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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11

period. Food, for example,, C o S t
nearly 60 per cent more in May
1917 than it did in May 1913, while
the average hourly wages Of union
labor increased only IA per cent in
the same period.
1t was this factor that was re-
sponsible for much of the growth in
employer.employee disputes in the
last World war and Immediately af-
terward. In 1915 there were 3,789
strikes, three times as many as in
1914, and in 1917 4,4-0. The all-time
record for number Of workers in.
volved in strikes was reached in
1919 when living costs were near
their peak.
If living costs remain stable OF
rise only moderately, as now ex'
pected, strikes to force wage ad'
justments should not show an inor
dinate increase.
NEW CANCELLATION MEDIA
Two other factors will tend to
reduce the number Ct strikes ever
though business activity continues
at high rate. The first is the med
iation and Cancellation equipment
set up by the states and the feoeral
government within recent years and
which, with the experience already
gained, can settle many disputes
without stoppage of production or
loss of pay to workers. The other
factor is the huge reservoir of labor
available for unskilled a n d semi,
skilled jobs. The natural pressure
from this source will minimize the
demands of workers who feel them
selves easily replaceable.
Although the rank-and.file of
union labor remains anxious to end
dual unionism, the differences be-
tween the American Federation of
Labor and the Congress Of 1ndust-
rial Organizations appear as hard to
bridge as ever. Administration pres.
sure, applied strongly this past year,
has awaited little. Yet forces at
work withis and without organized
labor may yet induce the resumption
of negotiations. Further parleys,
even though they do not result in
Anschluss, may reach a working
agreement by which the two nation
al organizations can operate sepa.
rately in reasonable harmony.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
SHIPPING SERVICE
BUILDING PORT
Southeastern Shipping Serv-
ice Increases Tonnage OF
Port Each Year

One Of the business concerns
which is busily building the port Of
Wilmington and increasing it's ton.
mage each year is the Southeastern
Shipping Service, operated by NJ.
Monroe Riley and Roger Sturges
Riley.
Their ocean terminals are located
at the foot of Castle street, facing
directly on the river end extending
to Queen street.
Here they have approximately
10000 square feet of terminal space
where they handle such products as
burlap bagging from India, petro-
leum products in barrels, kegs,
cases and pals for distribution
throughout North Carolina, seed po.
tatoes amounting to several thous-
and tons annually, numerous lots
of package goods, such as peanut
butter, matches, salt and the like.
and large quantities Of crossties,
which are handled for export.
During the past few years they
have made considerable replacement
and improvement in the wharfage
facilities and have installed special.
lied equipment Of the newest type
for handling various commodities.
Two crosstie yards are maintain.
ed by the company for the buying
and shipping of orossties to their do
nestle customers.
The Southeastern Shipping Serv.
ice provides terminal handling and
expert ~stevedoring by experienced
longshoremen and operates as a YES.
sci agency service and also offers a
customhouse brokerage service, the
latter handled by Roger Sturges
Riley.
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strikes but not, because of their US
ually localized significance, ado
greatly to the number of man-days
lost because of labor disputes.
Yet the outlook for relative indus
trial peace is not as black as il
might be. Unionization has proceed
ed so rapidly during the last five
y rs that the violent organization
al strikes that might otherwise
trouble industrial progress in 1916
should be averted. In many indust-
ries, collective bargaining proce
dures have been worked out to q
reasonable point of efficiency i n
comparison with the constant fric
ton that was spasmodically reveal
ed in 1897 and 1888.
LABOR CHRISTENING
Labor has had SOLE chastenins
experiences during the past year
Legislation in various states, courr
decisions, the moderated rulings Of
the National Labor Relations boari
and the cooler attitude of the ad
ministration, have all helped to les.
sen the sense of impregnability
which prevailed two years ago. The
announcement by former Attorney
General Frank Murphy that his de
partment would act on the assump
ton that the antitrust laws apply
to labor unions was a shock in some
quarters while the ruling of the
supreme court against sit-downs and
the damages fixed by the jury in
the Apex Hosiery case had dampen.
ing effect in others.
THE LIVING-COST FACTOR
The extent and seriousness of In.
dustrial unrest during the coming
year depends to q large degree upon
the trend Of living costs. When Eu.
rope was at war before, labor as Il
whole suffered a considerable loss
in real income" even though wage
rates scared above the pre-war
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
ATLANTIC PAINT
HAS fine YEAR
Intensive Sales Campaign In
Carolinas Planned
For 1910

Despite the fact that activity in
the tobacco belts fell off somewhat
last year due to the closing of the
marts temporarily, gains in other
sections more than offset the loss
and the year 1889 proved to be bet.
ter than that Of 1888 for the Allan.
tic Paint and Varnish works.
And the outlook for 1910 is good,
the management of the company
says. Plans n being made for in.
tensive sales campaigns in North
and South Carolina and indications
are they will be productive of great.
er business.
Established in 1910 by T. W.
Prichard and the late M. A. Curtis,
Jr., the business first occupied a
small building on Water street.
AS the business grew, the firm
moved in 1912 to Fl Market street
where they manufactured paints on
the second and third floors and
carried on the sales work in a re
tail and wholesale store on the
first floor. Meeting with success
continuously, the company again
was forced to move in 1916 to the
present location, AIS Martin street
where the facilities of the plant
were expanded and enlarged con-
slderably. In this new location much
new machinery was added and the
capacity Of the plant greatly in
creased.
At present, near the close of 80
years successful operation, during
which time the company has
changed ownership several times,
always to the advantage of improv.
ing service and products, the Allan.
tic operates a modern paint manu-.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
FOREST HILLS TO
R0OST BUILDING
no.ord Year For Construc-
INN Is Seen By Officers Of
development Company

of the most attractive sub
.-;ons in eastern North Carolina
rorest Hills, situated a mile east
# wilmington.
@ PRACTICALLY a new development
Hills has many fine homes
f" No more modern type and many
@~ are now nearing completion,
ol Tse past has seen much building
building of fine homes,
p salete with every convenience
isa,nd in the better homes of the
3 paECoRD YEAR SEEN
Hn ss now the Forest Hills Devel-
,nment company announces that
o .am is to be a record year in the
l.nstruction of new homes there.
Tborc is a greater interest in
subdivision now than ever be-
sn0 officials of the company say,
lOaI with better financial conditions
4;s+inr in Wilmington's business,
eA.ro is promise of a great build
sna nrogram for the development.
There are many fine features in
rorest Hills the natural beau
=. of the woods with their wales
nd hills. the winding roads and
~alks, rustic and attractive and
oood under tire and foot. The soil
:. rich and is productive of good
.os,lts when titled to grow flowers
I'D shrubs. Excellent drainage aids
here also
school, convenient to all the homes,
veil equipped and boasting an ex-
rplIept staff Of teachers.
uomesites and estates are broad
and SPACIOUS and unusually low
nrices are now prevailing, which is
moving an additional incentive to
building.
THE officers of the Forest Hills
Development company are H. M.
Solomon, president; P. B.. Ruffin,
vice- president, and w. A. McGirt,
secretary-treasurer.
Reasonable restrictions are in eff
feet in the subdivision for the pro-
lection of those who invest in
Forest Hills. Maps and price lists
of this modern development may be
seen at the office CT W. A. McGirt,
III Princess street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
Foxes Now Die
BY Electrocution
AP Feature Service

49, IVA
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y
Ladies, that fox around your neck
may have been shocked to death.
Uncle Sam, mindful of his many
responsibilities. including those of
the little foxes, winces at the
thought Of painful deaths suffered
by animals in the name of fem
mime Identification, and is doing
something about it.
Experts at a government fur
animal experiment station here have
invoked the aid Of electricity to
end the earthly careers Of foxes,
martins and other small fur-bear-
ing animals.
Ira N. Gabrielson, chief Of the
Bureau of Biological Survey, prais-
es the shocking" technic, saying it
operates quickly and humanely."
One hundred and ten volts of
electricity, the same as commonly
carried on commercial circuits for
household use, does the job. Two
electrodes r applied to the bodies
of the foxes, a switch is pulled, and
the animals die in two to six Sec
onds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
RAIL EXPRESS REVENUES UP

RAIL EXPRESS REVENUES UP
Railway Express Agency reports
total revenues during October of
$15,229,6O5, compared with $15.007-
IT'S in October, 1888, and made pay.
ments to rail and other carriers to-
falling s~5,667,2s7, against s5,61s,4ss.
For the first ten months Of 1899
Railway Express Agency collected
$13S,229,337, against $12S, 334,2 1858 in
the period of 1888 and made pay
ments to rail and other carriers to-
falling $46,610,159, compared with
Sal. 1O6, 937 in 1898.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
MORE BUSINESS
AND MORE STRIKES
Recent Developments Indicate
Unrest May Be Below Nor
NAL Property Level
By Cambridge Associates

Nineteen-forty Is not likely to dis
prove the axiom: More business,
more strikes.
Granted that trade continues on
a high level it is safe to assume
that industrial unrest will keep
pace with it as workers strive to
gain what they believe is their share
o. prosperity's profits. The con.
tinued and more indicative dis.
agreement between the American
Federation of Labor and the Con.
gress of Industrial Organizations
will boost the total number of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
THREE MEN,
THREE FATES

BALBOA, Calf Up -Eleven
years ago, three young men were
fellow workers, and friends at a
big ballroom here. Recently they
met again-in court.
One was judge, one was the ar
resting officer, the third the cul.
prit, charged with taking a radio
antenna from a police car.
The judge gave his old friend a
suspended sentence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
A SPY is

PARIS-R)-A 35-year-old Ger.
man, convicted OF attempting to en-
tice beautiful French women into
the services of the German espion.
age, was sentenced to 20 years
hard labor,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
AUU VAS

SPRINGFIELD, o. up -Isabe,
Tracy observed two signs over a
first-aid station door. One reaG
First Aid" and the other just be
low, read, "Stay Out"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11

Nineteen thirty-nine was the first
year since mining became an i'm.
portant economic enterprise in the
United States that no single disas-
ter occurred.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11

Hampton Court palace, England,
the magnificent residence which
Cardinal Wolsey built and later pre-
scented to King Henry VIII, has
nearly 1000 rooms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11

Air, when cooled to a temperature
of 216 degrees below zero Fahren-
heit, will turn to liquid: and at 80
degrees below zero it starts to boil.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-lR- u. S.
Dept. Adjustable hogs 500; to-
tai $500; not enough strictly good
and choice kinds On sale to make
a market; few medium weight
sows 5.85 to 600; quotable t o .
around $40 for choice butchers if
available; shippers took nothing;
holdover 500; compared with a
week ago: Good and choice 100 to
300 ID. barrows and gifts Is to 80
lower; heavier butchers IS to 20
lower; sows little changed.
Salable cattle 1000; calves 100;
compared Friday last week: choice
and prime steers and yearlings
strong to Is higher, most advance
on medium weights and heavies;
all other grades around Is lower;
stockers and feeders strong early,
closed weak; liberal country de-
mand for all grades with volume
heaviest of current western season.
Fed heifers steady, others Is or
more lower; all grades cows
steady; weighty bulls steady,
others weak to Is lower; vealers
so lower; new top 1850 for prime
1173 Id. steers, with heifers up to
1900; many steers 1900 to 400,
best yearlings 1875; Gamer and
cutter cows 3.75 to $40; weighty
sausage bulls to IT'S; top v~ealers
l1.5O; bulk yearling stockers 900
to HOO, western calves 1850 to
1900. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
UNCHANGED
FOR MOST PART
Buyers Too Choosy TO Estab-
fish A Trend; Some Is.
sues Are Higher

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-R-The
bond market inclined higher today
but buyers were too choosy to es-
tablish a uniform trend and many
issues held unchanged from Fri
days finals.
An assortment of domestic loans
generally classified as special
ties" because they fall in none of
the main groups made the best
showing. Included were Bush Ter
minal building IS a IS. up 1 IL,
Walker, Gooderham g. Worts 4 LIS
at los IA, up ga, and Abitibi. paper
IS at So, up /.
Others improving moderately in
cluded Portland General Electric
4 lbs at rs 3-8, MCKEE Plate 4 LIS
at 9, Northern Pacific As at 70,
Commonwealth Edison 8 lbs at
1872 IL, American & Foreign Power
IS at so IL, Cuban Northern Rail
way S LIS at 10 10, International
Hydro Electric IS at. 81 IL and
S%tudebaker IS at 1O4 10.
Unchanged to lower we're among
others, Western Union IS, Nation
al Dairy 8 3-4s, Loews 3 lbs, big
Four" As, Armour IS, American
Telephone 3 las and Detroit Edi-
o 4 lbs.
'Sao Paulo stamped Is and Pa
mama Stamped IS each gained a
point or so while other foreign dol
lar loans marked time.
U. S. Governments closed 1882
Of a point up to 1872 down.
Sales of So, 954, 500, par value,
compared with ST. 9O, 500 last Sat
urday. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Steels And Industrials
Gain In Stock Market
FOREIGN

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-R-The
free Argentine peso dropped is
cent to 1885 cents today in con-
tinuation of the weeks losing
streak in relation to the dollar.
The decline, foreign exchange
dealers said, hinged on the ina
bility-or possibly unwillingness-
OF Argentina to supply dollar ex-
change to buy U. S. goods.
Sterling dipped IL cent to $14.03
while the Swiss franc added .O1
OF a cent at 49, 4 cents. Unchanged
was the Canadian dollar at Sc SO
cents.
Closing rates follow Great Brit
ain in dollars. others in cents)
Canada: Official Canadian con-
troll boards rates for U. S. dol
lars in New York Of buying 9.91
selling II per cent premium, equiv
alent to discounts on Canadian dol
lars in ew York of buying 9.9Nl
per cent. selling 900 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 10 3-8 per cent dis.
count or 1862 10 U. S. cents.
Europe: Great Britain, official,
bankers foreign exchange COM
mittee rates., buying $4.02, SELL
ing $4.O4; open market, cabels
$4.03; Germany 40. BON; (benevo.
lent 1900; Finland 2.O5n; Greece
.68; Hungary 10. 50n; Italy 500;
Portugal 4.01; Rumania .48n; Swe-
den 1886; Switzerland 1924; Yugo-
slavia 2.35n.
Latin America: Argentine off.
cial 29.77; free 1885: Brazil Off.
cial sos; free sos; Mexico 20. 85n.
Far East: Japan 23.48; Hong
kong 1925: Shanghai 6.O7.
Crates in spot cables unless
otherwise indicated).
N-nominal. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-R-Cot-
ton futures sold in a 3-point range
today. Final prices we're l to 2
points lower. Most operations were
routine price fixing by the trade
and weekend evening up.
Spot houses said December and
July when the market showed ris-
ing tendencies. Principal support
for later months came from brok-
'ers with B o b a connections.
Worth Street expressed satisfac-
ton with business which m a n y
brokers felt presaged broader in
terest in the near future. Prices
held firm at recently advanced
levels. Exports Friday 4T8 bales;
season so far 284, SOB port receipts
20, port stocks 2,989, 256.
Ranoe follows. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
AP Average Up 4 OF Point
With Transfers Double
Last Saturdays
BY FREDERICK GARDNER

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-RH
Stocks ended the week on the ad.
vancing side in today's market
with steels and industrial special
ties out in front for gains running
to a point or so.
Volume picked up on the for
ward swing to the largest turn
over for a Saturday in about four
months. Prices, at their tops in
the first hour, were shaded in most
instances at the close.
Up A of Point
The Associated Press average OF
go stocks was up a Of a point at
As, making net improvement for
the week 3. 1t was the second week
rise for this composite. A month
ago it stood at 44.3 and a year
ago at SOL.
Transfers for the two hours tot
allied 418, 070 shares against 2l6,.
440 a week ago and was the best
for a two-hour day since June Is.
Steels were buoyed by signs of
another Jump in next weeks mill
operations to near.capacity levels.
Pig iron at Pittsburgh was boosted
$50 a ton.
Prominent share performers in
cluded U. S. Steel, Bethlehem and
Youngstown Steel, Wheeling Steel,
Republic S e e l, American Tele-
phone, American Smelling, Con-
solidated Edison. Dow Chemical,
American Can, Texas Corp, Du
Pont, Union Carbide and Allied
Chemical.
General Motors and Chrysler,
were w only 3-8 of a point each
despite forecasts of heavy sales
and output and the announcement
of defense commissioner Knudsen
that government orders of around
$500, 900, 900 for aircraft parts,
would go to automotive concerns.
In the curb modest improve.
ment was shown for J &
American Gas, E. w. Bliss, Gulf
Laughlin, American Cyanamid,
Oil and Electric Bond &; Share.
The turnover here was around 3d.
900 shares compared with $4,000
last Saturday. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
British Fouow u. S.
Campaign With Interest

LONDON, Oct. 26-R-The Brit
ish are following the United States
presidential race with a more avid
interest than they have paid to any
political campaign outside the Brit
ish Isles in many years.
The National Press carries cam
paign stories day and night, illus
trated with photographs of vigor-
Gus electioneering incidents far re-
moved from the sedate English
trend.
AS a whole, the newspapers have
taken no sides. They have told their
readers that both President Roose-
welt and Wendell Willkie r COM
mitted to a continuation of aid for
Britain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
answer To
Uranium Crackers
Questions on Comic Page)

i. Excepting Coolidge, Theodore
Roosevelt was the most recent,
vice president to ascend to the
presidency.
2. Thomas Marshall, vice presi-
dent from 1918 to 1921 under Wood
row Wilson, wanted a good five
cent cigar.
3. Nine vice presidents have as
cended to the presidency-three by
election and six by death of the
President.
4. Most recent vice president to
have a mustache was Charles Cur
It's, who served under Herbert Hoo
yer.
5. Charles Dawes, vice president
under Coolidge, was nicknamed,
Hell and Maria" 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-R-Wheat
prices tumbled almost three cents
a bushel today after an early frac-
tional advance in a wave of liquid
alton touched off by uneasiness re-
garding the recent sharp upturn
and eagerness to take accumu.
lated profits.
Despite scattered mill support
and short covering attracted by
the price break, wheat closed l
7-8 to 2 IA lower than yesterday,
December "a IL to 3-8, May SO
l-8 to 80; corn l to 2 lower, Deem
Der 60 3-8 to SO, May 81 "a; oats
IA to 7-8 down. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
METALS

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-R-Cop-
per steady; Electrolytic Spot Conn.
Valley 1900; export FAS NY 1915
to HOO. Tin steady; spot and near
by 51.62 IL; forward $3.50. Lead
steady; spot, New York $50 to
IS; east st. Louis 5.35. Zinc steady;
east st. Louis spot and forward
7.25. Pig iron, luminum. antimony.
quicksilver, platinum, Chinese VOL
frantic and domestic scheelite un-
changed. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-R-Cash
wheat No. l yellow hard rs IL.
Corn old No. 1 yellow 68 to So
IL; new No. 3 yellow SO IL to IS:
No. 4, 81 to "a; No. 5, SO to 60
10; No. 5 white 60; sample 81 10
to 81 IL.
Oats sample white 80; No. 2
white heavy SO IL; No. l red TX
ira heavy SO IA.
Soybeans No. 2 yellow "a IL to
IS; No. 8, "a.
Buck wheat No. l., 1.07; sample
80.
Field seed per hundred weight
nominal; Timothy seed 3.65; al
sike 900 to HOO; fancy red top
$50 to 800; red clover 800 to
1000; sweet clover $50. to 400. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
COTTONsEED OIL

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-R-In a
strictly local trade, sales in cotton
seed oil futures were limited to
II contracts today, all in the May
position.
The delivery finished unchanged
on a bid price of 5.63. Other clos
ing bids were: Dec. $50; Jan. 5.42;
Mich. 5.53.
Crude oil was 4 IA to 4 IL cents
nominal in the southeast and 4
IA bid in the valley. Texas quoted
40 to AIS, depending upon loca-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, Oct. 26.-(R-CU.
S. Dept. Agr.)Hogs $50. Steady
with Friday. Good and choice 1870
to 24o lbs. $50 to IS; practical top
6.85; $50 to 100 lbs. $40 to IS;
ESQ to 300 lbs. and 40 to $50 lbs.
$50 to SIS; 100 to 40 lbs. 6.1O to
IS; 100 to 100 lbs. and 40 to 16O
lbs. $50 to SIS; 100 to 40 lbs. 6.10
to 35; 120 to 100 lbs. $50 to 6.15.
Packing sows $50 to 80. Compared
with week ago; butchers 100 lbs.
mostly 10 lower. $50 lbs. dow n
ward 5 higher. Packing sows 10
higher. Q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-R- U. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes, arrivals
l07; on track 1863; total U. S. ship
ments SGT; supplies liberal; de-
mand slow; Idaho russets barely
steady; northern stock about stea.
.dy on best quality; sacked per
cWt Idaho russell burbanks US /,
1.35 to 40; Nebraska bliss triumphs
US l, lao to As; Minnesota and
North Dakota cobblers 80 to IS
per cent US 1, 80 to IS; early
Ohios 80 to IS per cent US I, 30
to 90 IL; bliss triumphs IS per
cent or more US l, 80 to 1.25. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
WHAT STOCKS DID
Chief Rourk Awarded
Institute Certificate

CHAPEL HILL, Oct. 26. Up
The Institute of Governments first
monthly police school closed today
with Justice W. A. Devin awarding
certificates to 43 officers and Hugh
H.. Clegg. assistant FBI director.
urging law enforcement agencies to
greater service and coordinate eff
fort as "America's first line of de-
tense against fifth column activi-
ties"
Justices Heriot Clarkson. Michael
Schenck, and A. A. F. Seawell also
attended the exercises and were
honor guests with Judge Devin and
J. G. Hanes of Winston.Salem, who
helped Director Albert Coates or
ganize the institute, and two other
ranking officials and instructors
from the FBI, E. P. Coffey and Law
rnece, Hince.
Wilmington's police chief, Joseph
c. Rourk, was among the officers
receiving certificates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
N. O. AVERAGE

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 26.-RN
The average price of middling Is
16ths inch cotton today at ten des-
ignated Southern spot markets was
l point lower at 9.36 cents a pound
average for the past thirty mar
ket days $40 cents; middling T.
8ths inch average 9.15 cents a a
pound. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, Oct. 26.-(A-
Peanut quotations: jumbos 3 SD
td 3 7-8; bunch 3 IA to 8 3-8; rum
rers 3 to 3 IA. Market unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
COTTONsEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 26.-R-
Cottonseed oil closed steady. The
detachable prime summer yellow
5.25nom; prime crude 4.25b. Dec.
4.93b, Jan Abb, Mich. 5.08b, May
5.10b, Jly. Sob.
Bid. 2