davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-02-14

We went to market early, and that is
why we can offer you wood bead bags
in advance of the season at such low
price. Beautiful, large bags that would
ordinarily sell at a much higher price.
New shapes In all white, pretty pastels
and multi-colors.
Kann's-etreet Floor.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19

Rad Cechie, {. 2775 Standard
Life Asso. odbyva sve schGze 2
a 4 1terek v mesici v Delnic-
KEN Dome, Madison a Rose ul.
Pfedseda Vine. Suchanek. TIT
N. Milton Ave-, mfstopredseda
Flip Noha, tajemnfk Ant. J.
svejda, 73O N. Collington Ave.
(1fadovna "Slavie"), 1cetnfk
Aug. Klecka, pokl. F. Base,
domovnfk F. Kankovsk5.
Del. Podp. Spolek "Rovnost''
odbyva schGze kazdou 3 stTedu
v mesfci We spolkove mistnosti
" Delnickem Dome, Madison a
Rose ul. Predseda Jan zitnfk,
tajemn1k F. Cincibus NIL. eli
N. Rose St., dcetnfk FIR. Cinci-
bus ST., 721 N. Montford Ave-,
pokladn1k V. Svec, 813 N. Clio,
yer ST. Revisori: j. Santa a A,
Cincibus.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Plzenske pivo " oblibe stale
VetSS

Mestansky pivovar v Plzni
konal fadnou valnou hromadu
"a predsednictvf K. Svobody.
Zpravu obchodnf a bilancnf "a
rok 1888 podal gen. red. zavo-
du F. PlaSil.
Pivovary p~lzenskeho koncer
nu vystavily r. 1898 celkem
100000 hi, t. j. O 69,34O hi
vice neil v roce 1887. Ma
Prazdroj pTipada 557,112 hi.
Export Prazdroje stoupl O 20
procent ma 1O8, 3O5 hi. | Y bez-
mem roce Sc odbyt plzenskeho
piva vyvinuje prfznive a je o.
duvodnena nadeje ma dalsi
vzestup vystavu.
V p~lzenskych pivovarech
byly provedeny znacne inves-
tice, z nichz je nejvyznamnej-
81 rekonstrukce elektrarny a
stavba tepelne dstredny, ktera
pracuje pro oba plzenske "a
vody. Naklad ma tepelnou u
stfednu cini 10 mil. K.
Vyplata dividend Dude stei-
ma jake v roce pTedchazejicim,
t. j. $4,000 K ma pravovarec-
most. z dividend pripada 65,-
1926 K ma vynos z M6Stanskeho
plvovaru, 1874 K ma zisk z O.
podnik1 koncernu.
Provedenymi doplnovacfmi
volbami byli znova zvoleni po-
die poradi vystupujfcf clenove
Sprawl a revisnf rady. Do re-
visni rady byl move zvolen vi.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
V Praze Sc ~ztratiIa stara ceskS
hymna.
PrazSky "Venkov" pfSe.

Prazsky "Venkov" pise:
Psala nam prosta zena: "My
ma venkove zacfname a konci-
me den modlitbou. V nasich
modlitbach mi i prosba "a
Vast a cesky lid. I ia nase ma
roam hymna jest modlitbou."
Proc j nezacfna, proc il ne
konci cesky rozhlas? Neodpo-
Vedeli jsme ctenarce. Poslech-
nete 81 vecer Brno. KazdV We
Ger uslysfte "Kde domov m1i".
Jen v Praze Sc ztratila. V Br-
ne zije. Proc Sc v Brine oz1ya
a proc Praha mlcf? Proc?
Horejs1 zpravicku "Venko-
va" prejaly dnesnf brnenske
"Lidove noviny", ktere pod o.
hlavenim "zrGdne zjevy mezi
ceskymi lidmi" dale pisf:-Je
znamo, jak ostre byly s nemec-
kych 1fedn1ch mist i v meme
ckem tisku odmftnuty prfpady
nechutneho patolfzalstvf ces-
kych jednotlivcd. Jeden ia
kovy prfpad budf prave roz-
ruch v ceskem svet6 lekar.
skem.
Jde o prazskeho lekaTe, star
s1ho cloveka, ktery pochazf 2
rye ceske rodiny, vystudoval
cesky a do nedavna Sc dokon-
&c honosil zvlastnfmi sympa-
tlemi k Francouz1m.
Nyni prohlasil, re jeho ees-
stvl bylo omylem a re sc cftf
Nemcem, dial 81 vytisknouti ne
mecke dopisnf papiry S hako-
wynn kf1zem a oznamil, re dfte.
ktere jeho zena ceka, da liz
predem Zapsati do Hitlerovv
mladeze.
Jiny prfpad zaznamenavaif
dnes prazske listy. Byvaly le-
gionaf, statnf pensista a zupnf
nacelnfk fasist1 ma Nachod-
sku, chtel zalozit v rye cesk6
obci, kde bydli, organisaci ma
Observation-Disclosures strany.
Obyvatelstvo podivneho VIA
stence razne odmltlo.
"Jak asi N6mci, kterf 81 va
ri narodnl cti vlastnf i CHI, po-
hrdajl takovymi 1chylnymi
zjevy!o TAX konef svou zpra-
vuvu "Lidove Noviny", v je-
Jlchz programu bylo drive
vsechno jine jenom ne Waste
nectvl.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Historicka noe z Ii. ma Is.
brezna.

Poole informacf z pramene.
o, jehoz spolehlivosti nenf DO
chyby,. pfinasf daily Tele-
graph move zpravy O okolnos-
tech, "a kterych president DR..
Emil Hacha a zahranicni mi
INSTR DR.. Frantisek Chvalkov-
sky byli donuceni vydat Ne
mecku ceske zeme.
Kdyz president a ministr
zahranicn1ch vec1 pc prfjezdu
do Berllna prisli v noci re
IA. ma Is. brezna do Hitlerova
kabientu, Fuehrer jim lined o.
znamil, re ted nenf cas- ma wy
Jednavanl. Cechy must proste
pfijmouti a splnit to, ma Gem
Sc usneslo Nemecko. Navrh
"dohody" je jiz pripraven,
presldentu a ministru zahra-
nicnlch vec1 z1stava pouze
jedno = pripojit sve podpisy.
Ultra dojde k obsazenf Czech
q Moray, jez budou prideleny
k Reichu. Pc tonic ornament
Hitler sam podepsal "dohodu"
a odeSel.
Hacha a Chvalkovsky, kterf
zustali Q samote s Tfsskym "a
hranicn1m ministrem Joachi-
mem Won Ribbentropem a dru-
hymi pomocnfky Hitlerovymi,
s rozechven1m dokazovali. re
Sc nemohou podrobiti nasilf.
Jestli podepfsou listinu, cesky
narod prohlasf, re k tomu ne
byli opravneni a tvrdili, re de-
jiny neznaj1 prfkladu, ably BIZ
Ia rasa byla takovym zp1so-
benz ponizena. Nemci Sc vsak
nedali pohnouti a hrozili, re
budou bombardovati Prahu.
Ribbentrop i jeho spolupracov-
nlci chodili "a Hachou a Chval
kovskym kolem stolu, strkali
Jim do ruky pero a nalehali, a.
by p%odepsali 'dohodu".
Behem teto tragicke noel
bylo nutno povolati nekolikra-
tie lekafe k Hachovi, ktery byl
v straSlivem stavu.
Hacha prohlasil, re nepode-
plse l%istinu, dokud Sc nedomlu-
vi s cleny sve vlady. Nemci mu
ma to fekli, re Sc s mimi mGze
domluviti telefonem.
V $50 rano Hacha ztratil
vedomi. LekaT mu dial iniekci.
Kdyz president znovu nabyl
vedomf, zmuceny konecne lis
thu podepsal spolu s Chvalkov
skym.
Pravdivost t6to zpravy byla
potvrzena take informacemi.
kterych Sc dOstalo francouzske
mu a ruskemu tisku. Hitler te-
dy vedome a drze HAL, kdyz v
feci i pred rfsskym snemem O.
znamil, re Sc ceske zeme do
brovolne poddaly rfsskemu
protektoratu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Nucena prace.

V Praze general Tlois Elias,
premier Protektoratu prohla-
sill, re dalekosahle omezenf O.
sobn1 svobody stale sc nezbyt-
nym, ably dun Protektoratu
(Cechy a Norway mohl byt
uveden do poTadku.
"Vlada uvazuje O zavedeni
nucene pracovnf sluzby'', pra-
vii We formalnim prohlaseni a
dodal, re problem nalezenf
zamestnan1 je nasim nejpred-
nejs1m problemem."
Ma vysvetlenf techto zdanli-
We 81 odporujfcfch prohlaseni
uvedl, re zamestnanf must Sc
dostati mnoha byvalym 1rednf
kun Ceskoslovenske republi-
ky, ktera zmizela s mapy,
kdyz pred dvema mesici Ne
mecko zabralo jeste zbytek
Czech a Moray, zbyly po okles
tent ma podzim 1893.
"Vlada je take dale rozhod-
nuta vesti obchod takovymi
cestami, jez budou nezbytne
pro nasi narodni existenci''.
premier-general Elias,
.tery tento Trad nastoupil 27.
dubna t. r. pc demisi byvaleho
Rudolfa Berana.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Pevnosti podel Feky Vahu ma
Slovensku.

V Bradshaw nemecke a slo.
venske vojenske authority zaha
lily r%ozhovory o pravu Nemec.
ka ma stavenf opevnenf v ddoli
feky Vahu. K tomu ma NIT
NemeckO pravo ma zaklade
smlouvy o p rotektoratu mad
samostatnou Slovenskou repu-
blikou, jak byla prohlasena
IA. brezna t. r.
Vets1 cast Slovenska lei W.
chodne cd reky Vahu, take
nemecke pevnosti nemely by
vlastne zadneho vyznamu pro
vlastni ochranu a obranu Slo-
venska, jemuz Nemci slfbili, re
je budou braniti.
V poslednfch letech Cesko-
slovenske r%epubliky byly ne
ktere dGlezite obory ceskoslo-
venskeho zbrojnfho prdmyslu
prestehovany do 1dolf Vahu,
ktere Poole nazoru odbornfkI
ma dobre moznosti. Zde mela
byti csl. vyroba chranena v
pf1pade, re by neprftel napadl
skodovu zbrojovku v Plzni, v
Brine a v jinych mfstech.
Podezfele take je, re kdyz
Hitler sl1bil Slovensku ochra-
nu, mel uz podmfnky priprave-
ny. Svedc1 to, re odtrhnutf Sc
Slovenska cd Czech byla pre-
dem planovano.
Hitler 81 tehdy vyhradil pra-
vo k postaveni nemeckych pew
nostf ma Slovensku, avsak nj
koli ma hranicich, kde by byly
pfirozene, nybrz We vnitroze-
mi. Tento fakt IDA sc tez po-
bvrzovati povesti, re Hitler W.
chodni cast Slovenska da jeste
MadarGm a ponecha 81 jenom
zajadni cast, ktera sym tere-
by asi jeho planGm lepe
slouzila.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Uprchlik z Czech skocil pod
Wax Metro " Parfzi.

Oskar Kaufman, 52lety bo-
haty p%r1myslnlk z Czech, ktery
pc nemeckem zaboru Cesko-
slovenska hledal 1tulek We
Francii, spachal sebevrazdu v
Paflzi. Vrhnul Sc pod Wax
podzemnf drahy Metro ma sta
nici st. Philippe.
Zprava z Nantes udava, re
Klaus Kinkus, kdysi vlastnik
tovarny v Nemecku, odkud u
prchnul pred MAJESTY, spachal
take sebevrazdu. Ma zivot 81
sahl re strachu, re bude vypu-
zen z Francie a re sc nebude
mlti kan obratit.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Slovaci vyrazi niklovych psti-
korun Ia Is milionH.

Slovensko pTipravilo plan
investic Ia 1859 milionI K. Slo-
yensky ministr financf DIR. Pru-
zinsky prohlasil Poole zpravy
Der Neue Tag, re tyto peni-
re chce opatrit takto:
Vydanim sestimesfcnfch pod
nikatelskych poukazek, vyno-
sem p1jcky obnovy (bylo ma
nj dosud splaceno 6. milionI
K), .vydan1m pokladnicnfch
poukazek, razbou novych nj
klovych petikorun "a Is milo
MI, vynosem prevodu zidovske-
no majetku a prfspevkem re-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Ma horu Rip.

1. kvetna byla podniknuta
velka pout ma staroslavnou
horu Rip. Tohoto putovani Sc
~s1castnilo ma 100000 lidi. Byl
to nepfehledny zastup, jenz Sc
re vsech stran postupoval k te-
to hofe, ma ktere, die stare po-
vesti pfistal praotec Czech a
uchvacen pohledem ma pTirod-
nj krasu zeme, ktera Sc zjevila
zrak1m jeho a slovanskemu
kmeni, jehoz byl v1dcem -
rozhodl, ably sc stala jejich do
movem.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
z Ceskoslovenska,
Usmerneni " h

OCdle Sc VZmanaJlc1 prOtlne-
mecka nalada mezi ceskym O.
byvatelstvem mela "a nasle-
dek, re vlada vydala nekolik
naT1zen1, smeruj1cich k celko-
vemu "usmernenf'' ci regimen
tact zivota v protektoratu, v
Cechach a ma Morave.
Ceske noviny, radiovy roz-
HAS i divadla jsou podrobeny
pf1sne kontrole. DENIM listy
must otiskovati vsechny zpra-
Wy 1fedn1 Ceske tiskove kan
celafe, ktere vsak jsou jen
pouhym tlumocenfm nahled1
nemecke officialn1 tiskove a.
century Deutsche Nachrichten
Bureau.
Prdmysl a obchod v ceskych
zemlch je pomalu vic a vice
pod vladou Nemc1. Do tova-
rem, obchodG a financnfch L.
stavd jsou dosazovani vladnf
komisafi nemectf. Verejny III
vot ma ulicfch, v hostincfch,
kavarnach a pod. je kontrolo-
van zvlastn1m stabem vyzve-
dacG, kteT1 jsou rekrutovani 2
rad s~udetskych Nemc1, umejf-
cfch cesky.
l. Dojde-li k 1leve, Dude to "a
sluhou f1sskeho protektora ba-
roma Neuratha, ktery uz zpo-
zoroval, re vyjmenovani Kon-
rada Henleina a Karla Hiram
ka ma vynikaj1cfch mista V
protektoratu nebylo dobrym
tahem pc STRANGE psychologist
Ike. Neurath slibil vysetriti
pf1pady nespravneho pouzfva-
nj moci nemeckych autorit. &C.
ske vladnf 1rady obdrzely uz
instrukce, ably vsechny pTeci-
ny toho druhu byly oznamova-
ny primo jemu. Poznalo Sc,
re sudetst1 Nemci vlastne jsou
nejvets1 prekazkou k blfzsimu
dorozumen1 Sc Cech6 S RISKY
mi Nemci.
Nedeli 7. kvetna Praha uzi-
la k velke narodni manifestaci
u pfllezitosti ulozenf telesnych
pozGstatkG basnika Karla
Hynka Machy ma Vysehrad.
Prevezeni a ulozenf ostatkG
Machovych bylo prvou narod-
nj slavnost1 Praze cd chvfle
nemecke okupace, ktera byla
konana bez pokyn1 cd nemec-
kych protektorG. K. H. Ma
cha byl prvnf velky cesky mo-
dernl basnfk.
K. H. Macha Sc narodil roku
1910 a zemfel 1886 v Litomeri-
c1ch, kan prisel jake pravnik
a kde z pomahanf pri hasenf
pozaru Sc nastudil a uhnal 81
smrtelny zanet Pile. Zemrel
v MAIDEN veku &c rok1. Tepr-
We pozdejsf generace poznaly,
CO V jeho nehotovem die je
hudebnosti a sverazu.
Nenapsal toho mnoho. "Maj",
a "Obrazy re zivota
meho" je vse, co v MAIDEN
SVEN veku mohl vytvoTiti. Je-
no basen Maj" stala sc jed
MIN z pil1fG modernf ceske H.
teratury.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
{. S. A.

Loze Jirf Podebradsky {. 81
.C,S.A. odbyva sch1ze posledn
pondeli v mesfci v mist. Ceskt
Svob. Skoly, Ashland a Glover
ul. Lacine p~ojistenf pro oboi
pohlavi ma $1,000, $3.50, $500
$3.50. u Loze tez mono DO.
jistiti ditky cd 2 let WISE
Predseda Jan Proxies, tai. K
Stock, 2412 E. Monument St.
1cetnik Jind. Polacek, 623 N
Curley ST., pokl. V. Pavlik,
1901 Gardenas Avenue.
Rad Blank {. 1O1 c.S.A. cd.
byva schuze 2. sobotu v mesici
v 8 hodin vecer v Sokolovne,
Preds. JOS. Novotny, 1912 E..
St., mfstopreds. j. Pro
chazka, tai. A. Vancura, 9O6
Madeira ST., 1cet. AL. Ma
SEX, 626 N. Curley St., pokl. K.
Stock, 2412 f.. Monument ST.
Loze Jaroslav z DUDE {. 154
G. S. A., odbyva schGzi kazdy
3 patek v mes1ci mistnostech
Delnickeho Domu,25O7 E.. Ma
olson ST. Pfeds. A. Stanek, tai.
Rys, 80 N. Glover St., 1cet.
Jos. E. Flip, 1873 N. Milton Av.
j. zitn1k, 1924 N. Port st.
do Patronatu: F. Hell
lux, J. Prochazka. Zastupci do
Sdruzenych SpolkG: K. Matras
! r. Dunaja.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19

ST OLN1 n. -.
Statnf Rada "Katol. Delnf-
ka" Statu Maryland. Kaplan
vldp. Martin Oktavec, gill
Ashland Av., preds. Mat. Hla-
vac, m1stopTed. Bob. Businsky,
tai. V. Havlfk, I'll N. Colling-
ton Ave-, pokl. K. Peterka, d1-
venlci: JOS. Hajek, J. Rynes, j.
Dolfvka, dozorce ". Hlavac.
Spolek ssv. Petra a Pavla {.
|29, K. D., odbyva sve schnze
kazdou 8. nedeli v mesfci We 2.
bod. odpol. v mfstnosti sv. Va
clavske ma Collington Avenue.
PTeds. M. Hlavac, mfstopreds.
JOS. Hajek, tai. JOS. j. Wallis,
fin. tai. a pokl. Jan w. Wallis,
vyberci V. Hlavac. Adresa
spolku 2216 Jefferson st.
Spolek sv. Prokopa, Odbor
Mladeze Jednoty Katolicky
Delnfk odbyva sve schnze tretf
nedeli v mesfci v 1. hodinu Cd
poledne v dolejsf skolni mist
nosti. Dftky Sc pTijfmajf cd l
do Is rokG, platf sc Is cent?
mesicne. Obnos pojistenf die
staff. Norbert Hlavac, vyberci,
913 N. Port St., Jan w. Wallis,
dozorce, 2216 jefferson st.
SPOLKY /. o.. J.
G. A. K. K. P. Spolek sv. Vol
techa {. 259. SchGze kazdou 8.
nedeli v mesici We 2. hod. odp.
We skolnf budove. Pred. V. Ko-
zlovsky, assistent J. Kordula,
tai. Jos. F. Viktor, 961 N. Ches-
ter St., pokl. F. Ocenasek, u
cetnfk V. Kozlovsky Cd I. q. j.
a zastupce spolku. Spolek pTi-
lima do spolku Cd 1916 let
a to doposud bezplatne.
SBORY SOKOLSKE:
Sokolska Jednota "Blesk"
odbyva sehGze 2 patek v mesi-
ci v 8. bod. vecer v Sokolovne.
Sprawl vybor Sokolovny scha-
ri Sc kazdy / dtery v mesici.
Rozvrh hodin telocvicne skoly:
V 1tery a v patek cviceny jsou
hosi Cd 6 bod. vec. We stTedu a
v sobotu cviceny jsou dfvky cd
6 do Z vecer. Prihlasky prijfma
V case vyucovanf ucitel JOS. Po-
korny. Starosta F. Hejny, nam.
0. Cesky, jednatel Jarka Ma
res, 1913 E. Eager St., po-
kladnfk E. Kliment, 900 N.
Bradford St., 1cetnik J. Kolo-
maznfk, 737 N. Lakewood Av.,
nacelnik J. Stetka, vzdelavatel
FIR. Bouda, knihovnfk Albert
Taborsky.
Telocvicny a Podporujfci
Spolek Katolickych Sokol6 a
Sokolic sv. Vita cfs1o 3, Kat.
Jed. Sokol, odbyva sch1ze v 8
hodin vecer vzdy 1 pondelf pc
Is V mesfci We spolkove mist
nosti V Kat. Budove, Madison
a Duncan ul. Kaplan Vldp.
Martin Oktavec, c.. SIS. R.,
pfeds. A. Bourek, mfstopreds.
F. Miksajn, fin. taj.-pokl. F. j..
Chyba, prot. tai. V. Dvorak,
917 N. Castle St., vyberci FIR.
Polanka, nacelnik v. Smutny,
pod-naceln1k John Vojik,
Sokolice :-PTeds. E. Bright,
tai. d. Komin, 8O8 N. Montford
Av., pokl. M. A. Hisley, nacel-
nice A. Snyder, 23O8 Ashland
Ave. Cvicf Sc 1tery a v patek
Z do II Sokolove a We sire
du cd Z do 10 Sokolice. Pri-
hlasky sc pTij1maji pri kazdem
.vicen1 v Katolicke Budove.
Sbor Delnickeho Amer. So
.ola porada schdze kazdy 2.
v Delnickem Dome, Ma
olson a Rose ul. PTedseda A.
9O6 N. Madeira St.,
tai. j. Koutnik, I'll N. Glover
St., ucet. F. Steiner, TIP N. Clio
yer ST., pokl. V. Prochazka,
313 N. Kenwood Avenue.
r G A
Loze Jir1 Podebradsky {. "a
JS.A. odbyva schGze posledni
oondell v mes1ci v mist. Ceske
Evening star., 1939-10-15
FOREIGN Exchunqe

NEW YORK. Oct. IA Qp.---The Brit.
ish pound dug in for fractional gain
In n relation to the dollar today after :
the unit well below the 81 line
At S3.97 " sterling was a of a cent
higher :. Foreign exchange quarters said
the, markup was more the result Of ces-
sation of the sudden dumping of cur
rency yesterday rather than broadened
demand.
The French franc failed to rally with
sterling. losing .O05s of cent. The
belga and guilder. however, advanced q
trif1e and the Swiss franc was uncha ng ed
Closing rates follow:
Great Britain in dollars. others in cents
Great Britain. demand. 1864; Great
Britain, cables; ,.97H; 6o-day bills. 800
90-day bills. 3.9412 Canada, Montreal in
New York. SSS7ia; Canada New York In
Montreal. 112.432.: Belgium, 1874 Den
mark. a'3; Finland 1.9I; France
2253s: Germany. 40.2On; Benevolent.
1878; travel unauoted. Greece. 10
$40 Norway 22 7}; Poland unauoted
PORTUGAL. 3.70n: ,Rumania, "a; Sweden
23; 81; Switzerland. % As; Argentina iof-
hciall, 29.11:, Argentina free,, 1855:
Brazil (offlciaD. sos; Brazil Cfree). SO,
Mexico, 20s5; japan 23 IS; Hong Kong
% 10; Shanghai. 7.75; Yugoslavia. 2.33n
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
n Nominal
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Cotton Prices Recover
Portion Of Early
Losses al Close
Futures at New York
Unchanged to Four
Points Lower
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-The cot
ton futures market shifted its posi-
ton in late trading today, can
ceiling about half of early losses
and closing unchanged to points
lower.
Buying was lackadiasical most of
the session and not until a furry
Of short covering appeared toward
the finish did the market display
any stamina.
The July delivery was the best
as spot houses and Southern Ship
pers bought, apparently for pro-
lection against forward commit
ments.
The Government consumption re-
port, although pretty close to trade
ideas. was received cheerfully since
the September figure was only a
few thousand bales under the high
August level.
Worth Street cloth markets had
little to report in the way of new
business.
Exports today 2O.5O6 bales; sea-
son so far 1,l74975. Port receipts
29,6l9; port stocks, 2,820,465.
popoo foJlou,e.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Pay Rolls
Continued From Page E-1.)

esting sidelight on the growth of
the Federal Government establish
ment here. In contrast with 1874
61O Washington employees under the
direction of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in August this year, there
were only 25,93O executive branch
employees here under Teddy Roose-
welt on June 30, 1905.
Even at the peak of World War
activity, there were only 117,76O ex-
ecutive branch employees on Novem-
ber II, 1918. and a change in the
system of registration minimizes the
contrast with present figures. If
the present $4,000 total was COM
piled by the same method as used
in 1918, it would be close to l27 900.
Bearing in mind that figures prior
to June, 1887, were compiled by the
old method, which at that time was
running about 5000 ahead of the
new system, employe totals for vari-
Gus dates in previous years follow:
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Dividend Meetinos

NEW YORK. Oct IA Especially Among
the important companies which will hold
dividend meetings this coming week are
Barnsdall Oh Co, Chicago Yellow Cab
Co. Inc; General Foods Corp. Mscv CR.
H. Il Co, Inc. and International Power
& Lieht Co. list Of the meetines Of
COMPANIES definitely scheduled is reported
by Fitch Investors Service as follows:
Monday. October 49,
Barnsdal Oil Co. (comD III am).
Wednesday, October 1S.
General GiEar Co.. Inc tpfdl a pm.,.
LiRgett g. Myers Tobacco Co. (com and
com. b I'll AMI
Loew's. Inc. lpfd) f3:3o pm).
Macy (R. H. g. Co., Inc. tcom.) 40
ann.
Thursday. October ~.
+, Chicago Yellow Cab Co.. Inc. (com
III ann
International Harvester Co. (pfd) e
J., National Power & Light Co. (com.)
9 PM.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Advance Of Federal
Issues Strengthens
Bond Market
Hieh-Grude Corporotes
Goin; Junior Groups
Under Pressure
Nv the A ssnciatnd preSs

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 14.-Bonds
worked up fair amount of buying
Interest after hesitation at the be-
ginning of today's brief market.
U. S. Governments continued to
push ahead and their rise tended
to Stiffen support for the general
run of top flight corporate liens. A
number of speculative issues, down
IN the early trading, finished even
or a little better, but this division
also was subject to weekend real
izing.
Advances in the Treasury group
ran from 3i32ds to 20 32ds of a
point. Dealers were reported to be
buying in belief the market might
be bolstered by absence of new
issues, the Treasury having indicated
all near-term requirements would
be met through issuance of Treas
ury bills.
War news from abroad caused the
usual vibrations in the foreign Sec
tor. A little selling brought wide de-
clines in Belgium 6l2s, and Dem
mark 4l2s. Italian and German
loans gave up fractions.
Corporates closing moderately
higher included Remington Rand
4As at 96i2, Shell 2l2s at 93A. Wes-
tern Union SIS of go at 1885, Nickel
Plate 5las at 6874, Delaware & Hud-
son refunding 4s at "a and Ameri-
can Telephone 3As of '66 at 103.
On the fractionally lower side
were Erie SIS of rs at 1872, Ameri-
can & Foreign Power SIS at SO, Illi-
nois Central Az. at 511a and MKT
IS of 81 at 25l2.
Transactions totaled $2,928, 900,
the smallest Saturday since August
26, compared with 1890 900 the pre-
vious Saturday.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
|Chuin Volumes
Up Is Per Cent
Year Aqo
BY the Associated Press.

oy Vic hSSOClhGcu FIeSSs
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE general
merchandise buying tempo of the
American public quickened during
September, a survey of more than a
score OF chain and mail order houses
indicated today.
Thirty organizations blanketing
the Nation reported sales were 13
per cent above those of September
1888, and extended a 10 per cent
advance recorded in August this
year.
Sales totaled $275,615,797, COM
pared with $243,l57,351 for the like
month in 1888. Sales of the same
organizations for the first nine
months this year totaled $2,246, ,026,-
068, an increase of almost 10 per cent
compared with sales of $2,047 Ate, ,218
for the comparable period a year
ago.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
for various years follow:
Cities Are Compared.

StNcS hIc SOHPdTcu.
While clearings here have failed
to equal 1929 levels. they have come
much closer than check volumes in
other cities Of comparable size.
A study Of reports from the Com
mercial and Financial Chronicle
shows that while September clear
ings here were 1876 per cent below
1929 and the nine-month volume
was 20.3 per cent under the same
period in that year, declines in other
cities were substantially larger.
The following table gives the per-
centage declines of September and
nine-month clearings from 1929
levels in various cities:
Evening star., 1939-10-15
AUGUST. 1899.
lotlIIId US.
Rank Records Set.

Bank Records Set.
New all-time records in bank de-
posits and assets were revealed by
Washington's % banks in answer
ing the controllers call for condi-
ton as of October 2.
While deposits reached 1854 ,955,-
71017 as reported earlier in the
week, assets of the capital institu-
tions jumped to $403 ,833, ,181.78.
Comparison of these high marks
with records of previous years shows
the extent to which the banks have
shared in general growth of the city.
Asset and deposit totals in vari-
Gus autumn bank calls, excepting
1896 and 1887, are given below (add
0OM.
Evening star., 1939-10-15

COttonseed Oil
Uncertainty over events abroad docped
the cottonseed oil futures market today.
Final prices were off II to IL points.
Sales totaled 81 contracts: December. 675
March. 6.97: May, roc bid Crude oil
was quoted 5a4 cents bid in the Southeast
and valley and 5ss nominal in Texas.