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Evening star., 1939-06-18
Worth Street Textiles
Move al Slower Pace
BY the Associated Press.

6y INC AsSoClAteu FIcSS
NEW YORK, June 1.-THE flow
of textiles in Worth Street slowed up
considerably this week following the
heavy turnover of the preceding
period. Recently advanced prices.
however, were firmly maintained
and in a few instances even ad-
vanced.
Mills were still chary of contract
ing for delivery beyond mid-July
This was due largely, commission
men said, to long g-heralded output
'curtailment and the impending
wage-hour schedule changes in the
textile industry. At the same time,
they added. this was responsible for
considerable buying.
Inquiry continued broad for
standard print cloth and broadcloth
counts, coming mainly from con-
verters and the industrial trade.
Good rayon turnover was confined
to relatively small group of fab
RIGS. Interest in sheers cropped up
after recent sluggishness, although
prices were barely flrm to Y cent
lower Covering against fall require
ments accounted for much of the
business. Rayon loom activity picked
up to II per cent of capacity from
60 per cent the previous week.
Sales of silk sheers remained
negligible, but interest seemed
wider. Continued strength Of the
raw silk market checked buying.
The hosiery section was cheered by
a step-up in retail distribution.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Group Securities, Ine.,
Declares Dividends
Special Dispatch to The Star.

w
NEW YORK. June 1.-THE board
Of directors Of Group Securities. Inc,
an investment company whose
classes of shares each represent an
individual industry or business, has
declared regular dividends on certain
classes Of stock of the company. and
In addition has declared certain
extra dividends.
Dividends are payable June go
1899. to stockholders Of record June
16. 1899. In announcing the dividend
declaration, which is for the second
quarter of 1899, the board called
attention to the fact that the extra
dividends were made possible only
by virtue Of profits realized on sales
Of securities. The declaration of
extra dividends, 1t is stated, should
not be taken as an indication that
such action will necessarily take
place in the future.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Central of New jersey
Seeks Interest Cut
b the Associated Press.

81 the Associated Press.
The Central of New Jersey Rail-
road filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission yesterday a plan
to reduce its fixed interest charges
for five years, starting last Janu-
ary l.
The plan covers $49. 1893 900 of
outstanding general mortgage 100
year gold bonds upon which in
terest amounted to 81, ,391 200 In
1898.
Under the plan, IS per cent Of the
interest would be continued as q
fixed charge obligation during the
five-year period. but interest on the
remaining IS per cent of the bonds
would be placed on a contingent
basis.
The road reported it had failed to
earn fixed charges by substantial
margins during the last seven years.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Duties Are Removed
On Canadian SHINGLES
BS the Associated Press.

BN the Associated Press.
Customs duties against Canadian
red cedar shingles destined for use
in this country were removed yes
terday when the new Canadian re-
ciprocal trade agreement became ef-
fective.
The Customs Bureau announced
that Commissioner James H. Moyle
had directed customs collectors to
accept the shingles free Of duty"
The bureau announcement said:
"The import quota which limited
imports for consumption of this
commodity to 1,051,1 1853 squares dur
ing the first six months of the cal
endar year 1899. established under
executive order Of February Is, 1899,
pending the definite coming into
force of the new trade agreement,
therefore ceases to be in effect after
1918 am. (E. S. T), June II, 1885,"
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Textile Output Rises
50 Pct. Above Last Year
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DISPATCH to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 17.-Textile
production during the first five
months Of the current year was
nearly so per cent greater than that
for the corresponding period Of last
year, according to Textile Worlds
index Of textile mill activity. The
1899 index was Al per cent above the
1898 figure; and IA per cent higher
than the first five months Of an
assumed normal" year.
Activity in the wool branch Of the
industry made the greatest percent
age gain, rayon next, cotton next,
and silk least Of all.
Cotton consumption during the
first five months of this year was
one-third greater than the corre-
spending period Of last year. Con-
sumption for the first 10 months of
the current crop year, August, 1898,
to May, 1899, inclusive, was the lars-
est In 10 years with the exception
Of the record cot two years 40.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
District Business Burometers

generally barom which accurate
conditions Washington substantially higher
this than completed by The Star yesterday
revealed.
Washington Clearing House reported May bank ceangs
the
receipts of the $36s comparing with $5sos3 in May 1888
rise Of more than $4,000. .
Kowa sales Potomac Electric Power disclosed
May. 1898, or $40 per
Not be oudone the retail trade joined
this 1887
corresponding month last largest month this
At the time the Chesapeake e. Potomac Telephone
ported further business the number OF telephones
being 245907 against 23l79 Of
of
Originating calls million
consecutive month"; oaing 07s526
May, 1888.
for May months in 1899 given with like periods
previous follows:
Evening star., 1939-06-18

III q II llSul dllCS
section of the American Bar Asso-
citation, and William M. Mortimer.
widely known inland marine loss
authority.
The guest of honor at the annual
banquet on Thursday evening will
be Representative Jennings Ran
dolph of West Virginia. chairman of
the District Of Columbia House Com
mite. Henry j. Quinn, Washing
ton attorney, former president of
the District Bar Association. will be
toastmaster, Mr.. Nichols said.
First Days Program.
The opening program on Thursday
morning will include invocation by
Rev. Walter M. Michael, Eldbrooke
Methodist Church; address of well
come, V. A. Nichols; response. Ross
Whitney, Chicago; presidents ad-
dress, A. M. Foley South Bend. and
report of executive secretary, Will
liam H. Moore, Wichita.
Standing committee reports will
be presented: National Conference
Committee on Lay Adjusters, v. A.
Nichols, official representative: un-
authorized practice Of law, L. A.
Gouldman, chairman. Little Rock;
casualty and allied lines, L. A. Hor-
ton, chairman, Oklahoma City;
forms, Robert Denton, chairman
Fort Wayne; legislative, c. E. De
Witt, chairman, Dallas; relationship
Arthur Furst. chairman, Buffalo:
fire and allied lines, Stewart E.
Wentworth. chairman, Davenport.
Iowa; publicity and promotional, !.
T. Swain, chairman, Indianapolis;
membership, Howard E. Kopf. chair
man, Davenport, Iowa; grievance,
Clarence w. Heyl. chairman, Peoria,
and directory, Lloyd Caldwell, chair
man, San Antonio.
Summers Among Speakers.
An address by A. Burks Summers,
president, General Credit, Inc,
Washington. What Finance Com
panies Expect of Insurance Adjust
ers," will be delivered on Friday
afternoon.
The officers are A. M. Foley, presi-
dent, South Bend; v. A. Nichols.
vice president. Washington; Ross
Whitney, vice president, Chicago: j.
P. McHale, vice president, Los An
geles; E. j. Mamie. vice president,
San Antonio, and william H. Moore,
secretary-treasurer, Wichita.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Marlboro Market Sells
$4,000 Pounds Of Leaf
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
UPPER MARLBORO, Nd. June
17.-More than $4,000 pounds of
tobacco were sold under the auction
eer's hammer at Upper Marlboro's
new tobacco auction house, officials
Of the Marlboro Tobacco Market,
Inc. reported at the end of the first
months business.
Revenue from the sales Of all
grades totaled. $98 1863, or an average
Of 1856 cents a pound. No figures
were available for comparison with
prices Of former years since this
auction was the first attempted in
Prince Georges County.
Oflcials termed the sales and
prices thus far as very favorable"
At Hughesville, in Charles County,
tobacco auction officials reported
sales approximating 1,047 900 pounds.
giving the two auction sheds total
poundass Of about 1,sso,0oo - far
this year.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Denver & Rio Grunde
Plans Improvements
BY the Associated Press.

BY The ASs0clated PreBs.
Trustees of the Denver & Rio
Grande Western Railroad asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission
yesterday for authority to issue
$1.545 900 of equipment trust certifi-
Gates to be used in the purchase Of
new equipment costing $1.724,219.
Ten per cent Of the cost would be
financed from the company's own
funds.
Equipment to be purchased in
cludes 400 fifty-ton box cars, costing
$2,96436 each; 100 fifty-ton auto
mobile cars. costing So, 1853 each, and
50 seventy-ton gondola cars, costing
$3,84350 each.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Europe 10 Harvest
Near Normal Yield
OF Bread Grains
Smaller TotoI Expected
Than Lost Yeur's
Record Production
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Prospects for the 1899 bread grain
crops in Europe point to . smaller
total than last years record pro-
duction, the Agriculture Depart
ment's foreign service reported yes
terday.
II weather is about normal dur
ing June and July, however, aver
age crops for both wheat and rye
may be expected, the service said.
Estimates Of this years acreage
total above those Of last year, when
abnormally high yields per acre re-
suited in the big crops.
Excessive rains, hail storms, strong
winds and temperatures generally
below average were detrimental to
wheat in Italy and other Mediter-
ranean basin countries, the service
said. Winter-kill in Germany was
said to have been greater than
usual. Cool weather has retarded
wheat in the British Isles.
Showers in Prairies.
The condition of the Canadian
grain crops was only moderately be-
low average this week, the service
reported, due to continued cool and
showery weather in the prairie
provinces. While the wheat crop
has been somewhat retarded, this
could be quickly overcome by warm
weather, it said.
The Argentine wheat situation
the first of this month was charac-
terized, the service said. by increased
export activity, excessive stocks, the
termination of serious drought con-
ditions and prospects for a smaller
acreage In the $40 season.
The Argentine supply available
for export on June was estimated
at 10000, 900 bushels.
Surplus in Argentina.
Although wheat has been NOV
ing out recently at a rate Of about
3,700 900 bushels a week. 1t is rec
ognized," the service said, "that
only on exceptional and unexpected
export demand could result In liqui-
dation Of present supplies by the
and Of the marketing season"
v The service estimated Argentina
would have a surplus Of about 73,-
900 900 bushels at the end of the
year.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Oil Industry
Inquiry Delayed
Until Fall
By the Associated Press.

An investigation of the oil in
dustry by the Monopoly Committee,
planned for July, will be delayed un-
til this fall.
Announcing this yesterday, Sena-
tor O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyom-
ing, committee chairman, said the
delay was requested by Axtell j.
Byles, president Of the American
Petroleum Institute, who has been
cooperating with the temporary
National Economic monopoly Com
mitee in obtaining the testimony Of
certain leaders in the oil industry"
A letter from Byles to the Senator
said that leaders Of the oil industry
had found 1t impossible to prepare
written statements, required by the
committee In advance Of hearings,
In time for testimony In July.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

citation Of Inde-
pendent 1nsur-
ance Adjusters
at the Washing
ton Hotel, June
%, % and "a,
will include ad-
dresses by Lans-
dale G. Sasscer,
member of Con-
gress from Mary
land and former
president of the
Maryland State
Senate: Lyle P.
K r is t eller of
Newark, chair
Evening star., 1939-06-18

read his annual report which was
presented at the recent convention
Of the District Bankers Association
at Hot Springs. This will be fol-
lowed by the election of the eXecu-
tive council and installation of off,
GERS for the coming year.
The Nominating Committee has
selected the following as nominees
for the executive council, the five
receiving the largest number of
votes being elected:
Gerald E. Keene, Second National;
H. Norman Glasco, Union Trust Co.;
William B. Mehler, jr., City Bank;
Lewis E. Thomas, Liberty National;
D. D. Whitcraft, Riggs National; v.
Dorman, American Security e. Trust
Co.; James c. Elgin. w. B. Hibbs e.
Co.: Reginald G.. Watkins, Munsey
Trust Co.: Harold w. Derlison. Bank
of Commerce and Savings, and Louis
Lynn, Morris Plan Bank.
Mr. Keene will retire as chairman,
but remain on the committee. and
H. Norman Glasco. Union Trust
Co.: William B. Mehler, jr.. the
City Bank, and Lewis E. Thomas,
Liberty National Bank, will be ele-
waited to the Offices of chairman,
vice chairman and secretary, respec-
lively.
The section was organized in 1928
by representatives of six of the local
banks and has grown until. with one
or two exceptions, every local bank
Is represented.
Underwriters to Hear Anderson.
A. M. Anderson, past president
Of the Los Angeles Association of
Life Underwriters and well-known
lecturer and teacher on insurance
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Asks Stock Listino

SAN FRANCISCO, June II (Spe-
ciaD Pacific Lighting Corp. has
filed an application with the San
Francisco Stock Exchange for list
ing the company's IS dividend pre-
ferred stock which has been ap-
proved by the Listing Committee Of
the exchange. The 100000 shares
covered by the application will be
admitted TO the list at . date to be
announced later.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

speak on the pro- A. M. Anderson.
gramming of life insurance for the
maximum benefits. both to the pol
icyholders and beneficiaries. He
has spoken on the same subject
throughout the country.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Underwriters Association will
be held at IL noon the same day
when Richard Griswold, retiring
president, will make his annual re-
port and the induction of the newly
elected president, Joseph A. Mari,
will take place.
d. c. Store Sales in Slump.
The Department of Commerce re-
view stated yesterday that retail
trade in Washington during the
past week fell considerably from
the exceptionally good showings of
the previous week, and with the ex-
ception of one small increase, all
reporting stores showed declines from
the same week in 1898.
The decreases from the previous
week ranged from minus 1913 per cent
to decrease of 1884 per cent, while
the percentage change from year
ago ranged from plus 335 per
cent to decrease of 267 per cent.
Clearings, s22,765 ,699; year ago,
e25,029,676. Visitors to the Smith
sonian Institution, 69,683; year ago,
1921; previous week, 62,l42. To-
tai passenger revenue. Capital Tran
sit Co.. past calendar week, $239.-
at; year ago, s214,796, the review
said.
Trade in other cities in the Fifth
Federal Reserve district was spotty.
Building Continues to Soar.
Henry A. Johns, Washington
manager of Dodge Reports, an
nounced yesterday that residential
building in the Washington metro
politan area for the first five months
of this year was more than $14,-
100000 ahead of the like period in
1898.
Contracts awarded during May
for residential building in the Wash
ington metropolitan area, consist
ing OF the District. Arlington and
Fairfax Counties, Va, and Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties. Md. totaled $780, 900. A gain
of 81 per cent was recorded over
S3.463 900, the total for May, 1898.
At the close of the flve-month
period the years volume of residen-
tial building contracts was at $28,-
$4,000. The valuation recorded at
the corresponding point Of 1888 was
G13,9l5 900.
Private ownership initiated con-
struction In the January-through-
May period valued at $35, ,776, 900,
Dodge Reports concludes. That COM
pletely overshadows the publicly
owned work, $l1,7l1, 1000.
Railroad Votes Dividend.
Directors Of the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg A Potomac r. r. have
declared q dividend of 81 per share
on the voting common stock. the
non-voting common stock and the
dividend obligations, payable June
80 to stockholders of record June
%. 1t was announced in Richmond.
Directors of the Arundel Corp.
have voted the quarterly dividend of
rs cents per share, payable August
l to stock of record July "a. The
stock is quite widely held in Wash
tngton, although the company Is a
Baltimore firm.
c. H. Gockeler, one Of the OH
cials Of the Hamilton National
Bank, is passing the week end at
Ventnor, near Atlantic City, N. J.
Fred j. Sisson, who was a men,
ber Of the House Banking and Cur
rency Committee for four years
while a Representative in Con-
gress, has entered the practice of law
N this city with Frank J. Kelly.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Chicago Stocks Gain
On Moderate Market
By the Associated Press,

by Vic ASbUCIdCeu PTeBJ,
CHICAGO, June ia majority
Of stocks traded here today regis
tered fractional gains, but the mar
ket was only moderately active.
Transactions totaled 1000 shares
and % issues closed with net gains,
while II were lower and un-
changed.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Furniture Mart Finds
'HeoIthy' Volume
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, June 17.-President
Lawrence H. Whiting Of the Ameri-
can Furniture Mart said today
orders totaling about $50, 900, 900 in
commitments and purchases to fol-
low had been placed at the semi
annual National Home Furnishings
Exposition which closes today.
He said this healthy" volume of
orders Offset 21.9 per cent drop in
attendance from the January mar
ket. An estimated 8,400 buyers reg
istered for the June market.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

the annual meet
ing and dinner
at the Wardman
Park Hotel next
Thursday e We
ming. All the re-
Gently elected Of
ncers of the
bankers associa-
ton have ac-
c e p t e d invita-
tions to attend.
Mr.. Glasco will
succeed Gerald
E. Keene of the
Second National
no~L
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Years Deficit
Nation Is
| |$3,392,839,275
, the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Two weeks from the end Of the
1899 fiscal year. the Treasury had
collected $500 ,9l6.97s and spent
SS,702, ,756.l94, to leave a 1882 .839-
2l5 deficit. The public debt June
Is stood at $4o,349, ,773, ,4s2.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

selling. will hold
two seminars on
Thursday at the
Willard Hotel
under the aus
pices of the Dis
trict Of Colum-
bia Underwrit-
ers' Associa ton.
The meeting
will be held at
the Willard Ho-
tel from 10 am.
to IL noon and
from z pm. to
I pm. Mr.. An
derSon will
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Insurance Adjusters'
Program Announced
For Annual Meetinq
Members Of Congress
Among Speakers Booked
For Sessions Here

General Chairman v. A. Nichols
of Washington announced yesterday
that the program for the third an
nual meeting Of the National Asso-
Evening star., 1939-06-18
D. T.. Bank Auditors
Planning 10 Elect
Glasco Chairman
Section to Name Five
New Council Members
At Annual Meeting
By EDWARD C. STONE.

II. Norman Glasco of the Union
Trust Co. is slated for election as
chairman Of the auditors section of
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Check Transactions
WASHINGTON CLEARING HOUSE.
Telephone Service in District

CHESAPEAKE 4 POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO.
| Number of Telephones IN Service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10
School Openings Emphasize
Democratic Significance
Best Possible Public Education,
Hailed as ChiIdren's Privilege

casion to lament the fact that his
9-year -old son. Robert, who is at
present Senator from Ohio, had
only been able to attend the Force
School for a half day session be-
cause of the overcrowded conditions
there, despite the source Of graft
flcation it will be when it Is possible
for the school to take care of him
all the hours it Is possible to spare
him from the family"
That was IS years ago. Despite
the notable additions to certain
school plants, our Nations Capital
has never been able to catch up
with itself in regard to the over
crowding which then prevailed, nor
to house its school population in
anything like the ideal fashion for
which it was once so famous, that
it held first rank among the public
school systems of the United States.
Old and Super Old Buildings.
Until we turn to the yellowing
pages of the reports of our Board
of Education it is difficult to realize,
too, that such woefully outmoded
school buildings as the Wallach,
Curtis, Seaton and a score more
were, in the decade just after the
Civil War, models for both the pub
lie school systems of our own and
other lands.
The World War and the after
math of economic depression which
followed have played a part in the
hand-to- mouth policy which has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10
BY JESSIE FAINT EVANS.

With the tocsins of war resound-
ing in lands across the sea, the ring
ing of the school bell here in Amer
lea this month takes on additional
significance, as it summons to its
call millions of boys and girls run
ming the educational gamut from
kindergarten toddlers to tall college
seniors.
Book and Bible have been the very
bulwarks of democracy in the max
ing of this America of ours. No
sooner was settlement made in any
community in New England than
the next step was for its settlers to
make plans for the education of
their children. Those of us who
have had pioneer backgrounds can
still remember that the schoolhouse,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10
Y. W. G. A. Registration Set

Registration for classes In the
educational division Of the Young
Women's Christian Association will
open Friday. Mrs. Irving Ketchum,
director, announced yesterday.
Glasses open the first week in Oc-
tober.
New courses to be offered this year
include Practical Philosophy for
Modern People" by DR.. Joseph l..
Fendrich, jr.; Gregg shorthand in
the commercial department; Poetry
Workshop" by Katherine Kennedy,
and two courses in writing criticism
by Helen Orr Watson. The School
of Journalism will be under
Gretchen Smith of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10

mately $751;, 000, 900 4 year on pub
lie school building construction.
Many new school buildings have
been completed for educational serv-
ice this year.
1t will be a new educational ex-
perience for those enrolled for the
first time in G. c. c. camps through
out the county. Approximately 90
per cent Of the 800 900 enrollees this
year will attend c. G. c. camp edu-
cational classes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10
New Closes ARRANGED

New beginning classes are being
arranged each week in this month
for both day and night pupils by the
Stereotype Institute Of Washington,
1t was announced yesterday.
School ofIicials said the average
time to complete the course in ma
chine-shorthand" is from months
to year They anticipate the larg-
est enrolment in the history of the
institute.
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Baptist Bible School

The Baptist Bible School, tbs
Eighth street NV, will open for its
tenth year September 10, 10 and ~
between $50 and pm. for registra-
ton in the % courses Of Bible and
related subjects available. DR.. B. P.
Robertson is president, with . faculty
OF Is instructors.
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Stakeholder
Continued From Page GID

rolled in first grade this year have
previously attended kindergarten. An
additional $4,000 have also attended
nursery school.
Four hundred thousand young
people will get their first taste of
college life as college and university
freshmen Only 100000 of the 1,l10,-
900 young men and women who were
graduated from high schools in 1899
will enter colleges this fall.
1t will be the first teaching expe-
rience for many thousands of teach
ers, since 100000 persons enter the
teaching profession each year.
Thousands of pupils will go to
new school buildings for the first
time. During the past five years
with the aid of Public Works Ad-
ministration loans and grants. local
communities have spent approx
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prevailed in regard to school ap-
preparations here in the District of
Columbia, despite the efforts of the
press, the school superintendent
and the Board of Education and
such organized groups as parent
teacher associations and the various
citizens associations to overcome
Its paralyzing influence.