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Evening star., 1948-09-17

CHICAGO: Sept. II t9 usDA) ,-sala-
BILE hogs, 1000; total, 5000; butchers
slow. steady to % cents lower; sows un-
evenly steady to 25 cents higher: advance
on sovs over 400 pounds: one load Choice
230-pound butchers, 1000: bulk good AID
choice. 10000 pounds, .9.25-2915; few
$50 pounds, -. o-2eC0; several loads
450-500 pound butchers, 25.0o-25.25; load
616 pounds, "a O0 most good and choice
sows under $50 pounds. 27 25-2s,25; few
$3.50; 350-4O0 pounds, rs 1927 .O0 4o5-
and over, 23.5O-24 80; not much under
"a 90; good clearance.
Salable cattle. $500; total 2,700: sala-
BILE calves. 800: total, 300;. steers and
heifers mostly steady: srainfeds in very
light supply sows steady to rs cents
lower; bulls and vealers steady: scattered
sales high good and cloice fed steers.
1900 pounds down. 3600-39,5 so: several
loads common southwest grassers. $500
1878; odd head sood heifers Up TO $500;
common and medium gfassers, 20.60-
&c 50: medium and good beef cows, 20.50-
"a 90: Gamers and cutters, 1900 g 80:
medium and good sausage and fat beef
bulls. 23.50-25.50 GOOD and choice vealers.
29.00-31 90; stockers and feeders slow.
Salable sheep. 1000 total. 2.G00;
slaushter lambs. so cents lower; Ewes veal
to 30 cents lower; yearlings scarce: bulk
good and choice native spring lambs.
24.60: one or two small lots. $500; few
comon to medium, e1 00-23G0: common
to good slaughter ewes. S.75-10.75; load
lambs, "a SO
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Senators 10 Probe
Closing Of Textile Mills
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Small Business COM
mittee today prepared to investi-
gate the decision of Textron, Inc.
to close six mills in New England
and Virginia,
Senator Bridges. Republican. Of
New Hampshire said he understood
the firm planned to move the plants
to Puerto Rico. He requested the
Investigation to find out how
Puerto Rico, where Americans have
been pouring tax dollars for years,
can lure industries away from this
country
Senator Bridges said Chairman
Wherry of the Small Business Com
mittee agreed to inquire into the
circumstances of TeXtron, Inc. clos
ing its mills in Nashua and Dover,
N. H: Manville and Esmond, r. l.;
Taunton, Mass, and Waynesboro,
Va"
Committee investigators will be
assigned Immediately to the cities
where the mills are located, Senator
Bridges said, with view to pre-
pairing for public hearings at which
all interested parties will be heard"
Senator Bridges said the commits
tee lis interested in establishing the
damage to smaller industries and
business in those communities and
the effect on employment as re-
suit of the closing of these plants"
The textile plants employ approx
imately 5000 persons. Senator
Bridges said he understood the firm
planned to move operations to
Puerto Rico.
Textron's president, Royal Little.
r. l., said earlier in the
week that the company would >"wel-
come" an investigation.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
~ the Assosiotsd Press

LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE story of
how 100000 in gold, a gang of
strong-arm men and a platoon of
policemen picked the SAME night to
converge on London Airport un-
folded in the Old Bailey Police
Court yesterday.
Government Prosecutor Gerald
Howard said the gold got there late,
the would-be thieves arrived right
on time-and the police. who had
been tipped OF, were there already
The result was a free-for-all,
fought with clubs and fists around
a warehouse safe containing dia-
monds and other goods worth 300,-
900 pounds Isl ,20o, ,0o0,, which ended
with the arrest of eight men.
The eight pleaded guilty to charges
of attempted robbery of the safe
July 20, but innocent to charges of
assaulting the police or being armed.
Mr.. Howard didn't say where the
81 ,000, 600 in gold was coming from.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Sept. II ga fairly brisk
LARGE purchases Of the cash grain BY the
Government and reports that Eastern
ported the upturn.
vanced. September corn sold lower much
Of the day in line with . drop In cash corn
prices. Traders also noted fve-day
Weather Bureau forecast Of above normal
temperatures in the Midwest. Toward the
close, this contract rallied:
totsiins sfR1l's $4,000 t bushels. had left Fort
William for Chicago caused some selling In
with an upturn at Winnipes. .soybeans
sank after showing early strength.
Wheat closed / to ia higher, septem-
ber 2.25sa-h: corn was l to . cents
higher, September. 1.8s9.-1 so: oats were
"a lower to 1ss hisher. September. 70.
rye was eL hisher. December. .601., and
soyoeans were Ia-11a lower, November.
2.46.
Wheat-No. 3 light garlicky; 2.23H;
No 3 light garlicky tough, ~ ~: NO .
hard. 2ssA, So,n-soi m | yellow An 1,s9. sS:
No. 5. I.75 No. white: 800; oatsrNe.
] heavy mixed. 75a-76; No: heavy mixed,
74h: No. ! heavy white, 77!.7SA. Barley
nominal: mailing, 1.16-5s feed. 1.00-20;
field seed per 81 hundrsdweisht, nc nominal; al
timothy, 10.00-12,o0; SOY beans none.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK Sept. - tAp.--Foreign ex-
Sni1ngs ShanTs dtbeSs 5ases ioles io Cents
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket, sis per cent discount or 81 1881 U. 8
Europe-0reat Britain tpound). 4 O3A
unchanged: Great Britain, 30-day futures,
4.02a4, UNCHANGED: Great Britain, 60-day
so-day futures, 4.oIIa, UNCHANGED; France
1franc), 32 Of cent. on .00A: Italy
flira) September nxed rate, .00l 73a; Au-
gust, OO1739; Sweden tkrona), 27.s5. un-
changed; Sw,tselland tfranc) uree', 5.53,
OF O2 Of cent
Latin Amei ica-Arse.itina ffree), 20 90,
UNCHANGED: Brazil freeD. $50, unchangeo;
Mexico. "A 81, unehanged
Evening star., 1948-09-17
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Sept. II lp,.-Cotton fu-
lures registered early moderate gains to-
day, but later turned reaction8ry on COM
mission house and New Orleans profit tax
ing.
The initial upturn stemmed from the
Department of Agriculture action author
izing farm storage Of loan cotton in ad-
dition to- the usual warehouse facilities.
Traders felt that this confirmed expecta-
tions Of q big loan movement this season.
Additional. ECA cotton export authori-
cations to France and Denmark. covering
about 10000 bales Of cotton, was also a
hrming influence.
The CCc reported loan entries of II 200
bales, against 32, $40 in the previous week.
spot eotton vas ma narfv % t6sr 6syhf bSi
were under the loan values, with shippers
paying q better price.
The resctionaT trend in later dealings
vas attributed partly to technical reasons
following the recent advance in the mar
ket.
Late afternoon prices were 90 to 20
cents a bale lower than the previous close
October, 81 SO; December. 31.01, and
March, 30.76.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Treasury 10 Increase
Rate for Refundinq
Certificate Issue
By the Assoeicied Press

The Treasury announced today
plans to refund all of $6,9l3, 1902 900
in l per cent Government securities
falling due October l by offering the
owners higher interest If they re-
invest.
Secretary Snyder has said the
Government will not be able to re-
duce its nearly s253, ,00o, ,000, 900 debt
during the next nine and one-half
because its budget opera
tions will not provide funds for debt
retirement.
New one-year certificates of in
bearing IA per cent in
terest will be offered to attract re-
by holders of the entire
amount Of maturing securities. Sub
scription books for exchange of the
soc,,rifiec will oman newt Mopday
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Stotes' Rights Electors
On North Dukotu Ballot
By the Associated Press

BISMARCK, N. OAK, Sept. IT,
The Southern Democrats Thur
mond- Wright ticket yesterday won
a place on the North Dakota general
election ballot.
Secretary of State Tom Hall re-
ceived and certified as adequate pc
titions to place the names of
presidential electors for the States
Rights ticket on the general elec-
ton ballot in the individual col
umn.
The petitions were filed by James
E. Grove of Bismarck. who in the
past has been chiefly an adherent
of members OF the Nonpartisan
League faction of the Republican
Party in North Dakota. Mr.. Grove
said he got the 400-odd signatures
on the petitions himself.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Capital Store Sales
Continued Ahead Of
Year Ago in July
By Nelson M. Shepord

Department store sales and con-
dition of accounts in Washington
and the Fifth Reserve District con-
tinue well above comparable 1947
periods in the latest reports made
available today by the Federal Re-
serve System.
Washington stores increased their
sales by 6 per cent in July, COM
pared with July. 1947, a shade better
than the sales statement for the
first seven months of the year
which was per cent above the
comparable l947 period. For the
identical periods throughout the
Fifth District, sales were higher, re-
spectively, by IL and 6 per cent.
The Board of Governors reported
July department store stocks in
Washington at the end of the month
were 10 per cent greater than a
year ago. Likewise. receivables on
July 81 were 81 per cent above re-
ceivable of the 1947 month: the
collections on open accounts in July
we're As per cent of July, receivables
and orr installment accounts, 81 per
cent of July l receivables.
Extra Dividend Declared.
C. a. AspinWall. president OF
Security Storage Co. announced
today the director of the company
had declared an extra dividend
of rs cents on the capital stock,
in addition to a regular dividend
of SIPS per share Both are payable
October II to stockholders OF record
october 5.
The quarterly regular dividend is
on the basis of $5 per year and the
extra dividend just declared COM
pares with SIPS share paid in july.
Security Storage has been paying
extra dividends regularly from
month to month.
Washington Automotive Trade AS
sociation reports sales of new cals
and trucks in Washington totaled
1873 per cent over the same period
in 1947. August sales totaled 1886
units compared with 1859 in the
preceding months. were SO per cent
above August, l947.
Committee Heads Named.
Committee chairmen of the Audi
tors Section, District of Columbia
Bankers Association were an
rounced by its chairman, Ernest r.
Wilson, comptroller of the Bank OF
Commerce and Savings They are:
Program, Fulton H. Dixon, Secur-
itv Savings e. Commercial Bank;
House, Tudor Wilton, Second Ma
tional Bank; Publicity, Eugene F..
Case, National Metropolitan Bank;
Budget, John r. Cocker. Riggs Ma
tional Bank; Archives, Roger Quinn,
washington Loan g. Trust Co.:
Audit, Allen H. Cannon. AnacoStia
National Bank: Membership and
Admissions, Lewis E. Thomas, Lib
ertv National Bank; Current PROB
lens. r. Earle Haycock, Riggs Ma
tional Bank
Washington Chapter No. 81, Amer
lean Savings and Loan Institute,
has announced instructors and
courses for the new term classes
starting October 4 in the Columbia
Federal Building.
TIE program: Accounting, We'd
nesdavs, William H. Rippard, Per-
petual Building Association; In
surance, Mondays, c. Nelson Bean
of Thomas J. Fisher Co.: Principles,
THURSDAYS, william e. Poulton OF
Columbia Federal; Real estate law,
Tuesdays, Harry Kane of Columbia
Tjtla COmDanV
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Favorable Weather
Lifts Retail Sales
Slightly in Week
By the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK. Sept. 17.-Retail
sales moved moderately higher in
the week ended Wednesday with
continuation OF seasonable weather.
and were S to 9 per cent ahead of
the same week last year. Dun &
Bradstreet reported today. /
Consumers responded favorably to
promotions of fall merchandise.
Fall clothing attracted more atten-
tion than in the preceding week.
Furniture sales rose slightly in
many parts of the country and
hardware and small household ap-
plianceS sold well.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Butcher Fined in Use
OF Fan on Scales to
Shortweiqht Patrons
BY the A,soeiotsd Press

LOS ANGELES, Sept. IT,
The electric fan in Edward
Renert's butcher shop wasn't
exactly for the purpose of cool
ing him or the meat he tossed
on the scales.
Renert, 40, pleaded guilty
tc short-weighting q customer.
Inspector Patrick Gibbons of
the Bureau of Weights and
Measures testified that the
butcher trained his fan on the
sensitive scales-and the air
stream depressed the scales.
Electricity is cheaper than
meat, but Renert must pay a
$50 fine or go to Jail for 80
days.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Business Briefs
Money i'm Circulation declined

Money in Circulation declined to
s28.l56.00O 900 on September Is, a
dlop of s131 coo, coo from week
earlier and s477 0o0. 900 below a year
earlier.-Federal Reserve Board.
Business Loans of member banks
in the New York area reached new
high of s5,543, 100000 in the week
ended September IS, gain OF
sl49,Ooo,00o from week earlier
Federal Reserve of New York.
Farmers Cash Income reached a
new high mark of SIT 900 900 900 in
the first eight months of 194S-Ag-
riculture Department. Because OF
rising costs. the farmer probably
has less actual profit than year
ago, the department said.
Autoroti'e Production in the
United States this week will total
GLASS cars and 25,801 trucks VS.
54.543 and 2020l in the preceding
four-day holiday week and 1892
and 28.740 in the like 1e47 week.
Wards Automotive Reports.
Bituminous Coal Output for the
week ended September II approx
jmated l0,77o,000 net tons VS.. H.
C04,O00 in the like 1947 week.-Na-
tioral Coal Association. For the
res,r to date the total was 402, 1885,
Ol0 tons, drop of 2,4l5,0O0 from
q year earlier.
Texas Co. declared q stock dlvl-
END of one share for each 40 held
yable November Is. The dlstrl-
luton was designated as IAN extra.
Columbia Gas System, Inc, regis
cred with the SEC 1928, 600 shares
of ,no-par common stock to be Of
f,red present holders to finance new
construction.
Miami Copper Co. declared q
dividend of so cents common share
rayable October IA. The company
raid so cents plus an extra OF q
cents in March.
Ferro Enamel Corp. registered
with the SEC 7e,080 common shares
Proceeds will be added to genera
funds and used for general operat'
ing purposes,
Sperry Corp. announced its pur
chase of all capital stock of Del
linger Mfg. Co. of Lancaster. Pa,
producer of forage harvesters, ensll
age cutter and other farm equip
ment
Cities Service Co. and subsidiarie'
earned sl5,741 .22o or s4.25 share
in three months ended June 80. M
comparisons for year earlier wer'
given.
Union Tank Car Co. net income
for six months ended June 80 wa!
S2269 ,l09 or SAIL VS.. $2,l50 ,287 o.
$199 in the same 1947 period.
Pennsylvania Power & Light Go
earned s5.129.695 or $3.50 in eigh
months ended August 81 VS.. S4,760,
285 or ST 38 a year earlier.
Delaware g. Hudson Railroad Corr
net for seven months ended July 3
was S2,859,287 VS.. $2,494 ,46l in tn
same 1947 period.
National Fuel Gas Co. earned 81,
809,681 or "A cents in II month
ended June 80 VS.. $3,721 1928 or 9
cents in the previous year.
National Belias Hess, Inc, prof
fon IL months ended July 81 wa
s83e ,625 or IS cents VS.. s709,03 Q
30e cents in the preceding flses
pe1iod
onotone Corp. earned $245,8
orr Is cents in six months ende
June 80 VS.. SAT .255 or so cents
year earlier.
United Wallpaper. Inc, deficit fo
17months ended June 80 was $50, l6
VS.. net income of 1892 .345 or Sl4
share III the preceding flscs
period.
Aluminium Industries earned S55
160 or n cents in u months ende
June 80 VS.. $685. ,294 or SAP in tn
previous year.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Cote Offers Breakfasts
For l0c, Sandwiches Sc
BY the A.seeies.d Press

HARRISON, N. j., Sept. IT,
Breakfast for 10 cents and sand
wiches for cents are being offered
at a restaurant here.
The proprietor explained to cus-
toners that the breakfast consists
of a roll and a cup of coffee. The
sandwiches are two slices of bread
with choice of cheese, salami or
bologna.
The sandwich filling isn't thick,
Jack Levine, the proprietor admitted,
out I'VE cover the bread"
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Britain BUYS u. S. Books

England is becoming better and
better customer for United States
books. London reports, having spent
s4,688 600 on them last. year. COM
pared with $l,344, 900 during 1945.
Canada. however. continued to be
the United States best book GUS
toner with purchases of nearly
$1,000, 900 worth in 1947. -
Evening star., 1948-09-17

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Evening star., 1948-09-17
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Evening star., 1948-09-17

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Alum Ltd 2 - 81
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Evening star., 1948-09-17

The pulpits, domes and dadoes OF
the great mosques built in Con-
stantinople during the 10th CEN
tury were often decorated with
cleaning ceramic tile.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
N. Y. Bond Market

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Evening star., 1948-09-17
Chicago Livestock

extra or eXtraS. o Pald 50
. Paid 1e47,
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Two World Swimming
Records Shattered
In Meet at Yale
by the Associated Press

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. IA
Joe Verdeur of Lasalle College of
Philadelphia, and Allen Stack, Yale
captain, tonight bettered listed
world swimming records in the Is
yard Eli pool.
Verdeur swan the 200-meter
breaststroke in 2:32, three seconds
better than his own mark for the
distance, and lowered his American
record of 1856 by two seconds.
Stack improved on the meters
international standard backstroke,
racing the distance in 5000, which
compares with the 5:09.6 set by
Harry Holiday of Michigan last
month. The Yale leader also bet
tered Holidays 440-yard American
record Stacks time was sos, five
and six-tenths seconds faster than
the Michigan star.
These two events highlighted the
18th annual Yale swimming carni-
val which attracted a capacity
crowd of $500.
Crosby High of Waterbury bet
tered the national interscholastic
300-yard medley relay mark, rip
ping over the distance in 3:07.5
The record is held by the Fremont,
Ohio, High School which turned in
3:08.5 on February 8, 1899.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Korver Captures Buxter Mile;
College ReLoy Won by Hoyos
eep Dodds from defending his

will keep Dodds from defending his
crown
Curtis. Stone, a former Penn State
star running for Philadelphia S
Shanahan Catholic Club, won the
,Toussaint 2-mile by IS yards in
9:04.2 thereby retiring the Toussaint
Trophy.
Sharing the spotlight with the
two distance stars from Penn State
was Herb McKenley, the sparkling
Jamaican quarter miller. who came
within two-tenths of a second of
equalling the world indoor record in
running off with the Buermeyer 500
in 57.3 seconds.
Georgetown ran off from scratch
in a l-mile handicap college relay
and won over Fordham, Manhat-
tan and Seton Hall, in that order.
The Hoya quartet was made up of
Vincent Cino, Joseph Deadly. Rob-
ert Spearman and John Lynch. The
time was 1928. In another mile
relay the Hoya quartet ran third to
Seton Hall, the winner in 1912, and
Villanova.
Georgetown's Dave Smith ran
fourth in the Matt Halpin half-mile
in a six-man field. Joe Nowicki OF
Fordham won in 1853 with Roscoe
Browne second and Jim Grosholz Of
Haverford third, 10 yards behind
Nowicki and a step ahead OF Smith.
Evening star., 1948-02-15

American University's basket bail
team clicked last night just as
Coach Staff Cassell has meant 1t
to do all season, and as result
the Eagles had a field day while
downing Johns Hopkins, 83-4s.
Among those enjoying hot hand
was Bob Lamon, who has been In a
scoring streak for the last several
games. 1t made nice ending for
A. us home stand; from now on
the team is on the road.
Lamon swished the nets for az
points, raising his total in the last
four games to IS points. Among
those others helping the Eagles
keep things going their way we're
Leroy Ishman, who was good for Is
points.
The win was A. us 18th In 20
games this season. and raised its
Mason Dixon Conference record to
seven and one. For Hopkins. 1t was
the eighth defeat against only four
wins, and dropped the visitors be-
low 500 in the Conference with 2-3.
The Eagles used a zone defense
most of the way, and it was so
tight at the start that the visitors
were held scoreless for the nrst SIX
Evening star., 1948-02-15
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Gerry
Karver, Penn States triple crown
outdoor winner, captured the Baxter
Mile at the New York Athletic Club
indoor games tonight. establishing
himself as a favorite to succeed the
ailing Gil Dodds as National indoor
champion.
Karver completed the II laps on
the banked board track at Madison
Square Garden in AIS fiat to defeat
his closest challenger by dozen
yards before a crowd estimated at
10000.
Tommy Quinn of the N. Y. Ath-
letic Club, the defending champion
in the event, finished second, 20
yards in front of Browning Ross OF
Villanova, who held 10-yard mar
gin over Larry Ellis New York Uni
versity freshman.
Although he was a distant last
in the five-man field, Leslie Mac
Mitchell of the host club retired the
Baxter Cup in his 4:12.3 triumph in
1916. Quinn's winning time year
ago was 4:17.7.
Karver, who holds the NCAA and
IC4A outdoor mile and National
AAU 1,500-meter titles, now goes
into new weeks National AAU in
door meet as the man to beat in
the mile. since a case of the mumps
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Ambassador Wins Swim Meet;
Two Records Fall in Upsets

District swimming circles-hes q
University of Maryland student -
he defeated favored Ed Jadwin. Jad-
win won In the 100-yard freestyle.
Mems Events.
4U.yard freestyie: 1--Feldmsn .AD.
2-Jadwin fA.D 3--Hedges tY.l. Time,
1877 seconds tmeet record.
I00-yard breaststroke: 1 - Tinkhan
"a. wall al, 3--Eton "a. Time.
0o:yard freestyie: f--Jadwin Az, p
Callahan a., 3--Davies tUnJ Time.
10O-yard backstroke: Smith CUnJ.
Brown ~, Riley tYD- Time.
I:l0.5.
Women's Events.
4o-yard freestyle: 1--Orme "a. p
Howard tA), 3-Bonneville AJ. Time.
16o-yard breaststroke: 1-o5ert "a.
2-Eldred AJ, 3-Prescott tA). Time.
IlG-yard freestyle: Howard "a.
"a, 3-Dalton tA0. Time'
100-yard backstroke: Thomas aAl.
2-Hobelman IA. 3-Morrett tAJ. Time'
Al