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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-18

This is businesses program for the future To
bring it about as quickly as possible will require
your help. For its accomplishment will need
legislative action-action that you can encour-
age. Postwar tax policies that leave sufficient
funds for expansion. Laws that clearly prevent
unregulated monopoly. Labor policies that es-
tablish the responsibilities of both labor and
management. And business operation under law
instead Of by unpredictable "directive.'
Hyou wish to know more about this program,
write for the free booklet, How Americans Can
Earn More, Buy More, Hove More. Address:
National Industrial Information Committee,
IA West 49th Street, New York 20, NY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-18

jobs for more people - including returning
servicemen and demobilized war workers.
It proposes to put into workers hands the
most efficient tools available-so that a worker,
by increasing his production, may add still fur
ther to his earnings
To increase the opportunities for oil to buy,
business proposes to make full use of the tech
biological know how" it has accumulated during
the war to put on the market the finest products
that can be made, at the lowest prices for which
they can be sold.
1t proposes to seek, through amending study
and research in the fields of production and
distribution, every possible means for lowering
prices still further over the years, so that more
of the good things of life can be enjoyed by more
and more of the people.
ltproposes to encourage full and free competi-
ton to avoid restraint of trade and so assure
better and better values.
Evening star., 1944-03-14
Stock Leaders Down
Fractions 10 More
Than ST at Close
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writar

NEW YORK, Mar 14.-Customers
today cashed some of their profits
on the recent stock market bulge
and, while there were scattered
spots of resistance, leaders retreated
fractions to a point or more.
Again earnings and dividends, plus
political hopefulness. served as sus-
tanning factors for the list as a
whole and for individual favorites in
particular. Accounts were trimmed
here and there, however, on the
theory the swing had been a bit too
fast and that the technical situation
stood in need of correction.
Prices began to slip after a rel
atively steady opening. Dealings,
fast in the morning, turned sluggish
at intervals in the final three hours
although transfers for the full pro-
ceedings ran to around 100000
shares. While near closing declines
were widespread. handful of new
1914 highs was in evidence.
Behind most of the time were
U. S. Steel, Chrysler, General Mo-
tors, Sante Fe, Goodrich, Interna-
tional Harvester, Southern Pacific
Southern Railway, Westinghouse
Du Pont, Schenley, Hiram Walker
Allied Chemical and United Air
craft. Peaks for 1914 were record
ed for Philco Radio and North
American among others. Ahead
now and then were Texas Co., Con-
solidated Edison, Woolworth and
| Anaconda.
Bonds were narrowly irregular.
Evening star., 1944-03-14
Business Briefs
Demand Deposits in banks o.

Demand Deposits in banks of 101
leading cities totaled S32 ,778, 900 900
on March 8, gain of $451 900 900
from a week earlier and $662 ,000, 900
above a year ago, the Federal Re-
serve Board reported. Holdings OF
Government obligations aggregated
sc3.522 100000, drop Of S376 000, ,00O
from a week earlier. but S9,414 ,000,-
0c0 above year ago.
Kennecott Copper Corp. earned
$44o66,292 or $415 a share in 1943
including postwar excess profits tax
refunds, compared with $48, ,321 26T
or S451 in 1912. Reserve for con-
tingencies was s4,o0oo0o against
$2,000,000 in 1912.
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp. re.
ported 1943 net of $19,023,679 o.
$3.50 share VS. 1912 profit of s2O,.
457,601 or 1924
Revere Copper & Brass Co. net
for 1943 was s1,7o8,554 or SO cent.
share against s1,749,374 or 81
cents in 1912
United Drug, Inc, earned $685..
OPS or S1.70 a share in 1943, COM
pared with S2,301 ,230 or s1.64 ir
1912. Manufacturing activities viii
be consolidated in st. Louis. Casf
for this and other improvements viii
come from earnings and prevent EN-.
barking on a dividend program
President Justin w. Dart said.
American Home Products Corp
net for 1e43 was s4,896,244 or $3.50
a share against $4,286, ,245 or $50.
on smaller number of shares il
1912.
Packard Motor Car Co. earned
$4,754587 or BIT cents a share II
l943, compared with S4,726,237 o.
31.5 cents in 1912. President George
T. Christopher emphasized that $2,.
100000 of the 1943 net was postwar
excess profits tax credit, which viii
not be refunded until after the war
and added that 1914 production vii
be double the 1943 mark.
Canadian Pacific Railway reported
1943 net income of s42 ,982,718 OF
s2.83 a share VS.. 1912 net of s40,-
354,267 or s2.63.
Union Tank Car Co. net for 1874;
was s3,074,l72 or s235 a share, com
pared with s2,70l ,286 or s25l ir
1912.
City Ice & Fuel Co. earned S2842,.
899 or Sl.81 a share in l943 VS.
So 449 l46 or $l47 in the previou.
year.
Crown Cork International Corp
declared a dividend Of 25 cents E
share on class A stock, payable Apri
! to holders of record March 20
Payments of 10 cents were made or
April and July last year, Is cents
on October l and 20 cents on De.
cember 20.
Kansas City Southern voting con.
troll is reported to have been &C,
quired in the open market by 6
group of Midwestern and Southern
businessmen.
Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator
Co. stockholders will vote March 2;
on proposed splitup in common
shares on 2-for-l basis.
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. vii
redeem its 7Tc bonds maturing Oc
tober ! from a $4,000, 900 maxi
mum" revolving credit negotiated
in 1943.
Monsanto Chemical Co. has &C
quired I. F. Laucks, Inc, Seattl
manufacturing chemists and pro
ducers of plywood CLUES, through al
exchange of stock.
United States Steel Corp. reported
common stockholders on Februar,
II totaled 1878, a gain of l,72
since November 10, l943, while pre-
ferred stockholders of record Janu
ary % totaled 1876, an increase O
463 since October %, l943.
Evening star., 1944-03-14
Wholesale Commodity
Index Up Slightly

The weekly wholesale commodity
price index, compiled by the Ma
tional Fertilizer Association, ad-
vanced Slightly to 1870 in the week
ending March II from 1853 in the
preceding week. A month ago this
index registered 1870 and a year
ago 1854 based on the l935-193o
average as 100.
The increase in the general level
OF the all-commodity price index was
due primarily to higher quotations
Tor both light and heavy hogs, which
IN turn caused a marked rise in the
livestock and farm products index
numbers. A sharp rise in raw cot
ton was another contributing factor
Evening star., 1944-03-14
North American Co.
Reports Net Raised
To S1.S5 a Share
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Consolidated net income of tn
North American Co. and subsid
iaries for l943 amounted to $40,
7l9,430 after all expenses, interes
charges and taxes. equal, after pay
ment of preferred dividends, to 81 81
per share on the common, compared
with Sta share in 1912.
After leaving s4,927 $50 of sub.
sidiary company earnings in tht
business of the subsidiaries, NORTH
Americans corporate net income
alone amounted to $1.28 common
share against S131 in 1912.
President E.. l.. Shea says foul
operating companies have spent
$145,000,000 for expansion since
1889. but have experienced no finan-
cial gain as a result of the war. The
consolidated tax bill was $35 SGT ,00C
almost equal to the $37 ,063, ,0OC
payroll and taking % cents a share
from every dollar received for sales
and services. The operating pay
roll has increased A per cent since
1888, while taxes have jumped 9e
per cent.
Customers of North American
companies are receiving electric
service at less than prewar prices
Compared with a national average
of 3.64 cents per kilowatt hour in
1943, the 1,1S3,0O0 households
served by our system paid an av-
erage of 292 cents, per cent less
than in 1899, while the cost of living
has gone up "a per cent" the report
says.
The report states that the plan
of reorganization filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion last August, and which con-
templates the eventual transfer to
common stockholders of direct
ownership of North Americans five
principal utility holdings, is still
pending before the Commission.
Norment Heads River Line.
G. F. Norment, Jr. was reelected
president of the Norfolk g. Wash
ington Steamboat Co. at the an
nual meeting of the directors yes
terday. G. w. Forsberg was named
vice president: Odell S. Smith, sec
retary- treasurer, and j. Allen Rior-
don, general manager. Directors,
all reelected, include Edgar N.
Brawner, G. w. Forsberg, Woodson
P. Houghton, Albert w. Howard, A.
G. Neal, Messrs. Norment, Riordon,
Smith and Corcoran Thorn.
Heavy Bond Sales Noted.
During 1943 Peoples Drug Stores,
Inc, had a part in the sale of War
Bonds with a maturity of $1,441,-
600 and War Savings Stamps
amounting to more than $330,O00,
the annual report states.
In addition, the company bought
Government securities amounting
to $4,000 and in February of this
year bought $250,000 more.
Stockholders were pleased with
the net earnings of $232 per share
on common compared with $2.16 a
year ago.
Electricity Sales Mount.
Kilowatt hour sales Of the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co. in February
registered a substantial gain. Sales
in the District Of Columbia totaled
113,664,679 XVIII, against 03,038, ,22o
in February, 1943, an increase of 10,-
626, ,459, or 1881 per cent.
Railroads and railways used 7.54
per cent more electricity than last
year, and highway lighting 3.6l per
cent, while other sales ran 1888 per
cent ahead, reaching 99,326, 1926 XVIII.
Evening star., 1944-03-14

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4 IWynbrg Sh.75 GA
in the forego1ne table
nents based on the last
Evening star., 1944-03-14
New Industries Added

BALTIMORE, Mar. IA (SpeciaD -
Three new industries were acquired
for Baltimore during February and
the expansion of nine existing plants
took place. The new establishments
and expansions represent plant in
vestment of s360,000. They will
require 395 additional workers.
Evening star., 1944-03-14

Rates OF dividends in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration On
less otherwise noted special or extra div
idends are not included Also extra or
extras, d Cash or stock Paid last year
Payable In stock Declared or paid so
far this year b Payable in Canadian funds
k Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year WV With warrants xw Without
VA
Evening star., 1944-03-14
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Mar. IA GP-Cotton re-
hedge selling and liquidation induced by
favorable war developments and technical
rupted rise OF more than $500 a bale since
the beginning of the month Selling was
absorb d principally through seals down
mill price fixing against textile contracts
Late afternoon values were 40 to so
cents a bale lower; March, 21.2I; May,
Evening star., 1944-03-14
United Fruit Orders
Dividend of IS Cents
By the Associated Prose

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar. 14.-The United
Fruit Co. has declared a dividend
OF rs cents common share pay
able April IS to holders of record
March %. A similar amount was
paid on January Is, and last yea,
the company paid so cents a share
on April Is.
Evening star., 1944-03-14
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO Mar. IA QP.-Grain futures
prices drifted lower today in quiet trade
publish, character. Scattered sales helped
TO weaken the market, but the chief factor
aperared to be lack of interest on the part
ftraders. ~ N"A
Closing at or near the days low points,
wheat finished "a to y lower than the
previous close, May 1.71h. July 1.ssA-as:
rye showed losses of - to i cent, Nav
1.2SA-H: oats were OF ss to u, May 81 "a
and barley was Va to / sent lower, May
Evening star., 1944-03-14

oepWnlInDer I.I6Hs I.1bB 116 1.16
"hea'' none. Corn, sample grade yell
low. 90A: Barley. mating. I'a5-1 44n
nominal: = IN feed, 1;15-1 .22la. nominal: No &
iroq' h;a9q' nominal: No. 3 mailing. SO. nom.
eeleid eid se.d; per 100 pounds timothv. < *.
4,oI' inI' nominal; red top. 14.00-I5 90, nom
clouer req eeloVer, 3l.3. 0nominal: sweet
Evening star., 1944-03-14
IN. 7. Bond Market
FURNISHED By the Associated Pressb
Sci ECTEn LIST nE RnNnS

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Evening star., 1944-03-14

100 am 267 $40 1900 noon $40 lao
LOO pm o5o loo zoo pm. 756 $40
tUnlt OF trading 10 shares sales printer
in tull IN bankruptcy or receiyersh1p or
beng reorganized under Bankruptcy Act
or securities assumed by such companies
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are actual disbursements based on lasr
quarterly or semi-annual declaration Un
less otherwise noted, special OF extra div.
dendS are not included YEy DIVIDEND
xr Ex rights a Also extra or extras Cash
or stock. Declared or paid so far this
year Payable in stock Paid Iast year
rayaple IN CANADIAN tunds Accumu-
lated dividends paid or declared this year
Evening star., 1944-03-14

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N. Y. Curb Market

Furnished by the Associated Press.)
LIST INCLUDES ONLY ISSUES CHANGED
FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Entire Jap Regiment
Wiped OUT Chinese
Along New Ledo Road
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, Jan. 3l.-An entire
japanese regiment has been wipee
out by Chinese troops fighting OF
the Ledo road, and another is being
drawn in for similar fate, Brig
Gen. Hayden Boatner, 1t. Gen. Jo-
seph W. Stilwell's chief of stan
said today. - -,
The statement threw new ligh,
on the scope OF the operation by
which the Chinese are clearing the
way for the Ledo road, being built
from extreme Northwest India
across North Burma into China
along the trail Of the old Burma
road.
Gen. Boatner came to New Delhi
after 10 months in the jungle area
on the Ledo road, where he and
other Americans have been coach
ing and assisting the Chinese ir
their first action on the India side
Of the front.
100 Miles Into Burma.
Gen. Stilwell's troops alread,
have penetrated nearly 100 miles
into Burma, the deepest strike in q
three-pronged attack now under
way.
The Chinese first met elements
OF the Japanese regiment at Yup-
bang village on the upper tributary
Iof the Chindwin which runs along
the western side of Burma. The
Japanese ambushed the Chinese
there and inflicted casualties, but
the Chinese dug in and held.
The Japanese immediately sent in
q force behind and surrounded them
Then for 80 days American pilots
new rations, ammunition and other
supplies to the trapped battalion
skimmtng treetops to deliver it ex-
actly into the hands of their allies.
Ultimately the Chinese formed q
new line still farther back 50 the
outer ring Of japanese in turn was
surrounded. Then they began a
tree -to-tree elimination. First the
outer ring was wiped out and As
japanese bodies were counted there
Then the Chinese encircled the sec
ond ring OF the enemy and there q
japanese major and three captains
the whole top row Of battalion Of
Evening star., 1944-01-31
MussoIini Demands
Defense Of Rome
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Jan. 31.-Benito Musso.
lini, commenting on the Allied land
ing at Nettuno, south of Rome, tolc
a group of his "Fascist-R Republican
generals at headquarters yesterday
that Rome is the life of our race
and it is now up to u.s."
The same speech, as broadcast by
Rome radio and recorded by the
Associated Press, reflected Musso-
linl's difficulties in trying to whip
into shape an effective Fascist army
to fight beside German troops.
'The consequence of the betrayal
(his own overthrow was the COM
plete destruction of all Italian
armed forces" he told the group,
which included his minister of de-
fense, Marshal Rodolfo Graziani.
~We have started afresh, but the re-
construction has been extremely
difficult, and the new army must not
be a copy Of the old army"
Mussolini declared the Allied
landing had boosted Italian defen-
sive morale because of its threat to
Rome, and "the problem that domi-
mates all is the return to the fight,
to pass from passive to an active
war" he said.
"The Fascist-Republican soldier
OF today will continue the glorious
traditions of past heroes who took
part in the defense of Rome in rre-
vious times"
With delegation of German Off
GERS also in attendance, Mussolini
commanded his followers ito pre-
pare men and means for months tc
come and to return to fight at the
side of Germany in Rome's defense.
Evening star., 1944-01-31


Arrested at Induction Center.
From torn shreds of an envelope
found in a rooming house recently
vacated by two men answering to
the description of the men described
by the cab driver, the detectives OBJ
tanned Carter'S Philadelphia ad-
dress. When they sought him for
questioning at his home in the
Pennsylvania city last week they
learned he had been indNcted into
the Army. He was later arrested at
the induction center at New Cum
berland, Pa. .
Dillahay was arrested in a Phila-
delphia hotel Saturday by Detec-
tive Sergts. Embrey and Myers of
the robbery squad, who had trailed
him across New Jersey and Penn
sylvania, police said.
Police said the men would be
taken to Baltimore this afternoon
for questioning in connection with
stolen jewelry recovered from pawn
shops by the police of that city,
Evening star., 1944-01-31
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