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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-07
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
!, Heavy construction contract

Heavy construction contract
awards reported for the week
ended Monday declined to
1922. $4,000 from $3.50, 7Sl 900
the previous week, The current
weekly total is made up of
1882, 733,00O in private and
$40, 204, 900 in public construc-
ton. Compared with a total of
$428, 49l. 900 for the cores
ponding week in 1957.-Engi-
neering News Record.
Rail Freight LOadings for the
week ended Feb. l were $780,
426 cars. This was 241 cars be-
low the preceding week, 97,546
or 1871 per cent under the cor
responding week in 1857 and
$780, 6S or 1872 per cent under
the same week in 1956-Asso-
citation Of American Railroads.
Loans to brokers and dealers
Oh other than United States
Government securities held by
member banks in New York
city totaled $791 100000 We'd
nesday, an increase of $685.
100000 from a week before. and
a decrease of 100000 from
a year before. Federal Reserve
Board. j
The iron and steel industry'S
payroll for 1857 was a record
81, DOL 100000. That was sos
million higher than the previous
record of $3,795. 975 900 in 1856.
For the full 1857 year the in
dustry's total employment was
estimated at $50, 700, compared
with 653,400 during 1856. In
December employment was &c.,
200.-Iron g. Steel Institute.
National Tea Co. announced
it will build 1875 new stores DUR
ing 1858 and early 1859 of
which 101 will be new locations.
The other Is will be more mod
|ern requirements of existing
stores. Sites were not disclosed.
Earnings of Jewel Tea Co.,
Inc. and its subsidiary. Eisner
Grocery Co. for 1857 were re-
ported the highest in the COM
pany's history and equal to
$4.61 per common share after
preferred dividends. In 1856
the earnings were 1922 per
common share.
Chesapeake Corp. of Virginia
profit from operations of it and
a subsidiary of $3,720.000 after
taxes for the fiscal year end
ing last December 20, equal to
1922 a share, compared with
$3.50 a share in the preceding
year.
Mueller Brass Co. reported
net income for the fiscal year
ended November 80 declined to
81, 267, 900 equal to $2.26 a share
from $2,515,120 or $4.49 a share
the previous year.
Other corporate earnings:
Fer Year Ended December 81
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Chemical Treatment
Improves Cotton

Federal researchers working
with cotton treated the cloth
with acetic anhydrid. c color
less liquid used in making dyes,
drugs and perfumes.
Tests show that treated cloth,
kept at ironing temperature for
is days. lost only is per cent
of its strength compared with
SO per cent for untreated fabric.
The researchers also found that
the treated cotton dried faster
than untreated cloth, took
pleats better and dyed quickly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-07

The National Association of
Market Developers is holding
its winter board meeting in
Washington today and tomor-
row. 1t includes men and wom-
en- working on marketing pro-
grams and public relations adj
dressed primarily to the Negro
market.
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cHrGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Feb. 7 LE9.-Salable hogs.
$500. active. 25 to mostly so higher
on butchers. sows steady to mostly %
higher hiIl good Shipping demand; 2-3
few lots 3s 230-24O lbs, is .5O-i9 .65;
several lots LBS 200-225 lbs. GOES
20.50 S5-head lots l-2 225 lbs, 90. so;
2-3 25O-2S0 lbs. 10. 25-19.75; a few
lots rs 290-35O lbs, 1925 10 90; lar
ger lots 40O-575-lb. sows mixed grade.
a few lots 325-350 lbs.
salabie cattle, 900; calves 100;
slaughter steers and heifers scarce: a
few sales about steady: cows fairly
active, about steady; bulls weak; veal
srs, stockers and feeders steady; part
with q choice end, 1925: some good,
22.S5-24.25i 3 loads 1,000-l .l25 lbs,
- %; q few choice 925-gS0-lb. heifers,
25.25-25.75; few standard and good.
10 ,OO-23 So. utility and low CONNER
cial cows. 15.75-17.5O Gamers and
cutters. I3.50-16.25;. a few head light
Gamers, down to 100; utility and
and choice vealers, .27.OO-32 90; Q few
head lfRht cullss as low as HOO.
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Senate Vote Allows
900 Ship>T rude-in

Owners Of some 600 United
States ships built during World
War II could trade them in on
new vessels during the next
four years under a bill passed
unanimously by the Senate yes
terday.
The measure now goes to
President Eisenhower. It is in
tended to prevent obsolescence
Of the United States merchant
feet. according to Maritime ADJ
ministrator Clarence @. Morse.
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N. Y. PRODUCE

mn, NEW YORK, Feb. 2 tP,-rUSDAD.-
day: Receipts. 10. 200.
wholesale. selling prices based on
excnanRe and other volume sales1
Nsy YORK SPOT quotations follow:
Extras (4s-50 lbs.) 36-37: extra lSrse
l4b.4S Ibs.1 35H-36; extras medium
~; ISL standards large $3.50; checks
~ .s-331a. Whites: Extras (4S-50 lbs )
30a: extras medium 35h-36. Browns:
Extras t4H-50 lbs,) flag. Includes
nearby: whites: Top quality (4S-5O
lbs SsH-4l; mediums -37is-3sIa;
smaIs 3SHs- Ban; Browns. TOP quality
40k; smalis 35-36.
Prices UNCHANGED.
Cheese steady. Receipts. 81. 900.
Prices UNCHANGED.
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METAL PRICES

NEW YORK. Feb. Z M9.-spot nom
ferrous metal prices today: Copper, "a
Lead. 10 cents pound, New York,
Zinc, 10 cents a pound, East ST. Louis.
Tin. 93ss cents a pound. New York.
Foreign silver. Sssa cents per troy
ounce OUNCE New YORK: AZ Pittsburgh, scrap
36.00-37. 90.
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industrial Role Seen
In Ocean NucIeor Plant

large nucear plant along the easore might
vide type Of industrial complex to meet of the search
ties faced by the worlds growing industrial civilization
scientist and educator vsuazed such poss
by here yesterday providing researchers able to solve
few secrets of nature
Addressing chemical industry groups the Sheraon-
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300, 900 Make Autos

BONN-Germany's automo-
bile industry employs 100000
WORKERS. per cent Of all the
industrial employees in the fed
eral republic.
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DEALINGS

NEW YORK, Feb z lP.-The New
York Stock Exchange reported today
these odd-lot transactions By principal
dealers for February 8. Purchases Of
23l 1903 shares; sales Of 1S3.2S2 shares,
including 1904 shares sold short
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MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK, Feb. z A.-National
Association Securities Dealers, Inc.
Moon ouotatiOnsl
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KEY dividend. b Books closed. TITUS
extra or extras. q Declared or paid 50
far this wear Paid last year. xr *
tiSn's'
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DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK, Feb. : Dividsnds
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Bendix Race Victor
Dies in Air Crash

DENVER, Mar. 90 (P.. -
Capt. Kenneth D. Chandler.
SO, 1857 winner of the Bendix
Air Race. was one of two Air
Force men killed last night in
a jet trainer crash near Lowry
Air Force Base, Denver.
Capt. Chandler and 1t.
Frankie Latora. also killed in
the crash, both were based with
the 1lth Fighter Interceptor
Squadron at Duluth, MINI. The
plane crashed while making a
radar guided landing approach
in heavy overcast.
Capt. Chandler, the pilot.
was in communication with
radar technicians at Lowry
when the base lost contact with
the plane.
A veteran Of Is years with
the Air Force, Capt. Chandler
won the Chicago-to- Washing
ton Bendix Air Race last Au-
gust 20. He set a new race
record Of 679 miles per hour
average speed in leading six
supersonic jets to win the
trophy.
Capt. Chandler was a native
of Compton. Calf; 1t. Latora.
"a. was a native Of Los
Angeles.
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Almond Signs Measure
For Area Transit SetuD

veloped through an inter-
jurisdictional study launched
in 1854 with legislation spon-
sored by Senator Fenwick
Virginia. Maryland and the
District each appointed three
representatives to study Metro
politan Area transit problems.
Senator Fenwick believes the
compact represents the "first
realistic approach" to the solu-
ton of transportation head
aches in the Metropolitan Area
Action Previously Opposed
Virginia previously opposed
congressional action to set ur
a Federal agency for the regu-
lation of public transportation
in the Metropolitan Area. Vir-
GINA contended its State con-
stitution would not allow any
surrender Of regulatory power
to the Federal Government.
The compact, according tc
Senator Fenwick, meets thi:
objection by placing a member
of Virginia's sec on the new
commission, and by retaining
interstate operations under
Virginia jurisdiction. Only in
terState Virginia transit woulC
come under the new commits
sion, whereas inter and intra.
state operations would be regu-
lated for the District and Mary.
land.
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Queen Mary Testing
New Anti-RoII Fins

SOUTHAMPTON, England,
Mar. 20 (R.-The 8l,000-ton
liner Queen Mary today went
looking for trouble.
The veteran Cunarder headed
into the Atlantic seeking the
toughest weather the experts
could predict to test a new set
on antirolling fms. The fins
we're fitted to each side of her
hull at a cost Of $500, 900
($1.4 Million.
The firm that made the fms
claims they will reduce rolling
to 112 degrees either side OF
perpendicular. The Queen Mary
has been known to roll through
30 degrees in bad storms.
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Man Rocket
Neurin Russia,
Red Asserts

MOSCOW. Mar. 20 R.-A
leading Soviet scientist said
yesterday the Soviet Union IL
close to sending a man in q
rocket out into cosmic space
and back.
Academician Anatoli Blagon-
ravov said over Moscow radio
the Soviet one-Stage rocket
that went about 295 miles in
space Feb. 81 pointed the way
Asserting that the rocket OF
more than 1l2 tons landed
back precisely where scientists
planned. Prof. Blagonravov said
that with addition of a second
stage "one can imagine that
the time is quite near for solu-
ton of such a problem as
coSmic flight of a man in a
rocket"
There has been a rash of
scientific articles in the Soviet
press recently. The Soviet
Union launched Sputnik II last
Nov. 3.
Now, with three United
States earth satellites up, Rus
STA may be planning a sensa-
tional new scientific achieve
ment and Prof. Blagonravov's
radio commentary may be
another hint.
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Students Eat at Kitchen
In Front Of Capitol

The group is on a Today,
3,300-mile tour Of the East. A
refrigerated truck and the
mobile kitchen are accompany
ing the two buses to keep costs
down.
Lynn Cashier. who organized
the trip. said the total expenses
were SOS per person. His
mother, Mrs. Nina Cashier, is
the chief cook.
How's the food?
Pretty good" said Sandra
Bucholtz, 18-year-old fresh
man at the university from
Morton. MINI. "As you can see,
I'm not starving" But she
added that Il might be preju-
diced, because ! help make It,"
After the group was banned
from the New York streets, II
had to eat lunch there in q
bUs garage.
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Sondys' Jet Buzzed
By Soviet FIGHTER

LONDON, Mar. 20 (R.-A So
Wet jet fighter buzzed a British
Royal Air Force plane carrying
Defense Minister Duncan
Sandys over Communist East
Germany today.
Mr.. Sandys returned to Lon
don tonight from Berlin on a
Raj Comet jet airliner. The
Comets pilot told newsmen the
incident took place in the air
corridor from West Berlin over
East Germany territory.
"As we were flying through
the corridor a Russian jet came
in. flew close by us for a few
minutes, and then flew of
again." the pilot said.
Mr.. Sandys had been in West
Germany for talks with Defense
Minister Franz Josef Strauss
and had made a 24-hour visit to
Berlin.
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ping center in College Park
after a tipoff by undercover
men inside.
No University of Maryland
students we're among those
arrested.
The patrons, most of them
in their 20s, scattered but APP
parently none escaped as the
police swarmed in. Two were
flushed from the attic and two
more came in meekly off the
porch roof after deciding the
drop was too far to the ground.
Prince Georges Police Chief
George A. Panagoulis said the
place. rented for $140 a month,
had been operating about two
weeks and was open only on
Friday and Saturday nights.
Free Beer Provided
There was an admission
charge Of 81. which provided
free beer and food and dancing
to a portable photograph. he
said. There were six young
women in the place. who said
they came with dates and
thought they were going to
a birthday party"
Gambling was provided =
poker and dice-on the second
floor of the sparsely-furnished
house.
Downstairs, red and greer
bare light bulbs we're dim when
the raiding party stormed in
but lights were bright in the
gaming rooms.
Police termed the operation
small time and one detective
said he doubted that the pa
irons had from 81 to SO on
them" with which to gamble
He said many could not make
the $3.50 collateral out OF
their own pockets.
Most of them had been in
the county taverns until 2 am
closing and then gone to the
club.
One OF the four men charged
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with operating the house said
he had rented it on a MONTH
to-month basis; had intended
moving in. He denied it was a
club and said he had :ssked
some friends in" and that they
had contributed" So each.
Forfeit Collateral
Police, up all night on a no
pay overtime status, were still
booking 90 persons at day.
light. The 90 were charged with
disorderly conduct and were
FORGETTING collateral of $3.50
each.
Four we're charged with
setting up and maintaining a
gambling table and operating
a gambling house.
They we're:
Jack David Melcher. "a, of
the 200 block of Upshur street,
Mt. Rainier, Md; his brother,
Williams Hayes Melcher, 81, OF
the same address: George
Richard Farrell, %, of the 500
block of Twelfth street NE,
and L a wre enc e Richard
O'Cleary, %. of the 300 block
of Franklin street NE. They
were held on bonds of $500
each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-29

A group OF foreign and Amer
lean students from the Uni
versity Of Minnesota had a
hot-meal luncheon party in
front Of the Capitol yesterday
It was quite a switch from
last Sunday, when New York
City officials refused to let the
group park its mobile kitchen
on an East Side street.
Yesterday the kitchen was
parked right in front Of the
Capitol. The students enjoyed
a meal of halibut, broccoli. po-
tatoes. rice, ice cream. coffee
and milk. Senator Thye and
Representative Quie, Republic
cans of Minnesota, ate with the
students.
So did Embassy representa-
tives from most Of the IA coun-
tries represented by the stu
deRts.
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BY a star STAFF Writer

RICHMOND. Mar. 29.-Gov,
Almond today signed legiSla-
ton providing for Virginia s
participation in a Metropolitan
Area Transit Commission.
For the first time, it gives
Virginia authority to join in
the establishment Of a new
regulatory transit agency
spanning State lines.
The bill sets forth a compact
to be Joined in by Maryland
and the District. creating a
commission to regulate public
transit fares and routes in the
Washington Metropolitan Area,
Before the commission is es-
tablished, the compact must
be approved by the Maryland
General Assembly and by Con-
gress for the District.
Three Member Commission
State Senator Charles r.
Fenwick of Arlington was chief
patron of the bill, with Senators
Armistead Boothe or Alexan-
dria and John A. K. Donovan
of Fairfax-Falls Church as CO.
sponsors.
The compact provides for the
appointment of a three-mem-
Der commission, consisting Of a
representative from the existing
transit regulatory agencies in
the three jurisdictions = the
State Corporation Commission
in Virginia, the Maryland Pub
lie Service Commission and the
District Public Utilities Com
mission.
The new commission would
replace these three agencies,
plus the Interstate Commerce
Commission, in the regulation
of public transportation in the
District, Arlington, Alexandria,
Fairfax County, Falls Church,
Montgomery County and Prince
Georges County.
Advisory Board Provided
In addition to the new COM
mission, the compact also calls
for the creation of a traffic
and highway board to serve in
an advisory capacity on trans
portation problems. The boarc
would be composed of the com.
mission chairman, the heads Of
the highway and traffic depart.
ments Of the affected jurisdic.
lions, a representative of the
National Capital Planning
Commission, a representative
of the National Capital Re.
gional Planning Council and 9
representative of each local
and regional planning commits.
sion within the Washington
Metropolitan Area.
The compact plan was de.
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President Facing
GoIfIess Week End !;
Course Is Mushy

GETTYSBURG, Pa, Mar. 2s
R.-President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover settled down today for a
quiet week end at their country
estate.
A week end as quiet, that is
as the presence of two busy
exuberant grandchildren might
permit.
White House officials ruled
out the possibility of golf fol
the President. The Gettysburg
Country Club course is mushy
from rain and melting snow
But Mr.. Eisenhower's private
green provided a possibility loi
giving grandson David a putting
lesson or two. David, who will
be 10 years old Monday, anc
his 6-year-old sister Susan. rode
up with the President from the
White House yesterday. Mrs
Eisenhower had driven ur
earlier.
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President to Send
Brother on Trip
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower an
nounced today that his bro
ther. DR.. Milton S. Eisenhower.
will make a good will visit in
June to Central America.
A White House statement said
DR.. Eisenhower. president of
Johns Hopkins University, will
tour Guatemala, Ell Salvador
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa
Rica, and Panama as the Pres
ident'S personal representative
Exact dates will be announced
later.
This will be DR.. Eisenhower's
third good will tour to Amer
ica'S southern neighbors as the
Presidents personal represen-
tative. In 1853 he visited 10
South American countries and
in 1857 he made a trip to Mex
leo.
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Conferees0k
SIS Billion for
Water Projects
Way Clear to Send
Bill to President
Before Recess
BY the Associated Press

"A dOuSe-OenaCe conference
committee today announced
agreement on legislation au.
thorizing SIS billion worth o.
water projects.
This agreement clears the
way for Congress to complete
action on the bill and send il
to the White House before be-
ginning an Easter recess next
week.
At the White House the bill
faces an uncertain fate. Presi-
dent Eisenhower vetoed a sim
liar measure in 1856. Its back
ers say the measure could be
used to combat recession
The bill would authorize fu-
ture construction OF slightly
more than SIS billion worth
of flood control, navigation,
beach erosion and power prof.
ects-if and when Congress ap-
propriateS money to pay fol
the work.
Bill Changed in House
The measure passed the House
and Senate in somewhat diff
ferent forms. After the Senate
approved the bill, the HOUSE
deleted some $145 million worth
of projects and added otheri
which would cost $149 million
The conferees accepted al
the House additions to the oil
and restored some of the Sen.
ate-approved projects which
the House had eliminated. Tn,
effect was to add about So.
million worth of projects to thu
House measure.
Biggest item restored to TIT
bill by the conferees was a $50
million authorization for tn
north branch of the Susque
hanna River in New York anC
Pennsylvania.
Another item put back in thu
bill was $l.2 million for TIT
controversial Bruces Eddy dan
in Idaho. The Senate had ap'
proved $25 million for thu
project but the House elimi.
mated the item.
An administration plan for {
$40 million spending speedur
was approved by the House
Appropriations Committee yes
terday, but with an expression
of skepticism that it would d.
very much to end the recession
The Democratic-ied commit
tee also raped Eisenhower ad.
ministration farm policies yes.
terday as it voted $3,216..
988,539 for the Agriculture De-
partment for the coming flsca
year.
Both committee actions are
subject to House approval mex
week, and Senate action later
Designed to Aid Employment
The spending speedup would
apply to the purchase of sup.
plies and equipment by vari'
Gus Government agencies. Lin
tied to $840 million during thu
next 80 days, it was in lint
with a White House reques
made three days ago and wa
designed, the committee said
to stimulate business activit!
and employment"
1t would allow civilian agen'
cies to spend during the re-
manning 80 days of the presen
fiscal year half of the approx
imately $3.50. O0O,OOO budgetet
for purchasing supplies ant
equipment during the flsca
year starting July l.
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Red Rocket Disasters
Told by Soviet Refugee

LIVERPOOL, England, Mar.
20 (R).-A former Red Army
corporal claims he witnessed
rocket disasters costing scores
of lives before the Soviet
Union launched Sputnik 1 last
october 4.
Writing in the Liverpool
Daily Post. Seriosha Asafjev
said one long-range ballistic
missile crashed and wiped out
1870 of the 1856 inhabitants of
a small Arctic fishing village.
Asafjev said the missile.
scheduled to come down 600
miles away in the Kara Sea,
changed course a few seconds
after launching. The villages
wooden houses and small ships
in its harbor were obliterated
by exploding rocket fuel.
Several Arrests Followed
"All further tests with this
type of rocket were immedi-
ately suspended on orders from
Moscow said Mr.. Asafjev. "A
committee of high-ranking off,
Gals arrived next day. interro-
gated everyone and arrested
several people"
Numerous unofficial reports
have circulated in the West
before this OF Soviet rocket
failures. One report said that
a large missile believed de-
signed to launch an earth
satellite larger than the 1920
pound Sputnik II exploded in
Central Russia Just before
Christmas.
Mr.. Asafjev claimed he
helped guard Russian missile
testing grounds. in Eastern
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Siberia before escaping to the
West. He did not mention in
the article how he escaped.
There were other accidents,
Mr.. Asafjev said. A 25-foot
guided missile called the
znamja - the Flag ono e
crashed out OF control on a
parking lot used by a bat
talon of Red Army troops
1T destroyed more than 20
trucks, killed eight technicians
and soldiers and injured four
Others" the soldier wrote.
Other Secret Tests
Mr.. Asafjev claimed he first
saw rocket experiments about
100 miles from Olekminsk in
Eastern Siberia. Short and
medium range missiles were
being made and tested there
for the Red Army. he said.
other secret tests were held
about SO miles north Of the
Arctic Circle near Ust-Zylma
on the European side Of the
Soviet Union. the article said
The area had been prepared
for the launching of long,
range ballistic missiles and
rockets for studying the higher
atmosphere.
an Eastern Siberia I saw lC
Slava Glory rockets launched
from three sites each half a
mile apart" Mr.. Asafjev said
1.-THE rockets were made in Sc
cret laboratories and workshops
dug out of the solid rock G
miles from the launching
sites" There were plenty OF
failures. he added.