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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28

just said: Just forget it. It's really
nothing. Really, it isn't You know,
meaning her broken bookcase
glass.
81 felt like saying: How about
my back But 1 was just new in
the neighborhood."
However, turning to more SER
ious vein. scatter rugs should be
anchored and these little gadgets,
which can be fastened to the back
on the rug, are found in most rug
departments.
This accident angle is an excel
lent selling argument in favor of
the wall-to-wau covering, as this
manner Of treating your floor pre-
sents the smooth, luxurious appear
ance which nothing else can give.
It also gives the illusion of spa
ciousness to a small room by elimi-
mating the border of bare floor
around the edge.
Yet, there are many places in
the home where nothing but the
small scatter type of rug will an
swer-between doorways and in
small Railways, and it is here that
the rug anchors should be employed
to great advantage. Then again the
smaller rug can be used as a color
accent to a room already covered
wall-to-wall with plain broadloom.
One of the scatter types placed
before the fireside, or perhaps in
the bay window between two COM
Portable chairs presents a pleasing
appearance, and in this case, when
used over the already carpeted
floor, the small rug needs no an
Choir, but we should use care to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Home Accidents Can Be
Reduced By The Use Of
Proper Floor Covering

Statistics recently issued by the
National Safety Council indicate
that accidents in the home are
steadily on the increase during the
past ten years. The Council also
states that falls were the cause of
one-half of the $4,000 persons who
died in home accidents in the Unit
ed States in the past year. In adtli-
ton to persons killed, approximate
ly 100000 were injured and 140.-
600 of these cases resulted in per-
manent disability.
Small scatter rugs which are
carelessly placed on a highly
waxed surface contribute their
share of the fatalities. An amusing
article sent in to the publicity de-
partment of the Mohawk Carpet
Mills, Amsterdam, New York, by
its representative Mr.. Neil J. An
dersen. appeared in the "On The
Side" column of the Chicago Her
ald-American newspaper
advancing toward the breakfast
table with my usual enthusiasm
stepped on a rug which slipped
from under me. l hit the floor
with a bang. That's always hap
pening to me.
Wasn't so bad this time. I was
not carrying anything. Once, at a
party, I was bringing a couple of
glasses of refreshment to m e
feminine guests when a rug slipped
from under me. I slid along the
floor and into a bookcase, breaking
the glass in same. Did the people
present blame the rug? Did they
say the rug slipped from under
Me? No, they said I was awkward
and I slipped on the rug. Did the
hostess apologize and say sh e
should have had rug anchors She
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
EDITOR AND OFFICER
ARE HURT IN WRECK
Robert L. Gray, Jr., And Lieutenant
Byrd Injured When Auto Over
turns Near Fayetteville

FAYETTEVILLE, Oct. 27.-LR-
Robert L. Gray, Jr., editor of the
Fayetteville Observer, and Lieut.. w.
H. Byrd of the 10th field artillery,
Fort Bragg, were injured late last
night when their car overturned
near here.
Gray suffered decorations and
pulled ligament in his back. He was
taken to a hospital here. Byrd had
broken collar bone and decorations
on the head and face. He was re-
leased after being given treatment
at Fort Bragg hospital.
Byrd said he tried to avoid a col
lision with the other car, meeting it
on the outside of curve. The car
skidded, turned over and caught fire.
Gray was thrown clear of the car.
Gray and Byrd were returning
from Chapel Hill where they at
tended the football game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Lucy B. Moore Flower
And Gift Shop Stocked
With Gift Suggestions
In Flowers, Glassware

In preparation for the coming
Fall and Winter season the Lucy
B. Moore Flower and Gift Shop
18th and Market streets, is stocked
with one of the largest collections
of gift suggestions of any similar
shop in the city.
Large shipments of high quality
glassware, pottery, wooden arti-
cles, chinaware and numerous 9TH
er new and unusual thing" are be-
ing unpacked daily. The quaint
ness and usefulness of these hun
dreds of practical gifts at once
makes them suitable for giving on
every occasion.
1--WE have gifts for the bride, for
the hostess, for party favors, for
grown-ups as well as children, for
the sickroom, or practically ev-
erything you can think Of" said
the management of this modern
flower and gift establishment.
Daily we have dozens looking for
the unusual in gifts who are COM
pletely satisfied after looking over
the novelties we have displayed
throughout our shop"
One of the largest single groups
in their latest shipment includ-
ed dozens of new articles in high
quality Cambridge glassware.
Those seeking a suitable bridal
pattern are sure to find their chos-
en- style from among The Lucy B.
Moore collection. And those inter-
ested in building up their set
with additional extra pieces will
find exactly what they ant in
among the hundreds of articles dis
played. Cambridge glassware, one
of the best known in this country,
is available in plain, cut and etch-
ed styles of unusual beauty and
usefulness, and is most economi-
cally priced.
The florist business conducted by
the Lucy B. Moore shop is one OF
the most up-to-date in the city,
featuring all popular flowers in
season and making special orders
a specially. They are members o1
the Florists Telegraph Delivery
association and can send flowers
to any point you may so desire at
small additional cost.
For corsages, cut flowers, potted
plants, wreaths and all other floral
designs they are experts at max
ing up orders of outstanding beau
| tY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28

and blowouts frequently occur.
Worst of all you have no means
of knowing whether or not (even
at comparatively low mileage)
you may be riding on a tir e
which, because of the unseen dis
integration of the fabric, endan'
gers your life and the lives OF
others.
Through the discovery of a
new principle in processing cot
ton, a cord with vital new char
acteristics has been achieved.
Tires built with this new product,
Bibb H R Cord, have new life,
vitality, strength and safety. This
life-saving feature ha~ been put
into the new Cooper tires we are
now selling.
''Bibb Heat Resistant Cord is
low-stretch and 1ow-gauge. 1t IS
Is per cent stronger-:lder oper-
ating conditions; lighte and more
compa :l-for greater flexibility;
retards generation # heat checks
cooler running-reduces friction,
retards generation of heat; checks
tire growth to such an absolute
ire grow h to such an absolute
minimum; prevents bloWouts-the
strength and durability of H r
Cord, even under the most severe
conditions, practically eliminates
the danger of bloWouts; and IS
heat resistant-H R Cord not only
i, reduces friction and retards the
generation of heat, but maintains
strength, durability and vitality
under heat that is generated IN
any tire which is subjected to
hard and constant use.
These vital new characteristics
are made possible by a process
which actually fuses anc bonds
the cotton fibers with their own
natural gums and wakes. The re
suit is a Heat Resistant c r
which outperforms, outlives, ant
outlasts any other cord produced
today. This statement is basee
upon tests of every conceivable
nature carried out over perioe
of two years." they said.
"Now, for the first time, it il
possible to have tires on you!
personal car that are cool-run
ming, heat resisting, and practl
cally blowout-proof. With set o
these new Cooper tires on you
car the uncertainty is completely
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
THESE PROGRESSIVE
FIRMS SOLICIT
YOUR PATRONAGE

removed. You may examine the
tires from the outside, and if there
is sufficient tread to produce trac-
ton with safety, you may know
beyond the shadow of doubt that
the inside of he ire is perfecly
safe, because throughout the life
of the tire the deterioration OF
Heat Resistant Cord is practically
negligible. Cooper tire manufac'
turers are directing all their ener.
gies to finding rubber compounds
for treads that will match the dur.
ability of Heat Resistan' Cord.
I'VE urge everyone, for the
safety of yourself and that Of your
family and friends, bear this In
mind, and when next you buy
tires, insist upon those built with
Bibb H R Cord-Cooper tires. We
invite the public to visit our sta
ton at Third and Grace streets
and see these new tires we now
have on display" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28

see that they are not "rumpled"
as mentioned in our first para
graph.
Perhaps with little thought and
care in covering floors, the rug
and carpet industry can contribute
their share toward cutting down
the number of home fatalities.
The Jones Furniture company,
18 South Front street, are local
dealers for the fine line of high
quality Mohawk rugs and carpets,
and have a fine collection of beau
tiful patterns on display at their
store. In addition to their large
stock, they are authorized to make
special orders for any size rug
you may desire. See their collec-
ton of samples and then h ave
them order a size to fit your indi-
vidual room. Their prices are most
reasonable for the high quality pro-
duct they sell, manufactured by
one of the oldest rug and carpet
manufa cturers in this country. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Durham Man Is Killed
When Auto Ouerturns

RALEIGH, Oct. 27.-R-Thomas
Newcomb Lawrence of Durham was
killed early today when his automo-
bile left U. S. highway 70-A nine
miles from here, st1 uck a tree and
overturned.
A nearby resident reported hearing
a crash at about 1 80 this morning.
The body, penned beneath the car
in a ditch, was not discovered until
about II a. m.
Lawrence, who was connected with
the City Recreation park in Durham,
was alone and apparently going to-
ward Durham.
Coroner Roy M. Banks said no in
quest would be held.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
BEER INDUSTRY WILL
CONTINUE CAMPAIGN
Col. Balm Reports 1hat Committees
Clean Up or Close Up Drive
Is Producing Results

RALEIGH, Oct. 27.- Up -Contin-
uation of the beer industry's "clean
up or close up" campaign in North
Carolina for another year was an
nounced today by Col. Edgar H.
Balm of Goldsboro, state director of
the drive for the Brews and North
Carolina Distributors committee.
The United Brewers Industrial
foundation, the sponsoring organiza-
tion, authorized the continuation
after Colonel Balm had made a prog
ress report to it Friday in ST. Louis.
The report said that 1872 "object-
ionable" dealers in the state had been
forced out of the retail business as
result of the campaign.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Bib III r" Cord Cooper
Tires Have New Life
Vitality And Strength

'The matter of safety on the
highways is of ever increasing
Importance, said the manage
ment of the Shell Safti Service
company, local dealers for tn e
reliable line of Cooper automobile
and truck tires.
''While passenger car tires are
not frequently subjected to over.
loading, they do get the strain of
high speed flexing. The excessive
heat created causes deterioration
of ordinary cord and tire growth
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Hobo Released After
Doctors Find Him Sane

RALEIGH, Oct. 27 -LP- Peter
Pearson, 47-year-old hobo who an
nounced recently that he had fore
cast the wreck of the streamlined
train "Cfy of San Francisco, was
released today from the city Jail
after two physicians had declared
him sane
The streamliner crashed more than
a year ago, killing rs persons and
injuring III others.
Officials said they had no charge
to bring against Pearson, whose an
nouncement brought several railway
detectives here to question him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
U. S. BUYS TUNGSTEN

CHUNGKING, China, Oct. 27-
[P>-A new United States purchase
of approximately $1O,OOO,O0O worth
of tungsten, said to be necessitated
by revised estimates of United
States needs, was disclosed tonight
by authoritative Chinese sources.
1t was said the purchase was sep
arate from any previous order
based on American loans to China.
Evening star., 1940-02-01
Chicuqo Livestock

CHICAGO, Feb oP.--(United States
Department of Agriculture) .--Salable hogs,
is 600 total, $4,000: slow; mostly steady
to ; lower than Wednesdays AVERAGE
spots, 10 off: top. $50: bulk. IS0-220
pounds 5.3O-55: 220-240 pounds. 5.25-50:
24O-2.O pounds, 5.10-4o; 270-333-pound
butchers. 4s5-5.15: heavier weights, 4,75
good, and choice 140-160-pound under,
weights. 475-5.25: good 360-550-pound
packing sows, 425-65; lighter weights to
475
Salable cattle, $500; salab1e calves,
1000; well finished cattle. all weights
scare, but market slow, even on strictly
good and choice offerings: only moderate
supply such kinds here: dull. steadier on
shipper account: shipper demand narrow:
early top weighty long-fed steers, IL 90:
best yearlings. 1885: all other grades
steers and yearlings weak: medium to good
heavies. 1915 lower; sprinklng light and
mediumweight steers sold at S.00-9.5O. but
bulk crop unsold hefers weak to 25 lower:
cows. 10-15 off: bulls weak; vealers steady,
but undertone baarish; most hejfers 900
down medium weighty kinds at7 50-S.25
showing most downturn: cutter cows, 4 So
800: most beef cows, 5.25-6.0O: outside
on weiehty sausage bulls 7.25: mostly
700 down choice vealers mostly II so:
very few selects. 1900
Salable sheen. 5000 total. $500: fat
lambs slow early sales strong to Is
hieher: good to choice lambs to packers,
9.0O-25: outside paid and bid freely; best
held $40 and above; one double good to
choice So-pound fall shorn lambs. s75;
yearlings and sheep scarce: ouotable about
steady.
Evening star., 1940-02-01
TooImakers Give Priority
TO j. ). Plane Plants

BY the Associated Press.
A high official today said machine
tool manufacturers had agreed vol
unfairly to supply American engine
factories ahead of foreign companies
so as to facilitate, a vast expansion of
the American airplane industry.
This action, it was said, will en-
able American plants to fulfill the
millions of dollars of present and
potential airplane orders Of Great
Britain and France as well as the
Army, Navy and civil needs of the
United States.
The official, who asked that his
name not be used, explained ex-
pansion Of American airplane motor
output had been tagging behind
fuselage capacity because of diff
Guilty in getting the special tools
needed to build engines. This was
caused, in turn, by deluge Of for
eign orders which tied up the tool
manufacturers with enough business
to keep them busy for nearly two
years.
Leading machine tool makers,
however, were called to Washington
recently by Secretary Of the Treas
ury Morgenthau, who heads the
Presidents Committee for Co-ordi-
mating Airplane Procurement in this
country. They told Secretary Nor
genthau they would be glad to re
shuttle? their orders to give priority
to American airplane engine manu-
| facturerS.
Evening star., 1940-02-01
ReEular.
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. Feb l CPl.--Poultry, live, %
trucks; hens easier. chickens, hrmer; hens,
over ! pounds. l5: pounds and under,
IS: Plymouth Rock brolers, Il: SPRINGS
4 pounds up, Plymouth Rock 10; White
Rock, 1872: under 4 pounds Plymouth
Rock, l1l2: white ducsk y pounds up,
IA: other prices unchanged.
Butter, 723,616' easy: prices UNCHANGED
Eggs SIZE: easy: fresh graded. extra
irsts local, 81: cars. 2lia; frsts. local,
20ia; cars. 81: current receipts. 20.
Potatoes I27; on track, 3'5; total U. S
shipments, 743; slishtly weaker. demand
slow, supplies liberal: sacked, per, cwt
Idaho Russet Burbanks U. S.. No. !. few
sales, S5-2 90: mostly 1.s5: Colorado
Red McClures, u. s. No !: good color
so Nebraska Bliss Triumphs, U. S. No.
l. washed. 2.0o;,o71a; = to so per cent
Minnesota Red River Valley section, Cob
lers. 90 per cent U. S. No !. 1.25 North
Dakota Red River Valley section. Cobblers
90 per cent U. s No IL 30; Bliss Tri-
few sales. l,11o-25; Y. g. No. l; 1;35; Wis
consn Katahdins, U. S. No. ]. 40: un-
classified. few sales. !. 20; late Wednesday.
Michigan Russet Rnrals, U. S No. l, car,
40: new stock dull supplies light. de-
mand very slow street, sales; Florida,
bushel crates, u S. No /, washed, Bliss
Triumphs very few. 200.
Evening star., 1940-02-01
EccIes
Continued From First Page.)

missible under the statute. I be-
lieve that the spirit of the law
would be better served by the re-
appointment.
Restriction Might Be Waived.
Accordingly, I am transmitting
to the Senate your appointment for
the remainder of the term of Ches-
ter C. Davis, which expires on Feb
ruary /, 1914, and at the same time
I am sending to the Senate his ap-
pointnent for the 14-year term be-
ginning February /, 1910. This will
enable me, upon your confirmation,
to redesignate you as chairman for
the 4-year term required by law,
which will then coincide with the
4-year period for which you would
be appointed as member of the
board.
You mentioned to me the re-
strictlon in the law which makes
the chairman, as we'll as each other
member of the board, ineligible for
two years after termination OF his
service to hold any office, position
or employment in any member
bank unless he has served out the
full term for which he was appoint
ed. In view of the fact that you
devoted so many years of work in
the banking field before assuming
a position in the Government, I
can fully appreciate the considera-
tons that make you reluctant to
commit yourself to the acceptance
of an appointment for an extended
additional period.
Therefore, in view of all the cir
cumstances, should you feel it neces-
sary to relinquish your present posi-
ton during my term OF Office, l
would be glad to suggest to the
Congress that consideration be given
to the desirability of waving the
application of this restriction in this
instance"
Appointment Assured.
The exchange between Mr.. Davis
and the President consisted merely
of an acknowledgment of the pur-
pose for which Mr.. Davis was re-
signing his present term and as
surance from the Chief Executive
that his reappointment for the
longer tenure would be forthcoming
at once.
Mr.. Wickard, a native of Indiana,
has been serving with the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration
and the Department of Agriculture
since 1884. Prior to that he served
for two years in the Indiana State
Senate.
In a letter accepting Mr. Wilson's
resignation, the President expressed
his appreciation of the resigning
officials devoted service" and his
pleasure at the knowledge that he is
to have opportunity to continue to
dedicate your knowledge and your
qualities of leadership to American
agriculture"
Mr.. Wilson Is to become director
of extension work in the Agriculture
Department.
Evening star., 1940-02-01
Auto Production Sets
New High Mark
For January
Autcmctive News Places
Months Volume at
4e5,2l7 Units
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Feb. 1.-Automotive
News in its forthcoming issue will
place January production of motor
vehicles at 465.217 units, surprising
the industry's previous January rec
ord of 422.538 cars and trucks in
1929.
The trade publication estimated
this weeks assemblies at 10O,691,
compared with l03,219 last week and
78, ,480 this week year ago.
1t said the decline was accounted
for chiefly by producers outside the
big three" General Motors, Ford
ano Chrysler maintaining output
levels close to their previous sched-
ules. Packard and WHY'S Overland,
1t added, we're closed this week.
Graham-Paige idle for almost a
year. is expected to resume final as
semblies some time in March.
Evening star., 1940-02-01
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Feb. / R.-Fresh losses
were added to the weeks decline in the
British pound today.
A dip of q of cent in sterling. how
ever was only small part of the gains
accumulated in a long recovery move
the start of this week.
The French franc slipped .O0l2 cent in
terms of the dollar and the belga ;01 of a
GENT. UNCHANGED were the guilder and
Noon rates follow. tGreat Britain in
dollars. Others in cents):
oIsciai Canadian control board buying
rate for U. S. dollars. 1000; selling rate.
III 90. Open market rates. Montreal in
New. York. S756A; New York. in Mon
treal. 114.25.
Great Britain. demand, 3.9s; cables,
3.9Sa4; 60-day bills. 3.96'4 90-day bills,
Belgium, 1897 Denmark 1888 Fin
quoted Grece, 1884; Hungary, 19.3On;
Italy sos; Netherlands. So. CO. Norway.
22.73; Portugal. aim; Rumania, ..73n;
slavia. 235n
Argentina official. 29.77; free. 90 95;
Brazil official, sos; free, $40; Mexico.
16 75n.
Japan. 23.4e; Hong Kong. 24,s5; shans-
(Rate in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated. Nominal1
Evening star., 1940-02-01
1889 Gains Reported
By Atlantic Mutual
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Gains In
premium income for 1889 and In
assets and surplus to policy holders
at the year end are revealed in the
98th annual statement of Atlantic
Mutual Insurance Co., made public
today. Net premium income. ex-
elusive of war premiums, totaled
S. 1855 ,643 for the year, compared
with $5,232 ,064 for 1898.
~ The companys surplus to policy
holders, including a guaranty fund
of 100000, stood at $10,111 .89e
as Of December 81, 1889, compared
with s9,557,782 a; the end of the
preceding year
Admitted assets amounted to $l6,-
$50 ,090 against liabilities, including
adequate reserves of S6,440,193. Al
the end of the preceding year ad.
mitted assets of s16,081 1886, COM
pared with outstanding liabilities oil
s6,524,1 ,103.
Evening star., 1940-02-01
Extension Is Granted
Directors t'iected
By Bar'((aw
; Il More Months
allowed to End
+ Board InterIockinq
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The Federal Reserve Board today
granted a final extension OF four
months to persons who are directors
of more than one Federal Reserve
member bank to resign from all but
one of their banking connections.
The extension, the third since Con-
gress decreed a prohibition on inter-
locking bank directorates in 1885.
was granted at the request of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Senators Wag-
ner, Democrat, of New York, and
Glass, Democrat, of Virginia.
The prohibition would have gone
into effect at midnight tonight II
the board, at a special meeting to-
day, had not acted,
The new extension came as a
surprise to banking circles because,
as late as yesterday, Federal Reserve
officials, although recognizing their
authority to grant another exten-
sion, were Saying tIldI lllC iiioe.eA
was ''out of our hands
They meant by that that Congress
and the President had determined
the policy against interlocking
bank directorates and President
Roosevelt last year vetoed new legls-
lation to delay enforcement OF 1t.
In announcing the new eXten-
sion, however, the board made pub
lie a letter from Mr.. Roosevelt say
ing:
In view of my veto last year
of the bill extending the time for
ending interlocking bank dlrec-
torships and in view OF the ap-
parent hope on the part OF some
of these directors that some meth
cd could be devised for slight ex-
tension of the final date, am
writing to you IN. S. Eccles, chair
man and the board to tell you that
l have no objection to short eX-
tension-say three months, but no
longer than four months.
This will give ample time to
make the necessary arrangements.
AS l said in my veto message, l
honestly believe that the intent OF
the law should be definitely put
into effect, especially because SO
much time has already elapsed"