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Evening star., 1937-08-04
FOREIGN DOLLAR BONDS
IMPROVE DURING JULY

Special Disps tch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, August 4-Foreign
dollar bonds advanced l24 per cent
during July, according to the Foreign
Bond Associates. Inc. index of so rep
resentative issues. which stood at $3.50
on July 81, compared with 59.09 on
June 80
The 20 European issues in the index
rose l.67 per cent and the Is South
American issues 206 per cent.
The 5 Australasian issues fell III
per cent.
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METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. August 4 lP-Copper
steady; electrolytic. spot and future.
.noi export. IA 62ls. Tin steady spot
and nearby. 50 oOa5q Ic17 future
3s.3' 4a5s 80. Lead Ann New York
spot. s .25s6 30: East ST. Louis. spot. 10
ZINC steady East s. Louis. spot ard
future. 90. Iron. aluminium. ant.mony
quicksilver. platinum and scheelte un-
changed.
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PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

PHILADELPHIA. August 4 lP,-Live
poultry, fowls fancy Plymouth Rocks. %
is: average, 1917: old roosters, 49, Leg
horn roosters Is: Spring chickens fancy
Plymouth Rocks, large 1927: average
s3-2 25: crossbreds. 23-25: reds. 22-24;
Lechorn broilers 22-22ia.
Dressed poultry. fowls. fresh killed. in
eoxes' ish.e6; chickens, westerns. in
Butter. ea score. 80 -3e%; ei, siA: 90
81 h5; SO. 3Ol2; Ss, 29l7.
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SHORT-TERM SECURITIES.
(Reported by Chas. D. Barney a. Co.,

Bid. Offer.
Auburn Auto Co 4'4s 1899 50 70
Baldwin Loco works IS 1910 1903
Calf Packing Corp IS 1910 1854 1O4H
caro-, ClInch l. Ohio IS 1888 103 1O3A
Ghesa g. Ohio Rwy IS 1899 1864 1013s
Edison Elec Illum As 1899 1O417 1861
General Pub Serv 5l7s 1899 1924
Grand Rap 4 Ind 4las 1911 1857. lo9ss
Houston Oil 5i2s 1910 1O21a 1929
inter Nero Marine IS 194l 753s 77A
Inter Tel 4 Tel 4l2s 1899 aII2 9211
Laclede Gas Light IS 1899 95Ia 81
Lehigh Valley Coal IS 1898 9OI. a2H
Lehigh Val Term Ry SIS 1941 1051 105Is
Long Island Gen As 1888 102A 1922
Louis 4 Nash r r As 1870 1O7 1O1H
Michigan Cent r r As 1910 104 104l7
Midland RI of N J 5s 1910 4Iss so
Niw & North r r 4iaS 1899 GOA
Y, c & st So Notes 1888 aSl2 991s
New York Dock IS 1888 5SA go
n Y, Susa 4 West IS 1910 I'm
New York Tel Co 4l2s 1899 1O73s 1O7l7
Pacific RR of Mo As 1898 81 aSA
Penn-Dixie Cement Is 1941- aai2 aaI
Penna r Co As 1919 1093s 1l3
Rio Grande Western As 1889 7234 T3
Term RR Assn St AIS 1899 1858 101z
Vapadium Corp 5s 1941 102 1O33s
VertienteS Sugar Co rs 1912 23 24la
Wabash Rwy Co IS 1939- ola 93h
Warner Bros. 6s 1899 95 a5ss
western N g. Pa As 1913 1Oass 110h
Western Union Tel SIS 1898 101A 10lz
Evening star., 1937-08-04
CUBA SHIPS MORE SUGAR.

NEW YORK, August (P).-Cuban
exports Of sugar from January l to
July 81 totaled 1.82s.133 long tons.
raw value, against 1,724,2l7 in the
same period last year, an increase Of
6 per cent, according to Havana ad-
vices to Lamborn g. Co.
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SIS TONS OF LEAD SOLD.

NEW YORK, August 4 CP).-st-
Joseph Lead Co. reports SIS tons Of
pig lead from Southeast Missouri
mines sold yesterday at s585 pe- 100
pounds ST. Louis.
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MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. August I tP.-Cau money
steady ! per cent all dav. prime CONNER
Cla! paper. j per cent: time loans steady.
5000 GAYS. -. 4-t months. li7 per cent:
bshKerS acceptances. UnChaneeG; redis-
count rate. New York Reserve Bank. !,
per cent.
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ODD-LOT DEALINGS.
BY the Associated Press.

The Securities Commission reported TO-
day these transactions by customers with
odd-lot dealers or specialists on the Nsv
York Stock Exchange for August .: S,597
porehases involving fS1.e79 shsYoS; b,oeS
sale8 involving 14a106 shares.
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r In bankruptcy or receivership, or being
reorganlzed under the Bankruptcy Act, or
securities assumed by such companies.
Rates of dividends in the foregoing ia BILE
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration. Un-
less otherwise noted, special or extra dlvi-
dendS are not included.
Alsos extra Or extras. Paid last year
Payable in stock. Declared or paid so
far this year, no regular rate; Cash
or stock. Accumulated dividend paid
or declared this year ww-With war
rants. XIV Without warrants war War
rants.
Evening star., 1937-08-04

Signal Oil & Gas Co.-Combined
class A and B share earnings, six
months ended June 80. were estimated
At 420S, against 31.6a.
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Life Savers Common share
earnings, six months ended Juns 30,
were Sl.64, AeAtnst 1l.11
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Washington Exchange
SALES,

SALES.
Washington Gas Light new-lo at 2s,
10 at rs.
Washington Railway g. Electric pfd-
is at ITO, Is at ITO, 20 at 10
AFTER CALL.
Peoples Drug Stores com.-13 at 49,.
Capital Traction 5s-s1 900 at 86
Washington Gas Light new-lO at 26,
10 at 26, 10 at 26,
Evening star., 1937-08-04
MONTREAL SILVER.

MONTREAL August R,-silver fu-
tureS opened steady and UNCHANGED Sep
tembsr. - .75b:, December. 44.7ob; March.
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AFTER CALI
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
MISCELLANEOUS
STOCKS.

Chevy Chase Club 1st 4l.s lO4
Col Country Club 1st 4l4s-- lO3
w. M. Cold Storage IS - 100
Evening star., 1937-08-04
INVESTING COMPANIES

NEW YORK, August 4 tP,-New York
Security Dealers Association
Noon quotations
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ssns4sn sssasa VI I. Is IS $ T.. i:: s4s: 4:
Terni-Soc 6l2s So 80 6S7s 80
vw-With warrants. xW-Without wal
rants. New. st tstp)--Stamped
sNegotiability impaired by maturity.
TCompanleS reported in receiverShp,
Evening star., 1937-10-08
Nickels as q Commodity.

1t may be technically illegal to sell
United States currency for a profit, but
in some circumstances it will probably
be reckoned as legitimate enterprise.
At any rate 1t has been undertaken in
New York, and thus far without inter-
ference by the authorities. With i'm
mense crowds assembling at the grounds
where the World Series base ball games
are being played there in swarming
rush Of people for the TRANSPORTATION
lines after each contest. A great many
of these folks lack the small change
required for admission to the subway
and elevated trains and q number of
young men have gone into the business
OF supplying the coins needful for getting
through the turnstiles. With large
supplies of nickels, they hawk them at
the rate of four for a quarter, and 80
eager are the home-goers for the earliest
possible access to the trains that they
have no difficulty in disposing of their
wares" at that rate. That means q
twenty-five per cent profit on the trans
action, which is pretty good gain.
Some meticulous legalist of the Treasury
Department may regard the business as
illegitimate, yet. prosecution Is not likely
to be undertaian. II the game were
the other way about, With these vendors
Evening star., 1937-10-08
Massachusetts Avenue.

There will be general public eratif1-
cation that the Zoning Commission has
rejected an application for rezoning of
Massachusetts avenue which would per-
NIT the transformation of a residence
into commercial establishment. thus
starting process which would inevitably
and soon result in the abandonment of
that thoroughfare to business uses. For
many years this street for almost its
entire stretch from it's eastern beginning.
a mile or more from the Capitol, to its
western end now far in the suburbs, has
been kept residential" In earlier times.
when street railways were being de-
veloped, applications for charters for the
laying OF car tracks were consistently
denied, for 1t was recognized that such
lines were almost inevitably followed by
commercial developments. Other streets
were given up to these uses, successfully
enlarging the commercial areas and re-
ducing the residential. Massachusetts
avenue alone was thus protected sys-
tematically. With the adoption of the
busses in partial substitution for rail
lines the trend toward this transforma-
ton increased, but although busses now
operate in Massachusetts avenue the
strictly residential character Of the thor
oughfare has been maintained. In re-
cent years 1t has become the seat of
numerous foreign legations and en-
bassies and there is in that fact an
additional reason for its preservation
from business development. The action
of the Zoning Commission will be gen.
orally approved as in the interest of
the maintenance of at least one main
thoroughfare of the Capital that is as
sured Of freedom from commercial in
vasion.
Evening star., 1937-10-08

selling quarters for twenty cents, there
would be more ground for action. That
would be in truth a depreciation of the
currency.
Any one who has ever been in one of
these after-the game rushes for the pub
lie transportation lines after Series"
game IN New York will appreciate the
willingness OF the crowd to pay six and
a quarter cents for f1ve-cent fare, in
order to catch somewhat earlier train.
To the average New Yorker-indeed to
the average resident OF any of the i'm
mense cities OF this country-such a
premium is not too great to pay for the
saving of fifteen or twenty minutes. It
is an illustration Of the old saying, "time
is money" And the time spent In the
queue slowly moving past the change
windows is rated by most metropolitans
as utter waste. The truly wise base ball
fan goes to the game prepared, with
pocket full of nickels, to be spent for
car fare as well as for peanuts and other
commodities usually appurtenant to the
sport, but many others are not 50 provi-
dent.
This business brings anew to mind the
fact that despite the trend OF the times
toward higher prices generally, New
York still maintains the fve-cent rail-
road fare, which has been a slogan of
the usually ruling party in that city.
transportation is about the only cheap
commodity remaining in the big town.
Evening star., 1937-10-08
Autumn for the Poets.

All American poets have appreciated
the harvest season. Even William Cullen
Bryant, who mourned the death Of the
flowers in "the melancholy days, ..
the saddest OF the year." was conscious
Of the happier picture in which: "Glori-
GUS are the woods in their latest gold
and crimson"
Meanwhile, Henry Wadsworth Long
fellow told how:
'Incessant
Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves,
And, like living Goals, the apples
Burned among the whitening leaves"
And John Greenleaf Whittier, the
Quaker bard, reported:
"Autumn's earliest frost had given
To the woods below
Hues of beauty, such as heaven
Lendeth to its bow;
And the soft breeze from the west
Scarcely broke their dreamy rest"
But perhaps it is not imperatively
necessary for mankind to be able to ex-
press In verse its joy in the third act
OF the eternal play" Every one, it
seems, is moved to gratitude by the
spectacle of painted hills, emblazoned
forests, rich fields yielding up their fruits,
arbors heavy with grapes red and purple,
orchards in which the boughs break
from the weight of their own beneficence.
One must be dull, indeed, not to respond
TO the challenge of such a triumph. Yet
words, inadequate at best, are q poor
acknowledgment. What, rather, is
wanted is thought of the power repre-
sented in the miracle. The harvest is
no accident; it does not happen by
chance; instead, it is a matter of cause
and effect-of elemental, basic, universal
law. Nature or God or both may be the
explanation. The fact, called by what
ever name, is incontrovertible. Nations
may be locked in strife, the race be split
IN twain by contest, but the clock con-
tlnues to tick. the planet does not cease
TO spin In its accustomed path, seeds
sown by human hands and by the
vagrant wind still prosper, the arithmetic
OF cosmic equity is not suspended.
Autumn is as fair as ever.
Evening star., 1937-10-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

They are insect destroyers, and well
may be cherished for that purpose.
An average house cat, by the way, Is
one of the best indoor insect destroyers.
Tom or Tabby will specialize on cent?
pedes and related forms. Just where
they acquire this taste is dubious, and 1t
will be viewed with dislike by many
humans, but 1t is good for house,
nevertheless.
The cat which has fancy for fresh
centipede works up an uncanny ability
At catching them, and becomes in time
far better than any amount of so-called
insect powder.
The family will be seated in calm con-
tent in front of the radio when sud-
denly Tom, who has seemed fast asleep,
darts into the air and jumps beneath
the radiator.
No one can see what he is after, but
he can see 1t.
Closer inspection by some interested
member OF the family soon shows that
the cat has cornered one OF the most
universally disliked Of all creeping
things.
He will eat it, too, unless prevented.
Homes with cats, therefore, are prat-
tically free from such vermin. There
are many other forms Of insect life
which attract the attention of the
domestic cat.
The spider, brother animal, falls
beneath Toms paw, If 1t comes within
reach.
But mostly spiders are on ceilings, or
walls, where even the spryest cat cannot
get at them.
The sight OF an active spider on
ceiling will not conduce to the peace of
mind Of many persons, especially at
bedtime.
There is something about that form
aloft which speaks volumes against
peaceful slumber.
1t is not only the legend OF spiders,
and the sinister place they occupy in
psychological interpretations, but rather
sure understanding of their inclina-
tions to drop down later on which in
spires the would-be sleeper to ideas OF
destruction.
Once the animal is spotted it is impos-
sible for sensitive persons to turn out
the light and go to sleep, as the popular
song OF several seasons ago begged.
No. the creature must be slain
Catching him, however. is distinctly
another matter. He possesses many legs,
and real ability at using them. He can
move in all directions. and the ceiling is
hight will not do to strike him so that
he falls directly into ones face.
4
Spiders which have enough sense to
keep of ceilings and side walls of bed
chambers may be allowed to live in
peace in ones house.
They do no harm, and probably do
some good. by Kidding the premises OF
such living things as they deem their
proper prey.
Most Of these will be far worse, in all
likelihood. than the spiders, which, let
us keep firmly in mind, are animals, not
insects.
Another animal which comes indoors
at this season is the mouse, famous in
song and story, but never very welcome,
1t would seem. Old Tom comes into his
own here, too.
Evening star., 1937-10-08
Small spiders come indoors these days.

small spiders come INDOORS these days.
Some Of them gain admittance
through bouquets Of flowers brought in
for table decoration.
Little spiders, these, hanging to
blooms and leaves, all ready to drop
into the salad or butter at the most
inopportune time.
Larger specimens appear suddenly In
living room and bed room, in the best
kept homes.
They are all seeking refuge from the
cold weather. which they know, in their
strange way. is not far of.
The writer here for many months had
q pet spider living on q web, which it
had spun from the spout to the stand
Of an old-fashioned clipper ship weather
glass.
This was a very handsome little ami
NAL, which never grew any larger than
ones little finger nail
Because of its relatively small size it
lacked a great deal Of the true spider
lshness which so often frightens people.
y \
Yes. . spider Is an animal, not an
insect.
This always comes as news to many
In fact, 1t Is always easy to get bet on
the matter. Especially in . crowd there
Is always some one who knows, 50 no
says, that spider is not an animal
Largest and smallest of them, all are
animals.
So 1t may be realized that q pet spider
Is perfectly possible, no matter what
ones reactions to these curious creatures
may be.
True insects always strike the layman
as rather unclean.
Spiders, on the other hand-we hope
not-seem rather clean, do they not?
The way they scurry around, when
frightened, gives even the greatest insect
leather firm understanding of the fact
that they are not insects, though they
do look very much like them, but are as
much animals, in their way, as Fido or
Tom.
Those who do not fear spiders in the
least might well let them alone, despite
the temptation which comes to many to
kill them on sight, as one does serpents.
1t may be believed that they rid the
home Of many crawling things, and in
themselves constitute no real danger to
any one.
tions Of them 60, they are rather ready
to scurry away from a human. once they
are convinced that the two-legged ami
NAL has noticed them.
So much publicity has been given to
the famous black widow spider that per-
haps it is asking too much OF the average
householder to let his indoor spiders
alone.
Yet it well may be possible to distin-
guish between the harmful sorts and the
perfectly inoffensive spiders.
Harmful kinds are black in most cases,
and possess an air which might be
called staggering. were they humans.
The average person, especially If he or
she does not care for spiders. will be able
70 tell the big. bad spiders from the
harmless sorts at one glance.
y
Small. grayish specimens, which usu-
ally come indoors on bouquets. are not
to be feared except by the most squeam-
ish onlookers.
Evening star., 1937-10-08

Senator Borah, are already saying that
We are once again about to pull British
chestnuts out of the fire. This may or
may not be true, but London undoubt-
edly would be happy to have Washing
ton play the leading role in the tragedy
now developing. Your wary Uncle Sam
fully understands this. That's one of
the reasons why the striped-trousered
old gentleman is watching his step.
\
This observer lays no claim to any
gifts as soothsayer, but in light of the
sudden obscurity in which Mr.. Justice
Black is submerged, and the basic cause
thereof. said scribe deposes and points
out few words recorded in this place
on September 18. to-wit: Americans are
amicted with notoriously short memories.
even In the case of a major political
stencil like the Black Klan exposure
Other front page stuff comes along, and
frequently the sensation of yesterday
and today is tomorrow's forgotten story.
Administrations and politicians always
bank heavily on this trait in the ma
tional character. 1t has enabled more
than one OF them to get away with
murder Such a development as
the United States involvment in the
Far East would ideally serve that pur-
pose"
Because of Dixie's economic import
ance, as we'll as its political power. no
single aspect OF possible Japanese boy
colt looms bigger in administration con-
siderations than the effect such action
would have on the Southland's life blood
cotton. AS this years crop is running
between 100000 and 1900 900 bales.
an embargo on exports to Japan would
deal the South a serious blow. One
thought Is that the Government might
compensate cotton growers by taking
the crop OF their hands at market prices
and holding 1t until world trade channels
are open again. Even If it cost the
Treasury $500 600, 900, that would be q
mere flea-bite, compared to the bill we'd
have to foot II the Japanese made the
boycott a cause for war.
Former Budget Director Lew Douglas
appointment as principal of McGill Uni
versity, Montreal, recalls ng-standing
Canadian-American university ties. Will
liam Lyon Mackenzie King, present
prime minister of the Dominion, re-
nounced q distinguished PROFESSIONAL
career at Harvard in order to enter
Canadian politics. After being a fellow
In political economy at the University of
Chicago in 1896-97, he was fellow in
political science at Harvard for three
years. including . travelling fellowship
abroad. He received his A. M at Cam
bridge In 1898 and PhD, In 1909. Sir
Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador
at Washington from 1920 to 1924, came
here right after two years principalship
Of McGill.
Mrs. Martha Robbins Gold, for 18
years popular figure on Capitol Hill as
secretary to Senator Moses OF New
Hampshire, and since 1888 q member of
the District bar, has just been admitted
to practice in the Federal Court of
Claims. She previously attained that
status in the District Court Of Appeals
and the Supreme Court. The admission
of Mrs. Gold and her law partner, Miss
Pearl Mccall, former assistant United
States district attorney in Washington,
to the Court Of Claims was moved by
Percy M. Cox Of the Department OF
Justice division of claims.
tCopyright. 1937)
Evening star., 1937-10-08

One of the saddest news items that
comes from the bleak depths of space
is the one which tells of the death of
Ray Henderson in an airship accident
near Athens. He was merry librettist
facile comedian of words, and his loss
will be felt even by many who will not
recall the associations which surround
his name. His fate is rendered doubly
sad by its tragic circumstances. He
wrote much, directly for the stage, also
in loyal self-subordination to personali-
ties he had learned to admire. AS the
cup of bitterness passes there will be
many pause for silent tribute to the
memory OF Ray Henderson.
Evening star., 1937-10-08
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Departing Glorie~

Departing Glories.
The Autumn leaves are falling.
The same sad song we hear.
And as we pause to think we find
They did the same last year.
Likewise, the year preceding,
Oh, mournful truth to tell!
And also years and years before,
The Autumn leaves all fell.
The further thought arises
To make the poet glum;
They will go on behaving thus
For many years to come.
So Of departing glories
Why dismally complain?
They fade and disappear, and then
They all come back again.
Evening star., 1937-10-08

nation with which, II still possible, we
sincerely desire to remain on friendly
terms. Taking part In . nine-power
conference is one thing. Assuming for
mai accountability for 1t is another, and
something the American people feel no
urge to accept.
Evening star., 1937-10-08
The Care of Pets.

This 32-page booklet is compilation
Of the best information and suggestions
obtainable from governmental and other
authoritative sources on the care of all
kinds OF pets-how to feed them, house
them, train them, exercise them, breed
them and looking after their minor all
ments. If you have any pets In your
home you will find this booklet OF real
practical help. Send for your copy today.
Inclose 10 cents to cover cost and
handling.
Evening star., 1937-10-08

Aged eighty-four, Ed Howe steps into
the Beyond, unconscious of the brilliant
memories he leaves behind. Some of his
best thoughts were set down with fine
precision and with no idea of their
tenacious hold on popular recollection.
His cherished wishes remain unfulilled
because his simplicity OF expression
found little time for adjustment.
Evening star., 1937-10-08

The title Justice" is accorded Mr.
Black, but whether or not he assumes
it properly will still depend on the ques-
ton of his right to help create a posi-
ton with a $4,000 a year retirement
salary and then assume it himself. The
American people have been in a gen.
erous mood, yet there are laws which
should still be respected or definitely
abrogated.
Evening star., 1937-10-08

1t is perhaps no time to introduce
another note of war into current affairs,
but it might be well to suggest that any,
body with an extra supply OF helium
may as well hold on to it and keep it
from getting into careless hands.
Evening star., 1937-10-08
Altitude and Autos.

From the Fort Wayne News-sentinel,
Traffic engineers say that in the
future auto highways are going up In
the air. Safety experts say that in the
meantime many motorists are going
even higher.
Evening star., 1937-10-08

There are more school children than
there Is food to take care of them
Citizens will not stop to argue about
politics while taking care OF this strange
situation.
Evening star., 1937-10-08

1t is reported that Senator Norris is
not seriously i'll, but needs rest at a
sanitarium in Michigan. In the mean
time he will have the good wishes Of
many friends who hope he is still able
to read the newspapers.
Evening star., 1937-10-08
The Irrepressible.

From the Macon TELEGRAPH.
George Bernard Shaw has written q
fifth act for one of shakespeares plays,
but probably-wi wait until the long
Winter evenings set In before tossing
al another 0ook ef pnalmA.
Evening star., 1937-10-08
Dairy Diallinp

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Indiana farmer says he dials only
soothing music for his cows and they
give more milk, but the chances are
he has radio in the cowshed because
the vife and dds 20 n 5oe ja1k