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The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Musicale Will
Follow Dinner
BETTY KIRKWooD

The Charge d'Affaires of Po-
land and Nine. Sokolowska will
entertain this evening at a dinner
and musicale in honor of Roman
Totenberg, young Polish violiniSt,
who will make his American de-
but as Soloist with the National
Symphony Orchestra Thursday
evening in Constitution Hall.
Mrs. Curtis Box, music patron
of Philadelphia, Will be an out-of-
town guest. She is coming to the
Capital especially for the occasion.
Other guests will include Justice
Harlan Fiske Stone and Mrs.
Stone, the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Henry Latrobe
Roosevelt, Mrs. Tracy Dows, whose
guest Mr.. Totenberg has been
since his arrival here; and Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend.
The party is the first of those
to be given in the young musi.
clans honor. His visit in Washing
ton inaugurates an American tour,
which includes concert engage
ments in New York, Chicago and
several cities in the East.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Undersecretary
Host Tonight

The Undersecretary of State
and Mrs. William Phillips will en-
tertain at a dinner this evening
at their residence in Massachu.
sets Avenue Park in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius Wilmerding,
jr., Of New York.
Mrs. Joseph P. Madigan and
Miss Agnes Cummings entertained
at luncheon today at the Shore.
ham when their guests included
Mrs. E. C. ArdeSser, Mrs. Joseph
B. Stanley, Mrs. Joseph C. Carry,
Mrs. William H. Donovan, Mrs,
Joseph A. Toomey Mrs. Thomas
P. Brown, Mrs. William E. John.
son, Mrs. Harry Gerrity, Mrs.
Theodore Van Dorm, Mrs. ]. w.
Curley, and Mrs. Robert c. Lester.
DR.. and Mrs. William Miller
Gamble entertained last night at
their home, Ross Rae, at Mohi.
can Hills, Nd, to announce the
engagement of their niece, Miss
Helen Ryan Stevens, to Mr.. Albert
D. Kimmel. The marriage will
take place in December,
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Tea for Town
Hall Members

Town Hall of Washington will
begin its season on Sunday, No
vember "a, at the Shoreham Hotel,
when Mr.. Frank H. Simonds will
speak on Should America Stay
at Home"
Mrs. Richard v. Oulahan, di-
rector, entertained at a tea yes
terday afternoon at her residence,
1913 Thirty-first ST., when her
guests included last years Founder
members and the maintenance
members for 1935-1936. In the
company were DR.. John w. Stude-
baker, U. S. Commissioner of
Education and chairman of the
board; Mr.. and Mrs. Huston
Thompson, DR.. and Mrs. Frank
Bohn, Admiral Mark l.. Bristol,
Mrs. Frank S. Bright, Mr.. John
Franklin Carter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Brand, Mrs. Preston De
lano, Mr.. Frederick Gibbs, Mr..
and Mrs. Demarest Lloyd, Canon
Albert Lucas, DR.. Felix Morley,
Mr.. Robert Lincoln O'Brien, Miss
Belle Sherwin, Mrs. Frank Hiram
Smell, Mrs. Hugh Campbell Wal
lace, Mr.. Wayne c. Williams and
DR.. George F. Zook.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Miss Durham to Wed

Mrs. Thomas K. Mcknight, OF
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, former
ly of Cleveland, Ohio, announces
the engagement of her daughter,
Miss Ann Elizabeth Dunham, to
Lieut.. Walter Terry jenkins, U. S.
Navy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam D. Jenkins, of youngstown,
Ohio. Miss Dunham is a graduate
of Miss Saward's School, of Over
brook, and attended the Laurel
School in Cleveland. Lieutenant
Jenkins is a graduate of the Naval
Academy, class of 1880, and is
now attached to the U. S. S.
Wyoming. No date has been set
for the wedding.
Miss Dunham has been a fre-
quent visitor in Washington as
the guest of Miss Aileen H. Harris,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Harris, of 3107 woodland Drive.
Col. Joseph K. Particle, U. S. A.,
accompanied by Mr.. Particle, has
arrived in Washington for duty
from Fort Lewis, Washington.
They are at the Martinique for
an indefinite stay.
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Lieut.. Col. Francis C. Harring-
ton, U. S. A., has returned TO
Washington with his family from
Paris and they will spend several
weeks at the Martinique before
opening their home on N Street.
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Mr.. w. Quincy Stanton, the
American Consul at Casablanca,
Morocco, is spending some time
with Mrs. Stanton at the Mar
tiniQue.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Official Gives
Luncheon

The Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, Miss Josephine Roche,
entertained at a luncheon today
in the patio of the Carlton.
The guests included DR.. F.. G,
Boundreau, assistant director of
the health section of the League
Of Nations; DR.. L. S. Friedericia,
Of the University of Copenhagen;
DR.. j. PariSot. of the University
OF Nancy; Professor r. M. F.
Picken, of the Welsh National
School OF Medicine, Cardiff; DR..
E. Rietz, of Stockholm; DR.. B.
Borcic, OF zagreb. Czechoslovakia; :;
DR.. H. van der Kaa, of the Meth.
erlands; Mr.. Harry Hopkins, Mr..
John G. Winant, chairman of the
Social Security Board; Mr.. Ar.
thur j. Altmeyer, Mr.. Vincent M.
Miles, DR.. George G.. Rutland,
Dean Earl Baldwin Mckinley. DR.,
E. l.. Bishop and Mr.. Oscar l.
Chapman, Assistant Secretary of
the Interior.
Also Miss Katharine L. Lenroot,
DR.. Alice Hamilton, Miss Mary E.
Switzer, the Surgeon General, DR..
Hugh S. Cumming; DR.. w. F.
Draper, DR.. C. E. Waller, DIR. L.
r. Thompson, DR. Edward c.
Ernst and Dr.. j. o. Dean.
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Envoy Will Be
Dinner Guest

The Ambassador of Germany,
Herr Hans Luther, will be the
guest of honor at the dinner to be
given this evening by the Chancel-
lor of the American University
and Mrs. Joseph M. M. Gray at
the clubhouse of the American
Association of University Women.
Other guests will include Bishop
John L. NuelSen, of Zurich, Swift
zerland; Bishop and Mrs. Edwin
H. Hughes, Bishop William F. Nc
Dowell, DR.. and Mrs. George B.
Woods, DR.. and Mrs. Ernest S.
Griffith, Miss Mary Louise Brown,
Miss Grace Dunham Guest, Miss
Florence Hooper, Of Baltimore;
DR.. Ernst Correll, Mr.. a nd Mrs.
Joseph c. Gray and Miss Elisabeth
Gray.
Mrs. ]. K. Chamberlain and
Miss Maud F. Aymas, of Brewer,
Me-, are at the Dodge while in
the Capital for a brief visit.
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Mrs. Henry Walter, of New
York city, is at the Carlton for
few days.
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Former Senator James E. Wat.
son entertained informally at
luncheon yesterday at the Carlton.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell B. Car
roll, of New York and Paris, were
the guests for whom Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Colt de Wolf entertained
at tea at the Little Tea House yes.
terday,
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To Wed Nov. IS

The marriage Of Miss Edna
HeuStiS Stiles, daughter of Mr.,
and Mrs. Frank Lawrence Stiles,
OF Flushing, N. Y, to Mr.. Charles
Worthington Sawtelle, son of Mrs.
Julia Sawtelle and Mr.. Edmund
Monroe Sawtelle, of New York and
Washington, will take place No
vember Is at the home of the
bride elects parents. Only relatives
and intimate friends will be
present.
Miss Frances Stiles will be maid
OF honor for her sister, and the
bridesmaids will be Miss Mary
Elizabeth Simpson, Of New York,
and Miss June Sawtelle, of Engle-
wood, N. j., sister of Mr.. Sawtelle.
Mr.. Edmund Rossiter Sawtelle, of
Shawnee -on-Delaware, Pa, will act
as best man for his brother. UsherS
will be Mr.. Chester Munroe Saw
telle, of Cambridge, Mass, and Mr..
William EScher, of Englewood.
Mrs. Harlee Branch, wife of the
Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, entertained at luncheon to-
day in her apartment at Ward.
man Park in honor of her three
daughters, who are visiting her,
Mrs. Wilbur King, of Jasper, Ala,
Mrs. Davis Seaborn, Jr., of At.
lanta, Ca, and Mrs. Don Leslie,
of New Orleans, La.
The guests numbered twenty.
five.
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Mr.. and Mrs. AL Philip Kane
are receiving congratulations upon
the birth of a son on October Is.
Mrs. Kane was formerly Miss Mar
garet Eckloff, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Louis Eckloff, of Wash.
ington.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Chinese Envoy
Entertains

The Ambassador of China, Mr..
Sao-Ke Alfred SEE, entertained at
dinner last evening in honor of
the United States Minister to
Haiti and Mrs. George Anderson
Gordon.
The other guests included the
Minister of Haiti and Nine. Blan.
chet, the Minister of the Union
of South Africa and Mrs. Close,
the Minister of Bulgaria and
Mime. Petroff Tchomakoff, the
Counselor Of the German EN-.
baSSy and Frau Leitner, Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Louis McCarty Lit
tie, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas
Holcomb, Mrs. Joseph Letter,
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Martin Scan
lon, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Dug.
gan, and DR.. and Mrs. Davenport
White.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05

Htor was given to the Dali chill.
dren, and quickly passed or
by them to the Zoo.
Mrs. E. H. G., Slater, whose
Washington home is in Eight.
eenth Street, is at the Muen.
chinger-King in Newport, tt
inspect "Hopedene," :" her es
tate on the Cliffs, which was
not occupied during the sea.
son just ended.
The Assistant Secretary o1
State and Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr
have as their house guest for
the week at their residence in
W yoming venue, Mrs
Thomas Macdonald, of Tryon
N. c., for whom a number OF
small informal parties are be.
ing given.
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty
wore the smartest looking out
fit yesterday to speak before
the Woman's National Demo.
cratic Club on 'The Women
of China. " Her trim black
dress had chic white collar,
made in "bib STYLE" and
about her neck she wore sew
eral strands of pearls. Her
Robin Hood hat was of black
and her earrings caused a
good deal of comment, long
dangly affairs, which she had
procured in China.
Saw Beatrice Phillips and
her mother, the wife of the
Undersecretary of State, tax.
ing a constitutional along
about tea time the other af.
ternoon in front of the Brit
ish Embassy-they live just
around the corner down to.
ward the park-and Bea.
trice's costume was most at.
tractive. Her coat and hat
were of a matching wine col.
ored tweed and her frock
plainly visible beneath the
coat, was of royal blue. They
blended perfectly and made
a lovely color combination.
Mrs. Phillips, dignified and
gracious lady that she is, was
costumed in black, with &
silver fox scarf about hel
shoulders, and a deep, deer
green velour hat trimmed with
a touch of maroon. i
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
100pxz Topics I!
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If you are of the opinion that
this epidemic of diplomatic en-
gagements is over, don't make
any bets on it.
By December l there will be
two more announcements of
great interest, and what, oh,
what, is to become of Katherine
Imbrie's dancing committee 2
Already Dan Cupid has stolen
from her ranks such lovely
bellies as Chita Arguello, Mar
jorie Talman, "Liz" Brawner
and Zoe Patterson.
This quartet is composed of
four of the most attractive of
the Capitals younger set, who
60 everywhere and are seen to-
gether frequently. They are
sorry, you'll just have to wait
until December.
The genial Attorney Gen
eral, Homer S. Cummings, was
glimpsed lunching yesterday
at the Carlton, when his COM
panion was none other than
George Creel-he of the clever
pen.
Martha Davidge, bud of
last season, supping tete-a-tete
at the Shoreham, chooses most
wholesome food, namely fruit
salad and a baked apple lit
terally drowned in cream.
Her becoming gown of hunt
er's green crepe had taffeta
trimmings of the same shade
and her pill box hat was COM
pleted by a stiff little nose
veil.
Among the gifts donated
to the N t ional Geological
Park during the past year was
an alligator, the gift of Flea
nor and Curtis Dali, more ia
miliarly known as "Sistie" "
and "Buzzie," " daughter and
son of Mrs. John Boettiger,
and grand children of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
DR.. William T. Mann, di-
rector of the Zoo, has reported
that the alligator, which was
quite young when presented,
is well and husky, but impos-
sible to distinguish from the
many OF h er alligators with
which it daily associates.
DR.. Mann could not recall
the circumstances of the gift,
other than that the baby ga
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Engagement
Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilbur Green,
of Battery Park, have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Lois Hollingsworth, to Mr.. James
G. Bowen, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William F. Bowen, of Lake Worth,
Fla, formerly of Washington.
Miss Green attended the Marjorie
Webster School and American
University, where she was gradu-
ated in the class of 1885. Mr..
Bowen attended MercerSburg Acad-
emy and was graduated from
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology and the Harvard Graduate
School of Business Administration.
The marriage will take place in
the early winter.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Czech Minister
Luncheon Host

The Minister of Czechoslovakia,
DR.. Ferdinand Veverka, entertained
at a luncheon yesterday in honor
of former Assistant Secretary OF
Commerce, DR.. Julius Klein, who
will receive the order of the White
Lion, which is being bestowed on
him by the President of Czecho-
slovakia for his services in that
country.
The Minister was also host at
luncheon Sunday in honor Of the
newly appointed Minister Of Yugo-
slavia and Nine. Fotitch, who ar
rived in washington last week and
have taken an apartment at the
Wardman Park Hotel while the
legation Is being done over.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Goind to Mexico

The former Governor of North
Carolina and Mrs. o. Max Gard
ner will leave today for Mexico
City where they will be the guests
of the Ambassador and Mrs.
JoSephus Daniels for about 10
days.
They will return to make their
home at the Mayflower for the
winter season. Mrs. Gardner spent
the summer at their home in
Raleigh.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Mother Meets Ship in New York

Last evening the new First Sec
retary, Senor Sergio HuneeuS-
who is succeeding Senor Rodri-
gue-and his bride, Sonora de
Huneeus, arrived in Washington.
Before their wedding, which took
place in Rio de Janeiro on october
IL, she was Senorita Martinez,
daughter of the Chilean Ambassa-
dor to Brazil, Senor Marcial Mar
tinez. They, for the time being,
will make their home at the May
flower.
The three daughters of the Am
bassador of Chile, Senor Don
Manuel Trucco, Senorita Marta,
Senorita Graciela and Senorita
Rebeca, were hostesseS at dinner
last evening at the Shoreham in
honor of Miss Talman and Senor
Rodriguez.
Guests At Dinner
The guests included Senorita
Zoe Patterson and Senorita Olga
Patterson, daughters of the Am
bassador of Cuba; Senorita Ema
Gaete, cousin of the hostesses;
Mrs. Harry Temple, the former
Miss Priscilla Totten, of Washing.
ton; Mrs. Alexander Stone, Miss
Janet Ball, Miss Alice Graeme,
Miss Florence Harris, Miss Evelyn
Walker, Miss Helen Walker, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Burke Elbrick,
the Second Secretary of the Span
ish Embassy, Senor Don Ramon
Padilla y de Satrustegui; the Sec
retary of the Portuguese Legation,
Mr.. Joao de Deus Ramos; the
Secretary of the Nicaraguan Lega'
tion, Senor DT. Don Fernando
SacaSa; the Attache of the Swiss
Legation, Mr.. Ernest Schlatter;
the Secretary of the Yugoslavian
Legation, DR.. Ivan FRANCES; the
Attache of the Rumanian Legation
Mr.. Laurence Bungardeanu; the
Secretary of the Argentine En-
baSsy. Senor EraSto Villa: the At
tache of the Swedish Legation,
Mr.. Stig M. A. Unger: Mr.. William
Ryan, Senior Patricio Smart, of
New York: Mr.. Frank Whitney,
Senor Jose Maria de Lasa, of the
Cuban Embassy, and Senor Fer
nando Illanes Benitez, OF the
Chilean Embassy.
No@y co@e1m
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Returns to Capital

The Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr.. Henry Morgenthau, jr., re-
turned this morning from Fish
kill Farms, his Dutchess county
(New York; home, where he spent
the past few days win Mrs. Nor
genthau. She is expected to re-
turn tomorrow or Thursday.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Diplomatic and Official Notes:
ENGAGEMENT IN DIPLOMATIC SET
Cuban Ambassador Announces
BetrothaI Of His Daughter
To Swiss AttaChe

Today brings forth the announcement of
still another engagement in the ranks of the
Diplomatic Corps 1t is that of Senora Zoe Patterson,
pretty brunette daughter of the Ambassador of Cuba Senior
Dr. Guermo Patterson de Jauregu Mr. Ernest Schlat.
ter, attache of the Legation of Switzerland.
Following the custom of Cuba Mr.. Schatter formally
called the Ambassador Sunday morning and following
this small dinner party that evening" announcement
was made
The Washington times., 1935-11-05

MISS PEGGY McNEALE,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald McNeale, who will be
presented to society at a
team on November 26 by
her grandmother, Mrs. Louis
smoot. (Hssslsr Henderson
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their arrival in Washington a few
months ago, received her educa-
ton from private tutors.
The wedding will take place in
the handsome Embassy on Decem-
ber 16. The attendants have not
been selected.
Date Is Changed
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
have changed the date of the
Cabinet dinner from Tuesday, De-
cember 10, to December IL.
The Ambassador of France, Mr..
Andre de Laboulaye, left Wash
ington today for New York. He
will remain there for a few days
before returning to the Embassy.
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Takes Apartment
The Secretary of the Turkish
Embassy, Mr.. Ibrahim Seyfullah,
has returned to Washington from
Tucson, Ariz., where he was re-
covering from motor accident.
He has taken an apartment at
Alban Towers where he will be
for the Winter.
Mrs. P. E. Godridge, of New Ro-
chelle, N. Y, is at the Shoreham
to visit the Federal Trade Com
missioner, Col. Charles Hoyt
March, and Mrs. March, and she
will go on to Virginia before re-
turning to New York.
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Selects Attendants
Miss Dorothy Isabella Ryan,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
H. Ryan, has selected Wednesday,
November q as the date for her
marriage to Mr.. George E. Web
ster, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. L.
Webster.
The ceremony will be performed
at the home of the brides parents
by the Rev. Father Clark.
Miss Katherine Windle will be
the maid Of honor and Mr.. Alton
Webster will serve as best man.
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Mrs. George F. Becker has sent
out cards for an at home tomor-
row afternoon from 5 to o'clock
at 2310 Connecticut Ave. to meet
Col. and Mrs. Joseph Cecil.
To Arizona
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Hayes
Warren, II, whose marriage took
place October 26, have left Ashe-
vile, N. c., to Phoenix, Ariz., to
make their home. Mrs. Warren
was formerly Miss Marie McIn-
tyre, daughter of the secretary to
the President and Mrs. Marvin
H. Mcintyre.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
New Secretary

Hossein Ghods, newly appointed
Secretary of the Legation of Iran,
has arrived and assumed his
duties. He is succeeding Hossein
Khan Navab, who has been trans
ferred to Buenos Aires.
Il
Mrs. Frank Let's, who has
been visiting in New York, has
returned to town and has leased
an apartment at the Mayflower
for the winter.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
S'4A c@~'"" "
Will Make Bow
In December

Miss Evelyn Elizabeth Radeker,
debutante niece of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Warren Adams, will be pre-
sented in Washington at a lunch
con to be given on December 6 at
the Mayflower by her aunt.
Miss Radeker attended school at
st. Genevieve's of the Pines in
Asheville, N. c., and Hood College,
in Frederick, Md. Her father. q
former New Yorker, now lives in
Asheville. Miss Radeker is a de-
scendant of Gustavus Coward,
American Ambassador to Korea,
and later Ambassador to Japan
in President Harrison'S admins
tration.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams and their
niece spend the winters in Wash
ington and go to Marblehead,
Mass, during the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. I. Deans, Of
Chester, Pa, are at the Shoreham
while in the Capital on their we'd
ding trip. Before their marriage
on Saturday Mrs. Deans was Miss
Grayce Lamb. They expect to
continue on a trip through the
South.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Con-
saul have returned from a sojourn
of several months in California,
the greater part of which time
was spent at Balboa Beach. They
also visited the San Diego Expo
Sition, Yosemite, Grand Canyon,
Denver and Chicago.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
Dolly Cameron Says:
DINNER HONORS BRIDAL COUPLE
Senor Rodriguez and Fiancee
Are the Dinner Guests of
Envoys Daughters

The Chilean Embassy for the next few days
will be simply humming with excitement
There is much going No other Embassy Legation
has been quite involved with weddings and comings and
goings First September H. society tremendously
prised the wedding of pretty Senora Cha Argueo
and the popular Counselor of the Embassy Snor Don Ben
jamin Cohen Following their wedding the attractive couple
left for Europe.
Mother Meets Ship in New York
This evening they will to Washington accompanied
by the brides mother Sonora rma Argueo who up
New York them when they docked earlier in the day
aboard the Aqutania Senor Cohen and his wife will make
their the Mayflower They probably would have
maned abroad for longer time except that he to be in
the second wedding the Chilean Embassy calendarha Of
Miss Marjorie Talman the Secretary Senor Don Mario
Rodriguez which will take place Friday afternoon in ST. Mat
IS
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Senorita Patterson, who has
been her fathers hostess since
their arrival in Washington a few
months ago, received her educa-
ton from private tutors.
The wedding will take place in
the handsome Embassy on Decem.
ber 16. The attendants have not
been selected.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-15
$780, OO,O 900 For Equipment
Bv E. Hofer.

IN normal times, the railroads constitute the great
est single industrial market for supplies and
cOmmOditie Of many kind. Statistics show how
vast and how important to the general welfare that
market is.
Between 1923 and 1884, inclusive, the rails
capital expenditures alone came to the gigantic
total Of 1857, 481, 900 and this includes the years
following 1880 when such spending was at an ex-
tremely low level. In 1928, their capital expendi-
lures Were more than a billion; and in 1880, the
last normal year, they were close to 900 million dol
lars.
That money went for locomotives, freight cars,
passenger ears, roadways, machinery and other
equipment. Every basic industry felt the stimulus,
steel, lumber, cement, chemicals. And a substantial
proportion of each dollar spent went directly and
Indirectly into pay envelopes, and kept millions Of
men at work.
In 1881, railroad capital expenditures totaled
but 362 million and a half billion dollar drop from
the preceding year, and in 1888 they went to the
abysmal low of 104 million dollars. The decline in
railroad spending is one Of the principal reasons
for the lag in employment, and the decline of in
dustrial operations.
Last year railroad capital expenditures started
up reaching 213 million dollars. But that was AT
million dollars under the twelve-year average. Any
thing that can be done to further aid the railroads.
so that they will again improve, develop and ex-
pand their properties, will give the strongest Dos
sible impetus to recovery.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-15
Are We Headed For Chaos?
BY E. Hotter.

Few financial commentators have so striking a
record of accurate predictions as to the future, as
Robert Babson; one Of the handful Of seers who
forecast the great collapse of 1929.
Nh. Babson hsa lately been optimistic as to the
course of recovery; but in a recent article, which
he terms the most important message he has IS
sued in a month, he presents the omnibus question,
Is the United States Headed for Chaos?'
Mr.. Babson's fear that chaos actually confronts
Us IS based on the enormous increae in the public
debt. So far this fiscal year the Treasury has
spent the almost ineonceivable sum of 40 million
dollars per week over half a billion a month. Forty
eight per cent of this was used for the ordinary
running expenses Of government, the balance going
for relief, public works and similar emergency
projects.
Treasury receipts have averaged about 283 mil
lion dollars a month. Consequently, in spite of the
highest taxes in our history, the federal govern
ment is going IN debt to the tune Of PSI million
dollars a month, Sc million dollars a week. In Mr..
Babson's words, ''Never before in the history of the
world has any nation SO deliberately unbalanced
It's budget"
The upshot of this spending, If it IS long con-
tinued, Is obvious. Currency initiation. There viii
be no other way for the government to pay the bill.
It will be forced to issue unsound currency and the
result doesn't require much acumen to guess at.
There Is no such a thing as controlled initiation; it
invariably gets out of hand. And complete destruc-
ton OF the nations social and economic standards
must follow.
Mr.. Babson urges that the public write their
representatives, demanding that increased expendi-
lures be voted down 'sVo populi vox dei'-and
this is no time for silence.