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The Washington times., 1931-08-28
43D CANDIDATE

j. Vernon Smith, of Arlington,
Va, today filed notice with the
Arlington county clerk that he
would be a candidate for mem
bership on the county board OF
commissioners in the November
election. Mr.. Smith is the forty
third candidate for this office to
file
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
National Motorists
Name COELHtu LULDuer

Announcement was made today
by the National Motorists Cor.
poration of Washington that they
had retained Bird H. Dolby, Mt.
Rainier attorney, as their coun-
sci for Prince Georges county,
Md.
Mr.. Dolby will represent hold
ers Of corporation memberships
in the county courts.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
DANGEROUS WEAPON

Yesterday in Rockville Police
Court Judge Charles w. Wood
ward fined James Doy, Of Rock
vile, 500 and costs for carrying
a dangerous weapon with intent
to injure another person. The
complaint was made by Sergeant
Roy Bodmer of the county
police.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
LICENSED TO WE'D

THE following marriage II
censeS were issued yesterday at
Rockville: William Newton, 81
and Ruth Sullivan. 10, both OF
Fredericksburg, Va; Russell H.
Clarvoe, "a, of 4106 Illinois Ave..
D. c., and Grace N. Moomaw, 81.
of Chevy Chase.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
Benefit DANCE

The Germantown (MdO Junior
Order United American Me-
chanics will give a benefit dance
in the schoolhouse grove at Old
Germantown on Thursday eve
ming, September 3, from 8 p. m.
until midnight.
The Washington times., 1931-08-28
BUST OF WILSON

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. ga
bust of woodrow Wilson will be
unveiled in the hall of delegates
here on November II by the
widow of the war President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, January 90
Potatoes. white, 100 pounds, 1.25a2 90;
sweet potatoes, barrel, 2.00a4.00 vans.
barrel, I6.00a20.00: beets, crate. 2.25a
2.75; cabbage. 1600a2000; carrots, $50
Assoc; caulif1ower, crate, 1.75a2 rs;
celery, 2.50a3.50; elephants, 175a3 90 /;
kale, 70a75; lettuce. hamper. 1.25a3 90 ;
peppers, crate, 1.50a3.25; parsnips, GOA
1.20; spinach, bushel. 50a1 90: tomatoes
crate, 50a3.00: turnips, bushel, 65a90;
apples, bushel, 60a2 90; box, 1.25a2 .25;
cranberries, box, 2.75a4.00; grapefruit,
1.50a2.75; oranges, box, 2.00a3.25; tan
gerines, box, 75a1.5O.
Dairy Market.
Poultry, aIive-Turkeys, 34a35: old,
28a30 chickens, springers, 26a30; Leg
horns, 18a20; old hens, 18a23; Leg
horns, 16al7; roosters, 13ai4; duc6s,
l5a24; guinea fowls, each, 30a6O pi-
geons, pair. 15a20.
Eggs-Receipts, 440 cases: nearby
firsts, 81; Southern firsts, 20; current
receipts. 90
Butter-Good to fancy creamery.
pound, 28a31 ladies, l9a2l; rolls,
16al8; process, 25a26; store packed,
13al4.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-Receipts, 200 head light sup
ply; market dull, lower
Steers-Choice to prime, none: gooo
to choice, 900 to 1000; medium to good
800 to 900; fair to medium, ZOO tC
800; plain to fair, 800 to 100; common
to plain 500 to 600.
Bulls-Choice to prime, none; good tC
choice, none; medium to good, 500 tt
$50; fair to medium, $50 to 500; plair
TO fair 400 to 4.50; common to fair
$50 to 400.
Cows-Choice to prime, none; good t.
choice. SIS to $50; medium to good
$50 TO 500; fair to medium, 400 t.
450: plain to fair, 800 to 400; com.
mon to plain. 200 to 800.
Heifers-Choice to prime, none; gooc
to choice, 7.50 to 500; medium to good
700 to $50; fair to medium, 500 Il
| 700; plain to fair, $50 to $780, com
mon to plain, $50 to 5.25.
Fresh COWS and springers-40.00 Il
5000.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, rs head
| light supply; market steady; sheep, 81
| to 400; lambs, 450 to 1925.
Hogs-Receipts, 400 head; light sup
ply; market lower; lights, $40 to 895
heavies, IT'S to $50; medium, 1855 Il
$50; roughs, $50 to 1885, light pigs
$40 to 8.75: pigs, $40 to 895
Calves-Receipts, rs head light sup
ply; market steady; calves, 500 to I15O
| Hay and Grain.
Wheat-No. 2 red Winter, export
785s No. 2 red Winter, garlicky, spot
1871 January, 1873; February. 79ls
I Corn-No. 2 domestic, yellow, old, 80i
81 cob corn, new, 4.25a4.35.
| Rye-Nearby, 60a65.
Oats-White, No. 2, new, 42a44; Nc
3, 41a43
Hay-Receipts, Is tons. General ha
market strengthening. Drought has Sc
riouSly curtailed nearby crops, chang
ling the entire situation. Sections here
tofore shipping are now asking TO
offerings of hay. Good clover, mikes
and timothy new hay will bring from
u 24.00a2800 per ton.
Wheat straw, No ], per ton, 900
1000; oat straw, No. /, per ton, 900
1000,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
REDUCED DRILLING
AIDS OIL INDUSTRY
Exploration Activities Are Sharply
Curtailed in Mid-Conti-
nent Field.
BY BENNETT WOLFE,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.

TULSA, Okla, January 29.-Sharply
curtailed drilling operations are viewed
by leaders of the American petroleum
industry as one of the most heartening
factors in the makeup of the industry's
present economic position.
A curb on the drill. a step long adj
vocated by outstanding figures in the
conservation movement has reduced the
exploration for oil to a point not known
for Is years.
One thousand fewer drills are bur-
rowing their way into the bowels of the
earth for the magic-like liquid than was
the case a year ago.
Statistics Given.
Figures available from the Midconti-
nent Oil and Gas Association showed
the number of wells drilled in the
United States in 1880 was approx
mately II 900, less than in any year
since 1915, and placed the number of
present drilling operations at less than
3,4OO, as compared to 4,468 at this time
last year.
The movement to curtail drilling.
urged by many leaders of the industry
as the most effective method of con-
serving oil in its natural reservoir, began
to gain momentum in the last half of
1880. Fewer new wells are being started
now than at any time in 1890
The significance of the lessened &C
tlvity last year may be seen in COM
parlSon with the figures for other re-
cent years: 1925, 25 ,623 wells; 1926. 49,
319 wells; 1927, 24,143 wells; 1928, 90
33l wells; 1929, 26,356 wells; 1880 Zap
proximately), 81 900 wells.
These figures include all wells drilled,
OF which something like 80 per cent
were failures. The remaining 70 per
cent found oil or gas in commercial
quantities.
While reduction or more than $780,
600 barrels in the country'S daily aver
age crude oil production in the last
seven months was brought about large
~ by proration policies, curtailment of
drilling is conceded some of the credit.
Check on Drilling.
A continued check on drilling is
among the things regarded as necessary
for the industry's improvement by such
leaders as E. B. Reeser, president of
the American Petroleum Institute and
the Barnsdall Corporation. w. G..
Sicily. president Of the Skelly Oil Co,
and William N. Davis, president of the
Midconttnent Oil and Gas Association
and vice president of the Phillips
Petroleum Co.
If the drill can be idled. along with
maintenance of proration programs and
curtailment of refinery operations, they
believe the industry will emerge from
the present period Of readjustment on
sounder basis than ever before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
AFTER CALL
OdpIUaI IIaCUIun oS-SoUU at 6b44.
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.

Barber 4 Ross. Inc: 6l2s...... s2
Columbia Country Club 5l2s... 100
d. c. Paper Mig. IS. ........ AS
w. NJ. Cold Storage 5s....... 95l2
Wash. Cons. Title 6S.......... $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
MELONS STATEMENTS HOLD
INTEREST OF FINANCIAL WORLD
SeCretary'S Stand Against
Immediate Bonus Payment
Backed by Figures.
Former announcements
Have Made Deep impress
sion Upon Business Men.

BY the Associated Press
Any words on finance from slender
framed, white-haired man in Wash
lngton rise quickly above the din and
turmoil of the New York Stock Ex-
change
Stock traders, financiers. indus
trlalists listen and ponder He speaks
their language-only the statements he
issues on financial conditions and
general trends are few and far between
Andrew w. Mellon, Secretary of the
Treasury under three administrations
has never been accused of talking too
much. His critics have attributed
many financial tWinges the country
has had since he took Office on March
4, 1921, to him. They have never.
however, accused him of shaking bust
ness confidence or leading to market
excuses by rash statements
Wants Balanced Budgets.
He will give his view frankly on
governmental expenditures, or pro-
Dosals involving those expenditures, if
called upon. There was no doubt as
to his attitude yesterday when he de-
nounced before the Senate Finance
Committee the plan to pay $3,4O0,-
100000 to veterans in cash bonus pay
mentS.
If he has any financial fetishes one
of them is balanced budget. He faces
a prospective deficit this year, but even
his critics have not laid the response
bility upon him.
Stocks have risen and fallen on
rumors that he would resign. Repre-
sensations as to his attitude have
caused fiurries. but they have been
generally without his authority, or his
knowledge. Sometimes after a market
incident is over he will say a word or
two designed to restore confidence
He said after sharp stock market
recession in 1925 that he thought it
would have a wholesome effect He
said in the Summer of 1929, only a
little while before the cataclysm, that
he thought it good time to buy bonds.
In October. 1929, tremendous pressure
was put upon him by the banking
world for some public reinsurance. Sec
rotary Mellon replied there was moth
ing for him to say. Part of his in
f1uenee is ascribed to that reticence.
The depths of finance and the fluidity
of money currents are simple to hiI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
EARNINGS SHOW DROP
BY the Associated Press

by the ASSOCIATED Press,
PHILADELPHIA. January 29.-The
railway operating revenues of the Penn
sylyania Railroad Co. for 1880, COM
pared with 1929, showed a decline of
Sl18, 69l.776, it was announced yester-
day. The revenues amounted TO $574,-
AS 955, as against $685., 1873, 731 in 1929
and S66l ,051 Ala IN 1923.
The railway operating expenses
showed a decrease of 70,037, 538. COM
pared with 1929. Last year the ex-
penses amounted to S43O,387 1923.
The net railway operating income in
1880 amounted to S92,34l 1853, a de-
crease compared with 1929 of S42 &c.
A73 The operating income in 1929 was
S135, 0l7,826 and in 1928 SllS, 268, 800.
These figures for 1929 and 1880 in
clude the operations Of the West Jersey
&: Seashore Railroad Co, which was
leased to the Pennsylvania effective
July l, 1880.
In announcing the results of opera
ton last year, the company said
Analysis OF the figures for the year
shows that, Notwithstanding the de-
cline I'm revenue, the operating ratio
for 1880 was lower than that for any
of the last 10 years with the exception
of 1923 and 1929. The operating ratio
for 1880 was little under rs per cent
as compared with 1914 per cent fol
1929 and "a per cent for 1929"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
BEARS EXONERATED
IN WHITNEY PROBE
Exchange Head Cites Sales.
of Large Stock Holdings
by Trustee.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, January 29-Richard Whit
ney, president of the New York Stock
Exchange, disclosed today Investigations
of alleged bear raiding had resulted in
the exoneration of the bears and the
indictment of economics.
He addressed the Boston Chamber ,of
Commerce and publicly discussed for
the first time what Wall Street called
the bear hunt" during the declining
markets of 1880. He said the exchange
failed to discover any facts to support
allegations of bear raids or concerted
action to depreSs prices. He defended
the short sale as an essential in open
market machinery and urged the public
to consider real values rather than rely
on tips, rumorS and hopes.
When the market broke, he said, the
public was unable to appreciate that real
liquidation, particularly on bank loans,
was taking place
THE Investigations have shown" he
said, that number of events which
had all the appearance of bear raids
were. in effect, the liquidation of long
securities. For example. last Fall the
action of certain railroad stocks seemed
to indicate they were the object of bear
for sale and the pressure was contin-
uouS.
when thees sales were traced to
their source it was found a large insti-
tuition had determined to liquidate GER
tain railroad stocks which it held as
trustee. In order that all its trusts
might be treated alike the stocks were
pooled and offered for sale in blocks.
Although this may have had an unfor-
tunate effect on the market there is no
doubt it was done in this manner only
in order to preserve equality among the
number of trusts for which the institu-
ton was acting"
The bull market of 1929 and the
declines OF 1880, Mr.. Whitney asserted,
were due largely to the unreasonable
optimism of security owners in the pros
perity period and to their panicky atti-
tude when depression came. He called
for the dissemination of real infor-
nation TO our investors so their judg-
ment can be based on facts"
THE primary lessons of the last two
years are that the United States is and
will continue to be a great industrial
country" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29

He was born member of a wealthy
Pennsylvania family, and he built
upon the fortune given him until he
is regarded as one of the wealthiest
men in the country Trained in his
fathers bank in Pittsburgh, he later
headed the Mellon National Bank, the
financial heart of enterprises whose
veins and arteries extended. over the
country.
Legends have grown up around him,
and a reserve that is almost defiance
has not dispelled them. His intimates
and people who come in contact with
him daily, however, know him for a
friendly and genial man.
Secretary Mellon is rs, but nobody
thinks of him as old. He has been
known to dodge an automobile in front
of the Treasury by nimble footedneSS
that man of 40 might envy.
He walks a good bit, but is dropping
golf His passion is art, and he has
one OF the best collections in America.
search of it, and the Continent and
England know him well.
Finds Life Interesting.
His daughter is married His son is
at school in England. He lives simply
IN an apartment on massachusetts ave-
nue., observing a rather strict schedule.
He reaches his Office each morning
around 8 o'clock. and is usually there
when the clock points to o'clock.
There is no contemplatiVe melancholy
about him. He said on his last birth
day that he found life full and inter-
esting; that he was glad he had lived
in the years he had; would choose them
if he had to do it over, and would
make his home in America and in
Pittsburgh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES

Capital Traction $500 at 8534.
Potomac Electric Cons. 5s-S1 900 at
1884, $1,000 at 10314.
Washington Gas 6s "B"-$SO0 at 1O5t 3.
Washington Rwy. g. Electric 4s-$1 900
at 87ai.
Potomac Electric So pfd.-5 at HE.
Potomac Electric 5l29o pfd-20 at
1924, 5 at 10914, 20 at 1924, at
1924. 10 at 1091s.
Union Trust Colo at 215, 10 at 215.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
Baltimore Grain Exchange.

BALTIMORE. January 20 Especially,
Eugene Blackboard of Gill g. Fisher,
grain brokers, was reelected president
OF the Baltimore Grain Exchange at
meeting of the Board of Directors yes
terday Other officers elected were: j..
Adams Manger, vice president James
b. Hessong, secretary treasurer, and
Edward Bittrick. assistant secretary.
The Executive Committee consists Of
Edward Metre, chairman; Gustav Her
ger, T. Wilson Johnston, John Merry
man and Thomas G. Hope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
RIGHTS-EXPIRE.
FAC Gas & Fl. Mar
Sales of Stocks on New York Exchange.

SaIes oEUCks UH lNtW
1880 AM. 100000 1900 Noon. ...... 200 900
1880 PM....... 100000 2:10 PM. 100000
Dividend rates
Unit Of trading
in stock Payable
regular Payable
e Payable in cash in in
stock. Plus 30 in Plus
ses in stock Plus n stock. n Plus Sc in stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
U. S. TREASURY BALANCE.

The United States Treasury balance
announced today as of close of busi-
ness January 81 was $164, 899, 1875 60
Customs receipts for the month to date
were $24.014,359.16. Total ordinary ex-
penditures, $6,352, 840.26.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
PARIS BOURSE PRICES.

PARIS. January 90 (P).-Prices
moved irregularly on the Bourse today
Three per cent rentes, 81 francs 10
centimes. Five per cent loan, 1903
francs Is centimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29

Exchange on London, 1913 francs 921a
centimes. The dollar was quoted at rs
francs SPA centimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29

MiStletoe, native of Portugal, has red
berries instead Of the waxen white.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-25
s1,14o FOUND
 IN DIRT IN OLD
 MANS CABIN
Ire asure of Territorial Pensioner J. I. Fraz-
 fer Is Uncovered

One thousand. one hundred and forty dollars, all in twenty dollar gold bills, were found in the pocket of an old vest under a pile of rubbish in the cabin of J. T. Fraz- fer, aged recluse, who was ren- dered almost unconscious by fumes from his coal stove few days ago and who is a patient in St. Ann's Hospital now. For five or six years, he has been receiving a pen- sion of $20 a month from the Ter ritory.
 Joined Masons in 1865
 The money was found by Lockie MacKinnon and Chief of Police George Getchell. Also in the cabin were discovered papers showing it's occupant had joined the Masonic Lodge at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in 1865, thus establishing that he is at least 87 years old, for he, could not have affiliated with the order before he was 21.
 MT. MacKinnon had called to see the aged man at the hospital yesterday. The latter is very feeble, and has difficulty in making himself understood He reiterated the word tools even when money was mentioned. This morning, MT. MacKinnon discussed the matter with the Chief and they decided to search the cabin, which is one of the so-called Hogan cabins on Willoughby Avenue. The Chief had sealed the place with police pad- lock the other day after the re- moval of its occupant to the hos pital.
 Chief Keeps Up Search
 "The cabin was in a terrible state of disorder" said MT. Mac Kinnon. We looked over the few tools and in the bed, but without result. I wanted to abandon the search. The Chief insisted on a very thorough investigation. He found the money. The pile of dirt and the old vest would never have been suspected by me as the hiding place for such a treasure. For it's discovery the Chief is en- titled to all the credit"
 The money has been deposited in the B. M. Behrends Bank.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-25

providing funds for rehabilitation of the Valdez dyke project and the latter making an appropriation of S12,000 for compiling, etc, the laws of Alaska, House Bill No. 8, alloting annually s2,500 from the Second Divisions road fund to Nome Harbor maintenance, were read for the second time.
 MT. Lomen introduced measure to amend Chapter 8, Session Laws of 1917, relative to licensing for the practice of medicine and sur gerry and providing for revocation of such licenses.
 No Pulaski Day
 The Senate today returned to the Governor correspondence rela- tive to designating a day in the Territory to be known as Pulaski Day, in honor of the noted Polish officer of that name who rendered valient service in the Revolution ary War. It also notified the Governor it did not desire to take the initiative in the matter.
 Two House resolutions were re- ceived in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Education. One authorizes the purchase of a collection of Indian baskety to be known as the William P Rauch Collection, $5,000 donated to the Alaska Museum by MT. Rauch to be used for that purpose. The other fixes April 6 as Army Day and asks the Governor to set it aside by proclamation for general ob- servance throughout the Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-25
FINDS NO TRACE OF 26 MISSING
 AFTER DISASTER
Bernt Balchen Flies Over Ice Floes Looking for
 Viking Survivors

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, March 25.-Bernt Balchen and his air. plane crew are back at the Corner brook base after a flight over the ice-packed White Bay in search for Verick Frissel and other possible. survivors of the sealing ship Viking disaster.
 Balchen reports he saw no trace of the missing 26.
 Robert Fogg, who was marooned on Horse Island after breaking a ski on his plane as he attempted to land his news-picture expedi- tion, is at Hampden. He succeeded in getting off the ice on set of improvised skis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-25
SENATE PASSES PROBE MEASURE; VOTEUNAN|M0US
Foster Resolution Given Approval I o lay
 Other Bills Passed

Two Senate bills and a House resolution, the latter authorizing a legislative probe into the con- duct of Territorial offices, were passed this morning by the Senate, all of them by unanimous votes In an hour session it considered several measures in second read ing and advanced them for final enactment tomorrow.
 The House probe resolution was amended yesterday in the Senate to carry an appropriation of $500 for clerical expenses, and the com- mittee to be appointed was directed to keep a record of all the evidence submitted.
 Passed Without Debate
 It went through the Senate without debate. All seven members voted for it. It will reach the House tomorrow. A committee Of eight, four members from each of the two branches, and to include in the personnel the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, is authorized to inquire into the conduct of all Territorial of fices to the end that conflicts now existing in laws which govern the administrative procedure of the several executive departments may be erased.
 Just how the committee, after it is organized, will proceed has not been publicly discussed. As more than 50 per cent of the present Senate membership will be assigned to it, necessarily its work will have to be conducted at times when the Senate is not in ses- sion. No intimation has been giv- en by the presiding officer of either house of the members who will be assigned to the probe.
 Pass Relief Bill
 A bill for the relief of George H. Wagner, Nome, carrying an ap- appropriation of $2,605, passed the Senate today. It is for services performed by Wagner during smallpox scare of 1928-29. Two years ago the Legislature passed a resolution covering this matter, but it was declared invalid.
 Another Senate measure, by MT. Hess, passed the Senate today. It seeks to amend Chapter l01 of the laws of 1929 and would fix fees of Commissioners and witnesses in cases arising out of the work of the Board of Children's Guardians.
 Senate Bills 16 and 10 the first
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-25

Old papers at the Empire office
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-25
MAY DELAY DEPARTURE

Oscar Holm, veteran tailor of Sit- ka, is confined to his room in the zynda Hotel with a bad cold. He had planned to leave on an early steamship for the States, but may postpone his departure until ne feels better.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-25
.|RMA LOUCKS
 IS ON STAND

HILLSBORO, Oregon, March 25. Miss Irma Loucks, aged 28 years, denied that either she or Nelson c .Bowles caused the death of the latter's wife. She was on the stand most of yesterday. # s
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-15
ToDAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

Palace Sporting Blood" At II 40
am. 1.4s. 4:S5, 7:Is and $50 pm.
stage shows at ITO, SIS, 6:55 and
eos pm.
Columbia--sTabn." at 1920 am,
I.2o, 3:25, 5,25, 7:2s and s;2s pm.
Fox-"Ycung as You Feel" 10 as
am, 1903, SPA, 5.3s, 7:54 and 1909
pm. stare shows at 1924, 2:39, Asa,
4 ZOE and s:24 pm.
R-K-0 Keiths-"D iFigtble." at IL 20
am. rs. s:25. 5:25. 7:25 and S.2s pm.
Earle--"The Reckless Hour" ut 1871
am, 1851. 4s2s. 7;25 End 1908 pm.
sos pm.
TivoIi-" Sweepstakes (" at $50. 40.
SOS, 7.5s and s:45 pm.
Central aTransgressicn, At II ar.
20 IL pm.
Anahaenaaar A Holy Terror" ii
a.5A. Alb. STA. asnt and 10 IN.