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The Washington times., 1938-04-04

THEY GET THE MONEY
Twentieth Centuly-Fox turns
out these Charlie Chans on a
limited budget, and quick pro-
duction schedules. Exhibitors
like them because they are rea-
sonably priced. and Warner
GLAND, as the Chinese J. Edgar
Hoover, has established a sub
etantial box office following,
both here and abroad.
Besides the "Chans," the
Daryl zanuck organization
turns out regularly THE Jones
Family" and the MIR. Motto"
stories, the sinister looking Peter
LORE being star of these latter
detective adventures.
Paramount, of course, has
Bulldog Drummond," and in
these, John Barrymore is fast
building up a new juvenile fol
lowing.
Warner Bros. has forLd
very profitable market tor it's
"Torchy Blame" stories, made
on the Grade B program but
definitely box office winners.
Radio Pictures vas among
the first to exploit the series
pictures with "One Mans
Family"
AUDIENCES FOLLOW EN-
Until recently Metro GOODWIN
Mayer disdained making these
Socalled bread and butter
features. Then, possibly in
terested by the fast growing
bookings for rival series product
decided to enter the fieic,
First M-G-M serial, based on
happenings in Judge Hardy's
family. was called "A Family AT.
fair" It featured Lewis Stone,
Cecilia Parker and Mickey
Rooney. met with such success
q sequel was Immediately rushed
into production. This was
you're Only Young Once" en-
ploying the same cast Of prin-
cipals.
First run houses. or those
playing strictly Grade A prod
uct, were not overenthusiastic
about these series pictures.
Loew'S Capitol passed up book
ing the second one. You're
Only Young Once" and Zone
Manager Payette of Warner
Bros. Immediately picked it up
and gave it a week at the Earle
Theater. A highly satisfactory
week, too, as Loew's COOKERS
noted, with some chagrin over
q bad guess.
Third of the series will ar
The Washington times., 1938-04-04
SERIES PICTURES POPULAR = 'u

Judge Hardy's Children Is Latest Of Holly
woods Continued Screen Stories
The Washington times., 1938-04-04
Birthday Important

Freddie Bartholomew makes
certain each year that he gets
off for his birthday a great occa-
sion for him. Two months be-,
fore the anniversary this year
he asked goth Century-Fox to
let him off from kidnapped"
Freddie will be il March 90.
The Washington times., 1938-04-04

Ethel B Barrymore play,
''Whiteoaks," has definitely
caught on in New York with
the ticket brokers arranging a
12-week buy.
The Washington times., 1938-04-04

With a score by Johann
Strauss, the father, Johann
Strauss, the son, and Oscar
Strauss; with engagements in
Zurich, Vienna and Paris,
Three Waltzes. y. one of the out
standing musical successes of
The Washington times., 1938-04-04
Gleanings
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

Hollywood is going in heavily for the "series" pictures
and the weekly serials They had them the pnafore
of the industry generation ago. and today they
again fashionable.
suppose the renewed popularity be traced to the fact
that the Charie Chan features last year achieved the
greatest foreign crosses rolled up by any American studio
product including the 100000 epics
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
|'FOE' BEATEN OFF.
i'm I'd ATTACK.
lon SINGAPORE.

SINGAPORE, Feb. 4 d.N.sJ.
Once again the defenders OF
Britain's great naval base at Sing
apore today beat off an attack
launched by enemy" forces in
the spectacular British sea and
air man6uvers.
While searchlights pierced the
skies, antiaircraft guns roared and
defending war planes scared into
the air 10 repel series of aerial
attacks, further demonstrating the
extreme difficulty of capturing
this empire sentinel post.
At the same time submarine
located and scared off a cruiser
of the blue attacking fleet, at
tempting a raid near the Johore
Straits.
Earlier a fleet of blue destroy
erS was repulsed by defense war
planes,
The Washington times., 1938-02-04

British and American cooperation
in world affairs was discussed at
a private luncheon by British For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden and
H. v. johnson, first secretary Of
the United States Embassy.
Whether their conversation en-
braced the Mediterranean situa-
ton, or was confined to Far East
ern and other topics, was not
known. But in view of the rising
gravity of the piracy" question,
this point was one which aroused
the keenest speculation.
ITALY PROTESTS
It was learned, meanwhile, that
Italy had strongly objected to
Britain's action in arbitrarily
ordering British naval forces in
the Mediterranean to fire without
warning on submerged subma-
rines, if they were found in mer-
chant shipping routes outside
Spanish territorial waters.
The Italian objections were
made known, it was revealed, in
the course of diplomatic converse.
tionS between London and Rome,
in connection with British efforts
to persuade Italy to cooperate in
drastic action to end the piracy
wave.
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
Hull AssaiIs
Spanish Raids

Secretary Of State Hull
yesterday denounced the
bombing of civilian pOpuIa-
tiOnS in war regions as an
indefensibIe military practice
and declared the United
States adherence of such
bOmbingS was well known.
Hull expressed his view in
response to a press confer
ence request for his COM
ment on the reported bomb
ing by Spanish nationalist
planes of a French-American
ambulance train en- route
from Perpignan to BARGE
Iona, with a loss of three
lives.
The secretary said he had
been apprised casually of a
reported AnglO-French move
to persuade both sides to re-
frain from bombing non
military ObjectiveS, but gave
no intimation this Govern
ment will formally join the
move.
The United States had
sought and failed to limit
wartime bOmbingS to non
military Objectives during the
Geneva arms conference, he
recalled.
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
Rifle Session
AssOci0tiOn's Board
Meets Today

Resolutions urging passage of
the Copeland bill to regulate inter.
state commerce in firearms will
be discussed at the annual meet
ing of the directors of the National
Rifle Association at the Mayflower
Hotel today.
The directors also will consider
legislation which might curb
activities of thousands Of rifle
devotees and plans for promotion
Of rifle and pistol target shooting.
Louis johnson, assistant secre-
tary of war, will be principal
speaker at the annual dinner this
evening. His subject will be
1.-THE Place of the Civilian in Our
National Defense" Boy Scout
and American Legion officials are
expected to take an active part in
the sessions.
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
Ship Sunk, Britain
Plans for Blockade
CONTINUED from Page II

attacks have been operating out
of Palma, the Italian-controlled
chief port of Majorca.
Plans for a blockade Of Majorca
in event Of emergency already
have been drawn up by the ad-
miralty. The plan was discussed
with the French when piracy first
broke out in the Mediterranean
but was abandoned on the grounds
it was too drastic for the present.
FRANCE TO AID
If the Alcira attackers are
formally and officially identified
as insurgent planes, informed
quarters believe Britain will gain
French support for the blockade
plan. italian cooperation will be
sought also, but Britain and
France may go ahead with it
whether Mussolini consents or not.
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden conferred with French Am
bassador Charles Corbin this
morning regarding the incident.
Majorca lies within the French
patrol zone.
Meanwhile, a foreign office an.
nouncement stated Britain IN.
tends to increase effectiveness of
her share of the anti-piracy patrol
regardless of what other nations
do.
Official quarters in London i'm
mediately jumped to the conclu-
sion that the attack on the Alcira
was the defiant reply of Spain's
rebel leader, Gen. Francis o
Franco, to measures taken by
Britain as a result of the sinking
of the Endymion.
Furthermore, they made no ef-
fort to conceal that this latest de-
velopment has brought the always
Smouldering Mediterranean crisis
to a new pitch of tension and
danger.
The attack on the Alcira was
regarded here as a drastic nose
tbumbing" by Spain's rebels at
the British admiralty, which or
dered British naval vessels in the
Mediterranean to sink submerged
nationalist submarines found in
Mediterranean trade routes and
patrol lanes without warning.
The new attack also was re-
garded as a gesture of defiance
toward the RESUMPTION of the
Anglo-French naval and air anti.
pirate patrol of the western Medi-
terranean on a large scale.
MAY USE 20" SHIPS
Possible use of the mysterious
%" ships to combat the new wave
of submarine piracy was fore
Shadowed.
In the midst of this dangerous
situation, International News
Service learned, the question Of
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
BulIitt Calls
On French
Minister

PARIS, Feb. 4 G.N.S0.-Ambas-
sador William C. Bullitt conferred
at the French foreign office today,
but it was not certain whether
the talk was relative to the sinking
of the British steamer Alcira in
the Mediterranean.
1t was noted, however, that a
similar conference was held in
London between Herschell v.
Johnson, first secretary of the
American embassy, and Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden.
The foreign office announced
it would take no action in the new
piracy" incident until full Off
cial details are received.
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
SalvatiOnists Plan
To. Honor Chief

Major and Mrs. Charles Dodd
will be rendered public welcome
tonight in the Salvation Army
Temple, 606 E st. N. w., on the
occasion of Major Dodd's success
sion to the command of the local
division of the organization.
Brigadier James Asher, whom
Major Dodd succeeds as COM
mander, has been transferred to
head the Salvation Army region
which embraces Alabama. Missis-
sippi and western Georgia. Major
Dodd was formerly division secre-
tary of the District of Columbia
branch,
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
Jeanne Carmine
Will Dance Here

Jeanne Carmine, celebrated
Hollywood dancer, will be featured
at the sixtieth National Law Uni
versity senior prom tomorrow
night in the Raleigh Hotel.
Miss Carmine has just returned
from a nine-month tour of South
American countries, and will dance
here to the strains of Leon Bru-
siloff's Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
FORBES LAUDS
FRANCO RULE OF
SPANISH CITIES
Former Envoy Finds
/ Peace, Plenty Rule

NEW YORK, Feb. 4 QN.S0
Returning from an extensive tour
Of insurgent Spain, w. Cameron
Forbes, former ambassador to
Japan, arrived aboard the S. s
Normandie today with high praise
for the government of Generals
simo Franco. Forbes toure d
Seville, Toledo, Salamanca, Ma
drid, Bilbao, San Sebastian, and
other, cities, where he met men In
high positions, both civil and mill
tary, as well as the common people
Of the inSurgent side.
MOSCOW RULE BELIEVED
SIT is the firm conviction Of
these people" he said, the
government took orders from
Moscow which inspired the reign
Of terror and wholesale execu-
tions of men Of means. I was
told that several hundred thou
sand men and women were
executed.
"The national government is
determined to end the horrible
evil things being done by the
Reds whose weapons are fear,
disease, hatred and destruction
and to wipe them from the soil
Of Spain for all time"
IMPRESSED BY ORDER
SIN comparison, Forbes said
that he was impressed by the
scenes of orderliness and plenty
in nationalist Spain, where "the
streets are full of happy chill
dren and the fields are culti-
Vated."
The nationalist government ha:
made no foreign loans, forced in
ternal issues or increased its IN
debtedness by it's military cam
paign, Forbes said he was told
Forbes said that he viewec
thousands of troops returning
from the front but that he coulc
find no foreign soldiers among
them.
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
Nazi Girl Labor
Draft Forecast
|. Feb. Il (C.T.P.S.)

BERLIN, Feb. 4 (C.TP.S)
Labor conscription for girls is
foreshadowed by the official agri-
cultural organ Of the Nazi party,
the Land Post" which announces
that after the enforcement of a
CONSUMPTION law no girl will be
able to obtain a job unless she has
worked for a year on the land,
helping farmers, or in a household,
or as a nurse.
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
Student Builds Own
Home at College

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 4
U.N.S0-Mr. and Mrs. Charles
r. Bailey smile when they hear
the song Home on the Range" I"
They live in a trailer, built by
Bailey at the Massachusetts, 1nsti-
tute Of Technology rifle range.
Bailey is a graduate student in
chemical engineering at the col.
lese,
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
New Orleans Gets
Service Meeting

Enlistment specialists Of the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps Re
serves and the National Guard
will hold their annual conference
at New Orleans, February 7-1s,
for the second successive year, the
Navy Department announced last
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
DISMISSALS SEEN
RAIL SAVINGS KEY
Would Be Better Than Scaling
Down Of capitalization,
Poor's Declares.
81 ecial Dispatch to The Star.

81 eclal DiSpatch TO Inc Star.
NEW YORK. May 12.-As direct
labor costs of railroads consume near
ly so per cent of gross revenues, while
fixed charges now take less than 20
per cent, more significant savings
would be possible from dismissal Of
employees no longer needed than from
scaling down of capitalize ton, accord
ing to Poor's Stock Reports.
Few roads have been able to pare
expenses, so rapid and drastic has
been the decline in traffic" states the
report. This is particularly true of
labor costs, which have been excep-
tionally burdensome following the
wage increases granted last fall. Con-
sequently. operating expenses have
been covered by only scant margin.
Glass l roads reported for March
net operating income of $14,470,OOO
compared with s6e,37s,0o0 in March,
1887, thus bringing flrst-quarter net
operating income to $19,277,O 900.
against $146,175,oO0 for 1875 first
quarter.
Should there be no material in
crease in traffic, temporary solu-
ton of the railroad problem would
be possible through new labor legis-
lation more favorable to the carriers.
or significant concessions on the part
OF labor unions. The Association of
American Railroads has announced
that Is per cent wage cut will be
made effective July l next, which
would save 25O,OO0,000 annually,
Bitter opposition on the part of the
unions is expected"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
FOREIGN BUSINESS
HOLDS UP BEST
International Harvester Finds
Orders From Abroad Help
Offset U. S. Decline
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
HOBOKEN. N. j., May 12.-Foreign
sales of International Harvester Co.. a
leading farm implement maker. have
held up considerably better" than its
business in the United States. Sydney
G. McAllister. president, told stock
holders in their annual meeting today.
The foreign business, McAllister
said. Is running ahead of last wear.
whereas domestic sales from Novem-
Der l to May were about 10 per cent
under the comparable 1861 period.
He guessed" home sales for the
company's full year ending next Octo-
Der 81 would be 20 to 80 per cent
under that of the previous fiscal year.
Hardest hit, he disclosed. have been
tractor sales. Collections on outstand-
ing accounts, however, have been
coming in very we'll" and inventories
have been reduced, McAllister noted.
Working time of employees, he re-
ported, has been cut about 80 per
cent from the 1887 peak. with opera
tons curtailed to four days week at
the start of 1898 from five days pre-
viously. Reduced volume of business
and a higher wage level. he explained.
have lowered the company's margin
of profit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
STOCKS ARE MIXED
IN DULL SESSION
Leading Shares Show Small
Changes Either Way.
$4,000 Traded,
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK.
30 IS IS 90
Indust. Rails. Util, StEs,

NEW YORK, May 12.-It was a
stock market in search of a trend
today as leading issues stumbled into
insignificant declines and equally I'M
| important advances.
The list lacked rallying vitality az
the start. although there were few no.
ticeably depressed groups just as there
was a scarcity of strong spots. Vol
ume dWlndled after the opening and
| dealings were of an Indifferent char
acter during the remainder of the pro-
ceedlngs. Transfers Appropriated
$4,000 shares.
One or two aircrafts, oils, mail or
ders and specialties gave fair account
OF themselves, and utilities and rails
contested such light pressure as wa,
exerted against them. Steels, motors.
ruooers and coppers stood still or
shifted to moderately lower levels.
Brokers thought the apathy das
due in part to the fact the industrial
stocks average has failed to break
through the April-May top, although
rails and utilities had accomplished
TINS feat. To those who follow mar
ket charts. this was taken as a cue to
suspend activities until the industrjals
gave the proper signal
The list was unusually thin" bids
and offers being so wide apart it was
occasionally necessary to print them
on the ticker tape to effect trades.
Apparently there was still plenty nj
optimism over the get-together move
between the administration and busi-
ness, but many commission house
customers were content to stand
aside pending final action on the
pump-priming measure in Congress
and the signing of the tax revision bill
by the President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12

Trust, second vice president; John NJ
Christie, Riggs National, treasurer. and
Frances E. Nagel, Riggs, secretary.
There are some lively contests on
for chief consul, assistant secretary
and board of governors
Auditors to Hear Stone.
The Auditors Section of District
Bankers Association holds a dinner
meeting tonight at the Lafayette Ho-
tel at 6 O'Clock. The guest speaker
will be DR.. Edward Stone, Resettle-
ment Administration and also an in
structor in the institute, who will con-
slider Current Economic Trends"
Arthur J. Linn, controller of the
Hamilton National Bank, was to
address the Northern Indiana confer
ence of bank auditors and controllers
today at indianapolis on Personal
Loans" From there he goes to Detroit
to act as chairman at the two-day
Midcontinent regional conference of
the National Association of Bank
Auditors and Controllers.
Hoskinson on Raleigh Board.
Directors of the Raleigh Hotel Co.
have elected Hilleary G. Hoskinson,
one of the vice presidents of the Riggs
National Bank, member of the Board
OF Directors, it was reported today
He takes the place on the board made
vacant by the recent death of Walter
s. Harlan who was also an officer in
the Union Trust Co. Mr.. Hoskinson
has served as director in many diff
ferent corporations and at the present
time is first vice president of the Dis
trict Bankers Association.
James B. Edmunds, general passen-
ger agent of the Chesapeake g. Ohio
Railroad, will have charge of the
Bankers Special" which will take
Washington financiers to and from
Hot Springs, Va, for the June con-
vention. He has served the banks in
this way for many years most accept
ably.
Directors of Peoples Drug Stores,
Inc, have declared the regular quar-
terly dividend of Is cents a share on
the common stock, payable July / to
stock Of record June 8.
Life insurance held the stage at
the Commerce Department auditorium
last evening, when the guests of the
District Life Underwriters Associa-
ton included ministers, high school
principals, parent-teacher groups and
members of civic organizations. The
chief speakers were Harold D. Kraft,
Provident Mutual, and Joseph A. Mari,
Penn Mutual discussing insurance
from many angles.
Guerra Everett, chief of the Division
Of Commercial Laws, Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce, intro
duced Paul H. Primm. president of the
Underwriters Association, who in
turn presented John McElfresh, gen.
eral chairman: Earle w. Sapp, CO.
ordinator, and Theodore w. Cook, in
charge of arrangements for the meet
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
TOBACCO SALES REPORTED.

BALTIMORE, May IL Especially -
Total sales of Southern Maryland to-
bacco made first hand through the
Baltimore market for the producers
during April were ISL hogsheads, or
1850 pounds, according to a sum-
mary Of returns received from five
selling agents. The average price re-
ceived for the product was 600 cents
per pound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
BANK INVESTMENTS
AND LOANS DECLINE
BY the Associated Press.

O1 N3'o ssSUCIdUeU FTeSS.
NEW YORK, May 12.-Total loans
and investments of banks in leading
centers dipped moderately during the
week ended May 4, registering the
smallest net change in almost q
year.
A decline in loans and securities
other than Governments more than
offset an increase in Treasury obliga-
tions
Loans and investments reported by
Federal Reserve members in 101 cities
compared as follows:
Week ended May 4---$20, S42 900 900
Previous week O.844 OOO. 600
Same period last year 22,240 ,000, 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
DECLINE is REVEALED
IN COLLECTION RATIOS
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Collection ratios on open credit &C
counts receivable of department stores
dropped 3.6 per cent for March. 1888,
from March. 1887, though gaining 5.4
per cent over February, 1888. the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce reported.
Installment account collection ratios
Of more than 400 stores reporting
showed q ~ per cent decrease for
March compared with the same month
last year, and gain of 9.8 per cent
over February.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
CHICAGO GRAIN
By tie Associated Press.

~ tA-e nSsOIIdLeu fTeSS.
CHICAGO. May l2.-Losses of al
most cent bushel in Chicago
wheat prices late today resulted large
~ from prospects OF moisture relief
for crops in Texas.
July and September futures. repre-
sentlng the 1888 harvest, led the
market downtourns. A weight on
wheat values was that domestic -four
purchases were reported as only of
a hand-to-mouth. character.
At the close. Chicago wheat fiji
lures were as. lower. compared with
Yesterdays finish, May. 81; July. 49,
y: corn, 4 of to 70 up; May. So:
yuly' os&s' and oats at ls decline to
Is advance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
ALLEGHANY-
SELLS AT $28 A SHARE
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 12.-Shares of
Allegheny g. Western Railway Co.
made up for over year of inactivity
when so shares sold yesterday at $28
a share, compared with $103 in the
last transaction April 26, 1887.
The net decline, allowing for divi-
dends paid in the meantime, was
500 share. The company is a part
of the Baltimore g. Ohio system OPP
Grating In Pennsylvania and its divi-
dend is guaranteed by q B. & o. SUBJ
sidiary, the Buffalo, Rochester Il
Pittsburgh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
MANY FARM VEHICLES
OVER FIVE YEARS OLD
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Half of Americas motorized farm
vehicles are more than five years old,
a survey by the Department OF Agri-
culture and Census Bureau indicated
today.
The survey showed one in every six
farm cars is at least 10 years old. One
fourth Of the trucks and tractors are
more than 10 years old.
New tractor sales picked up last
year. however, with tho Improvement
in the farm situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-12
Chicago Cash Market,

Wheat, No. 5 red, 1874; No. 3 hard
ooi2; No. 4 mixed. 1872; corn, No. 3
mixed, 5912; No. yellow, 5sa4 SOL
No. 3, 5s12; No. l white, eOl4; No. 2
20; oats. No. 3 mixed. 29la: No. l
white. 31A4-3l12; No. 2. 81: rye, No. ?
"a; soy beans, No. 2 yellow, 9O34-911a
barley, feed, 4l-55, nominal; maltinQ
1885, nominal; timothy seed, 2.25-2 so
red clover, 30o0-35. 90; sweet clover
100000.