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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02
Our Cat Reporter
Has Tabby Trouble

pretty good and she says not to
me you don't
mrs mary b warfel is the Judge
of the cats and brs virginia cobb
is the judge of the mouse show
and they look at each other very
funny whenever they pass in the
aisles it is like my boss says a
cowboy looks at a sheep herder
IT'S THE CATS
miss mary hantzmon the
manager of the show sure did
right by me / have a front office
and a typewriter and i am Ger.
tainly purring pretty to miss
Myrna Jones she is on the feed
ing committee
by ten o clock today the lewis
hotel training school was the
cats nearly two hundred entries
some of them swell there Is .
great run of these orange cats
oh well have kinship to all Of
them. think these people are
the ones that name the pullman
cars the way they name these
cats such as CHI. merrlcourtS
felicia rodrigues of lingamore
and mitzi dement, of tempul we
have 80 cats in our block and
they are all called puss
A PASHTY PUSS
puss by the way comes from
paSht the cat goddess of egypt
and heard the boss telling car
roll peeke the reporter a lot more
about cats the mite he was
Dragging about me
you would die at these Siamese
aliens they have short hair and
long black tails and their eyes
are blue can you believe 1t and
boy do they speak a language
loud and expressive
there is a miss schlecht here
with some of the cuteSt mice
and she lives right around the
corner from me boy am / going
to find a way out of that screen
door
there are more than fifty
kinds of these mice here all
colors red blue black orange
white gray and so on all in all
this is a swell show don't miss it
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02

Thieves and housebreakers last
night stole 1889 worth of jewelry
and rioke into parked autos to
fitch several suits of clothing.
Joseph F. Brashears, 1905 Jen-
infer St. N. W., told police the
front window of his home had
been smashed, the house ran
sacked. and jewelry valued at $265
taken.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02
$3.50 in Jewels Taken
Blu Thieves in District

Jewelry thieves also broke into
the home of DR.. Charles S. Golden.
1725 Oregon Ave. N. W., and
escaped with 1924 worth of rings
and watches.
Wet mized by auto thugs was
Fred Levey, of Naspeth, Long
Island. who reported the loss OF
$45 worth of clothing from his
auto parked near Twelfth and
Madison Streets in the Mall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02

The real question is, why
has there been so much rush
and pressure to force a ques-
tionable measure through
Congress at this time? No one
claims it will save any money.
Obviously, there are so many
people who distrust the thing
that it is unwise to force the
issue during this great depreS-
sion when the restoration Of
business confidence and re-
covery are vital.
Mr.. Roosevelt; saws he does
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02

EREEPoRT Gl0 asks: "Who controls the ex-
= pansion and contraction Of credit? Isn't the
depression the result OF, this power in the hands
Of few?"
Nobody controls the expansion of credit. Only
the Government can force general contraction.
The board Of governors of the Federal Reserve
System has mare power over credit than any
other single agels@U. and that board is dominated
by the Government. It was this body which
forced credit contraction year ago by raising
the percentage of reserves required against bank
deposits and increasing margin requirements.
This action helped to push the boom over at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02
NUMBERS CARS.
REVEAL SYSTEM
TO AVOID LOSSES
Intricate Setup Used to
Pay OFF Winners

(This Is the third of series
on the numbers game racket in
WGShington.)
When the numbers game racket
was in its infancy operators
caught with heavy bets on the
winning number would frequently
call police to raid their establish
ments, confiscate all slips and
thus save themselves from bank
ruptcy.
But development of single
number betting has resulted in a
complicated system of "lay.offs'
which protects brokers against
losses they cannot meet.
MECHANICS Barred
Briefly, these are the mechanics
of the numbers game as explained
by one of Washington's seven big
shots.
Numbers writer's cover virtually
every city block in Washington.
They include college boys, sales
girls, Government clerks, taxicab
drivers, elevator operators, janitors
this list is seemingly endless.
The writer's receive Is per cent
commission on every bet they take.
Good writer's receive in addition
expenses" for rent, telephones,
gasoline, etc. The commission is
based on the total amount of play
the writer collects.
Next in the line come the col
lectors. They visit the writers,
collect their slips and cash and
turn in to the brokers. The col
lectors receive S per cent on the
total play they turn in. One col
lector may visit as many as two
score writer's.
MANY FORMS
Not all numbers are written on
the familiar little tickets. Some
are written on the back Of paper
match books. Others are written
on pieces of note paper, newSpa-
per and even tissue handkerchiefs.
In the brokers establishment,
trained crews await the daily del
uge of numbers. Seated around a
large pine board table with adding
machines and under the watchful
eye of a supervisor, the crews
tabulate the days play. The
counters are forced to surrender
all black lead pencils before they
enter the counting room for fear
they might insert slips in the play
after the first race is totaled.
The great bulk of the bets are
on sequences of three numbers.
If the bets are placed through
writer or collector the winning
customers are paid 600 to /.
Writers are allowed to deduct for
themselves 10 per cent of each
winning ticket. Thus the customer
who bets 81 is paid $40 when he
wins.
But if bets are placed directly
with the brokers so that no de-
auctions are necessary the Gus
toner is paid $700 for a winning
81 bet.
INDIVIDUAL BETS
If a customer chooses to bet
on individual number in the Sc
quence of three he is paid 8 to
for each win.
After the first arce parimutuel
figures are totaled and the first
number becomes known, brokers
swiftly go over their books to see
how many Of their customers
have picked that number. For
instance, if the number is three
the broker may find that his Gus
toners have invested heavily on
that but their choice for second
number are widely distributed.
Continued ON Page S, Col. y
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=
not desire to be dictator, and he does not be-
heve he would be a good dictator, but who cares
about how he feels on the present 24-hour basis?
The egotism of his reply was so obvious that it
shocked me. The great danger is not dictator
ship, but GENERALIZATION, bureaucracy and regi-
mentation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02

TUNING is the new alibi. If you haven't got it,
- you can't accomplish anything.
And if you have got it-you can take Austria
for its own good, pass the reorganization bill,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02
He BelittLes Me, But
I Floor Him With
Ny High /. @.
By JOE LOUIS ELLIS
Thoroughbred Alley Gait

well 1 am over at this cat and
mouse show and is it something
never saw so many people in one
place before or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02
EUROPEAN TRAVEL

The peak year for American
travel to Europe was 1880, when
$4,000 persons sailed from ports
in the United States and Canada.
Sailings last year numbered
373, 1000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02
World of Finance By LeeOi5 Hancy

NEW YORK-An inquiry from Atlanta runs as
follows: why is there such conflict over
the Government reorganization bill? Is there
any real danger of dictatorship"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02
My Say
By E0aln Walsh Mclean

pALM BEACH, Fla.-rm so glad to see that
Senator Norris has at last agreed to have
the iva thoroughly investigated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02
Has Reduced Rates

Has Reduced Rates
IT has brought the rate for electricity for poor
people way down, and anything that will help
cut the cost Of living nowadays for the Ameri.
can citizen is we'll worth the expense. We must
realize that this plan has given employment to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02

that particular time, but did not cause" the de-
preston. Fear of the Roosevelt administration
done more to depress business than any other
o thing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02
Praises Government

Praises Government
QY all means have a thorough investigation
~ of the IVA They won't find anything rad
ically wrong connected with it and, if they do,
they can go ahead and punish the guilty ones,
and the public mind can be eased of its sus-
picions and doubt that the Government is al
ways crooked in anything it undertakes.
We have a great Government over here my
dear people, and as keep saying, we must keep
faith in it, or we will have dictator very soon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02

thousands of people and that is another very
important thing.
1t is all very well to say carelessly: "well,
once we feed people and care for them they
don't want to work and it ruins them" In my
experience, have found that any worthwhile
person is always glad to get job. We all know
that there are some people that never would
and never will work; they have always existed
and always will exist, and they, too, must be
fed and taken care of-these poor souls just
can't face life they are misfts through no fault
of their own and should not be punished for it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-02
SKIPE'Y

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
Evening star., 1938-10-20
STEEL PRICE CUTS.
. ENDED ABRUPTLY
Leading Producer Cancels
Reductions and Other
Companies Follow.
ey the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Oct 20.-The steel in
dustry's ''undeclared" price war, which
for the last week had industrial circles
agog. was abruptly terminated today
by the action Of a leading producer
in canceling steep price cuts on wide
variety Of steel products.
Other producers who had followed
in the price slashing Immediately
withdrew concessions of - to $6 a
ton which, without fanfare, had been
offered to consumers in a grim drive
for more business, and the steel price
structure was restored to its form Of
last June.
Ending Of the hot competitive drive,
which had led some observers to
gloomy conclusions the giant industry
would remain deeply in the red for
an indefinite time, was marked by a
variety Of unoficial explanations, but
it was believed in informed quarters
that the price cuts had achieved at
least a part of their objective Of
giving the producers big order ton
nages. This was indicated by reports
from producing centers, like Cleveland,
Chicago and Pittsburgh.
Action Taken Quietly.
Talk Of concessions on steel had
been heard for several weeks, but
the real crack came last week with
the disclosure of a slash of 81 to Sc
q ton on hot and cold rolled sheets
for the automobile trade. In the re-
adjustment today these products were
among the first to be put back to
the old price levels.
News OF the withdrawal of the cuts
was passed out quietly to steel con-
sumers just as they were advised
Of the slashes. The proceeding
brought not q single word Of official
comment from any Of the major steel
companies.
The lines of automobile steel, so
important to the producers, were put
back where they had been, and the
same action was taken on galvanized
sheets, In which a $4-a-ton cut became
Evening star., 1938-10-20

known yesterday, and on strip steel
and several other products.
Early in the year steel makers found
themselves facing pressure from WASH
ington and other sources for price
reductions ito stimulate steel con-
sumption" Some spokesmen for the
industry argued lower prices would
merely increase the industry's losses
and prove doubtful stimulus to gen.
eral business.
Cuts Average S. q Ton.
Nevertheless, the industry did cut
prices in June an average of Sc a
ton and at the same time abandoned
the cid custom of price differentials
between base shipping points.
Before this revision steel executives
were represented as believing price
cuts should be accompanied by a
wage reduction, but no producer has
so far pressed this point
Confirming the re-establishment of
the June level Of steel prices, Ameri-
can Metal Market today said that pro-
ducers are quoting hot rolled sheets
at 2.l5 cents per pound, cold rolled
sheets, 800 cents; hot rolled strip,
ais cents; cold rolled strip, 295 cents
at principal basing points.
Evening star., 1938-10-20
Air TrnueI Sets
AU-Ti,,e Record
During e September
B, the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-The Air Trans
port Association of America reported
yesterday September was the best
month in the history OF the air carrier
industry in point Of revenue passenger
miles flown.
Revenue passenger miles amounting
to 49,480,616 in September were IA
per cent over August, 1888, and 40
per cent over September a year ago.
The first nine months total. 345,-
906.887 revenue passenger miles, was
11.3 per cent over the 310,744,749 for
the same period last year and "is also
an all-time high for the industry" an
association statement said.
Evening star., 1938-10-20
LIGGETT & MYERS co.
ORDERS EXTRA DIVIDEND
, the Associated Press,

8y tHe ASSUCIHLeu FTeSS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-Directors Of
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. yester-
day declared an extra dividend of 81 4
share and the regular quarterly divi-
dend of 81 on each share of common
and common "B" stocks. both payable
December to stock Of record Novem-
Der Is.
In each Of the three preceding quar-
ters the company paid only the regular
quarterly dividend of 81 on the COM
mon and common "B."
Evening star., 1938-10-20
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (P).-South-
ern Pacific Railroad reported net
operating income for September Of
$2,565,l24 before fixed charges and
other income, a decrease of S141, ,801
from ,925 in September last year.
Gross for the month declined $685.
406 to $l8,1l1,885.
Evening star., 1938-10-20
LONDON BANK REPORT.

LONDON. Oct. 20 R,-Bank Of Eng-
land statement as OF October 10 Gn
thousands of pounds: Circulation. 4s6. :
391: decrease. 1890. Bullion. 327.754:
1916. Public deposits. 3367o: increase.
5.495. Private deposits 1876. .7S9; decrease.
4.64S. Government securities. 104 .93l:
decrease. $500. Other securities, 81.
931: increase. 524
Ratio Of reserve to liabilities o5.7 per
cent. compared with 1915 last week.
Evening star., 1938-10-20
q. s. TREASURY POSITION.

The position Of the Treasury October is:
RECEIPTS 81 OO12 .4f4. sc: expenditure
S2z' 81. .S55b9: net sbalanee. S2, 5:364.-
ing balance: customs receipts for the
month. $I7 1871 .T614S.
REGENTS for the fiscal year tsince July
~. 81 694. 1876. 400. SO: expenditures go
SOL .459,277.1s including SS41 .oO6 G1S 81
Of emergency expenditures: excess OF ex-
Evening star., 1938-10-20
PARIS BANK CHANGES.

PARIS. Oct. 90 f4p.-Bank of Franc,
statement rs Of October Ii lin millions Of
francs)
Gold reserve, 81, sos: UNCHANGED. Bal-
ances abroad. 736: increase ., Neeoti-
able az BIZ: bought IN France I:Se6 dssrts:e.
crease 81 Discounted commercial bins.
sdsnce. Fd5snce l5 81: decrease: 1,517: TempoIary
c9rrMloto1o cea9vshcfs TO state g. 81 decrease 1000.
tai credit to current accounts. "a. .8a4; in
crease. 967 30-day advances against gov
ernment securities. or: decrease 19T.
Ratio Of gold to sight liabiNties 40.4i per
cent. compared with 1890 last week.
Rate Of discount 3 per cent,
Evening star., 1938-10-20
STEEL QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORE, Oct. 20 Gp.-steel prices,
per 100 pounds. fob. Pittsburgh: Blue
annealed sheets. hot rolled SI5; sa}van-
ized sheets. $50; black sheets, hot rolled,
2.95; steel bars. 225.
Evening star., 1938-10-20

MONTREAL SILVER.
MONTREAL. Oct. 90 F1.-silyer futures
opened lower. October. 1920 bid
Evening star., 1938-03-01
Investing Public
Ahcays Wrong,
Buruch Asserts

Bernard M. Baruch, who operated
in Wall Street for 40 years, told a
Senate Committee today that "the
public is always wrong" when it buys
securities.
Il have yet to see an amateur who
ever made any money" Mr.. Baruch
testified before the Unemployment
Committee.
How do they ever get to be pro-
fessionals them" inquired Chairman
Byrnes.
Just like they get to be states
men," replied Mr.. Baruch.
by the trial and error method,
them" Mr. Byrnes asked, chuckling
That's right" said Mr.. Baruch.
Senator Frazier, Republican, of
Indiana interjected the charge that
Wall Street gamblers were largely
responsible for the 1929 depression.
Lots of them got cleaned out" Mr.
Baruch responded.
THE gamblers were the ones who
made money in that crash" Mr..
Frazier contended.
Few of them escaped with any
thing more than their lives and fronts
and very few of them with their
regulations" Mr.. Baruch retorted.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
BARKLEY IS GIVEN
SECOND BLESSING
rs. Rhea, With Cummings,
Sees President, Then
Makes Statement.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The administration gave q hand
again today to Senator Alben w.
Barkley. the majority leader, in his
senatorial primary contest with Gov.
A. B. Happy) Chandler of Kentucky.
With Attorney General Cummings
as escort, Thomas S. Rhea, a former
candidate for Governor of the Blue
Grass State, called on President
Roosevelt to discuss the Barkley-
Chandler feud and afterward issued
q formal statement calling on "every
true Kentuckian" to Zine up in this
fight on the side Of the President and
Senator Barkley"
Il do 50 with all my heart" said
Mr.. Rhea. who was chairman of the
State Highway Commission under Gov.
Ruby Laffoon and unsuccessful can
didate for Governor against Mr..
Chandler in 1885.
Cummings, an old friend Of Mr..
Rhea's. appeared anxious that all
newspapermen receive a copy of the
Rhea statement.
In addition to his formal announce
ment, Mr.. Rhea emphasized to re-
porters that he had conferred with
Mr.. Chandler last week at Nashville,
Tenn, "at the latter's request
At Louisville, Gov. Chandler said
he saw Mr.. Rhea recently after re-
ceiving the impression from his friends
that he wished to support me as
means Of wiping out, so far as he
could. the stain on his record that he
put there by bolting the Democratic
party when I was the nominee for
Governor in 1885"
Mr.. Rhea countered that during
the past few weeks Mr. Chandler sent
four or five different messengers TO
me" to arrange for . conference. He
said that he finally saw the Governor,
but insisted that Il sent nobody to
him"
Evening star., 1938-03-01

whether the President would take any
profits that might accrue from the
sale of the books themselves.
Asked about this, Mr.. Early said
there was no assurance there would
be any profit.
Requests Are Cited.
The Presidents purpose in publish
ing these volumes and selling material
to a magazine and q newspaper syn
dicate was, as explained by Mr.. Early,
prompted by numerous requests for
such a compilation of the Presidents
papers. MIR. Early said that these re-
quests have come from libraries and
schools and research organizations As
well as individuals, all of whom desired
an accurate record of the Presidents
administration. Mr.. Early said that
papers and messages of former Presi-
dents have been published after they
left office. but Mr.. Roosevelt preferred
to have his compilation done and the
books published while the data could
be checked up and otherwise inter-
preted while he was in ONCE.
It was realized that this material
would not reach the general public in
book form, and so the wider mediums
also were adopted.
Mr.. Early explained also that the
net profits to be given away would
be the money left after taxes and ex-
penses incidental to publication had
been paid.
Mr.. Early stated that the material
dealing with the Presidents press
conferences would be made available
to newspapers throughout the country
at least week in advance Of the pub
lication Of the same in Liberty Mag
azine.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
Users of Coal
May Haze Say
In Price Fixing
Mine Workers and
Operators Fear PO,u-
er of Consumers.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Soft-coal consumers will have a
part In fixing the next set Of minimum
prices for the soft-coal industry, If the
United Mine Workers and some oper-
ators have their way.
These groups pointed out today that
consumers, not represented in the
Bituminous Coal Commissions first
price-fixing conferences. wrecked the
minimum price schedules by court ac-
ton.
Wishing to avoid similar fate for
the new prices. the miners and group
Of operators have told the commission
that John Carson, consumers counsel,
should have hand in their formula
ton.
Although the commission has ex-
pressed no opinion on the proposal,
some Of its members privately have
turned thumbs down. Carson and the
commission have been at odds for
months
The Guffey Coal Control Act set
up Carson's office to represent con-
sumers interests in proceedings be-
fore the commission.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
c. v. j. DEbATERS
READY FOR TOUR
Students Leave Tomorrow
for Encounters With
Eastern Teams.

Three George Washington Univer-
sity debaters will leave Washington
tomorrow for debating tour that will
take them to Pennsylvania, Princeton,
Rutgers and Columbia Universities and
Swarthmore College.
The trio chosen to represent the
local institution is made up of John
P. Southmayd of Montana, Charles E.
Corker of Idaho and John T. Dootson
of California.
The debate with the University OF
Pennsylvania is scheduled for noon
tomorrow before the Stephen Girard
Lions Club in Philadelphia, where the
Washingtonians will uphold the af-
firmative of the question, Resolved,
That the United States should repeal
the present neutrality law"
The debate with Princeton Thurs
day will be given at the Kearny High
School in Princeton and later will be
published in the Debaters' Annual.
The question will be on the merits of
the one-house Legislature, and George
Washington will again have the af-
firmative. At Rutgers Friday the same
question will be argued.
The Columbia debate, also on the
unicameral issue, will be broadcast
over Station WMCA at 1:30 pm. Sat-
urday.
The tour will wind up in Philadel-
phla Monday with the Swarthmore
contest at BIS pm, in which George
Washington will once more argue the
affirmative. this time on the ques-
ton, Resolved, That the United States
should own and operate electric util-
ities." The debate will be broadcast
over Station WIP.