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Evening star., 1936-10-18
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, October 17.-Refiect-
ing continued expansion in automo-
bile production. accessory earnings In
1896 are making the best showing
since 1929. Improvement, moreover,
should carry over well into 1887, bar
ring an unforeseen reversal Of the gen.
eral business trend, according to q new
study of the automobile accessory In
dustry appearing in Poor's Industry
and Investment Surveys.
1.-THE key to recovery In accessory
earnings naturally lies In the rapid
automobile production gains witnessed
since 1892" continues the study.
"l935's excellent net income results
are attributable to . a per cent gain
in car output above 1894. The large
Evening star., 1936-10-18
NEW GAIN SHOWN
BY COMMODITIES,
NEAR YEARS PEAK
Lead Is Taken by Textile
Prices With Another
High for 1886.
BY A. A. PATTON,
Associated Press Statistician.

NEW YORK, October 17.-Com-
modify prices continued to hover
around the years peak this week, reg
istering a slight gain over the pre-
vious seven days. Leadership was
provided by textiles, at a new peak
for the year, and international
grains,
The world wheat situation remained
under the cloud of Australia's drought,
prices advancing substantially in all
markets. Despite the report of rains
down under" toward the close Of the
period, the rally persisted.
Although Canada and the Danube
Basin are known quantities in the
wheat picture, the world will have to
draw on doubtful Australia and Ar
gentina for large portion Of its VIM
ter supply. Neither of the latter crops
will be ready for harvest until De-
cember and both offer big question
marks to forecasters.
Corn Also Advances.
Corn traced the same rising pat
tern, taking its cue from the course
of wheat quotations. Oats and rye,
on the other hand, reflected some
diminution in demand by slipping
back fractionally.
The Associated Press weighted in
dex Of IS important wholesale COM
modities advanced to 8129 per cent
of the 1925 average, from 8l.o5 last
week, and compared with 1900 in the
same period year ago.
Cotton cloth was bought ahead In
large volume again this week. Fab
ricators and converters, still harassed
by the problem of getting deliveries,
bid upward to get desired quotas.
Mills are said to be sold out five
weeks ahead as general thing. while
some manufacturers of sheeting and
the like are sold well into the Spring.
Demand Spills Over.
AS supplies of cotton goods became
shorter, demand spilled over into
woods and silks. Both advanced on
iCioVANCiy AfCufy 'SidAS' ASnW SosSS@A
was also carried up by the wave.
Cocoa set the pace for foods, closing
at a six-year high. Supplies are very
short for immediate delivery and
professors are working at record levels
to meet retail demand. Coffee, flour
and eggs shared the upturn, while
sugar, lard and butter were somewhat
lower.
Live stock slumped as marketings
continued heavy, hogs and cattle con-
curing and lamb moving up a notch.
Industrial staples declined for the
third consecutive week. Tin dipped
with producers failing to reach any
agreement regarding output for next
year. Hides, rubber, bituminous coal
and burlap were down.
The index, with its components
based on 1926 as 100, compared as
follows:
Evening star., 1936-10-18
FACTORY OUTPUT RISES
MORE THAN EMPLOYMENT I
Ey the Associated Press.

ky the Associated Press.
Factory output during the first
eight months Of this year increased
considerably more than employment,
the National Industrial Conference
Board said yesterday. Its survey
showed a production average only is
per cent below the 1929 level, while
manufacturing employment remained
10 per cent below 1929. The lag was
partially attributed to q lengthening
Of the working week from 36.6 hours
in August, 1885, to 1914 hours In the
same month this year.
Evening star., 1936-10-18
CLEARING HOUSE ISSUES
REPORT AT NEW YORK

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 1.-THE
weekly statement of the New York
Clearing House shows:
Total surplus and undivided profits,
1884, ,l4l, 100 (unchanged).
Total net demand deposits (aver-
age), $3,530.000 (increase).
Time deposits (average), $2,2os, 900
(increase).
Clearings week ended today. $3,-
086, ,750,112.
clearinss week ended October 10.
So, ,252, ,554,857.
IS days.
Evening star., 1936-10-18
Special Dispatch to TIE Star.

SpeClal DlSpdtCu W Aie StuI.
NEW YORK, October 17.-Attract-
ing not nearly so much attention In
its gradual decline as in its spectacular
rise, the price of platinum metal has
slipped back to around $50 an ounce.
This contrasts with the peak Of $40 an
ounce in d-September and with the
1885 average of $34.15. A further de-
cline is now considered quite likely,
as public interest has waned. says
current survey by the Standard Sta
tistics Co. Of New York.
The abortive boom IN platinum ap-
pears to have centered around the
efforts to substitute 1t for gold rs .
medium for individual boarding and
for speculation. Certificates Of deposit
for 3-ounce bars have been traded IN
Evening star., 1936-10-18
WORLD FACTORY OUTPUT
ADVANCES IN AUGUST
Rs the Assoc,ated Press.

NEW YORK, October 17.-World
Industrial production advanced In
August, the National Industrial Con-
ference Board said in its monthly
statement. The board Is On industry
supported statistical bureau. There
was little change In the United States,
Germany, France. Japan, Argentina
and Brazil, the board found. In
Italy and Austria industrial activity
declined. Other nations surveyed
showed improvement.
Evening star., 1936-10-18
RAIL GROSS STILL LAGs.

While gross operating revenues of
the class / carriers in the first eight
months in 1886 were 1877 per cent
higher than in 1885, they were 28.8
per cent below 1880, the first year Of
the depression.
Evening star., 1936-10-18
BANKERS DECIDE
TOH0LD CONCLAVE
At WHITE SULPHUR
D. c. Association Will Return
to Scene of Last Years
Convention.
CLEARINGS HOLD ABOVE
YEAR AGO IN CAPITAL
Department Store Sales 7.9 Per
Cent Above 1885 Despite Decline
From Preceding Week.
RY EDWARD G. STONE

White Sulphur Springs, w. Va,
has been selected as the place fer the
nineteenth annual convention of the
District Bankers Association, Presi-
Evening star., 1936-10-18

dent Karl w.
Corby announced
yesterday, the &C
tion having been
taken at the week.
ly luncheon of the
organization. 1t
Is the same place
where last years
unusually sue
cessful convention
was held.
The dates Sc
iected, May 26 to
81, will allow a
program one more
day than usual
1,eco,Iee tho Dec-
Evening star., 1936-10-18
APPLE PIE KEEPS LEAD.

Apple pie is the most popular
dessert served on railway dining cars
in this country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-29
A Short Memory

D
 G--tH Hrtsm Rtrh.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
BeIgion Envoy
ToB Be Feted

The Ambassador of Belgium and
Countess van der Straten Ponthoz
will be the guests in whose honor
the Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Daniel c. Roper will enter
tain at dinner on Monday, May 4,
at the Mayflower.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
Toagm !!!.;:!?: 4: Topics

back and boasted a bouquet Of
pasted shaded pansies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dye have had
as their guests in their apart.
ment at $500 Massachusetts
Ave. for the past fortnight, her
cousin, Mrs. Joseph Smith, who
has returned to her home in
Cleveland after a very delight
full visit.
Mr.. Dye was formerly Com
mercial Attache of the Ameri-
can Embassy in Buenos Aires.
The former Assistant Secre.
tary of War and Mrs. F. Tru-
bee Dawson, who went abroad
on December % and have been
in India for some weeks, will
return home within the next
two weeks and will be at their
place at Locust Valley, Long
Island. They went to Brindisi,
Italy, first, and flew by plane
from there to Delhi, where they
have been entertained and have
done some scientific work for
the American Museum of Ma
tural History of which Mr.. Da-
vison is president. They are re-
turning by the same route from
their travels in the Far East.
Mrs. John Arthur Hinckley
waited for her sister in the
Lounge of the Mayflower and
looked very smart in a home
spun suit of rose and gray with
a matching hat made in Tyro-
lean style. Her rose-colored AS
cot tie matched the band of her
hat and in the lapel of her coat
she wore a gardenia. Mrs. j.
Blaise de Sibour arrived wear
ing a two-piece tan tweed suit.
Her small brimmed yellow hat
was banded with brown ribbon.
After cocktails they joined
those having luncheon, over
which they fingered but a very
short time.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
Will Be Hosts

Senator and Mrs. Millard E. Ty-
dings will entertain at a luncheon
at "Oakington", their Maryland
home, on Sunday, April 10. They
will also be hosts at luncheon on
Easter Sunday.
They will be the guests in whose
honor Mr.. and Mrs. James Bruce
will entertain following the run
ming of the Maryland Hunt Cup
race on Saturday, April Is. The
Bruces will be hosts at their home,
Leisure Hill", in Green Spring
VALLEY.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
CCopyrighG. I03sI

The persistent rumor con-
cerning the attractive Mrs.
Campbell Prichett and her
likely marriage to the Cuban
Ambassador, Senor DR.. Gull
lermo Patterson y de Jauregui
gathered new strength the
other afternoon, in spite Of
denials on both sides, when
they strolled into the May
flower Lounge at the cocktail
hour.
The pretty Natalie was CO.'S
tuned in black and white, her
jacket of small checks and her
skirt of solid black. Her small,
moderated Homburg effect hat
was of black shiny straw with
a single white feather orna-
ment in the front.
The new Director of the Bu-
reau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce and Mrs. Alexander
V. Dye are leaving this after
noon for a brief visit in Miami
and Tampa. While they are
loath to leave the promise of
Springtime in Washington,
they will be gone such a short
while and glad that they may
escape such weather as we had
yesterday.
Mrs. Dye was a luncheon
guest Of G. G.. Concannon,
Chief of the Chemical Division
of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, yesterday
at the Mayflower. Her becom-
ing black gown had a narrow
collar of white and her chic
little straw hat was trimmed
with a cluster of cherries in
the front. Another guest of
Mr.. cannon was Mrs.
John H. Overton, wife of the
Senator from Louisiana, who
wore with her black cloth suit
a print blouse of black and
white. Her brimmed Baku hat
was turned up at the left in
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
Announce MARRIAGE

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Kramer an
nounce the marriage Of their
daughter, Dawn, to Mr.. Sydney
Fischer on Saturday, April 4, at
the home Of DR.. Abram Simon,
who officiated at the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fischer will make
their home in New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic H. Hill
have come from Elmira, N. Y. and
are at the Shoreham, where they
will remain over Easter. They are
accompanied by their daughter,
Miss Margaret Hill, who attends
Elmira College.
**
Mrs. Frank Steinhart, jr., and
her daughter, Miss Ann Steinhart,
Of Havana. Cuba, are the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gottfried K. Smith
at Wardman Park Hotel.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
S"@Ay Y co"""
.SchoenfeIds
Are Hosts

The Minister Of the Dominican
Republic and Sonora de Pastoriza
were the ranking guests at the din
ner which DR.. and Mrs. Herbert H.
Schoenfeld gave last evening at
the Shoreham.
DR.. Scohenfeld's brother, Mr.. H.
F. Arthur Schoenfeld, is American
Minister to the Dominican Repub-
lie, and among the guests last eve
ming were two visitors who are in
Washington for the Pan-American
medical conference, DR.. r. Espail-
lat de La Mota, the Dominican
consul in New York, and DR.. Edgar
Davis, Of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Senorita Lolita Battle, who is
visiting at the Dominican Repub-
lie Legation and who recently ar
rived from Europe where she &C
companied Nine. Trujillo,. wife of
the President of the Republic,
was among the guests.
Others present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Ferrandou, Nine. San
chez de Latour, Nine. ESpaillat,
Nine. Don Quail, of Havana,
Cuba; the former Surgeon Gen
eral of the U. S. Public Health
Service, DR.. Robert Blue, and DR..
William Foster Burdick.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
Dolly Cameron Says:
VISITORS IN THE CAPITAL
Will Spend Brief Time Here
Before Starting on Motor
Tour of the Country

It was out in Seattle that Beatrice Matthew,
daughter of M. and Nine. Michel Matthew,
grew up and received her education graduating from the
University of Washington In college she started taking
journalism-the writing end of it-but after short time
thought that she particularly interested in the story
angle and turned to the business side
Never very strong Beatrice did not take the
sports such tennis and riding Then after gradu-
ang from the University she and her mother to Paris
There she went to the Sorbonne-then strange
after getting her degree nothing of the many hours
spent studying all about the mechanical side of publishing
she turned completely around and started to write
Turns to Photography
Her first attempts eagerly accepted by editors and
then she decided that she would like very much to be
European magazine newspaper At that time there
vacancies for in the writing field the
young writer had approach from other channels choosing
photograDhv.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10

Miss Mary H. Woodbury., Miss
Alice c. Woodbury. and Miss Eliza
beth w. Richardson, of Salem,
Mass, are at the Dodge.
~
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester B. Bulkley,
of Springfield, Mass, are at the
Martinique.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
Invitations Out

The Ambassador of the Union
Of Soviet Socialist Republics and
Nine. Troyanovsky have issued
invitations to a musicale to be
given in the embassy Tuesday
! evening. April %.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10

Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Doremus, Of
Clifton, N. j., and their young son,
are at Wardman Park Hotel while
here for a few days vacation.
N&&
Mrs. T. H. Marshall, accom-
panied by her two children, Of
Greenwich, Conn.,, is at the Dodge.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
Going to Chicago

Mr.. and Mrs. Hill Fleet, of Irv-
ington, Va, have been the guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Humphrey
Daniel for several days as has been
Mrs. Orris James. also of Irving
ton, sister of Mrs. Daniel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel will leave
today for Chicago where they will
remain over the Easter holidays,
returning to washington the first
of next week.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
Diplomatic and Official Notes:
Service Family
Pictured at Their
Residence in
the Capital.
NEW ENVOY ARRIVES IN NEW YORK

MRS METCALF, wife Of Maj. Clyde h Metcalf, D. g. M
g. pictured with their daughter Miss Julia Metca in their
apartment at Corcoran Courts Miss Metca is student
George Washington University where she in her junior
year. (Hesler- Henderson PhOtO)
The Washington times., 1936-04-10

Ii was Willie III FaT1S Lk1aG she
met her husband.to-be, young M
Andre Da Miano. They are
most congenial, both being in
tereSted in journalism, she in
the painting Of pictures with
words and he with the creating
Of the same sketches with the
use of light and shadows.
Fond of Motoring
At first they claim to have
no hobbies, because hobbies are
what one does in the spare time
and they, the Da Mianos have
no spare time, they are too busy.
But there is something that they
both adore, and that is going
just everywhere by motor. They
are tremendously fond Of dogs,
and always have two Of the Iowa.
BILE creatures with them. Not
long ago they encircled the
Mediterranean Sea by car. They
spent 10 months going through
the 80 countries and had a glori-
GUS time Of it. Unlike most
travellers who set out to tour
through deserts, and arid lands,
they tool no pith helmets, pic.
turesque shorts or rifleS-inStead,
stocked themselves with the
clothes that anyone planning a
trip from here to Florida, for
instance might take. They did
not go alone, for with them were
Of course, their two dogs, q pair
Of rollicking humorous Scotties,
who enjoyed every moment Of it
all and added much to their
masters amusement.
Young Mrs. Da Miano is of
medium height and slender. Her
hair, worn in a long, softly curled
bob, is dark brown, and her wide,
ever-interested eyes are gray.
In Paris, she, with her husband,
makes her home at the George v,
a very modern building that is
much like our own apartments
(more so than any other edifice
across the ocean, and each apart
ment boasts an electric refrigera.
tor-the delight of each tenant,
who promptly show the pride and
joy of the cuisine to all of their
visitors.
Capital Visitors
When the Da MianoS came to
Washington a day or two ago, Mrs.
Da Miano had a regular reunion
with a former schoolmate of hers
Mrs. Emil Hurja, who is well
known in this city. The young
writer and her husband and their
two dogs (the latter are an ador-
able pair of French field dogs,
Pitchoune and Gitane, who,
strangely enough, are meant for
sport and not for pets, but have
been brought up in hotels) will
remain here for a brief visit before
starting out by motor to see Ameri-
ca. They are headed West and
will spend much time in Hollywood
before completing their exploring
Of the North and South and re-
turning once again to Paris.
Noq4 co@~m
The Washington times., 1936-04-10

cellor of the University. He has
travelled extensively in Europe
and in the United States.
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
Recently Appointed Minister Of
Venezuela and Daughter En-
Route to Washington

The newly appointed Minister of Venezuela,
DR.. Juan Joseph Mendoza, has arrived in New
York accompanied by his daughter Senorta Helen Carmen
Mendoza who will his hostess in the Capital.
They will remain New York for few days before coming
to the Capital
The Washington times., 1936-04-10

DR.. Mendoza is a distinguished
lawyer and has been Professor OF
Law at the University Central in
Caracas and later was Vice Chan
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
To Entertain

Mrs. L. Edwin Sunderland will
entertain at tea tomorrow after,
noon. from 5 until z o'clock in
the Pan-American Room of the
Mayflower Hotel. Her guests of
honor will be Mr.. and Mrs. Eu.
gene Edwards, Of Weston, w. Va,
who are the guests of Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Andrew Ed.
miSton.
4 Il 4
The Associate Justice and Mrs.
Harlan Fiske Stone have issued in.
vitationS for a dinner on Friday,
May /.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-30
Garden of Eden

The Britannica says that many
speculationsN have been made as to
the site of the garden, thought to be
an oasis In barren land, the verses
in Genesis suggesting site north
of Babylon; to define the site from
the details given is impossible while
any attempt to locate NEUROLOGICAL
garden is bound to be attended by
considerable difficulty. Funk and
Wagnalls' "A Standard Bible Die
tionary" says the location has been
the subject of many speculations.
some of which have nothing but
their grotesqueness to give them in
terest. Palestine. Syria. Armenia, Mon
golia, Kashmir, Merv, Australia. Meso-
potamia and even the North pole have
all been suggested as the site. Of
these Lower Mesopotamia and Armenia
alone deserve consideration. The
writer adds that there is no spot on
earth from which one vast river
branches into four channels that en-
circle such tracts of land as are
named in the first chapters of Genesis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-30
Tigers Should Win
in American League

Hitherto when asked to name the
winners of this younger organization
(Which quite often also is known as
the American league) the Parson has
displayed his versatility as an expert
by maintaining a dignified silence That
he could do this. while besieged by
frenZied customers, does not mean that
he has been trying to hold out on any
body though.
From what he could gather while So
journing in the South, it seemed to the
Parson that the Tigers were already
in. Then he met Colonel Rupert and
heard different.
The Colonel spends most of his time
lodging In and out from under the
grandstard to inquire hoarsely of total
strangers, How we doing?" do you
think we're gonna hold that five-run
lead?" and questions of similar import.
That shows he is not an expert either
and so he could be fellow to string
along with when he starts announcing
instead of asking.
Having given up he-But even
though he may be all wet he at least
is not going to get burned by statistics.
Instead. he merely is laying the two
pennant races on the line as follows
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-30
CHAPTER XII

They drove slowly back toward
Mans headquarters, talking intently.
To save Holt Stuart the ignominy of
arrest, to tie together the evidence
they had accumulated, to weave net
around Tod West and to discover. the
remainder of the money that right
fully belonged to Nan were their major
detectives.
In the car which preceded them had
been intent talk, as well. West had
had little enough to say at the cabin
but once on the homeward way, with
new fears, fresh doubts, even greater
misgivings stirring within him, he had
talked. Talked into Bridger's ear,
playing on the mans vanity, his jeal-
Ousy of his authority, his regard for
his political fences.
And after those first minutes at
Downer's, with their confusion and ex-
element and triumph, Tod West, draw
ing Bridger aside, talked further. What
had transpired in Mel Knights store
between Young and Bluejay had come
to his ears and he passed it on to
Bridger and made deductions and, in
fever of relief, let his suggestions run
into demands.
AS they rounded the bend and came
into view of the Downer buildings,
Ezra leaned suddenly forward.
what goes on here?" he asked, star
ing at the group clustered before head
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-30

DRooF that a guy can return from
Florida with something more than
a big expense account and bad SUM-
burn:
The dearest ambition of one of Chi
cago's most eminent racketeers is to
Mize, the hard-hitting Cardinal, be-
lieves he would be jinxed If he did not
step on home plate each time he goes
from first base to the bench-Johnny
Broaca is the champion lobby sitter
among the Yankees. When he cannot
find any one to sit and listen to him
he just sits and watches the other
guests-Bobby Cruickshank will tell
you that he learned to putt by watch
ing Bobby Jones in the playoff at In
wood in 1928. Previously Cruickshank
had been putting in the British man
ner, hitting the ball full. Now he hits
only half of the ball and gives it plenty
of overspin.
Note to numerous fans who have
been writing in to ask whether Hitler
has taken over the National league in
the matter of the Jew who happens to
be the games best umpire-Why not
inquire of the league president or the
club owners whom you support? My
own impression is that If these gentle
men so desired they could easily per-
suade Dolly Stark to return to the
game he Ioves-Ed Brandt, the Dodger
southpaw, owns ranch in Montana
Buck Newsom, Washington pitcher,
still bears the scar of razor wound
received in Los Angeles in 1888 when
the earthquake interrupted two-bit
shave-oscar MeIiiIo, Red Sox second
sacker, will talk for hours about fights
and fighters.
Gossip now is that there was a wom-
an In the case when Discovery was