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CopiDEpo OR CASE
 CONTINUES; HE
 ADMITS ALIAS
Defendant Finally Breaks Down on Stand-Used
 Name "Mahoney"

Trial of Ralph Mendez Cordero on a charge of assault with dan gerous weapon continued before a jury in District Court today.
 Introduction of testimony that Cordero had lived under the alias of Ralph c. Mahoney' provided a mild sensation when the defen- dant was cross-questioned by Assis- tant U S. Attorney George w Folta. -s
 After denying on the stand that he was Mahoney or had used that name, and claiming that he did not know how papers bearing Ma honeys name happened to be in his suitcase, Cordero finally ad- mitted under Folta's questioning that he had registered at a. hotel in Seattle under that name because its hard to get credit when you have a name like Cordero. ss Claiming this testimony was prejudicial and irrelevant, Defense Attorney Mildred Hermann this morning sought, to have a mis- trial declared but Judge George F Alexander denied the motion. < Cordero is alleged to have stabbed a seaman with a salac knife during a fight aboard the steamer Northland at Sitka.
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WAiiAlE FORD iS STAR IN DRAMA AT
 COLISEUM THEATRE

Wallace Ford, Stuart Erwin. Pa- tricia Ellis, Aline MacMahon. and Bert Frohman, players who first rose to success on Broadway. have the featured roles in the drama. Back Door to Heaven" which was filmed at Astoria-within hailing alsuance cf Broadway. It opens to- night at the Coliseum Theater. :. Written, produced and directed by William K. Howard, Back Door to Heaven" can best be described as picture which must be seen with the heart. The story is so close to life that moviegcers will find it far more credible than the usual film story It's central char acter is boy who asks nothing but a chance of ife-and never gets it. Struggling to achieve re- spectability, he is hampered at every turn by circumstance and his early environment. Two women the little girl who grows up to love him, and his school teacher do their best to help him, with out success.
 Wallace Ford is cast as this boy. His adult companions-who do lit tie to help him-are Stuart Err win and Bert Frohman Patricia Ellis has her first big dramatic role as the girl in the life of the main character, while Aline Mac Mahon lends her expert playing to the role of the school teacher.
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Hollywood Siighb Ana SounA
By Robb,n coons-
d.. March Eddie Polo.

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March 6.-Eddie Polo.
 Did get the nameP It used to be big
 be a that drew the kds-of all the flicker houses weekly homage Eddie the serial king that could through villain ride cliff dive wmall in the famous nick! .
 q still can' says today could mean, had the chance :"
 written their story the neime He's bit heavier. His black hair is shot with And his eyes sad even when he smiles.
 He ships officers uniform Durbins Its Date" It's his first film months he has been back in Hollywood looking work where his big Pastenak the producer, hired him. Eddie worked Pasternak the producer in charge of Univesals foreign films
 It 27 that Eddie Polo American born of Ital parents the years ago. making called Dangerous Hour that Eddie thousand dangerous of his lost
 jumped off cliff and missed he They basket It several before Europe made pictures Germany, worked in
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JOHN OLSON DROWNs

Search for John Olson, local fish erman who was reported missing last week after an absence of nearly a month, ended Friday when evidence was brought in by searchers that death by drowning was undoubtedly his fate.
 Martin Strand. leading a party of seachers, found Olsons boots, pick, and spotlight on the beach not far from where his boat was anchored near Big Bay in the vicinity of Goddard Springs. Local authorities believe that Olson went out to dig clans and that his skiff drifted away.
 Olson, known locally as Hobo John" because he formerly owned boats by the names of Hobo I and Hobo IT, sailed from Sitka the first of last month on John Osbaken's boat, the Sunbeam, for salmon
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DAvEY 1 IN \ RA(EF0|R9' R
 OHIO GOVERNOR

. COLUMBUS, O., March 6-For- mer Governor Martin L. Davey threw his hat. into the ring last night as candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination for Governor of Ohio. r,.
 Davey was defeated by Myers Cooper in 1928 but came back to defeat Clarence Brown in 1894 and served two terms as Chief Ohio Exc cutive. He was defeated at the 1888 primary by Charles Sawyer of Gin cinnati
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NEW 5ITkA HOTEL
 IS OPENED WITH FINE CEREMONIES
Death by Drowning Be. Iieved 10 Be Fate of
 Fishermen Olson
by Adelaide Kerr

SITKA, Alaska, March 2.-(Spec- ial Correspondence)-Grand open ing for the new Sitka Hotel was held Saturday evening with many Sitkans inspecting the rooms and store spaces. In the receiving line were MT. and Mrs. Tom Tilson, Lieutenant-C Commander and Mrs. J. c Cronin, MT. and Mrs. P. s. Ganty, MT and Mrs. o. w. Tupper, and Manager and Mrs. Russell Clithero.
 Many bouquets of flowers. express sions of good will from well-wishers of Sitka and Juneau, were placed in the lobby and store spaces.
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there that she started studying to become an actress, changing her name to Maxine Elliott at the sug- gestion of her dramatic teacher Her younger sister. followed this ex- ample and became a successful ac- tress as Gertrude Elliott.
 Maxine's first stage appearance was in a small role in The Middle man" in November, 1890, and she made rapid progress while tour ing in various plays. Her travels carried her to San Francisco in 1893 and there she met and mar ried Nat Goodwin, actor They were divorced in 1908. She never mar ried again.
 On Australian Tour
 With Goodwin she toured Aus tralia and the United States in such plays as "A Gilded Fool" Nathan Hale" and Clyde Fitchs "The Cow boy and the Lady
 Her name first went up in lights
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ILLEGAL SHOOTING

James Gillian, Sitka fisherman, was given a six months suspended sentence last week in Commissioner s Court when he pleaded guilty to illegally shooting and taking a fur seal while hunting hair seal for bounty purposes.
 Bureau of Fish eries Warden Charles Petry made the arrest and presented the complaint to the court. According to United States Commissioner William Knight, the case was the first of its kind ever to come before the local Commis- sioners Court.
 Although Gillian pleaded guilty to the charge, he professes ignorance of the identity of the animal he shot until he had recovered the skin.
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DR. SAVIOR, NURSE, (0kpLETE AlASkAN
 TUBERrULAR TASK

Dr. Robert M. Saylor and fam fly and Nurse Irma Parr will leave for the States on the Northland tomorrow.
 Dr. Saylor and Miss Parr have completed their annual work for the Office of Indian Affairs in Alaska, making a tuberculosis sur vey and administering B.G.G.. vac cine which has proved useful in combating the disease. They will continue their work on Indian res- ervations in the States.
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ENTER PIONEERS HOME

Charles Alexander and Moses Walker both pioneer Alaskans, came to Sitka on the North Coast last week to take up residence at the Pioneers Home.
 Alexander, TT, was born in Scot land in 1863, and came to Alaska in 1889 He has mined and prospected in the Nome region since that time. Walker, who is "A, was born in Kentucky in 1866. coming to the Territory in 1897 to follow the fish ing industry in Southeast Alaska.
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FEBRUARY WEATHER

During the month of February there were l2 clear days in Sitka, three partly cloudy and IA cloudy. Total precipitation for the month was 2.68 inches and the prevailing wind was southeasterly The lowest temperature was II degrees on Feb ruary 27 and the highest 51 degrees on February 6.
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as a star on September "A. l9O3, when she opened in Fitchs Her Own Way" at Buffalo, N. Y. The play was brought to Broadway and critics were ecstatic about her beauty. Ethel Barrymore, seeing her perform, called her the Venus dc Milo-with arms"
 Curieusly, the dramatic critics O. her day seldom remarked much about her acting ability but they were effusive about her. looks. Typ ical of such reviews was one pub lished by New York newspaper when she opened as Phyllis in When We Were Twenty-One" in 1900 After discussing the merits of the play, the critic said of Miss Elliott: s .se,s
 She surely is daughter of the gods, tall, with a skin. most di- yinely fair, wavy black hair, glori- ous dark blue eyes, and the figure of a Juno"
 He wrote no words about how she acted her role.
 Shakespearean Roles
 Miss Elliott played many Shakes pearean roles with Augustin Daly and in 1901 Broadway saw her as Portia in "The Merchant of Ven ice" One of her most famous hits was her first starring vehicle, "Hcr Own Way" and when she took the play to London in 1905, King Edward VII praised her acting and asked to meet her
 Thereafter she was favorite with European royalty. and when she retired after the war to her Villa de L'Horizon on the Mediter- ranean shore at Cannes, she fre- quently was visited by kings, princes, earls, dukes and miscel- laneous noblemen and statesmen from virtually every European coun- i try.
 WindsOrs Guests
 At one dinner party, July l 1888. her guests were the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George The Duke, as Edward VIII, echoed his grandfathers admiration for Miss Elliott and spent part of his 1886 summer holidays at her villa when he was Edward VIII, jus prior to the storm which caused his abdication when he announced his intention to marry Mrs. Wallis i Simpson.
 When the World War broke out Miss Elliott was one of the, first to enlist as a Red Cross nurse and did heroic relief work which won her decorations from the British and French governments. She bought her own ambulance to take to the front and later organized a fleet Of barges to carry relief to war sufferers along the Belgian canals. She was known along the Allied front as the lord high ad- miral of barges on the Belgian front"
 Soon after the war she decided that the theater had become foi her "a dreary, monotonous round and she built her $350,000 villa or the cote d'azur" and rarely left there again. Fire which swept tho villa on April l, 1883, did $10000t damage before it was subdued by sailors and marines from two Bri.- fish Warships anchored offshore.
 Miss Elliott appeared in few motion pictures, l9l6-17, including The Eternal Magdalene" ane Fighting |. Odds but she didn' like playing in films.
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

The engagement of Miss Louise Miley and Ralph Weeks, both mem- bers of the Sheldon Jackson School teaching staff, was announced at party given for the couple by MT. and Mrs. c. G. Stuart Thursday evening last week.
 All Sheldon Jackson School staff members were present at the party. No definite date for the wedding has been announced.
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POLICY RACKET y NOW REVEALED;
 THREE INDICTED

CHICAGO. March GA Federal Grand Jury has indicted three for mer dining car walters on charges of failing to pay Uncle Sam. more than a million dollars in income taxes. sr rfe. o ssf
 The three negroes, all brothers, are. accused as kings of the policy racket on Chicago's South Side.
 Federal Attorney William Camp bell said investigators had learned that the policy racket brought, in as much as $15,000 a day en bets ranging from one cent to $l0o
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NEW POLICE AUTHORITIES

George Eliasen and Sam Boyd are Acting Police Chief and assistant in Sitka while Police Chief Ray Mo- Graw and Assistant Chief Tommy Woods are appearing as witnesses for the District Court in Juneau
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Spain England. left Germany 1933 when Hitler I Vienna then Hitler there Again fled Before power, had been politically discreet.
 I train down in short time I old stunts know do it., if have the chance
 Remember Eddie Polo and Marie Wacamp Liberty? Remember Eddie Francis Ford and Cnard The Broken Coin? Jack Holt Jack who kept to sardom and retained it. lives in little house in the valley married character lad S any greying and looking for chance
 Another refugee z. Sakal used Szaka foreign films Szokeust call him D. fellow of pronounced comedy talents famed the continental stage a hurry he used write for German the days, people didn't like those pieces. .
 knowing of English and picking the a English and deliver it.
 Even m Surope" says native of Hungary T always played foreigners speaking another language than
 studio questionnaire contains especially pertinent answer-to question: What do like most in Holly wood?"
 sunshine and freedom"
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CITY EXPENSES

Approximate expenditures for the city of Sitka during 1940 will be $32 ,885, an increase of nearly 50 per cent over 1899, it was reported last week by Mayor Tom Tilson.
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POLICE CHIEF IS FATHER

A seyen-pound, eight-ounce baby boy was. born last week to Police Chief and Mrs. Ray McGraw in Edmonds, Washington. The baby has been named John Franklin.
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FIRST ON HOTEL REGISTER

Charles Petry, United States Blu reau of Fisheries Warden, was the first name to appear on the register of the new Sitka Hotel. Number two was Gordon Mcdonald.
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DAVIS TO sITKA

Representative James V. Davis sailed for Sitka on the Northland last night on a short business trip
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TRANSFERRED

WASHINGTON. March 6.-Capt. Robert Cook stationed at Chilkoot Barracks in Alaska. has been or dered transferred to the Presidio, San Francisco.
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Maxine
 EIIiott
 Is Dead
American Stdge Beauty Former GIamorous Star,
 Makes Her Final Exit

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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-04
Seabiscuit Top
Money Winner

Los Angeles, March 4-(AP)-The
roar of the croWo a; Santa Anita'%
100000 handicap long since had
died away in the distance Of the
Sierra Madre mountains.
Only a few workmen were about
Suddenly from the east end OF the
lang grandstand came hoarse but
appealing shout: w
"Ha-ray for Seabiscuit.'
Reduced in volume, but still ap-
pealing in tone, the voice repeated;
'.Hoo-ray for SeabiScuit!"
The voice was heard no more. bu1
it said a lot in two words. FoI
mighty SeabiScuit was the hero, the
idol, of that record crowd of 75,OOt
who saw him run TO one OF the great
est tiumphS Of the American turf
victor in the 100000 added Sant1
Anita handicap and now the biggest
money winner Of all time.
Bought For S7.5GG.
Seabi 1T. once mere W0r'--
horse fer the Ogden Mills-Mrs. II
c. Phip s Wheatley stable and ST.
800 pickup by Charles S. Howard OF
San Francisco in 1885, once again
was the stake king of the nation. The
champion had come back, and won
where, twice before, nose had
beaten him out of this rich purse.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-04
Nineteen Games
On Baseball Slate
Of State College

Raleigh. March 4.-Nineteen games
are listed on North Carolina States
1910 baseball schedule which was
announced by Athletic Business
Manager J. l.. VOnGlahn.
The State nine. under Coach Doc
Newton. open the season in Raleigh
E.~ster Monday, March 25. with Wake
Forest. The Techs close the season
May II.
The schedule is as follows: March
p, Wake Forest in Raleigh: % Rich
m0nd in Raleigh: April l, Cornell in
Raleigh; I. Washington and Lee in
Raleigh: 8, Wake Forest in Wake
Forest: l3, Carolina in Raleigh; IS,
Washington and Lee in Lexington,
Va: II, V. IT. !. in Lexington, Va:
12. Virginia Tech in Blacssnurg: 20,
William and Mary in Raleigh; "a,
Duke in Durham; SO, Davidson in
Raleigh: May +. Wake Forest in
Raleigh: I, Carolina in Chapel Hill;
u. Ca;aWba in Raleigh: i3. Duke in
Raleigh: IS, CataWba in Salisbury:
II. Davidson in Davidson.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-04
Belt Basketball Tournament Open <r>isl>t
Third Car OF
Lime Ordered

Orders were sent last week for
the third carload OF agricultural lime
stone TO be shipped into Vance
county Ibis spring, ii was stated 10
Gay II tie office OF J. ". Sanders.
Vance county farm agent. The lime is
10 be distributed from the railroad
at Henderson.
Mr.. Sanders said that his office
has on hand a large number Of
orders from farmers scattered
throughout the county Tor limestone,
which is being ordered Under the
federal grant-of-a;d plan, and tnat
these orders will be consolidated rs
rapidly as possiDI" II make UP car
lot shipments of the material.
Fifty-fivc OF the 'UD counties in
North Carolina already have placed
orders for ground agricultural lime
stone under the 1910 irIp!G-A grant
or-aid program. E. Y. Lloyd. AAA cX-
ecutivc officer Of State College. an
nounccd today. Orders 10 date total
.26.G32 tons.
Last year farmers Of tho state
used more than 100000 tons Of Zinc
under the gr&nt-or-&id program. and
at the present rate of applications
Floyd says, the 1889 record is GER
tain TO he surpassed.
Floyd also reported that orders for
triple Supcrphosphatc are coming in
rapidly through the AAA grant-of-
aid plan. 4 total Of l,i02 tons OF thi,
highly concentrated fertilizer has
been ordered.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-04
Carolina Wins
Journey Title

Raleigh. March 4.,-(AP)- North
Caroliu0'S White Phantoms ruled the
basketball ronSt OF the Southern con-
terence today rs officials wrote down
the 10Th annual tournament rs tbs
best in conference ..iStory.
DR.. Il. +. Sermon OF North Caro-
lima State. I member of the confer
nee basketball committee who has
Eiandicd Raleigh details Of the eight
journeys. said there was no doubt
tina the event which ended Saturday
night was the best ever.
North Carolina seeded No. ,, was
led t. 4 &9-H3 victory over Duke
,,cGrG Nc. / By big George Clam
ucl.. who scored Is points ard G. in
three tourney games. It WAS the first
time Duke and North Carolina had
ever met in tie finals. 1t WAS thl
seventh win il the circuit foi the
Tar Heels.
Split Regular Games.
TIE PhantomS and Duke split re-
cuiar season games. and Duke won
il; top seeding with record of one
more regular season victory than
Cu.olina. Saturdays contest. there
fore. not only gave the Pi,Antoms the
tourney championship, but gave
them Two out Of three against their
Eyenest rival end 4 seasons record
the same rs that OF Duke.
The Tar Heels whipped Clemson
the 1899 champions, and Wake For
est to &C. "a the finals Duke noSed
ut the Citadel, then trimmed Mary
Land in is march.
Capacity crowds OF about 1900
persons saw tie Friday and Satur-
day games. close 10 1000 we're on
hand Thursday night and more than
$500 watched the opening round
Thursday afternoon.
Glamacl;. unanimous choice roi
center on the all-tournamcnt team
picked by the coaches and Officials
70" tho Associated P"2es, was the
outstanding individual player thro-
n9hout. His 80 points set Il new i'll
di,;Gu2l scoring record for tOurna-
mcnt here. Against Wake Forest he
,ail;cG % points, III" second best
score by one player in game in
eight Journeys here.
Bill LANCE coa"hcd the Caroline
team and il was his first year in the
sport.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-04
Pro |. 70 Meters TO
Stage Show At
Duke Tonight

Durham. March Dig Bill Til
7 den, the greatest tennis payer OF ali
time. led a group ul tour OF the
worlds greatest pro raCQurt-WiciderS
INTO Durham yesterday afternoon auc,
tonight will put on 1 series OF eX-
ADDITIONS in Dukes new gymnasium.
With TiidGn were Berkeley Bell,
Bv,lce Barnes and Vincent Richards.
Schedule OF tonjght'S matches:
So o'clock Bel vS Richards. sin
gJes.
500 o'clock. Tjlden vs. Barnes, sim
s.eS.
gDo o'clock. Tjldcn-Richards rs
Beu-BGrncS. doubles.
Wl;l@ there : interest in all Of the
.-o>-aIl Of them stars in their own
..GGt-@hiei attention will be paid
"i.deG. the man vino ruled the tennis
world tor 10 years and established
= record no player has cl en- come
close 10 eQualiing.
The ialEy fellow has everything
"Ael it comes to tennis. He IS the
greatest shot producer the game has
cEer known. being d complete mas
ter Of every shot in the books. Now
rs years OF age. he IS still playing 4
lyDe o. tennis that keeps him right
II the top Of the list.
His singles matches with Barnes
should be a SiZzler. Barnes. former
intercollegiate champ at the Univer-
Sity Of Texas. continues to improve.
Since turning pro his game has stead
ilv grown better and ne has recent
victories ove" all the top names in
the business. He was leading money
winner on the circuit last year.
Bell, pinch-hjtting in the matches
here tor Fred Perry who was called
to California on business. and Rich
ards. the man who introduced net
play into the game. are also right up
there with the best Of them all.
There Is much local interest in the
attraction and large crowd is OK
pected. Duke officials announced to-
DAY that there would be plenty Of
. tickets OF sale at the box office in
The gymnasium tonight.
tjainaS Stockton OF New York, a
student al North Carolina. VIII UNI
pire the matches tonight. Stockton
IS an official umpire Of the United
States Lawn Tennis association.
Members of the Duke varsity tennis
team will serve as linosmen.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-04
NEGRO KILLED IN
CAR-TRAiM CRASH

ROCKY Mount. March "A Negro
as allied and three others were
'irh.iv injured Saturday night at
'!:2N o'clock when car IN when
.,cy we're riding was hit by a
ittnbound Atlantic Coast Line
~.itrcad train on CROSSING near
'hifakcrs. according to Police Chlet
80 -. D~nhv. Of Whitakers.
The dead man. Lick Cherry, OF
Whitakers. was riding i'll IT, back
seat of the car which wa tossed
20 to 40 feet by the impact and to-
ely wrecked. The three injured
-assengc3 were treated iCr cuts
md bruises and released.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-04
Gage Officials
Are Made Public

fettiS Terrell. popular cage Of
i,ci&l here. ana John Cameron. of
:u;:iS1acg VII handle the official
:..& i. lie Ioi;.SD Eci, naSSctnaii
tournament, which gels underway
tonight al So O'clock at :ien;icr-
@a3 niS:2 @..-.2. N.i..- ::l> Render
S1n teams cling Evec;;mlCur III
:: douhie.leaaGr.
Terrell wtii call the contests Of
iON:&ht. Wednesday ani Friday
with Cameron handling lie games
-. Tuesday ana Thursday. Terrell
II dividing his time between the
tournament here and one i'll Gran
VILE county.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-04
Cotton Market
Gains Slightly

New York, March 4.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures opened to 6 higher.
Around the end Of the first hour
the list held gains Of 5 to points.
Midday prices were up 3 to 9
points. A little short covering in
March carried the spot markets I'D
to 1904 for a net gain of 9 points.
July (old) traded at 1898, Decem-
Der 9.55. -
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-04
SteeIs Put On
Mild Rally

New York, March +. -lAPJ--
.5tecIs put on a mild rally III today 5
stock market and brought support
10 other Wavcring divisions.
A few loW-priced issues such as
Seaboard Airline turned over in
10000 share blocks at slight varia-
lions but activity elsewhere was re-
stricted Fractional advances were
in the majority near the fourth hour.
Bonds and commodities edged
forward in early irregularity.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-04
ErNE1EEE0YEfTET nESES.

Washington, March 4.-EAP)-A
slacl1cning in production and en-
novTncnt caused a 81 percent in
crease in unemployment comp2n-
sation benefit payments during
January, the social security board
reported today. Payments totaled
nearly S41 100000 in January. A
weekly average OF 277cGJ workers
received benefits.