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Evening star., 1940-10-18
Retail Trade Fails
To Register Usual
Seasonal Rise
Indian Summer Gets
BIome for Relatively
Poor Showing
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18-The weeks
retail trade over the Nation failed
to record gains that are usually ex-
pected at this time, and merchants
were disposed to blame Indian sum-
mer weather in part for the disap-
pointing showing, Dun & Brad
street reported.
Some improvement came with
the return to normal seasonal tenn
peratures at midweek.
Sales figures were up against
especially high totals for the cor
responding week last year, when re-
tail buying jumped smartly with a
sudden drop in temperatures, said
the mercantile agency's survey.
The average for the whole coun-
try was estimated to per cent
higher than for last years week.
In individual regions comparisons
ranged from an increase of to IL
per cent for the Middle West to a
decrease Of to 4 per cent for the
Northwest.
The spell of warmer weather also
tended to check retailers recorder
activity somewhat. For the
most part heavier forward covering
was more than sufficient to Offset
the mild letdown in replacement
demand"
Evening star., 1940-10-18
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Oct. 1s P,.-Esss. 7,4es:
steady to Arm.
Mixed coiors. fancy to extra fancy. 90
81: extras. 25l2: Graded nrsts. 90; seconds.
1ah.soh mediums' sSiap. 1sni drties' No. l.
fancy to Extra tsncy sg
l9h: seconds; 1881: mediums, Is:
Whites tresales of premium marks. 39-
41I2 nearby and Midwestern. premium
marks. 36-3sh; specials, 34!a-35A: stand
ards. 28h-29: resales of exchange to fancy
heavier mediums. 27la-31; mediums, 81:
Refrigerator. nearby and Midwestern.
specials. 24-26h: standards, 21a-22h:
firsts. 19h-2O12; mediums 2O-21.
Browns. nearby and Midwestern, fancy
to extra fancy, 32-3S: specials. 81: stand
ards, 24A; mediums. 23h-24: pullets.
Duck esgs 27-2S
Butter. s66,253: steady; creamery, high
er than extra 3034-31 "a: extra (92 score).
30h-h: irsts (ss-9D. 2sA-30A; seconds
tS4-S0. 26A-2SA.
UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
| Buick Reports
| Retail Sales
Increasing
,y the Associated Press.

DETROIT, Oct. 18-Buick di-
vision of General Motors Corp. re-
ported today that its retail sales of
new cars for the first 10 days Of
October numbered 10,419. The COM
pany previously reported retail sales
for the final Today period of Sep
tember at $500 units
Unified orders as of October 10
were reported at 1924. On Sep
tember 80 they numbered 22.63l.
Oldsmobile division reported its
retail sales for the initial October
period at 1854 units. Sales for the
last 10 days of September numbered
1885 cars.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
ILondon Market
Irregular and
Marrow
By TIE Associated Press.

BY TIE Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 19.-Security
prices moved over narrowly ir-
regular route today.
British government bonds, which
during the week reached highs for
a year or more, lost Is point.
Heavy manufacturing and pro-
vision stocks tended upward.
Electric equipment and some COM
munication issues showed small
losses.
Rails advanced as much as Y
point. A few gains spotted the
kaffir group. Coppers were slightly
lower.
In the foreign bond market
Japanese obligations rose sharply
again, gains extending to 2 points.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
She'll Oil Completes
Merqer of Two Units
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18-Shell Oh
Co. announced today it had COM
pleted merger of two major mar
keting units and enlargement of
field sales staffs.
The company said 800 families
were shifted from st. Louis to New
York and 270 other families from
the former Midwest headquarters in
st. Louis to division offices in Chi
cago, Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapo-
lis, Nashville, Atlanta, Baltimore
and other cities and to production
Offices in the Southwest and Middle
West.
Household effects of the families
moved here were transferred in $50
motor vans.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Chicuqo Produce

7743o3; steady: creamery, 81 score, 49,
90, 2s3.: SO, %; ss, 27Ia 90, centralized
caflots. .Sa4-29. Othcr prices unchanged
Eggs receipts. 4.453 firm: fresh graded,
extra firsts. local. "A: cars "a; firsts. local
eW cars, 20l2; current receipts, 19: dirties'
liz: checks Is. Other prices unchanged.
Poultry live, 80 trucks steady; market
UNCHANGED. ,,, - .oe.
total q s. shipments, 6s6; supplies heavy.
demand very light for Northern Cobblers
market slightly weaker: other varieties. all
sections, market about steady; Idaho, Rus
set Hurbanks u s. No. /, .35-45: Mime
sota and North Dakota, Cobblers, 1890
Der cent u 8. No. l. s0-s5 Early Ohios.
s5 per cent s. No. l.. 90: Bliss Triumphs.
S5-eO per cent o g. No. l, e0-1.0O.
Evening star., 1940-10-18

r In bankruptcy or recefvership or oeins
reorsanized under the Bankruptcy Act. or
securities assumed By such companies
Rates Of dividends in the foregoing tabl
are annual disbursements based on the
last quarterly or semi-annual declara.
ton Unless otherwise noted. special OF
extra dividends are not included Also
extra or extras d Accumulated dividends
paid last year Declared or oaid 50
far this year PAYABLE in stock ePsi6
last year Cash or stock Accumu-
lated dividends paid or declared this year
VI Under rule wv With warrants ~
Without warrants var Warrants
Evening star., 1940-10-18

Also extra or extras.
Declared or paid so far this year.
Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers, Inc. which
states they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or Arm bids or offers but
should indicate Approximate prices.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Cotton Mill Activity
Al 96.7 Per Cent
In September
Coins Over August
And 1899 Month
Are Recorded
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Census Bureau reported to-
day that the cotton-spinning in
dustry operated during September
at 96.7 per cent Of capacity, on q
two-shift, 80-hour-week basis, COM
pared with 9O.4 per cent during Au-
gust this year and 92.5 per cent dur
ing September last year.
Spinning spindles in place Sep
tember 80 totaled 24,616,762, of which
22,278,2O4 were active at some time
during the month, compared with
24,73O,894 and 22,o78,162 for August
this year, and 25.156.480 and o.
231 976 for September last year.
Active spindle hours for Septem-
ber totaled 1857 ,481 .268, or an aver
age OF 800 hours per spindle in place.
compared with 1872, ,120,6l9 and $40
for August this year. and 7,695.0lc
129 and 306 for September last year.
Spinning spindles in place Sep
tember 30 included: In cottc2-
growing States, 1906 ,402, of whitn
1896 544 were active at some tine
during the month, compared with
1924, ,502 and l6.8371O8 for kusUt
this year, and l8,244,884 and l6,-
653846 for September last year; and
in the New England States, 5,731 ,6i8
and 4,724,148, compared with 5,677.-
LOG and 4,640,996, and 6,l12,62o and
4,958,62O.
Active spindle hours for September
included: In cotton growing States,
6.3l6, ,707, $50, or an average of 349
per spindle in place. compared with
6,308, 1925 699, and 348 for August this
year, and 6,083 ,485,588 and 333 for
September last year; and in the New
England States, 1,403 $40 ,059 and 243,
compared with 1,404 238 008 and 239
and 453 ,039 $50 and 233
Active spindle hours for Septem-
Der and the average per spindle in
place, by States, we're:
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Odd-Lot Declines
(Reported bx Smith, I
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASBoclAted PreSS.
The Securities Commission reported to-
day these transactions by customers with
odd-lot dealers or specialists on the New
York Stock Exchange for October II: 1853
purchases involving 71,102 shares; $500
sales involving "a 100 shares. including 81
short sales involving 1855 shares.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Washington Exchange
SALES.

Lincoln Service common-10 at 17la.
Potomac Electric Power 5la 70 pfd-
Is at lis.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
INew Securities
Show Decrease
|Durinq Week

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 18-The capital
market quieted this week. public Of
ferings of new securities through
yesterday totaling s42 ,466,76S, Poor's
Publishing Co. reported today.
The total was far below the huge
volume of the previous week. but
substantially greater than the same
week a year ago.
Only 13 per cent of the total rep
resented demand for new money.
The remainder was accounted for
by refunding operations.
Comparisons follow:
Municipal.
sfdicls h' s:ef 5sssss5O R5sy sssS sisssSo ysis:ss
Public Utility.
22,35ooOo 1os.1oo.ooo -
Railroad.
37.3e1.Ooo 5000 900
Miscellaneous.
100000 ---
Stock.
10000 $50 2.2e54os 54sooo
Total.
42,466,76s 211,s25,4o6 14.25s5OO
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Tin Prices

LONDON. Oct Is R.-Tin quiet; spot,
f26S 1Os bid $3.50 asked; future, $3.50 15s
Nd, EGO asked.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK Oct 1s-Dvidends de-
elared-prepared by Fitch Publishing Co.:
Accumulated.
Pc Stk Of Pay
Rate. riod. record. able.
Worth Pump & Mach
ga cum pr pf 81 12l2 - ia 1S-l4
Do ll2Tcv pf pf S112iz - ia 12-l4
Resumed.
Gen Gable Corp
7ro pf --------S1.7o - 1O-2s LII
Year End.
Jonas g. NaurnburG 10c - lois lO-24
Increased.
container Corp OF Am 75c - 11-4 11-2O
ReKular,
Evening star., 1940-10-18

Alabama 64s $50 621 and $50.
Connecticut. l07 924,s4a and 207.
EeGTsla Sa1ne ,a4 los 90 o3 * 764 a. sna Sss pa
Massachusetts, 155 ,554 699 and 234.
MISSISSIPPI. .2s,462: 754 and 1se.
New Hampshire. 50 $50 5s4 and 27e
New York. 76.4s1.4s7 and 231.
North Carolina 1891 $50 and 333
Rhode Island. 250,999.352 and 2s5
South Carolina, 2.012 4sO.25a and 376.
Tennessee. 224. O6o 252 and 4O4.
Texas. s1.5O7226 and 344
Virginia. 175.oa9 O14 and 215.
All other States, 1ls,520.012 and IA.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
New York Bar Silver

NEW YORK, Oct. Is R.-Bar
silver, SAN, unchanged.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK OFT Is LPl.-Ns 'ion-'
ISOLATION Securities Dealers, Inc
tQuotations as Of . o'c,o-tD
Evening star., 1940-10-18
BONDS
PUBLIC UTILITY.

PUBLIC UTILITY.
Bid Asked.
Anacostia Il Pot 5s l949 l04 1854
Ana Pot Guar IS lp4a 1I1z
Cap Traction lst SIS 1874 103
City Suburban IS 1913 1u4 1O5a
GEORGETOWN Gas 1st 5s 1861 l22
Pot Elec Pow :Ii.s 1866 l0sha
Washington Gas 5s 1860 - 12s 134
Wash Rwy Elec As 1851 10Y
MISCELLANEOUS.
Col Country lst 4i4S 1857 l03
Ter RI 4 w c 1st 4l4s l94S 100
Evening star., 1940-10-18
u. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK Oct 1S LP.-Prices quoted
in dollars and thirty-seconds.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Federal Lund Bunks

NEW YORK. Oct. 10 R.-Federal Land
Evening star., 1940-10-18

Tex diVHend
tPlus extras. enrr extra. Z S14 90 extra
paid December % 1899 20c extra.
m 81 so extra PSI 90 paid September 30,
1910 50 90 paid in 1889. t25c paid
July /. 1910 vSlOO extra paid January.
1910, ySo.00 extra.
Evening star., 1940-10-18

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Evening star., 1940-10-18
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK, Oct 1 s LP-National As.
soclation Securities Dealers. Inc:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
TAR HEELS SPEED
UP 0FFENSE DRILL
Lalanne Still Out Of Lineup
With Injured Foot; Only
Dummy Drill Held

CHAPEL HILL, Nov. 6.-(R-
With Co-Captain Gates Kimball
Frank O'Hare, Don Baker, and
Mike Bobbitt back in harness,
North Carolina's varsity ran in.
tact except for Jim Lalanne today
as Coach Ray Wolf pushed often.
sive drills for Richmond.
Lalanne, who led the Tar Hee
ground and air forces in its heavy
stretch with Fordham, Tul a n e.
State, and TCU, was kept off his
injured foot again, but is expected
to be ready Saturday.
Reserve O'Hare and sophomore
Johnny Pecora ran the varsity to
day, with speedy Don Baker anc
rangy Roy Connor standing out az
wingbacks and pass receivers, anc
Sid Sadoff and Bill Sigler alternat
ing at the plunging job.
The Tar Heels worked over their
Whole versatile offense, running
and passing, but Coach Wolf, see.
ing the need of rest and fearing
further injuries, forewent scrim
mage for dummy drills and rested
veterans while polishing reserves.
Running with the varsity today
were SEVERN and Richardson,
ends; Sleek and Kimball, tackles;
Novel; and Marshall, guards;
Smith, center; O'Hare, quarter;
Dunkle and Connor, ha1fbacks, and
Sadoff, fullback. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
WINTER PARK BATTLES
HEMENWAY TO &C TIE
johnson Blocks Punt To Bring
Deadlock; Wrightsboro Beats
Forest Hills

A blocked punt recovered over
the goal line by Billy johnson
saved the Winter Park six-man
football team from defeat and
gained a to 6 tie with the recov-
cred Hemenway siv yesterday aft
ernoon on Robert Strange field.
The Hemenway team which was
on the bottom of the heap came to
life with the opening whistle and
capped their play in the first period
with 35 yard run by Harven who
sliced through the guard for a
touchdown. The extra point at
tempt fell short.
For the better part of the three
periods the teams battled on about
even terms with the Winter Park
team gaining the edge in first
downs 4 to 3. Late in the fourth
period with the Hemenway team
backed up on it's own goal line the
Winter Park line swarmed over
Harvell and blocked his kick from
behind the goal with johnson fall
ing on it for the Parkers score.
The Wrightsboro eleven scored
a 13 to 0 win over the Forest Hills
eleven in touch football on the
Wrightsboro field yesterday after
noon.
Craven intercepted one of John
ny Symmes fine passes and ran
to the four yard Forest Hills line.
Craven then passed to B. Bridges
for the first touchdown and the
former also added the extra point
with an off-tackle smash.
With the ball on the Forest
Hills IL yard line Craven dropped
back and dropped the ball into the
hands of Bridges for the final
touchdown. The try for extra point
failed.
This afternoon the Isaac Bear
six will tackle the league leading
Tileston six on the Strange field at
3:15 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
Jumps Into
All-America Picture
Stanford Ace Giving Kim
brough Most Opposition;
State Players Get Attention
BY HERB BARKER

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-RAJohn
Alec Kimbrough's bid for an All.
America football berth for the sec.
ond year in succession is running
into unexpectedly serious opposi.
ton, most particularly from Stan.
ford's great fullback, Norman
Standlee.
Fullbacks are extraordinarily
plentiful this season but Standlee
and Kimbrough certainly rate at
or close to the top on anybody S
list.
Although not quite as spectacu.
lar as he was a year ago, Kim.
brough once more is the pace-set.
ter for the Texas Aggies, current.
ly undefeated and heading in the
general direction of another un-
beaten season and another South
west conference title.
Despite massed defenses Jar.
ring John is up to his old line
smashing tricks, catching passes,
serving as an effective blocker
when someone else is carrying the
ball, playing brilliantly on defense
and generally proving a scourge
to the opposition.
Standlee by the same token, has
been a major factor in Stanford s
stunning rise. Almost as big as
Kimbrough at 212 and extremely
fast, Standlee has been a consist
ent ground-gainer all season as
well as one of the best kickers in
the far west.
Against U. c. L. A. last week,
Standlee played Sc minute picked
up 1856 yards in 18 rushes, passed
well and booted for an average OF
SO yards. A runaway box car, -
one critic called him.
Babe Horrell. U. c. L. A. coach,
gave Standlee the edge over Kim.
brough on the basis of their play
against his team. The comparison,
however, may not be entirely fair
since KiKmbrough spent some time
in hospital the week of the Texas
Aggies-U. c. L. A. game, made
the trip to Los Angeles by air
and wound up playing 60 minutes
against the tough Bruins.
Kimbrough, incidentally, was all
over the field against Arkansas
last week. He played 50 minutes,
scored one touchdown and inter.
cepted two passes for runbacks OF
47 and 38 yards, one of which set
up another Aggie touchdown.
AS a group, no section of the
country can boast quite SO many
first-class fullbacks as the West.
ern conference, where handouts in
clude John Petty of Purdue:
George Paskvan, Wisconsin,; Jim
Langhurst, Ohio State; Don Claw.
son, Northwestern; Bob Westfall,
Michigan; Bob Sweiger, Minneso-
ia and Bill Green Iowa. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
PASS DEFENSE

The New Hanover High school
Wildcats really put on a defensive
drill against passes yesterday aft
ernoon as Coach Bob Black put his
first string line against his sharp
shooting and shifty backfield and
the results were very heartening.
The forward wall pushed
through the second string line to
rush Jennings Edwards as he at
tempted to get off his passes and
smothered him on most occasions.
At intervals in the practice Junior
got off some beauties to Bobby Ed
wards and Wetzel Holt and also
mixed in a few end-around plays
which have become very common
with most college elevens this
year. The play has proven to be
one of the best ground gamers
used and the Wildcats are giving
it plenty of work. Horton did some
nice running during his stay in the
first backfeld and then intercepted
a long aerial and outsprinted the
field for what would have been a
touchdown in any regular game.
The locals are pointing for the
game with the Wilson 'Coons and
have been popped up by the COM
parison of their showing against
New Bern and the 3 to 0 win of
Wilson over Goldsboro which had
to be satisfied with tie with the
New Bern lads.
All members of the squad were
in uniform and working at fever
pitch yesterday except Billy Pitt
man, fullback. The great line con-
tinued to open big holes in the Sec
ond line, but the number two boys
slipped through on number of
instances to drop the backs.
Officials are preparing for the
biggest crowd of the season and
the gates will be open early to take
care Of the rush. The finest pass
ing team in the conference against
the steamroller tactics of the
Wildcats will cause plenty Of fire.
works.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
DUKE DRILLS FOR
TILT With cats
Davidson Holds Workout
Without Much Rough Work
In Getting Ready

DURHAM, Nov. 6.-Py-FootS,r
fans who think Duke UNIVERSE,
Blue Devils are taking SATURDAY.,
game here with Davidson HpbtIr
should have watched the Duke souod
in this afternoons drill.
Coach Wallace Wade worked II,
boys just about an hour, but tbs
practice was high-lighted bv briss
scrimmage in which a third and
fourth string club was put On tba
defense against a first and second
team running plays the Blue Devil,
will use Saturday..
Wesley McAfee and Steve racb
two members of the No. / backfiola
and al Piasecky, No. end, We're not
in the drill today, because of lato
classes. Included in the backfia,6s
used today were Jap Davis and
Tommy Prothro, of the No. l team
Frank Killian, Frank Swiger Win.
ston Siegfried, and Bill Wartman
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
Mason Elected Head Of
Church School Cagers

At the meeting of Church school
representatives held at the Y. M.
c. A. last night, M. T. Mason was
elected to head up this basketball
organization, while Cliff Owensby
was elected vice-president and l..
W. McIntire, secretary-treasurer.
The date for opening play was
set definitely for Friday night with
three games booked for this date.
The st. Paups Lutheran team with
drew from the Friday league but
their place was taken immediate.
ly by the Epworth 1ethodist team,
leaving the circuit at it's full
strength of seven teams. The Sat
urday loop put off its opening date
of play until Saturday November
16 and announced that there is
still room for one or two teams in
this league.
Initial games in the Friday
league will bring together the fol-
lowing teams:
8 p. m. Calvary VS.. Emmanuel.
8:20 pm. Grace VS.. Southside.
9:20 pm. Epworth VS.. Lutheran
Mission.
Tabernacle drew a first round
bye. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
Signal Calling Coaches Will
Get In Grid Game Saturday

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 6.-R-
Coach Ossie Doenges is about to go
down in gridiron annals as the ori-
ginator of 12-man-there' the catch
in the huddle-football.
Yessir, come Saturday at San
Antonio, Tex, Coach Ossie of the
Oklahoma City university Goldbugs
and Coach Nose Simmons of St.
Mary's colorful Rattlers will hop
from the bench and call signals.
You might know old Nose would
be in for something like that. Nose
would rather get some honest free
advertising for his football team
than win a game-well almost -
any day.
"Sure, we'll do it," beloved Nose
from the other end of the telephone,
"it sounds like swell stunt"
Doenges will admit that all this
rl1mpus about coaches wig-wa pein g
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07

signals from the bench gave him
the idea. But after all, when II men
can't win a game all season, why
maybe an extra might help.
Earlier this season, Doenges said
he had a perfectly good football
team-the Goldbugs had only lost
two or three games at the time
but they always called the right
plays at the wrong time.
Still, the rules were pretty strict
about the coaches getting off the
bench. But why wouldn't it be all
right to get the other coach to agree?
"We'll step into the huddle, step
back out after the boys get the
signal, and we won't be eligible for
passes, or even fumbles," Ossie ex-
planned.
st. Mary's has won si. games so
far and a scoreless tie would look
like a humping victory to Ossie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
INJURIES. TAKE TOLL AT STATE
Cats Drill On Pass Defense For Wilson
Quack Angler

It's hard enough some times
to catch a fish, but when you
go fishing and catch a duck,
you're little more than just a
quack angler.
H. j. Pate executed the feat,
but the way Mrs. r. F. Nc.
Caskill tells it, it was all an
accident.
Pate, r. L. Watkins and Rob.
ert Mallard were fishing from
q boat in Fishing creek up in
Pender county on November 8
when a duck suddenly flew out
from under an overhanging
bank. Pate started pulling in his
line in order to grab his shotgun
and the hook caught in the web
Of the flying ducks foot and the
fowl was landed.
The outcome was that Pate
not the duck-hOnked high.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
LOUIS TO BATTLE
MCCOY ON DEC. l6
Title Bout In Boston Is
Champs First Since He
K. O.'d Godoy In June

NEW YORK, Nov. g. Up Joe
Louis will defend his worlds heavy
weight championship against Al Nc
Coy, New England and Canadian
at the Boston Garden
Dec. 16, it was announced TODAY by
Promoter Mike Jacobs. Jacobs will
release Louis from his contract for
this 15-round bout, which will be
promoted by Rip Valenti.
The fight will be Boston's first
heavyweight championship.
Louis last title defense was on
June u, when he knocked out
Arturo Godoy of Chile in the eighth
round.