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Evening star., 1953-07-30
| 1So Executives See
No Serious Decline
During Last Half
BY the As.oeiot.d Pres.

NEW YORK. July 3O.-There
is little indication of a serious
decline in business in the re-
mainder of 1858. according to
189 industrial executives polled
in a survey by the National In
dustrial Conference Board.
The board reported the ex-
ecutives, although expecting no
sharp downturn the latter part
of this year, generally felt busi-
ness in the last half would be
on a more competitive basis.
Forty-three per cent of the
companies said they expected
new orders in the last half to
exceed those for the like period
in 1852, % per cent forecast de-
clines. and the remainder fore
saw no change.
However, IS per cent reported
their backlogS of untitled orders
were smaller than a year ago,
35 per cent reported increased
backlogs and 20 per cent said
there was no change. The de-
clines in backlogs of orders were
attributed generally to increased
productive capacity, Government
contract terminations, the stretch
out Of contracts, and removal
of restrictions on metals.
Thirty per cent of the COM
panies reported inventories
higher in ratio to sales than a
year ago. 80 per cent had lower
inventory sales ratios, and the
remainder reported no change.
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Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. July 80. R.-USDA)-
Salable hogs. 1000; very uneven: BUTCH
ers, 50-75 lower; extremes off more:
sgls5. s9s chSiee faS 1920 lS9;sz6 pounds. s4s9
25.65: 160-1S0 pound lights, 5000
"A 30: sows, 400 pounds, down 1875
80: 100000 pounds, 17.75-2O25
Salab!e cattle, $500: salable calves.
400; slaughter cattle about steady:
steers and heifers along with low-grade
cows, fairly active: other cows slow:
vealers in good demand at strong prices.
steady to LOO higher for two days: low
good to. high-choice yearlings and steers
up to 1875 pounds. 20.00-26.75: good
and choice grades, 23.50-24.5O: choice
1.45O pound steers. 24.50; utility and
commercial steers, 12.50-19 90: good and
cho1ce heiferS and mixed yearIines,
20.Q0-25. 90: utility grass heiferS, down
20 l2.O0; utility and commercial cows,
I0.uQ-13.50: most commercials. 100
l3.00: Gamers and cutters. S.00-10.5O:
utility to ayerage-commercial bulls,
12.oO-15 Dom few good heavy fat bulls,
down to HOO: bulk commercial to
choice yealers, 16.00-23.OO: Gull and
salable sheep, 1900: slaughter lambs.
steady to 80 higher: Ia loads prime
offerings. $500, the top: bulk good and
choice, 24.50-25.50: culls. 13.00-15 90:
yearlings and ewes steady: bulk good
to choice yearlings 20.00-22.O0: Slaugh.
ter ewes, 100000.
Evening star., 1953-07-30
Business Briefs

Bank ClearingS in Is leading
cities in the week ended July
30 totaled $16.6O2,615,0O0 COM
pared with $18,177,252, 900 last
week and were up 4.4% from
the like week of 1952-Dun &
BradStreet.
Business Loans by member
banks in the week ended July %
totaled $22,671 100000, up $40
million for the week and up ST.
872 ,000, 900 from the like week a
year ago. Federal Reserve
Board.
Crude Petroleum Production in
the week ended July Is averaged
6,568, 700 barrels daily, up $4,000
for the week and compared with
SOTO, $50 in the like week a year
ago.-American Petroleum In
Stitute.
Chesapeake & Ohio Rwy. an
nounced the acquisition of 1885,
259 additional shares of New
York Central common. This in
creases the C. & O. investment
in New York Central to 1212 20
of the outstanding stock.
General Motors Corp. in 6
months ended June 80 earned
$312 2,845, ,787 or 1881 share VS..
. $269, ,O48, ,O85 or $3.01 in 1852 per-
iod.
Philip Morris Co. in 8 months
ended June 80 earned 1892, Isl
or $1.23 a share VS.. $2.716,318 or
SO cents in 1852 period.
Crucible Steel Co. in 3 months
ended June 80 earned $2,165,641
or $2.71 a share VS.. $408,605 or
five cents in 1862 period.
Other earnings include:
For 6 Months Ended June 30.
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Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. July 80 R.-Grains
o1ant on tbs get ons very far In either direction
prices hovering within narrow SS ranee
wheat showed somewhat firmer tone
tnan the rest of the list.
+, There continued to be some buying
belt. Some Minneapolis sources sue
gested the crop might be cut as much
as 20 per cent from original estimates,
Wheat near the end of the first
hour was hs-1b cents higher, September,
I'S1; ~ corn orr was h-h higher, September,
ember na s oats soysesnNs Tses N xsra higher & Sep
lower. September 2.5594. and lard was
po9nds maas lower September. 1920
the oaes ofcie responded only mildly to news
mat mated oats acreage this year at g.
$4,000 acres, a fairly substantial drop
srom 10 IL nd:Oo2:O 200 last year. Wheat acre.
While pTsy Tss e9ss to to last gsss
Rye did not show much response
and was one reason D for Tsef the sNPeeegd Peeent
sharp selloff in that cereal
The Agriculture Department reported
TO total ,,s stocks Of soybeans in all position
reSord reg @ Tor the date and up about 49,
100000 from a year ago. The big
increase is in. stocks on farms and
at interior mills and elevators.
Soyneans eased slightly in early deal
ings on this report, although trade
guesses had hovered around 80 million
bushels. There will undoubtedly be a
carryover Of soybeans this year the
nrst on record, traders said. Some
gusssed 1t would be as high as 10
Reports of lack Of moisture were
heard from Nebraska and this attracted
attention from corn traders. Nebraska
produced 261 million bushels last Year
Evening star., 1953-07-30
| |StocksPost Advances
|0f One 10 Two Points,
But Trading Is Light
Ry he Assoeloted Press

NEW YORK, July 30.-The
stock market stepped ahead
smartly today with good gains
well distributed.
Advances ran to between /
and Q points with a few pushing
up to around 3 points. Losses
were small and scattered.
Volume hit a rate Of a little
better than million shares for
the day.
Stocks in quite few major
divisions moved ahead with a
show of vigor, especially in
motors, railroads, oils and cop
pers.
Steels were ahead as were
utilities and most chemicals, dis
tillerS. radio -televiSions, and to-
bacco issues.
The rise came against the
background Of continued heavy
earnings in the first half.
Railroads had the benefit of
the decision by the Interstate
Commerce Commission to con-
tinue for % months until the
end of 1856 the Is per cent
freight rate increase granted a
year ago.
Stocks with a gain of a point
or better included General Mo-
tors, Kennecott Copper, Inter-
national Paper, Northern Pacific.
Atlantic Coast Line, Texas Co..
Superior Oil of California and
Texas Pacific Land Trust. 9th
ers advancing included U. S.
Steel. American Telephone, New
York Central. Du Pont, Zenith
Radio and Chrysler.
Corporate bonds were irregu-
lar. Governments in the over
the-counter market were fairly
steady.
Evening star., 1953-07-30

Hourly Sales on the Exchange.
11:O0 am. 28o 600 AZ noon R3o 600
100 pm. $50 600 300 p.m. 600 600
tOnit Of trading 10 shares. elm hank.
fuptcy or receivership OF being reorgan.
lied under the Bankruptcy Act. or secur.
titles assumed bV such companies Rates
Of dividends IN the foregoing table are
annual disbursements based on the iaSt
quarterly or semiannual declaration
Unless otherwise noted special or extra
dividends are not included cid Called
Ex dividend xr Ex rights. Q Also extra
or extras Annual rate plus stock div
idend Declared or paid in 1853 plus
stock dividend e Paid last year F Pay.
ex-diyidend date, Paid or declared 90
far this year, Declared or paid after
stock dividend or splitup Declared or
paid this year an accumulative issue
with dividends In arrears. Paid this
year. dividend omitted, deferred or no
action taken ct last dividend meeting
Declared or paid in 1882. plus stock
issued x-dis Redistribution. Nd When
distributed.
Evening star., 1953-07-30
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, July 80 lP.-Foreign
exchange rates follow (Great Britain In
dollars. others in centsl:
Canadian dollar in New York open
market 1892 per cent premium or
l0.905s United States cents off IL OF a
cent
Europe: Great Britain (pound) So. .s1ss.
unchanged; Great Britain 30-day futures,
2.S13s UNCHANGED; Great Britain 6O-day
futures. 2.S1rs, unchanged; Great Britain
9-day futures. 2.S01s. unchanged; Bel
gium ffranel. 2.00h. unchanged; France
tfrancp. .2Sss Of a cent. unchanged; Hol-
land (guilderl. 26.34. unchanged; Italy
tliral, .16ls of a cent. unchanged; Por-
tugal tescudol 3. 80, unchanged; Sweden
tkrona), 1875. unchanged; Switzerland
Ifrancl tfreel, 23.34l2. unchanged;
Denmark (rone) 1852 unchanged.
Latin America: Argentina (freel. 7.24,
unchanged; Brazil dreel 2.52. un-
changed: Mexico 11.63 unchanRed;
Venezuela (bolivarl. 30.03. UNCHANGED.
Far East: Hong Kong dollar. 1850.
unclaimed,
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Market AVERAGES
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, July 30 R.-cotton fu-
on New Orleans and local selling.
There was no real pressure on the
market, however, with traders still with
holding commitments pending more
definite ideas on the cotton supply sea-
Private Memphis sources said there
was trace of rain in Lubbock and El
Paso;. Less rain was reported in the
Carolinas. and Alabama. This condition
Is desirable to control the weevil.
Noon prices were UNCHANGED to 30
. bale lower than the previous close
october, So; December 34.14. and
March, "a .33.
Evening star., 1953-07-30
Odd-Lot Dealings

NEW YORK. July 80 0s.-The New
York Stock Exchange reported today
dealers on the exchange for July 90:
Purchases of 105.533 shares OF 3.759
orders, sales of 93t097 shares on 3. .432
on "a orders.
Evening star., 1953-07-30
Metal Quotations

NEW YORK. July 80 IA.-Spot nom
ferrous metal prices today Copper.
ley. Lead. IA cents q pound. New York.
Zinc. 11-11h cents pound; tin. 1894
cents pound. New, York, At Pittsburgh,
! f7,00-4S.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-21

is operation of the Fish & Wild life Service. We get rebate in fees, license IS, etc, on this amounting to almost $500,O00, which constitutes part of their program which is self-support- ing and which even the Federal Government does not get. In ad- dition there is a federal grant of $200,000 made to other states carrying on the functions of the F&WS. With these two sums in mind, Mrs Hermann places the amount for F&WS at $1, ,500,0O0.
 Another thing we would have to take over as a state is the judiciary. This figure is set at $500, ,OOO. To justify this low es- innate, Mrs. Hermann explains that the State of Alaska could get along with three courts in- stead of the present four. The Federal government must al ways maintain at least one court in Alaska because there are so many questions that are strictly federal problems. GAS it is, all courts, excepting the municipal magistrates courts, are federal, and continually falling behind in the case load)
 Mrs. Hermann d l e e S the S525, ,00O for the support of fed eral prisoners in the last year, because, she says, she does not expect the government to turn over the support of their present prisoner load upon the new State.
 There is the further fact that the newly created Territorial Police Force will take over a great deal of the law enforce
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-21

ment in the Territory. $200,000 has already been appropriated for administrative expenses of this police force and the Legis- lature made available $750,000 more from the gas-tax fund. The new enforcement agency is much superior to the old Highway Patrol and will eliminate that item which is now charged up as US. Marshal's salaries, thus reducing the expense of the courts.
 Next, we have the expense of care of the insane, which is now borne by Federal government. The bill now under conSidera- ton provides that the Federal government will continue the care of insane persons who al ready have been committed to institutions, which will start our statehood without that case load. With this in mind, it is felt that S250,000 will be fully adequate for the first few years of state hood.
 Another item of expense in cident to statehood is that of building and maintenance of State buildings for various in stitutions - prisons, insane asy- lums, and other buildings for offices, etc.
Seward seaport record., 1953-08-21

Mrs. Hermann sets aside the sum of $5 million for this pur- pose, which would be amortized over the period of 20 years at four per cent, amounting to $355,000 per year.
 She estimates that $4 million along with the amount available under the Federal Highway Act will be adequate to keep us maintaining roads and building new ones as they are needed.
 The total amount reached as a basis for increased expense due to having a state instead of a Territorial government runs to $6,779,000, just under $7 mil lion per year or $14 million bi- cnnium.
 The entire income of the Ter ritory from all tax sources last biennium was $31 million. To offset the added expense of statehood, Mrs. Hermann points out that the present statehood bill HR2982 would net the State of Alaska $1,600, ,000 from the Pribilof seal fisheries. Another income would be a minimum of S238, 900 from sale of timber and $500, 900 for leases, stump age, royalties, sale of state lands, etc.
 As additional tax revenue the
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general land tax which was re- pealed this year as illegal under the Organic Act of 1912, would be possible under statehood; thus revenue would be available from lands now held in Alaska by individuals and corporations Outside, and which are now tax free.
 As another tax source, Mrs. Hermann mentioned the sever ance tax which in most states where mining and the depletion of natural resources by other means occurs, is levied as mat ter of course, but is not in effect in the Territory.
 As summation, Mrs. Hermann presents figures from the office of the Territorial treasurer showing as of March 31, 1853 cash balance in the general fund of $8,246,080.77. Annual
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MORE ABOUT Statehood
(Continued from Page D

(Continued from Page D the Social Security Act. Public welfare is budgeted to the ex- tent of s million and the public school system to $11 million an- nually.
 First among the functions of state government to be assumed
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900; proving that Alaska could finance statehood.
 Several copies of the complete report of the Hearing in Wash ington are in town. One is in the Community Library.
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total of expenditures for the next biennium excluding defi- ciency appropriations, $11,912,- 889. Actual revenues per year for the next biennium, $16,869,- 900. Potential revenue, $19,119,-
Evening star., 1953-04-02

American League record set by
Johnson a few weeks before. The
mark later was tied by Lefty
Grove and Schoolboy Rowe.
Greatest Thrill.
Woods greatest thrill came in
the first of his three series vic
tories over the New York Giants
in 1912. He came to the ninth
inning leading. 4-3. but the
Giants, with just one out, had
runners on second and third.
Wood with a fast ball and a
splendid curve-just about his
only pitches - struck out Art
Fletcher and the old pinch
hitting pitcher. Doc Crandall.
1T was the first time Crandall
had ever struck out in the Polo
Grounds" he recalled.
Yale University bought Woods
contract from Cleveland and he
spent 20 years coaching base
ball at New Haven before retir-
ing in 1912
How about his fast ball?
well, I always thought john
sons might have been a little
faster-but if it was, it couldn't
have been much faster"
Evening star., 1953-04-02
NovyGrid Squad Pretty Good
Coach Says as Drills Near End

practice" Eddie commented.
Weaver is a steady type player
who can throw short or long.
He may be even better than
Cameron"
All-American Guard Steve Eli
senhauer will play in the middle
line hackers slot when the Mid
dies use a five-man line. Last
season Eisenhauer was in the line
on defense. He will alternate on
offenSe.
If the same boys maintain
their form this fall, a starting
eleven would present Jack Reis-
ter and Don Fullam at ends, Jack
Perkins and Hugh Webster at
tackles, Jim Leach and Eisen-
hauer at guards. Captain Dick
Olson at center, Weaver at quar-
terback, Bob Hepworth and Phil
Monahan at the halls and Joe
Gatusso at fullback.
Among the plebes who have
shown up well are Pat McCool,
220-pound tackle from Colum-
bian Prep in Washington, and
George Textor, 190-pound line
hacker being groomed to relieve
EiSenhauer.
Evening star., 1953-04-02
Special Dispotch 10 The Sfar

ANNAPOLIS, April Navy
will finish spring football prac-
tice Tuesday and Coach Eddie
Erdelatz is not displeased with
what he has seen.
Erdelatz dodges questions as to
whether the Middies of 1858 do
as well as last seasons eleven
which won six, lost two and tied
one. However, he admits his
charges have looked pretty good
in practice.
"We ought to have a right fair
ball club this season." was as
far as Eddie would go at a press
luncheon here yesterday. "I'll
tell you more about our chances
this fall"
Returning are % squad men,
berS including IA lettermen. AS
with other teams operating under
the new rules, Erdelatz has had
to juggle his material to use
boys on both offense and defense.
Johnny Weaver, formerly a
defensive halfback exclusively,
will replace Bob Cameron at
quarterback and Erdelatz is high
on Weaver.
HE has been looking good IN
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Mats
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Continued From Page CID
he doesn t like the picture. He
isn't overly impressed with
Sandy Consuegra despite the
slight Cuban'S 60 record last
season. He has seen Stone and
Stewart battered and can't mus
ter much excitement about the
pitching of Lou Sleater, Jim
Pearce or Zeke Zeisz.
The Mats have II more ex-
hibitions, however, and in the
course of them somebody may
pitch we'll enough to give Harris
hope that his relief pitching will
be better than he believes pos
sible at the moment.
Taking some of the sting from
the teams defeats has been the
emergence of Shortstop Pete
RunnelS from his batting slump.
Pete has batted .438 in his last
four games with seven hits in 16
attempts, and among his blows
have been four doubles and a
triple.
COan HOmerS Again.
Gil Coan continues to hit, too.
He added home run and pair
of singles yesterday. Cincinnati
Spurted into a SO lead against
Porterf1eld. with the aid of two
errors by Second Baseman
Wayne Terwilliger in the first in
ming and Coan sliced the deficit
to 5-4 in the third with his two
run homer.
The Washington attack ceased
at that point. Porterfield braced
to retire the last 10 Reds he
faced in order, but Cincinnati
murdered Stewart in the final
three innings.
Porterfield narrowly escaped
serious injury in the second in
ming in a slide ito second base,
but continued pitching despite
damaging his right leg.
Stobbs will oppose the Reds
today, with HOWE Judson due
to work for Cincinnati. The
clubs will journey to Greenwood,
S. c.. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-04-02
Colts Announce Signing
Of Two More Players
BY the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, April 2.-The
Baltimore Colts has announced
the signing of two more players,
bringing the number of contracts
returned to 25.
The latest to come to terms
were Langdon Viracola, 2O5-
pound fullback from Fordham,
and John Polak. 235-pound
tackle from California State
Teachers College. California, Pa.
Viracola was Fordham's lead
ing ground-gainer in 1851. He
dropped out of school in 1852
and played semi-pro football at
Bordentown, N. j. He was an
all-Eastern and all-Catholic ALL
American selection.
Polak was an all-Pennsylvania
tackle for the last two years. He
is a resident of Wilkes Barre.
Evening star., 1953-04-02
Smokey Joe Wood, Now Busy
At Golf Range, Misses Baseball
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES. April 2.-The
air whistles with flying golf balls
where it seems baseballs would
be more appropriate. That's the
scene today for one of the great
Speedball pitchers Of all time,
Smokey" Joe Wood.
The oldtime Boston Red Sox
star. who won "a games and lost
only five in 1912 and is one of
the few pitchers to win three
games in one World Series, oper-
ates the thriving Westshire driv-
ing range in West Los Angeles.
Wood and his brother Pete
have owned the property some
Is years and Joe took over active
control seven years ago.
He is a friendly man and does
not look his age of So. He has
not been prominent in baseball
circles out here because he's too
busy with his golf work. But
let a baseball friend or fan drop
in and the talk shifts promptly
to diamond doings.
Knows Few Players Now.
Wood, whose blazing pitches
are invariably compared to those
of the late Walter johnson, isn't
prone to debate the past and
present schools of baseball.
Il always see a few games
when I'm back East" he says,
"but I honestly am not too
familiar with many of the play
ers today"
He did mention one. II
watched Mickey Mantle in the
series on television last year. He
looks like he's got it," he
exclaimed.
Wood is justly proud of his
achievements and generally for
gotten is the fact that when his
arm went dead in 1916 he fol-
lowed his friend. Iris Speaker,
to Cleveland and starred as a
hard-hitting outfielder for sew
eral years.
He and Babe Ruth, Wood
pointed out, are the only players
who played\ in the World Series
as pitchers and outfielders. Joe
was with Cleveland in it's victory
over Brooklyn in 1920.
Smokey Joe's greatest year was
1912, when he missed a good
chance to break the major league
19-game winning streak record
held by Rube Marquard. AS it
was. he won 16 straight. An
error at shortstop in the ninth
inning cost him No. IT, and he
went on to win three more
straight.
His Is straight wins tied the
Evening star., 1953-04-02
HustIing Lions Hope
To Square PIayoff
With jets Tonight
By Brion Bell, Jr.

II the Washington Lions
again combine hustle, luck and
another great performance by
Goalie Cliff Hicks tonight at
Johnstown. Pa, they may ex-
tend their Eastern Hockey
League series to the limit.
Last night an enthusiastic
crowd of 1,345 at Uline saw the
Lions merge these three items
to beat the Jets. 81, and cut
Johnstown's series lead to 80.
If the Lions win tonight, the
best-four- of seven playoff will
be concluded in Johnstown Sat-
urday night.
Coach Ducky Skinner isn't
predicting victory for his under
manned team tonight. The
Lions playing away from home
and in a crippled condition will
be distinct underdogs.
Fooled Fans, Coach Says.
"a lot of people didn't expect
us to win tonight" Skinner said,
"but we fooled them and this
club could do it again if we get
a few breaks.
"As a matter of fact, we should
have wrapped up the playoffs.
We lost two matches by one goal
each at Johnstown we would
have won with better luck.
Maybe we're going to start get
ting the breaks now"
Last night the Lions had
plenty of luck but they supple
mented it by hustling and TAX
ing advantage of their oppor-
tunities. Stan Warecki and
Andy Brown, first line players.
were in street clothes because of
injuries received at Johnstown
Sunday so Skinner had to use
just two lines.
Lions Rally in Crises.
The Lions seemed worn out at
times but rallied when they
needed to. Bill Innes gave Bill
Cupolo a perfect pass at 1899
to give Washington a 10 first
period lead which held until the
Jets tied the score early in the
last session.
Johnstown had peppered the
Lions nets in the first and sec
ond sessions only to have Hicks
make seemingly impossible saves
or the puck bounce away. When
the Jets scored the tieing goal
it seemed the undermanned
Lions might fold.
However, Pat Wilson, 35-year-
old defenseman, hit on a long
shot at 1887 and Sandy Air out
faxed net-tender Ivan Walmsley
on a fine shot from the side at
1903 for the clincher. The
crowd saw the most exciting
match of the season as Hicks
outdueled Walmsley 1926 in
saves and the Lions outhustled
the Jets.
Evening star., 1953-04-02
Jockey Saves Another
In Race at GuIfstream
By the Associofed Press

MIAMI, April 2.-Jockey Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson probably
saved the life of William flasher,
Gulfstream Park apprentice
jockey.
It happened during the IA
mile eighth race yesterday when
the reins on Hasher's mount,
Maudeaux. broke early in the
race.
Track officials said Stevenson,
riding Fudge Beater, grabbed
the bride on Maudeaux and
guided the gelding to the finish
to keep flasher from falling.
Fudge Beater finished eighth
and Maudeaux ninth in the field
of II. The race was won by
Rosemere Chick.