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Evening star., 1944-11-15
Business Briefs

Movement OF war commodities to
November on the Great Lakes
reached total of 146,540,9 ,964 net
tons-over 100000 tons more than
at any similar period in history
the Great Lakes Carriers Associa-
ton reports.
Mississippi River Power Co.'S pro-
posed S4,800,000 reduction in capital
1zation represented by common stock
has been approved by the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
West Virginia Light, Heat &
Power Co., Sisterville, w. Va, has
filed with the SEC plan to dissolve
after selling it's electric production,
transmission and distribution sys-
tenn for $427,633 to Monongahela
West Penn Public Service Co., Fair
mount, w. Va.
Edison Electric Institute reported
electric power distribution in the
week ended November II was 1885,
$4,000 kilowatt hours VS.. 4,354, $780,
900 in the previous week. The send
out in the corresponding week last
year was 4, ,482 ,665 900 kilowatt hours.
A Southern Pacific Co. exchange
offer of $4,000, 900 in new bonds due
in 1874 has been accepted by hold
ers OF 25,238, 900 of Central Pacific
first mortgage bonds of 1949. The
exchange offer has been declared
operative by the Central Pacific
Board of Directors subject to ICC
approval.
Gulf, Mobile e. Ohio Railroad Co.
earned $2476,086 or $2.31 for the
nine months to September 80 VS..
$2,556, ,097 or $245 in the correspond
ing 1943 period.
Columbian Carbon Co. consoli-
dated net for the nine months end
ed September 80 was S2315.426 or
$4.31, VS.. $2,O22,219 or 1915 for the
same 1943 period.
Federal Mining and Smelling Co.
earned $986,052 or 81 before deple-
ton for the nine months ended
September 30, as against $696, LAB or
$2.82 for the same period last year.
Campbell, Wyant and Cannon
Foundry Co. and subsidiaries con-
solidated net for the nine months
ended September 80 was $528,86l or
$1.52 in comparison to 1898 ,997 or
sl.72 for the corresponding period
last year.
Fruehauf Trailer Co. and consoli-
dated subsidiaries earned S1,127.-
775.57 or $3.50 for the nine months
ended September 80, in comparison
to 81, ,146, ,091.03 or $257 for the like
period in 1943.
Consolidated Natural Gas Co. and
subsidiaries net for the nine months
ended September 80 waas $7,246, ,582
or $266 VS.. $3.50, ,292 or 50 90 in the
corresponding period last year.
Pullman Co., sleeping car subsidi-
ary of Pullman, Inc, had gross rev.
enue OF $12,413,279.94 for September
as compared to 10000, ,037 Al in the
same month last year. Net after
Federal income taxes was $748, ,264 "a
for this year VS.. 1881 ,22i SO for Sep
tenber, 1943.
Congoleum- Nairn, Inc, declared
an extra dividend OF rs cents and a
regularly quarterly dividend OF as
cents on common both payable Dec,
Is, making this years total 3l.25
compared to ST last year.
The New Haven Railroad has ap-
pointed Dean F. Wiley assistant gem
eral manager in charge of engineer
ing, maintenance and mechanical
departments.
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Woshinaton Produce

From the War Food Administer ton
Prices paid net fob. Washington.
EQGe-Market, firm. Demand exceeds
supply, Receipts continue neht. Arriv-
ais, western eggs. fresh and storage, were
limited. Small lots Of Graded eges arrived
Dealers anticipate q more plentiful supply
Prices paid for FederAl-state graded esss
ID: Whites. browns, mixed colors, .. s.
Grade 4, medium, 1910; average, .4s; q. S.
Grade 3, medium, 49,. q. s. grade c, SO;
commercially graded. large A, 55-57; me
dlum, 43-41; large B. AZ.
TuRKEYS-Two light truck loads ar
rived today. Outlook for THANKSGIVING
supplies moving in wholesale channels
continues uncertain with no immediate
prospects Of supplies being equal to de-
LIVE PoULTRY--Market continues very
nrm on chickens and steady on fowl. Five
full truck loads and scattered small lots
arrived today. Supplies of fowl are short.
but considerably more plentiful than fryers
and broiiers. Frying and roasting chick
ems are very scarce Dealers are able to
supply only a small part of consumer de-
mand. Prices shown reflect sales reported
within existing price control regulations,
out 90 not cover other poultry sold on the
market for which prices we're not OBJ
ta1nable. Prices paid net fob. Washing
ton tpeTmitted transportation charges IN
cludea according to mileage: Broilers and
fryers, 81 81 "a: fowl, 26-2s4
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New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Nov. Is. 0,.-cotton fu-
mill buying and short covering, prior to
announcement Of the cotton export sub
sdy rate this afternoon. Offerings cams
through scaleup hedge selling
The Government weekly weather report
indicated that picking of the cotton crop
has been largely completed. with the
in Texas and Oklahoma.
Late afternoon prices were Is to 40
cents bale higher December q SO;
March, 2l .7a and MAY 0l Rn
Evening star., 1944-11-15

States Savings
q n d l. o a n
League at the
chicago confer
ence, now being
att e n d e d b y
many Washing
ton members.
Henry P. Err,
president of the
Baltimore Fed
eral Savings and
l. Ga n Associa-
ton, was ad-
v q n c e d from
second to first
ic e president.
Morton Bodish,
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Washington Exchange

WASHINGTON Gas S4 30 ID ut 10T.
Potomac Electric Power bh% pfd.-5 At
los
Washington Gas common--36 at 24%.
Capital Transit Co.-10 At 30la, 10 at
3nh
Mersenthaler Linotype-2o at s1h.
Hecht common-25 at 20A. 30 At 205s.
so at 207a.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd.-
2S at lIg7s
Evening star., 1944-11-15

president OF the league, and H. F.
Cellarius, longtime treasurer, are
due for early re-appointment.
In his address before the building
and loan executives, John H. Fahey
Federal Home Loan Bank commits
sioner, stressed the need for the
construction of more homes in the
medium-priced field and urged loan
omclals to aid in community PLAN
ming and development.
Galbreath Urges Reforms.
John w. Galbreath, president of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, urged reforms to
make home ownership again the
most desired investment for the
average man." and said private en-
terprise should obtain those same
aids and advantages which public
housing now enjoys"
In letter to the conference,
President Roosevelt said "the job
today is to guard against imitation
in real estate and elsewhere" and
to help returning veterans in every
way possible.
Regular Dividends Declared.
Directors of Dealers Credit, Inc,
Woodward Building, today declared
a dividend of 81 per share on the
outstanding stock. payable Decem-
ber 8 to stockholders of record No
vember 30. This is the third an
nual dividend of 81 per share the
corporation has paid.
The board of directors of the Lin
coin Service Corp. today declared
the regular quarterly dividend of
87lh cents on the per cent pre-
ferred stock, 371a cents on the 6
per cent preferred and Is cents per
share on the common. All divi-
dends are payable December IL to
stockholders of record November 80.
Directors of the American Co., real
estate firm, have declared the regu-
lar dividend due at this time of s. SO
per share on the preferred stock,
payable December 6 to stockholders
Of record November 30.
Foreign Trade Plans Pushed.
The annual dinner of the Ameri-
can Palestine Trading Corp. will be
held Sunday evening at the Hamil-
ton Hotel. when Secretary Abraham
Dickenstein will report on the ef-
forts being made to raise a $4,000
600 fund for expanding United
States trade with Palestine. The
secretary said the corporation Is
in receipt of s65,000, 600 in orders
for American-made gopds when
they become available.
The meeting also will be addressed
by b. zuckerman, author and
lecturer; and DR.. Hayim Fineman,
one of the founders of Labor Zion
ism in America.
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Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Nov is u9.-Foreisn ex-
lars, others in cents).
CANADIAN dollar in New York open mar
untet s.e.s csses sst. Or scosh
! G GEurope; Great Britain, ofnciaL buyins,
20. .65n. =
Nominal
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Dividends Announced
NEW YORK. Nov 1h 0p-

NEW YORK, Nov. Is Dr.
Accumulated
Pc stk. Of Pay
- Rate. riod record. able
Gen Sharehold CIV of 50 25 -ll-2I l2-I
TN cash or common stock)
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Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, Nov. IS R..-Grain futures
markets were mixed today, with wheat
showing gains of nearly . cent q bushei al
times. Corn was steady TO slightly higher
and oats and rye were weak.
There was some short covering in the
wheat PIT in preparation for announce.
wheat and hour. Some mill buying OF the
bread cereal also was apparent in the
early trade.
Rye suffered a midsession setback when
local traders turned sellers after announce
ment the Government would permit the
use OF corn in the manufacture of indus
trial alcohol when the grain is in danger
Of spelling.
During an early break December corn
MT new low, for the season under the
cash Interests. but a rally rally followed. s'''' 'h0
a., Inere was fair commission house trade
IN oats ana the market was affected by the
At noon wheat was q to " higher than
yessernays vas nn - cs,ose, December ! ;64h corn
"a higher to Y lower, December 64as; rye
vas . lower to u higher, December .0ss4
0arley was on Va to I'M Ia, Decenoher "a
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Odd-Lot Declines

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. IS P.-The Sc
curities Commission reported today these
transactions by customers with odd-lot
dealers or specialists on the New York
Stock Exchange yesterday: 4,503 purchases
involving 126,479 shares: 3,a5b sales in
yolving 106, $50 shares, including 81 short
GALES involving 2,174 shares.
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ApDrsxtmsts oales To-day
1900 an 1lo e1o 1900 noon 4

ItUU In 1kVyZV Fg.UU noon 4U4 B3O
100 Pm. 5a7 so 900 ON 61e oAo
tunit Of tredins 10 shares; sales printed
IN iuH IN oAntfuptcy OF eeceivership OF
being reorgerined under Bankruptcy Act
Rates of dtyl4ends q the foregoins table
less othsrvise noted special or extra dfvi-
dends are not tncluded x1x dividend
ar q y st riehh I Also extra o. Extras cash
year fpayable IN stock. { Paid last yesr
b PAYABLE In .Canadisn funds Xccum,i .
lated divtdends paid or declared this year
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Savings, Loan League
Elects Brock Head,
Ir Vice President
By EDwARD c. STONE.

w. Mc0rue Brock, president Of
the $50, 900, ,00O0 Gem City Building
b Loan Associatino. Dayton, Ohio,
was elected president Of the United
Evening star., 1944-11-15

far tSs;Idiy,a:nd tS;. ys. Plu: s1tra' 4 p:ia :.
10 cents extra. Paid In 1943. yS1(
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-23
THE WATCHTOWER 3, ROY WILKINS

the reports from reliable correspondents who saw
with their own eyes, and then maintain that there
is something special and racial about the reported
atrocities of the yellow enemy across the Pacific?
Who read the reports from the Russian front,
of the diabolical and deliberate outrages of the
Germans against the Russian peasants and say
truly 10 himself that color has some relation 10
superiority? For the nation guilty Of these crimes
is not a nation Of sun worshippers They are people
not OF yellow skin and slant eyes but of white skin
and blue eyes They boast of their culture of their
at Pearl Harhor; in the last war the Germans
struck at Lusltanla, ruthlessly and without warn
ing What is the difference?
And another story has just come 20 light. We
have made much of the torture Of our soldiers by
the Japanese, OF the horrible march Of death al
Bataan, of the execution OF our captured aVlatOrs.
We have said these things 10 prove that our yellow
enemy Is nhuman, without the pale OF civilized
nations and deserving only of being treated like a
mad animal Yet, since the invasion and liberation
Of France the story has com. that American avia-
tors were paraded through the streets by Germans
and Illuminated and nlstrcatcd in much the same
way reported our men were treated by the
japanese. Prior 10 that had come the story that
men had been shot down escaping '-allcgediy
from German prison camp.
We have already seen that the Germans wen
as the Japanese have bombed hospitals plainly
marked with the Red Cross We have seen that
both the Germans and the Japanese have machine
Cunncd our avlatorS who bailed out OF damaged
planes with parachutes.
War Is war. An enemy is an enemy. THIS war
has proved that color has nothing 10 Go with b,u-
talltv. Americans. in the light Of thcir teaching
are hound ~ Try to make racial angle on this
point, bat the facts are against them.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-23
By WALTER DAVENPORT
CONDENSED from Collier's)

TO-DAY HARLEM is the largest concentration Of
Il Negroes in the world Socially and economic
ally although not politically, II is a city within
New York City. Somewhere between 100000 and
100000 coorcd people live there IN housing de-
signed to shelter no more than 5000 and with
the most dismal Of consequences When we arrived
from Mayor La Guardias office. Harlem was deep
in the sweatv cthargy of a Sultry morning. The
numerous night SpotS-the clip cllnkS, the boob
trans the tourist tanks, the blackand-tan cabarCtS
and on up 10 the big swing shops and frst-rank
nicht CluhS-WCrc hcing Swabbed down by the
bored charWuucn We didn't ask any of them
what they thought of the situation BY the looks
at them their mcaGer thoughts weren't wandering
far from the floors they were Scrubbing. Not that
YOU can always tell just by looking
All the agencies having Harlem's troubles on
their books agree that Harlem's hideous housing
congestion is barrier 10 solving her problems.
The police want 10 herd the street corner mohlets
into more and better Fairgrounds. swimming pools.
intctigcntv supervised clubs where broad license
rather thap narrow prevails THIS Police Athletic
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-23

lie told them about his medical discharge from
the Navy and about his return TO Detroit. Here he
set out 10 find a job; so he goes TO the u. S. En-
ployment Service East Jefferson avenue; he
asks for truck drvng job, in which he has ex
CeIlent experience. He tells the interviewer how
for four years during his high school days he
drove school bus with its human cargo, of his
experience with all kinds of trucking equipment
at government navy yard, and of his year In
college.
Very satisfied with his qualifications, the u S.
Employment Office sends him TO the Fleet Carrier
Corporation where truck driver is needed So he
goes night out; there they tell him the job is his
if he Will join the Union. SO he says Q X. - that
that suits him; and he hofoots over the Office
of the Transfers Union. He is optimistic and eager
for job. He hasn't heard what 10 you is common
knowledge - that this AFL Union denies member
ship TO Negroes So he asks for the business agent,
and he waits and waits and waits. The run around
he got you know about
Then this young made an important move.
Rather than going home in disgust. he reported
back TO the employment service that he couldn't
get the Job to which they had sent him. because
of the unions color bar This is a move that many
job applicants who Disseminated against fail
10 make In way they can't be blamed
Sldering how they feel after clear experience
OF discrimination. No one who Is not colorcd can
ever fully appreciate this.
However a worker who fails to report a dis
crimlna'ory rcicrral experience either to the En-
ploymcnt Office which sent him out, else TO
FEPC does diSService 10 both himself and TO
his fellows. If such cases not reported. OBJ
VloaSly the government agency equipped TO handle
il is poWcrleSs 10 take any corrective action.
But AL Barnes acted otherwise; and as a result,
his experience has been added TO the mass
OF evidence that VIII some day perhaps not far
distant, wipe out the discriminatory un- American
practices of this and other unions. This Is part Of
the story
There is more however TO say about Al IT. for
instance, he had gwen up and gone home after
the discriminatory refusal Of the job instead OF
contracting the government agency the story would
be different Your coumniSt who works for the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-23
col DS''

COLDS"
Tie common cold" is the burden
# ,.1sr who i've IN TIE temperate
cones. because ot the chaugeaolc-
ness q he weather In the arctic
and turrld zones where the tenn
yrra,ure stays the same most az
:hc wear. colds are not prevalent
However the abrupt changes IN
we.pher arc not The ooninar, cause
FOR the prevalence O. colds but
rather the carc,c>SHeSS o. people IN
bjectine themselves 10 the dis
ease and n spreading i 20 others
Tie cold Is. believed % De caused
~ virus. one ~ those disease
organisms that are TOO small - oe
seen WITH the ordinary microscope.
Il has never been isolated III pure
state and 10 date no vaccine or anti
bacterial substance has been found
~ successfully combat its occur
renee The grea; danger ~ health
: ru' lD..hc disease itSCt bat rather
in the SotCu.nE W c: the body for
other more form d3ble diseases
much The same WAY IS a boxer
SoftcnS I'D his opponent during \
few rounds for a final knockout
blow The danger 10 economies is
the role Of the cold as the great
cause ot atseu.CciSm. which. Of
course. IS more o. q menace TO the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-23
Public Health Notes
By CLEMENT SCOTT

family than 10 the industry.
Maintenance II an ordinary but
continuous amour; OF body resist
ance Is sufficient 10 protect against
colds This can be done by recogni-
ton az a few fundamental facts.
The greatest handicap people I'M
pose upon themselves is a seeming
ie3r OF cold weather. Although they
would grumble during the summer
weather because OF temperature
" s. degrees. II takes only the sight
Of snow outside for them 10 heat
their shtly-cloSed homes 10 the
same temperature or above, scorch
Their Sims before open fires or room
heaters, and wear enough clothes
and sleep under enough bed-c,othes
20 cause them 10 perSpIre. The boGy
has Soy; Of heat regulating appa-
ratuS which accommodates itself 10
the changes o. the seasons II does
iyHe OF sear-Shttirg similar 20
thai q le by the heart and lungs
when an athlete gets his second
wind. ANY disturbance Of this nor
mai function destroys the value OF
the whole act Of accommodation
and cuts down the body resistance
md the defenSeS 10 disease
Those who spend most az their
time i.doors should ATTEMPT 20 keep
an even temperature OF not more
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-23

come to light 1t is as horrliyng revelation as
mankind. doubtless, has ever had. Here the Ger
mans operated what was literally murder factory.
Ttcv murdered people wholesale, IN great lots.
after careful and deliberate preparation They
used sort Of conycyor belt system. They con-
structcd chambers in which the victims were pre-
pared FOR slaughter Then they transferred the
doomed ones from the preparation chamber To the
death chamhcr After they were GaSScd to death
en- naSsc the bodies were removed TO great ovens
whore they were crcmatcd. The ovens were cS-
pccially built with the idea * cremaiIng thousands
Of human beings. Systematically and IN cold CAL
culation. thousands upon thousands OF non-Com-
batantS were murdered and then burned, Their
ashes were either used for fertilizer. or done
Up IN packages for sale, al the highest possible
price. TO relatives
Who can read this story, see these pictures, have
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-23
PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH
From The Progressively

A southern town decided 10
spend $4,000 on The Improvement
OF lis schools When il came 10 al.
locating the money. Il seemed the
school for white children needed
a new roof. 4 new toilet new
gymnasium and, 20 make a long
story short, the white schools needs
totaled up to exactly $4,000. The
principal OF the Negro school was
so informed
Gentlemen" he said. do you
mean 70 tell me that il is going 10
take all Of that SIS 600 to fix up the
white school so the white children
can get a decent education?" Yes,
the committee was sorry 10 say. il
was.
Then take IT, gentlemen, take II,
because II there's anything we Ne
groes need in this town, it's edu-
Gated white men,"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-23
Camping With Lillian Smith

J with particular age group she
brought the subject up.
Slowly. with the children CHM
I ing in eagerly to give their views,
Miss Smith explained what IL was
in the child's own background that
made her afraid Of cameras. She
told them. in terms they could all
understand. that illness was not
necessarily physical Before she
had finished. the girls in the group
were sympathetic with the child
who. before. they had thought a
spoiled brat.
%Suppese had a child Miss
Smith said. and | thought she had
heart murmur. Would | say to my
self. I love my child so much that
| don't want to know il she has a
heart murmur?'"
The children were shocked. -Oh.
no How stupid silly
seliShr'
lmperceptibly. the discussion had
veered 20 race relations.
But" Miss Smith continued
suppose l said. i love the South
so much that I don't want TO know
II II has anything wrong with it,
Is that any more sensible?"
Discuss Negro Position
The children agreed that n
wasn't For another hour. in terms
OF their own experience. gently led
oy Miss Smith. they discussed the
position Of the Negroes I'm the
South. When they reacted violent
~ against the people they thought
were subjugstinx the Negroes. Miss
smith showed them that violence
and intolerance toward the op-
pressors was not the answer. Il IL
her belief that the South cannot
chance until the people In the
South grow.
Sometimes they felt futile. NV
iather's so set in his ways" one
little girl sighed.
But were nobody. only chill
dren. another girl said. II think
that the talented people. like YOU.
Miss Lii. should do the work and
that the rest Of us should back
them up"
This argument was answered for
Miss Smith by another youngster.
a quiet little girl from deep
Georgia.
Sure you can help" she said.
Even IL YOU just talk 10 your
next-door neiRhbor. After all, ev-
erybody in the world knows ev-
ervbody else. through somebody
else"