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The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Catherine Berry
To Wed Air Corps
Officer in June

The engagement Of Miss
Catherine Knox Berry, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Georgia Knox Ber-
ry, to Lieut.. Frank Jerdone
Coleman, U. S. A. Air Corps,
has been announced. The wed
ding will take place in June.
Miss Berry, who is one Of
the popular young society girls
of the Capital, was graduated
from Holton Arms School in
1929, having prior to her en-
trance there attended National
Cathedral School for five years.
She made her debut in Decem-
ber two years ago.
Lieutenant Coleman was grad
uated from West Point Military
Academy in 1929.
Will Sail for France
Miss Anne Washington Pc
rine, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Corbin Perine, of Balti-
more, will sail shortly with her
mother and brother and sister,
Washington Perine I'd and
Miss Mary Ball Perine, to
spend the summer in Europe.
They will be at Biarritz,
France, for the season.
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Dance and Dine
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis D. Par
melee entertained a party at
the Shoreham Hotel on Satur-
day evening, the company re-
manning later for supper dane
ing. The guests included Mrs.
Mildred Culver and her sister.
Miss Lucille Miller, of New
York, who is now her house
guest; Karl Haneke and James
Mitchell
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Dinner Put off in Respect
To Speakers Memory

in the Panama Canal Zone,
has returned to New York and
is expected at Lilliput, her New
port residence, on Saturday.
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Return From North
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. William
Crozier, who have been in New
York, have returned to their
apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel. .r
Here with Parents
Mrs. Thomas C. Hart, of
Sharon, Conn, wife Of Rear
Admiral Hart, U. S. N, recently
appointed superintendent Of
the United States Naval Acad-
emy, is spending a few days at
the Mayflower with her par
ents, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Willard H. Brownson.
Mrs. Hart will return to Con-
necticut before going to An
napolis where her husband will
assume his duties on the first
of May.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Annual Gard
Party on
Tuesday

A partial list of the patron
esses for the Church of the
Blessed Sacrament ann nua
spring card party, which will
be held this year at the Shore
ham Hotel, on Tuesday after
noon, April 21, includes: Mrs.
T. w. Brahany, Mrs. Frank
Bell, Mrs. A. E. Berry, Mrs.
Thomas Brown, Mrs. w. Bur
rell, Mrs. Ella Barrett, Mrs.
Curtis Handley, Mrs. Michael
Doyle, Mrs, Joseph T. Mcguire,
Mrs. Fred Stohlman, Mrs. Jo-
seph Ralph, Mrs. Robert Quirk,
Mrs. Jerome Crowley, Mrs. A.
j. Cummings, Mrs. j. R. De
Vereaux, Mrs. VIM. C. Sullivan,
Mrs. Ray Semmes, Mrs. A. IS.
Gardiner. Mrs. E. j. Walsh,
Mrs. Charles Darr, Mrs. George
Berger, Mrs. Levin P. Handy,
Mrs. Aubrey Clarke, Mrs. j, p.
Madigan. Mrs. Arthur May,
Mrs. Edward Costigan, Mrs. j.
H. Donohoe, Mrs. j. C. Flood,
Mrs. John Galloway, Mrs. M. H.
Hurley, Mrs. Edwin Oakes, Mrs.
j. Eris Powell, Mrs. w. E. Det-
weller. Mrs. Harry Gerrity,
Mrs. George McCabe, Mrs. J. P.
Mckinney, Mrs. j. F. Moulton,
Mrs. James w. Murphy, Mrs.
Phideas Nicolaides, Mrs. L. A.
H. Peters. Mrs. Henry Sohon,
Mrs. j. VIM. Stohlman, Mrs.
l.. l.. TownShend, Mrs. Mary
Verela, Miss Clara Way, Mrs.
C. K. West, Mrs. Wohlgemuth,
Mrs. John Kelley.
In Charge of Affair
The committees in charge are
as follows: General arrange
ments-Mrs. Levin P. Handy
and Mrs. VIM. c. Sullivan; Pa
tronesses-MrS. Thomas w.
Brahany and Mrs. Fred Sin
clair; Candy-Mrs. Thomas F..
Keane and Mrs. John Kelley;
Prizes-MrS. Radford Moses,
Miss Agnes Cummings and
Miss Mildred Merrick: Public
ity-Mrs. Charles Roach and
Mrs. L. D. Whitaker; Cards
and TallieS - Mrs. Aubrey
Clarke. Mrs. j. Ernest Smith
and Mrs. James Bingham.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
May yDay Fete
Planned By
Students

The students of Notre Dame
Academy have announced
May Day card party to be
held in the Academy Audi
torium on Friday evening, May
|. The proceeds of the affair
will be applied to the academy
fund and will be used princi-
pally to enlarge and improve
the cafeteria. Members of the
aIumnae will assist the various
committees to make this party
a success.
Committees Are Named
Miss Catherine Gwinn,
member of the graduating
class, has been named general
chairman. Assisting her on
the various committees are: Re
freshments, Miss Rita Walsh;
PatroneSses. Miss Mary Dunn;
Publicity, Miss Lillian Pepper;
Prizes, Dorothy Corrado; Tables,
Margaret Murphy; Cards, Rita
Heiberger: TallieS. Elizabeth
Healey; Reception, Mary Lyons.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
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Charnbrun
To Sail

The ComteSSe de Chambrun,
sister of the late Speaker of the
House, Nicholas Longworth, will
sail for New Yor,.- on board the
lie de France on Wednesday.
The Comtesse, who before her
marriage to the distinguished
French Army officer, was Miss
Clara Longworth, plans to go at
once upon her arrival in this
countr" to Cincinnati, where
she will join her sister. Mrs.
Buckner Wallingford, at the
Longworth home.
Leaves TuniS by Plane
She left Tunis, where she has
been with Comte de Chambrun
at their chateau. yesterday by
plane. She is undertaking the
voyage, it is understood, despite
the advice of her physicians at
TuniS. who fear the effects of
long sea trip after her recent
severe illness, the result of
blood poisoning following an
insect bite. Bronchitis COM
pliceted her indiSposition but
she insisted upon hurrying to
America after the news of the
death of her brother was
broken to her.
X
Patrons for Concert
The Counselor of the Czecho-
slovakian Legation Jan SkaE
icky and Nine. Skalicky, Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Fitzpatrick, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. Merillat and
Miss Mary Tyler Johnson have
been added to the list of patrons
for the Elena de Sayn-Charlotte
Klein concerts, on April 22. in
the ballroom of the Stonelelgh
Court.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13

The dinner which was to
have been given this evening
by the German Ambassador,
Friedrich w. Won Prittwitz und
Gaffron and Nine. Won Pritt-
witz, has been indefinitely post.
poned due to the death of
Nicholas Longworth, former
Speaker of the House.
Guests of the Jewels
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund F..
Jewell have as their house
guests at their home on Rod
man Street, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roger G. Mosscrop, of Man
chester, N. H.
HerrickS at Hot Springs
Mrs. Parmely Herrick, accom-
panied by her son, Parmely
Herrick, jr., has arrived at the
Homestead, Hot Springs, Va,
for a week at the popular spa.
Mrs. Herrick is a daughter-ln-
law of the late United States
ambassador to France, Myron
T, Herrick. Her son, Parmely,
ir.. has as his guest Warren
Delano Robbins, jr., son OF
the United States minister to
Ell Salvador, and Mrs. Robbins.
Both are students at Harvard.
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Guests at Dinner Party
Mrs. Isabelle S. Harrington
was hostess to q party at dinner
at the Shoreham Hotel on Satur-
day evening. The guests includ-
ed Mrs. Farrington's brother
and sister-in-laW, DR.. and Mrs.
Myron Scudder, of New York;
her sister, Miss Anne Scudder,
Mrs. Edwrad B. Whitney and
Mrs. Thomas Sidwell.
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Here From South
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward. E.
Babb, of MelroSe, Mass, are
guests at the Mayflower while
in Washington, having arrived
here late Friday from South
ern Pines. They spent part of
the winter in st. Petersburg,
Fla. Edward E. Babb. jr.. and
Miss Frances M. Kerr are &C
companying them on the trip.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Slade, of
New York city, are now at the
Mayflower, where they will be
guests until they return home
on Wednesday.
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Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott, who
has been spending the winter
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Hamilton L. Pagan
Weds Mary Y. Trice
In Nativity Church

The marriage of Miss Mabel
Miles Trice, daughter of Mrs.
Mary V. Trice, of Little Rock,
Ark, and Hamilton Lloyd
Fagan, of Washington, took
place Saturday afternoon at
4 o'clock in the Nativity Cath
olic Church on Georgia Ave
nue.. The Rev. Father Hanne-
mann performed the ceremony.
James Sullivan attended the
bridegroom as best man. Mr..
Fagan is the son of Mrs. Eva
Fagan, of Washington, and the
late Charles T. Fagan.
The young couple are on a
motor trip to New York and
will stop in Atlantic City be-
fore returning from their
honeymoon. They will make
their home In Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Engagement
Of Daughter
Announced

Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cam
eron McRae WinsloW, who are
now living in Boston, have an
nounced the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Theodore
Marie Winslow, to AuguSte Noel,
of New York.
Miss WinSloW was graduated
from the Winsor School and is
a member of the Junior League
of New York, where she has
studied painting for several
years. Last winter she was a
member of the portrait class of
Cecilia BeauX. She is the
granddaughter of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore A. Have
meyer, of New York and New
port, and of the late Comdr.
Francis WinSlow and Mrs.
WinSlow.
Studied in Paris
Mr.. Noel is an architect,
member of the firm of Noel &
Miller, of New York. He studied
at the Beaux Arts in Paris and
is a member of the Knicker-
booker, Brook and Racquet and
Tennis clubs of New York.
During the war he served with
the Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology naval aviation unit.
He makes his home with his
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Johnson, in Washing
ton Square North, New York.
The wedding probably will
take place in June at Newport,
where the Winslows pass the
summer.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
OklahOnanS
In Capital
To Meet

Prominent OklahomanS will
be in the receiving line to
greet the new members and
guests at the Oklahoma State
Society meeting, entertainment
and dance, to be held at the
Burlington Hotel, Saturday eve
ming.
There will be special enter
tainment numbers to add to the
enjoyment Of the evening.
Heads the Committee
Mrs. Carl Schedler is chairman
of the entertainment committee.
The new president of the So
ciety, John r. Gardner, will
welcome all OklahomanS and
their friends who attend the
meeting. Guest tickets may be
procured from the Burlington
Hotel or from the secretary of
the society. All Oklahomans
and their friends are invited.
Guest of Swedish Legation
Sixten F. Wollmar, the fiance
of Mile. Ellis Bostrum, daughter
of the Minister of Sweden and
Nine. w. Bostrum, spent the
weekend in Washington as a
guest at the Legation. He
returned last evening to his
home in New York.
X X *:
Asbury Park Head Here
Mayor and Mrs. c. E. Het-
rick, Of Asbury Park, were din
ner hosts yesterday At the May
flower, where the latter is a
guest for the spring months.
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Mr.. and Mrs. William Jeffries
Chewing have taken: posses
sion of their new home in
wesley Heights.
K X 4
Mrs. Lea Is Hostess
Mrs. Charles M. Lea, Of De-
Won, Pa, who is spending part
of the spring season in Wash
ington at the Mayflower. en-
tertained at luncheon today in
the Chinese room. Of the hotel.
Covers were laid for 80.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Col. and Mrs. Berry
Entertain Guests
At Dinner Party

Colonel and Mrs. B. S. Berry
entertained a company at din
ner at the Shoreham Hotel on
Saturday evening, the party
remaining later for the supper
dance.
The guests included Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Hugh Matthews,
Commander and Mrs. Fred
erick L. Benton. Colonel and
Mrs. Walter N. Hill, Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer H. Berry, of Phila-
delphia, the brother and sister
in-laW of Colonel Berry who are
now house guests at the Berry
home, and Major and Mrs. H.
B. Cheadle.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Mrs. EdiSOnIS
Luncheon
Guest
Daughter-in-LaW of Noted
Inventor Entertained by
Mrs. Charles T. CIagget
At Chevy Chase Club

I MRS. Charles T. Clagget en-
tertained at q small luncheon
today at the Chevy Chase Club
in compliment to her cousin,
Mrs. william Leslie Edison,
daughter-in-law Of Thomas A.
Edison, the noted inventor, who
is the guest in Washington Of
Ernest L. May, at his home on
Nineteenth Street. Also in the
party were Miss c. M. Stover,
Mrs. Gregg Dandy and Miss
Frances Travers, the latter two
sisters Of MRS. Edison and, with
her, guests here of Mr.. May.
Mr.. May entertained at q
large supper party last evening
his for guests. They will be
here until Wednesday when
they expect to leave Washing
ton to return to their home III
Wilmington, Del.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
VIEWS AND GOSSIP SOCIETY THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Baird Is
HOnOred at
Party
President of Political Study
Group Guest Of Mrs. Ernest
Humphrey Daniel at Coun-
trV Club Luncheon

Mrs. Ernest Humphrey Dan
iel entertained at luncheon to-
day at the Women's National
Country Club in honor Of Mrs.
Bruce Baird, president Of the
Political Study Club.
The Guest List
The guests included members
of the clubs executive board
and hospitality committee, who
are Mrs. Proctor L. Dougherty,
Mrs. r. w. Howell, Mrs. F. M.
Shortall, Mrs. William r. Hoe
fer. Mrs. Nelson P. Webster,
Mrs. Frederick T. F. johnson,
Mrs. Robert j. Bates, Miss
Martha Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Peter
John McGovern, Mrs. Virgil c.
Miller, Mrs. Rosa Mulcare, Mrs,
Henry Albers, Mrs. William
Laird Dunlop, jr., Mrs. George
Oliver Gillingham, Mrs. Rich
ard Whiting, Mrs. John M,
Beavers, Mrs. William j. Nc
Gee, Mrs. Harry M. Packard.
Other Guests At Affair
Also Miss Roberta F. Tull,
Mrs. Claude Des Thomas, Mrs.
Eugene r. Woodson, Mrs. Cabot
Stevens, Mrs. Edward Dixon
Hays, Mrs. H. w. Witcover,
Mrs. Georgia Knox Berry and
Mrs. George E. Stringfellow, Of
East Orange, N. j.. a guest Of
the hostess.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Pershing
EntertainS
At Lunch

Gen. John ]. Pershing enter
tained at luncheon yesterday
at the Carlton Hotel.
The guests we're the Secre-
tary of War and Mrs. Patrick
Hurley, the Secretary of Agri-
culture and Mrs. Arthur M,
Hyde, Senator Lawrence C.
Phipps. Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Wal
ter c. Jones. Mrs. Jacob Lean
der Loose, Miss Mabel Board
man, and Miss Mae PerShing,
sister of General Pershing, who
is in Washington for a short
visit and is staying at the May
flower.
Card Party Postponed
The card party which was
to have been given tomorrow
afternoon at the fShoreham
Hotel by the Women's Auxiliary
of the District of Columbia
Medical Society has been post
poned to Monday, April 27,
owing to the death of DR.. John
Foote, who was president of the
Medical Society last year.
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Returns to Capital
Mrs. William Bailey Lamar
has returned to Washington
after passing the winter in
Atlanta. She will remain in
the city this week to attend the
Metropolitan Opera.
X X X
Mrs. Charles M. Hinkle,
accompanied by Miss Jean G.
Hinkle, is visiting at Hotel Del
Monte, California.
Leave For Summer Home
Representative and Mrs.
Adam M. Wyant left yesterday
to spend the summer at their
home in GreenSburg, Pa. Ed
mund S. Doty, Mrs. Wyant's
brother, accompanied tn m.
Miss Anne Moore Wyant, a
debutante of next winter has re-
turned to Smith College, where
she is a member of the fresh
man class. Representative and
Mrs. Wyant make their home at
Wardman Park Hotel, and will
return there in the fall.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
.HeadsEnVOVs
From r. |. to
Wet ParleV

Mrs. Harry Parsons Cross, OF
Providence, heads the group of
notable women from her State
arriving in washington today
to attend the meeting Of the
Women's Organization for Ma
tional Prohibition Reform, which
conveneS here tomorrow.
Among the Delegates
The delegates include Mrs.
Henry F.. Lippitt, Mrs. Charles
Warren Lippitt, Mrs. William s.
Innis, Mrs. Lytton w. Doolittle,
Mrs. Henry Dexter Sharpe, Mrs.
Bruce Merriman, Mrs. Mauran
S. Pierce, Mrs. Frank E. Rich
mond, Mrs. Thomas H. West,
jr., Mrs. Robert o. Read, Miss
Elizabeth Illsley, and Miss Helen
Hackney.
Others in the group viii be
Mrs. Paul Fitzsimmons, Mrs.
Marion Eppley. Mrs. Gibson
FahneStock, and Mrs. Snowden
A. Fahnestock, Of Newport,
r. I.
X K
Gives Birthday Party
Miss Eleanor Howell was the
guest in honor Of whose birth
day Edward Kenney entertained
a party of young people at the
dinner dance at the Shoreham
Hotel on Saturday evening,
The guests included Miss
Dorothy Craig, Mrs. Helen Dor
ris, Miss Constance Morgan,
Miss Marcia A. ODonnell,
George Griffin, Joseph Cant
we'll. Chester Chandler and
Henry Trautwin.
Evening star., 1931-06-22

Sales OF StOcKs ON new York Exchange
1880 AM........ 100000 1900 Noon. 49,. 2 100 600
l:se Pm. 100000 2:1O P.M....... 3600OOO
Dividend rates given
"Unt trading
stock sPssahle in scrip sPus s% in stock
Plus s2 in stock Plus 6 in stock Plus stock
this regular rate Plus in stock. - ~ 49, "N
Evening star., 1931-06-22
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.
INSTANTANEOUS.

Barber & Ross. Inc. 6Ias.... 30 .....
cosxz cofnpa Ghsse cou6tT5 6trS eiaS iSS4 os
D. G. Paper Mfg. IS. s........... 80 so
Wash. Mkt. Cold Storage ST.. "a ..r..
Evening star., 1931-06-22

cent below the initiaa 13 days of June,
1880, compared with a drop of 80 per
cent in May. Whereas public works
and utilities contributed an increase of
33.5 per cent, residential building has
receded 80 per cent thus far in June,
while non-residential construction, ex-
cluding utilities and public works, was
Off 54.8 per cent.
One Of the few major industries to
display some favorable aspects during
the week was that of petroleum. Aver
age daily production was OF about TO-
$50 barrels, but in view Of the excep-
tionally poor condition prevailing gen.
orally In this field and which Is being
magnified by development in East
Texas, little significance can be at
tached to decline of such proportions
unless complimented by continuity Of
similar decreases. There has been lit
tie evidence of this for several weeks.
Domestic power output in the seven
days ended June 13 was 40 per cent
below the period of 1880. The greatest
part of the recession was accounted for
in the central industrial and Pacific
Coast regions. The decline in produc-
ton for the week ended June was only
80 per cent.
American products sold abroad, as
W6l DIS lIupOEIS, dTG SHOWING no 1QQl-
cation of improvement. May exports Of
$205, 100000 represent a low level that
has not been equaled since October,
1914, and imports, which fell to $182,-
100000 for the month, compared with
those of September, 1921. While actual
value of exports and imports have
shrunk about 36 per cent from 1880 the
consideration Of a corresponding move
ment in prices would reasonably ac-
count for at least half the contraction.
The Companies.
McKesSon & Robbins, Inc.-Expense
control enables earnings to maintain
1880 rate
Republic Steel operations down to
40 per cent, against As per cent last
week. Youngstown Sheet 81 Tube op-
erations advanced to 40 per cent of
capacity against SO per cent last week;
gets 4l,000-ton pipe order; Campbell
furnace banked, leaving one of four
stacks melting; board may seek court
ruling on dividend status of shares to
merger with Bethlehem Steel.
American Natural Gas March quar-
ter net income before depreciation, de-
pletion, Federal tax and discount,
81 ,195,672.
Arundel Corporation common share
earnings, five months to May 81, SLIT,
against $1.73.
General Electric Co., Ltd, common
share earnings year ended March 81,
80 cents, against 81.
Hudson Motor Car has added 1853
new dealers in current year.
Upgrade Food Products Dollar sales
running at rate oS $4S,000,000 a year.
Evening star., 1931-06-22
FOREIGN BOND list
IN BRISK ADVANCE
Hoover's Plan for Morato-
rum Meets Quick Re-
sponse in Market.
BY r. H. RICHARDSON.
III r. H. AVADNAIANVAS16
Special Dispatch to The Star.

0pSCIhl DlSphbCu 70 4Hc 0taE.
NEW YORK, June 22.-Bonds were
foreign dollar group, on President
Hoovers proposal to postpone inter-
governmental debts, including war
reparattons, for year, and its accept
ance by England and Germany. While
France hesitated, it was believed she
would approve the plan in general, while
insisting on part Of her payments from
Germany.
The opening gains in German bonds
opened up points at 76 and there was
bid in the market for $500,000 of
them at the same time for 751a. Dawes
reparations rs worked up to 101. Ger
man municipalS, such as Berlin 6s,
Cologne 612S and Frankfort 612s,
jumped to points. Industrials, in
Guiding United Steel Works 61as and
Siemens g. Halske 6Las. were 4 to Z
points higher. Most German issues
reached new high levels on the recovery.
Despite the activity there was a
hesitant note in bond trading, COM
pared with the brisk movement on the
stock market. This was attributed to
the tendency of investors to interpret
President Hoover's plan as morato-
rum affecting all German obligations.
The position of German commercial
loans, as a matter of fact, would be
vastly improved by the postponement
OF war debt payments: and no dollar
bond issued by the German govern
ment, its states and cities or its indus
tries, and sold to the investing public,
Is included in the suspension plan.
Interest and sinking fund payments
would be safeguarded by the conserva-
ton of the Reich's revenue through the
postponen1ent of debt payments and
reparations. Young plan 5las and the
Dawes plan reparations rs. for instance,
are not affected by the Hoover plan.
The rest of the foreign list also
improved. The psychological impulse
from the moratorium proposal ad-
vanced Argentine 6s about 2 to 3
points, Brazilians / to 2 points, Chilean
issues 2 to points and other South
American and European descriptions by
smaller amounts Even the bonds of
Australia improved. Argentine bonds
were further aided by record wheat
shipments last week
In the domestic list the most signifi-
cant feature was the declines of 1892
to 1882 in United States Government
long-term issues. This, together with
a general marking down of municipal
bond prices, reflected the switching
process engendered by the stronger
markets for stocks and junior bonds.
One of the signs Of recovery has tradi-
tionally been a gradual easing of high
grade investment issues. while the
funds so obtained go to bolster junior
securities.
Second-grade rail mortgages today
continued their advance of Saturday.
Industrials, too, were strong. Vanadium
SIS were up 3 points on good volume.
International Match SIS gained a point
and bonds of other companies whose
position depends greatly on interna-
tional stability also were strong.
Evening star., 1931-06-22
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS

NEW YORK, June 22-The follow
ing is a summary of important cor
poration news, prepared by the Stand
ard Statistics Co., Inc. New York for
the Associated Press:
Weekly News Trend.
Industrial vitality continues at levels
that fail to provide any basis for i'm
mediate optimism. Outstanding news OF
the past week originated with a number
of large steel fabricators, who, in an
effort to put their operations on a prof
liable basis, have advanced prices on
black and galvanized sheets from 81 to
SIS ton. Although better feeling has
resulted from this action, it is not ex-
pected that billings in the third quarter
will reflect the mark-up to any great
extent. On the other hand, there Is
little indication that the declining
trend of steel output is slackening
Weekly trade publications consensus
places current rate of ingot production
around 38 per cent of theoretical ca
pacity, compared with 40 per cent in
preceding week and AZ per cent fort
night ago. The prevailing sentiment is
that the course will continue in this
direction well into July, with the prob
ability that the low levels of Decem-
ber last will be at least approximated, If
not duplicated.
Motor car production is gradually
sinking to seasonal inactivity. Except
ing a few manufacturers now planning
introduction of new models, there are
no signs that schedules will soon be
revised to higher levels. Facts now
available indicate that output for June
will be between 270,000 and 275,000
units.
Freight LOadings.
Freight car loadings recovered from
the holiday week with an increase Of
49, ,956 to 760, 800 in the seven days end
ing June 6. This, however, represents
a reduction of 1876 per cent from the
like week year ago and was 27.9 per
cent under the similar 1929 period.
Some expansion in utility and public
works building and engineering has
aided In checking the rather severe de-
cline in commitments under way in the
past few months. Based on the daily
average value of contracts awarded, as
reported by the F. w. Dodge Corpora
ton, results for the industry as a whole
in the first half of 5urls were PAT per