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Evening star., 1943-08-05
District Permits Cob
Service to MARYLAND

District police have been instruct
ed not to prosecute taxicab op-
orators who pick up passengers on
returning from trips from the Dis
trict into Maryland or from Mary
land to the District.
The Commissioners acted yester-
day after Gov. O'Conor of Maryland
ruled that during the emergency
such pickups on return trips would
be permitted. Instructions to Met
ropolitan Police were given by Har-
vey G. Callahan, acting superintend-
ent.
Evening star., 1943-08-05
Howard 10 Receive
More Army Students

More soldier students will arrive at
Howard University next week to
start the Army specialize training
program in basic engineering, Col.
Henry j. Boettcher, commandant of
the program, announced today.
The first arrivals will take ire
fresher" courses until the full group
assemblies for formal instruction in
September, he said The university
has contract to instruct 100 to $50
of these new students.
Two other Army specialized train
ing programs have been under way
at Howard since June Nearly 100
soldiers already are being trained in
basic engineering. Nearly 500 more
are studying dentistry and medicine.
Evening star., 1943-08-05
Chambersburg Area Put
On 48-Hour Work Week

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5.-The
third regional War Manpower Com
mission today ordered mandatory
48-hour work week, effective August
Is, in the Chambersburg area. which
has been classed as a critical labor
shortage area for several months.
The order. issued by Frank L. Nc
Nance, regional director, affects all
OF Franklin County and Shippens-
burg Borough and Shippensburg
Township in Cumberland County.
Evening star., 1943-08-05
Eurl Mindermon Named
To Head FEC Publicity
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Earl Minderman. one time direc-
tor of information for the Works
Progress Administration, has been
named director of information for
the Federal Communications Com
mission.
Mr.. Minderman for the last year
has been director of the Division
of Research and Information of
the Bureau of Motion Pictures,
Once Of War Information. He
formerly was on the editorial staff
Of the Columbus Ohio Citizen and
the Toledo News-Bee.
Evening star., 1943-08-05
available at the present level of
cor SIlmntinn !"

consumption"
Mr. Ickes said these factors added
up to some reasonably obvious con-
clusions," as follows:
First, we now have sufficient
transportation to supply Eastern
States with more gasoline than they
have been getting.
Second, if there were an unlimited
crude oil supply 1t might be possible
to leave civilian gasoline consump-
ton in the Middle West and South
west at the present levels and still
furnish more to the East But in the
face OF present anc impending limits
to crude oil availability and in the
face OF our increasing military de-
mand the only way that the wartime
oil load can be borne fairly is to
take more of the petroleum products
out of the Middle West and South
west instead of continuing to take
a disproportionate share out of the
East"
Peacetime Unit Equaled.
He said oil movement to the East
Is now totaling about 400, 900 bar
rels day, equal to the normal peace
time movement by ocean tankers.
The administrator notified the un-
ofiicial congressional committee last
week that changes in gasoline
ratloning were in prospect. He
promised to discuss the situation
with the committee headed by Rep
resentative Brown, Republican, of
Ohio before Tightening rationing in
areas outside the severely restricted
East
Evening star., 1943-08-05
Memorial TO Teachers

The Mexican ministry of educa-
tion will erect a staircase at its head
quarters in Mexico City in memory
OF the Socialistic school teachers
who were martyred by peasants dur
ing the Cardenas administra ton.
Evening star., 1943-08-05
Gardens Mandatory

Every male laborer over the age
of is in the Seychelles Islands must
maintain not less than one-half
acre under food crops this year.
Evening star., 1943-08-05
More Oil Can Be Moved.

And finally transportation facil-
tiles for more petroleum and pc
troleum products out of the South
west and Middle West have risen
to the point where more oil can
now be moved out than can be made
Evening star., 1943-02-14
CommodityPrice
Chonqesin Week

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Record
highs in the livestock component
and in industrials helped the Asso-
ciated Press weighted index of 35
wholesale spot commodities to ad-
vance to new 1942-43 peak of 104.87
per cent of the 1926 average in the
week ended February II, compared
with 104,65 in the previous week and
97l3 year ago.
Industrials were at new high of
$3.50 per cent of the base year
against 1886 last week and 98 70
last year. The livestock component
stood at a new peak of 1877, COM
pared with 126.75 in the preceding
week and 106.35 a year ago.
Individual commodities showing
advances were bituminous coal, hogs,
cattle, lambs, eggs, turpentine, corn,
linseed oil and rye. Wheat, cotton
and wool declined.
The staple price barometer, with
the base year 1926 equal to 100,
showing percentages for the week
ended February IL, the previous
week and year ago, follows:
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Dividend Meetinqs

=, NEW YORK, Feb 13 (SpeciaD Among
dTosn6 ths om60Tsat companies ME 1hGh VIII hold
Electric Storage Battery Co., Kennecott
States Tobacco Co. A list Of the meetings
Of companies definitely scheduled is re-
ported by Fitch Investors Service as fol-
Monday. February Is.
Copper|eld Steel Co, 81 convertible,
u Dome Ip5oo Mnes inc common; Ifd coromon ro.3n ~
Du Pont tE. u de Nemours & Co, 81 so
preferred and common, Ills am.
preferred and S. preferred, > pm.
Sutherland Paper Co. common, . pm.
Tuesday. February 10.
prerred and ciass '9 and
Buiiard Co, common. 2:3o pm.
Chesapeake IL Ohio Railway Co, -
non cumulative series ~ preferred and
Food Fair Stores, Inc, 500 cumulative
preferred and common, II 80 am.
kennecott Copper Corp, common, ll:45
KlmberIy-clark Corp, 81 preferred and
Lib6cy- owens-Ford Glass Co, common,
Paraffine Companies, Inc. ~ preferred
and common. 45 pm.
Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. common, 3.30
pm.
, Fet MIX Co, common and 4'zT pre-
Pubic service Corp of New Jersey. 81
preferred and common.
West Vlrginia Pulp e. Paper Co, COM
mon, 10 a m.
Wednesday, February II.
American Sugar Refining Co, 1c, pre-
ferTed, 1870 pm.
American, Telephone & Telegraph Co,
Continental OIL Co, common, 1870 pm.
Cruclble Steel Co. OF America, Sc con
ycrtible preferred. , pm.
International Silver Co, re preferred
and common I0:l 5 am.
JOhnS-Manvllle Corp, 7Te preferred and
Lisgett & Myers Tobacco Co, RI pre-
fcTred. Il TN.
Magma Copper Co, common. , pm.
NeTmont Mining Corp common, II
N.
Pullman, Inc common, 3.l5 pm
RaJbes esJos-Msnhattan. Inc. common,
j m.
Talcott (Jamesl. Inc, 5'3'r participat-
Ing preferred and common. 2,I5 pm.
United States Tobacco Co, common and
I'e non cumulative preferred, u am.
Thursday, February IL.
International Harvester Co, common, 3
p m.
LIQUID Carbonic Corp, common, II am
Friday. February 10.
American S-matra Tobacco Corp, COM
mon, ] m.
Electric STORAGE Battery Co, common,
= an
Lorilard PJ Co, common and pre-
Mesta Machine Co. common. II am.
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Capital Power Sales
Far Above Year Ago
During January
1859 Per Cent Increase
Revealed by Potomac
Electric Report
Ry EDWARD c. STONE.

Revealing another sharp monthly
advance, sales Of the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. in January reached
l06,184 100 kilowatt hours, in COM
parison with 81 1862, $50 in January
year ago, a jump of 14,321 631 hours.
or 1859 per cent, company officials
reported yesterday. This was one
OF the best gains in recent months
and compares with 1909 per cent in
December.
= Sales to railroads and railways
totaled l2,300 495 kilowatt hours. a
notable advance Of 1217 per cent
over last year. Public street and
highway lighting sales were 1923
per cent ahead Of the like period in
1912.
Other sales registered the best
upturn over January a year ago.
being 1922 per cent higher. the de-
mand totaling 91,141,l12 kilowatt
hours, officials stated.
The report shows an excellent
start for 1943 and follows the recent
statement that sales in the full year
1912 were 1899 per cent above 1941.
Norment Heads River Line.
Clarence F. Norment. ir., WAS
reelected president of the NorfoN, &
Washington Steamboat Co. at the
annual meeting, it was announced
Evening star., 1943-02-14
White-CoIIor Workers Help
Part ime in War Plants

another consists Of a high school
teacher and a printer, and another
is made up Of Cartoonist and the
manager of large restaurant"
we have found" he said, that
it is not hard for US to train them
in this type of work. Because of
their educational foundation and
because of their business experience,
in which many of them have de-
voted many years in dealing with
people. they have developed habits
Of thinking for themselves as we'll
as for others"
Absenteeism among the white
collar men, Mason said, had been
less than one-half Of per cent
The answer TO the problem of
maintaining or increasing produc-
ton, he told the conference. may
lie IN bringing into production jobs
the hundreds Of thousands-yes,
even millionS-Of men throughout
the country who are now in white
collar positions to take their place
at least part time on the factory
production lines"
Evening star., 1943-02-14

gain realized on the exchange
would be reportable.
1t should be noted also in this con-
nection that in the case of a resi-
dence exchanged for other property
any gain realized would be taxable
under the capital gains provisions,
but no loss would be allowable, since
losses are not allowed to be taken
on personal residence property dis
posed of. If, however, a business
property were exchanged for a resi-
dence the resultant gain or loss
would be reportable.
Exchange Must Be Even.
The third limitation on non tax
able exchanges is that the exchange
must be even. that is, no boot in
volved. If boot is taken. then a gain
arises, the amount Of which up to
the amount Of the boot would be
taxable. The amount of gain beyond
the amount of the boot would be
taxable. If boot is given, how
ever, no less can be taken for the
amount of boot given, since this is
regarded simply as additional in
vestment in property of the kind ex-
changed.
The fourth limitation on non-tax-
able exchanges excludes transactions
in stocks and bonds and other Sc
curities, as well as exchanges of
property held as stock in trade or
primarily for sale. However, in the
case of investment securities held
an exchange may be non-taxable if
the securities exchanged are of the
same corporation and of the same
common stock preferred stock for
common stock, preferred, stock for
preferred stock, etc.. Also in the
case Of reorganizations an exchange
OF securities is non-taXable if the
exchange is made pursuant to a plan
of reorganization and the stock or
securities in corporation party
to the reorganization are exchanged
solely for stock or securities in such
corporation or another corporation
a party to the reorganization,
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Medium, Good Cattle
In Greater Demand
Than Prime Grades
Spread Between Feeder
And Fat Offerings Is
Unusually Narrow
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCldLeu freSS.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-Analysis of
livestock trends in recent weeks in
dicated today that the demand for
beef placed greater emphasis on
medium and good grades of cattle
rather than the prime and choice
kinds, market experts said.
Rex Beresford, Iowa State College
livestock expert, said that, while the
expectation was for a continuation
of a strong market for beef, prices
for cattle grading good and medium
were much nearer the range for
prime and choice cattle than was
generally the case.
Traders said the Army and Navy
were in the market for the coed and
medium grades, which were also in
demand by the average working
man.
Beresford warned that, with the
narrow spread between feeder and
fat cattle prices, feeders must ex-
ercise caution in buying, then feed
as efficiently and as economically as
possible. He said most feeders
would find it profitable to convert
relatively large quantities of hay,
grass and roughages into beef, with
consequent reductions in the guam
titles of corn used
Feeders is a term applied to
farmers who make a practice of
buying lightweight cattle in the
open market, returning them to pas
lures and fattening them up on
grain and hay before reselling them
for slaughter. Feeders depend for
their profit upon the difference be-
tween the cost of the feed and labor
involved and the price received for
the heavier and better-fed animals
which they market later.
In grading steers at market. buy
ers usually consider beef which has
been grain fed for a period of six
months or more as prime and choice
quality. The bulk of this supply is
sold to high-class hotels, restaurants
and night clubs. Good steers usu-
ally have been on a grain ration
between three and six months, while
medium grades average between two
and three months.
Evening star., 1943-02-14


pany since June, 1921, and has held
several important positions.
Standard Oil Man to Speak.
Maxwell E. Mcdowell. head Of the
tax department of the Standard
Oh Co. Of New Jersey, will address
District of Columbia Control at the
controllers next meeting Tuesday
evening, February %. at the Carl
ton Hotel at o'clock. He has
made a brilliant record with
Standard Oil and is a graduate of
Colgate and Columbia Universities.
T. c. McCobb, president of the
Controllers Institute Of America,
and other national officers will be
present and large delegation from
Baltimore has made reservations.
Accountants to Hear Peloubet.
Maurice z. Peloubet of New York,
for 30 years a public accountant in
the United States and England.
writer and lecturer, will address
Washington Chapter, National AS
sociation Of Cost Accountants, at a
dinner meeting Wednesday evening
at the Hamilton Hotel on Current
Inventory Problems" He will con-
slider wartime regulations. Thomas
W. Howard, chapter president, will
be in the chair
Check Cashing Plan Adopted.
AS noted elsewhere in The Sun
day Star the Treasury and Wash
ingtOn banks have arranged a new
plan for the cashing Of Government
checks. Any Federal employe may
now take his pay checks into any
bank in the city, whether he has an
account there or not and get them
cashed without difficulty. II is a
most vital service innovation.
Evening star., 1943-02-14
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-NatIon- wide
use Of white collar workers, on part
time split shifts" of four hours
each, in essential industries would
go a long way toward solving the
manpoWer problem. a Cleveland ex-
ecutive asserted yesterday.
Walter Mason, assistant personnel
manager of the Warner SWasey Co
OF Cleveland. tool builders. told a
labor utilization conference of the
American Management Association
that his company had been using
tWo-man teams of white collar men
ON the 4 pm. TO midnight shift with
good results. Each member of the
team works four hours and carries
on his own business or profession
during day hours.
The system was started in the
summer of 1912, and by February l
OF this year the company had
total of l55 such teams, Mason said.
He said: "One team is made up of
the president and combustion engi-
neer from a retail coal company,
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Columbia Gas Reports
S8,H3,67O Profit
For Last Year
Result Well Below
Sl0,44l ,267 Earned
In Preceding Period
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The Colum-
bia Gas e. Electric Corp. estimated
today its consolidated net income for
1912 was S8,773670, including debt
retirement and postwar credits,
compared with sl0,441 ,267 In the
preceding year,
This equaled l9 cents a common
share after provision for preferred
stock dividends against 33 cents on
the same basis in l941.
Columbia Gas & Electric in the
consolidated statement figured its
debt retirement and postwar credit
on the basis of excess profits taxes
was 1,503,0 900.
Gross revenues for the year were
shown as S122, ,427,601 against s1le,-
598,247 in l94l. Operating expenses
were up even more at s1ol ,524,5l8
compared with $97, 7,48l 1873 the year
before.
Hazeltine Corp.
The Hazeltine Corp, radio re-
search concern, reported its profit,
including wholly-owned subsidiaries,
was $779,3 in 1912, equal to S445
a share, against $6O6,236, or s3.46
share in l94l.
Other Reports Listed.
Other corporate earnings reports
released during the last week,
showing profits per share of COM
mon stock, included:
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Grain Market Quiet
Except for Closing
Rally in Rye
Wheat Prices Decline
In Slow and Mainly
Professional Market
BY WILLIAM FERRIS,
Associated Press Market Writer.

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-Wheat prices
sagged in slow market which was
mainly professional in nature today,
but other grains managed to score
small gains.
A fair amount of buying came
into the rye pit near the close, un-
covering a scarcity of offerings, and
prices rose nearly cent a bushel
within short period. Aside from
the run-up in rye, however, the
market was featureless.
At the close wheat was unchanged
to ~ lower, May, 81 397s 81 40, July,
$780,; corn was 1s-l4 higher, May,
$685. oats advanced ls-3s, rye gained
5s-7 7s, and there was no trading in
soybeans.
Rye Needed for Feed.
Buying of rye near the close was
credited to a broker with mill con-
nections. Some traders thought
there was a growing demand for
rye to use as feed.
While the congressional move to
investigate the food situation at
tracted attention, grain men pointed
out that wheat was at least one
commodity in which there was no
shortage. All reports are that wheat
supplies are the largest on record,
and the new crop is reportedly max
ing satisfactory progress.
The Commodity Credit Corp. re-
ported it had made loans on 404,-
373 ,909 bushels of 1912 wheat through
February at an average of Sl13
bushel. On the same date last year
loans had been completed on 1885,
445,295 bushels. Total liquidations
through February 6 were 6,255,810
bushels of farm stored wheat and
8,492,359 bushels of warehouse
stored wheat.
Corn Loans Smaller.
The CCC also reported it had
made loans on 39,121 ,525 bushels OF
1912 corn through February at an
average of II cents a bushel On
the same date last year loans had
been made on 1852, ,829 bushels.
Corn had a firm undertone today
working up fractionally to new highs
for the week. Traders said enact
ment of proposed bills in Congress
to revise parity would mean an in
crease in the ceilings now effective
on corn. Elevator and cash inter
ests, however, took little interest in
the market.
Grain range at principal markets:
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Stocks Extend Rise,
With LoW-Priced
Utilities in Lead
Big Blocks Traded;
Gains of Fractions
To ST Predominute
What Stocks Did.
BY BERNARD S. O'HARA,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Stocks,
again paced by low-priced utilities,
today stepped out of a generally
bullish week on the fastest and
broadest Saturday market since
December 27, 1941.
The list, lively at the start, picked
up momentum in the final hour as
big blocks of power and light issues
crowded the ticker tape with small
advances. While minor declines were
plentiful at the close, plus marks of
fractions to a point predominated.
The reversal of normal sluggish
ness in the wake of holiday falling
on Friday was particularly cheering
to analysts. Further Frightening
OF the international picture, the
Presidents optimistic speech and
persistence of the initiation theme
received most of the credit for the
upsWing. There was considerable
profit taking. however, on the idea
a good-sized technical correction
might be overdue.
Averages Up Further.
The Associated Press average of
90 stocks ended with net advance
OF .3 OF a point, and on the week
was up 7 at 448, a new top since
January 13, 1941. Of 799 individual
stocks traded, 439 were up and $50
down or unchanged Transfers to-
tailed 794,390 shares compared with
500,250 week ago.
Among issues touching best levels
for 1942-43 or longer were American
Power & Light, Columbia Gas, Ma
tional Power & Light, North Amer
lean, Consolidated Edison, Electric
Power & Light, American Water
Works, International Telephone.
Commonwealth & Southern, Sears
Roebuck, j. I. Case, Deere, General
Electric, Johns-Manville, Houston
Oil and Warner Bros.
Up around a point were Interna-
tional Harvester, Chrysler, Douglas
Aircraft, Allied Chemical and US
Gypsum. Modest gains were shown
for U. S. Steel, Bethlehem. N. Y.
Central, Southern Pacific, Westing-
house, Anaconda, American Can.
Texas Co. and U. S. Rubber. On
the offside were Santa Fe, Philip
Morris. Delaware & Hudson and
Corn Products.
This weeks activity on the big
board, approXimating 1900 900 shares
each on Wednesday and Thursday,
best in more than a year, was due
almost wholly to the sprint of stocks
selling under $40 a share. On one
day the 10 liveliest performers aver
aged $5.66 share and accounted
for about 20 per cent of the volume
Rail Bonds Improve.
Selected second grade rails
steamed ahead again in the bond
market, but only few gained more
than minor fractions.
Volume swelled to S. 722 500 face
value, for the short session COM
pared with S5,25s,700 last Saturday.
| The rise carried the Associated Press
rail bond average to a new 1912 -43
nigh at 686, up 2 of point.
Light investment nibbling at top
fight industrials lifted that COM
posite / of point to a peak at
/ l04.8, while utilities and foreign
issues were unchanged on average.
United States Governments were
steady.
Evening star., 1943-02-14

lOlS. EuSdI N. - - AN"i i'0ht' ~
Brawner, Wrisley Brown, William D.
Hoover, George P. Sacks, Corcoran
Thorn, and Messrs. Forsberg, Nor
ment, Riordon and Smith.
The following members of the
staff were continued in office: I. S.
Walker, general passenger agent;
j. A. Maxwell, auditor; G. E. Her
ring, purchasing agent; D. Sawyer,
experimenting engineer; C. H. Ray,
general freight agent Washington;
II. N. Larcombe, general agent, Nor
folk, Va, and c. s. Revell, joint
agent, Old Point Comfort, Va.
Credit Experts to Confer.
Credit problems of retailers and
credit bureau managers will be given
full discussion at the annual
Columbia Regional Conference in
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Stores Weigh Plans 10 Cut
Stdffs 10 Minimum
BY the Associated Press.

.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13-The Ma
tional Retail Dry Goods Association
disclosed yesterday that some retail
stores are working on a plan to
eliminate some activities and reduce
StaffS to "a bedrock minimum
The Manpower Committee of the
association has given full approval
to study pointing to such action
lin an effort to release certain
employees for defense work"
Many retailers already have sus-
pended delivery, special wrapping
and other customer services because
of Government orders or budget
and personnel problems.
The NRDGA said the Manpower
Committee would be increased to