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Evening star., 1947-01-24
Chicuqo Livestock

CHICAGO, Jan "a P.-tUSDA)--sal-
able hogs, 5000; total 10000: fairly
sows steady: top. 24.25; bulk; good and
choice, lS0-24O pounds. 23-15-.4. 90: bulk.
250-270 pounds, 22.00-23 50; 270-325
pounds, 23,75-23.25; most good and choice
sows, l9.00-19.50; comple.e early clear
ance
salable cattle. 1.5oo; total, 800: sal
and yearlings. including yearling heife,s +.
more active than Thursday; choice 1,0s5:.
grades, 10 .00-2l so; common and me-
dium light Southwests, 1880: cows fully
Steady. more active; clearance broad;
common and medium beef cows. 10, so
1900: good cows 10 IA so: light can
so lower at 1880 down; yealers steady
at 27.00 down; stock cattle weak.
Salable sheep, 1000: total 1,200;
slaughter lambs steady to 25 higher; few
scaling 126 pounds down, % 90: double
wooled Colorados carrying stable medium
end same price: car strictly good and
WOoled lamSs ss.sS; few medium Grade
woolskins. 1880; otner slaushter classes
scarce. auotable nominally steady; load
good srade 69-pound white-face feeding
lambs oU55.
Evening star., 1947-01-24

The battle of words between
Montgomery County Democrats and
county charter advocates continued
today as E. Brooke Lee accused the
Charter Committee OF political
Misrepresentation
Mr.. Lee, Democratic leader, started
the fireworks this week by asking
the General Assembly to reject leg
islation that would exempt the
county from the Lindsay law BAN
ming nonpartisap election of mem
bers of a county council.
His action was denounced yester-
day by the County Charter Com
mittee. The groups statement was
described by Mr.. Lee as continual
tion of Its five-year program of per-
sonal abuse and political misrepre-
Sentation."
Their directly quoted definition
of my publicly expressed philosophy
is false" Mr.. Lee said.
Committees Criticism.
(The committee charged, Brooke
Lee true to his own publicly
expressed philosophy that the peo-
pie have no rights except what Gov
ernment gives them, is urging the
legislators - to ignore the wishes
of Montgomery citizens.)
Mr.. Lee replied:
at is through such misrepre-
sentation that the Charter Com
mittee succeeded last fall in lead
ing a large number of Montgomery
County voters to defeat a good
Democratic county administration
and to substitute not-so-good Re-
publican county administration
The harm that the charter leaders
have caused the people of the county
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Attack by Charter Committee
Is MISREPRESENTATION, Lee Says

in the last election will be more
obvious in the future.
More kindly people than the
Charter Committee would confine
their newspaper statements to dis
cussions of the merits of their posi-
ton or to the lack of merit of the
opposition position. In any case
they would be accurate.
1T Is silly for the charter people
to say that I fear loss of political
control through nonpartisan elec-
tons. The charter people have al
ready voted the Democrats out of
control and the Republicans into
control through partisan elections.
1t is equally poor descriptive Ian
guage to term a public state
ment addressed to each member Of
the General Assembly as a back
door approach when that proce-
dure is really the most open, 'front.'
door approach that Is possible, and
an approach that is open to every
citizen.
Upholds Party System.
all DIS Iuuily COilNIuCeu tl1dl lIle
two-party system and the direct
primary are fundamental bulwarks
of American liberty.
Il respectfully suggest that it is
already five years past the time that
the Charter Committee and public
ity writer's should begin to tell the
truth about the government and
politics of Montgomery County and
even about the people who do not
agree with them"
The Republican Montgomery
County delegation has introduced q
bill at Annapolis sto exempt the
county from the Lindsay law. The
measure has been referred to the
House Judiciary Committee.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Stock Market Turns
Irregular Following
Early Advance
pT FRIut EVUuHN
Assoeioied Press Finoneiol Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-The stock
market today tried to keep Thurs
days late rally going but was only
partially successful.
Gains of fractions to a point or so
were well distributed at an active
opening. Dealings soon tapered
with most extreme advances being
trimmed or converted into minus
signs. Moderate irregularity ruled
near the fourth hour.
The Governments intervention in
the original portal pay suit still
provided prop for sentiment but
skeptics were quick to cash profits
on the runup of the previous session.
Some customers stood aside to await
outcome of the United States Steel
wage negotiations which were ad-
journed until Monday. Stocks con-
cerned failed to make any outstand-
ing response to good earnings and
dividends. The question Of indus
trial prices and business in coming
months inspired conservatism.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
s
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Jan. "A 4P.-cotton fn-
gains of more than 81 90 bale today. as
increased liquidation and hedging met
Indifferent trade buying
spot cotton during the past week was
small, but that recent market declines
had brought some increase in country
oneTnsS hn OF e4ttGn dnna a. lover prices,
than $500 a bale before recovering par
TALLY on mill buying. and short covering.
Late afternoon prices were 15 cents to
81 AS bale lower than the previous close.
March, 80. so: May. 1880 and July, 2S.1S
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Retail Trade Declines;
Rain and Unfavorab|e
Weather Blamed
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-For the
first time since early october, retail
sales in the week ended Wednesday
showed a dropoff from the preced-
ing period for fu'. weeks business,
but volume remained Is to 10 per
cent ahead of a year ago, Dun 81
Bradstreet reported today, In the
previous week the year-to-yea- gain
was % to 26 per cent.
Rain and unfavoraols shopping
weather over a wide area were said
to have caused the decline, Only
other weekly decrease i'll sales since
fail was a post Christmas slump in
the holiday week ended January 8
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Business Briefs

Money in Circulation declined to
S28, ,3S9, ,O000 900 on January %, drop
of S149,0OO,00O from week earlier,
but remained 1892 100000 above a
year ago-Federal Reserve Board.
Consumers Are Demanding $3.50
hroadcloth shirts, So housedresses
and ST. .98 sheets, the National Retail
Drygoods Association announced
after a survey. Lower prices and
better quality were forecast.
Automobile Production in the
United States and Canada totaleo
94,345 units this week VS.. 1916 last
week-Ward's Automotive Reports
Business Inventories continued to
increase during November at all
levels and scored an overall rise OF
s1,100,0OO,O0 - Commerce Depart
ment. Durable goods accounted fol-
about two-thirds of the increase.
Crane Co. has offered to purchase
Alliance Ware. Inc, of Alliance
Ohio, through an exchange of stock
United States Playing Card Co
declared an extra dividend of 81 and
a regular quarterly of so cents a
common share, both payable April l
American Meter Co. declared g
dividend of ST. payable March Is
Previous payments were so cents
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad net
income for l947 will be about 38%
below 1929 levels, although invested
capital in the railroad plant is about
$1,000, 100000 greater than in that
year, said Edwin H. Burgess, vice
president and general counsel
Loew's, Inc, and subsidiaries
earned S17958,945 or 1882 share
in II months ended August 81 VS.
sl2.913,369 or s255 in the previous
year
Industrial Rayon Corp. estimated
net income for 1916 was IS ,022 04C
or 1886 VS.. s2,438313 or s1.31 in
l945.
New York, Chicago g. st. Louis
Railroad earned $5,567,790 in 194t
VS.. S6,083.229 in the previous year
John MorreIl & Co. profit for 81
weeks ended November 2 was S2,l04,-
1913 or s5.26 VS.. 1881 1850 or s2.20 ir
the preceding SO weeks.
william Whitman Co., formerly
Arlington Mills, earned $1,715,22s
or S1763 in II months ended No
vember 80 VS.. $702, ,0S4 or $7.21 II
the previous year.
Julius Kayser g. Ce. profit for 81,
months ended December 81 was ST..
1889 or Sl.51 VS. S440.477 or IS
cents in the same 1945 period.
ID. A. Schultz, Inc, earned S840,58
OF So cents in II months ended Oc'
ober 81 VS.. $847 ,239 or SO cents II
;he previous year.
United States Pipe & Foundry Co
nstimated net income for 1946 wa:
1886 ,635 or $120 VS.. S1,410, l02 ol
S2.O2 in 1945
Austin, Nichols G. Co. earned $455,
372 in eight months ended Decembe'
81 VS.. S305 800 a year earlier.
Equitable Life Insurance Co. o
Iowa reported $119,597 900 of nev
life insurance was written, in 1916
a lump of 62eo from 1945.
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance CO
reported new insurance sales in 1914
totaled 500 ,254 900, gain of 84T
from l945.
A Bread and Water Diet face
Wall Street these days. Stock ex
change volume at midweek was tn
lowest since August. Since the star
of 1946. sales have exceeded 100000
shares "a only three days.
Mcintyre Porcupine Mines, Ltd
net income for nine months ende,
DecembefI 81 was 81 45s.555 or sl.S
VS.. s1,SlS,565 or 1927 in the sam
l945 period.
Rome Gable Corp. earned s735,
o48 or s3.e8 in nine months ende
December 81 VS.. S2l7.699 or Sl.l4
year earlier.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Washington Produce

From the Department of Agriculture
Prices paid fob washington
EGGS-Market firm under good de-
mand and light receipts. Prices paid for
Federal State graded eggs received from
grading stations January "a, 1947 Whites
browns mixed colors, U. S. grade A. large,
49, current receipts 40. -
continue relatively light: fowl, heavy type,
30; light type, 20; broilers and roasters,
30
Western box packed)-Market firm; re-
ceipts moderate; fowl, heavy. 39-40; roast
ers. pounds, 81; broilers and fryers,
1896
Evening star., 1947-01-24
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 24.-Back
in 1912, the Marines and the Navy
tuned up at Solomons Island, Md.
for the amphibious landings they
later made in. the Solomon Islands
of the Southwest Pacific, and a
State Legislator claimed they did
about as much damage in Maryland
as they did with shot and shell at
Guadalcanal.
Delegate Louis l.. Goldstein, DEM
ocrat, of Calvert introduced reso-
luntion asking the Governor to set
up a budget item for repairing ero-
sion damage done by waves from
warships large and small as they
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Capital Transit Co.
Reports S11,S23 Loss
During December
By Edword G. Stone

Capital Transit Co. today reported
to the Public Utilities Commission
a deficit of sl1. 1923 for December.
after interest and charges. compared
with net income of sl03, ,186 year
ago.
Operating revenues were up $32,-
s69, but operating expenses also
gained S118.320 over year ago and
taxes and special charges were sea-
259 above requirements year ago,
reducing operating income $l55, ,495
below December, 1945. Revenue
passenger showed an increase of
1,496,745.
Net income in the full year 1916
amounted to S987 ,224, as compared
with $685. ,223 a year ago, de-
crease of S340 999, or 25.7 per cent.
There was drop of $536,219 in op-
Grating revenues and expenses in
creased by s2,659915. Taxes and
special charges were down S2,S38, ,912.
Revenue passengers numbered
41O,125,559, a decrease of 1,162, $50.
The report further showed that OF
the S987 ,224 net income for the year,
S827.81l was earned in the first six
months, leaving $159,413 as the net
income for the last half year. The
company recently requested higher
fares.
Policy Retention Urged.
Alexander E. Patte1 son, executive
vice president of the Mutual Life
Insurance Co. of New York, urged
war veterans to retain their Gov
ernment life insurance because OF
the many valued privileges extended
as wartime emergency and ADVISED
the reinstating of millions of lapsed
policies before the February l dead
line in an address yesterday at the
Washington Hotel.
Mr.. Patterson spoke at induction
ceremonies of Charles P. Rise, who
has succeeded Thomas P. Morgan,
jr., as manager of The company s
Office here Mr. Morgan Will devote
his time to estate planning work and
ceremonies of Charles P. Rice, who
had extensive experience in the
home office.
Mr.. Patterson stressed the bar
gain" veterans have and asked all
underwriters TO help them keep
their Government policies in force.
Banking Training Stressed.
Ralph Endicott, treasurer OF the
Washington Loan g. Trust Co. and
dean of Washington Chapter, Amer
lean Institute of Banking, stressed
the great value of institute courses
at the Mayhower Hotel last evening.
The spring term educational din
ner was attended by the chapter
officers and special guests. Theo-
dore P. Cowgirl, chairman of the
Educational Committee, presided.
S. William Miller, president OF the
District Bankers Association, spoke
briefly. as did Kenneth O. Hulse,
chapter president, and Samuel Red
man, jr., chief counsel.
Marques Discusses Wills.
Melvin Marques, deputy register
of wills. addressed the District OF
Columbia Chartered Life Under
writer's at a dinner meeting at the
Mayfower Hotel on the subject OF
wills and estates. He was intro
duced by Leon KatZ, with President
George HaineS presiding.
Bank Loans in Sharp Rise.
Total loans of 20 washington
banks and trust companies regis
tered a gain of $50,038,000 in the
full year 1916, Controller OF the Cur
rency Preston Delano reported today.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
N. Y. Bond Market
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Evening star., 1947-01-24
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, Jan "a L4N.-Persistent buy
ing OF cash wheat by commercial interests
times today on the Board of Trade. Corn
and oats were firm with advances confined
to fractions rs .
i Strength in wheat futures rejecting q
strong cash market at Minneapolis, where
mills were reported active buyers. Trade
Administration was continuing to buy all
fioifr offered at its price schedule.
There were rumors that the Commodity
Northwest, but these we're denied from
Washington Agency spokesman said the
CCC temporarily was out of the wheat
ma rket -, 3.
Wheat closed 7.-2h higher, March
2.091a-2 90: corn was "a lower to i4 higher
March, 1.2934a, and oats 1s-a4 higher
March 74Ta-Tb 7-5e5yss :. [s3 ;
Evening star., 1947-01-24
} Peruvian Indiuns Killed

LIMA, Peru, Jan. "a tP.-Press
dispatches from Huancayo today
said 9 Indians were killed and II
wounded in a clash with government
troops who were trying to prevent
them from invading pasture lands
near the Huancayan capital.
Evening star., 1947-01-24

Hourly SotS On TUE B1tnause IuuhJ.
~ .,mau, 25o 600 = Uu moon 400 600
100 m $50 900 2th, m $40 GOO
tunit OF trading. 10 shares .In bank
ruptcy or receiver ship or being reorganized
under the Bankruptcy Act or securities
assumed by such companies. Rates OF
dividends in the foregoing table are annual
Disbursements based on the last quarterly
or semiannuai declaration. Unless other
not included. xd Ex dividend. xr Ex rights.
Also extra or extras; Plus stock diyi-
dend d Cash or stock. e PAID last year
PAYABLE in stock. Declared or paid so
far this year h Payable in Canadian
funds. k Accumulated dividends paid or
declared this year.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Washington Exchange

Garfinckel common new-10 at %.
Capital Transit LIST ref 4s-$4.O00 at
1061a.
Washington Gas $3.50 preferred-10 at
1o7h: 3 at 107.
Woodward g. Lothrop preferred-3 at 1871
Garfnckel 4la% preferred-40 at 25: 20
at 20.
Capital Transit Colo at 2sh; 100 at
2SEa
Evening star., 1947-01-24
N. Y. Curb Market
CHANGED FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE,

2:30lHoll c Gold 35e 10Y
Aireon Mfg Co 3AlHumble OIL 1sse seH
AluminumLtdh81o HumRossF 60a 29zt
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Am General Aae 3l1IKaiser.Fra IN
Am Maracaibo 3NILakeShoreM .72 Lay
AmPot&ChBl ~ 35NlLakeyFd&M.l5 81
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Apex Elec Mfg g McCord Cp cog 17N
Argus Inc - ~ Menasco Mfg
Ark Nat Gas A 20 Merritt Ch .65g 10
Atlas Corp Wv Mesabi Iron oA
Barium Steel 80 So Mid Wst Crpl4g 22N
BrownFDist 80 171zi mining CT Can 81
Brown Rub 30g al4 IMolybdenum "a o1
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Cent g. SW Util SMl Pan Am AIR war az
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CrownDrug .15e 5lsiSt.LawrenceCp 1oI4
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Diana Strs "a lSalt Dome Oil = 81
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ElginWatch. Goa 19l1ISonotone
Elliott Co 1914 hiStandard Brew az
Equity Corp 2M Std Power & 1t 3M
Fairchild E Il A 3M Taggart 81
Fansteel Mtl Ae 2olzITextron Inc 1ae 12M
Frank Stores 12aETrans-Lux .10e IA
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Ge.lman Mfe - 50 Ut AircProd he 651
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Rates of dividends in the foregoin,
table. are annual disbursements based or
the last quarterly or semiannual deela.
ration. Unless, otherwise motel, speeis
or extra dividends are not included
Also extra or extras, b Plus stock divi.
dend d Cash Or stock: e Paid last year
so far this year h Payable in Canadiar
funds. Accumulated dividends paid
or declared this year. New issue
WV With warrants XIV Without warrants
Evening star., 1947-01-24

! FOREIGN $3.50
Australia3as66 96,i
Belgium rs 90 112
ChileMB 6s61 Q 73H
Denmk 4as SO 90
Grk Is 66 pt ID 1oN
Norway 41s 65 los
Peru LIST Is 60 15H
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Urug al 4Ns ~ 9eiA
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NEW YORK CITY
IS 80 113N
DOMESTIC $3.50
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Evening star., 1947-01-24

Marvin E. Walsh. general manager
of the Safeway Washington office,
said his company regrets" the PSC
action but will file a petition for
reconsideration and rehearing. PSC
Commissioner Thomas E. Jones of
Prince Georges County dissented
from the PSC action, Mr.. Walsh
cold
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Maryland Denies Plea
OF Safeway 10 Operate
Local Bus Service
By the Associofed Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 24-The Pub
lie Sevice Commission today ordered
the Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines,
Inc, to improve its service between
Baltimore and the District of Co
lumbia, simultaneously dismissing a
petition to allow Safeway Trails,
Inc, to take over the local service.
The action resulted, the commits
sion said, from numerous complaints
that drivers of Greyhound buses
often refused to stop for passengers
along the Washington boulevard,
that service is not always as cour-
teous as it might be, and that pas
sengers have sometimes been unable
to get information at the Baltimore
terminal.
{ The same riders. the PSC said,
asked that the local franchise be
transferred to Safeway.
In letter from Frank Harper,
executive secretary of the commits
sion, Greyhound was ordered "to do
whatever is necessary to remove all
possible cause for complaint in these
respects, to the end that the public
may at all times receive satisfactory
service
The PSC held that the public
welfare and convenience do not re-
quire" the transfer of the franchise
to SafeWay.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Dividends Announced

declared
Pc Stock of Pay
Rate rio6 record able.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
BUYERS RESISTING
BUILDING PRICES
Department OF Commerce
Revises Construction
Estimates For 1947

WASHINGTON, April "a -(P)-
The Commerce department. fore
cast tonight that 1947 construction
will be So, 600, 900, 900 to So, 300, 000,-
900 les than it estimated in Janu-
airy, partly because of buyer resist
ance to higher costs.
Other factors cited were I'M
certainty over future prices and
costs, and uncertainty over "ahe
pattern of general business con-
ditions during the rest Of the year.
- that is, whether there will be a
recession.
The department scaled its esti-
mated of the total volume OF all
1947 construction expenditures to
between $1S, 300, 900, 900 and SIS, $780,
600, 900 from an original $21 ,6oo,-
600, 900.
Both estimates include $780,
900, 600 for maintenance and repair
Continued On Page Three, Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-25
Phone Parley
Will Resume
Attorney Chrages Official
Washington Seeking To
Break Strike

WASHINGTON, April 24-P-A
charge that Official Washington
,eeras to be interested in break,
ug our strike" was made tonight
by Henry Mayor of New York,
,ttorney for nine of the striking
telephone unions.
Almost simultaneously, the
Labor department announced thai
regulations would resume here
tomorrow, after a lapse of days,
between the American Telephone
T. Telegraph company's long lines
division and its long distance
workers.
Snokesmen for the Southwestern
Bell Telephone company will ar.
rive late tomorrow, a department
.nokesman said, but no further
word has been received from the
third strategic unit of the Bel
system invited to Washington for
renewed bargaining, the Western
Electric company.
Mayer accused Secretary Of
Labor Schwellenbach and Assist.
ant Secretary John w. Gibson OF
Trying ''to break the morale OF
our people
81 have been advised on good
authority" Mayor told reporters,
that Schwellenbach is saying in
official circles that this is a weak
union and that the strike will
collapse"
Mayer denied that the union is
weakening.
Secretary Schwellenbach de-
rlined to answer, except for this
statement:
In accordance with my custom
not to engage in public debate
with the parties to a labor dispute
/ during negotiations, I am not COM
] menting on Mr.. Mayors charges"
Earlier. these two developments
marked the strikes 18th day:
i. John L. Lewis United Mine
workers, AFL, gave the indepen-
dent NFTW a check for 500, 900
repayable at the convenience
81 the union.
2. Reports of the cutting of long
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