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Evening star., 1941-04-27
District Days!
Only!

Hats you'll wear now and later through the
summer . rough strows, smooth strows,
Toyos, Pononnos and bokus in bonnet, brim,
sailor and casual styles. Many whites and
black, navy, yellow, natural, red and cocoa
color. Many one-of-o-kind and sompes,
so get several OF this District Day Price!
millinery. Third Floor, The Hecht co..
Evening star., 1941-05-26
New York Produce

NEW YORK, May 26 GPl.-Eggs, Gwo
days receipts, 43, ,626:, irmer. Mixed
coiors: Fancy to extra fancy. 26A-2sh;
graded frsts, 2417: current receipts, 23st
mediums 80. dirties. No. l. 23h; average
whites: ,Resales of premium marks,
2St3-3l }; Nearby and Midwestern premium
ards 2512-a4: tresales of exchange to
fancy fancy heavier mediums 251a-2s); mediums.
Browns-Nearby and Midwestern fancy
standards %: mediums. 1924. ~
Duck eggs. 1927
Butter 1.-TWO days receiptsD. 1896 .226;
nrmer Creamery: Higher than a2 score
ana premium marks 35-3594: 81 score
"a 2: S4-S7 score, 32-3:}.
Cheese 1.-TWO days receipts. All ,059 ::
nrm state, whole milk flats: Held, 1899
25-26 held, 1910 1924; current make
toI}5 Dressed S. poultry steady M 80 Fresh; Boxes,
2l12,23i2: SOTO pounds 2ll2-23l2. Chick
ems. broiiers. .2112-25. Old ROSTERS 16-ls,
Ducks, 14-l5l2 q. Frozen: Boxes. fowls :}6-42
pounds. 20-22: 4S-54 pounds, 211a-231a;
bIotisrs b0,6s !,9g pounds p IL2-23,2. Chickens.
21h-29l2. Old roosters. 1918. Turkeys,
Northwestern, young hens, 2O1z-27; Young
TOMS 20-3O12; Western, young hens, %
25: young toms, 21K-2S; Southwestern,
pmefs pESuhs heas fei6 l241a' young TOMS 2o1a-27.
Live, Live p9oggltry; by freight:. steady. Fowls,
Rocks, 22-23; crosses. 19-19H7; some 20;
large; large: 1s,1S g. Fowls; eolored. 222$; Leg
crosses, large, 26; small, 2I-22: Reds,
small. 20. Old roosters, 1914. Ducks. 10.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
grams of better than 10000 We

grams of better than 10000 We
hicles a week.
Last weeks production of 1885,
units was the highest single week S
output since the week ended May
IS, 1887, when 139,507 vehicles were
assembled. From January l to date
total output of cars and trucks is
estimated at 2,500,00O. For the COM
parable period Of last year the fig
ures are 2,188000.
Price Boosts Studied.
More than little concern is ex-
pressed in trade quarters regarding
the maintenance of present price
levels through the remainder of
the model period. The expectation
in many quarters has been that
price increases, described by all
authorities as inevitable, might be
deferred until the start of the new
model year.
Ford, however, increased prices
last week, coincident with the for
NAL announcement of the Iong-ru-
mored new six-cylinder engine
Other manufacturers say that prices
now are more than ever. subject to
change without notice" The Ford
price increase was SIS on all va
models and the announcement of
the new six said it would sell for
SIS less than the V-8. 1t is to be
interchangeable with the va in
the various body types.
While they lack official confrma-
ton, best guesses among leading
trade observers are that other in
creases will be made before the END
of the present model year. Such &C.
ton, these sources suggest, would
make the advances expected with
the beginning of the 1912 model year
considerably less painful"
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Steel Rate Reduced
To 98.6 Per Cent
Mark for Week
Institute Report Cites
76.9 Per Cent Pace
Of Year Ago

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 26.-The sched-
ule for operations of the Nations
steel plants dropped this week to
98.6 per cent of capacity, decline
of 13 points, the American Iron and
Steel Institute reported today.
Institute officials said there is
evidence that some companies are
granting a Memorial Day holiday" 3"
Last week operations were 9999
per cent of capacity. A month ago
the figure was 943 per cent and a
year ago 1853 per cent.
CLEVELAND, May 26 CP).-Ration-
ing of steel for civilian use becomes
ever more Of problem, and sew
eral steeelmakers have expressed
the desire that Washington lay down
rules to govern them" the maga-
zine Steel said today.
Many cases are borderline ones
between direct defense and civilian
use. Thus a maker Of plates notified
a maker of smokestacks that his
delivery schedule would be post
poned for a year, original specif1-
cations having named next Sep
tember. The smokestack maker re-
piled that some of his contracts
we're for industrial plants engaged
largely in defense.
Another case is refrigeratorS,
which might seem purely civilian
product, yet refrigeratorS are need
ed for Army canConmentS, battle
ships and other service branches.
Moreover, it is reported that WASH
ington has purchased $4,000 refrig-
orators for distribution into the T.
V. A. district.
Where buyers display priority
ratings the problem of the steel
maker in rationing is simpler"
The trade publication said "the
inventory control ruling laid down
in Washington, providing for re-
ports by June 10. has uncovered
some unfair distribution Of steel,
indicating again that with perfect
ly equitable distribution there is
plenty of steel to go around.
Because of the shortage of zinc
ore one Of the tightest items is
galvanized merchant pipe. Yet in
ventory reports revealed one dis
tributor holding four months sup
ply and at the same time making
inquiry for three times that vol
ume. Zinc still appears the No. l
raw material from standpoint of
scarcity
Evening star., 1941-05-26

of business with Europe before the
war anyway"
The action of the stock market
seems to indicate that the true for
ward outlook might rest somewhere
between the two extreme views. The
war news, with the British beleag-
uered at Crete, was none too good
for market sentiment the past few
days. However price changes in the
New York Stock Exchange were
small and on two days last week
the volume was the smallest since
last August.
Even the doubters on the outlook
clung tightly to shares they already
owned!
Shortly the forward outlook should
begin to clear.
At the moment we have the So
ciety for the Advancement of Man
agement, made up of seriously think
ing engineers, sharply criticizing the
progress of the defense procurement
program and demanding that Wash
ington make up its mind what it
wants"
On the other hand, we have Cen
eral Electric'S Wilson, hand-picked
by Owen D. Young for the task,
stepping up deliveries of some de-
fense goods full month ahead of
schedule.
Wilson. born in New York's old
eighth ward. went to work at 13 for
So week at the Sprague Electrical
Co, a G. E. subsidiary
He has worked with his hands in
practically every type of G. E. de-
partment.
Owen D. Young and Gerard
Swope, chairman and president, re-
| spectively, of the company in 1899,
tapped Wilson on the shoulder and
said. "You take over" On January
l. 1910, Wilson became G.. E. presi-
dent and before his first year was
ended he had his sleeves rolled up,
expanding the company's facilities
to handle defense needs.
Wilson and others like him are
stepping up defense goods produc-
ton hourly.
Knudsen gave the go ahead" nod.
The Wilson's are doing the rest.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Federal Bond Buyers
To Get 8 Per Cent
OF Subscriptions
Heavy Demand Forces
Treasury to AIIot
Small Amounts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury said today that
because of heavy oversubscription
investors who subscribed for the
new $780, 100000 of Treasury bonds
offered for sale last week would be
allotted approximately 8 per cent
of the securities they asked.
The new bonds will bear 211a per
cent interest and mature in Is to
II years.
The Treasury also announced that
more than 80 per cent of the hold
ers of 1884 ,000, 900 of old bonds COM
ing due for payment had accepted
the Treasury's offer of more of the
212 per cent bonds in exchange
for the old bonds. Investors who
declined the exchange will be paid
in cash.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
BY PAUL GESNER and
JOHN BECKLEY.

The Stars Special News Service.
NEW YORK, May 26.-Wall Street
is puzzled.
There is no agreement of views
among downtown financial and bus
mess men on the securities outlook.
All, as a rule, are skeptical about
guesses on corporation dividend
prospects.
Gross earnings of industrial con-
Germs, especially those loaded with
defense orders, are going to be
larger. Labor costs however, are
higher. Taxes will be higher. These,
in many cases, may offset the bene-
fits of larger gross.
Railway freight loadings current
ly are ringing up the largest to-
tails since 1880, but rail unions are
demanding a 80 per cent increase in
pay. To what extent stockholders
will profit from heavier freight rev.
enues is problematical.
In the miscellaneous industries
field many concerns predominantly
producing civilian-consumer goods
shortly may have difficulty obtain
ing materials in competition with
defense lines.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Auto Rush Expected
To Last Through
1941 Model Year
Moy Sales Estimate
Of 550, 900 Indicates
No SIockening
BY DAVID ]. WILKIE.


DETROIT, May 26.-There may
be some doubt in the minds of the
motorcar industrys sales executives
concerning the volume of retail de-
mand through 1912, but there is
none regarding retail requirements
during the remainder of the present
model period.
Authoritative figures on retail
sales of new vehicles so far this
month have not been compiled, but
unofficial estimates place the total
at close to $4,000 units.
If that total is realized it would
make this the third consecutive
month in which the total of new
car sales have exceeded the 100000
unit mark and bring to 3575 1884
the aggregate of retail new vehi-
Gle sales since the beginning of the
1941 model year last October /.
Highest in 10 Years.
Last months retail distribution of
557,192 units, as reported by the
Automobile Manufacturers Asso-
citation, was the highest volume o.
any month in more than a decade
Only in the early part of 1929 when
monthly production went above the
600, 0,000-car level for three consecu-
tive months did retail sales exceed
the April. 1941, total.
At present levels retail new-car
sales are topping factory output
oy a small margin. Many of the
sales executives expect this condi-
ton to prevail through most if not
ali Of June They are not at all
perturbed about disposing of all
the new cars and trucks they can
assemble before the cut in produc.
ton ordered by the Office of Pro-
duction Management becomes effec.
tive on August /.
The current model year still has a
little more than two months to
run and the men who make motor
cars have projected output sched-
ules for that period calling for a
continuance of the present pro-
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Work on New Plant
Started by Merck
Rv the Associated Press.

HARRISONBURG, Va, May 60
Merck e. Co., manufacturing chem
lists, broke ground today for the
first manufacturing unit at their
Stonewan plant site on the Shen-
andoah River at Elkton.
The building will house the unit
for the manufacture of vitamin B-1.
Grading of the 300-acre site has
been in progress for two months
and the first warehouse building of
the half-million-dolla plant is un-
der construction.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Todd Shipyards Corp.
Reports S2,981,049
Net For Year
Result Contrasts With
Only SS32,727 in
Preceding Period
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 26.-Todd
Shipyards Corp. and subsidiaries
reported today net income of 81
e81 049 for the fiscal year ended
March 81, or $1452 a share, COM
pared with 1892, ,727, or s405 a share,
IN the preceding fiscal year.
The 194l figure was after loss on
disposal of fixed assets and pro-
vision of s1,45s,692 for Federal ex-
cess profits taxes.
John D. Reilly, company presi-
dent, said: THE abnormal increase
In the volume of business indicated
In the earnings statement for the
fiscal year is definitely due to the
international situation, which re-
suited in our national defense pro-
gram.
while a considerable amount of
our regular foreign business has
been absent under these conditions,
the reconditioning of American ves-
sells for the United States Govern
ment and of vessels for other owners
has kept the yards very active.
Naturally, it is impossible to an
ticipate an indefinite continuance
of this emergency business, which
probably would not have been Sc
cured had sufficient foreign ton
mage heen available" "
Brown Shoe Co.
Brown Shoe Co., Inc, and sub
sidiaries reported net profit for
the six months ended April 30 of
s554,433, or S225 a share, COM
pared with S248,737, or s1O1 share,
in the six months ended April 80,
1910.
United StOckyards.
United StockyardS Corp. and sub
sidiaries showed net income for the
quarter ended April 80 of S70,l06,
compared with s55,135 for the like
period of 1910.
White Rock Mineral.
White Rock Mineral Springs Co.
reported net profit of S30,702 for
the March quarter, equal after divi-
dend requirements to cents share
on 250,000 no-par common shares
which will be outstanding when all
second preferred has been con-
verted into common The profit
compared with s34,1 also equal to
5 cents a common share in the
March quarter of 1910.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Crude Oil Prices

TULSA. May 26 GP.-Base crude oil
prices, mid-continent area, Illinois, 1.37;
Oklahoma Kansas, gravity scale, 75 cents
to Sl25: North. North Central and West
Central Texas, gravity scale, IS cents to
S1.18.
East Texas, S125: West Texas, gravity
scale, 70 cents to Sl12; North Louisiana
Arkansas, gravity scale, rs cents to 81 :0S;
Rocky Mountain area, Salt Creek, Wyo.,
gravity scale, 96 cents to S1.20.
Eastern area, Pennsylvania grade
-Alleghany), S2.55; same grade
in Southwest Pennsylvania lines 500;
same grade in Eureka lines, 81 IA; Corn
ing. S1.24.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Oyster Output Stable

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 26 OP.-
Maryland produced 1891, ST. bushels
of oysters in the 194O-1 season, Con.
servation Commission officials re-
ported. Production was about
equal to the l939-40 season, they
said, and compared with the all
time low of 1,626,214 bushels in
1923, and high of 100000 bushels
in 1893.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. May 26 PI.-Reports that
ceilings for combed cotton yarns prices
were set brought forth, the opinion from
some quarters today that definite acton
would eliminate the uncertainty which
restrained turnover in the past week.
At the same time there were also some
who pointed out that some further action
might be necessary since they viewed the
ceilings at the current basis OUT of
line with cGrded yarn group Opera
tions were helo to routine Monday price
checking operations.
Rayon fall weaves met best demand.
New orders in the standard fabrics group
were still running in excess of current
rate of production
woolen piece goods buyers with press
ing requirements for civilian orders were
reported turning to iobbers for supplies
in increasing numbers.
The SILK market remained neglected.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON, May 20 Up Omitted States De-
partmen' Of Agriculture) Quotations
generally were firm on domestic and for
eign woods although few sales were being
closed in Boston today. Wool houses here
were receiving reports of strong buying in
fleece wool States. Their customers. how
ever. were showing little interest A num-
Der OF houses were asking 4S cents. in the
grease delivered for combing average
brlght three-eighths and quarter blood
fleece wools, but they found no interest
above As to AZ cents, in the grease,
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Heyden Chemical Asks
Vote on New Issue
BY the Associated Press.

BY IUt HSSOCIaItu FItSb.
NEW YORK, May 26.-Heyden
Chemical Corp. has called meet
ing Of stockholders for June IL to
approve the issue and sale of 81
100000 of 414 per cent preferred
stock. About half of the proceeds
will be used to retire 3,100 shares
of 7 per cent preferred stock and TO
pay off long term notes. The re-
mainder will add to plant capacity
and working capital.
Heyden Chemical Corp. manu-
factures synthetic organic chemicals.
1t is one of the largest producers
of formaldehyde.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
| Jump Revealed
| In CentroPs
April Net
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 26.-New York
Central Railroad reported April net
operating income totaled S3,078,251,
compared with 81 500, ,059 in the like
1910 month.
For the first four 1941 months,
operating net was S17,408,282, con-
trasted with 1851, ,304 in the like
period a year earlier.
Evening star., 1941-05-26

Quotations furnished by National Asso-
states they do not necessary reflect actual
transactions or firm bids or offers but
should indicate approximate prices, and
unless otherwise indicated, are as quoted
by the sponsors or issuers.
soNt quoted BY sponsors or issuers.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, May 26-Dividends de-
clared. Prepared by Fitch Publishing Co
REGULAR.
Pc Stock of Pay
r-.., Rate. riod. record. able
Pow co Ltd pf 80 @ 6-14 10
pneumatic Scale Ltd 3Oc $40 go
Roeser g. Pendle 25c O 6-IO III
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Washington Exchange
SALES.

Capital Traction 1st 5s-S1 900 at
10412
Woodward g. Lothrop COMO at
4334.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Wilson Gives Clue.

/
Hard-hitting, 54-year- old Charles
| E. Wilson, president OF General
| Electric Co., gave a clue to profits
uncertainties in his recent press
conference, called to tell newspaper
men that his company now is a
full month ahead of schedule in its
deliveries of certain propulsion
equipment materials for the United
States Navy.
General Electric, under Wilson's
leadership, has put it's shoulder to
the wheel in the defense effort.
The company is receiving orders
| at the rate of $500 ,OOO, 900 for the
first half of 1941
Around go per cent of orders are
known defense business.
G. E. now employs 10000 workers,
an increase of 50 per cent over a
year ago.
This gigantic upsweep in new busi-
ness, however, may not carry
through into bonanza dividend
checks.
When asked about earnings, Will
son said General Electric's net prof.
its for the first half of this year
would be about the same as in the
first six months of 1910 when they
equaled 81 cents a common share.
Two Views Represented.
Wall Street opinion on the domes-
tic outlook has half a thousand
facets. For general purposes, how
ever, the doWntowners may be di-
vided into two camps of thought:
l. At the one extreme, many
financial men think the "old way
of life" in the United States began
losing ground in rear-guard actions
beginning with entry of German SOL
diers into the Rhineland in 1886.
The fall of Czecho- -Slovakia, Po-
land and the occupancy of Holland,
Belgium and France in turn mar
rowed potential future foreign trade
markets in the old world. With the
rising tempo of the battle of Britain
and earmarking of $1,000, 900 900 for
British aid on top of S33, 600, 900 900
for home defense, the financial ba-
sis for the "old way of American
life" is definitely revised. Tax,
spend and control are words with
new finance significance
g. At the other extreme, some
Wall Street experts think the Ma
ton at the moment is going through
a period of f1ux and change betwixt
peace and defense-time economy
and that another six months will
find industry geared and bounte-
ously producing both sinews of war
and the usual peace-time consumer
goods needs.
In other words, these experts
think the summer of 1912 may find
business as usual" except that ci-
william standards Of living will be
much higher-geared to a $90000,-
100000 year national income. They
say loss of future potential Euro
pean markets means little, because
we weren't doing any large amount
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Investing Companies

NEW YORK. May IS lP.-National As
sociation Securities Dealers, Inc.
frgnSirr OuotationSO
Evening star., 1941-05-26
In the Business World
Wall Street Puzzled by Profits Outlook,
Stock Market Continues to Drift

of business with Europe before tn
war anyway"
Evening star., 1941-05-26
STOCKS

MISC
Ter RI g. w Cp LIST 4I4s 194S 10(
Evening star., 1941-05-26

PUBLIC UTILITY.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
BONDS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12
BY LOUIS SOBOL

III
Il the turn Of the decade has ushered in a
~ new type Of slap-happy heroine. Lovelies
of considerable charm and seductveness.
each endowed with a harder talent usually
confined 70 the squared circle.
And in their ascending star which (even as
this is being written) is rapidly rising TO cap
ture the attention OF amazed editoralists.
phenomenon is being enacted
The playboy is fading from the scene.
eclipsed by colorful Battling Babes. Of the
Bistros
For the soulful swains-even in their hey
day-coudnt hold brass knuclde to the cur
rent crop OF glamour girls. alluring bundles
of dynamite that explode at the drop Of
hanlSy
II would be fitting that a literary tear be
shed, now that these adventuresome gentry
have either retired safely to quiet retreats or
outgrown the bright lights sector.
But then such efforts at mourning would
be entirely unwarranted. For the playgirls
are more than fguratively living a screwbal
existence They've been involved in a series
of free-for-alls that make the nocturnal ex-
PLOTS Of the fading payboys seem like after
noon tea parties in comparison.
They've pounded their way into the head
lines by unoosing an unladylke tom-tom over
unsuspecting faces and causing furore in the
dignfied saloons.
The habituee of the Mazda Belt has a ring
side table in more ways than one these days.
Among the leading figures involved in
nighterv noggin-bopping is a dark-eyed raven
tressed miss. Lenore Lennon, only eighteen
years old but already one Of the top contenders
for the dubious distinction Of Miss Dynamite
Of Cafe Society.
This petite enfant terrible is q contempor-
airy OF such volatile charmers Patricia
"FIoneychile" Wilder Barbara Bannister Pa
tricia Garfield and Mary Kirk Brown, all of
whom are not unfamiliar names IN the news
columns as bclgerents or focal points along
the roseate hued dugouts that grace the Kalei-
doscopic Artery. It's dull week that doesn't
bring forth some frothy new bombshell.
Just long enough back for bruise to heal,
three OF the above-named glamourweights WED
for headlines and picture honors in three sep
arate and distinct incidents involving the
smuggling Of sundry individuals not necessa-
rily themselves.
Lenore was barred from the Stork Club
(haunt Of No / Glamour Girl Brenda Frazier
and the Sanctuary Of the Soporific Socialites)
by host Sherman Billingsley; Mary claimed to
be an innocent bystander in an exchange Of
knuckles between her fourth eX-husband, Rob-
ert A. Kelly, Jr son Of Boniface Mother
Kelly. and the manager of an East 5sth st.
bistro. (who. she says will be her next hus-
band and Patricia Garfield, leading model
spent some hours in the clink for attacking
gendarme and kicking him in the shins.
Closed for alterations. though, these days
is quick-wtted Lenore. who vows she'll shun
pugistc outbreaks like anathema and be the
very model of propriety following the Stork
Club incident, which had as its principal cast
OF Characters. Marion Snowden Dresser, oil
heiress: her husband. Brad Dresser and Of
course Lenore herself and half dozen or so
of the young men about town.
According 90 Ignores hay account Of the