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Evening star., 1944-01-24
Natures Children
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY,
SYCAMORE.
(Platdnus occidentalis }

fPldtdnuS Occ1dent1lS
The sycamore. while not the most
lofty Of our native trees, attains the
greatest proportions of any Ameri-
can hardwood or broad-leafed tree
Its range is throughout the Eastern
half of our country, from Southern
Maine to Northeastern Nebraska
south into Texas and along the Cult
OF Mexico to Northern Florida. On
the map this is much more impress
sive than one might think.
The sycamore is always outgrow-
ing its clothing, habit that en-
barrasses our city fathers so much
that these tree neighbors have been
permitted to remain in the woods
and along the roadSides of late
years. But the sycamore is a lovable
tree, with its wide buttressed trunk
Evening star., 1944-01-24
T axe Ny Word for 1t
Words to Watch.
BY FRANK COLBY.

AMORT1ZE, Ito set aside money
for the retirement of debt" is a
term much used by bankers, real
tors and accountants, most of whom
pronounce it "AM-er-tize, a pro-
nuncia ton that no dictionary known
to me gives sanction to. The word
should be accented on the second
syllable, which has the Jaw" sound
as in "or, for" Say uh-MAWR- tie
The noun, amortization, should be
uh- -MAWR- -ti-ZAY' 'shun.
1t is difficult to explain why the
word SIMILAR is frequently pro-
nounced "SIM-yoo-ler" 1t may be
the result of false analogy with
simulate. At any rate, there is no
W in similar. Be sure to say SIM
i-ler.
INCENDIARY usually loses a syl-
liable somewhere in the shuttle, as
''in-SEN -duh-ree." But the word
should have five distinct syllables
thus: in-SEN dee -AIR-ee.
COMPTROLLER is nonsense
word that is gradually disappear
ing in business usage. Whoever in
troduced the word into English did
SO in the mistaken belief that it was
the French form of controller. :"
There is no such word in French as
comptroller" (The French word is
controleur) Nor should comptroller
be pronounced "KOMP-troe- -ler." 1t
should be pronounced exactly like
the correct English word controller,
thus: kun-TROE-ler.
A few thousand copies of my COM
pilation OF song parodies about
words are still available, but they're
going fast. For a free copy send a
stamped (3-cenD, self addressed en-
velope to Frank Colby, in care of
The Evening Star. Ask for Word
Parodies"
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-01-24

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
FOR ITCHING OF
MINOR SKIN RASHES

get this medicated powder. Contains in
|gredients often recommended by many
specialists for simple rashes. diaper rash
and chahng. Mexsana soothes and forms
coat of protection on tender skin !
Costs little. Always demand Mexsana.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
hunting in Western Maryland's

mountains.
The deer, wounded, rose and
carried Mr.. Blaney OF when he
straddled 1t to count the antler
points, finally threw him of. So he
borrowed a gun. finished the deer
and took home 200 pounds of venison
and-a good story.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Hunter Carried OF
By Wounded Deer

BALTIMORE-Attorney G. Ed
mund Blaney says he not only got
a deer, but a free ride, when he went
Evening star., 1944-01-24

WINK. 9;05-Mendessohn's Piano Concerto
No. and "Capriteio Brilliant"
VOL. i0:i5-Poet Alfred hoyss on "A New
Birth Of Freedom"
WhAl. i0:30-Sones as Dorothy lamour,
Leland Stowe and 6ratie Allen like them.
W0p. 10:30-BarY Wood and Pat Marshal.
guests.
VOL, 1910 Maestro piastro features
THhaikowskYs Romeo and Juliet Overture.
faniaSe.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Selected Stocks Up,
But Many Leaders
Continue 10 Lag
BY VICTOR EUBANK,

Associated Press Financial Writer.
NEW. YORK, Sept. 28.-The stock
market continued to grope through
fog-covered terrain today and,
while scattered leaders managed to
make little headway, slight STUN
bling propensities were displayed
by many pivotals.
Talk ia long European conflict
failed to stimulate the armament
group unduly or depress issues that
might benefit by a quick crash of
the Nazis. Those who sold recently
on reconversion apprehension when
it looked as though Germany might
fold any day were apparently in no
hurry to reinState commitments
Individual issues were benefited by
special bushes sinf1uenceS but, as
in the previous session, 1t was more
a case of investment and speculative
confusion than anything else. The
result virtually was trend stale
mate.
Dealings expanded at intervals
after the start but sloWdoWnS were
numerous. Minor variations either
way ruled near the close, with iso-
lated wider ups and downs in evi-
dence. Transfers ran to around
100000 shares.
Kennecott and Grumman Aircraft
edged into new high ground for 1914.
Supported at intervals were Santa
Fe, Southern Pacific. Douglas Air
craft, Du Pont, Montgomery Ward
and Goodyear.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Sept. IS ,P tWFA>,-Salabl,
hogs, 5000; total $4,000; active, full,
steady; complete clearance early; sooc
over 240. pounds and good and choice sows
- 90: few medium to choice l20-14C
pounds, 12.5O-l45U
sa!abIe cattle; 1000; total, 300; sal.
able calves. 500; total. 1,5O0: good anc
choice fed steers and yearlings strong tc
20 cents hisher: supplies small top. 1928
paid for l,09l pound yearlinss moderate
SUPPLIES l475-l7..5; common, and me.
active, medium Grade steady, to weak
cows more active than Wednesday steady
bulls weak TO % cents lower; vealers
steady; stock cattle unchanged at IL SO
down.
salablee sheep 5000; total; 5000 com
plete early clearance; generally steady ex.
cept native spring lambs steady to weak;
sood. and choice native spring lambs
14.25-l4 40. with bucks out at | dollar
ddiiSGOu1t disc ssosr several s,7able lots mixed me-
common kind 1880 down, load sood and
choice S4-pound Montana spring lambs
s5 head; two loads good .shorn yearlinss
No. l pelts,. 1900: native ewes. 5.26
down: short load common Montana eve,
carrying small medium to good 500
4,25 STRAIGHT
Evening star., 1944-09-28
New Low-Priced Car
Being Planned by Ford
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, Sept %. - Postwar
production by the Ford Motor Co
of a new loW-priced car was fore
cast yesterday by Henry Ford II, ex-
ecutive vice president of the com
pany.
During an interview prior to the
installation Of Robert F. Leonard az
Buffalo branch manager, Mr.. Fore
said:
II our ideas and designs work
out, it is possible the market may
see lower priced car than has beer
offered the public since the days o.
my grandfather's famous Model T
He and the rest of us at the Fore
Motor Co. are thinking along those
lines"
Evening star., 1944-09-28
North American Co. Deal
To Be Heard October II
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 28.-The
Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion today set October II to reopen
North American Co. system pro-
ceedings involving Peoples Natural
Gas Co.'S proposed acquisition of
the properties Of Argus Natural Gas
Co., Inc.
Argus operates gas distribution
systems in Is towns in Southern
Kansas Following the transfer of
properties it would be dissolved.
Argus would reduce its common
capital stock from $1,000000 to
$626,556, creating a $373,444 capital
surplus to charge of intangible
items in its plant account.
Northern Natural Gas Co., Argus
parent, would make a capital contri-
button of Argus common capital
stock to Peoples and would increase
its investment in Peoples to s626, ,556.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Construction backIoq
Estimated Above
104 Billions
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-More than
$40 500 ,000, 900 of construction prof.
|ects await relaxation of Government
controls and availability of man
power and buildings materials, F. w.
Dodge Corp. said.
The building statistical agency
said its compilation covered all
States east of the Rocky Mountains
and pertained to projects reported
up to August 81.
The backlog Of school and college
buildings amounted to $767 $50 ,000
part OF total nonresidential building
|of $2,676,373,O0 Residential Gn-
cluding apartment houses, dormi-
tories and hotels amounted to ST.
032 ,066 900, and heavy engineering
construction comprising public
works and utilitieS, $500, ,0G0,0
Evening star., 1944-09-28
EXPERT
ACCOUNTANT

Port time or monthly bosi,, books
storted, kept port time. Toke od-
vontoss Of Iotest tox lows, de-
cisions, opinions. Tex ovoidonee
is lesoI and sovines con be effected
BY proper pIonnine. Reasonable.
PHONE ORdwov 2O74
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Washington Produce

From the War Food Administration
Prices paid net fob Washinston:
EGGS-Market Arm: prices paid fol
Federal-State eraded eggs received from
grading stations September 2S). Whites
browns, mixed colors U. S. grade A. large
50-53; average, 50; u S. srade A, me.
dium, 1914: average, A.; U. s. grade 3
large, 3S-i3. average. Al: U. S. grade B
m edium, rs: U S. grade c ,30-32: AVERAGE
81. Current receipts. nearby unsradet
esss 1914; receipts. Government eradee
eggs. 252 cases.
LIVE POULTRY-Market Arm: receipts
liberal Prices paid net fob Washington
permitted transportation charges included
according to mileage: Broilers and flyers
293O; fowl, colored. pounds and up. -.
IS; 3 to pounds, u %; Leghorns, 1890
Evening star., 1944-09-28
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Sept. IS R-After dis.
playing heavy tone in early trading to.
day, cotton futures turned Arm on asgres-
sive trade buying and commission house
demand in the distant months, which met
scarcity Of offerings
The market was partly influenced by re-
ports that an early announcement was
purchase program designed to lift cotton
prices to full parity. There was considera-
BILE switching from near to far months,
Late afternoon values we're IS to Is
cents bale higher October, '.2.02; De-
cember. u 90 and March. 900.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
War Activities Lift
Bank Of Commerce
Earnings in Year
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

BY EDWARD T.. STONE.
Reporting one of the best earning
years in record, Thomas J. Groom
president of the Bank of Commerc,
g. Savings, told stockholders at tn,
annual meeting in Alexandria to-
day that the bank had arranged o.
participated with other institution
in loans to contractors engaged IL
war work in an amount in exces:
of s17,000.000. Earnings were par
ticularly favorable because of ar
increase In deposits which allowed
more funds for investment.
Mr.. Groom cited the services
which his and other banking insti-
tutions are performing in the wal
effort, such as ration banking, cash
ing payroll checks for war workers
administering imitation controls, col
lection of the withholding tax and
the sale of War Bonds. He said the
Bank of Commerce e. Savings fa1
exceeded its quota in the last three
bond drives.
Commenting on the need for re-
vision in tax laws, Mr.. Groom ex-
pressed the opinion that tax lev,es
must be designed to maintain and
stimulate the national income
rather than restrain it. Turning to
the postwar period, he said the
banks have a great reservoir of
funds available for all legitimate
credit needs, his institution being
Geared to render this service.
Directors were reelected, includ-
ing George B. Burrus, William L
Bush, E T. Chewing, Theodore
CogSWell, James E. CollifloWer. A. E
Giegengack, Mr.. Groom. Harry j
Kane, Jr; Frank Owings. George M
Quirk, Donald F.. Roberts, M. D.
Rosenberg and Joseph Sanders.
Waller Again ABA Treasurer.
Wilmer j. Waller, president of the
Hamilton National Bank and former
president of the District Bankers
Association, was reelected treasurer
of the American Bankers Associa-
ton in Chicago yesterday as had
been expected Mr.. Waller is one
OF the most active financiers in the
Capital and is chairman of the Dis
trlct War Finance Committee which
will handle the Sixth War Loan
Drive
Following the election of w. Ran
Golph Burgess as president of the
ABA, the only contest was settled
when Frank c. Rathje, Chicago
banker, was named vice president.
Second Dividend Declared.
Holders of Hecht Co. common
stock will rnpnirn vic xf
cents per share on October 81, the
second dividend to be declared since
the stock was distributed to the pub
lie earlier in the year. The dividend
IS also the same as the amount paid
IN July. The directors have also
declared the quarterly dividend of
Sl.0b 4 per share on the preferred,
payable october 81 to stock of rec
ord October TO-
Pennsy's Earnings Lower.
Net railway operating income of
the Pennsylvania R. R. in August
totaled Sl0,l08,054, a decrease of So
$50 l22 from last year. Revenues
We're S34 ,936,l37 higher than in Au-
gust, 1943, but expenses were up
s64 ,460,770. Operating income in
the eight months amounted to ST.
994,l08, a decrease of Sl8,2695l5.
AS noted elsewhere in The Star,
1t. Col. Robert c. Downie gave a
most comprehensive address on the
settlement of war contracts, before
Washington Chapter, National As
Soclatlon of Cost Accountants. and
the District Institute of Certified
Public Accountants at the Washing
ton Hotel last night.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
CHICAGO Grain

CHICAGO. Sept % tPt-Corn futures
sold fractionally higher in late trading and
other grains recovered some OF their early
losses. Short covering developed after
wheat had dropped as much as cent and
rye had broken more than ; cents.
The rally III wheat carried prices almost
on buying credited 10 a leading local op-
orator and purchases for a cash house
The trade IN corn was light and the
market was quickly objected by small or
ders: Some short covering was prompted
frost
There was an avalanche of early sellins
in the rye pit, but offerings dried up later
apparently as result of rallies in the
cotton ana wheat markets
At the close wheat was unchanged TO =
lower than yesterdays finish. December
l.hl- .604s; corn was ia-Ts higher, De
cember .l.7s oats were 10 higher to :.
lower, December .03'4, and barley was a.
= hlgher. December OIL
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Arrears to Be Paid
By Austin Nichols
y the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. 28.-Austin
Nichols & Co., Inc. announced today
dividend of So share on its prior
"A stock on account of arrears
would be paid November 10 to stock
holders Of record October 27. The
company paid 50 a share in July
and had paid 81 so share ip March
against arrearages, In l943 pay
ments aggregated $3.50.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Sept % Up-Foreisn ex.
change rates follow Great Britain in dol.
lars, others in cents):
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
| ket 1Oh per cent discount or s915 United
States cents. unchanged
Europe-Great Britain, oftcial buying.
4.02; selling, 4 .04
Latin America-Areentina free o4s5.
unchanged; Brazil, free, 5.25n, Mexico.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Scorcities May Curb
Production of TOYS

Ey ne hShOclateC PTeSS-
Manufacturers Of toys expect to
reconvert from war production in 80
to 80 days after the fall of Germany
but their output may be limited by
scarcity of materials.
The industrys Advisory Commit
tee, the War Production Board re-
ported, predicts manufacturers may
have difficulty obtaining sufficient
supplies of lumber, textiles, rubber
leather and paper board. Toys OF
stamped metal can be produced
without delay, the committee said.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Construction Awards
Up Sharply in Week
BY the Associated Press

BY Ihe ASSOC ated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28-Engineer.
ing construction awards this week
amounted to S30845 900, compared
with $l9.235O00 in the preceding
week and s50,722 900 in the like
period OF l943, Engineering News
Record reported today.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Odd-Lot Declines

PHILADELPHIA, Sept os lP,-The Sc.
curities Commission reported today these
transactions by customers with odd-lot
Stock Exchange for September 81. 2,2s7
purchases involving "a ,229 shares; 2.342
Shnrt sales involving sra Sha res -
Evening star., 1944-09-28
RoiIrood Eorninqs

General Motors Corp. production
Of Wildcat fighter planes at Linden,
N. Y, has been ordered cut by the
Navy Department. Around 1000
employees will be released in October.
Evening star., 1944-09-28

Approximate SaIss TO-DAY
100 am l29 <4o 1900 noon 2s3 500
100 m 3el 23o 300 pm Ae3 200
+Unit of trading 10 shares; sales printed
in full r In bankruptcy or receivership or
beng reorganized under Bankruptcy Act.
Rates OF dividends in the foregoing table
quarterly or semi-annual declaration. Un-
less otherwise noted special or extra divi-
dends are not included xEx dividend
xr Ex rights a Also extra or extras Cash
or stock. Declared or paid 50 far this
year. Payable in stock. Paid last year
| lated dividends paid or declared this year
Evening star., 1944-09-28
N. 7. Bond Market
FURNISHED by the Associated PPess.)
SELECTED LIST OF ISSUES.

1T OF ISSUES.
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Int T&T 4hs 50 9oA
Int TAT IS s. -
Iowa Cen IS 81 8
Jam F&C 1850 1874
& c Sou 81 So 05M
z c Sou 3s 90 6eh
Lorrilard IS 90 lo3h
) Manati 8 As ST. 1874
MKT IS 62 A. TN
No p IS 77F 66La
Mo p bs 81 / 66lA
Mo P gen 4s rs 24A
Nor g. Z Ans bS 57iA
NashC&SL ~ 7s 06A
NO Term IS SO 1854
NYC RI IS 2Ol3 7oM
NYC 4Kss20l3A 64Hs
lNYCHR 3hs ~ 94N
NYCMC 31as 90 u
NYChsL 4Ess7S 1904
SYNHH 6s 4S 56
! NYNHH lhs o. 54iA
NYNHH As A. 4oia
NyNHH As 81 23
INYNHH 3 hs 81 "a
NYWB 4hs 40 23iA
Norf 8 4kas 96-. 65h
} Nor p o. 2O47 96A
Nor p AS 2Ol7 76
Nor p IS 2O47-- 63h
IOhio Ed As 65 l0A
Pen RR CA " $50 l2A.S
Pen RR 4lzsd7O loAs1
Pen RR g4AsS1 lisa
Pen RR 4Kss4EllsH
Pen RR 3As 50 .o3A
} Phil Ell gas IL lo2N
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Phi RCI IS 70 ct 60iA
Phil Ry Is 81 ~
, PhillipsP 3s.s64 lo1iA
PWVa 417s5s A 73
} Prov Secu Is 81 n
, StLSP IS so B.. A3iA
StLSP Ans 7S- "a
5tLSF Is so A. Al
J StLSW IS 50 eoIs
StLSW RI IS 90. -
Sea AL c g. IS A2iA
Sea AL 4s 80 st GIN
} Sea AL II 4s SO. 29M
SO Pac AIS 68- ~
So Pac 4hs 81 75M
} so Pac RI Is S. lo2h
SoPac4 4ssOr77 04Z
Sou Ry en- bs o. ll6iA
, StdOCal PAS SO LOB
! T g. p IS n B 0AH
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Va Ry 3As 66-- lo7N
|. Waba sh 4K4s 81 TN
. W Pac lst 81 46 %
Evening star., 1944-09-28

New York, Lackawanna e. West
ern Railway stockholders approved
merger with Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Dividends Announced

NEW. YORK, Sept 2s R.-Dividends
declared:
Extra.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
WASHINGTON Exchunqe

SALES.
Washington Gas common-l5 at 24A
Capital Transit Co.-14 at 30
Garnnckel common-5O At 1879.
Evening star., 1944-09-28

| 'Ex dividend. tPus extras. tD Paid so
far this year. fe) 90 extra. % Sc ex-
ira k) 1Oc extra. tp) Paid in 1913.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-20
PressureGroupsPointWdy
To Mild FdsCism in u. ).
Government by Majority Rule Ceases to
Exist When Various Interests Begin
Trading Votes for Concessions.
By BAUKHAGE
Nesos analyst and Commentator.

g. Government must al
ways be by majority but let it
not be by party controversy and
party majority. In this country
at the present time, there seems
to be coming into being a CEN
trail body Of opinion very well
and adequately represented on
all sides of this house. It is to
that central body of opinion that
/ should like the government
to appeal in a holder and more
forward-stepping policy :"
This speaker continues his appeal
for single central body of opin-
ion" and warns against dividing a
people (the British who provide
some bridge between the extreme
capitalism of the United States and
the extreme collectivism of Russia"
Just what all this was getting at,
I understood a little better when I
read an article by Freda Kirchway
in the Nation on the mood in Britain.
Miss Kirchway had interviewed a
number Of people in England and
she says that 'big business forces
in England have recognized more
clearly than these forces in Amer
lea the need for government con-
troll" They are ready, she says,
to accept the government as a part
ner to save themselves from liquida-
ton.
Some Of the people interviewed by
Miss Kirchway gave her the impress
sion that they saw in the set-up
ahead "a successful, polite form of
semi-fascisrn, which will prove &C.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-20
A Flared Skirt for
Your Dressing Table

HOW to cut a fared dressing
- table skirt without fullness at
the top, is something worth know
ing. You may be making a smart
ly tailored affair of white pique
with pink bindings and buttons,
like the one shown here.
The diagram shows how to make
pattern for half of the skirt. The
center front may be placed on a
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-20
FIR
to the
AILING HOUSE
Roger B. whitman-wNU Features.
MUSTY SMELL
BY ROGER 3. WHITMAN

Question: We live in a very old
garage fiat over a clean private
garage. The woodwork, however, is
very old, and the windows high and
not suited to cross ventilation. There
is musty smell in the house that
is present in some old houses, al
though the place is not damp. We
have a gas furnace and there is
nothing to cause this odor except
aged woodwork. Can you suggest
some deodorant to overcome this
condition? We have more trouble in
summer than in winter.
Answer: Where there is a musty
smell Of that kind you may suspect
rotting wood somewhere. It would
be well to make thorough exami-
nation to see If any of the timbers
or parts of building are damp, or
II there is leakage. In the mean
time you can clear up much Of the
odor with special preparations that
are on the market for just this pur-
pose. Inquire at your hardware or
drug store. One or two saucers of
household ammonia would also
sweeten the air. You can help the
ventilation along by placing an cleo
trio fan on the floor, blowing toward
an open door or window.
Gurgling Sink
Question: We have a septic tank,
and when the plumbing fixtures In
the bathroom upstairs are used
there is gurgling in the sink down.
stairs. What causes it and what can
we do to remedy it?
Answer: The piping connections
may be faulty so that when a large
volume of water comes down the
pipe from the bathroom above it
creates suction, causing the water
in the sink trap to gurgle, and, in
some cases draws it down. Some
times an accumulation of grease will
cause this trouble. II your plumber
can furnish you with an anti-siphon
trap under the sink this should re-
Ieve the gurgling. Il none is avail
able, large trap with deep water
seal may help. All septic tank In
stallations should have a grease trap
connected to the line from the sink.
Cracked StuccO
Question: My house is built Of
fireproof tile with a cement finish
on the outside. This cement finish
has quite a few cracks on the out
side walls. How can I finish up
these cracks permanently, and make
a decent looking job?
Answer: Hairline cracks In the
wall can be covered by painting with
a damp-proof cement base paint.
Larger cracks should first be wild
ened and made deeper, then patched
with cement mortar. You can get
ready prepared patching mortar and
the cement base paint at most ma
son material yards. Follow the
printed directions.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-20

fold of the goods in cutting if there
is no front opening. Cut the paper
by the dimensions in the diagram.
Mark point A in 14-inches from
the upper left corner. Measure up
from the lower right corner a dis
lance equaling the length Of the
skirt from A to the left edge of the
paper and mark point c. Connect
these points with lines drawn, as
shown.
NOTE-There are three other interest
ing styles Of dressing tables with detailed
directions for making in SEWING Book /.
Also slip covers, draw curtains, and nu.
Imerous household articles. Copy of BOOK
will be mailed for is cents. Address: