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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-28
Business
BdronneterS

New guns appeared on the eco
nomic battle front last night in
the New Deals drive to stem credit
expansion and level off Old DOGGY
the business cycle. Joining the
transforming tour launched by
Commerce Departments Roper
and company, Chester C. Davis,
member Of the Federal Reserve
Systems board Of governors, is
taking up the cudgel for credit
control by organized planning
among banks.
Whereas "Ropermen" are stick.
ing pretty close to cautioning
against too great advances in re-
tail credit, especially in install
ment selling, Davis, in his speech
before the Montana Bankers Asso-
citation, attacked the "lack Of unity
or a thread Of common policy" in
the banking system. Insisting
laissez faire may have had its vir-
tues in a new nation with UNI
explored frontiers, Davis con-
cluded: Government will play an
increasingly important role in ad.
justing money and credit as well
as other economic and social
factors.
New Market for Food
Effect Of increased wages on
food sales is indicated by analyses
Of q recent study by the Depart
ment of Agriculture which depicts
buying habits among typical fami-
lies in New York State, Pennsyl-
vania, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire. Chief items likely to
be affected are shown by the fact
that families spending 81 a week
per capita for food bought five
times at much citrus fruit, between
two and three times more butter
eggs, meat and poultry, and three
times more vegetables than fami-
lies averaging SLIGO week.
However, the survey shows that
the more-affluent group bought
only slightly more bread, flour,
cereals, and fats other than butter.
United States Position
The reduction in purchasing
power occasioned by price rises
which are outstretching wage
gains gives increasing concern in
many foreign capitals, according
to "a review Of world-economic con.
ditions by the National Industrial
Conference Board. The situation
is most serious in Japan where
rising costs are accompanied by
political uncertainty, high-money
rates and an extremely unfavor-
able trade balance.
Retail Operating Costs
Spectacular drop in percentage
Of retail operating expenses to
sales is revealed in Department of
Commerce studies just published.
AS earl vas 1885 operating costs
which stood at 22.9 per cent of
sales volume were within / per
cent Of the 1929 low and more than
3 per cent under 1888 levels.
Further index to lowered costs
is the Departments report that
retail stores occupying leased
premises in 1885 paid SO per cent
Of sales volume in rent compared
with "A per cent for 1929.
Auto Financing
Although the trend Of new-car
sales has been upward, dollar vol
ume Of retail financing on new
passenger cars in May fell 8.6 per
cent below the same month last
year, according to latest Depart
ment of Commerce figures. Trans
actions remained A. per cent over
April, however.
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Cleveland Livestock

CLEVELAND. June % U.N.s).-Hogs
Receipts 500; market mostly 1oc
higher; top, $12.25.
Cattie-Receipts 100: dry fed cattle
SOC higher: good grass cattle steady;
common grades lower.
,Calves-Receipts 800; market steady
with fair action.
sheep-Receipts 1900: quality mostly
poor; prices steady.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-28
Food Supplies W.ane
In ST. Paul Strike

ST. PAUL, MINI, June %
I.N.S0.-Food supplies at retail
stores neared exhaustion today as
the strike Of 300 truck drivers en-.
tered its fifth day with no ap'
parent settlement in sight. No dis.
orders were reported, although the
tieup was being made effective by
picketinp
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-28
New York Produce

NEW YORK. June % G.N.s.l-wheat:
Active and steady; Dec. 117% @11sI;
July 114% @l15N; Sept. l15S 9l1dS ;
No. Red Winter, 14l. c. l. f.. New York
14s, (. o. b. Corn. firm; No. yellow,
14Oh, c. i. +. New York dom; No. 8 vel
low, 1894, C. i. f. New York dom. Oats,
quiet; No. 2, 5sA; No. 5, 5sA: No. I,
57A. Rye, firm; No. . western, 11Ox,
c. !. f. New York dom: No. 2 IN bonn.
1874, +. o. b. New York. Barley, dull;
No. 2, 9Oh, c. !. I. New York dom. Hay,
quiet; No. !, lis; No. 8, sO@s5; clover,
mixed, 130@135. Straw. quiet; oat and
wheat, 7O@so.
Hops-Firm; Pacific Coast prime to
choice, 1693S. Flour-Prices at the
mills-easy; spr. pat, L56@7.sO: clover
6.35@6.65; soft winter straights, sos q
$50; hard winter straights. s:4O@6.s0;
pat. 6.65@6.s5; clover. 6.16@S.35. Beef,
steady; fam, 2S.Oo@24.oo. Pork, quiet;
mess. Bias: fam. 32.25. Lard. firm
city intierces, -; firm; Middle West
12.35@12.45. Tallow, steady; ex., SH
special loose, sh. Cottonseed oil, steady
crude (Southeast). 500. Futures Jan.
9.15; Feb. 9.15 nom March. April, MAY
and June blank: July. $40; Aug, s.1I
nom.; Sept, 9.15@9.17: Oct, 9.17@9.19
Nov, 20 nom.; Dec 9.l3,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-28
Washington Stocks

SALES
Washington Railway and Elec-
trio preferred 10@111, 10@111,
10@111.
AFTER CALL
Capital Traction IS $1,000@5a,
500@88, 1,000@88.
Mergenthaler Linotype 10@43.
Capital Transit Company, TO
, 101s.
Riggs Bank Company, 2@322.
Lanston Monotype, 1000, 1920.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-28
Treasury Condition
ernational News Service

International News Service
Treasury balance as Of June Is,
$3.50, 1886, 992.84; internal revenue,
$7,638,553.05: customs receipts,
S35,634,708.59.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-28
RENTAL HUNTING
With Barbara Holmes

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Naval Stores

NEW YORK. June 20 s.)-Tur-
pentine. Savannah. SAC; New York, 39c.
Rosin. Savannah. so2h: New York, s27A.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

started to fall, the orphanage sis
tiers herded their charges into dug
outs or the mission grounds. One
bomb, however, scored a direct hit
on a dugout, killing 26 girls be-
tween the ages Of 9 and Is.
Another direct hit on the orphan
age creche killed so babies.
HEADQUARTERS BOMBED
When this happened, said the
priests, the sisters took the re-
naming $50 orphans and refugees
aboard junk and fled UP the
Yangtze River into the interior.
They have not been heard from
since.
This story Of bleak horror and
the aftermath of the incidents
involving seizure Of the American
and Italian tugboats completely
overshadowed the progress of the
japanese armies in the battle
fields to the west in general in
terest here.
Nevertheless, japanese COM
manders in Shanghai announced
that Japanese planes, ranging far
inland, had bombed and destroyed
a Chinese military headquarters
near Hangchow, the interior city
where part Of the Chinese govern
ment fled after abandoning Nank-
ing.
At the same time, japanese sail
ors here set fire to a line of junks
which had formed a protecting
boom in the Whangpoo river.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
JAPAN IN MOVE
TO SEIZE india,
BRITAIN Warned
InaCtion Holly Assaulted
By Gen. Hamilton

LONDON, Dec. 1 G.N.S0,
Japan is on the march toward
Singapore and India, vital units
of the British Empire, and prob.
ably will not be halted until she
reaches Europe.
This was the warning laid be.
fore Britain today by General Sir
Ian Hamilton, veteran British CO.
lonial campaigner and World War
officer, in a speech delivered in
London.
ASSAnS INACTION
In an imprisoned address, Sir
Ian declared:
The Emperor Is marching
from the Island Of the Ris-
ing Sun. His road is clearly
marked - Hongkong Singapore
and India. Nothing less than
Europe can definitely hold up
that army.
"How monstrous it will seem
to poSterity that throughout 1887
European nations quarrelled
like dogs over Spain when they
ought to be have been having
conversations among military
Staffs all over Europe.
UNITY DEMANDED
This is not wild talk. Hap
penings in the Far East demand
that all Europe stand together"
Sir Ian asserted that Britain's
famous base at Singapore is vul-
nerable and could easily be CAP
tllred.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
IVA Called Threat
To Power Business

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Dec. 1
d.N.S0-The proximity of the
Twas Norris Dam to Knoxville,
Tenn, threatens 80 per cent of the
utility bushes Of that city, r. W.
Lamar, general manager of the
Tennessee Public Service Com
pany, maintained today.
Taking the stand before a three
Judge Federal court, Lamar said
the lure Of cheap Government
power was threatening his con-
Germs business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
Safety Zone
In NUnkinq
Rejected

LONDON, Dec. 1 Q.N.S0.-Japa-
neSe authorities are understood to
have decided to reject proposals
for establishment Of a safety zone
in Marking, Chinese capital threat
ened by advancing Japanese
troops, a Reuter- dispatch from
Shanghai said today.
United States Ambassador Nelson
T. johnson, German authorities
and other foreign diplomats IN
China were reported attempting to
persuade japanese authorities to
agree to establishment Of such
safety zone for protection of for
eigners in Marking when the city
it attacked.
Last reports from Tokyo said Of
ficials there, as well as Nipponese
authorities in Shanghai,
had the proposal under advise
ment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
DUCE ADVISES
CHINA TO QUIT

MILAN, Italy, De-. / UN.S).
In an unsigned article, believed
to have been written by Premier
MusSolini, the newspaper Popolo
d1talia today limited broadly that
China would do well to ask Japan
for peace terms.
The article stated collective &C
ton to halt the Sino-Japanese con-
fl1ct had failed and added that
Japan, perhaps, might offer less
rigorous terms than China antici-
pates.
Predicting a Japanese victory in
China II the war continues, the
article ridiculed the recent Brus-
sells nine-power treaty conference
which attempted without result to
end the Far Eastern war.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
Simon Denies Debt MOUe

LONDON, Dec. QN.S0.-A
denial that any new negotiations
have been started with the United
States for a debt settlement was
voiced in the house Of commons
by Home Secretary Sir John
Simon.
Simon also said no new settle
ment was likely to form part Of,
or coincide with, the projected
Anglo,American trade agreement.
The home secretary's formal
statement was at variance with
authoritative information from
well-informed circles that Britain
Is seeking some sort of token
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
STOKOWSKIKIN
WINS DIVORCE

RENO, New, Dec. 1 G.N.S).-
Mrs. Ruth D. Johnson, siSter-in-
law Of Mrs. Leopold Stokowski,
wife Of the noted orchestra leader,
today held a decree Of divorce
from John S. Johnson, wealthy
member of a New Brunswick
IN. j. drug manufacturing firm.
Mrs. johnson charged cruelty in
the uncontested suit. The John
sons were married in England in
1924 and have four children, GUS
tody Of which was decided by
agreement.
Mrs. Stokowski repeatedly is
seeking a divorce in Southern Ne
vada from her noted husband.
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settlement" to become eligible for
new American credits under the
johnson Act in event she becomes
involved in hoStilities.
Authorities for this information
declared plans were being laid for
an approach to the United States
for settlement on a "dime-on-the-
dollar" basis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
Japanese Land
In South China

HONGKONG, Dec. / u.NSO.
A large force of Japanese troops
has landed at Chekkai on the
Kwangtung province coast in
south China, it was reported un-
officially today.
The report was brought here by
DR.. Harry Blaber, of New York
city, who arrived at Hongkong
from Taishan. He said one Japa-
nese cruiser and four destroyers
supported the landing party at
Chekkai, which is situated near
Macao, Portuguese base.
Authorities here have not been
informed officially Of the re-
ported invasion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
Hands Off Interests,
Britain Tells Japan

orphans had been killed by q
japanese air raid on a foreign
owned orphanage at Kashing.
Trudging into Shanghai on foot,
French Father Delois and Italian
Father Bonnanatte informed the
French ambassador that the Cath
Ollie orphanage at Kashing. west
of here, had been destroyed by
japanese air raiders on Novem-
Der Is.
$50 FORCED TO FLEE
In addition to killing at least
SO orphans. the priests reported,
the aerial attack forced nine nuns
and $50 refugees to flee for their
lives. The refugees are still miss
ing, they said.
What action French authorities
would take as a result of this
report was not revealed, but it was
believed protest would be made.
The seizure of the Feitung had
particularly aroused Americans
here because Of reports that the
japanese sailors had flung the
American flag into the muddy
Whangpoo River, after hauling it
down from the vessels masthead.
simultaneously with seizure of
the Feiting, the japanese took pos
session Of two Italian tugs.
Today, however, as this Incl
dent was cleared, all three craft
were returned. The Feiting
steamed back to its anchorage
off the Bund flying two new Ameri.
can flags.
Apologize japanese officials in
formed United States Consul Gen
eral Clarence e. Gauss and other
American authorities that when
the Feiting was seized, owing to a
mistaken suspicion regarding its
true ownership, the American Flag
was not deliberately thrown into
the river. It was the result Of
bad catch by marines in hauling
it down, they said.
NO FLAGS ON ORPHANAGE
The attack on the orphanage-
another instance in which non
combatants have fallen victims to
this war-Seemed likely to result
in serious repercussions. Whether
the Holy See would intervene in
the matter was not known here.
The two priests admitted the
orphenage, which was situated
alongside the home of Gen. Chang
Fah-Kwei, Chinese commander on
the southern military sector, flew
no flag, whereas the Carmelite
mission and the Lazarist Semi
nary. both nearby, flew French
flags and were not bombed during
the attack.
They said that when the bombs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

The Strange Lure of the Circus That
Has Gripped . Whole Town and De
veloped a City's Own Big Top where
ANYBODY Can Become Performer. An
Illustrated Feature in The American
Weekly, with Sundays Washington
Herald-Tlmes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

TOOK the whole length of
l. Motor Car Row, and
you won't find a car any.
where that offers you what
this stunning new Buick does.
No other car, for instance,
has its DYNAFLASH engine,
squeezing more useful pow
er out of every drop of gas.
oline you burn.
No other car has ToRoUE.
FREE SPRINGING - or can
match the smoothness with
safety this new coil spring
rear suspension provides.
No other car combines such
features as Silent Zone Body
Mounting, Valve.in.Head
efficiency, Torque-Tube
Drive, Tiptoe Hydraulic
Brakes, Knee.Action com.
fort and safety-in a package
so big and handsome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
NIPPON WARNS
BRITAIN NOT TO.
HARBOR CHINESE
Thre atens Hongkong
ACtion.aS Result

TOKYO, Dec. l G.N.SJ.-Japan
tonight warned Great Britain
that 'eharboring" of Chinese gov.
eminent leaders in Hongkong
might eventually involve Hong
kong in the current Sino-Japanese
dispute"
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HATE WAVE AT PEAK

This direct warning to the col
ony's government came in the
midst of the most bitter anti
British campaign in many years.
For weeks the japanese press
has been full of charges that
England is Nippon's real enemy"
in the Far East.
Hongkong, it was alleged, is the
bottle neck through which great
quantities of munitions an d
money are pouring to the aid Of
China.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
NOTES ACTIVITY

Semi-official dispatches said the
Japanese Consul General in Brit
aims crown colony called authori-
ties attention to the number OF
Chinese officials who have recent
" entered and left Hongkong
while engaged in political actlVl-
ties against Japan"
The consul, it was stated, asked
complete suppression" OF Chi
nese activities; otherwise further
tolerance" might involve Hong
kong.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

The engagement ring Is . stun.
ming new creation set with three
MAGNIFICENT diamonds in . lovely
mounting of 14-kt. white or
yellow gold. The wedding band
has s perfectly matched dia-
mOnds set in one Of the newest
style mOuntings of solid gold
natural or white.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

Goddess of Time"-Bul-
OVa's latest creation for
fashionable women. The
new. small, square design
in Natural Yellow Gold.
And-fOr the first time. a
17-jewel movement at this
low price.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

Very newest Gruen Watch
for men! Fine 15-jewel
movement and . handsome
natural Yellow Gold filled
ease. The case 10 curved
to fit the wrist snugTy and
neatly.
ONLY 81 WEEKLY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

All that plainly says Better
buy Buick!" But just by way
of completing the story, we'd
like to point out this:
The Buick SPECIAL is the low.
est.priced straight.eight ofits
size on the market. At least
two skies carry higher list
prices, and others are priced
so close that a dollar or two
a week covers the difference.
Take the stunning four.door
sedan shown here. It's six
teen and a half feet long, has
1O7 horsepower under its
hood, and it's yours complete
with standard accessories
for only $1O22, delivered at
Flint, Michigan.
We don't think you'll find its
match anywhere on Motor
Car Row. We're sure you
won't for the money!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-15
Lawrence Is
Cited
LaborBoard
Flop to c.. |. O. May
Embarrass Head OF
A. F. L. Group In
North Carolina

Charlotte, May Is (AP)-Roy Law
renee, State president of Labor, VINO
recently became Carolinas admins
traitor for C. l. o. textile organization
activities, was cited today to appear
before the State Federation's execu-
tive board tomorrow on charges OF
violation of your oath Of office, spon
soring dual unionism, and treason.
Lawrence made public a telegram
from George Googe, of Atlanta, SOU
thern representative of the American
Federation of Labor, requesting MIN
10 appear before the board at meet
ing Here tomorrow afternoon, but de-
cHned to make any comment or to say
whether he would attend the session.
At its last meeting, just two days
before Lawrence accepted post with
john Lewis forces, the State board
adopted a resolution. It suggested
the Dispute between the A. F. of l..
and c. I. o. be settled on a basis of
Fecognizing craft unions advocated by
William Green's federation be main
famed whore they now exist, and that
mass prod uction industries be organ
-@eo on an industrial union system as
@uVocated by Lewis.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-15
HOEY WON'T SAVE
CONDEMNED NEGRO
18-Year-Old Craven Youth
Is Due To Die Next Fri
day for Murder
1T WOULD BE FIRST
No Execution Has Occurred as Yet
During HOey administration;
Criminal Assault Case
Being Studied
+ WOULD BE FIRST

Raleigh, May Is (AP)-Parole Com
missioner Edwin Gill announced to-
day Governor Hoey has declined to in
tervene for Robert Glenn Brown, 49,
year-old Craven county Negro sche-
duled to be executed by gas Friday for
murder.
If Brown dies next week, it will be
the first execution since Hoey became
governor in January.
Gill said it was still possible a re-
prieve might delay Browns execu-
ton, due to renovation work under
way at States Prison, but "the COVER
nor has decided not to intervene on
the merits of the case"
Brown was convicted in January of
the robberymurd of J. B. Peacock,
75-year-old partially blind merch-
ant. Judge E. H. Cranmer, presiding
jurist, and the jury, which recon-
raended mercy, though it returned a
verdict of first degree murder, asked
for clemency for the Negro, but So
licitOr D. M. Clark said he saw no
reason to intervene.
The governor now has under thor
ough study the case of Raymond
Early, convicted in Yadkin county Of
criminal assault and scheduled to die
May %, Gill said, and a decision
should be announced shortly.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-15
Senators Fighting Roosevelt
Plan Assured of Changes
Imminent Under
Condition
PRESIDENT WANTS
TO KEEP UP FIGHT
Brandies, Van Devanter and
Sutherland Probable Re-
signations, and Van De-
vanter Will Retire Very
Shortly Regardless of
Court Plan, Is Story

Washington, May 15.-(AP)- OPP
ponents of the Roosevelt court bill
said today three early retirements
from the Supreme Court were assur-
ed if the President would drop his
reorganization plan.
Administration leaders who con-
ferred with Mr.. Roosevelt last night
reported the battle for the bill would
go on" In stating. there would be no
compromise, these officials did not in
dictate whether the reported readiness
OF three justices to retire had been
communicated to the chief Executive.
High opposition senators who did
not wish TO be quoted by name said
the justices ready to retire were Bran
dies, Van Dcvanter and Sutherland.
From other persons came a hint
at least one of the trio, Justice Van
I'avanter, would quit soon regardless
of continuance of the court dispute
There were suggestions today that
Van Davanter had made up his mind
to quit and might announce his de-
cision either just before or just after
the Senate Judiciary Committee votes
next Tuesday on the court bill.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-15
Roosevelt Asks Them of the
Weather Conditions, AL
titudes and Other
Events of Trip
LONDON PAPER is
GIVEN PRESIDENT
Carries Accounts of Corona
ton; Merrill Grooming
Himself for Air Race from
New York to Paris In
August Celebrating Lind
bergh's Feat

washington, May 15.-(AP)-Dick
Merrill and Jack Lambie told Presi-
dent Roosevelt today OF their expert
ences on the round trip flight across
the North Atlantic.
The aviators were accompanied to
the White House by eBn Smith, their
New York hacker. They said the Pre-
sident asked them about weather con-
ditions. the attitudes they flew and
how the instruments and motors func-
toned.
They presented Mr.. Roosevelt with
2 COPY of a Thursday London news
paper describing the coronation, and
2 first cover with New York and Lon
don postmarks for his large stamp
collection.
The two filters had left Newark, N.
J.. airport at 1876 a. M, eastern stand
ard time. in an Eastern Air Line plane
piloted by Captain Robert Minnick
and Co-Pilot Leon Cloney.
Merrill, the only man who has
flown the Atlantic four times in an
airplane, had talked earlier at New
York City of his next flight, the air
race to Paris, and decided his expert
ence "gives me a pretty good chance
at that prize"
The race in August will commemor-
ate Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's
epochal flight to Paris, accomplished
lust ten years ago next week.