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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Metropolitan HishIishfs Of 1853

Metropolitan Hishlights Of 1883
During 1888. Metropolitan's gain in Life
insurance in force was substantially larger
than was ever previously recorded by Metro
politan or any other Life insurance company
in any one year. Metropolitan's Life insur-
ance in force, at the end Of 1883, totalled
more than $50 billion. The number Of peo-
pie covered under all forms of Metropolitan
policies reached record high Of over 81
million.
The assets Of the Company, which help
guarantee the fulfillment of its obligations,
increased BY $4,000 900, and reached
Sl2.3l2.OOO.OOO at the close of 1888.
Dividends to pollcyholders during the year
reached an all-time high Of S2l4.829, 900.
The interest rate earned by Metropolitan in-
vestments. after deducting investment ex-
penses, increased to 3.3l"oo compared with
3.2loo for 1882. and stood at 30900o after
the Federal Income Tax. Mortality contln-
ued at low rate, Expenses increased mod
erately, largely because of the increased
volume Of business.
In citing the 1888 accomplishments. We
wish to pay particular tribute to the $4,000
men and women in the Metropolitan organ
ization who have made these results possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
QMAa

For more complete story Of Metropoli-
tan's operations during 1853, as embodied
in the Annual Report to Policyholders. mail
the coupon below.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Korean Envoy Charges
Big Arms BuiIdup by Reds
BY The Assoeiuted Prsss

DR.. You Chan Yang. Korean
Ambassador. charged last night
that the Chinese and Korean
Communists have violated the
Korean truce agreement by
carrying out a tremendous mill
tary buildup in North Korea.
In q radio interview, DR.. Yang
said:
During the interim period the
Communists have built, up tre-
mendously. They have already
built more than 80 airfields and
strips in the northern half Of my
country.
mot only that, but in violation
Of the truce agreement, they
have brought in at least 400 jet
planes and at the same time
they are building defense prof.
ects underground, and they are
putting these planes under
ground so that the American Air
Force can not sight them.
AT the same time. they are
digging in very strongly. building
sort Of a Maginot line, and we
have absolute intelligence that
the Communists have built far
more than they have ever done
BEFORE"
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Chicuuo Livestock

CHICAGO, Jan. I tP tusDA,.-- Cal
able hogs 10000: active; butchers un-
evenly 25 to as much as rs lower: aver
aging mostly 80 lower than wednesday,
Pound by 6gtehsrs, hers sGE oosa5 so 5sS
pounds, "a 35-s5. 90: aso-si, pounds,
81. 15-24.50: load 363 pounds, $500:
q few 150- 90 pounds, 23.00-25.5U:
choice 35Q-550 pound sows. 20.1
few light sows 23.00 or slightly above.
eral market active: most steers and
heifers grading. choice and better, sold
on first round: other grades CLOSING
slow: steers and heifers steady to fully
so higher; cows steady to % higher.
bulls and vealers uneven: averaging fully
steaady; az NEST NS choice @ to low prime steers.
load lots i1' eommercial @ to % low choice. S,ts,
1s.O0-2S 80: q few utility down to. 1880:
few. sales choice and prime mixed steers
and heifers, 24.75-26.00: good TO aver
age choice heifers. 16.50-24. 90; utility
to low good srades. 1:50-ls.oo: ptil. IL.
Gamers and cutters. 9.75; utility. and
17.25: few choice and prime vealers,
81. .00-2R.00: most commercial to choice
Is.00-26.00; few light culls down to
saiable sheep. 5000; general trade
Wednesday. on slaughter lambs and
slaughter lambs l9.00-2050; load lots
mostly choice and prime wooled lambs.
105 pounds down. u 90: few prime
native d lambs, 2l59; ~ Gull to nS low R9osd sEsn
1900: a deck choice and prime i03-
pound summer shorn. 1880.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
SEC Allows Firms
More Control Over
Proxy Proposals
BY The A,.eeia,ed Prsss

The Securities Commission
yesterday frightened UP its proxy
rule to curb those stockholders
who. according to management
complaints, have become 'nui-
Sances" at annual meetings Of
number Of corporations.
The revised rules permit COM
pany arrangements to exclude
certain types of stockholder pro-
posals from the proxy-soliciting
literature which is sent to stock
holders in advance Of annual or
special meetings.
One change would prevent q
stockholder from bringing before
the meeting a propceal which,
under State law. is not proper
matter for a vote but is, instead,
matter for ordinary manage
ment decision.
The previous regulation said
firms could omit from their
proxy notices any proposal which
was mot a proper subject for
action by security holders" but
did not define the term proper
subject"
Under the new amendment,
the corporation is governed by
the law of the state in which the
corporation was organized, even
though this may be a different
state from the one in which it
has its principal Offices and OPP
erations. The burden of proof
will be on the management, how
ever, to show SEC that it is
acting in accordance with state
law, and SEC will base its deci-
sion in disputed cases on the
state statutes.
The amended rules permit cor
porations to exclude any propo-
sal whose aim or effect would be
to press a personal claim Of a
stockholder or redress q per-
sonal grievance" or promote
general economic, political, ra-
cial. religious, social or similar
causes"
To prevent the annual reap
pearance Of proposals which fail
to win significant support, SEC
ruled that a proposal may be
omitted for three years if it has
received less than 3 per cent
of the votes at its first submis-
sion, less than 6 per cent at a
second submission, and less than
10 per cent at a third.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Buick Reduces Prices
On Four New Models
BY the Assoeiased Prsss

FLINT. Mich, Jan. 7.--Reduc-
tons in the list price. ranging
from $50 to $522 on four OF It's
1854 model cars. were announced
today by Buick Motors. List
prices on all other models remain
unchanged.
At the retail level dealers have
been authorized to add $40 to
the handling charge on the series
40 or special" model, and SIS to
the handling charge on all other
models.
List price for the new Century
series. added to the line this year,
will be $2.288.17 for the four
door sedan.
Buick also announced a $40
reduction in the price Of its
power steering unit. This makes
the new price $125.
The announced price reduc-
tons generally were on the So
called low production volume
models. The Skylark sports car
was reduced $496. getting a new
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Victim, Of Robbery
Finds Diapers No
Match for Hummer
sy ths Assoeiated Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 7.-Eugene
Maurice hurled d pile Of diapers
into the face of a holdup man
Tuesday. but the infant wear was
no match for the hammer the
thug was carrying.
Mr.. Maurice and another en-
ploye of a Baltimore diaper serv-
ice. Edward Folger, were closing
up. shop when two men ap-
preached them.
Mr.. Maurice had q bag con-
tanning $500 in one hand, q pile
of diapers in the other.
The laundryman hurled the
diapers at one Of the thugs and
fed. The holdup man disentan-
gled himself and felled Mr.. Maui
rice with a blow from a hammer,
picked UP the bag and sped away
The two were nabbed later
through the efforts Of citizens
and police.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Roofer Drops Decd
On Construction Job

A construction worker dropped
dead yesterday afternoon while
working in the 300 block Of Liv-
ingston street NV. Police said
he apparently suffered a heart
attack.
The man was identified as
James McNair. So. colored, Of
1000 South Capitol street. Other
workers said Mr.. McNair, a
roofer, Suddenly fell between two
parked cars. He was pronounced
dead on the scene by Or. Walter
Smith. The body was taken to
the District Morgue.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
D. {. Firm Gets Contract
For Security Agency Job
eY the As.eeiated Prsss

BALTIMORE, Jan. Victor
r. Beauchamp. Inc, of Washing
ton has been awarded a contract
for $1,121.528 for construction Of
utilities for the National Security
Agency installation at Fort
Meade.
Col. Reginald Whitaker, dis
trict engineer for the Army
Corps of Engineers in Baltimore.
announced the award which will
include clearing 81 acres, provid-
ing all roads and culverts, water
lines, storm drains, sanitary sew
ers and steam and electrical
lines.
Earlier reports said the agency
would locate at Fort Meade an
installation which may cost as
much as $50 million.
Monitoring work is done now
by the NSA in scattered locations
around Washington, but details
of the agency's work are top
secret.
Evening star., 1954-01-07


and 49.2 per cent higher than
$15,817,529 at the end of 1851.
Assets totaled $27, ,068.177 on
December 81, a gain of "a per
cent from $24,736,028 a year
earlier. First mortage loans Of
$24,023,229 were 10.1 per cent
ahead Of $21,823,789 a year
earlier.
Reserve and surplus aggre-
gated $1.683,257 VS.. $1,567, ,003 at
the close of 1852. During the
last year the association paid
$609,013 of dividends, compared
with $504.337 in 1852.
1853 Progress Reviewed
Washington Permanent Build
ing Association had a year Of
progress and prosperity in 1858.
it was announced by Carl j.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Bethesda a-Chevy Chase
Association Sets Records

Bethesda Chevy Chase Federal
Savings and Loan Association
had record assets of $8,489, ,484
at the end of 1858, a Jump of
24.9 per cent from $6,796, $50 at
the close of 1852, President j..
Horace Smithey announced yes
terday.
Invested savings also reached
a new high of $7.211,681. an in
crease of 26.8 per cent in the
year.
Mr.. Smithey reported that l.
060 new savings accounts were
opened in the year and new loans
totaled $3,629.950, with a sub
stantial proportion for construc-
ton of new homes.
Dividends during the year
amounted to $184,442 and $685.
237 was added to reserves.
Evening star., 1954-01-07

set new rec
ords all along
the line at the
close of 1858,
p re sid e n t
CT a renee E.
Kefauver re-
ported today.
In v e S t e d
sa gs on
December 81
amounted to
$23,595.458, a
gain of % per
c e mt from
$19,349,835 a
Evening star., 1954-01-07
WestmoreIond Woman
Shot, Stubbed in Home
By The Asseeiaisd Press

GAINESVILLE, Va, Jan. t.
A Westmoreland County woman
remained in serious condition in
q Fredericksburg hospital today
Of wounds suffered when she was
shot and stabbed by an un-
identified assailant at her home
Tuesday. Police said robbery
apparently was the motive.
The victim, Mrs. Bell WASH
ington, 66. was shot In the right
ear and stabbed In the face and
chest several times.
Evening star., 1954-01-07

B erg m a n n,
president and
executive Of
fcer.
r e so u rces
at the years
end set a rec
ord of $19.-
643.942, a gain
of $1,407,122
from a y ear
earlier. r e a |
estate loans Of
S l 6.3 0 0,9 3 4
were up $947,-
251.
Evening star., 1954-01-07

factory tag OF $4.100: the series
40 estate wagon was reduced
$248.73. being priced at $4,000.
compared with the $3.148.73 price
for the 1858 super model, which
it replaces; a $50 reduction was
made in the super convertible.
listing this year at $2.70D.59.
The all-steel Century series
estate wagon will have a factory
list price of $3.172. This is a
reduction of $521.73 from the
comparable 1858 model, the
RoadmaSter estate wagon.
Evening star., 1954-01-07

counts reached $16,748,835, an
increase of $453,296. Reserves of
81 ,S34,246 were $66.390 higher.
Combined cash in banks and
Federal obligations totaled ST.
925, ,728. -
Named to IBA Committee
Millard F. West, jr., and Ber-
nard j. Nees, both of Washing
ton, have been named to the
education committee of the
Southeastern Group Of the In
veStment Bankers Association,
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Invested Savings Up
4o Pei. in Two Years
FAf Columbia Federal
By DonoId B. HodIey

With invested savings up
nearly SO per cent in the last
two years, Columbia Federal
Savings and Loan Association
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Sales Manager Named
Housing Bonds Offered

A group headed by Chase Ma
tional Bank was awarded a $61,-
005,000 issue of New York State
! housing bonds yesterday.
Chase National took large
block of the bonds and others
were sold to State funds. The
remaining bonds, with maturi-
ties ranging from 1875 to 1898,
were reoffered at prices to yield
2,l5 to 2.65 per cent to maturity.
A number of firms with Wash
ington offices participated.
Air Trovel Sets Record
Passengers of commercial air.
lines departing and arriving at
Washington National Airport set
new record in 1853, airport Of
ficials disclosed today.
The years passenger total
reached 2.720.024, compared with
2,492, 1854 in 1852 and contrasted
with only 459,396 in 1912. first
full year of the airport's op-
Grafton.
December passengers totaled
215,647 VS.. 207,383 in the pre-
vious month and 1874. .645 in De-
cember, 1852. They also con-
trasted with only 21,022 in De-
cember. 1912.
Gets RETAILING Award
C. A. Venable, jr.. f1oorcover-
ings manger for Woodward &
Lothrop, accepted the Carpet In
stitute's award for retail excel
lence in the department. store
classification at the annual
market dinner of the Chicago
Floorcovering Association last
night.
The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. and the Washing
ton Gas Light Co. have been cer-
titled as 'excellently managed"
by the American Institute = OF
Management. ..
Sells ST Million Worth
Roy C. McGuiness, field un-
derwriter for the Home Life In
surance Co. here, produced
enough business in 1858 to quail
ify for the Million Dollar Round
Table.
Jerome S. Levy, associate Of
the Washington agency Of the
Berkshire Life Insurance Co.
has been awarded a diploma by
the Purdue University Life In
! surance Marketing Institute.
Evening star., 1954-01-07

Mr.. West is a partner of Au-
chincloss, Parker & Redpath and
Mr.. Nee is a partner of Johnston,
Lemon g. Co.
Sales Manager Named
Neal j. Edwards has been
named sales manager of WNfAL-
TV, effective January l6. For
merly sales manager of Station
WTTG, he succeeds Harvey
Glascock. who resigned recently.
Frank E. Wilhoit, jr., has bcor
named assistant to the executive
secretary of the National Asso-
citation of Mutual Insurance
Agents here. Philip Baldwin is
executive secretary.
L. Douglas Wexford has been
named assistant to the executive
vice president in charge of Gov
ernment relations for the Stauf-
fer Chemical Co., with Offices
hero
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Hotels Roise Churoes

Most hotels in Sweden now
add as much as 25 to 80 per cent
to the bill for personal service.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
The Law Of the
Subconsciious
Mind
Free Public Lecture
at the
AlInas Temple Auditorium

1915 K St. NV.
Sunday. Jon.. 10. II A. M.
The greatest discovery of
psychological research today
is the subconSciouS mind Of
man. Through your subcon-
scious mind you have access
to UNLIMITED wisdom and
power. This has been proved
by science. Like everything
else in the universe, the sub
conscious mind functions &C
cording to Universal Law. Do
you know what that Law is?
Every moment of your life
your Subconscious mind is
working either FOR or
AGAINST you. Do you know
which? Every moment of
your life it is creating some
thing. Do you know WHAT
it is creating? Unfortunately
most people, not under
standing the Law of the sub
conscious and how the sub
conscious functions, use it in
a destructive way. Like elec-
tricity, it is an impersonal
force that can build or de-
stroy. Which is it doing to
you? Correctly used it can
heal all disease, solve every
problem, and give you secur-
ity for the future. Why not
learn how to use this dy-
manic power in your life.
You owe it to yourself to
hear this amazing address.
It may change your life.
Speaker
Or. Arthur Jay Green,
Mental Scientist
College Of Mental Science
Offices: 35 Z Street NV.
Phone ST. 3.69Sl Free Perkins
Kodiak mirror., 1954-06-12
Bsrden Sentenced To Two Months In Prison

John J. Barden, 23, of Brooklyn, New York pied guilty to disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace charges Tn U. s. Commis- sioners court Tuesday June 8th and receive1 a six months Federal Jail sentence with four months suspended for good behavior.
 Barden was seen drinking out of a bottle behind Tonys Bar and US. Marshal Clarence Dizney took the bottle from him and emptied the remain ing contents into a refuse barrel.
 He next came into the Mir TOT Office and demanded to have an article written and published exercising his rights as an American Citizen and making use of the Freedom of the Pr ss. He further de- handed that he be reimbursed for the tax of three dollars that he spent on the purchase of the liquor as he had derived no benefit. from it. He was eased out of the Mirror and threatened, to blow the place up.
 Officer Mckinley received a call from the local ACS office of a man causing a disturbance in the rACS and on answering call it turned out to be Barden wanting to wire Washington, D. c. and air the injustice done him.
 :. .On being taken to jail he kicked out one of the windows in the bull pen and finally set tied dowd and went to sleep.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-06-12

to do what a lot of other fight
 CTS have never been able to do
 before, beat Rocky Marciano? The answer is no. Ezzard's only chance is to be cute and get away with it. Marciano has the best punch in the busi- ness today. If he lands, he'll put Charles to !. sleep. Jersey Joe Walcott, who also had a punch, did 1t. That's how he won the title (from Charles). He caught him in the seventh round and Ezzard submerged
Kodiak mirror., 1954-06-12

rts A . 4 t .I winner'betw now and the big night and every effort will be made to blow the contest up in the public eye.
 The truth is, of course, that Marciano is favored to win by a knockout. But he will have to catch Ezzard to put him to sleep. He caught Roland La Starza, who is a pretty fair boxer, and he has somehow managed to catch every op- ponent he's ever met.
 So should we expect Ezzard
Kodiak mirror., 1954-06-12
KODIAK INFERIOR

he very bast in a man, and if
 ,z2ard is at his best, he could whip Marclano, by stayiup away and piling up points If he is as good as he was when he fought Louis, he might win. The odds will probably be heavy against it, say four to one.
 Some people will take Ez- gard just on the hunch Rocky is stale. The fight should be an interesting one if Ezzard tries to do something, rather than back-pedal. But the fight we are looking forward to, in a couple of years, is a Mar ciano-Jackson fight. We won der if the Hurricane could keep blowing in face of a Marciano greeting. Would be interesting to see.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-06-12

for the night.
 At one time Charles wa both slick and tough, and tn general opinion in the boxin' world is that he has lost hi toughness. When he tough Joe Louis he got hit and hi hard and he kept coming. But in a year or two Ezzard seemed to have lost his real fighting instinct. He gave several dis appointing performances.
 Of course, a championship fight sometimes brings out
Kodiak mirror., 1954-06-12
Sp0RTING CONIMENT

The boxing world is now building up interest in the heavyweight championship fight between Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles, set for late this month. Various ring immortals will be picking the
Kodiak mirror., 1954-06-12
NOTICE

The Informal Group of Christian Scientists meet for Sunday services in the main floor of the Bank Building every Sunday at Il am.
 Sunday School is held at the same hour.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-06-12
 NOTICE

If you can not get us on phone 3131, call 43os for oil delivery. Office hours, pm to 5 pm Monday through Thurs day, 1 pm to 2 pm Friday.
 Thompson Transfer
Kodiak mirror., 1954-06-12
NoTlcE

Game night at the VFW is now Friday night.
 Everybody Welcome
Kodiak mirror., 1954-06-12
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NOTICE

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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-29

such states guard and preserve for
future generations.
The Enabling Act provided for a
grant of about 100000 acres for
Montana. Section Eleven provides
that the proceeds from the sale or
other permanent disposition of any
of these lands shall constitute perma-
nent funds.
So concerned was the Congress
about conserving the peoples owner
ship and rights that in Section II, it
added this significant proviso: That
leases for exploration for oil and gas
and the extraction thereof may not
be made for a period longer than 20
years, and leases for the development
of hydro-electric power may not be
made for more than SO years.
Arguments for The Severance Tax
The arguments for the Severance
Tax are: L. That natural resources be-
long to the people, 2. That the tax is
adapted to conserving and supervis-
ing, 3. That it is the best way of tax
ing minerals.
The first two have already been
discussed under the nature of this
tax. Only this point should be added:
1t is the best way of taxing minerals
and about the only way that has been
found satisfactory. Minerals are often
of unknown quantity. Because this
kind Of tax is not levied on the person
according to wealth, land holdings or
even the net income, but is a payment
for the right to remove resources, it
is thought we'll adapted for the pur-
pose it is intended
In its 1884 report, the National Re-
sources Board stated that of all taxes
on minerals, the one most likely to be
anti-conservational is the advalorem
tax
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-29
(Sixth In A Series)

The Severance tax was chosen for
special consideration. 1t is unique in
nature; it is we'll suited for showing
how tax can be used for bene-
fit Of all; and, not the least, the story
Of it is more interesting than that of
some other kinds
Probably the most outstanding fea-
ture of the tax is the thinking, the
theory upon which it was founded.
1t is based on the generally accepted
conviction that the natural resources
belong to all the people. The re-
sources, it has been held, are the prod
uct of nature, the slow accumulation
of the ages. Many of them are limited
in quantity and when exhausted are,
as far as we are concerned, irreplac-
able
The doctrine that the products of
nature belong to all the people means
that ownership lies in the racial
the people for all time We of this
generation are therefore limited in
our rights to do with them as we
please. Our obligation is to hold these
riches, to guard them and to use them
for the best interest of all.
This concept of ownership is not
confined to the resources already held
as Federal, state or municipal parks,
reservations and forests. 1t extends to
resources on or within lands held by
individuals.
This is illustrated by the govern
mcnt'S common nractice of reSerVinp
mineral rights, restricting ones rights
to water flowing over his own land,
and even to the use of ones own land.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-29
Charles F. Brannan Tells Farmers
Full Production Should Be Encouraged Not Penahzed

would not have had to buy a single
flake of milk according to the form
er cabinet member. "There are a lot
of people drinking enough milk, but
many get no milk at ALL" he said,
zone half of all men rejected by the
draft for military service had condi-
tions caused by lack of proper dietp'
Brannan concluded by quoting an
excerpt from a speech given by
Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1885 (see
page A. and saying, eve have a
choice of two philosophies-the one
of scarcity and the one of abund-
ance. You can not take the farmer
down and have the rest of the econ
omy prosper. Unemployment is al
ready showing in areas where farm
equipment workers are being laid
off. At the same time prices are go
ing down for the farmers, they are
rising to consumers. In 1882 when
prices were at their bottom and farm
ers planted more acres than they ever
did. Farmers were trying to get few
more dollars to just plain live. We
must learn to produce in abundance
and to use this gift from God for
a good purpose. The places where
communism has gotten its roots are
the places where there is starvation
and poverty"