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Evening star., 1941-08-03
Industrial Activity
Index Registers Wide
Gain During Week
Production Pace Speeds
In All Coteeories
Except Automobiles

NEW YORK. Aug. 2.-The Asso-
ciated Press index of industrial ac-
tivity registered a wide gain this
week, rising to 1922, new record
high, from 1404 the previous week.
The pace of production speeded
up in all industries represented in
the index except automobile pro-
duction, where output declined sea-
sonally as the model year came to
q close.
Residential building continued to
expand as new contracts awarded
maintained their brisk pace of the
last month or so.
Cotton manufacturing activity in
creased to near record levels after
slight setback in recent weeks.
Railroad freight carloadings de-
clined. but the drop was less than
normal for the week.
Electric power production rose
more than seasonally expected and
set a new record for weekly output.
Steel mills operations increased
to the highest level in six weeks and
close to the fastest pace of the year.
Components of the index. sd-
justed for normal seasonal varia-
tions. compared as follows:
Evening star., 1941-08-03
| Steel Plant Calls
On Community
For Scrap Drive
BY the Associated Press.

ASHLAND, KY, Aug. 2.-As a
move to prevent further curtail-
ment of operation at the Ashland
plant of the American Rolling Mill,
R. R. Smith, manager of the Ash
land division has called upon men,
bers of the organization and the
community to band together in a
campaign to gather scrap iron and
steel.
Asserting that the Ashland Armco
organization is faced with one of
the most serious situations in the
history of the division, Mr.. Smith
said that "at a time when steel is
of such vital importance to de-
fense, Armcos operations are i'm
paired by an acute shortage of
iron and steel scrap. Unless more
iron and steel scrap is obtained.
Armco will be forced to make addi-
tional curtailments in operations,
within one month"
The scrap collection campaign
will extend to all the communities
in the vicinity of Ashland.
Mr.. Smith said the emergency
which Ashland and the steel indus
try in general is faced had its be-
ginning several years ago when
large quantities of scrap were ex-
ported from the United States
against the advice of the industry.
He said that Japan got about nine
and one half million tons of Ameri-
can scrap iron from January 1884
to December 1910.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Textile Market Activity
Is Held al Minimum
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Shortape
OF yarn, price controls and rising
costs combined to hold activity To a
minimum in textile markets this
week.
The woolen division turned In bv
lar the best performance in actual
business, and there was no evi-
dence from any quarter that the
usual lull that descends upon this
market at this time of year was
about to make its appearance. In
deed, looms continued to operate at
capacity. and untitled orders in the
mems department kept mounting
constantly. Most mills were re.
ported to have booked most OF the
business for next spring, even
though spring lines have not yet
been formally opened.
Volume of print cloth and re-
lated items that changed hands in
Worth street was estimated as low
as 100000 yards. Goods for
nearby delivery were scarce. Ris-
ing costs of machinery for replace
ment, raw cotton and labor cast
their shadow over discussions Of
future orders. But from all sides
came reports that a huge demand
still underlies the market.
Full asking prices were willingly
paid for rayon goods when goods
were available There was no re-
lief from the tight yarn situation
that has prevailed many weeks.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Cotton Futures Rise
S4.05 on Reaction
TO Price Control Bill
Peak Gain of $4.95 Per
Bule Is Biggest Advance
Of Recent Years

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2-Cotton fu-
lures prices bounded $3.50 to $405
a bale higher today on reaction to
the proposed Federal price-control
bill and expectations that final CELL
ings would be well above current
levels.
The days peak gain of s4.95 a
bale, pared later by profit taking
and hedging, was the biggest ad-
vance in recent years.
All deliveries from December for
ward closed above II cents a pound.
An overnight accumulation : of
buying orders started the session
off in high gear with gains of $3.50
to $3.50 a bale. A shortage of con-
tracts was noted by some traders.
Completely overshadowed by price
control developments, the weather
news gave supplementary push
to prices. Rain was reported in the
central cotton belt, with increased
complaints of insect threats to the
crop.
Exports Friday, 10,980 bales; sea-
son so far, 10,980 (x): port receipts,
$3.50; port stocks, 3,181 1903.
f@Il
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Automobile Shortage Certain
As Limited Output Era Starts

pected. 1t should be completely ex-
hausted by the time the first of the
new models appear in limited num-
bers.
Anticipating at least a temporary
continuation of the steady retail
demand that melted the biggest field
stock in the industry's recent his
tory to virtual scarcity, the sales
executives are making plans for
rationing output. Unless there is
complete reversal of the present
outlook that practice will be main
tanned for most of the new model
period.
Greater Transportation Demand.
1t has been a tradition in the mo-
tor industry that every big year is
followed by lean one. Offsetting
this, however, is the fact that trans
portation is going to be in greater
demand because of the very cir
cumstance that forces a curtail-
ment of car output during the COM
ing IL months.
A little more than six months ago
the car manufacturers, anticipating
a possible scarcity of new cars.
sought to reassure potential custom
ers with announcement that the
automobile engineers would be able
to provide substitutes for the critical
and strategic materials needed for
national defense.
- Many alternate materials will
figure in the volume of production
to be realized during the coming
year. But shortage even Of sub
stitute materials is admittedly pos
sibility. Moreover, no substitute yet
has been found for steel and without
steel the car makers cannot make
automobiles.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Lumber Production
Continues Fast Pace
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The National Lumber Manufac-
turers Association reported yester-
day that lumber production for the
week ended July 26 stood at 124 per
cent Of the average of the corre-
spending week 1853 and Ship
ments i23 per cent.
Production totaled 278 060, 900 feet,
which was 0.8 per cent less than
the previous week, and Is per cent
greater than the corresponding
week a year ago.
Shipments aggregated 267 900
feet, which was per cent less than
the previous week, and 6. per cent
greater than last years correspond
ing week.
Orders booked were 288 ,435 900
feet, which was per cent less than
the previous week, and 4 per cent
less than the corresponding week
last year.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Iron Ore Movement
Is at AII-Time High
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 2-An all
time high for ore movement was
set in July with the shipment of H.
390,488 gross tons, the Lake Su-
perior Iron Ore Association reported
today.
The previous record month was
May. 1941, at 11,081 .199 gross tons
and the previous high for July was
10,704, ,457 in 1887.
The season total to date, 40,216,-
408 gross tons. is the highest in his
tory, as monthly records have been
set continuously since the opening
of navigation in April Compared
with August l, 1910, shipments of the
current season are up As per cent.
Factors contributing to the rec
ord were IL cargoes loaded in
Canadian ships and temporary re-
Taxation of load line requirements,
permitting heavier cargoes.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Tough Young AirpIone Industry Proves
Best Smusher of BottIenecks

dividual items such as wheels and
exhaust manifolds and nuts and
bolts.
The airplane industry today
stands as the leader in revolu-
tionary movement in industry-the
subcontracting system.
Economists predict that, when
peace comes again to the world,
American industry is likely to con-
tinue the system which spreads big
business orders throughout whole
sections of the nation. giving smaller
communities the economic benefits
of industrial enterprises without
jamming huge populations 'of fac
tory workers into compressed areas.
Other Jams Disappear.
AS for other bottlenecks-alumi-
mum, magnesium. stainless steel
those, too, are disappearing under
the demands of the airplane makers.
They are young fellows, most of
those manufacturers. and most of
them have been fliers in the Army
and Navy and they are not at all
awed or otherwise impressed by
brass hats, governmental, financial
or industrial
Furthermore, they all still wear
lean and hungry looks induced by
20 years of operations on a hand-to-
mouth basis. For a score of years.
their sole substantial customers were
the Army and the Navy.
They sold transports to airlines,
of course, and they sold few sports
planes and. now and then, they got
windfall in the form of an order
for as many as eight or 10 military
planes at time for some foreign
country.
But it was Uncle Sans Army and
Navy which kept them in business
and the way they are coming
through today proves they haven't
forgotten their guardian angels.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Washington Gas
Betters Position
For June Month
Operating Revenues
Increase $63,046
Over Lost Year
By HAROLD B, ROGERS.

Washington Gas Light Co. operat-
Ing revenues showed an increase of
$63,046 in June of this year over
June, 1910, but because of heavier
operating expenses, including taxes,
June operations showed a loss of
S23.788. This was an improvement
of S9.276 over last year. however
This was disclosed in the COM
pany's monthly report, filed yes
terday with the Public Utilities
Commission. Operating revenues
were S603,857 for June this year, as
compared with S540,811 last year.
Operating expenses mounted to
$595,765 this June, compared with
s533,819 for June year ago, an in
crease of SCI ,946, practically all of
which resulted from a large provi-
sion for taxes.
Incorporating income increased
$6,672 over last year to total of
S32, 1853, and income deductions show
q saving of ST ,504 for the month.
S1,036,584 for First Half.
The company's net income for the
first half of this year was S1,036, ,584,
compared with $1,074426 for the
same period in 1910. The reduction
of s37 842 is attributed to higher
taxes, since the increase in this item
during the same period was approx
mately S171, ,000
The report shows gas sales of |
881,7 ,794 M cubic feet for the month, |
compared with 755,941 M cubic feet /
for June last year. There were no.
712 meters in service in the District
of Columbia on June 80, 1941, a 7
per cent increase over last year. The
company expended approximately !
S176,000 in June and $747,000 in the |
first six months of this year for ex-
tensions to its property in Washing
ton.
Accepts Chairmanship.
John A. Reilly, president of Second |
National Bank, has accepted chair
manship of the Advisory Committee |
of Washington Chapter, American |
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Business in Fine Wool
Is Lively in Boston
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BOSTON, Aug. Omitted States
Department of Agricultural The
value of business was fairly live on
a few kinds of fine wools in the
Boston market during the past week.
Demands favored graded wool. Sales
included sizable weights of good
combing fine territory wools at
steady prices.
Fairly large quantities of fine
Australian woods were taken out OF
the market at about steady prices.
Combing bright fleece woods were
very slow with nominal quotations
fairly steady at grease basis, prices
ranging 41-43 cents for fine delaine;
43-45 cents for one-half blood, and
45-47 cents for three-eighths and
one-fourth blood grades.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Primary Copper Producers
Quote II Cents q Pound

NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (R.-Pri-
mary copper producers last week
continued to quote II cents a pound,
Connecticut Valley, while custom
smelters adhered to 12ia cents. Ex-
port copper was quiet and un-
changed at II cents, f.as., New
York.
Government-owned Mexican and
Canadian lead volume for United
States consumers was called salts
factory and the tension attributed
to lack of metal has been alleviated.
The price held firm at 5.85 to $50
cents pound, New York, and $40,
st. Louis.
The emergency pool for August
zinc defense needs has been set at
n per cent of June production, or
$4,000 tons-the largest monthly al
location. The first consignment
called for per cent of January
production for March needs, and
the figure has increased progressive
ly. Rationing continued at 7.25
cents a pound, East st. Louis.
shortage OF scrap steel has been
reflected in lower steel production
Tor some companies and action was
expected to be taken to increase the
supply.
A scrap collection along the lines
OF the Nation wide aluminium drive
may be initiated, and some COM
panies have started their own gath
ering movements.
Washington authorities moved to
strengthen pig iron supplies in the
decision to increase capacity by
more than 6,500,000 tons a year and
by clamping on priority control.
Many steel companies have been
refusing new business on the theory
that priorities might become more
stringent in the future.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Grain Prices jump
| 10 4Cents;; Reach
Four-Year Top
Buying Based on Higher
Ceilings Than Expected
In Price Control Bill
BY FRANKLIN MULLN
Associated Press Market Editor.

CHICAGO. Aug. 2.-Grain prices
rose to more than cents bushel
today, May. 1912, futures of all
leading cereals selling at the best
level in three to four years.
Buying was based principally on
provisions in the price control bill
prohibiting establishment of farm
commodity ceilings below ITO per
cent of parity - potential ceilings
which would be higher than many
traders had expected.
Wheat shot up more than cent
at the opening and then. except for
minor setbacks, continued to ad-
vance, closing at or near the days
best level, 25s-3ls higher than yes
terday, September, Sl087s-34: De-
cember, s1.11A -l2, and May, S1.131h.
The May future, surprising the
April, 1910. peak of S113. was the
highest any contract has been since
1897 and was SO cents higher than
a year ago after prices had COL
lapsed with the fall of France.
Corn and Oats Higher.
Corn closed 7s-11. up, September.
1854; December. 1855, and May.
8214. Oats 11s-134 higher, May, 4314 !;
rye, 4ls-4l2 up, May, 7612; soy
beans, 17s-2ss higher and lard II
to 20 up.
Some traders had believed grains
would be exempted from the price
control bill, which is expected to
be revised before it finally becomes
law, but they pointed out that the
minimum ceilings are far above
current levels. Some estimated the
Chicago equivalents of this level at
around $1.40 for wheat, s1O4 for
corn, 64 cents for oats and s1.15
for rye.
Some wheat buying also was at
trlbuted to mills although no large
scale flour business could be con-
firmed and Army purchases were
not reported.
Heavy Bookings Arrive.
Corn price gains were held in
check by continued substantial
bookings to arrive from the coun-
try, totaling $1,000 bushels. Traders
said some of this corn was 1888
and 1889 grain resealed last fall
under loans which matured yester-
day. Shippers sold 100000 bushels
OF corn and 10000 bushels of oats.
Lamson Brothers and Co., had a
report from Galesburg, Ill, of corn
firing" in that region.
Outstanding strength of rye was
attributed to renewed buying based
on belief that cereal is priced
too low compared with other grains.
Rye futures have risen II to 13
cents since July %. Soybeans and
lard borrowed strength from cotton.
Range at Principal Markets.
Grain range at principal markets
today:
Evening star., 1941-08-03
to believe that figure is away too


to believe that figure is away too
low.
Engine Bottleneck Eliminated.
For that major bottleneck-the
engines-has been eliminated in al
most unbelievable manner. Not only
are the main, ng-established
manufacturers, such as Pratt &
Whitney and Curtiss Wright, run
ming far ahead of schedule in their
own plants but the automobile in
dustry, rallying around to learn a
brand new trade, is starting to come
into production on a schedule which
calls for output of thousands of
additional airplanes a month.
True, the auto makers output of
engines will not reach any great
proportions until about the first of
next year but when their assembly
lines start moving at top speed there
will be nothing in all history, much
less any other nation, to compare
with that sight.
AS for another major bottleneck-
the lack of skilled workers-the
aviation makers solved that in the
simplest way.
I'VE agree" they said in effect,
that it takes many, many years
for one man to learn how to build
whole airplane but we can teach
man how to drive a rivet, for
example, in just few days in our
own schools.
so We'll train a lot of men how
to do single operations-and we'll
put out airplanes faster than any
other nation ever even thought of
doing it."
Farmed Out Orders.
They further increased output, far
above what their individual factories
possibly could handle, by farming
out orders for vital parts of air.
planes and engines to Ybcontrac-
tors, experts in the making of in
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Short tobacco Crop
Starts 10 Southern
Auctions tuesday
Growers Hope Reduced
Supply Will Mean Boost
In Prices This Yeur
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Aug. 2-Bright-leaf
tobacco growers of Georgia, Florida
and Alabama will haul a short crop
to markets opening Tuesday, hope
full the rapid-flre chant of the auc-
tioneers will be accompanied by
higher prices.
Buyers will bid in the 1941 crop
at Is auction centers in Georgia
and two in North Florida. Bulk of
the golden, silky leaf will be used to
manufacture cigarettes, although
some will go into snuff and other
tobacco preparations.
Tobacco specialists predicted the
yield would be Is per cent less than
last year despite the fact the 1910
crop was produced under Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration re-
strictions intended to counteract loss
of foreign markets and production
too great for domestic use.
Adverse Weather Hurts.
Growers were harassed by adverse
weather conditions. Blue mold at
tackled some plants, which are start
ed as early as December for trans
planting the following spring.
Drought in the growing season, fol-
lowed by excessive rains, contrib
uted to crop damage. Nematodes,
minute pest that causes rootknot,
were blamed for still further losses.
Tobacco experts described the crop
as light" but of good smoking quail
ity, they said about 80 per cent of
the leaf already was harvested be-
cause the weed ripened faster than
growers had expected, especially up
the stalk.
Georgia markets sold 79246,276
pounds last year, but A. A. A. slashes
in acreage brought the estimated
production on July to approx
mately $4,000, 900 pounds. This would
be still further reduced, it was in
dicated on the basis of reports from
Government tobacco experts.
Market Towns Stock Up
Florida's estimated production was
put at 12,076 900 pounds. There are
two markets, one at Live Oak and
one at Lake City, although some of
the leaf also is sold in the South
Georgia centers. Alabama has no
tobacco auction markets, her grow
ers selling in the neighbor States.
Market towns already are feeling
the enlivening effects OF the distri-
button of cash. Some spectators
have bought crops in hopes of
turning Q profit Merchants have
restocked In anticipation Of good
sales to farmerx..
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Carnegie-|||inois Hits
100 Per Cent al Chicago
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Blast fur
mace production at the Chicago
plants of Carnegie Illinois Steel
Corp, subsidiary of United States
Steel Corp, has reached 100 per
cent for the first time in history,
the parent company said.
All % blast furnaces at the Chi
cago unit are running full tilt.
United States Steel and its sub
sidiaries this year will produce
around 40,800,000 net tons of iron
ore, 100000 900 tons of coal and 16,-
100000 tons of limestone and dolo-
mite for use in production of steel.
the corporations U. S. Steel News,
house publication, coincidently re-
vealed.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Douglas Aircraft Plans
To Hire $4,000 More

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Aug. 2.
Douglas Aircraft has announced that
by January l it expects to hire
$4,000 additional workers, bringing
its personnel to 1900. Further en-
largements at the company's Cali
fornia and Tulsa, Okla, plants are
designed to bring the eventual EN-.
ploye list to 5000, the announce
fnent stated.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Westinghouse Files Suif
Against CrosIey Corp.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 2.-The West
inghouse Electric & Manufacturing
CO. has filed three suits in United
States District Court charging the
Crosley Corp. with infringement Of
16 patents covering refrigerators,
refrigerating cabinet designs, and
mechanisms. The suits ask injunc-
tions. accountings and damages.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
BY FRANK MACM1LLEN,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-The amaz-
ing aircraft industry-youngest ana
just about the toughest OF the ousl-
ness worlds demonstrating utter
contempt for all the bottleneck
bugaboos which were certain 10
block effective aid to the Anglo
American defense program.
Remember these?-
There aren't enough skilled air
craft workers.
Fifty thousand planes? Ridiculous.
They can't make engines last
enough to supply the airplanes.
There aren't enough machine
tools.
There's an aluminium shortage.
We're practically out OF magnes-
ium.
How are you going to get them to
England?
We don't armor them properly and
if we do they don't fly fast enough.
Our armament's too light to fight.
Most Are Obsolete.
Somebody had a right to every
one of those remarks. They all
made good sense at one time or an
other. Most of them are as obsolete
today as a World War Jenny"
trainer or Liberty engine.
In the first six months of this
year, a fighting plane rolled off an
assembly line somewhere In the
United States once every two hours
an addition of 1923 military air.
craft to the sky fighters of the
United States and Great Britain.
That's a total 1000 greater than
the military plane production for
all 1910.
On that ratio of increase, the out
put of 1941 would be 20,487 fighting
planes and there's very good reason
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Virginia Authorizes {. &P.
Issue Of S18,925,00O
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 2.-The
State Corporation Commission has
authorized Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone CO. to issue up to $18.-
925 900 in securities for defense
projects under an affiliate agree
ment with the American Telephone
& Telegraph Co.
Some of the money borrowed from
the A. T. g. T. already has been
spent to provide facilities for de-
fense areas, officials said.
Evening star., 1941-08-03
430 New Locomotives
Delivered in First Half

BY tIle hsSOCIaled PreSs.
The Census Bureau reports that
manufacturers delivered 430 new
locomotives in the first half of this
year. against 243 in the similar
period last year.
The 430 included 301 Diesel elec.
trio, 81 steam, IA electric, and %
other types.
Evening star., 1941-08-03

i II , L l | u I e Oh
B a n k n g, ac-
cording to John
M. Ch ri S il e,
president of the
chapter.
Mr.. Reilly, who
Is first vice pres
tdent of the Dis
trict of Colum-
bia Bankers As
sociation, al
ways has taken
a keen interest,
in the affairs of
younger bank
erS F" Mr. Chris
tie said. "Wash-
Evening star., 1941-08-03
Government CLAMPS
TIGHTER Controls
On Copper Supplies
No Deliveries of Refined
Can Be Made Without
Order by Stettinius
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Government frightened its
control over copper yesterday in an
order saying that after August
no deliveries of refined copper can
be made, except upon specific di-
rections by E. R. Stettinius, jr.,
defense priority director.
Previously, copper had been un-
der system of priority control that
provided that non-defense orders
might be filled after a stipulated
amount of copper had been set aside
for a pool and all defense deliveries
had been met.