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The Washington times., 1935-12-06
OIL
HEAD DENIES
WAR DEALS

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 GN,SO.
The Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey has had no war
business" with Italy, a company
statement asserted today.
when the extraordinary de.
mand for oil in the war operations
developed" the release stated,
"the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, as majority owner
of an old established domestic
company in Italy, was in favored
position to get this business.
"As at matter of policy, we did
not take it.
with the single exception Of
some crude oil purchased and
transported by an affiliated COM
pany and resold by it last Sep.
tember to a broker, the Standard
Oil Company (of N. j. has made
no shipments of what might be
termed war business.
"AS between patriotic obliga-
tions and business opportunities,
there can be no choice" the state
ment adds. Despite our duty to
stockholders and employees, our
first loyalty is to the nation"
The American Government. the
statement points out. has remained
strictly neutral in the ItaloEthio
plan controversy. and. as a United
States corporation, STANDARD OF
New Jersey had no right to take
upon itself to find one or both
nations at fault and shut off its
normal supplies"
At the same time, J. A. Brown
chairman of the executive com
mittee of the Socony-Vacuum Oil
Company. Inc. said a large re
finery would be constructed by its
italian subsidiary at Naples, to be
put into operation in the spring
Of 1887. He explained the plar
developed as the result of a change
in the Italian tariff in 1893. LONG
before the outbreak of Italo-Ethio
plan hoStilitieS.
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
Italian Bond Gain
In London Credited
To Belgian Rule.

ROME-An improvement in
italian securities on the London
market, attributed in rumorS,
which are denied here. to an al
legged Italian request for a truce
in the African war, is believed
in Rome to be due rather to eff
forts by King Leopold of the Bel
gians, who is now in the British
Capital.
King Leopold is thought to be
in London to urge the necessity
for not embittering the European
situation any further. 1t is added
here, however, that the Italian
government is not informed as to
the purpose of the Kings visit.
King Leopold has a family con.
nection with the italian royal
house. His sister, Crown Princess
Marie Jose, was married in 1890
to Crown Prince Humbert Of Italy.
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
Two District Youths
Honored al Brown

Two Washington students at
Brown University have been ad-
mitted to the special honors pro-
gram at that school this year. The
students are: John D. Glover,
1901 Argonne Pl. N. W.. gradu-
ate of Central High, and Terrelle
advance work.
B. Crum, of 712 Taylor st. N. W.,
a transfer student from Antioch
College. Under the plan. students
who do exceptional work are
freed from usual routine class re-
quirements and are given special
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
Woman Who Lived
In Poverty Leaves
Estate Of 100000

WEsTwOOD, N. J.-More than
thirty distant kinfolk of Aunt
Ellen" Ackerman, SO, prepared to
file claim to shares in the $780,
900 fortune she had secluded in
the gray, 12-room house at 10
Elm st. when she died there alone
on November 81.
The discovery that the old
woman had boarded so large a
share of this worlds goods be-
hind her dusty. curtain-less wind
ows, gave Westwood quite a turn.
"Aunt Ellen" had been a recluse
for a quarter century. She had
no callers, diScouraging visits
from her relatives, who conSid-
cred her poor and eccentric.
She took in no newspaper, had
no radio. In winter, she heated
the one room she occupied with a
coal stove. She burned kerosene
for light; had her water from a
well outside the kitchen door and
used an outdoor necessary. Her
floors had no carpets.
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
Salvador, Guatemala
Relations Improved

SAN SALVADOR. Ell Salvador.
More cordial relations between Ell
Salvador and Guatemala are ex-
pected to follow the presentation
of the credentials of Francisco
Toledo, Guatemalan minister, to
President Martinez of El Saliva
dor. Toledo, who is we'll known
here, is said to have been sent
to Ell Salvador to work for closer
relations between the two coun-
tries. Work has already been be
gun in marking the long-disputed
boundary of Guatemala and Ell
Salvador, and the completion of
this work is expected to remove
a cause of misunderstanding.
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
Justice Department
Searching for Man
With Receding Chin

Many jibes have been written
about "the man with the receding
chin"
Today his fingerprint and a
photograph showing his recedirg
chin were broadcast by the De-
partment of Justice in cooperation
with the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police.
He IS Tony Roma, alias Ricco,
so, wanted on a warrant held by
the Toronto authorities charging
him with conspiring with others
to peddle narcotics.
The Washington times., 1935-12-06

kidney beans, baked In a
sauce of their own juices;
and ~ Boston-style, with
pork and 'lasses!> Stock
up, Madam! Let him
eat Heinz beans and lots
of 'em. He'll love 'eml
Fl Ell n Y
OVEN.BAKED
3 E a n s
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
Phonogrdph Music
Inspires Fish Girls

LONDON.-Music is inspiring
the famous Scottish fish-cleaning
girls who went by special train
to Yarmouth, England, for the
herring season. The lassies sang
at their work with such Zest that
fish curing firms introduced loud
speakers through which phono-
graph music was played.
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
Hanson Succeeds
Dunn in D. J. Job

John H. Hanson, in charge OF
the New York city office OF the
Justice Department Division OF
Investigation, has been ordered 10
Los Angeles to succeed Joseph E. 2.
Dunn, agent who recently re-
signed. Hanson is a native OF st.
Paul, and a graduate of the UNI
yerSity of Minnesota.
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
Jail Empty Too Long,
Canny Scots Sell Il

LONDON.-Useless for years,
the Flintshire county Jail, near
Mold, Scotland, has been sold to
r. s. Kelly, a Mold attorney and
clerk to the local magistrates.
Included in the sale are the gov
ernor's residence and warder's
house. The Jail, which cost $780,
900 to build. was closed because
Of the scarcity of prisoners. After
wards it was a monastery and
military detention barracks.
The Washington times., 1935-12-06

place of yours perfectly. We prepare
them the homemade way" with
prime meats, choice vegetables and
spices slowly cooked in open kettles.
Then Heinz seals them in tins, COM
pIete, ready to serve. Your grocer
sells them at prices less than the
cost of making soup at home. Start
now to enjoy Heinz labor less
homemade soups! Win applause
from the whole family.
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
HEINZ "DIRECT TEST"
MoneY-Back Offer

Taste any Hsinx Soup. Taste the same variety Of
any other brand. Heinz Soup does not better
mail both labels to US with your written criticism
and receive from the full price Of both soups
H. J. Heinz Co.. Pittsburgh, Pa
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
Kin Of Roosevelt
And Chum Are Held

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Dec. 6
GN.SO.-Declaring from the Dis
trict Court bench that he did
not appreciate a spirit of play
fulness that might put out a
persons eye" Judge Robert Wal
colt yesterday found probable
cause and held for the grand
jury Cornelius v. Roosevelt. grand
son of the late President, and
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
"Peeping Tom" Retired

"Peeping Tom," the famous
wooden effigy leaning out Of the
top story window Of Kings Head
Hotel in Coventry, England, is to
have a rest. He has been there
for 900 years, reminder of how
the original "TomR lost his eyes
while looking at Lady Godiva on
her ride. Coventry has decided
to preserve Peeping Tom in safer
quarters and insure him for $4,000.
but a replica is to take his place
at the hotel.
The Washington times., 1935-12-06

Let him eat beans-oven-
baked beans HEINZ
beans! We cook them with
the same care you would
use in your own kitchen
in small patches; in hot,
dry ovens.
There are four kinds Of
Heinz oven-baked beans;
(1) with pork and tomato
sauce; % vegetarian style
with tomato sauce, but
without pork; (3) red
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
BILLION ASKED
!. FOR HOUSING
! BY WAGNER
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
international News Service

international News Service
A billion-dollar low-rent public
housing and slum clearance pro
gram was being drafted today by
Senator Robert F. Wagner CD Of
New York. He planned to intro
duce the finished measure as soon
as Congress covenes, and hopes
for its prompt enactment, with
the support Of President RooSe'
welt.
The measure would be designed
to wipe out Slulns in the larger
cities and to provide low-rent
housing in smaller cities. The
American plan may be modelled
somewhat after like projects re-
ported to have proved a success in
England and Germany.
New Authority Planned
Present indications are that
Senator Wagner will propose
creation of a new Federal houS-
ing authority, probably in the
Interior Department, with power
to administer the fund. Its first
purpose would be to encourage
and assist, financially or other
wise, local public-housing bodies
in the construction of loW-rent
projects. Loans may be author
lied up to 80 per cent of the
total cost of such projects, with
the Government charging as low
an interest rate as it has to pay
on its own bonds.
In cities or areas where local
groups are unwilling or unable
to take charge of such projects,
the new Federal body may be
authorized to construct its own
projects. In such instances, one
of the primary purposes would
be to construct either small
homes or large apartments which
could be rented at the low rates
now paid by occupants of slum
dwellings.
Senator Wagner frankly admit
ted his program, in effect, would
constitute a Federal subsidy to
low.paid workers.
Standards to Vary
II hope to sponsor bill, pro
viding for coordination between
the Federal and local govern
ments in constructing low-rent
housing projects" said Senator
Wagner. MY idea is to allow for
various standards of living-small
homes in one locality, large apart
mentS in another.
II do not contemplate construc-
ton of homes for the middle and
better classes. l plan merely the
elimination of SlumS in large cities
and the provision of decent homes
for the poor in smaller cities.
If we want to wipe out the
alum, we must take care Of the
groups of people who earn so lit
tie they cannot pay the rents re
quired by private owners. I be,
lieve we should look after these
people, just as we provide free
parks, free hospitals and free pub.
A4C 1U4 d44CS 4Ok GAIOoC VIII CoAIAIOI
provide themselves with these
blessings of life.
Must Be Subsidized
And for these projects to sue,
ceed, the Government must sub,
idize them.
Before allowing people to live
in such projects, believe a means
test should be established. In
other words, I would allow only
those people who cannot afford
higher rents to live in the subsi-
died projects
Senator Wagner declared he be-
Heved the low-rent projects would
pay for themselves" over a period
of time in reduction of tubercu.
loSiS, fire losses, eliminati ton of
disease and in reduced crime
COSTS"
I'VE will save money in the long
rum" he concluded, ITO say moth.
ing of the good we will do in pro,
noting public health, safety and
the welfare of a large group OF
our citizens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-01-06
UPTURN WIDENED
BY RETAIL TRADE,
STEEL AND AUTOS
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
duction. the upward trend of business
in the fourth Federal Reserve district
continued. In the Cleveland Lorain
and Youngstown steel districts, out
put rose in large part as result of
automotive demands, a stimulus which
aided accessory manufacturers also.
In 100 Cleveland manufacturing
plants, employment rose last week to
nearly $4,000, a gain of 81 per cent
from November
ATLANTA-TheS sixth Federal Re-
serve districts trade last week was
called normal Steel production in
the Birmingham area was scheduled
to rise to 33la per cent of capacity
from 2712 per cent last week and the
week before.
CHICAGO-Post holiday retail,
wholesale and mail order business in
the Chicago area of the seventh Fed
eral Reserve district maintained a
pace better than a year ago, reports
from most sources indicated. Ex-
panding steel production was the
NeShS 1GdlulC. WI lllC CANSPI4OAA
of grains, major farm commodity
prices moved a little higher, and fig
ures of the National Lumber Manu-
facturerS' Association indicated saw
mill operators in most lumber produc-
ton regions have a volume OF new
business booked greatly in excess OF
year ago. Southern Illinois mines
showed a good business.
ST. LoUIS-Satisfactor sales at better
prices in the tobacco market and INCREASED
fuel sales last week in the eighth FeoeLal
OF heavy industries for inventory. slow
retail sales and a quiet market in oulld-
ing materials.
trade in the ninth Federal reserve; district
was reported continuing at high rate
one wholesaler said orders were 20 per
General contrsctors Of Minnesota reported
the building industry at "a very low ebb.
employment better than last year. Grain
and -four, shipments were 10 per cent
under last year. Leading St, Paul de-
Clearance sales and smaller inventories
than last year.
KANSAS CTTY-Business and banking
trade last week in the tenth Federal re-
1884; Bank deposits we're reported at
Loans were reported decreasing mod
erately.
DALLAS-Reports last week from the
eleventh Federal reserve district were
largely favorable. The University OF Texas
Bureau OF Business Research reported EN-.
poyment in 1913 business houses as OF
December Is at S0.S53 a l per cent gain
over November and d per cent over 1888
Pay rolls were UP l per cent over Novem-
Der and 81 per cent from 1888
SAN FRANCISCO-Activity was reported
brisk in banking wholesale trade. engi-
neering CT Instruction and lumber last week
in the twelfth Federal reserve district.
Bank deposits gained but loans did not
keep pace Sil INDUSTRY conditions were
ported the best collections in a decade
but the value of general building was low.
with engineering construction at record
high levels California and oregon lum-
Der sales we're increased over the preceding
week and reported much higher than
a year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-01-06
STOCKS MOVE Up
AT WEEKS CLOSE
Traders Are More Hopeful
After Closer Study of
Message.
what Stocks Did.
BY FREDERICK GARDNER,

Associated Press Financial Writer.
NEW YORK, January 5.-Wall
Street apparently found more reasons
to be hopeful after second reading
of the Presidents message today and
security prices moved forward in some
sections although markets remained
quiescent.
The principal trade news of the
day, the report on freight car load
ingS. furthermore, showed a decline
Of less than seasonal amount for the
week ended December 90, according
to Moody's Index. The report. a day
late owing to the Tuesday holiday.
showed loadiDgs Of 425, 120 cars. This
was a drop OF 122,775 from the pre-
ceding week and was attributable to
the Christmas holiday and contrac-
ton in the movement of coal owing
to warmer weather.
The expectation that the public
works program might bring profits
to building companies excited some
demand for the shares. The activity
and firmness of automotive stocks was
coincident with the opening of the
New York Automobile Show and hopes
of the biggest sales in the last few
years.
improvement in the traction group
was chalked up to revival of the be-
lief that unif1cation of the New York
units is not far away. Although rail
stocks shifted little higher. the drive
OF yesterdays advance was lacking
Utilities stood still.
Although the stock market was less
active than last Saturday, trading was
fairly brisk at 494,47O shares, COM
pared with 965,420 yesterday. The
Associated Press composite average of
go selected stocks rose .27 of a point
to 4105.
Issues which added fractions we're
Baltimore & Ohio, Chrysler, General
Electric, General Motors, Sears,
Standard of New Jersey and Union
Carbide. Yesterdays demand for pre-
ferred shares was carried over and re-
suited in gains of point or more in
several instances.
Stocks which gained from l to 2
points or so included American Ship
building, Auburn, Bethlehem Steel,
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit, Inter
borough Rapid Transit, Manhattan
Railway Guaranteed, Johns Manville,
and Simms Petroleum. American
Telephone at 1852 was up s.. Con-
solidated Gas rose "a to 2Ol4. United
States Steel edged ahead to 1915 for
q gain of q.
The session brought the week to
close With slightly higher prices on
balance. The Associated Press COM
posite average of 60 selected shares
stood at 41.05, compared with 4042
week ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-01-06
FOUR BANKING OFFICES
ADDED IN TWO STATES

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. January 5.-Four new
banking Offices are listed in this weeks
Banking Market, issued today by
Rand McNally & Co.
The report shows that three Michi-
gan institutions, formerly operating
under a conservator, have reopened
on an unrestricted basis, while new
branch Office has been opened in Ken
lucky.
The bulletin also indicates one con-
solicitation, five changes in title and
the discrimination Of eight banking
ofices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-01-06
MORE TIME GRANTED.

NEW YORK, January S P.-
American Superpower Corp. has ex-
tended the time in which it will &C
cept for purchase shares of its first
preferred stock at $3.50 per share
until January u, it was announced
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-01-06
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE


- 1884 - Stocks and
High. Low. Dividend Rate.
l6h 81 Grit Nor Greg (h50c)
35H 26 Grit West Sug(2.4o)
118h 102 GRIT West Sug pf(7)
3h y Guantanamo Sugar
1874 s Gulf Mobile q NJ.
S5A IL Gulf Mobile&N pf.
az 15H Gulf States Steel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-01-06

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-21
AND YOU PAY THE BILLS

Few people, said Frank Kent in one of his in
forming articles in The News and Courier appre-
ciate the magnitude of the New Deals publicity
machine. Literally hundreds of young men are
engaged ins regularly putting out to the public
printed matter designed to popularize the New Deal
agencies discredit their critics and confound their
opponents. This is natural and proper function
for the publicity directors paid out of the party
funds, but it is the first time wholesale propaganda
aimed at the perpetuation of an administration i'll
power, has been paid out of the public treasury and
the propagandists put on the public payrolls."
If The News and Courier were to devote its COL
umns to all the available matter emanatng from
the New. Deal, its readers would go without local
and general news, for there would be no space re-
naming. Government denounces other propagau-
dists, but its own are supposed to be above susp-
cion. Government lashes out at those who take is
sue with these political propagandiss. Government
would have newspapers publish it's flood of colored
news at the expense of the publishers. The public
is without any idea of the volume of advertising
for which government does not pay But govern
ment pays, and pays WE'LL the persons who supply
this free advertising
Private business has the same right to broadcast
propaganda that government has. Not long ago
some companies bitterly criticized by govern
ment for their publicity activities. Their propa-
ganda sinister, in the governments viewpoint,
but the governments own was benign, benevolent,
above reproach! Let the American people take
thought of what would be published in the news
papers if the federal government could control
them as the Italian German and Russian govern
ments control their newspapers. 1t is high time
that the American people understand that their
government in Washington is deluging the country
with political Observation-Disclosures News and
Courier
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-21
SHALL WE SOAK" EVERYONE?

When we soak the rich we soak everyone
This is especially true of proposals TO levy eNoF-
L;tor+ taxes on our great corporate enterprises,
Demagogic politicians point to the 1acI Vha' SUM"
of these corporations have gross incomes running
into the scores of millions and they attempt to rea
SON from that, that they should be taxed to the
roirt Of confscaton, in order to benefit people ct
small and average means. %.
What the politicians overlook is that most OF
these great corporations, far from representing
few vast fortunes, represent the accumulated saw
ings of hundreds of thousands of investors
The largest American business enterprise Tor
example, is the American Telephone Telegraph
company 1t has stockholder list of about oIo'-
900 persons. Not single one of these stockholders
owns as much as per cent OF the company
representative enterprise is the General MO
tors Corporation. 1t has market value OF S1''oo'-
600 900 and is owned by some. 4l5VoO stockhoAu-
ers More than 100000 of these stockholders pos
sess ten shares of stock or less-a maximum invest
ment interest, on the average, of $3.50. Where are
vour great Accommodations of capital mere!
Taxes and legislative policies that punish ente1-
nrse merely because it is conducted on large
scale strike directly at the jobs, savings and pocK
etbooks Of millions of ordinary citizens-who are
far from being rich The savings of the great
masses of Americans are represented, directly o.
Indirectly, bv our large corporate busnesses-and
on the future of those businesses the future OF the
average individual citizen depends.-Monroe Enter
prise.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-21
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
THE COST OF ELECTRICITY

Figures recently given out by the United States
Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
regarding the electric industry, are highly signif-
cant at the present time and especially with rela-
ton to more less prevalent charges of the high
cost of electric light and power.
Twenty-Five years ago the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistcs began collecting figures to show the average
cost per unit of electricity used by the American
family.
The unit, of course, is the kilowatt hour-which
is the amount of electric current required to op-
crate 100-watt light ten hours.
In 1913 the average charge was 81 cents
In II years this was cut gradually to Go cents.
In five years more, which brings it down to the
present time the average cost was cut to Sc cents
These figures, in connection with figures given
out by the Census Bureau indicate that the cost 10
the consumer goes down as the use of electricity
increases.
In these p years the use of electricity has in
creased more than 500 per cent Literally hundreds
of new uses have been found for electric current
since we first began to use it to light our homes
and places of work.
1t is significant also that Labor Statistics Bureau
figures show this decrease in the cost of electricity
has been effected while the general cost of living
which means the cost of almost everything else the
American family has to buy has been boosted 40
per cents-Rock Hill IS. c. Herald.