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CARRIERS REPORT
LARGE DEFICITS
Heavy Losses in February
Compare With Good
1897 Incomes.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 16.-Heavy
losses in February, compared with
substantial income in the 1887 COM
parable month were reported today
by group Of prominent railroads,
the first to make known operating
results for the month In other cases
carriers had considerably larger losses
than last year.
The roads included:
February February.
1888 1887.
Pennsylvania.
Net loss---- $2.194,086 81 ,525 ,692
Santa Fe.
Net loss - 2,245,405 174,9l8
Southern Railway.
Net loss- 995,670 '535 ,305
Reading.
Net loss. 337,S08 '473,S35
Erie.
Net loss l,677.966 69,4l5
Delaware & Hudson.
Net loss 243,863 172 1858
Wabash.
Net loss 243,863 l27,509
Denotes income.
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NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
ODD-LOT DEALINGS.
By the Associated Press,

b. the Associated Press.
The Securities Commission reported these
transactions oy customers with odd lot
dealers or specialists on the New York
Stock Exchange for April IA: 6362 pur-
chases involving 1929 shares; 5,S27
sales involving 20 O24 shares
Evening star., 1938-04-17

Also extra or extras
Declared or paid so far this year.
g Paid last year.
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D. c. SECURITIES

Quotations by Johnston, Lemon Il Coz
Yesterdays closing bid and asked quo
tatlons on Washington securities which
are traded over the counter follow.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Chicago Cash Market

Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat No. 4 red SOl2 No 4 hard.
~; corn No. 3 mixed. 57a.-5al2: No. 2
yellow. 60a+-6l'4; No. . white s0a. -6I
Oats; No. mixed. 80; No. | white.
3.'i2-34l4 rye No ., 61l.; soy beans
No; 3 yellow; 90s4; barley feed. $50;
mailing. $3.50.
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U. S. TREASURY NOTES.

NEW YORK. April l6 tp,. - Prices
quoted in dollars and thirty-seconds:
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Winnipeg Prices

Winnipeg Prices.
WINNIPEG. April l6 tP.-Cash wheat.
No. l northern, AZ; No 3 ! 30 No. 3.
20. Oats. No. . white. 49,2, No. 3,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15
By tEvie' Robert

afraid I'm not doing q very good job of this
"sassiety" reporting.
7 SEE by the papers that my old friend, Mrs.
John Hay Whitney known as 'Lz' to them
what knows her, finally got bored with the life
Of Hollywood-you know, waiting to be Scarlet
o'Hara-so at her party tother night, staged a
pretty good fight. The smuggling apparently wasn't
bad, but all the wrong people got slugged, from
my point Of view. I remember Liz about year
ago here in Washington: She and a high"
VERY high) Government official were discuss
ing the possibility of building a stadium here in
Anacostia.
The fact that the water would rise and wipe
out the building was unimportant at in the
morning. By 4, the stadium was built, football
and baseball games had already been played in
it. and preparations were being made for a prize
fight. They both went their respective ways
homeward, happy.
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Behind the News By PAIL MazZon

tic servants and farm hands
will be included still holds good.
Reserve fund arrangement will
not be changed mo one knows
what to do about it,. Old age
pension payments may be raised
slightly.
LABOR RELATIONS ACT
Corrective amendments, making
the board more of a judicial
body, are practically assured.
But there will be a heavy fight
on how far these should go,
and you may not know exactly
what the changes mean until
they go into effect in 1910.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
welt Is by no means sure of get
ting even so per cent Of the
four House bills now pending.
He could have had two of them
on a platter last session. but
times have changed. Outcome
will probably be q strictly non
political, non-social reorganiza-
stion bill, which is apt to be
much nearer Senator Byrd's
opinions than the Presidents.
\ 4 =
COlIectaniu
DATMAN BILL to tax chain
l. stores out of existence will
be promoted loudly, may get
through one House, but certainly
not both Some amend
ments to Federal reserve act
along lines which Chairman
EccleS laid down in his letter to
Senator Vandenberg last June
IA easing bank examinations
to encourage more commercial
loans) will be considered, but
Treasury restraint may delay
action Returning Congress
men say business is less in
tereSted in spending and pump
printing than formerly. Such
changes as turning relief ad-
miniStration back to States will
be considered, but all parties in
volved are so far only cropping
toward a solution of the issue
=. A single administrator and
q better bookkeeping system will
surely be provided for iva be-
fore adjournment Be pre-
pared for a surprise. Some alter
atoms of the Johnson act may
be recommended in connection
with q British and French war
debt settlement. now considered
"juSt barely possible"
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decided. The Treasury, deep
down, would like to make some
more reforms, but Congress
wants a tax-breathing spell.
Outcome will depend probably
on business. # business is Suf-
ficiently improved late in the
season some more secondary re-
forms may be tried along adver-
tiSed lines, otherwise not.
SPECIAL REARMAMENT
TAXA dozen high responsible
officials will bet you even
money (but not too much)
that Roosevelt will recommend a
specific rearmament tax. A few
even expect q flat 10 per cent
increase in income taxes. II
this Is proposed, it will not be
enacted.
ANTT-MONOPOLY-A change
in the patent law will undoubt-
edly be recommended by the
President or Justice Depart
ment. The Patent Office now is
working privately with Assistant
Attorney General Arnold on a
text Of a possible proposal to
free patents. This may be en-
acted, but no other anti-mo-
nopoly legislation (including cor
poration licensing biuD has a
chance. Arnold will continue to
revise the antitrust status quo
with his consent decree blud-
geon-and without further legiS-
lation.
SOCIAL SECURITY-None
Of the pixy programs will have
the necessary votes on a show
down Exnectation that domeS-
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Features syndicate, Inc, ali rights
reserved. Reproduction In full or
In part strictly prOhibited.)

reserved. Reproduction In tulI or
in part strictly prOhibited.)
MANY may be called but
W1 few will be chosen at the
impending Congress. Much
legislation is being promoted,
more will be talked, less than
usual will be enacted.
Pipe lines for the session are
already being laid by the down.
town executives and assembling
Congressman, and these fur
nish a fairly dependable indica-
ton of what the country is in
for.
You may write the prospects
on your thumb nail this way:
FARM PROGRAM - Only
minor changes now seem likely.
Administration will not pro-
pose q substitute program. Con-
gress will howl, particularly the
revival chorus for the old Nc
Adoo-Eicher bill. Sam Mas
singale of Oklahoma will intro
duce it in. the House, Josh Lee
or Schwellenbach Cloth ultra
New Dealers in the Senate.
But downtown resistance will
stop it, even If Mr.. Roosevelt
has to veto 1t. Republicans
might be glad to let him do it
but cannot Fundamentally sup
port such q price-fixing schemeO
Wallace is still in the saddle;
both stirrups are loose but he
can probably hang on to his
mule another year.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is
trimming the program down
from the 500 millions increase
generally expected. Better bus
mess has made rearmament
spending economically and po-
litically unnecessary. (The
money of course would not flow
away until 1940.) The final
presidential rearmament recon-
mendations will prevail although
there will be hot dispute over
details.
TAXES-A wholly different
spirit prevails here this time.
New Treasury Assistant Haynes
is buddying along inside with
congressional Ways and Means
and Finance Committeeman.
Last year Treasurist Oliphant
was telling the congressman
what to do (and they did the
opposite). Nothing has been
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15
|$189,8O7 Profit
|ReturnedOnSubS

A little pre- Christmas present OF
$189, 8O7 was in the Navy Depart
ment's sock today, gift Of the
Electric Boat Company, which did
it's Navy work a little too well.
Seems that in constructing the
submarine Perch. Pickerel and Per
init for the Navy the Electric Boat
Company finished its work 66 days
ahead of schedule.
Under the VinSon-Trammel act,
which limits profits on naval con-
struction to 10 per cent, Henry r.
Sut~hen, vice president Of the
Electric Boat Company decided the
Navy had some money coming
back. Accordingly, he handed a
check to Secretary of the Navy
Swanson.
It was the first such occurrence
since the act was passed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15
u. S. REPORTED READY TO GIVE
CREDIT OF $25.000.0O0 TO CHINA

ment affiliate Of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation. The
money probably would be used to
finance Chinese purchases of
American goods.
MAY BUY SILVER
It was indicated also that the
Treasury, as part of the new agree.
ment, would continue to buy large
quantities of Chinese silver.
Under previous buying arrange
mentS, the Treasury has been pur'
chasing an average Of 10000, 000
ounces of silver from China each
month. Such purchases have
been effected ever since the out
break of Sino-Japanese hostilities
and have been Of considerable
financial help to the embattled
Chinese government.
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Is MILLION HINTED

BERLIN, Dec. IS QNS)-Pub-
LEGATION Of the official naval year
book today described Nazi Ger
many as attempting to keep pace
with British naval building.
Nevertheless, the year book con-
tends, the German naval building
program for 1899 is far below the
allotted IS per cent limit in rela-
ton to the British naval eStab-
lishment.
The year book charged that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15
MexiCOLQ11d
Lost Says
Le1nke

N.N.S.) Repres entative
william Lemke (RO of North
Dakota, part owner Of $4,000
acres of land appropriated by
the Mexican government, to-
day expressed belief that
MexicO'S promise to pay for
land seizures is "camOuflage."
Lemke accepted seizure Of
his land phiIOsOphicaIly. He
said:
II hope the Mexican gov
eminent Is sincere in the Of
fer to pay for land Of Ameri-
cans which was seized, but I
doubt if anyone will get any
thing much, except the big
oil companies, which are Or
gained"
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|NQziS Blame DemOCrdCieS
In 'Maddening Naval Race

Great Britain, the United States
and France are building the fast
est and most powerful naval units,
in comparison to which naval con-
struction by Italy, Germany and
Japan is insignificant"
The newspaper Boersen Zeitung,
organ of the German defense min
iStry, commenting on the year
books figures, declared that not
the totalitarian, but the demo
cratic countries are responsible
for the maddening naval race"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15

the conversation was anything
but original. WHAT to do
about Christmas. One small
group decided that anything,
no matter how inexpensive, in
the line Of linen. just so long
as it was marked, was a grand
present. Another decided the
same thing about glass, an
other about underwear.
But throughout was q dis
tinct undeEcurrent to the eff
feet that the house must be
carefully combed to see what
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15

could be sent to nottoo-intmate friends. Also, 1t
was decided that in the case of puppy, it was
more blessed to give than to receive. Ali The
Christmas spirit! Long may it survived
MRS. LLOYD MOORE, the former Eppes
AVA Halves, daughter of QUE wellbeloved former
Senator from Missouri was there wearing the
Silliest hat. But no matter what Eppes puts on,
she never looks anything but beautiful, sweet, and
utterly charming. CWhyP-she makes me sickD
She's also sailing on Friday on the "Queena
Maria" for England. Tough! ....
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15
BY ERIC FRIEDHEIM

U.N.S0 A new financial agree
ment between the United States
and the Chinese government that
may involve extension of Amer
lean credits for shipment Of goods
to the Orient is reported to have
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15

been concluded by the Treasury
today.
The agreement, however, is ten
tative and must be approved by
President Roosevelt, the State De
partment, and Administration fis-
cal officials.
rs MILLION HINTED
While Treasury officials re-
fused to discuss the results Of
lengthy negotiations bet ween
Chinese and American financial
representatives, it is reported in
several administration quarters
that the United States may ad-
vance q credit of $25, 000, 900 to
China.
Such a credit presumably would
be handled by the Export Import
Bank of Washington, q govern
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15

WELL, the old die-hards and Tories got another
kick in the pants from all this McKesson g.
Robbins drug firm mess which has been break
ing in the papers This, coming after the Whit
ney episode and other unsavory happenings for
the last few years, certainly shows that Mr.
Roosevelt has known pretty definitely that there
were many things "rotting and rotten up the
creek" and he has unrelentingly kept closing in
on the boys
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Mrs. CuEnn1ings' Wit

Mrs Homer Cummings was there, and was
hoping for once she'd forgotten to bring along
her very keen wit-but no hope. From the laugh
ter that came from her table, there was no doubt
that, as usual, she was the life Of the party.
(Which also kinda makes me sore0 Saw Mrs.
George Earle, wife Of the governor Of Pennsyl-
vania too; she was beautiful as always. I'm
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15
Ewes Rib

AT THE 1925 Street Club yesterday at lunch
"A all of "sassiety" and would.be "sassiety" was
represented And. Of course, for this time of year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15
Pay For It.? Oh, No!

Do not for moment think that LIZ was going
to PAY for the stadium, for Liz, with all her
money, could never, by any stretch of the imagi
nation. be called "spendthrift."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15

Take advantage of sale prices Saturday. Single
and double breasted suits with popular sport backs Two pair Of
paed front high rise Ovepad Herrngbone and dag
onal patterns Ages II 22 chests 80 49, Also ages II to TO-
All wool fleece Tweed pattern raglan and bamacaan
models Full half belted styles with slash pockets Ages II to 22
chests 80 to 49,
Evening star., 1938-10-31
Quar|es Putting Life
Into Indoor Boxing
Business Here
Tor Heel Lightweight,
Undefeuted in D. c.,
Takes on HuIIy.

Breathing life into an indoor box
ing season which promised to -four
ish, but currently. is gasping, is
Norment Quarles, the cherubic-
featured North Carolina light
weight, who may step into the
breach and become the outstand-
ing scrapper of the year at Tur-
ner's Arena.
Quarles, who will meet Wally
Hally, California importation, in
the feature 10-round bout tomor-
row night, is undefeated here. and
local ringworms finally have taken
liking to his style, his recent vic
tories here over Lou Gevinson and
Lew Feldman installing him as a
worthy attraction.
Should Quarles stretch his VIM
ming streak at Hallys expense,
Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn prob
ably will employ him more frequent
ly, for the injury of George Abrams.
steady losses of Gevinson and de-
sertion of this sector by Steve
Mamakos have left him without a
local drawing card.
A four-rounder, pitting Red Lewis
of Richmond against Red Osborne
of Baltimore has been added to the
card, while six-rounders list Tom
my Rico facing Pancho Huerta. Don
Koons colliding with Gene John
son and Eddie Saugsted swapping
swats with Johnny Sullivan.
Evening star., 1938-10-31
Hard-Hittting Garcia
Rated Good Match
For Armstrong
Ability to Lond Punch
On WeIter Champion
Is Big Question
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Oct. 3l.-A bakers
dozen of lettuce pickers from Cali
fornia are in town to see Ceferino
Garcia win the world welterweight
championship Wednesday night.
There Is considerable doubt in
other quarters as to Garcias abil-
ity to take the title from Henry
Armstrong. but the presence Of
these l3 gives you an idea Of how
the home folk feel about 1T.
This group. headed by Joe To-
ledo. saved up for six months to
finance the jaunt in two automo-
biles. They earn only 81 day.
but the friends and countrymen of
Garcia were determined to be on
hand for his greatest triumph.
They'll watch the fight from $3.50
seats and undoubtedly will form
quite Filipino cheering section.
Toledo. who handles the finances
for them all. says it's costing them
$3.50 apiece.
Gate Of $4,000 Likely.
Less enthusiastic about it all.
local fight addicts are swinging
around toward the California view
point. The champion was q 5-6
favorite when the hard work of
training ended yesterday. but you
probably can take your pick at the
same odds when the two climb into
the Madison Square Garden ring
for their 15-round tilt.
Armstrong. the wonder man" who
was the first to hold three world
titles and gave up the featherweight
crown to concentrate upon Defend
ing the other two, hasn't looked too
good in his drills. Garcia has been
knocking his sparmates stiff. AS a
result $4,000 fans are expected to
pay about 100000 to see if the same
thing will happen at the Garden.
In his last heavy drill Garcia
pummelled Cristobal Jaramillo for
two rounds while Armstrong, more
enthusiastic than he has appeared
lately, stepped six frames WITH a
pair Of partners. The champion is
expected to scale 1876 pounds when
they weigh-in Wednesday noon and
Garcia just under lat.
The Filipino has stirred up q lot
of talk with his new" bolo punch,
best described as a long. looping
right uppercut, but Hurricane Hank
claims he has the way to meet that.
He'll be right up close where it
can't land and flinging punches with
both hands. That where Armstrong
usually is, and it makes him a diff
fcult and annoying target.
Garcia is likely to do plenty of
damage if he lands solidly with his
right, but the question is. can he
land?
Evening star., 1938-10-31
Turkey Golf Affairs
Getting Prevalent
Al Clubs Here

Turkey tournaments. with their
main prizes the traditional Thanks
giving bird on the hoof or dressed
for the table, are springing up all
over the links horizon. Two of them
are in progress at the public courses
and still another is billed for the
fair golfers of the town later In the
week Tommy Doerer's turkey af-
fair at East Potomac Park is in full
swing, with seven flights now being
run of. Up at Rock Creek Park
Harry Graham is starting another
turkey affair, with contestants to
qualify today. tomorrow and Tues
day. More than IS players had en-
tered the affair last night and opti-
mistic Harry figures 100 will toe
the line for the medal round.
The feminine turkey tournament
will come of at the Army-Navy
Country Club next Friday, where a
field of $50 or more will gather to
compete for flock Qiterally) of
turkeys, in a tournament arranged
by q committee headed by Mrs.
George F. Hussey, who last week
won the National Broadcasting Co.
tourney. Mrs. Hussey will take en-
tries up to Tuesday at Cleveland
86l7.
Evening star., 1938-10-31
Defeated, Presidents
Appear Out OF Race

PORTSMOUTH, Va. Oct. 81
The Washington Presidents, de-
Tending champions in the Dixie
Pro Football League, are considered
all but out of the fight for this
years crown, following their second
defeat in three games, the other of
which ended In a tie.
The Portsmouth Cubs got back
into the thick of the fight for league
honors yesterday when it took ad-
vantage of nearly every break to
rout the champions, 1917. The
Presidents, recently reorganized and
playing their first game under Gene
Augusterfer as both coach and
quarterback, scored in the second
period with a 66-yard drive, led by
Headley and Makofske. Makofske
went over.
Portsmouth scored a touchdown
in the first and last quarters and
a field goal in the second.
In the other league game yester-
day, Richmond Arrows downed the
Alexandria Celtics, $50.
Evening star., 1938-10-31
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
Special Correspondent of The Star.

NEW YORK. Oct. 31.-Seabiscuit
and War Admiral at Pimlico tomor-
row-Henry Armstrong and Ceferino
Garcia at Madison Square Garden
on Wednesday night. How about
parley? Which would you take?
The Biscuit and Hammering Henry?
The Admiral and Garcia? Or would
you couple the Admiral and Henry?
The Biscuit and Garcia?
Any way you line them up, you
will get run for your money.
There is a lot of hustle and no quit
in each of these entries. No gamer
horses ever went to the post, no
gamer fighters ever crawled through
the ropes. They can win out in
front-or come from behind. They
all have been around long enough
and in there trying often enough-to
have been licked. So they know all
about it-but nobody ever made
them like it, or ever could.
When George Cassidy calls on the
Admiral and the Biscuit to come on
at Pimlico. they'll come-and run
their hearts out to win And when
the bell rings in the noisy, crowded
Garden on Wednesday night, the
little black boy and the bigger brown
boy will come out punching-and
keep punching until one or the other
is on the floor or the 15-round limit
expires.
A mile and three -sixteenths at
Pimlico-15 rounds in the Garden
and there'll be no stalling along the
way over either distance.
Kurtsinger Pilots Finest.
Charley Kurtsinger will have the
mount once more on the Admiral
at Pimlico. Big Heat Charley, the
other jockeys call him. In the par
lance OF the jockey room, big heat
is an important stake race and
Charley has grabbed most of them
the Kentucky Derby, the Freak
ness, the Belmont. the Jockey Club
Gold Cup, the Lawrence Realization,
the Wood Memorial, the Saratoga
Cup, the Futurity-to name few.
On Twenty Grand and Light Car
bine and Head Play and Chance
view and Menow, Dark Secret, Bour-
bon King and War Admiral and
other great horses, he has come
roaring down the stretch to take
many rich purse and piece of plate.
No other jockey of his time has won
so many famous races.
But this will be his chance for q
new kind of glory-to pilot home the
winner in a match race that will go
down in American turf history with
the other great match races, begin
ming with the duel between Eclipse
and Henry at the Union course on
Long Island in 1823-and running
right down to the last one, in which
zev came down in front of In Me-
moriam at Churchill Downs just 100
years later.
Kurtsinger has ridden War Ad-
miral in II of his % starts-all but
the first three and the last three.
In his last three races the Admiral
was ridden by Jackie Westrope,
Moose Peters and Wayne Wright.
The Biscuit has had so many
riders that, off hand, no one could
remember them ALL For the last
couple of years Red Pollard has had
the leg up on him in most of his
races. But Red was hurt in a spill
with another horse last spring, lost
q lot OF time from the saddle and