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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-27

Idle Hour
h. Morris 4ii r. Cazier 500, p.
Klein S52. b. Rodenberg $50. G..
lmler ii6, handicap 8. totals. $50.
Sos. $50. 1873.
Shaefers Huron
d King 800, !. Fallett 800. A. Fsl.
lett Az +. Messner S26, J. Christie
pherson 1874; totals, CAS-, jj6, 500.
1878.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-27
J. {. Moore & Co.

Schaffer 3SS Nelson S4l, Battelle
372, Hayward 217 Wisbin $50, Han
dicap 81, Totals 612, 59l, $50
1855.
Jackson
Connolly 46l, Williamson 1856,
Franklin 400, r. Ryan $40, J. Ryan
465, Totals 66s, SCI, 677-2012.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-27
LADIES' RIVERSIDE TUESDAY
NIGHT LEAGUE
CfIk,Aar4k

SllkHOIIn
Burch 402, Silkworth 1873, Schrep.
per 572, Raab 3ij, Rust 40, Totals
1913, 692, 691-19S2.
Sally Sheer
Neudt (ay.) 405 Leabu 336. Camp.
bell 5iS. MCGOWAN 359, Monkey l66.
Totals 6u6. $50. 669-l9li
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-27

Slnkule 562. Carson 3t3. Green,
street ISL, Cain 597 Mcmahon 332,
Handicap LOO, Totals 59l. 677, 7I2--
1880
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-27
Shaefer's


West 40S, kidwell 372. Stewart
569, Wales 59S, Crouch IS. Totals
GIL, 6S2, 679- 2O39.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-27

CeAterd- ass Nohn So. Hutchins
i5U, Bigger G2S, KindshOyeu 4S1
Totals 625, 742 G9S-2065,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-27

Whitmire 1874 Kuster 429, James
422. Wolter 3s6. Cameron 400,
HANDICAP ST. Totals CSC, 74S. $50
2153.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-27

sos, Morris 53s, Yohn SIP. Handi-
cap 1O2, Totals SIS, 912, S36-2566.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Drop in Wholesale
Volume Reported
As Easter Nears
Requests for FiII-lns
Heavy; Deliveries on
Old Orders Improve
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpSClb4 AiSkatSu W 4AS SkaAs
NEW YORK, April 17.-With the
approach of Easter, wholesale mar
kets were less active in the last
week, Dun & Bradstreet reported.
Despite heavy early covering for
spring. requests for films on coats,
dresses and popular accessory lines
kept markets busy. Although de-
liveries on old orders were some:
what improved. little new merchan-
disc was available for Easter selling.
Current recorders are for delivery in
May and June, with new orders on
ready to wear placed two to three
months in advance of the time they
are to be offered in stores.
Advance ordering in some staple
lines was reported to be affected by
stock limitations and adjustments
under the inventory control order.
Nevertheless the need for merchan-
disc continues to stimulate covering
ahead.
Where merchandise is in tight
supply. wholesalers are able to dis
pose of accumulat ted outmoded styles
and odd sizes, or practically any
thing offered.
With numerous buyers showing
keen interest in fan goods more re-
ports emphasized reserving supplies
to assure merchandise for regular
market events to be held later At
the showing of fall shoes some
manufacturers were forced to with
draw, sold up, after two days Un-
rationed shoes received particular
attention.
Summer apparel shows through
out the country left suppliers sold
up or oversoid. Smaller lines and
less variety as we'll as allotments
and heightened deliveries charac-
teriZed sales. Wash dresses and
sportswear were outstanding.
Food sales improved this past
week with wholesale prices of fruits
and vegetables remaining steady.
Many distributors are concentrating
on the speciality lines in canned
goods as demand for these increases.
to offset the shrinkage in rationed
goods.
Buyers of wide variety of mis-
cellaneous products found the mar
ket generally tight. with stocks off
as much as 40 to go per cent below
a year ago in hardware and elec-
trical goods lines. Supplies of
vitrified chinaware are taken by
military services leaving insufficient
quantities for commercial and in
stitutional users. Furniture dealers
are troubled by difficulties in filling
In broken suites"
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Sharp Reduction Foreseen
In Corn and Oats Stocks
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, April 17.-If present
liberal feeding of corn and oats to
livestock continues, the Purdue Uni
versity department of agricultural
statistics said today supplies of these
grains remaining on farms on July
l will be down to about 1854
average for that date while units of
livestock and poultry on farms are
likely to be 20 to Is per cent above
the average in those years.
THE stocks of corn and oats on
farms on April L. the report said,
"totalled more than 47,0O0,OOO tons.
This was 10 per cent more than last
year and IA per cent more than on
any other April l in more than 20
years. In spite of this increase,
these grains are being used up
rapidly. The quantity used between
January l and April l was 20 per
cent greater than during the same
period last year.
This rapid rate of disappearance
is due chiefly to the fact that the
increase of grain acreages on farms
is not in proportion to the II per
cent increase of grain consuming
livestock and poultry. Also the
quantity of these grains fed or dis
appearing per unit of livestock was
9 per cent heavier than in the same
period last year and the highest in
more than 20 years"
In Indiana the university said.
corn disappearance during the first
three months of l943 totaled Co.
1886, 900 bushels, the largest on record.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
British Reported Seeking
Cloth in Busy Market
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. April l7-The Brit
lsh Purchasing Commission report
edly sought 100 to $50 million yards
OF cotton cloth this week and trade
sources wondered how such an order
could be filed inasmuch as military
forces have difficulty in getting full
coverage on orders.
Government contracts continued
to dominate dealings and some
circles hesitated to make new COM
mitments pending announcement of
the expected ceiling price on cotton.
The Philadelphia quartermaster
placed bid for 6,7O70OO units of
cotton clothing for the Army while
the latter bought 4.022,222 square
yards of cotton flannelette and
ordered 1,547,750 units of special cot
ton clothing.
In the woolen market awards on
recent Government calls for blankets
and other items were awaited and
mill releases to the civilian trade
were light. The Army ordered an
additional million yards of 14-ounce
56-lnches covert cloth, calling for
foreign wool
Large military orders on hand in
the rayon goods market accounted
Tor tlghtnesS in supplies.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
United States Treasury Position
Two Major Steps 10 Aid
Seaboard Reorganization
BY the Associated Press

by lne Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, April 1.-Two
major steps incident to the re-
organization of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway Co., which has been
in receivership for over a decade,
were taken yesterday when Judge
Luther B. Way of the Federal Dis
trict Court issued two orders per-
tanning to the affairs of the COM
pany.
In the first order, which followed
an all day hearing, Judge Way re-
ferred to Tazewell TAYLOR, special
master for the railway. all claims of
interest alleged to be due mortgage
holders and called for a report on
all issues of law and fact. The in
terest involved on overdue interest
runs into millions of dollars.
The second order authorized the
receivers. Leigh r. Powell, jr.. and
Henry w. Anderson, to purchase for
$1.75O,000 certain securities of the
railway which are being held by the
Treasury of the United States as
collateral on an Indebtedness of sl4,-
440,57788, with accrued interest
thereon. The offer of the securities
for the amount stated was made on
April l by the Treasury Department
as means of settling a collateral
litigation.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Machine Tool Firms
Reported Facing
Loss
Sales Down Sharply,
BockIoes Shrinking,
Survey Reveals
By the Associa ted Press,


CHICAGO. April 1.-THE ma
chine tool industry, busy since 1910
in war production, now is threat
ened with operating at loss, says
an expert in the field who has COM
pleted a survey for the War De-
partnent.
The survey was by A. G. Bryant.
Chicago manufacturer, member of
the War Production Advisory Com
mittee and a director of the Ma
tional Machine Tool Builders As
sociation.
He said that sales have been de-
clining for many months lat an
accelerating pace. and backlogs of
orders are falling precipitously.
With corresponding decline in pro-
duction for the rest of the year.
the. industry shortly must face the
danger of producing at an actual
loss"
After the last war. Bryant said.
the $222, 900 Of 1918 machine tool
production decreased 80 per cent to
$23 100000 in 1921. Commenting on
the industry's outlook after the cur
rent war, he said:
1T IS obvious that by euuipping
the country for war in the years
since 1910 the machine tool industry
has practically put itself out OF bus
mess Tor at least decade
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Dividend Meetinos

., NEW YORK. April II (SpeciaD Among
divden31 im3or1snf man1i companies which will hold
Chan l9 abs me coming week
Lisgett & Myers Tobacco Co, servei' ne me
and WESTINGHOUSE Air Brake Co A list of
the meetings of companies definitely sched-
uleo Is reported by Fitch Investors Service
as follows:
Monday. April 49,
hapPison p9d 1Walker Refractories Co. (com. Il
National Biscuit CO. (Com g. PfdD (3:45
Rus,less Iron & Steel Corp ,com. Il pfd)
Tuesday. April 90
AMERICAN Chain d Gable Co. Com & Pfd.)
gsryel. inc. Com, uoao amy
westins nshouse Air Brake Co. tcom) g 30
White Is. 81 Dental Mfg. Co. tcomo Il 80
wednesday, April Fl.
Gr.nby Consolidated Minins. n Smelling h
Power Co.. Ltd Conn 13:3o PM
sea5oard ssn IL oi9 r. Corp. of Del. ,com, u1
Texas Pacific Coal 4 Oil Co. Conn 90
Thursday, April 2o
N american Home Products Corp. tCom J
American Radiator & Standard Sanitary
Corp !7fe PfdD 2:30 pm).
Chile Copper Co. Com, d1:4o ann.
AMI.
Fruehauf Trailer Co. tcom. e. 5es Pfd).
Hamllton Watch Co. !Pfd.l al am
United / states Playing Card Co. ,com, i,
e p.m.).
Cir, FRIDAY, April as.
DepoSltS) g p.m).
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Mill Buying Boosts
Wheat FrdctionaI|v
Al Chicago
Gains at Kansas City
Spur Market; Other
Grains Join Rise
BY WILLIAM FERRIS,
Associated Press Financial Write,

CHICAGO, April 17.-Mill buying
pushed wheat fractionally higher to-
day, giving support to all other
grains. Strength at Kansas City was
influential in firming the bread
cereal in the local market.
Wheat closed 1a-7s higher, May,
$1.4312 5s; July, ST 42Ss a; corn was
unchanged at ceilings, May. s105:
oats advanced ss-5s and rye was
up hs-1 cent.
A report from Kansas to a local
grain firm said demand for wheat
continues good and added that "it
is generally felt that most of the
wheat which has been marketed
over the past several months has
been farm storage and that after
April 30, when the warehouse wheat
is taken over by the Commodity
Credit Corp, there will be little for
sale at advancing prices"
Trading is Light.
Despite the advance, trading was
light with many professionals pre-
ferring the sidelines in view of the
possibility that a ceiling will be set
on cotton over the weekend. Such
a maximum would be in line with
the recent presidential anti-infla-
ton order. 1t was pointed out,
however, that no ceiling was likely
on wheat at present below parity
prices
Corn held at ceilings throughout
the session and trading was re-
strlcted in all contracts. Purchases
from the country also fell off
amounting to about 100000 bushels
IN contrast with around 1000 900
bushels daily in each of the three
preceding sessions.
Offerings in the oats market were
light and prices spurted upward on
comparatively small buying orders.
1here was some feeling that the
market had been over-sold yester-
day. Reports from Fort william.
Canada, said some steamers were
already loaded with oats and wait
ing for the opening of navigation.
Open Interest Large.
Trade IN rye was off moderate pro-
portlons, but the trend was higher
IN line with the action of wheat and
oats. Traders pointed out that there
are only about two weeks before the
nrst OF May and the open interest
IN May rye is still more than a.
100000 bushels.
Grain range at principal markets
today: ~
Evening star., 1943-04-18


Mr.. Grow was educated in the public
schools, Mckinley High, Strayer's
Business College and the American
Institute of Banking. He is active
lin the Masonic Fraternity. 43 years
old and resides in Chevy Chase.
Financial District Comment.
The report yesterday by Hugh
Lynch of the District War Finance
Committee that War bond sales had
SCARED to $l6,8l4,322 25 caused gen.
eral rejoicing among workers. This
sum represents 40 per cent of the
Districts quota of 100000 to be
raised outside of the banks.
Cost accountants look for a record
attendance at the April meeting
Wednesday evening at the Hamilton
Hotel when the guest speaker will
be Gustave A. Moe. chief examiner,
division of estimates, Bureau of the
Budget Chapter President Thomas
A. Howard will preside.
Garfinckel common at 81. and
Washington Gas common at 20h
reached new 1943 high marks on
the Washington exchange during
the week.
Armand r. Mercier has been re-
elected president of Southern Pacific
Lines, the Washington Office has
been informed.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
New Acacia Policies
10 Per Cent Above
1912 in Quarter
Total Amount in Force
Shows Increase Of
IS Per Cent
By EDWARD C. STONE.

New life insurance sold by the
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co. in
March amounted to $5.13l ,62S.
bringing the total for the first quar-
ter to s11, SAT $40, a 10 per cent gain
over the corresponding period in
1912, company officials announced
yesterday.
. The increase in the total volume
of life insurance in force was $3,-
439,412 in March. making the first
quarter gain $6.244,240, and IS per
cent above the like 1912 period. In
surance in force now totals $474,-
247,376, compared with $450,773, AIS
a year ago.
The lapse rate, already the lowest
In the company's history. continued
to drop sharply in the first quarter
and on March 81 reflected 81 per
cent improvement compared with
the 1912 first quarter.
During the first quarter Acacia
registered a new peak in purchases
of United States Government secur-
tiles to help the war effort In the
Sii4 &C AAoleiio sCilllIicile Uoiiu pun
chases amounted to $4,000 ,000
The company's holdings of these
securities now total SO per cent OF
Its entire bond portfolio. this policy
to be continued throughout the war,
according to President William
Montgomery. head of the organiza-
ton so years.
Miller Heads Insurance Club.
Reuell K. Miller, Equitable Life
Assurance Society, has been elected
president of the Life Insurance
Club of Washington for the coming
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Copper ALLEGATIONS
Come simultaneously
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE War
Production Board Copper Division
this week for the third consecutive
month released ALLEGATION figures
for all classes of consumers simul-
taneously.
Brass mills, wire mills and foun-
dries began arranging for move
ment of the metal promptly into
war production channels. One
major producer already has &C
counted for about 80 per cent of its
next months output.
Demand for lead was reported
continuing in good demand. In
zinc trade sources expected April to
end with fair sized tonnage of
prime western grade being added
to the stockpile.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
BY BERNARD S. O'HARA,

D1 DEnNAhD .. ~ HAhA,
Associated Press Financial Writer
NEW YORK, April 17-Quiet
strength of rails. oils and specialties
today enabled the stock market to
close generally satisfactory week,
pointing selectively upward.
Dealings were sluggish from the
start and the turnover of 458,8O5
shares. compared with l.056,5l0 last
Saturday. was the smallest since
January %.
Trends steadied at the start and,
while numerous leaders failed to
progress. favorites generally closed
with gains of fractions to a point
or SO.
Moderately good war news, COM
bined with persistent investment
and speculative demand, continued
as the main bullish motivator. al
though commitments we're hghten-
ed here and there pending clarifi-
cation of developments in the Far
Pacific.
Average Up Slightly.
The Associated Press average of
go stocks was up 3 of a point at
48.5 and on the week showed a net
gain of a full point against a drop
the week before of Is points. The
market was far from broad, only
ITO individual issues being traded,
compared with $40 in the previous
two-hour session. OF these, 374
were up and 1886 down or unchanged.
Prices, especially in rails, fell
sharply Tuesday when the Inter-
state Commerce Commission sus-
pended freight rate increases
granted last year, but there was an
encouraging comeback before the
finish, even in the carriers. There
was a substantial upturn Wednes-
day and the rise was extended
Thursday. Utilities were in front
throughout, as the administration
anti-infation campaign was ex-
pected to aid this industry.
Gold Shares Down.
Gold mines such as Homestake.
Mcintyre Porcupine and Dome
dipped today in the wake of the
Senate's refusal to extend the Pres
ident's pc Ar to devalue the dollar.
Oils still were popular on brighten
ing prospects of crude price raise.
Prominent in the plus column
were Santa Fe, Great Northern,
Chesapeake g. Ohio, Skelly Oil,
Texas Co., Standard Oil of New
Jersey, Paramount Pictures, Curtiss
Publishing Cthe most active). War
ner Brothers, Schenley, Hiram
Walker, Westinghouse, Chrysler and
Bethlehem. On the offside were
Douglas Aircraft. Glenn Martin. Du
Pont, Allied Chemical. Johns-Man-
vile, Baltimore & Ohio, j. I. Case
and international Harvester.
Rail Bonds Improve.
Loans of railroads in reorganiza
ton led fairly broad advance in
the bond market.
On brisk buying the bonds of the
st. Paul, Missouri Pacific. Seaboard
Air Line, Frisco. Rio Grande, Chi
cago & Northwestern and Rock
Island moved up fractions to a
point or more
Other rails attracting higher bids
included Santa Fe As of '95, Chicago
& Alton IS. Baltimore g. Ohio "D"
2OO0s and Southern Pacific refund
ing IS of IS.
Transactions amounted to $6,772.-
300 face value, compared with
SS'2S3,000 the previous Saturday.
Evening star., 1943-04-18

other members, all bank officers, are:
D. j. Callahan, jr., Riggs National;
Elwood G. Childers, Morris Plan:
Barnum l.. Cotton, National Savings
& Trust; George T. Day, Suburban
National; S. Wilson Earnshaw. East
Washington Savings; Ralph Endi-
colt. Washington Loan & Trust;
Joseph R. Fitzpatrick, Second Ma
tional; w. r. Forster, Hamilton Ma
tlonal; J. Fontaine Hall, National
Savings & Trust; Francis E. Robey.
Bank of Commerce & Savings; j. M.
Rountree. Security Savings & COM
mercial; j. B. Skinner, Liberty Ma
tional; Horace F. Stokes, National
Metropolitan.
Quarter Century With Bank.
John w. Grow, assistant real
estate officer of the National Saw
ings & Trust Co, completed a
quarter century of service with the
Evening star., 1943-04-18
RuiIrood Lond Sole
Attracts No Bidders
BY the Associated Press,

~ 'Aie ASsoCloteu Press.
PEORIA, Ill, April 1.-Two
tracts OF land owned by the Toledo
Peoria q Western Railroad were
onered at a sherif1's public sale to-
day. but there were no bidders
The 239-mile railroad is being
operated by the Federal Govern
ment, having been taken over more
'han a year ago as the result of
oeadlocked labor dispute.
Sale of the real estate was or
dered to liquidate judgment Of
approximately $4,000. George p
McNear, .Jr.. ousted president and
owner of the road, contends the
government should satisfy the
Judgment with railroad funds in it's
possession. The judgment repre.
sents money still due under a con-
tract to purchase the property.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
ABA Chief Announces
September Meeting
,y the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April l7.-W. l..
Hemingway, president of the Amer
lean Bankers Association, an
nounced today the association would
hold war service and business
meeting in New York during the
week of September 13.
The session will take the place of
the associations annual convention,
which was omitted last year, and
will be devoted to the business of
the association, with emphasis on
war service.
Attendance viii be limited to one
member from each hank and there
will be no social features.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Pere Marquette Picks
BuIkIey for Boord
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, April 17.-Robert ]
Bulkley, Cleveland attorney and for
mer United States Senator, will be
elected a director of the Pere Mar
quette Railway at its annual stock
holders meeting May 4, the road S
proxy statement showed today.
Bulkley is one of sevev new direc-
tors named for election by stock
holders of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway subsidiary. One, Robert J.
Bowman, was elevated to the board
last December when he became the
Pere Marquette president. and the
others were elected by direcors in
February and March.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Business Briefs

DuSAneSS Activity increased fur
cher IN the last week, according to
tne index OF Business Week, which
reached 203.2, compared with 202.7
IN the preceding week, 2O0.3 month
ago, 1882 six months ago and 177.2
q year ago.
Still Larger Volumes are expected
TINS year IN all branches of the
electrical products industry, accord
ing to a survey by Standard g.
Poor's. Despite voluntary price cuts
and contract renegotiations,. oper-
atlng economies fostered by record
production have generally widened
profit margins, the agency added.
More drastic price cuts are possible,
but expanding volume should cush-
ion contraction in margins and
hold operating income for the group
close to last years Levels.
The Scramble for Uad Cars has
intensified in recent weeks, leaving
many dealers with almost empty
lots ard wondering where new
supplies will come from, according
to the Wall Street Journal. War
workers are big buyers.
Commodity Price Index of the
McGill Commodity Service, Inc, de-
clined to 104.7 in the week ended
April 16 from the peak of 1856 set
week earlier. The decline was
due primarily to drop in livestock,
although the industrial average also
eased.
With a $500, 900, 900 Order Back
log, Briggs Manufacturing Co.,
whose peacetime activities centered
on automobile bodies and plumbing
ware. disclosed that aircraft and
ordnance goods were rolling out on
a dollar volume rate approximately
twice peacetime levels. The firm
earned $4,181.479 in 1912, after taxes
and contract adjustment reserves,
compared with $5,5lO,812 in l941.
Vanadium Corp. has completed
plant expansion and modernizatio
program costing around $4,000 900,
President E. D. Bransome told stock
holders.
Carrier Corp. has arranged for
revolving credit of s4,50O,0O0 under
Regulation "V" agreement through
the Marine Trust Co. of Buffalo and
the Marine Midland Trust Co. of
New York.
American Colortype Co. reported
first quarter sales of $3,485 1894, COM
pared with $2,666.958 year ago.
Thermoid Co. earned $434,445 or
70 cents share in 1912, against
$678, 1909 or $120 a share in 194l.
American Gas e. Electric Co.
earned $11,071, ,754 or 500 share in
IL months ended February %, COM
pared with sl3,645,552 or $266
share in 1941.
Bayuk Cigars. Inc, earned $325 ,083
or SO cents share in the first quar-
ter, compared with $3.50, $40 or II
cents share in the 1912 period.
Alpha Portland Cement Co. earned
81 .089. .646 Or $l.84 share in IL
months ended March 81, against
81 1893 ,808 or $3.50 a share in the
preceding year.
New York Airbrake Co. earned
$206, ,556 or so cents a share in the
first three months of 1943, against
$227 .461 or 88 cents share a year
ago. Figures are subject to year-end
adjustments and renogotiation.
Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe
Railway reported net income of $8,-
213,2 ,260 or $296 share for the two
months ended February 28, COM
pared with S, ,12l ,208 or s., ,6S a share
year ago.
Silver In Wartime Tin Cans
shouldn't stir hopes for recovering
1t. It Is used A. 4 substitute In
making solder for seams Of cans
and only about is cents worth 1oes
into solder for 1000 No. : cana.