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Evening star., 1938-05-04
U. S. DEFICIT RISES
TO $1,27o,67o,7o7
Both Federal Expenditures and
Receipts for 10 Months Are
Ahead of Year Ago.

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal deficit mounted to
$l,270, $40. TOT in the first 10 months
of the fiscal year, the Treasury re-
ported yesterday as compared with $2,-
154 ,685, ,287 for the same period of
the previous fiscal year.
Budget estimates indicate the ex-
cess Of expenditures over income will
rise to $1,544, ,0O0, 900 in the remain
ing two months
Both expenditures and receipts have
run steadily ahead of last year. Ex-
penditures in the 10 months period Of
the present fiscal year totaled So
1862 2.987,637. compared with $6,246,-
183,898 in the similar period last year.
Receipts totaled 5000, ,316,93O in the
10 months, compared with $4.091,-
498.610 in the corresponding period
last year. ...
The Federal debt on April 30, was
37,509. .946,998. an increase Of ST.
O85 ,333, ,266 for the 10 months. It had
decreased $46,355,156 since the first
Of April due to the spending Of de-
sterilized gold.
Evening star., 1938-05-04

price. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
premium" beers .. and yet, you dom have
to pay premium" prices for Gunther's! 1t
doesn't cost you cent more than regular
beer! If Gunther's was shipped all over the
country, we'd have to charge high prices,
too! But it isn't; SO many thousands of beer
drinkers right here in the home market
drink Gunther's that they consume almost
as much as we make!
The next time you order beer, join the
thousands that are switching to Gunther's
every day. You will find it flowing freely
over the bar at your favorite tavern, or
your dealer will deliver a case of the at
tractive new cans or steinie bottles. Justtele-
phone him. Serve Gunther's, and know
the pleasure of real beer drinkers beer
-. Gunther's Dry Berry Beer!
Gunther Brewing Co., Inc, Baltimore, Md.
Evening star., 1938-05-04
ALEXANDRIA BUILDING
SHOWS BIG INCREASE

Building operations in Alexandra,
Va, in April nearly doubled the pre-
vious months construction, the. report
Of Building Inspector A. r.. Lash
showed today.
His report listed total building opera
tions during last month amounting to
$283.130 and for March, $145.092.
Aprils building activity also shows an
increase over April, 1887, the total Of
which was $2l1,584.
Building activities during the last
month consisted of 20 permits issued
for one-family dwellings Of q total
value Of $17s,0l0; three two-family
dwellings. $2o.520; i've private garages.
q. 400; one four-family apartment and
stores, s$29 $50: four multiple dwellings,
$11,760; one church, $25,850, and re-
pairs and alterations 'totaling SIG, $50.
Evening star., 1938-05-04
Figures
What They Mean,
BY A. A. PATTON.
Associated RrAsa 0fafiGficiaH-

NEW YORK, May THE now Of
domestic goods into foreign trade
channels has been maintained at q
comparatively high level in recent
months, while imports have slumped.
Onicial figures for March, for in
stance, place exports At $271 ,000, 900,
an increase of per cent over the
same month a year ago. The $173,-
000, 900 worth Of merchandise brought
through customs, on the other hand,
was a per cent less than In 1897.
A year ago imports topped exports
by $44;000,000 this year they Jagged
by roundly 100000. 900.
The well-maintained volume of
shipments from farms and factories
in this country to markets abroad re-
suited largely from armament DE-.
mand for aircraft, trucks, automo-
biles and machinery, and exports of
grains carried over from last years
bumper harvest.
Exclusive Of the increase chalked
up in these two categories, exports
declined moderately from March,
1887, figures. Cotton, for instance, q
very important item in our export
trade, registered a substantial decline
Imports were cut in part by the
recession that slashed demand for
many commodities and finished goods,
and in part by the reversion Of this
country to its old place as an ex-
porter rather than an importer Of
grain.
Although every major import classi-
fication dipped from March to March,
the widest drops occurred in wheat,
corn and other food items, which ac-
counted for approximately one-third
of the entire decline. Purchases
abroad last year under this heading
were abnormal. stimulated by Short
ages resulting from the 1886 drought.
The big slump this year, therefore.
merely returns imports to their nor
NAL level, in the opinion OF foreign
trade experts.
Imports Of cotton yard-goods were
next in line among the hard-hit
groups. This reflected the severe de-
preston in textile lines that followed
the over-stuffed inventory positions
| built up last year.
How much longer the high level
of exports can be maintained without
an improvement in imports is q ques-
ton some exporters find difficult to
answer. Some contend any merchan-
disc foreigners buy here must in the
final analysis be paid for either in
kind or by gold.
Although gold has been flowing into
the Treasury steadily throughout the
past few months, our hoard is so
large-well over half the worlds to-
tal-other nations find it difficult to
send the yellow metal in substantial
amounts to pay their bills.
On the other hand, the export
groups showing substantial gains over
last year are concerned primarily with
military preparedness. Therefore,
with rearmament the keynote of Euro
pean activities. it is regarded as log
ical that . large demand will con-
tinue for manufactured and raw ma
terials essential to armament build
ing.
Evening star., 1938-05-04
MACHINERY TRADE
CONTINUES TOLAG
Sentiment Droops, With No
Immediate Rise in
Prospect.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Epec1al Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May Sentiment in
the metal-working industries has
dropped q bit. No immediate i'm
provement is looked for and most COM
panies are putting their faith In fall
upturn. In fact, several important
concerns have asked employees to COM
plete vacations by August because
expanded operations are expected
then. Machinery builders continue to
derive their major support from for
eign armament programs. Some firms
with export orders are booked ahead
for many months. Poor domestic sales,
however, drag down badly averaged
operations for the industry.
Agricultural implement and tractor
makers are going well, but signs Of a
seasonal tapering are apparent. Steel
operations at 30.7 per cent reflect a
drop in sales from the March total.
Motor car companies, resigned to a
spring sales season far below normal,
are concentrating attention on devel-
oping 1899 models. An unusually long
summer shutdown for retooling looms.
Hope Of much railroad buying this
year, raised by pending R. F. c. loans.
appears to be fading The electrical
business is improving somewhat.
though utility purchases continue
slow. Engineering construction awards,
bolstered by public works programs,
promise substantial work in the COM
ing months Business Weeks index of
business activity is at 58.1, compared
With 59.1 a month ago.
Foreign Orders Help.
In New England. thanks to pur-
chases by Britain, Japan and Russia
and to business placed by Ford, ma
chinery orders in April held at the
March level. One dealer reports the
best volume since last June. Provi-
dence, r. l., trade schools have bought
almost 100 light machine tools costing
$4,000. Scattered inquiries come from
Evening star., 1938-05-04
Early American Banking.

In the country's early days banking
was almost a nightmarish business,
. banks usual capital consisting
merely Of notes. A Rhode Island
bank, for instance. founded in 1904
on a capital Of s1,000,0O0, had only
some $4,000 ever paid in. and of. this
the directors withdrew what they paid
in,. leaving $1,000. Then, some one
bought out most Of the directors for
$1,000 each, paid out Of the banks
deposits, and proceeded to borrow
$750.000 himself out Of the funds left.
When the bank failed it had actually
1885 in cash, with an unknown
amount of bills out!
Evening star., 1938-05-04


the Newport Torpedo Station and
Springfield ar1nory. Makers Of street
and industrial lighting equipment re-
port improved business: public insti-
tutions are buying . wide range OF
electrical apparatus. General indus
trial production continues subnormal.
At San Francisco Industrial oper-
ations are down only is per cent from
last year, with aircraft and petroleum
industries holding equal to or exceed
ing last years production. Continued
improvement in the building industry,
with permit values at highest level
since last July, is q bright spot. What
had been hoped to be an upturn In
machinery orders early in April has
actually been q leveling- on Of. the
decline. -,s -..s
At CinAnnati mixed reports come
from local machine tool builders. some
of whom are busy on foreign orders.
The majority. however, say that sales
for export have tapered recently and
domestic buying Is not encouraging.
Most companies are pinning their
hopes on a fall pickup. There Is
slight Improvement in. the supply
trade.
Implement Output Drops.
At Chicago implement and tractor
production, though still strong. is
starting to slip. Small agricultural
tractors continue to do well. but large
industrial tractors are selling slowly.
Electrical apparatus makers are cut
ting operations. Steel rate is down
again, though wire mills are at so
per cent and tin plate mills at so per
cent. Only railroad sheet steel buying
has been alloy stock for lightweight
cars. Sales of farm fence in the first
quarter were almost equal to year
ago. Chicago surface lines have
dropped 500 extra trainmen, this being
the first serious layoff since 1880.
Some machinery dealers say that April
sales were slightly greater than the
March volume.
At Pittsburgh the steel market is
apathetic, with operations at 30.7 per
cent, or points less than the March
top. Most current orders are coming
from miscellaneous sources. Local in
dustrial production is at 56.7, COM
pared with 59.3 the middle of April,
according to the Bureau Of Business
Research, University of Pittsburgh. A
large steel company has instructed
all employees to complete vacations by
early summer, believing activities may
expand in August. Sales of large
standard machine tools made April
the best month Of the year for some
dealers, but the first quarter was far
below the same quarter of 1887.
Evening star., 1938-05-04
BUILDING RATE
REVVES SHARPLY
March Gain Is Disclosed,
but Conditions Remain
Unfavorab|e.
opecisl Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK. May 4.-Building
activity in March showed a sharp up
turn from the low rate In February, ac-
cording to the Alexander Hamilton In
stitute. While expansion Is usual in
the spring. the increase this year ex-
ceded the normal seasonal gain. Con-
tracts awarded in the field Of private
enterprise in March were TAG per
cent greater than in February, as COM
pared with an average increase of
465 per cent in the last l3 years.
Residential building showed a rela-
lively greater rise than non-residential
work, but both classes registered sub
stantial increases.
This expansion, however, failed to
lift the rate of activity to the level Of
. year ago. As compared with the
volume in March last year, residential
contracts were 17.2 per cent smaller,
non-residential contracts were cur
tailed 2l.6 per cent and total contracts
showed q decrease of 1910 per cent.
At the same time, the unfavorable
spread in March was less than in the
first two months of the year. This is
shown by the fact that total contracts
awarded in the first quarter were 30.9
per cent smaller than in the cores
ponding period of last year.
The expansion of construction
operations in March, however, cannot
be taken to indicate the beginning of
. building revival. While the report
for April may show some further ex.
pansion as the result of seasonal in
fluences, the prospect is that the situa-
ton will be subsequently featured by
renewed curtailment. Fundamental
conditions are too unfavorable to pro-
vide grounds for believing that the
annual volume of building this year
can be maintained above the depres-
sion area.
The downward trend Of rents was
extended in March with the index,
based on 1926 as 100, declining to
1854 from 86.7 in February and the
recovery peak of 1871 last October. A
further reduction of rents is in pros
pect in view of the fact that commodity
prices are below the rent level and
commodity prices are still declining.
In the face of declining rents, building
Is neither in position to stage re-
vival nor in position to resist cur
tailment in view of the high level OF
construction costs.S 49,.
The cost index in March was 1896
as compared with the rent index of
1854. While the trend of costs turned
downward last October, the index in
March was only slightly below the
recovery peak Of 1858 in September
and costs have recently shown a tend
ency to resist q further decline. In
fact, q preliminary estimate for April
indicates rise in costs, with wage
rates for skilled labor up to the highest
level on record, with wage rates for
common labor again increasing after
only slight setback. and with firm
ing up Of building material prices.
Evening star., 1938-05-04
HARDWARE SALES
CLIMB IN MARCH
Increase Of 41 Per Cent
Over February Levels
Is Disclosed.
ept ciai Dispatch to The Star.

epe eiai Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK CITY. Msy 4.-Inde-
pendent retail hardware store sales
for 1887 stores in 23 States showed
an average increase Of 4l.0 per cent in
March - compared with the volume
for the same stores in February Of this
year, Hardware Age will say, tomor-
row, in its emi-monthly market sum-
mary.
Reports from 81 stores in Montana
indicate an average increase of 8l.d
per cent. Other high average per-
centages Of improvement, comparing
March, 1898, with figures for Feb
ruary, 1888, were: 127 stores in Wis
consin, 789 per cent; five stores in
Wyoming, 1873 per cent: 80 stores in
Iowa, 77.8 per cent; Missouri, s6
stores, 1871 per cent, and Kansas. 80
stores, 727 per cent. The lowest
showing reported was for 26 stores in
Alabama with an average increase Of
SO per cent.
Hardware store volume for March,
1888. as compared with the same
month in 1887 indicated an average
decline Of l1.9 per cent. Six Of the
% States reported increases, which
ranged from 626 per cent for five
stores in Wyoming to 26 per cent for
127 stores in Wisconsin. Declines var.
led from 06 per cent for 145 Illinois
stores to an average Of $50 for five
stores in New Mexico.
Some wholesalers replacement Or
ders on agricultural and garden tools
have been necessitated by the slow
ness Of early buying and wholesale
distributors are much more hopeful
of fairly good total for the season as
whole. Lawn mower sales are start
ing well. Government reports indi-
cate that there will be an unusual de-
mand for sprayers and insecticides.
Evening star., 1938-05-04
Prices Exceed Import Costs.

Toxic Chamber of Commerce has
reported that wholesale prices Of cop
per, lead. zinc and many other metals
are three to four times their actual
import cost.
Evening star., 1938-05-04
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Preservation 81 Of Goods

After the homemaker has paid for her food,
it is up to her to get the full value from her
purchase. Refrigerator manufacturers have
done marvellous work in educating the mod
ern housewife in the use of their product.
However, many foods that would be better
stored in 4 cool dark place still find their way
into the chill depths of the refrigerator.
, Bananas are one fruit that comes to mind:
Salad dressing, oils and vegetable short
enings are others. Leafy vegetables are best
cleaned before storing in the vegetable
freshener of the mechanical refrigerator. Jams,
jellies, pickles and relishes are best keps in
= cool place, too:
In storing Gunther's Beer, remember 70
keep it away from the freezing compartment:
Beer is at its best in temperature of between
1850. Once you have chilled Gunthef's
Beer do not remove it from the refrigeratof
until you are ready to serve it.
Evening star., 1938-05-04
Coal Brings New Town.

As the result Of a peasant acci-
dentally striking a black rock in
Southwest Sardinia a coal mine has
been found and new town, Car
bonia, is being built there.
Evening star., 1938-05-04

Air-Way Electric Appliance Corp
Deficit, IL weeks ended March 26, was
$26,516, against net income of $9,234
in IL weeks ended March ~, 1887.
Evening star., 1938-05-04
CUBA SHIPS LESS SUGAR.

NEW YORK, May (P.-Cuban
exports Of sugar from January to
April 80 totaled 850.786 long tons, raw
value, compared with 1,004.967 in the
comparable 1897 period. according TO-
Havana advices to Lamborn & Co.
Evening star., 1938-05-04

International Railways Of Central
America March quarter common
share earnings were IS cents, against
Slot.
Evening star., 1938-05-04
new RECIPES
Gunther @t 4e

Serves -Four costins less than Sc Per person
(Nss esssAiss A5s-sssr essiaS mszO
Tbsp. Fat (Chicken if possible)
u Lb. Sausage, sliced
Cup Cooked Meat, chopped
Egg Hard Boiled, sliced
l Cup Lima Beans, cooked
Cups Peas, cooked
Bottle Gunther's Dry Berry Beer
l Tomato, chopped w
1 Glove Garlic .. -.
hTsp. each; Salt, Pepper & Cinnamon
Boiling Water =
4 Standard Recipe Baking Powder BISCUIT
MErHoD. Melt fat slowly in sauce pan, fry
sausage lightly, remove. Add garlic ndtomato,
saute (saute; TO- fry slowly.
Mix seasoninss, add together with sausage,
chopped meat, sliced egg and cooked vege-
tables. Cover with boiling water. Simmer
slowly 10 min. Grease casserole, place meat
and vegetables in carefully, cover with biscuit
crust and bake in quick oven (4ooo). until
we'll Drowned:
Evening star., 1938-05-04
0DD.L0T DEALINGS.
BY the Assceia ted Press.

The securities commission reported yes
odd lot dealers of specialists on the New
York Stock Exchange for May 24.O25
purcha ses involving 9s. 344 shates: 2.76O
sales involving 1857 shares. !.
Evening star., 1938-05-04

GAMES FOR PARTIES
4a,non. Q1;;clGnnne.
How much do you remembef1 -
Win prize with the Longest list.
Old Hickory Andrew Jackson
OldRough& &Ready Zachary Taylor
He'll and Maria Charles Dawes
The "It' Girl Clara Bow
Old Rowley Charles II of
-. .......~ England
TheGoodGrey Poet Walt Whitman
Dry Berry Beef Gunther's
The Nutmeg State Connecticut
The Hoosier State Indiana. j:
The Old Dominion Virginia
The Windy City Chicago
Bagdad on the
Subway = New York
The Magic City Birmingham
Be contrary give the prize for the smallest
score -. it's all in the spirit of fun!
Evening star., 1938-05-04
"Need More Than Mouth Wash''
say Authorities Recommend Polfdent

for comfort, convenience and
hygiene. Long-lasting can costs
only 900 at any drug store. APP
proved by Good Housekeeping
Bureau and dentists everywhere.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-18

ing parasites driven out, 50 that
every cent Of profit that il realized
from that Department may be used
for the benefit Of the aged.
The state Purchasing Depart
ment must be honestly rum Con-
tracts must be let 10 the lowest and
best bidder. The buying of the
States business through political m
huence must cease and the taxpayers
given the benefit Of the savings.
With the support which has been
rendered and the encouragement /
have received from those throughout
the State who want good government,
| go into this campaign unafraid and
determined to win. I"
1t is generally believed that Mr..
Bricker, who was not opposed for
the Republican gubernatorial nomin--
alton in 1896, will again be nomina-
ted without opposition.
His excellent showing in the gen
eral election of 1886, when he lost
to Governor Davey BY approximate
" 10000 votes, while President
Roosevelt polled a majority Of about
625,000 in Ohio, entities him to an
other chance at the governorship, IN
the opinion Of party leaders.
Mr.. Bricker was horn September
6, 1898, on a farm in Pleasant Town
ship, Madison County He was edu-
Gated in the public schools and was
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-18


eminent and its administration.
Personally, | consider the para
mount issue iii the coming campaign
TO be honesty, efficiency and common
decency in the conduct Of the States
business. | shall conduct militant
and relentless campaign to carry this
issue to the people to the end that
good government may be restored in
this State.
The burden Of taxation has so
mounted that it is imperative that
Immediate steps be taken to curb the
ever-incieasing cost and bring about
substantial reductions.
Political racketeering must cease
in the State Highway Department
and that great money spending de-
partment Of State government must
be operated for the purpose Of build
ing roads
Il have always been committed to
the principle Of civil service. am
opposed to attaching to the State
service, under any guise Of protec--
tion, that great horde of political in
competents that has been brought to
Columbus in recent years, but just
as earnestly / believe in protecting,
through the principles Of Civil Ser
vice, those who are honestly doing a
good job for the State.
"The State Liquor Department
must be reorganized and the graft
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-18
]. w. BRICkER
ANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY

COLUMBUS John W. Bricker
of Columbus, former attorney gen
eral ana the Republican nominee for
Governor ii 1856, today formally
announced lis candidacy for the
Republican, nomination for Governor
III the August primary.
M. Brokers announcement was
made aftel the Republican organiza-
tions in as Of the 88 Ohio counties
had adopted resolutions urging him
10 be i candidate and pledging him
their suppoft II the event that he
.aoald enter tic race.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-18
MRS. BETHUNE GUEST SPEAKER OF NYA
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE TO
ADDRESS THE NYA CONFERENCE
IN COLUMBUS FRIDAY MARCH 25

COLUMBUS Mary Mcleod Be
thune, founder Of Bethune Goodman
College, IFlofid,. and Director Of the
Division &c Negro Affairs Of the
National Youth Administration,
Washington, DC, will attend the
statewide conference on NYA and
Negro youth on Friday, March 25,
n Columbus, Ohio. lii addition Ii
tleitlg present and assisting ii the.
discussions, Mrs. Bethune will de-
liver the closing address Of the con-
fefenee Al q public meeting IN the
evening ~ Shiloh Baptist Caurch.
Mrs. Bethune II also the president
of the Association for the study II
Negro Life and History, aud vice
president OF The National Urban
league Her responsibilities with
the National Youth Administration
have caused her t. travel over 10
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