FEDERAL REGISTER \ VOLUME 2 1934 NUMBER 157 C ^A/ITEO ^

Washington, Saturday, , 1937

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. plemental oral presentation of views shall be submitted to the Committee for Reciprocity Information not later than twelve Bureau of Customs. o ’clock noon, May 3, 1937. They should be addressed to “Acting rrhairma.n, Committee for Reciprocity Information, Old Land Office [T. D. 49109] Building, 8th and E Streets, Northwest, Washington, D. C.” Sup­ F oreign-T rade Agreements plemental oral statements will be heard at a public hearing be­ ginning at ten o’clock a. m., on May 17, 1937, before the Commit­ PUBLIC NOTICE OP INTENTION TO NEGOTIATE A FOREIGN-TRADE tee for Reciprocity Information, in the hearing room of the Tariff AGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OP ECUADOR Commission in the Old Land Office Building. , 1937. Form and Manner of Presentation To Whom It May Concern: The Committee for Reciprocity Information has prescribed the Pursuant to section 4 of the act of Congress approved June following regulations governing the submission of written and 12, 1934, and extended on March 1, 1937, entitled “An Act oral statements: Written statements must be either typewritten or printed. to Amend the Tariff Act of 1930” and Executive Order No. They must be submitted in sextuplícate and at least one copy 6750 of June 27, 1934, the Secretary of State on April 5, must be sworn to. Such statements will be treated as confiden­ 1937, gave formal notice of intention to negotiate a foreign- tial, for the use only of the Interdepartmental trade agreements trade agreement with the Government of Ecuador. By an organization. Oral statements may he made to the Committee at the public oversight, this notice was not published in Treasury Deci­ hearing only by persons who have filed written statements or sions at the time of its issuance, and it is accordingly repro­ briefs and who have, within the time prescribed, made written duced below. application for a hearing in order that a schedule of appearances This notice states, inter alia, that all information and may be arranged. Oral statements shall be under oath. Cordell H u ll, views in writing and all applications for supplemental oral Secretary of State. presentation of views shall be submitted to the Committee W a sh in g ton , D. C.. for Reciprocity Information not later than twelve o’clock April 5, 1937. noon, May 3, 1937, and that supplemental oral statements will be heard at a public hearing beginning at ten o’clock [F. R. Doc. 37-2528; Piled, , 1937; 10:05 a. m j a. m., on May 17, 1937. The Bureau of Customs has been officially advised that in view of the fact that both of these dates have passed, the Committee for Reciprocity Informa­ [T. D. 49122] tion is prepared to receive information and views in writing Countervailing D uties on Butter F rom L ithuania and application for supplemental oral presentation of views until twelve o’clock noon, September 2, 1937, from any inter­ To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: ested person who was not informed of the notice given on The Bureau is in receipt of official information which April 5, 1937. In the event that any such applications are establishes to its satisfaction that a bounty or grant, within received by that date, a public hearing, at which additional the meaning of the provisions of section 303 of the Tariff oral statements will be heard, will begin at ten o’clock a. m., Act of 1930 (U. S. C., title 19, sec. 1303), is being paid or on September 9, 1937. bestowed on butter exported from Lithuania. Attention is called to two Press Releases issued by the The amount of the bounty or grant paid or bestowed at Department of State on April 5, 1937, in connection with the present time on such merchandise is estimated to be the notice of intention to negotiate with Ecuador, entitled Lithuanian litas 0.30 per kilogram of butter. “Presentation of Views,to the Committee for Reciprocity Butter from Lithuania, imported directly or indirectly, and Information with Reference to Trade Agreement Negotia­ entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for tions with Ecuador” and “List of Products on Which the consumption after thirty days after the publication of this Will Consider Granting Concessions to Ecua­ order in the weekly Treasury Decisions will be subject to the dor.” payment of countervailing duties equal to any bounty or [seal] F rank Dow, grant found to have been paid or bestowed upon the ex­ Acting Commissioner of Customs. portation thereof, as determined or estimated and declared thereafter, whether such butter is imported in the same con­ P ublic N otice dition as when exported from Lithuania or has been changed TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH ECUADOR in condition in a third country by remanufacture or other­ Pursuant to Section 4 of an Act of Congress approved June 12, wise. 1934, entitled “An Act to Amend the Tariff Act of 1980”, as A deposit of estimated countervailing duty, calculated at amended, and Executive Order No. 6750 of June 27, 1934, I hereby the rate of Lithuanian litas 0.30 per kilogram of butter, shall give notice of intention to negotiate a trade agreement with the Government of Ecuador. be required in respect of all butter from Lithuania im­ Time and Place for Presentation of Written and Oral Statements ported and entered for consumption or withdrawn from The Committee for Reciprocity Information has prescribed that warehouse for consumption on and after the effective date all Information and views In writing and all applications for sup­ of this order. Liquidation of entries shall be suspended 1671 1672 FEDERAL REGISTER, , 1937 pending estimation or determination and declaration of the amount of bounty or grant paid or bestowed and the amount Turn«,'scnm r/ t Qs of the countervailing duty to be collected. The facts of each case shall be reported promptly to the Bureau. FEDERAL^REGISTER [seal] F rank Dow, Acting Commissioner of Customs. 1934 ¿ r iJNlTtO * Approved: , 1937. W ayne C. T aylor, Published by the Division of the Federal Register, The National Archives, pursuant to the authority contained in the Federal Acting Secretary of the Treasury. Register Act, approved July 26, 1935 (49 Stat. L. 500), under reg­ ulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee, with, the [F. R. Doc. 37-2529; Filed, August 13,1937; 10:05 a. m.] approval of the President. The Administrative Committee consists of the Archivist or Act­ ing Archivist, an officer of the Department of Justice designated by tjje Attorney General, and the Public Printer or Acting Public Office of the Secretary. Printer. E xemption Order P ursuant to Section 4 op the G overn­ The daily issue of the F ederal R egister will be furnished by mall to subscribers, free of postage, for $1 per month or $10 per year; ment Losses in Shipment Act single copies 5 cents; payable in advance. Remit by money order payable to Superintendent of Documents, Government P rin tin g Whereas section 4 of the Government Losses in Ship­ Office, Washington, D. C. ment Act (Public No. 192, 75th Congress, approved July 8, Correspondence concerning the publication of the F ederal 1937) provides in part as follows; R egister should be addressed to the Director, Division of the On and after the effective date of the regulations prescribed Federal Register, The National Archives, Washington, D. C. under section 1, no executive department, * * * officer, or employee shall expend any money, or incur any obligation, for insurance, or for the payment of premiums on insurance, against loss, destruction, or damage in the shipment of valu­ ables except as specificaUy authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury may give such au­ TABLE OF CONTENTS thorization if he shall find that the risk of loss, destruction, or damage in such shipment cannot be adequately guarded against Department of Agriculture: by the facilities of the United States or that the circumstances Bureau of Agricultural Economics: Page are such that adequate replacement cannot be provided under Cottonseed sold or offered for sale for crushing pur­ this Act.; poses, rules governing inspection, etc.; amend­ ment ______— 1675 and Department of the Interior: Whereas I find that the risk of loss, destruction, or dam­ Division of Grazing: age in shipments of gold and silver coin or bullion to, from, Grazing district modifications: between, or within foreign countries under the provisions Idaho, No. 1______1674 of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934, as amended, and the Utah, No. 5______1674 Wyoming, No. 1______1674 Silver Purchase Act of 1934 cannot be adequately guarded National Bituminous Coal Commission: against by the facilities of the United States: North Dakota and South Dakota, hearing to deter­ It is hereby ordered that such shipments are excepted mine whether coals of such States are subject to from the prohibitions contained in the first sentence of sec­ provisions of Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, etc__ 1675 tion 4 of the Government Losses in Shipment Act.1 Interstate Commerce Commission: The Secretary of the Treasury may at any time supple­ Alleghany Corp., and Chesapeake Corp., investigation of_ 1675 ment, amend, or revoke this Order. Rural Electrification Administration: [seal] Wayne C. Taylor, Allocation of funds for loans------1676 Acting Secretary of the Treasury. , 1937. Securities and Exchange Commission: Notice of and orders for hearings in the matter o f: [F. R. Doc. 37-2538; Filed, August 13,1937; 12:40 p. m.] American Utilities Service Corp_----- 1------1676 Webster and Southbridge Gas and Electric Co_____ 1676 West Penn Railways Co______1677 WAR DEPARTMENT. Worcester Electric Light Co., The------1677 Order granting application to withdraw from listing and R ules and R egulations to Govern the Navigation T hrough registration in matter of: the R each of the Atchafalaya R iver (Berwick Bay) in International Safety Razor Corp., Class B common the Vicinity of the Southern P acific R ailroad Bridge at stock, no par value..______1677 M organ City, Louisiana Orders setting hearings on applications to withdraw from listing and registration in matter of: the law Corcoran Fire Insurance Co. of the District of Columbia, common stock, $50 par value------1678 Section 7 of the River and Harbor Act of , 1917, National Funding Corp., 7% Class A cumulative common stock, $10 par value______:______1678 provides as follows: Richfield Oil Corp., common stock purchase war­ That section four of the river and harbor Act o f August eight­ rants, dated March 15, 1937______1678 eenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as amended by section eleven of the river and harbor Act of June thirteenth, nineteen Treasury Department: hundred and two, be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as Bureau of Customs: follows: Countervailing duties on butter from Lithuania___ 1671 Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to Foreign-trade agreement, notice of intention to ne­ prescribe such regulations for the use, administration, and navi­ gotiate with Ecuador______1671 gation of the navigable waters of the United States as in his judg­ Office of the Secretary: ment the public necessity may require for the protection of life Government Losses in Shipment Act, exemption and property, or of operations of the United States in channel im­ order pursuant to Section 4 of______1672 provement, covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department. Such regulations shall be War Department: posted, in conspicuous and appropriate places, for the information Atchafalaya River (Berwick Bay), rules to govern navi­ of the public; and every person and every corporation which shall gation through reach of, near Southern Pacific Rail­ violate such regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor road Bridge at Morgan City, La______1672 and, on conviction thereof in any district court of the United New Haven, Conn., regulations to govern opening of drawbridges at______1673 12 F. R. 1475 (DI). FEDERAL REGISTER, August U, 1937 1673

States within whose territorial Jurisdiction such offense may have lished, shall have the force of law. Every such person who shall been committed, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, willfully fail or refuse to open, or cause to be opened, the draw or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding of any such bridge for the passage of a boat or boats, or who shall six months, in the discretion of the court. unreasonably delay the opening of said draw after reasonable sig­ nal shaU have been given, as provided in such regulations, shaU THE REGULATIONS be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars In pursuance of the law quoted above the following regu­ nor less than one thousand doUars, or by imprisonment (in the lations are prescribed to govern the use, administration, and case of a natural person) for not exceeding one year, or by both navigation through the reach of the Atchafalaya River (Ber­ such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Pro­ vided, That the proper action to enforce the provisions of this wick Bay) in the vicinity of the Southern Pacific Railroad section may be commenced before any commissioner, judge, or Bridge at Morgan City, Louisiana. court of the United States, and such commissioner, judge, or court 1. Whenever the velocity of flow through the reach in shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of the Atchafalaya River (Berwick Bay) at Morgan City, crimes against the United States: Provided further, That when­ ever, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the public interests Louisiana, reaches or exceeds a critical velocity as desig­ require it, he may make rules and regulations to govern the open­ nated by the District Engineer, U. S. Engineer Department ing of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water at Large, in charge of the locality, the movement of tows crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and pub­ downstream through the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge lished, shall have the force of law, and any violation thereof shall at Morgan City, Louisiana, will be governed by day and be punished as hereinbefore provided. night visual signals displayed at the center of the drawspan THE REGULATIONS above the operator’s house on top of the bridge structure. In pursuance of the foregoing law, the following regula­ During periods of foggy or inclement weather, or when for tions are prescribed to govern the opening of certain draw­ other reasons, the visual signals cannot be readily seen, bridges operated by the City of New Haven, Connecticut, as notice that the signals are displayed will be given by a follows: blast of a fog horn (located on the bridge) of six seconds Tomlinson Bridge. duration each minute. Chapel Street Bridge across Mill River. 2. By day the signals will consist of two red balls dis­ Perry Street Bridge across Quinnipiac River. played vertically, one above the other from a pole. At Grand Avenue Bridge across Quinnipiac River. night a light will be displayed immediately above the usual Kimberly Avenue Bridge across West River. bridge light. When the bridge is in closed position the light will be red. When the bridge is open, following usual 1. The owners of, or agencies controlling the above- practice, this all red light will change to green. named bridges shall provide the appliances and per­ 3. When the above signals are displayed, indicating that sonnel necessary for the safe, prompt and efficient oper­ the velocity of the current has reached or exceeds the ation of the draw. critical velocity established, unless otherwise permitted 2. The draw shall be opened promptly when the signal, by the District Engineer, tows moving downstream through hereinafter prescribed for the opening of the draw, is re­ the navigation opening of the bridge shall not exceed one ceived from an approaching vessel or other water craft barge and towing vessel and in passing through the bridge which cannot pass under the closed draw except as tows shall be drifted through at a speed not to exceed the hereinafter provided. velocity of flow through the reach, with towing vessel in 3. Signals. the rear, or ladled securely to the side of the barge. Call Signals for Opening of Draw 4. When velocities are below the critical velocity, only Sound Signals: the usual bridge lights will be displayed. Towing vessels will not be required to alter towing position or to break Tomlinson Bridge—Two short blasts of horn or tows in passing the bridge. whistle. 5. Downbound vessels and tows shall have right of way Chapel Street Bridge—Three short blasts of horn over upbound vessels and tows. When two vessels or tows or whistle. are about to enter the navigation opening through the Ferry Street Bridge—One short blast of horn or bridge from opposite directions at the same time, the as­ whistle. cending vessel and tows shall be stopped below such open­ Grand Avenue Bridge—One long blast of horn ing until the descending vessel shall have passed through. or whistle. 6. These regulations shall take effect and be in force on Kimberly Avenue Bridge—Three short blasts of and after the date of approval hereof, and shall supersede horn or whistle. the emergency regulations approved March 2, 1937.1 Visual Signals: Approved, July 28, 1937. To be used in conjunction with sound signals [seal] H arry H. W oodring, when conditions are such that sound signals cannot Secretary of War. be heard. E. T. Conley, A white flag by day, and a white light by night, Major General, The Adjutant General. swung in full circles at arm’s length in full sight of the bridge and facing the draw. [P. R. Doc. 37-2530; Piled, August 13,1937; 10:23 a. m.] Acknowledging Signals By Bridge Operator R egulations T o G overn the Opening of Drawbridges at New H aven, Connecticut Sound Signals: Draw to be opened immediately: Same as call the LAW signal. The River and Harbor Act of , 1894, contains Draw cannot be opened immediately, or, if open, the following section: must be closed immediately: 2 long blasts of a horn Sec. 5. That it shaU bq the duty of all persons owning, operat­ or whistle, to be repeated at regular intervals until ing, and tending the drawbridges now buUt, or which may here­ acknowledged by the vessel after be buUt across the navigable rivers and other waters of the united States, to open, or cause to be opened, the draws of such Visual Signals: bridges under such rules and regulations as in the opinion of the Draw to be opened immediately: A white flag by Secretary of War the public interests require to govern the open­ ing of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water day or a green light at night swung up and down crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and pub- vertically a number of times in full sight of the vessel. Draw cannot be opened immediately, or, if open, 12 P. R. 647 (D I), must be closed immediately: A red flag by day, a red 1674 FEDERAL REGISTER, A u g u s t U , 1937 light by night, swung to and fro horizontally in full 1936 (49 Stat. 1976), and subject to the limitations and con­ sight of the vessel, to be repeated until acknowledged ditions therein contained, Departmental order of May 7, by the vessel. 1935, establishing Utah Grazing District No. 5 is hereby By the Vessel revoked as far as it affects the following described lands, Vessels or other water craft having signaled for the such revocation to be effective upon the inclusion of the opening of the draw and having received a signal lands within the Capitol Reef National Monument: that the draw cannot be opened immediately, or if U tah open must be closed immediately, shall acknowledge said signal by one long blast followed by a short Salt Lake Meridian blast, or by swinging to and fro horizontally a red T. 28 S., R. 5 E.. flag by day and a red light by night. All of sec. 34 north of the right-of-way of State Hwy. No. 24; EXCEPTIONS secs. 35 and 36; Closed periods when the draws need not be opened are T. 28 S., R. 6 E., authorized as follows: sec. 31 and the west half of sec. 32; T. 29 S., R. 5 E., „ Between 7:30 a. m. and 8:00 a. m., All of secs. 1 and 2 north of the right-of-way of State Between lJ^OO m. and 12:15 p. m., . Hwy. No. 24. ' ' T. 29 S., R. 6 E., Between 12:45 p. m. and 1:00 p. m., and secs. 1 to 4, inclusive; Between 5:00 p. m. and 5:30 p. m. All secs. 5, 6, 8, and 9 north of the right-of-way of State Hwy. No. 24; 4. A copy of these regulations shall be conspicuously secs. 10 to 15, inclusive; posted on both the upstream and downstream sides of All of sec. 16 north of the right-of-way of State Hwy. the bridge in such manner that it can be easily read at No. 24; any time. secs. 22 to 25, Inclusive; sec. 26, Ei/2 and Ny2NW^; 5. These regulations shall take effect and be in force sec. 27, N%Ny2; on and after the date of approval hereof and the regula­ sec. 35, NE%; tions approved March 20, 1923, to govern the operation sec. 36; T. 30 S., R. 6 E., of the above named bridges are hereby revoked. sec. 1; Approved, , 1937. sec. 12, Ey2; T. 29 S., R. 7 E., [seal] H arry H. W oodring, secs. 5 to 8, 17 to 20, and 29 to 32, inclusive; Secretary of War. T. 30 S„ R. 7 E., E. T. Conley, secs. 4 to 9, and 15 to 17, inclusive; sec. 18, E y2 and NWy4 ; Major General, The Adjutant General. sec. 19, NEi4 and Ny^SEy4; [P. R. Doc. 37-2531; Filed, August 13,1937; 10:23 a. m.] sec. 20, Ny& and Ny2SW%; secs. 21 to 23, and 26 to 28, inclusive; sec. 29, E%E%; secs. 33 to 35, inclusive. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Charles W est, Division of Grazing. Acting Secretary of the Interior. I daho G razing District No. 1 [P. R. Doc. 37-2533; Filed, August 13,1937; 10:24 a. m.] modification August 7, 1937, Under and pursuant to the provisions of the act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended by the act of June 26, 1936 W yoming Grazing District No. 1 (49 Stat. 1976), and subject to the limitations and conditions therein contained, Departmental order of April 8, 1935, estab­ MODIFICATION lishing Idaho Grazing District No. 1 is hereby revoked as far August 7, 1937. as it affects any islands in the Snake River within the ex­ Under and pursuant to the provisions of the act of June terior limits of the following-described area, such revocation 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended by the act of June 26, to be effective upon the inclusion of the land within the 1936 (49 Stat. 1976), Departmental order of March 23, 1935, Snake River Migratory Waterfowl Refuge: establishing Wyoming Grazing District No. 1, is hereby mod­ I daho ified to include within its exterior boundaries the following Boise Meridian described lands: T. 1 N., R. 2 W„ W yom ing sec. 31; T 1 N., R. 3 W., Sixth Principal Meridian secs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, 26, 27, 35, and 36; T. 2 N., R. 3 W., Tps. 43 to 46 N., R. 87 W., all; sec. 31; Tps. 47 and 48 N., R. 92 & W., all; T. 2 N„ R. 4 W., T. 52 N„ R. 99 W., secs. 2, 3, 11, 14, 23, 25, 26, 35, and 36; secs. 3 to 7, Inclusive; T. 3 N., R. 4 W., sec. 8, w y2NE%; secs. 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, and 34; T. 52 N., R. 100 W., T. 3 N., R. 5 W., secs. 1 to 4, inclusive; secs. 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15; sec. 5, lots 1 to 11, inclusive, E%SEy4; T. 1 S., R. 2 W., T. 42 N„ R. 102 W- secs. 6, 7, 8, 17, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35, and 36; sec. 1. T. 1 S., R. 3 W., sec. 1. Rules and regulations for the administration of grazing Charles W est, districts issued , by the Secretary of the Interior March 2, Acting Secretary of the Interior. 1936, and subsequently amended,1 shall be effective as to the lands embraced within this addition from and alter the date [F. R. Doc. 37-2534; Filed, August 13,1937; 10:24 a. m.] of the publication of this order in the Federal Register. Charles W est, Utah Grazing District No. 5 Acting Secretary of the Interior. MODIFICATION [F. R. Doc. 37-2532; Filed, August 13,1937; 10:24 a. m.] J uly 26, 1937. Under and pursuant to the provisions of the act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended by the act of June 26, 12 F. R. 289, 1013, 1093 (DI), FEDERAL REGISTER, August 14, 1937 1675 National Bituminous Coal Commission. fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, * * * and for other [Order No. 35] purposes” (Public No. 173, 75th Congress), I, H. A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, do hereby make, prescribe, publish An Order P roviding for a P ublic Hearing for the P urpose and give public notice of the following amendment, which of R eceiving Evidence to Enable the Commission to D e­ shall be in force and effect on and after this date, to the termine W hether or not the Coals and the P roducers rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture govern­ Thereof in the S tates of N orth D akota and South ing the inspection, sampling, and certification of cottonseed Dakota Are S ubject to the P rovisions of the Bitumi­ sold or offered for sale for crushing purposes : 1 nous Coal A ct of 1937, and to D etermine W hether a In regulation 3, strike out the first sentence of section 15 Change in the Territorial B oundaries or Limits of D is ­ and substitute therefor the following: trict No. 21 and Minimum P rice Area N o. 8, as D efined In case of dispute in which a review is desired of the grading of in Said Act, or a Consolidation of Such D istrict and any sample of cottonseed covered by a valid certificate issued by P rice Area With Other D istricts and P rice Areas Is a licensed cottonseed chemist, application for review shall be filed Necessary. or mailed within one week after the date of the original certificate. Pursuant to act of Congress entitled “An Act to regulate In regulation 5, strike out section 3 and substitute therefor interstate commerce in bituminous coal, and for other pur­ the following: poses” (Public, No. 48, 75th Cong., 1st sess.), known as the Sec. 3. For each certificate of the grade of cottonseed issued by Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, the National Bituminous Coal a licensed cottonseed chemist he shall pay 25 cents to the Bureau. .Commission hereby orders and directs: A statement showing the number of certificates issued shall be rendered to the Bureau each month, the same to be accompanied 1. A public hearing shall be held at the Governor’s Re­ by the appropriate remittance in the form of a certified check, ception Room in the city of Bismarck, North Dakota, on draft, or post-office or express money order payable to the order the 13th day of September, 1937, and at the Prince Hotel of the United States Department of Agriculture. in the city of Pierre, South Dakota, on the 16th day of In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused September, 1937, for the purpose of receiving evidence to the official seal of the Department of Agriculture to be affixed enable the Commission to determine if such coals and the in the City of Washington this 13th day of August 1937. producers thereof in said states are subject to the provisions of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, and further, to enable [seal] H. A. W allace, Secretary. the Commission to issue certificates of exemption to such [F. R. Doc. 37—2547; Filed, August 13,1937; 12:44 p. m.] producers of coal, other than bituminous coal, in said states as are entitled thereto under and by virtue of the pro­ visions of Section 17 (b) of said Act excluding lignite coal, INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. which is defined as a lignitic coal having calorific value in British thermal units of less than seven thousand six hun­ Order dred per pound and having a natural moisture content in At a General Session of the Interstate Commerce Com­ place in the mine of 30 per centum or more; and for the mission, held at its office in Washington, D. C., on the 11th further purpose of enabling the Commission to determine day of August, A. D. 1937. whether a change in the territorial boundaries or limits of [No. 27825] District No. 21 and Minimum Price Area No. 8, as defined in said Act, or a consolidation of said District and Price •Investigation of the and the Area with other Districts and Price Areas as defined in said Chesapeake Corporation Act, will render the establishment of minimum prices more The Commission having under consideration the matter practicable in accordance with the standards set forth in of the holdings of securities of common carriers, financial and subsections (a) and (b) of Part H of section 4 of said Act. other operations, and practices, of the Alleghany Corpora­ 2. Any producer of coal whether bituminous, semibitumi- tion, The Chesapeake Corporation, Robert R. Young, Prank nous, subbituminous or lignite coal, the Consumers’ Counsel, F. Kolbe, and Alan P. Kirby, particularly as they relate to Code Members, representatives of District Boards and all The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, The , other interested parties may appear at said hearing and be Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, and the Missouri heard. Pacific Railroad Company, and other railroads subject to 3. Notice of said hearing shall be given under direction of the Interstate Commerce Act; and the proposed merger of the Secretary of the Commission by mailing a copy of this the Alleghany Corporation and The Chesapeake Corporation. order to the Consumers’ Counsel, to the Commissioner of It is ordered, That a proceeding of inquiry and investiga­ Internal Revenue, to the District Boards for Districts 12, tion upon the Commission’s own motion be, and it is hereby, 15, 16, 19, 20, and 22, and by publication of notice upon instituted into and concerning the holdings of common car­ three (3) consecutive days in a newspaper of general cir­ rier securities, financial and other operations, and practices, culation in the state of North Dakota and in a newspaper of the Alleghany Corporation, The Chesapeake Corporation, of general circulation in the state of South Dakota. The Robert R. Young, Prank F. Kolbe, and Alan P. Kirby, par­ notice published in said newspapers shall contain the date ticularly as they relate to The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and place of the hearing and a concise statement of the Company, The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad purpose thereof. Company, and the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, and By order of the Commission. other railroads subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, in [seal] P. W itcher M cCullough, order to determine the jurisdiction of this Commission over Secretary. the said corporations as now existing and as proposed to be Dated this 11th day of August 1937. consolidated, and the said Robert R. Young, Prank P. Kolbe, and Alan P. Kirby, with a view to the making of a report and [F. R. Doc. 37-2536; Filed, August 13, 1937; 12:17 p. m.] such order as may be found warranted under section 5, in­ cluding paragraph 11 thereof, or other provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act, or other orders as may be appro­ d epa r tm en t o f agriculture . priate upon the record; It is further ordered, That the Alleghany Corporation, The Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Chesapeake Corporation, Robert R. Young, Prank P. Kolbe, Amendment N o. 1 to R ules and R egulations Governing the and Alan P. Kirby, be, and they are hereby, made respondents Inspection, Sampling and Certification of Cottonseed in this proceeding; that this order be served on said re­ S old or Offered for Sale for Crushing P urposes spondents; and that notice to the public be given by posting a copy of this order in the office of the Secretary of the By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of Commission; Agriculture by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the 12 F. R. 1608 (DI). 1676 FEDERAL REGISTER, August U, 1927

And it is further ordered, That this proceeding be assigned ing from time to time, to administer oaths and affirmations, for hearing at such time and place as the Commission here­ subpena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, after may direct. and require the production of any books, papers, corre­ By the Commission. spondence, memoranda, contracts, agreements, or other rec­ [seal] W. P. B artel, Secretary. ords deemed relevant or material to the inquiry, and to perform all other duties in connection therewith authorized [F. R. Doc. 37-2537; Piled, Augst 13,1937; 12:29 p. m.] by law. Upon the completion of the taking of testimony in this matter, the officer conducting said hearing is directed to RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION. close the hearing and make his report to the Commission. [Administrative Order No. 122] By the Commmission. [seal] F rancis P. B rassor, Secretary. Allocation op P onds for Loans [F. R. Doc. 37-2540; Hied, August 13, 1937; 12:41 p. m.] , 1937. By virtue of the authority vested in me by the provisions of Section 4 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, I here­ United States of America—Before the Securities by allocate, from the sums authorized by said Act, funds and Exchange Commission for loans for the projects and in the amounts as set forth in At a regular session of the Securities and Exchange Com­ the following schedule: mission held at its office in the City of Washington, D. (X, Project Designation: Am ount on the 13th day of August, A. D. 1937. Georgia 8068 Grady (partial)------$75,000 [File No. 32-70] Georgia 8069 Washington------76,000 Georgia 8074 Jefferson (partial)------75,000 In the Matter of W ebster and S outhbridge G as and Minnesota 8068 Carver (partial)------100,000 Electric Company Nebraska 8024B Lancaster (partial).------150,000 Nebraska 8025 Saline (partial)------150, 000 notice of and order for hearing Nebraska 8054 Cuming (partial)------250,000 Oregon 8015 Multnomah.------100,000 An application having been duly filed with this Commis­ Wyoming 8006C Goshen______- 156, 000 sion, by Webster and Southbridge Gas and Electric Com­ J ohn M. Carmody, Administrator. pany, a subsidiary of New England Power Association, a registered holding company, pursuant to Section 6 (b) of [F. R. Doc. 37-2535; Piled, August 13,1937; 10:25 a. m.] the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, for exemp­ tion from the provisions of Section 6 (a) of said Act of the issue and sale by the applicant of 96,000 shares of its capital SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. stock of the par value of $25 per share, it being stated in United States of America—Before the Securities said application that such issue and sale are solely for the and Exchange Commission purpose of financing the business of the applicant, said shares to be issued to said New England Power Association At a regular session of the Securities and Exchange Com­ in exchange, share for share, for 96,000 shares of the capital mission held at Its office in the City of Washington, D. C., stock of the Worcester Electric Light Company, a subsidiary on the 13th day of August, A. D. 1937. of said New England Power Association, of the par value of [Pile No. 46-67] $25 per share, all of said shares being stated in said applica­ tion to be owned by said New England Power Association, In the Matter of American U tilities Service Corporation and that such issue and sale have been expressly authorized (Application P ursuant to Section 10 (a ) (1) of the by the Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth P ublic Utility Holding Company Act of 1935) of Massachusetts, the state in which the applicant is organ­ NOTICE OF AND ORDER FOR HEARING ized and doing business. An application having been duly filed with this Commis­ It is ordered that a hearing on such matter be held on sion, by American Utilities Service Corporation, a registered , 1937, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon of that day holding company, pursuant to Section 10 (a) (1) of the at Room 1103, Securities and Exchange Building, 1778 Penn­ Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, for approval sylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D. C.; and of the acquisition by it of 62,912 shares of common stock, of Notice of such hearing is hereby given to said party and to the par value of $5.00 per share, of Peoria Service Company, any interested State, State commission, State securities com­ a subsidiary company of applicant, in exchange for certain mission, municipality, and any other political subdivision of indebtedness, preferred and common stock now held by appli­ a State, and to any representative of interested consumers cant, which exchange applicant states is pursuant to a plan or security holders, and any other person whose participa­ of reorganization of said Peoria Service Company confirmed tion in such proceeding may be in the public interest or for by the District Court of the United States under Section 77B the protection of investors or consumers. It is requested of the Bankruptcy Act; that any person desiring to be heard or to be admitted as a It is ordered that a hearing on such matter be held on party to such proceeding shall file a notice to that effect , 19$7, at two o’clock in the afternoon of that day with the Commission on or before , 1937. at Room 1101, Securities and Exchange Building, 1778 Penn­ It is further ordered that Robert P. Reeder, an officer of sylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D. C.; and - the Commission, be and he hereby is designated to preside Notice of such hearing is hereby given to said party and at such hearing, and authorized to adjourn said hearing to any interested State, State commission, State securities from time to time, to administer oaths and affirmations, sub­ commission, muicipality, and any other political subdivi­ pena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, sion of a State, and to any representative of interested con­ and require the production of any books, papers, corre­ sumers or security holders, and any other person whose spondence, memoranda, contracts, agreements, or other participation in such proceeding may be in the public in­ records deemed relevant or material to the inquiry, and to terest or for the protection of investors or consumers. It perform all other duties in connection therewith authorized by law. is requested that any person desiring to be heard or to be Upon the completion of the taking of testimony in this admitted as a party to such proceeding shall file a notice matter, the officer conducting said hearing is directed to to that effect with the Commission on or before August close the hearing and make his report to the Commission. 25, 1937. It is further ordered that Richard Townsend, an officer By the Commission. of the Commission, be and he hereby is designated to pre­ [seal] F rancis P. B rassor, Secretary. side at such hearing, and authorized to adjourn said hear­ [P. R. Doc. 37-2542; Filed, August 13,1937; 12:42 p.m.] FEDERAL REGISTER, August U, 1937 1677 United States of America—Before the Securities tal stock of declarant will obtain the right to receive a like and Exchange Commission number of shares, to-wit, 96,000 shares, of the capital stock of Webster and Southbridge Gas and Electric Company, At a regular session of the Securities and Exchange Com­ upon the surrender of a like number of shares of declarant mission held at its office in the City of Washington, D. C., on for cancellation. the 13th day of August, A. D. 1937. It is ordered that a hearing on such matter be held on [PUe No. 31-404] August 27, 1937, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon of that day at Room 1103, Securities and Exchange Building, 1778 In the Matter of W est P enn R ailways Company (Applica­ Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D. C.; and tion P ursuant to Section 2 (a) (7) and 2 (a) (8) of the Notice of such hearing is hereby given to said party and P ublic U tility H olding Company A ct of 1935) to any interested State, State commission, State securities commission, municipality, and any other political subdivi­ NOTICE OF AND ORDER FOR HEARING sion of a State, and to any representative of interested con­ An application having been duly filed with this Commis­ sumers or security holders, and any other person whose sion, by West Penn Railways Company pursuant to Section participation in such proceeding may be in the public in­ 2 (a) (7) and 2 (a) (8) of the Public Utility Holding Com­ terest or for the protection of investors or consumers. It pany Act of 1935, for an order declaring applicant not to be is requested that any person desiring to be heard or to be a holding company and for an order declaring West Penn admitted as a party to such proceeding shall file a notice Power Company not to be a subsidiary company of applicant; to that effect with the Commission on or before August It is ordered that a hearing on such matter be held on 21, 1937. , 1937, at ten o’clock in the forenoon of that day It is further ordered that Robert P. Reeder, an officer at Room 1103, Securities and Exchange Building, 1778 Penn­ of the Commission, be and he hereby is designated to sylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D. C.; and preside at such hearing, and authorized to adjourn said Notice of such hearing is hereby given to said party and hearing from time to time, to administer oaths and affirma­ to any interested State, State commission, State securities tions, subpena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evi­ commission, municipality, and any other political subdivision dence, and require the production of any books, papers, cor­ of a State,' and to any representative of interested consumers respondence, memoranda, contracts, agreements, or other or security holders, and any other person whose participation records deemed relevant or material to the inquiry, and to in such proceeding may be in the public interest or for the perform all other duties in connection therewith authorized protection of investors or consumers. It is requested that any by law. person desiring to be heard or to be admitted as a party to Upon the completion of the taking of testimony in this . such proceeding shall file a notice to that effect with the matter, the officer conducting said hearing is directed to Commission on or before , 1937. close the hearing and make his report to the Commission. It is further ordered that Richard Townsend, an officer By the Commission. of the Commission, be and he hereby is designated to pre­ [seal] F rancis P. B rassor, Secretary. side at such hearing, and authorized to adjourn said hearing from time to time, to administer oaths and affirmations, sub- [F. R. Doc. 37-2541; Filed, August 13, 1937; 12:42 p. m.] pena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, contracts, agreements, or other records deemed United States of America—Before the Securities relevant or material to the inquiry, and to perform all other and Exchange Commission duties in connection therewith authorized by law. Upon the completion of the taking of testimony in this At a regular session of the Securities and Exchange Com­ matter, the officer conducting said hearing is directed to mission, held at its office in the City of Washington, D. C. close the hearing and make his report to the Commission. on the 13th day of August, 1937. By the Commission. [FUe No. 1-969] [seal] F rancis P. B rassor, Secretary. I n the Matter of International Safety R azor Corporation [F. R. Doc. 37-2539; Filed, August 13,1937; 12:41 p. m.] Class B Common S tock, N o P ar Value

order granting application to withdraw from listing and United States of America—Before the Securities registration and Exchange Commission International Safety Razor Corporation, pursuant to Sec­ tion 12 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as At a regular session of the Securities and Exchange Com­ amended, and Rule JD2 promulgated thereunder, having mission held at its office in the City of Washington, D. C., made application to withdraw its Class B Common Stock, no on the 13th day of August, A. D. 1937. par value, from listing and registration on the Boston Stock [File No. 43-72] Exchange; and After appropriate notice,1 a hearing having been held in In the Matter of T he W orcester Electric Light Company this matter; and NOTICE OF AND ORDER FOR HEARING The Commission having considered said application to­ gether with the evidence introduced at said hearing, and A declaration having been duly filed with this Commis­ having due regard for the public interest and the protection sion by The Worcester Electric Light Company, a sub­ of investors; sidiary of the New England Power Association, a registered It is ordered, that said application be and the same is holding company, pursuant to Section 7 of the Public Utility hereby granted, effective a t the close of the trading session Holding Company Act of 1935, regarding the alteration of on , 1937. the rights of the holders of all the outstanding shares of By the Commission. the capital stock of the declarant, to-wit, 96,000 shares of the par value of $25 per share, said declaration stating that [seal] Orval L. D uB ois, Recording Secretary. all of said shares are owned by said New England Power [F. R. Doc. 37-2543; Filed, August 13,1937; 12:42 p. m.] Association and that by the proposed alteration of such rights the holders of all of said outstanding shares of capi- ‘2F.R. 1330 (DI). 1678 FEDERAL REGISTER, August U, 1937 United States of America—Before the Securities Cumulative Common Stock, $10 Par Value, from listing and and Exchange Commission registration on the Los Angeles Stock Exchange; and The Commission deeming it necessary for the protection At a regular session of the Securities and Exchange of investors that a hearing be held in this matter at which Commission, held at its office in the City of Washington, all interested persons be given an opportunity to be heard; D. C„ on the 13th day of August, 1937. It is ordered, that the matter be set down for hearing at [File No. 1-1972] 10:00 o’clock, A. M., on Tuesday, September 21, 1937, in Room 426, 650 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, and I n the Matter op Corcoran P ire I nsurance Company op continue thereafter at such times and places as the Commis­ the District op Columbia Common Stock, $50 P ar sion or its officer herein designated shall determine, and Value that general notice thereof be given; and It is further ordered, that Charles R. Burr, an officer of ORDER SETTING HEARING ON APPLICATION TO WITHDRAW FROM the Commission, be and he hereby is designated to adminis­ LISTING AND REGISTRATION ter oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their The Corcoran Fire Insurance Company of the District attendance, take evidence, and require the production of any of Columbia, pursuant to Section 12