davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

the kitchen gardens - gardens so
large that there are 55 acres of
potatoes alone! 60
Children Labor
Even the children have their as
signed tasks in the, community
project-tending livestock carrying
water, getting wood, and doing that
endless variety of chores which
make such a community self-reliant.
They have COWS, pigs, horses and
chickens listed among the cooper
atively owned livestock.
They are learning the rudiments
of what, to most of them, is an
entirely new life. There are doctors,
professors, clerks, textile workers,
former factory employees, secretar-
les and office workers in the group.
Religions are mixed There are
about as many Protestants as Cath
olics, and a few of Jewish extrac-
ton. The average age is between
30 and 35 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

since and had an Indian and white
man to look after me-
Scottys million dollar Death Val
ley home and the source of his
wealth have been the subject of
stories for years in the desert
country.
"The mountains are just as high
and rough and tough as ever he
informed one friend.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19

animals. IN that time it is antici-
pated that the new community will
be self-supporting, and each family
will have assumed the responsibility
and the ownership of its own por-
ton of farming land.
The men are assigned the heavier
work-clearing operating tractors
to break ground and plant crops,
building homes, barns and pig pens.
The women keep house and care for
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-19
Alabama protects rabbits

MONTGOMERY, Ala, CUP)-
The lowly rabbit has been elevated
to the dignity of game animal by
the state of Alabama. New hunt
ing rules promulgated by the state
conservation department stipulate
that the little animal can be hunt
ed only from Oct. l to Feb. 20.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Bulletin Recites
| Reforms in
IN. Y. EXCHANGE
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. June ia year
and a half of reform in New York
Stock Exchange practices to improve
its service as a quasi-public institu-
ton was summed up today in the
exchanges monthly bulletin.
The symbol of the new order at
Broad and Wall streets-young Will
liam McChesney Martin, jr-was
named the first paid president of
the exchange nearly year ago. He
took Office few months after the
liberal forces had routed the "old
guard" on the issue of remaking the
administration for closer co-opera-
ton with the Federal Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Titled THE Public Interest is
Paramount" the bulletin recites
numerous reforms. either accom-
plished in the last 18 months or
pending, to afford additional pro-
lection to the public" On July /. 1t
was noted. partners in member firms
carrying margin accounts for the
public will be forbidden to trade on
margin for their own account
through member firms.
Among the numerous changes
mentioned, the bulletin says:
Steps have been taken to provide
for a more intensive control and
supervision of persons now in, or
hereafter entering, the business of
exchange members. Under this
policy a rigid test of qualification
is applied"
Evening star., 1939-06-18

ve.1et june .s.b. II todsx enough
jected the most recovery power into the
meat trade the market has had in some
Receipts were very small mostly. COM
ing direct Compared with 4 week ago
hogs were mostly 10 cents higher while
sa: s. asn sh0xfa s:ns v..s. uD as
Spinner. s.ined s Cent. 70 81 and sheeD
A, sharp cut in marketines Of all types
was isrGeiy RESPONSIBLE for the price re-
Omitted States pepartment of Aericql-
turel - sslsbie hosS 100; nominally
shpeefs ooF oo none mea od
over. 100; compared with week ago:
Good to choice barrows and gifts. ali
weights mostly 10 hiGher: packing sows
salable cattle zoo: calves: none: COM
pared Friday; last week: Fed yearlinas
neaium xsish. hs and mn h.ssy cattle e. atnfa II:
stances, so up: fed heifers shared light
steer sdvsnse ns .1. IS hshe b,sS bulls 2
stock very scarce: strictly granted steers
predominated; receipts sharply, under
s..s Ssss sr su1D IN Ss I,thsr
ing factor: choice to prime steers topped
At 1915: ye.rlinss, 1890: best heifers;;
broadest for plain and medium light cattle
but all grades yearlings sold dependably:
hardly enough replacement cattl. ~ make
4 market. thin kinds steady. meaty offer
inas. 95 lower
salable sheep 500: COMPARED Friday.
and spring lambs rs to 90 higher sheep
strong; weeks best price. 1928. paid for
two doubles Idaho spring lambs at close
nothing strictly choice available late: best
natives. 1910: bulk springers a.5O-1025
fed. wooled California spring lambs. seal
fornia sprinsers. $50 so: fed, old crop,
clipped lambs 7.25-s.75; bulk s.OO-s. so;
lightweieht native slauehter ewes. 325;
l4O-1SG-pound kinds, 225-2 so mostly.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Some Firm Spots
Make Appearance
In Bond Market
Good Demand Is Found
For Several Issues
Of Italian Looms
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 1.-THE bond
market had few firm spots today,
but fractional gains and losses we're
mingled among the general run of
issues, with trading light in all
groups.
A good demand for several 1tal-
ian loans gave the foreign dollar
division strong appearance. Milan
612s closed 2 points higher at 81,
italian government Is gained Is at
63L and Rome 61as bounded up 3
to 63la. German and some South
Americans followed along with
smaller gains.
In the domestic corporate section,
Portland General Electric 4l2s were
bought on reports the company's
prospects for closing deal with the
Bonneville Dam project for power
were favorable. The closing price
of 70 was within striking distance of
the years high for net gain of 134.
Another special situation involved
bonds of the Chicago & Eastern Il
linois Railroad The SIS ended
higher at 20 and the per cent GER
tificates added IL at 1914 following
the approval of a reorganization
plan for the line by Federal court.
Elsewhere fractionally higher
prices were paid for Commonwealth
Edison 3i2s at 1155s. Firestone Tire
3l2s at 1866 and International Tele-
phone SIS at S.
Losers included Western Union SIS,
Utilities Power & Light SIS, Northern
Pacific As and Baltimore & Ohio
convertible 412s.
Government loans were virtually
at a standstill.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Dividend Meetings

NEW YORK June 17-Among the i'm
Gold Mining Co. General Foods Corp,
National Distillers Products Corp. and
y. 8. Hoffman Machinery Corp. list Of
the meetings of companies definitely sched
uled is reported BY Fitch Investors Service
as follows:
Monday, June 10.
Gotham Silk Hosiery Co. Inc. (pfd }
a pm)
Phiiadelphia Co. tcomo u1:so AND
Tuesday, June 20.
City Investing Co. tpfdl q pm)
Gimbel Bros. Inc. tpfdb III a.mD
Public Service Corp. OF N J. (pfd. and
wednesdsy. June FL.
General Foods Corp. (pfdD t9:15 AMI
Green III L. Co. Inc. tcomD
o.. 3. Hoffman Machinery Corp. (pfdo
I0:30 AMI
Thursday. June %.
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. (como
III AMI
American Home Products Corp. tcomJ
% 30 amt
Continental Insurance Co. (com) III
Mcclellan Stores Co. tpfdD 1O:3O am,
National Distllers Products Corp. (comD
I'll AMI
Teautograh Corp icomN GAO pm)
FRIDAY. June 23.
Corn Products Refining Co. (pfd. and
conn., e p.mD
Evening star., 1939-06-18

NEW YORK, June II G,.-Esss. 21a45:
irregular: Mixed colors-Fancy to extra
fancy, lsIa .21h: standards. Is; frsts
dirties. No. i. Isl average checks. ii;
White-Resale of premium marks
24h-27. Nearby and Midwestern pre-
MUM marks. 22h-24: exchange specials
~: exchange standards. 1874 Resale OF
nearby heavier mediums. 17-2Oa Nearby
and Midwestern. exchange mediums. 16-
1872. Pacific Coast, Jumbo and premiums
25H-'.; mediums, 23-23h.
- Browns--Nearby. extra fancy 22-25
Nearby and Midwestern. exchange specials
2iR: exchange standards. Is. Nearby
Duck esas-Nearby. 1917.
Dressed poultry generally easy. All
iresh ana frozen prices UNCHANGED
Live poultry. by freight and express
Butter. as5 az, weak. Creamery
score). "a frsts tSs-aI), 22L -233.; sec
onds R4-S7D 2024-213.
Cheese, 249.l01. steady. Prices un.
:. Rye spot easy: No. American, fob
New York tcarlots,. II: No . Western
elf New York. 20
Barley steady; No . domestic, elf. New
Lard steady: Middle West. s.5e1..
Beans steady. marrow 400. pea . ao-
800: red kidney. 375; white kidney
Other articles steady and unchanged.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Favorable Weather
Sends Wheat Values
To 7-Week Lows
Prices ToppIe Another
Cent q BusheI on
Chicago Market
BY FRANKLIN MULLIN,

CHICAGO, June 17.-Wheat
values toppled another cent bushel
today to the lowest level in more
than seven weeks. Prevalent of
favorable weather in many sections
of the grain belt, which has had
much to do with lowering prices 7 TO
8 cents since the first of the month,
continued to depress the market.
When July wheat fell to .71A
cents, of lA from yesterdays close,
and September dropped to u, it
meant that Chicago quotations were
back to within only to cents
of the levels that prevailed be-
fore the late April and May crop
scare.
While wheat closed MIA lower
than yesterday; July, 7lh-A; Sep
tember, 721s-72; corn advanced Il
to ss; July, 49h so; September,
5ll2-As. Oats were unchanged to
Is higher: rye, H-as lower and lard
unchanged to higher.
Some Of the selling that came
into the wheat pit represented hedg-
ing Of new crop grain, marketing OF
which is increasing as harvest op-
erations expand in the Southwest
However, much of the new wheat
Is going into storage, possibly for
acceptance of Government loans.
Grain range at principal mar
kets yesterday:
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Commodity Price
Chonqes for Week
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, June 17.-Steel scrap
and lead-key basic industrial raw
Observation-Disclosures in cash COM
modify markets this week as fac
tory wheels moved faster.
Markup in the price of steel scrap
was in line with forecasts of stepped
up mill operations in the third quar-
ter when the plants begin rolling
auto steel on larger scale for the
new 1910 models. Trade circles pre-
dicted mill operations might rise as
high as 60 per cent of capacity in
July and August.
The hike in the price of lead &C
companied ringing hammers on over
$500 ,000, 900 Of new homes now un-
der construction throughout the Ma
ton in the fastest residential build
ing witnessed in a decade. Lead
is prime ingredient used in the
manufacture of paint.
Also higher among industrial raw
materials were tin, burlap and tur-
pentine. Lower, however, were rub
ber. bituminous coal, lumber and
cotton for immediate delivery.
Uncertainty over forthcoming new
Government subsidy plans and good
growing weather helped make cot
ton sag in the spot market.
Textile Division Lifted.
Markups in cotton cloth lifted the
textile division of the Associated
Press commodity index to a new
1899 high, even though silk tapered
somewhat from recent eight-year
peaks and wool was lower.
Elsewhere among staples, however.
lower prices for grains. livestock and
miscellaneous table foods made spot
commodities as group less expen-
sive. The Associated Press index of
IS weighted spot wholesale staple
prices. with 1926 as 100. declined to
$3.50 from $3.50 in the preceding
week and 545 in the like week last
year. It was the third consecutive
week-to-week drop.
A drop in prices OF cattle car
ried the livestock component of the
index to new 1899 bottom, even
though hogs recovered slightly from
recent five-year lows and lambs were
little dearer
Rye tilted upward among grains,
but wheat, corn and oats all de-
clined.
Cheaper among market basket
items were cocoa, coffee, flour, lard
and butter.
The Commodity Index.
The Associated Press commodity
index, with its components, COM
pared as follows.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Loan Concerns I|oy
Quarterly Dividends

Lewis Eisele, vice president treas
urer Southeastern Industrial Bank
ers, Inc, of Washington, announced
that the regular quarterly dividend
OF SITS was paid yesterday on the 7
per cent preferred stock of the Fred
erick Industrial Loan Co.
During June quarterly payments
OF 10 cents per share have been
made on the common stock of the
Southeastern Loan Corp. of Roa-
noke and the Silver Spring Indus
trial Savings & Loan Co., while a
quarterly payment of 10 cents was
made on the B common and $160
on the A common stock of the
Hagerstown Industrial Savings and
Loan Co., Mr.. Eisele announced.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Foreign EXCHANGE

NEW YORK; June II R.-Pressure
against the British pound was renewed in
foreign exchange dealings today the unit
loSlnH sn,',ns =. cent in term: Of the dollar;
quarters said. and it was not Immediately
apparent whether or not oficial support
was given the currency
:, The suilder also shaded lower while
the French FRANC and Swiss franc were
Late morning rates follow:
Grea, & Britain IN dollsrs. others in cents.
Canada. Montreal in New York. a975:
Canada. Canada. New York in Montreal. 100 25;
2.07: France ?65: Germany. 40.l.:
benevolent. 1925; travel. 23.15: Greece
.S5h: Hungary. 1870: Italy. 5.26I.:
Netherlands, 53.1o; Norway. % 51: Poland.
1885; Portugal: 427: Rumania. -:
eentina (officiaD. 81 20: Argentina tfree),
23;2b; Brazil (ofaciaD. 6.05: Brazil Nreej.
b.25: Mexico. 1000: Japan, ~ 32; Hong
kong. @ 1890: Shanghai, 1880; Yuso-
Rates in SPOT cables unless otherwise
indicated.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Business Leaders Open
Forum on Friday
BY the Associated Press


ROANOKE, Va, June 17.-Several
hundred business leaders of Roa-
noke, Lynchburg. Danville and other
Western Virginia communities are
expected to meet here next Friday
for an employers forum on the
Social Security Act
G. r. Parker of Washington, re-
gional director of the Social Security
Board; w. L. Kilcoin, Washington,
regional registration; Vivian D.
Johnston, Richmond. chief of the
social security tax division Of the
office of collector of internal rev.
enue for Virginia, and Frank P.
Evans, Richmond chairman of the
State Unemployment Compensation
Commission, are to be among the
speakers.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Cotton Prices Edge
Forward on Modest
Buying Trend
Weather Forecasts Give
Prop to Market,
Advancing 4 to 8
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. June 17.-Cotton
futures were nudged forward today
by modest demand. Closing prices
were 4 to points higher.
Light foreign buying centered on
new-crop positions. Also aiding these
deliveries was Wall Street and local
demand based on weather forecasts
indicating further rain in central
belt areas, which already have too
much moisture. and predictions of
dryness in the Far West.
Some hedging was noticed in the
forward months, but the small Offer
ings came mainly from New Orleans
dealers and Southern spot houses.
In the main brokers were stand
ofish pending final outcome of agri-
cultural legislation at Washington.
Outside buying was at a minimum.
Exports today, 1852 bales; season
so far. 3,l84,00O; port receipts, 4,054;
port stocks, 1,950,132.
Range follows:
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Odd-Lot Transactions

The Securities Commission re-
ported yesterday these transactions
by customers with odd-lot dealers
or specialists on the New York
Stock Exchange for June 16: 1884
purchases involving 1893 shares;
3,096 sales involving 68,275 shares,
including 169 short sales involving
3,875 shares.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

Spot. nominal: middling, 9.s7.
Cottonseed oil futures kept their hands
in pocket today and turnover dropped to
points lower as market factors checked
buyers and sellers. July closed 6.54b. Oc-
tober. 6.79b; January. 6.9Ob. ID Bid
Crude oil was 5k7 cents bid in the South
east and valley and 5K4 to 5's nominal in
Texas.
New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS. June II LPo.-Unfavor-
able weather over most OF the growing
ares attracted support in the cotton mar
ket here today and closing prices were
steady at net gains of 5 to q points.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

b, bid. q, aSked
CottOnseed OIL.
Spot cotton closed quiet and UNCHANGED
(all quotations nominal
Sales. 1856: low middlns. $40: mddlinE.
a.45 good middling. 1000: receipts. 1858:
stock, 401,655.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

Quotations furnished BY ''Yn Investment nen
Bankers Conference. Inc, which states
they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or firm bids or offers but
should indicate approximate prices. and
by the sponsors or issuers
Asterisk indicates. Not quoted BY
sponsors or issuers"
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Corporate Earnings

NEW YORK, June II LP.-Cor-
porate earnings reports issued dur
ing the week showing profits per
common share included:
1899 1898.
Quarter Ended April 30.
Celotex Corp. (pref) SO.17 SO27
12 Weeks Ended June 3.
Masonite Corp "A 40
Quarter Ended March 81.
South American Gold 4 Plat O3 .O7
Months Ended April 30.
Firestone Tire rs SO
Year Ended April 30
Truax Traer Coal 10 80
Year Ended February 28
Great Atlantic e. Pacific Tea 612 $50
Evening star., 1939-06-18
D. c. Securities
BONDS.

t0uotations by Johnston, Lemon d Coz
Yesterdays closing bid and asked quota
tions on WASHINGTON securities which are
traded over the counter follow:
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Cash Market.

Cash Market
WHEAT-No. > red. toush. rs: No. 3
hard. 13: No. . yellow hard 15h
CORN-No. / mixed. s." No | yellow.
8 ll2-5.L: No. l white, 57-51'4; sam
pie. 1880
OATS|No. " mixed 351z; No 9 white
36-36i7 sample. 33s4-34
SOY BEAES-No 3 yellow alhs
BARLEY-Malting, 5O-57 nominal; feed,
35-45 nominal
winnipeg Cash Market
WINNIPEG. June l. tPl.-Wheat No
! Northern. 6l'4; No. . 517.: No. 3.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. June 1.-THE Associated
Press weighted Wholesale price index Of as
commodities today declined to $3.50.
Previous day. $3.50: week ago. $500;
Range Of recent years:
1899. 1898. 1897. 1896.
High 67.39 74.37 1914 $500
Low 64.93 $3.50 1888 4I.44
IQCR nvera0e eoualS 100
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Washington Stock Exchange
Year 1899

(Reportd by B. Z
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Miscella aneous Markets,

Miscellaneous Markets
Wool tops-Futures closed 9 points lower
to 2 higher in moderately active trading
today. Business centered In the July,
October and December contracts and con-
sisted mainly of transferring from the
spot month to more distants. Offerings
were rather limited.
July, 1.0b; october, 1872: December,
Spot. standard tops. $40. UNCHANGED.
Bid.
Raw hide futures new closed 1 lower
to 3 higher. Sales. $780, 600 pounds.
September. II OF: December. 1134
Spot No. / Western light native cows.
lin. Nominal.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Investing Companies

| NEW YORK. June II Rl.-Investment
| Bankers Conference. Inc.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
U. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK. June II fN.-Prices quoted
IN dollars and thirty-seconds:
Evening star., 1939-06-18

ASSOCIATES. BosroN
Evening star., 1939-06-18
How Is Business?

Showing Current Business Activity Compared wi
Week a Year Ago
Evening star., 1939-10-18
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

My, ah, my, what q lot OF tales
have been written about this hand
some insect! Most of them are un-
true when they say she is foe OF
man. She is an insect killer of skill,
and she is of value in this way. She
deserves your respect in that she is
30 versatile and can accomplish so
much with the tools she possesses.
You will find many nests in late
summer that resemble the one she
possesses. Please do not bring them
indoors unless you are using them in
your science work at school, The
many babies domiciled within the
snug brown dormitory will mistake
the general warmth of the room for
summer and hasten to grow up.
Coming from their cloister they will
hnd nothing to eat and will soon
starve to death.
These strange looking, glossy
brown knobs to be seen anchored on
all sorts of objects are really quite
marvellous. They are dampproof
and have excellent insulation against
Evening star., 1939-10-18
the cold of winter days and freezing

the cold OF winter days and freezing
rains.
Here you see builder leaving the
result of her labors. She is equipped
with the first and perfect "beater." :"
The froth she manufactures for her
egg container is whipped into the
nest you find here. She has her
back turned toward her work. AS
she proceeds with her building, she
lays her eggs in specially arranged
tiers. Bubbles of froth are whipped
expertly into layers or elevations,
and eggs, each headed toward an
exit, are placed in regular formation
on them. The nest, upon compile
ton, soon turns color that blends
well with its surroundings and thus
escapes your attention 1t has a
waterproof finish that is most dur
able.
Within this snug cabin the chill
dren remain in the eggs until it is
time for them to step out as youth
ful mantis ready to capture insects
by adroit movement of saw-edged
legs and lancelike jaws. Their
poison-filled fangs are capable OF
finding the most vulnerable spot on
the body of their victim, and in the
embrace of the praying mantis the
insect is held fast. This is also finally
the fate of the mantis' husband
After mating the bride holds her
spouse close in her arms-and kills
him as she would any other insect.
Known throughout the southern
part Of the United States as the
"rearhorse, the praying mantis
gets his name because of the atti-
tude assumed when watching for her
dinner. She is the only insect whose
head turns on pivot, and she has
q wise expression cleaning from her
beautiful, large eyes.
Her exquisite green wings float like
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Natures Children
Praying Mantis
(StagmOmantis carolina)

streamers when the siren Is resting;
when unfurled and lifted high, she
appears a menacing creature from
Mars. To study this denizen of the
foliage under magnifying glass is
to have revealed to you some of the
most beautiful colors and hues you
have ever seen. The intricate saw
teeth and their method of enmesh-
ing is thrilling sight, and to place
her under the strong lens and watch
her hugging fellow creature to
death is exciting beyond words.
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Ford, Christie Honored
By British Society
y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18.-The Amer
lean Society of Mechanical Engi-
neers announced yesterday the
award Of honorary life membership
In the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers, British society, to
Henry Ford, automobile manufac-
turer, and Alexander G. Christie,
professor of mechanical engineering
ut Johns Hopkins University.
Prof. Christie is president of the
American Society Of Mechanical
Engineers. Mr.. Ford is a member.
Evening star., 1939-10-18
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