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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

PLYMOUTH '53 cranbrook 4-dr.;
blue. gray top, equipped. 81. 099
80 2-dr.:- blue. r. and b. like new;
$500. EORNER'S COR, Buick
Dealer. Fla. ave. ne. at 9TH Ii. D.
PLYMOUTH so station wagon; all.
metal body: 2-tone color: new tires;
excel. cond.: best cash offer; private
Ii. 7-3303. (eves.. JU. 7-6565l.
PLYMOUTH SUBURBAN STATION
WAGONS-'52 Suburban, dove gray
T. and h.. atone blue. leather IN
terror, dir. lights; very low mileage;
guaranteed. S995. SO Suburban
Nile green, o-tone green, leather in
terror, r. and h.. dir. lights, E-z Eye
Glass, positively immac.; guaran-
teed. SI.395. WOLFE MOTORS
1901 Wis. ave. NV, EN-. 3-0l42
PONTIAC 1851 de luxe station wagon:
one owner since new: Hydra. i'm
maculate; S1,149 FLOOD PONTIAC,
1921 Connecticut, WO. 6.S400
PONTIAC 1854 Catalina Star Chief;
fully equip; 500 plus, take over
payments; low mi. Call after B Pm
pontiac 81 cdr; fully equipped;
less than 1000 miles; 81 ,695. Pay
PONTIAC atSSi1s &c 1920 Wis. ave, Oh 4
5000. In the Heart Of Bethesda;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

PLYMOUTH 1913 Special de luxe: al
most brand-new. kept perfect b.
orig. owner; radio. heater; sacrifice
$685.. terms. ROPER" 18th anc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

PLYMOUTH As sedan: passed D. c
inspection: good tires; Si49: nc
@ VII hfssed BUICK. e Goth m and K.
ave. ne. AID. 4-S:j44. Open 0 til o
PLYMOUTH '53 Cranbrook 4-dr.
radio. heater and Hy-drive: 2-tons
green; only S1.095. SOUTHEAST
NASH 2033 Nichols ave. sc. LII
PLYMOUTH 81 Suburban: with radio
and heater; all-leather interior; il
perfect cond. throgEhou.; Today
INC. 1875 Good Hope I'd. Sc. LU
1-9647. -23
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

Chrysler-P Plymouth Imperial
400 Ga. Ave. ia $4,000
PLYMOUTH 80: BY OWNER. Liz
new: very low mileage; r. and h.
pfI a2a va 1 .5i cranbroOk AR.
equip; r.. and h.: original beautiful
jet black finish. Be sure to tesi
driye this clean car todsy at ,,, oIl'
329S Wilson blvd. Arl., Va, IA. o.
PLYMOUTH '5s cranbrook 4-dr.
must be seen to be appreciated
M Nun mo MOTORS 81 O4 tFordl, :ssas WI.
PLYMOUTH $50 Cranbrook 2-door Sc.
dan; original black finish, heater,
Car #495-A. MONROE FORD, 1887
evenings till o. JU. $500.
PLYMOUTH 81 'cranbrook con.
vertible: T. and h., Wv. tires, near
new top: original dark blue finish
sos. MANN MOTORS, INC. 6Oids),
5000 18th st. "a blk, W. OF Ga
aVeJ. Silver Spring, JU. 5-61s6.
PLYMOUTH 1851 club cpe.; lisht
green finish. heater and seat covers.
very specially priced for the man
who wants the End car: $3.50:
ROSenthal Chevrolet Co.
1921 Columbia Pike, Arlington. Va.
Used-Car Lot
Phone ia. 7-l1l6. Open Daily, 9 to 0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
'50 PI,YMOIJTH

Ill. 3-5555l
1241 9Th St. NE. Dust on Fla. Ave
Omen gN'TiI O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

time Tor cOnVeTLlDle 10 hpG
bargain. S1.295; sofety-teste guar
antee for your protection; 3o-daS
PAUL BROS. (OLDS)
WIS. AVE. AND ELLIcoTT ST. NV
KE. 7-l3Os OPEN DAILY TILL
OIDs "a "9s' de luxe Holiday
coupe: special green and ivory finish
equipment includes power steerins,
power brakes, Wv: tires. electro
Capitol Cadillac-Olds. GO;
12a2 22nd ST. NV. ST. $4,000
oIi)S SO "ss' 4-docr:, heater, HYDRA
Matte, Wv tires. orig greer, I'M, ilniSn z,
Spotless throughout 81 .4a5. HOYLE
MOTORS SALES. 1717 r. l. ave ave
oLDs "a "sS" Holiday coupe: r; ana
STRING MOTOR CO., INC, lO02
E.-W. hwy. cat Ga. ave.i, 81. Sps..'
Md, JU. 9-4500. -. ~
OLDS 40 Rocket "SS" de luxe club
sedan: Hydra Matte: equipped; week
end special, S495. MANN MOTORS.
INC. fOldsl 5000 18th st. IN biz,
west Of Ga. ave., Silver Spring. Ju'
: R1QR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

1859 Concord 2-dr.i "a.
dio and heater. turn signals. seal
covers. spotlight; one owner. Bus
Of the day, S605: safety-testec
guarantee for your protection; 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

"a 4-dr. sedan; r., h.
beaut. gray finish, special At ST .295
only S295 down
ROYAI. MOTORS INC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

NASH 1851 500 series: orig. tet-blaek
finish, Ike new; heater, seat covers;
one owner: very specially priced to-
day, S49g.
Rosenthal Chevrolet Co.
1921 Columbia Pike. Arlington. Va,
Used-Car Lot
Phone IA. 7-1I16, Open Daily TO y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
PAUL BROS. (OLDS)

WIS. AVE, AND ELLIcoTT ST. NV
KE. 7-13oS OPEN DAILY TILL
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SOUTHEAST Nash, 2033 NiehhoIs
ave. Sc. LII 4-5200. ~
fully equipped; one owner: wonder
fui md car: only $685.. SOUTHEAST
NASH. 2o33 Nichols ave. Sc. LU'
4-5900. ~
NASH SO Country Club; leather trim
dsy guarantee; Q wonderful buy,
only Si.395. SOUTHEAST NASH,
1888 Nichols ave. s.e.. LU. $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

PONTIAC 81 4-dr.: r. and h., Hydra
1900 River I'd, Alex, Va, XII. O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

oLDs 1852 super "ss" cony; coupe;
leather upholstery; Wv. tires. the
time for convertible Is now Real
bargain. S1.295; sotety.testeo, ~ SL 40 :,
Guarantee
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18

Clyde Tyler
Ralph Watson
Bobby Carol
Charles Davis
Benjamin Hill
Ruthie Jenkins
Donnie Mccormick
Johnnie Ransom
Sue Ella Smith
Albert Todd
9Th Grade
Vernon Mott
Samuel Weaver
Pearlie Crawford
Treopia Smith
Barbara Thomas
Essie Turner
JtWtl williams
Fannie Louden
Earnest Jean Taylor
Huey Long
Kenneth johnson
Herbert Jeffries
Bonnie Johnson, ir.
Seabron Jackson
Jimmy jackson
Verma Young
Robbie Mitchell
Beatrice Madison
Laverne Lyles
Marva Graham
Judith Ann Freeman
Florence Carringan
Bobbie Bland
Bettye J. Afford
Tessie Adams
Mildred Anderson
Mary Bowers
Flora Bradford
Mae Helen Coakley
Thurston Crumpton
Cleo Graggs
Robert Graham
Adolphus Hall
Michael Hawkins
Alfreta Rowe
Rose Mary Sanders
Dorothy Jolly
Mary Alice Dennis
Lille Cotton
James Barnes
Andrew J. Bonner
Ernestine Dixon
Shirley Daniels
Binnie P. Britt
May Dell Brown
Elizabeth Cole
Paul Hatchett
Elizabeth Eckford
Alice Davis
9th Grade
James Douglas
SCHOLARSHIP
7th Grade:
Minnie MCGOWAN
Marinell Randolph
Edith Lowe
Ennie Coley
Lawrence Shine
Brenda Green
Milton Davis
John Dokes'
Stanley Williford"
Shirley Collier
Gloria Henderson
Barbara Enoch'
Carolyn Watkins
Constance Winstead'
Carl jones'
william Crout
Gloria Jeffries
Wayman Barnes
Levan Lee
Willie Lee Spencer
James A. Thomas
William Wroten.
Dorothy Moore
Georgia Morris
Eddie Lee RaynorE
Donna Reaves'
Sadye Sanders
Ida Townsend
Opal Steele
Sammie Ray
Lee Eta Williams"
Betty Maryman'
P. II. Gilkey'
Viola Wright
Dolores Riddlesprigger'
Betty Anderson
Lucille Thomas
Effie Jones"
Joan Anderson
Willie Richard
Emma Terry
Roy Lee Wade
Terry Whitmore'
Beverly Coley'
Jane Lee Hill'
Alonzo Scots
sth Grade
Frank Baugh'
Emma Jean Smith
Doris Ballard
Carolyn LaMoyne'
McLane Birch
Peggy Cyrus
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18


inch crossw and lenghwse
For instance when bed linen count
with Ga threads width Ga threads
square inch.
MERCERIZED COTTON EDGNGS
To bed linens touch luxury trim them
tive borders crochet Since lovely linens should
lovely edgng make edgngs
cotton
the strength and dyeng properties be Before
cotton fiber meerzed looks cny
tension and treated with ausc the fiber
and becomes The fiber that
like silk.
CRoCHETED BORDERS FOR PILLOW CASES
Crochet lullaby of lace into pillow by making dainty
edgng BETTING One pretty edng features
motifs Ss raised in the center Of eaeh another
edgng following scaoped line with clusters Of shell stitch
designs spaced internationally another done hairp With
fine sebke effect Complete instructions for croeheng this
PILLOW CASE TRIO be obtained by sending stamped self
addressed envelope the NeedewOrk Department of this paper
requesting Leafet No. l081s.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18
Johnson Business School

Only one student maintained an
"A" average for the honor roll
the first semester at johnson
business school, Mrs. Farrie Lee
Johnson. 900 Apperson street, who
is studying under the CT Bill Of
Rights with a major in bookkeep-
ing.
The shorthand and tipping stu
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18

dents are excited over resent
civil service announcements and
have set high speed goals N typ
ing and shorthand for This nsonfhr
special project. The Bookkeeping
class has as its special Drojset
this month a Thorough study 81
income tax reporting,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18

Lindsey Johnson
Flossie Jones
Allean Jordan
Willie MeKinstry
Martha Moore
Velma Nowden
Harvey Ray
Sylvia Scott
Euniee Stokes
Augustus Thomas
Helen Thornton
Wilson Vault
Carolyn Whitmore
Richard Wallace
Clarence Wilson
Marjorie wilkins
Gertrude Wayne
Ruth Williams.
Jacquelyn Jordan
Milton Mayfield'
Lois Mothershed'
Dorothy Mitcheil'
Bobbie Morgan
Velma Perkins,
Patrica Robertson
Theopolis Sanders
Calmeta Smith
Willie Smith
Ellis Thomas
Muriel Washington
Henry Williams
Betty Atkinson
Versie Brown
Kirbit Cole'
Earl Carr
Ollie Darling
Clarence Dixon
Calvin Evans
George Elliotts
Bessie Fells'
Warner Freeman
Dana Horn
Wesley Hayes
Rosemary jones'
Lawrence Joyner'
Almena Moore'
Aldrew Pace
Shirley Shelton
Winnie Sims
Joe Smith
Avon lawson
Dorothy Jean Johnson
Evelyn Robinson
CITIZENSHIP
18th Grade
Willie Adams
Evelyn Askew
Thelma Brown
Bowman Burns
Vera Nunnelly
Roosevelt Singleton
Charles Springer
Willie Murchison
Milgrett Chappell
Wanda Beulah
Bonnie Jordan
Anita Thomas
Leon Cooper
Andrew Jackson
Donald Mcdonald
Theo williams
Mary Ester Brown
Mary Ester Hart
Lannie Oliver
Myrtle A. Parker
Della Smith
Helen Stewart
Charles Foster
Anita williams
Maudestine May
Rita Sullivan
Helen Lyles
Patricia Jones
Charles McGhee
Jerome Hunter
Solomon Hose
Robert Collier
Horace Brown
Lorene Branch
Nathaniel Benson
Roscoe Gray
Ronnie Robinson
Barnett Gilbert
Joe Louis johnson
Shirley Campbell
Clenard Bonner
Gladys Alexander
Delton Jones
Charles Coleman
Frank Coley
Anderson Hodges
Johnny Dolby
Shirley Acklin
Eva Mae Dell
Gilbert Cooney
Pattry Crumpton
Dianne Daniels
Doris Lamar
Maggie Marshall
Charles McFadden
William Perry
Melvin Robinson
Sarah Stephens
NV fFgEE s.,,s 7 4.
YIs " ~
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18
AROUND DUNBAR HI SCHOOL

Negro History week program given by the students
of Mrs o. Jodans 9Th grade English class The program
hghighted outstanding accomplishments of Negroes. Stu
dents participating the program Flora Bradford Car
on Porter Lote Edgeston Julia Suttes Terrence Roberts
Ernie MeCuum Peggy Cyrus Robert House Geraldine Ed
wards Eddie Washington Bonnie Fort Susie Gee Ernie Nc
who conducted quiz program gave prizes of pencils
pencil boxes rulers candy etc. to students answering
recty the questions Mrs apers sth grade Engishhistoy
class invited to the program.
The gym classes Dunbar hi school sponsored their
nual dixie land jamboree Friday the Dunbar auditorium
High school girls participating in this program Lois Ed
wards Yoando Jackson Toby Smith, Dorothy Johnson Mar
lene NASH Ruth Williams Jamietta Robinson Claudia Wheel
Irene Bozeman Bell Ethel Graves Leveser Robinson Ev
elyn Norman, Yvonne Hayman Lotte Finley Bragerdine
Thomas, Ollie Darling Kay Francis Krout Margaret Rowe
Carolyn Screws Bertha Singleton Yga Martin Deoa Miller
Alice Barnes Helen Surratt, Barbara Ross, Francis Smith,
Jean Poindexer Ozzie Fields Dana Horn Jackie Taey Dor
ohy Mitchell Claudia Wheeler Jean Abraham Viola Davis
Catherine Brown, Chaerine Travis. Jackie Allen Carolyn
Whitmore Nell Cooper, Dorothy Mitchell, Rosalyn Finn
Yvonne Sharpe, Ruth Crompton, Cozee Williams Peggye
Williams, Barnes, Gloria Vnson Emmer Overall, EN-
Norton Margaret Pride Shelby Moore Matte Kirby June
Betton Annette Taylor Dorothy Cooksey Doris Wardow
Ernie McCulum Rosayn Kiles. Thema Davis, Lille John
son. Nolan Joiner Evelyn Mosey Efie Cyrus
Mildred Clardy George Ella Gold Theresa Miller Mary Dan
ie Bessie Adams, Dorothy Jolly Susie Gee Thema Jordan
participated the program Roche Quinn and the
Johnson brothers.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18

ed to Dunbar students during the month of January
Students visiting health 3O8
Students receiving dental corrections q
Students receiving X-rays
Students referred for eye defects
Pairs of shoes bought 5
Basketball players treated IL
Students receiving hot lunches daily Is
Emergencies :
Students bringing statements from physicians 9
Dali Waake
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18

Everette Blakely
Essie Phillips
Shirley Singleton
James Douglas
Charles Preston Henderson
Joyce Daniels
Juana Joyce Gamble
David Hunter
Don Allen Lawrence
Pearl Mae Milan
Margaret Helen Jones
Ann Marie Joiner
Eloise Robinson
william Lewis
Earnest johnson
Afford Mills
David Mayfield
Billie Mcintosh
Reuben Carpenter
Frank Douglas
Gus Bowers
Fulton Fuller
Robert Harris
Marvin Nichols
Curtis Rawls
Tyrone Robinson
Wynema Banks
Daisy Chant
Charmaine Johnson
Lois MillSap
Alice Nolan
10th Grade
Roosevelt Singleton
Charles Springer
James Wiley
Cozette Williams
Mae Eta Worthy
Lille Mae Walker
Dennis Alexander
James Coleman
Charles Joyner
Margaret Logan
Gwendolyn Miller
Marvin Shavers
Kay Frances Crout
Annie Guss
ErneStine Brown
frankie Grigsby
Julia Hurd
LaVerne Price
Loretta Tyler
Douglas Peters
John Williams
Marion Taylor
Patricia Benson
Josie Perry
Catherine Singleton
Elizabeth Thompson
Melvarne Abraham
Earnestine Singleton
Lovella Divine
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18
Fri, Feb. ts, 1855 STATE PRESS

Susie Gee
Robert House,
Ernie MeCullum'
Carolyn Porter
Torrance Roberts
Julia Suttlet
Allen Tuggle'
Eddie Washington
Willis White
Minnie Brown
DeLeon Harrison
Janet Camp
9th Grade
Eula johnson
Queen Ester Byers'
Jessie Thomas
Aretha Bennett
Lottie Holt
Mildred Joyner'
Margaret Fountain
James Kelly Robertson
SILVIA Poindexters
Barbara Brown
Essie Mae Young
Charles Rodgers
Ernest Green
Sterling Williams
Gail Allen
Alice Barnes
Mary Daniels
Ruthie Hunter
Dorothy Thomas
Eta Wheeler
10th Grade
Vernell Coffeys
Vera Mitchell'
Harriet Pipes
Gloria Toddt
Wanda Phillipss
Mae Ola Williams
George Edwards
Patricia Evans
Bettye john SON
Thomas Nolan'
Hazel Smith"
Helen Williams
Lawrence Williams
Nettie Johnson
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18
Let US send your soldier boy the PRESS
. by Nancy Baxter

W. tiny soothing lullaby hapr, bedtn
story would dreamiy of sleep Unfortunately those
loses the desire for refu atos
phes bedtime Like lullaby the feeling Of slipping between smooth
clean sheets resting head pretty pillow hr
slumber before you've counted your second sheep.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18

Louis Cole
Jerome Perkins,
Benjamin Pruitt'
Georgia Walker.
Juereta Roberts,
Henrietta Yaney'
Ida Hightower'
Irma Perry.
Catherine Crutchfield
Sylvia Smith
Shirley Phillips
Euradell Harold
La Juana Loiner
Cecile Brown
Levanna Overalls
Clarene Long,
Eddie Perkins.
Claudia Wheeler.
Grace Mothershed
frankie Scott
nth Grade
Carl Davis
Theresa Miller
Gloria Vinsons
Peggye Williams
Milton Weaver
Jeanette Bradford
Lonnie Poindexter
Emma Nancy Overalls
Isaac Starkss
William Loving
Mildred Clardy'
Lois Edwards
Evelyn Mosley'
Mary Pugh'
Yvonne Hayman
Ernestine Dolphris'
Ann Carmichael'
Bragerdine Thomas
Roylene Wilson,
18th Grade
Elsie Atkinson
Helen Baker,
Christine Carrington'
Elliott Dyer
Wilhemena Epps'
Grace Hayes
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18

kOALAnL LINENS
Because bed linens mean
comfort TO- yqp and yosr
family, you ought to Gass
them the careful consider
ton that they deserve
Purchase them wisely.
with regard to suitability
Choose the type that y
most practical for you,
family, your home ara
your need. A firm, Close
weave promises the best
wear, so look for the
thread count when yop
buy. The thread count ia
the number of threads uey
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1955-02-18

Lille Jean Carter
Theresa Davis
Charles Marion
Margaret Robinson
Marva Smith
Romania Walton
Lazette Winstead
18th Grade
RoSine Bradford
Hazel Cook
Viola Davis
Freddie Flanagan
Alma James
Marlene Nash
Loetice Pointer
Alfred Russ
Dorothy Cooksey
Willie Mae Morgan
Carolyn Piggee
Marcella Tate
Herman Moten
Londell White
William Wright
Ollie B. Hadley
Don E. Harris
William Hodges
Cleophus Bowie
Walter Geiger
Samuel Taylor
Arthur Barnes
Maxine Blackmon
June Betton
Rose Carpenter
Erma Holden
Don Dyer
Oscar Dyer
Rosetta Harper
Jean Holland
Oliver Reynolds
Janietta Robinson
Velma Rumph
Juanita Value
Hosie Isaac
Bernice Stewart
Betty Holden
Doris Wardlow
Mable Price
Maxine Standifer
Essie Jernigan
Norma Grant
Betty Harmon
Eddie Mae Morris
Rose Norwood
York WllbOn
18th Grade
John Arnold
William Alexander
James Bankhead
Laverne Baugh
Billie Byrd
Ester Broome
Nellie Cooper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
|SfocksLoWer,
Range Small;
|AircraftsGain

NEW YORK. Dec. 20 P.-
The stock market declined in the
early afternoon today, but the
IaircraftS were strong.
AircraftS had gains going to
around 2 points. Losses through
out usually were no greater than
a point.
The sag wasn't great in any
area, and in many major divi-
tSions there were key stocks trad
ling unchanged to slightly higher.
Gimbel Bros. raised its divi-
dend payment to IS cents from
Us cents paid in previous quar-
tiers. The stock sold higher i'm
mediately but then fell back for
a modest loss.
Among declining stocks were
Southern Railway, Loew's, Ana
conda Co., Du Pont, American
Tobacco, United States Steel,
Chrysler. United States Rubber,
Montgomery Ward, Cleveland
Electric. Kaiser Aluminium and
Glen Martin.
Higher were Smith douglas,
Schering, Beech Aircraft, North
American Aviation, Boeing,
Chesapeake q Ohio. and Allied
Chemical.
Corporate bonds were slightly
higher. United States Govern
ment issues traded over the
counter were up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Dec. 90 az. - Wheat
futures were lower In early Board Of
Trade dealings today on liauidatton
CAUSED mostly By. the Government 5
maj crop report OF the year
Inc report showed almost % million
DusneA mere wheat than had been esti-
Corn was lower also and oats dipped
"a DIT in sympathy. Soybeans held
about steady in drll trading
Near the end of the first hour wheat
Was = to Ia cents lower. December
.W,S; corn was "a to 81 lower, Decem-
Der .:3s4 oats we're e TO "a lower
GENT, December lTia: soybeans we're :,
higher to 70 lower. January ..3T, and
lafd was unchanged to 9 cents a hun
dree pounds HIGHER. December II o.
IGaay was the final trading day in
az december contracts, Contracts re-
maining open after today will have to
oe settlen by delivery. OF the actual
Grain. This. apparently was causing
some some early nauidation, particularly in
The Governments final crop report.
isSueo after the close of trading yester-
gay estimated the wheat crop at 1885,
s3ysonu oushels. which was 22.83l. 900
ago, ''"''ii
. The corn crop was estimated at
y. lS4, S36, 900 bushels, lust about . mil
non bushels more than estimated n
month aso, This had little early effect
on dealings since 1t was about in line
with expectations.
secretary Of Agriculture Benson an
rounced the Government will give sur
pius grains to disaster hit farmers To
iced livestock. This will include Cow
ernmert-owned corn, barley, grain
sorRhuns and oats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
Census Finds
Forms Bigger
BY the Associated Press

The Census Bureau said today
that farms are getting bigger
and "horseless farming" is be-
coming common. 8
Nearly all farms now have
electricity. the report said, and
the number of farms is growing
smaller.
The biggest decline in the
number of farms between the
census of agriculture in 1850 and
the farm census in 1854 occurred
in the South, the Census Bureau
said, and was accompanied by a
decline in tenant and share
farming.
The partial report on results
of the 1854 farm census taken
in October and November of last
year included these details:
Between 1850 and 1854 there
was a decline of 500, 769 in the
number of farms in the United
States. The total in 1854 was
4,782. 1893.
The South had 2,316,606 farms
In 1854. This was a decline of
1856 ,817, or 1877 per cent.
The North had the next biggest
number of farms in 1954-2,043,-
I088-and the next biggest decline
in the number of farms since
l950-224.978, or 80 per cent.
The West had 461 ,673 farms in
1854 decline of about ga per
cent from 1850.
Between 1850 and 1854 the
average size of farms in the
United States increased from
2l5.3 acres to 242.2 acres.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
BuehIy Is Elected
To Head Grocery
Representatives

George w. Buchly of Standard
Brands has been elected presi-
dent Of the Grocery Manufac-
turerS Representatives Associa-
ton Of Washington, it was an
nounced today.
George D. Hardy, Harry B
Cook Co.. was named first vice
president and James K. Nc
Cracker, Walter Leaman Co.,
became second vice president
Others included Harry K. Kent,
wilkins Coffee Co.. treasurer;
Kenneth L. Kurtz. A. r. Nc
Chesney Co., recording secretary
and assistant treasurer; John j.
Baldwin. P. Lorillard Co., secre-
tary.
The following were elected di-
rectors: H. Irwin Cook, Harry
B. Cook Co.: Ralph Damiano,
Corn Products Co.; Lawrence
W, Fitzgerald, Mangels, Herold
Co.; Austin A. Miller. Gerber
Baby Foods Co.: Charles B. Mo-
ran, Phillip Morris Co.; A. Brady
Phillips. John Kluge Co.:
Charles S. Snyder, Wise Pota-
to Chip Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
Business Failures I'M the we

Business Failures in the week
ended December is totaled 247
compared with 2l9 in the previ-
Gus week and 210 in the like week
IA year ago.-Dun g. Bradstreet.
Estimated Fire Losses over the
Nation in November totaled
$68.7 million, up l7To from Oc-
tober and up I1.5% from the
like month a year ago; for IL
months $796 million. up liz
from a year ago.--National Board
OF Fire Underwriters.
Eastern Air Lines announced
it has contracted with General
Motors Corp. to buy Allison
prophet engines and aeroprod-
Iucts propellers to power its
fleet of 40 Lockheed Electra air.
liners at a cost Of about $26
million.
Delivery of $415 million of
Illinois toll road bonds sched-
Iuled for today has been post
poned pending a study Of new
court suit seeking to block the
sale.
Gulf Oil Corp. reported net
profits this year will be sub
lStantially greater" than the rec
ord $182.8 million earned last
year.
Caterpillar Tractor Co. in II
months ended November 80 earn
ed $31.353.533 or 1884 a share
VS.. $23.99l. 1886 or $2.79 in 1854
period.
Detroit Edison Co. in IL
months ended November 80
earned S26,062,227 or Sal a
share VS.. s2l,586,128 or $500 in
1854.
Southern Co. in IL months
ended November 80 earned $25.-
96l 500 or $1.32 a share VS.. $685.
473.447 or $l29 in 1854.
Georgia Power Co. in IL
months ended November 30
earned s14.126,121 VS.. $13.026,-
400 in 1854.
Alabama Power Co. in IL
months ended November 80
earned SIG. 945.854 VS., $685.
3l4 in 1854.
Armour g. Co. in year ended
November 80 earned $10,l 08. 900
or $40 a share VS.. $1,557 900 or
IS cents in 1854.
Carolina Power & Light in IL
months ended November 80
earned $9.257.169 or $1.68 a
share VS.. $7.753,574 or SLAB in
1854.