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Tickets for 'Medea
Placed on Sale

Tickets for the coming perform
ance of "Medea" at the Sylvan
Theater on the Monument
grounds have been placed on sale
at Willard Hotel Ticket Agency.
Seats are priced ut $3.50. t2.40,
$50 and 3l.20.
Judith Anderson plays the lead
ing role in "Medea." which will be
presented here for one perform
ance only, on May 18.
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AMI SEMENTS
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ADJUSTMENTS A
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tarctic": ll:10 am, l:l0, sos.
Sis. 1880 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux Portrait OF Jen-
ME-: 1915 a.m- IL. las. $50.
Sis, 7:05. $50 and 1880 pm.
Warner-'Knock On ANY Door:
IL an. 1910. Sis. S:25. 1880 and
9:45 pm.
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By Crosby Moves

Once every 10 years, the law OF
the land provides for a complete
inventory Of this country's great
est resource, its people. And the
business of counting the people.
and gathering information on
their living conditions and activ-
tiles amounts to the most ambi-
tious single statistical operation
In world history.
This inventory will get under
way for the 18th time in the
United States on April /. On that
day, 100000 trained enumerators
will start their canvass Of about
$4,000, 900 dwelling units, asking
questions OF the estimated 150.-
600, 900 people who live in them.
The count Of population and
housing is the big show OF the
Census Bureau. but it is by no
means its only job. Each month
on q current basis. the bureau sup
plies facts and figures on foreign
trade, unemployment, manufac-
lures and volume Of retail trade.
In years ending in 3 and 8. it
conducts a complete census OF
business and manufacture. In
years ending in 2 it investigates
the revenues, expenditures and
purposes of 10000 State and To-
cal government units. In years
ending in 6, the bureau holds a
census of all religious groups
within the country.
A report on agriculture comes
every five years. And SO along
with the population and housing
census Of 1850. workers will gather
information on 100000 farms.
The canvass that starts next
April completes the census. pic
ture the bureau has been gather
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! lowed the same pattern. Finally
the job next year will be a more
expensive one simply in terms Of
the population increase since
1910.
These factors made it obvious
to Census Bureau officials that
the job done a decade ago could
not be duplicated in 1850, in spite
of an almost doubled appropria-
ton of $75,000,000.
The alternative was to trim
down the number Of questions
asked or else adopt some kind Of
sample method for gathering sta
tistics. The Census Bureau chose
the latter course, rather than
limit the scope Of the census to a
drastic extent.
To people who are inclined to
look with skepticism on polls in
general, census officials reply that
their sampling methods should in
no way be confused with those
Of Mr.. Gallup or Mr.. Roper. In
the first place, most Of the sample
information contained on the 1850
census form will include 20 per
cent Of the population, families
and dwelling units In the country.
This adds up to sample of some-
thing like 10000, ,000-a figure
which no poll-taker could ever
hope to match.
Census officials are confident
that this sample information, in
fated to correspond with the total
population figure, will be accurate
enough for practically any pur-
pose.
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ing for the last decade. It will
round out a comprehensive study
of the effects of World War II on
the population Of the United
States, their housing and their
work. Indirectly. the effect of the
census next year will be felt by
almost every person in the coun-
try.
First Census in 1890.
When Congress ordered the first
census in 1890 the basic purpose
of the count was simple. In or
der to fix the number Of con-
gressional representatives from
each of the II States it was neces-
sary to find out how the country's
population of less than 100000
was divided.
But even at that early date.
Congress was apparently alert to
other purposes which could be
served by the census, above and
beyond a mere counting Of heads.
Those first enumerators, II United
States marshals with 600 assis-
tants, were told to find out the
number. age group and sex Of the
people, and whether they were
free or slave. The results provided
the founding fathers with vital
information on the most pressing
problem of the time - the actual
and potential military and eco
nomic strength Of the young
country.
In the 17th decennial census
next year, the fundamental poll
tical reason for the count by States
will be the same. The census is
still a basic instrument Of our
democratic form Of government.
But since 1790 the other purposes
of the census have expanded and
changed.
As the country grew from an
isolated agrarian community to
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without doubt in many cases be
interesting to the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau, the FBI, or, possibly.
the draft board. But in order to
guarantee the accuracy Of the
answers given census enumerators,
the law states specifically that no
information on an individual case
can be made available by the
Census Bureau to any other Gov
ernment agency.
Data for Planners.
Many of the statistics, such as
those covering the movement OF
individuals and families, will sup
ply vital information to Govern
ment planners. The questions OF
mass migration and its causes are
just as important today as ques-
tions about foreign parentage
were 100 years ago.
For 130 years since the first
census of 1890 most of the coun-
try's population was living on
farms. The first count showed
only 201 .655 out of 1000, 900 people
living in cities. This proportion
has decreased steadily since that
time. In 1920, the ration between
rural and urban dwellers was re-
versed for the first time. BY 1880.
the city majority had jumped to
100000. BY 1910, 74.423,702
people were living in towns and
cities, against rural population
of 57,245,573. This population
trend has continued since 1910.
and the census next year Is ex-
pected to show new high for the
proportion of urban dwellers.
The success of the census in re-
fecting this trend undoubtedly
will play large part in the plan
ming of city officials for the next
10 years. For the first time, move
ment within the cities themselves
also will be shown. pointing up the
modern phenomenon Of decreas-
ing population in downtown dis
tricts as residents move to subur-
ban areas in ever-increasing num-
bers.
The information will affect
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a large industrial world power
composed mostly of city-dwellers.
the questions asked by census
enumerators have reflected that
change. For instance, more than
100 years ago it was suggested
that the information should in
clude the number of gainfully
employed people and the number
of native citizens, compared to
those of foreign birth.
The census of manufactures was
started in 1910; Of agriculture, in
1840, and the census Of business,
in 1880. It was not until the last
decennial census Of 1910 that
questions about housing were in
cluded in the population count.
reflecting the current problem
which had grown up within the
last decade.
AS the information contained
in the population and housing
census has grown, as has its value
to groups in and out Of the Fed
eral and State governments. The
statistics have come to provide
the basis for much Of the planning
Of private industry. as well as OF
government and local agencies.
To Be Most Detailed Census.
The questions asked on the 1850
census form have a special impli-
cation for the marketing groups
of the Nation. For the first time.
survey will be made not only OF
the weekly salaries Of individuals,
but of their total yearly income
from all sources. including from
their own businesses. professional
practice or farms. Of special in
terest to manufacturers Of items
generally bought by families, in
stead Of individuals (such as auto
mobiles or refrigerators), is a new
question determining income for
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the year by all members of a fam
lily living in one unit.
In other words, the 1850 census
will provide the most detailed in
formation Of the purchasing
power Of the people Of the United
States ever available to industrial
planners. It will break this in
formation down into geographical
locations, as well as into economic,
social and racial groups. Since
markets are in the final analysis
nothing more than people with
money" the census will add up to
the biggest market survey ever at
tempted in this country.
Apart from the question OF who
has the money, the housing ques-
tionaire has space for informa-
ton of special interest to certain
industries. It covers everything
from the number of people per
unit to the number Of people per
bathtub. Heating and lighting
equipment, cooking fuels, radios
and television sets-even the
kitchen sink itself will be part Of
the vital statistics collected.
Census Bureau officials point
out that such questions are more
than a whimsical effort by the
Federal Government to help out
manufacturers of household equip
ment. They are also essential
parts Of the large picture Of
American life that the census is
trying to achieve-a reflection Of
the numerical, economic and cul-
tural trends that have developed
within the last 10 years.
Census officials emphasize, how
ever, that this broad picture can
not be broken down to its indi-
vidual parts for the benefit Of any
special agency Of the Government.
Tho information gathered would
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|of tho District as a potentia.
market area, and q much more
useful basis for the future CO.
ordination Of public services.
Every one in the country over
the age Of IA will be quizzed
about his occupation. He will be
asked about his chief activity in
the last week: whether he was
working and how many hours, or
whether he was looking for a job.
The kind Of business he was en-
gagged in and the kind Of work he
did in that business are questions
that every one must answer.
The picture on unemployment
is rounded out by a series of
special questions, asking the num-
ber Of weeks an unemployed man
has been looking for a job. how
many weeks he worked within the
last year and what his last job
was.
Just as trends Of geographic
migration have long been consid-
cred a necessary part Of the Gen.
sus. the migration Of workers from
one industry to another is today
a key to the Nations economic
condition. When the labor statis-
tics Of the 1850 census are put in
the hands Of the President, the
administration will have the In
formation 1t needs to combat un-
employment in hard-hit areas
through the plan Of setting up
Government projects where they
will do the most good.
Not every one in the United
States will be asked all the ques-
tions on the 1850 QUESTIONABLE.
This is because the Census Bureau
is limited as to the money it can
spend to do the job and the time
it can take.
Like everything else, the price
Of census taking has. gone up a |
great deal since 1910. The sala-
ries Of enumerators in the field
have risen from an average Of 81
q day to SO. Printing costs have
more than doubled and other ex-
penses Of the operation have fol- !
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plans Of all public services, IN
cluding hospitals and schools, po-
lice and fire departments, traffic
regulations and road building. It
may determine such things as the
location Of water supply points
and sewage disposal plants, as
we'll as the expansion Of public
utilities and retail shopping out
lets. Details of living conditions,
broken down to small areas within
the cities will be invaluable to
groups responsible for the control
Of crime and disease and for all
Of the social work Of the commu-
nifty.
More directly the census may
affect types Of city governments
in many communities throughout
the country. Since most State
legislatures classify communities
according to, their population, the
growth recorded next year may
make many incorporated towns
eligible for reclassification. That
could mean changes in the type
of city management and In the
salaries of city officials.
Metropolitan Area Defined.
One Of the new features of the
1850 census will be a new defini-
ton OF what constitutes = metro
politan area" The old definition
limited that area to IAN organized
incorporated area, plus contiguous
minor civil divisions with q popu-
lation 70 $50 per square mile"
Under that rule which applied
In the censuses Of 1880 and 1910,
communities lying outside the
District but closely connected with
it were not considered . part Of
the metropolitan area Of Wash
ington. That rule has now been
scrapped.
In the 1850 census the popula-
ton Of the entire counties OF
Prince Georges. Montgomery,
Fairfax and Arlington will become
a part of the new standard defini-
ton Of the metropolitan area of
Washington. The result will pro-
vide q far more realistic picture
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AND DISTRIBUTORS.
American Meat Company.
Morris Bressler & Company.
Florida Products Company.
Norton & Company.
Swift 4 Company.
Terminal Refrigerator b Ware
housing Corp:
John H. wilkins Company.
wilkins Rogers Milling Company.
FULES.
Consolidation Coal Company.
Gulf Oil Corp.
Iron Fireman Corp.
B. Frank Joy Company, Inc.
Petroleum Engineering Company.
Socony- Vacuum on Company, Inc.
Standard Coal Company Of Wash
ington.
Sun Oil Company.
The Texas Company.
A. r. Woodson Company.
FURNITURE.
Colony House.
Hub Furniture Company.
Hutchison's Inc.
Julius Lansburgh Furniture Com
pany.
Mayer Furniture Company.
MAJOR Masterpiece Furniture Com
pany.
VIM. E. Miller Furniture Company
National Furniture Company, Inc.
p. ]. Nee Company.
Malcolm Scates, Inc.
C. G. Sloan Company, Inc.
w. & J. Sloane Company.
HARDWARE.
]. Frank Campbell.
Capital Awning Company.
Dismer's Hardware Store.
johnson 4 Wimsatt, Inc.
David MAX & Company, Inc.
May Hardware Company, Inc.
Hugh Reilly Company.
Washington Shade & Awning Com
pany.
W. r. Winslow Company.
HOTELS AND CLUBS.
Ambassador Hotel.
Annapolis Hotel (Corporation).
Army & Navy Club.
Bellevue Hotel.
Carlyle Hotel.
Congressional Hotel.
Continental Hotel.
Dodge Hotel.
Franklin Park Hotel
Martinique Hotel.
Mayflower Hotel.
Metropolitan Club.
Occidental Hotel & Restaurant.
Pennsylvania Hotel.
Plaza Hotel & Restaurant.
Roger-Smith Hotel.
StatIer Hotel.
Sulgrave Club.
INSURANCE. LIFE.
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany.
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
| Equitable Life Insurance Company
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
Guardian Life Insurance Compan,
Of America.
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company.
Kansas City Life Insurance Com
pany.
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
Sugar & Sugar.
Wolf & Cohen, Inc.
INSURANCE-OTHER.
Adkins & Ainley, Inc.
Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
American Fire Insurance Of th
d. C..
Elicit and Short, Inc.
Hartford Accident q Indemnit,
Company.
Hufty & Eubank, Inc.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Mutual Fire Insurance Company o
ID. G.
Mutual Insurance Agency, Inc.
National Union Fire Insurance Com
pany.
Howard Nordlinger Company.
North America Companies.
Victor o. Schinnerer & Company
Young d Simon.
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RESTAURANTS.
Allies Inn.
Ansei G. Arapisn.
Bonat Cafe and Restaurant.
Chamberlin CAFETERIA.
Earle and Ceres Restaurants.
Ewsrt's Cafeteria.
Government Services, Inc.
Hot Shoppes, Inc.
Little Tavern Shops, Inc.
Olmsted Restaurant, Inc.
Orient Restaurant.
s. 4 w. Cafeteria Of Washington,
Inc.
Sholl's 14th Street Cafeteria.
Sholrs Colonial Cafeteria.
Wafne Shops Inc.
Wesley Hall.
SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES.
Capital Radio Engineering
institute.
Columbia Institution Of the Deaf.
National Child Research Center.
National Radio Institute.
Potomac School H.
st. Albans School for Boys
SidHen Friends School
strsyer Business College.
Washington School Of Art
SOCIAL AGENCIES.
American Legion Welfare Dept.
American Youth Hostels, Inc.
Boy Scouts Of America.
Boys Club Of Warrington.
Bureau Of Rehabilitation.
Camp Fire Girls.
Catholic Charities.
Children's Protective Association.
Christ Child ConvaIescent Farm.
Community Chest Federation.
District Of Columbia tuberculosis
Association.
Family Service Association.
Foster Day Care and Counseling
Association.
Friendship House Association.
Girl Scouts Of d. C.
Group Republication, Inc.
Hebrew Home for the Aged.
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society.
Jewish Community Center.
National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
National Conference sf Catholic
Charities.
National Homeopathic Hospital
Phyllis Wheatley, YWCA.
st. Joscph's Home and School
st. Vincent's Home and School
Social Hygiene Society.
Southwest House.
United Community Services.
Washington Animal Rescue League.
Washington Federation Of
Churches.
Washington Institute Of Mental .
Hygiene.
Washington Society for the Hard
Of Hearing.
Washington Urban League.
SPECIALTIES.
4. r. Andrews Paper Company.
Becker's Leather Goods Company.
Blackstone, Inc.
Csmalier & Buckley.
Eastman Kodak Stores, sInc.
Flowers, Inc.
Hessler Photographers, Inc.
Hilbert Optical Company.
Homer Optical Company.
Arthur Jordan Piano Company.
Kit Music Company. !
Lowe 4 Campbell Athletic Goods
Company.
George r. Muth Company, Inc.
George C. Shaffer Co.. Inc.
Singer Sewing Machine Company.
Stoekett-F -Fiske Company, Inc.
Charles G. Stott Company.
Tophams, Inc.
Hugo Worch.
Yardstick, Inc.
THEATERS AND DISTRIBUTORS.
Ambassador Theatef.
Apollo Theater.
Avenue Grand Theatee.
Beverly Theater.
Central Theatef. o..
Circle Theatef.
Clark Film Distributors, Inc.
Colony Theatef.
Hiser Theatef.
BIB. Amusement Company.
Kennedy Theater.
Metropolitan Thsater.
Motion Picture Theater Owners Of
Met. ID. C.
National Screen Service.
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JANITOR CONTROL SERVICE.
Western Exterminating Company,
Inc.
LABOR UNION HEADQUARTERS
American Federation Of Labor.
Communication Workers Of America
DIV. 50).
IntI Brotherhood Of Electrical
Workers and Electrical Workers
Benefit Association.
United Mine Workers Of America,
LAUNDRIEs.
American Linen Service Company.
Arcade Sunshine Laundry Company
Elite Laundry b Dry Cleaning
Company, Inc.
National Laundry Company, Inc.
Page Laundry 4 Dry Cleaning Com
pany.
Pioneer Laundry.
Law FIRMS.
Cushman, Darby h Cushman.
Davies, Richberg, Beebe, Busicl
and Richardson.
Guxgenheimer, Untemyer, Goodrich
and Amram.
Hogan & Harrison.
Leon WE'LL & Mahony.
McKenney, Fiannery & Craighill
Miller, Sher 4 Oppenheimer.
Mills T. Fitzpatrick.
Posner, Berge, Fox & Aren't.
Roberts 4 McInnis.
Strauch l. Nolan & Diggins.
wilkes, McGarraghy Il Arts.
MEMS WEAR.
A. II. Dondero, Inc.
Fashion Shop. Inc.
Goldheim's.
Henry J. Goodman 4 Company.
Grosner's.
Bruce Hunt, Inc.
d. ]. Kaufman, Inc.
Lewis b Thomas Saltx, Inc.
N. Stein Company.
University Shop.
Joseph A. Wilmer b Company.
The Young Mems Shop.
MoRTIcIANs.
Joseph Gawler Sons, Inc.
NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLISHERS
Associated Press, The. 49,
Broadcasting Magazine Publica-
tions, Inc. ......
Bureau Of National Affairs.
Chicago Tribune Bureau.
Civic Education Service.
Commerce Clearing House, Inc.
Congressional Quarterly News.
Evening Star Newspaper Company
Haskin Service.
Infantry Journal, Inc.
McGraw Hill Publishing Company
Mechanization, Inc.
Pathfinder Publishing Company.
Public Utilities Reports, Inc.
Rand McNally 4 Company.
Time, Inc.
TRAFFIC Service Corporation.
Wall Street Journal.
Warrington Daily News
Washington Post.
Washington Times-Herald.
ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATIONAL
AND OTHERS.
American Chemical Society.
American Nature Association.
American Veterans Committee.
Association for Childhood Educa-
tion.
BroOkings Institution.
National Planning Association.
National Wildlife Federation.
United States Chamber Of Com
merce.
Washington Board of Trade.
ORGANIZATIONS, TRADE AND
| OTHERS. <
Air Transport Association Of
America.
American Association Of Nursery
men, Inc.
American Petroleum Institute.
American Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion.
Association General Contractors Of
America, Inc.
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! BANKS-CONTINUED.
Riggs National Bank Of
Washington, d. C.
Second National Bank Of
Washington.
Security Savings & Commercial
| Bank. {.
Union Trust Company.
Washington Loan h Trust
Company.
BEAUTY & BARBER SHOPS.
Emile Of Washington.
BEVERAGES.
Anheuser-B Busch, Inc.
P. BaIlantine 4 Sons.
Bethel & Company, Inc.
Decker Distributing Company.
Forman Brothers, Inc.
House Of Stover, Inc.
Milton s. Kronheim & Son, Inc.
Marvin & Snead Ssles Corporation.
Milstone Liquor Store.
Pepsi Cola Suburban Bottling
Company.
Seagram's.
Valley Forge Distributing Company.
Washington Coca Cola Bottling
| Works.
BROKERS.
Auchincloss, Parker b Redpath.
Bache 4 Company.
Alexander Brown 4 Sons.
Bureau Of Contact Information.
Ferris & Company, Inc.
Folger, Nolan & Company, Inc.
Goodwin & Olds.
Hemphill, Noyes 4 Company.
Herrick, Waddell & Company.
w. B. Hibbs & Company.
Thomas L. Hume Sons, Inc.
Johnston, Lemon & Company.
Robert C. Jones & Company.
Laidlaw & Company.
Mackall & Coe.
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner T.
National Assn. Of Securities
Dealers.
Orvis Brothers.
Peters e. Bryson.
Robinson q Lukens.
Stein Brothers 4 Boyce.
BUILDERS.
Brown Bros. Cooperation.
Karl w. Corby Construction
Corporation.
Davis, Wick, Rosengarten Company,
Inc.
George Hyman Construction
| Company.
Irons & Reynolds, Inc.
Jeffress-Dyer, Inc.
Johns Manville Sales Corporation.
Martin Bros. Company.
T. Calvin Owens Company.
Harry Poretsky & Sons.
Prescott Construction Company,
| Inc.
SpideI & Hall, Inc.
Standard Construction Company,
Inc.
Charles H. Tomplins Company.
Zerkel Construction Company, Inc.
BUILDING T. LOAN
. ASSOCIATIONS.
American Building Association.
Anacostia Federal Savings Il Loan
Association.
Columbia Federal Savings 4 Loan
Association.
District Building 4 Loan
Association. 80
Eastern Building d Loan
i Association.
Enterprise Federal Savings d Loan
Association.
Equitable Cooperative Building
First Federal Savings & Lean
Association.
Home Building Association.
Hyattsville Building Association.
Interstate Building Association.
Jefferson Federal Savings & Loan
| Association.
Liberty Building Association.
INACtIVkO1Ao OO44uAA8 <13OOSSAtAVus
Mutual Federal Savings h Loan
Association.
National Permanent Building
Association. 49,
Northeast Building Association.
Northwestern Federal Savings 4
Loan Association.
Oriental Building Association.
Perpetual Building Association.
Prudential Building Association.
Washington Permanent Building
Association.
BUILDING MATERIALS.
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation
Harrison Bros, Inc.
Hechinger Company.
Howat Concrete Company, Ire.
Lamond Terra Gotta Works.
Maloney Concrete Company.
liz. G. Schafer 4 Company, Inc.
Joseph Smith 4 Sons.
ISmoot Sand & Gravel Corporation.
Super Concrete Cooperation.
George E. Walker, Inc.
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