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ALDEN FREEMAN
• IS CONFINED TO
i MENTAL HOSPITAL
NOTED PHILANTHROPIST
PICKED UP BY WASH.
INGTON POLICE
WASHINGTON. July 18 (TP)—A
rather shabbily dressed white bearded
old man started talking around Union
Station in Washington the other day
about his great wealth and his politi
cal triumphs.
The police promptly picked him up
and took him over to the mental ward
of Gallinger Hospital. He was very
agreeable about it and made no pro
test. But the police said he talked
In a rambling way and seemed to be
affected by he heat. He’s been taking
it easy at the hospital ever since
and even seems to be enjoying him
self.
. Then today it came out. The man
held in the mental hospital is Alden
Freeman—an internationally known
architect, who really is immensely
wealthy and Who In his lifetime has
scored great political triumphs, as
well many others.
Freeman, now 74 years old owns
a large estate at Miami Beach, Fla.
He’s the wealthy philanthropist who
during the world war turned his
palatial home in East Orange, N. J.,
into a convalescent home for soldiers.
He is the author of three books and
dozens of articles on political reform.
He’s given almost a half column in
“Who’s Who.’’
Freeman is a member of the Na
tional Fraternity of Scholastic Ex
cellence, Phi Beta Kappa. He receiv
ed his Master of Science Degree in
architecture from New York Univer
sity in 1887. Since then he’s designed
such famous buildings as Franklin
Lodge at Miami and the Terraced
Gardens at Santa Barbara, California.
The Santa Barbara estate, built at a
cost of $350,000, he later gave to the
city.
Said Dr. Joseph Gilbert, head of
the psychiatric word at Gallinger,
when he heard Freeman’s fame:
'He's suffering mental trouble of
some kind, but it will require some lit
tle time and study to determine its
nature.”
FAR EAST EYES
WAR LORDS’ ACTS
IN SOUTH CHINA
RIVAL GENERALS DRAW
UP THEIR BATTLE
LINES
SHANGHAI. Ju 18 (TP).—The
eyes of the Far East are on south
western China today.
Armies of the rival Kwangtung
generals, Chen Chi-Tang and Yu
Hgp-Mou are drawn up within 60
miles of each other north of Canton.
General Yu is supporting the Nan
king government which recently or
dered General Chen to turn over his
command of the provincial military
forces.
Unless Chen bows to the demands
of the Nanking government, most ob
servers believe a battle between his
forces and Yu’s troops cannot ve
avoided. A clash was averted yea
called “the deposed leader who re
fuses to be deposed,” retreated to
strengthen his position nearer Can
ton.
A section of the Hankow railroad
has suspended operations in the sec
tor occupied by the rival armies. Gen
eral Chen took over the tracks and
equipment and is using the road for
military transportation to rush troops
up to what may prove a hard-fought
battle in the near future.
RETAILER PLEADS
FOR UNIFORMITY
♦ SHERILL STATES CRYING
NEED IN VARIED
SALES TAXES
WASHINGTON, July 18 (TP).—
The president of the American Re
tail Association, Clarence Sherill, de
clared tonight that there is a crying
need for uniformity in various sales
taxes throughout the country.
“Sales taxes of various forms are
now in effect in more than 20 states,”
he said, “but each tax law has been
developed independently.’ The re
sult he said was that there was no
co-ordination of the classes of prop
erty subject to the tax and above all
no uniform practical methods of en
forcement.
Sherill declared that retailers and
consumers alike are opposed to sales
taxes of any kind because of the bur
den of collection and the Inequality
of their assessment. He pointed out
that in West Virginia, for instance,
under its two per cent law, the tax
on a six cent purchase is more than
16 per cent while that on a dollar
purchase was only two per cent.
He characterized as an absurdity
the system Which made the tax rate
higher the smaller the purchase.
Sherill wasn’t very optimistic,
however, about sales taxes being
stopped very soon. "The magnitude
Os the totals available from taxes on
sales, particularly retail sales,” he
said, “provides a tempting source of
revenue to legislatures and invites
wide-spread adoption.”
MORTGAGE FINANCING
DECLINES DURING YEAR
WASHINGTON, July 18 (TP)—
Drops in government statistics may
usually carry a gloomy message, but
here's one slump that has adminis
tration officials grinning cheerfully.
The farm credit administration an
nounced today that farm mortgage
financing from all sources in the
United States declined one-third dur
ing the 12-month period ending May
>l.
W. I. Myers, governor of the F. C.
A. pointed out that most farm mort
gage loans tn that period represented
the refinancing of old mortgages. The
American farmer, Myers said, is not
going further Into debt.
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TOURING AREAS BY THOUSANDS OF MILES.
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(Central Press Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, July 18. The
progress made by commercial aviat
tion -during the last few years has
been so rap.d and so fascinating that
the importance of the motor car as an
international carrier and transport
has been forced into a dim back
ground.
Yet a hasty survey of the globe dis
closes that more money and more
manpower are expended in the build
ing of highways in all parts of the
world today than are involved in the
advancement of air routes.
Almost without exception, every
country in the world is busily en
gaged making roads for automobile
traffic. Some wish to entice tourists,
others are answering industry’s age
old cry for faster transportation of
raw materials and products. A fl
plan roads that will speed up troop
movements in time of war.
Alaska to South America
In the Western hemisphere we
have been interested for several years
in the Pan-Amrican highway, which
some day will provide a connecting
link betwen Alaska and South Amer
ica. Already 7,000 miles of the total
distance between Fairbanks and Pana
ma City are passable. Mexico has 900
miles of the road finished in her ter
ritory and every Central American
country has done a portion.
This road will cost millions. In
Mexico alone the first 900 miles are
estimated to have cost the govern
ment there $50,000,000. The expendi
ture, however, should be a wise one,
encouraging revolutionary advances in
industrial and commercial relations
between the United States and those
countries to the south.
South America has been far from
backward in her development of fine
roads. A recent check-up revealed a
network totaling 36,000 miles of im
proved highways in the seven coun
tries of Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Vene
zuela, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay,
Brazil is the leader, with 15,000 miles.
In Europe
Italy, Russia and Germany are the
pace-setters in European development,
England, France and Spain, of course,
already possess excellent highway
systems.
During the last six years Mussolini
has spent $100,000,000 in the building
of 12,600 miles of paved, highways tn
Italy. Os this total distance, 3,764
miles are lined with fine big trees,
planted at the rate of 240 every mile.
More than 100 grade. crossings have
been eliminated and a government de
partment has been established to
keep H Duce’s roads in perfect condi
tion.
Some 80,000 Germans are actively
engaged today in shaping up Adolf
Hitler’s ambitious highway program,
which features a super-system 4.200
miles long. When completed, these
roads will pierce every corner of Ger
many.
Six cars will be able to travel
abreast on Hitler’s highways and the
absence of curves will make terrific
speeds possible. There will be no such
thing a$ a grade crossing—not even
a single cross-road! The roads will be
routed around cities, thus helping
travelers to avoid the delays of city
traffic. At intervals, elaborate rest and
service stations will be built and
placed at the disposal of motorists.
Russia Now Active
Russia has lagged behind, but at
the present time is rushing construc
tion of roads connecting the east and
west coasts of North Sakhalin with
parts of Central Asia.
In more rsmote corners of the globe,
romantic highways are being readied
to take adventurous motorists into
territories where an automobile still
is a novelty.
In northern Africa, for instance,
the Italian government has practically
completed a road from Tripoli to the
Egyptian frontier at Solium. This
highway is 1.400 miles long and en
tirely macadamizsd. From Solium it
will be extended to Alexandria, thus
making it possible to drive from Mo
rocco to Cairo.
In the wilds of Africa farther south
a new roadway has been put through
i.cm Keibala in Pganda province to
Ruchuru in the Belgian Congo. It
traverses the primitive
and br-ngs the motor car into close
contact with a region almost entirely
inhabited by huge gorilla and pigmy
tribes.
Desert Highway
Through the joint efforts of the
English Automobile Association and
the Austrian Touring club, a young
student from Vienna, Max Reisch, to
day is blazing a trail for a highway
of the future which will originate
somewhere in China and be routed
through Persia, Turkey, Afghanistan
and India, cutting across the famous
Gobi desert.
ERMA YOUNG IN ‘WONDERLAND’
ESSAY WINNER ARRIVES IN NEW YORK TO SEE A FOG
AROUND THE STATUTE OF LIBERTY.
NEW YORK, July 18 (TP)—A blue
eyed, 21-year-old girl from Montana
stepped off a train in Manhattan to
day to find her dream had come true.
The young lady is Miss Erma Young.
She wrote a prize-winning essay on
the subject of “Why I Should See New
York”. The judges picked it out of
some 700 entries in the contest and
Erma—who had never been east of
Montana—came on to New York.
Newsmen and photographers corwd
ed around the visitor when her train
pulled into Grand Central Terminal.
Erma stepped off the train brushed
aside her confusion and posed for the
photographers. Then she calmly an
swered newsmen's questions.
“Yes, I’m a bit frightened,” Erma
admitted. “But—l’m here to have a
good time.”
Erma was graduated from the Intev
mountain Union College at Great
PLAN LANDON NOTIFICATION
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO * OFFICIALLY ASSUME
REINS OF G. O. P. NATIONAL RACE THURSDAY.
TOPEKA, Kan., July 18 (TP)—
The bang of hammers and the snarl
of saws resounded in Topeka today as
workmen put the finishing touches
to the fittings for the notification
ceremonies.
Governor Landon is due to stand
on the steps of the Kansas state
house next Thursday and hear a dele
gation of Republican leaders official
ly notify him that he has been chosen
to carry the G. O. P. standard in
November.
All the pomp and glamor of a
Hollywood extravaganza will feature
a mammoth parade that will precede
the ceremonies. None otfcer than the
Hollywood director who made the
word “collosal” a by word in the mo
tion picture business, Cecil B. De
UNION OFFICIAL it FOUND
GUILTY MANSLAUGHTER’
INDIANAPOLIS, July 18 (TP).—A j
union official, Harry Peats, was |
found guilty today of manslaughter
in the John Penny strike murder
trial. Peats was sentenced to from
two to 21 years in prison.
He and another labor leader, Em
mett Williams, were charged with
killing Penny, a non-strlker, in
March, 1935, during the Kroger Gro
cery Company strike. The pair al
legedly hurled a- rock through the
cab of a grocery truck Penny was
driving.
Williams was acquitted.
SCHOONER WITH 2 ABOARD
IS MISSING OFF COAST
BOSTON, July 18 (TP).—A 28-
foot auxiliary schooner with two men
aboard is missing off the coast of
New England tonight. The craft.
SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1936
In Hawaii, a specular highway re
cently was opensd to traffic extend
ing from the port of Wailuku upwand
to the brim of the crater of the great
colcano, Haleaala, 10,000 feet above
the level of the sea. Today, tourists
wishing to visit the volcano can do
so in two or three hours by auto,
where formerly a day’s ride on horse
back was required.
Even the Moslem Holy Land is not
immune from the inroads of the con
quering automobile. At the present
time a road from Iraq to Mecca is
being planned over which pilgrims of
the future will be able to travel by
buses or passenger cars to the Shrine
of Mohamet!
Falls, Mont., last month. The col
lege itself doesn’t exist any longer.
Montana’s severe earthquakes of last
fall wiped it out. Erma looked up at
Manhattan’s towering skyscrapers and
wondered—out Iced—" Wouldn’t it be
terrible if you had an earthquake
here.” They assured her such a
catastrophe wasn’t likely.
Erma’s prize-winning essay told
about a lot of things she wanted to
see in New York City. “I want to
see its heart really beat,” wrote
Erma. “I want to see the Statue of
Liberty in a fog.”
The Montana girl's hosts are going
to take her up Fifth Avenue and
down Broadway, to the Planetarium,
to Jones Beach and to dozens of oth
er places. The trips also include one
to the Statue of Liberty, but the city
folks don’t know what to do about
arranging for a fob around the statue.
Mllle, will have charge of the parade.
The big question today seems to be
just when Governor Landon is going
to open his active presidential cam
paign.
The popular prediction is that the
G. O. P. nominee will not take the
stump in his own behalf before Sep
tember. Until then, Republican Chair
man John Hamilton and Vice Presi
dential Candidate Frank Knox prob
ably will handle the brunt of the cam
paign speaking assignments.
Newsmen at Topeka think the Kan
sas governor is casting a yearning
eye at his Colorado ranch. They ex
pect the governor to return to the
trout streams and snow banks of
Estes Park as soon as next week’s of
ficial notification ceremonies are over.’
A GOOD IDEA!
NEW YORK, July 18 (TP)—A
Fifth Avenue attorney, Philip Da
vis, today took up the cause of
comir.mters who can’t find seats
in railroad coaches.
Davis said he had to stand all the
way en route by train from Al
bany to New York last Sunday.
He anounced that he has demand
ed his fare back from the railroad.
He also intends to sue for dam
ages.
The lawyer reported that the
law says railroads must provide
what is called “sufficient accom
modation” for passengers. He con
tends that sufficient acccmmoda
tion means at least some kind of
seat.
named. “Amoeba,’’ left Calais, Maine
on July 2. She was headed for Bos
ton and she Intended to report her
progress down the coast.
Nothing has been heard or seen
of the ’ Amoeba" sines her departure
Coastguard vessels have been asked
to keep an eye out for the missing
craft.
ST. PAUL EXPECTS
POLICE “SHAKEUP”
RESULT OF QUESTIONING
IN HAMM KIDNAP
PING CASE
ST. PAUL, Min., July 18 (TP)
Rumors of a police force shakeup
are common in St. Paul today.
A witness in the William Hamm kid
naping trial testified that the kidnap
gang paid one fourth of the SIOO 000
ransom for police protection. The
witness, Byron Bolton, claimed the
money was given former Police Chief
Tom Brown, who was a detective un
til his suspension yesterday.
The former Karpis mobster, Bol
ton, also testified that SIO,OOO was
paid to Jack Pfeiffer, the only one of
seven men indicted for the kidnaping
to plead not guilty. Pfeiffer is the
alleged “Finger Man” of the Karpls-
Barker gang.
Federal lawyers are trying to prove
that the kidnap plot extended beyond
June 18 1933, the date of Hamm’s
abduction. If they do not prove their
point, the statute of limitations may
bring Pfeiffer an acquittal.
RELIEF CLIENTS
SEEKING CASH
10,000 CHICAGO MARCHERS
IN PARADE DOWN
BOULEVARD
CHICAGO, July 18 (TP)—More
than 10,000 relief clients marched
down Chicago’s Michigan boulevard
today in a demand for restoration of
direct cash relief payments.
Two hundred extra police were on
duty along the parade route, ready
for the first sign of trouble.
The marchers chanted a call for
the city to reinstate the cash relief
system immediately. They said th?y
could save money by paying cash for
groceries and necessities, rather than
by presenting city requisitions to store
keepers.
The demonstration started with a
round of speech-making at Union
Park. Plans called for a march to the
South Side, where the parade was
scheduled to disband.
City officials, meanwhile, claimed a
system for restoring cash payments
has been prepared and probably would
go into effect in September.
FAMED EDUCATOR
IN DOCTOR’S CARE
FASHION CREATOR
PREDICTS RETURN
TO LONG SKIRTS
WELLESLEY, Mass., July 18 (TP)
Miss Helen Fitz Pendleton, president
emeritus of Wellesley college, is under
doctor’s care today.
The 71-year-old educator retired
from active office at Wellesley a
month ago after serving 25 years.
Grace Crocker, the school’s executive
secretary and trustee announced Miss
Pendleton's illness. Said she: “Miss
Pendleton is suffering from a slight
collapse, apparently caused by over
work.”
The elderly educator’s condition Is
not regarded as serious.
AT THE
THEATERS
LUCAS—M ond ay, Tuesday and
Wednesday, Lionel Barry
more in ‘The Devil Doll”
with Maureen O’Sullivan.
Thursday, Friday adn Sat
urday, Clark Gable and
Jeanette MacDonald in
“San Francisco” with Spen
cer Tracy and Jack Holt.
ODEON—Monday and Tuesday, “Edu
cating Father” with Jed
Prouty and Shirley Deane.
Wednesday and Thursday,
“Champagne Charlie” with
Paul Cavanaugh and Helen
Woods. Friday and Satur
day, Richard Dix in "Yel
low Dust, with Leila Hyams.
FOLLY—Monday and Tuesday, Jane
Withers in “Paddy O’Day,”
with Pinky Tomlin. Wednes
day and Thursday, Herbert
Marshall and Gertrude
Michael in ’’Till We Meet
Again". Friday and Satur
day, Edmund Lowe and Vir
ginia Bruce in ‘The Garden
Murdear Case.”
ARCADIA—Monday and Tuesday,
Katharine Hepburn in "Sql
via Scarlett" with Cary
Grant. Wednesday and
Thursday, “Personal Maid's
Secret" with Margaret Lind
. say and Walter Hull. Fri
day and Saturday, Double
Feature. “Love On a Bet”
with Gene Raymond and
Wendy Barrie. A Western!
“Texas Jack."
SAVANNAH—Monday and Tuesday,
“Death From a Distance”
with Russell Hopton, Lola
Lane and George Marion.
Which is the murderer?
First showing. Also short
subjects. Max Schmeling
vs. Joe outs—l 2 official
rounds packed wdth thrills!
Wednesday and Thursday.
Marjorie Rambeau in “Diz
zy Dames’’ with Florine
McKinney and Lawrence
Gray, Fuzzy Knight and
Inez Courtney. Gay musi
cal romance. First showing.
Also comedy and cartoon.
Friday and Saturday. Dou
ble Features! “Make a Mil
lion” with Charles Starrett
and Pauline Brooks and
Tom Tyler’s new western
“Rio Rattlers.’ Also Chap
ter 8 “Undersea Kingdom”
and cartoon.
Vacation —Modem Style
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Bernard De Siege, 9, and his sister, Zoe, 7, of St. Louis, Mo., have a bit of
refreshment at Chicago as they traveled by plane to Lakehurst, N. J.,
where they boarded the Zeppelin, Hindenburg, for Germany. They’ll
return to America on the Queen Maru. (Central Press)
“KNEE ACTION” IS
BASIS OF CLAIM
TWO MEN SUING AUTO
COMPANIES FOR SUM
OF $25,000,000
CHICAGO, July 18 (TP).—Two
men who claim to be the originators
of “knee action” automobile spring
construction, entered suits against
several automobile manufacturers to
day. They asked for $25,000,000
from the auto companies.
The men who brought the suit are
Joseph Wood and Walter Scott. They
claim the “knee action” construction
was patented by Wood, who sold half
his rights to Scott in 1931.
The suit names the General Mo
tors Corporation and several of its
subsidiaries as defendants. The Stude
baker Company, Chrysler Motor Com
pany and Packard also are defen
dants. Wood and Scott claim the
motor manufacturers have profited
by—"at least $100,000,000 by the knee
action spring constructino.”
The two men ask that an injunc
tion be granted to keep the automo
bile manufacturers from using their
patents until the suit is settled.
PUBLICITY HOAX
IN REVERBERATION
WASHINGTON, July 18 (TP)—
A District of Columbia Police Court
Judge gave Margaret Louise Bel! *
30-day delay of extradition today.
Miss Bell is the 23-year-old girl
with several aliases who told Wash
ington police last Sunday that a
member of a New York vice gang haa
mutilated and tried to murder her.
After a five day investigation police
termed the story a “pure fabrication.”
In the meantime the hoax public
ity got Miss Bell into another jam.
A world war veteran, Philip R. Davis,
recognized her pictures. He told police
that Baltimcde officials had a war
rant for her arrest on charges of steal
ing S7OO from him.
Baltimore officials appeared in the
police court today and sought to se
cure her extradition. Miss Bell’s at
le.ney asked for and received the
traditional 30 day delay.
That’s Determination!
WOMAN PROMISES CAMP
ON COURT LAWN IF
CASE CONTINUES
NEW BEDFORD, Mass., July 18
(TP). —The song may be changed to:
“Tenting Tonight on the Old Court
house Lawn,” if Mrs. Esther L. Bra
brook goes through with her threat.
Mrs. Brabrook is the pretty young
Boston divorcee who parted from
husband Leonard Brabrook of Taun
ton, Mass., a year ago. The wife
was given custody of an eight-year
old son, while Brabrook was given
custody of a daughter. The ex-hus
band now is seking custody of the
son.
Mrs. Brabrook was indignant when
she was called into court to answer
her former husband’s petition, ad
dressing the judge, she said:
“I’ll pitch a tent right here on the
courthouse lawn and stay here all
summer if this case drags on.”
HAMILTON STATES
LANDON TO CARRY
ALL NEW ENGLAND
PHILADELPHIA, July 18 (TP)
The Republican national chairman,
John Hamilton, predicted today that
Governor Landon will ca r ry Pennsyl
vania and all the New England states.
Hamilton said that Representative
Lemke’s Union party will help the
Republicans in every state. He de
clared the Lemke votes will come
chiefly from leftwing Democrats. The
Republican chairman stopped in the
Quaker city on his way to Hershey,
Pennsylvania.
FATHER OF DEAD BOY
PLEADS FOR DEFENDANT
WILMINGTON, Del., July 18 (TP)
George Price of Wilmington owes his
freedom today to the father of the
boy he killed with his automobile.
Price’s car struck and killed Allen
Pennington. The boy’s father plead
ed before a coroner’s Jury. He btoke
down and cried when he told th® jury
the accident was his son’s fault and
that Price was not to bhme for the
boy’s death. The jury agreed with
the father and freed the driver who
had killed his son.
LAWYER NABBED
IN BLACKMAIL OF
HARRY BANNISTER
NEW YORK, July 18 (TP).—Attor
ney Harry Hechheimer, a suspect in
the alleged extortion of $2,000 from
Producer Harry Bannister, was
brought back to New York today.
The attorney, arrested after a wild
automobile chase through Upstate
New York, was in the custody of an
assistant district attorney.
Hechheimer together with another
lawyer, Jerome Jacobs, and private
detective, Raymond Derringer, are
charged with obtaining $2,000 from
the estranged husband of Actress
Ann Harding under the pretect of
turning over documents related to
Bannister’s martial troubles.
The papers, Bannister charges,
were not what they were represented
to be.
COTTON MARKETS
NEW YORK, July 18 (TP)—The New
York cotton market reacted today
with futures showing declines rang
ing from 7 to 14 points. The reports
of good rains in the central and east
trn cotton belt prompted the selling
wave. New Orleans futures sagged 9
to 13 points.
New York spot cotton was quiet
with middling 11 points lower at
13.12. New Orleans spot middling
declined 14 points to 12.79.
GRAIN MARKET
CHICAGO, July 18 (TP)—The Chi
cago grain market broke sharply to
day. Com futures fell 5 cents a
bushel with the July position falling
to 88 7-8 cents. The selling followed
Bearish weather reports. Wheat fut
ures dropped more than 3 cents.
MARKET REVIEW
NEW YORK July 18 (TP) —The
stock market was a listless affair to
day. A late rally of mild proportions
carried most stocks higher on the
day but gains were small. Several
rails, utilities, and metals gained more
than a point. Farm implements sag
ged. Fractional gains were the rule
among the steels and motors. Turn
over for the two hour session totaled
560,000 shares.
New York Bureau Averages:
Close Change
60 Industrials 47.80 Up 0.25
20 Utilities 31.69 Up 0.18
20 Rails 29.68 Up 0.12
Trading was light in all sections
of the bond market. Corporate issues
were mixed and narrow. U. S. gov
ernments showed a firmer tone. For
eign bonds were dull. Sales totaled
$4,760,000.
The curb market showed a mixed
tone. A few of the metals and util
ities advanced a point or more. Trans
actions totaled 204 000 shares.
Francs eased 1-8 point to .0662 7-8
on the foreign exchange market. Ster
i’ng galne 3-16 cents to $5.03 3-16.
NAVAL STORES
Spirits turpentine Saturday after
noon, steady, 37. Sales today, 460.
Spirits turpentine yesterday, firm,
36 1-2 c. Sales yestercay, 160.
Rosin
Noon Day Last
Today Before Year
Tone Firm Firm Firm
X 575 565 525
WW 575 565 525
WG 540 535 480
N 520 520 470
M 520 515 440
K 520 515 440
I 525 510 437 1-2
H 515 510 437 1-2
G 515 507 1-2 435
F 515 507 1-2 425
E 500 500 405
D 475 475 365
B 450 450 ~ 365
Sales 597 613 1273
Spirits one year ago, firm 43c. Sales,
237.
Statement
Spirits Rosin
Stock April 1 37,488 57,628
Received today 662 2,552
This day last *
year 773 2.147
Received for month . 9.024 32.761
Received same month
last season 9,540 37,922
Received for
season 40,936 149,661
Receipts same date
last season 45,818 167 105
Shipments today .... 1,957 2,252
Shipments for
month 11,091 28.849
Shipments for
season 49,660 135.400
Shipments last
season 30,707 149.332
Stock today 28,764 71,887
Same day last
year 38,902 132,875
PAGE FIVE
VARIED CAREER
ENDS IN DEATH
LIFE OF JAMES TALBOT
READS LIKE A STORY.
BOOK
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18 (TP)—
/
James A. Talbot—once the million
aire head of a gigantic oil company
and once a San Quentin convict—
lies dead in San Francisco today.
Talbot s fortune increased in step
with the rise if the Richfield OU Com
pany, of which he was president.
Then came catastrophe, in the form
of charges of mishandling company
funds. When the drawn-out court
trials were over. Talbot was in San
Quentin and his fortune, estimated
at between $5,000,000 and $8,000,000
was gone.
The oil man served two years in
prison; then emerged to begin a come
back fight in the real estate field .His
struggle to get back to the top ended
when he was stricken with a heart
attack at his San Francisco home.
Te died only a few minutes before
his wife and son. speeding to San
Francisco by plane, arrived at his
bedside.
MARKETS
NEW YORK. July 18 (TP)—Trad
ing interest dropped to a low ebb in
today’s session on the stock market.
Transactions dwindled to 560,000
shares. Small gains predominated In
all major groups. A few of the spec
ialties, rails, utilities and metals were
most active.
The bond market drifted within a
narrow price range. Wheat slumped
more than two cents a bushel. Cot
ton sagged aproximately 50 cents a
bale.
Yesterday's prices:
Pick up Prices
A
Air Reduction 77
Allied Chem 2111-2
Am. Can •••• 1351-2
Am. Loco 27 1-4
Am. Pow. & Light 13 3-4
Am. Rad •••• 211-2
Am. Sugar 551-3
Am. Tel 171 1-4
Am. Tob. B 102 1-4
Anaconda 38 3-4
Armour 11l 5
Atchison 82 5-8
Aviation Corp. 5 7-8
Atlan. Ref 30 3-8
B
Bald. Loco 3 5-8
B & O 21 1-4
Bendex 29
Beth. Steel 53 1-4
Briggs 53
O
Canad. Pacif 13 1-4
Case 158
Cer-teed Pds. ••. • • 107 1-8
Chrysler 116
Com. Solvents 15
Consol. Oil 13 1-8
Cur. Wright 6 7-8
Cur. Wright A 18 1-8
D
Del. Lack - 19
Douglas 71
Du Pont 164 M
Del. <& Hud
E
Elec. Auto Lit 87 1-4
Elec. Pow. & Lit 17
F
Fed. Motor 9 3-4
G ; /
General Elec 40 1-2
General Motors 691-2 •
Goodrich 193-4
Goodyear 24 1-4
Grt. Wes. Sugr 35 1-2
H
Houdaille Her 76 3-4
Howe Sound 491-2
Hudson 17 1-8
Hupp 21-8
I
111. Cen 23 3-4
Int. Harves 81 3-4
Int. Nick 50 1-4
Int. Tel. 14 3-8
J
Johns Manvll 113 1-8
K
Kelvinator 20
Kennecott ......... 42 3-4
L
Lig. & My. B 109 1-4
Loews 51 7-8
M
Mack Tr 35
Maride Mid 10 1-8
Mid. Cont. Pet 22 3-4
Mont. Ward 431-2
N
Nash 17 M
Nat. Bis 33
Nat. Distill 26 1-2
Nat. Steel 671-4
N. Y. Cen 40 1-8
O
Otis Steel 15 14
P
Packard 10 74
Paramount 8 3-8
Penn. RR. •• • • 36 7-8
Ply. Oi. 1 15 1-2
Pub. Ser 47 14
R
Radio 113-4
Rem. Rand 20 34
Rey. Tob. B 55 1-4
S
Sears Roe 78 7-8
Simmons Co. 33 3-8
Socony 14
Sou. RR 18 14
Stand. Oil Cal. 39
Stand. Oil NJ 68
Stand. Brands 18
Stone & Web 19 74
Studebaker 11 1-4
Swift 26 74
T
Texas Corp 39
U
Union Carbide 951-4
Unit Alrcrft 26 7-8
United Corp 8
Unit Gas Imp 17 3-8
U. S. Rubber 29
U. S. Steel 63 1-8
V
Va. Car Chem 4 5-8
W
Warner Picts 113-8
Wesson Oil 39
Western Union 89
Westinghse 134 1-2
Wilson 7 7-g
Y
Yellow Truck 19 1-4
Youngstown 68 1-2
Z
Zenith Radio 311-2
Zonite Pds 624