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Evening star., 1938-03-03
LEAD STOCKS INCREASE
SLIGHTLY IN FEBRUARY
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 3.-Stocks of
lead at United States smelters and
refineries February l totaled 211.O87
short tons. compared with 208,s03 on
January /, the American Bureau of
Metal Statistics announced today.
January world production Of lead
totaled 159.041 short tons against
1886 in December, last.
Domestic production during jan
uary totaled 1851 short tons COM
pared to the December figure of
47,423.
Void zinc production during jan
uary totaled l56.922 short tons against
l6l, los In December. Domestic zinc
production in January totaled 4s,6s7
short tons compared to Decembers
51,787.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
SALES DROP
IN FIFTH DISTRICT
Building Permits Hold Up. but
Valuation Dips. Bank
Review States.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. March 3-The
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's S
monthly review said sales of new au-
tomobiles in the fifth Federal Re-
serve district dropped about 80 per
cent in January from December hg-
ures.
The bank said unemployment con-
ditions ION the whole" were worse,
chiefly due to shortened hours with
lower pay rolls. notwithstanding ia
forable weather for outside work and
less seasonal decline in that type Of
work.
The decline of debts to individual
accounts, the bank said, from mid
January to mid-February was larger
than for any month during the last
several years.
Although construction work and
building permits issued were approxi-
mately the same during January as
in the previous month, the report
said the valuation was somewhat
lower.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
STEADY LEVELS HELD
BY INSURANCE SHARES
sr.c,.l Dispateh to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. March 3.-1nsurance
stocks in the New York City market
maintained steady levels during Feb
ruary. according to Holt, Rose &
Troster.
Maximum range of the weighted
average of 20 issues was only ITO
points for the month, from months
low of 45.18 on February to months
high of 1888 on the 23
Close February 20 was steady at
46.00. compared with opening Febru-
ary l of 1912.
Calculated on closing bid prices,
range for the month was as follows:
Evening star., 1938-03-03
CHICAGO GRAIN
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. March 3.-Wheat prices
lost ground in Chicago today. and at
times fell more than a cent a bushel.
Prospects of moisture helpful to
domestic crops in parts of the South
west and West, together with authori-
tative private estimates that indi-
Gated substantial crop improvement
since December /, had bearish effect.
New crop deliveries. July and Sep
tember, were relatively weaker than
May. although there was some selling
of May against purchases Of July.
At the close Chicago wheat futures
were 1.-7s under yesterdays finish.
May, s2s4-7s; July. s7as-17. Corn
unchanged to Il lower; MAY, 59A "a;
y,,I, zH
Evening star., 1938-03-03
PAPERBOARD MILL SOLD.

NEW YORK, March tP.IRobert
Gair Co., Inc, announced today its
Thames River paperboard mill at New
London, Conn, will be purchased by
st, Joe Paper Co., Port st. Joe, Fla.
The Gair Co. will purchase Kraft
container board from the st. Joe COM
pany's new Florida mill. Gair manu-
facture Of shipping containers will not
Be affected. ..,- -'
Evening star., 1938-03-03
LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT
GETS $274,OOO ORDERS
Months Months
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LOS ANGELES, March 3.-Robert
E. Gross, president Of Lockheed Air
craft Corp. announced new orders for
five Lockheed transports amounting to
s274,000. Two Of the planes, a model
"12" and an Electra, were sold to the
Argentine Army: one Electra to British
Airways: q model "12" to Phillips
Petroleum Corp. and an Electra to
Linea Aeropostal Venzelana.
Including recent orders, the back
log ngure Of the company as Of Feb
rlAty 20 amounted to $500, 900.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
REFUSED
ON ANNUITY POLICIES
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The United States Board Of Tax
Appeals ruled yesterday that annuity
policy payments were not exempt from
Federal income taxes.
The board held that annuity policies
were not insurance and could not re-
ceive the exemption granted on the
payments upon maturity of insurance
policies.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
New Orleans Prices.

NEW ORLEANS. March 2 '!P.-Steany
cables and moderate trade demand brought
initial advances Of l to points in the
cotton market today.
Msrcn opened at a32 May at a55.
July at a.41. October at a4s. December at
9.4a and January at $50
Toward the END of the first half hour
the general market was steady and to
2 points net higher Cottonseed oil opened
steady. March. sob. May. 7.slb july.
1.s6h: September, 1.9s; october. s.o0b.
Bid.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
Treasury Sells
9,98l,062 More
From Gold Hoard
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The Treasury, selling gold to foreign
countries for the second time in
week. disposed of s9,9S1 ,o62 of the
metal on March l.
On February 25 the Treasury sold
sl3,000.000 worth. Purchases were not
identified in either case The sales
reduced the Treasury's inactive gold
fund to sl,l90,585 ,498.
Officials indicated the sales were
made by earmarking metal on deposit
in this country, and have not involved
physical export Of gold yet.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
DIVIDEND rs ORDERED.

PHILADELPHIA, March (Spe-
ciaD The Pennsylvania Glass Sand
Corp. declared the regular quarterly
dividend of s1.75 per share payable
on the 81 cumulative convertible pre-
ferred stock on April 10 stockholders
Of record March Is.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
new YORK COTTON
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. March 3-Cotton
ruled steady today in quiet trading.
Liverpool buying absorbed light scat
tered selling during the morning, but
business later came practically to a
standstill.
MAY reacted from 924 to s.ls, and
in midafternoon was selling at s.2l,
when the list was to points net
higher.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
%.
Chicago Cash Market.

Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat, No. S red "a: No 2
hard, 1.0034; corn. No. mixed. 81;
No. white. 5734; oats, No. / white.
33&; No. 2, 33l2: rye, No. 2. 77a-
1874; soy beans, No. 2 yellow, 1929;
barley. feed. 1850 nominal; mailing,
1890 nominal; timothy seed, 290-
800; red clover, 32.00-37.00: sweet
clover, lo.oo-lo5o.
Baltimore Quotations.
BALTIMORE. March 3 P,.-Wheat,
No. red. winter. garlicky. spot. domestic,
9Sh; March, 9SA
Winnipeg Prices.
WINNIPEG March 3 GP.-Grain range
at principal markets today:
Evening star., 1938-03-03

Kleinert, I B., Rubber Co.-De.
clared 10 cents common dividend, pay.
able March 80 to holders Of record
March is.
Evening star., 1938-03-03

Actual sales: unit Of trading 10 shares
share Of preference stocK share S. preference
Declared in stock
PAID last Cash stock Accumulated
declared N -
nankruptcy reeivership being
Bankruptcy Act securities
Rates OF dividends the annual
ton Unless otherwise dividends are not
Evening star., 1938-03-03
CottOnseed Oil,

Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed unchanged to lower. Sales.
l48 contracts, including switches.
March. Sab; May. s.24; July, s.2sb;
September, 835. Bid.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
Total Sales for the Day. Al

Approximate Soes OF Stocks the NJ Y Stock Exchange
l1:o0 A.M.------- 10000 1900 Noon ---- 100000
100 PM. $4,000
Evening star., 1938-03-03

WINNIPEG March 3 GP,.-Grain range
at principal markets today:
Evening star., 1938-10-07

Clothes, properly hung and brushed
often, require less frequent pressing.
Evening star., 1938-10-07

girl who had been boat riding wits
Somers vas his, Speneer's wife. This
distressed him no end. He hated scan
dal and would have dropped the gas
stealing charges and dealt with his
wife in his own way, except that just
then Harold Mayfair and another
deputy, cruising by the Jones camp.
noticed the stolen Mayfair boat, and
put into the Jones' wbsrf to investi-
safe.
'Somers tried to explain to Mayfair
that he had oney borrowed the boat,
but Mayfair wasn't satisfied. He said
he was going to prefer charges against
him, and thought Jones ought to, too.
"Jones' pride forbade his admitting
that his wife could be disloyal to him,
and so he pleaded with Mayfair in
Somers' behalf and finally persuaded
him to drop the boat-stealing charge.
but only after promising to prosecute
on the gas-stealing charge. You see,
Mayfair had a sense of pride, too. He
didn't want to go home and tell his
friends he had caught the boat thief
and let him 60 Scott free.
This might have settled the whole
business, except that Somers told
Jones that if he prosecuted he'd tell
every one about Jones wife being dis
loyal.
80 Jones promised to pay Somers'
fine and give him 500 besides If
Somers would agree to say nothing
that would get into the court record
about the wife business.
80 that's why it looked in court
like Just another petty thief case, lack
ing in drama. The real drama came
when Jones paid Somers the 500 last
night. They say that Somers won't
be out of the hospital for a
week"
What swell story!" exclaimed.
"Why in the world didn't you make
something out of it for the Journal?"
Phil Maitland sighed. II couldn't"
be said. Spencer Jones owns the
Journal"
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1938-10-07

main In the cocoon until warm
weather. In these close quarters the
stronger ones are likely to turn can
nabalistic.
The banded garden spider is often
mistaken for the more conspicuous
orange garden spider. Their habits
are quite similar, they frequent the
same spots and they are both orb
weavers.
However, the banded one is some
what smaller, the female measuring
from three-fifths to four -fifths of an
inch in length and she is very differ
emily colored. The ground color is
white or light yellow, the abdomen is
crossed by several transverse lines, and
there are also several longitudinal
lines on the caudal half of the ab-
domen.
Her mate is indeed a small fellow,
and at best he does not measure over
Evening star., 1938-10-07
ADMIRAL PARSONS
LEAVES SERVICE
Swanson Voices Regret at
Loss and Praises Long
and Faithful Work.

Rear Admiral Archibald l.. Parsons,
Navy Civil Engineer Corps, former
chief Of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks, who designed and built the Navy
Department and Munitions Building
during the World War. has been retired
from active duty at his own request.
Admiral Parsons will become an asso-
ciate of a retired follow officer, Rear
Admiral Frederic R. Harris, president
of firm of consulting engineers in
New York bearing his name. The firm
specializes in the building of drydocks,
water front structures and shipbuilding
ways.
In accepting the retirement of Ad-
miral Parsons, Secretary Of the Navy
Swanson yesterday voiced regret over
his loss and expressed the appreciation
of the department of the admirals
long and faithful service to our Ma
ton"
A native of Derry, N. H, where he
was born December 90, 1875, Admiral
Parsons was graduated from the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology in
1893 and entered the naval service in
1908.
In August, 1920, he was commits
stoned by the President Of Haiti as
engineer in chief of the Department of
Public Works Of the Republic of Haiti
and during the four years he served
there established an organization for
the design, construction, maintenance
and operation of the public works and
public utilities Of Haiti. For this work
he was commended by the Secretary
of State of the United States and deco
rated by the President of Haiti with
Medal of Honor.
The officer was named chief of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks with the
rank of rear admiral in December 20,
1929. He served for four years and
then was assigned to duty as public
works officer, third naval district.
Evening star., 1938-10-07

meadow or garden where there are
flying insects still abroad you may yet
have the pleasure of seeing one built
The bridge Is the foundation for the
web. The spider spins a number Of
lines which extend irregularly In diff
ferent directions, 50 that they take
hold Of objects nearby. This frame
work is like bridge connecting two
points. The places are many and
fascinating that are spanned. The
suspension lines are reinforced by
passing over them several times, add
ing q dragline each trip. The weaver
walks on the line that has no sticky
substance on 1t.
The radii are next placed, and the
radiating lines of the orb are formed.
These strengthen and add to the web.
Then the hub and center Of the web
where the radii converge is made
stronger and more effective by . net
work or mesh. The lines up to this
stage Of construction are dry. Then
heavy spiral-like stairway is put
in the web, and finally the sticky lines
put in. Madam Bander Garden Spider
remains out of sight, her eight feet
touching telephone wires which will
tell her when she will dine that day.
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1938-10-07
Natures Children
Banded Garden Spider
(Metareiope trifasciata)

one-fifth Of an inch. His legs and
cephalothorax are q yellowish tinge
and his abdomen is white.
The name Of the species in which
the banded garden spider belongs is
Trifasciata, which is more appropriate
for the younger generation than the
mature ones. The young female Is
silvery white and wears coat Of white
hairs, which point toward her head.
As she hangs head down in her trap
nest, these hairs shed the rains and
dust. On the caudal half Of her
abdomen the hairs form three dis
tinct stripes. There are two golden
bands on the lower side Of her alb
don.ssn.
There are few structures ever made
by any of natures children that are
as beautiful as the web made by this
spider. On a warm, sunny day in a
Evening star., 1938-10-07

a routine item on the Journals court
news page about a man named Somers
who had, according to the record.
been arrested and fined for stealing
gasoline. Later that evening I met
Phil at the Press Club and he gave me
the facts behind the yarn.
Il was in court" told him. 81
heard the case and listened to SEN
tence being imposed. How is 1t that
you didn't get dramatic bang into
this yarn as you have others?"
did you notice who paid Somers
fine7" Phil asked.
mo. What difference does that
make?"
Spencer Jones paid it."
Spencer Jones?" stared. why he
was the man who preferred the charges
against Somers."
Exactly. 1t was from Jones boat
that Somers was caught stealing the
gas. And the funny part was, Somers
was driving Harold Mayfair's boat
II didn't know that. 1t wasn't men
toned in the trial"
There's no reason why it should be
Somers came up from New York and
called on the Mayfairs, whom he knew
only slightly. The Mayfairs were away
from their camp at the moment, but
the boat was ready for use in the slip
"Somers wrote a note, advising that
he had borrowed the boat to go to
Bearcamp Island to call on a girl who
was working for one of the campers
over there. Shortly after he departed
a strong wind came up and blew the
note away. Two hours later the May
fairs returned home, found their boat
missing and notified the police.
In the meantime Somers had called
on his girl friend and invited her tc
60 for a ride. They cruised around
the lake for while, returning to
Spencer Jones wharf after dark.
They were within a hundred yards
Of the wharf when the motor sputtered
and died. Investigation proved they
had run out Of gas.
"Somers' companion suggested that
they paddle into Spencer Jones wharf
siphon some gas from Jones boat, and
Evening star., 1938-10-07
Elephant Captured.

Passengers In . bus stopped the
driver and captured an elephant
scarcely weeks old on an open road
near Colombo, Ceylon. They spied it
ss it waited to cross the road. A vii
lage headman auctioned the beast,
which was sold for $25. The new
owner has refused several higher offers
because the elephant has become q
household pet. 1t now is az feet
high and lives on buffalo milk.
Evening star., 1938-10-07
SHORT sTORY--
OFF THE RECORD

then Sofners could
60 on back to the
Mayfairs.
"Somers proceed
ed to carry out this
suggestion. He was
IN the act Of sic
phoning when a
deputy sherin ma
terialized out OF the
gloom and arrested
him.
Spencer Jones.
returning from q
business trip sooner
than he expected,
had seen Somers
siphoning the gas.
from hia boat and
summoned the dep
uty. =
"E very t h l n g
would have gone of
smoothly except
that Spencer dis
covered that the
Evening star., 1938-10-07

ord system were announced yesterday
by Gov. Price.
The Governor said the group also
would study the matter Of policies
with regard to the status OF married
persons in the State government. No
definite date next week has been set
for the meeting.
Gov. Price held several Of these
meetings early during his term and
committees OF his department heads
have been working on various prob
lens.
Evening star., 1938-10-07

Phil Maitland has
been the Journals
court reporter for
IT years. He has
tried several times
t., quit. because he
hates routine, but
the journal hasn't
let him quit.
They've alw avs
raised his pay and
offered other in
ducements to keep
him on the job.
There is, Of course,
a good reason. Phil
has q sense Of
drama. He puts a
zip into the most
commonplace, rou-
tine stories. He
also delves. He
digs up things that
give reality to his
drama.
Last night I read
Evening star., 1938-10-07
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on Enelish.
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.

G.. B. K.-Romance in all its uses
Is pronounced ro-MANCE, not RO-
nance. The latter pronunciation,
however, is in accord with English
analogies, and though it has been in
English use for centuries, it has not
made its way into good American
usage.
Send a self-addressed, stamped en-
velope for the leaflet, "120 Everyday
Words Often Mispronounced"
Evening star., 1938-10-07
Bz LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Cold days win soon end the activities
Of the weavers Of webs. Their cocoons
may be found in all sorts Of places.
You can fiEd them by the dozen after
you know the habiss Of the various
species.
The banded garden spider makes an
egg sac Of tough, waterproof silk that
is cup-shaped with \ fat top. In 1t
will be laid several hundred beautiful
eggs. These will hatch during the
winter, but the little spiders will re-
Evening star., 1938-10-07
GOVERNORS CABINET
TO MEET IN VIRGINIA
Price Plans Session for Next
Week to Study States Fiscal
Condition Further.
Hy the Aasociated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 1.-Plani
for another Governors cabinet
meeting next week to study further
the financial condition Of the State
and to take up again the proposal
to develop q uniform personnel rec
Evening star., 1938-10-07

Baby an Margot got t eat 18th the
comp'ny, but me an John had t
wait fer second table. We Is on our
mark an ready t go!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-12
News Behind the News
- New Deal Secrets

WASHINGTON-The secret New Deal pro-
gram for dealing with the monopoly problem
and curbing great concentrations OF hnanclaI-
economic power calls for action along these
lines:
/ Rewriting the antitrust laws in the light
of Supreme Court decisions which have made
those laws unenforceaole.
>. Revision of the Federal Trade Commits
sion statutes in such manner that the Supreme
Court will be compelled by law to respect the
FTCs findings of fact in monopoly cases.
8. disqualification of all identical bids by
companies seeking government business
4 A tax program which will ease or remove
the corporation surplus profits tax as it applies
to small corporations but keep 1t operative tor
big corporations.
s. A general policy Of heavy taxation of 'over-
sized corporations, possibly with the aim OF
making it impossible for holding companies to
operate in interstate commerce.
6. Requirement that individual corporations
doing interstate business be required 10 have
certain number of competitors. A large indus
trial corporation for instance might By nrohibi-
tive taxation some other method. be prevent
ed from doing more than % per cent. or some
other arbitrary percentage OF the business in
its industry.
So there it is You will notice that the pro-
gram gets more radical with each point
Roosevelt is in sympathy with and may fight
for part or all of this formula. 1t Is eSpoused by
Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson,
Secretary of the Interior Ickes and other Off
cials on the inside group-for which jackson has
been talking IN MS recent SpeecneS
The administrations past sins OF omission
and commission as TO monopoly suggest the pos
sibility that the President may not go through
with the program although there is strong
political incentive to do and the recent Jack
son-Ickes speeches made in full awareness
of their political value.
Furthermore. Congress has lately shown
disposition to ditch anything Roosevelt wants
badly. And, finally there's no assurance that
the program. even if passed in full would be
any more effective than previous antitrust
statutes.
Summing up motives behind the current Of
ficial outcry against big business you have:
First-Obvious 1888 and 1910 political poten-
tialities of a trust-busting crusade
Second-Roosevelt'S belief that government
must regulate business and not let business con-
troll government. plus his belief that business
cannot run itself-into anything except Disaster
Third-Hope that public ballyhoo against high
prices will drive high prices down.
Although critics hari back to NRA and its
encouragement of monopolstic practices current
administration attitude completely repudiateS
the old NRA theory that industry could regulate
itself from within. NRA broke down. Antitrust
laws broke down long before the Supreme Court
took to itself the function Of deciding in indivi
dual cases whether combinations in restraint
of trade were reasonable"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-12
An Aerial Patrol
For Imperial Valley

The proposal of Sheriff Robert w.
Ware for an aerial patrol to be called
upon in emergencies to cooperate with
the sheriff's office in law enforcement
or search for missing persons is one
that will have the support of anyone
who knows the difficulties faced by
the sheriff's department in this county.
Under the present antedated system
there is no way to search for person
missing on the desert except with auto
mobiles and horses-and it would take
months to cover all Of Imperial county
that way The only logical way-and
the cheapest way, too-is by aerial pa
troll. This is just as true of criminals
who take to the desert as it is of missing
persons.
With a corps of Imperial county pi-
lots ready to cooperate in developing an
aerial patrol available in time of need
there seems no logical reason why I'M
perial county should not take this for
ward step in improving an efficient de-
partment.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-12
Bruce Cation Says:
- Clear Labor Concept is Nation Need Now

therefore illegal when the places
of strikers have been filled ana
business has been resumed. Ger
tainly there will be no general a
greement that this is the final word
on such a point.
On the other hand, suppose there
are 100 employees in plant, ana
10 of them want to strike They
do, and bring 5000 allies as 'plcketS'
tc forcibly prevent the other 80
from entering the plant. Is that
picketing? There simply is not as
yet any general agreement on the
rights and wrongs in such cases.
New York electrical manufact-
urers are suing a union there under
the Sherman anti-tr act, charg-
ing that it constitutes a monopoly.
With the administration blaming
monopolies for price liking and
rasing costs arbitrarily, is it pos
sible that closed unions will be
held to be as much lin restraint
of trade" Gas monopolists in the
ordinary sense?
Can union members sue their
unions if they are damaged through
acts of the unions? This question,
too, is before the courts.
There are thousand questions
like these in which people gener-
ally must become agreed. and their
concepts written into law before
a smooth and systematic conduct
of labor relations will be possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-12
This Trick of
USING Words

'Today's Slang DecOmes tOmOrfoWs
good English" said an FL Centran re-
Gently, discussing words and their deri-
vations and use. In specific instances
he was right. In general, he was wrong.
Slang, in its common use, does not
usually become good English, simply
because it is lazy mans way of saying
things Like the man who uses damn"
in every sentence, he knows no other way
of emphasizing his remarks. The man
who knows words and how to use them
needs no such help, for he can choose
his words to carry their own emphasis.
Whatever it is, it can be said a lot bet
ter without slang.