Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1935, Page 26

MINING OF GOLD SETS NEW REGORD Value of Metal, Placed at $107,631,700, Exceeds Mark of 1915. By the Associated Press. Newly mined gold surpassed all records—for value—if not for num-| ber of ounces, in 1934. The feverish gold rush which re- vived many ghost towns brougat pro- duction in both the continental United States and its possessions to $107,631,700. The previous peak in value was in 1915, the Bureau of the | Mint reported, when the output was | $101,035,700. Ounce production, the Bureau of the Mint and Bureau of Mines jointly announced, during 1934 was 3,075,- 192, considerably below the 1915 out- put of 4,887,604 ounces. But the monetary value of go'd in 1915 was only $20.67 an ounce and in 1934 the Roosevelt administration’s experiments had resulted in a price of $35 an ounce. Gold production in the Unuedl States has been rising steadily smce, the depression set in in earnest. The yield in 1933 was 2,556,246 ounces. |THE WEATH I District of Columbia—Cloudy, prob- ably ocasional light rain tonight and tomorrow; little change in tempera- ture, lowest tonight about 42 degrees; light variable winds, becoming gentle southerly tomorrqw. Maryland—Cloudy, probably occa- sional rain tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature. Report for Last 48 Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer. Degrees. Inches. e 35 30.60 30.59 30.52 Saturday— 4 pm. . 8 pm. . Midnight Sunday— . 30.45 . 30.46 . 30.38 . 30.32 30.31 30.30 30.29 30.28 30.27 (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 50, 4 p.m. yesterday. Year 8go, 46. Lowest, 41, 7:15 am. today. Year ago, 43. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 58, on January 3. Lowest, 22, on January 5. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 98 per cent, at 1 a.m. today. Lowest, 60 per cent, at 2 pm. yes- terday. Tide Tables, (Furnished by United States Coast DR. G. P. BAKER DIES; TRAINED PLAYWRIGHTS Famous Teacher Succumbs in New York at 68 From Pneumonia. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 7—Dr. George Plerce Baker, 68, died yester- day in New York, Save THE EVENING scores of the students he trained at Harvard and Yale obtained fame as playwrights. The 68-year-old creator of the fa- raous “forty-seven worshop” at Cam- bridge came here three weeks ago for treatment for high blood pressure, but pnuemonia was the cause of death. Out of a course in drama known as English /47, Dr. Baker evolved the workshop during his 36 years at Har- vard. His chnun students would pen STAR, WASHINGTON, efforts stand or fall in the little '.hu~ ter at Nearby Radcliffe College. Broadway welcomed Eugene O’ mll Lee Simonson, Edward Sheldon, Philip Barry and a host ofipthers who came from his workshop. Shipping Pioneer Dies. ADELAIDE, Australia, January ‘7 (#).—Sir William Herbert Phillips, 87, Australian shipping pioneer, died yes- terday. He was one of the founders the city where plays insteads of ‘theses, then see their of the Blue Anchor Line. Plenty i BORDERED in this S D. C, HUMANE TRAP CONTEST IS OPEN TO EVERY ONE Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded for Best Appliances in Various Classes. The eighth annual humane trap contest, sponsored by the American Humane Association of Albany, N. Y., MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1935. is now under way, the Animal Rescue League, 71 O street, announced to- day. The contest, open to every one, ocloses April 30. Prizes of $150 and $75 will be awarded for the best traps for taking animals alive and unhurt; $100 and $50 for traps of the leg-gripping type, holding without injury, and $85 and $40 for traps of the killing type. Through the contest the association aims to alleviate the suffering of wild life. pectacular S B wadleom WILL ADDRESS GROUP Malcolm W. Davis to Speak Be- fore International Relations Club. ‘The International Relations Club of George Washington University will hear Malcolm W. Davis, director of the Geneva Research Center, in an gfl{m tomorrow evening in Corcoran Members of similar organizations in other colleges and universities in the District have been invited to attend. Davis is European representative of the League of Nations Association. China Builds Railroads. Railway construction in China is progressing rapidly. Japar Ships Watches. Japan is shipping many watches and clocks to Peru. ale of RUGS 6,883 Worth of Quality Floor Covering for Only $4,355! 9x 12 & 8.3x10.6 Waffled Hair REG. $57.50 9x12 FT. SIZE 99 Plus_small_carrying charge, ff purchased on the Budget Plaw In exquiste shades of BURGUNDY . . ROSE TAUPE..RED..RUST..ORCHID.. ROSE.. MAHOGANY and COFFEE. Every single rug perfect and tywical of Broadloom carpeting at its finest. And nearly every one may be matched in the following sizes: Size Orig. Now Size Orig. and Geodetic Survey.) Today. Tomorrow. eee 9:32am. 10:24a.m. . 4:06am. 4:53a.m. .10:00 pm. 10:52 p.m. ve. 4:15pm. 5:09pm. 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