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Jimmy Casney in a Lee Tracy Role;
Nat BrusiIoH to Headline Fox
Christmas Week Show

pearance of Bella (Dracula)
Lugosi, mysterious screen star.
The Three Sailors and AL Gordon
and his dogs.
When Loew's Columbia Theater
was Washington's premiere play
house, Nat Brusiloff was men,
Der of it's orchestra. While brother
Leon, whose musical accomplish
ments are we'll known to the Cap
ital, directed the Fox Theater Or
cheStral unit.
Since branching out, Nat has
attained much eminence as the
baton wielder and major domo of
his own band. In addition to
topnotch billing on the stages Of
leading American Theaters he
and his musical henchmen have
been featured on the radio, and
for many months musically sup
ported Kate Smith on her nation
wide broadcasts
What About This?
Some Of the latest news from
Hollywood makes one think that
the Christmas celebrating has
begun there early. For instance
the news that Charlie Chaplin
has been rendered the role Of
Napoleon by Warner Brothers.
Imagine a Napoleon with a Plea
dilly accent and what makes
Hollywood think Mr.. Chaplin
would be a success as an audible
actor.
Another good grin is the radio
announcement that Ginger Rogers
is the selection for the star role
in "Declasse." This is one Of
the more famous Of the plays
in which Ethel Barrymore
traipsed. Ginger Rogers in an
Ethel Barrymore role. Maybe
they intend to make it over into
a comedy.
FolIies Changes
The Follies will have some new
faces in the lineup when it opens
at the Winter Garden on jan
uary 8. John Murray Ander-
son has been engaged to do some
restaging while the big musical
rehearses for a solid week be-
fore the first New York per-
Torrance. Betsy Beaton, Lord
Oliver Wakefield and Jack Pepper
will not be among the principals
for the New York engagement.
The ShubertS have decided to
postpone the Broadway premiere,
originally slated for Christmas
night, till the later date. The
production plays week in New
ark after its Pittsburgh engage
ment.
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Has Sweet Tooth

Jack LaRue, in Miss Fane's
Baby Is Stolen" never eats less
than five candy bars and two bags
of sailed peanuts each day.
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mos.-. M~~.-.- w. C. Fields
and Bing Cros-
by were a humorous pair, golfing
at Lakeside the other day.
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AS a matter of fact, the Won
Sternberg sense of humor-and
some people will be surprised to
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O|LPRODUCT|ON
' UPFOR WEEK

TULSA, Okla, Nov. l5.-Daily
average production Of crude oil
in the United States in the
week ended November II totaled
2,316,994, an increase Of 1872
barrels from the preceding week.
according to the Oil and Gas
Journal.
In the corresponding week of
1882 crude oil production aver
aged 2,127,103 barrels daily. so
that daily output in the week
just ended was 189,891 barrels
above last year.
Production in Oklahoma was
up 1895 barrels to 498,270 daily:
yield in California gained 10000
barrels to 100000 a day; in East
Texas production was down 49,
900 barrels to 438,116 daily and
output for Texas was off 1883
barrels to 916.894 daily.
Last weeks domestic produc-
ton was, however, again below
the Federal allowable, set at
2,338.500 barrels daily, which is
subject to reduction by the
amount Of Withdrawals from
storage and accumulated over
production,
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FIGHT
TAX ON SUGAR

A proposed compensating tax on
cane and beet sugar as COM
petitorS Of corn products is
branded in a brief filed with the
Secretary Of Agriculture by IL
leading cane sugar refinerS as
arbitrary and illegal"
The brief, filed by L. A. Crosby,
counsel for the refiners, stated
that corn sugar and cane sugar
"are not in any real sense and to
any substantial extent, competing
commodities"
The great bulk Of refined cane
sugar is consumed in fields into
which corn sugar and syrups do
not enter, it is contended.
Ellsworth Bunker, vice president
Of the National Sugar Refining
Company, has estimated the COM
pensating tax on sugar would in
crease the cost to the American
consumer by over $60,0O0.00o a
year.
Should the Administration levy
a compenSating tax on beet and
cane sugars at the rate Of 1a-cent
a pound as now contemplated, in
dications are the refiners will test
the validity of the levy in court.
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FOREIGN TRADE
UP IN BRITAIN

The British Board Of Trade re.
ports that imports into the United
King gdom during October
amounts to f61, It'll, 900, compared
with EST 1903 900 during Septem.
Der and G60,828,000 in October.
1882.
Exports were valued at E34,130,.
900, compared with E32, ,226,000 in
September and ESQ, 0,440, 900 in Oc.
tober, 1882. Re-eXports amounted
to G4,571, 900, compared with
f3,403,00O in September and
3,692,00O in October, a year ago.
Exports Of yarn cloth from the
United Kingdom during October
were valued at G4,903,000 com.
pared with f4,9S2,OoO in septem'
Der,
Imports Of iron and steel dur.
ing October amounted to 88,854
tons compared with So.342 in Sep.
tember. Exports Of iron and
steel during October amounted to
1858 tons compared with 157,-
367 tons in September.
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1SuA4AOO So PSA
cent in September. Pig iron
production was only 40 per cent,
against SO per cent in the pre-
ceding month.
Railway freight traffic in Octo-
ber fell a little short of making
the usual seasonal gain. I figure
it at about SO per cent Of normal,
against 10 per cent in Septem-
Der. In October last year, 1t was
So per cent.
We now have factory employ
ment figures for New York State,
which usually give us a good
idea of the total trend. They
show only 69.6 per cent as many
employed as in 1925-27. They
we're practically unchanged from
September, but If we allow for
the usual seasonal gain they in
dicate q slight setback.
This compares with the very
low figure of 59.4 a year ago.
PayrOlls are Lower
New York State factory pay
rolls fell considerably, and were
only SAL per cent Of 1925-27. This
indicates either that employees
worked shorter hours, or that
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Industrial Gain Small
In Year, Haney Finds

those working got lower wage
rates. Anyhow, laborers had less
money to spend than in Septem-
Der.
Naturally, therefore, we find
October department store sales
lower. The total dollar sales Of
a large number of stores through
out the country were only 52.2
per cent of the average in 1923-25,
against 53.1 per cent in Septem-
ber and 545 q year ago.
My P-V Line barometer also
declined a little further. This
barometer reached its peak in
June at Ills. Since then it has
declined steadily, though not
sharply, to about 103 in october.
Supply Exceeds Demand
What this shows is that demand
has not held up with supply. 1t
indicates that last month the
pressure to sell still exceeded de-
mand, and that, as market equili-
brium had not yet been restored,
little further decline in business
may be expected.
Coming down to date, we find
that last week the recession in
industrial activity continued. Steel
production, for example, had fal.
len a little further to about "a
per cent of theoretical capacity.
And automobile production was
off quite sharply. Lumber pro-
duction, too, was lower.
Industrial Gain Small
The output Of electrical power
declined and, like railway car
loadings, was only a little greater
than a. year ago. The car load
ings showed just about the usual
decline to be expected at this
season.
These two indexes are the most
important and comprehensive
measurements Of industrial &C
tivity, and they clearly show that
the physical production of the
nations industries is less than S
per cent greater than at this
time in 1892.
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Trade Is Moderate
In LiUerDOOL Spots

LIVERPOOL, Nov. IS G.N.SO.
Moderate business was done in
spot cotton at the opening today
with prices easier. Receipts
totaled 1000 bales, including 3,1O0
American bales.
At midday middling fair was
quoted, at 6.34d; strict good mid
ding, 5.89d; good middling, 5.59d;
strict middling, 5.39d; middling,
5.24d; strict low middling. 5.09d:
low middling. 4.84d: strict good
ordinary. 4.64d, and good ordi-
nary, 4.34d.
Futures opened steady with
January at 5.05d; March. 5.07d;
May, 5.09d. and July, 5.12d.
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American AirIU0ys
Gains PASSENGERS

American Airways, during the
month Of October, carried q
total Of 1883 passengers over
its nationwide system, L. B.
Manning, chairman, announced.
This figure represents an in
crease Of 46.34 per Get over the
comparable month a year ago
when 1922 passengers were
transported.
Revenue passengers over Amer
ican Airways for the first 10
months Of 1888 totaled 100000.
he said, which is an increase of
37.5 per cent over the 74,088
passengers carried during the
first 10 months of 1882.
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Rail LOadingS
Take Squirt

The first seven railroads
to report lOadings on line for
the week ended November IL
loaded 99,O97 cars Of revenue
freight aS compared with
91,O75 cars In the correspond
ing week Of last year, an In.
crease Of 8.S per cent.
In the Immediately preced-
ing week these roads loaded
101,627 cars, against 1O1,427
cars in the like week Of last
year, an increase Of OF per
cent.
Railroads reporting are the
AtchisOn, Chesapeake and
Ohio. Chicago, Northwestern,
st. Paul. Missouri, Kansas
and Texas, Wabash and Burl-
ingtOn.
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October Failures
FeUeSt in Years

The records Of Dun & Brad
street, Inc. show 1,206 failures in
the United States for October,
with liabilities of $30,581, $40. For
September there were LIS SINH
lar defaults. for which the in
debtedness was $21, ,846, ,9O6. It has
been many years since the num-
ber of these defaults has been so
low for any month. This is true
not only as to the number, but
also as to the amount involved.
Last year at this time the
adverse conditions prevailing
brought about many more de-
faults and much heavier losses.
For October, 1882, there we're
2,273 business failures, with liabili-
ties Of $52,869, ,974. The reduction
in the number for October this
year, compared with a year ago,
was 46.9 per cent, while liabilities
for that month this year were
43.3 per cent below those for last
year.
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RAIL AND WATER
LINES AGREE

An armistice on railroad and
water line rate fights was agreed
to here at a conference partici-
pated in by representatives Of
railroads and inland waterway
carriers.
The conference. which has been
meeting intermittently since No
vember l at the suggestion Of
Joseph B. Eastman. Federal CO.
ordinator Of transportation, re-
suited in the acceptance by the
railroads Of the rate coordination
principle.
Regional coordinating commit
tees will be set up to confer with
each other in regard to proposed
rail or water rate changes. Mean
while, it was agreed that there
would be a truce on rate cutting.
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CHICAGO GRAINS
EASY IN QUIET
DEALINGS

CHICAGO, Nov. IS QN.S).
Grains were easy in quiet fore
noon dealings on the Board of
Trade.
Wheat met with light support
after selling off more than a cent
to 93Ac for the Ma contract,
and corn and oats fined after
easing about cent each.
Near noon wheat was unchanged
to Vac lower, corn unchanged to
hc off, oats and rye u to Ac
lower.
Liverpool wheat was 7s to l
pence lower. and Winnipeg Bc
lower to bc higher early. Rela-
tive firmness in the latter mar
ket was attributed to fairly heavy
hedging purchases against export
sales.
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RENEWED SALES
HIT RAIL AND
j. s, BONDS

NEW YORK, Nov. IS GN.S).
The bond market continued un-
settled today, with liquidation de-
veloping anew in United States
Governments and rail obligations.
While further weakness in the
dollar carried the Federal list
generally lower, Treasury 31ss
displayed independent strength.
Investment grade loans we're
reactionary, with Detroit Edison
Is A and Consolidated Gas 41as
showing worst.
Weakness in the rails was cen
tered in the Delaware and Hud.
son refunding Is, Southern Rail
way 6l2s, Erie SIS of 81 off l at
90 and Baltimore and Ohio 41as.
Foreign governments were quiet,
with the Dutch East Indies IS
up o fraction.
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Hog Demand Light
With Prices LOuer

CHICAGO. Nov. IS G.N.sJ.
The big packers were out of the
hog market again today and de-
mand from other sources was
light. Bids were mostly 1oc
lower. City butchers and ship
pers took a few hogs at $4.35
to $3.50. Statesmen were holding
the best at $3.50. Receipts were
$4,000 including $4,000 sent di-
rect to packers. There were g.
600 left over from yesterday.
Cattle receipts were 1000. The
market was slow with heavy
steers lower and a few of the
light weights steady. Cows and
heiferS sold weak to 15c lower,
Stockers and feeders sold about
steady.
The sheep market was slow
and steady with lambs selling
at $6 to ST.
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Merger to Shorten
Pacific Coast Route

NEW YORK, Nov. Is GN.S0.
The proposed merger Of the West
ern Pacific and the Denver & Rio
Grande Western R. R. into sys-
tenn controlled by the Burlington
and the Missouri Pacific is being
discussed today at a meeting Of
Denver & Rio Grande directors.
Completion of the merger
would give the Burlington route
to the Pacific Coast 176 miles
shorter than it's present line, via
the Dotsero cutoff.
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DECLINE SHOWN
IN BUILDING

NEW YORK, Nov. Is G.NS)-
A rather sharp decline in the
value Of building permits filed in
215 cities Of the United States
during october is revealed by Dun
& Bradstreet, Inc.
Permits for that month aggre-
gated $26,145,042, compared with
$32,243, ,704 in September, a drop
Of 1873 per cent, against a normal
seasonal rise Of about 2.5 per cent.
The total for october. however,
was slightly above the correspond
ing 1882 month, when building
permits totaled $26, 1O7,428.
October was the fifth successive
month that permits exceeded
those Of a year ago.
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CLOTH MARKET QUIET

NEW YORK. Nov. Is I.N.s.)-Tbe
coarse yarn clothes market was quiet
and steady today with prices generally
unchanged from the previous day.
Moderate business was reported for
spot and later deliveries on some print
cloths and sheetings constructions but
the market on the whole was dull.
At least part Of the hesitapcy was
ascribed to the slow movement OF fin
1shed goods. Buyers kept close check ON
prices. however. and there were many
who felt that continuance of the i'm
provement of raw cotton and commodi-
ties generally would inevitably bring
better buyinE Of cotton goods
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CURB CONFUSED
AS UTILITIES
HIT LOWS

NEW YORK, Nov. IS G.N.S).
The curb market was a highly
mixed affair today, with con.
tinued confusion in speculative
circles over the Administrators
monetary policy bringing in fur.
ther discouraged offerings in the
leaders.
Utilities in Supply
Utilities were again in rather
persistent supply, with many Of
the active favorites Sagging to
new low ground on the decline.
International Petroleum came
into the limelight in the oil group,
chalking up a new 1888 peak at
81 on heavy volume.
Distillers, Ltd, again attracted
demand in the alcohol list as a
result of the continued appreciar
tion of sterling exchange and its
performance on the London Stock
Exchange. in which it has its pri.
mary market.
Metals Are Mixed
The metal group showed q
mixed tone, with Newmont up
while Lake Shore and Pioneer
were down fractionally.
Aluminium sold off more than a
point in a dull speciality division.
Cities Service common held un-
changed, while the debentureS
sold lower.
Utility bonds were unsettled.
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the month on
October.
OF cours e,
there was q
sharp decline in
the iron and
steel industry,
which accurate
ly reflects the
trend in heavy
industries. TAX
ing the seven
years 1929 as
100, we find
the ingot out
put last month
at 66 per cent,
--:A.A HE ~nn
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COTTON STEADY
AND SLIGHTLY !
IMPROVED,

NEW YORK, Nov. IS U.NS0.
Cotton futures maintained a
steady tone today, q few points
above the previous closing levels.
Price-fixing for the domestic
and foreign trade furnished the
principal source Of buyings with
Wall Street and the Continent
taking scattered contracts. There
was commission house liquidation
of December and moderate hedge
and Southern selling.
The weather map showed fair
to partly cloudy weather over the
cotton belt following showers
along the Atlantic Coast and in
North Carolina and with colder
weather in the Eastern and Cen
trail belts and moderately cool in
the West.
Midday prices we're up 1 to 8
points, with December up 2 at
1904. January up 2 at 1914,
March up l at 1927, May up l
at 10.40 and July up 3 at 1885.
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PITTSBURGH PRODUCE

PITTSBURGH. Nov. IS G.N,s1-
Poultry: Market steady; demand good:
supply ample. Colored hens pounds
up, lac; medium, 12c; leghorn hens, az
pounds up 10c; medium. SC; hardrock
springers, pounds up, 15c; leghorn
springers, 1Oc; colored springers az
pounds up. 12C; medium 1O@11c: turkey
hens, 17A @ 1sc; roosters, 1890; ducks.
toms, 1701Sc.
Butter-Market steady; demand good: ::
supply ample. 90 score, 2S%; SO score,
21Ac; S8 score, 1870; SO score 21Ac; So
score 1870; standard, 22hc.
Eggs-Market steady; demand good :
supply ample. Nearby current receipts
rs q csc; fresh extra firsts, 80 q 32c: hen
merry white extras, 35@4Oc; Southern
rent receipts ESQ 2Sc; refrigerator firsts
15@16c; refrigerator extas, 16h 917hc
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WESTERN DAIRY PRICES

CHICAGO. Nov. 15.-Butter-Receipts
1858 tubs; market steady: old cars 13:
new, 13. Creamery extras, 221hc;
standards. 21Ac; extra firsts. 20% O.
q nc: firsts 1S@19hc: seconds, ITO
171sc; specials, 22% @23iac.
Eggs-Receipts 529 cases; market firm !;
21@24c; fresh graded, extra firsts, less
than cars, csc; cars. 2Shc; fresh graded
firsts, less than cars. Csc: cars, 2sc; dir
ties. 12k @12hc; checks, 1O@13hc.
Cheese-Cheddars and twins, 12@
12Ac; daisies, prints and longhorns,
1914 @12%c.
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Tunefl Notes
On Trade IKE

COngOIeum-Nairn declares
5O-cent extra common stock
stock dividend. Commercial
paper sales rise sharply. E.
Building permits in YOungs-
town already quadruple those
Of entire 1892. .Pathe Ex-
change profits for nine
months more than 10 times
those of like 1882 period. >.
American AirWays express
traffic sets new months rec
ord in September. Cotton
consumption in October
above previous and like
month a year ago. Car load
ing rate shows rapid rise.
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Al Smith Enters
The Oil Business

NEW YORK, Nov. IS G.N.So .
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith
today extended his business inter
ests to the oil industry when he
became chairman Of the Meenan
Oil Company, a petroleum mar
keting organization. The new
company is an affiliate Of the
Meenan Coal Company, of which
Smith is also chairman. and will
distribute fuel oil in New York,
Westchester and Long Island.
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Filene Group Scans
ErchUn0e WOrkin0R

NEW YORK, Nov. IS GN.S).
The New York Stock Exchange
and other stock markets are be-
ing investigated by the Twentieth
Century Fund, founded by Ed
ward A. Filene, of Boston, it was
learned today.
The fund aims to uncover
abuses and recommend reforms,
and will probably issue it's report
before the end Of the year.
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Investment Trusts
In1DrODe ADer0neS

The average for the common
stocks Of the five leading man
agement trusts, influenced by the
leverage factor, as compiled by
Allied Distributors, Inc, stood at
1885 as of November 10, COM
pared with 1925 on November 3.
The low for the current year to
date was 1922 on March 81.
The average Of the non-lever-
age stocks stood at 1898 as Of
the close November 10, compared
with 1884 at the close on No
vember 3. The average Of the
mutual funds closed at 1929,
compared with 1915.
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Business Defaults
Increased for Week

Business failures increased last
week, Dun & BradStreet, Inc,
388, against 294 and 200. respec-
lively, in the two preceding
weeks, and 495 in the like week
last year.
The increase was somewhat
below the seasonal average of
preceding years.
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sEABOAR0 TO BUY RAILS

Receivers for the Seaboard Air
Line Railway are planning to
purchase 1900 tons of rail at
the new price Of $36.75 as fixed
by the Administration.
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AFFILIATED PRODUCTS

John N. Willys, chairman Of
the board Of WHY'S Overland. Inc.
has been elected a director Of
Affiliated Products, Inc.
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DOMINION STORES

Dominion Stores reports sales
in the four weeks ended Novem-
ber to $1,500,287, compared
with $1.681,058 in the same 1882
period, a decline of 1O.7 per cent.
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BY LEWIS HANEY
Professor OF Economics
NeD York University

We can now make a fairly &C
curate statement concerning in.
dustrial activity and business in
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NAVAL STORES

NEW YORK. Nov. Is G.NsN.-Tur-
pentlre, Savannah 42h: New York,
47h Rosln, Savannah, 57O New York,
40. Linssed oil psR lh1 81 earlots.
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N. Y. Curb Quotations

Segal Lock .....o..... n Il u
Selected Indus .snSs.s.. IN IL IN
Sentry Control ....... 4 u 4
Shenandoah ........... IL II ~
Shenand CIV pf. 1715I 17i3 171c
So Am Cid & Plat. As 43s AS
South Penn Oil. l........ A ~ ~
Sonotone ............. 3&l @& 3"4
Std Investg pf........ liz 111s 11is
Stand Oil of Ind. ..... 314 31$s 31St
Stand Oil of ky....... 16is 161s 1873
Stand Oil of Neb.. ID IA IA
Starrett pfd .........
stein ptd ............. 80 80 so
Stein Cosmetic ....... J Il !
StutZ Motor .......... IL ~ ~
Swift Internal ........ % 81 27
Swift E. Co new...... 14X 1875 -
Tampa Elec .......... "a "a "a
Teck Hughes G.....4. 6
Trans Lux ........... 1% 1I IA
Tri Continental war -. 1A 1%I ~
United Carr Fast 80. 514 So 5lt
United Corp war ...... IL 1bl IL
Tn Found Corp ....., / !
United Gas .........l 2Isl 215i 21h
United l. G. p A....... 3 2%l ~
United l. g. CIV pf. 1913 1Oas 1O%
United Molasses ..... 5AI 3Al az
U S Elec Pow .-...... hI 1al a
u Elec Pow war. al "a 4
U g. Int Sec I pf... 43A 43 4S
United Stores ........l u "a, y
United Verde Ext .... AL AL AZ
Utah P & L pf ..r.. 25 25 rs
Util & l. .,......... /
Waco Aircraft ....... 13% 13kl 1SX
West Auto Sup Acc. II IT II
WOodley Petr ......... 214| 2HI 2a
Wright Harg Mines. rs IN 734
Yukon Gold ..........I " ~ y
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CULBERTSON SAYS
HE'LL PLAY MORE
POKER in FUTURE

NEW YORK, Aug. lG.-(UP).
Ely Culbertson, contract bridge
expert, announced upon his re-
turn from Europe that he is go
ing to play more poker than
bridge in the future.
Contract bridge, when played
on a competitive basis, he said,
is the most gruelling of all
games. Furthermore, he feels.
contract bridge is an immense
tribulation for most men who
play it. :,
81 take pity on husbands"
Culbertson said, "who are gnash-
ing their teeth over games they
don't want to play. Bridge is
the light wine and beer of tho
gambling situation"
Culbertson paid tribute to the
craftsmanship Of the British
players, from whom his team OF
four won the Charles NJ. Schwah
trophy.
81 am going to quit teaching
bidding" he said. Bidding is
pretty well standardized now and
| intend to concentrate on teach
ing how to lead and play the
dummy"