Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1929, Page 15

-2 NEWSPAPER LOAN TOLDINMINUTES Resolution by Graustein Pro- posed Paper Company Aid- ing Hall and La Varre. By the Associated Press. MACON, Ga., September 11.—A reso- fution by the International Paper Co. board authorizing the appropriation of $2,500,000 gross to assist in financing newspapers was read into the record of the Hall-La Varre newspaper suit foday. ‘The resolution was referred to in a deposition by Edward B. Adams, official of the company. The minutes of the meeting also were read in part. They sald that President A. R. Graustein on October 31, 1928, proposed an appro- priation. ‘The minutes quoted Graustein as say- ing to the board that “two young men had proposed the purchasé of news- papers in cities of 50,000 and over” and that the president favored an appropria- tion. The resolution of the board on the same date said: “The appropriation of $2,500,000 gross for assisting in the/financing of news- papers as stated be and is hereby au- thorized.” These developments were occasioned by the reading of depositions which be- gan yesterday. The depositions were taken in New York ‘and are being read as part of Harold Hall's sult against William La Varre for equal operating control of four Southeastern newspapers. The In- ternational Paper Co. had supplied $870,000 for the purchase of the Au- HUSTON WINS BUSINESS FAME New Chairman of G. 0. P. National Committee Is Son of Preacher. National Political Attention Turned to Him First After 1920 Campaign. Claudius H. Huston, the mnewly elected chairman of the Republican national committee, was born in Boone ‘Township, Harrison County, Southern Indiana, the son of a Presbyterian minister, the Rev. De Witt Huston, pastor of a rural church. . His mother, Margaret Eleanor Macree Huston, was a native of North Carolina. The new chairman’s father died when Mr. Huston was a mere lad. His mother, with three young sons and a daughter, struggled to keep her flock together on a small hill farm. Huston owns this Harrison County farm today, sentiment prompting its purchase, Mr. Huston worked his way through school and callege, the latter at Val- paraiso. His cousin, Dr. H. M. Evans, then was an instructor at Valparaiso. After attending school at Valparaiso Huston went, .to Chattanooga, Tenn., where his cousjn, Dr, Evans, started the Chattanooga . Normal University, now merged with the University of Chat- tanooga, of which, Huston now is a trustee. Huston. was an employe of the Normal University before its merger. Bought Business College. Huston bought a small business col- AS REORGANIZATION EXPERT |3 N. CLAUDIUS H. HUSTO! the usual business and office employ- ment courses. Contacts thus gained eventually took him into the manufac- turing fleld, his specialty being the re- organization and reflnlnclan <or- porations seeking to enlarge flelds. The time came when Huston was a member of the board of directors of a score of large institutions at Chat- tanooga. While taking an interest in local politics for some time, the first national attention, politically, was attracted to Huston in 1920 when Tennessee, for the first time, cast its vote for a Re- publican President. Huston had been one of the active forces in the Ten- nessee campaign. . gusta (Ga.) Chronicle, the Spartanburg ‘When Herbert Hoover was appointed (S. C.) Herald and the Journal and the Columbia (S. C.) Record when the Federal Trade Commission began delv- ing into the company’s affairs. Subse- quently Hall and La Varre disagreed Hall sued as_a partner. La Varre characterized him as an employe and | the sult was transferred from the Georgia courts at Augusta, Ga., to the Federal court here. ‘The depositions were read today by the defense. lege where boys and girls were taught LOGAN HOTEL N.W. 13th Street at Iowa Circle TANDEM-WING PLANE MAKES 25-MILE FLIGHT | Rumanian Clains Safety Is Added by Radical Innovation in De- Home Cooking DINNER, 75c¢ Breakfast, 7 to 10:30 A la Carte or Club—40c¢c, 75¢ sign of Craft. By the Associated Press. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Sep-| tember 11.—George Sernit, Rumanian was flyer, made a test flight yesterday | in a tandem wing monoplane he had | been building for a year on Staten Is- land which has radical innovations in design. There is a 20-foot stub wing at the front of the fuselage and a 60-foot wing 15 feet behind that. Two engines are built into the rear wing, which runs under the bullet shaped fuselage. There are three landing wheels, two at the|! sides and one in front. The tail skid is not used. Sernit took off neatly before the pes- simistic gaze of hangers on and despite some apparent trouble in gaining alti- tude rose to 1,000 feet. He flew about || 25 miles in a wide circle and made a graceful landing. ‘The aviator, who believes his changes || in design make for additional safety, || was asked about a rumor that he plan- ned a flight to Rumania in the plane. He said he had considered such a flight || for next year, but that it was too early to make any definite announcement. Four Days of Tremendous Price Slashing! This intensive selling effort is the result of extensive alterations to the premises planned for the near future. 1,677 pairs Ladies’ Fpotweér Patent Leather & $3.94' Brown Kid for Dress Suedes $ 4.94 & Oxfords, etc. Luncheon, 12 to 2, 50c¢ Rooms with Bath $2.00 Single -$3.00 Double $1.50 Single $2.50 Double Rates by Month Rooms with Running Water Arch Support Orthopedic Straps and Pumps gnmwrce ¥ - , Mr. Hoover, seel menlwngotnrmmlllfll Commerce. Mr. Huston consent serve one year, though at the end of that time he agreed to continue for sev- eral additional months when ry e hfim‘au”l exp-mlfig e 0ppo! or He resigned himself from other business con- e duties of the Hepublican nationss committee Ip. ey S — WOMEN BADLY BURNED. FARSON, Wyo., September 11 (#)— Two women were burned, one, perhaps fatally, and the two-story Parson Hotel od | W88 Tazed by a fire which started here from his active business Ch attanooga, Upon leaving the Commerce Depart- ment, in March, 1923, Mr. Huston re- entered the business field with offices in New York and Chattanooga. Among numerous business concerns with which he became identified was the Transcontinental Oil Co., an inde- pendent concern, which then required the services of a financial expert. Hus- ton became chairmam -of the board while he revamped its financial struc- ture. Having completed the refinancing and placed the eomgny on a soun financial basis, Huston tendered his ml{nutmn last April, effective a few weeks ago, and was succeeded by Amos L. Beaty. Directed Engineers’ Property. For the past two years Mr. Huston also has had the general management of all the corporate properties, including banks in seven large cities, owned by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The labor organization had sought Huston's services because of his experi- ence as a financier. Mr. Huston still is the president of the Brotherhood Man- agement Carporation, which directs the management of the labor union’s banks at Cleveland, Boston, Minneapolis, Port- land, Oreg.; San Francisco and Seattle, and real estate property which includes two large business blocks in Cleveland. With the business affairs of the brotherhood’s corporate properties all being conducted on a successful basis, Mr. Huston is preparing to terminate his connection with the Brotherhood Management Corporation, as well as to late yesterday after a gasoline explosion. the hotel, was not expected to live, and her daughter, Bett ugh ty Arnott, was in a ROSES, 50 lasting. Fine Mrs. Andrew Amnott, proprietress of | fonignt. CAMPBELL IS HONORED, YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, September 11 () ~The Mahoning Valley today paid tribute to James A. Campbell, president of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., who is celebrating his seventy-fifth Mr, Campbell’s rise from a humble country school master to leadershin of one of the largest steel concerns in the will be recounted at a dinner tonight by a civic committee. A testi- Mwmmfin-mu 4 sented at the dinner o A SPECIAL THIS WEEK. Cents Dozen A fine variety of short Stem Roses, Fresh cut—long for decorations. GLADIOLUSES, $1.00 Dozen Various colors—fresh and stately. 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