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Evening star., 1937-03-14
MOUNT AIRY BUILDING
GROUP SHOWS GAIN

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MOUNT AIRY, Md, March ia
substantial increase in cash on hand
and the profit and loss account is
revealed in the annual financial state
ment of the Mount Airy Building AS
soclatlon, Inc, released this week.
The statement, for the fiscal year
enolng March l, 1887 shows total
assets OF s85,904.68, which include
mortgages, S75,32373; notes, s3,603 ST;
office fixtures, S25; cash, S6,952.38.
No losses were sustained and a per
cent dividend, totaling s2,256.01, was
paid on full and unredeemed shares.
One change was made in the direc-
torate at the annual meeting, Hubert
P. Burdette being elected to the board
to succeed Harry r. Zepp.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
PERSON TO TALK
ON POWER COSTS
Accounting in Distribution
of Electricity Is Subject
for D. C. Chapter.

Cost Factors in Power Distribu-
ton" will be discussed by DR.. Harlow
S. Person at the March meeting of
Washington Chapter. National Asso-
citation OF Cost Accountants, at the
Hamilton Hotel next Wednesday eve
ming, the address being preceded by a
dinner meeting at $50.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
GOLD STOCKS SHOW
BIG GAIN IN WEEK
y the Associated Press.

15S lIIe ASSUCIHted PfeSS.
NEW YORK. March 13.-The sharp
increase in gold reserves during the
latest week reflected unsettlement
abroad, especially in France, where
financial uncertainties again bobbed
up.
Banking circles hold the rise due to
exchange of dollars for gold bv The
United States to permit France and
England to support their currencies.
treasury gold stocks, reported by
the Federal Reserve credit statement,
compared as follows:
week ended March 1o$11 ,484, 900 600
PREVIOUS week ---- 11,443,O 900 900
Same period last year. lO,170, 900 600
Evening star., 1937-03-14
Cotton Consumption Holds
Far Ab0ue 1896 Despite Lag

5,965,789 bales of lint and 1888 Of
linters, compared with 6,779,351 and
1908 on January 81 this year, and
7,247,508 and 62,247 year ago.
February imports totaled 22,544
bales, compared with 15,O07 in Janu-
ary and 1888 in February last year
Exports during February totaled
462,517 bales of lint and 1881 of
linters, compared with 538,280 and
6,944 in January this year, and 4O6,-
022 and 228l2 in February last year.
Cotton spindles active during Febru-
ary numbered 24,536.254, compared
with 24.364,80 in January this year,
and 23,347,85o in February last year
Evening star., 1937-03-14

Boards Open Market Committee
would enter the Government bond
market, Eccles did not reply directly.
He asserted, however, that If any
action was taken, Government bonds
would be bought rather than sold.
Eccles said the meeting with Nor
genthau today was devoted largely
to surveying the entire financial and
economic picture preliminary to Nor
genthau's departure tonight for a
two weeks vacation at Sea Island, Ga.
Earlier, w. Randolph Burgess, vice
president of the New York Federal
Reserve Banks, conferred with Nor
genthau.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
ECCLES SEES NO CAUSE
FOR BOND MARKET FEAR
Denies Any Change in easy Money
Policy and Hints That Government
Nav Become BUYER.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Chairman Mariner S. Eccles of
the Federal Reserve Board said yes
terday he saw mo cause for alarm.
ir. the heavy selling yesterday of
Government bonds.
Eccles discussed the Government
bond market with neWsmen after
conference with Secretary Nor
genthau. Members of the Reserve
Boards Open Market Committee also
were present.
Eccles said there would be no
change in the boards easy money"
policy. Asked whether the Reserve
Evening star., 1937-03-14
BUILDING SCORES
SUBSTANTIAL GAIN
DURING FEBRUARY
Capital Continues to Rank
High in Nationwide
Upward Surge.
Special Dispatch to The Star


NEW YORK, March 13-Building
permit values spurted sharply upward
during the short month of February,
due largely to the tremendous expan-
sion in the value of permits issued in
New York City.
February permits for 215 cities of
the United States totaled S85 98l, ,696,
according to Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
This exceeded the January figure Of
s66,542,828 by 25.4 per cent. whereas
the normal rise for the period is about
per cent. Compared with February,
1885, when permits amounted to s5l,-
559,661, there was an increase of 66.8
per cent shown.
Aided considerably by the activity in
tenement house building in the Bor-
ough Of Queens, permit valuations for
the Greater City of New York in
creased to s30,606, $40 during February.
With the exception of June last year,
when there was rush to take out
permits before the new building code
went into effect, this was the largest
total recorded for the metropolis since
August, 1881. Last months figure
compareds~tth s12,639,272 in January.
or gain of 1922 per cent, while the
increase over the February, 1895,
total of s10,583,814 amounted to 1892
per cent.
Group Totals Shown.
At the 214 cities outside of Neu vork
building permits aggregated $685.
1856, a fractional loss from the $751;
eO3,556 recorded in January, but an
increase of .35.1 per cent when COM
pared with February year ago, when
permits amounted to S4O,975,847.
The group totals of building permit
values for the 215 cities, together with
percentage changes, are shown in the
following table:
Evening star., 1937-03-14

iZl,llC.IS, COM
pared with S19217,063.O7 in l.. an
increase of sl,9O4 4O53l6, or a gain of
eo1 per cent. Deduction of dividends
paid on the outstanding preferred
stock left balance of 81 ,23s ,692.ll as
net profit applicable to the common
stock, against common stock earnings
of 1895 1882, 40 in 1885 after Sl25,4 ,482 Sc
had been deducted for preferred divi-
Gends.
President Gibbs reports that during
the year five new retail stores were
opened and two were acquired by pur-
chase, net gain of seven stores,
making 129 now in operation. BY vote
of the directors 10000 shares of the
G1a per cent preferred stock was called
for redemption in June, 1885, the
transaction being financed entirely by
company funds and making a marked
charges.
Operating profit in 1886 amounted
to Sl,586, ,025.94, against Sl,3l1.54871
n 1885, while other income totaled
$50 6,5212l, compared with S41,272 Sc.
IN addition to the preferred dividends
cf more than $4,000 paid during the
year, the company also disbursed e797,-
l03 on the common stock. Assets at
the end of 1886 stood at 1886, ,4O8.95,
against s8,578,89311 in 1885. The
report is the most complete the COM
pany ever put out, including the con-
solidated balance sheet, an analy-
sds of changes in surplus and the
consolidated profit and loss statement.
Convention Plans Advanced.
John A. Reilly, president of the Sec
end National Bank, has been named
chairman Of the Publicity Committee
for the 1887 annual convention of the
Evening star., 1937-03-14
Russia's Gold Reserve Scars
AbOue Seven Billion Mark
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 13.-RussiaS :
gold reserve is now over $1,000, ,000,-
600, second only to that of the United
States. This fact has been confirmed
by high Soviet officials in an inter-
view with John F. Chapman, foreign
editor of Business Week, who is now
in Russia.
Russia's amazing jump from the
last published figure is due to a rec
ord production of over 10,6OO,0O0
ounces of gold last year. This means
that the Soviet is crowding South
Africa for first place as the worlds
leading producer The Soviet's 1886
output was almost as great as South
Africa's 1885 figure, but the Trans
walls production of 11,33e,411 ounces
last year kept it in the lead.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
RECORD PACE is SET
BY METAL FUTURES
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March 13.-During
the first two weeks of March trading
on the Commodity Exchange in cop
per, lead, zinc and tin futures was
the most active since dealings were
begun several years ago. Turnover in
these metals for the two-week period
were as follows: Copper, 29,675 tons;
Lead, 100000 pounds: zinc, $3.50
pounds; straits, 185 tons.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne ASS0tIHlEd PreSS.
The Census Bureau reported yester-
day cotton consumed during February
totaled 664,439 bales OF lint and S3,-
643 of linters, compared with 678,o64
and 63,438 in January this year and
s15,977 and 53,402 in February last
year.
Cotton on hand February 20 was
reported held as follows:
In consuming establishments, g.
056,144 bales of lint and 286,865 Of
linters, compared with 2,O66,302 and
277,07 on January 81 this year and
1,405, ,329 and 232, 2,422 . year ago.
In public storage and at compresses
Evening star., 1937-03-14
CLEARING HOUSE ISSUES
REPORT AT NEW YORK

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 13.-The
weekly statement of the New Yorh
Clearing House shows:
Total surplus and undivided profits
unchanged at 1884, ,661, 100; total net
demand deposits (average) increased
$42 ,999, 900; time deposits (average)
decreased 10000; clearings week end
ing today, 1929 ,o5s,519: clearings
week ending March 6. $4,173,s5 ,4e%.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
DAVEGA SALES RISE.

NEW YORK, March 13 (P.-Abram
Davega, president of Davega Stores
Corp, estimated today sales of the
company and its subsidiary for the
fiscal year end March 81 will amount
to approximately $4,000, 900, an in
crease Of about $1,500,o00 over the
previous fiscal year.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
CHESAPEAKE ISSUE CALLED.

NEW YORK, March l3 (P).-
Chesapeake Corp. has called for re-
demption May Is all its 20-year 5 per
cent convertible collateral trust bonds
due l947. The bonds may be con-
verted on or before redemption into
common stock of Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway Co.
Evening star., 1937-03-14

DR.. Person will
discuss the ques-
ton of whether a
system of cost
accounting can
be developed for
p O W e r distribu-
ton which will
give the same
precise results as
systems used in
o t h e r industrial
plants. The per-
fection of such a
system is a prime
necessity if the
Government plan
Of using certain
Evening star., 1937-03-14

District of Co.
lumbia Bankers
Association, &C
cording to an
announc e m e n t
made yesterday
by Thomas j.
Groom, a C t i n G
president of the
association.
Willard G. Bar
ker, president of
the Morris Plan
Bank, has been
named vice cha ir-
man. The other
members of the
Evening star., 1937-03-14

1lele yesterday,
reported 1896
consolidated net
profit of Sl,328,-
CTS, equal, after
preferred divi-
dends, to $5.04 a
share on the COM
m on st oc k,
Rainst $l,12l,36
or $4.06 a share
in 1885. 1t was
one of the drug
c h a i n S best
years.
Sales at retail
amounted to S2l,-
IO1 &c 90
Evening star., 1937-03-14

Leading Cities Compared.
The following table compares the
permit value totals at 20 leading cities
Tor the first two months of this year
and last.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
SHARP RISE SHOWN
IN PEOPLES DRUG
PROFITS FOR YEAR
Net of S1,328,675 Conn.,
pares With $1,121,365
in Preceding Period.
PUBLICITY HEAD NAMED
FOR BANK CONCLAVE
John Reilly Appointed Chairman.
Willard Barker Will Serve
as Vice Chairman.
BY EDWARD c. STONE

President M G. Gibbs of Peoples
Drug Stores, Inc, in his annual re-
port made public at the head office
Evening star., 1937-03-14
Detailed Reports Given.

BOSTON-Activlty in the cotton, wooden
and leather markets increased with prices
slightly firmer. Stimulated by fear Of
shortage of goods due to threats of labor
trouble the grey goods cotton market had
sustained activity Shoe manufacturers
ran at peak levels. Merchants reported
retail sales o per cent ahead OF last year.
NEW YORK-Strength in primary COM
modify markets was reflected in other Sec
tions Of the local trade area, the Depart
ment of Commerce reported Recent soft
spots hardened and evidence Of Door husi-
ness were few and far between. Although
retail activity was fair to good. 1t was -
little shy OF expectations"
PHILADELPHIA-Spr gooos moved
more freely in retail stores, a!Ged partly
by weather. Speciality stores handling
women S apparel reported sales 30 per
cent above last year.
CLEVELAND-Retail business rose dur
ing the week on Easter demand. The
Cleveland steel rate was down ll2 to IS
per cent OF CAPACITY owing TO repairs.
RICHNlOND-Easter buying and seasonal
demand Kept retail trade climbing last
week in Washington. Baltimore and RiSb-
mond areas of the Fifth Federal Reserve
district. Wholesale volume was stimulated
by high employment totals and some wage
increases.
ATLANTA-Petail turnover In the dis
trict rose rapidly during the weel: un&er
the impetus of Spr4ng weather. The ID
eral Reserve Bank reported clear.nss GoWl
to SJ3,0OOOC0 from SCI 1000 tEc week
before. Steel operations in the Blrming-
ham area were UNCHANGED at 70 per cent
of capacity. l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-09-17
IO-Pc. Modern DINING Room

Features modern styling thot is delightfully."- new Com
pses buffet, china cobinet server, extension toble and
SIX upholstered scot chairs All pieces solidy built and
richly veneered in lovely walnut and other hard cobinet
woods. See it OF the Hub tomorrow
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
MISHAP
KILLS z men

PITTSBURGH, Dec. rs d.N.S)
Two trainmen were killed and six
negroes riding in a "deadhead"
slightly injured today when the
locomotive Of a mail and express
train was derailed in the west end
of the city and plunged 70 feet
over a concrete wall. The dead, &C.
cording to officials Of the Penn
Sylvania Railroad, were: Oscar E.
Rhoades, Al, of 1411 East Twenty.
fourth Ave-, Columbus, Ohio, the
engineer, and william ,Straus
-(CQD of Carnegie, Pa, the fire
man.
Cause Of the, accident was not
Immediately determined. An Of
ficial of the RAILROAD expressed
the informal opinion a heavy
boulder may have fallen on the
tracks from a hillside paralleling
them. The train carried no pas
sengers.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
BABIES GIFTS
TO 13 MOTHERS

".... and so it came to pass
that at 12:45 a. m, Washing.
tons first 1887 Christmas baby,
a nine-pound, six-ounce girl, was
born in Georgetown Hospital to
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Harley,
of 1912 Reservoir Rd. N. W....."
Twelve other living bundles Of
joy" were delivered to mothers in
the city's hospital maternity wards
since midnight las might, making
a total of 13 born on the same day
as the Holy Child Of Bethlehem.
The baby girls outnumbered the
boys, however, with the hospitals
reporting the births Of eight Of
the former. The Christmas birth
record included two girls and one
boy at Sibley Hospital; one boy at
Garfield. Baby Harley at George
town, three girls and two boys at
Gallinger, two girls at Columbia
and one boy at Freedman'S.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
Dc. CHRISTMAS
WEATHER MILD

Washington's hopes for a white
Christmas flew away today with
the soaring mercury.
The temperature was expected
to 60 above 40 degrees today and
everybody knows that snow and
40-degree Thermometer readings
don't mix.
It will be cloudy all day, however,
with a drop in the temperature
forecast for tonight. But even so,,
there won't be a freeze. The mer-
curry will dip to something like last
nights temperature, when the
lowest recorded was 80 degrees.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
.EALY'S DEATH
LAID TO BLOWS

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. ,25 G,N.sJ.
Ted Healy. the comedian, received
a severe beating less than 36 hours
before his death, his former wife,
Mrs. Betty B. Healy, declared to-
day.
She said that, on the strength
of new evidence she had un-
covered, she would go before Dis
trict Attorney Buron Fits and ask
for a further investigation.
She was convinced her former
husband met with foul play, she
said. and she was prepared to pro-
duce at the district attorneys
office at least IL witnesses.
1t:waS not, she said, at the hands
of Albert Broccoli, young Holly
wood sportsman, at whom the
comedian assertedly took several
punches.
Instead, Mrs. Healy claimed, he
was beaten after being escorted
out of the rendezvous of the film
stars.
Healy died Tuesday at his home
following a celebration of the birth
Of a son to his second wife, and
an autopsy revealed his death was
due to natural causes, although
there were bruises and lacerations
on his head.
Police dropped the case follow
ing the report Of the autopsy sur
geon.
But, she revealed, certain peo-
pie" have told her to "Shut up"
about the affair.
Authorities did not indicate
what action they would take. stat
ing they preferred to hear the
comedians first wife first.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25

Casualty Hospital. His, condition
is undetermined.
The body Of the man believed to
be Hinnant was found in front Of
1880 Park Rd., by Austin Jack
son, apartment house janitor
Jackson told police the man did
not seem badly hurt when he went
to summon aid, but when he re-
turned the victims head was
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
Takes $500
In Ohio HOldup

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 25
GN.SJ.-Police today sought two
young gunner who walked into
the offices Of the Manhattan Beer
Distributing Co., held up four erns
ployes and escaped with loot estf.
mated at $500.
The bandits first forced Sam
Lipman, manager, to hand over
$100 that he carried and after
herding Lipman and three other
employees into a back room, rifled
an open safe. They escaped In an
automobile.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
FROLICS WITH CHILDREN
Icy Roads Kill
5 In Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. IS
Q.N.S-With five persons dead
as result of Christmas Eve traf-
fic accidents in Minnesota, State
officials today sent out a warning
that ice-covered highways made
driving conditions the most haz-
ardous in recent years. Roads
throughout the State were covered
with q thin, treacherous glaze.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
3 Men Are Killed
In Crossing Crash

ATHENS, Tenn, Dec. IS
UN.S0.-Three men were dead
today, killed when a southhound
Southern Railway train crashed
into the automobile in which they
were riding at a grade crossing
near there.
The dead were: Marvin High.
smith, 10, assistant supervisor Of
signals of the Southern Railway:
w. C. Melton, 80, signal super.
visor, and Ernest Thomas, 80,
section foreman.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
Probation Granted
In ExtOrtiOn Case

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Dec. IS.
Glendon Arvin Of Leroy, an
Illinois State Normal University
student who is q years old, won
probation from County Judge
Homer Hall, after admitting he
wrote an extortion note to How
ard Hurley, Leroy, meat market
proprietor, demanding $500.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
Z Die, II Wounded
In Mexican Riot

MEXICO CITY, Dec. rs Q.N.S0
Seven men were killed and IL
wounded today when members of
the confederation Of Mexican
workers and members of the
regional confederation battle d
with guns in Manzanillo, Colima
state. Federal troops restored
order.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25

Letters and packages have come
from all parts of the United States
and many foreign countries from
persons who wish them to bear
the postmark Santa Claus" The
record this year Is 10000 above
that Of last year.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
U. U.S.PUTSAS|DE.
WAR, BUSINESS
FOR CHRISTMAS
Capital and Nation
Forget Troubles

Thoughts Of war and business
recession were thrust aside today
and the country joined President
Roosevelt in a merry Christmas
fraught with the spirit Of peace
on earth; good will toward men"
The nations Christmas tree
blazed in Lafayette Park as a
symbol of millions Of trees
throughout the land, under which
the country's children gleefully re-
ceived Santa Claus gifts as earlv
as humanity possible this morning.
President Roosevelt ushered in
the Christmas season early last
evening by lighting the tree with
a plea for the brotherhood Of man
without "the bashing of heads.
PEACE, MERRY XMAS
He wished peace and a merry
Christmas to all, recalling that
even Judas IScariot received the
blessings Of Jesus.
The Christ mas spirit was
abroad in the early hours Of the
morning. Even before the first
light of morning streaked the
skies. lights were burning in many
q window asS Santa Claus. with,
the aid Of cooperative mothers
and daddies, put the last Of the
gifts under the family Christmas
tree.
At the White House, three lit
tie children tumbled out Of bed
at an early hour and sped to the
Presidents bedroom, to empty
their Christmas stockings, which
they hung over the Presidents
fireplace last night.
FROLICS WITH CHILDREN
The President, who last night
read them Dickens Christmas
CaroT' before they went to bed,
frolicked with them over their
gifts. The children are Sara and
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
u. S. Dissatisfied
With Tokyo Reply
By ROBERT G. NIXON

Q.NSJ, TIL American Gov.
eminent, still indignant over the
Panay bombing, today pondered
the course it will pursue in the
Far East following Japan's sol.
emn promise she will hereafter
safeguard the rights and in.
terests Of the United States and
other third powers" in China.
Whether Japan's formal note
replying to Americas stern pro-
test will be wholly acceptable. or
whether subsequent demands will
be made, remained to be deter.
mined.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
BODY RECOVERED

BOSTON, Dec. IS uN.S.(.
Habor police today recovered the
body Of Corp. Harold j. Kramer,
Army parachute jumper, who lost
his life late Wednesday when he
attempted q Santa Claus" leap
for so children at East Boston Air
port and was swept into the har.
Dor by Q strong wind.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
Afghanistan Post
Given MikhailOv

MOSCOW, Dec. IS GN.S)
Succeeding Ivan Skvirsky, former
Soviet chancellor in Washington,
<. A. Mikhailov today was ap-
pointed minister to Afghanistan.
Skvirsky was unofficial Soviet
representative in Washington be.
fore the United States recognized
Russia.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
SAFETY CAMPAIGN

HYATTSVuLE, Md, Dec. 25.
More than 1000 book covers bear
ing traffic safety rules, have been
distributed among the school chill
dren Of this vicinity by the Lions
Club of Hyattsville as a part Of
its safety education campaign.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
America Is HOme,'
SAYS Gen. Booth

LONDON, Dec. 25 d.N.Sj-
Gen. Evangeline Booth. chief Of
the Salvation Army. as she cele'
brated her 72nd birthday, said:
"Of course, I am going back to
America when ! retire. I would
not live anywhere else i. Amer
lea is my home"
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
Santa Claus, I11d., Sets
Record in Holiday Mail

SANTA CLAUS, Ind, Dec. 26.
QN.S0.-More than 100000
pieces of mail passed through the
world-famous postoffice here be-
tween Thanksgiving and Christ
mas Eve, a new record, Post
master Oscar Phillips announced
today.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
navy PATROLS
TRAIL COASTAL
FISHING BOATS
Spy Plot Hinted!
Officials Silent

LOS ANGELES HARBOR, CAL,
Dec. 25 G.N.S).-Seizure Of more
mail on three Japanese ships here
today gave rise to renewed rumors
of possible espionage on the Pa
cific Coast.
High Navy officials professed
ignorance and would not COM
ment, but it was learned that con-
signee mail was taken by customs
officers from the Hokai Maru, in
port from New York: from the
Ginai Maru, inbound from the
Orient to New York, and from still
another ship whose name was not
revealed which sailed for the Far
East last week.
In San Francisco, mail was taken
from the palatial N. Y. K. liner
Tatsuta Maru.
TECHNICAL GROUND
The sudden seizure Of the mail
indicated the action may have
been authorized from high Off
Gals" in Washington on the tech
nical ground that the mail did not
clear through the usual postal
channels.
In any event, it was the first
time that japanese ships have been
detained in American ports for
such asserted violations Of the
mail regulations.
CONTACT PROBED
In connection with the mail
seizure, it was also reliably re-
ported that some of the Navy de.
stroyerS which left San Diego q
few days ago, supposedly bound
for Los Angeles, did not appear
here, but were on duty on the
high seas watching japanese ships
to determine whether there was
contact between them and the
supposed Japanese fishing boats
off the coast.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
Maryland Man
Injured by Auto

WATERLOO, Md, Dec. 25.
Pete Tory. 81, Of JeSsups, Nd,
sustained serious head injuries
when he was struck by an auto
mobile on the Baltimore boule-
ward near here last night. He
was taken to st. Agnes Hospital
in Baltimore.