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The Washington times., 1934-05-26
IT: ;o.;Sss 5;Ssr'~ N. Y. Bond Quotations

NEW YORK, May 26 0.N.S0.
The bond market displayed ner-
vous irregularity in moderately
active trading today, with U. s.
Governments again showing uni
form improvement.
Gains in the Federal list were
restricted, with Treasury 3hs UP
2-32 at 101.30, and nominal i'm
provement registered in the
Treasury IS, Tresaury 3As, Lib
erty 4th 4HS and Federal Farm
Mortgage 3As.
Rail issues were irregularly
lower, with some selling influ-
enced by the greater inroads
upon earnings which maintenance
expenditures were causing.
Favored domestic corporation
loans were able to record moder-
ate headway. Walworth IS ad-
vanced points to 4924. Frac-
tional declines were sustained in
the Postal Telegraph IS and In
ternational Telephone IS.
Investment grade issues were
spotty.
German governments ran into
q renewal Of selling in the foreign
list. The external Is Sagged al
most a point to 679s, while the in
ternational 51as dipped " point
to 43.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
SAFEWAY VOTES
3D|V|DENDS

Safeway Stores, Inc, has de-
clared the regular quarterly divi-
dends Of IS cents on the com.
mon, SITS on the 7 per cent
preferred and $3.50 on the 6 per
cent preferred stocks, all payable
July to stock of record June
10.
The board appointed L. A.
Warren president and M. B.
Skaggs, formerly president, was
appointed chairman of the board,
a new position created by stock.
holders at the annual meeting
April 10. All other officers were
reappointed.
The new president has been
associated with the company
since Safeway acquired Mac.
Mari Store, Inc, in 1881. Prior
to that he was a member of
the board and an executive of
Mac-Marr. Since joining Safe
way he has held an executive
position close to Mr.. Skaggs and
has become thoroughly familiar
with the operation of the com
pany.
Mr.. Skaggs has been president
Of Safeway Stores since 1927
and a formal statement from
the company says:
"He feels he can render more
valuable service to the COM
pany by being released from
the confining duties incidental
to the presidency permitting
him to devote his time and
thought to broad personnel
and merchandising problems"
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
BUSINESS AID 8
VET PARADE

Plans for a huge parade to be
held here during the annual con-
vention of the Veterans Of For
eign Wars next month were dis.
cussed at a meeting of the Central
Business Mems Association at the
Roosevelt Hotel last night.
Theodore S. Grape, newly
elected president Of the organiZa-
ton, presided. Paul B. B. Heiss,
of the telephone company, also
addressed the meeting.
The veterans convention is ex'
pected to draw thousands Of visi-
tors to the Capital, June 20 to %,
and the business group is sponsor
ing the parade on Fourteenth
Street.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Abbott Laboratory
Votes 2 Dividends

Abbott Laboratories, Inc, de-
clared an extra of Is cents and
the regular quarterly dividend OF
SO cents, both payable July 2 to
stock of record June 18. Three
months ago an extra Of 10 cents
was paid.
Directors announce the incor-
poration of Abbott Laboratories
dex Mexico, S. A. to serve as a
branch of the parent company
in Mexico, Manuel Doblado, who
has been with the parent COM
pany II years in the United
States is to be the general man
ager of the new company.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Business in West
Touches High Peak

Business in the Western United
States during April reached the
highest point in two years, &C.
cording to the Bank Of America
california; index figure pub
lished in the banks Business Re-
view for May.
The index figure registered IS
last month, the highest point in
the preceding "a months and a
gain Of IS per cent over April,
1888. The April, 1884, index i'm
proved 80 per cent over March,
and showed an upward move Of
2O.S per cent over the depression
low Of 53.S recorded in March Of
1899.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
O|[PRODUCT|ON
Up IN MEXICO

April oil production in Mexico
is estimated at 3.206, 400 barrels
by the ministry Of national
economy's petroleum department.
The department places March pro-
duction at 3,188, 1923 barrels. April,
1888, production was 3,011,973
barrels.
Mexican Eagle Oil Co. Royal
Dutch-ShelD has brought in well
Ell Plan No. 81 in the Ell Plan
zone, Isthmus Of Tehuantepec
region, Vera Cruz state, at 3,305
feet. The well, which had an
initial daily production of 6,235
barrels, extends Ell Plans pro-
ducing area a considerable dis
tance to the north.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
4Xar Record
Set for Cars

Automobile production in the
United States and Canada dur.
ing April totaled S78.9SS cars,
trucks and taxicabS, the largest
production for any month since
May, 1880, according to reports
Of factory sales to the Bureau
Of the Census.
The total for April showed
an increase of 8 per cent over
March and was 1O1 per cent
larger than in April, 1888, COM
pared with an increase Of 1S1
per cent over 1888 i'm March.
The April production was IA
per cent above April, 1882, CON-
pared with q gain Of IT'S per
cent over 1882 in March, and
was Z per cent above April,
1881, compared with q March
gain Of FL per cent over that
year. A decrease Of 19 per cent
from April, 1889, was shown
compared with . decline Of 16
per cent from that year In
March.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
|Nelv York Life Co.
AuentS Will Meet

Agency men and leading agents
from the branch offices Of the
New York Life Insurance Com
pany from Western Pennsylvania,
Eastern Ohio and West Virginia
will attend a spring meeting May
2s and 20 at the Lafayette Hotel.
Walker A. Buckner, vice presi.
dent Of the New York Life. will
speak Tuesday. Morris Flood, in
spector Of Agencies of the Ale
ghany Department, will have
charge Of the meeting.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Weeks Lumber
Output Dips

For the week ended May 10
lumber production and ship
ments showed receSsiOnS and
new orders, while above the
week previous, were below the
record Of the preceding three
weeks.
On May 10 for the first time
this year, untitled orders At lum-
Der mills fell below the core
spending 1888 date. The Ma
tiOnal Lumber Association re.
ports operations Of 1,4S6 Amer.
lean mills as: Production $685.
646,OOO feet; shipments 16S, ,676,-
900 feet and orders 212,939,O
feet.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Abbott Laboratories
P0US Another Extra

Abbott Laboratories, Inc, de-
clared an extra of IS cents and
the regular quarterly dividend Of
so cents, both payable July 2 to
stock Of record June 18. Three
months ago an extra Of 10 cents
was paid.
Directors announce the incor-
poration Of Abbott Laboratories
dex Mexico, S. A. to serve as a
branch Of the parent company in
Mexico. Manuel Doblado, who
has been with the parent COM
pany II years in the United
States is to be the general man
ager Of the new company.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
WILTON J. LAMBERT D n. n. YEATMAN.
Attorneys. Munsey Bldg.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA-Holding Probate Court.
No. 46.443. Administration. This is to
Give Notice: That the subscriber, of the
the Probate Court of the District of Co.
lumbia. Letters Testamenary on the
estate Of Horace A. Mann. late of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased arc
hereby warned to exhibit the same. with
the vouchers thereof. legally authenticated,
to the subscriber. on or before the oath
day Of April. A. D. 1885 otherwise they
may by law be excluded from all benefit
of said estate. Given under my hand this
4th day of May. 1894. THE MUNSEY
TRUST CO. By c. D. RATCLIFFE, Vice.
President. (Seal.) Attest: THEODORE
COGSWELL. Register of Wills for the Dis
trict OF Columbia. Clerk Of the Probate
Court.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
BitlIH11inOus Coal
LOUdinQS LQr0eT

Bituminous coal loaded into
vessels at Lake Erie docks in
the week ended May 81 totaled
1,143,387 tons, against 873,592
tons in the preceding weeks and
6S9, 9,40S tons in the like week Of
1888.
Dulnpings for the season to
Mary 81 totaled 4,4S2,531 tons
against 3,475,379 tons in the
similar period a year ago and
2,67S,447 in the like period of
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
BANKERS LEAVE
FOR ANNUAL >
FARLEY

Returning to the custom OF
holding annual conventions away
from Washington, approximately
200 members of the District Of
Colum bia Bankers Association,
many accompanied by their
wives, will entrain for White Sui
phur Springs. w. Va, this eve
ming.
A special train over the Chesa-
peake and Ohio in charge Of
James B. Edmunds, assistant gen.
eral freight and passenger agent,
will transport the bankers to the
West Virginia resort, an overnight
run. Sessions Of the convention
will be held in the auditorium Of
the Greenbrier Hotel beginning
Monday morning with an opening
address by George o. VaSs, presi'
dent Of the association.
Speeches Slated
Among features on the pro-
gram for the first business day Of
the convention will be the pre-
Sentation of greetings from the
American Bankers Association
by Robert v. Fleming, vice preSi-
dent Of the A. B. A. and presi-
dent Of the Riggs National Bank,
as well as an address by Mr..
Fleming on Banking Legisla-
tion," an address on Some Trust
Department Problems" by Cor
coran Thorn, president of the
American Security and Trust
Company. and an address on
Financial Statements of Borrow
ers," by H. c.. Hoskinson, vice
president of the Riggs National
Bank.
OF especial interest will be an
address on the second day of the
convention by Merle Thorpe, edi-
tor of Nations Business, on "The
State of the Nation" Other
speakers who will address the
bankers are: Francis G.. Addison,
president, Security Savings &
Commercial Bank, Analysis of
Accounts" Ralph Endicott, Wash
ington Loan & Trust Co., "Rules
and Regulations Of the Savings
Department" Robert H. Lacey, Co.
lumbia National Bank, Resume
of Activities Of Washington Chap
ter, American Institute Of Bank.
ing"
Reports will be submitted by T.
Stanley Holland, Fiduciaries Sec
ton, Allen E. Yeatman, Auditors
Section.
SiddOns to Speak
On the closing day of the con-
vention, May 80, "The Effects OF
the Banking Act of 1888" will be
discussed by Frederick P. H. Sid
dons, of the American Security
& Trust Co., vice president Of the
association, and reports will be
made by the following committee
chairmen: Auditing, Frank R. Ull-
mer; Protective, Thomas j.
Groom; Standardized Banking
Forms, S. william Miller; 1nsur-
ance, Archibald McLachlen; Rela-
tions with U. S. Treasury, H. G..
Hoskinson; Advertising, Eliot H.
Thomson; Taxation, Henry H.
Mckee; Publicity, 1. j. Roberts:
Credit Bureau, C. F: Jacobsen and
Law and Legislation, Francis G..
Addison.
Business sessions will close with
the election of officers for the en-
suing year.
, A comprehensive sports pro-
gram, including golf and tennis
tournaments will occupy the
bankers in the afternoons with
special entertainment features ar
ranged for evenings. Those at
tending the convention will return
on their special train leaving
White Sulphur Springs Wednes-
day night and arriving in Wash
S1YCtnn Thursday morning,
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Buick Schedules
11.OM Cars in June

Buick Motor Co. IS building an
average Of 500 cars a day and
will produce more than 11,000
units in June, the largest months
schedule during 1884, according
to Harlow H. Curtice, president
and general manager.
On Monday, May 81, a total Of
586 new Bucks were shipped, the
largest single days shipment since
1929, he asserted.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
N. A. DIVIDEND

North American Company has
declared a dividend Of 121a cents
in cash and / per cent in stock
on the common stock and the
regular quarterly dividend Of IS
cents on the preferred stock, both
payable July 2 to stock Of record
June S. Similar payments were
made on the common stock in
the last quarter.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Bond MQturities
Total S86.l11.929

Corporate bond maturities dur
ing June will total $86,111,929, &C.
cording to the Standard Statistics
Company, of New York. The num-
Der OF bonds and notes making up
the total is 1855, of which il
amount to $1,000,000 or more.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
RAIL PAYMENT

General Railway Company de-
clared regular quarterly dividends
Of IS cents on the common and
$3.50 on the preferred stock,
both payable July to stock Of
record June IL.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Pennsylvania Road
Tits Net and Gross
High LowIClosO
By International News Service

BY international News service
Pennsylvania Railroad showed
an appreciable increase in both
gross and net operating income in
April, the former gaining to $685..
915,8S8 from 3,476,055 in April,
1888, and the latter improving to
$4,959,172 from $3,621, ,668.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26

High. low. Close.
Iron Cap Copper. .... 1% IN IN
Iron Fireman Mfg. is Is IS
Kingsbury Brewer. .... 5 5
Kress Co sp pf........ IL IL IL
tssisb hshH s9ors : NaT MiU'I new 5n 81 s. sn
Leonard Oil. l........... Ss Ss p
Louisiana Land. ....... 3h 33s 3h
Lynch Corp. ........... S55s S54s 35%
Mavis Boil A......... y Y Y
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
DEL0NG DIVIDEND

De Long, Hook and Eye Com
pany has declared the regular
quarterly dividend of IS cents,
payable July / to stock of record
June 20.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26

BOND MARKET AVERAGES
Copyright, 1884, Standard
Statistics co.,
NEW YORK, May rs U.N.S).-
20 90 | 90 so
Evening star., 1934-06-08

% years old, blind journalism student,
who was graduated from New York
University with the degree of bachelor
of science and who plans next Fall to
start the first daily newspaper for the
blind in New York, with free circula-
tion to 5000 in the Middle Atlantic
States. The printing will be in
Braille, the raised dot system for read
ing by touch. Wide World Photo
Evening star., 1934-06-08
FORMER PUBLISHER DIES
AT HOME IN EDMONSTON
Foot Infection Proves Fatal to
John Robert Risdon, Ma
tive of Virginia.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
EDMONSTON, Md, June 8.-Serv-
ices for John Robert Risdon, TO years
old, former printer at the University
of Maryland, and at one time pub
Usher of a newspaper at Riverdale.
who died here Tuesday at his home,
$50 Wells avenue, will be held to-
day at 2 O'Clock at Gasch's
Sons funeral home. in Hyatts-
vile. Interment will be in Evergreen
Cemetery at Bladensburg. Rev.
Ronalds Taylor. rector of St. Andrews
Episcopal Churcn of College Park. will
oficiate. A toot infection caused
Mr.. Risdon's death.
Risdon, native of Virginia. was
born September a., 1855. Before
coming to Riverdale he lived in WASH
ington. He had resided In Edmonston
for the last Is years. In addition to
his activities as a newspaper publisher
and printer. he had at various times
been an ardent poultry fancier and
was in the packing business.
Risdon retired as printer at the
University of Maryland about four
years ago after holding the post 10
years. Prior to that time he pub
lished the Sentinel. a weekly news
paper at Riverdale. and conducted
other enterprises there. He started his
study Of the printing business when
II years old. No immediate relatives
survive.
Evening star., 1934-06-08
PRESIDENTS SON JAMES
is LOCATED BY POLICE

White House Has Anxious Mo-
ments When He Failed to Re-
port Taking Family to seashore.
BROOKLINE, Mass, June st
took the Brookline police to locate
James Roosevelt, son of the President.
Apparently, James left Brookline
without notifying the White House he
was closing the Walnut street home of
DR.. Harvey w. Cushing, his father-in-
law, and taking his family to the sea-
shore.
The President called James on the
telephone last night and when the
Brookline exchange reported to the
White House that nobody answered
the Brookline police were asked to
ascertain why telephone communica-
ton could not be established.
Two patrolmen were sent to the
house and reported that James had
moved during the day to his Summer
home at Marion.
Evening star., 1934-06-08
CALIFORNIA CITIES
ROCKED BY QUAKE
Large Area Feels Heavy
Shocks, but No Damage
Is Reported.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, June s.-An earth
quake shook a large area Of Central
and Southern California last night.
but reports showed no damage
Observers at the Carnegie Institu-
tion's chronological laboratory In
Pasadena described it as severe
enough. however. to have spread con-
siderable havoc at its epicenter.
The quake was felt in only a small
part of Los Angeles, but adjacent
cities and half dozen others in Gen.
trail California reported the shock was
quite heavy.
Theaters in Ventura and Santa
Maria were rapidly vacated by patrons
when the tremor shook those coast
towns at 8:48 pm.
Hanford. in Central California. ap-
parently was nearest the epicenter
of the cities and towns reporting the
shock. The tremors, however, only
ratified dishes and swung chandeliers.
No reports of the shock being felt
we're received from the Long Beach
district. where heavy damage was
caused and many lives lost in a severe
earthquake last year.
Evening star., 1934-06-08
BLIND STUDENT
TO Be MINISTER
Thomas c. Garnett Gradu-
ateS From Howard Theo-
logical With Honors.

When Howard University holds its
commencement exercises at pm. to-
day, Thomas C. Garnett, 80, of 256
Warren street northeast, will be the
first blind student to be graduated
from its theological department. He
will receive his diploma cum laude."
Garnett is a graduate of Armstrong
High School. He set out to become
minister and began working his way
through school by doing various jobs.
His sight failed and he continued his
studies through the Vocational Reha-
bilitation Bureau of the Federal once
of Education.
During his attendance at Howard
he has been vice president and orator
of his class and was elected to the
University Historical Society. He has
three daughters.
The commencement exercises will
be held in the university stadium.
Former Gov. William E. Sweet of Col
orado, now educational director of the
N. R. A., will deliver the principal ad-
dress. He is to discuss the program
and significance of the national re-
covery act.
Evening star., 1934-06-08
U. S. PARK SERVICE
PRAISED FOR WORK
National Conference on State
Parks Cites Aid in Develop
ment and Conservation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PINEVILLE, KY. June s.-Praise
for the National Park Services part
In the development of State parks was
the keynote yesterday of the four
teenth annual convention Of the Ma
tional Conference on State Parks. The
convention began here this morning,
and today's closing session will be in
Middlesboro.
Col. Richard Lever, president Of the
conference, and other speakers, in
Guiding Mrs. Emma Guy Cromwell.
director of Kentucky State parks, de-
scribed how the park service, a part
of the Department of the Interior. has
been developing through its State
Park Division Nationwide system
of State parks with emergency con-
servation work funds. The Civilian
Conservation Corps has been used also
in the work.
Tom Wallace. Louisville editor;
Robert Kingery, acting director of the
Illinois Department of Public Works;
L. H. Weir. field secretary of the Ma
tional Recreation Association. and
Sam Brewster, Tennessee Valley Au-
thority regional planner, we're on the
speaking program.
Evening star., 1934-06-08

Winter, chiefly through stopping gold
payments, made necessary changes In
the faces Of United States notes, ma
tional bank notes, silver certificates
and Federal Reserve notes.
Treasury oficials said 1t would be
months before expert craftsmen Of
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing could complete all the new plates.
Meanwhile, the old forms Of paper
money will continue to be used and
all the stocks of paper money on
hand, printed in the OLD style, will
be issued as decided.
Principal charges are the removal
Of the payable in gold" clause. On
all the new bills will be written that
they are legal tender" and redeem
Evening star., 1934-06-08

able In lawful money" at the Treasury.
New gold certificates are being
printed also, not for circulation, but
to supply Federal Reserve banks with
the backing for reserve notes. Old
gold certificates no longer can circu-
late legally.
Evening star., 1934-06-08
German Farmers Must Farm.

To prevent persons having expert
ence in agriculture from working in
industrial enterprises. the German
government has instructed unemploy-
ment officials to order employers to
discharge employees who have worked
on the land in the last three years,
provided there is a possibility of their
re e-emploYment on farms
Evening star., 1934-06-08
Kiwanis President Selected.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, June 9
(SpeciaD DIR. Lee Cooke, city health
ofiicer, was installed as vice president
of the Kiwaris Club here, succeeding
DR.. M. L. Alstetter, who has resigned
from the State Teachers College to
accept a post at Peabody College,
Nashville, Tenn.
Evening star., 1934-06-08
DIVORCE Is SOUGHT
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 8-Mrs.
Anna B. Pier Of Bethesda, who on
February 25. 1881. was granted a
limited divorce In the Circuit Court
here from Ernest M. Pier of WASH
ington. yesterday instituted proceed
lngs for an absolute divorce and for
the custoday of the couples only
child. Eldridge, 6.
The petition states that the couple
were married in Washington July
IS, 1926, and lived together until
April /, 1890.
Evening star., 1934-06-08
BEING MADE
FOR new CURRENCY
Payable in Gold" Clause Will
Be Missing From Paper
Money.

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury Is busy making new
dies and plates for printing future
billions of paper money.
Monetary legislation during the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
FULL WEATHER REPORT

Boston, Feb. 13-- UP))-Weather forecast:
 Massa chusetts--- Fair and much colder with n cold wave tonight.
 Wednesday fair: slowly rising tenn peraturo in extreme north portion. Connecticut: Fair and much cold CT with cold wave tonight; We'd
 nesday fair. Minimum temperature Wednesday 10 above.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
APPEAL IN JELKE
 CASE POSTPONED
Divorce Action to Be Heard Friday in Rhode
 Island Court

Providence. k. l., February 13--- (UP) --- Hearing of the appeal of Mrs Eugenia (NinD Jelke, 27. of Birmingham. Ala. from decision denying her divorce from her 53- year-old husband, F. Frazier Jelke. New York and Chicago broker. was postponed in Rhode Island su- preme court to-day until March IA.
 At the same time attorneys for the estranged couple, who were denied cross petitions for divorce last May be Superior Judge Charles A. Walsh of Newport, denied re- ports that a large money stttle- ment had been made. Attorney George P. Slade, repre- senting Mrs Jelke, said no settle ment had been made and that he did not know whether there would be one. Attorneys for Jelke dis counted published report that the millionaire broker had given $1 ,000. 900 to his wife.
 Tn the petitions for divorce, Jelke charged his wife with mis- conduct and desertion, and Mrs Jelke charged him with desertioIl and nOn-support. Judge Walsh found 1t impossible to grant either petition because leach of the par ties has been guilty of extreme cruelty"
 Jelke is now in Africa on hunt Ing trip,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
TRIAL OF $lO,OOO
 SUIT OPENS HERE
Felix Meknis Seeks Danl- ages for Injuries in Auto MiShap

Trial of the $10,O00 civil action of Felix Meknis of Waterbury against Peter ButKus of Bethle- hem was started before Judge Ar thur F. Ells and a jury in superior court today. The plaintiff seeks to recover for injuries he suffered when the delivery truck in which he was riding overturned on the Middlebury road.
 The plaintiff claims the defend- ant, who was driving the truck. operated his machine in q reckless manner so that the truck could not make a sharp turn near the Four Corners garage on Nov. 12, 1883.
 The plaintiff claims he was thrown fro mthe machine and suf- fered a jaw injury which required the removal of teeth and a lacerat- ed lip which will leave permanent scar. Attorney Vincent A.. Miller represents the plaintiff. Attorney Vincent A. Scully appears for the defendant.