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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-21
Steals Clothing and
Then Cooks Dinner

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.-Miss
Zoe Holiday, a telephone oper-
ator, didn't mind so much when
burglar robbed her home of II
articles Of clothing. but when he
took time to cook himself a meal
and left the dishes unwashed -
well, that was taking advantage
of the situation, she said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-21
LASER Resigns as Head
OF Workers Alliance

WASHINGTON - David LASER
has resigned rs president of the
Workers alliance, an independent
union of relief workers the Dies
committee has charged with being
Communist controlled. LASER said
he quit because of domination and
control Of the organization by a
political group" he would not
identify.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-21
Rats May Be Used in Experiments
To Find Infantile PARALYSIS Cure

CLEVELAND - From a dingy
laboratory in Cleveland's City
Hospital comes the word that a
bushy-haired high-strung rat from
the cotton fields of the South may
help scientists discover the cause
Of infantile paralysis. whose mi
crobe they have never seen.
The little rodent bounded into
the spotlight when 1t was discov-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-21
BUTTERFLIES ARE JEALOUS

Male butterflies have very jeal-
Gus dispositions and viciously at
tack other males, as well as other
much larger insects, and even
birds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-21
Here Is Model Remembered
By Germans for Armistice
BY UNITED PRESS

The Germans sued for by The vanqushd French
have model armce that gneds model supplied
BY the French themselves Noyember 1915.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
$50 Stations 10 Receive
New Radio Frequencies
E, the Associated Press.

b> the Associated Press.
Officials of the Federal Com
munications Commission estimated
today that between $50 and TOO
United States radio stations would
be assigned new frequencies under
the North American regional broad
cast agreement.
The agreement was ratified De-
cember % by Mexico. This action
made it effective, since Canada,
Cuba, Haiti and the United States
previously had ratified it.
Many interference problems which
had developed between stations in
the North American countries, Of
fcials said. will be eliminated by
the allocations provided in the
treaty.
officials said hearings on the new
frequences already had been held
ana, except in isolated cases which
will be assigned later, had been
made known to the licensees. They
explained these new frequencies be-
come effective next December.
All regular broadcast stations with
frequences of TAO kilocycles and
above will receive new frequencies.
About $50 stations, with frequencies
below TAO, are not affected, officials
said.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
British Clarity
Attitude on Reich
Exports 10 u. 5.
Advance Clearance
Of Blockade Possible
In Exceptional Cases

American importers of German
goods were informed today that "in
very exceptional circumstances" they
might obtain advance clearance of
shipments through the British block
ade.
The procedure was outlined in
series of answers from the British
ministry of economic warfare to
questions put by the American En-
bassy in London, made public late
yesterday by the State Department.
The department emphasized that
the communications were released
for publication merely for the in
formation of the public" making it
clear that they did not affect this
Governments protest of the legality
of the British order in council set
ting up a blockade of all exports
from Germany.
The British government has not
replied formally to the United States
note of December 8, which contend
ed that application of the British
order to shipments of German goods
through other neutral countries to
the United States would violate in
ternational law. and requested the
British not to interfere with such
Legitimate" trade.
In its answers to the American
Embassy questions, the British
Ministry of Economic Warfare said
it would entertain applications for
exemption from the provisions of
the Order in Council, but that ex-
emptions will only be given in very
exceptional circumstances"
If an exemption is granted, "as-
surance will be given that the con-
signment concerned will not be in
terfered with" the ministry added.
Application for exemption should
include "the fullest possible in
formation" about the shipment, it
said, particularly details about
origin of the goods, terms of pay
ment and the names and addresses
Of the consignor and consignee.
The ministry promised that it would
make every effort to minimize delay
in acting on applications.
The British Order in Council went
into effect December 4. The State
Department said it had no reports
so far of actual interference by the
British with shipments to the
United States.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Ja9 5 gFl tU. s. Department
total, 1880; active on, weishts, .25o
Thursdays average: heavier butchers and and
sows steady to 10 lower: top. 800 one
load 600: bulk good and choice, 100
220 pounds. 5.65-90: 22O-240 pounds
550-i5: 240-27O pounds butchers, 5.25-
IS. 27O pounds up. 5.n0-35: good and
choice, 130-160 pounds underweights
550-s0: most good medium weight and
heavy packing sows. 4l5-65.
Salaole cattle 300; salable calves. 300
very slow and unreliable outlet for steers;
strictly good and choice steers and year
removed from lhe trade; good La53 80.
pounds, steers. sold at 9.15: bulk steer
crop eligible from S.25 to $50: canner
cows. 425-S5. cutters UP to $50: bulls
stronger: weighty sausage selections to
7.15: vealers unevenly lower; IL so for
selects: most trades kinds, 90; medium
to good grades. S.50-10.50.
Salable sheep 5000; total. $500 late
Thursday, fat lambs and yearlings, 23,35
lower; spots off more: sheep steady;
wooled lambs. S.75-9.00; few best decks,
go: yearlings 1850: native ewes,
4oo-5o; il9 pounds fed westerns, 40
today's trade active: mostly steady on all
classes. Good to choice wooled lambs.
S15-9.OO top, go on fed natives TO
small killers: lambs scaling around los
pounds, s.35: double good yearlines 7.50
native slaughter ewes, 4.0o-50
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Larger Potato Acreage
Predicted for 1910
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSp6CCl 10 ! ne SldE
COLLEGE PARK, Md.-Acreage
planted to potatoes in 1910 may
be expected to increase to 10 per
cent if growers respond as they
have in the past to prices re-
ceived the previous year. says S. B.
Shaw, chief of the Maryland State
Department of Markets. in reviewing
the potato outlook for Maryland and
the rest of the country.
Such an increase would result in
the planting Of about 3,l75,00O acres.
A yield equal to the average of the
last three seasons 121 bushels
would produce crop of 384,00000
bushels. Potato yields have tended
upward since 1900.
Increased potato paintings, esti-
mated at about 10 per cent above
last season., are expected in the
intermediate States, including Mary
land, according to Mr.. Shaw, be-
cause income to growers in this area
was, somewhat higher in 1889, and
higher prices are in prospect about
planting time. Most of the increase
is expected on the Eastern Shore of
Maryland and Virginia and in New
Jersey.
Yields in the intermediate States
were about 35 bushels below 1888
and IL bushels below the 10-year
average because of drought. If
yields are as high in 1910 as in
1888, production would increase by
about 10000 900 bushels, even though
no change in acreage occurs.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Rail Loadings Score
L Per Cent Gain
During Year
Remain 9.5 Per Cent
Under 1887 Marks,
Association Finds
By the Associated Press.

bS the hSSOCldteO FIcSS.
The Association of American
Railroads reported today that car
loadings in 1899 were IL per cent
above 1888 but 9.5 per cent below
1897.
Loadings in 1889 totalled "a, 102 ,759
cars, compared with 30,457,078 in
1888 and 37,764, ,464 in 1887.
Loadings by commodities in 1899
compared with 1888 follow:
Grain and grain products. 1,94o,-
345; decrease, IA per cent. Live
stock, 694,234; decrease, 1.2; coal,
6,264, ,76l; increase, 1871. Coke, Alb
500; increase. sos. Forest products,
1,584,085; increase, lit. Ore, 1915
l27; increase, 900. -than-car-
load merchandise, 7,830,244; in
crease, 49, Miscellaneous, i3,760,-
264; increase, 14.4.
The association reported that
550,270 cars were loaded during the
week ended last Saturday.
This was decrease of 104 SAT cars,
or Is per cent, compared with the
preceding week; an increase of So
8l5, or 1912 per cent, compared with
a year ago, and an increase of 95,364,
or q per cent, compared with 1887.
The report classified the loadings
as follows.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Adams Express Adds
Market War Babies
To Portfolio
Holdings Of Aircrcfts,
Chemicals, Oils and
Mines Expanded
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Adams EX-
press Co.. 85-year-old firm which
went out of the railway express
business in the World War, has
kept step with the times and taken
on line of war babies
Its 1889 report today showed it
had expanded holdings in stock of
aircraft, oil, sugar, chemical and
mining companies.
Adams Express. organized in 1854
and identified with much Of the
conquest of the West. after the Civil
War, was converted into an invest
ment company after the United
States took over control Of the rail-
roads in 1918.
The company's investment man.
ayers, cut holdings of Bethlehem
Steel, rated by analysis the No. l
wal baby" of the 1899 market, to
1,100 shares from 1000
oot, VII lilc Olllei lldllu, lOlullSS
of International Nickel of Canada
increased by 1890 shares to 24,3O0,
and 4,100 shares were added to its
block of Bendix Aviation, making a
total of 10000
Sizable blocks also were added of
Pure Oil Co., United States Steel,
American Radiator, Allis Chalmers,
General Electric, Lockheed Aircraft,
American Hawaiian Steamship,
American Ship Building, .Du Pont,
Union Carbide, Allied Chemical and
of several sugar producers.
An outstanding change was a
decrease of 12,10O shares of General
Motors, leaving only 700.
Cash on hand at the end of the
year amounted to $4,O72, ,442, COM
pared with s2,687 $50 at the close of
1888. Net assets applicable to the
common stock, the report said, were
equivalent to s1264 a share. against
$l54 at the finish of 1888.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Buying Power of Farm
Products Increases
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-The buy
ing power of farm products in
terms of articles commonly pur-
chased by farm families has in
creased about 8 per cent since last
August
The Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics index Of prices received by
farmers advanced from 88 in Aug
ust to 81 in November. At the same
time the index of prices paid by
farmers rose from 119 to 1873, a rela-
lively smaller increase.
The buying power of farm prod
ucts in November was about 2 per
cent higher than a year ago.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK. Jan. 5 (P,;-The belga
dropped OF of cent in terms of the
dollar today as fresh cabinet difficulties
stirred the little neutral country.
Considerably speculation was also start
ed in foreign EXCHANGE quarters by an air
plane visit to London by the Belgian
finance minister Paul Van iceland. Pur-
pose Of the trip was not disclosed;
Sterling continued to decline. losing "a
Of q cent. The French franc dipped .00s.
of cent but the guilder was UNCHANGED
and the Swiss franc inched forward.
Great Britain in dollars, others in cents
Great Britain. demand. 39l s, r; , great Sst
gO-day bills, 3s6a4: Canada Montreal IN
New York S7.S712: Canada. New YORK
Denmark ias5: Finland ! .a5p; France France,
1880: Greece, -.73n: Hungary. u son;
italy sos: Netherlands. 53 33; Norway.
2213: Portugal 3 65n: Rumania. T3n'
Sweden 23: SO: switzerland 2.43hs; ;-aar At
eentina toffcian 29.71: Argentina cree
90 50: Brazil tofficiall sos; Brazil uTeel.
$40; Mexico, 16.s0n; Japan. p; 40 Hong
Konc. 245O Shanghai. SIS; YusoslaVla'
. 35n. T.,
dicated. Nominal.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
| Sun Oil Plans
10 Spend About
| |$74,000>000
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.-The
Sun Oil Co. plans to spend about
$4,000, 900 in an industrial develop
ment program this year, J. Howard
Pew, president, disclosed yesterday.
Pew made known the expansion
plans in a letter to the Pennsyl-
vania Job Mobilization Committee,
sponsored by the State administra-
ton to create more jobs In private
industry.
The plans include construction of
a new refining unit at Marcus Hook,
Pa, $4,300000; other additions to
the company's facilities there, ST.
100000; expansion of the facilities
of the general marketing division.
$2,500,000; construction of a new
tank ship. $2,5O0,000; oil country
developments, s2,50O,0O0.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Plan Would Double
Deposit Insurance
Limit of $4,000

BY the Associated Press.
A proposal to authorize Fed
eral insurance of bank deposits
up to $l0,O00-double the pres
ent amounts under consid-
Grafton by members of the
House Banking Committee.
One member said today that
the group also was talking of
an amendment to increase from
three to five the number of di-
rectors of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp. He said Chair
man Steagall, Democrat, of
Louisiana of the Banking Com
mittee might be appointed to
one of the new posts.
Mr.. Steagall alos has been
mentioned in congressional cir
cles as a possible successor to
Leo T. Crowley, F. D. I. c.
chairman, who wants to return
to private business.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Lehman Corp. Assets
Show Decline 10
$32.72 a Share
Changes in Portfolio
Relatively Small
In Last Quarter
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Net assets
of Lehman Corp, investing company,
at the end of 1889 were equal to
s32.72 a share on capital stock, COM
pared with 1886 share three
months earlier and $3409 a share at
the end of 1888, the company's year.
end statement disclosed
Changes in investment holdings
during the final three 1899 months
were comparatively small.
Common stocks represented 1913
per cent of gross assets, bonds (ex-
cept United States Governments) S
per cent and preferred stocks 4.6
per cent, and proportion of each OF
the three categories changed less
than one per cent during the quar-
ter. the company said.
Principal additions to investment
portfolio during the period included
1000 shares Of Marine Midland
Corp, $500 of American Can, 1900
United Carbon, 76,203 Aviation &
Transportation Corp. and 2,400
United Fruit.
Sales from portfolio, also few, in
cluded 5000 shares of Climax Molyb-
denum, 1000 of Anaconda Copper,
1100 Radio-Keith- -Orpheum, 5000
Atlantic Refining and 1900 Western
Union
United Corp.
United Corp, investing company
reported that in the final three
months of 1889 it added to its invest
ment portfolio at cost of s855,0
the following securities:
Three thousand three hundred
common shares of General Electric
Co, 200 General Mills, Inc; 1900
Gulf Oil Corp, TOO Proctor g. Gam
BILE Co., $500 Pullman, Inc; $500
Soconv-Vacuum Oil Co., $500 Stand
ard Oil Co. of New Jersey and LOO
Westinghouse Electric & Manufac-
turing Co.
The company sold in the open
market $500 shares of Niagara Hud-
son Power Corp. common.
General American.
General American Investors Co.,
Inc, investing company, reported
net assets at market value December
81 last were equal to s1181 a COM
mon share. This compared with
sl290 a common share at the end
of 1898.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO Jan. 3 tP'.-Poultry. 1--we: !
car, is trucks: easy: hens, 4ia pounds up
Is; under Az pounds, IA: broilers, coloreed'
IA Plymouth Rock n W Whts WhI,e Reck A0f5 s l1
der i pounds Plymouth Rock. 16; White
Rock Is roos,ers a,a dpek * old tom nounqs tu1
kevs. ii: other prices unchanged.
Butter 5s2a7a 3 g. aG rm or iresmeFsS s6 e. So 10
40, 2aia; SIS, 3sis; 80, centralized carlots,
3O-3OA
CHICAGO Jan. 5 iEN Omitted States De
partment OF Agriculture Potatoes, 81;
on track. 900 total U. s.. shipments. 65i
steady trading very light account colo
weather; supplies moderate; sacked; per
cwt. Idaho Russet Burbanks. q 8; NO; l.
very few sales, 1.s5-95: Colorado: Red NC,
Clures, o. g. No /. cotton-sacked, good
color, 100: Nebraska. Bliss TriumphS, y.
S. No. !, washed, burIap sacks. 2.1o; North
Dakota. Cobblers. no early sales reported,
Wisconsin. round whites, unclassifled. liz:
new stock dull and weak supplies moderate
demand very slow too few sales to estao-
lish market.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. Jan, P.-Trading in
principal textile markets was conducted at
slow pace today
Rayon prints. pigment taffetas and a
few box loom items in the rayon market
met brisk demand. Turnover was con-
sidered satisfactory, with operations for the
past week at 20 per cent Of capacity.
Limited amounts of standard goods were
moved in the Worth street cotton goods
district. While few sales of print cloths
were made at minor concessions yesterday.
causing some buyers to withdraw, no COLI
cessions were available today and the ma
jorty of mills held firmly at established
rates
The silk market remained inactive Sub
stitutions of the finer rayon yarns for silk
were reported in both underwear and
hosiery divisions due to the erratic raw
price fluctuations
The only feature of the WOODEN goods
market was q scattered demand for over
coatings and small buying in various types
Of womens wear.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
| Auto Production
Dips to $3.50
Units in Week
y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Jan. 5.-Ward's Re-
ports, Inc, today estimated the cur
rent weeks production of motor
vehicles at $3.50, compared with
So, 1865 last week and 76,685 this week
year ago.
The publication said that produc-
ton probably would go above the
O,OO0-unit mark next week with
the resumption of five-day working
schedules. 1t predicted total out
put for January of more than 100000
cars and trucks.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Pennsylvania Wafer Files
S10,962,0O0 Bonds
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
Pennsylvania Water g. Power Co.
OF Baltimore filed with the Sc
curities Commission yesterday a
registration statement covering
$1O,962, 900 OF refunding mortgage
and collateral trust bonds, 3l4 per
cent. series due 1870.
The company said that proceeds
of the issue, together with other
funds of the company, would be
applied to the redemption, on
March /, of s1O,962 900 of first re-
funding mortgage gold bonds, Sc
ries B, Az per cent, due on March
!, 1868.
White, Weld g. Co. of New York
head the list of underwriters.
Evening star., 1940-01-05

sultant appraiser. Directors are
John E. Mergner. Chatham M. Tow
ers, Thomas S. Sergeon, Charles A.
Rossiter, Dr. William C. Farmer,
w. Dudley Spicknall and Bernard
J. Coyle.
Secretary Blanz reported the best
year in the history of the associa-
ton, extension of loans operations
to include nearby Virginia and
Maryland property, opening addi-
tional outlets for mortgage money
with the result that total loans
made an enviable record for the
year.
The secretary reported that assets
are now in excess of $12,000000,
with dividends for the year amount
ing to more than 100000.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON Jan. 8 LF1 UNITED States De-
partment of Agricultural. Domestic woods
received some inquiry on the Hoston market
today, but the volume of sales was very
moderate Quotations were steady. but
largely nominal, on fine territory and I2-
month Texas wools. Prices were steady
African merino wool A little business was
transacted in spot country-packed mixed
three-eighths and quarter blood bright
fleece Wools at mostly 43 to A cents in
the grease Similar lots offered from
country points we're quoted 43 to 45 cents
in the grease delivered to users.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Dividend Is Declared
BY Tronsomerico Corp.
By the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. S.
Transamerica Corp declared semi
annual dividend yesterday of Is
cents share, payable January 81
to stockholders of record Janu-
ary Is.
The dividend equalled that paid
last July, when the corporation re-
ported it was trimming payments
to stockholders because the Sc
curities Commission investigation
was increasing expenses. Previously
the stock was on an annual basis of
rs cents q share.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
W. 7. Grant Declares
Final Dividend Of
50 Gents a Share
Disbursement Boosts
Years Payments to
$1.o0 q Share
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-W. T. Grant
Co., operator of chain OF variety
stores serving 440 communities, an
nounced today a final dividend of
so cents share on the common
stock for the fiscal year ending jan
uary 81.
The disbursement is payable jan
uary % to holders of record January
II and brings total payments for
the fiscal year to S190.
Lehigh Portland.
The Lehigh Portland Cement Co.
has declared a quarterly dividend
of 37la cents share on the common
stock, payable February to holders
of record January 13. Last year the
company paid two quarterly divi-
dends of 25 cents each and two of
37l2, together with a year-end spe-
cial payment of 25 cents.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Boston First National
Reports Higher Net
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Jan. 5.-The First
National Bank of Boston, largest
financial organization in New Eng
land, reported today its indicated
earnings during 1889 were 5,467 ,096
equal to S2.46 a share, compared
with S5,317,343, or $3.50 share in
1888.
The bank added that the entire
improvement came during the Sec
ond half of 1885, The figures in
cluded the Old Colony Trust Co., a
subsidiary.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Listed Share Values
Below Year Ago
By the associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-The New
York Stock Exchange reported yes
terday the total market value OF
all shares listed on December 80 was
$46,467 ,6l6,372 compared with $45,-
505 228,61l on November 80 and $47,-
49O, ,793,969 on December 81, 1888.
The December 80, 1889. figure was
for 1888 issues aggregating 1885,
4O4,562 shares averaging S32.37 a
share; the November 80 figure was
for 1890 issues aggregating 1,431,-
GAL 1862 shares averaging $31.79
share.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Foreian Markets

LONDON. Jan. s lPl.-HeaVy demand
for eilt-edged securities and kafirs again
dominated the stock market today. British
government bonds kept on steady ior-
ward tack and closed at the days pest
levels Gold shares slowed down as profit
taking appeared near the finish. OILS i'm
proved while small initial lift in do,
mestic rails WAS lost. Heavy 1ndustrlal
shares were bid np but other buying IN
this division was selective.
PARIS.-Active bidding for domestic
equities enivened Bourse trading TO-DAY,
although cashing of profits pared top
prices Foreign shares, never very vigor-
Gus either way. ended on an irregular note
AMSTERDAM.-The Bourse seemed un-
certain which way to go today. Domestic
stocks closed in a narrowly uneven price
range, while American issues recovered
from lower opening only to fall back
again near the finish.