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ldplfdl Bank Debts
16Pct. Behind 1852
During January
BY DonoId B. HcdIev

Debts to individual accounts
in Washington banks dropped is
per cent behind a year earlier in
January, the Federal Reserve
Board disclosed yesterday.
The months volume of $l,O55,.
092,0O0 compared with $l,256,-
l78.0O0 In January, 1862. and also
was rs per cent behind $1,140..
So, 900 in December. 1852.
Regarded as q major barometer
Of business activity, January
debts in 342 centers Of the Ma
ton averaged 7.6 per cent above
a year earlier. with q total Of
$149. .004. 600. 900.
Air Travel Above 1852.
Commercial airline passengers
departing and arriving at WASH
ington National Airport declined
seasonally to 179, ,622 in January.
compared with 194,645 in the
previous month. 81
However, this remained ahead
OF 176. 1898 in January, 1852, air
port officials reported yesterday.
The all-time monthly record Of
24O.29f passengers was set last
October.
Pension Reforms Sought.
The United States Chamber Of
Commerce is spearheading a Ma
tion-wide drive among business
executives for support Of reforms
in old-age and survivors laws
and will hold a National Social
Security Conference at Chicago
March q.
A. L. Kirkpatrick. manager Of
the insurance department of the
chamber, told the District Asso-
citation Of Insurance Agents at
a Friday luncheon that changes
will be necessary If any funds
are to be left by the time young
contributors reach IS. Liahil-
tiles now being accumulated
eventually will total nearly q
trillion dollars, he predicted.
Past President Victor Schin.
nerer delivered an association
tribute to c. Norman Dorphley,
who has resigned as assistant
manager Of the Insurance Rat
ing Bureau Of the District, to
become manager Of the Inspec-
ton and Rating Bureau Of
Puerto Rico. Mr.. Dorphley was
q guest.
Aubrey Misell Retires.
Aubrey s. Misell. manager of
the Queen Quality Boot Shop at
1921 F street NV. for nearly 80
years, has retired after q sue.
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CeSSIul career.
He has been
s e c r e tary-
tre a s urer Of
t h e company
for 20 years.
Robert F.
Kibler h q 3
succeeded Mr..
Misell as man
ager.
A native of
Danville, Va,
Mr.. Misell op-
Grated his own
S hoe sh op.
there for is
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Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. Feb IA R.-Wholesale
commodity prices declined this week for
the seventh week in q row, according
to the Associated Press weighted COM
modify index.
The grains and cotton groups of COM
modities sank to new 1898 low.
At 1902 the index of 35 important
with l76.46 last week and lSS.41 q
year ago; The index base year Of 1925
equals 100.
Textile and industrial commodities
declined, along with grains and cotton.
posted increases and non-ferrous metals
held UNCHANGED.
The index with comparable figures
for last week and . year ago. follows:
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years before coming here in
June, 1920, to manage the Queen
Quality Boot Shop. A
He is q member of the WASH
ington Board Of Trade, the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers AS
sociation and the Board of Trus-
tees Of Foundry Methodist
Church. aJf
Appraisers to Hear BOeckh.
E. H. Boeckh of the Washing
ton appraisal engineering firm
bearing his name. will address
District Chapter, Society of Resi-
Dental Appraisers, at dinner
meeting at the Burlington Hotel
tomorrow night.
Mr.. Boeckh will discuss cost
trends and the Boeckh system
Of cost estimating for appraisers,
which now is followed for tax
equalization purposes by the
States of Maryland, New York
and Wisconsin and by the Army
and Navy for budgetary pur.
poses.
President William w. NOLAN
Of the chapter will preside.
Aluminium From jamaica.
The Halethorpe, Md, plant of
Kaiser Aluminium & Chemical
Corp. soon will begin receiving
aluminium produced from the
company's new $12 million baux-
ite mining operation in Jamaica.
Chad F. Calhoun, company \
vice president, with headquarters
here, said the first shipment of {
ore reached the company,s re.
duction plant at Baton Rouge,
La. today and will be processed
for use at Halethorpe.
More than $4,000 visitors from
over the Nation and from foreign
countries are expected to attend
the international Magnesium
Exposition in the National Guard
Armory here for three days
starting March 81. Calvin H.
Corey, Washington division
manager for Brooks q Perkins.
Inc, is chairman Of the exposi-
ton committee. NJ.
Reelected BY State Loan.
President Davis Weir and
other officers Of State Loan d
Finance Corp. were reelected at
the annual organizational meet
ing Friday and Marvin b. Gran.
shaw was appointed controller.
Regular quarterly dividends Of
STA cents q share on preferred
shares and 20 cents on A and B
common shares were declared.
payable March 16 to stock Of
record March 2.
Smiths Transfer 81 Storage
Co.. Inc. and subsidiary COR
porations had gross volume Of
$1.2 million In 1852. an increase
Of $500 from the previous
year, President Arthur Claren-
don Smith reported at the an.
nual directors meeting. All de
rectors were reelected and Wer-
ner Pepper was named manager
Of the new cold-storage depart.
ment.
Camalier to OfIiciate.
Commissioner Renah r. Cam-
alier win cut the ribbons ct
the opening Of the new $3.50. 900
warehouse and slnowroorns Of
Malco Wholesalers. distributors
Of housewares. furniture and
other items, at 2154 Twenty
fourth place NE. at ! pm. to-
day.
r. d q. Specially Co, whole-
salers and distributors, win hold
an exhibit Of 1858 lines from
pm. to II pm. today and tor 4
ct its showroom and
warehouse. Second and Tucker.
man streets NV.
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funit of trading 10 shares In bankruDtcy Or
leceivership or being feorgani4ed under the Bank
ruptcy Act Of securities assumed hy snch eompanies
Rates Of dividends in the foregoing table annual
annual deelsration Unless otherwise noted spssisl
* dividend X riEhts. Also extra Of extras.
b Annual rate plus stock dividend. Declared or
{ EsYable IL stock sstimstsa cash value on ex-
Declared 81 paid Qfter stock dividend or Spiitup
g peciared Paid this year On accumulatiye issue
omitted deferred on action taken at last dividend
eeting nse.sysd q Psid Y 1854 plus stock divi-
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WEEKLY SUMMARY OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE cap

WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY l4 1881
Quotations furnished BY the Associated Press
High. Low. div rate. Add 90. High Low. Close chg
64h 41s4 Abbott ! .8Oa ~ ~ ~ A2Ik+ ~
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brilliant and prosecuted refugee, with no men,
ton of Berlin.
One hint of that episode, and the agents in
Washington would reopen his file at once.
That would mean - among other unpleasant
things - that his discoveries would never get
to the courier or the staff of electronic re-
search experts in Moscow. The instant of
puzzlement in old Hoffman's eyes had been
the mans death warrant.
DR.. FRANKIE smiled warmly at his two COM
panions and closed the steel door behind him.
The spring lock clicked, and he paused only
long enough to press switch and see the
giant radial fins start to rotate. Then with
practiced swiftness he crossed to the escape
hatch set in the steel deck around the machine
He dropped on rubber soled shoes through
the hatch and into the bricked-off passage
leading to the lane. At the end of this lane
wooden causeway ran to locked door in the
Biology Building, situated between the main
lecture hall and Dr.. Hoffman's corridor of
Gagged dogs.
Striding through the dusk in his white coat
DR.. FRANKIE looked like any research student
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-17
TNHE two men in Army
Il uniform looked at DR..
FICTION
FRANKIE with steady respect

FRANKIE with steady respect.
Eyes, gentlemen" the doctor said, resting
his hand upon glowing instrument panel
you are the first to inspect this apparatus"
He moved to the center of the laboratory
with controlled force of motion. He was
big man with thickly shaped features, perhaps
forty years old.
When he smiled, the lights flashed from his
glasses and the green walls of the laboratory
seemed to contract. THE first to know" he
said again. Inside him laughter ran riot
The first to k'sOsV, this laughter Knocked But
only until next week when meet the courier,
and he carries the Specifications 10 Moscow His
smile stayed thick and warm
One of the officers stepped back from the
control panel. His eyes glistened THE ex-
plosion of sound - sound itself - on distant
targets! Why, it could make artillery obsolete"
DR.. FRANKIE was watching the second hand
of his watch. He tried to keep the contempt
from sounding in his voice. Mind you, gen.
tlemen, practical application is still some
years away" And the laughter doomed 81
lently in his ears: At least tscO years after
Moscow had the secret.
He spoke now with brisk authority To-day
we shall beam the waves to an observer two
miles away. The sound will be silent, of
course, but we shall explode it with sufficient
force to register on his Instruments
HE two officers nodded eagerly DR.. FRANKIE
was the worlds leading expert on sound. He
considered it highly fortunate that all the
resources of this mighty university laboratory
had been turned over to his research Nowhere
in Russia could he find such laboratory, and
the secret he would give the Reds was known
only to himself Probably it could only have
been discovered with the aid of the magnif-
cent instruments he had at his disposal here.
Once Moscow had the formula. =.
While the officers talked, Dr. Franke's eyes
kept sight of his watch. The thing that he
had planned to do today was timed on split
second schedule. His plan had been rehearsed
in painstaking detail.
Dr. FRANKIE glanced briefly through the
laboratory window. He saw the lighted win
dow of DR.. Hoffman's small Office in the
Biology Building and his mind envisaged the
approach through the corridor of Gagged dogs.
BY means known only to himself he could be
inside that small Office in exactly ninety-two
seconds And it was almost time.
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by Colin McDougall
Illustrated by Robert Bugg

He walked the two men past the control
panel and showed them the giant centrifuge
which filled one corner of the ROOM This huge
machine was completely encased by sheet
metal covering with small door cut in its
side.
The officers piled him with eager questions,
and the doctor exuded physical warmth as
he talked.
The newspapers have called it silent
sound" DR.. FRANKIE expounded, land it's true
enough that no man alive can hear it until
it is exploded.
But when that happens every soldier in
the target area will have his ear-drums shat
tered" - he pressed his thumb and forefinger
together - like the crushing of an egg she'll"
The smile oozed thickly over his lips
FOR the last time he glanced at his watch.
Come, gentlemen" he stated. 1T is time
Please take your positions"
He was exactly on schedule. In his allotted
split second timing he would be in Dr. Hoff-
mans Office, the thing would be done, and he
would be back with these two unimpeachabIe
witnesses who could swear that he had never
left them.
He imagined how the news would be broken:
they would be part way through their expert
ment, bending over the control panel, when
some fool would rush his alarm and excite
ment into the room. Or Hoffman has been
murdered" he would cry out, and the three
men would rise, annoyed at the interruption
to their work.
please sit at this BENCH" DR.. FRANKIE
ordered now Il will go into the centrifuge
for minute to warm things up" He was
pulling on white coat as he spoke. 'You
might switch on, and try simple IL. OOO-cycle
tone while I'm inside he added
HERE was risk, Dr. FRANKIE admitted to
himself, as he stepped through the door.
But it was calculated risk, reduced to min
imal terms This execution he was about to
perform was simple necessity. For DR.. Hoff-
man, now tired old BIOLOGIST who puttered
with dogs, was the only man in the western
world who could reveal that he, DR.. FRANKIE,
had been expelled for political reasons from
certain university in Berlin.
When they met for the first time month
ago he had seen the puzzled attempt at recog-
milton in Hoffman's eyes. DR.. Hoffman had
been his professor at that same university Is
years ago. And since that time Dr. Franke's
past had been scrupulously documented as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-17

going about his lawful business. Under the
coat a two pound hammer hung snugly against
his side. Dr.. FRANKIE walked firmly, with grim
purpose. A sense of invincible power flowed
through his body.
A KEY winked in his fingers, and he pushed
through the door with steady steps. After all,
each motion had been practiced every after
noon for week. On his right he saw the
corridor with its tall cages of dogs; to his left
was the open door to the room where DR..
Smith, Hofman's assistant, would be lectur-
ing. He heard the droning voice and he mag
ined the scratching of pen on paper.
Exactly right: Hoffman would be alone.
browsing over his desk, his back to the door.
DR.. FRANKIE turned on his rubber soles; he
turned right and entered the corridor of dogs.
The corridor was ten yards long. and the
cages reached to the ceiling. Some of the
animals pricked their ears or lifted their heads,
but they made no sound. He had, of course,
thoroughly tested the behavior of these dogs
as detail Of his planning.
Continued on page 20
Evening star., 1953-03-15
G is not enough 10 yit,i
if you don't start in tirse."

r DOUBT if there is any time when church.
Il goers are less religious than during the half
hour before church. Tempers lost over Susie's
pokiness. Jimmy's dawdling. Fathers shaving
procrastination and Mothers dinner prepara-
ton make most folks straggle into church
looking like cases of spiritual indigestion.
Yet in Our church it. is Dick and Addie
Bissell and their family of 10 who arrive smil-
ing. serene. and tn time
How do they do it?" wonder mothers.
harried over getting one youngster there with
tie straight or hair bows tied.
The other night found out how. I was
picking up group of young people including
assorted Bissells. As we were pulling away, a
boy came dashing down the street. Sorry"
he puffed. But ran all the way. Honest"
A Bissell piped up. That's no excuse. Our
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&Inz

DRIDBLuSG down the floor" on our cover
is one of the nations top basketball players:
Tom Cola, the sensational 19-year-old sopho-
more guard of LaSalle College, in Philadel-
phia. Despite his size Qne's six-fve, weighs
over 200 pounds), Cola is fast on his feet.
averages l8 points game. He's real sharp
shooter. too and threw in l3 out of IA foul
attempts in a game against Kentucky.
To get the interesting angle on this shot,
Photographer Hy Peszin had a heavy section
of glass suspended five feet above the floor.
Cola dribbled on the glass and Peskin shot
him from underneath.
E-WRITnGC. Reports from behind the Iron
Curtain indicate that the ''E" movement (see
THE Symbol" on Page 81 is now spreading
through the satellite countries as gesture of
anti-C Communist protest. But also seen is an
interesting variant to the ''E, which is the
sign of the trident. so drawn that it resembles
an E on it's SIDE The-reason? One theory is
that it's quicker = and hence safer to make
this symbol under circumstances where detec-
ton by Red police could mean slave labor or
death. Below are an E and two versions of
the trident. Try them yourself for speed.
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Z: Y ~

WHO'S WHO? Speaking of the Iron Curtain.
from Prague comes the story of two strangers
who were admiring handsome car on the
street. One said to the other, isn't that
beautiful? Another superb achievement Of
the unexcelled Soviet industry" The other
man stared at him and said. But that's an
American car. Don't you know one when you
see one?" The other replied, Certainly do.
But don't know yOst!' The EDITORS
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How NOT TO BE LATE
by Margaret Blair JOhnStOme
Minister Of and Vest Mass

Dad says. 1t is not enough to run if you
don't start in time"
In our day of prefabricated houses. brown
and-serve rolls and tenderized roasts let's
remember we still have only half baked prod
ucts if we don't start the finishing touches in
time And whether we dash to make ferry
boat or a jet liner we neither cross river or
continent if we don't get aboard in time.
How to do this traffic officer made clear.
But officer. alibied. 1--WE got to get to the
studio I'm on the air in seven minutes"
Follow me" he said and siren screaming
he got me there in five.
Nov listen" he lectured during the re-
manning two as he went right up the stairs.
into the studio. past the control room and up
to the microphone with me. Even this is no
excuse Next time. figure your mileage inside
the speed limit. double your time, then add
half hour for emergencies. Speeding is not the
answer; you start in time!"
Evening star., 1953-03-15

This Week
THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE.
WILLIAM l. NICHOLS. Editor
EDITORIAL Offices: go Lexington
AUenue. Ness York ", Ness York
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PHOTO Nv A. DEvANEY
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

has been visiting Mrs. L. B. Bradley.
Mr. and Mrs. Nierpol have an
nounced the birth Of daughter at
Peninsula General Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew HOrsey of
Philadelphia, Pa, are spending
some time in Delmar. They are for
mer residents of this town.
Mrs. A. w. Ellis is a patient in
Peninsula General Hospital, where
she underwent a major operation
on Saturday.
Miss Minnie Nichols of Philadel-
phia, is occupying the Nichols
Homestead, near Delmar, for part
Of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Balakas and
children of Camden, N. j., and Miss
Brenda Cain of Claymont, are
guests of Miss Claire Figgs.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Elzey are
vacatiOning in Huntington, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Legates
have received word that their son,
Pfc. Charles d. Legates, 21, is in
an Army Hospital in Korea after
being wounded while with the 38th
Infantry Regiment. He was report
ed injured July goth, when his
company was attacked by a force of
North Koreans. He sustained a flesh
wound of the lower left leg in a
baTrage of mortar fire. Pvt. Legates
has been in Korea since last March
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14
By Mrs.
Ella n. Chrmne

Mrs. Robert Cooper of Lewiston,
N. j., is the guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rider and
children Of Wilmington, are guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry T. Beach.
Mr. and. Mrs. William Hearn Of
Lexington, KY, are guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. GeorVe w. Hearn, here.
Mrs. Stella Stevenson. Of Del
mar, was a visitor at the home Of
Mrs. Georgia Parsons and Mrs. Car
rie Barr, Portsmouth, Va last
week.
Miss Betty MCGEE, Of Philadel-
phia, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel NJ. Ellis, Jr.
Mrs. John Powell is spending
August in Cape May, N. j., with
her daughter, Miss Virginia Powell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Wood, Mr..
and Mrs. William Morris and Mr..
and Mrs. Robert POte are spending
a week at Fenwick Island.
Miss Rachel Barr of Wilmington
was the weekend guest of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Barr.
Mr.. and Mrs ~ B. Sutliffe have
returned from a To-day camp meet
ing at Denton, Md.
Mrs. J. P. Weldin of Elmira, N.
Y, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Emma Dutton, who is i'll at her
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. Nunvar are
spending some time with Mr.. Nun
vars mother in Lexington, Ky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon LOckerman
of Wilmington, Del, were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. L. T.
Lockerman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Bradley and
daughter, Miss Marjorie Lee Brad
ley, Of Aberdeen, Md, spent last
week here, with Mrs. Bradley'e
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee w. Cul-
len.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Lockerman
and daughters and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Rider and children Of Will
mington, Del, spent last week at
Fenwick Island, Del.
Mrs. Ida Burkett of Washington
is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Harrison Jones.
Claude Guthrie has returned from
a visit with his sister, Mrs. Charles
s. Elliott and husband at Cincinna-
ii, Ohio.
Miss Grace Locates of Beaver
Falls, Pa, is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack West and Mr.. and Mrs.
George M Nelson.
1t. COmdr. TraftOn T. Buchanan,
Mrs. Buchanan and their two
sons of Metuchen, N. j., are guests
of Mrs. Buchannan's sister, Mrs.
Ruth Jones, here.
Mrs. Maude Sturgis of Whining
ton, is the guest of Mrs. Florence
Maddox. Mrs. Sturgis was called
here by the illness of her father
in-law, John e. Sturgis.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin INITIAL and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles INITIAL of st.
Petersburg, Fla, have opened the
Gaulk home near Delmar, for q
month.
Nancy Lee Edge of Camp Le
Jeune, N. c., is spending the sum
mer with Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Edge
Mrs. Victor Kitchens of Laurel
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

mingtOn, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. James Raughley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood Breeding
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Palmer.
Mrs. Pearl Diggins and Ethel
Cainos have returned to their home
in Riverside, N. J., and Philadelphia
after spending a few days with Mr..
and Mrs. James Raughley
The weather has been very dis
agreeable for the past week. Every
one is wishing for some clear sun
ny weather.
Mrs. Robert Raughley spent Sat
urday and Sunday as the guest Of
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

kind disposition and always ready
to help all those she could and had
smile for all. She will be greatly
missed in her home and business.
Her funeral services were held on
Sunday afternoon, August 9th, at
1880 o'clock at the Berry Funeral
Home, FELTON,, with Rev. Robert
VanCleaf, pastor of the Trinity
Methodist Church, Harrington, Off
ciating. InteTment at Barratt's
Chapel Cemetery. She is survived
by one sister, Mrs. Austin Swami
of Harrington and one brother, Mr..
Elmer Warren of near FELTON,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Swain of Will
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

40. She was the daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete E. Warren. Mrs.
Billings had a large circle of
friends here, as she spent all her
young life in FELTON, as they lived
a number of years on Water Street,
here. She operated a restaurant at
FELTON, for a number of years and
then moved to Harrington where
she also had the same business,
until she built The Wonder Bar,
near Harrington on Route 13,
where she has done a wonderful
business and still had at the time
of her death. She had been in poor
health for some time. She had a
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14
DOCS FOR FARMERS?

OKLAHOMA CITY -CP-What
should you do if you have coons
in your corn? That's the question
the Oklahoma Department of Agri-
culture was asked by farmers in
the southeastern part of the state.
The cOOns were stripping their
fields, they complained.
The department said:
"a pack of good coon dogs might
keep the invaders frightened away
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14
Mr. and Mrs. James RanghIey.
ELEPHANTS FOR JORDAN

JERUSALEM (P)- Elephants
are more economical than camels
and donkeys-at least in field work
according to the Indian CONNER
cial Attache in Alexandria who has
recommended importing them to
the Middle-East, the Arab Jerusa-
lem-Old City daily "A-Diffa" writes.
Jordan agricultural experts have
apparently agreed. The Amman
Chamber of Commerce has invited
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14
FELTON
By Mrs.
Elizabeth Gleason
Phone
FELTON, AS4S

This town was saddened on
Thursday, August 9Th. by the pass
ing away Of Mrs. Helen Wyatt
Billings, wife of FOunt Billings, age
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

its members to file their orders for
the animals.
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