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Evening star., 1942-09-20
Glessners at Home
This Afternoon

Mr.. and Mrs. Reu Emerson Gless-
ner will be at home this afternoon
from 4 to s In honor of Mr.. Gless-
ner's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
A. Glessner, who celebrated the 5oth
anniversary of their wedding Tues
day. The party also will honor the
son-in-law and daughter OF the
hosts, Mr.. and Mrs Charles H. Day,
on the first anniversary Of their
marriage.
Assisting the hosts will be Mrs.
Carroll Erb, Mrs. J. Kennedy Dun
Evening star., 1942-09-20
Entertains TONIGHT

1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Frederick w
Witt will entertain informally for
q number of friends at their home
on Thirty-fourth street this eve
ming, the guests being invited for
6 o'clock.
Evening star., 1942-09-20

can, Mrs. Benjamin DUR, Mrs.
James A. Haslet and Miss Sylvia
Braunstone.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-24

Jack de Saulles.
He was the famous Yale quart
erback and socialite, but the
name did not mean anything 10
me. as I know that he expected
it to. His arm went across my
shoulders, as if he would protect
or possess me.
/ learned later he had rather
possess than protect. IT was a
too familiar gesture, but / dis
missed il, or tried TO.
Just then another man had
come over. I realized then that
de Saulle's gesture was symbolic
of his saying:
This is mine"
The other man had to take
only a few steps to reach us, but
he took those regally. He was a
striking man, about thirty-siN,
with dark. sleek hair, dark eyes,
very well groomed. He looked as
if he had just been released by
/ his valet. His white dress shirt
cleaned with pearl studs. | may
have seen pearl dress studs be-
fore. but l did not remember.
Now, l could not take my eyes
from the pinksh gems fastened
in the beautifully fitted shirt
The first thing this man said
TO me was:
What fascinates you ?'
do | look fascinated p"
l thought him a little fresh
As though he expected that /
should be fascinated by him,
YES" he said, you do and
you are. l happened to be in
the audience tonight at the New
Amsterdam"
He came nearer then. You
were wonderful" he said
You you thought so?" /
asked, strangely grateful for his
praise.
He looked down into my eyes
and it seemed then that there
were only two Of us in the room
His name" said de Saulles
flatly, lis Jay O'Brien I sur
mise that he already knows who
you are"
yes" Jay O'Brien and l both
said at once, our eyes holding
i've seen her before tonight -
Jay OBrien said 10 his friend.
but looking only at me.
Il wish that / had, de Saulles
said.
These two were representative
Of the wealthy play crowd who
lived on inheritance who knew
polo, yachts and travel, who
lived in a world of which knew
nothing. l felt the sudden cen
tering of every womans eyes
in that room upon me. because
| had them at my side.
And the though whipped
across my mind in the form OF
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-24
Continued from Double Page)

planation brought unbelieving
glances as it inevitably did.
was to drink champagne an
other time, but under far diff
ferent circumstances at another
celebration.
Soon ! became aware of some
one standing beside the rather
pretty dark girl on the other side
of the table. He was one of the
guests to whom Mr.. Kahn had
introduced me.
May l have this dance Miss
Murray" he asked.
l got up TO go onto the dance
floor, but he just stood there,
looking down into my face.
do you know me?" he asked.
You know l don't" l said.
i've never had diplomacy"
We'll. you do now, don't you?"
And he told me his name was
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-24
Mae Murroy's Intimate RecoIIections

a question: What can they want
of me ." This questioning thought
was 20 lash me many times after
that night, many, many times be-
fore I found the unhappy answer
Because l was not aware of what
my success meant / did not feel
that I had anything in common
with these society men. And II
was a long time before real
lied that acclaim and success had
attracted them TO me.
And something else. too. Not
my looks or charm or natural
sweetness. Mercy, no! Not that
these hindered me but without
success and acclaim and without
a new. untouched reputation l
wouldn't have been there by
their sides for a second.
l didn't know all this then. /
(Coutinupd on Pare 18l
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-24

mere fractional carat. They deal
in thousands of carats and buy
and sell the precious stones by
the handful The photographs
on this page were all taken in
side this amazing diamond clear
ing-house and give good idea
of the business transacted.
Coldly indifferent as they may
appear to be To their mass sell
ing of the costly jewels, these
dealers are fully aware of the
great value of their stock-in-
trade. Outsiders s h u ! d see
how carefully diamonds are
weighed on a perfectly-balanced
scale before transactions are
made. This delicate scale is ad-
justed against vibrations and
weather variations every two
hours.
Most of the precious stones
that pass through the doors of
the Diamond Dealers Club these
days will never find their way
into ring mountings or wind up
prettily draped around the neck
of any collector of such concen-
trated wealth They are headed
for the nations war plants where
they will help TO forge important
parts OF Uncle Sans fighting
machine.
Although the average person
probably has not given the sub
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-24

n LEGENDARY Aladdin could
rub his magic lamp until he
k~ had worn it paper-thin and
shout his enchanted "abracada-
bra" words until his throat was
raw but he still probably couldn't
produce a pile of diamonds the
size of the cleaning heap to be
found almost any day in the Dia-
mond Dealers Club in New York
City the one place in the world
where such precious gems are
nonchslantly tossed around by
the handful.
While the average person looks
on a tiny diamond of the kind
that is TO be found in engage
ment and wedding rings as a
heavenly luxury. the 500 MEM
bers of this exclusive club of dia-
mond merchants have the same
ousiness-like attitude tow
the gaudy and greatly-desired
baubles as a coal dealer talking
about the black stuff in his bins,
or a wheat farmer watching the
yellow grains pour out Of his
threshing machine.
In their heavily-guarded offices
in midtown New York City, be-
hind double bullet-proof doors,
club members carry on trans
actions that would make Alad-
din hide his lamp in shame for
these merchants don't talk OF
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-24

The Pile of Diamonds
Shown at the Left
Might Have Made the
Eyes of Old King
Midas Pop With Envy
and Desire-But None
of These Gems Will
Ever Grace a Ring or
a Necklace. They
Are Industrial Dia-
monds to Help Win
the War. There Are
5000 Carats of Them
in the Pile and They
Are Worth $l1,5OO.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-24

diamond bill of a big industrial
city like Detroit, for instance,
runs into the millions of dollars.
Although the New York Club
is a vast clearing house for the
precious gems. absolute control of
the worlds industry is in London
where the Diamond Corporation
runs Britain's monopoly.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-24

The Dia-
n1Ond in
the Middle
Is a Rare,
l7-Carat
Stone
Worth
S35,000.
The
Smaller
Stones
Weigh One
Carat Each
and Are
Valued at
About
Si00
Apiece.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-24

X Rita Hsywor;hand Charles Boyer. IN 10th
Century Fox Tales OF Manhattan
Haveloyable hands. with Jefgens Lotion
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-24
IAMa 1m @me0

:. and a bbotogenic smile calls for spar
Hing teeth. after experimenting uifb
tarioNs denfJriees, noW knOW tbzf DR..
Lyou's Tooth Pouder is "tobs. IL brings
or fbe natural briiiianee Of my teeth -.
~9@' a. d., real ,,~;,. 'Se'''' H. H. &..l. A.lL
Evening star., 1942-07-05

Tuesday for Camp Matoaka, St
Leonard, Md, for two months as
a member of the staff counselor
Miss Jauet Gibson entertained Sun
day at a supper party in compli-
| ment to Miss Julien and Miss Janice
Phillips and Miss Margaret Phillips,
who are leaving for HaWkeye Trail
Camp for two months.
Miss Edith McChesney, who has
been the guest of Miss Claire Enholm
of Dallas, Tex, for several weeks, is
returning home this week end after
spending several days en- route at
New Orleans, where she was met
by her father, DR.. F. M. McChesney
Mrs. McChesney and Miss Jessie
Koons spent several days at Atlantic
City this past week.
Miss Phoebe Batham has as her
guest Miss Mary Lee Smith of At
lanta, who is en- route to AcWorth,
N. H., to attend the Acworth Ballet
Center. Mr.. Jack Batham left Mon
day for st. Louis to be the guest
Of his grandmother, Mrs. J. P.
Sprengle, for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Upton and
family left Thursday to spend the
holiday week end as the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles r. Strobe in
their summer home at Lake Seneca,
N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall G. Guthrie,
yyrhn 11n nf t,n
formers parents, DR.. and Mrs. Mar
shall c. Guthrie, left Monday for
their new home in Charleston, w.
Va.
Judge and Mrs. Miller C. Foster
have as their guest the latters sister,
Mrs. R. Wingo Hagood of Spartan
burg, S. G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Thrall were
hosts at supper and bridge party
Thursday evening to celebrate the
birthday anniversary of Mr.. Thrau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Sutton enter
tanned Thursday evening at a supper
party followed by bridge for IA
guests in their home on Western
avenue.
Mrs. L. Pierce Riddle was hostess
at luncheon and bridge Tuesday,
having as her guests Mrs. Henry
Dierkoph, Mrs Ernest Koth and Miss
Mabel Hutchins.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Rankin Weis-
gerber, with her two daughters, Miss
Bette-Burr Meader and Miss Sally |
Anne Meader of Crosse Point, Mich,
are the house guests of Mrs. Weis-
gerber's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Burr
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl D. Williams
have as their weekend guest the
formers sister, Miss Mary Williams
of Arlington.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Miss Helen Blandin
Engaged to Marry
1t. w. G. Leonard

Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Cherbonnier
Blandin of Long Green Valley, Md,
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Helen Marie Blandin,
to 1t. Warren Grant Leonard, U. S.
A., of Falmouth, Mass, and New
York.
Miss Blandin is the granddaughter
of 1t. John J. Blandin, who lost his
life on the battleship Maine in Ha-
vana Harbor in 1898, and is the niece
of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Harry
Allen Stuart of this city, with whom
she has made her home for the past
five years.
1t. Leonard is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Henry Leonard of Falmouth
and New York.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Falls Church.Ofher Virginia Place.
Falls Chnrch.Ofher Virginia Places
Summertime VacatiOning
In Nearby State Popular
Residents on Trips, Others Have Visitors;
SeveraL Scattered Informal Parties Given

FALLS CHURCH, Va, July A.
Mrs. Wallace Linfoot gave a dessert
bridge Thursday to Mrs. Lawrence
Brown, Mrs. A. M. Miller, Mrs. DON
aid Jones, Mrs. Charming Bolton,
Mrs. William Browning, Mrs. Walter
Phillips, Mrs. C. w. Hostrup, Mrs.
Thomas Harrington, Mrs. Clarence
ShotWell and Mrs. Charles Pendle-
ton.
Mrs. Herbert Coward entertained
Mrs. Frederick w. Jones. Mrs. r. C..
L. Moncure, Mrs. T. M. Talbot, Mrs.
George RobertshaW, Mrs. Harry
Moran, Mrs. S. r. Copper and Mrs.
P. H. Smyth Thursday night at
bridge.
DR.. and Mrs. Howard Berger are
spending two weeks at their sum-
mer cottage at Fairview, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Grubb and fam
lily are returning to Falls Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Thomas are
vacationing at Virginia Beach.
~ Mrs. Martha Lawrence Williams of
Portsmouth has been spending a few
days with Mrs. Lawrence Proctor.
Mrs. J. S. Hollins is visiting In
Blackstone.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Roy Johnston
OF Scarsdale are spending a few
days here with Mrs. Louis F. Woods.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Brown
have gone down to their summer
cottage at FairvieW for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Howard and
their son, Harry Howard, jr, of
Trenton have taken one of the
Oden apartments.
Mrs. Albert Ware, who has been
chairman of the Red Cross here, is
leaving in few days to join Mr..
Ware in his new work at Tampa, Fla.
Mrs. Thomas Harrington has re-
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Margaret Graves
To Wed Mr.. Pryor
Late in Summer

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ralph Graves
of Germantown, Md, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Margaret Elizabeth Graves, to Mr.
William Harmon Pryor of Seattle
and this city.
Miss Graves is a graduate of
George Washington University and
now is an executive of the WASH
ington YWCA. Mr.. Pryor is the
son of Mrs. Louisa Pryor of this city.
He was graduated from South
eastern University School of Law
and is employed as special agent
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton in Seattle.
The wedding will take place in
the late summer.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

Anderson whose marriage to Mr..
Billy Keyes will take place August
4 in st. Timothy's Episcopal Church
in Herndon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E, Barbour Hutchi-
son have as their guests for several
weeks. Mrs. Jesse v. Aud and her
son, Thomas Francis Aud of Lynch
burg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Wetherall
and Miss Willie Kirk have returned
from weeks stay at Virginia Bee>,.
Mr.. r. Glenn Hawthorne and his
small daughter. Jane Allen Haw-
thorne, will return Tuesday from a
Today visit with relatives in Gordon.
Ga
Evening star., 1942-07-05

turned from a two weeks visit with
relatives in Buffalo.
Mr.. Christopher Tracey Of Prov
incetown, Mass, is a guest of Mrs.
Homer Tracy.
Mrs. Jack Cline was hostess at
luncheon and bridge Tuesday.
Mr.. Carl Stevens of Cornell Uni
versity is guest of Mrs. Elizabeth
Barnes en- route to Urbana, ILL.,, to
visit DR.. and Mrs. Neil B. Stevens.
MI. and Mrs. William DoWney left
today for Today trip to New York
and New England.
The Rev. and Mrs. w. Leigh
Ribble are leaving today for a
months vacation at Colonial Beach.
The Rev. and Mrs. William Hen
bricks have returned from a trip
to Southern Virginia.
Mrs. Florence Brennan of Orange,
N. j., is a guest of DR.. and Mrs.
Charles Finnegan.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Herndon Residents
Are Entertaining

HERNDON, July A number of
parties in the Herndon area included
buffet supper followed by bridge
Wednesday evening given by DR..
and Mrs. William Meyer, who enter
tanned 20 guests. Mrs. Meyer will
be hostess at a bridge luncheon
Monday and last Monday she enter
tanned at dessert bridge party.
Mrs. Grayson HaneS and Mrs.
Calvin Kidwell will entertain We'd
nesday evening at a kitchen shower
in compliment to Miss Roberta
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Eloise J. Dokken
Weds H. D. Ieeoe

Miss Eloise jeanette Dokken,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
William Dokken of Great Falls,
Mont, was married to Mr.. Harry
Davis Legge June 27 in the chapel
of st. Thomas Church.
The bride was attended by Mrs.
James Franklin Harrison and Mr..
Harrison was best man.
Only members of the immediate
families were invited to attend the
ceremony.
The Rev. Howard S. Wilkinson
officiated.
Mr.. Legge is the son Of Mrs.
Harry Davis Legge and the late Mr..
Legge.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

Three piece dude ranch slack sets
with slocks, shirt and vest; two-piece
slack sets in whip-sttch spun royons-
Iike-linen, in royon foIIe, in royon
shorkskin High coIors, dark coIors.
Sizes II to 20 in group.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Dividend Meetinos

NEW YORK April ! (SpeciaN Among
the important companies which hold divi-
dend meetings this week are Best & Co.
Inc; Chicago Yellow Cab Co., Inc. Mon
santo Chemical Co. and Seaboard Oil Co.
OF Delaware. A list of the meetings Of
companies definitely scheduled is reported
by Fitch Investors Service as follows:
Monday. April I3.
Stewart-Warner Corp. (com)
Tuesday. April IL.
Best L. Co.. Inc, (com); BIS am
General Gable Corp. &c. pfd); 4pm.
Kendall Co. IS. T. S6 part pfd); 1890 an.
Proctor & Gamble Co. tcom): AS pm.
Wednesday, April Is.
Borden Co. (com): pm
general Foods Corp. (eoml; els am.
Power Co. (com); $3.50 pm.
OwenS-Illinois Glass Co. Conn: 9:30 am.
Seaboard Oil Co. of Del conn; II am
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co. (com) 10 am
Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry. Co. (49o and
5l2eo pfdl; IL m.
Thursday. April Is.
Chicago Yellow Cab Co, Inc. (com): II am.
General Cigar Co. Inc az pfd); 4 pm.
International Harvester Co. C7co pfdD; 3
pm.
National Lead Co. (7es pfd "A'D; o:30 pm.
Friday. April Il.
Monsanto Chemical Co. tcomI; 2:30 pm.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. April IL P.-Butter re-
ceipts, 143122 pounds Arm; creamery.
36s4: SO, 36I.; IS. asa: 90, centralized
ESss. s4.s77 cases; firm; fresh-grsded
extra frstS, local. 2912; cars 293a. firSts,
LOCAL. 2Sl2; cars 29l4 current receipts.
27i2: dirtieS %: checks 25i2 storage
packed extras. 81 "a; firsts, 3ii&.
Potato arrivals; %; on TRACK, 200; total
moderate. demand moderate for Northern
Cobblers market steady for best quality.
slightly weaker for fair quality; for offer
firm with strong .undertone: idaho Russet
Burbanks. U. S. No. !, a25-50; Nebraska
Michigan Green Mountains U. S. No. i,
2.25; Maine Katahdins. 80 Minnesota
and North Dakota Bliss .Triumphs. COM
mercials. 2.3O-75: U. S. No. /, 3.25 Cob
blers; commercial, 2.1O-20; Wisconsin
Katahdins, 2.25. New stock: Supplies
light; demand moderate: for Texas market
strong; for Florida market about steady;
Texas Bliss 'Triumphs, U. S. No. 1, 2.90
for 50-pound sack
Evening star., 1942-04-12
T R Z A 5 U ( Y,

HOME OWNERS LOAN.
2As 1924 -- 10022 100.22 100.22
FOREIGN BONDS
Evening star., 1942-04-12

y 1872 (Some

week EHdlng saturday, April II, 1912.
tQuotations Furnished by the Associated PressD /
1nA2 Stoek and ~. In
Evening star., 1942-04-12
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. April II Pl-National
Associa ton Securities Dealers. Inc.
Evening star., 1942-04-12

fUnit Of trading ten shares; sales printed IN rull
In bankruptcy receivership being reorganized
companies Rates Of dividends in the toresoing table
are annual disbursements based last quarterly
semi-annual declaration Unless otherwise noted
cial extra dividends are not included xd Ex divi
dend xr Tx rights. Also extra or extras d Cash
or stock Declared Or paid so far this year. Pay
able In stock Paid last Payable In Canadian
funds. Accumulated dividends paid declared this
Evening star., 1942-04-12
CU R B

CBy Private Wire Direct to The starJ
Transactions on the New York
Curb Exchange on Saturday, April
IL, 1912.
STOCK ana Sales
Evening star., 1942-04-12
B 0 N DS

By private wire direct to The Star.
Transactions in Bonds on the New
York Stock Exchange on Saturday,
April IL, 1912.
Evening star., 1942-04-12

Unit OF trading, 10 shares. T In bank
ruDtcy or receiverShip or being reorganized
under Bankruptcy Act, or securities as
Sumed by such companies Rates of divi-
dends in the FOREGOING table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly %
or semi-annual declaration. Unless other
wise noted. special or extra dividends are
not included. xd Ex dividend xrEX
rights. Also extra or extras Cash or
stock. Declared or paid so far this year.
I PAYABLE IN stock. Paid last year. Pay
a BILE in Canadian funds K Accumulated
dividends paid OF declared this year
Evening star., 1942-06-17
Revised 0PA Price Order
Boosts Bolivian Tin
Fy the Associated Press.

Py tire Associated Press.
Tin produced from Bolivian ores
by the electrolytic process will COM
mand ceiling price equal to that of
top grade tin, the Office of Price Ad-
ministration ruled today in a revi-
sion of the pig tin price ceiling
order.
The OPA said a plant had been
established recently to undertake
the electrolytic production of pig tin
from Bolivian ores not utilized by
the Metals Reserve Co. Output
still is in the experimental stage.
The Bolivian ores have a lead con-
tent higher than the maximum per-
mitted by the Treasury Department
from grade A tin. but are otherwise
of very high grade The electro
lytic tin will be allocated by the War
Production Board to uses in which
the presence of lead is not detri-
mental and may in fact be advanta-
geous. OPA said.
The price is effective June %.
1912
The tin price ceiling was amended
by another provision to permit the
payment of a differential not eX-
ceeding Ia cents a pound for tin
sold in special shapes weighing not
more than seven pounds.
Evening star., 1942-06-17
SteeIs, Motors, Oils
Lead Stocks Higher
by Fraction 10 81
Market Resists Reports
Of Fierce Nozi Attacks;
Roll Bonds Advance
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, June 17.-Leading
stocks advanced fractions to around
So today in slow climb.
Buying, on modest scale
throughout, favored steels, motors,
oils and specislties. The petroleum
shares swung ahead in the late pro-
ceedings after long stretch OF in
activity. Gains were well main
tanned near the close.
Transactions amounted to about
$50, 900 shares.
Selective bidding was encouraged
by the markets early stability in
the face of predicted intensified
NaI assaults on the major fronts.
Analysts suggested that last weeks
moderate retreat from the high
range of the May-June recovery
had benefited the lists technical
position.
Du Pont, Sears Roebuck, Ameri-
can Telephone and Standard Oil Of
New Jersey each were up a point
or more at the best. Others in
front included Chrysler, Bethlehem
Steel, youngstown Sheet, Wool
worth, United Aircraft, Boeing,
Union Carbide, American Can,
Texas Co., Pure Oil and Phillips
Petroleum.
Rail Bonds Advance.
Selective buying advanced quo
tations of some lower priced rail
issues toward the close of the bond
market today but the general price
| trend remained uneven.
Turnover improved in the latter
half of the session and some issues
which had given up fractions regis
tered minor net gains.
Foreign bonds steadied. SoIth
Americans improving generally with
few exceptions. United States
Governments were firmer IN quiet
over-the-counter trading after early
morning softness.
Among the more popular rails
which moved ahead were Baltimore
& Ohio stamped convertibles. Nickel
Plate AIS, Missouri Pacific IF" SIS
of TT, Northern Pacific SIS and
Southern Pacific AIS of SO. Inter-
national Hydroelectric IS and Port
land Gas & Electric 41as also i'm
proved.
Delaware & Hudson refunding 4,
Western Union IS and American &
Foreign Power IS were under water
at times.
Evening star., 1942-06-17
Permits to Ship Grain Planned
In Chicago Storage Crisis

These areas were designated as
all points on. west or south of the
Mississippi River, including Missouri
Valley, Council Bluffs and Sioux
City, Iowa. The embargo also would
apply to grain. including soybeans
and fax seed, from Minneapolis, st.
Paul and Duluth; Milwaukee, Mani
towoc, Superior, Wis; st. Louis and
East ST. Louis.
"A permit will not be required
for grain shipped to the Chicago
market that is sold or for sale when
originating from other points," the
announcement said.
1T is hoped that by embargoing
shipments except by permit Of all
free grain from the surplus produc-
ing areas of the Southwest and
Northwest that the Chicago market
may be kept open for the movement
Of free grains from the area origi-
nally served by this Market" it
added.
Evening star., 1942-06-17
Capital Store Sales
In May 12Per Cent
Above 1941 Period
Volume in Five Months
Shows Far Larger Gain
Over Year Ago
By EDWARD C. STONE.

Department store sales in Wash
ington in May were II per cent
ahead of the same month a year
ago, compared to a gain of only q
per cent in the entire fifth district,
the Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond reported today. Sales in the
Capital in the first five months of
this year scored a brilliant advance
of 90 per cent over the same months
of 1941. the survey showed.
Charleston. S. c., led the fifth
district in May with trade increase
of 80 per cent. Norfolk had the best
rise for the five months. "a per cent
over last year. Several cities showed
decreases in May. indicating trade is
more uneven in this territory than
in the earlier months of the year,
Washington gain in April was 81
per cent.
Percentage comparisons of sales
IN MAY and the five months, with
the like l94l periods. follow: