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Evening star., 1937-08-26
HARDWARE FIRMS
EXPECT BUSY FALL
Gradual Reviva! in July Business
Has Continued Into
August.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispa tch 10 The Star.
NEW YORK, August 26.-Meas-
ured by the high sales totals reached
in the later Spring months, Summer
ordering by retail hardware stores has
shown normal let-down. Neverthe-
less, the gradual betterment reported
during July is continuing into August,
and each successive week shows some
gain over the same week Of August,
1895, Hardware Age says In It's hard
ware market summary.
Assurance of busy Fall season is so
general that preparation for filling
Fall orders is going forward actively,
and stocks are being built up ener-
getically by late buyers
With the crop outlook exceptionally
good, hardware dealers, particularly
in agricultural areas, are preparing for
the best Fall and holiday business they
have enjoyed in any recent year.
Increased industrial activity, bring
ing with 1t greater and better dis
tributed spending power. will stimulate
retail hardware sales during the bal
ance Of the year.
Summer trade generally In retail
hardware stores is running up to
expectations, with July, like June,
sales increasing about 7 per cent over
a year ago, as against an average in
crease during the hrst six months Of
some IA per cent. While buying in
the Southern States has been slowed
somewhat by the break in cotton
percentage OF increase.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
BITUMINOUS OUTPUT
OFF SLIGHTLY IN WEEK

The National Coal Association, from
incomplete car loading reports from
the railroads, estimates bituminous
coal production in the United States
for the week ended August 81 as ap-
proximately 7,55O,0 900 net tons. Pro-
duction for the corresponding week:
1896, 1871 900 tons; 1885, $500, 900
TONS
The report of the National Btu
minous Coal Commission shows pro-
duction of 1880, 900 tons for the week
ended August and 7,640,O0 for the
week ended August IA, 1887.
Production calendar year to Au-
gust 81. 1887, 276,151,000 tons; 1896,
252 ,958 900 tons.
'Subject to revision.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
READING SUBSIDIARY
ASKS FOR EXTENSION
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Perkiomen Railroad Co., .
wholly owned subsidiary of the Read
ing Co.. asked Interstate Commerce
Commission authority yesterday to
extend for 13 years the maturity Of
81 1924 500 Of 5 per cent bonds, ma
turing next January !.
The bonds consist OF s799,5o0 of
first series, and the remainder Of
second series. Under the extension
the interest rate would be reduced
from to 3H2 per cent during the
period Of extension.
At the same time, the Reading CO.
asked authority to guarantee the
principal and interest Of the extended
issues.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
WHEELING STEEL.
ORDERS DIVIDENDS
Initial Payment of $1.25 a
Share Voted on SIS Pre-.
ferred Stock.
BY the Associated Press.

by tIle ASSOeldteQ fIeSS.
NEW YORK, August 26.-Directors
of Wheeling Steel Corp, Wheeling,
w. Va, declared an initial quarterly
dividend of $l.25 on the IS preferred
stock and a dividend of $3.50 on the s
per cent preferred, both payable Octo-
Der to stock Of record September "a.
On July / = dividend Of $3.50 was
paid on the 6 per cent preferred.
Directors also announced exchange
of the per cent preferred into the IS
prior preferred and common stock
through September 20 when an ad-
justment of dividends on such ex-
changes would be permissible.
Continental Diamond.
Continental-Diamo Fibre Co.,
makers of fibre products used in elec-
trical installation, with principal
plants at Newark and Marshallton,
Del; Bridgeport, Pa, and Valparaiso,
Ind. announced dividend of rs
cents, payable September 80 to stock
of record September l6 Dividends
of so cents each we're paid June 30
and March 81.
Briggs & StrattOn.
Briggs & Stratton Corp, makers OF
automobile locks and small portable
gasoline engines, with plants in Mil
waukee, declared quarterly dividend
of $l25 on common stock, payable
September Is to stock Of record Sep
tember 3. In previous quarters divi-
dends Of IS cents were paid.
United Elastic.
United Elastic Corp. makers OF
rubber thread and elastic bands and
webs, with plants in Massachusetts,.
declared quarterly dividend of 20
cents, payable September "a to stock
of record September 3. The company
paid Is cents quarterly previously.
South Porto Rico Sugar.
South Porto Rico Sugar Co. de-
clared an extra dividend of 80 cents
on common stock, and its affiliate,
Russell & Co., declared a dividend of
rs cents, payable to South Porto Rico
Sugar common stockholders, making
q total extra dividend of sl.O5. The
regular dividend of SO cents was de-
clared on South Porto Rico common.
All dividends are payable October /
to stock OF record September IS.
Aero Supply.
Aero Supply Manufacturing Co.,
Inc, makers of screws and other hard
ware principally for airplanes and
automobiles, with main plant at Cory,
Pa, declared a dividend of 1925 on
class "A' stock on account of &C
cumulations, payable October ! tc
stock of record September is. On
July l last the company paid a divi-
dend of rs cents on account of ac-
cumulatlons and the regular quar-
terly dividend of 37l2 cents.
Petroleum Corp.
Petroleum Corp. Of America, an in
vestment and holding company, de-
| clared dividend of so cents, payable
September II to stockholders Of rec
ord September 3. The previous pay
ment was 40 cents on last May 20.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
REPORTS |.
LOWER EARNINGS
July Net Reaches $685..
n2, or $933,258 Under
Same Month Year Auo,
By the Associated Presx.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 2e.-The Penn.
sylVanla Railroad announces net op-
Grating income for July Of se,e37,7l2
from gross revenues Of S39ees o80
The income was = drop of se33,25a
from July, 1886.
Railway operating revenues increas-
ed s2,21s,s55 over the previous month.
Increased costs in maintenance Of vay
and equipment and transportation ex-
penses accounted largely for a s2,627,-
4o5 increase in railway operating ex-
penses.
Baltimore l. Ohio,
The Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad Co.
reported for the seven months ended
July 81 = net. railway operating in
come Of sl5,6s7,29s, compared with
sl4,627, $50 in the same 1886 period.
gain Of sl,06e,41s. Net railway
operating income for July this year
was sl,93343 compared with
s2,513,625 in the same month q year
ago, decrease Of s5SO,187.
Marlin Rockwell Corp.
Marlin Rockwell Corp, makers OF
steel ball bearings with plants at
Plainville, Conn; jamestown, N. Y,
and Chicago for the June quarter
reported net profit Of $37e,9e5, equal
TO $1.l1 common share, against
1887 1854 or SO cents a common share
in the like 1886 quarter.
Revere Copper 4 Brass.
Revere Copper g. Brass, Inc, with
plants in the Feast, Midwest and
South, for the six months ended June
80 reported consolidated net income of
$2,122,838, equal, after preferred and
class "A" dividends, to s2.56 a COM
mon share, against s733,430, or Sl.66,
In the like 1886 period.
Outdoor Advertising.
General Outdoor Advertising Co..
with principal Office at Chicago. for
the June quarter reported profit of
$685. l80 with no mention made of
taxes, against loss of s256 SOS in the
preceding quarter and profit of S35s,30O
in the like 1896 quarter.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
canada Increases
Poultry Shipments
Into u. S. Sharply
By the Associated Press.

o. lIle hsSoSlhIcO IIcSe.
OTTAWA, August 26.-Live poultry
Is moving in large volume from Cam
ada to United States markets, the De-
partment Of Agriculture reported to-
day.
Advancing prices south Of the line,
together with the lower duty now pre-
vailing under the recent trade treaty,
have brought about the movement.
Approximately $4,000 pounds Of
poultry weekly are being shipped
across the border at Windsor and at
Buffalo. For the first time in years
receipts of Canadian poultry are being
listed in the of1cial market report.
Last week heavy fowl were quoted
at Buffalo at % to "a cents per pound,
The duty on live fowl is 4 cents. The
movement across the border consists
chiefly of geese and turkeys, although
some chickens are also going.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
MANY FARMERS FAIL
TO USE POWER LINES
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August &c w.
Kellogg, president Of the Edison Eec-
trio Institute. made public today the
results Of survey on rural electrifi-
cation just completed BY the institute.
showing that 20 per cent Of farm
homes in the United States accessible
to electric power lines have not taken
service.
The survey shows a total of I ,420 ,635
occupied farmsteads within reason
able connecting distance" Of power
company distribution lines.
OF this number. 1.138,335 are using
electric service. 10000 farms having
been connected for electric service
during the first six months Of 1887.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. Ausust 2e R.-Esss,
14.317: hrmer; Mixed colors: Special
packs. 23E7-2aH: standards. 23-23A:
firsts, 21K-2lh. Other mixed prices un-
Butter. 7.o41; frm. Creamery. higher
than extra, 34la-35A: extra (92 score),
34-34M; frsts 1881 scores), 3lN-334 !:
seconds (s4-s7 scores), 2s-30A; central-
''eS Cheese. I70,307: drm and UNCHANGED.
Dressed poultry steady; fresh fowls.
36-42 pounds, 17h-22h: 4s-64 pounds.
2Oh-2bh; eo-6b pounds, 1927. Other
36-42 pounds, 17h-22h; 4e-54 pounds.
2Oh-26h; oO-o6 pounds. 1927. Other
frozen prices unchanged.
Live poultry easy, By express, broilerR
Rocks. 1880; srossos 3o-20. Other sxpgess
DYicoS UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1937-08-26

NEW YORK. August rs (SpeciaD -
For the week ended August 20, Asso-
ciated Gas & Electric system reports
net electric output of 2,649. .607 units
(kilowatt hours. This is an in
crease Of 93 per cent, or 7,920,9l6
units higher than that for the COM
parable week . year ago Gross out
put, including sales to other utilities,
reached a new high Of los ,605,982
units for the week.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
SPEC|ALT|ES LEAD
jDECL|NE ON CURB
General Drop of Fractions
to Three or More Points
Is Recorded.
4y the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 26.-The SELL
ing wave on the Stock Exchange spread
to the curb market today, with spe-
cialties leading a general decline.
Oh point to 8 points or more
were Aluminium Co. Of America, Tech
nicolor, Pepperell, Carrier Corp, Gen.
eral Tire g. Rubber, American Cyana-
mid "B" and Bliss.
In the utility group Electric Bond &
Share, American Gas & Electric, Ar
kansas Gas & Electric and other is
sues were down fractionally. Oil
shares. including Gulf OIL Humble,
Creole and Pantepec were down frac-
tionally to more than a point.
Similar losses were felt in other
issues.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
q. S. TREASURY NOTES,
NEW YORK, August 20 LP-Prices
quoted in dollars and thirty-seconds:
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON. August 26 F.-Trading was
.pn much smaller scale in the stock mar
ket as latest foreign developments tended
to restrict business, and prices closed easy.
Rubber and armament shares were in de-
nand at higher prices while the oil and
securities were weak, and foreign bonds
moved irregularly.
Paris stock prices were generally frm
30 to IS centimes, and Bank Of France
issues moved up 125 francs. Royal Dutch
vas heavy, reacting so francs. while Suez
Canal finished with q net gain Of ITO
Francs.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
LEAD MINE TO REOPEN,

NEW YORK, August 26 LP).-St.
Joseph Lead Co. Is to reopen its mine
Lamotte, oldest lead mine In the
United States, after . five-year shut
down. Although a small producer,
Lamotte is being put into produc-
ton because of the present favorable
price situation.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Huge Gain Seen
lnUse of Copper
By Other Nations
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 26.-Copper
consumption outside the United States
June quarter, against 343 ,62l in the
preceding quarter and 30l ,O05 in the
June, 1886, quarter, the American Bu-
reau Of Metal Statistics reported to-
day.
Lead consumption outside the
United States IN the latest quarter
averaged 1879 short tons, compared
with revised figure of l04,l95 for
the like 1886 quarter, While zinc use
averaged l02476, against the revised
figure of 92,l61.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
LISTING IS APPROVED.

NEW YORK, August Is (P.-Appli-
cation by Allis- Chalmers Manufac-
curing Co. to list $25 1921, 500 of Is
year 1 per cent convertible sinking
Fund debentures and 337,620 addi-
HopAl shares Of common stock with
khs New York Stock Exchange has
he0 approved by the Committee on
Stock List, It was announced.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

PHILADELPHIA, August 90 1P.-Live
Rocks. 1852 Reds 26-3O Spring chick
ems. Plymouth Rocks. fancy, 1929; cross
breds. 1897; Reds, 24-26: Leghorns,
broilers, 24-26; ducks. White Pekin, fancy,
young, 17-1&.
Dressed poultry. fowls. fresh killed in
boxes. 1926; chickens. western, in boxes,
26-2Rh
Butter. top grades, 35h-39M; 90. 34a-
35A; 81, "a; 30. 33h.
xsgA 2,S43 cases; arm; UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Showers to-
night and probably tomorrow morn
ing; rising temperature tomorrow;
gentle variable winds, becoming south
tomorrow.
Maryland-Partly cloudy, probably
showers tonight and tomorrow; rising
temperature tomorrow.
Virgnia-Probably local showers to-
night and tomorrow; rising tempera-
ture in west and north portions to-
morrow.
West Vrginia-Cloudy, probably
showers tonight and tomorrow: rising
temperature tomorrow in east portion
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
very muddy at Harpers Ferry; muddy
at Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
METAL MARKET,

NEW YORK, August 20 tR.-Copper
export. Il .00-l4 10. Tin steady: SPOT and
nearby; 5s,55: future. So 80; Lead steady;
6.35 Zine steady; East o. Louis, apot and
future, 7.20. Ant1mopy. spot unauoted:
iron, aluminium. quicksilver. platinum
Evening star., 1937-08-26

r In bankruptcy or receivership or being
reorganlzed under. the bankruptcy Act. or
securities assumed BY such companies.
are annual disbursements based on tie last
quarterly or semi-annuAl declaration IN
less otherwise noted, special or extra divi.
dends are not included
Also extra or extras. Paid last year,
PAYABLE IN stock. RDeclared or paid %
Tar tht! year, no regular rate. Dash
or declared this year. vW-With VAR
rants. XIV without warrants. war war
rants.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Mined Gold Valuation.

Gold mined in the Transvaal Of
South Africa IA . recent month was
valued ct 334,2e6, 900.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Washington Exchange
~avrc AC-rn ~aur

SALES-AFTER CALL.
Mergenthaler Linotype-l6 at 40X
so at 4OA.
Warrington Railway & Electric pfd.-
10 at ITO.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
MONTREAL SILVER.

lures opened easier, 10 to 25 points lower
September, 4425b: December. 4425b;
March. 44.25b. Bid
Evening star., 1937-08-26
RAILWAY INCOME.

Atins income fbefore nxed charges and
other income Of railroads reporting for
July included:
Evening star., 1937-08-26
INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK August 20 Pf-Neu York
Security Dealers Association:
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Report for Last r. Hours.
Record for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours
lFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
&. Hlshest. II, at am. today: year ago
Lowest, 20, at am. yesterday; year
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 81, on August 90
Lowest, 10, on February 2S.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
1From noon yesterday to noon today)
teroay wv
Lowest, e5 per cent. at noon today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow.
Hleh --------- 104S am. IL 40 a m.
Low ----------- 526 am. 6:19 I'M.
Hlen -------- 11:20 pm.
Low ------------ 5:31 pm. 6:21 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
sun. today - 5:3I 6:49
sun tomorrow - 5:31 SAT
Moon' today ----- 9:12 pm. 1895 m.
Automobile lights must b turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Rrecipitation.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
The Sun and Nc
Monthly precipitation in inches in tn
Capltal (current month to datel:

Automoplle lights must bo turn
one-haH hour after sunset.
PreciDitation
Evening star., 1937-08-26
ASSOCIATED OUTPUT UP.

ALSO extra or extras.
DECLARED or paid so far this yes
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
MERIT SYSTEM
IN D. E. BACKED

Supporting the proposal of Com
missioner Melvin C. HaZen for a
full-fledged civil service system for
District employees. Commissioner
George E. Allen advocated today a
municipal commission fashioned
after the Federal Civil Service
Commission. by which the District
would be protected against politi-
cal pressure in hiring of city en-
ployeS.
Commissioner Hazen has pointed
out that only the Police and Fire
Department and employees of the
school system now are under a
merit system. Hazen declared him
self in favor of giving District resi-
dents preference for jobs in the
local government.
Allen said there was danger to
District residents in the sugges,
ton that the local government be
placed under the Federal Civil
Service Commission and declared:
II favor a civil service COM
mission of our own operating un-
der the Commissioners as an in
dependent agency. It's unfor-
tunate that we now cannot give
more jobs to District residents.
Il believe that all jobs in
the local government should be
given to persons who have lived
in the District at least three
years."
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
TRINITY GIRL 5
HURT INCRASH

Two Trinity College students
who were injured in an automo-
bile accident at the Park Road en-
trance to Rock Creek Park last
night were reported improving TO-
day, while their com panions,
Georgetown University students,
escaped with minor injuries.
One of the girls, Margaret
Bough, 20. of New York, is in Gar
field Hospital, suffering a frac-
tured leg, while the other, Eliza
beth Callahan. %, of New York,
is in Emergency Hospital suffering
possible internal injuries.
The Georgetown students,
James Lee, %, and Noel Ryan. "a,
suffered cuts and bruises and we're
allowed to return to the univer-
sity after hospital treatment.
The car in which the students
we're riding collided with ma
chine driven by Isaiah Brown, col
ored, %, Of the first block Patter-
son st. N. E. He was treated at
Garfield Hospital for bruises and
shock.
Gertrude Small, "a, a visitor
here from Providence, R. l., suf.
fered painful injuries last night
when she was struck by street
car at Eighth Street and Penn
sylvania Avenue Northwest.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
DR.. ISAMINGER
GETS CAPITAL
HEALTH POST

Melvin Price Isaminger, 80, pro
fessor of hygiene at the oregon
State College, Corvallis, Ore, was
appointed by the District Commits
sioners today to be director of pub
lie health education of the District
Health Department at a salary Of
$4,000 a year.
The action was taken on the
recommendation of DR.. George c.
Ruhland, health officer, and came
the day after two of the Commits
sioners-Melvin C. Hazen and
George E. Allen-advocated Civil
Service Commission for the munich
pal government, which would in.
sure filling jobs in the local govern
ment with District residents. The
new appointee will be paid out of
Social Security health program
funds.
ISaminger's duties will entail
planning and directing public pro-
grams; preparing instructions in
hygiene and sanitation; preparing
pamphlets, health lectures, radio
talks, posters, handbillS and ex-
hibtS.
In a pamphlet which Isaminger
forwarded to DR.. Ruhland describ-
ing his qualifications, it was re-
vealed that he holds three degrees,
bachelor of arts in 1925 master of
science, 1925, and doctor of public
health, 1927, from the University
of Michigan. The pamphlet also
stated he held instructor positions
at the University of Michigan and
Oregon State College and posi-
tionS with the health departments
in Duluth, Mimi, and Detroit,
Mich. 1t also stated that he was
in charge of food distribution in
the front line trenches during the
World War.
The pamphlet stated he was a
fellow of the American Public
Health Association and the Ameri-
can Association for the Advance
ment Of Science and past presi-
dent of Delta Chapter, Delta One
cron, National Honorary Health
Society.
Isaminger was hired for a pro-
bationary period of six months.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
ASSAULTS HOLD
COUNTY MAN

ROCKVILLE, Md, March 16.
Indicted yesterday by the Mont
gomery county grand jury on
charges of criminally assaulting
two white women, Rencher Lee
Gill, colored, 80, son of a Washing
ton physician, pleaded not guilty
when arraigned today in Circuit
Court.
Gill asked a jury trial and full
bench of three judges to hear his
case. Conviction on the charge
may carry with it the death
penalty.
The first assault is alleged to
have taken place in Chevy Chase
last November and the second in
Bethesda on March 4, last.
Gill, a window washer who had
been employed in the vicinity, was
arrested last week.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

Miss Geraldine Dillman, 1740
Park Rd. N. W., president Of
zeta Tau Alpha sorority at
George Washington University,
is chairman of the committee
arranging the annual Pan-Hel-
lenic Prom to be held in the
main ballroom of the Willard
Hotel, April 6.
Miss Dillman, a Junior, re-
ceived her early education at her
home town of Pierre, S. D., and
later moved to Washington to
receive her high school diploma
at Central High.
Since her enrolment at G. W.,
she has been named manager of
the coed archery team. Last
year she was named one of the
two prettiest goods on the G..
w campus in the beauty con-
test annually sponsored by the
Cherry Tree yearbook.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
COUNTY NAMES
A.W. HEPBURN
POLICE CHIEF

Sergt. Arthur W. Hepburn, of
Brentwood, Md, was temporarily
appointed to the newly-created post
of superintendent of police of
Prince Georges county under
terms of the new police act passed
by the State legislature and signed
yesterday by Gov. Harry w. Nice.
Seven other members of the force
were continued in office pending
reorganization of the department.
The temporary appointments
we're announced late yesterday by
Joseph H. Blandford, newly
elected chairman of the Board OF
Police commissioners, after the
initial meeting of the board, COM
posed of the five members Of the
board of county commissioners.
Examinations Planned
Under terms of the new act, re-
sulting from alleged corruption in
the county police department, the
appointees will serve at least until
the police commissioners have
framed examinations to be taken
by 10 applicants for positions on
the force. 1t is understood the
present members may be appointed
permanently at the discretion of
the commissioners without exami-
nation. The act designates a force
of II officers, a superintendent
and two desk clerks.
Hepburn succeeds jeremiah j.
Crowley, of Columbia Park, Md.
Crowley, now over 10, has served
as chief of police since June l,
1881. In appointing his successor,
the commissioners thanked Crow
ley for faithfully and consCien-
tiously" fulfilling his duties as
head of the department and stated
that the new and arduous duties
of superintendent of police would
require the services of a younger
and more active man"
Others Reappeinted
other members of the force were
reappointed as follows: Sergt.
Ralph Brown, Policemen William
Gray, Edward D. Merson, Arnold
Naylor, Elon C. Turner, Jack Dent
and oscar Beall, and Desk Clerk
Melvin Kent.
The measure was passed as a
result of agitation for a more eff
cient police department, after
seven members of the force,
charged with acting in collusion
with bondsmen in traffic violation
cases, were indicted by a grand
jury for conspiring to obstruct JUS
tice.
The officers, with two justices
of the peace, will be tried at the
next session of the Circuit Court
in Upper Marlboro.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
Six Cats Seeking
NeU Homes as
OWner Moves

Ali six members of a feline
family need homes today. They
are being given away because their
owner is moving.
The mother cat is a beautiful
1-year.old maltese, dubbed Mrs.
Murphy" There are five little
"Murphy's' about 10 weeks old.
Two of the kittens are white and
gray, and three are tigers. They
are all house trained and healthy.
Anyone who would like to adopt
one of these pets may notify Mrs.
Josephine Mullett, lilo M st.
N. w.