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Evening star., 1942-02-08
Standard Of Jersey
To Give Up Control
OF Gas Utilities
Decision Follows
S. (. c. Refusal Of
Exemption Plea
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Standard
Oil Co. New Jersey plans to divest
itself of its stock ownership in its
natural gas utility properties after
the Security and Exchange Com
missions ruling Thursday that the
big oil concern was holding COM
pany within the meaning Of the
Public Utility Holding Company
Act.
The plan was disclosed today in a
statement issued by w. S. Parish,
president of Standard Oil Co. New
Jersey, but no definite information
was given as to the manner in which
the Investment would be effected.
Four subsidiaries are involved:
The East Ohio Gas Co. and the
River Gas Co., operating in Ohio;
the Hope Natural Gas Co. In West
Virginia and the Peoples Natural
Gas Co. In Pennsylvania.
Distribution Expected.
These companies are 100 per cent
controlled by Standard Oil Co. New
Jersey and it was believed their
stocks would be distributed pro rata
among Standard Oil New Jersey
stockholders as was done when the
company few years ago disposed
Of its ownership in the Mission
Corp.
Before distribution Of the stocks
is undertaken the plan, it was be-
lieved, would either call for the
creation of a new holding company
in which would be lodged all of the
stock, or else one of the four COM
panies would be designated as q
holding company. for the stock Of
the other three.
Total net income Of the four gas
subsidiaries has ranged from $10,-
000,0 to $14, 900, 900 annually in re-
cent years.
AS a result of the Security Com
missions decision, Parish said that
Standard Oil Co. New Jersey must
either operate under the provisions
Of the Holding Company Act, in
which case it probably still would
face a future order to disassociate
its utility business, or proceed i'm
mediately to divest itself of owner
ship of the voting securities of the
four gas subsidiaries.
Owned for 40 Years.
Standard has owned the common
stocks of the gas companies for
more than 40 years. They were ac-
quired so that the company could
market natural gas developed Incl
dentally to its oil exploration in the
Appalachian region.
Parish said that the Holding Com
pany Act itself was not designed for
control of such a non utility COM
pany as Standard Oil Co. New Jer-
sey) and that it cannot maintain
the status of a public utility holding
company under its provisions"
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Move 10 Consolidate
Otis Steel With
J. & |. Reported
Combined Capacity
OF Firms Rated at
5000, 900 Tons
BY the Associated Press.

by bIc hSSOCldtCu flCss.
CLEVELAND, Feb. THE News
says it was learned authoritatively
today that merger Of Otis Steel Co.
of Cleveland with the Jones &
Laughlin Steel Corp. of Pittsburgh
is in progress of negotiation.
Oficials of j. g. L. declined to
comment, and E. J. Kulas, Otis pres
ident. could not be reached. Merger
of the two companies would bring
j. & LIS rated ingot capacity to
5000 900 tons a year and continue
it as Americas fourth largest steel
company. ]. & L. follows in size
United States Steel, Bethlehem and
Republic.
In 1910 Otis, with a rating Of
nearly 1,OOO, 900 tons, had a net sales
of $29, 900 900, while j. & L., with a
rating Of around 1000 900 tons, had
net sales of sl53, 900, 900.
New Furnace Planned.
Republic Steel Corp, already build
ing four new blast furnaces in order
to increase its pig iron capacity more
than IS per cent, disclosed today 1t
had contracted with Defense Plant
Corp. for a fifth furnace.
President R. J. Wysor did not an
nounce where the fifth furnace
would be located, but he said 1t
would have a capacity of nearly
500 900 tons of pig iron a year. The
four furnaces announced last Sep
MISREPRESENTATION on them now
is getting under way-will have q
capacity of nearly 1,75o 900 tons. Two
of these are being located in Cleve-
land and one each in youngstown
and Gadsden, Ala.
A great increase in pig iron pro-
duction was necessary, Wysor told
the Cleveland Foreign Affairs Insti-
tute, to Offset the shortage of scrap
steel. 1t will be "at least many
months" before the new blast fur
naces are completed because of their
complexity.
Alloy Metals Needed.
"Scrap is only one of our diff
culties," Wysor's speech continued.
I'm order to make steel we must also
have certain vital alloying metals.
Our available supply of manganese.
chromium, tungsten and tin has
been reduced or threatened by the
war in the Far East"
Withal, Wysor said United States
mills can produce 3 tons of steel for
every tons that can be made in
Axis and Axis dominated countries.
I'VE have not been able to take ad-
vantage Of the full weight of that
superiority, because a large propor-
ton of our steel production is still
needed fer uses behind the lines
for the construction and tooling of
new armament plants, and for the
equipment of new armies. In the
Axis countries, that phase was COM
pleted years ago, while they were
preparing for this war"
Evening star., 1942-02-08
A. P. industrial Index
Continues to Rise
By the Associated Press.

by tne ASSOclated PresS.
NEW YORK. Feb. THE Asso-
ciated Press index of industrial ac-
tivity continued its sharp advance
this week, rising to 1872, a record
high. compared with 1883 the pre-
vious week.
A month ago the measure stood
at 1874, a year ago at 124.1.
All three components scored gains,
led by electric power production
which rose contra-seasonally. Rail-
road freight carloadings made a
strong showing for this time of
year and steel output regained the
small decline of the previous week.
Components, adjusted for normal
seasonal variations, compared as
follows:
Evening star., 1942-02-08
R. c. A. Manufacturing
Executives Shifted
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PresS.
NEW YORK, Feb. George K.
Throckmorton, president of the R.
c. A. Manufacturing Co.. Inc, of
Camden, N. j., today was elected
chairman of that company's Execu-
tive Committee, and Robert Shan
non, former executive vice president,
was elected president.
David Sarnoff. president of Radio
Corp. of America and chairman Of
the manufacturing concerns board,
announced the elections.
Shannon, Sarnon said, started as
a factory worker 80 years ago and
had been an executive for the last
IL years. He added that the change
was made necessary by the "size
and complexity" of the work to be
done by Throckmortion as chief of
the firm.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Cotton
mills sold some q, 1000, 900 yards of
sheeting, print cloths and fine goods
in the Worth Street Gray Goods
Market early in the past week.
Offerings came out in volume
early when cotton prices tapered
on and forecast an imminent re-
ductjon in the ceiling price in grade
"A" prints. When the staples price
began to beat back, however, the
mills again frightened on offerings.
Price control again became the
trades principal concern In the past
few days, Q ceiling being placed on
bed linens. It was flexible, however.
and allowed for fluctuations In sray
eoodS costa
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Wholesale Buyers Restricted
Mainly to Immediate Needs
Sellers Unwilling to Take Advance Orders
And Many Lines Are Rutioned

years had been enlarged sharply by
the unexpected January retail ac-
tivity. There was still spottiness
in the sales reports of individual
lines, however, suggesting that pur-
chasing emphasis was being put as
much as possible on items for which
supply difficulties were anticipated.
I'm the New York notions show,
buying concentrated on staples and
proven best sellers, particularly
home sewing items, with rubber and
metal items available only in limited
quantities. Many lines OF blankets,
sheets, and pillowcases were not dis
played at the domestics and linens
show, and buyers turned to bed
spreads and comfortables for sales
emphasis.
Manufacturers Hold Back.
Some spring lines of women's
apparel were sold so well ahead that
manufacturers were holding back
on further commitments. Sports
wear was in especially strong de-
mand, particularly in slacks and
sweaters, but better dresses and
dressy suits were also reported in
brisk call. Nylon and silk hosiery
were ordered steadily but most mills
were now out of the market and
buyers were increasing orders for
cotton and rayon substitutes"
Evening star., 1942-02-08
HecIo Dividend Voted

MILWAUKEE,, Feb. Z R.-The
board of Directors Of the Hecla
Mining Co., operator Of lead, silver
and zinc properties in Idaho, today
declared q ,first-quarter dividend Of
IS cents share, payable March
is to stockholders of record at the
close of business February "A. Presi-
dent Lewis e. Hanley Of Wallace,
lows. said the company has 1.oo0,-
900 shares out0tandinG.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Lumber Output Down
Moderately in Week
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The National Lumber Manufac-
turers Association reported that
lumber production for the week
ended February 3 stood at 1854 per
cent of the average of the corre-
spending week 1859, and ship
ments, 161 per cent.
Production totaled 221 .437 900 feet,
which was / per cent less than the
previous week and per cent less
than the corresponding week year
ago.
Shipments aggregated 268,o47 900
feet, which was per cent greater
than the previous week and 6 per
cent greater than last years corre-
spending week.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
SimpIified Standards
Drafted by Bureau

By the Associated Press.
The Bureau Of Standards has
submitted simplif1ed standards for
waxed paper, nodded wood pulp and
wood types Of food traps or dishes to
the paper industry in an effort to
conserve paper.
The new standards will reduce
the number Of sizes and types man
ufactured and stocked.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Grain Prices Close
With Small Gains
After Early Sag
RoIIy Luid to Buying
Of Dealers Covering
Short Sales
BY FRANKLIN MULLIN,

CHICAGO, Feb. 7.-Halting its re-
cent downward drift, the grain mar
ket about-faced today after new
lows for the past month had been
established in some cases and closed
with small net gains.
Late buying Of dealers covering
previous short sales accomplished
the rally. Grains had sagged frac-
tions to almost a cent and soybeans
more than a cent, but closing fig
ures were unchanged to 4 higher
compared with yesterday in the
wheat and corn pits, M up for
oats, &-1a up for rye and M
higher for soybeans. Final May and
July wheat futures prices were
1.28A-a and 1904; corn, 86A-as
and $685..
Prices Below Week Ago.
Wheat prices were about cents
lower than week ago, other cereals
fractions to a cent lower and soy
beans 3 to lower. Compared with
four-year peaks established late in
January, wheat and corn were about
cents of, oats down, rye. 7 to 8
lower, and soybeans, 8 to IL lower.
Early weakness Of grains, borrowed
partly from action of cotton, was
attributed to continued buyers
apathy because of the Government
policy in disposing of surplus stocks
of wheat and corn. The Commodity
Credit Corp. made no change in ask
ing prices for milling and feed wheat
and corn. No. 2 yellow corn was
offered at around "a cents for March
shipment, basis Chicago. and milling
wheat at a minimum Of l.3l for No.
grades here:
Traders said milling wheat in the
spot market was quoted in some
cases as much as S cents under the
Government asking prices, with No.
2 hard selling at 1.26. while No. 2
yellow corn was at 80 to 80.
Buyers Are Cautious.
Would-be buyers, they said, were
unwilling to take investment posi-
tions as long as there was threat
Of increased sales of Federelly-own
stocks on price rises, particularly in
the corn market.
Grain range at principal markets
today:
MAY WHEAT
Evening star., 1942-02-08

Cottonseed oil closed dull. Bleachsble
prime summer yellow unouoted. Prime
crude. 1880 nominal: March. May, July
and September, 13.67b.
b Bid. IL Nominal.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

Chicago Cash Markee
basis, steady; receipts. 10 cars, Corn,
steady: basis. steady to hrm; receipts. 1S1
cars; shipping sales, 5000 bushels Oats.
eeipts; IS cars: shippins. sales. 1900
bushels.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Nsr Ofisana Priees

NEW YORK, Feb. z up.-Cotton futures
we're irregular over q narrow range here
today. Closing prices were steady, 2 points
net higher to lower.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Cottonseed Oil.

C0ttonseed Ofi.
Cottonseed oil futures trading dwindled
today to the technical operation of switch
ing March delivery contracts forward TO
September at .03 of . cent . pound pre-
to September at the I3sa-cent level
Crude cottonseed oil bids at 1875 cents q
pound in the Southeast and valley and
12h cents in Texas failed to bring any
offerings.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

= Twenty-Five shares of Washington
4 Gas Light preferred stock changed
on the Washington Stock Exchange
yesterday at 1001z, unchanged. In
the bond division, Capital Traction
g5s remained strong. 81 900 moving at
1851, the high for the year reached
a few days ago.
u The Washington Exchange re-
manned strong and active during the
week. Riggs National, which opened
the year with sale Of a single share
int $50, registered a sale of Is shares
lat 275, up Is points. Capital Trac-
I..tion made a new high Of 23Hs.
II Washington Gas Light common
Preached 1914. up from 1914 since the
Kfirst OF the year. Mergenthaler
Y Linotype climbed to 33A, up from
% in January.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11

Curiously enough. many women
who seem urban to their red finger
tips, love to putter in the ground
and have a real yen for farming,
even liking the rough work. It's not
all work to them, by any means
it's new toy or q game in which
they are so vitality interested that
they are bound to win.
When women learn to regard any
work they do as game. putting
their hearts In 1t as well as their
minds, they are on the right path.
II you notice, men are usually in
tensely interested In their work. SO
engrossed In 1t. in fact, that they
really get fun out Of doing 1t. Not
many women approach their daily
stint with any enthusiasm. but this
farming project seems to be the
great exception: whether It's be-
cause it's a novelty. or whether it's
because It's being done, isn't for
me to say. The fact that women are
learning to grow things and to can
their own fruits and vegetables and
are taking cooking lessons seems a
good healthy and intelligent ap-
preach to present-day problems.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
No Longer Drudgery

There are many older men avail.
able for farm work, and glad to get
1t. When they are experienced they
laugh at the notions of your anna
teur, but they will cooperate with
good results.
Farm work on the old style farm
was drudgery. but with such mod
ern equipment now available. 1t
need not be, and while at first every
mess Of beans costs more when
home grown than when bought,
one does eventually arrive at the
point where the cultivation OF the
soil does pay dividends. Whether 1t
pays or whether 1t doesn't. the lit
tie vegetable garden Is being
planned and the self-sustaining
farm or garden Is dream that
many an ONCE worker or city slick.
er INDUCES In. These tracts spell
security-the hardest Of all words
to spell correctly-and while. UNI
fortunately, many a pseudo-farmer
finds himself anything but In pos
session of security. he Is compen-
stated by the knowledge that he did
his best and had q lot OF fun doing
&C..
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
Many Purposes

TRANSMISSION Is used for many
purposes. the chief one being to
replace the blood lost from severe
or prolonged hemorrhage. When q
large amount is lost. the blood YES
sells become so empty that the
heart does not fill with each con.
traction. AS a result. all tissues OF
the body suffer from lack OF oxy-
gen and nourishment.
TRANSMISSION also is used fire.
uuently to overcome severe gen.
eral infections and shock. When
TRANSMISSION is needed. time is often
an important element. 1t takes
some time to make a blood test
for type and often 1t Is very diff
cult to find q donor with the proper
type Of blood. AS q result all hos
pitals keep Q list Of persons whose
blood has been typed and who can
be easily Seached when needed.
Often the little time taken for
this purpose has meant very seri-
Gus delay in supplying the needed
blood. Lately it has been found
that blood serum would give the
same results as fresh blood. That
is. blood from which the fluid has
been removed could be placed In
bottles and kept for some time for
an emergency.
The old method OF tipping re-
uuired elaborate apparatus. Now
rabbit serum Is SO treated and
tested with different types OF hui
man blood and 1t has been found
reliable for making the tests for
determining the types OF human
blood. This serum can be dried and
will keep indefinitely. The patients
blood can be typed easily and
quickly without an elaborate lab
oratory equipment.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11

From Palm Springs in California
and Palm Beach and Miami, at the
height of the Florida season, comes
plenty of confirmation Of the con-
tinued success Of prints. printed
sateens being added to a never
ending list of printed fabrics-cot-
ton, silk. rayon and wool. The
Amigo Milo" color scheme is one OF
the best. These are, Of course, South
American or Good Neighbor" col
ors. and include parrot and love-
bird green's. corn. honey and such
shades, including lovely range OF
yellow and clay shades.
In Primitive Colors
Another range is identified under
the name peasant fiorals," which
seems fairly descriptive. There is a
notable absence OF white In this
group made up Of primitive colors
and seen not only on challis but on
calico and on rayOn crepeS - all
popular fabrics from the resort
viewpoint.
Another group of prints Is in
A1oO WV"
lines. usually black and white on a
colored ground, or In the popular
white on black. or blackout. ar
rangement. Border prints, you may
remember. are gaining prestige.
And don't forget embroidered pique
and chambray when you are think
ing out your warm weather ward
robe, which isn't such bad idea
since desirable goods are snapped
up before one can say resort ward
robes. II entirely depends on your
purpose and proportions whether
you want small or large motifs.
Seen at Hialeah Park
The racing season Is we'll under
way at Hialeah Park. Fla. Mrs
George Eustis Paine, Jr.. motoreC
down from Palm Beach to sit with
her grandfather. Joseph E. Wide
ner. in his box. She was one Of the
several women wearing the tri-
color, her costume consisting OF 9
red skirt. navy jacket and sheer
white blouse, and her huge hand.
bag made use OF the three colors
Her shoes were red--so many shoe.
are red just now. by the way. While
pastels lead. there were some brigh,
colors, as, for instance. the vivic
purple worn by Mrs. Walter e
Leonard, also from Palm Beach fol
the day.
While most Of the clothes nigh
best be described as spectator sport
types, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
Whitney's black cire hat with nos'
veil was definitely town-ish. Sh,
was wearing a soft bright coral Goa
over a black and white print dress
Plenty Of soft wool coats reported
most of them bright rather thar
white. More colorcd than whit
shoes, also.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11

mother goes through my purse.
pockets and bureau drawers at
home. used to correspond with q
boy whom I met on vacation. and
before I read his letters. my aunt.
grandmother. uncle. father and Sis
ter all told me what was In them.
That's why I can't tell my mother
things like other girls do. would
not mind her opening my mail. II
she Just kept what she read to her
SELF"
When grown children do not
confide in parents, the parents
have only themselves to blame. And
one doesn't have to violate the pri-
vacy of young people to find out
what their innermoSt thoughts and
feelings are! AS rule, they are
eager enough to talk about them
selves with anyone whom they
feel they can trust. A young per-
sons DESIRES plans and ambitions
are very real to him. He takes him.
self seriously. wants to maintain
his Self-reSpect and in all this Is
powerless and feels frustrated with
out parental cooperation.
There are many Woodworking.
well-intentioned parents who do
not take their children seriously.
These parents must realize that
children are people. even when they
happen to be ones own. The child's
rights as an individual must be
understood and respected.
Actually it is more important for
a young person to keep up with his
friends (dress as they do and be
permitted to do as they dol than 1t
is for his parents to keep up with
their friends. He Is In the process OF
finding himself. Of adjusting him
self to life, whereas the adult by
now has accomplished these things
in one way or another. Parents
should use imagination more. Re-
calling their own youth. trying to
put themselves In the child's place
will help them understand him
better.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11
For War Injuries

Now that we are at war. an i'm
mense amount of TRANSMISSION Will
be required in treating war in
turies. Plans are made SO that each
soldier has his blood typed and
this type number Is stamped on
his Identification tag. Thus no
time Is lost In having to make the
more extended experiments.
Dried blood or serums OF each
type are kept at all field stations
and hospitals and can be given
whenever the need arises. This OBJ
viates delay, and many lives will
be saved that might otherwise be
lost due to lack Of preparedness.
In the past great difficulty has
been frequently experienced in
cases of dangerous hemorrhage or
severe shock because the veins OF
the patient were SO empty and the
circulation so depressed that in
PRODUCING q needle into the vein
was almost impossible. However,
these perplexing conditions were
relieved by continued research by
three scientists. DR.. L. M. Tocatins
and A. H. Price Of Jefferson Med
ical College in Philadelphia and
DR.. j. r. O'Neil of the Bowman
Gray School Of Medicine at VIM
ston- Salem. North Carolina. They
found that In cases where blood
could not be injected into a vein.
the desired result could readily be
accomplished by passing a hollow
needle into the bone marrow OF
some Of the long bones. Bone mar
row is known to be q part Of the
blood-making machinery. and this
stimulation served to arouse the
process. The method Of injection
is carried out without undue diff
Guilty. and the TRANSMISSION passes
through the hollow needle. The
results have been proven very sat
isfactory. and again science shows
its mastery over human weaknesses.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-11

economically, however, and care for
1t so that no drop Of your precious
essence Is lost by evaporation or
spoilage. Keep your summer fra
grances tightly sealed and stored in
q cool, dry place.
Apply 1t Lightly
Use the light daytime" per-
fumes and eaux de Cologne for
everyday purposes. Get the atom
izer habit to insure against waste.
Remember that no one type of at
omizer will serve all purposes. One
for per me should deliver fine.
light spray.
Colognes may be used much more
generously. SO the atomizer from
which they are sprayed should de-
liver q greater quantity Of the liquid
each time you squeeze the bulb. For
this reason you should have an at
omizer especially designed for the
purpose.
If you like to use an atomizer for
spraying brilliantine you need a
type that Is different from either
the perfume or Cologne atomizer.
Get something especially designed
to handle the heavier hair oils.