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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-06
Where's the Tin?

Down in the small southern
town where he lives, people are
so fond of Uncle Nose that the
elderly Negro has become a trifle
spoiled. One day he presented a
check for $19.42 at the local bank.
He took the money from the tell
er, counted it, then recounted it.
He didn't seem to be satisfied.
whats the matter, Uncle
Mose?" asked the teller. Isn't ii
right"
Yes" was the grudging reply,
but it just barely is"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-06
Miss Johnson Better

The condition of Miss Antha
Louise Johnson, Key West girl
Eplured IN Sunday nights auto
secident near the city, is mo
lonaer critical, the Municipal
Hospital said today. Her condi-
tlan was described as slightly i'm
pFuTed".
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-06
BICYCLE STOLEN

A Western Flyer bicycle with
gray frame and red tenders was
stolen Monday, the owner, Will
liam E. Nichols, Submarine Base,
has reported to police.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Recess ThusszsAs
5000 SeidenfeFg aNVmuN
nounce the birth ~ > HsM ~
a. m, yesterday ~ tlaN AianAs sa
Hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-06
These Women
These Women
Women Of s. Nations
Debate World Problems
BY ADELAIDE KERR
AP Newsfeatures Writer

COUTH KORTRlGHT N. Y.-One hundred niney-one
~ from So countries delegates the International Assembly
of Women here voed oil the way from American and Euro
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-06
SHARPCUT
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Continued from rage One)
of 81 per cent in charges now
paid the electric system. Fol
lowing is the summary of the
revenue reduction 10 ensue
from the proposed cut in rates:
Monthly Per Cent Annually
Sl.4l9.25 rs Sl7.03l.0 OF
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-06
The Weather
REPORT

Key West, Fla, Nov. 8, 1916
observation taken at $3.50 am,
Eastern Standard Time,
City Office
Temperatures
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-06

Standard Residential Rate
All-Electrie Home Rate
CommeEeial Light Rate
CaneEal Power Rate
Special Contracts
Industrial Rate
Municipal Rate
Totals
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-06

Tomorrow's Almanac
Eastern Standard Tine)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-06

Relative Humidity
81ao
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-06

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Evening star., 1946-02-11
Liquors and Assorted
SpeciaIiies Gain in
Uneven Market
BY VICTOR EUBANK.

=
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Liquors
and assorted specialties rallied In
today's stock market although many
leaders continued to suffer from
neglect.
Hopes that other strike settle
ments soon would follow the West
ern Union peace and the White
House might quickly announce its
new wage-price formula served to
inspire timid bidding. Accounts were
reinstated here and there on the
idea that last weeks sharp relapse
had been overdone. Scattered build
ing issues revived on the Govern
ment's housing program. Numerous
customers held aloof. however. be-
cause of tomorrow's holiday and
general skepticism over stock trends
Quotations improved after an easy
opening, but the direction still was
cloudy near the fourth hour. Deal
ings were relatively slow throughout
ADVANCES of fractions to or more
points were recorded for Schenley
Distillers Corp, National Distillers
Hiram Walker, American Radiator
Certain-teed, Flintkote, Blaw-Knox
Du Pont, General Motors. Unitee
States Steel, Bethleham, New Yorh
Central, Deere and Sears Roebuck.
On the downside most of the day
were Santa Fe, Southern Railway
Northern Pacific, American Tele.
phone, youngstown Sheet, United
States Rubber, International Har-
vester, Commonwealth & Southern
Kennecott, American Smelling
Phelps Dodge and Union Carbide.
Railway bonds were irregularly
lower,
Evening star., 1946-02-11
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Feb. IL (USDAl (P,.-Salable
hogs, $500: total, 1S-500; active, steady
good and choice barrows and gifts. IA SIS
ceiling, sows at l4.10. ceiling: complete
early clearance.
salabie cattle, 1900; total. 10000
salable calves, ! 200; total, 900; gener-
with buils strone to q CENTS p @ ixher cIls IsTse.
ly steer and heifer rum supply heifers
lersest Of season; cows in moderate sup.
ply and bulls and vealers very scarce: most
steers, l5.0o-17 80; top; 1900. paid foi
yearlinss as well as l.20o-pound steers;
around 1900: bulk, IA 0o-i6 90; most
beef cows, 9.50-l2 90; few cows 1880
heavy sausage bulls to 13 so however, anc
beef bulls to 14.25; vealers, 1850 down
stock cattle in negligible supply.
Saiable sheep. 1000; total, 14.0Oo;
higher asking prices retardine trade or
slaughter lambs: yearlings and older
classes fully steady to 25 cents higher
holding good and choice fed wooled West
ern lambs above 1850; small lots good
and choice fed >yearlings, 1880; load
Colorado ewes, 500: deck choice few
Westerns, $50; load aged Western bucks
Evening star., 1946-02-11
.DHc Will Open Offers
On 6 Federal Housing
Projects Tomorrow

The directors of the Defense
Homes Corporation tomorrow will
open bids for six Government
owned housing projects in the
Washington area.
The properties were announced
for sale two months ago and bids
were closed January S. Announce
ment OF successful bidders is not
expected until after the directors
choices are approved by the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation and
the Surplus Property Administra-
tion.
The projects to be sold to private
interests are:
Harrington. Va. 3.442 apartments
estimated cost $32 ,000, 900; Mclean
Gardens, 720 apartments and resi-
dence halls accommodating 1876
persons, cost s11, 100000; Naylor
Gardens, Naylor road and Thirtieth
street Sc, 748 apartments, cost So
00,000; Meridian Hill Hotel, 2601
Sixteenth street NV, residence hall
for 720 women, cost Sl,815, 900; Lucy
Diggs Slowe Hall, 1919 Third street
NV, residence hall for 322 coloreo
women, cost $500, 900; George w
Carver Hall, 211 Elm street NV.
residence hall for 206 colored men
cost $3.50, 900.
1t was assumed that rents charged
by the purchasers would be subject
to the present rates fixed by the
District Rent Control Administra-
ton and the Office of Price Admins
tration.
DHC board members are Wilson
w. Wyatt, jr., national housing ad-
ministrator; Philip NJ Klutznick
president of DHC; Raymond M
Foley, Federal housing commits
sioner; John H. Fahey. RFC COM
missioner; Leon H. Keyserling, ma
tional housing agency. and Davio
l.. Krooth. Federal Public Housing
Authority.
Evening star., 1946-02-11
N. Y. Bond Market
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Evening star., 1946-02-11
Washington Produce

From the Department of Agriculture,
prices paid net fob. Washington:
EGGS - Market steady; better feeling
continues, with top quality large eggs in
good demand supply still exceeds demand,
with most OF volume from nearby sections
Prices paid for Federal-State graded eggs
ID, whites, browns, mixed colors: u S.
grade A, large, 3S-39; average, SO; medi-
ums, 32.35; average, 80; U. S. grade B.
80; commercially ;raded A. large. 36-39:
mostly 36; medi' ms. 1898; current re-
ceipts, 30,32; fev dirties and some small
LIVE POuLTRY-Market dull and some
what unsettled; although there is better
volume not sufficient to determine market
values but there are no indications Of
chanse from Fridays listinss
somewhat unsettled: slightly better tone
prevails trading too light to determine
Evening star., 1946-02-11
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Feb II P).-The cotton
today under pressure Of profit taking but
subsequently, turned steady on replace
ment commission house demand and mill
buying, which met only scaleup offerings
The earlier reaction OF s5 cents a bale
was attributed to technical reasons fol-
lowing Saturdays sharp rally to new %
year highs for futures.
Continued tightness in spot cotton and
forecasts that there will be only a small
increase IN cotton acreage next season
were STRENGTHENING factors
Late afternoon prices were unchanged to
IS cents bale lower, March %. .S4: May,
o5S5, and July 25 ~
Evening star., 1946-02-11
Goodrich's Resignation
From ILO Accepted
y the Associated Pre-,

BY tHe AsSoclated FTtSs.
President Truman has accepted
the resignation of DR.. Carter Good
rich as United States representa-
tive on the governing body of the
International Labor Off1ce, effective
January 81.
DR.. Goodrich is professor of eco
nomics at Columbia University. He
received the Presidents congratula-
tions for his work as chairman ol
the governing body.
Evening star., 1946-02-11
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. C.***A-15
MONDAY. FEBRUARY II.
Airline Plans Service
Over Wide Eustern Area
BY the Associated Press.

bS Vie AecuCl&tcu FIcsks
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IL. CO.
lonial Airlines, Inc, today an
nounced plans for direct service
linking important industrial and
recreation centers in New York and
New England with metropolitan and
business communities in Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey, Maryland, Del
aware, Ohio, Washington, D. c., and
several points in Canada.
Spokesman for the airline, one OF
80 seeking certification of new
routes and expansion of old ones in
the Middle Atlantic area embracing
about 50,000,00 persons at regional
Civil Aeronautics Board hearings.
said the firm seeks new or extended
routes between New York and
Washington, serving Trenton and
Atlantic City, Reading, Lancaster
and Philadelphia, Dover and Bal
tirnOre
Evening star., 1946-02-11
Capital Bank Stocks
Highest in Years,
Survey Shows
By EDWARD c. STONE.

Washington bank stocks listed on
the Washington Stock Exchange, as
well as those sold over the counter
are at or near their highest prices
in several years. While sales have
been light, quotations have worked
higher so far in 1916, survey dis
closes.
The new Riggs National common
stock has sold between $3.50 and
s4o5 a share while a single share OF
the old stock reached $527. The
bid for Bank of Commerce g. Saw
ings stands at $50 share with none
offered at that price. American Sc
curity recently sold at 315; WASH
ington Loan e. Trust, $50; Union
Trust, ITO, and National Capital at
81. a new high. Columbia National
with a bid of 260, is the highest
priced bank stock in the counter
list.
Referring to average bank earn
ings in 1945, Standard g. Poor's
Corp reports moderate increases to
the highest level since 1929. In most
cases net operating earnings were
larger than in 1914, rejecting in
creases in earning assets.
Store Sales Reveal Gains.
The, Federal Reserve Board an
nounces that New York led the other
II districts in the first five weeks of
the year with a gain of 81 per cent
in department store sales over the
like 1945 period.
Atlanta stood second with an 18
per cent pickup; Dallas and Min
neapolis, IT; Cleveland, IA; Phila-
delphia, II; Richmond, Chicago and
Kansas City. TO- st. Louis, 9; Bos-
ton and San Francisco, 8; average
for the II Districts, 13.
Charles S. Garland, president of
the Investment Bankers Associa-
ton, of Baltimore, and Murray Han
son, general counsel, of Washing
ton, are on tour to the West Coast
in an effort to visit all sectional
groups before the spring board
meeting
Washington Gas Light earned
500 per share on the common
stock in 1945, against $2.08 in 1914
and $2.21 in 1943, according to a
preliminary report. The earnings
are after charges and Federal in
come and excess profits taxes.
Chauncey G. Parker, partner in
the investment firm of Auchincloss,
Parker & Redpath, is returning to
active brokerage business after four
years of war service.
Smith New Freight Agent.
E. S. Smith, Eastern Freight
agent, Atlantic Coast Line r. r.,
New York, has been appointed gen.
eral agent of the company with
headquarters in Washington, effec-
tive today. He was formerly with
the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast
R. r. which was absorbed by the
A. c. L. January /.
Washington banks and building
and loan associations will be open
as usual tomorrow, Lincoln's birth
day anniversary, but New York
Stock Exchange Offices and the
Washington Stock Exchange will be
closed.
Henry A. Hirsh, with the WASH
ington Office of the New England
Mutual, has won national produc-
ton honors for the second consecu-
tive year and been made a member
of the Leaders Association.
Arnold Ross, who was one of the
three negotiators assigned to re-
view the war contracts of the Pc
troleum industry, has returned to
private Jaw practice.
Evening star., 1946-02-11
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, Feb. II P,..orain futures
trading dragged along at weakened prices
in sluggish trade most OF the time
TODAY, with May rye showing occasional
Brokers generally were inclined to re-
main out OF the marketf awaiting more
the Government wheat conservation pro-
gram and some definite word on reports
that the ceiling price for corn might be
raised.
Wheat, corn and barley closed un-
changed at ceilings Of I.s0h., 11sIs. and
lss2h; oats. UNCHANGED to H-cent lower
ing: rye, unchanged to 3As down, May,
2.d7B-2 .0sk
Evening star., 1946-02-11
Market AVERAGES
Odd-Lot Declines

PHILADELPHIA. Feb ii lR.-The Sc
curitiss and Exchange Commission re-
ported today these transactions by Gus
toners with odd-lot dealers or specialists
on the New York Stock Exchange for Feb
rnary 9; s.IS0 purchases involving 249,324
Snares; 5,S47 sales involving 162,206
lilo shares
For February 8: $500. purchases in
volving l14,33q shares; 4,32o sales in
volving Ill ,S97 shares including 81 short
sales involving S10 shares
Evening star., 1946-02-11
Grain Elevator Burns

SUPERIOR, Nebr., Feb. ii LP,.-
The Nebraska-Kansas Grain &
Feed Mill Co. elevator here was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday, resulting
| in a loss estimated by its owners at
| $3.50 600.
Evening star., 1946-02-11

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Evening star., 1946-02-11
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Feb. IL P,.-Foreign ex-
change rates follow (Great Britain in dol
lars, others in cents):
Canadian dollar in New York open
market, 9i. per cent discount or 90.S1h.
United States cents, UNCHANGED
changed; France dranc), s45, unchanged
Latin America-Argentina, free, "A 55.
unchanged; Brazil. free, 5.25: Mexico,
oQ65
Evening star., 1946-02-11
Flying Prospectors

SEATTLE (F.-The prospector's
burro must look for a job. Airplanes
are able to prospect small territories
well from the skies, Dean Minor
Roberts told the University of
Washington's annual mining insti-
tute.
Evening star., 1946-02-11
ZENITH RADlr 2s ,sM ,sM say + y

Hourly sales on the Exchange Teday:
l1:00 am. $40 600 i2:U0 noon $50 600
100 pm. $50 600 300 I'm. o2o 600
tUnit Of trading. 10 shares: sales printss
in full. sln bankruptcy or receivership ef
being reorganized under Bankruptcy Act,
Or securities assumed by such companies
Rates ,,9 Of diyidsnd IN ths foTeEoins table
quarterly or serni-annual declaration On.
less otherwise noted special or extra divi-
II Ex rights. also extra or extras Plus
stock dividend. Cash or stock, De-
Slarsa 81 .faee e osie s9 f.r this Psysbs
Canadian funds. Accumulated dividends
paid or declared this year. New issue
Evening star., 1946-02-11
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, Feb. II tPl.-Dividends de-
clared:
Pc Stock of Pay
Rate. riod. Record able
Increased.
Ronson Art Met Wks 30c @ 81 3-I2
Regular.
Clark Equip --75c G 2-26 3-lS
Evening star., 1946-02-11

American Airlines will begin week
ly flights between New York and
Amsterdam February 10.
Major Markets will Close tomor-
row for Lincoln's birthday. Various
livestock markets and the Canadian
and English markets will be open.
Evening star., 1946-02-11

j. c. Penney Co. sales in January
totaled s36,90l, ,143, gain of 1872
from year ago.
J. J. Newberry Co. sales for Janu-
ary totaled s6,4l0,208, an increase of
3.81o.
Evening star., 1946-02-11

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Evening star., 1946-02-11

TREASURY. 2UO
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Evening star., 1946-02-11

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-01
COTTON
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, May 31.-(P-Cot-
ton futures advanced as much as
$1.00 a bale in moderately active
trading Friday, although best" levels
were pared by late profit-taking
and hedging. Final prices were Is
to 10 cents a bale higher.
The sharp advance In mid-May
parity announced after the close of
trading Wednesday, continued I'M
%favorably cotton crop reports, firm
ing spot cotton markets, and opti-
mism over price decontrol legisla-
ton contributed to early firmness
in futures.
A good demand for all grades of
spot cotton at higher basis prices
was noted.
There was considerable mill Gov
erlng against textile orders of a
month-end kind.
Futures closed Is to 10 cents a
bale higher,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-01
LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, May 31-(P-CUSDA)
-Salable hogs $500, total 10, 1000;
active, steady; good ana choice
barrows and gifts 1895 ceilings;
sows 14.10 ceiling; complete early
clearance.
Salable cattle 1000, total 1900;
salable calves 300, total 300; gen
orally steady, fairly active cleanup
trade; prices all grades and classes
fully in line pre-holiday advances,
indications further strength on
strictly good and choice weighty
vealers selling freely at 1900: nc
strictly choice steers here; aver.
age choice 1,134-lb average 1850,
the top; few loads Is. SOFT. rs;
heifers very scarce and abbreviat-
ed COW receipts mainly TO- 0-13.5O
on beef cows with Cutters at $50
down, stock cattle in negligible
supply and feeder division well
cleaned up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-01
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, May 31-P-USDA)
Potatoes: Arrivals 226; on tract
242; total U. S. shipments for Wed.
nesday 2,O46; Thursday 1875.
New stocks: Supplies moderate;
demand fair; market weaker; Cali.
fornia Long Whites So. SOB. 80; Pom.
taos 81. 004.25; Bliss Triumphs
$3.50; Alabama Bliss Triumphs
81 .50-4.0O; Louisiana Bliss Tri
umpns $3.50-4.OO; Louisiana Bliss
Triumphs So. 70-3 80; South Caroline
Pontiacs $3.50; Arizona Bliss Tri
umphs $3.50; Iowa Cobblers, Fair
Quality $3.50 Gall U. S. No. / quail
ity in 10O-lb. sacks.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-01
BOND MART FALLS
TO SIX YEAR LOW
Few Selected Rails Make
Good Showing How
ever, On Friday

NEW YORK, May 31-P)-High
ly selective buying and selling de
veloped Friday in the bond market
in the slowest trade in nearly six
years.
A number of rails made a gooc
showing but on the average gains
balanced losses fairly closely ir
the carrier, industrial and utility
groups.
Volume of So, 923, 900, smallest
since August 1910, compared with
81, 430, 900 Tuesday.
Brokers reported that the Thurs
day recess, topped by the first sum-
mer Saturday closing. induced
many traders to take a long week.
end vacation. Larger participa-
ton in the market was also blocked
~ uncertainty regarding earnings
of the carriers for the balance OF
the year.
Closing fractions to around a
point higher were American Tele.
phone IS at 1877 10, Baltimore &
Ohio stamped "A"s at SO 10, Bos-
ton & Maine Is at 100 ga, Great
Western As at SO IA, Illinois Cent
raj 43-4s at "a SO, Missouri Pa
cific "F' IS at 81 10, and N. Y,
Ontario & Western refunding As at
Is.
Liens of the strike-boumd Hudson
& Manhattan railroad were under
pressure, the refunding IS at Y
and the income IS at SO IL each
off IL.
Also lower were Burlington.
I-os at 100, Rock Island convertible
LIS at IS, International Hydro
Electric IS at SO SO, Lehigh Val.
ley stamped As at SO 3-8, and Frisco
4 LIS at As ga.
In the foreign division Antwerp
os jumped 6 IL to 1870 following
deposit of funds to pay six years
pack interest through June l, 1916
U. S. government issues tended
upward in the stock exchange ano
over-the-counter marHet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-01
MARKET PAGE
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, May 31.-(P-Sales
closing price and net change of the
fifteen most active stocks FRIDAY.
Comwlth and Sou 70. 500 So no il
Graham Paige IS, 100 13A up s..
Socony Vac 2 $500 10 up "a.
United Corp 81, 700 6A-N.
Packard Mo 20, 600 1854 IN u
Sunay Oil Is, 700 13%-M.
Am Airlines 15,4OO l7M-M.
HUDSON Mot 15,400 BIZ up ~.
Am Pow and 1t IS, 100 2OA 40.
Colum Gas and Ell 49, 700 13h-A
Studebaker 1900 37h up tx.
Pan Am Always 10, 800 19M no.
North Am Avia $4,000 14h up u,
n Y Central $500 27h-A.
Hupp Mot 5000 9k up u.
Sears Roebuck 5000 46-l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-01
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, May 31-(P)-Clos-
ing foreign exchange rates follow
Great Britain in dollars, others in
cents:)
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 97-16 per cent dis
count or $50 U. S. cents, down .06
Ia of a cent.
Europe: Great Britain $4.03 1-2,
unchanged; France Franc) "a,
unchanged.
Latin-America: Argentina Free
D AGO, down .05 Of a cent; Brazil
Free SIS; Mexico 20. 63.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-01
Stock Market Ends Month
In Near-Firm Positions

composite was Oft L Of a point al
1928 but the 4day week was up IL
points and on the month 2.6. OF l..
OIL issues registering, 42o fell ane
378 rose. Transfers contracted tc
/. $40, 900 shares against 1890, 00(
Wednesday.
Santa Fe Up
Better performers today included
Santa Fe, up 2b at $500 rs; South
ern Railway 2 at $62.75 Celotex 2M
at s35.37 Con a pleasing 6-months
statement), Studebaker 1% at $751;
Sc, Hudson Motors IN at $31.25 and
Eastern Kodak 3 at $3.50.
Improved, some at new highs,
were Bethlehem, Woolworth, Amer
lean Telephone, Commonwealth &
Southern, General Electric, Inter
national Harvester and Anaconda.
Casualties were U. S Steel, Gen
eral Motors, Chrysler, Goodrich,
Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck,
Douglas Aircraft, Consolidated Edi-
N. Y. Central, Great North
ern, Paramount Pictures, 1nterna-
tional Nickel and Philip Morris.
Cotton Gains
Bonds were narrowly uneven. AT
Chicago new March corn was up
u of a cent a bushel, new oats
ahead Us to III and old oats I'm
changed to up IS. Cotton added Is
to $73.15. Plus marks we're attach
ed to Valspar and American Cyana-
mid. Turnover here was $50, 600
shares versus $50, 900 in the prev
ious session.