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Evening star., 1939-04-15
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 15.--Cotton
futures opened 2 to 4 lower on Bom-
bay selling and some Southern and
commission house liquidation. Trade
interests bought nearby positions.
May, 100; July. 7.66; October, 7.38;
December, 1882; January, 1872;
March, 7.37.
Selling diminished shortly after
the opening and prices in nearby
positions advanced to points from
early levels. The trade continued to
bid against light offerings.
Midmorning prices were unchanged
to 2 higher on all deliveries except
January and March, which were
nominally 3 points off. May sold at
1874, unchanged. July moved up
from 7.66 to 769, or l net higher.
HL,t,, n1-
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Store Sales Continue
Above 1898 Levels
BY the Associated Press.

The Federal Reserve Board re-
ports that department store sales
in the week ended April were "a
per cent larger than in the CORE
spending week last year. but pointed
out that the difference was due pri-
marily to the earlier occurrence Of
Easter this year.
For the four weeks ended April 6,
sales were 9 per cent ahead of lass
year.
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Machine Tool Index
Advances in March
Stock and
BY the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND. April 15.-The Ma
tional Machine Tool Builders AS
sociation index of March orders in
creased to 1854 from February S
1871, the association reported to-
day.
The index, which takes average
monthly shipments during 1926 as
100, has been rising since November.
Domestic orders increased last
month, and foreign orders were
about equal to February volume.
Evening star., 1939-04-15
U. S. Treasury Position
BY the Associated Press.

The position of the Treasury April 13:
Receipts S6,305. .a70.96; expenditures. SCI
including So $40, 145,a50.37 working bal
ance customs receipts for the month. S10,-
Receipts for the fiscal year tsince July
~: 50, ,5O7, 5S1 ,532 II; expenditures. 81
143 ,3O3, ,3o1 94, including S2,447, 527,-
of expenditures, S2.635: 715 .769s SO; gross
debt, $40. .O40, 905 9l1.7s an increase Of
1904 770.65 over the previops day; fold
assets, S15,437.475.731.06..
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Store Collections Lao
SeosonoIIy in Month
BY the Associated Press.

The Commerce Department says
department store collections de-
clined seasonally in February.
Collections on open accounts fell
from AL per cent of amounts due
IN January to 43.9 per cent in Feb
ruary, and collections on installmenr
accounts declined from 1854 per cent
in January to 1862.
Collections in both types of &C.
counts were slightly better than in
February, 1898.
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Dollar Is Unchanged
In London Trudino
BY the Associated Press

~ '''S AoSOS4dlcQ fIeSS.
LONDON. April 15.-The United
states dollar finished net unchanged
at 468 l/l6 to the pound in foreign
exchange dealings today. compared
with New Yorks overnight sterling
rate of S468.
French francs remained l76.75 to
the pound.
Evening star., 1939-04-15

Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
D. lower. Sales. As contracts Nav
655o: July, 6.12b; September. 6s1b; Oc-
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Investing Companies

NEW YORK. April Is LP.-Investment
Bankers Conference, Inc:
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Federal Land Banks

NEW YORK. April Is R.-FederaI r,s,d
Rank -'' >eeA al ASdilu
Evening star., 1939-04-15

a-Also extra or extras.
e-Paid last year
Evening star., 1939-04-15

Npproxote Soes OF Stocks the N Y Stock Eschonoe
sIrnIt q. n.. zooooo l2:0O Noon 100000
Rstes of vdepd n assumed by such
lne table
osseu on ln last quarterly
a o1Viaend M Ex rights extras Pd
,ast / Fayabie paid
clared this -N4oeo o1'iueaos palo or de-
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK. April Is LP.-Investment
Bankers Conference Inc
Evening star., 1939-04-15

Quotations not furnished BY sponsor Or
issuer; all others are obtained by ]. B. 6.
from those sources.
Evening star., 1939-04-15
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK, April Is lF.-Inyestment
Bankers Conference. Inc: -''
Evening star., 1939-04-15
utures closed UNCHANGED to . highe,
C0ttonSeed Oil.

Spot nominal: middling, Sc!
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. April 15.--Dividends de-
clared, prepared by Fitch Publishing Co.
Initial.
De- Stk of Paw.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08

Turnip Sauce.-Here is a splen-
did substitute for horseradish
sauce. Scrape white turnip very
finely. Make some mustard with
vinegar. Mix the two and add a
little salt and pepper.
Hair Hint.-Lemon juice added
to the rinsing water will help to
preserve the color of fair hair and
also make it bright and glossy.
Hot Weather Hint.-Take adj
vantage of the cool night air to
stay the heat the next day. Leave
all windows open in your house
at night except those closed for
safety. Early in the morning close
all doors and windows and keep
this cool air in. and the hot air
out.
Mustard on Sandwiches.-When
using mustard or any piquant
sauce for sandwiches, mix it with
the butter before spreading on the
bread. This ensures even distri-
button.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08
HOWL , SEW
by Ruth Wyeth Spears oR

left. If you do not wish to repeat
the background color for, your
walls, use a pale tone of one of
the other colors. A stronger tone
of any color in the rug may be-
come your accent color.
notice.: Book 1-SEWING for
the Home Decorator, and No. 2,
Gifts, Novelties and Embroider-
les, are now is cents each, or
both books for Is cents. Readers
who have not secured their copies
of these two books should send in
their orders Immediately, as no
more copies will be available,
when the present supply is ex-
hausted. Your choice of the
QUILT LEAFLET Illustrating SO
authentic patchwork stitches; or
the RAG RUG LEAFLET, will be
included with orders for both
books for the present, but the Of
fer may be withdrawn at any
time. Leaflets are six cents each
when ordered separately.
Everyone should have copies of
these two books containing SO How
to Sew articles by Mrs. Spears,
that have not appeared in the pa
per. Send your order at once to
Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines ST.,
Chicago, Ill.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08
ADVENTUROUS
AMERICANS
BY
Elmo Scott Watson
Elmo Scott Watson
Great Lakes Raider

GredC Lakes Ka1Qer
Turing the Civil war David H.
- Ross, an ,18-year-old cadet in
the Georgia guards, was captured
and sent to Union prison camp on
Lake Erie. He escaped and made
his way to Canada, reporting to
Capt. John Yeates Beall, Confed-
crate agent.
Ross Joined Beall in plan to
take possession of the Philo Par
sons, lake steamer, and with it
capture the Michigan, Union war
ship, use that to attack FIT. johnson
at Sandusky and release 1000 Con-
federates there.
On the morning of September 10,
1864, the Philo Parsons stopped at
Sandwich, Ont, to take on a party
of 20 men. At Maiden, few miles
farther, 20 more came aboard. After
several more stops, the crew and
the other passengers found them
selves looking into the muzzles of
pistols.
The captain relinquished COM
mand and Beall took over with Ross
as first mate. And then the S. S.
Island Queen with ITO Federal sol
diers aboard, pulled alongside. No
one knows why the soldiers permit
ted it, but after firing a few shots,
Beal and Ross leaped aboard with
a handful of men and captured the
crew which was too astonished to
resist.
They sailed on with their ITO I'm
ion soldiers in tow, but the S. S.
Michigan commander was ready for
them. Seeing the ship coming to-
ward them, the Philo Parsons
turned about and fled, docking in
the Detroit river where the raiders
fled to safety.
Ross, the 18-year-old cadet, who
had been first mate on the wild voy-
age, managed to get to Wilmington,
N. c., where he was made a captain
in the secret service. General Grant,
during his second presidential adj
ministration, issued a pardon re-
lieving Ross of the charges of pi-
racy.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08
=. SSSy2 =: :: !; :;; ;;;::;;;

To Clean Pewter.-Wash the ar
ticles in hot water with a paste
made of soft soap and powdered
pumice stone. Then polish with
a cloth or channels leather.
Coffee Hint.-Should coffee not
be freshly ground, place the re-
CURED quantity in a pan and shake
over low heat for a moment be-
fore infusing. The flavor will equal
that of newly bought coffee.
Preparing a Chicken for Roast
ing.-Brush chicken over with OIL
i've oil. This makes it tender, and
the flavor is improved.
Use for Newspapers.-Put a
thick layer of newspapers under
your carpets. Moths will then give
them a wide berth, and your car
pets will have the tread of soft
pile. Moreover, the layer of pa
per will prevent dust working up
from the. floor into the floor COW
ering.
Shellacking Chairs.-A coat of
clear Shellac over the seats of
rush-bottom chairs will greatly
prolong their lives and keep the
reed from splitting.
Fruit Stains. - Rub powdered
borax on fruit stains; then pour
boiling water through the fabric
before washing and boiling it.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08
20 Thrill-Packed Years

w HEN Lewis Littlepage Of
w Fredericksburg, Va, went to
Spain as an attache to the American
embassy, he was only 10 but already
famous as poet. Next he served
in the Spanish and French armies
and became friend of Lafayette.
Made a chevalier of France, he
returned to America to fight in the
Revolution but was thwarted in that
ambition. In 1875 he accompanied
the young Polish patriot, Kosciusko,
to Warsaw where King Stanislaus
made him baron at the age of "a!
He was sent to make a treaty with
Empress Catherine of Russia, who
became very fond of him.
When the war between Russia and
Turkey started, she commissioned
him a major-general in her army
and he later served under the adj
miral of her fleet, John Paul Jones.
He remained at the Russian court
until 1871, then returned to Warsaw
where he was made major-general
in the Polish army.
When the Polish rebellion against
Russia failed, Kosciusko and Little
page went to Paris to try to rescue
their friend, Lafayette, imprisoned
during the Reign of Terror. They
failed and Kosciusko returned to
Warsaw to try again to win freedom
for Poland. Littlepage joined him
and was wounded in the battle in
which KoSciusko fell.
Littlepage then returned to Amer
lea and retired to his home in Fred
ericksburg where he was later Wis
tied by his old friend, Lafayette. He
was only 38 when he died in 1901 but
into that short span of years he had
packed whole lifetime of danger
and thrills.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08
Rebel Against Rebellion

A T THE outbreak of the Civil war
band of about 100 citizens of
Jones county, Mississippi, refused to
identify themselves with the Confed-
eracy. Under the leadership of one
Newt Knight, they took refuge in
Leaf River swamp where they de-
fled all efforts to make them fight
under the Stars and Bars.
BY 1864 they had complete con-
troll of the county and out of that
fact grew the story that this "rebel-
lion within rebellion" resulted in
forming Republic of Jones" with
knight as it's head. Mississippians
declare, however, that there is no
official record Of any such "repub-
lie" ever having been launched and
they. refer to these 'tseceders from
secession as the "Newt Knight
band of deserters."
When the war was over and Con-
federate army veterans returned,
they induced the legislature to
change the name of the county from
Clones" to "Davis," because they
said the conduct of Knight had
made it's name ga badge of ignom-
my and term of reproach."
Knight always denied that he was
a deserter but tried to get pension
from the federal government. He
was unsuccessful because the rec
ords at Washington failed to show
his name enrolled in the Union
army. However, there was some
compensation for him in the fact
that until his death in 1923, he was
widely known as the founder of
the Republic of Jones'"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08
Perhaps the Darky's
Ducks We're Storks

A salesman was rafting along a
country road in Tennessee, when
he came to ford. A Negro was
standing by the little stream
where some ducks were swim
ming. The salesman said: "Can
get through the creek with this
car all right?"
eyes, sub, drive right through"
The salesman, thus encouraged,
drove into the stream, only to find
that the water was so deep that it
flooded his engine. He and his
companion had to get out into the
stream with the cold water up to
their armpits and push the car
to the bank.
The salesman turned and said:
''What do you mean by telling me
that I could drive through that
creek?"
''Well, boss, I never knew dat
water was so deep. 1t only comes
halfway up on my ducks!"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08

suggestions for colors for these
and for curtains. >"
With this letter there was a de-
tailed description of the rug in the
room. There have been a good
many letters of this type lately, so
I am showing you here how to
analyze the colors in a figured
rug and use them as a guide in
planning room.
It is not important that the rug
color scheme be followed exactly,
but do make a little chart of the
rug colors as shown here at the
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08
ASK NE
ANOTHER
The Questions :;


l. How many days in a fort
night? ;,
2. Of what country are the fol-
lowing the emblem: the thistle,
the shamrock, the maple leaf, the
lily?
8. Which is heavier, a pint of
cream or a pint of milk?
4. What is a Counterpart? u
5. Does an electric light bulb
shine or glow?
6. Are a turtle and a tortoise
the same?
Z. What does the title "Mona
Lisa" mean?
8. How many Shetland islands
are there?
9. Are passports required when
flying to foreign countries?
The Answers
/. Fourteen.
2. Scotland, Ireland, Canada,
France.
3. A pint of milk. The cream
floats to the top of the milk.
4. A coverlet for bed. m
5. Both. Glow means to- shine
with intense heat.
6. Strictly speaking, turtle
means members of the order
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08
OF Course You Can Bake

IT didn't have good luck with my
cake baking today" You and I have
both heard homemakers say just
that-reason enough perhaps for our
getting right down to cases today
and finding out just what it is that
makes for good luck-or bad luck
as the case may be in this cake
baking business.
Of course it really isn't case of
luck at all, for the right proportions
of the right ingredients combined in
the right way and baked at the right
oven temperature eliminate luck en-
tirely and assure baking success not
sometimes but always.
Information Please.
Of course you own measuring
cup but have you looked at it crit
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

which live in water, and tortoise,
members which live on land.
Z. Mona is an abbreviation for
madonna (my LADY,. Lisa is a
proper name.
8. There are more than a hun
dred, but only one-fourth Of them
are inhabited. All are very small.
9. Yes.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08
Get This New Cook Book.

Of course you can bake, and Flea
nor Howe has shared her secrets of
successful baking, together with her
.best-ever set of over 125 new and
different, yet practical and inexpen-
sive, baking recipes with you in this
book Send 10 cents in coin to Eleanor
Howe, 919 North Michigan Ave-,
Chicago, and get postage prepaid
copy of Better Baking"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08
All for a Friend

1t is noble and great thing to-
cover the blemishes and to excuse
the failings of a friend; to draw
curtain before his stains, and
to display his projections; to bury
his weaknesses in silence, but to
proclaim his virtues upon the
housetop.-South.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08

Do you always sift the flour once
just before measuring?
Do you use fine granulated sugar
when making cakes? There is diff
ference, you know.
Do you cream the shortening and
mix the cake with a beating mo-
ton, not stirring motion?
Do you level off the teaspoon
measures of baking powder, salt or
soda with knife so as to be sure
they, too, are accurate?
Do you start the oven 10 to Is
minutes in advance so it will be uni
formly hot before the cake is placed
in it?
Do you use a small, inexpensive
oven thermometer for securing ac-
curate oven temperatures if your
range has no oven heat-control?
These are some of the chief fac
tors, careful attention to which helps
to spell success in cake baking. Try
them out in the group of favorite
cake recipes given below I think
you will like them and the recipes
too.
Lemon Cake.
" cup butter
cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
Ia cups cake flour
.21s teaspoons baking powder
IA teaspoon salt
; !: rs cup milk
teaspoon lemon extract
Cream butter and add sugar grad
ually. Add well-beaten egg yolks and
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Fold in the beaten whites of the
eggs. Bake as loaf cake in a mod
crate oven $3.50 degrees Fahrenheit)
for IS to 40 minutes.
Old Spice Wonder.
" cup butter
cup brown sugar
2 eggs
cups cake flour
~ teaspoon soda
IA teaspoon salt
teaspoons baking powder
/ teaspoon cinnamon
" teaspoon nutmeg
l teaspoon allspice
"a cup sour milk
" cup citron
cup raisins
l cup nut meats
/ teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream butter, add sugar and
cream thoroughly. Add eggs (well
beaten). Mix and sift together all
dry ingredients, except IA cup of
flour. Add flour mixture and sour
milk alternately, beginning with the
-four mixture. Beat well. Flour cit
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08

NnEAR MRS. SPEARS: I have
- your Book 1-SEWING for
the Home Decorator, and the di-
rections for slipcovers are so clear
in the sketches that I have de-
cided to cover my living room fur
niture which consists of a daven-
port, a club chair and a wing
chair. / would like to have your
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08

ACdIIy W see
whether or not it
has a rim which
extends. above
the accurate cup
measure? If it
has a rim, do you
measure the in
gradients just to
this point accu-
rately, or clear to
the top inaccu-
rately?
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08

ron, raisins, and nuts with the "a
cup of flour which was reserved and
add to the cake mixture. Add vanil-
la. Bake IS to 40 minutes in a mod
crate oven $3.50 degrees Fahrenheit).
Chocolate Silver Cake.
"a cup butter
liz cups granulated sugar
"a cups cake flour.
3 teaspoons baking powder
IA teaspoon salt
/ cup milk
/ teaspoon vanilla extract
4 egg whites
Cream the butter, add the sugar
and beat well. Sift the flour, baking
powder and salt, and add alternately
with the milk and vanilla. Beat the
egg whites until stiff and fold into
cake. Bake in two layers in mod
crate oven 1865 degrees Fahrenheit)
Is to 80 minutes. Top with choco-
late butter icing.
"a Cocoa Cake.
" cup butter
cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 cups cake flour
4 tablespoons cocoa
Va teaspoon salt
. III teaspoons baking powder
III teaspoon soda
cup sour milk
teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream the butter and add the sug-
ar slowly. Separate eggs, beat yolks
and add. Sift the dry ingredients
and add alternately with the sour
milk and vanilla. Beat the egg
whites until stiff and fold in care
fully. Bake in two layers in a mod
crate oven (365 degrees Fahrenheit)
for Is to 30 minutes, or as a loaf
cake Cat $50 degrees Fahrenheit)
for 40 to As minutes.
A New Chocolate Cake.
4 ounces bitter chocolate
"a cup butter
III cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
IA cups flour
IA teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
l cup milk
/ teaspoon vanilla extract
Melt the chocolate over warm wa
ter. Cream the butter and add
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mix thoroughly.
Mix and sift all
dry ingredients
and add alter
nately with the
milk and extract,
beginning a n d
ending with the
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-06-08


butter mixture. Add the melted
chocolate and mix well. Sift the
flour, salt, baking powder, and add
alternately with the milk and ex-
tract, beginning with the flour mix
ture. Beat egg whites until they
are stiff, and fold into cake. Bake in
two eight-inch layers in a moderate
oven (365 degrees Fahrenheit) for
about 80 minutes.
Chocolate Gingerbread.
rs cup shortening
cup brown sugar
2 ounces chocolate (rnelted)
2 eggs
12s cups pastry flour
teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ginger
Va teaspoon cloves
IA teaspoon salt
~ cup nuts (broken)
rs cup milk
Cream the shortening and add the
brown sugar very slowly, making
sure all Jumps are removed. Add
the chocolate which has been melted
over warm water, and the eggs, well
beaten. Sift the dry ingredients and
add alternately with the milk. Add
the nuts, broken in small pieces.
Bake as loaf cake in moderate
oven $3.50 degrees Fahrenheit) 30
minutes. Serve with whipped cream.
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the sugar, slowly,
beating vigorous
ly. Beat the yolks
of the eggs until
thick and add to
the sugar and
Add the melted
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-17
WHO INVENTED THE ALPHABET?

The alphabet has been described
with some accuracy, as the greatest in
vention of man. The employment of
small number of signs to denote the ele-
nlentary sounds of the language is gen.
orally ascribed to the Semites and, by the
trading Phoenieians, carried to the Greeks.
and the West.
Recent light on our alphabet is seen
in the biblical psychologists which report
a recent find in the Holy Land. Pointing
out that it has been known within recent
years that miners in the region of Mount
Sinai had an alphabet about 1900 B. c.,
devised by foreman for the keeping of
his accounts and that the Phoenician kings
of a later period had their alphabet, the
publication says that d connection has
been found between the two on inscrip-
lions on objects found in the ruins of the
city of Lachish, which is mentioned in the
Book of Joshua and in the Second
Chronicles.
Together with other Inscriptions, the
recent find leads to the conclusion that,
the alphabet adopted by the Israelites and
used to write the Old Testament was Dor
rowed by the Greeks from the Phoenicians
by the Romans from the. Greeks and by US
from the Romans
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-17

1.-THE President will board the de-
stroyer Warrington at Key West and
transfer from that vessel to the SIS. Hous-
ton at sea. This is made necessary by the
inability of the Houston to reach dockside'
at Key West due to low water This lat
ter statement in the Miami Herald is not
true. The US.S. Houston draws 22h
feet of water, while the mean low water
depth at the government dock is rs feet;
which is sufficient clearance for any ship.
AT the time President Coolidge visited
Key West, the U.S.S. Memphis, having
practically the same draught as the U.S.S.
Houston, came all the way along the cham
mel up to the FEC. Docks We fear the
Herald is easily persuaded to think and be-
lieve anything detrimental to the interests
of Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-17
Reports from Eurone in,

Reports from Europe indicate that
nothing but miracle can avoid world
catastrophe. Let us hope the miracle will
happen. But if war does break out, the
question is, Will the United States be
drawn into the maelstrom? If we will
keep our frontier on the Western Hemis-
phere, war can be avoided, but we have
too many entanglements with Europe: so
the possibility of the United States not be-
ing enguifed in a European conflagration
is remote, because we will be jockied, into
such a position that we will want to go to
war. SO the policy of President Roosevelt,
now bitterly condemned, of letting the
totafitarian states know in definite terms
that the United States viii come to the aid
of the democratic powers if they are hard
pressed, may be the, strategy to pat of
the outbreak t. more distant date.