U.S.S. HOUSTON 
State Bulletin 
7 August 1938 
Win t hr op S. Greene Second Secretary and Consul at Bogota has been 
designated Second Secretary at Stockholm; Gerald Keith Consul 
c nd Second secretary at Bern has been assigned Consul and Second 
oecretary at Bogota where he will serve in dual capacity; Marselis 
arsons jr. Vice Consul at Medan has been assigned Vice Consul 
at Batavia; John H. Madonne Consul at Beirut has been assigned 
Consul at Bern; Charles H. Heisler Consul at Hamilton has been 
^ssigned Consul at Binis; Stanley Hawks Consul and Second Secretary 
at Paris has resigned from the foreign service effective at the 
expiration of leave which has been granted him; Philip Adams Consul 
August d i n, 1938 land retirGd from the foreign service effective 
BUSINESS 
Chicago Edison Issue 
Commonwealth Edison Company of Chicago yesterday filed with the 
statement covering thirty three million dollars 
mort S^ e Three ana one half percent bonds due June 1 1968 
and between thirty nine million two hundred fifty one thousand six 
£u£d^ f 01 iS r ?. and , fa f ty mi i lion ^ hundrQd ®ight thousand se^en 
hundred forty five dollars 'of convertible throe and one half uor- 
cont debentures due July 1, 1958. Proceeds of the issue will be 
used for the redemption of certain obligations of the company. 
Kay o n Indu s try 
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jncmio^ Bureau reported yesterda;' that deliveries of 
r.j.yon yarn to factories m July wore at a record level. It also 
fift? t.h™ pro , duo t' l0 5 for t!le quarter amounted to 
iSio 1 ? three hundred thousand pounds in the first 
and a Quarterly average of seventy eight million 
one hundred thousand pounds during 1937. 
New York Central Rai lroad • 
1t G to e bor^w S^ ra M?- llr0a ?n t0day re(1UQsted the ICC to authorize 
bGrr °w flV0 million ao liars from the National City Bank of 
1 n ‘ v uni or an airangemont by which the RFC would guarantee the 
of this I tvHo S nf ep0rtGd in press that tMs was the first instanoe 
°f proceaure instead of the usual borrowing by the 
bec-5se the^ur^h? 0151 ,? 1 ^ RFC and the chan S° had beenmade 
^ charges four percent interest as coiiipared with 
a two percent hank charge. Ihe r0 ad stated that the proceeds of 
the loan would be used to repair its line and rolling stock. 
Stock Market 
Volume of trading yesterday: one million one hundred sovontv 
Thousand shares. Dow Jones closing stock averages for yesterday* 
Industrials 144.47; Railroads 29.28; Utilities 20.80. 7 * * 
* En aC ^ dvG trad I n g today stocks continued their advance and 
reached the best levels in ton months. Bonds were higher as wore 
? urb ? bocks and Chicago stocks. Cotton futures were steady while 
m Chicago wheat and corn eased off fractionally. 
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