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The producers news., 1935-02-22


Editors NoteI Genius Lauraen's
letter should be Of great interest,
especially TO industrial workers,
To state his idea even more clear
ly, Il Is perhaps we'll 10 mention
an example,
IN preparation Of a daifymen'H
strike In Pennsylvania a little over
q year ago, the slogan was raised
and accepted by large groups Of
farmers that the price Of milk 10
the farmer be increased 10 five
cents a quart and the price Ga
the eoHaumef be lowered Go nine
cents a quart, AZ that time the
big milk companies sold milk al
from ~ 10 IA cents a quart and
paid the farmer about ga or !
cents,
Gonius contends that this slogan
was correct, but that now the in-
dustfial workers should put for.
ward similar slogans, II, for IN.
stance. workers Of the fntenaa
tiohai Harvester company go on
strike FOR higher wages, they
should Insist that this ware IN.
crease should not be put upon The
price Of the tractor the small far,
mer huyn.
We know that thia question has
heen hethefine a number ef farm
era ard not only Ia shefiden conn
tY II would therefore he of great
value II we not simply close this
discussion with on explanation bal
hear instead The opinion of som,
industrial workers on this partleu
lar subject. How about it7
The producers news., 1935-02-22
q DlttT FARMER TELLS WHAT 10 DO
REGARDING THE NATIONAL. GUARD
Dear Editor

Dear Editors
! have read the comment IN the
columns Of your paper fegarding
The establishments Of a Nstiangi
Guard unit at Plentyweed. / quite
agree with your correspondents.
That It would be money wasted
which could be used 10 better adj,
vantage Recently, however.
bought a copy Of the Daily Worker
ana found the letter from a Ma
tiohfl Guardsman (which / eneiose
Il copy Of and be elieve should he
printed in lhs Producers News)
lhis letter makes me sec the Ma
lienal Guard from n different
VI wpoiht and also think we
hould join the National Guard and
"see this damnable farce PLAYED out
TO a fini h" In the event a unit
should be set mp here.
Yours truly.
"A Dirt Farmer.
The producers news., 1935-02-22

This chart based statistics from the Cengg Of Mann
iaeturihg and the Federal Reserve Board shows whv we
nave poverty IN the midst OF plenty The value of the goods
produced by the average worker In manufacturing rose from
96OO IN 1870 to $4,000 In 1882 but during the same perod
capita In 1882 down to only $500 hardly enough fo man
tain the much-vaunted American standard of living
The producers news., 1935-02-22

and farmers. Those who have
something to say along these lines
should say IL now. Send in your
lettersl
The producers news., 1935-02-22

Inc question Gonius Laursen de.
vslopH here Is certainly Of extreme
Importance y considering the rela-
aoh between industrial workers
Evening star., 1935-03-24
Diesels to Be Tested.

Diesel engines are being used in
cars which will compete in test run
from Moscow. Russia, to Tifiis and
return,
Evening star., 1935-03-24
DIRECTORS ARE NAMED
FOR NEW DYE COMPANY
special pisnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, March 23-The
Powhattan Converting Works, Inc,
which will operate the new dye plant
to be constructed at Martinsville at
an organization meeting yesterday
named S. G. Whittle, H. A. Ford and
A. L. Tuggle of Martinsville, direc-
tors
The charter issued by the State
Corporation Commission was accepted,
and bylaws were adopted
The maximum capital stock of the
concern is $l,000,0OO and the min
imum $4,000. 1t was reported that
the total stock subscription to date
was $65, 900.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
COmm0ditY EutnreS

COmmOuNy FuIureS.
New York markets complied by the Asso-
ciated Press:
SUGAR-Futures No. 5 closed steady.
la3 higher; sales. 1850 tons; May. LIB;
July; 2.lSb: September. 2.23b; December.
2.29b: January 2.l9b; March, 2.lSb
COFFEE-Spot steady; Rio No. z. 7A:
Santos No. 4, g. Rio futures closed steady;
sales 1000 bags; March. 5.10n; Septem.
ber 5.34n. December. 5.43n. Santos fu-
tules steady; sales. 1000 bags; May. $40;
July S.0Sn; September. som.
CRUDE RUBBER-Futures closed quiet
10al4 lower: May. 1852: July, 1914;
September. 10 Ssh: smoked ribbed. spot.
closed. 10.50n.
Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO. March 90 lP.-Poultry.
live. 10 trucks; unsettled; hens. pounds
and under. 20; more than 5 pounds, 1s;
Leghorn hens. 1712; Rock fryers. "a; col
ored "A; Rock Springs 20; colored 90;
Leshorn. 14ls; Rock broilers "a; colored:
roosters. I41a; turkeys. 14a21; ducks. IA
pounds up. 20a21; small, Is; geese. 10;
capons. 81 pounds. "a.
Potatoes. 81; on track. .255; total y. s.
shipments. 6S3 Old stock: Round whites
including seed stock; demand and trading
consin round whites U. S. No, /. 65a67l2;
few higher; fair quality; 6sa; ;, Michigan Is ga
best, .55a6o; few lover, New stock:
U s; No, ] washed: very few sales; Ii9Y +:
(93 score). 3124a32A: extras 1922. .31A:
extra frsts (9O-91l. 81; flrsts $3.50. 30
a30'4; seconds ts6.:s7). 29a29h; stand
ards go: centralized carlotsl. 3!A: bytter
Eggs 90 .S33; Steady: prices UNCHANGED.
Egg sales. L car fresh graded f1rsts. 20la:
$50 cases current receipts. 1914; $50
cases. 1934.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
Commodity Price
Changes for Week
RY III. n. McGILL,

Editor. McGill Commodity Service. Inc.
AUBURNDALE, Mass, March 23
R.-Commodity prices swept down.
ward at a rapid pace during the past
week, the reaction proving far more
extensive than the break of the pre-
vious week. The decline was far
reaching in scope as practically every
group felt the pressure of adverse
conditions. A check-up shows that
out of IA individual groups, IL have
averaged lower, group remained un-
changed, while / group successfully
advanced.
Industrial prices registered the
eighth consecutive weekly decline. The
volume of business held up remark
ably well, but preliminary figures show
some contraction in consumer as well
as capital good industries.
Farm Prices Decline.
Agricultural prices were sharply
lower. Important items such as
wheat, corn. oats. rye, cotton, eggs,
potatoes, wool. flaxseed and butter
declined. The only increase during
the week was a fractional advance in
beans
Live stock prices recorded a radical
break. Cattle, hogs and sheep moved
sharply downward, rejecting lower
quotations for grains and feeds.
Building materials represented the
lone group to advance, the recovery
being due entirely to a price mark-up
in window glass.
as the price increase in lead was more
than offset by lower quotations for
silver and tin.
Paint materials reacted under the
pressure of price weakness In rosin,
turpentine and shellac.
Fine textiles also moved downward
to a new low for the year, rejecting
lower levels for cotton and some
weakness in the price index for cot
ton finished goods. Raw wool prices
were also down.
Vegetable Oils Weak.
Vegetable oils as in the previous
week recorded weakness due to lower
quotations for coconut oil, corn and
cottonseed Oil, which substantially
offset higher quotations for china
wood oil.
Most important changes in the Nc
Gill weekly price index Q926 equal
ling 100) were as follows:
Evening star., 1935-03-24

Daily Price Index.
NEW YORK. March 23-Index of Is
staple commodity prices December 81.
1891. equals 100; 1926 average equals
o.iO ~.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 23.-Cotton
became steadier after early declines,
but was down a few points at the
end. The general market closed
steady at net declines of 3 to III
points.
After opening barely steady points
lower to 2 points higher, the market
Welded under moderate offerings. May
sold down to 1916 and October to
1916. making net losses of Is to 20
points, after which prices rallied fol-
lowing reports from Washington that
a prominent Southern Senator was
expecting a reassuring statement from
the administration with reference to
the 1885 crop control program.
The announcement of Secretary
Wallace that the new crop would
come under the cotton loan program
came after the close of the market.
The amount of cotton on shipboard
awaiting clearance at the end OF the
week was estimated at $1,000 bales.
against 10000 last year.
The range follows.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
CURBL|ST TAKES
UNEVEN COURSE
Scattered Selling Appears.
Metals and AICohOlS
Tend Higher.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 23.-Scattereo
selling gave the curb market an
irregular appearance a. the close to-
day. Aside from a few specialties,
however, deviations were largely frac-
tional.
Some of the metals displayed a
resistant tone, while alcohols, con-
trary to the trend Of that group on
the big board, also were inclined
higher.
Trading was moderately active for
the short session, transfers approxi-
mating 10000 shares, compared with
10000 a week ago.
A. o. Smith continued its recent
upward surge with an advance Of
more than 2 points. Newmont Min
ing gained nearly 2, while small i'm
provement was recorded by Canadian
Industrial Alcohol b Hiram
Walker, Distillers Corp .-Seagrams,
Lake Shore and Wright HargreaveS.
Fractional declines were shown by
Swift International, Aluminium Co. of
America, Electric Bond & Share,
Parker Rustproof and Pittsburgh
Plate Glass.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
SEVEN BANK OFFICES
OPENED DURING WEEK
Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, March 23.-Seven new
banking offlces were opened in five
States during the week, according to
this weeks Banking Market issued
today by Rand McNally Bankers
Monthly. The bulletin also shows
that only one bank closed during the
week.
One new national bank, one ma
tional bank branch, two State bank
branches and three reopened banks
are included in the report. The in
stitutions are located in the States
of California. Illinois, Michigan,
North Carolina and Ohio.
There were seven changes reported
due to change in title and location,
and one due to consolidation.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
STEEL INVENTORIES DOWN.

NEW YORK, March % R.-Inven-
tories in steel warehouses in the New
York metropolitan district have been
lowered in recent weeks by the in
creased purchases Of consumers &C.
cording to trade circles. Jobbers re-
port a considerable gain in business
over February, mostly in the lighter
products for which a seasonally in
creased call usually appears around
this time.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
CLEARINGS AND SALES
UP IN SIXTH DISTRICT
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, March 23-Bank clear
ings in the sixth district were UP. the
midweek compilation showed, while
department stores sales, were about
equal in volume to those of last week
A late Easter is retarding buying
apparently. one store said.
The Reserve Bank reported clear
ings of s48, 100000 against SAL 200, 900
the previous week.
Steel operations were unchanged at
Birmingham at 55.4, with no new
orders in sight.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
UNLISTED D. C. SECURITIES
Quotations by Gillet g. Co.. 1nc0
HEADS REICH CREDITORS.

NEW YORK, March % R.-Har-
vey D. Gibson, president of the Manu-
facturers' Trust Co.. has assumed the
Craftsmanship of the. Committee OF
Short-Term Creditors of Germany, OF
which he is a member. F. Abbott
Goodhue, president of the Bank OF
Manhattan Co., previously had acted
as chairman.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
RAIL ORDERS SLOW.

NEW YORK, March % (P.-Orders
for cars, locomotives and rails con-
tinue few and far between. Business
placed recently includes four locomo-
tive tenders for Seaboard Air Line
with the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
The Santa Fe system is reported seek
ing bids for two streamlined type mail
and baggage cars.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
WINCHESTER KNITTING
PLANT is MODERNIzED
,c;olD;snatcb tn The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, March %
The plant of the Lewis Jones Knit
ting Co., which was recently acquired
by New York interests, is being
equipped with new machinery, and
soon will be manufacturing an i'm
proved type of mems cotton under
wear, according to John ]. Wanner,
formerly of Kokomo, Ind, plant man
ager. Carson L. Spillman, Win
chester, is plant superintendent.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
FEDERAL LAND BANKS
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. March % GP.-Foreien
exchange irregular; Great Britain in doll
lars. others in ceLts. Great Britain de-
mand. 40 =; cables 4.77ls; 6O-day bills.
4!6hs France demand. $685.; cables
So4lo
Demands; Belsium. e3.aa; Germany.
Sweden. "a 80: Denmark. II 80: Finland.
PortugsL 4.349.; Greece. o.: Poland.
1892; CZechoSlovakia 4lSI2; Yugoslavia
2-2e; Austria. 1s.S5n; Hungary 29sOn:
Rumenia. l.0l; ArRentina, 81 son; Brazil.
sos 2: Toxic. 27.95: Shanghai 3S.35;
Honekong. 47.a5: Mexico City Isilver
pesol. .! IS: Montreal in New York.
e9.a7la; New York in Montreal 100. 0.62ha.
n-Nominal
Evening star., 1935-03-24
Cottonseed Oil.

Bleachable cottonseed oil was reac-
tionary under renewed liquidation.
Final prices were 2 to Is points net
lower. Sales 81 contracts. Crude
oil was GA to 912 cents at all
Southern points. Bleachable spot
nominal; March closed 1890; May,
1915; July, 1887; September, 1896;
October, 1885.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
U. S. TREASURY NOTES.

NEW YORK, March 23 lP,.-Prices
quoted in dollars and thirty-seconds:
Evening star., 1935-07-11
ROOSEVELT DENIES
SEIZURE OF POWER
Says Administration Sympathetic
on Road Fund-Confers With
Congress Members.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An assertion that there will be no
Federal usurpation of power in Geor-
gia" in handling highway funds was
made by President Roosevelt yester-
day in letter to Senator George and
Representative Cox Of that State.
Nothing resembling such move"
the President wrote, has been given
any consideration. nor will it be-"
He stated the Federal approach to
the Georgia highway problem was
sympathetic" and that mo hasty
or unguarded action is contemplated" "
Senator Russell of Georgia during
the day discussed the roads situation
with Mr. Roosevelt and said later
there is no question about Georgia
getting its money"
The States $19,000,000 Of Federal
road money was shut of when State
agencies failed to comply with Secre-
tary Wallace's demands that the State
road building force be revamped for
efficiency.
Evening star., 1935-07-11

said of the Senator, "and from hold
ing future investigations into ballot
box thievery."
He said Long had achieved his
dictatorship, not through rights which
the people collectively surrendered to
him." but through abuse OF the
powers possessed by some Of the Of.
ficials you elected"
He said Long ruled the State
through control Of "97 pers0ns-the
81 majority Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, the 26 majority Of the
Senate, the office Of Governor and
the Office of attorney general"
Stanley said the special session Of
the Legislature which ended Monday,
along with five other sessions, has
driven the, final rivet in the shackles
of Louisiana's white democracy"
mo deputy sheriff, no city en-
ploye, no court employe, no teacher,
no municipal, parochial or town en-
ploye can continue in his employ
ment without the approval of the
politically controlled board" (Civil
Service Commission), he said. 1T
has been the greatest political grab
Evening star., 1935-07-11
DICKINSON GIVEN
ANTITRUST POST
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Goes to Justice De-
partment.

John Dickinson, Assistant Secretary
OF Commerce, was nominated yester-
day by President Roosevelt to be As
sistant Attorney General in charge of
the Justice Departments antitrust
division.
The appointment was forecast in
The Star several days ago. Dickinson
succeeds Harold M. Stephens, who re-
Gently become first assistant to Attor-
ney General Cummings.
Dickinson, former professor of law
and one time law partner of William
G. McAdoo, will direct the administra-
tion's renewed drive on combinations
in restraint of trade-a job with in
creased significance since the collapse
of N. r. A.
Born in Greensboro, Md, in 1894,
he has practiced law in Pennsylvania,
New York and California. He re-
ceived his legal education at George
Washington University and Harvard
University.
Although legal resident of Phila-
delphia, he owns and operates several
farms on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
He is member of the Cosmos Club,
the Jefferson Island Club and the Gen.
tury Club New York;.
Evening star., 1935-07-11
GIANT DISCOVERIES.
CLAIMED BY TESLA
Inventor, 79, Says He Has
Perfected Transmission of
Mechanical Energy.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE scientific
world cooked an eye today for proof OF
three claims made by Nikola Iesla,
Yugoslav inventor, just turned 79.
DR.. Tesla, announcing that he was
taking the place of the late Thomas
A. Edison as "a popular symbol OF
scientific advance" claimed new
method and apparatus for transmit
ting mechanical energy any terrestrial
distance, one-way induction current
of varying fiux without commutator
and proof that much of the theory of
relativity is false.
Truly amazing, if proofs are forth
coming to verify them" commented
DR.. Henry A. Barton, director of the
American Institute of Physics. PROF
ects such as these have been envi-
stoned for many years and scientists
the world over have been unable to
bring them to fruition.'
DR.. Tesla offered no proof of his
claims as he made them in a six-hour
dinner press conference yesterday.
He asserted that his new means of
energy transmission would make pos
sible a communications system which
would keep a ship on its true course
in any weather and would enable
biologists to divine mineral deposits
from the earth's surface with more
accuracy than has been heretofore
possible.
Direct current without a commu-
tator, he said, would revolutionize
power for automobiles, if practical en-.
gineers can carry out his findings.
He said he studied cosmic rays tc
learn that the theory of relativity has
been what he long considered it-"s
beggar dressed in purple which the
ignorant mistake for king
Evening star., 1935-07-11
PROSECUTOR HITS
BACK AT LONG
New Orleans Official Says
Huey Controls State
Through 81 Persons.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, July 11.-Charg-
ing that Senator Huey Long has
deprived him of the right to name
his assistants and clerical help, Dis
trict Attorney Eugene Stanley told
a radio audience that the Long-con-
trolled Legislature "has driven the
final rivet in the shackles Of Louisi-
ana's white democracy"
HE wants to stop me from showing
how he steals elections" Stanley
Evening star., 1935-07-11

of patronage ever attempted In the
United States.
TT adds to the number Of State
employees from whom can be obtained
. monthly contribution for campaign
expenses"
He criticized Long for publicly in
sulting" President Roosevelt In recent
speeches.
Evening star., 1935-07-11

operator, Of $50, he reported to police.
Durity said when he refused the
women's invitation to Join them in
q party" one Of them slashed his
coat sleeve with . sharp instrument
and the other took his billfold con-
tanning the money. He told police
he did not notice his loss until the
women had fed.
Evening star., 1935-07-11
Women Delay Endurance Hop.

OKLAHOMA CITY, July II (R.-
Henrietta Sumner and Beverly Dodge,
woman flyers, left here last night for
New York City to visit the latter's
mother before attempting to break the
new women's endurance fight record
Of 239 hours and 80 minutes over
Oklahoma City next week.
Evening star., 1935-07-11
TWO WOMAN BANDITS

Marlboro Hotel Man Loses $50,
He Tells Police Here.
Stopping him as he left an apart
ment near Eleventh and M streets
early today, two colored women robbed
George H. Durity, Marlboro hotel
Evening star., 1935-07-11

Extinct Animals Studied.
Bones of extinct animals have just
been found near Kimberly, South
Africa.
Evening star., 1935-07-11
LARGE GROUP OF EXAMS
OPENED BY CIVIL SERVICE
Applications for Positions to Be
Received Until July 90


Another large group of examina-
tions has been opened by the Civil
Service Commission.
The list includes animal husband
man. $4,000 to $4,000 annually; poul-
try husbandman, $4,000 to $4,000; cot
ton agronomist, cytologist, fiber tech
nologist, geneticist. pathologist and
physiologist, $4,000; all in the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Senior metallurgist. s4,600
Medical officers. $4,000 to $4,000.
Senior and principal statisticians,
Bureau of the Census, $4,000 to S.
600, and statisticians, $4,000 to $4,000.
Applications will be received until
July 20, and may be obtained at the
commission, Seventh and F streets.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
START SPEED TESTS
FOR 500 MILE RACE
110 Miles an Hour Is Expected
to Be Minimum to Qualify
at Indianapolis.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, May ia dozen
i drivers made ready to qualify
today for the 500-mile automobile
race.
There are So entries, but room in
the 100000 classic to be run May 80
for only the 80 fastest.
Speed trials will be 25 miles long.
The fastest car qualifying today will
get the pole position regardless of the
speed of others in later trials.
Kelly Petillo. flashy Los Angeles
Italian-American, awaited his turn
today, confident he will win the prize
position for the second consecutive
year. He averaged 1899 miles an
hour last May.
Only gallons and l pint of gaso-
line is allowed each car for the Is
mile qualifying run. In the race itself
the speedsters must cover the 500 miles
using not more than 421a gallons of
gasoline and gallons and quarts
of oil.
Drivers say the cars are faster than
ever, and that the 212-mile brick
course is no more difficult than it has
been the last few years. They predict
the slowest car in the race will have
to average 110 miles an hour, as COM
pared with 108 last year.
Time trials will continue Sunday.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
NAVY CREW STAKES
UNBEATEN RECORD
Carnegie Cup Win for Middies
Would Leave Title at Issue
in Adams Trophy Event.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ITHACA, N. Y, May disappearing
i in the Carnegie Cup Regatta for
the first time in history, Nays
crack varsity crew will stake its un-
defeated record against the joint chal-
lenge of Yale. Princeton and Cornell
on Cayuga Lake late today.
Should Navy win-and the Tars
are slight favorites-the Eastern
spring rowing title will be decided in
the Adams Cup Regatta at Annapolis
next Saturday when Navy meets un-
defeated Pennsylvania and Harvard
in the varsity race.
Although rating Navy slight edge,
rowing critics conceded all three of
the Tar's rivals a chance to win.
Yale and Princeton, both with for
midable crews, have been beaten only
by Pennsylvania. Cornell, defeated by
Navy in a dual race and second to
Syracuse in quadrangular affair n
which Harvard and Massachusetts,
Tech were the other starters, has
been improving rapidly.
Navy is competing only in the var
sity event, but the other three are
sending out shells for the junior
varsity and freshman races. The
varsity race is scheduled for $50 pm.
eastern standard time).
Evening star., 1935-05-18
NATIONALS HELP.
WALKER TO LEAD
Three BingIes Here Boost
Stick Average to .433.
Vaughan Stumbles.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, May 18.-Tumbling
nj averages of the leading major
| Y league batsmen during the
last week left Floyd tArky)
Vaughan of Pittsburgh holding the
National League lead today only be-
cause his rivals suffered almost as
much as he did from the hit drought
and a newcomer, Gerald Walker of
Detroit, heading the American League
list
Walker, who missed lot of the
early action, wasn't listed as a regular
a week ago, but he swung into action
at a good pace and built his average
up to 433 yesterday with three hits
against Washington Meanwhile jim
mie Foxx of the Athletics, former pace
setter in the junior circuit, made only
two hits in nine times up and dropped
off 81 points to 1892 and third place
His teammate Bob johnson. remained
second at 391 as he held his loss to
one point.