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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-19
Former Catcher Dies

NEW YORK, July 10 G.N.S).
Fred L. Jacklitch, former catcher
with the Philadelphia and Brook
Ign baseball clubs of the National
League, was dead here today at
the age of 81. He also played
with Montreal and the Baltimore
FederalS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-19
Fugitive Is Cornered In 1885 Bank HoIdup

INDIANAPOLIS, July 10 1N.SJ &.
Raymond Driscoll, Al, was held
here today on Federal charges of
bank robbery in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. Seized at the home
of his brother in Gary, Ind, the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-19

fugitive made no attempt to resist
the police and Federal agents who
had surrounded the house.
Driscoll, whose police record
dates back to 1917, was said TO
have held up banks in Blairstown.
N. j., and Milford, Pa, in 1885.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-19
REARMED BRITAIN HOLDS
FATE OF DEM0CRACIES

Fooaoing is the last of series of IL articles By II.
R. Knickerbocker noted foreign correspondent of Inter-
national Ne,Us Service) -
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100 Die in China Blast
TOKYO, July 10 G.N.SO.-Re-
ports from Shanghai today stated
10 workmen and 40 soldiers were
killed and more than 300 were in
jured when a Chinese factory at
Kiangpei blew up.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08

listed no puede desconocer
que 81 la election de la Consti-
tuyente requiere serenidad e
unprecedented, es diffcil ase :
gurar una y otra cuando ell 60
bierno esta comprometido en-
una acci6n de tendencias doc
trinarias, en- pugna con respe-
tables ndcleos de opinion ma
cional." Reconozco, por mi par
tie, que efectivamente las con-
sideraciones que listed hace ell
su carta merecen ser atendi-
das. v en- tai virtud me COM
plazco en- manifestarle que no
deseo ser obstaculo para que
la unprecedented a que listed
Sc refiere sea 10 que presida la
justa electoral que de orfgen
irrecnsahle q Ia Convention
La gaceta., 1937-09-08
DEPORTES
HARRY BALSAMO VENClO
A BOBBY TURNER

New York, sep. 8.-Sostuvle.
ron anoche una pelea a diez a
saltos, Harry Balsamo, ell re.
tranquero del ferrocarril urba.
no de esta ciudad, y Ell irlandes
Bobby Turner de Farmont, es.
tado de West Virginia.
Balsamo alcanz6 una facil viz
toria sobre Ell irlandes, derri-
bandolo a la Iona en- los asaltos
primero, quinto Y octave. Tur'
ner resisti6 hasta ell final por'
que Balsamo, ansioso de poner'
10 a dormir, bati6 ell aire cor
excesiva frecuencia no llegandc
a realizar su proposito.
Pesaba ell vencedor 1852 libras
y ell vencido 1874. Eddie AL
eek, de New York, peso ligero
puso a dormir a Enrico Golden
de Puerto Rico, en- ell tercer asa
to del semifinal.
Jimmy Mcneil, de New York
superb a Frank Barnwell. de
Savannah, estado de Georgia.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08

Constituyente. Estimo, tam.
bien, que la persona que pre-.
,sida la election debe ser aeep-
table v debe dar garantias a
todos los elementos que aspi-
ran Q integrar dicha conven-
ci6n. Reconozco ~igualmente
que la election de la Constitu-
yente necesita un ambiente a.
decuado y una preparation de
la opinion p1blica suficiSnte, a
fin de que todos los ciudada-
nos Sc sfentan sstimulados pa
ra concurrir al aeto tnascen-
dental de plasmar la nueva or
ganizaci6n constitutional del
pals, Y de que hayan penetra-
do suficientemente en- la con
ciencia de los ciudadanos los
ideales de Ia Revolution per-
La gaceta., 1937-09-08

que luchamos y que Cuba ne
costa consolidar para alcan :
gar su perfecta caracteriza-
ci6n de naci6n soberana....
(F) r. Grau."
He reproducido estas cartas
en- sus ~parrafos medulares, pa
ra que ell leetor pueda apre-
ciar la vision retardataria que
de los problemas actuales de
Cuba tiene Ell coronel Mendie-
ia, v la debilidad que, como
revolucionario, ca~racteriza a
.Grau San Martin. Mientras
Mendieta pedia claramente la
cesaci6n de la REVOLUTION pa
"a regresar ell pals a los meto-
dos de la politica personalista.
Grau San Martin defendia los
principles dc Ia Revolution
La gaceta., 1937-09-08
NUEVO DIRECTOR
DE TOMMY FAIR

New York, Sept. Sci direc
tor del campe6n ingles Tommy
Farr, Ted Broadribb, entreg6
aver la direction de su gladia-
dor a Babe Culnan, de Newark.
Bajo ell contrato firmadc
Brioadribb recibira ell 25 por
ciento de las ganancias de Farr
Y de este dinero dara a Culnan
ell so por ciento.
BESIDE hace meses Farr y 81
director venian en- desacuerdo y
Ell arreglo hecho soluciona el
programa. En- Ell campamentc
de Long Branch cast no Sc ma :
blaban.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08
CHOCOLATE A
BAKER EN- DIEZ ASALTDS

lei cubano Kid Chocolate hi
dorado de su ejecutoria come
gladiator una mancha que so
bre ella habia arrojaddA Owl
i Phil Baker, de Norwalk, estadt
de Connecticut.
Hace algunos meses Baker
venci6 a Chocolate, por puntos
Y desde entonces Ell Abano an
saba tomar la revancha.
En- la Habana fueron enfren.
tados los dos, Ell pasados domin.
go, v ell negrito lie venci6 POI
puntos, dand0 a su rival mas de
libraSb de ventaja.
La pelea Sc prepare con mo
two del cuarto aniversario de
Ia revolution" del coronel B2-
tista, conocida como ell golpe de-
A de s%eptiembre. Dirigi6 la "con
certaci6n" del cartel ell conan.
dante Jaime Marine, ayudante
de Batista y presidente de la CO
mis6n de boxe0.
Ratista asisti6 a la pelea Che.
colate gan6 todos los rounds.
Ell americana trat6 de arrinco.
mario en- mas de una OCCASION, pc
70 ell negrito saba apartarse a
tempo,
En- Ell semifinal Kid Bradad,
I'm cubano del peso welter, puso
a dormir a Paris Apiece, dc
Providence, R. l., con una terri
BILE izquerda a la mandfbula y
una derecha por Ell cuerpo.
Edante Chapman superb a Tt
! NY Cell, de New York. Chapman
ell cbubano, hiri6 a su contraric
en- Ell ojo izquierdo, en- ell prime.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08
'La Habana, enero s de

'La Habana, enero 5 de
1934.-Linea, entire /. Y H.
Vedado.-Senor coronel Car
los Mendieta.-Senor coronel
Y amigo: He recibido v leido
con toda la atenci6n que listed
me merece, SUI carta de fecha
de aver, en- la que trata de la
resolution de iniciar ell perio-
do electoral preparatorio de la
Convention Constituyente y
hace con ese motive diversas
considerations de. caracter
politico y patri6tico. Quiero re
|ferirme especialmete al para
TO de su carta que dice: "No
vacilo yo por mi parte en- ex-
hortar a listed, como jefe del
gobierno provisional, q dar los
pasos que Ia opinion reclama.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08

con una timidez inexplicable.
cuando que las grandes conmo
clones sociales, las grandes re-
novaciones, no Sc ejecutan con
~sonrlsas, sino con acci6n viva
y radical.
Mendieta exigia, a nombre
de la patria, a Grau San Mar
TIN su renuncia como jefe del
goolerno revolucionario, ba-
sandose en- que la Asamblea
Constituyente no gozarfa de s.
bertad para expedir una Cons
tltrclon aprobada de antemano
esn la Embajada de los Estados
unldos. Esta es la verdad. En-
Ia carta de Mendieta asoma !,
pretenslon del imperialism.
conforme en- suprimir Ia En
menda Plat . cambio de cls,,s,,
~ ~
La gaceta., 1937-09-08
Strickland venci6 a Moran en-

Strickland venci6 a Moran en-
la ciudad fe allende el puente de
G1y hespues convino en- la
revancha &c manana. Nuchos
de los expertes que vlcron en-
acci6n al i6ven de San Peters
burg opinan que lie pertehecen
las mayoBes probabilidades de
victoria.
Moran cree 10 ~contrario y a
noche decia: Tengo la certeza
de que me "desquitare" de la
derrota.
Strickland Sc entrena en- Ell tie
reno de la Legion Americana,
en- la vecina poblaci6n, y 10 d.
rige Pedro Leto.
Red Sumner, de Belmont
Heights, sera ell contrario de
Steve Twigle, de Milwaukee.
Frank Quintero, ell hermano
de Manuel, Sc batira con john
ny Nader.
Belarmino Martinez, de Tam
pa, ell artista del nocsut, Sc ba-
.tira con Jimmy Ragsdale, de
B~rooksville.
Ell popular gladiator de Bar
tow, Jerry Rocha, tendra de ad
versario a George Shirbly, de
Tarpon Springs.
En- las otras peleas del pro-
grama aparecen Robert Diaz
contra Gordon Monroe; Sylvan
Kirk contra Nelson Frette, Pc :
ter Celaya contra Kid Pancho,
Red Roberts contra Norman
Ramussen, y Charles Napoli con
ira Red Bambolier.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08
ia OCCASION TODD 10 contrario que
Ell patricia Mendieta.

ia OCCASION TODD 10 contrario que
ell patricia Mendieta.
Els indiscutible decfa
Hornedo-que Grau San Mar
tin tiene con el a la mayoria
del pueblo. Mi peri6dico apo
ysra a Mendieta unos cuatro o
einco meses, porque rasado e.
Sc tempo Sc desacreditara ell
coronel.
Y Zaydfn, expres6:
81, ESQ es cleric, pero no
Sc puede publican. Los revolu-
cionarios han conmovido la
conciencia popular.
Testigos: Reyes Spfndola y
20.
Ahora, la respuesta de Grau
San Martin a Carlos Mendie-
Nv 49,
La gaceta., 1937-09-08
r LA GECErE

70, Y en- el olo derecho en- el Guar
to.
La deficiente mentalidad de
Camera, segdA inferimos, lie lie
v6 a meterse en- camisa de once
horas.
I'm frances lie trajo a N. York
Las cuerdas Sc enredaron Y en-
traron otros en- ell negocio.
AL principle, dijo Camera en-
Italia. me buAeaban Qeleas IA
Giles, de individuos pferArados
para "tirarse." q
Luego, llegaron dos "hrsesos
duros" y las cantidades mayo :
Yes.
Resultado final: ell gigantic
solvi6 al circo Y Sc CANA modes
tamente la vida.
Fue eampe6n y no supo apro-
vechar las ganancias.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08
NOTICIAS DE BASEBALL
LIGA .NtACIONAL


Lee domino a los Cardenales
rebajando a dos Y medic desa :
fios la ventaSa de los Gigantes
sobre los Cubs. La derrota lie to-
CO al pitcher Blake. Phil Cava-
rretta Sc distingui6 en- Ell alta
que, pegando tres hits en- cUatro
veces al bate. Padgett, de los
Cardenales, bate6 un cuadran :
gular Y dos hits. Hack y Galan
descargaron oportunos batazos.
San Luis sc, IN, Be; Chicago
SC, 11h, 0e.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08
La Gaceta Folletin No. Sd
ENRIQUE LUMEN
LA REVOLUTION
GUIANA

sidia Grau San Martin. Ell CO.
ronel Mendieta no debe hablar
a nombre de un pueblo que no
lie respalda, porque no puede
consentir en- la substantial de la
fansa politica traditional.
Alfredo Hornedo y Ramon
Zaydfn, propietario y director
general, respectivamente, del
peri6dico 'fEl Pals" Y politicos
de alta significaci6n, enemigos
de la REVOLUTION Y partidarios
Mendieta, cOnfesaban en- cier
La gaceta., 1937-09-08

Camera tenia media docena
de directories y cada vez que ga
naba una bolsa los "tigres" sc
arrojaban sobre ella.
Primo tenia un director fran
ces, uno irlandes, uno america
no y no sabsmos cuantos italia
nos.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08
CON LOS GUANTEs

Mr.. Farr tiene otro director.
Ell ingles agreg6 a un america
no Y juntos trataran de hacer
ell million.
Suponemos que Mr.. Farr no
caera en- los errores en- que hui
biera de caer eel pobre diablo"
Primo Camera.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08
MORAN CREE QUE VENGA-
RIA LA DERROTA EN- LA
PELEA DE
CON

En- ell programa de manana
por la noche, en- Benjamin Field
Clint Moran, de la Universidad
de Tampa, peleara por segun-
da vez con Big Bill Strickland,
de st. Petersburg.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08

cadenita CON
s llaves So ha perdido en- la ca
lie 10 entire ga y So. Informen
80O1 Gale Ybor. Telef. Y 1901.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08

LECCIONES de guitarra Ha-
waiiana, dadas con Ell mejor me-
TODD que existe. Resultados in
mediatos. Conservatorio de MD
sica Honolulu, habitaci6n 220,
Arcade de Cass Y Florida. Te-
lefone M 6797.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08

Mas tarde Sc enfad6 Farr de
nuevo cuando su manager
dijo por la Radio: LUIS gan6 ella
ra y l~impiamente.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08

Jose Luis tiene va repleta la
bolsa, aunque aparece rodeado
por I'm cuerpo de directories.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08

FL MIRO CANA Ell dinero y Ii
guarddY Julian Black, Black
burn y Mike jacobs son sus
"protectores."
Habra dnero para todos, por
que Ell negro tiene ante ST varios
amos de combates y IGNORES de
portivos."
a. Sarron venci6 a Freddie Mil
Ter. Ell campe6n venci6 al ex :
c&mpe6n.
STendra SUI "debacle' L4ente
a los punos del negro Henry
Armstrong, de California?
Todos los expertos opinan
que en- la categoria de las 1875 Ii
bras ell negro es invencible.
La gaceta., 1937-09-08

Gan6 Sos
en- los Estados cmaos pero a
la bora del reparto cuando ne lie
quedaban deudas lie ponian plei-
tos en- I~nglaterra, ETC., etc.
Ahora trabaja en- unScirE y
tiene la bolsa vacfa.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, July 81 lP, Omitted States
Department of Agriculture) HOGS, 9. 600
including $500 direct; generally 1O-l5
higher than Tuesdays average: spots late
1920 higher; top. 12.s5; not much above
1915: bulk good and choice. 1SO-250
pounds. l2.5Oa75: 15O-l7O pounds 1915
ats; most good packing sows, 29O-5o0
pounds, 1o.25a1 90: lightweights to lilo
and better.
Cattle. 5000: calves. 1.5oo: strictly
higher: others 25 up: trade active at
advance: killers starved out by small run
buying shipping kinds actively and medium
to good grades for numbers on local &C.
count: top. 1885. new high for year:
next highest prices. 1875: best yearlings
1900 mixed yearlings., 1900; heifer
yearlings. Ia SO in load lots; short load
1925. grass heifers and grass cows mostly
25 higher. some ,heifers, up so; stockers
and feeders firm but dull thin natives at
s.25,. down. well-bred Texas calves and
yearlings. S.5Oa950: bulls steady to IS
lower: practical top sausage bulls, 675;
frm market on vealers at 95Oa1O 90: fed
cattle almost back to recent high time
Sheep. 5000. including / 900 direct,
active, Spring lambs unevenly 15-4O
higher: natives to packers and small
killers. 10:25a5O mostly: top. 1865 paid
for three doubles choice around 90 pounds:
Idaho Sprinsers: sheep steady. scattered
ewes 3.00a4.50.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
0WENS-ILLINOIS
VOLUME CLIMBS
Dividend Increased to Dollar a
Share-Directors Approve Con-
tinued Expansion.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOLEDO, Ohio, July 2l-Showing
almost so per cent gain in business
volume for the year ended June 80 as
compared to the previous IL months,
Owens Illinois Glass Co. directors
yesterday approved plans for the con-
tinuation of the program of expan-
sion.
Directors declared a dividend of a
dollar share payable August Is to
holders Of record July 30, distribu-
ton of s2,661,204 The previous
quarterly payment was Is cents a
share.
Net earnings of the company and
its subsidiaries for the 12-month
period ended June 80 were $780,
1873, as contrasted with s8,776,340 for
the previous 12-month period, it was
announced by William E. Lewis, presi-
dent
To finance the plant development
program now under way, directors to-
day approved the issuance of $l5,-
100000 of 3l2 per cent sinking fund
debentures dated August l, 1887, and
maturing August l, 1852, and to be
privately placed. They are required
to be redeemed at rate of 81 ,00O.000
a year from 1889 to 1851 or earlier.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
MACY & co. PLANS
ADDITIONAL STOCK
Common to Be Offered Holders in
Ratio of One for Each Ten
Already Owned.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 21.-R. H Macv
q Co announced today it would offer
10 stockholders additional common
stock IN the ratio of l new share for
each 10 held The price of the offer
ing will be specified later.
Directors stated the filing of
registration statement with the &c
Tor the additional common shares had
been authorized. They explained that
1t Is prudent to raise additional capital
at this time to provide against con-
tingencies calling for greater working
capital and to provide against re-
auctions of its cash funds. which,
assuming reasonable dividend policy,
would otherwise take place over the
next year, due to increased working
capital requirements resulting from
a general expansion in the company's
volume of business"
Unsubscribed shares OF the offering
would be purchased by an underwrit-
ing group which it is understood would
be headed by Lehman Bros.
r. H. Macys principal department
store Is in New York City. It con-
trolls stores in Newark, N. j.; Toledo
and Atlanta.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
CHICAGO PRODUCE,

CHICAGO, July p, LPl.-Butter. s.s15:
tlrm; prices unchanged. EGGS, 1874; firm;
prices unchanged
Poultry, live. 3s trucks. steady to firm:
mems, 4la pounds UP, 49, less IA pounds,
l7i2: Leghorn hens, 13la Fryers. colored,
~: plymouth Rock, y; White Rock. Il "a;
out and White Rock. 21; barebacks, II:
Leghorn., 11l2; Springs. colored, 30: Plym-
outh and White Rock. 221a; barebacks lS;
roosters, IA: Leghorn roosters, 10. Tur-
KEYS. hens 8; toms. IA No. 2 turkeys, 13
Ducks, white and colored. 4l2 pound up,
l2: small, II: geese. 10
Potatoes 81; on track. 244: total United
States shipments, 316; slightly stronger
supplies moderate. demand fair. Sacked
per hundredweieht: California, White Rose
U. 8. No. L. 2.30a35. mostly 2.35, U. s.
No. 2. car. LOO; Russet Burbanks. U. s.
No. L, car. 240; Idaho Bliss -Triumphs.
U. S. No. l, 175a9O: U. S. No .. car
1.30; Cobblers, Missouri. U. S. No. ? and
partly graded; ,4oa45; U. S. No. 2. car.
80: Kansas, U. S. No, / and partly graded
la.-inch minimum. 1.35a40: showing
heated. 20, Virginia. U. S. No. l. car.
showing heated decay. rs: Maryland,
U. S. No. l. few sales. 1.5O.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
VIRGINIA COMMISSION
CLOSES BLOXOM BANK

By the AssoCiatec Press.
RICHMOND, Va. July 21.-The
first failure of State bank in Vir-
ginia since 1888 occurred yesterday
when the State Corporation Commits
sion entered an order directing that
the Peoples Bank of Bloxom, Inc, in
Accomac County, be placed in re-
ceivership.
The commission acted on the rec
ommendation of M. E. Bristow, COM
missioner of insurance and banking.
who said no one except the stockhold-
ers would lose anything, as "it is an
insured bank, with no deposits of as
much as $4,000 in the name of any
depositor."
1t is believed to be 100 per cent in
sured by the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corp.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
GENERAL ELECTRIC
EARNINGS MOUNT
Total Left for Dividends
Jumps So Per Cent Above Z
Year Ago.
By the Associated Press.


SCHENECTADY, N. Y, July al
The General Electric Co. announced
last night that profits available for
dividends during the first six months
of 1887 exceeded by So per cent the
hgures for the corresponding period
last year.
The announcement, issued by Presi-
dent Gerard SWope, also said that sales
billed for the first half of the year ex-
ceeded sales during the first six months
of 1886 by 43 per cent +.
Swope listed profits available for
dividends during the last six months
at s26,293,604, as compared with s16,-
592 ,324 for the first half OF 1896.
These profits, he said, were equiva-
lent to dividend of 81 cents share
on common stock, against So cents,
last year.
Sales billed for the first six months
OF 1887 we're listed at s17l l,076.645, as.
compared with s119.273,38s for the
corresponding period in 1886. .
SWope said that dividend Of 20
cents share was paid for the first
quarter of 1887, and that an additional
dividend Of 40 cents will be paid July,
rs for the second quarter Dividends
paid for the first half of 1886 amount
ed to so cents share he recalled.
Semi-annual payments under the
general profit-sharing plan will be
made about August 2, Swope said, add
Ing that the amount of profits avail
able for this purpose is S2,253,730.
The number of employees eligible to
participate in the profit sharing is
larger than at the end of the first Sin
months of 1896, due largely to modi-
flcatlon of the plan in response to
workers requests, he said -
Ellgibles now include all having ons
year or more of continuous employ.
ment. Previously only those employed
continuously for five years or mors
were eligible.
SWope listed the number of stock
holders as Of June 25 as 1e5,O48, az
against 1882 in June, 1936-an in.
crease of 38 per cent.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
REMINGTON NETS
$1,470,168 PROFIT
June Quarters Total Hits
AN.Time High for That
Period.
By the Associated Press

oy VIC hooOCldJcu FIeSS
NEW YORK. July 2l-Remington-
Rand Co., makers OF office equipment,
reported today for the quarter ended
June 80 the largest net income for
that period in its history.
Net profit was s1,47o,168, or 81 cents
a common share. The previous rec
ord was s1,417047, or II cents a
share, in the June quarter of 1929
For the three months ended June
80, 1895, net income was s443,s6O.
General Time.
General Time Instruments Corp
clock makers, with plants in Illinois.
Connecticut and Ontario, for the June
quarter reported net income of $3.50. .582
after charges, but before undistributed
pronts surtax, equal to 83 cents a COM
mon share, against s329744, or 10
cents, in the like 1895 quarter.
Public Service of New Jersey.
Public Service Corp, of New JERSEY
reported net income for the IL months
ended June 80 of s25, BIT 500 after de-
probation, taxes, etc. equal after al
IoWance for preferred dividends to
s282 a common share. This compares
with s23,020,ll5, or s2.39 a common
share, in the same period last year
June net income was 81 1,s2S,2s6 against
sl,666,6l8 in June, 1896.
City Ice g. Fuel.
City Ice & Fuel Co., operating in
70 States and in Canada, reported net
profit for the six months ended June
80 of s8a7,629 after all charges. equal
to % cents common share after
preferred dividends. This compared
with s796,945, or 13 cents a share, in
the same period last year.
Campbell, Wyant.
Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foun-
dry Co., Muskegon Heights, Mich,
maker Of parts for the automotive
industry, reported net profit for the
six months ended June 80 of s66s 662
after depreciation, Federal income
taxes, etc, equal to s194 a share on
344,l75 shares Of capital stock. This
compared with s534,914, or sl55 a
snare, in the like 1886 period.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
CHICAGO GRAIN
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 21.-Highest prices
today in wheat. up 1l2 cents, were
scored in late dealings, with attention
largely focused on bullish domestic
Spring crop estimates.
Current unofficial forecasts were for
only l00,000,000 bushels to 1875. .OOO,-
600 bushels total yield of 1887 Spring
wheat in the United States. The Gov
ernment July l prediction was l5O,-
100000 bushels for the four leading
Spring wheat States, and 2ls,OOO,OoO
for the country as a whole.
At the close wheat was ss-11a above
yesterdays finish, September, 1924
s; December, 124B-A. Corn vary
ing from 61a cents down to y cent
up, September 1o55s-l oe; December,
767s-77, and oats at "a decline to !.
advance.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
MANUFACTURERS TRUST
Is AlLEGHANY AGENT

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 21.-Manufac-
turers Trust Co. reported that it i.
agent and depository under the con-
solldation plan of Allegheny and
Chesapeake corporations covering AL.
leghany Corp. 20-year collateral trust
convertible per cent bonds, series
OF 1880, due April /. 1880 and ex-
changeable on the basis of 5000 in
cash and $500 par value of per cent,
cumulative convertible prior preferred
Of the consolidated company for each
$1,000 principal amount of such bonds,
Evening star., 1937-07-21
FIDELITY FUND SHOWS
LOWER ASSET VALUE
Srecial Dispatch to The Star.

Srecial Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. July 21.-Fidelity
Fund, Inc, had a net asset value of
S26.l8 per share for the 10000 shares
outstanding at June 30 1887. As of
June 30, 1886, net asset value was
s26.97 on the l3l .O24 shares then out
standing, before the special dividend
OF $3.50 per share paid on December
10. 1886.
AS of June 80 1887. securities with
a market value of s4,18S.988 had a
oook value OF s3,725, ,007, showing un-
realized appreciation of s463,98l.
At the end of the half year undis-
trlbuted net gain from sale of securi-
ties was s75,91e10 and undistributed
income was 26,39728.
Evening star., 1937-07-21
10 LOW-Yield Bond,
By the Associatec Press.

NEW YORK, July 21.-Government
obligations stiffened in quiet bono
trading today. Domestic corporate is
sues showed an uneven front with
swings both way held to fractions to
q point. Foreign dollar loans we're in
mild demand and gains we're The rule.
Industrial liens came out in front
with international paper SIS up alouua
Il and Goodyear SIS improved minor
traction. Armour SIS made a little
headWay Utilities showed sagging
tendencies. Columbia Gas IS and
Utilities Power e. Light IS we're lower.
Rails pointed down in most cases,
although there were exceptions Santa
Fe As slid down a minor fraction and
B. & O. 4l2s, Erie, SIS, Great Northern
4l2s and As and Southern Pacific AIS
lost ground. Missouri Pacific SIS and
Northern Pacific As improved fractions.