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Evening star., 1935-12-15
SPEC|ALT|ES GAIN
ON STOCK MARKET
Hold Attention in Quiet
Trading, With Rise of
ST to So or More.
BY FRANK MacMILLEN,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, December 14.-Spe-
eialties, which plodded forward / to
or more points, had the play in an
otherwise quiet stock market today.
Trading was the smallest for Sat-
urday since September %. Transac-
tions totaled 666,560 shares. Meas
ured by the Associated Press average
of so stocks, the market rose one-tenth
Of point to 537.
Issues which gained numbered sos,
against ITO on Friday, while losses
were reduced to 224 from SAB. The
number of shares unchanged was 1872,
the same as in the previous session.
Brokers said the contraction in ac-
tivity and the evenness of price move
ments for the market as a whole
reflected the desire of the financial
district to back away for another ap-
praisal.
No one element thrust itself into
trading calculations. analysts said.
and sentiment remained hitched to
satisfactory domestic trade news and
to the irregular tugs of unsettled news
from abroad.
Wall Street was reminded of its
hopes for the automobile industry by
Chrysler, which jumped IL to Sc on
one block of $500 shares. The issue
closed with gain Of Is at 85as. Gen.
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NEW BANKING OFFICES
OPENED IN FOUR STATES
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, December 14.-Four new
banking offices were opened during
the last week. one each in Georgia,
Iowa, South Carolina and Wisconsin,
according to the Weekly Banking Mar
ket released by Rand McNally Bank
ers Monthly.
The bulletin also records three
changes in title and location, one in
Montana. and the absorption of two
national banks in Oregon.
Seven discontinued banks, of which
two were voluntary, were also re-
ported.
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Stock Averages

eral Motors on fairly brisk trading
picked up * at 547s.
That the bargain hunters were still
avidly searching for equities was in
dicated by the gains turned in by
Cluett- Peabody at 44&, Crucible Steel
at 3412, Cutler Hammer at 4514, Food
Machinery at 761a, Sloss-Sheffield
Steel at 561s and United States In
dustrial Alcohol at 46.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
YEAR 1885

tReDor by W HiObs DC
SALE ON WASHINGTON
Y.
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sInitiaI dividend of 81 paid December. 1884.
+Last payment, 20 cents, June, 1885
Recorded quotations for quotation units only.
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Fearless Animal

CHUNKS practically never run.
- They're not obliged to! Armed
with their curious weapon, scent
gland, and the muscles to squirt the
scent 10 or Is feet, they fear neither
man nor beast. And so they maintain
their leisurely pace in safety.
Members of the weasel family.
skunks are distinctly American and
found native in no other country on
earth. They inhabit any high, bush
covered territory and live in burrows
during the coolest months Of the
year. But day in and day out, they
attend to their own business, bother
ing only the meadow mice and rats
and birds and grasshoppers upon
which they feed. and giving notice to
the rest of the world by their strong
odor that they expect to be let alone.
The larger variety of skunk, called
Mephitus, lives in Northern and East
ern United States. 1t bears from to
10 kittens late in the Spring and the
whole skunk family lives together for
about year.
It's body is long and arched, its
tail is bushy and tipped with white:
its blunt, small head is crowned with
a white patch which divides into two
stripes on its back. These markings
are the skunk's flags Of warning, many
scientists believe.
The smaller skunk of the South
and West is spotted with white, rather
than striped, and is a more slender,
livelier creature.
The secretion which the skunk sends
in powerful squirt toward his enemies
is so pungent that it can be smelled
q mile away When 1t strikes an ami
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weakly to the infeld, and the run
was cut of at the plate Then. with
Two out and the bases still loaded.
Hicky. the heaviest hitter on the
Hamilton team, came TO bat.
Here's where Hicky redeems him
SELF Ronnie told himself, happily.
He yelled to his friend TO bang it
out of the lot.
Hicky raised a high foul over the
grapdstand He watched a second
strike go by. And then he struck
out weakly on a slow ball!
The disappointed and defeated
Hamilton team hurried to the dress
ing room. Ronnie waited for them,
scanning his score sheet soberly. 1t
lust didn't seem possible that Hicky
had failed in an emergency! Ron
nie and Hicky had been through a
lot together Only few months be-
fore, they had helped break up
gang of automobile thieves for the
local police department. And Ron
ME knew that Hicky wasn't the sort
to fold up when the going got tough.
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rooster. 1t was a mighty pretty
rooster that scanned the sky care
fully before hopping out to eat the
grain and cluck to the bantam hens.
But before he could take more than
three kernels Splash, the pigeon was
after him.
Swooping down, the pigeon circled
the ROSTERS head three or four times.
The rooster was instantly angry and
charged, Splash" But the flier
glided just out Of reach and came
back to peck the rooster on the head
as he went by. That made the rooster
madden than ever. His face grew
red and his hackle was spread as he
tried and tried to maneuver into posi-
ton for a crashing clinch where he
could use his long, sharp spurs.
Splash" came TO the ground and
hustled up to the bantam just as if
he was q rooster himself The BAN
tam rushed Splash" The pigean
lodged and took wing again. The
rooster simply ran underneath him.
Again they did the same thing.
Splash" seemed to be acting just for
the fun of it. He kept at it time
after time until the rooster was worn
out. Then Splash" few to Bob's
shoulder and felt gently of his lips
with his bill for the corn that Bob
sometimes holds in his mouth for his
pet.
Have you some problem about your
pets or their care? Or an interesting
story about a pet? If So write 10
Horace Mitchell. in care of this news
paper. Enclose a stamped. self-ad-
dressed envelope, if you wish a per-
sonal reply.
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WHEN Hicky finally appeared, his
face was gloomy. Ronnie fell
into step beside him.
Boy, were were terrible today!" he
said emphatically. What in hecks
the matter, Hicky? Something on
your mind?"
Jaw, can't fellow make an error
once in a while?" Hicky demanded
angrily. Everybody has an off day
nov and then"
Yes, but everybody doesn't go
around With the gloom hanging on
him so thick you can slice it." retorted
Ronnie. That's what you've been
doing the past few days, and you've
been simply terrible on this mans ball
team" He stopped, and faced Hicky
squarely. Come on. Hicky," he said
earnestly. tell me what's the matter.
I know there's something. No trouble
at home, is there?'
of course, not"
Ronnie faced him silently for .
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VERY soon now Jenny Wren will be
looking around for a nice new
1885 residence somewhere in your
neighborhood. Here is a novel house
that will tempt her housewifely heart
and it's easy to make.
Probably your father has an old
straw hat hidden away somewhere in
the attic. Just be sure that he isn't
planning to wear it again this year
before you donate it to Jenny Wren.
Cut hole in the crown Of this old
hat and put roof On it. Light boards
or shingles will serve as the roof. and
they can be braced with a square
piece Of wood where they form the
peak or corner. Cut away part of the
hat brim and paint the house green.
Then place it in nook where its
tenant will have privacy, as wrens
don't like a lot of noise and interior
ence. If your house is used, Jenny
will pay her rent with songs that will
rival those Of the most expensive
canary.
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RIDDLES

OFTEN you boys and girls send rid
" dies to the Riddle Man, asking
him to put your contribution in next
Sundays paper. This is impossible,
because the Riddle Man must do his
work many weeks before the riddles
appear in the paper. So please be
patient!
/. Why is a farmer like a baker?-
Barbara j. Crofts.
2. What English explorer belonged
In the kitchen?-Ruddell Reed, jr.
3. When is a pig like ink?-Lucy-
anne Graves.
4. Why is an author a strange ami
mal?-Marian Flynn.
5. Why Is q star in the heavens like
Q window in the roof?-Anonymous.
ANSWERS.
I. Because he raises everything he
sells. 2. Capt. Cook. 8. When he's in
q pen. 4. Because his tale comes out
of his head. S. Because it's a sky
Light.
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Caring for Pets
Bob's PIGEON.

DOE ANDERSON. who Is about IL
years old, came up to the place
the other day and told me lot Of
stories about pigeon he owns. At
first I didn't think any pigeon ever
Matched could, or would, do the
things Bob said his bird did. But
maybe the achievements will not seem
so strange to some Of you fellows and
girls.
l wonder II any Of you ever saw a
pigeon that would pick a fight with
bantam rooster and win? Bob said
his pigeon could do that and I went
to his house to see for myself. The
pigeon had the liberty Of the farm
and few wherever it wished TO 90,
picking up weed seeds here and there
and coming back to Bob whenever he
whistled. AS We came through the
gate. the bird sailed in to perch on
Bob's shoulder. Bob winked at me
and brought a handful Of grain In
the bucket he always uses to feed his
bantams.
AS soon as he was In the yard
again, the pigeon left him to fly TO
the roof of the bantam coop. Bob
opened the door and the pigeon
sided over to be out Of sight Of the
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FUN AT HOME
Wag0n Wheel Hob

THERE is a certain amount of skill
required to roll a small wagon
wheel, like one taken from a coaster
wagon. up and down a sidewalk ana
over level lawns. But with a few
minutes practice any hoy or girl will
have the knack mastered.
Any kind of small wheel will do
just so it is round and will run true
without webbing. For pusher stick
take a section of lath about So inches
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Just a Joke

THE prisoner stood before the bar
with hopeful look on his
face. The evidence against him was a
small safe which likewise stood in
plain view. The Judge turned to the
complainant and asked how far the
safe had been carried away from his
house.
COMPLEMENTARY miles, your
honor.
Judge Ito prisoner)-What have you
to say to this charge?
Prisoner-It was only joke, Judge.
Judge-Six months. I am sorry to
say you carried this joke too far.
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NAL it makes the creature sick and
causes Inflammation of the eyes. The
Indians believed men were blinded
by it.
Skunk kittens are easily tanned in
captivity and become so friendly that
they seldom make use of their scented
weapon.
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long and nail an 8-inch section Of a
curved wooden barrel hoop to one end
of it. Let the wheel run down the
lath at the start, then follow 1t up,
pushing lightly with the curved cross
piece on the tire.
This pressure will keep the wheel
revolving, and you can make the
wheel go as fast or as slow as you
want 1t to 60. You can also guide
it from right to left by manipulating
the curved cross piece on the wheel
as it roifs.
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Our word diamond is also very ar
Gste. The second word means to
equip with weapons, the third is a
garnet, the fifth is fogs, and the sixth
Is an abbreviation for cents" COM
plete the diamond.
r
ARr5ssrs
T
)
What can you do with this word
square? The second word means anger
and the fourth is a point of the COM
pass. You guess the other word!
D r A w
r ---
49,
w.
-
Remove the middle letter from
division Of the year and get an insect.
Remove the middle letter from stops
and get articles of clothing.
CROSS WORD PUZZLE.
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CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

The definitions are:
HORIZONTAL.
I. Unfamiliar.
7. You and I.
8. On account (abbr).
10. Unlimited, attracting.
IA. Male child.
IS. Pastry.
l6. Devoured.
II. Affirmative vote.
TO- Rowing implement.
~. Figure having four right angles.
IS. Masculine pronoun.
as. Elevated line (abbr).
q. Kind Of boys wagon.
VERTICAL.
2. A duplicate.
3. Revolution (abbr).
4. Word used with neither"
S. To pant, breathe convulsively.
6. Mixture of milk and eggs, cooked.
Q. Freed, vindicated.
IL. Negative.
IL. Additional.
Is. South American sloth.
10. You.
10. Repetition of sound.
20. To make eyes at.
al. Boys nickname.
%. Beverage.
a.. Fisherman's device.
ANSWERS.
1. Silhouette, cartoon, portrait and
diagram.
2. The diamond is A, arm. attic,
artists, mists. cts, S.
3. The square is draw, rage, ages,
and west.
4. Month. HaOts.
3. Cross word puzzle solution.
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A Terrible Threat.

Woman Ito tramp: Go away, or I'll
call my husband.
Tramp: Oh, I know i'm. Els the
little fellow who told me to clear out
yesterday or ed call is wifel
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INSTALLMENT I.

Y y ERB MILLS, in the pitchers
box for Hamilton High
School, faced the Gaylord
/ / batter confidently. 1t was the
first half of tine ninth in
Ming, and Hamilton had a one-run
lead. Even with men on second and
third. Herb wasn't worrying, because
this batter was boob for a wide
curve. Herb had already famed him
twice
From his seat on the bench, Ron
ME Duncan, sports editor of the weekly
Hanliltonian, added his shout of en-
couragement to the yells of the Ham,
ilton rooters. Herb wound up and
pitched. The ball broke beautifully.
wide of the plate. and the batter
lunged for it wildly.
Strike one!" barked the umpire.
The catcher signalled for a fast
ball. The batter let it go by for the
second strike. He failed to bite on
another wide one, for ball one. Herb
pitched again, and the batter smacked
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PUZZLES

=
uERE'S a puzzle that should be as
L easy as apple pie for all ambi-
tsous young artists.
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4 MOMENT later Gaylord was re-
tired. and Hamilton came up
on its final turn at bat. with the
score now 4-3 against them. Herb
Mills had pitched a sweet game. Now
it was up to his teammates to get
those runs back.
They tried hard. Two clean singles
and a walk filled the bases with only
one out. But the next batter hit
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easy grounder down the first-base !

an easy grounder down the first-base
line.
Get it, Hicky!" yelled Ronnie.
George Hickman cut over toward the
bag. Then he seemed to stumble The
ball hoped over his outstretched
hand and went rolling out to right
field BY the time it had been re-
turned to the infield. the batter was
on second and two runs had scored.
Hicky'S second bad error of the day!
RoEnie Runcan couldn't believe his
eyes. What in the world was the
matter with Hicky?
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st. Louis Mayor
Welcomes N. A. A.
C. p. Conference

St. Louis. July 3-Mayor Bernard
p. Dickmann Of this city welcomed
the delegates and visitors to the 26th
annual conference Of the National A.
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of
Colored People Tuesday evening in
the auditorium of Vashon High
School. In a short and straightfor-
ward speech he assured them that
st. Louis was happy to entertain an
association whose purpose was ito
make 14,000 ,0C0 Americans economic
ally. politically and socially free.
He outlined what St. Louis was try
ing to do for its colored citizens,
~stressing particularly the new hospit-
al and nurses training school now
under construction.
Henry D. Espy, president of the
st. Louis branch, welcomed the as
ISOLATION On behalf Of the colored
citizens and the branch.
Delegates were present from 26
states and the District of Columbia.
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Negro Subway Conductors

NEGROES as conductors on the subway! A long
cherished hope became an actually in New York
City at midnight Sunday when members Of the
race were put to work on the city-owned Eighth
avenue subway. They received notice too late 60
get fitted for uniforms, but proudly donned the
regulation cap. Seven are said to have been as
signed to ears by Monday afternoon with pros
poets OF the number being swelled to thirteen be-
fore the end of the week.
The advent OF the Negro subway conductor is
epoch-making in New York City. Heretofore only
white men have been considered eligible for en-
ployment as conductors and motormen on local snr-
lace, subway and 81" lines. Even the bus carriers
ma some excuse for moi employing Negroes. al
though thousands Of the group patronize them dailv.
Were the new Eighth Avenue Subway owned or
controlled by private interests it is doubtful whetb-
er the Negro would enjoy the economic recognition
~ now receives. 1t has been due to an unwaverino
"enlgent campaign waged by Harlem leaders that
has motlyated municipal authorities TO throw down
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the barriers which so long have made impossible
the employment Of colored men as conductors and
motormen. For months Alderman Conrad Johnson
and other interested citizens appealed to members
Of the Transis Board and various city officials for
a square deal on behalf Of all who took the civil
service examinations, pointing out that in the case
Of Negro applicants gross discrimination sometimes
had been practiced.
Announcement was recently made that out Of
100 to pass the Civil Service test for conductors
thirteen were Negroes.
The Omaha guide., 1935-07-06
Work or Play AS a
| Vacation Program
By r. A. Adams

(For the Literary Service Bureau)
Often indolent youngsters and in
dulgent mothers quote the axiom, "All
work and no play will make Jack
a dull boy" But while the utility of
this old saying is questionable it is
patent that all play and no work
will make Jack an indolent, shiftless
and dependent boy.
The parents of a fifteen-year-old
boy disagreed as to the boys voca-
ton program. Father insisted that
the boy should do some work in order
to develop in him initiative and self
dependence. He argued he should
earn money to owe his vacation ex-
pense and help supply necessities for
the next school year.
Mother took the opposite view. She
contended that after nine months Of
confinement and hard study, brother
needed rest, and recreation, in order
to be fit for the work of the next
year. She answered Fathers conten-
ton concerning Initiative" and
"self-dependence" with He will have
time enough for that when he's fin
ished high school," She seemed not
to recognize that character is the
composite thing made up Of u va
rious habits, and that character is
formed in youth.
Mother had her way. Brother
worked hard on the base ball
grounds, on the tennis court and on
fishing tours. Often he was SO tired
he was compelled to sleep till DON
But Fathers contention proved cor
rect. He was handicapped because
he failed to devlop iniative and self
dependence. And in after years
brother confessed that Dads views
yer right.
These thoughts merit considera-
ton, especially at this time.
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On June Is a number Of notes
went out from the State Depart
ment in Washington. Addressed
to the principal foreign powers,
they politely informed them that
their annual installments on the
war-debt were due and payable.
AS everyone knew, all the notes,
with the single exception, repre-
scented a waste of postage and eff
fort. Every major power owing
this country money had previous
|ly Uniformed us, directly or indi-
rectly, that the installments
would not be paid.
Exception, as in the past, was
Finland, which RENTED it's $685.
!453. 1t is doubtful if anything in
history was done so much to pro-
mote respect for that little nation
in the United States as its prompt
ness in meeting its debt. The
Senate showed its gratitude by
passing a bill OF appropriate $780,
900 for erection Of a diplomatic
and consular building nj Helsing-
.fors.
America wade war loans to
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p~ortant battles in our fight for hui
mar right. Today we face a chang
ing world and the association is
needed by black America more than
eve if we are o to lose many hard
earned advances-and / am conf
dent that the wisdom Of your collect
i've Judgment will materially improve
u social, economic and political
-tatus.7
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kept the Negro outside of such re-
covery as has been made.
Pickens Pays Tribute to
Mrs. Bethune.

On Friday night, the 21st, Spring.
n M edal was presented to Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune, president of
Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona
Beach, Floriad, by Mr.. William Pick
ems, field secretary Of the N. A. A.
c, P. Dean Pickens paid high tribute
to Mrs. Bethune's work as an edu-
Gator and to her fearless espousal of
the rights of colored people in the
south and particularly in the state Of
Florida. He recalled her work in the
intereet of the N. A. A. C. P. and her
assistance in building up the branch
es in the state of Florida
AT LAS p. m. Sunday June 30,
Walter White, the associations sec
rotary spoke over KNOX.
The sessions of the conference
closed with a giant mass meeting at
the municipal auditorium. Sunday
afternoon
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Comedians
Family Visits

Los Angeles, Cali, July 3,(ANP)-
Mrs. Cora Dickerson, mother of Dud-
ley Dickerson, ace comedian at Sc
bastian's Cotton club, with her two
daughters Hotense and Alyce, from
Chickasha, Oklahoma, are summer
visitors.
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Back to The Farm

TWO recent surveys cast new light on the current
status of agriculture.
There has been a mall but encouraging rise in
value of American farms. Between March, 1894
and March, 1885, values rose in 80 states, declined
in but five and remained unchanged in the other
Ii.
Back to the Farm is becoming a reality
Where a few years ago, the farm population was
being depleted by an exodus to the cities, the trend
has completely reversed and streams of people are
going from urban to rural areas. A number of rea-
sons lie behind this, such as industrial unemploy
ment, the development Of profitable speciality farm
ing, and the desire Of immigrants to leave the cities
for the land.
In addition, the number of individual farms is on
the increase. In New England alone there were
10000 producing farms on January /, 1895, in
contrast to 1850 0 on April l, 1890.
All in all, it is safe to say that the agricultural
situation is basically better now than at any time
since the depression set in.
AN Oregon housewife recently advertised for a
maid to help with housework. She had few replies.
An applicant refused twenty-five dollars a month,
saying she was getting that working for the
government ION relief doing nothing.
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twenty nations, for a total Of
0,338,0 00, 900. Two billion TAT
million Of hat has been returned.
However, overdue interest pay
ments continue to increase the
debts which will probably remain
forever in the category Of repu-
dated obligations.
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During May, the long tagging
construction industry recahed its
high point of the yaer. Residen-
tial awards were larger than for
any month in 3 1-2 years and ran
81 per sent ahead Of ayear ago.
In spite of the lack of public
works building. non-residential
construction registered a % per
cent advance over April.
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AUTHOR

Gorge Wiley Henderson, whose re-
cent book, collie Miss" published by
Frederick A. Stokes, is receiving the
praise Of book lovers and critics Of
the nation. CAMP Photol