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Evening star., 1938-07-18
S1,671,500 is SOUGHT
BY SEABOARD RAIL WAY
BY the Associated Press.


Receivers for the Seaboard Air Line
Railway Co. asked the Interstate
Commerce Commission today for au-
thority to issue and sell 81 ,671 500 of 4
per cent equipment trust certificates.
The certificates would be sold at
100 per cent of par and accrued divi-
dends. The receivers asked permis-
sion to sell 100000 worth of the
certificates to the Prudential Insur-
ance Co. OF America. The remaining
$l63, 500 worth would go to the
Electro Motive Corp. in part payment
for nine Diesel locomotives.
Evening star., 1938-07-18
u. S. PAPER EXPORTS
SHOW SHARP DECLINE
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
In an unseasonal decline, United
States exports for May Of both paper
base stocks and paper fell to $3.50, ,694,
or AZ per cent under April and 70 per
cent from May, 1897, the Commerce
Department reported.
John A. Scherrer of the chemistry
division, National Bureau Of Stand
ards, has developed an improved
method for the determination Of ar
senic, antimony and tin, the Com
merce Department reported.
Evening star., 1938-07-18
DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

PHILADELPHIA. July Is R,.-Live
poultry. fowls. Plymouth Rocks fancy.
20-:l; mixed colors. 1920; White Leg.
roosters. 1914; outlets. "3-25: roasting
chickens. 4la pounds or over. Plymouth
ROCKS 20: sprinsers. Rocks. 3 to pounds
or over. 1920: smaller. 1919: mixed
Southern broilers. Is; Lexhorns 1917.
Dressed poultry fowls fresh killed in
as to weight; old ROSTERS. I4-I6: spring
duck Long Island. 14ha-15
Wheat-Nos =, red winter, sarlicky. do
Butter: TOP grade. esh-3lA; 90 score.
ssSA,27h; 81; 25A; 90 251a; SO. 24a;
pmoEsss. 4.sos cases: steady: ex-
tras. white, 3O-35; browns 2S-32: stand
ards Nos. | and .. 24la-27: Nos. 3 and 4,
22L2-23: trades. 21-23; mediums. extras
or better. whites. 27-31: mediums. stand
ards 21b-22
Evening star., 1938-07-18
Lumber Orders
For Week Touch
II-MOnth Peak
By the Associated Press.

By tLe ASSOchIed PTeSS.
The National Lumber Manufacture
ers' Association said today new lum-
her orders reported during the week
ended July 9 we're the highest in II
months, This was despite the fact
the week was shortened by holidays.
Orders booked by 522 mills aggre-
gated 235 LAG, 900 feet. The same mills
produced l33,l15,O00 feet and shipped
l68 ,068 900 during the week.
During the preceding week $40 mills
produced l7l,0l8000 feet. shipped
l99 ,220. 900 and booked orders for
223, ,29S, 900 feet.
Evening star., 1938-07-18
NEW YORK SUGAR.

NEW YORK, July Is LP.-Raw sugar
was UNCHANGED today and no sales were
reported slthoufh there we're offerings
al the last paid price of ? s5
FUTURES were Steadier on covering and
renewed trade support ENCOURAGED by the
aaereement OF the world conference at
LONDON to cut the export quota in the
September No so,d cent mi ;, ,oo ,s
May to IL n. or a17 to 3 points net
higher but reacted 4 little under realiz-
:, points net higher In the No. 3 Sen.
tembeI sold at 80 and March from sol
70 100, leaving the list about net
nleheT Refined was UNCHANGED at 40 to
80 for fine sranulated and while a
lair Withdrawal demand was reported
u was not as heavy as in the closing
days OF last week
Bunker Hill Monument Is 220 feet
hirh
Evening star., 1938-07-18
|. c. c. KEEPS AUTHORITY
OVER UNION STOCKYARD

BY the Associated Press.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, With three members dissenting,
has held the Union Stockyard d
Transit Co. of Chicago to be a COM
mon carrier by railroad and subject
Evening star., 1938-07-18

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Company is calling outstanding per
cent preferred stock for redemption on
August /, 1888. at Sis a share and
accrued dividend.
Evening star., 1938-07-18

to the provisions Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission Act.
The yard company handles unload
ing and loading of carload shipments
OF hive stock at Union Stockyards in
Chicago. 1t contended it had discon-
tinued its direct affiliation with a rail-
road and no longer should be subject
to the Interstate Commerce Act.
Evening star., 1938-07-18
MONTREAL SILVER.

MONTREAL July Is lp'.-silver futures
opened unchanged. July. 1870: Septem.
Der. 41.20b; Decembess 41.2Ob. Bid.
Evening star., 1938-07-18

Chicago Cash Wheat.
Cash wheat-No 2. red, 69A -70H;
No. /, hard. 72l4-73; No. /, yellow.
hard. 7012-7l Il; No. /, mixed, 68l2-70.
Corn-No. l, mixed, 59A -601z: No.
l. yellow. 60-60l2; No. l, white, so.
Oats-No. 1, mixed. 27la; No. 1. new,
grey, Is; No. /, white, 27A -2S; SAM
pie, 251z.
Barley feed, 1886. nominal; soy
beans, No. 2. yellow, 93l2.
Baltimore Quotations.
BALTIMORE. July Ia UP.-Wheat No. 2
red winter. sarlicky. spot domestic. 65A
Evening star., 1938-07-18
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Capital Transit Co-l0 at 8, 9 at 8,
rs. at 8, IS at 8. Is at 9, 100 at 8.
Washington Gas Light preferred-l0
at 99L2.
Washington Loan & Trust Co.. at
233.
AFTER CALL
Mergenthaler linotype at 24h.
Evening star., 1938-07-18
INVESTING COMPANIES

NEW YORK. July IS fP.-InveStment
Bankers Conference Inc:
moon quotations.
Evening star., 1938-07-18
INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK. July Ia P.-Investnent
Bankers Conference, Inc:
Evening star., 1938-07-18
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY
MISCELLANEOUS
STOCKS.

Chevy Chase Club 1st 4As lO4
Col Country Club 1sr 4As 1O3
Ter Ref & W Cor 1st 4Hs 10I
Evening star., 1938-05-01
Stranger than Man

nesting habits of swifts, who used
hollow trees first but later preferred
to build nests in one of mans COM
Portable inventions chimneys.
Young swifts. two weeks old, leave the
nest and cling to the chimney wall.
a FATHEAD is not only your bridge
partner but a large fish found in Cali
fornia kelp beds. Chinese fishermen
salt and dry them in large numbers.
Oddly, they are beautiful fish.
4
IHE largest fish ever caught in Florida
waters, and probably a world record.
was whale shark 80 feet long weigh
ing .594 pounds.
-CARL kUtsERo
Evening star., 1938-05-01

Ducks floating down the Niagara
River frequently do not realize the
speed at which they are drifting. Sud-
denly they are in the swirls near the
brink of the Falls and go over to their
death. unable to fly out of the thun-
dering waters.
oysters are preyed upon by air
as well as sea enemies. The oyster
catcher is a bird who goes to oyster
beds at low tide and inserts his bill in
the bivalve's partly-opened shell.
cutting his muscles 50 that the shell
cannot close.
DESPITE the influence of original
habit in nature. man changed the
Evening star., 1938-05-01

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA: Owes its
name to a shipwreck The "Provi-
dentia" with its cargo of coconuts was
wrecked here in a storm in 1876. The
few pioneer settlers in the vicinity
salvaged the nuts that washed ashore,
and planted them along the sandy ridge
that is now Palm Beach. Since 1896,
Providentia Day has been celebrated
annually by the planting of thousands
of coconuts. - From Mrs. M0yg0ret G.
Harris, ia Heights Court, Ithaca. NY.
ST. MICHAELS, Nd: When, during
the War of 1912, the British sailed up
Chesapeake Bay toward Baltimore.
they stopped to make night raid on
this shipbuilding center. The residents,
forewarned. extinguished all lights in
Evening star., 1938-05-01
On the Map

the town and hung lighted lanterns
high in the trees. The British, think
ing the town was on a hill, fired over it,
the cannon balls landing in the fields
beyond. Only one shot struck build
ing. piercing the roof and rolling
harmlessly down the stairs.-F,ons
Winif1ed II. Tomb, Throgg's Neck,
". Y.
SCRANTON, KANSAS: The whole
town (about 600 people, turned out
for Universal Bible Sunday dec. 18th
last). Services began at 3 am. and
the benediction was said at 9 pm.
The whole New Testament was read
through at this service - it took 18
hours! - From II. p. Th0m, 342
Madison Ave., NeW York City.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
What Of It?

NEwsLINE: Auto in New Jersey
wrecked by hit-and-run deer
One case where a driver involved in
an accident didn't pass the buck.
BEING an amphibious creature, a
beaver can outwork any other animal
by dam site.
Evening star., 1938-05-01

APPROPRIATE sign for a picketed store
front - "Open for business during
alterations"
RYINC to find someone with head
to restore order abroad is like looking
for noodle in a haystack.
R. w. DAWSON
Evening star., 1938-05-01
How:s Your Slang?

0ERE are ten definitions of slang
words. For each definition three an
swers are suggested. However, only
one of these answers is correct. Every
Evening star., 1938-12-21
Christmas Drive q Success,
But More Help Is Needed
Police Busy Packing Food Baskets, Arranging
Toys and Marking Clothing for Needy

Almost confident now that every
home in the city will experience a
merry Christmas. the Metropolitan
Police Department, grateful at the
response of Washington to the ap-
peals for help for the needy, packed
baskets high with food, arranged
toys and marked clothing today at
the National Guard Armory head
quarters for the Police Christmas
Party.
Yet despite the swift flow of gifts
from those we'll off to the armory
for the needy. the police need still
more help. still more money, still
more food and still more clothing in
order to make Christmas a general
time of merriment, with not a soul
forgotten. Christmas is near. but
there is yet time to give Telephone
Republic 0883, the police collection
headquarters.
The gifts rolling into the armory
are given in response to the Christ
mas campaign Of The Star. Warner
Bros. and National Broadcasting
Co., which is experiencing one of its
most successful seasons. This is the
eighth year of the campaign. which
is designed to show well-off persons
how they can play Santa Claus for
the benefit of those who are not
we'll off.
Florida Oranges Donated.
The most unusual gift received at
the armory yesterday was a ship
ment of AZ crates of oranges, donat-
ed by Florida growers at the instiga.
ton of COL Edwin A. Halsey, secre-
tary Of the Senate. Each crate con-
tains one and three-quarters
bushels.
The oranges were shipped from
Florida through the cooperation of
the Florida Citrus Echange and the
Florida Citrus Commission. The
growers who made the donations
are John D. Clark of the Waverly
Growers Cooperative, Waverly,
Fla; James c. Morton, Waverly;
George L Swan, Homestead; Holly
Hill Fruit Producers, Inc, Daven-
port; Lake Wales Citrus Growers,
Lake Wales.
The fruit will be used in the food
baskets which will be given out
from the police precinct stations
Saturday and for the children who
attend the big 18th annual police
Christmas party at the fifth pre-
clnct station, Fifth and E streets
Evening star., 1938-12-21
Report Of Illegal
japanese Bond Sale
Probed in Hawaii
Unregistered Securities
Said to Be Offered
In Honolulu
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, Dec. 21.-The Sc
curities and Exchange Commission
pressed an investigation today of
reports unregistered japanese emer-
gency bonds totaling 100000 yen
(about $280,000) were being offered
for sale in this area of heavy Japa-
nese population.
Roger Kent, S. E. c. attorney of
San Francisco, revealed the investi-
cation after two days intensive work
during which witnesses were sub
poenaed and questioned.
"The S. E. C. received information
to the effect 100000 yen of un-
registered Japanese emergency
bonds were being publicly offered in
the territory" Mr.. Kent said in dis
closing his mission here. when
the commission receives information
OF this nature 1t conducts an investi-
cation to determine whether the law
is being, or has been. violated. 1 am
here to make that investigation"
Mr.. Kent explained that by un-
registered bonds was meant bonds
not registered with the S. E. C. in
Washington, and therefore illegal
for public offering in United States.
He said he had no statement to
make at present on whether the law
had been violated.
Federal officials said Offering of
unregistered bonds could be pre-
vented by injunction proceedings in
Federal Courts. They said criminal
charges, If filed, would be handled
through the United States prosecu-
tors Office.
Evening star., 1938-12-21
Woodrum Expects
Subcommittee 10 0. K,
Jefferson Memorial
$1,000, 900 Building
Already Started, He
Points Out

Chairman Woodrum of the Inde-
pendent Offices Subcommittee, con-
Quoting hearings on the 1910 budget,
said today that he believes the sub
committee will approve the S2OOO,-
900 item for construction of the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial on the
shore of the Tidal Basin.
Members of the Thomas jefferson
Memorial Commission who appeared
today at the executive hearing in
cluded Stuart G. Gibboney, acting
chairman of the commission since
the death of Representative John j.
Boylan; Representative Howard w.
Smith of Virginia, Arno B. Cam
merer, director of the National Park
Service. They were accompanied by
John L. Nagle, superintendent of
memorials of the National Park
Service, and R. o. Jennings, finance
officer of that service.
Representative Woodrum empha-
sized that the Budget Bureau had
recommended the appropriation of
50 900, 900 in the bill now under con-
sideration to carry on the construc-
ton and added, 1--WE can't very
well stop something that already
has been started" He referred to
the fact that work on the memorial
foundation was started recently and
that Congress last year appropriated
$500,00O for plans and for construc-
ton of the foundation. He indi-
Gated that work will be continued
despite the pleas of those who op-
posed the type and location of the
memorial, who have asked that fur
ther appropriations be held up pend
ing restudy of the design.
Chairman King of the Senate
District Committee, however, has
threatened to introduce a resolution
as soon as Congress convenes to
hold up construction if that can be
done without breaking any contracts
that may have been made with
building contractors.
Evening star., 1938-12-21
Wheat Will Be Sent
1oSpain 10 Relieve
Suffering
Commodities Corporation
To Ship 100000 Bushels
Monthly for Six Months
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Sumner Welles, Acting Secretary
of State, announced today the Sur
plus Commodities Corp. was pre-
pared to provide 100000 bushels Of
wheat monthly for the next six
months to relieve suffering and hu-
man misery in Spain.
The wheat will be turned over to
the American Red Cross. which now
is attempting to raise funds private
ly for processing it into flour at a
rate of 100000 barrels monthly.
Mr.. Welles said the State Depart
ment had received alarming reports
of starvation and disease among ci-
villains, particularly in Loyalist
Spain, and that the flour would
save many lives.
The Red Cross already has ship
ped $4,000 barrels of flour obtained
from the Surplus Commodities Corp.
to Spain on vessels belonging to
the Maritime Commission. The
commission also expected to give
free transport to the new contribu-
ton. Most of original 10000 bar
rels went to Loyalist Spain. where
the need was reported to be greater.
Mr.. Welles emphasized that the
flour would be sent wherever the
need was greatest, regardless of
whether the needy were Loyalists or
insurgents.
The State Department. in a for
NAL statement, suggested other
countries might take similar action
to prevent starvation in Spain.
The wheat to be sent to Spain
from the United States is being
bought by. the Surplus Commodities
Corp. under a program designed to
stabilize prices and expedite exports.
The corporations funds are obtained
from customs duties paid on goods
imported into the United States.
The corporation also buys many
other surplus farm commodities and
distributes them to relief families
in this country.
Evening star., 1938-12-21

Sc, Sunday. The party commences
at 10 am. and thousands of chill
dren will be provided with toys
candy. fruit and other Christmas
essentials for the little ones.
Prepare for Distributions.
The precinct stations are busy
preparing for the basket distrjbu-
ton Saturday. More than 5000
food baskets were given out last
year and hundreds of garments.
A great box full of beautiful toys
was given to the Christmas Cam
paign today by the members of the
Luncheon Club, group of women
who meet twice a month at the
Shoreham Hotel. Each member at
tending yesterdays luncheon took a
special gift to the luncheon table
and then turned them all over to
The Star. Among those in the group
were:
Mrs. Bryson Norris, Miss I.ucie
Spilman of Warrenton, Va: Mrs.
Hardin Arledge, Mrs. Eugene Cox,
Mrs. Edward Walton, Mrs. Michael
j. McInerney, Mrs. G. Mackenzie
Davidson, Mrs. Webster DaWley,
Mrs. c. A. zoller, jr.; Mrs. Will
liam B. Shearer. Mrs. Frederick
Richardson, Fairfax, Va; Mrs. Ed
gar Kiess, Mrs Owen Hydrick, Mrs
Ann Cureton, Mrs. Baldwin Spill
man, Warrenton; Mrs. William
Wimsatt, Miss Ann Graham, Mrs.
William Gruman, Mrs. Paul Peter,
Mrs. Neitah King, Mrs. A. Dennie
Lewis, Mrs. Lawrence Clayton, Mrs.
Lee Brite, Mrs. George Clarke and
Mrs. Rose Covington.
Evening star., 1938-12-21

The Commercial Travellers Guide
to Latin America, taking in the
east coast countries, 81 pages, is
sold by the Government for 20 cents.
Evening star., 1938-12-21

The Tavoy district Of Burma in
cludes one of the largest wolfram
producing areas in the world.
Evening star., 1938-12-21
| Radio Man Dies
In Mokeshift
| Electric
By the Associated Press.

SeDD~SA~sOA
CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-A makeshift
electric chair devised by John Hersh,
radio technician, was the letha]
weapon used to end his life.
Police Capt. Edward j. Kelly,
who said Hersh apparently COM
mitted suicide, found several notes
written by the victim, one of which
said he Vas respondent lover unre-
Quilted love"
Hersh, 80 years old, was found
dead in his workshop yesterday with
wires wrapped around his wrist and
ankle. The wires led to a trans
former which boosted the 110-volt
house current to 5000 volts.
His death was virtually identical
to that of Bertram Braucher, a
young college student, a year ago.
Both left warning signs directing
that the electricity be turned of be-
fore their bodies were touched.
Evening star., 1938-12-21
ADVERTISEMENT.
Perrnanents at 81
Local Shop Offer

Milady may be beautified, for
Christmas for $1.00-the lowest
price ever offered in Washington
for a permanent wave, two sham
poos, a haircut and a finger wave
Thursday and Friday, Decem-
ber % and %, at the Madora
Beauty Shop, on the second floor
of 619 F st. NV.
This beauty treatment is usually
priced at $3.50. Mrs. Helen Elliot,
proprietor of the shop, guaran-
tees excellent service by expert
beauticianS.
Evening star., 1938-12-21
= or More States
Plan 10 Consider
Wage-Hour Bills
Aid to Be Sought for
Workers Excluded
From U. S. Act
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
One OF fundamental purposes
OF 1Duge-hour latD 1UaS to i'm
proDe conditions OF loWest paid
classes OF ,UorkerS. Since Fed
eral Government has jurisdiction
only oUer interstate commerce,
present la1D is incomplete in sense
that it leaDeS great masses of
1Dorkers outside its scope. State
Udge-hour laWS presumably
Dould close these gaps.
Evening star., 1938-12-21
lPun-Americon
Road Completion
Predicted by '43
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LIMA. Peru, Dec. 21-The United
States Secretary of State of 1943
may be able to go to the next PAN
American Conference, at Bogota, by
automobile.
A large number of the delegates
to Lima are predicting a 10,O0O-mile
highway from New York to Buenos
Aires will be completed by then.
The Pan American highway now
runs $3.50 miles from the United
States Mexican border to point
where Panama connects with South
America, but only 1,265 miles is
usable all year.
Complete statistics are not avail
able for South America, but the
Bolivar highway presently links
Caracas, Bogota and Quito-cap-
itals of Venezuela, Colombia and
Ecuador.
Evening star., 1938-12-21
Hospital Attendant
Examination Announced

The Civil Service Commission
today announced an examination for
hospital attendant for the Veterans
Administration Facility and Public
Health Service here and the Public
Health Service in Alexandria. Ap-
plications are to be made not later
than December 20 at the Office of the
Fourth Civil Service District, GIG G
street NV, where details on the
tests are available. The pay ranges
from $500 to $1,32O.
Evening star., 1938-12-21
De La ROGUE Demands
DuIodier Disbund Reds
RI the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. 21.-Col. Francois de
Ia Rocque's extreme Rightist French
Social party demanded today that
Premier Daladier disband the Com
munist party in France, effect strict
regulation of foreigners and reform
the electoral system.
The party resolution threatened
otherwise to withhold from M
Daladier the support of its nine
Deputies in the chamber NJ Dala-
dier had a majority of "a in the lat
est parliamentary test.
Evening star., 1938-12-21
Mon. 125. Muy Broadcast

Senau, aged between 125 and 40
and believed to be the oldest man
In the world, may broadcast his
experiences. A delegation, includ-
ing technical members of the South
African Broadcasting Corp, visited
him at his home IN Bechuanaland
and heard him tell of his early days
as a warrior. Senau probably will
broadcast from Mafeking.
Evening star., 1938-12-21

BY the Associated Press.
A widespread effort will be made
IN State Legislatures this winter to
put a floor under wages and a CELL
Ing over hours of millions of work.
ers excluded from the Federal
Wage-Hour Act.
Information available to Labor
Department officials indicated today
that State wage-hour bills will be
proposed to at least 25 Legislatures.
In some States it is expected that
little more will be done than the
gesture of introducing a bill, but in
others, notably New York and North
Carolina, there is expected to be a
determined fight for passage.
The Federal law covers only work.
ers IN industries which engage in
interstate commerce. 1t does not
apply to employees of retail estab-
Ashments, such as grocery stores
and gasoline stations, and in serv-
Ice enterprises, such as hotels and
laundries. These would be subject
to State laws.
Suggested Bill Drafted.
A suggested State wage-hour bill
was drafted by State labor execu-
tlves meeting here last month. In
general provisions it follows closely
the Federal statute, but leaves
blanks for maximum hours and
wage minima. Each State thus
could set It's own standards.
States which have asked for in
formation on the model bill are Ala
bama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado,
Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Maine, MARYLAND.
Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Okla
homa. Oregon, Pennsylvania. South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West
Virginia and Wyoming.
Seventeen other States have Leg
islatures meeting in January. Flor
tda's lawmakers convene in April.
Officials say pressure for enact
ment of State laws is coming chiefly
from two sourceS-labor unions and
interstate industries subject to the
Federal law. The latter have to
compete with intrastate industries
that are not subject to it.
Small Merchants Concerned.
Small merchants, many of whom
operate family" stores employing
only relatives, are most concerned
over the effects of State wage-hour
legislation, since a part of their
ability to compete with larger enter
prises rests on their unrestricted use
of family" labor.
No State now has wage-hour
act comparable to the Federal law.
About 25 have a minimum wage law
for women, but in most cases these
merely create a Women's wage board
and delegate to it authority to fix
basic rates.
Under the proposed model wage
hour bill minimum rates would be
fixed by law and industrial wage
boards would be set up to revise
these upward as circumstances IN
various industries warranted.
Most officials who have been fol-
lowing State developments closely
say it will be three or four years
before the bill is generally adopted.
Meanwhile Elmer F. Andrews, Fed
eral wage-hour administrator, plans
to seek voluntary compliance of
intrastate business men with provis-
ions of the Federal act.