Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1932, Page 22

» B—8 $1,074391 ADDED TOUTILITY ASSETS Appreciation Placed on Value| of Pennsylvania Electric Gorporation Holdings. A “write-up” totaling $15,074.391 in the value of the Pennsylvania Eleclnl“ Qorporation, a subholding company of | e Associated Gas & Electric System. Wesed on the appraisal of properties of $1 utility companies operating in Per: sylvania, Eastern West Virginia and Maryland, was testified to yesterday be- | fore the Federal Trade Commission by | Examiner O. C. Van Zandt. | The testimony was placed before the | commission at hearings in the investi- | gation into public utilities ordered by | the Senate in 1928 | Holdings Worth $79,677,948. | Van Zandt presented to the commis- } THE kviNING Pulling for Dad DAUGHTER ENTERS CAMPAIGN FOR GOV. WHITE. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK. September 28 —Woman | campaigners held the spolight at Re- | publican Eastern headquarters yester- day. | Two fiying grandmothers outlined | their plan to make a complete tour of |New York State on behalf of Presi- | dent Hoover in a plane to be called the | “American Engineer.” | Anotner plane, it was announced, has | been put at the disposal of a woman “cumpmgnzr in Connecticut. [ Assemblywoman Orator. | ‘The first Assemblywoman ever elected in New Jersey, who was a Republican | campaigner before women were given | the right to vote, was added to the list | STAR, WASHINGTON, FLYING GRANDMOTHERS TO TOUR NEW YORK STATE FOR HOOVER Plans for Use of Plane Named “American Engineer” Discussed by Republican Woman Campaigners. Samuel H. Dolbear, chairman of the New York woman's division of the Engi- neers’ National dHoover Committee, and Mrs. H. Foster Bain, the original “fly- ing grandmother,” who will be the pilot. “Mrs. Bain was the first grandmother in the United States to be licensed as an air pilot,” Mrs. Dolbear explained. “I am a grandmother, t0o, not very experienced in flying, but ready to risk a campaign by air as a swift way to cover as much ground as possible to carry the message to women of New York State that we must keep Presi- dent Hoover in officc in this critical period of our Nation’s history.” ‘The plane, owned by Mrs. Bain, who last week flew it 7,200 miles from New | York to Santa Monica, Calif, and re- D. ’ & friend to lend another plane and had enlisted 10 pilots at Newark Airport “Republicans and Democrats, who are supporting the President.” A Ding-Dong Campaign. “We're all going to make this a ding- dong campaign,” she added. “We are not too old to show the men how to c-mp.l;n though we are grand- Mrs. Sunnne Silvercruys Farnam of New Haven, Conn., sculptress, author and holder of the Order of Leopold, ad- dressed a Republican rally in Sims- bury, Conn. today, and it was an- nounced a plane had been put at ber | disposal for other rallies in that State. ‘The new woman speaker is Mrs. James C. Van Ness, who-started cam- paigning against the late Woodrow Wilson. She will open her fifth per- | sonal arpnl for Republican votes on Long Island Friday. Komencn Dnmnge Shght | LONDON, September 28 (#).—Dam- age to the White Star liner Homeric, which collided yesterday while at anchor with the Spanish steamer Isla de Teneriffe in the port of Santa Cruz, | Teneriffe, was slight, a radio message | from the Homeric said today. | State Nominees Chosen Yesterday. "WEDNESDAY, SEPITEMBER 28, 1932, MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS | Somsioce: s INDORSE REPEAL PLAN With Little Opposi- tion. By the Assocated Press. LANSING, Mich., September 28— Michigan Democrats in their State con- | vention yesterday indorsed the national prohibition repeal plank, and also went on record as supporting the fight to re- move prohibition from the State con- stitution at the November election, The platform adopted by the conven- tion favored payment of the veterans’ bonus “in full, in cash,” but set no time for such payment. Other, platform dec- larations favored the six-hour working day and five-day week, the “curbing of | chain stores to aid independent mer- | chants” and tne abolishing of the State | property tax “by curtailment of expendi- tures and by shifting tax burdens.” , which met little opposition after the first test of strength. The candidates are Burnett J. Abbott, Sag- inaw, for secretary of State; Patrick H O’Brien, Detroit, for attorney general; John J. Stack, wmbl for auditor general, and T. I Fry, Fremont, for State treasurer. In his keynote speech at the conven- tion Prentiss M. Brown of St. Ignace called upon his loyalty by supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt for the presidency.” | Comstock, in an sddress to the cm-I vention, stated that he believes he will ' be thrown into involuntary bankruptcy . by his creditors before election, and that | | he trought his supporters &nd the pub- | lic should know his position. He said | that he always has paid his debts and “will pay these, if it takes the bshnce of my life.” minor State offices a slate favored by) \ German Autos Burn Alcoho] | BERLIN (#).—The government has decreed that German motorists must burn 10 per cent of alcohol with their gasoline instead of 6 per cent, the ratio previously in force. The change was made at the behest of the alcohol The Democrats today nominated for monopoly. The Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co.~¥~""Entrance, 909 F St. Will Tell of Work in Africa. HYATTSVILLE, Md., September 28 1Specl.ll) —Rev. W. E. N. NFY;:!I pastor of Whitfield M. E. Church of Lanham, a returned missionary from Africa, will tell of his work there and esxhibit curios at a meeting of the Missionary Society of Memorial M. E. Church October 5 in the church at 10:30 am. The Ladies Aid will hold a meeling 1:30 oclack MINISTER CANT SLEEP, STOMACH GAS IS CAUSE “For 12 years I had gas bloat- ing and restless sleep. The first doses of Adlerika brought relief and now I have refreshing slcep and enjoy eating again.”"—Rev. O. Babcock. You can't get rid of gas by doc- toring the stomach. For gas stavs in the UPPER bowel. Ad- lerika reaches BOTH upper and lower bowel, washing out poisons which cause gas, nervousness and bad sleep. Peoples Drug Stores.— Advertisement. Alfred E. Smith to “display | —————————————— | of Republican orators. Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of | the Vice President, was signed up to, address a mass meeting of women in Brocklyn October 7, and plans for a luncheon in her honor were made. Miss Edna R. Caroll, secretary of the | Women’s Republican Clubs of Penn- sylvania, brought word to the headquar- | ters that “women in my State are see- ing a new light on the horizon and we will stick by President Hoover.” | The only man who figured in the day’'s Republican news was Everett | Sanders, national chairman, who, it was announced, will arrive here tomorrow | from Chicago for a serics of confer-| ences over the campaign in the East- | | ern States. | The flyi sion a report listing the total appraised value of the holdings of the Pennsyl- vania Electric Corporation at $79.677.- 948, while listing the book value at $64,- 603,557, “The application of the figures dis- closed by the appraisals performed by | the Dreyfus and Cheney Companies re- | — sults in a total appreciation of fixed capital in the physical assets of the Pennsylvania group of the Associated Gas & Electric System of $15.074,- 390.98," the examiner’s report said Adjusts Stock Values. “The above amount of appreciation is used principally in adjusting the values of common\stock holdings through a capital surplus created thereby on the books of the operating companies af- he added the larger write-ups charged examiner were ylvania Publ 628.60; C - Co. 628.168.98; Pennsy Co.. $3.333,309.6: Northwest Electric Service Co.. $4,31 280.11, and the Erie Lighting Co.. $2.- 030.754.79. USE OF CODE WORDS BEFORE CONFERENCE Subcommittee Named by Radio and Telegraph Con- MARY WHITE Is show delivering a campaign speech in Columbus in behalf of her father, | Gov. George White, who seeks re-elec- tion on the Democratic ticket. —A. P. Photo. turn, is being overhauled and repainted the American Engineer. Mrs. Dolbear said she had pcrsulded “Can You Use a Carload of These Suites” —that was a portion of the telegram we received from a well known furniture manufacturer. And of course, at the price he quoted us for these high grade suites, we certainly could not pass up such an opportunity. So Aol holds “them St and cam- we bought—a solid carload, and we are passing the sav- Fnny.. wooey. ‘pesty iaste Jor- feslion: ings on to you. This is your opportunity tc secure a Makes breath pleasant. Newer and bet- { a1 [ 2o y J¢ ter than anything you've ever used Get | high grade dining room suite at great savings. 4-Pc. 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