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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

Baltimore quotations furnished BY tn4
Apples-Market dull; bushel basket and
Eastern crates s. No M NJ inch ap'
aodea 5elcsons 5so inch su w. e
so: Grimes Golden. fair quality, rs:
Romss: i.25-. 90; ACCORDING to .,,s eo n3r
P 5sis 1880; Golden Delicious $50 30:
- Po5atossT dull; 1oo;Dound ss s:s
800: best mostly 500; 5o-pound paper
sas sVeet ooas; few lS about stead
bushel baskets Maryland and Virgins.
some washed, waxed sold len fair to gen e,
-. 1873. 90: Puerto Ricsns; u. S. No. /.
Sso:55; few best 200; pelawsrs Puerto Sa,t
0usnei hs snsp B. SHsde III siilstis.
Snap BeansLMarket slightly weaker;
Eefds aua 1Hhe BACK tar
4o 90. d., tender green's mostly around
baskets. packed locally, North cs1olins,
bet 80: far qualitgg 90 70
mosey s1e aa Sow seH 4e csfena S Pound ord
nary quality, 100: North Carolina; round.
fair to senerslly sood a1aldty' 5l so
Carrots-Pennsylvania and New. Jersey
6us h ts6 Das ssbsr topped washed mostly
Gel Gsler}y u. 5a1s. az New Jersey sDpl'
turkeys, dull on others: receipts liberal
p TaGas anS Sw carried f,S .1 5eyer e
hens, heavyweights, mostly IS: few fancy
higher: liehtweiehts mostly. II: few, IS;
low as IS; ducks. so-3I: turkeys, toms,
g; hens. is;i5 pounds. $3.50: mostly
swat han hioh
straight toms Liv seSss Market.
a0G poun s'esaz n0s and s fs 9s
Y iss.oo.i 5. 90: Gamers, TOO; good ssSs.
Ca. calSss; Is; STEADY: except for. for SO cent;
ton and s aGd so6 for al
Hoss. 400; an weights and grades Sell
IS saynq pea a"s as e.: 4e:$so
psunas; Is j. RssISS i4d:3iso pounds
u5dsr 4o so pound poun aoo5o so5d
wsishts 1sso Gown; is stsgs. 200 ne under
ar pres If wesh
insliy unclaimed; sood and sseies wooded
grade wooded ewes to 900.
Grain Market.
Flour-Receipts, none.
Wheat-Receipts, 434 bushels; shps
ments, 1000 bushels: stocks, 4.56S,177
bushels; No. ? red winter garlicky, spot.
domestic ,I:r Eli; December gil; No.
| Corn-Receipts, ,31O,74s bushels; ship
ments, $4,000 bushels; stocks. 3,465.
627 bushels.
oats-Receipts, none; shipments, monet
stocks, 1865 bushels. No quotations.
Barley-Receipts, 1924 bushels: ship
ments. none; stocks, 325,655 bushels.
Rye-Receipts. 1859 bushels: ship.
ments, none; stocks, 122.57s bushels. 1
Soybeans-Receipts; $4,000 bushels:
shipments. none: stocks. 712,666 bushels.
Millfeed-Receipts, none.
Butter and Egss.
liberal: demand SLOW: large. Has;
mediums, 4O-42; A small, 1898; B large,
41-49; current receipts too few sales to
quote.
Receipts=Rutter, none; eggs none
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Dec. 20 ds'.-Butter, 4ss.-
G53. irregular. wholesale prices on bulk
cartons: Creamery higher than 3" score
lAA), 63A-64 cents; 90 score CA. 60;
90 score CB)., g.: SO score (C), 60s4.
Cheese-246,S21: steady, prices I'm.
changed.
wholesale esss were lower today Re-
ceipts totaled 1892 cases. Spot quo
tations follow:
Midwestern-Mixed colors. fancy heavy.
weights, 37l2-3s; extra l large, 35-37
extra l %ed,um 1s.. 3a,325; dirties' SOFA
Whites-Fancy heapyweights, 39-41; ex.
ira large. 37-3S: extra l medium "a
Browns-Fancy heavyweights, 371a-3s;
extra / large. 36k-37.
Nearby-(Top quotations on nearby
white and brown eggs represent wholesale
selling prices for the finest marks and
not paying prices to producers or ship.
pers)
Whites-Extra fancy heavyweights. A.
fancy heavyweights, 40; others, large, As
mediums, 35-36; pullets,, 32-33:
Browns-Extra fancy heayweights, 37h.
3S; fancy heavyweiehts, 36Ia-37; me
diums, 1914; pullets, 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Stock Market Drops
Fractions 10 Point
In Quiet DEALINGS
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Mlld
selling pressure depressed prices
in the stock market today by frac-
tons to around a point.
There was nothing serious
enough in the offerings to cause
declines of any magnitude In ma
jor groups of securities.
Here and there a few stocks
in the high-priced brackets swung
little farther. Allied Chemical,
which gained points yesterday,
fell back 3 points today at one
time to 206.
Superior Oil of California,
which lost points yesterday,
added points today at 210.
Western Union stood out as
strong point and reached another
new high for the year with an ad-
vance of around point.
Early in the session there was
brief attempt to get ahead in some
sections of the list. For the most
part, however, prices were un-
changed to lower. Those on the
topside gradually lost ground in
later trading until the market as
a whole leaned definitely lower
As prices declined, trading
slowed down. That was noted par
ticularly yesterday when final
hour selling found offerings more
limited. -
Stocks declining included Santa
Fe. Southern Pacific. Chesapeake
& Ohio. Standard Oil (New Jer-
sey). Paramount (old), Warner
Bros, Celotex, Lehigh Portland
Cement, American Telephone,
Anaconda Copper, American
Smelling. Nc Intyre-Porcupine,
American Cyanamid, Dow Chemi-
cal, General Electric, American
Wooden. American Tobacco, Inter-
national Paper, United States
Steel. General Motors, Goodyear,
Goodrich, Montgomery Ward. J. I.
Case. Schenley Industries, and Ad-
miral Corp.
There were signs that the rise
in railroad loans in the bond mar
ket was leveling off after II days
of forward movement. There was
a light demand for long-term
United States Treasury issues in
the over the counter market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
N. Y. Bond Market
[ST INCLUDES ONLY SELECTED ISSUES
1EnrniShed nv the Associated Preaal

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MKT ad 5s67 7M
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Mo-Pac IS n r 80
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PCCSL 3'as rs 70
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Reading 3hs95 9M
SLSF 4hs2O22 61M
StLSF As 81 93A
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So Pac 4las 80 S4lh
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So Ry Gas Sc 1o5M
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So Ry As StL 81 1915
TeX&NO32as90 1914
Third Ave $500 1eA
Third Ave 4s60 40
I'm Pac 27ss rs 1o3A
I'm Pac gas 81 96h
Wabash 3As71 1oOA
Wst Sh As 1851 So
Wstn Md As 80 1o3M
Wstn On IS 80 62N
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

stock dividend Cash or stock epaid
last year Playable In stock. estimated
cash value on ex-dividend date. De.
clared or paid 30 far this year b Declared
Or paid after stock dividend or split-up.
Declared or paid this year an accumuls;
tive issue with dividends In arrears Paid
erticn take, at last dividend meetins
Declared 1949 payable in 1850. Liaul.
dating Dividend Payable In stock exact
cash value undetermined on declaration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Dec 90 R.-Cotton fu-
lures continued dull in narrow forenoon
offset by mill buying There was some
switching from near to later months.
Noon prices were 10 to 25 cents . bale
lower than the previous close March
3O49, May 1929 and July 1855.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Market Averages
Visible Grain Supply

D:e 20 yjs Snsh sqpD tS
1as.5eI 900 bushels. the. Board Of Trade
Isportsd. Corn increased s5a Snn 70 70 ~.
$4,000 rye decreased 544, 900 to g. sg3.-
600, barley decreased $4,000 70 X G ,Doot.
900 and soybeans increased 423'Ooo u
16,002, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Washington Exchange

Washington Gas common-1OO at 25L
virginia Electric g. Power common-10
Capital Transit-2S ct %. at a2s4. 10
at 2234. ] at 223
Washington Gas commonly at 25ss. rs
Potomac Electric Power common-ao at
Capital Transit 4s-S1 900 at ss1a.
los.
Garfnckel 4Aso preferred-4o at 1874.
100 at 1874.
woodward & Lothrop common-I0 at
34A. 40 at 34Ha.
Capital Transit 4s-S1 900 at esh.
-Garfnckel 4iaco preferred--1O at Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Metal Quotations

NEW YORK. Dec 20 R.-Spot non.
ferrous metals prices today: Copper. 1sia
cents a pound, Connecticut Valley; lead
IL cents ? pound. New York: zinc. 81
cents pound. East St. Louis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

HoaID sa'e ~: ~ ~ ~ ,a hss 1 xaCcoo
100 pm. $40 600 1900 pm. 600 600
fUuit or trading 10 shares. sln oank.
ruptcy or receivership or being reorgani1ed
under the Bankruptcy Act or SECURITIES
bends Ia the foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the last Quafterly
wise noted. specisi or extrs dividends are
not Included. cid Called IL dividend.
a n rights. q Also extra or extraA b Plus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

NEW YORK Gil Z
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Produce Markets

maple product.
Evening star., 1949-11-02
Two Companies Here Fined
For Hours Law Violations

Fines totaling $3.50 were levied
against two companies yesterday
for violations of the District eight
hour day law for women.
Paul M. Bonuso, owner of the
Luna Cleaners, whose main plant
lis at 1905 Fourteenth street NV,
was fined 5000. He was charged
with failing to keep adequate time
records of the hours women en-
|ployes had for lunch and failing
to post in a CONSPICUOUS place in
two outlet laundry stores, a
schedule card showing hours Of
work.
The Mayfair Extension, Inc.
which operates a shopping center
in the 5000 block Of Hayes street
NE. was fined $50 by Municipal
Court Judge Nadine Gallagher.
The charge was failing to keep
time records showing the hours
of beginning and stopping work
and the hours of beginning and
ending the time allowed for
meals.
Evening star., 1949-11-02
Traffic Improvements Sought
by Citizens for Weaver Place

Weaver place NV. has escaped
the attention of the District High
way Department for some time
now - or, so the Macarthur
Boulevard Citizens Association
thinks.
At a neighborhood improve
ments meeting of the association
last night, Weaver place kept
coming up repeatedly.
If all the improvements were
carried out, Weaver place would
get a thorough face-lifting.
The citizens want dangerous
curve" removed from Weaver and
Carolina places. They want a
sign at Weaver place and Lough-
boro road showing the way to
Chain Bridge. They want traffic
lights at Weaver place. at both
Canal road and Macarthur boule-
ward, and they want Weaver
widened and improved from
Sherrier place to Canal road.
Other improvements suggested
Evening star., 1949-11-02

included changing the name of
the association to something
more alluring." The name "Pali-
sades" was suggested. This sug-
gestion will be considered by the
executive committee of the as
sociation and then be brought to
a vote Of the membership.
Victor A. Howard, secretary OF
the District Personnel Board,
spoke to the group on How the
District Government Operates. "
The meeting was held in the
Palisades Field House. Dana and
Sherrier places NV, and was
conducted by Robert r. Harsh
man, president.
Evening star., 1949-11-02
ChoroI Club to Give Show

The Pentagon Choral Club, un-
der the direction Of Whitford l..
Hall, will present it's annual
Magic Melodies" variety show at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow in Harvard
Hall. Fifteenth and Harvard
streets NV.
Evening star., 1949-11-02

10 use 1AUIUT DIX. J uSC COanD
a few drops into your hair each day. Soon
your gray hair is the same color as the
rest of your hair. 1t happens so gradually.
SO subtly. no one need know your secret
To maintain effect, continue using kolor-
Rak when necessary. Millions of bottles
sold testify to its widespread use. Guar
anteed satisfaction or your money back
Get bottle today at any drug store.
Evening star., 1949-11-02
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Regularly :33 n nE
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Healthful, safe warmth without worry! You leave
the Trilmont Heater unattended in a household with
small children, old people, animal pets nothing
will happen if it is knocked over if toys clothing,
newspapers etc. thoughtlessy careessly left
it to smother the heated air when in operation 1t utizes
the glowing "Black Heat coils and what
fine appearance it makes, too It's perforated mosaic
design and warm ivory finish looks good in any
it does not resemble any heating device. You'll agree
it's the greatest offer in electric heating units! Run
if you can walk If you must whatever you do, get
here early for yours!
Evening star., 1949-11-02
ADVERTISEMENT.

Gray hair can stand IN the
way of a promotion, even
threaten the security of
your job. Yet no one need
risk this threat. It's so easy
Evening star., 1949-11-02

BABY'S BATH specially handy for added
wormth during bath time. Doctors advise
bathing in boby's room not in the bathroom.
OFFICE You do your best work when COM
fortobIe A TrInnont will keep your prvote
office at the temperature which suits you per-
sonoIIy.
PLAYRoOM A Trilmont odds that extra
wormth where insulation may be lacking.
COTTAGE Take it along to thot mountain
or seoshore place thot's never been comfort
able on chilly mornings and evenings Remem-
Der TriInnont operates on either &C or DC.
Because Of Trilmont's exceptional
safety features, it makes an ideal aux.
iliary clothes dryer on rainy or cloudy
days. Fits neatly under any standard
rack and ,oilI not harm, delicate fabrics.
Perfect for apartment d,UelIers.
Evening star., 1949-11-02
kolor-Buk

AMERICAS LARGEST SELLING SOLUTION
FOR ARTlFicIAllY coL0RlNG GRAY Ru1
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Beet

Nothing May Be Too Much!
Soviet Russia has tried to withdraw
from the United Nations World Health
Organization, charging that its work
is unsatisfactory and too expensive.
WHO is the last major specialized
U.N. agency to which the Russians
belong.
N. A. Vinogradov, Soviet deputy
minister of public health, declared in
Moscow that too many Britons and
Americans are on the payroll. He
said that Russia would have to paw
in 1949 alone some 100000 for main
tanning various British and American
officials who are not contributing any,
thing whatsoever to public health"
In Geneva, WHO reported that Rus
sia's share of the 1949 budget of S.
100000 was about 100000. It also dis
closed that the Soviet Union had not
paid either its 1913 or 1949 assess
ments.
The United States is contributing a
maximum of $1,92O,OOO this year.
VinOgradov cabled DR.. Brock CHS
holm, Canadian director of WHO in
Geneva, withdrawing from the organ
izatiOn. The Soviet Ukraine and
White Russia tried to resign also.
DR.. Chisholm refused to accept the
designations.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Norway Ready to Act
GEORGIA: Herman Takes Over

These make the General Assembly
sole judge of a governors election
and qualification to hold Office. They
also give the Democratic Party execu-
tive committee the right to determine
the name of the candidate on the gen.
raj election ballot.
Revamping the Rolls
Another measure would purge the
states 100000 voters and require re-
registration subject to a literacy test.
Obviously aimed at Georgia's 10000
Negroes, these tests let local regis
trars decide if an applicant can read
or write the constitution "legibly or
intelligibly."
Gov. Talmadge is not visibly upset
by the criticism of opponents. "They
would cry dictator, he says, eff l
signed an order for Mothers Day"
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Quotes

DIR. Robert NJ. Hutchins, Uni
versity of Chicago chancellor:
IF the world has the courage
to organize politically as it has
industrially and socially, it may
yet survive"
Supreme Court Justice Will
liam 0. Douglas: THE real VIC
tory over Communism will be
won in the factories and rice
fields of the world rather than on
the battlehelds.
DR.. C. w. de Kiewiet, Cornell
University provost: "It has hap
pened before in history that an
inattentive citizenry was deluded
into accepting a mythical free
dom while the realities of free
dom persisted"
President Truman: mo COM
mentatOr or columnist names any
members of my Cabinet or my
staff. I name them myself. And
when it is time for them to be
moved on, I do the moving-no-
body else"
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
SideIiehts

. In Ravenna, Ohio, a 75-year-old
farmer, who admitted killing his farm
hand after a two-day argument over
turning on a Jack Benny radio pro-
gram, was given One-to-2O-year sus-
pended Jail term. The court ordered
him to sell his farm, move out of
northeastern Ohio, and pay the VIC
TINS widow $500.
. Prince Ally Khan and his British
born wife convinced a Paris court in
one minute of testimony that no rec
Onciliation was possible. A divorce
decree is expected in about one
month, leaving the Indian prince free
to marry American movie actress
Rita Hayworth.
. The New York City Taxi Council,
representing IS per cent of the city's
1854 hacks, has petitioned the State
Legislature to ban television in auto
mobiles, declaring it faces the prob
ability of taxicabs being battered and
damaged by television-equipped pri-
vate cars"
. In Sturgeon Bay, Wis, butcher
Francis Ripp advertised his 1887 used
car for sale at IL cents a pound. At
$500 pounds, that figures to $SO8.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Pact
South Of the Border


The Rio mutual defense treaty,
which binds the 81 American repub-
lies to maintain hemisphere peace,
has weathered its first test.
Through its good offices, Costa Rica
and Nicaragua have agreed to a
peaceful settlement of their two
months-old dispute.
The Rio treaty was only nine days
old when Costa RIGA charged she had
been invaded from Nicaragua and in
voked provisions of the new pact.
A commission from the Council of
the Organization of American States
Investigated the incident. They found:
The invading force had been organ
lied principally in Nicaragua from
Costa Rican political exiles.
Nicaragua had made no effort to
halt these revolutionary activities di-
Tected against a neighboring and
friendly country.
The commission also handed up an
other finding. It declared that Costa
RIGA at the same time had been aiding
another set of revolutionaries whose
aim was the overthrow not only of
the Nicaraguan government but also
of Honduras and the Dominican Re-
public.
Council chairman Enrique Coromi-
mas said the final agreement was in
the form OF an amity pact.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Battle of BIockodes

Russian occupied Germany is in a
bad way economically and current re-
preSSive restrictions indicate it is get
ting worse.
The vests counter blockade is
pinching off what was left to eastern
Germans after the vacuum cleaner"
of Soviet reparatiOns went through.
This counter blockade has cut Sc
Verely into eastern Germany'S coal,
iron, steel, textile and machine tool
industries. The Russian insistent de-
mands for more work" from Ger
mans simply results in more products
of inferior quality, according to a re-
cent British survey.
The SOviets first began to hamper
traffic from the west in January, l948.
They stepped up the tempo so that
the blockade was in full force by the
time currency reform was instituted
/. western Germany in June.
Counter Blockade
The west retaliated with blockade
in September. 1948, and since then
have cut off practically all traffic in
vital materials. The most recent edict,
on February l, halted all truck freight
across Bizonia to Soviet Germany.
The trucking ban hit neighboring
countries, especially Holland, which
operated a number of routes to Czech
oslovakia, cutting across western Ger
many.
All rail freight had been halted
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04

President and endorsed by labor and
farm leaders, or for a hands-off policy
proposed by business, remains to be
seen.
Economists, themselves, cannot
agree on which direction the national
economy is heading. Business spokes-
men call the recent price declines the
start of a postwar defiation which
might lead to a depression. Govern
ment experts call it a soft spot in
still strong infiationary cycle.
New Word for Il
Presidential economic adviser Ed
win G.. Nourse has his own word for
"diSinfatlon" He says it is differ
ent from defiation because disinhation
takes the pressure off prices while
defation means a collapse in the price
structure.
The present period of disinhation is
a healthy condition, Nourse says, as
long as the public does not get the
'jitters."
Business experts say that price de-
clines since last summer, rising un-
employment and little depressions"
in some industries are evidence that
the inhationary trend has run its
course.
Government statisticians are not
yet ready to admit that the recent
downward trend will continue. They
point out that farm commodities
slumped badly about a year ago, but
interrupted only temporarily the in
hationary spiral.
Work on Draft
When the hearings ended last week,
Sen. Joseph c. O'Mahoney (D-Wyo)
started his committee to work on
draft of the report it will make on
President Truman's economic recon-
mendations.
Several times during the postwar
period, Mr.. Truman has asked Con-
gress for broad anti-inhationary
powers to curb rising prices.
In his State of the Union message
last month, Mr.. Truman again asked
for a series of broad peacetime pow
erS, including wage, price and mate
rails ALLEGATION controls.
The President wants the govern
ment to be able to stimulate produc-
ton of scarce materials such as steel.
This would be done primarily by gov
eminent loans to private industry.
But if an industry refused to expand
its capacity, Mr.. Truman wants the
government empowered to build its
own plants to insure an adequate
supply.
Speedy action to enact these pro-
posals in law is not expected. Many
Congressman have declared they want
to wait and see what happens to ma
tional economy in the next few
months before doing anything drastic
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
GERMANY: Vortex of the Cold War

strengthened by roadblOcks Of iron
bars and paving stones-where Com
munists halt and inspect all traffic
crossing from their sector to western
Berlin.
The Uneasy Mark
Divided Berlin, the vortex of the
east-WeSt cold war, also is in the grip
of a currency scare.
Signs have increased that the Rus
SLAMS intend a money switch through
out their entire occupation zone. Red
occupation leaders deny this but Ger
mans living in the east report restric-
tions have been placed on buying to
prevent a dumping of Soviet marks.
West Berlin police say Russian
agents are trading large amounts Of
eastern marks on the black market
for the more stable western marks.
The exchange rate shot up from 80
east marks for one west mark 10
seven for one. In the black market il
is even higher. Theoretically the two
should be equal.
Meanwhile, the American British
airlift has passed the million-ton
mark for supplies flown into Berlin
since June. The worst of the winter il
past. No longer is there any doubt
about ability of western airmen to
supply their sectors in the GermaB
capital.
The Russians are only forcing
Americans and British to pay heavily
to stay in Berlin-but at an increass
ing cost to all eastern Germany