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Evening star., 1941-08-18
Higher Living Costs
Are Growing Factor
In Wage Talks
Pressure for Further
Pay Boosts Foreseen
In Coming Months
Spe cial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, Aug. 18.-The acceler-
ating uptrend in living costs is cer-
tain to become an increasingly i'm
portant factor in wage negotiations,
the United Business Service points
out in a special report today.
Demands for wage increases so
far in the defense effort have
stemmed mainly from labor's desire
to share in the profits of armament
work. From here on, however, the
service predicts that pressure for
higher wages will hinge more and
more on the uptrend in living costs
as white collar workers begin to feel
the pinch of rising prices and fac
tory workers lose some of the bene-
fits that they have been enjoying
from earlier wage boosts.
On the whole, living costs are in
creasing most rapidly in defense
centers and least rapidly in. what
are essentially non-industrial areas.
This is a natural situation due to
the influx of workers to manufac-
turing centers and the high av-
erage buying power of such work.
ers, which are both tending to bid
up local prices of rents, food, and
other consumer goods.
Figures recently released by the
Department of Labor for "a major
cities show that living costs are up
sharpest in Buffalo, Baltimore,
Manchester IN. H, Detroit, Mil
waukee, Seattle, and Portland (Me0
which all show a gain of over 4
per cent during the March Is to
June Is period covered by the sur
vey. Smallest increases in living
costs in the group of "a cities dur
ing the three-month period are
reported IN Houston, Washington,
Kansas City, Atlanta, and San
Francisco.
Food. which accounts for 80 to
IS per cent of the average workers
budget, has risen sharply in all
areas covered by the survey. Most
wage earners are probably more
aware of rising food costs than any
other item in the family budget, and
continued uptrend in food prices
is certain to touch off more wage
demands. Clothing and rent, which
together account for another 80 to
35 per cent of average family ex-
penses, are also moving upward.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
New York State Sells
.S1O0,O00,O00 Notes
For Short Term
More Than go Banks
And Other Concerns
Share in Financing
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-New York
State sold s100,000000 of its short
term notes today to meet general
State expenses prior to tax collec-
tions.
The notes were dated as of to-
morrow. will mature next March 19
and bear Is of per cent annual In
terest.
The issue was allotted last night
by Comptroller Tremaine to more
than 80 banks and other financial
institutions.
Banking houses with allotmentS
of ST 100000 or more each included: !:
$4,000 ,000-Chase National Bank,
National City Bank, Bank of the
Manhattan Co, Bankers Trust Co.,
Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.,
First National Bank, Guarantee
Trust Co. Manufacturers g. Trad
ers Trust Co., Buffalo; Marine
Trust Co, Buffalo; j. P. Morgan &
Co., Barr Bros. & Co., Hartman
Ripley & Co., Saloman Bros. g.
Hutzler. and Smith, Barney & Co.
sl,800,000 - Chemical Bank e.
Trust Co., Continental Bank and
Trust Co., Kings County Trust Co.,
National Commercial Bank & Trust
Co., Albany; Public National Bank &.
Trust Co., Schroeder Trust Co., State
Bank of Albany. United States
Trust Co. of New York, Blair & Co.,
Inc; Blyth & Co.. Inc; C. j. De-
vine & Co., First Boston Corp,
Phelps, Fem g. Co., and r. w.
Pressprich & Co.
S1,000,0 000-Brooklyn Trust Co.,
Bronx County Trust Co., City
Bank Farmers Trust Co.. CONNER
cial National Bank g. Trust Co.,
Irving Trust Co. Liberty Bank,
Buffalo; Manufacturers Trust Co.,
C. F. Childs g. Co, Goldman Sachs
& Co., Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc;
Ladenburg, Thalmann e. Co.; Laz-
ard. Freres & Co., Mellon Securities
Corp, Merrill Lynch, Pierce. Penner
& Beane; D. w. Rich e. Co., Inc,
and Stone and Webster and
Blodgett, Inc.
Evening star., 1941-08-18

through the coming year, 1t is ex-
planned, there Is no assurance that
heavier demand for used cars will
develop until late in the new model
period.
1t is pointed out in trace circles
also that the major part of new-car
sales to be made will involve the
handling, as heretofore, Of model
anywhere from l to years old
as part of the purchase price.
There is no inclination to ques-
ton the conviction that late mod
els of used cars will be in good
demand as new-car output is re-
duced. but merchandising authori-
ties emphasize that the supply and
demand picture for 1912 has not yet
been clearly defined.
The effect of credit restrictions
en- automobile purchasing in the
new and used-car markets is still
to be determined, say these author
tiles, and must be considered in
whatever advance planning the re-
failing division of the industry at
tempts at this time.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
Stocks of Crude Oil
Drop During Week
BY the Associated Press

oS Inc ASSoCldCed PreSS.
The Bureau of Mines reported
stocks of domestic and foreign
crude petroleum at the close of
the week ended August 9 totaled
251 ,945,ooO barrels. net decrease
of 100000 barrels compared with the
previous week. Stocks of domestic
oil decreased 952,0oO barrels for the
week and foreign crude increased
$4,000 barrels.
Daily average production for the
week was $4,000 barrels or an in
crease of 2170OO barrels compared
with the previous weeks level. Runs
to stills averaged 1885 900 barrels
daily, compared with 3,845 900 bar
rels for the preceding week. Daily
average imports were 126,O0O bar
fels.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
IourConsumption
Expected 10 Reach
1O.Year Peak
Huge Wheat Supply
Provides Adequately
For Expansion
BY FRANKLIN MULLIN,

CHICAGO, Aug. 18.-The Amer
lean consumer may worry a bit
about rising food prices and may
have to eat little less of some
things, but the flour milling industry
expects his bread diet to increase.
There is no immediate sign of any
return of the famous war" bread
Of 1917-18, milling trade experts
agreed today.
The reason is simple: The United
States alone has almost enough
wheat to satisfy domestic needs for
two years. With the available sur
plus here and that in Canada, there
is almost enough on the North Amer
ican continent to match normal pre-
war world exports for two years.
If the expected increase in con-
sumption of flour in bread and
other bakery products materializes,
it will bring domestic use to the
best level in a decade, milling trade
statistics showed.
Recent Lows Cited.
Consumption of -four has been
poor in recent years, holding at a per
capita low of around 154 pounds, or
slightly better than 3.5 bushels of
wheat, compared with It's pounds
for most OF the decade preceding
1929. Flour consumption for the Ma
ton as a whole hit a modern low of
about 100000 barrels in the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1884, but since
has advanced steadily due principal
ly to increased population, and last
season was near 100000 barrels.
Although bread prices have ad-
vanced recently in many localities
as much as l cent a loaf, rejecting
increased costs of ingredients and
manufacture, milling interests con-
tend bread. the universal food. is
still cheap in comparison with other
foods. National consumption is be-
lieved to have been stimulated by
the enrichment of -four and bread
with vitamins.
Milling experts estimated that
more than half of the flour now
being sold in what they call the
family market is enriched under
newly developed processes. This is
flour going into the home for bak-
ing purposes. An even greater per-
centage of bakery goods is vitamin
enriched through use of higher
vitamin content -four or yeast.
Buying Power Rises.
Increased consumer purchasing
power, greater laboring activity, re-
quiring more food energy, and ex-
pansion of the armed forces are i'm
portant factors in stimulating bread
consumption. millers said. They
estimated average consumption of
bread in armed forces was about so
per cent greater than in civilian life.
During the World War, when
Americans used substitute flours to
make bread in order to send wheat
abroad, domestic wheat production
expanded sharply to meet the emer-
gency. Now the foreign market for
wheat is negligible because of the
war, with Britain drawing on the
cheaper Canadian wheat supply.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
London Market Firm
At Sessions sCIose
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 18.-Fair activity
among industrials gave a firm tone
to the closing of the market today.
Gilt-edged issues, well supported
from the opening, retained their
gains.
Home rails again were leaders on
the upturn. while brewery, tobacco,
shipping and store issues also ad-
vanced. Oils were steady, foreign
bonds generally were inactive.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
Armstrong Cork Co.
Reveals S2,492,281
Netin Half
Total Is Well Above
S2,11A,655 Recorded
In lo40 Period
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Armstrong
Cork Co. and domestic subsidiaries
reported today net profit for the six
months ended June 80 of S2.492, ,28l.
equal to S1.69 share on common
stock, compared with s2,l14,655, or
SLAP a share in the first half of
1910. Federal tax provision in the
194l period was s2,e18,749, against
$55,00o in the 1910 six months.
Union Pacific.
Union Pacific Railroad system
reported net income for the six
months ended June 80 of SIS, ,782, ,465,
equal to $170 a share on common,
against s3,858,664, or "a cents a
common share in the like 1910
period. June net income was ST.
413,805 compared with June, 1910,
net of $1,363,231.
Allied Mills.
Allied Mills, Inc, and subsidiaries
for the year ended June 30 showed
net profit of S1,6O0,153, equal to S197
share, against S1,393, ,939, or Sill
share in the preceding year.
Follansbee Steel.
FollanSbee Steel Corp. and sub
sidiaries estimated June quarter
profit at s167, 1865 before Federal in
come and excess profits taxes, COM
pared with $29,93O in the March
quarter. Profit for the first six
months, before Federal taxes, was
Sl97 ,295. w. T. Brownscome, presi-
dent, reported increased demand for
the company's products compared
with that in the last half of 1910,
when the company reported a loss
Of S50,670.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
Michigan Auto Tags
To Lost Two Years
BY the Associated Press.

LANSING, Mich, Aug. 18.-Mich-
igan's 1912 automobile license plates
will be built to last two years, the
Department of State has announced,
because no steel will be available
to manufacture new ones in l943.
The plates will have at their bot
toms the numerals "42" to denote
the year Of license. In 1343 steel
strip an inch and a half wide BEAR
ing the numerals "43" will be issued
to be bolted over the original nu-
rnerals.
Ultimately, Secretary of State
Harry F. Kelly said, Michigan may
adopt plastic materials for plates.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
Metal Market

NEW YORK. Aug Is R.-Copper
steady: electrolytic spot. Connecticut VAL
ley. IL 90; export. fs.s. New York, IL 90.
inal: forward. SO 90. nominal. Lead steady;
spot, New York, 5S5-90: East St Louis.
so Zinc steady East St. Louis. spot
.. fob. Eastern Pennsylvania, $500: Buff
falo, "a 90: Alabama, 20.3s. Aluminium.
virein 30 per cent, 17.o0 Antimony,
Chinese spot. 1880 Quicksilver, 10000.
nominal. Platinum, pure $500. Chinese
wolframite, 25.00-26.00. Domestic scheelite,
240O.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
Washington Exchange
SALES.

American Tel. g. Tel. Rights-57 at
1882.
Washington Gas Light pfd.-5 at
106, at 106.
Potomac Electric Power 5la % pfd.-
at 116, As at 116.
Washington Gas Light pfd.-2 at
1857.
American Tel. & Tel. Rights-20 at
1882, 2 at 1882.
Potomac Electric Power 51a % pfd.-
2 at 116.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
Shares of National
Biscuit Marketed
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. 1s-Shields &
Co. today offered $4,000 shares of
National Biscuit Co. common stock
over the counter at the stock ex-
change closing price. 1t was traded
during the day at 1872.
Evening star., 1941-08-18

.Ex dividend tPlus extras ta) soc
paid so far this year. te) 2e extra
tgl $500 extra paid December 2s, 1910.
extra. (p) S1.0O paid July 25, 1941.
ts) $500 paid in 1910 Cy) $1,000 extra
tw. ID when issued.
Evening star., 1941-08-18

a Also extra or extras. Declared or
paid SO far this year. Paid last year.
Quotations furnished by National As
sociation 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., 1941-08-18
Steel Quotations

NEW YORK Aug. rs UP.-Steel prices
per 100 pounds fob Pittsburgh: Hot-roied
sheets. base price. 2 10; galvanized sheets,
$50: steel bars, 215.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
Investing Companies

NEW YORK. Aug. Is dP1.-National As.
eociation Securities Dealers, Irc.:
CLOSING Quotationsl
Evening star., 1941-08-18

Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers, Inc, which
statey 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 or issuers
Not quoted by sponsors or issuers.
Evening star., 1941-08-18

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Evening star., 1941-08-18
Boeing AirpIane Net
At S2,011,361 Mark
In Six Months
Result Contrasts With
Deficit Of $69,l74
In 1910 Half
BY TIE Associated Press.


SEATTLE, Aug. 18.-Boeing Air
plane Co. and domestic subsidiary
Boeing Aircraft Co., reported today
consolidated net profit for the first
nalf of 1941 of s2,01l ,361, or s1.85
capital share, compared with net
loss of 500, ,174 in the like 1910 period.
P. G. Johnson, president, said de-
liveries during the period totaled
s26, ,838,110 and that new business
booked totaled s153,232,877.
The backlog of untitled orders on
June 80 was 1922 ,867,214, compared
with sl96, ,522 ,446 on December 81.
Provision was made in the first
half of 1941 for 81 ,413 ,468 of Federal
taxes,
Evening star., 1941-08-18
Jewel Tea Co.


HARRINGTON. ILL.,, Aug. 18 R.-
Jewel Tea Co.. Inc. reported net
earnings for the % weeks ended
July u were s758,O3l, equal to s1.35
a common share, compared with
$733,761 or $131 in the correspond
ing period of 1910.
The company reported sales for
the l941 period were 1926 per cent
above those in the 1910 period, and
operating expenses 1913 per cent
higher.
M. H. Karker, president of the
company, said increasing price
levels, operating units and inven-
tories combined to make necessary
the addition of new capital. The
company has called stockholders
meeting September to vote on
proposal to raise s5,0oo,o 900 through
issuance of $4,000 shares of pre-
ferred stock Karker said 81 .500,-
900 expansion program was under
way.
Commenting upon effects of the
European war and national defense,
Karker said it had not been practi-
cable to raise selling prices as rapidly
as costs had gone up.
Evening star., 1941-08-18

PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1941-08-18
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK, Aug is tP.-National As
sociation Secuities Dealers, Inc:
Evening star., 1941-08-18
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STOCKS

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The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25
Soviets Declare Red Army Cheeks German Onslaught On Leningrad
 And Successfully Counterattack

UNDATED, Aug. 25 (P) - In the Russia German war, Hitler's command again reported terse- ly that Operations in the East are maknig progress every where"
 Soviet military dispatches de- clared that Red army defenSes checked the German onslaught toward Leningrad and that heav fly reinforced Russian divisions are successfully counter attack ing. Mommoth Soviet tanks are credited with smashing l35 light German tanks in bloody fighting south and southwest of Lenin- grad.
 On the central front, in the Gonel area between Smolensk and Kiev, the Russians said they left more than hundred Nazi armored vehicles wrecked and afiame,
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25
NIPPONS EXPRESS ANXIETY AID TO RUSSIA

TOKYO, Aug. g - Japan to- day expressed anxiety lest Am made bombers sent to Rus sia might be kept .VladivoStok, Soviet Pacific port, which the Japanese have termed as threat to their Island Empire.
 Hoh Ishii, Tokyo Foreign Office spokesman, said Japan hoped for United States assurances that any such plans would not re- main there; thus leaving clear the implication that Japan will be less worried if the planes went on through Russia to, the West Front for use against the Germans.
 The Japanese have adopted a new plan for mobilization of material resources designed to speed national defense prepara- tions to make Japan self Suffic- tent, it was also announced here today.
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25
PAA TO FERRY AIR CRAFT TO MIDDLE EAST

WASHINGTON, Aug. - Presi- dent Roosevelt disclosed that the delivery of planes to the British forces in the middle-east will be speeded through a ferrying sys- tenn conducted by Pan American Airways.
 The White House announce ment said the system would pro- vide direct speedy delivery of aircraft from what President Roosevelt has termed the, 'iar- senal of democracy" to a critical point in the Orient.
 Under the agreement with the PAA, the airline will ferry plan- es to West Africa, then on to the middle-east. The delivery route will not pass through the zone of actual warfare.
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25
AUD Suggests U. s. Acquire Russian Islands

WASHINGTON, Aug. g (R)- Delegate Dimond suggested that the United States acquire the Momandorski Island from Russia to make the nation invulnerabIe in the north Pacific. He said: "Un der the present circumstances. with Hitler pounding on the front door and maybe in the fu- ture Japan at the back door of Russia, both the United States and Russia would be better off if we had the islands"
 Dimond said if Japan attack ed Russia, one of the first moves would be to seize these islands and he is alarmed, as the pros- pect would be almost as bad, if Japan took Hawaii.
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25
Senate Votes
 Lower Income Tax Exemptions

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (P) - The Senate Finance Committee voted to broaden the income tax base, lowering exemption from 2 thousand dollars to fifteen hun dred dollars for married persons and from $500 to $750 for single individuals.
 Senator Clark, committee mem Der, told reporters that the vote to lower exemptions to tsubstan tiaP' lower exemptions, would bring an additional six million persons under the income tax structure and add about three hundred fifty million dollars to federal revenues.
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25
Would Keep
 Germans Until Contracts Expire

TEHBRAN, Iran. Aug. B (P)- Anticipating showdown over the British and Russian demand that they expel German technic- ians the government cancelled the leaves of 1.072 newly gradual ed army officers and ordered them to the frontiers for active duty, with 10000 troops.
 An answer was handed to the British minister yesterday, and it was understood they agreed to reduce the number of Germans, when their contracts with state owned railroads and communica tiors industries expire.
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25

OlSOA 1IO, Aug. EO N1 - Dli ish and Russian troops simultan eously invaded the middle East oil kingdom of Iran, striking to enforce their demands for the oustirg of German agents from the country. and climaxing more than a week of diplomatic rep resantatiors in London and Mos cow
 British troops crossed the front fer of southern Iran along the Gulf of Persian and Soviet forces moved in from the Caucasus, on the north.
 The Moslam kingdom derives it's present name from the an- ciant Aryana. the land of the Arvans. ard is the site of the worli's richest single oil field.
 Early reports said the invasion started just after midnight but made no mention of fighting. Iranisn forces had withdrawn 12 miles from the Soviet frontier, last week to avoid border incl dents. About 30 Russians divi- sions of 450.000 troops were re- ported meSsed on the Iran-Soviet frontier. Whether Iran will resist possibly with German help is a moot question.
 London observers said the Brit ish faced a race against time, de claring that the German agents in Iran were attempting to des- troy the oil pipe line running to Jasmid and Sulamin on the Iraq iron fer, rich great oil fields to the north.
 A Moscow communique. an rouncing the entry of Red troops into Iran said the action occurred
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25

decisive moment has arrived"
 The Red armies defending the city were reinforced by troops rushed from the city's garrison snd million men were reported under heavy pressure on three sides. Soviet dispatches said the combined Red army forces and volunteers of the Peoples army" saved an unspec:fied city from German se'ga columns, hurling back the Nazis six miles in a counter attack. The city may have been Odessa, on the Black Sea, under seize for many days,
 A bulletin from the fuehrer's headquarters gave no details on the 63-day struggle, declaring briefly that 'operations on the east front were continuing ac- cording to plan" which in the past indicated Stltf resistance. ONB said the Dneiper river city of Cherkasi, 90 miles southeast of Keiv, an island in the river there was captured.
 Putting the lives of thousands of Frenchmen at pawn. the Ger mans decreed das.h to any new violence fo lowing the assassina- tion of 3 German Colonel, stab bed in a Paris subway. The kill ing fol owed the arrest of 6,00O Jews. The German commandant of Paris said, Eff such occurs aga:n, d number of hostages cor responding to the gravity of the act committed, will be shot,"
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25

welt as a ''rlarshalling of the good forces of the world against the evil forces" in a beacon of hope to all the conquered nations of Europe"
 In the German attack on Rus sia, he said Nazi blood, for the first tine, has flowed in a fear full flood" He promised aid to- Russia and praised her efficient equipment. If Germany defeats Russia and then Britain, in her policy of destroying her oppon- entS one by one, Churchill ex- pressed the oinion that the Unit ed States will be attacked next.
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25
New, Strict Govt.
 Regulations On
 Installment Buying

WASHINGTON, Aug. B (P)- A new strict government regula tion on installment buying was proclaimed effective September first, on a wide range of luXur- ies, also on many items consider ed as necessities and include a one-third down payment with a maximum of a year and half to pay the balance on new and used automobiles, airplanes and power driven boats.
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25
Churchill Pledges Britain To Aid us. In Pacific
Churchill Warns Japs That Military
 Expansion Campaign Must Stop
 U s. Next On German Timetable

LONDON, Aug. 25 (P) -Chur- chill warned Japan yesterday that her campaign of military expansion must stop, and pledg- ed Britain to range herself be- side the United States, should the latter's efforts to obtain a peaceful settlement in the Pac- fife fail.
 On the other side of the world, he called the Atlantic Charger" drawn up by him and Roosevelt, British and United States pledge to destroy Nazi tyranny.
 In broadcast to the world, he described his meeting with Roose
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-25
Terrible Danger Hanging Over Leningrad

UNDATED, Aug. g tH) = So- Viet Marshal Klementi Voroshil- ov, n a dramatic appeal to the populace of Russia's second larg est city, acknowledged that ''ter rible danger is hanging over Len ingrad," as the enemy Is near ing the sprawling industrial cen ter on the Gulf of Finland. He said: Dig yourselves in, for the