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two years. On the other hand, 1t Is
generally believed that the consumer
demand has been helped as q result of
the lower price level this Spring. Pro-
duction continues to increase as usual
at this time of year. The weaker senti-
ment which prevails in the country
cheese markets during the firSt part OF
May was reflected in an easier tone on
fresh cheese in city markets, but did
not much affect the position OF held
and cured cheese. Declines in produc-
ing sections amounted to about 1 cent
per pound. Canada and foreign mar
kets tended lower also in early May.
Feed Grains Higher.
Prices of feed grains made moderate
advances during the first 10 days oil
May. Wheat markets held generally
firm and rye markets showed strong
tone because of reduced supplies.
Prices of wheat mill feeds were irregu-
larly lower for the first 10 days Of May
Cottonseed meal ranged from Slightly
higher to somewhat lower at various
markets, but linSeed showed consider
able declines at some points. Corn
feeds we're unusually weak. Gluten feed
declined So per ton, while homlny feed
dropped $3.50 in response to slow de-
mand from feeders, especially at the
Eastern markets.
Conditions of pasture and mowings
have been improved by recent rains, but
are probably still below last year and
probably considerably below those OF
the past 10 years, especially in parts OF
the country not fully recovered from
the drought injury of last season.
Cattle Receipts Increase.
An increase in receipts of market cat
tie at Chicago finally brought lower
prices during the first week of May. AT
one time prices were close to the lowest
of the season. The break included all
grades of heavy cattle, and dealers were
expecting depressed conditions to con-
tinue until there was a let-up in the
supply and in the accumulation OF
stocks of dressed beef.
Prices of hogs tended slightly lower
at Chicago, but the net decline was
slight and the receipts of hogs were
in moderate volume.
Price of sheep and lambs advanced
to new points in early May, reaching
top of $1025, then declined sharply,
leaving the price level not far from
that prevailing early in the month.
The bulk of wooded lambs were selling
from SO to 1925; native Spring lambs
brought $11 to $11.50.
An encouraging feature Of the BoS-
ton wool market during the first week
of May was the renewed interest shown
in raw wool by manufacturers. Prices
were generally unchanged, but the i'm
provement in buyers attitudes tended
to break up the recent tone Of depres-
sion in market sentiments. Most of
the business was in new Western
grown woods.
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Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, May 12.-Po-
tatoes, white. 100 pounds, l.2SsI.sS:
new potatoes. barrel, s.26a5.0o; sweet
potatoes, barrel, 2.00a450; yams, barrel,
3.50a4.50; beans, bushel, 1.5oa2.75: as
paragus, per dozen. 100a3.0 90: beets,
crate, 1.25a2.50; cabbage. buShel. 1.00a
lis; carrots bushel. 60a75; cauliflower.
$50: eggplants, crate, 2.00a5.00: kale,
bushel, 25a50; lettuce, hamper. 5oal.50:
lima beans. 5.0oa6,oo; peppers, crate,
1.50a450; Spring onions, per 100, 75a
1.25; spinach, bushel, 25a50; tomatoes,
crate, 1.00a5.00; apples. bushel. 7Sa
$50; per box, 1.75a2.50: grapefruit,
box, 1.50a3 90; oranges. box, 2.50a4.2S;
strawberries, quart, l212a2O.
Dairy Market.
Poultry. alive-Chickens young. asa
SO; old hens. 2la24; Leghorns, 17als;
ROSTERS 14a15: ducks. 15a26; Guinea
fowl. each. 50a75c; pigeons, pair, 30a35.
Eggs-Receipts, 1884 cases. Nearby
firsts, dozen. IT; current receipts. 1871.
pound, 24a26: ladies, 20a2l: rolls. 16a
i8; process, 22a23; store packed, l4a1S.
Hay and Grain.
Wheat-No. red Winter, export.
80; No. red Winter, garlicky, spot,
corn.No 2 domestic, yellow, 7sa74;
20 oatsHWhite. No. 2. ssass; No. .,
37a38.
Rye-Nearby, 55a60.
Hay-Receipts, 81 tons. While re-
ceipts Of hay are ample for all require
ments, there is no surplus Of heavy
clover mixed being offered. Such grades
will bring a premium OF 81 to So per
ton, depending on the amount OF clover.
Fair to good timothy ranges from $24
to $26 per ton.
Straw-Wheat straw, No. I, per ton,
IL. 00a1300. Oat straw, No. l, per ton,
12.00a1300.
Live Stock Market.
CattIe-Receipts, so head; light sup
ply; market steady.
Steers-Choice to prime, none; good
to choice, 800a8.50; medium to good.
T.O0a7.75; fair to medium, 6.25a7.00;
plain to fair, 5.50a6.00; common 70
plain, 5.00a5.50.
Buils-Good to prime, none: good TO
choice, none; medium to good. 5.00a
$50; fair to medium, 4.50a5.00. plain
to fair, 400a4.50; common to plain,
3.50a400. .
Cows-Choice to prime. none; good
to choice, none; medium to good, 5.00a
so: fair to medium, 90; plain
to fair, 3.00a4.00; common to plain,
2. 00a3O0.
Heifers-Choice to prime, none; good
to choice, none; medium to good, 6.Toa
725; fair to medium, 600a6.75; plain TO
fair, 550a6.00; common to plain, 4.50a
525
Fresh cows and Springers, 30a70.
Sheep and lambS-Receipts 200 head;
light supply: market steady; sheep, 1.50
a4.GO: Spring lambs, 8.00a12.25.
Hogs-Receipts, TOO head; light sup
ply: market steady; lights, 7.80as!05;
heavies, 700a7.75; medium, 7.80a8.05;
pigs, 7.30a8.05.
Calves-Receipts, so head; light sup
ply; market steady; calves. 4.00a9.00.
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C0TTONSEED OUTPUT
CUT IN NINE MONTHS
Store on Hand at Mills on April 80
Also Reduced From
Last Year.
By the Associated press

By the Associated Press.
Cottonseed crushed during the nine
month period, August l to April 30, was
announced today by the Census Bureau
to have totaled 1852, 1853 tons. COM
pared with 4,72s.6s1 tons in the same
period year ago and cottonseed on
hand at mills April 30 totaled 95,297
tons, compared with 1877 ,393 year ago.
Cottonseed products manufactured in
the period and on hand April 30 we're
Crude oil produced, l,392.ll7. $50
pounds, compared with l,477 iO4 897.
and on hand, 43.049,o35 pounds, COM
pared with 81 ,9543l8.
r. iined oil produced, 1898. 0S9. SIT
pounds, compared with l.277.679 GIG,
and en- hand, 462 $50 943 pounds. COM
Oa"ei with 5l6,752.94l.
Cake ana NAL procured. 2.O37157
tons. compared with 2.lO2489. End on
hand. $4,000 tons, compared with
1882.
Hulls produced. 1,2s195s tons, COM
pared with l,304,1l and on hand, co.
l73 tons, COMPARED with 66.457.
Lin:ers produced, 795,57S bales. COM
pared with 073,959, ard on bend. 27l,-
824 bales, compared with 224,4e4.
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OFFERINGS ON CURB
POINT DOWNWARD
Market Opens Irregular and
Dull, Moving Slowly
Toward Decline.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 12.-Opening
dull and irregular. today's Curb Elk
change session dragged along, with
prices pointing downward as the mar
ket entered the afternoon period
The market leader, Electric Bond q
Share, most of the time was of about
a point while American & Foreign
Power warrants lost about half that
amount. Cities Service was dull and
down O fraction.
Public utilities, petroleums and mine
shares were weak groups in the fore
4 noon, though heavinesS cropped out In
many individual issues in other sec
lions Of the list
Electric Bond a. Share, through its
Affiliate, Electric Power e. Light plans
entry into Mexico with a natural gas
pipe line and has virtually completed
negotiations for the Bucharest Electric
Co. These developments, as we'll as ex-
pansion plans of American g. Foreign
Power had no immediate constructive
market effects.
Hydroelectric Securities. with drop
Of ~ points, reached new low in re-
Spouse to the first-quarter report show
ing income Of $806,397 against $8l9, 1872
in the same period last year. Pennsyl-
Vania Water g. Power declined point.
The inactive Los Angeles Gas g. Elec-
trio So preferred, with a gain of more
than 4 points, hit q new high for ttse
year, its movement being typical of that
class of securities. Brazilian Traction &
Light and other international utilities
moved irregularly.
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie opened up
III points in spite of the f1rst-quarter
earnings report, showing net Of $S01,-
55l, against 81 ,460,6l2 in the same 1880
period. Hiram Walker halved its COM
mon quarterly dividend payment, with
no immediate visible price effect on
the shares here. Competitive bidding
for Consolidated Dairy. on the part Of
Beatrice Creamery and National Dairy
Products, had little effect on the FIRST
named issue National Dairy preferred
scored a new high for the year.
(Copyright 1917
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HEAVY SPRING SUPPLY SENDS
FARM PRICES DOWNWARDAGAIN

Many Of the price changes in farm
products since the beginning of the
month have been mainly the result of
the usual heavy Spring supply. accord
ing to the United States Bureau Of
Agricultural Economics. The liberal re-
ceipts found markets depressed by the
the absence of brisk consuming of
speculative demand. The more perish
able lines, including meats, butter, veg
etables and poultry products, were
dragged slowly downward under such
conditions during the third of May.
Southern vegetables were in heavy sup
ply and suffered sharp declines. Live
stock markets shared the general weak
ness, but grain and cotton met devel-
opments more favorable to market re-
covery and sold little higher.
Potato Markets Irregular.
Markets for old potatoes were unset
tied in producing sections, being fairly
steady in Maine, lower in Western New
York and in Colorado. but tending
higher in Midwestern shipping districts,
where supplies have been light. Chicago
carlot market showed price gains, COM
pared with earlier in the month, and
Eastern city markets were steady to
firm.
Scarcity Of sound Northern crop
onions is a feature which accounts for
higher prices on fancy yellow stock.
Southern onions tended slightly down.
ward in producing sections. but re-
manned fairly steady in Northern city
markets. Among other Southern veg
etables, prices also are developing on
asparagus, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes
and early potatoes. Prices of celery held
firm nearly everywhere in early May.
A feature cabbage market is the pro-
spective increase Of planting in the
Northern cabbage-producing region.
Apple prices were slightly weaker In
New York and in the Northwest. Straw
berries declined sharply.
Egg Market Weak.
The lower price trend of eggs during
the first 10 days of May brought about
slightly higher demand for storage
packed eggs toward the middle of the
month, although the large numbers of
eggs already accumulated is causing
operator to follow a cautious policy in
regards to storage commitments. Re-
cepits of fresh stock failed to show
much decrease as yet. and consumer
demand is only moderately active.
Increasing receipts Of fresh broilers
and indications pointing to still more
liberal supply from nearby Eastern
areas caused broiler prices to weaken
materially in early May, with declines
Of from 2 to cents per pound in
several of the most important markets.
Fowls were in light supply, which in
cluded much poor stock, resulting in
irregular prices.
Butter Declines Further.
Declines on butter in Eastern mar
kets during the first 10 days of May
amounted to about l cent a pound.
Trade sentiment still continued I'M
settled. Operators are cautious in re-
gard to storage operations this season.
owing to severe losses during the past
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Plan Concerted Vacation.

BALTIMORE, May IL Especially -
The weeks beginning July IS and 20
have been designated as the concerted
vacation period for employees at the
Western Electric Point Breeze Works,
in Baltimore. This concerted vacation
plan is something new in industry and
proved highly successful last year, when
IS per cent, or $1,000 of the COM
pany's employees received vacation with
pay At Point Breeze more than 1000
employees will 60 on their vacations dur
ing the allotted period. The plan en-
tails shutting down the company's
manufacturing units as completely as
possible and, officials believe, has the
great advantage of permitting the
largest percentage of employees to be OF
together
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CHICAGO POTATO MARKET.

CHICAGO, My - P).-pot.toos
rccaip.S, Is car; on tao 300: tct-l
Un ted Sta. III pra".t 500; old st-c:
wea:er, trading slow; sacked, De. hun
dredwe.ght, Wisconsin round Whites
l.30al 40; Idaho russets, mostly l.55a
1.6O. few l.65. some low as 1.50: new
bama. Louisiana Bliss Triunphs, No. /
l.85a2.0o; No. 2, l.o5allO; Texas, 2.oOa
225.
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Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, May IL R.-Higher
prices for grains resulted largely today
from absence of selling pressure and
from continuance of Canadian drought
reports. mo moisture overnight was
noted anywhere in the Canadian prairie
provinces. Montana and the Dakotas
were also generally without rain.
Wheat closed irregular ct a shade
decline to * advance. Corn "a off to
u up. Oats, unchanged to y higher,
and provisions, 5 to Z cents down.
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Markets at a Glance
NEW YORK. Nav u NN.-sto

NEW YORK. May II W1-Stocks
heavy; rails depressed on New York
Central quarterly earnings Bonds
hcavv: rails drop sharply. Curb heavy;
Vacuum Oil rallies. Foreign exchanges
irregular; Spanish peseta weak. Cotton
resy. Favorable weather forecast. Sugar
steodv. batter spot situation. Coffee
lower. easier brazilian markets.
CHICAGO.-Wheatf firm; unfavorable
weather and rumorS export business.
Corn firm; small receipts and delayed
farm work Cattle irregular. Hogs
higher.
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New York Cotton

NEW YORK, May IL (E).-An early
decline in response to relatively easy
Liverpool cables, prospects for improv-
ing weather in the South and lower
opening of the stock market was fcl-
lowed by quiet and fairly steady mar
ket for cotton today. After selling of
from 9.99 to 992 July contracts were
ruling around 9.95 during the middle
of the afternoon, with the more active
positions showing net declines Of about
5 to points.
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MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK, May IL R.-Call
money firm; high, IA; low, /: ruling
rate. /; close, Ia per cent.
Time leans easy; so days, la1 Il: 3-4
months, 1ika2; S months, 124a2; 6
months, l34a2H per cent.
Prime commercial paper. 2a2H.
Bankers acceptances unchanged.
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PAYS 61sT DIVIDEND.

Direstors Of the General Tire 81 Rub
Der Co. recently declared the sixty-frst
consecutive dividend on General Tire
common stock, the company never hay-
ing failed to pay dividends regularly
eyer since 1t was organized.
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RUBBER MARKET.

NEW YORK, May IL (SpeciaD =
Crude rubber, smoked ribbed sheets, was
"a higher at todays noon quotation of
6l2 cents. This compares with SIS a
month ago and 141s year ago.
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For many ofits old-established public utility
companies, the Central Public Service
System has, through efficient management,
effected important savings in engineering
costs, in materials, in financing, in account
ing methods, and in operations generally.
Iris not surprising, therefore, that since
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Coal Output Increases.

Production of bituminous coal in
creased 81 per cent during the weel:
ended May g. as measured by reports
received by the United States Bureau
of Mines. Total output for comparable
periods follow:
sRf. TOR
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CHICAGO STOCK MARKET

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 12-Following is the
complete official list Of transactions in
stocks on the Chicago Stock Exchange
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BALTIMORE STOCKS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May l2.-

At the beginning of an eclipse some
years ago the Chinese mandarins gave
orders for the drums to be beaten to
put to flight the celestial dragon that
they believed was swallowing the sun.
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Nav Put Off Fox Meeting.

May Put Un FOX meeting.
NEW YORK, May IL lP.-It was re-
ported in Wall Street today that the
annual meeting of the Fox Film Corpo-
ration may be again postponed.
The meeting has been twice delayed.
the latest date set being May Is. It
was understood today that the meet
ing NAV be deferred until sometime in
June, although official information was
lacking.
Germiston, Transvaal, is to have a
large steel works.
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s 5SSS S S 5a1u sy s'fs q: 3. !;
1000 RofthV c,f Fl IS Il rs 10 rs
BOND sales To-Day. $4,000.
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of gas and electric service to consumers,
in many cases at lower rates; the addition of
new customers and the increase in revenues.
Extending into "a states, Canadian
Provinces, dependencies of the United
States and 3 foreign countries, the Central
Public Service System forms well-integrated
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joining the Central Public
Service family, a considerable
number of these companies
have materially exceeded their
successful progress of former
years.
TotalIo3o electric revenue
for the companies in the sys-
tenn has shown an increase
over the revenue of the same
companies for the preceding
year, although the average
cost to the consumer was
reduced. Purchases of gas
byconsumcrs also were larger
in 1870. All this in the face
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET S S ' III, : : S Ss:

Note-An stocks are sold In one hundred snare lon
excepting those designated by the letter (80s) (260s,
which shows those stocks were sold In odd lots.
pray Ioa1-
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Dividend in dollars based last
dividend tPartly extra 4PlG
q
n lss In
n Plus los m in
stock Plus in p year-no regular rate
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unit fortified against sectional
fluctuations in prosperity.
Steadily it has expanded,
centering its member COM
panies in areas where c lter-
prise and population gave solid
evidence ofgrowth.
Today the Central Public
Service Corporation has
over S323,ooo,ooo in in
vested capital, more than
$4,000 stockholders, and
revenue commensurate with
other major units ofthepublic
utility industry.
YOu are invited 70 write
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.h riviSend Rate Add CO. Open Hish. Low Clos,
Milford chronicle., 1931-11-06

other people pack them into cans
they are then taken to the cooker
where they spend several minutes
depending on the size of the cans.
They are then cooled and packed
away ready for sale.
Just as we were coming out of
this section man went by; so we
followed him up to the chemistry
room. In here there are a few in
struments for experimenting. A
chemist is hired to work in here all
during the season. He experiments
on different formulas and other pro-
jects.
Near the door there were three
large tanks full of liquid. Robert
told us that this liquid was brine for
pickles. Each tank was equipped
with self mixer which was stirring
all the while.
One thing that looked queer to me
was that the pickle section, which
we came to next, was enclosed by
screen. This was the subject of the
first question | asked as we enter
ed.
"This screen had to be put up
here to keep the bees out" answer
ed Mr.. Yerkes, "they smell the
pickle brine and swarm in here
worrying the help"
Most everything had been remov-
ed from here, but our guide told us
that large tanks fill up most of this
section. In these tanks they put the
pickles. At intervals they are
changed from one tank to another.
At the same time the brine is chang
ed. All these pickles, along with
the sweet potatoes, etc., are packed
for the Libby Company. Consequent
ly, they are of best grade and all
packed by hand. This is one of the
Milford chronicle., 1931-11-06
Manual Training De-
partment Is Very Busy

The hum of the motors and other
noises commonly heard in a busy
workshop attracts ones attention to
our manual training department.
AS one enters many curious and
interesting projects are there before
his eyes. These are being worked
on by deeply interested boys who
work like bees under the direction
of Mr.. McGee.
Over along the windows are the
lathes, tool sharpeners and jig-saw,
all of which are used almost contin-
uously by the boys who turn out
many beautiful and useful pieces of
furniture on them.
The iig-saw is not only very USE
fui to all, but is much easier than
the old hand method and does much
better work when used properly.
To the left is seen large cage
in which the tools are kept. Usually
some member of the class is in
charge and responsible for all tools
taken out of it.
Along the walls are some very
good pieces of furniture of all de-
scriptions.
Since the boys are deeply inter-
ested in their work this year, Mr..
McGee hopes to make this year a
great success.
Edgar Clendaniel "a
Milford chronicle., 1931-11-06
SENIOR GIRL SEES
BOAT GROUNDED
AT new CASTLE
Bow OF Vessel Complete
ly Out Of The Water

The boat, Robin Goodfellow, was
run aground near New Castle one
day last week. The captain guiding
it, evidently without a pilot, had
mistaken the Bellanca revolving
searchlight for a beacon light and
steered his boat toward it. However,
it wasn't the beacon light he eX-
pected and he found himself cross
ing the sand bar headed for shore.
The ocean-going vessel was load
ed with approximately one hundred
and sixty tons of ore. The bow of
the vessel is completely out of the
water and it looks almost impos-
sible for it to be moved. However,
it is rumored a channel will be dug
and Robin Goodfellow will be slip
ped into it and on out into the bay.
This is easily said; but one who
has seen her will realize what a
terrible job moving this vessel will
be.
Loretta Berridge '32
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Mending Mutilated
Books Takes Much
Of Librarians Time
Some Volumes Literally "De,Oured"

Some Volumes Literally "DevOured''
AS / approached Miss Edna Bar
ker, our librarian, one day l notic-
ed that she was mending a torn
book; so l asked her why she was
all the time mending some torn
book.
She answered saying, "Well, 1
cont exactly know why, but it
seems as if every time ! look at a
book some sort of repair has to be
done on it although it looks as if
some good is being gotten from
them"
Then l became more curious and
wanted to know the conditions in
our library which she gladly gave
me-.
The library at present she said
has about nine sections, seven shell
YES high, containing books of many
classifications from which i stu
dent can get an answer to many diff
ficult problems which confront him.
There are some general reference
sets which are in fair shape consid-
ering their usage. Ancient. Medley
al and Modern Histories by the hest
authors are now on the shelves.
Right at the present time a great
many are being used by Mr.. Bos-
tons history classes for research
work. Since book reports are part
of our English work there are many
shelves filled with the best report
able books for the seventh to the
twelfth grade. Yet there is room for
many more.
Books are allowed to be kept out
for two weeks and for every day ov-
er the, two weeks there is a fine of
two cents.
Each day books are being added
and it is not long before they are
read by many.
Miss Barker requests that all pu-
pills take an interest in the library
and the care of books just as if they
were his or her own property and
at the end of the required time re-
turn them and give some one else a
chance to read them also.
Let us hope to follow Miss Bar
ker's request and as we go through
school realize and appreciate the
value of good library.
Edgar Clendaniel, Jr.