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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-12
In Durant

In Durant
Mr.. and Mrs. Doty Porter of
Lexington, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Wafford and Miss Alice Porter
of Jackson We're in. Durant Sat-
urday to see Mrs. A. A. Porter,
Jr. and children off on the City
of New Orleans for New York and
Brize Norton, England.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-12

No. in series of advertisements pointing out the major
factors which are contributing TO the ndustre Develop
ment Agricultural Progress and General Welfare OF the
State Of Mississippi and its people.
Evening star., 1953-03-22
Festivals Of Spring
williamsburg, Bethlehem Choir Concerts
Among important Seasonal Events
By Alice Eversmon

the Names School faculty in
New York; Marcel Hubert,
internationally known cellist;
the New Art Wind Quintet,
and Edith Piper, vocalist, from
the faculty of the Juilliard
School of Music. The period
for the summer sessions is
June Is to August z.
Opero in Colorado
Colorado is a long way from
Washington but it is hard to
resist the plea for some word
of the music activity there,
especially since the request
comes from Gov. Dan Thorn
ton himself. Gov. Thornton's
letter begins: Perhaps a Gov
ernor should not indulge in
press-agentry. But we have
so many attractions in Colo
RADIO worth talking about that
you will have to forgive me-"
He then goes on to speak Of
the Central City Festival,
opening June 81, when the city
becomes "the summer theater
capital Of the world" I'VE
like to think this is true" adds
Gov. Thornton. It must be so,
for he says 100000 persons
visited the historic mining
town last summer. This year,
by request, Bizet's Carmen"
in English, will be given 10
performances to be alternated
after July 4 with Nicolai's 1.-THE
Merry Wives Of Windsor" in
IA performances. Stars from
the Metropolitan and New
York City Opera companies
will head the casts with Kurt
Adler Of the Metropolitan
Opera as musical director. DR..
Herbert Graf and DR.. Elemer
Macy will stage the operas.
During the summer, says Press
Agent Thornton, the city "stirs
with a gayety. a spirit and a
nostalgia so reminiscent of the
1860s you will witness history
turned backward right before
your eyes,"
ToneIewood PIons
Last, but by no means, least.
is the announcement of plans
for the summer school of the
Berkshire Music Center in
Tanglewood. It will be held
from July 5 to August 16.
Carlos Chavez, the Mexican
composer and conductor, has
been added to the faculty as
teacher of composition. The
chamber music department
has been considerably en-
larged with William Kroll
assisting Richard Burgin as
head, and Gregor Piatigorsky
as special guest instructor.
The Tanglewood Study Group
for music educators and ANA
teurS has proven so highly
successful that it will be con-
tinued. Ingolf Dahl heads
the group. Also continued is
the policy of awarding tuition
grants from the Tanglewood
Revolving Scholarship Fund to
all students in the active, pre-
professional divisions.
Evening star., 1953-03-22
Concert Programs of the Week

.2s SF'Ai;tsi Slssit: rl9s: = s2:as:''nssi 2:s 81
rREfbS. MfE5s GsP:a siSGs dsls SoNeET. sticP ARMY
Polyns d stosEa, SOPRANO. SSs soloist: ldiSGs. De.
ppsrtmental .Auditoriun: s;So pm;
Achspel," SHI from SreWes' ''i "W.st 4 Pod Point
suiteh;' Texidor,s ."Amparito Roca,"
steiner's "symphonie, Moderne," Ru:
f1Om 9erdis oseic Dieh shenr.
Halle" from Wagner's '"Tannhauser. /"
Miss mis-. ssqska' fs9S Tschaikowsky's Over
FRIDAY.
THE FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUE,
Assembly Hall, Cosmos Club, IL 80
op. II. No. T." Betty schein. vioiin /;
BSVs BBST9shy piano. hsiss eslS aS: AudTsg rcSg
"Mistletoe,' . sRemembers; 1.-The Black
swan" from Menctti's The Medium; !;
Steps Steps Abroad. anee Emiiy soyd St Love-, se Ms so.
Minor, op. IL" villa Mae Koehn.
BUpAPEsT STRING QUARTET. Library
Of Congress, $40 p.m.- Repeating
NAVY sAND. T. 0tss@i comdr. Charles Brend-
Thomas .'Mignon." "on the Trail" !"
from Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite;
4is2t's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. u. -
Richard Balm. harmonica; TschaikoW-
sky's Romeo and Juliet" George
Anderson's sSncopated Clock"
Chicken Reel; :, .Mappari," from
ris, tenor; Strauss Graduation Ball
wAsHISGToN LEE HIGH SCHOOL
the school. $50 pm. orainger's 8
Irish Tune From County Derry"
cSpland's sTl ! "outdoor Overture" Han
Inns. Jacuueline Still, flutes; Nancy
Johnson, clarinet, solcists: selections
from Rodgers Oklahoma" Bach's
March Of the steeimen," "Elsa's Pro-
Wagner's "Lohengrin"; Clarke's Car
niyal Of Venice" John Shope. trumpet
Fledermaus"; Finale" from Dvorak's 5
"New World Symphony"
Evening star., 1953-03-22
TODAY.

TODAY.
ARTUR RUBNSTEIN, piano recital;
cepstit1tion Hall Pm. !sII a; ;S1sSni
9 Fat op, 1l7": :capriccioi , Minor.
aPnS estpedr.l. snalsS PssSssys do1
a1sRla #ae s''.5Se GSsRlns ssass;
ST. 4 f1tti fMHRiGHRai0Es$;s 2HRi0sI;;s CHURCH SENIOR
% %seioists; the e0elS Church. I pm. Martin
suszaNNE shiEf Tee TGeNkEiS RaafSSneri piano recital;
chrematie seETeF as FANTASY. SA' rassSs S Messrts
misSs sSRsta sonssa' Major No. x $$o Debnssys BUSES
HsEHis foeeass. Phlliips lbs Toessts ),
FL2RFNEcE 2FFEE consrato iRvfaG DIE
tenor; JOHN MARVlLLE., bass; LEWIS
ATWATER. organist; All-souls Uni,
aais9 MateR, ?n15Sni pS%i1s 5ssu RssordssTs;s s,s
ysTds MTs Mi.T; oSssa yssa; ;numbsEs Ags
cSFIFS 4Y F9SloS oS%dSSDM1Nb BSi; M sSIf Luther
so Church Pm Music the sseR fSs4s:
ST. HfgsRG FgSGs Hl1ShiTTiteeH ShTReH fIfi56fh SH5h OF MEN
ANR 4sstor! Boxs' Ks dhuTsR E PGuslss sse
NV. 8, pm. Maunder's "olivet to
LEE talS CASs. baritone. song recital; Ma.
rien % ne trouble lei Venus from Lul-
k's These: Mozarss .. "EreimaureIr saaanar +
ssaSsnn;s sTaS%s sS slns' wSs
Hohen Verstands," 'Moussorgsky's s
sSns: bsssy: .Hd ne Psnsss Fsun: OF puearcs esr
H Bsstiaire." "coapiet Bachiaues"; Ma:
ginskis Ash "A ship startlRs, mtna Rishf5s IsS tSs
Proud; Proud" TayI9Fsa na.v The ne, Windmill"
TOMORROW.
DAVID BAKER, baritone, song recital:
Philips gallery $50 rInisce Rm ,zzes1n alr
Favara: Brogi's I'm. ricordo",; troub,
sssqF Ss9s s2ass sRessa sspt Ss9s Ia ds% sF:
ouichotte a Dulcinee,,; .,Reveillez-
land" id" CarreaTs Professional Pre-
dicament." Dello Joio's There Is
sSgs" EnIs Hems whsP o4 fss sy Out sGE
Rans Williams Eann rSe 81 as% aSost
Piper; Finzis TO Lizbee Brown"
THE LAURiTZ MELCHIOR SHOW, Con-
stitution Hall, $3.50 pm. Romantic
songs. Piano classics. Excerpts from
Wagner's 1.-THE Flying. Dutchman,"
Bizets Carmen" Puccinis La Bo-
heme," Leoncavallos "Pagliacci," op-
eretta medleys from Strauss 'The
Gypsy Baron" RomberS's The Stu
dent PRINCE" Lehar's The Merry
TUESDAY.
MARINE RAND SYMPHONY ORCHES-
IRA, WO Albert r. Schoepper, con-
Evening star., 1953-03-22
News Of Music

It is not too early to have a
look outside the city at what
is being offered musically for
the spring and summer months.
Interest in the festivals Is
perennial and as soon as the
major local series of concerts
end, music lovers and students
seek out what is going on over
the country. It is too soon to
know of all the events Sched-
uled for summer consumption.
Many of these. however, will be
of great importance, proving
that interest in music has
grown to such an extent within
the last years that no respite
from it is desired during the
hot months.
Within the vicinity, the ma
jor event will be the spring
series Of concerts in the Gov
ernor's Palace in Williams
burg, Va. They begin on
Thursday to continue through
May %. Given by a group Of
musicians in 18th century cos
tunes, and in a ballroom IL
Illuminated by candlelight, the
Thursday concerts recall the
Colonial days when Thomas
Jefferson often played the
violin in orchestral groups in
the Palace. The early citizens
of Williamsburg were diligent
musicians, practicing together
several times a week. There
were neighbors protesting so
much music making then as
now when fervor exceeds
thoughtfulnesS. An excerpt
from a diary in It'll says: I'm
Williamsburg. Lord Dunmore's
dogs must make a goodly ad-
dition to the present mode of
concerts, for I hear from every
house a constant tuting may
be listened to, from one in
strument or another, whilst the
vocal dogs will no doubt COM
pleat the howl"
A Double Festival
On Tuesday nights during
April. Pergolesi'S opera, "The
Music Waster," will be given.
All the programs are under
the direction Of Cary McMur-
ran and the SoloiStS will be
Helen Wood, Helen Boat
wright, sopranos; Alfred Lowe,
f1utist. and Arthur Rhea, harp
sichordist.
The Bach Choir Of Bethle-
hem, Pa, under the direction
Of DR.. flor Jones, is ready for
the Bach Festival in Packer
Memorial Church. It will be a
double festival, the first sched-
uled for May 14-16, the second
for May 1928. Several years
ago it became necessary to give
two festivals in order to ac-
commodate the numbers wish
ing to attend. New to the feS-
tivals as soloists this year are
Eunice Alberts, contralto; Les
lie Chabay, tenor, and Kenneth
Smith, baritone. Phyllis Cur
tain. long a favorite at this
event, will return.
Agi Jambor, Hungarian-born
pianist. who has appeared with
the National Symphony fire.
quently, will be heard in re-
cital programs In the parish
house Of the Cathedral Church
of the Nativity ON Saturday
mornings during the festival.
She Is an authoritive Bach
player and has lectured ex-
tensively on his music.
In nearby Mary Washing
ton College Of the University
of Virginia, a series Of con-
certs by the summer school
faculty will be well worth hear
ing. Eight Thursday nights
have been set apart for these
public performances In the
new Fine Arts Center. Among
the artists appearing are:
Josef Gingold, concertmaster
Of the Cleveland Orchestra;
Hans Neumann, pianist from
Evening star., 1953-03-22

Quoting: scommercs r Department i audi. d.
1nto wpIaSurr fIo 81 s9s
"Oberon," Wieniawskfs Concerto No.
~. Edward Seferian. violinist; Ros-
slnfs 'Soirees Musicales," Beethoven's 8
THE EsynRGssSShy VfRsSa 6SoIR III & BOYS. Harald He'd
6ins' diEsGtSr; sI1 c9nstisHtion He'll $50
VfE 1rss asSs ais 2addnR 2Ga5itqs" ssIa Ms
Mozsrts THE S.st Salts cooss ogsTshtts,
sehS@snn: Bic pI Rose stand i'm Tau TAU,
fEisss6; SoiEa.s "Rosa Faass aus
NYE2A fsM sSHsR MARIA DRUMMoND, Brazilian
soprano; Pan American Union, 8 pm.
Attendance After lance by invitation; m strsdella' s
nacsf dsasie scsa6erfs G6e@snn ere9esen M0naa am
hhinyitston hdErd az ycyagei ,sauTss a;s
latrice," Gretchaninov's "Triste est Ia
ste1ppe." ;, Gnastavino's . -Se equiyoco IA
Henriaue's !Uirapuru," @ Fernando
..Noite de junho.% Mignone,s 20 doce
WEDNESDAY.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Howard Mitchell, conductor; Dame
Myra Hess. pianist. soloist; Constitu-
ton Hall, $50 pm, Berlioz' Roman
Carnival overture, Schumann's Con
certo. A Minor" Miss Hess; Copland's g
Gel Salon Mexico" "Siegfried's Rhine
Journey" from Wagners "Die Got
tsrdaemmerung"; Respighrs "The
Pines of Rome"
THURSDAY.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Howard Mitchell, conductor; Dame
Myra Hess, pianist. soloist; Lisner
Auditorium, 2:45 pm. Repeating
Wednesdays program.
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER MEMS GLEE
CLUB, Karl Trump, director; Men
nue Presbyterian Church, pm
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET, Library
OF Congress, 500 pm. Beethoven pro-
No. 2"; ,"Quartet, Major, op. 1857;
AIR FORCE sYMPHoNY oRCHEsTRA.
Col George s. Howard, conductor,
Lisner Auditorium, $50 pm. Klein
singers From Dawn to Dawn" Jesse
James Fantasy" violin Concerto" :"
THE Story of Celeste" George Klein
singer. narrator; Williams "Chaconne
Evening star., 1953-03-22
Pianist Here
Rubinstein to PIoy
At Constitution Hall

Artur Rubinstein will give
his annual piano recital in
Constitution Hall this after
noon at 4. A concert artist
since the age of II, the great
pianist has travelled more than
100000 miles. He played in
all civilized countries and re-
members being bribed for his
first appearance in his native
Warsaw at the age of 6 by a
huge box of chocolates.
Evening star., 1953-03-22
MeIchior Show Set
Tomorrow Niqht

The United Cerebral Palsy
Association of Washington will
sponsor a performance of the
Lauritz Melchior show tomor-
row at $3.50 pm. in Constitu-
ton Hall.
Evening star., 1953-03-22

DAME MYRA HESS,
Celebrated British pianist,
returns as SoloiSt 1Dith the
National Symphony Orches-
ira. She aDiH be heard in the
Schunann concerto WedneS-
day night at Constitution
Hall and Thursday afternoon
at LiSaer Auditorium.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09
STA 900 SALE MADE IN MARATHON
Brooks Baten,an
Sells Is Acres
To Virginia Buyer

A sale of $4,000 for
24.5 acres of Key Vaca land
has been made by Mr.. and
Mrs. Brooks Bateman to
Caesar L. Massei, of Rich
mond, Va, according to a
warranty deed filed in the
office of County Clerk Earl
Adams last week.
This Marathon sale overshadow-
ed all other real estate dealings on
the Keys or in Key West OF the
week.
Coming next was the sale for
s3s5, 900 Of Duck Key. northeast
o. Marathon. by Tr0bark cor.
poration to Newkirk Realty cor.
sporaiion.
In Key West, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam H. Monsalvatge, Jr. sold to
Miss Alice M. Benham, DIG Eliza
beth Street for s15, 900 land at the
corner Of Whitehead and Fleming
Streets.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Chester F. Tingler
have sold two properties both on
Boot Key and each for $500 to
Dorothy Hartman. Stamford, Con-
necticut and to RuthWinston, Mia
mi Beach, Fla.
Dee Jay, Inc, The Corinne Corp.
and the Hillary Corp, have sold
TO Miss Irene Dorothy Reel and
Marie Music, as joint tenants, of
NYC, q lot in North Marathon
Shores for $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Demp-
sey have sold for $4,000 to Ard
moure Leroy Anderson, 1917 Ash
by Street, lot IL Of Square IL, in
Monroe County. The land is In Key
West.
MIR. and Mrs. Charley p. Top
Pine have leased to the Key West
Shrimp company for $500 land
at Greene and Elizabeth Streets.
The annual rental of $500 will be
paid for the duration of the lease
until February l, 1859.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Hall have
sold for $1,000 to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles F. Monroe lot four in
Halls subdivision. Marathon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Arkema have
sold for $4,000 to Blakely Proper.
ties, Inc, Miami. lot on Key
Largo;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest A. Roberts
have sold for $1,000 to Dorothy L.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09
$4,000 Store To Be Built
By Wayne Corp. On Blvd.
Building Permits
Show Activity
In Last Week

Wayne Corporation has taken
out Sic, 600 permit for store on
Roosevelt Boulevard. according to
City Building Inspector Ray Knopp
The store will be Of CHS con-
struction.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Hernandez,
408 Grimeil Street are building a
SIC, 900 residence.
B. c. Sweeting. 1909 Rose, Is
building $1,000 house.
Ray Knopp, PIT Ann Street. has
taken out permit for a 5000
house, CHS construction.
J. A. Valdez, 619 Duval has TAX
en- permit to erect a sign on a
building.
The following other permits have
been issued.
Ernest Hopkins, 1913 Catherine
Street, minor repairs. $500; Chi
nos Drive In, 1900 Flagler, sign;
Mike Lanassa. 2911 Seidenberg
Ave, $500, repairs; J. d. Roberts.
Jr., S17 Catherine Street $50: Kress
Five and Ten cent Store, 500 Du.
val Street, S625, repair roof; Lew.
insksy Men Shop, 526 Duval Street.
$3.50. repair roof: Frank Wolkow-
sky, 2O2 Duval Street, $50; A and
B Fish Company, TOO Front Street,
erect sign:
CIeora L. Blanding. 800 Truman
Avenue. $500. minor repairs and
small back porch: Trinity Wesley
Methodist Church. 6l9 Petronia
Street, $500; build room in back
of church.
Ray Malone. 1881 White Street,
repair porch flooring, SO: Chuck's
Restaurant. Duvai and Southland
Street. $500, refrigeration system:
Eugene Albury. 1911 Newton Street
$3.50, new flooring and remodel
room: j. Pearlman. 4i7ta Duval
Street. 81 900 add to existing build.
ing; ChiChi's Bar, 1000 Truman.
S. 600. install air conditioning;
Willard r. Sawyer, 207 Seiden-
berg Avenue, $500. build back
porch, Domingo e. Martinez. Jr.,
2osa Fngarty. SIS. car porte: Eu-
gene Auheir, 2sll Scidenberg,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09

1923 Southland Street, for $525 for
ten acres at Big Torch Key.
A tax deed for $3.50 was issued
to the Cape Sable Corporation for
part Of two lots also on Big Torch,
with Is acres.
Lees knoficai shop Of Mara
ihon has leased for five years at
$4,000 from owner Berfa II.
Weinberg. Marathon. The lease
is payable at The rate Of $3.50 a
month. Ieassees are Lee Pol
lock Of Marathon, Howard Eio-
gan Of Dallas. Tex. and Lucia
Otis Hanna Of WiiIoushry, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Bass have
sold to Mr.. and Mrs. David E.
Parker lot S Of Seacrest subdiyi-
sion for 81 500.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09
Roof Repairs
Bids Called For

Sealed Bids. Endorsed ''Bids for
repairs to Roof, Building No. IL,
U. S. Naval Station, Key West
Florida, Specification No. 36S79,"
viii be received until 2 p. m,
EST. 10 May 1853, at the office
of the Resident Officer in Charge
of Construction, Bldg. 81, Front
Street entrance, Z. S. Naval Sta
ton, Key West, Florida, and then
and there publicly opened. The
work consists of removing all Of
the existing roofing material, in
GLIDING the roof insulation and gal.
vanized flashing. and replacing
with new insulation and a new four
ply huilt-up tar and gravel
roof; new galvanized flashing: re-
placing missing and-or damaged
screens at the roof drains: open.
ing stopped.up drains. complete
and ready for use. Specification
No. 3GST9 and other bidding data
may be obtained unon application
to the Resident Officer.in.charg
Of Construction. r. o. Box 10a5
U. S. Naval Station, Key West.
Florida. Deposit Of cheek for $40
payable to the Treasurer Of the
United States IS required as Sc
curity for safe return of each set
OF bidding data. J r. Jelley. Rear
Admiral. Gee, uSN. Chief of Bu.
reau.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09
Bids Called For By Naval Hospital

Sealed Bids. Endorsed "Bids for
Construction Of Building for Mach
inc Shop at the u. S. Naval Hos
pital, Key West, Florida. Specifi-
cation No. $685., win be received
until 2 p. m, EST. Is May 1858,
at the office of the Resident Of
ficer-in- Charge Of Construction,
Bldg. 81, Front Street entrance, u.
S. Naval Station, Key West, Flor.
ida, and then and there publicly
opened. The work includes the con-
struction of a one ID story con.
crete block; concrete floor: con-
crete roof, building 2 #. by "a IT.
and necessary electrical services.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09

Specification No. SSss1 and other
bidding data may be obtained upon
application to the Resident officer.
Charge OF Construction. P. O. Box
10a5. U. S. Naval Station, Key West.
Florida. Deposit of check. for $1,000
payable to the Treasurer of the
United States is required as sec
urity for safe return of each set
of bidding data. j. F. Jelley. Rear
Admiral. Gee. USN, Chief Of Bur.
eau.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09

build car porte, $3.50; Mildred L.
Mills. l401 Olivia Street, $500; J.
A. Valdes. 61s DuvaI Street, $500
build shed: william w. Watkins,
build car porte, $500: H. p. Wins
low, 623 Dey Street, $500; build
block wall: Robert w. Evans. Gal
weston Lane. $500, minor repairs;
Thomas James. 512 Caroline ST.,
$500. repair porch and fence; Max
Marmorstein, Pistol Range. Stock
Island, $3.50.
S. L. H. Hazard. 1920 Georgia
Street. $50. build fence around
residence, $500.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09
AUW School Calls
For Sealed Bids

The Navy is asking for sealed
bids for the replacement Of fresh
water and salt water lines at the
AUW School, U. S. Naval Base,
Key West, Fla. Bids will be ac-
cepted BY the District Public Works
Officer, U.s. Naval Base. Charles
ton. S. G., until 2:30 p. m, May 10.
The project includes the remov.
al of approximately 1905 feet each
of 4-inch fresh water and 6-inch
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09

Williams, 4l2 Louisa Street, Key
West, land in Key West at White
head and Louisa Street.
The Robertses have also sold for
ST 500 to Virginia Davis a lot in
Louisa and White Street.
Al tax deed was issued to Ray
mond Albury and Sybil Dexter,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09

The accepted method Of building
an Eskimo Tgloo Is Ia finish TIE
Job from inside before the sloor is
made, the workman having 10
chop his way out
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09

In Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
there are 80 islands connected BY
bridges.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09

salt water lines and replacing them
with 6-inch and s-inch lines re-
spectiyely.
Evening star., 1953-11-18
Washington Securities

Pot Elec -Pwr-25 at 1734. I6 at 17aA.
100 at 175s. -
Pot Elec PWr 3.ROon MD A-on OF Aon
Evening star., 1953-11-18
Stocks Edge Higher
On Dividend Reports;
Trading Again Light
BY the Assoeieted Press

NEW YORK. Nov, 18.-The
stock market edged up slightly
today as the flood of dividend
reports continued to create some
irregularity in the list.
Gains ran to around a point
at the best while losses were usu-
ally in the smaller fractions.
Trading was light.
Steels were higher for the
most part with Republic Steel
moderately active. Going up
with the steels were the motors,
merchandising shares, most cop
perS and railrods.
The rubbers were largely de-
pressed along with radio-tele-
visions and some chemicals and
oils.
General Baking was off "a at
IL on a block of 1900 shares
shortly after directors deferred
action on the common dividend
until the next board meeting
January 6.
Among higher stocks were
Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, Boe-
ing, American Telephone Ana
conda Copper, General Electric,
Southern Railway and Johns
Manville.
Corporate bonds were mixed.
Government securities in the
over-the-counter market were
higher.
Evening star., 1953-11-18
Steel Buyers Begin
To Put Price Ahead
Of Time for Delivery
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-Price
has become more important to
steel buyers than time of deliv-
cry, the Iron Age, national
metal working weekly, said
today.
steel producers. trying to get
line on future business. are
encountering a puzzling para
dox," said the weekly. Custom
ers are giving them plenty of
assurances that they will use
large amounts of steel next year.
but they are mighty slow to get
their orders on the books"
Iron Age said reluctance of
customers to convert optimistic
statements into orders "is caus-
ing some steel sales officials to
predict that January will be the
SloWeSt month of the first quar-
ter. This may or may not prove
true.
But this is definitely true:
Steel buyers will no longer place
orders several months in advance
of need-except for a few items
that are still in short supply.
Price is now more important
than delivery"
The weekly cited the auto in
dustry as an example. Auto
makers, it said, ARE still an
sWering to their stockholders for
the high cost of steel procure
ment in 1885 tight market.
ChrySler places its excess costs
for steel at $29 million. Among
the independents, Nash recently
pegged its abnormal Gn Detroit
they call it excessively steel
costs at $12 million.
OF course, automakerS aren't
the only manufacturers who
paid extra for their steel. And
they have no monopoly on de-
termination to do their future
buying at the best possible price.
Still, the lucrative Detroit
market is such tasty plum that
1t cannot be overlooked by out
of-area producers who decide
to absorb freight"
Evening star., 1953-11-18
Bank Of Commerce
Votes Extra, Bonus

Directors of the Bank Of Com
merce G. Savings have declared
an extra dividend of 81 a share,
authorized a Christmas bonus of
one months salary and trans
ferred $4,000 to surplus, it was
announced by President Thomas
j. Groom.
The extra was in addition to
a regular quarterly dividend of
$3.50. Both are payable Decem-
ber 81 to holders of record De-
cember 81. and will raise the
years payments to $12 a share,
same as for every year since 1896.
The Christmas bonus recog-
nizes the loyalty and contribu-
tions made by the staff during
a record year, Mr.. Groom said.
Similar action has been taken
annually for 13 years.
The transfer of $4,000 to sur
plus from undivided profits raises
surplus to 100000. he declared.