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Evening star., 1954-05-09

Nearly 10 million families in
America rent their homes, 43 per
cent of all families not living
on farms.
Steady Increase Cited.
To the lower income families
the end of the cycle will be of
vital significance. For the fam
lily earning less than $4,000 a
year pays one-fifth of its total
income for rent alone. The rent
squeezes on the low income fam
lily living on a relatively fixed in
come has been particularly
brutal.
The years of rent freeze dur
ing and Immediately after World
War II have been followed by
years of constant rise to new
highs.
In 1948, according to the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics. the
rent index was at 100, meaning
1t cost 81 to rent 81 Of shelter.
BY 1850, the index was up to
108, meaning it cost $1.08 to rent
the housing 81 would have
bought two years previously.
BY 1852, it cost $1.18 to rent
Evening star., 1954-05-09
N. Y. BOND SUMMARY
Furnished by the Asl

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Evening star., 1954-05-09

NEW YORK. MAY 6 t4N.---Cotton fu-
lures prlces displayed a steady tone this
week, holding to narrow range in quiet
dealings
Net Price changes of active futures
contracts traded on the New York Cotton
Exchange ranged from 25 cents bale
lower to 20 cents higher, with only the
current May delivery losing ground.
The market got some support from
WASHINGTON reports that the House Agri-
culture Committee is lined up 4to-1 in
favor Of continued high price supports.
BulliSh sentiment was also mildly en-
couraged by the improved behavior of
the cotton textile market. Bearish In.
fluences included word Of continued good
weather in the cotton belt and indica-
full allotment OF 81 ,379.O00 acres,
The New York Cotton Exchange Service
Bureau said a planting program Of such
scope could result in an out-turn this
year of 1913 million to 15.3 million
bales. depending on average yield per
acre The estimate of 15.3 million is
based en- ideal growing conditions. it
Some surprise was occasioned in trade
quarters when the Agriculture Depart
ment announced that il will extend price
support loans on l953-crop cotton for
another 12-morth period after July 81.
Exportc for the week ended Tuesday
came to $1,000 bales, the service ed1 bureau esI
previous, week and $1,000 in the
This lifted the total for the season
through last Tuesday to 2,740,000 bales
III per cent higher than the year-aso
figure of 2.415.0OO.
Evening star., 1954-05-09

what 81 would have bought in
1948.
BY May, 1853, 1t cost s1.23.
That month. precisely one
year ago, marked the death of
Federal rent control. BY Sep
tember, the cost was up to SIPS.
BY December, 1t was swinging
toward $1.28.
Leveling-Off Is Clear.
Since then, the leveling off
has been unmistakable. The rise
has been only 2 per cent.
Any chance of a real down.
turn? Not much. Not at this
stage.
It was the tenants inning be-
fore 1912, and for those who had
apartments the inning lasted
through World War II. It has
been the landlords inning since
l948. Now the pendulum is
swinging back again.
(Copyright. 1884. Post-Hall
Syndicate Inc
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Mutual Funds

NEW YORK. May g lP.-National
association Of Securities Dealers. Inc:
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Tobacco Markets

UPPER MARLBORO. Md. May 8
tUSDA GP.-Much higher prices were
paid for most Grades Of Southern Mary
land tobacco auctioned during the open
ing week Of sales. compared with the
first week last year.
The Federal-State Market News Serv-
ice reports volume of sales wes heavy
Quality of offerings showed Improvement
over the early marketings in 1898.
Auction net sales during the week
ending Msy Z totaled 3.579907 pounds
and averaged S57.57 a hundred pounds
This average represented a Jump of
Sl0.91 over the initial weekly quotation
the previous season The volume was
30. per cent greater. The first weeks
net sales last year amounted to 2.56S.-
All AVERAGE prices BY grades increased
this year The majority of grades were
UP. 50 to SIS a hundred pounds with
a fairly large number topping last wears
averages by Sl5.?5 to S23. Most bet
ter qualities advanced 81 to S. Com
panes paid up to So and S1f a hun
dre1 ucunds for many baskets of the
better qualities Red and greenish
graG es showed the largest gains
Prices for nearly all grades except
the better qualities averaged well above
their Government loan rates.
The Baltimore hogshead market opened
fo' competitive bidding on Thursday.
May, .. Net receipts Of the. 1888 crop
on this market were reported as around
l,315 600 pounds. This. combined with
4hs sa4 nst 500 a%sflSn poands sales totals around
Auction bid. averages per hundred
poun Is on limited number Of repre-
sentative U s. grades follow.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Improving Business
Offsets Less-CheerfuI
Factors During Week
BY WoIter Breede. Jr.
Associeted Press Business Writer

NEW YORK, May S.-Good
news about Jobs, stock prices.
building activity and corporate
earnings offset less cheerful de-
velopments this week in retail
trade. coal mining and steel pro-
duction.
The Commerce and Labor De-
partments reported the first
month-to-month dip in unem-
ployment since October. The
number Of jobless in April was
3.465 .000-down 100000 from the
March unemployment figure of
5000. Meanwhile, the num-
ber of people holding steady jobs
climbed nearly half a million to
6o.5s8, 900.
The week brought fresh evi-
dence Of a continuing boom in
new construction. Volume of
heavy engineering contract
awards was nearly $494 million
up 100 per cent from the previ-
Gus week and so per cent higher
than in the same week last year,
F. w. Dodge Corp. reported.
On the bearish side the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Chicago
said the spring season "has yet
to bring forth any clear signals
of a halt in the downdrift of
business"
Retail merchants tried hard,
but couldn't match the volume
OF the previous week, not to men,
ton year-ago business. Dun g.
Bradstreet said dollar volume of
consumer spending ranged from
8 to 7 per cent below the same
week last year. Merchants put
their major selling effort into
May white sales and Mothers
Day promotions. but results were
below expectations.
Retail sales of new automobiles
were substantially under the
high levels of a year ago and
slightly below the previous week;
used-car sales, however, con-
tlnued to show Improvement.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. May 8 Pl.-Dividends
announced.
Pc Stk Of Paw,
Rate. riod. Record. able.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
CHICAGO Livestock

CHICAGO, May 8 R:-Barrows and
WeishnE a85 Sounds s and ess osns Ss
most ground. Sows were steady to rs
In the cattle section slaughter steers
and heifers finished steady to 80 cents
higher. Cows and bulls gained so cents
to 81 while vealers. recovering from
last weeks break. gained So to .S3.
Cow prices were the highest since since. July
$50 for high prime steers.
(UsDA) )-salable hogs. 300: total
5000 testimatedl; compared week ago.
decline on weights around 230 pounds
and lighter; sows unevenly steady to
23Q-pound barrows and gifts brought
26. 10-27.25. the latter price paid spar
ingly for choice lightweights on shipping
ssS9ss sS GS' bulk a7S.9SG IpS 'OoeH pounds IS
"5.25-26 90; heavier weights up to 800
pounds down, to around 24.00; most
800 -360-pound sows sold late at 5000
woiehts. to 2;t.50 and slightly higher.
Salable cattle. 200 estimated; total
not given, compared week ago. slaughter
cows and bulls, 50 to 100 higher; veal
ers active, fully. so higher; scattered
sseFs PUNE 66 e6ode to
prime fed steers, % 00-27.25;. few loads
prime 400 ,52 25-pound weights. $3.50;
yearlings. 20.15-22.75; most utility to
low-good grades, 16.00-20.25, although
thin light Holsteins early down to IA so;
prime 1,000-pound miXcd yearlings
$3.50; few loads high choice and prime
heifers, 25.00-26. 90: most good to high
choice grades. 19.50-24.75: utility to
low-e ood heifers, 14.0O-19.00; utility and
commercial cows. 12.50-l6.00: mostly
1900 up: few young cows and good fed
cows UP to 1900 and above: Gamers
and cutters. 10:0-13.00: late bulk.
11.O0-l2.75:. utility and commercial
bulls, 14.00-16.50: good and choice veal
ers. :0.00-23.00 Gull to commercial
grades, 10.00-19.00: good and choice
feeding steers and yearlings, 1900
23.O0; medium to iow-good grades,
l6.OO-lS.15: good to mostly choice light
stock heifers. 19.25-20.00.
Salable sheep 100 (estimated); total
not given; compared week ago: Actual
sales of wooled lambs were limited to
few good grade and below at $50
with dirty pelts at $3.50: shorn lambs
carving No. l pelts made up the bulk
Of the offerings: good and choice grades
bulked ct 9.00-23 30 with sales at the
latter price including l16-lb. weights
to a city butcher. a load Of choice and
prime 9s-pound No: | skin shorn lambs
100 ,and the same price was paid
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, May :. lP,.-The big boom
in soybeans suddenly went bust on the
Boa Of Trade this week
May and July soybeans finished the
week l5a4 to 1914 cents a bushei lower
Next to these, months. wheat was the
weakest cereal. continuing the down.
turn which has been going on for sew
eral weeks, Lard, also weakened.
Wheat closed the week 34-334 lower,
corn, "a lower to ! cent higher. oats
as-ll4 lower. rye 1s4-"i4 higher. new
crop soybeans 2sa-31a lower and lard
40 cents to Sl."5 a hundred pounds
iower
Wheats weakness stemmed from an
increasing belief the crop has improved
considerably over recent weeks as re-
suit Of generous rains in, carts Of the
previously very drv Southwest. There
was a runup Thursday when a private
crop forecast cast doubt. on this relief.
Trading in corn and oats continued
without much feature. as has been the
case for many weeks. Rye fell 20 new
seasonal lows. and the lowest price for
rye in about IL wears, early in the week.
It rallied sharply later, closing with
gains on short covering.
Lard weakened in sympathy with q
decline in loose lard prices.
Range OF prices for the week:
Evening star., 1954-05-09
New York Bank Stocks
NEW YORK. May 8 tP'.-National
Association of Securities Dealers. Inc:
pid
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK May IP.-The Asso-
ciated Press average of 35 important
commodity prices declined this week for
the sixth consecutive week.
The index registered 173 90. down
from 1879 a week ago and 1868
year ago
Textiles and the grains and cotton
component dropped to new 1854 lows.
Food. livestock and non-ferrous metals
also were lower.
Industrials were higher
Evening star., 1954-05-09
ADVERTISEMENT.
WHY WALL STREET
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BY a Subscriber

work in q large city. Over q pc
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Evening star., 1954-05-09

ca ii fringe"
increases. In
some smaller
cities and a
few large ones.
rents still will
c o n t i n ue to
climb slowly
for a while.
But for the
first tim e
fringe" de-
ere a Sc S in
spots soon will
be matching
or outnumber-
ing the hikes,
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Your Moneys Worth
End Of Rising Rents Appears in Sight
By SyIvio Porter

The great postwar rise in rents
is over. From now on-always,
of course, barring another world
upheaval-rents are to stabilize.
There will be what the experts
Evening star., 1954-05-09
D. c. Securities Transactions
PhiIodeIphio-B Bo!timore Stock Exchange

DEALINGS OF THE %ASHING3s eRAsGa oR THE YEAR 1854 UP
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Over-the-C Counter Market

'Plus extra or extras. tPaid last year.
Evening star., 1954-08-11
Moscow Radio Says
Some Believe in God
BY fhe Assoelosed pre.s

LONDON, Aug. 11.A Soviet
academican observed today there
are still some people in Russia
who believe in God. He called
for a fight against religious
superstitions and prejudices.o
Moscow radio in a broadcast
heard here quoted Konstantiv-
now, associate member OF the
Soviet Academy Of Sciences. as
saying:
AT present In our country.
the overwhelming majority of
the people do not believe in God,
but even we have some who still
do so.'
Konstantivnov was replying in
the Soviet young peoples paper
Pionerskaya Pravda to q ques-
ton put by a number Of school
children: why do some people
believe in God?"
The broadcast did not report
q direct answer. but quoted Kon-
stantivnov further: Religion
helps capitalists to keep the peo-
pie in obedience. The church
teaches that workers must toll
crate hunger. poverty and un-
employment. as If they were
punishments for their sins. The
church assists capitalist govern
ments to send people to plumber
ing wars. :"
Evening star., 1954-08-11

One of humanity's oldest riddles
whether mans first duty is to
the here or the hereafter-tod
poses a sharpened question for
churches around the globe.
It is being preached on, stud
Second Of Series
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led. argued over, read about,
anaylzed and interpreted.
It is being discussed in Sum
day schools and meetings and
dealt with in scholarly papers
and millions of words In the re-
ligious press.
IF the churches can speak on
this with one mind, it is possible
for them to bring guidance
and genuine hope--to q bewil-
dered and menaced world,' said
Bishop j. WaSkonn Pickett, head
Of India's Methodist Church.
Couched in the phrase, Christ,
the Hope of the World" the
question is the theme of the
two-week Assembly of the World
Council of Churches, opening
here Sunday.
'"The theme has stirred a
greater response than anything
in the World Councils brief his
tory" said the Rev. Robert s.
Bilheimer.4 the councils asso-
ciate general secretary.
Earth or Heaven?
AT the heart OF the question is
whether Christians can hope
fully fight for justice and good
ness in this world. or whether
those goals are deemed attain
able only in a Kindom of God
to come.
Is there any real hope for
historical progress. however slow
or faltering, toward a Cody
realm, or must man simply await
q second coming?"
Where hope and effort should
be centered-on this world or the
next or both--has rent the ranks
of Christianity since the days
when the Apostles thought Jesus
might usher in Paradise at
once.
It has ranked through ages of
subtle theological debate, flared
into denorninational breakup,
then been half forgotten, only to
burst forth with renewed ur-
gency in the, modern era of
Biological warfare.
The theme involves complicat-
ed nuances Of "eschatology"-the
"end Of all things and to what
extent Christian ends can be
gained in human affairs, this
side of Heaven. :.
Because Of the subjects COM
splexity and the. age-old wrang-
Evening star., 1954-08-11
Can Christians Achieve Goals
OnEorth? Council Faces Riddle

ling over it. there have been wide.
forbodings that it might deal the
churches a sharp setback Ia
their quest for q more united
front.
'sThe New Testament escha-
tology." |" says Theologian Rein
hold Neibuhr, lis at once too
naive for. a sophisticated world
and too sophisticated for the
simple minded modern man.
Until recently, churches
seemed split geographically about
the crux Of Christian hope with
trouble -buffeted Europeans ey-
ing q "furture kingdom" and
"activistn Americans confident
" scraping to set the present in
order.
.'But a lot has happened to
American thinking said DR..
Samuel McCrea Cavert, the
councils American secretary.
SAnd a lot has happened to Eu-
ropean thinking. They have
cross-fertilized each other"
Three years Of conferences in
preparation for the World AS
sembly have contributed to a
growing accord about the ulti-
mate Christian hopes - and
worldly aims.
"Our hope anchored in a king
dom that both has come and is
coming. 2 said a 32-member coun-
Gil advisory commission. includ-
ing such famed scholars and
theologians as Mr.. Neibuhr, Eu-
ropes Karl Barth and Poet T. S.
Eliot
''If the church is to find COM
plete fulfillment. and If earthly
existence Is to be saved from
meaninglessness," their final re-
port says, I'VE must look not only
to the course of earthly history
itself, but beyond it."
Evening star., 1954-08-11
Fundamentals Churches
To Elect Officers Today
BY The Assoeia'ed Press

-
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IL.
The international Council Of
Christian Churches elects officers
today as it approaches the close
in it's third plenary congress.
The council, q small Funda-
mentalist group of Protestant
denominations. has been meet
ing since August 3 in suburban
Elkins Park. Delegates from
more than 80 nations are at
tending. t
President Allan D. MacRay Of
the seminary faculty told the
delegates last night that COM
munism must be destroyed be-
fore it absorbs the world.
Evening star., 1954-08-11
Miss Feldmun IS Delicate

Miss Clara Feldman, of the
District Junior Auxiliary, jew
ish Consumptives' Relief Society,
has been named a delegate to the
Society's national convention to
be held tomorrow through Mon
day in Denver. Colo.
Evening star., 1954-08-11

h Off Funey Spring
o'nd SuIssIner Ties
Evening star., 1954-08-11
CLEARANCE Or
BASQUE SHIRTS

Mems Farnhtngs Street Floor. washington and Aringon
Evening star., 1954-08-11
Unity or Division?
BY George w. Cornell
Associated Press Stcff Writers

EVANSTON, H., Aug. IL.
One Of humanity's oldest riddles
whether mans first duty is to
the here or the hereafter today
poses a sharpened question for
churches around the globe.
It is being preached on, stud
Evening star., 1954-08-11

s.s5 to sos Short Sleeve Sport Shirts.
many with famous labels, in selection
OF designs and colors in quoI- . IN
ity shirts. S,M, L, at price. ~
8.o5 to 1895 Swim Sets in neot pot
terms. some bold ones in the e 0A
assortment Sizes S., M, /.
3.95 Denim jackets, reduced for cIeor-
once from stock With Upper front,
washable. Broken - AA
sizes.
$50 FIorentone Belts, broken sizes of
world famous belts, reduced r 40
from regular stock.
$50 Fomous Make Short Sleeve Knee
Length Pojomos in cool lightweight
knit. Solid colors,. broken 4 10
sizes.
4.99 to 6.o5 Robes, both perfects and
rreeuIors in the group. Cotton Plisse
and royon robes in boes . 90
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-12
TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK IN - The stock
market transacted business quietly
today in the first Lincoln's Birth.
day session In many years.
Lincoln's Birthday as we'll as Co
lumbus Day and Armistice Day
were observed as holidays by Sc
curities markets until this year
when members voted to remain
open for business as usual.
Prices moved narrowly, and the
pace Of trading was quiet.
Chrysler and New York Central
we're two buying features. Chrysler
opened on a block Of Is, 1000 shares
up "a at 81.
New York Central opened on a
block of 10000 shares UP "A, and
later it worked its gain a little past
a point.
Among higher stocks were Balti.
more & Ohio, Anaconda Copper,
Westinghouse Electric, Information.
al Paper, Bethlehem Steel, Stude.
baker, and Boeing.
Lower were Standard Oil (NJ,
RKO Pictures, American Smelt.
ing, and Goodyear.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-12
Brutal SLAYER
is Subject OF
Police Search

LONDON Up - Scotland Yard
spread a nationwide dragnet today
for the brutal stranger Of a prim
little great-grandmother. Lady
Menzies, and her red-haired daugh-
ter at their sedate old folks home.
A police alert went out for two
men known TO have frequented the
many gabled broom mansion
tucked away in a quiet Victorian
style London suburb. Sleuths
checked footprints and tire marks
in the tree-lined garden and finger
prints and bloodstains inside the
darkened old home.
Airports and seaports got the
descriptions of a middle-aged man
and a handsome bearded young
man with pierced ears. Police said
they wanted to question them.
The 6S-year-old Mrs. Mary Men
zies, known to the 10 aged resi-
dents of the home she ran as
Lady" Menzies, was found beaten
and strangled in front Of a cold
hearth yesterday. The half-clothed
body of her daughter, Mrs. Isobel
IChesney, AZ, was found submerged
in an upstairs bathtub. She was
undressing to battle when the
stranger struck.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-12
BABY DOLORES

Continued From Page One)
her angelic little face and closes
her eyes tightly when facing me
sunlight that filtered into me
room Of the modest little home
on Love Lane.
Her two small brothers, James
two-and-a-half, and Mickey, four
and-a-half, came into house and
James went to the window and ad
juSted the shade. The little boys
worship their baby sister and were
extremely anxious about her pic
ture being taken.
One thing in Dolores faver ls
fhe devotion and care That has
been lavished on her. She is ss
round as butler ball and other
than the glaveoma That affects
her sight, Is fhe picture Of health.
She was dressed in q Short vel.
low gown and littIe white kid
shoes. and her fwenfy.thres year
old mother keeps her immaculate,
When the photographer prepared
to take the baby'S picture today
Mrs. Disgdiertt was dubious at first
about the flash bulb hurting hel
baby's eyes, but consented when she
was assured that II would only BE-
a matter OF seconds. It was De.
loreS' first picture since her par.
ents have been so careful to shield
her from anything that might at.
feet her well-being.
Dolores father, . World War
Two veteran, works a. nishe
guard At The Navy Yard. II Is
apparent that her parents have
made great sacrifices to Give
their baby daughter The very best
medical attention available. Her
mother, the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Orlando Rodriguez, checked
with emotion when she told how
they hoped 70 be able to take
Dolores TO New York for the %.
GRAFTON that is now necessary.
Remembering the generosity OF
Key Westers last year when Baby
Jasper Walker was sent to the Ma.
yo Clinic, The Citizen contacted
Paul Albury, president of the Lions
Club and was assured that the
Lions would assist little Dolores in
every possible way.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-12
: BILL BAILEY'S
Continued from PAGE One)

will 90 TO help those who need eye
operations or glasses and are not
financially able to help them
selves.
The show will be staged IN a real,
old-fashioned minstrel tent to be
erected at Roosevelt Boulevard
and Bertha Street.
All persons who plan to attend
the show are urged to buy their
tickets in advance since the Lions
Club receives a larger percentage
from these sales.
The Club was to have kept hall
the proceeds of the annual Conch
Bowl football game for the Blind
Fund. However, recognizing the
unprecedented need for polio work
this past year, it donated the
entire profit, 81, 3Os. 40, to the March
of Dimes, and is depending on the
funds from the minstrel show to
carry on the work for the blind
In the, last three months, the
club has spent 500 for eye opera
tons and glasses.
The Bill Bailey Minstrel show Is
the second largest In the nation.
Their tent has a seating capacity
OF four thousand. Featuring a cast
of As of the nations outstanding
minstrel stars, it Is q show worth
seeing.
Tickets are on sale at Paul