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Evening star., 1936-02-02
MAIN GAINS SCORED
IN FIFTH DISTRICT
Real Progress Made in 1885
Toward Pre-Depression Activity,
Saws Reserve Bank.

Distinct progress was made in 1885
in the Fifth Federal Reserve District
toward restoration of depression
activity" the Reserve Bank of Rich
mond reported yesterday in a yearly
summary. Debts to individual ac-
counts, rejecting transactions through
the banks, increased IL per cent over
the previous year but were still q per
cent under the record 1929 mark.
Commercial failures declined "a per
cent in numbers from 1884 and
showed a. drop of 65 per cent under
1929 failures. Liabilities involved in
1885 insolvencies we're % per cent be-
low 1924 and 68 per cent under 1929
liabilities.
Cotton mill consumption was up Z
per cent, building permits covered II
per cent more work and actual con-
tracts in 1885 rose 9 per cent over
1884 but were Al per cent under the
1929 record.
On the whole, the bank said, 1885
was relatively good year for agri-
culture, although cash returns were
lower than in 1884.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Brokers' ''Dogs' Get Hot in Market Rush,
Veteran With % Pairs of Shoes Recalled

into the same pair of kicks that he
had worn just % days, or four weeks,
before.
The man of the many shoes is
Buck" Buchanan, well known to the
Wall Street community for many years
and head of large brokerage house
when he retired from active business
And the writer happens to know that
Bucks" ambition in life, when he
was in his teens, was to become a
six-day bike racer. He was a good
peddler, too and is still such rabid
fan that he can reel you off the bike
and motor cycle records and the names
Of the boys that made 'em.
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-02-02
UPTURN- MAINTAINED
BY TRANSIT REVENUES
Al Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 1.-Transit
revenues for the calendar week end
ing with Saturday, January 25, 1886,
as reported by representative group
of companies, recorded continued i'm
provement over last year, as shown by
the Transit Journal Indicator which
stands at 106.8O as compared with the
corresponding weel: in 1885.
For the week ending January 18,
1886, the Indicator stood at 104.16.
A new high was reached for the
Indicator during the last week. This
was due chiefly to large gains in the
East on account of the storm and cold
wave, In the Midwest and West there
were gains, but they were considerably
smaller.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
CHILE FAILS TO GET
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile, February l.
The Chilean minister of finance an
nounced today, in an official state
ment, that Chilean proposals for pay
ment Of its external debt had not been
accepted unanimously by American
and European bondholders.
He announced. however, that, since
Chile was making maximum effort"
to make such payments. individual
bondholders were at liberty to accept
. them, and that many had done so.
Several banking institutions were at
tending to the payments.
The statement said the Amortiza-
ton Board was redeeming 1885 issues
through extraordinary amortization
bonds.
Evening star., 1936-02-02

waltzing all over the room. A man
has to have keen head, cast
iron memory and be Sound in wind
and limb" But most Of all. he needs
pair of feet as sturdy as tool steel.
The facts have just come out about
the care one floor trader, recently
retired, devoted to his feet. And it
wasn't all q matter Of the old Army
"tallow rub" He was particular about
his shoes. And although he couldn't
give his trtlby's q rest, his shoes were
laid of four weeks between sessions.
He always kept 28 pairs in wearing
trim, and his valet had strict orders
to arrange them for ready rotation,
50 that each day he slipped his dogs
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK. February IA stock
broker on the floor Of the New York
Stock Exchange gets over good bit
of ground each day. From the sound
of the opening gong-unless he hap
pens to be a specials" who more or
less inhabits the post where his stock
is traded-the average broker is on
the CO. on his feet, for five hours.
There is a little time out for mid
session snack, if possible. but q lively
member may well cover 10 miles day.
So-called ROLLER skaters" who are
the speed boys, may do around IS miles
q day, slithering hither and yon across
the broad trading door and back,
Evening star., 1936-02-02
REFRIGERATOR DEALERS
AT BALTIMORE DINNER

A very large party Of Washing
tonians, Norge dealers and the sales
men covering this territory, attended
a dinner and exhibition Of new refrig-
orator models at the Southern Hotel
in Baltimore last Wednesday night.
A special train was chartered for the
trip. which was sponsored by Colum-
bia Wholesalers, Inc. local distribu-
tors.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
CORD CORP. SHOWS
$242,451 DEFICIT
1885 Loss Compares With Net
Income of $75,321 in
Previous Year.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February Cord
Corp. and subsidiaries report for the
fiscal year ended November 80. 1885
consolidated net loss of $242, ,45l after
depreciation, Federal taxes, minority
stockholders proportion of net loss OF
subsidiary compares. net loss from
sales of stock of subsidiary, etc.
This compares with consolidated
net income of S75,321. or cents
a share on 2.256,700 shares of capital
stock in the preceding fiscal year.
Cord Codp. is holding and man
agement concern controlling Auburn
Automobile Co., American Airlines,
Inc; New York Shipbuilding Corp,
and other enterprises.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
PENNSY SEEKS RIGHT
TO WAIVE REDEMPTION

BY the Associated Press.
The Pennsylvania Railroad yester-
day applied to the Interstate Com
merce Commission for authority to
waive the redemption privilege on
SIT, 7,460,000 of per cent equipment
trust certificates, series F, sold to the
Public Works Administration.
The application, designed to make
the certificates more readily salable to
the public, was filed at the request OF
P. w. A.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
BY the Associated Press.

by tfle ASSOCldteu FIcSS.
NEW YORK, February IA plan
for retiring eventually all classes OF
securities except common stock will
be submitted to the stockholders OF
the Radio Corp. of America April Z.
David Sarnoff, who explained the
plan of readjustment of securities last
night, announced also an increase in
net earnings last year from $4,249, ,264
to $5,10O000. equivalent to $4.38 a
share on 767,275 shares of preferred
stock after full dividend requirements
are met on Glass A preferred stock.
The proposal to revise the securities
list was submitted by Joseph P. Ken
nedy, former head Of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, who was
Evening star., 1936-02-02
CLEARING HOUSE ISSUES
REPORT AT NEW YORK
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 1.-The
weekly statement of the New York
Clearing House shows:
Total surplus and undivided profits,
$742, ,947 800 (unchanged); total net
demand deposits (average), 1882, 900
Gncrease); time deposits (average),
81, ,022 900 (decrease): clearings week
ending today, S3,806. .060,777: clearings
week ending January 25, $3,464, $685.
l0n
Evening star., 1936-02-02
FERTILIZER FIRMS CHEERED

NEW YORK, February (R.-Fer-
tilizer trade circles say the outlook in
dicates profits this Spring will prob
ably equal those at that time a year
ago. This view is held notwithstand-
ing the fact current prices for mixed
fertilizer are under those of the Spring
of 1885. The Offset to lower quota
tions is expected to be derived from
heavier turnover.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
STATE AND MUNICIPAL
FINANCING TO SLUMP
BY the Associated Press.

BY ASSUCIdtcU
NEW YORK. February 1.-The
total amount of municipal bonds to be
offered next week will be the lowest
scheduled this year, the Bond Buyer
says. Financing by As municipalities
aggregating $6,715,219 compares with
the revised total of $15,001 ,39l for
the past week and a weekly average
for 1896 Of $22,592,156.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
GENERAL MOTORS LEADS.

NEW YORK, February l @.-As
of the end of 1885, General Motors
was held by IS out of 20 investment
companies. maintaining small lead
over American Gas g. Electric, which
appeared in II portfolios. Chrysler
and Pacific Gas e. Electric each ap-
peared in Is portfolios.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
700 TONS OF LEAD SOLD.

NEW YORK, February / R.-The
st. Joesph Lead 90. reports that TOO
tons Of pig lead from Southeast Mis-
souri, mines were sold yesterday at
$4.35 per hundred pounds, st. Louis.
Evening star., 1936-02-02

Continued on Fourth Page.)
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Momentum Favorable.

More important to the Nation at
large than the future trend Of the
stock market is the probable course of
business in the next few months. The
momentum of recovery is q favorable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
STH TPANS1T

SIC TRANSIT.
~HAT odd-looking stone which
you may glance &C as you pass
by the vacant lot at 2019 M
i street northwest is just what
1t appears to be-a tombstone.
That little yard is full of them.
Back in Msdison's day there was q
graveyard nearby. The bodies were
removed; many Of the tombstones
were tossed into the lot where they
now can be found.
Take q close look at the inscription
on the one nearest the street. It
is still visible: I'm Memory of Richard
Freeman, Esqr. This Stone is Erected
by His Administrator, August, 1915"
Should your curiosity pull you into
the lot you may read this choice bit
of necropolitic literature: Beneath
this monumental tablet Is deposited
all that was mortal of David SOM
mervelle, who on the 18th day Of
July, 1919, and in the 29th year Of
his age, with the character Of an
honest man and a supreme Christian,
fell asleep in Jesus. Mark the perfect
man and behold the upright, for the
end of that man is peace"
There are other headstones which
once marked the graves of Washing
tonians whose memory even has
passed into oblivion.
X X X y
HISTORY-0.
Mount Vernon seems to haze
some strange effect on chorus girls.
They 90 there, but somehow seem
to miss the point OF it all. Re-
member the lass ,Dho pent down
there to see the Capitol? Well.
now Wayside operative comes
forth with a tale of another chorus
girl and a trip to Mount Vernon,
Which he insists comes from a re-
liable source.
Two OF the girls went sight
seeing Sunday. They came back
overfo,Ding Uith enthusiasm. I'VE
had a swel time" said one. I'VE
Uent to Mount Vernon =. We saw
everything Grants Tomb. m
everything"
y X y X
LAW MACHINE.
MARYLAND'S legislative mill will
A start to grind again this week
and in few days 1t is expected hun.
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beside her, gradually raising her voice
until every one in the packed car was
q member of her audience.
''You know" she finally exploded,
"the traction company in this town
has made no improvement in its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

mack, Democrat, of Massachusetts, and
kansas and Representatives McCor-
Vinson, Democrat, of Kentucky at
tended. Van zandt spoke to v. F. w.
posts throughout the country over a
Nationwide radio hook-up.
Challenge to Show Books.
Van Zandt, whose organization took
a leading role in support of the bonus
legislation, challenged the Economy
League and the Chamber of Commerce
to open their books, as we will ours. -
I'VE are ready and eager to show
how our money is spent and for what
1t is spent" he declared. Eve dare
them to be equally frank and above
board"
He asserted that only three of his
organizations eight planks were di-
rected toward relief for veterans, and
declared opponents of the veterans
are organized for selfish purposes and
for profits to themselves as individ-
uals."
Dealing With Politicians.
"Is the veteran to be condemned
merely because he adopts the methods
of the Chamber Of Commerce itself?
Is the veteran to be bounded by the
industrial leaders who make up the
National Economy League just be-
cause he adopted the same tactics?
In dealing with Congressman, we are
dealing-in the main-with politicians
The politician responds only to the
pressure Of votes. If we hope to win
his support we must be able to speak
for a larger organized group of voters
than our opponents can claim"
In defending passage Of the bonus
legislation, Senator Byrnes urged the
veterans to conserve the money they
viii receive and cash in only as many
Of the bonds as are urgently needed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
Washington Wayside
Random Observations Of Interesting
Events and Things.

sponsored sic bills, 275 passing. Gov.
Nice vetoed "a bills-something Of q
record. -s,.
The statistics we're compiled by DR..
Horace e. Flack, head Of the legisla-
tive reference department, who keeps
tab on the progress Of each measure.
Last sessions output Of new laws
covered subjects ranging from lad
ministrators" to coming"
FORGETTER.
GOVERNMENT officials have so
much on their minds these days
you can hardly blame them for being
absent-minded at times.
One of them hurried from his ONCE
the other day calling to his assistant
in an adjoining room to "hurry up, ]
want you to drive me today"
The assistant headed the car in
the general direction of the Capitol
the usual objective-but thought 1t
best to inquire Just to make sure.
by jove, I'm glad you asked, I've
forgotten where I'm going"
A phone call to the boss secretary
developed that he was supposed to 60
to Baltimore.
X X X \
SPEECH.
CHE was pretty indignant, this
woman passenger on the Friend
ship Heights Car ambling up the
avenue. More than that, her anger
mounted at every street intersection
the car passed on It's torpid trip tc
the Maryland suburb.
Unable to contain herself, she be.
gan talking to the stranger seated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

Ellenbogen, member of the House
District Committee, who is author
of pending rent legislation, will
be among the principal speakers.
Others listed to speak include Henry
Rhine, executive secretary Of the rent
and low-cost housing =, committee
sponsoring the meeting; Ira Balm, ma
tional vice president Of the American
Federation Of Government Employees;
e. Franklin Frazier, professor Of So
GEOLOGY at Howard University, MEM
Der Of the American Federation Of
Teachers; DR.. Charles William White,
president tuberculosis Association Of
the District, q member Of the Dis
trict Medical Society; Robert Sent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
SERVE RICE'S
honey KRUSnED BRE

Make This To-Day Test
Eot Ree's Honey Krushed Breed with
every meoI for 10 dogs. Note the
quick improvement in your condition
ond spirits. Ask for Rice's genuine
Honey Krushed. Reody sliced in
moisture. proof pockoee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

Exercise is an excellent cid to resu.
lority-but exercise clone will not re-.
iieye stubborn eeses Of constipation.
Your diet is Of even sreoter impor.
tones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
WASHINGTON D.

service since it took the horses Of its
cars"
The strap-hangers laughed.
TITS true" she shouted. Then she
lapsed back into . silent fury.
GUILTY LOOK.
A reporter assigned to "cover"
a burglary on Kaloran,a road the
other night aoas In the midst OF
gathering information for his story
a0hen the uictim suddenly stopped,
eyed him Quizzically for a moment.
and then demanded:
"Say-how do ! knoy you're not
the BURGLAR"
BUSY BIRDS.
ONE Of the new Navy airplanes,
flight tested at the Anacostia
Naval Air Station, has 81 things in
the pilots cockpit which the pilot
must use in one way or another to
successfully fly the airplane. This,
it was pointed out. Is just one less
than the number Of keys on stand
ard piano.
A careful check of three Of the
standard combat airplanes now In use
shows that one has ~, one II and the
other 70 instruments or gadgets fol
the pilot to work.
The neglect Of any one Of thu
instruments in a certain group, due te
carelessness or lack of knowledge upor
the part of the pilot. might result, In
one. case, in forced landing, in an.
other, complete failure Of guns OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

bombs, in another, faulty navigation
and 30 forth. it was explained.
"The fact that in many cases the
pilot must operate several instruments
within . split second Of each other
or In some cases simultaneously with
only two hands available, especially
IN the high-speed planes Of today.
shows the pressing need Of all pilots
being on their toes at all times II
accidents are to be avoided" the Navy
Bureau of Aeronautlcs explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

E. Van Zandt,
national com =
mander of the
Veterans Of For
eign Wars, at a
dinner in the Ma
tional Press Club
last night cele-
brating p ass age
Of the bonus.
Many support
er.s of the bonus
bill, nc u d ing
Senators Byrnes,
EN- ocrat, of
s out h Carolina
and r obin son,
nop,oorat IF Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
Insurance Men Uninsured.

MINNEAPOLIS (R:-The police &C
count Of the accident ran like this
Insurance Man Kenneth Kennedy OF
Minneapolis and Insurance Man Fred
]. Adams Of st. Paul, both driving
cars, arrived at the same intersection
simultaneously and collided.
Both reported they carried no In
surance covering the collision dam
age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

man, national president Federation
Of Architects. Engineers, Chemists
and Technicians, and Walter L. Dis
brow, former president Of Columbia
Lodge, No. 174, International Associa.
tionyof Machinists, who will preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
VAN zANDT RAPS
BONUS 'DEFAMERS'
NJ. w. Dinner Hears Com
mander Attack Economy
and Other Groups.

The National Economy League, the
United States Chamber of Commerce
and other "defamers' Of the veterans
and the bonus were assailed by James
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
DON B. GASKILL DIES
Resettlement Administration Ac-
countant Was Sc Years Old.

Don B. Gaskill, So, Resettlement
Administration accountant. died yes
terday at his home, 1929 Monroe
street. Death was due to heart
disease.
Funeral services were to be held
today at the Deal funeral home.
Burial will be at Concord, N. C.
MIR. Gaskill, a native of Morehead
City, N. c., is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Katherine Gaskill; daughter,
Miss Georgia Gaskill; son, Don B.
Gaskill, jr.; brother. w. H. Gaskill,
Gainesville, Md, and sister, Mrs. F. B.
Hobson Of this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

Thousands hove found thot this won.
derful new, corrective breed gives
just the aid needed. Exclusive blend
Of choice whole wheot furnish ideoI
roushase. Liberal proportions Of
purest honey soothe and stimulate the
intestinal tract.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR RENTS RALLY
King and Ellenbogen Among
Speakers to Discuss Hous.
ing Tomorrow.

ing Tom0rrow.
Plans have been completed for the
mass meeting at Central High School
tomorrow night ITO protest high rents
and poor housing" in the District.
Chairman King Of the Senate Dis
trict Committee and Representative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

Boring for oil in the Caspian Sea
has resulted in producing well.
Evening star., 1936-06-15

that Landon mad peen
all Republican candidates for
umbd like enpins No heavy glasses were
likewise took the idea inVes-
tigated Landon and he swept
candidacy pebans would cali "a
natural" logical nobody else While
don't tell anybody, but the Rocse-
largely Senator Bob Wagner
sharply pro-abor decidedly noera
Deal think they writing the
platform, but they only offering suggested panks
Boime qossp of the Republican party hare been specu-
about Uhdt campaign
whispered complaint OF his oppo-
that he Woud be freak cdmpdtgn The Ldndonues
presidential cdndddte 10
this kind OF strength to the ticket
think that the best thing their capdoate
with teepohne at his
has doing They vetoed the oea
him fly the convention
that Landon will make his
budup will be toward contrasting PERSONAL
prairie Governor the squire of HYDE Park!
nominating speech.
likely to be active at
traditional rule Republican strategy is to hold back
September. campaign always the
that count.
American politics. national conventions be
prize Take the present
Marking unless declares
Japan
sudden development
But they amazed at the
vordthe
Japan Cantonese the and munitions
NTH marching north, paportedly TO
force Nnnki NTH Japan.
ground suspecting
urged their sdears to buy the
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Dionnes Expecting
StOrk With T,CeIfth
Child about Sept. I
Relative Says Mother
Consulting Doctors
Other Than DatOe.
Py the AsSoci.,ed Press.

Py The Associated Press.
CALENDER. Ontario, June 15.-
A twelfth child is to be born to the
parents of the famed Dionne quin-
tuplets, relative of the family said
today.
Mrs. Olivia Dionne will give birth to
the baby about September 1, this
source declared. and has already con-
suited physicians about her confine-
ment.
Neither Dionne nor his wife would
confirm nor deny the expected event.
They have refused to discuss the ques-
tion since reports of new baby kept
recurring after the birth of the quin-
tuplets May %, 1884.
The farm home where the mother,
father and their other five children
live is now quarantined for measles.
Mrs. Dionne was understood to have
consulted physicians other than DR.,
Allan Roy Dafoe, the country doctor
who attended her at the birth of the
quintuplets.
Evening star., 1936-06-15

made up his mind to get
rid of elephant after coronation
festivities.
reside st James Palace which much
nc dgnihed than Buckingham Palace
planning bring about fusion oeteeH rhdt
and the British Labor party He thinks
richt intelligent and able
Labor large toHotno but
who brought the party into proml-
disappeared
Tory Jimmy Thomas was forced
exchange transactions Snowden has
elevated the and sheved into
the leaders 1AnsouE
hgurehesds without political vision
fighter that by getting
the labor movement real oppo
might be developed.
Evening star., 1936-06-15


n
chance a
quick.
You may
back h a % S a
out IN
of the utt Now luncheon thing
S n S
andd a
m Incl
Evening star., 1936-06-15
CELL0PHANE EMPLOYED
TOASSORT MOLECULES
Method Exlsined to Colloid Sym
postum Of American Chem
ical Society.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, June l5.-Molecules can
be sorted as q grocer sorts eggs, by
passing them through celophare, the
thirteenth colloid symposium of the
American Chemical Society was told
here Saturday.
Cellulose membranes, such as cello
phane. have pores SO fine they will
not let any bacteria through, stated
an explanatory paper given by Prof
James w. McBain and DR.. r. F.
Stuever Of Stanford University. Dry
cellophane is practical gas light. the
paper added. keeping out molecules OF
almost all kinds. Bacteria are larger
than molecules, and cannot pass
through the sieve.
by use Of the sieve. molecules OF
different sizes, visible only in the mass
through the most powerful micro
scope, may be separated from any
thing larger and even from one an
other" the chemists stated. BY max
ing the holes in the cellophane smaller
and smaller it has been possible to
put through solution of sugar or OF
salt and milk and get only pure
water"
Evening star., 1936-06-15
| 900, 900 MILES FLOWN,
AIR STEWARDESS QUITS
Katherine May Quits After Set
ting Record to Wed Plane
Dispatcher.

Ry the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.-The
only 1000 00o-mile air stewardess,
Katherine May, turned in her uniform
to the United Airlines yesterday and
announced she had made her last
flight.
The reason is Ted johnson, dis
patcher, at Salt Lake City, for the air.
line. They are to be married early
next month.
I'VE have planned to marry for
some time" said Miss May, but was
so near the million-mile mark that I
Just couldn't quit until I had passed
it."
Miss May is rated as having spent
more hours in the air than any other
woman living. She is the last Of the
original eight nurses employed by the
airline in 1880, as the first air stew
ardesses. The other seven are mar
ried.