judge Advocate General to Be
Principal Speaker at Ladies
Night Banquet.

Mai. Gen. Blanton Winship, Judge
advocate general of the Army, will be
the principal speaker tonight at the
Ladies night banquet of the District
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution at the Mayhower Hotel.
S. S. Williamson, president Of the So
ciety, will preside, and the program will
include presentation of colors, pledge to
the flag, installation of new members.
presentation of war service medals and
greetings from guests representing other
organizations.
Greetings also will be presented from
President Hoover.
Evening star., 1933-01-25
RADIO SERVICE LINKS
VATICAN AND AMERICA
Papal Secretary of State Exchanges
Greetings With Apostolic
Delegate and Others.

The new Mackay Radio Service, link
ing the United States and the Vatican,
was officially opened yesterday with an
exchange of messages between Cardinal
Pacelli, papal secretary Of state, and
Archbishop Fumasoni Biondi, apostolic
delegate in Washington
Cardinal Pacelli said Pope Plus X1
was gratiied by Inauguration Of the
radio-telegraph service, and expressed
his confidence and ardent desire that
the new means of communication might
contribute to the realization Of Christian
prosperity.
Archbishop Biondi thanked the Pope
for his blessing American cardinals
and other high Catholic dignitaries ex-
changed messages with the Vatican.
Evening star., 1933-01-25
PRINCE WILLIAM SCHOOL
LOAN RECEIVES APPROVAL
Board of Supervisors Authorize
Borrowing Of So, 500 for Addi-
tions to Buildings.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, January 25-The
Prince William County Board Of Su-
pervisors yesterday acted favorably
upon a request Of the County School
Board for permission to borrow the
sum of $6,5O0 from the State literary
fund for the purpose of executing three
improvement projects.
The beard approved the borrowing
of $4,000 for the purpose of making
certain additions to the Occoquan Dis
trict High School to alleviate conges-
tion which now exists there, $500 for
enlarging the school at Woodbine, and
$1,000 for improvements upon Manassas
schools.
In addition the board named Harry
p. Davis and M. M. Ellis, Manassas
bankers, and j. L. Dawson, c. c. Lynn
and j. Murray Taylor, members Of the
board. to prepare the tentative county
budget for the coming fiscal year.