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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Pickup In Factory
Output Is Expected

NEW YORK, March 30.-CR -
Scattered signs of a spring revival
of buying in key markets raised
hopes in business circles today for
a reversal of the years decline in
factory output.
Preparing to open books on sec.
ond-quarter operations, industrial
leaders sifted these trends as posi-
bic hints of a general turn-around
in business later in the year.:
G) The heaviest wave of buying
in cotton textiles since the autumn
war boom petered out.
(2) Mounting export demand for
steel, putting a prop under one of
the strategic sectors of. heavy in.
dustry.
60 The sharpest upturn in stocks
since October following declaration
of a 81 dividend on the common
stock of United States Steel Corp.
(4) Reports inventories in some
ines were Starting to decline after
the tremendous buying to increase
inventory in 1.-THE early weeks of the
war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, March 30.-CR-(U. S.
Dept. Agr.)Potatoes 1850; on track
1926; total US shipments S96; old
stock-Idaho Russets slightly weak
er; Colorado McClures stronger:
Western Triumphs and northern
stock all varieties steady; supplies
moderate; demand fair sacked per
cwt. Idaho Russet Burbanks US 1,
2.10-27 IL; Colorado Red McClures
US 1, cotton sacks washed 2.05.10,
mostly 2.10; Minnesota Hollendale
section Cobblers car IS per cent US
1, washed 1.50: Minnesota and
North Dakota Red River Valley
section cobblers 1890 per cent US
1, 1.40-45; car ~unclassified 1875;
Bliss Triumphs car ~unclassified
LIS; Earl Ohio S0-85 per cent US /,
100; new stock-supplies moderate;
demand very slow; barely steady;
track sales L. C. L. bushel crate
Florida Bliss Triumphs washed
very few sales US 1, ESQ; US l.,
size B 100.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Volger To Visit City
To Urge Scrip Plan

James 3. Volger, Of Charlotte, will,
come to Wilmington Monday an6
Tuesday in the interest of the es-
tablishment of the food stamp plar
here at an early date:
Volger is secretary Of the NORTH
Carolina Food Dealers association
and will confer with retail grocers
and merchants generally while here
concerning the possibility of intro
ducing the plan locally very shortly
While in the city he will assist
in the preliminary stages Of the set
up with the operators Of the rs
home service stores, who are spon'
soring the food stamp plan here In
cooperation with James E. L. Wade,
commissioner of public works, Paul
T. Marshburn, president Of the VIII.
mington Retail Grocers association,
said yesterday.
Vclger will work with all retail
merchants who handle the dsitribu.
ton of surplus commodities in con.
nection with the proposed food
stamp plan setur, which was inau-
gurated recently in Charlotte and
Mecklenburg county, Marshburn
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Wade Cures Acoustics
Trouble In His Office

The problem of poor acoustics in
the city hall has been apparently
solved, James e. l.. Wade, commits
sioner Of public works, said yester-
day.
Commissioner Wade recently ex-
perimented with the installation OF
Venetian blinds, which materially
helped the acoustics problem.
Several days later the erection of
short Grapes It the windows using
monks cloth completed the elmiina.
ton of acoustics trouble in Com
missioner Wade's Office.
II am satisfied with the results
obtained in my office and if the same
plan is provided for the city council
chambers, all acoustic difficulties
should be removed" Commissioner
Wade said.
At present the city council cham
Der windows are without Venetian
blinds and short Grapes and the
echoes caused by casual CONVERSE
lions are bad and make it extremely
difficult to be heard across the table
in the transaction of business.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, March 80. -P)-
The free pound sterling cautiously
felt its way forward today in the
foreign money market, trying tt
make up part of heavy recent set
backs.
While the pound gained only l.
cent in relation to the dollar, a bet
ter balance between supply and de-
mand seemed to have been reached
for the first time after days of err
ratio fluctuations.
When the uses to which the free
pound sterling were curtailed by
England several weeks ago, money
dealers explained, the price was
thrown out Of killer. Buyers with.
drew and rather heavy offerings
came into the market. Trading eff.
forts since then, it was suggested,
have been directed at arriving at
a more normal" price.
The Canadian dollar reflected the
stability of the English unit and re-
manned at 81.75 U. S. cents. The
French franc added 90 3-8 of a cent.
Chief neutral currencies were un'
altered.
Closing rates follow Great Britain
in dollars, others in cents.
Canada: official Canadian Control
board rates for U. S. dollars: buy
ing 10 per cent premium, selling II
per cent premium, equivalent to dis
counts on Canadian dollars in New
York of buying 9.91 per cent, sell.
ing 900 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open
market 10 Ia per cent discount, or
S1.75 U. S. cents.
Europe: Great Britain, demand
3.52 ga, cables 3.53 IL, 60 day bills
3.51 IL, 80 day bills, $50 IA. Bel
GUM 1908, Denmark 1888, Finland
100, France 200 3-S, Germany 4O.20
(benevolent) 1890, Greece 81, Hun
gary 1S.65n, italy sos, Netherlands
53.11, Norway 22.7S, Portugal 3.42,
Rumania .55n, Sweden 1884, Switzer'
land 22.4S, Yugoslavia 2.35.
Latin America: Argentina official
29.77, free 1888, Brazil official COS,
free $40; Mexico 16.S5n.
Far East: Japan 23.48, Hongkong
22.07, Shanghai 6.25.
(Rates in spot cables unless other
wise indicated. n-nominal.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
BONDS CLIMBING
ON BUYING WAVE
Rails And Utilities Guido
Other Groups During
Active Session

NEW YORK, March 80. -R-
Bond market prices mounted stead
lily today in active trading for a
short session. Rails and utilities
outdid other groups.
One of the features of the day was
a rise of 1 1-8 points in Postal Tele-
graph and Gable IS to "a SIS on a
turnover Of $S11, 900, par value
bonds. This was by far the most
active issue traded. The unusual
interest was attributed in broker.
age circles to gossip that the pro-
posed merger of the Postal and
Western Union was a real posi-.
bility for the first time in years
due to final emergence from reor.
sanitation of the former company.
Continue Advance
Power and light company obliga-
tons carried Fridays advance. Util.
tiles Power and Light IS, one OF
the favorites Of the day before,
added another 3 points to close at
113. Portland General Electric 4
1-2s turned in another good per.
formance closing up l 3-S at rs IL.
The main trend in other groups
was up but there was nothing of
importance in the amount of net
GAINS is a rule. Fractionally or
better improved at the close were
Northern Pacific as at IS, st. Louis
San Francisco 4 LIS at Is IA, Wal
worth As at IS, st. Paul IS at /
and Erie SIS at Is is.
U. S. governments seldom ap.
peared on the tape but the under
tone remained firm. Closing prices
We're 1872 to 1882 of a point up.
Foreign dollar loans displayed a
variety of ups and downs. Den.
mark 4 LIS lost / ga at 80 ia but
Australia 4 LIS gained / 1-S at 73
5-S. Other active loans followed a
similar pattern.
Total sales of $4,610,o00, par value.
were the best for a Saturday since
Dec. 80 and compared with $3,O69,.
$50 last Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Shares Advance 4
Points; Averages Up z
OF Point For Week
BY d

NEW YORK, March, 80. Up
Fresh war-buying entered the stock
market today and enabled the list
to finish a generally satisfactory
week well on the upside.
Steels, aircrafts and specialties
took the lead in the ~selective adj
vance which put many leaders up
as much as a point or SO with one
or two isolated issues climbing
around 4. Profit taking occasionally
halted the march but favorites gen
orally closed near the days best
Utilities, coppers and oils were mar
row.
Revealed Nothing
Although the President, at his late
press conference yesterday, revealed
none of the inside information
brought back to him by Envoy
Welles following the latter's fact
finding expedition abroad, his fears
that 'immediate' peace was not in
the picture bore out the opinion OF
most in Wall street.
While financial quarters express
ed some disappointment that the po-
litiCal situation at home was not
clarified at the White House gath
ering, talk was still heard in board
rooms of some important" cam
paign announcement in the next
week or so.
The Associated Press average OF
60 stocks was up . of a point at
sos, with a net gain of $ on the
week. A month ago the composite
stood at 49.4 and a year ago at 45.S.
While the ticker tape was never
pressed, the turnover was the larS-
est for any Saturday since Dec. 80,
last, amounting to 571 $50 shares
against 392,470 in the preceding
short session. The weeks volume
of 4,S37,55S shares compared with
2,7S2,049 the previous week and was
the biggest turnover for any week
since last November.
Aiding the steels were reports oil
heavy exports of the metal to neu
trail nations as well as belligerents
Although home consumption remain
ed somewhat apathetic, there were
signs mill operations were near the
end of their decline.
Lockheed paced the aircrafts with
a gain of more than a point at 6
new 1910 top. Loft made a new high
but slipped at the finish. Prominent
on the upswing were U. S. Steel
Bethlehem, Youngstown Sheet, Doug
las Aircraft, Glenn Martin, Sperry
Chrysler, Montgomery Ward, U. S
Rubber, Western Union, Santa Fe
| Great Northern, Pennsylvania, Nc
Kesson & Robbins common and pre-
ferred and Coca-Cola.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
10 Vacancies Allotted
Navy Recruit Bureau

The Wilmington district office of
the naval recruiting service has
been allotted an April quota Of 10
vacancies, including IS first enlist
ments as apprentice sealnen and one
for the mess attendant branch of
the service, F. L.. Williams, local
recruiting officer, reported yester-
day.
The local station was assigned
the third largest quota of vacancies
for April in the Carolinas district
Of the naval recruiting service, with
headquarters at Raleigh. The head
quarters office was allotted the
highest with 80, and New Bern was
second with Is.
Quota for Southeastern North
Carolina will be filled as follows:
April 4, S; April II, 8; April 10, S;
and April Is, 3; April 5, n mess
attendant.
Applicants must have the follow
ing qualifications: Between the
ages Of 10 and 81, unmarried, no
dependents, at least a seventh grade
education, of good moral character,
and in good physical condition.
Interested young men from the
following counties will be examined
and accepted for enlistments at the
local station, located on the second
floor of the postoffice building: New
Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus,
Pender, Bladen, Duplin, and Samp-
son south of Clinton.
The local station is a part of the
Carolinas district which received an
April quota Of 203 vacancies, in
GLIDING 100 first enlistments as ap-
prentice seamen and 10 for the mess
attendant branch of the naval
service.
Williams said the Carolinas dis
trict with a total Of 1889 enlist
ments led the nation for the eight
months period of the current fiscal
year ending on February 20. The
New York district was second with
], BIT and the Nashville third with
1,247.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
DEFAULT

CHICAGO, March 30.-lP-Deal-
ers who had sold short" six con-
tracts calling for delivery Of butter
in March on the Chicago mercantile
exchange, defaulted today. 1t in
volved lis 5000 pounds.
Trading in March contracts ceas-
ed yesterday with the price at IS
1-2 cents a pound. Under exchange
rules delivery on uncompleted con-
tracts was required today and Lloyd
S. Tenny, business manager, an
nounced the penalty assessed
against defaulters was set at 1 IL
cents a pound.
He said this is the first time
there has been a default on the
exchange since April, 1885.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
RED CROSS HERE
ASKS WAR RELIEF
Table For Contributions Will
Be Placed In Front Of
POstOffice

The Wilmington chapter of the
American Red Cross will place q
table in front Of the postoffice
building Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday for the receiving of CONTRIB
buttons of money and new garments
for the relief Of war refugees in
Europe, Mrs. Ida B. Speiden, eXecu.
tive secretary, announced yesterday.
The table will be in charge Of
the following: Thursday morning.
Mrs. Clark Adams and Mrs. Ed
ward D. Ward; Thursday afternoon.
workers to be announced later; Fri.
day morning, Mrs. Berenice Stell.
ings and Mrs. ]. Goodlet Thornton.
Friday afternoon, Mrs. James
Paul and Mrs. William King; Sat.
urday morning, Miss Sara Brad.
shaw and Miss Vivian HERS; and
Saturday afternoon, tag day.
Mrs. Speiden said the local chapter
had been asked to furnish the fol.
lowing quota: Is mems heavy
sweaters, Is women's heavy sweat
ers, 80 children's heavy sweaters,
Is women's heavy weight dresses,
80 girls heavy weight dresses, and
10 layettes.
Besides donations of money from
interested persons and the general
public, the chapter will receive only
new garments for the use OF Euro.
pean val refugees, Mrs. Speiden
said.
The national headquarters office
Of the American Red Cross in Wash.
ington, D. c., plans to have loo, 900
sweaters, $4,000 dresses, and 10000
layettes ready to ship by June Is
for the distribution at the points
of greatest need early in Septem
Der.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
State Bar To Cruise
To Cuba On Convention

DURHAM, March 30-R-More
than 200 persons in North Carolina
have made reservations for the con.
vention cruise Of the North Caro-.
lima Bar association to Havana,
Cuba, this summer, Allston Stubs,
secretary.treasurer, announced to-
day.
The bar members and their guests
will sail from Norfolk on June 10 on
the "Kungsholm," $500 ton motor
liner O.. the Swedish-American line.
returning June Is. The ship has &C.
commodations for over 500 passeng.
ers.
The Cuban trip will be the third
cruise of the state bar association.
In 1895 the bar sailed to Halifax,
Nova Scotia and in 1887 to Bermuda.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
TWO INJURED

CHARLOTTE, March 30 Up -
J. w. Brown was critically injured
and his brother, Robert L. Brown,
and Phil Knowles were less serious
ly hurt when the automobile bearing
the young men turned over near
here and landed in q ditch,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
What Stocks Did
POTATOES

NEW YORK, March 80. -Ho-
Potatoes, old crop firm, 100-rb sack
upstate, round white. commerce.
grade, mostly 1.75. No. l, Long Is
land, Green Mountain 2.25-5o
Maine, Green Mountain 2.1o-l5
Chippewa and Katahdin 2.20-25
New crop Florida, red bliss, bushe-
crate or box, washed, No. l, sell
ing 2.0O-2.25. Cuba, red bliss. 50-lt
sack, No. /, selling 1.S5-2.OO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
METALS

NEW YORK. March 80. -0P-
Copper steady; e%lectrolytic spot 1l.zo
80: export, fas NY, Ills. Tin bare
" steady; spot and nearby 1852 IL;
forward 1850. Lead steady; spot,
New york 5.05-10; East ST. Louis
400. Zinc steady; East st. Louis
snot and forward SIS. Pig iron,
aluminium, anthony, quicksilver,
platinum, Chinese wolframite and
domestic scheelite unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Sales, closing price and net
change of the fifteen most active
today:
Lockheed Airc, 81, SOO-357s; ais.
Radio, 19,400-612; ais.
Mckesson and Rob, Is. 800 - 81;
ass.
Loft, 17,sOO-S715; dA.
Comwlth and South, 15,100-1as ;
no.
US Steel, 13,6oo-59; ais.
United Corp. II, 9O0-25s; ais,
Curtiss-Wright A, S,5OO-2S4 az.
Stand Brands, $780,; ais.
Federal Mot, s,O00-4Ss; ass.
Curtiss-Wright 7,5OO--0A; no.
Republic steel, 7,400-21A; az.
C~opperweld SITS, $500 - 1915
Pan Amer Always, 5,5OO-21B;
a S.
Beth Steel 5,4O0-77as; AIS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Marx S. Nathan Named
To Sudan Temple Post

Marx S. Nathan, of Wilmington,
has been appointed ambassador to
the Potentate of the Shrine Sudan
temple in New Bern, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Nathan will be New Hanover
county's emissary to the Temple, re-
garded in the order as a worth
while honor.
The appointment a made BY
J. c. B. Ehringhaus. illustrious Pc.
tentate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, March 3d. B-The
wheat market made feeble rallying
attempts TODAY due to clearing
southwestern weather and i%nterna-
political developments but
after advancing about IL cent
prices fluctuated nervously.
Wheat closed 1-S-1-2 cent higher
than yesterday, May $1.04 5-S-1-2,
July S1.03 3-S-1-4 corn unchanged
to IS up, May Sc SIS, July 81 SIS.
"a; oats unchanged to IA lower.
Open High Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Fresh War-Buying Sends
Stock Prices III Again
Answers To
Uranium Crackers
Questions on Comic Page)

NVoooIIoIS UH COmIc Page)
1. Rochester,: New York az, Min.
nesota (2), Pennsylvania (3).
2. Newark: New Jersey. %, Ohio
(2), New York (3).
8. Columbus: Ohio CD, Indiana
(2), Nebraska 60.
4. Richmond: Virginia Cd, Cal
lfornla (2),s Kentucky (3).
.. Springfield: Massachusetts Cd,
illinois (2), Missouri (3).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, March 3o.-R-Butter
929,220; weaker; creamery-93 score,
% IL; 80, %; 81, 81 "a; 80, 81 "a;
SO, 81 IL; 50, 81; 80. centralized car
lots, %. Eggs, 25,44S; steady; dirties
IA; checks 10 "a; other prices I'M
CHANGED,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, March S0.-tPl-
Peanut quotations.: Jumbos 3 70 to
4; bunch 3 1-2 to $50; runners 3 3-8
to 8 IL. Market quiet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
SPOT TT

NEW ORLEANS, March 30.-tP
Spot cotton closed quiet and un-
changed. Sales 1923.
Low middling 9.47; middling 1857;
good middling HOP.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
COTTONSEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, March S0.-h
Cottonseed oil closed steady
detachable prime summer yello"
SOB. Prime crude 5.37 1-2-5.50 now
May 5.97B; July Cos, Sept. 6.O5B
Oct. 6.05B.
Bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
NEW YORK BUTTER

NEW YORK, March 80. LIP
Butter 419,S07, easy. Creamery, high
err than extra % 3-4-29 IL; extra
(92 score) 20 1-2; firsts (S8-9I q
1928 IA; seconds (84-8D 26 ID
" IA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
N. C. HOGS

RALEIGH, March 80. - Up -
(NCDA) - Top markets at Rocky
Mount and Kinston were steady to-
day with tops of 500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
NORFOLK SPOT

>oRFOLK, Va, March 30.-CP-
# cotton 5 points higher. Mid.
fair 11.30; middling 1875;
- ordinary $50; sales 16 bales;
none; shipments II, stock
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, March 30.-P
Favorable reports from the Worth
street cotton goods market and goo6
covering advanced cotton futures
here today. Closing prices were
steady at net gains of 2 to 3 points
Open High Low Close
Mo- ~ or IN 90 IN or N 20 !, 9
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

In the 38-years reign of Henry
VIII of England, 1900 criminals
were. executed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, March 80. X
Trading expanded in cotton futures
today following a sharp pickup in
textile activity. The market moved
up to close with net gains of 3 to Z
points.
Old contract:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Closing Bond Quotations
tBy The Associated Press)


GOVERNMENT
Treasury
IS 4s-4s --.- 1925
3bs 1916 ---------------- 1929
Ans 52-47 120.3 80
2hs 53-49 106.25
2As 54.51 10S.19
2Bs 60-55 1895
2As 1856 10S
PMS 1888 1922
2As $3.50 1922
Final bond sales, $4,610,000.
DOMESTIC
AT and ST As IS ---------- 105 "
Can Pac IS Perp --------- 68A
C and O:4hs go -------- 1924
c B and @ 4ks II ---------- s2h
Chi E III IS 81 ------- Tx
Chi Ct West as SO ----- 291a
Cri and P Rig As "a ----- 8
Clev I'm Term 5ks II ------ $50
C1ev I'm Term Avs TIC 1890 67A
Erie RI IS ST ------- 1915
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Yellow ond Blue Make
Charming Dining Room

For q small house an engaging
dining room was done in yellow and
blue. The walls and floor were
painted yellow-the walls in a warm
shade of that color, the floor in
cooler, almost beige tone. This was
partially covered with a hand-woven
rug of blue and white. Framing the
rug was stencil design copied from
old blue china and applied in white,
medium and dark blue. The snow
white glass curtains were topped by
glazed chintz draperies of q rich
blue, patterned with q small white
all-over design and tied back with
milk glass holders.
Mahogany furniture to match the
scale Of the small room is of 18th
century design with white leather
chair seats. Hanging shelves painted
white are attached on either side of
the windows and filled with blue and
white china and red Bohemian glass.
This glass and china is most ef-
fective when laid for meals on the
damask cloth of soft yellow.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Building
Continued From First Page.)

Is in fourth place. Detroit in fifth
and Houston, Tex, is sixth in total
building for January and February.
During the first two months of
1910, permits were issued in report
ing cities for buildings valued at
1854 ,924, 600, a decrease of 13 per
cent, as compared with the cor
responding period of 1899. Permits
issued for residential buildings dur
ing the first two months of 1910
amounted to $14l ,272000, an in
crease of l per cent over the cor
responding period of the preceding
year.
Permits issued during February
provided for 22,472 dwelling units.
OF these, 1882 were in projects un-
der the jurisdiction of the United
States Housing Authority. January
permits in these cities provided for
17,172 units, of which 1885 were
IN U. S. H. A.-aided projects.
The information collected by the
Bureau Of Labor Statistics includes
contracts aWar ded by Federal and
State governments in addition to
private and municipal construction.
For February, 1910, Federal and
State construction amounted to $23,-
$4,000; for January, 1910, to SIS
100000, and for February, 1889, to
$17,434,0O0.
Permits were issued during Feb
ruary for the following important
building projects: In Jersey City, for
a hospital building to cost nearly
$4,000, 900; in New York City-in the
Borough of the Bronx, for apart
rnent houses to cost nearly $780,
600; in the Borough of Brooklyn,
for one-family dwellings to cost over
$l,100,000 and for apartment houses
to cost over S2,2OO,OOO; in the Bor-
ough of Manhattan, for apartment
houses to cost approximately $4,-
100000; in the Borough of Queens,
for one-family dwellings to cost
nearly $2,500000 and for apartment
houses to cost over $2,000,000; in
the Borough of Richmond, for a
State school for mental detectives to
cost approximately $2,4O0,0O0; in
Malverne, N. Y, for a school build
ing to cost 100000; in Philadelphia,
for one-family dwellings to cost
nearly $650,000; in Chicago, for one
family dwellings to cost nearly $780,
600 and for a warehouse to cost over
100000; in Detroit, for one-family
dwellings to cost nearly $2,400,000;
tn Des Moines, Iowa, for apartment