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Evening star., 1937-01-23
Washington Produce

:, BUTTER-92 score. 1-pound prints. 3s:
i.pound prints. IS: h-pound prints, 3e:
IN M4EATsL;choies sT beef. II; calves. 81:
veal. 20; lamb. 10: pork loin. 22: fresh
nam %: smoked ham, 20: sliced bacon.
% sian bacon, 2e: compound, l4h;
LIVE sroCK-Pigs. s3.asH: light hogs.
9Ha9z: medium hogs. 9HaaIO: heavies
S1aaS'a: roughs, 6ae; calves. 5aI2: lambs,
Prices paid shippers-net fob. wash
ington: BY the United States Bureau Of
Agricultural Economics:
EGGS-Market weak and unsettled. Re.
ceipts continue heavy and retail move
graded eggs. 119a2 cents lower. Only q
few at top quotations. Current receipts,
2la23: hennery whites. 22a23. Govern
ment sraded and dated white eggs met
prices paid shippers I. o. b. WashinKton): /:
y: 9. extras. large. 34la; u. 9. extras. me-
LIVE POULTRY-Market about steady
is: heavy vI,i,. LEAFS; @ EssSofp: no. io.is SS,sS-
1sa21: Delaware Crosses. lSa2O; Guineas:
young. pounds and up. 40 each; under 9
pounds. 26A30 each: old guineas, 2Oa25
each. Turkeys: Young hens. 1sa19;
young toms. under 10 pounds. 15ale; 20
POUNDS and over: Is: No. Is. II; old hens.
IA: old toms. a.,
Evening star., 1937-01-23
new YORK COTTON
By the Associated Press.

oS tuC AbbOClateu EISecs
NEW YORK, January 23.-Cotton
futures opened barely steady, 2 to 6
points decline on lower Liverpool
cables and under liquidation and for
eign selling. March, l2.46; May,
1928; July, 12.17; october. HIT; De-
cember, ITS; January. 11.74.
Trading was fairly active. The
foreign offerings were credited princi-
pally to Bombay account. Other SELL
ing came from the Continent, wire
houses and New Orleans. The trade
was against the best buyer in the
near months and helped steady the
list after the call, when prices tapered
OF. Although nervousness over the
Japanese cabinet crisis was in evil
dence, the only trading credited to
Japanese account consisted Of selling
March and buying May contracts.
The official ginning returns to jan
uary 16 of 11,956,808 were about in
line with expectations and apparently
had no market influence. 1t was cal
culated about 10000 bales were still
to be ginned if the December bureau
estimate, when reduced to 12,166,000
running bales, were to be attained.
May recovered from 1927 To 1890
and was selling at 1929 shortly after
the first half hour, when prices gsner-
ally were to 5 points net lower.
Liverpool reported Bombay selling
and hedging meeting trade calling.
Futures closed steady. hlsher to 3
Evening star., 1937-01-23
Ron,m, Contact Man for Radek
With Trotzky, Well Liked Here
Writer'S and Diplomats
Shocked by Trial
Revelations.

Testimony in the current Moscow
trial of II alleged Russian conspira-
tors that Vladimir Romm, former
Washington correspondent for Izvestia,
had acted as a contact man for Karl
Radek, principal defendant, and Leon
Trotzky, now in exile in Mexico. came
as a shock today to the corps of for
eign correspondents here and the State
Department.
Il can hardly believe that" one cor
respondent said. "Romm was one Of
the finest fellows knew"
Radek, also a well-known writer for
Izvestia, Russian government news
paper, said Romm helped him estab-
lish contact with Trotzky and once
carried q letter from him to the erst-
while leader Of the Russian revolution.
Romm Not Defendant.
The Soviet government has charged
Radek and his co-defendants with con-
spring to partition Russia between
Germany and Japan and to aid the
latter with Soviet oil in. event Of q
war between Japan and the United
States. Romm is not defendant.
Romm, who Is 40 years old. came
to this country as correspondent for
Izvestia in the Summer Of 1884. Pre-
viously he had served in similar ca
pacities in Geneva and Toxic. He
left Washington early in November
with the understanding he was to be
sent to London as correspondent
there. He went to Moscow first, how
Evening star., 1937-01-23
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Just look ahead. and not behind:
The future always keep in mind.


TINE snow and ice that covered
the Green Forest might be
hard, terribly hard. on some
people, but not on Jerry Musk
rat and Mrs. Jerry. They were living
In peace and comfort in their snug
house in the Smiling Pool. Rough
Brother North Wind might howl as
much as he pleased, for all they
cared. He might roar and Shrek and
pile up the snow and make life diff
cult for many people. but he couldn't
worry Jerry and Mrs. Jerry.
You see, they had been foresighted.
That means they had looked ahead,
and people who look ahead usually
fare better than those who do not
look ahead That snug house of theirs
had been built with care for just such
hard times as these. 1t was in the
Smiling Pool near to where the Laugh
ing Brook enters it, but far enough to
one side to be out OF the current.
Mrs. Jerry had been very particular
about this
"A poor house in a good place is
better than a good house in bad
place." said she as she and Jerry were
trying to decide where to build.
True, my dear. Very true" re-
piled Jerry.
so we will find good place first.
and then we'll build good house.
We must be very particular about the
foundations. They must be where the
water is always STILL" said Mrs. Jerry.
"Of course" agreed Jerry.
I'VE must build near the Shore"
said Mrs. Jerry.
But not too near" warned Jerry.
Certainly not" replied Mrs. Jerry.
I'VE mustn't build too near the shore,
because we might get frozen in. But
we mustn't try to build where the
water is too Deep"
But it must be deep enough"
spoke up Jerry in a very decided tone
''It must be deep enough so that there
will be no chance for Jack Frost to
make ice clear to the bottom of the
Smiling Pool and shut us in
"Of course, my dear. we must be
where we can be sure Of keeping
tunnel to deep water OPEN" replied
Mrs. Jerry.
At last they found . place to suit
them. and then they built their house.
It was mostly Of sods and mud and
rushes. It was in shallow water, but
one side was where the water was
deeper, and this they made deeper
still by digging. The roof was Of
rushes and reeds, and, of course, was
above water. And. of course, the floor
Of their big comfortable room was
above the water line. From this Q
tunnel opened. leading down and out
to deep water.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
PLAN TO REMODEL
CAPITOL REVIVED
Senator ConnaIIy. to Press
Bill to Change East Front,
Add Offices.

The long pending plan to remodel
and extend outward the east front Of
the original section of the Capitol
Building will be brought to the at
tention of Congress again this year,
Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas
made known today.
As chairman OF the Public Build
ings and Grounds Committee, Con-
nally obtained passage of the bill by
the Senate in the last Congress, but
it died in the House. The proposal
is to bring the central portion of the
building out more into line with the
House and Senate wings and to face
1t with marble to correspond with
the outer surface of the wings.
Another argument in support Of the
measure has been that the dome ap-
pears to rest too close to the edge
Of the building on the east front. BY
extending the central portion a short
distance eastward additional commit
tee rooms and Offices also would be
provided in that part of the Capitol.
Last year objections to changing the
structure were presented to a House
committee after the Senate had ap-
proved the bill.
Senator Connally also said today
he expects prompt action to be taken
on legislation for acceptance by the
Government of the famous Mellon
art collection as soon as the bill Is
prepared by Federal ofi1cials and trans
mitted to Congress.
In correspondence with President
Roosevelt recently Andrew w. Mellon,
former Secretary of the Treasury.
paved the way for presentation of
his art works to the Nation, to be
housed in a building on Constitution
avenue west of the Capitol.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
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Special Partners
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Evening star., 1937-01-23
Bedtime Stories
Peace and Comfort.

They began that house in the late
Summer and worked at it all through
the Fall. Now they were enjoying the
results Of all that hard work. Ice COW
cred the Smiling Pool all but . little
open place where the Laughing Brook
entered Snow covered the ice and
covered their roof until it was almost
buried. This made their home just
SO much warmer. They could hardly
have been more snug and comfortable.
They slept much of the time. When
they were hungry they entered the
tunnel, swan out into the Smiling
Pool to where they knew were certain
roots of which they we're fond, or to
a tunnel in the bank in which they
had stored some food supplies. Occa-
sionally Muskrats do this. They are
Evening star., 1937-01-23

the thrifty ones. Jerry and Mrs. Jerry
are this kind. Along the bank they
usually could find little air spaces be-
tween the water and the ice and thus
get fresh air. And always they could
swim to that open place for fresh air
and a look around.
Jerry had been there and had
climbed out on the ice. Everywhere
he looked was nothing but glittering
ice and snow. To you or to me the
water out OF which he had Just como
would have looked black and cold and
very likely we would have shivered at
sight Of it. Jerry didn't. II he shiv-
cred at all 1t was at that glittering
white landscape and the bitter cold
of the air. Down under the ice the
wafer never changed In temperature.
There was no sun cold there, as there
was out here above the ice. Jerry
didn't stay on the ice long.
my dear" said he as he rejoined
Mrs. Jerry in their snug home. what
anybody wants to live on the land for
is more than I can understand"
tCopyright. 1937J ~
Evening star., 1937-01-23
committee BACKS
SEED AND FEED BILL
$50, 900, 900 Appropriation for
Loans to Farmers Is
Sanctioned.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate Agriculture Committee
approved today the Smith bill to au-
thorize an appropriation Of $50, ,000, 900
for 1887 seed and feed loans.
The bill, introduced by Chairman
Smith Of the committee, is similar to
o measure already approved by a
House committee now awaiting House
consideration.
Maximum loan to q single farmer
would be $500. Interest would be
fixed at per cent.
The committee also set up today a
subcommittee to consider farm ten
ancy legislation. It Is headed by
Senator Bankhead, Democrat. of Ala
bama, author Of the bill which the
Senate passed last year. Bankhead's
bill this year would authorize a $780,
000. 900 program, with appropriations
Of $50 ,oo0, 900 a year for 10 years.
Bankhead said the committee would
not begin work until President Roose-
velts committee to study the farm
tenancy problem reports three or four
weeks hence.
Evening star., 1937-01-23

crowded with privileged observers, who
were admitted only by special invita-
ton.
The indictment charged Rudolf
Hess, German minister without port
folio and a high-ranking lieutenant Of
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler, was one
OF the foreign diplomats with whom
the alleged conspiracy was discussed.
Trotzy was accused Of directing the
charged plot from outside Russia while
the others were the Moscow agents.
The plan, the indictment declared,
was:
Trotzky and Hess agreed that
Germany would obtain the most i'm
portant concessions and would be al
lowed to exploit the Soviet's natural
resources.
In case Of war, Radek's group would
engage in military sabotage and
espionage under the guidance of the
German general staff.
Trotzy was to have kept in close
touch with German military leaders
on the outbreak of a war between
Germany and Russia while the Rus
sian co-plotters were to wreck Soviet
military plans through sabotage.
As a reward. Germany was prom
ised the rich, wheat-growing Ukraine.
and oil, iron ore and gold concessions
If the bolshevist regime were over
thrown.
Six attorneys represented all the
defendants except the four main ones
who waived counsel: Radek, Gregory
Piatikoff, former assistant commisar
for heavy industry; Sokolnikoff. and
L. Serebryankoff, former assistant
commissar Of communications.
Others Facing Trial.
Among the others were N. I. Mural
off. former husband Of Nine. Alex
andra Kolontai, former envoy to
Mexico and now in Sweden in the
Soviet diplomatic service; J. A. Liv-
schitz, former vice commissar for
railroads; J. N. Drobnis, former Sec
retary of the Moscow Soviet; S. A.
Rataychak, former head Of the chemi-
cal industry, and B. o. Norkin, for
mer head of the mine trust.
Well-informed sources predicted the
Reich, particularly its secret police.
the Gestapo. would figure prominently
in testimony.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
CHICAGO GRAIN
HS the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, January 23.-Displaying
unaccustomed independence Of the
Liverpool market, Chicago wheat
values scored something of gain at
times today. despite notable fresh
breaks Of prices abroad.
Unfavorable weather conditions in
parts Of the domestic soft Winter
wheat area had an uplifting influence
on the wheat market here after a
moderate dip at the outset. Offerings
of new crop futures were relatively
scarce, which helped lift all deliver
les to above yesterdays finish, up
about q cent q bushel over earlier
bottom figures. Aiding the upturn
were cables that said 5000 tons of
Canadian wheat and 5000 tons Of
Argentine wheat had been bought for
shipment to Germany.
In explanation OF persistent set
backs Of Liverpool wheat prices,
advices were received that urgency
of resale offers Of Argentine spot
wheat overseas had caused fresh
liquidating pressure in Liverpool
futures, and had not ceased when
Liverpool trading was ended for the
day. Liverpool wheat, due 70 to one
cent lower. closed 15ka1% cents down
Under such circumstances, upturns
Of the Chicago market were not well
sustained, especially for the old crop
month, May.
Corn, oats and rye values were
chiefly swayed by wheat market action.
Today's receipts Of corn in Chicago
totaled but 68 cars.
Provisions changes Of price were
apparently devoid of significance.
Around midsession. wheat was
I4a% up, compared with yesterdays
finish, May. 1.2S, July 1.12X, and
corn was Il on to u up, May,
1.08M, July 1.03%.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
Trials
Continued From First Page.)

an agent Of the Japanese intelligence
service
The alleged Trotzky letter likewise
was quoted as saying:
I'VE shall have to admit her (Japan)
to the exploitation Of gold. We shall
have to consent to Germany's demand
not to oppose her in her seizure of
the Danubian countries and the
Balkans. and not hinder Japan in her
seizure of China"
Gregory Sokolnikoff, one Of the
principal defendants, was accused OF
plotting against the government while
he still was occupying the post of
also was once the Russian Ambassador
to Great Britain.
Sokolnikoff was alleged to have ad-
mitted he acted under the direct in
structions of Trotzky, who again was
ordered arrested and brought to trial
If he ever re-enters the Soviet Union.
Vastly Ulrich, president of the mill
tary presidium, presided at the trial,
alongside two associate military JUS
tices and an alternate. The court
convened in the Labor Unions Tenn
pie. once the luxurious ball room of
the aristocratic Mobiles Club.
Guarded Closely.
The prisoners were completely sur
rounded by guards when they were
escorted into the court room and were
seated together in the same box on
. slightly raised dais where Is others
similarly accused Of conspiring with
Trotzky were tried last August, then
shot to death.
Speedy conviction and death within
four or five days was all the current
defendants could hope for, diplomatic
observers predicted.
The prisoners box, as always in
political trials of such magnitude, was
guarded by uniformed, bayoneted
guards, who were changed every half
hour. Other police patrolled the front
of the ornate old building, permitting
no one to linger In the vicinity.
The long, pillared court room, Or
nafnented with . frieze Of cupids. was
Evening star., 1937-01-23
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. January 23 lp.--Foreign
others in cents; Great Britaip; Demand
ftsly~Demand. 8. .26Ii: cables. 5.26is.
Demands-Belsium. 16.84ia: Germany,
free, 1929: registered. 1900: travel.
sweden, ssdS asseo as.ss; Denma1k. !sG.so: FiniaHd,
o.17: Switzerland, 22.90ha; Spain, un-
quoted Portugal. 4.46: Greece. .g0h: Po-
slavia. 234: Austria. 18.73n: Hungary,
1880: Rumania, .75; Argentina: 32. ION;
B5szil. sa oI ss0Mn; Tokio' Ss.6&o; & &shanshai, ,d,
$3.50: Montreal in New York. 90 90h !:
New York in Montreal. 100.093s.
n-Nominal.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
Proctor & Gamble
Earnings Rise To
$6,73O,2O2 Level
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 23.-Procter
g. Gamble Co., manufacturers Of soap
and its products. with headquarters At
Cincinnati, reported profits for the
quarter ended December 81 Of s6,73o,-
202. equal, after dividends on pre-
ferred stocks, to s1.o2 a share on the
common.
This compared with $6,629, ,564, or
$l0l q share, In preceding quarter
and $4,278,858, or 81 cents a common
share, In the December quarter last
year.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
Cuardsnen Protect
Tennessee Levees
Against Dynamiters
Sy the Associated Press.

6y tne AbbOCiAteQ FIebSs
TIPTONvILLE, Tenn, Janu-
ary 23.-National Guardsmen,
armed with shoot on sight"
orders. paced Mississippi levees
near here today, Allaying fears
that Missourians might attempt
to dynamite bulwarks on the
Tennessee side to ease pressure
on their own land.
United States engineers said the
main line" levee, extending from
Hickman, KY, to Tiptonville. is
In excellent condition" The
engineers sent $4,000 sandbags for
use in strengthening the earth
works In the Reelfoot Lake and
Slough Neck Dyke areas.
About $500 lowland dwellers
continued their exodus to higher
land. Near the main levee, some
200 families were marooned.
Boatless rescue workers were un-
able to reach them Immediately.
Evening star., 1937-01-23
WATERS RECEDE
At PITTSBURGH
Sudden Drop in Tempera-
ture HaIts Rise-Many
Families Homeless.

~ the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. January 23-Muddy
food waters crept slowly back to the
rivers of Pittsburgh today, their rise
halted by a sudden drop in tempera-
lures.
For several days they had climbed
steadily. reaching across the fringe
Of the city's Golden Triangle" cover
ing waterfront districts and forcing
hundreds of persons from their homes.
Then. temperatures dropped sharply
overnight. With the mercury, the
rivers fell.
Continued cold was forecast by
United States Weather Observer w. s.
Brotzrnan.
He said snow on the headwaters of
the Allegheny and Monongahelia was
not heavy enough to cause a severe
rise In the rivers even If it should
melt suddenly. At the same time he
said the snow wouldn't begin to melt
and flow into the streams before
Sunday.
Many Are Homeless.
But, while the rivers fell, in "the
bottoms" OF McKees Rocks, scores of
families were sheltered by relief agen-
cies. They had been forced again
from homes flooded last March when
many died in the lowland residential
district beneath towering bridge over
the Ohio.
Upstream at SharpSburg and Etna,
other suburbs hard hit in the 1886
floods. many others were homeless.
In Pittsburgh's business section the
chugging of pumps continued as ner-
chants emptied their Easements Of
back stock hastily carried to higher
floors after the rivers began rising
four days ago The streams were
falling two-tenths of a foot an hour
at 8 am, with the stage then 32.5
feet.
All up and down the Allegheny,
Monongahela and Ohio valleys, too.
ICSluCLllc VI lNCl-AIOlO AlohlACc "dONAfNA
the fall Of the muddy tide. anxious
to begin the big job of cleaning out
filled homes.
Many had STAYED in their homes, liv-
Ing on higher floors to carry out the
old river policy Of stay inside and
sweep out the mud with the water"
Bothered by Sightseers.
The sheriff's Office, after a survey
Of the district, reported little fear
among the residents of the suburban
districts.
Instead, officers said, their biggest
trouble was with sightseeing parties
crowding into the flooded districts
even through the early morning hours.
Some street car lines remained
closed and some through trains were
rerouted around Pittsburgh. Other
wise, traffic was normal. Telephone
and electric power service. non-exist-
ent during part of the March, 1896,
flood period. was uninterrupted.
Today city officials termed the flood
a rehearsal, proving of the ability OF
the city to prepare for high waters
and mobilize facilities for relief.
Business houses rushed their stocks
to safety.
Pumps were ready to empty base
fnentS.
Power companies were ready to
carry on service.
Shuttle train service was ready If
street cars should halt.
The health department was pre-
pared to combat epidemics
The police department had 10 big
new skiffs for rescue work.
Relief agencies had shelter and food
for all refugees.
Said Maj Gen. Edward c. Shannon
OF the National Guard after an in
spection Of the city for Gov. George
H. Earle:
Pittsburgh was ready for any
emergency"
Evening star., 1937-01-23

ever, and was arrested shortly after
reaching the Soviet capital.
Son Attended d. c. Schools.
With his wife and l2-year-old son,
Romm lived here at 1885 r street
The boy. who couldn't speak English
when the family came here, mastered
the language quickly and was attend
ing the public schools this yeaf..
During his stay in Washington,
Romm covered all important stories
affecting Russian interests and made
numerous inspection trips throughout
the country. studying such American
industries as the Ford plant, and
writing special articles about them.