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Evening star., 1942-03-31
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO March 81 tP, Omitted States
Department OF Agriculture .-Salable hogs
$4,000, total, 23.5O0; early sales. 1875
lower; but general market fat: IS lower
on all weights and sows: good and choice
lSo-36n pounds. l3.40-1O: largely 1880
80 trade on weights zoo pounds up; one
load, 1873. GOOD and choice l6O-SO
pounds, 13.00-50: good sows. 40O-55O
pounds, l. 2aO-13@5
Salable sheep. 10000 total. 10000; late
Monday. fat lambs generally steady; bulk
Good and choice fed offerings 100 pounds
kinds. I240 down; few 5O-66-pound
springers, II 5n-75: fat ewes. rs down:
strictly choice absent: todays trade. prac-
tically no early trading on fed. wooled
Western lambs held at steady prices or
up TO T. IS; most buyers talking uneveny
lower; few fat ewes, 1.75. and small lot
native spring lambs. Is 90.
Salable cattle. $500: calves. 1000;
fed steers and yearlings. 1875 higher.
Monday decline regained; nothing strictly
choice here: top, l,4O0-pound averages
1895; best yearlings, $500: bulk. II 80
13.15; heifers shared steer advance; best.
1915 cows. 1915 higher; weighty cutter
COWS very close TO 900. most fat offer
ings. a.oo-1 o.on; bulls hrm. active. with
1925 paid freely on weighty sausage offer
ings: vealers however. so lower at Is 90
down; stock cattle firm; choice 5ao-pound
stockers to 1880 f1eshy 1.040-pound
feeders to 12.15; most stockers and feeders
l0.5O-195O.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Commission 10 Weiqh
Pepco Plan 10 Sell
Stock 10 ". R. &E.
Honkin Hints Another
Financing Method Will
Be Favored

Plans of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. to sell to it's holding
company, the Washington Railway
IL Electric Co., 10000 shares Of its
common stock for cash at 500 a
share in order to raise funds for
expanded operation, will be aired by
the Public Utilities Commission at a
public hearing set for 10 am. April
9 at the District Building.
The commission has posed certain
questions regarding this transaction
under which the hearing will con-
stitute the first open session of the
company'S inquiry into the control
exercised by the North American Co.
over Washington utilities.
Commission Chairman Gregory
Hankin has stated that if the power
company were TO sell its shares on
the open market the amount of
capital obtainable probably would
be in excess Of SIS 900, 900. instead of
getting but $4,000 900 from the pro-
posed sale at par 10 the w. R. e. E.
The North American Co. has con-
trolling interest in the w. r. 81 E.
In ordering the April 9 hearing,
the commission said 1t would inquire
into the power company need for
additional capital, what would be
the best methods of financing. how
the proposed method or other meth
ods would affect the company, the
consumers and the investors and
reasons for suspension of the COM
petitive bidding rule.
Five other questions. relating
more specifically to the North Amer
ican Co. now subject TO a P. U. C.
probe. are reserved for later COM
mission action. and the commission
stated in todaYs order that MOTH
ing herein shall be construed as a
recognition by this commission OF
any claim of right which the North
American Co may have in its hold
ings in any of the public utilities in
the District One OF these latter
questions is whether the North
American Co. had acquired legal title
TO Washington utility securities.
At the same time. the commission
set pm. April 10 as the date for
public hearing on the petition of the
Washington Gas Light Co. for per-
mission TO issue 10000 shares of IS
cumulative preferred stock.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
FinonoioI District Notes

O. Howard Wolfe of the Philadel-
phia National Bank, who is a per-
sonal friend of many Washington
bankers. has entered Army service
and is now chief administrative off,
Ger of the Philadelphia Ordnance
District.
In announcing the coming eX-
penditure of more than $4,000 900,
Charles A. Robinson. vice president
and general manager of the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co..
states that in keeping with the
conservation order of the War Pro-
duction Board, only expenditures
are to be made which will meet the
unusual wartime demands on the
company.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
last year earned s5.72 per snare on
the common stock. against s4.l6 per
share in the previous year.
Atlantic Coast Line freight traf-
fic during March has shown gains
ranging from 25 to 80 per cent over
l94l, President G. B. Elliott an
nounces.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Rubber Ban Is Extended
To 70 More Products
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The War Production Board
banned the use of crude rubber and
latex in about 90 additional prod
ucts Yesterday and curtailed the
amount which may be used in some
so other articles.
The new llstS-a second revision
of the original rubber curtailment
order-represents gradual ap-
proach toward placing all crude
rubber processing on an ALLEGATION
basis.
The latest order prohibits use Of
crude rubber and lateX in brewers
hose. wringer rolls, fountain syr-
lnges, acoustic aids, hatters' belts
and hatforming bags, switchboard
mats and mating. vacuum cleaner
belts. hard-rubber syringes and
dental dams. Reclaimed rubber,
however. may continue to be used.
Curtailments we're ordered for
such products as fire and mill hose.
storage battery parts. insulated
tools and magnetic parts. industrial
gas masks, respirators and mine
safety lamp parts, sutomotive fan
belts and water bottles.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Retail Federation
Favors 5Per Cent
Sales Tax
General Levy Urged
As Substitute for
Other Increases
Bv the Associated PreSs.

By the Associated Press.
The American Retail Federation
proposed to Congress today q 5 per
cent retail sales tax to raise So
900 100000 of the 81 1000 900 900
President Roosevelt has asked in
new tax bill.
B. Earl Puckett, representing the
federation, advanced the retail sales
tax plan as substitute for Treas
ury recommendations for increased
corporation taxes and for increased
and new excise leVies.
In general retail sales tax"
Puckett told the House Ways and
Means Committee. there would be
no tax on rents, which make up a
substantial portion Of workers bud
gets. nor any tax on such items as
life insurance. education, health or
savings. Instead OF reaching for
the whole of the incomes of wage
earners it would reach only TO what
ever portion is spent on tangible
goods.
Our proposal is for a general tax
on the consumer of tangible per-
sonal property at the time of pur-
chase. but exempting Governments
and subdivisions thereof. We be-
lieve that such tax should be i'm
posed at the rate Of per cent. We
believe that such a tax will raise
approximately $1,000 900 900. We
believe that the public will not re-
sent such a tax if it is explained
how small this amount is in rela-
ton to total expenditures"
Pickett said that the federation
was composed of l3 large national
associations and %. State retail as
socia tions. with a total membership
of 400 900 retail merchants.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Bank C|earings Set
An-Time Record
Here in March
First Quarter Total
Also at New Peak
For Thut Period
By EDWARD c. STONE.

Bank clearings in the Capital in
March again smashed all previous
records for the month, while total
Cancelled checks in the first three
months Of 1912 also were far ahead
J Of any previous totals. indicating a
business boom here In the first quar-
ter that never before has been ex-
perienced
March clearings totaled sl58 090.-
27737, compared with sl36,s84,555,57
in March, le4l. an increase of s2l,-
o5,72l80. George H. Brights. man
ager OF the Washington Clearing
House Association. reported today.
Clearings in the first three months
Of this year totaled s463 3l58, 1853.
against 1887 7.743.4 537 in the first
quarter of 194l, Jump of s75,4l5,-
33263.
Clearings for March were far
ahead of the famous year 1929, when
Cancelled checks in the same month
totaled $131 1876 .92893 and also well
above the first three months of that
year. when clearings amounted to
1910, ,ss3, ,26o6S.
Experts Talk War Finances.
The Economics of Temporary War
Finance" were discussed from top
to bottom last night at meeting
OF the District of Columbia Insti-
Evening star., 1942-03-31
B. & O. Loodines Down
Moderately in Week

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. March 5l-Car-
loads handled by the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad during the week
ended March o. 1912. totaled 6o.574,
consisting of 4l273 loaded on line
and 27,301 received from connec-
tions.
This was an increase of 1922 car
loads over the same week of last
year, when the total was 6l,252.
comprising 4o.41s loaded on line and
20S34 received from connections
During the previous week (the
week ended March 2lD the total
was 69,466. including Al 4e4 loaded
on line and 27,972 received from
connections.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 3l-Whlle
corn futures at times today reached
the best levels since late in January.
the market was forced to absorb
considerable selling believed to be
of a hedging character and gains
were not maintained Wheat futures
were lower curing most of the ses-
sion. Rye and soybeans also were
weak.
The downturn in the live hog
market was a factor in corn fu-
lures, although the action of other
commodity markets seemed to exert
little influence on grains.
Final prices for wheat established
new lows for the day and the mar
ket closed at virtually the lowest.
Wheat finished unchanged 70 =
cent under Mondays closing levels,
NAV, sl255s-i2; July, $l279+- -i2;
corn unchanged to "a off. May. Ss7.
July. 9li. oats were 1s-os down:
rye. % to a. off. and soybeans broke
IL to Is. Lard closed at the CELL
;yr
Evening star., 1942-03-31
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoc ted Press.
NEW YORK, March 3i-Cotton
futures moved irregularlv today
after establishing l3-year high levels
for all new crop positions at the
opening of the market.
Accumulation Of trade and mill
buying orders were responsible for
the advance but heavy profit taking
appeared on the rise and values de-
clined below the previous close. The
market steadied again later on re-
neWed and late afternoon values
were unchanged to IS cents a bale
higher, May, 1855; July, 1857, and
December. 1886.
The market reacted sharply on
profit taking in the final hour and
prices closed at the lowest levels OF
the day.
Futures closed so to IS cents a.
bale lower
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Daily Oil Production
Shows Increase Of
162,680 Barrels
By the Associated Press

BY me Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla. March 3l.-Dailv
crude oil production in the United
States increased l62 $50 barrels to
3.844.l50 for the week ended March
%. the Oil and Gas Journal said
today.
Texas production. with only two
shutdown days. was up l92.l50 TO
l.410l50: East Texas, 1920 to 368.-
200: Kansas. l0.150 to 238 900: Louis
lana. 2.080 TO 3349l5: Eastern fields.
1880 TO lis $50; and the Rocky
Mountain States. 2.l30 to 1lS.960.
California production declined
44.500 to 584.750; Illinois. 6.175 10
3l7.205; Oklahoma, 5000 to 387350.
and Michigan. 200 to 45.9OO.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Senators Approve Billion
Naval Shore Construction

A billion-dollar program for ex-
pansion Of Navy shore facilities was
approved by the Senate Naval Com
mittee yesterday,
Construction Of fuel oil storage
facilities, aviation facilities, addi-
tional housing. ordnance storage.
hospital units and repair equipment
is provided in the measure. accord
ing to Chairman Walsh.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
New High Mark Set
By British Revenue

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. March 31.-Britain's
revenue for the financial year which
ends today passed 100000 900
(s8 900 ,0O0, ,00O for the first time in
history
The total was f2,074057.310 ss,-
296, ,229 240). which easily beat the
estimated revenue of f1,786 $3.50 900
Cs7.145, ,440, ,00O and exceeded 1941's
totals by 1865, 5,l90,2l3 ts2,660,-
760.852).
Expenditures were f4,775 .694 .355
(s19. 9.102. .777.420), against 1941 total
of f3,867 PAS $40 ($f5, 1853 1892 $780,
Evening star., 1942-03-31
London Market Quiet
At Steady Levels
Rythe Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 31-The stock
market was quiet today and closed
mainly steady. Industrials finished
generally steady. Most home rails
were maintained. Oils were easier.
Rubbers were higher. Among kaffirs
development issues turned easier to-
ward the close. British funds were
generally steady. Chilean bonds
we're frmer.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
New York Produce

NEW YORK. March 81 ,P.-Eegs. 81
oS3; steady Mixed colors, fancy to extra
fancy, 3O17-3l3.; extra. 3Ol4; Graded
firsts. 2ss4-2a; current receipts, ,27'4; me-
dlumS, "1i2: dirties, No. l, 21la; average
checks. -.
Whites: Jobbine sales of fancy to extra
fancy, 34i2-36; wholesale sales of fancy
TO extra fancy, 81 l2-34 Nearby and Mid
western exchange specials 81: nearby and
MidweStern standards, 30. Jobbng sales
81; wholesale sales of exchange to fancy
heavy mediums. 3Sa4 Nearby and
Midvestern exchange mediums. 2Sl2.
Browns: Nearby and Midwestern fancy
to extra fancy. 3Ola specials. c4l7
80; standards, 29h-29i2; mediums
271.-2S.
Duck eggs. 4S-53
Butter, 1."55,1O6: steady. Creamery
hieher than 30 score and premium marks
33s-3Sh. % score eeash mari market, 36ss
Cheese. 379.33s: steady. Prices un-
changed.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Goodyear Reflects
Officers and Board
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AKRON. Ohio. March 3l.-Re-
election of Chairman Paul W. Litch-
field and all other officers and di-
rectors of the Goodyear Tire e. RUB
Der Co. was announced
Directors were renamed at the
company's annual stockholders
meeting and then voted to continus
all present officers.
Evening star., 1942-03-31

1900 AM $1,000 1900 Noon 121, 100
100 Pm l65,5OO 200 PM 202,210
Total 279.69O
+Unit OF trading, ten shares: sales
printed IN full. r In bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorganiSed under Bankruptcy
Act, or securities assumed by such COM
panies Rates of dividend in the foregoins
table are annual disbursements based on
ton. Unless otherwise noted special or
extra dividends are not included. I'd Ex
dividend. xr Ex rights. a Also extra or
so far this year fPayable in stock g Paid
last year: Payable in Canadian funds;
k Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year
Evening star., 1942-03-31

ture OF CeTUllleO
Public Account
ants. at the Hay
Adams House.
The first speak
er was DR.. Paul
p. Douglass. the
presi ent of
American Uni
versity. who mad
assisted in ar
ranging the pro-
gram.
; The eXper t
economists in
cluded DR.. Fritz
Karl Mann, pro-
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Detroit Bonds Sold

NEW YORK, March 81 P.-The
city of Detroit today awarded to a
group headed by the Bankers Trust
Co. $16.758,000 series &c" refunding
bonds on a bid representing net
interest cost to the city of 2.723e
per cent. The bonds we're bid for
in three groups. 3lss, 21ss and 2h4s.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Glassware SuIes Up

Manufacturers of illuminating
glassware have advised the Census
Bureau that their February sales
we're per cent higher than in the
similar month last year.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Santa Fe Votes
| Dividend of
| 81 q Share
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED PRESS.
NEW YORK, March 3l.-The At
Gibson. Topeka e. Santa Fe Rail-
way today declared a dividend of 81
share on the common stock, pay
able June | TO holders of record
April 80 out of accumulated surplus
in the company's fiscal year ended
June 30. l941.
A similar dividend was paid last
March 2. In l94l the company paid
81 share each in September and
December.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
No Bond Prices
Because of a breakdown in
wire circuits. publication OF
these quotations will not be re-
sumed until tomorrow.
Strawberry Acreage Cut

The preliminary acreage of straw
berries for harvest in Maryland this
year is estimated at $500 acres,
compared with 1000 acres last year,
according to the Maryland Crop
Reporting Service.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Job Placements Decline

Job placements by the United
States Employment Service declined
by per cent in February. for a total
Of 425 5000. Federal Security Admin
istrator McNutt announced today.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
WAR NEEDS MONEY.

w AN INLLDo NloANL1.
1t will cost money to defeat
our enemy aggressors. Your
Government calls on you to
help now.
Buy Defense bonds or stamps
today. Make every payday
Bond Day by participating in
the Payroll Savings Plan.
Bonds cost $18.75 and up.
Stamps are 10c, Csc and up.
The help of every individual
Is needed.
Do your part by buying your
share every payday.
Evening star., 1942-03-31

Marcn Ih.-l gh.El "h-hI -b-tIb
Spot cotton closed steady 16 points
lower. Sales. l,Ol9. Low middling, G6.
middling. 20 o6: good mddling, So, re-
caDts 9.13a: stock 4S5.3S2.
b Bid. n Nominal.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
FIN CIAL.
Income Tax Payments
Reduce Deposits
Sharply in Week
$436, 900, 900 Decrease
Reported by Federal
Reserve Boord
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Heavy Withdrawals of bank de-
posits to pay Federal income taxes
we're shown today in bank reports
to the Federal Reserve Board
In the week ended March Is,
banks in l01 leading cities said
their demand deposits fell s436 000,-
900. In the preceding week, the
same banks reported demand de-
posit decline of $l19, 900 900. making
net Withdrawals in the two weeks
S555 100000.
The banks reported also that
commercial, industrial and agricul-
tural loans declined $27 1000, 900 last
week.
The boards statement gave the
following summary of assets and
liabilities on March 25, together with
the increase or decrease since the
previous week and the corresponding
week last year Tin millions of dol
lars):
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Baltimore Stocks
BY the Associated Press
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK March 31.-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index of
35 commodities today declined to 9s. 80.
Previous day. 9s.5a; week ago; e7.94;
1912 1a41. 1910 1933-39
High - os5e 9512 1928 9s14
Low 1884 1903 $3.50 41.44
G926 average EQUALS 1909
Evening star., 1942-03-31

Chicaro Cash Market.
Wheat. No. : mixed. l.25. Corn. No 2
yellow SAL. No. 3, sc'.-sa; No. 4. so'.-
e. e. No; . s'a-.p, samSie srsoe s.xtV'
No white. 5Si.-17: M. 4, $50. sample
srade white. 5li7. Barley. m.ltlnz. Sc
l.o1. nominal, feed and screenings. 55-65.
nominal.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
FREIGHT Loudinqs

NEW YORK March 81 fp,-Revenue
freight cars handled on railroads report
ing today for the week ended March 25
Evening star., 1942-03-31
New Orleans Prices

NEW ORLEANS, March n tP.-Longs
took profits in cotton futures here TODAY
and the market closed barely steady IA
10 l q minis lnUnr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
ROBBED DRINKS

Jagodzinski and a pal known as
Tony The GreaSer' Gerbich met
Deckard in a cheap Columbus tav-
ern. The pair were known as
"muggerS' those days kind
that rolled DRINKS after knock
ing them out by drops or fists.
Deckard was an easy prey.
Downcast. his friends said. be-
cause he lost out in the national
checker tournament. ID c k a r d
started drinking and frequcnting
cheap tavernS.
David Ewing, n member Of the
checker club. told Columbus au-
thoritieS he saw Deckard sitting
with two men in a tavern the
night of his disappearance Dec. >.
1925.
The following morning Deck
ards body was found along a rut-
ted road on the outskirts of the
city. his face buried in the snow
and rain
Death resulted from exposure
and fatal fists
Columbus police started check
ing and the trail soon led to ia
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
10 PET. Of Civ S
War Workers
AW0L Saturday
Ratios Much Higher
in Some Plants;
Boeine Has "a Pct. Absent

Approximately 10 per cent 81
the employees in war production
plants failed to return to worn
the day after Christmas, a SURF
vey of major plants revealed today
This was in sharp contrast q
figures revealed by officials of tn
Boeing Aircraft Company. wher4
"a per cent failed TO return fol-
lowing the holiday. Il
Officials of the Chrysler Cor,
poration said that a check of thei1
employment records showed thai
10 per cent failed TO appear To-
work as compared to a reguiai
absentee quota of 2 to 3 per cent
At General Motors CorporatidI|
a spokesman said a hasty nal
tional survey showed as high q
30 per cent absenteeism with Z
high of 10 per cent in the plapf(
in the Detroit area.
The Ford Motor Company gav(
no estimates. I'D
Gravest situation arose in Z
small plant where only so person.
appeared out of a total Of 1900
employees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
|UAW toConfer.
"a
On Ford Policy :

Ford Motor Company produsI
ton policies, some of which thu
UAW-CIO contends "are not n
accord with demands of the wal
program" will be aired at a cos1
ference to be called within tn
next 80 days by Local No. 500
UAW-CIO, it was announced tod
day.
The conference, to be attended
by army, navy, war manpoweI
commission. WPB, selective serN
ice and OPA representatives, waS
proposed by the unions war pohcy
committee and authorized by the
locals executive board. DelegateS
from each UAW-CIO Rouge unit
also will attend. al
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
Medal 10 DefPOifer
Diverted Eneny's Attention by Climbing African
Forts Wall as Yanks Entered Gates

Pvt John r. Fisher g Of Dear
born, today is holder of one of the
nine Distinguished Service medals
awarded for "meritoTious service
in Morocco during the Allied inva-
sion OF French North Africa
The dispatches said that Fisher
won his award for climbing the
walls of KaSba, an African fort at
Mehdia. near Port Lyautey, French
Morocco. last November s, his ac-
ton diVerting attention lon G
enough 10 enable other United
States troops 10 enter by the main
gate.
Similar awards were also given
TO two generals.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
|0PA Accuses I
In Rent Eviction

A Worthwhile landlord and +
justice OF the peace there who
granted him a judgment leading
TO the eviction Of Tenant in VIC,
lation of the OPA'S Emergency
Price Control Act. today were
named in n federal court suit flee
by attorneys for the local OPA
office.
The suit. which asks a perna'
'nent injunction 10 restrain the
eviction. charges the justice, Del
Campbell, told OPA Atty. John
Hird.
It'll not recognize the national
act In any proceedings In my
court. This court iS-rua- by
Michigan statutes"
The landlord. Henry Wick. first
started proceedings December j.
against James Goodall tenant oi
his property at 529 Horton ave
nue.. Worthwhile. The returnable
date was December Is and the
OPA interviewed December II.
On that date Hird advised the
justice the proceedings. had been
started in violation of maximum
rent control legislation. the suit
charges. When the OPA advice
was ignored, Hird called the jus
tice on the phone, his affidavit
states.
Justice Campbel's judgment
was issued December %. calling
for eviction Of the tenant by to-
day. The OPA suit was instituted
yesterday. charging the Judgment
was issued in IAN Illegal manner
and asking the injunction TO pre-
vent the eviction.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
Hero on Three Fronts
Honored for Bravery in Diamond Belt Journey
Detroit Athlete Cited for Navy Award

had no address on ". but Paul
was on convoy duty for the last
four months.
'I can't imagine, though" she
said. chow he happened 10 be
working on q gun. The last time
heard from him, he was A. radio,
operator. Still I'm mighty proud
Of my boy"
Paul was graduated from Holy
Redeemer High School. where he
was captain of the football team
in 1898 and SO. lie also made
the all-city and all-state football
teams in SO. He got his varsity
letters in basketball and baseball
from Redeemer.
In 1910 Coury fought in The
Detroit Times Diamond Belt Box.
ing Tournament. After fighting ir
three fights with a broken hand
he was awarded a special Hears
medal for outstanding bravery.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29

part of the building from de-
struction. Mckee said.
Firemen were also aided by an
increasingly heavy rain which
dampened flames and helped pre-
vent their spread.
While most OF the roundhouse
.iS Of brick, wood framing added
fuel 10 the fire and carried 10 the
roof. The engines were damaged
heavily when burning fragments
Iof the roof fell upon them setting
afirc inflammable parts.