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Evening star., 1937-09-29
DEATH OF NEWLYWEDS
LAID TO POISON GAS
Assistant M e deal Examiner
Makes Report in Bronx Apart
ment Mystery.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 20. The
mystery of the post deaths
OF Anthony Niosi, IS. and his pretty
2l-year-old bride in their newly fur
nished Bronx apartment deepened last
night with the report of Assistant
Medical Examiner Louis Lefkowitz
that they died from "a poison similar
to arsenic cyanide or carbon monoxide
gas"
police search, started when Niosi
failed to report to work, yesterday re-
suited in discovery of the bodies in
night dress on the bed room floor of
their apartment. No marks Of vio-
lence were found
DR.. Lefkowitz said Niosi and his
bride had been dead more than two
days, and that the husband died
short time before his wife.
Both evidently became i'll and took
sedatives," he said. Il believe they
thought they we're recovering when
they collapsed"
Evening star., 1937-09-29
Weddings
Announced
Recently
Miss Williams
Married to
Mr.. Clay.

~ NE Of the prettiest Of the
early Fall weddings took
place the past Saturday.
~ when Miss Margaret Eleanor
williams, daughter of Mr.. Robert o.
williams and the late Mrs. Williams
of Carthage, N. Y, became the bride
of Mr. Arthur Upton Clay Of Will
son, Va, son Of Mrs. Leonard Bryant
Of Washington.
The ceremony was performed in
the Mount Vernon Baptist Church
In Virginia Highlands by the pastor,
the Rev. Willard R. Pierce, at 4
o'clock in the afternoon in the pres
ence Of more than 100 guests.
The church was decorated with
palms, ferns and baskets of gladioli,
roses and dahlias. and white tapers
glowed from candelabra which flanked
the altar.
Miss Maurine Hecht of Washing
ton played the wedding music and
accompanied Mr. F. L. Zimmerman,
also of Washington, who sang.
The bride was escorted and given in
nldl AdkC NY NJ OtllCl .AlsAdW, N1l
w. Richard Glavin Of Virginia High
lands. She wore white lace gown
over white satin, made with a Windsor
jacket, and long, tight-fitting sleeves,
slightly puffed at the shoulders and
extending into points over the hands;
q fioor-length skirt edged with tulle
and halo hat Of lace. She wore a
necklace of pearls. gift Of the BRIDE
groom, and carried q spray of white
bride roses.
She had as her matron of honor her
sister, Mrs. Glavin, who was dressed in
with lavender velvet. 1t was made with
a tight-fitting bodice, short, puffed
and 1-the-shoulder sleeves, and q
bouffant skirt. To complete her en-
semble she wore small hat, designed
OF taffeta to represent a large rose,
and carried an old-fashioned nosegay
of yellow roses and purple asters.
The bridesmaids were Miss Phyllis
Read and Miss Frances Campton OF
Washington, who were dressed alike
in period style gowns of orchid taffeta,
trimmed in velvet of darker shade.
They, too, wore tiny hats of flower
petals to match their frocks and car
ried old-fashioned nosegays.
Mr. Virgil Dyer of Washington acted
as best man to Mr.. Clay, and the
ushers were Mr. Edward Carrom and
Mr.. Rawn Skunk of Washington.
A reception followed at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Glavin in Virginia
Highlands for the immediate members
of both families of bride and BRIDE
groom and few close friends. As
sisting the couple in receiving was
Mrs. Stanley Bishop, sister of the bride,
OF Watertown, N. Y. who wore a dark
blue moire taffeta with a blue velvet
hat and short face veil and a corsage
bouquet Of roses and lilies OF the
valley
Later in the evening Mr. and Mrs
Clay left on wedding trip through
Virginia and the Great Smokes in
Tennessee Mrs. Clay's travelling cos
tune was three-Mece Hunters green
tweed ensemble, beaver trimmed, a
close fitting brown hat and other
brown accessories.
They will be at home after October
q at the Riverside apartments, 2145 c
street
The bride is a graduate of the Port
Leyden High School in New York
State and has attended the Library
School at George Washington Uni
versity. She is a member of Alpha
Zeta Sorority. The bridegroom is
graduate of the Wilson Virginia High
School
Evening star., 1937-09-29

travels especially Washington out" sew
Evening star., 1937-09-29
WALLACE MAY SUGGEST
COTTON PROCESSING TAX
Administration View on Long
Time Program for Crop May
Be Given.

By Tire Associated Press.
Informed persons at the Agriculture
Department said today Secretary WAL
lace will suggest a processing tax on
cotton In an address before Southern
farm leaders at Memphis Friday.
The cabinet member has promised
to outline the Administrations views
on long time cotton program.
Senator Smith, Democrat, cf South
Carolina, chairman of the Senate Agri-
cultural Committee, conferred with
Wallace this week. Afterward he said
the Secretary promised t. clear up
confusion" concerning the loan and
subsidy program on this years large
cotton crop Aides OF Wallace said
he planned this in the Memphis ad-
dress.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
Mrs. Kaine to Move.

Mrs, David F. Kaime and her daugh-
ter, Miss Gladys Kaime. tomorrow will
move into an apartment at the May
flower. where they will spend the Win
ter. For many years Mrs. Kaime and
her daughter have resided at the Con-
necticut.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
Eggs Hatch in Bee Hive.

When . hen died while Matching
nine eggs at farm near Frederiks-
haven, Germany. the farmer placed
the eggs in beehive where the chicks
were duly Matched by the heat Of the
bees.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
SUICIDES BODY SENT
TO CINCINNATI HOME
Paul v. Friedman, Social Security
Board Employe, Will Be
Buried There.

The body Of Paul v. Friedman, IT.
year-old Social Security Board en-
ploye who killed himself by gas At an
apartment at 1920 Cyldesdale place
Monday night. was sent to his former
home at Cincinnati yesterday for
burial.
Two sisters of Friedman live at
Cincinnati, police said His wife was
said to have been in San Francisco
at the time Of his death. He had
returned here only 4 few days ago
after an extended leave Of Absence.
during which he did special work for
the Pacific Coast Labor Bureau 1t
San Francisco.
Evening star., 1937-09-29
Workers Sports 0lympics.

Soviet sportsmen led in all but two
events at the recent olympiad of
workers sports in Antwerp, Belgium.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

Girdler Says NO.
Huge as it is, "big steel" could not
speak for all units Of the industry Tom
Mercer Girdler, stocky Indianan, who
started his career as a heating plant
salesman and mounted to the COM
mand of Republic Steel Corp, def1ed
the c. I. o. to force him to sign a
contract.
On the very day he was elected
president of the important American
Iron and Steel Institute nearly half
OF his plants were shut down by
swift surprise strike of the Lewis
sponsored Steel Workers Organizing
Committee.
Several of so-called independent
companies had capitulated and signed
agreements, but Girdler, known in
another sphere as hard rider to
hounds. was adamant. So was the
fighting Lewis.
Mechanic in the Saddle,
In another field a strong man rose
to a commanding position in the
early months of the year. He was
William S. Knudsen, 58-year-old for
mer bicycle mechanic, who became
president of General Motors Corp.
The one-time Danish emigrant boy
steered the big automotive concern to
It's record peak for a months produc-
Evening star., 1937-07-01
REICH MAY PURCHASE
LARGE COFFEE SUPPLY
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAC PAULO. Brazil, July 1.-The
German government has asked the
national coffee department for 5000
bags of coffee of 1922 pounds each
for studies which may lead to the
purchase of 100000 bags for the
extractio of important chemicals.
Should that purchase be consum-
mated at approximately 50 a bag, it
was said, it would solve Brazils crit
ical problem of overproduction in
1887. Otherwise. it was understood
the destruction Of 10 per cent of the
crop is in prospect.
1t was learned Germany agrees to
use prospective purchases only for
chemical by-products and not for re-
shipment to European markets.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

rising industriaI and consumer de-
mand.
Higher quotations stemming from
this bullish signal were prodded into
runaway advances in several products
by Britain's announcement Of her re-
armament program.
Spectators Attracted.
This attracted SPECTATORS. notably
in London, and especially in metals.
Copper scared to II cents a pound
from the II s quoted on December 81 j.,
1886; lead doomed to y. cents a 80
per cent Jump from the years opening
price; tin swept from 5la4 to 67l.
cents pound.
The Associated Press weighted in
deX of 35 important wholesale COM
modities climbed from 1922 per cent
of 1926 levels at the first of the year
to 98.l4 on April 5, This was an ad-
vance of 10 per cent and carried the
index to the highest point reached
since late 1929
The non-ferrous metal group chalk
ed up the widest gain 35 per cent
at the peak. Other industrial staples,
with steel scrap and blllets setting the
pace, pushed Is per cent ahead.
Increases in agricultural prices dur
ing the first three months averaged
10 per cent. Textiles managed by a
slim margin to string along with the
majority, while food prices declined
8 per cent.
Roosevelt Halts Rise.
The speculative frenzy spread from
metals to many other industrial raw
and finished goods as companies and
individuals bought heavily against
future needs.
The climax was reached during the
first week Of April President Roose-
velt's warnings that metal prices had
risen too high were credited as being
the straw that broke the back of the
speculative camel
Some time before this point was
reached. however. commodity experts
saw signs Of the impending downturn.
Gains Wiped Out.
Prices plummeted. The Associated
Press index tumbled almost steadily
during the remaining weeks of the
first half of the year
Metals led the decline. the non-
ferrous group index dropping Is per
cent. Textiles suffered the second
widest break. Cotton cloth fell from
a top of 8ls cents yard to 6a4 at the
end of June. Weakness in this staple
was credited to a top-heavy inventory
position, especially in fine goods lines
Measured by the Associated Press
commodity indices, changes in the
six-month period found food and
textiles down IA and IL per cent. re-
spectively; metals and live stock IA
per cent higher; industrial staples up
S per cent, and agricultural up 2 per
cent.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

Board reports. is half a million above
September, 1929, the highest month
OF employment in the peak times
before she Wall Street panic. Then,
ll,37l 900 workers were engaged in
all kinds Of manufacturing indus
tries.
Lag Behind 1929.
Although manufacturing employ
ment is above 1929, the April totals
are behind 1929 in such industries
as construction, agriculture, trans
portation, utilities and mining.
The April estimate of unemploy-
ment was 6,981 900 persons, as COM
pared with e,325,ooo in April, 1896.
In the march back to work in 1887
the unemployment rolls decreased l.
100000 persons from January through
April.
In such estimates as those Of the
National Industrial Conference Board
it is generally computed that around
five million persons of the total un-
employed are accounted for by those
who came of age, ready and prepared
for jobs, in the years after the crash.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
GAINS CONTINUE
Further Rise in Earnings and
Sales Predicted in Addition
to Recent PROGRESS,
special Dispatch to The Star.

srecial Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 1.-The Office
equipment industry still holds pros
poets for further expansion in sales
and earnings, Notwithstanding the
impressive recovery that has already
been made, according to Poor's In
Vestment Advisory Service.
The larger number of persons en-
ployed, the shorter hours and the
higher wages are all inducing demand
for appliances which increase eff
cheney and hold Office expenses in
check
Economic and legislative factors
suggest that from here on the largest
percentage gains will be made in ac-
counting, calculating, tabulating, sort
ing and similar machines" states the
analysis. I'm addition, the outlook
for sales of cabinets, furniture and
other supplies is very promising.
Foreign sales, now accounting for
practically Is per cent of total VOL
ume of office equipment manufac-
tured in this country, amounted tn
S9,o46,o00 in the first quarter of
1887. This represented an increa So
OF 27.4 per cent over 1886"
Evening star., 1937-07-01
NEBRASKA WHEAT CROP
EXPECTED TO BE LARGE
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, July IA Nebraska
wheat crop of from 4O,0OOo00 to-
45,00O,000 bushels was estimated by
Ralph Budd president of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad, who
stated before directors meeting the
outlook for the roads agricultural
traffic was the best in six years.
Budd was also optimistic on the
Southwestern cotton crop. This ter
ritory is served by the Colorado &
Southern, subsidiary. He indicated
that red and black rust damage to
wheat had been exaggerated.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

with two other little-known men,
Frank c. Kobe and Allan P. Kirby,
took over from George A. Ball the
control of the huge Van SWeringen
rail interests
Young-slender and with graying
hair, an art collector and connois-
seur-smilingly told a Senate Rail-
road Committee he hoped to liquidate
finally the network OF holding COM
panies the Van SWeringen brothers
had built up, making something out
of it, as he went along,
Evening star., 1937-07-01
CHIEF OF EXCHANGE
COMMITTEE RESIGNS
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, July 1.-After seven
years as its head, Allen L. Lindley re-
signed today as chairman of the Busi-
ness Conduct Committee of the New
York Stock Exchange. He said he
wished to devote more time to other
interests, though he will continue as
the committees vice chairman.
Lindley recently joined the firm of
Shields & Co. as a limited partner
after dissolving his own firm of Lind
ley g. Co.
Howland S. Davis, formerly vice
chairman of the committee, was elect
ed Chairman to succeed Lindley.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

lunch room. The
broad = S h 0 u J.
dered, ru g g e d.
featured former
Iowa miner and
the tall steel op-
e r a or chatted
anima tedly for Is
minutes.
T hat was the
start of negotia-
tions that ended
March l with the
announcement U.
S. Steel had rec
ognized the c. I.
o. and would sign
a contract with IT,
Evening star., 1937-07-01
MANUFACTURERS SALES
WELL ABOVE YEAR AGO
BE- the Associated Press.

BE- the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department says
May sales by manufacturers and
wholesalers increased substantially
over the same month a year ago
Sales by $50 anufacturers, it SAYS,
increased 20.7 per cent over May, 1896.
with increases in individual lines rang
ing from 73 per cent for petroleum
products to As per cent for forest
products.
Sales of 1,l79 wholesalers increased
13 per cent in May, the report says.
with increases ranging from less than
l per cent for leather and shoes to
All per cent for jewelry and optical
goods.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

Latlon-We d 6 c q
into the relation
ship between la
Dor and capital.
de d b y
bluff, S h a G g Y
broWed John l..
Lewis, it swept
into the automo-
tive indu S t Y,
forced a 40-day
shutdown of Cen
eral Motors Corp.
and finally won
recognition as a
b ar e a in i n Q
agency for labor
That done, it
Evening star., 1937-07-01

big Steel" Signs.
A tie-up of the vital industry
seemed certain. Lewis promised
fight to the finish. But in quiet
villa in Florence, surrounded by paint
ings of Italian primitives, 5udent-
lawyer, turned industrialist, d al
ready evolved a formula for at least
partial settlement
Myron C. Taylor quiet-voiced
Quaker, top man of United States
Steel, wrote:
This company recognizes the right
OF its employees to bargain collectively
through representatives freely chosen
by them without dictation, coercion
or intimidation in any form or from
any source"
A few months later Taylor met
Lewis casually in a Washington hotel
Evening star., 1937-07-01
STAPLES RETREAT
AFTER SHARP RISE
IN FIRST QUARTER
Commodity Prices Finish
Half Year Near Levels
at Close of 1886.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, July l.-Impelled in
part by heavy European speculation,
commodity prices surged upward in
the first quarter of 1887 and fell back
in the second, finishing the half year
at approximately opening levels.
The general situation at the start
OF the year was one of light consumer
inventories, unusually low world sup
plies and restricted production Of
many staples, running head on into
Evening star., 1937-07-01
LOAN AND INVESTMENT
TOTAL DOWN SHARPLY
B. the Associated Press.

b the Asboclated Press.
NEW YORK, July Loans and
investments of Federal Reserve mem
ber banks dipped substantially in the
week ended June %, chalking up the
largest decline in months.
The setback was due primarily,
financial quarters said, to the sizabls
drop in Government bond holdings
by members in the wake of the recent
Government financing.
Loans and investments of banks in
101 leading cities, reported by tbs
Reserve Board. compared as followsi
Week ended June 23--$22 ,414,o ,000
Previous week 22,573, 900 ,0od
Same period last year. 22,520, ,0oo, ,ood
Evening star., 1937-07-01
CHINA'S BUDGET BALANCED.

NANK1NG. July (P).-China's S
budget for the fiscal year beginning
today was announced as balanced at
the record total of 1OOO,64e 900 Chi.
nese dollars Of approximately $780,
100000. Military expenditures led the
budget with an appropriation of 392,-
499,952 Chinese dollars or approxi-
mately $l25,O0O,o 900.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
IMPORTS OF CANADIAN
WHEAT SHOW INCREASE
By the Associated Press.

By TIE Associated Press.
The Commerce Department says
imports of wheat from Canada for
consumption totaled 345,000 bushels
during the week ended June 26, COM
pared with 2l1,OoO bushels in the
previous week and 1,266,0o0 bushels
in the same week last year.
Imports into bonded mills for grind
ing are listed at 252 1000, 2ol 900 and
90 900 bushels for the respective weeks.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

ton in March,
after a strike had
sterilized output
for more than a
month. Reticent,
deliberate, Knud-
sen handled the
negotiations with
the strikers, then
started in to
make cars again.
No record of
the outstanding
figures of the
first half of the
year would be
complete without
Evening star., 1937-07-01
SPOTLIGHT TURNS
TO BIC LEADERS
IN LABOR STRIFE
Lewis Taylor, Knudsen and
GIrdIer Play important
Roles.
BY SMITH REAVIS,
Associated Press Financial Writ

NEW YORK. July 1.-The first
half of 1887 saw events of dominat-
ing Importance, with strong men
Welding them into the pattern of
finance and industry. AS the country
swung into the consolidation phase
of the recovery cycle, a new factor
the Committee for Industrial Organi-
Evening star., 1937-07-01
This compared with s9,214,278, 900

This compared with S9,214,278,000
on January l. 1880. giving reduction
for the fve-year period Of II per cent.
OF the 1885 total $4,s95.Sll 900, or
Ga per cent, represented debt on hold
ings owned by the operators and the
remainder represented debt on rented
property and property operated by
managers.
Among hdivaduei States the gYeat-
Evening star., 1937-07-01
PAY ROLLS PUSH
AHEAD STEADILY
DESPITE STRIKES
Gains in Durable Goods In
dustries Are Above Ma
tionaI Average.
BY r. H. HIPPELHEUSER,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, July Labor was
on the march to better times in the
first six months Of 1887.
There we're widespread strikes, long
Interruptions Of work and internal
strife. Nevertheless, the sharp in
crease in employment and pay rolls,
we'll under way in 1885. continued
steadily into the new year.
The Bureau Of Labor Statistics COM
posite index for employment and pay
rolls in the manufacturing industries
in the first four months of 1887 tells
the story Figures are based on the
192325 average as 1000:
Evening star., 1937-07-01
FARM MORTGAGE DEBT
REDUCED II PER CENT
Nv tho Assoc,sted Fress.

Ry the Associated Press.
The Commerce and Agriculture De-
partments, in joint survey, report
mortgage debt on farm land and
buildings totaled 47,645,091, 900 on
January /, 1885.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

Beatrice Creamery Co.-May quarter
common share earnings, after surtax,
were "a cents, against deficit OF 8
cents . common share In like 1885
period.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
FARMERS INCOME
CLIMBS TO BEST
LEVEL SINCE 1880
Higher Prices, Larger Crops
and Larger Federal Pay
ments Cited.
BY A. A. PATTON,
Associated Press StatiStician.

FaaspbidlCu IIeSS SldtlSllCldT.
NEW YORK, July IA triple
alliance-higher prices, larger crops
and bigger Government payments
stepped up the farmers income in
the first half of this year to the high
est level since 1880.
Commodity men estimated more
than s4,00o00o,ooO was paid for prod
ucts of the 100000 farms. That
would top the previous half-year by
IS per cent and come close to the
$4,000 100000 collected at the pre-
ylous high point
Approximately half of the annual
farm income flows into the till during
the first six months. This means Cit
RUS fruits, vegetables, meat and milk
account for the bulk of the income,
since the major cropS-corn, wheat,
cotton, tobacco-come along later.
Drought Helps Prices.
Drought played an important role
In this tremendous upswing Lack of
rainfall in 1884 and 1886 left world
stocks of major crops at an unusually
low ebb. Since steadily expanding
industrial activity had fattened the
pocketbooks of consumers, small
stocks and poor harvests had pointed
prices skyWard.
The situation was aggravated dur
Ing the early months this year by the
appearance of another dry spell in
tl,o
Corn, moving narrowly in the first
quarter, rocketed % per cent to IL
year top in late May. Analysts found
the rise carried far beyond peaks at
tanned by other cereals-which turned
down in early April-and explained
1t was due mainly to scarcity of the
feed for immediate delivery.
Cotton Up and Down.
After several months of narrow
swings, wheat slumped l6 per cent
from its April high to the end of
June
With industrial use Of cotton eS-
tablishing new high records, fiber
quotations began moving up early
in the year. From l3 cents a pound,
cotton pushed beyond the Is cent
mark in few months.
An accumulation cloth inventories
in mill hands conceded with mounting
estimates of the probable cotton har-
vest to send prices plunging l8 per
cent by the close of the half year.
Live stock prices maintained a
steadily rising trend. Even in re-
cent months, Wher every other major
commodity group weakened. the ASso-
ciated Press weighted live stock index
nudged ahead 3 per cent.
Despite the downturn in some agri-
cultural prices during recent months,
grains and cotton remain above levels
prevailing at the first Of the year.
Live stock stands IA per cent ahead.
Cash From Uncle Sam.
Government payments have added
considerably to the agriculturalist's in
take. The total reported by the De-
partment of Agriculture for the first
four months, the latest data available.
was s282,000000, against s53,OoOO0O
IN the same period last year.
The following table gives some idea
OF the increase in wholesale quotations
of farm staples during the past year
and compared with the depression low
point:
Year Depr
June l. Ago. Low.
Wheat (bu) S l.27l2 S .96a4 5 49,
Cotton (pd.)- 1922 .1179 .O59
Corn (bu) 1912 .6las .2412
Hogs (cwt) --1175 1920 $50
Cattle (cWt) $500 8.75 $50
Evening star., 1937-07-01
28.40O Quaker st DIR (b45c)

2,7S7 600 Radio Corp p------------.
6S.400 Radio Corp 1st pf (314)-
100 Radio Corp pf B B-------
S4l,.700 Radio -keith-Orph d..
12.l00 f r Sec Ill c stk -----.
43.500 Rayhestos-Man C1h)--
22,700 Reading (2)------.
1000 Reading 1st pf (2)----
$500 Reading I'd pf (2)
3l,l00 Real SILK Hosiery Mills
500 Real S H NJ pf (a10h)--.
36.600 Refs (R) & co o---------
400 Reis tR) & Co 1st pf
5l,400 Reliable Stores d.
5000 Reliance Mfg Co $500 =
$4,000 Remington-Rand (b55c) :
23.S00 Rem-Rand pf WV OBJ
$50 Renssel & Sar (O----
1.432.600 REQ Motor Car---
3,9l6.400 Republic Steel
22.s0O Republic Stl pr pf A go
25,3O0 Republic Steel pf fb3)--
26l.500 Revere Copper & Brass
20.400 Revere Copper (A) 49,
2,240 Revere C & B pftb1sD -
l.S40 Revere Copper pf t5AD J.
$1,000 Reynolds Metals Cd
1900 Reynolds NJ cv pf 6 a.
0.900 Reynolds Spring (iD---
LOO Reynolds Tobacco f3) -.
302.200 REYNOLDS Tobacco B (3)-
800 Rhine Westphalia ~
1890 Ritter Dental NJ CD -.
22,s0O Roam Antel Cop tb1.1D-
so Ruberoid CO (60c)--
$500 Rutland pf-------------