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]. s. PROPOSES.
WORLD PLAN
FOR LABOR
Shorter Hours and Increased
Wages Suggested BY Dele
gates at London

LONDON, July l3 G.NS0.
The American delegation to the
World Economic Conference today
proposed q reduction Of working
hours for labor and a proper
tionate increase in wages as a
means Of relief from the unem-
ployment troubles affecting every
country in the world.
The American proposal was In
the form Of resolution placed
before the economic committee
of the conference, and immedi-
ately won wide attention and
serious consideration from the
representatives Of all nations.
No specific figures were men,
toned, but the delegates recog-
nized the plan at once as closely
akin to the measures President
Roosevelt has advocated for the
American unemployment prob
lem.
At a session Of the parley's
steering committee, American
opposition to present discussion
Of rules for further guidance
Of central banks was to be
taken UP.
Meanwhile Senator Key Pitt
man, of the American delegation.
pressed for formulation Of a reso-
luton regarding his proposal for
use of silver as a monetary metal
and q return to the gold standard,
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sleep Of exhaustion in the Seclu-
sion of his wife's apartment in a
North Side hotel.
Clustered in nervous, jubilant
groups were the one-time Hal
sted Street BARRIERS friends Of
all classes. They pointed with
pride to the victims heroic re-
fusal to name a wealthy friend
as a possible target for the kid
napers to gain his release.
Factor had told of the kid
napers' offer to free him from
the stencil and vermin-ridden
basement where he was held cap
tive, if he would name some af-
fluent friend to be taken and
held for ransom. Factor said:
"YOu know, 1 don't double
cross my friends"
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Touhy Gang Hunted;
Factor Pays, Goes Free

CHICAGO, July 13 G.NSO.
Another chapter in the thrill
speckled career Of John CJake
the Barber") Factor, who rose
from the obscurity Of a barber
shop to wealth and affluence,
had closed and another began to-
day as authorities searched far
and wide for kidnapers who last
night released the stock broker,
who IL days ago was made their
captive.
Factor admitted today that he
had paid $4,000 ransom.
TOuhy Gang Suspected
Federal agents and county au-
thorities, a bit doubtful Of the
authenticity of Factors story Of
suffering and privation at the
hands of the kidnapers, sought to
uncover the hiding place of the
criminals.
Capt. Daniel A. Gilbert, chief
investigator for the States attor-
ney, summoned 200 peace officers
from the territory to the west and
northwest, the domain Of the
Touhy gang, which was believed
to have perpetrated the kidnap-
ing Of Factor and, earlier his 19-
year-old old. Jerome.
Though the Federal Govern
ment's interest in the case was
based on the British governments
complaint that the kidnapping was
a hoax to cover Factors escape
from eXtradition, Melvin PurviS,
chief of the Bureau of Investiga-
tion here, did not drop deter
mined efforts to uncover the cir
cumstanceS of the abduction.
Meanwhile, Factor slept the
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something of a surprise to the
public, because the bride indi.
Gated Tuesday that it might be
deferred until the court definite
ly settled the complex custodian
ship of 4-year-old Eliphalet Mott
Potter, jr.
This statement was made in
court before the same justice
who married them last night in
answer to whether a marriage
with Astaire was contemplated,
and which provoked the reply:
"Mr. Astaire is desirable in
every way"
The Astaires planned to leave
today or Hollywood, where
Astaire is to make a picture.
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HEADED
FOR PARIS

HENDAYE, France, July 13
G.N.SO Mrs. Aimee Mcpherson
Hutton has disappeared again.
International News Service
learned today that the Los An
geles Evangelist, who came here
to rest after an operation in
Paris, left the Hotel Continental
suddenly yesterday without re-
vea1ing her destination.
She was seen walking from the
hotel to the railroad station,
where she boarded a train bound
for Paris. She departed from
the hotel at p. m. and was
carrying her own suitcase.
Her nurse, Miss Bernice Mid
dleton, remained at the hotel.
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Motive Seen for Plot
To MutiIate Doctor

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 13
G.N.SO.-Dr. H. w. Hedburg
carefully scanned his office
records today. as he sought to
unravel the mystery OF his kid
naping and torture.
The 34-year-old chiropractor,
police, and DR.. e. G. Engberg, A.
kidnapped to mutilate DR.. He'd
berg, believe revenge Of a dis
gruntled patient the motive for
the bizarre plot.
Both doctors were lured in the
trap by fake calls.
The abductors attempted to
force DR.. Engberg to cruelty
mutilate DR.. Hedberg, and threat
ened to murder him when he
refused.
One of the gangsters shot He'd
berg in the ear. He was thrown
into a roadside ditch and left
to die.
The kidnapers then put DR..
Engberg into the Hedberg car. ran
the car onto the railroad tracks,
and left him. But they had
failed to set the mandrake and
the car rolled partly off the track
embankment, and was only struck
a glancing blow by a Northern
Pacific passenger train. He was
bruised but will recover.
BUFFALO, N. Y, July 13
G.N.SO.-What is believed to
have been an attempt to kidnap
Frederic j. Persons, 16, son of
Richard D. Persons, president of
the Bank of East Aurora, was re-
vealed by police today.
On the night Of July Z several
men attempted to force the boy
into an automobile while he was
on his way home from a theater.
Young Persons revealed the men
tried to force him into their car,
but he truggled and ecaped. Since
then the boy has been guarded
by detectives.
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ROOSEVELT DUE
MONTHS REST

President Roosevelt may set up
a summer White House and
spend virtually the entire month
of August at his Hyde Park, N
Y, home.
He probably will leave here
about the last of this month and
if he carries out tentative plans
his secretary will be assigned Of
flee space somewhere in Pough-
keepsie. a short distance from the
Hyde Park estate.
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and the sick
status Of ma
tional prohi-
bition.
They we're
"Big Jim :"
Farley, Presi-
d e n t RooSe-
velt'S P o S t =
master Cen
e raj, q n d
+" F q r m e r
Jim" Fergu-
S on, W h o
/" t o t e s t h e
" ood q n d
dr. W s h e
water" for his
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OTTONREPOR7
SEEN NEAR
By international News Service

Success or failure Of the Gov
ernment's plan to eliminate H.
O0O, 900 acres from this years cot
ton production may be made
known late today.
Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace announced he would hold q
press conference at 4 p. M, but
declined to say whether he would
give out the results of the elimi-
nation campaign at that time.
While officials declined to make
any comment on the situation as
it exists today, there was an un-
doubted feeling Of optimism
around the Department Of Agri-
culture.
The Governments campaign to
secure growers pledges to curtail
their production ended last mid
night.
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wife, Governor Miriam A. Fer.
guSon of Texas.
The impeached former Gov
ernor, alert and vigorous after
nearly two decades as a storm
center Of Texas politics, assured
Farley that the Lone Star State
will join the repeal parade
next month. On behalf of his
wife, he pledged cooperation OF
the Texas Gubernatorial office
in the Roosevelt recovery plans.
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OF OKlanOma, called out The
National Guard to keep the
folks from voting for beer.
Now he will have to call out
the United States Army to
keep the folks from celebrating
the voting of beer.
The London conference has
decided to hold for two more
weeks, in order for the hotels
to kinder play even on the
thing and give the American
delegation a little golf against
the Prince of Wales. There is
nothing as sad, forlorn, and
forgotten, in the world as a
from a conference. We have
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the w orl ID
E C o n o m i c
c n I erence
yes t e r d a y,
8 trolli n g
through the
deserted halls
Of the geo.
logical mu-
scum.
The Prin-
cess, amazed
at the lack of
excitement or
q C t / ty,
turned to q
z ua I'd and
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"Tick" FeUer Scare
Spreads in County

The Anne Arundel county
health department at Annapolis
has been swamped with requests
for information on tick" fever.
Since it first struck the county.
the fever, carried by ticks, has
caused two deaths.
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asked: FrAncess Ansr"
"Where Is the conference"
"Right here, Miss. This Is
the plenary session hall"
But all the princess could see
were three charwomen busting
off the desks.
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Plea Sent Kidnapers of Luer, Wife Ill;
Factor Freed; O'Connell's Kin Hope

in the past "a hours no one but
the O'Connell brothers apparently
knew. And they were keeping
their own counsel. The police
were-and still are-"on the OUT
side"
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RELIEVED OF DUTIES

Comdr. Percy T. Wright Of the
Navy's photographic office was
today ordered relieved Of all active
duty here and ordered home. His
orders are of a routine nature,
officials indicated.
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wife of the
wealthy a n d
socially prom
inent Elipha-
let Mott Pot
ter, New York
broker, W a S
Solem n i ze d
last night by
S u pr e m e
Court Justice
s e | a h B.
Strong in his
chambers in
Brooklyn Su-
pren1e Court.
The W e d.
It~~ 4o~A
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Mrs. Potter Marries
Musical Comedy Star

NTW YORK, July 13 CN.SD.
The marriage of Fred Astaire,
musical comedy star. and Mrs.
Phyllis Livingston Potter, former
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Acting Head of PT-A
In D. C.. for Session

Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, of
Winnetka, Ill, acting president
Of the National Congress Of
Parents and Teachers, arrived in
Washington today for a two-day
visit to attend the parent-teacher
conference now in session at the
University Of Maryland. Mrs
Langworthy, a vice president Of
the association, is taking the
place Of Mrs. Hugh Bradford,
president, now abroad.
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PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Farley and Ferguson
Talk Texas Patronage
BY International News

BY international News Service
Two JimS, each a dynamic
figure in politics, faced each
other across a table yesterday
discussing patronage. Politics
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(Continued from Page y

CONTINUED from Page y
and Lawrence Keller, the official
negotiators, declared today. Be-
cause Luer suffers from chronic
heart trouble it is feared the
shock Of his kidnapping and the
confinement may prove fatal.
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Prince AdoIph and Ingrid
Visit London Conference

LONDON, July 13 G.N.SD.
Prince Adolph and Princess
Ingrid Of Sweden, visited
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delegation returning from a conference.
forgot now who we sent over.
Copyright 1888 by MoNaugbt Syndicate,
The Washington times., 1933-07-13
MACHINE GUN,
SHEARS USED
IN THREATS
Held in Farmhouse, Unable to
Sleep in Bed of Vermin;
Food, But No Appetite

FOLLOWING is John "JGke the Bar
ber'" Factors story of his expert
ence Nth his kidnGperS, dictated
early today from his bed where ne
Is suffering from nervous erhGuS-
tion end on the Uerge OF collapse.
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WILL ROGERS Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, July 13.-I see by the
papers where my old governor friend, Bill Murray,
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CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as Of July
II: $869, 9,851,318.35; miscellaneous
internal revenue, $4,519, ,326.23;
custom receipts, $6,540,516.72.
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ACUTE MONEY
! SITUATION
BLAMED
Also, Bankers Illness Given
As Reason for SIoWness
Of US. Government

An amazing story Of delay in
The prosecution Of charges
against Joseph W. Hartman,
head of the Hartman National
Bank & Trust Company, of
New York, was related to a
Senate Judiciary subcommittee
today by two officials Of the
Department Of Justice.
The subcommittee sought to
learn why evidence involving a
$4,000, 900 defalcation was bottled
up, first in the Treasury Depart
ment, then in the Comptroller of
the Currency's office, and later
in the Department of Justice,
from July, of 1882, until the new
Administration came into power.
Hartman was arrested on Fed
eral indictments March 9.
Divides Responsibility
Under a croSsfire of questions,
Frank M. Parrish and William H.
Ramsey, Department of Justice
attorneys, placed the response
bility jointly on the Treasury
Department, the Comptroller S
office, the Justice Department
and on the New York Clearing
House.
They sought to justify the de-
lay by declaring the banking sit
uation in New York would have
been made more acute and de-
positorS in the Hartman Bank
caused to suffer heavy losses had
the financially and socially prom,-
nent. head of the institution
been Jailed.
The subcommittee far from
satisfied by the explanations
given, decided to summon Acting
Comptroller of Currency F. G.
Await, United States District At
torney Medalie, of New York,
and other witnesses.
Senator Stephens CD of Mis-
Sissippi, the committee chairman,
declared:
"We will go to the bottom
Of this case"
Department ASsailed
Failure of the Department of
Justice under Hoover to prosecute
Hartman was assailed fiercely by
Senator Costigan CD) of Colo,
rado, who declared:
"The whole episode appears
to be tainted with official diIa-
tOrinesS as consequence of
which substantial losses have
been suffered by depOsitOrs in
the Hartman National Bank"
Costigan sponsored the resolu-
tion under which a Judiciary sub
committee headed by Senator
Stephens (DD of Mississippi, is
investigating the delay of several
(Continued on PAGE 2, Col, ~
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BONUS,
APPEAL BY
ROOSEVELT
President Asks for Defeat of
Rider in Initiation Plan;
Vet Bloc Gains Power

President Roosevelt sent a
personal appeal to Democratic
leaders of the Senate today to
defeat the bipartisan drive to
attach cash payment of the
bonus as "rider" on the Ad-
ministration's initiation pro-
gram.
The President was enlisted in
the fight against the bonus when
a partial poll revealed AZ Senators
pledged to vote for the cash pay
ment plan, offered by Senator Ar
thur Robinson CR) Of Indiana.
This strength was just six votes
shy of the majority necessary for
it's adoption.
Backs To Wall
The Administration forces were
fighting with their backs to the
wall. Senator Joe Robinson of
Arkansas, the Democratic floor
leader, announced he would make
a personal appeal to the Senate,
on behalf of the President, for re-
lection of the bonus amendment.
The bonus drive had gathered
momentum like a landslide. 1t
drew support from conservative
Republicans and the great wing OF
new Democratic Senators elected
last fall.
1t amazed Administration lead
ers, who regarded it at first as
futile effort to capture headlines.
The fight revolved around the
Robinson amendment proposing
to give Mr.. Roosevelt discretion
ary power to order the issuance
of $2,225 100000 in Treasury
notes to pay off the unpaid bal
ance of every adjusted compensa-
ton certificate. About 100000
World War veterans would bene-
fit.
Bonus Support Grows
The battle Of the bonus blocked
final vote on the whole infla-
ton program. Payment of the
bonus was sponsored by Senator
Robinson (RJ of Indiana.
During debate. he accepted an
amendment eliminating manda-
tory payment and giving the
President a discretionary power
to issue the Treasury notes and
pay the war veterans. His
amended program drew sweeping
support.
Corofor oon I'M - o,,;e;o,oa
indorsed it and quickly then
the conservatives fell into line,
led by Senators Hastings (R) of
Delaware. and Copeland (DD of
New York.
Senator McAdoo CD Of Cali
fornia. former Secretary of the
Treasury, told colleagues he
would vote for it.
(Other Bonus News on Page y
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BORAHRA|L.S
AT BAN On
BOARDING
Would Refuse to Give Up Gold
If He Had Any; Pleads for
Deposits Guarantee .

The Treasury Department s
latest warning of criminal
prose ecuti ion against gold
hoarders was assailed severely
in the Senate today by Senator
Borah (R.) of Idaho. He said :
Gas far as I'm concerned, II
I had $4,000 in gold, I'd tell
the Government to go to hell"
Later the phrase "go to hell''
was eliminated from the tran
script, and his assertion was
made to read:
"I'd defy the Government
to come and get it,"
Norris Joins Attack
His ire was aroused to a high
pitch by failure of the Admins
tration to jam through Congress
an emergency bank guaranty
law. He said:
'I don't think the Govern
ment has a Scintilla of power
to prosecute me for putting my
money where 1 want it,"
Senator Norris CR) of Ne
braska, the Progressive leader
and a former chairman of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, also
denounced the collaborating
edict. He declared it was with
out justification in law or
morals"
In his blistering attack, Borah
asserted:
TN my opinion the Govern
ment is proceeding under pure
bluff, but the people will obey
rather than show a defiant at
titude.
what right does the Gov
ernment have to ask the frugal
citizen who has money in his
sock to put it in bank when
the bank is not Safe?"
"MOral Obligation"
AS a result Of the emergency
banking program and the drastic
penalties soon to be invoked
against gold boarding, the Sena-
tor argued, the United States now
is under moral obligation to
guarantee bank deposits, at least
for the duration of the economic
emergency"
Senator Reed (R) of Pennsyl-
vania interrupted with the predic-
ton, "once the Government guar
antees bank deposits. it will be i'm
possible to ever withdraw the
guaranty"
Norris declared that before the
Government or private insurance
companies could afford to guar
antee bank deposits, rigid and
effective Government supervision
over the banks must be estab-
liShed.
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STIFF PENALTY
DUE PLAYERS
BY GARRETT WATERS

NEW YORK, April %. Presi-
dent Will Harridge of the Ameri-
can League was to make a def
mite decision on the "Griff-Yankee
fray" before game time this after
noon.
1t is the general feeling that the
players involved are going to get
stiff sentences as to both suspen-
sions and fines. Harridge said:
The American League has al
ways been against rOwdyism on
the ball field, and now we are
even more against it. We want
aggreSSiveness, but not riots.
Therefore, it is the leagues plan
to break up rOwdyiSm in the fu-
ture with drastic decision in
this particular WashingtOn-New
York case"
Buddy Myer, Earl Whitehill,
Manager Joe Cronin and Clark
Griffith, president of the Wash
ington club, attended today's con-
ference,
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WJSV GRAN 7 Ed
To AUGUST |

The Federal Radio Commission
today granted last-minute extern
sion of time to Station WJSV for
continuance of its temporary ex-
perimental license until August /.
This action of the commission
makes it possible for the station,
local outlet for the Columbia
Broadcasting System, to continue
operation at its present location
on the Mt. Vernon Highway, near
Alexandria.
If, at the end of the period of
grace, the signals of the station
still conflict with experiments of
the Naval Research Laboratory,
the station will have to abandon
its site.
The permission was granted as
the result of an order last month
which virtually precluded continu-
alton of the station at it's present
site. The commission later granted
the temporary license, which would
have expired May IL
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POLICE BAT TIE
TERROR|STS

CHICAGO, April %. Il. S.
Violence flared up anew today in
the cleaners and dyers' war as
police engaged in a gun fight
with terrorists. One man was
wounded, another captured.
The violence followed the in
dictment of four Sheet Metal
Workers Union and Employers
Association officials.
One of four men who repeat
edly attacked the Daily Cleaning
and Dyeing Shop was captured.
He identified himself as Harry
Richman, 25. Police said he was
an ex-convict. Richman will be
questioned by prosecutors in
charge of the racketeering inveS-
tigation now before the grand
jury.
Carmi Vitullo, proprietor of the
shop, first drove the gunner
away with a shotgun. Returning
later, the men were met by a
blast of gunfEe from the police
SAudus -.....
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Senate Group Boosts D. c.
Items-Total $29,585,8O5

Revised in many Of its pro-
visions, the 1884 District sup
ply bill was reported to the
Senate today by it's Appropria-
tiOns Committee with total Of
$29, ,585, ,905, as compared with
the $3O,292,44 measure ap-
proved by the House.
Although. at first observation,
it appeared that the bill had been
reduced $706,637, the deduction
was brought about by the elimina-
ton of an item requiring the Dis
trict to pay $1,000,OO0 to the Fed
eral Government as its annual
payment under the Capper-Cramp-
ton metropolitan parkway develop
ment act.
Actually, if this item is disre-
garded, the Senate committee in
creased many of the items.
Bridge Item Banned
The Appropriations Committee
rejected the recommendation of
the District Appropriations sub
committee for $250,OOO for the
construction of P Street bridge.
Other recommendations were &C.
cepted.
Authorization was given to Of
fer the following amendments
among others when the bill is
called up in the Senate next week:
Authorize the Commissioners
to transfer funds within NUM-
cipal bureaus.
Fix the Commissioners sal
aries, and this will be applica-
BILE to the next Board of Com
miSsioners, at $4,000. Hereto
fore the salaries were $4,000
and were subjected to the Is
per cent cut which will likewise
be applied to the new salaries.
Lump Sum Boosted
The $5,700,000 Federal lump
sum item was increased to
$6,25O,OOO.
The $1.040,000 street and road
repair fund deductible from the
gasoline tax fund was increased
to $l,500,0O0. of which $575,O 900
is made available for construction
of Calvert Street Bridge.
The House ban on the use of
the Highway Department testing
laboratory and use of two high
temperature. incinerators was
lifted.
, For school construction. $876,-
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(STORY ON PAGE p

900 was reappropriated from un-
expended balances of the Munic-
ipal Center fund heretofore ap-
propriated.
Also $4,000 of unexpended bal
anceS from 1882 and 1892 ap-
preparations we're made available
for improvement of grounds ad-
jacent to schools.
Relief Sum Up
The House figure of $1,250,000
for relief purposes was increased
to $1,50O,00O with provision that
it be made Immediately available.
An item of $4,000 of unex-
pended balances of the 1882 ap-
preparation was reappropriated
for the Workhouse and Reform
atory.
The Police Department personal
service item of $103,000 was in
creased to $104,530 and the Fire
Department apparatus repair item
of $41,000 was increased to $43,-
932.
Hospital Gets More
In the House bill it was pro-
vided that the President should
authorize expenditures out of the
gasoline tax fund for street and
road improvement but the Senate
committee delegated the power
to the Commissioners.
The reason for the recon-,
mended increase in the salaries
of the District Commissioners was
because of the fact that under
prevailing wage reductions their
pay would be lower than some
of their SubordinateS.
The tuberculosis Hospital item
of $4,000, exclusive of personal
services, and building repair, was
increased to $4,000.
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STOCK MARKET
RIFFS LOWER

NEW YORK, April % Q.N.SO
The stock market today contin-
ued it's backing ana filling move
ment of the last few days with
trading quiet and prices lower.
Fresh weakness in the dollar
failed to revise the recent buying
enthusiasm. though helping sup
port the list on the first hour dip.
Commodities followed stocks, go,
ing lower on further profit-taking
with wheat losing d cent a bushel.
Rails had an opening furry on
publication of the details of the
Administrators railroad rehabil,
itation program, but drifted lower
with the rest later. Copper stocks
were unsettled by Anaconda's poor
annual report for 1882.
Bonds continued steady with
speculative issues continuing their
advance. Governments were quiet
and steady.
General Motors was a firm spot,
being taken in big volume around
the previous close. The steels
went lower despite a further bulge
in youngstown district operations
to 30 per cent of capacity.