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Evening star., 1937-10-16
10 L0W-Yield Bonds,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 16.-Minor
rallying tendencies were discernible
In moderately active bond market
dealings today although as the short
session neared the close fair scat
tering of losses spotted the list.
After Fridays wide break railroad
liens tended to Stiffen a little and
fractional advances were scored in
some lately depressed areas. Princi-
pal activity, however, was on the
downside, with losses generally held
to within point. Many corporate
issues were inactive with no sales
reported.
Federal loans were restricted.
Turnover was negligible, but there
were more gamers than losers. Ad-
vances ranged up to 1872 Of a point
while declines did not exceed 2-32.
Foreign dollar bonds were generally
improved. Italians recorded frac-
tional gains and japanese issues
firmed a little. Shinyetsu Electric
6l2s jumped around 51a on one trans
action. Japan 6l2s pushed up frac-
ton.
Losing around a point were Great
Northern 4l2s, International Tele-
phone SIS, Studebaker IS and American
Typefounders convertibles, ST. Paul SIS,
Bethlehem Steel 334s, Union Pacific
S12s, Missouri Pacific SIS and Texas
Corp. 3las.
Gaining fractions were Western
Union SIS, International Paper S.
Baltimore & Ohio AIS, Bethlehem
Steel 414s. Chicago & North Western
4As, Goodyear SIS and Anaconda 412s
Evening star., 1937-10-16
CURB IS UNEVEN
IN BRISK TRADING
Fractional Gains Offset by
DownsWings of ST or
More a Share.
Dy the Associated Press.

~ Lle Ab8OClAtoo EIe8S.
NEW YORK, October ia fair
sised crop Of fractional gains was on
ret BY downswings Of . point or more
In higher priced speciality issues Is
an active curb market went into the
flnal hour today.
Singer Manufacturing dropped
around seven points on An odd-lot
transaction and Aluminium Co., Mont
gomery Ward "a" Detroit Gasket,
Ferro Enamel and Gorham Manufac-
turing certificates slumped . point or
30 on light dealings.
A few issues. lately under heavy
pressure. countered the trend for gains
Of . point or 30. Pittsburgh Plate
Glass and Sherwin Williams advanced
more than . point and New Jersey
Zinc worked up around two and one
half on . few sales.
Lifting fractions were Consolidated
Copper, Creole Petroleum. Electric
Bond 4 Shrare, Gulf Oil, Interna-
tional Petroleum, American Gas 4
Electric and Northern States Power
"a"
Carried lower on substantial volume
were Pantepec Oil, Niagara Hudson
Power. Standard Power & Light,
United Gas. Wright Hargreaves and
American Cyanamid "B"
Evening star., 1937-10-16

ww-With warrants. xw-Without war
rants New. st (stp)-Stamped.
&Ne0otiability impaired by matt&ity.
tCompanies reported in receiversh1p.
Evening star., 1937-10-16
q. S. TREASURY NOTES.
iReported by Chas. D. Barney g. Coz
lte Maturity. Rid. Offer
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. October is lp.-Foreisn
exchange steady; Great Britain in dollars,
Great Britain. demand. 495A; cables,
1855; 60.day bills, 4.95ls: France. de-
mand. 5.26M: cables. 5.26H.
Demends-BelRium. 1851: Germany.
free, 4017; registered. PHO: travel.
Sweden. 1857; Denmark. 90. "A: Finland.
2.2Q; Switzerland. 23.O1k: Spain. un-
aSSiteda; aaisna PssraTeal 4sd; Greece
Yugoslavia,- 2.33; Austria. 1S.SSn: Hum
Eary,. 1875; .Rumania. .76: Argentina.
Shanghai. 1885: Hong Kong, 3i.ioo;
Mexico City, 81 30: Montreal in New
York, .100.04l1; New York in Montreal.
90 .95t..
nNNominal.
Evening star., 1937-10-16
DOLLAR MOVES HIGHER
IN LONDON DEALINGS

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 16-The United
States dollar gained 3-16 of cent in
foreign exchange dealings today. clos
ing 495 1916 to the pound, compared
with New York's overnight sterling
rate of $4.961s.
French francs ended 14728 to the
pound against 1877 yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-10-16
q. s. TREASURY POSITION.
By the Associated Press

The position of the Treasury on Octo-
lures. S14.407.5s925; balance, SS.s07.-
Osb.5O3. .9s: customs receipts for the
month. $16, ,585, ,O3O.11.
u. &1.62O.OOe, 292 SO: expenditures, So
2l9.644, ,OS7.O1, including S6e3 .s95.768.72
o. Of
$50. .940.e77, an increase Of So
61e e449. .e4 aboye the previous day; gold
262,763.919.59 Of inactive gold.
Evening star., 1937-10-16

r In bankruptcy or recervership. or BEING
reorgAnlzed under the BANKRUPTCY Act 81
securities assumed BY such companieS
Rates OF diyidends In the foreeoing table
quarterly or semi-annual declaration Un-
less otherwise noted special or extra djyis
dends are not included
. Also extra or extras. Paid nss year.
{ Payable in stock Declared or paid 70
Tar this year. no regular rate b Cash
or stock. Accumulated dividend paid
or declared this year W-With var
rants. xw Without wArranta War War.
rants
Evening star., 1937-10-16
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
NEW YORK. October 16 H1.-New York
Security Dealers Association:
FEDERAL LAND BANKS

NEW YORK. October 16 R.-Federal
Land Bank bonds:
Evening star., 1937-10-16
MONTREAL SILVER.

MONTREAL. October Is LP-Silver
futures closed steady and unchanged No
sales October, A sob: December. A Bob;
March. 44.00b. Bid
Evening star., 1937-10-16
Washington Exchange
SALES-AFTER CALL.
Capital Transit Co.-10 at 10.
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.
.ISCELANEOC
STOCKS.

Chevy Chase Club 1st 412s- lOl
w. " NJ I0eafd' 0oid siolsse se9s ast tN' iSS ISSS
Evening star., 1937-10-16
RUBBER FUTURES.

NEW YORK, October 16 GR,.-Cruds
rubber futures closed weak. 36 to 43 lower.
December, 1o.12.1o; March. 1e.2S-26:
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
C.K,G. BILLINGS
DEAD; NOTED
HORSEMAN

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, May
7-Cornelius K. G.. Billings, New
York business tycoon, philanthropy
ist and art connoisseur, died here
yesterday. He had been Ill q
week,
The 76-year-old magnate died at
his palatial estate, Billings Park,
Montecito, Calf, and at his bed
side we're his widow and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. william Halsey Wander
poel, of New York.
Widely known as q horsebreeder
and sportsman, Billings gave gen.
erously to hospitals and other
charitable institutions in Chi
cago where he formerly lived. He
materially assisted the University
Of Chicago IN establishing the Al
bert Merritt Billings Memorial
Hospital. t,..
The Billings collection Of paint
ings was world renowned and the
philanthropist was also q nation
ally known yachtSman.
The Washington times., 1937-05-07

School students (boys), Willard
Hotel.
$50 A.M.-Twentieth annual
meeting, American Council Of Edu.
cation, auditorium Of United
States Chamber Of Commerce.
speakers.
7:30 PM. Dinner, George
Washington U. Law Review, May
flower Hotel.
SP.M.-Dinner, Delta Theta Phi
Law Fraternity, Mayflower Hotel.
8 P.M.-Benefit Bingo Party,
the United States Treasury Post
Of the Veterans Of Foreign Wars,
at Silver Springs Hotel. prizes.
8P.M.-Meeting, Gridiron Club,
Willard Hotel.
8 P.M.-Card Party, st. Johns
Chapter, Order Of the Eastern
Star, at 4101 Thirty-eighth st.
N. w.
9PM.-'May Time" Dance, Ma
tional Democratic Club Of South
Carolina, Shoreham Hotel.
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
School Playground
Group Seeks $500

BETHESDA, Md, May IA
campaign to raise at least $500 to
pay the salary Of supervisor and
purchase new equipment for the
Bethesda Elementary School play
ground, which is to be opened for
the summer season on June 28,
was launched here today.
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
Stephenson With Rarons

Riggs Stephenson, the "Old
Hoss," is making the perfect news
story by climbing into the drivers
seat with the Birmingham Barons.
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
TODAY


CONVENTION - National Safe
Deposit; 10 A. M.-General ses-
sion; 10 P. M.-Cabaret and dane
ing, Willard Hotel.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon; $50 P.
Highland Park High
School Students Boys). Willard
Hotel.
10 A.M.-Meeting; 7:30 PM
Banquet, American Law Institute,
Mayflower Hotel. Speakers: John
Stewart Bryan, president Of Will
liam and Mary College; w. Barton
Leach, professor Of law at Harvard
University Law School.
10 A.M.-2Oth annual meeting,
American Council on Education,
of U. s. Chamber Of
Commerce. Speakers: George F..
Zook, president Of council, and
others; luncheon at Cosmos Club.
2:3O P. M.-AfteTnoon session with
speakers; GAS P. M-Evening ses-
sion, dinner at Mayflower Hotel,
addresses.
1880 P.M.-Luncheon, Friends
of Law Library Of Congress, May.
flower Hotel.
12:45 P.M.-Luncheon, D. C..
Bankers Association, Willar d
Hotel.
TOMORROW
CONVENTION-National Safe
Deposit, 10 q. m. and 2 p. m.
General sessions, 7 p. m: assem-
bly,, 1880 p. m; banquet, followed
by dancing, willard Hotel.
8 SA.M.-BreakfaSt; 1880 p. m:
EIinhland Park EIirh
Evening star., 1937-12-12


tic Save for high, booming surf, there
was no reminder of the storm of the
previous night Seaville and the ada
cent coastal island sweltered in the first hours
of what promised to be scorching August
day.
But on this particular morning, the good
citizens of Seaville and Ocean County were
Indifferent to the high temperature. House
wives neglected their matutinal duties to
gather at front gates and discuss the tragic
scandal Men talked about it - eagerly and
learnedly. The grapevine had been working
overtime, and the community not only knew
every detail of what had occurred the previous
night - but it also talked authoritatively
about hundred things that had not hap
pened.
BY eight O'Clock there was steady stream
of automobiles crossing the bridge which
separated the marshy edges of the mainland
from Duck Island. They were headed for the
Lodge where the inquest was to be held.
David Marshal had returned home at
dawn, hollow-eyed, soaking wet, and un-
utterably fatigued. Nan had brought coffee
to him at seven-thirty, but had asked no
questions. They dressed, and he brought the
rickety little car around to the front gate. As
David, Nan and Judith started down the
street, Nan touched her fathers arm ANY
luck, Dad?"
Il don't know for sure, honey But there's
hope"
People on the streets stared at them and
gossiped with renewed fervor. They swung
into Atlantic Avenue and rolled along in the
welcome shade of huge oak trees They paused
at the corner on which was located the new
Seaville House, a fow-story structure of
yellow brick, tile roof, and aggressively ugly
architecture There David Marshal left the
Evening star., 1937-12-12

other. That's the only way can figger it."
David Marshal rose. His voice was mild.
He asked a simple question: ''Why?"
why what?" asked Matt Rice.
why should they kill each other?"
Gosh, David, wouldn't be lmowin' that.
But it could be that Ramsay was mad at
findin' Val Gregory here an told him to git
out. An if Val said he wasn't goin' to, why,
that would make Ramsay madder. An this
Val, he always did have mean temper. All
I'm sorry about is that we never found that
second gum"
David Marshal reached into his pocket and
extracted revolver. There's Val's gum" he
said "And if we had ballistics expert here,
l am sure we could prove that the bullet in
Ramsay's body was fired from it"
Matt Rice frowned ''Where'd you git this
gun, David?"
ALAN Keith had it. He gave it to me last
night
There was gasp, then buzz of whispered
conjecture. Doc Reynolds, slightly resentful
of his loss of the spotlight, fired question at
Alan Keith. Where did you git this gun,
Alan?''
He got it, interrupted David Marshal
right here. He picked it ZIP off the floor
where Val must have dropped it as he was
killed. 1t probably fell from the balcony"
Matt Rice took charge once more. Then
that settles everything, he stated. 'S'posin'
we believe Alan's story that Mr.. Ramsay was
dead when he got here. Why, that simply
means was right on my other idea. Ramsay
an Val had quarrel an killed each other"
David Marshal said, I'm not 50 sure of
that, Sheriff"
why not?"
well. for one thing, it 8 pretty certain that
both men were shot through the heart. That
means instant death. It's scientifically possi-
bic but mighty improbable that two men
should fire at exactly the same instant, and
both bullets should hit the heart. Mighty i'm
probable
'TIumph! Not meanin' to offend you,
David - but amt you presumin' against the
facts? You amt accusin' Alan of lyin', are
you?"
'No-I don't reckon Alan was lying"
Then it must of been like figured it,
persisted Matt Rice. I'VE know good an
well that Bruce Ramsay died with gun IN
his hand"
Cestisssd o. paos 12)
Evening star., 1937-12-12


veranda, where he was joined by thin, wiry
little man who was Immediately garbed in
white linen.
The two men conversed in whispers, then
David waved, and again descended the steps.
The stranger followed and signalled to an
ebony chauffeur perched Importantly at the
wheel of an impressive, pearl-gTay sedan.
David said, Follow us, MIR. Gait" and the
little man answered crisply, Il SHALL"
who is he?" inquired Nan as her father
clashed gears in an effort to get under way.
Robert E. Gait, responded David. Hes
from Cheswick."
"Oh :" Mans voice dropped. Then
he's not detective"
mo. He's not a detective"
They swung again into the stream of traffic
on the main road. Nan and Judith rode to-
gether in the back of the antiquated car.
Judith said, I'm sure your father knows
something"
Il wonder" Nan answered. Then,
abruptly: Have you any idea who that
Mr.. Gait is?"
mo, l haven't :. except that your
father said he was from Cheswick."
He must have driven in. suppose Dad
telephoned him. Though can't figure why"
The parking grove at the Lodge was jammed
with cars. Ernie, the deputy, hollow-eyed
from loss of sleep but pulled with sense of
his own importance, pompously and with
magnificent inefhciency, directed the parking
of the cars. Two more deputies were on duty
at the door of the Lodge, and only persons of
importance were admitted.
David Marshal and the two girls parked
their car under the trees and made their way
to the Lodge through human lane, which
opened readily and stared curiously.
Judith was grateful for the fact that her
husbands body had been moved. Yet there
was horrible fascination in the spot where
Evening star., 1937-12-12

he had lain - there IN front OF the fireplace.
In the dining room they saw Alan Keith,
looking tri1e tired and more than tri6e
worried. As he came forward to greet them.
Judith was aware of conscious effort on his
part to seem casual in order that they might
not know how apprehensive he really was.
The coroner, DOC" Reynolds, was there,
strutful and important. He was wisp of a
man, possessed of an infmitesimal physique
and a scraggiy moustache.
Coroner's mQuests in the rural South are
never strictly formal. Doc Reynolds super
vised the seating of the witnesses, posed i'm
portantly, and started his investigation.
He questioned Gravy and Zinnia, the two
servants from the Ramsay home. He intro
duced a half dozen rural residents who re-
peated what they had heard of the telephone
conversation between Judith Ramsay and
Alan Keith He called on Sheriff Rice.
Matt Rice told about being informed the
previous night, of Mrs. Ramsay's telephone
call He told of driving out in the storm with
David Marshal and Ernie and of the dis
covery of Val Gregorys body on the balcony.
And he said. quite informally, doc - there
amt no use goin' through all this again.
Everybody knows what happened"
"S'posin' you tell us then. Matt"
well, I'm sorry about it, of course. But
we know good an well that Bruce Ramsay
was hard man. We know he was plenty bet
up last night on account of his wife havin'
walked off an left him. Not that she can be
blamed for it. Why. gosh! amt we all knowed
Judith since the day she was born? She never
was the kind of girl to take too much off
any man. An we all know what fine lad
Alan Keith is. too But what we got to guess
at is how Bruce Ramsay took this meetin'.
Most likely he thought things that he didn't
have no right to think. An he come down
here, hellbent for election, an with gun.
An it's my opinion that he shot first, an
that Alan killed him in perfectly good self
defense" He beamed on the young man.
"Ain't that so, Alan?"
Alan shook his head slowly. mo, that isn't
so. When got here, Mr.. Ramsay's dead
body was lying right where you found it"
Matt Rice shrugged his disgust. Its
plumb foolish of you to stick to that story.
Alan"
1T happens to be the truth"
''Then," said the sheriff, Il s'pose Mr..
Ramsay an Val Gregory must of killed each
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-25
APRIL 30 LAST
DATE TO JOIN
FARM PROGRAM
Application Must Be in
To Assure i. S.
Payment

April 80 is the last date
on which Imperial Valley
farmers may fill out work
sheets for the 1887 agricul-
tural conservation program
according to word received by
Frank G. Beyschlag, farm advisor
"All farmers who wish to par
ticipate in this program should
fill out work sheets and file them
immediately with the county farm
advisor or county committee" said
Beyschlag.
Filling out work sheet places
no obligation on the farmer but
one must be filled out for each
farm he owns or operates if he is
to be eligible for payment. Farm
ers who do not do so by April 80
will not receive payments. Those
who filled out work sheets in 1896
and who are operating the same
land in 1897 do not need to fill
out work sheets. If, however, they
made out work sheets in 1886 and
are farming different land in 1887,
they must fill out work sheets"
Assistance in filling out these
work sheets will be given at the
farm advisors office.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-25
PROBLEMS
OUTLINED AT MEET

Imperial Valleys outstanding
problems were discussed and, in
some instances acted upon at
Joint meeting Friday evening of the
Associated chambers of commerce
and Farm Bureau directors, in the
Planters hotel at Brawley.
The meeting, busiest ever held by
the Associated chambers, was spic-
ed by resolutions of public i'm
portance and speeches by c. o
Hoober, president of the Imperial
county farm bureau, DR.. George
P. Clements, agricultural expert OF
the Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce, and j. o. McNaughton, vice
president and General Manager OF
the Los Angeles Western Livestock
Approximately 100 valley men and
their wives attended the dinner.
The establishment of a military
air base in Imperial Valley was ad-
vocated in a resolution proposed by
George Parr of Imperial. Another
resolution recommending the estab-
lishment of fire-fighting equipment
for use in rural areas was also
passed.
Heated discussion proceeded the
passage of resolution recommend
ing assembly bill 648. The resolution
was presented by McNaughton and
provides that $500,000 be furnished
by the state for the purposes Of
building a large auditorium to house
the Los Angeles Western Live stock
show.
Although an apathetic reception
at first was given a proposal to
send a caravan and float to the
San Francisco Bay bridge fiesta
the end of May, it was finally de-
cided that President F. r. Cook
should appoint a committee of five
to investigate the possibilities OF
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-25

having a good showing at the big
bridge opening festival.
c. o. Hoober struck the keynote
when he stressed that cities and
towns thrive or fail in accord with
the kind of rural community be-
hind them, thus giving city busi-
ness organizations, represented by
the Associated chambers of COM
merce and the Farm Bureau, rep
resenting the farmers, a common
cause.
He outlined activities of the Farm
Bureau in its study of agricultural
subjects and such problems as
taxes, the irrigation district finance
plan, noXious weed elimination
drainage roads, soil conservation
and federal land bank loans.
He forecast that the bureau soon
would produce plan TO modenize
an important portion of the 1000
miles of valley roads connecting all
parts of the agricultural area, as
well as a new proposal relative to
district financing. He declared that
forty pieces of proposed legislation
were introduced to the state legis-
lature this year through the Farm
bureau and stressed the need for
rural disqualification and medical
care.
DR.. George P. Clements, widely
accepted authority on economic
agricultural subjects, pictured by
statistics the important place that
Imperial Valley occupies in the
California farm production statis-
tics.
He strongly condemned industri-
allied farming, and forecast that
real prosperity will come to the val
ley when there is trained husband
man on every 40 acre tract. He is
sued a serious warning against de-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-25

oy May 10, When the BraWley
plant will have been in operation
one year, electricity from its giant
dieselS will be flowing over the
first public rural transmission lines
in the valley, Superintendent M. J.
DoWd announced. 1t will be the
first step toward installation OF
more than 500 miles of municipal
transmission lines in the country
areas.
The 500 miles of line will be
built as soon as formalities are
cleared away in legal execution of
a government contract, district
chiefs said. Ultimately, more mileage
will be added.
The Federal Public Works a6-
ministration has made an alloca-
ton of funds, subject to the ap-
proval of the people, to build the
first power plant on the All Amer
lean canal, construct its main dis
trlbution system and to more than
double the capacity of the Brawley
plant.
The federal Rural Electrification
administration has agreed to ad-
vance 100000 to erect the first 500
miles of lines for the country dis
tribution Of public power.
Forty-five per cent of the PWA
advance will be a direct gift to the
people of the valley. The other
SIS per cent will be a loan.
The rural electrification appro-
priation will be a loan drawing
less than three per cent interest.
Under pending contracts with the
government. neither of these loans
will require any assessment against
land, any water charges, nor any
use of money from any source other
than power revenue to repay the
cost of federal financing for the
power system.
The government agrees that al
principal and all interest shall b.,
paid solely and only from power
revenue.
Officials have estimated that rev.
enue from the sale of power alsc
will be sufficient to repay the cost
Of the All American canal, which
| otherwise would result in increas-
| ed taxes.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-25

Stroying the potentialitieS of the
soil. saying that during the past
300 years, America has destroyed
one-half of its agricultural posi-
bilitieS.
j. o. McNaughton. we'll known
leade + in the Los Angeles and SOU
thern California live stock indus
try, urged that nothing was more
important than continued union be-
tween the city business man an6
the farmer.
He declared that last year the
Imperial Valley made lengthy strides
ahead and lis just now starting to
come into its own"
He forecast that live stock raising
and feeding is becoming the valleys
greatest industry.
The meeting was opened by Presi-
dent George Cutshaw of the Braw-
ley chambers of commerce, who
turned the gavel over to President
F. T. Cook. Cook introduced men,
bers of the Farm Board and promi-
nent guests.
Elmer Heald reported that. in ac-
cordance with instructions from the
Associated chambers. he had drawn
up proposed legislation which would
permit the extension of the Imper-
ial County line westward to take
in segment of San Diego county
Senator Ed Law and Assemblyman
Clarence Walker are pushing the
bill as Sacramento, he said. Heald
also explained his proposed amend
mnt to put teeth into the Alien
Land law, also being considered at
Sacramento.
AT the invitation of President
Walter Havekorst of the Ell Centre
chamber. the next meeting will be
! in Ell Centro May 81