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The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21
Property Tax Bill Reaches Senate After Much Debate
tThursdaY. January 20. l949) tBy James Hutcheson)

JUNEAU, P)-A one per cent property tax bill went to the Alas ka Senate yesterday, but Demo- cratic House leader said it un- doubtedly would die there in the closing days of the special session.
 The measure, approved Wednes- day by the House 2l to 3, carried a $2,5O0 personal property exemp- ton provision.
 The House leader who express ed pessimism over the bills chances in the Senate was Warren Taylor of Fairbanks. He said that even though it is pigeon-holed there "this Democartic House has
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Internation'l News At A Glance ---
tThursdaY. January 20. ls4s)
(By The Associated Press)

NBy The ASSOcldteQ PreSS)
 The Chinese governing party, the Kuomintang, threw its weight today behind the cabinets efforts to make peace with the victory flushed communists.
 A separate peace deal was on in Peiping for the surrender of that great city and the rest of North China to the Reds. In the field of battle, the massse of Chiang Kai- Shek had been beaten about ev- anywhere they had met the com munists. The nationalist position in North China semede hopeless.
 The communists kept silent. So did Chiang, whose approval is needed unless he is busted or un- less he resigns.
 Armistice talks between Israel on one hand and Egypt and Leb- anon on the other reached a decis- i've stage. A Tel Aviv informant said the draft of peace terms with Lebanon was made at a border village. A compromise settlement for the borders of the Negev des- ert in southern Palestine was be- fore Egyptian and Jewish negotia- tors at Rhodes. !,
 The U. S. loan of $100,O00,00 to Israel appeared to presage full recognition soon of the new Jew ish state.
 Premier Nehru of India de- nounced before a Donation con- ference in New Delhi the Dutch action against the Indonesian re- public. He called it a "challange to newly awakened Asia" Nehru said "Asia will no longer brook
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RCAF Plane Lost On Mercy Flight

WINNIPEG, Man. (P)-A Royal Canadian Air Force plane return ing from a mercy flight to the Arctic was forced down today, perhaps in Hudson Bay, air force officials here reported.
 The plane was carrying 10 men, including a sick radio operator and hospital-bound Eskimo, to Churchill from Coral Harbor, on Southampton Island. A doctor also was aboard and a crew of seven.
 Last word from the plane, early this morning, was that it was lover ice" The air force immedi- ately dispatched planes for a search. The operation was compli- cated by the fact that messages from the downed plane seemed to indicate it was off course and heading for Port Harrison on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. Churchill is on the western shore.
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Car Plunges Into Ocean; 4 Drown

.CORDOVA, (P)-Four persons drowned last night when car plunged from the dock into 30 feet of icy water.
 They were Mrs. Genevieve Means, L. E. BuO Townsend of Seattle, Mrs. Phyllis Davis and her small daughter, Perry Lynn Davis.
 Brakes on the machine appar- ently failed to hold as the car ap- preached the steamship Alaska, which Townsend was to board. He was a salesman for H. J. Heinz and Co.
 Two fishermen Otto Tiedeman and Fred Johnson, worked for two hours in a skiff with graphing hooks to recover the car and the four bodies. The steamer delayed
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Property Tax Will Not Injure Pulp Industry

KETCHIKAN, (P)-The Ketchi- kan Chronicle published yesterday an article replying to statements by a Seattle chamber of commerce official about the effect of the pro- posed Alaska tax program on the pulp industry in the Territory.
 "No prohibitive tax program faces the pulp industry in Alaska" the Chronicle asserted.
 Tn a letter to Alaska chambers of commerce, John H. Perry, Alas ka chairman of the Seattle C. of C. said he understood proposed laws would tax pulp at the rate of S8 a ton and create an annual proper
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NEWS IN BRIEF

SEATTLE, (P), Charles w. Ask, 92, Seattle pioneer and retired Alaska merchant, died Sunday af- ter q long illess. Born in Norway, he came to the United States 75 years ago and to Seattle in 1888. He operated a general store for 30 years in Skagway, Alaska, return ing to Seattle in 1924, when he re- tired.
 His widow, Emily; two sons, Karl and Harry, and a daughter Mrs. Norman Mackay, survive.
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VenS; steWardesS Christina Nims. The passengers were MT. Poumi- rau, Homer; Roscoe Spears, Nak- nek; Stanley Hillman, U. s. wea- ther bureau man. Anchorage.
 The air force tenth rescue squadron B-17 assisted by Alaska Airlines pilot William Lund, sight ed the plane at 2:20 a.m., Anchor age time. Air searchers reported the wing and tail surfaces were the only parts visibly intact on the plane. It was due at Anchorage at $50 pm. last night
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Especial to The Nugget

kSpeC1dl 10 l ne NuS9eu
 JUNEAU. (P - Stamped with Senate and House approval the in come tax bill headed for the Gov ernor's desk this afternoon for speedy enactment into law. The Senate passed the bill thirteen 10 three with hardly ripple of de- bate. The bill was rushed back down the corridor 10 the House which completed legislative action by concurring in minor amend ments.
 Governor Greuning beamed in the corridor and congratulating legislators. said he would sign if promptly after if reaches him in final enrolled form.
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SITKA, (P)-George Paul Jones brought here by plane Sunday af- ter a reported scuffle aboard the Seattle motor tug Acme" was be- ing treated at Mt. Edgecumbe hos pital.
 Harold Hofstad, skipper of the tug, said in Petersburg Jones was overpowered atfer a scuffle in which one man was thrown over sboard but later rescued. There was no explanation for the scuffle.
 Jones joined the ship at Sitka. connection with the case.
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SAN FRANCISCO, R - T

SAN FRANCISCO, (P) - The Chinese communist radio today de- scribed the Nanking governments proposal for an immediate truce and peace negotiations as utter ly unreasonable and hypocriticl" and then suddenly switched to an- , other subject.
 The broadcast was heard in San Francisco by the Associated Press listening post.
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BULLETIN
Especial 10 The Nuqqet)

ANCHORAGE. (P) - Searchers said there were indications "of life aboard" the Alaska Airlines DC-3 transport which crashed into a hillside on Kenai Peninsula last night with six aboard. The An chorage office of the airline which gave the report after the first re- port from the ground party had said all were dead. There was no indication of who or how many might be alive. Ii is reported the searchers have cut into the fuse lage.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21

WILMINGTON, N. C. (P) A four-hour general alarm fire ragged through the Orton hotel early to- day, routed 40 guests, and spread to six adjoining buildings with a , loss estimated at about $1,000,000.
 J. R. Mallard, 70, of Charlotte, N. C., was missing. He came here to visit a sick brother.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21
LIFTING THE LID AT JUNEAU
(BY James Hutcheson) (FridaY. January 2l. l949)

JUNEAU, (P)-The income tax measure was the first order of business on the Senate calendar today.
 Two key Senators Howard Lyng, Nome Democrat, and Gun nard Engebreth, Anchorage Re-
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BULLETIN!
. Especial 10 The Nugget

The Senate passed the income tax bill thirteen 10 three this morning after only fifteen min utes discussion of long controvert- ed measure. The only votes against the bill were Republican Senators Collins. Jones and Munz. The bill must go back 10 the House for ac- quiescence in minor amendments.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21
Six Dead In Crash
 Of Alaska Airlines Plane Near Homer

SEATTLE, P)-The CAA re- ported today that an Alaska Air lines DC-3 apparently crash-land- ed in rugged country 30 miles northeast of Homer, Alaska.
 The report, which came from the CAA's Anchorage office, said the plane, which disappeared last night on flight from Homer to Kenai, had been sighted on the slope of hill. The location is on the Kenai peninsula, northeast of Kodiak Island.
 The CAA said the plane was scheduled 10 stop at Kenai, but passed up the landing there 70 go on to Elmendorf Field, Anchorage.
 ANCHORAGE, (P) - Searchers reached the crashed Alaska Air lines plane on the Kenai peninsula and found the six occupants dead. It had hit a hillside.
 The line announced the crew members were Capt. R. D. Land, Anchorage; co-pilot Robert S>e-
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21

lulu late in December for three week visit with MT. and Mrs. Hugh Operman, old friends who once resided in the islands. Oper- mans brother, Franklin, convinc- ed her to become an Alaska resi- dent at once instead of waiting for their wedding planned later in the year.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21
NEW YORK, (P)-A television

NEW YORK, (P)-A television audience of 1O,OOO,OOO persons in the east and midwest was estim- ated for yesterdays Presidential inauguration.
 Many more millions throughout the nation and in other countries were linked to the Washington scene by radio.
 Yesterday was the first time the Presidential inauguration has been teleVised.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21
SINGAPORE, (P-A band of

SINGAPORE, (P)-A band of men believed to be communists ambushed a truck loaded with l3 members of a security registration team Wednesday night and killed l2 of them, including four British soldiers. The ambush occurred a few miles from Kuala Lumpur on the Kuala Lumpur-Bentong high way.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21

yesterday fell one vote short of the necessary tWo-thirdS.
 One other tax measure failed and third moved out of commit tee with a favorable recommenda-
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SAN DIEGO, Calf. (P) - The biggest land plane ever built, de- signed to carry 400 troops, is scheduled to make final test flights today. The big XC-99, of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft corp, finished power runs yesterday on its new 1O-wheel landing gear.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21

publican who is slated for the presidency at the regular session opening Monday predicted it would be enacted today.
 An effort to suspend the rules and push the measure through
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21

CORDOVA, (P - Barbara S. Bate and Franklin T. Opperman were married here last Saturday evening, with the Rev. M. l.. Wan ner receiving their VOWS.
 The bride flew here from Hono-
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Bill Would Erect Statue
TO Left Ericsson Here

A statue of Left Ericsson, Viking
explorer, credited with landing in
North America about the year 1000,
would be erected on a site to be
chosen in the District, under BIZ
partisan bill introduced yesterday
in the Senate.
The measure was sponsored by
Senators Magnuson: Democrat, Of
Washington; Wiley, Republican, of
Wisconsin; Young, Republican, Of
North Dakota; Thye, Republican, Of
Minnesota. and Humphrey, Demo-
crat, Of Minnesota.
The statue already has been fin
ished and would be made the gift of
persons Of Icelandic origin 1t was
said. 1t is temporarily at Newport
News, Va.
A memorial to Ericsson already
stands near the shore of the Po-
tomac River not far from the
Lincoln Memorial.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Urban League Finds
New Jobs Opened Up
For Negroes Here

New employment opportunities
have opened up for Negroes here
during the past year, both in pri-
|vate business and in positions not
formerly open to them. according
to the Washington Urban League.
More than 30 colored applicants
were placed in such jobs by the
league last year, the agency says in
its ls4S report. Issued yesterday.
the report summarizes activities of
the league in seeking improved
housing, health and employment
conditions for Washington Negroes.
About half of the new jobs were
with one large concern, the Giant
Food Shores. Negroes found en-
ployment there for the first time as
clerks, cashiers and department
heads, the report says. Others were
placed with various concerns as
salesmen. The job list included a
Evening star., 1949-02-01
cial worker and O commercial
Warns of Standards.

social worker and Q commercial
artist.
Warns Of Standards.
Citing talks with other industrial
organizations, the report predicts
that 1T Is reasonable to assume
that continued efforts along these
lines will in all probability develop
number of new jobs for non-
white workers in the coming year."
Some Negroes are losing job op-
portunities because of inability to
meet hiring standards, the report
warns, however. Citing particularly
the secretarial-stenographic field, it
urges a program to develop new
job skills.
Altogether 156 persons were placed
In jobs, out Of 612 applying, accord
ing to the report.
In the housing field, the league
reports failure to obtain access to
information requested from the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, regarding "the overall
redevelopment plans for this city,"
in connection with the leagues
Slum-removal policies.
Urges More Meetings.
The report also urges the COM
mission call additional meetings of
the Citizens Advisory Board on the
Plan of the National Capital and
Environs, of which the league is
member.
In health, the report recounts the
eague's cooperation with the Chest
X-Ray Survey, the Planned Par
enthood Association and the Home
Nursing Division of the Red Cross.
DR.. Vincent J. Browne, president
of the Board of Directors, reported
the league is planning an intensive
membership drive to meet the cur
tailment of Community Chest funds.
An additional $1,000 will be needed
to avoid drastic cut in the leagues
$4,000 budget for this year, he
said.
Evening star., 1949-10-27

NOTICE OF CONTINUATION OF
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP BEYOND
TIME ORIGINALLY FIXED FOR
ITS DURATION.
Notice is hereby given that Gilbert u.
Burdett, residing at 1s9 Maple Street, Engle.
siding at 75S West Sth Street, Plainheld,
New Jersey, Louis w. Noel, residing at 100
East End Avenue, New York %, New York,
Edward Roesler, Jr., residing at IL Westgate
Boulevard, Plandome, New York, Lorraine F.
Pitman, residing at 10 Meadowbrook Road.
siding at ass Boston Post Road, Port Chester.
New York, William F. Van Deventer, resid.
ing at Larger Cross Road, Far Hills, New
Jersey, William E. Dugan, residing at 21
Jefferson Road Scarsdale, New York, Will
Lam W; korssenhoven, residing at 1o7 Mead
York, Paul E. Burdett, residing at 32.16
Sheffield Terrace, Farlawn, New Jersey, and
Henry B. Laidlaw, residing at 1345 Denmark
Road, Plainheld, New Jersey, as General PART
ners, and Theresa N. McSweeney, residing at
Ridgeway Avenue and Beach, Atlantic City,
at 143 Dwight Place, Englewood, New Jersey,
and Malcolm S. Mackay, residing at Far
Hills, New Jersey, as Special Partners, who,
having formed a limited partnership pursuant
to the laws of the State of New York and
desiring to do business in the District of
90 q hiiiitSu Partnership, nlcQ q
Certificate of Limited Partnership in the Of
flee of the Clerk of the District Court Of the
United States for the District of Columbia on
January 3, 1947 mo 153 Limited Partner.
ship in which it is set forth that said partner.
ship. which commenced January /, lo47, will
December 81, 1o4o, will continue
said partnership beyond that time; that said
with the persons above stated as
being General Partners continuing to be the
General Partners and the persons above stated
as being Special Partners continuing to be the
Special Partners, is to continue to December
81, 1854; that the firm name of said partner.
ship is Laidlaw & Company; that the business
to be transacted by said partnership is the
business Of buying, selling and dealing in and
with stocks, bonds, notes, securities, negoti-
able instruments and other evidences of debt
or ownership. as brokers' or agents, and not
otherwise Except that the firm may deal in
securities to the extent permitted to national
banking associations); that the said Theresa
n. McSweeney, Isabella Wood Laidlaw and
Malcolm S. Mackay have contributed the sums
of 100000, 100000 and $4,000, respec.
lively, to the common stock of said partnership.
Certificate of Continuation of Limited Part.
nership Beyond Time Originally Fixed for Its
Duration signed and acknowledged by all the
partners was filed on October 3, i94o, In
he Office of the Clerk of the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1949-10-27
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 UP,.-Butter, $685..
062; steady; prices unchanged.
Cheese, 157,157. steady. Wholesal.
sales, fresh American cheese (whole milk
cheddars, 34h-35!; Cheddars (grass
194s), 1880; cheddars (grass, 194s)
shelf cured. b1-b2; sinsle daisies, 36K.
STA; single daisies tsrass, 194s), 46-51
sinEIs daisies grass. 1g4sl. shsl cured
fats. 36-37; fats June, 1949), $3.50
fats (srass. 194S), 48-52; fats (grass
194S}. shelf cured: 49-55: midgsts !June
masets nSds Il sras. masts ra % 1sa eafsa bS5 595
processed. pounds. 35:37h;,, domestic
1913. ''
,,s,s ,E,ss prices were we're hishsr today in tn. tn
Msssn' aEsa 'e.eT: essT. rsns' fsIss
45h; extra l medium, 1899; dirties, SO
checks, 80; pullets, 30-30h.
Whites-Fancy heavyweishts. 5o-S1
43: pullets. 31h
BroTns-Faney heayyweishts. 47-47h
ing prices. for the finest marks, and no
Whites-Extrs fancy heavyweights, IS
fancy hesvyweights, b3,54; other large
Browns-Extra fancy heavyweishts, 47.
447h: fancy heayyweishts, 4b-4eh; other
peewees. 1920.
Evening star., 1949-10-27
Stock Gains Reduced
After Early Advance
To New 1949 High
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-The
stock market quickly leveled off
today after strong opening demand
lifted the price level to new 1949
high.
In broad and active trading, key
issues advanced fractions to an
extreme of more than a point i'm
mediately after the opening ball.
Opposition soon developed and in
many cases the initial gains were
trimmed.
Despite the markets inability to
continue its rise, trading carried
on at good clip.
Individual stocks responded to
dividend or other corporation
news, which has been the case all
week. A fresh stream Of extra or
raised dividends helped to prop
prices.
The early buying was a contin-
uation of an upward movement
that started late yesterday, based
mainly on revival of hopes for
quick settlement of the steel and
coal strikes.
Today, however, White House
statement that the President is
keeping hands off the strikes
against general expectation that
he planned to intervene in the
immediate future-created little
uncertainty.
Steel and automobile issues had
more trouble than most others in
getting ahead. Substantial trad
ing was done in United States
Steel at the unchanged price of
rs before rise of 1s point was
negotiated.
Also higher were General Mo-
tors, Goodrich, Montgomery Ward
International Harvester, Douglas
Aircraft, Freeport Sulphur, Amer
ican Telephone, Kennecott Cop.
per. Allied Chemical Cup AZ al
one time). Dow Chemical, East.
man Kodak. Westinghouse Elec-
trio. American Woolen, Santa Fe
Union Pacific, Standard Oil ol
New Jersey, Gulf Oil, Warner
Bros. and United States Gypsum.
i Holding back were Bethlehem
Steel, Youngstown Sheet, Chrys.
Ter. Studebaker, j. I. Case, Pure
Oil. North American Co., DOME
Mines. Philip Morris, Chesapeake
& Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio.
Corporate bonds tended upward
with stocks. United States Gov
ernment issues held steady in
over-the-counter dealings.
Evening star., 1949-10-27
Chicuqo Grain

CHICAGO. Oct. .27 R.-Hedging pres.
sure knocked soybeans and corn @ lowe,
fell around 2 cents at one time in brisl
dealings, later recovering part OF theil
Trading in other pits was not active
In part, the selling Of soybeans wa!
. continuation, Of the movement which
got under way late Yesterday. Ths slvm1 .p,;
had 5 been a' touched or '
r. aa Ct IL 5s h0Hs
senbsr a 1:1sh, e1s Sas oats sere unehansed % to =
70 shfl owen ssM and ff iare
was s to- 1s hundred pounds lower
"'FfaDa The nearby B;1 November contract was the
weakest in. the soybean DIT. Rumors n
the pit said several elevators were PLANNING
to oliver beans on Noyembsr ,.;o;na contract. t.
professors are not buying beans aggressive
BEEN 81: fah vsss sssn vnns Rssss hs: S:
discount 81 the cash under the November
futures pps NstnSF s0ybesn OIL
Corn receipts expanded to $50 cars to:
oasr the corn bet and traders
Grain n during the t next several weeks. eel re" Re.
CelptS were pelLR watched CLOSELY as
clue to the attitude Of producers toward
selling.
An Eastern bakery bought 100000 to
covering requirements through November
Lifting Of hedges against this order gave
Eheat some support at the start; More
ket. but they are not considered large.
There were reports that some Canadian
like the domestic variety. they were said
TO be meeting a good demand.
Evening star., 1949-10-27
Produce Markets

-, BALTIMORE QUOTATIONS, furnished by the
Apples-Market, barely steady; bushel
baskets and Eastern crates and o. s.
s9 MeIysnd o,dsn I5ss;nH Rsle0us up
2.25: iona athans 2R-inch up, 200: stay
mans 2A-inch up, 200-25; Pennsylvania
Delicious Indh ;,n Sh,inch up, 200; s Grimes 2M-
! 2.OO-25; Romes 21a- inch up, 1872 90
Potatoes-Marked about steady 100
pashad p9uha sseAs senssSns Kstahdns No IN
2.9o-35; 50-pound paper sacks, mostly
Sweet D0tat0eswMs,ket tat 51s,s about steady
Puerto Ricians. 225-75 New Jersey
Saihsl hamper Jerseys 75 nearby
Puerto Ricians, LOO.
Snap Beans About Steady.
Snap Beans-Market about steady
s. stringless Black valentines ..oo:s' 80
ity. 49,. so; Bountifuis. few so 200 'Ai'
Lima Beans-.Market barely steady
y GOOD Qualify. s5.a.oo: ta New eV '1ers Jersey
rinia FEW; best 6o5 $50 fair quality 15o' vir'
ssyIlyania;. per bunch, "a; bushei. topped
- Broce eoli-Market dull; crates. p.nnsyl.
land. les, .s5.l SO; New York IS. a1si tair
quality. ,75s1 90,
er, on New York; New York. Long Island
l6,eyart quart crates; a:oo52:75; few hisher:
Danish; New York. eo-i.oo; pennsslva MIA. au
5o-pound sacks; New York and New jersey,
Carrots-Topped washed Nev .Jers.v
mostly 1.25; New York. crates. approxi-
Long Island. crates, dozen, l25-1.40
few r.lnar higher; N.% poorer: TeI:.1 90 -, ..
ID dozen: Golden; 1.5o-l.75; Pascal. 200
4-6 6.1szs. dozen: ..Sb.e. s5o-a7 ,.
da: dEassP5ans@ %alS;5; @sey Jersey: sushel baskets
Escarole-New jersey, bushel baskets
90 cents; orange crates 100.
sGalstty slm da ;ry.rs ve..
others; receipts liberal: trading iisst
80; few higher: hens 5fowb heavy heavy type pc
type, 49,. ducks, few 2s-29: turkeys
h tom %1nsd p 0ts pcuhds nsns and das
31-32: few straight hans. As. Ne'
Grain Market
Flour-Receipts, 5,6SS 1O0-pound sacks
Wheat-Receiuts. 27,563 bushels: ship
ments; nMlh., 10000 bushels: stocks, 473o,325
domestic, e:1o: October, 30; No. red red
winter. garlicky, spot. 2 0s.
Corn--Receipts. 104.129 bushels: ship
ments, $4,000 bushels; stocks. 2,S41 1857
bushels.
oats-Receipts. 127.e55 bushels: ship
ments.. none: stocks. 35O,95l bushels. Ne
quotations.
Barley - Receipts. none: shipments,
none; stocks. 123,3S7 bushels
Rye-Receipts. 57,695 bushels: ship
men.s: none; stocks, 4S1,641 bushels
soybeans-Receipts. none: shipments,
Millfeed-Receipts s5 tons.
Butter and EgEs.
Egg market weaker; receipts liberal; de-
maEd slow: A large, mostly so: A me-
diums. 4b-47; A small. 37-3e; B large,
1,25O cases
Evening star., 1949-10-27
Capital Store Sales
5 Pei. Below 1948
During September
by Edword G. Stone

Department store sales in six
Washington stores in September
registered a S per cent drop from
the same month last year, the
Richmond Reserve Bank an
nounced today. This compares
with a Z per cent decrease in the
fifth district.
However, sales in the first nine
months of 1949 were 2 per cent
ahead of the like period a year
ago, only two other cities in the
District disclosing similar gain.
Percentage changes in sales in
leading cities in September and
the longer period compare as fol-
lows with last year: