davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-07-13

West opened = trump, often = good
lead against . two-suiter. Declarer
won in his hand and Immediately led
. club East captured dummy's queen
with his ace and returned . second
trump. Declarer now played q spade
to dummy's blank ace and then rufIed
. diamond in order to return to his
hand. The king and another spade
were now played, West winning and
forcing declarer with another dia-
mond lead. It was now too late to
establish spades, and declarer was set
two tricks.
Had declarer timed the hand cor
rectly, playing for either = spade or
. heart break, but not both, he would
have been successful. The opening
heart lead should be won in dummy
the ace Of spades played and then the
king Of clubs. East would now make
his best return-a trump-and de-
clarer, after drawing two more rounds,
would still have two trumps left. Two
rounds Of spades would remove one
Of Vests shoppers and . third spade
lead would establish the suit before
declarer ran out Of trumps. Thus de-
clarer could hold his losses to two
spades and one club trick by proper
timing.
(Copyrisht. 1038)
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Evening star., 1938-07-13
By John Hix

THE citadel at Aleppo, Arabia, has
long been fought over by nations
which have sought to gain power In
the desert peninsula.
Aleppo has been occupied in turn by
Egyptians, Persians, Arabians, Turks,
and, recently. by the French Foreign
Legion. The center OF the great
caravan trade between Bagdad and
Damascus. Aleppo still carries on i'm
portant export and import business.
Pair Of Shoes.
Strange as it seems. one pair Of chill
dren's shoes, size S. shod eight mem-
bers Of six different families, repre-
senting three generations In Yadkin-
vile, N. G.
Purchased - years ago in 1855, the
shoes were first worn by Bette Russell.
Next, Bob Dixon inherited them, then
Dixon's nephew, Charlie Williams, who
wore them to church . few times.
Two sons and three grandsons Of
Dixon next found use for the shoes,
still in good condition. All eight Of
the shoe relatives" are alive today.
Evening star., 1938-07-13
Winning Contract.
. By THE FOUR ACES.

David Burnstine, Merwin D. Maier,
Oswald Jacoby. Howard Schenken.
worlds leading team -of-four. inven-
tors Of the system that has beaten
every other system In existence.l
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29

Diva bratrf sc dostali do
rvacky v Chicago pc p~Glnocni
bitce, jeden zastTell druheho,
O nemz vlastnf otec potvrdil, re
byl clovekem nebezpecnym
lidske spolecnosti.
Otec 54lety John O'Rouke,
byval mal1rem napis1. Zije
nyn1 ma odpocinku. Jeho nej-
stars1 syn Tomas, 25lety, byl
zastTelen 23letym jeho synem
Leo, v prerii 81 ul. a Ashland
Ave.
Leo vypovidal ma policii, re
stTelil az potion, kdyz starsi
bratr Tomas vytahl ndz a kfi-
eel, re zabije otce. Leo mel
pTi sobe revolver, protoze sc O.
baval bratra, kdyz Sc rozzuirl.
Jeho zachvaty byly zp1sobe-
ny pouz1vanim omamne rostli-
ny marihuana. PAX O sobe To-
mas casio kricel, re je vrahem
u srdce.
Otec byl vyslychan statnfm
navladn1m Napolfm. Potvrdil,
re Tomas byl nasiln1k a opilec.
Nen1 ami mono, die otce udati
kolikrate mu hrozil smrt1 ane-
DO aspon zbitfm. casio pry
no uhodil i napadl Leo. Mat
ka a setry sc no rovnez velice
baly pro jeho zachvaty velk6
zurivosti, plynouc1 z opilosti
nebo z poz1van1 marihuana
Delal mnoho a mnoho podob-
nych vystupG pred vsemi i CHI
mi lidmi, uvadeje celou rodinu
nejen do strachu, ale i handy
Byl pry amaterem boxu q
svoje umen1 caste v rodine u
%platnoval.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
Pstidenni tyden.

Povinny petidenni tyden byl
jednlm z pozadavkG vyrocni
konferencence stereotyperG,
jez zaseda V Memphis, Tenn.
To znamena, re nemdze byti
pracovano vice dn1, treba V eel
ku jenom 40 hodin. Tato do
ba nesm1 ale pripadnouti ma
vice dn1, nez pouze pet. Ten
to pozadavek neZmen1 trvajlcl
smlouvy, ale Dude uplatnen pri
uzav1ran1 novych. Dale kon-
vence pTijala ustanovenf, re sc
pozaduje 6 roku ucen1, nez MI
re byt dosazeno vyuceni. Dale
nikdo z clenG nemuze dostati
cestovn1 legitimaci, pokud ne
pracoval sest roku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
Uniovy agent pobodan.

Rasmoth Franklin, ktery
byl v st. Louis zbaven 1radu
obchodniho jednatele unie AL
tonskych bartendr1 a c1snikI,
byl pobodan ma Altonske ulice
muzem, ktery udal, re Sc jme-
nuje Aston a je clenem unie.
Zranen1 Franklinovo je tezke.
Byl dopraven do nemocnice
sv. Josefa, kde mu byla po-
skytnuta transfuse krve. Byl
jednou bodnut do leve strany
prsou a jednou do bficha. Po-
licie vsak nenasla nuz. Aston,
ktery je We vazbe, protoze ne
m1ze sloziti zaruku $4,000,
pravi, re Franklina bodl v Sc
beobrane. u poraneneho vsak
nebyly nalezeny zbrane.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
Nahledy novin.

Zde jest veliky rozdfl mezi
Franklin D. Rooseveltem a o.
statnfmi presidenty, kteT1 roz-
hodli sc p~racovati V primar-
mich volbach statG.
Mr.. Roosevelt ma moe DAFT
anebo zadrzeti hotove pen1ze
milionGm lid. New York
World Telegram prav1, re uz1-
ii tuto moe bez politiky, ably
pravice neved6la CO della levi
&c, bylo by pfan1m, ale re v1ra
O tom jest velice tezkou.
- Ohio State Journal pise,
re jinou v6c1 jest chovati pa
nett, re cenne papiry spadnou
dvakrate rychleji V Gene nezli
ma kterou vystoupily pred tim.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
Osudny vylet.

Vylet z daleke Kalifornie
stall Sc osudnym rodine F. M.
Pangburna re Suisin City, Kal.
We vzdalenosti IL mil Cd Ra-
pid City, S. D. srazil Sc jejich
automobil v zahybu silnice s
truckem, plnych prken, T1ze-
nym Jameson Dicksonem z
Pringle, S nfmz jel Walter
Ventlingen. tt oba vyvazli
bez dlohy. Ia to smrt Tadila
ma druhe strane. Zabit byl O.
tee Pangburn, ktery byl vyho-
zen z auta a mel rozbitou leb-
ku. Podobne vyletely ven z
kary jeho zena a jejich til dee
ry. Matka byla take zabita ma
m1ste. Vsechny dcery vazn6
zraneny, take jeste pc prfve-
zen1 do nemocnice byly bez
vedom1. Jedna pTisla k sobe
a uzdravf Sc, kdezto stav dvou
druhych byl povazlivy.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
PenGzokazi "a pet let udali ia.
leSnych penez ma 100000.

Federaln1 AGENT ucinili pT1-
trz dals1mu s1Tenf falesnych
pence ma stredozapad6 poza-
tykanfm tlupy pen6zokazd v
Chicago, kterf die odhadu Via
dn1ch dTadG oSidili soukromni-
ky i obchodnfky asi o 100000
falesnymi pencil.
Zatcenych jest celkem pet.
JIM jsou: Al a Sam Florest,
bratff, jejich nevlastnf bratr
John Costello, Mike Calona a
Louis Archibuque.
Jejich cinnost byla pozoro-
vana cd kv6tna letosniho ro-
ku. Penezokazov6 byli dosti
opatrnf, ably sami penfze ne
m6nili, prodavajfce je prekup-
nfkGm. AZ teprve Mike Gaia
Iona dopustil Sc neopatrnosti,
re nyn1 promenil falesnou ban
kovku ma Montrose avenue u
jezera. Nasledovalo okamzite
zatcen1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29

aut jsou daleko pred produkcf
a re zasoby byly o hodne sn1-
zeny v mesfci cervnu.
V cervnu prodalo sc auto
mobil1 asi tolik co v kvetnu
prot obvyklemu poklesu v
tonic mes1ci. V prvn1 polovi-
ne cervence pokles prodej1 v
departmentn1ch obchodech byl
mens1 nez jak je obvyklym v
dobe teto rocn1.
Zamestnanost v tovarnach a
vyplaty delnfkG poklesly v do
be cd poloviny kvetna do polo
why cervna,
Ceny vetsiny zbozf byly IVY
seny druhe casti cervna a v
prvnf casti cervence. Ceny
akci1 a bondG nizsfho radu
stouply podstatne.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
IL let NAMELY nebyli.

V Fond du Lac, Wis, sedm-
nact let stastn6ho manzelske-
no souzit1 bylo Poole zakona
potvrzeno teprve nyn1 kdyz
Frank j. Magula z North Fond
du Lac sc svou druzkou man
zelsky slib pred smircim soud-
Gem.
Ma to, re tento parek nebyl
Vlastne nikdy oddan a nasled-
KEN toho nemohli byti povazo-
vani Ia NAMELY, aspon pred
zakonem, prslo Sc teprve nyni.
Magulovi totiz zadali o prijez-
du do 1stavu pro veterany.
Nell pTedloziti oddavaci list.
Prinesli vsak jen povolen1 k
snatku, vydan6 roku 1921. Pr
vyslechu vyslo najevo, re Sc
domn1vali, re uz marriage Ii
cence" z mich udelala NAMELY.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29

V San Saba, Texas dvacet z
23 lid1, kterf byli od~louceni
velkou vodou cd spojenf S O.
kol1m, bylo zachraneno dobro-
volnymi plavci a veslaTi, kteTf
vzdorovali proudu Teky a do
pravili je do bezpecf.
Mezi zachranenymi byla tez
rodina Jose Jamanay-e, c1tajl-
CT IA clenG, z nichz deset detf.
Ufedn1ci Cerveneho kTfze pra-
vi, re neztotozneny plavec "a
pasil s dravym proudem a tros-
kami, jez pc mem plynuly, ably
umlstil drat, upevneny kol
stromu ma brehu, ma kolne, ma
nlz rodina stravila diva dni a
noe bez potravy a pitne vody.
Pc tonic dratu celia rodina do
stala Sc do bezpec1. Byla do
pravena do Harkeyville, male
no mlsta ma zapad odtud.
Lijak trvaj1cf celou noe,
zmenil rozvodnene reky a by
striny V neklidna jezera, "a
topila mesta, rozlila sve vody
pc silnic1ch ma cele mile a zp1-
sobila nesm1rne skody.
Mestecko Brady jew sc byti
nejhGre postizenym. Bylo v
mem zatopeno 40 az SO NEST
skych ctvercG, 800 osob je bez
domova a elektricka vedeni i
vodovod poskozen.
V Menard voda byla ma ety.
RI stopy vysoka v obchodni
casti mesta. Nekolik rdin by
10 nuceno uchyliti Sc do korun
stromG a ma strechy domG.
Pc 1morne praci, trvaj1ci pet
dn1, muzi, kteri snazili Sc "a
drzeti vody z Teky San Saba,
byli nuceni prchnouti ma vyssi
m1sta.
Pr1valov6 deste, dele nez ty.
den padaly ma vice nez 1000
m1l1ch Atlantickeho brehu, We
statech ma Mexickem zalivu g
v zapadnim Texasu.
Pficita Sc jim ztrata osm
zivotd, pokud je znamo, skody
ma majetku sahajf do mnohs
miliond dolard, tis1ce lid1, kite
Fl nemajl pf1stfes1.
Re vsech desti navstfvenycl
krajin Cd Novoanglicka az da
leko ma Jill oznamujf Sc kata
strofaln1 skody ma 1rode a do
bytku. Silnice byly vymlety
budovy podemlety, hraze osla
beny a mostly odneseny.
CCC delnfci a dobrovolni h;
sici snazili sc re vsech sill, aby
vyklidili trosky a nanos z uli
&c v Oakland, Md, kdyz pr1
trz mracen zp1sobila, re vod;
ma pet stop vysoko ulicemi oh
chodni casti mesta. Skod,
odhaduji Sc ma $50, 900 az $50
900.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
80 buslE ovsa S akru.

Zpravy o vymlatu ma far
mach v. okres1ch Rock a Wal
worth We Wisconsin, svedc1, re
v onom okolf byla letos bohata
droda. Ma jedne farme v O.
kresu Rock owes sypal 80 bu-
slG pc akru. Ma farme v okre-
SUI Walworth namlatili 68 bu-
Slu ovsa pc akru. Farmafi
prav1, re jsou take dobre Wy
hl1dky ma 1rodu jetele a bojin-
ku Gill timothy.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
Prvni rnameluk.

Pan Kukacka chodf jiz mno-
no let do hostince "U krepel-
ky. Schazel sc tam pravidel-
ne Sc spolecnostf svych kama
radG, a NELL tam reservovan
svdj still. Onehdy prisel pan
Kukacka pon6kud drive nez
obvykle a hned We dver1ch sc
ptal vrchn1ho c1snika: "Pane
vrchnf, je tady uz nekdo z tech
mameluk1 Cd naseho stolu?"
. "Ne, vasnosti, Wy racte byt
prvni."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
Mona ze trefiI.

"Tak, deti vite," konci ucitel
prednasku o recnictvf, go je
to je dobTe vec vysvetlit. Jak
pax Sc T1ka cloveku, ktery
mluv1, mluv1 az jej Tide nepo-
slouchaj1?"
Jediny zacek Sc hlas1.
"PTemysleje trochu, deti.
Nikdo to nevf, jenom Niva
TAX to tedy Tekni!"
"Pros1m, to je pan ucitel!"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
Zahadne uhorela.

39leta Marie Glen, telefon-
nj operatorka z Avery, Ind,
byla nalezena mrtva ma silnici
nedaleko Kokomo, Ind. Jejl
mrtvola byla slime popalena.
Opodal stale jej1 auto, jez by
10 zniceno plameny. Policie Sc
domniva, re Clemova bud 81
svitila sirkou do nadrzky S ga
solinem anebo re do nj upusti-
la hor1c1 cigaretu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29

20 jak jste g%alantn1," sve-
holi slecna v elektrice, kdyz j
jeden starry pan udelal mlsto.
"Mohl byste byt vzorem pro
dnesnf mlade muze." = ga
chtel vedet, kdo by 81
furt nechal slapat pc nohou,"
zabrucel galantn1 pan.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
Zkuseny.

"Budete pffsahat. Jste 81
vedom vyznamu prfsahy?"
"To jsem."
"PTisahal jste uz nekdy?"
$50 - dokonce jednou pTf-
sahu jsem 81 odsed9l."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
Co je lepsi.

We White Pains, N. Y, IA
lety Frederick Rain chce roz-
vod. Zalobu vyslycha soudce
Tomu Rain pravil, re boje v
tTech valkach, jez prodelal, by
ly mu milejsf, nezli dive leta
souziti s manzelkou.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
Narodni park ma mistech pa
metihodne bitvy.
F.. l.. [. S..

~" - ~
ZTfzenf Saratoga National
Historical Park upom1na mas
ma jednu z rozhodujicfch bitev
americkych dejin. Novy park
nalezaj1c1 Sc V 1dol1 Teky Hud-
son v New Yorku, zabira L.
429 akrG nekdejs1ho saratog-
|skeho bojist6.
II. ffjna TIT VIDAL Sc ma
tonic m1ste britsky general
John Burgoyne S celou svou ar
madou generalovi Gatesovi. Pc
teto porazce pTiklonilo Sc v1tez
stvl ma stranu americke revo-
luce. TAX neslavne skoncil an
glicky plan zaraziti kiln do L.
zem1 kolonialnl konfederace a
odtrhnouti staty novoanglick6
cd koloni1 ostatnich. Ne1spech
generala Burgoyna primel tez
Francii, ably Sc pTidala k Anne
ricanum. Ia pomoci francouz-
skeho lodstva byla kontrola
pobfez1 vyrvana z rukou An
glican1, armada Cornwalliso-
va Sc musela u YorktoXnu
vzdati a valka skoncila anglic-
kym uznanfm samostatnosti
Spojenych Stat1.
General Burgoyne mel poole
planu nastoupiti Sc 1000 brit
skymi vojaky, 5000 Nemci z
Brunswicku a n6kolika sly In
diany pochod proti Albany.
Tam Sc mela k nemu pTidati
armada vedena generalem ST.
rem Williamem Howem, ktery
mel prij1ti 1dol1m feky Hud-
son cd New Yorku. TTeti cast
armady mela jiti pod vedenfm
plukovnfka Legera podel reky
Sv. Vavfince a spojiti Sc sc sill
nym oddflem loyalistG a Iindi-
AMI kmene Mohawk, vedenym
Siren Johnem Johnsonem a
plukovnfkem Johnem Butte
rem, dv6ma Americany, kterf
Install verni zajmGm Angle.
Tyto tfi proudly vojska mely
odr1znouti kolonii newyorskou
a pozd6ji potlaciti odpor kolo-
nil novoanglickych.
Tento dobre promysleny plan
osv6dcil Sc s pocatku tax dspe-
she, re general Burgoyne hla-
sill Londynu, re "Americane
nemaj1 muz6 vojensky vzdela-
nych." Americka armada, slo-
zena hlavne z neukazn6ne mi
lice, ustupovala systematicky
pred naporem dorazejfcfch
AnglicanG. V tonic stadiu
valky spolehal sc hlavn1 v1dce
kontinentalnf armady = Jiri
Washington = ma s~oustfede-
nou armada pouze "a nejpf1-
hodnejsfch podm1nek, vetsinu
casu sliboval 81 vsak vice cd
guerilly = drobnych sarvatek
a necekanych vypadG. Americ-
Ike vojensk6 oddly stopovaly
Burgoyrovu armada a ohrozo-
valy dodavku zasob potravin.
Velka cast americkeho vojska
tahla "a armadou generala
Howe, odhodlana "a kazdou
cenu pTekaziti jeho pTipojen1
k armada generala Burgoyne.
Kdyz uz nemohlo byti po-
chyb, re pGvodnf plan Angli-
CANT ztroskotal, pocal Bur-
goyne ustupovati. Jeho jedi
nou nadejf bylo, re Sc profile
Tadami Americana a vrat1 Sc
do Kanady. PTesila americke-
no vojska, vedeneho generalem
Horatiem Gatesem, byla vsak
soustfedena pc obou stranach
jeho vojska. Anglicke arma-
de nezbyvalo mic, neil rozlo-
ziti sc ma plant saratogske a O.
cekavati posilu, ktera vsak ne
pTisla. Burgoyne ztratil vetSi-
nu sveho delostrelectva a jeho
zasobn1 lodi byly polapeny ne
pT1telem. Obklfcen kolem do
kola, nemohl podniknouti mic
jin6ho, nezli Sc vzdati Sc zbyt-
KEN sve armady, $3.50 muzG,
generalovi Gatesovi.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29
Zabila dive dSti j sebe.

V Mendon, Mass, Anna
Miles podTezala bTitvou hrdla
sym dvema dceruskam, 4lete
Beverly Jean a 5lete Dorothy,
nacez spachala sebe vrazdu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-07-29

ga vas, Wy holomku, nau-
CHM svadeti mou dceru !"
"Byl bych moe povdecnej,
vasnosti - ia uz to zkousfm
dive hodiny a poTad zadnej W.
sledek!"
Evening star., 1938-03-14
MORE COTTONSEED
REPORTED CRUSHED
Seven-Month Total Reaches
4,956,4S4 Tons, Against
3,784,821 Year Ago.
BY the Associated Press.

BY 'he associated Press.
The Census Bureau reported cot
tonseed crushed in the seven-month
period. August l to February %.
totaled 4,956,484 tons. compared with
3,784,821 tons in the corresponding
period year ago.
Cottonseed on hand at mills Feb
ruary % totaled 1.159,767 tons, COM
pared with 573,l58 year ago.
Cottonseed products manufactured
in the seven-month period and on
hand February % were:
Crude oil produced, 1,5l1,874,3 ,381
pounds. compared with l,133 ,999, 1896
I'm the corresponding period year
ago, and on hand, 203, ,734,l17 pounds,
compared with 39,2e6,226 year ago.
Refined oil produced, 1,190,Ol5. .387
pounds, compared with 956,722.946.
and on hand AL ,052, ,343 pounds, COM
pared with 532,946,6O0.
Cake and meal produced. 2,2O8,28
tons. compared with 1,69l,878, and on
hand 25l,377 tons, compared with
1878.
Hulls produced 1,267,OS7 tons. COM
pared with 964, 1893, and on hand l46,-
670 tons, compared with 149,654.
Linters produced 1,13O,6SS run
ming bales. compared with 928,133,
and on hand 513,36l running bales,
compared with 204,945.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
CAPITAL FLIGHT
TO LONDON SEEN
Transatlantic and u. S.
Issues Are Favorites,
Francs Weaker.
Rents Of Workinemsn's Dwellings
Iq23-lq25%I00
Py the Associated Press.

Ps The Associated Press.
LONDON, March 14-The fight
of capital from fcar-ridden European
countries took refuge today in trans
Atlantic issues on the London Stock
Exchange. This section Of the list,
including American issues, was the
Only group showing strength.
Austrian per cent bonds slumped
% points and the 4'&s were down II
points. Czechoslovakian 3s were off
10 points.
Speculative issues were weak, re-
fecting the attitude of caution pre-
vailing in the financial markets, Little
stock, however, changed hands.
French francs were weaker and
were freely offered at 1912 francs
to the pound compared with l55 81 80
francs to the pound Saturday. The
dollar held around 499 to the pound
PARIS, March IA (41.--United States
dollars were sharply higher at 80 SO
francs (307T cents to the france in
today's final foreign exchange trans
actions. This compares with 1900
cents to the franc in New York over
Evening star., 1938-03-14
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. March IA Chickering's
from Continental capitals continued TO de-
press foreign exchange markets today.
Dealings here were compa ratively quiet
and followed trends in London.
Nervousness Of European capital. pushed
to the breaking point by the German move
southward. was further upset by formation
IN France OF government which re-
tanned ..Leftists'' leanin2s..
The dollar was the chief gamer in the
tion by the pound sterling OF consider
{ bic share of European monies that unit
declined cent. to a new low for the
year. The franc. finding no Solace in
cabinet regarded in some quarters as
mere stop-gap, slumped Is of a cent.
Pressure on the European orrencies
let up slightly ,gh The suilder sagsed ,os Of
the belga .02i2 OF a cent.
In London the dollar advanced "a of
cent. to 44S24. The dollar in Paris was
sharply higher. at the equivalent of 3o.7
cents to the franc; compared with 3.2o
cents in , New York over the week end.
4.9ass: 6O-dav bills. 4 H77e France. de-
mard 3.O5; cables. 3.04 Italy. demand,
5..Gil: cables 5.26iz.
Demands,,--BelglUm, 1888: Germany
gs. Hoiis1d I"22 reESisred e So15 tTsTeI nn
sweden, % 70; Denmark. 2.::,7: Finland.
80; Switzerland, .3.o4; Spain unquoted;
Portugal. 4.55i2: Greece. .als4; Poland.
lS;93; Czechoslovakia .3.507s; Yugoslavia.
10 Austria unGuoted Hungary, 1893:
Rumanla. u Ar2entina. 33.2Sn; Brazil
;2.4tn; Hong Kong. 3i.l6:. Mexico City,
27.So: Montreal in New York, 999oss;
New York IN Montreal. 10o.oo's.
Nominal
Evening star., 1938-03-14
LAG CONTINUES
IN CHAIN SALES
February Volumes Down
Further, but at Less
Rapid Rate.
specia, Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, March 14.-Chain
store sales continued their downward
trend percentageWise in February, but
not as abruptly as occurred in prior
months, according to the monthly
chain store compilation released yes
terday by Childs, Jeffries g. Thorndike,
Inc. The first 25 chains to report did
an aggregate business Of s182,729I71,
as compared with s188,624,19l in Feb
ruary, 1897. This was a decrease of
$685. ,020, or 81 per cent.
For the first two months OF this
year sales of the same 25 chains ran
behind the first two months year
ago, with total volume of $685., ,5O7,-
TAB, as compared with s375, 18l 1928 in
January and February, 1887, a decrease
of 26 per cent. Although the brevlty
of this month might account for a
drop in sales volume, a comparison
with the sales volume of S182,774,073
in January is very favorable. Follow
ing is compilation of the sales of
the 25 chains for the month of Febru-
arV, arranged in grOlIpS.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
SHARES GO
LOWER DURING WEEK
Srecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 14.-Insurance
stocks in the New York City market
continued lower during the past week
according to records compiled by Holt,
Rose & Troster.
The aggregate value of 20 leading
fire and casualty insurance issues on
March II totaled 1922 1000, COM
pared with $532,837 10000 at the close
of the previous week, decrease OF
Sl0,6o3,000, or 1.99 per cent.
The current average yield of the
20 issues is now 4.40 per cent, COM
pared with a yield of 4.32 per cent on
March 4. The current market value
equals 83 per cent of reported liquidat-
ing value, compared with IS per cent
a week ago.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
United Aircraft
Earns S3,856,272
In Twelve Months
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 14-The
United Aircraft Corp. of East Hart
ford, Conn. reported net earnings for
1887 of S3,856,272, equal to 81 50 per
share OF outstanding stock after de-
duction of Federal and Canadian
taxes.
The report said the corporation,
including its five operating divisions
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Hamilton
Propellers, Chance Vought Aircraft,
Sikorsky Aircraft and United Airports
and its three subsidiaries. United Air.
craft Exports Corp. United Aircraft
Service Corp. and Canadian Pratt &
Whitney Aircraft. Ltd-had untitled
orders of s23,81O23l at the end of
1887. The backlog Of orders on De-
cember 81. 1886, was S2l l.431.774.
Consolidated current assets of the
corporation were placed at s18.200,278
on December 81. 1887, and current
liabilities at s3,504034.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
NET
SLUMPS IN YEAR
$811,874 Profit Compares
With $2,187,783 for 1896
Months.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March l4-Stude-
baker Corp. reported 1887 consolidated
net profit Of $8l1,874, equal to 81 cents
a share of capital stock. This COM
pared with S2,187,783. or $1Ol share,
In 1886. Company's principal plant
is at South Bend. Ind.
General American.
General American Transportation
Corp, builder and lessee of railway
freight cars, reported 1887 net income
of S4,542, ,655, equal to $4.44 a share
on capital stock, against $2,966,415, or
$2.9l a share, in 1886. Properties are
in Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Louisiana,
Texas and New Jersey.
Neisner Bros. :
Neisner Bros, Inc, operating a ma
tional chain of merchandise stores,
reported 1887 net profit of $967, ,042,
equal to $4.05 a share of common
stock. This compared with S1,l56,-
33l or $490 a share in 1886.
Thompson Products.
Thompson Products, Inc, makers
of metal products for the automobile
industry, reported 1887 net profit of
s905,813, equal to 1922 a share of
common stock This compared with
$785,256 or S2.58 a share in 1886
Plants are at Cleveland and Detroit.