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Evening star., 1939-12-09
Auto Output Scars,
Pushes Business
To 10-Year Peak
ChrysIer Gets Assembly
Lines in Operation
After Strike
BY the Associated Press.

~ the A4GOclACed Pre68.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-The motor
industry, slow on the pickup in
recent months, doomed into the final
stretch of 1889 at high speed this
week and swept the business curve
up to 10-year peak.
Chrysler, shut down for several
weeks in the labor management dis
pute. finally got its assembly lines
into high gear. Trade estimates
showed Chrysler assembled nearly
$4,000 units against less than 5000
the previous week.
Total motor assemblies, trade
observers reported, jumped to 49,
488 from 93,638 the previous week
and 100,705 in the comparable 1898
week. December automobile output
was expected to be the second
largest in history for the month.
The boom tempo in Detroit and
other motor centers overshadowed
a let-down from the autumn's war
stimulated expansion Of production
In steel and coal and slack In new
buying in most fields.
The Associated Press Industrial
Activity Index jumped to the high
est since November, 1929, despite
moderate setbacks in steel and car
loadings. With few Interruptions,
this measure Of production has been
climbing since last May.
Index at New High.
The index, with component groups
based on latest figures, calculated on
1929-30 levels as 100, compared as
follows:
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Reichsbunk Statement

BERLIN, Dec Q fP.-The Reichsbank
statement as of December 8 showed lin
thousands of reichsmarks):
Gold and foreign exchange. 77,12e; in
crease. 332.
Notes in circulation. 1O921.955; de-
crease. 80 14S.
Other bills of exchange and checks, o.
e2O661: decrease 227132.
Securities. a41, ,S73: decrease, 55,313.
Reserve ratio. OIL per cent compared
with 07O per cent last week.
Rate of discount, 4 per cent.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
American Car Co.
Reports Net Loss
OF $1,7A,67S
Conodo Dry, Ine., Shows
Quarter Income Of
$3.50, 1856, On Increase
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. o.-American
Car g. Foundry Co. reported today
for the six months ended October 81
consolidated net loss of $1,746,678,
compared with net loss Of 81 800, ,494
in the comparable six months Of
1898.
Charles J. Hardy, president, said
an increase in equipment buying
which started last September in
creased the company's backlog as
OF October 81 to more than $50, ,6OO,.
600, against $2,500,OO0 on May !.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON, Dec 9 R-(United States
Department of Asriculture). Sales were
somewhat slower than in the previous
was. however. q persistent though very
moderate demand for fine and half blood
territory wools at stiffening prices. ,Busi::
ness was very slow on coarser grades Of
domestic woods and quotations were mostly
steady. although largely nominal. Safes
were of very limited volume in graded
cents, in the grease. for fine delaine. 40 to
AZ cents for half bloods and 46 to AZ cents
for three-eighths and quarter bloods.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Auto Factory Sales
Rise in November
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-November
factory sales Of passenger cars and
trucks totaled 365, 900 units, an in
crease OF 13 per cent over October,
the Automobile Manufacturers AS.
sociation estimated today.
Sales last month fell 62 per cent
below November, 1888, but the IL
month period ending November 80
recorded sales Of $3.50, ,078 units, IS
per cent higher than the similar
period in 1888.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Canada Dry, Inc.

Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc, re-
ported net income for the September
quarter Of $3.50, 1886, equal to 86 cents
a share on capital stock. This com.
pared with $360,143, or So cents a
share, in the preceding quarter and
1888, ,903, also So cents, in the similar
1888 quarter.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Reliance Directors Order
Special Dividend
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-Directors OF
Reliance Manufacturing Co. today
declared a special dividend of 25
cents a share on the common stock,
payable December 20 to stock Of
Record December 10. They also de-
clared the regular quarterly Of SITS
q share on the preferred, payable
January 2, 1910, to stock of record
December %.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
F. H. A. Loans Report

The Federal Housing Administra-
tion reports that during the 60 busi-
ness days ended December 4, 49,
OPT loans totaling S60,360,170 for
modernization and repair of homes
were reported to it for insurance.
Evening star., 1939-12-09

Steel makers, after leading the
rapid autumn advance in heavy in
dustries, slowed the record breaking
production pace a little. Trade au-
thorities said, however, the industry
still had large reserves of untitled
orders and prospects of staying at a
high operating level for several
months to come.
Many business observers thought
they detected signs of a general lev
cling off in the recovery push, which
got its greatest impetus from Sep
tember war buying wave.
The Iron Age" said decline in
new steel orders was noticeable but
added major producers capacity was
we'll sold-out on deliveries in the first
three months of 1910.
Pennsylvania anthracite produc-
ers, who shared In the September
October buying wave, were forced to
curtail working schedules further to
reduce coal stocks above ground. The
unsold surplus was attributed partly
to slow demand for fuel during the
recent stretch of mild weather.
Commodities Watched.
Wall street security markets began
to pay attention to a rise in grain
and cotton prices. Wheat In the
Chicago grain pit. moving with a
higher world trend in basic farm
staples and on indications of small
winter crop as result of drought in
this country, expanded its gains in
the last fortnight to about 10 cents
a bushel. The December contract
approximated 81, touching the high
est price since October, 1887.
The upturn in most stocks was
small, with the market generally still
hugging the narrow range it has
occupied since the early September
war rise.
Merchants remained hopeful of q
prosperous Christmas shopping sea-
son, aided by reduction in jobless
and improvement in public purchas-
ing power all around.
However, Dun & Bradstreet re-
ported Christmas shopping was get
ting slow start in many places.
I'm some stores" the mercantile
agency added, gift articles in the
luxury and semi-luxury class were
said to be selling at the best pace
since 1929"
Evening star., 1939-12-09
New York Cotton
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Cotton fu-
lures opened 8 to 10 higher.
The cotton market made fresh
advances at the opening In active
dealings. A good demand came
from foreign and domestic sources
Prices held s to 8 points higher
in moderate trading during the first
hour. Small trade and foreign buy
ing orders absorbed scattered offer
ings. December sold at 1850 and
July 9.54.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Jersey City Livestock

JERSEY CITY N. j.. Dec LP, Omitted
classes of livestock nominally steady: no
salable receipts. Total receipts: Cattle,
1880 vealers and calves, 47O: hogs, 4.16O;
sheep and lambs. 3.77O
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Foreign Markets

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 8 R.-Domestic
and American shares rallied As the ses-
losses Although most domestic equities
closed on . frm footing. some American
issues hesitated in the recovery.
London, Paris Liverpool-closed.
Evening star., 1939-12-09

I'm bankruptcy or receivership or being
reorganized under Bankruptcy Act or
securities assumed b. such companies.
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-annua1 declaration. Un-
les less g otherwise noted special or extra divi-
I'd Ex dividend II n RIGHTS. Q Also
extra or extras. e Paid last year. fPey-
able in stock. Declared or paid 20 far
lated dividend oaid or declared this year.
ur Under rule. wv With warrants. "
without WarrantA var WafrantA
Evening star., 1939-12-09
New York Suour

No. 3 opened 3 lower January, .7sb:
March 1.Ssb: May 193: July, 195b;
September 1877 b Bid
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Chicago Stock Market

CHICAGO, Dec. & P)-Following Is the
complete list Of transactions on the Chi
cago Stock Exchange today:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-26

and 1t won't come to you any hotter
or any colder at any time.
The stack heater consists of a
water jacket with numerous fms on
its inner side which extract heat.
1t is inserted in the stack and con-
nected with an indirect heater,
which in turn heats the water in
a storage tank. Heat which would
otherwise be wasted is thus turned
to useful purposes. 1t insures a
supply of hot water during the
greater part Of the heating season
at no extra cost for the fuel which
heats it.
Your own needs as regards hot
water and space available in your
basement should guide you in your
choice of heaters.
But If you are going to do any,
thing about heat for the coming win
ter, now is the time.
\
Do you like to keep track of the
heat in your rooms, both winter
and summer? Do you also dislike
bAiCi AioAilCoCl hung vi d wall OF
standing on a desk with no rela-
ton to your decorative scheme?
Then you should know about the
new thermometer which is built
right into the switch plates which
control your electric lights.
The switch plate is finished in
satin-chrome, and to the left of
the button which snaps on the light
Is thermometer with a cheerful
red spirit-gauge, magnified by lens
tube that insures easy reading. The
thermometer is fully. protected by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-26
a az4.]Q[]E>lrlGMIED.I{E $ ri
2: - ooRIElYING WE

Its oil furnace element, which is
housed, in pastel enamel cabinet
with generous chromium trimming,
is made entirel Of welded steel with
generous heating surfaces, designed
to give smooth flow of heat at
least possible cost. That pre-heat-
ing chamber, you see, captures extra
heat from the f1ue gases which might
otherwise be lost up the chimney.
The more surfaces you expose to
heat and the longer you prolong
the heat travel. the more heat you
get from the fuel burned.
From house-heating equipment it
is only a short jump to hot-water
heating apparatus. Here are two
new kinds Of ater-heating equip
ment. One, for boilers, is separate
from the house-heating equipment
and works all year around. The
other, for warm-air furnaces. is
a stack heater, which in winter uti-
Lies heat from the burner gases
on their way through the stack
to the chimney, thus saving hot
water heating fuel costs for the
duration of the heating season.
You would need an extra heater for
summer
The separate heater may we'll be
what is known as tankless heater,
which requires no bulky storage tank
in your basement and gives instan-
taneous hot water at a rate of from
220 to 800 gallons an hour. The tank
less heater we have in mind has one
continuous flow Of water through
copper coils inside the casing, which,
incidentally, comes as small as an
ordinary wastebasket.
These coils are made all in one
solid piece, with no joints to re-
strict the flow or get clogged if the
water happens to have a chemical
deposit in it, as is true in some sec
tons of the country. The coil starts
at the top Of the heater, coils itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-26
BY DOROTHY DUCAS AND
ELIZABETH GORDON.

However much the heat spells of
August may have sent your mind
seeking cool thoughts, it's the time
of the year to think about heat
artiflcially made heat, to insure
comfortable house next winter. New
heating plants or improvements for
old ones must be installed during
the summer months, when the heat
ing plant is on vacation.
If you are considering installing
an oil burner warm air heating sys-
tenn. why not choose one which does
everything meriting the name of
winter air conditioning? Such
system filters the air inside your
house, adds the proper humidity,
circulates the air throughout the
house land will do it in summer, too.
without the heat and gives con-
trolled heat to all your rooms.
A new feature of one such con-
ditioner is the humidifying principle
on which it works. The moisture
comes not in form of a water spray,
but as steam vapor mixing with the
air stream in circulation. The water
used for supplying that moisture
which is so badly needed in warmed
air is always boiling Therefore it
is sterilized, giving you pure mois-
ture and pure air to breathe.
The air is preheated in U-shaped
radiator, then drawn through filters
to remove dust, dirt and pollen
which it might have collected as it
passed through the house. From the
filters it goes through the blower
into heating chamber from which
it passes through the humidity gen.
orator with its supply of sterilized
moisture. and on up to the rooms
of your house 1t is drawn out of
the rooms after it has discharged
its heat, brought back to the heat
ing unit and goes through the same
process again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-26

around and around inside the casing
with just enough room between the
golfers for the hot boiler water to
circulate; then, having filled the
space next to the outer part of the
tankless heater, this coils inside it.
self and works back up toward the
top, finally emerging through a mix
ing valve into the hot-water pipes
This mixing valve is an important
feature. 1t means you can set the
temperature of the water which is
delivered at your lavatory or sink,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-26
FIJI. A. Land PLANNING
Unit Notes Effort 10
Supply Small Homes
More Than 10000
Mapped in 6 Months in
Eligible Subdivisions

More than 10000 new homes in
subdivision areas eligible for Fed
eral Housing Administration mort
gage insurance were planned in the
first half of 1889 by operative
, builders to meet the national de-
mand for moderately priced homes,
Seward H. Mott. director of the
F. H. A. Land Planning Division,
said today.
More than a third of these pro-
tects are already under construction,
Mr.. Mott said, indicating the cur
rent market for housing through
out the country. This program of
new subdivision development takes
into account only those areas which
have been analysed by the F. H. A..
land planning staff in the last six
months and found eligible as sites
for insured home mortgage financ-
ing.
Conservative Estimate.
This estimate is conservative, to
say the least" Mr.. Mott said, The
potential number of new single
family homes in new protected
neighborhoods, even after allowing
80 per cent for lots which will not
be utilized when a neighborhood is
fully built up is over $4,000. Since
only subdivisions lying in the path
of residential growth and considered
ripe for development are accepted
for analysis by the F. H. AS Land
Planning Division. this number
may be considered a fairly &C
curate indication of the demand for
new homes generated during the
first six months of 1899 To this
figure must be added vacant lots
remaining in subdivisions previously
qualified and acceptable locations
In established neighborhoods.
This volume of new subdivision
construction represents the amount
which the building industry con-
siders needed to cope with the cur
rent demand for new homes
Submit Subdivision Plans.
Through a nationwide land plan
ming staff the F. H. A. has analyzed
1920 new subdivisions since jan
uary l. Mr. Mott said that the
increase in the number of subdi-
visions analyzed in the first six
months of 1889 showed a gain of
1853 per cent over the last six
months of 1885, A tendency among
developers to submit their areas to
the F. H. A. for approval prior to
the, start of construction has be-
come increasingly apparent, he said.
After approximately four years
Of work in the field of land planning
and subdivision analysis" Mr. Mott
added, "the F. H. A. has caught up,
to great extent in the work of re-
facilitating existing areas which
were falling into obsoleScence be-
cause of poor original planning. For
a long time we centralized our &C
tivity in this task and today the
work has shown marked results.
I'VE are now devoting careful
study to new developments which
are constantly submitted to us for
analysis, and builders throughout
the country are showing an in
creasing confidence in F.. H. A.
standards and suggestions as to
plot planning and neighborhood
control. AS our work is basic in
the effort to provide better homes
and better neighborhood conditions,
it is becoming more and more evil
dent that subdivision developers
consider our standards economically
sound and contributory to salable
and lasting housing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-26
Building
per cent and for additions, altera-
tons and repairs, per cent.
10 Per Cent Above Last Year.
Continued From First Page)

GAS compared with July, 1898,
however, total building construc-
ton showed an increase of 10 per
cent. There was gain in permit
valuations for all types of con-
struction. New residential buildings
increased per cent; new non-resi-
dental buildings, 20 per cent, and
additions, alterations and repairs, 7
per cent over the year period"
Permits issued during July pro-
vided for 1885 family dwelling
units. OF those, 1857 were in prof.
ects under the jurisdiction of the
United States Housing Authority.
June permits provided for 26,552
units, of which 2,877 were in U. S.
H. A. projects
The data collected by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics include con-
tracts awarded by Federal and State
Governments in addition to private
and municipal construction. For
July 1889, Federal and State con-
struction amounted to $21,622 900;
for June, 1899, to $33,823,0 900, and
for July, 1888, to $27,1o2,OO0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-26

the metal of the switch plate and
is guaranteed commercially accurate.
And switches usually are located
at the right spot on a wall for best
reading of room temperature.
The switch and thermometer-in-
one may be installed in a couple of
minutes. taking up no more room
than your ordinary switch plate did.
They cost less than a dollar, and
can be installed in every room of
the house where regulation of the
temperature is matter of health
and comfort.
Last year more than 81 ,OO0, 900
worth of Thermometers of one sort
or another were sold in this coun-
try in hardware stores alone, show
ing that most of us do like to keep
track of heat. This is the first
time a combination thermometer
and switch plate has been available.
A brand-new idea-your friends will
notice it, and admire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-26

Editors note-For further infor-
nation about products described
here, write the Misses Ducas and
Gordon, 230 West Forty first street,
New York City, and inclose stamped,
self addressed enyelope.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-03
THE SELECTION OF
a NEW POPE

Pope Plus XII, until Thursday Cardl-
nal Pacelli, Papal secretary Of state, IS
a happy selection for the exalted posi-
ton he must fill The unhappiness his
election caused in high Nazi and Fascist
political circles proves that The dlcta-
tors wanted Pope they could dictate
to, or at least one who would never feel
called upon to say what he thought about
religious and racial prosecutions. Those
who depore such persecution will ap-
plaud the election of Pacelli as Pope.
The Catholic church in years past has
often been subjected to the charge that
il has meddled in politics where a church
man should not be. The situation has
been reversed during late years, how
ever, until we now find such governments
as that of Germany meddling in affairs
of the church. The election of "politi-
cally minded" Pope seems to indicate
that the Catholic church will continue
to oppose the theory, as expressed IN
Germany, that the church should be alb
solutely subservient to the government
actually a part of the government.
1t is difficult for Americans to under
stand the situation as it exists in Eu-
rope, and so it is hard for most of them
Pacellis election. In this country we
would resist bitterly any attempt by
the church to dominate the national
government, and we should resist just
as bitterly any attempt by our govern
ment to dictate to which church we
should belong.
We in America want no national
church, and neither do we want gov
ernment by any church.
In the present instance, however, most
Americans will applaud the selection of
a Pope who refuses to close his eyes to
the fact that certain governments want
no church but the one they can control.
A mans spiritual belief is not mat
ter to be decided by rulers in any nations
capital. To be a true reflection of the
spirit it must arise within the man
himself. Any government can collect
taxes and pass laws, but no government
can make a man any better than his
own conscience.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-03
Stop Worrying About Europe.
Rouer Babson Advises

outlined the reasons why business
should be better in 1899 than in
1898. I see no reason yet to change
my forecast even though business
is running slightly lower than in
mid-December. However, expect
that we will have a sharp improve
ment this spring.
Why should we worry about hos
tilities in Europe? AS I pointed out
last fall, the World war pushed
American business to undreamed
of heights. 1t is true that the first
outbreak produced a sharp drop.
Within a few months after hoStili-
ties started, however, all records
were being smashed. If Europe
again sees real war the combat
ants will need billions of dollars
worth of our raw materials, food
stuffs, and manufactured goods. So
why be scared to death because of
the possibility of a war in Europe
which. if we were to follow the
World war pattern, would prove
bullish on American business?
Play Up Our Own Troubles
Naturally. I do not want war.
There is no quicker way to get
into one, however, than to talk
war. eat war, and live war. That
is why hate to see our people
giving such a tremendous amount
of attention to the European situa-
ton. That is why dislike the con-
slant dramatiZation of Hitler and
Mussolini. There are "goingS-on"
in this country twice as dangerous
to our liberty. These could be blaz-
oned on the front pages and over
the airwaveS, If We must scare
ourselves to death.
I am not a "Pollyanna' disciple.
I am not urging the press and the
radio to play down European news.
am asking only that our domestic
news be dramatized and given just
as much human interest as the
"hot' stories from Europe. There
is plenty of good news coming out
from industry, from laboratories,
from churches, - yes, even from
Washington-to provide an anti
dote for the unpleasant dispatches
from abroad.
1 know Europe and 1 urge read
ers to forget 1t for this spring at
least. Tend to your business and
your job. Now is chance to make
some money while the other fellow
is trying to find out where Ruth
enia" is on the map! Readers will
remember that I gave them the
right steer last September. Now
here is another opportunity for
those with courage!