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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Lanslon Industries
Votes Stock Dividend

Directors of LanSton Indus
tries. Inc. have declared q 5
per cent stock dividend in addi-
ton TO Q regular quarterly
cash dividend Of IS cents q
share.
The stock distribution will
be made March 3 10 stockhold-
ers Of record February II The
cash disbursement is scheduled
February 10 to holders Of rec.
ord January 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Munsey Trust Deposits
Exceed SO Million

As q result Of q typographical
error. Munsey Trust Co. was
credited with 81 million less
than it should have been In
fridays survey Of Washington
hank deposits on December 81,
The Munsey total for the
close Of 1857 should have read
t2e.l1o.6ol instead Of s27.l19.-
0ei. However. Munsey was
properly credited with q gain
Of 81. 9s6.2s7 from a year earlier
and the total for Is Washing.
ton banks. listed at $i.403.-
32s.es4. included the right
Munsey total.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WEEKLY SUMMARY

WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. JANUARY I, 1855
,sgsn0hs tor ns ma ssIss .hs N'''c'a'sa Me-
HlFh Low div rate Add % Hlgh Low Close che
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Reid Given Promotion
BY Agency Association

Charles x. Reid II. formerly
assistant manager with the J,
D. Marsh & Associates agency
of Lincoln National Life In
surance Co. here. has been
promoted to associate director
of the company relations dtvi-
sion Of the Life Insurance
Agency Management Associa-
ton in Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. Reid joined LLAMA in
1858 after being associated with
the washington agency for six
years. He has been senior con-
sultant for the association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Sharkey Agency Climbs
From 6Sth TO 18th

The Francis M. Sharkey
agency Of State Mutual Life has
risen in Just 'wo years from
65th to 18th in rank among
company agencies across the
country.
1t led all agencies in group
sales IN 1857 and its produc-
ton Of ordinary life insurance
was i35 per cent above the
previous ali-time high of the
75-year-old agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
burden. net earnings before

on Thursday. January 10. 1t
was announced by Joseph H.
Riley OF National Savings q
Trust Co. section chairman.
George w. Miller. assistant
vice president of the First Ma
tional Bank of Chicago. viii be
guest speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
COMMODITY PRICES

NEW YORK. Jan 4 R-Ths ASso-
eiaied Press index OF important COM
modify prices advanced this week fof
F the second Gsfalght week
/ The index REGISTERED 10 rs, %
/ from On 10 . wees eso. but down
Z from ! - ~ . year ago
InduAtytals livestock and srains and
cotton we're hiRheg Food teEt!le and
nonlerronl matAl were 1--we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05

provision for Federal income
taxes amounted to $i.442.679
or S7.2i q share. compared with
$i.l52.43T or $5.76 . share IN
the previous year.
Suburban's assets reached q
new peak Of $llS.03S.i47 on
December 81. an increase Of 3,3
per cent from Sli4.279.946 at
the end Of 1856. Record deposits
of $i09.5e3.5s3 at the years
end were around 2.s per cent
above $l06.5o2.565 a year
earlier.
The latest figures were almost
double their marks for May.
1881. when the institution was
formed by consolidation Of the
Prince Georges Bank & Trust
&C. and Suburban National
Bank. AZ that time combined
assets totaled around S6l.7 mil
lion and deposits amounted to
fS6.6 million.
Fears Gross Income
Exceeds So Million
Gross income in 1887 adj
Nnced to a new high Of So
$500 from $50SS.ls7 in the
rrevious year. but gross dis
hhrsements Of S4.724.22l also
we're up sharply from $3.s32.-
$50.
An increase to 3 per cent in
interest paid on savings &C.
counts was a factor in the
higher expenses. Costs con-
nected with occupancy OF the
nav administration building on
NV Hampshire avenue in
Erince Georges County also
qI0ed to the total but they will
rItl reoccur in 1888.
LAT the annual stockholders
peeting on Monday. January
Ma proposed increase in capt.
q stock to 100000 shares from
31oo 900 will be considered.
when the proposal is con-
sillnmated. Suburban Trust will
have a capital structure Of
around So million. 1t also has q
reserve Of 100000 for posi-
bic losses on loans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Safe Deposit Unit Plans
Senior Bankers Night

The Safe Deposit Section Of
the District Bankers Associa-
ton will hold its annual senior
ofhcers night at a dinner meet
ing a. Columbia Country Club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
'' ss',BuszMEss
Suburban Trust Profits
Rise to S3.96 d Share

With and deposits climbing to new records SUBJ
urban Trust Co. earned $79267s 1926 after
IN 1887 compared with $652437 $326 share 1886
This disclosed yesterday In report from Howard
pucke chairman Of the board and executive committee and
j. Robert Sherwood. president.
Indicative Of heavy burden. earnings before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21
House Unit OKs
Measure Easing
Debt Payments

A bill to ease debt payments
of low-income persons today
was reported to the floor by the
House District Committee.
1t makes 10 per cent of
debtors salaries subject to court
attachment to pay debts.
House committeeman re-
fused to accept a Senate ver-
sion of punishment legisla-
ton, guaranteeing debtors $50
a week take home pay before
the attachment can be made.
Under existing law. a debtor
must go to court to prove a
5000 a month exemption open
to him for two months. While
his proceeding is pending,
however, he may have to pay
debts through attachment.
Bills reported by the House
Committee and passed by the
Senate both prohibit more than
one court attachment for debt
on a mans salary at one time.
Bills also would tighten the
paperwork handled by Munich
pal Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21
Towes to Judge
Donkeys at Fair

Maryland's Democratic can
didate for Governor, State Con-
troller J. Willard Tawes, will be
at the Montgomery County Fair
at Gaithersburg tomorrow with
the mission Of picking out the
"handsomest donkey"
He will judge a contest spon-
sored by the county's Demo-
cratic organization to select the
best representative of the party
emblem.
Open to youngsters. the con-
test is scheduled for IL am.
Prizes of SIS, $40 and IS have
been offered by the county
Democratic State Central Com
mittee.
A one-time Republican OH
cial Of the county viii start out
tn festivities. He is Brooke
Johns, local television person.
atty and a former county COM
missioner. Mr.. Johns viii lead
a parade Of donkeys at the fair.
The fair, which runs through
Saturday, already is attracting
record crowds. It is running
well ahead Of last years figures,
which totaled 100000 for the
five days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21
PEOPLE WITH URGE
TO THROW ROCKS
INVITED TO DO so

Want to work off a sup
pressed desire?
Milton B. Million, acting
city manager of Rockville,
Md, today invited the pub
lie to throw rocks at 1000
panes of glass in an aerat-
ing building at the city's
sewage treatment plant on
Monroe street extended.
The glass is considered
unsalvageable. The plant
is expected to be demol-
iShed within two weeks.
Rockville recently con-
nected its sewerage lines to
the Cabin John Valley line
- of the Washington Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission.
Come on out and throw
rocks" Mr.. Million invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21
Putmun Ends
Sightseeing
Probe Here

Chairman Patman of the
House Select Small Bushes:
Committee has filed the con.
troversial sightseeing report
adopted by his rebel commit
teemen.
This move accords official
status to the views Of an eight
man majority of his committee
The majority rejected Mr.
Patman's findings earlier this
session that o. Roy Chalk,
d. c. Transit System president,
was funneling transit profits
into sightseeing operations I'M
fairly. Report sponsors recon-
mend that the committee stop
its investigation of Mr.. Chalk's
sightseeing activities, and leave
the job to the Public Utilities
Commission and the Board of
Commissioners.
Representative Multer. Demo-
crat of New York, who led the
majority revolt, said filing of
the report he wrote ended a
congressional probe of local
sightseeing.
The utilities regulators and
city heads were under obliga-
ton to follow the orders of the
majority of the committee, Mr..
Multer said.
Orders were to pursue the
investigation on the local level
and to recommend new laws to
Congress if they are deemed
necessary.
Mr.. Patman, Democrat of
Texas, initiated the sightseeing
study this session. He said he
disagreed with the Multer re-
port, but would not ignore the
views of a majority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21

While he was looking at the
machine. he wrote out a per-
forated check against United
Airlines on the Riggs Naticral
Bank for $133.1S. The FBI said
he promptly went across the
street to Goldberg's at 722
Fourteenth street and bought
so worth of shorts and ties.
These he paid for with the
bogus check and pocketed the
change.
One day last week he went
into Northrup's Gulf Station,
1901 Wisconsin avenue NV,
to buy a $50 battery with a no.
good check for S102.34. This
was drawn against the Elec-
trodic Computer Division Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21

LaCOSS Sn0C ana killed a To-
year-old boy near the Senate
Office Building early Monday
Pvt. LaCoss has been a Capito
policeman for two and a hal
years but received no forma
police training.
A cornor'S jury ruled the
death "justifiable homicide,
but the United States attor'
ney'S Office is presenting the
case to the. grand jury mex
week.
Cites Turnover
Chief Pearce cited the diff.
Guilty of conducting a training
program for Capitol police be.
cause the turnover of its mem
berS is so rapid.
Some stay three months
some six months, some five
years." he said.
He said the force is also
shorthanded, making it ever
more difficult to take men of
duty to attend a training
course.
Under the new program, re-
cruitS will be assigned to more
experienced policemen to learn
such fundamentals as traffic
control. They also will learn
to handle a weapon.
One-Week Course, Too
Then, whenever a large
enough group can be spared,
they will attend a one-week
course which will include court
testimony, law and more in
tensive lessons in how and
when to use a weapon.
Chief Pearce said every mem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21

lnQlan HEAD 1nSGallaJl0n was
being gradually abandoned
while private firms were being
handed multi-million dollar
contracts to build duplicating
facilities.
Recall of lit furloughed
workers was authorized July 80
at the plant where employment
had dwindled from a high of
about $500 to 1900 workers
over a three-year period. The
cuts were made because the in
Stallation, which has made gun
powder for generations, had not
progressed into the missile pro-
pellant age with alacrity.
Landlord Encouraged
1t is expected that the fur
Laughed workers will be recalled
in small increments.
Commenting on these reports,
Representative Landlord, Dem
ocrat Of Maryland, said he was
quite encouraged with what I
hear"
THE prospects for the in
stallation now appear to be
good" he AIDED.
At the same time Mr.. Lank-
ford agreed with committee
members that Congress will
have to keep an eagle eye" on
use of the facility.
Chairman Vinson Of the
House committee ordered a full
scale investigation of Indian
Head. The investigations sub
committee, headed by Repre-
sentative Hebert, Democrat of
Louisiana, inspected the plant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21
Carl ShipIey
In Line for
Hurt's Post

Carl L. Shipley, Washington
attorney. may move up to the
Craftsmanship of the District
Republican State Committee
with the resignation of George
L. Hart, jr., nominated by
President Eisenhower to the
District bench.
Mr.. Shipley. 38. has been an
active worker for the G o. P.
since World War II. He sue
ceeded Mr.. Hart as. secretary
of the State Committee four
years ago, when Mr.. Hart was
elected chairman. =
Identified with the Old
Guard of the party, Mr.. Ship
ley has been president of the
District Young Republican Club
here, among other G. o. P.
posts.
He has been a practicinp
lawyer here since graduation
from Harvard University Law
School after World War II,
when he served as a Navy
officer aboaNa the Battleship
He also is a graduate
of Georgetown University.
Mr.. Shipley has been active
in civic affairs, and is now
heading the National Sym
phony Orchestra fund cam
paign for the third year. He is
a member of the District Urban
Renewal Council and secretary
of the Capitol Hill Club.
Also a possibility for the
committee Craftsmanship is
Lewis T. Breuninger, Washing
ton attorney, who has been
finance chairman for the State
Committee for the last is years.
The State Committee will
meet tomorrow afternoon, at
time it will consider Mr..
Harris resignation and the cleo
ton of a new chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21

and then held an open hearing.
Navy with esses promised
maximum use Of Indian Head.
The Navy Department an
nounced last week that the
name of the installation was
being changed from Naval Pow
der Factory to Naval Propel-
liant Plant so that it would
more accurately describe the
new mission of the plant.
To Resume Hearings
The Hebert subcommittee will
resume its hearings in Novem-
Der.
A report just issued states
that "the subcommittee is de-
termined that this inquiry
should be broadened to con-
slider the adaptability and uti-
lization of the large number of
ordnance and other unused Gov
eminent plants, for use in the
missile program and related
undertakings, rather than
erecting new facilities on non
Government-owned properties
After the Indian Head inquiry
the Hebert group received re-
quests from several Congress
members for similar investiga-
tons of the use of military
owned plants in their districts.
They hoped to get these probes
under way before election but
because of the pressure of time
the subcommittee was unable
to conclude its work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21
ScuffoIdinq
Job Let for
East Front

Capitol officials will award a
contract today for the erection
of scaffolding over the entire
east front of the Capitol as the
first step in the east front ex-
tension.
The contract will be awarded
to Safway Steel Scaffolds Of
Bladensburg, Md, a division of
Safway Steel Products, Inc, and
calls for the scaffolding to be
completed within a days.
The Bladensburg firm sub
mitted a low bid of 1,645.10
for the job to the architect of
the Capitol. Three firms had
been invited to bid on the job
and two submitted bids. The
other bid was $98,536. The bids
were opened late yesterday.
Purpose of the scaffolding will
be to permit marble workers to
gain access to various parts of
the east front to make measure
ments, molds and models of the
walls and ornamentation, and
to protect pedestrians and We
hicles from falling parts during
the work.
Under the project, the de-
teriorating old sandstone front
is to be reproduced in a marble
extension of the front, 1914 feet
eastward of the present wall.
Working drawings and Specif1-
cations are expected to be put
out for bids on the marble
within two weeks.
Opposition to the extension
was rejected by the Senate last
week in a floor fight. Oflcials
hope the new front will be COM
pleted in time for the next
presidential Inauguration in
January, 1861.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21
AT THREE INTERVALS

AT THREE INTERVALS
rings are suspended from
croSSbarS. AS the tourna-
ment advances, the rings are
reduced in size. We arrived
at the final stage and holes
in the rings seemed no bigger
than dimes.
This is an old English
game" one of the judges
told the visitor. ut has been
played wherever the English
coloniStS landed. It's a little
difficult to keep it going.
There are so few horses and
young people are more in
tereSted in racing hot rods
over drag strips"
The Rambler asked in
creduouSly, do they ever
manage to lance all three of
those small rings?"
wait and see," said the
judge, you'll be surprised"
The announcer satisfied
the Rambler'S yen for
romance.
will the Knight of st.
Marys m axe ready to
charger" he would ask, and
viii the Knight of Prince
George mount?"
Some riders did manage to
insert the point into the
tiny hole of the rings riding
at full tilt, and come back
proudly with all three of
them on their lanceS.
On these occasions a small
brass band on the judges
platform would break out
with the first bars of a
familiar tune, the words of
which are, eyes, sir, that's
ny baby"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21
Check-Pos Caught After Spree,
Displayed Artistry Across 9 States

International Business Ma
chimes.
Police said Meyer told the
gas station workers he wanted
the battery installed in his cal
on N street and pocketed the
change. The service station
people grew suspicious when
they couldn't find the car. A
warrant was issued for Meyer.
Needed a Shave
They told police the man they
were looking for needed a shave
Still needing the shave two
days later, Meyer went into the
Schick Services, Inc, at 18TH
street NV. and bought an cleo
trio razor with a bad check for
$132.46, also drawn against
IBM.
Then Meyer shaved himself
with his new razor before walk
ing out.
Meyer has a police record
and was in q stolen car from
Miami, Fla. with a 38-year-
old married woman when An
napolis police caught up with
him yesterday on the basis of
a Washington police lookout
In his possession were more of
his facsimiles Of TWA and IBM
paycheckS. Police said Meyer
and the woman had been living
| it up since last May.
The woman said she thought
he was an editor of a mems
magazine. Meyer admitted
passing checks in Dayton.
Miami, San Francisco, Chicago,
New Orleans, st. Louis, Hou-
ston, Atlanta and Washington.
Police said the District grand
jury will hear more about the
latter cases after he is ar
/ Fyned here later today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21
By JERRY O'LEARY, JR.
Star Stan Writer

A man who writes checks for
a living and sometimes adds
insult to injury of his victims
will be brought to Washington
today to face some of the
charges his pen has piled up.
The man is John Wilbert
Meyer, 33, of Steubenville, Ohio,
who was seized in Annapolis
yesterday after a nine-State
spending spree allegedly A.
nanced with spurious checks.
Capt. David Higgins of the
Metropolitan Police check and
fraud squad said at least 5000
of his paper hanging" was
done in the District.
The specific charge against
Meyer is a Federal warrant
contending he passed a bad
check for $l34.47, drawn against
Trans-World Airlines on the
National Bank of Washington,
in Norfolk. The FBI wants
him for that one.
BOrrOwS Machine
But District police and the
FBI painted a picture of Meyer
that lifts him out of the ordi-
nary check-paSSer's role. Meyer.
the law men said, not only
prints his own checks, but on
one occasion he borrowed a
check writing machine in a
Washington store to victimize
another merchant across the
street.
The FBI said he accom-
IpliShed this on April IA by 60
ing into the United Typewriter
store at S13 Fourteenth street
NV. with a story of wanting to
by a check-protecting device.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21
PUG. Asked
oStudyNe
Taxi RafePIan
100 Drivers Urge
Circular Zones
About Trip Origin
By GRACE BASSETT
star stan Writer

More than 100 Washington
taxi drivers today asked the
Public Utilities Commission for
q hearing on a brand-new zone
system.
The request was forwarded in
a letter from Irving Schlaifer
of 4211 Second street NV, and
E. Erwin Dollar Of 500 New
Jersey avenue NV. They are
chairman and co-chairman, re-
spectively Of a Uniform Circu-
lar Zone System Committee
they organized.
"We wish to elaborate on q
proposal to establish a circular
zone system patterned after
postal, telephone and airline
rate structures" the letter said.
Under the system, drivers
would carry transparent plas-
tic squares that they could set
over sealed maps Of the city to
compute taxi rates. They
would see the city streets
through the plastic guide,
which would section the Dis
trict by circles.
Movable Center
The center Of the circle
would be placed on the origi-
mating point on each trip.
Then, by simply looking at the
map, drivers and passengers
could see that a trip to a desti-
nation within the first circle
would cost a one-zone fare,
within the second a two-zone
fare, and within the third a
three-zone fare.
This system would replace
the present zone system, which
has been protested by numerous
drivers for Is years. Their ma
jor complaint has been that
present zones are too rigid.
Long trips cost too little and
short trips too much in certain
sections of town. according to
Mr.. Schlaifer and Mr.. Dollar.
Differed on Meters
Their joint sponsorship of
the new plan brings together
two veteran drivers who have
bitterly opposed each other on
the question of taxicab meters.
Mr.. Schlaifer has argue
against meters and Mr.. Dollar
has favored them.
Today they both stressed that
their major interest was junk
ing the old zone plan for a
more equitable new system.
They have distributed 300
maps and plastic computers
among cab drivers. Drivers
have reported an overwhelming
preference for the proposed sys-
TEN, according to Mr.. Dollar.
Mr.. Schlaifer proposed the
circular zone system in April,
1856, to Representative league,
Democrat of Texas. Mr.. league
then was investigating proposed
installation of meters and re-
lated taxicab matters. The
Congressman advised Mr..
Schlaifer in May, 1856, that, on
the surface, lit appears your
suggested solution would be
simple to administrate."
But Mr.. league, as we'll as
Public Utilities Commission
members, thought action on
the proposal should be delayed
until fare proposals and meter
controversies then pending
were settled.
The new system could be
adopted with no change in
present law. A rider on a 1855
appropriation act barred
meters, but said the P. U. C.
may prescribe uniform zones"
The new system has uni
formity, unlike the current
zone arrangement, Mr.. Schlaif-
er said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-21

Der Of the BOSNIAN force will
have taken the one-week course
by the time Congress recon-
venes. When all have taken
it, a course in more advanced
training will begin, he said.
The Capitol Police Board,
which would pass on qualifica-
tons under Chief Pearce's
plan, is composed of the SER
geants at arms of the House
and Senate and the architect
of the Capitol.