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Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15
Ranchers' Tailor Rettres

VICTORIA, Texas - (P) - Mas
ter tailor Max Stockman, who be-
gan his 65-year career as an un-
paid apprentice in Latvia and end
ed as tailor to Texas cattlemen,
has laid down his shears, needle
and tape.
The 75-year-old Stockman has
piled his trade under two Russian
czars and eight American Presi-
dents.
He became a tailor's apprentice
when he was only II years old
When Gear Alexander's draft be-
came uncOmfOrtably close, he fed
the country.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15

HoOf Blankets Cold oUler Well,
Homort Perimeser He0tins warts outer
wolls 50 thot they oeivoIly rudiote heatl
OpeFates efficiently, economically.
Outlines your home with even wormth.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15

SmelleF Pipes, More HsOdroom
Smaller worm uir pipes and less reiUrn
Cir pipes neon more heodroom n base.
ment more space for that ploy room
YOU muY be longing for
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15

RUstPToof CIvminUm pipe and fittings
ore easy 10 hondle. lo-ff. section
weighs title over 3-lbs. Just slide pipe
into eonneelor.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15

NOW WITHIN. your BUD0ET - year-round
air conditioning FOR your entire home,
Wltn one spaee-saving weather plant
lasess product Of famous G-E research
and engineeringl
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15
HOIVLALGT PER lETER HE EATTN7G
"Wurm-WdII" System, Average Small Home!
|398.oo
OnsulIution e,Strul
llnsfulIation exirul

. Automatic HOmqrf OiI-fired forced air furnace
9 Includes wurm air runs and 5 floor registers
. All necessary controls for Perimeter heOting
Never before, SO much oomfo.t at such an OUT
stonding low price! It's the greatest heufine sys-
tenn value we've been able to offer Homurt
"wurm-wol" heotine supplies wurmfh where it's
needed most! No cold drufts along the floor no
uncomfortable hot busts---furniture can be pluced
in front Of registers! New floor register design al
lows complete control Of dir sfreum! Homort peri
meier heofing forms q protective "woll Of heot"
against cold outer walls!
NO DOWN PAYMENT ON FFIA ~
1ST PAYMENT OCTOBER 1sT
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15

CLASSIFIED AGs get results
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15
NO DOWN PAYMENT ON FHA ~
lST PAYMENT ocToBER lST
EASY Is iNsTAlL

No wells 70 cut through no expen-
sivs replOsierinsl easy fiiiins poas cut
installation time and costs. At pipe and
fittings ore mode Of rustproof cluminOm
-. 9eudy 70 instolll
Evening star., 1953-04-08
By Nelson M. Shepard

WaShington'S only money
mover in the armored car busi-
ness is doing pickup and de-
livery" service Of nearly 81 bill
lion monthly in the Metropolitan
Area.
It is a mushrooming 23-year-
old branch of Drinks, Inc.
worlds largest bank and payroll
protection service. Drinks coast
to-coast fleet of 985 rolling bank
vaults transports 81 billion daily
in currency and valuables for
clients in more than 1900 Amer
ican and Canadian cities.
A luSty national industry is
the armored car business, with
Drinks doing about IS per cent
of the hauling. A wave of daring
payroll robberies gave the, in
dustry its first real impetus dur
ing the roaring 20s."
Used to Haul Gold.
There was a day, too, when
the modern armored car business
specialized in gold carrying.
Since gold was taken out of cir
culation, it is now less of a
back-breaking job for the guards
of Drinks IA armored cars that
ply the highways of the Wash
lngton area between banks. chain
stores and mercantile establish
mentS.
Recollections of the gold-car-
rying days drew a relieved groan
from M. A. Goodspeed, veteran
manager of Drinks local branch.
Did you ever see a bulk load
of 81 million in gold?" he asked.
tits quite a load. Those were
the days of our worst problems.
The boys would heft it in So
pound bags of $4,000 each, up
and down steps," Roughly, 81
million gold comes to 10000
pounds dead weight.
Just before news of the bank
moratorium of 1888 stunned the
country, Drinks in Washington
received a routine call from a
certain bank to bring over a
million in gold from the Treas
ury." The job was quickly done.
But the next day Franklin D.
Roosevelt ordered all the banks
closed.
"Well, we got another hurried
call from the bank to take that
gold back to the Treasury-all
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Gas Stock Issue Is Expected
Around April 20, Bonds Later

tions. all of which have officers
or directors ! nthe club:
American Security & Trust Co.,
Riggs National Bank, Bank Of
Commerce 81 Savings, the Secur.
ity Bank. National Savings d
Trust Co., Lincoln National
Bank, Perpetual Building Assoc
citation. District Building g. Loan
Association, Metropolitan Build
ing Association, Interstate Build
ing Association and Washington
Permanent Building Association.
Financial Position Improves.
The financial position of
Capital Airlines improved sub
stantially in 1852, although net
income was behind the preced-
Evening star., 1953-04-08

200 bags of it up the steps
again." he recollected. We've
never carried gold since those
days. Silver is heavy enough as
it is"
Silver Heavy Enough.
Drinks moved into the Wash
ington area with only two trucks
and five men. They pulled out on
their first jobs on December q,
1929. Mr.. Goodspeed, who had
served IA years as a Navy radio
man and chief yeoman, joined up
as a driver. In a few months
when Chicago headquarters re-
organized the branches, he was
made manager.
1t took time to build up a lu-
crative business, but those were
the years of frequent daylight
payroll stickups. Banks and
business firms everywhere were
getting the jitters and the ar
mored car business thrived on
mans distrust of man.
BY 1886, Drinks bought out
its only Washington competitor
-Nagel-and most of Washing
tons banks and big retail firms
had signed up on contract Ship
mentS of daily and weekly
takes"
Bakers Early Customers.
It's first Washington clients
were the Capital Transit Co. and
Carey's Ice Cream Co. Then
quickly followed the area wide
chain of Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Co. food stores-eventually
some 1870 of them in it's hey-day.
The big bakeries, Continental,
Dorsch's and General, also were
among the first customers.
In the big industrial centers
of the East and West, payroll
protection is the fastest growing
item in the armored car business.
Evening star., 1953-04-08

Mr. "lllams. officials also
will attend and Alden C. Palmer,
vice president and educational
director of the Insurance Re-
search & Review Service, will be
guest speaker.
P. Vernon Cox, vice president,
is general manager of the divi-
sion Office here, which handles
all operations of the former Con-
tinental Life Insurance Co. Of
Washington, which was pur-
chased by Southland in 1850.
Sales Clinic Scheduled.
A clinic on insurance sales
problems will be held at a lunch
con of the District Association Of
Insurance Agents at the May
flower Hotel Friday.
c. w. Burnham, associate di.
rector of the Hartford Fire In
Surance Co. training center, will
conduct the clinic following a
luncheon address. -
Edward A. Kracke, c. p. A..
retired partner of the public ac-,
counting firm of, Haskins e. Sells,
will adresS the Federal Govern
ment Accountants Association
at a Willard Hotel dinner to-
morrow night. His subject: 1.-THE
Battle of the Bullying Budget
New Store Opens Tomorrow.
A second Rayco Store in the
Washington area will be opened
at Seven Corners in Falls Church.
Va, tomorrow. The first store
is located at Cottage City, Md.
Frank Christopher is owner Of
the Washington area stores.
Most Washington coal yards
will begin closing on Saturdays
for the summer months this com.
ing Saturday, April II, it was an
nounced by Patrick A. Deck,
chairman Of the coal division OF
the Merchants and Manufacture
erS' Association.
Evening star., 1953-04-08

Mayaoer Hotel event will at
tract unusual interest because of
his key position in the Treas
ury's management fthe public
debt. His name is closely asso-
ciated with present discussion of
plans for longer-term Govern
ment issues.
E. K. Morris, president of the
club, will present Kiwanis cita-
tionS to the following institu-
Evening star., 1953-04-08

Service of Seattle operates SO
cars in 16 cities.
Wells Fargo Armored Car
Corp, whose history dates back
to the guarded stagecoaches of
pioneer days, now operates about
go vehicles in the New York area.
TripIed in Decade.
The volume of the armored
car business has tripled in the
last decade. The growth of
Drinks and the industry gener-
ally, says H. Edward Reeves,
Drinks president, accentuates
the Importance of the armored
car as a modern day business
tool, as essential in it's way as
the telephone and the cash reg
lister.
1t is the company's boast that
mo customer has ever lost a
cent of money entrusted to u.s.
"a slogan that appears to be
induStry-Wide.
Each of Drinks cars is COW
cred by $40 million of "all risk
insurance. Next to labor and
operation cost, insurance. is the
biggest element of expense. Ar
mored cars and Offices are we'll
nigh impregnable 'fortresses,"
but things do happen in the
best of regulated businesses.
Overnight, in 1850, the company
had to revise security plans for
all it's branches. That was the
occasion of the still unsolved
$1.3 million holdup of Drinks
Boston office. the biggest in the
country's history.
Trouble Here Last August.
"That Boston job cost our
branch $4,000 in revising new
plans for our own setup," MI.
GoodSpeed recalled.
The Washington branch had
it's own troubles of a different
sort last August-a $3.50 theft
Evening star., 1953-04-08

Banks are becoming more or less
secondary. In Washington, where
industry takes a back seat, it is
different. The banks and other
financial firms come first and
payroll protection is secondary.
1t wasn't until 1882, however,
that Drinks got it's first bank
customer here. That was the
American Security & Trust Co.
Now all but a few of the banks
and finance companies are re-
ceiving armored car protection
service and the regular ship
ments extend from downtown to
Riverdale, Bethesda, Arlington
and Alexandria points.
Business Doing Well.
The payroll delivery business
is coming along all right in
Washington, too. The simplest
method is just to deliver the
currency and coins from the
bank to the customers office.
Then there is putting up" a
payroll. That is done in Drinks
own counting room, the customer
having figured out exact amounts
and deductions. The entire
supply of filled envelopes is then
delivered.
The National Armored Car AS
sociation, the industry's repre-
sentative, lists about SO opera
tors. They do more than 95 per
cent of the country's armored car
business. It's fleet of trucks has
grown from 1900 in 1947 to more
than 1900. Drinks is the top
operator. It's nearest competitor
is the Armored Car Division of
the United States Trucking Corp,
which ShuttleS 100 cars around
New York, Boston, Newark and
Buffalo. Loomis Armored Car
Evening star., 1953-04-08

Ing year, the
annual report
from PreSi-
dent j. H. Car
michael states.
Capital and
surplus at the
y e a RS e n d
amounted to
$9,331,45 an
increase of
$1,413,571 dur
ing the year.
Earned sur
/ plus of $2,763,-
391 reached
Evening star., 1953-04-08
By Donald B. HodIey

Washington Gas Light Co. last
night announced plans to offer
around IS, 900 additional common
shares to holders of record April
27 and market about 81 million
of bonds at a later date.
Approval of the stock offering
on the basis of one new share for
each 10 held was to be applied
for at the District Public Util-
ties Commission today and regis.
tration also was scheduled with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
The company did not fix the
time for public offering of the
bonds, but it is understood that
it will come late in the second
quarter or around midyear.
Subject to approval of the reg
ulatory agencies. it is expected
that the company will be able
to mail out subscription war;
rants for the new stock around
April 20. and that holders will be
given about two weeks to exer-
else them.
Price for the new shares will
be submitted by amendment to
the regulatory commissions.
Underwriting Group Formed.
The company is negotiating
with a group headed by First
Boston Corp. and Johnson,
Lemon & Co. Of Washington for
underwriting of the stock offer
ing, it was learned. The group
also includes the following
Washington investment houses:
Alex. Browns & Sons; Auchin-
Gloss, Parker & Redpath: Folger,
Nolan. Inc, Goodwin & Olds,
Mackall & Coe. Ferris & Co.,
Robinson & Lukens; Jones,
Kreeger & Hewitt, Rohrbaugh
& Co., and Rouse, Brewer &
Becker.
The current construction pro-
gram of the company is esti-
mated to be approximately ST
million, while. maturing debt OBJ
legations amount to approxi-
mately So million. This program
will be financed in part with
funds available from operations,
in part from the proceeds of the
sale Of the common stock to be
offered, and in part from the
proceeds of a proposed public
offering in 1853 of approximately
81 million principal amount of
bonds.
Peoples Drug Sales Gain.
Sales of Peoples Drug Stores,
Inc, totaled $4.571, ,702 in March,
gain of II per cent from
81, ,496,05 in March, 1852, Treas
urer H. j. Althouse reported to-
day.
Sales in the first three months
this year reached $13,187,219, an
increase of 19 per cent from
$12,946,371 in the same period
last year.
The company operated ISL
stores in March, compared with
147 in March, 1852.
Burgess to Be Speaker.
w. Randolph Burgess, deputy
to Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey, tomorrow will ad-
dress a Washington Kiwanis
Evening star., 1953-04-08

ltS mig nest Mr. Carmichaei.
mark in the company's history.
Book value of the stockholders
equity was $11.91 a share at the
years ends compared with $10.13
a year earlier and $685. at the
end of 1850.
AS previously reported, net
income for 1852 was $1,4l2,643
or $1.80 a share VS.. $1,766,141
or $2.26 in 1851.
Will Meet New President.
More than $50 employees Of
Southland Life Insurance Co.,
Evening star., 1953-04-08

Club luncheon
at which IL
b a n ks and
building and
loan associa-
tions of the
Capital will
b e honored
for their long
CO operation
in the United
States Savings
B ond Pro-
gram.
M T.. Bur-
CESS appear
ance at, the
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Winning and Dining

To hold their shorthand help one firm
promises to wine and dine them. Others
give free vitamins. free transportation,
and other inducements to keep girls
happy and working.
This is not an isolated situation. The
need for competent secretaries Is nation
wide and good help is the exception. not
the rule. And high-speed stenogrsphers
Tin excess of 200 w.p.m.). are practically
non-existant.
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Washington in Pinch

Like other major cities. Washington is
dition. Harried executives are seeking
new ways to combat the shortase Many
are finding the answer in such startling
new machines as are described elsewhere
on, this page.
Evening star., 1953-04-08

ulCluulng QIVl"
sion Office en-
plo'y es here
and represents
atives from the
nearby area,
will meet their
new company
president, Dan
C. Williams Of
Dallas, Tex.
at a luncneOn
at Hotel STATE
Ter tomorrow.
Twelve other
top company
Evening star., 1953-04-08

Now this radical new system-so dif.
ferent and advanced that it makes all
other methods obsolete--is available to
business as well as government. 1t has
already been labeled the fastest. easiest.
most accurate system ever devised for
taking dictation.
Evening star., 1953-04-08
See Actual Glasses in Session

See Actual Glasses in Session
You are invited to witness a dem
onstration of this remarkable new
Stenographic system. A conven-
iently located Washington school
has been opened recently by Talk,
Inc, originators af STENOMASK.
Phone in advance for appointment,
since facilities for observers are
limited.
Evening star., 1953-04-08

NEW YORK; Mar. 31.-On to-
days front page, a leading financial
journal reported a serious growing
shortage of secretarial help. Al
most everybody these days is short
handed stated this authoritative
newspaper.
Good secretaries name their own terms,
said one Philadelphia concern. and indi-
cations seem to be that they name their
own working conditions and hours, too
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Government Accepted

This remarkable accomplishment is made
possible by the patented. exclusive new
STENOMASK System Of stenoeraphy. 1t
has been approved by the Civil Service
Commission. and is used by the U. S.
Navy, and Air Force for reporting courts
martial boards of inquiry. and confer
ences-and is used also by the Marine
Corps. as well as by scores Of official
court reporters throughout the country.
Evening star., 1953-04-08
In "a Hours, Girls Learn to Take
R0pid-fire Conference DicfufiOm!

WASHINGTON, D. Can extra
ordinary, revolutionary new short
hand method now makes it possible
for anyone to take dictation with
the speed and accuracy of long
time expert. And this can be ac-
complished overnight!
Previously, it required Is months train
ing much experience and expense for
even the most sifted stenogrsphers to
take 200 words per minute. But now in
Just "a hours any intelliRent adult can
learn to take 225 words per minute with
ease
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Employers Share Costs

Employers Share Costs
In many offices. employers have been
paying all or part OF the cost of tnstruc-
on this sound investment. Easy. extended
payments are available through sTEEo-
MASK bank financing.
The solution to your secretaria1- -short-
hand problems Is as near as your pen.
Mail the coupon todayI
'NGme Upon Request
Evening star., 1953-04-08

= WdSIlII1SCOu, y. =.
APRIL a, 1859
Evening star., 1953-04-08
a message to employees
Clerks and Typists Become
TOp-Salaried StenographerS
Overnight!

II you're sick Of low-paid, menial Jobs,
STENoMAsK can make you valuable,
wanted. highly-paid employe in "a hours.
Hundreds have done it!
Don't delay, enrollments are limited. Act
today on this opportunity of O. lifetime
to better your life and to start on q
profitable career in business. law, or
government service. Mail the coupon
below, now!
Evening star., 1953-04-08

Those figures may surprise you - but
we'd welcome the opportunity to back
them up. Already, many government and
military Offices throughout the country
have switched to Autograph, on the basis
OF simple arithmetic.
Only since the war has electronic sound.
writing been perfected. The Gray Audo.
graph - unknown FIVE years ago - has
1eyOlutionized the debating machine in.
Evening star., 1953-04-08

With people everywhere in Washington
looking for ways to accomplish more at
less cost, you will want to know these inn
portant facts:
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-04-15
Seed Treating


Right now is an opportune time to
include another suggestion, that you
make arrangements to treat your
seed before planting if you have not
already done so. Seed treatment
serves as insurance against bunt or
sinking smut, as well as other seed
ling diseases. There are at least three
organic mercury compounds on the
market which are good for treating
two of which may be used as a dust
or slurry and the third being liquid
and suited for the slurry treatment
only.
Whether the job is accomplished
on the farm or in a commercial
treating plant, it is worth the time
and expense involved.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-04-15

Montana, wide row spacing is ne
cessity for seed production. Over a
five-year period the 10-foot row
spacing has almost always out
yielded closer spaced paintings.
Yields have not been outstanding,
varying from 0 to IT'S pounds per
acre.
The use of nitrate fertilizers on
dryland appears to be of little value
unless the organic matter content of
the soil is extremely low. Nitrogen
fertilizer increased yields; however,
due to the large applications required
(250 to 500 pounds of ammonium
sulphate per acre) the cost is apt to
be excessive.
Spring clipping or burning is not
desirable. Fall clipping Gin August
or September) or light grazing in
fall may be desirable, but not neces-
sary to seed production. Even with
ideal conditions seeding may not
necessarily be assured. In other
words, seed production should be a
side line to other major farming
activities.
Commercial Fertilizers
The consumption of commercial
fertilizers has rapidly increased in
Montana over the past five years and
demand is still ahead of supply. Such
a situation demands that the most
efficient use be made of the ma
terials. If utilized properly, they
may increase the efficiency of your
production. There are many factors
which viii influence the effective
ness of the various materials and
they should be given consideration.
If you have not had any previous
experience with commercial fertilizer
materials, but would like to try 1T
out, do it on a small scale. In any
one particular field, treat only
part of the acreage and leave the
remainder untreated. In this way,
compare your yields on the treated
acreage against that on the I'M
treated. 1t involves little extra
work on your part, but it may well
be worth the time and expense in
volved. Certainly, you want to know
whether or not you are getting re-
suits. Of course, one years results
| is not the final answer as you are
| interested in long range program.
| Many Factors Involved
Time, rate and method of applica-
ton are a few of the factors which
influence fertilizer response. Other
factors include moisture, organic
matter content, soil type, structure,
soluble salts, drainage, tillage and
a number of others. Since there are
so many factors involved, the time
spent to study your situation can be
worthwhile. You may want to dis
cuss your situation with your county
agent.
At any rate, we should not look
to commercial fertilizers as a sub.
stitute for good farming practices
but rather as a supplement to them
We all have lot to learn about plan
nutrition, both from the standpoint
of total production and quality O.
production.
Seed Treating
Right now is an opportune time tt
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Quarter Of City Block
Destroyed by Fire
In Charlottesville
By the Associated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, June IS
One of the worst fires in Char
lottesyille's recent history de-
stroyed fourth of a downtown
block last night and early today.
causing damage estimated at
100000 to $500.000.
The fire, discovered about
1920 pm. blazed out of control
for nearly two hours and was not
extinguished until about 2 am
today.
Three businesses housed iTaa
large three-story brick building
were virtually wiped out with the
Hoff Motor Co., q new and used
car leadership, receiving the big
gest loss.
One fireman was hurt, not
seriously. as about so volunteer
f1remen from Charlottesville and
the surrounding area battled the
blaze and prevented it from
spreading through the rest of the
block.
Eighteen new automobiles, four
or five new trucks and about 35
used cars were destroyed, accord
ing to Lee H. Hoff. president Of
the motor company. He said
about 10 new and used cars were
driven out of the building and
Evening star., 1953-06-25
By the Assoeiatsd Press

The new champion dissenter
of the Supreme Court is Justice
Douglas, the jurist who got into
the international spotlight most
recently by granting a last
minute stay in the Rosenberg
spy case.
Official figures released today
show Justice Douglas wrote 35
dissenting opinions in the courts
regular and special terms just
ended. He also cast 10 dissent
ing votes without writing explain
atory opinions.
This gave him a total of 81
dissents for the nine months of
court sessions one-year total
of protesting votes greater than
ever before recorded by a Justice
in the courts long history.
Justice Douglas dissented in
almost half of the ia cases
decided with formal opinions in
the 1923 terms. While he
turned out the IS dissenting
opinions, he also wrote IL ma
jority opinions for the court.
Interestingly enough, in five of
these IL all nine justices agreed
unanimously.
Justice Douglas had a dissent
score of SO at the close of the
courts regular term on June Is.
Then he granted the stay of ex-
ecution to julius and Ethel Ro-
senberg, resulting in the tribu-
nails special term last week.
When the court voted to over
ride the stay, Justice Douglas
wrote another dissent and
reached the peak of 81.
Nearest approach occurred in