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companion, decided to range q bit over
the city.
Flip got as far as the National Press
Building, where he was either stepped
on by newspaper man or run over by
an automobile. Nobody seems to know
how the accident happened. Mr..
Allen, whose wife cried when she
learned Flip was hurt, received a call
from the Washington Humane Society
and was informed Flip was in the
hospital. At any rate, Flip now is
hobbling about on three legs, the
fourth swathed in bandages. But the
rats still shy away from the Kresge
Building.
His Unique Record.
To get back to his profession, Flip
holds unique record, according to
Mr.. Allen. 1t seems that frequently
rats arrive In shipments of goods
from every part Of the country, and
Flip goes to work
so. you see," Mr.. Allen says, Flip
has killed rats from every State In
the Union"
Summer or winter, Flip spends most
OF his time on the roof of the build
ing. Once in a while, he walks
lelsurely along the bslustrade and
banks at dog or two in the street
below. When he resorts to this form
OF amusement. some one Invariably
telephones the Society for the Pre-
vention OF Cruelty to Animals-and
the store management has to take
time out to explain its only Flip
having . little fun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21

Alarm Fatal to Burglar.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 20. R.-Three
days ago Fred Nolte installed q home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21

Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. Manger. however,
claimed to have majority represen-
tation and petitioned the N. L. r. B.
to recognize them As the authority in
labor disputes with aviation companies.
The attorney said the board promptly
rejected the claim.
A request for temporary injunc.
ton then was made on grounds the
independent workers were in immi-
nent danger Of losing their rights to
bargain with their employer. The
court was asked to act without notice
to the defendants" which was done.
We are going to see that the rights
OF independent men are protected and
We will press for = hearing on the
permanent injunction application as
soon as circumstances will permit"
said Mr.. Katzentine.
The United States district clerks
once said no Federal Judge will be in
the State until August rs, when Judge
Louis w. Strum u expected to return
to jacksonville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
Flip, '5-ond-l0 Dog, Saues
Firm Thousands by Rat War
Fox Terrier of Uncertain Pedigree Has
Penthouse on Kresge Building and
aStri11g of 500 @VictOries.'

Flip is only q 6-And-10-cent-s store
dog. but he is not for sale. The reason
Is rats-or, more accurately, the alb
sence of rats.
A fox terrier Of uncertain pedigree,
Flip lives in a dogs penthouse atop
the 8. s. Kresge Co. Building at Sew
enth and E streets NV, and in his
four years at his present residence has
saved the company thousands of dol
lars.
Flip, you see, Is q fighter with more
than $500 victories to his credit and
no defeats. His opponents are rats.
Flip's manager" Clifford c. Allen,
soda fountain manager at the store,
says the dog has bowled over SO many
rats in the Seventh and E sector that
future opponents simply aren't to be
found.
How Career Started.
Flip's career started soon after the
store management discovered rats had
gnawed through concrete in an ele-
vator shaft, and the dropping par
ticles Of plaster had put the lift out of
commission.
The next day Flip was bailed out OF
the District Pound for 81 and went to
work at his new home. His first night
OF fighting resulted in complete dis
aster for % rats.
Lou Bryant. night Waterman at the
store. and Flip are inseparable pals
at least they were inseparable until the
other night, and that leads to Flips
accident. The night Waterman took
the night of and Flip, missing his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
MANS CONDITION GOOD
AFTER 4-STORY PLUNGE
Fractured Arm, Commissions Of
Forehead Only Injuries
Evident Thus Far,

The condition of Frank Mills, o.
year-old colored visitor from New York
City. who plunged to the sidewalk yes
terday from the roof of a four-story
building at Twelfth and F streets NV,
was said to be good last night.
Physicians at Gallinger Hospital,
where he was taken after his plunge,
had not yet completed X-rays, but were
sure the plunge cost Mills q fractured
left arm and Commissions of his fore
head It Is very possible" he also
suffered fractured skull, though he
lacked symptomatic evidence, the doc
tors added.
Despite his surprisingly good condi-
ton. he is being kept on the hospitals
critical list, solely because of the way
he was injured" it was explained.
Before hitting the sidewalk, Mills
struck pedestrian, Nathan Irving, SO,
also oolored, 20s Fifth street. Mr.. Irv-
ing was uninjured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
z WORKERS WIN
LABOR PACT WRIT
Independents Are Granted
Temporary Injunction.
Wide Effect Seen.
~ the Associated Press.

3d..
MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 20-T'wo aviation
mechanics were disclosed today to
have started court proceedings which
attorneys said night have far-reaching
effects on Independent labor's rights
and the power Of the National Labor
Relations Board.
In the unusual action, w. M. Hughes
and Robert A. Manger. employed Is
mechanics by Eastern Air Lines. Inc,
obtained temporary injunction from
Federal Judge Alexander Alderman re-
straining the company and the Air
Lines Mechanics Association inter-
national from negotiating . labor
agreement.
w. Frank Katzentine and W. San
ders Granting, the mechanics attor-
neys, filed bill today seeking to
make the temporary writ permanent.
Mr.. Katzentine said the National
Labor Relations Board recognized the
Airlines Mechanics Association inter-
national as the bargaining agent for
aviation mechanics. A group Of inde-
pendent mechanics which included
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21

made burglar alarm In his grocery
store, wired to ring in the home Of
one Of his clerks next door.
1t rang today, and the clerk called
police. Six minutes later Detec-
tive Arthur Havey shot and killed q
man identified as q former convict,
who fled as squad cars approached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
Purge
Continued From First Page)

4 CO.
the Senate, and an ardent New Dealer,
Is managing the Tydings campaign.
Senator Radcliffes only comment
after Mr.. Roosevelt's attack on his
colleague was that he was confident
the Senator would win denomination.
Roosevelt Silent on Future.
Mr.. Roosevelt left Washington for
a good will visit to Canada without
a word to disclose his further purge
plans. His comings and goings for
the next few weeks were undeter-
mined, he told press conference
which he stirred by the directness
Of his attack on Senator Tydings and
Mr.. O'Connor.
But he added what might be a
warning to other candidates who have
incurred New Deal disfavor. His in
vitations to speak covered virtually all
40 States, he said.
In no case has Mr.. Roosevelt yet
selected for his direct opposition q
candidate for denomination who could
be regarded as an easy mark. The
three he has marked thus far for
political obliteration are veterans In
Congress, backed by years Of service
and personal organizations at home
that are factors to be reckoned with.
Long Political Records.
Senator George and Mr.. O'Connor
have 16-year records of continuous
service behind them. Senator Tydings
n rounding out dozen years in the
Senate. Only once in eight successive
elections has Mr.. O'Connor failed of
better than two-to-one majority,
and it was close to two-to-one that
time. He has, however, had some close
calls in primaries.
The Roosevelt tactics in declaring
against Mr.. O'Connors denomination
fall into . different category, in the
opinion Of political observers, than his
attempt to read Senator George and
Tydings out Of the Democratic party
Of the 1932-38 era-And, most of all,
out Of preliminary maneuvers for 1910.
While the same argument Of nom
conformity with New Deal liberal con-
ceptions was raised against Mr.. O'Con-
nor. it Is his post As House Rules
Committee chairman that called down
presidential lighting on his head.
The chsirmanship gives him lever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
YUKON EXPLORED
BY SCIENCE GROUP
Mathematician Are Told OF
Heavy EIectron by British
Professor,
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
. CAMBRIDGE, England, Aug. 20
Mathematician explored the Yukon
!. today without stirring from their seats
= in a session Of the British Association
: for Advancement Of Science.
2 Their Yukon, however, was no vast
territory In the Arctic and there was
= no gold at the end Of their searches.
!. Yukon to the mathematicians was
: merely the name coined by Prof. Pat
: rick Blackett, IAngworthy professor Of
z physics at Manchester University, for
heavy electron. But 1t was enough
!. TO hold them to their seats while
{ almost 5000 Of their colleagues sought
= green fields and lakes for the week
\ end.
. The great velocity Of Prof. Black
!, ett's Yukon makes it so difacult to
!, trace, 1t was said, that out OF 100, 900
. attempts to photograph 1t in all parts
of the world only i've pictures show
: signs Of the phenomenon.
: The 40-year-old Prof Blackett,
young compared to most Of his atten-
], tive listeners, made up for the dearth
: with word pictures and blackboard
q calculations to expound his view of
vi the Yukon and other aspects OF the
highly technical subject Of high alti-
. tude cosmic radiation.
IS Nodding in sage appreciation were
= many men old enough to be his
father.
: Most OF the other scientists enjoyed
+ the traditional British week end,
i which even an austere scientific con-
gress cannot interrupt. Many Of
. them went on field trips to pursue
/. their interests in factories and on
farms IN the vicinity of Manchester.
% Monday they will all get down to
business again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
Ex.Insurance Agent Sentenced.

SUFFOLK, Va, Aug. 20 (PD.-Throw-
Ing himself on the mercy Of the court
on charge Of fraudulently and falsely
obtaining funds while acting as agent
for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Co., Alfred G. Smith, former State
Senator from Norfolk County, today
was sentenced to eight years In the
State prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
DIVORCE is SOUGHT
Mrs. Octavia Reed Files Suit in
Reno Against D. c. Man.

Mrs. Octavia Eisinser Reed yestsr-
day In Reno filed suit for divorce from
William T. Reed, IT,, assistant counsel
for the National Association Of In
surance Agents. according to the As
ISOLATED Press.
Mrs. Reed charges desertion. They
were married here in 1923. The Reed
home IL at 2445 Fifteenth street NV
Evening star., 1938-04-13
SANTA FE BONDS
REACT ON DELAY
Railroad Announces Plan to Wait
on Interest for 1895
Securities.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 13.-Securities
Of Santa Fe Railroad broke sharply in
the New York Stock Exchange today
in response to the company's an
nouncement late yesterday it would
delay action on payment of interest
on its per cent adjustment mortgage
bonds of 1895
Heavy selling orders delayed the
opening of trading in the adjust
ments. The initial transaction was
at $3.50 per $1,000 face value, a drop
Of $50 from yesterdays closing. There
was similar delay in opening the
preferred stock. with bid prices more
than $40 a share under the previous
closing The common was down 81
share at the start.
Senior bonds also fell sharply, the
As Of 1895 starting at a loss of s22. so
per 81 goo face amount and the con-
vertible AIS down $3.50 per $1,000.
Following the opening prices showed
some recovery.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. April l3 GTH.-The French
franc rose sharply today following sweep
ing approval by the French Chamber of
the financial and political program of
Premier Daladier
The franc. ahead OLA of a cent, would
have appreciated still further. it was said
IN banking circles. had not the official
French control lntervened vigorously with
sales of francs to buy sterling
Recovery of the franc in terms of the
dollar spread to most other European cur
Iencies. possibly lndicatinR some with
drawal of foreisn, balances held here
.o4'2 of a cent and the Swiss franc OF u
of cent. The bclga lost .0l of a cent.
The better government situation in
France was also reflected in A drop to .06
of cent in the discount for the 90-day
forward franc, from .0Sl2.
Noon rates follow: Great Britain in
dollars, others in cents. Great Britain. de-
mand. 4.a124: cables. 4.97a4: 6O-day bills
4e7i4: France, demand. 3l5is; cables
3,l5ls; Italy demand. 5.2612; cables.
,.tsTsd sS' Ss5msaE tOS zolgasa ass
Den@ark 1 Use Finland, $'sePe' seqPeh svitzep eq
452Ha: Greece, 81 Poland. 1890; Czecho-
sIovakia, 3.4Sl2: Jugoslavia, 2.35; Aus
tria unouoted; Hungary 1890; Rumania,
rs; Argentine. 3319n; Brazil tfree).
soon; Toxic. 20 03; Shanghai, 27I2l2;
Hong Kons, 5000; Mexico City 24SOn:
Montreal in New York, a9.43s4: New York
N Montreal. l00.56h4. n-Nominal.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
EARLY FRUITS HURT
BY COLD WEATHER
Bureau Reports on Conditions in
Ohio Valley and Midwest.
Wheat Shows Benefits.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Weather Bureau said TODAY re-
ports from regions where cold weather
held sway last week indicated early
fruits had been damaged seriously.
but that wheat and spring crops had
been helped.
Frost and freezing damage to fruits
was heaviest, the bureau said, In the
Ohio Valley, Missouri, Kansas. M!chl-
gan and in the mountain sections OF
the Carolinas and portions of Virginia
and West Virginia.
The bureau added. however. that
the snow and rain served 70 replenish
moisture ground supplies in Central
and Great Plain States and thereby
placed those areas in better shape for
the summer growing season.
The heaviest snow of record for so
late in the season fell in Kansas The
bureau said. adding that it should be
Of immense value" to winter wheat
and other crops there.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Output Mounts Sharnly.

NEW YORK. April l3 tPp.-Crude
OF! production increased Is. 100 barrels
daily in the week ended April 9. to
3,392.35o barrels, the American Pc
troleum Institute reported.
Oklahoma chalked up the largest
gain during the week. with California
in second place Other important
producers changed output little either
way
Gasoline stocks dipped further.
Finished and unfinished inventories,
terminals and in transit totaled o.
279,000 barrels, against 81, $4,000 bar
rels the previous week
Refinery operations we're curtailed
moderately, operations dropping from
n per cent of rated capacity to rs
per cent Runs to still averaged
3,1l0,000 barrels daily, compared with
3,l45,000 barrels in the previous
period.
Cracked gasoline output jumped to
745,000 barrels daily, from Sos 900
barrels. Imports of crude and refined
oils advanced to 1,I50,0O0 barrels,
from 95400O barrels.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
VARIETY STORES GAIN.

Average daily sales of variety stores
increased more than seasonally in
March, the Commerce Department
reports.
The departments index increased
from 1876 to 82.7 on an unadlusted
basis and from GAL to 98.5 on a sea-
sonally adjusted basis Sales, how
ever, were about Is per cent below
last year.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
GLOOMY OUTLOOK
FOR OIL PAINTED
Seubert, Indiana Standard,
Says Profit Margin Is
Too Narrow.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April ia gloomy
picture of the oil outlook is given by
E G. Seubert, president of Standard
OIL of Indiana, in his annual re-
port to stockholders.
After tracing the history OF pres
ent competitive condition. he said:
las r-production continued and
consumption slackened product prices
weakened. Dumping, price-cutting
and other competitive practices which
have become more or less chronic
maladles in the oil business narrowed
the margin (of proflts). A re-
duction in crude prices may be forced
unless production and manufacture
ing are adjusted to a stabilized de-
mand."
The Oil business has also been af-
fected by the recession. he said, and
by taxes. The company paid in 1887,
he added, total of S1O3,924 24.58O in
taxes, approximately so per cent more
than was paid 80 900 employees. But
he went on to explain that he in
cluded IN that total s83,375,621 in
taxes collected from consumers.
The company's year-end statement
listed payment in 1887 of sl2,878,-
3O2.29 taxes, provision of s7,255. sol
for normal Federal income tax and
S4l5,l5 for surtax on undistributed
profits.
The trend of the times, Seubert said.
requires that business must avoid
acts and policies inimical to the public
welfare and the public or its repre-
sentatlves must avoid unreasonab BILE re-
striction or interference" ~''
The company reported 1887 sales
totaled 1858 1927 900, a 9 per cent in
crease over 1896.
Other operating revenue and re-
turns on investments increased the
gross income to S373, 900. An ad-
ditional S83376,O0O was collected
from customers to cover excise taxes.
Net earnings for the year totaled
500. .950784.59 equal to $366 a share
on l5,267,030 shares outstanding. The
1886 earnings equaled S309 a share on
slightly smaller number of shares.
Total capital expenditures were s63.-
$4,000, compared with about S5OOO0,-
600 the previous year. Net book value
OF properties was listed at S371 $685.
600 and net worth of the whole COM
pany at s666,567 900, equal to s43.ee
a share.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Ry the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. April l3.-S. T. Bledsoe.
president of the Atchison, Topeka g.
Santa Fe Railway, announced after
the close of the stock market yester-
day that the railroad would delay &C
ton on the payment of interest on its
4 per cent adjustment mortgage bonds
of 1895
The road customarlly paid 2 per
cent Of the interest on May l. 1t was
the first time since the railroad was
reorganlzed in 1896 that there had
been any delay about the payment of
bond interest as due
Mr. Bledsoe pointed out that in
terest on the bonds depended on sur
plus net earnings for fiscal years end
ing June 80
While it is believed that there will
be sufficient surplus net earnings for
this fiscal year to pay the entire 4
per cent" Mr.. Bledsoe said "operat-
lrg results for January and February
were such, when followed by the floods
in March, that prudence seems to re-
quire that the usual May payment
Evening star., 1938-04-13
FINANCIAL BAROMETER.

! NEW YORK, April 13 (P.-Deposits Of
foreign banks in leading financial centers
Of the Nation turned down after fort
night, of Improvement during the week
ended April 6,
/ This means. some analysts say, the de-
dining trend of the past several months
has not been reversed, that banks abroad
atill find more attractive investments in
turn has been the result mainly of the
collapse OF stock and bond prices here
! Interbank deposits Of foreien banks
With Federal Reserve member banks in
10l cities compared as follows:
Week ended April 6---- S;b36.O0O 600
previous week 355,O0O, 600
Same period last year. 43S. 600. 900
Evening star., 1938-04-13
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. April 13 lP.-Eggs. 52,402:
about steady. Mixed colors: Special packs,
lala-2lh: standards. ,19-19A;, flrsts 17H-
1s: seconds, l7sl7H: mediums, lac;
lb'l; storage packed frsts. 1sh-1s'4
Butter. 1883: 632: weaker; Creamery:
Hsher than fxtIs eTsts tssas ssa2s sSira ..e ,s2
onds (s4-sl. .20A-22.
Cheese. 374.ol1; steady, Prices un-
changed. -t--l-.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
|NDUSTR|ALSKEEP
CURB MART GAINS
Utilities Tend to Sag in Late
Trading-MetaIs and
Oils Stronger.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 13.-Industrial
stocks hung on to early gains as
utilities tended to sag in late trading
In the curb market today.
Conspicuous on the upside were
British American Tobacco "B," Con-
solidated Mining e. Smelling, Alumi-
mum Co., New Jersey Zinc and United
Shoe Machinery, which were ahead
by to around 4 points
Fractional Improvement was recorded
by Pittsburgh Plate Glass. Inter-
national Petroleum and Lake Shore
Mines.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
U. S. TREASURY NOTES.
NEW YORK. April 10 R,.-Prices quoted
dollars and thirty-seconds.
BUSINESS ADVICES.

Business advices to the Commerce De-
partment from representatives abroad in
clude:
Japan--Busincss sluggish.
Australia lia-Trade continues active.
South Africa-Poor fruit crop and un-
certain wool market hurt business.
business.
Colombia-Trads "tairly satisfactory,"
Evening star., 1938-04-13

In bankruptcy or receivership or being
reorsahlzed under the Bankruptcy Act or
SeCurltleS assumed by such companies
are annual disbursements based on the
I2St quarterly or Semi-annual declara tions,
QhleSS otherWlse noted special or extra
olHIdendS are not included
Also extra or extras eDpclared or
PAD SO Tar this year. no regular rate
faVaoie IN stock G Paid last year
n CaSh or stock. Accumulated dividend
PAID or declared this year WV With war
rants XIV Without warrants. war War
rants.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
LONDON BAR SILVER.

LONDON April l3 Cp).-Bar silver
1a7sd. up LIS. Equivalent 1929
cents
Evening star., 1938-04-13

wait until it is clear that
surplus net earnings for this fiscal
year will suffice for that purpose, and
that course will be followed"
Evening star., 1938-04-13
CRUDE RUBBER FUTURES.

NEW YORK. April IL GP,.-Crude rub
Der futures opened "a to 25 higher. May
t2.2o-2l: July, 12.40-42; September
12.54-55.
Evening star., 1938-04-13

! McKesson e. Robbins, Inc.-Febru-
ary net sales were off 81 per cent; two
months of l.8 per cent.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Washington Exchange
SALES.
AFTER CALL,

Potomac Electric Power Sc pfd.-5 at
1l34.
Notlce-This exchange will be closed
April Is, Good Friday.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
MONTREAL SILVER.

4. MONTREAL. April l3 F,.--silver tu-
turM n.s 2eensd 70 higher. May. <o.76.
Evening star., 1938-04-13

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Evening star., 1938-04-13
FOREIGN RONDS

wU-With warrants XW-W'thout war
rants. New. st (Stp)-Stamped
sNeeotiability imDaifed bv maturitv.
rCompanies reported in receivership.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK April 13-Dlyidends de.
e!ared prepared by the Standard Statistics
CO...
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Initial.

Champion Paper & Fibre Co.
Evening star., 1938-04-13

Adams-Mllls Corp CSC 4-?g So
Merchants & Nj Fire Ins
Newark N J 1I2C 40 4-3(
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-01-14

Alert and smiling, Mrs. Ellen Fin
ley demonstrates her Grade A eye
sight by threading needle on her
one hundredth birthday. Mrs. Fin
ley, o resident of Melbourne, Aus
traIia, was the guest Of honor at an
old-fashioned birthday celebration.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-01-14
zion REFORMED
DEDICATION ON
SUNDAY MORNING
New Addition to be For
mally Set Apart With
Appropriate Services

The finishing touches are being
put on the fine new stone addition
at Zion Reformed Church and
everything will be in readiness for
the dedication on Sunday, Jan. Is.
The dedicatory services proper
will be held at II a. M, in
charge of the pastor, Rev. DR..
Scott r. Wagner. The services
will be held in the new chapel.
On Wednesday evening, Jan. 10,
public Fellowship and Communi-
ty meeting will be held. The
speakers will be Rev. DR.. Paul
B. Warrington representing the
Washington County Ministerial
Association; Rev. A. NJ. Croft,
Boonesboro, president of the
Washington County Council Of
Religious Education and Rev. DR..
H. A. Fesperman, who will make
the principal address. Rev. DR.. w.
S. Hess, pastor of the Presbyteri-
an Church and Rev Dr. J. s.
Simon, pastor of Trinity Lutheran
Church will also have part in the
services.
Young Peoples Night" will be
observed on Wednesday, Jan. 26,
when the following young peoples
group will participate; Boy Scouts,
Girls Missionary Guild. Young
Peoples Forum and the Junior
and intermediate Choirs.
The new addition at Zion Re
formed Church will take care of
the Sunday school with auditori-
UNI and class rooms; the social
life Of the church and Boy Scouts,
whose quarters are in the base
ment.
The cost OF the new bnilding
with furnishings and equipment,
will be approximately $35, 900. It