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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
PANAMA MINISTER BEGAN
LIFE HUMBLY, MADE SELF
DIR. HarmOdiO Arias Cited as Example of
Human Interest That Exists
South of Rio Grande.

himself up to the top by his own efforts
The story Of the "self-made man has
been since the beginning OF America
press, classical front page material.
What the reader in this country has
not stopped to think is that there are
thousands of those self-made men down
on the other side Of the Rio Grande In
the 20 republics Of Latin origin that
share with US the Western Henlis-
phere."
When Rounsevell was SAYING this we
were in the Office of the new Minister
from Panama. DR. Harmodio Arias. He
and ! we're listening to his talk and
approving (which Is only natural,
since ] have always tried TO stress the
human side in my discussions of Latin
American affairs--when the well known
publisher added:
You don't have to 60 far to find
them. Right here and now we are in
the presence OF one. In fact. you
have here the best representative Of
them. DIR. Arias Is the lyrical ex-
ample OF what I am talking about. He
is q self-made man. He owes all his
reputation and standing to his own
efforts. I know DR.. Arias' life, and I
know the confidence and prestige that
he holds in the hearts OF the Pana-
man people, without distinction Of
political colors. The story Of his life
and his success could be a great les
son Of human achievement and a step
forward in the understanding of the
Latin American people"
DR.. Arias Modest.
OF course. this set me out to find out
the background and story Of DR.. Arias
career. The Ministers natural rnodesty
made useless any progress at the mo-
ment, but when we abandoned the lega-
ton, heard from the American pub
Usher who has learned to know the
Latins better than they know them
selves, the interesting story Of the
diplomatic representative OF Panama to
the United States.
The story at length, full of colorful
pictures, would give material for q book,
or a series OF articles abuE1arlt IN hui
man interest. The space at my dis
posal unfortunately, merely allows
brief resume Of it, an outline sufiicient
70 emphasize the point that the Amer
lean newspaper man was making.
DR.. Harrn0dio Arias, who does not
conceal his modest origin and the alb
sence Of material resources with which
he started, had none OF the ADVANTAGES
and All Of the handicaps that stand
IN the way OF success when he first
faced life. Lacking money, influential
relatives or interested pulls, he was
alone in the world when he came cut
Of high school with bunch OF more
fortunate young men.
But DR.. Arias had other assets--in-
tangible assets--which were going 10
carry him to position which none Of
his sch0Olnat1a ever approached. Char.
actsrs ambition and 4 superior mind.
kContinue 0n miro PaRs.5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
By VICTOR KEEN.


- HANGHAI.-The Marking govern
ment has abandoned its past
policy Of minimizing TO the gen
~ eral public the seriousness of the
Communist situation in China.
Faced with the necessity of admit
ting the failure of the last nine months
campaign for the suppression Of the
Communist armies which have been
overrunning Central China, government
officials are frankly admitting the
gravity Of the situation.
Optimism Called Harmful.
An exhaustive report on the Com
munist problem has been issued by
Yang Chen, veteran Kuomintang
leader, who has Just returned from
Kiangsi Province. where he made an
extensive investigation of conditions
Yang describes the present government
campaign in Kiangsi as a life-and-
death struggle between the Chinese So
cial and economic system and the Com
munist system originally introduced
into China by Soviet Russia. He con-
dennis the governments past policy of
concealing government reverses and ex-
aggerating petty victories against the
Communists, and expresses the opinion
that IL greater candor had been en-
ployed by Marking authorities in keep
ing the people ofacially informed of
true conditions, greater progress might
have been made in Graduating the
Communist evil.
In dealing with the historical back
ground Of the Communist movement In
China. Yang points out that the course
OF Chinese history has shown that at
the end of every political period, such
as the fall of dynasty, the country
has been beset for years with wide
spread banditry.
But the historical phenomenon which
in the present case finds its express
sion in Communism" Yang goes on
TO state, sis OF nature far more serious
than the usual bandit outbreaks be-
cause this time the forces of anarchy
are directed by the Third Interna-
tionale which finds in China only one
more episode in its program Of world
revolution"
Describes Growth Of idea.
Tracing the growth Of Communism
In China, Yang points out that 1t may
be divided into three distinct periods:
The FIRST period, from 1920 to 1875"
he continues. may be called the stage
of incubation. Intellectuals, notably
Chen Tu-Hsu and Ii Tai-Chao who
are known as the founders OF the Chi
faese Communist party, conducted O
carefully planned soviet propaganda
campaign in the guise Of the new
learning The Chinese renaissance
movement hitherto purely literary
and philosophical movement, was sue
eessfully diverted and utilized a.
movement sdvocating socialistic doc
aAs this zsass tie nos.nsns w.s
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ment and, since May is, 1877, her great
effort has been to substitute IDEAS of
liberty for this autoeratic spirit. The
democracy is so dependent on this
liberty In ali matters of administration
that she has put this liberalizing effort
above all thoughts Of material advance
ment
The depute (who Is elected became
more important than the prefet who
Is appointed, and the general council
has assumed more and more power as
compared with the procedures. just
see what has become Of these power
full "Prefets Of the Empire! We have
Systematically diminished their power
and sometimes have deliberately humil-
lated them. II the prefet is at present
reassuming his influence and his au-
thority, it is more as a collaboration
with the general council and the de-
partmental administrations and less as
an agent OF the central national gov
eminent.
When Alsace left us, she still had
the "Prefet Of the Empire" Germany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
Better Accommodation Are Provided
For Hoboes by the British Government

Of many British that by making things
so soft for the hobocs there will be an
increase in the number OF Migrants.
On the contrary. II contends that the
habitual hobo prefers casual wards not
supplied with baths. or where, the sur
roundtngs have anything Of the de
luxe" about them.
Some woman reformers say trarnps
should be provided with pajamas, not
nightshirts. but the ministry is not yet
prepared TO go that far
tcopTrigat, 1880.
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Canada Buffalo Herd
Greatly Multiplied

OTTAWA--Canada bought about %
buffalos in Montana back Ia 1908 and
they have thrieged and multiplied 50
much that it has been found necessary
to transfer large numbers TO the
Northwest Territories and to slaughter
number every year.
At present there is . herd Of 5000
In the park at Wainwright, 1000 ak
Is, 900 in the Northwest Territories.
In these reserves the animals roam
over sections Of t1efr natural habitat
much rs their ancestors did Ia the
earlier days.
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Chemical Engineers
Return for Studies

Thirty-four per cent Of the graduates
Of chemical engineering schools return
for further study during their hrxt year.
This Is BY Tar the greatest percentage,
according 10 q report for the Depart
ment Of Chemical Engineering &c IL
Uni nifty q Michisans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

<(TT is the lack OF human interest
in the news stories and edi-
torials regarding Latin America
4 that accounts for the relatively
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Furnace to continue operations on
month to-month basis.
F1leneS tWm.) Sons declares initial
25 cents common dividend.
General Railway Signal receives or
der for 470 light signals from New
York Central Railroad
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad July
surplus, after charges of PIT per
cent; seven months, of 17.3 per cent.
Macy (R. H. g. Co.-First half
dollar sales equaled like period a year
ago, physical sales up 20 per cent cur
rent rate of inventory turnover approx
imately l112 times a year
Metropolitan Edison net income, II
months to June 80, s3,171 ,445. VS..
S3,492 OPT.
New York, Chicago & st. Louis Rail-
road July deficit after charges, S12l. :
22S, VS.. surplus s35,171, seven months.
surplus after charges, sel7,355. VS..
S69l, ABS.
Pierce OIL net income, six months
to June 80, si1l,l00
Pierce Petroleum net income six
months to June 80, S250, 440, equal TO
IL cents common share.
Raybestos- Manhattan declares 40
cents quarterly common dividend;
previous payment, 65 cents quarterly
Republic Steel-Operations resumed
at Warren Plant Strip Mills on IS per
cent to 40 per cent basis, and at
Youngstown Tin Plate Mills
Rogers jestic Corporation July
radio sales up "a per cent.
Shell Union OIL passes convertible
preferred dividend; paid $137j2 July
L. subsidiary, Shell Eastern Petroleum
Products, advanced bulk gasoline price
to 6 cents gallon at ali Atlantic sea-
board terminals eXcept Portland Me
where price was raised TO 612 cents
Continental Oil CDelaware) increases
tank car gasoline prices one-fourth cent
a gallon to So cents
Douglas Aircraft declares sales Of
case and bulk goods up per cent and
per cent, respectively, In first half:
five Dominion units OH fun time.
New York, New Haven & Hartford
authorized TO establish Boston New
York freight rate Of 80 cents a hundred
pounds on minimum 80 000-pound car
loads to meet steamship and truck
competition
Warner Bros. Pictures deficit, 80
weeks ended May 80, S4,334,73S vs. net
income s1i,765,2 65; equal TO s4o4 a
common share.
International Paper & PoWer-June
electricity sales of Ga1neau Power, sub
sidiary, up 81 per cent. six months up
I3 per cent.
earnings, % weeks to June 20. 49 cents
VS.. S1.70.
Tidewater Oil deficit. six months to
June 30, 81 ,00S, 572 VS.. net income So
838 ISL; equal to SLOT a common share
Container Corporation has cut over
head more than $500, 900 in first half
Sinclair Consolidated Oil-Terms for
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merger of this company with Tidewater
Associated Oil, Prairie Oil g. Gas,
Prairie Pipe Line and Rio Grande OIL
reported arranged, except for details;
capital OF new company placed at u.s.
600 900 no-par shares. Under terms OF
proposed plan one share Of new COM
pany's common stock will be given for
each share of Sinclair common after re-
tirement of Sinclair preferred 8 shares
for 10 common shares OF Tidewater As
ISOLATED, share for each Prairie Oil g.
Gas share and IA shares for 10 Prairie
Pipe Line shares. Terms regarding Rio
Grande shares not definitely known:
merger subject TO ratification Of stock
holders
Empire Corporation-Passed quarterly
dividend on SO optional dividend series
preferred stock; paid IS cents June l..
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway re-
duces salaries S per cent.
Los Angeles Gas & Electric net in
come after reserves for consumers
charges in controversy. IL months to
June 30. $3,941 OFT VS.. S4.s37 ,593.
Perfect Circlwe common share earn
ings, months to July 81. 1851 VS.. 50 S.
Pneumatic Scale Corporation. Ltd,
deficit, year ended May 81. s77.169 VS.
net income SEAS, 1874, equal to 1921 a
common share.
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BONDS IRREGULAR
IN ACTIVE TRADING
Some Rail Issues Show
Strength-0iI Group in
Good Demand.
BY F. Fl. RICHARDSON.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
NEW YORK, August 2o.-Bonds
were irregularly lower in moderately
active trading today.
The irregularity aroae from the I'M
expected strength Of a few railroad
bonds at time when some carrier
stocks and some of the best grade of
dated, and from the upturn in the oil
bonds In reflection of a merger an
nouncement affecting five of the largest
companies. Apart from the South
American list, which was heavy. there
was no weak group
Many of the rails continued to sag,
and it was evident that much of the
selling was still of a forced character.
Southern Railway 6l2s dropped another
2 points following their APPOINT loss Of
Wednesday Baltimore g. Ohio 4i2s Of
1888 were off fractionally. Canadian
National Railways SIS, a government
guaranteed bond. lost a fraction. Chi
cago & Northwestern 412s eased
That there were special reasons for
the selling of these rails was apparent
in the fact that there were gains in
other railroad bonds of similar char
acter, such as Baltimore e. Ohio re-
funding IS, Chesapeake q Ohio AIS,
Delaware g. Hudson refunding As,
Missouri-Pacific SIS and Northern Pa
cific As AS a matter of fact. there
we're more bids for carrier bonds in the
market than has been the case for
some days, but offerings in some issues
were quite heavy. The large insurance
companies were said to be selling bonds
to raise cash for policy loans.
The oil company bonds moved sharply
higher. Sinclair Oil Is jumped nearly
3 points. Sicily Oil 5l2s, Phillips Pc
troleum 5As, Texas Corporation SIS,
Standard on of New Jersey SIS, Stand
ard Of New York 4ias and Richfleld Oil
IS were all higher. Shell Union Oil S.,
an exception. were a point or more low
er on omission Of the preferred dividend.
High grade public utility and indus
trial issues were firm. There was little
change in the secondary group, though
slight gains were recorded by General
Motors acceptance IS, United States
Rubber SIS, Dodge Brothers IS, Warner
Brothers Pictures IS, McKeSson & Rob-
bins 5ias, Paramount Publix 5 rs, Loril-
lard SIPS and Postal Telegraph SIS.
The dip in the South American list
complete moratorium by Chile for the
balance of 1881. Hitherto Chile has
been depositing service on her external
debt in Santiago banks in Chilean cur
rency to await a more appropriate time
to purchase foreign exchange Chilean
IS dropped another point today and
Chile Mortgage Bank obligations sagged.
Colombian, Uruguayan and Brazilian
bonds we're sympathetically affected.
Argentine IS were to points lower.
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NATIONAL BANK

Amer. Sec. l. TT. Co. u5) ....-. $40
Continental Trust t6J.......... go.
Natl. Saw, a. TT. t12El ......-.... $50
Prince Georges Blk. & Tr. 80 49, %
Union Trust fssl ....'.....,..... 400
Wash. Loan & Trust DID,. 400
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, August 20 GE7).- UNITED
States Department Of Agriculture -
Hogs. 10000. including $500 direct,
SLOW. ABOUT steady Pigs and packing
sovs, strong to IS higher, l7o-2l0
pounds, 7-0oa7l5; top. 40, 22o-2so
pounds, 6.25a7l0. pigs. 5.5oa6-25; pack
ing sows 40oa475 smooth light
weights, 5.ooa5 so; light light. good and
choice l40-l60 pounds. 650a700 light
weight 10000 pounds, 685a7 20, me
dunn weight, 200-250 pounds, 6 60a
T.2o. heavy weight. 250-350 pounds,
5.35a65o; packing sows, medium and
good, 275-5oo pounds 4.0oa5.50. siaugf1-
ter pigs, good and choice, l00-l30
pounds. 535s635
choice fed steers and yearlings steady,
others easy TO 25 lower Buyers ois-
eliminating not only against grassy Of
ferinRs but widening the price range
between merely good and outstanding
offerings Top yearlings. 1920 best
weighty steers, 1000; most other Kill
ing classes steady; yealers so higher;
largely grassy run.
Slaughter cattle and vealefS- Steers,
good and choice, 100000 pounds, s25a
1925: 900-1 100 pounds, S25at0.25;
to0-1 800 pounds, 5.0Oa1025: 300
500 pounds. 8.0Oa10l0; common and
medium, 6o0-1 800 pounds, 4.75as 90;
neDerS, ROO0 ana cn0lcS. 50D-b1O
pounds, 750a9.75; common aL1 me-
dunn, 3T5a7 so. cows. good and choiae,
425a6.75; common and medium, 3.00a
4 IS: low cutter and cutter. 2.0Od3.0e
bulls (yearlines excluded, good and
choice beef, 400a5.25 cutter to me-
dium, 275a425. vealers milk fed
good and choice 9.50al0.50, medium,
700as so: cull and common. 5.ooaT.00
Etocker and feeder cattie-SteeTs good
and choice, 5o0-i ,050 pounds, 5.75a
$50. common and medium, 400a5.00
Sheep, 10000, lambs fairly active,
steady; sheep dull weak nothing done
on feeding lambs; better grade native
eve and wether lambs, 700aT.75 70
packers: few, 500 to outsiders; best
westerns held around 500 Lambs, 80
pounds down. good and choice, 6.75a
800; medium, 525a6.75; all weights,
common, 3.50a5 rs; ewes, 9o-i50 pounds,
medium 10 choice, i.25a2 IS all weights,
Gull and common, 75aITs; feeding
lambs, 6o-T5 pounds, good and choice.
5.25a5.75.
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100, O00- BUSHEL PEACH
CROP SEEN IN HANCOCK

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, August 20.-The
great Hancock fruit district, west Of
here, has started to harvest its peach
crop, which Is estimated at 100, 900
bushels oy growers. Trucks are being
used to send most Of the early fruit to
the markets. The price at the packing
sheds at present is from so to rs cents
a bushel
Peaches this year are Of good size and
In very good condition, the weather be-
ing ideal for their development. Grow
ers express the opinion that last years
drought killed many of the insects
which usually prey upon the fruit.
The Smithsburg peach district ex-
poets to turn out about 100, 600 bushels
this year, but the harvest will not start
until next week.
The first peaches TO be harvested Will
be the Belle Of Georgia variety, and
then Elbertas and J. II. Hales.
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DEMAND FOR STEEL
REPORTED BETTER
Auto Specifications Help
Market-Pipe Line Book
ings Gain.
By the Assoclated Pres.


NEW YORK, August 2o.-A Slisht
gain in steel demand, mainly AS the Re
suit Of specifications from the autor,o-
bile industry, and prospective increases
IN line pipe bookings, structural steel
AWARDS and rail releases have strength
tned the hopes OF iron and steel pro-
dueers for seasonal upturn in bust
ness, Iron Age says in its weekly re-
view OF the industry.
While current orders from motor
car builders are too small and too
scattered TO throw much light on Sep
TENDER assembly schedules" the re-
view says, they are interpreted as
portending larger and more widely de-
nned Orders about to be placed in
clude $4,000 tons for the Stanolind
Pipe Line Co. and $4,000 tons for the
Lycoming Natural Gas Co. which with
smaller tonnages approaching the clos
ing stage, are counted on to sustain
the recently increased operations of
electric wsid and seamless pipe mills
until the end of the current quarter.
Rail specifications are still irreV1-
lar, as evidenced by the shutting down
OF the Pittsburgh district mill after a
week S run, but will be heavier next
month. Releases for September rolling
thus Tar received at Chicago point to
gain OF Is TO so per cent in West
ern rail mill operations.
Mill shipments Of both sctructural
steel and reinforcing bars have been
noldlng up well, with the likelihood
tnat they will continue to make a good
showing. A negative factor. so far as
concrete bars are concerned is a con-
uoversy in Illinois regarding that
states standard wage law. which NAV
Delay the award of more than $40 Oof-
900 worth Of road work until next
year
concrete bars are concerned. is a con-
Sumers OF iron and steel have as vet
given little indication of an impending
seasonal upturn in their requirements
I'm plate production, which has
neId up unusually we'll throughout the
depression, has declined to so Der cent
OF capacity, the lowest rate of the wear
steel ingot production still fails IN
snow a uniform trend. The intermit-
TENT operations now characteristic Of
various steel finishing departments con-
tlnue TO be reflected in irregularities
IN raw steel output Gains in ingot
production at Cleveland and CHICAGO
are in contrast with losses at BufTalo
birmingham and Pittsburgh. The aver
age rate for the country at large il
estimated at 80 per cent connnared
with 80 per cent in the previous week /"
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CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS

NEW YORK, August 2o.-The follow
ing is a summary of important corpo-
ration news prepared by the Standard
Statistics Co. Inc, New York, for the
Associated Press:
News Trend.
Electric output for the week ended
August Is totaled ,629, oil 900 kilowatt
hours, a decline of 30 per cent from
the corresponding week last year, &C
cording to the National Electric Light
Association.
The only section of the country to
show an increase over last year was the
Atlantic seaboard, with the largest de-
cline in the other districts reported from
the central industrial region.
The Companies.
Gruen Watch declares 25-cent quar-
terly common dividend; formerly paid
so cents
International Printing Ink IS pre-
ferred share earnings, six months TO
June 30, S2.43, VS.. S1.85.
Morrison Electric Supply onits COM
mon dividend; paid Is cents June l.
Pressed Steel Car omits quarterly
prcferred divi I'd; last payment, SITS
June 30.
Stone & Webster declares quarterly
50-cent common dividend; previous pay
ment, rs cents quarterly.
Thatcher Manufacturing omits quar-
terly common dividend; last payment,
40 cents, July l.
United States Printing & Lithograph
Co deficit, six months TO June 80.
S54. 265.
Vulcan DEFINING common share
earnings, six months to June 80, s2.75,
vs.. 1882
American Water Works d. Electric
july electric output Of subsidiaries of
Al per cent; seven months, of s.5
per cent.
Associated Dry Goods - Reported
earnings six months ended July 81,
after preferred dividends, resulted in
small profit on common stock
Baltimore 81 Ohio Railroad seeks
Interstate Commerce Commission au-
thority for direct operation of Buffalo,
Rochester e. Pittsburgh Railway; latter
company has petitioned to operate Buff
falo g. Susquehanna Railroad
Billiard Co deficit, six months to
June 80, $172.732, VS.. deficit $50, 064.
Canada Bread. Ltd, costs reduced
about IS per cent in past fiscal year.
Colorado FRel g. Iron-Minnequa
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Electricity -- The National Electric
Light Association has corrected its pre-
vious report on the annual increase in
domestic use Of electricity. The Ger
rected report shows that domestic use
OF electricity for light and power is in
creasing at the rate Of 100000 600
kilowatt hours year. instead II l2,0o0,-
900 900, as originally reported.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE,
citations furnished by w. b. Hibbs & Coz
Nominal gold Selling ehecks
U. S. TREASURY BALANCE.

United States Treasury balance an
nounced today as of c1ose of business
August IS was $124I23, 426.l3. Gus
toms receipts for the month to date
were $22,0I37 22o4 Total ordinary ex-
penditures were $6,IT4,I1e.59.
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Washington Stock Exchange
OALLDs
AFTER CALL.

Potomac Electric 60 pfd-5 at i111a.
Potomac Electric Cons SSH 900 at
los
Peoples Drug stores pfd,--5 at 1885,
Potomac Electric SIC 70 pfd.-l0 at ITO.
Mergenthaler Linotype-l0 at 1872.
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Sales of Stocks on New York EXCHANGE.
1890 AM. 100000 1900 Noon. ...... 100000
PM......... 100000 P.M........ 100000
Dividend table the annual cash
fPus stock. A Paid
n cash
Plus so cents
n special preferred in m
n n Plus 2lass in stock
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Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Barber 4 Ross. Inc, elzs. ,... 70
Chevy Chase Club 5i2s, zoe. 100
Columbia Country Club S IS. 1907 10
D. c Paper Mfg. 6S..,..,.,..... 80
W NJ. Cold Storage SIS. ........ IS e.
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STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.

Amer Tel A. Tel. t91 1894
Capital Traction Co. "a ..... So
Washington Gas Light Co. liB). lis
N W Steamboat tl2) -....... IFS
Pot Elec. Power 90 pfd. .,.,.. III "a
Pot Flee Power $40 pfd 'll0
wash Pwy 4, FL com (7l 49,. '425
Wash RWy. 4 81. pfd o.. '9s7s
AZ