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Evening star., 1938-12-31
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Dec. 81 R.-Esgs irregu-
lar; receipts not reported. Mixed colors.
special packs, 2sh-3O; standards, %;
f1rsts. 20; mediums. %: dirties No. 1. 20;
averaee checks, 21-21R. Refrigerator,
nrsts. 23h; mediums, %.
Whites: Resale of premium marks 35-
81. Nearby and Midwestern, premium
marks. 1894: exchange specials. 80. Mid
western. exchange standards. 31-31 ".
Nearby. fancy mediums. 29Ia Near
by and Western. exchange mediums. 2sh;
pulets 27.
Browns Extra fancy. 3oh-31. Nearby
and Western. exchange specials, 30. Near
by: exchange mediums. 26.
Duck eggs fancy. "a -35
Pacific Coast whites. Jumbo ard pre-
ards. 35-35l2: mediums 33-33h
I'll Liye poultry. by freigh,, irregular.
80; young toms. IS. Ducks. is. Express
market nominal; no sales.
Dressed poultry steady to firm. All
fresh and frozen prices unchanged
Butter, irregular. Creamery: Higher
than extra, 27a4-2S1a: extra f92 score).
27-27h frsts (sS-9D, 25A-26k; sec
onds tS4-s7). 24-24A
Cheese quiet; prices unchansed: CBut-
ter and cheese receipts unreported)
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Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-The stocl;
market ended 1888 today with A
brisk rallying celebration. in which
selected rails, steels and specialties
were leaders.
ACTIVITY was much more pro-
nounced than usual on the day be-
fore New Year, transfers running
in the neighborhood of 100000
shares for the tWo-hour proceed
lngs. In the closing 5-hour session
of 1887 only 100000 shares changed
hands.
While final advances ranging
from fractions to more than a point
predominated, with new highs for
the year plentiful, a number of is
sues were restrained by taking
struggling tax sales for Cash
this sort of liquidation ended today
also acted as a MILDLY retarding
influence.
The Associated Press rail average
pushed through to a new 1888 peak,
but the industrial and utility COM
posites were unable to better their
top marks for the year.
Carriers again were buoyed by
expectations that Congress. con-
vening Tuesday, would quickly pro-
vide stimulating legislation for the
long neglected transportation sys-
tens 1t was understood a bill to
this effect probably would be in
troduced next week.
Bolstering Steels were predictions
mill operations would rebound to
so per cent of capacity before the
finish OF january. Moderate sup
port was accorded the motors as
the Automobile Manufacturers AS
sociation estimated next years's out
put would be around 3,500,000 units,
or about one-third greater than in
1888.
Wall Street evidently was not ex-
ceptionally concerned over what the
President would do regarding a new
price for silver. He had until mid
night to announce whether the pres
ent quotation of 6464 cents an
ounce would be raised, lowered or
continued.
Among favored stocks were Santa
Fe. N. Y. Central, Southern Pacific.
Great Northern, Chesapeake &
Ohio. Delaware & Hudson, Illinois
Central, U. S. Steel, Bethlehem,
Youngstown, Chrysler. Yellow Truck,
Douglas Aircraft, Allied Chemical,
j. c. Penney, Loews, Continental
Motors, Electric Boat, Consolidated
Edison, Public Service of N. J. and
Paramount.
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Chicuqo Livestock

CHICAGO. Dec. 81 GP, Omitted States !,
Department of Agriculture) Hogs, 5000. \
including 1900 direct; generally steady
on a cleanup trade; fresh supplies limited:
top, 1.75, with nothing strictly choice
offered in the lightweight division; scat
tered sales odd lots 150-240 pounds, 7.25-
rs; around go pounds butchers. 700:
pared week ago 900 pounds down 10 lower;
weights over. 200 pounds. 80 of; packing
soWs 1890 lower.
Cattle. 100; calves 100: compared Fri
day last week: Good choice and prime
steers and yearlings strong to 25 higher;
very active and at new high on crop:
common and medium grades steady. closed
SLOW; cows and heifers, % higher; COW
run very small; bulls far below trade re-
LOO UP. with selected shippers as much
as 200 higher; largely short-fed steer
run; supply. iong-fed yearlings and light
steers much larger than comparable
heavies; both yearinss and light steers
reached 1866: new high; best heavies
1850: bulk fat steers. 9,00-l2.25: top
heifers in load lots, 1878; strong weight
vealers closed at ! 90 down after shipper
selects reached 1900.
Sheep. 1000, including 300 direct: for
week ended Friday. 1000 directs; COM
pared Friday last week: Fat lambs mostly
1925 lower: yearlings sharing lamb down.
turns; sheep about steady; feeding lambs
firm; weeks lamb top $50 paid at mid
week for choice fed Western OFFERINGS to
afl packers RS closing top. 9:l5 to shippers; late
500. early; closing bulk around 6.5O-7.6O;
top SLAUGHTER ewes. 450; bulk. 3.75-4.25;
limited numbers feeding lambs, S.10.S go.
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| Ford Increases
Factory Rate
For January
,ne cal Dispatch to TIE Star

GUetIdl DlapdtCIl 10 LIE oldI.
DEARBORN, Mich, Dec. 31.-In-
creases in the January production of
Ford, Mercury and Lincoln Zephyr
cars were announced today at the
home Offices of the Ford Motor Co.
here
Ford, Mercury and Lincoln Zephyr
production in domestic and Cana
dian plants during the month is
expected to exceed $4,000 units,
which is an increase over December
and also over January, 1898.
Increased activity was evident in
other parts of the Ford organization
as the new year opens. The COM
pany's new press shop, constructed
in the Rouge plant as part of the
$34 100000 Ford expansion program
during 1888, is now in operation.
The same is true of the tool and die
shop.
The tire plant, which began opera
tions in 1898, opens the new year
with the production of Ford inner
tubes as we'll as tires.
The manufacture of safety glass
is to begin within week or so in
the Twin City plant at st. Paul.
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Many Exchanges
Start New Year
Recess Today
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Many lead
ing commodity and security ex-
changes took an extra day for the
New Year celebration by remaining
closed today.
The London Stock Exchange and
Paris Bourse are normally closed
Saturday, but joining them in sus-
pending operations was New York
and New Orleans cotton, Liverpool
commodity markets and most do
mestic commodity exchanges.
The New York Stock Exchange
and the Chicago Board of Trade.
however, operated as usual. Cana
dian exchanges also were open.
The New York Stock Exchange,
Curb Exchange, Chicago Board of
Trade and all major United States,
Canadian and European commodity
and securities markets will be closed
Monday. The London money mar
ket, an exception, will be open as
usual.
Evening star., 1938-12-31
Western { Cartridge Plans
Merqer Of Winchester
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALTON, ILL.,, Dec. 31-John M.
Olin, executive vice president of the
Western Cartridge Co. of East Alton,
ILL.,. and also of the Winchester Re-
peating Arms Co. of New Haven,
Conn, announced today the latter
would operate as a division of the
former after January /.
The present Winchester company,
Maryland corporation. will be
dissolved and its assets transferred
to Western Cartridge Co., Olin said.
He also explained new VIM
chester Repeating Arms company will
be incorporated under the laws of
Connecticut for the purpose of
retention of the corporate name of
the old Winchester Co.
"The Winchester corporation has
been operating as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Western Cartridge
Co. for seven years." Olin said in
statement.
Evening star., 1938-12-31
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO Dec 81 fP,.-Butter, no ar
rivals: unsettled; creamery special t93
score) 26a4-27. extras (92). 26l4-26l2;
other prices unclaimed.
Eggs. no arrivals; steady refrigerator
firsts 81 other prices UNCHANGED.
Potatoes 46: on track, eos; Northern
white stock demand fairly good: firm.
with slightly stronger tendency; Colorado
McClures demand moderate; firm for best
quality good colored stock; Idaho Russets
demand light; very steady with slightly
weaker undertone: supplies moderate
sacked. per hundredweieht. Idaho Russet
Burbanks. U. S. No. ]. .65-15: Coloraco .
McClures. u S. J. 1.92I2-2 Is; Nebraska
Bliss Triumphs. U. S. /. 1.s5 Wisconsin
round whites. U. S. l, 20; North Dakota
Bliss Triumphs. u S. /. 1.65: North
Dakota and Minnesota Cobblers. U. S. /.
131 al 40.
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Approximate Soes OF Stocks the NJ Y Stock Exchange
ll:0U AM 100000 ~ 90 Noon $4,000
Unit
'In receIvershlp
Bankruptcy Act securities assumed such
xd Ex dividend q extras l.lO
So preference
Declared paid this Payable
last Cash Accumulated dividend
Rates OF dividend the table
otherwise noted. In
cluded
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Rubber Futures

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 At.-Crude rubber
futures opened to s lower. January.
1625b; March, 16.35b; May. 16.4Oa.
A-ASksd. Bid.
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Washington Produce

BUTTER-9O score. 1-pound prints. %;
tub. 27; A-pound prints. 20; % score. l.
pound prints. 80; A-pound prints, 81
calves. II; lambs Is: veal, IL; pork loin:
Is; smoked regular ham. "a: smoked
skinned ham, 25: large smoked skinned
ham. 90 bacon. sliced. 2S; piece bacon
SO: compound. IL; pure lard, 10.
L1VESTOCK-Pigs, 120-140 pounds; Ia
~: light piss. 14o;160 pounds. 6.6h:
72O-74O 25O-3OO pounds 6'4 7s4; calves
lO1934-1O 69s4;- medium calves. 4.94N-
6.94s4; sows. 5-5h: stays, Az; culls.
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Washington Exchange
SALES.

Capital Transit Co.~-l0 at 712.
SALES-AFTER CALL.
Potomac Electric Power $40 pfd.-
IA at 116.
Washington Railway & Electric
pfd-1 at 115.
Anacostia & Potomac 5s-$1,ooo at
49,
Notice-This exchange will be
closed January 2, 1889.
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Federal Land Banks

NEW YORK. Dec. 81 R.-Federal Land
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New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. Dec. 81 lP-Qnvestment
Bankers Conference, IDc)
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New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Ry.
Deficit 10 months ended October
81 was $1,528, 500, against deficit Of
$l20,030.
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Metal Market

NEW YORK, Dec 81 R.-Copper
steady; electrolytic spot. .11.25: export,
1854 Tin steady; spot and nearby 1855:
forward. 1880. Other metals nominally
unchanged.
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Dividends Announced

NEW YORK Dec. 31.-Dividends de-
elared--prepared by the Standard Sta
tistics Co.:
Participating.
Pc Stk of Pay
Rate. riod. record. able.
Southern Cal Ed 90
ptc orig pf 25c - 800 4-15
Omitted.
Glen Alden Coal
No Action Taken.
Vulcan Corp $3.50 pf.
Special.
Southern Cal Ed c5c - 1-20 2-15
Extra.
Midco OIL Corp 25c - 1910 1922
Regular.
Appleton Co So 1922
johnson Stephens g.
Shinkle Shoe Co zoe lilo 1-16
Kennedy's Inc pf 3lHc Q 12-3l l-ls
Spicer Manufact S3 pf 75c 9 1-9 1-16
Vulcan Corp SO CIV pf -75c Q 1928 1921
Evening star., 1938-01-02

EINspcro BUzDM
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Crawford failed to secure the Demo-
cratic nomination for the presidency,
and, since he decided not to remain in
the cabinet on account OF his health,
he evidently left Washington soon
afterWard. In 1843, the city directory
shows that Charles Hill, sr., a director
Of the Bank of the Metropolis, was
living on this site, and most likely in
this same house. The French Min
lister, Chevalier de Bacourt. in refer
ring to this location in l840, makes
the following interesting statement:
Il went to see Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hill, who live at the extreme end of
the city: my carriage sank up to the
axletree in the snow and mud: 1t was
necessary to leave the carriage. which
had to be dragged out and scraped to
remove the mud and slush, which stuck
to 1t like glue. don't know how any
one can get to the Hills on Monday
next, when they give ball; they
count on the moon shining that night
to save their necks This is how 1t
is in Observation-Disclosures not paved,
swept or lighted"
Mr.. Hill must have lived in this
house for some time, since We hnd
him mentioned in the city directories
up to 1860. In the latter year his
occupation is given as farmer, which
indicates the rural condition Of this
part Of the city even up to this date.
and he was still an omcial Of the
Bank Of the Metropolis. Nicholas 8.
Hill, lawyer, probably q son Of
Evening star., 1938-01-02
Bootleg Radios.

LONDON R.-The postmaster gen.
eral Is oiling up his detective vans
for one Of his periodic drives against
owners Of unlicensed radio receiving
sets.
For radio programs are not free in
the United Kingdom. You have to
pay $3.50 . year for . license or run
the risk Of getting caught and fined
upward Of $25.
The revenue from about S,50o,000
licensed sets is what supports the gov
ernment-supervised British Broadcast.
ing Co. There's enough left over to
give other government departments Q
healthy BOOST
The effect of the detective vans Is
largely psychological. People sec them
in their neighborhood and rush to buy
. license. The vans, however, arc
equipped with sensitive instruments
which, 1t Is said, actually can detect
the presence Of radio In q house OF
nat. After that it's . simple matter
Of checking with the local post ONCE
to see II there's q license registered
for the set.
The post ofice's biggest aid in track.
ing down bootleg" sets u neighbofs
who tattle on one another.
Evening star., 1938-01-02

Charles Hill. was residing at the same
address in 1860.
IN 1863 the Hill mansion, which
then had attached to it nearly the
entire block OF ground. was taken
over by the Federal Government as
a place for Union soldiers suffering
from wounds and disease and called
Desmarres Hospital and later the
Record General Hospital. Here ad-
ditional frame buildings were also
erected and the hospital was not
closed by the Government until De-
cember 2, 1865. During the following
year. through the efforts Of DR.. J.
Harry Thompson. here was opened
the Columbia Hospital for Women,
now on L street between Twenty
fourth and Twenty-fifth streets.
As the writer recalls this historic
building, it was about the size Of the
Wylie house. still standing somewhat
on the opposite side of the circle.
though not quite SO high. 1t was OF
brick. painted light color. and after
being vacated by Columbia Hospital
became the headquarters for the Re-
publican National Committee, and
was later turned into private school
for girls, before being removed.
BY this it can be seen that Mrs.
Cole was living in refined and a his
toric neighborhood. and when she
persisted in continuing on with the
construction Of her bay window, over
the serious and emnhatic protests of
Evening star., 1938-01-02

avenue, at 1404, lived Senator Julius
c. Burrows Of Michigan, and Senator
Cushman K. Davis Of Minnesota was
near neighbor, at 1923.
A ROUND the circle also lived about
this time other foremost residents
Of Washington, including Senator
Justin S. Morrill, OF Vermont. who re-
sided at house No. l. and G.. Wythe
Cook, the physician, at No. g. On the
east side was Mrs. Dehlgren's home
where M street and Massachusetts
avenue come to point. The large,
plain, square brick residence Of JUS
tice Andrew Wylie, at the northeast
side Of the circle, at M street and Ver-
mont avenue, was still being occupied
by that distinguished local jurist, who
granted Mrs. Surratts petition for a
writ Of habeas corpus in connection
with the assassination of President
Lincoln, but which proved Of no effect,
as President johnson, by special order.
suspended the writ.
The Memorial Lutheran Church was
there in 1885 and earlier. as was the
Portland Hotel, and where Is now the
National City Christian Church, was
still standing, one Of the very earliest
homes erected in this vicinity, 1t being
built about 1924. as a residence for
William H. Crawford OF Georgia, then
Secretary of the Treasury. who
strange as 1t may seem-built it when
ordered to the country" for hi,
health. It was also IN 1924 that Mr.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
through lack Of standard plan until
the 1887 Legislature took action.

through lack of a standard plan until
the 1897 Legislature took action.
MR.. LONGS proposal and others
A'A submitted more recently call for
the remaining of Maryland streets and
REMEMBERING Of suburban houses to
conform to the present ideal system
used throughout the District Of CO.
lumbia. Washington's highway names
and buildings numbers will extend
past the District line and continue
outward without interruption to the
last house in the farthest suburb.
Thus there will be no duplication
and q single name plan will apply to
all the towns on the Maryland side Of
the Potomac, including Washington.
The District of Columbia street nam
ing and house numbering method,
which was devised by 'L'Enfant and
George Washington, is unsurpassed in
all the world for simplicity. With
north-south arteries bearing numbers
and east-west streets being arranged
alphabetically in three distinct alpha
bets, any one can tell in an instant
where q given address Is.
Under the new proposal this perfect
system would be extended and con-
tinued throughout all the many con-
tiguous towns in the metropolitan
area. With the L'Enfant plan univer-
sally applied, any house or street
could be located at once, and the
name Of the State, city or county need
not evel be used.
Nearly every Abryland town and
subdivision now has . separate road.
way name aud house number plan, Il
Evening star., 1938-01-02

her interested neighbors, who had be-
come considerably rolled by this time,
she really made the situation worse
than q hornets nest.
A T THIS time the Commissioners
= of the District Of Columbia we're
William B. Webb, Samuel B. Wheat
ley and Charles w. Raymond and
Thomas B. Entwistle was the in
spector of buildings. as before stated.
In the argument that ensued 1t is
quite apparent that the Commission
ers sided with their inspector Of
buildings, and as Mrs. Cole was pro-
crossing rapidly with the building,
and because the ground upon which
it was being erected was Government
property. the first move was made by
the United States, which filed a bill
in equity on November 10. 1888,
against Mrs. Cole, the three Commits
sioners before mentioned. and Inspec-
tor Entwistle. and when Webb and
Wheatley retired from office the
names Of their successors, John w.
Douglass and Lemon G.. Hine, were
substituted. The bill as filed made
the following allegations:
Il. That plaintiffs sue in their own
right and own in fee simple the beds
Of all the streets and avenues in the
City Of Washington.
q. That the defendants are citi-
zens of the United States and resi-
dents Of the District Of Columbia.
Defendant, Cole, although married, Is
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THE Cole residence was probably

THE Cole residence was probably
built in 1874. at which time it
was the home of Peter ]. Lauritzen, an
architect, who was also its designer.
Later Lauritzen became Danish Vice
Consul and Consul, and in 1880 was
assistant building inspector. while also
occupying an ONCE on F. street as an
architect.
Mrs. Cole bought the Thomas Circle
house about 1885. when her name
first appears in the city directory as
residing at 1400 Massachusetts avenue.
At this date, and for many years
afterward, this neighborhood was one
on the most refined and exclusive
residential sections in Washington.
Occupying homes on the north side
Of Massachusetts, avenue between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets were the
Chinese Legation. at 140l; the home Of
the Right Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, first
Protestant Episcopal Bishop of WASH
ington. at l407, and here the bishop
died. Arthur p. German, Senator
from Maryland, made his home for
awhile at 1909. while Senator George
F. Edmunds lived in the adjoining
house. Then came the residence Of
Senator Thomas F. Bayard of Della
ware. followed by Senator Shelby M.
Cullum Of Illinois, with Maj. Thomas
B. Ferguson in the house at l435,
which he built. Maj. Ferguson was
the Assistant Commissioner of Fish
and Fisheries Ito use this bureaus
old name), and later he leased the
property to Senator George Hearst of
California, father of William Randolph
Hearst, and when Senator Hearst va
Gated it it became the German Le-
cation.
THE United States Fish Commission
occupied premises 1443 Massa-
chusetts avenue. and next door, at
1445, was the home of Prof. Spencer
F. Baird, secretary Of the Smithsonian
Institution, director of the United
States National Museum, and the
Commissioner of Fisheries. This build
ing also housed part Of the Fish
Commission, and in the back part that
extended to N street was the Office of
Herbert A. Gill, the dsbursing officer
for the commission.
Another resident of the Terrace, at
1889, was J. Ormond Wilson, who for
many years served as superintendent
Of public schools. and who endeared
himself to thousands of Washington
school children while he occupied that
Office.
In 1885 Lewis J. Davis, the banker,
moved to l4ll, in this block, the prop
erty going to his niece, Mrs. Mary
Mauro Ryan, wife Of Philip ]. Ryan,
naval officer. S. H. Kaufman,
president Of The Evening Star News
paper Co., later took up his residence
at 1921. On the opposite side of the
Evening star., 1938-01-02
Old Process Employed in
District Expected to
Harmonize Whole.

and crooked as they pleased. Old
maps reveal that they. too. applied
pretty and flattering names to the
highways in Kalorama, Mount Pleas
ant, Meridian Hill and Columbia
Heights.
This growth progressed unchecked
as far north as Spring and Rock Greek
Church roads before the official street
plan for the whole District was estab-
lished prior to the turn of the CEN
tury. The original street names OF
Georgetown and the disorderly road
nomenclature in the aforementioned
suburbs were abolished.
Washington and the District Of Co.
lumbia were made co-extensive and
the L'Enfant system OF streets was es-
tablished for the whole area. All new
subdivisions were required to conform
to the plan North-south streets were
given appropriate numbers and east
west streets were lettered. Since the
first alphabet ran out at Florida ave-
nue., the meaningless names Of the
first tier of suburbs were changed into
a second alphabet Of two-syllable
words, and when the third-alphabet
streets were opened. mostly during and
following the World War. they bore
three-syllable names. These streets
bear, in most cases, surnames of IA
nous people. while those Of the fourth
alphabet are named after trees and
plants.
THE Maryland-National Capital
= Park and Planning Commission
and the citizens Of the various towns
in the metropolitan area are now
trying to accomplish what was done
in the District over 40 years ago. The
continuous growth Of the Capital City
at that time made the leaders realize
that the original boundaries were too
small, and that the city would soon
occupy the whole District Of Columbia.
Therefore they brought Georgetown
and the new suburbs into conformity
with the city proper. and controlled
all new urban growth 80 that dupli-
cation would be prevented and the
whole area could be treated rs one
unit to facilitate administration and
communication.
At present the city has completely
occupied the District and has spread
over into Maryland for many miles
in several directions. Economically.
physically and culturally, Bethesda.
Hyattsville and Capitol Heights, Nd,
are As closely allied to downtown
Washington As IS Chevy Chase or
Anacostia, D. G. Therefore, civic
leaders In the adjoining Maryland
towns are attempting to do the same
work beyond the present Washington
city limits that was done years ago
outside the old city line. But this
time the effort is merely to restore
order to street names and numbers.
There Is no thought Of annexation
or Of communities losing their iden-
titles.
When Washington's fawless street
name plan Is applied to all Of its
suburbs, We will have here . metro
politan area In which any address can
be located with ease. In that respect
the National Capital area win be Sec,
end to none and will be . model Of
metropolitan accessibility.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
LAND SUBURBAN STREETS TO FOLLOW CAT
Letters and Numbers for
Metropolitan Areas
in One System.
ByC. Harold GRAY.

- 1XTY THOUSAND people resid-
ing in the Washington suburbs
will be living on new streets
- within q year or two, even