Evening star., 1941-12-04
Barber & Ross Bonds Called.

November 2Ol85l lS5. sol
Barber & Ross Bonds Called.
Notices reached the financial dis
triCt today stating that directors of
the Barber & Ross Co. have voted
to redeem on December 81, l94l. all
Of the outstanding s299 1874 81 deben-
ture bonds dated December 81. 1885.
PAYABLE December 81, l945. bearing
Interest Al 4 per cent.
The bonds Will be redeemed at
par and accrued interest on the date
mentioned al the Hamilton National
Bank Fourteenth and G. streets
NV upon presentation and sur
render Of the bonds. President Will
liam L. Browning announces.
Each bond must have attached
coupons Nos I3 to 20 which call for
interest acCrulng after December 81.
Coupons calling for interest due on
December 81 may be attached 10 the
bonds or if detached. presented for
payment in the usual course. the no.
tice saws. Holders should bear m
mind that no interest Will be paid
on these bonds after December 81
Barber & Ross debentures are
widely held in the Capital They
are quoted over the counter very
close 70 par. bids in the last few
d7vS standing Al %. having ad-
panCed steadily over a long period
The company deals in structural
steel and other building materials
There ave three stock issues out
standng in addition 10 the bonds.
Riggs Has Morning Thriller"
! EMPLOYEES At the Riggs National
Bank wondered if Washington was
bavine an air raid this forenoon A
n7essenEer carried a deposit into the
bank III one Of those trick bags"
used in protection against Uou.d-be
Robbers.
, II any one grabs the bag, there
occurs a series Of very loud eXplO-
slons after which smoke pours out
of the suit case 50 rapidly that il is
easv 10 run after the thief and
batch him. the amount of smoke
being astonIshn2.
For some reason the depOSltOr
omitted to dlsCorneCt the fire tElg-
ser" before he took monev to the
teller's window. when he opened
the bag there we're three or four
aeafeninC explosions. the exact num-
Der being unknown 10 the officers
and employees. Following the din,
the smoke stream feature worked to
such perfection that the inside Of
the bank looked like a London fog
IN blaCkout
The money was soon deposited
end the messenger said, Excuse It,
plea Sc" and departed
Our Bob to Fight Pessimism.
Controller Of the Currency Pres
ton A. Delano said 10 United States
Savings and Loan League at Coral
Gables Yesterday that in the pres
.nt tumultuous period il seems TO me
our greatest Job is to ficht pes>l-
mism. Il is inconceiva bic, ," he added,
we Will have anything but demo-
cratic victory"
The Joint report Of the Com
merce Department and National As
sociation of Credit Men states that
2.9lO wholesalers all over the coun-
trv enioved A sales gain Of "a per
cent in October. compared with the
same month in 1910.
Washington Suburban Sanitary
District. Maryland. will receive bids
December Is on s20O0O00 water.
sewer and filtration plant bonds
dated January !. 1912, and maturing
January !. 1882 Bidders are
asked to name the coupon rate
The Chesapeake e. Ohio has
awarded contract to the Bates &
Rogers Construction Co. of Chi
Cago for the construction of a new
tunnel near Alton. Va. at an esti-
mated cost of sl,500.OO0
$4,000 Phone Outlay Voted.
Expenditures amounting 10 more
than $4,000 have been authorized
by the directors of the Chesapeake
e. Potomac Telephone Co. for the
replacement of five large private
branch systems and the installation
Of one new one. it was announced
today by C. A. Robinson, vice presi-
dent and general manager. All
these private branches serve agencies
engaged in defense activities.
This appropriation brings to more
than 100000 authorized this year
for telephone construction III the
District OF Columbia.
Chief Examiner Appointed.
Ma. Vance l.. Sailor. supervising
examiner of the Sixth Federal De-
post Insurance Corp. District. has
been appointed chief Of the division
Of examination, in Washington, 1t
was announced today. He succeeds
the late John G. Nichols Tempo
rarilv in military service. he has
been with the corporation since 1888
when it was founded. and is former
national bank examiner.
Today's Trading on Exchange.
Trading on the Washington Stock
Exchange today opened with l0C
shares of Washington Gas Light
common selling at II, unchanged
from yesterdays active market in
this issue. Later today 20 more
shares were sold at the same price
Capital Transit moved at 1875
etT an eighth from yesterdays close
the sale being made ex-divldend
The Anal bid vas 151z ex-dividend
With ieit asked.