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Evening star., 1938-10-17
Life Insurance
Sales in Month
BeIO,U Year Il go
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. .17.-New life in
surance for September amounted to
$519,932 GOO decrease of 1875 per cent
from the September, 1887, production
the Association OF Life Insurance
Presidents announced.
Each month this year has shown a
drop from the comparable period OF
1887. For the nine months the b,lsi-
ness written totaled $5,284, III, ,000
against $6,S45, FOL 900 for, the like
period of last year, a decrease Of 22.e
per cent.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
DECLINE IN STEEL
0PERAT|ONSSEEN
Institute Reveals Activity
This Week to Drop to
49.4 Per Cent. :

BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-operations
In the steel industry for the current
week will decline points to 4s.4 per
cent of capacity, compared with STA
per cent in the preceding week, the
American Iron 81 Steel Institute esti-
mated today. ,a
A month ago operations were at
the rate Of 47.3 per cent of capacity
while q year ago they were $50 per
cent. e..
CLEVELAND, Oct. II R.-Headed
by the automotive industry, the upward
tendency in finished steel consumption
last week boosted the national steel
making rate 8 points to Sis per cent,
a high for the year.. the magazine
Steel said today.
Prospects for steady or heavier
steel requirements OF leading users the
Evening star., 1938-10-17
U. S. TREASURY POSITION.
BY the Associated Press

The position of the Treasury October
IA Receipts. S5.756 61a.16; expenditures,
S22,157, ,s2oS5; net balance. So 2.S20.345.- =
41Os6, including S2215. . 70. .als.61 work.
ing balance; customs receipts for the
month. 1862. 547 80.
II. 81 $50 1855 O37.O1 expenditures, s.
1854 735. .321.11. including SS05 720, l 109 80
of emergency expenditures; excess of ex-
penditures, S90S 9S0,2S4 .64: gross debt.
S3s, ,429. 1913 207.9 80 an increase of S315.-
3O1 OF above the previous day; gold assets,
Sl3,964, ,575 930.52.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
BAYUK CIGARS NETS
$908,O38 IN 8 MONTHS
BY the Associated Press.

BY TIE Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17-Bayuk Cigars,
Inc, with. distributing facilities In
leading cities, reported for, nine
months ended September 30 net profit
Of $908,038, equal to $2.08 a share on
the common stock.
This compared with $707,324, or
$l.54 share in the like period of 1887.
Net profit In the September quarter
was S434,747. equal 10 $l.03 a share,
compared with $3l4.u9, or II cents a
year ago.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
I'm glad my old man
came. to America"

LIVERY TIME | look at the papers
l thank my stars the old man pulled
up stakes and came to America be-
fore | was born. -.
1T isn't only that we're long
way from that whole European
scramble. It's that Uncle Sans
country is a lot better and pleasanter
place to work, and live, and raise
a family in.
"The average fellow gets whack
at more of the good things of lite
over here, and see proof Of it every
Evening star., 1938-10-17

then. That's close to tvice as much
as you pay now without taxes :.
And you're getting a whale of a lot
better gasoline now, too.
1T seems to me it's always been
the idea in this country to make
things better and cheaper so they can
be spread around among more people
and that idea is still going strong!
'I'm glad my old man came to
America. And I'm glad this is going
to be an even better country for my
kids to grow up in
Evening star., 1938-10-17
COLLEGIANS INCREASE.

NEW YORK, Oct. II Especially -
America has about 7.400 college stlu-
dents per 100000 population. accord
ing to an educational survey. In 1900
the ratio was approximately !, 400 COL
legians per 100000.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
MONEY MARKET.

steady. l per cent all day Prime CONNER
cial paper. ss-94 per cent. Time loans
steady 5000 days ! l.: As months. l "a
per cent Bankers acceptances unchanged.
5000 days. III. per cent: months,
1s-l2 per cent; Sc months. Sal. per
cent Rediscount rate. New York Reserve
Bank, l per cent.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
WINE CONSUMPTION LOW.

Statistics reveal that Americas wine
consumption last year was about
quarts per person. This is only per-
cent of the per capita wine con.
sumption of France, where the average
is As gallons per person annually.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
NEW YORK BAR SILVER.

NEW YORK Oct. II P.-Bar silver,
4csA. UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
CRUDE OIL PRICES.

TUBA. Okla. Oct II P.-Base crude
Kansas. gravity scale. go to 1.10: North,
North Central and West Central Texas.
gravity scale. 76 to l 90: East Texas. 1.10.
West Texas tPermian Basin). gravity
scale. 66 to 95. North Louisiana -ArkansaS
gravity scale. 70 to .02. Rocky Mountain
area-ealt Creek. Wyo gravity scale. SO
to / 10.
> Eastern area - Pennsylvania grade
Bradford -Alleghany) 1.6s: same grade
In Southwest Pennsylvania lines. 1.34
Aame grade in Eureka lines l.2s; same
Grade in Buckeye lines. LIS; Corn
ing. 1.07 .
Used machinery from America Is
TO- be installed in q new steel plant
in Athens, Greece.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
Washington Exchange
SALES.

SALES.
Capital Transit Co.'S at 8, 25 at g.
Potomac Electric Power So pfd-5
at 1854.
Mergenthaler Linotype-l0 at 26.
Bid and Asked Prices.
Evening star., 1938-10-17

A motor highway from South Africa
to London is being considered.
Evening star., 1938-10-17

+Plus extras e2ra extra f2izcs ex-
ira h15c extra gS14 extra paid No
ver,ber 80, ] a}i SOC extra m So extra.
o soc paid September 20 1888.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
FIELD OF 8 CRAFT
IN GOLD CUP RACE
Mendelson Is Using a New Boat
for Defense of Trophy at
Detroit Tomorrow,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, Sept. 3.-The field of the
Gold Cup, the countrys leading motor
boat racing classic. which will be run
on the Detroit River here tomorrow
afternoon, has reached a total OF eight
starters, the Detroit Gold Cup Com
mittee today announced.
Dan Arena Of Oakland, Calf. rep
resenting the California Speedboat AS
sociation. has added his Miss Golden
Gate to the entry list, and James w.
Anderson of Louisville. KY, has en-
tered his Warnie under the colors of
the National Inboard Association.
The other entrants are Herbert L.
Mendelson. defending champion. of the
Detroit Yacht Club: Horace E. Dodge,
also of Detroit, with two boats, Del
phine TX. flying the D. Y. C. burgee,
and new racer, Pardonnez- Moi. en-
tered under the name of the Dodge
Bros. Dealers Association: Zalmon
Simmons of Greenwich. Conn; E. A.
Wilson. 1ngersoll, Ontario, and Count
Theo Rossi of Italy
Mendelson will defend the trophy
with new Notre Dame piloted by
Clell Perry of Algonac, Mich. Sim
mons and Wilson also have new Gold
Cup boats ready for the three 30
mile championship heats Monday
afternoon. Arno APPEL of Atlantic CITY,
N. j., will be at the wheel of Sim
mons My Sin. entered under the
colors of the Absecon Island Yacht
Club, and Wilson's son Harold will
drive his new Miss Canada III, repre-
senting the Mustoka Lakes Associa-
ton
Count Rossi, who arrived in this
country Wednesday, will pilot his H.
litre record holding Alagi.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
0UTBOARD DRIVERS
SCATTER IN MEETS
Series of Events for National
Glass Crowns to Be Held
Early in September.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3-America' s
top flight outboard motor boat drivers
are spreading out on four fronts for
the start of their annual series for
| national class crowns that will come
with the running of the Tenth National
Cupboard Championships regatta on
the Tennessee River at Chattanooga,
September II and 18
Starting at Chicago tomorrow with
the Centrals, divisional eliminations
Will be held in every section of the
country as the preliminary tests in the
national titular series. Amateur and
professional winners in all four of the
recognized speed classes, A. B C and
F, automatically will qualify for the
nationals net month
PACING Coast pilots will battle for
the right to compete at Chattanooga
in the Western divisionals at Harri-
son Lake. British Columbia on August
II and %. This will be the first
American championship outboard
meet ever staged outside the United
States.
Brownwood. Tex. will be the scene
OF the Southern divisionals on Sep
tember 4 and 5, and the East's Sec
tional dispute will be settled on the
Schuylkill at Philadelphia, September
and 10.
The National Cupboard Chamnion-
ships will be staged at Chattanooga
in connection with the National
Chickamauga Celebration from Sep
tember 16 to 25. Competitive events
will be run of Saturday and Sunday
September II and 18. and 1-mile
! speed trials will be conducted on Mon
day, September 19.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
HARNESS HEADLINER
TO GAYLEMAkINNIE
Only Favorite to Score on Last
Day of Grand Circuit Meet
at New York Fair.

6y tnS ASSOClkteQ FIeSS.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept 3.-Gayle-
makinnie, owned by c. H. Bowen Of
Columbus. Ohio and, driven by Harry
Short. won the $1,000 Hilton Stake,
feature event OF the closing day of
the Grand Circuit meeting at the New
York State Fair today, taking all three
heats with little opposition. The
brown gelding was the only favorite
to win on the getaway program.
Jimmy Fleming. 22-year-old son Of
the veteran Vic Fleming, scored the
first upset, when he won the second
and third heats of the 2:13 to 2:l6
trot with Jefferson, owned by U. O.
Webb of Edwards, N. Y. jefferson,
third choice in the five-horse field
lost to Cotter, owned by Stanley B.
johnson of Newburgh, N. Y, in the
opening heat.
Another surprise came when Mar
garet Siskiyou, owned and driven by
R. P. Latham, won the first two heats
and first money in the $500 classified
pace, although the early winner, Maud
Hanover. from. the stable Of r. A.
Jewell, Fairfield, Me, took the final
heat.
Atlantic McElwyn, from the Good
Time Stable, Goshen, N. Y, closed the
meeting by winning the $500 CLASH
fed trot.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
WARN|E SWEEPS
HEATS IN REGATTA
Boat Being Tuned for Gold
Cup Trial Speeds Nearly
Mile Per Minute.
BY DAVID ]. WILKIE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

DETROIT, Sept. "a small, ma
hogany -hulled speedboat whose owner,
James Warnie Anderson Of Louis
vile. KY. hopes to qualify it for the
Gold Cup race here on Monday.
showed a group Of TBS cubic inch
displacement hydroplanes the way
around the course three times today,
to score an easy victory in the fea-
ture event OF the opening days
regatta program.
Anderson drove his Warnie, 19-foot
craft. powered with an eight-cylinder
Hispano-Suiza engine, at a speed that
ranged from 59.905 miles an hour in
the first six-mile heat to 588 the
third time around In the second heat
he averaged 59424 miles an hour.
The race was almost entirely a
Louisville affair. In the first heat
Anderson, with James Vetter as
riding mechanic. beat Why Worry,
driven by Bill Cantrell, with M J,
Cooper's Hermes third In the second
and third heats. Hermes finished
second and Why Worry third.
Pin Brain Catches Fire.
Others in the 725 class race were
Who Cares Of Jeffersonville. Ind:
Miss Trailmobile. owned by Joe
Brown of Louisville. and Pin Brain,
entered by c. L. wilkinson, IT., of
Louisville.
Pin Brain, which finished sixth in
the first heat and fifth in the second,
caught 11re half through the final
heat. but her pilot. Wilkinson, and
his mechanic. Pred Jockell, jr, es-
capped unhurt after ripping off part
OF her hatch covers to use fire
extinguishers.
Miss Golden Gate, which the youth
full Dan Arena of Oakland. Calf, had
nominated for the 725 race. was with
drawn before the event started
Arena said he considered the water
too rough. Arena has qualified his
craft for Mondays gold cup event
The other event on todays program
was a threeheat affair over the 6-mile
course for craft in the 225-cubic- inch
classification. 1t was an easy job
for Don Campbell in the Kay Jay Of
Cincinnati Campbell brought the
white and mahogany hulled craft in
ahead in each of three heats.
Scram Falls Far Back.
In each heat he beat Bus Harris.
also of Cincinnati, plotting Scram
Campbell attained speed of 588
miles an hour in the first heat, 5l.759
in the second, and 5l672 in the final
heat. Scram gave Kay Jay race in
the first two heats, but finished nearly
a mile behind in the final time around
the course off the Detroit Yacht Club
pier Others in the 225 event were
Frantic. driven by Noble Lanier of
Bowling Green. Ky; Shppy II Of
Toronto. and the Jan. Bubbles and
Fit Of Detroit
Tomorrows program is given over to
cruiser races. most of them from the
Detroit area. Three hydroplanes
nominated for the Gold Cup-Warnie,
Horace E. Dodge's Excuse Me, and
Zalmon G. Simmons My Sin-prob-
ably will make their qualifying trials
tomorrow They are required to do
IS miles an hour over a straightaway
mile to get into the North American
championship classic.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
COOK AND JOHNSON
TOP PLUG CASTERS
Youngster Four Points Short Of
Perfect in Tuning Up for
D. C. Championships.

Between showers yesterday mem
bers Of the National Capital Casting
Club found time to cast two weekly
practice events, the three -eighths and
five-eighths plugs, in preparation for
the District championships next
month at the Lincoln Memorial Pool.
George Cook, District all-around
casting champion, was high in the
three -eighths event. scoring a 90. JAY
Reed was second with 80. Other high
scores were Ben Dement,. 80; Lou
Gramlich, SO. and George Votava, rs.
Seventeen-year-old Chuck johnson
missed only points in casting a 96
to take the five-eighths competition.
Reed placed second again. this time
with a 95. Others were Dement,. 90;
Gramlich, 90, and Jerome Feasted, 81.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
CAPITAL REGATTA
ENDS BIG SEASON
Heavy September Schedule
for Speedboats Precedes
Presidents Cup Race.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3-September' S
racing schedule, one of the heaviest
on record, will wind up the 1888 motor
boat regatta season in blaze of glory
with championship contests scattered
all over the Eastern front.
From today until the curtain is
rung down on the years racing &C
tivlties at Washington, D. c., on
September 25. the month is crowded
with titular regattas.
Heavy Week End Program.
More than Is different events are
being run off throughout the country
over the current week end and Labor
Day. Featured in the East are the
Gold Cup at Detroit and annual fix
lures at Pittsburgh. Pa, and Stone
Harbor, Atlantic City and Ocean City,
N. J.
Next week will find the Eastern
seaboards contingent of crack out
board drivers gathered at Philade-
phla for the annual divisional cham
plonships, This titular trail will lead
to the Nationals at Chattanooga,
Tenn, on September II and l8 when
sectional winners from all over Amer
lca Will battle it out for the premier
class honors of the year.
Season Finale Here.
The seasons finale, fittingly, will
be staged on the Potomac at Wash
lngton, with the running of the
Presidents Cup carnival. The Amer
lean speedboat championship and
national 225-cubic-inch titular races
are billed on the Potomac program
that will include contests for almost
every type of inboard and outboard
craft, spread out over three DAYS of
competition September %, "a and Is.
Other regattas on the schedule in
clude those at Baltimore. Md, and
Quebec, Canada, on September 10
and H.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

Wnefe 70 OF the world S outstanding
anglers gathered for the matches.
They all flshed hard and to the best
of their ability, and the Cubans de-
served to win.
They were strangers in strange
waters, but they covered every
Inch Of the harbor hunting fish.
How we'll they did this was proved
on the last and deciding day But
three tuna were taken that day, and
the Cubans had two of them. A more
dramatic finish is hard to imagine
When the closing gun sounded and all
but three boats were at the docks. no
fish had been brought in and it looked
as thought the Americans, with their
half-point lead on the first day, would
win. But up the bay came Julio
Sanchez. captain of the Cubans, ana
in his boat was lone tuna.
One Fish Decides Title.
1t looked as though that cinched it
for the islanders. but shortly after
ward Walter McDonough, big East
Orange IN - angler. pulled in, and
he too had a fish That changed the
complexion of things. and for the
moment the United States was lead
ing. But far down the bay was An
tonic Anguilera, a Cornell graduate
whose allegiance was with Cuba, and
you could feel strain of excitement
sweeping the dock as We wondered
whether he had anything.
He seemed a long time arriv-
ing, but when he did, 1t was
with the fish that gave Cuba
the championship.
He had seen Sanchez pick his tuna
out of a school. and he cruised around
for An hour hunting that school, and
it was this perseverance that won the
cup.
The Americans were better that
their second-place spot would indi-
cate In all, they boated 18 tuna,
while Cuba totaled II and the Brit
ish 2. But they got Is of them on
the first day when they took the three
points.
Notes and Comment.
Paul Townsend of Washington easily
was the most popular member of the
United States outfit, and was elected
captain. The day after the tourney
ended he fished at Wedgeport with
Ben Crownshield, another member Of
the American team, and watched Ben
boat 650-pounder.
Among the big game anglers who
were present at Liverpool for the
matches were Mrs. S. Kip harrington,
Van Campen Heilner, Lynn Bogue
Hunt, Alton B Sharp, J. Ross Byrne
and Julian Crandall.
Members of the press had the best
time of all We were given every IA
cility for coverage, and the press boat
was the palatial 90-foot schooner
yacht Awenishe of Col. c. H. l.. Jones.
president Of the Liverpool Tuna Cluo
and commodore of the Yacht Club.
Capt. Bill Hatch of Miami.
coach of the American team,
was responsible for the fine
showing made on the first day.
Bill is the inventor of strip bait, and
he stayed up all night cutting it for
the Americans Use the next day.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

They never had heard Of 1t before up
there and the flsh went for it In q
big way.
Julio Sanchez the Cuban captain.
had sweet fishing outfit. His rod
was a 23-ounce laminated tip, q GUS
tom-built Job made especially for the
tuna tournament by Tycoon of
Miami.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

Local sailors. with the conclusion OF
Presidents Cup Regatta, open their
fall series OF six races under the Po-
tomac River Sailing Association on
October 2. One Of these Sunday
events will be for the Commodore &
Cup, a race Cancelled from the spring
series, while another Is scheduled for
Alexandria.
Regatta Tank Meet Booms.
r. Aubrey Bogley. chairman OF the
aquatic sports division of the p. c. r.,
is predicting the biggest swimming
show on the night of September %,
since this sport was given a place on
the regatta program.
There's every assurance Of
good turnout at the Shoreham
pool Of the best swimmers in the
East as we'll rs topnotchers from
Washington and nearby.
On the distaf1 side. Dorothy Forbes,
backstroke record holder, heads a list
OF feminine stars that includes IT,
year-old Dorothy Evans, Middle At
lantic champion, and Prinz Neufa from
the South Atlantic division.
Events for mermaids are 10O-yard
free style, l00-yard breaststroke, 100
yard backstroke and l5O-yard indi-
vidual medley relay For the men
there are 100-yard free style, 10O-yard
breaststroke. l00-yard backstroke,
3oO-yard medley relay, 5o-yard free
style for boys under /! and diving.
Dinghy Sailors Reawaken.
Many shippers, back from a season
on the bay, have revived that discus
sion which began early last spring on
possibilities Of starting frostbite dinghy
sailing this fall and winter. When
normally yachtsmen are staying close
by the warm hearth buried in volumes
of Callahan. Curry and Robinson, these
sailing enthusiasts would be out in
Washington Channel bundled in par
kas and mittens racing in little boats
scarcely large enough to carry q
Dutch oven
Several dinghies, neither Of them OF
a one-design class, are under con-
struction now II the boys can't get
together on single class, perhaps
Paul Tomalin can devise q frost-proof
handicap. With the Georgetown Uni
versity dinghy sailors setting the pace
last year, there is every possibility
that the Washington Fristbite League
may become a reality.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

1oWd dIIu bCC CVClSCt AiuALo AkS1Ak Viz
farmland regions of North Carolina.
In any case these boys. who take
their feuding af1oat, will race a single
heat in hydroplanes. probably 225's,
equipped with short-wave facilities.
Both announcers. wearing specially
describe the race from their boats
AS far as any one knows, this is the
first time that race ever has been
broadcast from speeding boat.
Canoeists Hold Regatta.
Closing successful racing season
both at home and abroad, Washington
Canoe Club will stage regatta for
members this afternoon from 2 until 7.
There will be six events in the regula-
ton racing canoes. each race inter-
spersed with comedy events which
usually find the majority of paddlers
ending up on the deep side.
A half-mile course in front Of
the club will be the scene. The
day concludes with refreshments
and a dance.
For the racing clan on Chesapeake
Bay, the season is far from ended.
This week end in addition to the re-
eatta on West River. the tenth annual
Cedar Point event, the long race from
Gibson Island down to the mouth of
the Patuxent River and return. is we'll
under way. A large fleet of cruising
and racing craft received the gun yes
terday afternoon and the majority OF
the yachts should be in by this eve
ming. Next week Maryland Yacht
Club stages its annual regatta. with
races for both the large fellows as well
as the small fry.
Gibson Island Yacht SQUADRON
sponsors on September II and 18
three-race series to decide the cham
pion of 6meter class sloops on the
bay
The following week end, Glib
son Island yachtsmen hold their
annual fall rendezvous across
the Chesapeake on Chester
River.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
QUINT0S TOP GOLFER

A group of golfers played at East
Potomac Park yesterday for the East
ern Philippine championship C. C.
Quintos of Chicago was the winner,
with low net of 1877 for the 27 holes.
With F. NJ Revita he also won the
team championship. The Washing
ton team. composed of F.. Calabia and
U. A. Zafra, was second.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
SEEK COLORED TITLES
Four Baseball, AS Many Softball
Teams in City Series.

Teams in City Series.
The four top-making colored base
ball and softball teams in the Dis
trict will open roundrobin elimi-
nation tournament for the local cham
pionships today at Norbeck, Md,
three miles this side of Olney.
The series will be held every Sun
day this month and will end early in
October Cash prizes and trophies
will be given the winners. One de-
feat eliminates a team
The outfits competing, selected by
the Washington Tribune, are: Base
ball-Myrtle A. c., st. Cyprian, Wash
ington Black Sox and the Columbia
A. c.; softball-Langston Terrace ALL
Stars, Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, Banneker Giants and Lincoln
Playground. Today's games. starting
at 1:30: St Cyprian VS.. Myrtles, Lin
coin Playground VS.. Bureau of En-
craving and Printing.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
SWIMS AT BOYS CLUB

Competitions for Four Glasses
Scheduled This Week.
Swimming meets for the Boys Club
Of Washington championships will be
held this week at the club pool, with
competition open to all members.
Each boy may enter but three events
and trophy will 60 to the high point
scorer
Qualifying time trials will be held
Tuesday and those making the five
fastest times will 60 on to the finals.
The midget and junior divisions will
have their meets on Thursday. with
the intermediate and senior classes
competing on the following day.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
Rod and Stream
BY GEORGE z. HUBER.
September 4, 1889

Another fishing fishing championship
of the world
Sharp Trophy which
Cuba 52 United
humo
Evening star., 1938-09-04
RACE AT BEAR MOUNTAIN.

Colonial Yacht Club of New York
has scheduled revival of the Bear
Mountain cruiser race on the Hudson
River next Sunday.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER.

Roscoe H. Prior of Boston, Mass,
has been appointed to membership
on the Water Front Improvements
Committee of the American Power
Boat Association.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
FORE AND AFT

Lest be Of the opinion that those two local B. C.
will the first radio speedboat history
the Potomac River September %
the Presidents Cup Regatta not qualified
that great home States should
ability wide open spaces of