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Evening star., 1934-09-07
HAWAHANS HAIL
VOLCANO ERUPTION
Believe Goddess PeIe Is
Pleased and Has Returned
to Mauna Loa.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HILO, Hawaii, September IA
spectacular eruption of Kilauea Vol
cano was the signal to Hawaiians
today that the terrible fire goddess
Pele was pleased with them and had
returned to her home in Mauna Loa,
A plume of white and green sulphur
fumes rising high above Halemaumau
fire pit in Kilauea crater, carried the
message for miles to the natives who
paradoxically believe an eruption is
an indication of Pele's pleasure.
The floor Of the crater boiled with
molten lava more than so feet deep
as 80 fiery fountains spurted high in
the air.
Kilauea's long quiescence was
broken by an earthquake early yes
terday morning.
The trembling earth split open a
600-foot crack in the walls of the
great fire pit, and a flaming Niagara
roared and hissed for bours as 1t
caScaded 500 feet to the bottom of
the crater.
Volcanologist T.. A. Jaggar said the
eruption would be confined to the
1900 foot-deep fire pit.
Evening star., 1934-09-07

City. They will reside in Washington.
The bride is the daughter of the late
F. @. Grove of Luray, and promin-
emily connected throughout the Shen-
andoah Valley. She has, for num-
Der of years, been with the National
Geographic Magazine.
Mrs. Florence c. Latham. ma
tional corresponding secretary, Amer
ican War Mothers, and Mrs. Eleanor
C. Wagner, national custodian OF
records, are in Chicago attending the
meetings of the National Board in
the Auditorium Hotel today and to-
morrow.
DR.. and Mrs. Milton H. Prospect
have returned to the city after a
months vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Coke have
come from their home in Deal, N. j.,
to spend the Winter, and have taken
an apartment at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Montain Of
Philadelphia are at the Dodge for a
brief time.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Edgar Aud of
Herndon, Va, have as their guests
this week, their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Kobe Curr
tice and their two sons, Murray ana
Carol, of South Boston, Va.
Miss Josephine Griffith, daughter of
DR.. w. Allen Griffith of Berwyn, Md,
has been visiting her former ROOM
mate at the State Teachers College
at Fredericksburg, Va, Miss Joan
Brickhouse, at Milwaukee, Wise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Werner z. Reed have
arrived in Washington from their
home in Newport, R. l., and are at
the Carlton.
Mrs. Jennie Keenan, and Miss Har-
riet Whaley returned yesterday after
a To-day visit with Mrs. Laura Cope
at Maple Tree Inn, Herndon, Va.
Miss Lulu r. Palmer Of Birming-
ham, Ala, is at the Dodge and is ac-
companied by Miss Norma Smith of
Montgomery, Ala.
Miss Thelma Harrison and Miss
Daisy L. Owings of Hyattsville, Md,
are at Atlantic City for vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard r. Rees of
Troy, N. Y, have arrived for a short
visit in Washington, and are at the
Shoreham before going to Virginia
Beach.
Young Frederick c. williams, jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred G. williams
Of Decatur Heights, Md, is spending
the week with Miss Sara Robinson, his
school teacher, at Cambridge, Md, and
expects to return Sunday evening.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
Brothers Reunited.

GETTYSBURG, Pa. B.-Jacob
Suders, 81, of Chambersburg, stood
along the highway near Caledonia
''thumbing" each passing motorist for
a "lift." One of them stopped.
Jacob looked at the driver; the
driver looked at Jacob.
Don't know you? Your face
looks familiar?''
He did, and it waS-Jacob's brother,
Harry, 40, of Altoona, whom he had
not seen for Is years.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
VAUDEVILLE WAGE SET
N. r. A. Prescribes $3.50 a Day
as Minimum for Performers.

National Recovery Administration
ruled today that vaudeville and other
performers in motion picture theaters
should receive at least $3.50 a day.
Interpreting the motion picture
code, N. r. A. held the minimum wage
of the pact applied regardless of the
number of acts given by the per-
formers.
Evening star., 1934-09-07

Nova Scotia and a short stay in
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Linthicum
announce the marriage of their daugh-
ter Theodore Elizabeth to Mr.. Charles
M. Ashlin August IL in the Lutheran
Church in Ellicott City, Md.
Mrs. P. E. Langley and her two
daughters, Miss Margaret and Miss
Edith Langley, of Clarendon, Va,
have gone to Portland, Me-, where
they will visit for week with Mrs.
Elwood Pinigree. En- route home they
will make a short visit at Elmira, N.
Y, and Mrs. G. E.. Winner, mother
Of Mrs. Langley, who has been in
Elmira all Summer, will return to
Clarendon with her daughter and
granddaughters.
Miss Mary A. Mosset and her niece.
Miss Virginia Jane Blake, have re-
turned to Washington after spending
several weeks in Europe, and are in
their apartment at the Wardman Park
Hotel for the Winter.
DR.. John Allan Talbot has returned
to the city after visiting for several
weeks in New England and Canada.
Mrs. Maddux of Florida
Visiting in Aurora Hills.
Mrs. owen E. williams of Aurora
Hills was hostess at charmingly ar
ranged tea Wednesday afternoon
from 8 to o'clock in compliment TO
her mother and house guest, Mrs.
James Maddux Of st. Petersburg,
Fla.
The home was attractively dec
grated with late Summer flowers, and
the tea table was set with rare lace
English cloth, an heirloom in the
family, having as a centerpiece a
silver vase filled with gladioli and
snow on the mountain.
Mrs. John c. Gall and Mrs. G. o.
Basham alternated at the tea table
and Mrs. Thomas G.. Betschler and
Mrs. j. P. LaCroix presided at the
coffee urn. About rs of Mrs. Mad
dux's old friends and neighbors at
tended the tea.
OF interest in Washington and Vir-
ginia is the marriage of Miss Vivian
Grove of Washington and Luray, to
Mr.. David Clodfelter, formerly of
North Carolina, but now connected
with a Washington airport. The
ceremony was performed Saturday,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clodfelter are now
on their wedding trip to New Yolk
Evening star., 1934-09-07
Judged Best Housekeeper.

At contest in Budapest, Hungary,
Miss Marie Ivanffy was declared the
best housekeeper in Europe"
Evening star., 1934-09-07

For Fall social ife cnng velvet with ~ sarehed Irish
surpice cleaning
a Misses 1920
Evening star., 1934-03-07
Control Is Retained
By Van Sweringens
Over Vast Empire
BY CLAUDE A. JAEGER,

NEW YORK, March THE future
of the Brothers Van Sweringen hinges,
in the opinion of Wall Street bankers,
on recovery in railway earnings and
real estate.
The one-time Cleveland newsboys.
who rose to the financial zenith by
spectacular acquisition Of vast rail-
road and real estate empire, are in
the spotlight again because of re-
port-which turned out to be erron-
eous-that they had defaulted on s40,-
600, 600 they owe the J. P. Morgan
banking group.
This would have meant that control
Of the rail system, which covers much
Of the continent, would have passed
to Wall Street.
Authoritative information in the
financial section is that the loans
actually are not in default and that
the brothers-O. P. and M. J.-still
control the bulk of the $4,000, 10000
in railroads and real estate which they
drew into their domain between 1916
and 1880.
r. c. Page, chairman Of a Bond
holders Protective Committee which
filed a statement with the Federal
Trade Commission calling the s40,-
100000 loans in default, said yester-
day:
THE committee was informed that
the interest on the two loans was
overdue, and the statement made by
the committee that the loans were In
default was based on this information.
have now learned that the informa-
tion was incorrect in this respect"
1t was learned the Morgan banking
group is still standing by the Van
Sweringens and that it has accepted
notes instead of cash.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
STEEL PRODUCTION
SCARS AT DETROIT
Reaches 100 Per Cent of
Capacity-0ther Centers'
Average at 49.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March with au-
tomobile requirements undiminished
and with can manufacturers engaging
rs per cent Of the tin plate capacity
of the country, the steel industry is
getting added support from the rail-
roads and miscellaneous consuming
lines. Rail releases have raised output
at Chicago, Birmingham and Pitts
burgh." says the Iron Age
"Unrelaxed pressure from the motor
car trade has lifted operations to 100
per cent at Detroit. giving it the dis
tinction of being the only steel-pro-
ducing center in the country operating
at capacity. The Great Lakes plant in
that district has been running full for
some time and the firing of six open
hearths at the Rouge works on Mon
day put Ford on the same basis.
"Ingot output for the country at
large has risen to 40 per cent, or 2
points above the level of a week ago."
the magazine continues.
THE performance of scrap prices is
in line with the trend of steel opera
tions, and advances at Chicago and
Philadelphia have lifted the Iron Age
composite for heavy melting steel from
$l2.75 to 1922 a gross ton.
with additional railroad releases
in sight and with the prospect of
larger awards of public works later on,
the outlook is for further expansion
Of steel output unless labor difficulties
grow more ;erious. The labor situa-
ton in the automotive industry has
become increasingly ominous. The
Nash strike is still unsettled and i'm
mediate walkouts are feared at the
Buick and Fisher body plants at Flint
aid the Hudson works at Detroit.
Aside from the danger of indus
trial strife, the steel industry is much
concerned about the Presidents de-
mand for shorter hours and higher
wages. Shortening working time has
distinct practical limitations. The mill
operatives themselves oppose reduc-
tions in their hours, because it re-
stricts their earning power. More
over. scarcity of skilled labor is al
ready becoming apparent in certain
departments and would be accentu-
ated under the administration plan.
Wage rates, Of course, can be in
creased further. but not without a
compensatory rise in prices, to the
possible detriment of ultimate con-
sumption.
The steel industry abandoned ad-
vances for the second quarter in the
hope that greater volume would offset
higher costs. But If their costs now
are to be given another boost. there
will be no alternative but to ask more
for their products.
Buyers already have sensed the
change in the price outlook and are
! commencing to place contracts for
the second quarter at the present
market"
Evening star., 1934-03-07
j. s. BONDS RISE
At FASTER PACE
Domestic Corporate Issues
Continue to Drift Aim
IessIy.
BY BERNARD S. O'HARA,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, March limited
States Governments moved ahead at
an accelerated pace in the late trad
ing, while domestic sections of the
bond market continued to their aim
less drift.
Some of the Treasury issues rose
more than half a point. establishing
the best gains in some time. The most
important advances were in the 3iss,
3sas of 1940-1943, As and 44s-3As.
Libertys were up from 432 to 7-32 OF
. point.
After sharp early rally Allegheny
Corporation IS of 1850 dropped back
to 81, where they showed a net gain
of around a point. Bethlehem Steel
SIS were strong feature OF indus
trials. Other groups were irregular.
French. Austrian and japanese issues
moved up moderately against general
irregularity in the foreign division.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
BIG RISE SHOWN
|NPOWER OUTPUT
Weeks Gain Over Year Ago
Is Largest Recorded
: Since July, 1929.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March There was
rise Of 16.5 per cent in electric power
output last week over the correspond
ing week last year, the Edison Elec-
trio Institute reported todav. This
was the largest percentage gain
reported since July, 1929, and reflected
further gains in industrial activity in
conjunction with the subnormal con-
ditions prevailing a year ago.
The weeks outturn of 1.658,O4O 600
kilowatt hours came back to about the
peak level of 1888, established In Sep
tember
In the preceding week, which in
cluded Washington's birthday anniver-
sary, output was 1886 465 900 kilowatt
hours. Production in the correspond
ing week last year was l,422,875. 900,
which was near the low occasioned by
the Industrial paralysis resulting from
the banking crisis.
In the New England region output
was up 1877 per cent over last year.
against rise of 142 per cent in the
previous week; Middle Atlantic was
up 1873 per cent, against 14.4 per cent;
central industrial, up 246, agains
PAT; West central, up 10, against rs
Southern States. up 1l9, against A
Rocky Mountain, up 1872. against l6
Pacific Coast, up IT., against l25
Evening star., 1934-03-07
fewer BOND ISSUES
VOTED IN FEBRUARY
Total in CO Cities Reaches
$7,437,04S, Compared With
$10,414,799 in January.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March New State
and municipal bond issues approved
by the voters of 66 MUNICIPALITIES in
"a States during February totaled
s7,437,O48, as compared with sl04l4,-
7ee during January, according to the
Daily Bond Buyer February totals
for previous years were s5S600o in
1888. s2437 800 in 1882. s48,30o,9 900
In 1891 and sl7,772,5o0 IN 1880.
Among the larger items approved
last month were s2,6OO,0O0 Red B uff
Water Control District, Texas; $780,
600 Silver Bow County Mont. school
district No /, and 100000 Union.
N. Y, Union free school district No. l.
During Feb, uery the voters of 2o
communities in Is States rejected pro-
posals to issue bonds aggregating SILL
139.68G. as compared with S2,l80,8o
in January.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
Chicago Grain

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO. March 7-Scattered
liquidating sales which started m
May delivery of oats led today to
notable weakness of all future de-
liveries Of cereals.
May oats fell about a cent a bushel
TO the lowest level since November /.
In the aggregate. trade in grain was
meager, following total wheat future
dealings yesterday Of only 6,278.0OO
bushels. the smallest for a full days
trading since August IA, when busi-
ness was restricted by price limita-
tons
Wheat closed unsteady at the days
low point, y to l cent under yester-
days finish: corn 5s-7s down. oats
3s-Ss off and provisions unchanged
Evening star., 1934-03-07
New York Cottun
BY the Associated Press.

BY tho Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March An early
advance Of some 8 or 10 points in
response to steady cables and trade
buying was followed by reactions in
cotton today, under realizing or liq-
uidation promoted by the action Of
the wheat and stock markets. May
contracts after advancing to 1922
early sold off 20 1910 and were hold
ing around 1912 in the mid-afternoon
market With the general list about
net unchanged to points lower.
Relative steadiness OF the near
months was attributed to trade buying
presumably to fix prices.
Cotton futures closed steady. $40
Evening star., 1934-03-07
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

as. arm Mixed colors, special packs
or selections from fresh receipts. laa?0i Z:
ls4a1Si2: frsts. 17i2: seconds. l6i "a
1f54: mediums, 80 hounds. and dirt'es
No l. A. pounds. 1674; average checks.
is
Butter 1",2a.. unsettled Creare~v
centralized go scorei. 2Gi2: other grades
unchsneed
Evening star., 1934-03-07
ADVANCE is REPORTED
IN RESERVE BALANC,
BY the Associated Press.

~ VIC EiN5ONIdVtN 7 toA.
Reserve balances of weekly reporti
member banks showed a sharp spu
during the week ended February :;
as the change was measured by tt
Federal Reserve Board. In the tab
that follows the total of such balance
is given for comparable periods,
announced by the board:
Week ended February 20. .So,e7I 900 90
Previous week " otl6 O0o nu
Same week last year LOIS. .O0O. 90
Evening star., 1934-03-07
SALES JUMP REVEALED
BY MONTGOMERY, WARD

by Ute hSSUCIdlPU FIFSS.
CHICAGO, March February
sales of Montgomery. Ward & Co.
totaled $15,42l 1893, compared to sl0,-
13l ,891 in February last year an in
crease of s5,29OO02, or 1921 per
cent Retail sales increased 1888 per
cent and mail order sales were 80.73
per cent higher 1t was the largest in
crease for any month over a ccrre-
spending month the previous year
since before the depression, the Off
cialS said.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
METAL MARKET.

FEW YORK. March tP.-Copper
cuiet; electrolytic. spot and future, $
future $50 Iron quiet. unchansed
Lead steady: spot, New York, 400; East
St Louis 3.4O Zinc dull; East ST.
spot. 80.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
Cash Grain Market.

Wheat. No. L, dark. hard, 80; No.
2. hard, 0S corn, No. 2, mixed 4el2 :
No 2, yellow, 1912; No. 2. yellow
(old, 50i2; No, 2, white, ~; No.
3. white, 50ll a50l2; oats, No. 2,
white, 34a. ass; No. 3, white, 34a
3414; no rye: barley, 46a81: timothy
seed. 725a7.5O hundredweight: clover
seed, l1.OOa13.65 hundredweight.
Evening star., 1934-03-07

Bleachable cottonseed Gil futures
closed barely steady; spot unquoted; :;
March, 5,00b; April, 5.00b; May, 5.20;
June, 53Ob; July, 55ob: August.
5.5ob; September, 5.72-73. Sales, Al
contracts. including % switches.
Bid.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
PATHE NET REVEALED.

NEW YORK, March 7 lP-Net
profit of Pathe Exchange. Inc, and
subsidiaries for 1888 was 1896, ,629,
against net loss of S109,834 in 1882.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
AMERICAN CEMENT.

. NEW YORK, March R).-North
American Cement Corporation reports
1888 loss of S742 $40, compared with
loss of Se30,447 in the previous year.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. March Z CP,.-Call money
steady: / per cent all day. Time loans
Prime commercial paper. /. Bankers ac
ceptances UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
SHORT.TERM SECURITIES.
tReported by Chas. D. Barney g. Coz

Bid Offer
Allis- Chalmers Co. IS 1897. 90 96i2
Amer Beet Sugar IS 1885. 81 93
Am. Tel. e. Tel. 5izs 1913. 1Osiz 10yl2
Atlantic Refining 5s 1881. 1852 1853
Bethlehem Steel IS 1886. . 1Ol34 1n17s
California Packing rs 1880. 9s 80
Cansd. Nor Ry. 4 las 1885. 1u2ls 1O2i4
Che &; Ohio Ry IS 1899 lO11s 1O9
chi. Gas Il Coke IS 1897. lO21a JOB
Chi. Northwest. 6i2s 1895. 92ls 91o4
Coloraoo & So AIS 1898 a6La a6ss
Commercial Cred 5i2s 1885 lU@i4 lO3
Delaware Hudson IS 1885. I0lSs lUI
Den & Rio CIR. 4l2s 1895. 80 D!
Edison El. Illum IS 1899 . 10ll2 105
Gen. Pet. Corp. IS 1910. 1o5 ln5iz
Gen. Pub Service 5lzs 1859 s5i7 -
Gotham SILK Hos. is 1896. 90i4 "a
Grand TT Canada It's 1896 1O4a4 los
Great Northern Ry. rs 1896 a5l4 g5z
Illinois Central Gas 1895. 1Oo24 101
Init Tel. & Tel. 4i2s 1899. OF 66i7
Keystone Telephone IS 1895 14as 80
Lake Erie Il West. IS 1887. o6 96i4
Louisville e. Nash. 5s 1887. 1O4 los
Michigan Cent. As 1870. ga 99oa
N Y Cent r r is 1898. "S's 90
N Y. Chi g. ST l. As 1897. o. 97l7
Ohio River r R rs 1896 1OIsa
Penne. r r. Co. as 1876. 1o5's 1n6
Portland Gen FL IS 1885 !3 -
Pure Oil Co. izs 1887 ... as gSi2
Rep. Iron L. Steel SIS 1870. ?6i. as
Sinclair Cons. Oil IS 1887. 1035s 1O37s
Union Oil Co. Calf IS 1885 1OQi2 1Ou34
Wabash Ry. Co. IS 1899. SS sai2
Evening star., 1934-03-07
INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK. March 7 P>.-Ovcr-
the-cOunter market:
Evening star., 1934-03-07
CnnttOnSeed Oil.

Nominal.
Spot steady; middling. 1880.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
Washington Stock Exchange.
SALES,
fire Direct to The Evening Star.

Washington Gas IS 1960-$500 at
1868.
Capital Traction Co.-10 at 261s, 10
at 26,S at 26.
AFTER CALL.
Capital Traction Cos at 26.
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK March LP,.-Over-the
counter market:
Quotations as of 2 o'clock)
Ranks
Evening star., 1934-03-07
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, March Z @.-Bar
silver barely steady, \ lower at l6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-26
The Tune Changes

The Waterbury Republican is just be- ginning to realize that it's incessant rldl- cule and criticism of a democratic admin istration that was swept back into office by the largest majorities ever accorded any political candidates in this city is probably missing fire. It actually apolo- gized to what few readers are still foi- lowing it's devious editorial course on Sat urday morning for marking on the gar bage question. It then shifted it's attack from the administration to the Waterbury Democrat because we dared to have . thought on this same subject that was diff ferent from that of the administration.
 Early last week the Democrat stated in these columns that the contract for gar bage removal and disposal ought to be let, whether it went to the lowest bidder or to the highest. We do not adhere to the Republican-American policy that low bidders on all city contracts are the ones , to be accepted in the interest of economy.
 Too often has it been proved that the lowest bid in the long run has been just as expensive as the highest one with less tained. This is a purely general state ment. We aren't trying to accuse par ticular individual of inefficiency nor do we criticize anybody who seeks city con- tract. We hasten to add this because otherwise we probably would be accused of defaming local contractors, etc.
 When the city did not choose to let the garbage contract, we noted the fact that it was in the intereset of economy. The Republican did not care to have too much attention paid to this factor in the case, so now we are being subjected to what might be termed bit of banter. We're condemned because we see farther than the end of our noses.
 We presume we should have risen in cur fury Friday and pilloried the Hayes administration, because it did not do what we recommended earlier in the week. We're ridiculed because we accepted an explanation which to everybody but the publisher and the editors of the Repub!l- can and American is perfectly good one. But at least the Republican editor fears that he may be becoming a bit tiresome. Truer words were never spoken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-26
Our First Planned County

Out of the efforts to build the Merritt Highway emerges New England's first planned county-Fairfield county. In it's February report just issued in attractive pamphlet form the Fairfield County Planning Assn, Inc. outlines course of action that is closely modelled after that of it's neighboring New York county of Westchester An elaborate system of parkways, with the Merritt Highway 'oc- cupying the central position, forms the basis of the future plans.
 We must admit that the idea is most progressive, most praise-worthy, and idealistic. In view of Fairfield county's rapid growth it is fair to assume that all the predictions the Planning Assn. makes will undoubtedly come true. It would be perhaps ungallant for us to say that the men behind the association are biting off more than they can digest at one swallow. We may be bit backward in this respect. We probably need something like what is proposed.
 However, so far as we can learn all such projects as involve acquisition of land rights and building of parkWays will be transacted by the state highway depart ment. In word the entire state must pay for the regional development of Fairfield county. We're not so sure that this will sit well with the average taxpayer. It's quite enough that we are being forced to pay S12,OO0,O00 for the Merritt Highway which will begin and end in Fairfield county solely But if we must pay for a series of such parkways, running criss- cross through the county, we'll, that's different story.
 To do the thing right the Fairfield County Planning Assn, Inc. should pro- ceed entirely along the lines as followed in Westchester county. So far as we knew it's elaborate system of parkways, etc. is not tate-maintained, but county maintained. It's quite an expense to the county, but no more so than it would be to the state. As a motorist we are perfectly willing to pay our share of the cost and upkeep of Fair field county parkways, provided we utilize them or benefit from their use in some form or fashion. To do this we suggest toll roads But such program as Fair field county now maps out for itself calls for individual attention, if not county financing.