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The Washington times., 1936-01-01

But the interest of Germany
and of travellers and sportsmen
the world over centerS this winter
in the twin villages of Garmisch-
Partenkirchen, where from Feb
ruary 6 to 16, and climaxing the
season, the Olympic Games will
be held.
Ideal Location
With characteristic German
thoroughness, these resorts, which
are separated by only a narrow
stream, made all Of their prepare
tionS year ago, so that every
thing could be well tested before
the big events. The villages are
indeed a happy location for the
games for they are in one Of the
finest scenic regions, and should
there be a thaw or unfavorable
weather the competitors and visit
ors would merely move further up
into the surrounding mountains.
Then, too, Garmisch- Partenkir.
chen is but ninety miles from
Munich, and while $4,000 persons
can be comfortably accommodated
there, thousands will doubtless
make Munich their headquarters.
nld cro.k DoIyix,oI
An interesting addition to the
games this time is the slalom race
which will make its appearance
for the first time in modern his
tory. It is run over a difficult
Zigzag down-hill course and de-
mandS the utmost skill from the
participants.
Washington had a taste Of
what some of the offerings of the
games will be, when in the recent
Inter-American Horse Show some
Of the members of the Army team
who were in training at Fort Bel
voir, exhibited a bit of fencing
and riding that they will do in
the penthalon class.
For those who do leave this
country later this month for
abroad-it will be most enjoyable
to travel about revisiting old
haunts and discovering new and
then having the happy Interrupt.
ton Of the games. It will be
rather like turning back the pages
of time to the days Of the first
games, long before this country
was discovered.
S : 500: co~a,n
The Washington times., 1936-01-01
Dolly Cameron Says:
GERMANY PREPARING FOR SPORTS
January Is Busy Month With All
Of theWinter Events; and
Olympic Games Later

Doubtless when the Ambassador of Ger
many, Herr Hans Luther, who has been in
Mexico for several weeks returns to Washington the first Of
week providing Washington still enveoped in
and ice his thoughts will go wngng the stormy At
lantic to his homeland and the winter sports there
% Preparing for Sports
January is to be busy and interesting month in Germany
with the whole country preparing for the SPORTS in the
Harz Mountains the Black Forest in Bavaria and nearly
everywhere sports schedules with skiing bobsleddg and ice
principal during the month include three ski cham
ponhp distance in the Black Forest and jumps at
Fedberg the Bavarian Berchsgaden and the German
at Oberstdorf.
The Washington times., 1936-01-01
Dance Tonight

Miss Frances Andrews, debut
tante daughtEE Of Rear Admiral
and Mrs. AdolphuS Andrews, will
be the guest in whose honor Capt.
and Mrs. John H. Gibbons will
entertain at a dinner, to be fol.
lowed by dancing, this evening at
GraSSlandS,
The Washington times., 1936-01-01

) The Military Attache Of the
Embassy and Nine. Matsumoto
will give a buffet supper this
evening at their residence in
Grafton Street, Chevy Chase,
Nd, when their guests win in
clude the members Of the en-
bassy staff.
Tomorrow evening the naval
attache, Capt. Tamon Yamagu-
Chi, will be host at a similar
party to be given in his apart
ment at Alban Towers.
The Washington times., 1936-01-01
To Be nj Home"

Mrs. Merchant Mahoney. wife
Of the first secretary Of the Cana
dian Legation, has issued invita-
tions for an at home Saturday
afternoon from S to Z o'clock ut
her home at $50 Garfield st.
The Washington times., 1936-01-01
@'GA co~"~
Dinner Tonight
At'RuthVen'

The Attorney General and Mrs.
Homer S. Cummings are remain
ing in Washington over New
Year, and this afternoon will at.
tend a series of parties.
This evening they will be hosts
at an informal dinner at Ruth
ven," their home on Tilden Street.
The Washington times., 1936-01-01
Diplomatic and Official Notes:
AMBASSADOR AND WIFE ENTERTAIN
Musicale To Be Given January
8 at japanese Embassy
Attaches Are Hosts

The Ambassador of Japan and Nine. Saito
entertained at reception and buffet luncheon
today for the Japanese colony in Washington
They will be hosts at musicale at the embassy in Massa
chusetts Avenue on Wednesday evening January g.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO December 81 ,P.-Butter
6.53o; steady: prices unchanged. Eggs.
a.521; ' eak Extra frsts cars and local.
90: fresh graded frsts. cars and local.
2Sh current receipts. -: refrigerator
standards 26; refriserator firsts. 25A.
Poultry. live 40 trucks: unsettled. Hens.
4l2 pounds UP. Is; less than 4la pounds.
IA; Leghorn hens. 12; Springs. 4 pounds
up, colored. 16: Plymouth and White Rock.
II: less than 4 pounds. colored. l6;. Ply
mouth and White Rock II. colored broil-
ers Il: White Rock. Is; Plymouth Rock.
10; Leghorn chickens. IL: roosters. 12;
Leghorn roosters, IL: turkeys. hens. 16k;
young toms. IA: old. 13 No. turkeys.
13: ducks. 4h pounds up. white and coll
ored. II; small white and colored. 13:
Nor aern geese. 12: Southern. IL: capons,
pour'ds up. 20: less than 9 pounds. 10.
Dressed turkeys. steady at decline
pounas sp less sd h.n
old. 1S: No. turkeys. 16.
Potatoes. 50; on track 1919. total U. g.
shipments. 1856: Idaho Russets dull other
stock about steady: supplies light. demand
very slow; sacked per cwt.. Idaho Russet
pound sacks. sos ewt: D. s. No. 3. . 40:
Colorado Red McClures. u s. No. i. ..7i
ass: mostly 2.SOaS5. Wyoming Bliss Tri.
umphs. u. s.. No. l.. and partly graded
2.65: wisconsin round whites. U. s. No. ]
few sales. .05a1O: u. 8. commercial. .a5:
Michisan. Russet Rurals. q. 8. No. J., 10;
Florida. Bliss Triumphs. U. 8. No. very
few sales 2.OOa1O; .. 8; No; g. I;50a5s:
Texas. 50-pound sacks. Bliss Triumphs. fair
quality. medium size. few sales. 1.75aSO.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Most Producers
Boost Copper To
IL Gents a Pound
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 31.-The
domestic price Of copper was ad-
vanced today from 1l@s cents to II
cents by most of the leading pro-
ducers. This is the highest quota
ton since June, 1880.
The boost was made effective by
Kennecott Copper. Anaconda, Amer
ical Smelling e. Refining Co., Amer
ican Metal Co. and others, trade
circles reported.
No advance was made Immediately
by Phelps Dodge interests, which are
among the largest producers, but 1t
was said this was due to the fact
that the company has been virtually
out of the market for some time ow-
ing to heavy forward sales. 1t was
expected the company would meet the
price soon, however.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
TAYLOR Is Cheered
By Bright Outlook
For Steel Firms
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 3l.-Myron
c. Taylor. chairman Of the United
States Steel Corp, said today: THE
steel industry enters upon the new
year with greater confidence than in
any year since 1880 and with every
indication that it will be a better
year than 1886 has been"
New business booked by steel mills
in the last quarter of 1886 has been
in most encouraging volume and is
sufficient to enable us to start 1897
in fine fashion," added the head of
the industrys biggest producer in a
year-end statement
Especially gratifying at the mo-
ment are the increasing evidences
from the field of railroad transporta-
ton that long pent-up requirements
in that field are in substantial measure
about to be satisfied"
Evening star., 1936-12-31
GENERAL MOTORS !:
SALES FEATURED
November Report of S. E. c.,
Shows Many Transactions
by Officers.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Sales Of General Motors common
stock in November featured the Sc
curities Commissions summary today
Of transactions by officers, directors
and principal stockholders of corpora
tions during that period.
Donaldson Brown sold $3.50 shares
during the month, Alfred p. Sloan, jr..
sold 6,436 shares and John Lee Pratt
disposed of 6l3 shares. John j
Raskob transferred 10,540 shares Of
the common stock from direct owner
ship to holding company.
An amendment report for October
revealed Ronald K. Evans received
1872 shares of General Motors CON-
mon as compensation.
David B. Stern disposed Of 5000
shares Of Gillette Safety Razor durin@
the month and Ogden L. Mills of 500
shares of National Biscuit common.
Other Sales.
Other sales included 81. 400 shares of
s. s. Kresge Co., by S. S. Kresge: 10000
shares of Sears, Roebuck g. Co.. by
Lessing J. Rosenwald; 1000 shares.
Bethlehem Steel common. by Charles.
D. Marshall; 1000 shares of Conti--
mental Can common, by Carle c. Con-
way; 1000 shares Anaconda Copper
Mining common. by William D. Thorn
ton; 1000 shares Chrysler common. by
Fred M. Zeder; / 400 shares Of Ameri-
can Locomotive common, by Albert H.
Wiggin: $4,000 shares Hudson Bay
Mining g. Smelling common, by G. v.
Whitney Trust, and 1000 shares Of
CRANKY Consolidated Mining common
which represented the entire holdings
of Samuel Wechsler.
Stock Gifts.
Stock gifts during the period (thc
names of recipients are not disclosed
included 1906 shares Of Sears-Roe-
buck and Co. common, by Lessing J.
Rosenwald; Donald M. Nelson. 3c0
shares of the same stock; Herman
Levy, $500 shares of Century Rib
bon Mills common: Irving Levy, TOO
shares of the same security.
Other gifts included 400 share:
of Standard Oil of Indiana by Ed-
ward J. Bullock; 2,640 shares Pack
ard Motor common. by Alvan Macau-
ley; 4.500 shares Oilstocks, Ltd, BY
John L. Weeks; 900 shares Firestone
Tire and Rubber common, by John
w. Thomas and 629 shares General
American Investors Co. common by
Philip Lehman.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
EDISON INSTITUTE
HEAD CITES GAINS
G. W. Kellogg Points to Sharp In.
creases in Output, Domestic
Sales and Capacity.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 31.-A big
year for the electric light and power
industry is outlined by c. W. Kellogg,
president of the Edison Electric Insti-
tute, in a review Of 1896.
He notes:
Electric output for 1886 estimated
at los, 900 ,0O0, 900 kilowatt hours, an
increase of 1875 per cent over 1885
and II per cent above the 1929 pre-
depression peak.
Domestic service sales Of electricity
increased to 1875 100000 kilowatt
hours. compared with 1878. 900 900
in 1885 and Otis, 900 900 in 1929.
Upward of 100000 kilowatts added
to generating capacity, including S5,-
900 at boulder dam and 82,500 in
Tennessee Valley.
Average rate for domestic service
cut to 4.74 cents a kilowatt hour, COM
pared with SOB in 1885 and 6.33 in
1929
Ne. income available for dividends
and surplus up about $4,000. 900 for
the industry. a gain of II per cent.
partly as result Of reduction in in
terest charges through debt refunding.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
CLEAR|NGS HOLD
WELL ABOVE 1885.
Total Makes Good Showing
Despite Decline From
Previous Week.
By the Associated Press.

6y Inc AbSOClAteQ SIebS.
NEW YORK, December 3l.-Bank
clearings In the United States for the
last five days Of 1886, although lower
than the total in the full week pre-
ceding, made q good showing over q
year ago.
The total for 20 leading cities, as
reported to Dun g. Bradstreet, was
$5.839. $4,000 for the five days ended
December 80. against $5,003 SOC. 900 in
the five-day 1885 week. rise of 1877
per cent. This contrasted with an in
crease of 69.l per cent a week earlier.
Had there been one more business
day. with figures at the same high
daily rate, the n-billion- dollar
mark again would have been reached,
the agency said.
The amount at New York City was
$3.50, 10000, an advance Of 14.9 per
cent over the $3,247,538,000 in the
corresponding period In 1885. Out
side centers aggregated 81, ,108, ,632, 900,
which was 20.l per cent in excess OF
the $1,756, ,268, 900 reported in the SIM
liar 1885 week. At individual cities
gains ranged from 6.5 per cent to over
70 per cent higher than the compara-
tive 1885 totals. Only one city, Omaha,
showed decrease, but this was small.
Clearings dropped 81 1923 1876, 900 un-
der last weeks figure. Between the two
comparative weeks in 1885, there was
gain of $414.856, 900.
Figures at leading cities, together
with percentage gains and declines.
compared with those of 1885 follow,
also daily average bank clearings for
October, November and December to
date:
Evening star., 1936-12-31
ELECTRICITY PLAYS
STILL BIGGER ROLE
]. F. Fogarty, President of North
American Co., Points to Huge
Advances During Year.
,By Cambr;dee Associates !

by Cambridge Associates
Electricity had more prominent
role in American life during 1886 than
ever before and its increased use, both
IN greater quantities and in new appli-
cations, reflected continued improve
ment in general business. according
to j. F. Fogarty, president of the
North American Co.
While final figures for the North
American Co.'S subsidiaries are not yet
available, it is estimated that their
electric output for 1886 was more than
10 per cent in excess of that for 1885.
Aggregate sales to customers in the
major claSsifications, residential, in
dustrial and commercial, established
new records for our present subsid-
iarles Residential customers now
total about 100000 for our four
groups Of subsidiaries. which operate
in territories centering in Cleveland,
Milwaukee, st. Louis and Washington.
D. c.
These customers used an average of
more than 875 kilowatt hours per GUS
toner during 1886. and the average
price they paid was approximately
3.58 cents per kilowatt hour.
Gross expenditures for additions to
plants and systems of North American
subsidiaries during 1896 amounted to
approximately $4,000 900, compared
with $148o000 during 1885. Con-
struction expenditures for the past
year were principally on account of
transmission and distribution facili-
ties. While generating facilities are
ample for present requirements and
for expected increases during 1887,
major additions are now in progress
in anticipation of continued increase
in demand and are scheduled for in
stallation in 1898.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Fair tonight
and tomorrow; colder tonight, with
lowest temperature about So degrees:
moderate westerly winds, becoming
variable.
Maryland-Fair tonight and tomor-
tomorrow.
Virginia-Fair and colder tonight;
tomorrow increasing cloudiness with
somewhat colder on the coast
West Virginia-Fair and colder to-
night; tomorrow increasing cloudi-
ness.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
muddy today.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
FOREIGN MARKETS.

rather oSiet trading. the closins tone vas
Arm in the Stock Exchange today. Oil and
base metal securities met strong demand.
psrticuiariy communication issues which
encountered good buying. Industrials we're
inclined to advance. but the tobacco and
nininE sections held steady Rubber shares
weakened with the decline in that com:
modify although gilt.edsed securities and
home rails were well supported. The
PARIS.-Good-s sized gains In banking
shares led prices 70 hisher levels In the
rentes turned irregular. Bank Of France
issues gained 575 francs and Royal Dutch
closed SIS points higher. The Bourse will
be closed Friday and Saturday.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Sloan Predicts
Further Widening
OF Recovery Base

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 31.-Alfred
p Sloan, president of the General
Motors Corp, pictured for 1887, in a
year-end statement today. continual
tion Of the natural processes of re-
covery, with further widening of the
base"
Many important economic forces
are in that direction" he said.
"On the other hand, there are also
important influences to the contrary.
Among these industrial strife is GER
tain to exert a negative effect, and
rapidly ascending prices also"
Evening star., 1936-12-31
DOWNS IS ENCOURAGED
BY RAILROAD OUTLOOK
B. the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, December 3l.-L. A.
Downs president of the Illinois Gen.
tral System, describes the railroad
outlook as truly encouraging" in
year-end comment
Their prestige has Deen greatly en-
nanced by record of continuing prog
ress and achievement and they are pre-
pared to meet the demands of the new
year." he said.
Progress is the one word which
sums up the 1886 record of railway
transportation. There has been con-
tinued progress in the improvement
Of service. in the increase of business
and in the recovery of employment"
Evening star., 1936-12-31
CURB LIST RULES
STEADY TO FIRM
Light Pre.Ho|iday Trading
Brings Se|ective Buying
Into Market.
ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 31.-Prices
were even to moderately higher as
light preholiday trading brought Sc
lective buying into the Curb market
today.
Despite the generally smooth course
a number of shares stood out with
comparatively wide gains late in the
session. Montgomery Ward "A" was
up more than 3, Aluminium Ltd. about
S, Northern States Power "A" about
liz and American Light g. Traction
more than point.
Utilities were the most vigorous.
Several oils, including Gulf Oil and
International Petroleum, advanced ma
jor fractions.
Some recently aggressive metal
shares dropped / to 2 points.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Most Financial
And COmmOdi,
Markets to Gle
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 31.-Mo
financial and commodity mark
throughout the world will close N
Year day and the majority Of the
will extend the holiday-maki-
through the following day, Saturda
January 2, survey today showed.
The principal exceptions to the So
urday closing rule will be the N
York Stock Exchange and other Anne
lean securities markets.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
NEW YORK. December 81 iR.-Nev
York Security Dealers Association:
Quotations as of 9 O'Clock }
TIME IS EXTENDED.

CLEVELAND, December 81 @.-
E. J. Kulas, president of Otis Steel Co..
announced today the board of direc-
tors has extended from December %
to January 80 the time before which
certificates Of prior preference stock
must be surrendered for exchange un-
der a plan of recapitalization declared
operative by the board on December ;.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

TO productive capacity we're made dur
ing the year in Canada. the United
Kingdom, the United States and else
where.
World consumption of nickel in all
forms during the first 10 months Of
the year totaled some 10000 900
per cent over the corresponding figure
in 1885. This compares with 112.000,-
900 in the first 10 months of 1929"
Evening star., 1936-12-31
FOREIGN BONDS.
U. S. TREASURY POSITION.
By the Associated Press.

The position of the Treasury on Decem-
Der 20: Receipts. S14 1857 .069. 81: expendi-
tures, S36. .059. .656.47: balance, Si,86O,-
ssS;Ss7. .$55s !. s. systsosnss Sss receipts for the
sss seai exypsndtalsss snss ~,
bl7 4a4. s31.57. including S1,4O5 o55..
141 % Of emersency expenditures: excess
debt. sS4.35s. 7ss. 1851. an Increase Of
50, fe8.s65.25 over the previous day; gold
assets. S11 $50, 20. including S19,-
o17.762.34 OF inactive" gold.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
NEW YORK PRODUCE,

NEW YORK. December 81 R,.-Eess.
1928; unsettled Mixed colors. stand
ards. 30'4a3l; hrsts. 29a; mediums ga
2s: dir,ies. No. l. 2?a27La avsrase checks,
ators, standards. 2sao9; firsts.' 27a2S: sec
cnds. 26M; other mixed colors UNCHANGED.
Butter. s45S; Arm. Prices UNCHANGED.
Cheese II 3o7. quiet and unbalanced
Live poultry steady to Arm BY freight.
fowl, colored. 1sa21. turkeys. 1Aa"1: other
freight prices UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
SOUND FOUNDATIONS
FOR RECOVERY HAILED

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. December 81
r. S. Hecht, chairman of the Hibernia
National Bank and former president
of the American Bankers Association
says favorable business prospects for
1887 rest on sound foundations"
The rural sections are once more
in satisfactory condition because there
is good demand for agricultural prod
ucts and all factors point to higher
commodity prices" he notes in state
n1ent on year-end conditions.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
LISTINGS AND VOLUME
GAIN SHARPLY ON CURE
BY the Associated Press.

by IIIt ASSuCIdltd PrtSS.
NEW YORK, December ST.
Heaviest trading in stocks since 1880
and sharp increase in new listinss
were highlights of 1885 for the New
York Curb Exchange, says Fred G.
Moffatt, president.
An indication of the increased
public interest in stocks during the
year was the more numerous sessions
in which daily turnover exceeded O
million shares" he observes.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

new records for
the nickel indus
try in volume and
dIversifcation of
world conSump-
t ic n" declares
Robert C, Stanley,
president of In
ternational Nickel
CO. Of Canada.
Because Of the
increase W h c h
mas Deen steadily
maintained in the
demand for nickel
since the low
point in 1882. i'm
Evening star., 1936-12-31
FOREIGN STATIONS.
METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK, December 81 -R.-Copper
export. II:a5. Tin steady; SPOT and
nearby. 51.75; future. 51.65a51. 20: Lead
sseady; spot; Ney York; e,oose ;o5: IA. Es:t
spot. 5.4b; future, 5.5t. Iron. aIuTinuw.
remite unclaimed.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
RUBBER FUTURES,

NEW YORK December 81 lF-Crud,
rubber futures opened irregular, 1s lower
10 90 hiEher. March. 2l.66a21.77; May.
Sl.AeA21.6O; July. 2l.35.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
MONTREAL SILVER.

MONTREAL. December 81 R,.-silver
futures opened steady. UNCHANGED to 10
lower. March. 46.45b; May. 46.50b; July.
46.55h. Bid.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

PHILADELPHIA. December 81 R.-
Live poultry pullets. fancy. ?. r.. 23: Reds.
21; broilers fancy, 19a20.
Dressed poultry: Turkeys. nearby. 22a
Evening star., 1936-12-31
NICKEL INDUSTRY
ADDS TO CAPACITY
Final 1886 Statistics Expected to
Show New Peak in Volume
and Diversification.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. December 31.-"Sta-
tistics for the first 10 months of 1886
indicate that the wear will establish
Evening star., 1936-12-31
FEDERAL LAND BANKS
NEW YORK. December 81 lP,.-Federal
Land Bank bonds:
DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK December 31-Dividends
declared tprepared by the Standard Statis-
l.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Dividend rates In dollars based on last
nual rats-..:not Including extras; Accu-
wulated dividends. r.id this sn; yssr;;
% rSceivership or being FeeEgsntsed
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Record for Last "a Hours.
Prom noon yesterday 10 noon todayl
HIGHEST IS. at noon today. Year ago. 322.
Lowest. As. at 1:30 pm. yesterday. Year
ago, Il.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Regular.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

tFrom noon yesterday to noon today.b
Hlshest. aS per cent. at pm. yesterday.
Lowest. "a per cent at 2:30 pm. yes
terday.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Report for Last "a Hours.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and

The Sun and Moon.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. los. on July IL.
Lowest. q on January %
Evening star., 1936-12-31
UL NJ COI oulISCE
Pr0ipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
CAPITAL lcurrent month to datel: