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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
TODAY,S RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS
$500, WMAL-Treasury of Mu.

800, WMAL-TreaSury Of Mu-
sic: Dorothy Kristen. Georgia
Gibbs. Robert @. Lewis, guests.
$500, WASH-FM, 1880, WWDC
Top Secret Files: Col. X finds
The Master Spy"
Sis, WRC-Berkshire Music
Festival: Charles Munich con-
ducts Beethoven's Symphony
No. 6 in F Major"
$3.50, WASH-FM-B r o a dway
Cop: The story Of a policeman
and Two Chorus Girls"
$3.50, WMAL-Voice of Fire
stone: Thomas L. Thomas
sings selections by Verdi. Friml
and Leroy Anderson.
800, WRC-Telephone Hour
Pianist Thomas Brockman
plays two Chopin etudes and
fianle of Grieg's Concerto in
A Minor"
1900, WTOP-Bob Dalton Show
For next two weeks. Bob pre-
sents special series of programs
on our progress in peaceful
use of atomic energy. Guest,
Gordon E. Dean.
1905, WRC-Music Thru the
Night: Tape Of Hollywood Bowl
concert with Jane Powell. Cor
don MacRae and Mildred Mil
Ter in Rodgers Hammerstein
show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08

|of one Of their clients, Robert
|RounSaville, who was unable TO
make a go of the UHF station
in Atlanta. He just couldn't sell
the idea of converters to either
the public or dealers.
In attempting to find a solu-
ton, Engineer Mullaney realized
that the answer was equally ap-
plicable to other areas of the
country. So it's up to the FEC
to take the initiative now.
\ y
Quickie Review: Despite some
atrocious performances by Bob
Crosby's real-life Bob Cats, and
too much concentration on the
familiar riff of a story. his "One
Night Stand" show for Climax
last Thursday. managed to re-
create plenty Of atmosphere of
1.-THE days of the big bands. When
Bob went to Chicago to play his
concert, it was just astounding
to listen to the roster of big
names. some of them now for
gotten, who were playing at
other clubs, hotels and dance
IemporiumS in the area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
Miss Monroe Offered
Dramatic N Role

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 8 R.-
Marilyn Monroe has been offered
10 chance to appear on television
in the type Of role she says she
wants.
Albert McCleery, producer Of
"a projected series Of dramas to
begin on WAC-TV. said yester-
day he has asked the actress to
star in an adaptation Of 1.-THE
Brothers Karamazov."
There was no immediate reply
from Miss Monroe or her studio,
Goth Century-Fox. The actress
has been in the East since she
titled with the studio over her
dramatic aspirations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
Stops Attacks in Minutes

New York. n 7. Especially - Medical
science has developed a new, tiny
tablet that stops asthma attacks :. 4
and gives hours of freedom from re-
currenee Of painful asthma spasms:
Authoritative medical tests proved
this remarkable compound brings
blessed relief in minutes, lasts hours.
This formula is prescribedmore than
any other by doctors. Now, asthma
sufferers can obtain this formula =
without prescription - in tiny, easy
to-take tablets called Printdtens'.
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TODAY'S TV
HIGHLIGHTS

$500, WRC (4l-CaeSar Pre-
sents: Judy Tyler joins cast:
also, another episode involv-
ing the parakeet.
500, WMAL, (D-Readers'
Digest: Incident on China
Coast" true, story Of Chinese
Red attack on DC-4 passen-
ger plane.
$3.50, WMAL tD-Voice OF
Firestone: Thomas l.
Thomas sings Hills of
Home" and Rose Marie"
800, WRC t4--Medic: Story
of young woman about to be
married who suddenly de-
velops cancerous tumor OF
breast: Vera Miles.
$500, WTOP (9) - Those
Whiting Girls: Advent OF
new neighbors from Paris
introduces romance. with a
French flavor.
$3.50, WRC t4)-Robert Mont
gomery: uncle SNOWFALL.
story of salty old man Of
sea who loses his heart to q
land locked spinster.
$3.50. WTOP (9)-Ethel anc
Albert: Bemoaning the lost
art of good conversation
they invite friends over fol
talk and bridge.
1890, WTOP t9l - Summer
Theater; Bill and Cora Bairc
and their puppets star II
THE Prince and the Pup
pet"
1900, WMAL (7)-Eddie Can.
tor: Edmund Gwenn star
as manager of apartment
house that caters to short
people only.
1880, WRC (4)-Steve Allen
Publicity man Jim Moran
singer Jill Corey and the
nIa nh h,,rr, fy,i1ae xy;ask
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
Asthma Formula Used Most.
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New Primatene opens bronchial
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The secret is Primatene combines,
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Each performs q special purpose.
So look forward to sleep at nighH
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get Primatene, at any drugstore, !
Only 98t money-back guarantee.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
ON THE AIR
Louis Allen Joins
WMAl Stoff AUG. Il
BY BERNIE HARRISON

best possible weather item Of the MONTH short of the
arrival by rockets of Arctic cold 'front.' is the return OF Louis
Allen local screens.
The former WTOP9 weathelman joins the WMAL7 roster
Sunday, August a. and his first show at lilo win run for 10
nirlfae
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Maryland Dean to Speak
At ALB Fall Dinner

DR.. Leon P. Smith. dean OF
the College of Arts and Sciences
at the University Of Maryland,
will be guest speaker at the an
nual fall educational dinner OF
Washington Chapter. American
Institute of Banking.
The event scheduled at the
Kenwood Golf and Country Club
on Wednesday, September IA
will mark the beginning Of the
chapters autumn activities and
will be in charge of William r.
Reading OF the Suburban Trust
Co., first vice president and chair
man of the Educational Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
CHICAGOLVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Aug. 25 B-lUsDAl.-
later moderately active. steady to %
lower on butchers, most decline on No
/ and 2s under 220 ID: sows f1rmly
to Is ia0--aSd ID. butchers 1900 is so
1850 paid for mixed No. l and =:
20o-a25 ID and also for some No. :
and 3 butchers zip to $50 lb.; Q few
29a-320 ID. 15.50-l6,00; larger lot;
l80-lso Ib. 15.d0-l8, 90: sows 400 lb
and lighter l4.0O-l5,50; few choice
under 900 ID. to 1915; 400-500 ID
IL. .0o-I4. 90: odd head down to 1906
for weights around 500 ID
Sababie cattle 900; sRlable calve!
200, slaughter steers ana yearlings a,
well as cows and bulls steady to 2:
lower in slow. peddltng market; yeaier:
active. steady to strong, instances .0t
higher; a few loads choice and mixet
choice and prime 1900 $40 10. steer;
22 5O-23.@25. a few loads and lot;
mostly choice steers and yfa-lings .20t
ID down 22.u0-23.Ua; q small lot choice
and prime mixed pearlings 2350 gooC
Ito low choice steers lg .00-31.15: LOAF
OF hish choice and price LOIS ID
heiferS 2..To; other good and choict
heiterS lq.O0-a2 90; commercial to Low
good heifers 1i50-1s.50; utility ant
commercial cows l050-I2.5o: few
II. 90: Gamers and cutters = S50-1075
utility and commercial bulls 1875
1915: good and choice yealers 1900
"a 90: a few prime 500. Gull anC
commercial grades 10.DO-ISa0; gooC
and choice 5a0-S00 ib. stockers anC
feeders SLOW. steady at l9.50-20.o0.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Stock Prices
Lead Higher;
Trading Slows

NEW YORK, Aug. Is P.-
The stock market still leaned
Slightly upward as trading slowed
lin early afternoon today.
Steels were the strongest major
group as Bethlehem and Youngs-
town Sheet & Tube ran up gains
|of about two points. United
States Steel and Republic also
rose.
But the rest of the list was
pretty well mixed although most
chemicals and rubbers were frac-
|tionally higher.
Rails were depressed.
General Telephone was up
around a point on news of merger
plans with Theodore Gary & Co,
Other gains of about a point
were scored by CIT Financial,
Commercial Credit, Bullard and
Firestone.
Among the gamers were Gen.
eral Motors. Goodyear. Mont
gomery Ward. Boeing, Douglas
International Telephone, Ameri-
can Smelling. Dow Chemical
Westinghouse, General Electric
STANDARD Oil (N.J.J and Pan
American World Airways.
Losers included .CEnysler, In
ternational Harvester, American
Telephone g. Telegraph, Ana
conda, Union Carbide, American
Tobacco, Southern Railway
Chesapeake g. Ohio and South.
iern Pacific.
Corporate bonds were mixed
in quiet trading. Treasury bonds
were unchanged in the over-the-
counter market.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Aug. 25 R.-Once again
corn and soybeans advanced on the
Board Of Trade today. in reflection OF
dry weather over the Midwest.
Oats were steady. largely in sympathy
with corn. There also were reports pro.
ducers were not offering many cash
oats, considering the price too low
and rye barely held steady,
Wheat near the end of the tirst hour
was % to "a lower, September $l,a2ls
Corn ] to = higher, September 81 27ss
oats = to q higher, September 81: rye
soybeanS y to 2 cents higher, Septem
Der S223a4 and lard 10 to II cents a
hundred pounds higher. September
Corn and soybeans have become ex.
tremeiy sensitive to the weather, When
there's overnight moisture. they go down
When not they go up. Last night there
was no moisture of consequence
The ofiictal weather forecast for today
toMGht and tomorrow wasn't very hope
fui. Except for widely scattered showers
no moisture was expected A soaking
rain is needed for corn and soybeans.
weather took precedence in Soybeans
oyer the fact the Commodity Credit Corp
million bushels of beans it had offered
TO exporters. After the close YESTERDAY
it announced sales of ,65@. 900 bushels
1t offered two million more.
Discussing soybeans, Francis I. Dt
Pont & Co. said, There is no question
but what damage has been done to tn,
crop but, unlike corn. II general moistur,
is received the bean stalk can put OF
new growth and new pods and still max,
a good crop"
siee buying early in wheat, The Septem
Der contract again WAS subjected TO liaui
dation., disclosing a poor Commercial
demand.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Aug. rs 0Pl-Foreigr
exchange rates follow. Great Britain In
dollars. others In cents Unbalanced un.
less otherwise noted.
Canadian dollar In New York open
market ] Z per cent premium or 10l 4394
u s. cents
Europe Great Britain tpoundl, 2.5sil
of h; ,3D-day futures. e.5Sia., of "a:
futures, 2T1,s. of 5f32: Belgium
Hrancj, I .9ssa up .0n,'a: France tfranc>
.2sSs Of a cent: Germany western
tDeutsche mark, 23S5: Holland tguil-
DER, 2813: Italy lira}. 1874 Of a cent;
Portugal tescudoi, $50: Sweden tkrona)
1a.34 Switzerland franc free)
23 33Ia: Denmark tkrone). l4.50,
Latin America: Argentina tfreei
| IT,22: Brazil ffreet, 40. Mexico, s.02,
Venezuela (bolivarl 3003.
Far East: Hong Kong dollar. 17,4o.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Garfinckle & Co. Board
Votes Usual Dividends

| Directors of julius Garflnckel
/ g. Co. declared regular quarterly
dividends, all payable September
80 to holders of record September
lis.
Dividends included: 34as
cents a share on the 5l2 per
cent convertible preferred; 281s
cents on the Az per cent con-
Ivertible preferred and STA cents
on the common stock.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Ad Women to Hear Feemster
OF Wall Street Journal

/ Robert M. Feemster. chairman
Iof the executive committee Of
the Wall Street Journal will ad-
dress the first fall luncheon of
the Women's Advertising Club
Iof Washington at the Washing
ton Hotel on Monday, Septem-
Der 8.
The club will salute the be-
ginning of the Journals Wash
ington edition. Business leaders
lof the city have been invited.
C. E. Campbell, former director
of research extension for United
Fruit Co., has been named tech
nical representative of Velsicoi
Chemical Corp. here.
Ralph H. Jacobsen. sales train
ing supervisor of International
ICellucotton Products Co., is here
to address two-day meeting OF
the, company at the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
For 6 Months Ended June :
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK Aug. IS R.-cotton
futures declined from the days best
levels during the forenoon today Earlier
trade demand dried up Renewed liauda-
tion developed in nearby october, partly
by a leading firm. Scattered hedging
was in evidence in later deliveries
leading spot firm in its latest
weekly letter said some sections of the
Eastern belt reported fair cotton progress
Fair progress was noted in the central
belt of the Southern half, with decline
In condition due to insects. In the
Northern portions progress was good and
conditions better Titan normal
In the Western belt progress was
checked and some deterioration set In
where showers and insects made some
inroads on prospective yields. But In
thte western portion of Texas and Okla =
homa progress and conditions were good
The firm also stated that the Far
Western States reported good progress
and an improvement in conditions, except
in Arizona.
Noon prices were s TO 80 cents bale
higher than the previous close. October
33.SS, December 33.17 and March 33.4S.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Better Business Bureau
To Move to New Ofices

The Better Business Bureau
viii move to new quarters in the
Perpetual Building at I'LL Z
street NV. over the coming week
end.
Leland S. Mccarthy, manager
director, said the new quarters
will be open for business on
Monday morning. For 35 years
the bureau has had its head
quarters in The Star Building.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
Bank Clearings in 26 L

Bank Clearings in 26 leading
cities in the week ended August
ia totaled S18,445,667,00 COM
pared with $19,707 ,457, 900 in the
previous week and $18,039, 900, 600
the like week a year ago.-Fed-
eral Reserve Board.
Business Loans by member
banks in the week ended August
IN totaled $23,940, ,000,O 900. up
1916 million from the previous
week and up $3,181 ,000, 900 from
the like a wek ago.-Federal Re-
serve Board.
Crude Petroleum Production in
/ the week ended August 10 aver
jagged 700,500 barrels daily, up
$3.50 for the week and COM
pared with 6,155.750 from the
like week a year ago.-American
petroleum Institute.
Commercial Loan rates were
Increased for the seventh time
this year. Prime four-to-six-
months commercial paper now
sells to yield investors 23s. The
--latest increase was lsTe.
Mutua: Savings Banks over
/ the Nation reported deposits in
July reached a record S27,426,-
1000, 900, gain of $87 million for
1.-THE month.-Ntl. Assn. of Mu-
tual Savings Banks.
Tennessee Gas Trans. Co. an
nour1eed it will distribute one
share Of common stock for each
three held. Sale of additional
pipeline bonds and common
Istock is planned.
/ National Steel Corp. stock
holders approved a plan to ex.
tend stock options to officials
and key employees of the firm
land subsidiaries.
/ r. Hoe e. Co., Inc. announced
acquisition of the plant of the
Carolina Saw e. Tool Co. al
High Point, N. C. Hoe said the
plant will be the nucleus of 6
greatly expanded operation.
!! Robertshaw-FultOn Controls
announce election of r. S
Reynolds, jr., as chairman of the
board, succeeding his father who
died July 20.
| Southern Pacific System in
months ended July 81 earned
l$39,246,859 or $4.23 a share VS.
$25,668,252 or $2.84 in 1856
Iperiod.
Penna. Power & Light in Il
months ended July 81 earned
$21 .848,9l3 or $3.05 a share VS.
$20,304,339 or $2,82 in 1854.
Federated Dept. Stores in 81
weeks ended July 80 earned S20,-
434,530 or $5.68 a share VS.. $14,.
945.530 or $4.03 in 1854.
Kimberly Clark Corp. in
months ended July 81 earned
$3,439,905 or rs cents a share
VS.. $3,0l4.906 or SO cents in 1854
Chain Belt Co. in 9 months
ended July 81 earned $2,387,93:
or $500 a share VS.. $l,628,39 OF
$2.67 in 1854 period.
Other earnings included:
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Utility Bonds Reviewed
BY ABA Division

| Bonds of electric utilities gen.
Ierally are both sound and avail
able, and present a potential field
for investment for bank funds,
according to the investment COM
mittee of the Savings and
IMortgage Division of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association.
The division will publish a
booklet entitled aids in the Sc
lection of Electric Utility Bonds,
in September for the guidance of
bank officers in charge of invest
lment portfolios.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Life Insurance Sales
Lag Behind Year Ago

Sales of ordinary life insur-
ance in the District of Columbia
totaled $1o.449, 900 in July. de-
crease of IL per cent from the
same month last year, the Life
Insurance Agency Management
Association reported today.
Sales in seven months of this
year totaled $88.307. 900, an in
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Peoples Life Chiefs Open
Agency Leaders Meeting

Some $50 agency leaders oi
the Peoples Life Insurance Co
of Washington and their wives
will be welcomed at a dinner
opening a three-day convention
at the Mayflower Hotel tonight
President S. w. Hauser anc
o. r. Hoover, vice president OF
the agency, will extend the well
come and following dinner the
group will attend the Ice Capades
and Cinerama.
A brief business session to-
morrow morning will be devoted
to recognition of leaders. Tor
honors go to three from the
Hagerstown (Md.l agency: w
j. Cornell, leading agency mana
ger; w. v. Kidwell. leading staff
manager, and D. L. Kidwell, tor
agent.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
BALTIMORE
MARKETS

Quotations supplied by the United
states Agriculture Department.:
Poultry Markets
Market steady for fryers. Moderate
stessy fsa besvy veil sgns bsna g0od About
made up the bulk Of supplies. some lots.
OF barebacks sold at 1927. +
sE9lleFf Her. or fryer Hagyv lbs and oyer
higher, mostly o7. Turkeys; small types
mostly 81.
Livestock Markets
Cattle ESQ: holdovers 200. supply in.
eIIadsf around loads good g choice
low choice stockers and 0' feedeqs' eqsum cows 70
accounted for 40-45 per cent Of run.
traa!ng slow With slaughter steers sell
to 50 Cents eaqy az ors 70 stbpoag instances uD
ed % cents higher, but later trade most
" STEADY. stockers and feeders steady
@ gooa to choice S60-l,17s Ib slaughter
mercial slaughter steers at Ig00-25.
odd head utility to low good Slaushter
heiiers 1900 90, utility and conmer-s
young high commercial cows l4,50-i5 So
Gamers and cutters mostly 1O.On-l2 50,T
lew shelly Gamers 5000 so, slaughter
bulls strong to 80 cents higher for the
week, utility and commercial bulls L., So.
1900, odd head 1850 cutter bulls II .O0-
1870, most medium to good 700-I $50
los stcoker and feeder steers 10000. So.
$50 ID feeder steers 2i,s5' ioS '0''s 1'o0Ha
Calves; trading moderately active.
fully steady most good TO low choice
to prime Se 6d 0o-2! 90, utility and COM
HOGS 500; trade very slow on supply
comprised mainly OF U. s. No. "a barr
rows and giits .welghine 170-25O lbs:
nothins done on S sows; gs q 5. a'i No is 1885, 1so
go ID. barrows and gifts 1700-50, 220-
go lbs: l8.75-16;25. 240.270 lbs. 1875
not established on ' weiShts over y;gV a7o '1 lbs
and sows.
shsep 100: nothing done early on.
small supply mainly slaughter spring
Grain Market
! Flour-Receipts. 1921 100 pound
Whea.-Receipty, s7,sa2 bushels;
sAhilpnasentsi Anlp asg $1,000 bushels; stocks, s.
spoe Rsshsi domestic NG s5 E'd trsnsis Etnt5:
tI.S7 Cnon-transitJ,
n Core. tGorn.ReseiPtYo saoo 1880 bushels:
S1aipmen'i; ap a41 b,.hs5 ts6oo bushels stocks l.
/ oats-Receipts. ss.246 bushels; ship
ments; none; stocks, 747,4s2 bushels.
shpment zGfs Dushsis hi2S Stocks sushss 4s4
069 bushels
Rye-Receipts. 1000 bushels: ship
mentS: none; stocks none.
soybeans-Receipts, none: shipments,
none; stocks, l,6l0, bushels.
( Mliifeed--Receipts. 3l4 tons.
| EEE Market Unsettled
yesterdays Quotations)
! Eggs: Market unsettled on top quality.
steady to firm other grades Although
prices ranged narrow on large whites,
browns and mixed medium whites as
/ top quality stock faced sharp price de-
ieiines. Supplies of these better grades
we're short of a good buying interest,
Lower grades ADEQUATE for current ,aaedS
Few smalls taken in at 34ta cents,
Prices paid bv first receivers delivered
IF B Baltimore, cases included Large
min so pct quality. whites. 54i2-57:
browns d mixed colors. 52-58 Mediums.
min. so pct A quality. whites. 4T-5I;.
browns 4 mixed colors, 44Ia-52 Large
min. so pct quality 40
| Receipts: Eggs ZOOS cases by truck.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK, Aug. % P,.--- tUSDAl
Butter steady. Receipts 544 ,492. Prices
unchanged.
Cheese steady. Receipts 6s,263. Prices
UNCHANGED.
Eggs unsettled. Receipts 1864. New
York spot quotations, based on exchange
and other volume sales, follow: Includes
midwestern: Mixed colors: Extras t4S.
80 lbs1 5l-51 l2i extras large (45-4S
lbsl 4S-5O!a. extras medium 42-44;
standards large 81 7ta-3a, dirties @7-3l /;
checks 24-30 Whites: Extras (4S-50
lgsl b3la -55I2; extras large t45-4S lbsl
491a-b212: extras medium 46-4S. Browns:
Extras (4S-50 lbs 52-54.
Includes nearby Whites Top quality
t4S-50 lbsl 54-55la, mediums 4i-i7 /;
smalls 34-34Ia peewees 2l-23iz Brownsl
Top quality t4s-50 lbsl 56-51, mediumi
Evening star., 1955-08-25
$42 Million Premiums

NEW YORK.-Some $42 mill
lion a year is being spent by
American gasoline service sta
tions on premiums for customers.
That's more than a third of the
amount spent on service station
construction. which was $120
million in 1854.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
By DONALD B. HADLEY

Unit sales of electric appli-
ances in this area widened gains
from a year ago sharply in July
as the Federal pay raise and con-
tinued building boom spurred de-
mand, the Electric Institute of
Washington reported today.
Unit sales of television in the
territory served by the Potomac
Electric Power Co. rose to 6,542
In the month. compared with
3.806 in July last year. Seven
months sales totaled 38,360 VS..
25,044.
But air conditioner sales pro-
vided the real feature in hot July
by jumping 12.963 units from
only 1,467 a year earlier. Seven
months sales rose to 1882 from
l1,275.
Vacuum cleaner sales ex-
panded to 1880 in the month VS..
922 year ago and in seven
months totaled 11.480 VS.. 9.143.
Radio set sales for July
climbed to $3.50 from 4,262 a
year ago. and seven months
sales rose to 36,360 from 33.849.
Sales of automatic clothes
washers in July jumped to 1852
from 1,610 year ago and seven
months sales totaled 17,462 VS..
11,505. Conventional washers
totaled sos in July VS.. 485 and
in the seven months aggregated
1912 VS.. 3,772.
Aided by building activity,
sales of electric refrigerators in
July rose to 5,306 from 1921 a
year ago and in seven months
totaled 28,894 VS.. 23.733.
Electric range sales in the
month totaled 1,006 VS.. 1872 a
year ago and in the seven
months totaled 6.632 VS., 4,721.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Aetna Life Companies
win Move Monday

I
All company facilities Of the
Aetna Life Affiliated Companies
lin Washington will be moved
Monday to new and larger quar-
tiers at 170O K street NV, il
was announced at the home Of.
fee in Hartford, Conn. today.
Located in the new Offices will
be the Sleeper 6 Euler General
Agency of the Aetna Life In
surance Co. and the agency's
group department headed by
Samuel B. Crocker.
The new quarters also will
house the Washington Office OF
the Aetna Casualty and Surety
Co., of which William A. Boone
is manager.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
METAL QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. Aug. 25 R.--spot non
ferrous metal prices today: Copper 40
cents q pound, Connecticut Valley Lead
| ! cents a pound, New York. Zinc 12Ia
cents pound, East st. Louis, Tin 96as
90s4 cents per troy ounce. New York At
Ptttsburgh. scrap steel No l heavy was
quoted at Al .O0-45.00.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
ODD-LOT DEALINGS

NEW YORK, Aug rs LPl.--The New
York Stock Exchange reported today
these odd lot transactions by princi-
"a Purchases of 210,697 shares: sales
of 1862 shares including $50 shares
sold short.