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Evening star., 1946-04-07
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, April g up Omitted States
Department of AEriculture) .-Salable hogs,
800 (estimated): total unavailable; COM
pared with week ago, all weights and
salabie cattle. 500 Estimated; total
unavailable; compared Friday last week.
led steers and yearlings, including yearling
heiferS; active all week and closed steady
TO 70 higher; top steers. 500, the ceiling,
paid for three loads: practical top. how
eyer eyer 5;s5: moderate supply, 17.40-1775;
it.sI ss; 1qlk meaium sn to ayerase.choiGe fed
1875; Gamers and cutters, on peddlins
basis, steady: bulls unevenly steady to 25
lower. beef bulls showing full decline;
vealers steady at 1850 down, only scat
tered odd lots choice offerings 100: most
beef cows. 10.50-12.50: strictly good fed
COWS reached 1885 in load lots and 1900
in odd lots; practical outside, heavy beef
bulls. 1873, bulk l3.50-1425; practical
outside dairy bulls, 1880, only specialties
salable sheep. 500 Estimated; total
unavailable: compared Friday. last week.
market very active: slaughter lambs 25 to
mostly 30 higher; other classes seasonally
scarce. steady to 25 higher; large percent
good under lo0.pound wooled lambs; ,shorn
woolskins. 14OO-1575: 10 doubles. good to
choice, 93-110-pound fed. clipped lambs.
No. 9 pelts. 14.75 and 100: few choice
wooled SLAUGHTER ewes. 9.75; most wooled
ewes 7.50-S.50, with fresh clips 6.50 down;
5l5 head 8a-pound wooled lambs, 1885 for
shearing and ouick-turn feeding.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
Capital Girl Wins
Scholarship Honor

Miss Liesje Peters, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard A. H. Peters, 4634
Thirtieth street NV. and a senior
at the Convent of the Sacred Heart,
l719 Massachusetts avenue NV,
won a certificate of merit in the an
nual scholarship competition of the
National Administrative Board for
Pepsi-Cola Scholarships, it was an
nounced yesterday.
A member of the converts Liter
ary Club and Glee Club and the
school paper staff, Miss Peters be-
came eligible for the competition
when her classmates chose her as
being among the top per cent
most likely to succeed"
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Chicago Grain

CHICAGO April P,.-The price of
May rye ran UP the 5-cent daily limit on
pace with the same delivery at Minneape
oils and Winnipeg and in step with soar
ing cotton quotations
Demand for all grains increased from
the outset Of trading. with ali interests
bidding spiritedly to cbver short commit
ments against light offering.
At So 29A a bushel. the minimum price
allowed for the day. May rye was at an
other new 25-year peak price, the second
in two days of trading
Oats also moved substantially higher in
the most active session in the past few
weeks. but the gains were limited TO around
Va cents a bushel most of the time, ex-
cept for the December delivery which
was fractionally ahead of the others
Wheat and corn finished again at cell
ings of 1.S312 and S1.21iz Oats were
unchanged to Ia cents above yesterdays S
close, May s3-cent ceiling; rye unchanged
to 5 cents advanced May So .29A; barley
UNCHANGED to Ia ahead May 81 .26i2 CELL
Evening star., 1946-04-07

John Bittner, now serving as third
division representative to the Dis
trict of Columbia Congress-; record
ing secretary, Mrs. Andrew G.
Weaver, now serving as member
ship chairman of the District of
Columbia Congress; assistant re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Margaret
Cox, president of Park View School,
and now serving as assistant record
ing secretary of the District of Co.
lumbia Congress; Mrs. A. L. Smith,
now filling an unexpired term as
treasurer of the District of Columbia
Congress; assistant treasurer Mrs.
Crawford Shanks, now serving as
editor of the Sunday column; his
torian, Mrs. Mackall B. Fetzer, past
president of the District of Colum-
bia Congress.
Convention chairmen and assist
ants appointed to date are: Chair
man, Mrs. Viola Seek; fellowship
dinner, Mrs. A. L. Smith, Mrs.
Joseph Abel, Mrs. j. w. B. Hitcox,
Mrs. P. A. Taylor, Mrs. John Bitt-
ner, Mrs. Crawford Shanks, Mrs.
Frank Borden; program, Mrs. John
Bittner; registration, Mrs. Howard
P. Jones, Mrs. B. w. Eldred, Mrs.
Mary kurtz, Mrs. John Bresnahan:
music, Mrs. Wallace Lynn; dele
gates, Mrs. M. R. Stevens, Mrs. WAL
ter P. Dyer. Mrs. Grace Goldman;
hospitality, Mrs. P. A. Taylor; reso-
lutions, Mrs. Andrew G. Weaver,
Mrs. r. Hughes, Mrs. o. G. Han
kins, Mrs. F. I. Peck; teller, Mrs.
Ralph Gilchrist; exhibits, MIR.
George Hammond: timekeeper, Mrs.
S. j. Hogan; publicity, Mrs. Craw-
ford Shanks and Mrs. Margaret
Cox, co-chairman; pages, Mrs. Har-
old Keesling.
Local unit meetings:
Anne Beers.
Meeting; s pm. Monday Frank Insle-
narat nara viii i. spsak cal, on the YMCA and its
Mrs Vivian McMahi sane and E. Parf Tsmps Hy
gultarlst, Will furnish a program.
BIow-Webb.
Executive meeting. 1870 pm. Thursday
at the Webb School
nsS asst1s Munsoa so viii Rn spesE Monsa' Hs.sh ss
John BurrouEhs. e''""'
day. Spring luncheon, noon, Thursday.
.., Meeting: 8 pm. Monday. Miss Wells
in a program Of Easter ter music music eiisd followed
by the Easter parade in costume.
Meeting, 5 Shefss D@ Aondsy Il assr'' The faculty
school r Reading Program" Teachers will
be available for kgmba,, sGnfersnce at 7;ao pm.
Suny 1 m spf sss h1t sfs on il cSB The ssSss
Mr.: Francis. field Scout executive; BOYS
Club, Charles Reynolds. Boys Club d.
Cir ssGntS Ne Ms Ms
Britt. regional director. District of Co
lumbia Recreation Department.
v, Meeting. NJ. cl:a Lao pm: Pm; Monday THE
cussed. oficers win Be nominated.
Hememakers, .ciaS' chnsdin' q pm. Wednesday.
Bundle day Friday for benefit OF stu
School luncheon o. nqss: ssss@ Thursday.
at sasss 5sss ssa sfsd .SsnH: ps1y R m All plo
ceeds to be used for adoption Of a
wal of'na1i Randi. Highlands.
Meeting, l:3O Tuesday, Mrs Mildred
Percy, vice president of the District of
Columbia Congress of Parents and Teach
ers. will be the speaker. Mrs. Beidler S
children will give poster demonstra-
tion on food conservation.
Gold Star Mothers
The American Gold Star Mothers
will meet at 8 pm, Wednesday at
the New Colonial Hotel with Presi-
dnaat w Oh, Il
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Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, April 6.-The Associated
35 commodities today advanced to III 40
new, 1946 high. Previous day, 117.o7;
week ago, 1880; month ago. 114;46;
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CURB SUMMARY

Nurnished BY the Associated Press.)
New York Stock Exchange, showing the
hiEh. low and closing price for the week
and the net change frS the previous
Saturdays close.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
U. S. Treasury Bonds

NEW YORK, April 8 R,.-Closing prices
Of United States Treasury bonds: 21as
6e-64 December, 107. 10; 2hs 1867 June
10o.16: 2hs 1867 December 1o6.16.
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Furnished BY the Associated Press.)
New York Stock Exchange. Showing the
high. lew and closing price for the week,
and the net change from the previous
Saturdays close,
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are annual disbursements based on the Iast
quarterly or semi-annual declar alton I'm
less otherwise noted. special or extra divi-
extras. Plus stock dividend. Cash or
stock Declared or paid so far this year
able cansSian funas ast ysa5 Pay
dividends paid or declared this year. n New
issue: WV With warrants. xw without
Evening star., 1946-04-07

MO rae oS 90 49,
mo Pac Is n F---.
iMo Pac Is rs c.
lMo Pac IS 80 H.
mo Pac IS 81 H.
Mo Pac gn As 75-
Mohawk & Nal 4s91
IMor d Essex IS 55--
Nor g. Esx 4las 55--
tAor&Esx 3hs 1000
Mash c b st L As 7S-
MAT Steel IS 65----.
| New Eng T&T Is 81
NO Tx&Mx 5hs "a
mo Tx&Nx IS "a B.
N Y Cent RI 5s2013
IN Y Cent 41as20l3A.
IN Y Cent en- As 9S
N Y c b Il r 3Hss97
N Y c La Sh 3Ias98-
N Y C M c 31as oS--
In Y Dock Is III
In Y Edison 2LS Ak
In Y L g. W As rs
In Y NH&H CIV IS 4S-
In Y NH&H cl 6s 40
In Y NH&H 4Ias 81
In Y NH&H Is 3D.
In Y NH&H As So
In Y NH&H As 81 -
In Y NH&H 31as 54-
In Y NH&H 31as So
In Y o g. w r As 92--
IN Y O&W en As 55-
N Y P & L 2As rs -
In Y w g. B 4las 40
Norfolk So IS 2014-.
Norf g. West As 96--
Nor Pac 5s 2047 c.
Nor Pac 5s 2047 D.
Nor Pac 4hs GOAT
INor Pacific As 81
Nor Pacific IS 2047-
IOhio Edison 3s "A
lOregon W RR IS go
IPac Gas d Ell IS IA
lPac Gas & Ell IS 70.
IPen RR gen IS 6S -.
Pen RR en- 41as go.
lPen RR Rn 4hs 65-.
Pen RR gn Ans ST.
lPen RR 4As "a E.
lPen RR 3Ks 52----
Peoria g. East As so
IPere Marat 3%s 80
Phila Co AVS 81
lPhillipine Ry As 81
Phillips Pet 2As Ga
Pitt & VIVA 4Aas 5SA
Pitt&WVa 41as 60C
IProviden Sec As 81
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Rio G w 1st As 80
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1Rutland Can As 40
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ISt L s F 4hs 7S----
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ISt l. s w IS 81 $3.50
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StP q KCSL 4As41-
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Seabrd AIR L inc4hs
lSea-Air Fla 6s IS A.
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South Ry 6Has Sc -
South Ry gn IS &c.
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Spokne Int 4hs2013
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Texas Corp IS 65
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Third Ave al IS go
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lUn Pacific 1st As ~
wabash 4As Oh
wabash As 81 -
IWalworth As 55
Ward Baking 6hs70
IWest Shore As 1851
| Western Md As 81
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Western Un IS 81
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Wis Cent Il SID 80
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Washington Stock EXCHANGE
TRANSACTIONS
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITIES.

S $500 Capital Traction / st SIS, June / 1e
SO, 900 Capital Transit 1st g. ref As, 1854
300 GEORGETOWN Gas Light 1st 5s 1876.
1900 Wash. Gas Light 1st IS, 1860
Evening star., 1946-04-07
Gold Star Mothers

The American Gold Star Mothers
will meet at 8 pm, Wednesday at
the New Colonial Hotel with Presi-
dent Virginia Burns presiding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
A Thought For Today
Less Brass in VA

Gen. Omar Bradley now Administrator of Veterans Af- fairs is old Army and good one He knows, as even the proetarannded Russians discovered that there is no substitute for rank and discipline in fighting army When victory defeat life death, depend on the carrying out of orders obedience must be prompt and un questioning Superior rank must be respected Punish for nsubordnaton must be sharp It all adds up to
 most undemocratc arrangement but there seems to be no other way of conducting war successfully.
 Such an arrangement, however has place in demo- cratic country outside of military life. Yet the habits o command and obedience not always easy to break Some officers feel that deference due them per- sons even after they return to civilian life It becomes a most nstnctive give orders make decisions for others to expect that they will be accepted without argument to be impatient of any contrary proposals.
 General Bradley has undoubtedly good bit of ths in his me He has probably it particularly in his pres ent surroundings Most likely he has heard the complaint of many veterans that there too much brass in the Vet erans' Administration particularly in Washington
 So the General has issued simple but wise order From employees of the VA who formerly were ot- will drop the military titles which they have clung to though they longer in the service and are deal ing with essentially civilian problems through an essentially civilian agency Colonel Jones henceforth is Mr. Jones' lie is mister his pate his office door, and on ms letters He is mister to the former Gs with whom he deals It small enough change but it ought to make consld erabe difference
 For the former officer the plain title of mister is hinder that the And for the former buck priv sitting the desk from him. there is no longer the barrier of title to fghten him and freeze him and call to of old dffdences and diSkeS The former priv ate doesn't even know who his counselor is what he has been unless the VA official chooses to tell him.
 This not only promises long-needed improvement in the conduct of the Veterans Administration but also gives notice that the administrator man who can operate with the quiet effectiveness in that he showed in war; By seemingly insignificant directive he has found
 short cut to the solution of many veterans problems Ot course General Bradley being active member of the reg Army will not become Mr. Bradley But his conversion to civilian way of thinking seems complete
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
Campus Bound

For many returning veterans headed back to college or bent on matrcuatng in institution of higher learning the current the must spell dis appointment Some will not be able to meet higher require mens others will not be accepted by the colleges of their choice and still others will be compelled to give their plans to take their families with them when they pick up their educational threads.
 This prophecy is already being fulfilled All over the country the colleges faced with influx of students they cannot handle rejecting applications from former service we'll civilian students They do not have either the educational facilities the housing accommodations to
 meet the demand And the situation is certain to grow worse as and discharged from military duty
 Nevertheless it appears likely that all qualified veter- ans being taken of somehow even if the hopes are fully realized They will be favored civil ans who will have alternative but to take second seat at the educational table The outlook is especially dark for prospective women students
 In the long view this state of affairs is nothing to worry about It will higher standards everywhere and as rule only the poorly qualified will be deprived of the chance to get college education Nor is there to worry about many college graduates in the just ahead There will be places for them when they have earned the diplomas But efforts to mitigate the problem are obvious " necessary lest trend discouraged that should be aided in every manner possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
DE GAULLE's RESIGNATION
(New York Times)


 Three months after scoring an overwhelming election triumph for his regime and his program, Pres ident de Gaulle has resigned for the third and what is proclaimed to be the ''irrevocably" last time. It may well be that after leading his coun- try through it's darkest hours he has really decided to retire from politi- cal life in order to save his reputa- ton from being undermined by the day-to-day struggle of French poli- tics. It may also be that this is merely another move in the strug- gle for power between de Gaulle and his more moderate following, on the one hand, and the extreme French Left, led by the Communists, on the other Whichever it turns out to be, nobody can now rob General de Gaulle of his place in history as leader and symbol of Frances re- sistance to the conqueror. But the judgment which history will pass on de Gaulle as statesman is neces- sarily still to be determined.
 AuAA01AAhCAAttsA ACaoOAAD AVA AAAo resignation go beyond de Gaulles personality. They lie in the excessive fluidity of French politics and French politicians and in the im- placable struggle of the French Communists for control. To elimin- ate the first, the French people vot- ed with q majority of 90 per cent for a new Constitution, and the ef- forts of the politicians to defeat the popular will contributed to de Gaulle's decision. AS for the Com muniStS, their constant boring against de Gaulle from within the Government has again demon strated that their aim is not co-op- eration but domination, and that whether they are within the Gov ernment or outside of 1t is merely Q matter of tactics to be decided by the circumstances.
 Since the course of events in France must of necessity have pro- found influence not only on that country but also on Europe and on the world, the solution of the crisis precipitated by the resignation will be watched everywhere with interest and concern.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
Views of the Press

recognizes that the dollar is defin- itely cheaper than in the pre-war period" How much cheaper remains to be seen. Engineers have revised earlier estimates of the costs of post war construction; on the average, the increase in estimated costs has been 90 per cent. But many bids al- ready made have been rejected be- cause they were above the revised estimates. The News-Record cites one example. On dredging job in Louisiana pre-war costs were 21 cents cubic yard; engineers revised the estimated cost to 30 cents; bids submitted were for 40 cents and were rejected. In many other cases, of course, the difference between the revised estimates and the bids is slight.
 What these figures from unofficial and official sources argue is not only that construction costs will run well above the 1940 level, but that some of the projected work will be delayed by the difficulty of getting estimate and bid to match. This probably will not be resolved until contractors feel able to speak with more certainty about the supply of labor and ma terialS and about the costs of both. If these difficulties can be overcome, the highway program in 1946, whether measured by dollars or miles, promises to be the biggest in more than decade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
WORDS AND MUSIC
(Hartford Courant)

(Hartford Couran)
 Somebody ought to do something about the tenors and baritones, some tipping the beam at two hum dred pounds. others with double chins and bay windows, who are currently bleating that they're as restless as a willow in a windstorm, as giddy as a baby on a swing. This is only one of a long series of musical atrocities in which male warblers take over a song designed for Judy Garland or Margaret O'Brien and adapt it. There was, for example, that time when Miss Garland, then a slight miss in her teens, sang song about why, oh. why couldn't she fly over the rain bow.
 Almost immediately every male crooner from Passamaquoddy Bay to Puget Sound started caterwaul- ing that he, too, would like to fly over the rainbow. If there is any, thing more spectacular than a squat baritone with five o'clock shadow avowing that he wants to fly over the rainbow, it is probably that same individual declaring that he's as giddy as baby on swing, and that therefore it might as well be spring. Listened to long enough, it makes one as restless as a willow in a wtndstorm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
Bv Dneso Pearson

Than Ahe NnoA executives nronosed lo hArlcf thelr patents for the right % build new factories ot lhelr own Thk ls forbidden them under the court rulins Again Befse said no.
 synlnr,en is just as mld.mannered as Boree, but can be just as tough. At one point he warned
 sIneses nothing to prevent us from going ahead and using your patents anyway"
 wed sNe you replied the AkCoA head.
 ~so whaks shot back Symington. what are patents except the right to bring sults"
 The meeting ended In stalemate. Next aaN ArCoAs executives appeared In Symingtons office ready to grant Reynolds their patents on payment or a graduated royalty. symington, however, showed
 mat night they returned with complete sur render. As result of smart negotiating by Syming- ton and Berge, A1CoAs patents, for years an air- tight monopoly. were turned over to the government for the use Of its competitions.
 NoTE-s -syminatons chief problem as Assistant Secretary of War will be his fathern-law. The lat Ter, Renubllcan Representative Jim wadsworth Of New York, believes Army brass hats can uo no wrong Some people are already wondering how much Republican father-in-law wadsworth will dominate his Democratic son-in-law in the war Department
 Senator Robert Taft of Ohio has just lost one- man war he has been staging to control a faculty appointment to his old alma mater-Yale.
 Taft has been moving heaven and earth to pre- vent Tom Emerson counsel for the Economic Sta bilisation Board, from becoming professor on the the Yale faculty even going 80 far as to p oii raoo 
 paign. Basis of Tafts opposition was that Emerson was @ New Dealer, a radical, and lot Of other horrid things-poSsibly even Communist.
 Taft even journeyed back to Yale to vote at the Board of Governors meeting against Emersons ape pointment In the end he loSt-by the decisive mar gin of to 5. Such conservative and respectable gentlemen as Judge Thomas Swan of the .. s. Court of Appeals, and Thomas Thacher, former Solicitor General under Hoover, voted against their old friend Taft They couldn't see any Red-complexion around Emerson at all
 
 Ed Prichard, the big Kentucky brain-truster, is being offered the job of counsel of the Democratic National Committee. He doesn't know whether to take it or run Congress for the seat now occu pied by Congressman Virgil Chapman The White House is talking about steering committee consist ing of Chairman Paul Porter, Bob Nathan and As- sistant Postmaster Gail Sullivan to function between Democratic headquarters and the White House Capital society is speculang as to whether Cabinet members will keep on going to the dinners of cer- tain Washington hostess whom Joe PalooSa has been unmercifully ribbing. Give you one guess regarding the identity of the lady in question 1Shes not this coumnist's ex-mother-in-law). Bob Hanneean will soon launch an all-out drive to get the Pres- dents legislation program passed on Capitol Hill Hannegan's first target will be the minimum wage bill increasing minimum wages to 65 cents an hour
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
By Peter EdSOn

Third to surrender is the giant Radio Corporation of America, which has just entered its thousanos oi radio televison eecronic and sound recording pat ents in the governments Register of Patents Avail that they expect to make more money by Icens ng their patents to others than they can make by hold ing patents for their exclusive use And cross licensing agreements are entered into-that s if the companies to whom RCA licenses it's patents are required in turn to grant RCA any patent rights which the licensees may hold-then RCA has double to gain in the coming period of tremendous expan- sion in electronics.
 Fourth to give up exclusive patent rights is the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which has controlled processes for the manufacture of vtamin D. On agreement to surrender its patent rights, the suit against the Foundation is dropped and the pub lie stands to gain through the production of more vtamin at lower prices.
 The value of any patent rights is. of course, open to question. Or, examination of Supreme Court de- appeals on patent rights have been denied than have been sustained. Pathological advances and modif- cations on existing patents have made many at- temptS unenforceable and therefore of little value Research is done more by big organizations and individuals have less to gain from patent rights.
 In arguing for liberalization of the patent sys- tenn responsible people propose that all patents be dedicated to the public and made available for free licensing to any applicant That would destroy the great American incentive to invent. 1t is to prevent misuse of patent rights that reform is stg- gested This when patents are used to suppress new industries, to limit production, to divide world markets and to impose exorbitant price levels.
 If action in the four cases cited above gives any indication. some big patent holders now realizing that there is much to be gained from allowing their patents to be used by others there is in trying to hold patents exclusive rights