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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
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Dec. 81 Fellowsville-away
Jan. 8 Bruce-home
Jan. 6 Barton-away
Jan. 8 Grantsville-home
Jan. 10 Friendsville-away
Jan. Ia Aurora-away
Jan. II Bayard-away
Jan. q Accident-home
Jan. "a Kitzmiller-home
Jan. % Friendsville-home
Jan. 81 Pending
Feb. 5 Grantsville-away
Feb. 7 Central-home
Feb. II Bayard-home
Feb. IA Accident-away
Feb. IS Aurora-home
Feb. q Parsons (Pending)
Feb. 25 Kitzmiller-away
Feb. 26 Fellowsville-home
Feb. 90 Barton-home
Mar. A Elk Garden-home
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service for several months, left We'd
nesday night for Camp Stoneman,
California, where he is awaiting an
overseas assignment.
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A $75> 900, 600 Program to
Expond ond Improve Telephone Service

The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Com
pany of Baltimore City has every faith in the
future of Maryland and it is planning to
spend STE, 100000 in this state for new plant
in the next five years. For people are con-
stantly needing more and better telephone
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26

he Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Company of Baltimore City has filed an ap-
plication with the Public Service Commission
for an increase in telephone rates.
This is an important step for us and we
would like every customer to know the reasons
for it.
Suppose You We're Running tho
Telephone Business
You'd try to render good service, pay good
wages, make reasonable profit and lay little
aside for rainy day. To do so, there would be
one thing you'd have to ask of your customers
"a fair price for what you sold.
That's the way we look at it. We've made
number of reductions in telephone rates in the
last twenty years and made the telephone more
useful and of greater value to more people.
The last time there was general increase
in local telephone rates in Maryland was in
1925, or Fl years ago. In the meantime there
have been reductions resulting in savings
to customers of greater amount than the
increases now requested.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
PoyroIls and
All MoferioI Costs Hove Gone Up

Since 1925 the cost of almost everything
that goes to make good telephone service has
gone way up.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26

Just since 1889, the payrolls of this COM
pany have increased 2159o. Building costs are
900 higher than in 1889 Material costs in
general are way up.
The cost of poles, for instance has gone up
$3.50 since before the war Lead-covered cables
and bare copper wire 800. Steel wire $3.50.
Telephone instruments 1870 and switchboards
about $3.50.
When we go out to buy anything we have
the same problems you have. The only differ
ence is that our needs and our market-basket
are so much larger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26

service. Nearly $4,000 people in this terri
tory have waited for telephone for months
because building and expansion were held up
during the war and have been slowed up since
by shortages.
Many improvements in service can be made
and will be made as soon as equipment can be
obtained and installed, including the extension
of service to more farm families and the i'm
provement of existing service in rural areas.
Our plans are all set and ready.
The telephone industry will not be able to
raise the large amounts of money needed to
carry out these plans unless it is permitted to
earn enough to make thousands of men and
women of average means want to invest their
savings in the business.
Reasonable Telephone Jennings
Important to Everybody
The supply of money is not inexhaustible
and no business has monopoly on it. 1t flows
to the companies that offer continuing safety
and reasonable return.
1t is important, therefore, to everybody who
uses the telephone = to everyone who works
for it = and to everybody who invests in it -
that earnings be on fair basis and in line
with the service rendered and the job to be
DONE
We want you to know that we ask for this
rate increase only after increasing costs have
made it necessary.
The people of this community have always
been fair to the telephone company and we
believe you will understand the reasons for
this request for increased rates.
If you were running the telephone business,
we believe you would say that an increase
in rates is necessary.
The increase we ask will not produce all
the added revenue that current costs indicate
is needed, However, it will give us imme-
diate relief in the present critical situation
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
How Much Does tho
Telephone Company MoIee?


Most people think that the earnings of the
telephone company are much higher than they
really are. True, we have been doing a very
big volume of business serving more tele-
phones and handling more calls than ever in
our history.
But oar expenses haze increased much faster
than revenues. These rising costs haze re-
duced the earnings to the Lowest point in the
entire history of our company.
So today the earnings of this company are
critically low. Earnings on the company's in
vestment are currently less than 21A%.
The telephone company did not profit by the
war. These low earnings have come in years
when the volume of telephone business has
been breaking all records!
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several days here with his parents,
Sheriff and Mrs. J. S. Teats

James Krause, who has been in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, May 20-(P9-
(~USDA)-Hogs: Markets steady
at ceiling. Good and choice bar
rows and gifts 120-330 lbs and up
$14.9 81 (Flat.) 1%00-120-lbs. 1910.
Good sows all weights AIS. Good
stays 14.15.
Cattle. Market fairly active,
generally steady with week ago.
Bulk good slaugh.- steers 1900
1900, few choice higher; medium
grade 15.0O-16.00, common 1900
400. Few good heifers around
15.%50-16.00; medium 14.00-15.0 90.
Common and medium COWS 1000
1900, with good quotable 1900
1880; %canneries and cutters 7.50-
$50. Good heavy bulls 12.00-13.0O,
few up to 400; medium HOO
15.00-16.00, cor-mon 10.00-13.00
choice vea1ers 17.O0-17.50, strictly
choice quotable higher; medium
115. 00-16.00, common 1c.0O-l3.00,
thin lower. Few lots good spring
lambs mostly 1900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, May 90 R -
Attention Of the cotton textile
market was focused on Washing
ton price control developments
Monday where amendments may
be adopted liberalizing the profits
formula for the textile industry.
There was a strong demand for
goods from the bag trade and
other industrial users, notably the
rubber industry. Scattered lots
of print cloths and sheetings were
released FOR prompt delivery.
Wool goods convertors were in
terested in speeding up deliveries
of woolens and worsted for fall
lines and received some addition
al ALLEGATIONS from mills for the
third quarter.
The rayon goods market was
tight. DWindling fuel supplies and
lack of sufficient chemicals were
slowing down operations of some
rayon mills.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
NEW YORK

NEW YORK, May 2O-tR-Flour
strong; northwestern 80 per cent
extraction Goo lbs) 3.75. All pur-
poses bakers 80 per cent extraction
Goo lbs) 3.77, Southwestern type
80 per cent extraction Goo lbs) 3.75.
Rye flour strong; fancy patents
Goo lbs) 7.4O-65.
Cornmeal Goo lbs) steady; white
graduated 1888 I'm, yellow 3.44
I'm.
Beans: Gobbing sales on spot
market) steady; Marrow JUMBO
9.55, pea No. /, 6.97-7.16, Red klo-
ney ITO.
Nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
BOND AVERAGES
Compiled by The Associated Press
Nav On
LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, May 20-(P-Fed
steers returned to the $500 cell
ing price today for the first time
in a week. Receipts of cattle were
off 1000 head from last Monday,
and Eastern buyers worked under
increased demand. the two influ-
ences accounting for higher prices
on virtually all kinds and grades.
Most steers wer; $1,000 to 17.65,
tn ceiling going to 1,~202-pound
averages and three loads getting
$3.50. Heifers, cows, and bulls
were scarce. Veal calves held
firm at $1.00, most bringing $16.5O,
while stockers weighing $40 pounds
in choice grade brought up to
up to $16.75.
Shippers again took 1000 head of
the days $500 salable hogs and
1000 went to packers. Ceilings
prevailed at $14.85 for barrows
and gifts, $14.10 for sows.
City butchers paid the $17.35 top
on slaughter lambs for good and
choice 111-pound Nebraska fed
wooded items, and another local
killer took wooded lambs at $1,000
to $3.50. Nativ woolSkins were
worth $17.00, and slaughter ewes
were strong at $3.50 for wooded
and $3.50 for shorn kinds.
Total receipts were 10, 900 cattle,
400 calves, and 3,700 sheep.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
COTTON
E YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, May 20-P)CCot-
ton futures rallied sharply in late
dealings Monday encouraged by
the series of price decontrol
amendments introduced in the
Senate. Final quotations were at
or near the best for the day to
show gains of $1.15 to $1.45 a bale.
Traders gave most attention to
the Barley amendment which was
regarded as a withdrawal of the
administrators strong stand
against relaxing controls. There
was also interest in the Bankhead
amendment to eliminate govern
meni March requirements on the
Gotten futures trading.
Unfavorable private crop reports
accounted for some persistent New
Orleans buying and mill covering.
One report from Greenwood. Miss
issiopi, said most cotton fields in
that section are already grassy
as a result of heavy rains.
Spot cotton markets we're quiet.
Futures closed $1.15 to $1.45 a
ILL L.-L>
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, May 20-(P)-Clos-
ing foreign exchange rates follow
Great Britain in dollars, others
in cents.)
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 9 sic per cent dis
count or O.68 ga U. S. cents. down
.06 IA of a cent.
Europe: Great Britain $4.03 IL,
unchanged; France (Franc) .o4l IA,
unchanged.
Latin-America: Argentine Free
24.46, unchanged; Brazil Free 5.25;
Mexico 90 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
GRAIN
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, May 20 - (P - A
sharp reversal in the May rye
trend featured grain trading Mon
day. Opening 5 cents lower, the
contract held at that limit de-
cline until about Is minutes be-
fore the close when buyers en-
tered the pit and sent the price
soaring 10 cents from the low.
Final quotations on May rye was
So. 80 3-8, or S cents higher than
Saturdays finish. The May was
up S cents at Minneapolis while
all rye futures were ahead S cents
at Winnipeg. Stimulating the up
turn here was the purchase of TO-
900 bushels Of No. 2 rye at $2.32--
3-8, which was 10 cents above the
May quotation at the time of pur-
chase.
Wheat held at ceilings through
out the session with very little
trade developing. New orn con-
tracts were relatively weak, clos
ing IL Is lower, January $1.45-
IL, new oats were 1-8 lower to
3-8 higher, August S3 IL SO, and
old contracts were unchanged to
1 cent lower, September 30.
Trade dispatches said three to
five inches of rain fell in the
central Kansas wheat belt. Anna
rillo. Texas, received % cars of
the bread cereal overnight, which
compared with 9 cars a year ago.
The Argentine government esti-
mated 1916 wheat production at
143, 500, 00C bushels against an esti-
mate OF 149. 500, 900 bushels sew
eral months ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
Stock Exchange Trading
of Sluggish Tendencies

climbed 10 to $1O5. Pfizer was up
4 at s74.5 Philip Norris "a at
s48. 81, America Woolen 2 at $61.62
Curtiss-Wright "A' ga at $24.25
and International Telephone, sec
ond liveliest stock, at "a at $27.25.
SteeIs Advance
Others in front, included U. S.
Steel. Bethlehem, Chrysler, Gen
eral Motors, Santa Fe, Great North
ern, Baltimore & Ohio, N. Y.
Central, Mo1tgomery Ward, In
ternational Harvester, Beech AIR
craft. Columbia Gas, Anaconda,
Dow Chemical, Allied Chemical
Phelps, Dodge and Texas company
On the losing end we're Goodrich,
Sears-Roebuck, Electric Power q
Light, Public Service of New Jer-
sey, International J excl, Air he
duction, Eastman Kodak and
Standard Oil IN. j.
Bonds Irregular
Bonds were irregular. At the
Chicago new corn contracts were
off l to l 1-8 cents a bushel, new
oats off g to up 3-8 and old oats
unchanged to off /. May rye re-
covered 5 cents a bushel. Cotton
turned strong at the last and enoed
up $1.15 to $1.45 a bale.
In the Curb Todd Shipyards add
ed 6 1-2 points at $751; on sales OF
1870 shares. Modest Improvement
was retained by United Light,
Diana stores Con an increased div
idend,) Consolidated Mining and
Brown Rubber. The aggregate
here was 400, 900 shares versus
470, 900 in the previous 5-hour ses-
sion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, May 2O-PE(USDA)
THE butter market was firm and
unchanged at OPA ceiling prices
Monday: (bulk in fiber boxes) AA
SO score At; A 90 score 46 -; A
90 score 46 IA.
Eggs were weak; large No. l and
2 extras 36-37.4; No. 3 and 4 extras
1886; medium extras 1898; stan
dards 1884; current receipts 80
8 It's; Ai-ti~a Ms21: ahacks 30
30. so.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
PRICES ARE
OF RAGGED TREND
Low-Cost Rail Issues Gain
Slight Support Near
Session Close

NEW YORK, Ma 20-PE The
bond market followed a ragged
price line Monday, with a number
of the low-priced rails ahead at the
finish.
Prices were sensitive to small
orders and changes of as much as
2 points appeared on the tape. Most
fluctuations were fractional, how
ever.
Favorable Factor
Some dealers rated postpone
ment of the rail strike as a favor
able factor but with the possibility
of another halt in coal production
still hanging over the nation, trad
ers showed little eagerness to ex-
tend thei- accounts.
Closing higher were American
Telephone IS at 1853 "a. Chicago,
Indianapolis & Louisville IS of 1T
at % IL, Nortl- Western 4 LIS at
81, Rock Island convertible LIS
at "a IL and Denver & Rio Grande
Western assented SIS at "a.
Losing Side
On the losing side we're North
ern Pacific collateral 4 LIS at 10
ga, Seaboard Ain e income 4 LIS
at "a, Southern Railway general
IS at 116, Hudson & Manhattan in
come IS at 38 and Great Western
income 41-2s at II.
Long-term U. S. governments
headed downward again. Victory
Loan Dec. 2 LIS were priced at
1O3 1882 bid in the over-the-counter
market for a loss of 6-32. Trade IN
the Stock Exchange was at a stand
still.
Foreign's Improve
A number of Lat1n-Amerlcan IS
sues improved in the foreign dol
lar section.
Volume of S., 45O, 900 compared
with So, 420, 900 Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
NEW E MIDDLING

NEW ORLEANS, May 20-PC
The average price Of middling 10
16-inch cotton at ten designated
southern spot markets was $l.4o
a bale higher at 27.31 cents a
pound; average for the past ~
market days 27.72; middllng ID
inch average 26.65.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
NEW o

NEW ORLEANS, May 20-R-
Spot cotton closed steady $1.5O
a bale higher here Monday. Sales
1877, low middling 1890, middling
27.25, good middling 27.65, receipts
7,025, stock 261, 1926.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
Steels, Motors, Special Is
sues Advance On
Quiet Market
MARKETS AT A GLANCE

MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK, May 20 up -
Stocks-steady; selected issues
advance.
Bonds-mixed; changes narrow
Cotton - higher; New orleans
buying; mill covering.
wheat - unchanged at cehlngs.
CHICAGO
Corn new contracts weak.
Rye-May advanced 5 cents.
Hogs-active and steady at cell
ings; top SASS.
Cattle-active, steady to strong;
top $500.
NEW YORK, May 2o-(P-steels.
motors, rails ana special issues
pushed up in Mondays market al
though many leaders were indlf-
ferent and dealings relatively slug
gish.
Postponement of the rail strike
was helpful to sentiment and re-
vived hope that this controversy
as well as he serious coal s1tua-
tons, soon would be adjusted. A
smattering of cheering dividends,
earnings and further splitup talk
buoyed individual favorites. MI
merous customers held aloot, how
ever, to await labor developments.
Ticker Idle
From the start the ticker tape
frequently Vas at a standstlll Dut
achieved some activity in the final
hour. Gains generally ranged from
fractions to 2 points or so at the
close with scattered thin issues
executing broader jumps. Trans
fers of $40, 900 shares compared
with $50, 900 Friday and were the
smallest for a full stretch since
March %. OF 927 issues appearing,
fewest since April 2, 528 rose and
224 fell. The Associated Press 60
stock average was up 6 of a point
at 1877, best come back since May
10.
Du Pont, down most of the day,
rallied at the finish for a net ad-
vance of S IA points at $216.5O
when directors lifted the dividend
from SIPS to SITS. H. L. Green
common, on sales of 300 shares,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
N G HnG

RALEIGH, May, 10 R -
(NCDA)-Hog markets active and
steady with tops of 14.55 at Gin
ton and Rocky Mount and 1890
at Richmond.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
POULTRY

RALEIGH, May 20 @ -
MCDA)-Poultry and eggs market
firm and steady.
RALEIGH-U. S. Grade A, large
~. Fryers and broilers 51.3.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Ca, May 2o-P-
Turpentine, 83 IL; offerings, 93S.
Rosin; Offerings and sales, SO;
receipts, rs; shipments, none;
stocks, 5,028.
Quote: Prices unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
L

WASHINGTON-U. S. Grade A.
large, Al, extra large 43. broilers
and fryers 34.4 to 34.7.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
DAIRY PRODUCTS

CHICAGO, May 2O-RE Butter
firm; receipts (two days. 377, oso,
eggs, unsettled; receipts two days.
1852.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
NEW COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, May 2O-(P-
Cotton futures closing quotations
were very steady $1.40 to $1.55.
A bale higher.
npon E;oh Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-21
CASH GRAIN

CASH CHAIN
CHICAGO, May 20-R)-Wheat:
No. 2 red and hard, 1877 nominal,
ceiling.
Corn: No. 2 yellow, 1.45 IA
nominal; No. 3 yellow. 1.43 "a
nominal.
Oats: No. 2 grades, 1892 nomi-
nal.
Barley: Mailing 1.34SHRDLU
nominal; feed 1918 IL nomi-
nal.
Evening star., 1946-10-21
1st Division Pays Tribute
To Dead Of Two Wars

The 10000 men who died in both
World Wars fighting with the fa-
nous 1st Infantry Division were
honored here yesterday in wreath
laying ceremonies at the 1st Divi-
sion Monument.
Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall,
former Army Chief Of Staff and re-
firing president of the 1st Divi-
sion Society, led the delegation OF
veterans. Dressed in civilian CLOTH
ing and fanked by Maj. Gen. w. G.
Wyman, president of the District
society,". Gen. Summerall placed the
wreath on the monument on behalf
of all. 90
The floral tribute was modelled in
flowers after the divisions green
and red insignia. In a brief talk,
Gen. Summerall read excerpts from
a speech made 20 years ago by Presi-
dent Coolidge when the memorial
column, surmounted by a figure of
the Winged Victory, was dedicated.
Ralph o. Lundgren, president of
the Second Division Society, also
placed a wreath on the monument
to commemorate the fact that the
two divisions fought side by side in
both wars. The ceremonies high
lighted two days of the society's first
reunion since 1899,
Evening star., 1946-10-21
Four New Polio Cases Bring
Area Total for Year 10 III

Four new polio cases over the
week end were reported today by
the District Health Department
bringing the total for this year to
Ill in the Metropolitan Area.
Diagnoses at Children's Hospital
included 3-year-old boy living in
the 900 block Of North Edison street
Arlington, admitted Saturday; 81
month-old boy from the 500 block
of High street, Alexandria, admitted
yesterday, and a 7-year-old boy
from the HOO block Of North Stuart
street, Arlington, admitted last
Thursday. All were reported in fair
condition.
7. The fourth case was listed at
Gallinger Hospital, where a o.
year-old expectant mother of Green
belt, Md, was admitted and dag
nosed yesterday. Hospital authori-
ties said she became ill about a
week ago, but that she was now
getting along very we'll"
Health Department figures for
this year show 81 nearby cases and
"a in the city. On the same date
last year there were 104 victims
from the nearby area and 118 in
the city.
The last reported case in local
hospitals was announced last
Wednesday, according to the Health
Department.
Evening star., 1946-10-21
a Of 5 Youths Accused
In 8 Ho|dups Here
Held for Grand Jury

Four Of five youths accused of
taking part in eight holdups here
were held for grand jury action to-
day at a preliminary hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner
Needham C. Turnage. The fifth,
who is IT years old, awaited hear
ing in. Juvenile Court.
Those to face the grand jury,
with bonds set, are:
William Henry Harrison, 20, of
the 2100 block of Eighteenth street
NV, $500.
Edward F. Polcen, II, of the 1900
block of Taylor street NE, $1,000.
Richard G. Wakefield, 81, New
Albany, Ind, $500.
Albert w. Renfrow, 10, of the 1400
block of Irving street NV, $500.
Identified BY Victims.
At a lineup at police headquarters
last night, Harrison was pointed out
as the trigger man" by victims of
at least eight holdupS.
Polcen was identified by victims
of two holdups. Police said he had
admitted taking part in six others.
The other suspects were not iden-
titled at the lineup.
Police 1t. Robert Murray, head of
the robbery squad, said Renfrow was
arrested yesterday at Fourteenth
and Irving streets NV. after he had
been implicated by the other four.
Harrison and Wakefield were ar
rested Thursday IN. Columbia, S. c.
on United States Commissioner S
warrant charging holdup and rob-
berry. They arrived here Saturday
with Detective Sergts. Otto Fuss
and Daniel Kennedy.
Polcen and the 17-year-old boy
were arrested in Miami, Fla, also
on warrant and arrived here yes
terday in the custody of Detective
Sergt. George Cooper and Precinct
Detective Herbert Young.
Admits Part in Robbery.
1t. Murray said Wakefield ad-
mitted participation in a. Hot
Shoppe robbery and the holdnp Of
the Kennedy Liquor Store, 5501
First street NV.
Polcen has admitted being the
driver of the getaway car in six
holdups in addition to the two in
which he was identified, 1t. Murray
said.
According to 1t. Murray, the fol-
lowing holdups are believed solved
with the arrest of the youth:
September IT, $3.50 at Scholl's
Cafeteria, Fourteenth and Irving
streets NV: September %, $400
Hot Shoppe, 1910 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV; october 8, $245, Maryland
Wine and Liquor Store, 1907 Rhode
Island avenue, Mount Rainier; Oc-
tober 8, $500, Hot Shoppe, Alexan-
dria; october 16, $35, Hot Shoppe
230l Bladensburg road NE. and
October 16, $444, Kennedy Liquor
Store, 5501 First street NV. .s