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Evening star., 1934-09-12
NEW YORK TELEPHONE
REVEALS IMPROVEMENT
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 12-Al-
though reporting a small net loss in
telephone installations in the period
from January to September 7, New
York Telephone Co., largest unit of
the Bell System, experienced marked
improvement against the record for the
same period last year and the year
before.
There was a net loss of 4,030 sta
tions against loss of 124,860 in the
like 1888 period and loss of 1925
in 1882.
For the week ended September 7
there was net gain of 3,042 stations,
in contrast with a gain of 2236 the
like week last year and loss of 3,76S
in the 1882 period.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
NEW YORK SUGAR.

NEW YORK September IL LP.-Sugar
futures continued their advance to new
highs for the current movement today on
moderate trade and Cuban buying. with
offerings light
Demand centered in next years deliv-
cries due apparently to a favorable view
of the recently announced tentative plans
by Agricultural Administration for orderly
marketing of imported sugar in 1885.
Trading was not active, however, owing to
quietness of the raw market
March contracts rallied from ] "a to
1.96 and July from 2;O1 TO 2.03, with
OF 2 to 4 points in the middle OF the
afternoon.
Futures closed firm. 1-3 higher; sales.
1880 tons September sob; December,
93b; January. 192b: March, 96; May.
l99b; july. 2.03. Bid.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
RETAIL TRADE Up
SHARPLY IN D. c.
Department Store Volumes
18 Per Cent Above 1888
in Eight Months.
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

There is a lot of sunshine for
Washington in the latest retail trade
report from the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond, made public
today.
Department store sales in the Cap
ital in August were 1916 per cent
higher in dollar volume than sales in
August, 1888, and 18 per cent better
during the first eight months of this
year than in the like period a year
ago.
That's not all. The reporting stores
here helped make the average in
crease for the fifth district 10 per
cent above the August, 1888. figure
which in turn was the best mark
scored by any of the u Federal Re-
serve districts. The average gain for
the II districts was only 2 per cent
ahead Of August year ago.
The trade picture for the fifth re-
serve district is shown by the per-
centages for August and the eight
months, compared with the CORE
spending periods in 1888, in the
cities in which three or more stores
reported:
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 12.-Un-
settled by Winnipeg reports that a
small lot of Canadian wheat had been
sold to the United States, wheat prices
underwent late downturns today.
Owing to the fact that trade volume
here both in wheat and other grains
was scanty, the markets were easily
lnnuenced. 1t was not specified
whether the Canadian wheat referred
10 would be for United States con-
sumer use or would be for grinding in
oono' Contributing to late weakness
OF grains was a sharp break in United
States Government bonds.
Wheat closed unstable, 1a19a under
Yesterdays finish. December new 1851
al'OOH4, corn 1sa7s down. December
new 7sha792s, oats unchanged s.
lower. and provisions varying from . .
cents decline to cents advance.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
DOLLAR GOES LOWER
IN LONDON DEALINGS
BY the Associated Press.

BY Jne Associated PreSS.
LONDON, September r. - The
United States dollar lost 7s cent to
the pound today, closing at 5.01H to
the pound, as compared with the over
night rate of 5.0O2s. The opening
was at 5.011a.
The French franc was steadier,
opening and closing at 1906 to the
pound, against yesterdays close of
1912.
The price of bar gold recovered 2
pence, selling at 140 shillings, 5h
pence (s3522) a fine ounce, and an
amount valued at E298,000 ($1,494,-
470) was purchased.
PARIS, September II CP-Three
per cent renteS, 72 francs 60 centimes:
Az per cent rentes, $500.
Exchange on London, 75.O5. The
dollar was quoted at 149712.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
FOREIGN MARKETS.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON the lead Of industrials
which were bought on dividend prospects.
the Stock Exchange developed q cheerful
tone today. Argentine bonds and rails
improved on that CounJrys conversion
scheme. and transatlantic issues ana gold
mining shares also advanced British
funds were dull. The market closed firm.
PARIS Influencing the whole trend Of
the Bourse. Young Plan bonds continued
weak and dropped 10 points on traders
gloomy view OF conditions resulting from
Locarno pact The closing was heavy.
BERLIN.--A listleSS and irregular trend
prevailed on the BoerSe today. The closing
was weak.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 12-Cot-
ton was easier today under liquidation
or reselling by recent buyers who were
disappointed over the failure Of the
Washington news to indicate greater
progress toward a settlement of the
textile strike.
Trading was not active, but prices
sagged in comparatively quiet
market, with December declining to
1906 and with the general list show
ing net losses of about IL to l3 points
around o'clock
Evening star., 1934-09-12

Cott0nseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed firm; spot unquoted; Septem-
Der, 7.30b: October, 7.37b; November,
7.41b; December, 7.49b; January, 7.58;
February, 7.60b; March, 768b. Sales,
SO contracts, including switches.
Bid.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
METAL MARKET

NEW YORK. September IL LP.-Cop.
per quiet; electrolytic spot and future
Blue Eagle, 900. Tin frmer; spot and
nearby 51.70a5l 80; future 81 60a5l 70
New York. $40; East St Louis 3.55a
$50. Zinc dull; East st. Louis spot and
future. 4.15. Aluminium. 20.00a23 80. An
tlmony. spot 875.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. September 12 lP.-Butter
1885; slightly hrmer. Creamery. higher
than extra, 25ha26; extra (92 score).
2424a25: other grades UNCHANGED.
Cheese, 4O2 .931; weak Prices un-
changed.
Live poultry steady to weak. Chickens,
freight. l4a22i express. 1923; fowls.
freight 13a2I: express, 14a21: roosters,
IrsIght I{a5a! sna express; II; turkeys trelsnt'
15a16; express. 49,
Eggs. 1859; firm. Mixed colors spe-
clal packs or selections from fresh re-
ceipts. 25a29; standards and commercial
standards. 24l7a34; other mixed colors un-
changed
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Aug, jan
1914 AOO 1924
Gains More Than Expected.

The report showing the fifth district
at the top of the II trade areas in per-
centage increases was presented by the
Federal Reserve Board here today,
which said that preliminary figures on
the value of department store sales
show an increase from July to August
of considerably more than the estimat-
ed seasonal amount. The Federal Re-
serve Boards index, which makes al
1owance for differences in the number
Of business days and for usual seasonal
changes, was 79 in August, on the ba-
sis of the 1923-25 average as 100,
compared with 73 in July and "a in
June.
In comparison with year ago the
value Of sales for August was per cent
larger The largest increases COM
pared with last year are shown in the
Richmond, Atlanta and Chicago dis
tricts, while a decrease from a year ago
is reported for the Boston district. The
aggregate for the first seven months of
the year was Is per cent larger than
last year.
Percentage increases or decreases
from year ago are as follows:
Jan.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Today's Trading on Exchange.

Washington Railway 81 Electric pre-
ferred was again in demand on the
Washington Stock Exchange today,
three sales totaling 81 shares being
recorded at 997s, fractional advance
over the last previous sales.
Capital Transit Co. stock was the
only other issue in which trading was
recorded today, In a small turn
over the stock sold at 26. a new high
on the present move. It closed with
26Iz asked. The old certificates are
being exchanged very rapidly for the
new ones. Prices on other stocks and
bonds remained firm
1t was announced here today that
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad has
filed an application with the Baltimore
Stock Exchange for restoration to the
list of l,342 700 common stock, par
value 500, ana 5l,326,OOO first con-
solidated mortgage 4 per cent bonds.
Heard in Financial District.
Many Washington bankers paid a
last tribute 10 the memory of Edison
B. Olds at the funeral services held
at his late home yesterday afternoon.
ANO 4IAld44N4tA III tI4C A4IJ HdS UlOI Z
highly respected during a half century
Of banking activity,
The First National Bank, New
York, has declared another one Of
those regular quarterly dividends of
S25 per share, payable October to
stock Of record September 90. The
Bank Of New York & Trust Co. has
also voted a quarterly dividend Of
S35 a share
Richard Whitney, president of the
New York Stock Exchange. has been
in the city in connection with filing
the Exchanges application for regis
tratlon with the National Securities
Commission
Money in circulation in the United
States at the end OF August totaled
1926 354 sos, compared with S5.3l7.-
l75,302 at the end Of July, the Treas
ury reports
To date acceptances of contracts
OF insurance under the modernlzation
credit plan by financial institutions
have been received by the Federal
Housing Administration from 5994
institutions with aggregate resources
of S30,94s, 49l, ,039, the administration
reports.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
SHEETING IN DEMAND.

NEW YORK, September y Up.-A
brisk demand for heavy sheeting in
the main feature in the gray goods
market here.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. September IL [p.-Cau
money steady: ! per cent all day Time
loans steady; so days q months. 24al per
cent; prime commercial paper, "a: bank
ers' acceptances. unchanged; rediscount
rate. New York Reserve Bank, Ia per
cent. 49,.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Aug Aug. 81" Stores. Cities

"August figures preliminary; in most
cities the month had the same num-
ber of business days this year and last
year.
1t is the first time this year that
four districts have reported trade as
exactly the same as in the like month
a year ago, as did New York, Cleve-
land, st. Louis and Minneapolis. Bos-
ton had better August a year ago
than most of the other areas which
accounts for the per cent drop this
year.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
FREIGHT LOADINGS

NEW YORK. September 10 (R-Rail-
roads reporting revenue freight car load.
lngs for the week ended September s in
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Cash Grain Market.

Cash Grain Market.
Wheat, No. 2, red, 1.O7a4; No. 4
RED, l.O6&; No. 2, hard, l.14A; No
4. mixed, Ito; corn, No 1, mixed.
82-82A; No. l, yellow, 821b: No. 3
yellow, 82-8212; No. l, white. 8715 =;
oats No. 3, white, 5624 STA; no rye;
barley, 85-1.30; timothy seed. 1880
1900 cWt.; clover seed, 15.5o-Ie. SO
cwt.
Evening star., 1934-09-12

81 "A Safeway Stores tsD.
27M 15as st JOS Lead (h20e).
6h 2 st l. San FIR of tk). &.
3SA 171t Schenley Distillers.
Evening star., 1934-09-12

Sales OF Stocks on the New York Exchange
1900 AM....... $4,000 1900 Noon. 40 600
PM. 100000 900 PM........ 27O 600
Total sales for the day. 100000
Dividend rates given the are the annual
cash based the latest quarterly or haIf-yey
declarations.
Unit Of trading less than shares fPartly extra
tPlus 81 in stock Paid last Seano
IN STOCK Payable in in
fsrrsd stock Plus * in stock Paid this AccunS-
ceivershD Plus 81 Ex-dividend - ~
Evening star., 1934-09-12

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1l12 5@s Gen Am investors
433s 80 Gen Am Trans az.
2317 II Gen Asphalt. 1855.
l43s 8 Gen Baking lA50c).
Evening star., 1934-09-12
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Evening star., 1934-12-30
Belascos S New Company

OPENING tomorrow, New Year eve,
the Belasco Art Theater Society
under the leadership of Myrtis Morgan
will present mo more Ladies" by A. E
Thomas at the Belasco Theater at
$40 pm.
The success of this comedy lies in
the human, numerous situations un-
folded in a plot Of marriage and
divorce.
Myrtis Morgan, director, has
gathered from recent New York sue
cesses a cast which includes Grandon
Rhodes, whose most recent role was in
Laurence Rivers production Of Lost
Horizons; Helen Kingsley, who has
just closed in New York performance
of The Barrister"; Robert Pitkin of
Gilbert and Sullivan fame, more re-
Gently seen with Hal Skelly in Ghost
Writer; Edith Ketchum, Foster Will
liams, Vera Tatum, Josephine Duval,
David Applebe, Doris Underwood and
Arthur Woods.
Evening star., 1934-12-30
New Play at National.

GILBERT MILLER and Lee shubert
were so enthusiastic in their
praise of "Laburnum Grove" by J. B.
Priestley. when they saw it in London
last season, with Edmund Gwenn in
the leading and featured role, that no
time was lost in deciding to bring it
over, with Mr.. Gwenn and other of
the principal players for production
the next fortnight or so in New York.
Thus it is that "Laburnum Grove"
opens at the National Theater to-
morrow for a weeks run, with the
usual matinees on Wednesday and
Saturday, with brilliant company,
including, In addition to that distin-
guished London comedian, Edmund
Gwenn, such excellent actors as Mel
Vile Cooper. Molly Pearson, Marjorie
Wood. Margery Pickard, Leslie Deni-
son. A. G. Andrews, Boyd Davis, etc,
while the staging has been intrusted
to another London visitor, Lewis
Allen.
Some idea Of the story. without
giving away the plot of "Laburnum
Grove" has already been given, and
Evening star., 1934-12-30
Here Next Week.

4 FTER their brilliantly successful
season in New York. when the
Abbey Theater Players from Dublin,
Ireland, come to the National Theater
for one week only, beginning Monday
evening, January 7. with matinees
Wednesday and Saturday, they will,
according to all reports, carry out the
tradition of their home city. where it
is claimed that the most beautiful and
purest English in the world is spoken.
What makes these players so vitality
interesting is that one night, where
part requires it, you will hear q player
speak this perfect English and the
following with a touch Of that in
triguing brogue, that when spoken
properly and not burlesqued, is al
ways delight 1t is claimed that
they play with great naturalness. with
their characterizations beautifully
drawn into pattern which makes 1t
difficult to think in terms Of individual
performance.
Evening star., 1934-12-30

STAGE and screen program as
n exciting as the New Year eel
"A ebration in the immediate
4 4 ofing is being currently Of
fered at Loews Fox Theater.
On the screen The President VAN
ishes," sensational cinema that
brings to life the thrill-filled pages
of one Of the most daring books ever
written, is being shown. Arthur Byron,
celebrated character actor: Edward
Arnold, Janet Beecher. Andy Devine,
Paul Kelly and Rosalind Russell oc-
cupy the major roles. while Charley
Grapewin, Osgood Perkins, Irene
Franklin, Edward Ellis, Robert
McWade and many others are seen
in support.
On the stage the program includes
Nick Lucas, grooming troubadour of
radio, stage and screen; JAMS and
Whalen, whose comedy has glorified
many Broadway hits; William and
Joe Mandel, hilarious trampoline ex-
perts, and the Nayan Pierce dance
revue. A Phil Lampkin overture, a
comedy and news are added.
Joan CRAWFORD. Clark Gable and
Robert Montgomery, appearing
together for the first time, are to
be seen at LoeW's Palace Theater this
week m "Forsaking All Others" The
picture is based on the stage comedy
hit of the same name which starred
Tallulah Bankhead The story Is a
romantic triangle that narrates the
experiences Of a modern girl who Is
left waiting at the altar by a boy
hood sweetheart, but who manages
to laugh it off with success and ulti-
mately turn the tables on him by
clipping with another boyhood beau.
Billie Burke, Charles Butterworth,
Frances Drake and Rosalind Russell
are excellently cast. The direction is
by w. S. Van Dyke, who scored re-
Gently with The Thin Man." and
whose mastery of comic situations is
at its height in this rollicking romance.
Another feature of the current pro-
gram Is the cartoon musical subject,
"Toyland Broadcast"
"CWEET ADELINE," Broadway mu-
- sical comedy hit, is now on the
screen at Warner Bros Earle Theater,
with Irene Dunno singing the title
role. Miss Dunno has her first real
screen musical comedy role in the
Warner Bros. screen version of the
stage hit by Jerome Kern and Oscar
Hammerstein II. She sings such pop
ular numbers from the original show
rs why Was Born" Here Am l."
and Don't Ever Leave Me-" and In
PRODUCES Lonely Feet" and 1--WE Were
So Young" the latter two having been
written especially for this production.
In the supporting cast are Donald
Woods, well known in Washington;
Phil Regan, lose fine tenor voice
blends perfec..y with Miss Dunne's
soprano: Ned Sparks, Joseph Caw-
Evening star., 1934-12-30

ladies of the stage. Now she Is pre-
Senting to awed scholarly and FASH
ionable Times Square audiences her
idea Of the hapless Capulet girl, the
tragedy Of whose passion for a male
Montague has moved countless thou
sands to mourn. To this classic en-
deavor Miss Cornell summons all the
resources Of her beauty and genius,
and she achieves Juliet unparalleled,
I think, since the days Of Julia Mar
lowe.
If a catalogue Of adjectives Is per-
mitted should like to say that she
is young, lovely. langourous, vivacious,
fiery, virginia. and wanton as she en-
cages In her tragic encounter with
Basil Rathbones handsome and Freu-
dian Romeo. From the balcony to the
tomb she Is vivid and beautiful Dor
trait. An actress, perhaps, instead of
songstress, she is more interested in
Shakespeares characterize ton than in
the melody OF his verse. Although her
voice Is lyric and her speech is some
times cadenced, her heart, I suspect,
is IN Juliet as woman, not as a poet,
TO the few Of us who believe that
SHAKESPEARE Is music, rather than
tneater, Miss Cornell's efforts are
pleasantly perturbing. She does subtle
Things for Juliet that have never been
done before, according to the records,
from Mary Anderson to Jane Cowl.
Mr.. Rathbone's Romeo is a subject for
argument. Personable in his purple
tights, ardent and valiant, he is still, as
my confrere, Arthur Ruhl, has hinted,
not at all the sort of Romeo that Miss
Cornell's Juliet would probably fall for.
Inc nurse, as acted by Miss Edith
Evans OF England, will delight Shake
speare or Bacon in their graves, so
competent is her recital.
Evening star., 1934-12-30
Cast of Becky Sharp"

THE cast has been completed for
Miriam Hopkins new starring
picture. Becky Sharp" the first fea-
ture film to be made in the newly
perfected Technicolor by John Hay
Whitney's Pioneer Pictures. and the
picture is expected to go into pro-
duction this week at the R-K-O Pathe
Studios in Culver City.
Supporting the star in this pic
turization Of Thackeray's famous
Vanity Fair" character are Alan
Mowbrey as Rawdon Crawley. Sir
Cedric Hardwicke. brought from Lon
don to play the Marquis of Steyne;
Frances Dee as Amelia Sedley, Nigel
Bruce, also from England. as Joseph
Sedley; Mrs. Leslie Carter as Miss
Crawley. Colin Tapley as Capt. Dob
bin. May Beatty as Miss Briggs.
Charles Coleman as Bowles. G. P.
Huntley, jr., as George Osborne;
George Hassell as Sir Pitt Crawley,
Charles Richman as Lord Bareacres,
Billie Burke as Lady Bareacres, Will
liam Faversham as the Duke Of
Wellington and Elsie Ferguson as the
Duchess of Richmond.
Lowell Sherman Is directing this
remarkable galaxy of stage and screen
favorites Becky Sharp" will be Elsie
Ferguson's first screen appearance in
several years.
Evening star., 1934-12-30
MANY playgoers believed that Miss
Katharine Cornell's performanc.

Katharine COrneIIS performance
in THE Barretts of Wimpole Street"
fixed her as the generations most
brilliant actress. She had assembled
modestly and with caution from small
roles to big ones, until she gave amaz-
ing life and popularity to a drama
that would have been. except for her,
cadaverous. While other lady lumi-
naries rose and fell she proceeded
steadily upward. accumulating as she
climbed a large and encouraging
grandstand. The cheers of her public
inspired her to go on and on. and to
undertake an impersonation Of Juliet,
the paradise longed for by all religious
Evening star., 1934-12-30
Pictures of the Week
Screen Attractions and Vaudeville PROGRAMS
at Downtown Theaters.

thorn, Hugh Herbert, Nydia Westman,
Louis Calhern and many others.
On the stage, Paul Ash-"genial
giant Of jazz"-introduces a fast mov-
ing, whirling revue. Included are
David and Hilda Murray, dancers;
Bobby Gilbert Of stage and radio fame,
with his talking fiddle; Sylvia and
Clemence in Tricks and Taps" the
Trado Twins in Just for Fun" and
others including the Is Paul Ash
girls.
X
JACKIE COOGAN, never-to-b be- for
y gotten child star of The Kid" and
many other successes, comes back to
the screen in Zane Grey's Home On
the Range" which opens a special
engagement at Warner Bros. Metro
politan tomorrow. Others in the cast
include Randolph Scott, Evelyn Brent,
Dean Jaeger, Addison Richards, Fuzzy
knight and Ann Sheridan.
Evening star., 1934-12-30
midnight Capers."

CONTAGIOUS gayety and sparkling
~ charm are said to be dominant
features in Midnight Capers," the
show billed to appear for one week
at the Gayety Theater, beginning to-
day. Among the leads with this new
output Of the I. B. A. circuit are Bill
Jones and Wilma Joszy. Held over by
popular demand is the "Garbo of bur-
lesque," Miss Hinda Wausau. There
will be a midnight "jamboree" New
Year eve.
Evening star., 1934-12-30

See to It that Dancer Paul Haakon
Is featured in ballet Of his own.
Prove to q very large public that
Gene Raymonds hair is not dyed.
Arrange for another Jean Harlow
personal appearance tour.
Ask Elmer Rice to review his own
plays.
Make certain that Tallulah Bank
head does the Jeanne Eagels role in
the promised revival of Rain"
Attend every film in which Grace
Moore sings.
Attend every film in which Grace
Moore doesn't sing.
Attend every Grace Moore film.
Put Robert Montgomery back in
another Hide Out
Get Franchot Tone back to the
stage.
Hope that Gladys George plays
personal Appearance in the movies.
Ask Will Rogers to do a sequel to
"Judge Priest"
ELATTEN all burlesque fan dancers
in vaudeville acts Flatten the
next tenor that comes out and says:
Every tenor has favorite song and
my song happens to be Wagon
Wheels" which was written for q
baritone Flatten the comedienne
who yearns for the drama" and the
dramatic actress who says she'd Just
love to be funny Remove all
trained seals from the stage . Bring
back a few Of those adagio teams, who
can be bought now for peanuts . .
Prohibit the next vaudeville tour of
The Twelve Pound Look Step
on the next lady who opens that box
of caramels just as Garbo begins to
turn on the steam Throttle all
mention of Gables ears and Garbo's
feet -. Annihilate any announcement
to the effect that Charles Chaplin
has almost finished his new film"
It's been almost finished" for
three years now d. . Give Mrs. Pat"
Campbell new kind of a dog .
And Norma Shearer something for
breath control . . And whoever said
that Evelyn Venable could act? . g.
Strange all vaudeville performers who
come out and have themselves mod
estly announced as "Broadway's IA