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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-11

New I+ock market shifted through
Ing s1senv ss session during most of
aa.ssv,s sas' proceedings, as specula-
toas' Que sgain centered on heavy
'lon 'lon,oodity trading, but a buy
c0lii. .n,rt in the final hour put
ns .t 'Hd leaders in the plus column
tnr t,r' gains Of fractions to z or
more points.
NV, M;,d irregularity persisted un-
=, M.ta .he final hour when there
I'll. ,ll w a burst of short covering
was : Investment demand that
anu ans.ed many early declines and
srsned srsss trends upward. Motion
ful.ra l.,,res came to the fore at the
Pl.tNl .t an word the British might
lass Ilaas.sonsider v the recent tax on
Iese 's,arican films. Rails ran out
ai'.t ~ team but steels, motors and
o. wide vide assortment of special
Issues were well in front at the
close.
:, ,he thought that the list had
Sa.n ~ ~ pretty well sold out and
as us." dne for a technical revival.
wsnv NaI customers, however, con-
Mus .:sued to hold aloof because OF
ga,'hts il regarding exports, inter
s0tional economics and the
l,,,' ao1rse OF domestic business.
Composite Up
Tho Associated Press 60-Stock
romnosite was up 4 of a point
At 64.4, duplicating the come
hack m Of Tuesday. 1t was the
first Wednesday since July rs
that the index has recorded an
.dvance, The market was a
shade narrower than in the pre-
ceeding session. Of 935 issues
registering, 544 rose and 1T fell.
transfers of 740,0 shares COM
nared with 100000 the day be-
fore with 100000 appearing in
the concluding hour.
Touching 1947 tops in response
to pleasing dividends were Pond
Creek Pocahontas coal, up 8
points at "a; Island Creek coal
/ at 81 IL and Chicago Pneu-
/ matte Tool 2 IL at 80 IL. Amer
lean Woolen shot up 4 SO at "A
On estimates of expanding net
and untitled orders.
Ahead / to 2 or so were Twen-
tieth Century-Fox at 27 3-S, War
ner Bros. IA 7-8, Paramount
Pictures II ID, Loews 81, U. S.
Steel 70, Bethlehem 81 IL,
Youngstown Sheet 81 3-4, Chys-
Ter So -, Goodrich So IL, J. I.
Case 81 3-8, Douglas Aircraft
/ 60 IL, Sperry 81 3-8, Anaconda
81 81, Kennecott As, Dow Chemi-
cal 81 IA, Owens-Illinois 72 l2,
International Paper 48, Cudahy
ii IL, Texas Pacific Land Trust
26 7-8, United Fruit Sc 3-4 and
Z Allied Chemical 1873 -.
Small Declines
Small declines were retained
4 by Santa Fe, N. Y. trail.
Sears Roebuck, Boeing, North
american, American Can, Du
Pont and J. c. Penney.
Bonds steadied. At Chicago
grains climbed the daily limit,
some to new highs, before meet
ing profit realizing. Wheat ended
up 3 50 to 9 1-8 cents a bushel,
corn IA to 5 3-o and oats l IA to
SO, Cotton was up SIS cents
to sl.65 a bale.
In the toward section of The
ourb were National Pressure
cooker, Irving Air Chute, Sher-
nh-WlIliams, Creole Petroleum,
iNyan Consolidated Petroleum,
lanlernationla Products and
Vlaes Service. Turnover here
was 10000 shares versus 18O, 900
Yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-11
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 10. -
Up Cotton futures bulged $500
a bale here today before profit
taking and hedge selling checked
the advance. Closing prices were
steady As cents to $1.45 a bale
higher.
Open High Low Close
Oct alas 31.63 31.34 31.48 up9
Dec Bill 31.34 31.06 31.19 up 9
Mch Alb 31.4O 31.10 31.26 up 20
May 3O.84 3l.lo 3o.o1 ot.o1 ~ up oI oI
Nv 1922 30.39 30.17 30.25b up "a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-11
LOCAL QUOTATIONS

Furnished by Allen c. Ewing & Co.
Aviation Shares soc 5.o7 5.51
ACL of Conn 4.00a 50 So
Boston Fund 2.16b 1911 21.31
Carolina Insurance 1.40a Is 3-4 28 3-4
Chase National Bank 1.6oa "a 3-4 s6 3-4
McBee 4oa 7 IA Z ga
Mass Inv Trust 1.ssb 25.o1 27.o4
National Transit .75a
New Stock w. 1. IA 4 3-s
Peo Saw Bank & Tr sooc 80
Red Rock Bot Inc, Ga.) s1-2 s1-2
Sec Nat Bank .80c 28
Standard Stoker 3.0oc 20 ga q 3-4
T w P Common Goa 7 7-8 8 5-e
Viii Saw & TT 200c 49
a. Indicated annual dividend rate.
b. Income and profits dividends paid
in past IL months.
c. Paid in 1876
are believed to be indications of the
price at which the securities may be
purchased or sold.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. - R -
Closing foreign exchange rates
follow (Great Britain in dollars,
others in cents):
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 9 7s per cent dis
count 90.12 II u. S. Cents, un-
changed;
Europe: Great Britain $4.O2 a.,
unchanged; France (Franc) "a Is
of a cent, unchanged; Sweden
(Krona) 27.85, unchanged; Swift
zerland (Franc) (com'D 23.40,
unchanged;
Latin America: Argentina Free
'24.83, off .01 of a cent; Brazil
Free $50, unchanged; Mexico 20
62, unchanged.
RALEIGH POULTRY
RALEIGH, Sept. 1o.-(AP)-
(NCDA)-Raleigh egg and poul-
try market firm to steady; U. S.
Grade AA large 81; fryers and
broilers SO to 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-11
GRAIN
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Sept. 10.-(AP)-
Prospects of a special congress
sional session to provide "tem-
porary aid" to Europe prior to
inauguration of the Marshall
plan stimulated heavy buying in
all commodities on the Board
of trade today.
Wheat closed 8 SO 9 1-s high
er September $2.78 IA 2.78
Corn was IA 5 3-8 higher, Sep
tember $2.61 IL 2.60 3-4. Oats
were IA 2 3-8 higher. Septen-
ber $1.21 3-4 $122. Soybeans
were 8 cents higher. November
1923 1-2, and lard was Is cents
lower to 80 cents a hundred
pounds higher. September $21-
rs.
Open High Low Close
WHEAT
Sept 2.73A 2.so1z 2.73k 2.7aA
Dec 2.751z 2.84 2.74h 2.80k
May z.72A 2.8OA 2.70A 2.76A
Jlv 2.59 2.57h 2.49 2.56A
CORN
Sen 2591l 2.64H z.59 2.61h
Dec 244A 2.485s 2.43A 2.45h
Nav 2371b 2.43A 1854 2:40A
Jly 2.291h 2.355s 2.27B 2.33
OATS
Sep 1909 1881 1.2OA ~
Dec .1191a 1.24 1884 1.20k
Nav Liz 1.151z 1.1O1a 1.13k
Nv 103 LOT 1.O1B 1.04h
SOYBEANS
Nov 3231h 3.231k 3.231z 3.23k
Mar 3.24 3.24 3.24 5.z4
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-11

Some ZOOS buy their snakes
at so much a foot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-11

Farms average en1y sbot* two
acres in Japan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-11
CHARLOTTE SPOTS
CHARLOTTE, Sept 10-(AP)
SPOT cotton closed $500.

BOND AVERAGES
Compiled by The Associated ffess
SEPT. 10
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-11
Nation Picture Issues In
'nemand On Hope OF Brit
ish Tax Reversal

,,.pKETS AT A GLANCE
"W NEW YORK, Sept. 1o-F-
s...ps--mixed: selective re-
o0oyeries persist.
nu..,ds-steadier: some rails
nodest demand.
~ 'nll...on-firm: mill and COM
mission house buying
"'' CHICAGO
,rheat-strong in a heavy
trade. - h;n,,
rorn-strong; new round nigh
o..ts--strong: new record
megs-- ,1e so to Is cents high
s sf; top s2s.75.
rattIe-mostly firm to 50
.snts higher; top 35.35.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-11
STOCK AVERAGES

o complied by The Associated
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-17
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 SUNDAY :55-Forecasts 12:O0-Hour of Charm. 12:30-Kate Smith. l:00-Baby Snooks. :30-Lutheran Hour. 2:00-Radio Theatre. 2.30-Voice of Prophecy. 3:00-Interlude in Black & White. 3:15-Siesta for Sunday. 3:30-Information Please. 4i00-Fred Allen. 4:30-Alaska Light Concert. 5:00-Dinner Forecasts. 5:15-Excursion in Science. 5:30- Bob Burns. 6:o0-Revival Hour. 7:00-Jack Benny. 7:30-Twenty Questions. 3:00-Sherlock Holmes. 8:30-Screen Guild. 9:00-Command Performance. 9:3o-Country Club. 9:45-Forecasts All programs are subject to change
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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1947-08-16
(SortIesung)

vaber bas 8eIes gibt Dir Dos
&e6t, oeinen l1nterbalt bon oeinem
Sater 5u foroern.
yGas tpeiB i6 ipobl; aber Dem Sas
tier bes Soroerns itebt Die Sugeno
oes Nidtgebens eegenitber, unO mein
gater beiitt oiele Sugeno IN bobem
@ra0e."
,9u fannit oeine Soroerung ge'
ri6tli6 geltenb ma6en."
80, 0as tue i6 nietnals! . I'm
nihtS in ser gSelt oarf etr Sobn
Ieinen 8ater Dor 0as @eridt britt
gen =. Sd fann tolle Streide ma'
hen inn l1eberfluB; aber 8emelnbei-
ten beeeben, niemals.
naber bait bu nidt beinem Gater
sbbitte geleiitet? =. Salt on ibm
nidt gei6rieben?"
nWebr aIs 5pan5ig 8riefe, Die
itherli6 bic 8ouulla Be los Snfantes
unterldlasen bat Sett babe i'd
oen 8eipeis, BOB oieies Getb trgeno
ettpas @roBes an5ettelt. 9ie @ra-
fin 8orrata lit ibre @ebeirnpoli5ei
uno ser Sriieur Soaquin 9ope5 ="
@ieoerum fubr ser Seufel Der un'
gelesenbeit, Ser in iener 9sa6t obne
5u fragen in meiner 8obnung au
bauien idien, nit ieiner Sate orein.
Wtein 9iener GoleItin trot Elm NIT
Dem @epad 9ops unb i6nttt 10 oas
@eipr16 an bteiem 8unfte ab. gr
bra6te au6 einen 8rief BEN man
I'M Hotel de Roma nit GROCER 9ring.
li6feit fir ben Serrn @rafen bon
8a5a abgegeben bate. Sies mar Der
Sttel, Ser 9op als oem gritgeborenen
bes Sauies gecla 5l1tam.
8op nabm ben Brief nit oitentati-
Der @lei6giiltigfeit uno rib, a1f oem
9fiiden liegen blei6enb, oen l1n1i 1i6lag
auf. gs mar Elm fleines, ldngli6es
8iuet, bas ipeoer @appen nod Sni-
tiale trug I'm es 81 lelen, ri6tete er
iidb Elm tpenig al1f, uno mdbreno er
las, iiber5og cine leihte &ote iein @e-
ii9t, Die innere grregung an5eigeno,
10 ipie cine aufiteigenbe Gau6Dolfe
Die gebeime unrube zines berborgenen
8ultans berrat.
Ilsbann 'brebte er nit GROCER &ube
cine Cigarette uno Iegte 5tuii6en bin-
ein oas 8ilet unter bas SuBgeltea
zines &ru5ifires, bas am &opfenoe
bes 8ettes auf elmer &oniole itanO.
8abei iagte er gang gleihgiiltig:
ugapetano Menoe5 i6reibt mir, id
ion ibm morgen Ganet-3igaretten an
8oro bringen, baS iinb bic, Die iett
am meilten geraudt tperben Sc
nun, er miro oorauf per5i6ten 1niiiien,
penn mir nidt auf Dem 8ege nod
bem 8abnbofe nod Delfe faufen ton.
men,"
l1n6 pie penn Dos gillet bon GoDe-
tano Menoe5 ous itdrfIte S6lafn1ittel
entbalten bate, lieB 8oD BEN &opf
idper ms &iiien fallen uno ting ar-
genblidli6 on ein3ui6lafen. Serge
bens rief ib ibm uno bot i'm, unier
om intereiiantelten 8unfte abgebrode>
mes @eipraf fort5uissen. sluf aaes
antlportete er mir nur i6ldferig:
n2aB MIDI idlafen, un1 8ottespil.
len! . Worgen er5dble i6 Sir aIles,
mas on ipiuf."
SIMMER nod in BEN Blaio gebiint
panote er ii6 nit oem 8eiidt gegen
Die 8anb, unb baIo fiinOeten mir iei,
ne Iangiamen, 1eidten, rubigen aten1.
5iige, bob er nit Ser ianften &ube
zines &inoes iblief.
Sd iab ieinem Sd1ofe gu nit iene,
liebepollen 3drtlidfeit, nit ber mar
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1947-08-16

Elm geliebtes @elen betpa6t, uno bah-
te iiber oues nab, mas er mir ge-
iagt bate, ma6te 8Idne utb 8ered.
nllngen, Die balo IN meiner Hbanta.
lie 2eber1 annabmen, ii6 betpegten unb
mid 1,mtanaten, biz mir idninbelte
uno i6 aus5ugleiten unb al fallen
fiir6tete. Sd Itredte bie Sano aus,
Inn MIDI feit5ubalten, uno perlor in
oelnIelben slugenblid 8eDegung uno
8etpuBtlein.
oils i6 ertpa6te, brang Die Sonne
our6 Elm bolbgeoffnetes Seniter. Sd
iu6te 8op nit ben slugen unb iab
oas 8ett Ieer: an oeiien SuBenoe lag,
bulb auf ben 8oben gefauen, Der 5lt-
iammengeroate 8laoi. 8eitiir5t iab
i6 auf oen @eder. Oas ubrperf
mar Inn balb 5tpei l1br iteben ge-
blieben. Meine Saidenubr 5eigte Elm
Giertel nab o6t l1br: ser 3ug mar
olio i6on Dor 5tpei Stunoen abge.
gangen.
Sd erbob MIDI beItitr5t 1trb Itarr
uno blifte midi Inn tpie Elm Sdlafs
tpanOler. 9luf oen 8ooen iab i6
oen Bierrotansug un1bergeItreut; Elm
IS6ub lag i'm @aI6beden, Ser onoes
re auf Dem @elims Ser 3inmeroede.
Sd ging in oas anItoBenoe 3immer,
pobin GoleItin 9ops Sanbfoffer ge-
lteat batte unb fanb beioe ge0ffnet
uno our6piiblt. @s feblte bie Uni
form, bie 8oD anlegen 1nuBte, I'M
ieinen 8aboienit an5utreten, uno es
feblte au6 meine anoaluiiife Gapa,
oie i6 bel meinen nd6tliden Aus-
gangen un5uperfen pfleete. Sd
itiir5te no6 Der &Iingel, inmer nod
5peifelno, ob i6 Da6e ober trdume.
Sal6angefleioet, ii6 bie Iugen rei-
beno, trat GoleItin Elm.
uIber, Weni6!" I6rie i6 i'm an,
begierig Die 8elegenbeit beniiteno,
|11m in 3orn aussubre6en. vSSSit Dies
Die 3eit gum Iufiteben? @arum baIt
ou mid nid5t beiaeiten getpedt?"
Ser Serr Warquis lagten geltern
abeno, bob sic Sen 8efer itellen
uno mir rufen tperben."
Sd puroe nod tpiitenoer, tpie es
INNER gel6iebt, ipenn elmer unre9t
bat uno Elm anberer tbm bies Benefit.
rIber mo lit Ser Serr @raf?"
Il6rte i6 bon neuen. r1m tptebiel 1br
| lit er fortgegangen?"
9as lonit irtenigente @eii6t So.
leitins 5eigte nun iufolee ser 8e.
itiir5rng uno bes unterbro6enen
S6lafes einen gan3 itupioen aus.
orud.
Ser Serr @raf fonn nidt fort
gegangen iein," iagte er. SD babe
fein @eraui6 gebort."
Sd Itiir5te na9 Ser Sreppe, So.
leltin folgte mir, uno mir famen 5u
gleider 3eit an Die Saustiire. Ser
ungebeure Giegel mar 5uriidgeitoBen
uno nur oie &linfe eingebaft: Elm
oeutli6er, augenlheinlider 8etpeis,
baB 8oD aus bem Saule gegangen
mar nno ielbit oie Sire eeoffnei
bate.
Sd rib tie iperrtpeit auf uno lob
orauBen I'M 8aBden ben angelpann.
ten @agen iteben, pie i9 es am
9lbeno 5upor angeorbnet batte.
Giua meine groBe anglo-norman'
nii6e Stute, itano oa nit ser niioer
Saltung, Deld)e Die 3ugpferoe be-
longem Sarten einnebmen, INF
Srancisco, Der &uti6er, i6lummertt
auf Oem god, Die Scale tief I'M Bel5
frogen besraben.
| ~SaIt on ben Serrn @rafen an Ser
9obnbof gefiibrt?" idrie id ibm bor
loer Siire aus 5u.
Evening star., 1947-07-27

Manufactured too late! In stepped The Eecht CO.
Downstairs Store buyer and picked up the entire
lot at choice price! Just take look at these
s|ocks! Lightweight tropicos, year round gobor-
dimes in fabrics that combine the best features Of
wool and royon! You'll look at one pair and buy
two or three because they're so snoort|y tailored
. because they're here just in time for the hot
summer months because they will take plenty
of hot weather wear, stoy crisp and rich looking!
Try on q pair! Notice the srnort|y p|eoted front,
the drop loops, the slide fastener closings the
really fine tailoring, Now pick your fovorte color:
Brown, tan, blue and ereen Sizes 28 to A. But
be here eorIy-these sIocks will be grabbed up in
hurry by hundreds Of smart men who insist on top
value at low, low price!
Evening star., 1947-01-10
Library Expansion
Hopes Dim for 1947;
No New Construction

Hopes of the Board of Trustees
of the Public Library Of expand
ing Its branch system and con-
tinuing the development Of the new
central library were set back today
in the ls48 library budget sent
to Congress as a part of the District
estimates for the new fiscal year.
The estimates approved by the
Commissioners and the President
call for appropriations Of $1,167, 500
an increase Of $245 800 over the
appropriation for the present year,
but far below the $2,930, 600 asked
by the Library Board last Sep
tember.
Not one cent Is carried for new
construction, although the board
asked $500, 1000 to begin construction
of the second unit of the new
central library at 495 Pennsylvania
avenue NV, and $785, 900 to build
branches in Anacostia. Pleasant
Plains and Cleveland Park. Also
knocked out were requests for q
branch site in Congress Heights and
for plans for two others In Brook
land and Tenleytown.
The new budget will provide so
additional employees for the library
system. The trustees had asked for
$50. ~ =
Also revealed as the budget went
to the Capitol were plans Of the
trustees to ask $9o,512 in addi-
tional appropriations for the present
year. Most Of the amount win 90
toward paying salary increases
authorized by Congress after the
current budget was passed last
July.
Evening star., 1947-01-10
Library Of Congress Budget
Asks 1875 Increase in Stuff

and Northeast courtyards Of the
main building were filled with such
buildings. The two additional struc-
lures are to be like them.
In addition to q restaurant. the
two additions are to house 500-ca-
pacity reading rooms, Offices for
additional staff members, public
catalogue room, storage for several
hundred thousand books and PAM
plllets and future storage for 2,000,-
600 books and pamphlets.
The budget also carries requests
for acoustical tile ceilings for both
buildings. a new delivery entrance
for the library annex, repairs to
walls, fountains and terraces; air
conditioning of the bookstacks,
completion of the bookstacks in the
annex, extension of the rare book
stack, replacement Of book carriers
and score Of other improvements.
In addition, the budget carries
$243,800 for furniture, partitions,
screens, shelving, electrical work,
labor Saving devices and office
equipment. This year only $65 $40
was appropriated for these purposes
Evening star., 1947-01-10
Budget Lists S357,6O0
To Repair Claims Court

The budget sent to Congress to-
day carried q request for $357 800
for repairs and remodeling during
1947-s Of the ancient Court OF
Claims Building at Pennsylvania
avenue and Seventeenth street NV.
-S348,6 500 more than the $1,000
given the court by Congress for
repairs this year.
The extra money is asked to fire.
proof the roof and attic sections
and improve the exterior of the
building"
The Court Of Claims Building
formerly was the Corcoran Gallery
of Art. 1t lies in a block where
the Government hopes someday to
build a $26, ,00o, 900 new State De-
partment Building.
The justices OF the court, however,
have fought the plan for a new
State Building, preferring the
present location to being moved
nearer the Capitol with the rest
Of the judiciary.
Evening star., 1947-01-10
Increase Of 22H Asked
For Smithsonian Institute

A 40 per cent increase in Federal
funds for the support Of the Smith
sonian Institution was asked in the
budget sent to Congress today.
The increase would be spent to
catalogue specimens, make a pilot
study of how exhibits could be mod
ernized, better cleaning OF floors
and glass, printing and binding and
repair of the laboratories and other
facilities in its Canal Zone Biolog-
ical Area.
AT per cent increase is asked to
expand the administrative, curator
ial and educational functions OF
the National Gallery Of Art.
An increase in District funds,
ffbm $685., 400 to $455, 400 was asked
for the operation Of the Washington
Zoo, also an adjunct of the Smith
sonian Institution. The added mon
ey would hire seven additional Zoo
employees.
Evening star., 1947-01-10
Outlay Of $7,169,ooo
Asked for District
Highway Projects

The 1948 District budget sent to
Congress today contains $7,1Ss,0Oo
for city highway improvements.
Total amount chargeable to the
highway fund is $s,210,3oo, but this
also includes money for the Depart
ment of Vehicles and Traffic, the
Department of Trees and Parking,
and for partial payment of police
salaries and several other minor
expenses.
The appropriation in the new bud
get compares with $6,145,000 avail
able for the current year for high
way improvements and a total
charge against the highway fund
this year of s7,7O6,452.
Demands on the highway fund
during the coming year exceed ex-
pected income by $1,665.422 which
the Commissioners propose to re-
coup by a 1-cent increase in the
present 3 cents gallon tax and by
doubling the present 50-cent annual
automobile inspection fee.
The highway estimates for streets
and beidges, If approved, will cover
completion of the South Capitol
Street Bridge and work on such
Federal-aid projects as the Dupont
Circle underpass, the twin bridge
replacement OF the present Highway
Bridge over the Potomac, the Z
street elevated from Rock Greek to
Key Bridge, and portion OF the
proposed K street depressed free
way. In Federal-aid projects the
city matches Federal funds.
Under the new estimates approved
by the Commissioners and Presi-
dent Truman, Traffic Director
George E. Keneipp is allotted $751;
8Oo-an increase of $151 .648 over cur
rent appropriation but $4,000 less
than he requested last September.
The money will permit Mr..
Keneipp to add II persons to his
staff and to spend $4,000 to de-
velop a plan for centralized control
of traffic lights.
Central control of the lights is q
part of the Commissioners postwar
trafic control program. It was also
recommended In the big highway
development program recently made
public by Highways Director II. G.
Whitehurst.
The amount Of police salaries paid
from highway funds Is increased
under the new budget from this
years $607, 500 to $o46.692.
Evening star., 1947-01-10

A 10 per cent increase In the stafI
of the Library Of Congress and far
reaching program OF improvements
to the library buildings, including
construction Of million dollar addi-
tions in the Northwest and South
west courtyards Of the main build
ing, are asked in the 1947-194s
Budget sent to Congress today.
The appropriation requested for
the library staff and its operation Is
$1l, ,537 200 for next year. This year
it is s6,069 ,967. Under the new
amount the library staff would be
expanded from 1857 to 1888.
In addition to this increase, the
amount asked for 1947-48 improve
ments to the library buildings and
grounds is $4.782 300. 1t was only
$187, 100 this year.
High lights of this Improvement
program are the courtyard buildings.
They are to cost 81 ,337 $50 and ST.
579. ITO. One is to house a restau-
rant to feed the entire library staff
in addition to visitors.
Twenty years ago the Southeast
Evening star., 1947-01-10

The end OF the free water priv
ilege of the Federal and District
governments is forecast in the 1948
estimates of the city water system,
which went to the Capitol today as
q part Of the District budget.
A total of $8,646, 900 is carried to
continue the expansion Of both the
supply-operated by the Army en-
gineers-and the distribution-con-
trolled by the municipal government.
The expansion sought follows the
lines Of the 43-year water improve
ment plan sent to Congress last
winter and designed to provide
enough water for District residents
In the year 1000.
Termination Of the free-water
privilege is a part of the proposal
of the Commissioners to make up the
deficit of $4,516,740 by which the
appropriation request exceeds ex-
pected income of the water fund.
Most of the deficit, however. would
be income of the water fund. Most
of the deficit, however, would be
made up by borrowing from the
Federal Government.
$685. ,470 to be Borrowed.
officials estimated the Federal wa
ter bill would produce about 1886, ,000
and the District government would
pay about $97, 900 annually for what
it uses. This would leave 1888, TAO
to be borrowed. Both plans would
REQUIRE legislation which, If not ap-
proved, would mean cutting the wa
ter budget about in half.
!. Historically, neither the national
or local governments have ever paid
for their water. In fact, the Wash
ington aqueduct was developed dur
ing the Civil War period at Federal
expense mainly to supply water to
the Government buildings. In 1882
the distribution was transferred to
the District government.
Since those days, the Federal Gov
ernment has generally regarded Its
free water as interest on the initial
investment, but all major capital
improvements are now made using