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Evening star., 1951-05-24
New Abram Simon Schoo|
To Be Dedicated Tonight

Dedication exercises for the new
= .Abram Simon Elementary School
at Fourth street and Mississippi
avenue Sc. will be held at 8
o'clock tonight, with School Supt.
Hobart M. Corning as the prin-
cipal speaker.
The new school, opened earlier
this year. is named for the late
DR.. Abram Simon, a former pres
tdent of the Board of Education.
Mrs. Simon will present por-
trait of her husband to the school
during the exercises. Rabbi Nor
man Gerstenfeld will pay tribute
to DR.. Simon, and the Washington
Hebrew Congregation will present
O plaque in his honor.
c. Melvin Sharpe, presient OF
the Board of Education. will at
tend the exercises with other
board members.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Natures

These cousins of the heron are
seen almost everywhere throughout
Africa and Egypt. They hitch-hike
during the day on the backs of
elephants, buffaloes and cattle. Too
lazy to hunt in the high grass for
grasshoppers and such, they snap
up the insects that swarm about
the slow moving animals.
The rookery is crowded tene-
ment in the branches of the Eu-
phorbia, a cactus-like tree with
many branches. Often they will
overload branch with 5000 large
nests. These nurseries are not
noteworthy; the builders using short
lengths of twigs and grass stems
for the reception of the four pale
blue eggs composing the clutch
The mothers brood the eggs with
a feeling of security, since their
mates are not far away.
At this time the birds are quite
handsome. They are more robust
in build than their heron cousins.
Their pink eyes and lores contrast
with the reddish buff of crown,
neck, breast and back. The cream
colored edges along the wing CO.
verts are decorative.
When the food-laden mother re-
turns from market, there is a ter
rible din. The fedglings in their
greedy haste often knock over a
younger more wobbly brother or
sister He goes plummeting to the
Evening star., 1951-01-27
By LiIIion Cox Athey

ground, bouncing like rubber ball
on the branches below. On the
ground, he walls. Nothing will save
him from the ever eager mongoose.
His parents apparently do not
notice his danger.
The fathers have a habit of
gathering in clusters in the top of
the tenement tree Here posing like
statutes, they play game known
as King on the Mountain" Two
fellow playmates fly toward an indi-
vidual to knock him off his position
If they succeed, they own the spot.
The noise reaches a climax when
the screaming fathers add their din
to the clucking mothers and
squawking young.
Sometimes, the big Black-headed
Herons keep the Egrets segregated
in the lowest floors of the Euphorbia
tenement. Their relatives have
taken over the top branches and
the larger nests are always occu-
pied by a snake-headed matroll.
baby sitting
Evening star., 1951-01-27
4 One-Minute Test of Your
NEWS QUIZ
By Tom Henry

I. DOMESTIC How much
of the proposed $7.6 billion
budget for 1852 Is allocated
to domestic programs?
T-How many
nations-besides the United
States have ground forces
fighting in Korea?
8. SPEEDY-How long did
it take a Canadian 4-jet pas
senger transport to fly from
Chicago to New York in
recent trial flight?
4. UPSET-What event was
voted 1950's top sports upset?
S. QUOTES-What Ameri-
can said: II want peace in
the world. But I don't want
peace at any price. I want
peace with freedom and
justice?
Answers.
/. $9.8 billion as compared
with $8.4 billion in the cur
rent year. 2. Ten: also 6
countries have warships and
5 have aircraft. 3. l hour,
AZ minutes. 4. Navy's victory
over the undefeated Army
football team. 5. President
Truman.
Tom Henry's "Quiz EN-"
appears every Sunday in This
Week Magazine with The Star.
Evening star., 1951-01-27

ton of Bob Lincoln, the name given
the bird because its call was thought
to sound like Bob Lincoln"
@. Why is the Garden of Eden
so called?-H. T.
A. Eden is Hebrew for delight;
pleasure; place of pleasure" Para
disc, another name for the Garden
of Eden. is from the Greek para
deisos, park, inclosure, pleasure
ground"
@. Will you please analyze the
name of Houdini, the famous escape
expert?-F.
A. His real name is Enrich Weiss
He coined the name Houdini from
Houdin, French magician whom
he greatly admired. Houdini was OF
Hungarian-Jewish extraction.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Clearinghouse.

Burlington: A friend tells me
"pixilated" means crazy" I think
it means drunk" Are we both
Wrong?-I. J. McC.
Answer: PiXilated is from pixie
led, "bewildered or crazed by pixies, :"
hence, in United States slang, COO
coo, balmy, nutty.
Kansas City: Who said, You
can't make a silken purse from a
soWs ear"?-H.
Answer: The first version was
George Ee"bert's 1885 1882: "OI
pigs tail you can never make a
ccod shaft" The modern version
vas doubtless popularized by John
Wolcot in Lord B. and His
Notions:
You cannot make, my Lord, I fear,
A velvet purse of a sow's ear.
Bellingham: For our seventh
grade English class, please give us
the correct pronunciation of "bou-
quet. Room 210.
Answer: In America, two pro-
nunciations are recognized: Boo
Evening star., 1951-01-27
axe Ny Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby

KAY and boe-KAY; but whether
you say boo" or "boe-," keep the
accent on the second syllable. Avoid
"BOE-kay."
@. Is it correct to speak of spiders
as insects?-T. M. B.
A. Strictly speaking, no. Insects
are flies, bees, wasps, etc, whose
bodies appear to be almost divided.
Insect is from the Latin insecare,
ito cut in
Spiders are arachnids (uh-RACK-
nidz), from the Greek arachne,
Spider" In Greek mythology
Arachne was a maiden who chal-
lenged the goddess Atllere to con-
test in weaving. Atheno became
angry and struck the girl, who
hanged herself. But Athene, not
satisfied with her revenge, brought
poor Arachne back to life and
turned her into a spider.
@. Will you please explain how
the bobolink got it's peculiar name
because it bobs up and DOWN.
Mrs. A. w. A.
A. Sorry, no. Boblink is a corrup-
Evening star., 1951-01-27
YuqosIuv Theuters Increase

BELGRADE. - Since prewar
1889 the number of legitimate
theaters in Yugoslavia has risen
from 20 to 81. Motion-picture
theaters have risen from Alb to
over 1000.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Fish Lives Under Sand

HONOLULU. A f1athead fish
found in the area around Bikini
Atoll lives under shallow water,
completely covered by sand ex-
cept for its mouth. 1t is the exact
color of the Bikini sand.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Word Game
Find 49 or more words in
NERG ETC,

meaning, "forceful. strenuous. p"
Average is 46; limit, 35 minutes.
Rules-Words must be of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition of IS" such as bats. -
"cats," are not used. Only one form Of a
word is used Proper names are not used.
A list will be published Monday.
Answer to EXPIsCATE.
ease, east. epic. escape, exits. eXacts,
excite, expiate, excise, expect, exist, past,
paste. pate, pact, pace, peat, pest, peace,
pieces, ptce, safe, scat scape sepia. sect,
seat, sept, sext, seep site. spice space,
spite, spit specie, spate. steep. step, caste,
cast. case, cape, cest. cite, cist: apeX,
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Coffee Output Expanded

The Dominion Republic is ex-
panding its coffee and sugar pro-
duction.
Evening star., 1951-01-27

BIO THE EVENIN G
SATURDAY
Goren on Bridge
Both vulnerable. South deals.
NORTH
A104
0Q102
nA105
+AJ863
WEST. EAST.
AQ8732 AAJ9
1854 2.J863
o863 HJ742
asa &K1O
SOUTH
AK65
0AK7
nKQ9
IQ972
The bidding:
South West North East
INT Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
Opening lead, three of spades.
Unfortunately for some, the play
of the cards at contract bridge can
not be completely mastered by
slogans. At best, these are but a
poor substitute for thinking, Bat
tie cries, such as second hand
low" third hand high" lead
through strength" etc, etc, are
intended primarily for those people
who find thinking a burden and
looking too much of an effort.
There is another bromide that
has gained considerabl currency.
1t is perhaps the confusing phrase,
''never flnesse against your part
ner." This motto is intended to
convey the idea that when dummy
contains no important card in the
suit led, third hand should always
play his highest. But there was
method to East's f1neSse against
nothing in today's hand.
West opened the three of spades
and dummy played low, Since
there is nothing in dummy to be
captured, it would normally be cor
rect for East to play the ace. But
attention to the bidding will make
1t clear to East that his partner
probably has no high cards except
perhaps the queen of spades. How
can he tell this? Well, South
opesed with a vulnerable one no.
trump for which bid he would re-
ouire the ace and king of hearts,
the king, queen of diamonds, and,
since he has no better than the
queen in clubs, it seemed that he
would be more apt to have the king
than the queen of spades. True
enough, even with the queen of
spades he would still have Is
points. but with the two black suits
so thinly protected he might have
preferred an Introductory minor
suit bid to a vulnerable one-no-
trump opening, East, therefore,
decided to place the king of spades
with declarer. Now. then, if the
ace is taken. South will not come
up with the king until the third
round and West will never be able
to obtain the lead.
The best play by third hand is,
therefore, the jack. This will force
declarer to take the trick at once.
True enough, South can circum-
vent this plot by refusing to take
the trick, but that would probably
indicate failure on your part to
hold the cards sufficiently close to
the waistcoat. The club f1nesse, Of
course, must be tried and when you,
as East, get in and follow with the
ace and another spade, the defense
rolls up five tricks.
The contrary minded players will
suggest that this play by third
hand might have been costly if
South held the queen of spades in
stead of the king. 1t should be
pointed out, however, that the con-
tract would still be defeated if
West held five spades.
Copyright, 1851, by Charles H. Goren)
Evening star., 1951-03-02

DETROIT, Mar. 2.-Prince, the
lion which can't get along with
tigers, is at it~again.
Last night he tried to kill a
second tigress - Rosie - in Clyde
Beatty's Shrine Circus animal
show.
Rosie was bitten up but penicil-
lin is expected to save her.
Prince, Sheba, Rosie and other
assorted lions and tigers came to
town February 10 with Beatty's
famed wild animal act.
On opening night Sheba, valued
at $4,000, was attacked and killed
by Prince.
Beatty mourned the loss but
left Prince in the act.
Last night the big cats had just
finished performing when Prince
struck again. Rosie was leaving
the ring and padding through a
chute to her own cage when he
leaped on her with a snarl.
Beatty and his assistants tried
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Hoover Expected Los,
OF Popularity in 81,
He Says in Memoirs
BY The Associofed Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 2.-Former
President Herbert Hoover says he
expected a decline of his popu-
larity in 1882 which followed the
burst of popularity" he enjoyed
after World War I.
In his personal memoirs. ap-
pearing in Golfers Magazine, Mr..
Hoover writes he was mot fooled
by all this adulation" stemming
from his work as head of Euro
pean relief and United States
Food Administrator.
Mr.. Hoover served as Secre-
tary of Commerce under Presi-
dents Harding and Coolidge be-
fore he became President in 1929.
For 13 years after World War
I, he says. he devoted his efforts
to the reconstruction of the
United States and fighting
the world wide depression which
was the aftermath of war"
IT knew that If man engaged
in public life /. he was 'fated
to accumulate enemies" Mr..
Hoover writes. 81 knew from the
bitter experience of all public men
from George Washington down
that democracies are tickle y
MY period of popularity was
to last nearly IL years. which
seems about average" he says.
When the ultimate bump came,
I was we'll fortified to accept it
philosophically."
But since he left the presidency,
Mr.. Hoover says, my activities
fighting the New Deal (and some
Republican, attempts to COL
lectivize the country, and fighting
against our entry into the second
crusade to provide freedom in
Europe kept me a long way from
public favor"
But after a time some people
began to think I had been right.
and life was more endurable," he
added.
First speech by radio across both
the American continent and across
the Atlantic was accomplished in
1915.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Five Of Don Quixote
|WindmiIIs Still Stand

Five of the original windmills
against which Don Quixote tilted
are still standing in La Mancha
Province of Spain after four CEN
turies of rain, drought and snow.
For there was real-life pro-
totype of the fictional creation of
Miguel de Cervantes-an irapov-
erished gentleman who would not
admit the passing of the age of
.chivalry, fairy princesses and
giant ogres.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
7iger-Hoting Lion Bites Again;
PeniciIIin Shots May Save Victim

/ in vain to drive him off with poles
then turned big water hose
on him. Prince cult and allowed
Rosie to stink into her cage.
Rosie, a specialist in riding or
an elephants back, is worth about
$4,000, Beatty estimates.
The trainer said Prince was still
staying in the act. He's becoming
one of it's stars.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Hogerstown Approves
DoyIight Saving Time
BY the Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Mar. a.
Without any States opposition
the Hagerstown City Council last
night approved the adoption of
daylight-saving time from April
20 to September 80.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
DR.. ShupIey to Speuk

DR.. Harlow Shapley. director,
Harvard College Observatory, will
speak at 8:15 pm. tomorrow at
the Commerce Department Audi
torium on Problems of the Ca
| lakes.
Evening star., 1951-03-02

First speech by radio across both
the American continent and across
the Atlantic was accomplished in
1915.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Closes Big Deal
at Recess

"The other guys all knowI
usuallyhave J5J CHOCO-
LATE-PECAN COOKIES
In my lunch. Yesterday I
traded two'cookies for a yo-
20 and fountain pen that
doesn't leak hardly at all!
jjV Chocolate-Pecan
Cookies trade better than
money!"
JstVT
cocokU1 MAcARooNs. COLONIAL CREAMS
CHccoLAIE.PecAN COOKIES
EMON THINs ORANGE ItilktS
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-08-15
Picnic Food

the hot dish is baked in deep pan
which can be set into bed Of
embers at the picnic grounds. Or
maybe it is baked in glass oven
ware dish which holds its own heat
and that of the food for hours. The
baking dish, hot from the oven, IS
wrapped first in clean towel and
then in layers of newspaper. Then
it is set into box convenient for
carrying, and there is the main dish
for the outdoor meal.
Into the accompanying picnic
hamper go bread and butter sand
witches, whole tomatoes, radishes
cleaned and trimmed ready for serv-
ing, salt and pepper. This combina-
ton makes the main course of the
picnic Dessert may be fresh sugared
doughnuts, watermelon, fresh
peaches, or chilled canned fruit
served with crisp cookies. A little
planning and a little preparation,
makes picnics easy and extra-enioy-
able.
For that hot main dish in the
casserole or big baking pan, macaroni
meat pie is good. Use elbow mac
aroni. It is probably bit easier to
manage in outdoor eating. Combine
equal parts of cooked macaroni,
canned peas or lima beans, and cut
up cooked meat. The meat could be
chicken or nicely Drowned ground
beef, or cubed ham or canned table
ready meat. Mix all together and
season to taste with salt and pepper.
| Add condensed mushroom soup just
as it comes from the can. Use just
enough of the soup to moisten all of
the other ingredients well. Pour the
mixture into baking dish, sprinkle
buttered crumbs generously over the
top and bake in moderate oven
(S75 degrees F.) until bubbly hot.
Wrap at once. Serve hot at the
picnic.
Another popular combination Is
cooked cubed beef, spaghetti and
tomato sauce. Add a hint Of onion
and chopped green pepper to give
it zip. Take jar of grated Par
measan cheese to the picnic and lei
folks help themselves. Serve crisF
French or Vienna bread or hard roll:
with this.
More: Yes, that's the name it goe.
by because anyone who tastes it viii
want second helping. 1 a to
pound) stewing chicken, salt, 3 to
peppercorns, stalk celery, severa
sprigs parsley, pound fine egJ
noodles or spaghetti, 2 large onions
minced, ] green pepper, minced,
tablespoons fat, 2 tablespoons flour
! (No. 21s) can tomato soup, peppe
to taste, 2 cups cooked or cannes
peas, / NO. 303l can whoIe-kerne
corn, drained, l (8-ounce) can mush
room stems and pieces, drained, ]
pound American cheese, grated {
cups. Place chicken in large kettle
barely cover with boiling water; II
teaspoons salt, peppercorns, celer
and parsley. Cover and simmer q
to 3 hours, or until chicken is tende
Let chicken cool in broth, then n
E move meat from bones. Take off ski
5 and cut fine with scissors. Cut me;
5 in fairly good-sized pieces.
: Strain broth; do not skim off ia
Measure broth; add water to make
cups liquid; add salt to taste. He;
diluted broth to boiling; add noodle
\ cook, stirring occasionally, Is to
]. minutes, or until noodles are tend,
4 and broth is absorbed. Saute oniol
e and green pepper in butter ninutl
N. 50 Rlo,nd IN flnr.r. nid TO-.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-08-15

Chicago The address
Chicago established
will only delay delivery of patterns to
22-Au9us IS 1851
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-08-15

2sl4-These little kittens guard new
upholstery and hide soiled or worn
coverings as well as lend q delightful
note to any living room.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-08-15
IaN D,ssss,

Right. No. ss2s-IdeaI for the campus belle
is this junior style Sizes 9, II, II, ID, "A, IS,
16 and 10. Size II. SIS yards Of 39-inch ma
teria1
Below. No. l256-An attractive frock with
slimming Lines, slanted closing Sizes II, IA,
16, Is, 20. Size IA, short sleeves, 3B yards
of 39-inch material
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-08-15

Left. No. 1928 Your young
daughter will wear this cute
jumper all winter with its
own blouse or sweaters. Sizes
3, 4, 5, 6, Z, 8 years. Size 4,
jumper, 1s4 yards of 39-inch
material; blouse, ia yards.
Patterns so cents each
The fall and winter FASHION
contains 48 pages of style,
color, easy to make frocks for
all ages; special features; gift
patterns printed inside the
book. IS cents.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
Steel Mills Output
lin First Two Months
Tops 50 by 12Pet.
By the Assoeiossd Press

CLEVELAND, Mar. 19.-Geared
to defense production, the Ma
tion's steel mills turned out II
per cent more steel in January
and February than in. the same
months in 1850. Steel Magazine
said yesterday.
Total for the two months was
more than l6.6 million tons.
Production for February. reached
7,762 900 tons despite difficulties
arising from the Nationwide
switchmen's strike.
Steel said this was the great.
est amount ever poured in Febru.
ary and exceeded by almost a mil.
lion tons production for the same
month last year.
The weekly summary of the
Woodworking industry reported
confusion in steel distribution Is
rapidly reaching the, stage that
characterized conversion in the
early part of World War II.
Government authorities are
working on a controlled materials
plan as solution, but indica-
t1ons are that it will not go into
operation before July.
Mounting priorities, many
needing clarif1cation in relation
to others, last week threw steel
makers into a dither as the dead
line approached for setting up
May rolling schedules" the mag
aZine said. -.--.... -.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
Business Briefs

Texas Co. in year ended Decem-
ber 81 earned $149.071,743 or
$10.82 a share VS.. $132,743,158 or
1882 in 1949.
Northwestern Bell Tel. Co. in
year ended December 81 earned
$12.820,298 or $7.63 a share VS..
$9.791, ,437 or $6.12 in 1949.
Virginia Electric e. Power Co.
In year ended February % earned
$10,313,574 or $l91 a share VS..
$8.265, ,421 or $1.82 in 1850.
Diamond Match Co. in year
ended December 81 earned So
018.007 or $6.58 a share VS.. So
673,014 or $2.88 in 1949.
James Lees & Sons Co. in year
ended December 81 earned S.
192, ,249 or 1922 a share VS.. $685.
1875 or $4.37 in 1949.
Textron, Inc, in year ended De-
cember 81 earned $3,142,000 or
$2.38 a share VS.. a net loss of
81 sos. 1922 in 1949.
Caterpillar Tractor Co. in two
months ended February % earned
$3,687,793 or SO cents share VS..
$4,259,650 or $1.08 in 1850.
Calumet & Hecla Cons. Copper
Co. in year ended December 81
earned $685. ,434 or $1.86 a share
VS.. net loss of $697 opt in 1949.
Art Metal Construction Co. in
year ended December 81 earned
S2,794,8O4 or 1888 a share VS.. $2,-
386. .508 or $3.50 in 1949.
Dennison Mfg. Co. in year ended
December 81 earned $2,238,138 OF
81 share VS.. $1.713,464 or $295
in 1949.
Braniff Always. Inc, in year
ended December 81 earned ST.
228.085 a share VS.. 1921 ,595 or %
cents in 1949.
Central Bronze Corp. in year
ended December 81 earned 81 ,448,-
433 or $6.04 a share VS.. $693, ,679 OF
$3.03 in 1949.
kawneer Co. in year ended De-
cember 81 earned $1,476,374 OF
$5.07 a share VS.. $1.185.378 or
$4.07 In 1949.
Gladding, Mclean & Co. in year
ended December 81 earned 81, ,7O1,-
737 or $8.10 a share VS.. $1,215,807
or $5.79 in 1949.
.Intertype Corp. in year ended
December 81 earned $1,017,6 or
$4.59 a share VS.. $1,731 1866 or
$7.81 in 1949.
New Jersey Power & 1t. Co. in
year ended December 81 earned
81 ,311 1878 or $26.23 q share VS..
81 ,263,747 or $42.12 in l949.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
S285 Billion Production
In ST Forecast BY NAM
BY the Associotsd Press

NEW YORK. Mar. ia rec
ord $285 billion American produc
ton level by the end of this yea
was estimated yesterday by tn,
National Association of Manufac'
turers.
1t said the level viii be suf.
flcient to meet the expected
demands of Government, con.
sumers and business without
forced stimulation of production
It added that an ANALYSIS oi
Government data indicated that
consumer demands can be met
even if those demands are moi
curbed by additional controls"
The estimate was obtained ir
a report made public by Managing
Director Earl Bunting and basee
on an analysis prepared by George
G. Hagedorn. research associate.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Mar. 10 an tUsDA).-sala,
to 15 cents higher; instances up more
early; closed rather slow; part Of early
advance lost: sows steady to mostly .!
cents higher; good and choice 190-26(
pound butchers. 22.25-22. 40: several load.
200-240-pound weights. 22.45-22 so: lat
ter price top; 27O-30O pounds 91.s5
gags; few lots 315-325- pound butchers
Il .50-21 10: sows around $50 pounds ant
less, go. .00-21 90; 100000 pounds, 1875.
20 90; clearance good
300; active; steers, 5o-75 cents higher
strong to 25 cents higher; vealers strong
small supply high-choice and prime 1,025
II 1,350-pound steers. 30.00-41 so: bull
high-good and choice steers. 3475-3s so
most commercial and good grades, 81 so.
- 80; load choice to prime 1,0aO-poun
heifers ssSoss %; utiltSo So and ho commer aaoss.
cial COWS, "a ;25-29.00: Gamers and cut.
ters. Fl .00-24. 90: utility and Commercial
bulls. 2s.00-32 90: good to prime veaIers
3a 00-3S.00; Gull to commercial 24.0O.
Salable sheep. 1900: all classes steady
top, 1900 paid for good to choice led
fall wooleds and fal1-shorns, 41.25; fail.
shorns, 1918; bulk slaughter ewes, % 80.
24O0; outside. 24.50.
Evening star., 1951-03-19
MaIayan Tin Price Dips
For First Time in Week
By the Associoted Press

SINGAPORE, Mar. 19.-The
price of Malayan tin dipped for
the first time in a week today, SELL
ing at $586.871a (Straits) per picul
tabout one-sixteenth of a tom
This was a decline of $10.l2h
from Saturdays level.
Brokers attributed the sudden
drop to lessening of demand, indi-
eating that furry of buying by
countries other than the United
States may be tapering off.
Tin prices broke sharply to
$54l.75 per picul after the United
States announced it was suspend
ing purchases until a reasonable
price level was reached. The mar
ket made quick recovery, how
ever. and in six days the price
climbed to Saturdays $597.
Rubber prices eased somewhat
today. Opening sales brought
$2.15 (Straits) a pound compared
with Saturdays closing level of
$2.24La.