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Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26
Twenty Years Ago..

AIKEN from pecember 80, 1892 lssuI
Thanks for a beautiful Christ
mas dance goes to Donald
Smith, Tom Williams, James
Dickefson and Harry Jester,
who arranged for 1t. 1t was
given in the Community Build
ing on Tuesday evening and
was enjoyed by couples from
all the surrounding towns. Mu-
sic was furnished by Ted
Brownagle and his orchestra.
eoa
Mrs. Rebecca M. GOrdy has
announced the engagement of
her daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Foskey GOrdy, to E. Dallas
Kitchens, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William r. Kitchens Miss
Gordy is at present In the Office
of the John H. Muiholland Co.
Mr.. Kitchens is a member Of
the faculty Of Georgetown High
School.
Willard Sapp, Of Frederica,
has moved his restaurant busi-
ness from the corner Of Front
and Market streets, to the
southeast corner of David and
Market streets, in the store
formerly occupied by James
MilioWay.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26

ices were held on Tuesday morning
at the Lofls.nd Funeral Home in
Milford, with interment in Lincoln
Cemetery.
Miss Joyce Heath, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Heath, is in
the Milford Hospital, having under
gone 2n SPpendectOmy.
Pc. Richard Coverdale, who is
stationed at Camp Pendleton, Cal,
is spending twenty days with his
wife sand other relatives.
PfcI Pierce Beebe and wife Of
Wilmington. N. c., are spending
the Christmas holidays with his
PARENTS, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Beebe
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Fitzgerald
entertained at dinner on Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilton Wright and
children of Wilmington, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. E. Donovan, Pfc. Richard
COverdale and Mrs. COverdale and
Mrs. Beatrice Hudson, who has
just returned home after spending
the past seven months in Mich.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26

Paul and Ralph Adams of
Bridgeyille, have recently had
electric lights installed in their
home on Broad street.
Harry C. Wiley, Bridgeville,
while taking some poultry to
the train, had the. misfortune
of breaking a king bolt in his
dearborn, causing the body to
fall to the ground so hard, that
: he was thrown from the We
hicle, knocking him uncon-
scious and bruising him seri-
Ously.
Mrs. Lizzie Fufman Of Rox-
ane, has purchased a building
lot from o. w. Wilgus.
aoo
The oyster shucking houses
cat Bowers are bUsily engaged
at the present time, having
closed for Christmas, in order
to give the openers time to
visit their families and friends
at their homes in and near Sea-
ford.
ePo
Carl Smith of Harrington,
who is connected with the U.
s. Navy, and who has been
stationed at Washington, d. c.,
for the past three years, is Wis
iting his parents.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26
New Pen

A pen writes with ink whenever
you fill it with water. II contains a
tablet Of ink concentrate, and each
filling with water dissolves only
enough Of the tablet to provide a
proper ink supply. Result: You new
er run out Of ink, wherever you are.
The concentrate is said to last about
Is months and can then be re-
placed.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26
ko'D BY BUMPER JACK

SYRACUSE, N. Y. tR Rob
er Malary, 2s. was out riding with
a friend recently. when the car got
fiat tire. While Malary was re-
moving the lug bolts from the
wheel, the bumper jack slipped,
hit him on the head ard knocked
him out.
After being revived by his friend,
both finished changing the tire be-
fore driving to st. J0seph's Hospf-
tai where Malary was examined.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26
FEWER VETS IN COLLEGE

WASHINGTON (P)-The nuns
Der Of veterans in college this year
is 40 per cent below the 1851 figure,
according to a recent survey by
the Office Of Education. Seventeen
per cent Of all male students are
attending college this year under
provisions Of the World War GI
bill.
The survey also shows that to-
tai enrolment in the $50 largest
universities in the country is down
~ per cent below that Of 1851.
Women students make up about IS
per cent Of all college students this
year. the survey reports
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26
TRlBESMEN AID RED
IERRORISTs

: BOMBAY H Aboriginal
tribesmen welding bows and ar
rows have lined up behind Com-
munist terrorist leaders less than
100 miles from this modern city.
When the tribesmen demanded
increased wages for cutting hay
recently, employers imported lab
orers from adjacent areas. That
started wave Of Red-led violence
which police are still trying to halt.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26
poRcUPINEs XIII TREES

DENVER - R0 - You can in
clude the U. S. Forest Service
among those that don't like pOrcu-
pines. They are unsOciable critters
with all those Quills and, besides,
they're murder" on trees.
Arthur I. Nelson, assistant reg
ional forester here, says porcupine
damage to timber in the Rocky
Mountains area is getting serious.
A single porky can damage or
kill as many as 100 trees in
winter. They like to climb up
tree and eat the bark away in
complete circle, thus shutting off
the dow of sap,
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26
Dutch Presidents

Presidents Van Buren, Theodore
Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt were
Of Dutch aneestory.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26
SERVICE SLAMS

CAMP RUCKER, Ala. - Private
Clarence ]. Hall of Lewes, has ar
rived at this Southern Alabama
Army camp to undergo initial Army
training.
Inducted on November % Of this
year and processed at Fort George
G. Meade, Md, he will receive basic
training from the 47th Viking" In
fantTy Division here. The new sol
der will undertake a rigorous
schedule including a .wide-range of
military subjects from military
courtesy and field sanitation to
machine gun and bazoOka familiar
ization.
After finishing eight to 16 weeks
of primary training, the recent in
ductee will be eligible for reassign-
ment for further infantry or spe-
cialized training.
The 47th Division, the first per-
manent Army assignment for the
new soldier, is a North
Dakota National Guard unit. Acti-
waited for service on January 16,
1851, the Division now is cOmplet-
ing it's second year at Rucker.
Since activation, the 47th has drawn
men from all 4S states and three
territories.
WITH THE 45th INFANTRY
DIVISION IN KOREA-Walter F.
Williams, whose wife, Joan, and
father, Walter J. Williams, live at
319 Wyoming avenue, Dover, re-
Gently was promoted to first lieu
tenant while serving in Korea with
the 45th Infantry Division.
Originally an Oklahoma National
Guard unit, the division is now fill
ed with men from all parts of the
U. S. 1t arrived in Korea last De-
cember and captured "T-Bone"
Hill in June's see-saW hill battles.
Lieutenant Williams, who joined
the 45th last July, received his pro-
motion while serving as battalion
reconnaissance and survey officer
in the 160th Field Artillery Battal-
ion.
"A graduate of the University of
Delaware, Williams was employed
by Bethlehem Steel Company in
Lackawana, ~ Y, before entering
the Army in August, 1851.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26

Private John E. ArgO, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. and
Clara J. Argo, of Milford, who
has graduated from Casey
Jones School as airplane me-
chanic, has been sent to Kel-
logg Field, Battle Creek, Mich.
for advanced training.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26

Private Marshall Andrews
has arrived at Camp Polk for
duty with the 11th ArmOred
Division, commanded by Major
General Edward H. Brooks. He
has been assigned to 42nd Arm
ed Regiment. Private Andrews
is the son Of Charles Andrews
of Magnolia.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26

Among the native gifts sent
from Puerto Rico by Private
John Rogers, was a beautiful
orchid which arrived in good
condition. They grow wild in
Puerto Rico.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-26

Miss Doris Lynch, of Del
mar, who has been employed
in Philadelphia, has entered
civil service in Washington
and began her new duties last
Saturday.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-07-19
4n 4,>.t oiu t4uu.ey

IhA.NtI, ou Fuu.ey Merrill Coon ana son Andrew Anderson all in the Carl returned from the states Fairbanks, have been this tacific North Tn town urlough since airines. They have been July 1 outside for several weeks.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-07-19

FOR SALE K Kodiak Laundry,
 equipment in Al shape.
 Good business. Contact Mrs. Rivers.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-07-19

fOk SALA DoduUiIui walnut desk, model 9l, Singer sew ing machine with attach ments; 30 volume Encyclo- pedla Americancia with two dictionaries and three an- nuals to date, reasonable, call phone 3424. FOR SALE K odiak Laundry, equipment in Al shape. Good business. Contact Mrs. Rivers.
 FOR SALE-1943 super de- luxe four door Plymouth sedan. Also 1942 three quarter ton Chevrolet truck. Call Kodiak Motors.
 
 FOR SALE-deep freeze four cubic foot. See at 39 CA Civilian Hill, Naval Station. REWARD $25O for informa- tion leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons killing, stealing, molesting or damaging any livestock belonging to the members of the Kodiak Livestock Growers Associa- ion. pd 8 1.52 FOR SALE-used davenport. good condition, $50. Phone 4101.
 FOR SALE one three phase, two horsepower IT otor, re- asonable. Call 3123, Monday through Friday.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Sept. 5 R.--Grains again
sber wsEe unable a;1sst,d to make much prog 4
tod'ay. tod'S Dealings continued in a IetS-
The market repeated the early pattern
q yesterdays session. AS was the case
linen; s,e co1y SGyoeans ans ATTEMPTED little upturn
The gains in beans fell short Of a cent and and
the puylng was not aggressive.
y. Wnsat. neat near the end Of the first hour
Der, 2.31; corn was " lower to ia higher
September, 1.775s. and oats were IA lower
to 70 higher, September. S4N. Soybeani
were were A.% cent higher. September. 32l
pounds higher. September, 1880.
The slight demand noted for beans in
tne early trading may have been based
dsiI on some OF the rumors floating around con
tirely unconfirmed lumor was that bean
meal ceilings would be lifted to SSf; tor
WnTh Th,s ceilings n are plsced en- meal mixtures
bullish., however, because the mixtures srs s
now selling well above 500. Actual cell.
u ing on soyoean meal at the present time
in u dss s1H ri. snS
ant,5 afteT . that date can deliver cash grain
beans would be anxious to accept SeliSeyyy
OF cash beans right at the time the new
poSt Grain a9t,hIs ,hanSleTs e Fort Williams and
on strike September is. II the the Strike ke
The the, Canadian export trade, traders fi reS. S-
lean grains If the strike lasts u Tor aSiy any
Meanwhile: wet weather was delaying
frost.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Sept. lP1.-An overniph
epHtback spt in the hog supply finally stemmet
after they had reached the lowest poin
N nearly four months in yesterdays trade
Ihs new quotations were around rs to 8;
Cattle were steady to LOO lower with
pulls again in weakest bargaining posi-.
'ion isf,ss Sheep % were ste steady to weak;
6st where 900 had been expected. Mos
o1d q 1nem isil IN 2 weight range of 100 tC
topped at ss oS t1 2oSS One Gs
to as low as 80 and thin offerings or
down to 1850, Sows took 1850 to 1925
mostly; nnca 2 tew lights making 1880. Clear
market.
., ,CSSmmersial S@ and good steers sold from
SSoght ;0e to 90 1920 20 and few choice heiferI
than 1850 and bulls than $500. no Veaie1 Sesie1
wbI1s hsmSs lbs. continued }ndm at $50 and below
haSer SutshsTs aiTs
s ''fsSy g pounS % cents Sutdssl higher
20.6O; one load around 23O-pound weights
20.S5; few lots 2SQs310 pounds. 10. so.
292S; SoS Cdd dd. lots. lots I6o.1so pound lights
17.75-19:25; few undcr 500 pounds. 1870 is.So
most 359-409 pounds, l6,50-18.O0; 400
200 pounds l5.50-16 *; odd head heavier
Salable cattle, 500; saiabie calves. 400
choice and prime steers and heifers prac.
ticaily absent. rominally steady; othel
grades dull. weak at recent declines; com.
steady; bulls weak to 90 lower; veaier!
and calves steady tc / 90 lower; small loi
choice 975:pound fed steers. 33 80; com
ity grassers down to 1900; few choice
75O-pound heifers. 30.O0;. utility and
commercial grass heifers largely 1900.
1880; Gamer to utility cows 13.50-IS.00
utility and commercial bulls mainly 90 90
II. 90; most commercial to choice vealers
25. .00-33 90.
IS Salabie sheen, 500: native slaughter
lambs steady to weak; only small lots high.
good to prime kinds stead vat 2S 00-oS 80;
Gull to low-good natives slow 1t 10 100
800; old-crop lambs absent: slaughter
ewes grading cuIl to choice slow, steady al
6.5O-8.50. mostly S.25 down.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
|0uiet Selling Pressure
|Depresses Stocks;
Utilities Up Slightly
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Sept. 5.-Quiet
weekend selling pressure de-
pressed the stock market mildly
today.
The decline was completely un-
hurried and extended from frac-
tions to between / and 2 points
Many divisions were bolstered by
minor gains. Utilities stood
slightly higher away from the rest
of the market.
Volume again turned to old leth-
|argic habits and dwindled to a rate
|of around a million shares for q
full day. Yesterdays total was
l 100000 shares.
Railroads were lower Just about
all around, and steels and motors
went right along on the downward
Ipath.
In the unchanged to lower cate
CORY were copperS, merchandising
issues. aircraftS and Colds.
Oils were unchanged to higher
and quite inactive. Chemicals
We're mostly higher with one OF
two exceptions.
The market apparently was in
tent on closing the short Labor
Day week on a lower note, with
a short-term bulls showing theil
disappointment by tightening theil
holdings for the week end.
Lower stocks included Youngs.
town Sheet & Tube, Bethlehem
Steel. Santa Fe, Southern Railway
General Motors, Chrysler, Dow
Chemical, American Smelling ant
General Electric.
Higher were Texas Co., Dupont
Goodrich and Caterpillar Tractor
American Power & Light hat
a furry of activity at a highe,
price. including one block of TO-.
900 shares that went at 23s, up h
Allegheny Corp, yesterday.
most active issue. opened TODAY
on a block of $500 shares. I'm.
changed at 334.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Produce Markets

Baltimore quotations supplied BY tn
on1s6 AeDess,bsi states bAigrIculture
land Cortland. inches inches; ap o 800 ofPpalS penS
fair Hiiia ansiit9 sl1fh s5o145 uRi Rev mossl gsl
seY PotatoesMaScut 2tptslssceaIs ssesSS nssss
stated. 10O,pound sacks. Delaware KataR
z:b0-s5. DeIswaree KatshdiHHs tdiH ss5andins sso9 1o
pound @ sacks Pennsylvania Katahdins. S.
\. .sS.fs Sweet Potatoes -slishtly weaker, sushe
Goldens. 3.50-76; Puerto Ricans. 3.50-4 .oo
n.Is SNAP g.ss,!ss Sss,ns@Sa:hsi basket and ham
sSsIz sSsitys s09a sssssln,sy' some ZEE; @
Nsy 9eEs xslasn'2e n;
Lima besns-About steady; New York
few 4.25, MARYLAND. bushei baskets, % $50 $50
NEARBY. han-bushel hampers, 1.6O-2 90.
DBeetS-Nearby; DER bunch, As cents
FenRHsSiyS,,nia; RqSyrn,, % crates a PUNCHES; 1.25.
1S:5o; 1S5o; New Jersey. IS. 1.60; Pennsylvania
busssI Sss5ITGStsTSDges Ss.f.EsD Il ysshsa New jersey
SACKS : 66 1.6o-1.76. Ohio. 16-duart baskets
Poultry Quotations.
ers; offerings adequate for light demand
market steady on heavy type hens; supple
adequate for fair demand; broilers or fry.
ers over pounds. 35-3S: hens, heav,
type. 17-1S; mostly II.
Grain Market.
Elour-Receipts, 600 I0O-pound sacks
memts S5Ss b'ssS.Is 5000 bushels ship
bushels. No. 2 red winter garlicky, SPOT
s sso9ssSsts s'SsS. s.osh; September. s.ossi; No No
CoTn-Receipts. ss.1s5 bushels; shin
ments, none; stocks. 4O3, SO bushels.
Oats-Receipts, $500 bushels; ship
ments; none; stocks, none.
Barley-Receipts, 2O5 bushels, shin
ments. none: stocks. 3I.4s0 bushels.
Eye-Receipts, none; shipments, none
stocks: 136. .596 bushels.
Soybeans-Receipts, none; shipments
none; stocks. 155 bushels.
Mnneed--Receipts, 80 tons.
Egg Market Weak.
(Yesterday's QuotatiOns.)
Eggs: Market weak. Prices Reuerall,
lower; Large whites unchanged to on
cent lower; large brown and mixed. g;
cents lower; medium whites, 1-2 cent,
rover; medium brown and mixed un
erai. Demand fair. Ao"ei oner'nss I'D
Prices paid fob. Baltimore By FIRST re.
Large, minimum 90 per cent A quality
69-63; brown. and mixed colors, Bose
MEDIUMS minimum so per cent A quality
1880; brown and mixed colors, 4S-5O
ssstanderds. sc minimum so per cent B oual.
Receipts. eggs, s.os2 cases.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Business Briefs
Turnished Dy the Associated Pre.s:l
Bitulninous Production i

BltumlnOuS production in the
week ended August 80 was 1,97O.-
900 tons. compared to II million
tons the previous week. The Ma
tional Coal Association blamed the
United Mine Workers memorial
holiday for the slow week.
Railroad Freight CarlOadings for
the week ended August 80 totaled
727.34 cars, down 1913 per cent
from the previous week and 1913
per cent below the corresponding
week in 1851.
Heavy Construction Contracts
In the week ended September 1
totaled $109.956,0O0, compared
with $353, $4,000 the previous
week and $160,461 900 in the like
1851 week. Labor Day was re-
sponsible for the decrease, said
Engineering News-Record.
Motor Vehicle Output this week
will total 82.674 cars and 18,487
trucks. compared with last weeks
93,868 cars and 21,451 trucks
Automotive News.
| Westinghouse Electric Corn. has
completed all construction for its
new electronic tube plant and di-
vision headquarters at Elmira
N. Y. The new plant is on a ia
acre tract.
Hosiery Shipments in july were
the highest for that month since
the end of World War II. In the
drSt seven months of 1852 ship
ments of all types were 80 pe1
cent over the same 1851 period
National Association of Hosiery
Manufacturers.
Bakelite Co., division of
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.
has announced the formation of
a new sales unit known as the
bonding materials department.
J. L. Rodgers, recently with the
National Production Authority,
"NS AAoAANA AAdI1dBGI.
Keystone Steel & Wire in the
year ended June 30 earned
81. .847 1886 or $3.50 a share VS..
$7.257,116 or $3.87 In the year
ended June 30, 1851.
Mcdonnell Aircraft Corn. In
the year ended June 80 earned
So. .064. .243 or $4.49 a share VS..
So. .291 ,262 or $4.82 in the year
ended June 80. 1851.
Thompson Starrett Co. In the
year ended April 30 reported a net
loss Of $524.24O, compared with
a net loss Of $954,O57 in the year
ended April 80. 1851.
U. S. Plywood Corp. in the
quarter ended July 81 earned
81 ,169, 200 or 81 cents share VS..
81, ,087 900 or $1.29 in the preced-
ing quarter.
Other earnings reported:
For Mine Months Ended July 81.
F z Myers a Bro s7as.sss 1SsS $500 seSii liiie7
For i've TWelve Months EsdeS siSs NAV q, 4.s5
stand d-Thomson = 5I5,91O 764.93I
Fet snare 1.03 1.53
Evening star., 1952-09-05
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Sept & QR.-Butter. 2es..
43l; easy. Wholesale prices on bull
Creamery, higher than 90 score tAA)
fresh. 70; .92 score (A) fresh, T31a: 90
score 9B) fresh. TN; SO score Co fresh
cheese-311 .s1O; steady: prices un.
.Irreeularity marked dealings in the
wholesale egg market. Eggs. l2,725. New
York spot quotations, based largely or
mixed colors, fancy heavyweiehts. 53-54s
|extra large. 81; extra medium. 48;
|puliets S5-38; standards large. .45-46;
ldirties. Al; checks. 35. whites, fancy
|heavyweights. SO: extra / large. 55;
|hesvywsiehts; S5-be; extra / large. .Ai; IS;
extra medium. 4S.
weights. S4-eS: fancy heavyWeishts. SS;
|mediums; As; bullets, 35-36: peewees
So; mediums. Ais s1Ss pvlIets. e';T s5Ma5s;
|peevees. 1890.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Leather Professors
Confident Prosperous
Era Is Just Ahead
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Sept. 5.-While
they aren't exactly walking on air
the people who process leather fol-
the Nations shoes are confident
that their business-only recently
in the depths of gloom-is heading
into a more stable and prosperous
!era.
That was the prevailing attitude
yesterday at the start of the 41st
Exhibit and Leather Show spon-
|sored by the Tanners Council oi
America, Inc.
A record first-day registration OF
more than $500 buyers and manu-
facturer representatives inspected
the 90 exhibits of sleek, pungent-
smelling feathers in many colors
and hues which filled the Waldorf.
Astoria ballroom.
Must Buy Now.
Manufacturers have abandoned
their overly-cautious buying poll
|cies," said Irving Glass, executive
lvice president of the Tanners
Council. "They. and the retailing
people. too, realize that they have
to start buying now, or risk gettine
caught short and losing business.
Clayton Van Pelt, president O
Fred Rueping Leather Co. of Font
du Lac, Wis. said the next 81,
months will see an unusual de
mand" for mems, women's an,
children's shoes.
Shoes purchased during tn
Korean was buying spree ar
worn out" Mr.. Van Pelt saiC
Tanners will have difficulty max
ing the quick deliveries tina
manufacturers are demanding. /"
| Mr.. Glass emphasized that tn
hopes of the tanning inoustr
are geared to what he called
growing insistence by the Amer
lean public on top quality mer
chandise and authentic style.
People want to trade up," h
said, and retailers today ar
featuring leather as "a means @
conveying the trading un nrin
ciple."
Wise Consumer.
He said the American consume
has come of age" and is spendin
his money wisely and demandin
quality goods.
Leather has assumed a ke
role in the developing tren,
toward trading up." he declared
Leather, symbolizing the genuine
carries the immediate appeal O
quality to consumers"
A Midwest tanner said his com
pany is alloting a bigger propor
ton Of its output to the handba
trade than formerly, becaus
leather is in greater demand to
day for fashion accessories"
| We've got to emphasize tn
superb value and quality epito
mized by leather" he asserted. 81
we don't-well, the synthetics boy
are biding their time. waiting t
take over"
Evening star., 1952-09-05
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Sept. R,-Foreier
dollars, Others in cents): 4 -
Canadian dollar in New York oper
market A 5-32 per cent premium ol
Europe: Great Britain (poundJ S2.7s !:
unchanged; Great Britain 3O-day future.
Pa 70. UNCHANGED; Great Britain, 6O-day
futures 2.76 is, unchanged; Great Britain
90-day futures 2.75 IL, unchanged; Bel.
|gium (franc) 1.99. unchanged; Franc,
franc) .2Sss Of cent. UNCHANGED: Hol.
land tguilderl 26.33, up .O1 of cent
Portugai tescudo} so. unchanged; ssn Sweden
(krona) 1885, unchanged; Switzerland
dranc) (free) 1882, unchanged.
unchanged; Brazil (free) $50, UNCHANGED
Mexico II .63, unchanged; venesuela (boli.
var) 30.03, UNCHANGED.
Far East: Hong Kong dollar 1880, TN.
changed.
Evening star., 1952-09-05
D. T.. Reserve Banks
List $1,764,OOO Drop
In Commercial Loans
By Nelson M. Shepard

A decrease of $1.764. 900 in COM
mercial loans of Washington's IA
Federal Reserve member banks in
the week ended August q put a
temporary halt to the sharp up
ward swing of a week earlier.
which set a new high for 1852.
The Richmond Reserve Bank
reported today that commercial
loans here totaled $140, ,275 900 on
August q. compared with $142,-
O39,000 the previous week. Total
loans of $3.50. .208, 900 were ST.
$4,000 under the week ended Au-
gust 20.
A good showing was made, how
ever, in real estate loans. These
totaled $1O4, ,889, 900, which was
$930,000 higher than the previous
week. Other loans. mostly con-
sumner loans, were 80,206. or 1894
less.
Commercial Loans Up.
In the Fifth Federal Reserve
District as a whole, business lend
ing by member banks continued
to move upward. Commercial
loans rose $2,735 900 in the week
ended August q for the fifth
successive weekly increase. 1t
brought the total expansion in the
past five weeks to $11, 100000. The
movement was in marked contrast
to last year when business loans
registered a contra seasonal de-
cline of $3.100.000 in the corre-
spending period. At weeks end
the total outstanding in business
loans was $571 ,511 900, an increase
of $27, ,159, 900 over the same time
a year ago.
In other categories for the fifth
district. real estate loans rose
1884, 900 to total of $250,455,-
900, a figure higher by SIT, ,221 900
than a year ago. On balance,
total loans moved upward $3,811,-
600 and stood at $1,258, $50 900.
Ad Club to Hear Foley.
The Advertising Club of Wash
ington announced today that Ed
ward H. Foley, jr., is slated to be
the principal speaker at Tuesdays