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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-06
ABE sHIREs TO BOX

KNOXVILLE - Tackle A be
shires Of Tennessee expects TO
60 into professional boxing. He
won rs straight matches a. an
amateur before entering college.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-06
BOWLING

The shipyard bowling league IL
nearing the end ~ lts first half
with six ~ the teams closely
punched In the standings Two
weeks of play remain. All Of the
leading quintsts went home last
night from IN. broadway alleys
with important points in their
possession. Angissmitha, Elses
,rieians. Painter. ripefltters.
Cransmen and hoidlnft are hat
Ting II out for the first half title
In the new is-team pin loop
High srore In last sight's
matches went IN Merke fossr.
anchor man for NeIder.. With
. SEA final count his Hames
sere iss. zos and III.
Bill sommerville rolled 500. in.
GLIDING a 200 single Harry Hheri-
dan finished with 7o1 % bring his
total 10 b07. Pete Mcleod started
with q low isS. than shot zoo and
las 10 wind up with $40. irwin
Snyder rolled 40 in hls third
game and reached SAT total.
Claude Davis led the trundilne
In the day shipysrd pin loop. reg.
isisring ist. 2os and iss. for q
$40 total ~. Hsnspetsr sand
vtehsd a ara single game into bis
series and rolled a nice 81 total
Bob Stein had three good James
for sos.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, April 16.-Rp-Heavier
weight hogs sold 10 cents higher
than Mondays average today 18th
the top unchanged at $3.50. Lighter
weights closed around steady. Re-
ceipts were 2 1000, or 1000 less than
expected. In addition big packers
took $500 direct. Most classes of
slaughter cattle brought e d !
prices with best weighty steers top
ping at $1,000. The bnlk of the run
sold between $3.50 and $1,000. A rs
cent loss in fat lambs dropped the
bulk Of sales to around $1O.75. The
top was $1,000.
(U. S. Dept. Agr.)-Salable hogs
10000; total 1880; steady to 10
higher than Mondays average;
weights 240 lbs. up at 5 to 10 higher
levels; closed active; top $50; good
to choice 20 to 27O lbs. 5.35 to So;
270 to $50 lbs. $40 to 40; good 400
to $50 lbs. packing sows 4.5O to 70;
shippers took $50 estimated holdover
1000.
Salable cattle 5000; salable calves
1000; shipper demand slowed up
partly because of less desirable kill
Jig quality; good to choice steers
closed slow, steady, although all
such kinds held higher on early
rounds; top 1900; next best 1850;
several loads 1850 to HOO; 1903 lb.
Colorados 1890; strong market on
common and medium grades, selling
at 9.25 downward; feeder dealers eX-
tending considerable competition at
$50 down; very little under 500;
fed heifers strong; short load heavy
Kosher heifers 1925; best light heif-
ers 9.65; with bulk at S.75 to $50;
COWS fully steady; bulls steady, with
weighty sausage offerings up to 7.15
on late rounds; good to choice
weighty vealers 25 to so higher at
1000 to II. 90, selects 1850; vealers
scaling 1870 downward 1890 down
witt "outs" at 500 to 700; commc .
and medium light vealers selling only
steady.
salable sheep 1000; total 500;
fol wooded lambs mostly Is lower;
bulk around 1915; three loads Col
orados 1890; weighty and unfinish-
ed offerings $50 to 1865; shorn
lambs little changed; bulk handy
weights 9.25 to so; ole load 9.75;
small lots 129 lbs. shorn ewes 4.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
NEW YORK I T
Wy The Associated Press)

NEW YORK. April 16.-LP-Gen,
eral buying, based in large part on
bad crop news. lifted cotton futures
. to 16 points today.
Heavy turnover was fostered by
reports from the south extensive re-
planting will be necessary in many
areas in the belt because Of recent
freezint weather.
More buying fuel was poured Oh
tie market BY talk of a possibility Of
a higher loan on the new crop and
an upward tendency in the spot
basis at southern selling centers.
The latter was considered b. cot.
ton men as an o~utgrowth of recent
heavy sales of textiles, which forced
mills into the dormant spot mar.
kets.
Worth street cloth dealers seemed
only disa ppointed by moderate turn
over, which follow several weeks If
heavy textile sales.
Exports Monday 29,333 bales; sea
son so far 5,652.735. Port receipts
13,972; port stocks 2.777,S73.
P1nua follows,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
CURB
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, April 16.-LP-(U. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes 116, on track
$50, total L. S. shipments III; old
stock supplies very heavy, demand
slow, market steady; sacked per
cWt. Idaho russet Burbanks U. S.
No. l, very few sales 30 to 20, sales
10 to rs; Colorado red McClures
L. S. No. l, few best 2.05 to IS, fair
quality showing some decay 1.65 to
10; Nebraska bliss triumphs 90 per
cent U. S. No. /, quality washed
$50: Minnesota Sandland section
cobblerH ] car fair quality 1856; Min
nesota and North Dakota Red river
valley section cobblers IS to 80 per
cent U. S. No. 1 quality 40 to So;
bliss triumphs Is to so per cent U.
S. No. 1 quality few sales LAO; early
Ohios uncassified l car 1.15, Wis
consin round whites U. S. No. /,
1.50. unclassified 10; new stock,
supplies liberal for Texas triumph,
demand light, market slightly weak
er California long whites demand
fair, market steady, track sales less
than carlot per so ID. sacks Texas
bliss triumphs washed U. s. No. 1,
1855 to 90, U. s. No. l hize 3 1.45 to
so; California long whites washed
under initial ice z. S. No. 1, small
to medium size 1.45 to Al IL; U. s..
No. ], size A 1852 IL. 100 ID. sacks
initial ice u. S. No. l, car $50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
6O.,tNCT Range Since 1927:
What Stocks Did
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NE" YORK, Apri 16.-CP-The
-AN-Sh pound sank below $3.50 in
Tile free foreign exchange market
'a.t tor a loss of l cent.
While the decline conceded with
fe"s the treasury department had
adopted The official British price Of
~.0l9' E+.03 for vaIuing English i'm
L...~ j"l Tariff purposes. money deal
Us s5id the connection between the
10 "FoDts was slight.
1.!'I effect. they explained, will
'" i' increase the cost to American
'"t"fs Of British products. An in
1.'.. result, it was added, might be
.' Hd'H ID closer check in Washing
NY" "n the disparity between the
'.'t ana official prices, now moe
..an -o cents.
IA' n"l9a dropped 1-20 Of a cent
~ '@lation to the dollar but oth-r
''"I- neutral c~urrencies held I'm,
..fA-'d. The Canadian dollar also
''hajncd UnaItered at Sc IA U. s..
The French franc dipped 90
- If a cent.
closing rates follow Great Britain
'' dollars, others in cents):
'''a' Britain. demand 3.4S 81,
,.".-s t@ -. so day bills 3.47 20,
w Va. bills 2.44 3-16; Belgium 1880;
""am"rh unquoted; Finland 2.00n;
I''Hee 1913 -; Germany 1920,
benevolent $500; Greece .66 1-2
hungary l7G5n; Italy sos; Neither.
+'.'. 500; Norway unquoted; Por-
.i %49; Rumania .55n; Sweden
T.''ai Switzerland 22.43; Yugo.
-','7 @,4@; Argentina official 29.77,
IRE. 200; Brazil, official sos, free
wv Mexico 1915: Japan 23.4o;
1~',riNons 21S7; Shanghai 6.15.
'",'S IN spot cables unless other
MISC Indicated n-Nomiaal.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
Faison Lions Club Asks
Candidates To Meeting

Members of the Faisons Lions
club have invited each of the candi-
dates for governor Of North Carolina
to make a three-minute 'non-politi-
cal' speech at the Ladies Night cele-
bration in the Faison gymnasium
on Thursday night, May 2 at 1870
o'clock.
1t is expected that over 200
guests will be present, representing
other Lions clubs throughout the
Eastern district, together with the
ladies, and the dinner party is be-
ing arranged in typical Faison
STYLE" members say.
Deputy Governor Neil Hester of
Raleigh will act as POSTMASTER and
be master of ceremonies. The gu
bernatorial candidates are all ex
pected to be present, along with
many other distinguished guests
from throughout North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
SOCIAL MEETING
BID IS PLANNED
Invitation Will Be Given to
N. C. Conference by
Mrs. L.. O. Ellis

Mrs. L. o. Ellis. executive secre-
tary of the Associated Charities, an
nounced yesterday plans to extend
an invitation to the North Carolina
Conference for Social Service to
hold it's 1910 meeting in Wilmington.
The invitation will be extended
during the 2Sth annual convention
of the organization in Winston-Sa-
lem on April 81. %. and %.
Mrs. Ellis plans to secure the sup
port of the city and county commits
sioners, the Wilmington chamber of
commerce, a n other interested
groups in making the invitation.
About 900 delegates attend the
sessions each year and the present
officers include: president, NJ i $ S
Harriet Elliot, of Greensboro; vice
president, DR.. J. S. Broadway, of
Durham; secretary, Robert V,
Brawley, of Winston-Salem; a n d
treasurer, J. S. Holmes, of Raleigh.
Wilmingtonians who are active IN
the organization include: Hugh Mac
Rae, past president, director eX-of-
ficio, and chair nan of the agricul-
ture and rural life committee; Mrs.
J. Buren, Sudbury, health and men
tai hygeniene committees; recrea-
ton and leisure time committees,
James e. L. Wade; and Mrs. Her
bert Bluethentkal, mental hygiene
committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, April 16.-CP-All
wheat contracts and July and Sep
TENDER corn futures scored new sea-
son highs today with gains ranging
up to 2 cents a bushel as war news
again dominated the markets.
Profit-taking sales increased at the
advance but the markets finished
strong.
May wheat climbed to S1.1O 10,
up l rs cents and to the highest
price at which any wheat contract
has sold since last December. July
and September. new crop contracts,
reached $1.09 II, both up l IS to the
highest level for the deliveries in
nearly three years.
July corn climbed to GO IL, up 1
"a, and September to 81 rs, up 2
cents, the highest prices since the
latter part of 1887.
Increased European war tension,
pessimistic crop reports from abroad
and the domestic southwest and Ca.
madam export sales Of more than
5000, 900 bushels of wheat over.
night and today to the United King.
dom encouraged the fresh upturn.
Wheat finished 1 Is to 1 SIS cents
higher than yesterdays close, May
$1.10 is to IA; July $1.09 is; corn
l 5-8 to 2 cents up, May 81 Is ~
IA; July 60 3-S; oats 3-8 to 10 high.
er; soy beans unchanged to 1 3-4
up; rye l to 1 IA higher; lard 5 to
Z cents a hundredweight higher.
Liquidation of loan wheat and
forecasts for rain and snow in much
of the domestic hard winter area to-
night and tomorrow dropped prices
about a cent from the highs at one
time, but the market rallied brisk
ly. Minneapolis reported that loan
wheat hedge sales of about 400, 900
bushels found good mill buying
against overnight flour sales. Com
tined receipts at Minneapolis and
Duluth today aggregated est cars
against 1873 a week ago and 1872 a
year ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
1AKl FALS OFF PERCH AND MANY LEADERS SUFFER
Harmony Singers To Give
SpirituaLs OF Old South

Esther Hall Palmer and the Har'
mony singers will feature songs OF
the old south in a special Negro
Spiritual day program Sunday aft
ernoon, April q, at Williston ln'
dustrial school under the SPONSOR
ship of the Colored boys club.
The negro as he worked in the
fields Of the pre-war south, singing
his songs with a prayer in his heart,
will be portrayed in special arrange
ments of Nobody Knows" and
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray"
"A City Called Heaven will be
dedicated to Alpha Kappa Sorori-
ty, and Deep River will be sung
for Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
Plans for white as well as negro
patrons to hear the concert on the
first anniversary of the singers are
being made. II. Carl Moultrie, exc
cutive secretary Of the club, an
nOunce0.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
n. Y. COTTONsEED OIL

NEW YORK, April 16.-GR-All
deliveries of cottonseed oil futures
crossed the 7-cent a pound line early
today. Profit taking and hedging
trimmed the gains a bit but final
prices were still up Z to s points.
An incentive to demand from spec
ulative interests was seen in firm.
ness of such markets as lard and
competing oils. At the same lime
brokers reported a sustained i'm
provement in buying of
refined cottonseed oil.
Sales totaled 1873 lots; May SOS,
July 7.0Sbid; Sept. 7.19bid; Oct,
iii bid. Dec. 7.20.
Crude oil was bid 5 rs cents a
pound in the southeast and valley
and 5 5-8 to ga in Texas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
LIQUIDATION HITS
N. Y. BOND MARKET.
Italian Government and Mu'
nicipal Obligations Yield
Several Points

NEW YORK, April 16.-CP-Wide
open breaks in a group of foreign
dollar bonds of countries linked by
gossip with new war moves in Eu-
rope brought general liquidation in
all sections of today's market.
Italian government and munich al
obligations, which held up rather
well when Scandinavians yer under
the greatest pressure, yielded L to
5 or more points on wholly uncon
firmed rumor new developments
were taking place in the Italian
sphere of influence. Japanese loans
likewise turned weak without the
benefit of any particular confirmable
news, the 6 1-2s yielded 6 points at
80 and the 5 LIS losing 4 at SO.
Steady pressure continued against
the previously weak issues of Nor
way an Denmark anG further loss :
of l to around 8 were posted. In con-
trast, two Belgian loans moved up
l to more than 2.
The recently buoyant low-priced
rail sroup led the domestic list in a
retreat of 1 to more than 2 points.
Included were Erie As at 25, North
en- Pacific IS at SIS IA, Southern
Railway As at Sc ga, Missouri Pa
cific SIS at 10 IA, Nickel Plate 4 LIS
at SIS 81, Studebaker IS at 106 IL,
Commonwealth Edison 3 1-2s at 129
IA, Bethlehem Steel 8 LIS at 10
IA and Postal Telegraph IS at % Is.
transfers of 1889, $50, par value,
compared with $5,453,7 700 on Mon
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, April Is. - Up -
Sales, closing price and net chang
of the fifteen most active stocks to
day.
Curtiss-Wright, To, 7OO-10h; no.
Socony-Vac, "a SOIL: dA.
Int Pap and Pap, 1880 - 171a
as.
Lockheed Airc, 90, 6oo-4O; dis.
yellow Trk, IS, 10O-1S14; AZ.
Aviation Corp, 26,1G0-S; as.
Unit Airc, "a, 600-51k ais.
Pure Oil, "a, 300-10h; d%.
US Steel, 90, 3Oo-6O&; d1A.
NY shipbldg, IS, 5o0-24%; DIS.
Loft, 17.5Oo-38; dA.
Int Mer Mar, 16,2oo-12; d.:
I'm Bag and Pap, 14,40O - 1873
= Unit Air L, 3,6oo-22A; dix.
Gen Motors, 13,5O0-54; DIS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
No. 3 range follows:
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, April 16.-R-Trad-
ing in wooden goods increased today
with substantial bookings for fall
requirements.
Silk fabrics were unsettled follow
ing another sharp decline in raw silk
values, which tended to restrict new
buying.
Only scattered lots of gray goods
were sold today, mostly for filling
purposes, g h prices he'd
steady.
Spun rayons met insistent demand,
but pigment taffetas for forward de-
livery moved at a brisk pace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
NEW YORK SUGAR

NEW YORK, April 16.-LP-The
spreading war, and the possibility of
destruction of supplies of the staple,
brought new demand for world sugar
futures today.
Distant deliveries advanced IL to
2 points but nearby deliveries, under
the influence of technical factors,
weakened.
May declined / IL points to 1.4S
bid and July 2 to 1.59 bid due mostly
to 260 May notices to be issued Wed.
nesday. Sales totaled 22,700 tons.
The domestic list advanced l to 8
points on turnover of 1880 tons.
Fears freight rates will advance
sharply, plus heavy demand or ac-
tual sugar, prompted buying.
Fair Withdrawals against old coni-
tracts were reported in the refined
market, where the price remained
at 4.50.
No z ranoo fo1Iou-e.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, April 16.-R-(U.
S. Dept. Agr.)-Hogs-1,9 900. Steady.
practical top 500. Good and choice
ITO to 21O lbs. $40 to 95; 22O to $40
lbs. 5.45 to 70; $50 to 300 lbs. 4.95 to
5.45; $50 to 100 lbs. $40 to 65; 40
to $50 lbs. $50 to As; 100 to 40 lbs.
4.95 to 20; 120 to 100 lbs. 4.8O to sos.
Packing sows 1856 to 4.35.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, April 16.-GP-
Spot cotton quiet, prices 3 points
lower. Quotations in pence: Amer
lean, strict good middling S.66;
good middling 1906; low middling
III; strict good ordinary 1926;
good ordinary 6.91.
Futures closed Z to - higher.
May SOP; July S.07; Oct. 1874;
Jan. 7.S6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
REACTION BLAMED
ON WILD RUMORS
Traders Show Nervousness
When Profit Selling Hits
Buoyant Aircrafts
=, FREDERICK

,y YORK. April 16.-GP-Ar
., tfreG-Iooking stock market
81. f,s perch today, leaders tumb-
H.. 45 3 points at the worst.
z.rs attributed the reaction
.--, to a batch Of rumors, the
.,. :.aI one being that the Ger
,..,.s ii d. OF we're about to, invade
r....,.4. Others were that Italy was
..r- ready to jump to the side Of
+- Nlzis. and that the Hitler forces
..ar.. consolidating their position In
..arayia despite the Allies.
4. in ali. traders exhibited ner-
,,e-s when profit selling knock
......n some Of the recently buoya
..r.ratt- in the forenoon. When tn
-.o, factory started to work after
". offerings spread to virtually
apartments. For a brief interval
.... the final hour the ticker tape
late. support then arrived, the
ALA. r ~.aCkened and extreme declines
.... reduced at the finish. Also a
t.I Of specialties ended with
@ r.uS signs, several at new
-- for the year.
-.e Associated Press average Of
. Socks was off A of d point AZ
Transfers totaled 1906, $50
su, AGAINST 1,261,040 the day be-
t...n4 losers were Douglas Air
. Glenn Martin, LockheeG. b.
. American .Airlines, I. S. Stee,.
f.. ..,A.n General Motors, Z. s..
Is su Sears Roebuck, Anaco
s.., geo.r. Du Pont, Allied Chemi-
. Eastman Kodak, Texas Corp,
>..ag-\ayuum. International =
.. aretqrIcG. Standards Oils u In
.,r, anil California, American Ha-
v..4a steamship and n. Y. Ship.
81. SHADE were United Aircraft,
E...~.. yellow Truck, International
Paper common. Yellow Truck and
AMas..4n Telephone.
A..h1l-l General Motors (
..@u throughout. other automotive
.>-.,es we've resistant as April sales
.e-e reported holding well above sea-
..r4' .ers.s. SteeIs were depressed
with word new orders in this field
~e.e still under production. Rails
anil Utilities kept losses to minor
amount
Tie flow Of first quarter earnings
statements made pleasing reading
t0r Wall street, but the nearby bust
ress picture remained a bit cloudy.
OFT . mGeh as a point + so in the
rrmh We're aluminium of Am erice,
Brewster Aero, Canadian Colonial
Arrays Grumman Aircraft, Sher-
WIN Williams, and st. Regis Paper.
Moderately higher were z. ". Bliss.
MJr'er Electric and Niles-Bemert-
I0r3. Tie turnover here was
aG-"n5 @5o o00 shares compared with
a-s.l0 Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
NEW O r

NEW YORK, April 16.-GP-
Potatoes about steady. Upstate,
100-lb. sacks, round, white, COM
mercial grade 1875. NO. 1, sacks
Goo lbs.), Maine, green mountain
%2.00-2.10; Pinch 2.10-20: Chippewa
and Katahdin, Pinch minimum
2.20-25, , 1-4-inch 2.25-35, some
large size higher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, April 16.-R-Tur-
pentine firm 20 "a; offerings 81, all
sold; receipts 1874; shipments $50;
stock 1896. Rosin firm; offerings
$50, all sold; receipts 43S; shipments
GS7: stock 161 ,024. Quote: B 40;
d 4.35; e 4.65; r 400; G 4.95; H,
I, K, NJ 500; N $50; VIC 500; WV,
X $40.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
N. O. COTTONsEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, April 16.-R-
cottonseed oil closed steady. Bleach
able prime summer yellow 6.42b,
prime crude 5.S7 IL TO 6.oob, May
6.45b; July G.5Sb; Sept. 6.6Sh; Oct.
6.65b.
Bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, April 16.-GP-Ca S Il
wheat, No. 2, mixed (tuff) III 7-S;
No. 8, Ito.
Corn No. l yellow GO IL to IS IA;
No. 2, So 1-2 to IS ID; No, 8, GO IL;
No. 2 white 73.
Oats, No. 8, mixed 43; No. 8 white
43 3-4 to a IL; sample grade white
Al IA to 43.
Barley. mailing 53 to 81 nom; feed
10 to so nom
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
NEW YORK EGGs

80" YORK, April 1G.-CEo-
I",1)S irregular. Mixed coIors:
".'' 10 extra fancy 10 Id to 20
'Eiras IS 10 to 10; storage
..u i'"s'S 1S to IS Ia; graded
IA to IL; current receipts
Ia ''''I'm" Is 81; dirtics No. /,
Average checks Is ia to 3.4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
NEW YORK BUTTER

NEW YORK, April 16.-GP-But-
ter ~1,25S,44S, steady. Creamery high
er than extra % to % "a; extra (s2
score) q 3-4; firsts (SS-91) 27 to IT
IL; seconds $3.50 Is ga to 26 81.
Cheese 273,424, irregular; prices
unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
let higher.
COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, April 1s.-R
The average price of middling
15-16ths inch cotton today at ten
designated southern spot markets
was s points higher at 1857 cents
2 pound; average for the last 80
market days 1855 cents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, April 16.-(R-
Spot cotton closed quiet, 6 points
higher. Sales 1857. Low middling
9.6S; middling 1918; good middling
1923; receipts 9,49S; stock TT, 1870.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, April 16.-GP-Butter
849, 1856, steady, prices unchanged.
Eggs 1853, steady, storage pack
ed extras Is IA; firsts IS. Other
prices unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, April 16.-LP-
Peanut quotations: Jumbos 8 rs
to 4: bunch 3 IL TO $50; runners
3 IA to : 3-8. Market active.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
Oman uiph Low Close
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, April 16.-lf1-
Cotton futures bul2ed here today
due to buying which was based on
reports from Washington that a
loan on the new crop seemed as
sured, and that it would probably
be at higher levels than the past
two loans. New crop months made
new highs for the season. Closing
prices were teady 6 to II points
Nav 1884 1920 1884 1888 up G
INV 1886 1861 1885 1859 up
oct 1913 1925 1912 1923 up -
nee 1902 1915 1902 1914 up IA
Ian 9.97B---- - 10.09B
Mch $50 lo'oo 9'9o lV'Vz up ~
Bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
CHICAGO LARD

CHICAGO, April 16.-CP-Lard,
tierces SIS; loose ''oo; oellles sou
Gall nOm.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-17
COTTON

CHARLOTTE, April 16.-QP-
iSpot cotton 1910.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
ByFronk Beck
By willard
By Edqor Rice Burroughs
By Bud Fisher

get so much as a glimpse Of his long
tail. Disappointed and discouraged
she came down from the haymow
and sat down in the middle Of the
barn floor to wash herself before
going to the house. In the midst OF
this important matter she just hap
pened to glance over toward the
grain bins.
What was that? Did something
vanish around the corner Of the
farthest bin? Could it be possible
that Nibbler was there? Crouching
close to the floor Black Pussy crept
toward the corner Of the farthest
grain bin.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

tremendously interesting. Then she
heard him racing about. all the
time squealing. Black Pussy cooked
her head on one side and pulled
her whiskers thoughtfully. What
could it mean? For the life of her
she couldn't think of single soul
who would or could cause Robber to
squeal with fear right in his own
home.
After a while there was no further
noise under the barn floor and
Black Pussy began to look for Nib
bier the Mouse. She visited, in turn
all the places she knew he sometimes
was to be found In, but she didn't
Evening star., 1940-01-29
This i

Mother-I'm telling all my rela-
tives and friends not to telephone
me between and 10 when I'm
busy with the baby. That means
you, too, grandma.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Bedtime Stories

Black Pussy, the cat at Farmer
Browns house, was tired of doing
nothing but eat and sleep. But
there wasn't much else to do in
winter excepting to hunt Nibbler
the mouse out in the barn. When
she got tired of sleeping she would
go out to the barn and hunt for
Nibbler. When she grew tired OF
hunting for Nibbler she would go
back to the house for another nap.
What else was there to do? 1t was
useless to go hunting down on the
Green Meadows because they were
covered with snow. It was useless
to 60 hunting in the Green Forest
for the same reason. It was too
cold for comfort, and besides there
were few to hunt. Black Pussy
longed for warm weather and the
return Of all the little -feathered
folks who had gone South. Then.