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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21
Law Sought To Bar
Execution Of Minors

ATLANTA. - Gov. S. Ernest
Vandiver, apparently rcacting TO
international concern, announced
this week that the Georgia Lcgisla-
turc will be asked to review the
law that would allow elcctrocutlon
OF Preston Cobb, l5-year-old Ne
gro youth.
Cobb is charged with the slay-
ing of a 70-year-old white farmer
in HilIsboro Casper County,, 50
miles south of here. last June.
He is being defended by law
ycrs of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People upon request of his
mother
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21
Farmer Demands Elimination
OF Bias Across The Board"

LEVITTOWN, l.. l., - James
Farmer, national director of the
Congress of Racial Equality
(CORE), told Long Island
audience that segre ated
housing patterns must be
broken across the board" so bigots
will have no place TO hide.
1t is not enough to dcsegrc-
gate the Bronx. or Brooklyn or
Queens, Indignation must come to
suburban areas said James
Farmer, founder of CORE and
leader OF the Freedom Ride into
Jackson, Mississippi
Farmer made his remarks at
meeting of Long Island CORE at
Levittown Hall.
The Long Island group annovne-
ed the start of an intensive Free
dom DwelIers" program, an appeal
10 homeowners TO list their homes
on a open market basis. that is,
available for purchase by Negroes
and Whites alike.
Farmer traced the history of
his ride into Mississippi and
his subsequent arrest on May "a.
He said he and his companions,
men and women, Negroes and
whites, were treated roughly in
an attempt by prison officials ito
dehumanize us"
The CORE charged the state OF
Mississippi Is trying through "a
war Of atfrition" 10 put CORE out
Of business. But our spirit won't
be broken. Farmer declared.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21
Underground Railroad
Theme of Forum Sunday

ing the escape routes for slaves
in the pre-civil war era, Sunday
Oct. 22-6:00 p. Nj. at Second Bap-
tist Church.
Mrs. Coggan has completed her
research on the underground rail-
road preparatory to writing a
book on this subject.
The 1855 Randung Conference
of 30 Asian and African nations
on the island of Java sent Mrs.
Coggan material to rummage
through the past looking for evil
dence of the cooperation between
the white and colored races.
The lecture will be illustrated
by slides taken during Mrs. Cog
CANS actual field work There
will be exhibits of manumisSion
papers and other original articles
of special interest. The Secret
Black Book" in which names OF
contributors to the antislavcry
work in Michigan are listed will
be on display.
Special music will consist OF
Traditional Spirituals. The public
is invited. A Coffee Hour will fol-
low in lower auditorium.
DR.. A. A. Banks, Pastor and
Mrs. Agnetta Walton. forum secre-
tsry.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21
Jewish Lawyers
Defend Puerto
Ritan Youth

WASHINGTON - Racial dis
elimination in the selection Of
juries - an issue effectively
used by Negroes to challenge UNI
constitutional legal decisions -
has been raised in the u. S. SUI
preme Court in behalf of a Puerto
Rican youth convicted Of murder
and sentenced to die in the cleo
trio chair.
The plea was made by three
prominent Jewish lawyers - all
of them serving without fee =
in behalf of 17-year-old Salvatore
Agron of New York, who is seek
ing a review of his case by the
Supreme Court. II marked the
first time the high court has
been asked to face the question
of discrimination against Puerto
Ricans for jury duty.
The lawyers are Shsd PoIier
end Stephen Wise Tvlin Of New
York and Charles Reich OF New
Haven, Conn. Mr.. Polier is chair
man Of the Commission Law and
Social Action Of the American
Jewish Congress. Mr.. TvIin, the
grandson Of the late Jewish lead
err. Rabbi Stephen Wise, is
member Of Mr.. PoIier's law firm.
Mr.. Reich is . professor Of con-
stitvfionaI law at the Yale Law
School.
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21

The invitation was part OF a
wire sent 10 the President on
October IL.
Miss Travis, Is, was one Of %
Negro high school students who
conducted a sit-in demonstration
August 81 in McComb, Miss,
against segregation at a local
variety store and bus terminal.
Four OF the youths were con
victcd for breach OF the peace
and fined $500 each and sentenced
TO eight months in Jail They
posted bond, and went free pend
ms appeal.
But Miss Travis. due to her
age, was turned over TO juvenile
authorities who took no immcdi-
ate action.
al. five youngsters returned
to school last week but were not
admitted. AS a result. ll6 OF their
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21

fellow students walked out and
staged 0 protest march" in front
OF city hall.
Mississippi police arrested all
ll6 OF the students, only to re-
lease all but 10 who were l8 or
Older These were charged with
contributing to the delinquency
OF minors and with breach of the
peace They were freed on bail.
But authorities seized this OPP
portunily to rcarrcSl Miss Travis
and coniinc her to reform school.
They also arrested Curtis {.
Eryant president Of the McComb
NAACP branch. on grounds Of
contributing to the delinquency
of minors along with Cordcll Rca-
can. a representative from the
Student Non Violent CoordlnatIng
Committee.
NAACP spokesman told the
President that even our right to
protest against laws we feel unjust
IS being stliled all over Missls-
slppi
THE state does this by chars-
ms Negroes with breach of the
peace for performing any act that
white people in the state are not
IN favor Of they asserted.
The NAACP also informed Miss
Travis parents that il Will do
everything possible in her behalf
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21
THE TWO WEATHERs.

BY ANDREW F. FRUEHAUF. cs ~
DEVILS ADAm-EvE LORD GODS! (cen. 81,
etc., : EXCESSIVE HEAT OR COLD OF SATAN
BOUND: JUDAISM. re-. PR0TEsTANTIsm.
MATERIA MEDIcA. ct AL! The UNIVERSE IS
1907 The MANIFESTATION OF THOUGHT!
GODS CHRIST SCIENTIST:
I'm ATMOSPHERE OF LOVE DIVINE. WE LIVE
AND MOVE. AND BREATHE" AND HAVE OUR aE,Nc
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HYMN
HEAVEN AT HAND WITHIN YOU! E.xcI.lL
s-Iv-E R-E-A-L-AT-Y OF GODS HEAVEN AND ETERNAL
LIFE = NO BIRTHS DEATHS. SIN, MATTER. HE'LL AND
THEIR FATHER THE DEVIL = GIGANTIC ADAM.EvE
FRAUDS AND MYTHS Genesis I:26: - MAN =
GODS IMAGE - DIVINE. II: GODS MALE AND FEMALE
IN ONE AS PER c-H-L-D-L-E-S-s JESUS! AND GREAT
EST, MARY, BAKER EDDYS MORE THAN 40 YEARS!
v. 81: land GOD SAW EVERY THING THAT HE
1.-THE ONE REAL PARENT CREATOR - HoNoRED
BY THE c-H-lL-D-L-Es-s CHRIST JEsUs!l HAD MADE,
AND, BEHOLD. IT WAS l-LS-l VERY eooDT
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21
hAACP ASKS President
TO VISIT Mississippi
Calls For Emer Rights Laws At Con-(on

LANSING - Michigan's first
Constitutional Convention since
1907 now in its third week has
had many significant proposals
presented for bringing the con-
stituti0n "up-t0-date."
Civil rights, support for higher
education and control of civil
service pay raises by the State
legislature are some OF the inn
portant proposed changes.
Atty. Harold Norris and Miss
Daisy Elliott both presented pro-
p0sals intended TO change or
have firmly written into the
constitution, civil rights leg
islation.
Both Atty. Norris bill and
Miss Elliott's would make q.
discrimination against an in
dividual because of race, creed,
national origin or religion :. i.
a violation of the State Con-
stitution."
Atty. Norris has offered an
other proposal that would in
validate the present search and
seizure" provision of the State
constitution, inasmuch as ii is
in conflict with a ruling of the
us. Supreme court.
Michigan's search and sci
zure' codes were amended in
both 1886 and 1858. The us.
Court ruling earlier this year,
according to Atty. Norris, 'voids
the statcucs of our State Con-
stitution, and we should eliminate
il Estate statutc)"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21
H. ). Court Hears Its First
Case On Louisiana '.yn-Ms "

BATON ROUGE. La, - The
u. S. Supreme Court heard for
the first time Wednesday argu-
ments in the cases involving sit
in demonstrations by Negro stu
dents.
The defendants arc Mary Enola
Briscoc. of Sunset. La, John b.
Garner of Baton Rouge, La. and
Janet lIcSton of Monroe, La
Jack Grccnbcrg, recently APP
pointed General Counsel of the
NAACP Legal Defense and Edu-
cational Fund, argued the defense
OF the students.
The cases involve lunch counter
demonstrations in Baton Rouge,
La, in April 1860, in the Grey
hound Bus Terminal Kress
store. and drugstore.
The students, from Southern
University in Baton Rouge, were
arrested under a Louisiana dis
furbing the peace" statute by city
police captain Robert Weiner.
They we're convicted by Baton
Rouge trial court in April. 1860,
and a Supreme Court Of Louisiana
decision Of October 5. 1850, up
held the convictions. NAAcP Lee
gal Defense attorneys then petit
toned the v. S. Supreme Court.
On March 20. 1861, the Supreme
Court granted eertiorsri. and
scheduled hearing for October I
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURES

PLYMOUTH: ARCH BAILEY, Church, 100 W. Ann
Arbor Trail, pn,. Sum-, Oct. 2o.
YPSiLANTI: FRANCIS WILLIAM COUSINS, Hqh
School, Cross and Washington $751; $3.50 pm Sum-, ocf 49,
CROSSE POINTE FARMS CEiTH A. PLIMMER, Par.
cells Junior High School. 10000 Mack Ave. pm Nov g.
DETRoIT Fifth chureh GEiTH A. PLIMMER, Church,
l7425 Second Blvd, pm, Thurs, Nov. 2.
NO COLLECTIONS EVER.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21

II was brought out at the trial
that there was no violence, threat
of violence. OF public disturbance
in any of the demonstrations.
In the bus station case. for
instance, Fund attorneys contend
cd in their brief that the wait
rcss testimony contains no hint Of
anything other than an occasion
profoundly peaceful Her rcfu-
sal to serve petitioners was based
solely on their race in itself"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21
Urge Investigation
OF Brenda Travis Case

JACKSON, Miss = The NAACP has invited President
Kennedy ito come to Mississippi and have look for
Yourself at the expanding list of racial clashes semmng
from renewed Negro efforts to attain civil rights.
The Association through its Mississippi president Dr.
Aaron Henry of Carksdae and AIedgar Evers its field
secretary here also called upon the President and Attorney
General Robert F Kennedy to make immediate nvcsti-
CATION into the confinement of Brenda Travis the Oakley
reform school
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21

The Cultural committee Of Sc
cond Baptist Church, Detroit, will
open its 1912 forum series pre-
senting Mrs. Blanche b. Coggan,
East Lansing, Michigan author,
in an illustrated lecture, THE
Underground Railroad" describ-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21

The Long islanders were told
TO expect another freedom ride
next month. Farmer said ruling
Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission ordering bus carriers TO
report any attempts TO segresate
the lines will be tested.
Jim Crow won't die easily
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21

Farmer concluded. The crack in
the segregation wall is only slight
But new Negro who isn't afraid
to stand up to his white counter
part and a new white man who is
not content TO stand by Idly as
segregation is fostcrcd have come
upon the scene.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21

Mrs. Elliott. representing bet
roits Fourth State Represent
alive District, also introduced
two other bills this week.
One bill would extend the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21
Meet In Chicago

CHICAGO - The second annual
convention of the Negro American
Labor Council viii be held in
Chicago Nov 1912 at the Hotel
Hamilton. A. Philip Randolph,
president of the Council, announc-
d last week.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21

governors term to four years
'also lieutenant governor), with
the governor empowered to APP
roint the other members of his
administrative staff.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21
18TH PROTESTANT REFORMATION FESTIVAL
Cobo Hall Sunduv October %


by Red River Dan
The Quiet Hour Echoes, Redands, CsIh.sept-'6l
Some people think that miracles all happened long ago.
And some folks say The Holy Bible really isn't So
They say Just fairy tale and that Science doubts the
Word"
But SINCE JESUS CAME TO OUR HOUSE, miracle
occurred.
See JESUS, Page z
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-10-21

EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM. SUNDAY. 1913:
REDS VICTIMS: NOTHING TO LOSE BUT THEIR
CHAINS =
Karl Marx paraphrased.
BUT, BILLY is NOT A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST! =
HENCE, SATAN ExACGERATES:
NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MATERI-
ALIsM OF THE REDS AND THE U.S.'
VIRTUE LIES WITH THE MINORITY! - CHRIS
TAN SCIENTISTS!
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Y Added to Board
OF National Union

Seven new directors were
elected by stockholders of the
National Union Insurance Co.
at the recent 97th. annual
meeting and Raymond A. Du
-Four, president and board
chairman, reported premium
writings and policyholders'
surplus had increased for the
fourth consecutive year.
New directors: Karl w. Cor
by, president of Karl Corby &
Co.; Gilbert Hahn, jr., partner
Of Amram, Hahn & Sudlun; j,
Frank hayden, National Un-
ion secretary-treasurer; Cliff
ord G. Needham, president.
National City Co.; Matthew
Trimhle Sawtelle, executive
vice president, Walker & Dun
lop; Guy T. Warfield, presi-
dent, Warfield Dorsey Co., and
Martin r. West, jr., senior vice
president, Weaver Bros.
Reelected directors were:
j. Newton Brewer. jr..i Floyd E.
Davis. jr.. Mr.. DuFour, War
rem r. Forster, Charles E.
Frazier, j. Fontaine Hall. Rob-
.ert o. Scholz and j. Robert
Sherwood.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Blue Reports Marks
Its 35th Birthday

Blue Reports, Inc. which OPP
crates a daily construction re-
port in this area, celebrated its
35th anniversary yesterday.
The report was founded in
1926 by Mr.. and Mrs. E.. H. Orr
as q complete report of private,
commercial and Government
construction including bid OPEN
ingS and results. Ii
Ownership of the corpora
ton was purchased last De-
cember by Richard L. Hoddi-
mott, president Of the r. L.
Hoddinott Co, who is presi-
dent of Blue Reports also.
Mrs. Orr, one Of the foun-
ders participated in anniversary
ceremonies at offices in the
Associations Building.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Bitumin0us Production IN the
week ended July 8 totaled L.
$4,000 tons compared with
100000 in the previous week
and ], $1,000 in the like week
"a year ago; for January 1-July
g 1855, 900 VS.. 217.023. 900 a
year ago.-National Coal Asso-
citation.
Motor Vehicle Output last
week totaled 127,005 cars and
23,433 trucks VS.. $3.50 and
IS. .435 in the previous week and
105,1l3 and 20,124 in the like
week a year ago. New car sales
in the first 10 days of July
averaged 1892 daily VS.. 15,376
in the like period a year ago.
Wards Automotive Reports.
Sears, ROebuck e. Co. report
ed for the second consecutive
year it spent more than $50
million in newspaper advertis-
ing in 1860. The total was $751;
888, 700 in 1850 and $52.520, ,00C
in 1859. Sears 1860 sales totaled
$4,134,319,550, highest in its
74-year history.
Steel Production in the first
6 months of 1861 totaled a.
857,804 tons, down Is per cent
from 1860, according to pre-
liminary figures from tn e
American Iron and Steel Insti-
tute.
Refined Copper shipments in
June totaled 139,700 tons VS..
1887 in May and compared
with 150.117 in June, 196O.-
Copper Institute.
Crude Petroleum Stocks, do
mestic and foreign, on July 8
totaled 1904 900 barrels, UP
475,000 for the week.-Bureau
Of Mines.
ICC Hearings on the South
ern Railways application to
purchase control of the Cen
tral of Georgia Railway have
been adjourned until Septem-
Der 6 and will be held in WASH
ington.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Suburban Deposits Top
Year Ago by ~ Pct.

Deposits Of SO banks and trust companies in Maryland
and Virginia suburban sections Of the Washington Metropolitan
Area toaed Os62s 80 up per cent from
ago but around per cent behind their recorded peak Of
April H. a survey by The Star disclosed yesterday.
The md-year total the bank call compared with
June IS last and $74I April H.
date Of the previous call.
Including II washington banks the areas AZ banks had
June So SIS per cent from $2157
the like 1860 date but their total was per cent behind
Ia record $2,291, ,565 154 April H.
The II Maryland institutions had $3s47664s an
81 per cent from year earlier but failed to
equal $4O7, ,039 O78 in April.
The 10 Virginia institutions had 1881 5s2ss1 up Sc per
cent from year earlier but behind
in the April call.
Largest dollar gains from year included: Citizens
Bank Of Maryland $6571442; Suburban Trust $6327051
American National $47677S5 Falls Church Bank $S11992
Clarendon Trust $2751432; Arlington Trust $2262169 and
Mt. Vernon Bank & Trust, $2,214317.
Tndiui dIo1h honL total niua haIouv
Evening star., 1961-07-16

Mr.. Shreve, the retiring
president, was born in Falls
Church in 1884 and became a
director Of the. bank in 1924.
He was elected president in
Il94l.
He recently retired from ac-
tive management of Carroll v.
Shreve & Sons, Falls Church
plumbing, heating and elec-
trical wiring firm, which he
founded in 1915. His son and
son-in-law, who became part
ners of the firm in l945, are
operating the business.
MIR. Robey, the new .execu-
tive vice president, joined the
bank in 1945 as assistant
cashier, became cashier in 194S
and vice president and cashier
in 1857. He has served on the
board since 1850, i,
He Is q native of Fairfax
County and is a. graduate of
Falls Church High School.
While employed at the old
Morris Plan Bank Of Washing
ton from 1897 to 1945, he at
tended the American Institute
of Banking.
Mrs. Reiner also is a native
of Fairfax County and started
with the bank in 1885 shortly
after graduation from Washing
ton-Lee High School. She be-
came assistant cashier in 1851,
and assistant vice president in
1857.
She has served as treasurer
Of the Zonta Club Of Fairfax
County for three successive
terms and has been q secre-
tary Of Capital Group, National
Association of Bank Women.
Reelected directors at the
annual meeting Of the bank
were Guy N. Church, William
C. Crossman, ST., John w.
Koons, TloS, W. Phillips, Mr..
Robey. Mr.. Shreve, William C.
Shreve, j. C. Storm, Mr.. Walk
Eer, John e. Taylor, Lytton H.
Gibson and Austin D. Thomp-
son. : :.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, July Is (AP).-Au the
surprises in the Governments July
crop report this week exerted q bear
ish influence in the grain futures
trade and the market turned generally
The report. released after the close
of trading on Tuesday, was far from
dealer expectations-on rye and soy
beans especially-and those commodi-
ties showed the broadest setbackS.
The Department of Agriculture's
outlook for the rye crop was not nearly
as gloomy as had been indicated by
some private adviees from the drought
stricken Northern Great Plains, the
major producing area.
Other grains shifted within narrow
ranges for the. most part with hedge
selling more than offsetting an i'm
proved commercial demand for wheat
AZ the end Of the week. wheat was
i:SSs4.Ni, corn y higher to Y lower.
July l;l4h; oats y lower to V higher.
July ~ cents; rye 51a-7K lower, July
5.25h; soybeans 5h-9K lower, July
-
Evening star., 1961-07-16
County Trust
Merger Voted

Stockholders of the Balti-
more National Bank and the
County Trust Co., voted Friday
to merge, subject to final ap-
proval by the controller Of the
currency, it was announced In
Baltimore yesterday.
County Trust has q branch
office in Upper Marlboro, Md,
which is part Of the Washing
ton Metropolitan Area.
The morger was approved by
owners of 30 per cent Of the
Evening star., 1961-07-16

anu WILL CO1tl4luC W oCk VIC % VI
been president throughout two
decades, in which the banks
assets have zoomed from 81
million to more than $23 mil
lion, will continue to serve on
the banks finance, building
and appraisal committees.
Elvin s. Robey has been adj
vanced to executive vice pres
ident and cashier from vice
president and cashier. Mrs,
Hazel S. Reiner has been pro-
NOTED to vice president from
assistant vice president and
will remain assistant trust Of
ficer. { -
The executive changes were
authorized by the board fol-
lowing the annual meeting
Thursday.
1t was the first stockholders
meeting since the purchase of
1913 Of the banks outstanding
5000 shares by First Virginia
Corp. last March. All directors
were reelected.
Shreve Reviews Growth
In retiring from the presi-
dency, Mr.. Shreve reviewed
continued progress in growth
and earnings of the bank.
Net earnings after all taxes
and expenses increased to $685.
979 in the fiscal year ended
June 80, compared with $l37,.
1877 in the previous period, he
reported. Net for other recent
years: $129,826 in 1853; $l22,-
1913 in 1858, and $l18.654 m 1857
Assets amounted to $23 $685..
S75 on June 30, compared with
$20,SS2,lS9 q year earlier, ST.
605,0l9 on the same 1867 date
and $9,Sl0,477 on the same 1851
date.
Capital accounts have grown
from $9S0,250 on June 80, 1866
to $l.756,95s on the same date
this year.
Joined Bank I'M 1881
Mr.. Walker, the new presi-
dent, has been with the bank
since 1891 and has been execu.
tive vice president and trust Of
ficer since 1949.
He is q native Of. Fairfax
County and likes to recall that
he has never lived more than
six miles from the main office
Of the bank. He attended pub
lie schools in thee ounty and
Mckinley High School in Wash
ington and started his banking
career with the old CONNER
cial National Bank in 1922.
He attended American Insti-
tute Of Banking courses of the
Washington Chapter in this Pc
riod ana later was with the Uni
versal Credit Co. (now Univer-
sal CTD before going to the
Falls Church Bank.
Became Director in 1924
Mr.. Walker IL 4 director Of
the Falls Church Mortgage
Corp. and has taken an active
interest In community affairs.
He is treasurer Of the Arlington
Rotary Club.
E@te. ;
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Initial Distribution
DecloTed by Fund

Directors Of Shares in Ameri-
can Industry, Inc, have de-
clared an initial capital-gain
distribution of So cents a share,
payable August IA to holders Of
record July 10.
President Newton I. Steers,
jr.. said the distribution fol-
lows the end Of the funds first
full fiscal year of operations
and in this time assets in
creased from $19O, 600 to around
SIS million. Net assets per
share appreciated a record
breaking GAL per cent. 3.
Evening star., 1961-07-16

stock Of Baltimore National and
IS per cent Of the stock of
County Trust. A tWo-thirds
vote was necessary.
Proposed name for the COM
bined institution is the Mary
land National Bank. It will
have assets Of more than $500
million and capital funds of
more than $38 million. It will
operate 56 offices in Baltimore
and II Maryland counties.
Evening star., 1961-07-16

than 10000 stockholders. 1t is
the seventh capital-gain distri-
button in the funds seven-year
history. An investment income
dividend Of 8 cents a share also
has been declared, payable on
the same date.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Atomic. PhysicsKot
~ Gents a Share

Directors of Atomic. Physics
& Science Fund. Inc, have de-
lclared q capital gain distribu-
ton Of IL cents a share, pay
liable August IA to holders of
record July 10.
The distribution will amount
to around $1.2 million for more
Evening star., 1961-07-16
COMMODITIES

NEW YORK, July Is (AP).-The
Associated Press index Of 35 important
commodities declined for the second
straight week despite some gains by
grains and cotton.
The overall index fell to 164.32
compared with 164.49 a week ago and
1877 "a ct the same time one year ago.
small.
Gains were made by industrials and
textiles as well as by grains and cot
ton. Losses came in food. livestock
and nonferrouS metals
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Walker New President
Of Falls Church Bank
Fast Growth Continues
By DONALD B. HADLEY

George Walker has been elected president and chief
executive officer of the Church succeed Carroll
sheve veteran business leader who
man, it announced yesterday. .....
Mr. Walker has been executive president of the bank
will continue ru officer Mr. Shreve who has