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summer, an amendment is extremely probable.
 There has been a great shift of sentiment in Congress. Six months ago any move to lift the ban on loans would have lost overwhelm- ingly. Today some of the men who were most outspoken against the idea last fall are privately talking in favor of 1t.
 The shift is due to two things: a growing concern over the plight of the allies, and a feeling that to make the loans would be good for business especially the agricul- tural business
 General belief is that the allies have all the money they need, right now, for planes and muni- tons, but that they are conservative their funds as far as possible by cutting down on purchases of farm products. Let the farm belt states men once get convinced that loans would boom farm exports and you're likely to see action.
 Best way to put 1t Is that as of today majority in Congress Is not ready to vote for loans, but is ready to sit down and let somebody try to sell the Idea.
 SQUALLS DISASTER CAUSED NO SUBMARINE CHANGES
 The sinking of the sumbarine Squalus off Portsmouth, N. H., just over year ago, was almost unique among U. S, Navy submarine disas- terS in that 1t did not lead to far. reaching changes in the design or operation of submarines or their equipment.
 Reason for that is that most peactime submarine disasters are due to some fundamental defect and teach the navy something im- portant about the use of these tricky boats The Squalus sinking wasn't in that class; the boat sank simply because of 6 mechanical. failure in an induction valve, and that failure proved fatal because of simultaneous failure in an indi- cator which should have given suf- ficient warning of the mishap.
 Changes In the gear in question to keep such accidents from hap. pening again have been made -- and that's all there is to 1t. Tho Squalus, raised and reconditioned, is back in service again, under the name of Sailflsh.
 NAVY CONSIDERING
 ANTI-AIRCRAFT CRUISER
 If battleships have to be rearmor- cd to make them bomb-proof, there is chance that some cruisers also will be re-designed in order to fit them for more aggressive action against airplanes.
 All warships carry anti-aircraft guns, Of course. But an Idea which is beginning to take hold among some U. s. Navy officers is that 1t would pay to have & new kind of cruiser, definitely classed as an an- ti-aircraft ship. General idea Is to make the vessel fairly bristle with anti-aircraft guns, range and height finders, and so on, SC that 1t could protect the fleet against planes the way a destroyer protects 1t against submarines. It's likely that few experiemental ships of this type will be built before long.
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Washington Merry Go Round
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DREW PEARS o N ROBERT s. ALLEN

military German General staff does not want Hitler to move into England They think driving Paris with the Italians
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-05

TODAY's COMMON ERROR
 Never immediately precede "one' by "a," as, Not . one was hurt; say, mot one of them."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-05
What's Your I. O.!

Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
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c. What was the size of the Lusi- tania2
 A. Length, 100 feet; gross tonnage, 32O00.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Figures
What TheyMeon
BY JOHN L. BECKLEY,


NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-Sales of
home furnishings and household
appliances and supplies are good,
trade sources said today, and should
be even better in the near future.
Three strong factors are push
ing volume in this field, dealers say.
They are: Cd The increase in resi-
dental building, % the steady rise
in employment and pay rolls, 90 the
big jump in marriages.
Few families move into a new
home without finding a need for
new furnishings and appliances of
some sort. 1t may be new living
room suite, some bedroom furniture,
a refrigerator or merely new
broom or shovel.
Many families who are not NOV
ing into new homes also need these
articles but have deferred pur-
chases because of the lack of funds.
Here the increase in employment
and pay rolls under the stimulus of
the armament program is showing
its effect. As family incomes rise,
articles which increase the comfort
and ease Of living attract most of
the surplus dollars left over from
the purchase of necessities.
The increase In marriages is also
a potent factor The demand for
homes, and appliances and furniture
to I'LL them. expands with the Gre
alton Of new family units.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Hearing on Report Asked
By Maritime Union
BY the Associated Press


NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The Ma
tional Maritime Union &C. I. o.
disclosed yesterday it had asked
President Roosevelt for public
hearing on an anti-N. M. U. re-
port supposed to be the basis for
the recent series of attacks on the
union"
In letter to the President, signed
by Joseph Curran, N. M. U. head,
the union said the adverse report
was in the hands of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and asked
an opportunity to "disprove COM
pletely the false and wholly unjusti-
field statements about American
merchant seamen.
Two recent attacks were made
m the House by Representative An
derson, Democrat, of Missouri, who
said he obtained his material from
the F. B. I.
THE N. M. U. is prepared to an
swer any and all those statements
and allegations in an open and i'm
partial hearing" the letter said
I'VE demand that such an investi-
cation be made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Cotton Prices Firmer
For More Distant
Contracts
Nearby Months Rule
Unchanged to Three
Points Higher
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Cotton
prices for the more distant futures
contracts reached a firmer level last
week.
Nearby months in which trading
was transacted throughout the pc
Rod were unchanged to up 3 points,
while positions from March forward
showed net advances on the week
Of to 9 points.
While sales of cotton in Southern
markets continued in fairly good
volume, hedging operations in fu-
lures were not particularly agrees
sive.
Cloth Market Watched.
Reports OF pronounced activity
and firmer prices in the domes-
VIC cloth market attracted consider
able attention in the trade, but
failed to stimulate buying appre-
Gladly in the futures market. Mill
purchases of futures for price fix
ing were not as large as might have
peen expected, trade sources said,
in view of the large sales of goods
that have been made by mills over
past weeks. This situation was be-
lieved due to the fact that manu-
facturers are carrying less cotton
than usual on call, and have been
buying much of their staple re-
quirements at fixed prices.
Mills were reported to have sold
roughly double their output of goods
last week Machinery activity was
we'll maintained and it was believed
that some mills increased their rate
O. operations slightly. With manu-
facturers in well-sold position for
weeks ahead, ideas as to domestic
consumption of cotton this season
are becoming even more optimistic.
Many quarters which have been
estimating a total season consump-
ton of around 100000 bales now
look for a somewhat higher use of
the staple.
Exports Increase.
Export shipments Of cotton were
larger during the past weekly period
ending Thursday than in any other
week this season, but they were still
discouragingly small, according to
shippers. They aggregated approx
mately $4,000 bales, as against $4,000
the week previous, and $1,000 two
weeks previous. Exports to the Con-
tinent last week, 10000 bales. were
all destined for Russia. This was
the first time in several years that
any cotton has been shipped from
this country to the U. S. S. R. 1t
is understood that Russia has pur-
chased total of approximately Co.
900 bales of American cotton. In
the past few seasons Russia's pro-
duction Of cotton has been ample
to meet her requirements but it is
reported that supplies of the staple
are currently short as a result of
German purchases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Hog Prices Expected
To Climb Sharply
In Coming Months
Officials Anticipate
Smaller Morketin9s,
Larger Demand
3, the Associated Press.

BY TIE Associated Press.
Despite recent declines. prices OF
hogs are expected to average ma
terially higher during the next 10
months than during the past 10
months. the Agriculture Depart
ment said today
Two factors point to price adj
vances, the department said. They
are:
Prospects for 10 per cent reduc-
ton in hog marketings as result
of smaller pig crops this year, and
predictions of substantial improve
ment in consumer demand for meats
as result of the defense spending
program.
The department said recent price
setbacks were caused largely by a
seasonal increase in marketlngs.
This increase is expected to continue
into December. The department
said there would be reduction in
marketings in the late winter.
Information available in early
October indicated, the department
said, that numbers Of cattle and
lambs fed during the 1904 feeding
season will not be much different
from numbers fed last season. Ship
ments of stocker and feeder cattle
into the corn belt States west of the
Mississippi River from July through
September were larger than a year
earlier, while shipments into the
Eastern corn belt were smaller.
The department said some de-
crease in cattle feeding may occur
in the Rocky Mountain States, but
an increase was predicted in Texas
and Oklahoma.
The supply of beef and veal pro-
duced in 1941 probably will not differ
greatly, the department said. from
1910 production, with an increase
more likely than a decrease In
view of prospective substantial i'm
provement in consumer demands for
meats, the general level Of cattle
prices in 1941 should be higher than
in 1910.
Slaughter supplies of sheep and
lambs in l94l, the department said,
are expected to be about the same as
this year. Prices, it said, may be
little higher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21

Legislation Is Urged
To Curb Railroad
Holding Firms
Senate Committee
Cites Bremo Corp.
As Example
BY the Associated Press.

The Senate Railroad Finance
Committee reported today that the
manner In which Bremo Corp. OBJ
tanned in 1929 and held for several
years control of the Chicago Great
Western Railroad. demonstrated
need for tighter Federal control of
railroad financial operations and
railroad holding companies.
In one of series of reports to the
Senate the committee said that evil
dence it had gathered showed the
need Of legislation to prevent rail-
roads from becaming the victims of
holding company speculation"
THE public interest requires, I"
the committee reported, that the
management Of railroads should be
in responsible and conscientious
hands. and not under the control of
spectators. Railroad regulation is
seriously hampered unless holding
companies and similar interests
which control many roads are elm
mated or carefully regulated.
Other Rules Favored.
AT present there is no effective
means Of even ascertaining the
identity Of the persons and COM
panies which own railroad stocks.
Legislation is necessary to deal with
the whole problem OF railroad hold
ing companies"
The committee also recommended
legislation to plug holes" in exist
ing law forbidding railroads from
carrying tratfic in which they have
an interest and ito prevent I'M
wholesome relationships between
carrier interests and shipper inter-
ests with their unfortunate conse-
quences to the public"
THE Bremo venture" the COM
mittee said, conducted first through
stock market pool and later
through the Bermo holding COM
pany, was designed to seize control
of the Chicago Great Western on
shoestring. The stocks purchased
by the pool and by the holding COM
pany were bought on margin. and
even some of the margin was OBJ
tanned on margin.
FavOritism Charged.
"As an investment the Great
Western was not attractive but
the Bremo venturers devised a
scheme to make it pay. Traffic
managers in the group, including
men who controlled the freight
routing of packing houses like
Swift. Cudahy and Wilson, automo-
bile concerns like Dodge, Hupp and
Oakland, oil companies like Shell
and Standard of Indiana. grocers
like Libby and Kroger, and others,
were expected to work for their in
vestment' by diverting freight to
the Great Western from its COM
petitors.
This scheme encouraged the
routing of traffic according to the
personal pecuniary interests Of the
traffic managers rather than upon
the basis of sound standards of
freight transportation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON, Oct. 81 P-(United States
Department Of Agriculture Business was
there had been a good demand for Tns
ana half blood territory woods UP TO the
close OF last week. Graded French comb
bringing mostly 81 .02-Sl OF. secured hssis.
while o-iginal bag lines were brinsIag
mostly Sl-S1 05, secured basis neSr'-ri
eraoe territory woods were quiet with
quotations on combing woods ranging L ; 10
20 cents secured basis for three-eighths
oIood. and So cents for quarter n ,cd
bright fleeces were sold recently at ij-l5
cents, IN the grease, but demands wSEa
slow on lots held at A. cents and above.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
MengeI Co. Reduces;
Preferred Arrears &
With Dividend !
62h-Cent Payment
Will Leove Total Of
$4.37H q Share

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21-Directors
of Mengel Co. cut down the arrears
on the 5 per cent $50 cumulative
first preferred stock today with,
authorization of dividend of 621s
cents share, payable November 8
to holders of record October 81. On
December 81 this year arrears will
total s4.3712 a share.
Alvin A. Volt, president, said it
was expected directors would con-
slider a further reduction in arrears
later in the year when figures for
the fourth quarter have developed.
Company makes wood products at
plants in Kentucky. Missouri. New
Jersey, North Carolina, Louisiana
and Mississippi. ..-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Production Of NyIon
To Be QuodrupIed
Special Dispatch to The Star.


WILMINGTON. Del, Oct. al
Production Of nylon for brush bris-
ties, surgical sutures, fishing lead
ers, violin strings and growing ros-
ter of uses other than hosiery has
tripled since January and will be
quadrupled this autumn, it is an
nounced by E. I. du Pont de Mem
ours & Co.
Capacity at the Arlington, N. j.,
nylon monofllament plant OF the
plastics department has increased
from 100000 linear feet per
month at the beginning of the year
to 100000 feet in August and is
expected to reach 225 100000 feet
before the end Of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
County Toxes Rise

CHICAGO, Oct. 81 (SpeciaD -
Evidence of the increasing cost Of
county government is contained in
report issued by the National Con-
sumers' Tax Commission, which re-
veals that between 1910 and 1880
county property taxes in Ohio prac-
tically quadrupled, increased five
fold in Wisconsin, and rose from
SIS 800, 900 to $72,9O0,O00 in New
York State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
TroIIeys Are Mail Boxes

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 81.
(SpeciaD Trolley cars are also
mail boxes in this city. Knoxville
Transit Lines, a privately operated
utility company, provides a public
convenience by allowing letters to
be mailed on any of its streetcars
and buses To mail a letter one
simply halls the car or bus at an
intersection and drops the letter in
q slot in the side of the car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Jewel Tea Co. Sales
Far Above Year AGO
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Oct. 21-Jewel Tea
Co, Inc, reported sales for the four
weeks ended October amounted to
81 1866, l39 compared with $1,955, 1872
for the corresponding 1899 period,
an increase Of 21.o2 per cent.
Sales for the first 40 weeks of
1910 were 21,5l7,677 compared with
$l8,604 AZ for the like 1889 period,
an increase Of 1856 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Metal Market

NEW YORK. Oct 81 GP-Copper
steady: electrolytic spot Connecticut VAL
ley Zoo: export. fa.s. New York, 1915
II. 90 Tin steady: spot and nearby.
81 81 2; forward, 5031!. Lead steady.
spot. New York. 5.5O-55; East ST Louis
5.35. Zinc steady: East St. Louis spot and
Ea.iern pansyv p IRON No auas so
1900; Alabama 1898. Aluminium. virgin
30 per cent, 1900. Antmony. Chinese
spot. 1880. Quicksilver. 1873 no lie. 90.
Platinum. pure. 90. Chinese wolframite.
duty paid. 22.5O24.OO Domestic scheelite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Financing Approved
For Illinois Central

By the Associated Press.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has authorized the Illi-
nois Central Railroad to sell SILL.
016,000 of 3 per cent equipment
trust certificates. Series U, to the
Reconstruction Finance Corp. in
connection with the acquisition Of
new equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
81, SOC, 900 Car Order
Is Placed by B. & O.
BY the Associated Press.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va. Oct. Al
R. w. Ward, general manager Of the
Huntington plant OF the American
Car and Foundry Company, an
nounced the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road had placed a $4,000 900 order
for $50 lotion hat-bottom gondolas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. Oct. 81 1P.-Fair busi-
ness transpired in cotton goods today.
Manufacturers of mems wooden wear OBJ
tanned popular constructions At full ask
ing prices. Sales in the rayon section were
small despite q hrmer tone. Silk goods
remained quiet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Steel Rate 10 Rise
To 94.9Per Cent,
New Record
Gain of 0.5 Of Point
Over Lost Week
Is Reported
BY the Associated Press.


industry will step up production to
949 per cent of capacity this week,
HI hest since the American Iron and
St.eel Institute started records in
1873, the institute said today.
This represented an increase Of S
of point ever last week. A month
ego output was at 92.5 per cent of
&C Dacity and a year ago 9o.2.
Previous high was 944 per cent
in November last year.
The figures indicated more tons
of steel would be produced this week
than at any time in the history OF
the industry. In 1929 steel mills
worked at 100 per cent Of capacity
for a time, but since then new facili-
ties have been installed increasing
capacity.
Rationing Increases.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 81 LP.-Tight-
ening Of the steel supply is becoming
increasingly apparent, with raw
steel being rationed within COM
pan!es on the biggest scale since the
World War, the magazine Steel said
today.
The magazine predicted the next
step would be the shipping OF raw
materials far afield to mills where
some finished capacity still is open.
particularly among plants OF the
same organization.
The delivery span between the
placing OF an order and receipt OF
materials ranges from three weeks,
in the case Of certain sheets and
plates, to IL weeks for alloy steel.
Probably the greatest tonnage In
history is now being produced, with
steel operations last week advanc-
ing a half point to IS per cent for
the highest points since July, 1929.
Increasing prominence Of prefer
entail rating slips issued by Wash
ington defense bodies to certain
consumers may prove the entering
wedge towards priorities. These
slips, presented by consumers to
steel producers, show that the for
mer are entitled to certain steel on
certain dates for specific defense
contracts.
Shortage Feared.
Steelmakers expect that by the
second half of 194l they will be un-
able to accept much commercial
business, concentrating on defense.
There is fear Of a pig iron short
age, especially among merchant
producers. The composite scrap
price is unchanged at $2054 per
ton.
With bookings of fabricated
structural steel already well over
1000, 900 tons, total contracts for
1910 probably will top the ,305 .049
booked last year.
Operations In four districts
gained last week. two substantial
declines took place because Of fur
mace repairs, and six remained I'M
changed.
Pittsburgh rose one point to 90
per cent, Wheeling one to SO, Chi
cago one to 80, and Youngstown two
to 80. Cleveland dropped ~ to 851a
and New England was down seven
to IS. The following were I'M
changed: Birmingham 81, St.
Louis s2h, Cincinnati 90, Eastern
Pennsylvania 90. Buffalo o0h and
Detroit 96.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21

also extra or extras. eDecIared OF
paid so far this year. ~
citation OF Securities Dealers. Inc, which
states they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or Arm bids or offers. but
should indicate Approximate prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
London Tin Prices

LONDON Oct. II OP,.-Tin steady;
spot, f257 15s bid. f25s IS asked future.
$3.50 bid, $3.50 los asked.
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New York Suqar

NEW YORK. Oct. 81 P.-Raw sugar
futures No. 3 opened unchanged January
/ SOB: March. 1893: May, lob. bid.
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Rubber Futures

NEW YORK. Oct. 81 LP.-Crude rubber
futures told opened 4 higher. December,
2035b; March, 1995b; May. 1884. bBid
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u. 5. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK Oct 81 LF.-Prices ouotet
In dollars and thirty-seconds:
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Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK Oct p tP,.-Nationa,
ISOLATION Securities Dealers. Inc:
Evening star., 1940-05-24
ChiIdren's Delight A Tent
Moinstoys Of Your Picnic

sCuniversol ThermaI Jug. gallon size to keep
drinks deIieiousN hot or cold s2.e5
Cred Hot" Rooster for hondIine your "hot DOGS"
over the cooIs ia.
D-Handy Folding Grill for roasting or broiIno
E|lshtwsisht, Roomy Spnt Picnic Baskets Stye
sketched with forks and spoons 81
HOUSEWARES EIGHTH FtooR-Express Elevator Service
Evening star., 1940-05-24

Of soft bun color are distributed over
the shoulders and head Of the young
sters. While they are squads they
do not have the white crown, and
they are four months old before they
acquire perfect plumage. During
their extreme infancy these babies
are very ugly. with long, scrawny
necks, heads not well rounded, and
the fleshy portion Of their beak un-
feathered at the base and quite
prominent.
When these little fellows I'LL out
and have their handsome feather
coat they are ready to fly home with
their parents and soon are busiiy en-
gagged in searching fol food among
the thick branches Of the trees and
shrubbery OF the Bahamas.
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Natures Children
White.Crowned Pigeon
(Columba leucocephala)

disposition. since It eats the sweet
aromatic berries Of the pimento, figs,
and ruddy clusters Of fiddlewood.
The male Is trifle pompous
during counting days. when he struts
before the ladies. He is very dignified
and every inch a gentleman. His
wedding suit of soft bun and black,
his white crown and lovely margined
feathers are enough to make him
feel proud. AS he parades back and
forth before the admiring ladies,
shoulders well back, he chants softly
at first and then emits loud and
far-reaching "croohoo," as either q
prelude to a deeper and more soulful
ditty or the finale of the first one
you are not quite sure which. After
this Offering, he merely calls "coo-
coo-coo," which is appealing indeed.
His mate is the builder Of the
nursery, which is located either high