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spacious hallway extending through
the house. 1t is IL feet wide and Al
feet long, and at each end is a mag
nificent entrance doorway which is
striking architectural feature of the
house. Upon entrance through the
main northwest door you see near the
end of the long hall the straight wal
nut stairway. This view gives feel
ing of distance. There is an impress
sion of length, height and width and
an air of spaciousness. The archi-
tect was successful in obtaining this
effect in q house which, proportion
| ately, is not large in its dimensions
This hallway is well lighted by the
arched transom windows and side
lights of the two entrance doorWays.
The entrance doorways have ellipti-
| cal headed, recessed arches with deli
! cately loaded fan-shaped transoms.
They heavy six-paneled doors are
fianked with eight -paned sideights
above paneled wood bases, and the
whole is excellently balanced.
To the left of the main, or north
west, doorway is the square dining
room. Beyond that, in the main wing,
is the big square living room. Both
of these, by their size and arrange
ment, are an attractive feature Of the
mansion. The wing to the east of
the house includes the kitchen and
customary quarters for the household
servants.
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The exterior is built of the single
diamond pattern of glazed brick, SIM
liar to that of Glover Fields, but the
gable ends are of the solid diamond
pattern of glazed brick. The CHM
neys have a notable style in that
they are flush with the wall with a
brick curtain between them rising
above the ridge, similar to Hard Bar
gain and Waverly. Along the gable
is low brick parapet projecting above
the roof in the fashion of the Marl-
boro house. Heavy English ivy has
crept fondly along the end wall and
peeped over the gable ends. Triglyphs
of flutes, chains and metopes of dia-
monds are carved on the cornice at
the roof line.
4 BED ROOM on the second floor
contains an original mantel of
exQuisitely carved design with the ira
ditional sunburst in the center. Un-
der the caves on the third floor are
three windowless rooms. It is said
that these dark closets were places
of temporary confinement for erring
house servants, who were released
upon a proper showing of humility
and signs of reform. There are other
traditions about these dark closets,
some of which relate to ghosts and
spirits, and which many have invent
ed to discourage servants prying eyes
from examining the contents of those
rooms, whatever they may have been.
On the whole the house illustrates
the excellence and superior style of
the Colonial builders. They designed
not only for comfortable living, but
for grace and beauty as well. Mount
Republican meets the high standards
which were set by the builders Of the
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low. Perhaps they rested on the
water, perhaps they were smoke from
imaginary ships. The sea was calm.
A BOUT five minutes beyond Kauai
rose a familiar reef, the shape
Of a horseshoe. 1t appeared as q
locket on the neck Of a small island
devoid Of vegetation. yet equipped with
what seemed to be some fine bathing
beaches without bathers. Bordering
the southern shore was a precipitous
mountain ledge 500 feet high and
from that altitude the island sloped
to meet the ocean.
The locket was Lehua. an extinct
volcano arched at the bottom of Nil
hau, as does Ceylon at the base of
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ried Jane Bryan. daughter of John and
Catherine Bryan, and Of this union
there were born Charles II, Francis,
Theophilus. Robert and three daugh-
tiers, Elizabeth Gwinn, Jane Bruce and
Rebecca Barber.
Robert Yates, sr. was the commits
sioner for the laying out of the par
ishes in the county from 1894 to
1897, and was commissioner for the
several counties in 1894. He was also
among the signers of the civil Offices
and magistrates from 1894 to 1897,
and was a vestryman for William and
Mary Parish and justice for Charles
County.
There still remains in the vicinity
Of Mount Republican the old Christ
Church which was provided for in the
acts Of 1892, at which time the church
had already been established and had
| a vestry. This church was main
tanned at that time by an annual levy
Of tobacco from the parish landhold-
ers, Of which Robert Yates, sr., was
one OF the most prominent.
The earliest occupant of Mount Re-
publican was Theophilus Yates, the
son of Charles and Jane Bryan Yates
He established himself III the beauti-
full new mansion early in the eight
eenth century, bringing with him nu-
merous bequests Of his fathers from
his old home. Three slaves-a Negro
man named Tony, Negro woman
named Lydias Moll and one Negro girl
named Judith-were bequeathed to
him and were brought to Mount Re-
publican as retainers. His fathers
will also mentions, among other be-
quests to Theophilus: One feather bed
INnnfinl1od On paoa d
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Colonial homes along the inlets and
estuaries Of the Chesapeake Bay and
the rivers of Tidewater Maryland. The
object of these Colonial gentlemen was
ito build, to plant and to make pleas
ant scenes"
There are still standing on part of
the old estate two particularly inter-
esting buildings which should not be
passed over. These are the Pasqua-
hama dwelling and the Bromont slave
cabin. The former nestles among some
trees on the bank of PasQuahanza
Creek, and is typical of a class of
modest Colonial cottages to be found
on the TideWater. It is simple and
well proportioned, and though it bears
the scars of a long and varied career,
it has remained in a very good state
of preservation. The slave cabin,
typical OF its kind, also is now falling
picturesquely into decline, though no
doubt strongly built by hand Of sturdy
timbers by the slaves themselves.
THE early history of Mount Repub-
lican is associated with the Yates
Cor Yeates) family. The founder of
this distinguished American family
was Robert Yates Of London, born in
1856, who was gentleman merchant
in Charles County prior to 1888 and
who died resident of the same county
in 1713. He married Rebecca Young,
widow of James Tyre. His second wife
was Lydia Hatch Hawton, widow Of
William HaWton.
There were two children born of
the union of Robert Yates and Re-
becca Young, Robert II and Capt.
Charles Yates. Robert Yates, II, mar
ried Anne Gwinn, who secondly mar
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evening Of dancing at the Royal Ha-
Waiian, boarded the flying boat at
dawn for the long hop of 1903 miles
to Midway Island.
An hour out from Honolulu we
approached Kauai, the Garden Isle
Of Hawaii. Kauai from the air seemed
vast estate Of productive land, but
there seemed to be scarcity Of hui
man or animal life. However, at q
distance OF two miles up In the sky
6-foot Hawaiian would probably be-
come part of the soil and regi-
ment of soldiers crawling patch on
the Landscape.
We few high above the white clouds,
with tufts of cotton formations scat
tered in indeterminate distances be-
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wore striped cap for five days, and
for those five days talked with him
constantly, reclining in a deck chair.
and gazing out over an April sea. We
discussed everything from opera to
the Orpheum Circuit.
II there was any reward for missing
the Clipper at Alameda it was in hav-
ing the privilege of knowing leisurely
this movie clown who off the set reads
Edmund Gosse and is by far the most
serious person I have ever known.
In Honolulu the Clipper spirit re-
turned in full force. The Philip
pine Clipper circled over Honolulu and
landed in Pearl Harbor just as we
dropped anchor at the Aloha Tower
pier. After a swim at Waikiki and an
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Makes 26,ooo-Mile Journey III Flying Time
of 200 OHours-Service Connects
Ca pital With All of Orient.

Of California. To the left lay I'M
perial Valley, to the south of Salton
Sea the fertile plateau of Southern
California, which blesses the North
with truck gardening products in difn-
cult months. Date palms and lettuce
abounded, making the tableland from
the air conspicuous for its greenness.
Beyond was low mountain range
and Mexico. weird country, with pc
culiar erosion along the banks of its
hills Ahead I sighted the San Cor
gonio Mountains. Behind were Mem
phis, Dallas and Tucson, our only
stops between Washington and Los
Angeles on a 16-hour flight from
coast to coast.
Palm Springs had the first vegeta-
ton we'd seen since Tuscon Orchards
of date palms in precise squares ap-
peared from the air like beds of this
tie or artichoke tops, even green holes
in a sand-colored punchboard. We
had passed over Baghdad and Indio
Whee! Halliburton and the Prince of
GAIA. Nearby were aqueducts which
will soon bring water from Parker
Dam in the Colorado River and Boul-
der Dam in Nevada to supply water
for Los Angeles and become the long
est water system in the world.
Beyond Palm Springs, which boasts
being mere $50 feet above sea level,
loomed San Jacinto Mountain, we'll
over 10000 feet. Across the gorge
San Gorgonio rose slightly higher and
we flew through the pass at 5000
feet, even with the snowline. Then
over the fertile village Of Hemet, IA
nous for its association with Ramona.
Soon We were flying over San Bernar-
dino and dark green orange groves
Beyond loomed Mount Baldy, the
largest mountain in Southern Cali
fornia and so named for its bald peak
covered with ice.
At ALAMEDA on San Francisco
Bay I was scheduled to take the
Hawaii Clipper to Manila, but last
minute adverse weather conditions
arose. necessita ting the loading Of 600
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pounds of extra gasoline, and one of
the six passengers had to remain
behind. A passenger and his baggage
represent but 80 gallons Of gasoline.
Don Blandine, 230-pound poet of Ha-
waii, who might have weighed so GAL
Ions Of petrol, was Passenger No. S,
and made the flight. I was No and
was left behind to journey to Homo
lulu by steamer and catch the fol-
lowing Clipper to Manila from Pearl
Harbor.
Aboard the steamer was Groucho
Marx. Some one recently wrote, in
outlining rules for travel abroad. that
you should never speak to a man who
wears a cap aboard ship. Groucho
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Architecture of Mount Republican in Charles County, Built by
Yates Early in the Eighteenth Century, Proclaims
Taste of Southern Maryland's Settlers
Bv William ". M0reU.

IN THE lower part Of Charles
County, between the Wicomico and
the Potomac Rivers, is a long
L peninsula at the tip Of which IS
an island. The strait between the tip
of this peninsula and the island is
known as Neale Sound. Two thousand
acres along the shores of the Potomac
River at this point were granted in
l641-l624 to Capt. James Neale.
These acres are located in Wicomico
Hundred, as it was then called, and
the grant was known as Wolleston
Manor. It was a manorial estate, with
lords of the manor of the true type,
and not merely a manor by name. 1t
was granted under the nineteenth ar
ticle of the charter given by the King
of England to Lord Baltimore in 1888.
Capt. Neale had come from London in
1888 and was member Of the Pro-
vincial Assembly, of the Governors
Council and commissioner of his lord
ships treasury. He married Anne Gill
and they returned to Europe where
they sojourned for IA years.
During this period Capt. Neale
served for many years in Spain and
Portugal as the personal representa-
tive of King Charles I and the Duke
of York. His wife became lady-in-
waiting to Queen Henrietta Maria
and her majesty became godmother to
their child, Henrietta Maria Neale.
The Neales returned to WolleSton
Manor in 1860.
This peninsula, after the division
of the original grant of Wolleston
Manor became the seat of many other
fine colonial homes and its history
is associated with many Of the cavalier
families of Southern Maryland. In
this vicinity, already hallowed by ira
! ditions of aristocracy and gentle liv-
| ing, there was erected in the eight
zenith century a number of distin-
| guished houses, including West Hat
ton, Hard Bargain, Charlestown and
Mount Republic.
ON ONE of the loftier hills of the
| ridge of this peninsula stands
Mount Republican, overlooking the Po-
tomac River and Pasquahanza Creek.
The beautiful front entrance may be
glimpsed down an avenue Of arching
naples, stones throw from the Grain
Highway, near Morgantown, in
Charles County. The house is fes-
tooned with heavy English ivy, the
lace-like fingers of which, through
storm and rain, have clung tenaciously
to the glazed brick walls, now tenn
pered and mellowed with age Mount
Republican carried out in substance
the fine traditions of Wolleston Manor
Across the Potomac, where 1t widens
toward Chesapeake Bay. may be seen
the shores of Tidewater Virginia. Here
are historic Wakefield. stratford and
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India. For whatever purpose nature
placed this reef, it now serves as one
Of the many beautiful scenes on the
flight from Hawaii to Midway.
I felt only the slightest bit chilly
at 10000 feet wearing a Palm Beach
suit in April. 1t was probably warmer
in the Clipper at that altitude than it
was at sea level, the ship being heat
ed. All the men wore business suits,
unbuttoned, with never a thought Of
an OVercoat.
We had been flying nine hours and
lost one and one-haf hours in time.
With no sense of speed, flying con-
stantly over calm ocean and sparse
cloud formations. it seemed merely
a matter of waiting until S O'Clock
to arrive at Midway. That was the
appointed hour of arrival. and the
intervening time seemed like a sus-
pension from some unseen quivering
blimp, while clouds foated lazily by.
A few minutes before 5 We ap-
preached a perfectly round lagoon, and
few stones throw away was the
main island of Midway. 1t was COM
pletely encircled by reed and sand
and filled in with green trees and
brush. We gradually lost altitude and
| circled the tiny dot in the Pacific
The steward asked us to kindly be
seated while We land" and the Clip
per came down to rest on the lagoon
with a thud and splash which re-
sounded like crashing glass. Within
two minutes We were in a launch
making for the slit of a sandbar that
is Midway.
once ashore We were amazed a
the luxury of the place Auto.
mobiles driven by uniformed Chamor
70 bus boys carried us TO the moderr
Always Hotel across the mile Ions
island. There We registered, as i
We were at the Crillon in Paris, anc
were shown to our modernly-appoint t.
ed rooms. We then showered to the
supper hour tunes of San Fran.
cisco orchestra. At dinner, before
! nasturtiums and finger bowls. We reac
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ALLEGHANY TITLE
VALUATION SEEN
Wall Street Legal Circles Believe
Control Assured by
Court Action.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 3o.-Acceptance
OF the report of Cleveland Probate
Court attorneys in the Van Sweringen-
Midamerica Corp. case appeared to
be tantamount to a valuation of the
title OF sale in the transaction which
gave control of Allegheny Corp. to
Robert R. Young Frank F. Kobe and
Allan P. Kirby, opinions expressed in
Wall Street legal circles indicated.
At the Office of Young, Kobe & Co.
direct comment on the report was
withheld, but spokesman for Young
said the attorneys findings were in
accord with the purchasers views on
the subject.
The probate lawyers, in a report to
the court, held the option to purchase
control of Midamerica given to the
late Van Sweringen brothers by
George A. Ball and G. A. Tomlinson
expired with the death of the brothers.
Legal authorities here thought the
qualification contained in the report
of the Probate Court lawyers with re-
spect to extension of the option meant
that the Van Sweringen heirs would
be obligated to clear up the S75 100000
of Van Sweringen debt before winning
the right to enter claims for fulfllment
of the option terms. This was re-
garded as unlikely.
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CHICAGO GRAIN
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. April 30.-Highest prices
today for wheat were reached in the
late dealings, at 312 cents bushel
maximum overnight gain.
Reports that Kansas wheat crop
prospects have been diminishing rap
idly were at hand, with assertions that
unless relieved by rain in the coming
two weeks serious further losses are
threatened 1t was authoritatively
stated that, whereas a fortnight ago
Kansas wheat production promised
200 100000 bushels, the best estimate
now is around $50 900 900 bushels, and
the total could easily deteriorate TO
100, 100000 bushels in the next two
weeks.
At the close wheat was 3 to 3lla cents
above yesterdays finish MAY, l.3l "a
q; July, 1l93s-l2), corn l2-2 cents
up MAY. 1924 ~ July, l.1e-l.leis)
and oats showing !. i /, gain
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SPERRY WILL ACQUIRE
VICKERS OF DETROIT
BY the Associated Press

6S the hSSOc1Ated Press.
NEW YORK, April 30.-Thomas A.
Morgan, president of Sperry Corp,
announced today the company has
arranged to acquire Vickers. Inc, Of
Detroit, from its present owners, Fred
j. Fisher and Harry F. Vickers
through exchange of stock of the
two companies.
The transaction will involve 66,454
shares Of Sperry, worth roundly ST.
100000. Vickers, Inc, makes and
sells hydraulic pumps, valves and
transmissions used by automotive
manufacturers. Sperrys subsidiaries
make aeroplane and steamship navi-
gational equipment, much of which
is used by the Army and Navy.
The acquisition of Vickers gives
Sperry wider operation in the COM
mercial field.
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NEW YORK STORE SALES
LAG BEHIND 1886 MARK
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 30. - Sales of
reporting department stores in New
York metropolitan area in first half
of April were IT per cent lower than
in same period last year, the Federal
Reserve Bank reported in its monthly
review Of credit and business condi-
tionS.
Even after adjustment for the early
Easter this year and for the usual
seasonal fluctuations, the rate of sales
appeared to have been lower in April
than in March, said the report.
Total March sales of reporting de-
partment stores in the district were
1874 per cent higher than last year,
with the daily increase at 9l2 per cent
because of one more shopping day
than last year.
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CURB LIST JOINS
GENERAL UPTURN
Gains of | to 6 Points Reg
istered by Many Market
Leaders.
Ey the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 30.-Further
rallying tendencies gave considerable
lift to the general Curb list today.
Traders aligned themselves on the
buying side in early dealings, believing
the recent selling movement had run
its course
Aluminium Co. moved up more than
points during the first hour, and
gains Of l to were made by Alum
mum, Ltd; Dow Chemical Ford Mo-
tors of Canada "a" Wayne Pump,
youngstown Steel Door, Northern
States Power "a" Babcock g. Wilcox
and Gulf Oil. Pepperell Manufacture
ing Jumped more than on small
dealings.
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Auto Production
Rises to l39,475
Level for Week
BY the Associated Press.

DETROIT, April 30.-Crams Re-
ports, Inc, today estimated automo-
bile production for the current week
at l39,475 cars and trucks, compared
with l33,l64 units last week and 49,
764 assemblies during the week ended
May 2, 1886.
1t placed General Motors output at
55,455, compared with 52,995 last
week; Ford at 35,875, compared with
1880, and Chrysler at $1,000, COM
pared with 28,50O
Wards Automotive Reports esti-
mated this weeks production at l4l,-
485 cars and trucks, compared with
139,09o last week and 1l7,l50 for the
week ended May 2 last year.
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FOREIGN.
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON. April 80 Pl.-Stock prices
market today with mining, metal and oil
issues recovering sharply from the days
low levels Industrials and transatlantic
bacco issues sold higher. German bonds
and government shares. closed about un-
changed from Thursdays final quotations
Bourse finished with a firm tone. rentes
being UNCHANGED to 80 centimes higher
Banking shares moved upward, the Bank
of France issue gaining $50 francs. while
Royal Dutch advanced LIS francs and
Suez Canal 255.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. April 30 PD-Foreisn eX-
change easy: Great Britain in dollars,
Great Britain, demand 1914: cables
4 94Iq. 6O-day bills 939s: France, de-
mand -44Il2; cables 447la: Italy. de-
mand 5.26h4: cables. 526H.
Demands-Belsium is s9ia: Germany,
free 40.2ll2: registered IL 50: travel,
2375; Holland 81 Sc: Norway. "a .s5:
2.19. Sutherland. ~ 92la: Spain. un-
quoted Portugal. 4 so. Greece. 81 Po-
LAND 1sas. CzechoslovakIa, 3.49, Yuso-
slavis 2.34 Austria 1sT2n. Hungary.
l9 so: Rumania 10 Argentina 33 Don ,
Brazil. s.s01.n Toxic. % s.; Shanghai.
1000 Horgkone 30 ~ Mexico Cry,
% So; Montreal in New York. 1001S94:
New York in Montreal. 99s1h..
nNomlnal.
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THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Fair tonight
and tomorrow little change in tenn
perature; moderate winds, mostly
easterly.
Maryland-Fair tonight and tomor-
row; continued cool.
Virginia-Generally fair and con-
tinued cool tonight; tomorrow partly
cloudy, probably showers in extreme
southwest portion.
West Virginia-Mostly cloudy to-
night and tomorrow; not much change
in temperature.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
very muddy today
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S. E. C. ISSUES REPORT
ON MEMBER TRADING
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclated PTeSS.
The Securities Commission an
nounced today that members of the
New York Stock Exchange, trading
for their own accounts, transacted
20.45 per cent Of the transfers on the
exchange in the week ended April 3.
The member transactions included
6.56 per cent in deals initiated on
the floor of the exchange, 474 off the
floor and 9.15 per cent with special
lists.
accounts on the New York Curb Ex-
change totaled l746 per cent of all
tranSa ctions.
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CURTIS ARREARS CUT,

NEW YORK, April 80 (P).-Curtis
Publishing Co. of Philadelphia de-
clared dividend of SITS on the 7
per cent cumulative preferred stock
on account of accumulations. This
reduces arrears to SITS share The
dividend is payable July l to stock of
record May 20.
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PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE,

PHILADELPHIA, April 80 R.-Live
poultry. fowl, Plymouth Rocks fancy,
2O-2i: Ieshorns, Old roostsrs. II; broilsrs,
Plymouth Rocks, medium sized. 21.23;
ducks, White Pekin. mixed, .14-lb; turkeys.
young toms 1915: fancy hens, 1920.
Dressed poultry UNCHANGED.
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SERVEL ISSUE CALLED.

NEW YORK, April 80 (R.-Servel,
Inc, has called for redemption July
/ at los and accrued interest s5O0,O00
in first mortgage per cent bonds, due
in 1948.
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Chicago Cash Market.

CHIC1RU C1SH 1IdIktt.
Cash wheat, No l, hard. l.35: corn,
No 3, mixed, l35; No 2, yellow, l.3sl2;
No 3, yellow. l.35-35a4; No. g. white
1.37; oats, No. /, white, 56l4-12; No.
2. white, SIS ss ~ No 3. white, SIS; no
rye soy beans, No 3. yellow, 1.7lA-
70, barley feed, 1890 nom; mailing,
10000 nom; timothy seed, 4.25-50
hundredweight: clover seed, 26.00-32 90
hundredweight.
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INVESTING COMPANIES
DOLLARS
HA ShLAeE

NEW YORK, April 30 fPl.-New York
Security Dealers Association:
(Noon quotations
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3:3o
SaiAk-

Dividend rates in dollars based on last
quarterly or semi-annual payment IAN
nual rate-not including extras tAc.
cumulated dividends. aPaid last year.
being IN bankruptcy or ID rocsiverShip. q
being reorganiyed under the bankruptcy
act, or securities assumed BY such con.
pAnieo.
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BY the Associated Press

The Association of American Rail-
roads reported today 761,1s2 cars of
revenue freight were loaded during
the week ended last Saturday.
This was an increase Of 1854 cars,
or 1.3 per cent, compared with the
preceding week; an increase Of 95,233,
or 14.3 per cent. compared with a year
ago, and an increase of 202 PAS, or sc. 2
per cent, compared with two years
ago.
The report classified the loadings as
follouc.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

NEW YORK. April 30 N:-orud. rub.
23 lower May 2O.40-b4; July, 2o.e3-oS:
September 2O7O-75
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Winnjpeg Prices,

WINNIPEG. April 80 GP,.-Grain range
today
Wheat
High Low Close, Prev Close.
May 9niy 5a7. $97. a; ssss sas sas:.a. sss.-,.
October 1.19 1.162s 1.1s's24 1.16-L
May - SIS. .55A .5ss. $50.