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Evening star., 1948-10-04
Stock Market Gains
Fractions 10 Point
In Quiet Dealings
By Roder Winsst
Asseelo,sd Press FinanelsI Writer

NEW YORK, Oct. A. Stocks
moved ahead today in . quiet mar
ket breaking the Blue Monday jinx
Of recent weeks.
Gains were from fractions to
around q point In contrast to the
last three Mondays when the list
turned lower.
After q mixed opening With mar
row changes in quotations. most Is
sues started adding fractions In
later trading that put the majority
Of them on the plus side.
Oils were favorites, although gains
in steel and chemicals pushed
further forward.
Rails, slow in establishing OPEN
ing prices, but entered the rising
ternd around noon.
Utilities, airlines and aircrafts
were steady and slow.
Some of the best gaints were
made by United States Steel, Chrys-
Ter, Firestone, American Smelling,
Dow Chemical, Du Pont, Southern
Railway, Standard OIL New Jersey, Z,
Gulf OIL, Allied Chemical and Lock-
heed.
Tending down at one time we're
Woolworth, Western Union, East
man Kodak, American Tobacco and
National Distillers. New England
Electric System touched q new low
for l94s.
Curb market stocks were mar
rowly mixed and trading quiet. On
the upside were Pancoastal OIL,
Pantepec Oil and Creole Petroleum,
while tending downward were Colon
Development, General Plywood and
Cities Service.
The bond market was irregular
and quiet. United States Govern
ment securities In the over-the-
counter market were steady and
quiet.
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp. an
nounced . price increase Of So .
gross ton for pig iron and SIS .
gross ton for ferro-manganese.
The magazine Steel In its issue
today said: Finished steel prices
are firm at levels established some
time ago. However, present stabil-
ity is believed temporary, in view
Of the continued rise in prices on
steelmaking raw materials and the
possibility OF an additional hike Of
8 per cent in freight rates."
Evening star., 1948-10-04
Notre Dame Dean
Says Profits Vital
To Jobs, Security
By }. B. WoIIoeh
North American NswspopsF Alliance

NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-In today's
highly charged political atmosphere
1t is a brave soul indeed who has
the audacity to suggest that "the
American business institution which
fails to make profits is derelict to
its owners, and its employees
(and) is not destined to be with US
very long,"
When he goes a step further and,
ignoring the widely nurtured notion
that profits are reprehensible, argues
that "the business that fails to
make a profit that can be distrib-
uted In dividend form to the own
ers, is not serving the common in
terest, since profits are essential to
the creation Of new industries and
the maintenance OF extension of
existing industries" he clearly faces
the wrath Of Wallaceites.
James E. Mccarthy, dean Of the
College Of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, University of Notre
Dame, is the author of those views.
Indifferent to the reactions OF "po-
litical messiahs and economic illit-
crates" Dean Mccarthy SCOTS at
the charge that industry Is united
in q sinister conspiracy to push
prices to astronomical levels in their
quest for greedy profits"
Asserting that nothing could be
farther from the truth, Dean Nc
Carthy holds that every enlightened
businessman knows his future Is Sc
cure only II he manufactures or
merchandise . worthy product that
Is truly competitive from q price
viewpoint.
Turning to the 1s47 record of Amer
lean industry, which shows that on
q dollar turn of slightly more than
5000, 600, 100000 net profits after
taxes amounted to 81, ,000, ,000, 900, OF
which more than half was reinvested
in business, Dean Mccarthy chal-
lenges those who regard such a
profit showing as extravagant and
points out that it UNDERWRITERS in
dustry's guaranty that there will be
continuing Jobs.
If American businessmen blanch
under the attacks directed at profits
which Dean Mccarthy unabashedly
finds ION the low side" he warns
that they will suffer the conse-
quences that stem from underfl-
nanced businesses.
The dean senses that the dema-
gogic campaign against profits is
really an effort to capitalize on
consumer resentment to inflationary
prices. He suggests that the public's
anger would be better directed
against the farmer and against the
politicians who have ordained the
unrealistic price-support schedules. ~
Anticipating that the retailer, as
in the past, will be "the whipping
boy who bears the brunt Of Gus
toner price displeasure," Dean Nc
Carthy recommends that the "best
minds in the retailing industry
might profitably (take) some COM
mon action designed to give Gus
toners a true picture Of the fact,
Of life respecting prices"
Evening star., 1948-10-04
Registration Weighed
To Identify Missing
Children in Germany
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

GENEVA, Oct. 4.-Registration of
13,000,0 900 children in Western Ger
many may be necessary to sort
out the 32l 900 who lost their homes
and identities in Hitler's German
ization program"
DR.. Maurice Thudicum, director
Of the child search operations Of
the International Refugee Organ
ization,, reported to the 1RO's gen.
eral council here that general
coverage of all children presently
alive in Germany" is the only way
to give an answer to the thousands
Of inquiries concerning missing
children in Germany. \
DR.. Thudicum estimated it would
take a year to complete the COM
prehensive search. The task is
complicated, he said, by the fluc-
tuation of Germany's postwar
population and deliberate conceal
ment of some children by their
present German parents"
Child search experts said some
of the children brought into Ger
many by Nazi denomination"
teams were turned over to farmers
to help feed the German war ma
chine. Some of these farmers are
now reluctant to lose their labor.
In may cases, the names Of the
children were changed, their records
falsified or their identity concealed
in other ways.
Statistics published in Poland
report 100000 missing Polish chill
dren. The Germanization program
also included children Of collabora-
tors in German-occupied countries
who were sent to Germany for re-
education along Nazi lines.
Legitimate children and so-called
"Volksdeutsche" children who were
considered racially valuable also
were kidnapped from such places as
Luxembourg, Alsace-Lorrain and
Lower Steiermark.
Many other missing children were
youngsters who followed the re-
treating German armies and sub
sequently were handed over to the
Nazi racial Offices for adoption or
placement. Many boys and girls
between IA and 18 were brought into
Germany to work as laborers or do
mestics. The missing also include
many war orphans, children from
founding homes and those forcibly
evacuated from areas taken over
for SIS settlements.
Most Jewish children, whether
from east or west, suffered the same
fate" DR.. Thudicum said, "deporta-
ton to concentration camps with
death through exposure, starvation,
torture or deliberate determination.
"A handful, relatively speaking,
of the hardest or more fortunate
survived"
Compulsory reporting by German
authorities on Allied nationals resi-
dent in Germany during. the war
years has not been successful. In
the United States zone Of Germany,
DR.. Thudicum said, 500 Allied chill
dren were reported while child
search teams already had dis
covered 1873. In 191 districts where
no children we're reported by the
Germans, search teams found u.
Inquiries concerning missing chill
dren are increasing. In the last
three months. 1882 inquiries were
received. At the end Of June, there
were 1880 active inquiries on file
in the United States zone alone.
Evening star., 1948-10-04
Pepco Common Stock
Still Leads Activity
On D. {. Exchange
Bv Nelson M. Shepard

Sales of 20,648 shares Of common
stock of the Potomac Electric Power
Co. led all trading on the Wash
tngton StocR Exchange in Sep
tember and marked the continued
concentration of this stock in the
hands of Washington shareholders.
Although under the record of
25.905 shares of Pepco common
sold in August, last months trad
ing was nearly 5000 shares above
the number that changed hands ON
the local exchange in July. An un-
usually large block was sold in Au-
gust and the sales last month merely
represented q slight shaving of, it
was said.
Since the North American Co.
distributed its huge holdings of
Pepco stock to its own stock
holders, scattered throughout the
country, the ownership distribution
has changed considerably. Share
holders in Washington rank second
in number but own the largest block
of stock in the utility company.
OdS SudTCS ScCOHus
Second in trading on the Wash
ington Exchange was the stock of
the Washington Gas Light Co., OF
which 1,488 shares Of common were
sold during the month. The Cap
ital Transit Co. brought UP the rear
of the utilities with 739 stock sold
but played fourth in the number OF
common shares changing hands.
Other leaders in the field in the
other named were Garfinckel Co.,
with 767 shares of common sold;
Lanston Monotype Machine Co.,
with 600 shares; Hecht Co., with
4s7 shares, and Peoples Drug, with
419 shares.
The only bank stock sold over
the exchange in the month was that
of the American Security g. Trust
Co., IS shares of which changed
hands.
In a light bond market, Capital
Transit As were sold to the amount
of $4,000 and Washington Gas
Light SIS to the amount of $4,000.
There were no other bond transac-
tions.
Financial District Notes.
Robert Finlay, wartime procure
ment engineering counsel for the
Hallicrafters Co. in Washington, has
opened his own offices in Ridgewood,
N. j., to serve as liaison consultant
between electronics manufacturers
and Government agencies.
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc, will
hold its second "Cavalcade Of JeepS'
demonstration and luncheon at
ODonnell's farm on October 20,
Jack Myers, manager of the Wash
ington office announced today. The
hours are II am. to $3.50 pm.
James M. Ashley, who was in
business here until 1916. is the
newly elected president of the Pro-
ducers' Council, national organiza-
ton Of building products manufac-
turers. He succeeds David S. Miller
Of the Armstrong Cork Co., Lam
caster, Pa.
For eight years Mr.. Ashley was
Washington representative of the
ey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. Of
Toledo, Ohio. He moved to Toledo
two years ago to become public re-
lations director Of the firm.
Evening star., 1948-10-04
Business Briefs
and Public Debt

Private and Public Debt at the
end of 1947 approximated s410,-
100000, 900, an increase of $1,000
OO0, 900 or 40 from the total out
standing at the end of 1946-Com-
merce Department. Private debt in
creased $22, 400, ,0Oo, 900 in the year
and represented 429o OF the total.
Freight Loadings in the fourth
quarter are expected to run 1.59o
above the same 1s47 period.-Ship-
pers' Advisory Boards. Increases are
expected on 20 Of 80 commodities.
New Construction put in place in
September was valued at $l,804,-
OOo, 900, a gain of 10 per cent from
the previous month and 27To above
the same 1947 month.-Commerce
Department. In nine months OF
1913 the total was $4,000, 900, 900,
Q jump Of $40 from year earlier.
Ford Motor Co. turned out 1921
passenger cars, trucks and buses in
September, highest monthly output
since May, l941.
United States Plywood Corp. sales
IN three months ended July 81 were
26% per cent above a year earlier.
Earnings were reported higher by
about the same amount.
White Motor Co. has started pro-
duction of IL new basic models OF
trucks and tractors. Engineering
improvements are stressed rather
than changes in appearance.
Tennessee Gas Co. request for
permission to extend it's natural gas
pipe line from Kentucky to Buffalo
was turned down by the FPC. Ad-
ditional hearings were set for jan
uary S. however.
Northern States Power Co. DEL
aware) will distribute dividends of
$3.50 on the TO preferred and 50
on the So preferred stocks on
October 20.
Missouri Pacific Railroad earneQ
48,117,73s in eight months ended
August 81 VS.. s5,474,125 year
earlier.
Eversharp, Inc, profit for six
months ended August 81 was $685.
688 or 60 cents share VS.. S139,925
or IL cents in the same 1947 period
G. Kreuger Brewing Co. earned
1886, ,565 or $154 in six months ended
July 81 VS.. $527,863 or $2,11 year
earlier.
Eureka williams Corp. net in
come for IL months ended July 81
was $112,838 or "a cents VS.. Se48, ,568
or $2.O5 in the preceding fiscal
period.
Outlet Co. earned $314,637 or s3.16
in six months ended July 81 VS..
$379, ,104 or 1881 a year earlier.
Tech Hughes Gold Mines, Ltd, net
for eight months ended August 81
was 1892, $50 or 8 cents VS.. sl7l,61
or 3 cents in the same 1947 period.
Holophane Co. earned $673,418 or
&7.13 in IL months ended June 80
VS.. 1854, 4,689 or s5.63 in the previous
year.
Guaranty Trust Co. of New York
reported resources of $2,797 1921
on September 30 VS.. 81, ,799 ,933, ,625 or
June 80. Deposits totaled $2,344, ,l07,-
496 VS.. $2,352, ,2l6,496. Profits fol
nine months ended September &c
were 1868, ,7S5 VS.. $13,664,515 year
earlier.
Cornell -Dubilier Electric Corp. has
leased q modern factory at In
dianapolis from Packard Motor Cal
Co. for use of its electronics division
Operations there will start about
November 20.
Monsanto Chemical Co. elected
Osborne Bezanson and r. r. Cole
to the executive board. w. G
Krummrich succeede Mr.. Bezanson
as acting general manager.
Evening star., 1948-10-04
4-County Negro High School
To Open Near CuIpeper
sn.<;a, p;.p.,eh 70 The s,a,

CULPEPER, Va. Oct. 4.-vir-
ginia's first four county consolidated
high school for Negroes will be ded-
icated near Culpeper on October 23.
The school will be known ss the
George Washington Carver High
School. It will serve Culpeper, Mad
ison, Orange and Rappahannock
Counties.
Paul Hounshell, superintendent Of
Culpeper County schools, said this
week it represents "a very signifi.
cant venture In solving the prob.
lem Of providing adequate educa-
tional facilities for Negroes in
counties where the situation Is sim-
liar to our own"
Evening star., 1948-10-04

L1o1 "CAOU6e
Am Gas d Il lb
Am LitGT 1.2Oe
Am Naracaioo
Am Superpower
Ang IranOu .3S0.
[Atl Coast Fish,
| Atlas Corp v "
Barium Steel.
Basic Refrct 40
Bunker Hill Ia.
Callite Tung
Carr Cons Bise-.
Cataltn Am
Cent g. 8 w 80
Cities Service q
Claude Neon
Colon Develop
Colonl Sd&S 40
Col Fuel&lr wv
Coml 4 Sou war
Cooper Brew A.
Cosden Petro
Creole Pet 2.70s
Croft Brew -
Domestic Credit
Duv Tex Sui s4e.
East Gas&Fuel
Ell Bond&Sh Ag
Eureka c Ltd.
Fairchild E 4 A
FansteelMetA
First York Ne
enPlyvood 10
Clean Harv "a.
| Golddeld Cons.
Heela Min l -.
Imp OIL Ltd "a.
Int Petrol VI
Evening star., 1948-10-04
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Oct 4 R,.-Cotton futures
market was extremely quiet today Early
losses which ranged to 40 cents bale
were caused by hedging and liquidation.
Lack Of follow through selling attracted
some trade buying along with short COW
ertns in the nearby October contracts ana
prices regatned the lost ground.
Noon prices were cents . bale lower
to 20 cents higher than the previous close.
october 31.6O; December, 31.19; March,
40. .9b.
Evening star., 1948-10-04
Market AVERAGES
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 R,-Foreign ex-
change rates follow (dreat Britain In dol
lars, others In cents):
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket, IN per cent discount or S2.62h y. 8.
cents, OF h of cent.
unchanred; Great Britain. 30-dsy futures.
4.02h. unchanged; Great Britain. 60.day
aStarss, ,l,92. 6.sst
(franc), 80 Of cent, UNCHANGED. italy
Uira). octomsr nxed rate, ;001739; SEP
unchanged. Switzerland (franc) 0ree).
1912. on .04 Of . cent.
Latin America--Argentina (free). 20.70.
UNCHANGED. Brazil 0ree), $50, UNCHANGED.
Mexico. 14.47, UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1948-10-04

HeurIy sales On the ExchanEs TsAsys
1900 Am. 40 600 1900 noon 73o 600
200 pm. $50 600 500 p.m. 600 oeo
.up,t Of trading. 10 shares. Elm bank.
ruptcy or reeeivership or being reorgan-
iEed under the BankIuptc1 Act; or ;se4I.
OF dividends in the forsSoins table ars
annual Disbursements based on the last
quarterly or ssmi.apnual declaration
aiE,1ehSiid Ex di1id.nd 1r I S riahts. Siso e1tfs
or extras. piys stock diytdend. M d cash ash
year. fPaysbie in stock. estimated cash
value on ex.d;ridend dste; gPaid last
year b Declared or paid After stock
this year. an accumulative Issue with
dividends in arrears; pPaid this year.
In stock, exact cash value undetermined
On declaration data.
Evening star., 1948-10-04
N. Y. Bond Market
Eurnished by the Asssciatel Press.l
LIST INCLUDES ONLY SELECTEn IHSUEH

TREASURY 1:1b
2hs 1857 Dec 100 =
FOREIGN lis
Australia IS 6b- loon
Belgium 6s IS 1o6N
Colombia 50 70 3Tt
Panam 3Asozst %
Peru 70 BS---. 1Sk
DOMESTIC 1:16
AmAirlines3s6o ~
Am&F p 6s2U3O -
Am T&T 2As57 1l1N
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Atl CT lst Is 81 1oAbz
B&O ev 41a2010 S1H
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C&O 3Has 90 D. %
CB&Q gn IS 66 1o0N
CMStP4 1as20A ST
Chi&W I 4Hs62 1o3N
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CCCSL 41as IT, ~
Evening star., 1948-10-04
IN. Y. Curb Market
List NCLUDEa ONLY RELECT

My SELECTED lSSUHS
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. Leonard OIL Dew n
~ Lons Island Lts W
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VA MaSsey.HarYA ] 70
INMcWill Drdg 60 IL
VI Mead John Goa 17A
MeSabi Iron -
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!bl MidStPB vic We 6
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~ United Corp WV Nl
~ UtdLt&Ry 1.06e 27ih
~ UtshoeMch 21aa 50
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Evening star., 1948-10-04

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Evening star., 1948-10-04

uy GhsfsSo $3.50 b. %asst
3d. s6en inciudins S Zoo % eonsisned direct q
was 7.sOs and . year ago 4.97z. Good
at $3.50 to the early top price Of S26.25
for weights from 200 to $50 pounds.
Cattel and sheep prices also were lower.
Evening star., 1948-10-04
Chicoqo Livestock

CHICAGO. Oct. R.-Salaple live
stock receipts 1t principal markets to-
Evening star., 1948-10-04

TREASURY 1:lb
2hs 1867 Dec 100 ~
Evening star., 1948-10-04


NoNatGas 1.20e
North Pacific 1e
tNoStPw pf3 90
North west Airl
SrthwAir pf1 IS
Ohio Eds rt wi
tOhio Ed pf4 40
ONO Oil 10
Oliver Corp "a
'Oliver of ~
Omnibus Ap
tOmnibus Of 4
Otis Elevator q
Owens Iii Gl 3
PAC FIN CLEO
Pac Gas&Eec Q
Pac Lighting 8
Pac Mills 2kb
tPac Tel&Tel 4e
Pac Tin Cons
Packard Mo .35e
Pan Am Air Ne
Panh Z p L 5
tPanh EPL pf 4
Panh p & r 80.
param Pict 2
Park Utah .10e-
Parked 1.40e-
Patino Mns / hb
PenickGF l.20e.
Pennee i.IC, p
n-DxCem As
Penn Gls 8 1.60
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Penn RR 1e----
Pepsi-Cola .42e-
Petrol Corp soc
Pfeiner B Lobe
pnzer Coco "a
Phelps Dodg Be
tPhil C 81 pf 3
phila Elec 20
tPhlE4 .3pf4.30
Phil&RdR Gel Q
Philco Corp 2
philip Nor iRa
tPhilipM pf3.60.
Phillips Petrol .
Pillsbury Mills Q
PittCok&Ch 60s
PittPlateGls Ne.
Pitt 8 & B .65e-
Pitts Steel
tPitt Stl 5pf 5k-
Pitts Or pf 6h.
pfttston C0 q
Plym Oil 1.40e-.
Pond Creek 3e--
Pot Elec Pvr 90
Pressed 6tl Car
Proct q Gam 81
Pub Svc Col 2.20
Pub SvE&G.
PubSE&Gpf1.40
Pure OH IL
PurityBRk 2.4UA
RADIO CRP.3 .30s
Radio cp pf az.
R-K-Orph 60
Rayonier Ae =.
Reading 2 pf D.
Reeves Bros Ia
Rem Rand Id
REQ Motors 2Ms
Repub Steel 10
Rev c & B 1Ae-
Rexail Drue
ReynMetals Sc
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Evening star., 1948-05-24

riehf-Rayon Shentuns
Coat Dress in navy, green
or black, gilt buttoned.
Sizes Ia to 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02
McLemore
Recalls First Bicycle
And Scorns Statistics
BIZ Henry McLemOre

The figures have just come in.
Since Christmas Day, 1947, the
Survey and Research Council has
been working on statistics dealing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02

string. They sounded good, but wore
out a front tire every month.
What boy will ever forget the
first time he became skillful enough
to park" his bike by the proper
turning of the front wheel? To
stand a bike by a stand was some
thing that belonged to girls, who
announced their gentle sex by riding
bikes that had wire baskets in front.
To be real bike rider--a man
among men-a fellow had to be able
to come to a stop, give the front
wheel just the proper and delicate
twist, and sit there as firmly as the
statue of Sherman ever did on his
granite horse.
Too, what boy will ever forget the
first time he Jumped curb" I
believe I could do it today. You
come tearing toward the curb at
full speed and, just at the precise
moment, give an upward yank to
the handlebars so that the front
wheel won't bang into the curbing.
Then there were those mighty
moments when fellow rode back
wards, usually to show of to his
sweetheart; when he came out
with racing sprocket." the re-
suit of 5000 soap coupons and the
passing up of a catcher's mitt; and
victory in the race to grammar
school.
Oh yes, a boy was lot Of trouble
with his first bike. But how pre-
cious are the memories they leave
him. Long after he has forgotten
the bruised shins and elbows, he'll
remember the first time he ever
turned a corner with mo hands.
! distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-02

SuulCleIlI, VI az
tice. But the Survey and Research
Council chief asked me to wait un-
til early February when full figures
would be available, and could
speak with authority on the number
of pants ripped off, the number OF
adult automobile drivers who had
to reduce their speed lest they strike
a child crossing the street on bicy-
Gle that was out of control, the
number of mothers who said to
their husbands, John, I told you
not to give Herman a bike for
Christmas" and the exact figure on
how many costly boys pants were
chewed to bits by greasy bicycle
chains.
The figures are now in, and they
are appalling.
Appalling, that IS, to all those who
do not remember their first bicycles,
and do not know that perhaps the
greatest thrill of a boys life comes
at that moment on Christmas
morning when, next to the Christ
mas tree, bright and shiny, stands
his first and very own bike.
remember my first one, just as
IL it had been given to me yester-
day. Like yours, it was too big.
All parents feel that young boy
should grow until he fits his bike.
There is no such thing, except among
the very rich, as a boy getting a
first bike that fits him. I am not
telling you lie when I tell you that
my first one, grey Columbia, was
of a size that would have daunted
Primo Camera when that big fellow
was at his biggest. 1t was a giant
of a bike-so big that 1t was not
until three years later that was
long enough of leg to sit on the
seat and pedal at the same time.
For three years I pumped from a
standing-up position.
Like every other youngster, my
dream was to "dress 1t up" In those
DAYS a bike was a raw skeleton OF a
machine, without even so much as a
red reflector tail light on the back
of the seat.
MY first job was to save enough
soap coupons to buy the things 1t
needed to make it good looking. MY
hearts desire was siren so that ]
could replace the sissy little tinkling
bell on the right handlebar. I don't
know whether you remember those
sirens or not. They fitted on the
front wheel and were operated by a