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A-12 THE EVENING STAR Washington 0. C., Monday, March 7, 1960 Business Theo. Hamm Brewery Begins Distribution of Its Beer in D. C. Area By WILLIAM A. MILLEN Star Staff Writer A sizeable distribution program was launched here today when the Theo. Hamm Brewing Co. of Baltimore began sending its beer into the Washington market. Distribution began this morning from the company’s ware house at 2230 Adams place N.E. Some 37 trucks, brightly painted in new colors with drivers in new uniforms, began the job of getting the product to 1,700 outlets here. Distribution also began from the company’s center at Capitol Heights, Md. Officials said that today’s action marks the culmination of many months of planning. It also signals the end of Gunther beer. The Theo. Hamm Brewing Co. purchased its first eastern brewery in December, when it added the Gunther plant of Baltimore to its chain. It also has breweries in St. Paul, Minn., San Francisco and Los Angeles. No More Gunther Beer The company stopped brew ing Gunther beer in December. Gunther’s plant in Baltimore has been renovated and Hamm has begun brewing beer there. The beer will be distributed. from Baltimore some time after April 1, officials said today. It is now being aged in the cellars there. In the interim distribution of Hamm beer to the Baltimore and Washington markets is being made from St. Paul. Of-1 ficials explained that more than 40,000 cases will be distributed in the Washington market. William C. Figge, Hamm’s president, made it clear that his product is not the old Gun ther beer with a new label. He declared it is a beer new to the Washington market. He said Hamm's is the seventh largest brewery in the Nation. Will Double Capacity He added that the company has launched its five-year build ing program w’hich will ulti mately double the capacity of the Baltimore brewery. William W. Wadel is Hamm’s Eastern regional sales man-1 ager and Melvin Greenwald is the Washington branch man- ’ ager. The company said that the shipment of beer to serve Bal timore and Washington is “the largest ever made—3oo rail car loads of draft and bottled beer in a variety of package sizes.” Plans for the distribution and sales campaign were reviewed Saturday at a meeting of some 600 salesmen and whole salers at the Alcazar Hotel in Baltimore. Telephone Company Opens Nev/ Center A new telephone dial wire center at 6315 Greenbelt road, Berwyn Heights, Md., w’as placed in service yesterday. The Chesapeake As Potomac Telephone Co. assigned Granite to all telephone numbers it will serve. The office will serve about 4.100 customers in Ber wyn Heights, Greenbelt and portions of the College Park, Beltsville and Carrollton areas. Officials said the new center will be equipped to handle 6.000 customers with sufficient floor space to expand to 20,000. An initial capital investment of $1.7 million is represented in the building, land, equip ment and cable. Carl N. Weinstein Honored by Firm Carl N. Weinstein, C.L.U., general agent in Greater Wash ington for the Franklin Life Insurance Co. of Springfield, 111., has won membership in the firm's President's Club as the result of outstanding Jan uary and February sales. Club membership is limited to Frank-, lin’s 25 leading agents through- : out the country. Mr. Weinstein is president of I Argo Lodge, B'nai B'rith in Washington. International Bank Declares 3c Dividend Directors of the International Bank of Washington declared ,a semi-annual cash dividend of 3 cents per share payable April 15 to shareholders of record on March 18. Since 1955. the bank has paid and increased annual dividends as follows; 1955, 1 cent a share. 1956, 2 cents a share, 1957, 3 cents a share, 1958 4 cents a share and 1959 was 5 cents a share. This was announced to day by Maj. Gen. George Olm sted. chairman of the board and president of the bank. He explained these dividends have been adjusted to reflect the stock split in 1959. Co-op Supermarket To Open in Penn-Mar The ninth Co-op Supermar ket operated by Greenbelt Con sumer Services, Inc., will open at 9 a m. in the Penn-Mar, Md., shopping center tomorrow. Lo cated on Donnell drive, between Pennsylvania avenue extended and Marlboro road in Forrest ville, Md., the new store, cover ing more than half an acre, in corporates the latest innova tions in supermarket merchan dising. These Include a ''see thru" meat section, which makes visible the cutting and packaging of meats; a “cold ) * i curtain” reach-in dairy depart- > ment and “Magic Carpet” self opening doors. >( Additional,shopper and com i munity facilities are public rest : rootns at the front of the store, a customers’ lounge, where a hostess will serve coffee and ; furnish information and as i sistance to waiting shoppers} , and an attractively furnished community room for public > meetings on tfye mezzanine , floor. Co-op’s store opening specialist, James Mathers, will supervise the opening, after I which management responsi bilities will be turned over to Patrick Hancock, until recently manager of the Greenbelt Co-op—the first in the chain. Mr. Hancock is a graduate of University, where he ‘majored in public administra tion, 10 years ago. He joined Greenbelt Consumer Services in 1950. Industrial Park Plans In Baltimore Outlined Plans for the Crown Indus-! trial Park in Baltimore were explained today by Morris and ( John Schapiro, owners of the Boston Metals Co ~ one of the I world’s largest ship dismantling firms at Curtis Bay, Md., and ' of the Laurel Race Course. The park, in the heart of in dustrial Baltimore, is on the north section of the Crown [Cork & Steel Co. property ! and covers 2,6 acres. The Scha- I piros explained it is served by, i three railroads whose docks are (located a short distance from Baltimore harbor. Conference Arranged On Management ! Problems in modern man agement will be the subject of the spring conference tomorrow of the University of Maryland's chapter of the Society for Ad vancement of Management. This starts at 1 p.m. in the McKeldin libra: y. Speakers inchide R. E. Kirby, manager, electronics division, I Westinghouse: Thomas H. Gays of the Dale Carnegie Leader-; ship Training Institute; Allen Sher, stock broker with Merrill. Lynch. Pierce. Fenner & Smith; j Dr. Franklin C. Connor, pro gram planner. Civil Service Commission: Charles O. Mor gret, manager, special services, Association of American Rail roads; William K. Norwood, general staff supervisor, Chesa peake & Potomac Telephone Co.; Dr. John S. McCauley, re search and training section,| Labor Department: Dr. S. M. Vinocour, president. American Public Relations Association, and Dean Dinwoodey, president. Bureau of National Affairs. The conference is open to the public. Food Brokers Week Gov. Tawes of Maryland] plans to issue a special pro clamation on Wednesday to proclaim the week of March 14- 19 as Food Brokers Apprecia tion Week in Maryland. f i ■ / Bl 4mß I PHILIP COHEN ! Engineering Firm i Formed, Headed i By Philip Cohen . 1 Philip Cohen, former vice [ president (sales) of the Atlan , tic Division of Consultants and ~ Designers, Inc., has been elected , president and board chairman .of Design and Logistics, Inc. | This new company, specializing 1 in engineering services and pro visioning, has been formed . with principal offices at 2007 North Fifteenth street, Arling- ■ ton, Va. Members of the board of di ) rectors include Frank Ball. . president of Ball. Pablo & Co.; - David B. Kinney, Arlington > lawyer, and Frank Mayolo, 1 senior auditor for the United • States Air Force. H. Struve - Hensel, former general coun- • sei. Defense Department, and - Assistant Secretary of Defense, ■ has been named counsel of the - new corporation. The financing 1 was arranged by Ball. Pablo & i Co.. Washington stock broker liage firm. - S'- . ill Y % J ' ' ” , ■ 1 \ * 4 BSKsbi * I I ,•< * V t • -, v • MELPAR SHIPS LARGE SIMULATOR A 16-ton flight simulator designed by Melpar, Inc., of Falls Church, Va., is loaded on an Air Force Cargomaster bound for an Air Force base in the Far East. The crates shown above hold 100 different pieces of equip ment. Melpar is a subsidiary of Westinghouse Air Brake. Miss Frances G. Knight will be among eight per sons to receive annual awards from the Diners Club for outstanding con tributions to the travel and dining industries. In announcing the awards to be presented in New York, Miss Knight was praised 1 for changes greatly im proving the efficiency of her office. Construction To Help Boost Steel Output CLEVELAND, Mar. 7 (AP). I—A seasonal upturn in con struction will help the steel industry offset the slow start by the automobile manufac turers, Steel magazine said to day. The construction industry traditionally takes about 14 per cent of finished steel ship ments. while the automobile makers account for about 19 per cent of the steel that is shipped each year, the trade publication said. The best news for the steel industry last week came from structural fabricators, who are encouraged by the renewed de mand for their services, Steel said. It added: “As good weather approaches, they're starting to book jobs at a faster rate. Inquiries are more numerous and the trend is toward larger tonnages.” New-car deliveries in mid- February were 10 per cent higher than in the correspond ing period of 1959, but were disappointing because they fell short of the pace that was set in the first third of the month. Steel said. New car deliveries in the first part of February were 16.7 per cent ahead of the corresponding period of last year. The publication said some auto manufacturers blamed the weather for the drop in deliv eries while others adopted a wait-and-see attitude. "All were concerned about mounting dealer inventories, now in excess of one million units and equivalent to a 54- day supply.” Steel said. Steel mill operations last week dropped 1.3 points to 93.1 | per cent of capacity. Produc tion was estimated at 2,654,000 I tons. Chemuric Council Will Meet Here The Chemuric Council, or iganization of agricultural 1 chemical firms, will hold its 25th annual conference at the Sheraton Park Hotel March 16- 18 Secretary of Agriculture Ben son will address a luncheon I session on Thursday, March 17. Senator Carl T. Curtis of Ne braska will speak Thursday evening. FOREIGN EXCH'GE NEW YORK Mur. 7 fAP». —Forricn f'xchanc*’ rates (Great Britain In dol lars. others in cents and decimals of 'a cent); Today Prev. Day Canada in N. Y. (fre*> 105.26 105.2343 I urope: Orrat Britain (pound i 2.R043 2 8041 | 30-day futures 2 8038 2.8030 60-dav futures 2 8033 2.8031 90-day futures 2.8029 2 8025 Belgium (franc) 2 0060 2.0055 France (franc! 20.3750 20.3775 Germany (Western) ideutsche mark) 23 9825 23.9776 Holland (guilder! 26.53 26 5250 Italv (lirai .1625 .1625 Portugal (escudo) 3.50 3.50 (Sweden 'krona! 19.34 10.34 | Switzerland (franc) «free» 23.<»7 23 07 Denmark (krone! 14 51 14.51 Latin America: Argentina (peso) (free! 1.22 1.22 Brazil irruzerihoi (free) 56 .56 Mexico (peso! s <i2 8 02 I Venezuela (Bolivar) 29.99 29 99 Far East; Hong Kong dollar 17.65 17.65 Gen. Gavin Heads A. D. Little Co. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Mar. 7 (AP). Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin, who retired as chief of Army research and develop ment in 1958, has been pro-: moted to president of Arthur D. Little Co., industrial re search firm. Gen. Gavin has been vice president of the company. He succeeds Raymond Ste vens, named executive commit tee chairman. Gen. Gavin, 52, retired after biterly criticizing the handling of the Army’s missile program. He said he felt he could con tribute more to national de- KMUMMBIgy '** w t; ‘ ' ' *| ■• ■ '■■ ,■ ,a * ? -•'■■' •4 MMHbfe ■•■• ■ ; ■,/\. :\ir7/ This “chaFk talk” is good news for all who Five or work in the South. Each of the chalk marks you see above represents a sizable industrial development last year along the lines of the Southern Railway System. The total comes to 269 —more than one for every working day. What does this mean to the South—and to you? For one thing, it means an estimated 21,000 new job opportunities for men and women here. It means expanded home-town payrolls to stimulate and help sustain a community’s economic growth and general well-being. And sense outside the Army than in it. 1 “I haven’t been able to get much done, the system being ' what it is,” he said at the time, j 1 D. C. Delegates At ABA Talks The annual savings and mortgage conference of the i American Bankers Association will open today in New York and will last through Wednesday. , Around 15 Government offi cials and bankers from this area have registered for the i conference. G. Russell Clark. New York State superintendent of banks, and Everett D. Reese, Colum-; bus, Ohio, banker, will be : among the speakers. Several • forums and panel discussions i have been scheduled. i YOUR MONEY'S WORTH BY SYLVIA PORTER Shoe Imports Soar Last year, when imports of foreign shoes were 1,000 per cent above 1948, one of Ameri-j ca's largest manufacturers of footwear entered negotiations with the powerful Tang family of Hong Kong for a partner ship deal on a shoe plant in that exotic city. The aim of the United States corporation was obvious: It figured that if it could use the enormous supply of low-cost labor available in Hong Kong, it could produce low-priced women's flats there which would compete with the flood of budget-priced imports from Japan and, possibly, India and Italy. The anxiety of the United States company was equally obvious: It feared that it couldn’t make competitively priced, comparable shoes in its Mississippi plants with employes getting hourly wages more than 10 times the Hong Kong level, and thus it decided it was wiser to join than to fight the com petition. Plans for the shoe plant have now been abandoned. Geneseo—the United States company which distributes over 30 million pairs of shoes an nually under such famed brand names as Dehnan, I. Miller, Mademoiselle, Johnston & Murphy, Jarman & Flagg Brothers—and the Tang family have concluded that despite the huge spread in wage costs, Geneseo's streamlined plants in Mississippi can turn out at tractive, durable shoes so cheaply that Japan and Hong Kong can’t compete. This is a wondrously inspir ing story with a vital message at this moment when scare talk continues to spread that America’s higher wage levels will price us out of the world’s markets and invite any low wage nation to beat our in dustrialists on our own home grounds. CHALK TALK...with a Southern accent! I Know-how, imagination, r advanced technology and tech- ■ niques, hard selling—these art f the weapons with which Geneseo « is sure it not only can meet bui f also discourage cut-throat com- ■ petition from foreign producers 1 With these weapons—and not with any retreat in our living 5 standards just about any t American industry can compete ! successfully in the broadening t global markets of this new . epoch. 1 Let us have no illusions about [ the upsurge in foreign shoe 1 sales here and the mounting ' protests of both shoe manu -1 facturers and unionized shoe ! employes against the imports. , Imports of footwear (other j t than rubber) from producers 1 in Canada, Britain, Spain, Italy s and West Germany totaled al ; most 22.3 million pairs last ’ year, up 18 per cent over 1958 and comparing with next to ; zero a few years back. Imports from Japan alone totaled al most 8.9 million pairs on top of , 12 million pairs the year before. And this has been in the face of . tariffs ranging from 5 to 20 per . cent. As chilling as any statistics I are the comparisons in costs: The average price per im ported pair of shoes is 47 cents , ] from Japan, 62 cents from : ( Hong Kong, less than *2 from , all countries. The average United States factory price per ] pair is $3.78. But now comes Geneseo's de , cision that its new, efficient , shoemaking machinery, tech-, niques and factory setup at its . Fulton, Miss, plants have made . it more than competitive with . budget-priced imports. And the , company claims that there have , i been no layoffs due to auto i mation; workers simply have been transferred to new Jobs at equal or better pay. In view of the conditions ! ' which make this tale news, It ] the investment of $369 million in these industrial projects represents, too, a solid vote of confidence in the modern South and its bright future. Yes, this is the message our “chalk talk” brings to you. it is a record of steady, diversified growth today and a prophecy of still more wonderful things to come. All of us helped bring it about. All of us benefit. PRESIDENT SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM WASHINGTON, 0. C is a pleasure to pass on th» comment of Geneseo’s chair man, W. Maxey Jarman, that “this is an indication of how determination and ingenuity can reduce labor costs here so that in spite of our far higher hourly wage rates, foreigners find it difficult to compete with us.” Surely any defeatist about our nation’s ability to compete with cheap-labor imports should ponder this message well! OVER COUNTER Wachintton lUtlnga on ovar-the counur markets furnished by the Na t'onal Association of Securities Dealers as of 1 p.m. Monday. March *: Amer Invest *’3% At?a"tl?RMeMe U h‘_Z:Z- So M e u m uo i n nc i3 2# m Consumers Invest 4.K5 527 Drug Feir 15 First Virginia Corp._ZZ 4 41* Giant Food Inc 14 Giant Food Prop Govt Kmpl Corp 7ZZZ 37 41? Govt Empl Insurance!Z 116 124 1 a ? mDl Llfe In ® T 2 Hot Shoppes Inc 3« , 40 I? 11 of 9’4 lOV4 Macke, GB Class A _ 11*4 12% i Metropolitan Broadcast 15y« 16% 'Peoples Life Insurance 41 Pepsi Cola of Wash 6 Servonics jo u State Loan 19 Suburban Trust Z 65 Union Trust Co 46 49 ’ CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO. Mar. 7 (AP) (USDA).— Hors 6.00 O; active and unevenly 25 to .a higher, mostly .50 hither on butch ers; sows 25 tn mostly 50 higher; com plete early clearance; mixed grade 2-3 and mixed 1-3 190-240 lbs 15.25-15.75; several hundred mixed 1-2 and Is 190- r'n l 44-head lot mixed 1- 210 lbs at 16.OO; several lota mostly 2s 230-250 lbs 15.35-15.65; mixed 2-3 and 3s 240-280 lbs 14.75- 10t8 mixed 2-3 and 3a 280-330 lbs 14.00-14.75: mixed 1-3 330-475 1b sows 13.00-13.75; mixed 2- 475-550 lbs 12.50-13.00. Cattle 15,000; calves 100: high choice and prime steers moderately active, mostly 50 to 1.00 higher; average choice and below alow, steady to 50 higher; heifers fully 50 higher; cows and bulls active. 25 to 50 higher; vealers scarce and steady; stockers and feeders very scarce, a few sales steady to 50 higher; around a dozen loads high choice to mostly prime 1,150-1.400 lb steers 31.25-32 00; a load around 1.025 lbs 31.00; numer ous loads of mixed choice and prime 1.100-1.400 lbs 30.00-31.00; most choice steers 27.00-30.00; good grades 24.00-27.00: load lots utility and standard Holstein steers 19.00-22.00; several loads high choice and mixed choice and prime heifers 28.25-28.50; most choice 26.00-28.00; load lots mixed good and choice 25.75-26.25: good 23.00-25.50; utility and standard 1 ,50-2.3.00; utility and commercial cows 16.00-18.50; canners and cut ters 14.00-17.25; utility and commer cial bulls 21.00-23.00; few standard and good vealers 23.00-32.00; some medium 750-R75 lb stocker and feed ing steers 23.50-24.00. 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