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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-25

Miss Mabel canady and Miss
Maggie Lawrimore both Of White
vile are spending a few days with
their parents Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Canady and Mr.. and Mrs. Curtiss
Lawrimore and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Benton and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T.
Benton and children of Acme were
last week guests of their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Benton and
Mr., and Mrs. Lee Canady.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darius Stanley of
Rocky Mount are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. A. E. Stanley this week.
Jimmy Jenrette and Donald
Jenrette of Ash were visiting MIR.
and Mrs. Paul Gore Friday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Benton were
visiting Cherry Grove Beach Fri
day evening of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Jacobs made
a business trip to Tabor City and
Whiteville last week.
Mrs. Lou Chestnut spent a few
days with her brother Mr.. and
Mrs. Lincoln Chestnut of Nakina.
MIR. and Mrs. Paul Gore made
a business trip to Whiteville and
Tabor City Saturday morning.
Rev. j. A. Smith filled his regu-
lar appointment at River Side
Baptist Church Sunday morning.
Mrs. Lester Gore spent Saturday
afternoon with her son MIR. and
Mrs. Clifton Gore of Whiteville 1.
w. Long made business trip to
Whiteville Monday of last week.
Rev. j. A. Smith of Ash was
Sunday dinner guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. F. Pickett and family.
Mrs. Daniel Gore of Little River,
S. c. was visitor in the Pireway
section Monday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-25
Renliniiseing
SEVEN YEARS AGO
BY Leterne Ward

Sales on the Tabor City Tobacco
Market continued brisk this week
and lots of tobacco reaching ware
house floors showed better grade
than earlier offerings this season.
Beginning next week the Tabor
City Cannery will be open ONLY
one day each week-on Thurs
days.
Tabor City Schools opened the
l947-l948 school year with an en-
rollmcnt of $50 in the elementary
grades and 23O in high school.
Principal c. H. Primer reported.
AT a dinner meeting of the
Woodmen of the World Camp at
the Lodge Hall here Friday eve
ming II. K. Sasser, Sr. and II. K.
SaSser, Jr. were officially trans
ferred from a Wilmington Camp
TO the roster OF the Tabor CITY
camp. j. I. Jordan of Wilmington
was recognized as d special guest.
Mary Lou Britt, sponsored by
the Whitcvillc Lions Club was
crowned Miss Columbus" in the
! beauty contest staged at the To-
bacco Festival at the WhitevilIe
Armory last night.
Carlton l.. Rhodes has been
named editor and manager of the
Lorls Leader and Will begin duties
here this week it was announced
today by the publisher Lawrence
Campbell and Billy Whitfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlisle Hughes and
sons, Jimmy and Harold, left Sun
day for Detroit, Mich. where they
will make their home. MIR. Hughes
plans to attend a tool and die
school. He is son of Mr.. and Mrs.
b. F. Hughes who owned the
Friendly Market.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-25
America
BY
1875

America by 1875 will use al
most twice the quantity of miner
ais 1t is using this year. Demands
for minerals as a whole may rise
80 per cent. Demands for iron.
copper, lead and zine might rise
40 to so per cent in the next quart
er century.
The National Association of
Manufacturers cities figures from
the Presidents Materials Policy
Commission of June, 1852, to en-
phaSize the great growth that lies
ahead of us.
II shows that beyond the rise
in demand for lead, zinc, copper
and iron, there might be a 300 per
cent increase in use of fluorspar.
400 per cent increase in use of
aluminium, and l800-24OO per cent
increase in use of magnesium.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-25
PR E W AY
N e W S
BY EDWARD GORE

Joe Gore was business visitor
in Tabor City Monday of last
week.
MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Settle
myre and family of Acme spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Jessie Benton. They also visited
Ocean Drive, Myrtle Beach, and
Cherry Grove Beach during the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. w. Long made
a business trip to Wilmington last
Monday morning.
Mrs. Paul c. Gore was guest of
her parents Monday morning Mr..
and Mrs. George Williamson.
George Williamson of Nakina
made business trip to Longowod
Monday afternoon.
Clifton Gore of Whiteville was
a visitor of his parents Monday
MIR. and Mrs. j. Lester Gore.
Mrs. Jimmy Sarvis of Whiteville
is spending a few days with her
parents Mrs. Lester Gore.
Mr.. and tbs. NcaL E. Jacobs
and son Eddie of GEORGETOWN
spent a few days last week with
their pa. entS AL. AID Mrs. Willie
Jacobs and EIr. and Mrs. John
Robert Gore. They will return
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Liston Grice and
children were visiting Ocean Drive
Beach Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Duncan and
Mrs. Gore made business trip
to Whiteville Wednesday.
Mrs. Claude Gilmore and Mrs.
Oscar johnson both of Loris spent
Thursday afternoon with their
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Smith and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. T. f. Smith and family.
Jessie Benton made a business
trip to Tabor City Wednesday of
last week.
Miss Ruth Long of Whiteville
spent the weekend with her par
cnts Mr.. and Mrs. Lacy Long.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-25
Fire Tips
FROM w. T.. WATTS
Horny County Ranger

The usual method of putting out
raging forest fire is to pillow a
wide band Of newly turned earth
around 1t thus robbing it of fuel;
but, How do you keep them under
CONTROL weary State Commission
OF Forestry fire fighters are ask
ing, when R-ton pillow pulled
by crawler tractor weighing sew
eral tons can't pierce the hard.
dry earth far enough to turn up
a fire-stopping strip"
This is just one of the many
problems confronting the men on
the fireline Of blazes throughout
the Florence District which in
cludes Darlington, Dillon, Flor
ence, Horny, Marion, and Marl-
boro Counties.
Other problems include fires
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-25
IDEAS FOR
WOMEN
BY ANN WILLIAMSON
Home Economist
Carolina Power & Light Co.

Cooks: Keep this for "A notebook.
Measuring one-fourth cup OF
cornstarch is quicker than measur-
ing four tablespoons. To help you
speed up the preparation of many
dishes here are some equivalents
of common measurements.
Equivalents
Dash-Less than Is teaspoon
60 DROP teaspoon
3tsp.-1 tablespoon
4 tablespoons-A cup.
) one-third tablespoons-l/3 cup
3 tablespoonful cup
IL tablespoons cup
l6 tablespoons cup
2 cups-1 pint
2 pints-1 quart
a quarts gallon
It's usually wise to follow a re-
cipe to the letter, but using a sub
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-25
Armed Forces

7TH DIV, KOREA - Pvt. Dom
ME M. Thompson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlton Thompson, Route 3,
LoriS, recently arrived in Korea
for duty with the 7th Infantry Di-
vision.
Men of the 'Bayonet" division
are undergoing intensive training
to maintain the peak combat eff
ficiency displayed by the unit
from Pusan to the Yalu River.
Private Thompson entered the
Army last February and completed
basic training at Camp Chaffee,
Ark. He is 1852 graduate of Loris
High School.
HAKATA, Japan - Army Pvt.
Curtis E. Blain, 81, whose wife,
Elvenia, lives in Chester, Pa, re-
Gently spent seven days in Japan
on a rest and rccupcration leave
from the l21St Evacuation Hospital
! in Korea.
Available to Blain at Camp Ha-
kata were recreational and sight
seeing facilities giving him fasc-
mating glimpse of Oriental Gull
ture.
Private Blain, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arther Blain, Route 2, Con-
way, S. c., was last stationed at
Camp Pickett, Va, before arrivin.
in the Far East last November.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-25

Write to the Highway Safety
Division. State Department of
Motor Vehicles. Raleigh. N. c. for
informative phamplets. literature
and movies on child safety. There's
TO charge.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-08-25
Want Ads

FOR RENT: Furnished apart
ment also furnished bed room.
See Mrs. Frances Z. Cox, Pre-
way Road, OF phone 3031, Tabor
City. indf. col.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-09
GRAY 5 DRUG STO r

HERE'E HOW 1T WORKS
&C Weothertron, ov0jlobte in
two compoct sizes-3 end s
hp both cooIs and heats your
entire home, filters, deh4mIdi-
fies. and circuIates the cir. In
summer it cooIs by pumping
heat out Of your home into
outside In. winter it reyerses
automatically and heots ycur
entire home by coPturn9
heat always present even II.
c9'd cir, and pumping it in
SIDE
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-09


SINH
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30
CAREER IN SOCIOLOGY
OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES

For the young Man in a Hur.
ry" a career in rural sociology
offers many opportunities, &C.
cording to DR.. c. Horace Ham.
ilton. With increasing recognition
of sociology as tool for solving
training in rural sociology now
offers a wider variety of oppor-
tunitieS than ever before.
Hamilton, head of the depart
ment Of rural sociology at N. c.
State College, says young men
and women trained in his depart
ment find ready openings in
North Carolina of their acquired
skills. North Carolina has one of
the largest rural populations in
the nation. The state, says Ham,
ilton, is fortunate to have a top
ranking department of rural So
GEOLOGY"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30
BAPTIST TRAINING
UNION CONVENTION
AT EDENTON CHURCH

Regional Training Union Direc-
tor, Norman Earl Goodwin of Ahos-
kie reports that final details are
being closed out for the program
of the annual Regional Training
Union Convention, to be held with
the First Baptist Church in Eden
ton, on Friday and Saturday, April
80 and May 1. The convention COM
prises the training unions of the
Baptist churches in the Chowan
and the West Chowan Associations,
or the geographical area from the
Virginia line through Hyde Coun-
ty and from the Roanoke River to
the Atlantic Ocean.
The executive committee has de-
signed a program which will call
for conferences, demonstrations,
talks, music, inspirational address,
es and a banquet. The featured adj
dress will be delivered on Friday
night by the Rev. Douglas Branch,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
in Rocky Mount, and also president
of the State Baptist Convention.
Another interesting personality
scheduled for activity in the con-
ate to the State Training Union
vention is Mr.. Fred Scott, Associ-
Secretary in Raleigh.
One of the convention highlights
each year is the banquet which will
be held this year between the af-
=, ternoon session and the evening
session on Friday. The meal and
the program for the banquet is in
the hands of the Edenton Church.
The convention program is divid-
ed into three sessions-an after
noon and evening session on Friday
and a morning session on Satur-
day. Delegates from the various
training unions of the churches of
the two associations are now max
ing plans to attend this outstand-
ing annual event of the training
program and the Edenton church
is planning for a record crowd.
The Harvard Plan will be observed.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30

Training in sociology and the
related social sciences, says Ham
ilton, is one of the best ways to
prepare oneself for a wide va
riety of fields in which success
depends upon Skill in under
standing, working with, and sup
cruising people" Among the
fields for which such training
qualities its students are rural
sociological e KIT ension work,
scouting, social welfare work,
Red Cross field directors, journ-
alism, personnel management,
business and administrative po-
sitions, and many others.
N. c. State College offers
four-year course in rural So
GEOLOGY leading to a bachelor of
science degree. The primary aim
of the department is to teach
students the principals and tech
niques for understanding human
group behavior.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30

on either side. These guide boards
are inserted and removed manually
to control the direction of ''fall' for
each approaching bale. The picture
at the lotper right shows another
way Of handling baled hay-this
time for stacking on the ground
floor Of pole barn. A small electric
motor does the work Of lifting"
bales to various heights.
Many farmers have gone far be-
yond the, equipment shown here.
Some move mixed feed by convey
ors or blowers directly to the feed
lot; others "auger" grain out of stor-
age bins for removal to feed carts,
grinders and mixers. Automatic
feeders carry mash to chickens or
silage TO cattle; other types Of con-
veyors remove manure from barn
cutters. There seems no end to the
ways in which farmers use electric
power 70 move or remove food
products and waste materials much
more easily, quickly. conveniently
and at less cost than their grand
dads would have thought possible. a
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30

dustries of the Carolina, Inc,
(PICA), the Roy Parker Scool OF
Printing will be dedicated at
200 o'clock.
Entertainment features in adj
dition to the regular program,
will include a yacht trip on the
Meherrin river on Saturday af-
ternoon following the dedication
program. On Friday afternoon a
motor tour to historical places in
Murfreesboro will be guided by a
committee of the Chamber of
Commerce. Golfing at the Beach
wood Country Club will be avail
able at any time.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30

publisher of the Henderson
Daily Dispatch.
The Saturday sessions of the
ltwo-day meeting will all be held
at Chowan College, beginning
with breakfast at $50 in the col
lege cafeteria, to be followed by
panel discussions at 1000 o'clock
in the auditorium.
Ashley B. Futrell, of the
Washington Daily News, and
Cletus Brock, of the Mount
Olive Tribune, are to be discus
sion leaders on Newspaper
Circulation-How to Manage and
Increase It."
Classified advertising will be
the subject of the second dis
cussion panel to be lead by Dave
Wichard, Jr., of the Greenville
Daily Reflector, and Mayor Park
er, of the Hartford County Her
aid.
The visiting newspaper folks
will be luncheon guests of Cho-
wan College at noon on Saturday,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30

with the afternoon program in
charge of the college. DR.. F. o.
Nixon, college president, will
preside.
Presentation of the John D.
Gold memorial by Sam Raglan,
managing editor of the News and
Observer, will be made following
lunch. Mr.. Gold was for many
years publisher of the Wilson
Daily Times.
Following addresses by Con-
gresham L. H. Fountain of Tar
boro, and Jord H. Jordan, of the
Herald Press, Charlotte, who will
be representing the Printing In
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30
By IRA MILLER
Farm Electrifcation Bureau

( F0TW GtSCbTVtCutsOH 0uTeuu
( In the panel at the upper left, an
elevator is used to move corn into
"a temporary crib. This application
may be more popular than ever this
year because Of shortage Of perma-
nent storage places on some farms
and the prospects Of another bumper
crop. The carry-over Of corn this
year may reach 900. 900, 600 bushels.
The picture at the upper right illus
Itrates the combined use Of wagon
unloader and an inclined plane ele-
vator to move newly harvested
onions into a storage building for
forced air drying.
At the lotDer left we see horizon
tai conveyor at work in barn NOV.
The bales are dumped on the con-
veyor at the NOW door after being
hoisted up by means Of an inclined
plane elevator operation adjacent to
the farmers wagon. In the NOW, the
conveyor is shifted around until all
the bales are located where desired.
Boards are angled along the bed Of
the conyeyor to bump" Of the bales
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30

A standard price of 1925 per
hundred pounds has been set for
Glass milk in nine regular milk.
marketing areas in North
Carolina.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30

The average number of peo--
pie employed on United States
farms in 1858 was 8,580,000, q Y
l per cent less than year can
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30
TO BE DEDICATED AT PRESS
MEETING - The graphic arts
building, housing the Roy Parker
School of Printing at Chowan Col

Murfreesboro-The Chamber
of Commerce and Chowan Col
lege will be hosts to members of
the Eastern Carolina Press AS
ISOLATION at its spring meeting to
be held here on Friday and Sat
urday, May 7-8, when the Roy
Parker School of printing at
Chowan College will be died.
icated as feature of an interest
ing program.
Mrs. E. F. McCulloch, editor
of the Bladen Journal at Eliza
BEETHOVEN, is president of the as
|sociation and will preside at the
Friday evening meeting to be
held in the private dining room
of the Red Apple restaurant.
Lenoir NJ Chambers, editor of
the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, will
make the principal address at
this session. State Senator ]. Will
liam Copeland, of Murfreesboro,
will welcome the visitors, with
the response by Henry A. Dennis,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30

Your general contractor or builder
knows that electric water heaters
are trouble-free, safe, dependable.
He knows that an electric water
heater saves money for you in
many ways :. in operating costs,
and in shorter pipe runs which
are possible becRuse an electric
water heater can be installed
near most-used outlets. No flues,
vents, chimneys needed.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-30

So if you're building, moderniz-
ing, or just replacing an old or
inadequate water heater be
modern, get an electric water
heater. :. and get one big enough!
1t costs no more to heat gallon
of water in big tank than in a
small one. And on VEPCO's low
off-peak rate for approved stor-
age-type water heaters, you get
extra savings!
Don't let an old or inadequate
water heater keep you waiting,
wondering, wishing any longer.
Be modern get an ELECTRIC
water heater :. and get one BIG
enough!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
Stock Prices Steady
In 81 10 s. Range;
Trading Moderate
BY the Assoeiossd Pres.

NEW YORK. Dec. 15.-The
Stock market maintained a fair
ly steady appearance today in
the early afternoon.
Prices ranged around a point
lower to between / and 3 points
higher.
Trading was moderate.
Oils were outstanding on the
higher side. and also UP on ball
ance were steels, motors, cop
pers, rubbers, aircrafts and util-
tiles. Showing losses were radio
TV, chemicals and airlines.
Railroads, with the exception
Of Atlantic Coast Line, were
higher. Coast Line, which has
been Unusually strong in the
past two days, was down around
5 points. Later it regained some
of that loss.
Missouri Pacific Preferred was
strong along with Western I'm
ion, TIKI Oil, and Texas Pacific
Land Trust.
Also higher were Bethlehem
Steel. Goodyear, Boeing, Ana
conda Copper, Westinghouse
Electric, American Tobacco, New
York Central. Standard Oil IN.
j., and Amerada Petroleum.
Georgia Pacific Plywood fell
"a at Is on blocks of 1000 and
$500 shares.
The bond market was steady
Government issues in the over
the counter market moved mar
roWly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
CHICAGO Groin

CHICAGO. Dec. Is uP.--Steady prices
ruled for grains on the Board of Trade
today in dealings which were much less
active than in the previous session.
back quickly into its normal pre-holiday
season letharey after having been jolted
from 1t yesterday by announcement OF
lower price supports next year for sew
eral cereals.
Demand wasn't very aggressive in any
pit. Wheat was helped by dry weather
while relatively light cash grain receipts
aided corn. Sovbeans showed a nervous
undertone. Octs and rye attracted some
demand in view of their recent steep
Wheat near the end Of the frst hour
corn e lower to Is higher, December
81 .53h.; oats, unchanged to % higher.
December s0ia;. rye "a to IL hieher
December Sl.l3'4 soybeans q to 2 cents
90 cents a hundred pounds higher,
Dry weather again prevailed in the
Southwest and no moisture was fore-
seen for the winter wheat belts today.
tonight or tomorrow:
report said that. in the drought area
most Of the soil is very dry, loose and
susceptible to wind erosion.
The. Government sold a large guam
ttity Of RED overnight. About Is mil
little less than / million bushels to ex-
porters. The destination OF the latter
wheat was not known.
Norway purchased a small quantity
Of soybeans. Receipts of cash beans to-
tailed only four cars.
Cash corn receipts amounted to I44
cars. While this was higher than yes
terday, it did not have a depressing in
nuence on the market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
Business Briefs

Wholesale Food Index, based
on the cost of pound each of
81 foods in general use, this week
declined to $6.74 from 1888 last
week and compared with $685. in
the like week year ago.-Dun g.
Bradstreet.
Electric Power Production IN
the week ended December II
totaled 9,846, 100000 kilowat
hours compared with 9,612,-
600, 900 in the previous week and
was 1879 above the like week
a year ago.-Edison Electric In
stitute.
Assets Reported by ia mutual
funds on November 80 totaled
$5,814, 1888, ZOO, a gain of $476,-
1000 from the previous month
and 668,778,000 above a year
ago.-National Association of In
vestment Companies.
David Sarnoff, chairman of the
board of Radio Corp, was ordered
by Federal Judge Michael L.
Igoe, in Chicago, to answer pre-
trial questions in a SIG million
damage suit filed by Zenith Ra-
dio Corp. Zenith charges anti
trust law violations in connec-
ton with the manufacture and
sale of electronic equipment.
Schenley Industries, Inc.
elected Lewis S. Rosenstiel as
chairman of the board and presi-
dent. Ralph T. Heymsfeld, to
whom MI. Rosenstiel relinquished
the presidency two years ago,
was elected a vice president.
Darling Stores Corp. has pur-
chased So retail fashion stores
from Spiegei. Inc, Chicago mail
order house, for approximately So
million.
American Stores Co. November
sales totaled $47,776,441 up $3.50
from 1858; for 8 months $780,
936, 706, up $50 from 1858. cas-
National Tea Co. sales in 4
weeks ended December 4 totaled
$42, 693 ,487. up 1850 from 1858;
for 48 weeks ended December 4
SAT-, 1855 ,592, up 1872 from
1858.
Dresser Industries, Inc,, in
year ended October 81 earned
$7,360,000 or $3.50 a share VS..
$5.124,310 or $3.50 in 1858.
Beech Aircraft Co. in year
ended September 80 earned S.
386,089 or 1854 a share VS.. a
loss of $2,321,052 in 1858.
ACT Industries, Inc, in 6
months ended October 81 earned
$2,528,554 VS.. $4,223, 1902 in 1853
period.
Det., Toledo & Iron Min. r. r.
in 10 months ended October 81
earned $2.020,875 VS.. $2.237,119
in 1858 period.
Reliance Elec. G. Eng. in year
ended October 81 earned ST.
799, 1888 or 1882 a share VS.. ST.
832,778 or $3.50 in 1858.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
Steel Output RATE
Unchanged in Week;
Seasonal Dip Due
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Steel
production was scheduled again
at 80 per cent of capacity this
week, the same as last week, and
this may be the high point of
the year, Iron Age. the national
Woodworking weekly, reported
yesterday.
There has been an increase in
steel production scheduled for
every week since Labor Day and
since then the steelmak.ng rate
has climbed more than 80 per
cent, the magazine said.
A seasonal decline is expected
during the holidays but this
should be less than usual because
OF the underlying strong de-
mand.
Iron Age reported that the
steel market has its greatest
strength in the Great Lakes area,
with some exceptions. II gave
the following district operating
rates for this week:
Buffalo. 100 per cent: Detroit,
80; Cleveland, COS; Wheeling,
So; Chicago, 87.5; West, IS;
South Ohio River. 81: Youngs-
town and st. Louis. 70; Pitts
burgh, IS; Philadelphia, II: Bir-
mingham, ST., and Northeast,
65.5 per cent of rated Capacity
The publication said that most
buyers it contacted are placing
orders for more tonnage than
they have in months. It added
that the trend is toward bigger
order backlogs and more ex-
tended delivery although some
products can be had on almost
immediate delivery.