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Evening star., 1943-04-06
Business Briefs

Bank Loans to agriculture, COM
merce and industry declined S59.-
100000 in 10l leading cities during
the week ended March 81, the Fed
eral Reserve Board reported. Re-
serve balances with Federal Reserve
Banks were down $248,OOO 900: de-
mand deposits were off S28O,OOO,OOO
Government deposits declined $751;
100000 and deposits credited to do
mestic banks were down S2O5,OOO,-
0C0. Holdings of Treasury bills de-
creased $697, 100000, while Govern
ment holdings increased $4,000 900.
A Sharp Increase in Exports from
the United States lifted their value
IN the first two months of this year
to $1,377000O00, or 41%o above the
same 1912 period The value of i'm
ports was s463 100000, a decline of
1919 from year ago.
Bueiness Failures totaled 80 in the
week ended April /, compared with
"a in the preceding week and 243
in the corresponding 1912 week, Dun
& Bradstreet, Inc, reported.
More and More Traffic is being
handled by Erie Railroad and new
records are being set everywhere on
the road, President Robert E. Wood
duff reported. From 500 to more
than 700 cars of oil per day are
being moved to the Eastern Sea-
board. Coal movement is heavy.
All of this is in addition to the
movement of war material and ordi-
nary civilian traffic, he declared.
Neisner Brothers, Inc, reported
sales in March totaled $2,547.427,
against $2,075,177 year ago, a gain
of 22.7eo. First quarter sales were
Sc $685. ,437, against S5.621,O19 a year
ago, an increase of 23.8G.
Virginian Railway earned $685.
1873 or S2.76 a share in 1912, against
S6,578,652 or 1892 a share in 1941.
The Outlet Co. earned S559.532 or
$5.46 share in the year ended jan
uary 81, against s60o,258 or $3.50 in
1941.
Reliable Stores Corp. earned $685.
234 or $1.6l share in 1912, against
$759, ,416 or S2.05 a share in 194l.
A>PoyAAShS VI nT " LCdH
March 16 terminated the voting
trust for stock of REQ Motors, Inc,
President H. E. Humid announced.
Stockholders will elect their board
of directors on April TO- The COM
pany paid dividend of so cents q
share in 1912, first in II years, and
listed profits of $l,389,37 or So 2.9g a
share for 1912. against $433, 1868 Or
SO cents share in 1941.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water
Division will call up 100000 in
bonds on June l. To save $367, ,127 in
terest, $1,560,000 gas department
bonds and s46O,0oO electric depart
ment bonds will be retired before
maturity.
United Gas Improvement Co. filed
an application with the SEC to pur-
chase s5,303,OOO first and refunding
bonds of the Connecticut Railway &
Lighting Co. for resale to Connecti-
cut Light & Power Co. The COM
pany said sale of the bonds would
relieve it of the guarantee of interest
on such bonds. UGI also proposed to
sell to G. U. Bay of Bridgeport,
Conn.,, ,805 shares of $1OO preferred
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Chicuqo Livestock

CHICAGO, April tP Omitted States
10000; total. 14.50O; fairly active: gen.
orally steady with Mondays average; top.
! IS; bulk good and choice, 1s0-360 lbs,
lbs. lights and underweights. 100000:
good 36O-550-lb. sows. 15.35-60: mostly
154O-5O.
salable cattle. $500: salable calves,
1000: choice fed steers and yesrlinss
strong, active; all others steady; heifers
nrm. scarce: medium and good beef cows
steady; all others weak to Is lower: bulls
steady: vealers weak to Is lower at II 90
down: extreme outside 1880; best fed
steers, 1875: several loads, 1725-35;
bulk, 15.OO-17.e5; no strictly choice heif-
ers here: most 14.0O-16.00 trade on me-
dium to good kinds: cutter cows 1928
down; outside on weiehty SAUSAGE bulls
14.75: stocker and feeder market active:
common and medium Grades. 12.50-13.75:
GOOD to choice stockers, 14.O0-16.OO.
Salable sheep, 1000; total, IL 900: late
Monday fat lambs mostly steady; less at
tractive quality considered: good to choice
wooled lambs, 16.g0-16.25: top. 1885;
good and choice fed Western clipped lambs
with No. skins or better, 15.10-25; sheep
steady: good wooled slaughter ewes. 9.25:
odd good shorn native ewes, S.26; around
6S-lb shearinR lambs, 16.66-S5: todays
trade fat lambs slow; early bids steady to
10 lower: good to choice wooled lambs
bid 16.Q0-16; generally esking fully steady
st 1925 and above: nothing done on Clip
lamhs; sheen scarce: demand at about
steady prices,
Evening star., 1943-04-06

stock and 39,046 shares of 500 COM
mon stock of Railway & Lighting for
S1,815, 900.
Reorganization of Brown Co., S40,-
100000 pulp and paper manufacturer,
which has been before the Federal
Court in Portland, Me, more than
seven years. was formally terminated
when the court discharged the trus-
tees.
Chewing Tobacco is Returning to
factories as result of mo smoking"
signs, the Wall Street Journal re-
ported. Where fire hazards require
ban on smoking, men are turning
from cigarettes, cigars and pipes to
the older favorites in plug, twist,
flne-cut chewing and scrap chewing
tobacco.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Safeway Sales Show
Small Gain Over
1912 in March
$45,343,5 ,592 Volume
20 Per Cent Ahead
Of Lost Year
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 6.-Safeway
Stores, grocery chain, today reported
sales of $45 ,343 ,592 in the four weeks
ended March 81, compared with
$45 ,239 1853 in the like 1912 period,
or an increase Of 023 per cent.
Sales aggregated $133,874,240 in
the u weeks ended March 27, against
s135, ,524,476 in the like 1912 period,
or a decrease of 1.22 per cent.
Montgomery Ward.
Montgomery Ward & Co. re-
ported sales of $52,1s2,472 for March
Of this year compared with $751;
856,457 during the same month a
year ago. This was decrease of
656 per cent.
For the first two months of 1943
sales totaled 500, ,635 ,959 against $685.
825,352 during the same period a
year earlier, or a decrease of O.2
per cent.
Sears, Roebuck g. Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported
sales for March, 1943, totaled $685.
1896, against 76,O38,022 for March
a year ago, decrease of 1913 per
cent. For the first two months of
the fiscal year, February and March
total sales were $124, 1866 ,922, COM
pared with $137, ,708 9S5 for the cor
responding period in 1912, or a de-
crease of 98 per cent.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Washington Produce

BUTTER-5034 to 3d.
LIVESTOCK-Calves, 1s: spring lambs,
From Food Distribution. Administra ton.
Prices paid net fob. Washington:
EGGS-Market steady on graded eggs;
week on nearby ungraded eggs. Prices
paid for Federal;state graded eggs re-
ceived from grading stations april 81:
Whites. U. s. grade extras. large, 39-4O:
average. average; 81: u s; grade 3; STANDARDS,
Browns, U. S. grade A, extras. large. 80;
U: s. grade, extras. mediums. SO: U. s.
grade B lstandards). large, 81; U. S. grade
3 ,(standards), mediums 35 -36: average
35;2; U; s. grade c, trades, 34,35; average.
large. 3sNa; u s. grade (standards)
large. 36ha; mediums, 81: y. s: grade c
rent receipts. whites, 34-34Na; mixed colors,
33-33i Receipts. Government graded
eggs, S46 cases.
LIVE POULTRY-Market firm. Fowl
Receipts too limited to establish basis for
prices: ROSTERS, 5h pounds and over. IS
20: broilers. under 3 pounds, 20: fryers,
3-4 pounds, 29A
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Raybestos Officials
GET Acquainted With
Holders at Party
Simpson Reports l943
Sales Running Near
Lost Years Levels
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April 6.-Raybestos-
Manhattan. Inc. today gave a COM
ing out party" for its stockholders in
one of the city's leading hotels to
get better acquainted with them.
Luncheon was served to the more
than 200 shareholders. Sumner
Simpson, president, read a state
ment which traced the companys
development. He reminded share
holders that the management
wanted to be "catechized and criti-
cized, If we deserve it."
Up to this year the company held
its annual meetings in a small room
of its executive Office and personal
attendance by stockholders was
negligible.
Simpson reported the company's
business so far in 1943 pointed to
continuance of last years sales
volume of approximately $50,00O 900.
He said 1t was the management's
aim to develop new products and to
conserve cash resources to meet the
challenges which all industry would
have to face in the postwar period.
Because of large expenditures for
plant extensions and improvements
in recent years, Simpson said, it felt
no call for further important capital
expenditures in the near future.
1--WE would like to continue our
present dividends of 81 a share a
year." Simpson told the stockhold-
ers, but you know that the tax
situation makes it difficult to make
too definite promises"
Every high executive of the COM
papy, together with all of its direc-
tors, were present and under injunc-
ton from Simpson to answer all
questions from stockholders. In ad-
dition complete exhibit of the
companys products was on display.
These included brake Innings and
rubber and asbestos products.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Norfolk & Western
Reports Lower Net on
Record Traffic
Drop in Profit Laid
To Higher Taxes and
Operating Costs
BY the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, April 6-The
Norfolk & Western Railway Co. an
nounced net income for 1912 of $21,-
100000, decrease of IS ,285 900 COM
pared with 194l, although record
volume of traffic was handled.
The company's 47th annual report
for the year ended December 81,
1912, attributed the net income de-
crease of 1914 per cent to increased
Federal taxes and operating COSTS
Net revenue increased 1919 per cent,
while taxes increased 43.43 per cent
over the previous year.
Norfolk & Western carried 3,201,-
765 passengers last year, 416,849 more
than in 1941. The average passenger
was carried 14843 miles, compared
with only 6778 miles in 194l.
Freight shipments totaling 70,642,-
649 tons produced a revenue of $685.
699, ,435. Revenue from passenger
fares amounted to $9,938,236, an in
crease of 1862 per cent over 1941.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Daily Oil Production
Up 1S,085 Barrels
In Latest Week
California and Kansas
Show Largest Gains;
Texas Unchanged
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla, April 6.-Daily
crude oil production in the United
States increased 18,OS5 barrels to
3,93o,255, the Oil and Gas Journal
said today.
California increased $500 to 789,-
$50; Indiana, 2,15O to $4,000; Kan
sas, 5000 to 314,SOo; Mississippi, 700
to 54,400; New Mexico, 62O to 105 500;
Rock Mountain fields. 5,315 to
123,435.
Arkansas decreased $50 to 10000;
Eastern fields, 2,10O to $4,000; Illi-
nois, 1000 to 2285o0; Louisiana, $50
to 339, 100; Oklahoma, 1850 to
$4,000.
Texas remained stationery at
1,392,650 barrels a day.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Decline Is Revealed
In Tool Production

BY the Associated Press.
Machine tool production declined
% per cent from January to Feb
ruary, the War Production Board
reported today.
Manufacturers shipped Is 500 new
machine tool units in February with
a value of $114,372,O00. This COM
pared with January value of
Silt 1884 900.
Despite the lower production.
however, WPB said the backlog of
orders decreased 7.9 per cent from
January, and the average time re-
quired to complete untitled orders
decreased from 6.8 months in jan
uary to 65 months.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Additional BurIey
Tobacco Released
For Cigarettes
100000 More Pounds
To Be A!locuted on
Unchanged Busis

BY the Associated Press.
An additional 100000 pounds of
hurley tobacco, largely used in the
making of cigarettes, was made
available today to manufacturers.
The Agriculture Department said
the additional supply resulted from
a larger 1912 crop than the Decem-
ber estimate.
A January order limited manu-
facturers to 80 per cent of their
average purchases from the 1939-4l
crops. The additional 10000 900
pounds will be allocated to manu-
tacturers on the same percentage
basis as the original ALLEGATION
which was based on estimated pro-
duction of 331,ooo,ooo pounds.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
New York Produce

firm. Mixed oolors, fancy to extra fancy,
3sh-40; extras, 80: graded firsts, 81; cur
rent rent RECEIPTS 35h-h; mediums, 35:
Whites, fancy to extra fancy. 3SIa 40
specials. 37s4; standards, 37A; fancy
heavy mediums, 37la-3S; mediums. 81.
Browns, fancy to extra fancy, 3S-39I2;
specials, 37h; standards, 81 mediums,
35k
Butter 694;;6s2: steady. Prices un-
changed at ceilings.
Cheese, 4l3,420: nominal; no quota
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Washington Exchange
SALES,

Washington Gas Light $3.50 pfd-e
at "a.
Columbia Title insurance. at Is.
Capital Transit Cos at 80, Is at
32A.
Capital Traction 1st $500 at
1854.
Washington Gas Light IS 196O-$5OO
at 129,
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. April 8 LP.-Wheat futures
prices broke almost 3 cents at times to
the lowest levels since midFebruary to-
day as reports from Washington continued
to indicate a break in the ranks of the
farm bloc which would result in vote to
head bill.
Although selling pressure was not heavy,
LIQUIDATION was steady and the market
lacked support. Other grains declined with
wheat.
Wheat finished IA to 81. cents under
Mondays close, May .44ss. July. .43ss-
i2 September. .44ia: corn was unchanged
at ceiling limits; oats were of 70 to l "
and rye lost l "a to 2 cents.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. April GP).-Late foreign
exchange rates follow (Great Britain in
dollars, others in cents):
Canada: Oficial Canadian Control Board
rates for United States dollars. buying. 10
premium: equivalent to discounts on Cana
dian dollars. in New York of buying. 9.91
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket, 934 per cent discount, or 90.25 United
States cents.
Europe: Great Britain. oficial Bankers
Foreign Exchange Committee rates., buy
ing 4O2; selling, 4.04
Latin America: Argentina. official
2977: free, "a 16: of 1850 cent: Brazil,
Official 6O5n: free, 5.2On: Mexico. 2O.66n.
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise in
dicated n Nominal
Evening star., 1943-04-06
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. April (P.-Cotton fu-
lures declined almost ST a bale today under
was shaken by reports of a split in the
farm bloc and expectations that the Sen-
ate would uphold the Presidents veto of
The Bankhead bill
Late values were of 80 to 90 cents a
bale; Msy, 20.32; July, 2o.13. and Oc-
tober. 1886.
Futures closed so cents to S1.O5
Evening star., 1943-04-06

Cash wheat, No. 2 hard, 46h No. l
dark. northern. l.4sh; No. 3. i AL. Corn,
No. yellow, 1.O2: No. 3. l. .00ta-1 OF "a; No.
sample grade white. 100. Oats. sample
grade mixed. 62A: No. white, 66ta: sam
pie grade white 64E4-661a. Barley, malt
inf. 9O-1.O7 nominal: feed 5000 nominal.
Field seed per hundredweight. nominal;
timothy. 4.75-5.00; alsike. 21.OO-26 90;
fancy red top. 7;2h-75: red clover. 20 90
$500; sweet clover. 7.50-9.50; alfalfa,
80 5O-39.OO
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. April. 6 l9.-Poultry. live, 3
trucks: frm; market unchanged.
Butter, receipts, 601 .631; Arm: prices
as quoted by. the Chicago Price Current
Esss, receipts. 2e.s2e: steady; prices
unclaimed.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, April 6-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index of 35
commodities. today declined to 1862
Previous day; l06.66 week ago. l06.47;
month ago, 1O6.55 years ago, 800.
1943. 1912. 1a41 '39-4O.
High ---- 106S2 1O3.22 95I2 1925
Low 103,43 1854 17.03 63.1
G9"6 average equals 1909
Evening star., 1943-04-06
New Orleans Prices,

NEW ORLEANS. April iP.-Cotton
futures declined today on Washington pre-
dictions that Congress would sustain the
Presidents veto of the Bankhead bill. The
market closed barely steady 75 to 95 cents
hnl IL l0uer
Evening star., 1943-04-06

Spot cotton closed steady Is cents
bale lower. Sales, 2,O06. Low middling,
1902; middling, 81 .O2: good middling,
21.47 Receipts. s52. Stock, 24O,695.
Bid n Nominal
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, April QP.-Dividends
declared:
Irregular.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-07

 PLAN ATTACKED
(Continued from Page D

NSoliIillbIu II o1ll uoC U similar ban, refused to follow the senate and sent the senate bill to conference.
 The senate, in effect, voted to send back to the White House the same bill President Roosevelt vetoed last week and would almost cer- tainly veto again.
 Danaher went into the conference conceding that his language would be modified but hopeful that it would clearly reflect continued congress sional opposition to. the admins tration's subsidy program.
 As in last weeks subsidy test, the fate of the commodity credit corpo- ration hangs in the balance. The senate attached Danahers anti subsidy proposal to a house resolu- tion continuing to Jan. l, 1914 the life of eco. The house had adopt ed the emergency resolution after President Roosevelt's veto killed the previous bill to extend CCC for two years.
 The degree of senate opposition to food subsidies was reflected when opposition leaders garnered enough votes in little more than an hour to force reconsiderat ton of the Taft amendment and kill it by vote of of 33 to 31.
 When the later vote came on Danaher's clear-cut proposal to outlaw roll-back subsidies, the op- position picked up three more votes to establish it's 36-28 majority.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-07
DEMPSEY WINS
 DIVORCE FIGHT
Supreme Court Referee Young Dismisses Wife's
 Suit for Maintenance

White Plains, N. Y, July 2 - GU. PD - Supreme Court Referee J. Addison Young ruled today that Mrs: Hannah William Dempsey, former show girl, had been guilty of adultery and granted divorce to her husband, William H. (Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion and now lieutenant commander of the coast guard.
 Young, in brief written decision, said Dempsey's allegation that Mrs. Dempsey had been unfaithful with Benny Woodall, prize fighter manager, in Los Angeles November g, 1922, had been proven beyond doubt"
 He dismissed Mrs. Dempseys suit for separate maintenance and said he would decide the custody of the Dempsey's children, Joan 8, and Barbara, 6, later.
 It was Dempseys second marriage and his second to end in divorce. Estelle Taylor movie actress, di- vorced him in 1881.
 He and three detectives raided Mrs. Dempsey's Los Angeles apart ment and found, according to their testimony, Mrs. Dempsey lightly clad.
 The testimony of Dempseys wit nesses were of drinking parties, in which Woodall and Jenkins figured as companions of Mrs. Dempsey The testimony of the raid on her Los Angeles apartment climaXed the trial. Woodall attacked Dempsey it was alleged, and Dempsey blood jed his face.
 This testimony concerning the raid was not heard by Mrs. Demp- Sey. She had had "a nervous col lapse" and was not in the court room. But later she appeared as her own witness and denied DempseyS | charges.
 Mrs. Dempsey partially denied | that she had been unfaithful and in her counter suit for separation charged that Dempsey called her vile names and frequently hit her. She had also filed suit for divorce alleging that a mysterious Madame X,' said to be the singer Yvette Guilbert, had been Dempsey's flame. Her witness did not appear and her divorce suit was dropped.
 She also denied that she was ever drunk and claimed that her friend ship with both Woodall and Jen- kins did not include one kiss or one hug"
 The trial ended June IA after 19 days and Young reserved decision.
 Neither Dempsey nor Mrs. Demp- sey would comment.
 Mrs. Dempsey, living in a New York City hotel, refused to answer her phone or receive visitors.
 Dempsey, on active duty with the Coast Guard at Manhattan Beach, referred inquiries to his attorneys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-07

Chief Gunner's Mate John G. Brickley of Boston has joined the local Navy recruiting staff and will assist Chief Specialist Edwin Perkins in serving Waterbury and surrounding towns. He enlisted in the Navy 29 years ago, spend- ing 19 of them in active duty.
 Before coming to Waterbury Chief Brickley was recruiter at the Boston and New Haven sta- tions. He resumed active duty three years ago, serving on the U. s. s. Texas in the Atlantic before receiving all assignment for recruitment work.
 The monthly report of the To- cal Navy office, released today, discloses 26 men were enlisted during June, including IA from Waterbury.
 The latest recruits include: Joseph Bannon, Jr., of 40 Central avenue, Robert F. Howell of Vol colt street, Charles E. Ney of 59 Travers street, Robert F. Church of 901 Baldwin street, Robert F. Reynolds of Is Chase Park ave- nue, Michael Hodovanuk of 121 Benefit street, Joseph L. Beauso- leil of 218 Eden street, John P.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-07
May Production Slack
 Possible In June Also
Total Volume Munition Produced Was Unchanged
 From April and Became "Serious Matter'

Washington, July 7-UP)-Re- liable quarters said today that the war production pace, which slack ened enough in May to become 8 serious matter" would also be dis appointing in June
 Total volume of munitions pro- duccd in May virtually was un- changed from April, war production board Chairman Donald M. Nelson disclosed in his 11th progress report. But, he noted that production of army ground ordnance and equip ment declined three per cent from the April output, while miscellane- ous munitions dropped seven per cent.
 He said that further rise of five per cent in the output of aircraft and aircraft equipment, and deliver les Of naval vessels ill excess of 2OO,- 000 displacement tons were the out standing gains during May
 Nelson plainly revealed his con- cern over the production picture. He said that it is evident now that dur ing the remainder of 1943 the na- ton will have to draw upon ac- cumulated excess inventories of steel, copper, aluminium and certain components to meet the years pro- duction goals.
 Production increases, he said, must continue during the rest of lS43 at the average achieved so far.
 "A slackening of the pace, such as occurred in May is, therefore, very serious matter, since it places upon the remaining months of the year additional strain in a period when production difficulties will multiply because the industrial machine is operating so close to capacity" he said.
 He called for the setting aside of personal and group interests flor we are on the verge of one of the greatest trials in our National His tory"
 We cannot afford to relax our efforts for an instant" he said. On the contrary, we must prepare our selves to meet calmly and steadily the greatest strains to which we ever may be subjected"
 Nelson presented this summation Of the May production score as com- pared with April: