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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-08-12
NELSON SOJOURNING
In LOCAL HOSPITAL

Pharmacists in the Westward will
have to be patient for awhile longer,
until Eddie Nelson, salesman for
the McKessons and Robbins Com
pany in Seattle, is dismissed from
st. AIMS Hospital.
Mr.. Nelson was gathering together
all samples, taking last minute
orders and getting Strengthened up,
when his appendix started acting
up. Mr.. Nelson's final words to DIR.
Coffey, before entering the operat-
ing room last night were: do you
think I'll come out alive, Doc?" The
answer being We'll, don't know,
one out of every thousand pass out
of the picture" Mr.. Nelson is rest
ing easily today, and like. little Au-
drey just laughed and laughed,
cause he knew all the time he
wasn't the one out of that thou
sand,
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Men Off
By RoWboat on
Trip Down Yukon

The Alaska Exploration Soci-
ETY." expedition, composed of Nor
man Bright, noted distance runner
and mountaineer, and Sherwood
Writ, Juneau newspaperman, will
leave tomorrow night for Skagway
on the Alaska enroute to White
horse for a row boat trip down the
Yukon.
Bright is headed for Ruby, where
he will teach in the Territorial
school next year. Writ is on six
months leave from his duties here.
They will make the trip in To-
foot boat with cupboard motor
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HOLDEN FLIES
3 TO H00NAH

Three passengers flew to Hoonah
today with Alex Holden in the Ma
rine Always Fairchild.
They were o. c. Wigmester, Har-
ry B. Jones, Mrs. Konichek.
Among returning passengers, Mrs
George Gamble was expected to fly
in from Tenakee.
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the sun was not too hot, but she
took the final decision in the con-
troversy because it didn't rain. At
any rate, some of the picnickers
said, mot openly"
Other honors were divided, the
No-see-ums getting in their dig
here and there.
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THREE SALMON BOATS
UNLOAD FISH TODAY

Three salmon boats sold today in
Juneau, the Little Emma with 5000
pounds, to ACT, and the Hyperion
with $4,000, the Fern with 10000,
both to New England.
All fish sold at prevailing prices,
17-11-7-7
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sHUN PUBLIC WEDDINGS

DODGE CITY, Kans. Dodge
City ministers frown upon public
weddings. The ministerial Alliance
recently was asked to choose one of
its members to officiate at public
wedding arranged as a feature of
the county fair but the organization
voted ito have nothing to do with
such a ceremony"
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terious disappearance Of DR.. Rob-
ert Moore Duncan, politics instruc-
tor at Colgate university, follow
ing a quarrel with his wife while
the ship was $50 miles out in the
Atlantic. A purser said he pre-
vented the instructor from throw
ing his wife overheard, after
which the teacher vanished. Mrs.
Duncan, SO, daughter of an asso-
ciate of John d. Rockefeller, Jr.,
collapsed and was carried ashore.
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HOSPITAL NOTES

Ed Nelson underwent major OPP
Grafton at st. AIMS Hospital last
night. His condition is reported as
favorable.
Paula Kay Cook, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Norman B. Cook, under
went a tonsilectomy this morning
at st. AIMS Hospital
Tommy Miettenen was admitted
to st. AIMS Hospital this morn
ing for medical treatment
Nancy Wright and baby daughter
were dismissed from the Govern
ment Hospital this morning.
Jack Austin was admitted to the
Government Hospital this morning
from Hoonah, for medical care.
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Effective today, August II, will
not be responsible for any bills con-
tracted by anyone except myself.
adv. JAMES ROMA
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT - UNFINISHED house,
four rooms and bath, garage IN
basement, $35 per month. Bill w.
9th. Phone Black lib.
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FRONT OFFICE in Blomgren Bldg.
Two rooms. Phone Blue $40, Roy
Allen.
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Lode and placer location noticed
for sale at The Empire Office.
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w AN T AID
INFORMATION

Count five average words TO the
rne.
Daily rate per line for consecutive
Insertions:
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this month that the first Chautauqua
established today three decades later this ns
memory killed by competition
assembly founded at Lake Chautauqua
1874 not until later that the
organized William Jennings slvertongued
greatest drawing those days Billy
Sunday the fiery evangelist, as another top attraction
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LOST - Lady's small, gold, Elgin
wrist watch, Wednesday. Back
inscribed: Frank to Delma. Re-
ward. Phone Blue 302; 522 W.
10th.
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LOST-Little girls red coat between
Capitol Theatre and 9th st. Sun
day afternoon, 3-year-old size,
brown fur collar Call Mrs. Harry
Krane
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LOST AND FOUND

LOST - Sheafer Fountain pen.
Return to City Clerks Office. Re-
ward.
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FOR RENT-5-room unfinished
house. 1886 Dixon. Phone Red 470.
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VACANCY at the Nugget Apis.
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4 In case OF error or A. an ao
has been stopped before ex-
piration, advertiser please mott
fy this office (Phone 374 at
once and same will be given
attention.
I THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
l. /,
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MISCELLANEOUS

GUARANTEED Realistic Perma-
nents, $3.50 Finger wave, Csc.
Lola's Beauty Shop, telephone
2O1, 315 Decker Way.
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TURN your old gold into value,
cash or trade at Nugget Shop.
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APARTMENTS, phone Blue 200.
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GROOM furnished house for sale.
l1I9 w. 9Th st.
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FOR RENT-Two office rooms in
First National Bank Bldg. Inquire
at bank.
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FOR SALE-The Archway rooms,
No. 154 Franklin st. So. Furniture
and lease. Phone Black $50.
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Lode and placer location notices
Tor sale at The Empire Office.
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VACANCY at the Fosbee.
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GIRL WANTS to care for children
either evening or day. Phone 1923.
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WANTED-Maid for general house
work. Phone 361.
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FOR SALE-Dwelling house with
store front on corner 9th and D
SITS. Sacrifice for cash, $3.50
Write Henry c. Gorham, Box 932,
Juneau.
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GEORGE A. LINGO,
Register.
First publication, June l6, 1888.
Last publication, Aug. 81, 1888.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
HUNTING LOG.
Tomorrow's Meets-Virginia.

1
Tomorrow's Meets-Virginia.
Middleburg Hunt, Miss Char
lotte Noland. Daniel c. Sands,
joint-masters. For time and
place of meet. call Middleburg
telephone central.
Orange County Hunt. Fletcher
Harper, M. F. H. For time and
place Of meet. call The Plains
telephone central. 1,
Casanova Hunt. Miss Dorothy
| Montgomery, M. F. H. For in
formation of meets, call 189-W
or 164-W.
Old Dominion Hounds. Sterl-
ing Larrabee, M. F. H. For time
and place of meet. call Marshall
| 94-F-3.
Blue Ridge Hunt. William Bell
Watkins. M. F. H., Carter Hall,
10 am.
Carter's Hounds, Manley Carter,
M. F. H. For time and place Of
meet, call Orange telephone
central.
Loudoun Hunt, j. r. H. Alex
ander. M. F. H. For time and
place of meet. call Leesburg tele-
phone central.
The Fairfax Hunt, William Nc
Clellan, Reed Thomas. joint
masters. For time and place of
meet. call Temple 1922.
Deep Run Hunt. DR.. John
Hughes. M. F. H., club house,
3 pm.
Warrenton Hunt. Amory Car
hart. M. F. H. For time and place
Of meet. call Warrenton 3l8.
Pennington Hunt Club. Mrs. j.
P. Jones, Rodger Rinehart, joint
masters. For information of
meet, call 56f or Rural 53-W.
Maryland.
Elkridee- Hartford Hunt, Harvey
Ladew, NJ. F. H., Lindenhope
Farm. ii am
Elkridge- Hartford Hunt. Harvey
Ladew, M. F. H.. The Club. 2 pm.
Riding and Hunt Club Hounds.
Harry H. Semmes, DR.. Fred
Sanderson, Joint masters. Mr..
Cranford's Corner, las pm.
Redland Hunt. Thomas T.
Mott. NJ. F. H. For time and
place Of meet, call Wisconsin
1910.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
GARDEN CLUB TALK

Agriculture Landscaping Expert
to Speak Monday.
B. Y. Morrison. Agricultural De-
partment expert on landscaping, will
speak before the Woodbridge Garden
Club at dinner meeting to be held
Monday night in the Sherwood SUM-
day School Hall at Twenty-second
street and Rhode Island avenue NE.
Color pictures taken recently by
DR.. Freeman Weiss in the Bellingrath
Gardens in Mobile, Ala. will be
shown.
Evening star., 1938-02-04

Cats Kill Cobras.
Two cats fought and killed two
eobras. each 4 feet long. which in
vaded q house In Van Reenen. Natal
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21
Axe Slayer Sent
To Asylum for
Criminal Insane

Manuel Moore. halfbreed axe
slayer of Henry Garcia near Heber
last month, Wednesday was com
mitted to Mendocino hospital for
the criminally insane.
He Withdrew a plea of not guilty
to murder and entered a plea OF
guilty of manslaughter. He then
was tried without a jury on his
plea of not guilty to manslaughtel
by reason of insanity. Judge r. D
McPherrin declared Moore insane
at the time nc killed Gacia, a mar
he declared was his friend anc
with whom he lived in a tent neal
Heber for weeks prior to the kill
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21
Goinss. Cominss
OF FL Centrans

Mrs. E. l.. Carson and son, Jim
mie. visited the l.. j. Gorees last
week at the Goree cabin at Shrine
camp, Mt. Laguna.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mitchell
and Gene plan to leave this week.
end for vacation at Mission
Beach. They will be gone three
weeks.
Mrs. M O. King left early this
week to attend the market week
shoWings in Los Angeles. She plans
to return to the valley Saturday
or Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Flore and
family are enjoying their vacation
in Hollywood and Los Angeles. They
plan to return the last of the
month.
Mrs. Melvin King and two chill
dren are in the valley for a short
time. They have been spending
their summer at La Jolla.
Mrs. w. B. Swanberger, 635 Ham
ilton avenue, left for a short vaca-
ton stay in the mountains this
week. Billie and Jeanne accom-
panied their mother.
Mrs. l.. H. Grassland Is in Los
Angeles this week attending the
market week shows.
Mrs. John r. Robertson visited
in Los Angeles last week after TAX
ing the Girl Reserves to Asilomar
Barbara Robertson was among the
girls attending the conference.
Howard West returned last week
from SaWtelle where he has been
hospitalized for some time. He is
now considered we'll enough to be
at home for a while.
Mrs. r. j. Clevenger has moved
into the CleVenger cabin in Jacum-
ba. The ClevengerS have been
working on their summer home and
a number of improvements have
been installed
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21
Chinese Troops Open Successful
Counter Attack Near Hankow

SHANGHAI, July 81 (UP)-Chin-
ese military authorities asserted to-
day that their troops had opened a
successful counter attack south of
Hankow, driving the japanese from
strategic positions near Pengtseh.
The counter attack was started, it
was asserted, despite increasing
pressure on the Chinese lines from
reinforced japanese and daily bomb
ingS of the entire military district
as far up the Yangtse river as Han
koW, 100 miles away.
While Japanese authorities cen
sored reports of their Yangtse oper-
ations, Chinese reports indicated
that a japanese '"Isg push" up the
river had started several days ago
but claimed it had been repulsed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21
Lupe Seeks Divorce for Third Time;
THROUGH for Good, Actress Says

WeiSmullers have trekked to the
divorce court from the wreckage of
their Beverly Hills mansion, only
to kiss and make up, but this time
Lupe insisted she never woud return
to the man she used to call her
Love-Lee Brute.
Miss Velez, the only blonde Mexi-
can in these parIs-,ihe used to be
brunette-charged John-ee with be-
ing moroSe, sullen and cruel. She
said he was SO jealuoS he didn't
even want her to go to the beauty
parlor to get her hair touched up,
SO thoughtless nc forgot to come
home TO dinner even when she
cooked it, and SO heartless that he
insulted her guests
The mighty Weismuller, one time
swimming champion and long time
TarZan of the movies, left her last
week, she charged, taking with him
his celebrated tiger skin union suit,
the one he wore throughout his act
ing career, and going to Lake Ar
rowhead.
Lupe, who has been appearing on
the stage lately and in Mexican
made movies, closed their mansion
and went yachting. She sailed into
port only long enough to sign her
complaint in superior court and
then sailed away again, far from
maddening telephones.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21
Rebels Fail in
Drive on Wall

HENDAYE, French Spanish
Frontier, July 81. CUP) - Three
Nationalist attacks, preceded by a
violent artillery barrage and air.
plane hombings, failed to break
the Loyalist stone Wall front be
fore Sagunto and Valencia, govern
ment dispatches asserted today.
The insurgents were said TO have
opened a major offensive in the
Tora and Bcnafer sectors. about
80 miles inland from Sagunto, but
lalled to crack the governments
spider web system of trenches
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21
Japanese Plan Troop Demonstration
On Russian Siberia Frontier

TOKYO, July 81 (UP)-Japan
plans a troop demonstration before
the hill on the Manchukuo-Siberia
frontier which Russian soldiers have
occupied, allegedly Manchukuoan
territory, a foreign office spokesman
said today.
The japanese will continue to ex-
press the opinion that unless Rus
slams Withdrew from the hill it
might be necessary for japanese
troops to drive them away.
In dispatches ff52n Hsinking, the
newpaper Yomiuri reported that
Manchukuoan authorities had aban-
doned efforts to settle the incident
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21

From SWatow, on the southeast
coast, came reports of huge cele-
bration there to mark Chinese re-
occupation of the island of Namoa,
OFF the coast, which the Japanese
took last month. A japanese spokes-
man denied that the Chinese had
retaken the island. In Hankow, Gen.
Chang Kai-Shek sent congratula-
tions to the troops which retook the
island.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21
Bank RobberyCase
Goes to jury

PRESCOTT, Ariz.. July 81. CUP)
Trial of Robert Phillips and Sam
Earyin on bank robber charges
neared an end in federal court
here today with Judge Albert M.
Sames placing the case in the
hands of the jury.
Phillips, a Greenlee county ranch
er, and Erwin, cowboy, are charg-
ed with robbing the Clifton branch
of the Valley National Bank of
1852 last May II, Phillips actually
doing the crime and Earvin, charg-
ed as an accomplice, driving the
getaway car.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21

by diplomatic means.
How seriously the government
views this latest of many frontier
incidents in recent years was shown
when Gen. Kazushige Ugaki, for
eign minister, reported the situation
to Emperor Hirohito this afternoon.
The foreign office spokesman
seemed to hold hope that a demon
stration of strength before the dis
puted hill, in the Changkufeng area
not far from the coast, would be
sufficient
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21
Hardware Buyer
Attends Showine

Lila Reed Scott, gift goods buy
er for the Imperial Hardware COM
pany stores, will leave this week.
end for Los Angeles to attend the
Western Gift Goods show.
More than 300 manufacturers and
importers have arranged displays of
their gift wares i'll the Biltmore
hotel where the gift show will be
held
Mrs. Scott will place orders for
all the Imperial Valley Hardware
stores in Imperial and Yuma val
leys.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21
Hit-Run Driver
Given Jail Term

Eligio Guzman, driver of the car
which struck and killed Albert
Burns near westmorland June g.
will speno the next nine months
in the Imperial county jail.
He was sentenced for failure to
stop and render aid after his car
struck pushcart on which the
aged scissors grinder was sleeping.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21
CORN GROWS INCH
IN FOUR HOURS

WINIFRED, Kan, July 81. CUP)
Walter Wullschleger thought his
corn was growing fast. He meas
ured stalk with a yardstick and
reported today that it had grown
one inch in four hours
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21

Mrs. E. L. Carson and son, jim
mie. visited the l.. j. Gorees last
week at the Goree cabin at Shrine
camp, Mt. Laguna.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21
THREE COUPLES GIVE
NOTICE OF INTENTION

Three Imperial Valley couples
Wednesday fled notices of inten-
ton to wed Those who signed on
the dotted line were Orlan Thorn
ton, 81, and Mildred Pruitt, 18, El
Centre; Manuelo Faustino Armen-
darez, 81, Calexico, and Sally Pom
ce 81, Imperial and Augustin Fe-
lix Torres, 3O and Ramona Pad
lila Amavesca, %, Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21

Mr.. and Mrs. William Mitchell
and Gene plan to leave this week.
end for vacation at Mission
Beach. They will be gone three
weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21

Mrs. M. o. King left early this
week to attend the market week
showings in Los Angeles. She plans
to return to the valley Saturday
or Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-21

HOLLYWOOD. July q (UP)-
Lupe Velez, who has tossed many
a dainty haymaker in the direction
of her husbands chin-and ducked
many piece of furniture in return
had her third divorce suit on file
today against her John-ee.
Twice before, the battling Johnny
Evening star., 1938-07-11
VIRGINIA COTTON
ACREAGE IS SMALL
A, ,0O0-Acreage Estimate Marks
Low Since 1921, According
to State Service.
By The Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va. July 11.-Cotton
In cultivation on July / in Virginia
was estimated at $4,000 acres, the
smallest acreage since 1921, the State
Cooperative Reporting Service said.
This years acreage was only IS per
cent OF last years $1,000 acres, and
compared with the l0-year average
d927-36) Of 71,000 acres. The 1921
acreage was $4,000. The largest acre.
age on record was $4,000 in 1924.
Principal causes cited for this years
reduction were the agricultural adj
justment program, relatively low cot.
ton prices received for the 1887 crop.
and unfavorable weather conditions
which made it difficult to obtain q
stand.
The eastern counties, Isle Of Wight.
Nansemond and Southampton, where
the soils are lighter, were able to OBJ
tain better stand than in the western
counties such as Mecklenburg. Char
lotte, Lunenburg and Brunswick. The
former group reported a smaller de-
crease than the latter.
Many growers, even after replant-
ing, got such poor stand that the
cotton was plowed up and the land
planted to other crops
Acreage for the United States on
July l was estimated At "a, 1904. 900
acres, ~ per cent less than q year
ago and % per cent less than the 10.
year average.
No report on probable production Of
lint will be made until August 8.
Evening star., 1938-07-11
BUTTER AND EGG
RECEIPTS EXPAND
June Volume at Baltimore Top,
Year Ago and Previous Month
by Large MARGINS.
srecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. July ll.-Receipts of
butter and eggs at Baltimore during
June exceeded those of June, 1897,
and also recorded increases over the
receipts for May, 1898.
Butter received during the month
totaled 1,824,374 pounds, an increase
of more than $4,000 pounds over the
previous month and of more than $780,
900 pounds over the corresponding
month Of last year. Egg receipts, to-
falling 55,579 cases this June, were
more than $500 cases higher than in
May and almost 10000 cases higher
than in June, 1897.
Illinois remained the chief source
OF the butter shipped to Baltimore,
the total from that State being 703,-
746 pounds, while Iowa, the second
largest place Of origin, sent 1896, 1884
pounds. Maryland still provided Bal
timore with the greatest number Of
eggs, but Maryland's total of e,72s
cases was less than 500 cases above the
total received from Iowa.
Evening star., 1938-07-11
D. c. STORE SALES
NEAR 1887 MARK
Volumes Only Ia Per Cent
Behind During June,
Bank Reports.

Retail sales in Warrington depart
ment stores In June were only IA per
cent below the mark for June, 1897,
and cumulative sales In the flrst six
months Of this year were OH only 3.5
per cent from the like period . year
ago, the Federal Reserve Bank Of
Richmond reported today.
The report for the Capital compares
with an average drop for the whole
nth district Of per cent in June
and 5 per cent for the first half year,
the percentages being based on the
volume of business In 50 stores. In
the whole United States, June sales
were down IL per cent and 10 per cent
In the half year, compared with . year
ago.
Richmond made the best sales show
ing in this territory in the first half
Of this year, reporting q gain Of 0.5
per cent. A group Of II Virginia stores
also came within 90 per cent Of equal
ing last years record, the survey said
Baltimore sales were of 10 per cent
in June and So per cent In the half
year.
Percentage comparisons in the fifth
district for June and the six months
with the corresponding periods a year
ago, follow:
Evening star., 1938-07-11
DOUGLAS REPORTS
$1,093,149 PROFIT
Six Months Net Equals
$E91 a Share After
Big Write.0H.
b the Associated Press.


SANTA MONICA, Calf, July H.
Douglas Aircraft Co.. Inc, reported
that 1t and its wholly owned subsid.
larry. Northrop Corp. had achieved net
profits OF $l,o93,14s.43 for the six
months ending May 81.
This sum, subject to year-end ad-
justments and audit, is equivalent to
$l.91 share on 570,es3 shares OUT
standing, the report said.
Net earnings were computed after
provision for all charges, excepting
Federal surtaxes, and after provision
Tor the write-off Of 1921, ,741.3s Of ex-
pertmental costs on the huge new A.
passenger commercial transport plano
recently completed at the company
plant here.
Previously. s6S3,l3o was written OF
against earnings as of November 30,
1887, making a total Of $s74,s71 SO
charged against profits for the Dc.4
project.
The company's balance sheet as of
last May 81 shows carrying value of
sso8,50s.89 for the big plane, which
Is now undergoing extensive test
flights.
Consolidated backlog Of Douglas and
Northrop on May 81 totaled about
$4,000. 900.