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Evening star., 1948-03-24
Stocks Gain UneyenIy
In Modest DEALINGS
After Giving Ground
BY the Assoeia.sd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 24.-Stocks
moved irregularly higher in a rela-
lively quiet market session today.
Erratic trends appeared at fairly
active opening and persisted through
later slowdowns in activity. Deal
ings displayed little inclination to
match the fast pace of recent days
After modest early retreat, many
industrial and rail issues pushed
ahead Near the fourth hour mar
row advances predominated.
Many customers continued doubt
full over probable spread of effects
of the coal shutdown, and foreign
unsettlement. On the other hand
brokers said some announcement
was derived from the markets alb
sorption of heavy profit taking this
week, while tax legislation hopes
and prospect Of rearmament orders
were other props to sentiment.
Climbing to higher ground were
United States Steel, Youngstown
Sheet, Douglas Aircraft, Glenn Mar
tin, Boeing, Schenley, Sears Roe
buck (on favorable earnings re-
porO, Western Union, Southern Pa
ciflc, Chesapeake & Ohio, New York
Central, Illinois Central Westing-
house Electric, Goodrich, Deere and
American Smelling. Tagging were
Union Pacific, Dow Chemical, Allied
Chemical, Eastern Air Lines and
Standard Oil New Jersey).
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Mar "a R. fUSDA) .-Sal-
able hogs. $500, total $500; fairly active
sows:: some early sales lishtweight hogs
steady to 25 lower; top, o3.25; bulk good
and choice 170-230 pound, ~ .5O-23 90:
s40-26o poands. Il. .25.22.50: 27O-a9o
1e oo-2o.o 90; most sales sows $50 pounds
and up, 17.00-lS. 90
able calves, 300. total 500; very SLOW
steer weak to so lower; heifers so to / .O(
lower: cows so lower; bulls so to / h(
lower; several leads choice 1,10O--1 ,4Ut
bulk good to low-choice steers. $3.50
rs 25; good and choice heifers. $500
2s 90; medium to low-good kinds, 81 90
2415: practical top good beef cows. % 90
Gamers and cutters 13.OO-16.50: only ode
bulls sold above 800; medium bulls. a
aeeut steady at 2s;o9o down; 49,,
slaughter lambs slow; few early salet
around 25 lower: three or four loads gooe
to choice 90-10O pound fed wooled lambs
20 90; numerous loads well-finished woolec
lambs around 100 pounds down. still hele
around 22.0n and slightly above; Other
classes, scarce: small lots slaughter eve:
around so lower at 1900 down.
Evening star., 1948-03-24

lIlHS, IllSIOlldIl'
Members of Board of Governors
include Helen Healy, National Saw
ings: Myrtle Lewis, Liberty Ma
tioanl; Florence Kelly. McLachlen;
Helen Shipley, Security Savings;
Rose Royce, Washington Loan, and
Anna Sullivan, retiring president.
The club is now Is years old.
Gas Officials Reelected.
Stockholders of the Washington
Gas Light Co. at the adjourned
annual meeting today reelected the
following directors: Albert w. At
wood, Everett j. Boothby, Robert G
Overs, Christopher H. Pope. Marcy
L. Sperry. Sidney F. Taliaferro anc
Corcoran Thorn.
The board reelected: Marcy L
Sperry, president; Everett J. Booth.
by, vice president and general man.
ager: Robert c. Overs, vice presi-
dent and treasurer; O. H. Ritenour
controller; Edward T. Stafford, Sec
retary; Wylie w. Barrow, A. Gray
Dawson, Frank r. Holt, assistant
sreasurers. and Hazel G. Thompson
assistant secretary.
Carroll C. Pike was elected to the
newly created Office of assistant
controller. The directors have de-
clared the usual quarterly dividend
of $1.25 per share on the $3.50
cumulative convertible preferred
stock and a dividend of $1.0625 pei
share on the S4.25 cumulative pre-
erred. Both dividends are payable
May 10 to stockholders of recorc
April "a. The quarterly dividend Of
37l2 cents per share was declared
IN the common, payable May
. stock of record April IS.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Phone Contract Par|eys
With Two Locals Started

The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele.
phone Co. has begun contract ne
gotiations with two locals Of the
Communications Workers of Ameri.
ca, covering about 6,400 Washington
area employees.
Washington Telephone Traffic Di.
vision No. 36, with a membership
of 3,400 plant, accounting and COM
mercial workers, resumes talks tc.
morrow. The local has submitted Is
demands to the company, but has
not specified any particular wage
increase, according to Helery Rob.
inson, retiring president.
Division so, with numbers 3,oot
operators, has scheduled another
session with management Tuesday
A spokesman for Mrs. Mary e
Cannon, president, said II demands
had been submitted, including an
wage increase.
Other demands include union
shop provision and shortened pro-
gression schedules for operators.
Workers received 81 weekly wage
increase last May after a 4l-day
strike,
Evening star., 1948-03-24

ston-Salem, and ]. A. Adams of the
Home Loan Bank Board.
Edward L. McAleer, league presi-
dent, also will introduce Raymond
Foley administrator, National
Housing Agency, and Clarence w
Gosnell, president Home Building
Association of Washington. Top Of
1cials in all of the city's building
md loan associations will be present
Robert E. Buckley is chairman o1
the Reception Committee, which
will greet the guests prior to the
fiinner. A floor show and dancing
will take the place of speeches
The limit of 300 reservations has
oeen reached.
Leona Draeger Heads Club. 81.
Miss Leona Draeger, Washington
Loan & Trust Co., was elected pres.
ident Of the Bank Women's Club oil
Washington at the annual meeting
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Prices for Used Cars
Expected 10 Attain
Peak About June IS
By Dovid J. WiIkie
Associated p,.,s Au,eme,Ix. Write,

Assoeufed Press Avsemo,ivs Writer
DETROIT. Mar. 24.-f you want
little more for your used car
you'll have to wait another six
weeks. If you want the top price
you probably will get it about
June Is.
Whatever else may be said about
the used-car market it is not fall
ing apart. 1t had a tough winter
but prices are moving upward, espe-
cially for Chevrolets, Fords and
Plymouths. Late models of these
makes still are bringing more than
list prices in many instances.
All indications are the early sum-
mer weeks will bring a heavy de-
mand for used cars. The present
rate of new car production, al
though rapidly nearing prewar nor
NAL levels, will not fill the coming
summer demand That means the
used-car lots will get a lot of busi-
ness, especially between June l and
the end of July.
In those two months the fac
tories may turn out 100000 pas
senger cars, but barring an I'M
expected cut in buying power there
will be 100000 persons still seek
ing automobiles. Most of them will
want cars in June, July and Au-
gust. For the most part they'll have
to get them from the used-car lots.
There probably is no major indus
try as sensitive to outside influ-
ences as is the automotive business.
Both new and used car markets
would be hard hit by any develop
ment affecting purchasing power.
At the same time any curtailment
of the car industry's steel supply,
reducing new car output, would
send a couple of million automobile
seekers to the used car lots.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Catholic Veterans Urge
Ban on War Goods 10 Reds

An immediate embargo on the
shipment of war materiel or any
other goods except food and medi-
cines to the Soviet Union and
Soviet-dominated nations was urged
on President Truman and congress
sional leaders yesterday by officers
of the. Catholic War Veterans of
America.
In kilograms addressed to Mr..
Truman, Secretary of State Mar
shall, Secretary of Commerce Har-
riman, House Speaker Martin and
House Minority Leader Rayburn,
the veterans group asked for an
immediate administrative and leg
islative prohibition Of all further
Evening star., 1948-03-24

shipment Of materials to the q. q.
S. r. and all Communist-d dominated
states, with the exception of food
and medicines for the Ill and needy.s
The kilograms. signed by Max II.
Sorenson, national commander. fol.
by day the picketing of Russia
bound freighters at New Jersey
docks by members Of the Catholic
War Veterans.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Mar, "a Pl.-cotton tu-
dealings today. Fairly active trade buying
credited to domestic and Cans .lsn mill
accounts rallied prices to more than 81 a
on increased hedge selling and profit TAX
ing,
A leading spot firm was a prominent
was attributed to hedging. while there
was less switching from May. 194s. de-
livery into later months than in recent
sessions.
New crop deliveries Jagged on the ad-
vance, rejecting the possibility Of q sub
staptial increase in cotton paintings this
Late afternoon prices were 65 cents
bale higher to 25 cents lower than the
previous close. May, "a. Al; July, 34.0s,
and October 81, 81 Al
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Business Briefs
Electric Power CONSUMPTION d,

klcCtf1C ROVER tU1lSuIuptlUH NC
lined to 5,145, 100000 kilowatt hours
n the week ended March 20 from
,,284. .641 900 the week before, but,
emained 81qo ahead of the similar
eek last year-Edison Electric In
titute.
Steel Production declined only
,lalf a point this week to $3.50 OF
yapacity, because the manufacturers
are gambling that the coal walkout
will not last long. according to Iron
Age. The publications steel scrap
composite price rose so cents from
last week to s4o.25 a gross ton.
American Telephone g. Telegraph
Co. proposed a rate of S35 a month
per airline mile for its television
network facilities, to take effect May
If approved by the Federal Com
munications Commission.
Ell Paso Electric Co. obtained
Power Commission authority to is
sue 81, 100000 of first mortgage 81 %
bonds to complete construction
program this year.
Ohio Power Co. obtained Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission au-
thority to sell S40,000,000 Of first
mortgage bonds, due 1878. The
bonds will be offered at competitive
bidding
Southern Natural Gas Co. of Bir-
mingham asked SEC permission to
sell $28,00O,000 of first mortgage
sinking fund bonds to mature in
1868, the price and interest to be
determined by competitive bidding.
Schenley Distillers Corp. earned
S2l,387,664 or 1894 a share in the
six months ended February 90, vs..
S26, ,290 ,870 or $3.50 in the like period
last year.
United Biscuit Co. earned S.
o26.275 in 1947. or s5.28 a share, VS..
s4,333, ,554 or $4.56 in 1946.
Also for 1947, VS.. 1916:
Southern California Edison Co.
earned s11 .329,747 or $2.05, VS.. SILL
195,235 or $l.94
Arnold Constable Corp. earned
s877,208 or $3.50 VS.. $l,069,7 or
$3.17
Philip Carey Manufacturing Co.
earned 50 BOG, ,692 or $3.41, VS.. $2,14e,-
Ill or $2.58. ..-.--
Bucyrus-Erie Co. earned S5.012,o3s
or 1881, VS.. $2,875 ,665 or S2.0S.
HI. Green Co.. Inc, s5,69l SOL ol
$4.75. VS.. $6,153,927 or S5,14.
Ingersoll- Co. earned SIS.
287,70e or $l6.07 VS.. $e,467,97 OF
1928.
Hollinger Consolidated Cole
Mines earned 81 ,008. 1853 or 20 cents
VS.. $1.732,651 or IS cents
Brill Motors Co. earned S2l1 ,71o
VS.. a net loss of SS73,4o9.
Matson Navigation Co. reported
net loss of 1901 200, VS.. profit o
s2,o2o.256.
Interchemical Corp. earned S.. .108,
480 or $3.50. VS.. s2,261 ,7o4 or s5.9s
Federal Motor Truck Co. earne,
&1,53O.55S or $3,11, VS.. s736,53
or $150.
American Machine e. Foundry CO
earned $2,l25,979 or $180, VS.. 81 ,236,
722 or S105 share.
AinSworth Manufacturing Corr
earned $1,o5s,72s or sass, VS.. SO
or $l.38.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK, Mar. "a lP.-Foreign
exchange rates follow tGreat Britain in
dollars. others in cents:
Canadian dollar in New York open
market 10 per cent discount or 1000
United States cents. unchanged.
Europe: Europe Britain 4.03A, un-
changed: France (franc) .3234 of cent,
of 0OI.; Italy (lirs) March hxed rate
.0017 745, February .OO1745: Sweden
,kronal 27.s5, UNCHANGED: Switzerland
(franc) (commerciaD 23.40, UNCHANGED.
Latin America: Argentina free 90 .06. up
.02 Of cent: Brazil free $50. UNCHANGED;
Mexico 20.62, unchanged.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
N. Y. Bond Market
SELECTED List on ISSuEs.

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Evening star., 1948-03-24

yesterday. Edna
Oney, National
Savings & Trust,
was named vice
president; Naomi
De Lozier, Sec
ond Ma t. ion q |,
treasurer; Clara
Stone, McLach-
len Bank, record
ing secretary;
Miri a m Fort,
Riggs National,
correspo n d ! n G
secretary; Flor
india S r ! e G O
National S a v =
Evening star., 1948-03-24

CHICAGO. Mar. "a PN.-Grains held
around previous closing levels on the Board
of Trade today"
Prices opened little lower, rallied q
cent or more, and then turned downward
again late in the session Trading was not
active and the main feature was the reia-
tive frmness Of the May wheat future.
traced to cash houses, brokers who ordi-
narily represent -four mills and previous
/ freely on the upturn and prices did not rise
sharply.
Corn and oats simply followed the actor
from an easier trend in deferred oats con
4 tracts.
Wheat closed W. ,,.I hishsr' .a n Ma Nay
May, 2.16A-12; oats were Ne lower
May. 1.1ob-A, and soybeans were l t.
| & cents HIGHER. NAV. 3 AZ.
Evening star., 1948-03-24

will include Gen.
R a lph Smith,
president of the
U nj t e d States
S a v in gs and
L Ga n League;
Senator Harry
Cain, William
K. Divers, chair
m a n of the
II o me Loa n
B a n k Board
r e pr esentative
LanSdale Sass.
Ger, o. K. La
Rouue, president
H m e Loa r
Rank of Win.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Loan League Invites
Many Top Officials
To Annual Dinner
by Edword c. Stone

Honor guests at the annual din
ner of the District of Columbia
Building and Loan League at the
Mayfiower Hotel Saturday night
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Washington Exchange

Potomac Elec Pwr commons at 13h.
Washington Gas common-1O0 at "a.
Washington Gas 4.50 pfd-3 at 1OlA
Hecht 3Aro pfd-5 at s5A, 5 at s5A
washington Gas 4.25 pfd- 10 at 9S,
PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, Mar "a R-Dividends
declared today:
Reduced.
Pc Stk of Pay
Rate. riod. record. able
Plymouth Rubber 1247c - 3-31 Ais
Deferred.
Phila Transportation Co
Phlla Transportation Co of
Evening star., 1948-03-24

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Evening star., 1948-03-24
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, 1948-03-19
Woo President SAYS
Loss Only $4,000

The Virgin Islands Company
as a whole did not suffer a
loss of $4,000, as reported
dressed in a news item pub
lished in the Avis, Norman
Olson, President of the Com
pany said, in a letter address
ed to the editor. Mr.. Olson's
letter said in part:
1.-THE Information released
from Washington was appar-
emily from The Virgin Islands
Company's Budget for the fis-
cal Year 1949. The Budget
states as follows: The sugar
program shows an approx
mate gross loss of $120, 900 for
the fiscal year 1947 - During
the hearings before the Pub
lie lands Committee early last
month, representatives of the
Corporation ADULTS Division
of the General Accounting Of
flee testified that the audited
net loss for all operations of
The Virgin Islands Company
for the fiscal year 1947 was
approximately $4,000. They
further testified that VICO's
Continued on page A
, 1948-03-19
Sudden Increase In
Enlistment Reported

A sharp increase in the mum
Der Of applicants for service in
the Armed forces of the United
States has been reported. Tele
phone calls flood headquarters
in many States following the
Presidents speech, with a mum
Der of veterans offering to re
enlist and inquiring whether
they could get back their old
rank.
One state reports the enlist
ments have increased 6 times
the normal number. In Dallas.
Texas, Denver, Omaha and
Chicago the increase is estima
ted at five times above the
average.
, 1948-03-19
Army Officers Lunch
With Acte. Governor

Eleven Army officers from
Panama and Puerto Rico,
headed by Colonel Lowell P.
Elliott Of the former Chemi-
cal Warfare Unit in Panama,
attended a. luncheon confer
ence with Acting Governor
Morris de Castro on Wednes-
day, March II, at Hotel 1929,
Present also were the Chair
man and General Manager OF
the st. Thomas Development
Authority James OsBryan, Su-
perintendent of Public Works
Donald Boreham and Com
missioner Of Finance Louis
, 1948-03-19
Hdnigan Warns J
Selling Quit

The Honorable Ludwig Har-
rigan at the close of his lecture
on Wednesday night. issued a
warning to Cruciansaagainst
selling all their propegtytmere-
ly because they get a high
price for it. He stressed the
difficulty of such an indiVid-.
ual obtaining another proper
ty, and pointed out that. even
it they received a few thousa
and dollars it would soon be
finished then they must leave
for the mainland or to the
Kings Hill Poor farm.
Right now natives are get
ting a new experience and re-
ferred to the fact that no one
can now go to the Beach at
Princesse and get a bucket Of
Continued on page q
, 1948-03-19
Scandinavian Countries
Join Against Comm.

From Stockholm, Sweden
comes word that the Foreign
Ministers of Denmark, Norway
and Sweden have denounced
communism, following a leng-
thy conference and have en-
phasized their determination
to defend the independence Of
OF their countries against it.
They spoke before an audience
of 1000 persons.
The ministers have indicat-
ed their intention to align
themselves with the western
nations which will doubtless
mean signing of the BRUSSELS
peat. Their countries choose
freedom and democracy and
will use their organized forces
to fight against communism.
E
, 1948-03-19
TRUMAN DOES NOT WANT
VILLAGES SUPPORT

President Truman made it
known that he did not ant
the support of Henry Wallace.
In a recent New York speech
the President said that he does
not want the support of Wal1
lace and his communist. IF
that is the price Of victory, i
recommend defeat, he said.
He addressed q gathering Of
the Society of the Friendly
Sons Of Saint Patrick.
, 1948-03-19
Congress Working
On NCO Charter

The House subcommittee is
at present discussing the re-
chartering of the Virgin Is
lands Company with a work
ing capital Of $4,000, 900 and
with authority to issue bonds
in the amount of approximate
~ $1,000, 900 to permit the Com
pany to operate on a sounder
basis.
Recommendations have been
made for modernization Of the
accounting system as prescrib-
ed by the General Accounting
Office. This work is being car
ried out successfully by Nor
man Cissell, Asst. Treasurer.
Director James P. Davis, Of
the Division of Territories and
Islands Possessions said recent
" that legislation now before
the Congress will be of triple
value to the islands, economi-
caiiy, politically and socially.
, 1948-03-19
May Be Included
Ia Aiports Act

Legislation to extend the
Federal Airports Act to in
clude the Virgin Islands is re-
ported to be making good pro
gress and if final action is IA
vorable an amount Of one mil
lion dollars will be available
for the development of Bene-
dict Field here and Bourne
Field in St. Thomas.
Senator Owen Brewster who
had objections has with
drawn them and it is believed
the bill will be approved thus
making appropriations avail
able in the coming fiscal year.
, 1948-03-19
Outlook For Rev. Bill
Unfsvorable, HASTE Says

The outlook for the Internal
Revenue is unfavorable, a mes
sage from Governor Haste
now in Washington, to Acting
Governor de Castro indicates.
The Governors message said
in part that The is in the mid
st of a series of conferences
in connection with the propos-
ed Internal Revenue bill" He
thinks the outlook does not APP
pear to be favorable, but is
d~eyoting every moment of his
time to this very important
subject.
, 1948-03-19
De Castro Approves
St. Croix Legislation

Legislation passed by the To-
cal Municipal Council were ap
proved by Acting Governor
Morris F de Castro. It includes
an ordinance to provide ne
cessary authority to combat
and exterminate foot-and
mouth disease of animals
5aouId such an epidemic be
diagnosed and confirmed. This
follows a plan being carried
out throughout the United
States and is precautionary
only
Similar legislation recon-
mended to the st. Thomas and
St. John Council will probably
be passed in the near future.
Money bills appropriating
funds for the Division of Per-
sonnet and other bills were al
50 approved.
, 1948-03-19
Schulterbrandt

Detailed plans for the use
of the Submarine Base facili-
ties which they inspected,
were discussed. Final decis-
ion as to the transfer of the
project has not yet been made
by the Army, however.