Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1931, Page 12

MARCH 13. 1931 mtoflmmnlmkfiutwubelnlmlo- from transportation | millions of Tesulting losives amounted to lwroli- In 1907, when the Bnn.u of l'lplo— mluly $500,000. sives was organized, the reported prop- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, {UTILITIES INTERESTS WATCH JOINT RAIL MERGER PROGRESSIVE MEETING HERE| PLAN IS EXPECTED Industry Realizes Opposition to Power o Bestern Systems ey Submit 3 2 Application to I. C. C. and nght Corporatxons Has Recently This Month. Been Gaining Ground. A—-12 CHANGES IN AUTO | [washington Produce STYLES POSTPONED -5 e Poultry, alive—Turkeys, young, 30a3: od, 28837 WInut:: chickens, 30!! Manufacturers Reported Op- 2 0; hens, heavy, 2 9; Leghorns, 16; roosters, posed to New Models Until Next Fall. ks, 15; keats,qlarge and young, old, 25830, Dressed—Turkeys, old, 30a32; Winter chick- ens, 38a40; Spring broilers, 45; hens, heavy, 25a26; umnl 21; capons, large, 37a38: small, 32a33; ducl 24a25; roosters, 16; keats, young, 70a80; old, By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 13.—As the next i step toward culmination of the plans announced in December for Eastern oy Special Dispatch mMThe!x;';h T trunk line mergers, the four systems a NEW YORK, Marc] b util- derstood in railroad circles to be Meats—Beef, 13%5a15%; veal, 13815 | ;i i corects here did not_pass lightly s lamb, 17a19; pork loins, 21; fresh hams, | o0 RS T SWhich Senator Nor- | POwer and "‘.‘,‘sf.fi“&fi‘"{.fifif:&: a3 | planning to submit a joint application 3 e Shgt‘:‘ldi?'rsl ‘nm?tl:n; Bacon, [zis of Nebraska made at the National | jive those of the industrials and Tail- | 0 the Interstate Commerce Commis- Smoke oulders, b 2. - ' lard, in bulk, 10%2; in packages. %Trg::;:s%‘t? ol':rrl::;wree‘lfi‘m%v 15‘13:““ Zfi“?fa"éfii",.‘a’}&’;‘mi"&"#f coml“‘pmmy“r'-m;h:o::-mm:( :::n::‘;r trunk line 1 contained much that was meant for 1y off 1 hes the loss 1”rulr:-—mr-'vbeol"{'m‘f,l 50835 granke | public consumption and political cffect, B O I ot e e per cont | SYstems—New York Central, Pennsyl- omgerines. 1508 | Dut at the same time they were {ree 10 | and of the rails more than 40 per cent. | vania, Baltimore & Ohio and the Van e ines, per 100, 8dmit that the movement against the |in the iast quarter of 1930, however, the | Sweringen p—have nearly com- Bouhel, 12562.00; box | Power and light corporations was one pubiic utility esrnings began to show | pleted their WOtk on the anllcauon to ibapiles, 3.5064,50; | ik CONIGTROLbe HEEGTEE b. | the effect of the depression. Returns | change the consolidation plans to con- e, Bigian, per pound, 90a100; |, The, Tepresentative of one large P | for the present quarter will be even form with the agreement reached in Almeiras, Chile, 500: Cuyanas, Chile | 5 4" (e the writer that uniess the | Bogres tham those for the three months | Depraney ot e AP e arough ar- would be withheld until near the end of | 3.00; pears. 275a325; Thubath, Mot |power and ligt interests became more | “Recentiy there has been evidence of a | bitration the question of trackage rights the good driving season. ,5’“;;;,,,;‘;‘;‘;‘;;’ i e an i STttt revival of the 1929 activitics gmong the | to_the Pennsylvania over the Nickel Former Custom. = e " public utility holding companies. Con- | Plaf ween ula and Brockton Heretofore new models have started ,,‘;:%';3‘” Mf"'&'fiw“ ""‘,‘“”b;‘,:?.fi, maintain their position in the next few | solidations are being talked of every dey | b2fore the application is filed with the coming from the assembly lines in June, | 200a2.25: sweet potatoes, per bushel, [ Y*2TS: and l-re the basis for the movement in :o‘la:!dm:n& g’ehe p&ATnt w;a left ldln- contintiing until well into the Fall. I¢|1108130; tomatos repacks, 3-pan Growth of Companies. public utility shares which stands out settled at the December conferences due apparently is a safe conjecture that but | crates, 2.50a3.50; celery, :umz 50; string| 'The growth in a compnratlveli short gfnspufuoul y in %hew?filulni mariket ;‘l fgfl“‘ °fl“gon f‘ :‘Wu dmon fl"‘; for the fact many of the improved cars | beans, 5.00a5.50; limas, 6.50a7.00; broc- | time of the great public utility holding | for other groups of stocks. SR e N brought out last Summer and Fall were 3.25; turnips, 1.00; caulifiower, | companies, such as Electric Bond & Further Move Rumored. e B e beyond the blueprint stage when the 2 cabbage, new, per hamper, |Share, United Corporation, COMMON-| .. recent purchase by the United | socatls inerease its b o crash came most of them would have 1.25; old, per 100 pounds, 90a1.00; | wealth & Southern, Niagara Hudson,| i TRt PIUCRESS, PR, ARE JTCD | ECRCY JECTEaee, e e ke, Erie, been delayed until the upward turn be- | lplnlch 1581 oo kale, 1.00; pep] Middle West Utilities, North American, | G o 0e Sy Pe i Ttk of the Nias i decline which cullminated last Decem- ber. That this deffation was due almost entirely to the extravagant views pre- viously held as to the market values of BY CHARLES F. SPEARE. BY DAVID J. WILKIE, sesociated Press Staff Writer. DETROIT, Mich, March 13.—Al- hough permanence of design is a thing the future of the automobile industry will not permit, leaders, among the makers of motor cars believe a periodi- cal hiatus in the practice of constantly changing models is to play a large part in the return to normal conditions. ‘The decision to make no changes in design during the coming Summer, they believe, will attract a considerable vol- ume of buying orders that otherwise Favorite Shopping Center 01' Those Who Want the Best Every Dealer an Expert 100 FARMER DEALERS At Your Service The New [ . CENTER MARKET Fifth Street N.W. Between K and L Visit Your Old Friends in Their New Location Nothing here the Central is well intrenched. gan. | 3:50a4.50; carrots, old, bushel baskets, | Standard Gas & Electric, Pacific Gas & . w 2 . gara Hudson Power Corporation brings | Another bone of contention is the al- e ey ey o ot ok |8 sy, e G 0, e, | BACHEC i Bl Beric | 5t Pt e IR S A R ik R o 1 Toroduction. curve. Tt does. ex- | 4.00; Fionida, 115200 Summer squash. | loment into. the situation and one that | PAYEical tie-up between the power and | the question arising whether it Will be e homaver /that the upwArd dmoves O 0aT 00 peas. .00 8SPATa- | e aoomenty o the publie utilities | IEht companics in Greater New York | assigned to the Van Sweringens or the Prent Tt egan some Weeks ago will | bur, Chexcrater 750; ‘cucumbers, CFates, | nave apitalised in thelr arguments | 0d those generating power in Northern | Pennsylvania. Gt pradiblly Ot e as tae |/ b, © d 4 | hanst present public utility beicies, - | and Western New York State. The story | The trunk lines are understood to e B e g e o oo s Pecoenized that these Tas bien | Most generally heard in Wall Street | have been proceeding quietly in mmng ks i Bt Tatias h,_s' cortyls recognized that there has beeh | today is that the United Corporation is | to their stockholdings in roads they given the retall organizations an ynob- | MILD WEATHER REDUCES | of building up these huge holding com- ) ol e Do)l oo e e et oo, ™| YOLUME OF COAL SALES |Eisis $as Uiat 1 Sestion O SOmer. | es under s sgreement b " which Tha retall orgauimtions have been P oo propoi te i ariees; | United Corporation snares will be ex- | EXPLOSIVES SHIPPED steadily strengthened during recent | SeialDisatch to The Star, assets of the propertiés brought under | Changed on a favorable basis for those steadlly strengthened during recent | “NEW YORK, March 13.—Mild weath- | assets of the properties brought undef | o¢ihe operating companies, WITHOUT A FATALITY erchandising. outlots would: have to | €T, coupled with consumer indifference, | FORER. TR, A% CTERe TF CORS0 ICEHE Another interesting bit of gossip in L i the burden in the recov |Played havoc with the demand for do- (/0 & Drces Tor the ahang: oo Pther | connection with the United Corporation | The railroads of the United States . burden TeCOV- | mestic coal in the bituminous markets hfmw Cotoirdied the | ares of OtNeT | activities is that in the forthcoming | and Canada handled in 1930 approxi- "{hm"l" / encor in the of the country in February, Coal Age|lO/CRE COIPOrations and operating | Consolidated Gas financing the firm of | mately 500,000,000 pounds of dangerous ral Sittomotive Pk B to Scinly | ¥evorts. © Prices most " sections | compantes that were as much beyond | ;b Morgan & Co. Will appear for the | explosives, largely used for commercial eral automotive picture is the monthly | FEONS, ‘o o s few markets, under | their values, based on normal earnings, | 1 o ‘with tie Nationil Clty Go. in | purposes, withou! & fatallty and with ”‘,’f & Srod a 85, 1%@5 the strain of reductions announced for ;: nzge e Pflng- o given h!; chain | this particular business, it being under- |only a property loss of $71, according =8 e e et e B 115, #x | coming months, approached demoral- | banking groups for the stocks of inde- | stooq that by reason of the large invest- | to the report for the year of the Bureau n”d’“G” I N Y Iy, 25 [tmation. pendent Insiitutions which they sought | ment cf the United Corporation in of Explosives of the American Railway Goaniing - the Dessrabier ‘;md“c“"““m Demand for industrial coal, reflect- | t0 bring under their control. Consolidated Gas the Morgan firm ob- | Association made public today. Confirmiing early predictions, the an- |ing the continued business depression, Deflation in Stocks. tains a position as principal in all new | In connection with the movement of Pouncement aaid that March’ schedules | W8s slow last month, though a slight| .. = o 0 o T me | Consolidated Gas offerings. the enormous amount of dangerous ex- would be even larger. increase in activity was reported in|, FFC JTACHOR TIOR AN B Aaton 1 (Copyright, 1931.) plosives, only two persons were injured. i certain sections. Curtallments in pro- | 18t Jear i & wremendous deflation in 1 . One person was hurt. when a few toy Avoids Overloading. duction caused by the d”“mg' do-| Lany stocks. " It hearly equaiied that| The Summer fashion show of the | torpedoes exploded in a box and an- The Ford Co. is known to have lev- :}”:fiflmggl :fe“e‘,'fig“‘“ ‘Q\f“‘:’!',ggfi which took place in the stocks of in-|Garment Retailers of America will be | Other injured when an automatic pistol eled off production sharply to avold on these sizes closed markedly higher | Vestment trusts and in some of the\held April 15 in New York. The event overloading its retailers. Announce- | O these sizes closed ma weaker automobile companies. If there | will signalize the opening in the whole- ment that further expansion of pro- | 8 e £0d of T0 MONN. o inous | W8S t00 much water in the stocks of | sale ready-to-wear markets in New duction schedules is planned for the coal is estimated at 31,417,000 net tons, | the public utility holding companies in | York of the Summer season, which is gfirgm‘:: lmonf-h is acce] xd ln“;uwmo} 2 decrease of 7,125,000 tons and 8,138,- | 1929 1t is equally true that most of this | believed to face improved. prospects this | e ;ufi da; '1:: :'Z:: r::m ‘l: eth eel.:; “:_ 000 tons, respectively, from the totais| Water Was squeezed out in the market | year as compared with 1930. W' Tetall market, for the preceding month and February, ‘While the February increase was ac- | 1930. Anthracite production is esti- complished in the Ford plants without | mated at 5391000 net tons for Febru- “Hahn material extension of working hours, a | 8IV. still further me[?u‘g up ofirwucgwfl in January and 6,048,000 tons in Febru- necessitate the plac- | 8Ty 8 year ago. will, it is believe ing of more departments on a nve-dly- a-week basis instead of three days as at_present. Virtually all the low-priced line mak- ers have reported plans for further production expansion | Fel the present month. This activ- - At gl upward revision of | anthracite emcyea a fair demand in urly estimates of March output. The !'!bnl-r! Egg, latest figures place it at upward of | Were 275,000 units, exclusive of Canadian out-' month nous prices (preliminary) for February ! settled at 1467, ure of 146 2-5 for January. Corre- increased activity and | Sponding weighted average prices wer ‘This ccmpares with 6,157.000 tons ‘The Coal Age index of spot bitumi- against the revised fig- ,.: January, $1.77 1-5. unseasonable weather, stove and chestnut supply throughout the Pu, rJ ting a strong de- Hahn’s now present latest arrivals of new footwear that the smartest Specials” No! You can’t imagine juvenile shoes so smart and so durable for only— $9.95 put. mand, was scarce and tight. Several Canadian Policy. droduc:hr: it wn‘;u r'?t;md, mu'l:fi Desiring to avoid a breaking down |40%P s eep pace of thelr Tetail organizations in Gausda | the Dea market. Of the steam sizes, okt o buckwheat was scarce and tight, whilé st Tican Sutomoblle COm” rice moved freely in Tesponse to an ex- purely export basis are continuing the | cllent call. development of plans to meet the Ca- BLUE SPRUCE—$1 nadian government's recent decision to cut the discount allowance on cars en- | Spring Sale of 1-Ft. Trees Crepe Myrtle Reduced to 7be tered for duty. Ford, General Motors. Studebaker and MARYLAND NURSERY Wells Ave. and 4th St. 8 few other companies have plants in Canada and are not affected oy the or- Edmonston, Near Hyattsville Open Tntil & P, der. BSeveral companies without this Sundays After 1:30 P.M. advantage at present are considering the advisability of establishing such Spring Movers Will Find the Charges plants or entering into agreements wmz of the Original KRIEG’S EXPRESS & i latter companies STORAGE CO. 616 Eye St. Dist. 2010 Very Attractive A Responsible Service. All-Star Style Commiittee women will be choosing for Easter “Carlton” Footwear Patent Leather again becomes style conscious. This superb “Carlton” pump—patent leather, silk kid trim. Also in black slo_so linen, patent leather trim....... Many others $8.50 to $12.50 —at F St. Shop only Boys’ black or brown brogue oxford, with Scotch Grain trim. Also two-tone elk, rubber sole, sports shoes. Sizes 12 General Motors, RO B niavas e v NEW YORK, March 13 (#).—General Motors entered into part control of Transcontinental and Western Afr, Inc., yesterday, when seven representatives of the General Aviation Corporation were elected to the board of Transcontinental and Western. The General Aviation mnflm is a subsidiary of General TS Kidwell’s Markets, Inc. Shop With Us. You Can’t Go Wrong Quality . . . 16 Ounces to the Pound . . . and Courtesy Guaranteed SMOKED HAMS (large), or whole Ib. 1 SMOKED SHOULDERS ....lb. 12¢ CHICKENS |} BEEF “DYNAMIC” Style Shoes Fifty glorious new spring fashions # w tomorrow join these splendid new $6.50 shoes—that Fit more beauti- fully than any you’ve ever bought. Sea Sand kid with fancy per- forations, also in black mo- Phone Us. Students of Style again are choosing “HAHN SPECIAL” Jumor Women's sports shoes, so popular, so suit= able for general wear. This model, beige elk, har- momzmg lizard calf trim. Sizes 3 to 8, AA to C, $3.95 S “Betsy Ann” ribbon ties— very new for misses. Patent leather, grey lizard trim. Sizes 1135 to 2, A 07 Coes davisinin s s OO At all our Children’s Shops— including F St. At all our women’s shops Exquisite new linen lace ef- fect, combined with Beige or SMOKED HAMS # Black Linen. (Finest Grade). . . SLICED BREAK Spring Shoes BACON FRESH SHOULDERS (Small) 1b. 14¢ for Young Men | FANCY BAKERS | FRYERS, 2V lbs. each....lb. 33c LAMB AND VEAL 23¢ Sea Sand Mo- rocca with brown kid— also black Mo- rocca. New perforat- ed, short-vamp oxford. Blue, Black, Beige or Green Mo- rocca. B Ib. 15¢ & 17¢ Plate Beef Roast....lb. 10c Round Steak .. .1b. 25¢ Sirloin Steak .. .Ib. 26¢c Porter House Steak, Ib. 27¢ Hamburg Steak .....Ib. 15¢ | Loin of Veal. Hog Liver, Ib. 9¢; 3 Ibs. 25c | Shoulder of Veal Sauerkraut, qt., 10c SPARE RIBS. ... .Ib. 12V/c 3 Quarts ..25¢ PIG TAILS (fresh) Ib. 12¢ Sugar! Sugar! Sugar! (extra special), Ib., 43c BUTTER (high grade) lb, 35c | EGGS (fresh country) doz. 25¢ OLEO (6inest grade) Ib. 24c | O%0d Jint Oleo, ¥i-b. prints PURE HOG LARD. .1b. 11c I Compound Lard ....Ib. 10c FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS APPLES (fancy) 7 lbs. 25c | APPLES (bushel basket, POTATOES No. 1. fancy) basket $1.25 Nl(:f“, C?BBAGE i fi in ancy) .......3 lbs. 10c ner distinction GRAPEFRUIT e e B et large, 5c each; 6 for 25¢ Ry les or silks. wo,sm_.n‘ the Florida, F Grown 65¢ ° v:]g- crgwdglg it wor of si Ol'anges oot o domggtly, o s 3 for $1.50 hosiery. EIGHT MARKETS 3272 M Street N.W. 2611 14th St. N.W. 3104 M Street N.W. 8215 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring 3218 P Street N.W. 7th and C Streets S.E. 2153 Penn. Ave. N.W. d‘oflhut Public Market, ll!buud“}&uuu N.E. And Forrest Burgess of “George Washington” chose “Colonial” Lamb .... Shoulder of Lamb ops . Veal Cutlet ..... Breast of Veal.. Sea Sand Water snake — Black - and- White Boa Snake — 12 other mate- rials. Grecian Sandal of Sea Sand kid, intriguing decoration— also Black Moire. New arrivals in the Hahn GREAT shoe for any man’s money! New modified, black or tan calf brogue of the modern type. Soft box-tce and over- weight soles. 60 others, just as smart, in our new Spring assortment. Give ’em the “once over” tomorrow! ——— e Costume Handbags —to match one’s shoes—become a still greater temptation—with so many really beautiful, cleverly contrived, and decidedly “different” ones to choose from here— $2.95 21c ONIONS.. ..4 Ibs. 10c LE‘I'I'UCE (lood Fh.) 3 heads —attains still $4.95 $7.50 Genuine Boa with black or beige kid and cut-outs. 95¢—2 prs. $1.15—2 prs. $1.35—2 prs. And many others at 7th St. and “Arcade’” Stores only. Men’s Shops 14th at G 7th & K *3212 14th *Open nights. Women’s Shaps PR 1 1207F $1.95—2 prs. » 7th & K a . 3212 14th