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Far East
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assured of as much of Thailand' S
commodities as she wants" said
Mai Vanich Pananonda. director
general of commerce for the Bang
kok government.
He added that a japanese demand
for a monopoly over rice, tin and
rubber was improbable" and that
Japan already was buying large
quantities of these things.
The Bangkok newspaper Prag-
mira reported that Thailand 10
times turned down Japan's request
for recognition Of the puppet state
of Manchukuo before finally agree
ing.
The British are loath to estimate
Thalland,S chance of resistance op-
timistically. They acknowledged,
however, that ther little army is spe-
cially trained and fitted for fighting
in the steaming jungles in that land
of the white elephant.
Although various stories en-
phasize British strength in that re-
gion Of Asia British dispositions on
other fronts suggest that Britain is
not in any position to smash help
full force into Thailand without con-
siderable outside support.
Singapore Halls Warnings.
Reuters said the parallel hands
off Thailand" warnings by Secretary
of State Hull and Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden were received
in Singapore with great satisfac-
ton.
"a high official declared at
Bangkok today that the United
States we'll understands Thai
lands position in the face of ia
pans southwark expansion and
that Secretary Hull's statement
yesterday was not surprising.
Can excellent understanding,
this source said, was effected in
the meeting between Mr. Hull
and the Thai Minister to Wash
ington, Nom Rajawongse Semi
Pramoj)
Authorities there said that should
the warning need to be backed up
with action it would be SHOWN that
Malaga and Burma were ready to
meet any emergency.
The recent arrival of new REIN
forcements for the British forces in
that part of the world was described
as mo isolated event"
Although there was no confirma-
ton of insistent reports that siz-
able British naval force already Is
in the vicinity of Singapore, the
Reuters dispatch said it was empha-
sized there that the statement of
IL Hughes, Australia's Navy
er, that Britain was able to
SEM a feet to the Pacific was no
idle boast.
Therefore, the dispatch said, it
was clearly indicated that it would
not be distortion of the facts to say
that a substantial British naval
force may be "just around the cor
ner."
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Strikes
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dent of the shipbuilders' union, is
sued the following statement:
Under the stabilization program
sponsored by the o. P. M. the Gov
ernment agreed to repay the ship
builders the cost of wage increases
granted to the men. In return the
union and the employers agreed to
settle all differences by mediation
and arbitration. -
Federal, however, refused to ac-
cept the Mediation Boards recon-
mendation. Federal is, therefore.
violating its agreement with our
Government.
"" SO far as our members
are concerned, they will return to
work the minute Federal keeps its
solemn promise to abide by the de-
cision of the mediatory and arbitra-
tional bodies set up by the Govern
ment."
Draft Board Steps In.
Meanwhile, draft board at
Kearny and one at nearby Jersey
City announced they we're reclassi-
flying, as available for immediate
military service, men previously
granted occupational deferment be-
cause of jobs at the Federal yard.
Other Jersey City boards said they
would do likewise soon if the strike
were not settled.
AT the Kearny yards a cruiser, six
destroyers, three tankers and two
cargo boats rest on the ways.
Sunday some 5000 union members
voted to rescind an earlier strike
ballot decision and accept recon-
mendation Of the Mediation Board
for contract. Those Recommended
tions included a modified union
shop, vacation adjustments and a
IL per cent wage increase, which
the company already had paid re-
troactive to June "a.
A union spokesman said that be-
fore the increase was granted, the
hourly scale ranged from 62h cents
to 81.
L. H. Korndorff, company presi-
dent, called the issue the unions
demand for closed shop. He also
declared the strike broke a company
union agreement barring strikes
during the next two years.
Also of high importance to the de-
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way, a plan for whose reorganization

way, a plan for whose reorganization
was approved by the Interstate Com
merce Commission at Washington
The Federal District Court at st.
Louis will give quick approval to the
plan, financial circles here believe
When the new securities are issues
under the reorganization they will
bear interest from January /, this
year.
Trading was not large in the
when-issued securities, it was said.
The new first mortgage bonds were
quoted about 10. bid-s700 per 81 900
face value. The income "A" issue
was 38, bid, the income "B" bonds.
281a bid, and the preferred stock, $40
bid, 23i2 asked
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Cost of Living
Continues Rise
| During July
b the Associated Press.

i
NEW YORK, Aug. IAN increase
of one-half of / per cent in the cost
of living during July, making the
rise in IL months 81 per cent, was
reported today by the National In
dustrial Conference Board.
Living costs for wage earners'
families. said the research organiza-
ton, now stand "a per cent above
the depression low of April, 1888
but are ia per cent below the boom
month of July, 1929.
Living cost changes from June to
July were listed as follows:
Food-Eight-tenths of / per cent
higher.
Rents-Two-tenths Of / per cent
higher.
Clothing-Three-tenths of pei
cent higher.
Coal-18 per cent higher;
Sundries-One-tenth Of per cent
higher.
The purchasing value Of the dollar
based on 1923 as 100 cents, was cali
culated as 1125 cents in July, COM
pared with 113 in June. 1857 in
July, 1910, and 99.7 cents in July.
1929.
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Tax Hike
Batt|ed by Railroad
In West Virginia
Western Maryland Line
Says Boost Violates Stote.
U. S. Constitution
INDEX
BY the Associs ted Press.

ELKINS, w. Va, Aug. THE
Western Maryland Railway Co. filed
court action yesterday contesting its
l94l assessment by the West Vir-
ginia Board of Public Works as ex-
cessive and confiscatory, asserting
the valuation violated both the
State and United States constitu-
tions.
The Board of Public Works in
creased the assessment from the
1910 figure of $8,ol2 300 to $11,086,-
500 this year.
The Western Maryland increase
was part of a total boost of $780,
585 800 in utility assessments i'm
posed by the board, which raised
the total figure from s590,757,700 to
s661 ,343, 500.
The action was brought in Circuit
Court under statute providing for
an appeal of assessments in the
county where the majority of the
concerns property is located.
Ten counties are affected, includ-
ing Randolph, Mineral, Grant
Tucker, Barbour, Pocahontas, Nor
gan, Marion. Harrison and Webster
The prosecutors of each county, as
we'll as State Tax Commissioner
George P. Anderson, were made de-
PENDANTS along with the Board of
Public Works.
Hearing on the petition was set
for Monday, September 29
The railroad, represented by Eu-
gene Williams of Baltimore and E.
A. Bowers of Elkins, asserted the
increased valuation violated the sec
ton of the West Virginia constitu-
ton providing that taxation shall
be equal and uniform throughout
the State, and all property, both
real and personal, shall be taxed in
proportion to its value, to be ascer-
tanned as directed by law. No one
species of property shall be
taxed higher than any other species
of property of equal value. ."
1t also contended the figure vio-
lated the section of the United
States Constitution providing that
mo State shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immurities of citizens
of the United States, nor shall any
State ''' deny to any person with
in its jurisdiction the equal protec-
ton of the laws"
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Henderson Opposes
Including Pay Control
In Price-Fixing Bill
Admits, However, Wages
Must Be Kept in Bounds
To Avert InfIotion
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
Leon Henderson, head of the Of
flee of Price Administration, said to-
day that control of wages, while i'm
portant in preventing imitation,
should not be included in a price
fixing bill.
Testifying before the House Bank
ing Committee, Mr.. Henderson said:
Il do not regard it necessary to
include in price control bill all
the elements-utility costs, interest
charges. transportation costs and
personal services.
But I am not unmindful that un-
less they are kept in bounds it would
be impossible to control imitation.
My conception is a need for a close
relationship between the agencies
charged with the responsibility Of
keeping in bounds these various
factors.
+ IF you undertook to curtail wages
you'd be controlling employees also"
Indecent Increases" Protested.
At the same time, Mr.. Henderson
said no group should take advantage
of current conditions to demand in
decent increases"
No other country in the world,
he added, has combined wage con-
troll with price fixing.
He said, too, that when he was
given his present job, President
Roosevelt did not assign him the
question Of wage control.
Representative Williams, Demo-
crat, of Missouri suggested that the
question of installment buying might
be covered by the bill, but Mr. Hem
derson disagreed
Mr.. Henderson said this question
apparently was covered by the
Emergency Banking Act of 1888.
THE question is of such critical
Importance that If the law does not
cover it, there should be a law"
he added.
He told Representative Ford,
Democrat, of California that 'un-
bridled installment selling" would
help nullify any other attempts at
price fixing. He added that INSTALL
ment credit involved twice as much
purchasing power as bank credit in
the last of 10 months.
The wage question came up at
the request of Mr.. Williams, who
was questioning Mr.. Henderson for
the second day.
Need to Keep Prices in Bounds.
TT is obvious" Mr.. Henderson be-
gan, that price imitation cannot
be curbed if wages or any other
cost is allowed constantly to rise.
No group should take advantage of
this situation created by the Gov
ernment's new demands to get in
decent increases in the change it
makes to the community"
A little later he added:
"The most important way to keep
wages under control is to influence
the cost of living by keeping prices
in bounds. The approach to the
wage thing is through the cost of
living basis"
Mr.. Henderson said the average
worker had received only 2 per
cent gain in real wages recently and
that recent golden period" for
workers probably was over because
there would be further price rises.
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INDEX
t923-25=iW

fenSe program was wage dispute
involving $4,000 California aircraft
workers, referred last night to the
Defense Mediation Board after a
two-months' stalemate.
The dispute involved $4,000 en-
ployes of the LOckheed Aircraft
Corp. at Burbank and its subsidiary
Vega Dale Read. president of the
A. F. L. Machnists' Union, said the
company had refused to grant a
union shop and requested 12-cent-
an-hour blanket wage increases. He
said the company had offered to raise
the present minimum for new en-
ployes from 81 to 60 cents an hour
and set the minimum after three
months at IS cents. The minimum
at the end of six months now is
63 cents
The Mediation Board received two
other cases yesterday for settle
ment-a c. I. o. strike which since
June 26 has closed II plants of the
United States Gypsum Co. and q
threatened c. I. o. strike at the Err
win Cotton Mills, Durham, N. c.
The Gypsum strike involved 5000
workers. They demanded a master
wage agreement, but details were
not disclosed.
Rail Action Set.
The Mediation Board called on
the management and union workers
at the Durham mill to continue pro-
duction. pending a hearing here
Monday. The issues include wages,
union security, arbitration and SEN
iority, but the present wage scales
and increases demanded were not
made public.
The National Railway Mediation
Board called meeting of its men,
bers for Monday here. presumably to
discuss the threatened strike of l.
100000 railroad workers. The board
is expected to intervene in the dis
pute if a strike vote now in progress
results in a decision to walk out, and
If the carriers and their employees
fail to get together. The brother
hoods have asked wage increases
which the railroads say aggregate
5000 100000 year.
Disney Cartoonists Win Raises.
Striking cartoonists at Walt Disney
Studio in Hollywood won wage in
creases ranging up to 10 per cent
and back pay for about 80 per cent
of the time they were off in a Fed
eral arbitration award made public
today. ..
The studio said back pay will total
$27 900 and the annual increase in
salaries will approximate s156,00O.
Workers receiving under $50
weekly-comprising an estimated rs
per cent of the total employment
will receive a blanket 10 per cent
boost. Lesser increases scale upward
to S85 a week. Above that figure
there will be no wage raises.
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Bank C|earings Rise
S572,328,0OO Above
Last Week S Total
Figures for 23 Cities
Also Show l7.o Pct. Goin
From 1910, Survey Shows
BY the Associate Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. Bank
clearings in % leading cities to-
tailed s6,477,139 900 in the week
ended Wednesday, an increase of
17.9 per cent over s5,492,sl400S in
the comparable week year ago,
Dun g. Bradstreet reported today.
The amount was also S572 1923 900, or
81 per cent above the preceding
week.
Detroit recaptured the lead in
percentage gain after losing it to
Louisville last week. Transactions
at the motor capital were 48.7 per
cent better than year ago. New
Orleans was second with 478 and
Louisville dropped to third with 46.8.
Other important gamers were st.
Louis, 40: Cleveland. $50; Buffalo,
37.5; Kansas City, 81, and Atlanta,
36.7.
Clearings at the principal cities,
together with percentage changes
from year ago and other statistics
follow:
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Cooper BeSsemer Corp.

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio, Aug. 7
R.-Cooper-Bessemer Corp. Diesel
engine manufacturers, reported to-
day a net profit of s243.291 for the
first six months, compared with
s27l los n the comparative 1910 pc
riod. This was equal to so cents
share on common stock after divi-
dend deductions for prior preference
shares.
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American Viscose
Reports Ha|f-Year
Net Of S3,375,201
Melville Shoe Corp. Eorns
81 sol ,03l for Six Months,
Gain Over Lost Year
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 7-American
Viscose Corp. controlling interest
of which was recently acquired by
American banking interests from the
former British owners, today re-
ported for the six months ended
June 80 net profit of s3,375 pol, COM
pared with S4,067 ,402 in the first
half of 1910.
Deducted from the profit was 81
773, 900 estimated provision for in
come and profits taxes as against
81 1886 900 in the six months ended
June 30, 1910.
Originally a subsidiary of Court
aulds. Ltd, the big British textile
concern, American Viscose was
transferred to American ownership
in connection with Great Britain S
sale of investments here to raise
dollar exchange for war purchases
Evening star., 1941-08-07
Washington Exchange

SALES.
American Telephone e. Telegraph
rights when issued-15 at 1872
300 at 7-32, q at 1892.
Washington Railway & Eelectric
pfd.-2 a 1157s.
Capital Transit Co.-30 at l512.
American. Telephone & Telegraph
rights when issued-5 at 832.
Anacostia g. Potomac Mod. 3As-
$1,000 at 107la.
Capital Transit Cos at 15A.
American Security 81 Trust Co..
at 23l y.
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Reichsbunk Statement

Abatement as OF July 81 compared with
that Of july IA. showed Tin thousands
of ,reichsmarks>:
Gold and foreign exchange 1854; in
Biiis Of exchange and checks, 16,754,-
e61; increased 652.lf5.
other assets, 1.s11,c53; increased 294,-
Circulation, 16,O30.6l2; increased 5se.-
Is4, ~
Sight deposits, 2,242,1s7: increased
d62 $50.
Reserve ratio, 04s per cent
Bank rate, ga per cent.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
Home Mortgage Looms
Increase in First Hulf

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board
reports that outstanding home
mortgage loans of Federal savings
and loan associations rose from ST.
546,270,000 to 1888 ,297 900 in the
first half of the year.
Loans of Federal Home Loan
Banks to member associations de-
clined during the period from s20l,-
492 900 to $3.50 1877 900.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
Standard Oil of Ohio

CLEVELAND, Aug. 7 tPl.-Stand-
ard Oil Co. of Ohio today reported
consolidated net profit of s2.542,311
for the first half of 1941, compared
with s2.803,7 ,764 for the corresponding
period last year.
Provision for Federal and State
taxes on income was S36l6.500
against sl,673,4 400 for the first half
of 1910.
Evening star., 1941-08-07

six months ended June 30 consoli-
dated net income of 81 1,3070l5, equal
after preferred dividends to $176 a
share on the common stock out
standing, compared with 1855 .279. or
s1.26 share, for the like 1910
period.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
Form Living Picture

During celebration in New
Plymouth, New Zealand, more
than 5000 school children in a
park grouped to form picture
of Mount Egmont and q many
worded message.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
Melville Shoe Corp.

Melville Shoe Corp. and subsid-
iaries reported today net income for
the first half of 1941 of S1,501 ,031,
or s1.38 a common share, compared
with $1.432524, or s1.29 a share.
in the like 1910 period.
Evening star., 1941-08-07

Quotations furnished by National Asso
citation of Securities Dealers, Inc, which
states 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 issuers.
Not quoted by sponsors or issuers.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
'When-Issued' Trade Begins
In Wabash Securities

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (P1.-"When-
issued" trading began today in the
new securities of the Wabash Rail-
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London Money Rutes

LONDON. Aug. z lP,.--Money: / per cent
discount rates: Short bills, l 1-32 per cent;
S-ponth bills, l 1921 1-6.
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LONDON. Aug. DP,.-Bar silver. 23.d
unchanged. Equivalent a. so cents.
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London Tin Prices

LONDON, Aug. Z lN.-Tin steady; spo
1855 los bid; s256 15s asked; future, f25
15s bid; $3.50 IS asked.
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U. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 P-Prices quoted
In dollars and thirty seconds
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Iink-BeIt Co,

Link Belt Co.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7 P)-Link- Belt
Co. and subsidiaries reported for the
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Investing Companies

NEW YORK Aug LP,.-National As
aociation Securities Dealers Inc:
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United States Treasury Position

By the Associated Press.
The position of the Treasury
Evening star., 1941-08-07
BONDS
STOCKS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1941-08-07
New York Bur Silver

Subject TO Federal take
state income taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Action Promised TO Curb
Beach Traffic Tie-ups

The AnacoStia Citizens Associa-
ton was told last night by Capt
Hugh H. Groves of No. II police
precinct that steps were bing taken
to control the tie-ups which may
come about as a result of the usual
beach traffic this summer. Point
ing out that traffic is getting heavier
as a result of the crowds going to
and from the beaches and because
of the growth of the community,
Capt. Groves said that no parking
signs would be placed on the north
side of Good Hope road, between
Nichols avenue and Fourteenth
street Sc, thus giving motorists
two instead of one lane of traffic
to approach the light at Nichols
avenue. These signs. he said, would
prohibit parking between the hours
of and midnight on Sunday eve
nings, when the majority of week
end travellers are returning home.
The association, in its final meet
ing of the season, Endorsed the nine
member recreation board bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Hoos Making Sugory Bid to Land Harmon for Bears
Oliver Loses 10 Pounds One Round Of Goodo

80s almost daily at the Lido
Beach Country Club. Since the
Gus Lesnevich- Jimmy Webb fight
won't be staged until fall, Lesne-
vich is looking for a couple of
tune-up bouts. Porky Oliver
shed 10 pounds in the first round
of the Goodall golf. Jimmy
Dykes, who smokes Is cigars a
day, will bet you he can quit for
any given length of time, if the
wager is interesting enough.
Today's guest star - Jimmy
Doyle, Cleveland Plain-Dealer:
THE reason the Indians are sue
ceeding is that Peck uses the
noodle whereas Witt used the
needle"
Business Note.
Headline - Top ight-heavy-
weights draw only $4,000"
The Lesnevich- Young Christie
take"
Was deemed small beer by Mike
the Jake
And made his china molars ache.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Cleanup for Terps
Expected in D. {.
Cinder Meet

With its freshman and varsity
teams, University of Maryland was
expected to finish one-two in the
annual District A. A. U. track and
field championships in their own
bailiwick at College Park today.
Failure of Georgetown's crack
squad to enter has reduced greatly
the Terps' opposition, although
Catholic University was rated
chance of beating out the Maryland
freshmen for second place. Gallau-
Diet was favored to beat American U.
in the remaining local collegiate
competition.
One of the individual features was
expected to be the race between
Maryland's Tommy Fields and C..
us Johnny Corbett in the annual
Cy Macdonald Memorial Mile
Fields and Corbett also will clash in
the Emile jaunt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24

Neyland at Norfolk and those
Virginia football coaches had
better start catching their high
school prospects and tying 'em
up. Pat Mullin, Detroit's new
outfielder, is a liquor tester in a
Pennsylvania distillery during
the off season. We said tester,
not faster. In 20 games played
through last Tuesday, White Sox
pitchers went the route in Il OF
them. Might keep an eye on
Booker Beckwith, hard-hitting
170-pounder from Gary, Ind, who
has won Is in a row, 10 by knock
outs If and when Jerry Priddy
returns to the Yankee lineup, it
probably will be at third base.
Anyway, that's where he's work.
ing out these hot afternoons.
Strike three-A certain big
league ballplayer spent most of
the other afternoon trying to
f1irt with a blond in one of the
third-base boxes. That night he
saw her sitting two tables away