davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1941-05-21
La PLATA Cooperative
Permitted 10 Build
II Miles Of Lines
Maryland Public Service
Commission Approves
Electrical Extension
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FIess.
BALTIMORE, May 21-The Pub
lie Service Commission, after brief
hearing, granted the Southern
Maryland Tri-County Cooperative
Association of La Plata permission
today to construct II miles Of extern
sions to its lines and install an addi-
tional generator.
Only two witnesses testified and
no formal objection was entered.
The co-operative's project man.
ager. Forrest Coakley, said it pro-
posed to add a number of short ex-
tensions. totaling about II miles, to
its existing lines.
The extensions are in Prince
Georges, Charles and st. Marys
Counties. and will serve approx
mately IS additional cooperative
members. Mr.. Coakley said
None of the proposed spurs will
approach lines of the Maryland
Light & Power Co., Mr.. Coakley
said.
Robert B Morton of the engineer
ing firm of Gibbs g. Hill, New
York. generally substantiated Mr.
Coakley's testimony, saying he be-
lieved the new generator was neces-
sary.
The P. S. C. order also gave the
cooperative permission to borrow
up to s5o000 to finance the i'm
provements.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
New York Firms Bid
On Housing Job Endorsed
BY a Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 21.-
The Alexandria Housing Authority
has recommended award of a con-
tract for construction of 220 homes
for Fort Belvoir personnel in Alex
andria to the Diker Building Co.
of New York, A. H. A. officials re-
vealed yesterday.
R. S. Marshall director of the
Alexandria Office, said he would
recommend that the United States
Housing Authority accept the Diker
bid, since it was the lowest of four
estimates submitted for the defense
housing project. The New York
firm submitted two proposals, one
calling for completion of the prof.
ect in 80 days and the other in 120
days. The firms price, under the
120-day proposal, was $699 500, ap-
proximately 100000 lower than it's
estimate for completion of the prof.
ect in 80 days.
Mr.. Marshall said the contract
would probably be awarded In 10
days.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Officials Dispute
to Seizure
|Of School Buses
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WOODSTOCK. Va, May al Re-
possession of 18 of Shenandoah
County's 19 school buses for non
payment today gave disputing coun-
ty supervisors and School Board
members a choice of settling their
argument at once or finding other
transportation for school children.
The buses were reclaimed yester-
day by firms from which they had
been purchased and were stored at
Strasburg by Sheriff Carl Goche-
nour. The School Board authorized
Attorney F. S. Tavenner, jr., to in
stitute legal proceedings to clarity
the situation if the supervisors fail
to provide the money, earmarked
for bus payments, by noon tomorrow.
The supervisors, who contend the
School Board acted without author
ization in buying the buses, last
Saturday authorized the School
Board to borrow 5000. The School
Board decided, however, 1t should
not negotiate such a loan until the
supervisors stipulated the money
would 60 for buses.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Services at Leesburq
For Richard T. Herndon
Spe cial Dispatch to The Star

Spe cial Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, May 21-Fu-
neral services for Richard T. Hern-
don, 80, of Ashburn, retired farmer,
will be conducted at II am. tomor-
row in the Colonial funeral home
of Lloyd Slack by the Rev. r. L.
Moore, Methodist minister. Mr.
Herndon died Monday night at the
Loudoun County Hospital, where he
had been a patient for five weeks.
Burial will be in the Leesburg Union
Cemetery.
Mr.. Herndon was born in Prince
William County, Va, and came to
Loudoun when he was young man
He is the son of the late Holmes and
Mary Elizabeth Herndon.
Mr.. Herndon is survived by his
second wife, Mrs. Emma Herndon,
and three sons and a daughter by
this marriage, Ruben C. Herndon
and William A. Herndon of Lees
burg, Harvard B. Herndon of Water
ford, and Mrs. Annie Titus of Ar
lington. Also surviving from his
first marriage are Mrs. John Pun
phrey of Purcellville and Robert E
Herndon, Leesburg.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Rivals for Byron Seat
Wind Up Campaigns
In Montgomery
House Members Widow
And Stewart Appear
At Final RoIIies

The rival candidates in the sixth
Maryland congressional district spe-
cial election next Tuesday wound
up their campaigns in Montgomery
County yesterday. g.
Mrs. Katherine Edgar Byron,
widow of Representative Byron, at
tended a rally at the Glen Echo fire.
house last night sponsored by the
| Three-seven Democratic Club. A.
Charles Stewart, Republican candi-
date, was guest at the annual out
ing of the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Lions Club at Brooke Johns old
barn near Olney.
Both Mrs. Byron and Mr.. Stewart
left early today to make their last
appearances at rallies in the upper
counties of the district in a final
appeal to the voters before the bal
loting.
House Majority Leader McCor-
mack of Massachusetts, indorsed the
candidacy of Mrs. Byron at the
Democratic rally last night at which
Representative Bryson of South
Carolina and Barnes of Illinois and
leaders of various Democratic or
ganizations, including large groups
of women, spoke in her behalf
Accompanied by G. o. P. Leaders.
Mr.. Stewart confined his cam
paign to shaking hands at the out
ing, to which he was accompanied
by Republican county leaders. 1t
was the last of several appearances
he has made since his Montgomery
County campaign opened last
month.
Mr.. Mccormack told the audience
of about 300 party workers from the
county's thickly populated Seventh
District that Representative Byron
always enjoyed the respect and con-
fidence of his colleagues in the
House and that Mrs. Byron would
be among friends from the start
should she succeed to the post.
Appearing with two of her sons,
Goodloe and James Edgar Byron,
Mrs. Byron pledged support of the
administrations foreign policy and
thanked Cne DemOCratlc OrganlZa-
ton for its support of her husband
last year.
Hampton Presides.
Thomas E. Hampton presided at
the rally. Mrs. Byron was intro
duced by Miss Ruth Shoemaker, a
member of the county delegation to
the Maryland Assembly.
Mrs. Jesse Nicholson, one of the
leaders of the Katherine Byron-for-
Congress Club in the county; Mrs.
Ralph A. Wells, president of the
Montgomery County Democratic
Women's Clubs; Maj. E. Brooke Lee,
county Democratic leader, and sew
eral other speakers urged support
of Mrs. Byron at the polls.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Maryland to Sell Bonds
For Ferry on June z

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 21.-The State
Roads Commission announced yes
terday bonds for purchase of the
Claiborne-Annapolis ferry property
would be sold June and the State
will take over operation about
June TO-
Ezra B. Whitman said the COM
mission would advertise for bids on
the approximately s1,000000 bond
issue Tuesday, opening bids June 2.
Bidders, he said, would be expected
to set interest rates and to name a
price-not below par-at which they
would buy the bonds.
Mr.. Whitman pointed out that the
commission is required to charge
such toll rates as will pay off the
bonds.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
New Maryland Book
Completed by W. P. A.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 21.-A book
illustrating business, home and
church life in Maryland, has been
completed by the w. P. A. Mary
land arts project.
Director H. Bowen Smith said
the book, consisting almost entirely
of photographs and sponsored by
the University of Maryland, had
been turned over to the publisher
and will be available in about a
month.
The w. P. A. project, which has
just completed special guide to
the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
soon will publish another volume
describing recreation facilities in
Maryland, and is engaged in work
on a special volume on the origin of
Maryland place names.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Ship Death Hearing Set

RICHMOND, Va, May 81 P)-
Gov. Price will hold a hearing at
II am. Friday on a request from
Maryland for extradition of Ray
mond F. Reutt of Norfolk, former
v. M. I. football star, charged with
manslaughter in connection with the
death of Harry B. Murphy, first
officer on the Norfolk Washington
steamer Northland. Murphy was
lost from that ship in Maryland
waters April -.
Evening star., 1941-05-21

The Federation of Businessmen
Associations last night voted unan-
imous support of the Capper bill
to stagger Government pay days
from two to four a month.
The action was taken at the
groups dinner meeting at the Hay
Adams House on motion Of Fred
erick Levy.
Arthur Hartung president of the
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Hearing Set
On Takona
Rezoning
Request to Permit
Apartment Houses
Comes Up Monday
By . Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

By . StalI correspondent OF Inc Star
ROCKVILLE, Md, May 2l-The
Montgomery County Board of Com
missioners will conduct a public
hearing Monday on a request to re-
zone 10 lots in Takoma Park from
residential A to C to permit apart
ment house construction.
The request was made by James H
Cissel. owner, to change six lots
fronting Thayer avenue at Flower
avenue and four lots fronting
Thayer avenue at Nolte avenue in
Blair r-Takoma Section Two
A hearing will be held at pm.
in the Liquor Control Board Build
ing in Silver Spring.
An ordinance was adopted yester-
day declaring it unlawful for any
contractor, subdivider or developer
to proceed with grading, paving,
eXcavating or construction of side
walks, curbs or streets on any public
lands dedicated for use as streets.
sidewalks or parkways without first
obtaining a permit from the county
engineer
Inspection Fee Provided.
The ordinance, which is to be ad-
vertised and will become effective
June /, would require a permit and
inspection fee of 10 per cent Of the
cost as estimated by the county en-
gineer providing the project is for
grading only. In the event the ap-
plicant furnishes the engineers
work, the fee would be per cent of
the estimated cost. When projects
are not entirely grading, the fee
would be per cent.
The board authorized its clerk,
Richard H. Lansdale, to confer with
School Supt. Edwin Broome to ar
range for altering the plans for re-
constructing the old Richard Mont
gomery High School which is to be
converted into county office build
ing. The alterations would enlarge
the Office of the county purchasing
agent because the recent General
Assembly extended his duties to en-
brace the general county govern
ment as we'll as the school depart
ment.
Mr.. Lansdale was instructed to
draft an ordinance which will ex-
clude Liquor Control Board en-
ployes and county road workers
from swearing to bills in excess of
s25. This will make it unnecessary
for employees receiving higher
salaries to take oaths each time they
receive their pay envelopes, it was
explained.
Macadam Surfacing Ordered.
Acting County Engineer W. w.
Payne reported there is about $4,000
remaining out Of funds raised in a
$4,000 bond issue, which will be
sufficient to provide macadam sur
face over a gravel base between the
twin pavements of Kensington
Parkway, from Connecticut avenue
in North Chevy Chase to Kensing-
ton. The commissioners authorized
the expenditure of this balance for
the work.
The commissioners voted to meet
next week on Monday at l:30 pm.
instead of Tuesday.
Mr.. Lansdale and R. Watts
Farmer, police commissioner, were
authorized to act for the board next
Tuesday in opening bids on the
furnishing Of equipment for 18 ad-
ditional county policemen to be
added to the force after July l.
County Auditor Alexander Han
cock was authorized to transfer un-
expended money in some county
funds. amounting to about $4,000.
to other funds which have been
overexpended, so as to balance all
funds.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Waitress Returns
$3.50 and Receives
One Dollar Reward
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EXMORE, Va, May al
Virtue is its own reward for
Margaret Corbin, waitress, who
found S7.519.
The former Snow Hill, Md,
girl served breakfast to a
Yonkers, N. Y, couple and their
son. Discovering they had left
the money in a pocketbook on
the table, she telephoned to the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS State line,
where the New Workers were in
formed of their loss.
Overioyed, they returned to
claim the money. The husband
ruffed through a roll of $50
bills-to extract a 81 reward.
Miss Corbin plans to frame the
dollar bill.
Evening star., 1941-05-21

In May, Beware OF:
1. Careless walking at night.
Six Of the eight persons killed
in traffic during May, 1910.
were struck after dark.
2. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action in May last wear.
The six other traffic victims
were injured while either cross
ing a street against a proper
signal, attempting to jump onto
a moving vehicle, attempting to
stop stampeding horses. stand
ing in a button safety zone.
crossing at an uncontrolled In
tersection or riding in an auto
mobile.
Evening star., 1941-05-21

Northeast Businessmen Associa-
ton, announced that the group will
meet next Wednesday night instead
of Thursday and will have Capt. H
c. Whitehurst, District director of
traffic, as guest speaker.
Mr.. Levy announced that the Gen.
trail Businessmen's Association will
entertain at the June meeting of
the federation.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Berwyn Class Luncheon

The Semper Fidelis Glass of the
Berwyn Presbyterian Sunday School
will hold luncheon from noon to
1:30 pm tomorrow in the Sunday
school hall. An admission fee Of 30
cents will be charged.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Annapolis Housing Job
Approved by U. S. H. A.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The United States Housing
Authority today approved $184.546
contract for construction Of so
dwelling units at Annapolis. Md, to
house Navy enlisted personnel.
Samuel B. Dove of Annapolis was
the successful bidder The contract
calls for completion in $50 days.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Tukomu Library Benefit

A benefit for the Takoma Park
Md Library Association will be
given in the Library Building, Q
Sherman avenue, / pm. tomorrow,
with Mrs. Daniel Miller as sponsor.
Evening star., 1941-05-21

paniZed labor
Evening star., 1941-03-08

FOREIGN.
Cuban Tob IS A. ssh 56A 56h
WV With warrants.
XIV without warrants.
New.
st (stp) Stamped.
Evening star., 1941-03-08

to 96 pound fed Westerns Monday
at 1225a12 40; not enough other
classes Of sheep to make market test.
Grain Market.
Wheat. No 2 red winter, garlicky,
spot. domestic. bushel: Opening
prices, "a; March, a. Settling
prices, "a; March, "a.
Corn, No. 2 yellow. domestic.
bushel 74a76; Western billing at a
premium over this price. Cob corn,
barrel, 325a3.50; country prices re-
ported, 3.00a3.25.
Oats, No. white, domestic, bushel,
Sass; No. 2, 49a5S. On all sales Of
oats to the local trade, excepting
those on track, there Is an additional
charge of IL cents per bushel for
storage and elevation, which Is paid
by the buyer.
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 62a67. Barley,
bushel, 63a65. Hay. timothy, clover
and mixed, ton. 1200a1500. Wheat
straw, No. 2, ton. 1900.
Flour. barrel, winter. patent. SCB
a5.75; winter, straight, 40Oa425;
spring. patent, 525a5.50; spring,
straight, 5.0oa5.20; hard, winter,
patent, 490a5.10; hard, winter.
straight, 4.7Oa4s5; rye flour, dark
to white. 3.60a4.30.
Mill feed, ton, spring bran, % Oos
5000; standard middlings, 2900a
5000.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Chicago Livestock

Department Of Agrieulture) :-salabls hogs,
set se on oa sood snd csoes Ros saaS sa
ply too small TO attract buying competi-
ton; small lots 249-pound butchers, 7.55;
auotabe TOP sroSnd 7s5 for st{ic,ly chSire
pers took nom none hoidover r 500; compared
week ago, barrows, gifts and packing sows
little changed.
last eas I3 sood
and choice fed i,20O-1 ,450 pounds steers,
25;35. lower; medium to 10y good big.
sf seR bat Fnat ssesdy sS5nv very as te esns
active and commanding premium over com
steer frade eaVifs te abovs is75 and only
very choice kinds above 1900. practical
top strictly G choice heavy steers steers ts i3;s5s but
ever choice Ha S s9aH yssrnss IS reachns
IS,I5o; I,I3 fed heiters steady to strong; ,xs COWS
$50 or more down on medium e good
hsifers S r0 reached Iss5; iisht heifers scarce
ddoxna stts5 sSN rs.ehlna Is s.sS ssrls: hssys
ticsi iste D top Vs on Choice f vealers, @ II 30
Salable sheep, 1000; total, $500; late
Friday' fat lambs at steady to strong mTTe n,,2E
weights above 103 pounds at I0.60-1O.75:
Friday last week, fat lambs declined dur
Ing openinE session Sq-5S but on an
Texained: late ot ton III o0 o. nnis more freeiy
on account OF more desirable weight and
quality. bulk good and choice handy and
medium weight fed wooled lambs late
1O.s5.11.O 90. with kinds scaling 103 pounds
and upward 10.60-10.75; some 120-pound
weishts 1000; sheep and yearlings scarce;
western ewes 6.65; bulk. 6.50-6.65.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Sugar Stocks Gain,
But Other Issues
Are Neglected
Changes Fractional
Except for Some
Speciolties
BY VICTOR EUBANK.
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, March 8.-Buyers
stepped into the stock market for
sugar company issues today but paid
scant heed to leaders in other de-
partments.
Aside from scattered specialties,
minor fractional variations either
way ruled from the opening on
Numerous issues were unchanged at
the close.
The two-hour turnover of around
10000 shares was one of the smallest
since last August.
Part of the blame for the apa-
thetic proceedings was laid on the
weather Due to the heaviest snow
storm here of the year, many Wall
Street commuters were unable to
reach their Offices. The result was
the financial district had much the
appearance of a winter-locked de-
serted village.
Most customers who showed up
for the brief session, brokers said,
inclined to individual favoritism in
a mild way or held commitments
to minimum pending Balkan war
developments over the week end,
congressional action on the lend
lease bill and further light on forth
coming taxes.
Propping sentiment, at the same
time, was the Presidents signing
of the amended excess profits tax
measure and the continued bright
ness of business skys generally.
Sugar shares apparently were
stimulated by strength of the raw
staple which recently has been NOV
ing into new high ground along
with a number of other industrial
commodities. Fears of ocean ship
ping shortages, especially from the
Philippines, were understood to have
been a buoying element.
In the sugar group, some of which
posted new tops for 1941 with gains
of fractions to about a point. were
Fajardo, American Refining, Great
Western. South Porto Rico. Holly,
American Crystal and Cuban-Amer-
ican.
Occasional support was accorded
Southern Railway, Anaconda, Phelps
Dodge, United States Rubber, Mont
gomery Ward, Union Carbide, Glenn
Martin and Sperry. Optimistic
earnings statements helped some of
these.
Inclined to falter were United
States Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler,
Western Union, Santa Fe, Kenne-
colt, j. I. Case, Goodrich, Loft and
General Electric.
Bonds, on the whole, maintained
a fairly steady course.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
New York Cotton

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, March S.-New crop de-
ltveries advanced again in cotton futures
today Net gains were To ln minis
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, March 8.-The wheat
market continued the rally which
has been under way since about mid
session Thursday by scoring gains
ranging up to cent bushel today.
The markets strength was asso-
ciated with flrmnesS of securities and
additional purchases inspired by
prospects of a higher loan rate on
1941 wheat. Traders said this
strengthened May contracts due to a
belief that higher loan rate would
stiffen the holding attitude of own
ers of old wheat while the new crop
contracts, July and September. were
affected inasmuch as they were
quoted at discounts of more than 8
cents under May.
Some dealers expect offerings Of
free grain to diminish but there were
no signs of an improvement in
flour demand although Southwest
ern reports indicated mills were en-
joying a fair business, mainly for
immediate shipment indicating con-
sumers may be running on small
reserve.
Some Of the buying in the wheat
pit was attributed to mills, but COW
ering by previous short sellers ac-
counted for most of the orders.
Corn prices we're steady to firm
and old oats and rye contracts were
firm. Initial trading in new oats
and rye deliveries to conform with
changes in official grading stand
ards effective July l disclosed that
oats, on the new basis. were quoted
at a discount under the old, while
rye was at a substantial premium
July and September new rye we're
quoted around so cents a bushel
compared with 452l and At for the
old. Old July and September rye
futures could be traded only for
liquidation, no new commitments
being permitted.
At II am. wheat was IA cents
higher, compared with yesterdays
finish; May, 8415; July, s115, and
corn was 1s-3s up, May and July,
6i7s.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK March s dP,.-Ths ArEsn-
tine peso dropped N cent to the years
lowest price in the free foreign market
today
The peso has been under pressure lately
after news from Buenos. Aires OF new
exchange restrictions. other major rates
were UNCHANGED.
Late rates follow (Grest Britain in
dollars. others in cents):
Canada:
OficiaI Canadian Control Board rates
for United States dollars; buying, 10 per
cent premium: selling, II per cent pre-
MUM. equivalent to discounts on Cana
dian dollars in New York Of buying. 9.a1
per cent: selling, 90 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket, l47s per cent discount or S5.l2b
United States cents.
Europe:
Great Britain. official. bankers For
eign EXchange Committee rates.. buying,
402; selling. 404; open market cables.
03i2; Germany, 40.00n; benevolent.
20.75 Finland. 205n. Greece. .6sn;
Hungary. 1a.77n: Italy. sos: Portugal.
401: Sweden. 23s5: Switzerland (x),
20 .23; Yugoslavis, 2.30n
Argertine. Official. 2a.77; free. 22ao:
Brazil official. 6.o5n free, Soon; Mex
leo, 90 0.70n.
Far East:
Japan; 2a.4s; Hong Kons. a4.61; shanE-
CRste in spot cables unless otherwise in.
dicated)
n Nominal
Fol commercial transactions.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Washington Produce

LTvEsTocK-CalveS. IL; spring lambs,
From Agricultural Marketing Service
prices paid net fob. Washington:
EGGS-Market about steady. Prices
paid for Federal-State graded eggs received
from grading stations March ~; whites
u. s. extras, large, 1924; U. S. extras,
mediums, 1921; q. S. standards large, 90
22: U, S. standards, mediums, 1919;
U. S. trades 1917; browns, U S. extra
large. 21-23; U. S. extras mediums 1921 !;
U. 8. standards, LARGE, 1922; U. S. stand
ards mediums, 1919; y. S. trades, 15:l7;
whites, II; mixed colors, 10.
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady; fowl
colored. all sizes, 17-1S; No. 2S, 1918; Leg
horn hens. 1914; roosters, 9-10; chickens,
Vlrginia broilers and fryers. all sizes 20;
No. rs. 1914; Delaware Rocks and crosses
broilers and fryers all sizes, 1920: No.
Is, 1914; turkeys, young hens, all sizes.
%; No. Is, ~ young toms, all sizes, IS;
capons, 7 pounds and up 24-25; smaller
sizes. %: No; Is and slips. 1870.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Newspaper Advertising Up
For 7ih Straight Week
Special Dispatch to The Star.


CHICAGO, March 8.-The volume
of retail advertising placed in the
newspapers of 50 major cities dur
ing the week ended February %
was 3I8 per cent greater than dur
ing the corresponding week of 1910,
according to an analysis by Adver-
tising Age, national advertising
newspaper.
This marked the seventh sue
cessive week in which 1941 retail
newspaper advertising has sur
passed that for the corresponding
week of last year.
Newspapers in the 81 measured
cities carried total of 1877 .404
lines of retail display advertising
during the week ended February
%, an increase of slightly more than
665 900 lines. or 3.8 per cent, over
the corresponding week of last year,
when 1872, 1927 lines were printed
in the same cities.
For the eight-week period since
the beginning of the year retail
newspaper advertising in the 80
measured cities is 81 per cent
greater this year than last, accord
ing to Advertising Age. The 1941
eight-week total is 139,096,2 ,284 lines,