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Evening star., 1942-03-28
Furniture Makers Troubled
By Material Shortages
By the Associateo Press.

&oy tilc aSSoSi&tSo iCoo.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March
29.-Furniture manufacturers are ex-
periencing increasing difficulties in
obtaining raw materials, Seidman &
Seidman, accountants to the indus
try, said today.
The firm reported that while ship
ments for February were 9 per cent
larger than for January. the increase
was less than half the usual seasonal
gain.
Since the volume Of untitled ord
ers is still considerable" the &C
countants asserted, "it is apparent
that the failure to maintain the
usual seasonal shipping rate reflects
the increasing difficulties that con-
front the industry in obtaining raw
materials. While the restriction ord
ers issued by the Government in re-
cent weeks have unfavorably affected
the production Of the whole industry,
upholstery manufacturers are espe-
cially hard hit"
Dollar volume of new orders
booked by the household furniture
manufacturing industry in February
was practically identical with that of
February, 1941, the report said.
when It is considered that whole
sale furniture prices have advanced
anywhere from 20 to 80 per cent in
the past II months, it Is apparent
that in terms of physical volume,
the industry's sales are at present
running well below those of . year
Ago."
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Washington Produce

printsi :iS5fi i0PS: prlats S ss eou9a 9a
sOpound Go Prints, 3e94: nS 81 score, % tubs. IS:
pound prints, 3512; 14pound prints. SO:
90 score; tubs. s474; pound prints. ash:
"a a; I-pound prints, 35: 14-pound prints.
SS55iia; s. score score tubs, 81 1-pound prints.
From Agricultural Marketing Admins
tratlon. Prices paid net fob. Washing
EGGs~Narket steady. Prices paid for
grading stations March 2sJ: whites. ''J. i.
s: extras, large, 29-3l, mostly 29: 2. s.
ssandards. tS medium, IS; 0S g. trades. rad T. 3: 3
Browns U. S, extras. large, 1920, mostly
Sss:: y s. extras, medium. 26-25, mostly
Iy 25; U: S. trades. 24-25 Nearby I'm
% mixed eGeFs FsSsg5i whites seeeDts Es
co,LIs5E LIVE PoULTRRY-Market steady, Fowl
10 RqosteTs, 14;16. Chickens. ViTsinia Yrs ia
S'k anf 5Eys1S all and s1s Ma2Sand 2S2a
Rocks and crosses, broilers and flyers, ali
sizes, size, 2O:2I' No. rs. 1913; Reds, 1920.
2kega S yonns to%s Is aaa poands HR
an ans Sa9 up, "a; young hens lens s 10 pounds and
Guineas, young all sizes, 25; old. 10.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Compiled bysthe Market News Section
of Agricultural Marketing Service Sales
to am on this mornings wholesale mar
ket IN less than carlot quantities.
y. Al. APPLES-Market steady: Truck receipts
and West Virginia, O.. S. No. /, bushel bas~
ketS, staymans, 2h.-ineh minimum, Las
inch minimum. 1851 90; Yorks, 2L-inch
miRimum aoI9 sa 1l5i126; 81 ;I: S,insh minimqm:
Delicious, sA-inch minimum 1861 so;
minimum, I.s5H1 80: Golden Delicious.
2A-inch minimum. 1.25; 2k-inch mini
mg9m. 1;4o51.59; 2a.-inch minimum, LIB
i iI0-1. is: .2h-inch minimum. i4o-1 80:
2A-inch minimum, l. .50-1 .65; Lowrys, 21s-
inch minimum, 1851 40: 2a4-inch mini
nsp s5 whesaDso insh sinsh mhmnm minimum s5sS
NsvtoSns, sHs-inch minimum i.6o.i IS;
2A-inch minimum, 1.75.
Ts!t5 aI :sa asRsah p5RI@q%. Ga SS.
minimum. 1859 90; aSs Inch minimum.
2;l0-2:25; Golden Delicious. 2h-ineh
Issa5,IG% isS76 5in1h minimum nnsh R6@g1
165; 2ss-inch minimum, 1.85-1.75:
ninfmum. sealGsG H is5 so sss9ne6' 1inch
sealded and ripe, l 1!oo-Ia5: bgshsl boxss.
sinia and West Virginia. staymsns. 11ss.
asd:a aesSs SSa5S; EEslGsSs;
f9s f'sSs'ss; 7as-i66a af,eSss s.ssesss; SSstsss.
i.ss: sos:1o6,. mostly mostly 200. oot'''' ''
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Stock Prices Narrow
AS Selling Subsidies
Al Week S Close
Bids Still Too Timid
For Much Recovery;
Trading Sluggish
BY VICTOR EUBANK.
Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, March 28.-Selling
subsided In the stock markets blue
chips today but bidding still was too
timid to make much of an impress
sion on recovery.
Minor gains and losses were pretty
well divided at the start and q def
mite trend was lacking at the close.
Numerous leaders never opened or
held at Fridays final levels.
Spring weather caused many GUS
toners to avoid the boardrooms in
favor of long week end, and this
resulted in one of the most sluggish
sessions since last May. Transfers
for the two hours approximated 1885,
600 shares.
Those who appeared to watch the
moping ticker discovered nothing
much of an inspirational nature in
the war bulletins. The desire to
await more light on the forthcoming
tax program also remained as an
argument for conservatism.
Some of the recently weak high
priced issues attracted mild support
on the theory the sharp slide in
this group may have gone too far.
Stocks up trifle at one time or
another included United States
Steel, youngstown Sheet, General
Motors, Chrysler, Santa Fe, South
ern Pacific, Pennsylvania, American
Telephone, Consolidated Edison,
Westinghouse, General Electric,
Montgomery Ward, Woolworth, In
ternational Harvester, United Air
| craft and Texas Co.
Selected rail bonds edged forward
Evening star., 1942-03-28

FOfCIIGN--
Rio de Jan 61zs So IA 13m IA
Russian 61as 19 mat 1h Ia ~
ww-With warrants. xw-without war
rants. n-New. st tstp)-Stamped.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Pepeo Earnings Cut
Below Year Ago
By Rising Costs
$402,277 for February
Down SITS From
Same 1941 Month
By EDWARD G. STONE.

With earnings reduced by IN
creased expenses, net income of the
Potomac Electric Power Co. in Feb
ruary totaled $402 ,277J81, compared
with $410,055.87 a year ago, q small
drop of $7,77S.O6, or less than 2 ptr
cent, according to the monthly re-
port filed with the Public Utilities
Commission today.
Operating revenues reached ST.
679,08485, an increase of $207 ,022 .66,
or 146 per cent. Operating revenue
deductions required $l,138,258, an
increase of s21s,23227, or 2oa per
cent.
Operating expenses of $688, ,327.n
were up s62,O56.46, or 991 per cent;
depreciation totaled $124,97675, a
small increase of $3,15874, or 259
per cent, while taxes called for 1924
$3.50, an increase of $l53,0l7.73, or
SO per cent.
The power company reported net
income for the first two months of
1912 as s768,2 ,27910, a drop of $780,
cent. While operating revenues
were u per cent higher, operating
revenue deductions were 81 per cent
more than a year ago.
Operating expenses were up $l62,-
1885, or II per cent, and taxes reg
istered an increase of $247 ,509.03, or
SO per cent. the report said.
Merchandise Orders Heavy.
Orders for goods for Washington
department stores at the end Of
February were 158 per cent larger
than at the end of February year
ago, the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond reported today. Stocks
of goods on hand were 80 per cent
larger than last year.
Outstanding orders for goods in
the whole fifth district were $50 per
cent ahead of last year, 165 per cent
in Baltimore, 120 in Richmond and
64 in a group of other cities. Stocks
on hand averaged about the same
rs in Washington stores.
ID. c. Collections Lag.
The same report states that COL
lections in washington department
stores in February were % per cent
of bills due the first of the month.
This was slightly lower than the
80 per cent for the whole district,
36 in Baltimore and 81 in Richmond
and several other cities.
In the first two months of this
year retail sales in the Capital were
A per cent ahead of the like 1941
period, the report reveals.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

by tne hSs0CldteC freSS.
CHICAGO. March 28-Strength
of corn and soybeans, buying of
which was attributed TO previous
short sellers, as well as professors
and commercial dealers, helped 10
pull other grains higher today.
Corn rose about L cent and beans
a cent or more during the first hour
This reversed an earlier downward
trend in wheat, prices of which hov-
cred near the 1912 low point estab-
lished at the first of the week.
Wheat gains were held to small
fractions most of the time and
grainmen said market action largely
reflected continued sluggish flour
and milling trade, with millers
booked for business well in advance
in many cases. but unable to obtain
instructions for shipment. Flour
prices were lowered in the East yes
terday.
The crop outlook also is a bearish
factor, traders said, inasmuch as the
excellent moisture situation in many
areas, Subnormal abandonment as a
result of winter killing, according
to most reliable reports, and pros
poets that an unusually large volun-
teer acreage will be allowed to stand
for harvest, suggests that production
may be substantial this season de-
spite the sharp cut in acreage. This
is likely to compGcate the storage
situation, traders said, inasmuch as
the Nations warehouse space now
has a higher percentage Of occu-
pancy than normal for this time Of
year.
Because OF the threat of a short
age of storage room, grain men said
it is likely that unusually large
stocks of wheat will have to be held
back on farms, but they expect also
that a bigger percentage of the grain
in terminal storage may be tied up
in the Government ever-normal
granary program than was the case
last summer.
Good feeding demand and record
industrial use for corn as we'll as the
fact that hog prices are at peaks
for the past 16 years continued to
strengthen that market. Soybean
buying was stimulated partly by re-
ports that beans remaining on farms
and in country storage are de-
teriorating rapidly as result of
heating damage. Recent sampling
tests have revealed this situation,
with 80 per cent Of the beans ar
irving here the past week showing
some damage.
At II am. wheat was 7s-11s cents
higher, compared with yesterdays
finish; May, s1265s: July. s1.28la:
Corn, 81 up: May, 88A: July 90% ;
Soybeans, 2-2% higher; rye, Ts-
IL up.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Potomac Electric Power 5l2Tc pfd.
5 at 1l3.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
LcAAtd Ihdoio - ~ AIS IL
Approximate Sales Today

AppfoXtmat0 SAIeD 3odAy
11:O0 AM $3.50 1900 Noon 131, $50
tUnit of trading. ten shares: sales
printed in full In bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorganixed under Bankruptcy
Act or securities assumed by such COM
panies. Rates of dividend in the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-annual declara-
tion. Unless otherwise noted. special or
extra dividends are not included. xd Ex
dividend xr Ex rights. Also extra or
so far this year. fPayable in stock Paid
last year. h Payable in Canadian funds.
Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year
Evening star., 1942-03-28
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 28.-Marking
the seventh consecutive day of ad-
vancing prices in cotton, futures
chalked up gains of 35 to IS cents
bale today. The market closed
at the highs of the session.
A large volume of business in the
cotton goods market Friday was
clearly for trade in the active mill
price fixing and was the primary
factor in today's rise.
Hedges were lifted as spinners
fixed prices on raw cotton following
sales of gray goods. In addition
commission house support was no.
ticeable, easily absorbing a limited
amount of hedging and realizing.
Futures closed IS to Is cents a
hoI Ia
Evening star., 1942-03-28
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, March % LP.-Late for
eign exchange rates follow (Great Britain
in dollars. others in cents):
Canada-Oficial Canadian Control
Board rates for U. 8. dollars; buying, 10
per cent premium; selling. II per cent
madam dollars in New York Of buying,
9.91 per cent selling. 900 per cent
Canadian dollar in New York open
cents.
Europe-Great Britain, oficial Bankers
Foreign Exchange Committee rates): buy
cables. 4.03A
Latin America-Arsentina, ofneisl,
29.77 free. 23;75: grszn; ofneial 6.oIh;
(Rates La SPOT cables unless etherwise
indicated). n Nominal.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Stock and

s Unit of trading, 10 shares In bank
ruptcy 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
rlghts. Also extra or extras Cash
stock. Declared or paid so far this year
Payable in stock. Paid last year. Pay
able in Canadian funds. K Accumulated
dividends paid or declared this year.
Evening star., 1942-03-28

Confucius say: Buy Defense bonds
and stamps.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Dice and Cash Are Gifts

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Eddie
Solomon gave him farewell party
before he was inducted into the
Army. Their parting gift to him
was a pair of dice wrapped up in a
$50 bill.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Baltimore Stocks
100000 Guerrilla Army
Organizing in California
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28.-A
guerrilla army of 100000 men and
boys on California ranches and
farms will be organized to protect
the State against invasion, Gov
Culbert L. Olson disclosed.
The agricultural extension di-
vision of the University Of Calitor-
mia will organize the civilian army
Men between the ages of 16 and
65 will be trained as sharp-shooters
by retired Army officers, Reserve Of
ficers and World War veterans.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
BONDS
PUBLIC UTILITY

MISCELLANEOUS
Ter RAW Cp lst 4A 1913 1927
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-02
'BLACKOUT TEST
IN WATERFOWL
Mayor ScuIIy Among Off
Gals Witnessing Delayed
Demonstration

A surprise blackout test In Wa
tertown last night, complete with
bombing incidents, was reported
as highly successful. The test made
up for the failure Of the town to
take part in the statewide black
out test Of March %. :
Residents of several sections OF
waterbury turned off their lights
when the WATERFOWL alarm was
sounded at 9:05, the sound Of sirens
and factory whistles being so audi
BILE that they thought it was local
blackout. Street lights on upper
Bunker Hill streets which are linked
with the WATERFOWL street lighting
system were off during the test, and
local wardens patro,led the sectors.
Col. John Thompson Of Boston
was present at the test as an OBJ
server, as were State Blackout
Chairman Austen Purves, Mayor
Vincent A. Scully, and representa-
tiveS Of state police and the public
utilities companies.
The test was directed by Chief
Warden Charles Sherwood, ST.. 1t
began at 9:05 and ended at BPS. y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-02

heard in passing. A local motOrist was almost
marooned in Hartford Sunday when she drove into
gasoline station They're open there evidently @nd
after having the tank filled discovered she didn't have
money Not only did the attendant say he'd trust her
to send in the money but he also allowed her to make
phone CALL It's either the Hartford air or its was Palm
Sunday . Tuesday the birthday OF Senator
Francis T. Maloney Of Meriden, belated greetings,
Senator St Bonaventure Colleges Glee Club VIII
make 5.day tour of Connecticut this spring playing
in Waterbury Monday April 3D. The club expects 10
cover 1000 miles on its trip throughout the East
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-02

Waterville, April 2 - A business
meeting Of Court WEIGH, will be held
tonight, at Foresters' Hall at 8 o.
clock, with chief ranger William
Lonergan, presiding. There will be
election of delegates to attend the
State Convention, Sunday, May 10,
in Moose Hall, New Britain.
Plans are underway for organiz-
ing a softball team and captains
will be named tonight. All wishing
to play are urged to be present. Fol-
lowing the meeting there will be O
social hour, when refreshments will
be served and card playing enjoyed
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Davidson of
Auburndale, Massachusetts,, an
nounce the birth of q daughter,
Tuesday, March 81. Mrs. Davidson Is
the former Vivien. Malta, and the
baby is the granddaughter of Mrs.
Michael Malta of Boyden street.
Girl Scout Troop No. 16, met yes
terday afternoon at the home Of
Ruth Batchelder on WEIGH street,
with Mrs. Sidney Henchel in charge.
Registrations were brought in and
o report given by Ethel Meriviglia,
Shirley Leisring, .ancylou Totten
and Ruth Batchelder, who attended
the scout get-to-gether Monday
evening at Community Hall, Mid
dlebury. At that time there was
panel discussion, on National De-
Tense, What Girl Scout can do to
Help"
First aid instruction will not start
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-02
SEICHEPREY DAY
DINNER PLANNED
YD Club to Observe Anni-
versary of Initial World
War Battle

April 10 has been set by the
Yankee Division Veterans Associa-
ton as the date for the annual
Seicheprey day dinner to be held at
tn Elton. The dinner is held annual
ly in celebration Of the anniversary
of the 60-hour battle of Seicheprey
which took place on April 20, 1918.
The battle which was lost by the
Germans was the first engagement
of the Yankee Division in France.
Mayor Vincent A. Scully, Rev.
Roger B. T. Anderson, state chap
lain, and State Commander Clar-
ence Geer of Bridgeport are among
the invited guests.
Members of the arrangements
committee are Herman Schaeffer,
chairman, Walter Bolan, co-chair-
man; Fred Rowe, Lieutenant
Howard Hickcox, Leroy Woodcock
and William Alyward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-02

v Mayor Vincent A. Sculy has double who could
easily pass for the citys chief executive especially when
he's smoking a cheroot So asserted Murray Godstein,
MCM executive to his honor while dining at the Elton
Tuesday noon as MG-M presented Ed Fitzpatrick with
beautiful plaque in honor OF winning SIX EXPLORATION
campaigns feat no other theaer manager in the u b
or Canada has ever attained The double Goldsten CLAIMS
Is Lon Vaile of Bristol, R. l. When Murray told Mayor
Scully about Vale the chief executive always READY on
cigar in his mouth but wagered Murray he could tire
out his double when it came to the MuniemaKers,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-02
DRAFT DODGER
PULLS NEW ONE

st. Louis, April 2.-(UP)-Brother
Daniel, negro follower Of Father
Divine had new excuse when he
was hailed into federal court to an
swer charges of failure to register
under the selective service law.
He pleaded guilty to the charge,
but told Judge Charles B. Davis he
was reborn" in 1886 and did not
know how old he was, as he had no
recollection of events before that
date,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-02

Easter Week in Quebec Everywhere the religious
Significance of the is emphasized this week. an
important one in the church calendar But in Quebec
with its great number Of churches, many OF them
almost as old the city ITSELF it almost seems to take
On fuller meaning and the devOuneSS Of the pOpu9ce
is more than just apparent Quebec has more churches
than any city the American continent in proportion
to its size and population The Basca OF Notre Dame
ORIGINALLY built in 647 and the Church of Notre Dame
des VICTORIES, built in 1888, are perhaps the most
famous The Shrine of Ste Anne de Beaupre 20 miles
distant from the city, is also mecca for the tourist
and religious minded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-02
''She Did Look Like a Woman
BUT WITH THE SMOKE AND STEAM AND HER
SOOT-BLACKED FACE 1T WAS HARD TO TELL

by NEA service
London-The heat was so intense
It scared the face and whenA gong
sounded and the circular doors Of
six furnaces were suddenly thrown
open, you wondered why the metal
didn't disintegrate.
In the retort house OF this Lon
don gasworls, down along the
Thames, this operation OF opening
and closing the great doors Is called
diScharging the fires and everytime
1t happened not only would flame
and heat jump out from the fiery
furnaces but great clouds Of SCOT
enveloped everyone who stood near.
A long cylindrical stem Of coal
flowed from these furnaces and
dropped into q trough five feet
below. AS it fell, small figures
in dungarees who wore asbestos
gloves would rake 1t onto NOV
ing belt, which carried it all away.
THREE WOMEN
IN BLACK GANG"
The plant engineer leaned over
and, shouting into my ear to make
hilnsel heard, said:
That's a woman"
He pointed to small figure in
dungarees, who stood raking the
pink-hot coal onto the moving
belt, which in, turn passed beneath
Jets of cold water.
she did look like a woman,
somewhat, when you looked closely,
Dungarees, pulled tight around a
small waist, which suddenly bulged
out around hips, that were round
and broad, said so But you couldn't
tell by the face. Not easily, anyway.
Coal dust, two layers deep, gave a
dark velvet sheen to her face and
made an impenetrable mask-until
she smiled.
! Three women were working as
a "black gang" team around this
particular furnace and trough.
One was pushing the guard cart in
front to take the splaShing Gin
ders, another was sweeping and
stocking the trough and third was
maneuvering the long red-hot
stream of cinders under the water
jets.
This girl who stood up, the one
with the hour glass figure, was
difficult TO see whenever the hot
coal passed under the water, for
the cold against the hot enveloped
her In perpetual cloud of sooty
steam. Finally, she stood back and
said to no one in particular.
They're cleaned"
Her name was Doris Emily
Stevens and she used to be DO
nestle servant until ten months
ago and the analogy between
cleaning houses and cleaning PIP
naces is no analogy at all because
the difference is SO great.
And there's no glamor to this Job
Doris Stevens is doing. It's q dirty,
tough Job with good pay. A AZ
hour week which gives her two
days off each week to shop and go
to the movies and keep her own
small house clean, makes the new
work attractive, too.
Very Few OF the girls are DAY
and masculine, or fat and heavy.
They're nearly all slim and wiry.
The heat is too unbearable for
most fat girls. The only one who
could stand 1t, lost so much weight
she Is thin now.
It was the plump girls who were
Ill from bad cold and flu. They
..,s.,yl ,,,oxir o1r,I,ila ard than hover
near an open window for a breath
Of cold, fresh air.
Because of the heat, all the girls
drink lots of tea and very little
cold water and they wear heavy
coats when day is done and they
stride out of the furnace room
over to the bathhouSe under the
mountain of steel pipes and red
brick chimneys that jut into the
sky
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-02
Te d@yS Answers -
URANIUM CRACKERS
Questions on Comic Page

/. The insignia is that of the
United States Marines and indi-
Gates they have served all over
the world.
2. The Andaman Islands are
used as penal colony by India.
8. The holders of the rank of
General: George Washington, U. S.
Grant, w. T. Sherman, Philip H.
Sheridan, j. j. Pershing, Tasker H.
Bliss, Peyton G. March, Charles P.
Summerall, Douglas Macarthur,
Malin Craig, and George g. Mar
shall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-02

Private Stephen Bergin is getting acquainted with
military routine and tactics down at Camp Eustis Vr
Qinia, these days Steve indicted last week It's
Captain Leon Mccarthy The Ansona legislator and
lawyer has been called to active duty and will in the
after 6-weeks training John Miller of Chase
Parkway may miss Easter dinner at home as he's hospital
ixed at St. Marys after operation Wonder If john
nv Candida got that nice young goat for Easter he
looking for last week? Hold on, John The Easter lily
shortage this year win probably be abated by 1943
Growers expect to have sufficient bulbs on hand to pro-
vide for the trade by then.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-02
cbarlotte Braatz, of woodbury. better known to her

Charlotte Braatz of woodbury., better known to her
legion of admirers as Mdge can't seem to hum any tune
these days but He's Al in the Army and Ia in my heart
have been sdestepped It's End Lieut. Prinde Barlow
Of 40 Calumet Street now serving Uncle Sam at Camp
Banding Florida Prince has asked the hand of Mdge
in marriage and the request has been just what you
guessed So military ceremony, the likes of which
Banding has before enjoyed is docketed for the
middle Of this month Nudge will close her local otflce
desk and bid adeu to her Woodbury. domicile one week
from tomorrw and heghho to the land of oranges and
Namingos With her to her big moment goes the well
wishes Of all.