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The Washington times., 1938-08-05
TUNNEY QUITS
WithdrGlUs DistiLLerv
From Institute

NEW YORK, Aug. S 0.NsD.
The American DiStilling Company,
through its board chairman, for.
mer heavyweight champion Gene
Tunney, today had withdrawn
from membership in the Distilled
Spirits Institute.
Tunney described the institute,
Self-regulatory organization Gre
ated by the liquor industry, as
without social consciousness or
soul' and more of a protective
society than an institution for the
elevation and betterment Of the
industry"
Tunney recently proposed that
the liquor industry appoint O
GEAR" similar to Will Hays of the
motion pictures and Judge Kene-
saw Mountain Lands in organized
baseball.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
and Son Slain in Home

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. 5.--A
mysterious shooting and stabbing
in which Mrs. Gladys Nash, As,
and her 14.year.old only child,
Burton, IA, were slain, was being
investigated today.
c. A. Nash, vice president of the
United Light and Power Company,
found his wife and son dead in
their residence last night when he
returned by plane from a business
trip to Lincoln, Neb.
The mother had been stabbed
and shot. A long.bladed knife lay
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
SUIT MAY GIVE
D. C. vIRGINIA'S
mo MANS LAND
Tax Test Involves Strip
On Other Side of River

The Distrlce Government stands
to inherit the vast stretch of mo
mans land" on the Virginia side
of the Potomac River, If . suit
filed today in United States Dis
trict Co, is successful.
mo Mans Land" is made ground
on the Virginia side of the river,
which now tenants such profitable
enterprises as the washington
Airport and other successful bust
neSSes.
For nearly half century mo
Mans Land" has been the storm
center of numerous investigations
to determine whether it belonged
to the Federal Government as a
part of the District Of Columbia,
or whether it belonged to the
State of Virginia. which has as
sumed control over it. This marks
the first time that the dispute has
been carried to court in recent
times.
THREAT BRINGS ACTION
The litigation was born when
Virginia authorities threatened
Harry J. Riganis, 119 Carroll Ave-,
Takoma Park, Md, with criminal
prosecution for failure to obtain
required Virginia licenses for Gig
arctic vending and music ma.
chimes in the restaurant he oper-
ates just off the Virginia side of
Highway Bridge.
RiganiS retained as counsel
Achilles Catsonis, Washington at
torney, and the firm of w. Gwynn
Gardiner, James M. Earnest and
w. Gwynn Gardiner, jr. After
search of various grants and in
vestigations regarding ownership
Of the disputed land, the lawyers
filed suit for an injunction today
in District Court.
The suit was directed against
Commissioner of Revenue Harry
K. Green, Ray Cogswell, electrical
Inspector; Commonwealth Attor-
ney Lawrence w. Douglas and
Sheriff Howard B. Fields, all of
Arlington County, Va.
HISTORY BUSTED OFF
The suit for the Injunction was
studded with historical records.
1t recited that on May %, 1903,
King James Of England granted
the commonwealth of Virginia q
tract of land extending 200 miles
north Of Point Comfort.
Later, on June 20, 1882, the suit
relates, King Charles I granted to
CeciliuS Calvert, second baron Of
Baltimore and first lord proprie-
tary of the province of Maryland,
the tract that now is the State Of
Maryland, the southern boundary
OF which was described as ito the
farther bank Of said river and fol
lowing it," Still later, King James
II of England granted Lord Gull
pepper, what is now known as the
northern neck of Virginia, includ-
ing "the Potomac River, and all
islands within the outermoSt
banks thereof"
Owing to the conflict regarding
these grants, the suit reciteS, Wiz
ginia and Maryland we're engaged
in boundary dispute as early as
1776.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Marion Wins Medal
AT G|adioIi Show

TAKOMA PARK, Nd, Aug. 8.
The grand sweepstakes in the
fifteenth annual gladioli and mid
summer flower show Of the
Takoma Horticultural Club was
won yesterday by Mrs. Theodore
Ruhoff, of 401 Carroll Ave-,
Takoma Park. Winning ribbons
in % classes, Mrs. Ruhoff won
a silver medal, with 90 points,
Winning of this prize places Mrs.
Ruhoff in a position leading ali
exhibitors for the award Of the
Dreer silver cup to be presented
the highest scorer at the close Of
the club year.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Retail Sales Gain
Over Previous Week

NEW YORK. Aug. S uN.S0.
Rising temperatures sent retail
sales upward in the leading centers
of distribution this week. gains
over the previous week running
from to 7 per cent, Dun & Brad
street, Inc, said today in its week
ly trade review. Despite the i'm
provement, volume still ran about
3 to 10 per cent under q year ago,
the report declared. In the whole
sale field, turnover was 6 to 10
per cent less than in the same
week of 1897,
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
PHYSICIAN HAS PLAN:
OWN GROUP HEALTH.
URGED ON DOCTORS
Take Moderate, Assured Fees or Face
Medical Change, Says Carr
PHYSICIAN HAS PLAN:

On reC of public interest in the present argument be-
tween the Group Health Association and the District
Medical Society the subject of cooperative medical
attendance the Times belieres the follovng letter
oco1thy of space in its columns. 1t is criten by
Dr. W. B. Carr son of the late Dr. w. p Carr famous
Washington surgeon md founder of the neW Emer-
gemcy Hospital Dr. w. B. Carr graduate of the George
Washington Medical Schoot-19O7-former practiced
here and deputy of the District of Columbia
from 1914 to 1921 associate surgeon Emergency Hos
pHal teacher of operating surgery at Georgetown Uni
rersty Since them he hos resided and has practced his
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
$3.50, Hangar
Is Sold for $2O,O51

BELLEVILLE, Ill, Aug. 5.
Scott fields huge dirigible han
gar, once valued at $1.250,0O .
balloon hangar. o dirigible moor
ing mast and the field heating
plant went to wreckers on y bid
of $20,051. The large hangar was
used for such ships as the Los
Angeles, Shenandoah and the
Akron.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05

come so great that it Is actually
a luxury for man of moderate
means to be ill.
How much better would it be
for the medical profession to
realize the Importance of this
matter and to meet it Squarely
themselves instead of having
Congress eventually pass a law
which will put the American
Medical Association out of bust.
ness as a private enterprise. The
New Deal has made the people
of this country extremely vote
conscious and they are de-
termined to get what they want.
Suggests Association
The main objection to G. H. A.
or to such a group as the Ross
Loos clinic in Los Angeles, the
largest Of these organizations in
the United States, seems to be
that they deprive the patient of
a free choice of his doctor,
destroy the personal relation
which is often of vital impor.
lance and place matters of medi.
cal policy in the hands of lay
men. Mind you, I do not blame
the public for feeling as they. do
but rather l blame my fellow
physicians for failing to recog-
niEe the change in conditions.
Let the District OF Columbia
Medical Society now form a
branch association within itself
to function as a group for the
proper care Of the low-salaried
citizen. Admit to this group as
members single persons making
$500 or under a year and mar
ried persons making up to
$4,000. Where there are several
children the figure could go to
$4,000 a year.
In no case admit as q mem
Der of this new adjunct of the
society any person making over
$4,000 a year. Here you have a
perfectly legal setup and one
which is ethical and which
would allow the patient free
choice of his physician, save
that he must be a member of
the District Medical Society.
Being ethical, all members would
have access to any of our pres
ent hospitals, the personal equa-
ton would be preserved and all
matters Of medical policy would
remain in hands Of medical
men.
Such an adjunct of the society
would operate as a profit cor
poration. 1t should not take
long to build up membership
of from $4,000 to 10000. A rate
OF not more than $3.50 per
month for single persons and
$3.50 for married persons would
enable everyone to carry on. to
give and to get the best of
service.
The members would get house
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
COOPERATIVE WARS
ON MEDICAL SOCIETY

While the District Medical
Society and Group Health AS
ISOLATION, Inc, marked time in
their controversy, another
group on the CHA side planned
today an appeal to Attorney
General Cummings TO begin
further legal proceedings.
The other group is the Wash
fngtOn League for Cooperative
The Washington times., 1938-08-05

near her body, and her abdomen
was slashed. A 22-caliber rifle
bullet had pierced her brain, and
she was also shot in the chest,
The boy was shot above the left
eye, also with a 22-caliber bullet.
A 22-caliber rife which Nash had
given his son last Saturday lay
near the youths body.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05

Medical Service which has
asked quo warrantO pro-
ceedingS to keep the medical
society within the confines Of
its charter" The league off.
Gals have indicated they may
seek a temporary Injunction
against the society pending de-
cisiOn of the Justice Depart
ment on possible quo warrantO
action.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05

YOu1l have to wait until Sunday
for the opening chapters Of ''Men A.
Her Stepping stones" by Maysls (lrier.
= best selling novel. Opening chapters
In the American Weekly with the
Herald Times Sunday. Telephone RE
public 1884 for Home Delivery.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Reciprocity Club
In Session TODAY

The Washington Section, Reel
procity Club Of America, was to
meet today at 1890 p. m. at the
Mayflower Hotel.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
BIar1es Physicians

I do not indorse the methods
Of the Group Health Association.
l feel that the problem can be
solved in a much better way for
all concerned. Under our pres
ent system the cost of medical
care and Decentralization has be.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05

r. " SCctNft tft ASOc Az NINcs J
To the Editor,
Washington Times.
Three slogans of the New Deal
the Forgotten Man, the New
Deal itself and the More Abund-
ant Life, have awakened a sin
cere desire on the part of the
low-salaried man and woman for
better things-among them good
low cost medical care.
And as a consequence tn e
medical profession all over the
country is faced with fight for
its existence as we have known
that existence in the past. I'm
less proper steps are taken, social
lied medicine. State medicine
and Federal medicine will be
upon us whether we like it or
not.
1t is granted that there exists
today a pressing need to put
proper medical care and hospi-
talization within the reach of
all of moderate and low income.
These people are not entitled to
charity, they do not want
charity, but they ARE entitled to
health and the proper safe
guards to preserve health within
their pocketbook reach,
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
over 10 MILLION
FOUND NEEDED
FOR NEXT YEAR
Higher Grants Sought.
To Prevent Suffering

welfare Board Director Elwood
Street asked the District Com
missioners today to request Con-
gress and the Budget Bureau to
give his department approx
mately so per cent more next
year than the nations legisla-
tive body allotted the Capitals
welfare agency for the current
fiscal period.
Street said he and his two
dozen subdivisions need $l0,448,-
ACT for the year ending June 80,
1910. 1t took a measure Of ora
tory last year to convince un-
friendly legislators that Washing
ton had a welfare problem on its
hands.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
DROP EXTENDED
IN CHAIN SALES
Is Store Groups Report
January Volumes 2.05oIo
Under 1887.
sceeiaJ Dispatch to The Star,

soee1dj Dlspatch 10 the Star.
NEW YORK. Feb. 14.-Chain store
sales continued their percentage de-
cline in January. together with de-
partment store sales, according to the
monthly chain store compilation re-
leased yesterday by Childs. Jeffries e.
Thorndike, Inc. The first Is chains
to report did an aggregate business of
s182,774,o73 as compared with $780,
5s9,387 in January, 1897. This was
decrease of $3,s25,314, or 2.O5 per
cent.
This decline has been going on since
last May, the first IS chains to report
each month showing a 1874 per cent
increase in that month, 11.7 per cent
increase in June, 9.3 per cent in July,
3.8 per cent in August, IL per cent
in September, So per cent in Oc-
tober. 3.8 per cent in November and
only .93 increase in December.
AS can be seen from the above,
the rate of decrease has been roughly
2 per cent monthly, and has been
caused by the decreased purchasing
power resulting from an increase in un-
employment. lessening farm purchas-
ing power and reduced costs of goods
per unit. January sales were further
depressed by the fact that New Year
Day fell on Saturday, leaving only
four shopping Saturdays in the
month, as against five last year, while
many retailers further complained
of unseasonal weather. Following Is
compilation of the sales of the 25
chains for the month of January,
arranged in groups:
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Teigan Launches
Fight ON Naming
OF Rail Trustee
By the Associated Press.

Representative Teigan, Farmer
Labor, of Minnesota, asked the In
terstate Commerce Commission Sat-
urday to make a fair investigation"
into the qualifications Of Joseph
Chapman to serve as a trustee Of
the Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault
Ste Marie Railway Co.
Teigan said in a letter to Chairman
W. M. w. Splawn of the I. c. c. the
appointment of Chapman as a trustee
by United States District Judge Cum
mar H. Nordbye of Minneapolis "is
decidedly Objectionable to most of my
constituents as we'll as the people Of
Minneapolis in general
Teigan told Splawn that Chapman
formerly was connected with the
Northwest Bank Corp, whose stock
holders lost heavily.
Application for ratification of ap-
pointments Of Chapman and G. w.
Webster. president Of the railroad, as
trustees is pending before the l. c. C..
Evening star., 1938-02-14
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK.

Associated Press Financial Write-
NEW YORK. Feb. l4.-Leading
shares held doggedly to small gains
in today's stock market, with advances
measured by fractions to a point or
bit more
Steel issues led an early rally.
halted by profit-selling around the
noon hour. Later buying restored
prices to a little under their best
for the day.
Oils and coppers were active, but
advances in these divisions were gen.
orally narrow. A few specialize
picked up fair gains on relatively small
volume.
Traders, in the absence of news in
dicating any definite trend of tn.
industrial outlook. were content 10
stand aside. The pace was slow
throughout after the first hour and
the ticker was motionless for mo-
ments at time.
Transfers appropriated 100000
shares.
United States Steel was the days
stock market leader. with a boost.
after various fluctuations. of about a
point. American Telephone and
chrysler likewise were in demand.
Other gamers were Bethlehem.
United States Rubber. Sears Roebuck.
International Harvester, Oliver Farm
Equipment, Boeine. st. Joseph Lead.
American Smelling. American Can,
Westinghouse Electric. Du Pont..
Standard Oil of New Jersey, Santa Fe.
Chesapeake IL Ohio. Air Reduction.
Union Carbide, Allis Chalmers. Johns
Manville, Philip Morris and BROOKLYN
Manhattan Transit.
In narrow area were General Mo-
tors, Goodyear Anaconda. Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, Electric Power &
Light, United Aircraft, J. I. Case and
Texas Corp.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
ASKS USE OF ALCOHOL
IN ALL MOTOR FUELS
- the Associated Press

p the Associated Press.
Representative Knutson, Republican,
Of Minnesota, proposed today that
agricultural products be utilized in the
manufacture Of motor fuels.
Knutson's bill, If enacted, would
make it mandatory for all motor
fuels to contain at least 10 per cent
of alcohol by volume. the alcohol to
be manufactured from agricultural
products, including corn, potatoes,
rye and other commodities
Any gasoline not containing this
alcohol would be taxed at the rate
of 10 cents . gallon. A $1,000 fine
or one year imprisonment would be
imposed for viola tions.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
SMALL DECREASE SEEN
IN TRANSIT REVENUES
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. Feb. 14.-Revenues for
the transit industry for the week end
ing February S, 1888, based on tele-
graphic reports received from repre-
sentative group of transit operating
companies, showed a moderate de-
crease from last year.
Transit Journals Revenue Indicator
stands at $3.50, which represents loss
of 447 per cent from the corresponding
week in 1887.
For the week ending January 20,
1888, the Indicator was 96.10.
Revenues for the latest week were
slightly lower than for the preceding
week. Losses were distributed evenly
throughout the country and among
cities OF all sizes.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
PICKUP HAILED
|NFUR BUSINESS
Seventh Avenue Feels Easier
as Supply Drops and
Prices Improve.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Feb 14.-For several
months there has been fear of wide
spread bankruptcy down along Sew
enth aveEue. but things are looking
better now. The fur business is pick
ing up, prices have improved.
Seventh avenue, from the Pennsyl-
vania Station at Thirty-first street
down to Twenty-fourth. is the fur
capital of the United States. From
these seven city blocks come 80 per
cent OF the fur coats manufactured in
this country.
In 1885 this was 0000, 900 in
dustry; in 1895 the turnover in the
fur business was at least $5O,O00, 900
more. But trade authorities say the
turnover in the 1887 season probably
didn't reach s200,000,0O0.
It's an extremely variable business.
The market changes come as swiftly
as the ups and downs in the scrap
iron and steel business. The down.
ward trend was so swift the current
fall-and- winter season that Seventh
avenue was almost demoralized for
time.
AS in other lines of business, the
fur dealers went into the 1897 season
with heavy supplies of pelts on hand.
Manufacturers and retailers also car
ried large inventories, expecting a
coed year. As early as last June. how
ever, there were indications of a poor
year.
mark Downs" Come Early.
BY August. the trade felt certain
about it, Prices held UP for only a
few months. The retail mark downs"
which usually don't begin until after
the holiday season, started as early as
November.
From June to December, 1887, raw
FUR prices declined disastrously. Mink
prices, for example, were 40 to so per
cent lower in December than in June
Silver fox and persian lamb held up
better. declining around 20 to 80 per
cent in the same period.
The big houses could stand it, but
the little ones couldn't have stood it
much longer, and not a few of the
shoe-string operators closed their
doors.
Along the avenue, they will tell
you the trappers have saved" the
situation-with, of all things, what
would be comparable to Shutdown"
strike. Trappers have hung up many
Of their traps waiting for better prices.
w. j. Brett, editor of the Fur Trade
Review, after survey of the situation,
estimated that 40 to so per cent less
pelts would come into the American
primary markets this year than last.
The catches, likewise, have not been
so heavy this year in Canada and
elsewhere.
No Shortage Expected.
Because of the excessive inventories
carried over from 1886, "the avenue"
expects no shortage. But the dimin-
ished supply in the primary markets
has had firm effect on the January
fur auctions. Demand became fairly
active; raw fur prices advanced over
December sales. In the trade it was
felt the December prices were bank
ruptcy prices" and couldn't go lower.
The feeling is general that the jan
uary improvement in raw fur prices
will continue.
Retail prices this winter, after the
"mark-downs" set in with a vigor
after the holidays, were in many
instances 10 to so per cent under last
fall. But the trade-from the dyer
Of rabbits to the retailer Of mink
Evening star., 1938-02-14
CHICAGO GRAIN
Ry the Associated Press.

6y Inc Associated Press
CHICAGO, Feb l4-Handicapped
by slow trading. but responsive 10
sterling at new peak for the year,
wheat averaged slightly higher here
today, paralleling action of securities.
Unfavorable' crop reports from the
domestic wheat belt Southwest con-
tinued although a few rains were re-
ported: in that section. The United
States wheat visible supply total
showed a large decrease. 4,3loooo
bushels. an amount more than double
the decrease at this time last year.
At the close, Chicago wheat futures
were unchanged to % higher COM
pared with Fridays finish. May. e4s.-
a; July. so'4-7s; Corn unchanged to
IS lower: May. $685.; July, $685.
"a, and oats /. down.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
TRUCK FREIGHT RATES
DECLARED TOO LOW
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Midwestern Motor Freight
Tariff Bureau complained to the In
terstate Commerce Commission today
that rates recently published by 40
Midwestern and Southwestern motor
carriers were too low.
The bureau said the rates would
prohibit healthy and adequate serv-
ice" by the companies proposing them.
At the same time the Middle Allan
tic States Motor Carrier Conference
protested against rates proposed by
six motor carriers operating in Mid
die Atlantic States. The conference
asserted the proposed rates would dis
rupt the rate schedules of its $50
members recently approved by the
commission.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
TOBACCO AVERAGE DOWN.

NEW YORK, Feb. IA (P.-Average
price for the week ended February IL
of United States type IL, grade B4F,
flue-cured tobacco, declined to 22.3
cents a pound from 1872 cents in the
preceding week. H. A. Stitch. tobacco
economist, reported today. A year
ago the average price was 203 cents
. pound.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
SUGAR PRICES
UP SLIGHTLY IN. 1887

BY the ASSocl1ted PreSS.
The retail price OF refined sugar in
creased slightly in 1887 over 1886 IN
IL Of 26 selected countries surveyed in
study of world prices for refined
sugar, the Department of Commerce
says. Prices remained at the same
level in II countries and declined in
four.
Evening star., 1938-02-14

COtt0nseed OIL.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed ITO higher. Sales, 18l con- !.
tracts. including eight switches. March,
795; May. 1877; July, S.02-s.03; Sep
tember, 8.07.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
New Orleans Prices.

OIheAuS
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. IA P.-Cotton
futures opened l to . points net higher
here today. due to execution OF some week
end buying orders
March contracts opened at 500. May
at .02. July at .09. October at al5. De-
cember at 9.17 bid. and January at Q,1s
Buying increased after the start and
prices rallied a few additional points.
Toward the end Of the frst half hour the
above the previous close.
Cottonseed oil opened steady: March.
7.4Ob; May, 7.42b: July. 1.50b; septem-
Der. 7.55b; october. 1.65b.
Bid.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
new YORK COTTON
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. l4.-More ac-
tive outside buying in cotton was at
tracted today by prospects OF Senate
passage of the farm bill
May. which had sold up from ss7
to 8.9l. was ruling at s.89 in mid
afternoon. when the list was 8 to IL
points net higher.
Evening star., 1938-02-14

Utica g. Mohawk Cotton Mills, Inc.
voted to omit dividend
on common stock for the tirst quarter
Of 1888. Last previous distribution
was 81 . share on November IL. 1887.
Evening star., 1938-02-14
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. Feb. IA 0P.-call money
mercial paper. per cent. Time loans,
1920 days Ia: 4-6 months, Ia per
GENT; Bankers acceptances UNCHANGED. So
80 days. l2-is per cent; 4 months Ala
per cent; 5-6 months. Sal. per cent. Re-
discount rate. New York Reserve Bank. /
Der cent,
Evening star., 1938-02-14
NEW YORK SUGAR.

NEW YORK. Feb. II P.-Susar fu-
business was in the way of evenins up in
March IN advance Of nrst notice day.
No. ! sold Oh to i.ooh and March h is. &
3 at 2.19. or 1 point net lower, With the
market At 2 pm. ruline around these levels.
Evening star., 1938-02-14

wraps-expects better prices next fall.
Fur dealers will tell you frankly they
don't look for as high prices this fall
as last fall, or even the falls Of '35
and '36. but they look for at least 20
to IS per cent higher prices than now
prevail.