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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
New Car Stocks ON Ma,

New Car Stocks on March /
totaled a new record of 904 ,220
units compared with 870,399 cars
on February /. - Automotive
News.
New Freight Car orders in
February totaled 1.675, COM
pared with 1878 in January and
$3.50 in February a year ago.
American Railway Car Institute.
Corning Glass Works in year
ended January l earned $685.
671 or $2.76 a share VS.. $l7,490,-
191 or $3.50 in 1855. ..s
TextrOn-American, Inc. an
|nounced an offer to buy the
Campbell, Wyant & Cannon
Foundry Co., of Muskegan,
Mich. for $15.5 million. Earnings
for 1855 totaled $9,497, 900 equal
to $l.49 a share after deduction
for losses on disposal of proper
ties.
Jos. E. SeagramS g. Sons in 6
months ended January 81 earned
$13, 781, 843 VS.. $13,834, $3.50 in
1855 period.
Carolina Power g. Light in
year ended February 20 earned
$9.561.792 or $1.65 a share VS..
I$8,l24.523 or $1.69 in 1855.
Dana Corp. in months ended
February 20 earned $9,948,476 or
1892 a share VS.. $5,494,551 or
$2.l4 in 1855 period.
Publicker Industries in year
ended December 81 had loss
OF 81 ,Sos,O06 VS.. loss of $751;
SOB in 1854.
Other earnings included:
For Year Ended December 81
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Stock Advances
Extend 10 81;
Trading Steady

NEW YORK, Mar. 10 R.-
The stock market advanced
again today with trading mod
erately active.
Gains ranged to around
points; and losses generally were
held to a point or less.
The New York Stock Exchange
opened on schedule at 10 am.
despite the heavy snowstorm.
The American Stock Exchange
delayed opening for one hour.
Copper, steel, aircraft and mo-
tor issues were mostly higher,
while chemical and rail stocks
were mixed to lower.
One of the few. wide movers
was Campbell Wyant, which
Textron American has offered to
purchase. 1t was ahead more
than 2 points.
On the losing side, Du Pont
was off more than 3 points.
Gamers included Chrysler,
United States Rubber, Douglas,
Boeing Rock Springs, Allied
Chemical, American Cyanamid,
Northern Pacific, International
Paper, Union Pacific, United
States Gypsum and Johns Man
vile.
Lower were Studebaker-Pack-
ard. Dow Chemical. New York
Central and Distillers Corp. Sea-
grams.
The New Stock of Standard Oil
New Jersey resulting from the
recent split started trading TODAY
and was up a major fraction,
The admission to trading of the
new shares brought all shares OF
the stock exchange beyond the
four billion mark for the first
time in its 164-year history.
Corporate and Government
bonds were quiet and narrowly
mixed.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK, Mar. 10 up UsDA),-
Sutter steady. Wholesale prices on bull
ncartons ffresh). Creamery, 93 scor.
4AA,- 5sA-5sh cents: % score 1AG
Sas4-5s; 30 score OBJ. 57A-57h: SIS
Cheese steady. Wholesale sales
american cheese whole milk. Ched.
OARS. aged, 1850 cents: single daisies
fresh; 36A-40; single daisies, aged. a.
%; mats, aged, 47-52: processed ched.
OARS. 5 lbs, 35h-3S: domestic Swis,
!wheels), grade "a" 44-48; grade "Ba'
1915; grade &C." 39-43.
Wholesale egg prices steady. New
York spot quotations follow:
f4s Mikdwes tier MIXED colors: Extra.
!45..4S, lbs.). 43k-44; extras, medium
4 4;8. standards, large. 4a-4S: dir.
Extras t4s-50 Ibs,). 45s-481a: extras
large (45:4S lbs.l, 45-45Ia: extras. me
H Snt 44h-45. Browns: Extras i4s-5C
:, Nearby; Whites: Top quality (4s-5C
1ss;2; 4eH on me MEDIUMS o45-45N
47-4S; mediums, 45-45h.
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. Mar. 10 R.-Cotton
futures improved during the forenoon
today; featured by an. active demand
for distant July. One broker was esti-
mated to have bought about 10000
bales. of that delivery which was be-
lieved to be for trade and possibly
foreign accounts. Old crop July Jagged
on the upturn and was the only month
A leading spot firm said mills showed
much interest In spot cotton last week
in the Atlanta area for shipment August
were offering surplus cotton stocks for
sale. with the thought of buying August
September shipment new crop at some
the Memphis territory sales were made
in fair volume for shipment in the
early fall and later
Noon prices were 25 cents a bale
lower to. ST. 80 higher than the pre-
vfous colse May $3.50, July 3297
and October 81 76. - - y,
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Hourly Sales on the Exchange
II 100 M $50 600 10 noon 90 600
100 pm 800 600 900 o m 600 600
tUnit OF tradine 10 shares OF sales IN
full Rates Of dividends IN the forego-
inR table are annual disbursements based
on the last quarterly or semiannusI
declaration Unless otherwise noted
special or extra diviuends are not in.
cluded a Also extra or extras An
uual rats plus stock dividend Declared
or paid in 1855 ous stock dividend
Declared OF paio so far this year
Payable N stock during 955 estimat
ed cash alue on dividend OF Hx-dis.
tribution date g Paid last wear h De-
dared OF oaiu after stock dividend i
split up Declared or paid this year
an accumulative issue with dividends in
arrears Q Paid this year dividend
omitted deferred or no action taken at
last dividend meeting Declared or
able in. stock during 1855 estimated
cash value on sx-divtdend or ex-distribu-
ton date LiuuidatinR dividend cid
Called < dividend x-dis EX-distri-
button M Ex.rights XIV without war
rants WV With warrants. Wd When
distributed wi When issued nd Next
DAY delivery In bankruptcy or receive
erShip or being reorganised under the
Bankruptcy Act, or securities assumed
By such companies.
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Fu nshsd By the Associates Press

stock ana Add Net
Rate 90 High Low LIS chg.
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METAL QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. Mar. 10 R1.-spot non
ferrous metal prices today: Copper 4i-
"a cents a pound. Connecticut Valley.
Lead 10 cents pound, New York. Zinc
.S10lL a pound. New York Foreifn
silver Ola cents per troy ounce. New
York at Pittsburgh. scrap steel No /
heavy was quoted at 49.00-5O.00. 5
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ODD-LOT DEALINGS

NEW YORK, Mar. 10 R.-The New
York Stock Exchange reported today
these odd lot transactions by principal
purchases of 314,977 shares: sales Of
2So.240 shares including 1,572 shares
sold short
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Stores Tools
Used byYeg
ToGet$325

Safecrackers. who entered a
hardware and appliance store at
1902 North Capitol street last
night, carried a 400-pound safe
to vacant house next door and
left with about 1925 after tearing
open the safe with the stores
tools. police reported.
Police said the thieves appar-
emily entered the store through
a second floor window from the
vacant house and then broke
open the stores rear door to
take the heavy safe out. It was
Ipadlocked from the inside. they
said.
Emanuel Wolf, "a. who runs
the store with Joseph Bordow,
said this was cfIe third or fourth
time the place has been entered
this year.
On previous occasions, he said.
only small items were taken.
Juveniles were, blamed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-04

The Fairfax County Board has
received a request to publicize
achievement standards for white
and colored students before a
special session of the Virginia
General Assembly convenes Au-
gust 81.
The School Board Office re-
ceived the request yesterday in
"a letter from the Virginia Cti-
zens for Better Schools.
School Supt. w. T. Woodson
said it always had been the
policy of previous school boards
to release such information for
white and colored students by
grades. He said the new school
board appointed in February,
however, has not yet set its
policy.
Mr.. WoodSon said the school
administration has been making
plans for a meeting between the
school board and the instruc-
tional staff to discuss a num-
Der of policies, including re-
lease of achievement test re-
suits.
The superintendent said the
letter proh>Sly would be brought
to the School Boards attention
next Tuesday during the regular
August meeting.
The letter from the Citizens
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Victim of Robbery
Is PistoI-Whipped

Two armed bandits pistol
whipped the owner Of Ben's
Pawnbroker's Exchange at 1857
L street NV. yesterday before
taking $3.50 in cash. police said.
From his bed in Emergency
Hospital. where he was treated
for a lacerated scalp. Benjamin
Rosen. 81. Of 6815 Sixth street
NV, gave police the following
account:
A man who had been in the
store the day before to order
some 32-20-caliber ammunition.
returned accompanied by an
other man. Both had guns and
announced they were holding up
the place.
Mr.. Rosen said he was follow
ing orders to empty the till
when one Of the men struck him
four times over the head with
the butt Of q snub-nosed re-
volver. Both men. he said. were
white.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-04
SUNDAYS BEST READING
Teen-Agers Air Their Views
On 1856 Political Campaign

BASED ON SCIENTIFIC SURVEYS-Starting this Sun
day a regular feature The Star will publish the
first in series of youth surveys made by the Gil
bert Youth Research Co., entitled What Young
People Think" This week learn the political views
of teen-agers-poled results based on more than
$4,000 interviews.
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room-a charming word and picture story full of
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Star Fashion Editor Eeni brings you UP to date on
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4Curs Ditched
nWiId Chase,
Driver jailed

A Washington man was jailed
In Prince Georges County today
on II charges after a 10-mile
chase in which he repeatedly ran
four police cruisers off the road.
Prince Georges police said
Frank M. Smith. 20. colored. OF
the 200 block Seventh street NE.
caused a three-car accident at
Minnesota and Hayes street NE.
before traffic forced him to halt
his half-ton panel truck at
Benning road and Oklahoma
avenue.
Four county police cars, six
from the District and about a
dozen motorcycles took part in.
the pursuit, county police said.
Corpl. George I. Thornberry said
he started chasing Smith about
! am. when he drove through
Glen Arden at a high rate of
speed. The chase led down
George Palmer highway and
across the District line, police
said.
Smith was Jailed in Upper
Marlboro in lieu Of $4,000 bond.
He is scheduled to appear Au-
gust is in Hyattsville Police
Court to face charges Of:
Reckless driving by zig-zag-
Ring. drunk driving. exceeding
20 miles per hour in a 50-mile-
per-hour zone, exceeding 70 in
a neutrality-suspicious. zone. en-
cangering the life OF persons
and property, passing when UNI
safe. assault with a deadly weap-
on, and failing to obey a police
officer. yield right-of-way 70 an
emergency vehicle. to keep to
the right Of the road and ignor-
Ing a stop sign.
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Stanley and McKeIdin Inspect Units
Of 18th Division at Indiontown Gap

nights, at the Silver S:ring
Armory.
From Kenslngton, the same
regiment has Heavy Mortar
Company, now commanded by
1St 1t. John C. Butler of Eli
colt City. His unit has the big
40 mortars, the guns which
serve as the ''infantry's artil-
lery." 1t meets at the Ken
sington Armory Monday nights
and came here with 81 men, most
of them from the Silver Spring
Kensington Wheaton Rockville
area. About 20 per cent of its
men are war veterans. including
M Sergt. Richard E. Hawkins Of
Damascus, a former Marine, and
1st Sergt. Herbert s. Dana, 2732
Jennings road, Kensington. a
veteran of the 7th Armored
Division fighting in Europe. The
company commander was Navy
sailor IN World War II.
Greenbelt. Md, has Battery
A of the 224th Field Artillery
Battalion. It is commanded by
Capt. Baxter Phillips of Laurel
and has so men and officers
here. About half of its men
are recruits who had to train
separately instead of living in
the field under simulated COM
bat conditions.
From Laurel, Nd, are 70 Of
ficers and men assigned to the
224th's Battery C. commanded
by Capt. Charles E. Little. Like
other members Of their battalion
commanded by Et. Col. John C.
Handy of Gainesville, they went
out on bivouac their very first
day, didn't come back to camp
until Friday night, and then
are to go back out tomorrow
for the rest of the encamp-
ment. Their l05-millimeter how
itzerS have been extremely active.
Frederick Represented
Farther out in Maryland, the
115th Infantry Regiment has
Company A and Medical Com
pany, both from Frederick. They
also were on field bivouac three
days last week.
The 121st Engineer Battalion,
once a regiment of the District
of Columbia National Guard, has
more than $50 men and officers
here, a majority from Southern
Maryland. The battalion is COM
by 1t. Col. Frederic M.
Hewitt of Baltimore. Its Com
pany A from Prince Frederick is
commanded by First 1t. James C.
Cox and has 81 here from that
area. Company B. with LOG men
and officers. is commanded by
Capt. Francis r. Dean and is
from Leonardtown. Capt. Arthur
c. Calhoun, formerly of Hyatts-
vile, commands Company C from
Oakland, while First 1t. Robert S.
Jameson, jr., of Newburg, COM
mands the l04-man Company D
from La Plata. Headquarters
and Service Company, from Eli
colt City, has 81 here under
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Shinn Takes Post
At Naval Academy

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 4 R.-
Capt. Allen M. Shinn, former
skipper of the aircraft carrier
Saipan, relieves Capt. r. T. S,
Keith today as commandant OF
midshipmen at the United States
Naval Academy.
AS commandment he will be in
charge of matchmaking mid
shipmen as future Naval officers
and will be the second ranking
officer to Rear Admiral William
R. Smedberg III, Academy SUI
perintendent.
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BY CHARLES A. McALEER
Star STAFF Correspondent

INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa, Aug
4.-InSpection visits by the Gov
errors of Maryland and Virginia
today highlighted the encamp-
ment of some 7,400 National
Guardsmen as they reached
midpoint in their two-week
training period.
Gov. McKeldin of Maryland
and Gov. Stanley of Virginia
were to review the Guards 29tt
Infantry Division, which draws
its strength from the two States
Last Thursday, Gen. Maxwell
p. Taylor, Army Chief of Staff
came here on a visit which is
rare for an officer of such high
rank. So
The 29th'S commander is Mai
Gen. Henry c. Evans, Cougar
old Baltimore investment banker
who has been a member of the
division since 1921 except fol
three years during World War II
The Sstate of training" he
said. IS ahead of last year."
Over 500 Recruits
This is so, he said. despite the
number of recruits and teeu-
ayers with the division. The gen.
eral said there are more than
500 recruits-men with less than
three months service.
During their first week here,
all recruits, regardless Of unit,
were trained together in basic
Army subjects. Many are boys
who enlisted before draft age
so they could fulfill their entire
eight-year reserve obligation in
the Guard.
The other Guardsmen went
through a rugged program rang
ing from firing on target ranges
to tactical bivouacs in the field
These men whose predecessors
in World War II trained at Fort
Meade and then landed on the
beaches of Normandy on p-Day
1914. seem to realize that the
training period is short and are
making the most of it. They are
putting into practice what they
learned at their arInories Lack
home attending drills one night
q week.
OF those wearing tine familiar
blue-and-gray shoulder patch are
some l,400 whose homes are in
communities close to Washing
ton. In all, there are 16 such
company size units.
81 From Silver Spring
In Maryland, Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties have
about 400 men mere. The l15th
Infantry Regiment, Maryland'S
county regiment" has 81 men
from its Service Company in Sill
yer Spring. commanded by Capt
Robert E. Billiard. 10013 Portland
road, Silver Spring. This is the
unit responsible for supply. main
tenance, administration, mail anc
transportation for the entire regi-
ment. It's a company which
holds weekly drills Tuesday
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N. Purdy, %. of Mitchellville,
Md, police reported. Herman E.
Towles. %, colored, of 2814 South
Seventeenth street, Arlington,
was removed to Prince Georges
General Hospital with possible
fractured leg and pelvis.
Police charge Purdy with man
slaughter, speeding, failure to
drive to the right of the center
line and tive counts of reckless
driving.
Two Boys Injured
In the other District accidents,
two boys suffered head injuries
yesterday afternoon in separate
pedestrian accidents.
Benny Swinton. jr., 8. colored.
Of 1015 I street NE, was struck
as he ran north across H street
NE. in the east crosswalk at
Eleventh street. police reported.
Police listed the driver of the
westbound car as Frank T. Sim
mons. 20, colored, of 1900 X
street Sc.
The Swinton boy was taken
to District General Hospital with
multiple abrasions and a frac-
tured skull. His condition today
was listed as critical. No charges
were lodged against Mr.. Sim
mons.
Walter Ferguson. S, colored,
|of 1916 Half street Sc, was
struck as he ran north across
the first block Of N street S.W.,
by a car driven by Air Force
Mai. John H. Sidenberg, 80, of
1905 Laguna road. College Park
police said.
The injured boy was admitted
to Casualty Hospital with head
and leg cuts and possible skull
fracture and today was reported
in serious condition. Police said
"a Corporation Counsel's hearing
will be held on the case Au-
gust "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-04
Boy, 10, Is Districts
Third Polio Case

A l0-year-old boy is the Dis
trict's third polio case Of the
year, the Health Department re-
ported yesterday.
The boy. who lives in the 1900
block Forty-fourth street NV,
was admitted TO Children's Hos
pital.
The Health Department said
the boy. who had received one
Salk shot. has a nonparalytic
case. There we're 10 polio cases
at this time last year.
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Maryland to Open
z Forestry Comps

BALTIMORE. Aug. 4 R.-
The Maryland Board of Welfare
gave the green light yesterday
to the opening of two new for
estry CAMPS on former Civilian
Conservation Corps sites at Lon
aconing and New Germany.
1t was estimated the new in
stallations can be equipped and
readied for operation at cost
of about $4,000.
The Homecoming camp is ex-
pected to be ready in April. the
one at New Germany, next July.
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command of First 1t. Harold L.
Ramsburg of West Friendship.
The city of Annapolis is rep
resented here by the 10Th Quar-
termaster Company, commanded
by 1st 1t. Edwin L. Talbot.
There are 10 officers and 102
enlisted men in this unit whose
mission is the supply of the
entire 29th. 1t. Col. George B.
Fowler, also of Annapolis, is the
division quartermaster.
Among the approximately 2,700
VirginianS here with the 18th are
473 enlisted men. IS officers and
l warrant officer of the 116th
Infantry Regiments Sd Battalion
from the northern and central
Shenandoah Valley areas.
Virginia Units
Commanded by 1t. Col. Cecil
E. Runkle of Ivy Depot. this bat
talon has five companies from
within this sector. Headquarters
Company, commanded by Capt.
Roland S. White, and Company
/, led by Capt. Boyd G. Headley,
both from Winchester. From
Charlottesville comes Company
K, led by LIST 1t. Gilbert j. Sui
Ivan; from Staunton and
Waynesboro is Company L, led
by Capt. Kenneth T. Linkous of
Staunton and from Harrisonburg
is Company M. led by Capt. John
o. Marsh, jr., of Strasburg.
The latter company has two
of the regiments three new jeeps
with 105-millimeter re-
coilless rifles, issued just 10 days
before it came to camp. It's
been a novel experience for the
HarriSonburg boys, trying a COM
bination never before used in
combata
Despite the large turnout, not
all OF the 29th Division is here
at Indiantown Gap. The 115th
1nfantry's Tank Company of
Hyattsville, Md. and other tank
elements of the division trained
last month at the Army's
armored center at Fort Knox,
KY. So did the divisions goth
Reconnaissance Company of
Berryville. Va. If these units
were here the division strength
would exceed $500 men.
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Medical Library
Law Signed
Selection of Site
Left to II Regents

A site for the newly created
National Library of Medicine will
be selected by the new institu-
tons l7-member board of re-
gents.
The library, established off,
cially yesterday when President
Eisenhower signed legislation to
set it up, had been strongly
sought by two differing groups,
who wanted it in Chicago or in
Washington.
After a legislative controversy
a compromise was reached, leav-
ing selection of the site up to
the board of regents.
Will Absorb Military Library
The new institution will absorb
the historic Armed Forces Medi-
cal Library here, considered to
be the largest and most i'm
portant medical library in the
world. 1t is located at Seventh
street and independence avenue
S.W. in an old building.
The board of regents consists
of seven high-ranking medical
officials of Government agencies
and 10 to be selected by the
President and confirmed by the
Senate. At least six of the APP
pointed members, according to
the legislation. shall be selected
from among leaders in the field
of medical. dental or public
health research or education.
The new library becomes an
agency of the United States Pub
lie Health Service which is an
agency of the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare.
Other Bills Signed
Other bills signed by President
Eisenhower yesterday provide:
That the District. Alaska, Ha-
wall, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands are extended the power
to enter into certain interstate
compacts in connection with the
enforcement of State laws.
That the American Institute of
Architects is exempt from paying
real estate taxes on the historic
Octagon House.
That wages in private industry
here shall be paid regularly at
least semi-monthly.
Easier methods for parents to
give securities to their children
without the many complications
required by present law.
Burial in Arlington Cemetery
of an unknown American soldier
killed in Korea.
For a Presidents Advisory
Commission to consider the mat
ter of presidential office space.