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Evening star., 1940-12-31
Ban on A. :. T.. A. .P.'s
100000 Tunes
Effective Tonight
Rodio Industry to Put
Own Songs on Air in
War Over Rotes
By the Assoclat.d Press.


NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-The row
between radio broadcasters and the
American Society of Composers
Authors and Publishers reaches its
climax at midnight tonight. wher
1,500, 900 A. S. c. A. controlled
tunes will be banned from the three
major networks and most of the
Nations stations.
With the 18th chime, the five.
year contract between A. S. C. A. p
and the broadcasters expires, and nc
prospect of peace appeared today ir
the battle over rates to be paid fol
use of A. S. C. A. P's music.
b. Nj. 1. Has Own Tunes.
In place Of the tunes of Victor
Herbert and George Gershwin, Cole
Porter and Irving Berlin. and dozens
of equally famous composers, those
of Broadcast Music, Inc.-formed BY
the broadcasters to supplant A. S
c. A. P-Will be heard over N. B. C.
C. B. S. and Mutual networks anc
through 648 stations which hao
been signed up to today.
A. s. c. A P's songs will still be
aired by 1877 stations-some of which
are included in the 648 which have
signed with B. NJ. but the latter
group claims its stations control 81
per cent of the dollar volume OF
radio business.
1t will be the first time in &c
years of radio history that A. S
c. A. P.'s tunes will be of the air
and those tunes comprise most OF
the important music written in the
last Sc years.
AS the 18th hour approached, both
A. S. c. A. P. and the National Asso-
citation Of Broadcasters said there
was no hope for a truce, neither
side expecting any major develop
ment in the squabble until Monday
when the Department of Justice is
scheduled to institute antitrust
proceedings against A.. S. C. A. P.
B. M. l., c. B. S. and N. B. G.
New Year Songs Not Affected.
The dispute will not affect thes,
traditional New Year Eve songs
Aud Lang Syne." For He's a jolly
Good Fellow and Hail, Hail. tn,
Gangs All Here" all of which ar,
in the public domain.
B. M. I. controls "Thereu Be /;
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
and claimed it had some 600 ,OO(
songs in its reservoir. in addition t.
the public domain melodies.
Its spokeSmen pointed to sucf
titles as The Same Old Story,
Practice Makes Perfect" Il Civ,
You My Word So You're the One
and There I Co as examples Of
popular songs they will be able tc
provide.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Los Angeles Utility Files
Registration Statement
Bs the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Southern Counties Gas Cos of
California Uos Angeles filed a reg
iStration statement with the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission yes
terday covering s11 500 900 of per
cent first mortgage bonds, due jan
uary 1, 1871
The company said that the pro-
ceeds. together with treasury funds,
would oe used to redeem on May l..
l94l, at 1912 per cent. $ll 500 900
principal amount of AZ per cent
first mortgage gold bonds due May,
1868.
Blyth g. Co., Inc, New York, was
listed as the principal underwater
Additional underwriters, the offering
price of the bonds and other infor-
nation will be disclosed by amend
ment to the original statement.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Lee Rubber & Tire Corp.
Annua! Net Is S9S1,8S7
3, the Associated Press.

3, the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-Lee Rub
ber g. Tire Corp. reports for the
fiscal year ended October 81 net
profit OF s981.637 after deduction
of an inventory reserve of S450,O00,
This equaled 1886 share and COM
pared with s1,464.166, or $546 a
share. in the preceding year Plants
are in Conshohocken, Pa, and
Youngstown. Ohio
Air Associates, Inc.
Air Associates. Inc. reported net
profit for the year ended September
80 of $409 ,265, equal after ST cumula-
tive convertible preferred dividends
to $3.50 each on 111,6l8 common
shares, compared with $126, ,939, or
sl.08 each on 99,884 shares of COM
mon in the preceding year. The
company makes and distributes air
craft parts.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Japan Goes Into 1941
With Buying Power
Severely CurtaiIed
Future Depends on U. S.
Trude and Volume
Of Gold Production
BY LLOYD LEHRBAS,
Associated Press Staf Writer.

Japan faces increasingly severe
dificulties in purchasing vitality
needed raw materials and supplies
abroad in 1941. according to sur
vey of its financial status after the
strain Of 43 months Of war in China.
Japanese purchasing power In the
United States, the survey indicated
today, already has been restricted
to about 5000 900 900 annually-a
sum which represents most of the
money derived from sales Of jap
anese goods here and their newly
mined gold.
The extent of future Japanese
buying in the United States will
depend, trade experts here believe,
on the volume Of Japanese-made
goods sold to the American market
and also on the extent Japan is
able to increase its gold production.
Imports on Slightly.
Commerce Department figures for
the first 10 months of 1910 show
imports from Japan amounted to
1922, SGT 600, slight decrease from
the $123,3l2, 900 worth of silk and
other products purchased by Ameri-
cans IN the equivalent period in
1899.
From time to time proposals have
been made that the United States
embargo the import Of Japanese
silk--a major commodity in Japan.
ese sales here-as retaliatory meas
ure against japanese acts consid.
cred detrimental to American in
terests in the Far East. No such
action, however. is believed immin-
! ent at the moment.
During the first 10 months of 1910
Japan purchased American goods
valued at 9l,4l3000, buying heav-
| lily in iron and steel. scrap metal
and other vitality needed supplies
which now require export licenses
before they can be shipped to Japan.
Japan Still Shipping Gold.
With sales to the United States
insufficient to meet this bill, Japan
shipped gold valued at S86 POI 900
to this country during the first 10
months OF the year and is continu-
ing to make monthly shipments.
When the Sino-Japanese war
started in July, 1887, the Bank of
Japan reported its gold reserve
at $463 900 900 Since that time
Japan has shipped gold worth s675,-
000,000 here. but still claims a re-
serve of sl64 600 900.
Japan's involved financial policy
| and the secrecy imposed on gold
production figures make it impos-
sible. officials here explained. to do
more than estimate Japanese gold
reserves, with many unknown fac
tors providing wide margins for
error
Japan has not disclosed its an
nual gold production since 1887
when it was estimated at O,OOO 900
yearly.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. Dec. 81 GP.-Poultry. live
~ trucks; easy; hens, over ) pounds: 16;
5, pounds and under, IS; Leghorn hens,
under pounds, colored. IS; white Rock
IS: geese; Il pounds down. Y: over IL
Butter, receipts 66l 6ss: easy: cream n,
3I'.: go, 31h. SO; 30'.; rs. 30; 30
Eggs. receipts, I3 3424: easy: fresh
graded extra frsts. %: current receipts
Potatoes, arrivals, 81; on track as6;
total u g. shipments. 433: supplies mod.
ssGste ssts+ dsmsnd sioT; market, dull Idaho
U. s. No. >. los; Colorado Red McClures
washed. 1;45: Nebraska Bliss Triumphs,
washed, so: Nebraska Bliss Triumphs, SO
per gent y. S. No. 1, 20: Minnesota and
North Dakota Red River Valley section
CobblerS $3.50 per cent very few sales,
LOO: Early ohios, s5 per cent q S. No
unwashed, 92ha-1 .05: U. S. No. 1, un-
washed, 1.10: very few sales higher. Wis
consin Kapahdins q. S. No. 1, les; on
track per bushsl crate. Florida Bliss
I;75: street. per bushel crate. Florie Bliss
U. S. No. /, size B, 1.50-6O.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Atlantic & Pacific Co.
To Pay 70 Per Cent
To Employees in Army
In Addition to Wages
Firm Will Also Meet
Insurance Premiums
Py ttt Associated Press.

BY tft Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Great At
lantic g. Pacific Tea Co. announced
yesterday that employees entering
the United States military service
will receive from the company 20
per cent of their wages up to a
maximum payment of 500 month
for a full year.
The company said it also would
paw such employees group life in
surance premiums for the one-year
period.
The policy applies to all full
time employees and all part-time
employees working at least 80 hours
a week and with six months con-
tinuous service. 1t is retroactive
for all employees who have entered
the military service since last
March l.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 LP,.-Esss. 1876;
easy. Mixed colors. fancy to extra fancy.
25s426la: extras, 251s; graded f1rsts. 25;
seconds. 23-2312; mediums, 2212: dirties,
No. l, 221z; average checks ,o-21. Re
frigerator fancy to extra fancy. "A "a "a:
extras. 23-231a: standards. 22-22ia: frsts.
dirties. 81
Whites tresales of premium marks 30ha-
33): nearby and Midwestern- premium
marks, 261a-30: specials. 2e; standards,
27i2: fresales Of exchange to fancy heavier
mediums, 25-271a): mediums, 24la. Re-
frigerator nearby and Midwestern specials.
24-25la: standards 22la-23: frsts 21-22.
Browns. nearby and Midwestern fancy
to extra fancy. 26l2-27: specials. 20;
standards, 24la-25: mediums, 231z-24
Duck eggs, 81 -3...
Butter 1,O55.974; easier Creamery.
higher than 81 score and premium marks,
33h-34: 90 score cash market. 81 SS-91
score, 81 34-32s4: S4-S7 score, 29A-31A.
Cheese, 400,462: irregular. Prices un-
chansed.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Maryland Pig Crop
Below 1899 Levels
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated freSS.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, Dec. 81.
The Maryland crop reporting
service estimates the States 1910
fall pig crop at 10000 head. IL
per cent less than in the fall Of
1889 but one-third larger than the
1929-38 average.
1t placed the estimated number Of
sows farrowed this fall at $4,000,
against 1000 in 1899, and estimated
10000 sows would farrow next spring,
or % per cent less than in the spring
Of 1910.
The total 1910 spring and fall pig
crop was estimated at $4,000 head,
5000 less than last years crop and
second largest pig crop of record.
The service said low hog prices
during the year Offered no induce
ment for increasing hog numbers" i"
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Newspaper Advertising
Gains Over 1889 Period
81 ecial Dispatch to The Star.


CHICAGO, Dec. 3l.-For the perl
cd from January 1 through Decem-
ber IA retail newspaper advertising
in 81 major cities was approximately
13,800, 900 lines greater than during
the corresponding period of 1899,
according to a tabulation released
today by Advertising Age, national
advertising newspaper.
According to Advertising Age. to-
tai retail advertising In the news
papers of the 81 measured cities
was 998, ,935 ,8l4 lines for the 50-week
period, compared with 985, 1856 for
the corresponding period of last
year, an increase Of IA per cent.
Compared with 1888. when $685.
094 1894 lines were printed in the
first SO weeks, the current total
shows an increase of almost $4,000
600 lines, or 3.4 per cent.
For the seven-day period ended
December IA retail Image totaled
80 2,287,573, fractionally less than the
32.4l0.062 lines carried during the
same week of last year.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
World Markets
Will BeCIosed
Tomorrow

By the Associated Press
Principal financial and commodity
exchanges OF the world viii be closed
tomorrow, New Year Day.
In the United States and Canada
a sizable number of commodity mar
kets will stop trading early on the
last day of the year
Futures markets for rubber, silk
hides. metals and cottonseed oil in
New York will wind up trading for
1910 at noon. Eastern standard time,
today The Chicago Board OF Trade
the winnipeg Grain Exchange and
other grain trading centers will sus-
pend dealings at noon, Central
standard time.
The New York and New Orleans
Cotton Exchanges will finish their
New Year Eve sessions at / pm,
E. s. T.
Although Toronto Securities will
close at pm, E. S. T.. the New
York Stock Exchange and other
securities markets generally will
conduct full trading sessions today.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
STEEL Is Confident
WEasiIy Meeting
Defense Needs
Industry in Agreement
That Business as Usual
Must Go in Background
By the Associates Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 3l.-The
magazine Iron Age in its weekly
report said today: President
Roosevelts call to the country for
wartime production finds industry
ready and anxious to do whatever
1t is asked to do.
There is general agreement with
the thought that business as usual
must be relegated to the back
ground during the emergency and
with the admonition that strikes
and lockouts must not be permitted
to interfere with the defense output.
"In the steel industry there has
at no time been any doubt that all
OF the steel requirements for ma
tional defense and for aid to Brit
ain can be met promptly and with
out causing delays in fabrication of
ships, ordnance or other material.
Only those poorly informed re-
gardins the industry's potential
performance under extreme pres
sure have drawn other conclusions
ShWoiAdhtCu (ouNiuSiUhS.
Although steel companies back
logs of orders are extremely large,
unwarranted conclusions may have
been drawn from that fact. A
great deal Of the material on order
is not wanted until the last half
Of the year or even as far away =
1912.
while in many products steel
companies are sold out for the first
quarter, sufficient capacity is being
held in reserve by all mills for de-
fense requirements, including those
Of the British"
Concerning present opera ations,
Iron Age said: High steel operations
are accompanied by rising scrap
prices in some districts. At Pitts
burgh, there has been a gain of rs
cents in No. l heavy melting steel
and one of so cents at Philadelphia,
where the price has been stationary
> fer 10 weeks.
Composite Price Rises.
"The Iron Age composite price has
risen to s2l SO, its highest point CT
1910, but ST cents below the 1889
peak.
steel bookings in December COM
pared favorably in total volume with
those of November Fabricated
structural steel awards IN the week
totaled 4260 tons and new projects
totaled $4,000 tons. Outstanding
railroad orders were 81 Diesel cleo
tric switching locomotives placed by
the New York Central and Is fast
freight locomotives placed by the
Union Pacific"
Evening star., 1940-12-31
52,0OO,0O0Coyered
By Social Security;
$4,000 Claims Paid
Unemployment Insurance
Payments Show Jobs
Increasing Over U. S.
B, the Associated Press.

Bs the Associated Press.
Arthur j. Altmeyer, chairman of
the Social Security Board. said in
his annual report today that more
than 50 1000 900 men and women
employed IN industry and commerce
now have social security accounts.
He said the board approved daily
approximately 1000 benefit claims
by retired wage earners and their
aged wives. widows. orphans and
dependent parents Of workers who
have died. 1t approved nearly 237 1000
claims during the first IL months Of
D40, the first year they became
effective, and benefit payments now
total 81 ESQ 900 each month.
Mr.. Altmeyer said more than
% 900 900 workers" now have unem-
ployment insurance. Benefits totaled
almost $56, 900 900 in July and ap-
proximately 500 500 900 in November
the last month for which figures are
available.
S52o. 900 900 Paid in Benefits.
This" he said, undoubtedly
reflects increasing employment
throughout the country. However
total benefits for 1910 come to about
$50, 900 900, every dollar of which
went into the pockets of men and
women temporarily without jobs,
and thereby helped to stabilize COM
munities buying power"
In October, he said, the United
States Employment Service found
jobs for more than 400, 900 unem-
ployed workers-an all time high
the number of placements dropped
to 365 900 in November, reducing the
registered active job seekers To
100000 or less than one-half as
many as once were registered. Place
ments during 1910 were well above
3 800 900 and the total for the last
seven years is close to 32,000.0 900, Mr.
Altmeyer said.
He reported that assistance pay
ments of more than s619 900 900 were
made from combined Federal and
State funds to 1888 900 needy aged
needy blind and TO dependent chill
dren during 1910.
Paul v. McNutt. Federal security
administrator, declared in a year.
end statement yesterday that steps
should be taken to "rationaliZe the
varying practices now prevalent
from State to State and to make ole
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Mother of Twin Girls
Hos Triplets-All Boys

b the Associated Press.
BROCKTON, MASS, Dec. 81
Coming from a family of twins and
a mother of twins herself, Mrs.
Walter Anderson. 80. gave birth TO
triplets-all boys-last night.
DR.. Joseph S. Phaneus, attending
physician. said the condition of
the babies. born prematurely, was
fair and all probably would survive.
Mrs. Anderson has two sets of twin
sisters and her twin daughters are
! "a years old. She also has 5-year-
old daughter.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
DrexIer Named Head
Of Tidewuter Power
BY the Associated Press

BY the ASSOClateo fIess.
NEWPORT NEWS, Pa. Dec. 81.
Norman E. Drexler. vice president
and division manager Of the vir-
ginia Public Service Co., Eastern di-
vision, operating in the Peninsula
area, has been named president and
director of the Tidewater Power Co.,
effective January l. with headquar-
ters in Wilmington. N. C.
Mr.. Drexler was elected to his new
duties at a meeting Of the board Of
the Tidewater Power Co. in Will
mington.
Mr. Drexler said that he would re-
main in his present capacity with
the Virginia Public Service Co. until
his successor is appointed.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Fuel PuIverizer Orders

The Census Bureau says manufac-
turerS OF fuel pulverizers booked Or
ders IN November for 50 units with
capacity of 65l $50 pounds Of coal
per hour. compared with 80 units
with 400 230 pounds capacity in Oc-
tober and As units with 487 $50
pounds capacity in November. 1899
Evening star., 1940-12-31
American Locomotive
Gets Union Pacific Order
q, the Associated Press.

By the ASSoclaIed PresS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3l.-American
Locomotive Co. announces an order
from Union Pacific Railroad for IS
freight locomotives of type 1884
for delivery this coming summer.
The engines, simple articulated
and weighing 100000 pounds each,
will be built in the Schenectady
plant.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Wholesale Commodity
Average Unchanged
By the Associated Press.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics
reports that the general level of
wholesale commodity prices re-
mained unchanged at 1917 per cent
of the 1926 average during the
week ended December 81.
Principal price advances of the
week, the bureau said, were in farm
and petroleum products and ferti-
lizer materials. Principal decreases
reported were for grains, silk hosiery,
cattle feed and fresh meats.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Rubber Products Exports
Increase in November
q, the Associated Press.

Exports of rubber products in
creased by S116, ,124 to $4.817. $40 dur.
ing November, compared with the
same month a year ago. For the
first IL months of 1910 foreign sales
of rubber products totaled $40, ,434.-
778, or $3.50 ,626 more than during
the comparable 1889 period.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
MethonoI Production Rises

Production of synthetic methanol
in November Is reported by the Gen.
sus Bureau at 4,439 .905 gallons, COM
pared with 4,408, ,026 in October and
4,611 TOT in November, 1889.
Evening star., 1940-12-31

Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation OF Securities Dealers. Inc. which
states they DO not necessarily reflect actual
transactions Or firm bids or offers but
should indicate Approximate prices and
unless otherwise indicated are as quoted
by the sponsors issuers
'Asterisk indicates Not quoted BY spon-
aors or iSsIers"
Evening star., 1940-12-31
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET


rim oankruptcy eceiverhip being reorsanzed under
BANKRUPTCY Act securities assumed by companies
Rates dividend in annual dis
no. included - -
,, n dyidend s1 risht. nse dAe-
this Payable Paid last year (h Isl payable in
Canadian funds cash stock Accumulated dividends
Evening star., 1940-12-31

Also extra or extras.
eDeclared or paid so far this year
Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers Inc which
states they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or firm bids or offers, but
should indicate approximate prices.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
London Gold and Silver

LONDON. Dec 81 tP.-Bar silver, e..
up Il. Equivalent 422e cents} Bar
gold 1855, UNCHANGED. (Equir alent
S53 e6). Exchange, S4.03.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Freight Loudings

freight cars handled by railroads report
ins today for the week ended December
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Investing Companies

NEW YORK. Dec. 81 0P,.-Nationsl As
Hociation securities Dealers. Inc.
Moon Quotations
Evening star., 1940-12-31
EX dividend

+Plus extras eoe. extra f3es extra
g $500 extra paid December 2s 1910
zoe extra. m Sl.50 extra. pSl.O0 paid
t 81 90 paid in 1910 ST 90 extra paid
January, 1910. $4,000 extra. $500
extra.
Evening star., 1940-12-31

Lanston Monotype-l0 at 2lia.
Capital Transit Coz at 14o4, Is a
1412, 20 at 141,.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
BONDS
MISCELLANEOUS
STOCKS

Ter RI & W Cp 1st 4l4s 1e4s 100
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Washington Exchange

NOtice-This exchange will be
closed tomorrow, New Year Day.
SALES.
Evening star., 1940-12-31

PUBLIC UTILITY.
Evening star., 1940-12-31
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK Dec. 81 tsP,.--Nattonal A,
sociation Securities Dealers. Inc
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-08-09
Hitler's Army
In America

Continued from Page Two)
man-American societies for a ju-
biIant Nazi victory celebration at
North Bergen, N. j., recently.
Since the outbreak of the Eu-
ropean war the shooting societies
allegedly have been put on a more
militant basis, their membership
enlarged and their rules and reg
ulations frightened. The shooting
practice of their members now is
no mere Sunday pastime but a sa-
cred duty carried out with almost
military precision, it is stated.
Other important outlets for Ma
I'll propaganda, according to the
newspaper, are the Board of Trade
of German American Commerce:
the Society for People of German
ic Extraction in Other Countries,
headed by Carl Guenther OrgelI:
the German Library of InfOrma-
ton, and the German Railroad In
formation Service, all i'm New
York City. The Orgell Organiza-
ton some time ago collected a
list of all Americans of German
stock, their names, occupations
and addresses. The list is now filed
and catalOgued in the main Of
flee at Stuttgart.
In an article in the newspaper.
entitled Crush the Fifth Column,
But Don't Persecute the Decent
Alien" Ferenc Condor, editor of
Az Ember, appeals to the United
States Government to make
distinction between real fifth col
umnists and loyal aliens. The edi-
tor says that barring an "insig-
nificant" minority, the Hungari-
ans in America-citizens, immi-
grants, visitors and political ex-
iles-are sincere and enthusiast
tic adherents of American democ-
racy."
These Hungarians will be in the
van in the battle against "Troian
Horse" action i'm the United
States, the editor says.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-08-09

merOuS to recount in detail with
i'm the size of this article. Further
more, no last minute field goal
at Rose Bowl game held any
thing like the dynamite his stO-
rieS pack. Once Dave and his
dogs found themselves founder
ing and drifting out to sea on an
ice flOe. On another occasion he
had to shoot one of the huskies
that had served him so faithful
ly, to provide food for the rest. l..
The browning catastrophe Oc-
Cured shortly before he stumbled
upon the Eskimo iglOO. A patch
of rotten ice gave way and preci-
plated him and his whole outfit
into the Arctic Ocean. The can
inc companion with whom he fl
nalIy managed to stagger to safe
ty was all he had been able to sal
wage.
Shortly before the accident the
weary traveller fortunately had
unburdened himself of a motion
picture camera and film, with
which he had taken shots of prim-
tive scenes, in order to Tighten
his load. He had buried them in
King William Land while search
ing for the remains of the 40
members of the Franklin expedi-
ton who had died there. He re-
turned to his cache after being
revived in the Hudson Bay shell
ter and recovered the valuable
treasure in good condition.
cit wasn't the accidents that
gave me the creeps so much," con-
tinueS Dave, Gas much as those
long bleak nights of cold and hum
ger and the scarcely less terrify-