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Evening star., 1938-03-14
TAYLOR EXPECTS
REVIVAL IN STEEL
Corporations Chief Points
to Huge 0ut|ays for Plant
Expansion.
Ey the Associated Press

! NEW YORK. March l4-Myron G..
( Taylor chairman of the United States
Steel Corp. said in the corporation S
annual report today we are hopeful
of an early improvement in business.
The huge steel producer. the report
showed, spent sl3o,799,053 for i'm
provement and expansion of its prop
critics last year and is pushing for
completion this year new mills in the
Pittsburgh and Birmingham districts
The report recalls the corporation
early this year borrowed $4,000. 600
from banks to aid progress of the ex-
tensive rehabilitation and expansion
program.
The new mills in the Birmingham
district for production of hot-rolled
strips, sheets and tin plate. the report
noted. are expected to be ready for
operation this spring. The S63 900. 900
Irwin Works in the Pittsburgh area
also is moving toward completion this
year.
Net Income Higher.
AS previously reported. net income
rose to s94,944.35S, from s50,5S3.356
in 1886. But much of the report is
devoted to detailing the effects of a
record breaking fall in steel produc-
ton in the last half of the year.
Big steel's operations in the fourth
quarter were rated as only 40 per cent
of capacity compared with 1876 in the
third quarter and 884 in the second
quarter. The average for the year
was 7l.2. against 59.3 in 1896.
The balance sheet for the parent
corporation and its subsidiaries showed
inventories increased to S33l,479,126
from S286, 1908 1854 at the end of 1896.
| Cash amounted to s44,648,733. COM
pared with $81 ,393,010.
Working Assets Down.
Net working assets. consisting of
cash, inventories and other assets.
minus accounts payable, accrued taxes,
pay rolls and declared dividends,
amounted to S366. 6.083,6l1, against
$685., ,025,647 at the end of 1896,
The corporations tax bill rose to
s88,048,237, including sl3,415,904 in
social security levies, from $52.15O,945
in 1896, when social security taxes
amounted to only S3,337,120. Also in
cluded was $5.o00,0OO for the Federal
surtax on undistributed profits. COM
pared with $215,544 for that item the
year before
Business done mounted to 1885,
549,630 from 81 .083, 1897 ,435 in 1886.
The undivided earned surplus rose
to $280,356,l43 from s252 2.660,716 and
total assets were sl,9l8,729,288, COM
pared with sl,863, ,976,518 at the end
of 1886.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
SMALL DECLINE SEEN
IN TRANSIT REVENUES
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 14-Revenues
for the transit industry for the week
ending March 6. 1898, based on tele-
graphic reports received from a repre-
sentative group of transit operating
companies. showed a moderate de-
crease from last year.
Transit Journals Revenue Indicator
stands at 9276. which represents a loss
of 7.24 per cent from the correspond
ing week in 1887
For the week ending February 2s,
1888. the indicator was 94.B1.
Revenues for the latest week made
a slightly poorer showing than for the
preceding week, as reports from all
sections of the country reflected the
continuing recession in industrial en-
ployment. +
Evening star., 1938-03-14
CLEARING HOUSE ISSUES
REPORT AT NEW YORK

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March IA. The
weekly statement of the New York
Clearing House shows:
Total surplus and undivided profits
unchanged at $909,3l3.700.
Total net demand deposits (aver-
age) increased S44.752,OOO.
Time deposits taverage) decreased
$3.530.000
Clearings week ended today. $3.207.-
900.118.
Clearings week ended March S,
1922, ,056, GOT.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS
ASKS BONDS APPROVAL

Ry the Associated Press
The Texas Il New Orleans Railroad
Co. a Southern Pacific subsidiary.
asked Interstate Commerce Commits
sion authority Saturday to issue ssn.-
$4,000 first and refunding bonds.
series A. AZ per cent, dated January
l, last, an dpayable January /. 1887
The applicant proposes to use s27.-
246.o0o of the issue as partial pay
ment on the open-account balance
owed the Southern Pacific Co. The
remaining S33,36l 900 would be ey-
changed for bonds now outstanding.
As of December 81. 1887, the Texas
d New Orleans owed the Southern
Pacific Co., S75.203,326.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
TREASURY TO ISSUE
NEW BIDS FOR NOTES

By the Associated Press.
The Treasury announced that $450,-
646,900 in new l0iz-year 2la per
cent bonds will be issued to holders
of 3 per cent Treasury notes maturing
March Is.
Holders Of that amount of notes
out Of a total of s455, ,175.o00 have ac-
cepted the Treasury's offer to ex-
change. The remaining note holders,
amounting to less than per cent, will
be pald in cash.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
INQUIRIES RECEIVED
FOR AMERICAN GOODS
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The Commerce Department has re-
ceived requests for information about
buying in the United States galvanized
iron ana steel wire for Brazil. radio
potentiometers for Czechoslovakia,
rural lighting plants for England and
canned red pimientos for Canada.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
RURAL SALES DOWN
SLIGHTLY IN FEBRUARY
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Average daily sales Of general mer-
chandise in small towns and rural
areas for February were about 3 per
cent under February a year ago, a
Department of Commerce study on
rural chain store and mail order sales
showed
Evening star., 1938-03-14
CHICAGO GRAIN
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, March l4.-Three cen .
bushel MAXIMUM downward sloe
of the Chicago wheat market todar
accompanied heavy selling pressure.
with consequent new low-price rec
ords for the season.
Sharp doWnturns of wheat values
overseas despite recent tense political
developments was largely responsible
for tumbles of quotations here Much
of the Chicago selling today was for
interests that took to the buying side
on last weeks war scare
At the close. Chicago wheat futures
were 2's-3 cents under Saturdays fin
ish, May. as, July. s2l4 -12: corn.
l cent to ~ down; May. $780,
July. 59i2. and oats. %.-i2 off.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
New Orleans Prices

NEW ORLEANS March "a ,P,-Cotton
futures opened point net lower TO
higher here, today. with the favorable vote
on the market referendum partially offset
by the European situation
March contracts opened at a.0H bid.
May at 9.O6, July at a.13 October at a.2C,
December at a.25 and January at 926
, Ihere was scarcity of offerings after
the start and enough trade developed to-
close
CottonSeed oil opened steady: March.
s.95b; May. 7.S4b: July 1S4b: September,
'.90b October. 1.9Ob. Bid
Evening star., 1938-03-14
new YORK COTTON

BY he Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March l4.--Early
steadiness in cotton today on trade
buying was lost later under foreign
selling credited to Bombay and con-
tinental account.
May eased from 900 to s.8a and
in midafternoon was selling at s.ol.
when the list was l to points net
lower.
Evening star., 1938-03-14

Chicaso Cash Market
Cash wheat--No. ! hard, a4,a: sample
grade Northern Sprina. 81: No Z mixed
s.; No. !, 81; mostly red corn No =
mixed, 55: No, = yellow. IS: No. ; white
5.',-5s; oats. No vhi'e. 3ci ,-3SI.:
No. =. 3@i4-ra: rye. No 3 50: soy beans.
No. . yellow, 96'7 barley sales -. feed.
$3.50 nominal! mailing. Hs-s1. nominal,
timothy seed. y .SO-3. 90: red clover. 50 90
81 90: sweet clover. lOO0-50.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
RUBBER FUTURES.

NEW YORK. March "a IN,--Crude rub
! Aeer futures opened 9 to 90 higher. Marchl
'f4,20; May, 14.32; July, 1452.53. n
Evening star., 1938-03-14


Actual trading
AEx dividend Ex rGhts Also 7 LII
shaEe @ Of s. preference stock l:o share 50 preference
Pa1d asl year Cash stock Accomplished
In nankrupcy
RaLes Of dividends The foreRotnE
oaseo
Ton Unless otherwise mo-,
Evening star., 1938-03-14
Baltimore Quotations

BALTIMORE March IA tP,.-Wheat.
No REQ winter. aariicky. spot domestic.
%; March. %.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
NEW YORK BAR SILVER.

NEW YORK, MaEh IA R.-Bar
silver, 44A, unchanged.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
Win nipeg Prices.

WINNIPEG March IA tF-Grarr
range AZ principal markets today:
Evening star., 1938-03-14

approximate Soes OF Stocks the NJ Y Stock Exchange
Hoo A AM.--------- 160 600 1900 Noon $50 600
100 F.M 2S0G0G 2:0OPM 10000
Evening star., 1938-03-14

198, 13lt Byron jackson soc
2'2 IL Callahan Zinc
10l, 6's Calum d Hec log
l97, 49, Canada Dry G Ale
s.. SIS Canadian Pacific -
o. 10 Case tJ u t62)
~. 39l. Caterpill Trac soc
ls7s IA CelaneNe Corp
2S 26 Cent AGuire 1.50) ,
a. 3t Central Foundry
10o 1003. Cent III 1T pf 4 so
81 57s Cent Eioleta lJ0g)
46', So. Cerro de Pa SEQ Ue)
S. & Certain-teed
106 l037s Champ r & F. pff6)
3s'e SIS Ches Il Ohio size
HsChi & la st Ill Cr)
"a. . Chi q East III pftr)-
L.. !. Chi Great Wn r)
= Chi NJ StP e. P tr)
l.. Is Chi NJ StP & P pftr)
l's ! CHI & NorIhwn tr).
12's o.. Chi Pneu Tool
32hs 27 Chi Pneu Tcv pf go
u, = Chi X | & Pac tr)
o. i, C X q p 10 pr r)
81 81. Childs Co
81 81 Chile Copper 5oe)
63'. 46'S Chrysler Corp
49,. 1O94 City lee & Fuel .4ne
61ls 80 City ice 4 + pf 6la
81. 22t City Stores
81 lie Clark Equipment
26l2 1888 Clev Graphite 2.8Og
SO 5S Coca-Cola tA) (3)
117s Sl2 Col&ate Palm Pete.
27as 20l2 Collins & AK soc
81, s Colo & Southern
l1a. 4 Colo 4 South lst of
22t. 16*, Columb 3 CtA) 400
ass g.. CoIumb G & FL 45g
10 6S Col G e. Ell pf Ats)-
15rg 117s Colum Pic vic Cd -
7S 6214 Cnlum Carbon o.
393. 31t Comcl Credit d.
4484 36 Comcl Inv Tr t4--
10 "a. Comcl Solv L60
2 1ss Comwlth & South'n.
4214 so Comw $50 pf .50k-
24l2 20 Congoleum-N 25e
1917 13a. Consoi Aircraft sos
s 6l2 ConsoI Cigar t75e)-
25H 20A Consol Eds l.5Ue)-.
96l2 90 Consoi Edis of 81.
1T% IA Consol Film
67s SIS Consol Film pf 50g.
10l2 Sl2 Consol Oil $50,
55s 3h Consolidation Coal
% 1917 Consolidatn Coal pf
162. 12ss Contain Corp l.20--
16l2 10s4 Cont Baking tA)-
2as Ia Cont Baking (B)--
Asa 3SA Cont Can '.50e)
9SA III Cont Diamond
80 27le Cont lnsur Il 60a)-
1s4 Ia Cont Motor
345x ga. Cont OIL (DeD use.
65h 5sss Corn Products ts)-.
29A 10 Crane Co zig,
9S 80 Crane Co CIV of t5)-.
10l2 7lI Crosley Radio
39Is 3lh Crown Cork&S soc.
33a. 80 Crown OK pf XIV az
12h 9ls Crown Zeller soc
44ss 31A Crucible Steel .-
13l2 6as Cuba r r of
IA 5 Curtis Publishing
5A 4 Curtiss- Wrisht
1Sas 1874 Curtiss- WrtA) ).50g-
24h 15ls Cutler Hammer
25A 1SA Deere & Co
25 21~ Deere & Co of 1.4O)
177a 1915 Del & Hudson
Sl2 6ls Del Lack G. Western
2la Ia Den&Rio CIV pftr)
As ga Detroit & Mac
10S 80 Detroit Edison t2e)
39A 30 Devoe & Ray tA)3
26ss 20a4 Diamond Mitch soc
GA Ga damon T Mot % -.
is 12A Dis Corp-Seag .5oe-
60as 53h Dome Mines 2e --
ASA 35 Douglas Aircraft
112 S77s Dow Chem t.75e) 49,
123A 106 Du Font de N soc
167 149h Eastman kod 3.50e-
A.. 3ts Eitingon Schild
2112 15Sa Ell Auto Lite t.25e)-
10ss 7sa Elec Boat t.60g)
a 3h Ell & Mus Inst .1ss-.
13ss SA Elec Pwr & Light
40 26 Elec Pwr & Lit Sc pf
43 80 Elec Pwr e. Lit of -
3lL "a Elec Stor Bat (2J--.
% II FL Paso Nat G ca ,
Ga 3sk Eng Public Service
ga 3 Erie r r
ga 4s4 Erie lst Of -
2 y Fairbanks Co
33l2 "a Fairbanks-M d.
11h 5l2 Fairbanks Co of
75la 111a Fed Lt&Trac pf t6)
"a 61R Fed Min & SIN t5g)-
4as PA Federal Motor
347s % First Nat SITS 1.25e-.
1Sa. lax Flintkote t1g)
3312 6hs Food Mach (.25e)
aS SO Food Mach pf H.se)
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
WOMAN 'HIKER,'
HIT BY CAR, DIES

State police in the Winchester
(Va0 area today sought to iden
tify the body of a woman hitch
hiker, who was fatally injured last
night. A series of weekend acci
dents in the vicinity killed three
other persons.
About 40, the woman was re-
ported to have become confused
and "zigzagged" into the path OF
a score of motorists along Route
II, north Of Winchester. She was
hit by the automobile of Sam
Cooper, AZ, Martingsburg, w. Va.
whose car overturned in swerving
to avoid striking her. Cooper's
wife, Mrs. Mary Cooper, and his
small daughter, Mildred, suffered
cuts and bruises.
Three persons were killed, an
other injured, and a motoriSt was
held on manSlaughter charges
after a car overturned near Win
chester, Saturday night, and rolled
over a steep embankment onto the
Winchester and Western railroad
tracks.
The dead: Ollie MacFarland, 26,
of Frederick county; w. C. Law
renee, 80, of Bristol, Va, salesman,
and Holmes Puffinberger, II, Of
Winchester, Mildred Puffin-
berger, II, suffered critical in
juries. Dougas MacFarland, the
driver, %, was held by State police
for investigation.
Graden Wallace, II, of Fred
erick county, was fatally injured
when a car in which he was
riding overturned near Winches.
ter. Harrison Clowster, 20, of
Clearbrook, Va, the driver, suf-
fered a broken collarbone, and
Roderick Wallace, 10, dislocated
shoulder. Clowster was held for
investigation in Wallace's death.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Veteran Held
Fugitive Fled Prison
% Years AGO

NEW YORK. Jan. 81 O.N.S.J.
A brilliant record in the World
War failed to outbalance the rec.
ord of his original past when
John de Blasco, 46, gassed and
wounded veteran, was arraigned
today as a fugitive for % years
from New Jersey prison camp.
De Blasco, married and the
father of a 13-year-old son, was
arrested last week on charges
of having a gun for which he
had no police permit. The gun,
it turned out, was a weapon he
got overseas and he had kept it
for sentimental reasons. It could
not be fired.
Nevertheless, he was held In
$500 bail for trial in Special Ses-
sions. He furnished the bail, but
the case attracted the attention
of the New Jersey authorities and
he was rearrested as a fugitive
from a Monmouth county road
camp, from which he fled on Oc.
tober 4, 1914.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
PASTORS HERE
SEE PRESIDENT

Members Of the City-Wide Con
ference Of Ministers were sched.
uled to confer today with Pres
Iident Roosevelt.
Prior to the White House call,
the ministers, numbering between
$50 and 200 pastors of Protestant
churches here, will meet at the
office of Commerce Secretary
Daniel C. Roper, who has been
active for years in the activities
of the Mt. Vernon Place Methodist
Church.
During the Roper conference,
DR.. Ralph w. Sockman, of New
York city, will discuss From Prop
aganda to Prophecy"
DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder, pas
tor the Lutheran Church of the
Reformation, is conference leader
The Washington times., 1938-01-31

of the Tourist Camp, the driver
Of one car being arrested on reck-
less driving charges.
THOSE INJURED
The injured, treated at Emerg-
ency Hospital for cuts and bruises,
included: Lucille Schwartz, 81,
1861 Fairmont st. N. w.; Robert
Evans, 20. Alexandria, Va; Mil
dred Barrett, 1915 Eastern Ave.
N. E., and Charles E. Galloway,
81, Alexandria. Va. Alfred
Schwartz, q, of the Fairmont
Street address, was charged with
reckless driving by Fourth precinct
police.
A dozen other persons were
giver treatment at Washington
hospitals for injuries received in
accidents in and around the
District.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
JOBLESS AID
WORK RUSHED

With only q week to go, the
District Unemployment Compensa
ton Board today rushed certifica'
ton of Washington jobless in or
der that none entitled to unem,
ployment benefits may fail to re-
ceive payments.
The board said the first batch
Of checks will be issued February
7. They will be sent to $50 per.
sons and will vary in amount from
$3.50 to SIS. Oh Tuesday, Feb
ruary 8, another lot of 300 checks
will be sent.
Board officials said approx
mately 5000 persons are expected
to be certified as eligible for pay
mentS.
OF some 10000 persons who
made application, it was ex-
planned, about 5000 were imme-
diately rejected because their en-
ployment categorieS were not en-
braced by the unemployment COM
pensation act.
Officials said about so per cent
of the balance failed to qualify
for other reasons.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
RENT RISE SEEN
AS GREENBELT.
M A P S BUDGET.
Towns Operation Will
Cost Families SIS to 81

GREENBELT, Md, Jan. 81,
Possibility Of an increase in rents
at the Federal model community
at Greenbelt, Md, was seen today
in the posting of a tentative
budget for the fiscal year approx.
imating $4,000, most of which
must be charged to the residents
of the town.
The budget is to be discussed
at a public hearing tonight be-
tween the citizens. the mayor and
the town council. The prelimi'
nary report, drafted by officials of
the Farm Security Administration
and Roy s. Braden, community
manager, will probably call for
an addition of between SIS and 81
per month per family to meet the
costs of operating the town.
BUDGET INCOME SOURCE
The Farm Security Administra.
ton, which now manages the Fed
eral model community, has tenta-
lively mapped a $61,813 budget
for the fiscal year beginning Jan
uary /. OF the total estimate.
only 81 ,476 is to be raised through
direct taxation. The bulk, amount
ing to $57,537, will be raised
through an addition to the
monthly rental on homes. About
$3.50 is expected from the State
treasury for the upkeep Of roads
in the town.
Only direct taxes to be levied
will be on few small parcels of
privatelyowned farm lands on the
Federal property. The farmers
will be assessed $1.80 per 500
of property valuation in addition
to the $1.28 they are already pay
ing the county and State.
SALARIES PROVIDED
Under provisions of the tenta-
tive budget, the five members of
the council recently elected will
receive salaries of $25 each, the
town manager, $500; the treas
urer, $1,000, and the community
nurse, $1,000. Other expenditures
include $1,000 for the depart
ment of public safety, which in
cludes the fire and police depart
ments, 5000 for maintenance of
the community cemetery, $2O,560
for street lighting and $4,26O for
parks and Fairgrounds.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Hobo Official Here
AS Aide to Barkley

walking Mum" Wilson, chap
lain of the Hoboes of America
and former member of the Ken
lucky legislature, arrived in Wash
Iington Saturday night to persuade
members of the Kentucky delega-
ton to support Senator Barkley in
his campaign for reelection.
Should there be any indication
that Governor Chandler will re-
ceive support from Washington,
Walking Mum" declared he
would enter the race himself.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Noe Gains
Faster Puts on 20
Pounds in s Days

MEMPHIS, Jan. 81 Q.N.S).
Physicians attending the Rev.
Israel Harding Noe. former dean
of st. Mary's Episcopal Church
here whose self-imposed fast to
ain spiritual perfection was ended
by forcible feeding six days ago,
announced today that his con-
dition was wonderfully i'm
proved"
After a week in the hospital the
former dean has gained 20 pounds.
His physicians attributed his
phenomenal gain to liquids ad-
ministered last week. Dehydra-
ton, they said, had advanced to
such a stage that DR.. Noes body
drank up moisture like a sponge" I"
Visitors were refused admittance
to the sick room. DR.. Noe ate
his first heavy meal last Friday.
He had tasted % days.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
10 DIE IN OHIO
FROM BURNS; 3
OTHERS INJURED
Kerosene Explosions,
Crate Fires Blamed

OXFORD, Ohio, Jan. 81 G.N.S.).
Exploding kerosene. open grate
fires and suffocation from smoke
today accounted for 10 deaths in
Ohio and sent three other persons
to hospitals, suffering from severe
burns.
FIVE DIE IN FLAMES
In single explosion here five
persons, four of them children,
were burned to death and three
other persons were badly burned
when Mrs. Frank Boatright, ~,
used kerosene to hasten a fire.
Charred bodies Of Mrs. Boat.
right, her two daughters, Illame,
8, and Peggy Jean, IA months, and
two of her sisters children,
Charles, 6, and PhylisS Carver, 3,
were found by firemen.
Burns from open CRATE stoves
caused the deaths in Columbus Of
Mrs. Anna Powell, SO, a widow,
and Mrs. Lulu Baker, 81.
KEROSENE BLAST
Noel Mitchell, 48, of Mechanics
burg, died in a Columbus hospital
of burns received while using kero.
sene to kindle coal stove fire.
Fatally burned while repairing
a gasoline can, Fred Parker, 3S,
Malta, died in a GAINESVILLE hos
pital. William Champlain, A,
was suffocated at brakes, near
GAINESVILLE, when he fell asleep in
a chair and his cigarette ignited
the upholstery.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
VA. CHINA DOLL
QUITS HOSPITAL

Seven-year-old Effie May Poole.
dubbed the China doll" because
of her susceptibility to bone frac,
lures, left Georgetown Hospital
yesterday for her home in Hern-
don, Va, for her fifth con.
valesence.
Victim of a rare bone disease,
the child was admitted to the
hospital on January 10 with a
fractured leg received when she
struck it against a chair.
One of her previous visits to
the hospital was the result Of a
three-foot fall in which she frac.
tured both legs and a wrist.
Physicians say the disease will
persist until she reaches the age
of about 81.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Tom bStOne e
Falls, Hurts
Girl, 6

Six-year-old Louise McAlerr to-
day had a tender scalp and q
story to tell her schoolmates.
Visiting Congressional Cemetery
with her mother, who was decorat-
ing the grave of friend, the child
was struck glancingly by a sud-
denly toppling tombstone, 1oosened
by high winds.
Louise was treated at Gallinger
Hospital for scalp laceration and
returned to her home at 1884 G
st. S. E.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
MRS. MARTIN JOHNSON, EXPLORER,
GIVES HOME-BODIES VITALITY TIP!

fatigue. l love the taste of black
Tea and it let's me sleep-an inn
portant consideration in any active
persons life"
Let Tea help to boost your VIE
tality. Remember-it's the VitaL
people who get the most fun out Of
life. See if Tea doesn't help you en-.
Joy life more. Turn to Tea Today
with meals and in between times,
at IL A. NJ. and 4 P. M.
For real favor and vitalizing eff.
feet, remember that good Tea (Or.
ange Pekoe and Pekoe) comes from
India, ceyIOn, and Java -SumatRa.
These good black Teas are espe.
cially suited to the American taste
For economy and full enjoyment,
buy quality Tea.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Aircraft Output
Could Be Doubled

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 QN.SD
The aircraft manufacturing in,
dustry, with present facilities,
could more than double it's cur.
rent record rate of annual output,
Aeronautical Chamber of Com
merce reported today. A recent
survey showed that the industry
could turn out $345, 100000 worth
of goods annually against an esti-
mated $158,000,00O for the year
ended June 80, 1888.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Seadlund Strives
To Escape Chair

CHICAGO, Jan. 81 QN.SO
With his indictment under the
Lindbergh kidnap law expected at
any time, John Henry Seadlund
today was planning how to escape
the electric chair.
The confessed kidnaper and
slayer of 72-year-old Charles S
Ross, it was reported, may try to
throw the major share of the
blame on James Atwood Gray, the
Iaccomplice he also admitted kill
ing.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Wage Garner
Baby, 412 Months Old,
Gets Security Card

CHICAGO, Jan. 81 G.N.SO
Not yet able to walk or talk, John
J. Jeffers, AZ months old, had his
Social Security card from the
United States Government today,
The baby earned SO recently
while posing for the infants wear
department of a Loop store. Before
the store could pay him, the child
had to be registered as a wage
Garner. The youngest on the rolls
of the security boards Chicago
office,
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Teacher Okays
Proper Slang

CHICAGO, Jan. 81 U.NS1.
Endorsing slang in its proper
place, Prof. Walter K. Smart, Of
Northwestern University, cautions
against it's overuse:
Some of it is the inspiration
Of genius. The trouble is that
after genius employs it, every
fool uses it, turning it into an
other bromide. The fellow who
first said, stop monkeying
around for instance, really had
something"
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
us. Would Fight If
Justified d--Squyres

TRENTON, N. j., Jan. 81 GIN.
S0.-Scott P. Squyres, command.
er-inchief of the Veterans of For.
eign Wars, talks about war-"the
United States is ready to fight if
just cause demands it,"
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
PAYING HOBBY

JACKSONVILLE, Ore, Jan. 81
G.N.S0.-George Stephens has a
hobby" that is a paying PROPOSE
ton. Stephens hobby is collect
ing gold nuggets along Humbug
Creek. He recently found the
finest specimen seen in this Sec
ton in several years. Value of
the nugget was appraised at $50.
The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Ladies, Listen:
You're Cartoons

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 81 GN.s).
Mitchell Lessen, film director:
"Ninetynine per cent of the
women do not know how to use
cosmetics, and so become a
colored cartoon instead of a Da
Vinci painting"