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Evening star., 1939-12-01
Store Sales Register
Seasonal Advance
During Week
Volume Is Estimated
6 to II Per Cent
Above Year Ago
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The Ma
tons retail trade expanded along
seasonal lines this week, Dun &
Bradstreet reported today in its
weekly survey.
Total volume was estimated at 6 to
IL per cent ahead of the similar
1888 week. ..t
Consumer attendance in large
stores was said to be showing more
impressive gains over last year than
actual dollar purchases. Clearances
attracted unusual numbers of shop
pers.
Merchants continued to note a
moderate improvement in the size of
the average sale compared with last
year; slightly higher prices and the
increased interest in better quality
merchandise were factors in the de-
velopment.
"In many stores good volume in
home furnishings departments more
than took up the slack in turnover
of some apparel lines.
THE largest relative improvement
was recorded for cities in the East,
which had an average gain of 9 to
16 per cent. For the Pacific Coast
the advance again was less than 3
per cent"
Evening star., 1939-12-01

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Selected
Scandinavian dollar bonds tilted up
ward in the bond market today, de-
spite continued Russian bombing at
tacks on Finland.
Issues y to around higher near
noon included Denmark IS OF AZ ana
4las of go, Norway IS of "A and As
of 65 and Copenhagen AIS of 50.
Down around 3, however, were Hell
singfors 6l2s of go.
Among corporates, fractional ad-
vances were posted on a wide front
in moderate dealings. Ahead were
Baltimore e. Ohio convertible 4l2S,
Rock Island general As Of '88, Beth
lehem Steel 3l2s, International Tele-
phone IS, International Paper IS and
Portland General Electric 4,2s.
United States Governments, in
scattered trading, were 5-32 of a
point ahead to 2-32 down.
Great Consolidated Electric Power
Of Japan 61as of so, on sale of a
single bond, fell II.
In the South American group Peru
IS were up sharply. Negotiations
over a plan for refunding Colombian
dollar loans outstanding in this
country are under study in Wash
ington, where it was indicated the
Colombian plan, if satisfactory,
might be used as a pattern for re-
habilitation of the credit of other
Latin American nations.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK Dec lP.-The British
pound and French franc advanced in rela-
ton to the dollar today while rumors
filtered through foreign exchsnee centers
that the battle between Finland and
Russia might be settled by negotiation.
Sterling advanced i. cents and the
French franc .00"s Future sterling again
improved The discount on the aO-day
pound narrowed to + cents from 634 cents
yesterday
The Swiss franc was UNCHANGED but the
belga and guilder fell back little.
Late rates follow: Great Britain in
dollars. others in cents. Great Britain
demand. 3ssI2: Great Britain. cables.
}.Sala: 6n-day bills. 3 s5i1: 9O-day bills,
3 SAL, Canada Montreal in New York.
>6.6"iz: Canada. New York in Montreal,
ll5,43a4. Belgium. l6 81 IA Denmark,
933: Finland a5n: France. G205s
Germany 4025n: benevolent, 1775;
travel. unouoted; Greece. .12l2 Hungary
l1.6on: Italy. sos; Netherlands, 53 90;
Norway. 2.7;|; Portugal. 3 66n; Rumania.
.7;sn Sweden. 81 81; Switzerland 20 "A;
Argentina 'offician. 2977; Argentina
'freel. H310 Brazil tofficiaD. sos: Brazil
freeD. $40; Mexico. 20 .55n: japan - 40:
Hong Kong, 4,36; Shanghai. 7.s5; Yugo-
slayia, > 35n
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise in
dlcated. Nominal.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Tide Wafer Associated
Enters Burner Field
snecial Dispatch to The Star.

Epecial Dispatch to The Ster
NEW YORK, Dec. John D.
Collins, vice president in charge of
sales for the Tide Water division
of Tide Water Associated Oil Co.,
has announced that the company
has recently placed on the market
in Eastern States its new Tydol
Silent Knight automatic oil burner.
Tide Water Associated Oil Co. has
for many years been one of the
major distributors of fuel oil for
heating purposes but has not here
tofore engaged in the manufacture
and sale Of oil burners.
The new Tydol oil burner has
already been sold in Rhode Island
and Massachusetts, and the TIDE
Water division plans to franchise
its fuel oil distributors in their
respective marketing areas to sell
the burners through their own sales
organizations.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Egg Dealers Confer
On Shorp Price Drop
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Dealers on
the New York Mercantile Exchange,
where the future prices of eggs have
fallen to new lows, conferred unofl-
cially yesterday with James Rada-
baugh of the Federal Bureau of Ag-
ricultural Economics.
Radabaughs visit was described
by an exchange official as routine, y
but some traders said the Govern
ment expert was surveying the de-
pressed egg market.
The exchange was described as di-
vided into two groups, one of which
advocates Government intervention
to bolster prices, while the other
contends the problem will solve itself
II left alone.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
West Shows Largest
Rural Sales Gains
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Middle and Far Western
States, the Commerce Department
says, had the biggest proportional
increase between September and
October in sales of general mer-
chandise in rural areas and small
towns.
AS compared with october of last
year, however, the department said,
the Middle West had the best gain.
II per cent, followed by the South
with Ia per cent, the East by II per
cent and the Far West by 9 per
cent.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Stock Transfers Show
Drop in November
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Transfers
in the New York Stock Exchange
during November totaled 1928, ,736
shares, compared with 23,734,934 in
october and 1892 ,295 in November,
1888.
Bond transfers in November to-
tailed S151 1856, 700, face value, COM
pared with $l7O0S9 900 in October,
and $l55. .8630 900 in November, 1898.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Wholesale Commodity
Index Off Slightly
By the Associated Press.

By The Assoclated Press.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported decline of OIL per cent
yesterday in the index of wholesale
commodity prices for the fourth
week of November. The index now
stands at 70 per cent of the 1926
average.
Raw materials increased fraction
ally, the bureau said, but there were
declines in semi-manufactured
commodities and finished products.
Higher wholesale prices for some
farm products accounted for part
of the increase in raw materials
prices.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
u. S. Treasury Notes
NEW YORK. Dec LE.--Prices quoted
in dollars and thirty-seconds.
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON, Dec. ! iP Omitted States De-
partrnent of ARrculture) Trade was slow
buyers were making inquiries for fine and
half-blood territory wools but they were
not showing much interest In lower grades
Holders were inclined to mark up Quota
woos. Some houses were quoting 81 02
to 81 .03 secured basis, for good French
combins length fine territory woods in origi-
nal bags compared with recent sales at
o. to LOO. secured basis.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Foreign Markets

LONDON, Dec L4p.-The stock market
took comparatively cheerful view OF the
International scene today and prices were
trickled into the British government bond
division and little new inquiry appeared
for domestic rails The tendency among
Katirs and base metals was slightly down.
ward Oils and rubbers held their ground,
while industrials. where CHANGED, were
mostly higher.
PARIS.-Active buying Of Bourse securi-
ties lifted final prices to the days best
levels Demand appeared based on the
markets belief the Russo Finnish dispute
would be settled by negotiation.
AMSTERDAM irregularity in the
Bourse gave way to steady price under
tone later today. Both domestic and
American issues shared in the improve
ment.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Mead johnson Votes
S1.75 Extra Dividend
Sy the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 1.-Di-
rectors of Mead Johnson Co., Ev-
ansville baby food manufacturer,
have ordered an extra common div
idend Of $1.75 in addition to the
regular quarterly of rs cents, both
payable December % to stock of
record December 13. The total COM
mon dividends for the year are 81
for the fourth consecutive year.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Auto Production
Scars to 1858
Units in Week
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, Dec. 1.-Wards Re-
ports, Inc, today estimated the cur
rent weeks production by automo-
tive plants at 1858 cars and trucks.
The increase over the 72,520 units
Of the previous week was attributed
to resumption of five-day work
schedules following the Thanksgiv-
ing holiday and the fact that some
final assemblies were run off in
Chrysler plants which had been
closed by labor dispute
This week a year ago production
was 97795 units.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Metal Market

NEW YORK, Dec. P'-Copper steady;
electrolytic spot 1850; export. fa.s.. New
York. 1900 Tin barely steady: spst and
nearby. $500: forward. 51O0. ! Lead
steady; spot, New York, 5.5O-55; East st.
Louis 5.35 Zinc steady; East st. Louis
spot and forward, $50. Pig iron. alumi-
num- .antimony. quicksilver, platinum Chi
nese wolframite and domestic scheelite
unchanged.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Extra Dividend Voted

CLEVELAND, Dec. l R).-New
Idea, Inc, farm implement manu-
facturer, announced today an extra
65-cent year-end dividend on COM
mon, payable December 81 to hold
ers of record December 5.
Evening star., 1939-12-01

rim bankruptcy or receivership or being
teorganlZeo under Bankruptcy Act. or
securities assumed oy such companies.
Rates OF dlsioenus IN the foregolnR table
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or seml-annual declaration On
less otherwise noted special or extra divi-
dends are not included
xd Ex dividend xr Ex rights. . Also
extra or extras Paid last year. Pay
able In STOCK Declared or paid so far
this year q Cash OF stock Accumv.
lated dividend oaid or declared this year.
Ut Under rule WV With warrants. "
Without warrants war Warrants.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Excess Bank Reserves
Down S3o,000,000
In Latest Week
Reserve Bank Holdings
Of Federal Issues
Also Decline
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board said
last night lendable excess reserves
of banks declined 10000, 900 to
SIS, ,14O 100000 in the week ended
November 20.
Excess reserves have been going
down for several weeks due to a
combination of technical financial
factors.
The board also reported that the
Government investments of the IL
Federal Reserve Banks declined
SAL 000,0 900 during the week, because
the banks failed to replace that
amount OF Treasury bills which
matured and were paid of by the
Treasury.
The boards statement said:
During the week ended Novem-
ber % member bank reserve ball
ances were practically unchanged.
Additions to member bank reserves
arising from decrease of $25 ,000,-
600 in Treasury deposits with Fed
eral Reserve Banks and increases Of
S90,O00,000 in gold stock and $5,00O,-
600 in Treasury currency were offset
by decrease of s40,000,000 in re-
serve bank credit and increases Of
S28,000,000 in money in circulation,
S2,000,000 in Treasury cash and $49,-
100000 in member deposits and
other Federal Reserve accounts.
Excess reserves of member banks
on November 20 were estimated to
be approximately S5,14O,000,00O,
decrease of $30,000,0OO for the week.
THE principal change in holdings
OF bills and securities was a Ge-
crease of SAL 100000 in holdings Of
United States Treasury bills"
Changes in member bank reserve
balances and rela ted items during
the week and the year ended Mo-
vember 90, 1899, were reported as
follows:
Evening star., 1939-12-01

Also extra or extras,
Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation OF Securities Dealers, Inc; which
states they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or frm bids or offers, but
should indicate approximate prices.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
London Bar Silver

LONDON, Dec GF.-Bar silver 231ad,
unchanged Equivalent 1882 cents on
the dollar basis. S4 :03 to the pound Bar
Rold, 16Ss, UNCHANGED. Equivalent,
S33.S5)
Evening star., 1939-12-01
New York Sugar

NEW YORK Dec l dP.-Sugar futures
No 3 opened Ia higher: January, 1.75b;
March. 1S9: May. LOS; July. 19Sb:
September 2.03. Bid.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Rubber Futures

NEW YORK, YORK. Dec, I PsM;sSruds !yss 5gsssr
ls.ss-90; May, 1s.33-35; July. 1870.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK Dec. ! tP.-National As
ISOLATION Securities Dealers. Inc.
Quotations as of > o'clock
Evening star., 1939-12-01
New York Bar Silver

NEW YORK. Dec. l R.-Bar
silver, 3434; unchanged.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
FOREIGN BONDS.

Parana Brazil rs .5s-- .s7s .sH 81
Pied El 615s 80 A. 46 46 46
WV With warrants. XIV without war.
rants New. st (stp) Stamped
sNegotiability impaired by maturity.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK. Dec / Pl.-Nationa.
Association Securities Dealers, Inc. j,
Evening star., 1939-12-01
81 private wire direct to The G<a2

Stock and Sales-
Evening star., 1939-12-01
NEW YORK CURB MARKET

Stock ana Sales
Dividend Rate. Add 90. High. Low. 2:66
P'k'b'g r & R.50g 2 81 9Is 81
Pat Plym'th(4g)- 20s 81 33M 33A
Pennroad (.10g)- s 2 2 2
Pa-Cent Airlines l 8 8 8
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Mrs. Lillian Morley,
Mother Of Editor,
Dies in Baltimore
Health FuiIed After
Her Husbands Death
In October, 1887

Mrs. Lillian Janet Morley, 70,
mother of Felix Morley, editor Of
The Washington Post, and Chris
topher Morley, novelist, essayist and
poet, died last night at her home in
Baltimore, Nd, after long illness.
She had been in poor health since
the death of her husband, Prof.
Frank Morley OF Johns Hopkins
University, October II, 1887, and
had been confined to her apartment
for eight months.
A native Of England, she was the
youngest daughter of James Bird,
whose father was a wealthy London
iron industrialist. Her father was
a director of the publishing firm of
Chapman e. Hall and was associated
with notable literary figures of the
era, particularly George Meredith
and Charles Dickens. -
AS a young girl Mrs. Morley lived
IN Sussex at her fathers country
home. She was violinist and was
selected to play first violin in the
Brighton Orchestra.
Later when the family fortunes
met reversals through German an
nexation of Lorraine, where the
Birds had property interests, Mrs.
Morley became a concert violinist
and music teacher. While teaching
at Bath College in 1887 she met
Prof. Morley, who at the time was
mathematics instructor there.
Prof. Morley came to the United
States that year to teach at Haver-
ford College. Two years later Mrs.
Morley came to this country as a
bride and the couple lived for 10
years on the Haverford campus,
where three sons were born. The
third son, Frank Morley, is men,
Der OF a London publishing firm.
In 1900 the Morleys went to Balti-
more where Prof. Morley was made
head Of the mathematics depart
ment Of Johns Hopkins University.
Though her husband was a men,
Der Of the Society of Friends, Mrs.
Morley was lifelong member of the
Episcopal Church, of which her only
brother, Clement Bird, was clergy
man. She leaves IL grandchildren
in addition to her sons.
Funeral services will be held at 3
pm. tomorrow at Cathedral,
Baltimore, with Canon Harold N.
Arrowsmith ofhciating. Burial will
be in Haverford, Pa.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Broadcasters Prepare
Code Of Regulations
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 25.-The Ma
tional Association of Broadcasters is
preparing an eight-point code Of
voluntary self-regulation for the
commercial radio industry.
Edward M. Kirby, director of pub
lie relations for the association,
which represents e5 per cent of the
Nations broadcasting stations, told
the National Council of Women yes
terday details of the code were still
being worked out.
Mr.. Kirby said the code would fix
floor of ethical standards and pro-
cedures below which no broadcaster
would go, and upon which all could
build competitively.
The code, he said, would cover re-
ligious and political controversy,
children's programs, advertising,
news broadcasts and other matters.
Evening star., 1939-05-25

would authorize construction of
three new cutters at a cost of
81, 900 900 each, acquisition Of Is new
seaplanes at a cost Of 2,490, 900 and
establishment of a Coast Guard
air base on the coast Of Alaska at
a cost Of $2,733, coo.
The amendment would direct the
Coast Guard to arrange with the
Navy for cooperation in building
its Alaska air base at Kodiak, where
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Coast Guard Expansion
Bill Passes House

By the Associated Press.
The House passed and returned
to the Senate with an amendment
yesterday a bill to authorize $14,-
233,000 expansion in Coast Guard
facilities.
The measure, approved 252 to 90,
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Unexpected Expense

TAYLORVILLE, Ill. R.-Ran-
som Meunst's proposal to pay all
expenses to be driven to Chicago
was accepted by John Moore. but
1t didn't work out that way. En- route
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Operettu at GIenmont

The annual spring revue of the
Glenmont (Md) School will be
given tomorrow along with the
presentation of a light operetta. A
cast of so is rehearsing under the
direction of Mrs. r. B. Johnstone
and Mrs. John Schrider. Musical
accompaniment will be by Miss Mary
Schrider and Miss Helen Graeves.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Points for Parents

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
1t helps our understanding of
children II toe realize that they, like,
ourselpes, react to different people
in different Days.
Evening star., 1939-05-25

Navy base also Is to be con-
Structed.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Not This

Critical relative-Good afternoon,
John. Aren't you going to speak to
me?
John-Oh, hello.
Mother-Why are you always so
tongue-tied with Aunt Jane?
Evening star., 1939-05-25

Russia produced $4,000 tons of
confectionery products last year.
Evening star., 1939-05-25

Moore was arrested for q traffic VIC.
lation and was fined $3.50. Meunst
said his promise to pay the ex-
penses did not include any fines.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-09-21
Merchants Have
rade Agreement

Many people do not know the pur-
pose of Nationally Advertis ed
Brands Week. - Many think that it is
silly and has no good, but really it
has definite meaning-to introduce
the purchaser to the 1act that ma
tionally advertised goods can be
bought from the home merchant at as
low price as they can be bought
from the larger merchant.
The reason for this is that the store
owners all over the nation have set UP
fair trade agreement. This agree
ment states that all nationally adver-
tised commodities must be sold at or
slightly above minimum price. This
minimum price gives fair profit and
is therefore adopted throughout the
nation.
AS this is the case, your dollar goes
just as far when buying at ne local
store as it does when buying from a
larger out of town concern.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-09-21

boring towns.
Perhaps the most commonly accept
ed factors that are necessary are
sense Of cooperation among residents
and, above all, a keen sense Of loyalty
to the town, it's business firms, clubs
and its individual residents.
The practical ways of showing 10y
atty and spirit of cooperation need
not be enumerated. Everyone seems
to know them, and darned few seem
to practice them. The day of the cata-
lcgues is here, and the sun of small
communities is setting fast. Shop
by mail and save" Is maxim which
is in popular practice. Well. the time
is probably coming when patrons will
have to look to the mailAorder houses
to pay local taxes, support local i'm
provement projects, add to the local
social advantages, give to- local wei
fare funds, in short, become CIV
ing as we'll as a receiving member of
the community. Why don t some of
you guys write to a ma'l-order house
to buy ticket to a local benefit
dance OF give $40 bucks for park i'm
pcovementss I have four bits that
says you Wouldn't get your postage
back
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-09-21

On the same day the New York Times
announced that "four railroads show
42.2 per cent rise in income. - From
a New York State publication comes
the tidings that Prosperity headlines
are rolling out from Rochester, N. w.
and facsimiles Of headlines in the
Rochester Tines Union and Chronicle
reproduce that "Power Sale Hits Rec
ord for Month";; and Department
Store Sales up; and Business
Gains on Three Fronts"; and various
other evidences of what the paper re-
fers to as "healthy business.
just few days before, Frank
Gannett, chairman of the National
Committee to Uphold CONSTITUTIONS
Government, announced that the
Roosevelt administration had "bur.
dened all business activity, checked
recovery, and endangered the whole
future of our constitut ;onal govern
ment'
Curiously enough, Frank Gannett j.
the editor of the two Rochester pap
ers ment Toned above.
Profits VS.. Politics
incidentally. the most recent report
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-09-21
Shop at Home
Impractical Rule

A many-sided argument of no mean
proportions is that involving the best
means of adding to a small town new
stores, more residents, and Bringing
more money into it. No two people
or groups are exactly Of the same
mind. There certainly can be no clear
cut formula for town to take which
will magieally add to its resources.
Each community faces an entirely DIFF
fcrent set-up, although at times siml-
lerities are apparent between neigh
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-09-21

LACE to face with a huge boa con-
strictor in tree twenty feet
above the ground in the Amazon
jungle, Arthur F. Kane, foreign
correspondent and explorer, of
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, attacked
the snake with his fashlight, forced
1t to back down the tree and fol-
lowed it until he was low enough
to jump to earth.
Kane, who was collecting rare
tropical insects, had hacked clear
ing In the jungle. He cut the top
off tree and on the trunk he built
a wooden platform a yard square
for his insect trap. Waiting up
there in the jungle blackness, he
heard swishing, kissing sound be-
hind him.
Though the night was boiling
hot" he said, my whole body be-
gan to freeze. There was no mis-
taking that sound.
Il had no weapons - only my
f!ashlight," he explained. Sliding
1t over the edge of the platform,
pushed the switch. There, not two
feet away, saw the huge body of
a snake coiled about the tree!"
Kane's first thought was to Jump,
out he could not. The sharp stumps
Ct the trees he had cut to make a
Clearing for his trap covered the
ground below, standing up like
ranks Of spears. II he jumped he
would probably kill himself on one
OF them.
Gripping his flashlight, Kane
again leaned over the edge of the
platform. He pushed his light close
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-09-21

to the snake, struggling to keep t.s
hand steady as he advanced it 20.
ward the reptile. Within six inct-s
OF the boa's splitting tongue, 20
stopped.
For a moment" he said, "no.a-
ing happened. Then slowly, a frae-
ton OF an inch at a time, the snail.
began to back down the tree, sp.:-
ting and kissing at the glare fror.
the light. I redoubled my efforts t.
keep the light steadily on him. As
he slowly retreated, I slowly TO-:
lowed.
"He moved so deliberately, with.
drawing one section of his. body.
then another, then another, that +.
knew it would take long time to
force him back. Yet so long as nv
light held out, could do it. For
tunately I had put dated batteries
in at Rio de Janeiro, and 1 knew
they were fresh. The light kept
working, and 1 forced him down
inch by inch"
Hours seemed to pass, Kane said.
before the snake was low enough
for him to jump past It to tho
Running along a Jungle
path, he made his way to the
village.
A few nights later he returned
with his porters, found the snake
again and killed 1t. Boa constric,
tors, Kane knew, rarely attack any,
thing as big as man, but he ct
little comfort from that at the tiEs.
Even now. he says, he'd just "a
soon not meet another one suiaS.
y In the night.