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Evening star., 1938-08-27
LIVESTOCK PRICES
SLUMP IN WEEK
Strictly Choice and Prime
Grades Hold Steady,
but Others Drop.
Bv the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Aug. 27. Although
strictly choice and prime grades of
fed steers held to steady levels at
Chicago. all other steers sold lower
in the price scale, losses of 25-75 cents
accumulated during the week. Other
important markets reported compara-
BILE trends. due in part to increased
marketings at the principal centers.
Hogs slumped under the weight of
expanded supplies to close the period
at uneven declines ranging from 1910
cents. In contrast spring lambs
worked higher, upturns up to so cents
appearing at Chicago, with other
points reporting steady to Is cents
higher prices late in the week.
At Chicago prime steers dupli-
Gated the years sl3 peak, and nu-
merous loads brought sl250-sl2.9
with best yearlings at s1225. Closing
trade was very dull and uneven,
with short-fed and grassy steers shar-
ing the down turn. Fed heifers and
mixed yearlings also sold of. while
cows advanced $3.50 cents. The sup
ply OF Western grass cattle was COM
paratively small, best steers selling at
SO, indicating that nothing strictly
good was available.
Weakness in Trade.
Increased supplies at Kansas City,
most of which we're grass fat steers,
injected weakness into the trade, clos
ing transactions rejecting weak to
Is cents lower prices on best steers.
with grassers $3.50 cents down. Sew
eral loads of well-finished steers
brought sl1-sl1.25. and at least two
loads made sl150. the weeks top.
Comparable losses appeared at ON
aha, where receipts were also ma
terially enlarged. Up to $l2 was paid
for finished bullocks. while the rank
and file of the steer crop brought
$850-$ll6O.
The country offered hogs in sufii-
cient volume early in the week to
force prices below the SO line at
Chicago. and the period finished with
l0-20-cent losses on weights over 200
pounds and $25-40-cent decline on
lighter weights. The late top stopped
at $685. against 50 at the weeks
best time. Late sales of good and
choice 2l0-280-pound averages were
at $8.40-s8s5. with l60-200 pounds at
$8.25-S875. Omaha and Sioux City
had a late top Of So so. and $8.55 rep
resented the outside price at Kansas
City.
Mild Gain in Lambs.
Mild gains featured the spring lamb
trade, due in part to moderate sup
plies for the period. At Chicago 50
was paid after midWeek for both ma
tive and Western lambs. Most OF the
weeks quota of native sold at $3.50
$685., while the Western contingent
bulked at $8-sS.85. Most Of the range
spring lambs received at Omaha
brought s7.75-s850, the outside price
being paid for both natives and West
erns. Choice native lambs made s8.75
at Kansas City, and several loads Of
Texas. Utah. wyoming and Arizona
springers sold at s8-$8.35.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
U. s. TREASURY POSITION.
~ the Associated Press,


The position Of the Treasury on Au.
gust %:
Receipts, S7,45s, 6sO.05: expenditures
0s7.bs incIudina 81 SSn asS All 5I YORK
ing balance. Customs receipts for the
month. S23 500, ,SOO.65
Receipts for the fiscal years (since July
y. -S756.22b. .s42 81: expenditures ST.
335,561.473.07. including S4OO.O9O, ,022.9O
OF emergency expenditures; excess Of ex-
penditures. 579,336, 630.45: gross debt.
S37 .525. .4S3, $50. an increase Of $685.
940.62 over the previous day gold assets.
$13.OS5l12. .534.43.
Receipts for August 90 comparable date
last yearl. S12,179 072. 81: expenditures.
Sll.627.510.97: net balance. 81. S91 .992.-
ing balance: customs receipts for the
month. So: 54O.s0l .95: receipts for the
81. i7a oSs .asi Il. ineludins ss4s a.s'.
s32 ~ Of emersency expenditures: excess
Of, .expendlturss. sass bs7. 12e. So; srnss
S1C.54b 003. .S4A,o1.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
TOBACCO SALES HEAVY
ON NEW BRIGHT BELT
py the Associated Press

Hy the Associated Press.
RALEIGH, N. c.. Aug. 27.-Heavy
offerings continued yesterday on the
IA new bright belt tobacco markets
and the price average remained around
$24 a hundredweight.
The State-Federal Crop Reporting
Service said that there was strong
demand for low to fair quality lugs
and primings. Low to fine primings,
however, continued to make up the
bulk of the sales, with fair volume
of lugs included.
Blocked sales which developed on
several of the markets at the opening
Of the auction season yesterday were
cleared away today. Warehouse men
said continued heavy offerings were Id
prospect for next week.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
q. S. TREASURY NOTES.
NEW YORK. Aug. 81 tP,.-Prices quoted
In dollars and thirty seconds.
MONTREAL SILVER.

MONTREAL Aus. 27 R,.-silver fu-
lures etosed UNCHANGED. Bids: AUGUST.
! 42.55: September. 42.45: December. A1.s6.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
STORE SALES RECORD
SMALLER DROP IN WEEK
Ry the Associated Press.

Fy The ASS0cIated FTeSs.
The spread between department
store sales this year and last year
narrowed to per cent last week.
compared with II per cent decline
in the previous week, the Federal
Reserve Board reports. Better show
ings were made in nine Of the II Fed
eral Reserve districts. In the st. Louis
district a 6 per cent decline was
turned into a per cent gain.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
RAILWAY INCOME.

NEW YORK Aug. 81 R-Net oper-
atiag income, before fixed charges and
other income, of railroads reporting today
for July included:
1898 1887
Alton $lS9.s53 SI5.,446
Atlantic Coast Line s3Sa,a64 1894
Central of Georgia s156o7 6Q03S
Chicago & Western .41 1O6 1904 as2
s., Louis, Southwest. d1,6ss S9OS46
'Defcit,
Evening star., 1938-08-27
NATIONAL STEEL CAR
REPORTS. LARGE NET
By the Associated Press.


MONTREAL, Aug. q Canadian
Press National Steel Car Corp, Ltd,
had record net profit of si.205. 1896.
equal to 1927 per share, in the fiscal
year ended June 30. the company re-
ported. This compared with a net
OF $l60.983, or $l.24. in the preceding
year and the previous high of Sl1,47,-
807 in 1890.
Evening star., 1938-08-27
25-Cent Dividend
Voted on Common
Bv Ward Directors
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Aug. 27-Montgomery
Ward & Co. declared a dividend yes
terday OF Is cents for the current
quarter on the common stock, payable
October Is.
This equalled the amount paid in
the preceding quarter. which was a
reduction from the so cents share
previously paid.
The regular quarterly class "A"
dividend M SITS was also declared,
payable October /.
Evening star., 1938-08-27

Approximate Soes OF Stocks the NJ Y Stock Exchonoe
11:00 A.M------- 100000 1900 Noon $50 900
sales unit Of trading 10 shares.
In bankruptcy recevership being
Bankruptcy Act securities assumed By such
Ex dividend. xr Ex rights. Also or extras
b110 share Of 50 preference Of 43
preference stock Declared paid
In stock Paid last year. Cash
dividend paid declared this
Rates Of dividends the foregoing annual dis.
extra dividends are not
included. - '- ''Ns "Ae NV
Evening star., 1938-08-27
CHICAGO STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, Aug - LP,-Followins is
the complete list Of transactions on the
Chicago Stock EXCHANGE today:
The Washington times., 1938-09-09

With the building Of the rail-
roads, the canal fell into disuSe,
and since the start of this century
few boats have piled its waters.
In the past decade no upkeep has
been done, with a result the locks
are filling and the walls crum-
bling.
The Washington times., 1938-09-09
B | 0 " BLAMED
FOR DEATH OF
MAJORS " IF E
ITS Lie," Brooke Says
As Doctor TestifieS

COLUMBUS, Ga, Sept. 9.-De-
fenSe contentious that the wife OF
Major John R. Brooke was killed
by a fall in her home were shat
tered Yesterday by an Army sur
geon who testified she had been
struck on the head with crush
ing instrument at least five times.
Major Brooke, on trial for his
life on a charge of numbering his
wife in an effort to collect $4,000
life insurance with which to settle
gambling debts, heard Lieut.. Col.
Martin R. Reiber declare that in
his opinion Mrs. Brooke had been
killed either by a weapon welded
with great force" or by the
clenched fist OF a big man."
"TT'S A LIE"
A dramatic incident stirred the
courtroom when Brooke snarled
and muttered, half under his
breath, IT'S a lie," after fellow
officer had testified Brooke had
told him he would attempt to
beat the rap"
Previous witnesses had testified
to seeing Major Brooke. tactical
instructor at Fort Benning i'll
fantry school, hurry from his home
shortly before his wife's body was
found st the foot of a flight of
stairs.
From photographs taken in the
Brooke home and at a hospital
morgue, Colonel Reiber pointed
out large crushed section in the
right side of the head. three deep
wounds on the left side and an
other in the back.
NAILED DOORS
He said John Brooke, the
majors young son, told him of
passing nails through the back
door to his father about 1920
and that after the door had been
nailed he was not permitted to
enter the house.
The Washington times., 1938-09-09
Government Takes Deer
Famous e. u1pd %. Canal
Built
By Washington
To Be Parked

This historic Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, conceived by George
Washington and long one of the
major transportation lines Of this
section of the country, today be-
came the property of the United
States Government.
Judge Frank G.. Wagaman, of
Federal court, at HagerStown, Md,
signed the order niSi transferring
the property adjacent to the 1856
mile canal to the Department of
the Interior, which plans to make
it a part of the national park
system.
MONEY FROM RFC
Purchase of the property was
made possible through an allot-
ment of $2,5O0,000 from the Re
construction Finance Corporation,
derived through the sale of PWA
bonds.
OF this sum, $2,000,000 will be
expended for purchase of the prop
erty, and the balance will be used
for reconstruction and improve
mentS.
Plans for the project call for re-
building locks, gates, sidewalks and
ducts between Washington and
Seneca, Md. The famous old tav-
ern at Great Falls, where thou
sands and thousands of passengers
were entertained during the cen
tury that the canal was in opera
ton, may also be rebuilt as a his
toric bit of the past.
WILL DREDGE CANAL
The canal will be dredged, so
that boating may be possible, and
the property adjacent to the
banks will be cleared and parked.
1t was as early as 1750 that the
canal was first planned, with the
young engineer, George Washing
ton, drawing up the plans. But
not until after the Revolutionary
War was construction started.
BY 1928 the canal was COM
pleted and was an important pas
Senger and freight link from the
The Washington times., 1938-09-09

Capital of the new nation to the
newly-opened West.
Construction of the canal was
one of the most difficult engineer.
ing problems Of the early days, it
being necessary to drive a long
tunnel and overcome other natural
haZaEdS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11
English Get Mike-Fright
AT Street Broadcast

LONDON, Feb. 1l-Britain's
first -vOx pop" broadcast recent
" gave radio listeners a kick and
was pronounced a success-al-
though the pedestrian victims
were pretty skittish about the
whole affair.
A crowd of passersby gathered
when an announcer set up his
microphone In St. Paul's church
yard But It scattered when he
tried TO draw them to the mike
to relate their New Years resolu-
tons
Enough persons finally consent
ed to talk to make up a 10-min-
ute program.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

has given him some real help and
enabled US to avoid a number of
rough spots Now if the rest Of
you guys want to sit up and fret
and worry, you can. but for my
part I'm gonna relax and let the
boys 60 on drivin' like they been
dom If YOU ask me, this amt no
time to be changin' drivers. We
have been gettin' along mighty
good, and I'm the kind of a guy
that believes in lettin' well
enough alone.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PIRATES cove
NOTES
ssssssssssssssesssssssss

Recent arrivals at Pirates Cove
Fishing Camp were Mr.. and Mrs
Ray Lawson and their attractive
daughter, Miss Jean Lawson, of
London, Ontario Miss Lawson
made her debut last Fan in To-
ronto at1an elaborate party Be
sides being an excellent swimmer
and fishing enthusiast. she IS also
a skilIfuI devofee Of the Can
adian winter sports. and has oft
en- skated in company with Sonia
Heinie. who win soon appear with
her Hollywood Ice Revue IN the
Orange Bowl at Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

Spottswabd received honors Al
Riverside Military Academy.
80, President. Roosevelt in
spects Fort Jefferson national
monument al Dry Tortugss
Members Of church sodzlify re
turn home from Tampa Many
Key West streets rez1Tfaced BY
WPA- .ReQuiSition workers 70
lay wearing surface on bridges
Girl scouts hold interesting meet
ing. Allen II Armstrong added
% The Citizen staff IS adxertis-
ing. circulation manager and 50
Iieitor for job printing g d.
Burton ard Capt. johnson Of New
York survey Dry T0rtugas. plan
70 run excursions from here
Lord Beaverbrook greatly pleased
with visit here. H. Ogden lands
nine-foot shark weighing as
pounds
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

l936-Goodly part of day in u.
S. House of Representatives tax
en- up in discussion over defini-
ton of word "asinino". and
whether one member could prop
erly call another such.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

l929-State of the Vatican City
created by treaty with Italy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11
ssssessesssssessssessesss
Today's Birthdays

DIR. John j. 1lgert. preSfuent OF
the University of Florida. sborn at
Nashville. Tenn. So years ago
Hugh T. Kerr of Pittsburgh.
noted Presbyterian clergyman.
born in Canada. 81 years ago.
Alexander v. Dye. director of
the Bureau of Foreign and Do
nestle Commerce. born at Flora.
Ill. 81 years ago.
DR.. Valoria II. Parker Of Hart
ford. Conn. and New York City.
noted social hygienist. born IN
Chicago. 50 years ago.
Prof. Olive Day. Yale's noted
historian. born at Hartford. Conn.
81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

The California contingent at
the Camp has been joined by
Raymond Wilson Of Berkeley, and
Mrs. Maud Downing of Los An
geles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

]. c. HarIacker and James H.
Hogan of Providence, Rhode Is
land. enjoyed several days of
splendid fishing and were later
Joined by their friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. E. Kenworthy. Charles H
Reinhardt and H. T. Mulry, also
of Providence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

1881. S. Department of Ag-
riculture elevated TO cabinet rank.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

The unique and colorful setting
of the Camp along with its ex-
cellent and delicious cuisine
makes lunching or dining there
a delightful gustatory experience
Luncheon guests Of the past week
included Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose
Bonfer. Chicago: Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Stutz and Mr. and Mrs A A
Stutz. Sandusky. Ohio. and Mr.
and MR. Elliott. who are spend
ing the winter IN Key West
Among the dinner guests were
Mrs. Alice B. Hall, and Mrs A R
Taft, Miami Beach. Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Reid Spencer. Sarasota.
Fla
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

William T. Baxter, secretary of
the famous Beach Haven Tuna
Club and manager of the Tackle
Department of Abercrombie and
Fitch Company. New York, enjoy
ed an interesting night fishing ex-
cursion in company with Mrs
Baxter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

Dr.. Payson Smith. former Mass.
commissioner of education. born
at Portland. Maine. SIS years ago
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

Mr.. and Mrs E. R. Silvers and
Mr., and Mrs J. r. BauInan. Rah-
way. New Jersey, have returned
for their annual visit to the Camp.
Others who are making return
visits are MIR. and Mrs. c. R. Med
land of Winnipeg. Manitoba, and
DR.. and Mrs. c. S. Bates. Durand,
Michigan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Wright,
of De Kalb. Illinois. brought in
the best catches of the week, in
Guiding fifty large reef fish on one
day, and hundred and ten on
the following day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

l869GDr. Samuel A Mudd. i'm
prisoned at Fort Jefferson. Fla.
as one of the Lincoln conspirators
for almost four years. pardoned
by President-lived Is years there
after
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

John P. Fauth and his son, J.
Morgan Fauth, of Babylon. Long
Island, were so delighted with
Pirates Cove that they have made
reservations for themselves and
their respective families for ten
days IN March when they win re-
turn for the fine tarpon fishing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

Other recent guests are Armin
Rickel. president of H. w. Rickel
and Company. of Detroit, and
Mrs. RickeI: Mrs. Eileen Allen of
New York City and Mr. and Mrs
FINS Ernest. of St. Louis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11

1S6l-Abrahan Lincoln left his
Springfield. Ohio. home for
Washington to assume the Presi-
dency.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-11
Today In History

1s0I-ElectoraI College vote
showed Thomas Jefferson and
Aaron Burr tied for the Presi-
dency, whereup the House of Rep
resentatives, according to law.
each State having one vote. on
36th ballot made Jefferson Presi-
dent and Burr Vice President
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-24
Why Volapuk Language
Was Finally Discarded

The international language, Vola-
puk, was invented by Johann Schley-
err, about 1879. It was founded,
as to 40 per cent, on English, but
the roots were so distorted in accord
ance with arbitrary rules that they
were almost unrecognizable, and the
language was further encountered
by an almost Greek profusion Of
examinations and variations.
The collapse of Volapuk (Which in
1889 claimed a million adherents
and had held three successful con-
gresses) was insured by the refusal
of Schleyer to permit any modifica-
ton. Kadem Bevuretik Volapuka,
the central Volapuk academy, di-
rected by DR.. w. Rosenberger, how
ever, continued it's researches into
the best possible form of an interna-
tional language, and in 1898 it is
sued a vastly improved language,
which it called Idiom Neutral and
changed its own name to Akademi
de Lingu International.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-24

Windmills will supply power for
transmitting telephone conversations
over some sections of the recently
completed fourth transcontinental"
telephone line where it crosses desert
lands in the southwest. This first
known use of such machinery for this
purpose was recently decided upon
after the Bell Telephone Laboratories
in New York City had made tests with
an experimental windmill in New
Jersey.
The windmills will drive generators
which will charge batteries supplying
current to the vacuum tube ampli-
fiers or repeaters stationed at inter-
walls along the line between Oklahoma
City and Whitewater, Calf, to "boost"
human voices on their way. Ordinary
power lines not being available in GER
tain sections of the desert country, it
was decided that a windmill at each
repeater station would produce the
power most satisfactorily.
There is an almost constant breeze
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-24
WINDMuLS TO SUPPLY POWER ON DESERT
LINK OF TRANSCONTINENTAL PHONE Line
Booster Obtained From Air On Oklahoma California
Section

in these regions, but should a pro-
longed calm or any break in the wind
mill machinery interrupt this source
of power, gasoline-operated gener-
ator will automatically start when the
battery reaches certain stage of dis
charge. Should this equipment fail,
another automatic device will sound
an alarm to the nearest inhabited"
repeater station, sixty or seventy
miles away.
On this important new voice high
way to the Pacific, new type of Gear
rier current" telephone channel, re-
Gently developed by the Bell Labora-
tories, will be used. This system, with
a wide frequency range, makes it pos
sible to carry on as many as sixteen
conversations simultaneously over one
pair of wires. In addition to tele-
phone channels, the new route will also
provide circuits for broadcasting net
works, telegraph and teletypewriter
service and picture transmission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-24
A LITTLE MENTIONED STRAW
VOTE

Nowadays when the newspapers OF
the country are full of political fore
casts, straw votes, and real or IN
vented surveys of the American
trend of thought, it might be sup
posed that when an authority pro-
duces one of these estimates 1t woulo
be prominently displayed.
The headlines and editorial COM
ments in the anti-administratlon
press appears to be confined TO such
forecasts as imply a recession from
President Roosevelt's popularity ana
criticism of the New Deal measures.
The other day, Torture magazine
which can hardly be suspected elthef
of great admiration for the President
or a devotion to the emergency ana
reform measures that were the strlh-
ing elements i'm the proceedings OF
the Seventy-Fifth Congress, went III
to the survey business rather elapor-
ately. The editors announced that
their Quarterly Survey to be pupllsn-
ed next month indicates that 54.1
per cent of the population approved
of Mr.. Roosevelt, while 34.4 per
cent dissapprove, and 1O.9 per cent
don't know. The survey even
indicates a possible majority dlsap-
proyal of the phenomenon OF re-
bellious Congress: 47.2 per cent
think that Congress should work
more closely with the president
while 4O.6 per cent prefer it to show
an independent spirit and l2.2 per
cent don't know
Fortune is a big business maya
zine. Suppose it had announced that
it's survey had shown an opposite
trend of public sentiment. The anti
New Deal newspapers would nave
screamed the result in big headlines
on every first page. AS it was, the
few of them that mentioned the con-
illusions of the Fortune poll printed
lust a little bit of it, very deep IN
the back of the paper. Most OF the
big newspapers ignored the whole
account, although advance copies
were furnished them by the maya
zine. One of the great metropolitan
journals passed up Fortunes survey
and the accompanying editorial
though it gave a long account OIL a
sectional bankers conference IN
Springfield, Illinois, in which the
New Deal was attacked.
Curiously enough, not one OF the
prominent newspaper columnists who
seize with avidity on anything that
seems to throw doubt on the success
of the New Deal measures and VINO
see in everything evidences OF revolt
and disintegration in the Democratic
party also paid any attention to the
magazines story or it's editorial.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-24
U. S. AND CANDA PLAN
CELEBRATION

There are 10000 members OF the
Good Neighbor League in the United
States. These and the members Oh
the group in Canada are planning to
celebrate, in the fall OF 1888, the
1926 years of peace between the two
countries. The celebration will take
the form of a chain of dinners held
in 100 major cities on both sides Oh
the border and announcement OF this
program has been made by d.
Stelzle, Executive Director, who has
already declared that such celebra-
lions have the approval OF outstand-
ing leaders in both countries.
The fact that countries, whose
combined population includes more
than one fourth of the entire hui
man race are now at war, that al
most another quarter live in coun-
tries which are on the fringe OF war,
and that out of the 43 democracies
at the end of the World War very
few are left, is ample reason Tor
Canada and the United States to re-
ioice because of their long continu-
ed friendship. The situation through
out the world demands that these
ties Of friendship be further
strengthened.