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Evening star., 1950-02-02
D. {. Postal Receipts
In January Show
Lao Behind 1949
By Edward c. Stone

Receipts at the City Post Office
declined In the first month of 1850
January postal revenues amounted
to $1,516,402 as compared with
s1,558,092 in January, 1949. de-
crease of $41. 500 or 2.67 per cent,
Postmaster Roy M. North an
nounced today.
The January letdown in income
followed the December all-time
high mark of $2,440,882, an in
crease over the same month a
year ago of s242.113 or II per cent.
After such unusual postal activity,
the January decrease caused little
eurprise.
Reserve Bank Earnings Up.
Total current earnings of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond for 1949 amounted to $2O,-
260,752 against $19. 9.697 ,068 in 194S,
the bank reported in the 35th
yearly statement.
Operating expenses called for
$5,386,870, leaving current net
earnings of $14,873,882 in COM
parison with $14,769,403 a year
earlier. Profits on sales of United
States Government securities in
l949 totaled almost 100000.
Dividends paid member banks
during the year amounted to
s539,947, compared with the lower
total in 1948 of $508,236. Surplus
increased more than $1,000, 900,
according to President Hugh
Leach.
Virginia Bankers Advanced.
~ Peoples National Charlottes-
Vale, Va, has promoted Jesse P.
Donnally, D. o. Worthington and
w. w. Harrison from assistant
vice presidents to vice presidents.
Peoples National, at Lexington,
mas elected B. L. Cagey president
10 succeed w. M. McElwee, who
retired at 80 after Is years as
head of the bank.
Jack w. Nurney has been elect
ed president of the National Bank
OF Suffolk, succeeding Judge
James l.. McLemore, now chair
man of the board, who had been
president 81 years.
Offices Established Here.
headquarters of the National
Barrel & Drum Association have
been moved to Washington from
Newark. N. j., Morris Hershson,
Evening star., 1950-02-02

H0ufIy Sa1es on the ExchanKe Today:
11:00 am. $50 600 1900 noon $40 ooc
100 p-m.- seo 900 900 pm. boo ooc
fUnit OF trading 10 shares. s1n hanr.
ruptcy or receivership or being reorranize,,
under the Bankruptcy Act or securities
assumed BY such companies. Rates OF diyi-
disbursements based on the last ouarteriy
or semiannual declaration. Unless other.
wise noted. special or extra dividends are
xr Ex rights Also extra or extras. Plus
stock dividend Cash or stock. eDe-
clared or paid 50 far this year Payable
dend date. Paid last year. b Declared
pr paid after stock dividend or split up,
x Declared or paid this wear. an accunuia-
tive issue with dividends In arrears Paid
this year. dividend omitted, deferred or no
action taken at last dividend meeting
Ipeclarsd 1949 payable IN 1910. , Liuui-
cash value undetermined on declaration
Evening star., 1950-02-02

president, an
nounced today.
Miss Margar-
ct A. Smith has
been appointed
executive secre-
tary of the as
ISOLATION, COM
prised of 80 per
c e n t of the
country's recon-
ditioners a n d
dealers in bar
rels and drums.
She was for
merly in Office
work on Cap
Evening star., 1950-02-02
Metui Quotations

NEW YORK. Feb. 2 R.-spot non
ferrous metal prices today: Copper, 1SH
q pound. Connecticut Valley. lead, IL a
pound New York; zinc. ga g. pound
last ct. Louis.
Evening star., 1950-02-02
Washington Exchange

Peoples Drug commonly at 361z. ~
Potomac Electric Power common-5O at g.
CAPITAL Transit--15 at 27a, 25 at 271a.
Woodward d. Lothrop common-2O at
35h, 25 at 35h
Riggs National Bank common-1O at 375.
Potomac Electric Power common-3O at
16, 90 at 16, at 1534, 20 at l6.
Evening star., 1950-02-02
Chicago Livestock

Inc ChtHso hOg market opened mod
erately active and around steady to 25
cents q hundred pounds higher today
at 1928 and up to I7.75. but some were
held for higher figures. Receipts were only
1000 head below trade expectations, how
ever: Cattle and sheep prices opened
steady.
Evening star., 1950-02-02


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Chic 2-3s 93 1914
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Evening star., 1950-02-02
Dividends Announced

= NEW YORK, Feb. QP.-Dividends de-
clared:
Pc Stock of Pay
Il Rate. riod. Record. able.
Evening star., 1950-02-02
IN. Y. Bond Market

LIST INCLUDES ONL
Furnished bv the
NEW YORK CITY
IS so 1o6 15i
Evening star., 1950-02-02

Ly SELECTED ISSUES
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-01-01

Newly-elected Tyre Lodge Of
ficers who will be inaugurated at
a banquet-dance at the New Wash
ington Hotel on Feb. 4, are: Guido
Almanzor, worshipful master; c.
L. Camarillo, senior warden; Eust-
aquio Ramos, Junior warden; Sill
vino Tallido, secretary; Gavino
Soliven, treasurer.
Others are Fernando Ferrera,
chaplain; Milton Piano, senior dea-
con; Dominador Agustin, junior
chaplain; Million Piano, senior dea-
steward; Patrocinio Ancheta, jun
ior steward; Prudepcio p. Mort,
orator; Johnny Castillo, lecturer;
Crispulo Boccat, almoner; Able
Garcia, marshall; Sam Aladdin,
tyler.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-01-01

During the holiday whirlwind
of social activities, our staff pho
tOgrapher caught glimpses of
few of our "socialites" in the
spotlight. Above shows Vice
Consul /. d. Cornista showing
his educated legs down Argen-
tina way" (rhumba, to you) with
one of the top eligible bachelor
cites of the community, Miss Luz
LangOey. There is beauty in
their rhythmic movements and
architectural rhythm in his part
ner's beauty.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-09-01

ever ever al app Pressing gently with fork
o p ~ ~ fluting edge. Snip 3 Or or :
sma, mai 40 40 minutes until golden
a brown in hot oven (425 ,: .u
u. osa-anr, For 1-crust pie shell
make half recipe; Place &c ro asg,,
dough in pie pan. Pr nc =, t'g WHITES
M IN very hot oven (475) ), p..,,,.
ELL. y9 sold IN parts Of the South 0 0' B axe
sn .sb Tsd,res Dq PIES about 80 minutes.
a .s san,amber Gold Meda'
A'a aakss Wonderful srsad'
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-09-01

No tricky steps! You stir all together
between waxed paper That's all you dol
Guaranteed better than pastry
to make of the of homemakes testing this recipe
much easier than other methodist
Expert beginner make a tender pastry every
tmel Pastry that stays crisp and fresh for days
Sfof with The Betty Croker Staff General Mills
this exciting make full SUPERIOR baking
qualities OF Gold Medal "KcheneSd Enriched Betty
cannot promise perfect results other -four Gold Medals
superb baking qualities help perfect STRN ROLL pastry me
FO of refunded
aII nec God Mega Flour ard WessO or not superior pastry made
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Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-09-01
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srlR-N-RoLL PASTRY Kfeirl

rrehsa' oven - cups sftsd Gold Medo Flour
l. N"'~ 'os *#lH self
,,ust once VI Weston on on. ,s
400 an S - " cold whole wv"
:, rs0tlv until t mixed; Round up dough ). DIVIDE
2 Then Faften half slightly. vea paper dim
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Evening star., 1950-03-19

when the executive order was
issued to blanket" into perma-
nent status all war service and
temporary workers who had been
in the Government since before
March 16. 1942.
The order did say that they
would have to undergo some sort
of test to get permanent status,
but the employees involved as
sumed it would just be routine.
Many agency officials felt the
same way. As one of them said:
These employees are of the high
est caliber and have done excel
lent jobs. But. for some reason or
other. they become absolutely
flustered at the thought of TAX
ing any kind of examination and
consequently failed. We don't see
why they should have to take a
regular examination to prove
their ability - they've already
proved that to us in the years of
capable service they've given us"
However, the Civil Service Com
mission apparently felt differently.
These employees have been given
the same type of tough examina~
ton that they previously were
given. They were told: IF you
get a mark of 10 or better, you
will be eligible for permanent
status"
II that's the case. what good
was the presidential "blanketing
in" order. these employees asks.
A mark of 10 or better is required
on any civil service test.
The marks of the "blanketing
in" exam have not yet been an
nounced. but many Of those who
took the test already have de-
SPARED of getting passing grade
That's why they feel that the
"blanketing in" order meant ab-
solutely nothing.
Civil service officials say that
the merit system requires" all
employees to take an exam to Sc
cure permanent status. But i,
Evening star., 1950-03-19
| WCTU Fears Loss
|Of Atom Secrets;
Wants DryD.C.
By the Associoted Press

EVANSTON, Ill, Mar. 18.-The
president of the National Woman'S S
Christian Temperance Union won
ders if alcohol could play a part
in any thefts of atomic secrets.
But she said fatty that the
District of Columbia should be
under prohibition.
Mrs. d. Leigh Colvin, WCTU
head. said in a statement today:
eff drinking at Potsdam and
Yalta was to the disadvantage of
our diplomats then what disasters
can be avoided in our National
Capital, where the amount of
liquor consumed is three times the
high national average? 4 50
with so much alcohol flowing
so freely. one wonders il the only
reason drink has not appeared as
a factor in thefts of atomic secrets
is that no one has taken the trou-
BILE to expose it,"
She proposed that Congress
vote Washington dry if enough
constituents demand such action.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
BY the Associated Press

LEXINGTON, N. Y, Mar. 18.-
DR.. Wallace E. Howell concluded
his search tonight for site to 10
cate headquarters of his $4,000
rain-making project for New York
City.
II will report my finding to
Water Commissioner Stephen j.
Carney in New York Monday" DR..
Howell said, "and he will robably
announce the decision for a loca-
tion."
For the past two days DR.. How
ell has driven and climbed
through the Catskill Mountains
looking for a location for his radio
and radar stations.
BY radar. during the next six
months, DR.. Howell will test cloud
formations over the New York
City watershed and by radio he
will direct flights of police depart
ment planes which will drop pei
lets of dry ice into the clouds he
selects.
DR.. Howell covered about 300
miles of mountain roads looking
for sites that would be high
enough to locate his radar equip
mert and at the same time noun
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Tobacco Sales Favorable

The Maryland Tobacco Cooper
ative reported yesterday it has
sold at favorable prices 100000
of the 3 million pounds of tobacco
1t bought last year.
General Manager Paul T. Mac
Kie said about 95 per cent Of the
leaf has been shipped to Europe
Much of the tobacco brought;mo
than the 544 cents a pound aver
age received for the 1948 crop, he
said.
The cooperative, locally oper-
ated and backed by Federal f.
nancing. began functioning last
year when the Government price
support program was inaugurated
in Maryland. 'a<
Evening star., 1950-03-19
British Minister SCOTS g.
At Ideu of New Election
BY the Asseeiofed Press


LONDON. Mar. 18.-Labor Min
lister George Isaacs tonight scoffed
at the idea that another British
general election will be held in
two or three months. 1...
1--WE are going to carry on as a
government for a good time yet"
he told a meeting in Southwark.
IF the Tories want us to go, let
them get us out"
If the government should lose a
contest on a major issue, it would
resign and bring about new elec-
tions. So far it has won three
test votes by small majorities.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
cAA to. Follow Navy
In Abdndonine Midway
By the Associoted Pres,

|. HONOLULU. Mar. l8.-The
Civil Aeronautics Administration
has decided to follow the Navy's
lead and abandon Midway Island
scene Of a decisive American sea
air victory over the Japanese in
1912.
CAA Director Charles F. Horne,
who is visiting Hawaii, said plans
have been made to cease opera
tions at Midway about May l and
remove its 20 personnel and equip
ment by June.
The Navy already has an
nounced plans to remove its 300
man garrison before June 80.
Pan American Airways, which
uses the tiny island as a refueling
point, reported it had not decided
whether to continue it's. own
ground crew there or shift the
operation to Wake Island.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Rain Maker Sets His Sites:
VILLAGERS Fearful of Flood

tains that would be accessible for
the transportation of heavy equip
ment.
Residents of this snowbound Rip
Van Wrinkle land are somewhat
apprehensive as to what may hap
pen when this shy, young Harvard
scientist comes into these noun
tains to make rain.
Some of us are afraid Of being
flooded out" said Garageman
James Ford in Phoenicia.
The people around here re-
member a flood 16 years ago that
destroyed much of their property.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Frank Luther to Visit
+ChiIdren's Hospital f:

] Frank Luther, Decca recorder
of children's songs and stories, will
visit Children's Hospital tomorrow
under the joint sponsorship of the
Red Cross Entertainment Serv-
ice and the Hecht Co.
Mr.. Luther will begin a tour
of the post-polio and other wards
at 2 pm. His best known record
perhaps. is Peter Cottontail and
Floppy', according to Mrs. An
thony Muto, chairman of the Red
Cross Entertainment Service. He
is here for a personal appearance
at the Hecht record shop.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Miller Says Organization
Lost Chance in Virginia

Francis Pickens Miller, leader of
anti-Byrd forces in Virginia, de-
clared yesterday the State Demo-
cratic organization failed to "seize
the initiative and re-establish its
leadership" at the recent General
Assembly session.
Mr.. Miller, who ran second to
Gov. Battle in last August's Demo-
cratic primary. said the people
expected, but failed to get action
on three issues.
He said they wanted to have
their right to vote guaranteed in
the Constitution; to have a larger
measure of control over. local af-
fairs, and a public school system
worthy of Virginia. (AP).
Evening star., 1950-03-19
III Drown as TrawIer
Sinks After Collision
|0ff Halifax Harbor
BY the Assoeioied Press

HALIFAX, N. S., Mar. 18.-The
trawler Gertrude de Costa was
rammed and sunk early today
after a hard luck cruise on the
fishing banks. Eleven Of her crew
Of II were drowned.
The inter-island steamer Con-
hector, outbound for st. Johns,
Mid. collided with the trawler in
the darkness off Halifax.
Both vessels are of Canadian
registry. The 115-foot trawler
was out of Yarmouth, N. S. All
the dead were Nova Scotians ex-
cept one from Grand Bank, Mild.
Inquiry Planned.
Transport Minister Lionel Chew
rier announced in Ottawa that an
inquiry will be opened at once.
The Gertrude de Costa picked
up only light load of fish on the
banks. Fishing has been poor this
season. A few days ago a dory
upset and one crewman was lost.
His dory mate. Morton Tanner.
was rescued.
Mr.. Tanner was one of the II
who died today.
The trawler's skipper, Capt. Has
lem Knickle. also went down with
the ship.
Robert Parker. one Of the half
dozen men rescued by the Con-
hector. said he was at the wheel
just before the crash.
Skipper Took Wheel.
1--WE saw her coming and the
skipper gave me the hard over or
der" he said. "Then he took the
wheel himself just before the
crash. She hit us almost straight
on at the after end"
The trawler's elderly cook, Ed
ward Tanner. said a cry by some
one to "lower the sails" awakened
him just before the crash.
Il rushed out on deck" he said.
Some one near the stacked dories
was yelling for a knife to cut them
loose. but no one had one. 7 ran
below and got one and took a
couple of swipes at the ropes before
she went under. My arms were
twisted in the rigging as she sank.
I still don't know how I'm here.
I went down with her and then
came up in the wreckage near
bunch of dories. Somehow they
got loose"
Five hours after the collision the
body Of one of the dead washed
ashore at Maugher's Beach, at the
harbor entrance.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Road Work to Start

Two hundred highway projects
are expected to get underway in
Virginia about April /, weather
permitting.
The State Highway Department
placed the value of the 204 road
and bridge projects at $31.6 mil
lion. Some were carried over from
last years construction season;
others were placed under contract
during the winter.
The improvements will cover
300 miles of roads and SIS bridges.
A dozen railroad overheads, elm
mating narrow or inadequate
crossings are included.-AP.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Winter Strikes Hard
AT Eastern u. S.;
Gales Delay Ships
By the Associated Press

Waning winter swung haymak-
ers yesterday at the Northeastern
seaboard, the Southern plains and
the Midwest.
Gales lashed the Atlantic, delay
ing inbound ships from one to
two days. Heavy snowstorms
struck Maine and upper New York
State. In the heart of the Nation,
third storm, laden with snow
and swirling out of the Southern
plains boiled toward the Midwest.
Three deaths attributed to the
weather were recorded in upper
New York and a fourth in Law
renee, Mass.
2 Storms Over Atlantic.
Winds up to 40 miles an hour
struck New York City's Manhattan
borough. La Guardia Field, in the
borough of Queens, reported gusts
up to So miles. Planes, however,
continued to operate on schedule.
Two storms lowered over the
Atlantic. one moving out to sea
from Portland, Maine. Another
swept northeast over the ocean
about 400 miles east Of Newfound-
land. ,--.ge---.e -.-..-,-
Ships scheduled to arrive in New
York were reported one to two
days late because of wild seas,
The craft included the Queen
Mary, the Franconia, the Italian
liner Conte Biancamano, the Navy
troopship Gen. Maurice Rose, and
the Holland-American liner Veen-
dam.
| General Temperature Drop.
Temperatures dropped in the
areas from North Carolina to
Kansas.
Maine had up to IA inches of
snow. In upstate New York, falls
up to four and a half inches were
reported and two more inches
were expected last night.
In the Plains States, southwest
Kansas had two-inch snow fall
that cheered wheat farmers. It
was the first appreciable moisture
in the region since October. Gar
den City, Kans., has had only a
quarter Of an inch of moisture
since November /.
More Cold Predicted.
Another widespread area of
snow extended from western Kan
sas and eastern Colorado across
western Nebraska to the western
Dakotas and parts of Montana
and Wyoming. Rapid City, S. OAK,
has had nine inches of snow since
Friday.
Heavy snowfalls were expected
in northern Illinois and Indiana
last night and today.
In an experimental monthly
forecast, Jerome Mamias, chief of
the Weather Bureaus extended
forecast section at Washington,
predicted 80 more days of unusual
cold for the Eastern two-thirds of
the country.
Mr.. Mamias' long-range fore
cast was about normal weather
in the Western third of the coun-
try. He expected rainfall heavier
than usual for the South Central
Southeastern. and Northwestern
sections Of the country and about
normal elsewhere.
Evening star., 1950-03-19

this is the case, why did President
Truman issue the ''blanketing in
order in the first place? ask the
employees involved.
They're particularly bitter about
higher -salaried employees in some
OF the more important Govern
ment jobs, who also are affected
by the "blanketing in order.
Many of these employees are, not
being required to take an exam
because Of the nature OF the Job.
They're just given an unassembled
non-written) exam and auto
matically receive permanent sta
tus.
The clerical workers are won
dering whether the permanent
status directive was just a device
to give status to this group OF
higher-paid employees, some OF
whom got their jobs in the early
part Of the war through political
or personal patronage.
\ X y i
DEFENSE PERSONNEL OF
FICES-Gen. Joseph T. McNarney
chairman of the Defense Man
agement Committee, says that the
department plans to reduce the
number Of its civilian employees
engaged in personnel work.
At present. the ratio of per-
sonnel Office employees to civilian
workers is / to 80 for the Navy, i
to S6 for the Army, and ! to IS for
the Air Force. Gen. McNarney
says the plan is to increase the
ratio to one personnel employe
for every 100 civilian workers.
X X X II
GAO-Between 90 and 100 non
veteran career employees in the
General Accounting Offices audit
ing division have been down.
graded in salaries by from one to
three grades. The downgradings
affect employees in the GS-3 to
GS-S categorleS.
GAO officials say the down.
gradings were made to save the
employees jobs. They declare that
the particular jobs have been de-
clared surplus" and the employees
have been assigned lower paying
positions in other units. Nom
veteran career employees complain
that veterans with less seniority
escaped any downgradings.
X X \ X
GPO-The Government Print
ing Office has announced a two
per cent pay raise for its non.
negotiating hourly rated employees
(Be sure to listen at GAS pm.
euery Saturday over WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
| ne,Ds and uie,Ds OF the Govern
nent Scene.)
Evening star., 1950-03-19
BY the Associated Press

ATLANTA, Mar. 18.-Two of
the South's largest newspapers
the Atlanta Journal and the At
lanta Constitution - announced
today they have agreed to merge.
Front page statements were
published in both newspapers.
These said economic reasons
figured largely in the move. FL
nancial details were not disclosed.
The Journal is an afternoon
and Sunday paper and the Con-
stitution a morning and Sunday
paper. They are the only dailies
of general circulation in Atlanta.
Clark Howell, president and
publisher of the Constitution Pub
fishing Co., and James NJ Cox,
chairman of the board of the At
lanta Journal Co., made the an
nouncement.
The announcement said the
agreement ''is subject to the ap-
proval of certain Government
agencies" but "it is assumed this
approval will be forthcoming
without undue delay"
The Journal has a daily cir
culation of 245,035 and Sunday
circulation of 307,507. The Con-
stitution's daily circulation is 180.-
948 and Sunday circulation 216,-
956.
To Combine Sunday Editions.
The statement said the effect
of the merger would be that the
Constitution would continue in
the morning field and the journal
in the afternoon field, with a COM
bined Sunday edition.
The editorial policies will re-
main independent. Mr.. Howell
will continue as president and
publisher of the Constitution, and
the Journal will remain under
the guidance of Mr.. Cox.
Both newspapers will continue
to publish and transact all busi-
ness in their present plants.
The Constitution has been
owned by the Howell family for
generations. The Journal was
purchased by Mr.. Cox, former
Governor of Ohio, in 1889.
Both papers operate radio sta
tions. WSB, and Journals station,
was the first newspaper owned
station in the South, and is more
than 25-years-old. WCON, the
CONSTITUTIONS station, went on the
air little more than two years
ago.
The Journal also owns television
station WSB-TV and the Consti-
tuition building a television sta
ton to go on the air early this
summer.
Journal President George Big
gers said. however, that when
the merger is projected radio sta
ton WCON and WCON-TV must
be disposed of to- meet Federal
Communications Commission reg
ulations.
Since the newspaper merger in
wolves radio and video stations,
approval of the FEC is required.
Both Occupy New Plants.
Both newspapers occupy new.
and modern plants. The Consti-Y
tuition has been IN its new build-
ing about two years; the Journal
about Is months.
Mr.. Cox also owns the Miami
Daily News, the Dayton, Ohio,
Daily News and the Dayton Jour-
nal Herald, the Springfield, Ohio,
News, the. Springfield. Ohio, Sun
and radio stations WHO'D, Miami,
and WHO and WHIO-TV, Day.
ton.
The statement printed by both
newspapers. follows: rH -.sa'e.
"RllnOrS perSiSt that the two