Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1933, Page 5

SLUMP REFLECTED INCHEST AGENCIES Many Take Advantage of Character-Building Ac- tivities. Effects of the depression are being reflected in the large number of people taking advantage of the leisure-time activities of the character-building agencies of the Community Chest, E. C. Graham, president of the Chest, declared in a statement made public yesterday. At the same time, said Mr. Graham, clientele of these organiza- steadily diminishing. 'd b c said Mr. «.-ndance of 1,000 n clacses h-ld at past seven mcnths, ‘ncrease over the number of ns previcusly making use of this At the same time, he said, 122 persons received free shorthand re- views. Women Are Aided. ‘The industrial department of the Y. W. C. A hel 51 women in the sale of 1,191 articles in 1932, the re- port to Mr. Graham disclosed. In the same period clothing was obtained for 93 wcmen and the Employment Bu- reau handled 1225 applications for work, which is 494 more than in 1931, and placed 312 persons in job: pared with 141 th2 By rendoring this 22 s 10, ¥ W. C. A ruffered 2 Is; in nct in- come of $24,000 in 1932, as compared to 1931, this loss being sustained in the food service and dormitory, depart- ments alone. The Y. M. C. A. suffered similar losses in income during the year 1932 as compared to 1931, officials of the in- stitution holding that the continuance of the depression is responsible for these Josses. At the same time the number of young men and boys seeking recrea- tion to pass their leisure time greatly increased, the free facilities of the Y. M. C. A. being taxed to their utmost. The Y. M. C. A. also conducted, un- offcially, an unemployment service which managed to find jobs for several hundred men,in the course of the year. Burdens Have Increased. Neighborhood ~ House, Friendship House, Juanita K. Nye Council House, the Christ Child Society Settlement House and Southeast House all have sustained increased burdens during the past year as a result of the depression. More and more children, unable to find sufficient leisure time activities in the playgrounds, are coming to the clubs and classes of the settlement houses and are thereby being kept off the streets, out of danger and, incidentally, out of mischief. B Clubs for adults in the various set- tlements have also shown an increased membership in the past year. These clubs provide educational and recrea- tional facilities for the use of leisure time without cost and more and more people are learning of these opportuni- ties and taking advantage of them. The Boys Club of Washington and the Northeast Boys Club have both felt the effects of the depression in that their membership is largely drawn fiom families who are among the hard- et hit by the unemployment sitvation e+4 who are as a consequ=nce unable instances to pay the few pen- that all thes: organiza- oct to operatz on re- this year as a result of the Community Chest goal, President Graham €x- cssed lus regrets that more money could not be made available for the wor.: of these organizations. “At a time like this.” Mr. Graham sa'd, “we need, more than ever before, ths morale-building influences of the character building organizations. They are furnishing a haven toward which our people, unable otherwise to profit- |bly occupy their time, are turning eagerly and the present prospects are that these organizations will be called upon for service this year more than ever before. SALVATION ARMY WORK T0 BE TOLD IN ADDRESS Territorial Auditor Will Review Activities of Local Men's Social Service Branch. Ensign James Longino, territorial au- ditor of the Salvation Army, will review activities of the local men’s social service branch in an address today at 11 o'clock at the Army's social center, 112 Connecticut avenue. In a review of accomplishments of the social service branch in the past three months Ensign Longino dis- covered that 7,200 working days had been provided for jobless men. The men were given work salvaging and dis- tributing 800 tons of waiste paper, 22- 954 garments, 4,162 pairs of shoes and 1,154 pieces of furniture. Brig. Joseph G. McGee, director of the branch, reported to Ensign Longino yesterday that the jobless men had been vided with meals, clothing and lodging and, in addition, received cash grants totaling $6.425. The social service branch spent $11,401 with lo- cal merchants, Brig. McGee reported. ported. —_————— WRIT OBTAINED IN MOVE - TO BAR LEASE BREAKING McCrory Stores Enjoined From Transfer of Assets in Illinois Except as Routine. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 21.— Federal Judge George A. Carpenter enjoined the McCrory Stores Corporation today from transferring or conveying any as- sets in Illinois, except in the usual order of business. The petition was brought owners of buildings leased to the chain stores to prevent, complaining attorneys said, voiding of leases through bankruptcy proceedings. McCrory Stores Corporation filed a luntary petition in bankruptcy at New ork January 14. The Irving Trust Co., receiver, estimated assets at $6,500,~ 000 and liabilities at $2,500000. Judge Carpenter granted the lessors a temporary writ and directed the corpo- ration to file answer within 10 days. FREED OF CONTEMPT Bonding Agent Given Hearing in Case Involving Capone Gangster. CHICAGO, January 21 (#).—Judge McKinlay freed William Mark- agent of the Public Indemnity of Newark, N. J,, today on charges contempt of court which grew out of bonding of Frank Nitti, Capone ter. Markheim, in scheduling a $25,000 bond for Nitti, who was charged with sttempted murder, said none of his company’s bonds had ever been forfeit- ed here. At that time the company had been borred from posting bonas in both the Federal and Criminal Courts because of a forfeiture. All precious stones in the State of Cashmere are to become the property of the state, the- present owners re- ving a third of their value in pay- Eulml-uuyunmvalvmmh them. Scrip THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY and Barter NEW MONEY SUBSTITUTES AT WORK. ystem. of the Chase National Bank. (Editor's mote—This is the second of a series of articles on -the develop- ment of scrip and barter in the United States.) BY J. R. BRACKETT. EW YORK, January 21 (#).—Al- ways on the hunt for more money, men have made it out of everything from fishhooks and cheese ‘to gold and faith in government. Today, in some parts of America, evan the promise to pay in goods and services is being made into money. This is the money used by the Nation’s unemployed in their bar- ter and exchanges, about 150 of which have been organized in the United States since the depression. This money is scrip, simply a promise to pay the bearer goods and services. Yet, while- the -unemplcyed seek to make more money, the United States | in recent months has had more money in circulation than at any time in its history—that is, more coins and bills. There is more in circulation today than there was in 1929, What is this paradox? As Prof. Ray Rogers of New York University points cui, the paracdox is simply that the money that circulates in the form of bills and coins is but a fraction of the total stuff that is used for money. The major part of our money is bank deposits, On June 30, 1932, totz] bank de- posits stood at $41.963,000,000. At the £ame time total bills and coins in cir- culation _totaled about $5,500,000,000. If all the depcsitors suddenly asked the banks for their money it would be utterly impossible to satisfy the de: mand. There is no shortage of mone: rather, there is a shortage of circu- lation of mcney, Rogers says. Pref. Rogers explains that the bills ani coins amount in effect to the Na- tion's chanze. Thz bank deposits are the most important money. is based Money nowadars thus largely on credit, on faith that de- Pesits may bé turned into bills and coin end ultimately inio gold—and there is only some $12,000,000,00) of menetary gold in the whele world. To reach this point in money's de- velopment hos been the process of thourands cf years. First man sim- Ply swapped goods for goods, or goods for services, a method he has never completely ceased using. Then he tried commodity money. A bushel of wheat, for insiance, may used as a standard to value other things. Or he might use fishhooks, cheese, rock salt, tobacco, animal skins, nails, soap, spices, gum drops, wood- pecker scalps and a multitude of other things which could be and were used and therefore had value in themselves. After commodity money came various forms based largely on their vanity or ornamental values. There were strings of beads, tiger claws, pieces of stone, pretty glass. About the same time, but generally somewhat later, various metals came into use; copper, brass, iron, silver, platinum and gold. Then developed the change from Iwhlch modern monetary systems have | grown. Governments put the metals in vaults and issued pieces of paper promising to i pay the bearer in the metal. At first, | each piece of paper had to be backed 1 by an equivalent amount of metal. | Then the system became more elastic | until today in the United States a Fed- eral Reserve note is backed by only 40 per cent gold, and bank deposits, of course, have a much smaller theoretical gold value. The depression, in accentuating bar- | ter. has caused the unemployed to or- ganize mutual exchanges and the ex- changes are using scrip to facilitate the barter. Many economists doubt that “scrip will ever become a money of national importance, although its use may spread as barter grows. TWIN DAUGHTERS WEIGH 17 POUNDS TOGETHER By the Associated Press. TOWANDA, Pa., January 21—Twin daughters with a combined weight of 17 pounds were born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kunkle, Dr. J. C. Lee, who said he has at- tended more than 2,000 births in 35 years, declared the weight the greatest in_his experience. The babies are so nearly alike it his been necessary to place identification tags on them. Mother and daughters were reported as_“doing well. “Buy American” Help Better Times Hot Water Heat g Installed Complete LOW MONTHLY TERMS 2 and 3 Years to Pay o By e B installed ‘and el‘hla;.‘“n‘ e American Heating ENGINEERING CO. 907 N. Y. Ave. Nat. 8421 in ies ne the ys of pure barter to the prescnt com- ve repre -niation of the variou: kinds latest sugg MAYER QUALITY REMAINS LONG AFTER. PRICE ons for revolutionary | Pennsylvenia avenue, The pictures of coins are from the collection | Federal construciion work in the Mall | 22, 1933—PAKT ONE. HOLADAY TO EXPLAIN |LIONS LACKING JUNGLE SPIRIT |DEPRESSION FELT DISTRICT'S EFFICIENCY) BAGGED BY PROTECTED HUNTERS| - 21 CENTURIES AGO Illinois - Representative .to Tell North Capitol - Citizens of Revenue Program. How the taxpayers of the District get nearer 100 cents' worth of service for their tax dollars than in any other city because of the efficient, pay-as-you-go system, with an ex- planation’ of the program for using the revenues of the District toward model municipal development, with no proper function of city government neglected or slight- ed, will be told by Representative Wil- liam .P. Holaday, Republican, of IIli- nois, at a meeting of the North Ca itol Citizen' As: clation in Techni- %nl ldlmzh Bchou; uilding, Secon and T streets o meldan northeast, tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock. All District residents are in- vited to attend. Representative Holaday for the past six years has been an especially active member of the Ibcommittee which | drafted the District appropriation bill. He has taken a special interest in the program for such major improvements as scheol buildings, the highway pro- gram, water and tewer systems. He also will discuss the prospects for early comvletion of the new Municipal Center, which will dominate the im- provements along the north side of | matching the | triangle south of the Avenue. Big-Ga-mé Expedition Staged on Mississippi . Island, and Taxidermist Now Has Work to Do. By the Assoclated Press. ST..-LOUIS, January 21.—Denver M. Wright's lions were ready for the taxi- the St. Louis leather manufacturer his huntsmern, who used them ss Mflnh'ever. :..he hunue-azn"‘fl, o t the huge cats appeared ul ncap- able of living up to the standard ex- pected of hunted lions. They refused the leave the vicinity of the camp on Hog Island, in the Mississippi River near here; they played about on the sand near the barbed-wire barricade erected for protection of the hunters, and they paid little attention to the hunters, who tried to goad them into some semblance of savagery. Rifies and Pans Used. When the hunt was decided on. todsy the members of the expedition armed themselves, some with rifiles and. others with tinpans so as to drive the lions to the willow underbrush on the island. Wright and three fellow huntsmen approached one of the animals, which arose and attempted to rush the men. ‘Wright wounded the animal and his son Charles killed it with another shot, at the edge of the river. The other lion, after being prodded performance of | | { | animal with gunfire, :heurz close to the hunters’ camp when ‘The hunters, disappointed at the lack of spirit shown by the quarry, said the rainy and dismal weather may have dampened the lions’ spirits. Wreck Wire Fence. The first setback came when the fe- lines paid no attention to a barbed wire fence erected as a runway to lead them Into the underbrush, but rushed through the fence as though it were made of paper. Half of the hunters shinned up con- venlent trees and watched one of the Both animals animals gambol about on the sand, | while the other sat down, apparentl, Pl ly Wright said he planned to -bring the carcasses back to his suburban home in Brentwood, where they will be maunted and placed’ beside the two young lion- esses which were shot by interlopers on | a previous hunt staged by him. The hunting party, soaked by the rain and tired ‘following a night of wakefulness as the animals roared out- side their barricade, left the island late today and scattered to their homes, When the queen attended a charity “Bunty Pulls the by a member of the party with a long | Strings” in London recently she and the pole, was dispatched by Wright, his son, | rest of the fashionable audience were Ted Bernett of Dorena, Mo., and John | “piped in” " Clifit of East Prairle, who riddled the | Guards bagpipers. to their seats by Scots People of Chios Sent Delegation to Miletus, Asking Remission of Debt. BERLIN (#).—More than 21 centur- ies ago, the people of Chios sent a dele- gation to the City of Miletus to scek remission cf debt, because that unfortunately their own credits were frozen, but it would ellow a re- spite if the Chios people behaved them- selves and ke, : A stone let, dated 228 B.C., re- cording this episode is among 86 speci- mens of Greek and Roman inscriptions ranging from 550 B.C. to 555 AD., exhibited for the first time in the Per- gamum Museum in Berlin. The collection forms part of more ithan 1000 stone records excavated by German exployers on the sites oi the anclent cities of Pergamum, Miletus, Magnesia and Priene. Te gre numerous letters, agree- ments and degrzes perpetuated on tab- lets, one of whish prescribes proper at- tire and deportment at funerals, Another records a lcan raised by Miletus in Cnidus, 282 B.C., in exig. | to pay tribute to King Lysimachus. The |loan was for three years. A tablet of the third century B.C. bears a treaty between Miletus and three Cretan cities for the mutual exchange of prisoners made by pirates, to prevent their being sold into slavery. An inscription on a gravestone reads: | “In perpetual memory to Gaius Erucius, if cemetery robbers will kindly leave | this tomb alone.” . A masked and armed man recently raided the opcrating foom of a motion ! picture theater in Dundalk, Irish Free State, and ordered the operator to | hand over a film depicting Armistice | day celebrations, which he burned. of the “eco- | nomical depression.” Miletus repied | A-S | TRUSTEES WILL MEET Boys’ Club Heads to Hold Annual Board Session on Friday. The 4nnual board meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Boys' Club will be héld 50 the club Friday at 8 pm. In conjunction with the meeting, the nev games department of the club will be officially opened. program of entertainment will be | SOCIETY TO HEAR PAPERS {J. B. Gordon and Dr. W. A. Wells to Talk to Colonial Wars Group. John Boyle Gordon will read a on “The Historical Background of p;]g: andria Bicentennial Celebrations” at a meeting of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District Tuesday at 8 p.m. | Mayflower Hotel. Another paper, “The Medical History of George Washington,” { will be rezd by Dr. Walter A. Wells. | ————— | 19 6% 6% 6% % +%ee% o% 3 [ 180 0er oo Qoo eiuiodrefodnaleedocts & % Perfect % DIAMONDS % { ‘.i: Also complete line of standardej nd all-American made watches. ! Shop at the friendly store— o, you'Te always greeted with a smile ¢% 4 —with o obligation to buy. :’ 1? Charge Accounts Invited K Exd £ M. 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