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The Washington times., 1937-04-23
Ken MURRAY
Says:

see our fiscal experts now
expect to balance the budget in
1889. That reminds me of my
childhood. L was born IN a
three-rOOm flat over a closing
out auction jewelry sale. When
/ left for New York to make my
fortune II years later, the auc.
ton sale was still going on.
It seems the Washington
Treasury wizards guessed $780,
100000 out of the way on Uncle
Sans receipts. This is known
as q slight discrepancy, or the
equivalent of a nickel tip to me
or you.
That is the difference between
q democracy and a dictatorship.
If MusSOlini'S finance minister
ever guessed wrong by half q
billion, II Duce would promptly
make him Governor General Of
the Sahara Desert and take
away his straw hat. But Mr..
MOrgeO thau just puts a new rib
bon In his adding machine and
whistles when My Dream Boat
Comes Home"
(Copyright. 1887, by Mcknight
Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times., 1937-04-23
Record of Convictions
In Traffic Court

! Harry Sander, Maryland, S..
Andrew C. Hynson, TAT Ken
lucky Ave. S. E., SIS.
Charles F. King, Virginia, IS.
Tilden F. Harris, 1929 N St.
N. W., IS.
Thomas w. Child, 1908 Connec.
ticut Ave. N. w., IS.
Ores B. stringer, 1906 Tenth
st. N. w, IS.
Forest B. Winegardner, 2317
Thirty-second st. S. E., SIS.
William I. Bauer, Maryland, IS.
Andrew B. Smith, jr., 498 c St.
S. W., IS.
Robert L. Phillips, Maryland, IS.
John F. O'Brien, Maryland, IS.
Robert L. Hayden, jr, Mary
land, SIS.
Edgar B. Griffin, Maryland, S..
Maurice C. Smith. 1928 -Four.
tenth st. S. E., S..
Thomas H. Mead. 1907 Nichols
Ave. S. E., SIS.
Samuel H. Hershowitz, 439
Buchanan st. N. W., SIS.
Clarence E. Sims. 1881 Thirty
third st. N. w., IS.
John F. Nalley, 1924 Brent
wood Rd. N. E., IS.
Claude j. Macdonald. 912 Gal
latin st. N. W., S..
Arnold F. Kielsmeier. 1904 Hol'
brook St. N. E., IS.
Leonard Walker, 302 New York
Ave. N. E., IS.
Joseph L. Prestoi, 951 Shepherd
st. N. W., S..
Reginald Nicholson. 1945 Cal
vert st. N. W., IS.
Wilbur E. Newton. Maryland, IS,
Robert w. Mclaughlin, 1923
Belmont st. N. w., IS.
Gordon B. Greening, 2504 Blad'
ensburg Rd. N. E., IS.
Alma D. Justine, 1919 Allison
st. N. W., IS.
Bernard M. Seidl, 1914 Con.
necticut Ave. N. w., IS.
John P. Welsworth, 5007 Belt
Rd. N. W., S..
Make H. Dunn, 207 Adams ST.
N. E., IS.
The Washington times., 1937-04-23
Second Offense Speeding

Second OtfenSe Speeding
Bernardine A. Bronzonia, 5405
Second st. N. W., $40.
Edward E. Barry, 923 I st.
N. w., $40.
Frederick L. Cardigan, 1908
First st. N. W., $40.
Alexander Lilies, 1929 e st. N.
w, $40.
oscar B. Scott, 1853 Twenty
third st. N. w., $40.
First Offense Speeding
Alva R. Reimers, Virginia, $40.
Ralph E. johnson, 1872 Seaton
st. N. E., SO.
John w. Alther, 1913 Maryland
Ave. S. w., $40.
Fred w. Rademaker, Maryland,
$40.
John Garrett, 5O4 Seward So.
$40.
Claude C. CAN'T, 2O4O F St.
N. W., $40.
lone r. Hoffman, SOB Third st.
s. E., $40.
Joseph M. Hodge, $3.50 Monroe
st. N. E., $40.
Fred D. Reid, 1856 Nichols Ave.
S. E., $40.
Roland W. Rowe, 1923 Quebec
st. N. w., SIS.
Sam Maizel, 40S Eighth st. s.
E., IS.
Rudolph Coulter, 757 Seventh
st. S. E., SIS.
Edward Muelhauser, Navy Yard,
D. c., IS.
Percy A. smallwood, isis sheri-
dan Rd. S. E., IS.
Joseph A. Kaiser, 1880 South
Carolina Ave. S. E., S..
Frank M. Carter, 429 o st. s.
W., IS.
Samuel A. Long, 300 Kitten
house st. N. W., IS.
Joseph A. Katz, 1917 Gallatin
st. N. W., IS.
Robert B. Ross, 352 Walnut ST..
N. W., IS.
Mehrl L. Mayne, Maryland, S..
Paul e. Counts, 1925 G st. s. E ,
IS.
The Washington times., 1937-04-23

Fifteen men on the dead mans
chest
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle Of rum!
Drink and the devil had done
for the rest
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum"
That stanza, and the Shrill
voice of Captain Flint ringing out
"PieceS Of eight! pieces of eighth"
is more than a memory to oldSters
and still gives a thrill to young.
SterS.
For tomorrow, Robert Louis
Stevenson'S famous Treasure
Island" will join the select circle
of volumes of the Worlds Great
est Literature as twelfth Of the
20 being released, one each Sat
urday.
Times readers by thousands will
welcome Treasure Island" to-
morrow. for So coupon-exchange
stations will be filled with the
popular classic and more than
The Washington times., 1937-04-23
PAY
MEASURE IS
DELAYED
Committee Endorses
Proposals Bearing
on Civil Service

Three bills affecting Govern
ment employees were reported IA
vorably today by the Senate Civil
Service Committee. 1t was decided
to hold hearings on fourth and
the committee again refused to
take up the McCarran pay in
crease measure.
The bills voted favorably were:
The measure to extend the civil
service retirement provision to the
legislative employees; a bill extend
ing the retirement to a small
group of Panama Canal employees;
another bill requiring applicants
for civil service positions under
the apportionment plan to prove a
one-year residence in the StaSe
from which the application is
made.
BulOw To Name Board
A subcommittee will be ap-
pointed in the near future by SEN
ator William j. Bulow CD Of
South Dakota, chairman of the
committee, to consider extension of
the Civil Service to first, second,
and third class poStmasters.
Two bills will be discussed at
these hearings. One introduced by
Representative Robert Rampspeck
CD of Georgia, and passed by the
House, the other drafted by Sen
ator Joseph c. O'Mahoney CD of
Wyoming.
The chairman presented to the
committee a report from the Post
Office Department, approving the
proposition in general, but Sug-
costing several changes, which will
be considered at the hearing.
Pay Bill Delayed
AS to the bill proposing a gen.
eral pay increase for Government
employees, introduced by Senator
Pat McCarran CD of Nevada, it
was decided to delay action. Sena-
tor Bulow said:
I'm view of the letter from the
Budget Bureau and the plans in
the air for cutting down expendi.
lures, we did not think that this
was an OppOrtune time to take
up pay increases"
The Washington times., 1937-04-23

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Each book Is obtainable by clip
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date.
The Washington times., 1937-04-23
BABY Contest at Cardozo

Cardozo High School Alumni
Association is conducting a baby
contest at the school today at
$3.50 p. m. to raise money for the
establishment of a scholarship
fund. More than so children have
been entered in the contest.
Prizes will be given the first three
winners and additional gifts will
go to all entrants.
The Washington times., 1937-04-23
ABC PROPOSAL
TO Be FOUGHT
BYCHURCHES
Permission to Alter
4oO-Foot Law Gets
Hearing Thursday

With strong protests expected
from the city's various church Or
CARNATIONS, the Alcoholic Bever-
age Control Board revealed today
it is seeking discretionary power
to license package goods liquor
stores in commercial areas even
though the establishments are
within 400 feet of a church.
The board scheduled a public
hearing for 10 a. m. in the Dis
trict Building board room next
Thursday on an amendment to
the present liquor regulations,
which would give it such power.
Last week, the A. B. c. board
quietly sent its proposed amend
ment to the Commissioners. The
city heads sent the proposal back
and instructed the calling Of a
public hearing.
Amendment Terms
The proposed amendment
reads:
''The board may, in its diScre-
ton, issue q retailers license
Class A ian On-sale license for
all kinds of liquor for a place
of business located within 400
feet Of church, if such church
is located in other than a resi-
dental use district as defined
in the ZOning regulations and
shown in the official aliases of
the Coming Commission"
In forwarding the proposal to
the Commissioners, Mrs. Agnes K.
Mason, acting chairman, and Isaac
Cans, member, Of the ABC board,
declared the reason for the pro
posal was that under present reg
ulations undue h hips are
worked on establishments seeking
licenses in commercial areas. The
board further pointed out that the
package liquor stores must remain
closed on Sundays.
Churches Have Voice
Present regulations provide only
certain types of licenses may be
issued by the board for an estab-
lishment located within 400 feet
of church or school, and may be
issued only when the written con-
sent of the church or school is
obtained.
Mrs. Mason stated there have
been numerous instances in the
past where the board has been
forced to turn down application
for license because the establish
ment was located within 400 feet
Of church.
There are current reports that
license is being sought for an
establishment located in the new
building at Fourteenth and H
Streets Northwest, which is To-
Gated within 400 feet of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Witnesses Named
Mrs. Mason said the following
have been asked to attend the
hearing next Thursday: Wilbur
LaRoe, jr., of the Federation of
Churches; the Right Rev. James E..
Freeman, Bishop of Washington;
Archbishop Michael j. Curley, of
Baltimore; Rabbi Abram Simon,
Rabbi Moshe H. Levinson, Thomas
e. Lodge, president of the Fedora.
ton of Citizens Associations;
Hugh v. Kaiser, Of the Central
Business Mems Association; E. D.
Shaw, of the Merchants and Manu-
facturerS Association; and the fol.
lowing attorneys as representatives
Of various liquor dealer organize
tons: I. Brill, Albert Levin, David
Hornstein, Milford F. Schwartz,
F. Joseph Donohue, and Manuel
The Washington times., 1937-04-23
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED


Of VANITY William Makeae
Hawhones "ssa.e: Letter. No shakOess,s
Of Sketch Ready
volume Buildng 1917 v. washinEton p
Evening star., 1937-02-21
District Business BarOmeters

Check transactions telephone service sales and o
month
this with January 1885, completed by The Star
yesterday reveals
According Clearing Association
s86s9os 1885,
Of bus
conditions
compared with 2O32lO the GATE
while daily
with s61 85 daily calls in January 1886
District 100
1886 tremendous De-
cember
1885,
knowatt
with 52e648 January
Of 1856
other years follows:
Evening star., 1937-02-21
CURBLIST SCORES
MODERATE GAINS
Few Metals and IndustriaIs
Climb Point or More.
Others Narrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoCldIcQ FIcoos
s. NEW YORK, February 20.-A few
metal and industrial shares added
gains of point or more today in the
Curb market, where the trend as a
whole was narrowly higher.
Activity was brisk. but profit SELL
ing in the last hour curbed the up
swing. Conspicuous on the up side
were New Jersey Zinc, which climbed
15s at IS, Bunker Hill, ll9, up IL,
and Hudson Bay, / 4 higher at 80.
Other gamers included Aluminium
Co. of America, 1862, up /; Jones g.
Laughlin, 121, up IA; Creole Pc
troleum, 3612, up rs, and Techni-
color, 1875, up 5s.
Utilities were actively higher in the
first hour, but yielded to profit taking
and closed unchanged to fractions up.
Electric Bond & Share was of p
at 26.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
CHICAGO GRAIN
By tie Associated Press.

BY Tie AsSOClhteo TTeSs.
CHICAGO, February 20.-Late
downturns Of Chicago wheat prices
today carried the market down 33a
cents bushel, maximum.
Timely moisture relief for wheat
crops in the Southwest was the domi-
mating factor. Wheat selling here
was not especially heavy, but recent
buying support due to dust storms
was lacking.
At the close wheat was 3ls-3h
under yesterdays finish, May, 1925
"a; July, 1.15A-3a; corn, 1A-1B
down, May, 1061a-5s; July, 1.02a-3s;
oats, 1A-134 of, and provisions un-
changed to IL cents lower.
Grain range at principal markets
today:
Evening star., 1937-02-21
U. S. TREASURY NOTES.
NEW YORK. February 20 R.-Prices
quoted in dollars and thirty-seconds.
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL. February 90 R.-With
the. market quiet, wheat futures closed
unchanged to Ad lower today. After ris-
ing slightly in sympathy with Steadiness
in North American markets yesterday and
on the purchase by Italy of an Argentine
cargo. the market reacted under realizing
and poor milling demand.
Cotton futures closed to 3 points
higher. The market was quiet. with &C;
support Influenced by hrmness In the
UIypt1aa market,
Evening star., 1937-02-21
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, February 20 P.--Eggs;
24.443. unsettled Mixed colors-Special
packs. 24a2434: standards. 23Aa1a; frsts.
22NaaN Other mixed colcrs UNCHANGED.
Butter. 6.2S1. slightly easier: Cream,
(92 score). 34H: firsts 1891 scores).
32Aa34 other prices unchanged.
Cheese 2S1 ,14O, steady to hrm and
unchanged.
Live poultry. BY freight; steady.
Chickens; Rocks. 10; Leghorns; a. Fowls
IL: turkeys. 16a24: ducks. Is.
By express. steady to firm; broilers.
quoted: chickens Rocks. 21; crosses, Reds
and Leghorn unauoted: fowls. colored. ID
21; turkeys. 1926: other express prices
UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1937-02-21

Dividend rates in dollars based last
dividends Paid Paid
reported receivership or
bankruptcy
SUM by
Evening star., 1937-02-21
D.. c. SECURITIES

fouotations by Johnston, Lemon g. Coz
Yesterdays closing bid and asked
quotations on Washington securities
which are sold over the counter
follow:
Evening star., 1937-02-21
Chicago Cash Market.

chicago CaSh Market.
Cash wheat, no sales reported;
corn, No. yellow, 1.06-oS12; No. 5
yellow, l.03ls-O612; No. white,
1OS1a-111a; sample grade. 100; oats,
No. white, 521a -53H4: No. 2 white,
52-521a; sample grade. 4912; rye. No.
l, 1904; buckwheat, No. 3, $50;
soy beans, No. 2 yellow, 1897; bar
ley feed, s0-95 nom; mailing, 100
"A nom; timothy seed, 600-25 hum
dredweight; new, 5.75-6.00 hundred
weight; clover seed. 28.Ooa35.o0 hun
dredweight.
winnipeg Cash Market.
wheat.No. i Northern. I.aeia; No.
Northern. 1.243s; No. 3 Northern. lisa.
Oats-No . white. 54ss: No. 8 white.
529s; No. l mixed feed, 52B.
Arrow-Hart g. Hegeman Electric
Co.-1936 common share earnings
were $4.44, against $3.50.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
STOCKS SHOOT UP
AFTER j. s. ACTION
Credit Tightening on Short
Selling Pushes Some Shares
Up S6 or More.
Rv the Associated Press.

by llic hooOCldIco icoos
NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-Traders
plunged into the buying side of the
stock market today, pushing some
shares up $6 or more, in wake OF a
shift in Washington's money controls
over the flow of credit into specula-
ton.
Blocs of 1000 to $4,000 shares of
trading favorites on the Stock Ex-
change changed hands around the
opening as the tightening of the credit
screws by the Federal Reserve Board
on short-selling put bear operators on
the run.
Competing with recent short sellers
for stock was a host of traders who
took courage from the Reserve Board s
relaxation of credit restrictions against
buying stocks. simultaneously with the
clamping down of the margin lid on
short-sellihg
After the first excited whirl of buy
ing had subsidized, the market dropped
into calmer pace and part of the
initial gains we're erased.
up ~ TO more than S6 on the open
ing wave of orders following over
night news of the changes in margin
requirements by the Reserve Board,
were such shares as United States
Steel, Chrysler. Allied Chemical, Cen
eral Motors, du Pont, ]. I. Case and
Santa Fe.
For time the Stock Exchange tick
er trailed transactions on the floor of
the Exchange in the buying rush,
which lifted some shares above the
tops Of last weeks rally from the lows
of the 1887 decline.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
FAIR SPELL TO END
WETTEST OCTOBER
Clear Weather Due Tomor-
roW-Prince Georges
Areas Under Water.

Fair weather was expected here to-
morrow as the wettest october on rec
ord drew to close with the Potomac
River rising sharply and low areas of
nearby Prince Georges County under
water.
The current forecast is for cloudy
and slightly colder weather tonight,
possibly preceded by brief rain this
afternoon; Friday fair, with mini
mum tonight of about AZ degrees"
Overflow from a branch of the Ana
costa River today was several feet deep
on low sections of Blsdensburg road,
although damage was nominal and the
water level was reported at a stand
STILL
Several schools in Prince Georges
County were almost deserted today be-
cause of high water Pupils from Cot
tage City and Colmar Manor were
"ferried" across flooded sections of
Bladensburg road in Maryland State
Roads Commission trucks.
Water backing up from sewers rose
to a height of severel feet at Stanford
street and East avenue, in Chevy
Chase. Nd. and number of auto
mobiles that we're drowned OUT had
to be towed to dry points this morn
ing by employees of nearby garages.
The same intersection flooded last
Saturday after Fridays heavy rain
fall. and residents said that at one
time the water was between and 5
feet over the roadway. Occupants of
stalled cars had to be carried to safety.
Water was high in the Potomac and
slight overfiows spread over the flying
fields at the local military and civil
airports, but airplanes continued to use
all three fields
An inch and three-quarters of rain
has fallen here in the last "a hours.
The continued downpours during the
present month have accounted for 8.8l
inches OF rain, or quarter of an inch
above the previous record set in 1885
and 5.87 inches above normal. The
year is 1913 inches above normal so
far
HEAVY rains over most of the Po-
tomac Valley during the last "a hours
resulted in sharp rises on the upper
river.
The Rivers and Floods Division OF
the Weather Bureau here, however, ex-
poets little flood damage along the
Washington water front unless more
rain falls above here and unforeseen
conditions develop in Washington,
such as southerly blow to pile up
the water in the Potomac at high
tide.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
MEMBER OF FAMOUS
FAMILY DISAPPEARS
Sister of Victor Brevoort Says He
Started Out Alone for
Azores in Yawl.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-Disappear-
ance of Victor Brevoort, 59-year-old
scion of a famous Dutch family which
once owned large part of Manhattan
Island, was reported today by his sis
ter, Mrs. Rudolf Eickemeyer Of
Yonkers, N. Y.
Mrs. Eickemeyer said her brother
started out alone in his 36-foot motor
yawl Cygnet August 7 from Boston
Harbor on a projected trip to the
Azores. He carried provisions for so
days.
She described Brevoort, whose home
is in Miami, as powerful man, stand
ing feet inches tall and weighing
more than 200 pounds.
His trip began just few days be-
fore the Endeavour. set out" said Mrs.
Eickemeyer, land he must have run
into the same storm the Endeavour
encountered. I am afraid he was lost. "
Evening star., 1937-10-28
.EYST0N CAR SPEEDS
3O9.6 MILES AN HOUR
Mechanical Trouble Prevents Of
fetal Assault on Mark Estab.
lished by Campbell.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah,
Oct. 28.-Capt. George E. r. Eyston
roared down this saline straightaway
at a 096-mile-an-hour pace today,
but mechanical trouble forced him to
cancel an official assault on the world
land speed record of 30l.l292 miles
per hour.
Eystons 24-cylinder, streamlined
monster automobile frayed tire while
passing through the measured mile,
forcing him to "cut out" the motors.
Official requirements call for runs
each way over the course and since
the Englishman was unable to make
the return trip his mark-the fastest
ever achieved in an automobile-was
vitiated.
Despite handicaps, his mechanical
powerhouse flashed through glaring
dawn to exceed Sir Malcolm Camp
BELLS speed over the same course, in
the same direction, when he estab-
klished the present mark In 1895.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
RESERVE BOARD ACTS.
Rules Effective Monday Cut Buying,
Raise Short Selling Margins.

% Nhe hcoOsanbto tCos.
The Federal Reserve Board. ap-
parently seeking to stem the tide of
stock market selling. has issued regu-
lations which in effect will make it
easier to buy securities than to sell
them.
The new rules. effective Monday,
will cut from SIS to 40 per cent the
amount of cash which traders must
put up for the puI chase of stocks and
will require a so per cent margin on
short sales.
This readjustment of credit controls
over the market is expected by Wash
ington officials to encourage buying
and erect a barrier against short SELL
ing.
In practice, the buyer of a s100
share of stock will have to put up only
$40 in cash. If he wants to sell the
same security short, he will have to
hand over $50 in cash.
The new requirement on short SELL
ing is the first ever imposed by the
board. The only rule heretofore has
been one by the Stock Exchange re-
quiring 10-point margin.
The board regulation was drafted in
cooperation with the Securities & Ex-
change Commission after Reserve
System legal experts reported it would
not transcend authority granted un-
der the Federal Reserve Law.
Seen Restoring Confidence.
Initial reaction in Wall Street was
uniformly favorable to the cut in mar
gins on the buying side, but the re-
ouirements on short sales came as
surprise to some traders.
The consensus appeared to be that
the Reserve Boards dual action would
do much to restore confidence in a
market where $25 100000 in Sc
curities values have been washed
away recently under heavy waves OF
selling.
Until the board acted last night,
financial and business demands for
easing margin requirements on the
buying side had been growing steadily
more insistent.
Winthrop w. Aldrlch, chairman Oh
the Chase National Bank, and others
had argued that the SIS per cent mar
gin requirement tended to make
thin" market-one in which profess
sional traders trimmed their sails and
let securities prices spin erratically up
and down.
Both Washington and Wall Street
have tried recently to measure the ex-
tent to which short selling has sliced
down securities values.
The New York Stock Exchange has
made a survey of short sales and is
expected to make public its findings
soon. A similar study has been made
informally by the S. E. c.
Prior to imposition of the SIS per cent
(SAe STOCKS Page A-4)
Evening star., 1937-10-28
WOMAN IS INJURED
IN ONE-STORY FALL
Mrs. Grace Payne, Leaning Out
Window to Escape Gas Fumes,
Tumbles.

Leaning from a second-floor win
dow for fresh air after gas explosion
downstairs, Mrs. Grace Payne, %. of
300 street S.W, fell to trash heap
in the rear of her home today.
She suffered injuries to the head
and severe bruises to the body. Her
condition was not believed critical
when she was removed to Casualty
Hospital.
Police said the explosion occurred
when Mack Welsh, 811 E street S.W,
lighted a cigarette in a downstairs
room adjoining the kitchen, which
had become filled with gas fumes as
the result of pipe leak.
No one but Mrs. Payne was injured,
although plaster was shaken loose
from rooms in her home and in an at
tached dwelling at 811 E street S.W.
Evening star., 1937-10-28

b. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct 28.-Tony Lazzeri
for IL years star second baseman for
the New York Yankees. was signed
today by Owner Phil w. Wrigley Of
the Chicago Cubs as player and coach
for 1888.
The deal was closed at a one-hour
conference with Wrigley. Lazzeri
came from his home in San Francisco
for the meeting.
Lazzeri, who became the Yanks' reg
ular second baseman in 1926, has
played in six World Series.
Wrigley arranged with the Yankee
management for. the second sacker's
release after the last World Series,
saying he felt an ambitious player of
the Lazzeri type could be fitted into
the Cub organization. Earlier Wrigley
made it clear Charlie Grimm would
continue as the Cub pilot.