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case. IN the civil suit in addition to
the two organisations, Is individuals
are named.
They are Herbert q. Nelson, exec
utive vice president of the national
association, and these members of
the Washington Board: ]. Garrett
Bethel, Lewis r. Breuninger, Lewis
r. Colbert, S. Dolan Donohoe, c. M.
/ yHillegeist, Edward X. Jones, William
L. Lebling, S. Miles Montgomery, F..
Moran McConihe, william L. Orem,
jr., Thomas w. Sandoz, j. Hawley
Smith, Raymond M. Taylor. DeVere
r. Weldon and Carey Winston.
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Uncle Sam has spent about 526
million on flood control in the lower
Mississippi River Valley in the last
20 years.
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Rails and Oils Lead
'SeIective Recovery
On Stock Market
By Victor Eubonk
Assoeioted Press Finonciol Writer

NEW YORK, May 6.-Buying of
selected rails and oils stiffened
the stock market today after an
early general retreat.
Carriers, down at the start, re-
vived on word that new Washing
ton moves might avert a strike
called for next week.
Growing demand and mounting
earnings again brought the petro-
leum division to the fore.
While advances of fractions to a
point or more prevailed near the
fourth hour, top marks we're reduced
or Cancelled and many leaders mod
erately depressed ~ further profit
cashing on the sharp April bulge
Dealings were relatively active
throughout.
Ahead most of the time were
Santa Fe, New York Central, South
ern Railway. Northern Pacific, Bal
timore & Ohio common and pre-
ferred, Nickel Plate Railroad, Illi-
nois Central, United States Steel,
Caterpillar Tractor, United Air
craft, Schenley, Anaconda, Phelps
Dodge, Union Carbide, Allied Chem
ical, American Woolen, Interna-
tional Paper, Seaboard Oil, Texas
Co., Standard Oil of New Jersey and
General Electric.
Occasional laggards included Un-
ion Pacific. Chesapeake & Ohio,
Firestone Tire, Republic Steel, In
ternational Harvester, American
Smelling, Du Pont, Loews and War
ner Bros.
Bonds turned a shade uneven
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CHICAGO May Up tUsDA).-salable
hogs, l1,0O0; total, IL 800; opened slow
but market later active and uneven;
steady to mostly 25 higher some sales
weights over 240 pounds, $3.50 higher;
sows, $3.50 higher; top. p 90 paid free
" bulk good and choice 170-230 pounds,
90 so59-e1 90 90: 3oo s40,sso 1870 pounds 1929
$50 pounds, l6.00-l7.25: 315-425 pound
heavies, lo.00-16.O0 sood 35O-5 $50 pound
sows mostly 1350-145O: few choice
lightweight sows up to 1900; good clear
ance.
Salsble cattle. 5000; total. 5000; sal
able calves, 500 total, 500; all grades fed
steers and yearingS so higher on number
500 pound steers; heifers steady to
strong; cows reacted after steady to rs
higher start. closing rs lower with can-
ners and cutters 90 of; bulls strong to %
hieher: vealers steady; low choice to
average-choice yearlings and light steers
topped at 300; high-choice 1,4?9-pound !
steers, 3l.t5 most good and choice steers
hefers, 2S.Oo7;31 90; tor, heifers, 81 so:
beef cows, 19.0o-24 90; sausage bulls TO
3415, vealers, 5000 down.
Salable sheep, l,500: total, 1,500;
slaughter lambs active, 15 to / 90 higher;
ewes scarce; scattered small lots steady to
strong; one load just-good grade fed
wooled lambs, 27.00: few load confidently
held considerably above 2700; three decks
with No. l pelts, 1925; load good and
choice around 93 pounds with No. l and
, pelts. $500; deck medium and good with
No | pelts, 22 90; small lots Rood and
choice shorn slaughter ewes, II 5O-l2 90;
odd head wooled ewes, 1900 down.
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Big Sales Gain Reported
By Union Bag & Paper
By the Assocjo,ed Pres,

NEW YORK, May 5.-Increased
expansion has upped sales of the
Union Bag & Paper Corp to a point
where they are expected to reach
$75 100000 in 1948, compared with
s63,51l ,527 last year, Alexander
Calder, president of the company,
said today.
The Increased sales were made
possible by addition of fifth paper
machine at the company's Savan-
nan (Ga) plant; expansion of it's
paper bag factories there and erec-
ton of modern paper box plant,
Calder said.
The company further expanded
production by purchase of the Tren-
ton IN. j. Container Co., and Cor
rugated Containers, Inc, Chicago.
1t also acquired an interest in High
land Container Co., jamestown,
| N. c., he added.
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Business Briefs

Commercial, Industrial and Farm
Loans of member banks in leading
,ities totaled s14,l59, 900, 900 on April
%, drop of $46000,000 from a
week earlier, but 81 900, 1000 above
/ year earlier-Federal Reserve
Board.
Bank ClearingS in "a leading cities
otaled $l3.505 ,20l 900 in the week
ended May VS.. $l3.789 ,542 900 in
The previous week and Sl2 800, I'll 900
n the like l947 week.-Dun g. Brad
Itreet.
Automobile Production In the
United States will total 5l255 pas
ienger cars and 28.7l6 trucks VS..
1896 and 3l39l in the previous
Eeek.-Automotive News. The coal
strike has cost the car industry
more than 100000 vehicles and this
may be just the beginning, the
magazine said.
Freight Loadings in the week
snded May totaled 89l, ,638 cars, a
gain of 46co from the previous week
md 10 above year earlier-,Asso-
nation of American Railroads
stock Exchange Membership
changed hands at $4,000, the years
high. and unchanged from last
previous transfer.
w. T. Grant Co. sales in April
,otaled s16,960.273. drop of go
rom a year earlier: in four months,
s60.684 422. gain of SIC.
Nurnhy co1eS for Anril
amounted to S9,32l, ,569, an increase
If .84'c from a year earlier; for
our months, $36,264,47l. rise of
l5.6cc.
Colonial Stores sales in four weeks
.nded April "a totaled l3,l58,6l6,
an increase of So from a year
.arlier: in II weeks ended the same
iate, s54. .l08,532, gain of go.
Sterling Drug, Inc, earned $4,-
l6l,747 or SLOT share in the
March quarter VS.. $3,725 ,294 or 96
,ents year earlier.
Collins & Aikman Corp. profit for
IL weeks ended February % was
s338800 or so cents VS.. $3.628935 or
1886 in the preceding fiscal period.
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co.
.arned S28l7049 or $l.39 share in
he March quarter VS.. s2.577 .584 or
1892 year earlier.
Link-Bet Co. and subsidiaries had
net income of s2,349, ,709 or S29l III
he March quarter VS.. 81 .489, 400 or
s184
Gaylord COntainer Corp. profit
'or the March quarter was S2,087,-
589 or 80 cents VS.. $2064,6 ,698 or 81
On fewer shares in the same l947
period.
Sharon Steel Corp. earned 1885,
s46 or S3.l7 in the March quarter
VS., sl,886.918 or s3.o6 a year earlier
Timken-Detroit Axle Co. net for
The March quarter was S1,915,335 or
IS. cents VS.. $l,788,44l or SO cents.
Hudson Motor Car Co. earned
tlA5l 1887 or 80 cents in the March
quarter VS.. $l.791.225 or 80 cents.
Reynolds Metals Co. net for the
March quarter was 81 ,457 .53l or 81 23
VS.. 81 ,l27 ,53l in the same l947 period
Rockwell Mfg. Co. earned s5,477,-
s43 or S3.03 in l947 VS.. $3,l16,962 OF
sl.76 in the previous year.
BristOl-Myers Co. profit for the
March quarter was 81 ll43.439 or 7e
cents VS.. sl.44896l or 81 in the same
l947 period
City Stores Co. earned S4,675,37l
or s277 in II months ended January
81 VS.. s5,234.S26 or s3.10 in the pre-.
vious year.
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. net
for three months ended April 3 was
s902, ,406 or Sl39 VS.. s505.6l0 or Il
cents in the like l947 period.
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Pepco Common Holds
Lead on DC. EXCHANGE
As Most Active Stock
By Edword c. Stone

With April sales totaling 4,782
shares. Potomac Electric Power
common continued as the most ac-
tive issue on the Washington Stock
Exchange, Trading in this stock.
however, was much lighter than in
March when the turnover reached
8,344 shares.
Sales on the Washington Ex-
change in April in all stocks totaled
1882 shares, against 14.3O4 in
March, decline of 4,472. Demand
remained unusually active and sales
were far ahead of April year ago.
Bond sales were slow, totaling only
$1,000 and confined wholly to Capt.
tai Transit Is.
Washington Gas common was sec
ond in favor, the March turnover
reaching 1,088 shares. Garfinckel
common stood third with 825 shares
changing hands. Potomac Power
$50 per cent preferred "A" sold to
the extent of 533 shares.
Capital Transit common and Gar
flnckel Az per cent preferred were
among the leaders and Peoples Drug
drew much more attention Many
other issues appeared in the April
sales as prices held firm.
Phelps Elected Director.
Everett G. Phelps, vice president
of Boss g. Phelps, Inc, Realtors, was
elected a director of the Washington
Permanent Building Association at
the annual meeting
Carl j. Bergman, president, re-
ported that resources reached Sl6,-
100000 during the year, with surplus
and reserves at a new high of
81 ,450, 900. The years real estate
loans totaled s5,OOO,O0O.
Mr.. Bergmann was renamed pres
ident; Herman H. Bergman, vice
president; Francis J. Clark. treaSu-
rer: Julius A. Maedel, secretary;
John H. Thompson assistant treas
urer: Fritz r. Sauber and Stuart o.
Thompson. assistant secretaries. d.
rectors include Christopher Ramm-
ling, w. B. Avery, c. H. Miller. Max
Walten, j. ~ Saunders. w. L..
Moore and Messrs. C. J. and H. H.
Bergman, Clark and Maedel.
Rubin Heads Food Stores.
Max Rubin has been elected presi-
dent of the United Food Stores
Corp, with Emery E. Schoolcraft
executive vice president; Louis
Grossman and Carl Liberman, vice
presidents; David Abraham, treasu-
rer, and David Hornstein, secretary
and counsel.
Directors are Messrs. Abraham,
Grossman, Liberman, Rubin, David
Rubinstein, Daniel Bondareff. c..
Howard Brown, Nathan Metro and
George Shapiro.
Zenn kaufman, merchandising
director Of Philip Morris g. Co., will
be the chief speaker at the sales
mems rally sponsored by the Sales
Executives Club of Washington, at
The Statler Hotel tonight. P. Y.K.
HoWat will speak on the Washing
Ton area market and J. S. Bartlett.
club president, will preside. Nor
man H. Barnes is general chairman
On May IS, the Fred S. Gichner
iron Works will hold reception at
he plant celebrating the 50th ami
Versary of the founding of the plant,
1T 1914 Twenty-fourth street NV.
Charles F.. Suter, Berkshire Life,
aas been nominated to be the next
president Of the District Life Under
writer's Association, at the May l2I
election. w. j. McCausland and
Charles P. Rice are slated for vice
presidents.
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New York Cotton

NEW YORK. May LP.-Cotton fu-
lures turned steady following easiness in
early dealinss today as mill buying, along
with New Orleans and local covering, met
only limited offerings.
Indications Of an oversold condition
following recent liqudating pressure and
revival of the talk that approval of the
private cotton credit program for Japan
was Imminent had steadying influence
on the market
In early dealings the market had eased
80 cents. bale on selling in the near
of Is additional May transferable no.
tices One private survey estimated cot
ton acreage will be a little better than Z
per cent above last season
Late afternoon prices were 90 cents to
S1.25 a bale higher than the previous
close; May, $780, July, 36.35; October.
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Chicago Grain

CHICAGO May R-Grains held
slightly above the previous close on the
lover lover and ar then @ quickly re recovered @ ed o Alter
that, prices churned about without getting
far in either direction
higher, May "a; corn was UNCHANGED to
ss higher. May 2.@3ts; oats were ls-las
higher. May LA, and soybeans were un-
changed to ] cent lower, May 4O5
The railroad strike threat served as a
major influence on prices. According to
private trade reports, the Commodity
to get wheat in store until the strike sit
uation was settled
Open interest in May futures which
most directly reflect the strike possibility
at the start of trading today totaled g.
S6", 900 bushels in wheat lO.36S. 900
bushels in corn and 5,s76,000 bushels in
oats The last day for trading in May
futures Is EridaY. NAV ol
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Foreiqn Exchonoe

NEW YORK, May s OP.-Foreign ex.
change rates follow Great Britain in
dollars. Others in cents):
Canadian dollar in New York open
United States cents, up = Of a cent.
Europe Great Britain 4.O3l4. un-
changed: France Granc) .327s of a cent
unchanged Italy 0iraD May fixed rate
.Ool 139, April OOl742; Sweden (krona)
?1.S5. unchanesd: Switzerland dranc)
tcommercial. 23.40, unchanged
Latin America: Argentina free. 25O7
of .0l of a cent: Brazil free, 80, un-
changed; Mexico, oo.6l, unchanged.
Rexall Drug. Inc, earned 1898 1874
or 8 cents in the March quarter VS..
S452 TAO or l3 cents.
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N. 7. Bond Market
SELECTED LIST OF ISSUES.

H1SStAoSSu HGc08.b
Hud&M rf IS 81 65lA
Hud&M in 5s 81 IS
l c RI As 3d. 1olM
/ c 4As So Sc
ICC StL IS 63 A e5i1
1ntGtNor 6s So 2siA
Int G N lst6s52 56M
IntHydroEl6s44 81
Kan c Sou 4s75 1o2Le
Leh CAN 3las7O 81
LehVal4 as20O3 371s
Leh Val As 2OO3 3Ai1
MKT. 5s 81 A TT
Mo Pac 5las 40 23B
Mo Pac 5s 80 H 70
Mo Pac IS S1I TEN
Mo Pac gn As rs 36l4
MorrlS&Ex 5S55 1ob
Mor&E3l2s20OO 50
NEngT&T IS 81 loll4
NYC IF IS 2013. 81
NYC 4hs2013A 7AlA
N Y C con As 9S 6ezs
NYNHinc4 i2s'22 4ozs
NYNH&H As 81. 10
NYNHH 4sn007 66iA
NYOW RI As 81 9M
NY SW IF IS 81 40
NYWB 4 las As 1874
NorflkSo 5s20l4 66l1
Norf West As 90 127zs
PacT&T 31sss7 lolsls
Pac T&T 224sS5 94is
PennCtAir3 12s60 43i4
Peo&E inc 4s90 235s
IStLSF 4Ias2O22 57zs
StL SW RI 5s 80 9sA
Sea A L As 90 loo34
Sou Pac 41as SO "a
! ISoPac4 KasOr77 lol
SoPac S gas 81 04iA
So Ry gn IS So 1854
Third Ave 5s so so
Third Ave As so SoiA
| iVaEl&Pw3lss63 1o6M
west Un 5S Go 92tA
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District Business Borometers

baomeers indicating business activity in Washington
March disclosed highly satisfactory conditions.
altime telephones
service reached another top while daily calls
Of last
department above March, 1s47
postal continued
and sales OF electricity were much higher than
The tys growth in reflected following
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NEW YORK CITY
IS 80 loAyA
FOREIGN $50
Australia 5s 55- 90
Canada As 90 = lo4zs
Chile 6s 81 asd 23ls
Copenhagn $3.50 6ell1
DOMESTIC ESQ
Am&F P $4,000 S7A
Am T&T 2s4s61 lo6A
Am T&T 294s75 e6lz
Am TIT 2sssS6 81
Amt obacco3s62 lo2
A T S p As 95 121Ih
Balt&Oh 6sG95 64lA
Balt&O5sK20OO 64l4
BIO CIV 4Ia2010 STA
Beth Stl 234s 20 9os>s
Bost Me 4las 20 54ss
Brk U G Gas rs 90
Bush Term 4s52 lolh
Cent Ga 51as 90 9
Cent Ga 5s SOC sia
Cent Ga cn5s45 81
CenPac lst4s49 1O3
Cn RR NJ IS 81 S5A
Cn RR NJ As 81 4siz
C&O 4l2s 90 1854
Gao 31as 90 E 1854
Chl&E l inc ~ A3
CMStP4 12s2O44 SS%
c M st P As "a 1o4i1
CRIPin4 k2s2Ol9 s2iz
c r I & P As "a 1861
/ CCCStL 4l2s II IS
Clev Un Tr 1913 1857
Col g. So 4 41asSO. 55s1
ConsEd 2s4s'72 80
Cons Ed 2sss II 95if
Del & Hud As SO 93i4
Del L&W4s2O42 63A
DER in 412201S 6oi1
Fla E est 5S IA s.
GenRe&Ut 1859 e5
G M&O 2044 B 63ih
Hud Coal IS ga 81
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AirWay FL A 60
Alreon Mfg Co .
Alum Co Am 2 :
Am Gas g. FL Ib
Am Gen 05e -
Am Maracaibo
Am Republic Iag
Am Superpower
Anch Post Pr u
ArkNGas A zoe
Ashland Oil l.
BariVn Steel
Blue Ridge .40g
Breeze Corp
BrwnF Dist .SOa
Brown Rub zoe
Bnk Hill g. 8 1as
Burma Ltd -
Cab El Prod .1Oe
Carr Cons Bisc
Cen&S w Cp 10
Cities Service 2
Colon Develop -
ColSand&St 40.
Colts Mfg 1a4g
Coml g. Sou war
Cons Gas Util "
CopperRarge34g
Creole Pet zoe
Crosley Motor
Crown Cent Pet.
Cub Att Sug "a.
Derby Oil lie
Domestic Credit
East Gas&Fuel
Ell Bond&Sh Ag
Elliott Co l4e
Fairchild E g. A
FansteelMe Ag
Ford NJ Cn A lie
Plywood 40
Glen Alden C 3
Goldheld Cons .
Gray Manufact-
Hart Ray Corp
Hecla Min l
Humble Oil lae
Imp Oil Ltd "a.
Int Petrol u
Kaiser Frazer :
LakeyFd&M l2e
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Hourly Sales on the E1ehanEe To-day:
1900 am 40 600 IL 90 noon $40 600
100 Z. m. $50 600 600 D m $50 600
tUnit OF trading. 10 shares sIn oank.
ruptcy or recefvership, o. being reoreapised
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
'r semiannuai declaration Unless other.
wise noted. special or extra dividends are
not included. h dividend. II Rx rights
Also extra or extras b Plus stock dfyi-
dend. Cash or stock Declared OF paid
50 far this wear; Payable In stock. esti-
mated cash value on ex dividend date
Paid last year h Declared or paid after
STOCK dividend or stock split-up. / Aceum.
oiated DIVIDENDS paid or declared this year,
terMined on declaration date.
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Washington Exchange

SALES.
Washington Gas common-p7 at 25la
Potomac Electric Power common-10O at
1874, 200 at 1874.
Warrington Gas common-3O at o5i2. 20
at oh
Potomac Electric Power $50 preferred
"B"-5 at "A.
washington Gas $3.50 preferred-13 at
1854, = at 103h
PUBLIC UTILITY
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Market AVERAGES
Odd-Lot DeuIinos
By the Associoted Press

The Securities and Exchange Commission
reported today these transactions by Gus
toners with odd-lot dealers or specialists
on the New York Stock Exchange for May
5: 4.50l purchases involving 1880
shares; 5.21S sales involving 141,335
shares. including 81 short sales involving
1924 shares
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N. 7. Curb Market
LIST INCLUDES ONLY SELECTED ISSUES
CHANGED FROM PREYIOuS CLOSR

2to Leonard Oil Dew hs
en Lionel Corp la 27ss
"a Lone Star Gas 2llh
ooN Long Island Ltg hs
ooh Louis L q Ella lo}s
"a Menasco Mfg 2iA
4 Mesabi Iron 554
z3h Michigan Sugar lzs
Ns MdSPAvtcl.2Oe 273A
oN Mid West Crp ST GA
M Midwest Rein. 31s
1/A Mining Cp Can 6ss
2N Monogram Pict- 31s
Sh Nat Union Rad 2zs
ton Niagara Hud Pr 6is
Z4h Niles BEN p go lllS
- NorthropAir 1+g 1lM
<zN Pantepec 1.2S-- 1914
= pennroad .40g-. 6ls
o| Pepperell 3a 81
PharisT&R .15e 33z
Sn Phila Co sse osls
A6N Pioneer Gold ga
PA Pitney-Bow .6Oa l2M
oN Pitt Metallu 80 l5M
e,n R-K-O opt war 2is
20 Raytheon Mfg 7ss
, sIs Reed Roller B l. 24is
!ZN RioGrValG .O5e 21S
@oh RotaryElStl lae- 32ih
ga Rowe Corp so ga
T. RYAN Aero .10e- ga
Iei6 st Lawrence Cp osS
~ SaltDomeO lat lozs
2se Schultz ID a.. ).
So Segal Lock 2}h
12ia Select Indus =. 2ze
1850 Selc Ind CIV 112g 1914
SlA Simple Pat .4Oa 7ss
14iA Singer MFG Ga 232lh
21 Solar Airc .15e- 1917
oiz Soss Mfg I esb
22B Std Power e. 1t 2
80 Sterling Inc "a. 5ss
9A Tri-Contl W W 2s,s
3B United Corp WV II
12H Ut Lt&Rys .32e. 1914
70 U S Air Cond IA
14s U S Foil B roe l6iIz
11B U S Int Sec )
1oh Venezuela Petr ga
6l4lWilson Bro .3OR 6it
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Knott Corp. profit for the March
quarter was s237.031 or $137 VS..
s260,973 or $150.
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NEW YORK, May LP,.-Dividends de-
clared:
Pc Stock of Pay
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Check Transactions
Telephone Service in District

CHESAPEAKE POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO
unh rofT in
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mo figures available because of strike.
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CHICAGO Livestock

Ltd, new CSC 5-.ol
tl/50th share Of Atlantic City
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Dividends Announced

Bonds turned a shade uneve,
, 1948-02-02
NoTIcE

The. Personnel Division will
hold a,second public hearing
in the District Court room at
ChristianSted on Thursday,
February 5 at 8 P. NJ, for the
purpose of getting comments
and criticisms or suggestions
on the recommended PAY
Plan, it was announced by
Ullmont L. James, Director of
the Personnel Division for the
Virgin Islands.
a number of copies of the
plan" have been distributed
to government agencies and
among civic groups where in
terested persons may have ac-
cess to it.
+, The time set was considered
more satisfactory because it
would permit workers to at
tend.
A public hearing on the re-
commended Pay Plan, as pre-
pared by the Public Admin
stration Service, will be held
in Christiansted on Thursday,
February s. 1913, at the Dis
Itrict Court room at 800 Pm.
The purpose of the hearing
IS to receive comments, criti-.
cisms or suggestions on the re.
commended Pay Plan.
Distribution of copies, of the.
Plan has been made to govern
mental agencies and to civic
groups for Information to en-
ployees and interested citi-
ZenS.
Ullmont 1. James
r Z -s@#WHH
Director Of Personnel for the
Virgin Islands
, 1948-02-02
GuARD.

Virgin Islands have been es-
tablished as follows: Saint
Thomas Harbor.
A line drawn from the
southermost extremity of Red
Point through Mosquito Bay
can buoy No. /; thence to
Porpoise Rocks Lighted Buoy
No. 2; thence to the southern
most extremity of Flamingo
Point, thence to The Triangles
Bell Buoy No: 2, thence to
Green Cay.
Christiansted Harbor, st.
Croix: A line drawn from
Shoy Point to Scotch Bank
Lighted Buoy No. /; thence
to Long Reef Range Rear
Daybeason; thence to shore in
range with stack at Little
, 1948-02-02
DE cAsTRos.

Well-known organist.
Worthy Of note was the fact
that Moses D. Sasso, Reader
of the Synagogue, who offic-
lated at Saturdays ceremo-
MES performed the marriage
ceremony 25 years ago, which
was his first, after being ap-
pointed Reader.
, 1948-02-02
BEWARE.

the attorney named was seek
ing negotiations for the sale
is none othgr than Perry
Howard, national Negro Re
publican Committeeman from
Mississippi.
It is the same Perry How
ard, Mr." Totten continued,
who was retained by the Pull
man Railroad Company in
1925 to destroy the Brother
hood Of Sleeping Car Porters.
This enemy of labor will
anything; but if the
Woo fell in the hands of pri-
waite ownership, what guaran-
tee could Perry Howard give
anyone that the same terms
and conditions will remain, he
asked.
He continued, Beware of
Greeks bearing gifts"
, 1948-02-02
MRS.

who is also a native of Saint
Croix, a daughter, Maud, now
an investigator in the N. Y.
Dept. of Welfare and Miss
&SAouu DO1l1IlS.
, 1948-02-02
SISTER ALMA.

as Deasoness Of the Church:
she will continue to supervise
activities at the Queen L~ouise's
Children Home for the pres
ent, however.
, 1948-02-02
POSITION OPEN February

POSITION p E February
9: Male Attendant at Kings
Hill. Salary $4,000 per an
mum. Duties: Assisting with
patients, distributing meals,
and general janitorial service
as required. by the Supervis-
ing Nurse. Night duty every
fourth week.
Apply to Chief Municipal
Physician.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
MARYLAND Tobacco

UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, July 8 0F.-
This weeks sales on the Southern MARY:
land auction markets were the lightest
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Net suction sales were reported -
1.716,750 pounds averaein9 $4242 PEI
q piS'q tie season. os IN which volume i.li under
was 81. 81 below the preceding week.
Season net auction sales reached 1s,.
625,34S pounds at an average OF S4S.S6.
Net receipts Of the Baltimore hogshead
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1t is estimated that slightly over half
Of the l947 tobacco crop has been delivered
to market or sold.
Prices by grades were fairly steady to
lower last week. Changes Of SO cents TO
With PEI iossss raSs s' ssns At some
No marked change occurred In quality.
About two-thirds OF the marketinss con:
sisted OF low to sood heavy leaf. fair and
gocd thin leaf and fair grades OF seconds
Sales will be suspended on all four
markets Monday and Tuesday.
Avsrsse auction ah.1I, bid prices sss wsE ss I'm.
changed: good cherry red s5s. down 81:
fair cherry red sac, down 81; low cherry
red $34. up S.: fair sreenish $2e. down
ST. low led sS.iss sS SSSs e seess asxn sa
fair red $40, up SO cents; fair green
Thin-oood cherry red s62: unehsnsed:
lsT rsa ssffrs s5f aosn gsa 81 81 ah'n'n'ea low
seconds--Ffne cherry red se'. ~.
changed; good cherry red S5s. down I'll
fair green 81. down 81. ,o ,x