davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-06-09

ject being THE
Effect of Govern
ment LIE n d l n g
Agencies on the
M a n a g e ment
Methods in City
Banks. He is a
past president Of
w a s h l n g t o n
Chapter and has
been very active
in institute work
here. His address
today was a part
of the program Ct
the ba nix man.
agement confer
pnPp
Evening star., 1936-06-09
new YORK COTTON
by the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. June 9.-Cotton was
somewhat less active today, but showed
a generally steady undertone with some
hedging and liquidation absorbed by
continued buying from trade and
speculative sources.
After selling up to 1904. or points
net higher, October declined to 1896,
but was ruling around 1890 in the
market with active
months about to 3 points net higher.
Futures closed very steady. LII higher
Evening star., 1936-06-09
RAY0N IN DEMAND.

NEW YORK. June P.-Rayon
price cuts on the short staple fiber
have tended to stimulate demand for
rayon fabrics, says Dun 81 Bradstreet.
Most manufacturers are reported sold
through July and August deliveries
are being booked.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
LiyerpooI Quotations.

LIVERPOOL June Up.-Cotton. 13..
900 bales including 1900 American.
tations in pence American strict good
middling. 7.42; good middling; ZIP; strict
:niddiing, 642; low middlins, e.I7; strict
good ordinary: 6.97; good ordinary, B.e7.
Futures closed steady: July 6.22: ocs
5.7s; March. 5.77; May. 5.77.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
LAMP PRICES UNCHANGED.

NEW YORK, June P.-Trade
advices state that lamp manufacturers
preparing Fall lines for exhibition at
trade shows in New York and Chi
cago next month will keep prices on
the new merchandise at the current
levels.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
New Orleans Prices.

NEW ORLEANS. June 0P.-OpeninE
prices on he cotton market today were
from . to q points higher as letter cables
combined with lisht speculative buying
in new-crop months to lift options above
the previous close.
July gained points at the openinE
selling at 11.59 October was 4 points
closer to the il-cent level openinS at
1854 Activity accelerated on the ad-
vance. Trade buying also appeared to aid
higher prices. Hedge selling supplied most
of the contracts.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
FAILURES TOTAL HIGHER.

NEW YORK, June Q P1.-Business
failures in the week ended June 4
totaled 1s8, against $50 in the previ.
Gus week and 234 in the cores ;ond-
ing period last year. Dun & Bradstreet
reported.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
ROBERTS SPEAKS
At A. |. B. SESSION
Past President of Capital
Chapter on Program at
Seattle ConCIaVe.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

I. J. Roberts, one Of the assistant
cashiers of the Riggs National Bank,
was on the program at the opening
session today of the American Insti-
tute of Banking, at Seattle, his sub
Evening star., 1936-06-09

Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed steady. July. s.o2; September,
800; December. s,75b. Sales, 81 con-
tracts including IA switches. Bid.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

Addressograph-M -Multigraph Corp
Common share earnings. 4 months
ended April 80, were So. cents VS.. 43
cents.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
WHEAT
Chicago Cash Market.


Cash wheat, no sales reported; corn
No. 2. mixed. 6224 No. 3. mixed, 81;
No. 4. mixed, so; No. l, yellow, 6324s
64 No 2, yellow, 6312a34; No. 3, vel.
low, 62a62a4: No. 4, yellow. 6ol4ais;
No. 5, yellow, 5sl4a5s; No. l, white
SO 4a7O No. 2, white, 6914al2; No. 5,
white, 5Sl4; sample grade. 40a5Sl4;
oats, No. 2, white, 28l4; No. 3, white
27a2712; No 4, white, 24l4 sample
grade. 2l1aa2512; rye, No. l, So Wis.
consin; soy beans, track Chicago, No.
and 3, yellow, 87l2; barley feed. 3oa4s
nominal; mailing, 4Sa92 nominal;
timothy seed, 310a35 hundredweight;
clover seed, 1300a19.75 hundredweight
Evening star., 1936-06-09

Baltimore Quotations.
BALTIMORE. June Q LP.-Wheat. M
red Winter. Earlicky spot, domestic, /. .04;
June, 1.04.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

TotaI SAFES Tot the day $4,000
Dvoend rates gwen In the annual
cash the latest hayeary deca
rations " '' NN'-
sOnt OF trading than 100 rate
including Accumulated dividends
PAID Companies receyershp
reorganized Ex-dvdend = y oNe
Evening star., 1936-06-09
CottonSeed Oil.

Spot steady; middling. ll.7s.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

Liverpool Grain Prices.
LIVERPOOL, June LFN.-wheat futul
Evening star., 1936-03-24
Cherry Trees Likely to Bloom,
But Damage Obsclres Date

The pansy bed near the railroad
embankment in Potomac Park Is a
total loss, Finnan said, and the rose
garden damage is very extensive"
Some small shrubs along Hams Point
have been damaged, and all lawn
areas between the highway and the
Potomac River are covered with heavy
oil deposits. Getting these out will
be job in itself and several sections
of lawn will have to be cut away and
resodded, Finnan said.
In East and West Potomac Parks
clay and silt from to 8 inches deep
were deposited, so that bulbs were
not washed away
In the Rock Greek and Potomac
Parkway, between K street and the
Lincoln Memorial, the water ruined
practically all plant material between
the highway and the river.
In Anacostia Park, Finnan said,
damage was not 50 extensive, only
lawn areas having been damaged.
The crab apple trees-a rival fioral
display to the Japanese cherry trees
apparently were not menaced by the
flood.
Mostly lawn areas were destroyed
along the Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway. Finnan said the horticul-
turists do not yet know If the nursery
material set out at Norton Point has
been extensively damaged. n
Evening star., 1936-03-24
Woman Is Discovered Dead
In Gas:Filled 4 partment Here

BY that time, the poisonous fumes,
seeping into the hallway from beneath
the locked door, were so strong they
almost overpowered Lane He sum-
moned the manager of the apartment
house and Charles Smith, the janitor,
who opened the door with a passkey.
All the apartment windows we're
closed, police said. and gas was pour
ing from four open jets on the kitchen
stove. No notes we're found, police
said.
Mrs. Boucher, according to police,
was understood to have received sew
eral special delivery letters in the past
week.
From the position Of the woman's
body and the condition of the apart
ment. police surmised that Mrs.
Boucher had been lying on a divan
and after being affected by the gas
reeled into the reception hall and
toppled over.
Evening star., 1936-03-24

The cherry trees probably will bloom
again this Spring. but c. Marshall
Finnan, superintendent Of National
Capital Parks, was not prepared to
set the exact date. He surveyed flood
damage in the parks. estimated at
$4,000.
The Japanese cherry trees have not
been fatally damaged, so far as we
know" Finnan said. THE damage
may be cumulative, and the high
water may have weakened the trees,
and this may not show for some time.
The buds are intact and still tight,
however"
The consensus among horticultur-
lists was that the trees around the
Tidal Basin will be safe, but the
double blossom variety in East Po-
tomac Park will suffer damage among
the young trees. Some of the small
trees were f1attened by the debris swept
down by the flood, and, in some in
stances. uprooted.
Water still is standing on parts of
the golf course in East Potomac Park,
but has receded from most of the
cherry trees. In August, 1888, the
trees were under water for two days
in the Hains Point area, the park
chief recalled, and many OF the
younger ones were killed. Even
though they die later, Finnan expects
the trees to bloom around EasteL
Evening star., 1936-03-24

BY the Associated Press.
Residents of a vast food belt ex-
tending from Maine to Ohio and Ken
lucky. in which 1853 lives were lost
during a terrifying week, scraped
muck and debris from their silt-laden
cities and towns today. while citizens
Of Cincinnati watched the crest Of
the swollen Ohio River sweep onward
to new territory.
fed from their homes in Cincinnati
and the nearby area in advance Of
the muddy tide that had brought
catastrophe to Johnstown. Pittsburgh,
Wheeling and other communities in
PENNSYLVANIA and West Virginia.
The lower Ohio Valley was the only
immediate z"1e of high-water dan
ger remaining after narrowing week
of death and destruction.
In New England, where scores of
streams overliuwed their banks and
wrought havoc second in severity only
to that in the Ohio River watershed,
conditions were definitely on the
mend.
Look to L. s. for Funds.
In almost every stricken area anx-
ious eyes were cast toward the Federal
Government in hopes additional
financial aid would be forthcoming for
the work of reha Utilization. The Amer
ican Red Cross long since had thrown
its entire force in the field to relieve
suffering and ward off pestilence.
Besides immediate Government aid
communities inspired partly by the
startling success of Portsmouth, Ohio
in curbing the Springtime RACES of
the Ohio, sought conferences which
contemplated vast fiood-control
scheme for PENNSYLVANIA, West Viz
ginia, Ohio and Kentucky.
Portsmouth. protected by great
wall, hummed with industry. though
much of its area was far below the
rivers crest Neighboring communi-
ties went through the routine of
stoppage of work, evacuation of low
land families, cleaning up and re-
building.
Fight Against Disease.
New England, with damage esti-
mated at more than $270 100000 and
with approximately $4,000 refugees
prevented from returning to their
homes before sanitation measures
were taken, concentrated on prevent
ing spread of disease and lawlessness
as it pushed the herculean task of
rebuilding.
In Hartford, Conn, severely az
(See FLOODS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1936-03-24
SENATE BANK GROUP
BACKS F. D. !. c. BILL
Measure Would Extend for Two
Years Purchase of and Loans on
Assets of Weak Units.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Banking Committee to-
day approved the administration bill
extending for two years from July
the time in which the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp. may purchase and
make loans on the assets of weak
banks in order to facilitate bank
mergers.
Leo T. Crowley. chairman of the
F. D. I. c., told the committee the
Nation still was overbanked in some
localities. He said the corporation
had made commitments, or had pro-
posals under consideration, for loans
to about 100 banks.
THE problem of making the bank
ing structure sound in communities
where there are now more banks than
can be supported" Crowley said. "can
be met only by the ultimate liquida-
ton of some of these institutions or
by programs for consolidation"
Evening star., 1936-03-24
TRIAL UNDER WAY
IN FLOGG|NG CASE
Jury Sought as 3 Former
Tampa Policemen Face
KIDNAPPING Charges.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA. Fla, March 24.-Selection
Of jury to try three former police
men on kidnapping charges in the alb
duction- -flogging death of Joseph Shoe
maker started in Criminal Court to-
day.
Six men will make up the jury.
Women do not serve on Florida juries.
The three defendants are c. A.
Brown, suspended Tampa police SER
geant: John P. Bridges. suspended
patrolman, and c. w. Carlisle, former
special officer and city employe.
They are charged with kidnapping
E. F. Poulnot. who was abducted at
the door of police headquarters last
November. along with Shoemaker and
S. D. Rogers. Poulnot. Shoemaker and
Rogers, unemployed labor organizers.
were spirited away and fogged. tarred
and feathered, and Shoemaker died
nine days afterward.
In all. there are II defendants in
the series of cases. Others will be
called to trial later. Nine are charged
with second-degree murder. Penalty
for kidnapping is l to 20 years i'm
prisonment, where there is no element
Of ransom. Penalty for second degree
murder is 20 years to life imprison-
ment.
Crime Probe Continued.
As the trial opened, the county
grand jury was convened in another
section Of the court house to continue
its investigations of alleged general
crime conditions in this county. Of
ficials said the jury will specifically
delve into gambling operations.
Gambling also entered into the in.
vestigation of the Shoemaker case.
Shoemaker criticized officers for wnat
he described as failure to enforce anti
gambling laws He also was active in
lSaa ET OCCTNGC pooo Acl
Evening star., 1936-03-24

Clutching two gardenias and clad in
q black velvet dressing gown. Mrs.
Edith Courtney Boucher, SO, employe
Of a Connecticut avenue dress shop.
was found dead today in her gas-fiiled
apartment at 1910 Kalorama road.
After investigating the case with
homicide squad detectives, Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald withheld issuing
a certificate until an autopsy could be
performed.
Mrs. Boucher was last seen about 8
o'clock last night when colored eleva-
tor attendant took her to the third
floor
Her body was discovered in q re-
ception hall just inside the apart
ment, when william Lane, colored
elevator boy, who two hours earlier
had noticed q slight odor of gas, but
dismissed it as Of no consequences.
went to Mrs. Boucher's apartment to
deliver . special delivery letter.
Evening star., 1936-03-24
BORAH HAS CHANCE.
TO WIN WISCONSIN
April 7 Victory May Come
From Progressive Camp
Surge.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Staf CORRESPONDENT OF The Star,

CHICAGO. March ,24-What are
the La Follettes and the Progressives
who followed them out Of the Re-
publican party going to do in the
presidential primary. which takes
place in Wisconsin April Z? Upon
the answer to this question may de-
pend the complexion of the States
delegation at the Republican National
Convention next June. Two states of
delegates are in the field, one COM
mitted to the presidential candidacy
Of Senator William E. Borah Of Idaho
and the other uninstructed.
II the La Toilette Progressiyes go
into the Republican primary and vote
in considerable numbers for Borah,
there will be no doubt about the vic
tory Of the Idaho Senator. Such
victory would mean "a delegates in
the bag and also Borah's first victory
in the presidential primaries.
The Progressives in Wisconsin are
putting .He..presidential candidate in
the field themselves. There is moth
ing under the State primary law to
prevent their going into the Repub-
licsn primary or the Democratic pri-
mary. One Progressive leader in
Madison assured me that the party
has taken no position regarding the
coming presidential primary. Since
Senator Borah is regarded as a pro-
gressive Republican, he ventured the
opinion that a number of the Pro-
SiroS uri1l c1idn 70 ha Dc
publican primary temporarily and
give him hand. On the other hand,
some of the Progressive leaders and
the rank and file are recalling that
Senator Borah did not come forward
to support the late Senator Bob La
Toilette in 1924, when La Toilette ran
as an independent and Progressive
candidate for President. Borah, al
though he declined to accept a vice
presidential nomination on the ticket
with Calvin Coolidge, remained within
the Republican fold in that campaign.
Senator Robert M. La Toilette and
his brother, Gov. Phillip La Toilette,
very likely will be found supporting
President Roosevelt for reelection, it
is said. The Presidents name has
been entered in the Democratic side
Of the Wisconsin primary. The Pro-
gressives may go if they desire into
the Democratic primary and swell the
vote for the President. They made
it possible for Roosevelt to carry the
State in 1892.
The Borah people were first in the
field in Wisconsin. Indeed. it was a
group of Wisconsin Republicans who
first persuaded the Idaho Senator to
Evening star., 1936-03-24
LEAGUES COUNCIL
VOTES TO ADJOURN.
LoCarno Powers to Resume
Negotiations as London
ParIey Is Ended.

(Copyrght, 1895, by the Associated Press
LONDON, March 24-The League
of Nations Council. without waiting
to hear directly from Reichsfuehrer
Hitler, voted today to adjourn without
taking further action on Germany's
violation of the Locarno treaty.
The Council members decided they
would reassemble at Geneva wheneve,
their president, Stanley M. Bruce OF
Australia, called them to meet.
In the meantime. Great Britain,
France, Belgium and Italy-the CO.
signatories and guarantors of the
Locarno pact-are to continue negotia-
tions with Germany.
France Disappointed.
The Council made its quick decision
while Joachim Won Ribbentrop, Hit
lers special ambassador. was travelling
by airplane from Berlin with the
chiefs eagerly y-awaited reply.
His airplane landed at Croydon air.
field at $50 pm, few minutes after
the Council session had adjourned,
and most of the delegates had left St.
James Palace.
An authoritative source said France
was disappointed by Great Britain S
attitude toward Germany and conse-
quently sought adjournment Of the
League body.
The Council was called into session
here to consider Germany's violation
Of the Locarno treaty through re-
militarizing the Rhineland and now
awaits Reichsfuehrer Hitler's answer
to proposals for smoothing out the
critical situation resulting.
1t was stated the French are dis
appointed because Great Britain con-
siders the proposals exactly that and
not an ultimatum. as the French
prefer.
The feasibility of proposing the
Council adjourn was discussed pri-
yately today by Joseph Paul-Boncour,
the French minister without portfolio,
with Maxim Litvinof, foreign COM
miSsar of Russia, and Nicholas Titu-
leScu, foreign Minister of Rumania.
The Council itself met in private
session shortly after their conference.
while Joachim Won Ribbentrop Hitler's
special ambassad dor, flew from Berlin,
bringing Hitler's answer.
Other Factors Cited.
Two other factors complicated the
situation. in addition to the lack of
official word from Hitler, at the time
the Council met privately.
First, Premier Mussolini had not yet
replied with either ratification or
rejection of the plan for settling the
Rhineland situation.
Second, word from Paris said France
had fatty refused to consider any
contemporaries by Hitler.
Paris advices that Foreign Minister
Pierre-E -Etienne Flandin would refuse
to return to London if German coun-
ter-proposals were considered. in
formed sources said, placed British
(See FRANCE, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1936-03-24
Queen Mary Is T,oice Aground
On Tortuous Trip to Open Sea
Stranded in Clyde Once for 20 Minutes
and Again for Eight-Million
BritOns Cheer Maiden Trip.

past three dangerous bends AS she
was anchored cheers went up from a
huge throng. part of which came
aboard so special trains for the oc-
casion.
1t took slightly more than two hours
for the journey toward the open sea.
Glistening with fresh paint-the
hull black, the superstructure white,
the three enormous tunnels red
Britain's rival i'll speed and size to
Frances Normandie was backed out
OF her fitting basin shortly before
noon.
While crowds gathered after night
spent cramped in tents and automo-
biles. special watchmen. disguised in
workmen's overalls, patrolled the
liners decks and shipyard police
guarded against stowaways.
The Clydebank celebrated the oc-
,See LINER. Page A-5D
Evening star., 1936-03-24
BLANTONDEMANDS
TIME ON D. c. BILL
Texan Seeks to Appear Be-
fore Senate Subcommittee
to Pursue Fight.
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

Representative Blanton of Texas.
under whose direction the House
slashed s3000.000 from the Federal
share of the 1887 District appropria-
tions bill, has asked for a hearing be-
fore the Senate subcommittee now
considering revision Of the measure.
News of the unusual request of the
Texan was the high lights of develop
ments today as the Senate group,
headed by Senator Thomas. Democrat,
of Oklahoma, entered the second day
of its work, with a dozen municipal
officials appearing to explain the needs
of their departments.
Representative Blanton. it is under
stood, requested one hour for argu-
ment and his request will be granted.
Although he has been member of the
House Subcommittee on District Ap-
preparations for a number of years. he
is serving his first year as chairman in
charge OF the bill in the House. In
that position, he would be one Of the
conferees to adjust differences between
the two branches after the bill passed
the Senate.
Number Give Testimony.
Among the officials who testified at
the executive hearings this morning
were:
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, engineer
of highways; j. B. Gordon, sanitary
engineer in charge of sewer work;
Traffic Director william A. Van Duzer.
DR.. George F. Bowerman, librarian of
the free public library system, and
Recorder of Deeds Thompson.
Most of these officials presented the
need for restoration of miscellaneous
maintenance items approved by the
Budget Bureau, but reduced in the
House.
The subcommittee resumed at 2
o'clock this afternoon. with Health
Oficer Rutland, Police Court Judge
Mcmahon and several other onicials
waiting to be heard.
Would Face Deficit.
In the Health Department the House
made several reductions in operating
expenses, amounting to $23.800. Be-
fore the hearings end two weeks from
now it Is expected the Senate group
will know whether the Budget Bureau
is going to recommend additional esti-
mates amounting to $l99, 900, on which
a supplemental hearing was granted
at the Budget Bureau yesterday.
These additional funds would be for
the public welfare end of health ac-
tivities including the fight on tuber-
culosis and more operating money for
Gallinger Hospital. ..---..
Although the House raised the bill
$90S, 900 above the budget figures to
a total of $42,573,283. by authorizing
several new projects, it reduced at the
same time variety of operating items
the budget had approved.
The most serious and drastic change
the House made was In reducing the
Federal share from $5,700,0 900 to So
700, 900, despite the raising OF the total.
This would leave the District facing a
large deficit, unless. as seems likely,
the Senate raises the Federal payment
at least back to the budget recon-
mendation.
Evening star., 1936-03-24
americans Draw Almost Half
Of First Sweepstakes Chances
500, 900 Assured 100 U. S. Ticket Hold.
ers, With Hundreds of Slips Still to
Be Picked From Drums.

cans Of 100000 in prizes, for 1872
tickets held in the United States had
been drawn against horses. Only 420
tickets in all were drawn before noon.
The total fund to be distributed Is
fl,453,754 tabout $7,268,770.
The fund was divisible into IA units
Of 100000 (about s50O,000) each. In
addition to the horse prizes. being
drawn today. there were 10 residual
prizes OF f5,375 (about $26.875) and
1,40O cash prizes of fl00 (about $500
each.
The drawing began under the spread
ing wings of the figure OF an American
eagle, with girls representing Pan
American flags acting as pages. Lord
Mayor Alfie Byrnes paid particular
tribute to the United States in his
opening address.
The emphasis on America was a
,cao c,yxJE rpCTAKEC Dooa A2A
Evening star., 1936-03-24
By the Associated Press.


GLASGOW, March "a. - Great
Britain's new super-liner. the Queen
Mary. was grounded twice today on
her first journey down the Clyde River
toward the sea. but it was authori-
tatively reported she was undamaged.
After a slow trip from her fitting
basin to Greenock. while an immense
throng estimated at million persons
cheered. the great ship OF 80,773 gross
tons was anchored of Gourock for the
night.
OF Dalmuir Light. during the river
trip. she was aground fore and aft for
20 minutes. 1t was learned Later she
was grounded by the stern while ap-
preaching the Beardmore Bend, but
was refioated eight minutes later.
She arrived at Greenock. at the
mouth Of the CLYDE. after a slow trip
of Is miles down the tortuous river,
Evening star., 1936-03-24
APPEAL FOR RED CROSS
IS PLANNED ON WMAL

Forty-five minutes will be devoted
tonight to a Red Cross appeal by
WMAL. including the weekly broadcast
of J. D. radio Joe) Kaufman and a
chain program by the American Red
Cross
Kaufman had arranged to devote
his usual 80 minutes to the appeal
for aid, beginning at 7:15 pm. 1t de-
veloped, however that the national
organization had been given the chain
for the 15-minute period from 7:30
to 7:45 pm.
As a result, Radio Joe will present
IS minutes beginning at tbs o'clock,
step aside for IS minutes for the chain
program, and then conclude his broad
cast between 7:45 and 8 pm.
James K. McClintock, vice chair
man of the Red Cross. will be the guest
speaker on Kaufman's program.