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Evening star., 1941-09-07
Small Plants Pool
Resources TO Get
Arms Orders
York PIon Regarded
As Best Solution Of
Big Problem
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Small
manufacturers are solving the prob
lem of how to get share of the de-
fense business through a plan of
pooling industrial resources in a
community according to an article
in the current issue of Business
Week. The plan was conceived a
yeas ago by enterprising manufac-
turers of York, Pa. and it has since
spread over the country. The idea
now promises to be the best answer
to the question of how the little man
can break into the big time" the
magazine states.
In its basic concept, the idea was
simple, If one manufacturer hasn't
got enough lathes and presses and
drills to swing a prime contract,
two or three or dozen other manu-
faCturerS in the community can sup
ply the needed tools and share the
contract.
The idea is just beginning to
catch on" says Business Week, 'for
up to now the Army and Navy have
been rather cool toward pool bids
and have looked without enthusiasm
on any program which involved sub
contracting that could be avoided.
Now, the defense load has become
too heavy for the military to de-
pend on the General Motors and
the Chryslers of American business;
it is forced by necessity to accept
the York plans which are burgeon-
ing in dozens of cities"
Differ In Details.
These new plans and pools vary in
many organization details from the
original York formula. Sometimes
they represent the spontaneous CO.
operation of local manufacturers.
and sometimes they are inspired and
blueprinted by the Defense Contract
Service, energetic Government
apostle of subcontracting. Some
times they are built around a single
dominant prime contractor-the So
called mother hen" plan, such as
Army Ordnance officers developed
at Elyria, O.-and sometimes they
represent the entrepreneuraI efforts
OF a single manager or promoter,
not himself a manufacturer. But
regardless of their varying details.
all of them have in common the
original York idea of shared facili-
ties and joint planning.
Business Week illustrates how
some of these pools are set up. as
follows:
In Ellwood City, Pa, it had been
found that the Ellwood Products
Corp. had been forced to turn down
an order for 1000 hospital tables
for lack of facilities which were
lying idle for one shift a day at the
nearby plant of the Beaver Enamel
ing Co. Upshot was a pooling of
facilities of these two companies
with those of five other manufac-
turers With the united facilities
they could make various types of
tubing, wire, bathtubs, lavatories,
enameled signs, small structural
iron, machine tools, dies. jigs The
group has its eyes on the fittings,
furnishings, etc, of the Army's pro-
jected 1877 base hospitals of 1000
each. 1t is also making bids for ma
chine-gun tripods.
The incorporated pool of the
Shenandoah Valley Defense Coop
erative, Inc, of Harrisonburg, va,
comprises eight small machine
shops. Formed in June, 194t, the CO.
operative has already obtained an
$1,000 contract for rough machine
work on a searchlight assembly. No
other jobs have been landed to date,
but the cooperative has a bid In
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Grain Prices Jump
To New Peaks, but
React Later
Top Gains Reduced
By Profit Tokins
And Hedging
Bv FRANKLIN MULLIN.

CHICAGO. Sept 6.-Prices Of all
futures deliveries of wheat, oats and
soybeans and most corn and rye
contracts were marked up to new
four-year peaks today before profit
taking and some hedging sales re-
duced the gains.
Wheat. rye and oats rose a cent.
May contracts, hitting $1261a. 841a
and 53s4 respectively Soybeans
scared 4 cents, May deliveries top
ping at s17714, within cents of the
all-time peak quotation posted for
that commodity in the five years
during which it has been traded on
a future delivery basis here. Corn
advanced fractions, May hitting
877s.
Many Cash Profits.
AttractiveneSs of these prices,
with wheat showing gains of 4 to S
cents for the week and 18 to 20
cents for the past three months,
proved too tempting for many deal
ers who accepted profits. Wheat
tumbled as much as 112 cents from
early highs and closed 3s lower to "a
higher compared with yesterday,
September s117&s-14, December
S1.2112-3s. May S1.25$4-9s.
Corn finished 1s-ss higher, Sep
tember 1872, December 82s4, May
875s; Oats as-1 up. May 539s; soy
beans ia -3$s up, May s1.7612-&s;
rye as off to u up and lard 2 to 8
lower.
Traders attributed much of the
buying to follow-up activity due to
bullishness inspired by war talk, the
Greer incident, rising commodity
prices in general and tagging pro-
ducer sales particularly of wheat,
which is being held back on farms
because of the loan program.
Buyers More Cautious.
However, with wheat contracts
calling for delivery this month SELL
ing at peak of S11814, or 3l1 over
the Government loan rate for No. 2
grades, and corresponding premiums
quoted at many other winter wheat
(See GRAINS, Page Esd
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Sharp Rebound Is Predicted
In Weeks Auto Production

said today that assemblies this week
numbered 32.251 cars and trucks.
This compares with 1852 units last
week and 36,8O2 this week a year
ago.
The publication in revised esti-
mates placed total production IN
August at ,346 cars and trucks.
1t said that all divisions of Gen
eral Motors started final assembly
lines this week on 1912 models and
placed total output for all the cor
poration's divisions at 6,870 vehicles.
This compares with 3,7l3 in the pre-
vious week, all of which were trucks.
In the Chrysler group, the trade
newspaper said, all divisions stepped
up 1912 model operations, turning
out a total of 12,525 vehicles against
last weeks 1929. In the Ford
plants, Lincoln started 1912 model
operations last week. The Ford
output for the week totaled IT'S
units, almost all trucks.
All the smaller companies were
reported in production on new mod
els
Evening star., 1941-09-07

body OF the institute IU,OOU mem-
berS.
Mr.. Sanderson is a graduate of
Washington Chapter, has been
chapter president and had all the
other honors the chapter offers. He
is a graduate of Eastern High School
and of the Graduate School of
Banking at Rutgers University, and
has been active in banking since
1922.
He has been a member of the
Institutes National Public Relations
and Forum committees, and recently
was appointed associate council
man for Maryland and the District
of Columbia. The election takes
place in New orleans next June,
his associates in the chapter here
already are planning a vigorous
campaign in his behalf.
Bornet On Advertising Program.
David Bornet, vice president of
the National Savings & Trust Co.,
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Cubun Suaur Sold

HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 6 (P).-Sale
of $4,000 tons of sugar to United
States firms by the Cuban Sugar
Institute was reported today. The
sugar was sold free on board, at
Cuban ports, at 2.22 cents a pound.
Sugar men said it was very nice
price" considering market conditions
and benefits guaranteed the iasti.
tutA.
Evening star., 1941-09-07

GQer, dSSlSIdIG "'h1
treasurer of the American Security
e. Trust Co., who Is a member OF
two national committees, also will
take an active part in the proceed
ings.
The Fourth Virginia Bankers Con-
ference for special study OF bank
ing problems opens at the Univer-
sity of Virginia, tomorrow for a
five-day session. w. R. Forster,
vice president of the Hamilton Ma
tional Bank, will lead one of the
forum discussions. Among those
attending from Washington will be
William B. H. Legg, American Sc
surity & Trust Co., Lloyd Ross,
Munsey Trust Co, and Donald w.
Larson. secretary of the District
Bankers Association.
D. j. Needham, general counsel
of the A. B. A., and Arthur j. Linn,
Controller, Hamilton National, will
visit Knoxville this week to deliver
addresses at a conference of Ten
nessee bankers.
Financial District Comment.
Walter H. Smith, district man.
ager, and o. A. Thorup, systems
branch manager of Remington
Rand, Inc, have gone to Benton
Harbor, Mich, for a four-day con-
ference with 70 other managers
from all parts of the country. Ad-
vertising and sales plans head the
program. The company is now
manufacturing a large number of
defense items.
Twenty-Five shares of Capital
Transit sold at Is when Saturday
sessions were resumed on the WASH
ington Stock Exchange yesterday.
The stock showed a much flrmer
tone during the week.
State and municipal financing for
August aggregated $46,119,937. as
compared with $50 ,291,219 during
August 1910, the Daily Bond Buyer
reports. The revised July total was
$151, 1,754,631.
Registrations for the A. B. A.
Chicago convention to date include
% from Washington, 33 from Vir-
ginia and II from Maryland. Min
nesota leads with 1913, followed by
New York with 1875.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Republic Steel Appoints
Southern Area Chief
Bv the Associated Press.

By the Associated FTess.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 6.-Republic
Steel Corp. today placed Edward
I. Evans, district manager OF its
gulf steel district, in charge of the
newly created southern district to
supervise operations in Gadsden
and Birmingham, Ala.
B. w. Norton, who has been as
sistant district manager at War
rem, Ohio, becomes general super
intendent of blast furnaces and
mines in the southern district.
A. G.. Delany, now assistant dis
trict manager at Gadsden, becomes
general superintendent there. c.
L. Bransford has resigned as Birm-
ingham district manager,
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Cotton Futures Hit
18 Cents for First
Time in II Years
Absence Of Liquidation
Indicates Lower Crop
Estimates Expected
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Cotton fu-
lures prices reached the 18-cent a
pound level on the New York Ex-
change today for the first time in
II years and closed IS to IS cents
a bale higher.
Opinion in the market was that
absence Of expected liquidation in
dicated downward revision in Gov
eminent crop estimates was fairly
certain. The forecast Is due Mon
day.
Southern spot cotton prices, re-
Gently advanced. backed up belief
of those who said weevil damage had
been extensive.
Port receipts, 9,873 bales. Port
stocks, 3.121, ,346.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Dividends Are Voted
By Universal Leuf
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 6.-Direc-
tors of the Universal Leaf Tobacco
Co. today declared a dividend of 2
per cent on preferred stock, payable
October l on stock of record Sep
tember 18. A dividend of ST. share
was declared on common stock, pay
able November l to stockholders of
record on October 16.
The directors, meeting here today,
also fixed September 16 as the record
date for the stockholders annual
meeting, which is to be held Octo-
ber 20.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. Sept g LP).-Butter, receipts,
6Sa,34S: Arm; unchanged.
Eggs, $500; unsettled. storage packed
frsts. 81; rest UNCHANGED.
Potatoes, arrivals 81 on track, 1872:
total U. S. shipments, .261: supplies mod
crate; for Idaho Russets, .. s; No: l. de-
Bliss Triumphs. all sections, demand slow,
ma rket weaker; ddaho RuSset @ Bnrbankss' Bur II 8
U. S. No. l. 2.O0-O5; Bliss Irl9mphs; y ..
kota Bliss Triumphs, U. S. No, 1, 1.30-40
Wisconsin Cobblers. U. S.. No i: l.2o;
Bliss Triumphs, U. S. No. !, 1.25-4O.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Bv BFPNAPn :. O'pARA,

Associated Press Financial Writer
NEW YORK, Sept. 6-The stock
market today finished an irregularly
lower week with specialties again
in demand and leaders generally ex-
hibiting notable rising reluctance.
The list failed to display a definite
trend at the start and closing quota
tions left the direction in doubt.
Boardrooms found nothing parti-
cularly inspiring or disturbing in
news OF the war. business or do
meStic defense shifts. Prospects for
individual companies brought bids
for these stocks and some pur-
chasing was attributed to the belief
mild rally was possibility in view
of the fact the market had been
down on average in the preceding
sessions.
Composite is Unchanged.
The Associated Press composite
of go issues was unchanged at 434
but on the week showed net loss of
3 of point. Several large blocks
of loW-priced stocks pushed the
volume up to 243,570 shares COM
pared with 231,6O0 week ago.
Among active gamers at new highs
for the year were Western Union and
Postal Telegraph preferred. these
further refecting talk of progress
on the merger proposal. Revere
TnnnaY. e.
and American Power & Light pre-
ferred l, both at new l94l tops.
General Outdoor Advertising "A"
was up in the wake of a 50 divi-
dend declarations on accumulations.
New York Central, Southern Pa
clflC, Great Northern and Southern
Railway were down a shade as the
wage controversy still handicapped
the carriers. On the offside also
were Chrysler, Bethlehem Steel,
Dow Chemical. Douglas Aircraft.
Boeing, Sperry, Lockheed and Philip
Morris.
A trifle improved were Standard
Oil IN. j.. Texas Corp, U. S. Rub
Der. Montgomery Ward. Sears Roe
! buck, Kennecott. General Motors,
Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet
and International Telephone.
Aircrafts Depressed.
Aircrafts, recent buoyant per-
formers, were depressed by profit
selling. Mounting mail order sales
| Dr0Dred stocks in this proilr while
oils responded to forecasts of climb
ing earnings for the principal pc
troleum concerns.
In a mixed curb fractional gains
were posted for Sherwin williams,
Brewster Aero, Beech Aircraft and
Republic Aviation. Slipping were
American Cyanamid b" Electric
Bond & Share and Gulf Oil. Turn
over here was around $4,000 shares
versus $4,000 last Saturday.
Operators on the big board came
back from their Labor Day holiday
apparently somewhat refreshed and
moderate advance was negotiated
Tuesday with aviations setting the
pace. Soaring output of military
planes was factor for the air
crafts. The market began a down.
drift Wednesday which continued
during the remainder of the week.
Growing Government restraints.
| prlorltleS and taxes, combined with
war apprehension, received the prin-
cipal blame.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Piq Iron Production
At 4, 500, 900 Tons
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Office of Production Manage
ment yesterday estimated Septem-
ber production of pig iron at ap-
proximately 4,500,000 tons and made
ALLEGATIONS of the entire amount to
steel mills, iron foundries and other
users.
The allocations gave preference
to defense production. Pig iron was
placed under full priority control in
August and the September alloca-
tions wele the first that the o. P. M
has made.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Salaries Increased
By Continental Oil
By the Associated Press.

PONCA CITY, Okla, Sept. g.
Continental Oil Co. announced to-
day increases in salaries to cover
employees increased living costs, ef-
fective as of September l.
Salaries of all employees receiving
less than 5000 month will be
raised 71a per cent, the announce
ment said. Wages of employees paid
by the hour also will be increased
71a per cent, with minimum of S
cents and maximum of 10 cents
an hour.
Evening star., 1941-09-07

Bank, has been
nominated by
the board of
vernors of
w a S h n g t o n
Chapter, Amer
lean Institute of
Banking as a
candidate for
membership in
the National EX-
ecutive Council,
John M. Chris
tie, chapter pres
ident, announc-
ed yesterday.
The Council is
the pOVerning
Evening star., 1941-09-07

Will dOul CSO tllC
annual conven-
ton of the FL
nancial Adver-
tisers ASsocia-
ton in Cleve-
land this week,
on The Nation
al Defense Pro-
gram and Bank
Advertising. " He
also is on the
program to lead
two forum dis
cussions on 9TH
er subjects.
Robert L. Fla
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Thomas Also Named.

Completing the membership of
the board was Guy A. Thomas of
Minneapolis. upon whom most of
the controversy centered. Thomas
was a candidate on an opposition
slate supported by Harry G. At
wood of Peoria, whose father, Hinck-
ley G.. Atwood, founded Allied Mills
and served as its president until his
death last June.
The Atwood slate was composed
of Atwood, Thomas and three men,
bers of the management slate upon
whom the contending parties agreed.
These men were De Haven, Lovelace
and H. j. Buist, executive vice presi-
dent of the company.
Atwood and his supporters were
able to muster proxies for 1872 1865
shares, or about 20 per cent of the
stock Atwood and his family con-
troll among themselves about $4,000
shares.
Atwood Is Satisfied.
Explaining the contest on behalf
of the company, Buist said that the
management recognized Thomas
business ability, but felt that he
should not sit on the board be-
cause he was director Of the
Archer Daniels Midland Co., Allied's
chief competitor in the soy bean
processing field.
After the results of the election
were announced, Atwood expressed
satisfaction at having been able
to seat Thomas. at the same time
agreeing with the management that
past differences could now be for
gotten.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
CottonSeed Oil.

Prices and activity in the cottonseed oil
market slumped today under an exchanse
restriction on trading in September dellv-
cry contracts. closing unchanged TO 30 of
cent lower. Sales totaled 76 contracts
The EXCHANGES ruling limited trading TO
liquidation or to sales for actual delivery
and tied September contract prices TO the
October value with a .25-of-a-ce range
other deliveries were UNCHANGED to down
points. September closed 13. sob, Oct,
I3.4Sb; December. 1898; January, 1889;
March. 1872 New crop crude oil was
quoted nominaliy at IL cents a pound in
the Southeast, Valley and Texas.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Capital Securities
lover the Counter }

The following nominal bid and asked
quotations on Washington securities traded
over the counter. as of yesterday. have
been assembled for The Star by Washing
ton members of the National Association
of Securities Dealers. Inc.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
New Orleans Prices,

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 8 -P.-Heavy
trading and speculative buying on ex-
pectations Of a lower Government indicated
crop figure Monday carried prices of the
distant positions in cotton futures here
today over the 1S-cent mark for the first
time since December. 1899. Closing prices
were steady, / to 8 points net higher.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Places
-Four on Board Of
Allied Mills
Atwood Group Wins
Scot for Thomas in
Proxy Bottle
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-The manage
ment of Allied Mills. Inc, succeeded
in electing four of its slate of five
directors today in battle of proxies
at the companys annual stockhold-
erS' meeting.
Controlling proxies for approx
mately 80 per cent of the stock
525, ,809 shares-the management was
able to have the following directors
named:
j. B. De Haven. president OF the
company; J. D. Buhrer, who is a
vice president of the Corn Products
Refining Co. and served on the
Allied Board for II years; T. G.
Lovelace, vice president of the Com
mercial Merchants National Bank
of Peoria, and A. G. Heidrich, a
Peoria manufacturer
Evening star., 1941-09-07

(See POOLS, Page E-30
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Stocks Uneven,
Few Specia|ties
Able 10 Gain
Most Leaders Show
Rising Reluctance
At Weeks Close

WHAT STOCKS DID.
Evening star., 1941-09-07

one OF the most cheering indica-
tors Of the expanding arms trend
was announcement that aircraft
production last month totaled 1854
planes, new high and more than
Triple the deliveries year ago. The
l.0o4-plane figure also represented a
rise OF 1894 ships over July, the pre-
ceding month.
Evening star., 1941-09-07

Range follows.
Evening star., 1941-09-27
Roosevelt Easy Prey
As Marshall Bags
I11th Win in Row
special Dispstch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 27.-Tak-
ing up where it left off last season,
John Marshall High now has played
IL games undefeated, united and un-
scored upon, with No. ii coming yes
terday when it sank Roosevelt High
of Washington, 800. The other 10
were turned in last season. when it
captured the State championship.
. Next week the Justices will face
another Washington eleven, Eastern
High, and from their performance
yesterday will be strong favorites
over team believed to be stronger
than the Rough Riders.
Rain which fell steadily hampered
Roosevelt more than it did John
Marshall. as the Riders were bank
ing heavily on tricky passing and
fancy stepping, but both brands of
assault were mired. Quarterback
Bobby Stein was outstanding for
Roosevelt and was a big factor in
the Riders last-period drive that
ended at the Justices IS.
John Marshalls scoring was con-
fined to the first three periods, with
two touchdowns each credited to Ed
Saxby and Ray Marshall.
Evening star., 1941-09-27
Newcomers Get Starting Roles
With Redskins in Inaugural
Battle With Grid Giants

his old post of wingback. with Cecil
Hare. another rookie. at the inside
blocking back. Hoffman, though,
may relieve Hare at times.
On the eve of the Redskins le41
debut, the big question was; Just
now good are the Redskins? That
can't be answered to any extent un-
til the opening battle in history. The
Skins haven't been seen against any
real opposition this year and any
team can look good in practice.
A lot depends on the rockies
Davis and Jim Stuart. for the 1910
Indians were weakest at tackles. II
these two come through. most of
yesteryears worries will be elimi-
mated. Line Coach Turk Edwards
is confident they will.
Blocking Backs Scarce.
One big deficiency, however, is the
shortage of blocking backs, with
Hoffman the only established man
for that spot. Either Cecil or Ray
Hare may NIL those outieS, out
they're the only other No. backs
the Redskins possess.
Mentally, the Redskins appear to
have two main objeectives: To
avenge that 1870 rout when they
meet the Bears in Chicago on No.
vember Is and to gain the playof1
for the second successive year and
wipe out the ignominy of last De-
cember's. But the Giants and re-
built Dodgers have the same idea
about making the l94l plsyoff and
We wouldn't pick any one of the
three as a cinch to represent the
East.
In short. the picture will not come
clearly into focus until q week from
late tomorrow afternoon-after the
Redskins nave finished their first
two games with the Giants and
the Dodgers.
Evening star., 1941-09-27

Baldwin Wallace. 6s: Hiram. o.
Springfield tMoJ Teachers, 80; Culver
Stockton, o.
Bethel. o; OTTAWA. o. tie.
Pittsbursh tKans0 Teachers, 6; War
rensburg MO- Tes schers, &, tie.
North Dskots. 20: Luther uowaD. Z.
western Union. A.: Southern IS. Dak)
Valley City IN. Dako Teachers. p:
Minot Teachers, u.
Eveleth cMinnJ Junior. -; North-
wahpeton Science, 1s; Bemidji Mimi
Teachers. 10. tie.
American Physical Ed, o; Ferris In.
Concordia ,Nebr1, o: Dante. o, tie.
KearDey iNebrD Teachers, 81; York, o.
Peru fNebrJ Teachers. "a; Doane. z.
JaTest9wn: esnssI. 90; Moorhead MinnJ
Msyville, IN. Dsk) Teachers. 80; Bot
tineau Forestry. q.
SOUTHWEST.
Oklahoma City, s; East Central (okla)
Teachers. q.
Austin COLLEGE, 13; Southeastern
Southwestern TEX, 8; Schreiner In
Howard Payne. IA: Southwest Texas
Arkansas Tech, %: wentworth. o.
Masnolls ARK A. and NJ, 20: Muir.
ray Aggies, u.
New Mexico, IL; Arizona State tFlas-
STAN, 8.
New Mexico Aesies, Z; Silver City
Teachers, q.
Stephen F. Austin, &; Trinity tTexD, o.
Northeastern toklaJ State, 20; North
eastern Junior, o.
San Angelo, As; Daniel Baker. 0.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN.
Iowa State. =: Denver, g.
Montana, 90: Brigham Youns. 7.
Mesa College, "a: Carbon Coliese, Z.
FAR WEST
U. c. L. A.. z; Wasninston State, g.
Loyola Los Angeles). 20; Redlands, O.
San Jose State. 30; Utah State. o.
WYOMING. Ia; Greeley State, g.
Occidental, 25; Santa Barbara, o.
Willamette. So: Collese of Idaho, o.
San Dieeo State, 8: Pomona, o.