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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-10-15
Society Doings

Womans Day and United Thank Offering program was
observed ST. Cyprian Episcopal Church. Sunday with Mrs
M Corregan guest speaker Mrs Geneva Casey giving the
introduction Mrs Coregan the for this fund and
reported the splendid work that had been accomplished all
the world She also gave her impression of the convention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
S. Building Activity
Sets November Record

i The continued high level Of
construction activity virtually
assures a new = record OF s41
billion for the year, the report
stated.
Private construction dropped
IS per cent in November. chiefly
because Of the lag in residential
construction. but private indus
trial and Office building rose to
new monthly records.
Yesterday the Commerce De-
partment and the Securities and
Exchange Commission reported
Jointly that industry's spending
for new plant and equipment will
continue to rise in the first
quarter of 1856.
After tabulating reports from
businessmen. the agencies said
planned OUTLAWS will reach a
record rate Of $31.6 billion an
nually in the March
quarter.
Such a rate would be IL per
cent higher than estimated ac-
tual OUTLAWS for plants, machinery
and equipment this year. Never
theless the 1855 total of about
1888 billion is equal to the 1853
record high and about SIS bill
lion greater than in 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
.Munsey Promotes Five;
Dividend Voted

Directors of the Munsey Trust
Co. today authorized five officer
promotions and declared a year.
end extra dividend of 81 a share,
President Warren r. Forster an
nounced.
Reginald D. Watkins, who has
been with Munsey since 1922,
was elected vice president and
controller. He has been vice
president and treasurer.
w. Stafford Shaw. who has
been with the company since
1881. was promoted from assist
ant treasurer and assistant real
estate officer to vice president.
Paladini Promoted
Louis c. Paladini. who came to
MunSey from Lincoln National
last July, was promoted to treas
urer.
John B. Barry and William r.
Won Blon, jr.. were elected assist
ant treasurers.
The extra dividend will raise
1855 payments to Sc a share,
same as in 1854, and will be paid
% to stockholders of
record December IL. Directors
also voted a regular quarterly
dividend Of SIPS a share, pay
able January 2 to holders of
record December IL.
All Of the promoted officers are
natives Of Washington, with the
exception OF Mr.. Won Blon, who
came here from Ohio.
Mr.. Watkins is a graduate of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08

Benjamin Franklin University
and is a director Of the District
tuberculosis Association. Mr..
Shaw also graduated from Ben
jamin Franklin and was a men,
Der of it's faculty from 1896 to
1913. He is a member of Robert
Morris Associates and the Board
of Trade.
Was ALB Instructor
Mr. Paladini was controller
for seven years and cashier for
more than eight years at the
Lincoln National before he
joined Munsey. He is a graduate
of Benjamin Franklin. Wash
ington Chapter. American In
Istitute Of Banking. and the
Graduate School Of Banking at
Rutgers University. He was an
ALB instructor for a number OF
years.
Mr.. Barry started his bank
ing career with Lincoln National
in 1884 and Joined Munsey in
1886. He has been note teller,
He attended Virginia Military
Institute and the ALB and served
in the Army in World War II
Mr.. Won Blon attended Capital
University at Columbus, Ohio,
and several ALB courses. He also
is a graduate Of Benjamin
Franklin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Dec. s Up CUSDAl.-
salable hogs 1900; opened fairly ac-
tive. later trade active and uneven.
generally steady to mostly 25 higher
than bulk sales Wednesday on butch
.ers. or % to so or more higher than
late closing trade Wednesday; sows
mostly around rs higher; good ship
ping outlet and all local interests in
trade with early clearance: most No.
1 to IS 1s0-22O ID. butchers in mixed
grade lots -10.5O-1l.5O; mostly No. IS
below HOO; q few lots mixed No. l
and IS lS0-210 Id. sorted at 11.75. and
10 head in two lots mostly No. Is 205
ID. at 1900; bulk mixed No. Q n 30
230-26O Id. e.75-10.75; a few No. IS
230 ID. to Il 90 On shipping account;
most 270-310 ID. 9.25-9.75; a few 270
ID. to 1000; most 325-6OO ID. lows in
larger lots 7.7b-9.25.
300: slow; slaughter steers n heifers
weak to additionally 80 lower; cows
steady to % lower; bulls and veaiers
steady: stockers and feeders weak to
so lower; good to average choice steers
1t. 50-21 .00: no sales high choice and
1900: good and choice heifers and
mixed yearlings Is. 50-20.50 CONNER
cial heifers 12.00-15.O0; utility and
commercial cows 9.00-11 90; Gamers
n cutters 5000. 25; utility and COM
mercial bulls | .50-15.00; good to prime
yealers 20.00-25. 90; most Gull n COM
mercial vealers I0.O0-19.00 mostly good
and choice 657-775 Id. stockers and
feeders Is .00-1S.35, with 700 ID. me.
dunn quality feeders 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
New Sears Store
To Be Completed
Next Summer

A new Sears, Roebuck e. Co,
retail store and service station
has passed the one-story con-
%struction mark at Alabama ave-
rue and Thirtieth street Sc.
Mechanical lines for outside
drainage have been completed
as has grading Of the eight-acre
building site, reported Ballinger
Co. architects and engineers
Completion Of the work is sched-
uled for late next summer.
A freight receiving area Is
planned for the first floor, the
remaining space to be occupied
by sales department and stock.
Two 6.000-pound freight eleva-
tors and centrally located es-
calators are to be installed.
Including the basement level
the building will have three
floors. affording IT'S 900 square
feet or three million cubic feet
Of space. A service station ad-
joining the retail store will COM
prise 1000 square feet.
Business and administrative
Offices are planned for the Sec
ond floor, with additional space
for sales and merchandise. Sales
departments and stock rooms
will occupy the basement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Special SEC Inspectors
Going to Southwest

A special three-man tram OF
broker-dealer inspectors will be
sent to the Fort Worth. Texas,
regional Office of the Securities
and Exchange Commission early
in January to speed up examina-
ton of new securities firm in
that region.
This was disclosed last night
by SEC Chairman j. Sinclair
Armstrong at Houston. The Fort
Worth region has had an in
crease of SIS such firms in the
last 18 months. 1t includes
Texas, Arkansas. Kansas, LOU
isiana and Oklahoma.
Chairman Armstrong sale
close inspections often uncover
situations that might lead tc
substantial losses for customer
if not corrected. He said the
SEC is confering with a COM
mittee from the American In
stitute of Accountants on the
possibility of requiring an in
dependent audit of all broker
dealer firms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Humphreys Sees
BudgetSuccess

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 8 P.-Sec-
retary of the Treasury Humphrey
predicts continued prosperity and
a balanced Federal budget fol-
this fiscal year.
He also expresses opposition To
a tax cut at this time and says
he doesn't know If President Eli
senhower will seek reelection.
Mr.. Humphrey covered these
subjects last night in a speech
lat the centennial banquet for
the Mercantile Trust Co. of st.
Louis and during a pre-speech
press conference.
I'VE have set new records in
almost every way in which good
times can be judged and meas
ured," he told the bankers. EN-
ployment last summer reached
65k million for the first time
in history. Unemployment in
October declined to 2,100, 600. The
dollar has been stable for three
years. Wage earners have been
getting real wage increases in
stead Of cost Of living wage in
lcreases."
He attributed the Nations
prosperity to public confidence in
the Eisenhower administration,
but said the continuation of the
good times will depend on what
the American people do. not on
the actions of the government.
Speaking of the budget, the
secretary said. IF present esti-
mates are realized. we will have
a balanced budget for this fiscal
year" He recalled that last July
a deficit of SIT billion was an
ticipated.
MI. Humphrey said in the
press conference that a tax re-
duction now would be nice, but
Il am opposed to a tax cut on
borrowed money" He said he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
PEOPLE
BUSINESS

New Mortgage Officer for Fred
erick w. Berens, Inc. is William
F. Thomas. formerly examiner
and loan specialist for the Vet
Grams Administration central
Office. His appointment to head
the company's department proc
essing Government guaranteed
and insured loans was announced
by President Geo. w. DeFran-
ceaux.
Publications Director for the
Manufacturing Chemists Asso-
citation here will be C. Alphonso
Smith. World War II veteran,
who was a publications writer
with the Department of Defense.
He will serve also as editor of
Chemical News. MICA newspaper.
DIR. Robert /. Sarbacher, re-
search director for National
Scientific Laboratories, Inc,
here, and scientific adviser to
the Guided Missiles Committee
of the Research and Develop
ment Board. has been elected a
director of the Prosperity Co.
NJ. Belmont Yer Standig, Inc,
advertising agency. has appointed
Mrs. Nancy Meier Rowland a
public relations account execu-
tive.
SOundScriber Sales Corn. has
promoted F. Ellis Butterfeld to
sales manager of the Washington
Office.
Three Area Winners in the
aviation writing and picture
competition sponsored by Trans
World Airlines were: William v.
Henzey and Eric Bramley, both
OF American Aviation, and Peter
J. Celliers of Town Journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Weaver Elected
.NBC Chairman

The National Broadcasting Co
board of directors will be headed
by Sylvester L. Weaver. jr.. anc
Robert w. Sarnof will be com.
,pany president, David Sarnof
chairman Of the board of the
Radio Corp. Of America, an.
,nounced today.
Robert Sarnoff is a son Of
David Sarnof who will continue
as an NBC director as well as
board chairman Of RCA, the
parent company.
Mr.. Weaver became president
of the company two years ago
and the younger Mr.. Sarnof was
elected vice president. Mr.. Sar-
.nof has been with NBC since
January /. i948, after three
years with the Cowles publica-
tons. Mr.. Weaver has been in
radio and television advertising
and production work since 1882.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Virginia Stage Lines
PROPOSES Consolidation

Virginia Stage Lines, Inc. Of
Charlottesville, plans to pur-
chase Consolidated Bus Lines,
Inc, of Bluef1eld, w. Va, for
$3,140, 900, it was disclosed in
"a petition for Interstate Com
merce Commission approval.
The Virginia line proposed a
disqualification to accompany
the purchase. A new corpora
ton would issue 2 million shares
of 81 par common and Virginia
Stages outstanding shares OF
500 par common would be con-
verted at the rate of so to /.
This would leave the company
/ ,623.80 shares of authorized by
unissued stock, which would be
Offered publicly through Jones,
Kreeger & Hewitt to pay of
short-term loans and provide
working capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
By the Associated Press

Construction activity in No
vember dipped seasonally but,
with $3.6 billion spent, set a new
record for the month, the Com
merce and Labor Departments
reported today.
During the first II months OF
this year, the departments said,
new construction expenditures
Itotaled $3.50 billion, topping the
1854 total of $37.6 billion for the
entire year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Major Finance to Offer
S125,0 900 of Debentures

Major Finance Corp. will offer
$125,000 of 6 per cent, 8-year
subordinated debentures, dated
November l at a price Of 82.5 to
yield about 81 per cent to ma
turity, President Morton Sturt
announced today. Present stock
holders will have exclusive rights
ito purchase them until Deem
Der 30.
Offered in denominations Of
$500 and $1,000, the debentures
will mature on November /, 1868.
Each purchaser Of a $500 deben-
ture will be given a transferable
right for the purchase of five
shares Of the company's class A
SO par m stock at SIS a
share. Stock rights will expire
November !, 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Dividend and Bonus Voted
BY Falls Church Bank

Directors of the Falls Church
Bank have declared a regular
semiannual dividend of 4 per
cent and a bonus for all employees
and officers, President Carroll
" Shreve announced today.
The dividend will be paid De-
cember 81 to stockholders Of
record December 81.
Bonus payments will amount
to 10 per cent of annual salaries,
MIR. Schreve said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
By DONALD B. HADLEY

clues Service Co. has added
IL more service stations in this
area and expects to open another
80 within the next IL to is
months, it was learned last night,
The present total Of AZ stations
then will be raised to 70.
The latest IL additions are
properties of B. Friedman g. Son,
well-known distributing firm.
which has signed an agreement
to handle Cities Service products.
It formerly sold Tydol products.
The Friedman agreement was
announced at a dinner for deal
ers at the Willard Hotel last
night. The Friedman stations
are being redecorated and will
augment sales from 80 stations
which Cities Service already owns
or operates under lease in the
Washington area.
UltramOdern Stations
Now Being Constructed
The company's remodeling of
its own stations is we'll under
way. m odern stations
planned by the noted industrial
designer, Henry Dreyfuss, have
been completed at three locations
and two others are under con-
struction.
The first two of the 80 addi-
tional company locations have
been selected and work will start
shortly. but officials declined to
give any details at present.
Cities Service marketed Pc
troleum products through a dis
tributor in this area for many
years before starting direct OPP
erations in 1913. Since that time
the company's dollar volume in
the area has almost doubled. it
is understood.
Including company officials,
dealers and their stats. more
than $50 persons attended the
dinner last night and heard
company expansion plans dis
cussed by P. A. Peterson, man
ager for the company's Chesa-
peake Region. which includes
Washington, Baltimore and
Richmond: also H. H. Prichard.
regional sales manager. and w.
NJ. Woolf, District manager.
o. F. Horn Is Honored
For 80 Years Service
An important highlight Of the
meeting was a tribute to o. F.
Horn, who has sold Cities Service
gasoline and oil at his station at
Georgia and Alaska avenues,
NV, for 80 years. A plaque was
presented to Mr.. Horn by Mr..
Peterson.
The Friedman company has
been established as a distributor
of petroleum in this area for
some 20 years. Mr. Friedman
, has been active in both automo-
tive and insurance fields. Loca-
tons of the stations now being
transferred to the Cities Service
fold include:
Columbus Trucking Terminal. Inc.
1901 New York avenue N E. Cities Sery-
ice Center, 1901 Bladensburg road: Blue
Bird Cab. 1894 Baltimore venue. Hyatts-
vile: W. A. Thomas. 1919 Rhode Island
avenue NE; George W. Ruth, 625 7
Straat And Elnrtda aNanle " W .Inhn Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08

saw no possibility of a depres-
sion despite recent farm prob
lens. which he said were receiv-
ing the full attention of the ad-
miniStration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Insurance Company Shares
Placed on Market

johnson. Lemon d Co. and
IAtwill & Co. today offered jointly
$1,000 shares Of $3.50 par value
class A voting common stock OF
American Bankers Insurance Co
of Florida at SLABS a share, SUBJ
ject to subscription rights.
An offering of 400, 900 shares
of Minute Maid Corp. common
stock at $l7.25 a share was sold
out quickly yesterday. Ferris &
Co. was the only Washington
member of the underwriting
group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
Guy E. Mann VIII Address
Casualty Agents Here

Guy E. Mann, vice president
in charge Of casualty operations
for the Aetna Casualty & Surety
Co., will be guest speaker at the
annual joint luncheon of the
District Association Of Insurance
Agents. the Insurance Managers
Association and the Insurance
Women's Club at the Mayfiower
Hotel tomorrow.
A former Washingtonian, Mr..
Mann spent Is years here as
manager of Aetna's branch Office,
to taking charge of the
Boston office in April, 1851.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
'9 RI BUSINESS
Cities Service Co. Adds
Il Units, Plans 30 More

4490 Lee highway, Manassas, Va; NJ,
Slayin. u. 8. 90, west Of C%entreville, Nd:
Beal Motor Co., Fourteenth and Rhode
Island N W,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-08
O. F. Horn Is Honored
For 80 Years Service

Columbus Trucking Terminal. Inc.
1901 New York avenue NE: Cities Sery-
ice Center, 1901 Bladensburg road; Blue
vile: W. A. Thomas. 2gl9 Rhode Island
avenue NE; George W. Ruth, 625 7
street md Florida e NV: John H.
Richardson, 210l Eleventh street NV.
Also: c. A Sickman, 2417 Fourteenth
street NV: Joseph c. Anderson, 71a
Ninth street NV; Michael Edlavitch.
4ls-30 Eighth street NV: F. Rather,
Evening star., 1955-07-24

win be to discuss intercommun-
ion between the two Churches.
The decision TO hold the Mos
COW meeting emerged from pre-
Iliminary talks on intercommun-
ion held at Lambeth Palace IN
London between Anglican Of
ficials and the four Russian
Orthodox theologians. At this
meeting an agenda for the Mos
COW conference was drawn up.
During their visit to England
the Soviet delegation stayed at
Lambeth Palace. headquarters
of DIR. Geoffrey Francis Fisher,
Archbishop Of Canterbury.
Earlier, Metropolitan Pitirim
lof Minsk and Byelorussia, leader
lof the Orthodox members of the
delegation. told newsmen he had
been authorized to invite a group
lof British church leaders to
visit the Soviet Union.
Presumably. such Q delega-
tion would be selected by the
British Council of Churches
under whose auspices the Soviet
church party visited Britain.
It was believed In London that
should such q visit to Russia
Imaterialize it will coincide with
the Russian Orthodox-Anglican
talks In Moscow. The occasion
Ialso is expected to be utilized
by other Christian groups IN
Evening star., 1955-07-24

the Soviet Union-such as the
lBaptists-to discuss matters Of
common interest with their CO.
Ireligion.sts In the British delega-
ton.
Meanwhile. several delegation.
of Western churchmen who
visited Russia reported on the
state Of the Church there, a
they saw it.
A four-man group Of Dutch
protestant theologians said Rus
sian Orthodox leaders are eager
to establish contacts with re-
|ligious bodies outside the Iron
Curtain. They reported that re-
ligion is deeply rooted in the life
of the Russian people.
Seven Church Of England
parish priests said relations be-
tween officials Of the Russian
Orthodox Church and the Soviet
government can be described a
peaceful co-existence." The
group reported they saw packed
congregations in churches.
But q Norwegian theologiar
who visited Moscow and Lenin-
grad said the great danger
facing the Church in the Soviet
Union Is that OF q museum
death
Prof. Nils Alstrup Dahl, dear
lof the University Of Oslo theo.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
THE WEEK IN RELIGION
Co-existence Proorom
Planned for Churches

churchmen in Iron Curtain
countries, a goal which they
have sought for some time. East
ern Orthodox leaders seem to be
somewhat more cautious.
The outstanding development
has been the two-week visit oi
an eight-man delegation Of So.
Wet church leaders of Great Brit.
ain which ended this week. Foul
members of the party were Rus
sian Orthodox theologians, two
were Lutheran bishops. and two
Baptist leaders.
The most striking result oi
their visit was a tentative de.
cision by the Orthodox theolog.
ians and representatives of the
Church Of England to hold q
Joint conference In Moscow next
year. Purpose Of the conferenc,
Evening star., 1955-07-24
b Religion. News s.rvie.

A co-existence program be-
tween Soviet and Western re-
ligious groups is under way
Some Western church leaders are
hopeful the development will 60
beyond mere co-existence and
lead to real fellowship.
Whether this hope is justified
only the future can tell. Since
religious leaders in the Sovie'
orbit are subject to the political
policy of the Communists the
outcome of the current trend
viii likely depend upon the gen.
uineness Of Russian pretensions
Of goodwill towards the West.
For the moment. Western
Protestant and Anglican leaderl
are taking advantage of the new
policy to promote contacts with
Evening star., 1955-07-24

logical faculty. said there Is no
persecution and. within its lin
lited sphere. the church has
freedom.
But the State has succeeded
to q considerable extent In keep
ing the church 'on q reserya-
ton similar to the way Indians
were treated In the United
States" he said. "The reserva-
tions are under the States pro-
Evening star., 1955-07-24

lection and visitors may 90 to
them to see how well this spe-
cial type Of human being is
cared for"
Other visits by Western
church delegations to Russia are
in the ofing. Four prominent
Baptist clergymen, including
three Americans. are scheduled
to arrive In Moscow early id
August.
Smyrna times., 1955-07-21
OPERATION
DEEPFREEZE"
u. S. Navy's Task Force 43
Scheduled to Visit Little
America in December
NEW COLORING

The Antarctic Continent, which
according to scientists has been
barren of color for millions of
years, will blossom out during the
coming Antarctic Summer in bril-
liant orange, blue, scarlet, green,
and even black. The occasion
for the new coloring will be the
appearance of the us. Navy's
Task Force 43 scheduled to arrive
at Little America in late Decem-
Der midsummer in the Antarc-
tic). Personnel of the Task Force
officially dubbed Operation Deep
freeze, will don outer garments
of brilliant, contrasting colors for
protective and psychological mea-
sures. Against the frigid white
of the Antarctic snow and ice,
these garments will stand out Wv
idly, easily seen from great dis
tances. Dog teams and their driv-
ers travelling inland will face less
risk of becoming lost, since they
can be located from the air. The
bright-colored parkas and trous-
ers are being manufactured espec-