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Evening star., 1934-01-24
Life of Long Ago.

w YHAT is the correct way to
M pronounce "dinosaur"?
w A. "Dy-no-sor," with &C
cent on the first syllable.
The 90" in the last syllable
should be spoken like the "o' in "or."
@. What does the name mean?
A. It comes from Greek words
meaning fearful lizard" or terrible
lizard
@. Did the ancient Greeks know
about dinosaurs?
A. No. Scientists began to build up
careful knowledge about them only q
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
Duty Free Sugars
DeDress Market

Pressure of duty-free sugars con.
tinued on the New York coffee
and sugar exchange and the fu-
lures market fell in sympathy the
past week. At the lows Of Tues
day the market had lost 1S to 81
points during the first 10 days of
April. A five to seven point gain
on Wednesday was due to the
oversold condition Of the market.
The net result for the week
showed the market one to two
points lower. Trading was unusu-
ally active.
In the raw market, Philippines
sold down to 2.72 on Tuesday,
which price is the lowest since
February IS and compares with a
low for all Of last year of 2.65.
At the end pressure was not so
great and a sale at 2.75 was up
three points.
Sugars. for forward shipment
sold as high as 2.83. No Cubas
were on offer. In the London
market, raws were quoted at the
equivalent Of 91Rc +. o. b. Cuba.
Twenty-Seven Cuban mills have
finished operations, leaving 108
still active.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
WASHINGTON

Eggs-Market firm and fractionally
higher on government graded u. 8. ex-
traS, large and standards. Current re-
ceipta, 15@15hc; hennery whites, 1874
white eggs. U. s. Extras. large. 19% Q
2o%c; U. s. extras. medium. 17hc; U.
5. standards, large, 17c.
Live poultry-Market steady; prices
unchanged. Fowl: colorsd l6017c; leg
horns, IL Q13cj roosters, 1000; Plymouth
Rock spring broilers. 2s026c; turkeys:
q s8c. -'' OO "''' 1''' '"p0"'' ~
Apples-Two Wash. arrived: Q un-
broken cars on track. Bushels: Sup
plies moderate; demand light: market
l. 2N inches minimum. Sl.s5@l.sO: 2H
inches minimum. S1.S502: ~ inches
minimum. s2@2.26; Delicious, U. s.
No Nc !. ~ inches minimum, S1:sS01.So;
insb.s inches m'r,mhm minimum '5ssS1fS ~
Y. s.; No. l, az inches minimum, $3.50
@i:S5; "a inches minimum. ;1.SS32;
Yellow Newtowns. U. s. No. l, IN
inches minimum. s1.25@!;a5.: ga inches
% * inches s'gdi minlmSms 1HrE s1s5 = iss; S0 ~
inches minimum. $1.4O@I.6O: 2% inches
minimum, $1.65@1.T5: Black Twigs, U.
s. No. /, ~ inches minimum, $1.25
91.a5; .2h inches minimum, $3.50 @l.s5; !;
Y inches minimum, $1.75@1.86: Ganos
U. s. No. l, 2A inches minimum. SIG
Lis; "a inches minimum Si.260l;3S;
Ra RGms' ,Iis u s. No; insb.. ~ in'hss %n,lm NUM-
I1.4O@L5O; 3% inches minimum. s1:Ss
inches minimum, :1.S5@1.4O; ah inches
minimum. 41.6O@1.s5; ~ inches mini
s2@2.25. Boxes: Washington, Delicious,
extra fancy. medium to large sizes.
$2.7592.9O: Winesaps. extra fancy, me-
dium to large sizes, s2.15@2.S5.
cars on track. Supplies light; demand
light: market slightly stronger. South
Carolina, pyramid crates dozen punches,
Colossal, green, $2.5o@s: white. $3.50
I1.5o@2: choice green, 3s@2.s5: white,
$3.50. California. via Baltimore, pyra"
mid crates, dozen punches, large size,
$2.90@3.25, few higher.
Cabbage-One Ala, Ga. arrived: ?
broken and unbroken cars on track,
steady. South Carolina, truck receipts
packed locally ~ bushel hampers
pointed type, mostly around 81. Georgia
flat type best, S2.25. poorer lower. Flor
ida. truck receipts, 11s-bushel hampers,
pointed type, packed locally, 75c 9H
car on track. Supplies light; demand
light: market steady. Half-lettuce crates.
punched. Texas. $1@1.25. California.
$1.40@l50.
Caullflower-One Cal. arrived un-
broken car on track. Supplies moderate:
demand light: market steady. Califor-
mia, standard crates, $2@2.15. few $2.25.
Celery-Four Fla. arrived; 8 broken
and 4 unbroken cars on track. Supplies
moderate demand light; market about
steady. Florida, 1o-inch crates, individ
ua1ly washed and preceded, 3-8 dozen,
$2.25, few higher.
Lettuce-Three California arrived 2
broken and 3 unbroken cars on track.
Western stock: Supplies light of good
stock; demand m o er a e; market
stronger. California, Western crates,
iceberg type As dozen, s4.95: few $3.50.
Southern stock: Practically no supplies
on the market.
Onions-One Indiana. / Ohio, 1 Oregon
arrived; 3 unbroken cars on track.
Supplies moderate; demand light; mar
ket steady. Michigan and Ohio, So
pound sacks. yellows. u. s. No. /. best.
1925: poorer, 81.
Peas-Two California arrived; broken
and unbroken cars on track. Sup
plies light; demand light; market
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
Sharp Gain ShOUn
For N. Y. Bank List

New York City Bank stocks reg
1stered a sharp recovery during
the past week. The advance in
part was due to the exceptionally
favorable bank statements issued
during the past 10 days.
The aggregate value Of Is lead
ing issues, according to records
compiled by Holt, Rose & Troster,
totaled $l.634.227, 900 as Of the
close April 13, which was within
striking distance Of the high rec
ord for the year established Feb
ruary 19. This total compares with
1885, ,967 900 at the close Of the
previous week, an increase Of ST.
800, 900, or 4.96 per cent.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
Limitation on Filing
Bond Claims Issue
In Federal Suit

transferred the authority to make
final settlement Of such contracts
from the Department Of Interior
to the General Accounting Office
and that consequently final settle
ment did not occur until the &C.
ton Of the General Accounting
Office upon the contractors claim,
and that the suit brought within
a year was in time.
How It Ruled
The cartiorart was granted to re-
solve a conflict between that de.
cision and that in Consolidated
Indemnity and Insurance Com
pany VS.. w. A. Smoot and Com
pany, 81 Fed. (2) 995.
"Final settlement" the highest
court finds, as used in the Hurd
act is not intended to denote pay.
ment, but is intended to mean
that an administrative termina-
ton has been made Of the amount
still due on the contract.
Peterson VS.. United States for
use and benefit Of the Washington
Iron Works 253 Fed. 622; Haas
Electric Mfg. Co. VS.. Title Guar.
ranty and Surety Co. 254 Fed.
95S.
Pointing out that it is the aim
Of the statute to afford protection
to laborers and materialmen on
government contracts the court, in
reversing the action Of the Third
Court of Appeals, says such q
policy would not be effective un-
less they were allowed to bring
suit with reasonable promptneSS
after the United States has de-
termined that it will have no
claim on the bond and unless the
date Of final settlement which
fixes the time with reasonable
certainty and finality.
Final Settlement
When the Department Of In.
terror approved the claim, the
government then was barred from
further action against the bond
and such action then became open
to all lienors. The department
act was a final settlement" with
in the meaning Of the Hurd act.
The case will be used in the
Federal Court Of Alexandria to-
day against the same bonding
company.
In that suit, the B. F. Diamond
Construction Company, through
Attorney r. A. Harman, claims
that the Frank Pecora Construc-
ton Company has not made full
payment for labor and material
in the stone setting Of the Arling-
ton Memorial entrance.
The indemnity company, show
ever, takes a different stand in
that case, Mr.. Harman says, and
is seeking to bar the action be-
cause six months has not elapsed
since completion of the contract.
Numerous other claims now
pending in the local courts in
connection with Government con-
tracts, will be affected by the
Supreme Court opinion.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16

The United States Supreme
Court, in q case decided March S.
last, settled once and for all the
involved question Of limitation 'aS
1t affects filing of claims against
bonds Of contractors on Govern
ment projects.
The case, styled Globe Indemnity
Company VS.. The United States
Of America to the use Of Steacy-
Schmidt Manufacturing Company,
Incorporation, originated in the
District Court for Eastern Penn
sylvania when the respondent
sought to recover on a bond given
by petitioner, as surety to secure
performance Of q contract and
payment for labor and material
furnished by subcontractors for
construction.
The Hurd Act
In authorizing suits on the bond.
the Hurd act provides:
IF NO suit should be brought
by the United States within six
months. from the completion and
final settlement Of said contract,
then the person or persons sup
plying the contractor with labor
and material shall. have q right
Of action. provided that. 1t
=. shall be commenced within
one year after the performance
and final settlement Of the said
contract and not later. -"
The contract was for materials
for use in the construction Of an
irrigation project and was entered
into on behalf of the United States
by the Department Of the Interior
under provisions of the reclama-
ton act Of June II, 1902.
Four Months Later
On June 16, 1927 the Depart
ment Of Interior forwarded the
contractors claim to the General
Accounting Office for direct settle
ment, stating that the contract
had been completely performed
and that, after deducting Stipu'
lated amount as hquidated dam.
ages for delay in the performance
the balance Of $S,889.30 was due
and payable. The formal certifi-
cate of settlement was issued by
the General Accounting Office
four months later.
The present suit was defended
on the ground that it had been be.
gun october II, 1928. more than
one year after performance and
final settlement of the contract.
Decision Reversed
It was decided on the sole ques-
ton Of whether final settlement,
within the meaning Of the Hurd
Act, was effected by the action Of
the Interior Department on June
16, 1927, or only by the certificate
Of the General Accounting Office
on October 26.
Judgment for the petitioner by
the District Court for Eastern
Pennsylvania was reversed by the
Court of Appeals for the third cir.
cult which held that the budget
and accounting act Of 1921 had
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
Investment Trust
ADern0eS Advance

Investment trust securities con
tinued to advance during the past
week. The average for the com.
mon stocks Of 10 leading manage
ment trusts, influenced by the
leverage factor, as compiled by
Allied Distributors. Inc, stood at
1925 as Of the close April l3, com
pared with 14.78 on April 6.
The average Of the nonleverage
stocks stood at 1853 as Of the
close April 13, compared with
1901 at the close on April 6. The
average of the mutual funds closed
at 11.55, compared with 11.49 al
J the close Of the previous week.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
CLOTH ACTION RESTRICTED

NEW YORK, April 16 u.N.s.).
yarn cloths market at the start of a
new week today, activity continuing
at the restricted pace Of last week
and prices virtually unchanged.
Buyers are in need Of goods and
their plants busy shipping out goods
on existing contracts, they see their
untitled orders dwindled by the
eighth week Of trading in which sales
were under production.
Despite their need for goods, buyers
are placing few orders. Despite their
need for business, mills continued to
calmly sit back and wait for some
thing to turn up.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
NeV Life Insurance
.JzL111Ds % Per Cent

NEW YORK, April IA Q.N.S0.
Production" Of new life insur-
ance, or total sales, for March
showed an increase of % per cent
over March, 1888, the month Of
the bank holiday, according to
figures made public today by the
Association Of Life Insurance
Presidents. The total gain Of the
first quarter of 1884 over that Of
1893 was 12.7 ner cent.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
RATEPU
At 81 PER CENT
FOR WEEK

Responding briskly to an In
flow Of April specifications on
heavy contracts placed before
price advances 60 in effect this
week, steelworks operations last
week rose three points to 81 pen
cent, states the magazine Steel
He adds:
"SteelmakerS see ahead . %.
ri0d Of steadily mounting 0p-
eratlOns. AutOmotive, railroad
and miscellaneous demands con-
tinue strongly upward.
I'm summary, recent events
in the steel industry mean: BY
giving 10 days notice Of price
increases and throwing wide
open their order books, steel
makers have sacrificed NO leSs
than $25,0O0,OOO. This Is based
on finished steel output with
the industry operating around =.
50 per cent, and the difference :
between Steel'S composites Of
the old and new finished steel
prices.
Gas an offset to this, the In !,
dustry has built up tonnage BY
giving consumers the Opportu.
nifty to cover their requirements
three to four months ahead,
meantime to make their own
adjustments.
price advances applying this
week, or Immediately in view.
practically blanket all iron and
steel products.
"Scrap prices are unchanged
following recent heavy buying.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
MARKET QUIET
WITH LITTLE
LIQUIDATION
BY WALL STREET SPECTATOR

NEW YORK, April 16 Q.N.S0
The market Is on dead center as
the new week opens. Wall Street
doesn't expect it to stay there
much longer.
The last few days have seen q
good deal of precautionary
selling, reflecting the current
uncertainties. There has been
little liquidation Of consequence
though, and stocks are appar
emily held by people who are
convinced business recovery Is q
fact and will become progressively
apparent with the passage OF
time.
The old Warner Brothers suit
against Western Electric over
talkie patents Is being discussed
again to explain the strength in
the company'S securities. Rail
road men attach q lot Of i'm
portance to the court ruling per
mitting Pennsylvania to keep Its
Wabash and Lehigh Valley hold
ings as foreshadowing revival OF
rail merger discussions.
Bank stocks are meeting re-
newed interest.
Their recent strength repre-
sents investment buying It Is
understood. The yield on bank
stocks currently is about 40 per
cent against 3.75 on the average
high grade industrial. In 1929
bank stocks yielded about 1.30
per cent, while the depression low
was 1924 per cent.
Steel operations are expected
to mount rapidly over the next
two weeks.
Several members of the Amer
lean Iron g. Steel Institute are
looking for a SIS per cent rate by
next Monday. April automobile
production will total about 10000
cars with Chevrolet accounting
for $4,000 units, Ford $4,000, and
Plymouth $4,000. April output
last year was $4,000 cars.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16

for representing
the owner Of
property, be-
comes subject
to the Code Of
Fair Competi-
ton for the
Real Estate Bro
K er age Indus
try.
Many repu-
table, old-time
Realtors object
to q certain de-
gree to being
brought in close
contact, with
the llnScriinlI.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
HONEYWELL PAYMENT

Minneapolis Honeywell Regula-
tor declared a dividend Of SO cents
on the common stock, payable
May IS to stock of record May 4.
Three months ago quarterly divi-
dend of IS cents and an extra Of
Is cents were paid.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
NEW YORK

NEW YORK. April 16 QN.SD.-But-
ter-Market firm. Sailed and unsalted
creamery. higher scoring, 23A @25A c;
creamery extras, 23@24hc: creamery
firsts, 22N G23%c.
Cheese-Quiet and easy. State. whole
milk, flats, specials, 1S@19c: average
run, Is 016c.
specials, 19A @19%c; standards. 1Shc:
mediums, 17@17hc; nearby brown spe.
cials, 19h@21c: standards, 1e@19Ac;
mixed specials. 1O020&c; standards
16@16hc; mediums, 1Sc. Pacific Coast
white, fancy packs, 24@25c: standards,
2S@23hc; mediums, 2Oh 02lhe.
The Wholesale price is S2.1O per 100
pounds No. l fluid milk within the 201-
210 mile zone.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
CODE To CHECK
REAL ESTATE
OPERATORS
BY DICK BAKER.

Every person in the District Of
Columbia who participates In one
or more real estate transactions
IN which he receives compensation
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
NEW WORK wonY,

NEW YORK. April is G.NsD.-woeI
market steady. Domestic fleece, u04
washed, ohio and Pennsylvania, $50 ilo;
domestic pulled. secured basis. 6Sc@ SIS
domestic Texas, clean basis, II o S6o;H DO.
mestio territory, clean basis. 62@s6c.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
CHICAGO
PITTsBURGH

PITTSBURGH. April 16 G.Ns.),
Poultry steady; Plymouth Rock broilerA
26 027c; leghorn broilers. 20@22c; col
ored hens 15c: leghorn hens. 13c; col
ored springers, ice; colored broilers, 230
24c; turkey hens, zoe; roosters, 5000;
stays, lie; ducks. 15016c: geese 9@12c;
young toms, 1Sc; capons, 1S022c.
Butter steady; 90 score. 23%c; SO score
23Kc: 8S score, 22%c; standard 2s%c.
Eggs-Firm, nearby current receipts
14h @15c; fresh extra firsts, 16c; hem
merry white extras, 17c; Southern Ohio,
West Virginia, Kentucky current re-
ceipts. 140I4hc.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
NAVAL STnRES

NAVAL 6IUHES
NEW YORK, April Is Q.NS.).-Petr0-
leum quiet: curde, Pennsylvania, S2.O7@
2.4S. Linseed oil per lb., csc carlotS.
Turpentine, easy, $3.50. RoSin. easy
The Washington times., 1934-04-16

broken car on track. California, boxes.
S5@5.50, as to size.
PineapplsS-Puerto Rico, crates. 13.So
6375.
Parsnips-Pennsylvan bushel baskets.
fair condition, 400 sec.
3.26, according to size and grade, few
special marks higher.
Rhubarb-Mchigan, cartons fancy
60c choice. 40c.
Hanover Salad-Nearby setions, bushel
baskets, 40@65c.
TurnipS-Georgia. crates, So.
Bananas-No carlot arrivals; 1 broken
L. c. L. EXPRESS ARRIVALS
lettuce ~ radi:hes. caiiforniS: 50
avocados North Carolina: S broccoli,
80 salad greens, 10 radishes. Florida
IS eEgplant IS lettuce Is lima beans; ms
green beans, 56 tomatoes. Michigan:
~ rhubarb. Pennsylvania. 1885, mush-
rooms, mixed vegetables, 22 crates.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO April is INs0.-Butter--
Receipts, 1886 tubs; market steady:
and standards, ?2Hc: extra firsts. 22@
22hc; firsts, 21h 021%c; seconds, 21c;
specials, 23@2Sho.
Eggs-Receipts, 52,0SS cases; market
firmer; old cars, go; new, 74 ordinary
current receipts, 1870; fresh graded
17c; fresh graded firsts, less than cars
16c: cars, 16hc; dirties, 14Ac. checks
1910.
Cheese-Twins, 12a12Lc; daisies, l2H
@12%c; longhorns and prints, 12h q
12%c.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16

lous operator, the free-lotter, re.
sale specialist and other tly.by.
nighters who have brought the
profession into disrepute in many
instances.
Their objections are nothing
compared to those Of the ones
who will be regulated under the
code as they have never been reg.
ulated before.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16

Every such person who sells pro-
perty for commission or other com.
pensation, whether on whole time
or In part, must register with the
Code Authority for the Industry
which will be appointed within q
few days.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
'FUNDDR|VE BEGUN
BY MAJOR PARTIES
Money Sought for Next
Campaign and to Wipe
Out Old Deficit.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Democratic and Republican leaders
are preparing to make drives for the
sinews of political war-funds for the
coming congressional campaign. They
are planning, too, to wipe out If they
can deficits from the 1882 campaign.
The Democratic National Commit
tee is today minus a treasurer, and it
Is known that former Senator John
S. Cohen of Georgia is being con-
sidered, with one or two others, for
the place. Whether Cohen will take
the job remains to be seen. What the
Democrats want right now is a treas
urer who will become extremely active
In raising money, not only to help
carry on the congressional campaign
but also to take care of the deficit Of
$500000, part of it the heritage of
the 1928 campaign.
G. o. p. Seeks $400, 600.
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill,
mindful of the fight they must wage
next Summer and Fall to regain
seats lost in the Roosevelt avalanche
OF 1882, and to retain seats they now
hold. are planning to raise, it is said,
100000 fund to carry on the
House and Senate seat campaign.
Some of these leaders, according
to reports, took up the matter of
raising the money with Chairman
Everett Sanders of the Republican
National Committee. They explained
to Sanders that they would like to
have 100000 by June /, and the
remaining 100000 thereafter. San
ders, it is said, did not look at the
matter in the same light. And the
upshot of the matter is that the
republican Congressional and Sena-
torlal Campaign Committees are pre-
paring now to go out and get their
own money in their own way. They
are planning, too. closer co-opera-
tlon between the House and Senate
Campaign Committees than In the
Das.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
2O-b|LL|0N LOANS.
T0BROKERS Barred.
Survey Shows Corporations
Poured Funds Into Market
During Boom.
Continued From First Page.)

Jersey, Tri-Continental Corporation
and afiliates, United Corporation and
United Gas & Improvement and sub
sidiarieS.
The Cities Service Co. and Stand
ard Oil of New Jersey were shown to
have made their loans directly to bor-
rowers, and loans of Tri- Continental
were partially to borrowers and par
TALLY through banks.
All the rest were through CONNER
cial or private banks.
Representatives of Cities Service Co.
and Electric Bond & Share testified
to the committee that their brokers
loans during the year aggregated
s285, 100000 and s867, 900, reSpec-
lively
Their daily average for the year was
s10.000,000 and Sl00,o00,000, repec-
lively
R. P. Resor, assistant treasurer of
Standard Oil, testified his company's
daily average of loans for the year
was $50 100000.
Daily Averages.
The daily average for the last five
months of the year, he said, were:
August, 85.000,0O0; September, $685.
100000; October, $4,000, ,000 Novem-
ber, s16,0OO,ooO, and December.
s2O.o00.000
These figures showed how sharply
the loans we're curtailed when the
market collapsed in the Fall.
Resor testified the total of SIT ,000,-
100000 was correct for his company's
loans, but said the figure didn't mean
anything because only part OF the
loans were out at any one time.
The date on which the company
reached the peak of $4,000, 900, he
said, was September 9.
street Loans" Told.
Ernest H. Johnston. vice president
of the Utility Holding Co., was the
first witness as the Senate committee
opened today's inquiry into the extent
of call loans made by big corpora
ton during the bull market.
He said Cities Service made s12
"street loans" in 1929, aggregating
s2a5, ,325.O92.
The largest amount outstanding at
any one time. he said, was SAL ,9OO,-
600 on September IS, shortly before
the market crash.
They gradually had increased dur
ing the year to that figure, he testi-
fed, adding that by the end OF the
year the company had no such loans
Evening star., 1934-02-23

Their main field of activity so far
has been the A. A. A, but they have
not been very active lately. Come say
1t is because Congress is In session
and the A. A. ASboys want to avoid
any new policies until Mr.. Roosevelt
can get Congress off his and their
neck.
johnson In Good Again.
Gen. johnson has been in and cut
of the good graces of the White House
several times. At present he is in
very. very good. Mr.. Roosevelt trusts
him implicitly. As one of his friends
said recently: IF Johnson is not
sincere, he is the best actor who ever
inhabited the EARTH
He and Mr.. Roosevelt apparently
have not decided what they are going
to do with the N. r. A. That is why
the two big meetings are to be held
'.fleld day for criticism before the
assembly Of business men, SO they will
find out how far they dare to 60.
Johnson has qiUen business men
good representation in the N. r. A.
and keeps halter on the te,u
liberals there. 1t is strictly a John
son outfit, being neither liberal
nor conservative.
All these new dealers have been
working much too hard within the
past year. From the White House on
down they are getting just a little
touchy and impatient about small
things.
Mr.. Roosevelt looks well. At least
his smiling, pleasant mask has not
cracked. Yet those who see him in
termittently at 60 and 80 day periods
have noticed his tremendous labors of
the past year have aged him. Look at
a photograph of him at the inaugura-
tion and compare it with his latest;
you will see the difference.
Every one seems to have fooled
every one else In connection with the
bonuses. Most fooled (next to the
experts) were the bonus leaders,
Patman and Rankin. Patman did not
sign the appeal for a vote until the
last moment and Rankin did not sign
at all
War Department insiders believe
the Russo-Japanese hcstilities will
be delayed until late Spring. They
disagree with the diplomatic insiders,
who say the shooting will start within
two months. Taxa your pick.