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Evening star., 1940-05-29

has held many very important pos
itions at George Washington. From
1925 to 1929 he was director of the
Summer School and has been dean
since 1894. He attended an Army
training camp during the World
War, and has written many articles
on history and current events.
Investment Facts Sought.
Washington members of the In
vestment Bankers Association have
received requests from the Chicago
ofice for a confidential picture of
their business as of May 81, 1910,
and the history of their operations
over the last five years.
Greatest attention is being de-
voted to the participation of these
firms in as underwriters or mem
bers Of selling groups, in the is
suance of new securities, this ques-
ton covering a period of five years.
When assembled, the facts are to be
used in the new public information
campaign.
Financial District to Close.
All the Washington banks, invest
ment houses, New York Stock Ex-
change Offices and the Washington
Stock Exchange will be closed to-
morrow for observance of Memorial
Day. The holiday will be especially
appreciated in the brokerage houses
where the tension in the last few
days has been at fever pitch.
The District of Columbia Building
and Loan League held the May
meeting at the Raleigh yesterday
noon, with an extra large turnout,
President William N. Payne, jr., pre-
siding. Granville B. Jacobs, bust
ness efficiency expert, was the guest
speaker, stressing the importance Of
customer contacts and urging more
attention to personnel problems.
washington Gas Light preferred
sold at 99h, 80 and 99A on the
Washington exchange today. Lam
ston Monotype appeared on the
board at 81 and Capital Transit
registered IL. All sales were in small
lots.
Capital Traction IS figured in a
$1,000 transfer at SO, same price as
yesterdays close. The bid for Wash
ington Railway g. Electric common
stock has moved from $500 share
to $50 a share
Norfolk g. Western Railway earned
$e.79 a share on the common stock
In the first four months Of 1910,
against $3.H . share IN the like
1850 period.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Foreign Markets

LONDON. May 20 Qp-security prices
held steady today but business dried to .
trickle. A little buying was attracted TO
the gilt-edsed list late In the session and
prices were marked up. Heavy industrial
issues were trimmed q few pence. Kanirs
ened in an otherwise listless foreign di.
vision
PARIS. May 90 Lp.-The bourse came
back vigorously from yesterdays severe
setbacks. Even certain coal mining stocks
posted small gains With the exception Of
drop In Egyptian bonds. Mediterranean
eentimes higher to Is lower.
Evening star., 1940-05-29

Harry R. Smith. ican Security &
Trust Co.; Robert Christie, National
Savings & Trust Co.; Fred Daum,
Security Savings & Commercial
Bank; G. Elmer Flather, assistant
treasurer. Union Trust Co.; George
A. Galleher, Lincoln National; A.
E. Henze, w. B. Hibbs g. Co.; I. j.
Roberts, assistant cashier, Riggs Ma
tional; George Rowzee. jr, Lincoln
National, and Walton L. Sanderson,
assistant cashier, Hamilton Ma
tional ~.
Washington's junior bankers are
looking forward to an intensely in
teresting convention. More than g.
600 delegates are expected. Harry
R. Smith, Institute president, from
San Francisco, will preside, and ma
tionally prominent bankers will
appear on the program. AS already
announced in The Star, Robert M.
Hanes, president Of the American
Bankers. Association, will head the
list.
Among other speakers will be DR..
Ernest M. Fisher of Washington,
director of research in mortgage and
real estate finance. American Bank
ers Association. Walton L. Sander
son of the Hamilton National Bank,
this city. will take part in depart
mental conference on credits,
C. & P. Net Income Higher.
Net income of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. in April
amounted to s167, ,626 compared with
$157,949 in April, 1899, a gain of
/$10,677, according to the monthly
statement filed with the Public
Utilities Commission today.
Operating revenues were higher,
81 ,091 1897 comparing with $l,Ol6,143,
and operating expenses were also
higher. $763 ,007 against SITS, 100 last
year, leaving net operating revenues
of $328,33o compared with $2e7 ,043
a year ago. Taxes for April
amounted to $112,2l1. about 9 per
cent of the customers bills, and
$12,889 more than for April, 1899.
Interest deductions required
$52,057 compared with $41 ,851 year
ago. There were 260,174 telephones
in service in Washington at the end
of April, 1910, an increase Of 1926
over the previous month. Telephone
users in the Capital made 80 ,143 900
calls during the month, or 4,464 900
more than in April, 1899, the report
showed.
Net income in the first four
months of 1910 amounted to $685.
205 against se27 ,621 in the like 1899
period, a gain so far this year of
1854 Taxes for the four months
called for $449.6l3, which Is $64946
more than last year or about II
per cent increase.
Kayser Talented Speaker.
DR.. Elmer Louis Kayser, who will
address the District Bankers As
sociation at Hot Springs next week,
is dean of students and professor Of
Evening star., 1940-05-29
n. N. EccIeston Named
Sontu Fe Agent Here

Harold N. Eccleston has been ap-
pointed district passenger agent in
Washington for the Atchison. To-
peka & Santa Fe Railway Co.. sue
ceeding Karl v. Henderson, who has
been transferred to Boston, it was
announced today.
A native of Philadelphia, Mr.. Ec-
cleston is IS years of age and has
had wide experience with the Santa
Fe. In 1888 he was appointed travel
Ing passenger agent in the Eastern
territory, a position he held at the
time of his present appointment.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Odd-Lot Declines

The Securities and Exchange
Commission reported today these
transactions by customers with odd
lot dealers or specialists on the New
York, Stock Exchange for May 20:
9,053 purchases involving 22S, S,021
shares, 6,0o5 sales involving l75,6oe
shares, including I'll short sales In
volving 6,535 shares.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Only Two U. 5. Markets
Will Be Open Tomorrow

By the Associated Press.
Financial and commodity markets
throughout the United States, with
only two exceptions. will close to
observe Memorial Day, Thursday,
May 30.
Naval stores markets in Savannah
and Jacksonville will conduct their
regular trading sessions. However,
the cotton futures market in New
Orleans will reverse its usual practice
and close for the day.
Exchanges in Canada and abroad
will operate as usual.
Evening star., 1940-05-29

ton includes:
Ed W ar d M.
Blaiklock, pres
ident, Washing
ton ap t er,
w a S h ng t o n
Loan g. Trust
Co.; j o h n M.
Christie, first
vice president Of
the III ap t e r,
Riggs National
Bank; Kenneth
Birgfeld, second
vice president
of Washington
CHAPTER. Amer
Evening star., 1940-05-29
New York Metal Market

NEW YORK, May % dP.-Coppey
steady: electrolytic spot, Connecticut Val-
ley, II .37h-50; export, fa.s. New York,
forward, $500. Lead steady; spot. New
York. 5.00-5.0b: East st. Louis. 4sb.
zinc steady East e.; e. Louis :,.,,n SPOT s. anc
mony, quicksilver, platinum, Chinese wolf.
ramite and domestic seheelite Unclaimed.
Evening star., 1940-05-29

| Awards Reach
Peak for Year
BY the Associated Press.

oS lHe ASSOCidteQ fIeSS.
NEW YORK. May 29.-Engineer-
ing construction awards for the
short week, due to the Memorial Day
holiday, totaled S7S,575,0 900, the
highest Of, the year, Engineering
News-Record reported today. The
total was 10 per cent greater than
the previous week and 81 per cent
larger than a year ago.
Commencement of work on the
S28 5000 Fort Loudoun Dam in
Tennessee by the T. v. A. contributed
to sharp gain in public contracts,
which were 100 per cent higher than
the week before and 50 per cent
greater than the corresponding
week last year.
Private construction awards gain
ed 81 per cent over the previous
week and were more than four
times as large as the relatively small
volume in the same week a year
ago. Continued activity in in
dustrial and commercial building
and large-scale private housing
were responsible for the rise.
Comparison of the weeks awards
follows:
Evening star., 1940-05-29

n ! S t ory at
&c o rye Wash
ington Univer-
sity, and has a
wide reputation
as a radio COM
m e n tt a tor on
current events.
Born in Wash
ington, he grad
u a t ed fro m
Western High
School, George
Washington and
took his Phi. D.
degree at Co.
lulnbia Univer-
cite, i~ 1nQ0 Ia
Evening star., 1940-05-29
A. |.B. Delegation /.
To Boston ConcIave
IsAnnounced
Robert Hones, Fisher
And Other Leaders
Scheduled to Speok
By EDWARD C. STONE.

Delegates from Washington Chap
ter, American. Institute Of Banking,
to the 40th annual convention
opening In Boston next Monday,
were announced today. The delega-
Evening star., 1940-05-29

Spain Is trying to induce new in
dustries to establish there.
Evening star., 1940-05-29

sankupc, Act securities 6S such companes
ourssmsn based quarterly or dseIsrs
included ~ " " N0e'As e' "o'
q DIVIDEND n Z. r,snss Also extr. o, extra,
Aefumuateo dydends PAID last o. paid
~ thh year PAYABLE stock caeh ~
stock Accumulated dividends declared this sear
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Home Clubs Planning
r Meetings By Districts

Home demonstration club leaders
in Southeastern North Carolina are
planning to attend the following dis.
trict meetings to complete plans for
1941 programs, Miss Ann Mason,
home demonstration agent, saie
yesterday
Clinton, September a6, counties Of
Bladen, Cumberland, Hoke, Harnett
Johnston, Robeson, Sampson, a n q
Wayne; New Bern, September a.
counties of Carteret, Craven, Jones'
Lenoir, Onslow, and Pamlico; and
Wilmington, September %, counties
of Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender
and Duplin.
Home and farm agents and special
lists from the extension service OF
the North Carolina State college in
Raleigh will meet at Clinton Octo-
ber 1S and 19 to shape final plans
for programs to be carried out dur
ing the ensuing year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Germans Say Poles Are
Second-Rate Persons

BERLIN, Sept. H. Up Thou
sands of leaflets extolling the Ger
man master race" and viifying
Poles as second-rate human beings
were distributed to Berlin house
holds today by the ''Volksbund for
Germandom abroad"
The circulars bore a purple Ro-
man-letter "P" against a yellow,
diamond-shaped background and
called attention to Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering's order
for all Polish laborers, both men
and women, to wear such an in
sigma sewed on the right ches,
side of every garment.
Poles were called unfit for inter.
marriage or even comradeshir
with Germans.
German living space of the fu
Eture will contain many non-G German
elements the Volksbund declared
Therefore, it is important to edu
cate our entire people up to the
dangers lurking in such living to
gether with foreign elements.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
|BANKHEAD RITES
HELD IN JASPER
Roosevelt And Many Other
National Leaders Attend
The Final Services

JASPER, Ala, Sept. 17.-RE
President Roosevelt, host OF ma.
tional leaders and thousands OF
humble folk joined in paying final
tribute today to House Speaker VII
liam B. Bankhead in this quiet
little North Alabama community.
The President, six members OF
his cabinet and nearly 100 mem
bers of congress sat with the
speakers family and close home
town friends in the First Methodist
church where funeral services
were conducted for the veteran po-
litical leader.
They were only a small part OF
the great throng here for the fun
eral. Thousands Of townspeople
who kept Bankhead in congress
more than % years stood W h
barred heads about the public
square listening to the services
over loud speakers.
To hundreds of those gathered
for the services, the late speaker
was known familiarly as "Mr.
Will" Many of them had known
him since he was struggling
young lawyer in partnership with
his brother, John H. Bankhead,
now the United States senator with
whom the congressman opened law
offices here in 1900. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
BACMEN DEFEAT
SPINNERS, IL z
Phillips Hurls Four-Hit Con-
test To Give Wertheimer
Second Win In Row

Cliff Phillips, Wertheimer Bag
maker, hurled another four-hit ball
game last night for II to 2 win
over the Commercial loop Spot
ford Spinners to give the Bagmen
two victories against no defeats
for the city softball championship.
Tonight at 8 o'clock the Spin
ners and Bagmen tangle again for
what might be the deciding game
of the three out of five series. If
the Wertheimer boys win, they
start out Thursday against tn e
Firemen, champions of the Han
over gang.
With the Foy, Roe trophy and
city crown at stake, &C o tt o n
King and his Bagmakers have
stayed in dazzling win streak
since July first. They lost three
during the regular schedule, put
the Taylor-Colquitt Creosoters
away three out of four for the In
dependent loop lead, and are head
ed for clean sweep with the
Spinners.
Aided and abetted by Phillips
and hi: steam ball, with the Wer.
theimer lads hitting them all over
Robert Strange Fairgrounds, only
miracle can stop them in their
drive for city-wide softball h~lors.
Last night the Bagmen took the
first and second frames to estab-
ish their mark and stuck to it.
In the first they drove in couple
of men, and in the second the en-.
tire batting order faced BLOW
Gum Fowler. Nine runs and five
hits was the result. Elmo Foun.
tain sparked the rally with a long
homer to left center. Billy PEPPER,
with three hits for four, started
the explosion witt, single to the
right.
The score by innings:
Wertheimer ..... .290 600 Oil 8 {
Spofford ...... 100 100 o. 2 4
Batteries, for Wertheimer, Phil
lips and Fountain; for Spofford
Fowler and Hardie. U m pi s.
Futch, Brown and O. Allen. {
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON

'Churchlu weather. has come to
Britain's aid at both ends of her
far-flung battle line; yet the British
war captain himself believes it has
not greatly lessened the Nazi in
vasion menace. The whim Of Adolf
Hitler, rather than weather or mi
litary factors, will decide whether
an invasion is to be attempted.
That was the substance of Chur-
chill's war summary to parliament,
spoken amid the thunder of Ger
man air attacks on London. Turbu-
lent seas along Britain's coasts and
sand storms in Egypt had eased
British apprehensions before he
rose to speak. Yet England is on
fresh notice from her chosen lead
er that neither the weather nor any
other factor except the bulldog en-
durance of her people can insure
her victory.
Must Expect Attempt
German "deployn1ent'' across
the channel for invasion went
steadily on, Churchill informed
parliament. 1--WE must expect" he
added, "that Hitler will make the
attempt at what he judges to be
the best opportunity"
Behind that utterance can be de-
tected ChurchilPs firm conviction
that Hitler has so committed him
self to the invasion of England that
neither the advice of his generals
nor unfavorable weather will
sway him from ultimately issuing
the order to his waiting troops and
flotillas. AS Churchill measures the
mind of his arch foe, it is Hitler S
pride and prestige that is at stake
and will dominate his action. If
that is true, the first weather lull
in the channel may see the attempt
made. Winter is too close for de-
lay.
Churchill also noted what had al
ready caught attention, the
changed nature of German bomb
ing raids in London in recent days
and nights. Despite Berlin reports
that only military and industrial
targets have been attacked, repeat
ed bombing of Buckingham pal
ace, of shopping and residential
areas remote from any possible
military targets, indicates that the
nerves of the people are the real
objective. Berlin claims of super.
gun bombardment of London bear
out that view of Nazi strategy.
"A Silly Idea"
Churchill dismissed as "a silly
idea" any German notion that all
this could result in public pressure
on the London government to make
peace; yet he repeated his warn.
ings that the worst in air warfare
was yet to come. He has said be.
fore that the German bombing at,
tack might be doubled or even
trebled, that neither side had YET
put its full strength into the tre-
mendous air fight.
Mastery of the air over England
is the ''crux'' Of the war, Churchill
said. Berlin claims of having
achieved it are now freshly chal.
lenged by Pritish figures of losses
inflicted on German air forces
figures for which Churchill person.
ally vouched to parliament. He
still stands on his assertion that
German plane losses have aver
aged three-to-one to British, and
Nazi air personnel losses six-to.
one.
That ratio, fatty disputed by
Berlin, was the basis o. Churchill s
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
VAUGHAN TO TAIT
TO DOCTORS HERg
New Hanover a Medical s..
ciety 10 Meet ThursdaOy' w
Night At Crystal

The monthly meeting of Tho N.-
Hanover county medical soo;s' Se'
will be held at 7::3O O'Clock rT,s's rTS,'s
day evening at the Crystal rss.a'' sai y
rant. ''al'
The guest speaker will be Dr. +,
w. Vaughan, of Watts hosnit,,' W.
Durham, whose subject will p-,a''
diagnosis and Treatmen. W,
Pituitary Tumors." Lantern s,;, VI
will be shown. ''NeS
The program will include j.
cussion on the Hospital saying Is' Az
soeiation of North Carolina's rlsS ns'
for surgical coverage in additiaa tiaa
to hospital coverage.
DR.. Donald B. Koonce presid,..
and DR.. Duncan R. McEacbsru
secretary and treasurer, yesterS.~
invited all members and physical,
of the third district to attend, ''
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
OPERATIONS RESUMED
AT LOWELL FACTORY
Workers Return After Walkout
Staged In Protest Against
Alleged 'Stretch-Out'

GASTONIA, Sept. 17.-RLOper-
ations were resumed today at the
Lowell plant of the National Weav-
ing company, where a strike was
called yesterday in protest against
an alleged "stretch-out'' system.
Carl Sheriff., of the mill office
staff, said all but "a few" of the
600 workers affected, were back
on the job. Employees who re-
mained out asserted the mill had
not been able to resume full oper-
ations but did not make any claim
as to the number still out.
The workers said the stretch
out" increased the number of looms
required to be worked by each
weaver from 30 to so. The man
agement was reported to h e
stood firm in it's demand that the
50-loom requirement be observed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
CARDS WIN. OVER
BROOKLYN, 5 TO 0
Five-Hit Hurting By Lanie1
Just About Eliminates
Dodgers From Race

BROOKLYN, Sept. 17.-REThe
St. Louis Cardinals pushed t n
Brooklyn Dodgers to the brink o.
elimination from the National
league pennant race today by scor'
ing a 5 to 0 shutout on Max La
nier's five-hit hurting.
This put the second place Doo:
gers II games behind Clnclnna1, I,
with II games left to play. Az
other clubs have been mathematl-
cally erased from the running
Lanier never gave Brooklyn a
chance, facing only 80 men ana
letting none get farther than Sec
ond.
The Cards were held to seven
hits and until the sixth were smut
out by Lefty Lee Grissom. linen
they got a run on singles by Terry
Moore and Pepper Martin sand
wiched around a wild pitch. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
REDS SCORE FL
WIN OVER PHILS
Cincinnati Moves Within One
Game OF Clinching Ma
tional League Pennant

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. IT,
R-Cincinnati moved to within one
game of the National league pen
nant today by nosing out the Phil
lies, 2 to 1 in mound duel be-
tween Whitley Moore and K ir b y
Higbe.
The Reds must win one more
game while Brooklyn loses to
clinch their second straight title.
Brooklyn's SO defeat by st. Louis
today widened the gap between the
first and second place teams to
H. games.
In addition to throttling the Phil
attack, Moore also halted the con-
secutive game hitting streak Of
Danny Litwhiler, Rookie Phil out
fielder, at 81 straight games,
seasons record for the major
leagues. Litwhiler fouled out on his
first three trips TO the place and
was thrown out at first by a hair
after spectacular stop of h S
grounder by Myers in the ninth. 4
mr. N A
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
IS Persons Complete
NYA First Aid Work

Fifteen persons successfully COM
pleted the standard first aid course
taught recently by John W. Harri-
son for the colored NYA unit under
the auspices of the local chapter Of
the American Red Cross.
They include: Ruth Barnhall, Will
helmena Bryant, Mary E. Davis,
Thelma Foyles, Geraldine Galloway.
Lille Mae Gavans, Lena Graham,
Mary Edna Henry, Margaret c.
Henry, Bette Johnson, Inez c. Nc.
Koy, Catherine Moroe, Minnie Nixon,
Ruth Weatherspono, and Theodosis
Street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
WAKE FOREST

WAKE FOREST, Sept. 17.-HH
The Wake Forest Deacons, drill
ing in secret for the first time
this season, today went through a
long practice on all departments
of football.
Pass offense and defense, kick
ing, running plays and dummy
scrimma. e were on the, program.
The number one team was able
to break up several passes flung
by the number two aggregation,
with Tony Gallovich, half, looking
especially good on the defensive.
Carl Givler, guard, and John Jet
and Paul Waivers, enL;, stood out
in the defensive line.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Interpreting The War

renewed assurance to his country
men that they could "await the de-
cision" with "sober and increas-
ing confidence" as long IS British
nervec endured the strain.
It is no longer the Battle OF
Britain" as he pictured it; but the
battle of London and its millions
of bomb-harried citizens. Four
fifths of Britain's 10000 civilian
casualties this month were in Lon.
don, he said; yet the struggle still
may be far short of the about
air warfare to come. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Youth Center To Open
With Dance Tonight

A Youth Center will be opened to.
night at S o'clock in the quarters
in the Woolvin building on Princess
street formerly occupied by the police
station, it was announced yesterday.
The Center is sponsored by the
Youth Forum and will be opened
with a dance, to which all Utter
bugs and onlookers are invited.
There will be no admission for the
dance and refreshments will be serv.
ed
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
French Food Question
Is Studied By Council

vICHY, France, Sept. 17.-RH
The urgent question Of food sup
plies for unoccupied France again
was studied by the council of min
listers today. Paris dispatches said
strict rationing Of all principal food
stuffs would be initiated in the
Nazi-held zone Sept. %.
The scarcity of some needed sup
plies in unoccupied France is be-
coming more and more acute. Soap
sugar, razor blades and toothpaste
are fast giving out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Rotarians Hear Talk
By Colonel Gillette

An address on the European con-
flict and the world situation by Col.
George Gillette yesterday com
prised the program of Rotary club as
it met at the Cape Fear hotel for
it's weekly luncheon session.
This nation, the colonel told the
members of the club, must not con-
tinue to fool itself but must look
facts in the face and realize what
the situation is today.
He spoke at some length on the
economic features of the current war
and of the dangers faced by the ma
tions involved in it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
CAROLINA

CHAPEL HILL, sept. 17.-NE
Carolina may not pass quite so
often or effectively this year, but
from today's indications, Appala-
chian can look out Saturday for
aerials anytime, anywhere, and
from almost anybody.
The Tar Heels already had one
aviation ace and two better-than-
average pitchers in Jim LaLanne,
Frank O'Hare, and Johnny Pecora
and Coach Ray Wolf also worked
several nalfbacks and fullbacks in
passing drills today including Har-
ry Dunkle, Joe Austin, Sid Sadoff,
and Mike Cooke.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
= Sports :
Cubs Rally In Eighth
To Defeat Giants, 9-S

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-RCThe
crumbling Giants lost their ninth
STRAIGHT game today when the Chi
cago Cubs rallied for SIX runs m
the eighth inning and took the slug
ging session 9 to 9. ,ou
Hank Leiber drove Carl Hubbell
to the showers in the big eight by
homering with two on and 'later
Manager Gabby Hartnett delivered
a ninch double with the bases filled
for two other runs.