Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1937, Page 6

A—6 CIRCULATION RATE INCREASE IS SEEN Some Newspapers May Be Forced to Hike Price Due to Cost of Newsprint. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, Oct. 20—Prediction that many newspapers may be forced to raise their circulation rates be- cause of fast-rising newsprint and other production costs, was given today by W. G. Chandler, chairman of the' Newsprint Committee of the American Newspaper Publishers As- #sociation. Chandler already has asked pub- lishers to protest to newsprint manu- facturers the threatened price in- creases for 1938. Newspapers in more than 50 Amer- fean cities have been forced to raise their rates recently because of in- creased costs, he said. Costs of newspaper publishing, ac- cording to statistics tabulated, have been advancing recently far out of proportion to increased receipts from advertising and circulation. Pay Rolls Ahead of 1929. Pay rolls, it was stated, have jumped shead of even the 1929 level, both through wage increase to editorial, clerical and mechanical employes, and from additional employes taken on, while receipts generally are still well below the 1929 total. «.. Every commodity going into manu- facturing a newspaper, with one or iwo minor exceptions, has advanced i price over the previous year, ac- cording to A. N. P. A, statistics. Pub- lishers are paying more for metal, fuel, services, newsprint, and all the nu- merous requisites to producing & well-printed, interesting mnewspaper, promptly delivered to a wide coverage. In one instance, on one group of newspapers, pay rolls in nine months this year have increased 9 per cent, according to statistics reported, over the already sharp increases of 1936. Taxes, especially for social security, are cutting into receipts, the reports indicate. Face 17 Per Cent Advance. ‘The largest item of cost in producing A newspaper, next to pay rolls, is news- print paper, Chandler explained. News- papers have not only been paying an increased price on this product this year, except a few having long-term contracts at lower than current rates, but in 1938 they will generally face an even greater advance, up to 17 per cent in most cases, he said. Even at the $49 average price for 1938, announced by the Great Northern Pa- per Co., which may govern the price of other mills, American publishers next year will be obliged to pay $25.- 000,000 more for paper than in 1937 For this reason newspapers in many cities recently have had to increase circulation rates, in some cases up to 5 cents a copy, and in more cases in- crease subscription rates. Among the more than 50 cities where rates have been recently increased are San Francisco, Houston, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Milwaukee, Hartford, Conn.; Seattle, Portland, Oreg.; San Diego, Oskland, Boston, Sacramento, Philadelphia, Camden, N, J.; Harrisburg, Pa, and San An- tonio. The reports generally have indicated that circulation has not been greatly affected by the increases. CONDITION IMPROVED ¥xB Miss Janet Tenis, 22, of Nokesville, Va., who has been undergoing the sul- fanilamide treatment for spinal men- | ingitis, was reported “doing better” today at Providence Hospital. Miss Tenis was brought to Wash- ington Sunday in a comatose condi- tion and has been treated since with the drug, which has gained wide at- tention since its introduction to this | town was host to the couple in father to son since that time. Village Blacksmith Honored HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1937. James Lord Pratt, modern counterpart of Longfellow’s “Village Blacksmith,” in Essex, Conn., recently observed the golden anniversary of his marriage, at whic time the entire a celebration. He is the ninth generation successor of Lt. John Pratt, Saybrook settler, who established the smithy in 1642. The business has continued from —Wide World Photo. RAIL RATE BOOST ASKED INVIRGINIA Increase to 2 Cents Per Mile Sought—Two Lines Af- fected Chiefly. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va.. Oct. 29.—Virginia railroads, which have been cxperi- | menting since 1933 with a one-way | coach fare of a cent and a half a| mile, today asked the Virginia Cor-| poration Commission for authority to | raise these rates to 2 cents a mile. C. B. Rhodes of Atlanta, £sent for | the railways, asked the commission | to approve new intrastate fares “to become effective on the same date that the interstate fares become ef- fective, which will be November 15, 1937, on 10 days’ notice.” | The Southern Railroad and the Seaboard Air Line will ce the prin- cipal lines affected in the matter, | which was set for hearing before the Corporation Commission November 12. Rhodes said the Atlantic Coast Line, the Baltimore & Ohio, the Ciiesapeake & Ohio, the Norfolk & -Western, the | Pennsylvania, the R. F. & P. ana the | Virginian already have i effect a one-way coach fare of 2 certs a mile, INCREASE TO NET $5,000,000. Rates Boost in West Effective in Twn! or Three Months. CHICAGO, Oct. 29 (#) —Western railroads were in line today for an| estimated $5,000,000 annual boost in | revenues through increases in certain | passenger fares. The boost in fares was voted by the | Western Association of Railway Ex- ecutives at a meeting here yesterday. Meanwhile, directors of the Associ- tion of American Railroads put finish- ecountry about s year ago. @ y@‘w«— g kA own THE SHOE SENSATION OF TODAY,, 1107 F. STREET N. W. . STORES THROUGHOUT - Mew York @ NewJderssy © Pennsylvanie @ Ohio < @ Ulinols - e 2 ing touches on requests for general | ING . Mail orders c¢:df.| 15¢ . HOSIERY 49¢ to 98¢ . HANDBAGS 98¢ 30 1,98 increases in freight and passenger rates. | Chairman Harry Guy Taylor said | the increases in Western railroads’| passenger fares would become effective | three or four months hence. Because | the new rates did not exceed limita- | tions fixed by the Interstate Com-| merce Commission, the approval of the I. C. C. will not be nec«’&\ary.l Taylor said. Features— Emerson Micro-Selector brings in American and foreign stations. PROSECUTION RESTS IN MRS. HAHN TRIAL Circumstances in Deaths of Four Elderly Men Admitted as “‘Corollary Evidence.” By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Oct. 29.—The State rested today its murder-poison case against Anna Marie Hahn, charged with the death of 78-year-old Jacob Wagner. Circumstances in the deaths of four other elderly men were admitted by IF HE'D ONLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT S DEAFNESS Judge Charles 8. Bell as “corollary evidence.” Court recessed until Saturday after Judge Bell denled a defense request that sessions be delayed until Mon- day to allow time to consider evidence. Listed as the last in & parade of 95 State witnesses, Mrs. Katherine Keeler of Northwestern University’s crime de- tection laboratory, testified yesterday that Mrs. Hahn forged Wagner’s name to & $1,000 check, wrote and signed his purported will in her own favor and inscribed for herself a full power-of- attorney. “I haven’t the slightest idea in the world what the defense will be,” as- serted Joseph H. Hoodin, chief of Mrs. DONT FOOL YOURSELF People are kind. They don’t tell you they notice. But they shun you—whisper about your condition. 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