Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1931, Page 11

TOLEDD AWATS REPLY ONBANKS Prosecuting Attorney to Give | Decision on Grand Jury Probe Today. By the Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio, August 20.—A State survey of the banking situation went forward here today as Toledo citizens awaited the raply of Prosecuting At- torney Ceel Christenien to a request by Municipal Judge Ira Cole for a grand jury investigation into the closing of six banks in the Toledo district. Judge Cole’s letter was delivered to Christensen with the statement from the jurist that he was acting for & group of depositors in the closed ir- stitutions. Christensen said he “prob- ably” would repl 3 Theod G an, State di- rector of commerce, meanwhile was directing a survey of the situation for Gov. ¢ White. He was assisted by Ira J. Fulton, state superintendent of banks. ‘The more than 100,000 bank custom- ers were assured yesterday by Toledo retall merchants that the closings would have no unusual effect on their | urchasing power and that there would L no change in merchandising and | credit policies. A special session of the State Legis- Iature has been:Tequested by the tre: urer of Lucas County (Toledo) to pi vide some means whereby taxpayers can be granted an extension of tax paying time. The State tax commis- sion found it beyond its powers to grant such an extension. Yesterday, in what was interpreted to be a reaction fo the Ohio closings, two banks in Tecumseh, Mich., merged and a small institution at Britton, Mich., closed. The Michigan towns are near the Ohio border. Of the nations that fought on the allied side in the World War the ma- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, FIRST LADY HAS WIDE CHOICE OF BOOKS FOR SUMMER READING| COMPLETES REPORTS w Many Authors Send Autographed Copies to White House—Mrs. Hoover Enjoys Them at Rapidan Camp. Ending By the Associated Press. | ‘The camp on the Rapidan has pro- | tive council of the American Federation | | Mrs. Herbert Hoover has, perhaps. | yided for Mrs. Hoover during her two |Of Labor |and a half years' residence in the | White House “the wholesome outdoor the widest choice of Summer reading of any woman in the country. One of the first things many su- | thors seem to do when they get their (8UN books off the press is to mail an au- | tographed copy to the President wr | Mrs. Hoover. Most woman authors | °YeT. apparently prefer sending their boo nosphere which she likes. too busy to do much fiction reading, so | Mrs. Hoover glances at most of them. Those which interest her she takes Y along to the Rapidan camp to read. | *0 Jlness. Receipt of all books is acknowledged | ——— by a White House secretary, and occa- sfonally Mrs. Hoover sends & little per- sonal note if the author is some one she knows or if the book particularly | appeals to her. | She has a varied taste In reading, especially in the Summer months, and is as apt to pick up a light romance s a learned treatise on art or science. “+u She likes books of the outdoors She appreciates the labor involyed in_ writing one, as in 1912 she collabo- rated with the President in a transia- tion of Agricola’s de re Metallica from Basle's first edition published in 1556 | The translation shows appreciation of rare books and knowledge of mining and metals. The President’s camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains is an ideal place in which to while away a hot afternoon with a book. Mrs. Hoover usually has guests with her, but they follow their individual inciinations, leaving the First Lady free to ride horseback, take long walks, read or knit. Sometimes she writes a few | personal notes on her portable type- | he went into the White House carried the typewriter with g trips and personally at- tended to most of her correspondence. This Summer she apparently is en-|™ joying the mountain retreat more than She has spent increasingly more ks | time there as the hot westher has he First L y. The President is | Progressed She is sald to be in ex- bk bis £ ¥ oo | cellent health now, in marked con- trast to & year or so ago, when she sought the camp to recuperate from WORLD'S LARGEST- SELLING DANCE RECORD At News-dealers—TODAY LABOR FEDERATION Green Awaits Moover's Reaction #o Buggestion for Conference on Unemployment. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIO CITY, N. 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