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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
Transport Plan Would Save
ABBA. PASSENGER Service
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 20. - Aban.
donment of railroad passenger serv-
ice between Baltimore and An
napolis would be unnecessary un-t
der a new tentative plan advanced
yesterday for the larger city's pro-
posed crosstown expressway.
An earlier blueprint would have
utilized part Of the Baltimore 81
Annapolis Railroads right-of-way.
The carrier already has petitioned
the Public Service Commission for
authority to substitute bus line for
its passenger operations.
Baltimore City Engineer Paul
Holland said preliminary surveys
have been made with a view to
routing the expressway-which Is to
connect with the Washington boule-
yard-"along' but not actually on
the rail bed OF the carrier.
I'VE can't be put in a position
of forcing these people out of BUSH
ness" he added.
The earlier plan-which raised q
furry OF protests from Annapolis
citizens-would have taken over q
key segment Of the railroads line
in Southwest Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO Jan. % H1;-After a mixed
opening, prices on grains developed a
heavy undertone with corn leading the
way on the Board OF Trade today. Some
recovery was established in corn about
midway through the session, after going
of as much as 3 cents: The upturn was
sales Of wheat to close spreads.
Most uneasiness in corn stemmed from
special message. to Congress by Presi-
dent Truman asking that Government
power. to control grain use by distill LEI $
should be extended until October 81. The
House Banking Committee had pigeon
holed bill authorizing extension through
February.
At noon wheat was ~ cent lower to 1
cent higher than the previous close, May,
1894 corn was "a to 2 cents lower,
May $50 and oats were Unchanged nHsd. t. to
were Z to eents-the daily limit-lower.
March 4.O7. The Scent decline appeared
in the new soybeans November contract
at 1925.
nil at Chicago and Minneapolis but 300
900 bushels were bought at Kansas CITY
between noon Tuesday and noon YESTERDAY
il was reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
William Loman Appointed
To Top Hecht Company Post

William Loman, for 20 years direc-
tor of personnel relations and adj
ministration at the Hecht Co., has
been appointed executive assistant
to Charles B. Dulcan, ST., vice presi-
dent and general manager, 1t was
announced today.
Mr.. Loman was member of the
George Washington University fac
ulty before joining the Hecht Co.
in 1928. He lives at 2813 Mckinley
place NV.
He has directed the stores en-
ployment and training activities and
is chairman of the personnel group,
National Retail Dry Goods Associa-
ton, chairman of the personnel di-
vision of the Department Store
Group of Washington Merchants
and Manufacturers Association and
a member of the National Voca-
tional Guidance Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Jan. 80 up (USDA.-
salable hogs 5000. total $4,000; general
maTeeS aneyen,y steady to % cents
slow at advance with some late bids
steady to 20 cents lower; top 27.75 spar
ingiy; BULK good snd i. s CHOICE sn !so-3 &c
sood and choice soSs %. 56:s4 80.
salable cattle 5000, total 5000; salable
calves 500, total 500: led steers and
yearlinss weak to 80 cents, mostly 80
cents, lower; heifers, steady t. weak;
stock cattle, slow at S2-S6. so; iow-c choice
medium weight steers topped at 80;
good To choice yearlings,. 80; bulk good
steers, 27.50-31 so: sizable supply un..
Sold choice 1,O0O-pound Western fed
heifers, reached 3d. bulk heifers. 26. 30
rs; heavy sausage bulls to %; paid freely;
ssiable sheep, 1000, total. 5000; fully
steady, early sales good and choice fed
wooded Western lambs, % 15-25-25; load
around 110.pound weights held above
and good under 100 pounds wooded lambs
1924 so; deck good 95 pound yearline
wethers, 80 with two-year-olds out al
1850: slaughter ewes very scarce; choice
sorted kinds quoted to IA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
RuiIroud Earnings

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-tspeciaD-N
incomes Of railroads reporting today for
l947 are compared below with results
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
Business Briefs

Bank ClearingS in "a leading cities
in the last week declined slightly
from the previous week to s13,933,-
2i5,O00, but remained 9.4% above
the like 1947 week-Dun & Brad
street.
Freight Loadings in the week
ended January "a totaled TIL ,992
cars, a drop of 1870 from the pre-
ceding week and SIC below the like
1947 week-Association of American
Railroads.
Commercial, Industrial and Farm
Loans of member banks in 101 lead
ing cities rose to s14,761 100000 on
January 81, gain Of $4,000, 600
from a week earlier and S3,219 ,000,-
900 above a year earlier-Federal
Reserve Board.
Engineering Construction Awards
this week amounted to 500 ,683 900,
a drop of 1870 from the previous
week, but SO above the like 1947
week-Engineering News-Record.
Union Carbide g. Carbon Corp.
stockholders will vote April 20 on a
plan to split common stock for l.
New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad asked ICC permission
to issue st, 100000 of equipment trust
certificates to help finance purchase
Of new passenger train equipment.
Dixie Cup Co. placed common
stock on a straight quarterly basis
with declaration of Is cents a share,
payable February Is. -Four pay
ments of that amount were made in
1877.
Seaboard Oil Co. of Delaware de-
clared dividend of 40 cents a
common share, payable March Is.
Previous payments were Is cents
quarterly plus an extra of so cents
January Is.
Richfield Oil Corp. declared an ex-
ira dividend of Is cents and regu-
lar quarterly of rs cents. both pay
able March "a.
Wheeling Ste,l Corp. earned So
445,16l or $l5.15 share in 1947 VS..
$5,372,91o or $6.25 in the previous
year.
Nash Kelvinator Corp. profit for
three months ended December 81
was S5,640,974 or $1.30 VS.. s4,100 040
or "a cents in the same 1916 period.
Allied Mills, Inc, earned So, 967
or s431 in 1947 VS.. $2,053, 468 or $2.56
In the previous year.
Universal Pictures Co. net income
for u months ended November l
was S3,230,017 or $3.11 VS.. $4,565 ,219
or s5.32 in the preceding fiscal
period.
Ohio Edison Co. earned S7,268,535
or s3.15 in 1947 VS.. Sc. 1857 or 1892
in the previous year.
American Agricultural Chemical
Co. net for six months ended De-
cember 81 was 81 ,554, 1852 or $2F VS..
$1,22S,815 or S196 in the same 1916
period.
Freeport Sulphur Co. earned S.
110,7l0 or $3.50 in 1947 VS.. $3,753, 316
or $469 in the previous year.
Endicott johnson Corp. profit for
Il months ended November 80 was
$2y93S,3e5 or 1927 VS.. $2,377, $50 or
$2.57 in the preceding fiscal period.
Mathieson Alkai Works earned
$2,930,565 or 1894 in 1947 VS.. $2,032,-
SOB or $225 in the previous year.
ATT Incorporated profit for nine
months ended December 81 VS.. ST.
788958 or $315 VS.. $4,000 or 70
cents in the same 1916 period.
Mcintyre Porcupine Mines, Ltd,
earned $1,755, 1924 or $3.50 in nine
months ended December 81 VS.. ST.
459,555 or $183 a year earlier.
Warner Co. net income for 1947
was 81, 580,534 or 1888 VS.. 1891, 791
or 1892 in 1916.
Savage Arms Corp. earned ST.
o69,678 or $l.59 in 1947 VS.. 1921 1872
q $l.22 in the previous year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
Dividends Due Soon
On Eight Stocks Listed
On District EXCHANGE
By Edword c. Stone

Eight issues listed on the Wash
ington Stock Exchange will pay
dividends, already voted, in the
next few days. Among these issues
are Washington Gas common and
preferred stocks, National Savings
e. Trust, Washington Loan & Trust,
American Fire Insurance and Hecht
common and preferred.
The great increase in trading on
the Washington exchange has con-
tinued in recent sessions, with Poto-
mac Electric Power common leading
in activity. Washington Gas COM
mon, in the limelight because of the
recent sale of $4,000 additional
shares, is now selling at %, ex-
dividend well above the recent Of
fering price.
Peoples Drug, at 46, is up a point.
Gas SIS in the bond division were
up more than a point on the last
sale.
Bank Loans Up $1,100,250.
Harry G.. Meem in his recent an
nual report as president of the
Washington Loan & Trust Co. stated
that despite higher costs. earnings
were satisfactory, s53,075 having
been added to the company's net
worth after payment of $4,000 in
dividends. Book value of $445 per
share compared with $439 at the
end of 1916.
Loans of $10,128,926 showed an
increase of s1,100,250. Total COM
missions earned by the trust de-
partment exceeded any other year
in the banks history, Mr.. Meem
said. The real estate department
reported substantial increase in
first trust real estate loans. There
was considerable activity in FILA
loans and loans under the CT Bill of
Rights.
Volume of business in the west
end office exceeded all other years
except 1916, the report said.
Dunn Named to Committee.
Richard P. Dunn, partner of
Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, has
been named representative of Dis
trict II, National Association of Sc
curities Dealers, Inc, for a three
year term He takes the place of
James H. Lemon of Johnston &
Lemon, whose term expired. c. T.
Williams of Baltimore, follows
George D. List of Baltimore.
The District Committee elected w.
Carroll Mead, Baltimore, chairman;
j. Murray Atkins, Charlotte, N. c.,
vice chairman; Martin j. Bailey,
Philadelphia, secretary.
George l.. Brown, jr., has been
appointed to the position of adver-
Using and sales promotion manager
for Nash-Kelvinator in the Wash
Observation-Disclosures area, j..
J. O'Neil, manager, announced to-
day.
F. Ripley Bowman has been elect
ed president of the Hamilton Bank
Club, with J. Richard Freer. first
vice president; Wilmer j. Waller,
jr., second vice president; Frances
e. Houser, secretary; Arlo L. Shell
dahl, treasurer.
The city Office of the Baltimore &
Ohio r. r., now at 1903 H street
NV, will be located in the build
ing under construction on H street
across from the Chamber of Com
merce, at a date yet to be an
nounced. Present offices are in the
building recently purchased by the
Riggs National Bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Jan. % l4l,-Cotton tu-
lures were irregular in slow dealings today.
Nearby deliveries were steady on mill buy
ing and some covering associated with
sales of export cotton. New-crop deliveries
Jagged on the advance.
Some traders took profit on straddling
operations by covering nearby DELIVERIES
against sales of forward positions:
Spot cotton markets were quiet:
Late afternoon prices were IS cents
a bale higher to cents lower than the
previous close March 34.S1, May 34eo
and July ABB.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
N. Y. Curb Market
LIST INCLUDES ONLY SELECTED ISSUES
CHANGED FHOM PREVIOUS CLOSE

iHearn D Strs 1g 81
1ecla Min i 1914
Heyden Chem l. II
Humble Oil Ae 70
Upgrade Ed 17g 22h
Imp Oil Ltd "a 12A
IKaiser-Frazer 14A
livingston Pr go 4
Kirby Pet cog 15h
LakeShoreM ~ 1914
Leonard Oil Dew lh
Lone Star Gas l 2oM
Long Island Ltg ~
lMainePubS 1.60 16N
Mechanism Oil Ia
lMcWillDrdg. Goa IN
IMesabi Iron 4
lMicromat Hone .
IMdSPAvtc1.2 zoe n
MidStPB vic Me ga
mid West Corp lm
IMdlWstCp ex-di 81
Mid West Rein az
INT City Copper N
Nat Bellas .20g- w
Nat Union Rad 2A
New Mex g. Ariz T
Niagara Hud Pr 8
Mona Elec 1g IL
No Am 1t e. Pwr J
NorthropAir Ag oh
lOkla Nat Gas 32A
Pantepec OLGA. 1oN
Pennroad .40g- 8
Pioneer Gold $50
Pitts Metal so. 1oih
lRaytheon Mfg 7M
Regal Shoe .30g "
Ryan Cons Pet 1ors
Ryerson&H .15e 50
lSt Lawrence Cp 1oM
Schultz ID AZ 2h
Select Indus 2h
Sterling Inc " IN
lTechnicolor 1g- 12iA
lTri-Contl W W ga
United Corp WV Ms
unit Lt&Rys 1g 1919
U s Foil B 1ae 1M
U 8 Int Sec 2a
lUt-IdahoSu. 15e W
Venezuela Petr ga
lWestVa C&C.35e 17N
| winnipeg FL 1g 2oh
Wright Harg .16 2M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29

NEW YORK CITY
rs 30 looh
FOREIGN s:3nI
Australia3As57 1914
FL Salvdr 3s 70 ~
Italy rs 81 - asa
Norway Is So %
Peru LIST rs co IL
Urag ATLAS 70 e3A
DOMESTIC 2:3o
Ala ct sos Ks671o2
Allis Chalm2s56 9eM
Am&F P 5s2O3U lola
AmT&T 2As 81 1o65A
Am T&T 2As6I lo3ss
AmTonaeco3s62 lo2A
mTobacco3s69 1o1A
All CT lst As sc 1o3A
B & O as rs j 70
Balt&Oh 5sG95- 61Lf
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BRO CIV 4Ia201O 1914
Beth Stl 80. } 96N|
Bush T B IS so 1855
Can Pac As perp 94h|
celanese IS 65 lo1ik
cent Ga cn5s45 4Sh|
Cn RI NJ IS 81 Ala
GEO BIAS 96 d lob
chi&E ! Inc 81 40
Chi ct VS. Is So 81
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CMStP4hs2044 55iz|
cM st p As o. 1ol
Cht&NW 41asa9 S2Hl
CRIPin4 1as2O19 74iA|
c r I g. P As "a lo4MI
CStLNOM 1851 1o1MI
Chi StLNO 5s51 1o4
Gin G&E 2a4s75 90
CinUnTr pasta o6La|
CCCEtL 41as II -
ConsEd 2As'72 97MI
Cons P 2hs rs o8sbI
De! L&W4s2O42 6oilz
DIR in 4ia2O1a 5sNI
DetEdison2A82 50
Det T T AIS 81 99hI
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Fla e est 5s - 81
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Houshld 2As70 s5b|
Hud Coal SIS 62s 30
Hud&M ri IS 81 81
Hud&M In IS 81 21hl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
FOREIGN Exchange

exchange rates follow (Great Britain In
dollars, others in cents):
Canadian dollar in New York open zen
market per cent discount or ~ 90
Europe-Grcat Britain, S4.03A, I'M
changed: France, Urancl, .4th Of cent
up .OOhs; Sweden tkronaG 21.S5, IN
changed; Switzerland dranc}, comb
Latin neutrality-suspicious.. free, 24.S5.
down 06 OF . cent: Brazil free DO. I'M
changed: Mexico, 20.62, unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
N. Y. Bond Market
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Int Ct No5s56B -
IntHyoroEl6s44 63M
Kan c Sou 4s75 1ooA
Leh vi HIT IS "a g
Leh Val Is zoos 3oA
M K T IS SO A IA
MKT adj 5s67 SOU
MKT As 81 B 81
Mo Pac 5Ias ~ 2AM
No Pac IS TIT 7Sh
Mo Pac On A rs BIN
Morris&Ex 5s55 ~
MorS-E3 l2s2u00 50
N 3 Tat Has6l ll6a
N o T NJ 5ias54 66A
iYC RI IS 2013 -
NYC 4tas2013A 7Ik
( { t"n q, .Jo 65I5
NY Dock As 81 o6ih
NYNH&H Is 40 TON
NYNHinc4h22 35A
NYNH&H As 81 1lss
NYNHH 4s20o7 66M
NorPac IS 2047 65M
pac G&E IS 70 100
PacGas&E27ss0 o7M
PacT&T3KssS7 1c1h
'ennCtA,r3hasfi AZ
PennRRs4ks65 lol
pennRR 3As52 97N
Phila Co 4Asfil 1o6N
PtWva ASSOC e6
Ruth 1st4hs41 9
StLSF 4las2O22 50
stISanFrr4sa7 63A
stL SW IF IS 90 S3A
Seab in41as2016 65h
Shell un 2iss;i 92h
soPacinc4hasSl ssh
Sou Pac 4hs 50 91h
SoPac41asOr77 90
So Ry 6las Sc 1loh
SO Ry gn As Sc 81
Std ilNJ2sss7l 92h
Texas Corp 3sfalo4h
rex&Pac 3hss5 o7A
Third Ave IS go 81
West Sh Is 1851 6oM
West Md As 62 90
West On IS 81 %
West Un 4Ias 81 o7M
Wshse Ell 2Kss51 lola
Wise Cent As 40 STA
WITS Tn Dc SRSn 2Slk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
Produce Markets

The Securities and Exchange Commits
sion reported today these transactions BY
customerS with odd lot dealers or special
lists on the New York Stock EXCHANGE ior
January %: 1907 shares. including 26l
short sales involving 925 shares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29

Hourly Sales on the Exchange To-day:
Il:o0 am $40 600 1900 noon $50 600
100 pm. 10 600 2:G0p $40 600
tUnit Of trading. 10 shares. 'In bank
ruptcy or receivership, o.: 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 semiannual declaration. Unless other
wise noted, special or extra dividends are
mot included. Ex dividend. xr Ex rights.
q Also extra or extras. b Plus stock divt-
dend. Cash or stock. eDeclared or paid
30 far this year: Payable in stock. esti-
mated cash value on ex dividend date.
9 Paid last year. h Declared or paid after
stock dividend or stock spiit.up. I Accum-
ulated dividends paid or declared this year.
termined on declaration date.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-22
Lincoln Co. Youths
To Boys Stote

Three Lincoln county boys viii
be among the citizenry at the Mon.
tana American Legion's second an.
nual Boys State Aug. 1924 at the
Montana State Normal College cam
puS in Dillon.
These boys will join with more
than 800 others from every county
and nearly every high school junior
class, in Montana to take the 10
day citizenship training course I'M
der the direction of Eugene w. Saw
age of Butte and his Boys State
Staff of counsellorS.
Among the high lights of the 1948
Boys State will be the Inauguration
of a law school, new visual train
ing methods in government, expand
ed training in legislative procedures,
trips to Bannack and other histor-
ical points and the first annual Gov
ernor'S ball the night of August %.
Lincoln county boys, the high
schools. and their sponsors, are
Donald Leonard of LCHS, Eureka
lodge No. SO, A. F. & A. M: Dale
Hudson of LCHS, American Legion
post No. "a at Eureka: Charles Will
liam Luscher of Libby high school,
Legion Post No. "a of Libby
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-22
w. H. Kennedy Open'
Furniture Store

w. H. Kennedy is opening a new
and second hand furniture store II
Libby Mr.. Kennedy informs The
Western News that he will be 10
Gated temporarily in the Robertson
Feed Store.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy and their
l8 months old daughter, Barbara
Gail come here from Seattle, where
Mr.. Kennedy owned and operated
a furniture and hardware store. All
ter selling out in that city the fam
lily looked around some time for a
location to their liking, which they
state is what they have found IN
Libby.
The proprietor states that he ex-
poets to open for business next Mon
day, and that he plans to keep 0p
with the latest designs in modern
furniture for the entire home. The
family is temporarily staying at
tie F. c. Robertson home until it
IS possible to obtain a residence of
their own.
An announcement appears on
another page in this issue of The
Western News.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-22
KoIisPeII Man Dies
Sun. in McGreeor

Don Eisenman, Kalispell carpen-
ter. who was the father of five
children, the eldest of whom is age
five years, drowned last Sunday
afternoon in McGregor Lake. Ac-
cording to reports from Kalispell,
Eisenman and his brother-in-iaw,
Melvin Sundt went out to the Lake
Saturday evening expecting to be
joined Sunday by their wives.
Sunday morning while fishing a
hundred yards or so from the shore,
their boat capsized. The two men
are said to have held fast to the
boat for as long as two hours, and
when their wives drove up to the
lake the men called to them telling
the women of their plight A boat
went out from Boisvert'S camp but
by the time it arrived 1T the over
turned boat Eisenman had slipped
into the icy waters of the lake. At
last reports his body had not been
Sundt was taken to The Kalispell
Hospital suffering from shock and
but the next day was
able to be released
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-22
Forest Program
BeiingCheCked

A committee from the Montana
Wildlife Assn is in Lincoln County
this week investigating the feas-
ibility of the Sustained Yield pro-
gram as proposed in this county re-
garding its effect on hunting and
fishing
The committee which consists OF
Chairman Les Colby, Missoula; Al
Knudson, Roman: o. H. Campbell,
Missoula; Tom Van Meter, Missoula,
public relations department of the
Forest Service; and r. u Harmon,
Missoula, in charge of Forest Ser
vice camp grounds, was appointed
following a motion made by For
rest L. DeRosia last January at the
associations annual meeting held
in Great Falls.
DeRosia's motion called for a COM
mittee to investigate the matter
from the sportsmans angle and
make recommendation to the Wild
life Association regarding its at
tltude on the proposed program in
this county
The committee met Tuesday even
ing with representatives of the Lib
by Rod q Gun Club. Yesterday it
checked on conditions and opinions
in the Warland area, and last night !
net with the Troy sportsmen. !
Thursday (today) plans called for
4 trip into the Yak country.
Conclusions reached by the COM
nittee will prove of interest not |
)nly to sportsmen in Lincoln county |
)ut all over the state.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-22
Mrs. Fleetwood
.Here4O Years

Anna Kirkland Fleetwood was
born January 3 1864 at Avonton
Ontario, Canada and died July IA
1913, aged "a years, 6 months and
II DAYS, at the st. Peters hospital
IN Helena where she had been i'll
since the first of the year. She had
lived IN Libby for the past forty
years until a few years ago when
she went to Helena to live at the
Odd Fellows Home.
She is survived by her brother.
William Doak of this city. Mrs.
fleetwood was a faithful worker
IN the Presbyterian church and a
member of the Rebekah Lodge.
Funeral services were held Mon
day evening at 700 o'clock at the
Gompf Funeral Home. Rev. Russell
Prentice of Kalispell conducted the
service at the request of the de-
ceased. Mrs. Walter collars and
Raymond Reise sang several selec-
tons accompanied by Miss Inez
Pallbearers were Louis Ohlerich,
clayton Young, M. R. Karnes.
Harry Hartle, Gleason Pitcher and
edwin Kemp.
GraveSide services were conducted
~ members of the Rebekah Lodge
nterment was made in the Libby
bv the side of her hus-
'and, Thomas Fleetwood, who pre-
'eded her in death several years
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-07-22
Lightning Strikes
Peterson Residence

Monday noon a flash of lightning
struck the Pete Peterson residence
at 1922 Dakota Avenue. tearing of
a window frame in an upstairs bed
room, knocking a leg from the bed
and ripping the linoleum on the
floor Plaster was torn off the din
ing room walls down stairs, and a
large tree in the yard badly splin-
tered by the bolt.
The family was seated at the din
ing table when the flash struck, and
were surprised when the light fix
lures over head dropped in the mid
ale of the table Wiring throughout
the entire hous vas destroyed and
the electric outlets were blown
from their places on the wall.
None of the family suffered in
jury, and the lightning failed to
start fire though it did scorch
the shingles and siding of the build
ing. Fire Chief George Wood was
called Immediately and checked the
house for possible smoldering fire