Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1936, Page 11

“HOLD-UP MEN BEAT DR SOLOMON NETZ Colored “ Pair Enraged by Absence of Money on Victim. Dr. Solomon Mets, rabbi of the Adas Israel Synagogue, last night was beaten about the face, his glasses broken and his clothes torn by two colored hold-up men who became § enraged when they found their victim had no money. The assault took place in an alley, into which Dr. Metr was dregged after be- ing accosted by the men in the 1100 block of Sixth street as he was on his way o the synagogue at Sixth and I streets. After the bandits fled empty-hand- od Dr. Metz walked to the synagogue and preached his scheduled sermon, apologizing to his congregation for his appearance, but failing to explain » discolored eye and the torn pockets of his clothes. Sabbath Indirectly Responsible. The Jewish Sabbath, which starts at sundown Friday, was indirectly re- sponsible for the attack on the rabbi. His religion forbids the carrying of funds during the Sabbath. Although considerably upset by the experience, Dr. Metz insisted on walk- ng to his home, at 36 Channing street, after the services—another tenet of his religion forbidding riding on the Babbath. While Dr. Metz escaped being robbed, & number of other hold-up and robbery victims did not fare so well in this respect. One of them, Mrs. Blanche King, matron at the District Jail, reported the theft of her purse, containing two diamond rings, a pair of diamond earrings and a platinum bracelet, from her office at the jail. Four Overcoats Stolen. Radbbi Metz, Three men and a girl reported the | theft of their overcoats while they were attending a dance last night at the Hayloft, in rear of 1928 Massa- chusetts avenue. They were Bess A. Siegel, 1227 Nineteenth street; Benia- min Peinberg, 59 Adams street; William J. McMurray. 1750 Massa- chusetts avenue, and Carlisle 1637 Massachusetts avenue. The Shaw Jewelry Store, 921 F street. was robbed of eight watches valued at $203 by a thief who hurled # brick through the window of the establishment early today. ‘Walter Sheck, 22, colored. 723 Ken- yon street, reported he was driven into nearby Virginia by three white men and robbed of $6 and his overcoat and hat. Sheck saild he was forced | into a car after he alighted from a street car at Seventh and L streets. | One of the bandits, he said, was armed. GEN. HENRY FISHER, RETIRED, SUCCUMBS. Medical Corps Officer Was Vet- eran of Spanish and World Wars. Brig. Gen. Henry C. Pisher, U. S. A, Medical Corps, retired, a Vi eran of both the Spanish-American | and World Wars, died last night i Walter Reed Hospital. He lived at 1108 South Arlington road, Arlington, Va., and had been in the hospital since | Wednesday. Gen. Pisher had served on several Important tours of duty in this city. | His last service here was as assistant to the surgeon general, from October 11, 1929, to May 31, 1931, when he retired after 40 years’ service. He was awarded the Distinguished | Bervice Medal “for exceptionally mer- Itorious and distinguished services” as ehief sanitary inspector of the Ameri- ean Expeditionary Forces in France | during the World War. He also received a citation for “ex- eeptionally meritorious and conspicuous services in the Surgeon General's office, Supply Division,” A. E. F. In addition. he was awarded the French Legion of | Honor decoration. In the Spanish-American War, he was awarded a Silver Star citation “for gallantry in action against Spanish forces at Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898, in attending wounded under fire.” Gen. Fisher, a native of Montgomery County, Md., received his early educa- tion in high and normal schools in this city and later was graduated from Georgetown Unjyersity, receiving the degrees of A. M.'and M. D. there. He entered the military service in October, 1891, as a first lieutenant and assistant surgeon. Besides his services in the two wars, he also had served in the Philippines. Before the World War he served at | Walter Reed Hospital from August, 1813, to May, 1914, and then in the Office of the Surgeon General % De- cember, 1917, Returning to Washington after the World War he was on duty in the office of the Surgeon General until March, 1919, when he was ordered to the Canal Zone to become chief health officer there. He remained there until June, 1925, when he was assigned to duty as commandant of the Army Medical School here, serv- ;l"i’ln this capacity until October, Gen. Fisher leaves no immediate relatives. His wife, Mrs. Jessie Fisher, died in 1934, Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am. Monday in Walter Reed Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Ariington National Cemetery. $25,000to Hamilton Is Usual Receiver’s Salary, Borah Says { 69, BY the Assoclated Press Commenting on the $25,000 mlary voted for John D. M. Hamilton, as chairman of the Republican National Committee, Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, said yesterday: “That, as I understand it, is the customary salary of receiv- ers.” Other Republicans were slow in scommenting. But Senator Austin, | Republican, of Vermont, said he was glad to hear of the com- Savage, | | regarding Held Up CARRIER BOY ROBBED AT KNIFE POINT, JOSEPH NEELY, Fourteen-year-old newspaper carrier boy, who was robbed of 812 last night by two col- ored youths at Second and Carroll streets southeast. One of the young bandits pressed a knife against Joseph’s chest over his heart and the other went through his pockets. Joseph, who lives at 1354 G street southeast, had been col- lecting on his route. He had planned to do his Christmas shopping with the money. He is shown above revising his plans. —Star Staff Photo. GINGELL GRILLED Slaying of Matthews Is Pressed. BY ROBERT A. ERWIN, Steft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, December 19.— Sullen and silent, Lawrence Gingell, 20-year-old former golf caddie, sat in a cell in Montgomery County Jail to- | day while police sought William Reed, IN MURDER CASE Hunt for Second Suspect in Chicago Mazn Also Contrib- uted to G. 0. P. and Demo- crats in Campaign. 7 the Associated Press. Investigating reported contributions to both major political parties during the recent campaign, the Senate Elec- tions Committee learned yeésterday that Alfons B. Landa, 815 Fifteenth street, an attorney, gave $575 to the Democratic cause and $50 to the Re- publicans. Another double giver was J. R. Wil- liams of Chicago, who donated $1,500 to the Republicans and $1,000 to the Democrats. The committee received reports of campaign donations from headquarters of both parties. At the top of the Republican list was s $25000 donation from Prazier Jelke of New York and Newport, R. I. Individual Democratic contributors Teporting were comparatively small but the United Mine Workers was listed for total campaign expenditures of $460,668, including $206,250 to the Democratic National Committee and $160878 to Labor's Non-Partisan League, which supported President Roosevelt. Former Ambassadors Listed. A number of former Republican officeholders were listed among the contributors. Walter E. Edge, New Jersey, and Frederic M. Sackett, Ken- tucky, both former Ambassadors and | Senators, reported giving $6.060 and $6,000, respectively. Henry L. Stim- son, former Secretary of State, re- ported a contribution of $1.050. Other Republican contributions in- cluded: $9,000; Mrs. Pau! G. Pennoyer, Locust | Valley, N. Y., $12,500; Edward H. Hutton, Westbury, N. Y., $21.000; F. J. | Sensenbrenner, Neenan, Wis., $8.600; Mznrk K. Juillaird, Tuxedo Park, ., $11,000; Paul Moore, Convent, N J llDOfiO and William Bingham, Bethel, Me., $10,000. Democratic Contributors. Biggest Democratic contributors in- cluded Martin F. Redrington, New York, $5.000; Ery Kehaya, New York, $5840; W. C. Arthur, $5.500, and W. L. Clayton, Lookout Mountain, Tenn., $6,250 Col. Sosthenes Behn of the Inter- national Telephone & Telegraph Co. gave the Democrats $1,000. the biggest “angel” so far reporting, when the committee disclosed yester- day that, in addition to loans of $52,- 000 to the Democratic organizations, he gave more than $100,000 to the | national and Pennsylvania State com- | mittees. Jones was identified by the office of Senator Guffey, Democrat, of Pennsyl- ! vania as a Pittsburgh businéss man with large oil interests. 25, in connection with the murder of Elwood Matthews, 68, wealthy farmer, on the night of November 21. Gingell, a youth whose mother ad- vised him Tuesday to surrender to ! police, stood charged with the Mat- thews murder. The warrant accus- ing him of murder was based on the confession in Charleston, W. Va., of W. Joseph Kirby, who Reed and Gingell and charged Reed fired two bullets into the farmer's west Branch. Kirby, wounded by West Virginia State police in a gun battle last week, was recovering in Charleston today as police threw a cordon of men around the farm of Reed's father in an effort to apprehend the ex-Mary= | land eonviet. Kirby said the three of them held up Matthews. Gingell meanwhile held out against the verbal assault of Montgomery Countv police, who questioned him the murder of Matthews on the roadside at Four Corners. He also was grilled about other crimes in this county and in West Virginia | | and his whereabouts since Matthews | disappeared. Matthews’ disappearance was re- ported to police November 23. His | body was found on a rock in the | branch last Sunday. Gingell spent Tuesday night at the home of his mother in Kensington and was cap= tured Thursday on the Highway Bridge in Washington. He waived extradition and after visits to the scene of the crime and to his mother | was jailed here yesterday. Reed, believed to be without funds, was supposedly hiding in the coun- try near his father's homeé, protected by woods, & heavy growth of under- brush and pathways known only to himself and members of his family. Gingell, nervous but close mouthed, was questioned yesterday by Sergts. Theodore Vollten, Guy Jones and Le- rov Rodgers of Montgomery County police. before his mother he denied knowing the creek and made a blanket denial of any part in the crime. He con- tended he had been “out of town for the past six weeks.” Gingell described as a “frame-up™ the confession of Kirby. He said he | had seen Kirby only once and hardly knew him. Bloodhounds are expected to e brought into the quest for Reed over the wooded Maryland countryside to- day or tomorrow. Officers said the Reed home was too obvious & piace to post 24-hour lookouts. Gingell, it was indicated, will be questioned again today. implicated | body after throwing him into North- | At Northwest Branch and! Reed, professed slight knowledge of | (PARLEYS STARTED ] ON FLORIDA CANAL Board of Army Engineers Confer on Advisability of Finishing Peninsula Cut. By the Associated Press. A board of Army engineers today be- gan a series of private conferences on | whether the Government should com- plete construction of the proposed Florida Can l sula between the Atlantic Ocean and | ! the Gulf of Mexico. The board yesterday completed a three-day hearing on a War Depart- | ment report favoring completion of the | $162,000,000 project. Brig. Gen. George | B. Pillsbury, chairman, indicated a de- cision may be given within a month | after receipt of supplemental briefs which each side has 10 days to submit. Final arguments were presented by { Florida water, citrus and agricultural | | interests d to the canal. con- | tending it would imperil the State's fresh water supply. Closing the hearing was the re- buttal statement of H. H. Buckman, engineering ocounsel for the Florida belief the waterway would pay for itself in 35 years, on the basis of min- 1mum returns estimated by the special board. Buckman replied to railroad oppo- sition by saying estimated tonnage for the canal did not take into con- sideration any tonnage that might be diverted from rail to water by reason { of the waterway. LOAN AUTHORIZED Public Works. MEXICO CITY, December 19 (#).— ‘The Chamber of Deputies yesterday authorized President Lazaro Cardenas to borrow $5,000,000 to finance the government's public works program. It was understood the loan would be handled through & banking group in the United States, but no arrange- ments were annouunced. Building Societies Popular. More than 1,000,000 people in Eng- land are buying homes through build- ing societies. BULLETIN. POTTSVILLE, Pa., December 19 () —County Prison Warden Her- bert Gosslin and two aides were dismissed today for “gross negli- gence” because of the escape of Joseph Bruno, serving a life term for the Kelayres election eve mas- sacre. 5 Br the Associated Press. POTTSVILLE, Pa., December 19.— Police of nine States hunted today for Joseph J. Bruno, who, serving a life sentence for murder in the Kelayres election eve massacre of 1934, walked away from a Schuylkill County prison guard. Pennsylvania officials, on personal orders from Gov. George H. Earle, be- gan an immediate investigation, pre- faced by the charge of Attorney Gen- eral Charles J. Margiotfi that the escape “was accomplished through a well-planned conspiracy of mln public officials and others.” in the hilltop mining town of Kel- ayres, walked away from the guard, Guy Irving, yesterday, ostensibly to go to a dentist's office while Irving Bruno, Escaped Election Killer, | Reported “Loaded With Cash” parked his car. Bruno never showed up at the office. Bruno, & former Schuylkill County detective, was convicted on each of three charges of murder in the Kelayres “massacre” in which five Democratic paraders were slain. His brother Philip, also received a life term, and three other kinsmen were sentenced to prison for shorter pe- ‘Two reports today offered the possi- bility that Bruno had left Pottsville in an airplane and was well supplied with eash. Prison Warden Herbert Gosslin said Bruno had recelved “thousands of dollars” in his cell 24 hours before he escaped. Gosslin declined to say how Brumo E. R. Harrison, Arden, N. Y., e Meadsville, Pa., | Walter A, Jones, Pittsburgh, became Seaway cutting across | 1 the upper part ot the Florida penin- | Ship Canal Authority, who expressed Mexico to Borrow $5,000,000 for| Ta man. Mrs. Booth stood in the the ezerutwn Mrs. Alice Booth as she left the canvas-inclosed execution rd in Fulton, Mo., yesterday, where she saw George McKeever nged for the murder of her husband Dan, a State patrol- snow for half an hour awaiting —Copyrwht A. P W1rcphoto. RAIL INQURY OFF ‘Bewildering Complex Mass’ of Evidence Now Being Sifted. BY the Associnted Press. Adjourning public hearings for the holidays, Senate investigators began |today to sift through what they termed “a bewilderinglv complex mass"” of evidence harvested during their two-week inquiry into railway financ- ing. | Chairman Wheeler of the Investi- | gating Committee said many months of hearings might be necessary before he can make a full report—coupled, perhaps, with a request for new laws abolishing railroad holding companies. On January 6 the committee will turn again, he said, to its study of | America’s largest transportation &ys- tem, the sprawling web of railways, bus lines, coal pits and industries woven by the late Van Sweringen | brothers of Cleveland. Testimony from two partners of J. 1 { P. Morgan & Co.—Arthur M. Ander-, approved, the uniform fines and pen- | son and George Whitney—that the famous banking house would have let a Van Sweringen railroad “go bust”|without discrimination, and no ex- | largest company. during the depths of the depression if it had not received Government loans marked the committee’s closing ses- sion yesterday. The road in question was the Mis- souri Pacific. which borrowed more | than $23.000.000 from struction Finance Corporation before it finally went in bankruptey in 1933. $7.350.000 was used to pay off earlier loans to the Missouri Pacific from a Morgan banking syndicate. Anderson said his firm had known of certain obligations of the Missouri Pacific which investigators congended were “concealed” from the R. SUGAR TAX VOTED; MAY OUST GOMEZ Cuban House Passes Bill to Put School Fund in Army's Hands. | BY the Associated Press. HAVANA, December 19 —The Cuban sugar tax bill which the army political faction seeks to use as a lever to oust President Miguel Mariano Gomez was on its way to him today after passage in an uproarious congressional seasion. The adherents of the nation's mili- tary “strong man,” Gol. Fulgencio Batista, drove the measure through the House. The House passed the bill by a vote of 106 to 43 and later approved it para- graph by paragraph, thus sending it directly to Gomez for the signature he declared he would not give to the bill. If Gomesz should veto the bill, sup- porters of Batista vowed they would move to impeach him for interference with legislative acts. Gomez gave as his reason for his promised veto his belief that the bill, by providing funds for army-taught schools, would be the means of edu- cating young Cubens in the “Fascist manner.” _Exodus (Continued From First Page.) are being flown already as is possible with availdble equipment. Eastern Airlines is handling & 100 per cent increase in traffic between Washington and Mismi, with extra sections in operation on every sched- ule southbound. Heavy increases are general over its system. American Airlines has been yun- TILL IANUARY UNIFORM TRAFFIC SOCIAL SECURITY I FORMS ISSUED & Tax Returns Must Be Filed k Monthly With Revenue Collector. BY the Associated Press. The Internal Revenue Bureau issued forms today for filing tax returns under the social security act. ‘The returns must be filed moathly after December 31 with internal rev- enue coflectors. They are to be filed by employers, but cover taxes on both employers and employes. Employers must list the number of employes and the total of taxable wages paid during the month. The returns, together with remittances, must be in the hands of internal rev- enue collectors by the last day of the month succeeding the one for which the return is made. The bureau said consolidated re- | turns for parent and subsidiary cor- porations would not be permitted. Every employer subject to the tax, | the bureau said, must keep sufficient records to show whether taxes are cor- rectly computed and paid. Failure to file returns by the speci- fied deadline will make the employer | lable to a penalty of 5 to 25 per cent | of the tax, depending on the length of | the delinquency. I For 1937, 1938 and 1939 the tax on both empioyers and employes will be‘ 1 per cent of pay rolls and wages. | This will gradually increase until it | | reaches 3 per cent on each after De- | | cember 31, 1948. The Social Security Board approved { today the Virginia unemployment in- surance act pased this week by the General Assembly in special session. The board’s action was the final step necessary to insure benefits to | Virginia employes under the act be- | ginning January 1. ,‘ With enactment of unemployment PENALTIES URGED System to Eliminate “Dis- criminations” Proposed the Recon- | Of this sum, the partners testified, | ‘oxpeevgd to give the court an idea of by Curran. A system of uniform fines and pen- alties in traffic cases to eliminate “dis- criminations” is recommended by Po- lice Court Judge Edward M. Curran in an article dealing with the history and future of that tribunal and pub- lished in the current issue of Journal of the District Bar Association. Another important recommendation by Judge Curran called for the estab- | lishment by law of the office of Pub- lic Defender, which would be avallable to indigent persons charged with crimes. Discussing the recommendation for & uniform system of fines and penal- ties in traffic cases. Judge Curran said: “The writer believes the formation | of such a system would end haphaz- | ard penalties and obviate injustices | and inequalities. If such a system pe alties established would be imposed by the judges equitably on all persons | ceptions would be made for other than | & fair, legal or truly humane reason 10 be indorsed by the judge in writing {on the inside of the information. Such a system would stop the juggling of cases from one judge to anothe: | . and would, in the writer's opinion, in- | crease the efficlency of the Police Court system.” Judge Curran pointed out that | public defenders have been established by law in many jurisdictions and have rendered valuable service in enforeing | | the constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws to all citizens. {He urged the bench and bar to ask | \Con‘nfl to pass an act establishing such an office here. Another important recommendation | | in the article called for establishment of a behavior clinic to function as s | put of the criminal court system of | the District. This clinic would be a defendant’s family and personal | history, his education, his story of the crime and environmental factors antecedent to and contributory to the offense, together with a prognosis in- dicating the possibility of restoring him to society. With this information, | | he sald. a judge could dispose of a| given case in much more intelligent fashion. He suggested that for the time be- ing the personnel of such a clinic be | composed of two psychiatrists, one | psychologist, two soclal workers and employes of the probation office. They would be expected to work part time without pay for the benefit of the community until the clinic proves its worth, when they would be placed on & Salary basis. Judge Curran also asked that the name of his tribunal be changed to City Court of the District of Colum- bis. ST TS Labor (Continued Prom First Page.) said, the employe delegation was rep- resented directly opposite to its in- tentions. In Pittsburgh and other industrial centers mobe than 14,000 glass work- ers remained on strike with 85 per cent of that industry declared tied up, and its effects already bearing heavily on the automobile manufacturers, who absorb so much of the glass produc- tion. In this situation the strike is being conducted by the Féderation of Flat Glass Workers, another C. 1. O. affiliate. Glass Strike Report Awaited. At the Labor Department this morning it was said Secretary Perkins is awaiting & report from a field con- clliator in Pittsburgh on circum- stances of the glass strike. This word will be awsited, it was said, before any new action is taken on the re- quest of C. I. O. officials that the de- partment take some action against alleged interference in negotiations by financial interests outside the glass industry. At a conference with the Secretary infurance in Tennessee meanwhile, the Social Security Board saw possi- | bility that 43 States will have lined up | with the Federal program before the year is out. | Twenty-seven States and the Dis- | { trict of Columbia already have done | s0. Estimates of workers covered range from 12,000,000 to L’)MMO GETS NEW POST IN BANK | ATLANTA. December 19 (#) —George C. West, concluding a three-year term | | as a director of the Pederal Home Loan | | Bank of Winston-Salem, N. C., will | become public interest director for the institution for & four-year term Jan- {uary 1, an announcement here yes- | terday said. | West is an Atlanta business man ‘ ‘The bank serves seven Southern States | | and the District of Columbia. | | Orient and its crew immediately joined the strikers. The progress in the maritime crisis is in the form of a tentative agree- ment between the ship owners and unlicensed personnel. Further nego- tiations were to continue today. Auto Ultimatum Near. Filled with the greatest immediate potentialities is the situation in the | automobile industry. with a virtual | uitimatum about to be served on its | Decision to take | this seemingly uncompromising stand | was made yesterday during a confer- | ence between John L. Lawis, chairman | of the C. 1. O, some of his aides and officials of the automobile and glass | workers' unions. Calculated, probably, to disturb any unity within the industry, a distinc-| { tion was plainly drawn by union lead- i ers between General Motors and the Chrysier Corp. Union relationships with the latter were calied “satisfac- | tory” but “the reverse is true in the case of General Motors.” “Close to Cross Reads.” A statistical service specializing in | automotive reports predicted today |that “industry is close to the labor cross roads. The situation is becom- more precarious each week. “The prime undercurrent is that a' { general wave of sympathy is passing: from one plant to another when labor | trouble develops. Such a condition | is a new one in the auto industry.” Curtailment of production by the Ford Co. was announced with short- age of parts being blamed. Similar pressure was reported by the Pierce- Arrow Co. and the Murray Oorp.'s body factory. Each shortage was traced to labor troubles in supply plants. Assembly Plants Tied Up. Already two strikes in General Mo- tors assembly plants are being con- | ducted by the United Automobile| Workers in Atlanta, Ga.. and Kansas City. Approximately 211,000 workers are believed to be on the pay rolis of General Motors. Full support of the C. I. O. and its affiliated unions was pledged by Lewis to the defiance toward the automobile corporation and to the strike by the | glass workers. Principal developments of yesterday in the steel hearings before the Labor Board were testimony by Elmer J. Maloy, stéel worker for 25 years, who told how management representatives in the so-called employe representation | set-up had blocked all efforts at in- dependent _employe action, and testi~ mony by Philip Murray, chairman of the C. I. O. Organization Committee, who charged company violation of the | Am labor relations act through intimida- tion by company bosses and restrictions | by company-controlled town au- | thorities. Center on Organization. In the course of his testimony. Mur- ray declared the strategy of the C. I. O. organizing eampaign was to avoid strikes in steel but to concentrate on organization. Then, he said, officials of the steel companies would be in- | H! vited to negétiate with union repre- sentatives for wage-and-hour agree- | ments. Closely tied in with the steel situa- |y tion is that of pending contract nego- | calling. ]Wnshmgton Produeel L~ = = l!l’ (Dl’lcl 153 Ahlvben bund | prices): Ona-:mmd prints, care score), M prints. car- -n- printa, carton ton (B0 J Kore). 36 (ub (90 calves, 1R: moked ham. bacon, slice, light hoss, médium :, heavy lhotll. 9308 roushs. ak: caives, 5al0%s r‘a Shippers f.0.b. Wash- lnl'lon the United !uul Bureau of AgTicuitural Economics EGGS—M: Frices % gent arket Srmer. higher on Goveras graded exira white: Gurrent Tecelpts. 28 1 w o hennery whites R0 to 32: Government graded and white fob, as: Sndares: mras 2 LIVE TRY- —Mas unchanged prices. Beavy. 18 10 16; :. o Rent oid um:‘.‘flom 013 Nor 2ar w17 o nurh 12 —_—e CHICAGO GRAIN B~ the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 19.—Quick price rallies succeeded reactions that carried Chicago wheat values down about 17; cents at some stages todav. Renewal of disturbing reports of | food shortage in Germany appeared to be largely responsible for re- { establishing an upward trend of wheat values here. The precéding decline resulted mainly from disappointing action of the Liverpool market. Instead of advancing, as looked for, % to 134 cents overnight, wheat prices % at Liverpool closed today at 1.-cmr.; decline to 33-cent gain. Dispatches from Liverpool reported that bread- | from Germany lor | stuff demand wheat had not yet developed and that | bidding on the part of British millers was curtailed. A sudden collapse of | 5 cents in rye quotations at Winnipeg ! was also a transitory bearish factor as | [to wheat. Buying on price setbacks in Chicago, however, soon lifted wheat and rye futures to above rose to $1.337x on some transactions, against yesterday's ciose of §1.3312-3,. Rallies of rye quotations were assisted by the fact that scarcity of domestic | | stocks had been accentuated by 1,500.- | 000 bushels reduction of the United | States Government rve crop estimate. Corn and oats responded to upturns | of wheat and rye. Provisions showed little change. Around 11 am, wheat was lower, compared with finish: December, 1.39'x and corn was % off to J up; Decem- ber, 1.08%; May, new, l.M".. "% yesterday's Liverposl Wheat Prices. LIVERPOOL. December 18 (P —Wheat futures closed irregular, High Low. December 13312 143 . !lc“rkr 4 'm 2, NEW YORK cofion Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 19.—Cotton futures opened steady, 7 higher to 1 lower, with active trade and foreign buying offset partially by liquidation and hedge selling. January. 12.20: March. 12.25; May, 12.15; July, 12.07; October, 11.72; December, 11.67 There was an accumulation of over- , night buying orders which apparently had been influenced by the steadier tone of the market on a recovery of approximately $1 a bale from the lows of Thursday and recent strength of other markets. Cotton goods markets remained quiet. Sales were well under produc- tion. Spot sales for the week in the 10 designated markets were less than the corresponding week of last year for the first time since mid-August. During the first half hour March | fluctuated between 12.26 and 12.24 and | prices generally showed net gains of 4 to 6 points. Liverpool \ under liquidation which met trade A strike at Lancashire was reported to have become effective to- day. Putures ciosed steady. S higher to 2 ower. January javs A M h 1 13 1 1 1 1 Epot ste n—Nominal. Cottonseed OiL " middling. 12.81, Bleachable cottonseed oil futures | 5 closed steady. 11.31: May, January, 11.23; March, 11.41a42; July, 1145, | Sales, 68 contracts. New Orleans Prices. NEW ORLEANS. December 10 ( —Cot- | lon, futures closed steady at net advances 2 ints 0 &1 Liverpool Qlollllnm POOL. Decembe! LIv! 10.000 vales: American. nil. Spot demand; prices 4 points higher. INSURANCE STOCKS NEW YORK. December 10 (#.—New York Becurnty Desters Aseociation: Aetna Cas 290038 3-sta PEETT S ui Automobile Balt Amer ( Carolina (1.20) City of N ¥ (130 Conn_Gen Ty 4 Pt LT RN e ottt et ST TRy AR E s SR tiations in the bituminous coal induse | Bf try with possibility of a strike call for | Eror_Wash the soft coal miners if their demands for a 30-hour week or a wage raise are not met. The United States Steel | U Corp. is the largest single producer of soft coal, many of the workmen in its captive mines being members of the United Mine Workers. ASSEMBLY PLANT QUITS. smumc-—mum Cease Work. 4 CINCINNATT, December 19 (#).—A shortage of parts caused by & “sit|% down” strike in a Detroit manufac- |3 turing plant caused the Ford Motor Co.’s assembly plant here to close to- un avelers (183 S Fire (1.80) Westchester (1a) (a) Also extrs or ex (%) Declared or paid so R ——— FEDERAL LAND BANKS hnd mgfléfl?&mbfl 10 .- —Mnnl ll o far this year. SEaRS28 1 ] St ebinits. 533223 & s = E835n ¥ ot I bt 3 28 RATLWAY INCOME NEW YORK. December 190 (M. — Rail roAds ;sporting November net operating I come (before charges and other in- come) today incl) Semas ity mouth... 925 ks si88s ens. 18 to 10 youns toms m’ hens, yesterday's finish. | From a low of $1.32',, May Wheat here | : May, 1333, | Trus e | Wellimgton Fund - ARMOUR ORDERS DIVIDEND ARREARS Accumulations en 7 Per Cent Preferred Amount to $31.50 Per Share. By the Assoriated Press. CHICAGO, December 19.—Armour & Co. (Ilinois) directors voted yester~ day disbursement of $1,062,000 in pay- s.| ment of all accumulated dividends on the 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock of which there are some 33.000 i | shares outstanding. The back divi- dends amount to $31.50 per share. The 7 per cent preferred stock was issued in 1918 and dividends were paid on it regularly until April, 1931. As part of a plan adopted in 1934 for re- adjustment of Armour's financial structure, more than 93 per cent of this stock was exchanged for a new $6 | prior preferred stock and common stock, and since July 1, 1935, partial dividends at the rate of $6 per year have been paid on the 7 per cent pre= | terred. The disbursement ordered yesterday will be paid January 15 to stockholders of record January 5, when the privilege {of exchanging the stock for the $6 | prior preferred and common will be withdrawn, R. H. Cabell, president. said the com~ Pany’s results for the fiscal year ended in October were better than for the previous year and results for the cure rent period to date are satisfactory. Gellman Manufacturing. Directors of Gellman Manufacturing Co. of Rock Island, 11l declared an initial dividend of 10 cents a share on the common stock, pavable Decemn- ber 23 to stockholders of record De- cember 21, and a special of 5 rents, payable December 31 to stockholders of record December 29. L. C. Smith & Corona. NEW YORK, December 19 () —1., C. Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc., Syracuse, N. Y., annourced a special of 50 cents and an undesignated divie dend of 25 cents a share on the com- mon, both payable December 24 to holders of record December 18. General Refractories. A dividend of 50 cents a share on the capital stock, payable December 29 to holders of record December 24, was declared by directors of General Refractories Co. The payment will bring total disbursements on the stock (for the vear to $3.25 a share. The company has headquarters in Phila« delphia. INVESTING COMPANIES NFW YORK Dece: York Security Deaiers. Asco 19 ® —New s’ Association. Admin Pd “nd Inc | Am Busmess Shrs | Am Gen Eo Inc Am Ins Stocks. _ la-num— Blair ‘Bln! vam Shr: Bankers Nai Inv Corp lBl‘IE Ind L(er Broad St Buliock Fund Corporate Trust_ Corporate Trust A A ‘Cnm Ir A Amod ___ D TT Actum Ser” (OX’D Tr Acc Mod (',r‘\ Jl |\'P 'h‘ Sh Depos Bk §h N Dnnrw Ins Shrs - Depos Ins Shrt Diversified Tr C Dlvldend Shrs _ ¥ Corn 33 o P'fle'fl' Pund_Inc. Pirst Boston Corp. Fixed Trust sh Pixed Trust Sh B | Found Tr 8h & Pund lnlhlm:- Tnc. 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December 19 () Bartment of Agriculture) 560 einding 11.000 direct: ge h Priday’s average: better f 90 unds, D90810.10: top. 10.10. Tew well finjehed: 150-180 pounds. 9.60-90; ersiy_poos, 3% 150 pounds. S.75a8 30 ;| Bood 325-450 pounds, sows quotable, ib: shippers took 300: esiimated hold- over. 1,000 eek ago weights uptard from lfiurunds “mostly 10 lowers others around 5 off: sows littie changed Cattle, 200; calves. 100: compared Pri- daylast week: ' Good and choice steers And vearlins igher: common and medium gTa: tady re 25 up, weighty kinds “showing advance: eneral market better grade sieers all weights 80 to 1 over Monday's low time, up mos | Peceipts extassive early: week-end curtail- ment stimulated marke? to lop-heavy posi- tion in view of dressed irade made siuggish by excessive be!l tonnage and l!l!onll poultry _influence; commor Reifera tully steady: mediu 2 lower. such 7.00A10.00 heifers dressin better than recently: cows strong o 18 higher: bulls fully sieady: vealers weal 500, Indudlnc none direct: for week ending PFriday. 4.600 directs: com- pared Friday lln veel Fat lambs mostly dy. a8 firm. feeding lambs 8. 550 er "and Fall shorn, l!l yearlings, 7. b wei .00 Westerns. 9.00: most 1 ’XJ 0 bulk native 100 pou slaus o pound up, i "E'.':'fg.l”q"mm, L w“a‘ 21%: 'fi' l"t.‘"&om‘ ‘onnt‘-fit n.eld.l!u 2 turk 1 fl?:‘ 7!’M‘;.‘.fl' 8.387; %147 Tresh gr Jocal S0 Dovveat 1;1‘"‘1" extras, 2 Teceipts. 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