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mortgage on the Preston nrop-
crty."
$50 what?' said Wilton incIc-
gantly.
SO" said Mr.. AmcS, Il am
very much Interested in knowing
whether or not this young man,
whose name is Parker | believe,
is in a position to continue the in
tcrcSt and amortization pay
mentS.'
"And if he is or isn't"
Mr.. Amcs set the cigar III an
ash tray and spoke carefully.
eff he is" he said, Il shall
have to do good deal NOR"
thinking about this matter than
I've already done. But if he isn't
. well. shall be very much
pleased. that's all"
LISTEN" said Wilton. a little
irritably. Pm not getting this.
What does the Preston place mean
to you, anyway?
His fathers keen eyes shown
with their cold light.
Just this" he said. "A few
weeks ago 4 rcp"cScntativ" of
Farnsworth Hotels, Incorporated,
of New York called on me. He
was interested in possible sites
for country hotels or inns. Well,
| took him over to Prcston'%- And
he thinks his firm will want to
buy it. that's all -
TO be continued
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Nazi Writer Says
War Inevitable


BERLIN, Aug. II. (UP).-The
well-known Nazi writer. Eugene
Diesel. comes to the conclusion in
an article published here that war
is inevitable.
Specializing on the fact that
there has been no two European
countries at war against each
other since the World war, al
thought no other generation has
been as rich in those incidents
and situations that have hitherto
evoked war" he continued: "That
is no cause for optimism, sine"
the non-t,uropcan wars Of the lass
generation have demonstrated
that the world has found no prac-
ticable substitute for war. II Is
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Wilton began dimly to see day
light.
"You-yOu mean" he cjaculat
ed. that this nephew of Mrs
Preston'S is going to board there
too?"
Spencer nodded. so | am given
to understand"
Well" said Wilton. starting tC
his feet, Pm going down there
and find out about this
"Not so fast" said Spencer
"Pve one or two things to say to
you, Wilton" He put the tips o.
his fingers together and gazed al
his son. LAS you know, we hol
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-27
Ring Rates Top
Boxer, Of J '3S II !!
Eight Divisions

NEW YORK, Dec. 81. (UP)-
Here are "The Ring" magazines
1888 ratings of the top boxers in
the eight divisions:
Heavyweight, (eroup II cham
pion Joe Louis; (group q Lou
Nova, MAX, Baer; Bob Pas
tor, 4-Tony Galento. 5--Maxie
R o S e n b | o IN, 6-John Henry
Lewis. ,' -, r .'
Light heavyweights: (group y
champion John Henry Lewis.
Group q 1-Tiger Jack Fox,
2-Melio Bettina, .S-Len Harvey,
4-Ron Richards of Australia,
5-Gus Lesnevieh, Clock Nc
Avoy, AL Gamer.
Middleweights: Title vacan t
(group II Fred Apostoli, (group
~ 1-Solly Kaieger, 2-Ron Rich
ards, 3-Jock MeAvoy, Al Hos
tax. .~5
Welterweights: GROUP u cham
pion Henry Armstrong. GROUP q
Ceferina Garcia. GROUP 81 Frit-
zie zivic, Charley Burley, Ernie
Roderick of England, Jake Kilrain
of Scotland and Kid Frattini Of
Italy.
Lightweights: GROUP y l.
champion Henry Armstrong, q
Lou Ambers. Group p Pedro
Montanez, 2--Baby Arizmendi,
3-Davey Day, 4-Sammy Angott,
5-Aldo Spoldi, 6-Tommy Cross.
Featherweights: Title vacant.
Group. II. LEO Kodak, Pete
Scalzo. GROUP q 1-Daye Cas-
tillous. Freddie Miller. g.
Joey Archibald. 4--Johnny Hutch
inson., 5-Mike Belloise, 6-Chal-
XIV Wright. g..
Bantamweights: GROUP II i
K. o., Morgan, 2-champioh Sixto
Escobar, -S-Lou Salica, a.
George Pace. =
. Flyweights: GROUP ~ /
champion Peter Kane, 2--Little
Dado, Small Montana, kid
Tanner. -
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Modern Menus;
BY MRS. GAYNOK NlADDUA

SCAFiNC cfSa
(NIELCOME the New Year with
w lots of noise, good friends,
good eats and buffet table
that's both gay and simple. You
can easily make a young skier
centerpieee, give him a 1889 BAN
ner and set him on your table, to
preside in the spirit of youthful
ness, sport and hope-all popu-
lar American ideals.
Young 1899 is made as follows:
HEAD-Cut a piece of white
crepe paper 3 l-2 inches square.
Paste into a tube shape with the
grain of the paper around ball
Of cotton. Tie at top and bottom
tightly with spool wire. Cut off
the surplus at the top, but leave
It at the bottom.
LEGS-Cut a piece of No. z
wire 18 inches long. Bend back
end 1-2 inch to form loop which
will be the feet. Wrap with three
quarter inch crepe paper to
natural proportions. Double
through the middle and turn the
feet into position.
ARMS-Make the arms in the
same way as the legs, using a
l0-neh piece of wire. -.
BODY-Cut a piece of crepe
paper 5 inches wide, 3 1-2 inches
long. Fold with the grain into
half-inch width, then double
through the middle. Place this
padding between the forked leg
wires. Then place the head at tie
top Of the wire and padding and
fasten all together with spool
wire, winding it around the BODY
and over and under the arms 10
hold securely. Now wrap the
body t. cover the fastening and
make smooth. Bend the arms IN
to natural position. Paint tns
features with India ink and tin'
the cheeks with crayon.
The hat is made Of a folded
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new TRAINING
Plan USED ON
BOW, >IEyAhS
Railbirds See Strange Pro
cedure as Duke, use Z
Both Prep Il .|5 ]
By JACK GUENTHER
United Press Staff Corresponds Mt

PASADENA. Calf. DScE 81
(UP)--1t became apparent to
even the veariest Ounce last night
that Coaches Wallace Wade of
Duke ard Howard Jones of South
ern California are, training their
Rose Bowl teams along lines
strange to football railbirdS of this
community. ""s'' "|rr."rl..
For at neither the Brookside
Park borracks of the Blue Devils,
or the home turf of the Trojans
in Los Angeles was there made an
attempt to- work in the vigorous
manner displayed by teams that
had played in the New Years
classic for the past several years.
Tho Iron Dukes drilled in work
manlike fashion,, but on such hard
ly complicated maneuvers as pass
ing, kicking and running. Eric
Upton and Bolo Perdue were the
biggest attractions for the speeta-
tors, who were permitted to at
tend the workout in the last half
hour. N'-ij.3I. 30, ~ sG>a 't"-'N
Upton sent high punts booming
down the field and even his own
ends fund trouble in handling
them. Perdue merely worked with
other players, but local patrons
wanted a first hand look at the
man who blocked a Pittsburgh
punt and recketed the Dukes into
the Rose Bowl. 'r..., r, .e'
Stricken with a sudden change
of mind, Coach Wade said news
papermen, would be permitted to
gaze at his charges final, time
today and then the gates would be
barred and the hedges Jpatrolled.
Only light work will be held. Bob
Haas, troubled with cold yester- |
day, took over his right tackle post
and only Ken Bragg and George
McAfee were out. s NJ .i
In Los Angeles the War Horse
of Troy was held under stout re-
straint by Jockey Jones and left
the field breeding after another
creanf-puf workout. The
Trojans merely ran through dunn
nv scrimmage and offensive signal
drill just as they have done for the
past 10 days. Furthermore, Jones
said the routine tactics would be,
,epeated today and that there
would be no heavy scrimmage at
any time. -. ;"'.hl"N .'',',,
Weather remained clear and
odds stood fast at y in favor of
JSC. CALIFORNIA; 1870 victory
,ver Georgia Tech at Berkeley did !
lot alter the price. Duke beat
Tech only Go, but the Georgia
coach, Bill Alexander, said at the
ime the Blue Devils were content
With the one score. use defeated
California, 1877. -. $50. .''' :
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BURKE SEES WAGNER
i ACT CHANGE FORCED

Continued from page one)
izations.
,.nWhen the opportunity is of.
fered to present the entire record
of maladministration by this. gov
eminent agency, the demand for
change will be irresistible" he as
serted. 49,.
He reiterated previous accusa-
tons that the NLRB, through its
decisions and by the "active inter-
position of. its agents" has $50
mented strife in institutions where
industrial peace has long pre-
vailed"
t,.sIt has set workers at each
others throats and erected a bar
rier! between honest labor and
.well-intentioned management" he
said, 'Its policies have been such
AS to-. strangle industrial develop
ment and deprive unnumbered
thousands of willing workers of
the opportunity to secure useful
employment. -.
On attempting to remove rec
ognized evils, we have fastened
upon the country vicious practices
far. more devastating in their
harmful effects"
He said that changes in the act
and the NLRB are opposed solely
BY the board itself, a Certain ma
tional labor organizations that has
greatly profited by board favorit-
ISM" and repeatedly by Secretary
of Labor Frances Perkins: 49,
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.Fascists Officially
Told France Will
Keep !,p: Is It's Colonies ao!!9!7ly

y(Centinueaa Ign rage nRel
against the ftslaaE ASSERTIONS
gs The note vii lbe studied by
diano when The retuinsS from his
Christmas holiday At atqees ilelia
Caminate with Mussolini and theif
families. Ciano is II Duce's SON.
in-la@ r.,
The French ambassadors fail
mefto deliver the note in person
,cyealed the extremity Of u the
Italo-French tension but this was
due primarily to the fact that
Italy's notice Of Republication was
delivered by messenger to Franc*e
palace. the French embassy, last
week. e..
French diplomats Insisted, how
ever. that the note leaves the door
omen to negotiations and express
cd rleasare that tie Italian press
Yesterday reFIaincd from ANY
auti-French editorials such as
those of Christmas day, which
warned that Italy was "ready for
if her Mediterranean
demands were not met. ''".
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M'FADDEN'S PLANE
OVERTURNS DURING
LANDING; DAMAGED

WESTFIELD, Mass, Dec. 81
(UP} Belnarr MacFadden, pub
Usher and physical culture expon-
emit escaped injury ? yesterday
when the Stinson monoplane he
was plotting overturnedIini landing
at Barnes airport here.
MacFsdden, flying alone, left
New York to visit his daughter
and her family at Holyoke.
Though the plane was badly
damaged, MacFadden crawled out
a door, calmly walked over +, to
Manager Charles P. O'Connor of
the airport and asked that the ship
be wheeled into a hangar. He then
Joined his daughter who had mo-
tored to the airport.
Airport attaches said that when
the veteran pilot swooped in for a
landing the wheels touched the
ground while the tail still was high
in the air. The ship cartwheeled
as wing and propeller dug into
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strip of black paper cut long
enough to 60 around dolls head.
Fold in center across grain and
paste short ends Gather and tie
together the two long edges, turn
right side cut. and stretch folded
edge to make the brim. F7
Silver Skis
Skis are made of two thick
nesses of silver cardboard with
wire placed between. The ski
pole and cane are made of No. is
wire wrapped in silver. paper or
ribbon. Paste 1889 numerals ON
a red ribbon and tie around body
Make certain to have a larSe
and accurate clock either on The
table or prominently displayed in
the room. Horns. rattles baIIs
and drums must be stacked Is
profusion because human heir ~
feel happier making o terrific Az
when they approach anv ar un
and unknown moul2.. s,,ra
ly the beginning of a nev ~, sure 'la
for all OF Us, moment
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Y Weather

Low temperature last night-3"
degrees. iE =
SATURDAY ~ 81 Z
Maximtm' temperature-54 de-
gre6s. 81 at.t1s
Minimum-4Q degrees.
Mean-47 degrees.
Days range--14 degrees.
Rainfall-.35 inch.
SUNDAY ~ .
Maximum comparatively de-
grees.
Minimum-28 degrees.
Mean--38.5 degrees.
Days range-21l degrees.
MONDAY E-s.. = #'.ch ''
Maximum temperature-43 de-
prees. v;.u.in. tt't,rcEfi 3. --y"
Minimum-32 degrees.
Mean-3f 5 degrees.
Days range-l1 degrees.
Rainfall-2 inches. g. '','..
{: Normal mean temperature for
December--39.3 degrees. '.-~ .
Rainfall to date-2.78 inches.
Normal rainfall--5.46 inches.
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CALIFORNIANS
DEFEAT tech
NLATEDRIVE
Break Through to Win l3-
0; Held Scoreless Three
Fighting Periods
BY DON CASWELL
IEn;fe8 Press Staff Correspondent

MEMORIAL STADIUM. Berke-
lev Cal, Dec. 27.-(UP)-Unl-
versjty of California TUNED on
Is minutes of crushing football
Yesterday to defeat it's tradition
al iRterseetional rival, Georgia
Tech, 1870, and close its season
before a holiday crowd Of 4O,O0V'
Held scorelesS for three tEht-
mo periods, the Golden Bears
broke the stubborn defense OF the
Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia
Tech in the final period and ham
mered in two well-deSerVcd
scores.
Vic Bottali, California's star
left half who made most OF the
All-Americas this year, and ms
running mate right halfback, Lou
is Smith, each earned a touch-
down.
A few minutes after the open
ing of the final quarter, Cantor
mia took the ball on it's own ~:
Bottari ripped the line for 10
wards. Bottari made four, then
seven, and it was down to the
Tech %. Smith galloped 20 yards
over tackle to the eight. Then
Bottari, on four straight punches,
took il the rest Of the way. Bot
tari's dropkick was blocked, ana
California led, 60, with seven
minutes to play.
Not satisfied with that lead,
California opened Il 66-yard
touchdown march a minute Ia
ter. Smith and Bottari eoliabor-
ated in four consecutive firSt
downs. With first down on
Techs Is, Smith took the ball
over guard for s. Again Smith
banged into the line and fell into
the end zone for a touchdown.
Bottari's drop-diek wObbled up to
the erossbar and dropped over
fDr a point to end the scoring
with one minute TO play.
California, So favorites in the
game, held q fair margin of the
advantage lhAOlSAOul viz -
half. The Bears got to the 30,
again to the % and SO, but could
not score.
The third period was mostly for
the Georgia Teaches. Wheby,
Techs right half took a tricky
lateral from punt formation and
seampered q yards to midtield.
But California held there. A min
ute later Techs left halfbaek,
Beers, got u to the midtield
stripe and Wheby nearly went all /
the way on an end run, being
stopped on the California 81 af-
ter a 20-yard run but California /
hurled them back again. Again, !
Tson took end-round plays for 10 .
and IL yards and put Tech to the |!
California "a. That was as close |
as they got.
Starting the fourth quarter, |
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BATTL.ESHIPS AND
FULL NAVAL FORCE
fNATLANTIC GAMES

CONTINUED from page one)
tanamo, located ON the eastern
end of Cuba, will serve as the base
of operations. '1.,. =
r. The. exercises will cover the
Caribbean and the South Atlantic
as far south as the equator. They
will be concluded in May and the
fleet will head for New York to
take part in the Worlds Fair ex-
position, with a stop over to be
made. en- route at Norfolk, Va.
Admiral Claude C. Bloch, COM
mander-in-chief Of the fleet, will
be in general charge of the ma
neuverS, Opposing fleets will be
commanded probably by Admiral
e. o. Kalbfus and Vice Admiral
Adolphus Andrews.
Maneuvers last year were con-
Quoted. in; the Pacific ocean in the
of the Hawaiian Islands.
The objective was to test the abil-
ity of the fleet to defend coast
line section from an opposition
unit seeking to establish base in
hostile" territory. g. '.' 90.
This problem brought together
$50 surface craft, 500 airplanes,
$500 officers and $4,000 enlisted
men. i.'.' '' '.- -
,,cNaval authorities place especial
ION the Caribbean ex-
ercises because the area involved
commands the eastern entrance to
the Panama Canal. Strategists say
east coast and much of
South America would be vuiner-
able to an enemy force which sue
ceeded in establishing naval base
I'M the Caribbean. -
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Clemson Splits
Eight Fight Bill
With Loyola U.

NEW ORLEANS, Dee. 27. (UP)
College, Southeastern
Conference boxing champion in
1897, last night split an eight-fght
program with Loyola University
Of the South in the third annual
Sugar Bowl tournament.
The results:
Milton Berry, Clemson, second
round technical knockout over O..
K. Bierhorst, Loyola, 120-pound
class; Scwele Whitney. Loyola, de-
cision over Carl Bradley, Clemson,
127-pound class; Edgar Ross,
Clemson, decision over Rock Rous-
sell, Loyola, 135-pound class; Lau-
rem Dreisbach, Clemson, decision
over Ray Condor, Loyola, las
pound class; Eddie Harvey. 10y
ola, decision over Henry Brady,
Clemson. 155-pound class; Willie
Klause, Loyola, first-round techni-
cal knockout over Harvey Fergu-
son, Clemson, 165-pound class;
Bill Cason, Clemson, decision over
Fred Giagrosso. Loyola. 175-pound
class; Paul Mcdonald. Loyola. de-
cision over Warren Wilson, Glenn
son. heavyweight class.
Wilson inadvertently staggered
Referee Marty Burke with blow
to the face when the official
stepped between the two.
Duplicate cups will be awarded
to the teams.
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VOLS WORKING
HARD IN miami
Reach Battlefront and Lose
No Time Resum-
ing Drills
By n. j. ARONSTAM
United Press Staff Correspondent

MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 81. (UP)-
TennesSee's unbeaten f foot bal |
champions of the Southeastern
Conference arrived at the Orange
Bowl battlefront yesterday and,
unlike 5-to-14 favorites, wasted
little motion knuekling down to
work for the Jan. 2 clash with
Oklahoma.
The odds, establishing the Vols
long fayorites, annoyed Maj. Bob
Neyland and he had his boys huff
ing and putting up and down a
practice field less than an hour af-
ter their arrival as if he really
meant it when ne said "the game
is an even-money toSs-up, at best"
3 Except for slight colds, which
he. expected the Miami sun to bake
dut, Neyland said all his players
but Swede Melton, 3 substitute
tackle who had a broken thumb,
would be in good physical trim
fer the game.
Asked whether he thought the
warm weather would slow up his
boys, Neyland replied, "The sun
will shine just as hot on Okla
homa."
:, The husky. former West Point
er, who has one of the best coach
ing records in the business, said
although this final week would not
be all work and no play for his
charges, he planned to have them
work out every afternoon through
Saturday. .r.
Asked what he planned to stress,
Neyland answer, ga little block
ing, d little tackling. little con-
ditioning, a little offense, a little
defense, little kicking" and, one
of his assistants added, "a little
passing" ,.,.,, &C..
Neyland said he did not eontem-
plate any radical departures in the
Tennessee style of play, which was
good enough to beat 40 tough foes
this season, for the game with
Oklahoma, which rolled up an
equally impressive record by fin
ishing its season undefeated and
united.
As for placing special emphasis
on an aerial attack to use against
the Soeners, Neyland said. "We've
been throwing plenty of passes
and we'll be ready to throw them
next Monday"
The Vols went through their
PAGES for an hour and 40 minutes
yesterday afternoon before, Ney.
land called it a day. The boys
spent most of the time limberine
up and regaining their land-leg.
after the long train ride. They
also worked on passing, kicking
and running plays.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-27
New Years Party Menu

B REAKFAST: Grapes,
wholewheat griddle cakes,
syrup, crisp bacon, coffee,
milk.
LUNCHEON: Spaghetti, to-
mato and ripe olive sauce,
French bread. fruit bowl, tea,
milk.
INEXPENSIVE NEW
YEARS INFORMAL PARTY
BUFFET SUPPER: Cider,
fruit punch in bowls, coffee
from large u.n, clear tomato
bouillon in cups, cold baked
ham, creamy scrambled eggs,
hearts of celery, olives, nuts,
thinly sliced assorted buttered
breads, assorted fruit tartlets.
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EXECUTORS NOTICE

Having qualified as eXecutriX Of
the estate Of Reese L. Watkins,
late of Henderson County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all per-
sons having claims against the es-
tate of the said deceased to ex-
hibit them to the undersigned at
Hendersonville on or before the
21st day of November, 1889, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. RI" b.
This 21st day of Nov, 1889.
Anna May Watkins. ExecutriX
Estate of Reese L. Watkins.
11-21-Mon-6tp
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ADOBE HOUSES COME BACK

Ell SEGUNDO, Cal.-UP)-
Adobe, CALIFORNIA; first building
material, may prove the solution
for 'dream houses" for the states
indigents. Two have Just been
completed here as an experiment,
with two apartments in each
house. They were constructed by
relief clients on property owned
by the county and will be occu-
pied by two, families in each
house at a saving Of $26a month
to- the county.
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the frozen sod and il came to re-
bottom up.
The plane will be dismanasI
and trucked to New York for RI
pairs.
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COOK SUES STATE

W. OAKLAND, Cal. (UP)-Allen
Wasnlngton, 45, cook, has the dis
Ianetlon of being the first citizen
VINO ever brought legal action
against the state to force it to
provide him with relief. He petit
uoned the superior court, for a
mandate to compel the state to
act IN his behalf. He stated that
ne was without funds to clothe
s iced his destitute family of
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JALLNER oUTPoINTED

81 Ko,EE;HHIGsBERG. Germany, Dec.
~ SuP-Steye Dudas, New Jer-
sey heavyweight. last night out
pointed Paul Jallner of Germany
IN a iS-round bout. Dudas weigh
ed 1913 and Jallner 1872
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-27

During the year 1896, Cana
S S!an hshery exports reached the
mghest point since 1881, with a
00o 'sss'sS$ 10 snIeA Ieao}
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Scientists have been unable to
dispose entirely of the "hoopsnake
rolled down hill, with it's tail in its
mouth"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-27

There are more than iSVI
lenses in the eye Of the cOMno'
housefly.
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patrick Utah; umpire, Verne
Landreth (Friends); head lines
man, William Kelley Wisconsin, {;
field Judge, L. G. Conlon Est.
Mary'S).
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Scoring: Touchdowns - Smith,
Bottari. Points after touchdown,
Bottari.
Substitutions: California-ends,
Mathewson, Reginato, Staffler,
Wilhelm; tackles, j. Smith, Lang;
guards, ROsso, Ray; cente
Queen; backs, Hubert, Cornell,
Firpo, Lutes.
Georgia Tech-ends, Theash,
Allen, Sprayberry; tackles, Rim
mer, Lackey; guards, Brooks, l..
F. Anderson; backs, Shaw, Beers,
Bartlett; Goree, Page, Wilkins.
Officials: Referee, Tom Fitz~
Evening star., 1938-03-25

most Of the principal wholesale mar.
kets. and was expected to gather mo-
mentum rapidly until the peak was
reached early in April. Deferred orders
OF February were released in steadily
mounting numbers, as some prices
started to stiffen, and difficulty was
experienced in obtaining prompt de-
livery on popular apparel items.
Recorders gave concrete evidence of
the longer upturn in retail sales during
the week. as mail requests broadened
from small retailers that had allowed
their inventories 70 run low. Despite
the small gain, the flow of orders was
disappointing, as the decrease from
the 1887 comparative wholesale volume
was estimated at IL to 25 per cent"