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Evening star., 1937-05-24
c. &E,
BOOSTS SPENDING
Budget Raised to $685.
600, Against $17,026,748
for Previous Year. 81
By the Associated Press,

B, the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 24.-Bernard w.
Lynch, president of the Standard Gas
& Electric Co. System, disclosed in
the annual pamphlet report the capi-
tai expenditures budget Of subsidiary
and affiliated public utilities COM
panies for 1887 totaled $35, 900,
compared with $17,026, ,74S in 1896.
The annual report also disclosed
consolidated net income of $4,05S, ,7s5,
compared with $2.454,1 In 1885. The
1896 figures were slightly lower than
those shown In the preliminary state
ment released February as.
Lynch said that during the last
year the company had been eliminat-
ing interlocking directorates and rela-
tionships between it, the operating
public utility companies of the system
and other interests and that now no
such interlocking relationships exist
except where essential to efficiency
In management and economy.
United Shoe Machinery.
United Shoe Machinery Corp. Of
New Jersey reported for year ended
February q net income Of $ll,316,12s,
equal after preferred dividends to
$4.74 share on the common stock.
This compared with $l0,267,632, equal
to $4.28 q common share In the pre-
cedlng year.
Phelps Dodge Corp.
Prediction that first-half earnings
Of Phelps Dodge Corp. would exceed
81 . share was made at q special
stockholders meeting today by Louis
8. Gates, president.
Copper production by the company
for four or five months In advance
has already been sold. he said, adding
that the domestic copper market Is
strong, due. In part, to higher foreign
prices.
The stockholders approved issuance
Of $20,2S5.000 in convertible deben-
lures to provide funds for the de-
velopment Of clay ore body at
Morenci, Ariz. Holders Of capital
stock will be given rights to subscribe
to 81 in debentures for each share
held.
Gates said that all bank loans Of the
company, totaling $5,0O0,O00, have
been repaid, thus completing the
financing for the acquisition several
years ago Of United Verde Copper Co.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
HOG PRODUCTION
ABROAD DECLINES
European Drop May Boost
Demand for American
Pork Products.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department pre.
dicted European hog production
would decline the rest Of this wear
and in 1888. This possibly will mean
increased demand for lard and pork
products from the United States, the
department said.
The Berlin ofdce OF the Bureau Of
Agricultural Economics reported all
important European hog producing
countries showed . decline compared
With last season, and . shift from fat
to meat type hogs.
This decline, coupled with increased
European hog slaughter In recent
months, indicates that Europe will
have need for increased supplies of
Western Hemisphere lard during
1885," the Berlin ofdce said.
Government trade experts said they
did not know how the indicated short.
age OF lard and pork may be trans.
formed into an effective demand"
In the years previous to 1890, the
United States exported more than a
DILLON pounds Of pork products annu-
ally, chiefly lard, with the bulk going
10 Europe. In recent years these pork
product exports have declined to 4
small part Of the former volume.
Lard prices in Europe were reported
high now with consumption declining.
Great Britain has turned to margarine
and other butter and lard substitutes.
the department said, with fats the
weakest point IN the national food sit-
uation" Of Germany.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
CONSTRUCTION DOWN
IN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Special Dispatch to The star.

special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, May 24.-Contracts
awarded on current construction prof.
ects in the chemical process industries
total $7,262000, as compared with
sll, 100000 a year ago, Chemical and
Metallurgical Engineering reports in
its May issue. Current proposed work
totals $l5,050,o00 This amounted to
$5,396. 900 in the same period last year.
The outstanding proposed projects
reported this month are for the con-
struction OF rayon mill at Paines-
vile, Ohio, for the Industrial Rayon
Corp, West Ninety-eighth and WAL
ford streets, Cleveland, Ohio, estimated
cost between 100000 and 100000
600; the construction and moderniza-
ton OF a paper and pulp mill at the
Brown Corp, Ltd, La Tuque, Quebec,
estimated cost $2,000,000, and the con-
struction Of sulphuric recovery plant
at 5311 Curtis avenue, Baltimore, Nd,
by E. I. du Pont de Nemours g. Co..
Wilmington, Del, for the Kreps Pig
ment & Color Corp, a subsidiary. also
estimated At 100000.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Rayon Production
At All-Ti1ne Peak
In Southern Area
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associa ted Press.
NEW YORK. May 24.-Production
Of rayon in Southern Railway Co.
territory in 1896 broke all previous
records, said Fairfax Harrison, presi-
dent, in the companys annual report
issued today.
He attributed the output increase
to improvement in quality and to ris-
ing demand for the fabric. Two man
ufacturers along the Southern's lines
made large additions to plants during
the year.
Harrison also reported there we're
19,0l9,960 cotton spindles in place in
growing States at the end of the year.
These, he said, constituted 68.7 per
cent OF the installed cotton spinning
machinery in the United States.
Cotton consumption in the Southern
States in 1886 rose 28.6 per cent
over 1885, as compared with an in
crease of l1.8 per cent for the period
in all other States, the executive said.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
INSURANCE SHARES GO
HIGHER DURING WEEK
Special Dispatc to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 24.-Insurance
stocks In the New York City market
rallied during the past week, accord
ing to records compiled by Holt, Rose
& Troster.
The aggregate value OF 20 leading
hre and casualty insurance issues on
May 81 totaled s5s5,ose, 900, which
compares with $578,55e, 900 at the
close Of the previous week, an increase
OF $l6,529,o0o, or 2.8e per cent.
The current average yield Of the 20
issues OF 3.8l per cent compares with
yield Of 1892 per cent on May II.
The current market value equals 95
per cent Of the current nquidating
value, against 90 per cent . week ago.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
CLIMB $50 PER CENT
erecial Dispatch To Tho Star.

enecial Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 24.-New York
City bank stocks staged q recovery
during the past week after reaching
a new low for the year ON May 18,
according to figures compiled by Holt,
Rose & Troster.
The aggregate market value Of l6
to $2,066, ,604,000, compared with
1899, l41 900 at the close Of the pre-
vious week. an increase Of $77,664, 900,
or $50 per cent. The aggregate mar
ket value at the years low on May l8
was s1,952,353, 900.
The current average yield Of the 1s
issues OF 3.l9 per cent compares with
a yield Of 3.3l per cent on May IA.
The current market value is now LAT
times the known book value.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
HUDSON MOTOR PUSHES
HEAVY PRODUCTION
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 24.-Capacity
production for the Hudson River Car
Go. will run well into the Summer
months, according to all present in
dications.
"Orders now on hand for several
weeks production plus = strong retail
demand rs indicated by the fact that
We have had four successive weeks OF
increase In sales" are responsible for
the heavy output, according to WILL
liam R. Tracy. vice president In
charge Of sales.
In spite Of the strike which IN
terrupted production for over q month,
retail sales Of the current model up
to May is, totaled $3.50 Hudsons and
Terraplanes. material gain over the
same period last year." Tracy said.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
PROMOTED
BY WESTERN UNION

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 24-Western
Union Telegraph Co. announced the
appointment Of Charles H. Carroll as
assistant vice president In charge Of
commercial field administration.
AS assistant general manager Of
the metropolitan division he had been
IN charge Of the compauy's commercial
operations throughout greater New
York during the past nine years.
He is q native Of Tennessee, having
Joined Western Union as an operator
at Nashville in 1910.
w. r. Williams, Western Union
superintendent at Los Angeles. will
succeed Carroll in the metropolitan
post.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE,

PH1LADELPHIA. MAY "a lp-1,,,
pouitIy-Fowl, Plymouth Rocks. fancy 81:
mixed mixed coiors: 1920: White Leshorns
1914; Leshorns. old roosteqs q ioGs. GsNIa
Spring chickens. fancy, Plymouth Rocks
I!-Eo: 5do: cross-breds. 2l-23; Reds. 21-2ia;
ducks White Pekin. young. IA: old. ii-i3:
mlxed colors. l1-l2; turkeys, fancy hens
1915: young toms. fancy. IL
boxes, .l9h-22;, old roosters. dry picked
13E.l5ha: ducks Spring. Long Island
Evening star., 1937-05-24
GURbL|ST RULES
. UNEVEN follower
Industrial Shares Down
Minor FraCtionS--FeW
Oils Advance.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 24.-Prices were
uneven to lower in the curb market
today, with light dealings restricting
most swings to fractions.
Industrial shares lost minor frac-
tions, although several less active oils
were up substantially late in the ses-
sion. Red Bank Oil gained a major
fraction, Swan Finch Oil jumped
points or SO and Humble added more
than a point. Creole and Gulf also
improved bit.
Wayne Pump and Sherwin VIII
iiams, Lake Shore Mines, Electric
Bond d Share and Pan-American
Airways gave up fractions to point
or so. Great Atlantic g. Pacific and
Montgomery Ward "A" also declined.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
new ISSUE PLANNED
BY GEORGIA CENTRAL

BY the Associated Press.
The Central of Georgia Railway Co.
asked the Interstate Commerce Com
mission today for authority to issue
and sell $l,40o,o0O Of equipment trust
certificates, to bear interest Of not
more than 4 per cent.
The proceeds from the sale will be
used to finance the purchase Of 600
box cars, i've air-conditioned passen.
ger coaches and three express cars.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
DOLLAR DRIFTS DOWN
IN LONDON DEALINGS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 24.-In an idle for
eign exchange market the United
States dollar declined l-16 Of q cent
today, closing at 4.94A to the pound.
This compares with New York's
week end sterling rate Of $4.94k.
Exchange on French francs was
ll0.69 to the pound, against ll0.8l
last Saturday.
PARIS, May "a CP-Rentes, 3 per
cent, 63 francs IS centimes; 41as "A",
69.3212; 412s, 1887, 92.90.
Exchange on London, 110.7s. The
dollar was quoted 22.4014.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON. May "a R.-stocks elos,d
was buying in all sections OF the list win
sMs,r,a sIeel ana shipping shares leading the in.
uuistr,ai Tnin;n eIoup Home rails were strong,
Attiantlcs IN good demand. Improvement
!or German bonds continued Other Tor.
PARIS,-The bourse closed irreanlsT ei.s. ~.
gay with government bonds steady ana
asaI intsesnadonsi ~ issues arm. Bank OF France
gained 100. Citroeu was OF 10 points.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
NEW PLANT OPENED.

NEW YORK, May "a P-Na-
tional Oil Products Co. announced the
opening of its new sl,0O0,oO0 plant at
Cedartown, Ca, which will make prod
ucts used in paper-milling, textile,
leather and other Southern industries.
National Oil Products has headquar-
ters at Harrison, N. j.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
HOME LOAN ADVANCES
CLIMB TO NEW PEAK

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Home Loan Bank
Board reported that net outstanding
advances of its IL regional banks
totaled $150,595, 1922 for the week end.
ing May II. This established a new
peak over the s145,400,729 mark on
December 81, 1885, the board said.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
BEER SALES INCREASE.

NEW YORK, May "a (P).-Sales of
beer in April amounted to 4,5O7,oo0
barrels, new high for the month
since beer was legalized and Is per
cent above April last year, the United
States Brewers Association reported.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

BOSTON. May "a tF1 UNITED States
department of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
weeks levels today. although mills showed
Ittie interest in making purchases.
New business In domestic woods con-
Bids Ia the country were reported low.
ered, which is said to have increased the
amount Of wool being oonSigned to Boston
Evening star., 1937-05-24
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. May "A R.-Call money
steady: l per cent all day: prime COM
mercial paper, 1 per. cent: time loans
steady: 5000 days. III: As months, IN
per cent; bankers acceptances UNCHANGED:
months. h-1.; 6-e months. ": redis-
count rate. New York Reserve Bank. Ia
Der cent,
Evening star., 1937-05-24
VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY.

NEW YORK, May "a (R.-The
visible supply Of American grain shows
. the following changes in bushels:
Wheat decreased 1,741, 900: corn de-
creased 724,000; oats decreased /, ,493,-
oo6s rye decreased $4,000; barley
decreased 503,000.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
STEEL QUOTATIONS..

NEW YORK. May "a 1.-Steel prices
Dor 100 pounds fob. PittsbuIgh:
gaivsnissd shoets, $50: slack sheetx hof
rolled, SIS: steel bars, AS.
Evening star., 1937-05-24

The Egyptian government win open
; legation 1t Toxic Japan.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
CURB BONDS

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Parish Its1 q, Go Con 8: 5 % aa: aea% aa%
Pied Ell 6las go ALL 70A 7OA
vw-With warrants.
xv-Without warrants.
New
St (stp)-Stamped.
tNeGotahility impaired by maturity.
fCampanieS reported in receivership.
Evening star., 1937-05-24

Dividend rates in dollars based On last
quarterly or semi-annual payment IAN
nual rate-not Including extras tAc.
cumuiated dividends aPatd last year.
being in bankruptcy or IN receivership. o.
being reorRani1ed under the bankruptcy
act. or securities assumed by such con.
pAnio6.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
By private wire direct 70 the Star.

All time shown below 10 daylight savins
on which the Exchanse u new operating.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Washington Exchange
SALES-AFTER CALL.

Potomac Electric Power 5h% pfd-
1t 100.
Lanston Monotype-6 at 90.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK May "a R-Nev York
Security Dealers Association:
Evening star., 1937-05-24
q. S. TREASURY NOTES,
Approx
wAA -{AyA

NEW YORK. May "a LP-Prices quote,
In dollars and thirty-seconds:
Evening star., 1937-05-24
DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK. May 24.-Dividends de-
clared:
Evening star., 1937-05-24
FEDERAL LAND BANKS

NEW YORK. May "a R.-Federal Land
Bank bonds:
The Washington times., 1937-08-06
M-G-M Writ
Blocks Boy
Star

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 G.N.S).
Metro oldwyn:Mayer studio to-
day had won temporary restrain
ing order preventing Freddie Bar
tholomew, child film star, from
acting for any other company.
The order was issued after the
studio filed suit against the L.
year-old actor charging he had
refused to work for them while
under contract and at the same
time was offering his services
elsewhere"
Also named defendants in the
suit, which seeks a permanent re-
straining order and an interpreta-
ton Of the contract, were Miss
Myllicent Bartholomew, the boys
aunt and guardian, and the Union
Bank and Trust Company, guar
dian Of his estate.
The studio said Freddie was
being paid $3.50 a week under con.
tract with bonus of $3.50 a week.
Miss Bartholomew has demanded
$4,000 weekly for the boy, while
the studio has offered $4,000.
The Washington times., 1937-08-06
z GIRLS, MOTHER
SLAIN BY YOUTH

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 6 Q.N.S).
Barney Gregor, "a, shot and killed
his two young sisters and mother
early today and then ended his
own life with a rifle in their home
in suburban West End, according
to police.
The sisters, Marian, 10, and
Betty, IT, we're killed apparently
as they slept. The position of
the body Of the mother indicated
she was killed as she got out Of
bed to investigate. The father
has been dead for several years.
The bodies we're discovered in
a scond'floor room by Frank Gre
gor, a brother, as he returned
home from work this morning.
Two notes found in the house
indicated Gregor, an unemployed
bookkeeper, was motivated by a
belief the lives Of his mother and
sisters as we'll as his own were
futile.
The Washington times., 1937-08-06
FOUR INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH

Three members of the family
of Harry C. League, Metropolitan
policeman attached to the Sixth
Precinct, were seriously injured
today in a head.on crash near
Warrenton, Va. Those injured,
who we're treated at the Warren
ton Hospital, are:
Mrs. Clarice T. League, 80, the
officers wife, who was driving,
cuts about the mead and knee.
Mrs. Fannie K. Wood, 68. the
officers mother-in-law, wrenched
back, cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Emmie League, 48, the
officers mother. possible fracture
of the pelVis and head decorations.
All live at 1909 Thirteenth st.
N. w.
William A. Snyder, 80, of Mem
phis, Tenn, who was driving the
other car in the crash, suffered
cuts on the throat, face and head
from flying glass.
The Washington times., 1937-08-06
Moose Has Tooth
Pulled By Doctor

VASSALBORO, Me-, Aug. 6
G.N.S0.-Wandering in the Maine
woods today was a yearling bull
Moose, that Anows where to go
when it has a toothache.
He walked into a stall in the
barn Of Ezra Jones and refused to
leave until DR.. Paul R. Baird pull
ed two of his teeth. Later the
veterinarian found the moose in
a field and gave him an anthem
orrhage serum injection.
The Washington times., 1937-08-06
HITLER PRAISES
FRANCOIS FIGHT
AIMS FOR SPAIN
Ambassador Welcomed
Warmly in Reich

BERCHTESGADEN, Germany
Aug. 6 G.N.S0.-Germany anc
Nationalist Spain are closely al
lied against the destructive forces
of international omm u n ism,
Chancellor Hitler declared today
in receiving the credentials OF
Marques de Magas, General Fran
cos ambassador to the Nazi Reich
Hitler said:
"The German people are SYM
pathetically watching the heroic
fight Of the Spanish people and
the reconstruction Of the Span
iSh state.
at is my sincere wish and
that Of the German people that
the army Of General Franco will
succeed in obtaining peace and
liberty for the Spanish people
and at the same time Danish the
danger which threatens Europe.
1--WE agree with you in the
common aim of fighting the de.
structive forces of international
Communism which closely
uniteS our two peoples"
The Washington times., 1937-08-06
MURPHY FIGHTS
FOR LABOR LAW

LANSING, Mich, Aug. 6
G.N.SO.-His model labor rela-
tons bill defeated for the third
time in the Michigan legislature,
Gov. Frank Murphy today pre-
pared to call another special ses-
sion of the legislature within two
months in a fourth attempt to
pass it. He said:
This program is too i'm
pOrtant to allow a few members
to bring about its defeat. 1t is
part of my aim to give Michi-
CANS government new char
acter.
II will not surrender"
The labor relations bill, which
the governor had intended as a
model for the rest of the country,
was lost when the State. senate
voted IA to IA on it. The measure
needed II votes for passage. Three
Democrats joined IA Republicans
to scuttle the act. 1t previously
had passed the house.
The Washington times., 1937-08-06
Snake Ends Tour
In New York Zoo

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 Q.N.S0.
Its travels ended, a six-foot black
gopher snake that somehow
found it's way to New York from
Georgia wound up in the Central
Park Zoo today.
Miss Edith Butler, summing
herself in the court yard of an
apartment house near Broadway,
became hysterical when the
reptile approached her. She
summoned an emergency squad
and radio cops, who captured
the snake.
The Washington times., 1937-08-06
VETO BELIEVED
LIKELY FOR D. C.
TAX MEASURE
Tydings Rider DisIiked
At White House
CONTINUED from Page II

Continued from Page II
ministration heads as to the eff
cacy of the methods Of the bill.
Went Through Fast
However, the Tydings-Miller bill
went through faster and easier
than expected and will be laid on
the Presidents desk shortly.
The Tydings-Miller bill, al
though it has no relation to the
District, became a part of 1t by
peculiar circumstances. When the
tax bill was in the Senate District
Committee members of the com.
mittee began to get kilograms
from local retail druggists all over
the country asking them to Sup.
port the bill now before your com.
mittee."
This mystified committee mem.
bers, who soon realized the tele-
grams referred to the TydingS.
Miller bill which was on the SEN
ate calendar, but was not a Dis
trict of Columbia measure.
King Protest Failed
However, Senator Tydings then
urged that the bill bearing his
name as co-author be tackled to
the tax bill. This happened over
Chairman Kings strong objec-
ton.
The bill puts Federal sanction
on retail price maintenance con-
tracts wherein are involved manu-.
facturers and retailers of differ.
ent States-but affects only States
which already permit such con-
tracts between parties in that
State.
All but six States have such
laws. The District has no such
law and the Tydings-Miller bill
which owes it's life so far to the
District of Columbias tax Situa-
ton is not involved.
The Washington times., 1937-08-06
Garage Fire Ends
Firemen's Parade

HAMPSTEAD, Md, Aug. 6
G.N.SD.-When authorities pub
lished the parade route the local
and 20 visiting volunteer fire COM
panies would follow yesterday
they forgot to add "in case Of
a fire that parade's course will
be diverted" for that's just what
happened.
When the firemen, their APP
paratus and uniforms spic and
span, started through Main Street,
Walter Sullivan's garage caught
fire. The firemen rushed there
but were unable to save the build
ing.
The Washington times., 1937-08-06
Sylvia McCarran
Wins a Divorce

Capitol Hill had something to
talk about today besides adjourn
ment, because word had arrived
that Senator Pat McCarran's
daughter has obtained a divorce.
Mrs. John D. Breckenridge, 10,
the former Miss Sylvia Patricia
McCarran, won an uncontested
decree against her husband. a %
year-old former Capitol police SER
geant, in an action brought in her
fathers home State, Nevada. They
were married last August.
The Washington times., 1937-08-06
Markham Widow
Dies in California

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 ct.
P.SO.-Mrs. Blanche C. Markham,
ST, widow of the late Capt. Will
liam F. Markham, and stepmother
of Mrs. Maude C. OBrien. who
has been suing to set aside the
Markham will, died suddenly yes.
terday after a cerebral hemorrhage.
Mrs. Markham fell i'll in the office
Of her physician on Wednesday
and never rallied after being re-
moved to Glendale Hospital.