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Evening star., 1937-05-17
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, May l7.-Leading
stocks gave ground moderately today
in the slowest fve-hour market session
in more than two years.
While few issues edged up mod
estly, and many were unchanged. de-
clines of fractions to point or so
predominated at the close.
The ticker tape was at a standstill
for minutes at time, and in the
fourth hour only $4,000 shares
changed hands.
The news marketwise was neither
especially good or bad, but buying, as
well as selling incentives, were notably
lacking.
Inactivity of trading forces was at
tributed partly to inclination to await
the outcome Of labor problems con-
fronting steel and other industries.
No particular surprise was expressed
in the financial district over a drop
in this weeks steel mill operations Of
IL points. Steel stocks acted no worse
than other groups.
Transfers approximated 100000
shares, On April l. 1885 the turnover
amounted to about 444,0oo
Bonds were uneven. as were most
major commodities Wheat at Chi
cago was off Is to up 1l2 cents a
bushel, and corn was unchanged to
ahead 2ls.
Among new share lows for the year
or longer were those of Standard Oh
of New Jersey. American Tobacco
"B' Reynolds b" Electric Power e.
Light. Public Service of New Jersey
and National Biscuit
In the backward squadron were
United States Steel, Bethlehem. Re-
public. Youngstown Sheet a. Tube,
Chrysler, American Telephone, Con-
solidated Edison. American Water
Works, Allis Chalmers, Goodyear,
United States Rubber, Goodrich,
Montgomery Ward Sears -Roebuck,
Boeing, Douglas Aircraft, Kennecott,
Cerro de Pasco, American Smelling,
Internationaw Nickel. Texas Corp,
Standard OH of California American
Can, Westinghouse. General Electric,
Continental Oil, Midcontinent Pc
troleum, Pullman, American Loco
motive, Santa Fe, New York Cen
tral, Loews, Otis Elevator, National
Supply and Newport Industries.
Resistant were General Foods. Ma
tional Cash Register. Eastman Kodak.
Woolworth, Philip Morris, Southern
Railway and American Steel Found.
ries.
Evening star., 1937-05-17
Railway Buying
In Quarter Hits
Peak Since 1880
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE magazine
Railway Age reported railway pur-
chases Of materials and equipment
during the first quarter were the
highest for the period since 1880.
more than doubling the figure for the
first quarter OF 1886 and approximately
tripling the 1885 period.
Total purchases were s258,l17,000,
the magazine said, OF which $8l ,742, 900
was for equipment. During the first
quarter Of 1896, purchases aggregated
$125, ,250, 900, Of which but $l3,860, 900
was for equipment. The initial 1885
quarter brought purchases totaling
$85, 1857, 900.
Railway buying in the first quarter
Of 1929 reached 1888, i'll 900 and in
the same period for 1880 1t was
$317,715, 900.
Evening star., 1937-05-17
INSURANCE SHARES GO
NEW LOW FOR 1887
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, May 17.-Insurance
stocks in the New York City market
reacted sharply during the last week
and closed at new low for the year.
according to records compiled by Holt.
Rose & Troster.
The aggregate value Of 20 leading
fire and casualty insurance issues on
May IA totaled 8,556,000 (the new
low, which compares with $602, ,664,-
900 at the close of the previous week,
a decrease OF 24,10S 900, or 4 per cent.
The current average yield Of the 20
issues Of 1892 per cent compares with
yield of 376 per cent on May 7. Tho
current market value equals 81 per
cent of the current liquidating value
against 96 per cent a week ago.
Evening star., 1937-05-17
New Orleans Prices

NEW ORLEANS. May II LR.-cotton
opened steady today and frst trades
showed gains Of 2 to 3 points
July opened at 1858 bid. October At
1889. January at 1271 and March at
1874. During the first half hour the
market was extremely quiet and prices
moved around the opening levels.
Ofiicial reports OF the appearance of
the army worm in Northwestern Missis-
sippi and Eastern Arkansas we're studied
with interest BY the trade.
Cottonseed oil opened steady. May.
9.2lb: July. 9.35b; September. 9.44b: Octo-
ber 9.32b: December, 9.23b. Bid.
Evening star., 1937-05-17
CRUDE RUBBER IMPORTS
DROP BELOW YEAR AGO
BY the Associated Press.

lew YORK, May 1.-THE Rubber
Manufacturers Association today an
nounced imports Of crude rubber in
the United States during April totaled
$3.50 long tons compared with 40.-
370 In the like 1885 month. For the
first four months Of this year imports
were 163.998 tons against 144,332 .
pear Ago.
Evening star., 1937-05-17
FINANCING TO INCREASE.

NEW YORK, May II (R.-New
financing scheduled for this week by
lit municipalities totals $19, 1888, sos,
compared with the revised total Of
$40, ,708,500 for last week, accord
ing to the Daily Bond Buyer Weekly
average Of new offerings for the year
to date stands at $32.l3s,023.
Evening star., 1937-05-17

at the Willard
Hotel, launching
observance of ns-
tional life lnsur-
ance week, in
W h c h officials
and agents all
over the country
will take part.
T h e luncheon
m e e t ng was
most enthusiastic
and followed long
preparation for
the annual six
day drive.
The real open
inp 0f f11e ureak'S
Evening star., 1937-05-17
new YORK COTTON
BY the Associated Press. ,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May l7.-Slight open
ing advances in cotton were followed
by declines today under commission
house liquidation and New Orleans
selling.
More favorable weather predictions
In the cotton belt and an absence Of
fresh bullish factors Influenced senti-
ment.
October sold of from 1888 to 12.44
and in midafternoon was quoted at
1880 when prices were generally 7 to 8
points net lower. Volume was small.
Evening star., 1937-05-17
PHONE ISSUE PLANNED.

NEW YORK, May II (P)-The New
York Telephone Co. has asked the
Public Service Commission for au-
thority to issue s25,OOO,Oo0 of 3A per
cent refunding mortgage bonds in
order to redeem by July is at ITO a
like amount of " per cent cumulative
preferred stock.
Evening star., 1937-05-17
CHICAGO GRAIN
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May l7.-Wheat scored
advances of more than "a cents a
bushel late today owing somewhat to
a decrease of 2,280,00 bushels ia the
United States visible supply.
The decrease reduced domestic
stocks in sight to 1887, 900 bushels
This compares with 81 $4,000 bushels
year ago.
At the close. wheat was IS off to liz
up, May, l.27l4-as; July. l.l8-l.l8l.;
corn unchanged to an advance of 2ls
cents; May, 1922; July, l.l91s-14,
and oats unchanged to "a higher.
NHEAT- Omen Eph Clase
Evening star., 1937-05-17
Chicago Cash Market.

Cash wheat, No. l hard, l.34; No. 2
hard, 1872; corn, No mixed. 1867;
No. yellow, 1862; No 3 yellow,
1861; No. 3 white, 1862; No. 4
white, 1.34 oats. No white, 55i2
5612; No. 3 white, 53-544; rye, No. 2.
1.l712-l8l2 barley, No. Illinois, 1.25:
No. Illinois. 115-23; feed. 1896
nominal; mailing. 1oo-2s nominal;
timothy seed, 425-5o hundredweight:
clover seed, 23.o0-3000 hundred
weight
Evening star., 1937-05-17
Winnipeg Prices.
W1NN1PEG. May II R.-Grain range

WINNIPEG, May il P.-Grain range
today:
WHEAT Previous
High. Low Close close
May Sny 1saa sas: 1saH sas 1.sa'' sa 1.sa,s &c.,
Oct. -1.19l4 l.17'. 1.1s7. LISA
=, Cash wheat-No. Northern. BOZ:
No; NORTHERN, 1.27A: No. 3 Northern,
white. sea.
Baltimore Quotations.
BALTIMORE. May II tP.-Wheat. No.
. red Winter. sarlicky. spot domestic
1904; May, 1.39h7.
Evening star., 1937-05-17
BRITISH MARKETS CLOSED,

LONDON, May II R.-All COM
modify exchanges in Great Britain
and the London Stock Exchange re-
manned closed today, Whitmonday.
Evening star., 1937-05-17

Greene Cananea Copper Co..
March quarter common share earn.
inss before depletion were ol.16.
Evening star., 1937-05-17
CottOnseed Oil.

Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed steady, to higher. Sales,
Isl contracts, including switches
July. 9.92b; September, 1000; October,
99lb; December, 980b Bid.
Evening star., 1937-12-01

The Tenth International Chemical
Congress will be held in Rome, Italy,
next May.
Evening star., 1937-12-01

Tivoli-Errol Flynn and the Mauch
twins in Warner Bros Prince and
the Pauper."
Other Pictures.
Ambassador-Joe E. Brown in R-K-
O's "When's Your Birthday"
Savoy william Boyd in a Para
mount picture. Trail Dust"
Avalon spanky Mcfarland in
M-G-Ms General Spanky"
Uptown Laurel and Hardy in
M-G-Ms Way Out West"
Calvert.-Joe E. Brown in Warner
Bros p 10 Joe"
Sheridan - Jane Withers in the
Twentieth Century Fox production,
Angels Holiday"
Colony-Spanky Mcfarland in M
GINS General Spanky"
York - Joe E. Brown in Warner
Bros Polo Joe"
Penn-Jean Arthur and Gary Cooper
in Paramount picture, The Plains
man.
Apollo - Billy Mauch in Warner
Bros '"Penrod and Sam"
Home-Joe f. Brown in Warner
Bros polo Joe"
Each picture Is supplemented with
comedies, Mickey Mouse. Popeye, Silly
Symphony, Merry Melody or Color
Rhapsody cartoons, in many cases
three to a program.
At the Earle and Metropolitan the
shows. start at am. and at all
others 10 am
Tonight at 10:l5 O'Clock Thomas
Burke, Federal co-ordinator for the
Christmas Campaign, will tell about
the Federal part Of the work in an
address over Station WRC. 80
Evening star., 1937-12-01

But unless you remember that you Santa Claus little
girls like her at Chdrens Hospital be disappointed
Christmas Toys brought sent to Warner Bros theate
1Uhen the matinees held Saturday morning.
OH reach the needy children OF Washington through The Star
Warner BrosN c. Christmas campaign and the organiza
tions cooperating ,oith it, the Metropolitan Police
PnnI
Evening star., 1937-12-01
HOUSE MEMBERS
HEAR ENVOY SA|T0
Japan's Side in China War
Explained at Forum on
Capitol Hill.

In An unprecedented "off the record
address. japanese Ambassador Hirosi
Saito explained Japan's policy in her
conflict with China to more than 100
members Of Congress and their in
vited guests at a secret meeting on
Capitol Hill last night.
It was believed to be the first time
the Ambassador Of foreign power
had spoken directly to group of
members Of Congress, frankly seeking
arst-hand information on an inter-
pational crisis that might be involved
IN legislation to come before them.
The congressional group before
which he spoke is organized informally
as the Forum of the Seventy flfth
Congress. All members of the House
are invited to attend the forum ses-
sions. but they do not learn the place
Of . meeting or who the speaker is to
be until few hours before it is held.
The session last night was in the
House Interstate Commerce Commit
tee room. Newspaper men were
barred.
Although refusing to divulge details
OF Ambassador Saitos remarks, those
who heard his address said he dis
eassed issues in the Sino-Japanese
conflict and predicted that eventually
world powers would thank Japan for
establishing order in China. During
his address, he answered specific ques-
tions submitted in writing by those at
the hearing.
Chinese Ambassador c. T. Wang
will be invited to present his country
xide OF the current conflict with Japan
at the next session of the Forum, it
was understood.
Evening star., 1937-12-01

Twentieth Century-Fox production,
Angels Holiday"
Colony-Spanky Mcfarland in M
GINS General Spanky"
York-Joe E. Brown in Warner
Bros Polo Joe"
Penn-Jean Arthur and Gary Cooper
in a Paramount picture, The Plains
man.
= Apollo-Billy Mauch in Warner
Bros "Penrod and Sam"
Home-Joe E. Brown IN Warner
Bros Polo Joe"
Each picture is supplemented with
comedies. Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Silly
Symphony. Merry Melody or Color
Rhapsody cartoons, in many cases
three to a program.
At the Earl and Metropolitan the
shows start at 9 am. and at all others
10 am I
Tonight at 10:15 O'Clock Thomas
Burke. Federal co-ordinator for the
Christmas Campaign, will tell about
the Federal part ofssthe work in an
address, over Station WMAL,,! from
Peoples Drug store at Eleventh and G
streets NV. Following Mr.. Burke,
Frances Witte and Lee Everett will pre-
sent = 3kit, broadcast from the toy
counters OF the xhopA a
Evening star., 1937-12-01
Lion Performs for Jury.

DALLAS R.-Jpdge w. L. Thorn
ton said Billy Edwards couldn't t
bring his lion into the court room,
90. Jurors hung out the windows while
Zimba did her circus stunts on the
lawn.
Dancer Norma Edwards Is suing
Promoter Edwards for injuries she
said she suffered when she entered
zimbs's cage for an exhibition.
Edwards held Zimba was docile.
Evening star., 1937-12-01
AM|SHPUSHF|GHT
IN SCHOOL CASE
Father Prepared to Accuse
State of Denying Religious
Freedom.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.-Pennsyl-
vanis, carved from the 18th century
wilderness as 4 haven where all might
worship in peace, was accused today
of denying a modern sect full religious
freedom.
Aaron King, picturesque Amishman
from the heart Of the Pennsylvania
Dutch" country, pleaded in Federal
District Court that the commonwealth
was trying to take from the 'plain
people" some Of the rights that VIII
liam Penn guaranteed to all in 1852
in his famous Frame Of Government"
King, with flowing beard and garbed
In the somber frock of his sect, came
from his fertile farm at Honeybrook
to Penn's "City Of Brotherly Love" to
protest the States effort to force his
daughter, Rebecca, to attend school.
Frowns on Schooling After IA.
The Amish faith. he asserted,
frowned on schooling for its followers
after the age Of IA as conducive to
undesirable "worldliness" Rebecca
Is a.
Pennsylvania school law requires
that all youngsters attend classes at
least until they are Is.
King, like many of the early fol-
lowers of virtually all creeds, has gone
to Jail for his beliefs.
Served Day in Jail.
He served one day of two-day
term in the Chester County Jail rather
than pay a 81 fine and costs for not
sending Rebecca to the Honeybrook
School. where she had completed the
seventh grade.
Evening star., 1937-12-01

times new garments are made in these
. rooms, where sewing machines are op-
Grated by mothers who donate their
. than their own.
=. Although some community chest
funds are received by the Student
Aid Committee these are earmarked
for shoes and rubbers only. Pur-
chases Of new clothing, sometimes ab-
solutely necessary, are made partly
through funds collected during The
Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. c. campaign.
In addition, member organizations
contribute money and clothing.
So far PIT. A. members have
been able to meet demands, but it is
uncertain that they will be able to
do 80 in the future because of the in
crease Of those demands during the
present year. Several hundred more
children have been cared for this
year than at the same time last year
and cold weather is bringing flood
6 requests. The committee is al
ways grateful for donations Of used
clothing, the only stipulation being
that 1t be clean and can be mended.
Toy Matinee to Be Given.
- Do 1t is that you may this Christmas
contribute either to permanent work
OR play Santa Claus for children
who, although they may be fed and
clothed, may otherwise receive no
gifts. You may do SO by attending a
Warner Bros. toy matinee Saturday
morning, December 18, where a new
toy or new article Of clothing is the
only price Of admission.
You may deliver food, clothing or
toys to any police station. Or you
may call National 1000, ask for Pre-
oinet 5, and ask that q squad car be
sent to your home to collect what you
care to give.
;. John ]. Payette, general zone man
ago., Warner Bros. theaters, announces
the programs for the toy matinees, al
Evening star., 1937-12-01
Christmas
Continued From First Page J

tSOAAtlAAuNo 1O1u llSt d8S.J
are not actually starving you are
asked to play Santa Claus for them.
r And here is a glimpse behind the
scenes Of the permanent activities of
the agencies cooperating with the
campaign.
Daily Distributions.
Every afternoon at 4 o'clock all year
long, men, women and children who
are Geld or hungry or both. may pre-
sent themselves at Precinct Station
for relief. Upstairs the police keep
racks of secondhand clothing. Never
quite enough, but always something.
Overcoats, sweaters, suits and shoes
are distributed daily. Altruistic folk
send discarded clothing-clean and
nended-to the police whenever they
clear out their closets.
Cash given the Police Department
during the campaign is used first to
supplement food contributed for bas-
kets distributed Christmas Eve and
then is banked for use the remainder
OF the year. Often it is used to pur-
chase shoes, seldom donated Shoes
must come somewhere near fitting
while. if youngster is cold, it doesn't
matter 50 much if his coat doen't fit
30 snugly.
Keep your child in school," is the
motto Of the Student Aid Committee of
the PIT. A., formed to distribute
clothes the year round. Every We'd
nesday Of the school year at Park View
School women gather in rooms set
aside for the committee to repair and
remodel donated clothing, under the
supervision of Mrs. l.. E. Brooks, COM
mite chairman.
Mothers Donate Time.
An every Wednesday they come,
scores of boys and girls, accompanied
by parents or teachers, to be fitted with
sweaters. underwear. coats, trousers
and dresses-while they last. Many
Evening star., 1937-12-01
Heavy Money Buys Wheel

Buying bicycle priced at $35 in a
shop near Leipzig, Germany, young
woman paid in money that made the
clerk stagger in carrying it. There
were 8,400 pfennigs, which weighed
IS pounds. The maid explained that
she had saved up pfennig by pfennig
to acquire the coveted machine.
Evening star., 1937-12-01
mot A CANDIDATE
VANDENBERG SAYS
Should Not Be Put in . False
Position" He Wires Sup.
pOrterS,

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 1.-Senator
Vandenberg OF Michigan Is mot .
candidate" for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination and should not
be put In false position" he wired
friends here who today proposed .
Vandenberg- rg-for- President club.
Honestly feel the Republican party
should be kept impersonal to avoid
needless friction while rebuilding to
victory" he added.
e. Mont Reilly, known as "the orig
inal Harding-for-P President man." was
among the leading Vandenberg
boosters.
Evening star., 1937-12-01

Michael Ritter, 77-yedr-old
storekeeper OF Newport NeDs,
Va, 1Uds in an unnamed jail
today on charges that he nur-
dered one 11-year-old girl and
shot and 7Uounded her 12-
year-old companion as they
passed near his home on their
Day from school yesterday.
Ritter gaze no motiUe, but Of
fcialS said he had recently
complained children 1Cere de-
facing his property.
A p Photos
Evening star., 1937-12-01

films having been contributed by their
local distributors. They are:
Earle-Gene Autry in Boots and
Saddle" Republic picture.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
ALUMNI TO HEAR
COLLEGE SINGERS

THE A Cappella Choir Of North
western University, on tour of
concerts in the East including Car
negie Hall in New York, will be the
guests of Northwestern University
alumni on Thursday at dinner to
be held at the Y. w. c. A., Seven
teenth and K streets northwest, at
$50. A concert will follow at Barker
Hall at $50 for the Northwestern
alumni and friends.
The Northwestern A Cappella
Choir was the first college organiza-
tton OF its kind In America and
played an important role in develop
ing the art of unaccompanied singing
in this country. Max T. Krone, the
present director of the choir, was for
n1erly head Of the school OF music
department at the University of Illi-
nois and director of the Arthur
Jordan Conservatory at Indianapolis.
A feature will be two choruses from
Taylor's recent opera, Peter Tibet
SON" Clarence Loomis will be repre-
sented by two dramatic choruses
Princes Day" an Irish chorus based
on text of Thomas Moore, and THE
Harp and the Willow" Noble Cain
will also be represented by his setting
for q cappella chorus of Elizabeth
Barrett Browning's poem, "Say Thou
Lowest Me"
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Compositions Featured.

AT THE symphonic concert to be
given by the Marine Band SYM
phony Orchestra on Wednesday eve
ming at 8 pm. IN the Marine Bar
racks, feature of the program will
be two compositions by Siegfried
Scharbau, principal musician of the
Marine Band, which will be con-
Quoted by the composer.
The Dome of the Capitol" Is
musical setting to a poem by Samuel
B. Pettengill, member OF Congress
from Indiana, which was especially
written for the Sesquicentennial Gel
ebration of the drawing Of the Con-
stitution and Is dedicated to Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The composition was
played last Summer during the
orchestral season at the Water Gate
and since then an arrangement has
been made by the composer for mill
tary bands. Edwin Steffe baritone,
will sing the solo part on Wednesday
evening.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
NEW ATTRACTIONS
FOR COMMUNITY

ELIZABETH X. Peoples, director Of
the Community Center Depart
ment OF the Public Schools of the
District of Columbia, announces that
next season a new series of enter
tainment features will be inaugurated
under the departments auspices at
Roosevelt High School.
These events will be thoroughly
professional and of widespread inter-
est and the series is planned as an
additional cultural interest for Wash
ingtonians 1t will include such
attractions as Margaret Speaks,
soprano who is known throughout
the country as The Voice of Fire
stone" in this radio stars first
appearance in Washington 'in per-
son" and in a complete concert
recital Of songs
Another unusual artist who makes
his Washington debut in this series
is Nimura, japanese whose dances
show marked genius and individual
ity OF concept and treatment. There
also will be another important dance
group, a famous mimic Of celebrities
of stage and screen in a series of
characterizations, and possibly 3 COL
orful choral group.
These events will all be given at
Roosevelt High School auditorium on
Wednesday evenings throughout the
season, exact dates to be announced
shortly. All reservations are to be
made on q national concert plan,
with seats modestly priced and sold
only for the entire series. Reserva-
tions can be made now at Mrs. Dor
sey's Concert Bureau In Droop's,
1900 G street northwest
Evening star., 1937-04-17
COAST ORGANIST
IN RECITAL HERE

THE District of Columbia Chapter
of the American Guild of Organ
lists will present Allan Bacon, head
Of the organ department Of the COL
lege Of the Pacific, Stockton, Calf,
in free recital at the Church Of the
Epiphany, on Thursday evening at
8:15 o'clock.
Allan Bacon has been head of the
organ department at the College Of
the Pacific since 1922 Formerly a
resident of st. Louis, he received his
early instruction in organ under Rod
ney Saylor and Charles Galloway,
and was organist and choir director
for four years at Kingshighway Pres
byterian Church of st. Louis In
1919 he accepted the position of head
Of the piano and organ departments
of Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa.
In 1922 he became organist at the
College of the Pacific, then located at
San Jose but now located-since
1924-at Stockton. With a magnif-
cent manual Estey organ at his
disposal, his annual series Of recitals
at the college auditorium has
attracted the attention of music
lovers and people of culture generally
throughout Northern California He
was a soloist at the Pacific Coast
Organists' Convention held at Los
Angeles in 1928, and soloist at the
State Music Teachers Convention,
held also at Los Angeles, in 1923.
The present one is Mr.. Bacon's sec
ond transcontinental tour.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
ATTEND MEETING
OF FEDERATION

Eva WHITFORD LOvETTE, presi-
dent of the District of Columbia
Federation of Music Clubs: Gertrude
Lyons. member of the national board
OF directors and State junior counselor,
and Margaret Smith. treasurer Of the
District of Columbia Federation and
delegate from the Lovette Choral
Club, will leave this week for Indian
apolis to attend the biennial conven-
ton of the national federation, April
% through April 90
Leah Effenbach, pianiste winner of
the State and district young artists
contest, will also go TO Indianapolis
to enter the finals. Her sister. Ger
trude Eftenbach, will accompany her
to assist in second piano work.