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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-09

year.
The Castle Haynes Service
club will sponsor a dance this
evening at the community hall.
The public is cordially invited.
The Past Pocahontas league
will meet tonight at 8 O'Clock
at the home of Mrs. Katie Muir
ray, 913 South Fourth street.
The Willing Workers circle
of the Junior Kings Daughters
will meet this afternoon at $3.50
o'clock with Miss Jean Ingram,
in Sunset Park. ALI members
are urged to attend as new
officers will be elected.
The William Hooper Parent
Teachers association will hold
a meeting Thursday evening at
8. o'clock at the school. A full
attendance is desired.
The W. H. and F. M. socie-
ty of the Sixth Street Advent
Christian church will have the
weekly meeting this evening
at 8 o'clock at the church. A
full attendance is desired.
The T. E. L. class of the Cal
vary Baptist church will hold
its regular meeting Friday eve
ming at the home of Mrs.
Edward Allard, at Winter Park.
A full attendance is requested.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-09
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Sutton, of
Washington, D. c., have returned
home after visiting their brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.: and Mrs.
G.. H. Woodville, on North Sixteenth
street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-09

Friends Of Mrs. Aubrey Everett
will be sorry to know she is a
patient at James Walker Memoir
ial hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-09

H. A. Akel left last night for c
trip to New York.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-09

Frank Jackson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. Jackson, is a patient at
James Walker Memorial hospital.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Washington Living Costs Slightly Higher,
But Remain Below Peak of Last Autumn
Express and Gasoline
Records Set; Auto
Sales Top 1899
By DONALD b. HADLEY.

. Washington living costs are edging
slightly higher and have reached
1888 levels, although they remain
behind their peak of last fall and
are well behind their 1897 marks.
A report from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics on the cost of goods
purchased by wage earners and low
salaried workers here on June Is
shows a gain of 4 of / per cent
over March is and an increase of
1.2 per cent over December Is.
The average remained 2 of l per
cent behind September Is, but was
1.6 per cent above June IS last year.
1t was the same as on June Is,
1888, and % per cent below June
IL, 1887.
Foods Up Sharply.
Substantial gains in foods and
house furnishings accounted for all
of the Washington increase appear
ing in the June Is report.
Food prices were "a per cent
above March IS this year and At
per cent above December Is. How
ever, they remained IL per cent
behind levels of September Is.
They were SO per cent above June
Is last year and IL per cent above
June IS, 1888, but were 7.9 per cent
behind June Is, 1887.
House furnishings on June Is this
year were up 6 per cent from levels
of March Is, the report said, largely
because of a return of radio prices
to normal levels after clearance
sales.
However, the house furnishings
average was IL per cent below De-
cember Is. 1t was Ia per cent above
September Is and 2.5 per cent above
June Is last year.
1t was practically even with June
Is, 1898, and IA per cent above
June Is. 1887.
Trail Prosperous 2Os.
All OF the averages were far ahead
of 1915 levels and well below their
marks for the prosperous 20s.
The general cost of living index
for Washington and the averages
for foods and house furnishings on
June Is of various years with the
exceptions noted) are given below,
using the 1935-1939 average as 100:
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Warner & Swosey Co.
Files S. (. G. Statement
TIE Associated Press.


The Warner & Swasey Co, Cleve-
land, has filed with the Securities
& Exchange Commission a regis
tration statement for 341 $50 shares
of common stock without par value.
The company said that 241,58O
are outstanding and would be sold
to underwriters by their present
holders, while of the remaining
100000 shares, $4,000 would be sold
by the company to the underwrit-
ers and 65,000 represented the max
imum number which would be Of
fered by the company in exchange
for its outstanding s6 preferred
stock, s100 par value.
The company's proceeds from sale
of the stock will be added to it's
general funds for corporate pur-
poses, it said, adding that pre-
ferred stock which was not sur
rendered in exchange for common
stock would be redeemed from gen.
eral funds.
Smith Barney g. Co., New York,
was listed as the principal under
writer.
The statement said that the COM
pany proposed to amend its articles
of incorporation in order to, among
other things, increase the number
of shares of common stock author
lied to be outstanding from 300, 900,
S. par value, to 100000 shares,
without par value.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Postal Receipts Up.

Postal receipts in the District of
Columbia and at four major post
offices in adjoining sections of the
Metropolitan Area during July and
the first seven months of this year
set new records for those periods.
In the District. receipts of S622.-
009 in July were down slightly from
$685. ,599 in the preceding month,
but were we'll above s575905 in
July, 1889. In the seven months.
receipts totaled S4,642,390, against
S4,391,747 in the same period last
year.
At Arlington post office, estab-
lished on an independent basis only
in 1896, July receipts this year
reached $13,312, against $11,3eO in
the preceding month and $11,228
IN July, 1899. Seven months re-
ceipts were sS9,6a7, against s77,179
in the 1889 period.
At Alexandria post Office, July
receipts totaled S11 1868, against S12,-
427 in the previous month, but were
well above $40 562 in July, 1889. In
the seven months, receipts advanced
to s92,266, against $78,28o in the
1889 period.
Soar at Silver Spring.
At the Silver Spring Office, re-
ceipts reached $8,955, against ST.
373 in the preceding month and
S6,941 in July, 1899. The new total
contrasted sharply with only $1,55S
in July, 1929.
For the seven months, Silver
Spring receipts jumped to $61,58O,
against $56,654 in the 1889 period
and only $9,114 in the same 1929
period.
At Hyattsville post Office, July re-
ceipts totaled s2,733, against $2,639
in the previous month and $2,O23 in
July, 1899. The seven months total
was S19,340, compared with S16,685
in the same period last year
Receipts at the five Offices in July
and the first seven months of Sc
lected years are given below:
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Native Of Capital 10 Head
lib. N. Plant Here

John L. Sullivan, native Wash
ingtonian, has been appointed
superintendent of the Washington
plant of the International Business
Machines Corp. in which he began
work as an Office boy in 1898.
He comes back to this city from
Endicott, N. Y, where he has been
foreman of the large card printing
department of the company since
1923.
AS superintendent of the WASH
ington plant Mr.. Sullivan succeeds
H. c. Wakefield, who has held this
position since January. Mr. Wake
field has been promoted to an ex-
ecutive position at the Endicott
plant, where he joined the company
in 1928.
Mr.. Sullivan founded the COM
pany's original printing department
in 1912.
Mr.. Sullivan attended Washing
ton public and parochial schools.
While employed. he took night
courses at Linthicum Institute.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

1tcSCHiUcT 10 b-JulV 10.
Clothing on June IS was i of |
per cent below March Is, but ahead
of December by the same margin.
1t was 8 of l per cent above Sep
tember IS and 1.2 per cent ahead of
June Is last year. 1t also was 4 of
per cent behind June Is. 1898, but
5 of l per cent above June Is, 1897.
Rents Again Ease.
Washington rents were down an
other L of per cent on June IS
as compared with March is, 2 of
per cent below December IS and
September Is, and 3 of l per cent
under June Is last year They stood
IL per cent behind June Is, 1888,
and 10 per cent below June Is, 1887.
The fuel, electricity and ice aver
age on June Is was down 2.5 per
cent from March IS levels, IL per
cent below December Is, i of
per cent above September Is and 2
of per cent below June Is last year.
1t was 5 of / per cent under June
Is, 1888, and 3 of per cent below
June Is. 1887.
Miscellaneous items on June IS
this year were 4 of per cent under
March Is, 4 of per cent above De-
cember Is, 3 of l per cent below
September Is and 2 of l per cent
above June Is last year. They were
6 of per cent behind June Is, 1898,
and 3 of per cent ahead of June
Is, 1887.
Averages for clothing, rent, fuel,
electricity and ice and the miscella-
neous classification On June Is of
various years are given below, using
the 1859 average as 100:
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Bean Crop Is Forecast
As Largest in 20 Years
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A prospective bean crop of about
IA, ,649, 900 bags, the third largest in
20 years, was indicated yesterday in
the August l crop report of the
Agriculture Department.
The 1889 harvest was 1882 900
bags and the 1929-1938 average, 49,
086,O00.
The crop reporting board said
planting was rather late in some
States, but growth was generally
good to excellent in July and in
most districts good yields per acre
were expected.
The August l indicated yield per
acre was 837 pounds, 81 pounds
above month ago but 81 pounds
less than 1889.
In the principal producing States
the 1889 harvest and the indication
for 1910. respectively, were: New
York, 1,134,00o and 1,087 900 bags;
Michigan, 4,520,0O0 and 4,16O,0
Idaho, 1851 900 and 1850 Colo
RADIO, 100000 and 1,324,O00; Cali
fornia, $500 900 and 1896, 900.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Stock Market Ends
Sluggish Week on
Moderate Rise
Advances for Selected
Issues Ronge From
Fractions to Over q Point
BY FREDERICK GARDNER,
Associated Press Financial Wrfter.

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-The stock
market today ended another sluggish
week on a moderately rising note.
AS in yesterdays recovery session,
issues of industrial companies that
stand to benefit from the huge do
mestic rearmament program were
principally favored. While many
leaders failed to respond, gains for
selected issues ranged from frac-
tions to a point or more at the
close.
Spot news of a stimulating ma
ture. was scarce and brokers at
tributed further market improve
ment largely to the fact most SELL
ers apparently had withdrawn, thus
necessitating the lifting of bids by
those who believed the list was In
shape to stage at least a good tenn
porary comeback.
Business News ENCOURAGING.
Business developments were fairly
encouraging and hopes seemed to
have revived in financial quarters
that Congress was getting ready to
push through defense tax meas
ure that would be more to the liking
OF manufacturers who are in line
for armaments contracts.
The lack of any great buying rush
was again blamed on the murkiness
of the European war picture and
fears Hitler. at any moment, may
decide to strike at England with all
his military might. Most thought an
all-out invasion, If successful, could
result in an uncomfortable market
shock.
The Associated Press average Of
go stocks finished at 43, adding 2
OF point to the 4 rally of Friday.
The composite was up / on the
week. Activity showed relative i'm
provement on the comeback.
Although being far under the break
even mark for commission houses,
transfers of 180,260 shares were the
best for a Saturday since June %.
They compared with 121 800 a week
ago.
hSaa CA A'totOIS ~ star.
General Motors was one of the
star performers with a jump of 14
at 487s. Westinghouse was up as
much. On a sizable turnover Inter-
national Paper preferred pushed
ahead 21s. Lesser improvement was
retained by United States Steel
Bethlehem, Chrysler, Briggs Manu-
featuring, Baldwin Locomotive
Great Northern. Sears. Roebuck:
Eastman Kodak, Johns -Manville,
kennecott, United Aircraft and
Sperry.
In the curb modest plus signs
were posted for Cities Service. Re-
pubic Aviation. Rustless Iron &,
Steel and Humble Oil. A bit under
water were Electric Bond e. Share,
Midwest Co. and American Cvana-
mid B" Sales here were around
$4,000 shares, against $4,000 last
Saturday.
An upturn in steel mill produc-
tlon, department store sales. enpi-
neering awards and a generous as
sortment of cheering earnings state
ments and dividends helped securi-
ties markets keep their balance dur
ing the week. War qualms, though,
were believed to have persisted as
the main bearish influence.
On average, stocks were lln-
changed Monday, off Tuesday and
wednesday and unchanged again
Thursday.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
More Gasoline Used.

MOTE OaSOHne Used.
With the motoring season in full
swing, gasoline consumption in the
District of Columbia is continuing
to break all records.
Tax invoices for June included
14,136,522 gallons, against 1887 $40
in the preceding month and 12,-
604,018 in June, 1889.
For the first six months of this
year consumption reached 75O34, ,78O
gallons, against 68,756.017 in the
same 1899 period.
Consumption for both June and
the six months was more than
double 1880 levels and more than
treble 1925 marks.
Gallonage totals for June and the
six months of various years:
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Department Store Sales
Are Ahead Of Last Year
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board esti-
mated that department store sales
in the week ended August 3 were 5
per cent higher than in the corre-
spending week last year.
In the week ended July 27 sales
also had been per cent higher than
a year ago, but in the four weeks
ended August 3 they averaged 6 per
cent more than in the similar period
of 1889
BY Federal Reserve districts, in
creases over a year ago in the one
week ended August included.
Boston, 7; Philadelphia, 5; Cleve-
land, II; Richmond, 7; Atlanta, 3;
Chicago, 6; ST. Louis, 10; Min
neapolis, 7; Dallas, 18, and San
Francisco, 4 per cent.
The New York district was per
cent below last year. and the Kansas
City district was even with a year
ago.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Dr.. Eliot H. Thomson
Named Faculty Dean
By Capital A. |. B.
20-Yeor Veteran of
Institute to Succeed
Dr.. Raymond B. Dickey
By HAROLD b. ROGERS.

Or. Eliot H. Thomson, publicity
manager of the Washington Loan &
Trust Co., has been elected by the
Board of Governors of Washington
Chapter, American Institute of
Banking, as dean of the chapters
faculty to succeed the late DR..
Raymond B. Dickey.
This was announced last night by
Edward M. Blaiklock, president of
the Washington Chapter, as the
organization pushed plans for its
important educational work to begin
in the fall.
Elevation of DR.. Thomson to this
important post as dean of the
faculty brings to the leadership of
the chapters most outstanding &C
tivity man who is we'll known in
the financial district, with long ex-
perience in educational work and
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Cotton Futures Move
On Announcement
OF Loan Terms
Forward Months Made
More Attractive to
Majority Of Traders
Fy tire Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-Cotton
futures came to life today after an
nouncement of the new-crop loan
terms.
Prices moved irregularly with near
months off points and distant up
as much.
october dropped l3 points at the
outset, below December, but quickly
steadied when a large spot house
bid for several thousand bales at
5 points over December.
Most traders felt the loan rate,
approximately 81 a bale over last
years basis, made forward months
more attractive. This led to lively
transferring from October and De-
cember into May and July by Bom-
bay accounts, trade and Wall Street
interests.
Worth Street was a little disap-
pointed over the weeks business,
with prices trimmed on several print
cloth constructions. Encouraging
though, was continued Government
buying, principally in ducks and
heavy coarse yarn goods.
No exports Friday; season so far,
1890 bales. Port receipts, 1l,499;
port stocks, 2,468,798.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Briggs Co. Reports
June Quarter Net
OF S1,845,187
United Carbon Co. Earns
$e02,37l for First Half,
Gain Over Lost Year
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Aug. 10.-Briggs
Manufacturing Co., makers of auto
mobile bodies, today reported for the
June quarter net profit of $1,S45.187,
equal to SO cents a common share,
compared with s2,395,2O2 or $l21
on common, in the preceding quar-
ter, and s1,07S,742, or SIS cents a
share, in the June quarter last year.
Operations are concentrated in De-
troit.
United Carbon Co.
United Carbon Co. earned net
profit of S902,371 in the six months
ended June 80, equal to 1927 a
common share, against $840.861, or
s211 a share, in the first half of
1889. Plants are in Louisiana, Mon
tana, Utah and Texas.
Sterling Products Co.
Sterling Products, Inc, manufac-
turers of pharmaceuticals. reported
net profits for the June quarter of
$2,303 ,955, equal to $132 a share,
compared with S3,270,469, or S187 a
share, in the preceding quarter and
So ,382 ,l68, or s139 a share, in the
June quarter last year.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Decline in Lumber OUTPUT
Is Reported for Week
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
A decline in lumber production
Tor the week ended August 8, COM
pared with the preceding week is
reported by the National Lumber
Manufacturers Association.
production was off per cent.
shipments per cent less and new
business down per cent. During
the week, ATS mills produced 253,-
73l 900 feet of softwoods and hard
woods, shipped 262, ,727 900 feet and
booked orders for 302, ,444 900 feet.
Revised figures for the preceding
week were: Mills, $40; production,
263 ,995.000 feet; shipments. 267, $685.
600, and orders, 312,714,0OO.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Corn Crop Estimate
And Good Rains
Drive Prices Down
Wheat Stages Rally and
Receivers All Of EorIy
Market Losses
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-Good rains
over a large part of the corn belt
and a more bullish estimate by the
Government on the size of the 1910
crop today drove corn prices down.
Early losses were more than cent
a bushel as traders started selling
heavily. However, the sellers en-
countered orders to buy at around
the bottom of the decline and prices
later rallied in somewhat lethargic
dealings.
Corn finally finished the day 1s-1a
cent below Fridays finish, Septem-
ber 81, December 561s $50, wheat
was unchanged to 4 up, Septem-
ber 737s-74, December 747s-75, oats
l4-ss off and lard points lower
to higher.
Estimate Is Disappointment.
The official Government estimate
on the 1910 corn crop was a disap-
pointment to the trade, because 1t
said the loss by heat and drought
was only 7 per cent. Unofficial
guesses had been much higher
Rains fell in Illinois and moisture
was promised for Ohio and Indiana,
where drought has been in effect for
many days.
Wheat broke sharply at the start,
also losing around a cent a bushel,
but later rallied to recover all losses.
Wheat was weakened by corn and
also by the official estimate that
the small grains crop would be
much larger than heretofore ex-
pected.
War news had but minor effect
on the market. 1t was noted that
German advices said Germany was
well fixed for food, but that occu-
pied countries were in a bad way
because of the British blockade.
Harris, Upham & Co. said re-
garding market action that "the
discouraging statistical position
keeps the professional trade in a
bearish frame of mind, but fails to
bring in any outside selling pres
sure and in the absence of hedges
mill buying furnishes constant sup
port"
Oats Close Steady.
Oats weakened early when traders
realized that the small grains crop,
including oats, would be much larger
than expected, but the selling
quickly ran out and the market
closed fairly steady. Rye followed
wheat.
Soy beans exhibited an independ-
emily firm tone because of less IA
vorable new crop prospects and i'm
proved support.
Lard was firm in tone for the first
time this week. Prices have de-
clined around 40 cents since the
middle of the week and covering
operations by short sellers was be-
ieved to have steadied the market.
Grain range at principal markets
SEPT. WHEAT Prev
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Citrus Crops Develop
With Favorable Outlook
By the Associated Press.


Citrus crops developed under IA
vorable conditions during July
despite the need of rainfall in some
Florida and Texas areas, the Agri-
culture Department reported yes
terday.
The August 1 crop report said
dropping of young fruit had con-
tinued longer than usual in Cali
foria, and therefore the prospects
for the 1940-41 season were termed
somewhat indefinite"
The August l condition of
oranges was given at 10 per cent,
one point below that of the same
date last year. Grapefruit condi-
ton was 62 per cent, six points
above last year but four lower than
the 1929-1938 average. Grapefruit
were said to be larger than usual in
Texas.
Condition of California lemons
was given at 80 per cent.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Auto Sales Top 1899.

Auto Sales Top 1899.
New auto sales here in July de-
clined from the preceding month,
but were at the highest levels for
this time of year since 1887, it was
indicated last night by registrations
of new car titles at the Traffic Bu-
reau.
New car titles for July totaled
1880, against 3,241 in the previous
month and 1855 in July, 1899.
For the first seven months of this
year new car titles totaled 1885.
against 1858 in the same 1889
period.
New car titles in July and the
seven months of recent years fol-
low:
Evening star., 1940-08-11

versatile abili-
ties.
Born in China,
the son of the
late Archdeacon
Eliot II Thom-
son Of 'Ge Epis-
copal Church of
China and Mrs.
Jeanette Thom-
son, who were
of English and
Huguenot d e =
scent, DR.. Thom-
son first learned
G h i n e S e, in
which he still is
proficient, nd
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Express Recol ds Set.

Railway express shipments here in
July and the first seven months of
this year set new all-time records
for those periods, although the
latest months volume was down sea-
sonally from June levels.
A report from the Railway Ex-
press Agency last night showed July
shipments totaled 128,013, against
154, $3.50 in the preceding month, but
were 12.4 per cent ahead of 1880
in July, 1899.
The seven months shipments to-
tailed 1,089 060, an increase of 9.3 per
cent over 996,414 in the same 1889
period.
Volume for last year broke all
records up to that time and stood
465 per cent above the 1929 mark.
Totals for July and the seven
months of recent years follow:
Evening star., 1940-08-11
New York Central Shows
S8O4,o43 Income in June

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-New York
Central Railroad reports net opera
ting income for June, after fixed
charges, of s804,943, compared with
deficit of $291,875 in the same
month last year. For the six months
ended June 80 the road had a net
deficit of $576, 1856. against a deficit
of $9,079,066 for the like period last
year.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Stock Issue Authorized

FRANKFORT, KY, Aug. 10 Dr.
Joseph Schneider, director of the
State securities division, today
authorized the issuance in Ken
tucky of $50 shares of preferred and
$3.50 shares of common stock of
the Newport News (va.) Shipbuild-
ing and Dry Dock Co.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Odd-Lot DEALINGS

The Securities and Exchange Commits
sion reported yesterday these transactions
cialists on the New York Stock Exchange
for August 9: 1.72s purchases, involving
44013 shares; 1857 sales. involving
44547 shares, including 20 short sales
involving $50 shares.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

Every month so far this year has
recorded a substantial gain over
1899.
Monthly totals for 1910 and 1899
are compared below, with decimals
representing fractions of a gallon:
Evening star., 1940-08-11

! (October0 2gss 2g1s 29N 29M
Chicago Cash Market.
Wheat-No. 2 hard, 75.
Oats-No. ] white. 31A-1a No 9. 81;
No. 9, 3oh; No. 1 white, heavy, 31la-321a;
3O34-31: No. l red. extra heavy. 311a.
Barley-Malting, 1857 nominal feed.
36-46 nominal.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Aug. 10--The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index of 35
commodities today declined to GOAL
Previous day. SO Sd; week ago. $3.50;
month ago, 1894; year ago, 64.09
1910. 1899. 1889 1o33-37,
High 1929 1922 14.37 9S14
Low ~ 69.35 63,7s 1886 41.44
f1ooR averape eoualc ION
Evening star., 1940-08-11

Shipments in every month so far
this year have been ahead of last
year.
Monthly totals for 1910 and 1889
are compared below:
Evening star., 1940-08-11

Except for February and April,
new auto titles have been above
1889 levels in every month so far
this year.
Monthly totals for 1910 and 1889
are compared below.