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Evening star., 1936-11-20
Residential
Washington
Social News
Mrs. Allan Expected
to Arrive Here
Monday.

n FRS. BRYCE ]. ALLAN has
M leased the residence Of Mr..
v and Mrs. John c. White on
4 4 Nineteenth street for the
Winter and Is expected to arrive in
Washington on Monday. The house
at l701 Nineteenth street was formerly
owned by Mrs. John Henry Purdy
and the late Mr.. Purdy and was built
for them by Viscount j. Henri de
Sibour a number of years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Jewett Praeger
of Nantucket. Mass, are in Washing
ton for a visit of several days and
during their stay are occupying suite
at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur William
Scharfeld have as guests at their
apartment at the Westchester Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Gross of Lansing, Mich.
They will leave tonight with their
guests to attend the Harvard-Yale
game at New Haven, Conn, and will
stop in New York on their way back.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll NOEL have re-
turned from Richmond, Va, where
they attended the wedding of Miss
Elizabeth Morris and Mr. Joseph D.
NOEL, jr., cousin of Mr.. Noell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Bryan of
Chattanooga, Tenn, are at the May
flower, the former representing the
mayor of Chattanooga at the United
States Conference of Mayors.
Mr. and Mrs. E. j. Carlson enter
tanned at dinner last evening at the
Shoreham. Their guests were Mr. and
Mrs. H. A. Wallerstedt, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Scott and Mr.. and Mrs. J.
T. Haslam.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold A. Whitfield
OF Vancouver, Wash, are spending a
brief time at the Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Alpher and the
latter's sister, Miss Yetta Dobkin, en-
tertained at dinner at their home on
Woodley place Wednesday evening in
honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Ehrlich
Of Jerusalem, Palestine. Mrs. Ehrlich
Is the private secretary to Miss Hen
rietta Sold. founder and national
honorary president of Hadassah. the
women's Zionist organization OF
America. Mr.. Ehrlich is a physicist
in the health department of Jerusa-
lem. They will return to Palestine
in December.
Mr.. Percy d. Millen Of Berkham.
sted, England, is making an extended
trip through the United States and Il
stopping at the Hotel Raleigh while
in Washington.
Miss Laura z. Verran has taken al
apartment at the Carlton Hotel fol
the coming season after spending
quite some time in New York.
Miss Constance Kramer OF Wash
ington and Miss Frances Linthicun
of Takoma Park, Md, attended tn,
| Army-Notre Dame foot ball game il
New York as the guests of Cadet!
Ralph Jones and Tex Miller of Yves
Point.
Evening star., 1936-11-20
Hostess at Luncheon

Mrs. s. Wallace Dempsey entertained
at luncheon today in honor Of Mrs.
George Waring of New York City and
Greenwich, Conn. who is visiting Mrs
Edwin G. Rintner.
Evening star., 1936-11-20

Mrs Homer Fits, Miss Esther r.
Fits and Miss Anne Watt of Barre,
VT, are spending brief time at the
Dodge.
Evening star., 1936-11-20

committeewoman Of Kentucky. who
is living at the Mayfiower this sea-
son. is leaving today for few days
visit in New York City.
Evening star., 1936-11-20

Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Bowers Of
Charleston, s. c., are stopping at the
Dodge while in the Capital.
Evening star., 1936-11-20

Mrs. K. Woodruff of New Haven,
Conn, Is stopping at the Dodge and
is accompanied by Mrs. G. S. Sterling
of Hamden, Conn.
Evening star., 1936-11-20

Mrs. Samuel Conner, Democratic
Evening star., 1936-11-20

Miss Constance Kramer OF Wash
ington and Miss Frances Linthicum
Of Takoma Park, Md, attended the
Army-Notre Dame foot ball game in
New York as the guests of Cadets
Ralph Jones and Tex Miller of West
Point.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
MERIT SYSTEM
CHANGE ASKED

Revision Of the civil service sys-
tenn to increase its effectiveness
was demanded at the final session
Of the American Public Welfare
Association at the Wardman Park
Hotel yesterday.
Speakers at the session con-
demned the Civil Service Commits
sion, and advocated that a consti
tutional amendment be adopted so
that questions before the commits
sion could be appealed before a
court.
Lewis Merriam, q member Of
President Roosevelt's organization
committee, declared:
"The only possible check Is q
constitutional amendment max
it possible to bring enforcement
Of the merit system into the
courts"
DR.. Leonard D. White, Commits
sioner of the United States Civil
Service Commission, stated that
the assumption that a bipartisan
commission is a protection against
political interference by the dom
inant party is a fallacy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
Forum Will Discuss
Branch Banking

governor Of the Federal Reserve
Board, who at the dinner on Fri
day will discuss 'The Stabilizing
Function of Branch Banking"
Roy L. CARTS, professor of econmics
at Vanderbilt University, who will
speak at the Friday dinner on
THE Role of the Country Bank
in the Sterilization of Banking"
is definitely opposed to branch
banking.
Changes Plans
One Of the most vigorous op-
ponentS Of branch banking is
Congressman Henry B. Steagall,
Representative from Alabama, and
chairman of the House Committee
on Banking and Currency, who
had accepted an invitation to
speak at the conference. How
ever. some unexpected engage
ments forced him to change his
plans.
According to DR.. Goodbar, the
conference as such will not take a
position pro or con branch bank
ing, but the recommendations of
the committee to Congress will be
guided largely by the expression of
those attending the conference,
and by the response to a question
naire which was sent to a large
portion of the bankers and
economists throughout the coun-
try.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
D. {. MEN GIVEN
POSTS ABROAD

Two local career men" have
been assigned to foreign posts by
the Department of State, it was re-
vealed today. Both men were born
in Washington, and attended col.
legeS here.
Stephen C. Brown, who until his
appointment to the State Depart
ment staff in November, was with
the Bureau Of Investigation De.
partment Of Justice, has been as.
signed as vice consul at Rotter-
dam, Netherlands. He attended
George Washington University
and the Georgetown University
School Of Foreign Service. For
several years he was in the Gov.
eminent Printing Office.
Rudolf E. Schoenfeld, a foreign
service officer in the State Depart
ment, has been designated first
secretary Of the legation at Stock
holm, Sweden. He is graduate
of George Washington University
and University of Berne. For q
short time he was clerk in the
United States Efficiency Commits
sion and later teacher in the Ma
tional Cathedral School for Boys.
Since coming to the State Depart
ment in 1915 he has been in con-
sulates in Zurich, Berne, Berlin,
Stettin, Cologne, Paris, Bu$Sest
and Rio De Janeiro.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
SEN. M'CARRAN
GIVEN HONOR

Senator Pat McCarran, Of Ne
vada, was presented q certificate
Of membership in the National
Aeronautic Association at his Of
flee in the Senate Office Building
today by a committee consisting
of Charles F. Horner, president Of
the Association; DR.. George w.
Lewis, director Of research Of the
National Advisory Committee for
aeronautics, and Louis r. Inwood,
air mail section Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The N. A. A. is an organization
for the advancement of American
aviation and the representative in
this country for the Federation
Aeronautique 1nternationale, Off
cial world governing body for sport
flying. On January /, Senator
McCarran will become the Associ-
atoms state governor for Nevada.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
LANSBURGH'S
BALL HELD

Marking the fiftieth anniver-
sary Of the founding Of the Lans-
burgh Mutual Relief Association,
more than 300 members and their
friends attended the annual ball
of the association at the Willard
Hotel Saturday night. Harry E.
Marlowe was master of cere-
monies. Officers of the associa-
ton as a reception committee, in
cluded Oliver Brown, president;
Kenneth Rogers, vice president;
Miss Irene Beers, secretary-treaS-
urer; Miss Kate Jordan, financial
secretary; Miss Marian Salisbur-
ger, recording secretary, assisted
by store executives including
Ralph Goldsmith, general man.
ager; Sol Lansburgh, president;
Mark Lansburgh, secretary; The
odore Ellsworth, store superin-
tendent, and James Rotto, sales
manager.
On the floor committee were
Jack Began, Howard Darby, Mar
tin WaXman, Sol Goldstein, and
Misses Mana Theresa Crabill,
Elizabeth Koundouiotis, Cecile
Biddle, Ada Cameron, Betty
Brown and Katherine Handiboe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14

The widespread interest in the
question of branch banking and
imminent legislation dealing with
it will make that one Of the para
mount subjects for general dis
cussion at the national economic
conference to be held December
18 and 19 at the Pennsylvania
Hotel in New York, under the
auspices of the Society for sta
bility in Money and Banking.
Owing to the great interest in
branch banking, DR.. Joseph E.
Goodbar, president Of the society,
expects that this subject will
arouse some vehement discussion
at the open forum on Saturday,
December 10, at which everybody
is invited to express his opinion,
and to assist in formulating leg
islation to be presented to Con-
gresS.
Not Taking Sides
The conference is not primarily
concerned with whether branch
banking should be instituted, but
it is such a timely subject and
such a debatable one, that much
interest has been aroused.
One of the opponents of branch
banking who will speak at the
conference is Edmund Plat, vice
president of the Marine Midland
Group, Inc, and former vice
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
u. 5. TO BACK
EQUALITY IN
COMMERCE

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. IA
G.N.SO.-The United States was
scheduled today to submit two
economic proposals to the Inter-
American Peace Conference, one
relating to excessive trade barriers
and the second upholding the
principle of equality in commerce.
Under the first proposal, sigma
tories would agree to reduce ex.
cessive trade barriers and avoid
obstacles to importation
of products from other signatory
nations.
Hits Discrimination
They would also extend to other
signatories all special trade ad-
vantageS accorded them by any
other countries, whether sigma
tories or nonsignatories Of the pro-
posed pact.
The second proposal would
oblige signatorieS to reaffirm that
the principle Of equality in treat.
ment stands and must continue
to stand as the basis of all &C.
ceptable commercial policy" and
would bind participants to bend
all efforts to discourage discrim.
inatory trade and exchange con-
trolls.
Opinion United
A quick canvass of opinion
among the various delegations
showed the proposals will probably
be accepted unanimously when
they go before the designated
committee. The only detail likely
to cause differences Of opinion
concerned the proposal that sigma
tories endeavor to eliminate ex-
change controls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
N. y, CHICAGO
SHARES RISE

The market value Of so repre-
sentative stocks listed on the New
York Stock Exchange at the close
of business for the week ended
December 5 was $22,706, 800, 375,
an increase of $171,655,375, or
0.76 per cent, as compared with
$40, 1874, 735 900 at the close Of the
preceding week, according to Paul
H. Davis & Company.
At the close of the correspond
ing week year ago. the same so
stocks had q market value of $16,-
893, 957, 900, indicating an increase
during the year Of $5,812,433,37
or 34.41 per cent.
Twenty-Five repreSe alive
stocks listed on the Chicago Stock
Exchange had a market value at
the close Of business for the week
ended December IL of $1,040, 1884,
625, an increase Of $5,386,250, or
0.52, as compared with $1,035, $685.
375 at the close of the previous
week, the firm said.
At the close Of the corresponding
week year ago, the Is stocks had
a market value Of 1901 ,067 $50 in
dicating an increase during the
year of $293,927,375, or 1895 per
cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
FARM MACHINE
OUTLOOK GOOD

Cash farm income for 1886 IS
estimated at $3.50 100000, rep
resenting a rise of 9 per cent over
that Of 1885. This consideration
alone points to larger 1887 agri-
cultural machinery sales, because
of the close correlation between
farm income and machinery ex-
penditures, observes the Standard
Statistics Company.
AS the rise in income this year
follows highly satisfactory 1885
returns, 1t has assumed added i'm
portance, for, when farming oper-
ations pass the pay point, pur-
chasing power available for ma
chinery buying tends to expand
rapidly. This situation prevails
currently. The report adds:
PRODUCTION in farm mort
gage interest rates and land
taxes, as. well as Government
aid lin the form of straight re-
lief, seed loans, and crop cur
tailment awards, are likewise
contributing to the surplus in
come available in farm areas for
equipment purchases.
Continuance of extensive gov
ernmental aid is assured. More.
over, crops of many important
commodities were reduced in
1885 by poor moisture and soil
conditions in some sections, and
in view of the resultant salts
factory prices now prevailing,
paintings during 1887 are ex.
pected to exceed materially the
1885 acreage. Thus the need for
new tractors, implements, har.
vesting equipment and similar
machinery, combined with avail
ability Of funds necessary for
their purchase, virtually assures
volume in the coming year in ex-
cess Of that realized in 1885,
when aggregate sales topped
1885 levels by about s., rs per
cent"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
BAYUK SALES
ON INCREASE

A. Joseph Newman, vice presi-
dent and general sales manager
of Bayuk Cigars, Inc, said today
1885 again showed the largest vol
ume in the history Of the manu-
facturers of Bayuk Phillies, Amer
ica's largest selling cigar.
For the last three months of vhe
year, sales have been increasingly
greater, shipments running as
high as 100000 cigars a day.
In commenting on future plans,
Mr.. Newman said:
eve expect 1887 to be an
even more successful year. Sales
and advertising policies followed
for the last four years will not
be materially changed. News
paper advertising, which has
been the backbone of our adver-
Using effort, has so thoroughly
proved its value in furthering
the sale of Phillies that in 1887
newspaper advertising will be
even more widely used"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
GOODS EXPORT
GAIN NOTED

The value Of merchandise i'm
ported into the United States in
october amounted to $212,O00, 900
this year as against $189, 200, 900
last year, an increase Of 1872 per
cent.
This gain, however, was more
than offset by a decline in net gold
and silver imports from 1854, 000,-
600 to SPAS, 900, 900. AS a result,
foreign funds available for the
financing of expenditures in the
United States dropped from $685.
100000 in October last year to
$457 900, 900 in october this year.
This year, however, larger pro-
portion of foreign funds was used
to finance purchases of American
merchandise, according to the
Alexander Hamilton Institute.
Consequently, despite the drop in
the total amount of foreign funds
available for use in this country,
the value of goods exported by the
United States rose from 1921 ,000,-
600 in October last year to $685.
100000 in October this year, an in
crease of 1919 per cent,
The amount of foreign funds
used to finance the purchase of
American securities and other in
visible items thus showed a sub
stantial curtailment, declining to
$192, 10000 in October this year
from $332,000,0OO in the same
last year. The amount of
foreign funds used to finance pur.
chaSes Of American securities in
October this year, however, was
still substantial, running above the
average for the previous months of
the current year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
Insurance Stocks
Show Slight Gain

Insurance stocks in the New
York City market registered fur
ther small gains during the past
week, according to Holt, Rose &
Troster. The aggregate value of
20 leading fire and casualty insur-
ance issues on December II totaled
$659,711 900, compared with 1884,
008, 900 at the close Of the previous
week, an increase Of $5,703, 900, or
0.87 per cent.
The current average yield of 3.18
per cent compares with 1921 per
cent on December 4. The current
market value equals 1.19 times the
current liquidating value against
1.18 times at the close Of the pre-
vious week. Combined earnings
from underwriting and net invest
ment income equal TIA per cent OF
market value
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
REFORM
BILL PLANNED
BY WILLIAM 8. NEAL
International News Service

Sweeping reforms affecting the
Federal judiciary-but not framed
to undermine the Supreme Court
will be proposed to Congress by
Representative Summers CD Of
Texas, chairman Of the House
Judiciary Committee.
While proposing reforms, Sum-
nerS predicted today that Con-
gress will do little toward effect
ing drastic changes in the Fed.
eral Constitution to accomplish
aims Of the New Deal.
Summers Program
His program includes:
l. Power for the Department
Of Justice to intervene in suits
in Federal courts involving con-
stitutionality Of congressional
acts, when the constitutional
question is raised in a case be-
tween private litigantS.
2. Authority for justices Of
the Supreme Court to retire at
10 instead of resigning, thus
assuring continuance of their
salaries after they leave the
bench, and also making them
subject to call to duty.
8. Create new court to try
charges Of miSbehavior against
Federal Judges trial which
can only be had now by the
cumbersome impeachment pro
cess.
No Minimum Wage Move
AS chairman of a committee
which would originate a pro-
posed constitutional amendment,
Summers indicated that he would
take no steps to grant States
power to enact minimum wage or
similar laws.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
BANDIT TAKES
GROCER sly

Held up by colored man, who
drew a revolver when his back was
turned, Henry S. Cooksey, 80, man.
ager of a chain grocery store at
231 R st. N. W., today was robbed
Of $40.
The colored man entered the
store shortly after opening and
asked for a tin Of canned fruit.
When Mr.. Cooksey turned around
to comply with his request, the
man drew a revolver and demanded
money.
Scooping UP the cash, a he es-
capped on foot.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
4 OF 90 LINES
SHOW STEADY
PROFIT

Four Of the so lines Of American
business studied by Roy A. Foulke,
manager of the analytical depart
ment Of Dun & Bradstreet, showed
a consistent profit in the last five
years.
These were the manufacturers
Of chemicals, manufacturers Of
toys and novelties, wholesalers Of
butter, eggs and cheese, and whole
salers of groceries whose operat-
ing ratios appear in the brochure
Just published under the Dun &
Rradstreet imprint.
With his finger on the pulse Of
lao business units, representing
manufacturers, wholesalers and
retailers with an individual net
worth Of $4,000 or more, Mr..
Foulke's Fourteen Guides to Eco
nomic Stability" is based on an
intimate study OF balance sheets
from 1881 to 1885, inclusive.
Common Sense
The guides are II important
ratios to successful management,
prefaced by a philosophic essay
in which the economist steps out
of character as the cold-blooded
Statistician to offer some common
sense observations on the pitfalls
along the path to profitable opera
ton. Foulke, whose new brochure
supplements his basic book Of bust
ness ratios, Behind the Scenes OF
Business" makes an exhaustive
study Of the finance and manage
ment factors which identify the
companies which have stamina to
survive the ordinary hazards OF
business existence. Mr.. Foulke
also points out how some sturdy
companies show symptoms Of dis
turbed "metabolism" when forced
draught on sales follows over-pro-
duction and expansion. Referring
to the span Of life in American
business, Mr.. Foulke says:
Thousands Of concerns 60
out Of existence during their
first, their second. and their
third years. The average life Of
a business enterprise Is only
about Sc months"
Life Begins At -.
Earlier in his analysis Of the
causes of difficulty in manage
ment Foulke paraphrases Walter
Pitkin with "'Life begins at TO-
or 90 or go or even 40 is not
an adage applicable to a business
enterprise merely because it has
wintered a few relapses in COM
mercial and industrial prosperity,
or because it is operating either
profitably or unprofitably, for
most enterprises have periods Of
alternate profits and losses. Like
wise it hardly seems that the
adage can be applied to a manu-.
facturer, a wholesaler, or a re-
taller, whose sales are decreasing,
for in every line Of business &C.
tivity, from producing automo-
biles to selling daily newspapers,
the annual volume of sales fluc-
tuates with the almost periodic
paroxySmS of economic indiges-
ton and, to a material degree,
with the intensity of the ever
present competition for the pocket
funds Of the jostling crowds"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
France Ready 10 Aid
Germany, Says Blum

LONDON, Dec. IA G.NSO.
France is ready and anxious to
help Germany return to normal
economic life, if the Reich will
help Europe back to normal
political life, Socialist Premier
Leon Blum, of France, declared
in an interview published today
by the London News Chronicle.
Germany could aid in restoring
normality to Europe, he said, by
agreeing to a general level of dis
armament. He declared that
under no circumstances should
belligerent rights be granted to
Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
leader of the Spanish rebels.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-14
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Dec. IA .N.s).-Hogs-
Receipts, $4,000; market steady to 10c
lower. Holdovers. 500; top, $10.25; bulk.
Ss.5O010.20; heavy, &s.6O@10.25: me-
dium, $s.75@1o.2o; light. Ss6o@1o:
light lights, $500 $50: packing sows,
Ss.7509.sO: pigs. S69s.75.
Cattle-Receipts, 10000 market stady.
Calves-Receipts,2,OOO barket steady.
Beef steers good and choce, $1O@12.5o:
common and medium, $7@10; yearlings,
$S.50@12.5O. Butcher cattle: Heifers,
$5@11.5O: cows. $4.2507; bulls. $425@
6.25: calves, $5@11; feeder steers,
$4.50@8.25; stocker steers, $4.50@s;
stocker cowsand heifers, $4.5006.50.