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VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,994__JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1951_MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_PRICE TEN CENTS
Steel Strike
Peace Talks
Scheduled
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—O'}—The
government today .summoned top
steel industry and union leaders
to Washington for peace talks aim
ed at avoiding a New Year's strike.
CIO President Philip Murray and
representatives of the ten largest
steel firms were called to govern
ment-guided bargaining sessions be
ginning Thursday.
I
Murray lias threatened an in
dustry-wide walk-out in steel— ;
perhaps including, also, a substan
tial part of the aluminum indus
try—unless his contract demands
are met. Only 12 days remain un
til the strike deadline at midnight,
Dec. 31. “We will not work with
out a contract,” the grim-faced
Murray said in Pittsburgh yes
terday after a meeting of the un
ion policy committee.
Thereupon Director Cyrus S.
Ching of the Federal Mediation
Service brought the government
squarely into the deadlocked steel
labor talks by arranging the com
bined negotiations. The companies |
have been bargaining individually
with the union for three weeks.
The 75-year-old Ching pledged
every effort toward obtaining a
contract settlement without a strike,
at the same time cautioning the
union and steel firms that:
“Any curtailment of operations
in this key industry will seriously
affect cur national economy and
have a direct and critical impact
on the defense effort.”
Besides their apprehension over
the threatened interruption of the
vital flow of steel, government of
ficials were equally concerned that
steel’s economic tug-of-war may
wreck the wage-price control sys
tem.
They realize that other labor
leaders will seek to match what
Murray gets, and any steel price
boosts will lift the price lid fo*r steel
consumers. A steel industry dele
gation called again today on Price
Administrator Michael V. Di Salle,
seeking help in that field.
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70-Mile Winds
Whip Northwest
ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 18—OPI—Gale !
force winds pounded the Pacific !
Northwest coast overnight, ripping
out power lines, toppling trees and
a radio tower and sending at least
one vessel aground.
Two traffic deaths were attribu
ted to the downpour of rain that
accompanied the blow.
Wind gusts of 70 miles an hour
were recorded here at the mouth
of the Columbia River and at Coos
Bay on the southern Oregon coast.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Richard R. McCormick, of Doug
las, and Lujian Penrod, of Juneau,
have applied for a marriage license
in U. S. Commissioner’s court office.
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FROM SITKA
A. Glenn of Sitka is at the Bar
anof Hotel.
TheWashingion
Merry-Go-Round
•Copyright. 1951. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
By DREW FEARSON
Ed. Note—Today Drew Pearson
begins a series of columns on the
Subject uppermost in the Ameri
can public’s mind—“How does cor
ruption in government get start
ed and what is the cure?” Pear
son, who began hammering on
inoome-tax soandlals ahead of
anyone else in the nation and
who has helped obtain the con
viction of two Congressmen, is
probably better qualified to write
on this subject than 'anyone in
the nation's capital).
PPaSHINGTON—A lot of people
these days are asking how corrup
tion got started in the U. S. gov
ernment. The answer probably goes
back to three main roots.
Root No. 1—Got started during
the war years when Roosevelt con
centrated so intensely on winning
the war that he paid little attention
to domestic policy.
Root No. 2—Got a deep hold in
1944, when Roosevelt was so anxious
to be re-elected that he threw con
trol of the Democratic party over
to the big-city bosses. That was the I
year that Bob Hannegan of St.
Louis, Frank Hague of Jersey City,
Ed Kelly of Chicago, plus Ed Flynn
~ .(Continued on Fag* 4) ^
Leaves to Plead
Alaska Fishing Case
Before High Court
J. Gerald Williams, attorney gen
eral, left today for Washington, D.
C. to appear before the U. S. Sup
reme Court to plead the legality of
the Alaska non-resident fishermen’s
license case.
The right to collect the $50 non
resident fee was held legal in U. S.
District Court in Juneau before
Judge George W. Folta. However,
the Ninth Court of Appeals, sitting
in San Francisco, reversed the Dis
trict Court’s decision with two judg
es affirming the reversal and Chief
Judge Denman dissenting.
Several hundred-thousands of
dollars have already been collected
since the law went into effect, which
will have to be refunded if the high
court’s decision declares the act
illegal.
The attorney general and one of
his assistants, John Dimond, have
been preparing briefs for the hear
ing for several weeks. The case is
scheduled for the first week in Jan
uary.
Mrs. Williams and their two child
ren will accompany the attorney
general. Dimond, his wife and child
left Sunday.
It is believed that this will be
the first Alaska case before the
Supreme Court in some 25 years.
Attorney General Williams ex
pects to be gone three weeks to a
month. It is uncertain how long it
will take for the judges’ decision to
be handed down.
Council Meeting
Fails to Change
Bar Closures
A special meeting of the city
Gouncil today for reconsideration
of recently recommended closure
periods for four Juneau bars
charged with various violations
failed to bring any action for len
iency.
The district court has announced
that the licenses of the bars will
be held up for the various “periods
of prejudice.” This will mean the
Arctic and the Victory bars will be
closed 30 days each following Jan
uary 1. The Top Hat and Triangle
bars will be closed 10 days each
during that period.
The council met at the request
of the police committee headed by
Councilman Robert Stutte for re
consideration of the closure pen
alties.
There had been criticism that
nearly all the bars at some time or
other had been guilty of minor vi
olations, and some bar owners felt
the action was discriminitory. Most
councilmen, however, felt that the
bars named had been charged by
police with the various offenses
and that it*was the duty of the
council to uphold the police.
Bar owners had protested that
they had paid fines and had been
assured that “thaj, was the end of
it.” Council members said final
consideration was up to the coun
cil and said that fines paid in
magistrate court should not free
offenders of action of licenses.
The Arctic bar was penalized for
allowing cards to be played on the
bar; the Victory bar for selling
liquor to a habitual; the Triangle
for not clearing the bar in the
proper time after closing hours;
and the Top Hat for operating with
its Venetian blinds closed.
The council plans to take the
matter up at its next regular
meeting Thursday, and to outline
a policy to give better understand
ing and to end further confusion.
None of the bar owners were
present at the meeting.
Fire Destroys Fuchs
Home at Lemon Creek
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
a house owned by Mike Fuchs at
Lemon Creek last night, six miles
from Juneau on the Glacier High
way.
The 2-9 fire call was received
from the Alaska Communication
System tuner station at seven mile,
according to firemen. The call was
blown at 9:05 p.m. The pumper
truck from the sub-port with eight
members of the volunteer fire de
partment were sent out.
Nothing was saved in the fire
and it is thought that the house was
fully furnished. A house nearby
was saved through efforts of the
fire department.
SENTENCED TO JAIL
FOR BAD CHECK
Ted R. Singer, of Juneau, receiv
ed a 90-day jail sentence in U. S.
Commisioner’s Court yesterday with
the final 75 days suspended on a
charge of larceny by the check. The
check was in the amount of $10.
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New Airplane Wing Demonstrated
Newsmen and a\iution enthusiasts cluster around an experimental model of a plane with a new type of
wing: — called channel wings — in the indention's first public demonstration at Pittsburgh. Pa W. R.
Custer, the inventor, claims the channel wing will allow a plane to rise vertically, hover in the air and
gain new speed and efficiency. Iff) tVircphoto.
To Delay Look
At $500,000
Tax Fix Story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—UP) -The
start of a grand jury inquiry into
Abraham Teitelbaum's story of an
alleged attempt to shake him down
for $500,000 in exchange for relief
from tax troubles appeared likely
today to be delayed until next
month.
The White House, meanwhile,
maintained secrecy on details of the
‘'drastic action” promised by Pre
sident Truman to sweep wrongdoers
out of the federal government, re
portedly with U. S. Judge Thomas
P. Murphy of New York wielding the
broom.
And the House Ways and Means
subcommittee whose hearings figur
ed largely in Mr. Truman's decision
arranged to question on Thursday
Henry Grunewald, about whom some
mystery developed in its previous
sessions.
The committee has wanted to
question Grunewald for some time
but has been unable to because
he was in Georgetown University
Hospital. A physician reported his
ailment was nervous tension.
The hospital disclosed today that
it dismissed Grunewald last night.
Adrien De Wind, counsel for the
House investigating group, said
Grunewald has been subpoenaed to
appear before it on Thursday.
De Wind declined to elaborate,
but it was regarded that at least
the initial questioning of Grune
wald would be behind closed doors.
The group last week wound up its
presently scheduled open sessions.
Grunewald was hospitalized when
the subcommittee sought to ques
tion him earlier. One thing mem
bers have said they want to ask
him about is a $1,300 loan involving
Charles Oliphant, recently resigned
chief counsel of the Internal Rev
enue Bureau.
Fined for Failure
To Pay School Tax
Failure to pay school tax has
brought fines to seven Wrangell
and Petersburg citizens within the
last week.
In U. S. Commissioners court at
Petersburg, Ingvald Bratland and
Palmer Peterson were each fined
$75 on the charge. Four Wrangell,
persons—William Gross, Ernest
Rude, Harry Coulter and Morris
Larson—were each fined $75. A fifth
person, Virginia Layman, was fined
$150.
Jam
c shopping'days'
3 TO CHRISTMAS
film Producer
indicted in
Agent's Shooting
j BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 18
—iff)—Walter Wanger, film produ
I cer, was indicted today in the tri
angle shooting of Jennings Lang,
I agent for Wanger’s wife, actress
Joan Bennett.
> The county grand jury voted an
> indictment charging assault with
i intent to commit murder, which
carries a possible penalty of five
I to 11 years in prison.
! Wanger. ready for the expected
action, was waiting in a bail bonds
man's office with his attorney, Jer
ry Geisler. He already was at lib
erty on $5,000 bail on a writ of
. habeas corpus.
Wanger said he shot Lang “be
cause he broke up my home." Geis
ler tofd icporters that, "If neces
sary,” he will use in court private
detectives’ reports on the associa
tion of Miss Bennett and Lang.
I
Britain Welcomes
Association with
Europe Army Plan
i PARIS, Dec. 18—GW—Britain an
nounced she welcomes the Euro
I pean army plan and would associ
, ate herself as “closely as possible
! with the European defense commu
nity at all stages of its political and
! military development." But Britain
| still was not committed to direct
' participation of her troops in a
European army.
This was disclosed in a eommu
ique issued after British Prime
Minister Churchill concluded his
toric talks here with French leaders,
and at Supreme Headquarters with
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, North
Atlantic Alliance Commander.
The British promised to set up
a permanent delegation at the seat
of the “high authority” envisioned
for giving effect to the Schuman
Steel-Coal Pool Plan, the commun
ique said.
According to the communique,
this was as far as Britain would
go with regard to the European
army:
"The British forces under the di
rection of the Supreme Allied Com
mander in Europe will be linked to
the forces of the European defense
community for training, supply and
operation by land, sea and air.
“They will remain side by side
in the spirit of true comradeship.”
This did not commit Britain to
pooling her troops with the Euro
pean. army force planned by the six
founder nations, France, Italy, West
Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands
and Luxembourg.
STORY BY LOCAL WOMAN
IN WESTERN FAMILY
A story by Mrs. Louise Sha'.tuck
of Juneau, “So We Ate the Christ
mas Tree Ornaments," appears in
the current Western Family maga
zine.
The magazine is distributed na
tionally through grocery stores, and
may be obtained in Juneau at
Bert’s grocery. The story : about
the Christmas tree in the Shattuck
home last year and includes
recipes for Cookies and -goodies”
with which the tree was decorated.
Super Hits
House, Goes
Into Crash
SHREVEPORT, La., Dec. 13—ttfi—
1 A B-29' Superfortress bomber, glid
| ing in for a landing, smashed
j through a one-story residence and
| ci shed late last night. Four of
r • 13 crew members were killed,
eight airmen were injured, three
| seriously, and another is missing,
j officials at the Barksdale Air Force
! base reported.
Witnesses said the crippled craft
dipped crazily to the ground, broke
! off an engine, then skidded 200 yards
I across U.S. Highway 80 and burst
into flame.
At Travis Air Force Base, Calif.,
! a spokesman said the plane landed
l at Travis Sunday after a flight
from Guam and that a ferry crew
took over for the flight to Barks
dale.
The only member of the crew
identified was the plane commander
Col. H. E. Rogner, assigned to
Headquarters Second Air Base,
Fairchild Air Force base at Spo
kane, Wash.
Red Jets
Gun Shy
SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 18 — (^1 —
American Sabre jets found more
than 200 Communists Jets over
northwest Korea today, but the Reds
were gun shy.
The Fifth Air Force said a few
firing passes were reported, "but
in all cases the (Red) MIGs broke
off the engagement as soon as pos
sible.”
One Sabtie jet pilot bailed out on
his way home. He was rescued, un
injured, the Fifth said. It did not
say why he bailed out.
Two Marine planes, an F-9F and
an F-4U, were shot down by Com
munist antiaircraft gunners but
both pilots were rescued.
Fifth Air Force planes flew 661
sorties up to 6 o’clock tonight. They
included 20 flights in support of
troops along the generally quiet
front lines.
Turkish troops threw back two
Red probing attacks Monday night
and early Tuesday south of Pyong
gang in the old Iron Triangle on
the central front.
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• WEATHER REPORT «
• (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• Ending at 4:30 A M. Today •
• At Airport—Maximum, 16; •
• Minimum, 2. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Continued' fair and cold •
• with gusty northeasterly winds •
• tonight and Wednesday. Low •
• tonight near 8 in town and •
• near zero in outlying areas. •
• High Wednesday near 16 de- •
• grees. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Part 24 houri ending 7 30 a m. today •
• At Airport — None; •
• since July 1—19,78 inches. •
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Fresh Snow, Cold
Plague Northern
jSfifes; Deaths Up
By the Associated Press
Fresh snow and cold plagued the
| icy northern states today.
I The toll of deaths attributed to
the severe weather rose to 152.
A new blast of zero and sub-zero
I bore down on the midwest.
! Three inches of snow fell in
I Cleveland, topping the nine inches
i already on the ground. It continued
j to fall and drift there.
I Western Maryland was burdened
j with five more inches of snow.
J Schools in many countries were
|closed.
; Watertown, in northern New
Yolk, had a fresh fall of snow. An
additional six inches was expected
on top of the 37 inch fall of yester
day.
A new storm headed into the
middle Atlantic states and north
east.
The weather bureau in Washing
ton, in a special' bulletin, said
j Pennsylvania, New York and nor
thern Ohio will get three to eight
inches of snow.
A drop in temperatures to near
zero or sub-zero brackets was pre
dicted for the frozen north central
states.
And winter doesn't start—offi
cially, that is—until Saturday.
Anchorage Tax
Han Charged with
Embezzlement
FARGO, N. D. Dec. 18—(At—Paul
Odlaug, former employee of the de
partment of Internal Revenue and
the Territorial Tax division of Al
aska, was arrested here yesterday
on a bench warrant charging em
bezzlement.
Odlaug was living with relatives
when taken into custody by a U.
S. Marshal.
The warrant stated Odlaug was
indicted at Anchorage, Alaska by
a federal grand jury Oct. 23. Bond
was set at $5,000.
(At the time of Odlaug’s arrest,
there had been no announcement in
Ancfliorage of any indictment against
him. There was, however, a secret
indictment by the October grand
jury which never has been made
public?).
Odlaug received a suspended sen
tence in a 1950 embezzling case.
He pleaded nolo contendere in
the Third Division court at Anch
orage that year to a charge of em
bezzling $160 of public money while
employed by the U. S. Internal
Revenue Department.
Manslaughter
Count Against
Alaskan Upheld
; SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18—(PI—
The conviction of Lllburn H. Bar
beau at Anchorage, Alaska, for man
slaughter by culpable negligence in
the_death of Paul Gunn was upheld
by the Ninth U. S. Court of Appeals
here yesterday.
The appeals court 'judges split
two-to-one in upholding the convic
tion of Barbeau, who had contend
ed the shooting was entirely acci
dental.
Gunn was hit February 18, 1950,
by a bullet from a German auto
matic. It discharged while Barbeau
was holding it in his lap and in
serting a clip of shells.
A federal district court jury at
Anchorage on June 22, 1950, found
Barbeau innocent of murder, but
guilty, of manslaughter.
Chief Judge William Denman
and Judge William E. Orr, in to
day’s decision, pointed out that the
jury had determined that the safety
catch on the weapon, a Walther
P-38, was not on and said this was
sufficient to support Barbcau's con
viction.
In the dissenting opinion, Judge
Albert Lee Stephens said ‘‘there
is not* a word of substantial evi
dence in this case that the safety
was not on." He added that he
thought an Innocent act “had been
warped into a crime. . .It is not a
crime to be negligent.”
ILLEGAL TRAPPING BRINGS
$100 FINE TO TWO
Trapping during closed season
brought (100 fines each to two
Wrangell men in U. S. Commission
er’s Court in Petersburg yesterday
before Commissioner Dale Hirt.
Dan Ralston, law enforcement
supervisor for the Fish and Wildlife
Servicee .arrested the two men,
John De Witt and James Marten.
They were arrested In the Portage
Bay area.
3,198 Americans, Including
Maj. Gen. Dean, Lisfed Among
11,559 Communist Prisoners
MUNSAN. Korea, Dec. 18—</Pi—
The Communists turned over to
the United Nations today a list of
11,559 prisoners, including 3,198
Americans.
They said the list includes all
prisoners of the Korean war in
Iheir hands-. The U.N. gave the
Reds a list of 132.474 Chinese and
North Korean prisoners.
peneral Matthew B. Ridgway's
headquarters in Tokyo said it under
stood the Communist list includes
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, lost
commander of the U.S. 24th Divi
sion. Dean has been missing since
the fall of Taejon in July ^950.
Communist newsmen at Panmun
jom said Associated Press photog
rapher Frank Noel was also listed.
Iteds Capitulate
Lists were exchanged Tuesday
when Communist truce negotiators
suddenly capitulated to U.N. de
mands. The prisoner subcommit
PAA Keeps
Operating
On Schedule
NEW YORK, Dec. 18-tB—Pan
American World Airways, whose
ground crews, pursers and stewar
desses are on strike for higher pay,
said today it expected to operate
100 percent of its scheduled flights
within 24 hours.
It announced it had operated 92
percent of its normal flights since
the CIO Transport Workers Union
called the strike Sunday and that
trans-Atlantic operations already
had returned to normal.
There has been no interruption
of its Latin American and Pacific
services, the airline reported.
A union negotiating committee
was reported unofficially to have
decided at a meeting today to re
commend that strikers return to
work and cooperate with gn emer
gency fact-finding committee set up
by President Truman yesterday to
inquire into the dispute.
Company officials already have
expressed willingness to appear be
fore the president’s committee.
The union negotiators said they
would pass their recommendations
along to strike leaders in Pan Amer
ican's five terminal cities in the
United States to be voted upon
later today by the strikers in each.
Ridgway
Confers
In Korea
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 18—OP)—
Top United Nations military offi
cers and truce negotiators held a
strategy conference today on future
steps in Korea.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, su
preme commander in the theater,
flew to Korea for the conference.
When it was over he said:
“Military and truce delegations
are in complete accord.”
He did not say whether the dis
cussion centers on possible renewal
of ground fighting, which has been
conducted as a twilight war since
a provisional cease-fire line was
drawn Nov. 27, or on the armistice
talks which got a shot in the arm
with today’s exchange of prisoner
lists.
24 MINK FLY PNA
TO CORDOVA TODAY
Twenty-four ranch raised mink
were Pacific Northern Airline pas
sengers today bound for Cordova,
where they will be liberated on
Montague Island by the Fish and
Wildlife Service.
They came from the University of
Alaska experimental fur farm at
Petersburg. There were eight males
anJ 16 females. No mink have been
found on Montague Island. It is
believed that they will thrive there.
pTIDE TABLES]]
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• DECEMBER 19 •
• High tide 5:47 a.m., 14.2 ft. •
• Low tide 11:41 a.m., 5.6 ft. •
• High tide 5:19 p.m., 14.0 ft. •
• Low tide 11:57 p.m., 2.3 ft. •
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tee recessed until Thursday. Rear
j Adm. R. E. Libby, U.N. member of
the committee, said the purpose
was to study the lists.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols, U.
N. spokesman elaborated:
“The Communist lists have not
yet been verified. They probably
include errors, omissions and pos
sibly fictitious additions.
List to be Checked
'Every effort humanly possible
will be made immediately by the
U.N. Command to check the list.
The respective arms of services in
the United States will notify the
next of kin immediately on verifi
cation.
“I cannot emphasize too strongly
that this is a Communist list.
"Any information on prisoners
received from the Communists is
questionable due to their continued
refusal to allow international com
mittees of the Red Cross to inspect
their prisoner of war facilities and
operations.”
communist List
Of the 11,559 names on the Com
munist lists, a U.N. Command com
munique reported: 7,142 are South
Korean, 3,198 American, 919 British,
234 Turkish. 40 Filipino, ten French,
six Australian, four South African,
three Japanese, and one each from
Canada, Oreece and the Nether
lands.
Nuckols declined to say whether
Genera] Dean's name was among
them.
Nuckols emphasized that the ex
change of names “is by no means
a solution to agenda Item four”
dealing with actual exchange of
prisoners.
"We merely have started off on
the road that will lead us to a
solutloo," he said. „
Skepticism
He reported the UN Command
studied the Red document with
skepticism as to its details, authen
ticity, accuracy and completeness.”
The Communist lists fell far
short of previous public Allied esti
mates of perhaps 100,000 or more.
The 3,198 Americans listed as
prisoners compare with approxi
mately 12.000 Americans officially
listed as missing 4n action.
But a reliable source in Tokyo
said there probably was "no great
disparity” between the official U.S.
Army estimates of the number of
prisoners the Reds hold and the
number announced by the Reds. He
said that probably many of those
listed as missing actually died in
battle.
No progress was reported by a
second truce subcommittee arguing
at Panmunjom over how to enforce
an armistice. It adjourned until
11 a.m. Wednesday (9 u.m., Tues
day, EST).
INTRICATE TASK OF
ADVISING KINFOLK
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 — LB —
The military in Korea, Tokyo and
Washington today began a gigantic,
Intricate task of advising kinfolk of
the names of 3,198 Americans re
ported held prisoner by the Com
munists. The first official notifica
tions may go out by early after
noon.
Many families will be cheered by
word that their soldier-sons are
alive, although In enemy hands.
But a still greater number are In
for grief and disappointment.
The list supplied by the Com
munists is little more than one
fourth of 11,042 Americans reported
missing in Korea.
The Army in Korea arranged to
fly the prisoner list to Tokyo where
it will be distributed to newsmen
and relayed on to the Pentagon in
Washington.
That list will contain only the
names, rank, serial numbers and
unit designations. It will have to
be matched in Washington against
the roster of the missing to obtain
home town addresses.
That procedure will take hours,
possibly days.
Stock Quotations
NEW YORK, Dec. 18—bfV—Clos
ing quotation of Alaska Juneau
mine stock today is 2%, American
Can 110k, American Tel. and Tel.
156, Anaconda 51, Douglas Aircraft
59, General Electric 58, General
Motors 51)4, Goodyear 44, Kenne
cott 86%, Libby, McNeill and Libby
8%, Northern Pacific 68%, Stand
ard Oil of California 50, Twentieth
Century Fox 19%, U. 8. Steel 39%,
Pound $2.79, Canadian Exchange
97.18.
Sales today were 1.390,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 266.53, rails 82.03, util
ities 48.75.
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