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Evening star., 1938-01-17
CARRIER REVENUES
DECLINE IN MONTH
Figure Of $249, 1884, ,0l3, Compared
With $31o,257,5 ,52s in 1885,
Reported.

Preliminary reports from % class I
railroads, representing s33 per cent Of
total operating revenues, made public
today by the Association Of American
Railroads, show that those railroads,
in December, 1887, had estimated
operating revenues amounting to 324e..
534,0l3, compared with S3l0.257,52s in
the same month Of 1896 and $31l,45l..
258 in the same month Of 1890. Or.
Grating revenues Of those roads In
December, 1887, were 1875 per cert
below those for December, 1885, and
1873 per cent below December, 1880.
Freight revenues Of the % class ]
railroads in December, 1887, amounted
to $l9l ,457,932. compared with s248,.
282,7l1 in December, 1895. and S232,.
546.142 in December. 1880. Freight
revenues in December, 1887, were % 9
per cent below the same month OF
1896 and 1T per cent below the sans
month in 1880.
Passenger revenues in December,
1887, according to these preliminary
reports from 90 class I railroads, to.
tailed S33,892,83 compared with s33,.
304,442 in December. 1886, and s46,.
950,353 in December, 1890. For the
month Of December, 1887, they were
l.8 per cent above the same month in
1896. but 27s per cent below the same
month in 1880,
Evening star., 1938-01-17
GAIN |SFORECAST
IN SHOE OUTPUT
Quarters Total Expected to
Rise Sharply Above Pre-.
vious Period.
Special Dfspat Itch to The star,


NEW YORK, Jan. 17-Shoe pro-
duction In the first quarter this year
Is expected to rise substantially above
the abnormally low level reached In
the closing months Of 1887 and should
come close to equaling the average
frst-quarter showing Of previous years,
with the exception Of 1887, says the
Standard Statistics Co. Retail sales
Of reporting chains for 1897 recorded
monthly gains over 1886 in all but
the last two months. Consequently,
the curtailment in production since
last August has been effective in re-
ducing excessive inventory stocks that
seriously handicapped operations.
Manufacturing activities have al
ready quickened in response to a re-
vival in demand from dealers for new
spring lines. and this seasonal factor
will continue to aid in boosting opera
ting rate in the early months OF this
year. Whereas the industry as a
whole probably operated at less than
so per cent Of capacity in the final
quarter Of 1887, prospects for the
current quarter point to an increase
to around rs per cent to 80 per cent.
Shoe output in the current quarter is
forecast at $1,000 900 pairs. compared
with an estimated 1900. 900 pairs in
the last quarter and 1922 ,00O, 900 pairs
in the first quarter last year.
The administration plans 70 exc
cute a trade agreement with Czecho-
slovakia are being watched for the
possible effects that a revision in
existing tariffs might have on the
domestic shoe industry. Any lower
ing Of the present 20 per cent import
duty on cemented-sole shoes would
undoubtedly increase imports consid-
srably above the estimate level of
$4,000 pairs for 1897. While no
great displacement Of the domestic
market is threatened by foreign COM
petition, as imports are now less than
per cent Of total domestic pro-
duction. more serious consequences
Evening star., 1938-01-17
R. F. c. IS EXPECTED
TO PEG WOOL PRICE
Representative Cummings Fore.
sees SIS, 900 900 Loan to Help
Stabilize Market.

By the Associated Press.
Representative Cummings, Demo-
crat, Of Colorado said today he ex.
pected the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. to make $4,000 900 stabiliza-
ton loan to peg the price of secured
wool at about 81 cents a pound and
END the wool industry's jitters."
Mr.. Cummings and Senators Adams
and johnson Of Colorado conferred
with r. F. c. representatives last
week, when James X. Brown Of
Pueblo, official Of the Colorado Wool
Growers Association. applied for the
loan he said was needed to prevent a
possible sl68,0O0, 900 loss to producers
and feeders on their 1897 and 1898
wool clips and lamb crops.
"R. F. C. officials told me today
they were working on the loan re-
quest" Cummings said, "and I expect
1t will be negotiated. They advised
our group last week q corporation
within the wool industry would have
to be established to receive the loan.
II we can get this done and the loan
put through In about q month, it will
be In time TO affect the price Of about
40 per cent Of the 1888 lamb crop"
Evening star., 1938-01-17
TRADE IRREGULAR
AFTER LONG DROP
Plus Signs Again Appear in
Isolated Industries, Mag
aZine Finds.
Special Dispatch to The Star,


NEW YORK, Jan. Ito say that
the recession is over and that recovery
has recommended" says Business
Week, would be overemphasizing ad-
vances in stock and commodity prices.
an improvement In steel operations and
step-up In automobile assemblies,
and would be Understanding the
cumulative possibilities of an industrial
drag-down resulting from unemploy-
ment, lay-of1s and wage and salary
reductions, which have been on the
increase.
Nevertheless the business news for
the first time in several months has
been mixed. Plus signs, once again,
are appearing in isolated industries
Business reports are not all for the
worse. And the implications are that
business, If it has not made bottom,
is so close to scraping bottom that for
all practical purposes 1t is on the
way up.
"Readjustments in the, price level
OF commodities and stocks along with
the decline in business activity have
come so fast as to presage a fairly
strong advance. when and as business
establishes firm base The mark up
in stock prices early this week indi-
Gates that spectators are counting
on fairly broad upturn But there are
still spots for the wringer Commercial
failures are rising bank debt is being
pulled down, retail sales volume teven
allowing for price drops) is likely to
go = bit lower. and there are still
overhanging a few inventory problems
here and there"
Evening star., 1938-01-17

st. Joseph Lead Co.-Company in
creased price Of lead 81 4 ton.
Sharon Steel Corp.-Company is
working its hot mills after being closed
!, down for two weeks.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
NEW YORK SUGAR.

NEW YORK. Jan. II R.--SuEar fu-
turss were dull today, with business in
the domestic contract limited to . few
exchanges up to midafternoon.
The No; 4 was barely STEADY with
Puerto Rican selling. The list was l to
III points net lower in midafternoon.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

GH1cAGsoe, oJa Jan, y e, ~, S DEPT, Aer.,,
Market active; light hogs and under
weights fully ,1o-15 hiehe. than Fridays
With numerous instances s5 up: bulk good
and choice 10000 lbs. sSn-65: top
$40; 21o-2bO lbs, 7.65-s4o: 26o-335
lbs: S,l5-65: packing sows. 1920 up;
bulk good kinds. 6.50-15
Cattle, $4,000 calves. 1;5o0. Steers
opening slow. steady to .5 lower mostly
steady to weak 70 order buyers; big
run with killing quality only medium to
good and water, nils liberal; early top
WeiEhty steers. SO: several loads 900
1000 to shippers and order buyers: kinds
OF value TO sell at $50 down to 7..5 pre-
% downturn, but all interests in market;
weighty heifers weak; light offerings
steady; best heifers. early, $50, mostly
.nn-s 90; common grade heifers and
cows active: bulls firm at $50 down;
vealers sc lower at 10 00 down
Sheep 10000. including 900 direct: fat
lambs fairly. active. early sales strong to
or more hisher: bids and sales on good
s;5o rather freely; numerous loads held
above $50: strictly choice around S15:
undertone strong on sheep.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
Express Volume
OF Pan.American
Up 83 Per Cent
H the AA8ociatAd Presa

~ the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla. Jan. 17.-Aerial trade
between the United States and the
West Indies and South America
through the International Airport
here jumped 80 per cent last year over
1895, Pan-American Always reported
Flying clippers on regular schedules
carried 292,s42 pounds Of air express
In 1887, representing nearly $4,000
separate shipments, as compared with
16o,044 pounds the year before. In
coming volume increased II per cent,
while shipments from the United
States rose ol per cent.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
NEW YORK LIVE STOCK.

NEW YORK. Jan. II (P-State De-
partment of ARriculture,.-Cattle SO.
including 500 direct. Steers slows under
tone weak: medium to barely good 800.
Bulls fully steady; cutter to medium 5o5-
700: few sausage at 7.25 Cows fully
steady. demand fairly active: low cutter
and cutter. 4.25-55O: a few down to
800 and below; plain and medium fat,
Vealers and calves, 5.o7O including
1890 direct. Vealers steady; top. IA .OO
most good Southerns 1900 down; me
dium, 10.00-12. 90: Gull and common
hehtweiThts, e.oo-a.50: a few culs below
so pounds down to 800. Heavy calves.
steady to 25 lower; plain to medium light
B 26.6.00
Sheep and lambs. POLIO including 49,
$50 direct. Sheep scarce nominal Lambs
slov, opened steady with Friday; bulk
medium and good handyweights. 7t5-s so;
load OF good to choice S2-pound fed West
erns held above 900
Hogs 10,560 including 10000 direct.
Market 10 higher: 1877 pounds. S.75.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
NEW YORK, Jan. Il ,Pt.--New York
Security Dealers Association:
DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK. Jan. l1.--Dividends de-
Pc Stk of Pay
FatA. rlod. recod. able.
Deferred.
Evening star., 1938-01-17
METAL MARKET.
(Reported by Smith, Barnex A. co !

NEW YORK. Jan. II tF.-Copppr
steady: electrolytie, spot and future.
lo.s7iz-1 90; export lOs7. Tin Arm:
spot and future. 1880. Lead steady; New
York, spot. 4 4.aO-95; East St. Louis. 4.55.
Zinc steady; East st. Louis. spot and
future, 500. Iron. No. ?. fob Eastern
Pennsylvania. 800: Buffalo. 24.0O: Ala
bama. 1000. Aluminium, virgin % per
cent. 1000. Antimony, spot. 156SLa
Quicksilver. .9.O0-sI 90 Platinum. pure
$500. Wolframite, "a. .O0-26 90, nominal
Evening star., 1938-01-17
IS the Associated Press,

BY the associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. l7.-Advances of
y to nearly II point in some U. S.
Government loans contrast with lower
prices IN other divisions of the bond
market today.
At the beginning of the final hour
Treasury Is of 1854 were up 1892,
the 3ass of l947 had advanced l0-32s
and some of the guaranteed obliga-
tlons. including Federal farm mort
gage ass, were up 4 to 1925.
Losers Of point or more among
corporate issues included Allegheny SIS,
Armour Is. Sante Fe As, Cuban North
ern Railway 5l2s Northern Pacific As,
Southern Railway As and Baltimore
& Ohio AIS.
Japanese government and private
issues continued in supply. with losses
ranging up to nearly 3la points. Other
foreign bonds were steady.
Evening star., 1938-01-17

might result II cheap foreign shoes ars
permitted to lower the general price
structure. Developments along thess
lines, II adverse. would principally
anect producers Of low priced women's
cemented-sole shoes and would have
little effect on makers Of mems and
boys all-leather shoes,
Evening star., 1938-01-17
Washington Exchange
SALES.

SALES.
Capital Traction $500 at 6Sh,
$1,000 at eSs.
American Security Il Trust Co.-l6
at PAS.
AFTER CAHy
Evening star., 1938-01-17
FEDERAL LAND BANKS

NEW YORK Jan. II P.-Federal Land
No
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

Countess Roberti, the Rumbolds,
Nancy Newbold, Nora de With,
Jack and Kitty Newbold, George
Duca and Tinsley Garnet went
home too tired to come to Heigh-Ho
-. Mrs. Orson Mum, from New
York is known all over the coun-
try for her outlandish ways ..
It's generally conceded that if she
were to pile all the press clippings
about herself they would rise even
higher than the feather chdpedur
which made her one of the most
publicized sensations of this win
ter Two other little sensations
are now as smooth as butter in shag
steps and rumba Ann and FL
eanor Meem write that they prac-
tically bolt their luncheon every
day and rush off to the Whitehall
Hotel to take dancing "tips" from
the Arthur Murray's teachers...
Only after they come home in the
wee small hours do they manage
to "dip" in Florida water Flor
ida is not all sun, sand and water
They are expected back with
the McLeans about the 1st of April
The Charles Cushmans are
now in Belleair on their way home
in easy stages and so is Winant
Johnston, who is making an aver
age of 10 miles an hour >. Did you
know that Valerie de Sibour was
offered job as vocalist for Pete
Macia's orchestra. that ZANY is
the new expression la mode?
1t means strange, or crazy.
Example: This is a ZANY COL
UMN.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
PETIT POINT = By Igor CaSsini

Hurban, are standing by, waiting
for others to settle down ..
Benito, beautiful black 16-year-
old Signor de Suvich in his racing
colors-all-black shirt with gold
and black hats up. looks very
promising Nippon Lad, with
Mr.. Saito in the saddle, and
Stompin' Stain. Tovarich Troy
anovsky up, are the last two to mis-
behave But THERE GOES
THE GUN!... THEY ARE OFF!
-. A cloud of dust is kicked up
around them Wish you could
be here, ladies and gentlemen, to
see the finish of THIS GREAT
RACE J.. Dick Hunt, lieutenant
in U. S. Navy, has gone to New
York for a week He will be
putting up at the New York Yacht
Club if you want to look him up
-. Ethel Barrymore Colt dropped
in with old friend Jock Mclean at
the Heigh-Ho after the perform
ance last night :. The Virginia
lad who introduced the dip into
Canada was doing it last night
with his friends from Toronto
.. Now they call him Dippy
frankie Littleton, jr: -. Sonny"
Miller, Leesburg and U. of ",
seemed to want to be introduced
to Anne Child and Manuel Trucco
(mostly Anne) -. There we're
loads of others Hugh Reilly,
with his cynical smile, and the Cen
eral (Arthur Krock) -. Bacon
girls and Argentine lads came in
after the George CARROTS dinner
The other guests, Count and
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Engagements of the Week

FLANDERSGERTH - Miss
Claire Flanders. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Milton Elliot Flanders.
of Ocilla, Ca. to Arthur Viii
liam Gerth, of this city, son of
Mr.. end Mrs. Edward August
Gerth Of Wyaconda, Mo.
JAMES-BARRETT - Miss
Elizaoeth Bryant James, daugh-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs. Hand James.
to William Charles Barrett. Of
Raleigh and Laurinburg, N. C..
NETTLETON-OFFER - Miss
Frances Nettleton. daughter of
Mr.. aud Mrs. Leigh L. Nettleton,
to Cadet Robert Davis Offer,
son Of Major and Mrs. Irving
D. Offer, Of La Jolla, Calf.
SUILIVAN-BODSON - Miss
Marie Louise Sullivan. daughter
of MIS-. Elizabeth T. Sullivan
and the ate John D. Sulliv" n.
to Charles Edward Bodson. son
Of John ] BodSon.
ODWELLHASSELL - Miss
Evelyn May Bodwell, daughter
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

days seems to be Blue Eagle, with
F. D. Roosevelt up Next choice
is John Bull, with Sir Lindsay
up. I haven't time for any more,
because they are coming to the
gate =. This is really going to be
a race. Herr Dieckhoff is having
a rough time with Sweet Adolph
Wait a minute. Mr.. Prochnik,
on Old Vienna, has just been
crowded out :. Sweet Adolph is
cutting up plenty today Old
Vienna has just been scratched
=. What a shame! ;. l think he
would have put up a game fight.
1 can't see very well, but there is
some kind of a disturbance down
there .. Count jerry Potocki, on
Poland, is getting Lithuanian Lilly
excited. Blum, with LIE Comte de
Saint Quentin up, and Check O.
Slovakian, ridden by Mr.. Vladimir
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

of Mr.. and Mrs. Anson Lewis
Bodwell, 70 the Rev. Elmer Niles
HasSell, Of Hampton, Va.
AZ
PICKETT-SKINNER - Miss
Thelma Pickett. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Pickett, to Sam
uel C. Skinner, jr., son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Skinner.
BORAN.LADY-Miss Frances
May Boran, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Boran, to william
Thurston Lady, son of DR.. and
Mrs. william F. Lady. The mar
riage will take place April 16.
SIEGELMALKIN-MiSS ESta
Siegel, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Siegel, to Abraham David
Maxim, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Maxim, of Miami, Fla.
The wedding will take place in
Atlanta, April 10.
ROBIN SOLAR K-MisS
Helen Robbins. daughter of Mrs.
Clarence Albert Robbins. to
George Andrew Clark. son OF
the late Mr.. and Mrs. George
Andrew Clark.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
10 Florida.

Some members of the Cabinet
, family are availing themselves
of holidays during Lent, the
Secretary Of Commerce and Mrs.
Roper having recently returned
from a sojourn IN the SouGh.
The Secretary Of War and
Mrs. Harry H. Woodring and
their three small children are
with Mrs. Woodring's parents,
former Senator and Mrs. Mar
Gus Coolidge, in Miami Beach,
and are enjoying long, lazy
days on the beach.
In a note from Mrs. Homer
s. Cummings, who with her
husband, the Attorney General,
is at the Boca Ration Club, she
reports that the weather is
balmy, the days are fair and
the A. G.. is getting in q salts
flying amount Of golf.
The Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Hull seem always to be
more or less tied to Washing.
ton with world affairs in their
present condition. Mrs. HY.l did
manage to get away to Staun-
ton for a few days this week
but is now back again with
the Secretary in their apart
ment at the Carlton.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Couple Wed
In ReCtory

The marriage Of Miss Frances
Einscott to John A. Pollen took
place at II o'clock this morning
in the rectory Of the Holy Com.
forter Church. The bride is the
daughter of Mrs. Nellie Roberts,
who was unable to come from
her home in Burlington, Iowa.
TO attend the ceremony.
At the wedding, which was
performed by the Rev. Patrick
Begley, the bride wore a three
piece wool suit in a wheatstalk
shade. Her accessories were Of
London tan and she wore a
cluster Of orchids pinned to her
shoulder.
The brides only attendant
was Miss Katherine Regan, who
was gowned in e gray suit with
matching accessories. She wore
a corsage of spring flowers.
j. H. Linscott, brother of the
bride, attended as best man.
Following the wedding, there
was a reception at the home of
the br1degroom's mother. Mrs.
Pollen was wearing a black vel.
vet. ensemble with a corsage of
gardenias.
After a honeymoon trip to
IOWA, the young couple will
make their home in Washington.
~
Mr.. and Mrs. Farley Smith,
Of Lynchburg, South Carolina
are guests Of the formers oar.
ents, Senator and Mrs. Ellison
D. Smith. Of South Carolina, at
Wardman Park Hotel.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Drives Own Car

She plans to fly East early
next week to join Mr.. Roose-
velt at Warm Springs, Ga.
He will leave the White
House Tuesday for a brief
respite from his official
duties and while at the little
White House in the South
will enjoy driving his own
open touring car about the
Foundation, swimming and
the fun and relaxation that
goes with mingling with old
and good friends.
One celebration in the fam
lily that Mrs. Roosevelt will
be forced to forego is Sistie
Dall's birthday anniversary
next Friday, but we miss our
guess if it wasn't arranged
to have a little precelebration
during h er grandmother's
visit.
After q few days at Warm
Springs Mrs. Roosevelt will
keep an engagement in Atlanta,
where she has promised to
speak before a group Of Rural
Women on the 29th Of March.
Both the President and his
wife plan to be back in the
Capital about April 8 and as
there are many things Of q
more or less formal nature in
the way OF entertaining planned
at the White House during
April and May, Mrs. Roosevelt
will spend the greater. part OF
her time in Washington.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

It's a great t
d ay !! E! ! ...
The entries are
showing off in
the paddock 80.
the grandstand
is packed with
expectant on
look ers
yb o dy's
picked a diff
ferent winner p!
90. but the IA
vorite of the
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

uuisite collection Of Chinese
things. Particularly Mrs. Van
dergrift's crystals, and q table
centerpiece Of this same crystal,
including various fruits, Is
nearly breath-taking in its rare
beauty.
T KUT. G.. E. c. BARTON, Of
~ the Welsh Fusiliers, Is here
In town from his former post in
South Africa, will remain about
three weeks and then continue
on to California. He is an ex-
tremely entertaining person,
with q rich, mellow speaking
voice, Is blond and no end good
looking.
NEVER q dull moment might
IN Just as we'll be the theme
song Of the Fort Myer officers,
for no sooner had they finished
with their Friday rides than
they begin all over again and
start into training for the Wash
ington Horse Show, which will
take place at Meadowbrook on
May S. 6, z and 8. And-May
isn't so far off.
y =
MAJOR AND MRS. FRANK
Wk WHITAKER have been
having a thoroughly good time
these last few days entertaining
their daughter and son-in-law,
Lieut.. and Mrs. Louis de Lesder-
nier and-this is really the
important person-wee Peggy
de Lesdernier, the new grand
daughter of Major and Mrs.
Whitaker.
The De Lesderniers have just
come on from Fort Sam Hous-
ton. Oddly enough, when they
went out there they were given
the very identical quarters that
Major and Mrs. Whitaker had
oeen given a good many years
before. Lieutenant and Mrs. de
Iesdernier are on their way to
jtation in Hawaii.
+
MAJ. GEN. LEON KRONER,
WI Chief Of Cavalry, who Is re-
;iring shortly, will be the honor
5ueSt at q. large stag dinner,
lext Monday night. at the
army, Navy Club, which will be
jiven by the officers who are in
he office Of the Chief Of Cav.
Try.
T IEUT. AND MRS. GEORGE
IA MOFFETT, U. s. NJ, are up
rom Norfolk for a week end
With the formers mother, Mrs.
William A. Moffett, widow Of
Admiral Moffett. Mrs. William
Moffett, who was preparing to
leave California before the flood
and everything else happened,
managed to leave, just as she
had planned, and has opened
her house on Massachusetts,
Avenue.
While we are speaking of the
Moffett family, there is quite a
nice bit Of news about one Of the
boys which will probably break
within the next 10 days. So-be
,ure and look in the papers.
Comdr. and Mrs. Howard
Vickery are giving a dinner of
,ome 80 guests. next Saturday
Jut at Chevy Chase Club.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charles
Drake are another couple who
are entertaining with a supper
party on Saturday night.
T LIEUTENANT and Mrs. An.
IL drew Mckee are a very at
tractive Navy couple who are
leaving Washington very soon
for their new post at the Navy
Yard in Portsmouth, N. H.
Miss Mary Tyler Heiner, ct.
tractive daughter Of Capt. Rob
ert G.. Heiner, now at the
Portsmouth CVa.) Navy Yard,
has been in town the last sew
eral weeks visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. Thomas Kinkaid.
TUE Potomac. the presidential
L yacht, is leaving next Friday
for Norfolk to go to the Norfolk
Navy Yard for a thorough over
hauling and will have on board
Capt. Dayton Clarke, one Of the
most attractive Of the Navy
bachelors.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Mrs. Roosevelt
viii Fly East
ToHusband
By Flora Macdonald

Mrs. Roosevelt has
a very important date
next week! 1t is an engage
ment with her husband, the
President, to celebrate, be-
latedly, t h cir thirty-third
wedding anniversary, which
fell on March II.
The First Lady has been
on a speaking tour for the
past two weeks through the
Southeastern and Western
States and now is spending.
a brief holiday with her SON.
in-law and daughter, the
John Boettigers, in their Sc
attic home.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

You are tuning in on the po-
litical Point to : Point You
OUGHT to be here, folks !! IT,.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Co4o1
Society qodA1o
President Leaues Tuesday for Warm Springs+ *(1111
BY Peter Carter

Ccreay of the Navy Claude Swanson the Chief of Staff Gen.
Craig Secretary of War Harry Woodrng and Admiral
Maurice Constant
Constants
We understand that
of n