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Evening star., 1939-05-24
New York Sugar

NEW YORK May "a P.-Domestc
sugar futures responded to covering and
investment buying today advancing 2 to &
points by midafternoon.
Trade circles were encouraged by re-
ports that United States and Cuban tariff
negotiations might be expedited May
No. 3 moved from 100 to 19s for a gam
of points.
World futures ranged Ia lower to IA
higher. Short covering and local buying
accounted for an early advance. Sep
tember sold at 1.0Sla.
Sales of 1000 Philippines were made at
2.9Q cents Cubas held at 5, 80 nominal on
duty-paid basis. Refined was 4.45 to
45O.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Foreign Business Advices

Business advices to the Commerce
Department from representative
abroad include:
Yugos a-Foreign exchange
scarce.
Philippines-Building permits gain.
Sweden 49, First quarter trade
steady.
Cuba-Tobacco exports down.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
IN. Y. Central
Shows Largest
Deficit
By the Associated Press.


ALBANY. N. Y, May 24-Presi-
dent Frederick E. Williamson Of the
New York Central Railroad reported
to stockholders today a 1888 net
deficit of $2O,154,4oO, largest in
history.
He cited an increase of S28, ,706 900
In expenses during the year due to
an additional s18,912, 900 for wages,
a rise of S4,120000 in material costs,
a tax boost of S5,170,0OO and addi-
tional expenses of $504.O0O caused
by enactment of the full crew law.
Operating revenues for 1888 were
1851 200 For the first three
months this year, the president said,
operating revenue gained ID per
cent.
Evening star., 1939-05-24

CHICAGO May "a lP.---Poultry. live,
one car, A trucks: steady. hens, pounds
and under. .14la; Leghorn broilers under 2
pounds .16ia; Plymouth Rock fryers, 20:
other prices unchanged.
scd5s nstts az s sp etSsr ,,ess 70
Eggs, 34eos; steady: prices UNCHANGED
tureD Potatoes, 80; on track, I1b: total
United States shipments, 1.022: new stock
firm; supplies light; demand light; per
y. s.. No. !. washed. few sales 2O0-t5;
Louisiana Bliss 'Triumphs. U 8 No. |.
washed. 215: California long whites U. 5.
showing decay, 4 40. Old stock steady.
supplies light. 6SWand light; sacked Ger
hundredweight; Idaho Russets. q. 8. No. /.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. May "a H1.-Sales of
cotton goods in Worth street were limited
today as the market watched the cotton
future trends and awaited results of mill
curtailment plans.
Scattered sales OF print cloths and
broadcloths were. reported ct firm prices
Rayon met a good demand. In silk, interest
manufacturers reported good turnover
Burfap remained unclaimed. Woolen goods
sales were brisk.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Daily Average Milk Sales
Better 1898 Figures
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 24.-The Milk
Industry Foundation reported to-
day the daily average sales of fluid
milk during April were 6.520,924
quarts, an increase of 1.O8 per cent
over April, 1898.
At the same time, on the basis
OF information from leading dis
tributors in 1876 markets, milk COM
pany pay rolls showed decrease of
SO per cent and employment a de-
crease of 2.63 per cent, compared
with April, 1888.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Black Pepper Imports

The Commerce Department says
larger United States imports of black
pepper from the Netherland Indies
have more than offset decreases in
purchases of other spices and related
products.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
B.F. Goodrich Co. Plans
Refinancing Debentures
s. tie Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 24.-Financial
quarters heard today that B. F.
Goodrich Co., rubber manufacturers,
was planning to ref1nance its S18.-
100000 outstanding per cent con-
vertible debentures of 1945.
The company was understood to
be negotiating with an investment
banking organization for the sale of
new securities to provide funds to
redeem the outstanding portion of an
original s3O,OOo,OOo issue of the de-
bentures.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Metal Market

STEADY; electrolytic, SPOT, 10.0o-io 5oi sx,
oy. ASST; forward 4ss 81. lead, STEADY;
pg sso Zinc. M ats.as. East 81 SIS Louis pnasi spot
and forward 5m Pig iron aluminium.
antimony, quicksilver platinum and Chi
uese wolframite Unclaimed.
Evening star., 1939-05-24

IN bankruptcv or receivershlp or beine
ri,;.i reors;anized under Bankruptcy Act or
Rates of dividend In the foreRoing table
are annual disbursements based on the last
Quarterly or semi-annual declara Ion IN
less otherwise noted special or extra divi-
dends are aot included
xd Ex dividend xr Ex rights Also
extra or extras e Paid last year Pay
this year Cash or stock Accumu-
lated dividend paid or declared this wear
ur Under rule WV With variants xv
without warrants war Warrants
Evening star., 1939-05-24
ESQ Tons Of Lead Sold

NEW YORK, May "a (PD.-St. Jo-
seph Lead 90. reported so tons of
Southeast Missouri pig lead sold yes
terday at $3.50 per 100 pounds, East
st. Louis; 1875 tons at $3.50, New
York, and rs tons at the New York
average.
Evening star., 1939-05-24

Pan American Petroleum g. Trans
port Co.-March quarter common
; share earnings were l6 cents against
19 cents.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
FREIGHT CurIoodinos

NEW YORK. May "a R.-Revenue
freight carloadings on railroads reporting
today for the week ended May 90 included:
Evening star., 1939-05-24
A Alsn extrn nr extrn

Quotations furnished BY Investment
they DO not necessarily reflect actual
should indicate approximate prices.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Circulation of Funds
Picks Up During Week
By the Associated Pres,

@S 1He hSsoClhleQ PreSS.
NEW YORK, May 24.-Circulation
OF funds picked up last week as
oeolts to individual accounts report
ed by banks in leading cities in
creased III per cent over the pre-
vious week.
New York City debts, which are
heavily influenced by financial &C.
tivity, rose IA per cent, compared
with a 9 per cent increase for the
rest of the country.
The movement regained some of
the ground lost by the drop of the
week before. Debts for the past
three weeks compare as follows:
Gn Millions:
Week Week Week
May II. May 10. May 3
New York CITY, S3340 So a3O S4,i36
Other leading cities 4 S2l APO 5153
Total debits-----Ss,t61 1850 Ss.2s9
Evening star., 1939-05-24
FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE.
HOME OWNERS LOAN
FOREIGN BONDS.

2Asl942-44 1O5.10 los. 10 los. 10
SIS l944-52 1Oe.lO 1899 1O91O
Evening star., 1939-05-24
New York Bank Stocks
NEW YORK. May "a PJ.-Investmen
Bankers Conferenee Inc:
Chicago Produce

a Also extra or extras.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK May "a (P,.-Investment |
Bankers Conference. Inc
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
NO VIOLATION

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-White House Secretary Stephen Early said that the sinking of the Ger man merchant ship Columbus off the coast fails to show any evil dence of violation of the Pan American neutrality zone. A Brit ish warship stood by as the Ger man luxury liner went down. Sal
 Early said that the Gernlan mer- chantman, pursued by the British warship, was scuttled by her Nazi crew well within the neutrality zone. But he stressed that no naval fighting had taken place. Said Early: First reports showed that there had been no naval action and no violation of the safety zone. The United States govern ment is therefore convinced in it's opinion that the German crew de- cided to sink their craft rather than run the risk of a battle or seizure once it had passed beyond the safety belt
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
OLDER MEN CALLED up
 FOR FINNS
Sub Zero Weather Coming to Aid Defenders
 in North

HELSINKI, Dec. 20. - T he heightened northern Europe war fare has called to the colors all Films 40 years of age or more to help resist the Russian invasion.
 This is the first time Finland has gone above the usual classes of reservists.
 Air raid warnings sounded in Helsinki today, but no bombs were dropped.
 Soviet planes were active over other parts of Finland for the sec ond successive day.
 Reports from the northern front said the Films have fallen back to their northern "Mannerheim Line" where they prepared defenses after Russia cut off the Finnish outlet to the Arctic at Petsamo.
 Norwegian dispatches said a plunging thermometer that has gone down to 25 degrees below zero has halted all operations in the northern sectors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
SHOOK, FOREST
 SERVICE CHIEF,
 DIES SUDDENLY Y
Visited Juneau This Year Outstanding Student
 and Organizer

F. A. Silcox, 56, Chief of the U. $. Forest Service, who spent six weeks in Alaska last summer, died this morning of heart disease at his home in Washington, according to word received by the Juneau office and Associated Press to the Empire.
 He had been ill a week.
 Silcox was born on Christmas Day, 1882. He was graduated in forestry from Yale University in 1905 and immediately thereafter entered the then newly organized Forest Ser vice and helped to formulate the policies and administrative prac- tices of the organization he was la ter to head. He progressed steadily through various positions in the West to that of Regional Forester for the Northern Rocky Mountain region with headquarters at Missoula, Mon- tana.
 Labcr Relations Expert
 In commenting on MT. Silcox' $ life and work Regional Forester B. Frank Heintzleman said: He had always been greatly interested in social problems, especially the rela- tionship between capital and labor i; consequently, at the request of the Shipping Board during the World War, he was detailed to Seattle to handle labor relations in the Puget Sound ship yards and the airplane spruce production operations. AS the result of his outstanding suc- cess in this position, the organized printing industry of New York City perhaps the largest industry in the metropolitan district created for him at the close of the war the position of Director of Labor Rela- tions, and he continued in this po- sition until he was recalled to Gov ernment work as Chief of the For est Service by President Roosevelt when the former head of the Ser vice, Robert Stuart, died in Novem- ber, 1883.
 At the close of his long connec- ton with the printing industry in New York he received high com mendation from both employer and employee groups on his outstanding success in the position of arbiter.
 Organized Conservation
 MT Silcox came back into Gov ernment service at the time when the administration was launching the eco and other conservation ac- tivities that involved the expendi- tHre of vast sums of money and the employment of men by the hum dreds of thousands. As the head of one of the larger Federal conser- yation agencies he took a major part in the initiation and carrying on of these huge conservation pro- jects. The position he has occu- pied for the past six years has been extremely arduous and no doubt hastened his death.
 While no details as to the cause of death have yet been received, doubtless it was due to a recurrence of heart ailment with which he
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
FRENCH CLAIMING 50 NAH U-B0ATS
 SUNK BY ALLIES
Naval Experts Declare Four German Subs Being
 Sunk Each Week

PARIS, Dec. z>-Oificial French estimates have placed at more than 50, the number of German sub- marines sunk by the Allies since the war began.
 The French estimated that when the war started, Germany had some 60 subs.
 At least twelve of those sent down were destroyed by Frances fast destroyer units, 1t is said.
 Naval experts have declared they are destroying submarines at the rate of four a week, twice as fast as Germany's capacity to replace them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 20. = The United States cruiser Tuscaloosa radioed last night to the Norfolk Naval Operating Base that she had taken aboard the crewmen of the German liner Columbus.
 The Columbus was then reported burning, was a wreck and rapidly sinking, 400 miles east of Cape Henry, Va.
 Two of the crew were reported missing at the time the radio was sent from the Tuscaloosa.
 Nineteen lifeboats containing 579 officers and crew of the Columbus were pelng destroyed to prevent being a menace to navigation.
 Germany's third largest civilian ship was deliberately fired and seacocks opened when British de- stroyer neared.
 No naval engagement is reported and the incident occurred outside the American neutrality zone.
 The Columbus made dash from Vera Cruz harbor last Wednesday with intention of dodging Allied ships and attempting to reach a German port.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
U. S. Might
 Act Against
 Trespassing
Reyea a led American Na- lions Offered Uruguay
 Military Aid

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-Under Secretary of State Sumner Wells last night forecast in a New York speech that steps will soon be taken by American nations to prevent a recurrence of such a naval battle as the recent fight which sent the German Graf Spec to Montevideo where she was sunk by her own crew.
 A high diplomatic source in the Uruguayan capital disclosed today that the United States, Argentina and Brazil had offered Uruguay armed aid if the Graf Spec defied her order to leave port within 72 hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
SUPREME COURT DECISION OPENS WAY FOR ANATTACK
 ON BUILDING RACkETEERS
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The Su- preme Court in one blow gave the Department of Justice new start on it's prosecution of the Chicago milk price agreement and opened a hole as wide as a wobbling ele- phant for prosecution of building racketeers.
 The Department of Justice in its antitrust prosecution charged the farmers, distributors, union milk wagon drivers and city officials had conspired to fix the price of milk in violation of the Sherman Act. The accused insisted they were eX- empt under various agricultural marketing acts which permitted farmers to band together for CT derly marketing of their products.
 This might be well and good, the Supreme Court said, but insisted that the only grounds for granting an exemption under the farm mar keting acts was for the Secretary of Agriculture to have a hand in the deal. In the Chicago case, the Su- preme Court found, the Secretary did not have a hand.
 The courts decision still left it up to Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold to prove that there actually had been conspiracy out side the law. The lower court did- n't get around to a decision on that point since it had already ruled that even agreement on pricefixing was exempt from the criminal features of the Sherman Act.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
BRITISH STEAMER
 IS IN C0LLISI0N
 AT SEA;DAMAGED
Vessel Returns 10 Port American Passengers
 Aboard Uninjured

LONDON, Dec. 20.-It is revealed that the liner Samaria westbound with a number of Americans as passengers, collided at sea several days ago and was damaged, but re- turned to port with all safe and none of the passengers injured.
 It is reported the passengers will reembark on another ship.
 The Samarias bridge and several lifeboats were damaged in the col lision.
 The name of the other craft in the collision is not given.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
GERMANS CLAIM SINKING OF B
 BRITISH BOATS
Londoners Give Out Loss of TrdWIers as Much
 Less than Claimed

BERLIN, Dec. 20 Germany announces that 23 British van guard" vessels have been sunk in the past three days by concentrat- ed German air attacks in the North Sea.
 These losses are higher than &C., knowledged by the British in re- lease of loss figures relative to missing British trawlers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
POPULATION OF SKAGWAY
 633; IS LARGE GROWTH

Population of Skagway has grown in 10 years from 492 to 633, accord ing to preliminary Alaska census figures announced today by Super visor J. P. Anderson.
 The census announcement lists one farm as lying within the limits of Skagway.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
AMERICAN SHIP HALTED
 BY FRENCH WARSHIP

WILMINGTON, Del-Officers of the American freighter Carlton, ar irving today, said the ship was halted by a French warship when warning shot was fired across the bow. When the warship noted the identity of the ship as Ameri- can, it steamed away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
ALLIES MAY
 SEND GUNS
 TO FINLAND
War Council Believed fo Have Decided Against
 Sending Soldiers

PARIS, Dec. 20.--Military observ- CTS here expressed the belief today the Allies will send planes and guns to Finland rather than an expedi- tionary force.
 This bleief is advanced as arising out of the Supreme War Councils decision.
 On Frances own war front, French military communique said German patrol raids had been repulsed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
MANAGER CRIES

NEW YORK, Dec. 20. = Mana ger John Schroeder of the New York offices of the North German Lloyd Lines when told the Colum- bus was scuttled, cried out: Oh, my God, it is one blow after an- other"
 The Columbus was owned by the North German Lloyd Lines and considered one of the palatial Ger man liners on the Atlantic, out ranked only by the Bremen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
PaIatiaI Steamer CoIum- bus Sci Afire, Sea-
 cocks Opened
GREW TAXES TO BOATS,
 RESCUED BY U. ]. SHIP
Action Deliberate 10 Es- cape Destruction
 by British

BULLETIN N-NEW YORK, Dec. 20. - The U nj te d States Cruiser TuscaIoCsa inched through fog and drizzling rain this afternoon into the harbor, bringing to an undecided but not toIerantIy friendly navent 579 Nazi soamen who scuttled and fired their 32,000-tOn German luxury Inner Columbus rather than surrender to a British ves- sel Of war. The seamen will be held at Ellis Island until Labor Department officials decide their status. Distressed seamen are given 60 days in which to reship Oil a foreign vessel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
ONE STEP TOO FAR

OINE . EE IOO Ehb
 Under the various marketing acts, the Supreme Court held, the farm- CTS have right to unite among themselves to effect an orderly handling of their crops. But when they take the next step. reaching agreements with milk distributors, drivers and city officials to fix pric- es, that is outside the scope of the conceptions except under one con- dition-that the Secretary of Ag- riculture have a controlling hand in it.
 Tn this instance the conspiracy charged is not that of merely form ing a collective association of pro- ducers to market their products, ' said the Supreme Court, but a conspiracy, or conspiracies, with major distributors and their allied groups, with labor officials, munich pal officials and others, in order to maintain artificial and non-com- petitive prices to be paid to all producers for all fluid milk produced in Illinois and neighbornig states and marketed in the Chicago area.
 Such combined attempt of all the defendants, producers, distribu- tors and their allies, to control the market finds no justification in Sec ton One of the Capper-Volstead (farm co-operative) act"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
HELP AN
 ALASKAN
Telephone 713 or write The Alaska Territorial Employment Service

KITCHEN HELPER-DISHWASH- ER-Young man, age g, single. Four years experience in kitchens as helper, dishwasher, etc. Some knowledge of fry cooking and pantry work. Call for ES 32.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
INITIATION TONIGHT

A large class of candidates will be initiated tonight by the Elks Lodge. Exalted Ruler Herb Redman will preside. A feed will follow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
AIDS BUILDING PROSECUTION

That is precisely the position the Department of Justice has taken in connection with it's widespread at
 tContinued on Page Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
Capt. Hans Langsdorff SaG- rifiCes Himself for
 "Fatherland"
TAXES FAREWELL OF
 HIS STAFF OFFICERS
Body of Executive Officer of ScuttIed Ship Found
 This Morning

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 20.-Capt. Hans Langsdorff, Commander of the Admiral Graf Spec, has committed suicide, the Germany Ambassy an- nounces. He sent a bullet into his brain.
 Capt Langsdorff brought himself and his men here aboard tugs for internment by Argentina after de- stroying the pocket battleship in the Montevideo harbor last Sunday night.
 Capt. Langsdorff at first talked freely about his running battle with three British cruisers, but last night he took an entirely different atti- tude
 q do not desire to talk further. have talked so much now I like to be quiet for the next three weeks, he told interviewers.
 Body Is Found
 The German Embassy official said the body was found this morn- ing. The Captain had shot himself with revolver during the night at the Naval Arensal
 The statement issued by the Em- bassy said:'
 Commander Hans Langsdorff sacrificed his own life for the Fa- therland, eliminating himself vol- untarily, as he said himself in a letter addressed to German Ambas- sador von Thermann.
 From the first moment he made up his mind to share the fate of his magnificent ship
 Detained At Arsenal
 Capt. LangSdorff had been de- tained at the Naval Arsenal after he reached Argentina with more than 1000 men from Uruguay.
 At about 9:30 last night, Langs- dorff called his Staff Officers into his quarters at the Arsenal and a consultation was held for three hours.
 When the conference broke up, the Commander of the scuttled bat tleship gravely shook hands with each of his Staff officers, making a complete circle of those assem- bled before him.
 He then went into the next room. leaving word that he did not want to be disturbed because he was tired
 The crew received tie news of his suicide in stunned silence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-20
CREW ORDERED INTERNED

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 20.-Pres- ident Roberto M Ortiz of Argentina has ordered internment of 1,039 officers and men of the Admiral Graf Spec for the duration of the German-Allied war.
 Some of the men have been or dered sent to interior Provinces, but the officers will be allowed to live in Buenos Ares.
 In the harbor of Montevideo the Graf Spec continued to burn. This is expected to be the last day of the fire aboard the scuttled sea raider.
 Meanwhile Uruguayan officials announced that the oil tanker Ta- coma is detained" possibly as pre- Jude to internment. The Tacoma has oil and supplies aboard intended for the Graf Spec.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-09-16
Sheriff. Committee
Maps Lusty Campaign
For Council Aspirant

Cognizant OF the great opportu-
nifty 10 get Negro In the Common
Council, the Sheriff. for Council
man committee met at the Brew
ster Community center last Mon
day to lay plans for prosecuting
a vigorous campaign to get the Ne
gro voters behind william l.. Sher-
ri
The first thing on the commit
tees campaign agenda is a mass
pep meeting for candidate Sher-
rill at the Brewster center, Thurs
day. Sept. IL. at 1880 pm.
The fact that various heads OF
civic organizations. who are mem
bers of the committee. pledge to
get the members OF their respec-
tive organizations out gives prom
ise OF this meeting being one OF
the largest during the campaign.
The members attending the COM
mittec meeting represented a
cross-section OF the business and
political life OF Detroit.
Those present at the meeting
were Fred A. Allen. A. n. Lake,
Percy Jones. Joseph C. Coles.
George Johnson. Golee Bryant, T..
$. Cunningham. Louis f. Martin,
Mrs. Irene Martin. Yvonne Green
lee and Wilfred Newman.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-09-16

and is not even 10 associate Itself
with political organization"
After the chairman had called on
most OF the Representatives 10
speak. they expressed themselves
in favor OF the statement OF pur-
poses as outlined They we're: DR..
and Mrs R. s. McGhee, NJ. d. Or.
McGhee being temporary chair
man; Mrs. Rebecca Han. Halls
Community grocery, temporary Sec
rotary; Lincoln Gordon, chemist:
Mrs. Horace Daniels. coal and ice:
Leroy Kelly, lunch and ice cream
parlor; Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Whit
man and James Hardman, BARRIERS:
Elders $. W. Bankhead and A. NJ.
Miller, pastors Joseph Love, res
tauratenr: John Hunter. billiards:
G. r. Hoagland. Jr, mortician:
Messrs. F. c. Watkins, John voss.
Lenor Mack and Leslie Helms,
Community COOPERATIVE store,
Judson Powell. attorney. Mrs. &C.
-neye Dean. beautician: Mrs. Cath
crime Bright. notary; Rayford
Banding, tailor; ] W. Johnson, re-
porter and Mrs L. A. Evans, en-
ployment agency.