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F. Regis Noel Elected Head of Columbia Historical Society F. Regis Noel, widely Known Dis trict lawyer, is the new president of the Columbia Historical Society in the 50th year of its existence. He was elected last night in what start ed out as a three-cornered contest, but simmered down to two nominees when a third nominee, John Clagett Proctor, historian, requested that his name be withdrawn. A rising vote of thanks was ex tended to Fred A. Emery, retiring first vice president, who had been acting president since the death May 16, 1943, of Allen C. Clark, who served as president for more than 26 years. President Noel said he would en deavor to inject new interest in the society and increase its membership. The present membership of 300 in a population of nearly 1,000,000, he emphasized, is “out of proportion * * * we want to let the country know there is a historical society in the Nation's Capital.” Other Officers Chosen. Other officers chosen are: Wade H. Ellis, first vice president; Charles Carroll Glover, jr., second vice presi dent; Newman F. McGirr, recording secretary and curator; Mrs. McCeney Werlich, corresponding secretary; Victor B. Debyer, treasurer; Mr. Proctor, chronicler; Charles O. Paullin, editor; Henry P. Blair. Wade H. Cooper, Charles O. Paullin and Laurence F. Schmeckebier, board of managers for terms ending in 1948, and Charles E. Phillips, board of managers, to fill vacancy for term expiring in 1945. Mr. Proctor, in outlining the ehronicles of 1943, paid tribute to the late President Clark as an able historian and esteemed citizen whose writings “will constitute for cen turies an accurate source of material for students delving into the history of the District of Columbia.” Noyes’ Letter Read. Secretary McGirr read a commu nication from Theodore W. Noyes, aole living founder of the organiza tion, who expressed the hope that "the next 50 years of the society will find it still carrying on with a devo tion to duty and the maintenance of its reputation for the accurate and thorough preservation of the history of the community.” The letter was in response to greetings conveyed to Mr. Noyes by the so ciety at a recent meeting. A resolution presented by James F. Duhamel, opposing the proposed! construction of dams in the Potomac | River, was referred to the Board of Managers, after it was stated from the floor that the society has never taken part in controversial matters. Lt. Charles E. Peterson, president of the Thornton Society, an organ ization interested in early American buildings, outlined his group’s pro-. grams arranged for the next five months and invited historical so ciety members to be become affiliated with it. Lt. Peterson said the Thorn ton Society, which will celebrate its first anniversary on March 9, has S25 members. Labor Draft ^Continued From First Page.! tion in summoning them to arms. It would be an act of the most cruel and despicable indifference if we avoided any course which would give them their chance to come through this war with their lives.” Appearing as the first adminis tration witness before a committee which Includes many Senators hos tile to the idea of labor conscrip tion requested by President Roose velt, Mr. Stimson said national service would hasten victory and as serted : ‘‘Every month the war is prolonged Will be measured in the lives of thousands of young men, in bil lions of dollars.” Cites Petty Quarrels. After recalling the progress made between the Pearl Harbor attack and the closing months of 1943, Mr. Stimson said American fighting men looked back over their shoulders from the battlefields and got the Impression that the home front “suddenly seemed to be on the point of going sour.” “A host of what seemed to our ioldiers petty controversies in in dustry and labor, each one of which threatened to put a check in the production of priceless weapons, arose throughout the land,” the Secretary continued. “The three Vital industries of the home front, upon which basically all our pro duction of weapons and transporta tion depend, were threatened with, or actually experienced, Nation wide strikes—coal, steel and the railroads. If such a situation had arisen in Germany, you know that we should all have thought we were on the point of winning the war hands down. Aroused Resentment. “It does not require great imagina tion to realize the effect of these occurrences upon our troops fight ing on those battlefields. I can tell you that today that situation has aroused a strong feeling of resent ment and injustice among the men of the armed forces. If it continues, it will surely affect the morale of the Army. When those troops come back to us again at the close of the war, and we are faced with the acute problem of demobilization, it may have an effect upon the future unity of our Nation which is dis turbing to contemplate. “The men in the Army see this eountry divided into two entirely distinct classes. On the one hand are the men who are in the armed forces. Their enlistment has been carried out with the aid of the selective service law. They are facing a duty which they cannot escape and which involves the possi bility of death or mutilation. No Duty Imposed. “On the other side they see that the Government imposes no cor responding duty upon the remaining men of the Nation and even per mits them to leave the most im portant War jobs without regard to the needs of the country.” Mr. Stimson also answered the argument that national service would not be necessary if tire Gov ernment penalized strikes. “The trouble with this diagnosis Is that it treats a symptom and not the disease,” he decalred. "The cause of the present situation is deep and fundamental, and it will not be remedied by merely making criminal what is a consequence of a grave underlying lack of responsi bility.” "Certainly the Nation has no less right to require a man to make weapons than it has to require an other man to fight with those weapons," the Secretary asserted. Mr. Stimson said the argument HISTORICAL SOCIETY NAMES OFFICERS—Photo shows newly-elected officers and retiring acting president of Columbia Historical Society. (Left to right), seated, Fred A. Emery, retiring acting president; F. Regis Noel, president, and Wade H. Ellis, first vice president; standing (left to right), Newman F. Mc Girr, recording secretary; John Clagett Proctor, chronicler, and Victor B. Deyber, treasurer. —Star Staff Photo. that It is too late for national serv ice to be effective contains so many errors “it is hard to do them jus tice.” Reminding the Nation that the war is “not almost over,” he said, "The total scale of our production programs for 1944 exceeds even the production for 1943.” The Secretary listed these four definite results he foresees from a national service law: (1) Minimiz ing the calling of strikes by clarify ing the patriotic duty of the indi vidual worker; (2) remedy the grave issues of injustice which the armed forces now feel; (3) point out to civilian war workers that they are working for their country,* and (4) tend powerfully toward increasing production. “In this connection,” Mr. Stimson said, let me point out one of the greatest evils in the present situa tion. It is the heavy turnover of labor in some of our great war in dustries such as the aircraft fac tories. This is not only a shocking waste of manpower, but it is so heavy that it stands as a constant threat to maximum production of the implements of war.” Would Limit Profits. Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming asked the Secretary if he shared the opinion that all-out commitment of human and material resourcee includes control without limit of profits. Mr. Stimson said he did, adding. “If you mean by profit, profit be yond the bare amount necessary to compensate managers for their time and property.” "Have wjp made effective that pledge to curb profits?” asked Sena tor O'Mahoney. "I think we have made long steps toward it,” Mr. Stimson answered. "I don't think we have done it alto gether.” Senator Robertson. Republican, of Wyoming took notice of the four other laws President Roosevelt cou pled with national service and asked Mr. Stimson if he believed passage of national service is dependent on prior passage of a $1,000,000,000 food subsidy program, a $10,000,000,000 tax bill, continuation of contract re negotiation and re-enactment of the Stabilization Act. as lo iooa suosiaies, me secre tary said national service is not dependent on that. He also an swered "No” as to the dependence of national service on a bigger tax bill but added that a better effect would be produced if higher taxes were passed along with national service. He said he was not familiar with the Stabilization Act. The reluctance of Congress to draft labor was reflected yesterday in the decision of the House Mili tary Affairs Committee to postpone consideration of the matter, while the Senate committee goes ahead with further hearings. Johnson Charges “Prussianism.” Following this setback for the bill, Senator Johnson. Democrat, of Colo rado, an active member of the Sen ate military group, charged on the radio last night that Secretaries Stimson and Knox are. trying to ‘Prussianize the people.”* "Why must the President listen to these military reactionaries in the conduct of civilian affairs?" Senator Johnson asked. "When will Secretary Stimson and Secretary Knox start fighting the war and stop trying to ‘Prussianize' the American people? They say the boys in the fox holes demand labor conscription. Be not deceived. No boy in the slime and mud of the jungle wants his father, his mother or his sister kicked around like dogs by bungling Washington bureau crats.” Informed sources at the Capitol said settlement of the rail labor dis pute and return of the railroads to their owners will tend to lessen the strength of the national service bill. On the other hand, any new labor crisis probably would strengthen the bill's chances. Wreck (Continued From First Page.) train and the derailed cars. “This period provided ample time in which to provide flag protection in both directions." The commission added: “Protection was furnished at the rear end of this train by the flagman, but the fireman failed to provide himself with torpedoes and a suffi cient supply of fusees with which to furnish adequate protection. Al though the fireman stated that he gave stop signals with a lighted red lantern, these signals were not given from a position where they were visible to the engineman of No. 8 (northbound).” Many Safety Aids Offered. The commission said that as a result of the wreck it has received many suggestions for the use of various devices to provide protection for trains under conditions similar to those existing after the south bound train was derailed. The suggestions included the use of a two-way radio system to pro vide communication between crew members at both ends of a train and also between the crews of trains approaching one another. The suggestions, the commission remarked, were predicated on the assumption that members of the crew of the southbound train knew the rear part of their train was foul ing the northward track. “However,” the ICC said, “the flag man was the only member who knew about the derailed cars, but he was required to go to the rear imme diately to protect his train. If the members of the crew at the front end had at once provided adequate flag protection and had then made a thorough inspection of their train, as was necessary under the condi tions at the time the train stopped, they would have learned that the rear two cars were obstructing the other track and that further flag protection was required. Needed More Equipment. “However, the employes on the forward position of the train as sumed the separation between the second and third cars to be the only condition that caused the emergency application of the brakes. "The fireman did not provide himself with full flagging equip ment, which would have been ade quate to prevent the accident if used in accordance with the rules, and no other member of the crew gave adequate attention to the ex tent of the flag protection being provided. If any or all of the sug gested devices had been provided, it is not probable any of them would have been used, as the members of the crew at the front end assumed there was nothing wrong except one separation in their train.” Gilmore <Continued From First Page ! in England as well as in Soviet Russia.) Printing of this story put the steaming question right back where it was when Pravda. Communist party newspaper, printed the origi nal story—it is again the biggest topic in town. Every Muscovite Is wagging his head and discussing it. Both the British Foreign Office denial and the Sunday Times article from Ankara were printed on the back, or foreign, page of Pravda and Izvest.ia. Reaction Is “Something Is l'p." The first reaction on the reprint ing of the story from the Sunday Times’ Ankara correspondent was. "You see. something is up.’’ Many Russians who may have to some extent discounted the original story now are convinced that the British have been listening—if noth ing else—to peace proposals from [Germany. I "What troubles me most," said one Russian, "is that part as re ported by the Sunday Times eort respondent where he said the Ger mans would reserve the right of limited freedom of action in the east. That means us.” The Russians have a saying sim ilar to ours—there is no smoke i where there is no fire. This is being I pointed out today. Russians Believe Their Newspapers. The average Russian believes what he reads in his newspapers, especially what he reads in Pravda. When they read the rumor story Monday, most Russians’ first reac tion was anger. Typical first comments were, “What an ally!” "Aren't thev ashamed?’’; “What a thing to do," and "I would never have believed it.” Three excited Russians came to my room following publication of the report. They didn't ask whether it was true, but their questions were all alike. They wanted to know, "Why have the British done this?” I tried to tell them that the head line over the story used the word I “slukhi,” which means rumor. "Yes,” they answered, "but did you read where the article said that the meeting was not without result? What about that?” Another one said, “You know our papers don’t print stories like this without foundation.” Disturbing to Most People. These were average Russians—not members of any profession or deep political thinkers. “And what does your wife and mother think?” I asked one. “Well,” he said, "my mother re members the revolution and civil war and some of the things that happened, and, well, all kinds of things can happen.” The article was very disturbing to all people I talked to. They got just as excited over the suggestion that one of their Allies would sign a sep arate peace as an American or Brit isher would over the suggestion that Russia would sign a separate peace. I talked to other friends about “In Which We Serve,” the Noel Coward movie of the British Royal Navy at war, featuring a destroyer and her crew. A woman said she thought it was a beautiful picture and that it was a fine story of an ally one liked to have. One friend asked if it were not from life. When I said I believed it was about some incident in the career of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, this Russian said he thought so, for the British were courageous fighters and this picture rang true. One should not forget that ru mors have been printed abroad in the past to the effect that the So viet Union was being approached by Germany to sign a separate peace. Pravda (Continued From First Page.) the Moscow radio also gave the first inkling of a possible explanation for the Pravda story by quoting a dis patch from Ankara Sunday in the London Sunday Times fnot to be confused with the Times of London), which said the Nazis were fishing for terms. Meanwhile, German propaganda broadcasts fcarped on the theme that the Pravda story was intended by Moscow to draw a renewed Brit Lord Halifax and Hull Confer on Pravda's l Peace Talk Story By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER, Associated Press Staff Writer. Lord Halifax, British Ambassador, conferred with Secretary of State Hull today concerning Pravda’s publication of rumors of a "separate peace” talk between two Britons and Nazi Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop. Lord Halifax, it was apparent, was just as much mystified by the Pravda incident as President Roose velt professed himself to be at his news conference yesterday. So far as is known here, the Russians ap parently have made no effort to ex plain to any Anglo-American rep resentatives the purpose behind Pravda’s publication of the rumors. Mr. Hull and Lord Halifax also talked briefly about the American offer to Moscow to seek resumption of Russo-Polish diplomatic rela tions. Whether there has been any indication of an early reply from Russia was not made known. Believed Hedging on Postwar Bets. Through the tangle of speculation on Moscow’s motives for publishing the rumor, the rough outlines of a dual Russian foreign policy appear to be taking shape. In the absence of fuller explana tion from Moscow this policy may be regarded as designed to protect Russia’s interests either in the event that postwar international collaboration works out—or in case it fails. In other words, the Rus sians appear to be hedging their bets on postwar security. The reaction here to Pravda’s story, which every one accepted as having the usual official sanction in Moscow, clearly implied that Wash ington may have erred in assuming that the Moscow and Teheran meet ings settled any questions other than those actually covered in the agree ments. Realistic in Foreign Policy. The Soviet government is reputed to be wholly realistic in its foreign policy, operating on the theory that, while one course may be more desir able than others, it may eventually prove impossible to follow. Thus the Soviets, while hoping and working for eventual security in an international organization, mav simply be providing an alterna tive course in case a strong, ef fective organization fails to ma terialize. In line with such a policy the Pravda blast would serve as a warn ing to Britain (and the United Statesi that the Russian govern ment is constantly alert to the pos sibility of an upset in present Allied arrangements and intends always to take the strongest action with re spect to any developments tending in that direction. Russia's determined attitude to ward the Polish territorial issue is regarded as another evidence of a policy that, is potentially if not ac tually double barreled This atti tude is believed to be based largely on strategic considerations. In that case the question arises, if the world is to be rebuilt along security lines rather than by power politics, why should Russia seek now to buttress her defenses against some future ag gression in Western Europe? The answer may be that Russia is not yet convinced that security steps can be taken so effectively that for many years, at least, there will be no new aggressor in Western Eu rope. The same attitude is applied to the Baltic states of Latvia. Lithu ania and Estonia and toward many Balkan questions. ish and American pledge of allegi ance toward Russia, "regardless of how the Polish question is being solved by the Soviets.” German officials themselves de nied that Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrnp had been in contact with the Allies, according to a Nazi controlled Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau dispatch quoted by Reuters. Moscow's broadcast of the British official denial of Pravda's story was by Tass, official Soviet news agency, which, however, attributed it to Reuters, rather than officially. It said: "The Reuters agency reports that the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied the rumor repro duced in a Cairo telegram of the Pravda correspondent according to which an alleged meeting took place between two leading British politi cians and Ribbentrop.” The broadcast of the denial was preceded by the quotation of London Sunday Times dispatch from Ankara reporting that peace proposals, be lieved to have come from Hitler, were made two months ago to Turkey, "who refused to relay them to the Allies.” and that similar proposals were made in Lisbon and Stockholm. The dispatch said the proposals were based on the hope of creating dis union among Britain, the United States and Russia. The News Chronicle said in a Stockholm-dated dispatch today that a "German peace move—on condi tions—is on the way.” The dispatch said the nature of the alleged terms was not known and added, "that they will be rejected goes without saying. Nazi-Russian Peace Talk Rumor Heard by Swiss NEW YORK. Jan. 19 (A5).—David Anderson. NBC reporter in Stock holm, said today that Stockholm newspapers are carrying a story to the effect that Hitler had dispatched semiofficial representatives to An kara, Turkey, to discuss separate peace terms with Russia. The story W'as credited to the Geneva news paper La Suisse. In his broadcast, Mr. Anderson emphasized that the report ap peared to be a German propaganda move to take advantage of the con fusion created by the publication in the Moscow newspaper Pravda of a rumor that Britain and Germany had discussed a separate peace. According to the Stockholm ver sion of the La Suisse story, Mr. An derson said, an important confer ence had been held in Berlin to consider a possible change in Nazi alliances. “Shortly after the conference, the Swiss report says, a German courier, who ‘to a cetain extent can be re garded as a semiofficial German representative to the Soviet govern ment,’ left for Ankara," Mr. Ander son continued. “There he is to meet the German Ambassador to Turkey, Von Papen, and the indication is given that he will confer with Russian officials in the Turkish capital. Tire report further states that the German dip lomatic plan for 1944 calls for a separation between Russia aid the western powers. It ends by saying that ‘the 1939 alliance with Russia can be repeated.’ ” Add part of your bloodstream to the swelling tide of victory. Call Blood Donors, District 3300, for an appointment. PAPER SALVAGE—Pupils of the Giddings School turn in nearly four tons of paper in the school’s best showing to date in The Evening Star-PTA Salvage for Victory program. Members of the Committee on Collections are (left to right) Sarah Crlss, sixth grade; Walter Dudley, sixth grade; Anna Cooper, fifth grade; Hazel Cole, ftffst grade, and Shirley Jones, third grade. This pile contains 6,801 pounds of paper, 417 pounds of magazines and 370 pounds of cardboard, all collected in two weeks. Rail Presidents Lost Money as Colonels; Now Mustered Out By the Associated Press. Seven colonels, who worked up from the ranks of railroad presi dents, are out of the Army now. In all probability, the colonels, who were commissioned when the Government took over their lines December 27, will find that their 21 days of military service has been a money-saving proposition. At a colonel's top pay and al lowance of $493.33 a month, each man will have earned approximately $330. They had the expense of uni forms. which they had to buy out of their own pockets. For purposes of comparison, officers below the rank of major are allowed $250 for uni forms. Thus, even conceding the improbable—that the colonels stayed within the $250 figure—they would have had about $80 for all other expenses during the 21 days. So. for the men who run the rail roads, it wasn't any gravy train as far as the Armv pay was concerned. There was nothing in the rules to prevent them, however, from col lecting their civilian salaries while in uniform. They are Frederick E. Williamson of the Newr York Central. R. B. White of the Baltimore & Ohio, William J. Jenks of the Norfolk & Western, Ernest E. Norris of the Southern. Ralph Budd of the Bur lington, Charles E. Denny of the Northern Pacific and Lewis W. Baldwin of the Missouri Pacific. As veterans they'll have the same right to the plastic button showing honorable discharge from the Army as any other soldier. The War Department reported yesterday that Martin W. Clement, president of the Pennsylvania Rail road. has given his first Government pav check to the Army Emergency Relief Fund. Mr. Clement was appointed chief adviser to the Army's chief of trans portation when the War Department took over the railroads. His first Government check, for the last few days of 1943. amounted to $82. Poland _(Continued From First Page.' the Italian government’s request for the release of all Italian ships in Spanish ports. He said that while the greater part of Spain’s “Blue Division" had been withdrawn from the Russian front, some volunteers were still giving “unneutral assistance" to the Germans under the name of “Span ish Legion.” Mr. Eden said: “I myself have informed the Spanish government through the Spanish Ambassador in London of the most serious effect which this continuing unneutral assistance to our enemies in this struggle against our Allies must have on Anglo Weather Report District of Columbia—Cloudy with little change in temperature' today and tonight, lowest temperature near 35 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer. Virginia—Cloudy in east and north, clear in southwest portions, not quite so cold tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and moderate tem perature. Maryland — Cloudy with little change in temperature tonight; to morrow partly cloudy with moderate temperature. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac slightly muddy at Great Falls. Resort for Lost 34 Honrs. Temperature. y— Detrees. 4 p m. _ 4.. 8 p m. _ " Midnight _ 30 Today— 4 a m._ 31 8 a.m. ~ *03 Noon _37 Record for Last 34 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today ) Highest. 43. 3:35 p.m. Year ato, 48. Lowest. 30. 13:10 a.m. Year ago. 31. Record Temperatures Thla Tear. Highest. 46. on January 4. Lowest. 1«. on January 3. Humidity tor Last 34 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 56 per cent at 3:30 p.m. Lowest. 88 per cent, at 8:30 a,m. ... Tide Tablet. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. Tomorrow. - 3:03 a.m. 3:58 a.m. - 9:41 a.m. 10:36 a.m. - 3:36 P.m. 4:33 p.m. Low - 10:34 p.m. 11:33 p.m. The Son and Moon. , J Rises. Seta, aim. today 8:31 614 Sun. tomorrow_ 8:33 6:15 Moon. today___ 3:03 a.m. 1:33 p.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. 1944. Ave. Record. January -3.91 3.55 7.83 '37 February-- 3.27 6.84 '84 March-- 3.75 8.84 '91 April - ... 3.27 9.13 '89 May-- 3.70 10.89 '8» June - ... 413 lo.ga So July - ... 4.71 10.83 '86 August -- 4.01 14.41 '28 §«ob?r .||| Iff November __ 5.37 £.00 'So December ..._... 3.32 7.50 *01 Spanish relations now and in the future. Our ambassador in Madrid has lost no opportunity of making our attitude clear.” Mr. Eden made his statement In reply to a question by John Lover - seed, Common Wealth Party mem ber. as to what was being done about this strain on British-Spanish re lations, which he said, have been given a further setback by the ex plosion of time bombs in cargoes of oranges bound for Britain. Harriman Awaits Reply From Russian Government Bt the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Jan. 19 —United States Ambassador W. Averell Harriman today awaited a reply from the Rus sian government to Washington's expression of willingness to try to negotiate its differences with the Polish government in exile in London. Mr. Harriman is in an excellent position to act as an intermediary because of his service in London as lease-lend expediter, which gave him a firsthand knowledge of the Polish situation as well as a personal acquaintance with many Poles both inside and outside the present gov ernment. Secretary of State Hull told a press conference yesterday that America's offer of assistance ap parently did not reach the Russians until Monday morning because of atmospheric interference with radio transmission Saturday night and Sunday. This indicated, as Mr. Hull evi dently intended it to do, that the offer was not in Russian hands early Monday when Moscow hit out again at the Poles for having rejected a Russian settlement offer at the same time that they asked American and British intervention. Washington is hopeful of a fa vorable reply to the offer, especially because it does not touch on ter ritorial differences between Russia and Poland but only on diplomatic relations. At his news conference yesterday President Roosevelt declined com ment on the Polish situation, saying he knew nothing about it. Russia _1 Continued From First Page.) many big guns adn stores of sup plies as they moved westward. 13 Miles From Rovno. Other Vatutin units in the region of Tuchin and Goringrad were less than 13 miles from Rovno to the northeast, the communique reported, and were gradually working toward their objective over swampy terrain. • The London radio said today “There are signs the Germans are recouping their badly mauled panzer divisions in the South Ukraine bulge in preparation for another desperate attempt to hold the line of the Bug River and regain control of the great trunk railway running down to Odessa." (The broadcast, recorded by CBS. quoted q'ispatches from Moscow’ as the source of this in formation.) The Russian communique gave no details of fighting on other sectors of the long front except to say that there was reconnaissance activity and “engagements of local impor tance” in some sectors. % Washington Exchange SALES. Garflnckel 5%% p^.—50 at 26%. 40 at Garflnckel common—50 at 15%. Washington Gas 85.00 pfd.—in at 107. Mergenthaler Linotype—20 at 47%, 40 at Riggs Bank common—in at 335. 1 at 336. BONDS. PUBLIC UTILITY. Bid. Asked. Am T it T cv deb 3s 1056 115% 116% Anacostla 4s Pot 5s 1949_106% _ Ana 4s Pot guar 5s 1949 __ 111 _ Ana 4s Pot mod 3%s 1951.. 106% _ Cap Traction 1st 5s 1947 . 105 _ City 4: Suburban 5s 1948 . 106% _ City k 8ub mod 3%s 1951 106 _ Georgetown Gas 1st 6s 1961 122 __ Pot Elec Pow 3%a 1966. 107% _ Pot Elec Pow 3V«S 1977 . 109% Washington Gas os I960 . 128% Wssh Rwy 4: Elec 4s 1051. 108 110 MISCELLANEOUS. Ter R 4s W Cp 1st 4%s 1948 103% _ STOCKS. PUBLIC UTILITY. Bid. Asked. Amer Tel 4: Tel (9). _ .. 156% Capital Transit (p2 09)_ 28% 29% N 4s W Steamboat ft4) . 15S _ Pot Elec Power 6% Pfd (6) 117 _ Pot El Pwr 5%% Pfd iS.50) 115 . Wash Gas Lt com (1.50>_. *22 23% Wash Gas Lt cu cv pf (4.5(0 104 106 Wash Gas Lt cum pfd (5.001 107 109 Wash Ry 4s El com (P40.00) 560 _ Wash Ry 4s El pfd <5» 117% _ BANK AND TRUST COMPANIES Amer Sec 4c Tr Co (e8)_ 225 240 ?ank of Bethesda (t75>... 30 apital (*6> __ __170 Com 4: Savings 1x10.00) 34(t Liberty (+6) _ 182 200 Lincoln (h5) 220 _ Nat Sav 4s Tr (+4 00) . . 205 Pr Georges Bk 4s Tr (tl.OO) 23 26 Riggs (10) __ 330 350 Riggs pfd (5) _*100 _ Wsshlngton (6)__102 _ Wash Loan 4c Tr (e8)_ 238 _ FIRE INSURANCE American (t6> 130 Firemen's (1.40) . 30 _ National Union (.75) 13 _ TITLE INSURANCE Columbia (k.30) . _ 11 12 Real Estate (6) . _ 153 _ MISCELLANEOUS Carpel Corp (2.00) _ 25 Garflnckel com (.80)_ 15% 16% Garflnck 5%% cu pf (1.375) 26% 27 Lanaton Mono'ype (2.00)_ 37 40 Mergenthaler Lino (p5.00)_ 47% 48% Natl Mtt 4c Inv pfd (.35) 5 _ Peop Drug com new (pi.25) 21% _ Real Eat M 4s O Old (t.60) 7% Security Storage <t4)_ 66 60 Ter Ret * Wb Corp (3) . 50 60 Wdwd 4c Loth com (p2.30). 44 46 Wdwd A Loth pfd (7)_119 _ . •** dividend. tFlug ox tree, e 2% extra, h 96.00 extra, k 10c axtra. p Paid In 1943. r 910.00 extra. Another 30,150 Lbs. Of Paper Salvaged Another 30,150 pounds of salvaged paper was added to the growing pile collected by school children in The Evening Star-PTA Salvage for-Victory program yesterday, bringing the campaign total to 1, 723,472 pounds. Brookland School students pre sented a play to which admission was the collection of 15 pounds of paper, and became the day's leader, al though the complete total is not available. The first truckload con tained 7.530 pounds, and it was esti mated that nearly another truckload remained to be picked up. Other good collections yesterday included Thomson, 1.329; Buchanan, 1,981; Orr. 2.225: Van Ness, 2.300, and Grimke. 4.420 pounds. Collections tomorrow in the fourth district, together with the five leaders in the district and their poundage to date, are as follows: Lafayette __._. 29.739 pounds Montgomery .27,117 pounds Francis .. 22,308 pounds Stoddert - 17.425 pounds Hardy .. . 16,483 pounds Key Hearst Mann Oyster Grant Corcoran Eaton Addison Fillmore Stevens St. Augustine’s Hyde Phillips-Wormley 1). S. Steel Requests WLB Hearing on Pay Demands ' By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 19—United States Steel Corp. announced last night it had been unable to reach an agreement with the CIO-United Steel Workers on demands lor a 17-cent-an-hour wage increase and that it had asked certification of the dispute to the War Labor Board. Certification was asked, in a letter to Secretary of Labor Perkins, on behalf of five United States Steel Corp. subsidiaries although the new contract sought by the union would be regarded generally as a model for wage agreements covering the industry's 800.000 steel workers. The steel workers, leading an an nounced CIO push to smash the WLB's "Little Steel" formula, also are asking a guaranteed minimum weekly wage, severance pay and other benefits. Their basic hiring rate is 78 cents an hour. Chicago Livestock CHICAGO Jan. 19 <WFAV— Salable hogs. 16.000: total. 24.000. slow, steady ; on all weights and sows, good and choice 200-300 pounds. 13.75, the top. 310-350 pound heavies. 12 50-90; 170-190 pounds. 12.40-13.25; mostly 12.50-13.00: 15o-l7o pounds scarce at 11.50-12.50: good and choice 300-550-pound sows, 11.85-12.10 estimated 22.000 unsold Salable cattle. 14.000: salable calves. 800. fed steers and yearlings, including yearling heifers, active, strong to 15 cents, mostly 10-15 higher bulk steers. 14.00 16.25; with five loads scaling 1.171 tc 1.498 pounds at 17.00: several loads 16.75 95: all grade yearlings very popular; bu'k heifer yearlings. 12.75-15.00, with choice offerings 16.25; Eastern order buyers very active in steer trade taking all grades: Stockers and feeders more active at 10.00 12.25: cows fully steady with cutters at j 7.75 down: most beef cows 8.25-11.00: bulls fully steaay with weighty sausage offerings to 11.50 and most light and me dium weight bulls 8.50-10.50; vealers scarce. Arm at 15.00 down. Salable sheep. 10,000; total. 11.500: slow, bidding 25 lower on slaughter lambs or 15.50-60 for good and choice fed West erns. 15.25 on some good natives and 15.00 down on mixed medium and good lambs; asking around steady or i5.7.-> or 15.85 for most good and choice lambs; deck good and choice, mostly good-grade lambs sold 15.50: deck good and choice yearling wethers steady at 13.75: no early action on aced ewes._ New York Bank Stocks NEW YORK. Jan. l!) i.4>. — National Association Securities Dealers, Inc: Bid. Asked Bk of Am NTS 'SF' (2.40) 45 47', Bank of Man (8('a) _ 2 Is, 22'■ Bank of N Y '141 888 400. ^Bankers Tr (1.40) _ 48', 50', iBklyn Tr <41 _ 80 91 Cent Han Bk A Tr (4)_ 97 loo'. Chase Nat (1 40> _ 35s, 37s, Chem Bk A Tr (1.80)_ 40s, 49 Commercial new _ 45s, 4S'i Cont Bk A Tr ( 801 _ 19', 20s, Cont 111 Chi _ 89', 92', Corn Ex Bk A T (2.40) 45’, 48s, Empire Tr (3) _ 72', 701, 'First Nat (Bos) (2) _ 47s, 49s, First Nat Chi 225 230 First Nat N Y (SO)_14 70 1510 Ouaranty Tr (12) 308 316 iIrvins Tr (.00) 15 16 IKings County (80)_ 1440 Lawyer* Trust tli __ 34'4 37', Manufacturers Tr (2) 46 48‘, Manufacturers Tr pf(2)._ 51 53 Natl City (1)- .__ 34s, 36s, N Y Trust (3'/i>- 90', 94'. Public (1'4> ___ 34s, 37', Title OAT _ «aJ United States CfiOa* _1285 1330 a Also extra or extras. Market Averages STOCKS. 30 15 15 60 „ . . Indust. Rails. Util. Stks. Net change_—.1 —.1 —1 _i Today, noon- 71.1 24 8 35.3 50.7 Prev day - 71.2 24.9 35 4 5 .8 Week ago- 71.2 23 9 35.4 50.6 Month ago_ 70.0 22.7 35 2 49 4 c-*1.0 19.0 28.0 42.3 1943-4 Ugh- 74.6 27.4 36.8 53.3 1943-4 low- 60.2 18.3 27.1 41.7 BONDS. 20 10 in in 10 Low Raila. Indust. Util. F'gn. Yield. Net change —.1 unch. unch. unch. J-.l Today, noon 81.9 105.5 105.4 63.9 114 4 Pre-. day 82.0 105.5 105.4 63.9 114.3 Week ago 81.2 105.5 105.2 63.8 114.4 Morith ago 78.2 105.2 104 9 63.4 113.7 Yeat ago 66.5 104.2 99 8 56 6 113” '43-44 high 82.1 105.6 105.4 61 1 116.1 '43-44 low 64.6 in# 8 98 0 53.2 112.6 (Comp'led by the Associated Press.) Shortages of Leather + Bring Plans to Use ; Pigskin for Shoes By the Associated Press. Impending shortages of leather are so serious that plans are already well advanced to utilize pigskin leather in civilian shoes, it was re ported last night by War Production Board sources. The new-type combat boot re cently approved by the Army and now in limited use overseas requires more leather than former Army footwear, and is in part responsible for the increasingly tight leather supply situation, the sources said. A falling off in imports of hides also has contributed to the leather scarcity. It was learned that the WPB leather division prepared an order 10 days ago which would deny to normal civilian uses approximately one-third of United States tanners’ output for the first quarter of 1944. The production of 1.000.000 pairs of combat boots in the same three months has also been tentatively ap proved, plus manufacture of enough conventional-type Army shoes to maintain military replacement re quirements. The order was withheld pending a res^rvey of leather supplies—includ ing available pigskin—and military requirements. The Office of Civilian Require ments has been participating in all the conferences on leather require ments. That agency has planned a civilian shoe production schedule tailored to conventional leathers, plus substitutes which will assure an adequate supply of civilian foot gear. it was said. Under the plans now being con sidered. pigskin would be used for the uppers of certain types of civilian shoes in conjunction with synthetic j rubber soles and heels. Your U. S. Income Tax | (This Is No. 17 of a Series) A credit, known as “earned in come credit.” is allowed in com puting the “normal tax” (but not for surtax i. The amount of earned I income credit is entered on line 6, page 4, of the long-form income tax .return form 1040. and the compu tation of the earned income credit is shown in Schedule J on page 3 of the return form. However, persons filing the short form return, form 1040A. need not compute the earned income credit, as this has been already deducted in the computation of the tax as tabulated on the back of the form to save figuring. Any individual whose total income for the year is not in excess of $3,000 and w-as wholly from salary, wages or other compensation for personal service, dividends, interest, or annuities, may use the short-form return. Earned Income Defined. The earned income credit is 10 per cent of the earned net income, but not in excess of 10 per cent of the net income and is subject to certain limitations explained below. Earned net income is defined as j th« "earned income” less the “earned j income deductions.” “Earned in 1 come” is earnings from employment, including earnings from w-ages, sal ; aries. professional fees, tips, bonuses, and the like. The “earned income deductions” are the ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in con nection with such employment. (The amount of such expenses must be explained by an itemized state ment.) Ordinarily the earned net income I is the amount listed as item 1 on I the return. If. however, the tax payer is in business for himself and is reporting most of his income in schedule C <2>, on page 2 of form 1040—“Profit ior loss< from busi ; ness or profession”—a maximum of :20 per cent of his share of the net profits of such trade or business may be considered as earned income in determining the amount of earned |net income. Rules Are Outlined. Rules for determining the earned income credit on form 1040 include: First, if the taxpayer's net income | (that is. the amount shown on line 1, page 4 of the return > is not greater than $3,000. then the earned income credit is 10 per cent of the net income; in such cases the entire net income is considered as earned net income. Second, if the net income exceeds $3,000. then the earned income credit is 10 per cent of the net income, or the earned net income, whichever is the smaller, but in any case it is at least $300. Third, the maximum earned credit which any taxpayer may take is $1,400. This maximum would occur jW-hen both the net income and the earned net income were $14,000 or more. Dividends Announced NEW YORK. Jan. 19 Upi.—Dividends de clared. Accumulated. Pe- Stk. of Pay _ . Rate. riod. record able. Bank Shares A 3(tc 1-11 1-13 Minn Moline Pow Imp pf . Sl.fil'j .. 1-4 1-1J Nestle Le Mur A 10c __ 3-1 3-15 .. Extra. Wis Nat Life Ins 10c __ 1-12 "-1 _ _ Irregular. Broadway Dept Strs 15c 1-19 ■’-] Cons Vult Aire pf_31'«c 1-18 3-1 Federated Pet lc 1-31 •>.«? Nation Wide Sec B -17c I 1-15 •’-1 Smith Ag chem 15c __ 1-11 1-1 _ Regular. Amer Furniture - 3c Q "-10 "-is Bk of Montreal_$1 50 Q 1-31 3.1 Bank Shares A _ 4oc S 1-11 1-13 Birtman Elec _15c O 1-14 ".1 Castle A M -..15c Q 1-31 "-in Cherry Burrell __ _ioc l-"l 1 •>, Derby Gas &. El--. 35c Q l--\y "-V Hanna M A pf $1.15 Q ’-15 7.1 Hooker Electromech 4nc Q "-4 Ikiuis H & St L Ry. *4 S 5-1 -’71 Mar Bancorp F part 30c Q l-"0 "-1 Do initial - 30c Q i-"o 3 j Nat Bearing Met 15c Q "-lfi 1.7 Un N J RR & Canal $2.50 Q 3-"n 4-10 Wis Nat Life Ins . 30c S 1-11 1- ° Walker H Q A W $1 Q 1-u 3, 5 Do »f _ -25c <3 2-u 3-1.? Washington Produce From the War Food Administration Prwr'r'S®‘dsxnel f ob Washington EGGS—Market steady: prices paid for Federal-State graded eggs received from grading stations (January 18>. Whites! U. S. grade A. large. 42. D. S. grade n browns, U. S. grade A large’ 4-- U. S. grade A. medium. 33; u e 10 U 'g'mJ6!-0-,?- IrRde B’ medium: nearby uVrided egg°srS108'casesreCeit>tS °°vern®ent graded ,,.UIVE POULTRY—Market firm, receipts liberal: prices paid net fob 'ferm.I tied transportation “charges in" eluded according to mlleagei- Broilers ..a fnrers; 285,-30; fowL aEkair rEitSrt! Foreign Exchange NEW YORK. Jan. 19 1 jp>.—Foreign ex farVlf'others BrltRin d°‘ United States cents, up .06*4 of a cent 4 <^?flmgGT,!4 BrltRin- buying. Latin America—Argentina, free •■»n United States Treasury Position By the Associated Press. . ?s; “ “* »■—» '-jam™ -»,a Expenditures "I:;:”-::::”::::::::.:::::::: pi^-is.SnfjR WorkiM balance* lncludeS*””™"”"! Ro 7'63o'p56 186 "7 Customs receipts for month_ 2? 550 879 40 7.830.956.188.27 Receipts fiscal year (July 1)- 31.727,140,559:13 8.139040 614 17 Expenditures fiscal year- 49.236.385.733.24 38.645,186 6*895 Excess Of expenditure!- 27.509,245.174.11 30,496 146,014 78 Total debt ... . .-.170.673,265,133.17 113 683445 870 "3 Increase over previous day- 9.295,566.69 3 Oold asseta--- 21.938,267,910.44 22.703,093.870 54