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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-03
Wall Street Watches
Budgetary Crisis in
France Closely
Financial Circles Afraid
Troubles May Bring New
Monetary ToiIspin
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Most men,
bers of New York's financial COM
munity are cycling Frances present
budgetary crisis with good deal Of
concern, notwithstanding their gen.
eral advocacy Of policy of splendid
isolation when Europe gets tangled
up in war threats and such like.
Denizens of the maze stretching
from st. Pauls Chapel at Broadway
and Fulton street to Manhattan's
lower tip, known In the vernacular
as Wall Street, see many POSSIBLE
ties Of harm should international
monetary relationships twist into a
new tailspin, especially If an inter-
national devaluation race should
ensue.
Banking reaction here to the ele-
walton of Paul Reynaud to the post
of French minister of finance was
in the main one of relief, therefore,
especially in view of his assertion
that Frances trouble was economic
and financial, rather than monetary.
No drastic foreign exchange control
was to be exercised, he asserted, and
he indicated that he no longer
thought further debasement of the
currency necessary.
Five-Day Period Accorded.
Reynaud asked and was accorded
a five-day period in which to ap-
praise Frances situation and to
formulate DEGREES for rectifying it..
Bankers here were of the opinion
the new finance minister would stick
by the tripartite monetary accord
among the United States, France
and Great Britain by which the
major currencies have been held
more or less in line for the past two
years.
Frances financial difficulties stem
back for hundreds of years, and
have been accompanied time after
time by debasement Of the currency.
Primary causes include the extrava-
gances of kings, unwise wars, i'm
prudent rehabilitation after wars
and upsets. internal political rows,
uneconomic social programs and
the like.
Certainly, since the country's in
ternal debts got out of control after
the World War, when the then
Finance Minister Louis Lucien
Klotz replied to all criticism of
spending for rebuilding conflict
torn areas "l'Allemagne payera!"-
Germany will pay"-there have
been few periods of freedom from
the devaluation scare of the fear
of a financial breakdown.
Low Reached in 1926.
The franc, pegged during the
war at the equivalent of between
10 and 20 cents, slipped after the
armstice as capital was exported
until in midsummer of 1926 it
touched its low point of 1874 cents.
Raymond Poincare was called to
execute his program of great peni-
tence' for the earlier extravagances,
established an amortization fund
and within few months had forced
the currency back to around $50
cents biased on a dollar of the
present gold content and was able
to hold it there until the series OF
devaluations that followed the Aus
TRAN Credit Anstalt collapse in 1881
Hoarding and expectation of hot
money" have contributed vastly to
the difficulties. Billions in French
funds have found their way to New
York. London, Amsterdam, and
other refugee points when danger
of war or internal dissension
threatened.
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Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. Nov. 8 tP,.-Poultry. live. As
trucks: chickens firm. balance steady:
hens. Az pounds up Il: broilers COL
ored 10: Plymouth and White Rock 90
springs 4 pounds up. colored, 1877: ducks,
AZ pounds UP. colored. 15i2; white. II:
small white 14R: other prices UNCHANGED.
Dressed steady prices UNCHANGED
Butter-636 495. steady: prices un-
changed
Eggs-2 657: arm: fresh current re-
ceipts %: REFRIGERATOR extras. %: stand
ards, 22a4: hrsts. %; other prices un-
changed.
Potatoes, So on track $50 total q. 6.
shipments 400; Russet Burbanks about
steady Northern e11 stock dull supplies lib,
Russell Burbanks U S. No l, l4O-6O;
Wisconsin, round whites, U. s; No: /,
Michigan Russet Rurals. U. S. No. i.
90 North Dakota, Bliss Triumphs. 90 per
cent U. s.. No. ! 100: Cobblers, U. S.
No; l, 95-1 90: 81 per cent u S. No. /.
s. "a; Minnesota and North Dakota. Early
Ohios, SIS to 30 per cent U. S. No. /, Ito.
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Paris Bank Chances

PARIS, Nov. 3 LP.-Bank of France
settlement as OF October 20 lin millions
of frances:
Gold reserve, 55.s0s unchanged. Bal
bills bought in France. 1899; decrease Z,
Advances against securities, 3.S65, in
crease Is Discounted commercial bills
France IA 1893; decrease 81 Temporary
advances to state 4S.133: unchanged
Circulation, l10,446; decrease 1903 Total
credit to current account, o7.469; in
crease 1881 ;'0-day advances against gov
ernment, securities. 1900; increase 465.
Ratio OF gold to sight liabilities. 4047.
COMPARED with 40.69 last week. Rate Of
discount 3 per cent.
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Foreign Markets

LONDON. Nov 8 lP,.-Althoueh trans
tinued small the undertonc was firm in
most sections. British government bonds
were purchased more freely and foreign
tive in the transatlantic group and build
Ing and shipping issues made moderate
gains. Oils and rubbers were featufeless
and metals remained quiet
PARASITIC Bourse closed with an
irregular tone today. and in most cases
only fractional changes were recorded
down. while Suez Canal shares were weak
and more than 900 francs lower.
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Boston Wool Market

BOSTON. Nov. 3 Up Omitted States De-
partment of Agriculture Fine and three
ing a good demand in the Boston market
at strong prices today. Graded French
combine length fine territory woods were
bringing 60 to 20 cents secured basis
Combing three-eighths blood territory
woods moved at so to SO cents secured
basis. Other grades of territory woods
were only moderately active. but prices
were firm. Moderate quantities of combing
bright fleece woods were moving at SO to
81 cents. in the grease for three eighths
blood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-03

1911 per cent. followed by Seattle
and Portland, Greg, with losses Of
1873 and 14.9 per cent respectively.
Bank clearings at leading cities,
together with percentage changes
from last year, follow; also the daily
average bank clearings for the
months OF August, September and
October:
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U. S. Treasury Position
b the Associated Press

The position Of the Treasury November
RECEIPTS $1,000 ,4s3 90; expenditures,
477.63 including S1.95I 672, $50 20 work
ing BALANCE; customs receipts for the
Receipts ior tie nscal year fsince July
u. $l:854, 1888 647 "a: expenditures So
O33. los. 1851. including S965, 173. 391 25
penditures LIS. 939. 93S.57: cross debt,
S SSs AZ az & 2o7 o5 an increase Of ss5;
assets S14. O66 663.477 .O5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-03
Metal Market

NEW YORK: Nov. 3. Chopper
1l.2O,, Tin steady spot and nearby,
47:37A forward 4s As. Lead steady:
4.95. Zinc steady: East st. Louis. SPOT
and forward, sos, Pig iron. aluminium,
antimony quicksilver platinum and
Chinese wolframite UNCHANGED,
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Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. Nov. 3 R.-Cotton gray
goods markets were moderately active to-
day and prices were steady. Demand for
quiet. Wool goods continued active. Bur-
lap was. quiet and frm. A fair demand
appeared Tor fayou yarns
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Notice Of Redemptisa
TO THE HOLDERS OF
WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY
RefundinE MortsaEe Gold Bonds, SO Series


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that mir.
suant to the provisions of the Mortgage and
Deed Of Trust dated January l, 1893 and the
provisions Of the Supplemental Indenture
Washington Gas Light Company and The
Chase National Bank Of the City of New
YORK as trustee tunder which The Rigs
National Bank of Washington. D. c. is
successor Trustee, Washington Gas Light
Company has elected to redeem all of the
Refunding Mortgage Gold Bonds Sc Series
due 1883 on January 3, 1899; and on said
date there will become and be due and
payable upon each Refunding Mortgage
Gold Bond, Sc Series due 1883 at the prin-
clpal office of The Chase National Bank Of
the City OF New York, in the Borough Of
Manhattan, The City of New York (the
agency Of the Company in the Borough Of
Manhattan. The City of New York; and at
the principal office of The Riggs National
Of Columbia. the full principal amount Of
said bonds tosether with accrued interest
thereon to January 3, 1899 and premium
on said principal amount Of four and one
half per cent. (412fc); and from and after
January 3, 1899 interest on said bonds will
cease to accrue.
Registered bonds without coupons and
coupon bonds registered as to principal pre-
scented for payment must be in negotiable
form; Coupon bonds must be accompanied
py all coupons appertaining thereto matur-
maturing January l. 1899 may be detached
and presented for payment in the usual
manner.
WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY
By MARCY L. SPERRY, President
Dated November 2. 1888
Owners Of the above bonds may surrender
such bonds, together with all coupons apper-
tanning thereto maturing on and after Janu-
airy 1. 1889. at either of the places of payment
above specified, at any time prior to jan
uary 3, 1889. and receive the principal Of
and premium and interest accrued to jan
uary 8, 1889 on such bonds SO surrendered.
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Odd-Lot DEALINGS
Py the Associated Press

The Securities Commission reported to-
odd-lot dealers or specialists on the New
YORK Stock Exchange for November q:
4dl2 purchases involving Ill 800 shares
4,s26 sales involving 12O,353 shares
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Investing Companies

NEW YORK Nov. 3 P.-Investment
Bankers Conference Inc:
moon quotations)
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Profits Of Columbia
Broadtasting Reach
$2,606,158 Level
39-Week Net Compares
With $3,053,416 in
Same 1887 Period
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Columbia
Broadcasting System for 80 weeks
ended October showed consolidated
net profit of $2,606, 1853. equal to ST SO
a share on the combined class A
and B stock, compared with $685.
416, or $l79 on the combined shares,
in the comparable 1887 period.
Directors have declared a special
dividend of 10 cents a share and
a quarterly dividend of Is cents
on the class A and B stocks, both
payable December to holders of
record December /. The previous
payment, in September. was Is
cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-03

New York Bar Silver
NEW YORK, Nov. 3 P.-Bar
silver, 42a4, unchanged.
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U. S. Treasury Notes
APPROX.
Asked. Yield,

NEW YORK Nov 3 tP.-Prices quoted
IN dollars and thirty seconds.
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International Paper 81 Power Co.
and subsidiaries, excluding Interna-
tional Hydroelectric System, for
the September quarter recorded net
profit Of $12,850, equal to cent a
share on the per cent convertible
preferred stock. compared with
profit of 5000 1884, or S1.03 a COM
mon share, in the September quarter
last year and net loss of s576,181 in
the second quarter this year.
For nine months net loss was
1888 ,265, contrasted with net profit
OF 5000 OFT, equal to S252 a share,
in the corresponding 1887 period.
General Steel Castings.
General Steel Castings Corp,
maker of castings for rail equip
ment, reported today net loss of ST.
247,020 in the nine months ended
September 80. compared with profit
OF S343,89l in the comparable 1897
period. The indicated net loss for
the third quarter was $628,35O,
against loss of $412,O6l in the second
quarter and profit of s255 ,642 in the
ocPlcHlUeT quarter last year.
Colorado Fuel e. Iron.
Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp. for
the September quarter reported con-
solidated net loss of s143,752. COM
pared with net profit of $4,000,
equal to 78 cents a share, in the
September quarter last year.
American Steel Foundries,
American Steel Foundries. manu-
facturers Of railroad castings at
plants in the Midwest, reported net
loss of s543,533 for the third 1888
quarter, compared with net loss of
S487,77l in the preceding quarter
and net income of s1,15O,4S4, equal
to 81 cents a share on common
stock, in the September quarter last
year.
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Quotations not furnished by sponsor or
issuer: all others are obtained by I. B. c.
from those sources.
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ATTENTIONS,

Real Estate Brokers. Property Owners
Electric repairs of all descrip IONS
within | hours notice
PENN ELECTRIC CO.. INC.
l006 18th NV MATT. G5Ir
Estimates cheerfully fiven on installations.
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Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, Nov 3-Dividends de-
clared, prepared by the Standard Statistics
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
TIME AND TIDE Wait For No Man
And Neither Do POst-PresS
MARKET QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, June Y CUP -
squirt of more than 6 points ro,n in
graph capital stock featured a
strong, active stock market today.
Transactions crossed the million
shares mark for the third consecu-
tive session.
The rise in American telephone
followed declaration Of 81 diVl-
dend by New oYrk Telephone co.
Americas principal subsidiary.
other high grade issuse made
broad gains; United States ste steel !
Can more than points to a new
high Chrysler nearly 8 points; In
ternational Harvester more than
Westinghouse Electric more than .
Dupont more than 3 and Santa Fe
nearly points.
Most commodities advanced, all
though wheat lost a cent a bushel.
Cotton futures firmed after a de-
cline.
the Iron Age" said:
This week the steel industry
market with the Iron Age compos-
notes a strengthening in the scrap
ite price 25 cents higher at sll'59 90
weeks This. Iron Age" said.
drew attention of observers who
place reliance in scrap price trends
as a steel industry baron eter
Several other favorable business
items appeared. The President
signed the Recovery bill and an
nounced plans to speed funds 10
many projects. Better reports were
Forthcoming from railroads in in
come and car loadings. Lead and
zinc prices were advanced. Case
line stocks were reduced for the
1lth consecutive week. Cigarette
production wor the first five
months of 1898 were at a record
high. Electricity production held
steady.
DOW Jones closing stock aver
ages: Industrial 1888, up 2.65 rail
% 56 up O.95 Utility 20.S6 up 0.76;
65 stocks 4041 up 1.0S.
Stocks sales approximated l,7lO'-
900 shares, the most active sessl ion
since 1,72O,0OO shares Were traded
March 29 and compared with 1,46O.-
900 shares yesterday. .ao
shares, against $4,000 shares yes
terday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

of the bath tub and, with a loud
shout. sliding into the water. For
example, a letter that told me to
grow up-that l was running the
wall paper-would hurt me much
more deeply than one that started
Dear Idiot: Why don't you give up
trying to pick a fight winner? You
make me sick"
I'm pretty touchy about not being
able to ride a bicycle without
touching the handlebars, too. All
my friends can perform this feat
and it makes me feel pretty silly
to hang on for dear life while they
whirl along, hands in their pockets.
a whistle on their lips.
You can also get under my skin
by reminding me that I never have
been able to resist buying those
apples on sticks which are all
covered over with a cheap grade
of red mucilage. To buy one OF
those apples the first time is all
right. because such an act can be
explained on the grounds OF not
knowing what it was. But to buy
a second one, and a third one, and
a fourth one, and-in my case
hundreds of them, is to admit to
very large bat in the belfry. The
apple Snow White ate was positively
tonic in comparison to those red
apples. And that red glue on EN-!
Working under the guise of sweet
ening, it soon transforms the eater
into a helpless mass. He can't sig
nal for help because his hands are
stuck together. And he can't shout
because his mouth is stuck tight.
Yet, such is my condition, that
even as I write of the horrible
things 1 crave one, yearn for a
bite into its brittle horrors.
So really you mail-order critics!
When Louis knocks out Schmeling
and you sit down to write me, don't
spare my feelings. I want to be
proud of you.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
RIGGS, BITSY
LEAD TOURNEY

RIVER FOREST. ILL.,, June %
up = Bobby Riggs defending
champion. and Bryan (Bitsy)
Grant, Atlanta, led the way into
the third and fourth round match
es of the 28th annual national Clay
Court tennis championships today
at the Town and Tennis club.
Riggs gained the fourth round
yesterday by defeating John Krif-
ia, River Forest, 60, 60 Grant
meets Doug Imsoff. Berkeley, Cal,
today in a third round match.
The most surprising upset of the
tournament came yesterday when
Frank c. Parker, Los Angeles,
Americans No 8 ranking amateur
and a Davis cup player, was de-
feated in third round match by
George Pero. Miami, ST, 6-1, Ga.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
L. Il. VEGETABLES

Los ANGELES, June % CUP) -
Trading continued rather slow.
Strawberries, lettuce and tomatoes
were slightly weaker. Cantaloupes
strengthened. Potatoes held steady.
Bunched vegetables; per crate:
Beets 40-50c. Carrots 50-60c. Dixon
40-50c. Green onions best $1.5O-S1.
IS; Leeks 6O-75c. Mustard 25-40c.
Parsley 546Oc. Radishes, small red
50-6Oc. Spinach 90-$1; turnips so
G0c
Cantaloupes: Imperial Wy jumbo
36S S1.65, ,S1.75. jumbo ASS Sl.85-S2
std 45S $I65, flats 6075c. Yuma
few jumbo 36S 81; flats 6O-75c.
Yuma few jumbo 36S So; jumbo
45S S2.25 COachella Wy tip tops
std and jumbos irregular packs
s1-$1.50. Honeydews; jumbo crates
75-$125 jumbo 27S 36S s1.5O-$1.75;
japanese meloss; std and jumbo
crates 90-$1.15, Honeybalss. Pink
meats jumbo 27S ass mostly 81.
flats s5c.
Lettuce: Guadalupe, Lompoc and
Santa Maria dry pack as $2.75- 81;
SIS S2.5O-S2.85; 6s mostly $1.75 90s
$115-S SIPS.
squash: local white summer lug
1850. Coachella Wy lugs 50-75c.
flats 4O-5Oc. Italian, local lugs 65-
S5c. Yellow crookneck lug 1851.
omatoes: Coachella Wy crates
12s 3s $l35 lss x7s g. fl@ts g. 5xSs Sss $lsS So
Local and San Diego CO lugs 4x5S
S1.75-$2, 5x5S and 5x6S S2.25-$2.50
6x6S $1.75-S2 6x7s $L5O-$1.75. 7xss
ST. $3.50.
Watermelons: carlots Imperial
S275O; 1918 lg average fair S24.50
S27. 1929.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Peace Officers
To Hold Shoot

Imperial Yuma peace officers
will meet at the Yuma range Sun
day for the twelfth competition for
the Biscailuz trophy. Shooting will
begin at 8 am. Yuma time.
Highway patrolmen' and Impe-
rial county deputy sheriffs will
provide the stellar match for the
day. If the highway patrolmen win
they will keep the cup which they
have won. five times before. If the
deputy sheriffs win they will tie
the patrolmen and force them to
shoot off, the tie.
Walter Walsh, Tiny Bump, and
Alfred Bisgard composeS the team
for the highway partolmen while
John Crousen, Park Burritt, and
Dee KeeSee will represent the
Sheriff's department.
The shoot Sunday is the last reg
ular meet until October.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO. June % CUP) - De-
spite small rallies, the undertone
of wheat prices was easy on the
Chicago board of trade today.
Al the close wheat was off l to
IL cents corn up Is to a. and oats
is to 31S cent lower.
Hedge selling turned prices down
ward AT the start, and stop loss
orders were uncovered. Prices
firmed temporarily, due TO rally
in Securities and to reports of bad
crop condition Of spring wheat, but
no sustained buying power deNe-
loped.
Corn maintained a firm tone due
TO fair local support and some eH-
port buying Export sales were
estimated at 300, 1000 bushels. most
of il 10 the United Kingdom.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
ALICE MARBLE
ADVANCES IN
NET MEET

WIMBLEDON, June % (UP) -
Alice Marble of San Francisco
Americas top ranking player
reached the round of l6 in the All
England tennis Tournament today
with a Ga, 60 victory over Sheila
Piercey of England.
Miss Marble, the second seeded
star in the 58th annual tourney,
won easily before a crowd of 10,
600. which packed the stadium to
see Mrs. Helen Wills Moody OF
San Francisco. She was scheduled
to make her first appearance in
the tournament later in the day.
Dorothy May Bundy of Santa
Monica, Calf, an unseeded player,
gained the third round with 60,
6-2 victory over Florence Ford OF
England.
Donald Bulge Of Oakland, Cal,
the defending mems champion,
gained the third round of the sin
giles with an easy Us, 6-l, 81 VIC
tory over Henry Ellington of Eng
land.
Henner Henkel of Germany
seeded No. 4, reached the third
round with a 6-3 6-l, 6-3 victory
over Murray Deloford of England
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
BY UNITED PRESS

Sacramento increased their lead
in the Pacific coast league to five
full games Tuesday night, and
Seattle jumped from sixth position
to within game of the first di-
vision for the only changes in club
standings in four night games.
Behind the four hit pitching Of
Bill Schmidt, Sacramento beat the
cellarite Oakland Oaks 4 to |. The
Solons combed their former team
mate, Red Van Fleet, for 10 hits
for their victory.
Freddie Hutchinson, Seattle's
young pitcher, hung up another
masterpiece victory with a l to
decision over San Diegos Padres.
Hutchinson limited the Padre
nine to seven well scattered hits,
while his mates were getting 10
off Howard Craghead.
Los Angeles pounded out a 10 TO
4 victory over San Francisco, drop
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

The victory, accomplished behind
Chambers Shit pitching, put the
Slipper in the position to at least
tie for the first half championship.
Should Seven UP lose to the Eagles
tonight the Silver Slipper will win
the title. A win for Seven Up will
tie the two teams.
The Silver Slipper nine went into
one run lead in the first inning
Lee singled and scored when Ritter
doubled to left.
Bill Payne started a Hardware
rally in the fourth with a single
to left and tailed on two outfield
flies. The run tied the score tempo
rarily but the Slipper batters iced
the game with two runs each in
the sixth and seven. Ralph Black
led the Slipper hitters with three
blows in four tries.
The score:
Hardware .......... 600 100 000-1 3 6
Silver Slipper .... 100 002 20x-5
Hurst and Stewart; Chambers
and Kline.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
indians Sink N. y.
Yankees 1O-5

the Giants, too, by beating the
Phillies, 4-3, and are only a game
and a half off the pace although
a few percentage points behind
the Reds.
Before a crowd of 25,000 Pitts
burgh defeated Brooklyn in a
night game, 9-3.
Pinky Higgins broke Iris Speak
er's 18 year old major league rec
ord by making eight straight hits
to run his consecutive hit record
to u as the Boston Red SoX di-
vided a doubleheader with Detroit
Higgins, who made four straight
hits against the White SoX Sunday,
collected singles and a double
in the first game, won by the Red
Sox, 83, and made four singles in
the second game, won by the I'll
gers, 5-4. Rudy York hit homers
18 and 10 to tie Jimmy Foyx for
the American League lead.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

NEW YORK, June % CUP)-The
major league pennant races had a
definite Ohio tinge" today with
the Cleveland Indians command
ing two game lead in the Ameri-
can League and the Cincinnati
Reds surging upwards from second
place only a game and half behind
the New York Giants in the Ma
tional.
The Indians hurled back the
Yankees yesterday, 10-5, with Bob
Feller triumphing over Red Ruf-
fling before 10000 The defeat drop
ped the Yanks to third place 26
games behind the league leaders.
Cincinnati climbed close to the
fading Giants by beating the
league champions, 62, and fru-
strating Carl Hubbell in his third
attempt to score his 200th major
league triumph.
The Chicago Cubs closed in on