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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Nations
Widen Lead in
Steel Output

NEW YORK, Dec. % R1.-
The free world widened its SUI
Iperiority in steelmaking over
Russia and other Communist
dominated nations in 1855, the
Iron Age. national Woodworking
weekly said today.
| The free world poured 22S
million tons in 1855 compared
with GO million tons by Red ma
itions whereas in 1854 the free
nations produced 1872 million
tons compared with 81 million
by Communist lands. it said.
! A survey by Iron Age showed
that the free nations of Europe
Asia and the United States in
creased their steel output in 1855
by 22.5 per cent over 1854 pro-
duction while Russia and Its
satellites increased their produc-
ton by only 10.5 per cent.
Under the impetus of the big
lgest economic boom in its history
the United States increased it
production 80 per cent while Rus
lsia gained only 10 per cent, pro-
Iducing 49.6 million tons this veal
compared with 45.3 million tom
lin 1854. United States pro
Iduction this year is estimated a
Ill6.5 million tons compared with
1888 million tons last year.
I Total world output was esti'
mated at 293 million tons com.
pared with 245 million in 1854
ian increase of 48 million tons
III this increase. the United State:
accounted for about 1872 millior
tons, or about SO per cent.
At the year end. steel demand
lin the United States was strain
ling the industry's ability to pro-
Iduce despite a slight letdown il
1.-THE automotive production race
The only apparent effect of thu
slowing down in Detroit was
tendency to withdraw from cost!
conversion steel arrangements.
| The holiday season brought
Iletdown in steel production ane
shipments but the industry i
trying to hold this to minimum
lin view of prospects for full or
der books through the first hall
Iof 1856.
Iron Age said that the outlool
for major consuming industries
Ills such that loss Of even a small
tonnage is important.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Time Picks Curtice
AS Man of Year

NEW YORK, Dec. % tP.-
Time Magazine has chosen Har-
low Curtice. president of Gen.
Ieral Motors, as its 1855 Man OF
the Year."
MIR. Curtice, Gin a job that
required it, assumed the respon-
sibility of leadership for Ameri-
can business" the magazine says
in its January 2 issue, out
today.
The Time article recalls that
Mr.. Curtice reflected his con-
fidence in the economy by an
nouncing a billion dollar GIN
plant expansion program early
line1954 at a time when there was
gloomy talk of the postwar
boom ending.
AS a result of the billion dol.
lar bet" Time says, many
another businessman also raised
his own sights. putting more dol.
lars into pockets to spend, anc
sending the economy booming
along into 1855 record year"
Secretary of State Dulles wa!
Times Man of the Year" las
year. Charles A. Lindbergh wa.
its first. in 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
Business Failures in the week

Business Failures in the week
ended December % totaled 1871
compared with 247 in the previ-
Gus week and 213 in the like
week year ago.-Dun & Brad
street. i"
Wholesale Food Index, based
on the cost of a pound each of 81
foods in general use, this week
advanced to $5.97 from $5.96 last
week compared with $6.78 in the
like week a year ago.-Dun g.
Bradstreet. ~
Nations Railroads will spend
$3.5 billion for supplies, equip+
ment and facilities during 1856.
up 400 from 1855, according to
a survey by Railway Age, the in
dustrial weekly.
United Air Lines announced it
has arranged to raise $3.50 mil-
lion in new capital over the next
five years ito meet the financial
needs of the jet age" The COM
pany will raise $3.50 million in
debentures and borrow $50 mil-
lion.
Sears, ROsebuck g. Co. an
; nounced its 1856 spring and sum-
lmer catalogue, now going out in
the mails, shows an average in
crease of go over 1855.
J; Prudential Insurance Co. an
nounced pay increases averaging
, slightly under SIS a week for
$4,000 office employees earning
less than $l0.500.
/ Morgan Stanley & Co. ans
nounced Harold Stanley will
retire as a general partner on
January /, but will continue as
a limited partner.
Stockholders would receive net
assets OF SIG million under a
proposed sale and liquidation of
1.-THE Sheraton Hotel in st. Louis.
| Southern Pac. Trans. Sys. in II
months ended November 30
earned $55,456,591 or $6.13 a
share VS.. s44,713.738 or $4.94 in
1854.
: Great Northern Railway in II
months ended November 80
learned $30.199,507 or S4.97 a
share VS.. $23,579,200 or $3.50 in
1854 period.
Sunray- Mid Continent Oil in
g months ended September 80
earned $27,707,843 or $1.61 q
share.
Baltimore Ohio R.R. in II
months ended November 30
, earned $2S,072.292 VS.. $l6,2s0.-
432 in 1854 period.
Chi. Burl. g. Quincy In IL
months ended November 30
earned $20,013,756 or $11.71 a
share VS.. $20,363,714 or $l1.e2
lin 1854 period.
SeabOard Air Line R.R. in IL
months ended November 30
earned $l9,405.122 or $500 q
share VS.. $17.792,981 or $7.57 in
1854 period.
Reading Co. in II months
ended November 80 earned So
799.78l or $5.17 a share VS.. So
461 ,374 or $4.21 in 1854 period.
Virginian Railway in II months
ended November 80 earned $8,-
I537.122 or $3.50 a share VS.. S.
429,945 or $3,11 in 1854 period.
i American Distilling Co. in
year ended September 80 earned
$1,137,950 or S5.05 a share VS..
$719,993 or $3.11 in 1854 period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Mortgage Bankers
Headed by West

Martin r. West. jr.. vice preSi-
dent of Weaver Bros. Inc. has
been elected president of the
Mortgage Bankers Association Of
Metropolitan Washington, it was
announced yesterday.
William F. Bergman, Airing
ton Realty, is vice president and
Frank s. Hight. jr., of Bogley
Harting g. Hight is secretary
Frederick x. Wilson of Suburban
Trust Co. is treasurer and H
10y Anderson of Anderson &
Fay is general counsel.
Mr.. West is a native of Wash
ington. attended Episcopal High
School in Alexandria and is a
graduate of Princeton Univer-
sity. He served in the Navy in
World War II and joined Weaver
Bros. in 1945.
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wdwd d Lothrop pfd s. x1oS 1o5
.xEd dividend tPlus extra or extras
2 Arrears bali payable June Is, 1855.
paid 90 far this year xrEx riThta
Plus stock dividend 2.bss vi When
issued.
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Sales
Stock ana ADD Net
Dividend Rate 90 High Low 1910 chg.
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DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK, Dec. IS R,.-Dividends
announced:
/ Irregular
Pc Stk of Pay
Rate. Rod. record able
US Royalty Oil &c -- 1891 l-l6
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Hourly Sales on the Exchange
IL 90 am A3o 600 u noon 800 ooC
100 p.m l1o 600 900 m 600 ooc
tUnit Of tradins 10 shares or sales ~
tull
Rates OF divloends in the sIegoins
LaD'P are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly OF semt-annlal dec-
al aLIon Unless 'theTwiSe noted Specia
or extra dividends are not included
Also extra OF extras b Annual ralt
oius stock dividend d Declared or uaid
In 1876 plus stock dividend Patio last
year Payable IN stock eliminated cash
salus on ex -diyidend OF redistribution
date q Declared o. paid 80 far this veal
II Declared or paid after stock dividend OF
split-up ( Declared or paid this year
an accumnlative issue with dividends IN
arrears p Paid this year dividend
omitted, deferred or no action taken 81
last dividend meetine Declared or paid
Ing dividend cid Called I Ex dividend
x-dis Elk distribution rEx rights
XIV without warrants. Wv With warrants
wd When distributed wi When issued
Elm bankruptcy OF rsceiysrship or betns
reorHanized under the Bankruptcy Act
or securities a. mmed By such companies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK. Dec. IS Up lusDAl--
Butter steady to firm. Receipts 130,-
.g7l. Wholesale prices on bulk cartons
(fresh). Creamery, g3 score lAAl 59
bgb cents, 30 score (A) 59-59h, 20
score tBl 5sIa-5Ss4, 50 score tCl 5oPA-
56R oor
Cheese steady. Receipts bu5'541'
Wholesale eee rices firm. Receipts
2O.i94. New York spot quotations fol-
low: Midwestern: Mixed colors: Ex-
tras f4S-50 lbs) b9-6Ola; extras large
I45-4S Ibsl $3.50, extras medium, 5b-
I57h: smalls 4S-5sia; standards large
56-56b: dirties 4d-46h: checks a.
46ia. Whites: Extras $500 lbs) " :
81 extras large t45-4S lbsl 60-6l; ex-
tras medium 5S-56Ia Browns. Extras
(4S-5O lbsl 60-6liG,
Nearby. Whites: Top quality AS
30 lbsl 63-65; mediums 60-621a; smf is
4!I5-5O Browns. Top quality I4S-50
lbsi 6l-63; mediums 59-6oh; smallS So
50M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. Dec, as H9.--Cotton
futures moved irregulArly lower during
the forenoon today. Nearby deliveries
held most OF the days gains on light
later deliveries eAsed as much as as
cents q bale from the days best levels
on scattered commission house selling.
I1envsry against purchases OF distant
Noon prices we're 3s cents a bale
htEher 70 20 censt lower than the pre-
yious CLOSE: March 1924. Nav 33a4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
METAL QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. Dec. %. R.--spot nom
ferrous metal prices today: Copper 49,
so cents pound, Connecticut valley.
Lead 1914 cents q pound, New York.
Tin 81 ,09ss pound New York. For
eign silver a0ta cents per troy ounce,
New York At Pittsburgh, scrap steel
No. heavy was quoted at 53.O0-54 90.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

Lots of horses have to be
handled differently. Sara
toga had q man handling him
in the Everglades at Hialeah
and he reared. got on badly
and ran out at 6-5. The next
time he ran they asked the
assistant starter just TO hold
his tail TO assure him there
was someone with him. He
ran fine.
Some horses get their
heads down and try to run
under the gate. Others rare
up and try to 60 over. You
have to know what to expect
from them"
In addition to starting
races, Blind and his assistants
hold schooling classes at Lau-
rel and other nearby tracks
where horses are working out.
There. young horses which
have never raced are taught
manners They are made to
Evening star., 1955-11-06

stand quietly in the gate,
break into a gallop from q
walk as the starting bell
sounds and finally to start
from the gate.
Blind often orders extra
training for bad actors. When
. horse consistently acts up,
he puts him on the schooling
list. Then the horse must
come out In the morning for
extra training. A particularly
obstreperous animal win be
put on '.the starters list by
Blind. Then this horse can
not race until he demon
strates at schooling lessons
that he will behave.
Eddie win be dressed quietly
for his role In the Interna-
tional. However. his tastes
run TO snappy clothesso gay
that q friend once claimed he
mistook Eddie for the striped
eighth pole.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
STARTING SPECIALITY
CONTINUED
CONTINUED

doors behind them. II a
horse acts up In the gate. one
of them gets in with him to
quiet him down. stand on
q platform to the side and In
front Of the gate. When all
the horses are facing straight
I press together two levers;
this breaks a circuit cutting
on the electric magnet hold
ing the gates together. The
gates swing open and the
horses are away.
There is q recall man with
q nag an eighth Of a mile
down the track to stop the
horses II it's q really bad
start, but I've dropped the
recall nag only once In nine
years. The nag you see
dropped near the gate Is the
timers nag to signify they're
on 50 the race can be timed
In case the electric timer
doesn't work.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-21

should come to Geneva willing to
bargain in good faith.
The presidents latest state
ment reflects a ray of hope, that
a new approach toward easing
world tension might be found.
The President said the United
States would enter into negotia-
tons in good faith. And he made
it quite clear that the United
States did not feel that Russia
was leading from a position of
weakness.
In fact, he said, we in the U.
S. appreciate very well the great
military power of Soviet Russia.
The Presidents words will be
criticized by those who oppose
the Geneva Conference, and he
will be accused of appeasing the
Reds, and of being gullible. But
his recent statement clears the
decks for any progress that might
be made.
And as long as the President
doesn't appease the Reds at &C.
neva, or agree to concessions
which amount to victory for the
Communists, there is nothing to
fear from talking problems over
with other chiefs of state.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-21

ever seen in all of their travels.
They went over 300 miles of good
oil highway from the Alaskan
border to Anchorage. This was
fine with the exception of 40
miles which was under repair,
and even that they said, was not
too bad.
At Anchorage they located mo-
tel accommodations and visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Cavener, the
former Dorothy Nielsen, and her
parents, MI. and Mrs. Victor Mel
sen and two children, and at Fort
Richardson they visited 1t. and
Mrs. Thos. Sherlock and daugh-
ter Anna Lisa. They took many
nice drives throughout that area
before leaving on their return
trip.
They Travelled over the same
route on their return as far as
Dawson Creek and continued on
from there over the Alaskan Hi
way through Edmonton and Cal
gary. This again was all gravel
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-21
Self
Farmers Under
Social Security

In response to numerous in
quiries as to the coverage of
sharecroppers and farm owners
under the new social security leg
iSlation which brings self-employ-
ed farmers under social security
for the first time beginning in
1855, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue T. Coleman Andrews has
issued the following state
ment concerning the social Sc
curity consequences of the ordi-
nary crop-sharing arrangement:
An individual who undertakes
under the ordinary crop-sharing
arrangement to produce a crop
or livestock on land belonging to
another for a proportionate share
of the crop or livestock produced,
or the proceeds thereof, is conSid-
cred to be an independent con-
tractor and a self-employed per-
sol rather than an employee. His
net earnings from the crop-Shar-
ing arrangement constitute net
earnings from self-employment.
When his net earnings from self
employment amount to $400 or
more for a year, either from
farming or in combination with
earnings from some other covered
business, they are subject to tax
and are creditable for social Sc
curity purposes.
A landowner receiving a crop
share, or the proceeds thereof,
under the ordinary crop-sharing
arrangement is considered as re-
ceiving rentals from real estate.
Since such rentals are excluded
from net earnings from self-em-
ployment, the landowner does not
incur liability for the self-employ-
ment tax or acquire social security
credits as a result of the CROP
sharing arrangement.
These interpretations do not
apply where the agreement be-
tween the parties provides that
the individual undertaking to pro-
duce a crop or livestock is to be
compensated at a specified rate
Of pay or is to receive a fixed sum
of money or a stipulated quanti-
ty of the commodities produced,
as distinguished from a proper
tionate share Of the crop, or the
proceeds thereof. Likewise, these
interpretations do not apply
where the parties enter into a
valid partnership agreement or
joint venture in regard to the
farming enterprise. In such cases,
the usual legal principles applic-
able in determining the employer
employee, partnership, or joint
venture relationship will be ap-
piled.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-21
6~4,OOO,OOO PEOPLE
AT WORK

The recent announcement of
the Commerce Department that
more than 100000 people were
at work in June, is encouraging.
It is a new record for employ
ment in the United States.
However, one should keep in
mind = in seeing such a release
- that the country is steadily
growing and that the employment
total, under normal circumstances,
increases every year. In other
words, with the rate of popula-
ton increasing by 100000 every
year, it is only logical that there
would be several hundred thou
sand more jobs each year than
the last, if the economy did not
suffer a recession.
Therefore, a new employment
total may or may not be of great
significance. The fact that en-
ployment rose 1,313,0OO in one
month is not as significant as it
seems, either, since June is the
month in which students gradu-
ate from colleges, and enter jobs
which they had secured many
months before in most cases.
Perhaps the most significant
figure of the recent Commerce
Department release is the one
showing that unemployment rose
by 100000. This figure was en-
couraging since it was less than
the usual June rise in total I'M
employment. This indicates that
progress is being made, and in
combination with the new en-
ployment total, certainly provides
ground for optimism.
The last breakdown on employ
ment and unemployment shows
that about one in every 25 per-
sons is unemployed. There will
always be some who are unem-
ployed and there always
should be some; many are not
deserving of a regular job.
One of the best ways to mea-
sure employment and unemploy-
ment is to follow this ratio, and
even if employment was up, sew
eral years from now, and more
than n person in IS was I'M
employed, then no progress would
have been made, since the popu-
lation increase and the normal
increase in the number of jobs
would have been responsible for
the increase and not any i'm
provement in the national econ
Omy.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-21
Ed Ericksens
Return from
Alaska Trip

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Erickson and
daughter Rosemary returned re-
Gently from a vacation trip to
Alaska with visits at many inter
vening points. Mr.. and Mrs.
Erickson were gone a month
and their first stop was at Kalis-
pell for a visit with the Richard
loft and Ted Nielsen families,
formerly of Sidney, and the L. P.
Henry family, former Lambert
friends.
They visited the Leslie Goebel
and Robert Anderson families in
Portland, Oregon, and were join
ed there by their daughter Rose
mary, who has been employed the
past year in a Portland hospital.
Leaving Portland they visited
Mrs. Ericksen'S sister-in-law,
Mrs. Fritz Jensen at Longview,
Washington, Mr.. and Mrs. Milt
Fiene and daughter at Renton,
and the Sorenson brothers, Lars
and Pete, formerly of Three
Buttes, in Seattle.
After their visit in Seattle they
headed north for Alaska, going
through B~ellingham to Dawson
Creek, and on to Fairbanks. From
Bellingham to Dawson Creek they
drove over $50 miles of oiled
highway and $50 miles of gravel.
1t was very dry on most of the
trip over gravel and they tell us
the dust was so bad at times that
you couldn't see the road ahead
of you. This rough gravel high
way continued from Dawson
Creek to the Alaskan border, a
distance of 1920 miles. Mr.. Erick-
sen said this was the toughest
road and the longest stretch of
such road, that he ever drove
over. The rough road was some
what offset however, both he
and Mrs. Erickson agreed, by
the beauty of the mountain
scenery, which they tell us was
] as lovely as any country they had
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-21

road but it rained continuously
so they had no dust to contend
with. Their only visit coming
home was at Big Valley in AL
berta, where they spent a few
days with relatives of Mrs. Erick-
sen. Big Valley is right in the
center of a large oil field and
while there they cleaned consid-
cradle knowledge Of the oil in
dustry.
They tell us they saw bounti-
full crops as far north as Dawson
Creek across to Edmonton and
from there home. They enjoyed
Alaska, where they say tourist
accommodations are high because
of the shortness of the tourist
season and high transportation
rates. The same is true of stop
ping places enroute. Motel C
commodations are plentiful and
fairly good and gas is available
every fifteen miles. Gas was 55c
to zoe in western Canada but the
same in Alaska as in the states.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-21
IKE ON SINCERITY

A reporter asked President Eli
senhoWer at a news conference
the other day whether he cared to
comment on recent assertions by
Russian Communist boss Nikita
KhruSchev that the United
States attitude should not be one
dedicated to the proposition that
Russia would not deal with the
United States in good faith.
Undoubtedly, Krushchev was
referring to earlier expressions
from U. S. leaders, including the
president, that nothing much
should be expected from the COM
ing Big Four Conference in &C.
neva.
Evidently this, and the propo-
sails of other U. S. officials that
Russia be forced to give in on a
number of points before discus
sions were continued, were the
impetus for Khrushchev's recent
statement that the United States
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-21
EDITORIALLY
THE CENTENNIAL OF
N

Between August 18th and 10th
the Centennial of Farm Mechan-
ization will be observed at Mi
chigan State College in East Ian
sing. 1t will be the largest and
most comprehensive exposition of
past, present and future mechan-
ization achievements ever to be
presented. It will cover over go
acres of the college campus, and
the exhibits are valued at some
10000, 900. More than $4,000
visitors are expected. A worlds
fair atmosphere will prevail.
Cotton pickers and threshers
will be seen in action. The evo-
luton in farm machinery from
the crooked stick to the hydrau-
Icly operated pillow will be
shown, along with railway cars
designed especially for agricul-
tural producers and a complete
display of electrically operated
farm equipment. There will be
exhibits detailing the great roles
of oil, chemicals and steel in ag-
%riculture. And the farm wife will
get an eyeful too, when she sees
the transition in kitchens that
have taken place in the last cen
fury, the oldest and newest in
sewing and cleaning equipment,
miraculous developments in light
ing, and other such displays.
It is certainly fitting that the
centennial of farm mechanization
should be so dramatically OBJ
served. AS President Hannah of
Michigan State College has said,
the exposition twill present the
saga of how the mechanization of
agriculture has helped to make
possible our American way of
life. 1t will demonstrate how ag-
ricultural mechanization and 9TH
er applications of science to ag-
riculture have released millions
of u people from the job of
producing food and fiber, and
freed their efforts for the tasks
of providing the goods and ser
vices which enrich our modern
life" 1t will commemorate, in
short, a vast revolution which
has worked to the direct welfare
of every American.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-21

The Ericksens covered 75lO
miles on their trip and had only
one blowout and wore out one
universal. This, they decided, was
a very good record as everyone
they talked to had had at least
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-21

four blowouts on the same trip
and other car trouble.
Miss Erickson returned to Sid
ney with her parents and will
spend the summer at her home
here.
The Sidney herald., 1955-07-21

Buy and Sell the Want AID Way!
Evening star., 1955-03-17
Trees ToppIe, Flowers Vanish
AS Record Garden Show Closes

dismantling operation will ex-
tend beyond 6 pm. today. Dog
wood tired, the show officials
welcomed any one with legiti-
mate claim to help remove the
exhibits that have attracted
more than lbs, 900 spectators in
the. last seven days.
The attendance reached a new
high. 10000 greater than the
1854 volume.
AS part of the process of
gratifying these 125.000. exhibi-
tors and management last night
had to remove more than 10
freight carloads of peat moss
from around the plants; thou
sands of bricks that had walled
in the gardens-and this in
cludes the hand-molded specials
that went into the 60-foot-long
Mamie Eisenhower Garden"
wall, and hundreds Of gallons OF
water from the pools that dotted
the huge show exhibits.
A camellia grower raffled off
a 6-foot high camellia plant to
the lucky number drawer at
II pm wishing hour.
The Red Cross moved in to
collect all the cut flowers for
distribution among hospitals.
The District Crippled Children
Society baled out bucketfuls of