davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1933-03-28
CRUDE OIL OUTPUT
HIGHER DURING WEEK
Daily Average Production for U. S.
Shows Gain of o3,157
Barrels.
By The Associated Press


TULSA, Okla. March 28-Unre-
strained flow from many wells in Okla
homa City and Texas continued to drive
the national crude oil output up last
week, increasing the daily average
83.l57 barrels to 2,284055 barrels daily,
the Oil and Gas Journal reports.
Oklahoma production was 563880
barrels a day. an increase from 456 920
barrels last week. Oklahoma City pro-
ducticn was reported up more than
100000 barrels. from l48,440 last week
to 250,745 barrels daily.
East Texas production dropped from
396.66I barrels to 395.714. reported. but
increaseS in ether pools boo ted the
States output from 934 ,442 barrels to
949l64 barrels a DAY.
California's sharp drop from AIS 1000
barrels 10 1000 barrels a day. due to
shutdowns caused by the earthquake.
failed to stem the flood tide Of produc-
ton.
Kansas production increased from
1880 barrels to l22.740 barrels. East
ern pools were steady at 100000 barrels.
Rocky Mountain product1cn decreased
from 1922 barrels to rs 934 barrels a
day.
Evening star., 1933-03-28

ruary net railway operating income up
2l.8 per cent; 2 months up 1872 per cent
Retail Trade.
Best & Co. common share earnings
year ended January 81, sl05 VS.. S3O2.
Sears, Roebuck G. Co-Stockholcers
approved reduction from $50 to S25 a
share in price of the 10000 shares of
stock reserved for sale to employees and
certain officers.
Steel and Iron.
Centrifugal Pipe Corporation 1882
deficit S8O8,33O VS.. deficit s657l69.
Inland Steel Co. plans to advance
price of galvanized sheet 81 a ton be-
tween April and April TO-
National Steel Corporation-First
quarter earnings Of company will be
in excess of 1872 cents dividend on
capital stock, chairman stated.
Utilities.
American & Foreign Power Co.
Ccmpanys Chilean SUBSIDIARY has been
permitted to increase electric rates as
an adjustment of exchange becaue of
the depreciation of the Chilean peso in
terms Of United States dollars.
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co-Supreme Court has remanded for
further finding of facts the case involv-
ing Wisconsin Public Service Commis-
sion's order temporarily reducing local
rates of Wisconsin Telephone Co., sub
sidiary, by 1912 per cent
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Corpo-
ration-Charles Hayden, H. B. Swope
and A. H. Bunker named to represent
security holders in unifioation discus
slons with mayor Of New York City.
New Orleans Public Service Co. de-
clared dividend OF 87i2 cents on pre-
ferred stock. Previously SITS was paid
quarterly.
Philadelphia Traction Co-Because
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. will
meet only cne-half Of its 100000 rental
on April l, 1888 company announced it
would pay to stockholders only so per
cent Of the April !. 1888, semi-annual
dividend Of Sl90 share. Philadelphia
Rapid Transit hopes to remit remainder
e rental on or before May Is, 1888.
Evening star., 1933-03-28
TELEPHONE REVENUE
DROPS IN BALTIMORE
Decrease of $64,2SS Is Reported
for February Compared to
Same 1892 Month.

BALTIMORE, March 2S.-Net oper-
ating income Of the Chesapeake g.
Potomac Telephone Co. of Baltimore
City in February showed a decrease of
S64,288 from the same month in 1882,
the report of operations just filed with
the Maryland Public Service Commits
sion shows.
Operating revenues in February were
S979,160 as compored with S1,l15.18O
last year. decrease of $136.O2O. Oper-
ating expenses were S631 POT as COM
pared with S750,276 for February. 1882
Revenues from out-of-toWn telephone
calls In Maryland in February amounted
to 76.11 per cent of the revenues fer
the same month in 1882.
Evening star., 1933-03-28
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
(Quotations as of g o'clock.)

NEW YORK, March % CR.-Over-
the-counter market:
Evening star., 1933-03-28
Refunding Plan Announced.

NEW YORK. March % lP,.-Holders
Of S2,l22 900 first mortgage 5 per cent
bonds Of Galveston, Houston & Hpn-
derson Railroad Co.. maturing April /
are asked 20 accept for each 81 1000
obligation $500 in cash and $500 in
new first lien and refunding mortgage
five-year i2s under a plan worked out
with assistance of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, says G.. g Moore,
vice president of the road. Substantially
al of the holders must assent before
the proposal can be declared operative
The R. F. c. has agreed to lend suff-
Cient funds.
Evening star., 1933-03-28
COAL PRODUCTION DROPS.
By the Associated Press

D9 VIC AAlUCIdltU FItSS.
Production Of hiteminous coal showed
sharp drop during the week ended
March is. as compared with the pre-
viouS week. In the table that follows
the output is given for comparable
periods. as announced by the Mines
Bureau:
Week ended March I6 5.l6O. 900 tons
Previous week ......5.5 .5l6. 900 tons
Same week las. year .7.739 900 tons
Evening star., 1933-03-28
Yesterdays
Stock and

SdIeS OF SIOcKS ON new York EXCHANGE
1890 AM....... 10000 1900 Noon. 250,000
1870 P.M....... 100000 2:1O PM. 4lO 600
Dividend the above
payments based on the latest quarterly hafyeary declarations
sUnt OF trading less than
40 in stock Paid this regular
stock Payable cash h
30 stock Plus 81
stock m Paid last regular
Payable ~ -
Evening star., 1933-03-28
Allied Chemical Dividend.

NEW YORK. March % LP).-Di-
rectors of Allied Chemical G. Dye Cor
poration today declared regular quar-
terly dividend of Sl50 a share on the
common stock. payable May to stock
OF record April IL
The company has made no change in
its dividend rate during the depression
Evening star., 1933-03-28
U. S. TREASURY BALANCE.

b. the Associated Press
Treasury receipts for March Is were
s4572 9l385: expenditures. s1l247.-
G5693; balance. 1923 49215452 Gus
toms duties for 25 days of March were
S13212, ,44622.
Evening star., 1933-03-28
Virginia Bank Gets License.

A license has been granted to Peoples
Bank of Rural Retreat, Va, by the Sec
Tetary of the Treasury, states the Rich
mond Federal Reserve Bank. The bank
represents merger CT the Peoples Bank
and the First National Bank of Rural
Retreat
Reopening of Peoples Bank brings to
277 the number of Federal Reserve
member banks now doing normal
I. banking business out of 38S members in
this district.
The American Stores Co. stated that
due to the unusual conditions prevailing
recently. the report of February sales
of company was not issued. February
sales will be included with the report
Of March business. -
Evening star., 1933-03-28
PARIS BOURSE PRICES.

PARIS March % lPD.-Three per
cent rentes, II francs so centines; A.
per cent renteS. 8710: exchange on
London, 86.97. The dollar was quoted
at 2544
Evening star., 1933-03-28
Heard in Financial District.

Potomac Savings Bank officials an
nounce that over half of the 10000
shares Of new stock in connection with
the campaign to reopen the bank have
now been subscribed. The plan is to
raise S500000 in new stock and change
from a savings to a national bank.
Several other local closed banks report
progress toward reopening. The Treasury
regulations are most rigid and cannot
be met III day or two. Before the
Treasury will grant license to reopen
the bank must prove beyond question
that it will be able to carry on as a
"gOing institution
The Washington Ticker Club, Chester
Lockwood, president. was scheduled to
hold regular meeting, beginning at
$3.50 this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
'Softened Milk Discovered
At Ohio State University

and the magnesium which make
them ''hard."
when cows milk Is filtered
through these sands, the an
nouncement says, about 40 PEI
cent Of its calcium is removed,
This calcium Is described Is the
element in milk responsible fcG
formation In the stomach Of the
large digestive curds which give
very young babies the collie and
other ailments that parents and
physicians all recognize
Soft Curds Result
Mothers milk forms only small
curds, Of the kind technically
named ''soft curds."
The Ohio experiments show that
when cows milk Is softened By
removing enough Of the calcium.
It no longer forms large ct1Tds,
but only the smaller variety
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
Ford Assembling Data
For Auto Chamber

DETROIT, Nov. I UN.S.).
The Ford Motor Company, which
has refused to sign the NRA
automobile code, but insists It is
complying with all its require
ments, today is compiling hour
and wage records as required
by the N2A.
Following q statement In Wash.
ington yesterday by Gen. Hugh
8. johnson. NRA administrator,
that Henry Ford had signified
his willingness to submit the re-
quired information regarding the
hours his men work and the
wages paid them, the Ford COM
pany corroborated the statement
with:
BLANKS requesting this in
formation were received from
the National Automobile Cham
'ber Of Commerce on October
16. Since that time we have
been busy obtaining the data
requested under the law.
Figures win be forwarded TO
the N. A. O. G. as sOOn % they
are prepared"
The N. A. C. c., membership
In which Is held by all large
manufacturers except Ford, Is
the enforcement organization of
the automobile code. Ford Is
expected to submit the informa-
ton by November s or z.
In explaining its position, q
Ford firm representative pointed
out that Ford has, never refused
to file the statistics.
He pointed out that:
The only authority for
statements that he had refused
to turn over information on
hours and employment came
from Gen. Hugh johnson.
1--WE have said we win conn
ply with the law"
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
BIDDING
RIGHT HINGES
ON STRIKE
Bargain Definition Expected
In Roosevelt Order; Labor's
Medlators Withdrawn
ny international News services

The Ford Motor Company's
right to bid on Government con-
tracts today hinged directly on
Henry Ford's treatment Of de-
mands made BY strikers ct as
sembly plants in Edgewater, N.
j., and Chester, Pa. :
Senator Robert T.. Wagner ODD
Of New York, chairman Of the
National Labor Board, holds Ford
has not "bargained" with the
strikers to date. bat has merely
let subordinates hear their de-
mands.
MedfatOrs Withdrawn
The board has withdrawn me
diatorS both from Chester and
Edgewater.
johnson charged last week that
Edsel Ford, president Of the
company, told him the firm never
would submit to any arrange
ment looking toward collective
bargaining" in the sense that
the right Is guaranteed to work
GA0 W VIC N@eAOuA4 4AAUuStE1e1
Recovery Act.
johnson said this alone barred
Ford from making bids on Gov
ernnnent contracts.
he added that II FORD refused
to submit wage and working
hour reports, ordered by the ail-
tOmObile code authority, he would
turn the motor Hnagnate's case
over to the Attorney General.
Order Awaited
In q formal statements johnson
announced yesterday that Ford
had promised to turn In the wage
and hour report on Monday or
Tuesday Of next week.
President Roosevelt Is expected
to issue an executive order defin-
ing the word bargain" as used
in the recovery act, to mean some
thing more than merely meeting
with workers and not granting
any reasonable concessions de.
manded.
Under the terms Of such an
order, Ford would be q violator Of
the automobile code II he did not
bargain" with workers within q
reasonable time.
The Washington times., 1933-11-01

anticlimax. Of his career. His en-
tire life led up to It. The true
political significance of the fae
NOUS debate has never been thor.
ollghlY understood. But viii be
long years after the participants
are In their graves.
The book, at the request Of her
mother, will be signed Grace Dex.
ter Bryan, Mrs. Hargreaves'
maiden name. Mrs. Bryan was q
Miss Dexter before her marriage
and she wished the name rernem-
bered in the story Of her hus-
bands life.
Mrs. HargreaveS expects to re-
main indefinitely in washington.
Her two younger children, Evelyn
Marie and David Bryan Har-
greaves, are in school here. Two
older children are attending
school In California,
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
STEALS
HQSE.P PANTLES

Weeping in Police Court today,
a small, slender young woman who
said she was q nurse. out Of work
and desperate, pleaded guilty to
a charge Of shoplifting when
brought before Judge John r.
McMahon.
Arrested yesterday by Cecilia
Clarke, Of the Women'S Bureau,
the young woman, who gave her
name and age as Sarah Dawson.
25, was charged with taking four
pairs Of silk panties, two slips, ana
two pairs Of hose from the count.
ers. She told the court she could
not find work and that she was
four weeks back in her room rent.
She said she was living in the
l4OO block Of Clifton st. n. w.
She has no record.
Judge Mcmahon referred the
case to the prob 1tion officer
The Washington times., 1933-11-01

COLUMB u s, Ohio, Nov. j.
"Softened" milk, q food innova-
ton, has been discovered at Ohio
State University.
Cows milk Is treated with the
same Softeners widely used by
Iaundries and mills to soften hard
water. These machines" convert
the milk into very nearly the same
thing as mothers milk. Its mdt-
Gated use Is as 3 substitute Tor
mothers milk for babies.
Calcium Removed
The process is described by J. r.
Lyman, E. H. Browne and Il. =.
Citing Of the university and the
N. g r. dietetic laboratories in in
dustrial and engineering chenis.
try. The water sOfteners are
sandy, crystalline materials called
zeolftes. Water running through
tanks Of this salld lose the calcium
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
KINDNESS HELD
LONG LIFE KEY

Although bank assets may be
frozen these days, the milk Of
human kindness still flows.
This is the opinion Of Michael
Casey-and he should know, for
kindness, he says, has given him
50 joyous years Of life. Casey,
who Is the only surviving member
Of the 32nd Illinois Volunteer
Regiment Of the Civil War. has
been making his home with his
son, Michael, In the 600 block
Emerson st. N. w.
Kindness His Greed
Sprightly and active, the mona
genarian cares little for things
material and gives it as his opin-
ion that q long life Is largely q
matter Of mental attitude. He
said:
Kindness means more to me
than money. ThOughtfuIness
on the part Of others and on
my part too, have combined to
give me . long and happy life.
II il were mot for kindness /
would have died many times.
! find, too, that people today
are just as Thoughtful and good
as they ever were, despite all
the things we hear q this
modern age"
He Likes 20 walk
Casey, who halls from Dublin,
Ireland, worked for so years as
construction engineer on g rail-
road. He walks two miles every
day and gives this as q part Of
his recipe for q long life-com
bined with q moderate use Of
good liquor when you can get
it." When told that legal liquor
win. not flow in the District be-
fore January !, he was percep-I
tibly crestfallen.
Casey's wife died seven years
ago. His son Is . Government
worker. employed In the Inte-
rior Department.
The Washington times., 1933-11-01

Bryan Called Great Christian
Statesman By Daughter
Mrs. Hargreaves Does
Book on Democrats
Place in History
By RILLA sCHROEDER

If william Jennings Bryan were
alive today he would be Roose-
welt Democrat, says his youngest
daughter, Grace Bryan Har-
greaves, now in washington COM
pleting her book, down Memory's
Lane With My Father"
Speaking Of the present Admin
istration Mrs. Hargreaves says:
They are completing the
task my father could mot fin-
ish. / know II he were alive
he would be pleased with their
accomplishments"
-Four Of the Roosevelt cabinet,
she points out. are old Bryan
men. Her book viii include let
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
WORKERS FORM
STEEL UNION

Gary, Ind, Nov. ] UN.S.),
Flaunting the blue and white er1
blern Of their union in public,
steel workers today resumed agita-
tton against the ''steel trust" and
furthered plans for immediate or
ganizing and obtaining member
ship In the American Federation
Of Labor.
Renewed vigor on the part Of
the workers today followed a fiery
address last night by Mrs. Cor.
nelia Bryce Pinchot, wife Of Penn.
Sylvania's governor, before more
than $500 cheering listeners here.
Mrs. Pinchot's speech was another
step in her determined campaign
to break the "steel trust" and en-.
list the workers under the A. r.
Of L. Mrs. Pinchot said:
"Gary, Schwab. and MyrOn
Taylor represent an order that
cannot be tolerated In present
day economies. II industry ID
70 continue to hold its place In
American life, these men must
be removed. The steel trust
has always used its influence
to beat down wages to . sub
normal standard.
'sIt is time to educate these
men. The NARA Is quite . stiff
kindergartem for them. But
the A. F. Of L. win be the real
teachers"
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
M. E. Church, South,
70 Retire 3 Bishops

NASHVILLE, Nov. Three
bishops Of the Methodist Epis.
copal Church South, who have
served q total Of I'll years Of
official service, are to be re.
lieved Of active duty at the
General Conference next year.
They are: Collins Denny, Of
Virginia; w. A.. Gambler, Of
Georgia, and II. M. Dubose, Of
Tennessee. They viii be retired
at jackson, Miss, under . plan
adopted by the 1880 general con-
ference providing for the super
annuation Of bishops at the age
Of 70.
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
D. 6. MAN owns
RARE Coin

James A. Hess. Of the 2sO0 block
Kanawha st. N. w., has acquired
an old Spanish piece-of-eight,
found in Panama along D cobble.
stone trail built by followers Of
Cortez, conQueror Of Mexico.
Hess, vacationing here. is an
employe Of the Panama Canal ad-
ministration. He obtained the
coin from q soldier, who discov-
cred three Of the pieces while
tramping along the Crocus Trail,
connecting Poto Bello, on the At
lantic side Of Panama, with Pan
anna City on the Pacific side.
Dated 1878, the coin bears on one
side o coat Of arms and on the
other q cross.
As an amateur astronomer. Hess
founded and directs Q small OBJ
servatory In the Canal Zone. ne
is Q brother Of George w. Hess,
director Of the Botanical Gardens
here.
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
Smith Raps State
Laws Covering CodeI

NEW YORK, Nov. / QN.S.1s
The constitutionality Of certain
New York State laws dealing with
the NRA program was questioned
today by former Governor Alfred
.E. Smith In an editorial Ia the
New outlook.
he said these statutes generally
provided that all. codes, agree
ments and licenses under the MIRA
should be the standard Of fair
competition In the state as TO ell
transactions intrastate in charac.
ter, and any violation was q mis-
-demeanor, punishable In the state
courts.
IN declaring that these state
laws made it possible for property
TO be taken without due process
Of law, Smith said:
s'If . Federal license is re.
voked or suspended, the person
holding it can no longer engage
In business wholly iftrastate In
character. OF course, no ma.
Chinery Is set mp and no apprO.
pFiatiOn made to enforce the
law"
The Washington times., 1933-11-01

political career than any Of his
other children. She accompanied
him to washington, later on his
foreign tours and to the various
political conventions. STEPPED In
politics from her cradle she was
from the first her. fathers con-
fidant. Her book will paint his
picture as she knew him.
Says Mrs. Hargreaves:
my book win prove that his
place in history Is mot that Of
. politician but . great Chris
tian statesman. A bigger place.
I feel, than even President.
There have been many Presi-
dents but only one Bryan. He
was different from any other
political leader Of his day."
WIN Remain in d. g.
The Dayton trial, says Mrs. Har.
greaves, was the climax, not the
The Washington times., 1933-11-01

CerS from all -FOUR, HUI, SWANSON
Cummings and Roper, to her
father. She says:
Il have been told. too. By old
friends OF my fathers, that
the father Of the present Presf
{ dent was . Bryan man % far
back as 1886. Franklin ROOse.
velt was brought mn I'm the 8
Bryan traditions"
In writing her memoirs Of her
father Mrs. Hargreaves is com
plying with the death bed re.
quest Of her mother. Mrs. Bryan
told her:
II know II you start it you
win 90 through with it."
Close to Politics
Mrs. Hargreaves was three
weeks old when Bryan first went
OF Congress. She was, she says,
more closely associated with his
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
WOMAN s DEATH
To BE PROBED

Police and the acting coroner
are investigating the death. early
today, Of Mrs. Eva May Johnson.
IS, In Emergency Hospital.
AIRS. johnson. police said, was
found unconscious in the Cairo
Hotel last Saturday by Ida Carter,
colored maid. In the room police
said they found q quantity Of
sleep.producing pills.
The woman's home Is in the
TOO block Of Hamilton st. n. e.
She was registered at the hotel
under the name Of Emily Myers,
Of Richmond va.
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
Illinois Spurns
Sale Of Booze
b Package

SPRINGFIELD. H.. Nov. I
tIN.s) sale Of liquor ''by
the package only system was
definitely ruled out BY the
Illinois control study commits.
sion in session here today,
The decision, the first to be
voted for recommendation to
the general assembly, opposed
the liquor sale system Of Cana
dian provinces and opened the
way for the sale Of spirits by
the drink In the places Of pur.
chase.
Commission members renewed
their debate on the issue Of
returning to the old saloon"
The Washington times., 1933-11-01


But they say nothing about
France, who has all the gold.
It's always good to take it up
with the teacher before a couple
Of students decide when school
will be out.
J King Boris of Bulgaria and
King Carol Of Rumania met yes
terday to decide ways to inn
prove relations between the two
countries. It was suggested
Carol take Boris sister to wife.
Nations have a funny sense Of
humor.
English royalty waited until
they had all married Germans,
then they went to war with ZEN
ried Russians, then fought. B
pan that sister off on some local
s..a -. @~..sz
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
Mrs. Dick Boards
Shin On Ntretclter

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. !
QN.6.1.AErs. Madeline Force
Astor Dick was en- route 10 New
York today aboard the liner
Monarch, Of Bermuda, after being
carried aboard the ship In 8
stretcher. She sailed after leav.
ing q hospital where she was .
patient because Of q broken arm.
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
Blaze Discovered
In Police Station

Smoidering fire, caused by
spontaneous combustion, was dis.
covered in the Crime Prevention
Bureau at Police Headquarters
early today in time to save val
liable files stored there.
The fire was discovered In an
oil saturated map by Head
quarters Detectives Joseph Sin
cayitz and Leo Murray.
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
Man Hurt BY Fall
ThrOuuh Skuli0llt

Melvin Shepherd, 28, telI from
Q second -story window last night
at his home, 800 block F st.,
N. E., sustaining serious injuries,
Ninth Precinct police reported.
According to the police. Shep-
herd fell through q skylight. He
was severely cut on the shoulders.
He Is in the Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
'GthOIics. TO Rally
1t COnceDtiOn Shrine

Catholic youths from all Sec
ms Of the city are expected. to
tend the fourth annual fall
lly OF the Catholic University
inference Of the Catholic
udentis Conception Shrine on
. campus, Sunday at 3 p. m.
The Right Rev. James Hugh
an, rector, and recently con-
rated bishop, win preside.
diets from st. Johns College
] act as usherS and as guard
honor at the pontifical mill
y benediction.
The Washington times., 1933-11-01
HOIUGTd Teachers
Will GiUe RecitQL

Leona Dudley, instructor Of
public speaking ct Howard Uni
versity, and Eva Dykes, professor
Of English &C Howard, and pianist,
win be heard In q joint recital
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock sc
Mstropolitan a q. I. Church.