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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
ADDRESSES
MEREDITH SENIORS
Declares "We Must Live I'm
der A Regime Of Duty
And Sacrifice"

RALEIGH, June 3.-P-Declar-
ing that "individualism is gone"
U. S. Senator j. W. Bailey Of
Raleigh said in a commencement
speech at Meredith college today
that while America prepares for
possible war 1--WE must live under
a regime of duty and sacrifice"
Degrees were conferred on 81
seniors of the Baptist college for
women hele
The nation must convince all
who rely upon force, that we can
match them unit for unit and over
match them with a faith in God
besides to which they are strang-
er," said Bailey. I'VE must con-
vince them that our republic can
unite and move as one not under
the command of a dictator, but
under the impulse of s~elf-preser-
walton and of devotion to our his
toric ideals"
I'VE do not know what will be
the outcome in Europe the speak
er said, "but we do know that in
any view of the outcome we must
at once prepare our country's de-
lenses and keep them prepared for
years to come, and that to do SO
Will require of each the utmost
readiness to sacrifice. 1t means a
new order of living, new discipline,
new attitude, and new patriotism.
Bailey, who has often criticized
policies of President Roosevelt,
commented: Many have long been
convinced that we could not hope
to go on much longer after the
manner we have maintained these
last 20 years. Our national scene
has presented the spectacle-im-
measurably depressing-of indi-
viduals and groups in unashamed
and unrestrained scramble for ad
vantages Of their government and
their fellows, and of public lead
ers who dared not deny any de-
mand lest they be thrust out oil
office by ever more subservient
successors. If the necessities of the
common defense of the fireside OF
our fathers and the affairs of ou1
God shall serve to make an END
of this and substitute for it a uni
Versal devotion to the common
good, and shall bring on an era in
which the public ervant who dares
to serve all and yields to none, who
seeks the right and refuses tt
pander for votes, if we may have
an end of pandering in polite.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
NEW YORK SUGAR

NEW YORK, June 3.-LR-Su-
ear futures moved irregularly in
thin trade today.
War reports blanketed the mar
kt in uncertainty and few trad
es were willing to operate ag.
sressively.
The world list ended 1-2 point
lower to / higher on sales of 1900
lons' Jly 1.25 LIB, Sep LIB. Sell
ing came from trade and Cuban
sources.
Domestic futures closed 8 points
l0Wer to l higher on sales of 1850
'Vhs' support came through lazily,
checked by lack of leadership from
Inc raw market.
Only raw sale reported was 1880
sohs OF Philippines due June 10 at
Ito cents a pound. Duty-paid Gu
Vas and Puerto Ricans were gen
stsIly held at 2.S0 cents.
Weekend reports indicated
rance has taken about S cargoes
" american and Cuban refined
Nssf IN the past two weeks. Re-
'en' exports to France were esti-
ma.ea at about $4,000 tons, of
~liich lo'OoO wer previously re-
ported.
Inclined remained at 4.50 cents
FOUND in eastern territory.
NO, 3 range follows.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, June 3d.
USDA)-Hogs: Good and choice
1925 lbs. $50 to $50 the top;
100 to 100 lbs. $50 to 400; 100 to
40 lbs. 4 to ATS; 140 to 100 lbs.
Ats to sos; 100 to 1870 lbs. sos to
go; 225 to $50 lbs. 4.80 to $50;
ESQ to 300 lbs. $50 to $40; over
500 lbs. AS to 4.95. Sows under
$50 lbs. 3.75 to 4.25; over $50 lbs.
3.25 to 3.75.
Cattle: good steers $50 to 1000;
mediums around $50 to 900 com.
mon $50 to 7.5O. Market dull on
cows. Medium grade dairy type
around $50 to $50; Gamers and
cutters largely $50 to $50. Good
beef type $50 to $50. Bulls about
steady; medium grass fat bulls,
mostly $50 to $50. Vealers steady
practical top 10. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
BALTIMORE POTATOES

BALTIMORE, June 3-R0Pota-
toes-(old)-dull. Rail: Maine 100
Id. sack mountains U. S. Is best
$50 to 60, few higher; poorer2 90
to FPS; 100 Id. sacks Katahdins
U. S. Is 2.60 to rs. (New)-slightly
weaker. Truck: S. C. 100 Id. sacks
cobblers U. S. Is 2.25 to 40; Ga.
bliss triumphs u. S. Is 2.25 to 40,
few higher; bu. baskets cobblers
U. S. Is lao to so, few higher;
N. c.. 100 Id. sacks cobblers U. S.
Is 2.10 to 40. Rail: Fla. 100 Id.
sacks Katahdins u. S. Is washed
2.40 to $50; S. C. 100 Id. sacks
cobblers U. S. Is 2.40 to so. Bliss
triumphs U. S. Is 2.25 to 2.40.
Sweet potatoes-dull. N. c. bu.
baskets Puerto Ricans and Nancy
Halls U. S. Is 10 to 1.25, I'm
graded rs to 80. Eastern shore
Md. bu. baskets goldens U. S. Is
$50 to 100, few higher; ungraded
100 to 1.25; Nancy Halls U. S.
Is 100 to 1.l5, %ungraded rs to 30;
white yams U. S. IS IS to LOO,
ungraded 60 to IS. I
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
E
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, June 3-lR-Corn
showed the only strength in the
grain market today, scoring gains
of more than a cent while wheat
and other grains e. lower most
of the session. Wheat rallied, how
ever, and closed near Saturdays
level.
Higher corn futures were due to
buying attributed to industries and
elevators. Commercial demand has
been good because of restricted
supplies as a result of the loan
program. Reports that export SUBJ
sidy shipments are proceeding,
that the Red Cross is being pro-
vided with meal for European re-
lief work and that the government
is in the market for grits also
stimulated demand. Much replant-
ing is necessary in central and
northern Illinois, crop experts said,
because of worm damage.
Lower securities prices and ex-
pectations that the private crop
reports tomorrow will show a ma
terial improvement in the domes-
tic wheat harvest prospect helped
to depress wheat. Prices were off
5-8 to l cent at one time but later
strengthened with corn and closed
10 lower to 3-8 higher, compared
with Saturday, July 81 1-8 to 80,
September 80 IL to IA. Corn fin
ished l to l IL cents higher, July
81 ga, September 81 to 81 7-8. Oats
were unchanged to 1-8 off, rye IA
to IL down and lard unchanged
to 3 higher.
Trade attention is being directed
toward steps taken to send food
supplies to Europe for relief Of
refugees. Whether this work will
be enlarged to World War proper
tons cannot be determined but the
fact that the Red Cross has an ar
rangement with the department OF
agriculture whereby it can obtain
surplus foods at about half market
prices was interpreted as an in
dication of the trend. Plans al
ready have been perfected for the
purchase of wheat flour. c O r n
meal, lard and some other COM
modities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
FOREIGN ISSUES
TREND IRREGULAR
Bob Up And Down Nervously
In Light Dealings AS Ger
mans Bomb Paris

NEW YORK, June 3-(R-Dollar
bonds of wide-scattered foreign ma
tons bobbed up and down nervous
ly in light dealings in the New
York stock exchange today as Ger
man bombs fell on Paris.
Up 3 ga at 70 3-4 were Great
Consolidated Electric Power OF ia
pan Is of "A, and fractions ahead
were Japanese government 8 LIS
at n 1-2 and 5 LIS at 81 IA.
Norway IS of IA we're 2 higher
at 38 and the Is Of '63 up l IA at
rs ga. Gaining 2 IL at 10 were
Serbs, Croats and Slovene IS OF
so, and Belgian 6 LIS of '49 added
l 3-4 at As l..
But while some foreign issues
advanced, others retreated. N e W
South Wales IS of SO on sale of
one bond at IS lost s.. Fractions
to l or more lower we're German,
Danish and some Italian loans.
United States governments were
1882 point lower to 2-32 higher.
Fractions to l or more advanced
were Anaconda Copper 4 LIS at
102 3-4, Firestone Tire 3 lbs at
104, Goodrich 4 las at 101 1-8, In.
ternational Paper SIS of At, Inter-
national Hydro Electric IS at Al IL
and Pennsylvania General 4 1-2's
Of IS at 95.
About as much lower we're In
ternational Telephone SIS at 6 10,
Santa Fe Is of '95 at 1O1 IL, Al
leghany IS of '49 at SO IL and Del
aware Hudson refunding As at
40.
Transactions totaled $3.50, DOC
face value, the smallest since Au.
gust 81, compared with 81, 1923, 900
Friday. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
POTATOES

CHICAGO, June 3-tR-U. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes 203, on track
408, total U. S. shipments Satur-
day 79l, Sunday So; new stock sup
plies rather heavy, demand fair,
slightly weaker; California o g
whites washed sales U. S. l under
initial ice ESQ; under ventilation
2.45 to SIS; U. S. commercial under
ventilation 2.40; Mississippi bliss
triumphs unwashed one a mixed
U. S. /, 2.45; U. S. l size B las;
Alabama bliss triumphs cotton and
burlap sacks U. S. l washed 2.4O
to go; U. S. l unwashed 2.35 to So:
mostly around 2.40: U. S. l size B
washed $50; U. S. l size B un-
washed 1.35; Louisiana bliss tri-
umphs unwashed one car mixed
u, S. commercial and U. S. l size
B, u. S. commercial 2.25; U. S. l
size B 1.35; long whites U. S. l
washed one car so 10. sacks heav-
les and small size 2.25 cwt; old
stock supplies light; Idaho russets
demand fair, market firm; Idaho
russell burbanks U. S. l few sales
2.65 to 70; car of large size 2.8O;
northern stock no sales report
ed. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, June 3-R-T h e
Canadian dollar advanced IA cent
today despite small losses in the
English pound and French franc.
Sterling lost 3-4 Of a cent and the
france 90 IL of a cent. The Swiss
franc added .02 of a cent.
Business in foreign monies was
severely restricted by war consid-
erations but traders pointed out
chief rates displayed considerable
stability in view of the many un-
certainties generated by the Euro
pean conflict.
Closing rates follow Great Brit
ain in dollars; others in cents):
Great Britain, demand 3.19 IA,
cables 800 IA, 60-day BIT 3-4, 90
day BIT. Belgium unquoted, Den
mark unquoted, Finland .200n,
France 1.81 l., Germany 40.OOn,2
(benovolent) 1900, Greece .6n2,
Hungary 17.70n, Italy sos, Meth
erlands unquoted, Norway unquo-
ted, Portugal 3.35n, Argentine Of
fetal 9.277, free SIS, Brazil Of
fetal COS, free $40, Mexico 16. 85n,
Japan 32.48, Hongkong 0.0e.
Shanghai $3.50.
Crates in spot cables unless 9TH
erwise indicated.)
N-nominal. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, June 3-R-Ample
supplies turned livestock prices
downward today.
Fed steers and yearlings moved
slowly in a Is to scent lower
trade with best steers topping at
$11.10.
Hogs opened Is to 20 cents lower,
later regained a part of the down
turn, and closed S to is cents off.
The top, paid early, was $3.50.
Wholesale pork loin prices ruled
unchanged at $14.50.
Fed and spring lambs were slow
and mostly 5 cents lower. The
So Is to SO. Spring lambs sold at
$8.5 to $29. Spring lambs sold at
$11.5O down, off so cents from last
week.
GU. S. Dept. Ayr Salable hogs
II, 1000; total &c, 1000; opened 1921
lower than Fridays average; later
trade and bulk sales 10-15 lower;
some sales $50 lbs. and up only
$40 off; bulk good and choice 1870
to 27O lbs. $40 to As: top $50; 270
to $50 lbs. 400 to 5.25; sows 10 to
Is lower; good 400 to $50 Id.
weights 400 to IS; lighter weights
to $50 to 400. Shippers took $500
estimated held oyer 1000.
Salable cattle 10000; S l a b ] e
calves 1000; fed steers and year.
iings Is to S lower; strictly good
and choice medium weight and
weighty steers fully Is down de-
spite liberal water fill; slow clos.
ing trade; the better the cattle
with weight the more the down
turn, instances Is lower, however,
on good to choice yearlings; com.
mon and medium grade steers
weak to rs, mostly 10 to Is off;
lions share declined falling on cat
tie selling at 9.75 upwards; ex
IRENE top strictly choice steer:
lilo, next highest prices HOO;
bulk 8.75 to 1925 best yearlings
1850; heifers yearlipgs 1885; few
above 1000; COWS scarce and fully
steady; bulls steady to strong;
vealers barely S e at 10.5C
down; few HOO; top steers and
yearlings steady at II down; few
calves 1900 and better.
Salable sheep 1000; total $500;
lamb trade slow throughout; most
fed and spring offerings Is to Sc
lower; mostly so off; bulk handy
weight shorn old crop lambs $50
to 900; sizeable string 70 Id. ma
tive springers 11.50: others l0.5C
with few outs around 900 to $50;
shorn California spring lambs
1880; ewes scarce, odd head ma
tive ESQ to 3.75.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04

Seven Stills Seized .
ByATU Agents In May

Seiz1 Ire of seven stills and arrests
of - persons on charges of Vlolat'
ing the federal government Internal
revenue liquor laws featured the
May enforcement activities of the
Alcohol Tax Unit investigators OF
the U. S. treasury department here
in Southeastern North Carolina.
ATU agent activities during May
included: seizure of stills having a
total capacity of $50 gallons lzS
gallons of n~on-taXpaid Whlskey'
2 55o gallons of mash, and five auto
mobiles, valued at $500.
Enforcement activities were car'
ried out in the counties of Ne"
Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus
Fender. Duplin, Onslow and Bladen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, June 3-REU.
S. Dept. Agr.)-Hogs-1,25O. 10
lower; practical top $50. Good and
choice ITO to 21O lbs. sos to go;
22O to 24O lbs. $40 to 60; $50 to 300
lbs. 400 to 5.45; $50 to 100 lbs.
5.25 to so; 40 to $50 lbs. 400 to
SIS; 1870 to $40 lbs. 4,65 to 90;
100 to 100 lbs. $50 to rs. Packing
soWs $3.50 to 4.30. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
LEADERS RETREAT
IN SLOW SESSION
.aoc;ated Press Average OF
Ga Issues Off A Of A
Point At 3S.1
Tuesday,, JUNE 4, 1910
nv FREDERICK GARDNER

ny
INV YORK, June 8 -R-Bear-
~ implications we're seen in the
ISL news today and stock market
leaders sse ~retreated l to around .
points. ~.
with steels. coppers and
s Isat favored. but a lower
spift soon got under way and quot
o+ions were at or near the lows o1
sso dav at the close.
# was the slowest full session
.;nce Feb. &c. only AS. 7O5 shares
shanoing hands compared with $685.
raS last Friday. The first hours
.'rrover of 70. 900 shares was the
s~u,allest for this period since last
Iast Nav. The Associated Press av-
orsoe of 50 issues was off a Of a
noint at 38,l.
Rambling of Paris by the Nazis
ssemed to chill buying ardor more
then anything else, although con-
.;n,ed fears of Italy entering the
~oonflict on the side of Germany
belped keep many traders in neu-
trail territory.
Lack of any real pressure OF
offerings. though, was comforting
IA those bullishly inclined. Remain
mo also as a sustaining influence
ws. the belief of some market
.nalvsts that a brisk upswing in
industry would come when the adj
ministration's huge defense spend
ing gets under way.
steels led the afternoon drift not
withstandng the officially estimat-
ed increase in this weeks mill
ouerations Of "a points at 1913
per cent of capacity, highest level
since the latter part of January.
There was talk of production
reaching 80 per cent before long.
Coppers held well for a while as
expanding domestic and foreign
sales of the red metal were re-
ported. Tagging new car distribut-
ion and strike threats at General
Motors plants handicapped the
automotive group.
Conspicuous share losers includ-
ed U. S. steel, Bethlehem, Douglas
aircraft, Lockheed, Consolidated
Aircraft, Sears Roebuck, Montgom-
cry Ward, Dow Chemical, Du Pont,
Westinghouse. Philip Morris, Inter-
national paper Preferred, Anacon.
da and Phelps Dodge.
Pennsylvania and Baltimore &
Chip were up a shade and other
rails were narrow. Clinging to mo-
dest advances were American Can,
Freeport Sulphur, American smelt-
ing and North American.
Lower in the curb were American
Cyanamid B." Electric Bond
Share, Lake Shore and Creole Pet
GOleum. Improved were Heyden
Chemical, Minnesota Mining & Mfg.
and Cities Service. Volume here
was about 10000 shares against
10000 Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, June 3(AP)-Dry
goods c:otton goods-mills report
only limited inquiry from convert
ers and printers, further reports
Of curtailment in some print cloth
mills; .rayon fabrics dealings
slacken, notably in dress goods and
box looms sections; silk-demand
negligible; wooden goods - buyers
limit requirements to actual needs,
retail sales improve. |
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
ACTION COMPLETED

WASHINGTON, June 3-R-The
house completed congressional ac-
ton today on a resolution giving
quick effect to the transfer OF the
immigration bureau to the justice
department. The transfer, tr o m
the labor department, was propos'
ed by President Roosevelt In Or
der to make possible more effec-
tive control of aliens. M
changes by the senate were agreed
to today by the house. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, June 3-lR-Cash
wheat no sales.
Corn No. l yellow IS IA to 81;
No. 2, IS IA to 66 80; No. / white
rs ga.
Oats No. 3 mixed "a 3-4; sample
grade mixed SO IA; No. 2 white
SO IL to 81; No. 8, SO to So IL.
Barley mailing SIS to Sc nom;
feed 40 to so nom.
Soy beans No. 2 yellow "a IL. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
BUTTER AND EGGS

CHICAGO, June 3-tR-Butter L.
1:21, 633; steady, SO score rs IL, 81
score 26, 81 score Is Ia, 80 score
Is Ia, SO score "a, 88 score % IL,
80 centralized CARROTS Is IL; eggs,
81, 416, steady, fresh graded, extra
first, local Is ga, cars is, firsts, To-
cal IS -, cars IS ga, current re-
ceipts 10 IL, dirties II IA, checks
IL IA; storage packed extras 16 3-4,
first 16 IL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
S10CkS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

closinm iORk, June 3.-R-Sales
fjftaese prlce and net change Of the
Alleaost active stocks today:
1 ssessnany, q, 800; d 1.16.
Radi s'eel, s,3Oo-45B; d1A..
Ess sulNo. 7.6oO-4a; dA.
Beth heeott, 7,5oo-26A; dM.
Cav Steel, 6,9O0-6S; d2%.
Ann Motors, 6,4oO-s9%; DIS.
pens onda, 6,100-20A: d1.
c Nun RR, S,1oo-17A; az.
So m,lss Wright, 5,8OO-SA; d..
Sid ny vac, 5,400-7B; no.
Gen vi N J., 5,100-29T; dH.
Pa hiec, 5,00O-29A; DIS.
Inf poic ST., 4,900-15A; DIS.
c;ntaN and P. 4.7O0-11h; DIS.
0Niette 4.600-rddoryyh
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
LIVERPOOL T T

LIVERPOOL, June 3-R- The
cotton futures market again was
inactive today with selling orders
accommodating. Sellers were at the
restricted prices. Active deliveries
were July 7.25; October I'll.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
EGGS

NEW YORK, June 3-R-Eggs
(receipts for 2days) 1883; weak.
mixed colors: fancy to extra fam
cy 10 to 0; extras 172 l. to "a;
storage packed firsts II to II IA;
drties No. l, IA IA; average
checks Is IA to IL l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
SPOT COTTON

, NEW ORLEANS, June 3-R-
Spot cotton closed quiet 4 points
lower. Sales AZ.
Low middling Oil; middling
10.11; middling 1886; receipts
], 628: stock 628, 1873.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
BUTTER

NEW YORK, June 3-R-Butter
receipts 2 days., 2,574, DAB; steady
creamery: higher than extra 27
to q "a; extra dow score) rs Sd;
firsts (86 to 81 Is to 26 IA; Sec
onds (84 to 80 4 to "a "a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
NJ q. OIL

NEW ORLEANS, June 3-tR-
cottonseed oil closed steady.
detachable prime summer yellow
$50 nom: prime crude NOM. July
Sab. Sep. ssh, Oct. ssh, Dec.
5.62b. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, June 3-tR-Pea-
nut quotations: jumbos $50 to 40;
bunch 3 IL to 1865; runners 3 3.8
to 2 IL. Market steady. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
N. " OIL

NEW YORK, June 3-tR-Cotton-
seed oil futures closed unchanged
to 1 point higher today in the
smallest full days trade in more
than two months. Only Is contracts
changed hands.
July closed 5.98b, Sept. COBB,
Jan. Glib. B-bid).
Crude oil was quoted nominally
at 5 to 5 1-8 cents a pound in the
southeast and valley and 4 3-4 to
4 7-8 in Texas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
PAVED WITH GOLD

NEWHALL, Calif.-R-A new
highway cutoff north of here s
being surfaced partly with gol4,
silver and platinum, says D. F.
a prospector. The gravel
used has been traced by him to a
m~ineralized deposit which he as
says from S1.40 to $3.50 a ton. 2
and a beginning of genuine serv-
ice, . who will say that it were
not better so?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
(BELA LANAN-COURT REPORTER

YESTERDAYS EPISODE SHOWED Us the
TRAGIC HGURE OF A WOMAN, PREPARING
70 JUMP FROM a TALL OFFICE BUILDING
IN LYNN, MASS. SHE IS STILL THERE..
1WAyiNG DANGEROUSLY ON A NARROW
IEOGE WHILE DOWN Below
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04

;toras ANNAH. June 3-R-Naval
;ervanc market closed today, in OBJ.
lay. JEFFERSON Davis birth
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-04
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

rotton ORLEANS. June B. Up
stead" lUtnres closing prices were
I 10 Z points net lower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

A Festival of Fools was held an.
nually in Paris on January 1, from
1893 to 1888,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Tenant Purchase Units
Will Meet This Week

The Brunswick and New Hanover
county tenant purchase advisory
committees will meet Monday anG
Tuesday to consider applications
for industrious but low income
farmers who seek loans from the
federal government for the purchase
of land and farm home essentials.
The New Hanover committee,
comprising Lewis A. Covil, E. L.
Robinson, and Alex Janicki, will
meet at 10 o'clock Monday morning
at the local FSA office located in
the basement of the courthouse
building.
The Brunswick committee, includ-
ing James Z. Gilbert, A. Preston
Henry, and William 6. Gore, will
meet at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning
at the farm of C. H. Bellamy in
Brunswick county.
w. NJ. CHM, supervisor Of the
rural rehabilitation division, Miss
Mildred Mcdonald, supervisor of the
farm and home management divis|
ion, and Miss Lillian Butler, secre.
tary, for the Farm Security admin
%istration in Brunswick and New
Hanover counties, plan to attend.
The Brunswick county committee
will also appraise several farms
to determine whether they meet the
requirements of the federal govern
ment's tenant purchase program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
OIL WELL BLAST
KILLS FOUR MEN
Four Others Burned Serious.
ly In Explosion At
Centralia, Ill.

CENTRALIA, Ill, March 30-LP)
-Four men were killed and four
other persons were burned seriously
today in the worst oil well explosion
and fire in the three years of the
current Illinois boom.
Scared when a pocket of escaping
gas ignited and exploded at the well
west c, C%entralia, the dead were:
John Smith, about 10 years old, and
Dave Hardin, both of Hominy, Okla,
Charles Underwood, 54, of Drum.
wright, Okla; and D. e. (Red) Be
van, of Tulsa, Okla, all oil workers.
They died in a hospital a few
hours after the gas, exploding in
'one big sheet of f1ame,' set fire to
the we'll and a house.
The others burned in the sudden
intense flash Of the explosion were
Joe Butrick, of Hominy, and Carl
Lycette of Avant, Okla, also oil
workers, and Mr.. and Mrs. r. w.
Stow, formerly of Kilgore, Tex.
Butrick had been employed only
this morning at the well, which was
being completed in the backyard of
the house occupied by the Slows
and two other families.
Mrs. Stow saved six persons from
in ilry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
NOW BEFORE PRICES ADVAN


North Carolina Mortgage Corpora
ton, lot 3, block 296, city.
North Carolina Mortgage Corpo
ration to Pembroke J. Taylor, lot 8
block 296, city.
Hugh MacRae and company tt
John D. Gold, lot II, block Z. addi-
ton 2, Wrightsville Beach exten
sion.
r. P. Huffman to Iva Devane
lots 13 and IA, block %, Carolina
Place.
Wallace R. Cutter to H.. M
Schaar, part of lots 5, block 90, ant
lot 8, block "a, city.
VaIira T. Whitaker to R. A
Cromwell, part of lot 5, block 501
city.
Fred G.. Rose to Della C. Rose
lot 5. block B, Pinehurst.
j. H. Lea to R. R. Stone, lots 4
and 5, block SO, city
w. S. Butler to L. R. Kirkpatrick
part Of lot 5, Shore Acres Develop
ment company, No. 1.
City and Suburban Building as
ISOLATION to A. E. K%rottnauer, lo1
3, block 257, city.
Leonard Hagan to Lena B. Hen
son, part of lot II, Pinehurst Ter
race, in Masonboro township.
J. T. Carroll to g. F. Morton
lots z and IA, block 81, Sunset
Park.