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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
REVENUES RISE
FOR 93CLASS
| ROADS

Preliminary reports from SO
Glass I railroads, representing S4.S
per cent Of total operating
revenues, made public today by
the Association of American Rail
roads, show that those railroads,
in November, had estimated
operating revenues amounting to
$3C0.848,510 compared with $685.
560,051 in the same month of 1895
and $500 ,870,644 in the same
month in 1880.
Operating revenues of those
roads in November were 1T per
cent above those for November,
last year, but 9.6 per cent below
November, 1880.
Freight revenues Of the SO Glass
I railroads amounted to $685.
7O4 in November compared with
$210,037, 459 in November, 1885,
and 1891, 059,845 in November,
1880. Freight revenues in No
vember, this year, were 1873 per
cent above the same month last
year, but "A per cent below the
same month in 1890.
Passenger revenues, according to
these preliminary reports from SO
e. Class I railroads, totaled $27, $780,
2O7 in November, this year, COM
pared with $23, 1889 ,681 IN Novem-
Der, 1885, and Sal, 1855, 1928 in
November, 1880. For the month
OF November, this year, they were
14.8- per cent above the same
month last year, but 34.5 per cent
below the same month in 1880.
Eastern Revenues Up
Thirty-seven Glass I railroads.
representing 95.4 per cent of total
operating revenue in the Eastern
district, had estimated operating
revenues of $170, 489 ,045 in Novam-
Der, this year, compared with
$144,001 ,848 in November, 1885,
and $l85, 1895 in November,
1880. Operating revenues of the
81 Class I railroads in the East
ern district in November, this year,
were 1874 per cent above the same
month last year, but 8.3 per cent
below November, 1880.
Freight revenues of those rail-
roads in November, this year,
amounted to $140,017,174, com.
pared with $116,533, 1877 in Novem-
Der, 1895, and $142 ,528,771 in No
vember. 1880. Freight revenues Of
those railroads in November, this
year, were 20.2 per cent above the
same month in 1885, but 1.8 per
cent below the same month in
1880.
Passenger revenues Of those
roads in November, this year,
totaled $17,322, 6S5, compared with
SIS, 290, 260 in November, last year,
and $2,454,07 in November, 1890.
Passenger revenues in November,
this year, showed an increase of
1873 per cent, compared with No
vember one year ago, but a de-
crease Of 34.5 per cent compared
with November, 1880.
Gain In South
Nineteen Class / railroads, rep
resenting 66.8 per cent of total
operating revenues in the South
ern District, had estimated operat-
ing revenues Of $29,913,801 in No.
vember, this year, compared with
$24,955,675, in November, 1885,
and $50, 849,3 1873 in November,
1890. Operating revenues of the
10 Glass / railroads in the South
ern district in November, this
year, were 1919 per cent above
the same month last year, but 3
per cent below November, 1880.
Thirty.seven Class railroads,
representing 76.5 per cent Of total
operating revenues in the Western
district, had estimated operating
revenues Of 500, AS, 1854 in Novem-
her, this year, compared with $685.
5O2,52S in November, 1885, and
'$116,031 ,665 in November, 1880.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
New York City Bank
Securities Advance

New York City bank stocks re-
covered during the past week to
close at moderately higher levels,
according to Holt, Rose & Troster.
The aggregate market value of Is
leading issues on December II
amounted to $1,852,350,00O COM
pared with 1882, 1872 900 at the
close Of the previous week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
Aviatrix on Long Hop

PARIS, Dec. 14.-Maryse Bastis,
pretty French aviatrix, took off
yesterday on the first phase Of her
projected flight to South America.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14

GAY Optional stock cash. (h) Includes extra
declaration only Co. Extra stock cash dl Extra in
attonS co Paid payable this (m Special
bar S,. ~ RAG hQ~ioa5n& divdsnd Of cash Snd
warrants (S) Ex-dividend. (t) Ex-rightA
Dividend rate in dollars In parsnthOseG
Evening star., 1936-07-18
SUITS Threatened
BY RADIO STRIKERS
Workers Would Prevent Interfer-
ence of Police With Sympathiz.
ers Coming to Camden.

Sy the Associated preSs.
CAMDEN, N. j., July 18.-Spokes-
men for the United Electrical and
Radio Workers Union said today
legal steps would be started "to en-
force strikers rights" as the week end
brought quiet to the strike at the r.
c. A. Manufacturing Co. plant.
With the plant closed for its Gus
tomary Saturday holiday, at least a
temporary end Of street riotings. ac-
companied by injuries to police,
strikers and workers and numerous
arrests, was expected.
A. j. IsSerman of Newark, N. j.,
an attorney for the Civil Liberties
Union. who has been acting as a men,
ber of the radio unions legal staff,
said civil suits would be started ''in a
number of courts" to prevent a re-
currence of the lawless interference
of police with sympathizers coming
to Camden" and obtain the release
of arrested strike sympathizers.
Seventeen arrests were made and
five policemen and six civilians hurt
in widespread disorder as employees
left the plant late yesterday Earlier
in the day Supreme Court Justice
Frank T. Lloyd, sitting as a COM
mitting magistrate, held l0l persons
arrested Thursday in an aggregate
Of $523,000 bail.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
TWO w. P. A. SUITS
DEMAND VACATIONS
Theater Manager and Employe
New York Plaintiffs, With
Thousands Affected.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July l8-Two Fed
eral Court suits were filed yesterday
seeking to force the Government to
grant vacations with pay to w. P. A.
workers.
The actions were brought by Louis
Bunin, local manager Of the w. P. A.
experimental theater, and Matilda
Schnittman, an employe of the theater
project.
Carol King, counsel for both. said
thousands of w. P. A. workers would
be affected by the outcome.
Bunin's suit seeks 25-day vacations
annually for all supervisory and ad-
ministrative workers, in accordance
with a law which he said became
effective March IA, and two and one
half days a month off for those classed
as temporary employees.
Miss Schnittman's complaint said
the controller general had ruled that
w. p. A. employees were not Federal
officials or employees within the mean
ing Of the act. and that no w. p. A.
worker of any grade could lawfully
be paid except for actual services
rendered.
Miss Schnittman estimated that
there are about 10000 persons en-
ployed as she is on theater projects,
including the living newspaper"
Evening star., 1936-07-18
Judge Mattingly
Flaws Communists
In Filming T,oo S25
Tells Pair to $50 Back
. Where You Came
. From,'' at Trial.

AN excoriation of communistic az
tivities in this country was delivered
from the bench by Judge Robert E.
Mattingly In Police Court yesterday Il,
sentencing two persons to pay fines oi
s25 each or spend 80 DAYS in Jail on
charges Of distributing handbills in
violation of police regulations.
'If you don't like this country, 60
back where you came from" Judge
Mattingly told Margaret Adams, 10,
of the 400 block F street, and John
Thomas, 81, of the HOO block of ]
street. The pair was charged witt,
distributing handbills advocating COM
munism at the Roosevelt nominators'
celebration at Griffith Stadium June
~, when thousands of persons gathered
to hear the Presidents acceptance
speech.
Counsel for Thomas and Miss Adams
gave notice Of filing motion for q
new trial and Judge Mattingly set
July % for arguments. They were
released under bond.
After he had fined the two, Judge
Mattingly turned to the attorney.
Samuel Levine, and asked II he "be.
lieved In that kind Of stuff" referring
to the communistic literature.
I'm just defending my clients" the
lawyer replied.
i"Well, think you're a Communist.
to-" declared the judge.
The attorney later referred to the
trial as a farce in which Judge Mat
tingly allowed personal prejudice to
influence his Judgement"
Evening star., 1936-07-18
IL STEEL WORKERS
FACE INDICTMENTS
Special Grand Jury at Portsmouth,
Ohio. Cites Group, II Of Them
Union Pickets.
Is the Associated Press.

Is the Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio. July 1s.-
Twelve steel workers-11 Of them
union pickets in the violence-marked
strike which ended at the Wheeling
Steel Corps Portsmouth plant Mon
day-faced indictments returned yes
terday in partial report Of a special
grand jury investigating disorders in
which one man was killed and several
injured.
The grand Jury reported to Judge
Joseph w. Bagby that it would con-
tinue in session.
Five strike pickets-James Culver
Pearl Culver, Elba Presley, William
Weddington and Roy Jones-were
named in indictments charging shoot
ing to kill, for an attempted assault
on Jack Craft.
The pickets were driven off by
Craft, who shot one of the group
Presley, four times. Onicials said
the men apparently thought they
were attacking Crafts brother, nom
union steel worker.
Indictments charging carrying con-
cealed weapons were returned against
Parson Cooper, a non-union plant
employe, and william Hoobler and
Howard Jones, both pickets. Odell
Purdy, a picket, was charged with as
sault and battery and James Culver
was named in a second indictment
charging the same offense.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
WOMAN AND BABY
BEATEN TO DEATH
Husband, Sunday School
Teacher, .HeId-Second
Child May Succumb.
By the Associated Press.

6y the AssoclateQ PreSS.
ERIE, Pa, July 18.-The wife Of q
Sunday school teacher and her 2-year-
old baby were found beaten to death
today in their home and a second
child so badly injured he may not
live.
Police detained Samuel c. Weed,
40-year-old father and husband. who
was found two squares from bis house,
where the driver of an automobile
said the man had attempted to Jump
in front Of his car
The dead are Mrs. Irene Weed, 80,
and David. Charles Weed, 4, is in the
hospital, where Weed also was taken
for treatment of injuries.
Patrolman Carl Malinowski said
Weed told him he struck his wife and
children. He quoted Weed as saying:
Have they gone to Heaven yet?
That's where I wanted to send them" ="
Neighbors said Weed enjoyed an
excellent reputation in the neighbor-
hood and was Sunday school teacher
at the Nazarene Mission Church in
Wesleyvills, q suburb. He was a clerk
in the General Electric plant here.
Police said they would question him
later.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
2ChiIdren ~ Found
Ouercon,e by Gas
Home Retired
Mother Discovers Sons
Unconscious, Jets of
StOue Open.

Saved from death by gas poisoning,
two children were recovering at their
home today while police sought to
learn who turned on the gas Jets
which rendered them unconscious last
night.
Robert and Donald Vernon, 2 years
and year old respectively. we're
found overcome on the floor OF their
home at 1915 L street while gas flowed
from two Jets of stove.
Their mother, Mrs. Fredda Vernon,
said she was taking bath in an
other part of the house and did not
know how the jets were turned on.
Finding her sons in the gas-filled
room, she took them in a taxicab to
Emergency Hospital, where they we're
revived.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
JAPAN'S DEMANDS
MEETWITH REJECTION
Refusal of Delegations Creates
Difficulties at Dardanelles
Farley.
nv fhs Associated presr

By the Associated Press.
MONTREUX, Switzerland. July IS.
Refusal of other delegations to ap-
prove japanese reservations created
last-minute difficulties today in the
Dardanelles conference.
Japan insisted upon reserving all
rights concerning the clauses which
give prerogatives Of control of the
straits to the League of Nations.
She wanted signatories as we'll as
the League Council to decide whether
Turkey would be justified in closing
the Dardanelles when Turkey main
tains she is menaced by war.
Rumania was hostile to vote Of
convention signatories. saying that
when the League Council votes it can
take into account Japan's attitude.
Japan refused to vote League Coun-
Gil authority. having decided not to
have political relations with the
League.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
BURNING A|RP[ANE
TAKES2 TO DEATH
Mining Company Official and
Woman Killed in Indiana
Oats Field.
~ the Associated Press.

~ tuc AooOS4dIC0 E1Geo.
FAIR OAKS, Ind, July 1S.-Motor
trouble and inability to find a suit
able landing field were given today by
Sheriff Vern Michal as probable causes
Of flaming plane crash which killed
william G. Leamon, Al, believed TO
be mining company official of Chi
cago and Anaconda, Mont. and
Mrs. B. M. Musselman, also Of Ana
conda.
The ship plunged into an oats field
near here last night after the pilot
had dropped flare. apparently SEEK
ing level ground for a landing.
Coroner w. j. Wright said he found
three unused flares in the wreckage
and declared the plane evidently fell
so suddenly that Leamon had no
chance to drop them.
Four-Passenger Ship.
Wright said the plane was a SINGLE
motored four passenger ship.
The plane bore the insignia 'Toro
Mining Corp, Anaconda, Mont"
Mrs. Musselman's husband said at
Moose Lake, Mont. that his wife and
Leamon, accompanied by LeamonS S
two sons, few to Chicago last Sunday
from Butte, Mont, in the pilots pri-
vate plane, supposedly the one which
figured in the tragedy.
Musselman said his wife went on 10
New York but was to have returned
to Chicago and then by plane with
Leamon last night to Anaconda.
Sons Whereab bouts In Doubt.
At a Chicago hotel employees said
Leamon was registered there July y.
and that while there was no check
out record they believed he left We'd
nesday or Thursday. They did not
know the whereabouts of his sons.
Mrs. Musselman's body was thrown
300 feet from the wreckage of the
plane. Sheriff M;chal identified the
bodies by papers.
Evening star., 1936-07-18

Continued From First Pase)
termine the exact nature Of his Ill
ness.
He said he has not yet completed
even the preliminary physical exami-
nation.
Dr.. Gilbert said Freeman said he
had an adopted son-Charles Boulton
living at his present home-lll6
Ocean Drive. Miami Beach, Fla.
The hospital said they have made no
efforts to get in touch with Boulton,
pointing out that unless patients
condition is critical, they let the police
do this.
Lieut.. Lineburg, however, said it is
up to the hospital to get in touch with
relatives.
Customers at the bath complained
Freeman was behaving queerly and
talking wildly about political triumphs
and great wealth.
Apparently weak, Freeman fell to
the floor several times while in the
bath. other customers said.
The wealthy philanthropist, who
turned his palatial home in East
Orange, N. j., into a convalescent
home for soldiers during the World
War, is believed to have come here
recently.
Author of Three Books.
When arrested Thursday, Freeman
was booked at police headquarters,
but Lieut.. Lineberg failed to record
the charge He said he had not
verified the philanthropist's stories of
his great wealth and extensive real
estate holdings.
Freeman is the author of three
books and a score of articles on po-
litical and reform subjects. He Or
ganized the Citizens Union of East
Orange, N. j., forerunner of later
reform movements.
He is listed as consul general Of
Haiti at Miami and belongs to more
than a dozen patriotic and civic Or
eanizations. He holds Medal Of
Merit from the Red Cross Society of
Japan and is reported to have been
honored several times by other foreign
governments.
Freeman holds a Phi Beta Kappa
key from New York University, where
he received a master of science degree
in architecture in 1887.
Nationally famous as an architect,
Freeman designed the Franklin Lodge
at Miami in 1924 and later designed
several mansions. At cost of $780,
900 to himself he erected Terraced
Gardens, In Santa Barbara, Calf, and
donated the estate to the city five
years ago.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
Riverdale Man Gets Post.

RIvERDALE, Nd, July 18 Especially
Burton B. Dowden, 439 Clinton ave-
nue.. has been appointed dog tax col
lector for the nineteenth district,
which comprises this town, East River
dale, University Park. College Heights
and a part of College Park. He sue
ceeds Harry S. Crawford.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
PREFERS STATE OFFICE
Senator Moore Would Rather Be
Gov. Moore.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., July 1s R).-
Senator A. Harry Moore, Democrat
disclosed yesterday his intention OF
seeking a third term as New Jerseys
Governor, but later said he would not
of1cially announce his candidacy at
this time.
He said he would rather be In
New Jersey than in Washington.
Moore was elected Governor in 1925
and again in 1881. He was elected to
the Senate in 1884.
A Governor cannot succeed himself.
Evening star., 1936-07-18

chase Act, yesterday termed efforts
to stabilize Chinas currency a sue
cess and asserted the plan was to
extend stabilizing operations to Latin
America through silver lending.
The committee. which has been as
sembling data for two years, will
meet, Pittnan said, probably after
election. 1t has to report by January.
Senator's King, Democrat, Of Utah,
Thomas, Democrat, Of Oklahoma, Bo-
rah. Republican, Of Idaho, and Nc
Nary. Republican. Of Oregon, are
members
Evening star., 1936-07-18
Ickes Knows His Webster.

Secretary Ickes defined a So word
"illaqueation''-which he used in a
speech.
Amt you got no education?" he
playfully demanded in a memo 70
those who questioned his usage. I
would swear by the bcoes of Moan
Webster that If there is any such
word 1t means ensnarement or en-
trapment.
Noah Websters big dictionayy
proves Secretary Ickes is night,
though it says the word is rare"
Evening star., 1936-07-18
SILVER POLICY CALLED
STERILIZATION "MOVE''

BY the Associated Press.
The United States policy Of buying
silver Is seen by Senator Pittman
Democrat, Of Nevada. as a move to-
ward stabilization of international
currency.
Pittman, chairman Of the special
committee named two sessions ago to
study opera tions of the Silver Pur-
Evening star., 1936-07-18
TRAMMELL LEFT $4,342

BARLOW, Fla, July 1S P).-An
inventory of the estate Of the late
United States Senator Park Trammell.
filed in Probate Court today, showed
personal effects valued at less than
500 and an insurance policy for
$4,242.75.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
Hunts Rare Plant.

In search Of the utriculata tubulata,
q rare plant which feeds on insects,
q Canadian professor has arrived tn
Australia.
Evening star., 1936-07-18

Theater to Be Memorial.
A theater seating 1900, to be dedi-
Gated to students killed in the World
War. is under construction on the
Stanford University campus.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
FRANCE JOINS PARLEY
Accepts Invitation for London
Conference.

LONDON, July Is (R.-The French
government accepted today the British
invitation to a London conference Of
Locarno powers.
Charles Corbin, French Ambassador
to London, conveyed the information
to Anthony Eden. British secretary for
foreign affairs.
Evening star., 1936-07-18
Architect

Continued From First PaSe.)
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-10-08
YOUNGSTOWN
R0vID HIREK

A varosi rend0rok egyelore
figyelmeztetik mindazokat,
akiket barmily okbol megalli-
tanak, hogy vegyek XII a haj-
tasi engedelyuket, ha meg
mines, inert november no 1-t0l
kezdve mindenkit elfoghat-
max, aki autot vezet es mines
engedelye.
Ohio allan 81 varosaban a
varosi rend0rseg, barhol ma
suit az allami rend6rseg fog
ia a gyakorlatlan es a 18 even
aluliak vizsgaztatasat vegezni.
A novemberi Szavaz5 cedu-
Ian rata lesz a varosi enge-
dely (charter) forma megval-
toztatasa is, inert J. H. c..
Lyon biro ugy itelt.
Hamis tuzjelzesek leadoit
akarja a rend0rseg es a tiizol-
tosag megtanitani egy hs
peldas bintetessel, vigyazzak
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-10-08
10 MUSORA volt
AZ oKT0BER 6-NAk
A kozonsegnek tetszettek a
a beszedek. Fl. Kovaliczky
Viktor bemutatkozott

Mintegy 800 f6nyi kozonseg
elott cartotta a Nagvbizottsag
mutt vasarnap delutan a Cent
raj auditoriumban a szokasos
evi Aradi Vertanuk gyasziin-
nepelyet.
Az iinnepely foszonoka FIR.
Kovalicky Viktor, a SIT. Gyorgy
magyar gor. kath. egyhaz vi
lelkesze volt, aki dacara eros
hulesenek, nagyhatasu besze-
Diet tartott.
Ft. Kovalicky. hangsulyozta,
hogy az Aradi 13-al ravatalra
kerult az egesz magyar nep,
de megsem tudtak ugyanazok
az elnyomok, akik Trianonban
ismet ravatalra helyeztek a
magyar nemzetet, a sirba te-
metni magyart.
A musoron nagy sikerrel SEE
repelt Masyarok Nagyasszo-
nya esvhaz leany kara szep
magya kkal es az oreg
Reformatus egyhaz vegyes ka-
ra, amely SIRE az alkalomra
kiil0n keszilt Mt. B6tty ia
nosne vezetese alatt.
Nagyofrs szepen szavaltak
Csete Sandor, aki egg 6szi vi
rag csokrot helyezett el az
Aradi vertanuk jelkepes rava-
talara es 10th Margit, mig
varady Lajos egy regi magyar
alkalmi enekkel aratta a tap
sokat.
A musor szanoK el6tt, aiattt
.'es utan Bunchy Testverek ze-
nekara jatszott sep magyar
notakat.
A FARO beszedet a szinten
erosen meghiilt Nemenyi Mix
los, Nagybizottsagi elnok he
lyett Mt. Marion Sander, a
Fuggetlen Ref. Egyhaz lelke-
sze tartotta. Az 8 szavait is
erosen megtapsoltak. A mil
sort Nemenyi rovid bevezeto
beszede utan a Hinnusz es
zaroszavai utan a Szozat ell
eneklese fejezte be.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-10-08
LELKESz IkTATAS
LESz VASARNAP
Macy egyhazi Is vilagi I'm
nepre kesziil a Mahoning
Avei Ev. Ref. Egyhazkozseg
vasarnap, amikor NJ. Botty
Janost hivatalosan beiktatjak

Vasarnap nagy iinnepe lesz
a Mahoning Ave. Ev. Ref. Egy-
haznak, amikor sok lelkesz je-
lenleteben beiktatjak az egy-
haznak juliusban ideerkezett
vi lelkeszet Mt. B0tty Janost.
Az unnepseg egyhazi resze
delutan 4 orakor kezd6dik a
templOmban. A Mahoning
Presbitery reszerol a hivatalos
aktusban reszt vesznek Rev.
Frank 0. Leonard, Poland, az
egyhazmegye moderatora, Rev.
Irshay zoltan, Rev. Dokus
Gabor es az Greg Rev. DR.. w.
H. Hudnut (akit a regi ma
gyarok meg ma is "hadnagy"-
max hivnak). Bizonyara nagy
szamban megjedennek a ma
gyar reformatus lelkeszek is,
koziiluk Mt. Szeghy B. Janos
Buffalobol fog predikalni. Az
egyhaz vegyes enekkara Mt.
B0tty Janosne alatt harom
kil0n szamot fog eloadni.
A vilagi iinnepelyt, amelyre
hivatalos Youngstown ma
gyarsaga, vallaskiilonbseg mel
kill es amelyen oft lesznek
egyhazaink es egyleteink KEEP
visel6i is a Central auditorium
ban bankett kereteben tart
jak. A tosztmester Mt. Macy
Ferene lesz Farrellb6l.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-10-08
BUNCHY ZENEKAR BALJA

A Bunchy Testverek Zene-
kara mar regen kesziil6dik
egy igazan magyaros bal le-
rendezesere, amely most rovi-
desen valora valik.
Oktober "a. Szombat estere
sikerult a Central Auditorium
nagytermet (225 w. Boardman
ST. megszerezniok, amelyre
az 8 kib6vitett nagy zeneka-
ruk melle sikeriilt leszerz6d-
tetni Rabb Jozsef, a cleveland
WAY radio allomas nagyszeri
enekeset, aki szinten a magyar
sag kedvence es uj dalaival
fogja szorakoztatni a kozon-
seget.