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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
BY ANDREA
Star Special Writer

PARIS. - The last-minute
gifts are always for her.
He never finds time or lei
sure to look for the right gift
in time, and two shopping
days before Christmas he Is
desperate.
What would she like7 She
would like to get 50 many
different things that neither
her husband nor all her
friends viii make It anyway.
There are even several
"musts" and II Santa Claus
won't bring them she will
have to get them herself. II
she has to exchange her best
enemy's precious parcel for
them.
O0oAAAAAGkU
She wants o cashmere
sweater or cardigan, and has
q better chance for 1t than
he. His business trips to Lon
don are frequent, but alas,
time land memory are Oft
en- short, and finally he gets
the whole set In Paris for
$40.
But. there are even more
valuable things on her list.
First, there is the latest dis
Greet diamond brooch by
Cartier, which he recently
exhibited in London, where
Princess Margaret admired
it. It's q golden flower with q
diamond glittering pistil-the
flower petals can be closed
over the diamonds to hide
them from too eager or too
envious eyes-no price indi-
Gated. And there Is the silver
powder case with q window
wiper" The moment she
opens 1t, the powder on the
mirror is automatically wiped
away. (Only STOOD
MOI Then at least q pair Of
the new Chanel ear clips,
with q baroQue pearl sitting
in q golden nest $500. II he
has some imagination. he
will get her one Of those new
slips-if he ever dares to
buy them. They are now
called fond de robe"-dreSs
liner. They come In navy
blue trimmed with white lace
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wrote to Charles Wilson
Peale. october %, 1922.
explaining that the delicate
silver springs Of his poly
graph had given way after
IL. or IA. years Of hard
service. 1t was the machine,
not the gallant old man, that
collapsed under the flood of
correspondence"
Donald Mugridge, Ameri-
can history specialist at the
Library of Congress, says
Jefferson was the only per-
son of prominence in this
country to use the polygraph
invented by "a Mr.. Hawkins
Of Frankfort near Philadel-
phia." 1t carried two, three
or four pens for m akin g
copies, but Jefferson thought
the two-pen one the best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
Officers Named

Mrs. Harold Silverstein Of
Falls Church. Va, has been
named president Of the new
ly formed Temple Women Of
Rodef Shalom group. other
officers are: Vice president,
Mrs. william Beckenstein of
Fairfax; secretary, Mrs. Alan
Gould Of Arlington; and
treasurer, Mrs. Erna Frankel
Of Alexandria.
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EXCLUSIVELY YOURS

instant action" said his
friend Abe, of the johnson
presidential routine. He is
like a man standing up
before a pitching machine.
As fast as the balls come at
him he bats and he has
batted every one Of them
without q strike or a foul in
the lot"
HIS LONGTIME AIDE,
George Reedy got to bed the
other night at IL O'Clock for
the first time since that
black Friday. He was deep in
q heavenly sleep when the
telephone rang at half past
midnight. 1t was the Presi-
dent with the request for
something that required
immediate attention. 1t was
1870 in the morning when
Lyndon johnson had the
information he sought.
AS another aide put it. He
wants results, he wants 1t
right, and he wants it now"
During the 1850 campaign
he rarely ever got more than
four hours sleep, and he says
he doesn't need more than 6.
According to his wife, he
sleeps like a log when he
does sleep.
Despite all this, apparently
his staff doesn't worry about
him having another heart
attack. He takes better care
Of himself than he used to.
He doesn't smoke, watches
his diet and does everything
in moderation except work
and he thrives on work. If
his health gets any better he
Is going to kill his staff"
said one of them.
Anybody who knows the
johnson staff is aware that
not q one of them Is
highStrung, quick tempered
or loud-talking. They have to
have calm, even dispositions
that don't show the strain
when rest is not available.
ADLAI STEVENS SON
confesSes there are so many
members Of the 1l2 delega-
lions to the United Nations
he can't possibly place them
all when he sees them. Cen
orally speaking, 1t is safe to
greet a member Of one Of the
Negro African delegations in
French because most Of them
come from French-speaking
countries.
Therefore recently when
ne came upon one such
familiar face at the U. N, he
said in properly formal
French, "Bonjour. monsieur
je Suis enchante de YOU
voir."
Hello, Governor" came
back the reply. Remember
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
President Assisted
By Mrs. FuIbright
by BETTY BEALE

me7 I'm from the 18th dis
trict."
WHEN PRE- EMIT
JOHNSON pushes the button
that lights the giant tree he
looks out on from the Tru-
man balcony, the lights Of
Washington social life will 60
back on with 1t. With the
end Of official mourning
today the kind Of gay social
life that President and Mrs.
Kennedy brought to the
White House more than any
other presidential couple
since World War II will be
resumed.
The John Logans are
having their big annual
Christmas night carol sing
ing and dancing party. The
Britton Brownies have invita-
tons out for q New Years
eve dance that will compete
with the Spanish Embassy
ball that night, but, Of
course on New Years eve
everyone expects to 90 to
more than one party. The
Lyn Arroyos will start things
off with q dinner that eve
ming. The Arthur Gardners.
senior, are giving the annual
New Years Day cocktail to-
do that they started when
the Clark Cliffords stopped
theirs.
Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Rusk have sent out
invitations to the second Of
their plush, white tie dinners
for the chiefs Of diplomatic
missions and their wives on
the It'll in the handsome
State Department dining
room. That's the day Con-
gress reconvenes after a
Christmas recess, and al
though they never really
adjourned we will welcome
them back Just as though
they had been gone since
summer. In addition to the
other parties that viii start
spinning around them. the
Women's National Press Club
will stage It's usual poppy
dinner for 500 political
bigwigs on January 8, the
night after the President
delivers his state Of = the =
Union message to Congress
The presswomen have lined
UP four well known new,
writers and commentators II
kick off the campaign veal
with sharp comments and
forecasts.
ONE OF THE HISTORI.
CAL LETTERS the President
could see framed and on view
In Ambassador Stevenson'I
apartment when he attended
a luncheon there last Tues.
day was written by one o.
his earliest and most bril-.
liant predecessors. Thoma,
Jefferson. To write 1t, Presi.
;, dent jefferson used a ma.
; chine that might have helpeC
Mr.. johnson cut down on the
number Of pens 600 he used
to sign q bill into law the
other day.
The letter, written in 1927
to one Robert Mills CON-
mending him on his cana
building, had beside 1t an
other letter, written by Julian
Boyd, editor Of the Papers OF
Thomas jefferson, dated JAN
uary 4, 1868. In it Mr.. Boyc
said: When I first saw this
letter I thought it may have
been written with the left
hand. as was the famous
Dialogue of the Head anC
the Heart" to Maria Cosway
in 1876. In his old agt
Jefferson often mentioned
his stiffened right wrist
The real explanation, I be-
lieve, lies in a letter jefferson
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Furnished by the Associated Press
List includes Most Active Stocks

Win bankruptcy OF fecelver1hlp o.
Al, or securitsss nssnr,.d Nv men S rons.
panles. ri Ex Interest. ct Certificates,
81 Stamped l-Dealt In ilat. x-Matured
bonds, negotiability impaired by maturity.
nd Next day delivery. xw-Ex warrants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Steel Output Dips
49, Pct. in Week

NEW YORK (AP).-Steel
production settled deeper into
the midsummer doldrums in
the week ended Saturday, drop
ping to the lowest level since
the final week of 1862.
The American Iron and Steel
Institute reports that output
dipped to 1.856,OOO tons of in
gots and steel for castings
down 4.3 per cent from the pre-
ceding weeks 100000 tons.
Mill activity now has skidded
to a point about 80 per cent
below the 3S-month peak
reached in late May when OPP
erations rose to about IS pei
cent of estimated capacity.
Strongly reinforcing the us
ual seasonal downtrend was the
influence of excess stockpiles
in the hands Of major steel
users, causing a severe cutback
in ordering IN recent months
Because of the springtime
production bulge, output for
the first 80 weeks OF the year
held more than IL per cent
ahead Of the comparable 1862
period, 67,3l8,O0O tons to &c.
yz3, 900 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
D. SECURITIES

Bid and asked prices on stocks listed
on the Philadelphia Baltimore-W
ington Stock Exchange,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Stocks Higher;
Motors, Oils
Pace Advance

NEW YORK (AP). - The
stock market extended its ad-
vance into a second session
today.
Trading was moderately &C
tive with a number of stable
blocks changing hands.
Brokers felt that the snap
ping Of IA consecutive Monday
declines by the Dow Jones in
dustrial average yesterday had
bolstered confidence.
The advance was paced by
motors and oils. Metals and
airlines also were ahead.
General Motors, which yes
terday reported its highest
earnings for the second quar-
ter and first half, gained more
than a point. 1t opened on a
block Of 1900 shares.
Changes of key issues ranged
from fractions to around a
point with some bigger gains
Sprinkled among the special
ties.
Rails were quiet.
SteelS managed fractional
gains despite announcement
that steel production last week
fell to the lowest level of the
year.
Prices on the American Stock
Exchange were irregularly
higher in slow trading.
Corporate bonds were mixed
and Governments were I'M
changed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
GEICO Affiliate
Profits Increase

Governm mt Employees
Corp, finance affiliate of Gov
eminent Employees Insurance
Co, had net earnings Of $780,
545 after taxes in the first six
months Of this year, compared
with $282,85S a year ago, Pres
ident L. A. Davidson reported.
Loan volume for SIX months
amounted to $17.250,411, COM
pared with $l2,726,626 in the
same 1862 period. The latest
total included $15,526,275 for
purchase of automobiles
81 ,580,330 fol mobile homes
and $143,807 for boats.
Government Employees FL
nancial Corp, new affiliate
making signature and educa-
tional loans, has recorded ex-
cellent progress, Mr.. Davidson
also reported.
In six months of this year
it made $4,179,955 of loans tc
6,295 borrowers and produced
a net profit Of $60.789 after
taxes. From September
through December 81, 1862, il
made $2,029,62 of loans to
1888 borrowers and had an
operating loss of 1894
Reserve for unearned fl
nance charges rose to $64l, 342
on June 80 VS.. $276,432 at the
end of 1862.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Kerr-McGee Oil Net
At Record $19 Million

OKLAHOMA CITY ODD
Improved earnings in all oper-
ations pushed net income OF
Kerr-McGee Oil Industries,
Inc. to a record $40 million OF
about SO a common share in
the year ended June 80, D. A
MCGEE, chairman and presi-
dent, told Dow-Jones.
The fully integrated diversi-
fled oil company earned ST.
034,264 or $2.74 a share in fis-
cal 1862.
Fiscal-year earnings rose de-
spite a decline in gross rev.
enueS from the $166,013,114 in
fiscal 1862, the official added
At this time, he said, he doesn't
know the exact extent Of the
decline but noted that operat-
ing revenues for the II months
ended May, 81 had dropped to
$144,737, 900 from $152,07S, 900
a year earlier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
u. ). Steel
Profits Report
Is Due Today

NEW YORK (AP).-United
States Steel Corp. the No. /
producer. reports today on how
it Jared in the April June quar-
ter, a boom period in the in
dustry.
The results were to be dis
closed after the close Of trad
ing on the New York Stock Ex-
change.
The main question was
whether earnings doubled those
of the lackluster second quar-
ter of 1862. or rose less sharply.
Among major producers
which have reported, firms
closely tied to demands of the
booming automobile industry
made the best showing. Some
tripled vear-earlier profits.
Gains by more diversified
concerns such as second-rank-
ing Bethlehem Steel Corp,
were less spectacular. Bethle-
hem last week reported it
cleared $40, 1861 ,03l in the sec
ond quarter.
This was up about one third
from the comparable 1862 Pc
Rod. or up about one half
after a ljustment of the year.
ago figures to give effect to
changes in Federal tax rules.
For all companies, April
June Saowings were expected
to be the best for any quarter.
Production and sale are de-
Ginning for seasonal and inven-
tory reasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO CAP)-Bearish crop news
weakened corn and soyDean futures
on the Board Of Trade today and both
commodities showed losses running
70 more than q cent a bushel at
times
Wheat mustered q little firmness,
though, on support credited to specu-
latorS who appeared 10 be setting up
long positions on small declines. Prices
shifted rather narrowly either way
from previous closes. Brokers said
scattered offerings came out on small
bulges.
Spot checks BY grain firms on crop
conditions in representative areas OF
the Midwest indicated both corn and
soybeans making generally good to
excellent progress.
Wheat was 70 cent q bushel lower to
70 higher At noon, SEPTEMBER Sl.7SSa
corn 4s-lh lower, September Sl.2lh;
oats UNCHANGED TO " lower, September
"a cents; rye unchanged 70 "a lower,
september VI .26M, soyDeans "a 10 2
cents lower. August S2.b3h.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Armstrong Dividend

LANCASTER, Pa.-Directors
Of Armstrong Cork Co. today
declared a dividend of As cents
a share on the $1.00 par value
common stock payable Sep
TENDER 3 to shareholders Of
record August 9. This repre-
SentS an increase of S cents per
share over the regular quarterly
dividend paid since the third
quarter of 1861.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
el-Duy Bill Yield
Rises for 5th Week
By the AssociateAP Press

The Government 3 short term
borrowing costs rose slightly
with yesterdays weekly offering
of Treasury bills. 1t was the
fifth straight increase in in
terest rates.
On bids for $1.3 billion of
day bills the average yield
was 3.263 per cent. Last weeks
rate was 3.206.
Bids on $500 million Of 1872
day bills gave an average yield
of 1898 per cent, compared to
last weeks rate of 1859 per
cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Contract Awarded

Computer Concepts, Inc,
Washington consulting firm,
reports the receipt Of a study
contract from the Naval Train
ing Device Center at Port
Washington, N. Y, for the
computerizing Of war game
problems being processed there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
METALS

NE NEW I YORK tAPl.ocspOt nspferroas
cents pOsSd New yH Ysyk z zn
12h cents pound. East ST. Louis.
eign silver 1890 per troy ounce, New
York. Pittsburgh scrap steel No, 1,
heavy was quoted by Iron AGE ct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30

wdwd q Lothrop pf S 100
Quotations for 10O-shere lots. 'sFor
25-share lots. Others 1O-share lots.
Ex-dividend. Plus extra or extras.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK AP). Foreign exchange
In dollars and decimals Of a dollar.
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COTTON

NEW YORK tAP). - Commission
house and local buying steadled prices
for cotton futures In slow dealines to-
day. Most q the business conferred In
Late afternoon prices we're 30 TO
20 cents a bale higher than the prev
ious close. october, 80 81. December,
320s: March, 1915 BID.
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aPpiOA pm sOeaA A1SSt1oSs
Sales figures are unofficial.
Unless otherwise noted, rates OF divi.
dends In the foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
or semi. annual declaration. Special or
extra dividends or payments not desig
mated as regular are Identified In the
following footnotes.
a-Also extra or extras. b Annual rate
plus stock dividend c. Liquidating div.
dend. d-Declared or paid In 1853 plus
stock dividend. e-Paid last year. Pay.
able In stock during 1853, estimated cash
value on ex dividend or redistribution
date. g-Declared or paideo far this
year. Declared or paid after stock
dividend or split up. Declared or paid
this year, an accumulative issue with
dividends In arrears. p-Paid this year,
dividend omitted, deferred or no action
taken at last dividend meeting. r-De.
clared or paid in 1862 plus stock divi-
dend. = Paid In stock during 1852,
estimated cash value, on ex-dividend or
ex distribution date.
cid Called. -Ex dividend. y-Ex Div.
dend and sales In full. KIDS Ex distribu-
ton. M-Ex rights. wv Without war
rants. ww-With warrants. wd When dis
tributed. wi-When issued. nd Next day
delivery.
z-Sales in full
Win bankruptcy or receivership or
being re0rganized under the Bankruptcy
Act, or securities assumed by such com
panies.
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ODD-LOT TRADING

NEW YORK lAP).-The New York
Stock Exchanse reported today these
odd lot transactions BY principal
dealers for July 20: Purchases Of
23s.4bo shares sales OF 25B, 2g4
shares including $500 Shares sold
short
Smyrna times., 1963-08-08
MarydeI Items

Sharon Brooks attended a pic
mic for the employees of the
Treadway Inn, Dover at the
Treadway on Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert R.
Butts, Mr.. Eldad Wright. Mr..
and Mrs. Alex Duplich and the
children, Media, Pa. spent from
Thursday through Saturday at
Rehoboth. Mr.. and Mrs. Du-
pnch and family returned home
with Mr.. and Mrs. Butts for
the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Pierce
enjoyed a cookout dinner at the
home of their daughter and
family, Mrs. Alex Deusa, Cold
sboro on Sunday.
Mrs. Lewis Cochran, Nitro,
w. Va. is visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. Heath
er. Mr.. and Mrs. Heather and
Mrs. Cochran spent the week
end at Rehoboth.
The Reverend Charles At
hns, Viola called on friends
In town on Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1963-08-08
How Much Is A Billion :?

by car or rail, you would have
travelled a distance of nearly
a billion inches.
zone billion dollars In one
dollar bills would make a vert
zeal column 695, 900 feet or l3I
miles high, and laid end-to-end
would encircle the earthnearly
four times.
Between the year 1o4l to
1881 the United States gave the
following amounts In foreign
aid, and less than 10 per cent
has been repaid: Great Britain
$35, 300, 900, 900; Soviet Russia,
$ll, 200. 900. 900; France, 81
900, 900. 900; Germany So, $780,
900, 900; China, $500. 900, 900,
Italy, 81. 900, 900; Japan,
81, 500, 900, 900; Greece, ST.
400, 900, 900; Netherlands, ST.
300, 900, 900; South American
nations, ST., 400, 900, 900.
'The almost $50 billion we
have given to Great Britain
would make a vertical pile of
one dollar bills 4, 703 miles high
and placed end-to-end would
encircle the earth LAB times.
''T'he Sill billion we have CIV
en- Russia would make a pile
l.467 miles high and placed
end to end would encircle
the earth almost As times.
1.-THE Korean War cost the U.
S. $22 billion In military ex-
pendiures and $23 billion In
foreign aid.
''The total U. S. foreign aid
from l94I to 1883 totaled more
than one hundred billion doll
ars. This amount In one dollar
bills would make a vertical
column ID, 100 miles high and
placed end to end would en-
circle the earth nearly 400
times. This amount is more
than four times as much as the
entire gold reserve of the u.
S. and it is more than all the
money In circulation In the en-
tire world"
The size of the figures pre-
scented are staggering, and they
indicate the extent of Uncle
Sans participation inworld af-
fairs.
What is more important than
the statistics themselves, how
ever, is the use made of them
and the Interpretation given
them. If their effect is merely
to make Americans upset at
what they have spent In the
past Is years and thus turn
their eyes and ears away from
the rest of the world, the fl
CURES are misleading.
Smyrna times., 1963-08-08
Obituaries
Catherine Ryder

Mrs. Catherine M. Ryder.
age IS, of Mineola, L. l., N.
Y, died in Nassau Hospital in
Mineola, August /, 1868. She
was the daughter of the late
Benjamin D. and Mary E. Vo-
schell Burrows of Delaware.
Funeral services we're held
Saturday, August Sd at FAIRIES
Funeral Chapel with the Rev.
I. Howard Link in charge and
interment was In Brenzion Bap-
list Cemeteryne Kenton, Del
aware.
She was the widow of the late
William ]. Ryder of Mineola,
Long Island, NY. and is sur
vived by a number of nieces
and nephews.
Born in Clayton, Delaware.
Mrs. Ryder made her home in
Mineola most of her life.
Smyrna times., 1963-08-08
Bertha Hanratty

Mrs. Bertha Hanratty, age
88, of Smyrna, died In Smyr-
ma, July 81, 1868. She was the
daughter of the late Isaac and
Hannah Kerr Taylor of Della
ware.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, August 4th, at FAIRIES
Funeral Chapel with the Rev.
]. Howard Link in charge and
interment was in Glenwood
Cemetery, Smyrna.
She was the widow of the late
Charles Hanratty of Smyrna
and is survived by son, James
r. Hanratty of Smyrna, TWO
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Hanratty made her home
In Smyrna all her life.
Smyrna times., 1963-08-08
Reed Family
Holds Tenth
Reunion

Seventy descendants of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Willard F.
Reed of Kenton, attended the
tenth annual family reunion Sun
day. August 4, 1868, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
F. Reed, ST., the Levels, Mid
dletown.
The patriarch was a black
smith In the Kenton area until
his death In 1927.
Mrs. George w. Reed, Jr. of
near Smyrna, president of the
descendants organization pre-
sided at the meeting.
The Oldest member present
was Mrs. Mary Reed Northrup
of Wilmington, daughter of the
late Willard F. Reed.
Youngest member of the fam
lily to attend was l year old
Robin Carol Reed, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. Willard F. Reed
Jr. of Townsend, Delaware.
After refreshments were
served, games we're provided
for the children.
1t was decided to hold the re-
union next year at the same
place the first Sunday of Aug
ust.
Smyrna times., 1963-08-08
Delaware Bank
Gets Award

For the fifteenth consecu-
i've year Bank of Delaware's
annual report to stockholders
has received the Merit Award
given by the Financial World
magazine.
The award was given In rec
ogninon of the excellence of the
banks 1862 annual report. Sc
lection was based on content,
design, and typography, and
winning annual reports were
selected from among 5000 en-
tries In the magazines twenty
third annual survey.