Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1934, Page 2

A-2 = POWER INDUSTRY | HANDICAP CITED Figures Cannot Be Made Comparative With Those of Federal Plants. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Pour-fifths of the bill paid by the | American people annually for elec- tricity for home use could be saved to the consumer by the private utility companies if they could be permitted to use the same yardstick which the Federal Government now is applying to its own and to municipal projects. This statement has been derived from a study of the latest figures available as to the cost of electricity to residential consumers and the elimination of items of cost such as the Tennessee Valley Authority and ! municipal owned plants can enjoy. Thus the total electric light bill for residences amounts to $662,000,000 a year. Interest Saving Seen. Electric light and power companies pay $270,000,000 for taxes and they would save $200,000,000 on interest charges if permitted to borrow at the same interest rates as the Federal Government borrows money. This is a total of $470,000,000 that would be saved, provided taxes were repealed by Federal, State and city govern- ments. Then there’s an item of about $30.000.000 for insurance which Federal projects do not carry. So approximately $500.000,000 out of the $662.000,000 could be saved by giving the private companies the same advantages as the T. V. A. now en- Joys. In this no allowance has been made for the one-third discount given the Government agencies in carrying freight, which means coal and other items used in construction. The latest data show that the entire power and light bill, which includes industrial use, is now about $1.800.- 000,000. But the residential bill 1s what has been causing most of the agitation and demand for Govern- ment ownership or aid to municipali- ties. This bill of $662,000,000 a year compares with more than 10 times that sum now paid for food, six times that amount now paid for rents and about six times that same electric light bill now paid for clothing. The Federal Government, therefore, has been concerning itself with the smallest item in the household budget and with the future of an industry, which as late as 1930, spent more for construction and extension than did the entire P. W. A. last year. Recognized Fact. It is a recognized fact, admitted by Government agencies nowadays, that unemployment is most severe in the so-called heavy industries—the min- ing of metals and fuel, the fabrication of metal products and the building of machinery. The electric light industry has been compelled by reason of the growth of American population to erect new plants and extend existing facilities. During the 10-year period from 1922 to 1932, the electric utilities spent more on physical plant than did all the railroads and more than all the sums that were spent on canals and roads. It was a total of $7.500,000,000. Some idea of the decline can be ascertained from the fact that in 1930 more than $919,000,000 was spent for new construction and repairs, but this sum has come down to less than $100,- 000,000 in 1934. During 1933 it was only $120,000,000, which shows that construction in the utility industry has been at a standstill for two years. If the Government is to take over the utilities huge sums of money must be set aside for new construction and extensions. If the private companies are to be permitted to operate they will have to borrow large sums. The financing side of the utilities has come under the most devastating criticism. Today, however, the Se- curities Exchange Control Commission is regulating the issue of new securi- ties. The biggest problem before the private utilities is the attitude of in- vestors toward their projects. Since the Government has been en- tering into competition with private utilities and encouraging municipali- ties to compete, the holders of securi- ties have been wondering what effect this would have on the value of their holdings and it would be doubtful, even if the strict regulations of the securities act did not prevent new financing, whether the private com- panies could go ahead and build ex- tensions without some clear explana- tion of how far the Federal Gov- ernment intends to go into the utility yat all times. | financing announcement his working business. Interviews Promised. Several prominent utility executives, including Thomas N. McCarter of the Edison Electric Institute and President Willkie of the Commonwealth South- ern Co., which operates in Alabama, have sought, and it is understood have been promised, interviews with Presi- dent Roosevelt for the near future. It is believed that these men will endeavor to get a clarification of policy which will enable them to formulate construction programs. As matters stand today the heavier industries could re-employ most of the people out of work today if stimulus could be given by the Federal Gov- ernment. Out of the 10,000,000 un- employed it has been asserted by reliable statisticians that 9.500,000 come from the heavy industries. Nobody has figured out how many of these unemployed have been affected by the decline of construction in the electric light and power industry, but the amazing decline in sums spent for construction by the utilities is consid- ered a significant indication. If the utilities were to spend close to $1,000,000,000 a year again, not only would many millions of persons be employed but it is believed that elec- tric light rates would be further re- duced. Forward-looking men in the utility industry concede that if they could furnish more electricity to more people they could reduce rates consid- erably. (Copyright. 1934.) _— “MYSTERY” PROFESSION DECLARED BEST PAID Loss of ‘“‘Secrets” in Trades, Arts and Sciences Held Cause of Cut Income. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 5.—The young American considering the fu- ture from a money-making stand- point, the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers was told last night, should select one of the “mys- tery” professions, such as medicine. “Any profession or trade loses its income-earning value as the people become familiar with its ‘secrets,’” Marion B. Richardson, a New York engineer, said in a report. The professions most successful in guarding their “mysteries,” he de- clared, were “medical doctors,” lawyers and osteopaths. Of the six major professions, he reported, the greatest return on -I college education “is the Protestant ministry.” ! What’s What Behind News In Capital Economy Watchword Is Abandoned When Budget Swells. BY PAUL MALLON. HE word has gone out from the main New Deal transmitter to lay off economy predictions. The great hopes which Mr. Roosevelt held out for a thrifty budget apparently have not worked very well. The outgo just cannot be pared sufficiently without disturbing the fundamental relief obligations of the New Deal. The most that can be done is to plug up leaks and divert Government expenditures into relief and business channels which will eventually bring some return. Hence work relief liqui- dating projects, loans for homestead- ing and such things are likely to be most prominent in the budget when it comes out in a few weeks. These things cost more than the back-door handout system instituted under the F. E. R. A, but they are more economical in the long run. This sub-rosa budgetary siwuation may be the reason for the surprise in that recently-announced Treasury financing. The best-informed bankers were ex- pecting that the Government would ask for $500,000.000. Instead, Mr. Mor- genthau asked for $900,000.000. And you may have noticed that he was in Warm Springs when the Treasury Department made its announcement. | Telephones still operate between here and Warm Springs. The private official erplanation for the size of the sum was this® The Treasury has been rumning quite a heavy monthly deficit. There are certain large interest payments to be made shortly. The unannounced policy of Mr. Morgenthau has been to keep a cash balance of a billion dollars on hand | At the time of the balance was down to $750,000,000. So Mr. Morgenthau figured he might as well seek $900.000,000 while money market conditions were good. Timing Important Aspect. ‘That is all true, but there was more in it than that. Obviously Mr. Mor- genthau was anticipating Winter re- lief demands. There are good reasons for believing that he expects the pres- ent financing to pull him through un- til April. No public promise can be made of that, but the expectation is reasonable in the light of existing facts. The clever part of it was the auspi- cious time which Mr. Morgenthau se- lected. It was just three weeks before the budget will come out. The results may be announced be- fore you read this, or shortly there- after. Advance indications were that they will be favorable. Word from in- side the Treasury is to the effect that the issue is going very well. Bankers Formerly Jittery, ‘The money market was in a much more receptive condition this time than last September. Uncertainty filled the air then. Certain bankers were more jittery than the country knew. Now the financing is being done in an atmosphere similar to that of the June financing. For that rea- son Mr. Morgenthau did not offer as high an interest rate. The result will be a significant test of the long-term bond market, which was not so good last Sep=- tember. The public generally may not un- derstand Government financing moves, but every banker knows they are the only sincere hints as to how things are going. They always tell the truth, which can be safely hidden between moves. A personnel officer in one of the New Deal units was warned before he took his job that a certain Senator was to be treated deferentially. When the Senator telephoned and recom- mended a man for a job, the personnel officer dutifully took the fellow on. Twelve times he did it. Twelve jobs he gave to friends of the Senator, on telephone requests. The thirteenth recommendation from the Senator came in the form of a letter. The personnel officer did his best to care for the thirteenth job- seeker, but there was no place open. He phoned the Senator to that effect. The Senator spouted: “Listen, don't you know the differ- ence between a telephone application and a letter? I was only fooling about those other jobs, but I've got to have this one. I'm on record for it in the letter.” ‘Wheeler Proves Independent. Frank Walker may be a big shot in the New Deal, but it means nothing to Senator Wheeler. The Senator is opposing the nomination of Walker's brother for the Federal judgeship in Montana. Get this one: The inside N. R. A. estimate is that it costs industry $10,- 000,000 a year to support the various code authorities and administer the codes. The real property inventory report referred to in this column last Sat- urday, is not the final report, but a preliminary one by Alanson More- house, chief statistician of the real property inventory. One bright, fresh New Dealer was passing the Washignton Monument the other day and, noting the scaf- folding rising up 500 feet around it, obseved: “That's a swell crating. ‘Where are ‘Ley shipping it to?” (Copyright. 1934.) BIKES BEYOND CITY LAW Question of Registration Presents 0dd Situation in Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, December 5 (P).— Bicycles are careening through Min- neapolis streets in ever-increasing volume. The council passed an ordinance providing that all bicycles be registered at precinct police stations. Precinct captains balked. The council passed a second ordinance providing that registrations be made at central police headquarters. Headquarters police protested. And now a third ordinance | pressure is being prepared providing that bikes be registered at the License Bureau in the City Hall s THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1934 SLOAN HAILS CODE AS AID T0 MILLS Cotton Textile Institute Head Says Competitive Conditions Improved. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 5.—Under the N. R. A. competitive conditions in the Nation’s cotton textile industry have improved, George A. Sloan, presi- dent of the Cotton Textile Institute, declared today. Speaking at the annual meeting of the institute, Sloan said: “By the code, we attempted to create condi- tions under which competition could function in a healthy manner. We have made improvements, we are learning by experience, much remains to be accomplished.” Reviewing the past year in the in- dustry, Sloan discussed the effect of the textile code, the processing tax and the recent textile strike. Equalized Conditions. ‘The code, he said, had relieved the toward minimum wages, equalized conditions of competition and enabled the industry to re-absorb its unemployed. Machine - hour limitations had brought the available capacity of the industry more nearly into balance with available demand, Sloan said, thus mitigating somewhat the effects of the overcapacity of the industry. “For 1933 and the first six months of 1934, he added, “we believe that the inquiries now being made by the Federal Trade Commission will show some profit to the industry as a whole.” This would contrast, he pointed out, with a net loss for the industry of $75,000,000 for the years 1926 to 1931 inclusive, Sloan said certain developments during the past six months had exert- ed a deleterious effect on the cotton | business. He listed as these develop- ments a general reaction in business | confidence. a reaction from buying, loss of export markets and the proc- essing tax. “All these elements and no doubt others have for the time being un- balanced our capacity available under our machine hour limitations with available demand.” Sloan declared. “They have brought again into opera- tion for the time being some of the | old destructive effects of the such | unbalance. * * * New Technique Needed. “For situations such as these we | obviously need to develop a more flex- ible technique in balancing available capacity with available demand, and preserving an equality between buyer and seller.” Sloan said machine-hour provisions should never be removed. If they were, he added, the “pressure of destructive | competition would drive toward the resumption and rapid extension of three-shift operation.” Sloan said the processing tax, com- ing on top of increased labor costs, had “thrown the price of cotton goods out of line with commodities general- ly” and was a factor in diverting con- sumption to other products “which compensatory taxes do not deal with completely.” Commenting briefly on the textile strike, Sloan declared it was a failure “because it was an effort to impose on 2ll the workers of an industry the will of an organization with which only a minority had chosen to affiliate them- selves.” Buries “Dead Cats.” Sloan, borrowing a term from Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, buried a few “dead cats.” Contrary to accusations. he said, the cotton industry had not tried to offset increased costs under the code by increasing the work load; it did not employ minors; it had not used the machine-hour limitations to hold production at an artificially low level. “Probably the dead cat that revives | most persistently is the charge of non- | compliance with the code provisions,” | he said. “The extremely small num<; ber of wage and hour violations which | it was found necessary to refer to| Washington is a striking evidence of the ability of the code authority and its representatives satisfactorily to | adjust such difficulties within the in- dustry and without official interven- tion.” CONSTRUCTION P-RRLEY Nearly 40 From District Attend Knoxville Sessions. Nearly two-score persons from Washington, members of the con- struction industry code authority, N. R. A. officials and representatives of labor, arrived in Knoxville, Tenn., today for the opening of a four-day convention of the construction in- dustry. Following them from the Capital | this afternoon will be Arthur D. Whiteside, member of the National In- dustrial Recovery Board, who will ad- dress the convention tomorrow. James A. Moffett, Federal housing adminis- trator, will arrive in Knoxville to- morrow from Warm Springs, Ga. He will speak on a national radio hook-up tomorrow night at the construction industry dinner. TEST CRITICS HIT BYA.F.G.E.LODGE Unit Deplores “Campaign” Against Commission in Agents’ Case. Published criticism leveled at the Civil Service Commission because of the nature of the now famous exami- nation which “flunked” some 900 em- ployes of the Alcohol Tax Unit, has drawn a sharp rejoinder from the Civil Service Commission Lodge of the American Federation of Government Employes in the form of a resolution, which gives unqualified support to the commission. In the resolution, the lodge “deplores the campaign of misrepresentation and vilification leveled against its mem- bers as well as do the other employes of the commission not affliated with this lodge.” It adds: “Not only is the campaign unjust and unfair to the personnel of the Civil Service Commis- sion, but it maliciously and destruct- ively strikes at the very foundation of the merit system.” Urges End to Campaign. It calls upon the District Depart- ment of the federation and the na- tional organization to do what they can to end this “campaign.” Copies of the resolution are going forward to President Roosevelt, Sec- retary of the Treasury Morgenthau, members of Congress and interested labor leaders, including William Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, which which the fed- eration is affiliated. One point emphasized in the reso- lution is that the commission, under the law, could not give credit to appli- cants for the factors of experience and training. To have done this would have made a “farce” of an examina- tion that was supposed to have been on an open competitive basis, and would have favored incumbents, it is amplified. Babcock Opposes View. On this issue, the lodge differs with the national president of the federa- tion, E. Claude Babcock, who has argued that experience should have been allowed to count. The lodge also takes the stand of the commission itself, that inclusion of the experience factor as a ratable ele- ment had proven inadvisable. It points out, however, that there was a prerequisite of experience for entrance into the tests. The mental test used, the lodge said, is no different in type or difficulty than that employed in hundreds of instances. 'NINE STUDENTS GET HIGH G. W. U. HONOR Work Is Rewarded by Member- ship in Omicron Delta Kappa Fraternity. Nine student leaders at George Washington University have been se- lected for membership in Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary ac- tivities fraternity, in recognition of outstanding work. In addition to the nine students, the fraternity pledged as honorary members James R. Kirkland, an alumnus, and Max Farrington, assist- ant director of athletics. Kirkland is a member of the Executive Com- mittee of the General Alumni Asso- ciation, and has twice served as chairman of the annual homecom- ing celebration. The new members will be initiated at the annual Founders' day banquet December 15 in the Willard Hotel. |~ They include several members of the foot ball team, the editor of the Hatchet and others active in school life. The list follows: Charles Chestnut, Commerce, Okla.; Vernon Goodrich, Brooklyn, N. James Haley, Front Royal, Va liam Edwin Clark. Covina, Calif.; Otto Schoenfelder, 1312 N street; William Parrish, Livingston, Tex.; Karl Gay, Cambridge, Mass.; Ray Coombes, 6304 Maple avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., and Lowell Bradford, 1436 Girard street, JAILED IN ASSAULT Riding and Hunt Club Employe Gets Six Months. John L. Thomas, colored, an em- ploye of the Riding and Hunt Club for more than 10 years, was sen- tenced to six months in jail by Judge Ralph Given in Police Court yester- day on a charge of assaulting Mrs. Bonnie Burl, 1229 Massachusetts ave- nue. Conflicting testimony revealed that Thomss was trying to change his seat at the boxing matches at the club Monday night and stepped on Mrs. Burl. Mrs. Burl testified he grabbed her. Thomas told the court he was in- toxicated and had no recollection of the incident. Life’s Like That BY FRED NEHER. “DIDN'T YOU SEE THAT LIGHT?" “YES—BUT I DIDN'T SEE YOU!” ' Theaters Prepare for Toy Matinees GIVE ™ A NEW TOY HEW $TOUKINGS NEW DRESS OR ANY OTHER WEARIKG APPAREL 0 WASHINGTONS HEEDY (HILDREN: ” WARNER BROS. { WASHINGTON STAR (HRISTM AS MATINEE SPELIAL mow{ Audrey Sieber, mistress of ceremonies at the Earle Theater, with two of the many children who stopped to admire the toy display in the Earle lobby, which calls attention to The Star-Warner Bros.’ Christmas toy matinee to be held at that theater on Saturday morning, December 15. The price of admission will be a new toy or a new article of clothing. The two children in the picture are Elaine Sperling of 2117 First street northwest (left) and Patsy Jefferies, 1330 Massachusetts avenue northwest. BANK LOSES SUIT ONWOMAN'S NOTE Court Rules Wife Is Not Bound by Pledge on Existing Debt. In the absence of some special con- sideration, & prominssory note given ty a wife to secure an already existing debt of her husband’s cannot be en- forced against her, the Court of Ap- peals ruled today in a suit brought by Robert C. Baldwin, receiver for the Commercial National Bank, against Mrs. Roemer C. Kiess. The opinion, written by Chief Jus- tice Martin, pointed out the appellate court was not passing upon the merits of the case but merely on the plead- ings. The receiver had filed suit for $9.- 316.69, representing the unpaid bal- ance of a note for $12,352.20 given by the husband, Edgar R. Kiess, to pay for the purchase of certain securities. Subsequently, at the request of the bank., Mrs. Kiess gave her note as additional security. Residence Is Factor. After suit had been brought, she filed iwo pleas. The first set up the fact that she was a resident of Penn- sylvania and that such a contract could not be enforced there against a married women. The second plea contended the note was executed for a past consideration and that she was therefore not liable to the bank. The receiver demurred to both pleas and these demurrers were sustained in the lower court. On the advice of her attorneys, ‘William J. Neale and Leonard Town- send, Mrs. Kiess elected to stand on her pleas and took the case to the Court of Appeals. ‘That tribunal decided the first plea was bad because the contract was completed in the District and the law here, differing from that of Pennsyl- vania, makes a married woman liable on a contract of this type. Second Plea Stands. ‘The second plea, however, was held good, the court pointing out that a wife's note, given to secure a pre- existing debt of her husband, is not valid unless there is some new con- sideration to support her note. In this case it was held the receiver by filing a demurer had conceded, for the purposes of the pleading, that there was no new consideration. The case was sent back to the lower court for a trial on its merits. RELIEF ROLl:S LARGER BY 37,600 FAMILIES October Figures Show Total of 4,082,000 Compared to 3,010,- 516 Year Ago. By the Associated Press. Preliminary reports to the Relief Administration yesterday = showed 37,600 families were added to relief rolls in October, bringing the total to 4.082,000. This compared with 3,010,516 families in October last year. ‘The Relief Administration has not yet tabulated October reports regard- ing the number of single persons on relief. ‘The increase over September in the number of dependent familles in- dicated to officials that the total num- ber of individuals receiving relief pay- ments now is well above 18,000,000 DAUGHTER IS MISSING Woman, Recovering From Ill- mness, Asks Police Aid. Mrs. Carol Treadway, recovering from a recent illness at her home, 229 Third street, has appealed to police to order a search for her 16- year-old daughter Alva, reported ab- sent from home for three days. Mrs. Treadway told police her daughter left a note at home telling of her intention to elope. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra this evening at 8 o'clock in the band auditorium, Marine Barracks. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second leader, conducting. Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma” Overture, Noon and Night” ... . ceees “Oh, That We Two Were Maying,” “In & Persian Market”. Selections from ‘Tolanthe” Waltz, “The Skaters”.... Suite, “Bandanna Sketches,” Cameron White (Chant, lament, slave song, Negro dance.) Selections from “The Merry Widow,” Lehar “Melodie™ .......cceen ..Priml March, “Thomas Jeflm;m “The Star Spangled Banner.” 2 < ' Additional Throngs to View | Star’s Santa Claus Picture Ambassador Theater Tonight Joins List HE moving picture feature | “Search for Santa Claus,” a complete film record of The Evening Star's expedition by air to the Far North, showing the first scenes ever taken within Santa’s home and toy workshops, | which has been drawing record crowds all this week at the Metropolitan Theater, will also be shown beginning | tonight at the Ambassador Theater. Because of the great demand by children and grownups to see this un- usual motion picture, the Warner | Bros. management, which is co-oper- ating with The Star in placing it on exhibition, has prepared an additional | print in order that it may be shown | in more than one theater simulta- | neously. Schedule of Showings. | “The Search for Santa Claus” will | continue to be shown at the Metro- | politan today and tomorrow, and will be presented at the Ambassador to- night, tomorrow night and Friday night. Also on Friday night (Decem- ber 7) the picture will be shown at | the Colony Theater. And thereafter | it will follow this schedule: Tivoli, | Saturday, December 8, and Avalon on the same date; Avenue Grand, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. December 9. 10 and 11; Apelle, Wednesday and Thursday, December 12 and 13; Home, Friday, December 14, and York, on the same date. As no afternoon performances are | held at the Ambassador Theater on | week days, The Star’s film will only be | shown at night, on the three days | scheduled. The theater doors open at 6:15 pm. ‘The movie follows the entire journey of The Star party under the leadership | of Capt. Kleinschmidt, whose daily | wirelessed stories from Santa Claus land appeared in The Star last week | and the week before. Beginning with | the take-off at the Minneola Airport in Long Island, it records every step made by the expedition on its mission of discovery in the frozen North, re- vealing many thrilling and exciting scenes through snowstorm and blizzard, | with interesting “shots” of Eskimo land and Arctic animals in their native haunts. Makes Kiddies Happy. ‘The theme upon which the photo- | play is based is the hope that every boy and girl in Washington be made | happy this Christmas and that none | | be forgotten. It appeals in conclusion to the generous Washingtonians to help make this possible, by calling at- | tention to the fourth annual Star- ‘Warner Brothers Christmas toy mat- | inees to be held in 11 theaters on Saturday, December 15. | The plan of these matinees affords | an easy and simple method to provide | aews gifts and needed articles of cloth- | ing to children in the poorer families | of the District of Columbia who might | otherwise be left neglected on Christ- | mas morning. ‘Those who are willing to help are asked to bring a new toy or some new | and useful article of children's cloth- | ‘ng to any one of the theaters at which | the matinees are held. This is the sole price of admission to an outstand- ing program of entertainment, which aside from the satisfaction any one who contributes would have in know- ing that they are helping to afford happiness to some poor boy or girl, will more than recompense the cost of the gift. Success Noted in Past. ‘The success of the matinees in the past. which last year provided 30.000 | new toys and gifts to needy children in Washington, has influenced The Star and Warner Bros. to repeat the | plan again this year. on an even larger scale than previously. Programs have been carefully planned and selected, and it is felt that the unusual feature pictures, and supplementary short sub- Jects and comedies to be presented are the finest that have ever been offered. A glance at the list of scheduled per- formances at the end of this article will bear this out. ‘While one single small new gift or new article of clothing will admit any receive gifts this Christmas.” Santa Claus Editor of The Star. best letter. and maybe little brother other awards. your letter. third prize is $5. their will be made one week in early. of Houses Aiding Plan to Gather Gifts for City’s Children. one to a matinee, those who attend are reminded that they may bring as many presents as they wish: or that if they find it impossible to attend in perzon, they may send their contribu- | tion to any of the theaters listed. These theaters are prepared to re- ceive whatever gifts may be brought or ser.t, whether large or small. in & single package or in a dozen or more. even at the present time. and if it is found more convenient to send con- tributions in advance of the matinee date there is no need to wait. Prepare Lists of Needy. Careful lists are beirg prepared of the needy families in Washington, of which there are many, and numerous direct requests are being received daily from destitute parents by the Council of Social Agencies. which will have full charge of distributing the new gifts. All who contribute may be trus assured that their gift will reach some deserving or needy boy or girl and that through their generosity many a heartache and childish tear will be avoided on Christ- mas morning. ‘When so simple and sure a method is provided to bring happiness to needy Washington children and com- fort to heavy-hearted parents, who must depend entirely on those more fortunate than themselves if they are to share in the real meaning of Christ- mas, it is felt certain that all who can will respond. Come. Let there be no forgotten child in Washington this Christmas. Here is your opportunity to play Santa Claus. Bring a new gift for some poor boy or girl and attend a Star-Warner Bros.' Christmas matinee on Saturday, December 15. Outstanding Pictares on List. Here is the full list for you to choose from: TIVOLI—Shirley Temple in “Baby Takes a Bow,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, “Busy Bodies”: “The Night Before Christmas” and “The Man on the Flying Trapeze,” a Popeye comedy. AMBASSADOR—Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery in “Treasure Island.” “The Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives” and “Can You Take It,” a Pop- eye comedy. SAVOY—Joe E. Brown in “The Cir- cus Clown,” “Bedtime Worries,” an Our Gang comedy; “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy. and “Let’s You and Him Fight,” a Popeye comedy. COLONY—Shirley Temple in “ tle Miss Marker,” “Wild Poses. Our Gang comedy, and “The Night Before Christmas,” a Silly Symphony. YORK—Joe E. Brown in “Son of a Sailor,” “Dirty Work,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy. AVENUE GRAND—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Marker,”. “Dirty Work,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Sockabye Baby,” a Popeye comedy. Shows Include Comedies. APOLLO—Joe E. Brown in “The Circus Clown,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy, and “Mickey's Good Deed.” a Mickey Mouse comedy. HOME—Bruce Cabot in “Midship- man Jack,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy, and “The Three Little gs.” METROPOLITAN—George O'Brien in “The Last Trail” “Oliver the | Eighth,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy. and “The Big Bad Wolf,” Symphony. EARLE—Charlotte Henry in “Alice in Wonderland” and “Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives." AVALON-—Jackie Cooper and Wal- lace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “Santa’s Workship,” a Silly Sym- phony, and “Shoein’ Horses,” a Pop- eye comedy. e Speakers at Jewish Center. Isidore Hershfield and Maurice Bisgyer will speak at the round table of the Jewish Community Center to- night, at 8:30 o'clock., in a discus- sion of the “Trends of Jewish Social Movements.” a silly $30 IN PRIZES FOR WASHINGTON BOYS AND GIRLS. Now is the time, boys and girls, to write your letter, “Why I know there is a Santa Claus and why every poor child in Washington should DON'T DELAY, send it in NOW to the It will be fine to win that prize of $15 offered by The Star for the or little sister will win one of the Don’t forget, you must not be more than 12 years old if you write ‘The best letter will win a prize of $15, second prize is $10 and the Your letter must be at the office of The Star not later than mid- night of Saturday, December 15. Announcements of the winners, with letters, later. Please write on one side of the paper only, and get your letter BANKS' ADTO LS. SEEN IN BOND BIDS '5 Billion Response to 900 Million Asked Heart- ens Leaders. By the Associated Press. | A $5400,000,000 response to the | Government's request. for $900,000,000 ! of ready cash was a tangible expres- | slon yesterday of the recently pledged | co-operation of American banks with | the administration. | 'This huge oversubscription was ob- | tained despite what Undersecretary | of the Treasury Coolidge described as unusual efforts to prevent “bid-pad- ding” by institutions desiring s big percentage of the Government offer- ing. In this practice bidders ask for more than they want in hope of get- | ting at least a sizable share. Relief Sum in Doubt. Coming at a time of conflicting i Capital rumors as to just how many | relief billions the new presidential { budget will contain, the eagerness of | bapks to invest funds with the Gov- | ernment was considered by officials | to be especially encouraging. Informed circles believed it definite- !ly assured Treasury financing by orthodox borrowing methods of what- jever relief demands there may be. | The use of such extreme powers as the direct sale of Government securities to Federal Reserve banks apparently was not even receiving consideration in official Treasury quarters. Figure Is Unchanged. Also, it was learned in highest re- serve bank sources, that the system has no immediate intention of adding to its heavy portfolio of Government obligations. The 12 reserve banks now ! hold $2.430,000,000 of Government is- I sues, a figure which has remained un- changed for months. More than a year ago, the reserve banks made large purchases in the ;!-pen market to bolster Government security prices. This policy was halted when present holdings had accumu- lated and not since then have the panks gone into the open market. While exact figures on the -over- sutscription were not available, Cool- idge said the $450,000.000 issue of 15-18 year 3!y per cent bonds had been more than five times oversubscribed, and the $450.000,000 of 18-month 133 per cent notes more than seven times. FRANCE WILL PUSH EAST EUROPE PACT Seeks Indirect Alliance With Germany Through Eastern Locarno Treaty. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 5.—France will try to get Germany into a proposed Eastern Locarno pact, despite the lat- ter's opposition, it was disclosed today as the League of Nations Council opened an extraordinary session. The matter was discussed at lunch- eon by Pierre Laval, French foreign minister, and Maxim Litvinoff, Rus- sia's commissar for foreign affairs. France feels that Poland, which also has been cold toward the project, will enter it if Germany does. Laval, it is said, is striving to avoid a direct alli- ance with Germany and is concene trating negotiations on a broad mutual assistance agreement which would function within the framework of the League of Nations. The proposed Locarno treaty is de- signed to guarantee peace in Eastern Europe, as the present Locarno pact does in the Western section of the continent. A major matter before the Council is Yugoslavia's charge that Hungary is involved in the assassination of King Alexander at Marseille, alleging she harbored Balkan terrorists. Hungary, it was indicated, will de- mand an inquiry into the Yugoslav charges and deliver counter attacks. Czechoslovakia and Rumania have lined up behind the Belgrade accusa- tions, as members of the little entente, while Italy has indicated she would support Hungary firmly. BODY OF GIRL, 12, FOUND IN CULVERT Missing Farm Child Slain by Blow on Head—Police Begin Search. By the Associated Press. LANSING, Mich., December 5.—The body of Leona Love, 12, was found today stuffed into a culvert beneath an_infrequently used road near here. State police said she had been killed by a blow on the head. It was uncertain whether she had been at- tacked. Leona was reported missing about 11 a.m. by her parents, who live on a farm near here. The child had started for school. they said, but did not arrive. State police began an in- tensive hunt for the slayer. Y CHRISTMAS SEALS %‘Bwe@@é‘# Dutch children put & note for St Nicholos in one wooden shoe and bread ond beans for his horse in the other shopping days to Christmas HOLLAND In Holland December 5 is St. Nicholas’ day. St. Nicholas is the Dutch Santa Claus who brings presents to little girls and boys. All the children place two wooden shoes beside the hearth or outside the door. In one they place a note telling what they wish for Christ- mas and in the other they put straw, bread and beans for St. Nicholas’ horse. A -