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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26
Mrs. Laura Day

Funeral services for Mrs. Laura
d. Day, 80, widow of Titus G. Day,
who died at her home in Brown
ingsville, after an illness of three
days, were held Sunday in Beth
esda Methodist Church, Brownings-
vile. The Rev. Ira w. Shindle,
pastor, officiated and burial was in
the church cemetery.
Mrs. Day was a daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Watkins
and had lived in this vicinity all
her life. A number of nieces and
nephews survive.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26
P. G. Lyon PIT. A. Head

P. G. Lyon, Brinklow, has been
elected chairman of the Sherwood
PIT. A. Other officers are Mrs.
Dawson Trundle, vice chairman;
Mrs. Keith Himebaugh, recording
secretary; Mre. Allan Brooke, cor
responding secretary, and Mrs.
Charles X. Francis, treasurer.
A stimulating program on De-
mocracy will provide the main in
terest for the new school year, &C.
cording to Keith Himebaugh, pro-
gram chairman. and the next regu-
lar meeting will be at the high
school Tuesday, October / at 1880
D. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26
Credit Group Meets

The Frederick Production Credit
Association held its last commu-
nifty meeting in Montgomery coun-
ty on Tuesday, September "a, at
8 p. m. in the Modern Woodmen's
hall, Laytonsville. Ulysses Griffith,
4th, acted as chairman of the
meeting, which consisted of educa-
tional features, movies and re-
freshments. Thomas C. Darby,
president of the association and
prominent in Montgomery county
civic affairs gave a short talk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26

Sept. 81 - Dance, sponsored by
United Young Mems Democratic
Club, Manor Club.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26
By VIRGINIA VALE


tReleased by Western Newspaper Union.I
D OSALIND RUSSELL,
IN who considers Columbia
her lucky lot, has been signed
to play the feminine starring
role in that studios new COM
edy, "This Thing Called
Love-" a tale of a six months
trial marriage which goes on
the rocks before it is well
launched. Miss Russell will
be seen as a brisk and COM
petent insurance executive
(and let's hope she won't over-act,
as she sometimes does) and Melvyn
Douglas, playing opposite her, will
be mining engineer.
A few years ago the beautiful
Rosalind was borrowed by Columbia
for the title role in ''Craig's Wife,"
an unsympathetic part. as you'll
probably recall. but in It she proved
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26

Sept. % Fried chicken and baked
ham supper at st. Mary's Epis-
copal Church, Aspen, 4:30 to 8
d. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26
Air Corps Jobs Open

Complete information in regards
to the requirements for instruc-
tor in the Air Corps may be OBJ
tanned from Lowry Riggs, secre-
tary Of the board of U. S. Civil
Service examiners at the Rockville
Post Office.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26
Thrift Club Started

Two Rockville stores have joined
a Christmas thrifty club = Rock
vile Paint & Hardware and The
Sachs Store. According to Morris
Stern, each purchaser of merchan-
disc is given thrifty" redeem
able in cash at Christmas.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26
Supper At Woodfeld

Miss Lucille Priest is committee
chairman Of the oyster supper for
the benefit of the Ladies' Aid of
Wesley Grove, at the Woodfield
Grange Hall, October 5, starting
at P. M. Mrs. Charles D. King
will be hostess.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26

Sept. q = Dance, sponsored by
United Young Mems Democratic
Club, Manor Club.
Sept. % Fried chicken and baked
ham supper at st. Mary's Epis-
copal Church, Aspen, 4:30 to 8
p. m.
Nov. / - Benefit dance ballroom
Indian Spring Club, sponsored by
Montgomery County Public
Health Lay Council 10 It'll.
Oct. a - Fifth Poultry Indus
tries Exposition sponsored by
Northeastern Poultry Producers
Council, Atlantic City auditor
ium, Atlantic City, N. J.
Oct. s = Oyster supper at Wood
field Hall by Ladies Aid of Wes-
ley Grove Church, 4 p. m.
Oct. 10 Turkey supper, st.
Marks Parish Hall, Falkland, S
to p. m.
Oct. II - Card party, benefit St.
Martins Guild, Gaithersburg, at
the home of Mrs. E. P. Schwartz
at 8 p. m.
Sat-, Oct. 10, 8 p. m. = Card party
for benefit of the Gaithersburg
Library Association will be held
in Gaithersburg High School.
Oct. 20 to Nov. / Baltimore
Food Show and Special Consum-
ers' poultry products exhibit =
staged by Maryland State Poul-
try Council with the University
of Maryland and State Fair
Board cooperating, Fifth Regi-
ment Armory, Baltimore. Show
sponsored by Independent Retail
Grocers Association of Maryland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26

Alger Y. Barbee, who is chair
man of the fall dance, sponsored
by the Young Mems United Demo-
cratic Club at the Manor Club on
Friday, September 81.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-26
ODDS AND ENDS

q. Most InspirGiioHal Extra Of the
Year" is the tide BESTOWED on Doris
Davenport BY the Hollywood Studio
Club, because she rose from the en-
ira ranks 70 the feminine lead in
"The Westerner."
q Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. is vacation.
ing at his farm in Virginia.
q. Susanna Foster, starlef OF Para.
mounts There's Magic in Music" was
all ready TO Leave for vacation in
Kearney, Neb,, sOhen her dog, Rex,
SO0s struck BY an automobile. She un-
packed her trunks and abandoned her
plans. 90 stay NJ home until Rex rs
covered.
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Visiting in South

Comdr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Con-
don have gone to Biloxi, Miss, and
New Orleans for short stay.
Evening star., 1940-10-13
TakOna Park
Social News
Mr.. and Mrs. Axtell
Hosts at First
OF arty Series

Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. AXtell were
hosts last evening at their home in
Takoma Park, Md, at a dessert
bridge party, the first of a series of
parties they are planning.
Mr.. and Mrs John c. Post have
visiting thcm the latter's mother,
Mrs. j. U. Wildasin of Brook, Ind,
who will be with them most OF this
winter.
The Misses Betty and Mary Ger
hold, twin sisters of Mrs. Albert
Lingle, with whom they make their
home, left yesterday for a two-week
stay at the Billows, Miami Beach,
Fla.
Mrs. Wesley Sussex of Hillsdale,
Mich, is visiting her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F.
Ferry.
Mrs. Tom E. Hughes will leave
today for weeks stay in Atlantic
City. She will be accompanied on
her trip by Mr.. Hughes parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph T. Hughes of
Philadelphia.
Mrs. George Dodge of Mobile,
Ala, is spending several weeks here
with her sister-in Law, Mrs. Harry
E. Dodge, who is recuperating from
a recent serious accident. Mr.. Dodge
and his son, Mr.. Harry P. Dodge,
are expected to return today from
trip to Louisville, KY.
Mrs. Charles M. Brown, jr., of
Kilmarock is attending the Worlds
Fair in New York.
Mrs. w. H. Peters of Roscoe, N. Y,
Is spending month here with her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Maynard Linthicum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon T. Boulter,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Vannoy and Mr..
and Mrs Weston Shipstead are
spending the week end at Skyline
Drive, Va.
Mrs. c. L. Weir, who entertained
at luncheon and bridge Thursday,
has issued invitations for similar
affair next Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. H Jones have
as their weekend guest Mrs. Otis
Jones of Orange, Va.
DR.. and Mrs William Stuart have
had visiting them their son. 1t. Dom
aid Stuart, and Mrs. Stuart of Bos-
ton.
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Keynote
Friday
More Than 500
Expected to Launch
New Campaign
Continued From Page D-l)

Rescue League members: Mrs. Ern-
est G. Draper, to those Of Barney
Neighborhood House; Mrs. Clarence
A. Aspinwau, Boys Club of WASH
ington, Catholic Charities, and Girl
Scouts Of D. c. and Montgomery
County; Coleman Jennings, Bureau
Of Rehabilitation and Family Serv-
ice Association; Mrs. David Barry,
Children's Protective Association:
Mrs. John w. Guider, Christ Child
Settlement House; Mrs Robert H.
Fletcher, Shoe and Rubber Fund of
the D. c. Congress Of Parents and
Teachers and the Washington So
ciety for the Hard of Hearing; Mrs.
Harry L. Grant. Friendship House;
Mrs. Robert c. Watson, Georgetown
University Hospital; Mrs. Caesar
Aiello, Girl Scouts of Prince Georges
County, Social Service League Of
Prince Georges County, and We'll
fare Department, American Legion;
Charles A. Goldsmith, Hebrew Home
for the Aged; Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone, Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society and Travellers Aid Society;
Mrs. Morris Cafritz, Jewish Com
munity Center, and Juanita Kauf-
man Nye Council House; Mrs
George P. Scriven, st. AIMS Infant
Asylum, and Emergency Hospital
mems Board; Mrs. Walter G.
Distler, st. Roses Technical School,
and Columbia Hospital for Women;
Mrs. B. Peyton Whalen, Social Serv-
ice League of Montgomery County;
Mrs. Arch Lockhart Riddick, WASH
ington Heart Association; Mrs. A.
Chambers Oliphant, Washington
Home for Foundlings and Children's
Hospital; Mrs. James Craig Pea
cock, Washington Institute for Men,
tai Hygiene; Mrs. Wilson Compton,
Evening star., 1940-10-13

Stanley Ieagle nave issued invita-
tions for a dance next Saturday at
the Belle Haven Country Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Uhler of Pitts
burgh are the guests of Mr.. Uhler's
brother-in-l law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Anderson Sommers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cation
Return From Maryland.
Mrs. William Coleman, Mrs.
George w. Roop, Mrs. Margaret F.
Bailey and Miss Sara Eddington
have returned from Norfolk, where
they attended the convention of the
Virginia Division, United Daughters
of the Confederacy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. Cation have
closed their summer place near
Cambridge, Nd, and returned to
their Monroe avenue home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger S. Sullivan,
their daughter, Miss Joyce Sullivan.
and Mrs. Sullivan's sister, Miss Mary
Davis of Atlanta, Ga, spent the
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Retreat House
Dinner.Bazaar

The Ladies' Auxiliary Of the
Washington Retreat House will
sponsor a chicken dinner and
bazaar at the Retreat House. 1000
Harewood road. Brookland, D. c.,
Wednesday, on the 10th anniversary
Of the opening of the house by the
Mother Foundress of the Society of
the Atonement. Dinners will be
served from l to 3 o'clock, and other
attractions will be offered.
Parking space will be available
for those who have cars, and the
Retreat House station wagon will
provide transportation from the
streetcar line at Michigan avenue
and Harewood road from 1890 to
2:45 o'clock and from 3:45 to 7:3o
o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Social
News of the Week
Garden Club Members Attend
Show in Charlottesville;
Miss Marbury Returns

ALEXANDRIA, Va Oct 12-Mrs Gardner Boothe State officer
the Club Virginia. attended the clubs
included Daniels Malcolm Mathon
Mrs Clarence Leadbater Philip Campbell Miss Lindsey
Miss Scott Frank billiard
Mrs Norman billiard and Mrs Davis accompanied
Woodrow Wilson,
Miss Lily Marbuy has returned from Richmond where she attended
the wedding nephew Warren Pondex Taylor Miss
Cunningham daughter
B.
attended the wedding. Mr. Morris usher
Andrew Wikerson Clarke Mr. Mrs William
Evening star., 1940-10-13

well have left for a motor trip
through the Shenandoah Valley.
They also plan a visit In New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Bird Of Cros-
sett, Ark, are visiting their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Car
roll o. Bird.
Mrs. E. c. Perry of New York
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. r. johnson.
Mrs. Edward H. Kemper and her
son and daughter n-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard H. Kemper, have been
in Ocean City, Nd, for a week.
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Edna Anderson
To Wed Saturday

Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Lee An
derson announce the approach
ing marriage of their daughter,
Miss Edna Delphine Anderson,
to Mr.. John Beha Altman, Sd,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Alt
mann. The wedding will take
place next Saturday at pm. in
Christ Episcopal Church Of
Washington.
Evening star., 1940-10-13

Young Women's Christian Associa.
tion; Mrs. Chauncey G. Parker, jr.,
Emergency Hospital (Women's
BoarO; Mrs. Noble G. Powell, Epis-
copay Eye, Ear and Throat Hospi-
tai, and Mrs. William F. Burdick,
Garfield Memorial Hospital. Mrs.
Montgomery Blair, jr., will also serve
on the committee.
Evening star., 1940-10-13

week on a motor trip and visit in
New York.
Miss Emmett Henderson and Mrs
Robert L. Kane are visiting in New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick S. Cress-
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Miss Elizabeth Ruth
To Be Bride of Mr.. Edwards.

Miss Elizabeth Ruth
To Be Bride of Mr.. Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Kingsbury
Ruth Of Cincinnati announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Anne Ruth, to Mr.. Burke
Edwards of Chevy Chase, Md.
During her freshman year Miss
Ruth attended Hood College at
Frederick and was graduated last
June from Marietta College, Mari
eta, Ohio. She is the niece of the
late Mr.. Carl D. Ruth, a widely
known newspaper correspondent.
and Mrs. Ruth, who resides at tbs
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. Edwards is the son of Mr..
Russell T. Edwards and the late
Mrs. Edwards. He is a graduate of
American University, member of
the Manor Club and the Junior
Chamber of Commerce of Bethesda
and of the Pierce Hall Players.
The wedding will take place in
Cincinnati on October 26.
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Miss Gertrude MilstOne
To Wed J, H. Bieber.

Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Milstone
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Gertrude Milstone,
to Mr.. Joseph H. Bieber, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sander Bieber of
Boston.
Evening star., 1940-10-13
Engagements
Announced
Yesterday

Continued From Page DID
Mrs. Andrew L. Oehmann of this
city.
The marriage will take place No.
vember 20 at the Shrine of the
Blessed Sacrament.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
Wholesale Commodity
Index Moves Down

The wholesale commodity price
index compiled by the National
Fertilizer Association declined last
week, after advancing in each Of
the three preceding weeks. It was
77.3 in the week ended May 1, COM
pared with 77.8 in the week immedi-
ately preceding, 1852 q month ago,
and 72.7 a year ago. based on the
l926-28 average as 100.
Lower prices for farm products
and foods were primarily respon-
sible for last weeks decline In the
all-commodity index. With quota
tions for small grains, cattle, hogs,
poultry and eggs all moving down.
ward. the farm product average
registered a moderate decline for
the week The general trend Of
foodstuf1 prices was towards lower
levels, with Is items included in the
food group declining and only three
advancing.
Changes in other commodity
groups were small, with the general
average for all commodities other
than farm products and foods show
ing a slight drop, which took it to
the lowest point reached since last
fall. The textile price index has
remained at the same level for the
past three weeks.
A new low point for the year was
recorded by the metal index, a de-
cline in copper more than ofIsetting
an increase In steel scrap. The only
other group index to register q
change last week was that repre-
senting the prices of miscellaneous
commodities. with a slight decline
due largely to fractional drop in
rubber prices.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
British Pound Says
To New Low for
War Period
Open Market Quotation
Skids as Wall Street
Follows Debute
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May THE Wall
Street open-market quotation Of the
British pound skidded to the lowest
Of the war period today as financial
circles followed closely the House
Of Commons debate on the govern
ment's conduct Of the struggle.
On top Of q wide decline yester-
day, the British currency in the So
called free" market. determined by
local supply and demand, at one
time showed . further loss of about
cents. It was quoted around 1898,
compared with the British exchange
controls oficial buying rate Of
$402h.
The gold value OF the British
currency, exchange dealers said, was
the lowest in modern times. Before
the dollar was revalued In gold in
1884, however, the pound sold as
low as $314h.
The French franc. tied to the
pound as part Of allied economic
strategy, dropped to q record low OF
1917 cents, OIL nearly 0!02 Of . cent
from the previous days close.
The French currency, exchange
men noted, was under the previous
low OF 1.96 cents reached In 1925
before the postwar sterilization Of
the franc.
In the foreign bond market, some
British Empire bonds declined to
new lows for the war period, no
tably in the Australian division.
The British defeat in Norway, to-
gether with criticism of the govern
ment's war policy, caused many
traders to stand aside to await de-
velopments and deprived the British
and French currencies of their nor
NAL support, dealers explained. The
threat Of war in the Mediterranean
also was rated an important in
f1uence.
The free" market was described
as relatively thin and therefore SUBJ
ject to quick swings.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. May (P.-United States De-
partment of Agriculture).- -Salable hogs.
$4,000 total. 10000: market generally
fully steady with Mondays average on all
weishts and sows; top. 6 90; bulk good and
choice, 1S0-270 pounds. 5.70-9O; 2?0-
around 5.25: bulk. GOOD. 4OO-55O pound
Sows. 4.6o-5.oo; best lisht weights 500
sslable cattle. $500: salable calves.
1.5o0: medium weight and weighty steers
weak to Is lower. very slow; bulk top
scaling over 1.150 pounds unsold: all
grades yearllngs and light steers steady
but good to choice kinds more active than
common and mediums; top. 1900. paid
for strictly choice l,000-pound yearlings,
best Colorado fed steers. 11.5O: few
loads, tight and medium weight Western
fed steers l 90: most yearlings and light
steers. S.50-1000, little under 500 fed
heifers fully steady; best weighty offerings
0:50: light offerings. 1910; cows steady;
bulls steady to weak: vealers weak at
1l.50 down: heavy sausage bulls to 725.
Salable sheep, 5000: total, 5000; late
Monday, lambs weak to 10 lower; best
handy and medium weights fed Western
wooled lambs, 1870: bulk 10.40-5O; best
wooled clippers, 9.75: bulk, 9.OO-4O; to-
days trade fed lambs and springers barely
steady; one double handyweight fed clip
pers. $50; few choice kinds held higher:
best sa-pound wooled lambs; 1910: small
lot native sprinxers. IL 1.00-5O: fat sheep
$3.50. lower: odd lots good clipped ewes.
355-4.O0.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
European Purchases
In u. ). Far Above
1899 in Quarter
Record 81 Per Cent
Goin; Imports From
Abroad Decrease
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Commerce department. said
today that the war increased Euro
pean purchases here the first quar-
ter of 1940 by 81 per cent, but de-
creased United States purchases
from Europe by IA per cent.
The department reported mer-
chandise exports to Europe in Janu-
ary, February and March totaled
$498, AL 900. compared with $685.
$4,000 in the similar months last
year. At the same time, imports
from Europe declined from $15l 1884,
600 in the first quarter Of 1899, to
$l31 ,22l 900 In the three months OF
this year.
In Latin America, however, the
United States increased both exports
and imports, as the war blocked
those nations from some of their
normal European markets. Trade
with the Far East also increased in
both exports and imports.
In March, the last month before
the Scandinavian invasion, Norway
was shown to have nearly quad
rupled its purchases in the United
States, buying $5.5l5,O00 worth, as
compared with 81 ,467 900 in March,
1899. Norwegian sales to the United
States dropped from 100000 in
March, 1889, to $974,OO0 this March.
Comparisons of the first quarters
Of 1889 and 1910, in order, follow:
United States exports to Europe,
$298, ,987 900 and $498, AL 900; North
America, s155, ,289 900 and 1920, ,642,-
900; South America, $67,5S3, 600 and
$l17,888. 900; Asia, $132,417,000 and
$16o, los 900; Oceania, $16,975, 900
and $29904. 900; Africa, $28, 8,157 900
and $33, 1872 900.
United States imports from Eu-
rope, $751; 1874, 900 and $13l ,221 900;
North America, $129, 1896, 900 ana
$l53.757 900; South America, STA
$4,000 and $101 .673 600; Asia, S148,-
l72,OO0 and 1924, 4,446, 900; Oceania,
$6,486,00 and $7,493,0O Africa
SIT POT 900 and $29,834,0OO.
March exports this year and last
year by geographic divisions and
principal countries were:
Evening star., 1940-05-07
Produce

BUTTER-93 score. tubs. 30: 1-pound
prints. 30h: A-pound prints IL: 92 score.
tubs, 90: 1-pound prints. 2gh; A-pound
prints. 80: 81 score, tubs. 27A: 1-pound
prints, 2Sh; h-pound prints 2sA; 90
score, tubs s7A .u l-pound n prints 2s;
Ii seose PRINTS sss s ss prints g.
Z. Mpoand sS prints. print 97h 0"' A An'S' - :
LIvESTOCK-Calves, 10; spring lambs
IL: pigs 12O-14O pounds, 4OO-4.25: 13O-
$50 pounds. 4.5O-5.OO; 15O-17O pounds.
5.0O-5 25; 170-210 pounds. b.OO-5.20; 21O-
gao pounds. 3.4O-4.OO; 24O-25O bounds,
3.25-3.75: sows. 3.50-4.00: whole undressed
From Agricultural Marketing Service.
EGGsIMarket about steady with lower
paid for Federal State Graded eggs re-
ceived from grading stations MAY ~:
Whites. U. s. extras. large, q 12-2212; U. s.
extras. mediums, 17h-19; d. s. standards
large. 19-19h; y. s. standards. mediums,
1917; u S. trades. 14-l7. Browns, u s.
sams sxtTss larfs ss2 st,1d,sa. e1tTas ira:
I9A; q $ Standards mediums, 15,17j
eggs current receipts. whites 16K; few
higher mixed colors 1917; few higher.
FOWL: Market steady. Colored. all
sizes. II; No 2s 1913; Leghorns, 1914.
Roosters $40. Chickens: Virginia Rocks,
5roilers anal fryers. all sizes, 24-25: No.
Is. 14-16; Delaware Rocks and crosses.
ss0erE s and al broes s1es ssa aonS. No
anatsns,. and up, l7;ls; under pounds l5,l6 ,.
higher; young. toms, 1919 hens. 12-14;
NO. Is, hens and toms. $40.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
April Reports Show
Further Expansion
In Auto Sales
Chevrolet and Pontiuc
Divisions Disclose
increased Demand
~ the Associated prsss.

~ the Associated Prsss.
DETROIT. May 7.-Consumer
demand for new and used motor
vehicles apparently still is moving
upward. according to first Of the
April retail reports.
Chevrolet division Of General Mo-
tors Corp. reported its retail sales
Of new passenger cars and trucks
during April numbered 10S, 1862 units,
gain Of 1877 per cent over the
same period last year. During the
last 10 days Of April retail sales
numbered 30076, an increase Of
4.4S5 units over the preceding 10
day period.
Pontiac division Of General Mo-
tors reported retail sales Of ~, TAI
cars during April, compared with
16,010 in April last year, and an
increase Of 1,040 units over March
this year. Sales Of the last 10 days
OF April were 1855, compared with
7,7l6 during the preceding To-day
period.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
5. s. Kresge Co. Sales
Lag It's Per Cent
Behind Year Ago
April Volume SmulIer,
But 4-Month TotuI
Shows Increase
By the Associa lated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May rs. 8. Kresge
Co. today reported April sales were
$11,148,172, against $12,5o5,503 in
April last year, . decrease Of lis per
cent. Sales for the first four months
totaled $43.7o7, sos; up a. per cent
from $42,548.0 .022 In the correspond
ing 1899 period.
The April decline from last year,
noted In the reports Of many other
variety stores, was due largely to the
fact Easter fell In March this year
and in April last.
Montgomery Ward.
Montgomery Ward & Co. reported
sales for the three months to April
80. the first three months Of the
company's current fiscal year,
totaled $l15,228 1884, compared with
$1Q2 ,289 POI In the corresponding
1889 period.
s. H. Kress Co.
s. H. Kress Co. reported April
sales of $6.401 .020, a gain Of IA per
cent from $6,3l4,616 in April last
year. Sales totaled $24, POI 800 for
the first four months Of the year, an
increase Of 7.6 per cent over 2,50l,- :
349 in the corresponding 1889 period.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
Exports of U. S. Zinc
Revived in April
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May domestic
producers Of slab zinc shipped 1856
tons out Of the country In April,
first export business since 1888, the
American Zinc Institute said today.
In that year only 20 tons were sold
to foreign buyers.
Domestic shipments fell to 46,97S
tons from 81 ,095 in March.
Production was cut to 54,601 tons
from $3.50. but stock at the end of
the month increased to 81 .234 tons
from 1851 at the end of March.