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Evening star., 1940-08-27
Sugar Quotas Cut
In Effort 10 Bolster
Falling Prices
Wallace Takes Steps
To Reduce Supplies
On U. S. Market
BY the Associa ted Press.


In an effort to check slumpine
sugar prices, Secretary Wallace took
steps yesterday to reduce supplies
available for the American market
during the remainder of 1910.
Acting under the 1886 Sugar Con-
troll Act, the Secretary set a new
limit of 6,471 1926 short tons of sugar
which may be sold in domestic mar
ketS this year. This was a reduc-
ton of 136,383 tons from a national
marketing quota established at the
first of the year.
Wallace hinted at this action at
press conference last Wednesday.
He pointed out that the domestic
wholesale price for raw sugar had
fallen to 2.65 cents a pound, the
lowest level since it touched that
same figure in 1882.
Some producers had contended
that Wallace's original national
quota was excessive" and partially
responsible for the price setbacks.
Marketing quotas of domestic pro-
ducing areas will be unaffected. The
reduction will be taken from i'm
port quotas of Cuba. other foreign
countries and the Philippine Islands.
The Secretary said his order
would cut import quotas as follows:
Philippine Islands, duty free, from
/ 1908, ,783 to 982 ,441 tons; Cuba, from
1868 PIT to 1,749,7 foreign coun-
tries other than Cuba, from 25,745
to 24,125.
1t left unchanged the following
quotas:
Domestic beet. 1.549,698 tons;
mainland cane, 420.167 tons; Hawaii,
93S,037 tons; Puerto Rico, 1915
tons, and Virgin Islands. 8,9l6 tons.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Miller & Hart Holders
Asked TO Approve Plan
Ry the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. Aug. 27-Miller &
Hart, Inc. packing firm, yesterday
sought stockholders approval of a
revised recapitalization plan which
would eliminate accumulated divi-
dends of S30.47 a share on the out
standing convertible preference
stock
The plan would extend maturity
of the company's s5Sl 300 of deben-
lures from 1943 to 1850 and wipe out
the balance sheet deficit.
The firm proposes to exchange
each share of outstanding preferred
for two new $40 par preference
shares and four shares of new COM
mon stock with par value of 81
share. The new preference will be
entitled to dividends at the rate of
81 annually, cumulative if earned.
The new plan offers common
stockholders one share of new COM
mon for each share held.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Newspaper Advertising
Continues to Gain
,ecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. Aug. 27.-Newspaper
advertising lineage placed by retail
ers in 80 major cities during the
week ended August II, 1910. showed
a gain of 13 per cent over the cor
responding week of 1889, Advertis-
ing Age. national advertising news
paper, reported today. The total for
the year is slightly ahead of the
same period of 1899.
For the week of August IT. 1910,
the total lines placed by the retail
ers was 16,459, ,795, against 1924, 1898
lines for the corresponding week OF
year ago.
The cumulative total for the 33-
week period ended August II, 1910,
was 612,436,879 lines, an increase of
IA per cent over 604,178,0l9 reported
for the same period of 1889
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Gold Imports Decrease
5 Millions in Week
Nv the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Gold imports totaled Sl05,540 ,413
in the week ended August 81, re-
duction of s5,000,0O0 from the pre-
ceding week.
The Commerce Department said
principa! shipments included $751;
274.25 from Canada, s3.799 ,929 from
Portugal Ass, ,481 from Sweden,
S3,075 1872 from the United King
dom, s4261 ,490 from the Neither
lands East Indies, sl040,778 from
Hong Kong and sl,009,0 ,0l5 from the
Philippine Islands.
Gold deposited under earmark in
the Federal Reserve System for the
accounts of foreign governments
and central banks increased S28,-
140334 to 81 $3.50, 1853 ,97l.
Silver imports, amounting to
S567 BAL, were only about half as
much as usual. They included s218.-
767 from Canada and sl39.8S5 from
Mexico.
Silver exports were s4,655. No
gold was shipped out.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Exchange Members
Ask Longer Session
As Volume Lags
Proposal to Extend
Closing to a O'Clock
Is Considered
By tie Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-With ths
volume of trading in the New York
Stock Exchange at the lowest since
1916 In several trading sessions
lately, agitation among members
for a longer trading session has
been renewed.
A proposal to extend the closing
hour to pm. New York time, from
the present 3 pm, it was learned
in brokerage circles, has received
considerable support. The associa-
ton of stock exchange firms was
said to be supporting the move
an dto have been in touch with eX-
change officials
Proponents of the plan urge it as
method of increasing trading
volume. arguing it would give
traders a longer period in each day
to execute orders. Some with Of
fees on the Pacific Coast were said
to favor the move, because the
present closing hour in New York is
only noon there.
Opposition Heard.
Opponents of the plan have
taken the position that there is
more than ample time to execute all
the business available in the present
flve-hour trading period 1.-TWO hours
on Saturday and that extending
the hours might result in burden
some increase in expense, particu-
larly when the 40-hour week be-
comes effective. under the Federal
Fair Labor Standards Act, in Oc-
toher.
Also, proposals to extend the trad
ing period in past brought several
complaints to the exchange from
afternoon newspapers that later
closing would seriously disrupt edi-
ton schedules Some exchange
officials expressed concern that it
might prompt considerable curtail-
ment of publication of securities
tables throughout the country.
1889 Agitation Recalled.
Inc last llille IlIele was Sc4louS
agitation for longer trading period
was in June, 1899, when the ex-
change considered closing on Sat-
urday. This brought proposals for
extending the trading period Mon
days through Fridays.
While the officials of the ex-
change declined TO comment upon
the present movement, which has
developed in recent weeks. it was
understood the board of governors
may discuss it at its meeting to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
| r. L. Polk & Co.
Reports Gain
| In Auto Sales
BY the Associated Press.

DETROIT, Aug. 27.-R. L. Polk
g. Co. announced today that tabu-
lation of automobile registrations for
the entire country show that 2,130,-
600 new passenger automobiles we're
sold during the first seven months
of 1910, compared with 1,638410 in
the comparable period of 1899.
New truck registrations in 1910
up to August l totaled 342 ,031 units,
compared with 293,573 in the first
seven months of 1889.
New unit registrations Tor July
of this year were 315.246 passenger
cars and 50,913 trucks, compared
with 229.246 passenger cars and
44,747 trucks in same month a year
ago.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
B. & o. Loodings OFF
Slightly During Week
Special Dispatch to The Star.

GEeClaI DISpAIIH 90 Lt SLdIs
BALTIMORE, Aug. 27.-The Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad handled 53,305
cars of freight during the week end
ing August "a. OF this total 35,031
were loaded on line and 1924 were
received from connections.
This was an increase of 6,837 over
the corresponding week of last year,
when 46,468 carloads were hauled.
comprising BOAT loaded on line and
16051 received from connections.
For the preceding week of this
year (the week ended August I'D the
total was 53,36l, consisting of SO ,607
cars loaded on line and 1874 re-
ceived from connections.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Daily Oil Production
Shows Decrease Of
16,191 Barrels
Texus and OkIohomu
Goins More Than
Offset Elsewhere
Bv the Associated Press.

bN lne ASSOClaleu fIeSS
TULSA, Aug. 27,--Daily average
crude oil production in the United
States dropped 1871 barrels to a
total of 3.5l4452 for the week ended
August "a, slackening in most States
but increasing in Texas, Oklahoma
and the Rocky Mountain region, the
Oil and Gas Journal said today.
Texas hiked output 1894 barrels
a day to 1.200.33 although East
Texas declined 48 tCQ) to 374,848.
Oklahoma's flow swelled 4.825 to
407 800: the Rocky Mountain States
5,O26 to 10000, and the Eastern
States 200 to l03.600
California dropped $4,000 to ST.
$50 Illinois. 11.400 to 381 300;
Kansas, $500 to 181 800; Louisiana.
1900 to 273,8l0, and Michigan, 532
to 53,7l4.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
World Tin Production
Is Smaller in July
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated RreSS.
NEW YORK. Aug. 27-World pro-
duction Of tin in July was estimated
today by the International Tin Re-
search and Development Council at
1890 tons, compared with 20,100
tons in June.
World production in the first seven
months of 1910 totaled 124, 400 tons,
the council said, against 1850 tons
in the same period of 1899.
Deliveries of tin in the United
States amounted to 57,934 tons in
the January-July period, compared
with 1925 tons in the first seven
months of 1899.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Chief of Synthetic
Rubber Firm Named
y the Associated Press.

BY Iflt hSSDCIaItu FIthS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27-Ross w.
Thomas of the Phillips Petroleum
Co. has been elected president of
Hydrocarbon Chemical & Rubber
Co, recently formed by Phillips and
the B. F. Goodrich Co. to manufac-
ture the principal ingredients Of
synthetic rubber
Waldo l.. Semon, creator OF syn
thetic materials for Goodrich, was
elected vice president and director
of research.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Shoe Firm to Enter
low-Priced Field
BY the Associated Press.

BY Lhe hSsOCIaIed PreSs.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. 27.-The
A. E. Nettleton Co. announced today
1t would enter lower price" shoe
field this fall for the first time in
its 61-year history, and that it was
expanding it's plant to double output
Henry w. Cook, company presi-
dent, estimated the expansion would
add 25 per cent to the $50 workers
now employed.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Rock Island Requests
Equipment Issue
By the Associated Press.

By The ASSOclated Press.
Trustees of the Chicago. Rock
Island & Pacific Railroad asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission
today for authority to issue S2,472.-
900 of equipment trust certificates to
help buy 1,l00 freight cars costing
about $3,O90,00
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Chevrolet Sales
| Well Ahead of
Year Ago
Ey The Associated Press

DETROIT, Aug. l7.-Chevrolet
division of General Motors Corp. re-
ported today its retail sales of new
cars and trucks during the Today
period ending August 20 totaled
1874. In the comparable period a
year ago new unit sales numbered
1896.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Check Volume Sours
Above 1899 Levels
By the Associated Press


Banks in 274 leading cities, the
Federal Reserve Board says, cashed
S7,l34,000,000 worth of checks in the
week ended August 81, compared
with s7022 100000 in the CORE
spending week last year.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. Aug. ~ GP.-Government
pose continued while civilian purchases
were restricted TO current needs Limited
amounts Of cray GOODS were sold at un-
10 command most attention in the rayon
market, wiaila silk fabrics remained quiet.
Evening star., 1940-08-27

Also extra or extras.
Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers. Inc. which
states they do not necessarily renect ac-
tual transactions or firm bids or offers, but
should indicate approximate prices.
Evening star., 1940-08-27

Japan has shortage of salt and
greatly needs it for the production
of rayon.
Evening star., 1940-08-27

4PIuS extras. d ooc paid June Is, 1910.
e2Ge extra. g 1914 90 extra paid Decem-
Der '23. 1899 X 20c extra. m Sl.50 ex-
ira. p SOC paid September 20, 1888.
S 500 psid in 1889 [ 25c paid July /,
1870 vS1.00 extra paid January, 1910.
S5 90 extra.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Peoples Drug Stores common-25
at 1872.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
FederuI Lund Bunks

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (R).-Federal Land
Bank bonds
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK. Aug - lPi-National As
ISOLATION Securities Dealers. Inc:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
Flash Gordon Serial
Opens Here On Friday

Described as even more spectacu-
lar than the previous Flash Gordon
screen adventures, the famous hero
of the newspaper feature ICONS tc
new exploits among the planets in
Universal's latest 12-episode serial.
Flash Gordon Conquers the Uni
verse;" The opening chapter will be
seen at the Royal theatre on Friday
and Saturday.
Clashing with the forces of a fiend'
ish monarch of the planets, Flash
and his friends will be shown in
a powerful drama of war in the
stratosphere. Larry Buster" Crabbe
enacts the title role with Carol
Hughes as Dale Arden, Frank Shan
non as DR.. Zarkov and Charles Mid
dleton as Ming the Merciless head
ing a large cast.
Staged against settings Of mann
moth towers, temples of electrical
wizardry, glittering glaciers and gro
tesque rock formations, Flash
matches his strength and courage
with the power and cunning Of a
would-be dictator of the universe
who, from his fortress on the plan
ct Mongo, defies the scientists of
Earth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
OF Mice And Men
To Return To Bijou

Starring Burgess Meredith, Bet
ty Field and Lon CLANCY, Jr., in an
unusually important c a S t Ha,
Roach's "Of Mice and Men," which
was produced and directed by Lewis
Milestone and is slated to show at
the Bijou theatre on Thursday, I'm.
folds a richly emotional and tensely
dramatic story of t h e migratory
ranch workers Of California.
Based on the b~est-selling novel OF
the same name by John Steinbecl
and transferred to the screen from
Eugene Solow's adaptation of the
Broadway stage hit, "Of Mice and
Men, tells the exciting story of
George and Lennie and Mae on Agu-
ora Ranch in California.
Aguora Ranch, where most Of "Of
Mice and Men" was made, was erect
ed in eight days, comprised of nine
buildings, stockades, a well and all
other necessary equipment. T h e
Salinas river bank set-the scene Of
the pictures tragic Undiscovered
two stages. Stepping from the out
side onto the set was a journey from
Hollywood into a wilderness hideout
hundreds of miles distant. For Hol-
had transplanted and rear.
ranged Nature to suit its purpose.
The latest Paramount news pre-
cedes the feature on the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
RAFFLES' MOVIE
IS BILLED HERE
David Niven And Olivia de
Havilland Stars OF Fri
day Opening

Headed by a cast which stars
debonair David Niven and lovely
Olivia de Havilland, Samuel Gold
wyn's production of the exciting
mystery-melodrama, "Raffles,"
will have it's first showing at the
Royal Theatre on Friday and Sat-
urday. Based on the celebrated
novel, 1.-THE Amateur Craftsman"
by E. W. Hornung, "Raffles" dra-
matizes the story of a suave and
dapper gentleman crook, who NOV
e S in the highest society and is
known as a champion cricketer.
Raffles, played by David Niven,
has been battling Scotland Yard
for months with his daring and
spectacular robberies. But just
when he becomes engaged to Gwen
Manders, sister of his school chum,
and decides to withdraw from his
secret life of crime, he furnishes
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
Dr. d Film Will


manently for the Judge Hardy Fam.
lily stories.
In "Dr. Kildare's Strange Case"
the public will see, for the first
time, the treatment of the insane.
Lew Ayres, playing the title role,
administers the treatment exactly as
it is done in practice.
The Kildare pictures, with Ayres
and Lionel Barrymore as the gruff
old diagnostician DR.. Gillespie head
ing the cast, have in each episode
shown the public some medical mar.
vel, aside from telling a gripping
medical-detective story in which the
younger doctor uses science to aid
in a detective investigation. In the
present picture he utilizes insulin
shock to wrest the secret hidden
in the brain of an insane man.
Though DR.. Leonard Gillespie, the
character that Lionel Barrymore
has portrayed in all four "Dr. Kill
dare" films, is purely a fictitious
one, he is probably one of the most
honored medicos in the world and
he has his film office to prove it.
In DR.. Kildare's Strange Case"
the office of DR.. Gillespie is filled
with honors, diplomas and interna-
tional awards given to the great
diagnostician' for his medical work.
On the walls are diplomas from
Columbia university and the School
Of Medicine and honorary diplomas
and degrees from the University of
Vienna, Harvard, Edinburgh and
several universities. In glass cases
are medals and scrolls from medi-
cal organizations. All these awards
are from active institutions, legal
permission having been obtained to
inscribe the name of "Dr. Leonard
Gillespie" on them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
Lew Ayres And Lionel Bar
rymore Stars Oh DR.. Kill
dare's Strange Case

Recreating a great hospital for a
motion picture and reproducing doc.
tors in the persons of actors is al.
most as much of a task as origi.
mating the real thing. So declare
the %technicians and scientists who
drop their real-life %vocations to help
present them on the r in the
Or. Kildare medical-detective pic
lures, the fourth of which, "Dr.
Kildare's Strange Case" opens to-
morrow at the Carolina theatre.
AS the series has proceeded, the
Blair General hospital, principal
scene of the stories, has developed
into a complete replica Of a great
modern hospital. 1t has its patho'
logical laboratory, its archaeological
department, it's pharmacy depart
ment. 1t has the latest modern op-
Grating rooms and equipment; even
a. modern hospital dietetic kitchen.
The Metro-G oldwyn-Mayer studios
can probably boast the distinction
or being the only studio to own
a hospital. AS each addition to the
institution was built for different
stories, all equipment was purchas-
ed and every set made permanent
SO that the hospital might remain
for the next IN the series, just as
the town of Carvel was built per-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
Faye Baxter Picture
Is Billed At Biiou

With Alice Faye and Warner Bax'
ter together for the first time as a
romantic team, "Barricade" stars
these two top-notch goth Century
Fox personalities in a thrilling mod.
ern story Of startling realism. 1t
opens Tuesday at the Bijou theatre
and advance reports give every indi-
cation that this is an exciting ad'
yenture-romance not to be missed.
The veteran character actor
Charles Winninger, is featured in
the film with Arthur Preacher, Keye
Luke and Willie Flung. Winninge1
portrays the heroic American con
sui to whose compound come a little
group of American and British re-
fugees fleeing the bandit terror.
A musical comedy and a Magic
Carpet novelty are included on the
program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19

Miss Fontaine move with such fea.
tured players as George Sanders, Jul
dith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, C. Aub.
rey Smith, Reginald Denny and Flo.
renee Bates, some 40 sets were re.
quired.
Alfred Hitchcock, the director, col
Elaborated with Selznick and his aides,
Hitchcock was the guest of Miss du
Maurier befroe he left England tc
diret "Rebecca." She personally took
him through an old estate which
served as the pattern for her physi
cal description Of Manderley.
Lyle Wheeler, Selznick Interna
tional art director, with his staff
prepared sketches and miniature mo.
dels of the forty sets to aid in plan.
min gaction in the many scenes. The
largest model was that of Mander
ley. Subsequently, the full size house
was constructed.
Among the settings that appear
are the great drawing room, high.
ceilinged, book-lined library and the
mysterious boudoir once occupied by
Rebecca, the dead Mrs. de Winter
who never appears or the screen.
I'VE followed details accurately in
the stone, wood and plaster tex.
lures" Wheeler said. about three
hundred workmen were employed
in the building work."
In "Rebecca" Hitchcock wanted tc
show secret and powerful drama in
the very atmosphere. The title char.
acter, Rebecca, who exerts a dread
influence on Olivier and Miss Fon.
tame, never appears on the screen
Yet her presence, like the whisper of
doom, hovers always over Mander-
ley.
I'VE tried to show the spirit and
character of Rebecca in the atmos.
pheric effects" s a i d Hitchcock.
What we were actually photograph
ing all the way through is the con-
science of a man-that and a haunt
ing memory. Naturally, we needed
some unusual sets and a great deal
of ingenuity in our special effects as
well as the artistry of the players"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
BIJ0U WILL SHOW
CULLIVER'S FILM
Full-Length Technicolor Car
toon Will Open Here
On Monday

The animated cartoon once again
comes to the fore as a medium fo1
bringing a full-length story to the
r with the release Of GULL
ver's Travels" Paramount's lavish
Technocolor production, which opens
Monday at the Bijou theatre.
So firm a hold has the full-length
cartoon taken on the movie indus
try during the past two years thai
Paramount gave "Gulliver' the most
elaborate production Of any other
picture that company has made in
several seasons. It has been in work
at the Max Fleischer studios at
Miami, Florida, for nearly two years,
represents the efforts of several hum
dred skilled artists and was bud
geted at just twice the cost of the
ordinary "big" motion pict1ref
There r few children or grown.
ups in the United States-or in the
entire world, for thet nlatter-Who
r not thoroughly familiar with the
story upon which the Technicolor
picture is based. It comes, of course,
from Jonathan Swift great classic
Of a s~hipwrecked seaman's amaz'
ing adventure in the far-away land
of "Lilliput", the land where every
thing-people, buildings, scenery--.s
one-tenth the size of its counterpart
in the everyday world.
Like Dean Swift's immortal work
Fleischer's "Gulliver's Travels" is a
textile woven Of sheer fantasy, ear.
thy humor and incisive satire. From
the physical aspects Of "Lilliput'
and the contrast between the giant.
like "Gulliver" and the miniscule
"Lilliputians" comes the rollicking
humor of the piece. From the unpa.
ralleled pettiness and narrowness OF
the little people comes the swiftian
satire.
The program also includes a Sport
Novelty and the Latest Paramount
News events.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
Rebecca' To Open Here
At Carolina Wednesday

To David O. Selznick producer of
Gone With the Wind,' the most
sensational box office attraction in
motion picture history, goes the un.
usual honor of giving to the theatre
two consecutive outstanding box of.
flee magnets. His effort, "Rebecca''
which was released Immediately af.
ter &c. W. T. W." was well under
way, is proving as strong in draw.
Ing power at popular prices as did
the famous epic Of the South, at ad.
vanced prices. The locale of the RE
becca" story is probably the only rea-
son for placing it on the role of re.
gular admission scales.
The deft touch of Selznick the mas
ter is as apparent in the painstaking
effort given "Rebecca" as it was in
&c. W. T. w." The atmosphere in
which perusal of the novel miners.
ed its readers seems to prevade the
very soul Of audiences witnessing
the picture.
Grim, ancient and foreboding, the
vast outlines of Manderley, haunted
Tudor castle of the de Winters in
"Rebecca", which begins its Will
mington engagement at the Carolina
theatre on next Wednesday was built
from the description of Manderley in
Daphne du Maurier's mystery novel.
This is the castle, where Laurence
Olivier and Joan Fontaine, leading
players in the film which David o.
Selznick produced, lived their dark
and somber married life. For the
background in which Olivier and