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CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. IL R.--Most grains
firmed after an irregular opening on the
Board Of Trade today. DEALINGS became
active on the advance, particularly In
soybeans.
Soybeans were ahead fractionaily to
nearly two cents at one time with the
July future in new seasonal high ground.
Buying again was based on the spec
tqcular advance in soybean oil futures,
Old crop wheat deliveries opened
lower on little proflt taking but
quickly reversed their trend March
wheat held under the seasonal high
made yesterday, however, and new crop
held steady.
Wheat near the end of the first hour
was u lower to "a higher, March
March 81 .29aa: oats unchanged to V
y hisher March. 81 .a3N: soybesns \.
10 TO Is cents a hundred pounds hisher.
March SI1.72.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
Philip Graham Renamed
Director Of NICB

Philip L. Graham. president Of
the Washington Post Co, was
a director of the
National Industrial Conference
Board for a one-year term al
the boards 365th meeting in
New York. He was elected a
director id 1855.
John w. Staley, trainmaster
of the Southern Railway System
at Knoxville, Tenn, has been
promoted to assistant director OF
labor relations. with headquar-
tiers in Washington, effective
February Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
Liqhts Boost WEIGHT

OMAHA. - Experiments have
shown that hogs gain weight
faster. especially during hot
weather, if given night lights.
The research indicates that a
l00-watt bulb for every SO hogs
is enough to make them eat bet
ter and drink more after they
reach ga months Of age. There
also is less crowding and less
danger Of injury when lights are
used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

exchange rates follow idreat B ritsis n
iollars. others In cents 80
Canadian dollar in New YORK open
100, 03h q. 8. cents unchaneed Ut
Europe; Great Britain lpoundi 2.sOii.
Up il OF a cent; Great Britain 3O-day
futures, ESQ. unchanged Great Britain
Great Britain 90-day futures, :. sSPs'
on 70 81 cent Belgium franci, 2.00f.,
Up 00h OF cent, France ffrancj,
fWestern) Jdeutsche mark, 23S IN.
changed; Holland lsuilderi. 28i3. uii-
changed: Italy direj. 1917 Of cent,
unchanged; Portugal (escudo), 3 ,50, I'M
changed; Sweden fkronal, 1894 ur-
changed; Switzerland (francj ifree),
3.24. UNCHANGED; Denmark tkrone5
30. UNCHANGED
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Hourly Sales on the Exchange
IL 90 Am A. ~ IL noon o0J uOI
100 I'm. IS .os 900 m o 600 900
tUnit OF tradins ~ shares or sales in
fill Rates Of dividends In the forego-
Ina table are annual disbursements based
on the last quarterly or semiannual
declaration Unless otherwise noted.
special Of extra dividends are not in.
cluded a Also extra or extras. b An.
iaI rate plus stock dividend d Declared
or paid In $3.50 Plus stock dividend
e Declared or paid so far this year
Payable IN stock during 1906 estimat.
ed cash value on ex-dividend or ey-dis-
tribution date 3 Paid last year h De-
clared or paid after stock dividend or
split up X Declared or paid this year,
an cumulative issue with dividends In
arrears p Paid this year. dividend
omitted deferred or no action taken at
last dividend meeting Declared or
able In stock during 1866 estimated
cash value on ex-dividend or ex-distribu-
ton date y Liquidatins dividend cid
Called X Ex-dividend x.dis Ex-distri-
button KIT Ex-rightS XIV without war
rants WV With warrants, wd When
distributed wi When issued nd Next
dav delivery In bankruptcy or receiy-
ership or being reorganiEed under the
Bankruptcy Act, or securities assumed
BY such companies.
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. Feb II R.-Cotton fu-
on trade buying and short covering
which found offerings light. Liverpool
sources bought old crop July futures.
Liquidation in nearby March proceeded
slowly, One spot house was estimated to
have sold about 1900 bales Of March
$50 far today. Some traders covered in
new crop positions. with the Senate
scheduled sas neg to take Up the farm biii next
cularly over the question OF flexible or
rigid high price supports
The Census Bureau reported January
ming bales as compared with trade ex.
pectations OF about 765. 900 bales.
Noon prices were 10 to 35 cents q
bale higher than the. previous close.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK. Feb. II @ (UsDAD.-
Wholesale egg prices were unsettled
today. Receipts, 16,427. tWholesale
selling prices based on exchange and
other volume SalesD New York spot
quotations follow:
Includes Midwestern---Mixed colors,
isrse t45,4s lbs 4sis.4sls: Extras
medium, 40h-41h: standards large,
4l!-4sL: dirties, 3sh -40ia: checks.
3@E..4oh Whites, extras 1880. lbs,l.
extras medium, 41h-42Ia. Browns.
extras t4S-50 lbs.l ATS.
Includes nearby--Whites. top quality
L4S-50 lbs.). 43.44la: mediums. 43-43ia.
Browns. top quality t4S-50 lbs) 44la-
49,; mediums, j2M-43h.
Prices unchanged
Cheese steady. Receipts, 1883.
Prices unchaUeed.
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'3 n BUSINESS
Area Store Sales Jump
d Pct. Ahead of 1855

ward L. Heller of Washington
heard of the new unit.
Until recently. Mr.. Heller has
been staff engineer for the Joint
Congressional Committee on
Atomic Energy. He resigned
early in the year after nine years
of service here.
w. N. Thompson, Ferguson'S
president. said the new unit will
be located in Cleveland and will
be supported by engineers and
construction supervisors drawn
from other departments, who
have had experience on previous
atomic energy projects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
METAL QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, Feb, II @.-ccspot non
SO cents q pound. Connecticut Valley.
Lead Is cents q pound, New York. Zinc
l312 cents pound. East st. Louis
Tin 81 q pound New York. Foreign
silver 9lss cents per troy ounce. New
York. Pittsburgh. scrap steel No. l
heavy was quoted at 40 .00-50.00.
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Equitab|eLife
Assets Climb
To New Peaks

NEW YORK. Feb. II (P.--
Assets of the Equitable Life As
surance Society Of the United
States climbed to a new peak OF
| So, DAT .000.0 900 at the close of
1855, an increase of s487 million
over 1943. the society said in the
annual report.
Ray D. Murphy. chairman of
1.-THE board, reported that 1855 was
the most successful in Equi-
tables 96-year history with in
|surance in force climbing to a
record high Of $24,572, 100000
Highlights Of the Equitable re-
port:
New ordinary insurance sales
|totaled 81. 437. 0o0. 900, a gain Of
|281a per cent over 1854.
Group life insurance sales
Icame to more than 81 billion
flor the second year In a row.
Total premium income was
1880 million. an increase Of SOS
million over 1854.
Assets of the Mutual Life In
surance Co. Of New York rose
Ito STATS. ADJ 800 at the close Of
1855. Louis w. Dawson, presi-
dent, said in the annual report.
Assets totaled $2.402, 928,253 at
1.-THE end of 1854.
Mutual's sales of life insur-
lance totaled a record $543.800.-
1000, up % per cent over the
previous years $424,1o0 900.
The company increased its
mortgage investments by $59,-
l764,011. bringing mortgage hold
Iings to $763,574,l51, or 30.85
Iper cent Of the firms assets.
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Edward Heller Heads
New Ferguson Unit

n. K. Ferguson Co. Of Cleve-
land has established a separate
group to supervise design and
construction projects in the field
OF atomic energy and named Ed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
OQD-LOT DEALINGS
SALES

NEW YORK, Feb. II R.-The New
York stock Exchange reported today
these odd LOT transactions by principal
dealers on the Exchange for February
~: Purchases Of 22l, 535 shares; sales
|of i63. All shares Including Dos shares
sold short.
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Woodward e. Lothrop Plans
Chevy Chase Expansion

woodward & Lothrop will en-
large its Chevy Chase store by
about one-third, Board Chair
man John Tyssowski announced
yesterday.
The addition which is sched-
uled for completion in 1857 will
add at least $4,000 square feet
to present space of 10000
square feet and will be designed
in keeping with the Georgian
Colonial architecture of the
present structure.
Including fixtures and equip
n1ent the expansion is expected
to cost around SIP million. The
present Chevy Chase store was
opened in 1850 and it's operations
have been outstandingly sue
ceSsful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
By DONALD B. HADLEY

Department store sales surged
upward in the Washington Met
ropolitan Area last week. with a
gain of IL per cent from the pre-
vious week. and were 20 per cent
ahead of the like 1855 week, the
Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
rnond reported today.
Area sales in four weeks ended
February II were up 8 per cent
from a year earlier, while those
for the year to date were 8 per
cent higher.
Excluding thriving suburban
branches, sales of downtown de-
partment stores alone rose IL
per cent from both the previous
week and a year ago in the week
ended February IL. Sales in four
weeks were up only ! per cent
and for the year to date were
down S per cent.
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BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Heavy Construction contracts
reported in the week ended Mon
day totaled $268, ESQ 900. con-
sisting Of $l50.052 900 in private
and $1l8.196,000 in public con-
struction, compared with $685.
GOT 900 the previous week and
with $193, $4,000 for the like
1865 Notwithstanding News
Record.
Stocks of Domestic and foreign
crude petroleum totaled 253, ABA
600 barrels on February IL, q net
decrease Of 4,726,000 barrels for
the week. Domestic crude de-
creased 4.659.000. Foreign crude
decreased. $1,000. - Bureau Of
Mines.
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has authorized Chesapeake
g. Ohio Railway to issue $780,
600 Of equipment trust certifi-
Gates in connection with new
equipment purchases.
Loans to brokers and dealers
on other than United States
Government securities held by
member banks in New York City
totalled sl.577,0 900 Wednes-
day. a decrease of S43 million
from a week before. and an in
crease Of $50 million from a
year before. - Federal Reserve
Board.
Crowell- Collier Publishing re-
ports net profit of s755, 900. equal
to 81 cents a share for 1864
compared with a net loss in,
1854 of s2,4l9,000 or a per-share
loss Of Si.67. Z
Fruehauf Trailer reports prof.
It's for 1855 of $8.658,045 equal
ito s4.l9>a share, up 90 per cent
from $4.5l0,238 or $3.50 share
IN the previous year.
Columbia Gas reports net
profits for 1855 rose to $23, $685.
900, equal to $1.20 a share, from
lS19.550.000. or $l.09 a share, the
previous year.
nkber corporato an,.;or..
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Deposits Near IS Levels,
Bank Loans Up 1913 Per Cent.

Bank Loans Up l4.S FER Cent
Deposits of IL reserve member
banks here are about even with
a year ago, while their out
standing loans are up 1913 per
cent and investments are down
around 10 per cent. data from
the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond disclosed today.
Demand deposits of the IL in
situations totaled S920,9l1, 900 on
February 8. a gain of $9.522, 900
from a week earlier and only
$4,556. 900 or 0.5 per cent below
the like 1855 date. Time de-
posits of $3.50. $4,000 were OF
$57 in the week and So.
900 or / per cent behind a year
ago.
Outstanding loans of $492,-
$4,000 on February 8 were up
$1,752, 900 in the week and SOL, :
341.000 or 14.3 per cent above
a year earlier. Commercial
loans of $194.513.000 were of
1878. 900 in the week. but S6,940,-
900 or 81 per cent above the
like 1885 date.
Real estate loans of $142.436,-
600 were up $4,000 in the week
and $l2.792, 900 or 10 per cent
above a year earlier. Other
loans. mostly consumer loans,
totaled $l50.467 900, up $l,9l4.-
600 from a week earlier and
S43, 900, 900 or 1874 per cent
above a year earlier.
Investments of S486. ISIS, 900
were down $685. 900 in the
week and $53,8l6,0O0 or 10 per
cent behind a year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-17
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Furnished .. the Associated Pres
sales-
Stock ana ADD Net
,lvidend Rate 90 hieh Low 1910 cha
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Other corporate earnings:
For Year Ended December ii
Orangkhnre Manufaa On


Orangeburg Manufae. Co.
1855 1854
Net income SS65,347 1854 $50
Per share :s.36 lS2
RKo Theaters
Net income 1875. 10 500, 400
Per share t3c zee
Net income SEAL $50 1852 SIS
Per share 20G zoe
Br"deu CT.
Net income S2I $50, 5:sf; So, f24 .33S
Per share .+:6I 4.s2
Exec Products
Net income S6.l11 $50 S3.60l 1877
Per share 4.l5 $3.50
Scott Paper
Net income 2l336.i:ia SIs,s2o,340
Per share 3.65 23S
Texas Eastern
Net income SIG, 7a3525 Si29S6. las
Per share Ill 1.70
For Year Ended December 81:
Borden Co.
1855 1854
Net income SCI $50 $50 S2a.124 $50
Per share 4.Rl 4S2
Commercial Credit Co.
Net income S36.lS4 .93a S24 .2cS.773
Per share $40 4.s6
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Net income S5.l59,20J S2,S4s.5 25
Per share 1.56 6Tc
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STOCK ana 1dd Net
Dividend Rate 90 High Low I.Ib cha
lMunswearl 20 4 17sb liza l71s- "
Murphy "a ABA 43M 43kf "a
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DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK. Feb. II R.-Dividends
announced;
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topped by a mounted cushion
of triple density foam rubber.
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black, white, blue, peach, green,
yellow. 5-yr. guarantee against
chipping, cracking or peeling.
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Kann'S HOUSEWARES {.
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FITTINGS

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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-17
HIGHWAY PLAN NETS
AVERAGE AUTO
OWNER $50 a YEAR

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
The new 50-billion highway plan will
save the average motorist $50 year,
Andrew ]. Sordoni, American Auto
mobile Association president, esti-
mates.
He figures motorists will save 1c
mile on modernized highways, or an
average of 500 each a year. Sordoni
thinks the average driver will pay
out about $3.50 a year in higher
federal taxes and an equal amount in
state tax increases yet to come.
The plan calls for Al, 900 miles Of
superhighways, to be built over the
next 10 years. In that time, the fed
eral government will spend $38 bill
lion; the state, another $12-$13 bill
lion. Motorists will pay 1c-a-gallon
more in federal gasoline taxes and
3c-a-pound more on tires and recaps.
President Eisenhower wanted to
build the roads by issuing bonds. In
stead, Senator Albert Gore (D-Tenn.)
insisted that motorists and truckers
meet the cost of new highways as
they're built, and he guided the re-
vised bill through Congress.
Those who back the plan hope these
new highways will be the safest ever
built. There'll be plenty of headaches
during construction, however, with
frequent detours and delays.
Sordoni expects 100000 new high
way construction jobs by 1858 and
100000 more by 1861, as a result of
the program. 1t will also stimulate
steel and cement industries, the AAA
official believes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-17
kaIispeII Labor and
Conrad Bank Sponsor
Convention Breakfasts

KALISPELL, Mont.-The Kalispell
Central Trades and Labor Council
will co-sponsor broadcasts of the en-
tire Democratic and Republican ma
tional conventions. The broadcasts
will be over Radio Station KGEZ,
Kalispell, via Mutual Network. The
other co-sponsor will be the Conrad
National Bank.
The Fights days of advertising spots
at 15-minute intervals will be devoted
to advertising the Importance of reg
istering to vote in the November
election. The public will be informed
that voters may register with any
Notary Public free of charge and
that there is Notary Public in each
union office at Kahspell.
Labor unions offering free regis
tration service include the Carpenters
& Lumber & Sawmill Workers, rooms
9 and 10, Strand Building; Teamsters,
Iron Workers, Hotel & Restaurant
and Central Trades Coun-
ell, room 18, Strand Building; Elec-
5rical Workers, Ford Block; and OPP
Grating Engineers, Adams Block, all
If Kalispell. Station KGEZ is heard |
over wide area of northwest Mon
ANA including several counties under
lSW and other trade union jurisdic-
ion. !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-17

source of power for the co-opera-
tive. The Company delivers power
to the cooperative, much of which
is purchased at very low or dump
rates from federal dams in the
northwest, including Hungry Horse,
Canyon Ferry and Fort Peck. The
cooperative is a so-called pref
erence consumer, entitled by fed
eral power policy to first call on
power produced at the big public
dams. The action of the Company,
however, nullifies this right.
For two or three years the Coop
erative has been discussing service to
Yellowstone Park with park officials.
During this time there have been
several informal discussions with re-
sponsible Power Company personnel
relative to the purchase of power for
sale to the park. Each time the co
operative was assured that when pow
er was needed it would be available.
Finally, in February negotiations with
the Park Service reached the stage
at which definite arrangements had
to be made for power supply. At this
time, however, the Company went
into a stall, which was followed by
the point-blank refusal, in June, to
give service. Meanwhile, acting on
the strength of previous Company
assurances of power supply, the CO
operative expended several thousand
dollars on preliminary engineering
studies. The cooperative is discuss
ing possible legal action against the
Company to recover the costs of these
By refusing to sell power, Montana
Power has eliminated the only conn
oetitor in sight for the potentially
arge power loads in Yellowstone
Park. This leaves the Federal Park
Service completely at the mercy of
he Power Company in negotiating
or electricity needed in the park.
Possible results are that the millions
f visitors to the park will find their
isit a little more expensive than it
yould have been if there had been
also, power poles may
e a little more likely to be placed
here they will intrude upon the
atural beauty of the landscape.
Electric service within the park is
ow supplied by series of small
lants which have been outgrown.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-17

dorsed were: For county commission
err, Oscar E. Wendt, Columbia Falls
for county attorney, James M. Salans-
key, Kalispell; for county auditor,
incumbent Richard Knowles, Kali
spell; and for clerk of district court,
incumbent Jacie Willis, Kalispell.
The meeting went on record as
unanimously endorsing District Judge
Dean King for reelection. The solid
endorsement of Judge King is report
ed to be due in part to his long and
satisfactory record on the bench and
in part to anti-union proclivities of
his opponent, present County Attorn-
ey Edmund Schroeder.
A screening committee was named
to interview candidates for the re-
naming legislative post and any other
candidates who feel they desire and
merit labor's support. The screening
committee is composed of Robert
Weller, Lumber & Sawmill Workers;
Noel Giles, Transfers; Robert Harris,
Carpenters; Joe Crosswhite, Operat-
ing Engineers and Paul Hamilton,
General Laborers.
The meeting went on record as
soliciting financial contributions from
all Flathead county labor organiza-
tions for the support of the candi-
dates endorsed for county offices.
Officers of the Flathead County
COPE include E. F. Waddell, presi-
dent and Noel NJ. Giles, secretary
treasurer. The two hold corresponding
offices in the Kalispell Trades &
Labor Council.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-17
F!athead County COPE End }Ees
Legislative, Local Candidates

KALISPELL, Mont. Flathead
County Committee on Political Edu-
cation, AFL-CIO, meeting here Au-
gust 7, officially endorsed candidates
for public office in the November
general election.
Montana State COPE endorsements
for congressional and state offices
were unanimously concurred in by
the local group.
Endorsed for State Representative
from Flathead county were: First
choice, George Siderius, Somers; sec
ond choice, Clarence E. Sheldon, Cres-
ton; third choice, Dale L. McGarvey,
Kalispell. No endorsement was made
for the fourth legislative post.
Candidates for county offices en-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-17
Fast Tax Write-offs Attract
Scrutiny of House-Senute Group

Byrd's committee is expected to
recommend either abolishing these
write-offs entirely or restricting them
sharply.
The group will also look at (1) the
effect of income and estate taxes on
small business and (2) the income
tax treatment of capital gains and
losses.
Some tax students have blamed the
death of small small businesses on es-
tate taxes. Sometimes, heirs of a man
who owns most of the stock in small
corporation may be forced to sell the
business to get enough money to pay
the tax, they argue.
Capital gains are defined too broad
ly in present laws, other tax men
feel. Such gains are taxed at just half
the rates levied on income from
wages, salaries, farms, rents, and
unincorporated business.
The committee may also study
taxes of stock and mutual insurance
companies and perhaps proposals to
redefine certain coop tax principles.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-17

The cooperative has been negotiat-
ing with officials of Yellowstone Ma
tional park for several months to
supply facilities within the park with
electricity. When the cooperative
asked the Montana Power Company
to quote rate for the sale of power
for delivery by the cooperative to
potential customers within the park,
the Company first stalled for three
months, while negotiations between
the Park Service and the cooperative
continued. Then, at the June 2 meet
ing, Company officials bluntly told
the cooperative board that they
would not sell them energy, since they
were going after the business them
selves. Maybe if they didn't get the
business, they'd think about it, but
now-no juice.
The Power Company is the sole
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-17
Norwegian Co-ops Make
Big Comeback: jacobson

ST. PAUL = (CNS) Norwegian
co-ops, now serving more than one
third of that nations households and
doing more than 11%o of Norway's
business, have made strong come
back from World War II devastation.
This was reported by George Jacob
son, general manager Of Group Health
Mutual here on his return from the
50th anniversary of the founding of
the Norwegian Cooperative Union
and Wholesale Society at Samfund
shuset. Jacobson brought greetings to
the Norwegian co-ops from the Co.
operative League of the U. S. A. and
was also official U. S. representative