davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-08-19
WORLDS PRODUCTION
SLIGHTLY OFF IN JUNE

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 LP).-World
industrial production declined slightly
in June, but there was some evidence
that the momentum of the decline
was decreasing, the National Indus
trial Conference Board announced
yesterday
The board, research organization
supported by contributions from pri-
vate business and industrial corpora
tionS, said:
In Great Britain and the United
States indexes of production rose,
while in Germany and the Scandi-
navian countries output was well
maintained. Latin America business,
except for Mexico, showed little
change Activity continued to drop
off, however, in Canada, France, Bel
GUM, Holland and Poland. Note
worthy were the full-fiedged depres-
sion in Mexico and the first decline
in Italian industrial production in re-
cent years"
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peratures. would be effaced by unus-
ually good August returns.
weather was a prime factor af-
fecting consumer buying in almost
every section of the country"
OF wholesale trade, the agency
added:
"Fill-in orders represented the bulk
of wholesale volume, the lull in buying
evident in the preceding week being
carried over in most lines. Uncer-
tainty over price trends accounted for
some of the hesitation in making COM
mitments, but, in general. the retarded
advance in consumer purchasing was
mentioned as the most significant
factor affecting buying policies. Re-
tailers reported that sales of fall mer-
chandise had not been large enough
to enable them to determine consumer
preferences on style and quality"
Evening star., 1938-08-19
GOOD
IN RETAIL TRADE
Statistical Bureaus Index
Forecasts Revival for
Last Six Months.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Aug l9.-Retail trade
in the United States will probably
show decline of 10 per cent for
1898 to a total of 1926. 900 900. ac-
cording to the International Statisti-
cal Bureaus index. writes 8. L. Miller
in the current issue of the Annalist.
Such an estimate augurs a revival
Of trade in the last six months OF
the year inasmuch as the first half
shows a decline of 1874 per cent from
the corresponding period of a year
ago. The bureaus figures for these
periods are SIG, 1862, 500, 900 and sl9,-
352. 800. 900, respectively. The revival
of retail trade is also discernible from
the Federal Reserve Boards index OF
department store sales, which has
risen about 10 per cent since May,
1898.
The outlook for retail trade is one
of continuing expansion over the COM
ing year and one-half. This period
should be marked by rising revenues.
The mail-order houses are in par
ticularly good position to share in
creasingy in whatever recovery should
ensue. The department stores and
apparel, drug and restaurant chains
should benefit more from increased
public purchasing power than the
grocery and variety chains, whose op-
erations are particularly stable.
For the whole of 1887, however.
most retail companies will show lower
net incomes than in the previous year,
but this decline will more than likely
be much less than that for industrial
companies.
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Freight carloadings bettered the
normal seasonal upswing by a slight
margin. Principal factor in the i'm
provement was the sharp rise in in
dustrial shipments, measured by the
miscellaneous freight classification.
Grain movement subsided further,
although remaining well above the
comparable level last year
The Associated Press seasonally ad-
justed weekly index of total freight
carloadings, based on 1929-30 as 100,
advanced today to sos, compared
with 59.4 the previous week and 1876
a year ago.
Range of recent years;
1888. 1887 1885 1888. 1894
Low ,xA - S5.7 57 SIS 55.9 s5.2 SO SO ssSSss
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.
(Reported by Smith. Barney g. Coz

steady Mixed colors: Special pscRs. s9I.. 24I..
2S12; standards, 23l2: flrsts, %: seconds,
20H-2IH: mediums. 202s; ,dirties, No. l,
Whites: Resale of premium marks. ASIA
81 Nearby and MidweStern, premium
marks. 32A-35; exchange specials, 2sh-
~ Mdwestern exchange standards 81
2S Nearby, fancy mediums, 3OH-34
Nearby and Western, exchange mediums,
29-30; peewees to pullets, 1924 Pacific
Coast, Jumbo and premiums, 34l2-37; Spe-
cials, 332-34: standards, 3212-33; me-
diums. 2912-30; pullets. "a.
Browns: Extra fancy. 81 la-35. Nearby
and Western, special packs 81: other
Western standards, 81. Nearby. exchange
mediums 25.'
Duck eggs: Fancy. 1925
Butter. SIS. $50. steady. Creamery:
Higher than extra, 2614-27H:' extra (92
score), .253426A; f1rsts tSS-9D, 1926:
seconds tS4-SO. 1a12-221a.
Chese, 16S. 1885, weak. Prices UNCHANGED.
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..-
.LENDAbLE FUNDS
NBANKS
Reserve Board Estimates
s2,93O,OOO, 900 on Hand
on August II.
z, the Associated Press.

z, the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON Aug. 19.-The Fed
eral Reserve Board estimated today
81 .esO. .000, 900 of lendable funds were
held by the banks ON August II. an
Increase of $lA00O,000 over week
ago.
The increase was due to Treasury
pending and a slight increase in
Reserve bank credit.
Money in circulation increased
Sl9,00O.000 during the week to So
485 100000.
The boards statement said:
During the week ended August II
member bank Reserve balances in
creased $39,000,000. Additions to
member bank reserves arose from de-
creases of $37,000,000 in Treasury de-
posts with Federal Reserve banks and
SIS 100000 in non-member deposits
'and other Federal Reserve accounts
and increases of $19,000,000 in gold
stock and $5,000,000 in Reserve bank
credit. offset in part by increases oil
Sls,0O0.0O0 in money in circulation
and $l9,000,000 in Treasury cash.
Excess reserves of member banks or
August II were estimated to be ap-
proximately 50 $50, 100000, an increase
Of Sl0,000,000 for the week.
/. Changes in member bank Reserve
balances and related items during the
week and year ended April II, 1888,
were reported as follows:
TN millions of dollars)
Evening star., 1938-08-19

by the beasts sudden action. was hav-
ing all he could do to maintain his
seat. Thinking quickly, the girl sent
her bay scrambling up the embank-
ment then drove home the spurs.
An excellent horsewoman, she made
the best of every stride, reaching a
point 100 yards above the bend four
jumps ahead of the pinto. Racing
alongside, she caught hold of the
runaways bride and in less time
than it takes to tell had the animal
under control.
Pale, Lloyd looked at her with a
hurt and grieved expression.
You didn't need to have done
that, Lorie I could have managed.
Lorena started to reply but checked
herself 1t was in that moment that
the explanation came, the answer to
the thing that had been troubling her
It came in rushing flood, startling in
its abruptness, numbing in its truth.
Lloyd resented her superiority as a
horsewoman. He resented her ability
to play a good game of tennis of golf;
her ability to swim and her perfect
form in diving He resented these
things because she was better than
he, because he was man and be-
cause man is vain and cannot bear
the thought that any woman, espe-
cially the woman he loves, is his phys
ical equal
4 Ill during the ride home she was
silent; chaotic thoughts raced
through her mind. Strange emo
tions burned within her-anger and
indignation and derision and con-
tempt. Yet before they reached the
ranch understanding came, and a
decision She knew it would be folly
to mention her discovery to Lloyd. His
pride would be hurt He would not
believe her. Yet she knew it to be
true and knew, too, if things were
allowed to 60 on in their present
manner the love that dwelt in his
heart for her would be crowded out
by the bitterness and hatred she was
inspiring
No, it was up to her to solve the
problem, to sacrifice, to offer Lloyd
the sort of qualification his soul need
ed in order that his mind might rest in
peace. She would do this thing, be-
cause she loved him and because she
knew it meant their happiness to-
gether.
The next day she sought out Chuck
Isakson, the tall, herman cowboy with
the slow speech and the wise eyes.
She told him how she felt and what
she wanted him to do. trusting to his
understanding nature. He looked at
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Demand for Gold
Continues Steady
On London Market
By the Associated Press.

p! the Afso1iateo riesS.
LONDON, Aug. 19.--Steady demand
for gold in the open market today
absorbed metal to the amount of
81 ,257 900 (about $6,258000) at a
price of i42 shillings 6l2 pence an
ounce, an increase of a penny over
yesterdays quotation.
This was taken by observers to in
dicate tension over continental Eu-
ropes political situation was only
slightly relaxed and that hoarders
were still putting funds into gold for
safety.
At the time of the fixing of the gold
price. the dollar was $4S8 to the
British pound. In terms of the dollar.
the London gold price was equivalent
TO $3478 an ounce, unchanged from
Thursday.
Evening star., 1938-08-19

her soberly a mo-
ment.
You mean you
want to be like Miss
Edwards?"
Lorena shook her
h e a d, laughing.
il dit h Edwards
was the other ex-
treme; a delicate
blond with inno-
cent blue eyes and
a baby voice. A
W h o lily helpless
creature who treat
ed men as though
they were gods. be-
c use, b e in e
shreWd, she knew
it pleased their
vanity and inflated
their ego and
was, economically
speaking. an ex-
cellent means of
getting what she
Evening star., 1938-08-19
NEW YORK LIVESTOCK.

NEW YORK. Aug. 10 Up, Estate Depart
ment OF Agriculture report of Jersey City
ana New York livestock markets)-Cattle.
800 including 910 direct. Steers nominal.
buils nom.nally steady: odd head weighty
market steady; low cutter and cutter.
;4;o9,5: 100; thin hi shelly kind $50 or slight
Vealers and calves, l.S2O ali direct.
Market nominal
Sheep and lambs, $3.50. including 1000
direct. Spring lambs demand active. mar
ket steady; good and choice West Vir-
ginias, ,9.25-50; throwouts. 500. Sheep
nominal.
Hogs. 420. all direct. Market nominal.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, Aug. 10 lPl.-Poultry, live 90
trucks; weak; hens, Az pounds UP, II: up-
der 4i2 pounds. 10; White Rock springs. 4
pounds UP. 1914: old geese, liza: young,
IA; other prices unchansed
Butter, 1,426,37s; steady; prices un-
changed.
Eggs 1927: firm; fresh graded extra
nTSts cars and local, %; current receipts,
1934; other prices unchanged
Potatoes, A. on track, 9s: total United
states shipments, 1865: Cobblers slightly
stronger: demand fair, other stock demand
SLOW, Idaho Russets steady. other stock
slightly weaker; supplies light: sacked per
unaTedWeight; Idaho Russet Burbanks.
Y: s. No. ]. l.902 90; Nebra ska Cobblers,
s. per cent u S. No. ] and better. / .O2I2 :
-; Wisconsin Cobblers, U. s. No. l. l 90:
BlisS Triumphs, U. S. No. / l.2O
Evening star., 1938-08-19
BROKERS' LOANS RISE
8 MILLIONS IN WEEK
By tie Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board reported
that last weeks loans to brokers and
dealers on securities held by reporting
member banks in New York City to-
tailed s508 900 900 fo- the week ended
Wednesday, the total represented an
increase of $4,000, 900 when compared
with the previous week.
Loans for the corresponding week
a year ago totaled $1,136, 100000
Evening star., 1938-08-19
HELPLESS FEMALE
I ORENA didn't

7 oRENA didn't
know until the
day Lloyd's horse
ran away what it
was that had been
between them ever
since they arrived
at the Bar 80 dude
ranch for a two
months vacation.
They had been rid
ing along a dry
river bed, when
d suddenly LloydS
pinto SHE'D, snort
ed fearfully and
plunged away in
a wild gallop. The
rattler that had
frightened t h e
beast slithered off
into the sagebrush.
Lorena knew at
once that the pinto
was out of control.
Llovd, unbalanced
Evening star., 1938-08-19
NdtionalDdiryCo.
WHPayDividend
OF 20 Gents Oct. !
BY the Associated Press,

NEW YORK. Aug. 19.-National
Dairy Products Co. announced today
. dividend of 30 cents on the common
stock payable October to holders of
record September /. Previously the
company paid 30 cents.
Earnings for the first seven months
of this year, the company said, were
equal to $l.05 a share on common
stock. or 6 cents share less than in
the like period last year. Sales VOL
ume was down about 4 per cent from
last year.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
|CARLOAD|NCS UP
.9PCT. IN WEEK
But Figure Shows Slump of
184,221 Under Period
Last Year,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Association Of American Rail-
roads reported today 589,56l cars of
revenue freight were loaded during
the week ending last Saturday.
This was an increase of SSH cars,
or 0.9 per cent, compared with the
preceding week. decrease of 184, ,221,
or 238 per cent, compared with a year
ago, and decrease Of 314,596, or 34.6
per cent, compared with 1890.
The report classified the loadings as
follows:
Evening star., 1938-08-19
LONDON METAL MARKET,

LONDON Aug 10 lP-Closing: Cop
per, standard. spot $40 IS Sd: future
$40 IS sd; electrolytic spot bid f45
asked, SAC: Tin spot. f192 los; future,
fl93 los. Bids: Lead. spot, fl4 rs ed: ~
ture. fl4 IS I'd Zinc, spot, f12 ISs Cd;
future fl3 Is ID
Evening star., 1938-08-19

Pennsylvania Edison Co-Combined
preferred share earnings, IL months
ended June 80, were s4.36, against
$525.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
LONDON GOLD. SILVER.

LONDON AUG. 10 aP.-Bar gold. 142s
6I2d. I'd l penny Equivalent. S34 7SD
Bar silver 19ssd, unchanged. (EQuiva-
lent, 42.53 cents)
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Allied Mills, Inc.-Common share
earnings, year ended June 80, were
6S cents. against s2.51.
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q Also extra or extras.
Declared or paid so far this year.
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INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK Aug. 10 LR.-Investmen
Bankers Conference.
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TN millions of dollars)
Aug. II, Aug. 10. Aug |
Evening star., 1938-10-09

abandonment of God and our failure to
recognize His indispensable place in all
human affairs.
A day of prayer in crisis should
make us sober and reflective. Days that
are fraught with peril should make us
'reappraise the things upon which we
base our security and our continuing
peace. After all. the peace that has
come In this latest crisis is at best but
a truce. True, the FURNISHED arms are
stacked and vast armies are being de-
mobilized, for this we thank God and
take new hope, but we are compelled to
wonder how permanent is this peace and
how secure! There are elements in it
that give little OF confidence and the
terms of the truce are not without costs,
actual and implied. THE captains and
the kings depart" but their armies and
navies await their will and until that
will is founded in righteous judgment
there can be no continuing peace.
An English statesman said recently
that, "the salvaging of the world may
depend on whether we succeed in re-
tanning our own moral and spiritual
integrity and refuse to yield to the
pressure Of what may prove to be a
DaStdIu' ClVnZdIlOIl, or give way TO Inc
infection of despair" Another thought
full writer maintains that, Democracy
is dependent upon Christian ideals for
its security" A world aflicted by racial
and political problems, growing in in
tensity with each new day, needs more
than a day of prayer. Its destructive
forces are now in leash but will not be
long stayed because we reverently seek
God in time of emergency. We have
come so close to a catastrophe, the
horrors of which we have but partly
appraised, that we can hardly afford to
satisfy ourselves that a day of prayer
Is the sure and certain evidence of our
dependence upon God. Something must
happen and happen soon and it must
issue in a deepened religious conviction
and finer and more consistent recog-
milton of Gods will in every common
concern of oEr life.
A God of emergencies, no; God made
manifest in all the affairs Of men, in
industry, in society, in politics, and in
chancellories where the fate of nations
is discussed, yes! The world is at =
crisis. Will it return to God?
Evening star., 1938-10-09
Soldier Apes.

One of the weirdest tales that has
come out of war-torn China is the un-
confirmed report that the Chinese are
using trained apes or orangutans as
shock troops against the Japanese invad-
ers. 1t seems, according to the story,
that for years Buddhist monks have bred
and trained these animals not only to
work in the fields. but to do various chores
around the parish house, such as splitting
the kindling and even praying to Buddha,
which is accomplished by turning wheel
with prayers written on it, each revolu-
ton counting as one prayer.
Now some military genius has been
credited with the idea of borrowing these
monkeys from the monks and drafting
them into the army. 1t could do no
harm, anyhow. They require neither pay
nor uniforms, and 1t must be refreshing
novelty to have one group of soldiers who,
not being voluble conversationalists, do
not ask that ancient question that the
privates of all armies since the dawn of
history have asked: When do we eat?"
The Japs, however claim that there
are no apes opposing them-just tribe
OF wild hairy men from the interior of
China. They claim, with truth, that
there is just such a tribe in their own
country, the Anus, and that confusion
has arisen because the Chinese ideopra nh
for orangutan is identical with the Japa-
nese character for wild man, or possibly
vice versa. So any one can take his
choice, and believe it or not, just as he
likes. IT, however, it turns out that these
apes really exist, there may be place for
them in America. They would make good
heavyweight wrestlers, assuming that
they have intelligence enough to be
taught when they were supposed to lose
and when to win. They would come in
handy for opening train windows that
were stuck, and there might be a number
of them who could stand up to Joe Louis
for three or four rounds. And-whisper
this one-they might even be powerful
enough to stop the Yanks. in which case
We won't have to wait till the twenty
fifth century for Buck Rogers mechan-
ical men to turn that trick.
Evening star., 1938-10-09
In AN EMERGENCY
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FlCEMAN D. D, LIZ d, D. c. L.
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

Mishaps, misfortunes and panics dis
turb the orderly ways Of life Emergencies
as rule generate fear and compel US
to freshened trust in God. Under con-
ditions that ere normal we move along
our way confidently and assured of our
own capacity to carry on. Rarely does
prosperity with its accompanying ad-
vantages provoke in us the sense of de-
pendence upon God. When every pros
pect pleases and life is uninterrupted in
its course we feel confidence in our own
powers, in fine, We are sufficient unto
ourselves.
Recently the world was shocked by
the prospects Of another world war, a
war that many believed would threaten
what we hold OF civilization as we know
1t. Day after day the clouds grew thicker
and an impending storm became more
imminent. Very properly religious In.
stitutions in every part Of the world
called their faithful to prayer. The Presi-
dent of the United States asked his
fellow-citizens to join with him in a day
OF solemn devotion and prayer to God
that peace might be maintained, and
doubtless ready response was given to
his reverent call.
"A SCdASiAIls AlquAy ID bukkcotCu ny
such recognition of the place and
propriety of prayer. 1t implies at once
mans recognition of God in all human
affairs, it clearly suggests our dependence
upon power, not Of ourselves, to which
we naturally turn In time OF deep con-
Germ and emergency. 1t reminds us of
the words of an ancient king when he
said: I'm the time of my trouble I sought
the Lord" and again, What time
am afraid, will trust in Thee"
further question is irresistibly logical
in such case, namely, is the God to
whom We turn God Of emergencies
who can and will stay plaques and
battles, or is He the God upon whom
we must depend in all the common,
daily experiences of life? II mans
impotence in an emergency drives him
to God must he not be obedient to the
will of God and walk in His ways at all
times? Is it not logical to suggest that,
prayer finds it's validity in habit of life
that is in consonance with a reverent
and consistent following of Gods will?
A modern writer has said that the
greatest tragedy of our time is its
Evening star., 1938-10-09

America and there was South America.
There were, little later, Australia and
Africa. There was . place somewhere
for every one to make home and live
OF the soil when life In the homeland
became impossible owing to the bigoted
ideas Of those in power.
True, emigration meant hardship, but
It also meant life. The white man
showed a remarkable capacity for con-
quering nature and establishing COM
Portable homes for himself everywhere
Even in bleak Greenland, perhaps the
last place in the world which one would
choose for a home, a Morse colony per-
sisted in relative prosperity for almost
800 years
No man need compromise with his
conscience. Following the American
Civil War there were certain Southern
ers who felt that they could not continue
to live honorably in the United States.
There was no necessity that they should.
Central America and Brazil were ready
to welcome them and they soon had
established flourishing communities in
those lands.
After almost a hundred years perse-
cution of minorities again has reared its
ugly head. 1t is hard for the oppressed
minorities to find anywhere to go. They
have no alternative to remaining and
enduring their unenviable lot.
At a conference of nations meeting
in France to consider the problem only
few Latin American countries offered
opportunities for immigration-for farm
ers Of the oppressed minorities. Most Of
them did not want mechanics to COM
pete with their own labor. None of them
wanted professional or business men
the classes which happen to be most in
need of haven.
But doctors and lawyers and traders
have turned farmers before-in almost
every one of the American colonies
and made successes of their new voca-
tion under extremely discouraging cir
cumstances. Refugees today must, almost
by necessity, turn to the worlds poorer.
less productive lands. All the good land
already is owned and occupied. stn
there Is hardly so much of challenge to
their hardihood and ingenuity as that
which faced the Pilgrims of Massa-
chusetts, the Quakers of PENNSYLVANIA,
the Catholics of Maryland.
There is no evidence whatsoever that
the hardihood of man has declined in a
century. There Is all sorts of evidence
that 1t has increased. New civilizations
have arisen out of persecution in the
past. There Is prospect that they will
arise again. in the Amazon jungles, on
the rim of the Arctic, In the eartf's
waste places.
This is small thing to offer perse-
cuted men and women. 1t Is a shameful
thing for the world to give them. But
With a Will comparable to that of their
predecessors among the earths perse-
cuted they may make much of 1t and
have in the end far more than they ever
would have had If left unpestered in
their secure European civilization.
Evening star., 1938-10-09
Two Centuries.

From the middle of the 17th to ths
middle of the 10Th centuries the western
world had no particularly pressing refu-
gee problems.
During these two centuries Europe
passed through some Of its greatest crises
Of religious, racial and political persecu-
ton. The period encompassed the stake
and the guillotine. most of the religious
wars, the French Revolution, the upwell-
ings of nationalism, the beginnings Of
the self-assertion of labor. There was
purge after purge. Time after time
streets Of Western European cities we're
streams of blood.
But 1t was q big world. Europe was
only little corner Of 1t. There was North