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Evening star., 1950-10-29

- L Z d1lCC A'
in force on September 80 totaled
81 ,050, 100000, record increase of
$50 million in nine months. The
total passed the billion mark for
the first time on June 90.
Thornton w. Owen, prominent
Washington real estate man, was
elected director. He is proprietor
of Thos. j. Owen & Son, presi-
dent of the Washington Board of
Trade. vice president and a di-
rector of Perpetual Building Asso-
citation; also director of Amer
lean Security & Trust Co.. the
National Mortgage & Investment
Co. and the Washington Title In
surance Co. He is chairman of
the board of Landon School for
Boys, trustee of the Washington
City Orphan Asylum, director of
the Police Boys Club and a trus-
tee of the United Chest Fedora
ton of the National Capital Area.
Mergenthaler Stock Rises.
Mergenthaler Linotype Co. stock
reached new 1850 high of 81 on
the Washington Stock Exchange
yesterday on transfer of SO
shares and an over -the-counter
sale was reported at 66la. On Fri
day the company announced a
plan for 2-for-1 split in stock
to be voted on at the annual meet
ing in January.
Washington department store
sales in the week ended October
Il were 3 per cent below the pre-
viouS week and 4 per cent below
the like 1949 week, the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond re-
ported. Sales in four weeks ended
October 81 remained 5 per cent
above year earlier.
Manpower rs the biggest problem
facing the paint industry today,
Evening star., 1950-10-29
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1850

Quotations furnished by the Associated Press
Il nd Mi
Evening star., 1950-10-29
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, Oct. % lP,-Soybeans to-
day ended rousing week on the same
note which has prevailed throughout the
period--a note of strength.
Beans had to take a lot of profit taking
There also were some reports that the
country was Offering cash beans little
more freely, but nevertheless prices forgec
ahead. The advance was helped by trade
advices of higher quotations for crude
vegetable oils.
The rest of the market did not do much
Ihere was an easier trend in most deliv-
displayed independent strength. Corr
sank more than a cent in early dealings
on profit taking. but managed to overcome
that initial drop.
Wheat closed IS lower to Is higher
corn ss lower to ss higher, oats u lower
! TO "a higher. rye h4-5s higher, soybeanS
l2,3A4 higher and lard 10 cents lower
10 10 cents hundred pounds higher,
The usual weekend cross-currents
swept through the market. which has been
features; The, coming to life of corn and
beans subsidiary feature was the rela-
i've tagging tendency OF wheat, particu-
iaT5y ~ the 1850 crop months.
For the week soybeanS were up 13 to
| D cents. In the past two weeks beans
nave scared 3ll4 to 3ls4 cents. The
margin requirement on beans is. 30 cents
at the close two weeks ago, and selling
at the close today, would have doubled his
mum margin.
Chief reason for the advance was the
small offerings OF beans by the country.
despite record d-breaking harvest Nor
maily, beans flood the market at this time
OF year. That they had not done so this
year indicates that farmers have taken
the advice OF various agencies to hold until
later.
In back of the revival of corn was rela-
tive4y warm weather, helping to dry out
the crop, crop, and prospects of heavy exports
TO Europe, including drought-stricken
1uSoSlaVia. Shipments of corn via lake
from this market were close to 500 900
bushels for the week, indicating a good
demand from the East
While wheat gained little, 1t continued
70 be plagued by the worldwide surplus.
France has joined the nations which would
Ike TO export the bread grain this year
Russia is believed to have quite a bit of
wheat 1t would like to sell to Western
European nations Only the July con-
tract. representing the 1851 crop. could
the week.
Oats were UP l to 1ss and rye to ess
cents Tor the week. Neither attracted
much attention. Lard ended 10 cents
lower to 2S cents hundred pounds higher
Evening star., 1950-10-29
Stocks Finish Week
With Billion Topped
From Quoted Values
By WiIliom D. Horeon
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Oct. %. - The
stock market struggled back on
its feet late this week. still groggy
from the worst beating in four
months.
On Thursday, out of a clear
sky. two selling gales knocked
down prices 81 to more than SO
share. Friday ponderous rally
recouped a small part of the
losses.
The rally continued, grudingly,
In today's tWo-hour session but
progress was small.
The market finished the week
with well over 81 billion Topped off
the quoted value of all stocks
listed on the exchange.
Reason for the Thursday bust
was something of a mystery. There
was no one item in the days news
budget to account for the sever
ity of the selling. Even the full
weight of a number of concrete
developments was not enough to
tip the price scale downward so
rapidly.
Emotional Factors Cited.
Emotional factors, in short, evil
IDENTIFY eXerted more leverage on
the market than specific news.
Selling reached fever pitch i'm
mediately after President Truman
announced at a press conference
that he was considering calling
Congress back to work before the
scheduled date in late November.
He had two high-priority legisla-
tive proposals, he said, to submit
to the Congress: An excess profits
tax and extension of rent controls.
. The President added-Signifl-
. cantly, in the opinion of many
/ Wall Streeters-that he had other
proposals in mind which he would
disclose at a later date
Also disquieting was announce
ment Of ban on recreational con-
struction and ALLEGATION of steel
to build freight cars. Both moves
had been expected. But the mere
announcement was widely inter-
preted to mean that the admins
tration was not going to pull any
punches in its fight against infla-
tion and in carrying through its
program for rearmament.
The markets ability to absorb
that much selling as we'll as it
did was considered good evidence
of underlying stability. The mar
kets action indicated that there
was a large number of buy orders
which were executed automatically
when prices declined-more, in
fact, than stop-loss orders, which
are orders to sell automatically
when the price of a given stock
declines to predetermined level.
Stop-loss Orders.
A large volume of stop-loss
orders have badly damaged many
a market in the past.
After the market closed Thurs
day traders underwent change
OF heart. Maybe things weren't
quite so bad as they looked at
first glance, was the prevailing
opinion. At the same time opti-
mism was not rampant enough to
promote decisive rally.
Two pieces of corporate news
a 81 a share Bethlehem Steel
dividend and General Motors rec
ord high earnings-helped to in
spire cautious demand. Steels, |
motors and rails did best in Fri
days market.
The Associated Press average
of go stocks finished the week at
$83.40 a share, up 20 cents on
Saturday dwindled to $4,000
shares from 100000 week earlier.
Business was confined to 873 in
dividual issues of which Ala ad-
vanced and 204 declined.
Evening star., 1950-10-29

declared Joseph
F. B a t tt ey,
president of
t h e National
Paint. Varnish
a n d Lacquer
Association be-
fore a regional
meeting of paint
C o n t r a c t o rs
here.
With the new
home market
becoming tight
because of credit
controls, d e
uand for older
Evening star., 1950-10-29

HOnLnS OF 1S5U,
President Will
liam Montgom-
cry told direc-
tors at tn e ir
quarterly meet
ing.
Sales Of new
lif e insurance
in he min e
months exceed
ed $133 million
a n e W h i g h
m ark and AZ
per cent above
a year earlier
|T &C. .
Evening star., 1950-10-29
Metal Quotations

NEW YORK, Oct 2s G9.-spot nom
ferrous metal prices today Copper 24la
cents pound, Connecticut Valley; lead l6
cents pound. East St Louis; tin 81 81 a
pound. New York. At Pittsburgh scrap
steel No. heavy was quoted today at "A
Evening star., 1950-10-29

No wheat. Corn-No. l yellow, So
1.57; No ,, 1861 56s4: No. ;, l'5a: No,
8 yellow, new. 1874. Oats-No / heavy,
white, s612; sample. grade, heavy. white,
s2 n. Barley-Malting, 1.30-l.63 nom
inal feed. 1.05-125 nominal
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
LA HOLIDAY
FACES SUIT

LOS ANGELES Billie Holt
dav. the Nations No ! song sty-
list viii appear in Superior Court
on Feb 9th 10 deny crarecs
made against her by RI Fish
man that she ever sienra ron
tract with him To act as her
manager
Fishman. artists representa-
tive stated in his complaint a.
gainst Lady Day that IN APPEL
l948 his services We're hired bv
the popular singer to be her
manager Miss Holiday admiSt
that he was responsible for The
wonderful concert she gave al
Carnegie Hall in New York City
but she discharged him after the
affair as he had absconded with
more than $4,000 Of the money,
which she has never received
Representing Billie HOLIDAY is
the well-knoWn Attorney Walter
Fishman is not a licensed book
Ing agent and under the state
laws Of California has no au.
thority 10 serve or act IN The
capacity Of booking agent Tor
the singing star
The case grew out OF differ
cnceS with Billie Holiday and
her booking agent. Joe Chaser
president Of the Associated
Booking Corporation. which has
long since been reconciled Mr..
CHASER is now her present book
ing agent.
FiShman now is demanding
$4,000 damages from Billie Holt
day, but according to her adNis-
crs. he has slim chance 10 get
IL OF win his law suit battle.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11

oaif ~ iic tth yOu uldt IL
takes more gadgets. whirligigs.
rollers. forms. chunks of type and
other assorted stuff than you can
imagine 10 put these words Of
mine into print in your news
paper
Why when you see all OF the
complicated machinery that
goes into the printing OF a
newspaper Il kind of makes you
wonder whether ANYTHING
you have TO say could be worth
all the fuss II takes a news
paper TO print I'll
That press is about fifty feet
long and ten feet high and the
paper is in tremendous rolls that
sit in big spools on the machine
and then wind themselves
through the works like a rat
trying to find his way through =
maze in a psychology professors
laboratory.
And yet when the press gets
to rolling, every little chunk of
cast iron starts working towards
the same end and that paper
comes off the other end perfect
".
II starts out q roll of paper
being fed Into q machine. and
when II comes out it's allprinf-
cd Tin two colorsl. folded and
ready 10 send to the corner
nswsis and every page IL In
place. printed just a. the editor
planned II.
Then from there I went 70
visit a friend Of mine who had
once planned 10 be q. doctor.
His ideals were high, but his
money ran short. and now he's
married and has q family and
he can't study any more because
he has 10 support his family. So
he clerks In grocery store.
Cab" he confessed to me Il
feel like the greatest failure IN
the world. I'm wasting my whole
life clerking in = store. I'm about
as useless 10 the world a. could
be-"
And ] got 10 thinking about
that printing press and
didn't say anything then bui
] hope that Tommy Is reading
fhis now because this Il the
answer 10 him and 10 = LOT Of
plain folks doing plain jobs.
II a screw comes loose on this
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11

darkest corner of Alabama Ia
the most remote spot in China.
Negro soldiers in Europe were
themselves surprised at some OF
the tales the natives had heard
about the Apple"
But now Harlem has lost its
glamour. II Is only a name. The
gay mite spots that offered the
best in unforgettable entertain
ment is the thing that drew
most Of the people to Harlem.
and now they are all gone, moth
ing is left Of the days when the
famous Cotton Club. the Ubangi
Club, Smalls Paradise. the Elks
Rendezvous, Jocks Music Room
and all the other historic spots
were talked about from coast
to-coast. Yes. they are all gone
and so is all the glory and pros
perity that went with them.
The entertainment center has
moved downtown so there Is
hardly any need for pleasure
seekers to come uptown. Down
town on the site Of the old Fan
zibar is a new nitery called Bop
City" where for 98c one can sit
in a loge and watch the show
and will not be compelled to buy
a drink.
A few blocks further up B'way
is newly opened spot called
"Birdland," in honor of Saxo-
phonist Charlie "Yardbird" Par
ker. II is run on the same order
as Bop City"
There are those who believe
that Harlem will be its old self
again before. However. in this
case don't think history will
repeat itself but who knows?
Anyway we shall see.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11

~ Nttse Va viz ooNoPAAOhS.
Both Ella and Jacquet come
to the Paradise on the crest Of
successful concert and theatre
tours. Both artists are riding
record hits: Elias latest. Basin
Street Blues" in which she does
a humorous, gravel-throated take
off on Louis Armstrong. has been
selling like hot cakes. Jackuet
likewise is enjoying great pop
ularity with Tinker Polka" and
Blue Satin"
X Both stars are stylists and
champions in their respective
fields. Elias rise. since her dis
covcry by The late Chick Webb
during Harlem amateur hour,
reads like a Cinderella story.
Mrs. Ray Brown
In her off-stage moments. Ella
is Mrs Ray Brown. wife of the
gifted bassist. Who made musical
history with Dizzy Gillespie. In
their spare time. Ella and Ray
catch some rest and good cooking
al their Long Island. N. Y.
home. Ella also devotes consid-
cradle time and energy TO bene-
fits for orphanges. her own or
phaned childhood still remaining
vivid in her mind.
Illinois Jacquet. undisputed
king of the high range in the
sax world. is one Of the mos,
energetic and exciting perform.
ers in show business today. With
his tremendous musicianship and
showmanShip. Jacquet always
manages TO carry audiences
through truly exciting height:
during a performance.
Made Mark In ls43
~ The diminutive saxophone ace
started with Cab Galloway and
Lionel Hampton. He really made
|'his mark when he appeared with
Jazz at the Philharmonic in Los
angeles in l943, and later toured
with them,
Rounding-out the bill with JAG
quet and la Fitzgerald will be
Dusty Fletcher, comic OF "Oper
the Door. Richard" fame and
Cook and Brown. acro-centrics.
Ella and Illinois will give q
special full conccri at the Sat,
urday. Feb. III matinee at pm.
in addition TO the regular show.
The screen fare features John
ny Weismuller in his latest Jun
gle Jim thriller entitled THE
Lost Tribe
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
WJR SALES OVER
MILLION DOLLARS

WJR gross sales reached over
one million dollars in a record
breaking two and one-half month
period between November 18th
and January Sist. Harry Wismer.
general manager and assistant 10
the president revealed today.
The exact figures en- the WJR
books read S1.015.128.25. a new
station sales record fer the period.
This announcement follows two
recent announcements of station
sales records.
The year i949 was the highest
sales year in the "a year history
of the Goodwill Station and De-
cember. l949. set a new monthly
record in gross sales.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
"l2 O'CLOCK HIGH"
TO PREMIERE AT FOX

The Fox theatre will hold the
midwest premiere Of Twentieth
Century Fox's dynamic film.
Twelve O'Clock High" starring
Gregory Peck. starting Friday
Feb. 10th.
The picture is drapatic rec
ord OF the pioneering which the
Eighth Air Force did in light
precision bombing over Germany
early in the war as seen through
the eyes of dozen colorful fly
ers.
1t contains specially staged
crash sequences quite unlike any
ever attempted before as well
as authentic German and Ameri-
can combat footage not previously
released to the public.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
Hawk Builds AS
For Road Jaunt

NEW YORK CITY.-Maestro
Erskine Hawkins has become .
full-fledged AS" bug. The TWEEN.
tieth Century Gabriel was re-
Gently given a AS" PLAYER from
RCA Victor. for whom he re-
cords.
The Hawk was so thrilled with
the miniature PLAYER that he
put away the huge recorder
which he usually carries with
him on the road to try out new
song ideas on wax. and has a
smaller machine, which will take
only AS records blanks. built.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
INK SPOTS
Srur'DTTI En-
PENNY SHOW

NEW YORK.--The Ink Spots
have just been signed to make
guest appearance on radios top
comedy show. the Jack Benny
Stanza. They will be Benny's
guest stars on the Feb. IL broad
cast.
An invitation from the Jack
Benny program. one Of the most
popular shows on radio. is much
sought after by show people since
il has a reputation Of using only
he very top members Of the
theatrical profession as guest
stars.
Second Appearance
Next weeks visit with the
comic and his radio family will
be the Ink Spots second appear
ance on the show. Last year. the
ouartet's take-off on the Lucky
Strike commercial. in the form
Of a parody on IF I Didn't Care"
was voted one OF the funniest
bits to be presented on the air
in i949.
Since then. Jack Benny has
been anxious to have the singers
make repeat appearance on his
program.
Valentine Guests
When Jack Benny arrived In
New York last week to do two
broadcasts. his representatives
and the Gale Agency. which
affairs, got together and worked
handles the Ink Spots theatrical
out the deal for the quartet to
be the comedians Valentines on
Feb. IN
After the contracts had been
signed, Benny visited the sing
ers at the Capitol Theatre. where
they had been held over because
Of their tremendous drawing
power and pretended that he
had momentarily forgotten that
the quartet hadn't been on his
show for more than q year when
he desdpsnned. you boys did
a great job with your parody on
my sponsor. How about an en-
core?"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11

NEW YORK.-Illinois Jacquet.
the renowned dynamo of the
Saxophone." proved that he is
one Of the most exciting. modern
Jazz instrumentalists as he rocked
Harlem's famous Savoy Ballroom
to its very rafters and estab-
lished an all-time attendance
record on a. two-day weekend
stand last Saturday and Sum
day.
The frantic tenorman and his
high-nying Sextette brought al
most 10000 paid admissions
through the Savoy turnstiles,
and an estimated 5000 more
were turned away when police
and fire department officials
halted the sale OF tickets as a
safety precaution.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11

TO function; II any little part
stops :. you have TO stop the
whole press and get IL working
again before the paper can roll.
It's the same thing in life. II
one little guy stops working, il
throws the machinery out OF
whack. II he stops clerking, then
the grocery store gets all fouled
up because people count on him
to do his job. No matter what
your job is, you are in on the
running OF the world. You're a
very important cog in keeping
things going right
Now. when I said that news
paper comes out perfectly. I
was exssgersiins q LITTLE. Some
PLACE there's probably word
mis- spelled or . piece OF broken
type. but eli In all the paper
looks darn good.
That's the way with us. We all
do our job and maybe the world
isn't perfect: maybe there's a
flaw here and there. but the
machine we make keeps the
world right. And were all inn
portant In that project. And don't
forget Il, Tommy
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
Free Ella Records

The first fifty persons At
the Dor office on Friday. Feb
10th, opening day Of the JAG
quet and Fitzgerald stage show
will receive copies Of Fila
FItzgerald's latest Decca hit
basin Street Blues" The trick
Is that they must The sure 10
say 10 the doorman. Leroy
Sent Me"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11

NEW YORK.-Milt Buckner,
the roly-poly keyboard wizard,
will hit the record stalls next
week with a new MGM release
coupling Yesterdays" and Buck
A-Boo," which is being touted
by those in the know in the
record industry as an even great
er piece of wax than his current
MGM best-seller. Mills Boogie"
and IN. B. Blues"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11

VIM - - - NNsaAaANH
Every nook and corner fea-
iured some sort of entertainment,
and this famous-section of New
York was indeed almost won
derland with all its gayety, and
laughter and colorful characters.
Cadillacs owned mostly by res
identS of Harlem lined the curbs
while chauffeur-driven limou-
slnes pulled up in front Of the
gay spots and unloaded such
people as the Duke and Duchess
Of Windsor and many OF Holly
woods most famous stars. Yes,
everybody came to Harlem and
as result this gay, intriguing
Borough became known from the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
BUDDY JOHNSON SETS
SOUTHERN JAUNT

NEW YORK. DIRECT from a
series Of outstanding eastern tri-
umphs Buddy Johnson. one IF
the hottest names in show bust
ness. will embark upon four
months one-niter tour of the
south. southwest and midwest
Feb. 49, with a one-night stand
in Wilmington. N c.
Buddy his blockbusting band
and vocalists Ella Johnson and
Arthur Prysock will remain in
the hinterlands until the end Of
MAY when they return to New
York for engagements at Bop
City and the Strand Theatre on
Broadway.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
Free Movies at Utley

Free movies will be shown at
the Utley Branch Library. Wood
ward at Alger, Monday, Feb. l3.
at 8 p. m.
Titles of the films are TYPE
Speaks (Color)." Might Mail, A"
and Wyoming and its Natural
Resources.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
Sarah Vaughan
Makes Triumphant
Return

LOS ANGELES. Calif-Sl
auehan, the ~ le LADY
The Mage Voice who FIN.
q weeks stand az Deiroits -
aise theatre viii make a
phant retuf0 to the West 20,
Feb 49, 70 open twt.av
engagement Al the Oasis Nv
here
The incompatible Mise
lated 20 remain on The W
Coas for several months F
lowing hen say AZ the Oasis
Nll play CAeascmenis IN s
Francisco Oakland and Scat
and a couple Of weeks IN Brit
Columbia
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
Jose Limon Dance
Unit Slated Here

The Dance Consultants' Com
miicc Of the Jewish Community
Center announces the appear
ance OF Jose Limon and his dance
company Feb % al the Institute
of Arts Auditorium.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
Motor City GALAXY
BY wigsie Blue
BY NICK LATouR

NEW YORK CITY.-Harlem the part York City that
referred to the land of home
happy feet and hep cats part great
Metropolis that trip to the big City complete without
tour Of Harems mite spots which the most cele-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
I'VE BEEN THINKING
By Cab Galloway

Yesterday had couple of experiences got
thinking about subject for todays column First stopped
wellington j. to visit the plant where the New Jersey
ora is printed Chats OF the which column
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-11
Ella, Jacquet Top
Paradise Revue

Another double header will unfold Theatre
Friday Feb TO- featuring the First Lady Song" Ella
aid Illinois Jacquet mighty Of the Saxophone
Laurel outlook., 1950-05-10

serve their health and appearance
If the pruning is proper, the tree
will be better able to stand ad-
verse environmental conditions
Along with this we must apply
correct pruning wound treatments
in order to prevent the entry of
plant disease fungi. Various wound
paints are recommended.
The elimination of narrow, "
shaped crotches will do much to
develop a strong tree. Branches
that form U-shaped crotches are
desired as these do not have a
tendency to split at the base as
the V-shaped crotches. During the
life of the tree, the elimination of
small, unthrifty branches from the
inner areas of the tree will be help
full. Branches that are partially or
entirely dead should be removed.
Those broken by a storm should
be taken out as soon as possible.
Branches that rub against others
are more of a liability than asset.
Those interfering with wires are