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Evening star., 1937-11-01
Private Building
Is Up 48 Per Cent
In Southern Area

BALTIMORE, Nov. 1.-The Manu-
facturers' Record reported today that
private building in 1e Southern States
in 10 months Of 1897 increased 4s per
cent over the same period of 1885, but
that public building dropped OF 13
per cent.
Contract awards for private con-
struction were $158.S46 900 to October
80. Apartment and hotel construction
showed 81 per cent increase over
last year. while dwelling buildings
was up 43 per cent.
City, county, Federal and State
projects totaled 9,o60, 900 in the
first 10 months. Industrial building
dropped is per cent and water works
and sewers, 26 per cent.
Private construction contracts were
let In October for $15,454,00 This
sum was per cent above October
1885, but II per cent less than Sep
tember of this year.
An increase in school awards this
month sent public building contracts
to S10,605,000 as compared with
1896, 900 in September. School con-
tracts were S2,996, 900, almost Sc per
cent higher than In September.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
TWO UTILITY COMPANIES
GIVE SPECIAL DIVIDENDS

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. Public Service
Co. of Northern Illinois and Common
wealth Edison Co. announced special
dividends for holders of common
stock.
Common stockholders Of record
November 10 will receive q special
dividend Of 80 cents share Decem-
ber |. Commonwealth Edison stock
holders of record November 10 will
receive 3lA cents a share special
dividend also on December i.
Commonwealth Edison, the COM
pany said, had on October %, 81. 8 per
cent of Public Service Co. of Northern
Illinois common stock and 70.4 per
cent OF the total common and pre-
ferred shares The transfer was in
cluded in a bank settlement concern
ing assets pledged by insult Utility
Investments, Inc, and Corporation
Securities Corp. of Chicago.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
bage or swill not represented in above

bage or swill not represented in above
prices.
Sheep. 1900; no early sales or in
dications up until II I'm. IN fat lambs
trade; slaughter ewes steady with close
last week, from $50 to 500; old thin
sheep, l.50 to 2.50.
Grain Market. 3
Opening prices we're: Wheat, No. Z,
red. winter. garlicky. spot, domestic,
1.01A; November delivery, 1.01A.
Settling prices were: Wheat, No. 2,
red. winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
1.o1A; November delivery. 1.ol.
Cob corn-No. 2. yellow, domestic,
old, S0a85; y;estern billing at a prem
ium over this price; cob corn nominal.
Oats-No. 2. white, domestic, 42a45;
No. 3, 41a44: Pacific Coast No. / white
oats, 70; except grain on track, there Is
an additional charge of III cents per
bushel for storage and elevation on all
sales OF oats.
Rye-No. 2, 95a1.oo. Barley, 7oa75.
Hay and straw unchanged.
Evening star., 1937-11-01

supplies moderate; demand lisht; market
steady: Florida: Bushel hampers Green,
nas sond,i,on fHos S6-2.bo few a.76-a.oo; fair
AVocxDoe@Florida: Boxes, ISL 90.
BEETsEPennsylvania: rs per dozen
sRUssns spRouTs-california: 2s-
pound drums. 2.60-2.75.
ROCCOLI-California: Crates. 2.75-
300. Pennsylvania: Bushel crates, 1.36-
CHDeTNuTs-Italian. 7-s per pound.
CRAbAPPLES-New York: Bushel bas-
cRANsIRRIEs-Mass.chusett.: M-bar-
rel boxes, $50.
QRAPEFRUIT-Florid Boxes, ZOO
2.75. As to grade and size.
L1ME0IFlorida: Boxes 12b
HROOM6-Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania, 3-pound baskets, 4O-s5.
ORAN0E6-Florida: Boxes, c5O-3,5O,
- to Grade and size
PAEsLEY-Pennsylvania: h-bushel bas-
rARsNIPs - Peansylvania: M-bushel
. PEARs-oreron: Boxes. Bartletts, 25o-
PERsLMMo MoNs-virsinia, e-basket
PIINsiEA4plplL:EsLcuba: Crates. 400.
TOMATOES-Californ Lug boxes
ripes and turning. wrapped, 6x6 and larger,
2.2b: few higher; poorer lower.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bushel bas-
kets, topped, 50-65; 25 per dozen punches
Evening star., 1937-11-01
STEEL PRODUCTION
OFF 3.5PER CENT
Operations Are 1876 Per
Cent of Capacity for Low
est Since 1885.
By the Associated Press.

oy tns ASbOciate0 freBs.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-Operations
In the steel industry for the current
week declined 35 points to 48.6 per
cent of capacity. compared with 52.1
per cent last week, the American Iron
g. Steel Institute estimated today.
A month ago operations averaged
$751; per cent Of capacity, while q year
ago the rate was 74.7 per cent.
The drop, the seventh consecutive
week of decline, carried the in
dustry's production rate to the lowest
since the end Of 1885.
From about the middle of September
the steady decline has been one of the
severest IN many years for steel
makers. At the recovery peak last
spring the industry for a while set q
new production record for ingots, with
the operating rate above 90 per cent
Of capacity.
The autumn decline started with
operations in mid-September around
80.
In the absence of aggressive new
buying, producers have worked off
large backlogs accumulated earlier
in the year and cut production to the
hand-to-mouth buying policy pursued
by consumers. This cautious buying
Evening star., 1937-11-01
Baltimore Markets
epecial Dispatch to The Star.

epecial Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 1.-Pota-
toes, per 100-pound sack, 75a1.s0;
sweet potatoes, bushel, 35a75; nearby,
half bushel, 20a30; white yams, 35a65;
beets, dozen punches, 20a30; nearby,
bunch, 2a21z; broccoli, crate, l.35a
800: brussels sprouts. drum. 2.25a2.50;
quart, 12a15; cabbage, Danish, bushel,
50a55; 50-pound sack, 40a60; North
Carolina, pointed type, hamper, 75as5;
carrots, bushel, 65a9o; California,
crate, 2.75a3.00; nearby, bunch, 2a3;
caulifiower, crate, 1.50a1.75; celery,
crate. 1.75a2.5O; cucumbers, bushel.
2.50a3.50; eggplants, crate, 4.50; let
tuce, California, iceberg, crate, 1.50a
2.25; mushrooms, 4-quart basket, 50a
IS; onions, 50-pound sack, 85a1 40;
peas. bushel, 250a30 peppers, bushel,
60a75: nearby. half bushel, 20a35;
spinach, bushel, so; nearby. half
bushel, 25a50; squash, bushel, 2.00a
2.25; tomatoes, California, lug, 1.60a
2.25; turnips. nearby, purple tops,
half bushel, 20a25; yellow, per 100
pounds, 90al.00; apples, bushel. 25a
125: box, 1.90a2.10: cranberries,
quarter-barrel box. 2.65a3.25; eight
barrel box, 1.40a1 go; grapefruit, box
1.75a2.75; grapes. Eastern, 12-quart
basket, 25a35; 2-quart basket, 10a12;
honeydews, crate, 1.40a2.00; oranges,
box. 1.40a3.50; pears, Eastern, Bart
let's, bushel, LOCAL so; Anjous, bushel,
100a125; Seckels, half bushel, 100a
lao.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 23a28; mixed colors, 20a23;
Leghorns, 2oa22; fowl. Rocks, 22a23;
mixed colors, 20a22; Leghorns, Halt;
roosters, 12a14: ducks, 16a20; guineas,
each, 45a70; turkeys, pound. 23a28.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen. 29a
80; whites. large, 35a36; medium, 32a
33; receipts. 97l crates.
Butter-Prints, pound, 37a38; good
to fancy, creamery, 36a37; rolls, 49,;
packing stock, 49, receipts, 797 tubs.
Live Stock.
Cattle, 1000; rlildly active trading
on steers; she stock and bulls generally
steady to Is cents higher than close
last week; load 1.190 pounds steers,
11.80; bulk plain and medium grades
scaling $50 to 1,180 at 1000 down to
$50; slaughter heifers mostly kinds
to sell from 650a900; plain and
medium fat cows mostly 450a6 90;
few on heifer order to 750; low cut
ters and cutters mainly 325a425;
shelly kinds 800 and less; odd head
plain and medium bulls, 5sOa675;
scattered sales 800 to 1,100 pounds
feeder steer. 7.75a950.
Calves, ATS; steady with close last
week; good grade vealers, 12OOal2.5O;
Gull. plain and medium grades, 7.5Oa
HOO; weighty grass calves, 650a9 90.
Hogs, 1900; steady with Friday; 140
to 220 pounds, 10.05a1030; practical
top, 1890; $50 to $50 pounds, s.75a
1905; 260 to 800 pounds quoted 9.00a
$50: 120 to l40 pounds. 955a10.05;
good packing sows, 830a880; stays
quoted IT'S down. Hogs from doubt
full areas and those fattened on gar
Evening star., 1937-11-01
VOTING WATCHED
BY WALL STREET
Hopes for Hints on How
Political Winds Are
Blowing.
~ the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Nov. Local elec-
hons scheduled tomorrow, particu-
larly the New York City mayorality
contest, will be watched closely in
Wall Street for hints on how the po-
litical winds are blowing.
Organized labor's bid for political
power in some cities gives the i'm
pending balloting added significance
In financial comment. Whether labor
has been ION the make" politically in
the big Eastern and Northern indus
trial centers has been a big topic OF
interest for Wall Street since the
sweeping advance of the Committee
for Industrial Organization unions in
the production industries last
winter and spring.
Beyond the local contests loom the
congressional elections of 1888. They
are year away, but the maneuvering
for those contests is expected to be-
gin in the next few months.
Since the avalanche of Democratic
votes last November intrenched the
New Deal in power at Washington for
another four years, stirring events
have passed on both the financial
and political stages. Commodity and
security markets in the interval have
looped through one of the widest orbits
in memory of Wall Street veterans.
After the New Deal landslide at the
polls, commodity prices shot skyward,
continuing up into early last spring.
Meanwhile they have lost all those
gains and then some. Similarly stocks
moved ahead, only to become snagged
last spring and plunge down on a de-
cline resulting recently in breaks rem
tniscent of 1929.
Business, too, has marched uphill
and down in rather wide swing for
one year.
So far industrial recession has been
moderate, compared with the fall in
stocks and raw materials. But the
possibility it may go farther keeps
financial ears alert for political roper
cussions. So extensive a washout of
paper values as the country has seen
since spring. plus curtailment OF in
dustrial activity, hardly can fail to
have political echoes in one way or
another, Wall Street reasons.
Some commentators have sought
to read in the recent shift of Federal
money controls, notably the lowering
of margin requirements against stock
purchases, signs of a moderation of
the New Deal program for economic
change. Close on heels of the an
nouncement of the margin changes
by the Reserve Board last week came
reports from Washington of probable
changes in the capital gains and un-
divided profits taxes with administra-
ton sanction.
Many Wall Streeters gave credence
to these reports, assuming the $685.
600 0,000,000 August-October drop in Sc
curity values in itself would be an
incentive to caution IN Washington.
Skeptics. however, have warned Wall
Street to keep a "show-me" attitude,
reminding q special session of Con-
gress is just around the corner to
consider legislation left over from the
last session.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
Speed Limits Changed.

Both Pennsylvania and Mississippi
have raised the speed limit from 40
to so miles per hour. Alabama has
abandoned its fixed speed limit and
has adopted the provision for speed
being reasonable and proper" similar
to the plan formerly in force in Con-
necticut. Vermont has switched from
the reasonable and proper" speed
limit to a definite limit of Is miles
per hour for passenger cars, 35 miles
per hour for trucks.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
WOOL MARKET SLOW
AT BOSTON IN WEEK
By the Associat>d pre..

BY the Assocfated Press.
BOSTON, Nov. UNITED States
Department of Agriculture) Business
in the wool market was slow the last
week. Quotations were irregular.
Some houses weakened while Others
refused TO revise their price ideas in
spite Of uncertainty IN the goods mar
ket and resulting lack 81 interest by
manufacturers.
A limited amount of selling appeared
on distress lots at prices considerably
below quotations on most voluntary
offerings of spot wools.
Grease basis prices on offerings and
a few small sales Of combing Ohio
feeces ranged IS to 81 cents for fine
delaine, 37-38 for staple conbing
length half-blood, 37-39 for three
eighths and 36-38 for quarter-blood.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
CR0SLEY RADIO SHOWS
THlRD-QUARTER DEFICIT

CINCINNATI, Noy. tP.-The
Crosley Radio Corp. reported a net
loss OF $115,735 for the quarter ended
September 80. compared with a net
profit of sli7,870 for the third period
last year.
The company reported net profit
OF $l03,58l for the first nine months
OF 1887. after payment of Federal in
come tax. and before undistributed
profits tax was paid. This was equal
to 19 cents a share Earnings OF
s1,390.326, equal to 1854 a share
were reported for the corresponding
period last year.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
New Models Always Secret.

News Of new models is conveniently
kept secret in the automotive world
by Dame Rumor. Every one has some
thing to say about the new models
with the result that one guess is as
good as another. This is true even
among those reasonably close to the
factories. The appearance of many
experimental models on the streets of
Detroit and other motor centers fur
ther complicates the guessing.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
BELGIUM GUARDS GOLD
Underground strongrooms Will
Resist 2OO-Pound Air Bomb.

BRUSSELS P).-Reinforced con-
crete underground strongrooins, capa-
BILE OF resisting 2o0-pound bombs
dropped from 5000 feet. are being
built at Ostend for the Belgian Ma
tional Bank
Intended to protect the banks gold
stock against air attack, these strong
rooms" will have walls feet thick.
Ostend was chosen because from
there the gold could easily be shipped
abroad II necessary.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
Strange Road Materials.

London has two blocks OF rubber
paving, while in Queensland, Australia,
some roads are made of fiat rubber
tires. Rubber is also used for joints
between sections Of concrete highway.
In Germany some of the latest high
ways are Of aluminium. When mixed
with tar and asphalt surfaces powdered
aluminium is said to be effective in
lessening the softening Of such roads
in hot weather.
Evening star., 1937-11-01

ED GIRAFFE, gym in
structor, says: "Yss sir,
Camels set me right
and that takes in a lot
of angles. It means I
can smoke all I please
without getting tangled
nerves."
MARIE DRISCOLL,
business girl, says:
"Camels have every
thing I like in q ciga-
rstte. I enjoy smoking
q lot more o1nco I've
found out how appeal
ing Camsls are!"
GENE ENGLISH, ra-
dio engineer, notices
what cigarette the stars
of radio like: "Camels
sesm to be the favor
ito. lsmoks Camels my
self. They don't make
my throat scratchy."
Evening star., 1937-11-01
One Brake Clue to Other.

If the hand-braking system uses
the same set of brake shoes as the
-braking system you have a
handy way of knowing when the
brakes should be adjusted. AS the
Innings wear the mandrake lever
will have to be pulled back farther
In order to hold the car In the old
days it was safe enough to assume if
the hand brake didn't hold well the
service. brake did, but with many
cars today this assumption may lead
to trouble.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
LEADING U. S. MARKETS
TO CLOSE TOMORROW
Nv The Aasoria ted Preas

By The ABB0ciated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. Principal
American security and commodity ex-
changes will be closed tomorrow In OBJ
servance of election day.
Chicago exchanges, however, and
several commodity and live stock
markets will remain open.
European markets, with the excep-
tion Of Paris, closed Monday and Tues
day for All Saints day festivities, will
operate as usual.
Evening star., 1937-11-01

PETER KILLIAN 10
. news photographer.
His slant: "Camels are
always with me-sspe-
cially at the table.
Camels help my diges-
ton to keep clicking
day after day."
EDWARD HURLEY,
. successful, busy ar
chitect, says: ITO my
way of thinking, q man
doesn't really know
what honest to good
ness flavor means until
he smokes Carnels."
Evening star., 1937-11-01

has been attributed by trace authori.
ties partly to . desire to reduce In
ventories and to hold out for possible
price concessions, following the recent
drop In stocks and raw materials
quotations.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
Miner Digs Self Out.

Buried to the waist in ore In the
New Occidental Gold Mine near Co
bar, Australia, John Silver could not
be released by miners, so dug with .
miners can for "a hours until free. A
boulder resting against Silver's back
weighed 2 tons.
Evening star., 1937-11-01

Members of the Union Defense Force
in South Africa are protesting against
being compelled to rise when pictures
Of the King are shown or the British
national anthem is played in motion
picture theaters.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
And many millions of Americans more
people than smoke any other cigarette in the
world-give hearty o-kay to CameIs!

WINIFRED CAS-
TIE works long hours
At her editorial desk -
smokes a lot. She says:
II can smoke as many
Camels as I please and
they never got on my
nerves."
WARREN PIAGET,
crack salesman, drives
0,000 miles-andmore
"A year. "Do I get
tired, tense?" he says.
"Sure! And it's swell
the way Camsls give
me q lift"
Evening star., 1937-11-01
Special Tires for Snow.

This winter more motorists will
equip their cars with mud and snow
tires. These are tires with special
treads that offer exceptional traction
both forward and backward An i'm
proved tread is said to be self cleaning.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
NEW DOUBlE.FEATURE
CAMEL CARAVAN

Two great shows-"Jack Oakie College"
and Benny Goodman's Swing School,
in one fast, fun.6lled hour. On the air every
Tuesday night At $50 pm EST, $50 pm
C~S.T- 1880 pm MIST, $50 pm psf,
over WABC. Columbia Network.
Evening star., 1937-11-01

d-AlSO eXtrA or eXtr4S.
g-Declared or paid so far this year.
Diamond Shoe Corp.-A. s. Beck
Shoe Corp. subsidiary. reduced price
for mems shoes from $4.45 to 1898 a
pAir
Evening star., 1937-11-01
Pensions to Tinplate Workers,

Tinplate workers of Wales are to
be allowed to retire at IS on a pen
sion Of IS q week.
Evening star., 1937-11-01
INVESTING COMPANIES

NEW YORK. Nov. 1 oP-New Yor
security Dealers Association:
lNnnn nuntafinnSl
Evening star., 1937-11-01

VOU bet they do! In aviation of the most loyal
i groups of Camel smokers in the country. For ex.
ample the famous transcontinental record holder COL
Roscoe Turner smokes Camels. So do test-pot Lee
Gehlbach Capt. Frank Hawks, and TWAS chief pilot,
Hal Snead-to mention only few. AS COL Turner puts
it, II guess you've noticed that in aviation are great
smokers And, from what see most Aiers share nv re-
gard for Cames They need healthy nerves. That's one
big reason why so many of us stick to Camels."
Evening star., 1937-11-01
INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK, Nov. LP.-Nev York
Security Dealers Association:
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 1887
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

that none Of his dollars which he had already
earmarked for the elevation Of our civilization
should be spent foolishly.
How entirely wrong was back in the days
when believed the great money makers gathered
their fortunes, not by their remarkable brains but
by being crooked. Mr.. Mellon, like the Rookie
fellers, now realize gave unstntingly of himself
as well as the millions he donated to charity
which no one will ever hear about.
Spurned Presidency
A brilliant columnist on another paper pointed
out the other day how small and petty our income
tax collectors can be when they want to. It
seems that nothing is sacred from them and I
honestly believe they shortened Mr. Melons life.
I'm one Of those people, incidentally, who take
great pleasure in smuggling things in from the
other side and certainly would be complete
fool If didn't take advantage of every loop
hole open in our tax laws. Congress knows full
well how much the nation is losing through
these loopholes and the thing to do as I see it
is to tighten up the laws so all people would be
taxed equally.
Mr.. Mellon was truly great man in himself
because the Presidency of the United States
was at his fingertips at one time and, without
hesitation, he turned away from it. remember
begging him at friendship one night to recon
slider his refusal to run for the Presidency and
his reply was, I'm too old and my money would
react against me-"
How pathetic it was to see Mr. Mellon go out of
office after he had been universally acclaimed as
the greatest Secretary of the Treasury since
Alexander Hamilton" And then he died while
Investigators were attempting to discredit that
which he valued most-his reputation.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Says Boake Garter

Tor years in America. 1t is what this column
fought for before the Hindenburg disaster and
Immediately subsequent to that crash.
1t is because this writer, though a heavier.than.
air pilot good many years ago, believed: Cd
in the principle that there is a place for every
thing, If everything is in its place. (2) that air.
ships have very definite place in future trans
portation over long ocean routes; 90 that
possessing virtual monopoly of the worlds SUP
ply OF helium. the United States was foolish not
to swap helium for technical experience with
the German Zeppelin Company, a private con-
Germ, and so eventually lead the world in this
form Of transport.
No Balm to Politicians
The action of the Munitions Control Board
in granting the allotment for one wear will
bring no balm to the heavierthanair interests
now competing madly behind the scenes in
washington to gain control of all the ocean air.
way travel routes
Sly, indeed, are the efforts being made to nail
down their political control, by the hoodwinlzing
OF inexperienced Government authorities in the
Maritime Commission and the Interstate Com
merce Commission and to the ultimate detriment
OF the general public of the United States.
One group with the support of two of the lead
Ing alrplane manufacturers of America-one in
tne East and one in California-and ship oper.
ators are attempting to inveigle the Maritime
commission to pin itself down to official recon.
mendation Of one type of aircraft to the exclu-
sion of all else.
tIhe opinions of BoGke Carter are his ovn and
NOT necessarily those of The Washington TimesJ
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
z HURT AS AUTO,
TRUCK COLLIDE

William B. Barber, 81. Of 1920
Connecticut Ave. N. W., and Mrs.
Ruth v. Crane, 81, Of SO Carroll
Ave-, Takoma Park. Md, were in
jured early today when their auto
mobile and a truck collided and
the auto turned over on the Wash
ington- Baltimore boulevard near
Annandale, Md.
Both were taken by a motorist
to the Naval Hospital, where Bar
ber was treated for head injuries
and Mrs. Crane for a fractured left
arm and lacerations of the head.
The condition of both was said to
be apparently not serious. Mrs.
Crane later was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital.
Jules Kravitz, Of Philadelphia,
said by police to have been the
driver Of the truck, was held at
the Hyattsville police station for
questioning.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Toy Matinee
AtCGpitOI to
Aid Needy

Plans for one Of the outstand.
ing features in the Christmas
Cheer Clubs campaign to make
every needy Washington child
happy on Christmas morn were
completed today.
A special matinee, starting at 9
a. M, will be staged at Loew's
Capitol Theater on Saturday, De-
cember 1s. Admission will be one
toy.
Besides several star acts from
the Capitol's vaudeville program
of that week, one Of Shirley Tenn
pies greatest successes, 1.-THE Poor
Little Rich Girl" will be shown.
The picture is donated by Twen-
tieth Century-Fox films, Of which
Sam Wheeler is local manager.
The campaign is sponsored by
The Washington Times and the
Washington Herald, the Loew's
Theaters and Radio Station WJSV,
with the District Fairgrounds De-
partment and the District Fire
Department cooperating.
Boxes for toy donations made
their appearance yesterday in the
toy departments of the Hecht
Company, Seventh and F Streets
Northwest, and the G. C. Murphy
stores. Patrons may purchase
toys for needy children and drop
them in the boxes. They will be
sent by the stores to the club
headquarters, 1887 Massachusetts,
Ave. N. w.
Any one in Washington may aid
the club. Discarded toys, which
will be made over at the club
headquarters to look brand-new,
are being sought. All that is nee
essary to send discarded toys to
the club is a phone call to ME.
4141 and a Premier cab will trans
port the donation.