davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Cotton Mill Activity
Boosted Further
During January
1869 Per Cent Rote
Far Above Yeor Ago
And Previous Month.
By the Associated Press.


The Census Bureau reported to-
day that the cotton spinning indus
try operated during January at
1869 per cent of capacity on two
shift, 80-hour-week basis, compared
with 124 per cent during December
and 1923 per cent during January
last year.
Spinning spindles in place jan
uary 81 totaled "a, 1876 ,306, of which
q, LOTT, ,352 were active at some time
during the month, compared with
24,146,130 and 23,063, ,1l2 during De-
cember, and "a 4,528,514 and 22,820, ,724
during January last year.
Active spindle hours for January
totaled 1855, ,805, ,962 or an average
of All hours per spindle in place,
compared with 1o,539, ,876,175 and
437 for December, and 9,901, 100 ,588
and 404 for January last year.
Spinning spindles in place jan
uary 81 included: In cotton-growing
States, 1895 ,028, of which II. .450 ,286
were active, compared with 1881
744 and 17,404,1 ,194 for December,
and 18,052,130 and l7,293,448 for
January last year; and in the New
England States, 5,491 ,938, of which
4,977 ,056 were active, compared with
5,493,606 and 5,009, ,228, and $780,
776 and 1900, ,250.
Active spindle hours for January
included:
In cotton-growing States, $685.
432 ,299. or an average OF 504 hours
per spindle in place, compared with
1927 ,0l0 ,223 and 464, for December,
and 1908 ,534, ,444 and 433 for jan
uary last year; and in the New
England States, 2085 ,073,6l2 or an
average of $50 hours per spindle in
place. compared with 1,976,083, ,053
and $50 for December. and 1885,
65s.746 and 32s for January last
year.
Active spindle hours and the
average per spindle in place for
January by States follow:
Alabama, 949, ,727 ,953 and 521:
Connecticut, 170,325, ,07o and 326;
Georgia, l,555,421,515 and 493;
Maine. 266, ,49l.746 and 412; Massa-
chusetts, LA, ,960,316 and 370;
Mississippi. 71,l75,49o and 45l; New
Hampshire, 133, 3,539,9l6 and 474;
New York, l16.323, ,104 and 800;
North Carolina, 2,791 ,709, ,499 and
483; Rhode Island, 47,137, ,044 and
382; South Carolina, 1900, 1855 ,542
and 538; Tennessee. 295, ,736, 765 and
537; Texas, 110,635, ,565 and 457;
Virginia, 288 8,537,512 and 453; all
other States, 22l, ,228, 1926 and $50.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO Feb 20 Up, Omitted States
Department Of Asriculture). ).-Salable hogs,
1000; tool, 5000; active. 25-4O higher;
bulk good and choice. 1s0-240 pounds
pounds. 12.65-13.eO 270-33O pounds
12.50-75: few. 150-70 pounds, 1225-75:
good 360-500-pound sows. largely 11.75-
1925.
salable sheep 5000; total. 5000 Late
Thursday. fat lambs mostly 1925 higher;
fat sheep scarce. steady; strictly choice
fed 9s-pornd lambs, IL. so; bulk good and
choice so-lo5 pounds: 12:0O-4o; few
s5: one double 91-pound shorn lamb,
few early sales fat lambs, 10:i5 higher at
pound fed wooled lambs: strictly choice
kinds held around % higher at 1875:
one double choice 122-pound fed ewes,
steady at 700.
Salable cattle, 1000; calves. 300:
definitely buyers market on steers and
heifers; meager supply here weak to shade
lower; most buying interests not in mar
ket largely because no killing next Mon
day: few loads and odd lots common, me-
dium and good grade steers. 9.5O-11.75
best around 1900: heifers, 1I75 down:
mostly 9.5O-105O with choice heifers and
choice steers absent; beef cows weak to
down; bulls and yealers firm: weighty
sausage bulls to 1880 and choice weighty
vealers to 1880.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Washington Produce

BUTTER-93 score. tubs, 351a; pound
prints. 3s; A-pound prints, 3Sha; ~ score
tubs SO: 1-pound prints; 36h; A-pound
prints e @ 81 score tubs srnts ss p0uaS s5 30
faoEs pound 5a0s prints a' s5 g scors tubs
341a 1-pound prints. 35: H.-pound prints
34l2; A-pound prints. 80.
oLIvEsToCK-calves. Is: spring lambs
From Agricultural Marketing Service.
Prices paid net fob. Washington:
EGGS-Market steady. Prices paid for
Federal-State graded eggs received from
erading stations February 20. Whites:
U. S. extras large, 1898, mostly 81 cents;
U. S. extras, mediums. 80 cents: y. g;
standards, large, 29.3l cents, mostly 80
cents; U. S. trades, 1927, mostly ~ cents.
Browns U. S. extras, large, 30-31 cents,
mostly 30, cents; U. S. extras, mediums. 2s-
20. mostly. % cents; U. s. standards,
ks' ards, mediums, s7:e3 cents; U. S. trades,
26 cents. Nearby unsraded eggs: Current
receipts: Whites, 1920 cents; mixed col
ors,, 26-"7 cents, Receipts Government
Graded eggs 454 cases.
LIVE PoULTRY-Market steady. Fowl:
Leehorp hens $fs pounds and up. I$-I5
cents cents CT chicSens: Virginia ROCKS. sroilers
and fryerS. all sizes, 2l-22 cents: No. 2s,
Rocks and crosses, broiiers and fryefs. ali
Reds, 30 cents Capons: SO pounds, 25
cents; Z pounds an dup, 1928 cents. Tur.
keys: Young toms, Is pounds and up. "A
20 cents; No. IS and undersizes, Is cents.
Guineas: Young, all sizes, 25 cents per
pound; old. 10 cents.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Store Gains Smaller
As Scare Buying
Slows in Week
RetoiI SoIes Average
Ia to 18 Per Cent
Above Year Ago
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2o.-"Scare"
buying by consumers who feared
there might be shortages of many,
types of goods in stores later on,
appeared to be subsiding this week.
Retail sales averaged IA to 18
per cent above last year for the
country as a whole, Dun g. Brad
street reported, the smallest weekly
year-to-year gain since the Christ
mas shopping season.
In wholesale markets, too, there
was slackening of forward buying
interest, the credit agency added,
although some wholesalers were
still scrambling for items they be-
lieved would be scarce in the future.
Along with the waning interest
In advance purchases, retailers re-
ported a more normal distribution
of sales volume among various
linese," the agency said. Mild
weather over a broad area encour-
aged an early movement of spring
merchandise. In department stores
women's apparel provided a con-
siderable portion of the weeks busi-
ness, with suits and slacks estab-
lished as volume leaders. Millinery,
shoes, and costume jewelry also
moved we'll. Fur sales were spotty.
There was a continued slowness in
ski wear. Except for brisk response
to special promotions, mems cloth
ing sales generally were only fair"
Sales in the New England area
topped last year by 10 to Is per
cent; East, IA to 19; Middle West,
II to 81; South. 16 to 20; South
west, IA to 18; Northwest, IL to 18;
and Pacific Coast, Is to 20.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Livestock Men Watch
Efforts 10 Control
Hog Prices
Market Test Expected
To Have Effect on
Other Foods
BY FRANKLIN MULLN,

CHICAGO, Feb. 20-The lowly
hog, producer of a popular and nor
mally relatively inexpensive Ameri-
can food. has become the guinea pig
in a direct test of the Governments
power to check the wartime cost of
living rise without full resort to the
new price control law.
Livestock men watched with keen
interest today progress of this effort
to keep the cost of pork products to
consumers from soaring too far.
Upon this test, they said, very likely
hinges similar price control meas
ures affecting other foods as the ne
cessity arises.
One result of the control test,
livestock men said, was a hog mar
ket reaction of about u cent
pound from the four-year peaks es-
tablished early this week. despite
further decrease in the number of
hogs being sent to market and an
advance in wholesale prices of fresh
pork
Dilemma Is Faced.
The hog and pork situation offers
dilemma to would-be guardians
of the household purse, livestock
men said. The Government is
anxious that hog prices be high
enough to encourage greatly ex-
panded production on the farm and
at present levels of almost 13 cents
a pound in Chicago, this is true.
At the same time, because of the
wide use of pork in the poor mans
banquet" as the stockyards say
ing goes, and because of the need
of pork for lease-lend shipment
abroad, consumer costs must be held
to reasonable levels.
Thus the Government placed
ceiling on prices of lard, and its
agents, who have been buying pork
and lard for lease-lend for almost
a year, served notice they would
pay prices no higher than those of
the last week of January.
This put the meat packer in the
middle. Packers, some of whom
have borrowed money to finance
the accumulation of pork. which is
usual at this time of year, COM
planned recently they were slaugh-
tering hogs at a loss.
Profit Margin Fades.
The ceiling price on lard is less
than l3 cents a pound, while live
hogs are costing packers that much.
When operating and slaughtering
prices are considered, this leaves no
profit margin on that part of the
hog from which lard is derived
about Is per cent of the animal.
In addition, packers bidding for
lease-lend business, have been un-
able to get orders from Government
agents at prices for pork and lard
over levels that prevailed at the end
of January, even though early this
week hog prices we're about a cent
a pound higher than at the close
of last month.
Livestock men said continuation
of packing house sales to lease-lend
buyers was impossible as long as
private consumers, whose demand
is by far the principal factor, in
establishing the trend of pork and
lard prices, forced wholesale pork
above levels which the Government
will pay. Packers need the hogs
to meet increased retail demand as
well as lease-lend requirements and
have been competing briskly for
diminished marketings that have
been coming from farms recently.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Feb. 90 LP.-Eegs, 12,547;
steady Mixed colors: Fancy to extra
fancy. 30i2-31; extra. 30A; graded fi-sts,
dirties, No. l, 2sla; average checks. 27l4-
27i2.
Whites Jobbing sales Of fancy to extra
fancy, 3334-3534: wholesale sales of fancy
western premium marks, 3234; nearby and
Midwestern exchange specials, 30a4; nearby
binb sales of exchange to fancy heavy me-
diums, 81 1-32 wholesale sales of exchange
to fancy heavy mediums, 29h-301a. Nearby
and Midwestern exchange mediums, 20
Browns: Nearby and Midwestern fancy
to extra fancy, 31-3lA; specials. 3074;
standards. 29l2-A; mediums, 2Sk-A.
Butter, 335,5S5; steady. Creamery:
Higher than 81 score and premium marks,
3hM-36h 30 score (cash market, 3434-
35, 1921 score, 32a4-34A. s5-s7 score,
cheese. 1ss,2sO: quiet Prices UNCHANGED
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Markets to Remain
Closed on Monday

hy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20-Security
and commodity markets throughout
the United States will be closed
Monday. February %, in observance
Of Washington's birthday. Various
livestock reports will be issued as
usual by the Department of Agricul-
ture.
Canadian grain and securities ex-
changes and European markets will
operate as usual.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
9.45a Share Earned
By American Can
In Last Year
l94l Net Compares
With $5.ss Recorded
In Preceding Period
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-The Amer
lean Can Co. and subsidiaries re-
ported today net income for 194l.
after preferred dividends, was SIS
959, 500, equal to $6.45 common
share, compared with $14,554,575 or
$3.50 q common share In 1910. An
nual preferred dividend require
ments are $2,886,33l.
Net sales for 1941, the company
reported, were $263, 800. .628, an in
crease of 1876 per cent over 1910.
The annual report said that while
Government regulations would cur
tail materially the use of tin plate
for various products, there were in
dications of an increase in the
packs of essential food products for
war purposes, increased require
ments of other Government prod
ucts and a diversion of other items
into packages made of black iron
and fiber not on the restricted list
Rejecting the company's expand
ed activities, the report showed
capital expenditures for l941 of
$13,2l3,937, an increase of $2,940, ,988
over 1910.
Walworth Co.
The 100-year-old Walworth Co.,
valve and metal fittings specially
concern, showed net profit of S2,-
003,136 for 1941, equal after pre-
ferred dividends to $l.45 a common
share. compared with $1,123, ,156 or
80 cents common share in 1940.
w. B. Holton, jr, president of
Walworth, said that while sales in
1941 were more than IS per cent
ahead of 1910, the company had
found 1t necessary to turn its entire
manufacturing facilities to products
for the armed forces. The company
since last November has declined
orders unless accompanied by a
priority rating, he added. and Is op-
Grating as nearly as possible on a
seven-day week.
Commercial Solvents.
Commercial Solvents Corp. re-
ported 1941 net profit OF $2,615,4 5,452,
equal to 80 cents share on the cap
ital stock, compared with 1887 ,32l,
or 80 cents a share, in 1910.
Standard Cap g. Seal.
Standard Cap & Seal Corp. had
194l net profit of $378,933, equal to
So cents share on the common,
compared with $261 los, or a cents
a share, in 1910.
Pitney- Bowes.
Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter Co.
for nine months ended December 81
reported net profit Of SAC, ,662, equal
to 49 cents a capital share, against
s422, 1888. or At cents, in the COM
parable period a year earlier.
Quaker Oats Co.
Net income of the Quaker Oats Co.
in 1941 was $4,000, 0,444 or $4.28 a
common share compared with s4,-
141.511 or $437 a common share in
1910, John Stuart, president, re-
ported to stockholders.
Directors declared 81 quarterly
dividend on the common stock, pay
able March Is to stockholders of
record March 2 and the regular
quarterly dividend of $1.50 on the
preferred stock, payable May 20 to
stockholders of record May /.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Huge ToIuene Plant
To Be Constructed
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-The Stand
ard Oil Co. of Indiana announced
today it had concluded a contract
with the Government to build and
operate at Whiting, Ind, a toluene
plant capable of producing as much
as the entire Nations output during
the first World War.
Toluene is used in the manufac-
ture of explosives and is produced
from petroleum.
Construction of the new plant will
begin as soon as materials can be
obtained and may require more
than a year.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Baltimore Livestock

BALTIMORE, Feb. 20 ZAP, ~. S. Dept. of
Agriculture).- Ill am. quotations:
Cattle-50. Two loads, I,154 pounds
medium to good grade steers bought to
rise at 11.75; other classes nominal.
Calves--25. Few odd head good to
Hogs-65O. Mostly 10 higher than
Thursday; practical top 1880; good and
choice 160-210 pounds. 13.25-50; 14O-
1920; 130-140 pounds, 1275-I3.OO; 100
13o pounds. 12.65-90: 240-26O pounds.
12.1o-95: 26o-300 pounds, 12.50-75;
Sheep-none. Nominal
Evening star., 1942-02-20
| Western Union
| Reports Jump
In Earnings
IS the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Western
Union Telegraph Co. announced It's
net earned income for 194l totaled
s7,366. .240. after provision for Federal
taxes, compared with $3,621 ,58l in
1910. The company said more de-
tailed discussion of the results Of
the year would appear in the annual
report Of the company, to be issued
next month.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
New York Cotton
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Liquida-
ton and hedge selling accounted for
a lower trend in cotton futures to-
day. A large part of the business
was comprised of switching opera
tons by trade houses.
The c. G. c. reported that bids
were accepted on 273,482 bales of
Government cotton and expectation
Of hedging against those purchases
tempered buying enthusiasm.
Late afternoon prices were 5 to IS
cents a bale lower with March at
l8.40: May. 1850: December, 1879.
Futures closed 40 to 65 cents q bale
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Washington Exchange
SALES.

Lanston Monotype-4 at 21&.
Capital Transit Co.-40 at 22A.
Potomac Electric Power 51a per cent
preferred-10 at 112A.
Notice-This exchange will be
closed Monday next, eommemoratlng
Washington's Birthday.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Consolidated Gas.

BALTIMORE. Feb. 20 NP.-Con-
solfdated Gas Electric Light and
Power Co. of Baltimore reported to-
day its net income for 1941 was
S6,701 1888, an increase of IL per cent
over 1910.
The company's annual report said
the balance available for the COM
mon shares after dividends on the
AZ per cent preferred issue and the
first full years requirement on the
4 per cent preferred shares issued
in August, 1910. was equivalent to
s4.64 per common share in 1941,
compared with SAL in 1910.
After dividends at the usual rate
on the same number of common
shares outstanding, the balance for
1941 was s1,219,83 as compared with
$946, ,o98 in 1940," the report said.
Evening star., 1942-02-20

rus, s Unit Of trading, 10 sh.res: II bank;
under Bankruptcy Act. or securities as
sumed By such companies. Rates Of divi-
dends in the foregoing table are annual
or semi-annual declaration. Unless other
wise noted. special or extra dividends are
rights Also extra or extras d Cash or
stock. Declared or paid so far this year
fPayable in stock, g Paid last year. Pay
able in CANADIAN funds, K Accumulated
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. Feb. 2O-The Associated
commodities today advanced to 9714.
Previous day, 97.01; week ago 97.13;
month ago 97.50; year ago, T.3Q;, ..
Low - 77.03 $3.50 63.7s 4I.44
u926 average equals 1907
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Roll Income Down

CLEVELAND. Feb. 20 P.-The
Pere Marquette Railways January
net income was s162, ,969. against
1911 TAB for January, 1910, the Ches-
apeake & Ohio subsidiary reported
today.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Dividend Is Declared

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio, Feb. 20
R.-A 25-cent dividend, payable
March 26 on stock of record March
rs, has been declared by Sharon
Steel Corp. directors.
Evening star., 1942-02-20

Mac, the prefix of many Scotch
and Irish personal names, is a
Gaelic word meaning son"
Evening star., 1942-02-20

Cottonseed oil closed steady Bleachsble
prime summer yellow unouoted. Prime
crude. 12 250b: March, May, July and Sep
tember. l3.67b
Bid. n Nominal.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
New nrIsaux pyirex

NEW ORLEANS. FEB. 20 R-Increased
hedge selling in cotton futures here today,
apparently result of Commodity Credit
Corp. sales Of 273,4s2 bales o1scially an
nounced for February. resulted in net
Evening star., 1942-02-20

.Ex dividend Plus extras, e2% ex-
ira f3T extra. h $500 extra. 20c
$500 extra paid December 2s. 1941.
$4,000 extra.
Evening star., 1942-02-20

Cottonseed Oil
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
unchanged. Sales 12 contracts March,
13.95b: May. 13.9Sb; July. 13.9sb.
Bid.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
U. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK. Feb. 90 P.-Prices quoted
In dollars and thirty seconds:
Evening star., 1942-02-20
BONDS
STOCKS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1942-02-20

Middling spot, 20.O3n.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Ninth Street BRIDGE
Over Rail Terminal
Formally Opened
New Vioduct Provides
Northeast With Direct
Access TO Downtown

The new Ninth Street Bridge over
the railroad terminal along New
York avenue NE. designed to pro-
vide a direct route between the
Northeast section and downtown
Washington. was formally opened to
trafflc at noon today.
A newly paved road, A feet wide,
extending from the bridge to Sixth
and K streets NE, also was opened
Traffic moving south on the bridge
may turn on to New York avenue by
way of ramp, and the bridge may
be approached by similar ramp on
the opposite side. Additional ramps
and connection to the heavily
Travelled Bladensburg road, via
Mount Olivet road. may be provid-
ed in the future.
The new bridge is accessible from
the south only from Sixth street.
near the Florida avenue market,
since no left-hand turns are per-
mitted onto the ramp from New
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Restaurant Association
Warns OF Health Drive

Robert J, Wilson. executive secre-
tary of the Washington Restaurant
Association. warned about 200 men,
bers of the group last night that
the Federal Government and the
District Health Department are
cracking down on insanitary eating
places.
He said the Health Department
has begun serving warrants on
offending establishments after the
first notice TO appear rather than
waiting until the second or third
warning as in the past. Mr.. Wilson
stressed the need to find time TO
clean up"
Mr.. Wilson also told the asso-
citation that he had been informed
that the Office of Price Administra-
ton was considering price ceiling
schedules for restaurants.
A. G. Earnest. chairman of the
Health Committee of the association.
backed Mr.. Wilson's warning for
cleaning up and quoted District
health official as saying that mill
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Jeffers Names Col. Dewey
Deputy Rubber Director

Py the Associated Press
Rubber Director William NJ. .Ieffers
Yesterday announced appointment
Of Col, Bradley Dewey. Cambridge,
Mass, as deputy collector.
Col Dewey, consultant on rubber
to the Army Quartermaster Corps
and holder of the Distinguished
Service Medal for his work as chief
of the gas defense division of the
Chemical Warfare Service in the
last war, is associated with the
Dewey & Alamy Chemical Co
The Dewey e. Alamy firm has
engaged in synthetic rubber re-
search and has a synthetic plant in
opera ton. Col. Dewey has con-
Quoted intensive research In buna S
synthetic rubber.
Evening star., 1942-09-30

York avenue. However. east-bound
traffic may enter Brentwood park
way from New York avenue at
Fourth and Penn streets NE.
On the other side of the bridge.
Ninth street joins Brentwood road.
which extends to Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE. at Thirteenth. Construc-
tion is also under wav to connect
Brentwood road to Rhode Island
avenue via Saratoga avenue.
William A. Van Duzer. director
of vehicles and traffic, who was
among the District officials witness
ing the removal of barricades from
the bridge and roads, commented
that the new roadwavs constitute a
great step toward alleviating traf-
fc congestion. particularly in the
lexington place area. This bridge
is something that Washington has
needed for long time.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
General Mills President
Heads Resources PROGRAM
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Production Board an
nounced yesterday that Donald D,
Davis, president of the General
Mills Co., Minneapolis, had been
appointed to develop an overall
national program, integrated and
co-ordinated with overall strategic
requirements" to make the most
effective use of national resources.
Mr.. Davis. who began his new
work Immediately, was given the
title of director of WPB's new pro-
gram coordination division and
given responsibility for all recon-
mendations it makes to Ferdinand
Eberstadt, vice chairman on pro-
gram determination.
Mr.. Eberstadt said Mr.. Davis had
IAN outstanding record of success
in business" and wide experience
in the production field" which would
be extremely useful in planning
the production of our munitions of
war
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Bandit Holds Up Clerk,
ESCAPES as Crowds Pass

An armed colored bandit held up
the Luz Appliance Co. establishment
at 81l Ninth street NV. shortly
after am. today and escaped with
sos in cash. police reported.
Scores of persons on their way to
work were passing in front Of the
building when the bandit walked
into the place and ordered Gabriel
Zacks, an employe, to get up your
hands"
Threatening Mr.. Zacks with a
nickle- plated pistol. the bandit emp
tied the contents of the cash regis
ter and then, with warning not to
leave the place, fed on foot. He
was described as tall and slender
and weighing about l60 pounds.
Mr.. zacks said the man ran from
the store and disappeared into H
street before he could spread an
alarm.