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Evening star., 1940-04-12

since 1881. is a Stephen o. Porter.
graduate of Business High School
and has taken all the special courses
offered at the institute. He is very
active In chapter activities. being
chairman of the Public Speaking
Committee this year
E. Wallace Scireiner, First Ma
tlonal Bank. Alexandria, won Sec
ond place and George Dagenais,
another Riggs Bank employe, car
ried off third honors. Mr. Wallace
has already won hign debating and
public speaking awards.
A. M. McLacnlen, first vice presi-
dent of the District Bankers, Asso-
citation, presented the Bank Presi-
dents Cup to Mr. Porter. Chapter
President Francis E. Robey presided
and the seven entries made the con-
test lively The winner goes to
Scranton, Pa, for the semifinals
and ii he wins there enters the
national contest in Boston.
The judges were Mr.. McLachlen.
Representative Jennings Randolph
and A. Phillip Kane. attorney and
professor at Georgetown.
Institute Paper Appears.
Dollars and Sense. official organ
Of Washington Chapter, American
Institute of Banking, appeared in
the financial district today. The
publication contains a list of the
students who passed their work in
the first semester, a fine tribute to
the late Raymond B. Dickey, plans
for the national convention in Bos-
ton in June, essay contest sugges-
tions and plea by Miss Rose Royce
urging more women to take insti-
tute courses.
Edited by A. E. Herize, the issue
Is one of the best III a long time.
Two of the leading speakers at the
Boston convention will be Fred 1.
Kent, director of the Bankers Trust
Co, and Frank NJ lotion, vice presi-
dent of the Chase National. Francis
E, Robey. president of the chapter,
stresses the need of higher banking
education as banking becomes more
and more scientific.
Heard in Financial District.
Between 125 and $50 bankers and
Insurance men will attend the first
meeting of the new Life Insurance
Trust Council at the Willard this
evening. with President Aubrey O..
Dooley in the chair
George M. Ferris, head of the in
vestment firm bearing his name, is
on weekend business trip to New
York.
j. D. Marsh. Washington general
agent of the Lincoln Life Insurance
Co., ranked among the first 20 rep
resentatives in national compari-
son of March production. His
agency stood among the first TO-
H. R. Faber. Washington sales
man with the Bankers Life Co. of
Iowa, is in Des Moines to witness
the dedication of the company S
Seven-story Office building
Charles NJ Boteler of Washington,
president of the National Associa-
ton of Mutual Agents, today invited
the Virginia District of Columbia
Mutual Agents Association, In ses-
sion at Roanoke, to the national
convention to be held at the Ward
man Park Hotel next September.
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Boston Wool Market

BOSTON April IL a, Omitted States
Department Of Agriculturel.- New bust
ness on wool tops was stimulating interest
wools today. Buyers we're bidding in the
range 1880 cents, secured basis. for spot
nne territory wools in original bags, but
were available at these prices. sizesbie
spot oderinEs Of nne origtnal bag territory
wools were quoted mostly at around $685.
combing lenEths and around 6O-ss cents,
secured basis, for short 10 averase French
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO. April 12-The wheat
pit was comparatively calm today
and prices wavered above and below
previous closing levels, finishing
with little net change
The market. notoriously sensitive
to war, digested conflicting reports
coming from Europe without un-
usual excitement. The war and cold
weather over the domestic grain
belt inspired some buying that lifted
prices as much as "a cent at times,
but profit taking and hedging Of
loan grain coming into trade chan
nels for the first time caused fire.
quent setbacks.
Wheat closed unchanged to *
lower compared with yesterdays
finish, May sl.07i.-s1071s. July
81 .O6l4 -l,06as: corn. ls-as off, May
59ls-59'4, July SOS -6Oi2; oats, !.
lower to Is higher.
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Store Collections Log
During February
BY The Associated Press.

BY Cnt ASSOCIaCeO FreSS.
Department store collections on
open credit accounts during Febru-
ary, the Commerce Department
says, declined to 44.6 per cent, COM
pared with 482 per cent in January
and 43.9 per cent in February, 1889.
Collections on instalment &C.
counts increased to 172 per cent in
February, compared with II per
cent In January and l62 per cent In
February last year.
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Loans and Discounts
In Capital Banks
Mount During Year
Controller Announces
Rise Of $4,000, 900;
Assets, $4,000, 900
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

scoring gain OF more than $13,-
100000 in year, loans and discounts
In Washington % active banks
totaled $115,16 900 compared with
SOL, TAI 900 OH March 20, 1885, Con-
troller of the Currency Preston De-
lano reported today in an analysis
completed since the recent condition
call On December 80, 1899, total
loans stood at Sll2, 100000.
The condition abstract diScloSeS
that the national banks. savings
banks and trust companies held
fewer United States Government
securities on March 26 this year,
than a year ago. these investments
totaling $84,947 900 against S87,-
947 900 on March 90, 1899. Obliga-
tions guaranteed by the United
States Government totaled $25,
600 compared with the lower figure
OF $24 4,4l8,000 a year ago
Other bonds notes and debentures,
the controller reports. amounted to
S20029 900, slight increase, while
corporate stocks, including stock of
the Federal Reserve Bank, aggre-
gated Sl,864 900, slightly more than
in 1889 Total loans and invest
ments showed a substantial gain,
$250,260, 900 on March 26. comparing
with $237 1882 900 one year ago, and
$246, 6,607 900 on December 30
Cash, balances with other banks,
including reserve balances and cash
Items in process of collection,
reached S15O,4660OO on March 26,
against Sl29,472OOO year ago and
S142 100000 at the end of December.
The banks reduced their real estate
holdings during the year, other than
bank premises from S4138O 900 on
March % last year, to S3,369, 900 in
March, 1910.
Bank Assets Up S33,05O, 900.
Controller Delano reports notable
advance in bank assets, $422. $50 900
on Marcn 26 last. comparing with
$3.50. TOO 900 on March 20. 1889, a
jump of s33,O50.0O0 Assets on De-
cember 80 totaled SAIL ,043.OO0.
Turning to liabilities, the con-
trollers summary shows a total of
$2l5,224,000 in demand deposits on
March %, compared with $685. ,03S.-
900 year ago and s2O86 900 on
December 80 Time deposits, which
include savings accounts. gained
more than s5,5O0,0OO during the
year, S1l7,705,0 900 comparing with
Sill, 900 in the like 1899 period.
Total deposits of all kinds reached
the alltime peak of $372 ,875, 900 on
March 26. up from S341 100000 on
the comparable date last year, for
a gain of about $31 ,000 900.
The report further discloses that
the % banks have total surplus of
Sl6,882 900, compared with S15.952.-
600 year ago: undivided profits of
$9,1l9,000 against S8,65l 900; and re-
serves amounting to S2024OOO this
figure year ago being s1,962 900.
Porter Wins Bank Debate.
Stephen o. Porter. savings teller
at the Park Road Branch of the
Riggs National Bank and son of
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. April IL lP.--Spun ray
on cloth prices were stronger today and
demand active. Orders on standard fab
r1cS during the past week substantially
exceeded production. Sheers were also
in good demand
holding hrm. Sales consisted of odd lots
for hll-in purposes.
Trading was dormant in silk fabrics.
Under garment manufacturers showed
some interest in sheers for fall business.
but bookings were small
Fair buying took place in woolen goods
With prices strengthened by European con-
ditions. Mills have not advanced prices
requirements.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Brokers' Looms Gain
st, ,000, 900 in Week
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported that last weeks loans to
brokers and dealers on securities
held by reporting member banks in
Me- York City totaled $4S9, ,0O0. 900.
For the week ended Wednesday,
the total represented an increase of
5000, 900 when compared with the
previous week.
Loans for the corresponding week
q year ago totaled $541 ,000, 900.
Evening star., 1940-04-12

stephen T. Por-
ter, chief of the
Washington Fire
Depar t m e n t ,
won first llonors
in the public
speaking contest
held by WASH
ington Chapter,
American Insti-
tute of Banking,
in the Ameri-
can Security g.
Trust Building
last night.
He has been
with the bank
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Program at Mckinley High

Students and teachers of the white
senior high schools will present a
musical program at 8 o'clock tonight
at Mckinley High School to illus
trate what the schools are doing in
the field of vocal and instrumental
music. More than 400 persons will
participate
Evening star., 1940-04-12

Unit Of trading
In bankruptcy reorean,zeo und
Bankruptcs Act securities Companies
Rates Of dividend ar. annual d.
nursemsnts based on the last decsrs
included - 49," N'''"'"os ere no'
xh dividend II Ex rights extra or extraa
Accumulated dydends paid last OF paid 50
far this year PAYABLE in stock
stock Accumulated declared this year "
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Metal Market

NEW YORK. April 1. R-copper
steady ste sa sectrolgtic SPOT Gennscticut val
Tin steady: spot and nearby. t5Ssi for.
ward' 46;s,a. Lead steady: spot, New
ate.dy: Ys,s l.sf i.ts; East g. Louis. 4ss Zine
5.75. Pig iron, aluminium. sntircrr iosW rs,;sf.
silver. platinum. Chinese wolframits And
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Odd-lot Dealings
BY the Associated Press

The Securities Commission reported tn
Gay these transactions by customers with
odd lot dealers or specialists on the New
YORK Stock Exchange for April II: 3,67a
sales involving 101.29O shares. Including
"a short sales involving 93O shares.
Evening star., 1940-04-12

In Coventry, great engineering
center OF England, only two of every
100 workers are idle, and . shortage
is threatened.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 12.-Cotton
futures prices advanced today, stim-
ulated by gains in foreign markets
and cold weather unfavorable to the
crop in the South.
Wall Street, the trade and foreign
interests absorbed scattered selling,
mainly hedging. Some transferring
was evident, although volume in the
aggregate was light.
Late price were 2 to 8 points
higher; May (old. 1911; July (old).
10.45; January, 9.85.
Cottonseed Oil.
=, Bleachaoe cottonseed oil futures closed
81 lower. Sales, 81 contracts MAY
ssh; July, $50; September, sos; Oc.
tober, sos. Bid
New Orleans Prices.
e., NEW ORLEANS. April IL UP.-cotton
futures advanced here today due to un-
seasonably cold weather in the belt A.
noon prices were UNCHANGED to s points
net higher. s
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Wiuuiuar prirAS

Baltimore Quotations
BALTIMORE. April IL lP-Wheat, No.
red winter. garlicky, SPOT, domestic,
Evening star., 1940-04-12

CottOnSeeQ Oil opened steady: Nav
3 43b; July 6.51b; September. 6.56b: Oc.
Bid.
Evening star., 1940-04-12

Chicago Cash Market
Cash wheat. No. > hard. l. 10: No
tSi2; No. ! yellow. 81 l.-'4: No. .. s1H-
6?a.;, No. 3 81 ls,6.la. Oats. No. 4
43ia-s4: No 4. 42-4.'4 Barley mating,
53-64 nominal; feed. 1850 nominal.
Evening star., 1940-04-12

Approximate Soes ct Stocks the r. Stock Exchonos
ll:OO AM.-------- 100000 1900 Noon 41O OOO
l:oo PM $4,000 $500 Pm $50 600
Evening star., 1940-11-27
Storck Dodgers Main
Peeve Over Eagles
Two Quick Games
BIume Him for Allowing
CIush With SteeIers
To Precede One Here
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-The
Brooklyn Dodgers are so peeved
about the fact that Philadelphias
Eagles will play Washington next
Sunday only three days after a
game with Pittsburgh that Owner
Dan Topping plans to take the
matter up at the next league meet
ing, and the Dodgers plan to take
1t out on the New York Giants.
The Dodgers figure 1t cost them
q possible chance to tie for the
National Leagues Eastern title, for
they think the Eagles will be soft
pickings for the Redskins under
the circumstances, and Brooklyn
can't share the lead unless Phila-
delphia beats Washington.
Said Topping: mo game should
be postponed unless it becomes
physically impossible to play it. But
I'm not disturbed so much about
that as I am by Storck's action in
changing his mind after twice hav-
ing upheld my protest"
Carl Storck, league president, first
ruled that the postponed Philadel-
phia- Pittsburgh game could not be
played until after the Eagles had
met Washington, but later decided
to permit the teams to meet Thurs
day when Owner Bert Bell Of the
Eagles protested the delay would
cause him considerable loss.
Evening star., 1940-11-27
Many Join in Plans
To Pay Tribute 10
Edwards, Pinckert

At least five civic organizations,
in addition to many individual busi-
ness firms, will share in honoring
Capt. Turk Edwards and Erny
Pinckert when Edwards -Pinckert
day is celebrated at the Redskins
final game of the regular season
with the Philadelphia Eagles here
Sunday.
Several hundred dollars already
have been collected to buy gifts for
the only two survivors of the orig
inal Redskin team of 1882. Judge
Edward NJ. Curran, q rabid sports
fan, will make the presentations be-
tween the halves.
The idea of honoring Edwards and
Pickert is being supported solidly
by the Touchdown Club, Variety
Club, Junior Board of Commerce,
Merchants and Manufacturers As
sociation and Jewish Community
Center.
Evening star., 1940-11-27
National Grid Stars
To Be Sought for
Touchdown Fete

Outstanding collegiate football
stars of the country will be. invited
to attend the annual Touchdown
Club banquet on January 6, accord
ing to plans for the affair announced
at yesterdays luncheon meeting.
The dinner will be similar to the
one held at the end of last season
and attended by Nile Kinnick and
Coach Eddie Anderson of Iowa and
John Kimbrough of Texas A. and M.
George Brobeck will be general
chairman of the banquet. Other
committee heads are Bernie Eberts,
Charles Fenwick, Jack Gass, j.
Leighton Cornwell, Ralph Pittman,
Max Harrington, Sidney Lust and
Knocky Thomas.
Evening star., 1940-11-27

winners of a preliminary staged for
the King Pin Christmas Handicap
carded for December %.
Shank, who finished third in the
recent Dixie classic after a bril-
liant bid for the $500 top prize, pre-
vented the Mullins Cafe pinmen
from whitewashing Stanley and
10 with top string of 147 Arthur
Kleisath banged out 382 to give
King Pin a 2-l edge over May
flower Diner, while United Market
maintained first place with a 2-1
victory over the Brincefields.
The Audit and Reports rollers
dominated the Farm Credit League
at Penn Recreation when Michael
Johns lat and John Barber's 376
topped team scores of 601 and 1853
Firing a quadruple strike at Con-
vention Hall. Honey Robinson of the
Tigers posted a first game of l81
and went on to an all-time record
of AS in the General Accounting
Office Mixed League with strings of
122 and 142. Robinson just missed
making five strikes in row when
he felled nine pins with the first
ball in the final box of his big game.
Isabelle Riefenberg, rolling with
Robinson, was tops for the feminine
shooters with 335.
In the Federal Power Commission
Mixed League at Petworth it was
Irving Roth of Miscellaneous with
118 and George Green of the Dood-
lers with .318 who garnered top
honors for the males, while Kay
Warren of Hooks Crooks featured
for the fair rollers with 115-296.
The Hoodlums are in first place,
trailed by the Buzzards and Dood-
lers.
Margaret Smith Is Best.
Tops in the Catholic Ladies'
League was Margaret Smith at the
Lucky Strike, as she enabled Holy
Trinity to take the odd game from
All Saints B with 120-325. Team
ihSiio WCilV W ~. OOSCPll WILL O<U
-1,456.
The See-saw battle between the
Del Rios and the Ell Gees in the
Washington Ladies League Witness
ed the former moving back into the
lead with a 81 win from Edmonds
Optical as the latter was shut out
by Garvin's Lucky Five. Ida Wein-
berg led in the Del Rio victory with
131-373. Leila Rust banged out top
string of 145 and a set of 366 to give
the Cardinals their only win from
Perruso's Cafe. Inez Bryan's 346
was high for the winner. Cecilia
Kartzinel was high with 123-316 as
Tiffany Shop twice tripped the Prin.
cipe Beauty Shop.
In one of the seasons brightest
performances Jimmy Holland set an
all-time record Of $50 in the Elec-
trical League. Posting games of 1874,
156 and 160 at Takoma, he cracked
the former league mark by nine
sticks.
Evening star., 1940-11-27
By PAUL j. MILLER.

Fortune smiled on Donald Mug
ridge as he encountered Henry
Rousseau in the semi-flnal round
of Capital City Chess Clubs
championship tournament. Rous-
seau battled hard and long; almost
60 moves were made; practically
Az hours were consumed-and
Mugridge won, displaying the skill
that twice has gained him the title
of prince of District chess.
Stubbs waged stubborn war
against Flum and when we left the
table it looked like he had victory In
his grasp. The Feeney-W Woolsey
game was postponed. This Satur-
day evening at Hotel Gordon prob
ably will see the finish of the 1910
Capital City tourney with Mugridge
pacing the field. In the general fray
Alden III defeated Harold Fucker
and Nicholas upset Lane. 1t appears
as if Patriarch Mundelle may with
draw, as he says that for the first
time he is beginning to feel his
age-80-odd
Newell Banks may be in Wash
ington on December If so, he will
open at Capital City. The next
night he would be at Hotel Park
side and play under Divan auspices.
Then, on the 18th he would meet
all comers at the Y M. G. A. The
world expert will play chess and
checkers simultaneously.
Federal Security Progresses.
Kussman won the Rapid Transit
Tournament recently at Hotel Port
land, with Security players A. Stein
bach, second, and E. Nash and j.
Perla tied for third.
Four sections have been formed in
the match tournament now IN
progress. To date M. Paul has
drawn with William Lurie, Powelson
defeated F. r. Stilwell, P. L. Light
topped Wenzell, DR.. Steinbach won
over Mrs. Lurie and H. Bronfin beat
Mrs. N. L. Phillips. Only one other
District club, the Washington Divan,
may boast woman players in its
membership.
Beginners lectures are being fea-
tured by Harry Siller, chess director,
at each weekly assembly So, if you
do not know chess, then Security
offers you the opportunity to learn.
Commencing with the meeting of
December 13, the Federal Security
Chess Club will meet every Friday
night at 8 o'clock at Hotel Portland.
Chess Problem No. 284.
By r. GAMAGE. Mass.
BLACKS MEN.
Evening star., 1940-11-27
Nv WALTER McCALLUM.

Al Jamison, former Indian Spring
and Bradley Hills professional, is
the latest local pro to turn toward
Florida for the winter. Jamison
plans to leave for Miami next Mon
day and will have pro berth at one
of the better country clubs there.
He plans to play in the Miami Open
championship In mid-December,
joining Bob Barnett, Al Houghton,
Leo Walper and probably Lew
Worsham in that extravaganza of
golf, for which $4,000 in cold coin
has been put up.
mirer Of "Porky" Ed Oliver. He
doesn't think Oliver will eat him.
self out of the top ranks of progolf,
even though he admits Ed is a lusty
man with the knife and fork. THE
breakfasts that guy eats are colossal.
And he does all right with the other
meals. Eddie weighs around 230, but.
he watches himself and I don't think
he'll eat himself out of his golf
game" says Jamison.
Gene Sarazen thinks otherwise.
Eddie is fading the ball too much"
said Gene. Because he's getting
so big"
Jamison hopes to land a berth
around Washington when he returns
in the spring. He started his local
links career at Army Navy and has
worked at Kenwood, Indian Spring
and Bradley Hills, resigning from
the latter post in September.
Mcleod Virtually Lazy.
Fred Mcleod, Columbia pro, vir-
tually is a sissy this year in the mat
ter of rounds Of golf. Freddie won't
go anywhere near his season record
of 1889, when he played around 500
rounds, and cannot 60 much over
400 this year, by his own account.
IT had a bad shoulder for a cou-
pie of weeks and we had bad weather
last February and March," said
Freddie. at cut into my golf, but
at that I'm doing all right. I've
averaged better than a round day
so far this year, but, of course. I
won't go anywhere near some pre-
yvious seasons"
Freddie has his daily round with
William w. Hinshaw, who has been
his star pupil for quite few years
now. If the weather is bad they
play eight holes and then practice
in Hinshaw's private shed between
the 9th and 10th fahways. Some
times they play only 16 holes and
work for an hour on practice shots.
But the two old boys get in their
golf every day, unless snow covers
the Columbia course. Hinshaw is
nearing 70 and Mcleod is close to
so. They're the spryest pair of elder
ly gents you could find in many a
days journey. When snow flies Hin
shaw packs up and goes to Augusta.
Just now Mcleod has his eye on
the senior P. G. A. championship
tourney, to be staged at Sarasota,
Fla, early in January. 1t is open
to pros so years of age and over.
Freddie won it in 1888, which also
Evening star., 1940-11-27
Idaho Quits Top Ten,
But Doesn't Soy Why.

Minnesota finished 37th in the
iardner poll, Boston College, 45th,
and Stanford, 169th. This means
that you can fool some of the sports
editors, but not the ones we talk to.
The Lardner poll suffered one
slight setback when Idaho resigned
from the first 10 last week. Any
team is free to resign and Idaho
merely exercised her constitutional
right, but we think she made a big
mistake. We were glad to have her
around.
The sports editors had every con-
fidence in her. She probably will
sign up with some other poll at a
slight raise in pay, in which case,
our message to Idaho is: Money
isn't everything. We hope you will
not live to regret it, but we are
pretty sure you will.
One final bulletin: No matter
what you hear, the Lardner poll
positively will not accept an invita-
ton to the Rose Bowl.
Evening star., 1940-11-27
Son of Governor
Pilots Generals

Jim Price, jr., who manages the
Washington and Lee football
team which will play Maryland at
College Park Saturday is a son
of Gov. James H. Price of Vir-
ginia, an alumnus of the Lexing-
ton institution. Young Jim is
prominent in campus politics, be-
ing president of the Interfrater-
nifty Council.
Jim had thrilling experience
he didn't exactly enjoy when the
Generals trained at Nimrod Hall,
Va, last season. He got in bed
with a mountain moccasin,
placed there by playful" Wash
ington and Lee gridmen. Need
less to say, he got out quicker
than he got in.