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Evening star., 1949-01-20
Detroit Symphony
Fires Veteran 'CeIGst:
by the Assoeiofsd Press

DETROIT, Jan. 90 - 'Cellist
Georges Miquells and the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra have parted
company after IS years.
The circumstances weren't all
clear today. However, it appeared
that the orchestra's accompaniment
for Violinist Erica Morini had a
bearing on the matter.
The Italian artist played the
Tschaikowsky violin concerto with
the symphony last week, and there
was unconflrmed talk that a group
of orchestra members had apol-
ogized to her for their performance.
In any event. Henry Reichhold,
symphony president said publicly he
found it necessary" to discharge
Mr.. Miquelle because of disloyalty
and undermining tactics"
Mr.. Miquelle, a favorite with
music lovers here, denied he had
made an apology to Miss Morini
Further, he said he had resigned
prior to Mr.. Reichhold's announce
ment.
The veteran 'cellist said that he
and other orchestra members had
heard Miss Morini complain after
her concert that she played under
great obstacles-that it was like
carrying = milestone around her
neck"
But he added that it was "unfor-
tunate" that Miss Morini's name
was dragged into this =.
Conductor Karl Kruger made no
comment.
In the meantime. the Detroit Fed
Grafton Of Musicians Is making a
private investigation.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Most Commodities
Down Moderately
Since November |
By WiIIiam Ferris
Associated Press Morkst Writs

ASsocidfed Pfe3S NoTket WIiIeT
CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-Prices Of
most commodities have slumped
since November /, the day prior to
President Truman's reelection,
survey disclosed today. However,
there have been exceptions to the
declining trend.
Losses for the most part have been
moderate, although eggs, lard and
livestock have dropped quite . bit.
The Associated Press wholesale COM
modify index closed yesterday at
174.17, a new 1859 low, compared
with 1920 on November /.
Over the past few weeks the big
decline has come in fats and oils.
These are used extensively in the
cooking field as shortening. Lard at
Chicago, for example, sold at 1852
cents q pound wholesale on Novem-
ber l but yesterday was 12.S7 cents.
Cottonseed oil, used in making
oleomargarine as well as many other
products, now brings "A cents a
pound compared with a record high
for 40 cents. Tallow, used to make
soap, is selling at 8 cents a pound
compared with a record 81 cents on
January 10, 1948.
Eggs Down Sharply.
Eggs have suffered sharp price
losses in the past few weeks. A
grade which brought II and.72 cents
a dozen wholesale in New York on
November / yesterday sold. for ~ to
48za cents. A large chain has re-
duced its retail price 10 cents in
10 days in the Chicago area.
Livestock also have continued q
down trend which got under way be-
fore the election. Good grade steers
which sold at $29 to $31 a hun
,dred pounds at st. Paul on the pre-
election date were quoted yesterday
at $40 to s25. Top price for
hogs at Chicago sank from $24.50 to
$2l.75 between the two dates.
Grains have been mixed, q gain in
corn more than making up for =
slight loss in wheat. A type of corn
which brought $1.37 to $1.3SA a
bushel at Chicago on November Il
sold yesterday at $1.45A-A. Wheat
at Minneapolis brought $2.231a-
$2.241s against $2.257s -2.30ss on No.
vember /.
Effect on Election Seem,
Wheat suffered its big break in
the winter and spring of 1948. Corn
dropped sharply during the summer
and early autumn-a fact which
political experts felt played . part
in the loss of many corn-belt States
by Thomas Dewey, the Republican
presidential candidate.
Also lower yesterday, as COM
pared with November !, were flour
standard patents) at Minneapolis
and cocoa at New York.
Butter is among the few items
which have scored modest gains.
A grade which sold at 81 cents
pound wholesale in New York on
November was 64lz cents yester-
day. But the same grade sold above
80 cents in December, 1947.
Also slightly ahead were middling
cotton at New Orleans and sugar,
coffee and cowhides at New York.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Chicago Grain

o,sa sn Jan e.. S.rs 70 T. ST.s. to.1 s,t
trend was Established. soybeans and lard
made moderate gains with dealings more
active than in cereals.
much e prior rAss to Ts Preadent ei % Tfumans ,ne IN,
aueural address, However. traders did
not expect the President to express .1 An. an.
supports should be on flexible scale or
at a frm 30 per cent OF parity after this
near the end of the first hour Was u
lower TO =. higher. May 2:25A; corn was was
Rsse to naer to NAY
Nsisn s5I:; assE sSy5sans were Al" higher
pubic hearins has been scheduled for
s.4oo tons Of steel monthly for The manu-;
sese ssorsse c. Capacity @ Would would run % around iSo.-
OO0, 900 bushels.
This storage problem is being watched
ss. es' sssre es r'aI p.tsd y sV 70 winter % the
the potential government loan rate.
large there will not be sufncient room for
producers to store grain to obtain the
for Eu1nn. p. sf q ksn.s. ynss.
Nebraska tonight. This was not ex-
pected to have any serious effect on
wheat, traders said, as the area is be-
protect the grain.
A large elevator house sold corn at
the opening and 1t was rumored the
commodity credit corporation had turned
down some Of the corn this firm offered
to the Government agency yesterday.
However. the CCC was in the market
today with its premium bid unchanged
from yesterdays rate.
The corn-hog ratio at Chicago this
week was placed at 1877 compared with
1874 Q week ago and 100 year ago.
Lynch Corp. elected r. X. Zim-
norman secretary-treasurer to sue
ceed ]. L. Watts, who retired.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Business Briefs

Bank CIcarlngS IN 20 ledQlne Clues
totaled s13, ,729, ,6S9, 900 in the week
ended January 10, a gain of 4.9To
from the previous week, but 80 be-
low the like 1948 week-Dun &
Bradstreet.
Automobile Production In the
United States this week will total
l09.925 units, including 02,137 cars
and 27,786 trucks-Automotive News.
Production last week included 78,42l
cars and 27,084 trucks.
Business Loans expanded to SIS
100000 on January IL, a gain
of s54,oO00o0 from week earlier
and s645 100000 above year earlier
Federal Reserve Board.
Building Permit Valuations in 215
cities set a new record of S3,907,-
736.94o In 1948 VS.. S3,086, ,062 667 in
1947, despite declines from a year
earlier in the last quarter-Dun d
Bradsereet. December permits were
1o:59o below year earlier.
Crude Oil Production in the week
ended January IS averaged 5,42S, 800
barrels daily VS.. 5,453.850 in the pre-
yious week and 5.326,13 in the like
1e48 week-American Petroleum In
stitute.
Egg Support Prices in 194S will be
substantially the same as in the two
nreceding years-Agriculture De-
partment. The Government pro-
gram will be designed to reflect SoTo
of parity on national annual
average basis.
Imports of Heavy Melting Scrap
will be necessary again this year:
said Robert w. Wolcott, president OF
Lukens Steel Co. and head OF IN
dustry's scrap committee. He ex-
pressed hope that at least 100000
tons can be imported this year.
Philco Corp. brought out new
fine of television sets with larger
pictures on the same size viewing
tubes. New 10-inch viewing tuoes
give 81 square inches of picture COM
pared with 50 on last years sets.
General Foods Corp. declared an
extra dividend of Is cents and a
regular quarterly dividend OF oo
cents, both payable February To-
This is the first extra since NoVem-
ber, 1916.
burroughs Adding Machine Co.
declared a quarterly dividend OF 20
cents a common share, payable
March 10. The company paid Is
cents quarterly in ls48 plus an extra
of IS cents in December.
Dravo Corp. declared dividend OF
IS cents a common share, payable
February Is. The company paid 81
cents quarterly last year. A pay
ment of so cents was made jan
uary 7.
United Corp. earned $5,646, ,020 OF
Is cents a share in 194a VS.. s3,77O, ,62e
or Q cents in the previous year.
West Virginia Coal & Coke Corp
net income for 1948 was $2,659 ,597
or ss.21 VS.. s2,052,756 or s4.sS in 1s47
Martin Parry Corp. earned $428,-
41s or 95 cents in three months
ended November 80 vs.. $678,093 OF
$50 a year earlier.
julius Kayser & Co. net for six
months ended December 81 was
s8o7,o15 or $1,09 VS.. $1,039, ,789 OF
Il 40 in the same 1947 period.
National Shirt Shops earned sl,-
e7s,15s or $40 in u months ended
september 80 VS.. si,17o,9s3 or $2.6c
In the previous year.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Trust-Busting Program
In Japan Is Believed
Only Partial Success

TOKYO, Jan. 20 (CDN.-The &C.
cupation's great trust busting pro-
gram Is a bust. Whether that is
good or bad depends upon your po-
ntical point of view.
OF 1926 japanese companies sus-
pected of being excessive concen-
trations" of wealth, only three have
been "deconcentrated."
And when the books are closed 1t
appears that no more than 10 COM
panies at most will be touched.
Conflict Outlived.
Behind this is the story of the
New Deal VS.. big business with q
japanese setting. The New Dealer
is Edward c. Welsh, chief Of Gen.
MacArthur's antitrust and cartels
division. On his arrival here Mr..
Welsh Immediately became suspect
in more conservative occupation
circles.
The reason was twofold. He is an
ex-economics professor and he once
worked for the OPA.
Mr.. Welsh set. about his trust
busting with what was. to his ad-
yersaries, appalling enthusiasm.
Among other things, he wrote a
law for the Recommendation OF ex-
cessive wealth. The japanese Diet
didn't want to pass it, but did.
That was a year ago. A few
months earlier Washington had de-
cided to turn the occupation wheel
to the right.
So Gen. Macarthur set up a five-
man body called the Recommendation
review board to advise" the Jap
anese holding company liquidation
commission on what companies
ought to be split up.
New Yorker Heads Board.
The board, headed by Roy S.
Campbell. president Of the New York
Shipbuilding Corp, arrived In
May, 1948.
It was Immediately apparent that
the board and Mr.. Welsh did not see
eye to eye on what constituted ex-
cessive concentration.
= The board rescinded Mr.. Welsh S
orders for breakup of such big in
dustrial combines as Nippon Soda
Japan Steel Tube, Kobe Steel, Fuso
Metals and Nilsson Chemicals.
The holding company liquidation
commission had ealredy cleared so
companies. Another 1874 were dropped
under 'criteria established by the
board.
OF eight companies examined by
the board since its arrival eight
months ago, three are to 'h re-
organized.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Jan. 90 R.--cotton ,fu-
lures were steady in early dealings today.
paced by large buying orders on nearby
March delivery, totalins some 10000
bales.
Most Of 1T was credited to GOVERNS
was some mill buying with gains reach.
ing 55 Q bale before the market
reacted partially on increased hedge sell.
demand was the dominant influence.
Mid-morning prices were UNCHANGED to
25 q bale higher than the previous close.
March 32.67, May 1898 and July 31.27.
United States Steel Corp. Of Della
ware appointed M. w. Reed vice
president of engineering to succeed
B. H.. Lawrence who will retire.
United States Grain Exports in
the last half of 194S totaled S,764 900
long tons or about 338 ,3S0, 600
bushels, . record for q six-montn
period - Agriculture Department:
Shipments in the same 1947 period
totaled s.4s5, 900 tons or about s2S''
335 900 bushels.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
$500 UAW Local Leaders
Attend Education Meeting
by the Associated Press

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 20.-An esti-
mated 2,50O local union leaders
gathered here today for the CIO
United Auto Workers International
Education Conference.
They are the ones who in the next
three days will help lay the ground
work for the JAWS stepped-up pro-
gram of political action, its newly
announced campaign for pension
and health insurance plans and q
score of other day-to-day activities.
UAW President Walter P. Reuther
will send, delegates from 800 union
locals of on their various tasks to.
night with sort of keynote speech.
He is expected to outline in more
detail the auto workers 194s de-
mands, only briefly. sketched in his
last Saturday.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Tobacco Markets

LOUISVILLE Ky, Jan. 90 LPl.-Burley
tobacco prices hit a new seasonal low for
the second successive day in Kentucky
yesterday.
A decline of % cents hundred pounds
followed Tuesdays sharp drop Of $1.67.
The State Department of Agriculture re-
ported total sales also dropped to 10,964,-
6SS pounds, lowest Of the season.
500, ,lO6.7b, for an average Of S43.s3 .
hundred pounds.
Deliveries to many markets in the eight
sales In the belt Tuesday totaled 16,14s.-
939 pounds, at an averase Of $44 .02,
lowest Of the season. This BROUGHT sales
for the season to 4ee,e92, 794 pounds, at
$4751.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Mother Throws Girl, S..
And Self Under Train
by the Associoied Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-A mother
kissed her 5-year-old daughter on
subway platform. gripped her by
the hand and plunged both Of them
to death under train entering the
station yesterday.
The victims were Mrs. Mae ,Ba-
lisky, 81, and daughter Victoria.
The husband and father, Edward
Balisky, a welder, said later his
wife had been unhappy occasionally
since an operation last year.,
Evening star., 1949-01-20

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Evening star., 1949-01-20
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK. Jan. 90 R.-Foreign ex-
change rates follow Great Britain in dol
lars, others IN cents): Canadian dollar In
count or 92bO u. s. cents. unchansed.
Europe-Great Britain tpound 4;03A,
unchanged. Great Britain, 30-day futures.
futures, 4.O3Ha, up ia. ofa cent: Great
Britain, a0-day futures. 4:0?1s, up !. OF
q cent: Frame (francl. 81 " of a cent,
rate, .OOI739: December. .O01739;. Sweden
(krona), 27.s5. unchanged; Switzerland
Granc) Gree). 25.1s. UNCHANGED.
Latin America-Argentina free). 20.5!
unchanged; Brazil (free). $50, UNCHANGED; ;
Mexico, IA 55 UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Market AVERAGES

As a result of recent experiments
made at the chronological labora-
tory Of the India Central Cotton
Committee, North Carolina long
staple cotton can be grown on In
dian soil.
Evening star., 1949-01-20

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Evening star., 1949-01-20

"a unan leo CO.. ,.o neon $40 600
tunit of trading 10 shares. 'In bank
ruptcy or receivership, or being reorga mixed
assumed by such companies. Rates Of div
idends In the .foregoine table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
wise noted, special or extra dividends are
not included. sld Called. Z Ex dividend
s = fE. d1ssna cas sxd1a o. or stosf
last year. fPayabIe In stock. eStima ted
cash valrs on ex-diyidend date. De:
clared or said 80 far this year. b Declared
or paid after stock dividend or split-up.
Z Declared or paid this year. an aeeumula-
tive issue with dividends IN arrears. , Paid
action taken ct last dividend meeting.
Declared 1888 payable IN 1e49. , Iiaui-
datine dividend. Payable in stock, exact
cash value undetermined on declaration
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Chicago Livestock
2 ChicaRn hoj

and about steady to 25 cents a hundred
pounds lower. Good and choice weight $
from 1s0 to ego pounds solo at $50; q
10 S2125 and top of S21.5O. Cattle
and sheeD were called steady
Evening star., 1949-01-20

Crucible Steel Co. OF America
appointed A. E Van Cleve . Nee
president.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
N. 7. Curb Market
LIST INCLUDES oNLV SELECTED IssUE'

Alum Co Am 2
Am Gas &El ID
AmLit & T .30g
Am Republic taa
Am superpower
ArkNatGsA .4Os
Associat Laund-
Babcock&W "A
Barium Steel =.
Beck Shoe ] .--
Blue Ridse .27e
Brown -FDist.S0
Brwn-F jr pf,40
Bunker Hill IL
Calf III PWr go
Cal&Edm Cp 10
Catalin Am .16s =
Cent d 8 W 30
chi&So Airl vtg.
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Clarostat Mfg
Clinch Coal A.
Colon Develop
Col Fuel&Lr w
Colts Mfg
ContFdy&M ,40g
Cop Range 4e-
Cosden Petro
Creole Pet $50
Crown c Pet Ae
FL Bond&Sh he
Eureka C Ltd
FansteelMet Ae
Evening star., 1949-01-20

Lynch Corp. elected r. X. Zim-
norman secretary-treasurer to sue
ceed ]. L. Watts, who retired.
Evening star., 1949-01-20
m. Y. Bond Market

tEcrnishs4 y tas A:sseiassS So sfsss1 sssnrs
Evening star., 1949-01-20

E&es-SliRhtly weaker on larRe and
demand slow: receipts liberal; A large, So
55: few high as 81; A mediums; $3.50; B
large, 1880: current receipts, ungraded.
Rec.ipts-Butter, s4.s35 pounds; egss,
4 a. caSes..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08
Talks
On New Trade Pact
Stall After 8 Months
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Jan. 8.-Anglo- Russian
talks for a new long-term trade
agreement are deadlocked after
eight months OF negotiations, a
Board of Trade spokesman said last
night.
He confirmed reports that the i'm
passe developed after Britain charged
Russia with violating the spirit" OF
a one-year agreement which ended
in December
Britain still has hopes, the spokes-
man said, that another one-year
AngloRussian trade pact may be
drawn. But the Board of Trade is
very pessimistic about the chances
now for any long term pact.
Background of Deadlock.
The background to the deadlock
lis this:
Russia delivered 100000 tons OF
wheat under the pact signed in De-
cember, 1947.
In. return for the wheat Russia
received unspecified sums of pounds
sterling which, the spokesman said
she was to spend in Britain on ma
chinery, rails and other specified
products.
up to now the Russians have not
placed more than some 20 per cent
of the contracts but have been
spending a great part Of their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08

sterling balances on raw materials
not named in the agreement" the
spokesman said.
Violation Charged.
Board of Trade President Harold
Wilson told the Russians several
weeks ago ne thought they were
violating the spirit" of the agree
ment.
The Russians snapped back after
consultationsawith Moscow that:
l. They had been able to place in
Britain contracts for just about Is
per cent of the machinery and rails
they needed.
2. British prices were too high.
3. Britain is not fulfilling the
good endeavor" clause of the De-
cember pact.
The good endeavor" clause stipu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08

fund drive, according to Campaign
Chairman H. Randolph Maddox.
Col. Schooley's division will solicit
donations from national corpora
lions having branch Offices in Wash
ington.
Volunteers who will serve on his
committee include: Donald Child
ress, DR.. w. Marion Fallf; Y. E.
Booker, Robert Simmons and M. J.
Snyder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08
Col. SchooIey to Head
Red Cross Drive Unit

Col. William E. Schooley, vice
president of the American Security
& Trust Co., has been named as
chairman of the national corpora
tons division of the 1949 Red Cross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08

lated Britain would give "all possible
aid" in the placing of Russian orders
and expedite their completion.
The Board of Trade denied all
the Russian charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-08

The nighthawk Is not a member
of the hawk family, but a species
Of goatsucker.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14
Gaithersburg "Big Day"
Plans Making Progress
CONTINUED from Page y

Continued from Page u
Day. Dam Construction, Malcolm
King, Fred Hazen, o. w. Ander-
son. Electricity Committee, Bruce
Mainhart, Atlee Burroughs, Leslie
Woodfield.
Water Committee, Harry Green,
Edward Brown, John Greene.
Sewer Committee, Lamar Kelly,
John Beane, Eugene Gingell. Pic
mic Furnaces, Merhle Staley, Earl
Henderson, Sidney Mills. Picnic
Tables, w. o. King, James o. Will
liams. Sand Lake Beach, Donald
Hobbs and j. M. Barnsley. Land
scaping, Adolph Guide, John Small,
]. H. Burton. Cattle Wash Racks,
Harvey J. Green, Leslie Mullinix.
Administration Building, Mar
shall Davis, A. w. Hines, B. z.
Harding. Outside Course, Moran
McConihe, Thomas T. Mott, Mrs.
Randall H. Hagner, Mrs. George
P. Plummer. Livestock Auction
Market, w. R. Winslow Herman
Rabbit, A. G. Rolfe, Edwin D.
Fry, w. L. King. Food Committee,
Mrs. William Pyles, Mrs. Charles
Linthicum, Mrs. Thomas Bailey.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-04-14
Washington Grove
Summer Theater
Plans Projected

The operation of a summer
theatre during the coming season
in the Washington Grove Audi
torium, was discussed in hearing
before the Town Council of Wash
ington Grove last Thursday night.
The proposal for a semi-profes-
sional stock company to play in the
auditorium was presented by a
group of local residents who had
prepared initial cost estimates and
formulated plans for the season.
No opposition was voiced to the
proposal and the Mayor and Town
Council have approved the use of
the auditorium for the theatre
project.
Jack Salamanca, who attended
the hearing in advisory capacity,
agreed to direct a non-Equity COM
pany of players on semi-profes-
sional basis if professional stage
equipment and lighting were pro-
vided. Mr.. Salamanca, well known
in theatre circles as actor and d.
rector on Broadway and in sum-
rner theatres, had played the lead
in his own production of Chekov's
"The Bear" in Washington Grove
last August. MS
1t was pointed out at the Town
hearing that Washington Grove,
lying just outside the Washington
metropolitan area, has the essen
tial features required to help fill
the need for additional legitimate
stage in the area. The Grove Audi
torium can accommodate a seating
capacity of 800. A large parking
area is adjacent. The town itself,
which began life as a Methodist
camp-meeting in the 70's and in its
heyday attracted as many as 1O,-
900 worshippers, picnickers and
sightseers on a Sunday, has pre-
served quaint atmosphere of Vic
torian houses strewn random
through an oak forest.
A majority of the townspeople
present pledged active support to a
theatre operated on a non-profit
basis as d community enterprise.
No dates were set for perform
ance of the initial productions.
The next meeting will be held on
Thursday, April IA, at which time
a permanent organization will be
established.