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constitution and decide on the
formation Of q government
The assembly could do one Of
two things:
/. Declare itself the legis-
lative body (congress) and
elect q president itself.
2. Call for congressional and
presidential elections. 81
Three Political Parties
Therefore, overshadowing the
voting are the presidential
aspirations of those who head
the tiny Central American re-
public's three political parties
Liberal, Nationalist and Ma
tional Reformists. These lead
ers are: ~.e.e
DR.. Ramon villeda Morales.
Liberal leader who won 40 per
cent Of the votes in the presi-
Dental election of 1854 but
failed to win the absolute
majority required by the con-
stitution.
Gen. Tiburcio Carias, 81
year-old former dictator who
now heads the Nationalist
Party and wants the presidency
for his son Gonzalo. Most of
the army-and this could be a
key point-appears to be in
Gen. Carias' corner.
Abraham Williams. Reform
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-22
Missile War
By Accident
Called Possible

The chilling possibility Of the
United States and Russia oe-
coming trigger-happy and
plunging into q bailistic mis-
sile war entirely through mis-
take made through ultra
modern detection devices was
pictured yesterday by an All
Force weapons expert.
Col. Harvey w. Shelton Of
the Command and Staff School
at the Air University in Mont
gomery, Ala, saw the POSSIBLE
ity Of such a war being started
when a meteorite, picked up BY
a radar set, was mistaken fol
AN approaching missile.
In the coming missile age, he
said, there win be a high de-
gree of automation," and the
requirement for human judg-
ment must be brought ito an
irreducible minimum
at the same time the old
adage that haste makes waste
never had more dreadful i'm
port" he wrote in the Air Uni
versity Quarterly Review issue
devoted to the ballistic missile
program.
Quick Action
THE defense force designed
Tor observation-disclosures reaction
cannot be so designed at the
risk OF implementing false de.
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enterprise abroad remains
practically unchanged, despite
an order issued by John B
HOLSTER when he retired as
director of the international
Cooperation Administration.
James H. Smith. jr.. Mr.. Holl-
ister's successor, is considered
less conservative. He may
erase even the differences OF
emphasis.
Basic Policy.
Mr.. HOLSTER told his agency's
overseas agents that it was "a
basic policy Of the ICA to en-
ploy United States assistance
to aid-receiving nations in such
a way as will encourage the
development of the private Sec
tors of their economies. !"
Therefore. he warned. "ICA
will normally not be prepared
to finance publicly owned in
dustrial and executive enter
prises. although it is realized
that there may be exceptions. I"
After a briefing last week
end. newsmen reported the
State Department was angry
at ICA's action.
Not really, officials at the
State Department say now. Just
embarrassed.
The directive was all right,
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cisions. particularly If retalia-
ton in kind must be part Of
the defensive measures" he
continued.
Imagine q two-way. inter-
continental exchange Of ball
listic missile forces that was
triggered OF by one radar which
could not tell the difference
between a meteorite and an in
tercontinental missile"
The Air Force revealed Fri.
day that it has developed radar
which viii pick up q ballistic
missile 5000 miles away and
that. 1t would be in "operational
employment in the near future. +"
But even with that detecting
device. the warning time of
the approach of q 16.000-mile-
an-hour missile would be a
mere Is minutes.
Somewhat Dubious
Col. Shelton, who has head
ed or participated in a aumber
OF studies Of weapons systems,
appeared to be somewhat du-
bious Of the possibility Of in
tercepting such q missile any
time IN the near future.
1T is entirely possible that
for a long time to come the
only real practical defense
against the ballistic missile
threat will be the passive one
represented by our deterrent
retaliatory force, including our
own balllstic missiles" he said.
Even If that proves true, there
Is much to be done to fit our
selves for defense 10 the missile
age"
For some time the Army and
the Air Force have been work.
ing on an antimissile missile
which could be fired TO inter-
cept an approaching enemy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-22
Quiz Expert Suffers
Bruin Hemorrhuoe

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Sept.
81 R.-Jane Brown Hospital
today reported the condition
Of Mrs. Alice Bell Morgan, 70,
TV quiz expert, as mot as
satisfactory" as earlier when
she was reported slightly i'm
proved from a cerebral hem
orrhage suffered Monday. Her
name is on the danger list,
The Bristol Or. ~ woman was
a $4,000 quiz show financial
expert.
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DELTA-WINGS THROUGH THE CLOUDS

feasible. Basic law establishes
this policy.
Chastened officials at ICA
have backed away from their
first broad interpretations. II
think this directive has been
misinterpreted es something
radically new" a spokesman
said. 1T isn't. It's just another
step in the stream Of long
standing policy"
But he still credits the direc-
tive with more Importance than
the State Department comedies
saying: While formerly the
policy was an attitude, It now
is an order"
The State Department was
upset by the prospect that
foreign nations would interpret
the directive as a shutdown
OF aid for nationalized industry.
The timing was embarrassing
because India is about to start
negotiating for substantial aid.
That's Nonsense"
People got the idea that
the Indians we're coming over
here just to look at the WASH
ington Monument and wouldn't
get q cent" an ofIicial COM
mented. "Of course, that's
nonsense.
An ICA spokesman agreed
that I'VE are not trying TO
shape the economies Of other
countries in our image" He
said the United States still
might help nationalized textile
mills. for example. If govern
ment operation Of such enter
'prises Is traditional in a nation.
Nevertheless. he continued,
.ICA probably will take a
harder look than formerly at
such proposals. The agency
viii have to be satisfied that
government operation is the
only feasible course and that
the enterprise is essential.
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Crop busting Plane
Crash Kills Pilot

BRIDGEvILLE, Del, Sept. 81
lAP).-A crop busting plane
crashed about two miles north
of here today, killing the pilot.
State police said the body Of
the pilot recovered from the
plane was burned beyond inn
mediate Identification. The
plane crashed just east Of
u. S. 10.
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ter sound economic expansion.
to encourage convertibility Of
currencies. and to wipe out TN
reasonable trade barriers.
Their work Is based on the
proposition that genuine pros
perity will grow out Of sound
world trade.
Get Helping Hand
Nations with currency prob
lens may seek aid from the
international Monetary Fund,
which lends members gold and
dollars to, bolster their own
money. The fund also tries to
discourage trade barriers.
Participants at this weeks
meetings also may ask for
loans from the International
Bank to help them catch up
in the production race-thereby
narrowing trade deficits and
easing infiationary pressures.
The International Finance
Corp. also plays a role in
economic expansion by chan
neling capital into less-de-
veloped countries.
Demands on the agencies
are so heavy, some experts
fear. that their soundness may
be threatened. They suspect
some nations are evading their
own responsibilities by depend
ing too much on the fund and
bank.
The United States is the
heaviest financial hacker of
the agencies and so has a big
stake in their stable operation.
At the same time United States
foreign policy demands help
for laundering allies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-22
World Finance Leaders
Here to Sove Prosperity

Financial leaders Of the free
world win meet here this week
to see what they can do to keep
imitation and instability from
smothering prosperity.
Top experts from "a nations
will gather at the Sheraton
Park Hotel tomorrow through
Thursday for the 18th annual
meeting Of Boards Of Cover
nors Of the International Mon
etary Fund and the Interna-
tional Bank for Reconstruction
and Development. The board
of the international Finance
Corporation will hold its first
annual meeting Friday.
President Eisenhower. on a
flying visit from his Newport
Or. H. vacation headquarters.
will address the opening ses-
sion tomorrow morning. High
American officials participating
will include Secretary Of the
Treasury Anderson and Chair
man William McC. Martin Of
the Federal Reserve Board. Big
names from France, England.
Japan and other nations also
will attend the crucial meet
ings.
Some Experts Worried
They will gather in the glow
Of great economic progress in
most Of the world. Production
and living standards are UP
In most key areas, and i'm
portant gains have been regis
tered in the fight to lower
economic barriers.
But many Of the experts are
worried about the soundness Of
current good times. and fear
the future unless fundamental
problems are solved.
Prosperity. in a way. has
caused the problems. Eocono-
mics have doomed so vigor-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-22
Tempest Over y. S. Aid
10 Foreign Firms Ebbs
By LEE NJ. COIN

The tempest about American foreign private enter
prise has cooled down to bushes clumsy public relations
Administration otcas wish everyone would forget the
whole matter especially since they claim the controversy was
synthetic and meaningless from the start
Spokesman insist United States policy on public r nrivaa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-22
Strange Calm Pevodes
Honduras on Voting Eve

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Sept. 81 (P.-Hondurans try
again in national baoting to give country
an elected government and eventually president The last
election erupted into violence and declared fraud on
this election eve. there was a strange calm
At stake So seats in National Assembly to draft
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8 .'' THE SUNDAY STAR, washington. D. e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 4 tFl---wheat. dropped
rains overnight in parts OF the South
west and a forecast q more to, come.
the FIRST few minutes ea sed slightly "
sympathy with the decline in wheat
pits.
Aside from the weather there wasn't
though Se tf r. en neted tn he S
exporters at competitive bid prices
Wheat, near the end of the frst hour
was z &c. a lower. March, Al; corr
Snfhansss to S Svfs S Ms5sa Msg
7sb: rye UNCHANGED to !. lower, March
.46sz, soybeans "a lower to "a higher
january. 3.4S.. and lard . to Is cents q
pounds lower. January, 1918.
Parts Of Texas and Oklahoma received
the Texas Panhandle. IT was still rain;
territory when the board opened
The Weather Bureau fve-day outlook
predicted moderate TO heavy moisture for
tory ranging from 0.25 inch. OF snow
in the north to 90 inch OF rain in
Oklahoma.
This brought selling into old-crop as
vel as new-crop wheat FUTURES. II was
the 1857 winter wheat crop would cause
io5S crop srain more freely. O'uS' "
The Agriculture Department sold H.
100000 bushels OF corn at Atlantic Coast
ports and $4,000 bushels at Gulf Of
Mexico ports. II was tntimated that
bids were received for about million
bushels. The department. also sold $780,
600 bushels Of rye and 100000 busehls
Of oats
Trade reports said the Government
was expected TO issue export licenses 70
polapd, committing that Iron Curtain
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Stocks Higher,
Range 10 81;
Trading Brisk

NEW YORK. Jan. 4 (R.-The
stock market increased its in
itial gains as oils continued as
pacemakers early this afternoon.
Leading issues were ahead frac-
tions to around 2 points. Turn
over was brisk.
Chemicals, rails, steels, air.
crafts and utilities were among
the gamers. Nonferrous metals
were mixed and leading farm
implements eased.
Amerada added around 3
while Gulf Oil and Texas Co.
were ahead around a point each.
Shell. Sinclair and Standard Oil
New Jersey rose fractionally.
But profits were taken on SUI
perior Oil of California as Is
points were clipped from its rise
of los yesterday.
American Telephone was
ahead around 2, an exceptional
rise for this stock.
Du Pont and Douglas Aircraft
were other gamers in the 2-point
range. Gains of a point or bet
ter were made by Goodrich, Air
Reduction and Eastern Air
Lines.
A huge block of 20,500 shares
OF Lowenstein was off "a at 2034
Corporate bonds were higher
Government bonds eased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04
BALTIMORE
MARKETS

Quotations. supplied by the United
States Agriculture pepartmenD:
Market quiet ofierines consist o!
carried supplies as there were no fresh
arrivals, Too few sales to report whole
Grain Market
Flour - Receipts, l.47I 10o-pound
Wheat = Receipts leo117 bushels;
679,74 bushels No :! red winter gar
licky. spot domestic. 24.
Corn--Receipts. 9i,S24 bushels: ship
ments, S6.047 bushels stocks 1909 ,s76
oats-Receipts. 1o.s53 bushels: ship
me Rssi. none; stocks stocks i4l;37s bushels
S no Rsee Stocks ?9fs bushels bushels
600 bushels: stocks. 235.5Ii bushels.
Sovbeans----Receipts, 1O6.440 bushels:
IISan1idpments; 67,369 bushels; stocks. $780,
Millfeed-Receipts. none.
EEg Market
yesterdays QuOtations)
Eggs: Prices lower from h-3 cents
on large whites, ia-2 cents on large
brown and mixed, y cents on mediums
fair for the more than ample offerings:
Receipts OF eggs from both local and
MID Western areas lighter.
:. Prices paid by first receivers. de-
Large, min. so pct. A quality, whites,
34-35@; brown and mixed, 33la-34
Mediums, min. 80 pct A quality, whites.
~ -32; brown and mixed. ~ Smalls.
white, IS. Standards, white. 81"
Prices to retailers. graded accord
ing to Maryland egE-grading law: Grade
laree, whites. 46-49. mostly Al; brown
and mixed. 45-47. mostly As. Grade A
mixed, 40-42. Grade B large. whites.
39-42. mostly Al: brown and mixed 30
AZ mostly Al
Cess in cartons, mostly 3 cents
higher
Receipts; EgRs, 5000 cases by truck
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Howard g. Hoffman Agency
Becomes CORPORATION

The Howard & Hoffman In
surance Agency, one of the old
est and largest organizations
of its kind in the Capital, an
nounced its change from a part
nership to a corporation.
Albert w. Howard has been
named president and v. Man
ming Hoffman is executive vice
president and board chairman.
Herbert M. Pasewalk is vice
president and secretary while
Richard H. Winkelman is vice
president and treasurer.
James N. N. Fitzpatrick, jr.,
Clement H. James and Lowell
E. Seim were named assistant
secretaries. William A. Camp
bell was elected assistant treas
urer.
Directors include: Mr.. Camp
bell, Mr.. Howard, Mr.. James,
Mr.. Pasewalk, Mr.. Seim, Mr.
Winkelman and Mr.. Hoffman.
The new corporation takes
over only the insurance agency
operations and the mortgage
loan and real estate business will
continue as a partnership. The
agency was founded in March,
1906, by the fathers of Mr.. How
ard and Mr.. Hoffman, Clement
w. Howard and w. Maurice HoH-
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04
West Hopes Congress
Will Lift VA Rate

Martin r. West. jr.. president
of the Mortgage Bankers Asso-
citation of Greater Washington
today expressed hope that Con-
gress will approve an increase
in the permissible rate on VA
loans.
This appears necessary since
interest rates of Az per cent
for both VA and FILA loans
resulted in a 80 per cent decline
in national activity in these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04
D. c. PRODUCE

States Agriculture Department and cover
sales TO 9:30 am. on less than carload
lots.
Apples-Maryland. Staymans carton
tray pack U. S. Fancy lbs and 1858
3-in. up 800. few 325; Pa: Delicious
20: stsymsn blshe Basket G u. s. No. y +
234-in. UP 800; Rome bushel basket
212-in. up $50, boxes wrapped Va.
Fancy S0-sSs 350-4.00; Stayman bushel
basket 22-in. up Y. s. Fancy $40;
Fancy and U. s. Extra Fancy, bushel
basket 3-in. UP $50 cartons tray pack
rs 80, l00-ll3s 5,75-600; Washing
ton: Delicious boxes wrapped sS-ii3s
Red Delicious boxes wrapped Fancy So
1855 6.00-65 50; Golden Delicious car
tons tray pack Extra Fancy Ss-1O0s
300. 1i3-l3ss $50.
Bananas-40-lb carton cut 4.o0-4.75.
Grapefruit-Fia 1as wirebound crate
per count, Duncans 36-72S 3.50-4 .25:
Indian River section) Foster Pinks GAS
Grapes-calif Tugs. Emperors 400
AS. lew hieher.
Orsnges-Calif cartons per count.
and 75z 375-4 50; Fla; rs bushel
UoACS per count fluedppleS gbS anu
2I6s 45O-475, few higher; Cartons per
count sss 2l5. lbs 200. 1868 S.
Snap Beans-Fla.. bushel hamper VAL
entines 5.00-5.2 fair quality 4 OU-4 90
Cabbage-Domestic Round Ariz.. car
tons ;7o-2 90. Fla, la4-bushel crate
Set packed locally 5o-1,7b; N C. 49,
bushel crate; fair quality 1851 80.
crates As lib. bags 425-4 50: Calf
crates 4S lib, Aim bags 1854 so; so
ID, sacks 2.N0-2.25; Texas. crates as
:lb. MIN bags 4.00-4,25: 25-lb. Aim
Celcry-Calif. Pascal 16-inch. crates
LBS ZOO: some IS. fair quality $50;
Fla. Pascal 16-inch, crates ..i2-tis 5 40
500; some fair quality 2i2-;is 4 .O0-4 IS.
Corn--Fla.. wirebound crate, Yellow.
5-doS. fair quality and condition 800
Grcens-N. c.. bushel basket collards
] Up; mustard. rape and turnip TOPS
.25' Va. bushel basket collards and
kale ,@;, rape. mustard and turnip
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04
CHICAGOLIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Jan R-(USDAp Sal
able hogs. 1000; uneven; butchers steady
TO 25 lower with bulk of sales steady
to weak with Thursdays average. sows
active, steady to % higher; most ga.
190-230 pound butchers. IL. 95-l7.6O.
few lots - mostly, ,. .a5-pound down,
butchers largely 20, 1675-l72S: few
mainly 2. a24d-pound; Il IS; 2s0-340
pound. 16.00-16.15. larger lots mixed
grade. 350-550 pound sows, 1475~
1873; good clearance.
Salable cattle. 700; calves. 100: small
fresh receipts largely cows; prices on
this class about. steady but trade less
active than earlier in the week; not
enough slaushter steers and heifers on
sales. to test prices: other classes about
steady; few high standard and good.
pool 900 pound steers. .17.50-19.50;
few border line standard and good
heifers, 17.00-17.25: utility and COM
nercial COWS, ln,50-1 90; Gamers and
cutters, 9,50-11 IS; few utility and COM
mercial bulls. IA 0U-l6.5 80; good and
choice yealers,. el.oo-25 90; most stand
down. to 1000 and occasionally below;
a package of common stock steers, 1880.
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Enterprise Federal Sets
Records at Year End
IC&O Earnings Reach
S8.28 a Share in 1856

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
had net income of SGT million in
1856, equal to a record of 1923
a share on common stock. Chair
man Cyrus Eaton and President
Walter j. Tuchy reported.
The new high compared with
$50 million or SIPS a share in
the previous year.
The flash report cited expan-
sion OUTLAWS of $50 million in the
year with more than half paid
from treasury cash. The road
plans expenditures of more than
l$125 million in 1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04

which extended Christmas shop
ping another day. Christmas Eve
last year fell on a Saturday. The
weeks sales were So per cent
below the previous week. how
ever.
Area sales in four weeks ended
December 90 were 7 per cent
above year ago and volume for
the year to cate showed a gain
of 3 per cent.
Minus suburban branches, the
downtown portion of the areas
weekly volume was % per cent
above a year ago, but 81 per cent
behind the previous week. Down.
town sales in four weeks ended
December 20 remained 2 per
cent behind a year ago and those
for the year to date were down
4 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04
Louis c. Kressin Joins
Office Equipment Firm

Louis C. Kressin, son of. Maui
rice KresSin. founder of the
Manhattan Office Equipment
Co.. 1101 Seventh street NV,
will join his father as sales man
ager of the business.
The young man. who has just
completed service with the
Marine Corps as a first lieuten-
ant, will be in charge of whole
sale and retail. as well as serv4
ice. He will join the firm jan
uary 10.
The elder Mr.. Kressin an
nounced the business has moved
into its new building at l101-3
Seventh street NV. This con-
tains $4,000 square feet of space
to be used for the use of display
and storage of new and used
office goods. This adds to the
IS 900 square feet of present
facilities of the firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04
Bank Loans Advance
To Another New Peak

Outstanding loans of IL re-
serve members banks of WASH
ington advanced to another all
time high of $543,659.OOO on
December 26. a gain of $4,576,000
from the previous peak of $780,
083,000 just a week earlier, the
Richmond Reserve Bank also
reported.
They were SAL .2O4, 900 or 80
per cent ahead OF S507 ,428, 600
on the like 1855 date.
Commercial and industrial
loans amounted to $230.85O, 900
an increase of $543,0O0 from the
previous high of $23O,307, 900 a
week earlier and S17,023,000 or
8.5 per cent above a year earlier.
Real estate loans of $145,679,-
900 were down S254,000 in the
week, but S6.009.000 or 4.3 per
cent above a year ago. Other
loans, mostly consumer loans,
totaled $l55,139,o00. an increase
of $4,964,000 in the week and
$l3,822,000 or 10 per cent above
the like 1855 date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. Jan 4 Pl.-Cotton fu-
lures extended its gains to as cents a
bale during the forenoon today fea-
tured by trade buying and short covering
Nearby March was checked tempo
rarily as the leadine spot Arm which
had recently sold that delivery heavily,
pound. The nrm sold about bout S SenIs
bales, a. that level. Firmness in nearby
March held the balance Of the market.
Loan consideration was the factor In
the buy ng OF nearby May.
/. Noon prices were Is to rs cents
bale hieher than the previous close
March 34.3e. May 1896 and July "a 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK Jan. 4 R, (UsDAj.-
Butter weak receipts 59.,O00 Whole
sale prices ON bulk cartons fresh,
creamery, D3 score lAAl 60L9 sos cents,
~ score tA) GOA -60hs, 90 score lBJ
5014-6O. 80 score (cJ 5Dia-597a
Cheese steady. Receipts 10000.
Prices unchanged.
Wholesale egg. prices were about steady
today. Receipts 10000. New York
Mixed colors: Extras 1850 lbsi :}3-34 !:
extras large (45-4S lbsl 1888; extras
medium 1890: smalls 2s-2g standards
Extras I4s-b0 ibs SN :l3l3a; extras lars, large
I45-4S lbs 32-33; extras medium 1880.
Browns: Extras (4S-50 lbs) 1884
!, Nearby. Whites. Top quality 1850
insl 331a-35; top quality t45-4s lbsl 80
Browns Top quality 1880 lbsl 1894
top quality l45-4S lbs) 32l2-33 mediums
32-33; smalls 32-32la.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Jan. 4 CP.-Foreign
exchange rates follow, Great Britain in
dollars. others in cents (unchanged
unless otherwise notedl
Canadian dollar in New York open
market ID per cent premium or l04 .0Bl \,
United States cents, off 1852 Of a cent
Europe-Great Britain tpound), 2.79
6O-day futures. 2.17 27I32. up 9/32,
9O-day futures. ATTN up. 81: Belgium
nrancl. 1.a914: France tfranc). .3Sss
of a cent. Germany (Western) tdeutsche
OF .O0Ha: Italy GiiraJ, 1871 Of a cent:
Portugal (escudoD, 3 so: Sweden (krona)
1894; switzerland Granc) Cfree), 23.34
Denmark (kronel, 1880.
Latin America Argentina (free),
. IS: Brazil (free). 1.5S; Mexico SOL;
Venezuela (bolivarl. 30O3.
Far East-Hong KONG dollar. 1888.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04
InstuIIment Debt Coins
$2l3 Million in Month

The installment debt of Ameri-
cans increased 1913 million in
November to an estimated total
of $31,024, 000,000 by December
/. the Federal Reserve Board re-
ports.
Total consumer credit-includ-
ing charge accounts and single
payments loans-reached a total
of $40, 631 200, 900 at the end of
November.
This was $3,517, 100000 above
a year ago and $435 million
higher than a month earlier.