Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1935, Page 7

UTILITIES REPORT HELD MISLEADING Associated Gas & Electric Co. Statement Hits Trade Commission. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 8.—The As- sociated Gas & Electric) Co. in a statement issued last nighc replied to the report of the Federal Trade Commission on utilities. “In its 254th release on the sub- ject of public utilities the Federal Trade Commission has attempted to saddle alleged manipulations of mar- kets on certain utility groups,” it stated. “In its characteristic manner the commission again presents certain data with respect to the Associated Gas & Electric Co. in such a manner as to convey an entirely erroneous impression to the reader. Purchases Explained. “The method of presentation . de- liberately misleads the reader into believing that the company expended large sums of its money in pur- chases of its own securities for its own account. “This is entirely contrary to the fact as is shown by the commission’s own report. Their statement about the market operations of the Asso- ciated Gas & Electric Co. entirely ignores facts contained in their own report, which shows that the se- | curity purchases referred to in this statement were simply to fulfill or- ders received from security dealers. Acts Held Proper. “The truth is that the Associated Gas & Electric Securities Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated Gas & Electric Co. merely acted as an intermediary in the purchases of Associated Gas Electric Co. se- curities by thousands of dealers throughout the country who were engaged in the distribution of the company’s securities. “The transactions referred to were entirely proper and appropriate in all respects. They represented pur- chases to fill actual orders arising from a real demand for the com- pany’'s securities.” Chief executives of 10 outstanding public utility holding companies, in a joint statement, advocated the reg- ulation, but not destruction of their type of organization was issued following introduction in Congress of a bill proposing to regu- late utility holding companies. MONEY HELD MYSTERY Vanderlip Tells Thomas Really Understands Currency. If there is any one who really un- derstands currency, Frank A Vander- lip. former president of the National City Bank of New York, has never come across him. At a committee hearing. Senator ‘Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, asked Vanderlip: “Who really under- stands currency? ‘The retired banker replied quickly. “Nobody. And no two persons agree on the question.” SIX-HOUR DAY ASKED Labor Executives Visit White House Urging Legislation. Railway labor executives called on President Roosevelt yesterday to urge adoption of legislation providing a six-hour day for the railroad industry. The group reported a great number of unemployed railroad workers and urged that new legislation do nothing to_increase this condition ‘Those calling at the White }{Ouse] included George W. Harrison, railway clerks; D. B. Robertson, locomoti firemen; C. G. Mannion, railway telegraphers, and T. G. Luhreson, irain dispatchers, Joy to Be “Eml,” Says Man Restored " After 4. Minutes{‘ Surrounded by Hordes of People in Other World, He Declares. By the Associated Press. ARLEY, England, February 8—A “dead” man has returned to life and health with a very satisfying im- pression of the “next world.” John Puckering, a market gardener, was “restored to life” on the operat- ing table. Doctors certify that he was “dead” for four and a half min- utes. One of them massaged his heart—"more from a sense of duty than with any hope”—and Puckering 1s now back at his work, and in ap- parently normal health. The old gardener is sorry this sur- gery worked. “What I saw during my brief spell of death,” he says, “has made me regret that I ever came back. I was surrounded by thousands of people, all supremely happy, and among them ‘were three that I knew. They nodded and smiled, so happily that I was overjoyed to be dead “The grave has no terrors for me now. I realize that earthly life, sor- rowful as it can be, is just a train- ing ground for something fuller and better.” Immediately after his revival, Puck- ering called his daughter, a nurse, and told her he had seen her mother, who died a year ag EDUCATIONA Training Pays, Special Busi- Dess. Seeretarial and Review Courses. vening. _Easy to lear Position eed graduates Daily. Inquire Natl. 2338. 1333 F St. Practical 4-Month Trade Course Fundamentals of ELECTRICITY Shop, Lab., Theory, D. C. €ode Blueprint Read., Est., Armatures, Columbia “Tech” Institute 19 F St. Metropolitan 3626 333508 for Catalosue. " Starts Feb. 11 Washington@eofl.aw Second Semester Begins February 4 ourss New Classes Both Day and Evening The statement | i None NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1935. l Her First Wave Copyright, A. | P. Wirephoto. | Here is Mrs. Elzire Dionne, mother of the famous quintuplets, getting while Papa Dionne got a manicure, ‘Mrs v the Associated Press CHICAGO. February 8—Although | Mrs. Elzire Dionne of Callander, | Ontario. wants it remembered that she is also the mother of five other | youngsters—and they are doing just | fine, thank you! { She doesn't want those first five to | become *“forgotten children.” | . Of course. ultra-scientific care of | the quintuplets has been, she recog- | nizes, necessary, and she is thankful | for it, but nevertheless, she feels that she, even though a plain farmer’s wife with old-fashioned ideas. has done a commendable job in raising children. Lost First Born. Only 26 years old, she has given ibirth to 11 children, and of that { number, 10 including the quintuplets {are living. She lost one of her first | born, Aurial, from pneumonia when | he was but an infant. | But none of the remaining first | five has had a disease common to | children. No, not even the measles Of those first five, she said proudly through an interpreter: “They are fine, healthy, normal | well behaved children.” | There 1s today a remarkable con- trast in the way the first five and the famous “quints” are being reared. The “quints” have been put through | a carefully worked out routine, while the first five, like Topsy in ‘“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” “just grow'd up.” | Get Natural Sunshine. of artificial sun lamps, Ernest, now 8 | years old and a big help around the house, together with his sister Rose, | 7. and Thereze. 6: Daniel, 3, and baby | Pauline, 2, get whatever sun tanning | they can from natural sunshine. Mrs. Dionne has always been a strong believer in outdoor life for grown-ups and children The “quints” have dainty little gar- ments, each carefully laundered and sterilized. The other five know what “hand-me-downs” are. H 1314 F St. NW. she is very proud of her quintuplets, | While the “quints” have the benefit her first hair wave during her visit to Chicago. She submitted to this Dion_ne Asks That Public Remember Her Other Children Shy Mother of Quintuplets Proud of Job She Has Done in Raising Five by Natural, Maternal Instinct. | daily into Callander for the quin- taplets, but the older brothers and sisters. after being weaned by their { mother, had to get along on ordinary unsterilized milk from the one and | only family cow. “But they are very healthy, those first five, and I don’t want them over- | looked,” she said. TARDY JUROR FINED $50 Court Admits, However, Freezing of Motor Is Legitimate Excuse. CHICAGO. February & P).—It cost George S. Allen a $50 fine yesterday to have his motor freeze up twice in Detroit. He showed up late for grand jury duty. “It's a legitimate excuse.” Chief Justice Sullivan of the Criminal Court seid, “but the failure to get grand juries costs the taxpayers. “I'll fine you the minimum for contempt, $50.” EIGHT SAVED FROM ICE Children H;l Been Lost on Lake Michigan in Darkness. CHICAGO, February 8 (#)—Lost on the ice of Lake Michigan when darkness and snow trapped them a half mile off shore, six boys and two girls were led to land last night by |2 policeman and an elevator operator at a lakeside hotel. Shouts of the children, who ranged in age from 6 to 13, were heard on shore and police were notified. They were sent home with admonitions to remain off the id edding Specialties Since 1865 we have been faithfully serving Wash- ingtonians. Nothing too large or small for us to do. 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