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Evening star., 1948-08-02
Business Briefs

Manufacturers Sales for the first
half of this year were estimated at
sl03, ,000,000,000. a gain of 15co from
a year earlier-Commerce Depart
ment. Inventories on June 80 stood
at $29 100000 VS.. s26,500, 900, 600
year earlier The gains were due
mostly to higher prices.
Rubber Consumption in the
United States during June rose to
95,0l0 long tons VS.. 1920 in the
previous month and 85,l09 in the
same 1947 month-Commerce De-
partment. In the first half, con-
sumption totaled 547,778 tons, a
drop OF 4.2oc from year earlier.
Dow Chemical Co. earned $21,-
066.646 or 1912 a share in IL months
ended May 81 VS.. $12,729,990 or
.$23l in the previous year.
Lone Star Gas Co. net income for
six months ended June 80 was $8,-
820,609 or $1.06 VS., $7,430,8l2 or 81 .35
in the same 1947 period.
Union Bag g. Paper Corp. earned
S7.273,367 or $3.50 in six months
ended June 80 VS.. $5,743,5 or $4.52
a year earlier.
General Mills. Inc, net for IL
months ended May 81 was $13,068,-
057 or $3.50 VS.. S9,236,214 or 1891
in the preceding fiscal period.
Northern States Power Corp
nDelaware) earned $4,475,51o in six
months ended June 80 VS.. $4,6l7, ,209
a year earlier.
United States Plywood Corp.
profit for II months ended April 80
was $8.l71 900 or $568 vs. $5,940, 900
or s4.1o in the preceding year.
National Lead Co. earned S6,512,-
900 or SLIT in six months ended
June 80 VS., s6,47s.O4 or SITS year
earlier
Missouri Pacific Railroad net in
come for six months ended May 81
was $4O19,476 vs. 1928 in the
same l947 period.
Brown Co. earned $2,303 1886 in %
weeks ended June IL VS.. $l,524,004 a
year earlier
Texas Gulf Producing Co. net fol
six months ended June 30 was ST.
246,757 or s2.18 VS.. $1,2l0,4O or ST 19
Associates Investment Co. earned
S3086,190 or S296 in six months
ended June 30 VS.. s1,559,182 or 81 so
Pillsbury Mills, Inc, profit for Il
months ended May 81 was s3.736,521
or S6.13 VS.. s4,634227 or s773 in the
preceding fiscal period.
Cutler Hammer, Inc, earned ST..
573,229 or $2.38 in six months ended
June 30 VS., $l,562,l06 or s237 yeal
earlier.
National City Lines, Inc, net fol-
six months ended June 80 was ST.
237,l84 or 81 cents VS.. $l,113,70s ol
70 cents.
North American Rayon Corp
earned $1.542,240 or $301 in a
weeks ended Jun IL VS.. $l.905, ,474
or s3,72.
Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. net for /:
months ended June 26 was $685.,
All or s1,22 VS.. s5,o59 907 or 2,33 II
the preceding fiscal period.
Mccall Corp. earned $1,147,700 o.
S219 in six months ended June 8,
VS.. s1,7s9,4 or $3.42.
Gotham Hosiery Co. profit for 81:
months ended June 80 was 1892 "a
or S247 VS.. S809,194 or S2.02.
Master Electric Co. earned 1927,
447 or $l86 in. six months ende,
June 80 VS.. S697 $50 or $l.39.
Nehi Corp. profit for six month
epded lime 30 was $3.50 8o5 nr &
cents VS.. $745,038 or 70 cents.
Jewel Tea Co. sales in % week
ended July II totaled S79, ,504 .454.
jump of 2l.2eo from a year earlier
In four weeks ended the same date
tll,l22, ,461, q gain of 1925.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Sharp Gain Recorded
By Assets Of Federal
Savings & Loan Corp.
Ry Edword G. Stone

During the fiscal year ended June
80. resources of the Federal Savings
and Loan Corp. increased to $685.
100000, a gain of over S13,000,0 900
William H. Husband, general man.
ager. reported today. This was the
largest increase in assets of any yeal
since the corporation was created ir
1884.
During the past year, reserves oi
the corporation nose from s78, 800 00t
to nearly s91 900 900. Premium in.
come, plus interest on investments
reached S13,013,000, which is $780,.
900 above the total for the preceding
II months.
Mr.. Husband also stated that the
insurance coverage has expanded
steadily and now embraces 2,56t
building and loan associations with
resources of $4,000, 100000.
Executives Hold Seminar.
The Executives Seminar, spon.
sored by the National Savings ane
Loan League, opened a weeks ses.
sion at Mercersburg Academy today
with rs officers from IA States en-
rolled.
Taking part In the program are
Curt C. Mack of the FILA, Oscar R
Kreutz, executive manager Of the
League: George R. Parker, Home
Loan Banh of Pittsburgh; Carl H
Ellingson, league vice president, ane
Tull Ryall, both Of the First Fed
eral Savings g. Loan Association
Washington.
Management, savings campaigns
inflationary impacts, and dividend
trends are leading topics to be dis.
cussed.
Bank Holds Open House.
Officers of the Union Trust Co
greeted a host of visitors early to.
day as the modernized banking
quarters in the main Office were
opened for inspection during regu.
lar hours, the doors to be kept oper
until pm.
Among the callers welcomed by
President Linwood p Harrell ane
his associates was Preston Delano
Controller of the Currency, anc
others from his office.
The bank looked very much like
a florists shop, with flowers galore
from other banks and friends. Tht
banking room received a great dea
Of praise.
Caskey Joins Kronstadt.
Floyd G.. Caskey has joined th'
Kronstadt Advertising Agency. 90'
Fourteenth street NV, as an &C
count executive in charge of nev
business. In advertising here sine
1922, Mr.. Caskey was with th'
Times Herald, Post and News prio
to 1910, when he was called to dut!
in the Navy, being released in 1874
rs a commander He joined tn.
staff of Radio Station WWDC TO-
two years, later affliating will
WGAY, Silver Spring.
C. Louis Eckloff, who completed
81 years of continuous service will
the National Metropolitan Banl
last week, started on his annua
vacation today. Mr.. Ecklof is on
of the assistant cashiers. His recort
of service is the longest OF an.
bank employe In Washington a
the present time.
The Federal Reserve Board re
ports that Orlando, Fla, an,
Evansville, Ind, with gains of 2
per cent, led all other cities in de
partment store sales advances IL
the first half of 1948. Houston, Tex
came next, with 25 per cent i'm
provement. East St Louis reported
20 per cent pickup
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Market AVERAGES
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK, Aug. . dPp.-Foreign ex-
change rates follow tGreat Britain in dol
lars, others In cents):
Canacian dollar in New York open mar
ket. 6h per cent discount or SO l2hs
United States cents, UNCHANGED.
Europe-Great Britain tpoun0. 81 .03h,
UNCHANGED; Great Britain, 30-day futures
403, urchanged: great Britain. 6O-day
futures, 4 02hs, UNCHANGED; Great Britain
90-day futures. 400, unchanged: France
franc), .32ls of a cent, up 90 l L6; italy
(lira), July fixed rate .001739, June
.0O17 739; Sweden fkrona), 27.s5, un-
changed: Switzerland dranc) free). rs. SO,
of .05. of q cent
Latin America--Arsentina freel, 20.s5n,
OF OS of q cent: Brazil. free), $50, un-
:haneed; Mexico, 1887, unchanged.
n Non inal
Evening star., 1948-08-02
N. Y. Curb Market

DjGlen Alden c q 2AA
zIGoldfield Cons ~
Nor Paper 2 39k
tlHarvard b Brew az
Humble Oil 2%e 70
limp OIL Ltd VI bh
q Imp Oil Ltd rt 10
4 ImpTobC Can. 40a 11h
6IInt Petrol "a IL
4 AlKaiser-Frazer 1oh
4 hlKirk Lake .02e- ~
AILeonard Oil Dew ~
bILone Star Gas ! 22A
n Long Island Ltg "
AlLouis L & Z Ia 2o%
bIMcClanahan OIL l%s
bIMenasco MFG z
tsl slMdSPAvtc1.20e 2eiA
ts|Mid West crp ct oN
Midwest Rein W
miller Wohl so IN
4 Pict- 4
Bellas .2Og- ~
zINat Fuel g so 1lM
Transit -
blNiagara Hud Pr oA
III klNorthropAir Ag lin
htPantepec 1.2S F.. -
zIPennroad .4Og- 81
AlPepperell 3a - 50
Gold ~
Piper Aircraft ~
blPitney-Bow Cos IL
h|ouakerO rOats3Ae 81
opt war z
IRavtheon MFG 81
4 ISeeman Bros Ia ~
Select Indus 3N
AlSolar Airc .30e- liza
|Soss Mfg I 81
,zlTri-Contl W " 3N
Corp WV N
blU 8 Int Sec ~
biWarner Aircraft 1H
Evening star., 1948-08-02

| Aireon Mfg Co
Am Bantam Car
Am General .65e
Am Republic 1aa q
AshlandOil LEO /!
Atlas Corp " "
Babcock&Wil 4 5
Barlum Steel
Benrus .80a I
Blue Ridge .40ga
BrvnF Dist ,S04 /.
Brown For Jr pf
Buckeye P L.S0 !,
BURY Biscuit
carr Cons Bisc-
Catalin Am
Cent & S w so II
Chief Cons Mng
Cities Service q s.
Clinch Coal A. a
Colon Develop
Colonl Sd&S 40
Colts Mig 1Ag ).
Coml q Sou war
ConsGEBalt3.60 6.
Cons Gas Util "a II
Copr Range Ne J.
CornucupGMin-
Cosden Petro
Creole Pet 1.S0e 4
CrownDrug 05e
Crystal Oil Ref
Davidson Bros n
Dennison A zoe
Domestic Credit
East State Corp
East sug pf3Ak ;.
III Bond&Sh hg i
Equity Corp Ae
FairchldC Cm. .30g 2
Fairchild E 4 A
FansteelMetAe J.
GenPlywood 40
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Washington Exchange

SALES
Garfnckel 4L2G pfd-1O0 at 21. 40 at 81
GEORGETOWN Gas 5s-S1 900 at 115.
Potomac Electric Power 3.60eo pf a.
80 at 44A. 10 at 44H
Potomac Electric Power common-100 ut
PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1948-08-02

Rutler Brothers earned SAT-. .102 or
"a cents in six months ended June
40 VS.. a deficit. of $158, 300.
Bon Ami Co. profit for six months
ended June 30 was $407 ,740 vs.. $685.
$50.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Sales

n 100 :OO Am. iso 900 la:00 noon 2so GOO
;:OfI ON 800 900 2:O0 N Aeo ooo
tUnit Of trading, 10 shares; I'm bank
ised under the Bankruptcy Act, or sscur-
tiles assumed by such companies: Rates
OF dividends in the foresoins tapie are
ousrterly or semi-annual declaration.
nss potss seseiai ea Sr cssd shssi
r Ex diyidend. xr TX rights. Also extra
or - extras. Plus stock dividend. Cash
or stock Declared or paid 90 far tnE
value on ex-dividend date. g Paid last
year, Declared or paid after stoek
dividend or split-up. Declared or PAL, pais
diyideiads In arrears. . Paid this year.
dividend omitted, deferred or no actGIn In
in stock. exact cash value undetermined
on declaration aAte.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
NJ, Y. Bond, Market

o'sH!:sa:cs4 3 e: Is:r A::;s'is:s 81 ssuEs Ess
Evening star., 1948-08-02

WORLD BANK leo
IntBR&D 3s7. ~ zol Co
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Chicago Livestock

q Paid IQA7
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-23

There are several flowers appro-
pirate during the Yuletide season
which are connected with the birth
of Christ by the legends of history.
Sainfoin, or Holy Hay" is said
to have Graded the infant Christ in
the manger. The snowdrop is the
flower of the Virgin Mary, and is
said to be the emblem of the cam
dies she lighted on Christmas.
According to legend, the Christ
mas rose was divinely created. A
shepherd maid wept at having no
gift to lay before the Babe in the
manger. Suddenly an angel ap-
peared to her. On hearing why the
maiden wept, the angel touched the
ground where her tears had fallen
and Immediately the place was
white with Christmas roses, which
the maid gathered and laid in the
manger.
The chrysanthemum Is said to
have appeared first on Christmas
Eve near the manger as sign to
the Wise Men that they had reached
the spot where the star had hidden
them.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-23

breast,
His hair was like a star.
70 stern and cunning are the kings,
But here the true hearts are.l
The Christ-chi1d lay on Mary's heart,
His hair was like fire.
70 weary, weary is the world,
But here the worlds desire.)
The Christ-child stood at Mary's
knee,
His hair was like a crown,
And all the flowers looked up at
Him,
And all the stars looked down.
&C. K. Chesterton.
Evening star., 1948-11-26

world-and even it's beginning to
taint around the corners:
After "Grandma's" marriage on
June 8, 1916, In Louisa, KY, she and
her young husband got more
publicity than they had anticipated.
while the Nations in
terest in the May-December mar
riage was sustained, she said she
"got out of the hollow" for just
about the first time in her life for
trips to Eastern cities including
two-week stay in New York.
Found Some Clever People.
But as far as she and Short"
are concerned. she said they're
better off back in the hollow.
Sounds funny" she related, II
said I got married SO I'd have some
one to stay on the farm with me,
and here we are In Columbus. After
a winter visit here-three months
or so-she and her husband are 60
ing back to the farm.
Grandma" was not reluctant to
Evening star., 1948-11-26

women, then come paradin' right
back through the town without put
tin anything else on. It was an
abomination il I ever saw It,"
Grandma" rocking comfortably,
did all the talking while Short" !"
now "just going on a." sat reading
a magazine.
Mrs. Sprouse had 10 children, 7
still living, by her first husband.
She has 50 grandchildren and, she
said, as near as she ''can keep track, :"
rs great-grandchildren.
Evening star., 1948-11-26

speak about her travels. She said
she saw some interesting things in
New York and ''there are some real
clever people there" Places like
Coney Island only confirmed her
opinion that the end fthe world is
not only coming, "just like 1t says
in the scriptures" but we're into
it a right smart piece" she be-
lieves.
Shocked ut Beach.
II never was so beat in my life"
she recalled, in speaking of the New
York playground. They'd go in
swimmin', old gray-haired men and
Evening star., 1948-11-26
|Wife, 79, Does Talking
To Reporter; Husband, ,
Only 70, Just Reads
By the Assoeiotsd Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 26.-
Grandma" Sprouse, Of Cat Hollow,
KY, who became something Of a
celebrity back in 1946 when at n
she married 18-year-old Delbert
sprouse, has bounced back in the
news.
The wrinkled, bright-eyed old
lady in a black sunbonnet came to
Columbus to visit a granddaughter
Mrs. Bonnie Blankenship. short, u
as she calls her youthful husband
accompanied her.
She told newsmen "Cat Hollow Is
the only civilized place left in the
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Hand Education

should learn to do some sort of
work that they like to do, not
for the sake of the work, not for
the trade by which they are to
earn their living-though this may
help to that end-but in order that
their intelligence may be stimulated
and heightened.
Some parents and teachers still
have a prejudice against teaching
children to use their hands, as
though it were a disgrace to be
handy. They seem to think that
the dull children, the backward
and the feeble minded should be
given such opportunities, but not
bright children. That is all wrong.
The dull, the backward and the
feeble minded do not, and cannot,
do fine handwork. Fine handwork is
the reflection of high intelligence,
nice adjustments of muscle and
nerves, a fine directing brain center
Children from infancy need to
learn to use their hands skillfully.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Capital Careers

other. In the case of the Wellses it
was people who kept buying their
auction found antiques and then
asking for white tissue paper in
which to wrap them as wedding
gifts. Somehow remedying the lack
of the white paper led them into
expanding their stock to include
everything but mems collars. And
of course the one room became ri
diculously insufficient so they
moved down by the corner of Wis
consin and P in larger space there.
Then kept adding to it, until now
there are 10 rooms to Little Gale
donia.
With what seems like 10 doors to
every room, If you do not keep to
a definite plan of direction as you
browse through, you are apt to be-
ieve you have stumbled into a
highly individualistic form Of the
age-old maze. easssaEsAss,s'5 p,
But If you want unusual decora-
tors fabrics or rare herbs or French
cooking utensils or whimsical greet
ing cards, the end is worth the
struggle. Although, as Miss Wells
says with rare and refreshing can
dor, there's always someplace else
where you can find everything.
Personally she is card-craZy.
Greeting cards, which she selects
herself with the eye of a connois-
seur, and playing cards, when they
are dealt out for bridge-her favor
ite sport, hobby, pastime, weakness,
whatever you want to call it.
Little Caledonia got its name from
the big antique market in London.
And gets a lot Of its stock from Eu-
rope. The travelling Miss w. sends
home some things. The customers
are always suggesting others that
should be, and consequently are,
stocked.
The shop boss has, 1t appears,
done all her travelling. In her wan
derings she has picked up French
and Italian and a firm conviction
that the place she likes best in the
world is good old Georgetown.
She's got a husky voice, smiles a
lot, loves Victor Herbert music and
to cook, and is never too busy to see
something some one thinks is sale
able, which accounts for the variety
of her stock and for her success.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
By Margaret Child

"Why don't you do a story about
the woman who runs that shop, Lit
tie Caledonia? It's so unusual that,
whoever she is, she ought to make
a good story" some one suggested.
"She" is Miss Eleanor Wells. And
my story scout was right. Little
Caledonia is unusual. And so was
the interview with its owner.
For one thing, 1t was conducted
in a perpendicular position and I
usually get invited to sit down.
Really wasn't talking to the lady
long enough to make 1t worthwhile,
though.
Which is unusual item No. 2. The
customary time for compiling <the
case history of q Capital Career is
two hours with the subject, plus
some extra shopping time else
where. I have conducted interviews
in as little as e-quarters OF an
hour and one lasted six hours! But
this one set a new world record.
Twenty-Five minutes fiat, with time
out for the lady under discussion to
take two telephone calls.
However, If one person is fast
quizzer and the other a fast talker,
it is possible that between them,
even in so short a. time, they can
produce enough conversational
threads from which some semblance
of whole story can be woven.
Eleanor Wells is a native Wash
ingtonian. She went to "13 schools
well, maybe TO-" including Holton-
Arms here and Smith and some 9TH
ers in Europe. She lives in a house
in Georgetown with Misty (Mistin-
guette), her widowed poodle. She
has a sister, now in France and at
other times in other places than
Washington.
Together they started Little Gale
donia about 20 years ago. Or maybe
it was 10 or IS. The estimates vary.
Anyway, it seems they were both
auction addicts. And when you are
habitues, you wind up either in the
gift shop or antique store business.
They started out with the latter, a
one-room affair in Georgetown, the
mecca of Washington antiqueers "a
word, I believe, I just made upD.
1t only takes one little incident
to push you off one path onto an
Evening star., 1948-12-23
By AngeIO Pafri

Most of what we learn Of the
world and its people comes to us
through the use of one or more
of our senses. We see, hear
touch, taste and feel what goes on
about us and, after sensing it, try
to do something with what we
have learned. That doing is what
educates us, and the first motion
toward that education must be
taken by our hands. We want
to touch and feel what We see
and hear about. Until we have
handled it we feel uneasy, dis
satisfied. Our hands are what
bridge the gap of ignorance.
Children begin their education
with the use of their hands. The
little ones grasp what they see
and Immediately put it m their
mouths, or as near their mouths
as they can manage, in order to
add another sense impression to
what they have gained from see
ing and feeling. Then they try
to do something with this thing
they have discovered. That i.
how they learn SO much in the
first four and five years.
After that we send them tc
school, and once there their hands
are stilled. They may hold book
or a crayon and pencil, but moth.
ing else, and there is whole
world of things to be handled anc
used, a great mass of information
waiting the touch of their sensi'
tive fingers. But school only al
lows them to use their eyes ant
their ears, in a prescribed fashion
Little children have not yet de-
veloped their accessory muscles
those fine muscles that with thu
help of the nerves make the flint
adjustments that skillful work de-
mands. But we set them to writ
ing and sewing instead of allow
ing them to hammer, saw, mode
and paint in sweeping motions
We work against nature instead
of with her, and so lose the es'
sence of life.
All children need to learn X
use their hands skillfully. The!
Evening star., 1948-12-23
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

(From Mrs. P. M. D., Arlington.)
Mrs. M. S., Arlington Child
Problems: You'll probably have to
spend some time with your children
in order to keep them quiet enough
for your husband to sleep. 1t just
isn't normal for children to be
quiet and it required lot of atten-
ton from you to see that you're
occupied happily. Suggestions are
modelling clay, finger paints, crayons
pencils and paper, dolls or run
ming toys" for the older one It'll
be especially hard to keep the
younger child quiet. AS for your
baby chewing the front OF her
clothing, why not get or make a
bib with plastic on the under side
and cloth on the outside. This
would absorb the liquid, yet keep
it away from her clothing and her
skin. Or maybe she would chew
on a teething ring. She's probably
beginning to feel the back molars
Mrs. M, c., Washington. Mans
Tie: I haven't gotten around yet
to making any time, but the Mccall
patterns, I bought mentioned the
inner lining. Apparently real WOO
tailor's canvas makes resilient
lining so the tie doesn't wrinkle
so much. Canton flannel can be
used, but apparently doesn't dc
such a good job. Maybe this in.
formation will help you. It's i'm.
portant to have a true bias, too.
N. c. D., Arlington. Nursery
School: There's a cooperative nurs'
cry school right in Colonial Village
but no transportation is furnished
as far as know. Maybe there
could be arrangements for trans
portation. Mrs. Hazel Moore, Chile
Care Counselor at the Arlington
Courthouse, OK. 5000 can give vol
any information you desire regard
ing licensed nursery schools II
Arlington County.
Thanks to Mrs. M. T. L., Lanham
for the list of Christmas material
I hope to have collection o
Christmas stories, decoration ideas
entertaining ideas. and so on.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
|WhyGrow
| Old?
By Josephine Lo,cman


Are you rushing about at the last
minute, looking for gifts? Many
women do this, in fact all of us do,
and we often buy cosmetics of some
sort in our harried moments.
We Immediately think Of bath
powder, and nothing could be q
nicer gift, because many women will
not buy this luxury for themselves.
There are all kinds of bath pow
ders with the loveNest scents and
packaging.
There are many other gifts which
suggest themselves in the cosmetic
line. There is the little kit es-
pecially planned for the woman with
dry skin, there is perfume which
comes in a small bottle and can be
carried in the pocketbook. One Is
shaped like a Christmas candle.
There are lovely perfume containers
planned for the pocketbook. There
is the little lipstick ring, with four
small lipsticks attached, and o
heart-shaped, unbreakable mirror
on the chain, too.
Bath salts and bubble bath prod.
ucts are always lovely and accept
able gifts. There are mitts filled
with powder which are most con-
venient on a trip. I love those
giant vari-colored capsules filled
with bath oils.
OF course there are expensive
ehinstraps and face patters and
products to do away with the oily
nose, but these would seem to be
undiplomatic gifts unless you have
heard your friends express o wish
for them.
I think one of the little rubber
patters for patting the face, after
cream is applied, would be wonder
full for any one, since the giving
does not infer the age of the per-
son but rather her interest in re-
manning forever youthful, and this
is one of the things which most
women want but never buy for
themselves.
The variety on the cosmetic
counters Is 80 great that I cannot
do justice to it. But I hope this
will help you with your Christmas
shopping. Something have writ
ten here today may relax q nerve
end and give you a suggestion for
that difficult last-minute gift.
Evening star., 1948-12-23

Embroider this handsome bird in
silk floss to reproduce the sheen of
feathers and let your imagination
run riot as to the shadings! The
design measures approximately II
inches square and is lovely whether
used for pillow top or wall panel.
Pattern envelope No. RN24 con-
tains hot-iron transfer, color chart,
material requirements, stitch illus
trations and complete directions.
To obtain this pattern, send zoe
in coins, giving pattern number
your name, address and zone num-
ber to Peggy Roberts, The Washing
ton Star. P. o. Box 100, Station G.
New York 10. N. Y.