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Evening star., 1941-07-03

north from Wilson Lane, to Garfield
street.
Browns lane, Alta Vista, to Oak
mont avenue.
Cedar lane, west from Old
Georgetown road, to Green Tree
road.
Chestnut Avenue. West Chevy
Chase Heights, to Shirley avenue.
Chestnut street. Chevy Chase, to
Chesley street.
Curtis Road, Leland street to Oak
ridge place.
Cypress avenue. Alta Vista, to
Carlton avenue.
Cypress street. Meadow lane tc
East-West highway. to Meadow
lane.
Cypress street. Meadow lane tc
Connecticut avenue, TO East-West
highway.
Cypress street. East-West high
way to Dunlop street, to Dudley
street.
Chevy Chase boulevard, north, to
Davidson drive.
Delmar place. Greenwich Forest
to Westover road.
Elm street, Chevy Chase, to STAN
ford street.
Elm street. Wisconsin avenue. to
Oakridge avenue, to Elmridge ave-
nue..
Elm street, north of Leland street,
to Oakridge avenue.
Elm street and Montgomery lane
Glenbrook road to Wisconsin ave-
nue., to Fayette street
Hampden lane. that portion run
ming north, to Jefferson street.
High street, Friendship Heights,
to Friendship avenue.
Highland avenue. Moorland lane
to Custer road, to Harwood avenue.
Harrison street, Huntington Ter
race, to Hoover street.
Lenox road. Bradley boulevard to
Somerville road, to Cardiff road.
Montgomery avenue, Kenilworth,
to Lafayette avenue.
Montgomery avenue, Rosedale. to
Tilbury street.
Montgomery street. Friendship
Heights, to Friendship avenue.
Montgomery street, Chevy Chase,
to Friendship avenue.
Montgomery drive, Alta Vista, to
Northfeld drive.
Moorland lane, Greenwich Forest,
to Grant street.
Mortrose drive, Kenilworth, to
Corinth drive.
Maple avenue, Alta Vista to
Crothers avenue.
Maple avenue, Bradley Lane to
East-West highway, to Kingwood
drive.
Maple terrace, Chevy Chase, to
Kingwood terrace.
Maple avenue, Rosedale Park, to
Monterey avenue.
Maryland avenue. Rosedale Park,
to Pearl street.
Michigan avenue and Battery
lane, Battery Park, to Rosedale
avenue.
Wildwood road, Huntington ter
race, to Overhill place.
Melrose street, Thornapple street
to Underwood street, to Thornapple
place.
Melrose street, Woodmont, to
Cordell street.
Oakridge lane, Elm street to Le-
land street, to Elmridge avenue.
Oak lane. Meadow lane to Leland
street, to Vale street.
Oak lane, Radnor road to Brad
ley boulevard. to Durbin road.
Pine place and Sycamore street,
Chevy Chase, to Thorndale street.
Radnor road, Bradley boulevard
to Goldsboro road, to Goldsboro
road
Ridge street, Chevy Chase, to
Rosemary street.
Stratford road, Chevy Chase ter
race, to Sumner road.
Saul road, Chevy Chase terrace,
to Sheriff. road.
Spruce street, Chevy Chase, to
Hillcrest street.
Spruce street, Alta Vista, to Ron
wood avenue.
Spring street, Chevy Chase, to
Sigsbee street.
Summit avenue, Rollingwood, to
Rural ridge road.
Watkins avenue. Bethesda, to
East-West highway.
Wayne road. Rollingwood, to
Wfnnett road.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
$3,599, ,806 Contract Let
For BeIvoir Projects
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
The award of a $500 .sO6 con-
tract for construction of recreation
facilities and miscellaneous build
ings at Fort Belvoir, Va, to the
Charles H. Tompkins Co. of WASH
lngton was announced yesterday by
the War Department.
Baskerville g. Son of Richmond
received the architectural-engineer-
ing contract. The building program
includes recreation facilities, chapels.
pontoon bridge equipment. storage
space, vehicle sheds, fencing, roads
and lighting systems.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
July, le4l
Toll in Previous Months.
In July, Beware Of:
July, le40
July s July l7'JuIy Is July 2s
. . . .

In July, Beware OF:
1. The hours between $50
and $50 pm. All four of the
persons killed in traffic in July.
1910, were fatally injured within
this three-hour period.
2. Crossing a street at point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action in July last year.
The two other traffic victims
were fatally hurt while either
crossing a street at an uncon-
trolled intersection or driving
an automobile.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
1850. T.. SeIectees
Slated 10 Leave
Today for Induction
101 White Men to Be
Sworn In at Richmond,
"a CoIored at Baltimore

One hundred and eighty-five
Washington selectees were sched-
uled to leave for Army induction
stations today The list included
101 white and "a colored selectees.
to be inducted in Richmond and
Baltimore. respectively. Their names
follow.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Cruise Planned

The Temple Youth Group OF the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
is planning a moonlight cruise on
the steamer Mount Vernon July %.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Church Club Plans Cruise

The Mems Club of St. AIMS
Church will hold its annual MOON
light cruise Tuesday night on the
steamer Mount Vernon.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Make July Safer

Every blot is District traf1c
death. The toll thus far ex-
ceeds that reported here during
the same period last year. Keep
the July calendar clear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

Ethyl gasoline was believed in
Germany merely a typical and
convenient American adyertis-
ing slogan devised TO sell motor
fuel at a higher price TO gull
ible natives. Nazi planes used
ordinary gas. British fighters
fueled with high test gas, We're
able % develop greater speed
Snd horsepower
Under the leadership OF
Charles F Ketteung. the famous
research Laboratories Of General
Motors. have long been awale
hat science and invention are
the basic factors ia modern war
fare in which speed IS the
watchword. Technically, Amer
lea has the greatest potent.a1-
ties Of any country
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

His salty talk is automatically
American You get the impress
sion OF a deep and abiding COM
mon sense. Perhaps that is why
he is a practical inventor. His
aim has been 10 produce things
that will be useful. once he has
produced them he has, with not
too much difficulty. persuaded
others 10 manufacture them.
More and more he is being
called upon TO speak before
groups of industriahsts. business
men. college undergraduates. lie
invariably says things that are
remembered not only for their
meat but Ion the sauce which
gafnishes them. one Of his best
remembered sayings is "just the
minute YOU get satisfied with
what you've rot the concrete has
begrl tO set i'm your head"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

boat-literally. He really met
his Waterloo when he refused to
see any merit in Robert Fulton's
invention. With steamboats, he
might have been able to move
his army across the Channel to
England.
"Of course. the world is not
finished. To accept such
theory is like a driver looking out
the back window while his car
is speeding along"
Thirty-seven years ago last
December Wilbur and Orville
Wright were puttering with their
airplane at Kitty Hawk, N. {.
One day they wired home to
their sister the startling news:
I'VE are the first men to fly
in a heavier than-air machine.
Will be home for Christmas"
In her elation the sister called
up newspaper editor. The lat
ter was unimpressed. But to
show some appreciation for her
enthusiasm he remarked:
I'm glad the boys will be
home for Christmas"
Kettering declares there is no
shortage Of basic materials. Nor
is there any in sight. There may
be need Of substitutes in special
materials such as rubber. but
research is already answering
that question. Progress is the
keynote Of civilization. But for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

welt, is reyolutionizing railway
travel.
He invented the self-starter
for automobiles, thereby ending
the back breaking business Of
cranking He is responsible for
the lighting and ignition systems
OF motor cars, Duco fast drying
enamel. Ethyl gasoline. Would
you induce a fever in your body2
Go to Kettering. He has in
vented a fever-making box that
viii raise your temperature
quicker than you can say
Water"
Charles F. Kettering helped TO
put the world on wheels, yet he
never saw a street car TIL he
was 81.
He Is impatient with those
who are forever saying such and
such thing won't work." that
1T can't be done" that there are
no longer any opportunities in
industry.
He reminds YOU that the
physicists of the early COS de-
clared with solemn omniscience
that the world was finished.
Then along came Roentgen with
his X-Rays, Madame Curie with
radium. the Wright Brothers
with their heayier-than-air fly
ing machine. radio, television.
rayon. which has reyolutionized
the textile industry. Even Ma
poleon he points out misses the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

materialize in production. are
born.
At 65 Charles F. Ketteung is
ready for any challenge. 1t has
been has Job for 81 years to see
The possibilities Of industrial de-
yclopmcnt and realize them.
Despite the war he Is more con-
fident Of the future than ever
before. He regards the war as
a temporary annoyance. He has
a homeIy colorful, Lincolnian
way Of looking upon life. his
heritage, perhaps. Of the Middle
Western soil.
Man likes 70 fight, likes to
look at fights carries a chip ON
has shoulder wherever he is and
az whatever he IS doing he SAYS.
AZ intervals he goes in for mass
fighting and his progress is set
back for a time But after the
scf1acks he comes up stronger
than ever. Man still nour-
ishes the urge TO add to human
knowledge.
Yet Keftcdng doesn't regard
himself as a scientist. He pre-
ie-s 70 be known as O research
Forker. Tall. slightly stoop-
shouldered. bsldish. wearing
Thick. horn-rimlned glasses
smiling often. ne suggests an
oId-ume country doctor or high
school principal rooted in the
picturesque and friendly phil
0sophy Of a rugged and more
serene America
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
RefrigerdtOr-StOUe
Next TO Come

His laboratory is working on a
new household gadget--a COM
bination refrigerator and stove.
There are fluorescent lamps to-
day. which give twice or three
times as much power as the one
commonly in use. Microphones
have been built into the rear Of
flashlights and the human voice
is transmitted from one point TO
another over a light beam.
Electricity. chemistry, physics
and engineering are all tied up
together. Spectacles are now
being made OF a new transparent
plastic. Grandma will be able
to drop them with safety. With
the same substance light can be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
American inventive
Genius Is Paramount
In 'AN-Out' Defense
By LOUIS REID

DETROIT - Had Adolf Hitler given as
much thought back in his big dreaming days to
American craftsmanship to American nven-
tiveness he might be sitting atop the world today
To his technique he adapted the American formula
of speed utilizing the materials devices either invented or
brought TO their peak of efficiency by American inventors
lie didn't far enough He failed supply his aplanes
with high test gasoline and result unable last Fail
develop the power sufficient knock tile British out of
the skies lie misjudged American exploitation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
More Ingenuity
is l.. S. Need

In modern warfare the more
important basic needs IN KeJ-
terings opinion. are radio COM
munications. light powerful In
ternal combustion engines Tor
use In planes ard tanks and high
test gasoline for their operation.
These materials Of American
origin. can be SO improved upon
by our inventors that America
will become Improbable
Detroit. TO-DAY. Us more than a
center OF production 10 IS
where ideas. which vii later
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
Auto Self Starter
His IHUeRtiOH

when YOU think Of inventors
Charles Franklin Kettering Is.
OF course, one OF the first names.
Born on an Ohio farm. he has
invented-well what hasn't he
invented! He started with the
electrical cash register back In
The days OF he first Roosevelt. Is
responsible fol the development
Of the Diesel engine which, In
the days OF the second Roose-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

progress there must be a prod
uct. Something must be pro-
duced that is useful TO humanity.
once 1t is created, it must be
sold TO the public. The problem
then becomes one of Snowman
ship and psychology.
The expansion OF the Diesel
engine and the undermining Of
the home can do for America.
for its social and economic evo-
luton, what the automobile did
in the Twenties, he believes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

transmitted around right-angled
bends. piped just as If it were
water.
I'VE have all been taught that
light goes in a straight line. not
around corners. Most persons
who are supposed to know about
that would say you can't do
it, Wool is being made out Of
milk"
Charles F. Kettering believes
the quest for the more abundant
life has hardly begun. There is.
for him, still much unfinished
business.
He keeps pegging away at his
investigations. He is even SEEK
ing the key TO the mystery OF
life, the secrets Of nature. Why
is the grass green is a question
that has long intrigued him.
He wants to find how the liquid
chlorophyll in leaves and blades
Of grass converts the suns en-
ergy into disable form. He is
looking ahead 10 the long. dis
tant future when the worlds
supply of petroleum has been
exhausted.
Today, cars are operated
by the stored-up radiant heat
OF the sun in the form OF
petroleum. Only a few. but diff
ficult, steps have to be worked
out TO enable Joe Doakes to run
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10

his car by sun ray-transmitted
power direct.
Kettering has the long. opti-
mistic view of life. He sees unity
and the increasing momentum
in chemistry. metallurgy. en-
cheering and design carrying the
world through.
You take him seriously, for
you realize he Is not merely an
articulate dreamer, but a prac-
tical man who proceeds not from
formula but from facts. The
inventor spends most OF HIS time
in Detroit, where with his wife,
he lives in a suite at the Book
Cadillac Hotel. She is the former
Olive Williams. a native Of the
same Ohio county in which he
was born.
He is known to his friends
as "Ket." To the workers in the
General Motors plants he is
boss Ket." One month each
year he spends at his home in
Dayton which he built % years
ago. Wherever he is he likes
to putter with gadgetS. He has
been called "a monkey-wrencb
scientist"
But there is more than .
monkey wrench In his work.
once he told a group OF Young
men "all the tools you need in a
laboratory are just enough TO
get the idea through u inch Of
skull"
Evening star., 1941-08-24
War Spending Speeds Rise
In Canadian Business
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MONTREAL. Aug. 23:-Business
expansion continues in Canada. par
ticularly in industrial fields, the
Bank of Montreal states in its cur
rent Canadian business summary
Increasing production is strongly in
f1uenced by war expenditures which
in July totaled about $108 900 900
and are now running at the rate of
between 100000 and 100000 a
day.
I'm the first six months of l94l
manufacturing production rose II
per cent above a year ago. electric
power production 81 per cent. car
loadings Is per cent and exports and
imports. excluding gold, each 30.1
per cent.
Construction contracts advanced
in the first seven months of the
year. to s247, 400 900. as compared
with $l54,700,000 in the similar
period of 1910, and with $l87 200 900
in all of 1889
Three shipbuilding companies re-
Gently were awarded contracts in
volving total outlay of about $49.-
100000. The -four milling industry
In June produced 2,117.976 barrels,
a record for this month.
Earnings of Canadian railways in
seven months were at the best level
since 1929 and were 26.4 per cent
above year ago"
Evening star., 1941-08-24
5. {. {. Moves 10 Simplify
North American Units
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Securities Commission has
ordered a proceeding to determine
what steps might be required of
Illinois Iowa Power Co. ito remove
undue and unnecessary complica-
tions in its corporate structure" and
ito insure the fair and equitable dis
tribution Of voting power among its
security holders" A hearing has
been scheduled for October 10.
Illinois Iowa, with principal Offices
at Decatur, Ill, is an operating COM
pany and a holding company in
the billion dollar North American
Co. system. Its subsidiaries cited
in the order are Des Moines Electric
Light Co., and Iowa Power and Light
Co., both with headquarters at Des
Moines. and Central Terminal Co.,
and Illinois Terminal Railroad OF
st. Louis.
Illinois Iowa is a subsidiary OF
Illinois Traction Co., subsidiary of
North American Light and Power
Co., a subsidiary of North American
The holding company act pro-
hibits. through the so-called great
grandfather clause" the imposition
of more than two parents on top of
an operating company. The order
was the first corporate simplification
proceeding instituted against a sub
holding company in the North Amer
ican system, against which a geo.
graphic integration proceeding is
pending before the commission.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
f1926 average equal
Dividend Meetings

NEW YORK. Aug % ESPECIAL -
Am9ns The Important naI nssk sre hed
CO., continentsi-D Fiber Co; Ex-
Gelo GosDd c9p Ge one Star
Corp, Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp. ano
United Carbon Co A list of the meetings
of companies definitely scheduied Is re re-
ioWs: RS1s seD '' '
Monday, August 25.
Atlantic Refining Co. 4 per cent pre-
ferred convertible A 10 am.
eonsoiidated edpHaa is Edison Co. Of New YORK, SIS
Holland Furnace Co, common, 10 am:
Myers F E. o. Bro. Co., common. 1890
Waldorf system. Inc. common. pm.
Tuesday, August ri.
Allied Chemical Il Dye Corp. common,
Arnold Constable Corp common. pm.
Bond Stores. Inc, common 3 pm.
Carpenter Steel Co. common. $50 am.
Continental-Diamond Fiber Co., COM
E:ectric Power g. Light Corp. 81 and s6
General Theaters Equipment Corp, COM
PENNSYLVANIA Glass Sand Corp, 5 per
cent preferred and common. 2:30 pm.
schenley Distillers Corp. preferred. 2:30
pm
Wednesday. August -.
American Power e. Light Co., S5 pre-
ferred. l1;30 am.
American Tobacco Co., per cent pre-
BLACK d Decker Manufacturing Co..
common, $40 pm.
Great Western Sugar Co.. per cent pre-
ferred and common, 10 am
ferred and common. ii am
Indianapolis Power a. Light Co., SO per
ctinuletiVe preferred and common,
IL am.
International Salt Co. common. pm.
International Silver Co., per cent pre-
ferred. 1915 am. ~. .e--~7 ii.
Lone Star Cement Corp, common, 9 am.
Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc, per
South Puerto Rico Sugar Co, per cent
preferred and common. 1920 am.
Wheeling Steel Corp. S5 convertible
prior preferred. 1870 am.
THURSDAY. August as.
Americsn-Hawaiian Steamship Co., COM
American Home Products Corp. COM
mon. $3.50 am.
American Locomotive Co.. : per cent
preferred. 3 pm.
American Radiator Il Standard Sanitary
Corp. z per cent preferred and common,
Cluett Peabody 4 Co.. Inc. Z per cent
preferred and common. 10 am.
Commercial Credit Co., Az per cent
convertible preferred and common, pm.
Commercial Investment Trust Corp.
S425 convertible preferred and common,
General Railway Signal Co.. 6 per cent
preferred and common. . pm
united Carbon Co., common IL am.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
CommodityPrice
Chonqesin Week
Ry the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 23-Continued
rising food, cotton and wool values
pushed the Associated Press cash
wholesale commodity price index
into the new four-year high terri
tory this week.
The index, composed of prices OF
IS weighted wholesale commodities,
and with 1926 as 100, advanced to
81 81, the highest since July II, 1887
The latest figure compared with
90.5l in the preceding week anc
1854 year ago.
Industrial, food, livestock, grains
and cotton. and textile group COM
ponents of the index scored new top
marks for 1941 or longer. The nom
ferrous metal component, however,
held unchanged, largely because of
Government controls over prices.
Eggs, up sharply in the food di-
vision, touched the highest levels
seen at Chicago since 1929. Also
more expensive were butter, lard and
cocoa. Dipping a bit, but holding
close to recent high marks, were
-four, corn and coffee.
Lumber advanced in the industrial
materials division, but turpentine
was cheaper.
Cotton and wool stepped upward
in the textile division.
Hogs, cattle and lambs all were
up in Chicago livestock markets.
Moving higher in grain markets
were wheat, oats and rye.
The index, and its components,
compared with a week ago and last
year as follows:
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Aug. % R,-Foreign
money values generally held steadily
against the United States dollar in the
past week. The Canadian dollar edged
upward during the early part of the week
and then dropped part of its gains, clos
ing today at S9.1ola United States cents,
OF is cent from the previous day. Other
currencies We're largely unchanged through
out.
Closing rates follow Great Britain in
dollars, others in centSt.
Canada.
Official Canadian Control Board rates
for United states dollars, buying 10 per cent
premium. selling IL per cent premium,
equivalent to discounts on Canadian dol
lars in New York of buying 9.9I per cent,
selling aO9 per cent
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket, 1O1s per cent discount, or S9.12a
United States cents
Europe.
Great Britain, official Bankers Foreign
Exchange Committee rates.. buying 402,
selling 4.04 open market. Gables, 4.O312.
Latin America.
Argentina, official. 29.71: free. %
Brazil, official. 6.06n: free, Sion; Mexico,
20.1On.
Far East.
Hong Kong, 25.34; Shanghai, 492
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indlcated.) n-Nominal.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Corporation Bonds
IrreguIarIY Higher
In Some Cases
> Coins Of Industrial
Fuvorites Offset by
Losses Elsewhere

BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Some cor
porate bonds worked unevenly
higher today in quiet trading.
The close found some issues,
notably among induStrials, as much
as a point ahead but fractional
declines in the less popular class
ificationS held averages generally to
an unchanged level.
Transactions totaled S2,207 600.
face value, compared with $1,751 200
last Saturday, the smallest short
session trade in almost three months.
United States Governments at
tracted few customers, either in the
stock exchange or over the counter.
In the dealer market, prices were
unchanged and quotations on the
stock exchange varied only enough
to come into line.
Among the more active gamers
were Abitibi Power SIS at 557s, Com
mercial Mackay incomes with war
rant at 58l4, Southern Pacific 412s
of '69 at 5134, Western Union SIS at
S5A, International Telephone IS at
4412 and Republic Steel 412s of 81
at 1041z.
On the downSide were such issues
as New York Central SIS at 59l2,
Nickel Plate 412s at 6la4 Delaware
& Hudson refunding As at 5334 and
American G. Foreign Power IS at 81,
In the foreign government dollar
loan list, gains were marked up for
issues of Argentina, Australia, Cuba
and Uruguay. Losses were recorded
for bonds of Germany, Norway and
Poland.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
McGilI StopIe Index
OFF Slightly in Week
SpeclaI Dlspatch 70 The star.

AUBURNDALE, Mass. Aug. 23.-
The commodity index compiled by
the McGill Commodity Service de-
clined slightly during the week end
ing August % and currently stands
at 86.9 as against $40 a week ago,
Isl at the beginning of the year
and 68.9 year ago.
The industrial and livestock
groups led the decline, while the
agricultural index was slightly
higher.
The industrial index dropped back,
as lower averages were noted for
non-ferrous metals, paint materials
and fine and coarse textiles. In this
group building materials, fuels,
hides and leather, paper and pulp
and vegetable oils showed small ad-
vances.
The agricultural index strength
ened on higher prices for wheat,
corn, oats, barley. rye, cotton, eggs,
potatoes, flaxseed and butter. Hay
and beans were lower.