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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-31
NOTICE

All members of the Community Christmas Tree Committee are requested to meet Monday, Jan. 3rd at 7:30 P.M., at City Hall, for the purpose of approving and paying bills.
 A. M. HARTFORD,
 Chairman
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-31

Newspaper advertising will develop new business for you.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-31

.. Stray female Dog, with new
 born litter of pups, in my dog barn. White dog with black spots. Owner can obtain same by apply ing to Howard Lyng, office and residence Room 1, Lincoln Hotel.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

EXCHANGE WEIGHS
CHANGE IN FEES
Pierce Committee Submits
Plan Based on Value
of Transactions.
Ey the Associated Press.

oS liic hooOSihlcu TlcSS.
NEW YORK, July Citing an in
crease in brokerage costs and a re-
duced volume of trading, a special
committee of the New York Stock Ex-
change recommended today an in
crease in brokers' commission. basing
the commission rate on the total value
of transaction in dollars, instead Of
on the value Of shares.
The Board of Governors of the ex-
change referred the recommendation
to its Law Committee.
In submitting the recommendation
Edward A. Pierce, of the brokerage
house of E. A. Pierce & Co.. chairman
of the committee, wrote:
There can be no doubt now that a
brokers' costs have increased heavily
and much of the increase is quite be-
yond his control-as for instance ex-
pense incurred to meet direct require
ments of Federal and State govern
ments. When the 1886 cost Of these
requirements to one house alone ex-
ceeds, as it does. $l50,000, with the
prospect of an increase in succeeding
years under statutory requirements,
the burden of the impost on commits
sion houses generally is impressive"
The proposed new commissions are;
On transactions amounting to less
than 500 the commission shall be 6
per cent of the amount involved, but
not less than ST.
On transactions amounting to $l00
and not more than $1,000 the rate
shall be SIS plus l per cent OF the
amount involved.
On transactions amounting to more
than $1,000, the rate shall be SIS
plus lilo of per cent of the amount
involved.
The rate would be s6 for a slOO
transaction. increasing ST a hundred
to SIS commission for 81 1000 trans
action. Starting at a sl,l00 transac-
ton the rate would be Sl6lO. with
an increase of $40 hundred dollars
to SIT for a $4,000 transaction-and
so on up to commission Of S35 for
a $4,000 transaction.
Lie plesell system, DaSeQ on lne
value of the shares traded in, have
a wide spread-such as 7l2 cents a
share on shares selling from 81 to
$40; l2'2 cents from $40 to s25 and
UP to 30 cents from 5000 to $3.50
while the new system eliminates this
spread
For example. the commission on 100
shares of Republic Steel selling around
S35 would be $3.50. Under the old
system. with its rate of Is cents a
share between S25 and $50. the COM
mission would have been only SIS
Similar increases were proposed for
bonds.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
JUMP REVEALED
IN RAIL INCOMES
Operating Nets Advance to
$237,645,O5O Level
in Five Months.

Class railroads Of the United
States in the first five months of 1887
had a net railway operating income
of S237 7,645,050, which was at the
annual rate of return of 273 per cent
on their property investment, accord
Ing to reports just filed by the car
riers with the Bureau of Railway
Economics of the Association of Amer
lcan Railroads and made public to-
day.
In the first five months of 1896 their
net railway operating income was
sl87,773,S50, Or PIT per cent on their
property investment, and in the first
five months of 1880 their net rail-
way operating income was s3Ol,732. =
78O, or 35l per cent on property
investment.
property investment is the value of
ROAD and equipment as shown by the
books OF the railways, including ma
terlas, supplies and cash. The net
railway operating income is what is
left after the payment of operating
expenses, taxes and equipment rent
ais but before interest and other fixed
charges are paid.
This compilation as to earninos
Tor the first five months of 1887 is
based on reports from 1873 Glass I
railroads representing total of
236 04o miles.
GROSS operating revenues for the
flrSt five months of 1897 totaled 81
1851, ,2O7 compared with sl.542O39
OIL Tor the same period in 1886 and
sZ'Zlo,oT,l28 for the same period in
1880, an increase of 1876 per cent in
1897 above 1886. but 2l.8 per cent
below 1880 Operating expenses for
the first five months of 1887 amounted
TO sl.293.397,787 compared with ST.
l79.4O5,3l6 for the same period in
1885 and sl7l7.e45,e37 for the same
period in 1880. Operating expenses
Tor the first five months of 1897 were
81 per cent greater than in the same
period of 1885, but PAT per cent below
1890.
Glass I railroads in the first five
months Of 1887 paid sl5O.34l,48l in
taxes compared with sl22.Oo0.354 in
the same period in 1886. and sl46.-
1886 in the same period in 1880
For the month of May alone the tax
bill Of the Glass l railroads amounted
to s3o,689,l59 an increase of s3.24s,-
246 or lib per cent above May. 1886
Twenty-one Glass l railroads failed
to earn expenses and taxes in the first
flve months of 1887. of which six
were in the Eastern district. two in
the Southern district, and 13 in the
Western district.
Glass I railroads for the month of
May alone had net railway operating
income of s43,662 $50, which, for that
month. was at the annual rate of
return of 22l per cent on their
property investment In May 1886.
their net railway operating income was
SAL ,797047 or 2l3 per cent on in
vestment, and in May, 1880, was s67-
79O,336 or 3.4l per cent return on
investment.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. July l4, United States De-
partment OF Agriculture Hogs 5000
includlns 1000 direct; market, 1926 high
er than Wednesdays average: top 10 20;
5000 TO choice 20O-300 pounds. ll.15-
1910; comparable l50-IaO-pound average.
! .50-l2.o"; most aood 35U-5OG- pound
packing SoWS. lO.1n-15.
Cattle 1000; calves, 500: grain-fed
steers. /? TO @5 higher. active al the ad-
vance; cleaned up on early round top
rather confident that prime medium
weights and weiShty steers would sell
about 1000; best. yearlings today Is 90;
also active trade. but all grass cattle slow
and weak; this applying to grass steers
selling at 1850 down to 100 and below
sjockers and feeders weak to 25 lower;
plain and medium thin natives, showing
mosj decline grass cows and heifers
steady with recent dounturns: bulls steady
TO weak; yealers $50 down: weishtv
sausage bulls UP to 40. but most plain
and medium weight offerings going al
D. 5-6 80
Sheep, II 900; s,4OO direct; active and
most sales Spring lambs and yearlnes
TO packers, 100, top. lao to small
1000 straight: Texas best yearlinss S%5:
near choice kind. SIS Sheep steady,
slaughter ewes 3.O0-4.50
Evening star., 1937-07-01
Steel Ingot Rate
Climbs Sharply to
II Per Cent Mark
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July l.-DaiV
Metal Trade today says:
Resumption of operations a.
youngstown District Steel Works
closed during the strike, this weel
boosted the national ingot rats
sharply.
Al mid-Week the operation index
is estimated at II per cent of capacity,
an increase of points compared
with last mid-Week.
Gripping of the JohnstoVn, Pa,
plant of the Bethlehem Steel Co. by
the dynamiting of water lines into the
works forced curtailment of about Z
points from the rate in effect earlier
this week.
Suspension at an important Pitts
burgh district steel works also was
a factor in holding the increase In
production to points Indications
are the rate over the next few dayS
Will rise several additional points since
plant assumptions on a large seals
are scheduled in the Chicago district.
Demand for finished steel on old COM
tracts Is well maintained. New
business, however, is declining no.
ticeably with consumption tapering In
various directions.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
FOREIGN EXCHANGES,

NEW YORK. July LP.-Foreisp ey.
others in cents. Great Britain. demand
94s.; cables. 94's 6O-day bills 4q3as
france demand. 3.S4: cables. 3 S4 Italy
demand. 5.26l4 cables. 5.26l4.
Demands-Belelum. 1854: Germany
iree 40 registered. 215O; travel
s5:o %: Holland. 54.96; Norway, "a SIS;
: 10: Switzerland, - 90. Spain. unauoted
PortugaI. 4.5o: Greece. 81; Poland. 1895
Czechoslovakia. ;i.4S'4: Yueoslavia. 2.33
austria, lS.'on: Hungary. 1880: Ru.
mama. 10: Ar2entina. :'3 0On: Brazil
SHsOl.n: Toxic. Is? 50: Shanghai. 20 SO
HoneKong. 3O.33 Mexico City 21S5,
Montreal IN New York, 99s1i.: New Yorl
in Montreal. l00.1ss4. n-Nominal.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
FOREIGN MARKETS,

LONDON July l LP,.-Franc develop
stock market today. Price movements
and gilt-edeed issues STRENGTHENED. There
was little done in sold shares and Euro
pean bonds were irregular.
PARASITIC Bourse resumed trading
today following government suspension OF
all French market dealings on Tuesday
and Wednesday, Prices advanced sharply
at the opening but most issues eased
from the best in confused trading! Bank
OF France closed 800 points net higher,
Royal Dutch was up 575 and Suez Canal,
Evening star., 1937-07-01
BANK LIABILITY LAW
REMOVED IN MARYLAND
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. July 1.-The double
liability of stockholders of all State
banks and trust companies of Mary
land was removed from the State law
books today. This liability of stock
holders of national banks had been
removed previously by Federal law.
Warren F. Sterling. State bank COM
missioner, said the State law which
eliminated the double liability con-
cernine State banks and trust COM
panles became effective today
1t was approved al referendum at
the last election and at the 1887 Cen
eral Assembly.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
GAS BONDS OFFERED.

PHILADELPHIA, July l (SpeciaD
g. Co., Inc, and G. L
Ohrstrom & Co., Inc, are today
offering a new issue of $3.50, 900 Ma.
con Gas Co, first mortgage A pei
cent bonds at 80 and accrued irteres.
to yield about 3.27 per cent to ma.
turity. The bonds, dated June /, 1887
and due June l, 1852, are secured by
a direct first lien upon all property
owned by the company.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
NEW YORK SUGAR,

NEW YORK, July l CP,.-Suear futures
we're senerally higher today on increased
mission houses encouraged by the steady
spot market and reports from Washington
that the. House legislative Committee had
approved the compromise sugar bill.
July No. 3 sold up to 2.54 and March
70 245. or to points net higher
SeptefnPer No 4 sold up to 1231a and
and the market at pm. was holding
around the best.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
Saturday Closing
Approved by Board
of Stock EXCHANGE
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, July 1.-The Board
Of Governors Of the New York Stock
Exchange ruled today the market
would be closed on Saturday, July 3
The ruling was made in response
to a petition by members. The ex-
change will also be closed Monday
July 5, in observance of the Independ-
ence day holiday.
The New York Curb Exchange fol-
lowed Immediately with an announce.
ment that its facilities would also be
closed Saturday and Monday.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
U. S. TREASURY POSITION.
By tie Associated P..ss,

The position of the Treasury June 90:
sis4eiIts siSaps sis7o2 a5sl5; expenditsures
:56.95; customs receipts for the month.
Receipts for the fiscal year (since July
y S5.275,442. .295 80: expenditures, S.
o64.135 los. including S2.s37. .s9s,s4 : .O2
OF emergency expenditures. excess Of ex-
S36 .395. S33 ,646.6s. a decrease OF 1915
i55 ~ under the previous day: gold assets,
SdoaI6, 20 .a36.13. including S1,O65.-
200.6se.36 of inactive gold.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
ODD-LOT DEALINGS.
,y the Associated Press.

The Securities Commission reported to-
day these odd-lot transactions by dealers
and. specialists on the New York Stock
Exchange for June %. 66% sales to Gus
toners involving ia s44 shares: 3,72S
purchases involving o. so7 shares
Evening star., 1937-07-01
CURB LIST EDGES
TO HIGHER LEVELS
Gains of Fractions to ST a
Share Distributed Through.
out Market.
Hy the Associated Press,

BY the ASsoclated PreSS.
NEW YORK, July Creeping ad-
vances were made by most active
stocks in the Curb Market today.
Late in the session gains ranging
from small fractions to a point or
more were distributed evenly through
the list
New Jersey Zinc added several
points, Gulf Oil was up about lla,
while major fractions were annexed
by E, w. Bliss and St. Regis Paper.
Aluminium Co. of America and
American Cyanamid "B' also i'm
proved.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
Cost of Living
Rises, but Stays
Far Below 1929
By the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, July 1.-The cost of
living has been rising. but it is still.
well under 1929. National Industrial
Conference Board indexes, based on
1925 as 100, follow:
Evening star., 1937-07-01
LONDON BANK REPORT.
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

PHILADELPHIA July / Gp-Iiye
poultry. fowls. fancy Plymouth Rocks, %:
Spfins chickens; fancy Plymouth Rocks.
IS-?4 ducks White Pekins. fancy. young.
l5-lG: turkeys fancy young toms I4-l5
Dressed poultry-Fowls fresh killed. in
boxes. lsi2-2S
Evening star., 1937-07-01

NEW YORK. July Cp.-crud. rub
Der futures opened steady l. TO 2l higher
July. unouoted: September. 1854 -65 De-
cember, 10 S3-S5.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

ww-With warrants. xw-Without war
rants. New. st istp)-Stamped
4Negotiability impaired by maturity
fCompanles reported in receiyership.
Evening star., 1937-07-01

Dividend rates in dollars based on last
puartly or semi-annual payment tan
nual rate-not including extras tAc-
cumulated dividends. Paid last year
Paid this year. d Companies reported as
being reorganiZed under the bankruptcy
act, or securities assumed BY such com.
panies.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
INVESTING COMP PANIES

NEW YORK July p,-Nev York
Security Dealers Association:
moon ouotstions)
Evening star., 1937-07-01
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
BY private wire direct to the Star.

on which the Exchange 10 now operating.
2:3O
Stock and Sales
Evening star., 1937-07-01
NEW YORK BAR SILVER,

NEW YORK, July R.-Bar silver
steady and UNCHANGED, at AN.
Evening star., 1937-07-01
U. S. TREASURY NOTES

NEW YORK. July / Pl-Prices quoted
in dollars and thirty-seconds:
Evening star., 1937-07-01
PARIS BANK CHANGES.

PARIS july J Up The Bank Of France
atrment for the week ended June IS lin
Evening star., 1937-07-01
RUBBER FUTURES,

.iLE5V ChNI q VI TX dN.
Declared or paid so far this year.
Evening star., 1937-08-31
Miss Palmer Bride
OF MIR. Foret TODAY

The marriage Of Miss Billie Lloyd
Palmer, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Anne
Palmer of Pelham. Ga, to Mr.. Marcel
Jean Foret. son Of Mrs. Rita B. Foret
of Thebodaux, La, took place this
morning The ceremony was per-
formed in st. Matthew'S Church, the
Rev. Edward H. Roach oh1ciating, at
10 o'clock. A nuptiai mass followed.
The bride wore ivory satin fashioned
in a princess robe. Her tulle veil
was held in place by orange blossoms
and she carried . prayer book bound
in mother OF pearl which the BRIDE
groom's mother carried at her
wedding. A shower of lilies of the
valley fell from the prayer book. The
bride was escorted by her uncle, Mr..
William Landon Turner, Of this city.
Mrs. Gladys Beall Turner was
matron of honor and the brides only
attendant. She wore blue lace with
a blue hat to match and wine color
accessories and carried wine colored
dahlias. Mr.. Ralph Whitley was best
man and Mr.. Marvin Weaver was
the usher.
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Foret left for q
wedding trip and will sail from Balti-
more for q cruise to Georgia and
Florida. going on to New Orleans,
where they will make their home. The
bride wore a black velvet ensemble
with a corsage bouquet Of gardenias.
Mrs. Foret, mother of the BRIDE
groom, came from Thebodaux for the
wedding and wore a severely cut black
crepe gown with white accessories, a
black antelope hat and a corsage
bouquet of gardenias.
Evening star., 1937-08-31
Festival and Play
At Sylvan Theater

There will be two Summer festival
events this week at the National Syl-
van Theater, offering programs OF va
ried interest to Washingtonians who
have not yet left the city for their
Labor day vacations, or who have re-
turned from Summer trips.
The first of these two events Will
be the dance festival by the Alice
Louise Hunter Group, under Miss
Hunters direction, with Mr.. Ray Will
liams of Baltimore as guest dancer,
this evening at 8 o'clock, preceded by
a concert by the Washington Gas
Light Employees Band at 7:30 O'Clock.
For this event the hostesSes OF the
occasion, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples,
chairman Of the Summer Festival
Committee and Mrs. Vera Robert
shaw, will be assisted by a group OF
the Washington Players, who will
serve as ushers in compliment to Miss
Hunter and her dancers, who appeared
with the Washington Players in "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" recently
at the Monument.
lS4loo Slll IStlllC IL 4SAA WllA 4ASoA tAAS
Washington Players group acting as
ushers. assisted by Miss Yerby Pan
mill, Miss Adele Whiteside, Miss Fran
ces Dewey and by Mr. Kent Dyer, Mr.,
Chester Ring and others.
Among the guests of the Summer
Festival Committee this evening will
be Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Mrs
c. Marshall Finnan, Mrs. Frank T.
Gartside and members of the Com
munity Center Council, including Col
Charles l. Stengle, Mr.. George P
Barse, Mr.. H. G. Phillips, Mr.. Harry
N. Stull, Mr. Bernard G. Ladd. Maj
Campbell johnson, Mr.. H. D. Wood
son. Miss Corrinne Martin, Mr.. John
T. Rhines.
In case no postponement is neces-
sary on account Of the weather, the
night following Miss Hunters dance
concert will see the performance by
the F. B. I. Theater Group of "The
Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" at
the Sylvan Theater.
Chair privilege tickets are available
at the usual agencies and at the
Sylvan Theater on the night of the
festivals
Evening star., 1937-08-31
F0REIGN
Route Held impractical.

The Arctic Ocean sea route, now
used regularly by Russian ships, once
was pronounced impractical during
the present geological era.
Evening star., 1937-08-31

South African Car Deaths.
Automobile accidents caused the
death OF SO and injury to 1,46l in
South Africa in recent month.
Evening star., 1937-08-31
Suburban
Residents
In the News
Miss Villa m S Has
House Guest> for
Fortnight.
(Continued From Third Page)

with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. D.
Rtttenhouse, at their home in Airing
ton, Calf, and about two weeks at an
educational meeting in Asheville, N. c,
Mr.. Rittenhouse Is principal of the
Takoma Acamedy, preparatory de-
partment of Washington Missionary
College.
Mrs. F. E. Dudley and her daughter,
Miss Margaret Dudley, have returned
to their Silver Spring, Md, home from
Benedict, Md, where they spent the
Summer.
Miss Louise Grotlisch, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor E. Grotllsch OF
Woodside Park, Nd, has returned to
her home after spending a month as
Junior counselor at Camp Chilarna,
near Lynchburg, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Shives and
their family will return Thursday
from Takoma Park, Md, to Norfolk,
Va, where Mr.. Shives has been trans
ferred.
Mrs. Walter w. Wyatt and her son,
Mr.. Wrenn Wyatt, have returned to
their home in Herndon, Va, after To-
day vacation trip at Martinsville, Va,
and Leaksville, N. c., where they were
the guests of relatives.
Evening star., 1937-08-31
Miss Heath Evans
Back From Europe

Miss Heath Evans, who made an
extensive tour of Northern Europe
with her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Mackall, has returned to
this country. She will make series
Of visits in and near New York before
joining her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Ward Evans, in their home at 32l7
Macomb street for the Winter.
Evening star., 1937-08-31
River Report,
Report for Last 4S Hours.

Report for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon todayD
Highest, 81. 1890 Am. today. Year
ago, II.
Lowest, u, 8 Am. today. Year ago. SO.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, o7, on August 20.
Lowest, 10, on February %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, ps per cent. at $40 a m. today.
Lowest, 81 per cent at noon today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by U. s. Coast and Geodetic
Evening star., 1937-08-31
BUS HEARING SET

RICHMOND. August 81 (P.-A pc
tition OF the Alexandria, Bancroft &
Washington Transit Co. asking per-
mission to abandon passenger bus
service between Alexandria and Belle
Haven was set yesterday by the State
Corporation Commission for hearing
on October 5.
Evening star., 1937-08-31
Comdr :, Mrs. Madeira
Parents of Dau9hter

Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. DaShiell
Livingston Madeira announce the
birth of daughter, Anne Dashiell
Madeira, August II, in Long Beach,
Calf; Mrs. Madeira formerly was
Miss Mimi Earle Anderson Of Wash
ingtOn,
Evening star., 1937-08-31
Ecuador Ambassador
Visits New York

The Ecuador Ambassador, Capt.
Colon Eloy Alfaro, was in New York
yesterday, after spending the week end
with his sons, who returned to their
studies at the United States Military
Academy, where they are cadets. The
Ambassador returned to Washington
last evening.
Evening star., 1937-08-31
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Partly cloudy
tonight and tomorrow; not much
change in temperature; gentle west
and southwest winds.
Maryland-Partly cloudy tonight
and tomorrow; not much change in
temperature.
Virginia and West Virginia-Partly
cloudy, probably showers In south
portion tonight and tomorrow; not
much change In temperature.
River Report. -.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
very muddy At Harpers Ferry; muddy
at Great Fails today.
Report for Last 4s Hours.
Evening star., 1937-03-06

About AL, 100000 pounds OF tea
were consumed in Britain in 1885.