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Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,

NEW YORK. September 11-Whiri-
wind buying put rallying power be-
hind the stock market today and
recently slumping leaders bounced up
to 3 or more points at the best.
1t was the fastest Saturday session
since last March. The ticker tape
was several minutes behind at inter-
walls as blocks of 1000 to 5000 shares
changed hands.
There we're also slow periods as
profit selling put brakes on the re-
covery. Extreme advances we're re-
duced in some instances before the
close, but most finished around the
top.
Inspiring the rebound, brokers said.
was considerable short covering based
on the belief the market had been
'overSold" and was due for at least
a temporary comeback. In addition
there was the thought today's meeting
of the Federal Reserve Open Market
Committee at Washington might take
some action that would stem tbs
downward tide. Nibbling by bargain
hunters" too, was seen as factor
in stiffening the list.
The side lines we're found comfort
able by many, however, as Far East
ern and Mediterranean war problems
continued to lack solution.
Transfers approximated 1900 900
shares.
At Amsterdam, the only leading
European market open, international
stocks exhibited strength. Purchasing
orders from abroad on balance we're
reported by houses with foreign con-
nections.
Rail liens generally pointed higher
in the bond division. but other loans
were spotty. Commodities inclined to
slip.
Shares conspicuous on the right
about we're United States Steel, Beth
lehem. Youngstown Sheet & Tube,
American Rolling Mill, General Mo-
tors. Chrysler, United States Rubber,
York Central, Pennsylvania, Southern
Pacific, Chesapeake e. Ohio, Southern
Railway, Montgomery Ward, Sears
Roebuck, J. 1. Case, International
Harvester, Deere. Westinghouse. Gen.
eral Electric, Du Pont, Allied Chem
ical. Western Union, North American,
Electric Power & Light, Kennecott.
international Nickel, Howe Sound,
Loew's, Borg Warner, Macy and Otis
Elevator.
Some issues failed to make the
grade. Among these were Public
Service of New Jersey. Peoples Gas,
Pullman, Illinois Central and Lone
Star Cement.
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local, o1; cars 21a4; current receipts, o0Is
Potatoes. 127: on track. 279; total
United States shipments. 622; steady;
per hundredweight Idaho Russet Burbanks.
y. s. No. /, l.55-2.00. according to quail
ILy: u S. No. ., 1,35-4o: Washington White
kots Bliss Triumphs, S. No 1 and partly
graded, 95-1.15, mostly 1.05-10.
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springs. colored. o1; Plymouth Rock. "a.
White Rock, "A; barebacks. 10; roosters,
daaa; Leghorn roosters 131a:. turkeys.
mems, "a; toms Is: No . turkeys is:
young ducks. AZ pounds up coiored. i6
Whlte. Is; small, colored, IA: white, Isl
old geese. Is: young, s.
Butter, 1854 steady: prices un-
Changed. Eggs, 5sO1, firm: extra nrsts
local 22: cars. 221z; fresh graded nrsts
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Approximate Sales of Stocks the N. Stock Exchange
11:0O AM------ 100000 12:OO Noon- / 400 OOo
of trading
bankruptcy rceiveship reorganized und.
bankruptcy act securities assumed Companies
Rates OF dividends table are annual ox
bursements based the last
included - ~ eN1' "ie no
Ex dividend. extra or extras epa,a
last Payable stock. Declared this
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clal honor prizes,
heard Branch
hickey, st. Louis
base ball mag
nate, outline the
essential elements
of business sue
cess, and wound
up the evening
with a program
OF dancing.
T he annual
c o m m e n C e =
m G n t exercises
drew a record at
tendance, accom-
panied by un-
,fS1fa1 e17tn11Sia cr1
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CHICAGO PRODUCE.

!, CHICAGO. September IL LP,.-Poultry,
I'VE one car; 2l trucks; unsettled hens
80 pounds up, 22l2 less than ii.
pounds 10; Leshorn hens is; fryers coli
991ted' II Plymouth Rock; "a; White Rock,
Plymouth Rock 25 White Poek 81.
oarebacks. 10; LeRhorn chickens, eoIz;
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Advertising Drive Planned.

Wallace H. Fulton of Washington,
director, Investment Bankers Confer
ence, urged Americas security traders
to regulate themselves, in an address
before the National Security Traders
Association Convention. He warned
that such progress would be slow, as it
must be approved by the majority of
security traders.
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NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
:, NEW YORK. September If (P,-N.u
YORK SECURITY Dealers Associatinr
MONTREAL SILVER

futures closed steady and ilnrhang,53 II =.
sales Septsmber, "A 25b: Decsmbsro
45'ooo' March 43.10b. Bid
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JUNIOR BANKERS
GIVEN DIPLOMAS
D.. c. Institute Members
Hear Talk on Success
by Branch Hickey.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Members of Washington Chapter.
American Institute Of Banking, meet
ing at the Willard Hotel last night.
received graduation certificates. spe-
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barely steady. 8 TO IL
Cottonseed Oil.

Cottonseed Oil.
Bleachsble cottonseed oil futures
closed easy. to lower. Sales 90
contracts. October 1853: December
1851; January TAO; March 74s.
B-bid
Evening star., 1937-01-31

HARRIET OSBORN, of an old
Montgomery County family, be-
came his last wife, and outlived him
by many years. He passed away in
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CHARLES w. RAY. who has been
president Of the Brightwood Cit
liens Association ever since the death
OF Louis p. Shoemaker. in November.
1915, has been one Of the most active
workers in advancing the interests Of
the community In which he was born
and received his graded school educa-
ton and has proved to be = worthy
successor to such men rs James L.
Norris, the first president; William
v. Cox and Mr.. Shoemaker. Two
other early Brightwood residents, w.
NICK. Clayton and John A. Saul, are
the associations representatives in the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
Mr.. Clayton Is noted for his SUI
perior knowledge Of public-utility mat
ters and has accomplished much good.
not only for the people OF Bright
wood, but for the entire District as
we'll. He is especially we'll versed in
street-railroad matters and stands for
national representation for the Dis
trict of Columbia. for which the as
sociation he represents has repeatedly
voted.
Mr.. Saul Is a native Washingtonian
and the son Of John Saul, who came
to Washington in 1851 and three years
later bought Mayor Richard Wallack's
Maple Grove Farm, where he later
established his well-known nurseries. A
few years after his death. in 1897, the
old farm was subdivided and named
Saul's Addition, the name being later
changed to Piney Branch Park. John
Saul, q former president Of the Board
of Trade, Is . grandson Of the first
John Saul.
When Brightwood Park, q part Of
the White farm, was subdivided into
building lots, about 1890, the Claytons
were one of the first families to move
there, as were the families Of George
w. Osburn, James r. Sands and a
| few others. The street railroad to
Brightwood was then rather q make
shift affair. There was no Potomac
water In the community. no gas, no
sewerage system and the Seventh
street road needed widening and paw
ing. Indeed. improvements had to be
made in order to induce the people
from the city to settle there.
After q number Of meetings had
been held by groups Of citizens, it
was found imperative. in order to
accomplish better work, to band to-
gether as q regular organization, and
so, on March IT. 1891, the Brightwood
Avenue Citizens Association Of the
District Of Columbia came into being
and Is today the Brightwood Citizens
Association.
The Star, which rarely fails to cover
the meetings of this association, re-
ported the first one with Q column
article and among the many inter-
esting things said: Before the meet
ing was called to order those present
stood about in small groups telling
their unpleasant experiences with the
present bobtail cars and the animals
that are employed to draw them up
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use the laboratory for testing pur-
poses.
Transcontinental & western Air has
had a flying laboratory on this order
for some time, and many Of their new
navigation and de-icing aids were
tested on 1t. This ship Is not q passen-
ger type but a powerful two-Seater,
in which Lieut.. Comdr. D. w. Tom
linson acts as pilot. Known as the
"over.weather experimental labora-
tory" Tomlinson and his engineer
observer have for some time been max
ing sub-stratosphere flights. gathering
data for use in the development OF
high altitude transportation. Their
engine Is the same as those in regu-
lar use on T. w. A. coast-to-coast
planes, but with 1t they have at
tanned an altitude Of 10000 feet, work.
ing in heated. oxygen-supphed cock
pits. The Observers recordings OF
his instrument readings at different
attitudes are supplemented each 1000
feet by those OF . camera mounted
behind his head.
ONE very practical result of some
of T. w. AS research following
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in the writer's collection Of programs
of exercises at the cemetery the earlist
one, dated 1901, are to be found serv-
ing on the Executive Committee such
well-mown residents as Louis P. Shoe
maker, who was then president Of the
association; w. NICK. Clayton. w. z.
Nalley, w. v. Cox, DR.. Charles c.
Stone and Edward T. Bates.
The first constitution Of the associa-
ton provided that "the object Of this
association shall be the welfare
Of that portion of the County
Of Washington, District Of Co.
lumbia, lying in the vicinity Of Bright
wood avenue" and the present consti-
tuition states that "the objects Of this
association shall be primarily for the
lettering of conditions in general for
the people residing in the territory
contiguous to and in the vicinity of
Brightwood, and for its elevation and
for the promotion of its welfare. To
this end its activity may extend to any
part OF the District OF Columbia. Its
interest shall also extend to any mat
ter in which the welfare of the people
OF the District OF Columbia Is fac
tor"
In the effort to obtain the needed
improvements north of Florida ave-
nue., the more who work to this end,
the quicker may be the desired results.
Hence the Brightwood Citizens Asso-
ciation has never discouraged the for
nation of other associations within
its original territory. but rather has
encouraged that course, since it appre-
ciates the force Of cooperation and
unity. Nevertheless. 1t has never
looked upon with favor the limiting or
circumscribing Of its territory, upon
which encroachments have from time
10 time been made,
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avenue and Thirteenth street, was
early settled by James White. son OF
Robert, who built there log house,
and tradition has it that this pioneers
abode was equipped with portfolios for
defense in case OF attack by Indians or
wild animals, such as wolves and bears.
which were still to be feared when the
original house was built. Indeed. the
story even goes so far as to include the
burying Of an Indian chief in the Gel
lar, where he might sleep until called
upon to take up his abode In the happy
hunting grounds. but this, Of course, Is
rather fanciful
Though James White was unques-
tionably of patriotic impulses. yet Just
four years before the signing Of the
Declaration Of Independence he re-
ceived q direct grant Of 536 acres. the
tract being known as Pleasant Hills.
and lying close to Turkey Thicket and
Mount Pleasant. Both Of these tracts,
the writer Is told, make up the Sol
diers' Home grounds, which include
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1926, and she. presumably much
younger, not until 1873. Their issue
included Archibald, Eleanor. Lydia,
Harriet and Elizabeth Roberta. Their
offspring was numerous.
The old White mansion, like many
old District homes, has been remodeled
perhaps upon more than one occasion.
At q very early period . part OF the
present structure replaced the original
log house, and at . more recent date
An addition was made, giving to 1t It's
present lines and appearance.
Some few years ago, when 1t was
found necessary to repair the sills
of this house, the carpenter found they
had been put together with large
wooden pegs. and some Of these were
turned over to the family, who still
retain them as relics.
Miss Ida May White. familiarly
known as Miss Maybe White, daugh-
ter Of Archibald White and the chat
elaine Of the White Manor. and all Of
her sisters and brothers were born in
the old homestead.
THE chances are that James White.
who first settled Brightwood. was
practically alone in this part Of the
District for q long while: that at first
his nearest neighbor was at least q
mile away. and that he and his fam
lily sought much pleasure and COM
fort in attending old st. Paul's or
Rock Greek Church, Is it Is generally
called. the pioneer Of all churches in
the District Of Columbia.
However, in time others came and
settled in this general neighborhood,
including the Peirce, Shoemaker. Kiln
gle and Osborn families and others,
and it was not long before We find
Col. John Tayloe buying the prop
erty to the northeast Of Georgia ave-
nue. and Rock Greek Church road.
which he named Petworth, As has
been said, 'for the English town OF
that name" Prior to this, we are
told. the property belonged to q Capt
Balch and as part Of his estate
It was sold to Col. Tayloe after the
formers death, which happened about
1903.
At this time Col. Tayloe improved
the farm by erecting q line Of posts
and Q rail fence of cedar along the
Rock Greek Church road side FOL
about three-fourths Of a mile, the
rails. according to an old item. after
being hewn, were planed, the work
being done by slave labor. According
to an item written in 1865, the rails
were then in q good state Of preserva-
tion, and 1t is further stated that
when the fence was erected there
was no road up Seventh street, which
now means Georgia avenue.
Another representative family that
settled in Brightwood at an early date
was that represented by Enos Ray, who
first came into the enighborhood in
1880, when he farmed for several
years . tract of land to the north OF
Petworth owned by Marshall Brown
son Of Jesse Brown, who conducted q
hostelry on Pennsylvania avenue
called the Indian Queen, and which
was later operated by his sons, Mar
shall and Tillotson Brown. when it
was generally known as Browns Ho-
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tel. Later It was given the name Met
ropolitan. by which designation 1t Is
still recalled by many.
IN 1885 Enos Ray bought the farm
upon which his old home stands,
or did stand until recently, for
changes are taking place 20 rapidly
in and around Washington that it
reminds one Of the delusive shell
game: "Now you see 1t. now you
don't" This farm was bounded on
the north by the Milk House Ford
road, later changed to Magnolia
avenue, then to Shepherd road and
now for some distance to Concord
avenue. As q farmer he was thrifty
and successful, and as his sons grew
to manhood and were married he gave
each farm nearby.
OF sturdy, Colonial Maryland an
cestry. his neutrality-suspicious..
William Ray, settled in Anne Arundel
County at a very early date, and then
through John, John. jr.. and Alexan-
der, In succession. Enos Ray was de-
scended Some Of his forebears served
In the Colonial and Indians Wars as
well as the War for Independence,
and the War of 1912, in which he,
himself, played q part. and for which
he was given by the Government two
sections Of land.
Descended from a family noted for
its longevity. Enos Ray died in 1882.
at the age Of 80 years. and was buried
in Glenwood Cemetery. where his
mother, who lived to be 104, was
earlier placed to rest. He was q men,
ber Of the Association Of the Oldest
Inhabitants.
Enos Ray was married twice. His
first wife was Sarah, daughter Of
Anthony L. Moreland Of Anne Arun-
del County, whose progenitors are sup
posed to have located in Anne Arundel
County about the time Lord Baltimore
came over. She died In 1926 and he
later married Elizabeth, the daughter
Of Archibald Osborn Of the District
Of Columbia. BY the first wife he
had William, Alfred and Anthony,
and by the second marriage. Mary,
Barbara E., George H.. John w.,
Caroline E., James Enos, Martha and
Catherine.
Numerous descendants of the chill
dren of Enos Ray reside in and near
the District of Columbia. Charles w.
Ray, president Of the Brightwood Cit
liens Association, and John H. Ray
are sons of John w. Ray, while the
late Enos Ray was the son of James
Enos Ray, who died in 1918 at his
home In Chillum.
The old Ray home on New Hamp-
shire avenue, which is believed to be
still standing, when last seen was in
fair condition. The rear part was
covered with typical old clapboards
and was, of course, the Oldest part OF
the house. However, when built 1t
was a very good example Of an early
gentleman farmers home.
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American Air Experts

out lines begun by Government
Of storm early this Winter. The plane
of another line, not equipped with
protected antennae. iced over. lost
the radio beam. and, although its
pilot, seasoned flyer. used all his
skill and averted a serious accident,
he crashed in mountainous country,
miles of the course. T. w. A. planes,
flying the same route, both before and
after the first planes difficulty. came
through safely with excellent radio
reception. Anti-storm static anten-
nae are in use on at least one other
line. also with considerable success,
but much work yet remains to be
done on this problem.
American Airlines is contributing q
flight ht-control experiment at present as
an important engineering improve
ment. Flight plans are required by
the Bureau of Air Commerce Of each
pilot before taking of, but, in spite
of excellent weather-reporting aids.
they have not been altogether satis-
factory. 1t has been impossible for
the pilot to do more than approximate
the attitudes at which he would fly.
due particularly to sudden wind
changes along his course.
American Airlines has evolved
mathematical system of quick calcu-
lations. using some wind-reading in
struments already available and add
ing an optimum altitude board, which
the pilot holds in his lap as he flies.
On this board winds at different
heights may be graphed, showing di-
rection and velocity upon the path of
flight. These are correlated with the
map of the course and the whole plot
ted by means of weather symbols. The
resulting curve shows the correct alti-
tude, considering wind, weather and
plane performance, and results in bet
ter schedule maintenance, smoother
flight for passengers and more eco
nomical operation of planes.
1T WAS American. too, which turned
the tide toward comfort in the
building of planes. Experimenting
with aerial sleepers with its older Cur
tiss Condors, it found such ready re-
sponse from the travelling public that
it dared to order the big Douglas
sleepers, the first of which went into
service about six months ago. Day
plane appointments were also consid-
erably improved and the other major
lines have followed fast with similar
ships. United has even gone farther
and inaugurated, week ago, the hrst
extra a-fare Skylounge, a club plane
with specially constructed seats, un-
usual roominess and many Of the lux
uries of the extra-fare trains.
Europe has taken such things seri-
ously from its early days Of air.
passenger travel, but our fetish has
always been speed. These new ships
give the American traveller quite as
much comfort now as any Of the for
eign lines offer, but at q rate Of some
20 miles an hour faster.
This is merely skimming the sur
face Of what Is going on behind the
aviation scenes. Many Of the boldest
experiments. much Of the daring
dreaming Of aeronautical physicists
and engineers. project into the future.
Prophets are plentiful, and many Of
them have ample reason for their
prophecies, but 1t Is on achieved facts
that we lift our wings into the skies
and soar along q path smoothed and
made safe by other dreamers. who
have translated their dreams into
present realities.
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and down the hills. The latest ex-
perience or object lesson, said sew.
eral of the citizens, was yesterday
morning, when one Of the horses
fell down in the road from sickness
and several Of them had to walk to the
city after playing horse doctor for
some time"
And what Q group Of prominent.
enthusiastic men the members Of this
association must have been, as one
may Judge from the following list
Of officers and members Of 1895: w.
v. Cox, president; N. e. Robinson,
first vice president; AUSTIN p. Brown,
second vice president; DR.. J. A. Law
ender, third vice president: DR.. H.
Darling, fourth vice president: c. F.
King. secretary. and Thomas O'Brien,
treasurer. The members: Irving Ash
by. E. T. Bates, William c. Bates,
Mai. s. w. Baxter, Frederick Bex,
Thomas Blagden. Otto Brodson, l..
William Burket, william Clayton,
William NICK. Clayton, Albert E.
Cont, w. J. Cook. DR.. Alfred De
Care, Claas Denekas. August Det-
terer, John Joy Edison. Charles Ebel
T. H. Felter. George Field, William
A. Galley. c. E. Garvey. H. M. Gill;
man, Frederick Grimm. A. M. Har-
rison, Fred Heine, F. A. Heitmuller,
Louis Heitmuller, william A. Heron,
J. E. Keene. J. G. Keene. John w.
Keene. James Kelly, 3. c. King. w.
A. Knowles, c. c. Lancaster. Capt.
Thomas w. Lay. Theodore A. Lay.
Blair Lee, Andrew Loefier, c. w
Mattingly, B. F. Martin, George g.
McElwee, William Miller, w. s. Min
nix, w. E. Nalley. E. A. Newman
John L. Norris, John L. Norris, jr.;
James Orme. A. G. Osborn, Edwin
Perry, Daniel Ramey, E. E. Ramey
w. O. Ray, william Reynolds, B. r
Rodes. George j. Rupert, John Saul
William ]. Saul, B. F. Saul, James r
Sands, ]. H. Simms. DR.. c. G. Stone
DR.. ]. H. Stone. William Sturbitts,
Theodore H. Thomas, George W.
Thomas, J. H. Thomas. William
Thomas, DR.. j. Ford Thompson
DR.. Oliver ]. Waters, George w.
White, Robert E. L. White. Maj. L. p
williams. Calvin Wilmer, w. c. Wood
George Wood and Hugo ziemann.
THE results were wonderful. It wa,
not long before city improvement!
were obtained. The street car servic,
| was changed from the get-off-and'
push system to q railroad that could
be depended upon. Water was pipeC
from Fort Reno reservoir, and in few
years q hundred houses had been bull
in Brightwood Park alone
Soon, it was no longer necessary
for the residents to depend upon tn,
small post ofice housed in the cross
roads store, then at Piney Branch
road and Georgia avenue, kept by A
G.. Osborn, whose widow still reside,
nearby. In q short while the lettel
carrier and his horse and sulky, anc
one mail . day. gave way for three
mails q day and it was possible II
read the daily papers few hour:
after they we're printed, instead o.
the next dey as had been the case
before the association started in Il
do things.
The police protection was increased
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W. P. A. Aids Herbarium.

THE National Herbarium, q collec-
ton Of 2,000,o 900 plant specimens,
has been classified by d. w. r. Maxon,
associate curator Of the Division Of
Plants at the Smithsonian Institution.
Fourteen w. P. A. workers have aided
DR.. Maxon in preparing descriptions
Of the various specimens and typinG
the data. The original sheets have
served q Q guide for this work.