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Service Orders
ARMY.

Gordon, Col. William W., Cavalry,
Army War College, Fort Humphreys,
Washington, D. c., to Inspector Gen.
erals Dept. Headquarters, Boston,
Mass, June 30.
Marietta, Col. Shelley u, Medical
Corps, Fort Sam Houston, Tex, to
Army Medical Center. Washington,
D. c., about April /.
Coleman. Col Fred H, Air Corps,
to Headquarters Sd Corps Area,
Baltimore, Md. upon completion Of
his present tour of foreign service:
Beaven, 1t. Col. Coleridge L., Med
ical Corps. Randolph Field. Tex, to
Office of Chief Of the Air Corps,
Washington, d. c., February Is.
Hoss, Maj Charles A, to office of
the Quartermaster General, Wash
ington, D. c., upon completion of his
present tour of foreign service.
Chase, Maj Walter E., Dental
Corps, Puerto Rico, to Fort Belvoir,
Va. effective at such time as will
enable him to comply with the order.
McConnaughy. Maj. Donald S.,
Quartermaster Corps, Fort Hoyle,
Md, to Quartermaster Corps, Puerto
Rico, about March /.
Lutes, Maj. LIE Roy, Coast Artillery
Corps. National Guard Bureau,
Washington, D. c., to Fort Totten,
N. Y, June 80.
Ross, Capt. Lewis T., Corps of En-
gineers, to Office of the Chief OF
Engineers, Washington, D. c.. upon
completion of his present tour Of
foreign service.
Taylor, Capt. Maxwell D., Field
Artillery, Toxic, Japan, to Fort Myer,
Va, about May 25.
Sherman, Capt. John B.. Infantry,
Fort Washington. Md, TO Headquar-
ters Company, Washington, D. c.
Hall. Capt. Dale c.. Ordnance
Dept, Chief of Ordnance, Washing
ton, D. c., to Headquarters, 9th
Corps Area, San Francisco, Calf,
about June i.
Cooper, 1t. Harry B.. jr., Coast
Artillery Corps. Fort Monroe, Va,
to Coast Artillery Corps, Panama
Canal Dept, January 16.
Bfscoe, Second 1t. Earnest Hodges,
Air Corps Reserve, Langley Field,
Hampton, Va, to inactive status.
Decker, Chaplain Silas E.. Langley
Field. Va, to Panama Canal Dept.
Carpenter, Chaplain Charles l.,
Langley Field, Va, to Panama Canal
Dept.
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Your Income Tax
Personal Exemptions.

In addition to the personal ex-
emption of $1,000 for a single person
or married person not living with
husband or wife and 81 500 for mar
ried persons living together and for
heads of families, taxpayer is en-
titled to a credit of $400 for each
dependent, defined by income tax
law and regulations as person
under 18 years of age or incapable
of self-support because mentally or
physically defective. The term
mentally or physically defective"
means not only cripples and those
mentally defective but persons in
i'll health and the aged.
In order to be entitled to the $40O
credit, the taxpayer must furnish
the dependent his or her chief sup
port. The credit is based upon
actual financial dependency and
not mere legal dependency. For
example, a father whose children
receive half or more of their sup
port from a trust fund or other
separate source is not entitled to
the credit.
Neither relationship nor residence
is factor in the allowance of the
S400 credit for dependent. The
taxpayer and the dependent may
be residents of different cities. II
husband and wife both contribute
to the support of a dependent, the
$400 credit may be taken by the one
contributing the chief support, and
may not be divided between them.
A single person who supports in
his home an aged mother is entitled
not only to the $400 credit for a
dependent but also to the persona,
exemption of $2,500 as the head Of
family. A widower- supporting
under similar circumstances a de-
pendent child under 18 years of age
also is entitled to the personal ex.
emption of $500 as the head of a
family, plus the S4O0 credit for g
dependent.
Under the Revenue Act of 1895
both the personal exemption anc
the credit for dependents are re.
quired to be prorated where the
status of the taxpayer changed dur.
ing the year.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
J.P. Morgan Interests
Seek C.&0. Control,
Young Declares
Boord Padding Attempt
Charged os Retaliation
For Changed Financing
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 3.-Robert r.
Young declared last night J. P. Nor
gan & Co. interests were attempt
ing to wrest control Of the profitable
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway from
him.
Mr.. Young, who with an associate
bought controlling stocks in the Van
Sweringen rail system two years
ago, said Morgan interests" were
attempting to add two members to
the present 11-man board.
The New York financier recently
changed the C. g. O.'s bond financing
to an independent group at 81 400
900 saving on $50, 900 900 issue. On
Tuesday be sent a telegram to SEN
ator Robert Taft, Republican, of
Ohio, urging that the Cincinnati
Union Terminal Co., of which Taft
is a director, take the same step.
Asked what he meant when he
said in the telegram that a Wall
Street clique" was seeking to re-
taliate" for the diversion of C. & O..
financing to Midwestern interests,
Mr.. Young said today:
Last spring when they put Earle
Bailie (partner in j. & w. Selig-
man & Co., New York; John B.
Hollister (Taft's Cincinnati law
partneD and John L. Dickinson
Charleston, w. Va, banker) on the
c. & o. board they thought That
would enable them to control the
c. & o. financing, but certain direc-
tors whom they expected to be pill
able proved themselves to be beyond
the Morgan-Guaranty CTrust Co. of
New York; sphere of influence.
Proxy Fight Resented.
Immediately after the C. & o.
financing went to Halsey, Stuart g.
Co, at saving of s1,4O0,O00 above
the Morgan bid, Bailie launched
upon program to add two more
directors to the C. g. o. board who
would be subject to Morgan influ-
ence"
The Young Guaranty Trust war
fare broke out last spring and re-
suited in proxy fight to control
the c. & o. board. A compromise
eventually resulted in which the
three were added to the board, with
control still standing with Young
Although Mr.. Young would not
comment informed sources said the
precent lineup was four directors
standing with each group and the
other three as more or less "inde-
pendents' Since one of these three
is seriously i'll swing of only one
of the independents away from
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, Feb. 3 tP:-Poultry. live.
% trucks hens easy. BALANCE steady;
hens S pounds and under. Is: springs.
under pounds. White Rock, Is; other
prices UNCHANGED.
young toms. 20; young hens. 20: other
prices unchanged.
Butter, Sa6.915: steady; prices un-
changed Eggs, 1859; easy; fresh
graded. extra firsts. local. 16; cars. 1914:
first. cars. IS: other prices UNCHANGED.
Potatoes. 81: on track. 297: total United
States shipmens 623; old stock dull, sup
plies rather liberal demand very slow;
sacked per hundredweight: Idaho Russet
Barbanks u s. No l. very few sales q ss
McClures, u. S. No. l. burlap and cotton
sacks, fair color very few sales. 1.S5-
200; Wisconsin Round Whites. U. S. COM
mercials. 1.12l2; North Dakota Cobblers
U. S. No. !. few sales. 1,30: new stock
slightly weaker, supplies moderate. demand
very slow; track sales. carlots, bushel
crates. Florida Bliss Triumphs. U. S. No. l.
1924; less than carlots, few sales, 1.S5.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Store Sales Improve
Moderately Despite
Stormy Weather
Trade Volume Extended
At | to 5 Per Cent
Above Yeor Ago
Rv the AssnciatedP Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-Despite
stormy weather, retail trade enjoyed
moderate recovery in the last week
and sentiment was generally more
cheerful" said Dun g. Bradstreet to-
day in their weekly business review
Billiards virtually paralyzed bust
ness in some areas during part of the
week." asserted the review, "but
volume for the country as a whole
expanded slightly despite this ham
dicap.
The year to-year gain of l to S
per cent estimated for the week COM
pared with a decrease of to 8 per
cent recorded in the preceding week.
This improvement, the report
pointed out, marked the first rise
in retail volume over last year in
four weeks.
For most wholesale markets, 1t
continued, the week was compare
lively dull after the intense ac-
tivity of preceding weeks, when
trade shows were in session.
However, the lull in buying
seemed to be no more than that nor
mally anticipated for this period
and wholesalers made no change in
their estimates of the volume of re-
orders that might be expected later
this month.
Frequent requests for fill-in win
ter goods gave support to the evil
dence that large carry-over stocks
we're not general Wholesalers also
were encouraged by the fact that
buyers seemed satisfied with values
offered and did not protest the price
advances that were made.
Despite slackening in sales dur
ing the week, wholesale volume
maintained its lead of 4 to IL per
cent over year ago.
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board

Young might result in a board
deadlock, these sources said.
Bid Declared Ignored.
To the original telegram to Gen.
ator Taft the Ohioan replied the
matter was in the hands of the Cin-
cinnati Union Terminal Co.'S FL
nance Committee. Young sent a
wire to committee members today
declaring the committee was zig
noring' an offer of the "independ-
ent bankers" and allowing Morgan,
Stanley g. Co. to shop among the
insurance companies before meet
ing the bid you already have
from independent bankers"
c. & o. owns one-seventh inter-
est in the Cincinnati Union Ter
minal Co.
Yesterday, regarding c. & O., Mr..
Young declared "the logic behind
the Bailie- e-Hollister campaign does
not bear analysis. The c. & o. Rail-
way was operated with outstanding
success for many years with a board
of nine.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Foreign Exchanges

NEW YORK Feb. 3 (P,.--The foreign
exchange market sat back today to watch
the latest bic3ernR batween democratic
and totalitarian states touched off by what
President Roosevelt termed deliberate
lie" in reports Of recent Senate con-
ference
Waiting for developments more directly
affecting international moneys. normal
commercial dealings chiefly int.denced ex-
change rates Sterlnf advanced "a of a
cent and the French franc 0Oia Of a cent.
The Swiss franc was UNCHANGED. while the
guilder and belga were a shade down.
Late rates follow
Great Britain in dollars. others in cents.
Great Britain. 4.61is; 60-day bills, 4 81 ~;
Canada Montreal in New York. %. so;
New York in Montreal. loo. 50; Belgium.
marx 2os9ia: Finland. sos; France,
2.64 y; Germany. 40.14; benevolent, 2O.s0;
1885: Italy. 5..6Ha: Yugoslavia, 2.33:
Netherlands. 81 S3: Norway. 2351s4: Po-
land. 1925; Portugal 4.25h: Rumania
-; Spain unagoted; Sweden. s4;l2
Brazil. -5,90n: Mexico City. 2O.2On; Japan.
q 30; Hong Kong. 29.l7 Shanghai. 1928:
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise in
dicated. Nominal
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Sharp Drop Recorded
In Excess Reserves
During Week
Housing Authority Notes
And Goin in Money
Circulation Cited
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The countrys banks decreased
their idle money $l20,000,000 last
week.
The Federal Reserve Board, whose
annual effort earlier this week called
Congress attention to the need of
curbing potential credit imitation
because of the rise of excess re-
serves in banks to a record of So
600 100000 on January 25. reported
the amount fell to S3,480 100000 in
the week ended February l.
The decrease was due primarily to
purchases of $1,000 100000 worth of
United States Housing Authority
notes, which were put on sale by the
Treasury.
The decrease also was due in
part to S4OO0O,000 increase in
money in circulation.
The boards statement said:
During the week ended February
l member bank reserve balances de-
creased sl19.O00,OO0. Reductions in
member bank reserves arose from
increases of $4,000 900 in money in
circulation, sl6,O00,000 in Treasury
cash. and sl20,O00,0O0 in Treasury
deposits with Federal Reserve banks,
offset in part by increases OF S54,-
100000 in gold stock and S5,OOO,Ooo
in Treasury currency. Excess re-
serves of member banks on Febru-
arv l were estimated to be approx
mately 100000, a decrease OF
s12O 900 900 for the week"
Changes in member bank reserve
balances and related times during
the week and the year ended Febru-
ary l, 1899, were reported as follows:
Evening star., 1939-02-03
u. 5. Tax Collections
In This Area Drop
oolLAas
Pa SHARE

Federal tax collections in the dis
trict embracing Maryland and the
District of Columbia declined last
year along with those in the coun-
try as whole, Treasury statement
yesterday showed.
In 1888, corporations in this area
paid $23625, ,849 and individuals
$38,813338; in 1887 the correspond
ing figures were $25 ,588 1892 and $780,
070,930.
Nationally, collections were S.
507 ,613,350 as compared to $5,617,-
088 ,564.
AS headquarters of most large
corporations, New York headed the
taxpaying list with $l,187 1856, 800.
In Virginia, payments were up
Corporations paid $l8,36l ,423 anc
individuals $13,1l6,l42, as compared
to SIS ,396,7S5 and sl2, l7O,668, respec-
lively, in 1887.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
New York Suqur

NEW YORK. Feb 3 LP).-The downward
rejecting a selling movement by producer
interests Liquidation in the domestic
March contract sent the delivery from
I59 at the opening to l56 around noon, on;
lower Trade covering and commission
house buying furnished the only absorp-
ton of offerings
World futures were down u to ia
points under near month liquidation and
Cuban selling of later positions. although
May reacted from 1.131a to 1.13 for a
loss of u point
Raw and refined sugar were unchanged.
the former nominally 2.S5 for Cuban duty
palds and refined in a range of 1904 80.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
NEW YORK Feb 3 P,.-Investment
Bankers Conference. Inc:
Quotations as Of > o'clock.)
U. S. Treasury Position
BY the Associated Press

The position Of the Treasury gs February
S14 5eT' '76i. .55; net balance, S3.O53,516,-
S3e. .o2. including s2,40s 5s1 .O69.35 work
| ing balance customs receipts for the
Receipts for the fiscal wear fsince July
u. S3.251 .157,1OO. .66; expenditures, So
| S97, 1872 ,565.71. including S17s0. 1885,
3I6.O2 Of emergency expenditures: excess
! Of expenditures, S2,O46. 6.O35,465.0 .05; gross
| debt. $50 6s4 :970, ,614.1a. an increase, OF
| $50, ,694. .353. 65 above the previous day:
Rold assets. S14.693, ,974,657.21.
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Corporations Report
"a Per Cent Decline
In Earnings
Profits in Lost Quarter
Well Below Same
Period of 1887
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-The first
26 companies to issue fourth quarter
income statements reported a ID
per cent decline in profits from the
comparable period a year earlier.
4 compilation yesterday by the
Associated Press placed net income
for the group at S88 100000 during
the three months ended December
81, 1888, against s103, TOO 900 in the
like quarter the year before.
This represented sharp recovery
from profit levels of the preceding
nine months. This was indicated
by the fact profits for all of 1898
were barely half those chalked up
the year previously, $261 300, 900.
compared with $517,00O,000 II
months earlier.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON. Feb 3 lP, Omitted States De-
wools were being sold in fair volume to-
day. Prices we're mostly around 70 cents.
secured basis. for good French combing
average to short French combing lengths
fine territory woods in original bags Some
holders were asking SO to 20 cents. secured
ing lengths fine territory wools
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK, Feb 3 LP.-A brisk de-
mand continued for wcolen goods in Worth
Street textile markets today Commission
men saw indications the current rate of
mill activity will be sustained until late
IN March. Business elsewhere was narrow
ano connned mostly to fill-in lots
few offerings were made at concessions
but supplies in these items were limited
@ and readily absorbed Print cloths and
purIap were quiet. Silk hosiery manu-
the sharp rise in raw values
Evening star., 1939-02-03
A. T. & T. Reports Gdin
Of $500 Telephones
By the Associated Press.

BY Cnt AbSUCIdteU TItbE.
NEW YORK, Feb 3.-The Aneri-
can Telephone g. Telegraph Co. re-
ported gain of $500 telephones
in service in principal telephone
subsidiaries included in the Bell
system. This compared with a gain
of 81 400 in January, 1888.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Washington Exchange

Potomac Electric Power 6oe pfd.-;
at 116.
Potomac Electric Power 5l2'c pfd.-
at lis.
Evening star., 1939-02-03

New York Telephone Co.-l93o
common share earnings we're s6.97,
against $796
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Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. Feb 3-Dividends declared,
prepared by Fitch Publishing Co.
Resumed.
Pc Stk Of Pay
Rae. riod. record. able.
Utica Il Mohawk Cotton
Mills -- soc l-2S I'd
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Federal Lund Banks

NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (F.-Federal Land
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"a minus item owing to time discrep-
ancy between setting up credits on Reserve
bank books for member banks and actual
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MARINE CORPS,

Beadle, Capt. Roger w., on arrival
at San Francisco, ordered to Guam
tico, Va.
Bigler, First 1t. James c., on ar
rival at San Francisco, ordered to
Washington, D. c., for duty.
Evening star., 1939-02-03

Plus extra. e2T extra. f3T ex-
ira gS14OO extra paid December 20.
1898, X zoe extra. m S1.5O extra. p SOC
paid September 20, 1888. sS2.OO paid
1885.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Rubber Futures

NEW YORK Feb. 3 tR.-Crude rubber
futures opened unchanged. March Is. rob
May, 15.55b: July. 15.56b. Bid.
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U. S. Treasury Notes
Approx.
Asked. yield.

NEW YORK Feb 3 (Pl.-Prices quoted
in dollars and thirty-secOnds:
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New York Bar Silver

NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (F.-Bar sill
yer, 42A, UNCHANGED.
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Quotations not furnished by sponsor or
issuer: all others are 1otained by l. B. c.
from those sources.
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Investing Companies

NEW YORK Feb 3 R.-Investment
Bankers Conference Inc:
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lin millions Of dollarso
Feb. |. Jan. 25, Feo: :.
1889. 1899. 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-04

Health unexcelled in the history of the industrial policyholders of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company marked the progress of 1888 through November and every sign indicates that final figures will show that record maintained for the full year, according to sta- tisticians of the company. Here are some of the outstanding health records established by this representative group of the gen. eral population:
 The November 1898 death rate of 7-2 per 1000 was the lowest ever attained in any similar month, and was 6 per cent under the previous best record for that particular month.
 November was the tenth month of the year in which such a rec ord was established.
 Rates Compared
 The cumulative mortality rate of 7.7 per 1000 for the first II months, of 1938 was more than per cent better than the rate for the same period of 1887.
 A mortality rate of 6 per 1000 among the company's 1,250, 900 in- dustrial policyholders in Canada was the lowest ever established by that group during any similar eleven month period.
 All time low mortality rates for the full year are assured for the following causes of death = scar- let fever, diphtheria, influenza, tuberculosis, diarrheal diseases, appendicitis, chronic nephritis, puerperal conditions, and hom- icideS.
 Also, mortality from syphilis and from all forms of accidents, combined, is expected to drop to new low levels for the full year.
 Fatalities resulting from injuries in automobile accidents fell dur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-04
Neu Health Records
 Among 1938;s Gifts

ing each of the first eleven months of 1888, as compared with the cor responding months of 1887, while the rate of IT per 100000 for the year through November repre- sented a drop exceeding IS per cent as compared with the 1897 rate. This almost certainly in- dicates the 1888 death rate from this cause will be the lowest since 1926.
 New High
 The only cause of death for which a new high mortality rate seems likely to be recorded for the full year is coronary artery disease. And this situation, the statisticians say, may be due less to a greater incidence of the dis ease than to greater accuracy in diagnosis and an increased ten dency on the part of physicians to certify coronary condition as the cause of death.
 Cancer, also, is called a dis turbing item," for the cancer death rate may closely approach the previous maximum-96-1 per 10000, recorded in both 1884 and 1885. The 1888 cancer death rate is expected to show rise of more than 3 per cent as compared with that for 1887.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-04

A gift of valuable fowage rights on the Salmon river, together with the site of the Leesville dam and power plant by the Connecticut Light and Power company was an- nounced by Oliver B. Ellsworth, chairman of the state board of fish cries and game, today. Deeds for the rights and the property were pre- sented to the state board during the past week, MT. Ellsworth said.
 "The donation of these water rights and property by the Connecti- cut Light and Power company is most generous" MT. Ellsworth said in making public the information concerning the gift. "The board is particularly pleased to secure title to these properties and the fowage rights, since it fits into the long range plan for the delevopment of the Salmon river for recreation and the conservation of wildlife. We feel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-04
MOTORCYCLE CLUB
 NAMES SKRIDULIS
Four Delegates Elected to Attend State Meeting in
 Meriden Friday

Charles Skridulis was elected president of the Waterbury Motor cycle Club last night at the clubs rooms, 394 Hamilton avenue. The following were also elected: Vice. president, Aleck Dubicky; secretary, J. P. Donovan; treasurer, George Covelli; club referee. Edward Waku- levitch; road captain, Otto Flugard; sergeant-at-arms, Steven Buczco.
 J. P. Donovan, Charles Daniels, Otto Flugard, and Edward Wakule- vitch will represent the local club at . meeting of the representatives of All the clubs in the state Friday, January 6. in Meriden. E. c. Smith, an official of the National Motor cycle Association, will be present at the meeting, the purpose of which will be to explain new rules for events and to make application for dates on which events may be held.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-04
GIRL ONCE SAVED
 PRESIDENTS LIFE
Her Scream Deflected Shot But Killed Mayor;
 She Is Now III

Quincy, Mass, Jan. 4.-(UP)-On Feb. 15, 1893, nine-year old Leona Merrill of Quincy was sitting in the front row at a reception to President-elect Franklin D. Roose- welt at Biscayne Park, Miami, Fla. When the man beside her shifted in his seat, she turned, then screamed: That man" was Giuseppe Zan- gara. He pointed his revolver at the president-elect's automobile. Spectators deflected the aid, but his bullets killed Mayor Anton Ger mak of Chicago.
 Last December Leona, now IA, was given a pair of Christmas skates and went to Sailors home pond here to try them out. Hardly had she ventured on the ice, however, than a group of boys playing "crack the whip" loosed the end man and he careened into Leona, knocking her unconscious. His skate frac- tured her skull in two places.
 Today, her condition fairly good" :, she proudly showed nurses this let ter:-
 My dear Leona:
 "The President has just been told of your unfortunate accident and he asked me to send you this note to tell you how genuinely sorry he is. He hopes very much that you will soon recover and he sends you his best wishes.
 "Very sincerely yours,
 "M. A. LeHand,
 Private Secretary"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-04
BUS LINE OPENS
 TERMINAL OFFICE
New Station Now Located Conveniently in Ex=
 change Place

The terminal of the Waterbury Bus Line, formerly at the corner of Leavenworth and Grand streets, is now located at the Happiness Luncheon, 20 Bank street. The new terminal is equipped with com- fortable rest rooms for passengers.
 The station had been at different points of Grand street since 1919 Until 1929, when it was embraced by the Short Line, it was the Bridgeport and Waterbury Passen- ger Line.
 The terminal, now in the heart of the city, will be very convenient for patrons travelling to Bridge port, New York, and many other points of New England which the line covers.