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CURB LIST MIXED IN DULL TRADING • Alcohol and Aircraft Issues Heavy, but Others Are Firm. BY JOHN L. COOLEY, Associated Press Financial Writer. NEW' YORK, February 13— Heavi ness in alcohol and aircraft issues contrasted with mild firmness In other sections of the Curb market today. Volume was reduced from the sub stantial totals of late last week, Hiram Walker dropped more than 2 points. Pan-American Airways halved » loss of around 4 points. Canadian Industrial Alcohol A and Distillers Seagrams yielded major fractions. American Cvanamid B, Lake Shore Mines, Parker Rust Proof, Standard Oil of Ohio, Swift & Co., Cord Cor poration and Electric Bond & Share •were somewhat higher throughout the day. Tubize Chatillon reacted a souple of points. Metals strengthened, Natomas rising 3 points. ___♦ ■ INSURANCE FIRM REVEALS 1933 GAIN Life Insurance Company of Vir ginia Shows $3,000,000 Increase in Total Policies. The Life Insurance Co. of Virginia, in Its sixty-third annual statement by President Bradford H. Walker, made public through the Washington of fices, reports an increase in insurance in force for the year of more than $3,000,000. Assets were increased by $977,936. and ;here was a gain in surplus of $245,984 An addition of $500,000 was made to the contingency reserve fund, which now totals $4,000,000. Pay ments to policyholders and benefici aries. including policy loan advances, amounted to $10,583,097. Capital, surplus and special con tingency’ reserves at the end of the year amounted to $14,637,805, thus providing a large margin of safety for policyholders, President Walker an nounces. The company reports total assets of over $75,000,000. Policy reserves total $58,717,765. Considering the prevailing economic conditions dur ing 1933, the officials express them selves as very well satisfied with the year's results. PREFERRED DIVIDEND DOUBLED BY GOODYEAR By the Associated Press. AKRON. Ohio, February 13.—The current 50 cent dividend rate on Goodyear Tire <fc Rubber Co. first preferred stock was doubled yesterday after President Paul W. Litchfield had reported net profit of $6,021,535 for 1933. First of the new quarterly pay ments of $1 will be made April 1 to stockholders of record March 1. The directors also voted a $2 a share payment to stockholders of record February 23 to be paid March 1 against arrearage on dividends caused by last year's reduction. Net sales last year, Litchfield re ported. reached $100,635.636—a gain of $604,000 over sales of 1932. Directors voted a dividend payment of $2 per share to holders of 7 per cent preferred stock of record Feb ruary 23. MEMBER BANK LOANS SHOW SHARP DECLINE By the Associated Press. Total loans of weekly reporting member banks showed a sharp loss during the week ended February 7 as the change was calculated by the Fed eral Reserve Board. In the table that follows the total loans are given for comparable periods, as reported by the board: Week ended February 7... $s..7nn.non.noo Previous week ... 8.251.000.000 6bme week last year. 8,646.OO0.0OO ■ ■ i BONDS ON THE CURB MARKET Buies In DOMESTIC BONDS, thousands. High. Low. Noon. 1 Alabam Pw 4%s '67 64% 64% 64% 6 Alabama Pow 5s '46 83% 8.3% 83% t amer GAE 5s 2028 8.3% 8.3% 83% Amer P A L Hs 2(116 61% 61% 61% 6 Am Roll M 4%s .33 11(1 HO llO iAm Roll Mill 5s IK *«'. 8614 R6Vis Appalch Pow 5s '56 89% 89% 89% 5 Asso El Ind 4%s '53 38 38 .38 0 Asso GAE 4%s 49C 1874 IS 1874 l AASO G & E 5s '50. 21 21 21 2 Asso GAE 5s '68. 20% 20 20% 1 Assn Ravon 5s 50 71 71 71 6 Asso TAT 5%S A'5S 56 56 56 5 Hel Tel Can 5s A'55 103 102% 10.3 6 Cap Adm 5s 53 xw 54% 5474 54% P Carolina PAL 5s 56 7.3 7.3 73 4 Cent 111 PS 4%sP'67 61 61 61 10 Cent Pw & Lt 5s '5H 57 56% 67 5 Cent Sta Elec 5s 48 40% 40% 40% £4 Cities Service 5s '50 43% 43V« 43% 1 Cit Srv Oas 5%s '42 60% 60% 60% 7 Cit Srv Pw 5’.as '5~ 42’a 4t2LB 4-Va 7 Cleve El Iliu 5s .39 10HV, loti1* 10HV* 1 Com Edis 5s A 53 loo’* Him* 1O0V* 5 Com Ed 412s D ’57 94 93 94 2 Com Ed 51*s G 102% 10*2% 102% 1 Comnty P&L 5s *57 47 4 7 47 ICon Gs Ut Os A 43 42% 42% 42% ] Conti Oil 5%s 37. lo*2% 102% 102% 1 Crucible Steel 5s *4o 83 83 83 2 Cudahy Pkg 5%s*37 l(il% 101% 101% 3 Det C Gas r»s A 47 90 90 90 y Det C Oas 6s B '50 89% 89% 89% S Elec PAL 5s A 2030 4 1 4n% 407b 1 Emp O & R 5%s '42 61% 61% 61% 1 Fairbnks Mor 5s 42 80 80 80 1 Firestone CM 5s '48 94 94 94 2 Glidden Co 5%s .35 997. 99% 99% 5 Grand Trnk 6%s'36 1 04 1 04 1 04 lGl W Pw Cal os '46 102% 102% 102% 1 Gull Oil Pa 5s '47. 102% 102% 1027a 1 Gulf S Ut 4%s B'Hl 76 76 76 10 Houst Gif O 6s A'4.3 57 57 57 1 Hudson BMA-S 6s'35 106 106 106 2 Ili Cent 4%S '34.. 87% 87% 87% 2 III Pw A L Hs A 53 70% 70% 70% 2 111 Pw A L 5s C ’56 63% 63 63% 1 Intern Sc Am os '47 60 60 60 6 Intent* Pw 5s '57. 65% 65V. 55% 1 Intersta Pw 6s '52 42% 42% 42% 7 Hoppers GA-C 5s '47 9.3 93 93 , 1 L«hl(tb P a Hs 2026 79% 79% 79% 3 La P A L 5s '57. . . 81% 81% 81% 4 Manitoba Pw.V.s'61 49% 49% 497. 2 Mass Gas 5%s 46. 967s 96% AH% 6 Mllw GAE 4%6 '67 100 99% 100 1 Minn PAL 4%s '78 72 72 72 2 Miss Pw A Lt 5s '57 63 6.3 63 tS Mont LAP ns B '70 104% 104 % 104% 1 N.rraa.nsetl 5sA'57 102% 102% 102% 3 Nat PAL Hs A 3026 76% 76*. 76% £ Nevada Calif 5s '56 68% 68% 687. $ N Y P A L 4%S '67 88% 88% 88% 1 Niag Falls P tis '50 107 107 107 1 No Slat P 5%s ’40 8.3 83 8.3 6 Nor Slat P 4%S '61 82% 82% 82% E Ohio Edison 5s '60. 86% 86% 86% 1 Pac G&E 5%s C '52 10374 10374 103% BPac Pw A L 5s ’65 54% 54% 64% on! £ P*L **/»« '77 73 Vi 73 Vi 73Vi PS N° in «J2g G’37 94«4 94 v4 94 V4 2 Pi; S PAL 5%g A’49 54% 547. 547. 6 Safe H Wa I'.s ’79 100% 11)0% 100% 2 Sh WAP 4%s A '67 8.3% 83V. 8.3V, 2 Sh W&P 4',s D '70 83% 83V. 8.374 4 Shaw WAP 6s C '70 92% 92% 92% 3 SEPAL 0sA2(>25 xw 657, 657, 65% 8 Sou Calif Ed 5s '51 101% 101% 1017, 1 Sou Calif Ed 5s '52 101% 10174 1017, B So W GAE 6s A '57 79% 79 79% |2 B»en GA-E cv 6s .35 36 36 36 7 Stand G A E 6s '51 49 49 49 4 Swift Co 5s 40 wl 102% 102 102% B Tex P A L 5s '56. 85% 85% 85V. 4 Toledo Ed 5s '62.95 P5 96 6 Union Gulf 5s SO 103% 103 103 B United P A L Os '76 47% 47% 47% 8US Rub 6%s '39. . 85% 85% 85% |Va Pb 8 5%a A '46 71% 71% 71% 2 West New De 6s '44 .35 35 35 1 West Penn 5s 2030 68 68 88 6 Wes Tex U 5s A ’67 61 81 61 FOREIGN BONDS. 5 Baden Con M 7s '51 51 51 51 2 Finld Ind Bk 7s '44 98 98 »8 10 Ger Con Mun fls 47 54 54 54 7 Ger Con Mun 7s '47 57Ve 57'/« 57V« 13 Ita! Su Pw rts A '«3 70 70 70 6 Ruh G C H',s a 53 fil 01 61 8 Rus 0's8 ft? NC‘ 19 3 3 3 ww—With warrants i rr—Without warrants, i p—New f P wi—When Issued. N. Y.' CURB MARKET Received by Private Wire Direct io The Evening Stir._ Stock and BalM— Dividend Rata. Add 00. Blah. Low. Claae. Aero Supply B.... 2 8* 3 3* Ainsworth Mfg... 1 12* 12* 12* Allied Mills Inc.. 19 9 9 Aluminum of Am.700s 73 71* 72 AlumCoAm pf 1 * 100a 73 73 78 Am Brit* Cent... 1 * * * Am Capital pf. .. 1 19 19 19 AmCitP&LB16c 8 4 3* 4 Am Cyan B(k25c) 63 19* 18* 19* Am Dept Stores... 1 a. V. * Am Equities. 2 2* 2* 2* Am * For P war.. 1 7* 7* 7* Am Founders. 2 1 Am Fnd 1st pf B.. 100s 18 16* 18 Am Gas & El <tt). IS 31* 30* 31 Am Laundry 40c.. 3 16 14* 16 AmLt&Tr (1.60) 8 18 17* 18 Am Meter Co. 25* 13* 13* 13* Am Superpower.. 35 4 3* 3* Am Superpowr pf. 4 29* 28 29 Am Thread pf 26c. 2 34 84 34 Ark Nat Gas A.... 2 14 14 14 Armstrong Corlc. . 58 257-» 24** 25V» Asso Gas & Elec. . 1 l8** 1*4 1*4 Asso Gas & El A., 10 14 1* 1* Asso Gas & El pf. 2 4* 4* 4* Asso Rayon.. 3 3* 3* 3* Asso Tel Util. 3 4 4 4 Atlas Corp. 40 13* 13* 13* Atlas Corp war... 23 6 6* 64 Baldwin Loc b rts. 20 9* 9* 9* Betlanca Aircraft. 6 6 6 6 Brillo Mfg (60c).. 17 7 7 Brt Celan Ltd ret. 1 3* 3* 3* Buckeye P L (3). .160a 35 85 35 BN&EPpt 1.60. 1 18* 18* 18* Butova cv pf. 2 19* 19* 19* Bunker Hill » Sul. 1425a 61*69 61 Burma ret p5*c.. 2 3* 3* 3* Butler Bros. 40 9 4 8 4 9* Canadian In Ale A 5 16 15* 15* Canadian In Ale B 1 15* 15* 15* Canadian Marconi 2S 3 .24 3 Carlb Syndicate.. 2 34 3* 34 Carrier Corp. 2 7* 7* 7* Cen&SWU.• 3 1* 1* 1* Cen States Elec... 7 2 2 2 Centrifugal P 40c. 2 6* 6* 6* Chese br’gh(t64) 60s 125 125 126 Childs Co pf.20s 31 31 31 Cities Service. 91 34 3* 3* Cities Service pf.. 4 21* 20* 21* Cities SrvpfBB.. 60s 18* 18* 18* Cl Neon Lts Inc... 1 1* 1* 1* Clev El Illu (2)... 2 294 29V. 29* Clev Tractor..... 14 4 4 Colon Oil... 4 2* 2* 2* i ^0113 xr r a vx; . • • c £•» au Col G& E cv pf(5) 50b 95 95 95 Colurn Oil* G vte. 10 14 14 14 Comwlth & So wr. 4 & 4 » Comty P&L 1st pf 25b 104 104 104 Cons Aircraft.... 4 94 9 9 Cons Copper. 1 14 14 14 Cons Gas Balt 3.«0 5 60 584 60 Cons Retail Strs.. 3 24 24 24 Copper Range.... 1 44 44 44 Cord Corp (k25c). 32 74 64 74 Cosden Oil Maine. 2 24 24 24 Courtalds pl3 4-6c 1 11 11 11 Creole Petrol. 22 12 114 114 Cresson Con (12c) 9 14 1 1 Crocker Wheeler. 4 64 64 64 Crown Cent Petrol 1 14 14 14 Crown Cork Inti A 2 64 64 64 Crown Zell A 14 • 25b 384 384 384 Cusi Mexicana_ 91 14 14 14 Darby Pet (50c).. 1 64 64 64 Derby Oil & Re t.. 1 24 24 24 Detroit Aircra. 7 4 4 4 Distill Co Ltd pl8c 3 21 204 204 Distillers Crp-Sea 44 21 20 204 DowChem (2).... 1 724 724 724 Duval Texas Sul.. 6 54 54 54 East Gas & P Asso 3 9 84 9 EastG&F prpf 4 4 25s 624 624 624 Eastern Sta Powr. 12 2 2 East Util Asso cv. 3 44 4 4 Eisler Elec Corp.. 1 14 14 14 Elec Bnd & Share. 118 194 19 19V; Elec Bd & S pf (6) 10 54 52 54 El Pw Asso (40c). 1 64 64 64 El P & L opt war.. 6 34 34 34 El P & W 2d pf A. 50b 144 144 144 ElShare pf ww... 50s 494 494 494 Equity Corp. 9 24 2 24 Eur El Ltd A (40c) 4 12V* 12 12 Evans Wall Lead. 1 4 4 4 Ex-Cello A & Tool 29 74 7 74 Fairchild Aviation 5 6% 6% 6% Falcon Lead. 6 V* % % Falstaft Brew. ... 3 6 6% 6 Ferro Enamel 40c. 1 12 12 12 Flat rots (p50%c) 1 20% 20% 20% Fidelio Brew. 12 2 1% 1% Fisk Rubber. 92 17% 16% 17% Flintkote Co A... 17 7 7 Ford Mot Can A pi 16 24% 23% 23% Ford Mot Can B pi 75a 26% 25% 26% Ford Motor Ltd... 11 6% 6 6% Franklin Mfg. 1111 Gen Alloys. 1 3 S 3 Gen Aviation. 22 6% 5% 6% Gen Elec Ltd rets. 1 10% 10% 10% Gen Invest Corp. .22 1% 2 Gen Invest war... 4 % ft % Gen Invest pf.... 2 15 14% 14% Gen Rayon Ltd A. 1 3% 3% 3% Gen Tire & RubberlOOs 88% 87% 87% Gen TAR pf A (6) 50s 83% 83% 83% Georgia Pw pf(6). 75a 61 60 60 Glen Alden Coal.. 14 17% 16% 1644 Globe Underwritr. 1 6% 6% 6% Godchaux Sug A.. 1 14 14 14 Godchaux Sug B.. 2 7% 7% 7% Gold Seal El. 26 % % % Goldfield Con (5c) 28 ft ft ft Gorham vtc (pi 14) 7 17 16 17 Urnd Rap Var 40c. 1 6% 6% 6% Grav Tel P S (1). . 50a 19 19 19 Gt AAPTn-v (t7) 20* 145 144% 145 GtA&PT 1st pf 7. 40*123 121 121 G roc Store Pr vtc. 1 % % % Guardian Invest.. 1 ft ft ft Gulf Oil of Pa.... 6 70% 69 70 1 Haaeltlne Corp. .. 3 5 4% 5 Hecla Min (plOc). 12 7% 7% 7% Hevden Chem (1). 1 21 21 21 Hollinger (T70c).. 1 13% 1344 1344 HornAHrdt(1.60). 25* 19 19 19 HudsonBayMAS 19 10% 9% 10 Humble Oil. 17 39% 39 39% Hygrade Food.... 3 4% 4% 4% Hygrade Syl (2).. 25a 24 24 24 Ill P & L $6 pf_100* 22 22 22 Imp Oil cu (50c).. 18 13% 13% 13% Imp Tob Gt Brit (p71 2-5c). 22 29% 29% 29% Indian Tr II Oil A. 1 3% 3% 3% Ins Co N Am (2). . 2 46% 45% 45% Inti Cigar Mch 1% 1 19 19 19 IntlHyEcpf 3% . 60s 24 23% 23% Inti Mining war.. I 4% 4% 4% Inti Petrol (1.12). 9 22% 22% 22% Inti Util B. 12 1% 1% 1% Inti Util war new. 2 -ft % % Interst Equities. .11 1 1 Interstate Hos (2) 1 25% 25% 25% Irving Air Chute. 2 6% 5 5 Italian Superp A.. 12 2 2 Jonas & Naumbrg 11 1 1 Jones A Lagh Stl. 30s 41 40% 40% Kirby Petrol. 4 2 1% 2 Kirkland Lake G.. * ft % Lake Shore M (2). 13 44% 44 44% Lehigh CAN (40c) 7 10 9% 10H Leonard Oil. 6 % ft ft Lerner Storee.... 6 22% 18 22% Lerner Stores pf.. 1 67 67 67 Libby McNeill & L 1 4% 4% 4% Lone Star G b64o. 5 7% 7% 7% Long Island Lgt. • 9 6% 6% 6% Louisiana Ld & B. 6 2% 2% 2% Lynch Corp (2)... 8 37% 37 37 McCord Rad B.... 1 4% ’4% 4% McWilliams (60c) 600s 23 214* 22% Maryland Casual. 7 2% 2% 2% Mass Util Asso... 1 2% 2% 2% Massey-Harrls.... 8 7% 7% 7% Mavis Bottling A. 9 1% 1% 1% Michigan Sugar.. 6 1% 1% 1% Midi West Util... 8 ft % ft Minneap Hny pf 8 50s 98% 97 98% Miss R Pwr pf (6) 20s 83 83 83 Molybdenum. 12 7% 7 7% Monti LH&P (1%) 1 39 39 89 Mount Prod (80c). 7 5 4% 4% Mtn Sta Tel&T 8.. 10s 108% 108% 108% Nat Amer Co. 88 14 14 14 Nat Bellas Hess.. 41 2Ts 2H 244 Nat Container.... 4 28 27 28 Nat Dairy pf A (7)800* 95 94H 96 Nat Fuel Qaa (1). 6 14H 1414 1414 Nat Investors.... 2 214 214 214 Nat Leather. 2 1*4 14* 14* Nat Pw*L pf <«) 700s 66 6314 64V* Nat Rubber Mch.. 8 6 6*t 6 Nat Service. 3 A 14 -fc Nat Transit (80c). 1 8*t 8*4 8*4 Nat Union Radio. 1 14 *4 14 Natomas Corp (5) 275* 82 80** 81 Nelsner Bros pf. . 75s 60 60 60 N Amster Cas 1.20 25s 13 13 13 Newberry J J 60c. 1 31 31 81 N Brad Oil (klOc) 12 2 2 New Jer Zinc (1). t 564* 5514 ^5614 Ktwmont Minin*. 6 541s 53 64^ Stock and Sales— Dividend Rate. Add 00. Hleh. Low. Olese. N Y Auction. 1 2H 2H 24 NYTelpf (6%).. 50*118 117 117 Niag Hudson Pw. 23 8 74 74 Niag Hud P A war 10 4 4 4 Niag Hud P B war 3 24 2 2 Niag Hud F C war 6 * A A NtagShrsMd (B) 3 54 54 6% Ntplsalng. 18 24 24 24 Nitrate Chile B... 119 A A 4 Nor AmLAPpt. 50* 10 10 10 North N Y Ut pf 7 26* 62 62 62 Nor Europ Oil. ... 4 4 4 4 Northwest Eng... 1 64 54 54 Novadel Agna <t7) 2 64 634 64 Ohio Copper. 7 A V4 A Oil Stocks <k20c). 2 9 9 *9 Outboard Motor A 1 34 34 34 Outboard Motor B 1 14 14 14 PacGftElst (1%) 1 224 224 224 Pan Amer Airway 14 384 35 37 Pstn tepee Oil. 27 IV* 1*4 Parke Davis 71.10. 4 25V* 25 25’/* Parksr Rust P (3)4765 694 674 68 Pennroad Corp... 38 34 34 34 Penn W&P (3)... 3 56 55 56 Phil Morris Inc... 1 34 34 34 Phoenix Secur.... 2 14 14 14 Pioneer Gold «0c. . 41 114 114 114 Pitney Bowes koc. 2 4 4 4 Pitts* LE (2 4). 40* 684 67 67 Pitts Plat Gla*(l) 426* 48 474 474 Potrero Sugar.... 1 14 14 14 Power Cp of Can 50« 124 12 124 Premier Gold 12c. 19 14 14 14 Prod Royalty. 24 A 4 * Propper McCallm. 4 2 14 14 Puget S P&L 5 5 pt 10* 16 16 16 Pure Oil pf. 60* 60 594 60 Railroad Shares... 2 4 *4 4 Reeves Dan (14). 3 144 14 144 Reynolds Invest.. 10 4 4 4 Richfild Oil Cal pf. 7 14 1 14 St Anthony Gold.. 1 4 A A St Regis Paper... 32 44 44 44 Salt Creek P(80c) 3 7 64 64 Schulte Real Est.. 2 A A A Seaboard Util.... 7 A 4 4 Segal Lock & Hd.. 7 1 4 1 Seiberling Rubber 1 44 44 414 Selected Ind. 5 24 24 24 Sel Ind all ct <5 4 )260e 684 67 684 Seton Leather.... 13 84 74 8 Shattuck Den Min 14 24 2V* 24 Shenandoah Corp. 2 24 24 24 Shir-Will (2).700* 644 634 644 Silver King (60c). 7 104 104 104 Singer Mfg (6)... 30* 164 163 163 Smith (AO). 1200*404 39 394 Sonotona Corp.... 2 34 34 34 So Am Gold(klOc) 1 44 44 44 South Penn Oil (1) 3 20V- 19% 20% So Cal Ed pf B 1 % 1 21% 21% 21% So Cal Ed pf C 1 % 1 19% 19% 19% Southern Corp.... 1 1% 1% 1% Sou Nat Gas. 5 A A A South Pipe L (40c) 3 4% 4% 4% Sou Royalty(20c). 4 6 6 6 Stand Oil Ind (1). 48 31% 31% 31% Stand Oil Ky (1).. 9 16% 16% 16% Stand Oil Ohio. .. 400e 25% 24% 25% Stand P&L. 1 7% 7% 7% Stand Sliver & Ld. 25 -ASA StarrettCorp. 6 1% 1 1% Starrett Corp pf.. 1 2% 2% 2% Stntz Motor.. 3 8% 8 8% Sunray Oil. 48 1% 1% 1% Swift & Co (SOc).. 48 18% 17% 17% Swift Inti (2)_ 3 27 26% 27 Taggart Corp. 12 2 2 Tastyeast Inc A.. 5 HI % HI Technicolor Inc... 4 9% 9 9% Tech Hughes 60c. 11 5% 5% 5% Texan Oil&L<60c) 15 10 9% 10 Tob Prd Exp (10c) 1 % % % Toledo Ed pf (6).. 10* 63 63 63 Trans Air Trans.. 27 3% 2 3 Trans L DLPS 10c 21 2% 2 2 Tripl S G p40 4-5c. 3 19% 19% 19% Tubize Chatll. 3 12 12 12 Tubize Chatil A... 1 28 28 28 Tung-Sol Lamp... 2 4% 4% 4% Un Amer Invest.. 1 23 23 28 Un Gas of Canada. 2 4% 4% 4t> Un Tobacco. 1 % % % Unit Air war. 17 8 6% 7% UtdCarrF (klOc) 2 8% 8% 8% Unit Corp war.... 6 2% 2% 2% Unit Dry Docks... 3 1% 1% 1% Unit Elec Ser. 13 3 3 Unit Eng & F (1). 25s 20 20 20 Unit Founders.... 23 1% 1% IV( Unit Gas Corp... . 30 3% 2% 3 Unit Gals Corp wai 2 (| % v Unit Gas Corp pf. 3 28 26% 28 Unit Lt & Pw A. .. 9 4% 4% 4A UnitLt & Pw pf.. 13 21% 20 20V Unit Molasses Ltd 21 5% 5% 5A Unit Profit Shar.. 16 3% 3% 3V USEIPwww.... 3 % % % U S El Pw war.... 5 % % v US&IntSec. 6 1% 1% IV Unit Stores vtc.... 4 1 Hi 1 Utd Verde Ext(l) 2 4 4 4 Unit Wall Paper.. 1 2% 2% 2V Util & Ind pf. 1 4% 4% 4A Util P & L. 21 2 1% 2 UtilP&Lpf.100s 13% 13% 13% Util Equities. 13 3 3 Util Equit pf 3 % . . SOs 51% 61% 61*1 ■■1 ■ ■ Venezuela Petrol. 1 to to Waco Aircraft.... 9 15% 14% 15V Wagner Elec. 1 12 12 12 W algreen Co (1).. 2 23% 23 23V Walker (H). 43 45% 43 43 W’atson (J W) Co. 3 % % a, VVenden Copper. 5 & & 4 W Va Coal & Coke 8 2 1% 2 West Md pf. 110* 72 68 72 WantTAS (pi).. 3 134 104 13V Williams (RC)... 1 15% 15% 15V Woodley Petrol... 4 5V* 54 5V WTright Hrg(t35c) 14 74 7 7 Young S & T pf... 50s 50 494 50 Yukon Gold. 1 & % ft Dividend rates m dollars based on Iasi quarterly or semi-annual payment. tPart ly extra tPius 4% id stock. a Payibli in cash or stock, b Payable Is stock I Plus 5*i in stock a Plus 6% In stock h Payable In scrip J Plus 8% In stock k Paid this year—no regular rate m Plui 3% In stoek n Plus 10% in stock, p Pale last year—no regular rate. ^Stocks fulls listed on the Curb Exchange; others art dealt in at unlisted issues COTTONSEED CRUSHED IN HALF YEAR LOWER By the Associated Press. Cottonseed crushed in the six month period, August 1 to Januarj 31, was reported today by the Census Bureau to have totaled 2,896,584 tons, compared with 3,019.055 tons In the corresponding period a year ago. and cottonseed on hand at mills Januarj 31 totaled 1,020,792 tons, compared with 1,209,280 tons a year ago. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC PAYS TRIBUTE TO FOUNDEF Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, February 13.—The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. ii honoring the memory of George Huntington Hartford, a down Eas( Yankee who revolutionized the retal food business. Young Hartford, coming to New York in the late 1850s found hlmseli in a position to buy a shipload ol tea, thereby cutting out many expen sive profits which were normally in volved In such a transaction. As a result, Hartford was able to offer the tea at retail at about half the usual price. Employes and customers are re minded of the methods he instituted. SALES OUTLOOK BRIGHT. NEW YORK, February 13 C45).— Dun Sc Bradstreet says the electrical supply trade has made the most fav orable start in 1934 of any year for some time past. A steady improve ment in demand for goods has been noted and the volume has increased approximately 10 per cent over the comparable period last year. MILLS USE MORE COTTON. NEW YORK, February 13 <£■).—'The New York Cotton Exchange Service estimates cotton consumption by do mestic mills at 515,000 bales in Jan uary, compared with the Census Bu reau’s figures of 348.000 bales foi December and 470.000 for January 1933. # SUN LIFE ASSURANCE REPORTS PROGRESS Increased Cash and Excess In come Over Disbursements Shown in Annual Statement. Special Dispatch tc The Star. MONTREAL, February 13.—The sixty-third annual report of the Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, made public here today. Is a healthy one, showing an increase in cash In banks, an excess income over disbursements of more than $24,000,000, while policy reserves have been maintained on the same standard as In the past. Total income for the year was over $152,000,000, with $216,000,000 of paid-for buslneaa being recorded for 1(33, the largest amount of new busi ness secured by a Canadian company during that period. Dividends paid to policyholders during 1933 were over *16,000,000. Total assets Increased by nearly *13,000,000 to reach *624, '000,000. Interest, dividends and rents held up remarkably well during 1933, and dividend requirements for policyhold ers were more than earned. During the year a net profit of approximately *623,000 was received from the sale of securities, but the Investment port folio remains practically the same aa in 1932, except for the purchase of government and other bonds. Coffins Block Street. Following a collapse of a church yard wall In Londonderry, Ireland, re cently, headstones and coffins com pletely blocked a street. GUARDIAN LIFE BARES NOTABLE ASSET GAIN Contingency Reserves and Gen eral Snrplns Also Increased, Report States. An increase in assets from $95,505, 469 to $98,264,899 during 1953 is shown by the Guardian Life Insur ance Co. of America in its seventy fourth annual statement, released yes terday. After setting aside dividends to policyholders for 1934 on the same scale as last year, the company added $500,000 to a special reserve for con tingencies, bringing the total for that account up to $1,500,000, and in creased Its general surplus by *274, 603 to $6,483,036. In addition, a special real estate profit reserve maintained by the company wn Increased from 1172,939 to (549,780, making the total Increase In special surplus reserves and gen eral surplus to policyholders (1,151, 448 In 1933. The company’s cash balance on December 30, 1933, was *1,781,888, an increase from (983,036 during the year, and In addition It held as a secondary cash reserve (1,000,000 of high-class short-term securities ma turing during 1934. New paid business of the company In 1933 showed a decrease of 18 per cent from the preceding year. The total Insurance In force on Decem ber 30, 1933, amounted to (460,381,632. Boxing for All Urged. Amateur boxing for evety one Is i being urged In Scotland. LUMBER OUTPUT DROPS SLIGHTLY WITH ORDERS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 13.—Lumber production and new business received during the week ended February 3 at the country’s sawmills were somewhat less than for the previous two weeks, reports the National Lumber Manu facturers’ Association, but shipments were heavier than for any week of the year. Unfilled orders were equivalent to 21 days’ average production. 186 BANKS OPENED. NEW YORK. February 13 (/P).— The American Banker says that dur ing January 186 banks either opened or reopened on an unrestricted basis throughout the United States. Of these. 69 were national banks and Ilf were State-chartered Institutions. BIG NEW 1934 5-PASS. STUDEBAKER DICTATOR FULLY EQUIPPED AND [] r I iwrorn Orthj afawr dcUaM. mote than ULLI I L [| L U the Lowed priced ca)i)>l ____ In Washington, D. C. With bumpers, spare tire and tube, metal tire cover and spring covers, transportation and Federal tax paid NOTHING MORE TO PAY A LL America will recognize instantly that this new Am. Dictator is the greatest value ever offered in an automobile. This amazing new 1934 Studebaker 5-passenger car of speedway stamina and skyway style is the impres sively big Dictator of traditional Studebaker high quality. Yet it costs you, delivered complete in this city with all equipment included, only a few dollars more than the very lowest priced cars. Studebaker has only one standard of construction — the finest. And this Dictator gives you Studebaker pres tige and performance—sensational gasoline economy — and Studebaker’s million dollar Quadripoise Suspen sion, the great safety and comfort development of 1934. This Dictator is built like a battleship—of steel rein forced by steel. It has stamina that was bred in the crucible of record-breaking stock car and Indianapolis Speedway racing—a car sired by a line of champions! Come in and see for yourself that this Dictator is by a long lead the most modern automobile selling anywhere near its price. Drive it and you’ll want to own it. And you can easily do so for only a few dollars more than you’d pay for one of the lowest priced cars. There are even lower priced Dictator models but the above sensa tional price is for a big 5-passenger car. Arrange to take a convincing trial drive today! | ... AND LOOK WHAT YOU GET THIS BIG STUDEBAKER! Skyway Ityte— Dramatic aerodynamic design, fashioned after lines of latest transport speedplanes — increases safety, speed, economy, riding com fort—the best-looking car anywhere near its price. Speedway atamlna—Similar in construc tion throughout to the 5 Studebaker powered can that scored so sensa tionally in last Indianapolis race and went through entire 500-mile contest without adjustment or repair. Crash-proof bodies—Dictator built ex actly hke this one was deliberately pushed over 104-foot cliff into rock quarry. Steel-reinforced-by-steel body stood up magnificently. Crumpled fenders and loosened hood only dam age. Driven away under own power. Quadripotss suspension—Greatest com fort feature of 1934—spring action of all four wheels stabilized scientifically by this million-dollar Studebaker de velopment that makes rear seats ride like front seats and overcomes for ward pitch, jouncing and sideSway. X-member trams—Extra rigid, bridge type steel frame is noiselessly bolted at sides as well as top to seamless steel body. Dual-401** cowl—Exclusive Studebaker advancement adds tremendous strength and safety, thickly insulated to keep out heat, cold and sound. Airplane type bearings and Insulation—Typ ical of Studebaker thoroughness are these airplane type engine bearings and airplane insulation material used in this amazing Dictator. Unusually raemy bodies —This Dicta tor is exceptionally wide which gives it a roominess front and rear that is unusual in cars of its low price. There is plenty of leg room as well as shoulder and body room for adult passengers. None of the cramped feel ing customary in most low priced cars. Luxurious npbotstary—You have to go to cars priced $200 more to find the equal of the upholstery and fittings in this Dictator. Form-fitting seats are like lounges with latest type coil springs. Dome light, assist cords, silk shades, rich carpetmg, radio and pack age compartments, windshield wiper, sun visor, new type ventilating sys tem, all come at delivered price quoted here. "I GET AS HIGH AS 19 MILES TO THE GALLON FROM THIS NEW DICTATOR!" — Alfred Shuster, enthusiastic Studebaker owner FROM THE SPEEDWAY COMES ITS STAMINA ^ FROM THE SKYWAY COMES ITS STYLE Telephone Columbia 5050 ALBERT & McNEIL, Inc.. 1418 P St. N.W. LEE D. BUTLER, Inc., Distributors— CITY DEALERS MODERN AUTO SALES. 2303 14th St. N.W. -NEARBY DEALERS - Main Showrooms: 2155 Champlain Street N.W. BLANTON MOTOR CO., 33 New York Ave. N B JESS MOTORS, Annapolia, Md. COLLEGE PARK AUTO PLACE, College Park, Md. JOHN T. PARRAN, Indian Head, Md. BROSIUS BROS, ft GORMLEY, INC., Rockville, Md. WOODSON MOTOR COMPANY, Silver Spring, Md. BOYD-CARLIN MOTOR COMPANY, Alexandria, V«. ALBEMARLE MOTOR CO.. INC, Charlottesville, Va. PARIS AUTO SERVICE, INC, Qaantico, Va. SHENANDOAH MOTOR SALES CO. Staunton, Va. GORDON’S GARAGE, Timberville, Ve. DELLINGER BROS., Winchester, Ve. — T