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Evening star., 1926-06-12
3O7 At HOWARDU.
RECEIVE DEGREES
Dr.. J. Stanley Durkee, Retir-
ing President, Among Sew
era! H0nored.

Howard University celebrated its
fifty-seventh year of activity yester-
day by comforting degrees on a class
of 307 graduates. An impressive aca-
demic procession was headed by the
administrative officers Of the univer
sity. DR.. j. Stanley DurkeC, president;
DR.. Emmett j. Scott. secretary.treas-
urer; DR.. Edwin f. Slosson. DR.. Anson
Phelps Stokes, canon of the Washing
ton Cathedral; members of the board
of trustees; DR.. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent, and Assistant Super
intendent of Schools. Garnet c. Will
kinson, and members OF the Board of
Education.
Also in line were the candidates to
receive honorary degrees. including
DR.. Charles Benjamin Boyer, superin-
tendent of public schools. Atlantic
City. n. j.: Mrs. Alice W. X. Vassar
of Philadelphia. Pa. Rev. Alfred T.
Clarke OF indianapolis, Ind: Arthur
Deerin Call of this city: John A. Cole
of Chicago. ILL.,, and DR.. George c.
Hall, surgeon, of Chicago.
Address by DIR. Slosson.
Learning How to Learn" was the
subject of the commencement address
uClItCiSu W LIZ GLuH Ill tSlOSSOiI
director of science service OF this city.
''The reason why this occasion is
called commencement instead of con-
clusion.' DR.. Slosson told the gradu
ates. ''is because now you commence
to learn-now II ever.
Whether you will, or whether you
can, remains to be seen. Your diploma
does not insure that. Today marks
an epoch in your life. like that day,
which you We're too young to remem
ber. when your mother dropped her
arms and watched with anxious eyes
to see If you really could walk all by
yourself. With the same sort of
anxiety your alma mater will watch
your step during the next few years
to see if you can go it alone
Justice Stanton J. Peelle. the oldest
member of the board of trustees, con-
ferred the degree of doctor Of laws
upon DR.. Durkee. retiring head Of the
university.
The list of graduates will be print
ed in tomorrows Star.
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House Argues Over Printing in Record
OF Democrats Attack on WadswOrth

Representative Black, a resident Of
Brooklyn. have since asserted that it
was written without their knowledge.
Unlike Representative Jacobstein,
they have no objection to the general
purport of the letter. but they do
object to it's phraseology.
The Senator was accused of turning
political f1ipflops on prohibition, his
votes for dry measures being cited;
was told he had been ''fired" by the
Republican drys, and was advised to
''join the only wet party in the State
of New York-the Democratic party"
if he wanted to appear on that side
of the issue.
New York Republicans and Demo
Gratis as well conferred with Speaker
Longworth yesterday on the ad-
visibility Of having the letter expung-
ed from the Record. The Speaker
thought it was likely that such q
move would come from the Demo
cratic side.
Evening star., 1926-06-12
DRY OFFICIALS SUED.
Maryland Company Asks Alcohol
Permit Be Restored.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. June IAN in
junction suit was filed yesterday by
the Latin Manufacturing Co. Of this
city against Edmund BudnitZ. Fed
eral prohibition administrator of
Maryland, and David H. Blair. COM
missioner of internal revenue at
Washington, in the United States
District Court here.
The company asks an injunction
compelling reissuance of a permit to
obtain specially denatured alcohol
for purposes of manufacturing hair
tonic and toilet water. The COM
pany alleges that the Federal off,
cials exercised unwarranted and H.
legal assumption Of power in the
revocation and cancellation Of an
alcohol permit
Evening star., 1926-06-12

Whether the Congressional Record
is a proper organ for publication Of
the New York Democrats letter to
Senator Wadsworth on his pronounce
ment against prohibition has become
a subject of complicated, though
minor, controversy in the House.
The letter. sponsored by Democratic
members of the New York delegation,
was published shortly after Senator
Wadsworth, who is a candidate for
denomination in the New York Re-
publican primary, had declared him
self on the wet and dry issue. 1t ap-
peared in Thursdays issue of the
Record as an extension of remarks"
by Representative O'Connor, Demo
crat, New York.
Representative Jacobstein, whose
home Is in Rochester, was the only
New York Democrat not listed among
the sponsors when the letter was pub.
liSned, but several others, including
Evening star., 1926-06-12

in the camps lodge room in Potomac
Bank Building, Wisconsin avenue and
NJ street, about $50 o'clock last night.
He was dead when friends reached
Georgetown University Hospital with
him.
MIR. Palmer. n native Of this city,
lived for many years seven miles
from Herndon. Va, where he was en-
gagged in the mercantile business. He
returned here about 13 years ago and
Evening star., 1926-06-12
DRUGGISTS WILL MEET.
Virginia Group to Hold Annual
Gathering Next Week.
SneciaI D;snatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, June 1.-THE
Virginia Pharmaceutical Association
Is to meet in Bedford City June 1911,
this being the 45th annual convention.
The program calls for several
elaborate entertainment features.
abong them an excursion to the Peaks
Of Otter, with dances, receptions.
golf tournaments and the like. The
visitors will have a chance to visit
the National Elks' Home, located at
Bedford City. Walter l.. Lille Is chair
man of the committee on arrange.
ments for the convention. Several
distinguished pharmacists are to at.
tend and make addresses.
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BAPTISTS LAUD COOLIDGE.
Tightening Up Prohibition Law Is
Gratefully Acknowledged.

ROCKLAND. Me-. June IL R).-
Gratitude to President Coolidge and
Federal officials for their attempts to
tighten up the prohibition law was
expressed yesterday at the united
Baptist convention here. Especial
ly," the resolution added. "since this
relieves the pressure of the rum fleet
on the coast Of Maine this Summer"
Other resolutions expressed fear
ganda Of the War Department and
militaristic circles Of this country to
lead the minds Of youth along the
paths of theory and practice of
militarism." Opposition was regis
tered against the establishment Of
military units in colleges and second
ary schools.
Evening star., 1926-06-12

filled clerical position in the income
tax division of the Internal Revenue
Bureau.
Surviving him are his wife, four
sons and a daughter. The sons are
Maurice R., James c., Walter F.. and
Richard Palmer, and the daughter is
Miss Evelyn Mankin Palmer. Mr.
Palmer was active In Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Episcopal Church
South, where funeral services will be
Evening star., 1926-06-12
Senate and House
Sending Committee
To Welcome Byrd

The Senate and House yesterday
appointed a committee to go to
New York and welcome Comdr.
Richard E. Byrd, first to achieve
the North Pole by flight, on his re-
turn to the United States.
The Senate committee is com.
posed of Senator's Swanson and
Glass, Virginia; Oddie, Nevada;
Keyes, New Hampshire. and
Walsh Montana The House
group includes Representatives
Porter Of Pennsylvania. Lehlback.
New Jersey: Wainwright and
Bloom, New York, and Woodrum,
Virginia.
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Wealthy Farmer Dies.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DISPATCH 70 the star.
WINCHESTER, Va. June 12.--S.
Romanus Heishman. 65, one of the
leading farmers and live stock deal
ers of the Star Tannery section of
Frederick County, died suddenly yes
terday as he was about to get out
Of his automobile. He had been as
sisting in weighing wool in the neigh
borhood. He owned three large farms
and bought cattle and other live stock
extensively. A widow and 10 chill
dren survive.
Evening star., 1926-06-12
Three First Sergeants Retired.

Three first sergeants of the Arm.
have been placed on the retired lis
Of the Army on their own applica
tions. after having served more than
30 years on active duty They are
Eugene Bonneau. 5th Cavalry, at Fof,
Clark, Tex; Randall Ephraim, 9th
Cavalry. at Fort Riley, kans.. ana,
James B. Smith. 10th Cavalry, at
Fort Huachuca. AriZ.
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STRICKEN IN LODGE ROOM
Maurice E. Palmer Dead When Re-
ceived at Georgetown Hospital.

An attack of heart disease proved
fatal to Maurice e. Palmer, SO years
old, 1888 Monroe street. while at
tending meeting of Georgetown
Camp. Modern Woodmen of America,
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So to Get Law Degrees.
80, n;spatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
UNIVERSITY, Va, June FIFTY.
Two students of law in the University
of Virginia will receive the degree of
bachelor of laws during the gradual
ing exercises in the Mclntire Amphi-
theater next Tuesday afternoon at
$50 o'clock.
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Ban Johnson Gives $25, 900.

MARIETTA, Ohio, June IL R.--A
gift of s25.000 for the building of a
new gymnasium for Marietta College
by Ban Johnson, president of the
American League and former stu
dent of the school, was announced to.
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Ordered Here for Treatment.

Capt. John p. Lake and First Lieut.
Mark G. Brislawn, Infantry, at the
Signal School, Fort Monmouth, N. j.,
have been ordered to this city for
treatment at Walter Reed General
HOsDital
Evening star., 1926-06-12

conducted at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. Interment will be at
HerndOn
New Britain herald., 1926-05-07

READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS
 FOR RESULTS
New Britain herald., 1926-05-07
Parts in Radio Set Travel
 Far as Waves Will Allow

Boston, May LP, - The radio reaches nearly as far for its constit- uent clements as the waves flow which il transmutas into melody or speech, William C. RedfeId, former secretary or commerce, points out in his new book.
 Ingredients comprising a radio set have among them all traveled 250,ooo miles between their placee Of origin and the factory where they are finally combined," says the book. published today by Hough- ton MtffIin. Tn one standard re- "eiving sot gre two thousand differ out parts, omitting the tubes. Each of the seven tubes has S2 parts.
 The list oG materials entering nto these is a lesson in physical geography for inc continents are there, the shores. the plains, the hills and islands appear. as well as ihe animal. vegetable and mineral kiu.loms. some Of these materials Hl. domestic many are foreign. No nsIion. no continent supplies them uII"
New Britain herald., 1926-05-07
WEATHER VANE 2OO
 YEARS OLD SERVES
Is Atop Madison Avenue Church in Albany

Albany, N. r, May 2 LP}-The old
 weathervane brought to the Dutch
 settlement here in 1656, is still in ac-
 tive service. IL IS a jaunty Chanti-
 cleer of beaten brass. perched now
 on one of the two tall spires of the
 Madison Avenue Reformed church.
 Except for three bullet. holes
 which tradition says were the results
 of pot-shots by the wondering and
 perhaps coyetous Indians, the trim
 and -proportioued cock has
 borne his centuries we'll With the
 head held high and tail feathers proudly poised, he swings with the winds and the storms, surveying
 from all points of the compass the city he has known since it was in
 swdddling clothes.
 Reyered as the oldest relic of AL banys early days. the weathcrcock has been in its present position since the erection of the church in 1887. In that year it was recalled to duty after an ST year vacation that began when the ancient church al the foot of State street on which it had stood for 150. years, was demolished. l
 This old church, built in 1G5G, was the second house Of worship erected . in the settlement. lis predecessor, l known as the Tirs' Reformed Dutch . church had been constructed in l649 al a cost of S&e and at the in- stigation Of Kiraen Van Rensselaer,. the patroon who in 1850 had bought | zoo, ,000 acres ot land in this section. 1 In II years, however, the worthy [ hurghers feIt the need of more room 1 for their devotio0s and chose a site ! outside the walls of Fort Orange. < One of their first cares was 10 ! procure wea,hcrcock from Hol- | land; they ordered il. in fact be- ! fore they sent 10 the Dutch West ! India company the beaver skins that . wer3 to be exchanged for a pulpit . and bell.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-07
Fed Lake PrOspect0rs
 Facing Hard Work

|,ai Lake. Ou.. May 7LP'-On- ra1o's newest gold discovery Is in quartz formation and any successful ''prospocting" will be done hy an in 1"Iligent direction Of the diamond drill
 Heavy expenditure is necessary before a dollars worth Of gold can be taken from quartz. The pros pector and his "erUh-stukcr" in this little field face a trial Of faith and endurance. Whereas the gold advcn- tur"r in many sections of Alaska re- Quired only pan. pick or shovel 10 work his claim. tho prospector at Rcd Lake needs equipment and eN- perience 10 meet different typ. of mining.
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Other Livestock

es sH!04SG Mash fay lsSai nsst Es
yteaTiling steers yearhng heifers and she
packing steers decline. Ss.s5 "a s.75; best.
$10.45; with mixed yearylings. 5000;
9Yb s sheepRec sgas @aTket
slow; no early sales. few fat heavy
wooded lambs steady. ST. so; holding. for
0, steady; nothing done on feeding and
shearing lambs: country demand COMPARE
lively scarce. Hogs-ReceiPtts, 5000;
$II;s5 "a 1890 heayyweights s11 80 q
i.iFg66tTeigftsz si@ :25G 1875: light. lights.
1920: slaughter pigs, S13.3O@14.
GNc 8NG March 1s6iCattleRs-
ket SOC io%er good to chooe. Sf3 5.
Hogs-:Receipts. 1900 market slow most;
byu e g99 e ebSce pssSSeeps fHd
ssisss, 100 market, steady; good to choice
choice. S14@14.50.
j, EAST ST. LOUIS: March 1s,;-cattl,e;a
steers. S. 40@9:: -yearling heifers. $50 9;
says o s7 anns5s s s9S sHt'snd
10000 market 10@15c lower; heaaviess:
ieh So 81 s. 1875 %saiH iFSt shfs $1$5
pig as$9 gssSif9gE 75 sQ BULK $ s1976
Sheep&Receipts.. $50 market. nominal ;
"a 5.35; wooied lambs $1@.@ a 1875.
CLEVELAND. March 1S.-Hogs = Re-
$I{@14.25; mixed, $3.50 medium 81 9
pigs; s1425 roushsk $1,000; stags' 81 80 90:
ehoice yearing steers $40 @1o So good 10
good butcher eteers, 81 as; good to choice
bulls; s7M s.o0i good to choice COWS 9S
common cows, SO a 4; milchers and spring
ers. $500 1876. Sheep and lambs - Re
cepts. 1000; market steady: top S14 80.
Calves-Receipts. 200: market steady; top
SIG.
Re aAsT f6o na1s N aet9 steady ship
ping steers S. 50 70 butchers grades So
$3S 16.5o. sheer and lam bsIFReesip1ts;
E Is%Rf So 1870 cs sRee 70 saG 3 4
Receipts 800; market. slow, 5Qc 81
l9Yer YOrEsiE Sed Pigs hsa7ies
SLIP @13; rougts. SlO@ 1918; stays
PITTSBURGH March 1s.LcattleIR e
1925: good. SO 500 So; fair, S7.25 q
S.25: veal calves. SIS q 1850. Sheep ard
lambs-Receipts. 4 double decks market
sss.50@9:5o: fair MIXED. s; lambs
decks market steady p gE hea aT s bssSS
$ g K me sl2 IS a i44o; ght yqT<ss
s s54 Se 80 pSs stass. S@7 90
TOLEDO. March 1s.I Hog r Is
f9o m %fEhs 212s 2Esr 9e YSssrs s.
Steady 81 Sheep and lambs-MarlIet. steady.
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Deaths

L.. D., Marley 70. Christian Eosp. al.
jacob Schacherer. 70. $50 E. Vermont,
chronic interstitial nephritis.
Emma Brewer, 60. Methodist Hospital,
uTemia
Leila Pannen. IS. Long Hospital. chronic
uarenchymatous neDhritis.
Louie Bell Justice. 3D., Methodist Hos
pital. hypostatic pneumonia.
Claska Tacoma %. 1046 s. Randol oh.
acute dilatation of heart.
Alice Francis, 60. 14lo Olive. pulmonary
tuberculosis.
" Albert John Saba 2. 14o6 Charles.
William B. Linke. 81. Methodist Hos
Eeanora Marie schaler. .. 1416 Nor
dyke whooping cough.
Lawson WiclSlin. go. 541 E. Ohio. acute
Charles Harris Blair. 20. 637 E. Twenty
First. organic heart trouble.
Elizabeth johnson. 40. 916 e. Twentieth.
Rose Clark Fisher. SO. 6o19 Bellefon-
tame. cerebral hemorrhage.
Harriet Marsh. So. Cos E. North.
broncho pneumonia.
Clifford G. Healing. As. 2436 Talbot. 10
% Harold 9. Guess. %. W. Ohio and Rail
Roger Lee Booran, 4. III 8. Bradley,
'OG infant Rte Lunte, days. 24e N. Rural.
Helen Hutchinson Rogers. 65. $3.50 N.
Canitol. chronic myocarditos.
John r. Stone. Al. 1926 W. Walnut.
hroncho pneumonia.
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GRASSES-The most
i'm por t a Mt vegetable
family.

all sorts of conditions. They thrive
on the banks Of streams along the
seashore. in the low wet marshlands.
on the sunny meadows. or in the
shade Of woodlawn and orchard
varieties, such as the sweet vernal
grass, June grass and orchard grass,
are the first out Of bed in the spring;
others, like emothy. red top and hair
grass, flourish in midsummer; and
even fall has it's grasses, the beard
grass and the 6ropseed grasses of
September.
The grasses can boast of their
long ancestry, for they belong to
one of the first families" of the
vegetable kingdom. AS far back as
history can go, grasses were grow
ing in abundance. Just as today.
they were among the first of plants
to cover waste or barren ground and
reclaim a neglected roadway or field.
One of the most important things
grasses do is to bind down the soil
until plants Of larger and slower
growth can establish themselves,
and even then the grasses protect
the roots of trees and our fences,
roads and buildings by forming a
thick, enduring carpet, which pre-
vents the wind and rain from car
rying away their soil foundation or
from blotting them out and burying
them under shifting sands. In win
ter the grasses changed from their
beautiful green to colors Of gold and
brown, give protection to the seeds
and tender bulbs during their long
sleep under the snow.
The great natural pasture-land of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-18
wheat SHOWS
Big ADVANCE
All Deliveries Start Day With
Higher Quotes.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, March 1S.-Grain prices
opened higher on the Chicago Board
of Trade today.
Wheat showed marked advances
at the opening. May old and Sep
TENDER deliveries were up sc. May
new opened 1bc higher while July
was 70 above yesterdays close. The
higher Chicago opening was attrib-
uted directly to the better tone
abroad. Liverpool opened nc to
&c higher. Buenos Aires opened "a c
to 2l5c above the final figures of
yesterday. Many local bulls who
were short also were credited with
injecting the sudden bullish trend in
the Chicago pit.
Corn opened fractionally higher.
The slight advances were attributed
for the most part to a local privi.
lege seller who was endeavoring to
make good his bids.
Oats opened unchanged in the May
and September deliveries and CSC
higher in the July. This grain con.
tinues in rut.
Provisions opened unchanged
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-18
SCHOOL
HELPS

There is a fable Of a magic car
pet that carries one to wealth and
the worlds wonders. Grasses-the
most important and useful family
of the whole vegetable kingdom-are
such a magic carpet for earth's sur
face. Wild and cultivated they are
the greatest contributors to the
needs of human and animal life. A
large portion of our food is provid-
ed by cultivated grasses wheat,
oats, rye, barley. rice, corn, sor-
ghums and sugar cane; and from
grasslands in the ordinary sense
come our beef and mutton, hides and
wool.
Grasses are the most widely dis
tributed of all the plant families.
Pigmy grasses, moss-like grasses not
over two inches high, cling close to
the cold ground right up to the bor-
ders of the field Of ice and snow.
The giants of the family are the
bamboos growing 100 feet tall in the
burning heat of the tropics, and
other tall species form the impene-
trable "cane-breakers" Of the South,
where many fishpoles grow. Such
reeds" as they are often called, are
used in furniture making, especially
in cane-seated chairs. Small and
middle-sized grasses. growing in the
greatest luXurianCe in the north tenn
perate zone, increase the total OF
the family to over 1000 species. In
the United States alone there are
over 900 species, and there may be
as many as a dozen in one door
yard. Grasses grow, or can be made
to grow, on all kinds OF soil and in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-18

the world are the steppes of Russia,
the pampas of South America, the
vast plains of America, and the wide
ranges or runs" of Australia. Prac-
tically every farm has it's pasture
land. and the reason is easily under
stood Fattening beef cattle, which
would cost 20 cents on a ration Of
grain and roughage, costs only 3 or
cents a pound on pasture-land,
and a cow pastured at a cost of 3
to cents a day will give as much
milk as when fed on grain and hay
at three or four times the cost.
Grasslands Of greatest perfection
are lawns, especially the lawns of
England, and other old countries
where they have been rolled, trimmed
and regularly watered for centuries.
Lawn or pasture grasses have leaves
that grow constantly from their
bases so that when they are grazed
or clipped, they quickly grow up
again. There are number of orna-
mental grasses such as ribbon
grasses, plume grass, RaVenna
grass. Jobs tears, and the tall
plumed Argentine pampas.
Grasses are we'll fitted for making
their own way in the world, and If
for any reason they are not wanted
they become a most persistent weed,
like the blue grass and quack grass
which are among the worst weeds
Of our fields. Numerous are the
devices for spreading their seeds, and
grass plants are multiplied many
times by growths from stolons or
stems running along the ground,
underground stems, and multiplying
bulbs. Grasses are rapid growers,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-18
WILLIAMS SAYS
CITY Fortunate
Balanced IndustriaIIy, States
Marmon Head.

Indianapolis, unlike most cities is
not unbalanced industrially, G. M.
Williams, Nordye and Marmon Com
pany president, told Indianapolis
Advertising Club members at the
Claypool today.
II was surprised when came to
your city to find you have the posi-
bility of making most everything
here" said Williams.
However, Williams warned against
the industrial illness that overtakes
many State capitol cities, the con-
tentedness and self centeredness that
destroys the spirit of progress.
The Million Population Club and
its program are Familiarity all over
the country, William said.
I'm New York they ask, what's
going on at Indianapolis; what is 1t
all about?'"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-18
SPEAKERSHlP POPULAR
State Representative From Elkhart
and Others Seek Position.

State Representative Walter A.
Huffman of Elkhart, who today filed
notice of his candidacy for renom-
nation, is being backed by northern
Indiana Republicans for Speaker of
the 1927 House of Representatives,
in case he is elected.
Representative Willis f. Roe Of
East Chicago, a candidate for re-
nomination on the Republican ticket,
said today he probably would seek
the speakersnlp. Harry C. Leslie of
Lafayette, Speaker in the 1925
House, is said to be a forthcoming
candidate. Leslie, it is understood,
will try for the speakership again.
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average
Thursday was 10Y 81. off. %.
FL United Press
NEW YORK, March 1S.-Specu.
l8tiVe attention in early dealings
was centered on Chesapeake & Ohio,
due to the action of it's directors at
Il meeting in Cleveland late Thurs,
day in authorizing an extra dividend
Of 81 a share and a payment of 50
for the first quarter Of 1926, COM
pared with the previous annual rate
of S4.
The shorts in Chesapeake & Ohio
We're caught mapping and the stock
jumped ~ to points, sales totaling
10000 shares, the stock having a
split opening from 1873 to 1891. This
remarkable gain stimulated the
whole market and price changes in
active stocks We're almost uniformly
on the upside.
Word was passed around in the
late morning that a drive against
motor shares was planned. This at
tack came along according to sched-
ule, forcing substantial recessions in
automobile issues. particularly in
those in which group operation re-
Gently had been conducted.
Chrysler broke points to sc,
Dodge 13s to 341s, Jordan 2 to 49A
and Hudson 21s to 1919. General
Motors held better than other active
issues of it's class.