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The guardian., 1941-08-23

In these days of tumultouS
mango and great upheavals in
Pc far corners of our world, it
3 a wonderful thing to see close
home a change that is con-
8ructive rather than deStruct-
He; inspiring rather than de-
He@ing. 1t has been a year or
.Fo since l saw Whispering
Elbows, the spreading, charm
ag camp in Stoughton that has
Gown so much more beautiful
pa useful during the years of
szrVlce, And when we look at
= rustic buildings and sunny
fairgrounds, the garden and
Pc cool green woods that rim
8loe 1eldS, We look again at
Re woman whose ideas were
Rcked with very real purpose.
Re woman who not only chung
the nebulous dream of some
ping worthwhile, but kept it
#th her until it became what it
To-Day, a building place for
2ung bodies and minds. A
Thool and a camp for both
pySical and spiritual needs.
MISS Josephine Crawford is a
Reamer and a realist. She has
Pa her dreams and now she
'akeS them come true. The
seamer in her saw the school
~ camp come into being and
u realist in her saw to it that
Us year a male chef would be
Sdceo In the fine modern
ssOA-houSe just built, SO that
u campers could have not on
Che best of food, but food
oAeo tastefully by a man who
POWS the art of quantity cook
The guardian., 1941-08-23
SATCHELL PAIGE WILL
HURL AGAINST FRASERS

satchel Paige, reputed to be
the best pitcher in baseb3ll, will
appear and pitch two or three
innings next Tuesday night
when the Kansas City Mon
archS clash with the FraSers
club at Fraser Field, Lynn, at
$3.50 D. m.
The guardian., 1941-08-23

school, Les, the tailor, calls at
tention to his special VACUUM
TEX finishing s
that their e0
have a fires le A
tailor, is loca !. AZ oUy Colum-
bus Ave- Boston, and a trial
will convince that there is a
difference"
The guardian., 1941-08-23
les, THE TAILOR
IN THIRD YEAR

Again, Les, the tailor, thanks
his patrons for their unfailing
support as he goes into his
third year of service in the COM
munity. With the students
readying for their return to
The guardian., 1941-08-23

re on the staff at Lenox ST.
WPA workers are used. All the
other Projects have a worker 5l
the staff.
More applications came from
Ward nine than any othssr w.ro
in the city. Largest department
in Lenox St. has bedrooms
accommodating a maximum of Z
persons. Colored families with
larger families Iere not allow
ed in any otheE Project though
every other ESroiect has larger
apartments.
Persons whoN applied for other
Projects werA disqualified if
possible; if THAT could not be
done, they wete put on the
waiting list"
The Nationall Housing Pro-
ject Csouth Boston WI
by the U. S. A. Cover m 4o
house persons fltom ow 5
who were working in ag em
doing in the maib, Nat Da-
fense Work. Tho sout
Project could not( be fl
those. 1t was then
those outside Bost6Q y
miles. These did nok
then was Extended c1
any worker who was Il
tional Defense work
living in a substandar
All persons who had
vestigated for any pro
were doing National
work and had been rel
cause they were cart
much money (the sal
National Defense work
high for the low-ren9
come housing) were sea
Offering them South Bb
cept colored applicanE
were sent no letters.
The guardian., 1941-08-23
Convoy of Trucks

Convoy of Trucks
That the reports of colored
troops coming here next week is
not mere rumor is indicated by
the presence already of Com
pany I, Third Battalion of the
372nd which arrived this week
as advance detail. The men will
prepare at Devens for the COM
ing of the entire regiment which
is expected to arrive in a motor
convoy of more than 200 army
trucks bringing total of about
5000 men.
Efforts are now being planned
to entertain the 372nd here
next week with the full cooper
alton of City and state officials.
If possible a parade of the reg
iment will be staged for the
first time in Boston.
The guardian., 1941-08-23

though they have had several
close calls, the players have
managed to make the ball park,
regardless of the obstacles.
Early this spring, the team
was scheduled to play at Wich-
ita, Kan, but was caught in a
flood at MuSkogee, Oklahoma
the night before. The fans at
Wichita thought the game
would have to be cancelled but
when the umpire yelled play
ball" that afternoon the play
ers we're on the field ready for
action.
Newt Allen is the player man
ager Of the MonarchS. In adj
dition to his managerial duties
he plays the hot corner. The
remainder of the infield is built
around Bibbs, second, Williams
shortStop, and ONen, first base
The Monarchs' pitching staff
is considered the best in colored
baseball, and numbers among
its chuckers, Hilton Smith,
Frank Bradley, George Walker,
Les Johnson, Lefty Bryant,
Ford Smith and the famous
Satchel Paige, peer of all pitch
ers.
Willard Brown, Ted Stronk
and Hilton Smith played last
winter in the Winter League in
Mexico. Brown is a power hit
ter, and in a recent exhibition
game he belted four straight
homers, smacking each four
bagger farther than the other
% c.
Robb Pat Ball of Chicago, won
- 4. A.
The guardian., 1941-08-23

Robb Pat Ball of Chicago, won
1st in the pro Thursday out at
Ponkapoag at the golf toulk-
ament and Clyde Martin of Be
troit (Joe Louis private pro-
won second.
The guardian., 1941-08-23

S66t6h hold positions complete
ly unattainabIe during the last
war crisis.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Good Year Is Predicted
For Grocery Chains
BY the Associated Press.

BY LVE hSSOCldttu 4tHS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-The Ameri-
can Marketing Association heard
prediction that the chain grocery
business would enjoy a good year
in 1941
The prediction was made by Will
liam Applebaum, director of market
research Of the Economy Stores
Corp. OF Boston. Mass, in a paper
prepared for the associations an
nual meeting.
"A rise in the national income
should further reflect itself, - he said
in a greater consumption demand
for better grades Of merchandise,
particularly of fresh fruits and vege-
tables. meats and dairy products.
with several million more people
at work and with a military force
of a million men small rise in
the national per capita physical
consumption of food also may be
expected.
THE operating benefits resulting
from improved sales should tend
to compensate for the anticipated
rise in labor costs. 1t is doubtful
that cut throat competition will
force margins down to point where
the benefits Of increased sales will
be totally nullified. We believe that
the chain grocery industry, in spite
of higher labor costs and various
adjustments in retailing, may look
forward to a good year in 1941."
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Textile Records
| Again Likely
In New Year
By Cambridge Associates.

BY Cambridge Associates
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-When tex
tile mill activity sets new high
for a year, that's news. When II
sets two successive records in two
consecutive years, that's super
news. When it completes those two
years and faces a third with every
prospect of continued high levels
that's in Hollywood parlance -
super colossal news.
Thus did Douglas G. Woolf, edi-
tor of Textile World, sum up the
situation at the year end.
And that is just what the textile
industry has done in 1889 and 1910
and faces in 1941," he declared.
Textile Worlds index Of mill
activity for 1910 will be approXl-
mately 140 Con the basis of 1928
1925 as 10O) when all statistical re-
turns are in. That new high rep
reSentS an increase Of 6 per cent
over the index of 1872 for 1899, the
previous record year. 1t compares
with lis for 1929 and with 125 for
1887, the third highest year in the
last decade.
For 1941 every indication points
to a maintenance of existing pro-
duction records for at least the first
half of that year. Beyond that 1t
is difficult to predict" l."
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Group Insurance Rises
To New High in Year
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1-GainS In all
forms of group insurance protec-
ton, carrying these employer-em-
ploye plans to a record-breaking
high, were announced by Thomas
I. Parkinson, president of the Equit-
able Life Assurance Society of the
United States, yesterday in releas-
ing the annual group honor roll
"The Equitable, which introduced
group life insurance 80 years ago
was not alone in this spread of in
sured security for American work.
ers during the year." said Mr..
Parkinson, "for the results are such
as to indicate the aggregates for all
companies will be at top figures for
all group insurance coverages.'
Mr.. Parkinson estimated that
group life, the basic coverage pro-
tecting against death from any
cause. would show an increase in
1910 of $1.225 100000 carrying the
total of group life to a new record
OF approximately 6,000000,0oo.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
All Industry Stimulated
By Defense Program
By Cambridge Associates.


NEW YORK, Jan 1,-Our gigantic
national preparedness program has,
either directly or indirectly, stimu-
lated all industry until capacity op-
erations in at least our principal in
dustries are now the rule rather than
the exception, George M. Verify,
chairman of American Rolling Mill
Co. pointed out in year-end state
ment
While goods and services having
to Go with that mammoth program
do not as yet represent a major pro-
portion Of our current production.
the program itself is so large that it
Will make for a steady increase in
its daily demands on our production
capacity.
1T has furthermore unQueStion-
ably stimulated buying in practically
all lines covering what we might call
normal home needs.
american industry will. as a re-
suit of these conditions, wind up the
current year under very full opera
ton.
AS to l941, world conditions are
so tragic and the eastern half of
the world so completely involved.
that no one can predict the trend
of events even from week to week
We know that our own defensive
program must 90 ahead irreSpec-
tive of the trend of events in Eu-
rope. and that it will keep industry
and commerce quite fully occupied
for whatever time it lasts. and that
may be anywhere from two to five
years"
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Rise of IA Per Cent Forecast
In All Construction in 1941

country ever had and a post-de-
preston record for industrial build
ing activity. Increasing employ
ment. purchasing power and ma
tional income tend to stimulate a
large demand for private residential,
industrial and commercial buildl-
and electric utility construction.
Costs Vital Factor.
The extent of private construction
demand in 1941 will depend, how
ever, upon relative stability of con-
struction costs. If material prices
and labor wage scales should in
crease too sharply during the rush
period of cantonment building they
will tend to reduced private build
ing demand when the peak load of
defense construction is past.
Uncertainty as to cost trends and
the far greater uncertainty with re-
spect to the course of the war and
possible changes in the defense pro-
gram itself have suggested the
conservative estimates of l94l con-
struction which are here presented.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Record Activity
| Predicted for
| Steel Industry
Srecial Dispatch TO The Star.

S1eCfal DlSpdtCn 10 Inc SldT-
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-Whatever
the uncertainties ahead, one GER
tainty is that the steel and metal
working industries will have a new
all-time record of activity in 1941,
the magazine Steel will say in its
Yearbook of Industry issue dated
January 6.
$50 closely allied have become
the interests of this country and
Great Britain that only establish
ment of peace abroad on British
terms could materially alter the
outlook" the magazine continues.
This admittedly is not in prospect
for l941. Hence the likelihood of
a period Of increasingly intensified
rearmament, with still greater aid
in materials for Great Britain and
all that it means in the way of still
greater requirements for steel.
metals and equipment All this will
be on top of a war-stimulated do
meStic commercial demand"
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Uncertainties Rule
Food Industry for
Coming Year
Increase in Domestic
Consumption Likely
With Higher Prices
Bv l.. V. BURTON,

Anv one who refused a year age
to make any predictions for 1910 is
even more reluctant to guess at the
future for 1941.
Who could have foreseen the
occupation of Denmark, Norway
Netherlands, Belgium. Luxembourg,
France, Rumania, Estonia, Latvia
Iithuania or Indo-China with al
most complete stoppage of export
trade IN foods.
Who can fOreten whether or not
We shall be at war with Japan, Italy
or Germany in 1941? Who can pre-
dict whether Britain will ultimately
permit food exports to conquered
Europe, and who can accurately an
ticipate the fortunes Of war in 194l?
Or the character of the weather in
the next crop season?
Aside from the Well-konWn et-
feCts of the defense program re-
Sl}lting in greater consumer buying
power, the foregoing factors, all of
them unpredictable, are the ones
that will control the economic pic
ture in the food industry in 1941.
Active Year FOreseen
We can be reasonably sure of con-
tinued defense spending and in
creased taxation. Business activity
Will be tremendous in 1871. People
will continue to eat ,46O pounds
Of food per capita except the boys
who get into the Army who will
eat about 1900 pounds of food per
man. Compared to the national
average, the Army eats more meat,
butter, cereal products and Vege-
tablS but less milk, fruit and cheese.
AS business and industry get into
high gear prices Of foods may be
expected to increase slightly. People
who have money to spend may be
expected to buy more heavily the So
called luxury items.
While food companies showed
profits in 1910, they did not make
the spectacular gains found in many
other industries. The food manu-
facturer faces many ramifylng
problems arising from the uneX-
peCted turn of events in the wars
in which the blockade OF Europe
is an important factor.
This blockade affected foOdstuffS
that already we're in diminishing eX-
portatlon to the point that United
States food exports are negligible
today. That a similar problem faces
all countries in the Western Hemis-
phere does not mitigate our domestic
problem.
Stocks of food on hand are. how
ever, unlikely to be burdensome in
the United States because of the
probability of increased prices arising
from the current business boom.
Whenever exports of food shall de-
velop to the equivalent of the po-
tential foreign demand the food
industry will experience very
profitable period Until the bel
Leerents consent to such expectation
the food industry should continue
approximately on 1910 levels and
earnings.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
EorIy Orders Placed
For Home Furnishings
Special Dispatch to The S

Special Dispatch to Ihe star.
CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-NoVember
wholesale homefurnishings sales
rose 81 per cent over the average
seasonal slump substantiating the
indications of the past 80 days that
retailers are changing merchandls-
ing policies to avoid backlogglng OF
orders placed during customary ouy-
ing seasons, and are placing orders
between seasons to insure having a
complete stock when further ao-
vancement of prices are announced,
Percy Wilson, managing director OF
The Merchandise Mart, said TO-DAY
alter completing survey OF 1889
INES Of the building.
Retailers are becoming less price,
conscious in the face of the growing
Importance of finding sources OF
supply that can dependably denver
me merchandise when needed MI
wilson explained.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Bv THOMAS S. HOLDEN,
Vice President F. w. Dodge Corp.

F.. w. Dodge Corp. has estimated
for 1941 II per cent increase over
1910 in total non-residentlal con-
tract volume, an II per cent increase
in residential building and l6 per
cent increase in heavy engineering
construction.
Total construction, including all
types of public and private projects
is estimated to increase IA per cent.
Should these estimated increases be
realized 1941 will be the eighth con-
secutive year of increased construc-
ton activity.
Existing appropriations and au-
thorizations for the national defense
program include about 81 $50, 900 600
for defense construction, conSld-
erable part of which is already un-
der contract. These appropriations
may possibly be supplemented by
additional ones in the coming Ses-
sion of Congress. This is giving the
country a national public works pro-
gram of military character to re-
place the civilian public works pro-
grams of recent years.
The defense program will call Tor
many types of construction, such as
barracks, hospitals and educational
buildings. water and electric power
supply and sewage disposal.
Defense housing appropriations
already made will supply 10000 to
80 900 family dwelling units and may
possibly be supplemented by addl-
tional appropriations. Highway con-
struction will also continue in large
volume. Thus the year 1941 has IN
prospect the largest volume of pub
lie construction projects on record.
The defense program is also Great
ing a new armament industry. stim-
ulating the largest physical vol
ume of industrial production the
Evening star., 1941-01-01
1910 Exchange Sales
Smallest Since 1921
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. 1.-SaIeS on the
New York Stock Exchange III 1910
totaled 2O7 ,636 O59 shares. the small
est since 1921 when turnover ag-
grcgated 172.778535 shares. Sales in
1889 amounted to 263,015 500 shares.
Sales of bonds on the exchange
dropped to S1.671 ,598 ,775. par value,
from 50 .O48 237 ,875 in 1899 and were
the lowest since $1,034, ,568 500
changed hands in 1917.
December stock sales of 19.40O .428
shares compared with 2O887.31 in
November and 17,768, ,713 in Decem-
ber. 1899.
Bond turnover of $211512125, par
value. was the largest for any month
since S480. 789 900 in September, 1889,
and compared with Sl590O6,0O0 in
November, 1889, and $176,100,0OO in
December, year ago.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Chains Push Modernizution

NEW YORK, Jan. l (SpeciaD =
Chain store expenditures for mod
ernization during the year ended
October l were increased 81 per
cent over expenditures during the
same period last year, reaching an
all-time high of s130,1O1 1892, accord
ing to the eighth annual survey
conducted by Chain Store Age An
additional S26,0OO,OO0 is estimated
to have been spent by landlords in
preparation for chain-store occu-
pdncy.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Sharp Increase Seen
In FREIGHT Loudings
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. Railway
freight loadings, under the stimulus
of widening defense activity, are
expected to aggregate in the vicinity
of 100000 cars in 1941, a gain
of around 10 per cent over the
So $4,000 cars moved in 1910, local
traffic men predicted today.
While the Association of Amer
ican Railroads estimated to 10
per cent rise in 1941 loadingS over
1910, most of the experts here think
the inside figure of 7 per cent is
too conservative, and favor the eX-
treme figure as more likely to fit
actual car totals.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
2o8,000 Work in Banks

NEW YORK, Jan. l (SpeciaD.- -
More than 268,OOO persons are now
employed by the Nations banks, the
American Institute of Banking re-
ports. New York State leads with
$4,000 bank workers, and Pennsyl-
vania ranks second with $4,000.
California has $4,000 bankers;
Illinois. $1,000, and Massachusetts,
and Ohio are next with $4,000 each.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Lumber Leader Sees
Good Prospects for
1941 Building
Vast Home Needs
Of Nation Cited
By Wilson Compton
BY WILSON COMPTON.

Secretary and Manager, National Lumbe
Manufacturers Association.
During recent years We have livet
in the midst of an almost con
tinuouS barrage of eXhortation
about our national housing condi
/ tions. The Federal Housing Ad
miniStration has told us we neeC
100000 new homes each year for II
years. The Department of Labol
says 60O,000 The President ha
told us 100000 Other official agen'
cieS have said 100000.
These statements show the mag.
nitude of the problem and the ma
tiOnal Importance of better housing
During 1910 residential construc-
ton in terms of floor space, through
November at least, was 18 per cent
ahead of 1889 and in valuation /;
per cent ahead. The first 81,
months showed a gain of 10 pei
cent in floor space and the last
four months 20 per cent. The first
six months showed a gain of 7 pei
cent in valuation of residential
construction, the last four months
gam of % per cent.
Healthy Situation Seen.
Total construction valuation is
per cent greater than a year ago
These figures show healthy con-
dltlon in the building industry and
if the current activity progresses
and is kept within reasonable
bounds the home building industry
will have ahead of it at least several
years Of good business.
The present sharp rise in public
building may be traced directly to
defense requirements. But aside
from the continued demand of this
type of construction expected next
year, prospects for 1941 are good.
Construction appears to be one
of the more stable factors in the
current general business revival,
and apparently more inviting
form Of permanent investment in
these hazardous times. A rise in
volume of construction. both public
and private. in 1941 over 1910 seems
to be in prospect.
Moderate Rise Due.
From its own surveys the lumber
industry looks for a moderate up
ward trend in the first half of 1941
based primarily upon the gradual
widening and greater momentum of
small home construction in the
United States, and the probably
slightly greater use of lumber in
farming districts. In the early part
of the year the building industry
will be aided somewhat by national
defense construction.
But the most important test OF
the course in the face of the
changing conditions of building ir
1941 will be in the extent to which
prices of lumber and other building
materials and labor and the costs
of building remain within reason
able bounds. In this respect rush
buying for rush defense purposes
has created some difficult hazards
but they are, I think, not insur-
mountable.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

XBonds marked fully listed the Curb Exchange
All others dealt unlisted trading basis.
bonds Negotiabity pending lnVeStl-
With without warrants.
a Warrants
Evening star., 1941-01-01

South Africa is increasing greatly
its shipments of diamonds to the
United States.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

Rates Of DIVIDEND in the FOREGOING table annual dis
the declara
otherwise noted,
Ex dividend Xr EXrghts. a Also extras
Cash stock Declared paid this Pay
able Paid last h funds.
k Accu dividend paid declared
Evening star., 1941-01-01


37,s i59. principal interest
~ i4 on invest,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-16

Returning from Europe by clipper
plane out of Lisbon, Ben Smith,
who has gained international fame
through his work as an oil promoter,
is pictured upon arrival in New
York. He declined to make any
statements about his mission.
Central Press)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-16
CHAPTER Thirty

on Arr rt1r ,
'S VIM" !
ia" iea'eu anu CEttt.'a Mss Al
thea appearance and words had
not entered my mind. spraug
from my chair. at the so,,i,I Of
her voice. and wh.f,,I Toward tha
door. Never had sr. looked more
Witch-like than thin.
One distorted hand sunDorted
her against the door easing, the
other was pointing at the desk,
long bony foreh'se r s,abbing the
air. A scarlet dressing gown, long
overdue at the cleaners, was belted
around her Her head, with its
streaming locks, craned forward,
ana Tor the moment ! really believe
the OLD devil was glad that her
prophesy had come true.
n men working over Mark all
We're turned in surprise toward
her, and Chef Crane in taking a
step nearer moved out Of line and
reVeaied Marx lace, oN resting
against the doctcr arm.
10 MISS Althea the shock OF sec
ing lhat DEAD lace vas, for the
moment paralyzlng. Her Gloating
FEATURES tell INTO lines of complete
surprise ana hofror; her out
stre'chea hand clutched at the cas-
ing pesioe the other She sWal-
'o"eo conVulslVely' q strangled
scream broke IRON her ups.
ITS Mark! It's Mark" She
seemed to fight for air to enable
her to go on. A horrible gurgling
o in her throat. l thought she
a going to have a fit; | think
the chief thought so, too, for he
FASTENED to her.
Hes dead-dead.."
Her words not a question,
but the chief answered as though
they We're.
Yes he said sOOthingly. "he is
dead"
She flew into the most violent
rage | had vet seen. Words poured
from her lips as a river in food
pours over a dam. Over ana over
s. repeated the words which laid
another terror upon me.
Cary did it! He killed him. |
know he did, l heard them guar
reling. He did it. Cary did it,"