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Evening star., 1938-09-01
OIL MEN FEARING
PRICE CUT SPREAD
Blanket Slice of 10 Cents
Per Barrel Is Made in
East Texas Field.
Py the Associated Press.

TULSA, Sept. 1-"And now
what?" was the query written large
on the faces of oil men today as
they puzzled over the future Of crude
petroleum prices.
Confronted by an almost blanket
reduction of 10 cents barrel in the
great East Texas field, executives
everywhere were asking whether the
cut would spread
The uncertainty spread to all de-
partments of the business.
The chief executive of one OF the
largest crude oil purchasing and mar
ketlng companies here. traditionally
cheerful. glumly shook his head with
the cryptic remark. Things are shap-
ing around into a confusing situa-
ton. The bottom is dropping out
Of the crude market"
Others More Optimistic.
In other quarters there was a more
optimistic note. The East Texas
crude cut was considered by some
w w VI pdiNIy lOSdi SISIlIllSdllCC.
In an interview with the Tulsa
Tribune. Col Ernest o. Thompson
chairman of the Interstate Oil Com
pact Commission. insisted that "Ev-
erything is all right and will con-
tinue to be all right.
Crude oil will be tight September
l when we resume Saturday shut
downs in Texas and when crude
is tight price usually takes care OF
itself"
Texas was given hearty appreciation
for restoring the Saturday shutdown
Of its oil wells 1t was held that
similar curtailment by regulatory
bodies in other producing States
would put production again below
market demand and guarantee the
output would not get far out Of line
One authority here pointed out
20 ,000,000 barrels of crude have been
Withdrawn from storage in the last
year and that stocks are actually
below what was considered a low
economic level few years back.
Gasoline Stocks Higher.
No one was willing to take a cheer
full view Of the refined products sit
uation, considering that gasoline stocks
were about 100000 barrels greater
than at this time last year and fuel
Oil stocks about 36,500,OOO barrels
higher.
In virtually all districts the weak
ness in gasoline persisted and MANY
refiners were calling for reduced op-
erations. Marketers reported prospects
good for brisk business over the
Labor Day holiday, but agreed the
weakness in motor fuel was spreading
to distillates, tractor fuels and kero-
sene.
The volume of work in the field
was changed but little. Total COM
pletions in all fields were 526. an in
crease of % over the week before.
the Oil and Gas Journal reported.
Evening star., 1938-09-01
CHESAPEAKE CORP.
ACTION LAUNCHED
Young Is Made Member of
Dissolution Group for
Holding Company.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept First tangible
action in dissolution of Chesapeak,
Corp, middle holding company II
the once vast $4,000 100000 railway
empire put together by the late Var
Sweringen brothers, was reported yes.
terday. following meeting of the
Dissolution Committee.
Developments at the meeting were
Election of Robert r. Young, 3
Chesapeake Corp. director and chair
man of Allegheny Corp. as member
of the Dissolution Committee.
Appointment of Mr. Young with
Earle Bailie. another Dissolution Com.
mittee member, as a special commit
tee of two to arrange for sale of Ches-
apeake Corps holdings of 60.49C
shares of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
81 preference stock.
Held "Belated Recognition
Appointment of Mr.. Young, once
Chesapeake Corp. chairman. as a
member of the Dissolution Commit
tee was termed "belated recognition
OF the fact Allegheny Corp. owns II
per cent of Chesapeake Corp. stock
Chesapeake Corps prime assets
as its dominating holdings of 35 Pc,
cent of the common stock and 80 per
cent of the preference shares of he
profitable Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
way.
Mr. Young, it was learned tonight,
favors sale of Chesapeake Corps hold
ings of 60,490 c. & o. preference
shares in small lots throughout the
country.
AS further step in dissolution, he
faVors immediate distribution by
Chesapeake Corp. to its stockholders
OF 10th shares of Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway common for each Chesapeake
Corp. share held.
Meeting of Full Board.
A meeting of the full board of
Chesapeake Corp. was held yesterday,
as we'll as that of the Dissolution Com
mlttee. The directors. at their execu-
tive session, postponed action on q
ulN luclu.
Another meeting of both Dissolution
Committee and board may be held
within the next week or so.
Members of the Dissolution Com
mittee besides Mr.. Young and Mr..
Ballle are c. l.. Bradley. John P.
Murphy and John B. Hollister. All
were present at today's committee
meeting except Hollister, who is in
Europe.
Stockholders of Chesapeake Corp.
at their last regular meeting approved
resolution to dissolve their company.
Young has been urging the dissolution
AS a step in simpliflcation of the hold
ing company structure created by the
Van SWeringens.
Evening star., 1938-09-01

discovered ne d nave TO play a lone
hand in his attempts to keep order
or no hand at all. 1t is a wonder
that the old codger survived those
hell-roaring days. suspect that
it was due to his ability never to get
excited, his understanding of human
affairs, his diplomacy. For there were
dozens who could have bested him
in physical combat, and still more
who were quicker with their trigger
fingers
1t is still more of a wonder that
Sheriff Plympton stuck to his job
for the odds we're against him. He
must have had love for adventure
and a profound sense of RESPONSE
bility.
Plympton was made acutely con-
scious of the fact that he was destined
to play a lone hand the first month
of his stay in Dry River. No one
wanted the job Of deputy. The reason
was obvious The last three deputies
who had served under the former
sheriff had been shot. Not satisfied
with this. the laWbroakers had shot
the former sheriff also.
Sheriff Plympton was told all this
and warned to mind his own business
And he was smart enough to do just
this for a month, never interfering,
but watching and listening and max
ing his plans. He discovered that a
man named Ossie Gleason was re-
sponsible for most of the lawlessness
Ossie was big, burly, quick-tempered
gent who took a delight in causing
trouble.
A FTER the first month Plympton
took a trip down to the State
capitol. and folks thought he'd quit
his job. But he returned q week later
and sought out Ossie Gleason.
"Ossie," he said, Il happen to know
that you don't work for a living but
make most of your money robbing
other folks. Now. I've a proposition.
I want you to be my deputy. I've made
arrangements to offer you half the
amount of fines imposed on lawbreak-
ers. Well fine them instead of locking
them up. You ought to be able to make
good weeks pay and at the same time
crafty your hell-roaring nature"
F 1t was a smart move. Ossie took him
up on the proposition. Plympton swore
him IN, and Mr.. Gleason strutteo
around town as smart as peacock
sporting his shiny new star.
Well, sir, the first two weeks Ossie
made s225. Then business began to
drop of. Lawlessness took dive. II
vas one thing to shoot down . deputy
sheriff who wasn't 20 fast On the draw;
Evening star., 1938-09-01
70 Per Cent Cain
In Air Express
Shi pments Seen
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. Sept. l.-For the first
seven months Of the current calendar
year air-express shipments ON a Ma
tion-wide scale increased 2.62 per cent
over the corresponding period of 1897,
according to the air express division
OF Railway Express Agency. Ship
ments for the seven-month period to-
tailed 372,878.
A gain of IA per cent In shipments
was chalked up in July over the record
for July, 1887, it was said. The total
for the month was 52,254.
Air-express service in the United
States will be II years old on Septem-
ber /.
Evening star., 1938-09-01
CORPORATION PAYS FEE,

RICHMOND, Va. Sept. / P.-The
State Corporation Commission said to-
day the Belding Hemingway Co., a
Connecticut concern manufacturing
hosiery. thread and allied products,
had paid fee of $2,25O. based on a
capitalization of $5o,o00.O 600. and had
appointed Landon Lowry, Bedford at
torney. resident agent.
Evening star., 1938-09-01
RICHMOND PORT INCOME
SETS ALL-TIME RECORD

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va. Sept. 1.-Collec-
tions for the Port of Richmond scared
to an all-time high in August. with q
total of $655, ,284.l6. Deputy Collector
w. Gay Smith said today.
Collections in August last year were
$448,28ll4
The increase, Mr. Smith said, result
ed from general gains in imports Of a
number of products rather than an
advance in any particular item.
Principal imports were listed as to-
bacco, sugar, liquor, paper, seeds and
machinery.
Evening star., 1938-09-01
UNITED KINGDOM BUYS
MORE AMERICAN GOODS

BY the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department said to-
day the United Kingdom was one of
the few large countries to buy more
American goods in July than in the
same month last year.
The British bought $32 .23l 900 worth
OF merchandise in July. compared with
S32,050000 in July of 1887.
Both exports to and imports from
China slumped again in July as in
previous months of the year.
Evening star., 1938-09-01

1t was quite an
other to try shoot
ing Ossie. who held
the record.
Sheriff Plymp-
ton was we'll salts
fled and thought he
had the situation
well in hand. Then
he became suspic-
lous of Ossie. After
a week of COM
paratlve quiet OS-
sic began fetching
in | a W br e akers
again. a At least he
accused them of
being lawbreakers
a n d demanded
that fines be i'm
posed. The law
breakers shrieked a
protest. OSsie was
accusing them un-
justly. They hadn't
cnno r,itfn|
Evening star., 1938-09-01
TO THE POLICYHOLDERs OF
TIIE nDI- -IlI,A A-trI

1HE PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
NOTICE is hereby given that meeting Of
the pohcyholders of THE PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
pany. in the City of Newark, New Jersey. on
Monday, the Fifth day of December, 1898.
at twelve o clock noon, for the purpose of
selecting four persons to be voted for by the
policyholders Trustees as members of the
Board of Directors at the annual election of
Directors of the Company to be held on the
Ninth day of January, 1859.
AT such meeting every pnlicyholder of the
corporation wi.o is of the sge of twenty-one
years or upwards and whose policy has been
in force for at least one year last past shall be
entitled to cast or vote in person or BY proxy.
EDWAHD D. DUFFIELD. Prrsidens.
Evening star., 1938-09-01
DIVIDEND IS ORDERED.

WILMINGTON. Del. Sept. ,Spe-
claN The board of Hercules Powder
Co. declared a dividend of 25 cents a
share on the common stock of the
company. This is payable September
"a to stockholders of record at the
close OF business on September l3.
Evening star., 1938-09-01
BANK OF ENGLAND.

LONDON. Sept. l lP,.-Bank of England
statement as of August 81 Gn thousands
Circulation. 4SO.432: increase 1.734.
Bullion, 321160; increase. ia Reserves.
1922; decrease, 1920. Public deposits.
2a.75s: increase. 3799. Private deposits.
13l 119; decrease. 4.512. Government Sc
curities. 102,O61; increase, $50. Other
securities -27.695: increase. 1877
Ratio of reserve to liabilities. 29.7 per
cent. compared with 30.6 last week.
Evening star., 1938-09-01
DAILY SHORT STORY
FINE MONEY
By Richard Wilkinson.

WILL PLYMP-
ON as
sheriff Of Maver-
lex County in the
days when that
area encompassed
hundreds Of square
miles Of desert
country and only
one town. The town
was called Dry Riv-
er, as it is today.
and was notoriously
corrupt. 1t was a
typical rip-roaring.
wide = open, hell
Leather mining
settlement, where
m u r d er. robbery
and other vices
were everyday oc-
currences.
Sheriff Will rep
resented the only
law within 100
miles, and he soon
Evening star., 1938-09-01
NEW YORK METAL MARKET.

stesdy NEw Yonk s.Dt SPOT os esPes
1918. Tin steady: spot and nearby,
43.e5: forward. 1895. Lead steady; spot
Zinc steady: East St. Louis, spot and
forward. 4.15.. Pie iron. aluminium. snti-
mony. quicksilver. platinum and Chinese
volframite unbalanced.
Evening star., 1938-09-01
Washington Exchange
SALES,

Potomac Electric SO pfd-1 at ll412
at ll4l2.
Potomac Electric 5lz % pfd-5 at ia.
washington Gas Light pfd-lO at
997s, 10 at 9s7s, 10 at s91s, 10 at
997s.
Evening star., 1938-09-01
DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK Sept. 1.-Dividends de-
clared lprepared BY the Standard Stats
tics COZ
Pc Stock of Pay
Raterod record able
Fanny Farmer Candy 25c oils 10-1
Roeser e. Pendleton SOC 9-lO $50
No Action.
Evening star., 1938-09-01
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY
MLSCELLANEOUi
STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY

Amer Tel. & Tel 80 1929.
Capital Transit Co.
y IL w Steamboat a. 55 20
Pot. El. Pow 6er pfd t6, ll3I,
Pot. Ell. Pw. 542ol pf. $500 li3
Wash. Gas 1t. new tl2OI - % |
Wash. Gas pfd t4.5OJ 9aIa 9g7s |
Wash. Ry. & Ell com. tg36) 500
WASH. Ry. d El. pfd. 90 lIlta 1l3
Evening star., 1938-09-01
LONDON GOLD. SILVER.

LONDON. Sept P,.-Bar gold 143s.
hd. Oh 8 pence equivalent S34.77).
Bar silver. 1eAd. UNCHANGED (eauivs.
lent <2.0o sentS).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-16
Sandwiches Date Back to Rome
But British Earl Later RediScOvered Them

Legend says that when the
Romans conquered England they
taught the early Britons how to
make an "offula"-a combina-
ton Of foods similar to that now
known as a sandwich. But when
the Romans quit England the Of
fula was soon forgotten, not to
be rediscovered until the 18th
century.
To John Montagu, fourth Earl
Of Sandwich, is accorded the
credit for invention of the sand
Wich. Seated at the gaming table
and loath to leave it even for
food, he called for slices of bread
with beef between them to be
brought him, that he might con-
tinue gaming with one hand
while he ate from the other. And
between bites, he Justify dubbed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-16
NEVER REHEAT COFFEE

5. Remove the grounds as soon
as the coffee has finished brewing
and serve as quickly as possible.
If it must stand, keep on an
asbestos mat or over a low flame.
Never allow it to cool, then reheat.
6. Always use fresh coffee. Be
cause it deteriorates rapidly after
being opened, purchase small
amounts at a time and keep tightly
covered in a glass or metal con-
tainer.
z. Choose the grind best suited
to your coffee maker. For perco-
lating and boiling, use the regular
grand. For dripolatorS and Siphon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-16

2 tablespoons Of coffee in the pot.
Pour in water and bring slowly to
the boiling point, stirring down
coffee occasionally. Remove from
fire Immediately and pour "a cup
cold water into pot to settle the
grounds.
The egg may be omitted but 1t
helps to clarity the brew For
boiled coffee without the egg, the
same measurements and methods
are used.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-16
Improper Methods Ruin Coffee
Few Simple Rules Assure Fragrant Beverage

Is coffee making a hit or miss
proposition with you? Although
the element of surprise is wei
come in most cases, everyone
likes to know that their coffee is
going to be exactly right every
time.
Whether you make coffee by
the old-fashioned boiled method,
IN a percolator, or in a drip or
litter coffee maker, good coffee
Will not "just happen" unless a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-16
M~&

4. Always use a clean pot, and
scald just before using to re-
move all stale odors. Wash it
thoroughly each time after using
and rinse twice with clear Scald-
ing water. Occasionally securing
of metal pots is recommended to
keep them clean. An enameled
pot may be sweetened by boiling
in it water which contains q
small amount of baking soda. Be
sure to wash and rinse out the
soda thoroughly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-16
BOILED MISNOMER

Boiled coffee is misnamed be-
cause it should never be allowed
to actually boil. Made properly,
with or without egg, it is clear and
delicious.
Use 2 level tablespoons of coffee
for each 12-pint or standard meas
uring cup of cold water. Mix l
tablespoon of beaten egg with each
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-16

his gastronomic m a K shift q
sandwich"
What a surprise he'd get If his
portly ghost could return to check
up on the wide varieties Of sand
wiches of which he never even
dreamed!
It is estimated that 10000, 900
sandwiches are eaten in this coun-
try every day!
The first secret Of q good sand
wich is the bread. It should be
Of close, firm texture and one
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-16

day old to give the best results.
If crusts are to be removed it
should be done before the bread
is sliced.
The second secret Of q good
sandwich lies in the treatment of
the butter. 1t should always be
ereamed before spreading.
The first ancestor Of the whole
sandwich family was q meat sand
wich. To this day the old reliable
standby Is q ham sandwich.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-16

type coffee makers, use q very
fine grind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-16

/. Always use freshly drawn
water.
2. Always measure both coffee
and water to obtain the same
strength each time.
3. Never allow coffee to actually
boil as the high temperature de-
velops a bitter flavor and drives
off the delicate aroma.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-16
WATER IMPORTANT

few simple rules are carefully OBJ
served.
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The Washington times., 1938-03-31
STAGE WAR DANCE

Redmen on the Cass Lake Reser.
walton expressed displeasure at
the prospect of moving the head.
quarters equipment by staging a
war dance which lapsed into a sit,
strike.
Governor Benson sent another
telegram to the Cass Lake Com
mercial Club in which he prom
ised drastic action if necessary
to safeguard the rights of the
Indians"
Meanwhile Lewis BalSam, super
intendent of the Indian Agency
was at Duluth, although his files
furniture and equipment were
still here. Scores of the $4,000
Indians on the reservation pre-
vented their removal.
WARRANT ISSUED
The sheriff issued a warrant
charging Balsam with assault anc
battery after the agent had beer
the victim of a bruising encounter
with a dozen squaws. According
to some of the Indians, he kicked
one of the women.
Governor Benson in his wire tt
Ickes admitted particular resent
ment against Balsam" and stated
that he has acted arbitrarily
in the dispute.
The Washington times., 1938-03-31
New Deal Leaders
Finally Admit us.
In Real Depression
Decreased Government Spending Called
Cause of NeW Depression
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

QN.S) Administration leaders, from the top down,
becoming profoundly concernedmore than they to
admit pubcover the widening spread of what started out
recession in business, and which approaching the
The Washington times., 1938-03-31
328 CRIME CASES
ON D. C. DOCKET

The criminal division of United
States District Court will enter its
second quarter of the current year
with only about one-half the num-
Der of cases pending for trial that
it had at the beginning of the
year, it was revealed today.
John C. Conliff, chief clerk of
the United States Attorneys Of
flee, in the quarterly report to
United States Attorney David A.
Pine disclosed that there were 629
criminal cases on the docket at
the beginning of the year.
Today there are but 1913 crimi-
nal cases, the report revealed, al.
though 546 indictments were re-
ported during the quarter.
The Washington times., 1938-03-31

NAPLES, March 81 U.N.S0.
Early retirement is planned both
by Greta Carlo and Leopold
Stokowski, it was learned today.
The screen star, in a converse.
ton with a friend, disposed Of per
sistent reports she and the con-
ductor are soon to wed by stating
her motion picture contract ex-
pressly forbids her to do so.
She intends to retire within a
year or two years at most, Miss
Carlo said. When she feels the
public has at length forgotten"
her, she, like any other private
citizen, will be free to marry
whenever she wishes.
Stokowski, it was ascertained,
does not intend to return to the
United States. If he resumes con-
Quoting at all, it probably will be
only in Europe.
Friends who spent the day with
the couple before they sailed for
Tunis said Miss Carlo was suf-
fering from a dry, rasping cough
and appeared to be really i'll.
Both declared they we're COM
pletely fed UP" with Italy because
of continual bounding" by news
papermen, ...
The Washington times., 1938-03-31
SCREAMS ROuT
STORE BANDITS

Screams from their intended
victim frightened off three colored
bandits shortly before noon today.
William Weigmann, &C, proprie.
tor of a store at 400 New York
Ave. N. W.. was alone in the place
when the three men entered. One
asked for a piece Of cheese.
Weigmann opened refrigerator
to get the cheese and as he turned,
one of the men said:
"Stick 'em up"
Another struck Weigmann in
the face, with either brass
knuckles or a pistol butt. Weig-
man screamed for help, and the
bandits fled.
Several years ago Weigmann
was held up by a colored man
who struck him over the head
with a blackjack, then stole three
DOtatOeS
The Washington times., 1938-03-31

survive.
The latest victim of the dread
tetanus was Mrs. s. E. Moonert,
So. of Winter Park, who died this
morning.
VICTIMS ALL WOMEN
AL victims of the disease were
middle-aged or elderly women, and
all had been given injections Of
the serum, shipped here from
Canada for treatment of advanced
cases Of cancer.
Meanwhile searching investiga'
lions were launched into the
causes of the deaths. six Of which
occurred yesterday, and the
seventh early today. In each case
the victims showed all the symp
toms of tetanus. A twelfth patient
who could not be identified this
morning, was being sought by the
authorities.
DR.. j. N. Patterson. director OF
the laboratories of the Florida
State Board of Health, assumed
immediate command Of the in
vestigation. He was assisted by
DR.. Horace "A. Day, president Of
the Orange County Medical AsSo'
citation, and DR.. w. H. Spiers, of
Orlando, president of the Florida
Medical Association.
U. S. JOINS PROBE
M. o. Rentz and Lowrie M.
Beacham, investigators for the
Federal Pure Food and Drug Ad.
ministration, joined the force of
investigators, dispatched here by
DR.. j. j. Durrett, chief of the drug
division of the Federal bureau.
Under orders Of the investigat-
ing officials, the known supply of
enSol in Orlando was seized. The
vial from which the serum injected
into the dead and living victims
by DR.. Neal was said to be empty.
Other no tiles, received in the same
shipment and bearing the identical
serial number, were confiscated.
Some of these have been rushed
to Washington for analysis. There
genealogical cultures of the serum
will be taken to determine whether
or not they contained any free
bacteria or poison.
The Washington times., 1938-03-31
indian STRIKERS
"SIT TIGHT" IN
CHIPPEWA ROW
Governor Protests Plan
To Transfer Office

CASS LAKE, Mimi, March 81
Q.N.S0.-The first Indian sit.
down strikers in modern times sat
tight today at headquarters Of
the Chippewa Nation while Gov.
Elmer A. Benson urged Secretary
Ickes not to transfer the office to
Duluth.
His strongly worded wire to the
Secretary of the Interior protested
a Washington order calling for
the transfer.