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Evening star., 1933-03-31
BANK RE0PENINGS HELP
SPRING TRADE REVIVAL
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, March 31-Commerce
and industry in the eighth Federal Re-
serve district during February contin-
ued the recessionary trends noted in
January and the closing months of
1882. the st. Louis Federal Reserve
Bank reported in its monthly review.
The disturbed banking status caused
merchants and the public to conserve
cash and in virtually all of the whole
sailing and jobbing lines the bank re-
ported it found that sales fell below
the same period year ago.
Retail trade, the report said, failed
to show the usual pickup from jan
uary to February and special sales and
intensive advertising campaigns met
with only Indifferent success.
Touching on the March business sit
uation, the report said business was at
standstill the first two weeks. but re-
opening of the banks started an up
ward surge that promised well for the
latter part Of the month. \
Evening star., 1933-03-31
INVESTMENT TRUSTS

NEW YORK, March 81 CP.-Over-
the-counter market:
Evening star., 1933-03-31

*After taxes. charges and depreciation
Announcement is made of the ap-
spcintment Of Harry j. Kamerow as
-rnslnber Of the agency staff of the
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co. of
sthls city. Prior to entering the insur-
lance field Mr.. Kamerow enjoyed wide
fmercantile experience and for 10 years
was on the executive stat of the Hecht
sCo
Evening star., 1933-03-31
BROKER LOAN TOTAL
DROPS DURING WEEK
Decrease of $27, ,00O,0 Reported
in Statement of New York
Reserve Bank.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 31.-The weekly
statement of the New York Federal
Reserve Bank on brokers' loans for the
week ended March 20 shows a total of
1911 ,000, 900. a decrease of $4,000, 900
from the preceding week.
Loans for own account amounted to
1896, ,000, 900, q drop of $31 ,000, 900 from
a week ago. Loans for out-of- town
Loans for others were $4,000, 900, de-
stood at 1924, 900 900, a drop of $18,-
100000. Time loans amounted to
$137, 100000. decrease of $4,000, 900.
The New York Federal Reserve Banks
rediscount rate remains unchanged at
3z per cent.
Evening star., 1933-03-31
NORFOLK & WESTERN.

PHILADELPHIA, March 81 R.-The
annual report Of the Norfolk and West
ern Railway Co., issued yesterday, shows
that the net income for last year was
SIS, 1892 ,226, decrease compared with
1881 OF $4,347,4I7.
This represented $11.30 earned per
share on outstanding common stock,
compared with $14.39 the previous year.
Gross operating revenues were s62.-
775,61l, decrease of S17.07g,136 com-
pared with 1881. Total operating ex-
penses amounted to S37,745, ,532, a de-
crease OF $l2,849, ,28l. The net revenue
from operations was $25,030 ,07e, de-
crease Of $4,229,855.
Evening star., 1933-03-31
LOANS ON LIFE POLICIES
STOPPED IN MARYLAND
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE. March 31.-The max
ing of loans end the payment Of cash
surrender values by life insurance COM
panies in Maryland have been forbid
den until further notice by State In
surance Commissioner william c.
Walsh.
Mr.. Walsh pointed out that there
would be no interruption in the pay
ment of death claims, annuities, ma
tured endowments. installments on sup
Elementary contracts or for disability.
The order applies to companies char
tered in Maryland and out-of- State
companies doing business in Maryland,
and became effective yesterday.
Evening star., 1933-03-31
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, March 81 (R.-over.
ths-countsr market:
Quotations as of 2 o'clock.
Evening star., 1933-03-31
Gold Stock Increases.

NEW YORK, March 81 (P.-Yester-
days gold statement of the New York
Federal Reserve Bank showed an in
crease of $4,000, representing an impor-
tation from China. There were no
other changes.
Evening star., 1933-03-31
PARIS B0URsE PRICES.

PARIS, March 81 (PD.-Three per
scent rentes 10 francs 90 centines; Az
Aper cent rentes 86.25.
Exchange on London 87.31. The dol
liar was quoted at 25.44az.
Evening star., 1933-03-31
American Ice Retires Stock.

! Reduction in capital stock by retire
sment of 10000 shares of preferred stock
sand 10000 shares of no-par common
was approved by American Ice Co.
stockholders in their annual meeting.
Reduction in the capital represented
sby 500 900 common shares to SIS a share
Trom S25 a share, resulting in SILL
zoo, ,0C0 credit to surplus. and reduction
i'm the authorized preferred stock to
ito 100000 shares. and the stated capi-
rtal to $4,000, 600, also were approved
c. c. Small, president, said he was
svery hopeful about the prospect of busi-
mess resulting from the return of beer
sPay rolls this year will be reduced ST.
100000 compared with last year, he
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
SHE'S STAR JOURNALIST
l7-Year- old Girl Is Publisher, Ed
itor, Reporter and Typesetter.

BIZ United Press
LANHAM. Md, July 28.,-Christine
Kempton, II, is an all-around news
paper woman.
She is the editor and publisher
of the Lanham News She is also
the COPY reader. typesetter, illus
traitor and star reporter. Her paper
boasts over 200 subscribers.
Christine began publishing at
IL, turning out a small mimeo-
graphed sheet. Later she bought a
secondhand press of the foot
power variety. and a set of type.
Although the type had been in
use since 1850, it still made clear
legible print and gave the paper
professional appearance, her sub
scribers said.
Christine sets the type by hand.
page at time. It requires about
three hours to set each Of the four
pages.
She spends the time between
the fortnightly issues canvas sing
the neighborhood loi news, her
news centers being the general
store, the railroad crossing watch
man, the police station snd the
justice of the peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
1O-CENT HOURLY
WAGE IS PAID
ON REMODELINC
Employer Defends Scale as
Made Work for
J0bIeSS.

Carpenters hammers pound at Is
cents an hour. Laborers shoulder
boards and help rough IN repairs
N a rnrf ~. n ..-.. =. 49,.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
BULLETS SPEED
BANDIT AFTER
STORE HOLDUP,
71-Year-0Id Robbery VIC
tim Fires Shots at Flee
ing Gunman.

A bandit fed with his companion
today in an automobile With $40
loot. amid a hail Of bullets fred by
a 7l-year-old butcher, the victim OF
the bandit at a meat market al 5467
North Keystone avenue
william Poehler, the aged butcher
OF $50 South New Jersey street. vas
alone in the store. owned by Harry
Steinmetz. when the bandit entered
and asked for tobacco. Served. ne
ordered Poehler TO stick EN- up
Poehler raised his arms. and while
the bandit ranSacked the cash reg
lister. edged toward the back room
TO obtain a weapon The bandit or
dered him to halt and then leaped
out the door into 4 waiting auto
mobile, in which his companion Vas
seated.
Poehler seized a shotgun and
raced to the door as the bandit car
turned east on Fifty-Sixth street.
He opened fire. but none of his
shots is believed to have taken ef-
feet. ,ma
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
Turquoise Studded Skull
Among Ancient Treasure
HE'S 'SUPER-HO
Scotty, Just Old Nag, Never Steps
on Birds Nest.
BIZ United Press

bW = ftf0 PffSS
CLEVELAND. O., July 29-To a
casual observer "Scotty" might ap-
pear to be Just another horse-and
a rather old and decrepit one. too.
But Scotty's owner, Charlie
Thomas, and others who know him.
say he is a horse of superintelli-
gence. Of his own accord. Scottv
does what naturalists and bird
lovers all over the country have
been urging farmers to do-he
watches over the birds OF the field.
In all his nine years of blowing
experience, Scotty never has
stepped on birds nest, or harmed
young birds. When he comes to a
nest in a furrow. Scotty stops short.
and his driver can't bulge him.
He looks at the ground. then at
the driver, then waits until the
birds and nest are moved before he
Will proceed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
ChaIiCe of Rock Crystal
Also Part of Exhibit at
Worlds Fair.
- Scicncc Herrice

Attf SUI 49, 81 e.
CHICAGO. July 28-One of the
greatest treasures among the IA
nous Monte Alban jewels from the
prehistoric shrine in the Mexican
state OF Oaxaca. now being shown
here at the Century of Progress ex-
position. at first looks rather girls
ly and out of place among the many
beautiful ornaments of gold. pearl,
jade and other precious materials.
For it consists of a human skull
covered over with a mosaic of tiny
fiat pieces of turquoise and fitted
with eyes Of pearl~shell and a nose
of flint
But this ornamented skull was a
very important thing in tho ancient
Mexican religious system, tor it rep
resented the great god Texcatlipoca
who was the deity of the sky, OF
light and of nature generally. Only
one other similar skull has hitherto
I been found. ana this is now in the
British museum. scientists N charge
of the treasure state.
Another highly valuable object
in the collection is a chalice carved
out from rock crystal. It is so truly
round and so smooth that il is be-
lieved the workman who made il
knew the use Of at least simple
type of lathe. Several pairs OF
large spool-shaped ear pendants
also show the same accurate cir
cular cutting attainable only with
a lathe
The use Of rock crystal as a ma
terial for ornaments and ceremonial
vessels argues for a high Gegree of
both skill and patience by the In
dian craftsmen. This mineral is
+ one OF the hardest of natural sub
+ Stanes. being much harder than
ordinary steels Probably the ONLY
way the ancient Indians could have
cut il was by the use of rock crystal
fragments or powder. after the
+ manner 0f n1Oderf, diamond c,,++;,,o
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
DENVER'S SIZE GROWS
City Passas 100000 Population
Mark. Estimate Shows.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
DENVER. Colo, July 28.-Den-
yer has passed the 100000 mark in
population, according to estimate
by D. H. Osborne, publisher of a
new city directory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
CHECKERS COURT ISSUE
Players Loss of Skill Basis for Con-
test of viii.
BIZ Jmifcd Press

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, July 28.-In
an effort TO show the mind of John
S. Morgan. late city councilman
was 'unsound" when he made his
will, testimony was introduced in a
court case here that he could not
play checkers after he became III.
]. a. Morgan, brother of the de-
ceased. had brought suit in an ef-
fort TO break the will, which left
most OF the estate to Anna A. Nor
gan, niece and housekeeper of the
deceased, and a daughter of j. A.
Morgan
Theodore Morgan. a son OF the
plaintiff, testified that before his
uncle became fatally i'll "he could
beat me at checkers every time. but
after he got sick he couldn't play
at all. and l couldn't keep from
beating him"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
u. S. LEADERS
DELAY CHEAP
DOLLAR STEPS
Further Initiation to Await
Effects of Industrial
Recovery Program.
BY RICHARD L. GRIDLEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

Copyright, 1888. BY United Press
WASHINGTON. July 28.-Plans
to increase prices through further
devaluation Of the dollar have been
abandoned until the administration
gauges the effects of its industrial
recovery program. it was learned to-
day on the highest authority.
While still determined to restore
purchasing power to 1925 levels the
administration will endeavor to
reach this objective through its re-
covery program before embarking
on further drastic devaluation of the
dollar.
The rapid progress Of the recov-
cry program is believed to have
convinced many members of the
administration that further business
improvement can be worked out
without resort to drastic money in
fiation, and its accompanying evil of
Misrepresentation.
The government has broad inf1a-
ton powers of an elastic nature. so
designed that unforeseen develop
ments may be met as they appear.
With continuing success of the re-
covery program, it is understood
that no further dollar devaluation
will take place over the next few
months, and possibly never.
Such infiationary measures as the
public works program will be con-
tinued.
Another reason for abandonment
of further drastic dollar devaluation
was fear that a declining currency
would discourage investment and
choke off the governments much
needed recovery funds TO be OBJ
tanned through sale of bonds. More
than s3,00o,O00000 new funds must
be raised TO finance the public works
| program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28

Carpenters hammers pound at Is
cents an hour Laborers shoulder
boards and help rough in" repairs
on a roof at 10 cents an hour.
The carpenters and the laborers,
with hammer and muscles. are
working in the Indianapolis Casting
Company empty building. 13l
South Harding street
With NRA going into effect. the
men working there NAV be thrown
out Of Jobs.
II wouldn't be profitable to work
them at the minimum wage Of 30
cents an hour under the recovery
act. said T w Cornelius. owner Of
the building. and in charge Of re-
modelling Of the vacant buildings
roof.
III probably have 10 cult the
work, he added
Cornelius admits that he has en-
ployed labor 10 remodel the roof OF
the casting companys structures al
wages which he says range from 81
to 50 day"
Better Than Charity
Laborers on the project say they
have been getting 10 cents an hour.
while others who handled saw and
hammer and we're listed as doing
carpentry work received Is cents an
hour.
Cornelius protests that the prof.
ect is a made work.
The men were around the place
and wanted work and I gave it to
them. They figured il was better
than living off the county. There
was nothing holding them there.
They didn't have TO work for it I'M
less they wanted TO. They could
quit at any time, he said.
He cited the fact that he was
permitting one family to live in two
rooms Of the casting company build
ing.
Asked if he didn't believe that the
desire to obtain weekly wage. re-
gardless of how small. forced the
men to hire themselves at that rate
IN preference 10 being idle he said
Maybe so-but I worked at a
lower wage when I was a boy. Why.
I've worked for 81 week
Threatens Shutdown
Docs The indianapolis Times
want to hire these men2 I'll close
this work down if there's going to
be so much to do about it. he reit-
Grated
Cornelius admitted that he had
been remOdeling the roof without
building permit for more than a
months time
If I'm wrong there I'm willing
to do what's right. But when we
started out TO FIX the building and
leaks IN the roof, it was no more
than a Job of just cleaning up
Then in patching a board wouls
come loose and we'd nail it down
don't know for what part of the
work I should get a building per-
nit he said.
Complaints Are Received
After a conference with the city
building commissioner. a fee Of 81
was paid by Cornelius for the work
already done on the casting COM
pany 1t was agreed that other
work would be paid for at the con-
cluSion of the job.
Complaints have been received by
The Times that the Frank NJ. Dell
Coal Company. of which Cornelius
is general manager. has employees
working at as low a wage as those
employed on the roof OF the casting
building.
One workman told The Times
that the largest pay he had received
for one weeks work was 1881
Some men working for me at the
coal company work just part time.
They're paid for their actual work"
Cornelius defended.
But We have TO stay around here
and wait for coal cars to unload.
said one Of the workmen
Cornelius said workmen of the
coal company under NRA would be
paid the minimum scale OF 30 cents
an hour for the actual work He
praised the recovery act
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
Gridsters Hustle Beer Kegs

hH g WtFtG fFtSS
MILWAUKEE. Wis. July "a
Rollie Halfman and Arthur Krue-
ger, co-captains of the 1888 Mar
quette university football team, are
training on beer-huStling barrels
OF it for shipping departments Of
two Milwaukee breweries
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
Cow Whipped Bear

~ 'Ntff# ff@f
FORT KLAMATH. Ore. July %
"A COW owned by Ralph Darling is
the heroine of this community
Though lacking horns. she fought
OF a brown bear which attempted
to take her calf. The COW still had
the best of the battle when Darling
arrived and shot the intruder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28
FINDS LOST WATCH
Timepiece Missing % Years Located
in Pawn Shop.

~ tHiffd Press
VANCOUVER. B C.. July pa
pocket watch stolen IN 1911 in Ed
monitor was located here in a pawn
shop, twenty-five years afterward.
by the Vancouver police second
hand department
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-28

The step-pyramid built by the
Pharaoh loser about 5000 B. c.. now
is found TO be a family tomb, con-
tanning other burials.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
SHAW CITES PER|LS
IN ECONOMY PLAN
Calls Program an Attack on
"WhoIe Merit System
in Government"

The present governmental economy
program affecting employed personnel
was assailed as laying the basis for "a
most insidious and dangerous attack
upon the whole merit system In Gov
ernment" by John Arthur Shaw, ma
ticnal president of the American Fed
Grafton of Government Employees, in an
address last night before Tariff Com
mission Lodge at national headquarters,
1925 Pennsylvania avenue.
Shaw hit in particular the proposals
to decentralize the personnel record
system now maintained in the Civil
Service Commission ana to require cer-
tain Veterans Administration employees
in homes and hospitals to work a full
day Saturday. and the marital status
provision of the economy act.
Officers of Bureau of Engraving and
Printing Lodge No. 90, were. installed
at the Hamilton Hotel last night by
George L. jeffrey fourth national vice
president. John r. Newman, who took
the lead in the lodges formation, was
installed as president. Other officers
are James c. Reeves, first vice presi-
dent: Miss Winnie L. Harrington, second
vice president; Mrs. Tracy Thornett, re-
cording secretary; Charles j. Beck,
treasurer, and Marian Skinner, SER
geant at arms. John Conroy, George
A. Freer and Ethel Cantor are trustees.
Allen D. McCartee, George E. Jacobs,
Mary Campbell and Bertha Duncan are
delegates to the Central Labor Union
and Miss Viola B. ingalls, and Mr..
Jacobs delegates to the District Depart
ment.
Miss Nicie Perrell was appointed
chairman of committee to study a
sick and death benefit plan to be es-
tablished.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
PHILADELPHIA BUDGET
CUT s6,322,O 900 MORE
1888 Ordinance Awaits Signature
of Mayor After Extensive
Revision.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, January 13.-Mayor
j. Hampton Moores signature of the
1888 budget ordinance was awaited to-
day to permit opening of the city's
books for the ensuing year.
At the mayors request, City Council
hacked another $6,322,000 from the
much-revised budget last night and
sent it back for his action Before the
latest reductions the budget totaled
S61.417,113.
Slashes totaling 1862 900 were made
In the county departments and other
savings amounting to $1,060,000 were
achieved in a variety of ways, but a
lump sum of S4,600,000 was cut from
the Department of Public Safety, with
the c.pectation that it will be restored
before it is needed for police and fire.
mems payrolls.
Restoration of this sum from Phil
adelphia Rapid Transit Co. sinking
fund, originally intended to aid the
city to buy the Broad street subway, is
contingent upon approval from the
Public Service Commission.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
AIMEE MCPHERSON
REPORTED IN COMA
Condition of Evangelist Described
as Serious, but Nature of
Ailment Not Given.
Ey the Associated Press

Ey the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, January 13.-Ill
more than two years, Aimee Semple
Mcpherson Hutton, evangelist, was re-
ported today by her physician to be in
a coma.
The physician, DR.. L. c. Audrain, de-
scribed her condition as serious but
declined to discuss the nature of her
a.lment.
the evangelist was said to be con-
fined to her bed in the parsonage of
Angelus Temple of which she is pastor
Mrs. Hutton has been reported seri-
Cusly i'll en- numerous occasions during
the last two years. Her illness began
with nervous breakdown. Later,
while on a honeymoon trip to Central
America with her husband, David l..
Hutton, jr., she contracted "a tropical
Illness.
Several months ago when her hus-
band lost a breach of promise suit to
Myrtle st. Pierre, nurse, the evan
gelist tainted on being told the news.
She fell to the concrete floor of her
home, and was reported to have suf-
fered skull fracture. Two weeks ago
Hutton reported his wife was Sc
fiously III.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
SCHOOL CONTINUES
AT DARK HOLLOW"
House President Built on
Rapidan Tract Presented
to Virginia.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Established as an important center
OF community life, the school that
President Hoover built in the Virginia
Mountains three years ago will con-
t4nue to bring the light of book
larnin'" to Dark Hollow.
The President included the tract on
which the schoolhouse stands in his
Rapidan camp gift to the Common
wealth of Virginia for eventual inclu-
sion in the proposed Shenandoah Ma
tional Park.
The plan is for the school to continue
under State supervision as it has while
being maintained by Mr.. Hoover. Law
renee Richey, one of his secretaries, re-
vealing that fact today, said also that
Christene Vest, the specially-trained
teacher, probably would stay on the job.
Sightseers Attracted.
Events have moved swiftly since
schooling came to the Rapidan on Feb
ruary "a, 1880. Over the scenic newly
paved Shenandoah trail, which comes
very close to the ~schoolhouSe. sight
seers now are speeding in great num-
bers. That road will bring children to
school in hurry-boys and girls who
have known what it means to trudge
miles each day to learn from Miss Vest.
So sequestered had been the life OF
Aii.-. Blue Ridge mountaineers before the
President came to camp there, they
scarcely knew there was a world be-
ycnd the general store at Criglersville.
The school radio and telephone were
novelties. All the 20 children, ranging
&. age from to 16, who came as pupils
the first day, had to start at the be-
ginning.
Brand-New School.
And what a start they hadl A
brand-new, chimney school house,
part class room, part home for Miss
Vest on a spot 5000 feet above sea level
on Doubletop Mountain. Built-in book
cases filled with the favorites of chill
dren. Desks adjustable to each child's
height. An open fireplace as well as
shiny new stove.
Ray Burraker, the neighbor boy, who
brought the President possum and got
in return for his friendly and revealing
visit school house, rose at S am. that
first day to raise the school house flag
ct sunrise. Reporters and photographers
from Washington thronged in and
Grandpa and Grandma Burraker, past
70 walked miles to join in the first
day excitement.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
MARRIAGE ANNULLED
AFTER THIRTY YEARS
Woman, 50, Says Husband Deserted
Her, but Left Evidence He Had
Another Wife.

LOS ANGELES, January 13 LR.-
Mrs. Mary Emily Cameron waited 80
years before asking an annullment of
her marriage.
Superior Judge Robert W. Kenny
went to her home here yesterday be-
cause she is 80 years old and infirmities
prevented her from appearing in Do
mestic Relations Court
The Judge said she told him she was
married at Newark, N. j., February IT,
1908, to Albert Edward Cameron, but
that he soon deserted her in ST. Louis
taking her $500 and leaving behind evi-
dence that he had another wife.
Judge Kenny granted the annull
ment.
Evening star., 1933-01-13
MONTREAL CHURCH BURNS
Valuable Relics, Paintings and
Wood Carvings Lost.

MONTREAL, January 13 R).-St.
Louis de France Church was destroyed
by fire yesterday and its valuable COL
lection Of relics, beautiful paintings and
wood carvings was lost.
Only the bare walls and the tower Of
the church remain. The fire inflicted
minor damage to T3 dwellings nearby
and the roofs Of 80 automobiles suffered
from embers and flying stones. One
fireman was slightly injured.
For hours it appeared as II general
confiagration threatened the eastern
pert.ef the city.