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Evening star., 1939-01-16
Commends Editorial
On De Hostoe.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Just little note to express to you my
heartfelt thanks for the very nice edi-
torial on Eugenio Maria de Hostos, pub
lished in last nights Star. I saw many
of the members Of the Puerto Rican
colony in Washington at the program
held here last night and they all praised
the editorial highly.
ROGELIO E. ALFARO.
January IL. Counselor's Once.
Evening star., 1939-01-16
Where 1t Failed.

do you find that faith cure has bene-
flied you?"
NO." answered the patient. II got far
enough to admit that the pain suffered
was mental impression. But couldn't
convince myself that the boil had was
an optical illusion"
Evening star., 1939-01-16
Attended To.

Did you succeed in making arrange
ments to prevent fraud in the election?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum, Il
couldn't quite manage that but did the
next best thing to defeat the opposition's
iniquity. I made their fraud so insignifi-
cant by comparison that it won't be no.
ticed."
Evening star., 1939-01-16

Wealth has to do much explaining
these days." said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, "but it is easier to apologize
to the public for being rich than it is to
get the landlord interested because you
are poor"
Evening star., 1939-01-16
The Orator.

He'd talked for hours, yet no one knew
Just how his real opinions went.
It was good idea, too;
It didn't start an argument.
Evening star., 1939-01-16
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ther States and Canada
Member Of the Associated Press

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the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1939-01-16
Appreciates Article on
Disabled Firemen.

Appreciates Article on
Disabled Firemen.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Please let me comment on the wonder
full story that appeared in The Star
January S in reference to the disabled
firemen.
The real retired firemen are indeed
grateful to your reporter, Mr.. w. H. Ship
pen, jr. It is such articles that take the
eye Of our real citizens. Every old re-
tired man wants to thank The Evening
Star. ANTHONY j. WERNIG,
President,
Disabled Firemen's Association.
January 8.
Evening star., 1939-01-16
Letters to The Star

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the ,Ortter, although the use of
a psendonym for publication is
permissible. Please be brief!
Evening star., 1939-01-16
FlyinE Trim,

It is a most uncertain art
And its rewards are small;
You're either back before you start
Or don't get back at all.
Evening star., 1939-01-16

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Evening star., 1939-01-16

Economy" said Uncle Eben, us
sumpin' dat we all thinks other people
ought to practice SOS we won't have to
stint ourselves 20 much"
Evening star., 1939-01-16

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Evening star., 1939-01-16
WASHIN TON, d. C.
MONDAY January l6, 1899
The Evening Star Newspaper Compan,

Main @ once: A l1th & st an ana Pen @Pennsyglvsnia g Ave.
Chicago ONCE: 435 North Michigan Ave
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Foreign Purchases Keep
Copper Market Busy
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Buyers
from Europe and the Far East kept
the copper market busy this week
while domestic users of the red
metal took things easy, apparently
catching up with the huge supplies
acquired in recent weeks.
Orders came from Japanese,
French, Russian and Italian inter-
ests. Japanese demand amounted
to around 5000 tons, purchased at
prices of l2.70 to 12.87ha cents a
pound.
Producers and refiners continued
to quote 1914 cents for domestic de-
livery. In the outside market, how
ever, activity in the export divi-
sion was a sustaining influence and
at one time quotations ranged up
to 1924 cents.
Business in lead slackened, al
lowing some important interests to
cut into the waiting lists built up
during the past several weeks
Prices remained firm at 550-5.55
cents.
Zinc held at $50 cents although
sales abruptly tapered.
Operations in the steel industry
reached practical capacity. Future
gains were expected to be slow as
old mills were tuned up for fresh
production.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Furniture Sales Up
Is Per Cent From
Levels Year Ago
Coins Recorded in All
But Two Districts
During September
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2l.-Retail furni-
ture sales during September were
18 per cent better than for the corre-
spending month last year, trade sta
tistics showed today.
Compared with August this year
sales showed an improvement Of .
per cent.
Gathered from ass widespread
store units by the National Retail
Furniture Association and compiled
According to Federal Reserve Dis
tricts, the statistics showed that all
except two districts scored gains
last month, compared with the pre-
ceding month and September last
year. Gains ranged in the COMPARE
son with year ago from ~ per
cent for Atlanta down to per cent
for San Francisco. st. Louis and
Minneapolis had losses of 2 and 6
per cent. respectively.
Sales for the first nine months
this year were per cent better than
for the corresponding period in
1898, but were u per cent under
those for 1887.
inventories at the end of Sep
tember we're 8 per cent greater than
at the end of 1888 and per cent
larger than at the end of Septem-
ber last year.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Arlington Leads Upturn
In State Realty Sales
BY the Associated Press


NORFOLK, Va. Oct. 21.-Real
estate valued at $1,3O1 800 changed
hands during the past week, when
35l deeds were recorded in five of tho
Commonwealfh's population centers,
the Virginia Real Estate Association
reported today.
This was an increase of 1922 100
IN the value of the realty finding
new owners and 80 in the number
OF deeds recorded over the preced-
ing week, when 319 deeds conveyed
realty valued at $1,0092l1.
Arlington County reported the
greatest activity with a weeks turn.
over valued at $518,9OO.
Figures from the areas reporting
follow:
Norfolk, "a deeds, consideration
$182 300; Richmond, 119 deeds, con-
sideration $367, ,498; Arlington, GA
deeds, consideration $518, 900: Alex-
andria, % deeds, consideration s86..
3O6; Roanoke, 81 deeds, considera.
ton $146,316.
Alfred L. Blake, president of tho
Richmond Real Estate Exchange.
was named today head of the Vir-
glnia Real Estate Associations spe.
cial committee to confer with the
Virginia Unemployment Compen-
sation Commission in an effort to
have real estate statesmen relieved
from the liability for the tax.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Scrap Concerns Face
ProfitIess Prosperity
Special Dispatch to The Star.

0peclAl D1SpAtcn to Tne Star.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Paradoxi-
cal as it may seem, the recent rise
in the price of iron and steel scrap,
which has eased of somewhat the
past few days. has inaugurated a
period of profitless prosperity for
the scrap trade as a whole, declared
Edwin c. Barringer, executive secre-
tary Of the Institute of Scrap Iron g.
Steel, Inc, today.
When the market started to ad-
vance, large dealers and brokers who
assemble tonnages of scrap for steel
mills. and foundries were caught
with commitments which they are
now having to cover at losses rang
ing up to IS per ton, according to
Barringer. Likewise, many of the
orders taken while the market was
advancing represent losses.
Evening star., 1939-10-22

Washington. Virginia & Mary
land Coach Co., operating transit
lines in Arlington. reports 366.331
passengers in September, against
294,702 a year ago. Nine month
passengers totaled 3.031 ,867, against
2,665,2 in the 1888 period; 2,4OO,-
270 in the 1887 period and 2,119,-
SIS in the 1896 months. For the
full year of 1888 this company car
ried 571 ,596 passengers and in the
entire year of 1898 it carried g.
672,062 passengers-certainly con-
vincing evidence of Arlington's
growth.
Air Lines Set Records.
Air travel continues to set new
records on the major lines serving
Washington. Pennsylvania Central
reports September travel here 1913
per cent above a year ago and a
nine-month total 27.1 per cent
above a year ago. American Air
lines traffic for September was Al
per cent ahead of a year ago while
the nine-month total was up sc
per cent. Eastern Airlines also re-
ported substantial gains for both
September and the nine months.
Evening star., 1939-10-22

his home town of Houlton until
1917. when he entered the U. S. Army
for overseas service. in France for
25 months, and at the close of the
war left the service with the rank
OF major of infantry.
Returning to Maine at the end
OF the war, he became vice president
in charge of the trust department
of the Fidelity Trust Co., Portland,
Me, and remained in this office
until 1888, when he assumed his pres
ent duties.
Exchange Trading Active.
Trading on the Washington Stock
Exchange was much more active
during the week just ended than in
other recent sessions.
Saturday trading included a sale
OF 104 shares of Capital Transit
stock at 1924, the largest block to
change hands in one sale in many
months. During the week several
other sales were recorded. some
above 13. The final bid was 1924
with 13 asked.
Lanston Monotype appeared on
the board yesterday in a 10-share
sale at 3912. At that figure the
stock yields better than 9 per cent,
the highest return of any issue on
the exchange. as it pays dividend
of 81 year. Another sale yes
terday was in Potomac Electric
Power 6 per cent preferred, at
s12l2.
Earlier in the week a sale of 1875
shares of Riggs National Bank COM
mon was recorded at 260 and one
100 and two so share sales were
registered in Mergenthaler Limo
type, two at TIA and one at 1712
per share.
Kayser to Address Bankers.
Washington Chapter, American
Institute of Banking, has arranged
Evening star., 1939-10-22

transfers in September ahead of a
year ago but the nine month total
was behind 1898.
Deeds of trust were behind 1888 in
September but ahead in the nine
months while foreclosures in Sep
tember and the nine months reached
the lowest point of the last II years.
Totals for September and nine
months for 1889 and 1888 follow:
Sept. months Sept. months
DEEDS E,seds ~ sss s'sll saa s,ssl
Trust 1,13l 1o113 1,1oo s,541
ures u 213 81 $50
In Arlington County, real estate
trasfers in the first Al weeks of this
year totaled 2,145 against 1874 in
the same 1888 period.
Utility Records Set.
Continued expansion of the WASH
ington metropolitan market is shown
by new all-time records of public
utility companies serving the area.
The table below shows power GUS
toners in the District and Mary
land sections, active gas meters in
the entire metropolitan area and
telephones in the District of Co.
lumbia at the end of September in
various years:
Evening star., 1939-10-22
DC. Bank Loans
And Discounts
Show Gains
Cash Assets, Deposits
Also Are Higher
In Latest Call
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Loans and discounts, cash assets,
demand and time deposits, and other
items increased in Washington %
active banks in the last quarter and
also revealed substantial gains over
the like period year ago. the Con-
troller of the Currency reported yes
terday in summary of the con-
dition of these institutions on Octo-
Der 2, 1899.
Loans and discounts aggregated
S1O7,9l0,000 against $104.5l9 900 on
June 30, 1889, and $99,616,OO0 on
September %, 1898, the report said.
U. S. Government securities held by
the banks revealed a decrease, a
total of $79,4940 900 comparing with
So0,3l0,000 in June and $9O,202 900
IN September a year ago. Total
loans and investments ran up to
6239 lis 900 against $235 10000 at
the end of the previous quarter and
e235 100000 year ago.
Cash balances on the date of the
last call totaled $1423 3O6 900 against
$114,933 900 in June and $l21 ,66S 900
IN September year ago. The Treas
ury report discloses that the Wash
ington banks now have total assets
OF $4O3 1888, 900 as compared with
e372,7l3,000 in June and $378, Il 81 900
year ago, very substantial ad-
Vances.
The analysis places demand de-
posits on October 2 at S202. 1853 900
against $174.568,000 on June 80 and
,sl86, ,427, 900 in the corresponding Pc
rlod a year ago. Time deposits
totaled $1l3,607 900 compared with
the lower figure of s1lOl63.OOO in
June and s110,4470 900 in September
1888, making total deposits s354.962,-
900 against 1923, ,681 900 in June and
$3.50 625 900 a year ago.
Undivided profits of 5000 900 on
October 2 were off from the s9,317,-
600 reported in June but above the
$0593,000 a year ago, the review
said. Details in many other items
reflected the same sound position
IN these institutions.
Clark Has Georgetown Degree.
Roland E. Clark of Portland. Me.
recently elected president of the
Trust Division of the American
Bankers Association is vice presi-
oent in charge of the trust depart
ment of the National Bank of Com
rlerce in Portland. He served as
vice president of the A. B. A. Trust
Division in 1889.
Born in 1879 in Houlton, Me, Mr..
Clark attended Bowdoin College,
where he was graduated with the
A. B. degree in 1901, land studied
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Power Output Coins

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 (SpeciaD -
Power output of electric subsidiaries
Of American Water Works and Elec-
trio Co. for September totaled 210,-
872,49l kilowatt hours, compared
with l80,940, ,6SS kilowatt hours for
the 1898 month, an increase Of II
per cent. For nine months ended
September 30, output was up IL per
cent.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Large Rail Orders
Spur Equipment
Industry
Chicago Survey Shows
Production at Best
Levels Since 1929
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Oct 21.-Sharply in
creased railroad buying since war
broke out in Europe is booming the
huge equipment manufacturing
business and the heavy industries
which supply its materials.
A survey of the Chicago steel
equipment manufacturing area, in
the heart of the Nations rail en-
pire, showed today that production
was the highest since 1929. flushed
by domestic and South American
orders. The latter were reported
coming to this country because Euro
pean manufacturers. especially
those in Germany, were unable to
make deliveries.
Primarily responsible for the up
swing was the 5000 900 900 volume of
orders that American railroads have
released thus far this year. but a
contributory factor is a $4,000 900
order placed by railroads ia the re-
publics of Brazil and Chile.
At the height of the boom days
the railroad equipment industry in
the Chicago area, second only to the
steel industry in volume of employ
ment and value of products manu-
factured. employed more than 10000
men and women. During the de-
preston. when railroad orders fell
to minimum, employment slumped
to 5000. Now more than Is 900 per-
sons are employed and the number
is increasing.
Hammond, Ind, as a result of the
upturn, was anticipating reopening
of the Pullman Standard Car Manu-
featuring Co. plant, which was closed
in 1888. Largest and most modern
of the company's system, the unit
cannot be operated profitably unless
large-scale orders are. available.
Other plants of the company now
are operating at or approaching ca
pacity and company officials said
that if orders continue coming in
the Hammond plant would be
opened.
j. J. Pelley, president of the As
ISOLATION of American Railroads,
said that 12,481 new freight cars
were put into service this year up
to August 81. On September l a
total of 8.779 cars were on order.
Adding the orders placed dur
ing September, it appears" Pelley
said, that approximately 10000 new
cars would be ordered or put into
service during 1939.'
New passenger cars ordered or put
into service up to October l totaled
13l. Steel rail and fastenings
ordered so far this year, Pelley said,
totaled 1877 900 tons.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Metropolitan Building Reaches New Peaks
In Nine Months Despite September Lag
Residential Activity
Climbs in District,
Drops Elsewhere
BY DONALD b. HADLEY,

Public and private construction in
the Washington metropolitan area
for the first nine months of this
year reached a new high mark of
$87 7.085, ,678 with. Sal .654,037 worth OF
residential building providing for
9,907 families, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics reports.
The September metropolitan total
amounted to 1881 1863. well ahead
of $500 1855 in August but below
$9,674,755 recorded in September last
year. Failure of the September total
to equal 1888 levels was due entirely
to decline in non-residential ac-
tivity including public projects, as
residential construction for the
month stood at S. ,082 ,889, which was
we'll ahead of $4.7l1,74O in the pre-
vious month as we'll as $4.345,545 in
September, 1898.
Nine-month and September totals
for the last five years follow:
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Lead Shipments Rise
Sharply in Month
By the Associated Press.

by Lne ASSOCl2CcO FTeSS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21-Domestic
shipments of lead jumped to So ,554
tons in September from 45,025 in
August and 39,026 in September,
1898, the American Bureau Of Sta
tistics reported today.
Stocks were reduced to 1902 tons
compared with 117,985 in August
and 131 1853 in September, 1898. Pro-
duction amounted to 80 9,253 against
80 900 the previous month and a..
sos Ia September, 1888.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Virginia Public Service
Securities Authorized
BY the Associated Press.

by tne ASSOClAteQ fTeSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 21.-The
State Corporation Commission to-
day granted the Virginia Public
Service Generating Co.. which is
planning to build $4,000, 900 power
plant at Alexandria, to issue the
following securities:
l. Not exceeding $500 shares of
its common stock, par value 500
share, at price not less than par
and the remaining $3.50 shares of
common stock to be issued to the
Virginia Public Service Co., an affll-
late, at price not less than par.
2. Not exceeding 81 ,40O0 prin-
cipal amount of its first mortgage
4 per cent sinking fund 20-year
bonds, the final maturity date be-
ing November l, 1859.
3. Not exceeding 100000 princi-
pal amount of 4 per cent serial
notes payable to the order of Harris
Trust & Savings Bank, of Chicago.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
BY FREDERICK GARDNER,

AssOclateo fress FINANCIAL writer.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Selective
strength, with wartime tinge. re-
turned to the stock market today
and enabled the list to emerge from
the week with prices generally point
ing upward
Motor trucks, lately quiet per.
formers. came to life and led the re.
covery with gains of to more than
2 points. There were one or two
wider advances elsewhere. Aside
from the favorites, though, improve
ment was mainly in fractions.
The list got off to a quiet start,
but volume broadened in later DEAL
ings. While the most popular stocks
finished at the days tops. many is
sues closed somewhat under the
peak
Transfers totaled 535 $40 shares
against last Saturdays turnover Of
248,850, which was the smallest since
August 5.
The Associated Press average Of
sc stocks was up 4 of a point at
53.4 and, for the week, showed a
net gain of IA points, largest for
any similar period since the one
ending September 9.
Others Join Rally.
Steels, aircrafts and specialties
participated to degree in the up
turn. Utilities, oils and rails re-
corded modest plus signs.
Tho fr,,ck Ioro ri L,,o1,oL
by word the French had placed or
ders for some 1000 heavy vehicles
in this country and were ready to
take on as many more as soon as the
manufacturers could supply them.
News from abroad, accentuating
the war to finish theme, seemed
to inspire some traders who have
been hanging back recently, brokers
said, although others still indi-
Gated they desired more convincing
evidence that the overseas head
line fanfare was not a prelude to
a new peace drive. Dispatches
from abroad, in fact. showed no ex-
ceptional aggressiveness on any
front.
Developments at home. despite the
Chrysler labor difficulties and the
see-saw swing of the neutrality bat
tie in Congress. were on the op-
timistic side marketwise These in
cluded highly satisfactory earnings
statements for the third quarter,
railway income figures, electric
power consumption and the con-
tinued flow of regular and extra
dividends.
Steel Group Aided.
Steels were helped by predictions
next weeks mill operations would
register another climb in addition
to reports of fresh furry of in
Quiries from domestic steel con.
sumers. Aircrafts were again sup
ported as the plane makers worked
at capacity to fill orders.
New highs for 1899 were recorded
today for Studebaker, Mack Truck
and White Motors.
Prominent on the upside were
Yellow Truck, U. S. Steel. Bethle.
hem, Youngstown Sheet, Douglas
Aircraft, U. S. Rubber, International
Harvester, Crown Cork, Thompson
Products, Phelps Dodge, Southern
Railway, Great Northern, Westing-
house, Du Pont. Cluett Peabody and
Allied Chemical.
Bonds generally tilted forward,
along with commodities. Wheat at
Chicago was up Is to 11s cents a
bushel and corn was unchanged to
ahead 's Cotton advanced 20 to
so cents a bale.
Boosted a bit in the Curb were
American Cyanamid "B', Eagle
Plcher Lead, Lockheed and Humble
Oil. Turnover of $4,000 shares
compared with $4,000 shares a week
ago.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Big Air Cooler Built

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 81 (SpeciaD
Two hundred thousand pounds Of
ice would be required to equal the
cooling effectiveness of the world s
most powerful conditioning
compressor developed by Westing-
house Electric & Manufacturing Co.
here. 1t weighs four tons and oc-
cupies a square 1eet.
Evening star., 1939-10-22

, law at George
town University.
which granted
him the degree
of LII. B. in 1904.
Throughout his
law study. he
served in Wash
n G ton a S
s e n e t ary to
G on gr e ssnan
LleWellyn Pow
ers of Maine.
In 1905, he
was admitted to
the Maine bar
and thereafter
nracticed law in
Evening star., 1939-10-22
SpiegeI, Inc., Reports
Drop in Earnings
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Spiegel,
Inc. reported for the September
quarter net profit of $94,319, or "a
cents a share on the $3.50 preferred
stock, compared with $685., ,412, equal
after preferred requirements to 1a
cents common share for the Sep
tember, 1888, quarter, and 1862 SOC
or 20 cents a common share for the
June, 1899, quarter.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Exchange Volume Soes
Further in Week
BY the Associated Press.

Round-lot trading on the New
York Stock Exchange, which drop
ped. sharply In the third week Of
Europe's war, fell OF further dur
ing the week ended September 80,
the fourth war week, the Securities
Commission reported.
Total sales, which amounted to
more than 10000, 900 each for the
first two weeks Of September, drop
ped to 9.6l6,340 for the last week
Of the month. The previous weeks
total was 10,521 $40.
Maintaining the normal level
members transactions constituted
20.66 per cent Of total trading.