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Evening star., 1939-05-02
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Nav 2 (P,.-Eges SO. 1888:
steady, Mixed colors: Extra fancy selec-
tion. lss4-20a4 standards. 1sA-Ka f1rsts.
l6l2-4: seconds 16-16A: mediums, ! 5k
dirties. No. l, 15A-la: average checks,
14S4, STORAGE packed flrsts. 1s.
Whites: Resale Of premium marks.
22fa-25. Nearby. premium marks. 201a-
% Nearby and Midwestern. exchange
specials 20; exchange standards. 10. Re-
sale OF nearby heavier mediums. 1921 N.
Nearby and Midwestern. exchange me-
=. Browns: Nearby. extra fancy. 2O-22.
,19la: exchange standards 1sIa-a4. Near
by: exchange mediums 16-16h
:, Butter; 1884 1872; frmer, Creamery:
HIGHER than extra, 23l4-24 extra (92
score). 23: f1rsts tSs-9D. 21a-22A; sec
onds tS4-S7). 2O-2l
=; Cheese. 315,294; quiet. Prices un-
= Live poultry. by freight, about steady.
Fowl, colored, 1920; Leshorn. 1917.
Old roosters. 13 Turkeys hens. $3.50;
young toms, 1928. Ducks, 10.
By express slow. Chickens, Rocks, 10.
eroilers: Rocks 1921; crosses, I7R-ls1s:
Reds, II; -Leghorns. 15-17 Fowl. colored
IS-1sl?; Leghorn, 17-1S. Pullets, Rocks,
22.o Old roosters, 11-12. Turkeys hens.
. Dressed poultry generally steady. Frozen:
boxes, FOWL 4s.54 pound. 20-2312 Ali
fresh and other frozen prices UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1939-05-02
UIen tyExpand Activities
With Chicago Office
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 2-Entrance
Of Ulen g. Co., engineers and con-
structors, into the Middle West is
announced today by James H. Man
ming, president, who said Ulen will
open a Chicago Office in the Field
Building this week under the man
agement of Vern E. Alden, vice
president, as a step in the expan-
sion of its domestic business. Alden
until recently has been with Stone
& Webster Engineering Corp. in
Chicago.
According to Manning, opening
Of a Chicago Office at this time re-
fleets the belief of Ulen & Co. off,
cials that the Nation is on the eve
of an important expansion OF con-
struction activity. particularly for
public utility and industrial COM
panies, and that much Of this work
will originate in Chicago and the
Middle West.
Alden also will represent Ulen's
wholly owned subsidiary company,
A. L. Hartridge & Co., Inc.
Evening star., 1939-05-02
Arms Race Expands
Sales Of American
Finished Goods
War Preparation Cuts
Normal Production
Of Other Nations
xa:ek-.
pl the Associated Preas.

b the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 2.-Europe's
feverish armament race, with its
expanded takings Of American fin
ished goods, is widening the markets
for American industry, trade an
alysts point out.
Until recently Europe had been
predominantly a taker Of American
raw materials. preferring to turn
basic commodities into finished
products in its own plants and fac
tories.
But now more and more able
bodied men are being placed under
arms-men normally engaged in
peacetime productive pursuits.
Plants normally producing peace
time products are being retolled for
the manufacture Of munitions, guns
and the allied needs of war.
When we say Europe, we mean, of
course, the continent and England,
and the Far East can be included,
for Britain and Japan are expand
ing war defense in step with Euro
pean countries.
Cotton Exports Cited.
Strikingly illustrating the point
are cotton export figures for March,
the latest month for which complete
Department of Commerce statistics
are available.
In March this year the United
States exported $16,958 900 worth of
manufactured cotton, contrasted
with $23.l32 900 in March, 1888. On
the other hand, March exports of
cotton manufactures were $5,245, 900,
against $4,947 900, while exports of
cotton cloth, duck and tire fabric
rose to So, 1860 900 from s., 1888 900.
Take a look at oil export figures.
March crude petroleum exports
totaled $6,258,000, against $8,922, 900
a year ago, while foreign takings Of
gasoline and motor fuel increased to
1882 900 from $7,121 900.
Held certain to continue expand
ing are exports of aircraft, parts,
etc, which in March were $8,741 900,
against s6,545 900 in the like 1898
month.
Machinery in Demand.
Increased purchases of machinery,
largely for products allied with arm
ament or defense reserves, show how
Europe is retooling and expanding
its industrial war machine.
March exports of industrial ma
chinery at $29, ,594 900 compared with
$25 300, 900 year ago, while metal
working machinery exports at $12,-
401 900 were sharply above the 3d.
594 900 in March, 1898.
Observers say the trend means ex-
panding jobs for American workers,
particularly skilled men and women.
For some time now shortages of
skilled workers in the domestic ma
chine tool trades have been reported.
Evening star., 1939-05-02
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON. May 2. Lr, UNITED States De-
partment Of Asriculture) Scattered users
crate quantities Of wool.
Some Of the demand was for spot wools
available for immediate delivery. The
bulk Of the transactions however. were
on woods to be shipped from the country
or on wools en- route to the East Good
in original bags were bringing SO to Sc
cents. secured basis, for SPOT o6erings and
"a to 65 cents. delivered East. for woola
that have not arrived. Bright three
eights and one-quarter blood fleece VoolS,
in mixed lots. offered from the country,
cents. In the grease. delivered to Eastern
users.
Evening star., 1939-05-02
Briggs Manufacturing
Earns S958,047 in
First Quarter
Total Contrasts With
Only s317,007 for
Same 1888 Period

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, May briggs Manu-
featuring Co., makers of automo-
bile bodies and accessories, reported
for the March quarter net profit of
$958,047, equal to 48 cents share
on capital stock. This compared
with $317,OO7, or 16 cents share, in
the 1888 March quarter.
Mengel Co.
The Mengel Co. and subsidiaries,
makers of wood products and con-
tainer manufacturers, reported a
net loss of S94,565 for the three
months ended March 81, compared
with a net loss of 151,367 in the
first quarter last year and net profit
of $3.50 in the last three months
of 1888. Plants are in New Jersey,
North Carolina, Louisiana, MisSis-
sippi and Kentucky.
Union Bag & Paper.
Union Bag g. Paper Corp. today
reported net income of $153 ,490 for
the first quarter of the year, equal
to II cents share on capital
stock, compared with 354,250, or
% cents a capital share, in the
first quarter of 1888. Plants are
in New York, Chicago, Wisconsin,
Georgia and California.
Archer r-Daniels- Midland.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. re-
ports for the nine months ended
March 81, 1899 net profit OF $685.
1919 after depreciation and FEEDER
al taxes. This is equal, after de-
ducting preferred dividends, to $123
per share on the 9,546 shares of
common stock outstanding. Net
profit for the nine months ended
March 81. 1888 amounted to $873,-
1864 or S1.31 per share on the
same number of shares. The COM
pany has declared a dividend of Is
cents per share on the common stock
payable June /, 1899, to stock
Of record May 20, 1889.
Evening star., 1939-05-02
Chicuoo Produce

CHICAGO, May 2 lR.-Poultry. I've J.
car. 35 trucks: hens nrm. balance steady;
hens: pounds and under, III; T.; teEhoTn .erins!
21;. bareback chickens. 10; other prices
Butter. e45.2 2os tubs: nrmer: creamery.
tralized carlots. 21A; other prices un'
Esss. 47.4s5 cases; steady: prices un-
Potatoes. 1O3; on track, 3e6; total y. 8.
shipments 7O3; old stock barely steaoy,
slightly weaker undertone; supplies rather
liberal: demand slow; sacked. per hundree-
No. i. few sales 1906: Wisconsin, round
Whites caht s. No :nt l. lac; North m 5akqts Few
sales 1856. New stock weak and unset.
tied: supplies liberal; demand s;,. slEw' Tr. Trsr
umphs: =. 3, No. i. washed 2;b0.550o: 50 " W
Washed 1m;inch minimInm aIs. As
5.ms Bliss Trtumphso 2 GGi,fo,nis Go MssnsSS sS.
pound sacks, White Rose. y. 8. No. 1. lew
sales. 1880 sack.
Evening star., 1939-05-02
Packard Motors
| Reduces Prices
500 to 5000
By the Associated Press.

By the ASsociated Press.
NEW YORK, May 2.-Packard
Motor Car Co. announced yesterday
price reductions ranging from 500
to $500 per car on three groups OF
models, the Packard six, the 100
and the supereight.
M. M. Gilman, president, said the
price readjustments were a result
Of our four-year program of plant
rearrangement and unification and
extensive outlays for equipment"
He added the cuts will represent
q minimum Of 500 on the COM
pany's lowest priced cars and as
much as $500 on higher priced mod
els"
Evening star., 1939-05-02
B. & o. Loodings Show
Lurqe Gain in Week
srecial Dispatch to The Star,

erecial Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 2.-Carload-
ings on the Baltimore e. Ohio Rail
road for the week ended April %
totaled 34,038, comprising 21,621 cars
loaded on lines and 12,417 received
from connections.
This was an increase Of 1,287 loads
over the previous week Ohe week
ended April 22), when the total was
32,751, including 20,677 cars loaded
on line and 12,074 received from
connections.
During the corresponding week of
last year total loads were 1913,
consisting Of 23,069 cars loaded on
line and 12,129 received from con-
nections.
Evening star., 1939-05-02

to realize that
John Hebron was
beginning to take
more than a busi-
ness interest in
his new clerk. She
felt his eyes on
her at times when
ordin n arily he
would have been
bent over his own
desk. Frequently
they lunched to-
gether, and once
he asked her to
the theater.
1t was his invi-
tation that Great
ed in Edna the
first feeling of
alarm, cast a
shadow over her
new found happi-
ness. The theater!
how she had loved
Evening star., 1939-05-02
WARM LIGHT
By Richard Hill Wilkinson

Wanted: Intel
ligent young girl
to do cleri c a |
work"
E d n a r o S S
folded the paper
and tucked it un-
der her arm. She
had to have that
job. If she didn't
get it, she'd 60
hungry.
Un f o rtunately
Edna was stone
deaf. That was
why the clerical
job appealed to
her. She wouldn't
have to take die
tation or con-
verse a great deal
with her employ
er. Conversation
itself wasn't so
bad, not If she
could look at the
Evening star., 1939-05-02
Iron, Steel Imports
Increase in March
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department says
imports of iron and steel products
increased to 24,589 tons worth
81 ,478, 1858 in March, compared with
17,736 tons worth $1,236,673 In Feb
ruary and 11,600 tons worth $780,
755 in March, 1898.
Evening star., 1939-05-02
Metal Market

NEW YORK. May 2 H1.-Copper steady
Tin steady: spot and nearby. 49. .25: for
ward 4S. SO. Lead steady: spot. New York.
East st. Low Louis. g. spot ' and pG ior1ard var 80.
Pig iron. aluminium. antimony. quick
silver. platinum and Chinese wolframite
UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1939-05-02
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK May H1.-The textile
market remained quiet today with only
small bookings reported at UNCHANGED
prices. Burlaps advanced following the
rise in the Calcutta market on. news OF
further sandbag purchases. Silk fabrics
were higher. good demand In rAyon
for Bemberg sheers appeared.
Evening star., 1939-05-02
Drives 280 Miles q Doy

To gather pupils, and take them
home after school, teacher Of the
district high school In Otorohanga,
New Zealand, drives a bus 280 miles
day.
Evening star., 1939-05-02
London Bar Gold

Sd. Unclaimed. Equivalent s34 .76.) Bar
silver. 20i:d. up ". Equivalent 42.oo
Evening star., 1939-05-02

Quotations not furnished by sponsor or
issuer: all others are obtained by I. B. c.
from those sources.
Evening star., 1939-05-02
Freight Loodinqs

NEW YORK; May 2 R.-Revenue
freight .carloadings on railroads reporting
today. for the week ended April 90 In
cluded:
Evening star., 1939-05-02
Investing Companies

NEW YORK. May 2 R.-Investment
Bankers Conference. Inc:
Noon quotations
Evening star., 1939-05-02

= Rubber Futures
NEW YORK May 2 P)-Crude rub
Der futures opened 4 to g higher May.
1875; July. 15.s0b: September. 15.s sob.
Bid.
Evening star., 1939-12-31
MARYLAND Youths Lived in
Father Flanagan's City

again in July if the boys think it Is
necessary. The election campaigns
are always lively and afford the boys
a great deal of fun"
A boy may learn any trade he
desires, such as carpentry, plumbing,
engineering and printing. The most
popular hobbies seem to be photog-
raphy and stamp collecting. George
has maintained his hobby OF stamp
collecting and at the present time
has several hundred stamps.
Father Flanagan has said there
is no such thing as bad boy and
there are no severe punishments for
those who misbehave. Probably
the most painful of all" said George,
"is missing the weekly movie. The
boys who are being punished are
compelled to stand up during the
show with their backs to the screen.
Sometimes they are given work to
do which isn't especially hard, but
which occupies part of their recrea-
ton period"
The community newspaper is the
Boys Town Times, which is pub
lished twice a month. It is written
and printed by the boys themselves
and relates important events that
have taken place in the town. There
is always a place by Father Flanagan
called Father Says" in which he
gives the boys advice and help.
The boys participate in almost
every sport. The most popular dur
ing the fall is football. "The Boys
Town eleven is one of the best in
that, section of the country" George
said proudly. "They haven't been
beaten for the last five years" Last
year the boys had the opportunity
to visit California to play against
the Black Fox Military Academy
Quite a number of popular movie
stars, including Spencer Tracy,
Mickey Rooney and Bobs Watson,
who played the leading roles In the
movie Boys Town." attended the
game.
Evening star., 1939-12-31
The Rustic Mailbox
Prize Contribution.
By ERWIN BROWN, Is,

Richard Montgomery High School,
Rockville, Md.
A wooded road with lots Of bumps,
A collie dog that runs and jumps,
A bubbling stream so still and cool,
Some children on the way to school;
The big elm tree that shades the
road,
Young grasshoppers soaring toad,
There's a cat; perhaps a fox,
In the midst of it all, the rustic
mail box.
Letters from sweethearts, notes
from afar,
Delivered daily in an old car,
Through wind and storm and snow
and sleet,
On the wooded road not called a
street.
Doctors bills and mail order books,
Epistles from Nanny, notes for the
cooks.
It's been standing for many year;
Brought happiness and many a tear.
It's stood through the weather,
through war and peace.
The rustic old mailbox will never
To shelter its letters and packages,
too
The rustic old mailbox that once
was new.
Evening star., 1939-12-31

servatlonS at school, where there al
ways is plenty of variety in clothes
worn by the girls. Now and then,
her friends make suggestions Of
what they think might be nice de-
signs for dresses, coats and capes.
Incidentally, Rhea does not con-
fine her illustrating work to FASH
ions. She has many friends, in
cluding myself. I recently wrote
fairy story. and Rhea is making the
drawings for it in her spare time.
For the past year she has worked
hard on her clothes designs, and
her creations were exhibited in the
artroom at Eliot this fall.
Every feature must be exact and
must stand out clearly before Rhea
is satisfied with a design. In addi-
ton to drawing and designing, she
is interested in dramatics and has
appeared in several school plays.
She likes her studies and makes
good marks.
AS for Rheas ambition, it is easy
to guess She is striving to make
come true her dream of becoming
a famous designer She is off to a
good start, and her friends are wish
ing her luck and success.
Evening star., 1939-12-31
Jack Frost Is His Name,
And He Likes It, Too

There's a real Jack Frost, and he
lives just outside Washington-at
3113 Fir street, Mount Rainier, Md.
Although Jack is only he knows
what to say to people who try to
tease him about his name.
There's no use trying to kid me
about my name" he said. II guess
I've heard about all the jokes that
people can think of about it, and
they don't bother me bit.
when folks try to tease me, I
just tell them how lucky I think I
am to be called Jack instead of
John"
John Frost became just plain
Jack Frost shortly after his birth
in Providence Hospital.
"The nurses started calling me
jack" he explained, land that has
been my name ever since"
At St. James School, Mount Rain
Ter, where Jack is in the first grade,
Evening star., 1939-12-31
Cardozo Students
Learn Selling in
School Company
BY BERNICE WILLIAMS, l6,
Cardozo Business High School.

Cardozo Business High School
The Enterprise Trading Co. Of
Cardozo Business High School is
student owned, operated and con-
trolled, under the supervision of A.
L. De Mond, instructor in sales
manship. It is reorganized each
school year by first-year students
who learn selling by actual expert
ence.
They gather orders after school
hours and on week ends and de-
liver them the next day, making
collections and turning in, a day
later, report on each sale. Sales
are on a strictly cash basis. The
system works well, and there are
little or no losses. Merchandise in
cludes shoelaces, nail polish, tooth
brushes, hair oil, matches, facial
soap, body powder, pencils, tooth
paste, razor blades, fountain pens
and other incidentals.
The sales students start on
small items and progress to larger
ones, including housecoats, neckties
aprons and hosiery. They have not
worked on any large ones 50 far
this year.
The bookkeeper, cashier and pack
ers are important cogs in the busi-
ness wheel and help keep opera
tions running smoothly. Profits are
shared by the students according to
the amount of their sales. Business
was so good that the sales company
had to move into larger quarters in
nearby building last year.
Evening star., 1939-12-31

the novelty of the Frost name had
worn off long before he became a
pupil.
you see, my brother Pat started
to school ahead of me-" Jack said,
land that got the kids used to Frost.
Pats 9 and he doesn't mind kid
ding, either. Sometimes people ask
me if I'm the fellow who goes
around making things cold, or
something like that, but I don't
mind. It's fun to have a name that
means something, instead of having
just any old name"
In spite of Jacks warning that
he'd heard all the jokes about his
name, the reporter who interviewed
him couldn't resist remarking: II
suppose when people make you mad
you just freeze them out, eh, ,Jack?"
"Well, I've frozen a lot of people
out of calling me John, anyway,
was the quick retort.
Evening star., 1939-12-31
Prizes Totaling SIS
Offered for Best
Contributions

Boys and girls Of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write for The Junior Star.
Prizes of 81 each are awarded for
the best five contributions published
each week. The following rules
must be observed:
l. All contributions must be orig
inal.
2. Name, age, address, telephone
number (if any and school of the
author must appear at the top Of
the first page of every contribution.
3. Contributions must be written
on one side of paper; if typewriter
they must be double-spaced.
4. The editors decision as to the
winners will be final, and The Star
reserves the right to publish any
contribution received in whatever
form he may deem advisable, re-
gardless of whether it is awarded a
prize. Checks will be mailed to the
winners during the week following
publication of their contribution.
S. Contributions will not be re-
turned.
Boys and girls who wish to act as
news correspondents of The Junior
Star may qualify by submitting at
least one feature story (the princi-
pal stories on this page today are
good examples of what is wanted)
together with the information called
for above. Those qualifying will be
given cards identifying them as re-
porters for The Junior Star. The
editor reserves the right, however,
to decline to issue reporters cards
or to revoke those already issued
whenever such action appears ad-
visable.
Evening star., 1939-12-31

Sdlu. 6l00oy tBlk.
Natives of Finland had told the
Falks that the bridge spanning this
creek was painted half red and half
white. The Falks investigated and
found this was true. To prove it to
their doubling American friends
they bought post cards showing the
bridge.
It was during his visits to France,
Switzerland and England in 1934-35
that Sidney became interested in
collecting maps. Today he has
more than 200. He has three at
lases that were published in the
188O's and has another international
historical atlas dated 1850. Sidney
finds it interesting to note the
border changes in Europe since that
time.
Besides collecting maps, Sidney
started collection Of milk bottle
tops while visiting farm and also
has become interested in chicken
and cattle raising. While abroad
he collected large number Of Lat
Wan stamps and now has q collec-
ton of stamps numbering between
5000 and 10000.
In Europe in 1894 Sidney at
tended an American camp outside Of
Geneva where 13 nationanties were
represented.
At present he Is taking an active
interest in basket ball games at
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
and is trying for the Junior varsity
team.
Evening star., 1939-12-31
Hints for a Rainy Day

How about cleaning out . few
dresser drawers, looking through
some family albums or catching up
on some knitting, crocheting, tat
ting or embroidering, or taking in a
good movie? Perhaps, too, you need
to catch up on your sleep.
If none of these suggestions suit
you, why not invite some friends to
your house? Maybe you could make
some candies or cookies or find
amusing games to play.
There are so many ways to make
the best of q rainy day, so the next
time you find that the rain has
spoiled your plans try some of these
suggestions. II they don't work
you'll just have to let the rain get
the best Of you or work out . sug-
gestion Of your own.
Evening star., 1939-12-31

tryout for the production Jane was
told that she had a good but weak
tone. She decided to practice more
than ever to build up her voice and
win a part. For several days, no one
knew the outcome of the trials.
Finally, Miss Emma Thompson,
singing teacher in charge, an
nounced that Jane would sing the
leading role one night and Portia
Kahler the next.
Thrilled and happy over her big
chance, Jane went to work, but long
daily rehearsals proved too much.
At the request of her voice teacher,
Mvra McCathran Myers, Jane did
not sing the lead in Martha" In
q note to Miss Thompson, Miss My
ers said:
Il am very proud of Jane, and be-
cause of the exquisite quality Of her
voice and her musicianship, I know
that she is perfectly adapted to the
part assigned her. I believe, how
ever, that the strenuous exertionS OF
necessary rehearsals and rendition
would at her age prove too great a
strain and would most probably re-
suit in permanent injury to her
voice. AS a result, Miss Kahler
sang the lead on both nights.
'I was terribly disappointed" Jane
explained, "but it couldn't be
helped" Nevertheless, the young
singer has had much experience.
''Mah Curley- Headed Baby" was her
contribution when Roosevelt stu
dents presented a radio program.
She has been soloist of her church's
Junior choir and last year sang for
the Takoma Park Woman's Club.
I'D like to be radio concert sing
er" Jane confided, but expect to
attend a school where I can learn
interior decorating" Her versatility
does not end here, for she has proved
herself an able actress also.
Music and archery are her hob
bies. They're both great fun she
said.
Evening star., 1939-12-31

NuA ASuo oAA1PSo,
some of them resembling ancient
automobiles. He used flashlight bat
teries and clock parts to time the
lighting of an electric sign, and he
also made a mechanical political
sign that was used in Boys Town
election campaign.
Father Flanagan started the
town as a dwelling place for home
less boys" said George. 1T should
not be considered an orphanage as
it is complete self-governing COM
munity with its own post office.
grade school, high school, trade and
print shops, gymnasium, theater and
dormitories. Five new buildings are
being erected this year. There are
now 200 boys attending and 300
more are on the waiting list.
'The boys are able to control the
affairs of the town entirely unassist-
ed, and their administrations have
proved to be a very successful
method of government. A mayor
and a city council of five commits
sioners are elected in January and