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Evening star., 1947-04-11
D. {. Utility Earnings
Show Uniform Drop
From Year Ago
By Edword c. Stone

In the first two months of this
year earnings Of all four Washing
ton utility corporations revealed de-
creases in comparison with the like
1946 period, reports to the Public
Utilities Commission revealed.
Capital Transit, which had a def
cit of $110,30S in February, COM
pared with a net income of sos 1886
a year ago, reported a deficit of
s149,297 in the two months, against
a profit of S199. .145 last year. A de-
crease of 2,030,7S9 passengers cut
revenues and expenses were sharply
higher, ofTsetting a drop OF S206 DAT
in taxes.
Potomac Electric Powers net In
come Of $676,701 was $187, 1865 under
last year, mainly due to an increase
of $448,935 in operating expenses.
Taxes were down $146,973.
Chesapeake 81 Potomac Tele-
phone Co. reported an income, be-
fore interest and dividends, of $514.-
153, a drop of $138,201, while
Washington Gas Lights net OF
s49s,025 was $84,S46 under Is46.
Electricity Sales Higher.
Potomac Electric Power Co. re-
porter today that sales of electricity
in March in the District totaled
122,137,213 kilowatt hours, an in
crease of 4,828,342 or 4l2 per cent
Sales outside the District. were up
11.93 per cent. The company's total
sales amounted to lac, ,374,870 XVIII.
a gain over last year of 7,4l1. .709 OF
5.33 per cent.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Beane are distributing a new book
let, How to Read a Financial Re-
port" which details ways to obtain
all facts about securities. The book
let is one of the most helpful the
brokerage house has ever put out.
Frederick G. Neuberth, jr, has
been appointed district traffic man.
ager in Washington for Trans
World Airline, succeeding William
r. Bullough, resigned.
ID. C. Delegation Enlarged.
Treasury Undersecretary A. L. M
Virgins, Wilmer j. Waller and G. B.
Upham, of the Controllers office,
will attend the ABA Council meet
ing at French Lick, bringing the
Washington delegation to eight.
Washington Loan 81 Trust Co. has
declared a quarterly dividend OF 8
per cent, payable May l to stock
of record April 81, President Harry
G. Meem announced.
Oscar r. Kreutz of Washington,
executive manager of the National
Savings and Loan League, says the
La Guardia demand that interest
rates on home mortgages be cut to
2 per cent would be ruinous. Inter-
est on savings would be so low that
thrift would become extinct.
Municipal Financing Climbs.
New State and municipal flnanc-
ing during March totaled S347 ,62l,-
600, compared with $88,974,300 in
March, 1916, the Daily Bond Buyer
announces. Total for the first quar-
ter was s676, ,732,362 VS.. $241 ,072 ,598
in 1916.
Robert L. Garner, vice president
of the International Bank for Re-
construction g. Development, will
address the annual meeting of the
National Association of Mutual Saw
ings Banks in Boston early in May.
George F. Hoover, who is in
charge of Hamilton National
branches. has recovered from his
recent serious illness.
Evening star., 1947-04-11

HeurIy sales on the Eachaage To-day:
n an, ar 14o 600 1910 noon 20o ooo
90 Pm. $50 900 2:u8 p.m. $50 600
tTInit az trading 10 shares. sln nank.
runtey ar receiversilip, or being reorgantzed
under the Bankruptcy Act. or securttie1
assumed by such companies. Rates q
div sderts ii the foregoing table are annual
disIursements based on the last quarterly
or semiannuaI declaration. Unless other
wise noted. special or extre dividepd5 ara
not included. I'd Ii dividend. xr ~ rights.
4 Also extrs or extras. Plus stock dtvt-
dend Cash or stock. Q Paid last year.
PAYABLE IN stock, 2 Declared or paid =
fnnes. / Accumulated dfyidends paid q
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Market Averages
Odd-Lot Deuiinqs

PHILADELPHIA. April II lPs.-The Se-
#curities and Exchange Commission re-
ported today these transactions By GUS
TONERS with odd-iot dealers or specialists
on the New York Stock Exchange for
April 10. 3,151 purchases involving 107.-
236 shares, 3,047 sales involving 81 l,992
shares, including ia short sales tuyolvtnG
Evening star., 1947-04-11
New York Cotton

lures turned firm today following earlier
losses of 81 bale as mill buying against
textile orders and short covering met only
limited Offering
Mills showed practically no interest in
spot cotton beyond necessary hll-in re-
Gs:irements Private crop reports were
good. Late afternoon prices were Is to
so cents bale higher than the previous
close. May, 34.69; July, Isl, and Oc-
tober, 29.TS.
Evening star., 1947-04-11

American Iron e. Steel Institute
elected H. E. Lewis honorary vice
president. He is a former board
chairman and president of Jones &
Laughlin Steel Corp.
Evening star., 1947-04-11

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Aireon Mfg Co 3N
Alum Co Am q. 64s6
Am&FgnPwr VII !
Am Gas d III "a 4oX
Am General We IA
Am Maracaibo :. ;
Am Repub We zoN
Am Superpowef IA
chPostPr. .20g m
Ark Nat Gas A ~
Atlas Corp " W Slf
Barium Steel ~
Berk&Gay Furn z
Bickfords .S0g y
Blue Ridge .43e 81
Breeze Cp / SO. lSM
Brewster Aero ~
BrownFDist. so 10
Bnk Hill & s laa 1874
Burma Ltd IN
BURY Biscuit 5
Calf El Pwr go 3
Catalin Am .40a "a
Cent g. Sw Corp 1oN
Cessna Air .15e 3a
Cities Service 20
Cities Svc pf- 172
Claude Neon an
Colonial Airline 8N
Col Mills n hza =. 13N
Col Fuel&Ir WV 81
Colts Pat r Arm 81
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ConsTextile. .60a eh
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Cosden Petro - 3sf
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Dennison A .20g ION
Diana Strs Va s
Dobeckmun .15s IA
Domestic Credit 3N
r~.i. cJ&1 1r,S Il 1IIZ
Evening star., 1947-04-11

OoIHIH 5tIcEC "a - WIiSut IdIB .IU ~
Rates OF dividends In the forezoinl
table are annual disbursements based OF
the last quarterly or semiannua1 desla.
ration. Unless otherwise motel. specia
or. extra dividends are mot included
dend q Cash or STOCK Pad last year
PAYABLE in stock e Declared or paid
funds. Accumulated dividends paid
or declared this year. New issue
Wv With warrants Tw Without wArrAntA
Evening star., 1947-04-11

sEx dividend. Books closed. fPlus extra
l946.
Evening star., 1947-04-11
N. Y. Curb Market
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Equity Corp In
Fairchud e d A ;
Fansteel Mtl We 1M
|Fedders-Quig.SO 12A
First York We 2M
IGarrett Crp 40 .
Gen Finance 20 ~
Gen Plywd .S0a 21H
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Hartford Ra vic 3A
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mid Wst crpHg 22A
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Mont L HAP Ag AN
Niagara Hud Pr ga
Mag Shr B soc 3
Pan Am Air war 2h
lPantepec Oil "a oA
IPennroad Ae 6la
lPitney-Bow 60 IL
lRaytheon Mfg :. 6M
Richmond Rad, $
lRioGrValG .05g 2h
st. Regis Paper 9z
Schultz DA cog "A
lSegal Lock ~
Solar Aircraft 9A
| lSonotone- 3A
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IValsparcorp We 1oh
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Evening star., 1947-04-11
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
Garhnckel common. new-I0 at 10, 10 at
10, at 10. % at 10. 10 at 10.
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Dividends Announced

NEW. YORK. April IL R.-Dividends
declared.
Evening star., 1947-07-06

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Evening star., 1947-07-06

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have the furniture you want now!
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
NO IRREGULARITY

MOSCOW, Jan. 8-(P)-An in
formed source said Wednesday
Soviet Russia, in reply to a United
States statement to Russia and
Britain or Polish elections, had
informed the United States that it
knows of no irregularities in prep
arations for the balloting unless it
be on the part of right-wing terror
list groups.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09

Congress restored funds for the
start of construction and ground
was broken in June 1916 for the
work. The work is being done by
National Contractors, Inc, of Co.
lumbus, Ca, a firm composed of
the Arundel Corporation of Balti-
more, l.. E. Dixon Company of
Los Angeles. Calf. and the Hard
away Contracting Company of Co.
lumbus, Georgia.
The contract amount for the first
contract is about $13, 282, 900. AS in
the case of the Clark Hill project,
the contract with the National
Constructors is a continuing con-
tract and the work will be paid
for by present and future appro-
priations of Congress. The con-
struction of the Allatoona dam and
reservoir will take about 4 years.
Referring to the map displayed,
the dam will have a crest length
of 1880 feet and will rise about 100
feet above the river bed. At full
power pool, it will create a lake
about IS miles long, with an area
of IL, 300 acres. This reservoir will
store 1888, 900 acre-feet to full-power
pool level. An additional storage Of
about 389, 900 acre-feet will be pro-
vided above full power pool for
use only for flood control.
The initial power installation at
the dam is planned for $4,000 XIV.
This will ultimately be increased to
108, 900 XIV. The annual output will
be about 167 million XIV, enough
to furnish all the domestic re-
quirements for a population of
some 400, 900 to 500, 900.
Plans are being made to provide
recreational features, to include
park, camp sites, fishing and other
outdoor sports. The large reser-
voir lake will provide northwest
Georgia, and particularly the
metropolitan area of Atlanta with
a great recreational region. Local
and state agencies are co-operat-
ing with the Corps of Engineers in
planning the multiple benefits Of
this Improvement.
Carolina Problem
I know that North Carolina has
flood control problems. Before
coming to Wilmington 1 discussed
this matter informally with Colonel
Gillette. I learned of the devastat-
ing floods On the Cape Fear, Neuse
and Roanoke Rivers. In this con-
nection, the proposed Bugs Island
project affords a partial solution
to the f~lood-control problems on
the Roanoke.
For your information, devastat-
ing floods have given the residents
along the Alabama-Coosa Rivers
considerable trouble for many
years. Now after years of wait
ing, the construction of the ALA
toona Dam on a main tributary to
the Coosa has been brought forth
by united effort and organization.
This, we hope, in a large degree,
will lower future possible floods
in the Rome, Ga, and other popu-
lated areas. In addition, the people
will secure the benefits of the
power produced by this dam. The
same comparison can be made on
the Savannah River, with the bene-
fits of flood control, navigation,
and power resulting from the con-
struction of the Clark Hill dam.
efforts along a river
basin will eventually bring desir-
ed results.
In closing, let me thank you for
your kind attention and courtesies,
and may I include greetings of
good will and interest from Colonel
Gillette who I understand is a
charter member of the Wilmington
club.
!
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
Isa-l,eqaL

~.oNINIsTRATOR's NOTICE
Havins qualified as Administrator admin OF
the 80 ta notify all persons having claims
MS y aid Estate to present them to
agalAs' Gorsiened at 1907 Murchison
tae % wilmington, N, c., on or be-
B.ll0.bae' .ae 9th day of December, ls4o, or
io-e Notice will be pleaded in bar of
tacl5I persons indebted to sad Estate
AZ" A".iaasa make immediate payment.
VII ne 3th day of December, 1947.
I4,5 Dohert D. Cronly, Jr-, Administrator
~ tbe Estate of Margaret Cronly.
J.asaspd.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
Taken From Life

1espedeza, dallas and red top
grasses, five acres in gardens
such as Irish potatoes, sweet
potatoes, watermelons and
vegetables, twenty-five acres in
small grains, which were wheat
and oats followed by lespedeza,
eighty acres in corn.
We said this is a farm out
standing for success achieved in
fdiversification. This year the re-
ceipts from tobacco net pro-
fit. AS that we have an idea
Mr.. Lennon understimated. We
would not be at all surprised if
some of the receipts from live
stock were net profit as we'll
as the receipts from tobacco.
Take another Measurement. There
are nine persons at present in
the Lennon home, two members
being off at college. The Lennon
grocery bill never runs as high
as three dollars a week and
ter meals served are far better
than the meals in homes where
the grocery bill is many times
three dollars a week. Take
another measurement. This year
the Lennon farm had cash re-
ceipts from tobacco, peanuts,
cotton, purebred hogs, purebred
polled Hereford cattle, pecans, -
six sources Of cash income.
Personally we like this mea-
surement: The Lennon farm
Iraised ninety per cent of the feed
for its purebred hogs and one
hundred per cent of the feed for
its purebred polled Herefords.
1t is almost true to say that with
the exception of the tobacco and
cotton acreage all of the Lennon
farm is either permanent or tenn
porary pasturage. For example
we saw two acres of corn that
averaged one hundred bushels to
the acre, and all the corn acre
age averaged fifty bushels to the
acre.
Take the purebred Duroc hogs.
Mr.. Lennon has eight purebred
brood sows, and two purebred
boars. He has just purchased
two more purebred brood sows.
The farm averages rs head of
purebred hogs. 1t sells at least
70 purebred Duroc hogs year.
The farm average fifteen to
twenty purebred polled Hereford
cattle and sells an average Of
ten head of purebred polled
Herefords each year. All of this
livestock so far has been sold for
breeding purposes. 1t has not
been necessary, by reason of a
lack of markets, to sell livestock
for meat purposes. The prospect
is it will be a long time before
all Of the livestock will not be
marketable for breeding pur-
poses. The culls furnish the meat
rI,ee;{;od n:e,,J.v
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
Scientist Churches
Study" "God, Creator"
For lesson Sunday

"GOD THE ONLY CAUSE
AND CREATOR" was the SUBJ
ject of the Lesson-Sermon in all
Christian Science Churches
and Societies on Sunday,
December 7. Golden Text
from Hebrews 3:4. Every
house is builded by some man;
but he that built all things is
Cod" Among the citations
comprising the Lesson-Sermon
were the following from the
Bible: Thou art worthy,
O Lord, to receive glory and
honour and power: for thou hast
created all things, and for thy
leasure they are and were
created" (Rev4:1D And from
the Christian Science textbook,
"Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures by Mary
Baker Eddy: All substance,
intelligence, wisdom, being, i'm
mortality, cause and effect be-
long to God. These are His at
tributes, the eternal manifesto
tions of the infinite divine Prin-
ciple, Love" page 275).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
BY n. A. STALLINGS
Boardman-last week Bill

Boardman-last week Bill S
Edmunds, secretary of the Chad
bourn Chamber of Commerce,
Henry Wyche, of the Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Company at
Whiteville, took us to the farm
of D. Hartford Lennon, near
Boardman. which is a farm
making an outstanding success
of diversific alton.
Let's look at acreage first. The
180 acres. 1t had 81 acres in to-
Lennon farm this year cultivated
bacco, eight and half acres in
peanuts, ten and half acres in
cotton, twenty acres in per
manent pasturage consisting of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

needed for home consumption
and lockers in freezer locker are
now full.
Mr.. Lennon is adding acres
to his farm that will be cultiva-
ted in 1948. He is planning to
use the acreage set free by the
additional peanuts, and feed for
tobacco reduction small grains,
another purebred Duroc SOW.
Successful crop diversific alton
lis not theory or a mere hope
or nothing more substantial than
a paper program with D. Hart
ford Lennon. Any farmer who
can have the receipts from
thirty-one acres Of tobacco as
net profits, plus probable part
of livestock receipts, without the
slightest question has made a
notable success out of diversi-
fication. Note tn j. is a success
attained wholly out of the
ground. There is no supplement
tary employment at town jobs.
All of the work is used profit
ably in actual farming.
We direct attention to a
second significance. D. Hart
ford Lennon is making a pro-
fitable success out Of pure
bred livestock. He has lot
money invested in purebred
livestock but by raising ninety
per cent of the feed for the hogs
and all of the feed for the cat
tie, he is making a profit off
expensive, purebred livestock.
He has a purebred Duroc gilt
that is a real show animal. It
appears to be animal without a
single defect, a real prize win
ner. At any rate Mr.. Lennon
says it is the finest hog he has
ever possessed. You will enjoy
visiting the Hartford Lennon
farm, Boardman, Route one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

Rouge which women use to
49, their cheeks is also used
an abrasive in the delicate
o. ~ of lens grinding.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-17
BOARD DEFENDS
APPLICANT CHECK
Confined From Page One)

whether the applicant had ever
been indicated for any o~ffense-this
information being submitted under
oath.
"It is also required that the ap-
plicant be endorsed by three citi-
zens to the effect that the endorsers
had known the applicant for a
period of not less than six months,
and that they had read his state
ment and believed it to be cor
rect; and that they knew him to be
of good character and reputation
and believed his habits for industry
and sobriety to be- good.
GAS required by law, three
names have been submitted to the
Chiefs of the Fire,a and Police De-
!partments for each vacancy, and
the respective Chiefs have the
right and privilege to reject any
and all names, in which case three
other names are submitted for each
vacancy until all vacancies have
been filled. This procedure was
followed at the time of the certi-
fication of Gurley and Grissett.
"The information before the
Commission at the time the ap-
plications of Gurley and Grissett
were received, and certified, did
not indicate any moral turpitude
on the. part of either man"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-17
JURY SEEKING
STATE RULING
CONTINUED From Page One)

the management attentive to their
duties.
County Jail: An inspection of the
County Jail was made on January
18th, 1947. The jail was found clean
and well operated. Some of the
prisoners were questioned and
were found to be satisfactorily
cared for and adequately fed. Hot
water supply has been made avail
able to prisoners in accordance
with grand jury recommendation
Of October %. It is recommended
that the enameled cups Of the pris-
oners be discarded and non-en
ameled metal cups be substituted
therefor.
Schools: There was.no inspection
Of the County Schools at this term
of Criminal Court, but this inspec-
ton will be made at a subsequent
meeting Of Grand jury.
Police Department: Upon inves-
tigation, this body finds that there
is a difference of opinion between
the agencies, the Civil Service
Commission and the Police Depart
ment, as to which agency has the
responsibility of thoroughly inves-
tigating the qualifications Of appli-
cants for employment in the Police
Department, and, as result thereof,
apparently in the past Z complete
and thorough investigation has not
been made in every case. This
body therefore recommends that
the City Attorney obtain from the
Attorney General an opinion as TO
which agency is responsible for
these Investigations. This body
further recommends that upon hav-
ing obtained an opinion from the
Attorney General, the designated
responsible agency re-investigate
the qualifications of the present
police department as far as neces'
sary to satisfy the responsible
agency that all members of the
police department are, in fact,
qualified and eligible to have been
appointed as employees of the police
department.
The Grand Jury desires to thank
the officers of the Court and
County agencies for their assist
ance rendered in our work.
Respectfully submitted
Signed:
J. c. Roe - Foreman.
Secretary - E. j. Wood.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-17

parachute jump at 2 O'Clock by
Russell Sorrell. The jump, it was
learned, will be a delayed type
with Sorrell jumping at 1000 feet
and opening his chute at 1000 feet.
The jump will be followed a:
2:15 O'Clock with an autogyro ex-
hibition by Burke Render of Caro-.
lima SkyWays.
Beverly Howard, lying a
clipped wing Cub will present the
expected crowd with thrills
"~a'plenty" as he goes through his
routine at 2:30 o'clock doing what
he terms 'lightplane aerobatics.'
His act will be followed at 2:24
o'clock by Pennington Flying
Service pilots doing precision fly
ing.
Carl Dunn, of Air Progress, Inc,
will follow at 3 o'clock with the
show coming to an snd with How
ard offering precision aerobatic.
in his internationally famous
Bucker-Junqmeister.
He will do slow rolls one-hah
rolls inverted climb eight-point
rolls snap rolls ribbon pickup
inverted flight and others.
Persons attending the show have
been asked to use the west gate,
The average Minnesota COW
yields 100 pounds of butterfat in g
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-17

wanted to see details before COM
hitting themselves and one
Senator Robertson-tR-Wyo.) said
some parts of the plan seemed
loosely drawn"
Four Secretaries
The plan provides for four secre-
tarles where now there are only
the two-the secretaries of War
and the Navy. All four may have
cabinet status. said Chairman Cur
ney (R-SD) of the Senate armed
forces committee, in Congress
discretion.
They would be the secretaries of
national defense, of the army,
of the navy, and of the, air forces.
The secretary of national defense
would have overall direction of all
three services, but each. would be
a department in itself and the
secretaries heading them would
have direct access to the Presi-
dent.
The matter of cabinet status for
the three secretaries of Army,
Navy and Air was left up in the
air in the White House announce
ment. Senators Robertson (R-
Wyo) and Russell (D-Ga), who re-
ceived an outline of the plan in ad-
vance, got the impression that the
three would be cabinet officers
along with the secretary of de-
lfense.
Chairman Andrews (R-NY) of the
House Armed Forces committee
called the plan splendid" but no2-
ed it provides for Indignation, not
merger as such"
The President had urged %unifica-
ton in his state of the union mes
sage as an economy measure, but
he made no mention of economy
in a letter to Secretary of War
Patterson and Secretary of the
Navy Forrestal congratulating
them upon their agreement.
Il recognize that each of the
services has made concessions in
the effort to reach this agree
ment." he wrote, land I feel that
it constitutes an admirable com
promise X K.
Il appreciate your fine efforts
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-17
EXPLOSION STlRS
GOVERNORS ROW
Continued From Page one)

in the rotunda above the SPOT
where Arnall established his tenn
porary office this morning.
Apparently tossed from an up.
per floor, the firecracker burst
with a terrific report that rever-
berated through the dome and sent
capitol workers scurrying into the
corridors.
Arnan had just left his desk. No
one was injured. An odor of burn.
ed powder fingered for some time
on the upper floors, but there was
no indication who had thrown the
firecracker.
Shortly after this incident the
Talmadge-appointed adjutant gen.
eral, issued an order that state
Iguardsmen should not bring rifles
into the capitol.
II will bust the stock on every
gun brought into the statehouse,'
Griffin declared.
Arnall's move into the rotunda
Thursday followed early morning
seizure Of the executive chambers
by Talmadge and his adherents.
Arnall described the tactics there
and at the mansion where he
later was denied entrance by state
Ipatfolmen as ''the perfect Panzer
movement which gave control to
storm troops" Talmadge declin-
led comment on this reference to
his hackers.
Assembly Convenes
When the General assembly con-
vened in mid-morning, the Senate
gave further support to Tai.
madge's legislative election by
confirming three of his top ap-
pointees. At the same time Tai
madge House forces beat down a
proposal for an Assembly recess
until the State Supreme court rules
on who is governor.