davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-08-20
curb SHARES TEND
TO LOWER LEVELS
hine Issues Lead Decline.
Oils and Utilities Take
Uneven Course.
the Associated Press.

y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 2o-The curb
harket tended lower today, with min
hg shares leading the decline.
Newmont Mining dropped around
Y points at one time in sympathy
18th Shanghai metal shares on the
Big Board" A gradual decline in
he price of export copper the past
eek helped depress the group, traders
lid.
Consolidated Copper and Hudson
ay Mining were of fractions. Eagle
Iicher countered the trend, rising
bore than point.
Oils and utilities were uneven.
merican SuperpoWer, Niagara-Hud-
pm Power, American Gas & Electric
nd Arkansas Natural Gas "A"
Popped fractions. Electric Bond g.
hare improved a trine.
Gulf Oil, International Petroleum.
tumble Oil and Imperial Oil declined
factions to over a point.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
GRAIN CUTTING PUSHED
IN CANADIAN PROVINCES
Special Dispatch to The Star.

cpceiBl OiepAtCD 10 / ne StAr.
NEW YORK, August 20..-In the
prairie provinces of Canada, grain cut
ting Is we'll advanced and threshing
has begun in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Southern Alberta, says the Bank
OF Montreal in its current crop report.
In Manitoba and Western Alberta
wheat yields vary from fair to good,
and in Northeastern Saskatchewan
some fair yields of wheat are being
obtained. Early threshed wheat is of
satisfactory grade.
In Quebec Province crop prospects
in general continue to be satisfactory
In Ontario good average crops of the
main staples are expected.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
ACTIVITIES CONSOLIDATED,

NEW YORK, August 20, R).-
Plastic activities Of General Electric
Co. have been consolidated at Pitts
field, Mass. G. Z. Wilson, vice presi-
dent, announced. This will relieve the
company's construction materials sales
division at Bridgeport. Conn, Of the
responsibility Of plastic sales, the com.
pany stated.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Fair, con-
tinued warm tonight and probabl
tomorrow; gentle to moderate south
west winds.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair to-
night and probably tomorrow, fol-
lowed by local thundershowers in the
mountains tomorrow afternoon: not
much change in temperature.
West Virginia-Fair tonight and to-
morrow, followed by local thunder
showers tomorrow afternoon; not
much change in temperature.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry; Great Falls, slightly
muddy.
Renorf
Evening star., 1937-08-20
But the public
wants me as I am"

'But the pubic
wants me as I am"
Listen, innocent
little boy, the pub
lie thinks Of you
ex C t ! y as we re
trying to portray
you. You may have
told them how to
be themselves and
win success over
night, but Vt never
occurred to them
that that's what
you're doing. They
think OF you as
some sort Of supe-
rior, gifted person.
ality-God forbid"
The truth dawn
ed upon Wes slowly.
1t made him mad.
He realized that in
writing his book he
had crea te d an
Nr1irjNr ~ Lir,co1f
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Mortgage Loans
OF New York Life
Rise 90 Per Cent
the Associate Press.

y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 20.-Morteage
ans totaling sl2,4S4,55l on 178 con-
acts We're made by the New York
fe Insurance Co, on business prop
ties in the first seven months of the
PAR, an increase of so per cent in
+e number of loans and an increase
81 per cent in dollar volume over
fe like period last year, Alfred L.
ken, president, reported
Dollar volume of residential loans
AoUed gain of 104 per cent over
e comparable 1886 period.
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OLLAR GOES HIGHER
IN LONDON DEALINGS

the Associated Press.
LONDON. August 2O.-The United
|tates dollar gained 3s of a cent in
be foreign exchange market today.
he close was 4o8 1916 to the pound,
kainst s4aa LIS for sterling in New
j ork yesterday
The French franc finished 1927,
pmpared with 1872 "a for the previous
by.
PARIS. August 20 tP).-Three per,
|ent rentes, "a francs, 412s "a,
F,50; 4i2s 1887, 10000.
Exchange on London, 1926. The
pillar was quoted 26,632..
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Ygstn Stl D2,5og

In BANKRUPTCY or receivership or being
reorganAed under the bankruptcy Act. Or
securities assumed BY such companies.
Rates OF dividends in the fofeRoing table
are annual disbursements based On tie last
quarterly or sem1-annual declaration On.
less otherwise noted, special or extra divi.
dends are not included
Also extra or extras. . Paid last year,
tPayehls IN stock. { Declared or paid 70
or stock. kAecumuistSd dividend nsid
or declared tnis year w-With var
rants. Nv without warrants. war War.
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BONDS TO BE PAID.

NEW YORK, August 20 DIVA
Ash Railway Co. announced it would
ay on September l 80 per cent of
he face value of coupon series No.
; Of the Toledo e. Chicago Division
rst mortgage per cent bonds.
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DIVIDEND IS ORDERED,

NEW YORK. August 20 (SpeciaD -
Directors Of Foreign Light q Power Co.
have declared the regular quarterly
dividend Of $50 per share on its first
preferred sh1res, payable October l, to
sharsholdeFs Of record September -.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
rs TONS OF LEAD SOLD.

NEW YORK, August 20 H.-st
Joseph Lead Co. reports Is tons o(
pig lead from Southeast Missouri mines
sold yesterday at 3s.3S per 100 pounds
St. Louis.
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INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK, August 20 LP,,-Nev York
security Dealers Association:
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Washington Exchange

SALES-AFTER CALL
Real Estate Ttls Ins. Co.-lo a.
ITS.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Report for Last - Hours,

Record for Last - Hours.
from noon yesterday to noon today
ago "a
Lowest. 7s. Sam. today. Year axo, IS
Record Temperatures This Year.
HIGHEST. o6, on August ~
Lowest 10, on February IS
Humidity for Last 81 Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, sS per cent at Sam.
Lowest. A. per cent, at 4:1O pm
Tide Tables
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Park g. Tilford, 1nc-Common
share earnings, six months ended
June 80, were Sl94, against "a cents.
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Tide Tables
FURNISHED BY United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
The Sun and Moon
PrecinitAfinn

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
capital current month to datel:
Evening star., 1937-08-20

Wv With warrants. -xw-Without ",
l9ts. New, st tstpl-Stamped,
{Neeotiaoility impaired by maturity,
Companies reported in receiyership,
Evening star., 1937-03-23

be understood by following the steps
that led up to it. Early in the year
sit-doWn strike began in the plants
Of General Motors at Flint, Mich.
General Motors applied to a Flint
Judge for an order directing the sit
downers to leave the plants. The
judge granted the order Quickly the
strike leaders found and publicized
the fact that the Judge was holder
OF General Motors stock. This was
an awkward fact, and the judges ac-
ton was unfortunate. But this had
no bearing on the subsequent develop
ments.
General Motors, on February l, ap-
piled to another Flint judge, and he
issued the same kind of order. Any
judge anywhere would have done it.
That the action of the sit-downers
was an illegal trespass Is about as
clear as any fact or principle Of law.
The courts order to the sit-down-
ers to quit was delivered to the sheriff
The sheriff read it to the sit-doWn
strikers. The sit t-downers, according
to newspaper reports, 'booed" the
sheriff. 1t was clear the sit-downers
had no intention Of obeying this or
any other court order. At the very
moment when the application for the
order was before the court, when the
lawyers for the Sit-doWners were ar
guing to the court against the order,
the sit-downers, far from showing re-
spect to the court or apprehension
about what action the court might
take, actually enlarged the area of
their strike. They continued to keep
the two buildings they had held for
four weeks, and they threw an addi-
tional force of sit-downers into third
building.
Decide to Stay.
After the courts order to quit had
been read by the sheriff to the sit
dovners, they sent telegram to Gov.
Murphy, saying: I'VE have decided to
stay in the plant"
The sit-downers were now in con-
tempt OF court. In accord with
Michigan procedure, General Motors
went before the court and called the
judges attention to the fact that his
order was being ignored. Thereupon
the court issued writ Of body at
Evening star., 1937-03-23

considered nfammaory not reasonable other time
the being made daily judges Wall
should
nothing of law should appointed to the bench
of sdoWners
Roosevelt the
the
frankly afraid OF
debate will do.
member OF Congress the cloak
apt quotation from Sherman "1h ldn should
should because
the laW and obedience
system of ctdlzd
out of Mr. Roosevels
developing shortly,
Evening star., 1937-03-23

ouI ltW uIlllSteQ
n,e1hoos OF smuggling contraband into
the country. 1t is hard to ferret outp
tne Offenders, the commissioner saws
Neither the seller nor the user will
squea." Drugs, he says, NAV coma
IN barrels Of olive oil, ladies' shoes
turtles with dope plugged backs. bed.
steaos, tombStones, the outlets ~
chickens" In terms of health tho
wastage OF human life is incalculable.
Offenders are in every strata Of life.
the commissioner says. The Public
Heaith Service has established hos
pltaIs IN Lexington, KY, and Alder
son, w. Va. 1t is rehabilitating great
numbers OF these human derelicts
commissioner AnSlinger. vigorous
Jealous, looks quite capable of "oet,
tlng his man" should occasion ever
arise. Fresh out Of Pennsylvania State
Coilege, ne did forestry work for the
pennsylvania Railroad, and then was
appointed deputy fire commissioner for
the State of Pennsylvania. In 1917 he
came 10 Washington as member of tho
efficiency Board, War Department For
10 years he was in the consular servica
at The Hague, Hamburg, Venezuela
Nassau. Close observations led to ex-
clamatlon and question marks on
smuggling. Characteristically he i'm
/ mediately allied himself with prohibi-
ton forces.
Traffic in drugs follows the source
OF supply. The United States has
problem in its concealed acreage of the
marlhuana plant Dried, it is rolled
INTO cigarettes. Confscated packages
are marked coffin nails" Confiscated
dope, and utensils for their use, are
exhibit A in case in the commission
er's Office. Heroin is a grave concern
at present. 1t looks like a bit of CANDY
out when smoked is deadly. Morphine
Is on the wane, the commissioner saws.
1t is the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Of
contraband, bringing, as it does. the
| gift OF heaven" as surceaSe to pain
medically, and the curse of hell" to
addicts
A surprising grouping of nations has
the highest narcotic traffic. First
comes China, then the United States,
then Egypt, then Canada. Two hun
dred and fifty men-pinheads on a
map, but far from it in reality-work
IN the narcotic-control field. Commis-
sioner AnsGnger is justly proud OF their
record. For each man so working. 10
traffickers of dope are in the peniten-
| tiary
Evening star., 1937-03-23
News Behind the News
Campaign Tactics Rounding Up Supporters at Home
for Roosevelt Court Plan.
BY PAUL MALLON,


promoting President
posed a council with a
/ anonymity that is entirely invisible
Practically official
working Visiting
likely his
of prominent back home legislators eda State and local.
editors
the
Judiciary Committee hearings in the
which the most active councillor Mr. Thomas Corcoran
completely his
holding
Evening star., 1937-03-23
In Murphy's Lap
Michigan Governor Would Welcome Roosevelt
Action on Sit.Downism

tachment." This writ directed the
sheriff to arrest the strikers and re-
move them.
Clearly the sheriff alone could not
arrest and remove several hundred
men. Faced by this situation the
sheriff could have followed either Of
two courses. He could have sworn in
as many deputies as he considered
necessary to carry out the order OF
the court.
Ignores Call for Troops.
The other course open to the sheriff
was to apply to Gov. Murphy to give
him the assistance OF the National
Guard to carry out the courts writ.
This request the sheriff made on
February S. To this request Gov.
Murphy never made any reply, GER
tainly no formal one. Instead, for
more than a week, Gov Murphy, while
making no reply to the sherif's re-
quest for assistance, conducted a con-
ference between the officials OF Gen.
eral Motors and the officials OF the
slt-doWn strikers union.
After some two weeks of conference,
form Of agreement emerged and
the sit-doWn strike was terminated.
Gov. Murphy went to Florida. He
had been under strain and deserved
rest. But If he thought that his
sense Of triumph or his peace of mind
would be long-lived, he must lack un-
derstanding Of the forces with which
he as Governor was called on to deal.
Might Have Stopped Practice.
1t is a common assumption that II
Gov. Murphy had faced the Flint
strike Squarely and given the sheriff
the assistance the sheriff asked for,
the present Detroit stt-down would
not have taken place. This is an
assumption only, but it is a reasonable
one. During the Flint strike, news
paper accounts said that the strike
was unpopular in that community,
that the strikers were q small frac-
ton Of the workers, and that the
non-striklng workers were eager to
see the strike terminated, even will
ing to help evict the sit-downers
who were resisting the courts order.
The facts about this cannot be clear;
for the present, we have only the
hurried day by day observations Of
the newspaper correspondents Some
time, If the sit-down strike through
out America becomes as important
as now seems probable, historians
will search with minute care for
accurate data about the conditions
that existed in Flint during January
and February.
Without looking up the Michigan
law, 1t seems safe to take for granted
what is commonly assumed, namely,
that the Governors clear duty was
to meet the request for assistance
when that request was made to him
formally by the sheriff as an officer
Of the court. A request by the sheriff
is in effect request by the court.
The court had declared the Sit
downers to be trespassers and ordered
them to leave. This order the sit
doWners had refused and flouted
Thereupon the court had issued the
writ OF arrest and eviction and the
Evening star., 1937-03-23

college professors ready before
offset the bad from Harvard College pros
either side nearly question: but what Coan needs
lawyers judges ordinary citizens with ontpage names
the administration standpoint have been
Court
Assistant Attorney General Jackson
That is the trouble Jackson is being publicly rnord as
Pecords
published probable
Supreme succeeds adding
it, William head OF the A. F. OF L.,
other administration support his contest
against John LeUiS (and to get
difficult Nicholson Ashur ct al
especially
judicial subject the associations judiciary be
lined the other side
Nevertheless the face Of these
difficulties.
Evening star., 1937-03-23

DAVID E. Lnenthal OF Valley
Snodgra Max ODen Trutt Frank
Reconstruction
Roosevelt IN the hrst half Of the New Deal
OF
for the Federal courts The
accept appointment which
while
the world outside the judicial cloises
Evening star., 1937-03-23


when 1t came before the courts for judicial
this
members OF Congress who rate the jobs.
of
the
the Capitol but scattered through
need for later judicial Interpretation
So true this that in the OF at least
to these judicial appointment
Ben
the Department OF the interior haze done
judicial legislation
m uoe tor IT, And the through ethical conadea
Doud to debar them
posts Which the proposed legislation pH
Other Government lawyers
President pick his judges he will find difficult
staff who have the heat and burden Of
Feund Charles of
Justice Edward Charles Kade
argold
the Interior Department. Charles
tonal Labor Relations
Throop and Of
Securities and Exchange Commission Clarence
Evening star., 1937-03-23

Murphy Of Mich
1gan. It Is on
Gov. M ur p h y
that the burden
Of responsibility
rests most direct
ly. It Is on him
not merely be-
cause he Is Gov
ernor OF Michi-
gan. The burden
Is on him in a
particular a n d
personal way.
The position in
which Gov. Muir
Dhy now finds
himself can best
Evening star., 1937-03-23

Thomas Emerson Of the Social
Security Board, Vincent D. Mich
olson, general counsel of the
Rural Electrification Administra-
ton, Blackwell Smith OF the old
N. R. A.; the old A. A. A. group
OF lawyers, including Jerome Frank,
Lee Pressman (now with John L.
Lewis c. I. o., Francis Shay
(now dean Of Buffalo Law, TEL
ford Taylor and Donald Hiss
lhrnfh bar Of Alnar IiscA
Evening star., 1937-03-23

ployers are protected. too. from arbi-
trary action and union activity during
business hours and various forms Of
coercion Of workmen by fellow en-
ployes, little headway can b made.
(Copyriaht 1870
Evening star., 1937-03-23

1880 he has head
ed Federal Con-
troll as commits
sioner Of narcot-
les, OF the most
spectacular and
disastrous Of all
trades in terms
Of h e alth and
criminal records.
These records
read like a dime
novel Of clandes-
tine trickery. Un-
derworld cllarac-
ters spend twist
ed lives puzzling
Evening star., 1937-03-23

dCIlUll, IltIeIOIe, Is UVlIIB IIBUTeU
for early June-if nothing happens
in the meantime.
Foremost congressional leaders
are personally displeased at this
prospect. The discussion that is
being carried on is bad for the
country, in the opinion of many.
Every fly-by-night-or-day railer
against authority and law seems to
accept this golden opportunity to
n,raach dnnfrinoc u,hinl n,oa,ld l,o
Evening star., 1937-03-23

as the law moves certainly to assure
recognition of labor unions and the
right of laboring men to join with
each other to select spokesmen to
bargain for them without employer
influence of any kind. Unless en-
Evening star., 1937-03-23
Sit-DoWns for
Mediation
Needed
New Strike Technique
May Provoke Public
to Find Cure.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

\ ANY people are working
M themselves into frenzy OF
| VI excitement over the sit
\ down" strikes, judging by the
letters being received here, and at the
risk of being misunderstood, the
statement might be made that it is
Evening star., 1937-03-23

an i'll wind which
blows no good.
No important
e on trove erS y
which has stirred
the passions OF
our country has
b c e n all one
sided. The sit
down" strike is
an illegal weapon
and yet it has
served to adVer-
tise collective
bargaining and
collateral queS-
tionS more than
any other cir
Evening star., 1937-03-23

ing dug up most Of those witnesses
before the Senate committee
whose testimony you have been
reading.
No dearth Of witnesses has
developed. Corcoran and his asso-
ciates are said to have enough
waiting around in hotel rooms
now to keep the Judiciary Com
mittee busy without interruption.
When the president Of Harvard
came out against them a few daYs
Evening star., 1937-03-23

sheriff as the agent OF the court
asked the Governor for assistance in
carrying the writ out. The point
where the chain Of law and enforce
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ment broke was the point at which
Gov. Murphy failed to meet the
sher1f's request for assistance.
(Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-03-23

THE opinions OF the 10riters this page their on
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in
The Stars effort to ove all sides OF questions interest
readers although such opinions may contradictory aono
Themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1937-03-23
An American
You Should
Know
Harry Anslinger Directs
N ation's War on
Drug Smuggling.
BY DELLA PYNCHON.

From comparatively quiet life in
Altoona, Pa, where Harry Anslinger
was born in 1892, he has travelled far
In foreign lands, and service. Since
Evening star., 1937-03-23
We, the People
"Hot H"gs" Might Spurn Supreme Court Jobs, But
Others Are Available.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.


~ send .
M lawyers who had putting
Fankers "hot dogs" the Federal
judges why lock ut tender
gong 70 be that important by the time Roosevelt through
Please let little life
OF listening to wrangling attorneys"
This Is point OF pieD which
dents plan to appoint
they Dont ant the jobs ,oeary
potcos IN search OF harbor
o lifelong income OF from 10000 10000
sneezed at phen you begin to slip In your
OtherWi there
Of rs
Evening star., 1937-03-23

Law School graduates who have
stated the New Deals legal depart
ments and have done the legal
spadework which led to the pres
ent attack on the Supreme Court.
The old rule by which Presi-
dents gave such appointments to
beaten Representatives and lame
duck Senators was based on more
than party patronage or the desire
to keep political antiquities from
falling intn cor,noleta disronair II
Evening star., 1937-03-23
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

verse sources, that President Roose-
welt say something or do something.
OF all who hold this wish, the one
who has the greatest reason Is Gov.
Evening star., 1937-09-26
FOREIGN STARCH
IMPORTS SCORED
Corn Industries Research Declares
Domestic Industry Faces
Serious Threat.
crociolD;snetch ~ III. stor

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September 25.-Early
domination of the industrial starch
market by duty-free importations of
tapioca and sago starches from the
Orient is indicated by current records
Of the Department of Commerce, which
reveal 81 per cent rise in shipments
of the foreign product. the Corn In
dustries Research Foundation stated
today
Entries of tapioca and sago in the
seven-months period for which COM
plete figures are now available, says
the foundation, amount to 301 900 900
pounds, as compared with $4,000 900
pounds in the corresponding period
of last year and 124,000,00O in the
like period of 1885.
With tapioca and sago rapidly re-
placing domestic cornstarch in indus
trial use, the Corn Industries Research
Foundation predicts severe and per-
manent damage to domestic producers
of cornstarch and considerable reper-
cussions in other fields if the trend
continues.
Evening star., 1937-09-26


In bankruptcy being unnr
oahhrupey act OF securities assumed by such companies
Ex dividend. Ex rights extras Paid
last year iFayable stock Declared this
year Cash or stock Accumulated dividend paid or de-
Rates OF dividends in the annual dis
based on the last quarterly
''S
Evening star., 1937-09-26

a-Also extra or extras.
xd-Ex dividend
Evening star., 1937-09-26
UTILITY PLAN EFFECTIVE,

NEW YORK, September 25, (P.-
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York
announced holders of more than two
thirds of the outstanding preferred
shares of New York Steam Corp. have
accepted the plan Of exchange for
Evening star., 1937-09-26
MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR.

MINNEAPOLIS, September 25 LH1.---
Flour. carload lots, per barrel, In 9s-pound
cotton sacks. Family patents UNCHANGED,
6.70-6.90: standard patents. UNCHANGED,
695-6.15. Shipments, 29,760.
Bran, 1S.O0-60.
Askov American., 1937-05-06
CHAPTER 1875. F. No. 29l
A BILL

FOR AN ACT to amend MasOn's
Minnesota Statutes of 1927, Sec
ton 69S7, Subdivision Al, relative
to fees of clerk of District Court.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. That Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes of 1927, Section 6987,
Subdivision At, be and the same
hereby is amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section 69S7, Subdivision ~. In
actions for partition Of land or
proceedings In assignments for the
benefit of creditors, and proceedings
under the right Of eminent domain,
the court, or a Judge thereof. may
by order from time to time fix the
amount which may be charged and
collected, which may be in excess
of the amounts hereinbefore pro-
vided, except. however, no fee shall
be allowed the clerk Of court for
receiving and paying over any
money deposited with the clerk Of
court where the money is paid or
deposited By or for the State Of
Minnesota, pursuant to Mason's
Minnesota Statutes Of 1927, Section
6546."
Section I, This aot shall take q.