davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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House Economies May Reduce
Federal Share to Record Low

ton justly owed, without regard
to honor, in effect this Congress
said to the District: we are going
to use over million dollars worth
of water. but we are not going to
pay you for it. Do what you want
to about it,
"And what can the District do?
We all know that the District is
more or less of a step-child OF
the Congress. We all know that
we take very little interest in it.
and such interest as we take is
only because we have to.
There are very few members
and I do not include myself as one
OF them, who are in there fighting
for the District the way they
would fight for their own district
back home"
Seen as "Repudiation."
Representative Smith, Democrat
OF Virginia head of the District
Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs
which handles city tax bills, called
the proposed Federal payment cut
"a Reputation" of a congressional
contract with the District.
What he meant was that in 1947
the District faced an $11 million
deficit. in one of its financial crisis
situations. To meet this. Congress
wrote into law: A $4.5 million
boost in the tax rate on real estate
and personal property and a $3.1
million increase in income taxes
called for a So million cut in the
then pending city budget ano
raised the Federal payment from
So million to $12 million.
This tax boost. incidentally, was
followed in 1949 by a still bigger
Icity tax rise, with adoption of thu
p per cent sales tax, a cigarette
tax, heavy increases in liquor take.
and license fees and in the levy or
beer and jump in the realty ta2
rate from So per 500 of value II
I$2.15. The total extra bill wa.
calculated to amount to about SIT
million. .--.
Realty Rate Continued.
The extra Is cents on the realty
tax rate, it will be recalled, wa!
to have been for but one year
ending June 80 of last year, bu
was continued because the cit!
needed the money.
The Smith philosophy about tn,
implied contract, however, is f1atl,
rejected by Representative Taber
Republican, of New York, rankini
minority member of the Appropri
ations Committee and, in the 80tl
Congress, its chairman. He wa
the power behind the drive tt
cut down on the Federal payment
He said there was no need for an,
Federal payment.
Referring to the 1947 act fixin,
the Federal payment at $12 mil
lion, he told his colleagues: "Ai
authorization act is not a com
mand; it Is simply the authorit,
to consider how much should b,
provided"
Mr.. Taber and his colleague
may be under no command t,
carry out the legislative author,
ization. In fact, they cut the Fed
eral share by 10 per cent las
year and propose to do it agar
this year. But the Commissioner
and their tax collectors certainl,
were under a command as to thos,
new taxes. They levied them
And the taxpayer is paying them
Tomorrow: The more tares
the District pays the more there
are.
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lion, the proposed Federal pay
ment of $9.8 million to the general
fund would amount to 8.43 per
cent.
There would be an extra 81 mil
lion payment for the huge quanti-
ties of water served by the Dis
trict to Federal agencies but the
latest estimates show this is $780,
600 short of the actual cost to the
District.
Never since the Organic Act of
1878, setting up the present form
of the city government here, has
the Federal share in the National
Capital partnership been cut so
short. Even when former Repre-
sentative Tom Blanton of Texas
was welding the budget ak in the
1930s, the percentage was bigger,
albeit against his will.
Only in the 1800s when a neg
lectful Congress at times granted
nothing to the development of its
Capital City-and twice had te
rescue it from bankruptcy-has
the percentage been so small.
Economy was the motif for the
I$1.2 million slice the House or.
dered last week. This was 10 pei
cent off the $12 million that Con.
gress solemnly legiSlated in 194r
while laying a heavy new tax loac
on District residents.
But as Federal economy meas.
ure, the House was warned, il
would be inf1nitesimal.
There is a Federal budget say.
ing but it takes calculating ma.
chine to denote it.
Divide $1.2 million by $71 bill
lion (the pending Federal budget
and the result. we are advised
would be .0000169. This is .0016s
per cent.
Experts in such business say this
figure can be described as 16S
one hundred thousandths per cent
OF ST. billion. Or as 169 ten.
|millionths of ST. billion.
Members of the House District
Committee who had played a role
in recent years in laying new taxes
on the District, objected to The
Federal payment cut. So die
members of the Appropriation:
Committe in charge of the city
budget. They argued that the Dis
trict was paying its tax share anc
that the full $12 million Fedora
payment should be approved.
Few Members Vote.
With only Ill out of 435 mem.
bers of the House present, they
were outvoted. Not a single dol.
lar of the big spending bill as re.
ported to the House was cut out
Iof the bill, except to reduce tht
Federal share by $1.2 million.
/ This was approved first by 8
tellers' count of 73 to 80 and latel
was confirmed by a standing vote
of 56 to Al. A quorum in regular
session is 218.
A question of honor" wa,
raised by Representative Furcolo
Democrat, of Massachusetts,, {
member of the Bates Appropria
tions subcommittee.
| He cited the fact that 81 million
of the Federal payment is in pay
ment for the water the Fedora
agencies here get otherwise fire,
from the District. He showet
THAT the actual cost to the Distric
is 100000 above that figure.
| Best Illustration.
"The water BILL" he said, "i
perhaps the best illustration Cal
give. Without regard to what vii
used, without regard to an ohlia&
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Professor Going to Sweden

ANNAPOLIS, June 20 (P.-Dr.
Newton w. Buerger. metallurgy
professor at the Naval postgradu-
ate school, will attend the second
meeting of the International Con-
gress of Crystallographess in
Stockholm. Sweden. this md d4th.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Carpenter Is Honored

w. Raymond Carpenter, chair
man of the Washington Board of
Trades 1851 Spring Outing, was
honored last night at dinner In
the Mayhower Hotel.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
By Don S. Worren

If an economy proposal by the
House prevails, the Federal share
of the costs of the National Cap
ital. percentage-wise. will sink to
a new low.
Against the biggest-ever city
spending program of $137.7 mil
Evening star., 1951-06-20

First Of O Series.
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Best Illustration.

"The water BILL" he said, as
perhaps the best illustration I can
give. Without regard to what Wis
used, without regard to an ohlia&-
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DARE MEN JOIN
u. s. AIR FORCE

The Dare S elective Service
Board reported the enlistment in
the u. S. Air Force of four young
Dare countians this week. Three
of the men are registered here, one
Kenneth Clay Tillett of Kitty
Hawk, is not a registrant. The
other three enlistees were: Cecil
Lee King, 10, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas James King of Duck; ;
Barnie Beasley Midget, Jr., 10,
Kill Devil Hills; William Rosso
Midget, 20, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan C. Midget of Manteo.
Board Office Hours
Announcement was made on
Wednesday of the new schedule of
hours for the Boards office in
Manteo: beginning Monday, July
2, the office will be open daily from
$3.50 am. to IL noon; 1890 to
500 pm.
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NOTICE OF SALE
OF VALUABLE PROPERTY

Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain
Deed of Trust executed by Lennie
L. Basnight to Martin Kellogg, Jr.,
Trustee, dated the 21st day of Oc-
tober, 1850, and duly recorded in
Book 81, page 268, in the office of
the Register of Deeds of Dare
County, North Carolina, default
having been made in the payment
of the Indebtedness secured by
said Deed of Trust, and the said
Deed of Trust being by the terms
thereof subject to foreclosure, and
the Holder of the Indebtedness
thereby secured having demanded
a foreclosure thereof for the pur-
pose of satisfying said indebted
ness, the undersigned Trustee will
offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash at
the Courthouse Door in Manteo,
Dare County, North Carolina at
1900 o'clock Noon on Monday, the
10th day of July, 1851, the land
and premises conveyed in the said
Deed of Trust, the same lying and
being in Mays Head Township,
Dare County, North Carolina, and
more particularly described as fol-
lows:
All that certain lot or parcel of
land and the improvements
thereon, lying and being in the
subdivision known as Roanoke
Park near the Town of Manteo
in Mays Head Township, Dare
County, N. c., and bounded as
follows:
Beginning at an iron pipe stu
ated in and marking the North
margin of the intersection of
Wilson Street and South Street
in the subdivision known as Roa-
noke Park as shown on the
Amended Plat of Amended Plat
of that portion of Roanoke Park
South of Virginia Avenue and
West of Wilson Street, referred
to hereinafter, running thence
from the beginning point along
the West margin of Wilson
Street South l deg. and 10 min.
East 217 feet, more or less, to
a stake or other marker in the
East corner of Lot No. 2 in
Block 5, in the aforesaid subdi-
vision; thence along the East
line of Lot No. North so deg.
and 40 min. West 142 #. more
or less, to the Southeast margin
of South Street; thence along the
Southeast margin of South
Street North 80 deg. and IL min
East 165 feet, more or less, to
the point of beginning.
Same being Lot No. l in Block
5 of the Amended Plat of
Amended Plat of that portion of
Roanoke Park South of Virginia
Avenue and West of Wilson
Street as shown on map or plat
of said subdivision made by C. R.
McIntire, Engineer, April, 1913,
and duly recorded in Map Book
l, page 166, Office of the Reg
lister of Deeds Of Dare County,
N. G.
Same being the lands conveyed
to Lennie L. Basnight by Theo.
S. Meekins, ct ux by deed dated
October 81, 1860, and duly fled
for record in the office of the
Register of Deeds Of Dare Coun-
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EXPRESSION OF THANKS

We wish to express cur sincere
appreciation to our friends and
neighbors for the many acts of
kindness, every word of comfort,
and kind thoughts and deeds rem
dered us in the death of our son
and brother, Levene w. Midget,
Jr. The kindness extended on the
night of April 18th at the Manteo
Funeral Home will always be re.
membered. = Mother, Father and
Sisters.
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HATTERAs PERSONALS

and sons are visiting Mrs. Fow-
ley's parents, Mr.. ana Mrs. Theo-
dore O'Neal.
Archie Austin, who is with the
USCG, has been visiting his faith
er, Jack Austin.
Mrs. Edna Garrish from South
Norfolk is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Foster.
Mrs. Sarah Rankin and son, Joe
Sewall are back home after visit
ing atives in Chattanooga,
Tenn. Mrs. Rankin's sister, Mrs.
Maggie Clark, accompanied her
home.
Mrs. Mabel Gregory of Angler
is visiting her son, Rev. and Mrs.
w. B. Gregory.
Donald Stowe and John Lite
are visiting their families over the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Mitchell and
daughters, Barbara and Patsy, are
visiting Mrs. Mitchelrs parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alony Burrus.
Mrs. Richard Job spent the past
week with her sister, Mrs. Ralph
Burrus, in Manteo.
Mrs. Norman Dudley and daugh-
ter, Leila, are in Norfolk for few
days.
Mrs. Ruth Austin from Norfolk
has been visiting her children,
Frederick Austin and Eliza Rob
inson.
Andrew Austin has been back
to Duke Hospital for a check uD.
While onhi trip, he visited his
three daughters, Marjorie, Sybil
and Mona.
Mrs. Dudley Burrus and children,
Reba, Dwight and Bonnie, are Wis
iting her mother in Norfolk, Mrs.
Belle Harris.
Mrs. Leola Robinson and daugh-
ter are spending few weeks with
her father, Jack Austin.
Those who attended the Masons
dinner at Buxton Friday night
were Mr. and Mrs. Hatton Austin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nacie Austin, Mr..
and Mrs. Augustus Austin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Byron Byrd, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard Balance, Mrs. Lima Bal
lance, Charlie, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Alony Burrus, Mr.. and Mrs. Dud-
ley Burrus, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Midgette, Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson
Midgette, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Oden, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Oden,
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Stowe, Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Styron, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wheeler Balance, Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Austin, Mrs. Brettie
Gaskill and Richard Job.
W.S.C.S. Installation
An Installation Service of the
WSCS was held in the Methodist
Church Sunday night, led by Rev.
w. B. Gregory. The officers in
stalled were Mrs. Byron Byrd,
president; Mrs. Ernal Foster. vice
pres; Mrs. Reuben alliance
treasurer; Mrs. Nacie Austin, pro-
motion Sec; Mrs. w. B. Gregory.
spiritual life sec.; Mrs. Lizzie
Gask1ns, recording Sec; Mrs.
Frazier Peele, literature and pub
LEGATION Sec; Mrs. Alony Burrus,
sec. of supply; Mrs. Damon Gray,
sec. of status of women; Mrs.
Lizzie Austin and Mrs. Erskine
Oden, sec. of children's work; Mrs.
Hallas Foster, sec. of youth work;
Mrs. Donald Stowe, sec. of student
work.
Birth
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Stowe, son, at the health center
In Buxton; name, Donald Philip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Smith and
daughter from Arlington, Va. have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Peele.
Mrs. Arnold Price and daughter
Mrs. Betty Jean Hendrickson and
son Larry from Pembroke. Va
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
David Balance.
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POTTED GARDENIAS, Camel
las, Hibiscus, Ponceanas, etc.;
also a nice assortment of house
plants. Get our latest price list on
shrubs, trees and plants for fall
and winter landscaping. Roanoke
Island Gardens, Albert @. Bell,
Manteo, N. C. T-6-22-tfc
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MAKE $50 IN SPARE TIME
Sell South's finest Christmas cards.
Make $50 on 100 81 Assortments.
EMBOSSED Name I m pr n d
Christmas cards so for SIPS up.
Big line fast-sellers. No experience
needed. FREE Imprint Samples,
Assortments on approval. CHARM,
1893 Peachtree N. E., Dept. PIT,
Atlanta, Ga. T-6-29-1tp
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DESIRABLE Manteo water front
lot and building, near court
house, suitable for fish market or
other business; E. E. Meelxins.
Phone Manteo 101. Je22 Ste
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NOTICE
North Carolina, Dare County.

North Carolina, Dare County.
The undersigned, having quail
fed as Administrator of the Es-
tate of Samuel B. Beasley, de-
ceased, late of Dare County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against said
Estate to present them to the I'M
dersigned in Kitty Hawk, North
Carolina, on or before the 22nd day
of June, 1852, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recov-
cry. All persons indebted to said
Estate will please make immediate
payment to the Undersigned.
This the 18th day of June, 1851.
MARSHALL J. BEASLEY
Administrator, Kitty Hawk, N. C.
T-6-22-6tc
SEE A. w. DRINKWATER if you
want to buy some good land or
a good house. Lots on Beach. In
surance and Bonds. Manteo, N. G..
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WILKINSON'S guest house, Man
teo; Beach Cottage Mays Head;
Rooms for Tourists; New Cottage
for Rent by Week or Month. Mrs.
Odelle L. Wilkinson, Phone 65-J.
Cor. Road and Main, Manteo.
Je-21-3tc
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EXPECTING THE STORK? We
have both blue and pink baby
announcements. Get yours today.
TIMES PRINTING COMPANY,
Inc, Manteo, N. C. If
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FOR SALE: Small furnished cot
tage opposite Hotel Patterson,
Mays Head, N. c. E. L. Cason, 1851
Little Bay Ave., Norfolk, Va, Tel
ephone 1881 Norfolk. T6-22-3tp
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FOR SALE: roll-away beds; 80
inches. Shore-Acre Cabins, Box
81, Mays Head, N. c. T-6-29-3tp
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CAMERA RGAIN. Precision
German f4.5 Lens $25 Cash. Times
Office, Manteo.
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TYPEWRITER Ribbons, paper
clips, copy paper, legal forms,
adding machine paper. See us for
your printing needs and office sup
Olies. The TIMES, Manteo; The
HERALD, Swan Quarter; The
PILOT, Belhaven. If
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STUMPY POINT NATIVE
GETS COMMISSION

DR.. Wilbur Orman Payne. 27.
Stumpy Point native, was com
missioned at Fl, Mcpherson, Ga.
on June 5, as an officer in the
Dental Corps, U. S. Army. DR..
Payne had been in practice in Nor
folk since July 1850 prior to be-
coming commissioned. He has
served previously in the Army for
several months during 1914.
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VISIT our gift shop. Beautiful
N. c. pottery, hand-painted brio
a-brac, woodenware, shell-craft, In
dian pottery and bead work, i'm
ported English pitchers, maps,
stamp collectors items and va
riety of souvenir novelties. Roa-
noke Island Gardens Gift Shop,
Mrs. A. Q. Bell, Cor. main Hy
and Mother vineyard Rd., Manteo,
N. C. T-6-22-tfc
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ty, North Carolina.

ty, North Carolina.
The successful bidder at said
sale will be required to, make a
cash deposit of five (5@o) per cent
of the amount bid as evidence of
good faith.
This the 18th day of June, 1851.
MARTIN KELLOGG, Jr.
Trustee
T-6-22-4tc
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LOST - Beagle hound puppy, fe-
male; black, brown and white
spotted. Answers to ''Tippy." Last
seen Monday night in Manteo. Re-
ward offered Notify Mrs. Matte
Midget, Telephone 9O3, Mays
Head. T-6-29-1tp
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WANTED TO BUY = House and
lot on ocean. Write me what
you have. A. w. Drinkwater,
Phone &c, Manteo, N. C. If
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HAVE YOU any Chairs to be
caned? Contact Mrs. Harvey
Creole, Scranton, N. C. Je-21-3tp
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THE OLD SEA CAPTAIN and
THE DRUMMER; A Book OF 100
pages of salty entertainment from
the Coastland by Victor Meekins.
81 per copy postpaid; six copies
SIS. Address Box SIS, Manteo, N. C.
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IF OLD BOOKS are taking up
space in your storeroom, barn
or attic, send me a postcard. I'll
pay cash for them.
DAVID STICK-KITTY HAWK.
T-I2-22-tfc
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RADIO TELEVISIOE Service.
Parts for all makes, models.
Reasonable prices. - RADIO-TEL-
EVISION CENTER, Manteo,
Phone 1851. TIFF
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For your insurance needs see
w. r. PEARCE, Manteo, N. C.
All kinds of insurance
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FISHING TACKLE REPAIRED,
Lawnmowers sharpened and re-
paired. General repairs. YOU
WRECK 1T, WE FIX 1T. We pick
up and deliver. WHITES FIX-IT
SHOP, 304 S. Road St., Manteo.
Phone 201-J. T-4-6-52c
Evening star., 1951-01-06
Alexandra Project
With Own Yacht Basin
Nearing Completion

Continued From Page BID
than 80 postwar elevator projects
with mortgage insurance provided
by the Federal Housing Admin
istration.
S6,800,100 Mortgage.
The amount of the insured
mortgage is $6,8Oo4loo. OWner is
Hunting Towers, Inc, of which
John Barton Phillips is president;
Vaughan B. Connolly, vice presi-
dent; Elliott Hoffman, treasurer
and Frank M. Pratt, secretary.
Harry H. Tegge, manager OF
the development who formerly
was assistant manager at the
Shoreham Hotel. said the COM
pleted building already has about
100 tenants.
The first anniversary of the
start of construction, he said, will
be marked next month.
The owning corporation also has
started an adjoining shopping
center to be completed this year
and has plans for construction OF
a marine restaurant" on the
site in the future, Mr.. Tegge said.
The site covers approximately
10 acres. The three buildings are
"x'- shaped, and many apart
ments have views of the river.
Architects for the DEVELOPMENT
was William H. Harris, Alexan-
dria.
Evening star., 1951-01-06

The Soviet Union contains prac-
tically all natural resources used
by man.
Evening star., 1951-01-06
BY the Associated Press

KONNAROCK, Va, Jan. g.
Sheriff Pat Jennings will inter-
view the former owner of an old
Italian shotgun today in search
of possible clue to a 27-year- -old
shooting mystery.
The inquiry was begun early this
week when the present owner of
the gun took 1t apart and found a
crumpled old brown paper bag
in its stockplate with this mes
sage:
Il accidentally killed Jim Do
moni-(rest of name obliteratedD
with this gun. He is buried in
Graves Mountain. I am burylng
$4,000 in gold with him in the
grave because I won't live to use
it. am drawing a map 10 his
grave on the back, and if you
follow it you get the gold. Rusty
of name obliteratedD i.
The note was dated December
IL. 1923, and the map on the back
was "well-drawn' according to
Sheriff Jennings.
To add credulity to the yarn,
Evening star., 1951-01-06
Ownership of Gun to Be Traced
In Virginia Grave Mystery

Deputy Sheriff Andrew Mcdaniel.
who held a similar post in the
1920s, says he remembers shoot
ing around that time but does
not remember the name. Other
oldtimers living in this mountain
area also say they remember a
shooting about the time referred
to in the note.
One reason the names of the
principals in the shooting are rot
remembered is that they may have
been outsiders transients who
worked this Southwest Virginia
areas lumber mills, rather than
local people.
Following instructions on the
map drawn on the back of .he
note, Sheriff Jennings and sew
eral assistants went to dig on
Graves Mountain Thursday. Put
lots OF trees and bushes have
grown up in the area since the
alleged burial, complicating the
search.
The sheriff already has .nter-
viewed three former owners of the
gun.
Evening star., 1951-01-06
Personal Aircraft SuIes
Show Increase Lost Yeor

Stimulated by industrial and
agricultural use. sales of personal
aircraft in 1850 exceeded those of
1949, it was disclosed yesterday by
Joseph T. Geuting. jr.. at head
quarters of the Aircraft Industries
Association here.
Mr.. Geuting, who is manager OF
ALAS Personal Aircraft Council,
based his statement on official
statistics for the first IL months
of 1850 and unofficial reports for
December. The total number of
personal aircraft sold in the year
will exceed 3,400 with a manufac-
! turer's value exceeding $18.500, 900.
lit was said. This compares with
1949 sales Of 1852 planes valued
at $14,324,000.