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Evening star., 1938-06-05
COMMODITY INDEX
AGAIN RECEDES
MeGill Service Finds Decline Is
General for First Week
Ending in June.
Special Dispatch to The Star. .

Special Dispatch to The Star.
AUBURNDALE, Mass, June A.
Commodity prices dropped from the
previous weeks level for the FIRST weak
ending in June, report issued by the
McGill Commodity Service OF Auburn
dale, Mass, showed today.
The decline In prices was general
Out Of IA individual classifications, s
declined, remain unchanged and
only L. non-ferrous metals-ranged
higher.
In the industrial index lower aver
ages were noted for paint materials,
paper and pulp products, fine and
coarse textiles and vegetable oils.
The agricultural index dropped. as
weakness In wheat, corn, barley, rye,
cotton, eggs, wool, fiaxseed and butter
more than Offset slight increases IN
oats, beans and potatoes. I.
The livestock index also declined -
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D. c. EXCHANGE GOES
ON SUMMER SCHEDULE

The Washington Stock Exchange
adopted the Summer schedule yester-
day, the usual daily session being
omitted. There viii be no more Sat-
urday sessions until Fall. During the
week prices held firm and some in
crease in activity was registered.
It Is anticipated that the additional
shares Of Washington Gas Light Co.
preferred will be listed on the ex-
change shortly after they are placed
on sale this week.
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DULLNESS RULES
FURNITURE TRADE
April Untitled Orders Near
November Low Mark,
Industry Reports.
B~ the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, June 4.-The latest semi
official statistics available in the furni-
ture manufacturing industry today
gave no hint of recovery from the
slump that is almost year old.
Untitled orders on hand in April
reached a point comparable with the
low of last November. according to the
last report of the National Association
of Furniture Manufacturers. The or
der backlog for April was So per cent
below that year earlier. New orders
declined 20 per cent compared with
March and were 48 per cent less than
a year ago.
Show Well Attended.
Manufacturers have not reported on
results at the early May markets
Showing and attendance, however,
were the second largest on record at
the Chicago spring market. Attend
ance was 20 per cent ahead OF 1886
and only per cent less than the 1897
period. Mart officials reported volume
OF business was normal.
The industry's pay rolls rose per
cent in March compared with .Febru-
ary, accounts receisable gained 5 per
cent, production Z per cent And ship
ments II per cent. 'sf
In April, however. pay rolls declined
IA per cent compared. with March, ac-
counts receivable dropped 8 per cent,
production slid Is per cent and ship
n1ents fell Of "a per cent.
Compared with q year ago, April
declines in orders. shipments, produc-
tion, pay rolls and employment ranged
from 20 to so per cent, according to
the reports Of representative factories
used in compiling the associations
statistics.
Four-Month Volumes Down.
For the first four months OF 1888
orders were 40 per cent less than in
the corresponding period last year and
shipments SO per cent down. Produc-
tion decreased A per cent.
Latest figures indicate the industrys
production of household furniture is
running around 40 per cent Of normal,
or the lowest since early in 1885, COM
pared with over 80 per cent late in
1896 and through most of last year.
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CLEARING HOUSE ISSUES
REPORT AT NEW YORK

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 4--The weekly
statement OF the New York Clearing
House shows:
Total surplus and undivided profits
unchanged at $s0S, lo2, 800; total net
demand deposits (ayerage) increased
$8o,67f 600; time deposits (ayerage)
increased 5,547,o0 clearings week
ending today (x), s2,S54,14i.610:
clearings week ending May 40. 81.
7eS, ,e32,344. (x)-Eiye days
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WEEKLY WAGE AVERAGE,
OFF SLIGHTLY IN APRIL
az the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 4.--Weekly earn
ings of workers in 25 manufacturing
industries averaged $23.52 in April,
compared with $23,63 In. March and
$28.29 in April, 1887. the National In
dustrial Conference Board announced
today.
Continued decline In manufacturing
activity for the month, the board
noted, was indicated In drop Of IT
per cent in man-hours worked, re-
sulting from . decline Of 1.8 per cent
in number of workers employed and
Of 8 per cent in the average work
week.
April earnings by groups compared
as follows:
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DELAY IN IA. 7. &T.
REPORT IS EXPECTED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Chairman Frank r. McNinch told
President Roosevelt yesterday that he
doubted whether the Federal Conn
munications Commission report on the
American Telephone g. Telegraph Co.
could be completed before adjourn
ment Of Congress.
Evening star., 1938-06-05
TOBACCO AVERAGE GAINS.

NEW YORK, June 4 (P.--Average
price Of United States type IL. grade
B4F, f1ue-cured tobacco for the week
ended June advanced to 22.6 cents
a pound from 2z.4 cents in the pre-
ceding week, H. A. Stitch. tobacco
economist, reported today. A year ago
the average price was 1913 cents .
pound.
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CHICAGO STOCKS RULE
UNCHANGED TO HIGHER
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoclateo rress' .sf
CHICAGO, June 4,-Prices Of most
stocks traded on the Chicago Exchange
today were higher or unchanged. Oe
Al issues traded 18 closed higher, 18
we're unchanged and II were lower.
Transactions totaled $4,000 shares.
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(DoiD Jones Statistics. }

the
Droppsd the
Commonwealth
changes result the utility
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partment of the
Capital Ira nsit
Co., was named
vice president;
Morgan S. Gass-
man, also Of the
Capital Tr a nsit
Co.,, tire a S urer,
and Alden W.
Hoage, secretary.
There were As
active m e m bers
and several out
of-town guests at
t h e m e e t / n 6.
Charles Ora e,
retiring presi-
da,,+ rnNortoJ
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CLAIM ADJUSTERS
ELECT F. w. GLENN
New President and Three Other
Officers Chosen at Annual
Meeting.

Frank w. Glenn of the Lumber
mans Mutual Casualty Co. was
elected president of the Claim Adjust
'ers' Club at the recent annual meeting.
Fleet Hughlett OF the claim de-
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WOOL TOP FUTURES.

NEW YORK. june 4 (Fq.-wool top fu-
lures eased under commission house and
hedge selling today: futures closed un-
shanged to lower; July. Il sb; October,
spot. standard tops, 75.5. unchansed.
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Weekly Financial High Lights

burlap and jute more than offset a
slight rise In the price of hemp, which
lowered the coarse textile group.
Building materials. chemicals, fuels,
hides and leather and ferrous metals
remained unchanged from the previous
weeks level.
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RAW HIDE FUTURES.

NEW YORK. June 4 EEa.-Raw hide fu-
tures closed 2q to 33 higher: sales. $40
? 900 pounds. June $40: September. S.95-
e.Q5; December, $50: spot, No. / Western
! Light native cows. s%.
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most successful year. Mr.. fIughlett
was congratulated for bringing in II
new members.
Chairman John J. Gorham stated
that the annual picnic will be held
at Springdale Farm, near Clarkeville,
Md, June II. Other committee mem.
bers are Frank w. Glenn, Colin L.
Ward and T. o. Nichols.
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sharply lower prices for hogs offset
minor increases in cattle. sheep and
lambs.

The average for non-ferrous metals
rose moderately as an increase in the
price Of tin Offset decreases In anti
nnony and lead.
Paint materials declined as weakness
was noted in linseed oil, litharge, red
lead and china wood oil.
In the fine textile group, cotton.
drills, print cloth, cotton yarns, spot
silk and raw wool were all lower.
A decrease IN tke average price for
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the stock market for the period is sho,on al
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|NDUSTR|ALSLEAD
QUIET RECOVERY
ON STOCK MARKET
Advances Range to More
Than So a Share at
Days Peaks.
LATE PROFIT SELLING
REDUCES SOME GAINS
Revival of Imitation Sentiment
Follows Senate Passage Of
Pump-Priming Bill. +

.
What Stocks Did,
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

and South Carolina, although
Charlie is knot hOled enough to
vote Priscilla Lane, who
flew East for personal appear
ances with -Four Daughters"
dropped everything to weekend
with Fred Waring and his
PennSylvanianS, playing at
Shawnee-On-the-De
The Waring gang gave her the
chance at Hollywood fame and,
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Texans Opens
Next Friday

Texas in the turbulent days
following the War Between the
sta les forms the exciting back
ground of the new drama Of
the Reconstruction period, "The
Texans" which opens on Fri
day, August 26, at Loew's Capt.
tol Theater.
With Joan Bennett, Ran
dolph Scott, and May Robson
heading a huge cast. the picture
tells of the South's struggle to
attain self-rule and find a new
way of life after the ravages
of the war.
Miss Bennett, playing a fire
eating Dixie Belle who refuses
to admit that the great cause"
is lost, and Scott, a returning
soldier who advises a policy of
conciliation, Symbolizes the
dilemma of the entire South
during this period. Although
goaded by the corrupt carpet
baggers and scalawags who
took over the government and
ran it for their own profit, wise
Southerners guided by the des-
tiny Of the State with patience.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

CLOCK

CAPITOL Herbert Marshall,
Virginia Bruce, Mary Astor,
woman Against Woman"
11:10 a. M, 1855, 4:40, 7:30,
10:15 p. m. Stage: Going
Native" 12:45. $3.50, 6:15,
9:05 p. m.
PALACE-Maureen O'Sullivan.
Robert Taylor. "The Crowd
Roars," II a. M, 1:O5, 3:15,
5:25, 1885, 9:45 p. m.
COLUM BIA-Judy Garland,
Mickey Rooney, Love Finds
Andy Hardy" 11:15 a. m,
1:20. 3:25. $50, 7:35, GAS
p. m.
EARL E-Martha Raye, Bob
Hope, Jack Whiting. "Give
Me a Sailor" 10 a. m, 1920
2:4O, sos, 7:35, 9:55 p. m.
Stage: Harriet Hilliard, Ozzie
Nelson, 1925 a. m, LAS, 4:1O,
$40, 9 p. m.
M E T POLIT N-Gary
Cooper, Helen Hayes, Fare
well to Ams," 1875 a. M,
1885, 3:35, 5:35. 7:35. $40
p. m.
R.K.O. KETTH'S-George Muir
ply, Andrea Leeds, Letter OF
Introduction" 11:40 a. m,
2:10, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 p. m.
March of Time, 1920 a. m,
1850. AIS, 6:45. 9:15 p. m.
MT. VERNON-(Drive in) Alice
Faye in "In Old Chicago" At
1880 and 1905 p. m.
LTTLE-H ellen Hayes and
Clark Gable in "The White
Sister. At IL a. m, 1:O5, 3:O5,
$50, 1920 and $3.50 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-NewS and shorts,
10 a. M, to midnight, shows
IS minutes.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

the leads in this Warner -Cosmo-
politan release.
More action, against a back
ground of unusual grandeur, will
be provided by valley of the
Giants" a Technicolor story of
the lumber industry of the great
Northwest. Wayne Morris, Claire
Trevor, Charles Bickford, Jack
LaRue, Frank McHugh, Donald
Crisp and Alan Hale are in the
cast.
-Four Daughters" said to be
a delightful filmization of the
Fannie Hurst novel, "SiSter Act"
will present the three Lane Sis
ters - Priscilla, Rosemary and
Lola-together on the screen for
the first time. John Garfield
and Jeffrey Lynn, young actors
for whom Hollywood predicts a
brilliant future, appear in the
cast, which includes Claude
Raines, Gale Page. Dick Foran
and Frank McHugh.
Another forthcoming event at
the Earle will be the Washing
ton premiere of Frank Capra's
production of You Can't Take
It With You" Jean Arthur,
James Stewart, Lionel Barry
more, Edward Arnold and Mis-
cha Auer head q notable cast
in this Columbia picture, based
on the Pulitzer Prize play.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

being loyal and grateful, she is
appearing with them, whenever
the opportunity offers, as an
extra added attraction, gratis.
JUGGLING THE TITLES
The thematic use of Irving
Berlin's greatest songs in his
memory-stirring production Of
"Alexander's Ragtime Band"
had a powerful reminiscent ef-
feet upon the cast. One of the
most interesting brought to light
during the filming of the picture
which comes to Loew's Palace
on Friday was the observation
of Jack Haley, who with Ethel
Norman heads the brilliant sup
porting cast. In the good old
days, "reminisced Haley, there al
most always was a guy in vaude-
vile who could take all of the
popular songs of the day and tell
a complete story with the titles"
And he reeled off the entire list
in Alexander Ragtime Band"
to demonstrate. :" NOW 1T
CAN BE TOLD" he began. "as
I stroll along leaning on my
WALKING STICK and recall
the days of 'ALEXANDER'S
RAGTIME BAND which fea-
tured a 'RAGTIME VIOLIN 1t
was in the days when nobody
danced CHEEK TO CHEEK
but 'EVERYBODY'S DOING 1T
NOW, to music that makes
EVERYBODY STEP It was
naughty then to dance that way
for people would tell you to
PACK UP YOUR SINS AND
GO TO THE DEVIL before they
threw you off the dance floor.
Those days make me 'REMEM-
BER' MARIE who strolled with
me in the EASTER PARADE
but now I'm ALL ALONE IN
MY HAREM' and believe me,
THIS is THE LIFE. 1t was
WHEN 1 LOST YOU that I rea-
lized that "A PRETTY GIRL is
LIKE A MELODY. Then came
the war. IT,. WE'RE ON OUR
WAY TO FRANCE FOR
YOUR COUNTRY AND MY
COUNTRY and I find myself
I'm THE Y. M. C. A. writing to
friends at home but oh, HOW I
HATE TO GET UP IN THE
MORNING I'm old now =.
'WHAT'LL 1 DO? I'll hop
aboard WHEN THAT MID
NIGHT CHOO CHOO LEAVES
FOR ALABAMA and SOME
SUNNY DAY when there's a
HEAT WAVE I'll lie under the
BLUE SKIES and be good and
LAZY"
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Hall Band for
tt he Capitol

George Hall, preferred dance
bandleader of millions of radio
and recordings enthusiasts, is
scheduled to bring his versatile
orchestra to the LoeW's Capitol
stage on Friday, August 26.
With him, of course, will be that
petite and popular vocalist, DOL
ly Dawn.
The Hall musicians have been
featured in New York's Hotel
Taft since 1890. They have
broadcast their inviting musical
wares over major networks
throughout that period, and
have made any number Of re-
cordings that have found their
way to the bestseller class.
In addition to their New York
engagements, they have taken
occasional leave to fill contracts
in every part of the country.
Dolly Dawn is perhaps one Of
radios most successful young
singers, having been a network
feature for six years and being
now only 81 years of age. Her
recordings are believed to be
among the most regularly used
on the radio and in the homes.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Comedy and Action Stressed
In New Warner Bros. Films

Comedy and action the keynotes of the Warner Bros
releases which naugurate motion pictures greatest at
the Earle Theate according to from John
j. Payette general manager listing Earle screen ea
fort tho olrs i,,sto oho
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Gle a min gs
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

Monday roundup: There's nothing to prevent groups
ganzng to 60 after of the 5OOOO prize money in the
Movie Quiz Contest In fact that's what Lucille Cummings
of Bethesda her friends they going to do
They hope to take in every of the "a movies which
will figure in the contest although contestant only re-
ourd to answer 80 of the features the between
August and December 81 There will be 3OOO0OOO of the
Movie Quiz booklets giving all rules in the contest ready for
distribution September They cost the theaers issuing
them SO cents each so don't throw them Hollywood
il we'll aware that opporunss will be selling what
purpors the right at 80 cents to ST the copy
Warning is don't fall for this swinde Such answers are
not official merely guess work The Movie Quiz Contest
expected produce tremendous hypo for the neghbo
hood eates or those houses which change features daily
1t will be possible for these daily change houses to run
contest movie every dav until the end of December.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
KEELEYGRAMS

inject large gObs of English slap
stick choke" ."TOvarich," as
presented at Olney, promises to
respect the playwright's inten-
tiOn. .LeOntOvich created the
part of the Grand Duchess in
London, was the first choice Of
Gilbert Miller for the American
production But LeOntOvich
could not be released from q
run-Of-the-play contract, so Marta
Abba played the lead role on
Broadway and here LeOntO-
vich hasn't appeared in the
area since the stage version of
"Grand Hotel" Her first Amer
lean performance, however, was
given at Polls Theater, on the
Avenue, in "Mr. PepyS' Diary"
CALF. VS.. FLORIDA
That Calfornia-Florida feud
has broken out again. The
Miami Junior Chamber OF Com
merce is all steamed up because
Samuel Goldwyn is filming a
California beach and referring
to it as Florida, in his picture,
Cowboy and the Lady"
NaStieSt crack of the Miami
Chamber in a protest telegram
to the L. A. Chamber of Com
merce is the challenge: I'VE
entreat you to insist that Gold
wyn inspect the miles and miles
of California beach in an en-
deavor to choose sand and sea
and scenes as luxurious as our
own"
The Florida chamber also
advises that, inasmuch as the
scene is a winter scene, Goldwyn
better photograph it in summer
because I'VE understand bathers
on your beaches in winter are all
members OF a polar bear club"
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fon-
tame have officially booked the
week of November 7 for their
Washington engagement. They
will present THE Sea Gull"
Although Metro Goldwyn-Mayer
paid $150.000 for Robert E. Sher-
woods Idiots Delight" it has
decided to put the play on the
shelf .Mussolini will positively
not stand for its antiwar preach
ments, even though the locale
is set in a mythical country.
Other dictator countries feel the
same way about it. Norma
Shearer and Clark Gable were
scheduled to be the stars of the
picture, but have been given
other assignmen is &c. Paul
Whiteman has a phobia for
water, and had to be doubly
coaxed to play the two moon
light cruises on the steamer Po-
tomac S turd ay night. I'M
agine then. his jitters when the
boat had to stop near the end
of the first cruise for the cry,
"Man verboar d.. Sammy
Hayes swing and sway has been
booked for the Potomac Utter.
bugs next Saturday night.
"TOVARICH" AT OLNEY
"Tovarich," which Eugene
LeOntOvich will present at Olney
Theater this week, is rated a
perfectly constructed play. o..
Yet Warner Bros, tried to i'm
prove on Playwright Jacques
Deval when they transferred
II TO the screen, and made a
bOtch Of one of their most ex-
penSive features. Hollywood
turned "TOvarich" from light
comedy into farce when Director
Anton Litvak permitted Isabel
Jeans and Melville Cooper TO
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

d. C. GIRL IN LONDON
Just a coincidence, but Linell
Avery, Washington girl, who
began her professional career
in the Going Native" revue of
1886, today opens at the Palla-
dunn in London, top vaudeville
house in the English capital -.
LineII is the dancing partner of
Chester Frederick =. Samuel
GoIdwyn has wired the GridirOn
Club for permission to give the
studio Interpretation of the
clubs annual froIic, in which
the politicians take a ribbing
GOldwyn will insert it in
Gary CoOper's Lady and the
Cowboy" if he gets the neces-
sary Okay Edgar Bergen
says what the politicians need
are better speech writers for
they are topping each others
jokes Charlie Mccarthy has
been injected into the purge"
campaigns of Georgia, Maryland
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

luI CS lOL SIIC "CCho JuSJ dHCO
First to greet the public will
be Boy Meets Girl" picturiza-
ton of one Of the stages all
time comedy hits, and the at
traction opening Friday, August
26, at the Earle. James Cagney
and Pat O'Brien, at their wise
cracking best, depict the two &C.
centric Hollywood writer's who
adopt Marie Wilson, the dumb
studio waitress whose baby,
Happy" becomes a famous
star. Ralph Bellamy, Dick Foran
and Frank McHugh add to the
fun.
Errol Flynn's latest release,
'Four's a Crowd" and the cur
rent attraction at Radio City
Music Hall, follows. In a mod
ern romantic comedy, the DASH
ing hero of Robin Hood" heads
a talented crowd that includes
Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind
Russell and Patric Knowles,
with Walter Connolly and Hugh
Herbert for good measure.
Action galore is promised by
Racket Busters" the first Hol-
lywood film to win the official
seal of a Government agency,
the Commercial Crime CommiS-
sion, a national organization
with the object of eliminating
racketeering in business. George
Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria
Dickson and Walter Abel play
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Clark CABLE Helen 4Qyes, Star

"The White Sister" is being
shown at the Little Theater this
week. and audiences are being
accorded opportunity to see one
Of Helen Hayes few screen
efforts. This story of devotion
to purpose overwhelming the
love of a maid for a man is an
appealing one; the performers
and Director Victor Fleming
have made of it a tender motion
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

World War, she enters a con-
vent and remains true to her
pledge even after it develops
that he was not killed. The
meeting of the novitiate and her
former lover is treated most SYM
pathetically and effectively by
Miss Hayes and Clark Gable.
Gable does some of his best
acting in THE White Sister,"
and the supporting cast in
cludes such experienced per-
formers as Lewis Stone, Louise
Closer Hale, May Robson, Ed
ward Arnold and Alan Edwards.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

picture. F. Marion Crawford's
novel retains it's authentic spirit.
ual quality in the cinema ver-
sion.
The lady who has come to be
regarded as the nations fore
most actress through her stage
work, principally, demonstrated
her talent before the camera
in its full flower when making
this film. Her role is that of a
young Italian girl who leaves a
life Of SecNsion for the love
of a dashing army officer. When
she hears OF his death in the