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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-12-19

Y vOLLYWOOD'S stand-ins truly
lead double lives Because
they look like stars both in
stature figure and features
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
CROSS STITCH BLUEBIRDS

Out across the tulips fly our
feathered friends the bluebirds, so
realistic when embroidered in
dainty 10.to-the-inch cross stitch.
See how prettily these bird motifs
may be adapted either to border or
corner various household aces
series - breakfast sets, towels,
scarfs, or kitchen curtains. Tulips
are in single stitch. Use gay floss.
Pattern 1475 contains a transfer
pattern Of two motifs 612x8A
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
PATTERN 1475

inches; two motifs 5x91a inches,
and four motifs 6x6A inches; and
four motifs 31sx5A inches; color
suggestions; illustrations Of all
stitches used; material require
mentS.
Send 10 cents in stamps or coin
(cOin preferred) for this pattern
to The Washington Times Needle
craft Dept, 50 Eighth Avenue, New
York, N. Y. Write plainly PAT
TERN NUMBER, your NAME, and
ADDRESS
Evening star., 1937-01-17
MIscELLANEous FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-spinning wheel. Al condi;;
ton. 110, years old adjustable spInlet;
s. inches high. Write only: Ruth = La
4-POSTER DOUBLE BED. mahogany.
and spring. 241O Goth st. NV. apt.
303.
SURPLUS MATERIAL from Wohlgemuth's
Inaugural stand operations:
s,5 1000 100 "a 1Go bolts A. to Is" long at ~ TO
SO spud wrenches for u" bolt nuts ct
SO %xi6" smooth shank ship augurs
36 red globe lanterns at So dozen.
fire extinguishers. standard size and
weight at 81.
. kerosene heaters at $3.50.
1000 IT. rubber-clad electric extension
cord. 100 to $50 #. lengths, at S1.75
1000 #. of No. 10 electric wire at 81
500 T. ,pair. No. IL electric wire. sockets
every 20 1T. at S175 per 100.
1000 #. No. IA electric wire at 7bc
pei 200.
herd 1856
Evening star., 1937-01-17
FARM AND GARDEN.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTATION

TROMBONES for sale Olds brass. Conn
silver plate. gold bell: cases included;
reasonable. Lincoln 9759.
DRUMS-Private party selling snare and
bass drums cymbals. pedal. case, ETC.;
sacrifice. Columbia 2339.
RADIO. almost new. very reasonable. Apt.
%. 1406 Girard st. NV.
VIOLIN. exceptional loud tone. also piano;
sacrificing for cash; complete. Address Box
92-B. Star once.
PIANO. player. in good condition: very
reasonable. Adams 2497.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
ARLINGTON COAL CO.
POULTRY & EGGS.


AYRLAWN FARMS certified chicks. Barred
Plymouth Rocks and White Leshorns.
hat: hstshed from our own hish.prodpeins
from. R. o. P. matings and r. o. p.
candidates for special selection; we are the
Oldest and largest blood-tested and certi-
fed flock in the State of Maryland; we
our supply is limited. order well in ad-
vance. Ayrlawn Farms. Bethesda. Nd.
WHITE LEGHORN breeding cockerels.
beautiful. healthy stock; Horaks' Poultry
Farm. miles from Silver Spring. Md.
Phone Silver Spring 2s3-W.
BARRED ROCK and Leghorn pullets. ready
to lay. 81 each. 204O Higdon I'd. ne. At
lantic 1862.
PIGEONS-4O mated pigeons for sale.
cheap; some with squads; lot. IS. Phone
Wisconsin 1891.
PULLETS, rs w. Leshorns. beginning to
lay. 81 each: Hanson's strain; baby chicks.
Place orders for February. j. B. Henry.
Pals Church. Va. 34s.
BECK'S Blood-Tested Chicks IS leading
breeds. SO per 100 up. Ducks and Poults.
Also sexed chicks. FREE Catalos. Beck S
Eatrhery Mount Airy ND
Evening star., 1937-01-17

1903 RHODE ISLAND AVE. NW.-Gen-
tleman. desirable room. running water.
bath shower; continuous hot water. 23s
GEORGETOWN-Gent large warm
room adj. bath. shower; unusually desir-
Evening star., 1937-01-17

BRICK AND LUMBER.
Wrecking 1712-12h-14 Eye st. NV.
State Contracting Co, Baltimore. Md.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
CATTLE AND LIVE STOCK.

PIGS FOR sALEle. 8. 10 weeks old; fne
vienna. ssSsa; ss; V. 81 shoss ss ss:s So = N. '
Rsad 115S 52SsES n WasninEson % st Ae1sndris
JERSEY BULL CALVES. resistered. to i'm.
PROVE ySur herd @ ssT q. Tsess sesseS pid dams ss
with high records Of production. Popular
blood lines Prices reasonable. Ayrlawn
Farms. Bethesda Maryland.
CHESTER WHITE SOWS .purebred. Bred
to harrow in March and April. Excellent
type, well grown. Bred to prize winning
young boars. guaranteed. to be with pig
and to please. Young boars ready for
90 KEEPERS, blood tested; 40 shoats; 2
work horses. H. Fawcett, Conduit rd.,
Great Falls, Nd.
BATTERY. TRUCK. pigs, shoats. Att. 4173.
i2-volt. 36vS, heavy duty; both prac-
tically new: private owner must sell.
q WORK MULES, 13 work horses; all good
workers; riding horse; cheap: l fresh
COW and calf; So large shoats, p. r. Tip
pett. jr., Cheltenham. Nd.
WANTED to buy trailer for one or two
horses. R. D. Graham. phone Fairfax 81.
Six COMBINATION. .riding and driving
TSy HSysf Ne Ridins 1Se School e701 western nm ave.
NV, washington, D. c. Phone Cleveland
1924. Stanley Jones. II.
PIGS. purebred Hampshires. months. 81.
Call Falls Church 564.
SADDLE HORSE or polo; beautiful 5-yf.-
old chestnut thoroughbred sound. plenty
style; very reasonable. No. Mckinley
ave.. ayattsvtlle. 0A ~
Evening star., 1937-01-17
ROOMS FURNISHED.

ROOMS FURNISHED.
1O12 9th ST. NE.-Furnished bed room,
SatS' Suitable for one or two; h0t-Wa'er 1s. beat
3117 ADAMS MILL RD.-Beautifui. large
room with private bath, overlooking Rock
Creek Park. Columbia s567. IL
and bus: large closet: $50 month. IL
1443 FAIRMONT ST. N.W-Completei
nth poreh Adams i4s s
2059 PARK RID. (opp. Rock Creek Park)-
gentleman. Govt. employe: references. IL
1928 K ST. N.W-Rooms for inaugura-
tns,or. siS1 waking distance OF everything; meals
NEAR NAVY YARD, 111O K st. se-TWo
large Ink. rooms, furnished; no children;
So. so per week.
59l1. 2nd PI. N.w.-Front room. single or
roomers: telephone sery. 0eorgia 1875. Y.
DOWNTOWN. 2O23 N st. n.w.-Walking
distance; Government employed; 81 so
week; unlimited phone. Potomac O307.
44os aEoRSIA AVE; NV; Apt ;i,s;. s.gash- Bach
double bed. for l or 2. Columbia 1625-W.
1910 MARYLAND AVE. NE.-Large. front
room for two. southern exposure; electric
grin privilege. Lincoln 2926.
St. % NV. Xpt. 4i0Niceiy furn. room. south
exposure. 8 windows; maid service; S25.
Columbia 3706. N
I345 GIRARD ST. N.W.-Ih.k. room. also
double fnS nd4 single rooms; all conveniences'
3173 PORTER ST. NV. near Conn., ave-
Large well-furn. room. 2 exposures. semi
private connecting bath room shower; pri-
vate home; S2S. Emerson 1909.
2s1s 18th ST. N.W:-2-room basement
suite. hskg.. range. toilet; all conveniences:
M Col. 103S3, 19s
1913 21st ST. N.w-Newly decorated and
newly furn.: available for inaugural: Eeas.:
special rates for or more. Dec. 61S3.
1901 KALORAMA RD.-Iarge. sunny
room next bath, with shower; twin beds:
oil heat. Decatur 629S.
1880 r. I. AVE. NV. Apt. 3-Large room
and bath. every comfort.
.s2S CONN. AvE.-Large front room. twin
beds. private bath: private home: refer
ence8.
Evening star., 1937-05-07

tieth Century-Fox can be justified If
1t feels SNUG about getting her on
its pay roll. 1t is IN unpleasant part
that Mile. Argal has to play, but de-
spite the fact that it Is her frst act
ing experience she handles it art
fully.
It Is much easier to recommend the
film as farce than for its sensational
ism. although the latter probably Is
there, depending upon your detlni-
tion OF "sensationalism."
IN A week of parties for visiting (and
locaD celebrities, one more was
crowded into yesterday afternoon.
Peter Carter made an excellent mis-
tress Of ceremonies, and Broderick
Crawforl and Anna May Wong gave
facile interpretations in guest Of
honor roles. The Linton Wells, ne
and she, were there. So was j. Ed
gar Hoover. Evie Robert. the Abner
Drurys, the Stanley Richardson's,
Evelyn Gordon and enough other per-
sons to fill a capacious suite at the
Carlton Our favorite play re-
viewer (named Ann) called up long
after she should have been In bed
last night to report on the dramatic
club play at Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School. Said 1t was fine and
that nice things should be said about
Ann Kupka, who directed it. The
name Of the play was Murder In
RehearsaP' . . Lost Horizon" will
be screened at the Press Club audi
torium tonight for members of the
club and their guests. Charles Grid
ley, who probably isn't certain
whether he is in the newspaper or
entertainment business this week, will
be host. The picture opens at the
National, following the Follies next
week . Ed Kuykendal, Motion Pic
ture Theater Owners Association
(whew), president, got back to town
and Variety Club yesterday after an
absence of several weeks The
national convention Of the legitimate
theater, set for May 24-27 in New
York, will be the first Of a series Of
annual affairs Of that nature. It
will be international during the
Worlds Fair, Helen Deutsch an
nounces.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
recently by this writer In the Cafe
Lamaze, arguing over his $40 check.

Sidney Howard tells of John Barry
more stage premiere some few years
ago. Throughout the performance a
man in the second row kept up loud,
rasping cough. AS the curtain was
about 70 descend for the last time,
Barrymore threw q large fish into the
lap Of the offender, declaiming, Here,
take this, you seel.''
Gary Cooper Is wearing dark glasses
to protect an irritating sty In his eye
=. Loretta Young Is still head woman
in Eddie Sutherland's heart, but he Is
not head man in hers Claudette
Colbert's chauffeur caused quite a
commotion during broadcast rehear-
sal by refusing to pay the IS cents
demanded by the theater parking
space official. A policeman was called
in to settle the argument Miss
Nan Fanger, well-known Hollywood
voice and personality teacher, is leav-
ing shortly for Chicago, where she
will establish q charm institute
Trial Of the case against Greta Garbo
by D. Schratter, who says he lent her
10000, has been postponed until June
81. But I, for one, will be very sur
prised II M-G-M allows her to appear
In court.
Evening star., 1937-05-07

oSAoAS4 ocooe AL 1llS Ol
life in girls club, you are doing an
injustice to one of la belle Frances
more elfin spirits. M. Deval treated the
whole thing as substantially hilarious,
despite some melancholy aspects. He
learned, just as any one might, that it
takes all kinds of girls to make up q
clube de femmes, but the majority Of
them are the kind to whom the future
OF the race safely can be entrusted.
AS matter of fact, the major theme
Of his -girl-l-man picture has pro-
foundly to do with the race and its
future. With few twisted exceptions,
the girls ask no greater glory of life
than a man and an altar to which to
lead him. Sponsors of the club have
dedicated it to the proposition that the
girls should eschew such ambitions, but
the girls have other ideas. The ideas
of the girls eventually prevail, but only
after the film has been pointed up with
quite few interludes that are reminis-
cent of Rene Clair.
X X X
1T is not always Suave, subtle or
pleasant. At the beginning, for
instance a swimming pool sequence
drags out to the point that makes you
fearful M. Deval has developed an
aquatic carnival fiXation. Once the cast
gets out OF the water (and its bathing
suits) the tale begins to move along
at a more satisfactory pace. 1t does
not exactly dart toward the extra
curricular romance Of the girl who
looks just like girls who have extra
curricular romances; nor to the more
solid affair Of Claire Danielle Dar-
rieuX). 1t gets to each of them just
the same And to others dealing with
jealosy, hate and the like.
The dialogue of Girls Club" is in
French. Lingual difficulties are OBJ
waited by English subtitles. The lat
ter are not what you would call
brilliant Interpretation, but brilliance
is not exactly called for. The subject,
too, is near enough to an universal to
be understood by any one.
Girls Club" offers some excellent
performances. Outstanding are those
of Danielle Darrieux and Elsie Argal
! The former already has been signed
to a Hollywood contract and there is
every reason to believe that Twen-
Evening star., 1937-05-07
Synthetic Foods Irk.

Synthetic foods are beginning to
irk the German people and their
grumbling Is reaching the ears Of the
Berlin authorities. 1t is the quality
rather than the quantity Of food that
is causing discomfort. Limited menus
In restaurants are still unsatisfactory
to the government, which is consider
ing standard bill of fare to save the
country its annual food wastage bill,
which the Food Administration esti-
mates at $50O,000,000.
Evening star., 1937-05-07

Oracle Fields, highest-paid enter
tainer in the British Empire. said
"How dye do to Joan Crawford the
other evening, but Miss Crawford cut
her dead, thinking she was another
autograph pest Jock Whitney is
telling friends he is no longer inter-
ested in horse racing and will sell his
stable in the near future The multi
millionaire's sole hobby these days Is
the motion picture business, and when
in Hollywood he works from till 7
in the Selmick International studio
While on the subject OF wealthy
men-Charlie Chaplin was spotted
Evening star., 1937-05-07

mental manner, spaced feet from
back to back, providing leg room.
They're as comfortable as any seats
In town, too.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen and
Myron Walker, president Of the Glover
Park Citizens Association, spoke
briefly last night at the Calvert's dedt-
cation ceremonies.
Music at the theater's premiere was
provided by IN orchestra directed by
Alex Rhodes.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
Diamond Workers Hours Set.

A working week Of 40 hours has
been introduced in the Amsterdam,
Holland, diamond industry for a trial
period Of three months,
Evening star., 1937-05-07

emoting with Marlene Dietrich in
Angel" and welcomes every delay
IN production. -. Marlene hopes to
snatch brief visit to England before
starting her next picture Bette
Davis is called "Spud" by Husband
Harmon Nelson. whom she addresses
as Ham" -. . incidentally, Miss Davis
is one of the four stellare screen
actresses who pay their husbands SAL
aries to manage their careers. The
others are Mrs. Valentine Parera
(Grace Moore) Mrs. Frank Ross Jean
Arthur, and Mrs. Frank Chapman
(Gladys Swarthout.
Did you know-that Charlie Chap
lin can play the piano, accordion, and
pipe organ, but cannot read note of
music; that Clark Gable, ace lover
of the screen, is tongue-tied and shy
when introduced to strange woman;
that Norma Shearer can walk on her
hands and does it to amuse her chill
Evening star., 1937-05-07
House
Is Opened
By Warmers
Calvert Theater
Made Debut Last
Night.

- ONE thousand-odd Washington
~ ians were permitted combined
preview glimpse last night Of
- two Of Warner Bros better
products, the new Calvert Theater
and The Prince and the Pauper."
The Calvert is sleek and handsome
streamlined house, seating 1,l00, and
is the sixteenth theater in the Wash
ington Warner chain
Designed by John Eberson, the CAL
vert Is the first theater in this section
Of the country with new idea in
theater front design-the use of archi-
tectural glass and marble providing
a generous splash Of color.
Inside red and brown are the key
note OF the simple, modern decorative
scheme, and the lighting and tones Of
the decor are pleasant blend.
Seats are arranged in the CONT
Evening star., 1937-05-07

ports, she was negotiating a picture
contract with London studio. Flynn,
Evening star., 1937-05-07
POWell-HarlOW Romance
Declared Definitely Over
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM,

7 OLLYWOOD May 7-Wllam is
- his relationship Donald
| | who escorting
PoUe-F1aroW definitely thing
Powell will months vacation following
ding to cure his persistent trouble He planning
Enrol admits If
will Hollywood
Evening star., 1937-05-07

that?" demanded the driver. II didn't
know horses could talk" Neither did
l." said the dog by his side.
(Copyright, 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc)
Evening star., 1937-05-07

m e a n While, is
having lots of
fun. When he is
not dancing at
t he Trocadero
with S i'm o n e
Simon. he is es-
or t in 6 Mona
N1aris to previeWs.
And to crown his
JOY, he is sharing
a bachelor man.
sion with David
Niven.
Herbert Marsh
all receives So
mn q vIyooE y1rhi1a
Evening star., 1937-05-07

Robert Benchley's favorite story Is
about horse that was pulling heavy
load up steep hill. This Is the
hardest job I've ever done in my ufe,"
grumbled the horse. Can you beat
Evening star., 1937-05-07
Girls Club More in Mood
OF Fun Than Naughtiness
French Film Has American Premiere at
Belasco-Story Concerning Life in Exclu-
sive Paris Retreat Well Interpreted.
BY JAY CARMODY.

iris CLUB" which had American
q
fairly
qualities however. will
farce handled with remarkable
If think that M something morbid
Evening star., 1937-05-07

dren; that Ann Dvorak's spare time
passion is bacteriology; that Claire
Dodd is one OF the few women numis-
matists?
Evening star., 1937-01-07
Man, 127, Weds Wife No. Z.

To celebrate his 127th birthday
Hassan, peasant living near Bigha,
in the Dardanelles Straits, married
for the seventh time. His bride Is
only 81. Hassan declares that man
is never too old to marry. Enjoying
perfect health, good appetite and
the use Of new set of natural teeth,
which first started to grow 10 years
ago, he does not look older than 70.
He. walks several times q week from
his village to the neighboring town
Of Bigha to buy his groceries. Has
san hopes to live at least another 20
years and attributes his fitness to his
life in the open and his total abstents-
ton from LIQUOR and tobacco
Evening star., 1937-01-07

Across.
/. Circular plate.
s. General carnage.
TO- Scotch cake.
IL. A jar.
IS. Cognizant.
Is. Molding.
II. Pulverizer.
18 Medicinal plant
10. Demolish.
20. Rely upon.
~. Relief.
a. Denial.
25. A pool.
26. semi-precious stones.
20. Unclose: poet.
81. Grain disease.
IS. Negotiate.
S6. A scourge.
81. Mimic.
30. Delegates.
q. Freeze.
a. A supposition.
Is. Sluggish.
4s. Roman garment.
%. Harmful.
30. Retard.
81. Part Of q shield.
So. Unfortunate.
"a. Children:
68. To draw out.
81. Queen Of the gods.
50. Fragrant oil.
IS. Presage.
66. Seed covering.
81. Hurl.
SO. Legal claim.
30. Ad1rm.
70. Eagles nest: var.
II. Formerly.
Evening star., 1937-06-21
METROPOLITAN EDISON
PLANS MERGER AT YORK
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 2l.-An appli-
cation to merge Edison Light & Power
Co. and York Steam Heating Co., sub
sidiaries Of York Railways Co., into
Metropolitan Edison Co. was filed to-
day with the Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission in Harrisburg, Pa.
These companies supply electricity
and steam to the city of York, Pa.
The Edison light & Power Co. has
limited generating facilities of its own
and purchases large portion OF its
current from Metropolitan Edison Co..
The companies are interconnected
and serve adjacent territory.
If the merger is successfully ac-
complished it will greatly simplify
the problem of taking care of the
bonds of York Railways Co. OF up
ward of $4,000, 900 which mature this
year and on which the company Is
presently requesting extensions.
Evening star., 1937-06-21
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.


NEW YORK, June 2l-In the Slow
est trading in about two years, ths
stock market sagged irregularly today.
Most Of the session steels were re-
sstant. They had the aid of hopes OF
a peaceful settlement Of strikes and
the estimate Of steady production
pace.
In the late trading. however, this
group slipped cog and joined tho
rest of the list for moderate declines,
Although Wall Street expressed sat-
lsfaction at the start OF the Federal
Mediation Board conference with
employers and strike leaders, opinions
were qualified by fears negotiations
might be long drawn out.
The calmness with which the mar.
ket greeted word of the fall of ths
Blum government in the French bud
get crisis showed, brokers said. a..
tention was primarily on the strikes.
Transactions approximated $50 900
shares.
Stocks lacking friends were Good.
year, General Motors, U. S. Rubber,
Montgomery Ward, Woolworth, Boz
ing, Douglas Aircraft, American Tele.
phone, Consolidated Edison, Ana
conda, Cerro de Pasco, Texas Corp,
Du Pont, Santa Fe, New York Central,
Pennsylvania. Southern Railway. Ball
timore & Ohio Paramount and Stand.
ard Brands.
Issues which got support much Of
the time were U. S. Steel, Deere, Elec.
trio Power g. Light and Goodrich.
Brooklyn g. Manhattan Transit
shares rose briskly in late dealings on
a dividend of so cents against ST pre-.
viously. Some had expected an
ommission.
Evening star., 1937-06-21
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
DOWN 1.O3 PER CENT
srecial Dispatch to The Star.

Srecial Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 2l.-New York
City bank stocks again declined dur
ing the last week. reaching new
low for the year on June IA, but
closing the week slightly above the
low levels, according to records COM
piled by Holt, Rose g. Troster.
The aggregate market value Of Is
leading issues on June 1s amounted
to 1894, Al. 900, compared with ST.
964 607, 900 at the close of the previous
week, decrease of $40, ,160, 900, or l.03
per cent. The aggregate value at
the years low was 81 l,903, ,234, 900.
The current average yield of the
Is issues of 3.46 per cent compares
with yield Of 3.35 per cent on June
II. The current market value Is
now 1856 times the known book value.
Evening star., 1937-06-21
ELECTRICAL TRADE
SHOWS RECESSION
Pessimism Over Possibility
of Labor Peace Seen
by Magazine.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SEeCldl DlspatCn 10 / ne star.
NEW YORK, June Ala decided
slowing up in production activities IS
indicated in reports to Electrical World
from the field for the week ending
June 10, 1887. Pessimism regarding
industrial peace is indicated by spread
of strikes, causing loss OF wages and
business. Backlog orders are keeping
manufacturers running at fairly good
rate.
In New England orders placed re-
Gently reflect wide variety of appli-
cations of electrical equipment and
lessen still further the backlog of ne
gotiations which have been carried
along in good volume for some time.
Turbo-generator orders have been
closed for two units aggregating $3.50
XIV. to be installed in Connecticut in
dustrial plants. Small motors are
selling well. Inquiries are less active.
some difficulty reaching agreements for
deliveries due to labor troubles. Switch
and control apparatus are moving we'll;
control equipment sales for electric
welding units are encouraging. Small
orders are being received in good VOL
ume. Electric heat-treating furnace
sales are advancing. welding
equipment sales are strong Sales of
combination mercury-tungsten lamps
very active for industrial service.
ha Dor - l,,;l g..
averaging Is per cent over last year;
May recorded slight decrease under
April. however, Electrical business we'll
distributed over territory, well as
sorted by lines, though dealers pur-
chases hit by uncertainty over labor
conditions and efforts to liquidate
stocks Wholesalers cutting all pur-
chasing to irreducible minimum.
Widespread civic pressure exerted on
Washington for continuance of P. w.
A. and its 30 to IS per cent grant
scheduled for discontinuance this
month. Manufacturers report tempo
rary dearth of large orders for heavy
machinery, though general run Of
stock transformers and motors good.
At Chicago electrical equipment or
ders maintained steady volume. De-
mand for heavier equipment lessened,
but many smaller items showed in
creases over previous week. Trans
formers, fractional horsepower motors
sold in good volume, wire and cable
sales excellent. Wiring devices, flex-
ible conduit sales decreased moder-
ately. Outdoor lighting equipment
moving at satisfactory pace. Refrig-
orator, range sales. continued we'll
ahead of last year. Central station
supplies showed moderate decline from
previous week. indications for early
pickup promising. Activity in South
ern industrial district adversely az
fected by labor difhculties. Fairly
heavy volume OF orders for equipment
still held up pending outcome Of steel
strike. Outlook In other fields more
optimistic. wholesalers report heavy