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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21

Helen Morgan is headlining commercial show for the British Broadcasting Corporation .. While Rubinoff remains in Hollywood, his recordings for the motor sponsor will be taken care of by Gus Haen- schen, currently recuperating in New York hospital after a minor operation The Marx Brothers are rumored as successors to Helen Frederick and Victor Moore, who leave the air June 20 A maple syrup conceigl has auditioned Jack Haley and Ted Flo Rito's orches- tra Carl Ravell's orchestra has been renewed for an indefinite pe- riod at New York's Hotel Lexing- ton. probably to remain all sum- ner. The band, featuring the sing ing maestro, goes coast-to-coast via CBS each Monday and Friday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21

The Sunday night Mutual show featuring Raymond Knight and Ar mold Johnson's band has definitely folded. Plans to run the program on a guest star policy fell through. =. Frankie Masters orchestra, fea- tured on Edgar A. Guests Tt Can Be Done" program, is playing one night stands in and around the Chicago territory, with remote wire pickups.
 "PersOnal Column of the Air",
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21

Edward Arnold is set as "H0l- Iywood Hotel' guest on May 28, doing a sequence from "The Toast of New York" Raymond Paige's orchestra will play spe- cial music to introduce the guest star Meredith Wilson, NEG music director in San Francis co, Jeane Cowan and George Nickson, singers, have audi tioned half-hogr musical show for an Eastern sponsor B. A. Rolfe will present Phil Spi- talny's all-girl orchestra as his Magazine of the Air" guests on CBS, May 26.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21

Personal Column of the Air,
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
D. {. |ND|CTS
COAL QUIZ
WITNESS
Harlan Union FoeFaces
Perjury Charges as
Threat Sequel

Ted Creech, 35-year-old son Of q
Harlan county, Kentucky, mine
owner, who aroused the ire Of the
LaFollette Civil Liberties Commit
tee last April Is, was indicted for
perjury by the District Grand Jury
today.
Creech's indictment arose out
OF. an alleged threat he made to
Richard C. Tackett, another wit
ness, who had testified two days
before concerning the Harlan
riots.
Tackett, in his testimony, had
admitted that he was one of Q
group hired by an association Of
mine owners to intimidate organ
izers representing the United Mine
Workers of America, and admitted
he had also melted violence against
the union men.
Threatened Prison
During the recess that followed
Tackett's sensational testimony,
Creech is said to have approached
him and threatened to have him
sent to jail for "eight or 10 years"
when they returned to Harlan
county, for his testimony against
the mine operators.
The alleged threat was reported
to the LaFollette Committee by
Deputy U. S. Marshal Robert Bon
ham, who had Tackett in custody
at the time of the conversation and
Creech was recalled to the witness
stand to explain his action.
It is then that Creech commit
ted the alleged perjury. He is
quoted as having said, referring
to the conversation with Tackett:
He came up and told that
he came up here and got
drunk and made q statement
here and did not know just
what he was talking about
when he made that state.
ment."
BOTH DENY CLAIM
Tackett and Bonham both de.
MED that the former had made
any such statement to Creech or
that Tackett had approached
Creech.
The Grand Jury returned 16
other indictments today, includ-
ing the following:
Harold L. Watkins, Clarence Parker,
Jerry Mangum, Joseph A. Curtis, Ernest
X. Hughes; joy-ridins.
Harold L. Watkins, John r. Briggs,
Mary L. Sheckles. Herman williams,
Charles W. Burton; HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny.
Harold K. White, Robert ]. Evans;
joy-riding and grand larceny.
William Cabenits, William w. Robin
SON; robbery.
John Floyd Payne; forgery.
A charge Of false pretenses
against Charles e. Hull was ig.
nored by the grand jury and SINH.
lar action was taken in joy.riding
charges against James w. Horton
and Willie Green.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
FIVE-CEN 7
FARESTUDY
ORDERED
P. u. c. Survey to Show
PracticabiIity of
) Change in Rates

The Public Utilities Commission
today directed its chief engineer
and the Capital Transit Company
to study the entire question Of
five-cent street car and bus fare
for the District.
William NICK. Clayton, chair
man of the Public Utilities Com
mittee of the Federation of Citi-
zenS Association and advocate OF
the five-cent fare, brought up the
question again at the hearings be-
fore the Public Utilities Commits
sion on the request Of the Capital
Transit Company for a boost in
the token fare to four for thirty
five cents.
Riley Elgen, Public Utilities
Committee c h airman, directed
Fred Sager, chief commission engi-
neer and j. e. Heberle, vice presi-
dent Of the Transit Company. to
make Independents study bf what
the effect Of a fiVecent fare in the
District will be.
Transfers Study Topic
The study will take in the ques-
ton of a straight five-cent fare
with no transfer privileges; a five
cent fare with a rlomical charge
for transfers, and a five-cent fare
with free transfers.
Mr.. Heberle indicated that he
could see no type of five-cent fare
which would produce a sufficient
amount of revenue for the Transit
Company for profit.
Sager at the hearing today
stated that his study of the effect
of an increase in the token fare
would indicate q very small in
crease in revenue to the company.
Speed Replaces Quantity
An increase in speed of street
cars would benefit the riding
public, and would reduce the ex-
penseS of the company, in that
if a street car covers a route in
less time there will be a CORE
spending reduction in the number
of street cars needed in opera
ton.
A second economy which will be
suggested is the substitution of
bus for street car servics to Glen
Echo.
The line to Glen Echo has been
drain on the Capital Transit
Company'S revenue, and last year
showed a considerable loss.
While the District contributes to
the upkeep of the paving between
the tracks and adjacent to them,
and also a portion Of the main
tenance costs of some trackage,
the Capital Transit Company is
forced to shoulder the entire cost
of the roadbed and maintenance
Of the Glen Echo line.
The Commission experts will
continue their testimony concern
ing the costs Of Capital Transit
Company equipment new, and the
value of the holdings when the
factor Of depreciation is taken into
account. "a ~.
A proposal may be made to boost
the price Of the street car and bus
pass, and to retain the present
token rate Of four for 30 cents.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
A|RNEN
T0RESUNE
FLIGHT
Polar Trio Ready For
Final Journey to
San Francisco

VANCOUVER, Wash, June 81
U.N.S.) .-Russia's three valiant
airmen, who blazed a transpolar
sky route between Moscow and
western United States, made their
official report today to Josef
Stain.
To Russia's dictator they gave
q detailed account of the So hours
spent in the air, from sos p. m.
Thursday, when they took off from
Moscow IN the big, red-winged
monoplane, until they landed at
the little United States Army air
port in Vancouver Barracks here.
Alexander Troyanoysky, Soviet
ambassador to the United States,
lent Q hand in drafting the report,
which was guarded carefully. The
airmen were closelipped about
their flight, awaiting an s'olEay,, by
Troyai1ovsky to give out scattered
bits Of information.
.- Stain Is Sent Report
Shortly after their arrival here
at 8:22 a. m. yesterday, Chief Pilot
Valeri Chakalov, his co-pilt, Georgi
Vaidukov, and Navigator Alexan-
der Belaikov held a hurried con-
sultation while C. r. Spencer, field
mechanic at the barracks, ran out
to meet the plane.
Chkalov scrubbed Q telegram
and the detailed report to Dicta-
tor Stain was sent today. This
official business completed, the
airmen were ready to fly to San
Francisco-their goal-later to-
CONTINUED on Page 8, Col. p
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
US. OPENS STEEL PEACE PARLEYS
Fight Gate
Forecast.
Million

CHICAGO, June 81 INS3.
Promoter Mike Jacobs today said
he expected the gate at the Brad.
dock-Louis championship match
tomorrow night at Comiskey Park
to reach a figure between $780,
900 and $1,000, 900. Jacobs said
he already had 100000 in adj
vance sales and reservations.
After 10 per cent Federal and
10 per cent State tax is deducted
from the gross gate, Braddock
will receive so per cent and Louis
171a per cent of the net.
Braddock will give so per cent
Of his take to his manager, Joe
Gould, who personally pays all
Of the champions training ex-
penSeS. It is believed Louis man.
ayers, John Roxborough and
Julian Black, take 1914 per cent
of Louis purses for their services.
The paid attendance is expected
to range from 10000 to $4,000.
Four hundred sports writer's, in
GLIDING many from Europe, are
here for the bout. Admission
prices range from $27.50 top to a
few thousand bleacher seats at
$3.50.
The bout is scheduled to start
around 10 p. m. (E. S. I'd and go
Is rounds to a decision. However.
both fighters have been ordered to
be on hand at 8 p. m. and If there
is any sign of rain, they may start
their fight any time between 8 and
10 O'clock. regardless of radio ar.
rangementS.
Braddock was expected to arrive
in Chicago today and put up at a
south side hotel. Louis was slated
to remain at his Kenosha (Wis)
training camp until tomorrow
morning, when he will be driven
in for the weighing in at noon,
after which he will go into seclu-
sion until fight time at some I'M
named spot.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
{. |. @. HEADS
FIRST SEE
BOARD .
Company Chiefs Next
To Confer With
Mediators

CLEVELAND, June FL I.N.S.).
The steel strike mediation
boards conference with John L.
Lewis and other C. I. o. lead
ers ended shortly before noon
today. Lewis said he would re.
main here awaiting q further
call from the board.
Heads of the four independ.
ent steel companies affected by
the C. l. o. strike went into
conference with the Federal
mediation board . few minutes
after noon.
CLEVELAND, June 81 d.N.SJ.
In an atmosphere made tense by
announcement Of two independent
steel companies that they will re.
open their Youngstown plants to.
morrow. the Federal Mediation
Board today launched its efforts
TO settle the seyen.State steel
strike.
Republic Steel Corporation and
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com
pany were the two independents
which announced their Youngs.
town plants will be reopened to.
morrow.
John L. Lewis, C. I. o. chair.
man, and 10 Of his aides partici.
rated in the mediation boards
first formal conference. Later the
board, headed by Chairman
Charles P. Taft, was to meet with
the heads of four independent
steel companies affected by the
strike.
Opening Announced
Soon after Lewis and his fol.
lowers strobe into Taft's hotel par.
Tor suite, used as a conference
room, President Frank Purnell Of
the Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Company announced in YoungS.
; town. that the company will re.
open its plants there tomorrow.
Purnell then left for Cleveland,
where he and the heads of the
three other strike-affected com.
panies were to confer with the
board.
Republic Steel Corporation an
nounced at its headquarters here
and in a youngstown newspaper
advertisement that its plants in
Youngstown also will reopen to.
morrow.
1t was in Youngstown that Q
riot resulting in death of two men
and injury Of 40 others flared
CONTINUED on Page 9, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
GRANT ENTERS
WIMBLEDON

WIMBLEDON, England, June II
G.N.so.-America's hopes to win
the Wimbledon's mems singles ten
mis- championship VACATED by Fred
Perry SCARED, today when it was
announced that Bryan 'Bitsy"
Grant, of Atlanta, Ga, had risen
from . sick bed to begin compe-
tition today.
Donald Bulge, of Oakland, Cal,
seeded first in the draw, remained
top-heavy favorite to win, however.
Second in ranking is Baron Gott-
fried Won Cramm, German runner
up to Perry last year.
The first American victory was
Continued on Page 20, Col. -
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
FD|CREP0RT5
ON BANKS
BY ERIC FRIEDHEIM
Copyright, 1887. by international
News service)

News Service)
Nearly 5000 banks within the
Federal deposit insurance pro-
gram lack sufficient capital, a pri-
vate report of the FDIC revealed
today. The report was compiled
after Government examiners in
vestigated the affairs of more than
$4,000 banks.
At the same time, the corpora
ton found that at the close of
1886, more than 10 per cent of The
assets of many banks receiving de-
post insurance was hazardous
and undesirable"
Such assets, according to The
report, included stocks and bonds
of doubtful value, loans involving
high risks and advances on poorer
types of real estate.
Other facts revealed by the sur.
vey are that:
Between 1000 and 5000 in
Sured banks reported net current
operating earnings last year
which were not sufficient to take
p care Of the average volume Of
losses expected in the normal
course of business; Of the nom
member Federal Reserve banks
receiving insurance benefits, 8
per cent possessed NO sound CAPT.
tai at all, and, approximately
10 per cent of. the nOnmember
group had an exceedingly low
margin Of capital in reserve
against deposits.
The FDIC insures banks deposits
up to 5000, and for the past few
months has been preparing a pro
gram Of more than drastic super.
vision over its $4,000 members.
Corporation officials consider
that a bank should not have less
than 500 in reserve against every
81 900 of its liabilities.
Confronted with the large mum
Der Of banks that has fallen below
this standard, the FDIC shortly
will institute a campaign to force
these institutions into rebuilding
their capital structures.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
Best Friend Jumps
NuptidI Bells and
WEEDS Boy Herself

CHICAGO, June 81 G.N.SO.
When Helen Bobas, 10, told her
best friend, Joan Zarranka, 81,
that she (Helen) would marry
Andrew David, %. this Saturday,
Joan was incredulous. The latter
said:
David? why ] married him
myself last night at Valparaiso"
The invitations were already
out, and Helen today insisted her
friend Joan had agreed to obtain
a speedy divorce so the scheduled
wedding could be held. The actual
bride, however, denied having any
such generous intentions. -
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
5 I EEL PLANTS
TO REOPEN

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June II
U.N.SO.-The youngstown Sheet
and Tube Company and Republic
Steel Corporation today an
nounced their plants here will re-
open at a. m. tomorrow.
Frank Purnell, president Of
Sheet and. Tube, issued the back.
to-work" order for his $4,000 EN-.
ployeS and then hurried TO Cleve-
land for the steel strike mediation
conference. His notice read:
GAN employees who want to
work should enter the plants at
Z a. m. Until further notice
turns will be IL hours each with
time and a half paid for over.
time over eight hours
PROTECTION PROMISED
Purnell said the mayors Of
Youngstown, Campbell, Struthers
and Hubbard and Sheriff Ralph E.
ElSer have stated to me they are
willing and now able to protect
company employees lawfully assert
ing their right to resume work.
Details of the reopening were
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81 |
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
franklin Fort Dead
Ex-Representative

ROCHESTER, Mimi, June 81.
Franklin w. Fort, 81, former Rep
resentative in Congress from New
Jersey, died here yesterday In
the Mayo Clinic Hospital after an
illness Of three weeks. Mr.. Fort
came here May / for an operation.
The son Of the late Governor
J. Franklin Fort, Of New Jersey.
Mr.. Fort was a. close friend Of
Herbert Hoover and served under
him as q dollar-a-year man in the
Food Administration during the
World War. .,
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
ROBBERS
HEADED HERE

With a Gordon of police thrown
around the city and every road
and bridge being watched, Wash
ington police today were on the
lookout for five armed bandits re:
ported to have held up the cashier
of transit company in Richmond,
Va, earlier today and made off
with $4,000 in cash.
The lookout sent here from
Richmond said the five white men
were travelling in Plymouth
sedan with Virginia license plates
52-198 and that all Of the men
were armed with sawed-off shot
guns and machine guns.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
COLD CONFINES
ROOSEVELT
international News Service

A recurring head cold kept
President Roosevelt away from
his office today, but failed to in
terrupt his scheduled engage
mentS.
DR.. Ross McIntire, White House
Physician, suggested that he work
in his study and avoid the offices.
The Presidents most significant
conference was with Secretary Of
State Hull, Undersecretary Welles,
and Assistant Secretary Of State
Sayre in connection with the visit
Wednesday Of Prime Minister Van
iceland Of Belgium.
Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace. consulted with the President
about the ever-normal granary
bill now pending before Congress.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
Of Cruiser
Denied by Germany

BERLIN, June II (U.S).-A re-
port from AIgiers that EIGHT
Spanish government planes bonn.
barded a German cruiser Friday
or Saturday" was denied here
by the propaganda minister,
which said it had no information
of the attack. The Algiers report
was contained in a Reuters News
Agency dispatch which stated no
details of the rumored bombing
were available,
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
Siv.Oyich Warns Death
Trails CONGRESS

picnic" to be held on jefferson
Island this weekend.
Connery Death Cited
The sudden death Of Chairman
william P. Connery CD Of Massa-
chusetts, of the House Labor Com,
mittee, was due to heart disease
brought on by worry which is q
part Of q strenuous, long session.
Sirovich said.
Lives Of both Senators and Rep
reSehtatives, he stated, might be
saved If Congress voted a so or
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
ARTIST YOUNG
L0SESS0N

NEW YORK, June 81 ,G.NSO.
Private funeral services were to be
held TODAY for 6-year-old Wayne
Roy Young, son of the well-known
cartoonist, Chic" Young, who died
here of diphtheria.
The lad, only child of the artist,
was the inspiration for develop
ment of the mythical youngster
who features Blonde" the comic
strip drawn by Young.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21

Air transportation in the
United States appeared headed
today for more drastic regulation
than 1t has yet known, based on
studies Of performance and
safety factors by pilots, engineers
and technical experts Of the De-
partment Of Commerce.
It was learned authoritatively
that these studies, which have
been under way for several
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
Air Commerce. Study
Ends: New Laws Due

months at important airports
throughout the country, and on
all of the principal air lines, are
nearing a conclusion, and that
within so or 80 days the Govern
ment will be in possession Of
enough information to lay down
new standards for all airports
used by transport ships.
Although officials declined to
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL
Copyright. 1897. byInternational
News Servics)

Predicting death Of at least six
more members Of Congress if the
session continues all summer, q
physician-member representative
william l.. Sirovich CD of New
York-today appealed for recess
until cooler weather.
Sirovich. who is widely known
as a physician and surgeon, may
carry his appeal to President
Roosevelt in the Democratic peace
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
SHANTY. HOGAN
GETS RELEASE

Francis "Shanty" Hogan, $50
pound catcher, was given his
unconditional release this morn
ing by Clark Griffith, president
Of the Washington Griffmen.
Being a 10-year man, the
Griffmen could not shove Hogan
back into the minors. Hogan
has the right to sell himself to
any club in organized baseball.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
Instructor and Pupil
Die in Crash OF Plane

TUPELO, Miss, June 81.
Gerald Burdine, 20, Verona, Miss,
an aviation instructor, and his
pupil, Lyle Bowen, jr., Is, Tupelo,
were killed yesterday when their
plane crashed from an altitude OF
so feet near the local airport.
MIAMI, Fla, June Al. - Frank
Black, 28-year-old Miami press
man, died yesterday of injuries
he received when his Curtis Junior
two-seater plane stalled as he was
taking off and crashed.
He died Of q broken back and
other injuries.
The Washington times., 1937-06-21
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Showers tonight; fair tomorrow; not much
change in temperature; moderate to fresh
south, shifting to west winds tonight.
weather Details on Page 81
Evening star., 1937-10-04
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,

NEW YORK, October 4.-Led By
steels and rails, stocks fell back frac-
tions to or more points in today's
market.
A contributory factor was more
than expected decline in the current
weeks steel mill operations to 661 per
cent of capacity, off 8.3 points. The
Failure of the rails to respond to
the weekend settlement of the lengthy
wage dispute also was an influence in
discouraging trading forces. The
transportation division edged for
ward at the opening, along with
number Of specialties, but followed
steels, motors, farm implements and
others in the late backslide. Mild sup
port came in just before the close and
extreme losses we're reduced in sons
cases.
Chilling buying contingents also
brokers said, was the more definite
mint of special session of Congress
contained in the Presidents NORTH
Dakota speech today. Business news.
generally, lacked stimulating quail
ties.
A break in cotton futures to below
8 cents a pound for the first time
since 1888 added to the cloudy market
sentiment. Bonds we're uneven.
Activity was the smallest in about
a month, transfers being in the neigh
borhood of 1000 shares.
Conspicous on the offside were u
S. Steel, Chrysler, Bethlehem, Wheel.
ing Steel, National Steel, Republic
Youngstown Sheet &, Tube. Santa Fe
New York Central, Southern Pacific
Great Northern, Northern Pacific
Southern Railway. American Stee
Foundries. General Motors. U S
Rubber, Goodrich, Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck. J. /. Case, Deere. In.
ternational Harvester. Caterpillar
Tractor, Oliver Farm. Boeing. Western
Union. Anaconda, Kennecott. Ameri.
can Smelling, Phelps Dodge. Westing.
house, Du Pont. Lehman Corp.
Crown Cork. Armstrong Cork. Radio
Corp, Chesapeake Corp. Johns-Man.
vile. AIlis- Chalmers and National
Supply.
Resistant we're Baltimore &, Ohio
Continental Can, American Bani
Note, Crane Co., Addressograph, Vel
low Truck. Inspiration Copper. MAN
Copper, Woolworth, Corn Product;
and United Fruit.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
LARGER NET REPORTED
BY DOMESTIC FINANCE

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, october Arthur
Greene. president of the Domestic FL
nance Corp, announced that net profit
for the first half of the fiscal year,
which ended September 30, will be
substantially larger than for the
similar period of 1886 Audited fig-
ures will be available before Novem-
Der l.
In a letter notifying stockholders
that the regular quarterly dividend of
so cents on the preferred stock had
been declared payable November. i, Mr.
Greene said that the volume of loans
made in the first five months of the
fiscal year amounted to $6,250, ,706, an
increase Of 81 per cent over the same
period ofs1936.
Outstanding balances increased 36
per cent. from SIS, 5,006, ,903 to s6,8l7,59I.
In the same period.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
GAIN DURING WEEK

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October New York
City bank stocks registered recovery
during the last week, according to
records compiled by Holt, Rose g.
Troster.
The aggregate market value Of 16
leading issues on october / amounted
to 81, $50, ,13l 900 against 81 ,602 ,489 900
on September "a, an increase for, the
week of $77,642 900, or 4.85 per cent.
The current average yield Of the 16
issues of 1893 per cent compares with
a yield Of 412 per cent on September
"a. The current market value is now
121 times the known book value
against 116 times a week ago.
Based upon current figures the is
issues are now quoted at an average
Of 1863 times tlcir known earnings
Compared with 1S5 times on Septem-
Der "a.