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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08

DOVER, England, Oct. 7.-RN
Weather in the strait of Dover to-
night was almost perfect for a
German invasion attempt.
Not a cloud marred the clear,
starry sky. The sea was fairly
calm and there was a fresh south
westerly breeze. A slight mist GOV,
cred the sea in mid-strait.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
Henry Lilly Cumming
will Filed For Probate

The will of Henry Lilly Cum
ming, who died September IA, has
been filed for probate at the office
OF T. A. Henderson, clerk Of New
Hanover superior court.
The estate, which includes per
sonal property valued at 5000. is
to be shared by a half sister, Mrs.
Anne Cumming Burr, and a niece,
Mrs. Virginia Taylor Oliver. Walk
er Taylor, Jr., is named executor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-RELlve
poultry, by freight, quiet. Fowls,
colored 9. Old ROSTERS Is. BY
express, dull. Chickens, rocks ~;
reds II to 10. Broilers, rocks ~
to 81; crosses 10 to IS IL; coloredi
southern ~ to "A; reds II; leghorp
18. Fowls, colored 10 to 10; leg
horn, nearby S, southern II. Pull
lets. rocks Is, small 81 IL; cross
es ~, small 20 to 20 IL; reds 70,
samll 20. Old ROSTERS II to IA.
Ducks IA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
UCC Payments Decline
Sharply In September

September is the first month In
1910 in which the steadily increas
ing amount of benefit payments ir
unemployment compensation has
shown a drop. September payments
amounted to $413,5 SOC, a compared
with the August high point for the
year Of s54s,22o. Total amount OF
payments for the first nine months
of the year is 50, 1885, 31, and for the
two years and nine months the
amount is SIG, 403, 1896.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
ADVERTISEME
ADVERTISEMENT
FALSE TEETH
That Loosen
Need Not EmbaYrasS

Many wearers Of false teeth have suf-
fered real embarrassment because their
plate dropped, slipped or wabbled at
just the wrong time Do not live in
fear Of this happening to you just
sprinkle a little FASTEETH, the aka.
limo (non-acid) powder, on your plates.
Holds false teeth more firmly, so they
feel more comfortable. Does not sour.
Checks "plate odor" (denture BREATH.
Get FASTEETH at any drug store.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
LIVERPOOL COTTON,

LIVERPOOL Oct. 7.-4R-Spot
cotton quiet, prices 16 points high.
er. Quotations in pence American
strict good middling BOZ; good mid
ding 8.62; strict middling SAT-;
middling 8.37; strict low niddling
8.27; low mddling 7.97; strict good
ordinary 1852; good ordinary TIT.
March futures closed IL higher
at 7.54. 2
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NEW YORK EGGS

NEW. YORK, Oct. -7.-R-Eggs
Is, 216; steady. Mixed colors: fancy
to extra fancy 26 IL to 80 IL;
extras 20; graded firsts 81 -;
seconds 19 to 10 IL; mediums 49,;
dirties No. l, IS IL; average
checks is 10 to 16. Refrigerator,
fancy to extra fancy q to %;
extras. 81 -; standards 20 to 20
IL; firsts 20; seconds 10 to IL IL;
mediums 49,; dirties II IL to ID. z
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NEW YORK SUGAR

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-R-Trad-
ers operated cautiously in the
sugar futures market today as the
tried to evaluate foreign news in
relation to the staple.
The domestic list closed 1 to 2
points lower. on sales Of $50 tons.
World futures improved early. on
Cuban buying but dealers cashed
profits later and the final range
was down ! to 2 points. Turnover
1900 tons; March sob, May SO
LIB.
All raw sugar offer sreweyn j
held at $50 cents a pound.
Refined remained locally at 4.35
cents a pound.
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BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, Oct. 7.-R-U.S.
Dept. Agr.)-Hogs 1880. Mostly
steady with Friday. except 220 to
24O lb. butchers 10c higher. Good
and choice 100 to 24O lbs. .6.75 to
7 90; practical top 700; 100 to 1870
lbs. 6.5 to 80; $50 to 100 lbs. and
$50 to 800 lbs. 6.45 to. 10; 140 to
$50 lbs. 6.10 to IS; 100 to 40 lbs.
$50 to 6.10; 120 to 100 lbs. SOS to
90; packing sows 5.25 to IS. 4
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PEANUT BILL

WASHINGTON, Oct. = Up =
Rep. Pace (D.Ga.) introduced a bill
CHR 10621) today to bring the pea
nut crop under the AAA's acreage
allotment program. Peanut pro-
ducers of Georgia, North Carolina,
Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas and
Texas, Pace said, feel that their
crop should be declared one OF the
basic commodities.
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STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

closiL" YORK, Oct. 7.-(R-Sales
fiftsas price and net change of TIE
ne most active stocks today:
T Us Steel, 11,ooo-5sM: d%.
Pea 1' IL; 5oo-2o%; Az.
cen Cen Elec, 7,1oo-s5A; da.
In, Motors, 7,O00-4sA: dA.
Ret, rel and Tel, $780,; dA.
Coann steel, 5,100-79%; d1A.
T Thus Eds, 4,9OO-26A; dh.
cnnunpson Star. 4,6Oo-1A; dH.
Cruos Wright. 4.00O-7%; no.
Ste ueloie ST., 3,70O-34; dN.
MIMI ol Ind, 3.700-24% dN.
Cbrlnns Mfg B, 1900: an.
KSsler, S,5oo-7sM; dK.
Nhecott 3,50O-30: no.
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CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, Oct. 7.-R-Butter
was steady today: SO score 30 to
30 4; 90, 20 IL; 81, 20 Ia; 30,
20; 80, g IL; SO, q 3-4; centrahz-
ed CARROTS 80 score 20 II; SO, 28
IL; 49, A. 3-4. )
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PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, Oct. 7.-K-Pea'
nut quotations: Jumbos 3 34 to 4;
bunch 3 10 to 8 IL; runners 3 te
3 IA. Market unchanged. 2
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NEW E T

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1-R-
Cotton futures were irregular here
today with most operators evening
up prior to bureau day tomorrow.
Closing prices were steady 2 points
ne higher to 1 lower
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SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 7.-RH
Spot cotton closed steady, unchang-
ed. Sales 1926. Low middling $50,
middling 9.55, good middling 1000.
Receipts 4,475. Stocks 563,252. 3
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n. q. OIL

N. O.. COTTONSEED OIL
NEW. ORLEANS, Oct. 7.-RA
Cottonseed closed steady. Bleach.
able prime summer yellow 5.25n,
prime crude 4.25b, Oct. 4.85, Dec.
4.94b, Jan. 4.97b, March 5.05b, May
5.16b.
B-bid; n-nominal. 8
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SPOT COTTON

CHARLOTTE, Oct. 7.-R-spot
cotton $50. 8
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CHICAGO T.ARn

tierc.A Oct. 7.-RELard
S s'oo: loose ATS; bellies 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08

inch) 9.92.
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NEW SERIAL
STORY STARTS

Continued from Page One)
old music, and plays the piano
for relaxation When she is
working on a book she sometimes
writes from breakfast until mid
night, turning out ten thousand
words a DAY. one likes to read
the mystery stories of other au-
thors. and occasionally takes IN a
mystery movie
AmbitioRS2 Well, she wouldn't
mind helping Hollywood film a
mystery story. she thinks the
movie nDguls usually kid all the
mystery out of their thriIlers try
ing TO be funny. She thinks il
possible to stress both mystery
and humor, providing double
baTreled entertainment
That-as a matter OF facts
what she has neatly accomplish
ed in Casual Slaughters". throw
ing in a haunting love interest for
good measure.
A series Of hold-ups startles
Fort Michigan but the serious
ness of the situation is not fully
realized until a charred body is
found in a burning car. Colonel
Pennant, the commanding officer.
puts Adam in charge Of the IN
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he said firmly, but his dazzling
blue eyes, between their brush OF
short white laSheS, were friendly
and approving.
What man of principleI I've
always thought" l added pensive-
ly, that people who rise with the
sun are a little touched in the
head"
That's because you belong to
the international order of Sour
Observation-Disclosures.
How do you know that?" l de-
manded.
you have no secrets from me"
he said darby. Right now your
stomach feels like an old tin can
that's been run over by a ten-ton
truck. You're miles up on the
highest horse and the hardest
saddle ever devised by man. or
nature. the muscles of your thighs
have ague and toothache. But in
spite of these Sundry slight dis
comforts you can't keep the cor
ners of your mouth down
Our eyes caught for a dizzying
moment; then the mare, true to
her sex, chose that moment TO
discover a scrap of paper a stones
throw away and bolt for her life
down the bride path. They had
disappeared around curve be-
fore old Dobbin the roam aWoke
to our situation and started in
pursuit at an unbalanced, lumber
ing trot.
This was the crisis I had been
dreading. | sawed at the reins.
knowing in advance that it was
no use. Dobin was a gregarious
brute. He intended to rejoin his
companion; and whether or not
cared to come along was matter
of complete indifference to him.
But not to me. The instinct of
Self-preservation is as old as life
itself.
1t speaks well for the power of
mind over mere matter that / was
able during those crucial seconds
to recall a few of Adams patient
directions and. in clumsy despera-
ton, to put the theory into prac-
tice; for suddenly everything
clicked and we swept trium-
around the curve.
Adam had checked the mare
and was waiting. / called to him
as we passed.
Look, Adaml He's trotting and
my teeth aren't falling out or
I'm postingI"
Good work." he said heartily.
And, being a man of principle,
had to add, Watch your elbows"
It was at this moment that Dob
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close to him because Of another
bush that was pushing against
my back. As soon as / thought of
that bush got little uneasy,
and at the count of three / looked
over my shoulder and investi-
gated It; but it seemed to be only
bush. So / edged back into it a
little, because If the big roam had
SHE'D once, without any apparent
reason, what would he do when
that gun went off?
But at the count of four Adams
bush began to come to life. Its
leaves and branches were agi-
tated as if by a stiff breeze,
voice made sounds of protest and
face rose into view. A face
which normally must have been
like that of a sober baby. A
round, pink and white face with
a snub nose and serious eyes. A
face that was having rather a
time trying to express. all in one
tableau, terror, despair and an
guished refusal.
"Out," said Adam crisply. "And
drop what you're holding"
The solemn eyes dwelt on the
barrel of the automatic. A groan
escaped the tortured mouth. ri
"FiUe," said Adam, and a fren.
zied form leaped clear of the SUI
mac bush. No-not quite clear. It
bore with it shrubbery; a great
sheaf of branches Rugged to its
mldsection like a playfully mod
est Pan. =
He was a plump little man; his
pink and white skin, which nor
mally would have done credit to
any schoolgirl, looked as if he had
rolled in brier patch. The source
OF his distress was plain to see.
He wore no clothes.
Adam was still telling him to
drop what he had in his hands.
looked my surprise. I had never
expected Adam of lacking tact.
Drop that stuff, you fool" he
was saying. -.
The little mans color bright
ened, If that were possible. Sweat
beaded his brow. He Rugged
tighter the armful of branches
Sir, I'm the new chaplain" he
stammered. Il arrived late last
night. l beg Of you'll explain
everything"
Adam said, 'Pm trying to help
you II you know what's good for
you you'll drop that armfuI of
70 liza &c. It's Thus diUersiIoba.
Poison oak to you"
To be continued
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ANOTHER TIE
GAME PLAYED
LAST NIGHT
NAvsTA AND coEcHs IN So
OPENER or TWIN BILL:
PLUMBERS wALLoPED Sox
IN NIGHTCAP

For the second night this week.
softball teams have prayed tie
opening games Of scheduled twin
bills. Monday evening, Peppers
Plumbers and Sawyer's BARRIERS
engaged IN a ~ knOtted affair.
and last night at Bayview Park
the Key West Conchs staged a
five-run seventh inning TO tie
NavSta, 9 to 9. and remain that
way IN an extra frame before the
time-limit halted the fracas.
Naval Station PLAYERS oiled up
9 TO 4 lead going into the sew
enth inning. Previously, they
had scored two runs in each the
first and fourth and a trio Of
markers In the fifth. adding their
last two markers in their half of
the seventh.
Castro and Early, opposing
mOundSmen, each turned in a
five hit performance. Early
struck out seven and walked SIX,
while Castro whitfield five and
gave eight free tickets to first.
Leaders in the field were: Ar
mold, A and G. Lastres and
Aritas of the Conchs: Allshouse,
Gibson, Lopez and Gates of the
NavSta.
Score by innings:
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big way. Holding the Detroit
men to one run in eight frames,
the Chisox, with an eighth-inning
rally that Melted nine runs, piled
up a 12-1 lead. Pitcher Rigney
then eased up and the second
place American League team
showed over three markers in the
ninth Kuhel pounded a four
Dagger for the victorS.
Jimmy Foxx' two home runs
paced the Boston Red Sox in
their triumph over the Washing
ton Senators. The circuit blows
brought his lifetime total to 495,
one ahead of Lou Gehrig. Mats
two runs and Sox' one in the
ninth knotted the count. Foxx
poled his second round tripper in
the tenth to give his team the
victory.
Cincinnati Reds stepped out of
the doldrums with a bang yes
terday. annexing both ends of a
twin bill with the Chicago Cubs.
The double victory sent them six
and one-half games in front of
the Brooklyn Dodgers, who
bowed to the Boston Bees. Red
legs amaSSed Is Safeties in each
game and handed Big Bill Lee
his 14th defeat of the season in
the afterpiece. Whitley Moore
shutout the Bruins for seven in
nings in the opener.
Two determined teams met
yesterday in a doubleheader.
They were the St. Louis Car
dinaIs and Pittsburgh Pirates.
When the games ended it was
found the honors were evenly
divided. BUGS took the opener,
to 5, and the Redbirds cap
tured the nightcap, 9 to 5. Car
dinals advanced over the Cubs
and are now perched in fifth
place. Two triples by Slaughter,
one by Orengo and a double by
Mize paved the way for the
Cards. over overwhelming after
piece win
Results OF the games follow:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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INDIANS BOOST LEAD To THREE
GAMES; TELLER HANGS UP NO. Il
Tigers Lost To Mats /;
Reds Captured
Twin Bill

NEW YORK. Aug. l7.-Bob
Feller remains the leading pitch
er Of the major leagues He rung
up his 21st victory of the season
yesterday against the lowly St.
Louis Browns, 8 to 8, and ex-
tended the Tribes lead to three
games over the Detroit Tigers,
who were losing TO the Chicago
White Sox- Feller got off to a
bad start, allowing the Browns
two runs In the first two IN
nings, but he settled down after
that episode and limited them to
a lone marker the rest of the
way. Radcliffe poled four singles
off Bob's slants.
White Sox put a halt to the
Tigers hOt-pace and did it in a
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ITS hands.

bin the roam, normally a placid
animal, lost sight of the fact that
he was responsible for dumb
female who didn't know how to
eide, and gave way TO nerves.
If you've ever had a horse shy
with you when you were posting
to the trot you know that it can
be unsettling both mentally and
physically. / had a little trouble
deciding which was the proper
side on which informally to dis
mount, and while / was hesitat-
ing Adam rode up beside me and
offered his arm in courtly fashion,
and | was not backward about ac-
cepting it. It was a good arm and
its steel muscles did not relax un-
til Dobbin and I had reached a
better understanding and decided
to rest a bit after our juggling act.
What time TO start truckin',"
l commented bitterly and. if it
must be admitted, with some
ShortneSs of breath. might have
said more-I had every intention
OF saying more-but Adams atti-
tude Silenced me. He was looking
away from me toward the bush
from which the roam had SHE'D.
And suddenly his hand was on the
roan's checkrein.
Plump. Little Man
.CET down" he said in a low,
~ imperative voice. "On the
ground-Stay behind your horse"
He was a one for changing his
mind. A minute ago he had gone
to some trouble to keep me on
that horse. But when tried to
point out the Inconsistency he cut
me short.
"Quicklyl" he ordered.
There was enough of the lash
of authority in the last word to
send me tobogganing down the
steep side of the roam. But as the
ground stung my feet I turned
and stared across the saddle.
Adams big service automatic
was no longer in its holster. It
was pointing at the Sumac bush,
and he was telling the Sumac bush
to come out of there and to- drop
whatever it had in its hands. He
was telling it that he would count
i've; and he was beginning to
count
/ counted also, under my
breath. because / knew when ne
got to fire something was going
to happen and wanted to be pre-
pared. Dobbin the roam was being
very patient and well behaved for
the moment, which was a very
good thing. for ] had to stand
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To be continued

fashioned horse troughs at stra-
tegic points.
At Buckingham Palace, reach
ed after negotiating a formidable
barrier of sandbags and barbed
wire, 1 found the guard wearing
khaki battle dress and helmets in
place of picturesque red jackets
and black bearSkinS.
IF Ed Been There
It took little plumbing to dis
Germ the new spirit IN the air
Winston Churchill, vindicated
after years OF abuse from con-
servative politicians who accused
him of crying wolf has become
dictator. A clerk in a hat shop
said IF we'd 'ad i'm m Downing
street four years ago, this'd new
CT ave 'appened".
Daily air attacks on various
sectors. an enormous increase In
the income tax and general cost
OF living, food rationing, the Sc
we're blaekeut-se black the bob
bles wear white coats and carry
red lanterns-and casualty lists
the English have grown accus-
toned 10 all these since last !
was here.
But there IS one thing not
changed-the foggy. rainy Eng
llsh weather. more effective
defense against enemy raiders
than fleets Of SpitfireS
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ENTER LABOR DzY
EVENTS NOW AID
WIN PRIZE LATER

An invi3szioa is snynns
interested % enter xhs Labur
Day pulehrituds. s1hlseiz
stature and sports eoz1s<1s
has been extendsd ~ ga
rezxezfion conni11es Ct "a
Order Knights Ct Mari Epsn-
scr Of IN an-daY ri-nis and
fiesta 70 be hsld ~ s11xA
Beach Sep1srzber Z
conps<ztion l. spsn IN -
Believing ewen4x:
Bathing bssnsy tfszininsl
ages Iz-1s:
Athlefic sts9zrs tzBcs-
Incl ages Is-zls
BisycIs rarsr
Ilo-yard dash.
DiEtsnce swlzzzinE-
Those wishing . sza.r nzF
Of the contests are urpnd ~
contact Oscar kEhzn c. =
Frank Flei1zS.
Among the mGnT rrizss -
be swzrded during fhR d1E
viii be q full dress suiz fer
q lady. man c. child
IZLAOZZZZ
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PLUMBERS SCORED li-a
VICTORY IN NICHTCAP

Peppers Plumbers over
whelmed the Blue Sox in the
afterpiece, IL to 2
Griffin continued his hitting
streak, walking once and polling
a triple on his next appearance
at the plate. Barcelo smacked a
homer and Higgs a triple in the
heavy scoring of the Plumbers.
Clarence Gates limited the
Sox to four hits, whiting ii bat
tiers. Plumbers were able to
garner only seven safeties off
the hurting of NJ. Arias but were
aided by that many errors.
Ogden's double led the hitting
of the losers.
Score by innings:
r H E
Plumbers OH I34 Oil Z o
Sox - 900 10 O. 4 z
c. Gates and Ingraham; IA.
Arias and Goss.
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NIGHT GAMES
Especial to TAe Gitfzen)

NEW YORK. Aug. H.
Hal Schumacheris eight-hit
performance set the pace for
the New York Giants win
over the Philadelphia Phil
lies. 5 70 3. TerrY's boys had
10 stage late-inning rallies.
however TO overcome the
Phils' lead. The contest was
played last night at Polo
Grounds. the last of such
games at this field.
In the other game under
lights between National
League teams saw the Bos-
ton Bees defeat the second
place Brooklyn Dodgers. 2 to
l. Lone runs In the first and
last innings decided the con-
test. BrooklYn's only mark
er came in the opening frame.
Sfrincevich twirled five-hif
bah for the Bees.
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Fodav's Horoscope

T0dsy's native Is sofs-hezreS
and simple n manner. wIfh fhe
ambition noz very srunE Bu
the dispositisn s Ezznly ard CO..
tented: and while TIE rzznner
may seem . little harzh and p@-
laps rude. i Is fhur0ughly nu@ea-
nsfured i indicates . RDoc
friend VINO : n dznezr &C huinE
imposed upo1
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Mote: Due to Key West Conchs
leaving for games in Fl. Lauder
dale and Tampa, the schedule in
the American League has been
revised Merchant Marine game
has been brought up from Aug
ust 80. On that date the Conchs
viii meet the Marines)
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vestigation and when death
strikes again Adam is forced TO
go to New York never dreaming
that he is leaving Kay at the
mercy Of the murderer. When
a third murder takes place In
Kay'S room she doesn't know
where to turn because she feels
that she has made herself I'M
popular with her only friends for
refusing TO conceal information.
Then, to her horror, she discovers
that the man Adam left TO pro-
tect her IS an imposter. KAY de-
cideS TO leave Fort Michigan but
before she can get away she
SturnbleS on information that
places her IN immediate danger.
For romance, suspense and
humor, Casual Slaughters Is a
top-flight fiction serial
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THURSDAY NIGHT

First Game-CCC VS.. NavSta
(American League).
Second Game-Pepper Plumb
ers VS.. Sawyer's BARRIERS (Na-
tiOnaI League).
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SCHEDULE
MONDAY NIGHT
tBaYview Park Field

First Game-Pepper's Plumb
ers VS.. Blue Sox National
League).
Second Game-Merchants VS..
y. S Marines (American League).