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Evening star., 1947-01-02
Cupitul Securities
Over the Counter.

Over the Counter.
The following bid and asked quotations
on Washington securities traded over the
more dealers, members of the National
Association Of Securities Dealers, Inc !,
would. trade with. the general public at
for The Star as Of December 81, 1896.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Sharp Building Gains |!
During 1947 Forecast
AS Supplies increase
BY the Assoeiaied Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-The surface
OF the demand for permanent
housing was barely scratched in
1916.
Federal estimates placed the num-
ber of completed units around
700, 900.
But with increased supplies of ma
terials, partial relaxation Of Gov
ernment controls and prospects OF
lower costs, forecasts for 1947 were
sharply higher, by both official and
private sources.
The new Office of Temporary
Controls sighted enough materials
for at least 1000, 900 dwelling units
as well as 5000 600 900 worth for
maintenance work and a "consid-
cradle excess" for nonresidential
construction.
Apartment Building Stressed.
The Department of Commerce
predicted construction Of all kinds
would reach record-breaking
$40, ,000, ,000, 900.
New Federal policy places added
emphasis on apartment building as
the best way to meet the housing
problem Of veterans. And private
industry regards the prospects as
bright in this field.
Thomas s. Holden, president of
F. w. Dodge Corp, ct-f1nding Or
ganization in the building industry,
predicted for 1947 an increase of
1872 per cent over 1916 in the dollar
volume Of contracts for apartment
buildings, hotels and dormitories.
Residential building as a whole
will increase at least SO per cent in
dollar volume, he said, and 35 per
cent in number of dwelling units.
.. Skilled Labor Greatest Need.
Many leaders in the building In
dustry agree that with the easing OF
materials shortage Of skilled labor
will be the major bottleneck in l947
Holden said that while appren-
tice training has been stepped up
and many building trades unions
have recruited new members, re-
cruitment has not kept pace with
needs in a number of important
trades" g.
Despite this, the possibility that
the coming year may see twice as
many homes completed as in 1916
was seen by L. M. Cassidy, vice
president for sales of Johns Man
vile Corp, manufacturer of build
ing materials. The lower cost level
in prospect for spring should en-
able. many builders who have de-
layed projects to put their plans in
operation, he said.
Evening star., 1947-01-02

- ~
ment in the early part OF December
but stocks generally better than
held their own on the hope that a
settlement would soon be reached
The greatest batch of increased and
extra year end dividends in years
was helpful. Selling for income tax
purposes provided drag.
The truce in the mining dispute
brought fast rally on December 8,
although quick profit cashing by
skeptics cut initial advances in nu-
merous instances. On the preceding
Saturday rails hit a speedy advance
on the largest Saturday turnover
since last May following the freight
rate boost granted by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Prices were irregular In the CLOSING
Evening star., 1947-01-02

ated on September by the most vio-
lent break in prices in 16 years.
United States Government bonds
also suffered break in April, When
interest rates hardened and buy@.
resistance developed, but these issues
staged at least a partial recovery
later in the year. q
Still another explosion" occurred
in the cotton market. On a buying
surge, cotton futures skyrocketed to
within a fraction of a cent of the
farmers dream figure" of 40 cent?
a pound. Then came a series of jary
ring drops and it was necessary to
suspend trading in cotton futures
three times during the fall, but
eventually prices leveled of at better
than 80 cents. a pound.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Aluminium Production
Shows Huge Expansion
By the Associated Press

ALCOA, Tenn, Jan. 2-United
States aluminium production in 1947
may top 000,0O0,00O pounds-or
more than four times the output
Of any prewar year-G. r. Gibbons,
senior vice president of the Alumi-
mum Co. of America, predicted.
He said the 1916 production of
aluminium will be almost three times
the amount turned out in 1888. The
1916 total represents only about two
thirds of capacity production, he
stated
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Chester
Continued from Page A-2o1

Imost -unobtainable to the compare
lively plenty class.
The stock market didn't like lot
|of these developments. 1t came
through the round Of big strikes in
pretty good shape, despite sharp
drop In February. Stocks reached
"a 15-year peak on May 20, but then
the long slide set Ia. It was accentu-
Evening star., 1947-01-02

l946 session, leaving the Assoclateo
Press 6o-stock composite down S.8
points on the year, loss of around
So, ,0O0, ,0O0, 600 in values. From the
October bottom the index recovered
about 5000, 900 900. The years drop
compared with net gains Of $16,-
900, ,0O0, 900 in 1945, $8.700. 900, 600 in
1914, So. 600 O0o, 900 in 1S43 and $4,-
SOC, ,000, 900 in 1912.
Among the most active stocks for
the year on the big board with re-
cessions of to 20 points were Gen.
eral Motors, international Tele-
phone, Pan American Airways, New
York Central, Packard Motors, So
ony-Vacuum, Canadian Pacific and
Aviation Corp. Conversely, In the 40
Evening star., 1947-01-02
BONDS on NY. STOCK EXCHANGE N 1916
By the Associated Press.

;. ) Z
NEW YORK, jan 2-Following Is o table
of transactions in bonds on the New York
Stock Exchange during the year 1916. It gives
the yearly sales, high, low and last price and
net changes from the previous year on bonds
listed prior to January /, 1915:
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BONDS.
I'm Dollars and Thirty -Secondsl
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Stocks
Continued from Page A-2o)'

the post-election session recorded
its broadest drop since September
Selling was blamed mainly on the
idea that the ballotting had been
pretty well discounted. There was
another dip on November 10, coinci-
dent with the announcement of
widespread price decontrols, and
again it was said to have been q case
of selling on. the good news" The
market ended November. though,
with slight net gain for the month
for the first time since May.
The coel walkout clouded sentt-
Evening star., 1947-01-02

|liyeliest sprinters Of 1946, modest
gains were retained by Common
wealth g. Southern, Columbia Gas,
Armour and American Power &
light.
Evening star., 1947-01-02

Rates Of dividends in the fcregoing table an
nua Disbursements based on the last quarterly cr
Special Or extra dividends are not included.
| xd Ex-dividend. xr x-rghts. Also extra or
extras. Plus stock dividend. dcash or stock,
stock. q Paid last year PAYABLE in Canadian
funds. Accumulated dividend paid or declared this
Evening star., 1947-01-02

Annual bond sales, In dollars: Total 1876 S1,3b4,A
l174i50; total l945, S2,261 ,9s5, ,l1o; total, 1s4@
wd-With declaration. xin--Ex-interest, Ct.
s sns or nat a on sns u nat for
Isons ether than default s-Matured bonds. Neso-
liability impaired by maturity. a
Evening star., 1947-12-24

SIllplul MdSteIS
for 1948, it was
a n n o u n c e d
today.
Other officers
named at an
org a n i z alton
meeting of new
area worshipful
masters includ-
ed: Richmond
T. Zoch, River
dale, Md, Hi
ram Lodge No.
10, vice presi-
dent; Walter l..
c h i S m, 1928
NEi,,~ocofo oro
Evening star., 1947-12-24
|. ". Fuller Killed, Nephew
Injured, in Plane Crash
BY the Associated Press

GRIFFIN, Ga, Dec. 24-Lucius
w. Fuller, 40, Culloden lumberman
and merchant, was killed and his
nephew, Frank H. Fuller, jr., son OF
the chief of the Richmond (Va)
Bureau of the Associated Press, was
injured in a plane crash here yes
terday.
Young Fuller was spending his
vacation with his father and mother
at Culloden. The son, student at
Hampden-Sydney College, had just
returned from service with the Navy
His injuries were said to be a
fracture of the right arm. cuts and
bruises. He was taken to Strickland
Memorial Hospital.
Lucius w. Fuller is survived by his
widow, his brother Frank and his
parents. His sister is Mrs. Viola
Fuller Fincher of Milledgeville, Ga,
and his parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
U. S. Fuller of Culloden.
He was plotting his plane at the
time of the accident. The craft
struck a power line as it came into
the airport to land, went out OF
control and struck the ground.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at Culloden.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Modge herewith Denied
New TriuI in Kidnupinq
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24-Filn
Actress Madge Meredith, 26, has
been denied a new trial and will be
sentenced January Is following hel
conviction on charges of kidnapping
and assaulting her former manager
Nick Gianaclis.
New trial motions also were de-
MED yesterday for Albert Tucker
%, and Damon. Klinkenberg, 80
found guilty with Miss Meredith
A fourth defendant, James Hatfield
will receive a probation hearing
January 8.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Schooner Which Took
BIS Jews 10 Haifa
Left Italy in Darkness
BY the Associoied Press

ROME, Dec. 24.-The two-mastec
wooden schooner which arrived yes
terday in Haifa under British escor;
sailed from Italy with 875 uncerti
fed Jewish immigrants Decembei
II, quietly and unnamed.
The name "Unafraid" was giver
it by the passengers when out a
sea, as is customary in such sailings
Gan official statement issued ir
Haifa translated the name, AL Taf-
Ichiduni, as You Can't Frighten u" y
Announcement by British authori-
ties that Meyer Levin, an American
neWsman, had been taken into GUS
tody revealed that the ship was the
one which sailed from point not
far north of Rome.
Photographer Taken to Ship.
Walter Green, Associated Press
photographer. was taken in the dark
of night-part of the time blind
folded-to photograph the ship and
it's passengers before the sailing. He
talked to Mr.. Levin shortly before
boarding the ship.
Mr.. Green said the automobile
ride to the scene of the sailing re-
quired little more than an hour, the
last part Of it through farmland
| lanes.
The driver was a member of Ha-
CANA, the Jewish underground mill
tia agency.
At the sailing somewhere many
of the immigrants had already ar
rived in luxury Italian buses-other
Hagana men were in charge. They
had come here from Palestine, 1t
was said, expressly to supervise the
sailing.
IS Buses Unloaded.
During the night, other big busses
arrived and unloaded The busses-
Is in all-came from different direc-
tions. The ship sailed shortly be-
fore dawn.
From battered pillbox which
could have been italian or German
a quarter-inch cable stretched Out
into the dark sea and to the
schooner,,s anchorage.
Surplus United States Army rub
ber RATS took the passengers along
this cable to the schooner. Hagana
men did the plotting.
Mr. Green said he was permitted
to work freely and take pictures OF
all phases of the loading. In the
little ships hold few feet of earth
served as ballast and crude plumbing
for the voyage
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Mukden Is Reinforced
By Airborne Troops
As Fighting RACES
By the Associated Press

PEIPING, Dec. 24.-The first
airborne government reinforce
ments to reach Mukden since the
Chinese Communists began their
seventh offensive in Manchuria
arrived today as fighting ragged
in wide area around the be-
sieged city.
Other troops of Gen. Flu Tso-YIs
command streamed north by land
National planes were transferred
from China proper to join in the
Manchurian battles.
Progovernment reports, possibly
exaggerated, said more than 200,-
900 Reds were gathered at Sinmin
Changwu and Faku-west, north
west and north of Mukden-in an
attempt to overrun those gateway
cities.
The government indirectly con-
ceded that Reds were astride the
Mukden- Changchun railway by re-
porting a National pincer move
ment under way between Tiehling
and Kalyuan. Tiehling is 40 miles
northeast of Mukden and Kaiyuan
Is miles farther on.
The government reported capture
of Changku, near Kaiyuan. It also
said the Reds suffered setbacks in
clashes around Sinlitun and Hell
shan, railway cities roughly 70
miles west of Mukden.
Just south of the Great Wall, Reds
were reported to have destroyed a
railway hostel, railway hospital and
other buildings between Chinwang-
tao, once thriving seaport, and
Pehtaiho, summer resort.
In Marking, the governments
top military commentator told a
news conference that Judging
from the state of the present
. Manchurian offensive, the Com
munists will not attempt to
occupy Mukden."
It. Gen. Teng Wen-yi said
the Reds, rather than risk a
direct assault on the heavily de-
Tended city. were concentrating
their attacks on lightly held
areas while striking at govern
ment communication lines. He
asserted that Communist thrusts
against Mukden's outer defenses
had been slowed by government
counterattackS)
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Mink Cout Stolen at Hotel

A Baltimore woman reported the
theft last night of mink coat
valued at $1,000 from a hotel here
Betty M. Helsing, staying at the
Shoreham Hotel, told police her
coat disappeared from a first-foo1
powder room at the MayfloWel
Hotel between $40 and 7:30 pm.
In 1916, one of the most serious
causes of U. S. auto accidents was
"cranking."
Evening star., 1947-12-24
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. -
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER "a. l9H.

the effect Of cutting the amount to
be raised from 10000, 900 600 francs
81 $40. 100000 to the 10000, ,0O0,- :
000-franc figure.
The Communists and De Gaullists
Joined In supporting those amend
ments, over strong government OBJ
.jections.
The government accepted another
amendment calling for elimination
of the positions of 10000 of today's
estimated 1,000, 900 public jobholders.
Most Of the positions eliminated
would be in the great nationalized
industries, such as the power net
work.
Mr.. Mayors "austerity" program
also calls for increased taxes on
alcohol, precious metals, radios,
spices, tobaccos and other luxury
items, and for a special annual levy
of $1,000 on night clubs. New night
clubs would be banned after jan
uary l.
Evening star., 1947-12-24

nue. Sc, st. Johns Lodge No. II
recording secretary; sHoward P
Bailey, 1908 Woodside parkway
Silver Spring, Temple-Noyes Lodge
No. 80, treasurer; James M. Bar
nard. 3617 Eighteenth street NE.
Hope Lodge No. 20, corresponding
secretary; and George E. Tolson, jr.
22O Lexington drive, Silver Spring
Naval Lodge No. 4, and Roger @
Mills, 1921 Twentieth street NE.
King Solomon Lodge No. 81, execu-
tive committeeman.
Mr.. Strawser is budget officer OF
the Public Buildings Administra-
ton of the Federal Works Agency
He lives at 3612 Twentieth street
NE
Evening star., 1947-12-24
French Deputies Vote
'Austerity' Measure
To Aid Reconstruction
BY the A,.oeio,sd Press

PARIS, Dec. 24.-The National
Assembly sent to the upper
legislative chamber today a
drastic new "auSterity" measure
designed to help pay for a two
billion dollar reconstruction pro-
gram by draining off funds of
Frenchmen who make more than
$1,000 a year.
The deputies passed the bill last
night, 300 to 268, with the far left
the Communists-joining the far
right-the followers Of Gen. Charles
de Gaulle-in opposition to the gov
eminent measure, which was en-
titled an exceptional levy In the
struggle against imitation.
The upper chamber, the Council
of the Republic, was expected to
begin debate on the bill within 4e
hours. The lower chamber was
scheduled to go to work on the
French budget for 1948, calling fol
expenditures of 856, 900, ,000, 900 francs
| ($7, ,193, 100000
Requires Bond Purchases or Taxes
The tax measure requires French
men TO buy 13o,o00,000,000 francs
($1, ,092 ,0O0,0O0) worth of government
bonds or pay that amount in taxes
The taxation bill will be sliding
scale levy on those with an income
of above 100000 france ($3,78O q
year.
Funds raised will be used to help
pay for ,000,000,0O0 franc
Isl $50, ,0OO,OO0) reconstruction pro-
gram. The remaining 10000 900, ,00l
francs ($838, 100000 in the extraor-
dinary reconstruction budget, under
Finance Minister Rene Mayors
plans, will come from aid furnished
by the United States.
One major purpose Of the meas
ure was to drain off excess pur-
chasing power.
The assembly backed up the new
measure by authorizing the govern
ment to issue special 3 per cent
bonds redeemable in 10 years. They
would be issued in three install
ments, beginning January Is. Tax
payers liable to the provisions Of the
exceptional levy" will have the op-
ton of buying bonds or paying taxes
in like amount.
The vote on the bond issue was
351 to 1S9, with the opposition COM
ing chiefly from the Communists,
who blasted the whole program as
"a plan of ruin for the working class
and the middle classes"
The government suffered several
defeats in its efforts to drive the
measure through the lower cham
ber, including the approval OF
amendments exempting farmers,
large families, small businessmen
and persons whose property was
damaged in the war. These had
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Court Dismisses Suit
To Halt Aid to Europe

A second suit against Presiden1
Truman and members of Congress!
asking that aid to Europe be stopped
was dismissed by District Cour
Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws yes.
terday.
The suit was brought by Davic
A. A. Olson of the Hotel 2400. Il
asserted the President and Congress!
were without authority to give
money for aid to Europe.
His first suit, brought month
ago, was withdrawn a few days later
Justice Laws dismissed the secone
suit on the ground District Cour
lacks jurisdiction to interfere il
foreign affairs.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Texas Pushes Hunt for Man
In $4,000 Bank Robbery
BY the Associated Press

BREMOND, Tex, Dec. "a. A
search for the surviving gunman of
a pair who robbed the Bremond
State Bank of $4,000 reached
Statewide proportions today as Of
ficers expressed fear he had escaped
a tightly drawn blocade of Central
Texas.
Police said complaint charging
robbery with firearms had been filed
against Francis Marion Hooper, jr.,
26, formerly of Port Arthur and
Bolton, Tex.
His brother, J. B. Hooper, %, was
shot down by Sheriff Bob Reeves of
Franklin, Tex, shortly after two
men robbed the bank.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Strawser Named President
OF Worshipfu| Masters

John E. Strawser. worshipful mas
ter of Federal Masonic Lodge No. l,
has been elected president OF the
District Area Association of Wor-
Evening star., 1947-12-24
LOST.

WRIST WATCH, lady's. Movado. white
gold, oblong, small diamond each end.
Reward. SH 6667. -24
WRIST WATCH-Lady's diamond Bulova
lost Sat afternoon in downtown shop
ping Reward. Call GLebe 5142.
WRIST WATCH, lady's, yellow gold, Bu-
Dec. 22 pm. Reward. CO. 9S09. 24'
YELLOW GOLD RING, set with large
green Tourmaline and 2 small diamonds.
Reward. WILLIAMS, CO. 6343. Ext. 10
ONE GOLD EARRING, star shape. zir.
ouin sets in center and on 3 prongs
Finder call North 3061. Reward. 25'
REWARD for return OF ladys black, me-
dium- sized handbag; owners name on wal.
let and other papers; money badly needed
vic. upper 14th ST. in SC & l0c, or Disner' s
Hardware Store, or on 14th st. bet. Giraro
and Park I'd. Please call CO. 6365. -26
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Lamarre Needs Money!
Works in Gasoline Station
BY the Associofed Press


DAYTON, Ohio. Dec. 24.-Bleriot
H. Lamarre, erstwhile business asso.
ciate of Maj. Gen. Bennett E
Meyers, says he is working as a
gasoline station attendant here be-
cause II need the money"
Lamarre was president Of Avia-
tion Electric Co. during the war. but
he told a Senate investigating COM
mittee that Gen. Meyers made him
"kick back" $4,000 Of his $4,000
a-year salary.
Both Lamarre and Meyers are
under Federal perjury indictments
growing out of the investigation of
the generals wartime activities as
an Air Force purchasing officer.
Lamarre, clad in tattered leather
jacket and work clothes, revealed
his new job to reporters last night
but refused to say where he was
employed because it might en-
barrass by employer"
Evening star., 1947-12-24
.CuncerCIinics to Open
Here in Mid-Junuury

Clinics for the detection of can.
Ger will be opened here about the
middle of January, Health Depart
ment officials announced yesterday
Three clincs will be opened under
the direction of DR.. Jay Mclean
director of the Cancer Bureau, ane
DR.. Gottfried Duschak. who ha!
been associated with the depart.
ment's tuberculosis work.
The clinics will be located in Gal.
linger Hospital, the Southwes
Health Center, Delaware avenue
and I street SW., and the George.
town Health Clinic, Thirty-thire
and P streets NV.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
|2,176 Soldiers, Civilians
Due From Pacific Today
BY the Assoeioted Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 24.-The
Army transport General Freeman
and the Army hospital ship Com
fort dock here today, bringing home
2,176 military and civilian personnel
for Christmas after service in the
Pacific.
Soldiers on board the two vessels
will be taken to Camp Stoneman
and patients to Letterman General
Hospital. Special Christmas enter
tainment is planned for all, officials
of the San Francisco Port of En-
barkation said.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
McGinnis' Car Stolen

Edward F. McGinnis, sergeant at
arms of the Senate, reported to
police today that his 1947 Cadillac
sedan had been stolen from in front
of his home at the Westchester
Apartments, 1000 Cathedral avenue
NV.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

joined the Coast Line on Nav
l, 1887, as assistant comptroller.
He was promoted to comptroll-
er on March 18, 1913.
Virginia Native
Born in Leesburg, Va,
Trundle was educated in Wash
ington, D. c. He entered rail
road service in 1918 with the
Southern railway in Washing
tor, and Joined the Coast Line
in November, 1920.
He held various offices in the
accounting department, includ-
ing travelling auditor, assistant
general bookkeeper, general
bookkeeper, chief clerk to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

with the Gulf Coast and Santa
Fe railroads at Galveston, Tex.
He served in various clerical
positions in the accounting de-
partments.
On. April 1, 1920, he became
field accountant with the United
States Railroad administration,
which was in operation during
Federal control of rail transpor-
tation during the first World
War. On March 1, 1921, he en-
tered service with the Interstate
Commerce commissions bu-
reau of accounts, where he he'd
the position of chief accountant
and auditor at the time he
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

to Congress for approval. Al
.hough the housing authority
has set aside several projects,
including Hillcrest and Stonewall
Jackson homes at Charlotte, N.
G.. It has not sent the list to Con-
gress for final action.
In the delegation from Will
mington were B. H. Marshall,
Jr., executive director of the
Housing Authority; Walter E.
Yopp, city councilman; and Will
liam B. Campbell, city attroney.
They conferred with Congress-
man J. Bayard Clark of the
seventh district, which includes
Wilmingtc-. and with housing
officials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
TOBACCO PRICES
FAIR TO STRONG
Eastern Belt Markets Re-
port Gains For Day;
Old Belt Wobbly
nv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Price averages were steady TO
81 higher for flue-cured tobacco
sold yesterday on the Eastern
North Carolina market, but
most grades took losses on the
Middle Belt while prices were
irregular on the Old Belt.
Leaf and nondescript grades
On the Eastern North Carolina
Belt were up from rs cents to
81 per hundred pounds. Far
orange smoking leaf was up 81,
and other grades were un-
changed, according to the fed
aral-state Departments OF Agrl-
culture report.
Robersonville, according to
the marketing service, held f.
mai sales yesterday This is
the seventh market on the belt
TO close for the season.
Demand weakened on the
Middle Belt, and most grades
posted losses. The majority OF
leaf and smoking leaf dropped
from so cents to SO, but a few
green grades compensated for
the downward trend with gains
up to 50. Nondescript dropped
from IS cents to $3.50, and lugs
eased off slightly.
Gains outnumbered the losses
when compared with Wednes-
days sales on the Old Belt.
Most changes were set at 81 and
81, with a few grades fluctu-
ating as much as So and 81.
Sales were reported as light,
with more good quality leaf and
less common, low and non
descript.