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Hoover Administration Op
erations Now Practically
Liquidated.
tf the Associated Press.
Government authorities disclosed
last night that almost all of the com
modities acquired through operations
Of the Hoover administration’s Farm
Board have been liquidated.
Likewise, commitments still on the
books of the Farm Credit Adminis
tration, the Federal Surplus Com
modities Corp. and the Commodity
Credit Corp. were shown to be rela
tively small.
The Farm Board’s wheat purchases,
totaling 908.615,449 bushels of spot
and futures holdings from 1930 to
March, 1933. have disappeared. With
the exception of 85,000,000 bushels
donated to the Red Cross, they were
•old on the open market.
During its life the board financed
the removal from the market of nearly
3.500.000 bales of cotton. The Red
Cross received 800.000 bales and the
remainder was sold, excepting 474,000
bales turned over to the Secretary of
Agriculture in 1934.
First Roosevelt Term.
In President Roosevelt's first term
commoditions were acquired for the
most part in the form of collateral
on loans to producers by the Com
modity Credit Corp.
Under its by-laws the corporation
was permitted to make loans only
upon such commodities as from time
to time were designated by the Presi
dent. Officials said the purpose was
to support farm prices and enable
owners to retain title to products
which otherwise might have been
dumped upon the market with price
depressing effects.
The largest operations were in
cotton. In 1933 the Government
lent farmers, at 10 cents a pound, a
total of $99,498,491 on 1,925,787 bales.
All of these loans have been repaid.
Cotton loans in 1934, at 12 cents a
pound, totaled $282,643,977 on 4,631,
810 bales. Loans have been repaid
on all except 2.994.187 bales, in which
the Government has a stake of $202,
736.794.
In 1935 the Government loan on
cotton was returned to the 10-cent
basis and amounted to $3,028,269 ad
vanced on 59.277 bales, of which the
Commodity Credit Corp. still holds
26.120 for an aggregate producers’
debt of $1,303,466.
1935-36 Loans Repaid.
The 1935-36 loans of 45 cents a
bushel amounted to $13,933,000 on
30.966.000 bushels. All have been re
paid, excepting $2,808 on 11.511 bush
els.
Disposing of 2.157.944 hides and
•kins obtained through the purchase
of drought-stricken cattle in 1934
proved one of the Government's tough
est marketing problems. Sales were
•taggered to prevent price depression.
Official figures show 1.545,288 hides
and skins sold tor a total of $4,688.
487, with the Government still hold
ing 612.656. Authorities said 200,000
hioes and skins would be offered lor
eale during February.
Canned beef obtained in the
•laughter of drought cattle from Oc
tober, 1834, through December, 1936,
•mounted to 430.351.003 pounds. All
of it, save 12,584,714 pounds now in
the hands of State relief agencies,
has been distributed to persons on
relief.
Fresh and boned beef, similarly
obtained, totaled 55,331,470 pounds,
of which but 18,212 pounds remain in
the hands of State agencies for relief
distribution.
JURY DISREGARDS
AUTOPSY REPORT
Charges Two With Poisoning, De
spite Doctor's Failure to
Find Drug.
Bv the Associated Press.
ONEIDA. Tenn.. February 13.—Dis
regarding an autopsist's report that
evidence of poison was lacking, a
coroner's jury charged today that
Henry Terry, middle-aged railroad
engineer, was fatally poisoned by his
wife and son-in-law.
Dr. Ralph Monger of Knoxville.
Who performed the autopsy, said that
no trace of poison was found in
Terry's body and added that while
he was unable to state the exact
cause of the engineer's death, poison
ing had nothing to do with it.
Terry's body was exhumed last
Monday at the request of three
brothers, who told Coroner W. M.
Todd he died January 18 under cir
cumstances which caused them to be
come suspicious.
Counsel for the widow, Mrs. Cinda
Terry, 51. and the son-in-law. Her
man Millican, 35, agreed to waive
preliminary hearing and the two were
released under $2,500 bond for ap
pearance before the March grand
Jury.
Mrs. Shirley Cody, vivacious 17
year-old housekeeper for the Milli
cans. remained in jail on an acces
sory charge when she could not meet
bond of $250.
Mrs. Cody testified she had pur
chased poison from a druggist at the
request of Mrs. Terry. Several per
sons testified Mr. and Mrs. Terry
had had family difficulties.
ARLINE JUDGE, SEEKING'
DIVORCE, TO REMARRY
Will Wed Daniel Reed Topping
After Obtaining Decree From
Wesley Ruggles.
Br the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, February 13.—Ar
Une Judge, screen actress, announced
today she would marry Daniel Reed
Topping of New York society, imme
diately after she obtains a Reno di
vorce from Wesley Ruggles.
The announcement came through
her studio (20th Century-Fox), where
plans for her appearance in a forth
coming picture, "She Had to Eat,”
were discarded and a leave of ab
sence granted Miss Judge so she could
establish a Nevada residence.
A few hours pre iously Film Di
rector Ruggles filed an answer in Su
perior Court to the actress’ divorce
suit here, denying her charges of
cruelty and specifically that on one
occasion he had left her alone at
home to keep an appointment made
by telephone with another woman.
He said he had signed a property
settlement under which he will pay
11,000 a month for the support end
education of their son, Charles Wes
lay Buggies, 4.
Third Bride
DIXIE BEAUTY TO MARRY
BARCLAY, ARTIST.
VIRGINA MOORE.
The dark-haired Bennetts
ville, S. C., beauty will be the
third bride of McClelland Bar
clay, famed magazine illustra
tor and expert on feminine
beauty. Their romance was
revealed ivhen Miss Moore
fled to Palm Beach, Fla., to
escape the attention of an
other man.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
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House Committee Told Ef
fects of Clause Under Bus
and Ship Competition.
By the Associated Press.
The Nation's transportation systems
are waging a battle in a small room
j here for what each declares to be its
very existence.
Because of the technical nature of
the contest it is drawing little atten
tion. Stripped of its complexities, the
fight is something like this:
On one side are the railroads.
Opposing them are the motor carriers
and ships that operate along the
coasts, through the Panama Canal
and on navigable streams.
The argument is being waged before
the House Interstate Commerce Com
mittee over a section of the interstate
i commerce act regulating railroads.
Called the ‘'long-and-short-haul"
clause, it prohibits the charging of
j lower rates for long hauls than for
shorter ones on the same route in the
same direction.
Roads Trging Repeal.
The rail lines are urging the com
mittee to approve a bill to repeal the
clause. Opposing carriers are plead
i ing for the bill's defeat.
The railroads say they have lost
j virtually all the transcontinental and
other traffic accessible to water trans
portation and motor carriers because
I they have been "handcuffed” by regu
1 lations not imposed on their compet
itors.
They say their inability to compete
on “an equal footing" is not only ruin
| ing them financially, but is depriving
■ inland manufacturers and distributors
of the opportunity of meeting compe
tition of similar concerns having
water transportation available.
The water lines reply:
"Repeal of the clause would put the
: railroads in a position to conduct 'rate
wars’ and drive competing boats off
the waters and trucks from the high
ways. The Nation's merchant marine
would be destroyed."
Rates Below Cost.
The water lines and groups of*lnland
shippers who have joined them in the
legislative fight contend railroads, in
order to win all the traffic, would cut
; rates to competitive points below cost,
make inland points pay the bill
through higher rates and thereby
bring economic stagnation to towns
and cities not on waterways or the
coast.
Joseph B. Eastman, member of the
! Interstate Commerce Commission, told
the committee repeal of the clause
would be a "reversion to the Jungle.”
The committee will decide next
week whether to urge the House to
repeal the provision.
STRUGGLE FOR RULE
TO RESUME IN JAPAN
Diet Reconvenes Tomorrow After
3-Week Suspension in Po
litical Crisis.
1 By the Associated Press.
! TOKIO. February 13—The battle
for political power in Japan will be
resumed Monday, when the Imperial
Diet reconvenes after three weeks’
suspension caused by conflict between
the army and its civilian critics.
Authoritative indications tonight
were that all the contending forces,
which clashed bitterly in the Diet
January 21 to bring on a grave gov
ernmental crisis, will move warily
when normal political activity is re
sumed.
On all hands—in the cabinet, the
major political parties and even in
the army—there was evidence of a
desire to avoid further open ruptures.
The new cabinet of Gen. Senjuro
Hayashl will go before the Legislature
with its revised budget, reduced by
269.000,000 yen ($76,759,000), or 8 8
per cent, from the estimates prepared
by the Hirota cabinet, which resigned
in the midst of the recent political
storm.
The revised budget, for the period
April 1, 1937, to March 31, 1938,
totals 2,769,000.000 yen ($790,000,
000), largest in Japan's history. The
army and navy are allotted 49.2 per
cent of the total.
The Emperor today sanctioned the
speeches Gen. Hayashi, as premier
and foreign minister, and Finance
Minister Toyotaro Yuki will make to
the Diet Monday.
ENGINEER IS KILLED
Accident in Colorado* Tunnel
When ‘Helper’ Engine Derailed.
WEST PORTAL. Colo., February 13
(4>).—Engineer Martin M. Callihan
was killed today when a “helper"
engine on a Denver St Rio Grande
Western freight train was derailed in
the Moffat Tunnel one mile east of
here.
Fireman C. L. Root was badly
scalded by steam.
Train schedules through the tunnel
were disrupted.
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W. & T» Sloane a 711 Twelfth St.
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The House with the Green Shatters Always high grade, never high priced
The Annual February Sale
Bedroom Groups of Distinction
American Sheraton—with all the charm of its inspired original and con
structed in genuine Honduras mahogany; delicately inlaid with satinwood. The
contrast of the two woods produces a rich and pleasing effect. 8 pieces, mclud- v
mg twin beds. "r ™
Regular Price $370, February Sale
Early American Bedroom Group In solid maple,'
with the worn edges and simulated pegged construc
tion consistent with the Earlv Colonial period. Com
plete group of 8 pieces (single pieces may
be selected1_ t| gA
Regular Price $170. ™
American Heppelwhite Design executed in genuine
Amazon mahogany, with splay legs and moldings. Se
lected crotch mahogany on drawer fronts
and bed panel.s; hanging mirrors_
Regular Price $515.
Splendid rendition of the Federal Bedroom Group
Genuine Honduras mahogany and with the traditional
carved eagles, swags and sheaves of wheat.
" 8 pieces, including twin beds_ C f
Regular Price $295.
Forty 'Cotoh'ot Bedroom Group, following the
Chippendale school. Handsome genuine Honduras
mahogan , eoch piece exquisitely proportioned, fret
work decorations and caned gold hanging
mirrors. Complete in 8 pieces_ $*9
Regular Price $300.
American Chippendale Bedroom Group in genuine
Honduras mahogany, expertly carved; ma
hogany and geld mirrors_ ^
Regular Price $270.
French Provincial Bedroom Group In walnut, with
handsome hanging mirrors which are faithful adapta
tions of French originals. 8 pieces, in- *
eluding twin beds___ _
Regular Price $360.
Dining Room Groups
Sheraton, Heppelwhite, American Colonial, American Sheraton are among the popular
schools represented—and all rendered in the Sloane manner.
Early Colonial Group, following the simple lines of
the American Sheraton school. Construction is genu
ine Cuban and Honduras mahogany, with
naturol fiaured Cuban veneers 10 pieces.
Regular Price $260.
American Colonial Group of the Sheraton-Heppel
white schools—with straight lines, spade
feet and swirl mahogany veneers. 10
pieces -
Regular Price $295.
4
, Sheraton Group in genuine Honduras and Cuban
mahogany, with drawer fronts and panels in swirl fig
ured veneers. Sideboard has graceful curved front with
simulated tambour Table is of the dou
ble pedestal type 10 pieces. -
Regular Price $320.
American Sheraton Group in genuine Honduras
mahogany inlaid with bands of satinwood.
Complete in 10 pieces- - c^Qfi
Regular Price $330. *
Is Half Over •
The mid-month period finds assortments in
this store-wide event replenished from re
serve stocks — augmented by new arrivals
from the Sloane Company of Mastercrafts
men and the select coterie of makers
whose productions are of contemporary qual
ity and character.
Only two short weeks remain of our annual
event that has made new history in value,
in variety, in opportunity.
For the Living Room
From this varied and complete assortment you can create
wonderful ensembles or select any occasional piece that you may
be seeking—Sofas, Love Seats, Tables, Chairs, Desks, etc.
Wakefield Sofa—adapted from
a famous Colonial model into which
has been put all the charm of the
old piece. Down-filled cushions
and tailored in egg
shell damask_ $137*50
Regular Price $162.50.
Downing Sofa, luxuriously com
fortable. Separate down-filled pil
low back and down-filled seat
cushions, flow arms and deep seat.
Tailored in green quilted „
demask_ $230
Regular Price $270.
Cocktail Table. A Sheraton con
ception of exquisite detail and
practical proportions. Ge^jine
Honduras mahogany inlaid
with satmwood - $17
Regular Price $20.50.
Lawson Sofa, a model that is al
ways popular because of its extreme,
beauty and supreme comfort Cush
ions are genuine down filled. The
upholstery' is in lavender
damask_
Regular Price $17S.50.
Colon Love Seat, can be effec
tively used singly or in pairs Very
comfortoble design with genuine
down - filled cushions
and tailored in g^een
damask_ $93*50
Regular Price $110.
Fulton Club Chair. A piiiow-back
model, built for comfort. Genuine
down-filled seat cushions
and tailored in damask .. Owe*
Regular Price $Sf).
Martha Washington Chair in the
Colonial Heppelwhite motif. The
exposed frame is solid Cuban, ma
hogany; tailored in _ __
fawn damask_ 035*
Regular Price $42.
Pie Crust Table. Typically Co
lonial in design and genuine Won
duras mahogany construction.
* Carved claw feet and
figured swirl veneer
top _ 518*50
Regular Price $21.
Colon Easy Chair, famous for its
comfort. Genuine down-filled cush
ion; tailored in blue figured damask.
An excellent companion
piece for the Colon Sofa
Regular Price $65.
Secretary-Desk of the Colonial
school, with graceful pediment top,
serpentine front, ball and daw feet.
Construction is genuine
Amazon mahogany . .. $125
Regular Price $155.
Drum Table of the Sheraton
s:hool, executed in genuine Amazon
mahogany. A practical p.ece of
excellent size; graceful pedestal
base; brass feet There are two
drawers, and antiqued
white leather inserted
top_ $29-50
Regular Price $35
Cavalier Sofa, with cracefu!ly
curved back ond arms, cor-.ed rab
nole legs with ball and daw' feet.
Genuine down-filled cushions ond
tailored in dam- _ __
csk_ $148.50
Regular Price $195.
Slant-Top Desk, in the early
American thought. Construction
is of solid rock rr.Gple. This is o
splendid adaptation from on old
piece Has ample writing space
and four deep drawers 0 _c
in base _ 93V-/5
Regular Price $48.
Standish Wing Chair—A typical
Colonial fireside design; with cab
riole legs of solid Honduras mahog
any. Cushions filled with genuine
down ond covered in
tapestrv . 540*75
Regular Price $$$.
Coffee Table. Sheraton design
with brass clow fee* Genuine Hon
duras mahogany ccn
struction _ 55*75
Regular Price $6.7$.
Waldorf Arm Chair. Of the Chi
nese ChipDendale school, the ex
posed frame bemg solid mahogany,
and interestingly carved, _
Upholstered in damask— 534
Regular Price $40.
Drop-Leaf Table. A faithful copy
of an original Duncan Phyfe Drop
Leaf Living Room Table in genuine
Honduras mahogany The base is
artistically caned Typical Phyfe
brass claw feet; two ccn- ^
venient drawers in top . ._ 555
Regular Price $6$.
Oriental Rugs
An assortment selected at the loom-side by our special commissionier. Each
individual rug a treasure of Oriental design and skill. More than two hundred
pieces—room and scatter sizes—have their place in this February event—at
special prices—for example:
Sarouks
9x12 size. Regular Price, $295.
February Sale
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Kermanshahs
9x12 size. Regular Price, $395.
February Sale_ 999
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.The Royalty of Broadlooms
Four grades of the famous Alexander Smith b Sons' weavings—an unusual
range of Tru-Tone colors. r
The Stuart, extra heavy pile
Regular Price, $9.95 sq. yd.
The Sussex, a deep pile of luxu
rious quality, radiant in the Tru-'
Tone colors —,- *50
Regular Price, $6.25 sq. yd. ^ ,
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The Strattield, a long-wearing ,, ,
weave of medium pile, that will
give excellent service- $%*9S
Regular Price, $4.7> sq. yd. ~
The Boucle, the rich pebbly effect
that doesn't show foot prints. ^
Extra deep pile- $£*10
Regular Price, $6.95 sq. yd. **
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