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The Washington times., 1934-07-28
Endorsements

Weeks endorsement: Lillian
Garments peppery chanting at
the B. r. Music Hall-and she's
pretty, tool. The glee-club rou-
tine of the Charles Davis group
at the Hollywood Damon
Runyon's new collection Of short
yarns-''Blue Plate Special
Chanteuse Thelma Nevins at
the Paramount, a gal with a
decided future. "A touching
ballad, Little Old Home" by
Earle Taylor Rush-very melo-
dious Tom Wright's crack:
"Well, if those fellows over
there want to fight, let them
but as far as America is con-
cerned it'll have to be a strictly
COD. war;. The sensational
adagio quartet at the Casino de
Paree-the way they fling that
pretty little girl around gives
you the ShiverS..
Dawes Blue Room closed
Wednesday night for 6 wkS.-
for MISUNDERSTANDING the late
boys stranded for a hangOut
=. The mother Of David Green,
the Broadway press agent, is
on her way to Rumania with
Green franticalIy cabling her
to return and avoid passing
through the present scene of
EurOpeon brawlS. What gives
me the Iaff in those flickerS
on Catherine the Great is the
beauty with which they endOw
her-She was probably the
ugliest woman in all history
:. Pearl White is doing an
Irene CaStle-Organizing a home
for stray dogs. .Vallee and
Bert LOwn patched up their
feud last wk. Abe Lyman be-
comes the highest insured or
CheStra leader in the world
falling for q milliOn-dOllar
policy.
So far, the Shuberts have
shelled out more than 100000
on Life Begins at 8:4O," which
is a new high for the brothers
.. Billy Wilkerson, publisher
of the Hollywood Reporter,
flew in from the Coast yesty
morning and flies back today
...JolSon flies back today or
tomorrow. too. George Divot
and Eva Leonard have switched
their purring and cooling to
curing and pooling. Barbara
Blair gets another chance on
the CoaSt-being tested to sue
ceed the late Dorothy Dell. .
Maxine LoomiS O'oomiS twinS)
is ailing. The veteran Pat
Rooney travels Down Memory
Lane Monday.
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News HaWker

1927, A newspaper truck stops
on the corner of Forty-third
Street and seventh Avenue. A
crowd of men surround the ma
chine and cry loudly for their
papers.
It's a peculiar crowd. News
boys all. Children of IL and
younger. Men of so and older.
AS each man receives his papers
he Scurries away to his favorite
corner and loudly cries his
wares. The heat is terrific, but
they do not seem to care.
Papers mean pennies, and pen
nies means bread.
Billy Montgomery is one Of
those who fight for papers. His
hair is iron gray, and he is nerv-
Gus and very poorly dressed. The
sweat rolls down his face.
AS he passes me, I speak to
him.
Hot night, Billy" I say.
He doesn't hear me. He's too
busy hawking his wares.
Mirror, News, American" he
cries. "Getcha mornin' papers
here"
Taxi horns blow. People rush
this way and that. Huge auto
buses glide by. The noises of
the busy city swallow his shrill
cry. Fainter and fainter comes
his voice.
Mirror, News, American"
cries the voice that once packed
theaters. Mirror, News, Amer
ican."
1929. Billy Montgomery is on
the Island again, convicted OF
the possession of heroin. He
writes me and asks for a few
dollars for cigarettes and things.
And in his letter is the almost
hopeless cry Of the derelict.
Don't you worry, Mark. I'll
come back. AS soon as get
out I'll take a reduction cure
for the drug habit-and I'll be
a new man in no time. Then
I'll come back, Mark. You
watch. I'll come back stronger
than ever"
1888. whatever happened to
Billy Montgomery"
Don't know, Joe. Haven't
seen him around in a long time.
Just as we'll though, I guess.
The poor bum was dying on his
feet"
1894. They're burying Billy
Montgomery today. They found
his body in a vacant lot in
Paterson, N. j. He will be
buried on charity.
Strange man. Sad career.
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Mite Hawks Play
At Jockey Club

The Jockey Club is ideally To-
Gated where the cool breeze
sweeps through the dining room
straight into the paddock.
The Mite Hawks Orchestra
thrills the gathering with the
"Hot Tips" right from the trough.
Excellent food, tastefully pre-
pared, served in style at reason
able prices with a cocktail or two
is the answer to the success OF
this unique club.
Training quarters Of the Ameri.
can Legion boxers is an added
attraction at the club. Those
interested in boxing may wine
and dine and be an eye witness
to the sparring-bag punching and
other training requirements II
you so desire.
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Sophie Returns

Max Gordon is reported hav.
ing differences with his Rookie
feller hackers for "Waltz in
Vienna" =. Dancer Tony De
Marco has taken to peddling hi
priced cars on the side. E.
Sophie Tucker quits her London
engagement August Is and re-
turns to the YouesSay-she's
still peeved because Al Lackey
was barred by the British au-
thoritieS. Young Johnny Shu-
bert escorts Helen Ecklund to
and from the rehearsals of
Life Begins at 8:40". Lon
don'S chief flop this season is
something called Hello, Again!"
formerly tagged Goodbye
Again"!!. Jimmy Kelly,
famous Village nightclub op,
nicked 'em for 8 gees on his
own nag, General A." at EN-
pire. Jackie Moffett, brother
of Adelaide, who drew all that
publicity the other day, is WOO
ing Katharine Barker-alSo of
the not-too-exclusive Social Reg
lister. Eddie Jackson formerly,
C. ]. and Durante) has teamed
with zal Irving for his come.
back at LaCabana. Helen
Kane wires that s., : was paid
off in full in Philly despite that
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is returning to these shores and
is scheduled to open here in the
fall at the Casino de Paree. ).
Mildred Harris, C. Chaplin's
first frau, is without a sou,
chanting for her coffee and
cake expenses at the Kings
Terrace. Remember the para.
graph some collins ago about the
famous Cincinnati cancer expert
elected from the hosp. because
he couldn't pay-landing in the
county pOOrhOuSe?-Dr. Mach
enbaugh was his name and he
died at the pOOrhOuse institu-
tiOn the other day, leaving final
1nstructiOns-that his body be
Cremated and the dust be scat
tered near the hospital where
he had labOred for humanity
and which turned him out when
he was dying.
Local hotels are complaining
to code authorities about the
growing praCClSe mere OF hiring
huStlerS to lure patronage
away. Archie Selwyn deserts
the theater which he helped
erect and which bears his name
to move his offices to the EN-
pire Trust bldg. The Leslie
Bergers Prudy Edgar)-he's
one Of the twirling, knife-throw-
ing Climas at the Hollywood
and she's a chlorine there)-
will fill the bassinet at Xmas
time. The monthly literary
newspaper edited by George
Jean Nathan, Eugene O'Neill,
Sherwood Anderson ct al, has
ShiftAd tn tab formal
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New Movie Programs for Week ir
The Neiehborhood Theaters

B ca" song reel; cartoon. Thursday:
Richard Bartholmess in "a Modern
Hero; comedy: oddity. Friday: Jimmy
edy. Saturday: Adolphe Menjou and
ELISA Landi in Great Filtration" )"
Jack Holt in "Black Moor" cartoon.
CENTRAL - Sunday and Monday:
Jack Holt in BLACK Noon" Jimmy
Durante in Hollywood Party" Popeye.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Joe E: Brown
in Circus Clown" comedies. Thursday
and Friday: Joan Crawford in Sadie
Flirtation;" cartoon. Saturday: Wheel
er and Woolsey in 'Cockeyed Cava-
liers'; Tom Brown in "Witching Hour"
oddity.
COLONY-sunday. Monday. and Tues
day: Joan Crawford in Sadie Mckee;
comedy. Wednesday and Thursday:
Burns and Allen in MANY Happy Re-
turns; song reel: oddity. Friday: Jean
Earth Turns; comedy. Saturday.
Jimmy Durante in Hollywood Party;
comedy.
Brown in "Circus Clown; comedy; band
Crawford in Sadie Mckee; Popeye
Bro9S IN hets TTy XESn eomedy
friday Aline MacMahon in Merry
Frinks"; Our Gang comedy. Saturday:
Judith Allen in "Witching Hour" /:
Chester Morris in Lets Talk It over" !;
cartoon.
SAVOY-sunday and Monday: Diana
Wynyard and Give Brook in Where
Sinners Meet: musical. Tuesday and
Wednesday: Richard Barthelmess in, "a
Modern Hero" comedy. Thursday:
Mary Morris in Double Door; comedy.
Friday: John Wayne in Blue Steel" {;
Lost Jungle No. 81; comedy. Satur-
day: Richard Dix and Irene Dunno in
"Stingaree"; Ruth Ettirg song reel.
TIVOLT-Sunday. Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesdays: Shirley Temple in Lit
tie Miss Marker; cartoon. Thursday
and Friday: Diana Wynyard and Give
Brook in Lets Try Again: comedy;
bandreel. Saturday: Hal Leroy in
Harold Teen; Our Gang Comedy; odd
ity.
YORK-sunday and Monday: Wallace
Beery in Viva Villa" Tuesday and
Wednesday: Margaret Sullivan in Lit
tie Man What Now: cartoon. THURSDAY
ELISA Landi in "Sisters Under the Skin
comedy. Friday: Judith Allen in
"Witc6ing Hour: comedy; bandreel.
Saturday: Joel McCrea in Half Sim
ner"; cartoon.
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Baron Is Suitor

Baron Is Suitor
Young Baron Alain de Roths-
child sent here by Papa Roths-
child to learn banking methods
is courting Eileen Wenzel...
AS a result of a protest from
10000 marines, soldiers and
sailors in this district, the Sec.
of the Navy has rescinded the
order transferring Col. Gerard
Kincade, Marine commander at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, here
to Quantico. :. F annie Hurst
sails tomorrow with her spouse,
jacques Danielson, to report on
the European situash. The
small town of Union, Me-, has
been getting it's chief excitement
out of a giant visitor who once
had his name on the sports
pages-JesS Willard.
Walter Piel brewery emir)
bridegroOmed in the hushed
manner the other day-Mildred
Smith is the bride-IlIustratOr
Henry Give and Fashion Ed.
Fannie Fitsgerald were the only
witnesses. After all these years,
Josephine Baker, Sepian Startler,
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Strange man.
High-SaIaried

HIgh-SaIarIed
It was in 1914. I saw Mont
gomery and Moore for the first
time. They were great Vaude-
vile headlinerS, one of the truly
great acts on the powerful
Keith circuit. Salary $500 a
week. Tremendous for those
days.
Moore was Florence Moore.
In private life she was Mrs.
Billy Montgomery. They had
been together as a team for
some eight years, rising from
burlesque to the heights of
musical comedy and vaudeville.
AS the stars Of "Hanky-Panky"
in 1912, Montgomery and Moore
were one of the ace acts Of
show business.
If you were vaudeville fan
in those days, you will remem-
ber them well. You'll remember
Billy's huge fur coat, his
nimble piano-playing, and his
burleSque dance in diversified
shoes. You'll remember Flor
ence Moore as an expert come
dienne with a wise delivery that
would send her audiences into
gales of laughter.
why don't you go home?"
Miss Moore would ask Mont
gomery toward the middle of
their act.
Il haven't any home," Mont
gomery would reply.
WELL" his wife would say,
I'll dig you one"
The 1914 audiences thought
that hilariouSly funny. I won
der if Florence thought of those
lines the other day when, after
being notified that her former
husband had died a pauper,
she offered to pay for the
funeral.
No home. She'd have to dig
him one.
1916. Billy Montgomery be-
came a changed man. He had
always been a heavy Spender,
living high, wide and handsome.
His wife loved life. too. They
lived in splendor, demanding
the very best in every town
they played. Their salary, even
when it was up in the four fig
ureS, was gone before it ar
rived.
But now Billy became unre-
liable. He missed a show here
and there, the objectionable sin
in show business. He made i'm
portant appointments, only to
break them at the last moment
if, indeed, he bothered to
break them at all. He became
moody. irritable, queer.
Florence Moore went to court.
Very shortly she was a single
woman. Alone, she continued
on the stage and has been a
star ever since. Alone, Billy
Montgomery kept sliding and
sliding and sliding.
The man had picked the
Swiftest chute to Hell-dope.
1925. Florence Moore was the
bright, particular star of the
Greenwich Village Follies. She
arrived at the theater every eve
ming in her huge limousine.
Next door to the stage en-
trance to Miss Moore's theater
was a little speakeasy. It wasn't
a pretentious place. Just a
little hideaway that was patron
lied mostly by the stage hands
who worked in the vicinity.
In the center of the speak
easy stood little piano. At
that piano, every night, sat an
elderly man with an unhealthy
pallor. Twenty dollars a week
was this mans salary, plus the
coins that people threw him for
his playing. And Billy Mont
gomery was happy to have a
job.
It was easy for him to see his
former wife. He had but to walk
through the dingy hallway into
the street. And there, if the
doorman permitted, he could
gaze through the stage door
and he could hear and see Flor
ence Moore as she sang the
songs that brought her $4,000 a
week.
He'd go through the ritual al
! most every night. And then he'd
The Washington times., 1934-07-28
AFTER DARK NEWS
NEGEBORHOOD TE4EATER PROGRAMS
Maryland Club Gardens, $780, 900
Shrine, Pledged to PIeasurei
After Twilight Gossip
By AINsLEY R. KNIGHT

1t takes courage and vision and sublime faith In the NRA
and the Deal invest $150OO0 nearby suburban Mary
create an open air spot for those seeking relaxation
and pleasure Mr. and Mrs Frederick Stamm made the
diture and think they will collect dividend
Maryland Club Gardens is just about mile beyond the Dis
rct line Marlboro Pike and your left going out
Don't look the right you approach you liable to
land close to Marlboro did Thursday night However,
huge sign liable to guide you for being erected
this is
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trio in Student Prince" selec-
tions at the Madrillon.
They'll park your car free at
the Ambassador from 7 till clos
ing now. That's boon to those
who have looked and looked and
looked for parking space on the
crowded downtown streets.
Art Godfrey, MIC.
Art Godfrey always wanted to
lead band. So he's realized his
ambition and is waving a stick
at Club Michel. His air audi
ence has followed him up to
Thomas Circle and Walter Won
Herbulis is happy.
A great fellow, this Mr.. God
frey. He's chock full of person
ality and as carefree as one those
Soldiers Home contented cows.
trust you get my meaning. Mr..
Godfrey gets his fun out of his
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THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BV Louis SObOl
PrattIe and TattIe!

From S close that defy denial learn that
Constance Bennett has crossed her Marquis palm with
settlement in the fgureso there be no dust when the
storm breaks Bertrand Taylor and Olive Mcclure sailed
Salty visit his sister, Countess Dentrice d Fraso at her
mon-dolar estate Villa Madama, in Rome-announcng to
friends pier that they would return Mister and Mssus
Florence Vdor Mrs Jascha Hefetz) has been losing her
pin money steadily at the Monte Carlo Casino since Mary
Mitchell took her overdose of sleeping powders her eranged
husband Gary the dancer nvolved in the Valee uit
bedside visitor Sidney Fox the cinema
belle. is hospital -bedded-nerves!
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come back to the speakeasy and
play the piano madly. And
crazily. And wildly.
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All In A Day
By MARK HELLINGER
Career

THEY RE burying Billy Montgomery today They found
his body lot in Paterson n j. He will be buried
charity.
Strange man. Sad career...
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Warner Bros. Theaters

AMBASSADOR-Sund Monday and
Tuesday: Richard Barthelmess in Mid
night Alibi," "Popeye"; Wednesday
Thursday and Friday: Marion Davies
in Operator 49,: oddity. saturday:
Shirley Temple in Little Miss Marker" /;
Ruth Etting song real.
APOLLO-sunday. Monday and Tues
day: Marion Davies in Operator 13
comedy. Wednesday and Thursday:
Joe e. Brown in "Circus Clown: com
edy; oddity. Friday: Joan Blondell in
"He was Her Man. Saturday: Buck
Jones in THE Dawn Trail sylvia
Sidney and Cary Grant in Thirty Day
Princess; "Popeye.
AVALON - Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday: Joan Crawford in Sadie Nc
Kee"; cartoon. Wednesday and Thurs
day: Burns and Allen in Many Happy
RETURNS: musical comedy. Friday:
Donald Woods and Jean Muir in "As
the Earth Turns": comedy. Saturday:
Jimmy Durante in Hollywood Party
cartoon.
AVENUE GRAND-Sunday and Mon
| day: Wheeler and Woolsey in Cock.
| eyed Cavaliers" comedy. Tuesday and
! Wednesday: Kay Francis in CDR. Moni'
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Shorehann lettings

From Ruth Barnard who keeps
a weather eye wide open for
those who venture near Rock
Greek breezes:
Among those noted in dinner
or supper parties at the Shore
ham Terrace recently: Mrs. NAL
vina M. Schneider, secretary OF
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, with
a party of guests, including an
other popular White House Sec
retary, Miss Louise Hackmeister;
also Charles Russell, of the In
ternal Revenue Department; also
Mr.. Stephen Gibbons, also Mr..
and Mrs. S. N. Eben, Miss Kath-
ryn blackburn, Mr.. Henry Ostha-
gen, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Ruppeu,
Mr.. Louis H. Michel, counselor
of the Swiss Legation, with q
large party Of friends, informal
party; a group from the Chilean
Embassy; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Creighton, with his mother, Mrs.
Edward Creighton, Of Omaha
Nebr., who is visiting them IN
Washington.
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todays. He pilots his own plane,
reads Winchell (and Ains1ey
Knight, I hope), goes fishing when
he has leisure, keeps his MUST
date with the WJSV sun dial
audience daily and his nightly
assignment on the air, in between
times learns a few new stories.
For the blond boy is a good story
teller.
Michel is his first experience
as a supper club EMCEE. He likes
it. He likes it even though
Heavyweight Champion Max
Baer stole his opening show
Wednesday night. What did Art
do? He hitched himself to the
Baer kite and flew with the wind.
Bill Levy Is Happy
Mr.. Bill Levy admits he's max
ing money. His Hangar Club pool
has been filled almost daily, for
this is a great summer for the
cooling waters. His kennel club
is handling plenty of hot dogs
daily, and shortly after twilight
comes Mr.. Levy covers the Apollo
form and goes to the upper level,
where the dance crowd gathers to
hear Howard Pyle rhythms.
On a cool Wednesday night I
listened while Mine Host Levy
poured into my ears his plans for
next winter. He visions some"
thing like a crystal palace, with
his merriment concealed behind
panelled glass.
Meanwhile, pay quarter and
dance at Hangar until the closing
session if you like.
The new policy is hitting like
the ads say the new motors do.
And if you want to see a night
panorama that surpasses anything
in and around Washington (Mr.
Levy's deScription, come up to
the Hangar Terrace and just look
around.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
Volume This Year
3l3,73l,524 Shares

High Low 1900 Ch'gs
2915 29k @k- T
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IS DULL
AND LOWER

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 Q.N.S0.
Pre-holiday dullnesS continued to
prevail in the cotton market to-
day, as futures drifted slightly
lower in extremely light trading.
There were scattered offerings
from spot firms and the South.
but these sales were of moderate
proportions, the list easing more
as a result of the dWindling de-
mand for cotton. Domestic trade
sources were the principle pur-
chases during forenoon dealings.
Liquidation of December was
negligible today, with only a few
notices being circulated around
the ring. Monday is last notice
day for the option.
News of an influential character
was again lacking. Basis Is some
what easier in the South, and II
premiums on distant months show
improvement the ground work
may be laid for a broader spot
business and possibly some revival
in exports. Up to yesterday exports
for the season amounted to 2,252,-
O72 bales, including linters, or l.
679,631 bales behind the CORE
spending 1888 date.
Midday quotations were off to
8 points, with December off / at
12.41, March off 2 at 1885. May
off 3 at 1885, July off at 1886,
and October off / at 1899.
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GRAINS ERRAT|C
BUT HIGHER

CHICAGO, Dec. 10 G.N.SO.
Grains were erratic, but generally
moderately higher in today'S early
dealings.
Prices started steady, eased
about a cent for both wheat and
corn only to firm. Trade was dull
and of a pre-holiday character.
Near mid-seSsion wheat was 1sc
down to Ksc up, corn b to Ac
off, oats 1sc down to 3sc up.
May wheat fell 3sc to 98Ts, but
recovered to 993s, where it was
Ac lower than yesterday. May
corn fell 24c to 81, but rallied to
around the previous finish, selling
at 875sc.
Foreign markets generally were
steady.
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B. NJ. 7. Earnings
Decline Slightly
By International News Service

Brooklyn-Manhatt transit syS-
tenn, including Brooklyn and
Queens transit system, reported
for the five months ended Novem-
Der 80 a net income Of $2,188,737
after taxes, minority interest and
other charges, equal after So pre-
ferred dividend requirements, to
$2.12 a share on 735.664 common
shares outstanding.
This compares with a net in
come of $2,603, $50 or $3.50 a COM
mon share, in the corresponding
period of the preceding fiscal year.
Gross revenues totaled $21,007,-
585. against $21,284,956.
November net income was $545,-
662 and gross $4,241,774, COM
pared with $568,70 and 4,264, ,440,
respectively, in November, 1888.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
Collections Show
Rise Every Month
BY International News Service

ny International News Service
In the nineteenth consecutive
month during which retail collec-
tionS have shown improvement
over the year before, collections
during November gained 1872 per
cent over the same month in
1888, the Credit Bureau Of
Greater New York reports.
The November average stood at
48.35 against 46.43 last year.
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ton and the
u Utility COM
panieS brought
fresh selling in
the power and
light shares to-
day, unsettling
the rest of the
market.
C o nSolidated
Gas W as the
m o S t p r o.
nounCed weak
S p o t, breaking
more than a
point to a new
r &c ord low.
The Washington times., 1934-12-19

N4 3T Zontte 4
e, Optional stock cash % Partly Extra
o. On accSunt Of 'SeumuatICn' HgI No roeusE rate
warrantS H) E1-dvidend (+I ExrightA
Dividend rate in dollars in parOntheseS (Nots) Extra
dividends published through regular dividend period.
Exports Of U. s. leather goods in the first nine
months Of this year totaled $2913,414 an increase
Of 40 per cent over the corresponding 1888 period
Commerce Department announced.
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~ y II I weak
spots in the group included Pub
lie Service of New Jersey, Com
monwealth and Southern, North
American and American Water
Works.
Railroad shares also weakened.
New York Central lost half a point
while Atchison, Lackawanna, Della
ware & Hudson and other trading
favorites also were heavy.
IndustrialS Dip
Despite optimism over the out
look, United States Steel, Bethle-
hem and other industrial shares
Wended their way lower.
General Motors, ChrySler and
other motor shares were sluggish
and fractionally lower.
American Telephone ran into
heavy offerings around the noon
hour and lost nearly two points.
An easier tone in the commodity
markets had an adverse effect on
the farm implement and mail
order shares.
Merchandising isues were
slightly easier in sympathy with
the rest of the market.
Oils marked time as did chemi.
Gals, specialties and aviations.
Liquors lost their early strength.
For the correct time telephone
the office of THE WASHING
The Washington times., 1934-12-19

] refer to the
sion," which has
folio w e d the
war on Ger
many.
There h av e
b e en- exactly
four stages in
this costly war,
and we are now
entering t h e
fourth and final
stage.
/. First, there
was the prelim-
mary SkirmiSh-
ing, in the shape
NJ "hIISineSc as
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
SLIDE
ON WEAKENED
MARKET
By LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 G.NSD.
Apprehension over the results of
the fight between the Administra-
The Washington times., 1934-12-19
WAR ON SLUMP
SEEN IN LAST
STAGES
War on Depres-
BY LEWIS HANTY
professor Of Economics, New York
Uniyersity)

The second World War is reach.
ing its climax.