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BUILDING GAINS WATCHED CLOSELY Hopes for Further Drop in Jobless Hinge on Con struction. BY J. G. DONLEY. Special Uipatch to The Star NEW YORK, March 22—The sea son is at hand when the construction industry enters its more active stage after the Winter hibernation. Nowa days. of course, with concrete mixtures which ca nbe poured in subzero temperatures, there is not as much slowing down in the cold season as there used to be in the old days. But the Spring still brings a forward surge of building operations. Building operations this year will be watched very closely by all ob servers of the business trend, because in continued expansion lies the great est hope of making a further large dent in the number of unemployed. The factory end of the heavy, or so called “capital goods,” industries has already staged sufficient recovery to bring it back to levels comparable with 1929 and 1930. But building construction, which, along with capi tal goods, has been responsible for the bulk of unemployment, has not come up to expectations. 5,500,000 Dependent. About 5,500,000 workers were di rectly or indirectly dependent upon the building industry in 1930, according to the census figures for that year. Of that number. 3.500,000 were employed directly, while an aditional 2,000,000 were engaged in the manufacture and distribution of products used in con struction. Complete figures on building permits for the full years 1936 and 1935, re cently compiled by the Department of Labor from reports covering 824 cities for the two years, reveal the vast scope of building operations even at a time when they were depressed in comparison with the boom peaks of the past. The total for all types of construction showed- a gain of nearly 61 per cent over 1935. Resi dential construction showed the larg est percentage gain, with an advance of nearly 113 per cent over the pre vious year. Non-residential construc tion increased 34.4 per cent. In dollars, non-residential construc tion permits amounted to more than two-thirds of the residential volume, and about one-third of the total for all construction. ••Additions, altera tions and repairs" amounted to nearly $300,000,000. which was a little less than half the new residential con struction. and compares with the ‘‘all construction total of $1,352,979,606. Hotel Permits Jump. It is interesting to note that 1936 showed a gain of 153.8 per cent in the number of new hotels for which build ing permits were filed, indicating that that industry has definitely pulled out of its serious slump. Permits were issued for 33 new hotels last year, agairjst only 13 in 1935. New “amusement buildings’—mostly motion picture theaters — accounted for 784 permits, against 574 in 1935. and involved a larger percentage in crease in the dollar investment than in numbers. Other interesting com parisons show 545 churches, against 491; 2,222 factories and workshops, against 1.611; 843 public garages, against 565, and 9,120 stores and warehouses, against 7,011 in the pre vious year. Only three classifications under “non - residential buildings” showed decreases — service stations, with 3,628 in 1936 as compared with 3.658 in 1935; public buildings, with a total of 437, against 451. and stables and barns, with 482, against 532. (Copyright. li»37.) DIRECTORS RE-ELECTED. BALTIMORE, March 22 (Special).— At the Oils & Industries, Inc., share holders’ meeting, Howard Reid And Arthur S. Kleeman. president of the ! company, were re-elected directors of ! the class of 1942. <£5 F STREET THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Pair tonight; tomorrow cloudy; not much change in temperature, lowest temperature to night about 40 degrees; gentle shifting winds, becoming easterly. Maryland and Virginia—Pair to night; tomorrow cloudy, probably rain tomorrow night; not much change in temperature. West Virginia—Cloudy tonight and tomorrow followed by occasional rain tomorrow afternoon and night; slightly warmer in extreme west portion to night. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear today. Report for Last 48 Hours. „ , , Temperature. Barometer. Saturday— Degrees. Inches. 4 P.m.- tit* 29.(55 ? P m , t- 51 29.(54 Surntay—- 4B 4 a m _ 53 20.72 s a m.- 53 20JI0 Noon - 4!) 30.07 4 P.m. - 40 30 j2 « P-m. . 45 30.21 Todiyni,dmght-.- 40 30« 4 a.m. - 3(5 30.27 * «-m. 42 30.31 Noon _ _ 41 30.29 Record for Last 21 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 50. at 1 p.m. yesterday. Year aRo. oo. Lowest. 36. at 4 a.m. today. Year ago. 43. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest. 76. on January {). Lowest, 19, on February 28. Humidity for Last 21 Hours. 'From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 75 per cent, at 6:10 a.m. today Lowest, 44 per cent, at 5:30 p.m yes terday. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) . Today. Tomorrow. H.*h - — _ 4:22 a.m. 5:18 a.m. - 11:06 a.m. Hieh - 4:46 p.m. 5:43 p.m. Low - __ 11:30 p.m. 12:04 p.m. The Sun and Moon 0 J Rises. Sets, cun. today 6:00 0*»1 Sun. tomorrow_ o os 6 2° Moun. today 8:32 p.m. 3:33 a.m. Automobile lights must be turned on one half hour after sunset Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in Inches In the Capital (current month to date): Month 1937 Average. Record. January - 7.83 3.65 7.83 '37 February- 3.33 3.27 ti.84 84 March —— 2.00 3.75 8.84 'll] April - ___ 3.27 9.13 '80 i?,™ - - 3.70 10.60 '80 mu, - — 4-1:i 10.04 '<'0 September "I"- » 17 % 1 October-1 HI 2:84 867 85 November _ 2 37 8 60 -00 December-ZZZ ZZZ STIS 7 60 '01 Weather in Various Cities. Rain AuUana ~ Hl«h Low. tall. Weather. Abilene. Tex .to.ox 44 Clpar Albany. N Y. ;t<u.x 4<) _ cloudy Atlanta. Ga. t»*J 4'Z Cloudy Atlantic City 3,1-4 ft.! 30 I" Cl?ar Baltimore, Md. 30.30 51 30 ___ cloudv Birmingham . _ 30.14 01 40 Cloudy Bismarck. N. D. 30.38 34 1o _ I Cloudy Boston. Mass. 30.00 44 30 Clear Buffalo. N, Y 30.34 30 10 ~ Clear Charleston S.C. 30.11 To 50 Cloudy Chicago. 111. 30.44 44 34 _ Clear Cincinnati. Ohio 30.41 51 31 ' Cloudv Cleveland. Ohio 30.40 40 30 _Cloudy Columbia S C. 30.30 71 41 I* Clear Denver. Colo. 30.00 48 31 _I Cloudv Detroit, Mich. _ 30,42 40 IS _ _ Cloudy El Paso Tex. 10.01 To 41 Clear Galveston. Tex. .30.10 04 58 0.01 Cloudv Helena. Mont._ 30.OH .32 22 Cloudy Huron. S. Dak. 30.38 30 28 _ Cloudv Indianapolis 30.41 50 31 Cloudy Jacksonville 30.11 so 54 _ Cloudy Kansas City.Mo. 30.30 50 30 Clear Los Angeles . 10.70 til 44 0.3.8 Rain Louisville. Ky. 30.40 51 34 Cloudy Miami. Pla. 30.00 81 To _ Clear Minneapolis 30.40 is 14 _ . Cloudy N. Orleans. La. 30.10 To 51 _ Cloudy New York. N Y. 30.18 40 30 _ _ Clear Oklahoma City 30.10 04 48 _ Clear Omaha Nebr. 30.18 40 30 _ Cloudy Philadelphia 30.14 5u 38 Clear Phoenix, Ariz. 10.78 78 50 _ Clear Pittsburgh. Pa .30.30 44 30 Clear Portland, Me. 10.04 40 30 Cloudv Portland Oreg. 10.01 50 40 0.02 Cloudv Raleigh. N. c. 30.31 04 40 Cloudv Salt Lake City 10.00 54 44 Cloudy San Antonio 30.10 71 50 Cloudy San Diego. Calif 10.80 01 50 0.04 Cloudy San Francisco 10.72 50 44 1.78 Cloudy St. Louis. Mo. 30.30 50 40 Clear Seattle. Wash. 10.00 51 40 0.14 Rain Spokane. Wash. 10 50 48 4(1 Cloudv Tampa. Fla. 30.10 84 00 . Cloudy WASH.. D. C. 30.31 53 36 . Cloudy FOREIGN. (7 a m.. Greenwich time, today.) Stations. Temperature. Weather. London. England 37 Rain Paris. France_ 4 1 Cloudy Vienna. Austria_ 39 Cloudy Berlin. Germany_ 39 Cloudy Brest. France _ 41 Cloudy Zurich. Switzerland_ 32 Foeey Stockholm. Sweden _ 32 Cloudy Gibraltar. Spain 49 Cloudy (Noon. Greenwich time, today.) Horta (Fayal). Azores 60 Rain 'Current observations.) St. Georges. Bermuda 64 Cloudy San Juan. Puerto Rico 78 Clear Havana Cuba 74 Cloudy Colon. Canal Zone _ 80 Cloudy Tampa Electric Co.—Common share earnings 12 months ended January 31 were $2.32. against $2.20. FASTER PACE SET AT STEEL PUNTS Institute Finds Operations Up 0.7 of Point at 89.6 of Capacity. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 22—Opera tions in the steel industry for the cur rent week advanced .7 of a point to 89.6 per cent of capacity, a peak since August, 1929, and compared with 88.9 per cent last week, the American Iron & Steel Institute estimated today. A month ago operations averaged 82.5 per cent of capacity, while a year ago the rate was 53.7 per cent. INSURANCE STOCKS NEW YORK March 22 </Pi.—New York Security Dealers’ Association: * . ~ , Bid Asked. Aetna Cas (2a) _ 102'2 ioni2 Aetna Ins (l.HO) _ 5o*a 5°»2 Aetna Life (1) _ 30iL 3014 Am Equit (1 .HO) 42 45 Am Ins Newark (1 ^a) _ lie, i434 Am Reins (3) _ 45 47 Am Reserve 'la) _ _ 31 33 Am Surety (212) _ 5012 tilv2 Automobile (la) _ _ 33 35 Balt Amer (.2oa) _ k 0 Carolina (1:30) _ 2?>2 "n City of N Y (1.20) __ _ 2S' 4 2034 Conn Gen Lif (.80) . __ 30 4o»2 Contin Cas (1.20) _ 20'4 31 i4 Fid & Dep d g) _181 J 341 ■ Firemens Nwk _ _ 12*4 i.d, Frank Fire (la) _ 3<|34 ;{->a4 Gen Remsur (2» 4; '4 401. Glen Falls (l.HO) _ _ 4H 48 Globe Rep (.80) _ 2234 *»434 Globe A’ Rut 74 77 Great Amer (la) _ 2T34 2!)'4 Hanover d.Ho _ 373-, .'to3, Harmonia (1.30) _ 2iIa Hartford Fire »2) _ _ 71*, 7314 Home Fire Sec _ H>2 73,4 * Home Ins (la) _ 40 >, 4*>i, Homestead (1) _ j j#34 2 P 4 Lincoln F'ire _ 43, 53, Mass Bond (3V2) __ HI3, (541, Natl Fire (2) _____ H4,2 hhu Natl Liberty (.20a) _ 0'2 11 N Hampshire (l.HO) 451, 4»;>2 N Y Fire i.Soa) 21 *’n Nor River i 45g) 2?34 20l, Phoenix (2a) __. op2 0512 Prov Wash d) _ __ :to34 4 H, ! St Paul Fire (H) . ._ _ 208 2 I t Springfield <4>2) 12 r>12 r\s>2 Sun Life (33,r) _ 700 75(> j Travelers (1(5) _ 4S8 40s U S Fire (2) 5T*'.. 5?1 > I Westchester (1.20a) 35'4 371,, a—Also extra or extras, g—Declared or paid so far this year. DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED NEW YORK, March 22.—Dividends de clared; Arrearage. Pe- Stk.of Pay Rate. riod. record, able. Calif Oreg P f\% pf $2.25 3-31 4-15 Calil Oregon Pow 0</, Pf series 1027 $2.25 __ 3-31 4-15 Calif Oregon Pw T> Pf 2.62 V2 — 3-31 4-15 Regular, Greenwich Gas $1.25 Part ic pi 31 ‘Ac Q 3-25 4-1 Ken Util \Vv pf $1.60 Q 3-26 4-15 -• SHORT-TERM SECURITIES. (Reported by Chas. D. Barney & Co.) Bid. Asked. Am. Tel. & Tel. 5’jS ’43 113 113‘A Auburn Auto Co 4Vs ’30 75 so Calil Packing Corn. 5s '40 103 104*4 Caro. Clinch. A: Ohio 5s ’38. 1045a 105 Ches. A Ohio Ry 5s ’30 1067a 107*4 Edis. Elec. Illu. 4s ’30 104* a 10H7* Gen. Pub. Svc. 5*,2s ’30 102sa Gr. Ran. & Ind. 4*2s '41 _ _ 100 Houston Oil o*4s '40 102 102*3 Int. Merc. Marine (is ’41 .. 82 84 Int. Tel. A’ Tel. 4 */2s '30 83*/2 84*4 Laclede Gas Lt. 5s *30 0334 Lehigh Val. Coal (is 38 003a 0034 Lehigh Val. Ter. Ry. 5s ’41 104*4 107*4 Long Island Gen. 4s ’38 104 *4 Lou A: Nash R. R. 4s ’40 105 1055a Mich. Ceil. R. R. 4s ’40 103 103*2 Midi. R. R. of N. J. 5s ’40 70 847« Milw. & Nor. R R. 4'2s ’30 00 00 N. Y. C. At S. L. notes ’38 loo loo Vi N. Y. Dock 5s ’38 (>0% *ils'a N. Y.. Sus. A: Wes. 6s ’40 52 >B 57 N. Y. Tel. Co. 4*as 30 lo73a 108 Pac. R. R. of Mis. 4s ’38 _101*/3 lol34 Penn-Dixie Cement 6s ’41 100 100Vi Penna. R. R. Co. 4s ’43 . 112 Rio Gr, Western 4s '30 75 78*4 Sou. Bell T. A T. 5s *4 1 10(5*4 l()(i34 Ter. R R As. St. L. 4'2s ’39 106 1073a i Vanadium Corp. 5s ’41 107 108*4 Vertientes Sug. Co. 7s ’42 20*/2 31 Wabash Ry. Co. 5s ’30 101 101*4 Warner Bros. Os ’30 05 96 Wes. N Y A: Pa. 4s ’43 100*4 110*4 Wes Union Tel. 5s ’38 1027a 1033a -• METAL MARKET. NEW YORK. March 22 OP).—Copper steady; electrolytic spot and future, It}.25; export. 1 6.75. Tin easy; spot and nearby, r»2.12,ii-H2.25; future. 01.50-61.0212. Lead steady sopt. New York. 7.00-7.05: ! East St. Louis 0.K5. Zinc steady; East 1 St Louis. spot and future. 7.50. Iron. No. 2. fob.. Eastern Pennsylvania. 25.00; Buffalo. 24.00; Alabama. 20.on. Alum inum. virgin. 00 per cent. 20.00-21.00. Antimony spot. 17.no. Quicksilver O.i 00 05 no. Platinum, pure. 5S.no. Wolfra mite. 1 8.50-10.00 -• VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY. NEW YORK. March 22 (/Pi.—The visible supply of American grain shows the following chances in bushels'. Wheat decreased 1.503,000, corn de creased 105.000, oats decreased 1,286, 000, rye decreased 310.000, barley de creased 456.000. Baldness- is Hoi Inheeiied SCIENTISTS who study the laws of inheritance have found that “acquired characteristics" are not inherited. Baldness is in all cases acquired many years after birth and it is therefore agreed that it is not inherited Thomas case histories further prove that many men who are bald have fathers and grandfathers with good heads of hair. It is alsc found that many men keep good heads of hair throughout life even though then fathers were bald at early ages. 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Special packs. 20-27'*: standards. 25-25'4 stor age-packed firsts. 2o'*-34: firsts, 23-23*4 mediums. 23-2.3'4: dirties. No. l 23-23 *4; average checks. 21 Vi-22. Butter 0.773; firm. Creamery, higher than extra 3044-37 M*: extra (02 score) • 0>V, firsts (88-0| scores). 34-30'4: sec onds (84-87 scores). 32la-33 Vi; central ized (00 score) 35,/2-34. Cheese. 87,243: firm. 8tatc whole milk flats held fancy. 103H. 22Va-23. Live poultry, by freight, steady Chick ens. Rocks If): Leghorns. 13 Fowl col ored. 20-21: Leghorns 17-18. Roosters, 12; turkeys, 20-27; ducks. 15. BRAZILIAN FUNDS READY. NEW YORK, March 22 <A>).—Chase National Bank, as special agent, an nounced funds have been received for payment, March 15, 1937, coupons of State of Parana, Brizil, 7 per cent ex ternal sinking fund consolidated gold bonds, due March 15, 1958, at the rate of 22 V2 per cent of face value, or $7.87V2 f°r each $35 coupon, and $3.933/4 for each $17.50 coupon. General Time Instruments Corp. Common share earnings aftei surtax, year ended January 2, were $3.54 against $2.24 in year ended De ember 28, 1935. TJ. S. TREASURY POSITION. By the Associated Press The position of the Treasury on March 19 Receipts $108,472,021.19; expendi tures, $158,595 022.7'#; balance. $1 007, J 79.0'# 0.70; customs receipts for the month $94,250,242.05. Receipts tor the fiscal year (since July 1) $9,484 807.507 85; expenditures $.'» - 495.512,970 1 9. including $2,055,528 - 099.09 ol emergency expenditures; exess of expenditures $1.840.705,402.28; gross debt. $94,505.999 594 5. an increase of $90 099 8 #4 over the previous day Gold as sets $11.515 010.710 00 including $281 999,980.70 ot inactive gold. STEEL QUOTATIONS. NEW YORK. March "2 —Steel prices, per 1(10 pounds, f.o.b Pittsburah: Blue annealed sheets, hot rolled " i"5 Galvanized sheets, 3.825. Black sheets, hot rolled 3.175. Steel bars. 2.475. MONTREAL SILVER. MONTREAL, March 22 (fP).—Silver fu- . tures opened lirrner 20 to 25 higher ! 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Grade A SMOKED SAUSAGE_ D. G. S. All-Pork SAUSAGE MEAT_ Sunshade ROLL BUTTER _ D. G. S. CREAMERY BUTTER_ Every Egg a White Egg! U. S. GOVT. GRADED AND DATED Sunshade EGGS_ U. S. Standardt—Large, Retail Grade B Gold Bag Coffee.lb 23c Shurfine Coffee.,b- 25c Wilkim Tea ^ 18c r 35c D. G. S., PET or SILVER COW I Evaporated MILK 3 22c Crosse & Blackwell Pure Tomato Juice 4I4oz- 0 cans Mm tsM Just the pure juice of red, ripe tomatoes* ROYAL OtLATIN PtSStltT JELL-O or Royal Gelatin Assorted Flavors Any 4 pkgs. 19' EAGLE BRAND Magic Milk SWEETENED % C CONDENSED can | CAMPFIRE Marshmallows The Original lb. ^B ( Food pkg' I # D. G. S. FANCY Fruits for SALAD_N«n No fut*, no bother—just chill and serve. WELCH'S PURE CRAPE JUICE pt. tOc 1 Cc bot. | jw bot. ^0 ^0 Drink it for entrgy. cans 25c