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Evening star., 1949-01-13
pepeo's Power Sales
For t94S Show Gain
OF S.11% Over 1947
By Edword c. Stone


Sales Of electricity by the Potomac
Electric Power Co. in the District
OF Columbia for the full wear 1e4s
totaled 1,676,603,427 kilowatt hours
an increase over 1947 Of 125, TAI, ,832
or 8.l1 per cent, officials announced
today, Sales including outside SUBJ
sidiaries totaled 2,O07, 400 1888 XVIII
Jump Of 1852 ,009, or $50 per
cent.
December sales in the District
were 143,213.343 XVIII. showing a
gain of 5.534.7SS over December
l947r or 400 per cent. Sales. in
cluding subsidiaries, totaled l74.-
e80,67s XVIII, an increase of $3.50
1852. or 5.76 per cent.
Sales to railroads and RAILWAYS
were of 10 per cent during ls48 but
were more than made up from other
sources.
Reilly Addresses Bankers,
John A. Reilly, president of the
Second National Bank. addressed
the educational dinner of Washing
ton Chapter, American Institute of
Banking, at the Mayflower Hotel,
last night on "The Challenge Be-
fore the Banking Profession" an
unusually fine talk on private enter
prise. banking and allied subjects.
Stephen o. Porter. educational
chairman, presided, with Herbert D.
Lawson, chapter president. Dean
Ralph Endicott, Chief Consul Lloyd
S. Carey and Robert H. Lacey spoke
briefly.
Frank A. Southland, jr., Of the
Federal Reserve System and Jona-
than Daniels, North Carolina editor
will be guest speakers at the mid
winter meeting of the District
Bankers Association. with President
H. Lacey in the chair. Ralph Endi-
colt will report for the Commercial
Trade Activities Committee.
New Vice President Named.
Ren1ick S. Ferguson was promoted
from assistant treasurer to assistant
vice president by the directors of
the Washington Loan & Trust Co.
yesterday. Alfred H. Lawson, pres
tdent; Charles H. Doing, chairman
Of the board, and all other officers
were reelected. The board declared
quarterly dividend of per cent,
payable February l to stockholders
OF record January 81.
President G. F. Jacobsen and all
other officers Of the National Metro
politan Bank were reelected at the
organization meeting yesterday.
w. L. Koontz, president of the
Anacostia National Bank, and the
rest of the official staff were re-
tanned in office
Directors of the Second National
Bank have reelected John A. Reilly
president, Victor B. Deyber chair
man of the board and all other
officers.
Commercial Bank Loans Of.
Commercial loans by Washington
banks for the week ending January
S showed decline from the pre-
vious week, but real estate loans ad-
vanced, the Richmond Reserve Bank
reported. Total assets were ap sub
stantlally The report disclosed a
marked gain in demand deposits but
small drop in savings deposits.
The first report by Joseph Cher
ner, president Of the Shirlington
Trust Co., revealed steady growth
in the first 10 months. Deposits
gained s2,490,971 from the opening
day, reaching s2,812, ,460 on Decem-
ber 81. New accounts had reached
1,037, with outstanding loans
amounting to s1.131, ,039. The bank
operated at a profit, net earnings
totaling S20.l02.
Evening star., 1949-01-13
Business Briefs

Sruoe Oli production averaged
5,354,850 barrels daily in the week
ended January 8 VS.. 5,888, ,Oo0 the
previous week and 5,313,137 in the
same week last year.
Automobile Production in the
United States this week will total
9o,976 VS.. 1888 last week.-Automo-
tive News.
National Association of Retail
Clothiers reported sales volt me in
mems clothes for 1948 was l.5E
below 1s47.
Freight Car Loadings for week
ended January 8 were 721,507, I'D
1885, 1873 or 23.4fo from the preceding
week, which included the New Year
holiday. Figure was 109,3o3 below
year ago.
Stock Exchange Membership sold
for $4,000, up $4,000 from the last
transaction on January 5. The S4O,-
600 sale was the lowest since 1943.
Federal Power Commission ap-
proved bids of Solomon Bros. and
Hutzler for $15,000,0OO in Gulf States
Utilities Co. debentures and of Stone
g. Webster Securities Corp. for 27o,-
479 shares of Gulf States common
at s4,5O0,000.
pilinOis Central Railroad Co. re-
cdved ICC authority to issue Sc, AGO.
000 of equipment trust certificates.
Nashville Chattanooga & st. Louis
Railway asked ICC authority to
issue $4,320,000 in equipment trust
certificates.
sMathieson Chemical Corp. for
year ended December 81 earned 81,
822,812 or s561 a share VS.. s2,93o, ,565
or $3.44 in 1947.
international Detrola Corp. for
year ended October 81 earned ST.
7i0,084 or 81 40 a share VS.. s1,379, ,139
Of s1.13 in 1e47.
Society Brand Clothes Inc. for
year ended october 81 earned $345,-
S$9 or sl.39 share VS.. 1919 ,766 or
$i,52 in 1947
Normetal Mining Corp. Ltd. for
year ended December 81 earned
$l,549,000 or Al cents a share VS..
$l,075,624 or % cents in 1s47.
u. C. Penney Co. reported 1948
sales of $685. ,203 ,023 a gain of 14.1%
oyer s775,872,591 in 1947. December
sales showed a 16.396 gain over 1947.
Butler Bros. sales for December
were $12.494,455, drop of s.09qo
ffom the $13,594 ,522 of a year ago
Tptal for 1948 was s157,913,520, an
increase of $1305 over the 1947 gross
Of $139,6S1, 1895.
Hershey Chocolate Corp. an
npunced an extra dividend of 81 or
convertible preference stock and the
regular quarterly dividend of 81
payable February is.
iPan American World Always an.
npunced 1s48 passenger and cargo
sales totaled $13O,OOO,o 900 or 1882,
oyer 1947.
Bristol-Myers Co. announced elec.
tion of Lee H. Bristol as president
to succeed his brother, Henry P
Bristol.
Evening star., 1949-01-13
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Jan 13 R.-Foreign ex-
dollars, others in centsJ:
Canadian dollar in New York open
market 7as per cent discount or 92.62h
United States cents, unchanged.
Europe-Great Britain (pound), .4.O3A
unchanged; Great Britain 30-day futures
OBJ, up lie Of cent; Great Britain
Great Britain 90-day futures 4.0214. un-
changed France (franc) .31h Of cent
unchanged; Italy Qibra) January fixed
rate .O01139, December .0O1 739: Sweden
| (krona, 27.85, unchanged; Switzerland
| Nranc) tfreel, 2515. of .01 of cent
| Latin America-Argentina free), &c. SO
up OF of a cent; Brazil free). $50, un-
changed; Mexico 1855, unchanged.
Evening star., 1949-01-13
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 P.-Cotton fu-
lures were easier in slow forenoon trading
sss some 5eoo ssiea q cotton he oRsr
hanging the nearby March futures posi-.
| tion at. 1880 a. pound. This checked
certainty over the farm legislative pro-
gram, and the confused Chinese situation
| Traders wondered what effect, the China
plated purchase of about 100000 bales
of United States cotton by that country
than the previous close. March, 32.46:
May, 1925. and July, 31.25.
Evening star., 1949-01-13

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MKT adj 6s67 ~
Mo Pac 5kss 40 25a
Mo Psc IS 77F. ooiA
Mo Pac 81 7S q 0oM
mo Pae 50 81 I 0oh
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Nat Dairy 2N7O1ools
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PennCtAir31as6 81
Penn P&Lt 3s75 looi4
PeopGL&C $3.50 lo7ss
Peo&E inc 4s90 l5.h
Phil Eec 294sS1 s9lA
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Third Ave IS 60 A3sb
Un Oil Cal 1857 1904
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West Nd As 8: 1o1A
WstE eve. .65s73 lola
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Wis Cn As 36SD A7h
Evening star., 1949-01-13

unionization, drew a large part Of
convention delegates.
w. Rowland Allen OF L. 8. Ayres
& Co., indianapolis, said: Labor
leaders aren't out to make trouble.
They are out to find trouble" He
suggested management itself was
responsible for many labor COM
plants and should remedy them.
Evening star., 1949-01-13
Washington Exchange
SALES.

Potomac Electric Power common-2OO
at IA
washington Gas common-1OO at 247.. 40
at 247s.
Am. Tel & Tel-5 at l4aSs. . at 1885,.
Carfnckel common-l00 at 16. 20 at l6
National Mortgage &. Investment preferred
virginia Electric & Power common-55 at
157e, 80 at 157s.
G. Gspital pit al Transit T co,-1o at I'm.
Evening star., 1949-01-13
Cottonseed Crushinqs

The Census Bureau reported cottonseed
to December 81, totaled 2.796,44s tons.
compared with S2,259.126 tons IN the
corresponding period a year ago. Cotton:
4.779.215 tons. compared with 1,423.129
tons IN the corresponding period Q year
ago.
United Airlines announced its new
airfreight rates from California to
the Midwest and East place nearly
all commodities under tariffs sverag.
ing 16 cents a ton mile.
Evening star., 1949-01-13

1900 q m $50 600 1900 noon $50 900
100 pm. $50 600 e'O0pm 600 ooo
tUnit Of trading 10 shares. ON bank
ruptcy or receivership, or being reorganized
under the Bankruptcy Act. or securities
idsnds eD in ~ the s' foresoing table are Snnuai al
disbursements based on the last quarterly
"r semi-annual declaration. Unless other
not included. cid Called Elk dividend
xr Ex rights. q Also extra or extras. Plus
stock dividend. Cash or stock. Paid
last year Playable in stock, estimated
cash valle on ex-dividend date. De-
clared or paid so far this year. Declared
or paid after stock dividend or split-up.
x Declared or paid this year, an accumula-
tive issue with dividends in arrears. p Paid
this year. dividend omitted. deferred or no
action taken at last dividend meeting.
r Declared 194S payable in 1949. Liqui-
dating dividend. zPayable in stock, exact
cash value undetermined on declaration
| date.
Evening star., 1949-01-13
Odd-lot DeuIinos

The Securities and Exchange Commits
sion reported today these transactions by
lists on the New York Stock Exchange for
January IL: 3.571 purchases involving
101.578 shares; 3.03s sales involving
1885 sales, including II short sales in
lvolying $50 shares.
Evening star., 1949-01-13

Tile Council of America elected
r. E. Jordan, jr. of GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
as chairman.
Evening star., 1949-01-13
N. Y. Bond Market

sEs5Hi.hsd ,nI y ths AssSsiassS r.es.;n
Evening star., 1949-01-13

Eggs-Market about steady: receipts
light, demand fair Wholesale selling
prices: A large. $3.50; A mediums. So
small. %; B large. 5O-53; current re-
ceipts, ungraded, 5O-52.
Receipts-Esss, 1,06O cases; butter,
Evening star., 1949-09-11
District Woman Injured
In Connecticut Crash

Mrs. Hlda G. Wahl, %, of 5142
Macarthur boulevard NV. was
one Of SO persons injured yester-
day when a Greyhound bus ram
med into the rea rof a truck yes
terday near Stafford Springs,
Conn, according to Associated
Press reports.
Mrs. Wahl, a clerk with the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp,
suffered a black eye and other
bruises, but her 11-month- son
escaped apparently uninjured. No
one was killed, but most of the
passengers required hospital treat
ment for cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Wahl, travelling with her
parents to their home in Man
chester, N. H., telephoned her hus-
band, William j. Wahl. from Man
chester. She said her mother, Mrs.
Martha Geddis, suffered two
broken ribs and required 20
stitches in her arm.
The bus driver, Edison o. Bent,
of Newton, Mass, suffered a COM
pound fracture of the leg. Police
worked for two hours with acety-
lene torches to remove him from
the wreckage. the reports said. !
Evening star., 1949-09-11
Rites Set Tomorrow
For Charles R. Franks

Funeral services for Charles
Russell Franks. 48, retired Agri-
culture Department employe, will
be held at 3 pm. tomorrow at the
Ives funeral home, 2847 Wilson
boulevard, Arlington. Burial will
be in National Memorial Park
Cemetery, near Falls Church.
Mr.. Franks, who lived at 5633
North Eighth street, Arlington
died Friday at Mount Alto Hos
pital, where he had been a pa
tient since June.
Born in Southeast Washington
he joined the Navy at the age of
16 when this country entered
World War. I. He was discharged
in 1919 and entered the Treasury
Department, where he worked for
% years. Early in World War II
he was transferred to the War
Department and joined the Agri-
culture Department in 1943 Mr..
Franks was administrative assist
ant in the Shipping and Storage
Division at the time of his re-
tirement in February.
He was a member of an Amer
ican Legion Post in the Agricul-
ture Department and the Bon Air
Baptist Church in Arlington.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Agnes M. Franks; two daughters,
Mrs. Jeanne Smithes of the North
Eighth street address and Mrs.
Patricia Handy, 1921 North Nine
teenth road, Arlington two
brothers, William E. and Alpheus
L. Franks of Washington, and
three sisters, .Mrs. Edith Weldon
and Mrs. Ruth Fisher, both of
Washington. and Mrs. Inez|
Young, Syracuse, N. Y, and one
grandchild.
Evening star., 1949-09-11
Blind Veterans Name
Farm Machinery Firm
Employer Of Year

The International Harvester
Co. of Chicago was awarded the
Employer. of the Year" scroll by
the Blinded Veterans Association
at the final meeting last night OF
its fourth annual convention. The
four-day meeting was held in the
Washington Hotel.
The award is to be made each
year to an employer recognizing
liability instead of disability and
for maintaing personnel policies
which allow blind workers to make
the most of their talents and
skills and thereby fill a useful
and productive place in society.
It was received by Ivan T..
Willis, vice president in charge OF
industrial relations, for the firm.
The presentation was made by
Raymond T. Frey Of Lebanon. Pa.
a member of the associations
Board of Directors. This was the
first year the award was made.
An Achievement Award" was
yiven to Orlando S. Mihno, a
member OF the association and
General contractor in Erie, Pa,
or the best job of self-rehabili-
,ation by member.
Robert Allen Speaks.
Robert S. Allen. Washington
newspaper writer, spoke at last
nights session.
He declared that President Tru-
mans election last fall was due
20 the fact that Mr.. Truman
turned to the tenets and ideals OF
the New Deal.
Referring to the recent five
percenter" inquiry, Mr.. Allen de-
plored the friendship between Mr..
Truman and Maj. Gen. Harry II.
Vaughan, his military aide.
1.-The President of the United
States cannot have friends and
particularly that kind of friend"
Mr.. Allen said. THE President be-
longs to the people"
The association installed as
president for a second term
Thomas c. Hasbrook, %, public re-
lations official of the Eli Lilly Co..
Indianapolis. A lieutenant in the
Marine Corps during the war. Mr..
Hasbrook was named one of the
10 outstanding young men of 1948
by the United States Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Officers Listed. i
Other officers installed included:
Raymond T. Frey. 80. physical
therapist at the Lebanon PaD
Veterans Hospital, vice president:
Leonard Shelhamer. of North Ar
lington. N. j., secretary. and H.
Smith Shumway, of Baltimore,
treasurer. Also, new members
elected to the board in addition to
Mr.. Frey were George G. Gillispie.
of Los Angeles, and Thomas Brod-
erick. of Chicago.
At its business session yester-
day. the delegates Instructed off,
Gals to investigate the possibility
Of establishing world federation
of blinded veterans groups. in CO.
operation with similar associations
> in other nations.
Other resolutions asked through |
congressional legislation, that Vet
erars Administration training spe-
cialists working with blind and
other disabled veterans be pro-
stcctcd against reductions in force.
ana that the training specialists
be authorized to do job placement
work for the blind.
The delegates also restated the
associations support of civil rights
legislation. and empowered its off,
cials to study means of raising
funds for the group.
Evening star., 1949-05-10
Smells the Sweet Smoke

sor April lights the candles IN ths pesees
with matches Of fHnansyabie hnss;
The tulips blaze q score Or - Of secrlsls,
fYtses fame doseH different Anks
The peontss are raang-eoIored Lanterns
Illuminating pctharegs II appears
Some OF the atim green tapers ars HHhappg.
Houerey. They shed ssoadgops italics
fenvt
Mgself7 ysri in the enfaerattoa.
Though iearnsd aeatnH fhsss tesaai hoa-
fires, /
Could frtsh no sudden rats 10 sroAad fAss
drrrg
Surfing Of fopna bfs~spoFks sosEafd tss
sky. JOHN NIXON. IN.
Evening star., 1949-05-10

was what he stressed. Mercy, positive
tolerance, fellowship of man with his
environment near and far. confidence in
God-these were the values he taught.
His writings were at once starkly factual
and frankly esoteric. Realists did not
accept him unreservedly, the occultistS
did not think him occult enough. Between
the two extremes he stood alone.
Alone, that is, except for the children.
No other author of his time, not even Lewis
Carroll, had such magnetism for small boys
and girls. The Blue Bird" held them en-
tranced. At least two generations. possibly
three, have grown up with it in their minds
and hearts. Maeterlincks contribution TO
the world has been delivered through them
rather than through their parents to whom
he addressed his more pretentious en-
deavors. Now, at S6, he goes TO his rest,
knowing as he told Mityl and Tyltyl nearly
half century back: There are no dead"
The personal sorrows of his life will be
forgotten; his achievements are durable
and will be remembered gratefully and
long
Evening star., 1949-05-10
Acc Appointments

II experience means anything, Gordon
Dean and Henry DeWolf Smyth are amply
qualified to serve as members of the
United States Atomic Energy Commission.
In naming them to fill the vacancies caused
by the designations of William w. Way
mack and Robert r. Bacher-whose terms
expire In June, 1950-the President has
chosen men in whom the country can have
confidence. Mr.. Dean-who is to take over
Mr.. Waymack's duties-haS good record
In the law, first in the Justice Department,
later In private practice, and more recently
as professor of the subject. His varied
Government experience-including special
work In the field of public relations
makes him seem particularly well equipped
to succeed Mr.. Waymack. AS for DR.. Smyth
who Is to replace DR.. Bacher as the
scientist-commissioner-it is difficult to see
how better selection could have been
made. Author of the famous report on the
wartime development of the atomic bomb
and chairman of Princeton University's
physics department, he is an outstanding
nuclear physicist-a key figure like DR..
Bacher, in the fabulous story of the
harnessed atom. The Acc should find his
services most valuable. His appointment,
together with Mr.. Deans, deserves prompt
Senate confirmation.
Evening star., 1949-05-10

support a. the man on the KToQnd And 81;
the same time Navy carrier forces ssess
rocket-toslrg dive oono<sx psen& a,N ar ;hs
worlds oeSt weapon tcs troop S4ppcsi ,eA-
ceptlng perhaps the R4NS4An SIogmoy4G Age
stso slated toT reduction al Al Force m
tStence
/ have no idea that or aggnss ~c-ld
nvaos Russia itSeG III cAs~ Of var Bat Nv
must gememeey that sonae o. thr most
decisive battles IN the wag aks.ast A.m.lAg
continental power. Germany werr fought
10 maintain control Of supply ROUTES and
bases far from the continental heR:t--sslcn n
as IN the Mediterranean area particularly
Egypt How could We maintain OH 81!
supply routes and StERgegic bombing eRs< =
IN such an ARA Without adequate tactical
air support for our ground forces and shlp> =
Or is II the intent al our All Force 20
strand Us with no other Rsy 10 aehi a Mar
eNcep; 20 rely on Their unesccFted ultra
long-range strategic oomheyse What better
method 10 achieve thl& than b. depgNiug
our Army and Navy o; effective air support =
Whatever the glamour boys may plan
nov. though We can be sure O. one ,htns
The men IN the tanks and the men on the
tankers will have 10 do their Job In The
end. With or without AZ support And the
bomber overhead on It's glorious Nay 10 faE-
on Hkutsk o. Omsk won't stop the next
enemy air raid on our base OF our convey.
DlOGENEs,
Evening star., 1949-05-10
Maurice MueterIinck

In December, 1909, the Haymarket The
ater In London presented poetic fantasy
which bore the title "The Blue Bird" Up
to that time its author was known to a
limited circle as the creator of the medieval
tragedy "Pelleas and Melisande" and half
O dozen other mystic works. Nothing dis
tinctively attractive to great numbers of
people had come from his pen Yet he
was destined for fame that probably will
endure in company with that of the writer
of ''The Tempest" and Midsummer Nights
Dream" Shakespeare was the model of
Maurice Maeterlinck. But the modern
Belgian artist had the advantage of latter
day improvements in the theater. His
moving story of the children who visited
the past and the future in quest of the
bird of happiness could be-and was
produced imaginatively.
The result of the vogue of THE Blue
Bird" was revolutionary. First, it made
Maeterhnck rich as well as celebrated.
Honors were heaped upon him. Modest
and shy by nature, he found himself be-
sieged by admirers wherever he dwelt or
travelled Not even the First World War
could halt the growth of his cult He
met the demand of his public by develop
ing whole library of studies of the stars,
bees, ants and other fascinating aspects of
Infinity-all living parts OF one vast unity.
Invariably his efforts were philoSophic,
yet he never announced system of his
own as Croce and other contemporaries
did The attitude Of receptive curiosity
Evening star., 1949-05-10

rheumatoid arthritis. point worth EN-
phaSis is that up 70 now only a very small
number Of patients have received the
treatment and that the present scarcity OF
the two hormones limits their use on
large scale. for the time being At least.
Nevertheless, in its ovation. the Amer
lean Association Of Physicians passed what
amounted to an expert Affirmative iudg
ment On the reports. II the promise i'm
plicit in them is fulfilled. 1t will mean thai
two of mans worst Affections will yield to
treatment and cease being major menaceS-
Here We have another encouraging ex-
ample of how science. despite It's efforts
in the military field. is still working for
health OF humanity
Evening star., 1949-05-10
Combining Against the Beetles

With millions of japanese beetle gruoS
beginning to dig their way to the surface,
where they will emerge in a month or 50
as full-grown yoraciouS garden pests, 1t
is not too early to begin organizing on
community basis to combat the invaders.
And it will take community ywide cooper
alton to wage really effective war on the
plant-devouring little green bugs.
That the beetles can be beaten by con-
certed action has been shown in scientific
demonstrations by the Department OF
Agriculture on the Mall and by joint
Federal and State campaigns in various
parts of the country. Tests with spores of
the milky white disease in local parks have
shown a drastic reduction in the number
of grubs for each acre. Consistent DDT
spraying has slaughtered literally tons OF
the beetles in nearby Virginia and Mary
land counties. Trapping has accounted for
countless numbers more Of the beetles.
Tiphia wasps, which are natural enemies
OF beetle grubs, are busy right now laying
their eggs in underground beetle nests.
The Matching wasp larvae prefer japanese
beetle grubS to any other food.
All of these methods of control have
been tried here and elsewhere with vary
ing degrees of success in recent years. The
milky white disease, which kills the grubs
in the ground, and the DDT sprays, which
slay the mature beetles when they alight
on treated shrubbery, offer the most hope,
provided the use of the two killers becomes
more widespread. In built-up communities
1t Is essential that the war be waged on
an all-inclusive yard-to-yard basis. In
rural sections the attack should be a COM
bined operation by all farmers in the
neighborhood. For as long as untreated
areas remain In the vicinity, the beetles
are sure to make the most of them as
breeding spots. The time to organize to
fight the pests is now