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Evening star., 1934-06-24
Soviet Plans to Increase Siberian Coal
Output With New Mechanized Mine

the yield was 100000 tons and this
year 1t will be about 2.5000O0 tons
BY 1887 it must be $500 900 tons.
| Twelve shafts are working TODAY
another 10 are under construction. and
by the end of this month the giant
new coke mine" the largest and most
modern coal mine in Europe, will be-
gin to produce. This highly mechan-
lied mine, designed by Allen & Garcia
4 or Chicago.t will produce between q
100000 anda 8 200 900 tons yearly at
FIRST. eventually 5000 900 tons.
Working at nine layers of coal. with
s4combined thickness of 210 feet, the
mine Is expected to operate % years
before exhauSting its deposits. The
design OF this mine, according to
Isaac Naoomovitch Yootkin, the bald,
scar-faced manager, is almost identi-
! cal to that of the New Orient" in
Colorado, one of the worlds largest
coal mines, which a Soviet delegation
visited in 1927. Its machinery, how
ever, Is largely German and English
ProkopievSk lies over six great wave
OF coal, IS per cent of which is "co;.
ing coal" Thanks to some subter
|
this coal has already been transforme
INTO "dominy," cokelike coal whic
may be fed directly into the bls.
furnace with equal quantities of COZ
without passing through the cc'
oven.
Coal Ahead Of Freight Cars.
Dimitri Ivanovitch Moyisevey, ia
unshaven and keen-eyed assistant di-
rector Of the Prokopievsk minina- -
ministration, had a familiar story to
tell when we asked him about the
difficulties of work here. 1t developed
that the mines, though slightly be-
hind in their schedules, already have
100000 tons of coal stacked UP in
their yards waiting for shipment.
Whereas the mines demand 800
freight cars a day to ship their coal
they have been receiving between $50
and 45O
| While the enormous size of the coal
veins worked by the Kuzbas miners Is
of great assistance to the miners the
lack OF good machinery and the deartn
of skilled labor has kept production
0OWAA W oil O11odJAStdCJOIy level. some
of the veins now being worked are
40 feet thick and one vein yet to be
worked at mine No. is $50 feet thick.
Considering the availability of the
coal, and the fact that most of 1t is
within 400 feet of the surface, the
mechanization which is now going on
should considerably increse productive
ity. Oflcials Of the Prokopievsk dis
trict, however, indicate that they lack
some 5000 workers in order to carry
out their plans and they don't appear
sure whether or not they are going
to get that number. Coal mining is
not a very tempting occupation even
under the best possible conditions. And
the conditions out here are far from
the best.
Copyright 1934.l
Evening star., 1934-06-24

not relish the interruption, and from
that day a GOODNESS existed between
him and Gen. Scott.
An "Act of God"
1 This Amos Fc Learned, who is now
a candidate for. internal revenue com-
missioner isIai stalwart of the stall
warts. He was one offthe immortal
3O6 who voted for Grant at Chicago,
and he is also the man whom Henry
Ward Beecher sat down upon so
neatly a year or so ago. Beecher had
made a speech denouncing the foist-
ing of Secretary of Treasury Fol-
ger upon the Republican party as their
New York gubernatorial candidate,
ard criticising the action of the ad-
ministration. Amos F. Learned, who
was then. as now, agent of the New
England Press Association in Brook
lyn. was much disguised with this
speech; he wrote hotly to Beecher:
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher:
Sir: You have made an ass of your
self today.
(Signed) AMOS F. LEARNED.
To which Beecher responded by
publishing Learned's letter in the
Brooklyn Eagle and adding the fol-
lowing:
Amos F. Learned:
Sir: The Lord saved you from ever
making an ass of yourself by making
you one in the beginning, and his
work stands sure.
T0EU7CIIEE
BrentanO.
Brentano the leading New York
book man, has established store in
Washington, where he keeps all of
his latest foreign books, magazines
and papers, as well as all American
publications. Brentano's has become
a literary center in Washington. as
it has been for years in New York,
and the literati of the Capital. the
leading public men and the members
of the legations frequent it largely.
Brentano himself is here as its man
ager. He is a broad, fieshy man. with
iron gray burnSides and great rolling
eyes He is a very good fellow.
The book seller came from the
Austrian Tyrol to this country about
q years ago, with only $40 in his
pocket, entirely unacquainted with the
language and the people Somehow
he obtained money to go to school
and commenced his career by peddling
magazines and the London illustrated
papers in Wall Street. Finally he ac-
cumulated enough to open a little
book shop below Union Square at
rent of $500 a year. He made a Spe-
cialty of foreign works, and he soon
became known. His business grew
rapidly and he has now one of the
biggest book stores in New York,
which supplies all of the New York
clubs with periodicals. The rent of
his store next to Tiffany's is $4,000 a
year, and his business runs up into
the hundreds of thousands.
Washington Food Prices.
Fine Strawberries are selling here
today for 10 cents a quart, ripe to-
matoes a cent apiece, new potatoes
80 cents bushel and green peas at
so cents peck. Roses are a drug
on the market and bushels are sold
cheap every day.
Evening star., 1934-06-24

From the Chicago News.
Two men who had been bachelor
cronies met for the first time in five
years.
"Tell me, Tom" said one, did you
marry that girl, or do you still darn
your own socks and do your cooking?"
"Yes," was Toms reply.
Evening star., 1934-06-24
L. S. ECONOMIST ASSAHS
KEYNES'ADVICE ON,MONEY
Prof. E. C.. HarwOod Sees Vast Initiation
if BritOn's Recommendations to
President Are Followed.

DR.. John Maynard KEYNES sugges-
tions for speeding up the recovery
process in the United States are
analyzed critically here by an econo-
mist who is a member of the faculty.
of the Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology. Prof Harwood is director
Of the American Institute for Economic
FaceaTpI,
Evening star., 1934-06-24

BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Va VOW THAT the Civil Service
n Commission is at work, an
end will probably be put to a
1 certain class of advertisements
which have been common in
the Washington papers. If one
should Judge the past system merely
by these advertisements there would
Evening star., 1934-06-24

he National Capital BY DR. John B. Ellis.
the seat at the foot. Gen. Scott was
talking to those nearest him and at
the same time Worth was telling a
story to the crowd before. Worth S
story was funny. and his audience
was laughing uproariously, so much
SO as TO draw the attention away
from Scott.
The old general looked on scowling-
ly for some time, and at last began to
pound the table with his knife.
"Silence" he cried, Gen. Scott is
speaking"
Worth was a proud man. He did
Evening star., 1934-06-24

This is the eighth OF series Of
tUeekly articles on interesting per-
sons aud epentS in the National
Capital during the sos, by Frank
G. Carpenter, world- famous author
and traueler. The merit chapter in
the series ,Oill be published nert
Sunday in The Star.
(Copyright. 1894 by The Evening Sta
Evening star., 1934-06-24
CHAPTER VIII.

(Copyright. 1894. by The Evening Stal
Newspaper co..
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Still Doing Homework.
rom the Chicago News.

copyright. 1934.l
Evening star., 1934-06-24
BY PERTINAX.

TN HE drawing together of France.
the states of the Little Entente
and Soviet Russia is a matter
Il of wonder to much of the
Evening star., 1934-06-24
Washington Food Prices.

Fine Strawberries are selling here
today for 10 cents quart, ripe to-
matoes a cent apiece, new potatoes
80 cents a bushel and green peas at
so cents peck. Roses are drug
on the market and bushels are sold
cheap every day.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
ACACIA REVEALS
STRONG POSITION
Company's Assets Exceed
$4,000, 900 Mark at
Close of Year.

William Montgomery, president Of
the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
made public final figures yesterday
covering the business of the company
for the year 1888. The complete re-
port reveals that Acacia is in the
strongest position in its history and
that steady, substantial progress was
achieved
The figures show Acacia's assets now
stand well above 100000: that
more than s4600000 was paid to
living policyholders, including divi-
dends, in 1888, and that more than
S2,24O,0OO was paid to benefciaries.
Assets of the company, as shown
in the report, include approximately
s20, 100000 of flrst-mortgage loans on
real estate; United States Govern
ment bonds, s1,060,784; other bonds,
S3,096, ,049; cash in banks and in Office,
s1,211.574: loans on company's pol
icies, s15,776e62.
A sum of more than s48.000,000 has
been set up as legal reserve for the
protection of policyholders; approx
mately Sl000.000 to be distributed as
dividends to policyholders; SITE, 1000 as
a contingency reserve for fluctuations
in security values. Assets of the COM
pany have increased from S39,465,-
10575 in 1880 to s52,108,775.92 in
1888.
I'VE believe" Mr. Montgomery said,
"that the figures for business during
the last IL months testify fully and
effectively to the impregnable position
of the company and clearly bespeak
the bright outlook for the present
wear"
Evening star., 1934-02-11
NEW CHIEF APPOINTED
AT CUMBERLAND PLANT

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, February 10.
William E. Wolfe of Akron, Ohio,
has been appointed general manager
of the Cumberland plant of the Kelly
Springfield Tire Co., succeeding Louis
Mueller, resigned. Several former
Cumberland residents were affected
by changes in the New York office per-
sonnel G. A. Biddle, assistant to the
president; Ernest Langham, advertis-
ing manager; w. ]. Nolan, in charge
of truck tire sales, and j. E. Powers
have resigned. A. w. Berry, sales
manager, and F. B. Byron, assistant
sales manager, also have resigned. It
is announced that other changes are
expected in the personnel of the COM
pany.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
BUTTER HOLDINGS
REDUCED SHARPLY
Unprecedented Consumption Cuts
Total From 1873 to II Million
Pounds in Two Months.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, February 10.-There's
roster tint in the sky for the butter
industry and the black clouds OF a
couple of months ago are gone.
An unprecedented consumption OF
butter which has melted surplus stor-
age stocks away like snow before a
July sun has completely changed the
situation.
Unofficial estimates on the amount
of butter in storage as of February
l have placed the total at 100000
pounds. Normally, it is around "a
100000. That's a lot of butter, but
on December /, 1888, storage holdings
had reached the astounding total Of
1873, 100000 pounds-more than twice
the normal amount and 101 100000
pounds more than we're In storage on
December l. 1882.
The reduction in holdings, thus un-
officially placed at 100000 pounds,
means that butter has been going into
consumptive channels at the rate of
better than 100000 pounds day.
Gloom has been chased by steadily
mounting prices which find future
deliveries about cents a pound
higher than in early December with
cash butter more than 10 cents a
pound higher. All the butter pur-
chased by Government agents and all
the Government planned to purchase,
if combined, would still be less than
the amount moved.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
MANY REVISIONS LIKELY
NMARKET CONTROLPLAN
Legitimate Functions of Exchanges
Expected to Be Recognized at
Congressional Hearings.

commodity exchanges to perform
legitimate functions. There is no
doubt that these functions have been
abused and in most instances the ex-
changes themselves have been power
less to prevent such abuses. but a
stock or commodity exchange has a
legitimate function to perform in the
business world and the legislators
at Washington undoubtedly will recog-
nize it. From the viewpoint Of the
general public, dealings in securities
will hereafter be fraught with less
danger and this should serve as
magnet to investment and speculation.
Establishment of a new high level
for 80 representative industrial shares
the last week to figure beyond even
the high level attained in the advance
In July, 1888, occurred coincident with
knowledge that there has been further
expansion in general industry and
trade. This improvement in busi-
ness is being confirmed in such i'm
portant indices as the figures for
electrical consumption. which showed
a weekly increase of 12.5 per cent.
tCopyright 1884. bv the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1934-02-11
COTTON REACHES
1}CENT MARK
Highest Level Since 1880
Set on New York
Market.
BY FRANK I. WELLER,
Associated Press Farm Editor

Associated Press Farm Editor.
Cotton on the farm is 80 points
more than double the price paid at
this time year ago.
Daily advances added slightly more
than three quarters of a cent a pound
during the week, values soaring to the
highest peak of the season, while
futures pushed up so cents a bale
and more for January contracts, to
touch l3 cents pound, the first time
since August, 1890.
Markets Close Firm.
Markets closed firm. 10 to IS points
higher, under heavy trade buying and
short covering in advance Of holidays
on Monday and Tuesday. March con-
tracts moved from 11.58 cents pound
to 1927 at New orleans. and the May
from ITS to 1874. New York ad-
vanced March from ll60 to 1892
and May from 117s to 12.46.
The average cash price of middling
7s-inch cotton rose from l1.44 cents
a pound to 1924, compared with 5s7
cents a year ago. New Orleans paid
1912 cents.
According to the United States Di-
vision of Cotton Marketing. domestic
and foreign inquiries continued nu-
merous, with buyers apparently more
willing to meet sellers prices. Some
increase was noted in country offer
ings, but even at the higher price
levels growers appeared but little more
willing to sell than before.
Strong Basis Seen.
Some expect farm sales to increase
If prices advance, but see that Offset
by heavier mill demand if the activ-
ity in goods keeps up. A spot firm
said the basis is as strong as ever
and that advices indicate no change
in the attitude of holders.
Cloth prices advanced along with
higher cotton prices, with increased
sales in most constructions. Raw cot
ton exports about equaled those of the
previous week. Progress in Winter
plowing for the new crop was re-
ported, together with a considerable
increase in the purchase Of fertilizer
indicated.
Measures for control of production
continue to be pressed with undimin-
ished vigor.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
SIX MILLION PAID
FOR WHALEN DRUG
Stores Sold at Auction to United
Cigar Corporation of Delaware,
Principal Creditor.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press,
NEW YORK, February 10.-The
Whelan Drug Stores, subsidiary of the
bankrupt United Cigar Stores of
America, were sold at auction for
$6,000,000 today to the principal
creditor, the United Cigar Store Cor
poration of Delaware.
The bid was put in by the Irving
Trust Co., trustee in bankruptcy,
against an opposition bid of $500, 900
put in by the Branfield Corporation.
Attorneys for the latter charged the
United bid was based on paper claims
Of $8,000,000 and not on cash. The
Irving Trust denied the charge and
said cash would be put up.
The sale was conducted in the Offices
of Federal Referee Oscar w. Ehrhorn.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
PENNSYLVANIA PLACES
BRAKE BEAMS ORDER

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, February 10
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. today
announced that orders have been
placed with the Pressed Steel Car Co.
of Pittsburgh and the Chicago Rail-
way Equipment Co. of Chicago for
$4,000 brake beams TO be used on
1000 freight cars under construction
in the railroad shops at Pittsburgh,
Altoona and Harrisburg.
The orders involve an expenditure
of more than s150,000.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
CLEARING HOUSE ISSUES
REPORT AT NEW YORK
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 10.-The
weekly statement of the New York
Clearing House shows:
Total surplus and undivided profits,
$696, 1855 Cunchanged); total net
demand deposits (average), s58,479 900
(decrease) time deposits (average), i,
s3,232, 900 increase; clearings week
ending today, s3,508,136,611; clearings
week ending February 3. $4.o12.ss7. .633.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
BY CHARLES W. STORM.

Eu4tOl' bilc ANc"S lNiSc VI "dll CIl ccbs
n 1EW YORK. February 10
nj Aside from the establish
Y ment of new high record
4 price since the big advance,
which eliminated last July,
for 80 representative industrial stocks,
the paramount development during
the week was the announcement of
the regulations, or rather the restric-
tions, which the Government proposes
to surround dealings in stocks.
The unfavorable reaction to these
restrictions on security dealings
found reflection in the unloading of
speculative commitments and a de-
clining market. Inasmuch as the
restrictions now proposed are only
tentative, and inasmuch as there will
be public hearings. there probably
will be considerable difference be-
tween the present tentative proposals
and those actually enacted into law
at some future date.
One important feature of the pro-
posed legislation is that it does ad-
NIT of the necessity of stock and
Evening star., 1934-02-11

MASSACHUSETTS Mu-
tual Life Insurance
Co. in this city.
Mr.. Meyers. who
has been in insur-
ance work for five
years in Washing
ton, is the son of DR..
James I. Meyers,
missionary from the
Epworth Methodist
Episcopal Church
South, Washington,
D. c., stationed at
Okayama, Japan.
DR.. Meyers has
held his post as
missionary for over
an wears
Evening star., 1934-02-11

Who has been appointed by George
o. Vass, president of the District
Bankers Association, chairman of the
Registration Committee for the ma
tional convention of the American
Bankers Association, to be held in
Washington. Mr. Doing is vice presi-
dent of the Washington Loan & Trust
Co.. and manager of the West End
branch. He is serving this year as
second vice president Of the Capital
Bankers Association.
Robert H. Lacey cashier of the
Columbia National Bank. was appoint
ed vice chairman of the committee
the other members being S. Wilson
Earnshaw. treasurer, East Washing
ton Savings Bank, and Archie Nc
Lachlen, secretary and assistant trust
officer of the McLachlen Bank.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
COPPER AGREEMENTS
PROVISION REPORTED

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 10.-Dow,
Jones & Co. said today that a code
which copper producers and custom
smelters had decided to submit for
public discussion would contain
clauses giving producers authority,
with approval of the N. r. A. admin
istrators, Ito enter into production
and sales agreement among them
selves and with Others"
The proposed code will be offered
next week to H. o. King, deputy N.
r. A. administrator in charge Of
copper.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
YOUNGSTOWN STEEL
OUTPUT TO DECLINE

BY the Associated Press.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, February
10.-Steel production in the Youngs-
town district will drop next week from
As to AZ per cent of capacity, oper-
ating schedules revealed today.
Tin plate mills, however, will be
more active, furnishing increased in
come to thousands Of workers,
Evening star., 1934-02-11
STEEL SHIPMENTS LAG.

NEW YORK, February 10 (P.-Dow,
Jones & Co. says figures on shipments
of finished steel by the United States
Steel Corporation in January will show
a substantial decrease from the 600,6 ,639
tons delivered in December, which was
170,2s1 tons better than shipments In
November.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
MINING LOSS REDUCED.

NEW YORK, February 10 (P.-
The report of Park Utah Consoli-
dated Mines Co., including Ontario
Silver Mining Co., for 1888 shows net
loss Of s8S,725 before depletion, COM
pared with loss Of $136.4s9 In 1882.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
LORILLARD PROFITS SAG.

NEW YORK, February 10 (P.-The
P. Lorillard Co. for 1888 reports net
income of s2,380,254, after various
charges, compared with $4,556,o52 in
1891.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

Born in Japan. Ted Meyers received
his early schooling there, and later
attended Randolph-Macon College, at
Ashland, Va. He is a member of the
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. His new
office Is located in the Evans Building.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
MEYERS ON STAFF
OF CREMEN AGENCY
Former Mutual Life of Baltimore
Executive Has Offices in
Evans Building.

Ted Meyers, formerly assistant man
ager of the Mutual Life Insurance Co.
of Baltimore, has Joined the staff Of
the John F. Cremen Agency of the
Evening star., 1934-02-11
CREDIT DISPLAYS
IMPROVEMENT IN
LATIN AMERICA
Foreign Bureau of National
Association Reports
Great Progress.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

CptOldL blopdlNH W btul
NEW YORK, February 10-Latin
American credit conditions show dis
tinct improvement and collection con-
dicions reflect encouraging gains in
the quarterly survey by the Foreign
Credit Interchange Bureau of the Ma
tional Association of Credit Men. The
survey is based on reports from the
member firms of the bureau. which
are engaged in trade with those
countries.
A sharp contrast is seen In this
survey as compared with the survey
covering corresponding period of the
closing months of 1882, w. S. Swingle,
head of the associations foreign de-
partment, declared.
1892 Decline Recalled.
IN the credit survey for 1882" Mr.
Swingle pointed out, the trend was
definitely downward with only three
countries showing a slight improve
ment. In the current survey the
trend during the last quarter of the
year is revealed as definitely upward.
Fifteen countries show an improve
ment in the fourth quarter Of last
year and declines are indicated in only
4 of the 81 markets covered.
"A year ago the credit index showed
Is countries in the classification of
very poor The credit conditions for
these countries have now improved
sufficiently to show gain of 20 points
in the index Even the countries low
est in the previous years index showed
material gain last year"
More Care Taken.
Explaining the comparatively slight
er gains in the collection index, Mr..
Swingle explained that over the last
two to three years collections held up
fairly well even in markets where
credit conditions were poorest. This
was due in part. he said. to the fact
that credit men for export houses
have been careful to approve ship
ments only to reliable customers
Detailed analysis of the current sur
vey shows that, so far as credit con-
ditions are concerned, Puerto Rico,
Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina are
rated as fairly good" Panama, Bra
zil and Guatemala are classified as
fair"
Costa Rica. Haiti, the Dominican
Republic, Colombia, Salvador and
Peru are still rated as poor" but i'm
provement has been noted in Peru,
Costa Rica, Colombia and Salvador.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

week preceding; 75.7 q month ago and
67.8 a. year ago. The low point for
this year was 68.6, reached in the
week Of January 6, and the high point
was 1855 in the week of September %.
The record low point reached by the
index was 55.8, recorded in March,
1888. (The three-year average, 1896
1928 equals 100).
Five Of the component groups Of the
index advanced last week while three
declined. The advancing groups were
fuel, grains, feeds and livestock, mis-
cellaneous commodities, metals and
fats and oils. Foods, building ma
terials and fertilizer materials de-
clined.
Prices Of 20 individual commodities
were higher than In the preceding
week and % were lower. There were
% advances and 81 declines during
the week ending December Is. The
largest number of advances last week
occurred in the grains, feeds and
live stock group with the prices of
seven commodities in the group mov-
ing upward. -Four items of the textiles
Evening star., 1934-12-26
WHOLESALE INDEX
TURNS Up IN WEEK
Fertilizer Association Finds
Decline Checked With
Rise to 75.4.

The decline In wholesale commodity
prices during the first two weeks of
December was checked in the week
ended December %, according to the
index of the National Fertilizer Asso-
citation. The index for the latest week
was 75.4, compared with 752 in the