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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06

a special board shall have reported
it's findings to the President for
final decision.
The role of Government regula'
ton of industry is not being aoan.
doned. MIRA is to be reshaped
and presented to Congress for per"
manent sanction. In its reorganl-
cation business opinion can exert
an influence.
While the boards established to
control the MIRA machinery fol
lowing General Johnson's reslg'
nation are not altogether accepta.
BILE to business, which had been
led to expect a greater repre-
sentation. they are believed to be
reasonably satisfactory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
Ward
Business Improves

Montgomery Ward & CO., re-
ports sales for the month Of
September at $23,093,4 65 COM
pared with $16,583,708 in Septem-
Der, 1888, an increase of 1872 per
cent. Sales for August showed an
increase of 229 per cent as COM
pared with August, 1888.
Sales for eight months OF this
year totaled $152,7O6,352, COM
pared with $114,O27,172, an in
crease of 1919 per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
Wash.LOan & Trust
Declares Dividend

At the regular monthly meeting
of the board of directors of the
Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany this week a quarterly divi-
dend of 2 per cent was declared.
payable November /, to stockhold-
ers of record on October %. This
will make the one hundred and
sixty eighth consecutive dividend
paid by the company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
MONEY MARKETS

NEW YORK, Oct. GN.S).-Call
money was held over today at per cent
on the stock and l Y per cent on the
big board. remaining at y to 1 per cent
outside.
Time money rates were unchanged at
q to per cent for so to $50 days.
Commercial paper continued fairly ac-
tive with the rate remaining at u to /
per cent.
Bankers acceptances rates were NOM
inal and unchanged at 4 TO 3-16 per
cent for 30, so and 30 days. q to 4
per cent for 120 DAYS. and u to - per
cent for $50 and 100 dayA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
Gen. Am. Investors
Net Assets Lower
BY Interna tiOnaI News Service


General A merican Investors
Company reported net value Of
resources on September 80, be-
fore deducting outstanding deben-
lures at $2O,S67,45S. equal to
$3,161.74 per $1,000 of debentures
and after providing for the de-
bentures, to $178.34 per share of
outstanding preferred stock.
On the same basis, the net asset
value per share of common was
$4.82, compared with $6.47 on
June 30, last, and 1854 at the
close of 1888. Cash on hand Sep
TENDER 30 amounted to $1,091, 289,
against $861.599 three months
earlier and $762,214 on December
81, 1888.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
v'' :is. 1;;;st'' N. Y. Bond Quotations

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 U.N.SG.
Strength in the second grade and
low.priced rail obligations was
again the principal feature Of the
bond market today.
With trading proceeding at a
comparatively brisk pace the Sec
ond grade rails continued on their
uptrend with prices reaching their
best levels on the movement.
Chicago 81 Northwestern con.
vertible 434s, Denver, Rio Grande
g. Western, st. Pauls and Great
Westerns were generally active
and fractionally higher.
Medium priced rails including
the Fries, Southern Railways and
Southern Pacifics and the New
Ravens were strong and moder-
ately higher.
Cleveland, Chicago & Cincin-
natl AIS of 1877 were more than
ordinarily active and advanced
IN points to 71b.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
Waterways Pact
To Be ReOffered
BY International News Service

The Administration is ready to
talk with Canada concerning some
minor notifications of the st.
Lawrence Waterways Treaty as 1t
was submitted to Congress last
year, and, after these talks, will re-
submit the treaty at the 1885 Ses-
sion. .ALG.4kal.4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
COTTON SEAT OFF

The New York Cotton Exchange
membership Of Louis J. Perry has
been sold to Philip G. McFadden
for another for $15,500. This
represents a decrease Of $1,000
from the last previous sale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
Edison Bros. Inc.,
Sales Increased

Edison Bros. Stores, Inc, Sep
TENDER sales $1,456.693, against
$1,160,315 in September, 1888, a
gain of 25.5 per cent.
Nine months sales, $40, 1865 ,588.
against $7,498,521 last year, a
gain of 35.5 per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06

HIGH Low TCIose
Hollinger Mines. ...... 21as 218s u a
Horn G. Hard pf.... 99& 99% 99A
Hudson Bay M&S..... SO 1885 80
Upgrade Food. ....... 3% 3% So
Imperial Oil Ltd. ..... 1855 15h 153s
Ind Pipe Line. ....... Az Az Az
Init Hyd FL Sys pf... "a 9A ga
Int Mining. ..... ..... 1914 1914 1212
Internal Pet Ltd..... 3OA 80 80
Inter Prods. .......... 3
Italian Sup A......... 1Bl rs 1b
Kingsbury Brewer. IA Ia Ia
Kirkland Lake Gold. y y q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
Spiegel, May Sales
Rise in September

Spiegel, May, Stern Company,
Inc, reports sales amounting to
$2,339,911 during September, com
pared with $1,374, 1888 last year, an
increase Of 70.2 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-11

fIhr Tlais- mces sslss ssslsei is liie next ai0ryl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-11

Soon, Duncy 10 the scholar said, "I have a real brain in my head. You've shown us how well you can spell. Now. let me try my luck
 "Giye me some big words. Then you'll eea that I'm as smart as can be-" "Ha. ha," laughed little Dotty. "f'lI just bet that you get stuck"
 And, sine was right. The lad soon was in quite aD awful muddie cause somebody named the word ''bslieye." and Duncy sighed, "oh. geei"
 He finally spelled. as beat he could. The spelling, though, was not 90 good. You're wrong. :" cried seouty, "you should put the 1 before the c."
 The great biz school clock then boomed 10. The scholar cried. "i'm late agniH And, look. here comes my teacher. My. oh my, bni she looks mad"
 The teacher then said. Come. my on. thlA ls the end of your days run. I'm going 10 keep you after school i0 dns. for being bad"
 soh. aoa's blame him." said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-11
By BlosseE

, GoIdy. We are visitors round here, you see, and he just stopped to talk with us. We really are 10 blame"
 "All right" Inc teacher then re- piled. "But 1 must take him right inside. He mls&ss lessons almost every day. It is q Abame." The two then went into The school and coppy said, Come on, let's fool around until we meet someone" Then Windy cried, Look there.
 "it's Mary's lamb. lie stopped 10 play, while following her to school to-day. Now he must wait til school is out. it doesn't seem quite fair"
 Then Copy said fife has Il rope around hiE meek Aw, gee, hope that 1 can grab n hold Of it. Then hell he rafr and sound
 He caught inc dangling rope. all right, The lamb. though. ran with ail his might. All of the Tinien laughed i0 see poor Duncy puiled around
 a.apsr,sh, lsss sEA sess,cs. snr
 fIlsr Tlnien meet sliss Asalsea in llie nHzt aiDFyls
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
An AirRace Around America
WHY Not?

The Australia air not stunt It
not in the category of daring and dangerous flights which put
lives in jeopardy and prove nothing
It had important and beneficial effect the sturdy
development of commercial aviation and taught valuable
lesson to military rategs Thanks to it, the world
air minded than it was.
American planes and pilots performed creditaby although
they did not attain first honors They should have another
chance to show their worth.
The French who with of the largest military air forces
in the world didn't start single plane in the Australian race
seeking make for their failure by announcing inter-
national year from Paris Hanoi in China
We don't need any such facesaving performance that
But shall do well by adapting aeronaucal needs the
type of competition initiated in the Australian race
Our Government should give serious thought the sugges
on of Rex Martini assistant director of the Air Bureau Of the
Department Commerce. that sponsor great world contest
from New York down the Eastern seaboad of the two Americas
to Argentina the West coast and back New York
by way of Canada.
That would be race That would really prove something
about the mee of pilots and the worth Of machines
It would also that the Monroe Doctrine is from
''piece of paper
Let's have N alLAmerican race
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

that the woman in the next
apartment to mine is worth
grooming as a challenger. She
has the spirit all right, and it
would only be a question Of
wind.
Posing as merely an inter.
ested observer and student Of
long-diStance piano-playing, I
have written Mr.. Strickland,
asking him a few questions.
What really had in mind was
finding out his technique, so
that I could steal its best fea-
lures IN a system of training for
the woman in the next apart
ment. A rather dirty trick, but
all'S fair in love and etc.
Here are the questions I asked
him, together with his answers:
@. What goes on in your
mind during the 1922 hours?
A. try not to think any
more than I can help. That is
a pretty long time for consecu-
tive thinking. I more or less
run over in my mind the main
points of English history from
the Norman Conquest to the
Reform Act, and try to figure
out how they would have been
changed if Englishmen had all
been colored. Then I go over
the whole thing again, making
believe that England was under
water all of the time. This
gets pretty fascinating along
about the Wars of the Roses.
For relaxation I just sit and
wonder what the hell I'm doing
at the piano, anyway. You
see, I really wanted to be a
marine architect.
@. What tunes do you play?
A. begin with "Chop Sticks"
and run along with that for a
day or two, shifting octaVes
every four hours. This gives
quite a bit of variety. Then I
go into "The Skaters" waltz, Of
which I know only the air and
one chord of the bass. I find
that popular music Of the bal
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

doesn't the man on the street
the woman in the kitchen-like
it well enough to part with their
hard-earned cash? And what
particular theme will make 'em
part with it most willingly?
A good columniSt is actually
a barometer of his times. He
tells you what your world and
your neighbor are thinking ana
feeling. He gives you, in three
inches. more real American his
tory than acres Of Congress
Sional Records.
All of which bring us back
to this particular lineage. I've
been writing it for Is years.
During that time I've had to
keep it current-I'VE HAD TO
GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY
WANTED MOST, AT THAT
PARTICULAR MOMENT or
Elsie didn't eat.
What did they want most?
Fifteen years ago they
wanted most to talk about sex.
The old Victorian bars had
gone down with a bang.
For the first time in our
Puritanical history it was pos.
sible to discuss the facts Of
life right out loud on the front
porch instead of out-behind-the-
barn.
So everybody was saying and
reading and writing things
they'd always wanted to-but
dasn't.
Presently sex became old
stuff. The war was over. Pro-
hibition was upon us.
Came the crime wave. Every
body was talking about booze
n bootleggers. Flaming youth.
Then money began to flip
flop. Somebody blamed it on
working wives. Out went the
petting parties. In came the
pay checks. Should or shoHldnt
ladies have 'em.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

The argument grew hot-hot-
ter. Money was easy. money
was hard money was blotto.
We were all screaming to-
gether about depression. For
three years you couldn't sell q
word that didn't have some
bearing on popular economics
WHERE-WHEN-AND-HOW
DO-WE-EAT-'N'SLEEP?
Then, about 1S months ago,
a new note began to creep into
the thousands of fan letters,
the office call, the phone
talks, the street chatter.
A surprising new note-the
strangest in newspaper history.
Everywhere people were talk
ing about something new,
something that had never be-
fore demanded and paid for
it's space in a newspaper col
umn. Everywhere people we're
talking about-RELIGION.
What kind of people? What
kind of religion?
Every kind of people. No par.
ticular kind of religion.
Just-something to believe
SOMETHING TO Be
LIEVE IN. SOMETHING TO
LIVE AND DIE FOR.
Suddenly America was talking
about RELIGION. wanting
RELIGION. Not a copyrighted
religion. Not a once-a-week re.
ligion. But a religion you could
carry around with you, in your
heart, in your head, as you
worked in your kitchen or fac
tory or office.
We'd had everything else, we
Americans; tried everything else
romance and adventure, pow
er, pleasure, wealth, fame, free
dom-and they'd all failed us.
Now suddenly we realized that
there was just one thing which
wouldn't fail us, just one tnlng
that was worth looking Tor
worth betting on, worth talking
about-and that was FAITH.
Something that would make
us eager to live again that
would help us believe in Life
and ourselves and our fellow
men.
REL1GION-that's what Am
ericans want to talk about most
today. BY cold, callous, COM
mercial, circulation tests, that's
the column theme that goes
over best with the worried man
on the street and the tired wo-
man in the home.
Strange? Maybe. or Is 1t ma
tural and inevitable?
Tired, frightened. bewildered
children-is it so strange that
we should turn, at last, and put
our hand in Gods?
Copyright. 1894, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Taxes and the Budget
The Bureaus Authority

Reports eanatng from the secret hearings which the
Bureau of the Budget is holding District estimates
for the fiscal year 1886 indicate that Federal and local
officials at the hearings discussing proposed
taxes for Washington.
If this is so and the reports apparently authora
tive it is a most amazing situation
THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET DOES EXERCISE
CONTROL OVER THE ESTIMATES WHICH THE
LOCAL OFFICIALS MAY SUBMIT TO CONGRESS.
THERE IS NO SOUND REASON FOR SUCH PRO
CEDURE, NEVERTHELESS IT IS THE ESTAB-
LISHED PROGRAM.
BUT THE AUTHORITY WHICH THIS FEDERAL
BUREAU HAS OVER LOCAL EXPENDITURES DOES
NOT EXTEND INTO THE REALM OF TAXATION.
The bureau has no right even to consider changes in
the local tax laws.
ANY NEW TAXES WHICH MAY BE NECESSARY
AND IT IS NOT CLEAR NOW THAT ANY SUCH
TAXES ARE EssENTIAI-WILL BE LEVIED BY
CONGRESS ON THE RECOMMENDATION WE
HOPE OF OFFICIALS WHO ARE IN TOUCH WITH
THE LOCAL SITUATION AND WHO KNOW WHAT
TAXES WASHINGTON NEEDS AND WHAT TAXES
WAsHINGTONIANS CAN PAY
Federal officials sitting in the Bureau of the Budget
engrossed with Federal affairs and following the Fed
eral viewpoint not qualified to pass upon the local
tax problem.
Neither are they qualified to pass upon the estimates
but absurd law creates the situation under which they
have authority to do that.
The District Commissioners alone have the power under
the law to alter the present rate real estate Even
they however, cannot impose any tax. The power
to do that rests with Congress alone.
There is, therefore, why the Commissioners
should discuss with the Bureau of the Budget the many
proposals which have been advanced for changing the
tax base in the District.
On the other hand there is every reason why they
should object to any such discussion.
WASHINGTON HAS LITTLE ENOUGH CONTROL
OF IT'S OWN AFFAIRS NOW. LET'S NOT SUR
RENDER THAT LITTLE VOLUNTARILY
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Fame That Counts
Achieved by Three Americans

More Americans in humanity hall of fame!
The Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine goes Dr. George
Richards Mimic Dr. William F. Murphy of Boston,
George H. Whpple of Rochester.
These three Americans the conqueror of mankind
most dreaded ailments perncou anemia Whipple with ami
mails and Mnot and Murphy with human beings discovered
liver treatment which has saved and saving countless lives
Money with the award but with characteristic modesy
and sesacrfce the doctors decide for further
search
The news made DR. Mnot very happy.
"Not so much for myself but because of the recog-
milton American medicine has received. 1t ought to
be a wonderful stimulus to young to become
able physicians and Investigators and to seek the
betterr1ent of their fellow human beings"
Spoken like true American which like true human-
TARTAN
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

tended forbidding music be-
tween the hours of ten and one"
In calling Mr.. Strickland to task
one day, the dean wrote: II am
afraid that, for purposes of disci-
pline, your piano playing must
be regarded as music"
I am forwarding Mr.. Strick-
lands reply to my QUESTIONABLE
to the lady in the next apart
ment. hope that she will stop
long enough to read it.
Copyright. 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
ArticleS By Robert BenchIey
appear Szch Monday. Wednes-
day, and Thursday.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Pian0-Playing Record
BY Robert BenchLey

lad type lends itself easily to
repetition, as most of the songs
are alike, and I have fun try
ing to figure out which one it
is that I am playing.
@. How do you take your
meals?
A. How do you take yours?
@. You needn't be Surly
about it!
A. You mind your own bust
ness, then!
@. How do you handle COM
plants from neighbors?
A. I have no neighborS any
more.
Q. Don't your hands get
tired?
A. When they do, I lean over
and play with my chin. When
that gets tired, I play, first
with my right cheek and then
with my left.
@. What-no footrwork?
A. Now you are just being
silly!
@. How do you train for a
long-distance exhibition?
A. For one like my 12212-
hour record breaker, I run a
tria[heat of 12212-hours, just
to get the hang of the thing.
@. Do you think the whole
thing is worth while =?
A. There you have me!
Being a man of science and
understanding the spirit of my
research, Mr.. Strickland ap-
pends an anecdote of his early
years of piano playing when he
was in school. There was rule
in the college which he at
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

q "A " A.
Cabinet officer at the present
time.
At least, his wards are Of
extreme Importance.
Changes from time to time
that would give him control
of additional agencies are
frOwned upon by many ObServ-
erS, including those that be-
lieve in the ability of MIR. IckeS.
They don't believe it wise to
give one man as much dicta-
torial power as the Secretary
now has in his possession
much less add to it.
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

So strenu- Rush d. Holt
GUS has his campaign been that
he collapsed not long ago at
Charleston, w. Va, and was un-
der a doctors care at Clarks-
burg and Huntington.
His collapse, hoWeUer, UGS a
minor Gilment from Which he IS
rapidly recoUering and is not
interfering 1Dith his campaign
against Hatfield.
The Holt-Hatfield campaign
is one of the most strenuous in
any of the States where po-
litical forces are vying for su-
premacy in November elections.
It looks, however, as though
Mr.. Holt would take the lead
and be up in washington before
many months.
There seems to be some con-
fusion about a certain incident
which occurred at the party given
by Attorney General and Mrs.
Homer S. Cummings for the
newspaper folk.
A young woman writer effused
to the witty Mrs. Cummings:
ooh, Mr.. Cummings, if you
should happen to miss any of
your silver after this party look
under this cabinet. I'm sure
one of your forks was dropped
and rolled under the cabinet!"
Mrs. Cummings responded:
"After this party we expect to
spend three or four days looking
under tables, cabinets, chairs and
beds for thingS-particularIy
newspaper peOple!"
In New York city, the board
of estimates, meeting to consider
reductions in certain adminiStra-
tive salaries in the board of edu-
cation, refused to condone the
cuts.
One of those reported as favor
ing the retrenchment was
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Human Side of the News = By Edwin C. Hill

of the birds in the forest. It
was the surrender of an ancient
way to a newer way, of old com.
plaisance and old beliefs to the
thrust of steel which drives the
world today. Life went on. The
world heard little Of the blood
stained white sands of Boiling.
Two years ago, the moving
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

ETY. OF Amer
lean Fores-
ters that de-
plore tn e
transfer of
various oil d
agencies to
the Depart
ment of In
terror.
Secretary of
Interior Har-
old L. IckeS
probably has
iuriSdic t on
over m or e
agencies than
L
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

the view of the watching sailors
on the ships.
Down to the waters edge they
moved, and then each plunged
his lance into his breast. The
sailors saw only a huddle of
still, white figures. There was
still the golden wash Of sun
light on the beach and the song
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

mercial men
are swinging
over to the
youth who is
proclaimed as
a mat u ra l
S p e llbinder"
who refuses
to prep a r e
his numerous
addresses. but
launches into
his speeches
on some sub
ject which in
tereSts h m
at the time.
The Washington times., 1934-10-31

uses S p a c e.
N e W S p aper
space is ex-
trenely ex-
pensive. To
ju S fy its
inches a col
umn m u S t
bring results.
Giro u lation
results.
So the test
of a column
isn't the edi-
tors opinion,
but the pub
lies pennies.
~ -
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
The Greatest Show
On Earth
By John Snure, J.

Political observers in West
Virginia say that the Demo-
cratic candidate for the Senate,
29.year-Old Rush d. Holt, will
swamp his adversary, Repub-
lican Senator Henry Hatfield,
by at least $4,000 votes.
Rural communities, the
miners, railroaders and COM
The Washington times., 1934-10-31
By T. E. Powers

picture men were SWdFUllIlS
over the island, trying to get
those elusive, Old World cere-
monials and dances into the
stereotype of a Western film.
Only the outer or visible aspect
did they seize. Covarrubias, the
distinguished New York artist,
was there that year.
"Here is one of the most beau
tiful and authentic cultures sur
viving anywhere in the world"
he said. It is utterly incorrup-
tible."
From their remote Hindu,
Javanese and PolyneSian begin
nings, the islanders, 1.-the, tall
and beautiful people, had nur.
tured religion, art, ceremonials,
handicraft, ethics and codes Of
behavior which their rulers
placed above all else in life
and life without this heritage,
was to be abandoned quietly
and with dignity.
Perhaps nowhere in history
has there been drawn so tragi-
cally and so sharply the metes
and bounds of the spirit and
the flesh. In 1902, on the Is
land of Saga, at the mouth OF
the Ganges, the English were
compelled to resort to drastic
military action to check mass
suicide-ceremonious sef-de-
struction with groups of ma
tives leaping into the river.
From a great precipice, south
of the Narmada, bands Of men
and women hurled themselves
each year.
MASS SUICIDE
The Japanese always have
been prone to suicide and, fire.
quently, mass suicide. In 1903.
the daimio, Asano, as the re-
suit of his attack on the noble
man, Kira, killed himself in
the shogun's house. His fol-
lowers, the forty-seven Ronin,
killed Kira, and then, with a
carefully planned ceremony,
committed suicide in a group,
dying together in the same in
slant. They were buried with
ceremony and, in the Bhud-
dist temple which stands on
the site, wayfarers still vener-
ate their memory today.
Egypt has ancient records Of
mass suicide. Islam has strongly
opposed it in any form, but it
has occurred from time to time.
Lewis Browne, in his book,
Stranger Than Fiction" a his
tory of Judea, tells of the suicide
of an entire ghetto in medieval
days. The dark Russia of Dosto-
ievsky is shot through with such
tales.
Oddly enough, DR.. Harold H.
Bender, the great orientalist OF
Princeton, has unearthed a deep
Asiatic strata in the race life
of the Hungarian people. Root
words for simple tools are the
same in the Chinese as in the
Hungarian language.
One ponderS these things In
the light of this self-entomb-
ment of the Hungarian miners.
Little we know Of what lies deep
down in the dark crypt Of our
race experience.
Copyright. 1894, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.A