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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-06

! part of the nation as we'll as in
all of it's possessions, to take the
Scout Oath or Promise led by! DR..
James E. West, Chief Scout Elk
ecutive and Editor of Boys
/! Life" who will be "cut into" the
broadcast from Miami, Fla.
Sunday, February IL will be
Scout Reverence Day and in
thousands of churches of every
denomination there will be Scouts
attending special services. More
than half of the nations 43,368
Cub Packs, Boy Scout Troops and
Senior Scout groups are spon-
i:sored by the churches and syna-
gogues of America. Scouts of
Jewish faith will hold their spe-
cial services Friday evening, Feb
ruary 8, and Saturday.
Special emphasis will be placed
upon the twelfth point of the
Scout Law which reads, "a Scout
is Reverent. He is reverent to-
ward God. He is faithful in his
religious duties, and respects the
convictions of others in matters
of custom and religion"
In many communities Scouts,
by Patrols and Troops, will take
an "Old Scout Census, syste-
matically calling at all residences
according to pre-arranged plans,
to record the names and address
es of those who were once Scouts
or Scout leaders. Many of these
Scout Alumni" will be invited
to participate in Scout activities
during Boy Scout Week.
J Scouts will wear their uni
forms and have special roles and
/ demonstrations in public and
private school assemblies. Fra
ternal and civic clubs will have
Boy Scouts as their guest speak
ers who will give first-hand ac-
counts of what Scouting means to
them.
Hundreds of Troops and Cub
Packs will have special parents
night meetings in which the
parents will be participants in
some of the activities. Other
/ Troops will have their meeting
during Boy Scout Week set aside
for Troop Reunions with former
members returning to renew &C
quaintances and for an evening
of fellowship and fun.
The outdoor activities will also
have their part in the celebration
where weather conditions per-
NIT. There will be camping
trips, hikes and outdoor rallies,
and there will be inter-Troop
winter sports carnivals where
snow and ice conditions allow.
/ In those states where Lincoln
Birthday, February IL is OBJ
served as a school holiday Scouts
will make patriotic pilgrimages
to shrines of the Great Enamel
pator." Troops will also engage
in special good turns" during
the week to show their apprecia-
ton to their sponsoring institu-
tons. They will also participate
in Boy Scout Merit Badge Shows,
Courts of Honor, Scout Circuses
and other similar indoor activi-
ties.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-06
IVY LEAVES TO
PLACE BUOYS

Coast Guard Tender Ivy sailed
at 10 o'clock this morning for a
passage through Hawks Channel,
replacing and establishing buoys
enroute.
It was said at headquarters
this morning that the trip of the
ship will end at Miami
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-06
NO BOYS BAND
PRATICE TONIGHT

Announcement was made today
that the Boys Band rehearsal,
originally scheduled for this eve
ming at the Naval Hospital build
ing, will not be held in that the
director, George Mills White, has
been called out of town to attend
a WPA conference at Jackson
vile.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-06
Russian Division Reported
AnnihlatGd In IadOga Area
mMw<AwMw. - "a
POORS ARE SOLD
ON ISLAND CITY

MIR. and Mrs. Edwin E.
Poor. who are now guests at
the Hotel La Concha. have
fallen in love with the city.
and have decided to make
their home here. Mr.. Poor
said that he is making plans
for building and will soon
start the erection of his
home.
Mr.. Poor is a boating en-
thusiast and now has under
construction at South Bristol.
Me-. a fine. two masted
schooner. which. as soon as
it is finished. he will bring
TO Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-06
LOCAL OBSERVANCE

NJ. E. Berkowitz. District
Scout Chairman. stated today
that Scout Week will begin
Thursday of this week and
will run through until We'd
nesdaY of next week.
Discussing the weeks ac-
tivities Mr.. Berkowitz told The
Citizen that he was preparing
a program which would take
up all the week.
DR.. West. Chief Scout Elk
ecutive. has arranged for a
broadcast TO be sent out from
Miami announcement Of which
will be made later.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-06
CARRIER FOR so YEARS

WHITE PLAINS, N. "a
woman. at the age of 101, has
been reported as a carrier of
typhoid for 80 years. The case
was discovered when two grand
children contracted typhoid. The
woman had typhoid eighty years
ago. E'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-06

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-06

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
DOMESTIC
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-LR-The
cotton futures market hitched it's
wagon to rising wheat prices late
today and advanced 2 to 8 points,
to pfor the session.
Bombay and Liverool sold at the
start but the list soon steadied and
dawdled along a narrow price path
UP to the final hour. The sharp
gains in the Chicago grain pit touch
ed off a lively buying and covering
movement, and prices started ahead.
In one EMS , several brokers
sad, the ready response of the mar
ket to Chicago leadership was a dis
appointment. 1t emphasized, they
explained, the lack of incentives,
which has kept cotton trade in the
doldrums recently; cotton textile
markets have been sleep affairs
while foreign news has been too un-
certain to satisfy traders.
Worth street reported coarse
yarns had been marked down as
much as IA cent a yard. Print cloths
Yer steady but neglected.
News from the south indicated the
advance in March futures contracts
to around II cents a pound had
spurred some activity in spot mar
kets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
e EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-LP-The
British pound finally got a toe-hold
on the price ladder today and stop
ped a decline in relation to the
dollar which has lasted more than
a week.
Sterling advanced rs of a cent
and carried the French franc along
with a gain Of 90 3-S of a cent.
The Canadian dollar, which has
been hammered down along with
sterling, recovered Is cent.
The neutral currencies didn't do
so well. The belga lost .03 Of q
cen and the guilder .02 of a cent
The Swiss franc was unchanged.
Closing rates follow (Great Brit
ain in dollars; others in cents):
Great Britain, demand 1856 Is;
cables 3.97 7-S; 90-day bills 1884 1-S
9O-day bills 1892 3-S. Belgium 1852.
Denmark 1888, Finland 1.75n:
France "a 3-S, Germany 4o.2on
benevolent 1900, Greece .73 Ian.
Hungary 17.65n, Italy sos, Meth
erlands 1910, Norway 22.7S, Portu'
gal 3.69n, Rumania .6Sn, Sweden
1888, Switzerland 22.42 IL, Yugo'
slavia 2.35n, Argentina, official,
29.77, free 1886; Brazil, official
sos, free $40; Mexico 16.75n; ia
pan 23.49; Hongkong 1850, Shang'
hal 100.
Crates in spot cables unless 9th
erwise indicated). n-Nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-R-Light
hogs sold as much as 10 cents
higher in active trade today but
heavier butchers were steady to 10
cents lower. The market topped at
$50.
Fat cattle receipts continued
small, forcing buyers to compete
at strong prices for all classes.
Weekend advances have been pro-
tested, however, and the basic I'M
dertone was weak. No choice steers
arrived, best stopping at SO.
Lambs sold actively at strong
prices, bulk bringing 1925 to $40.
(U. S. Dept. Agr.)-Salable hogs
10, 900; total 10000; two-way mar
get, weights 230 lbs. down active,
steady to 10 higher than Thurs
days average; heavier butchers
steady to 10 lower; top $40; bulk
good and choice 1SO-220 lbs. $40
65; 220-240 lbs. $1,000; 24o-27O lbs.
butchers 5.0o-40; most 27O-S2o lbs.
averages 4~.89-5.1O; good 4oo-50o lbs.
packing sows 4.20-60; light weights
to ATS; shippers $500; estimated
holdover 500.
Salable cattle 1000; salable
calves 200; very little beef in run;
all interests in market, and general
trade steady to strong with Thurs
days advance; no choice cattle
here; best 900; most light steers
and yearlings selling at 7.25-S.75;
common offerings $50 to US;
weighty steers absent; very little
scaling over 400 lbs; meaty Cana
dian fed steers scaling 1925 lbs.
$50; most heifers 6.75-7.50; choice
kinds absent; beef cows slow, but
all other COWS firm; cutters sell
ing at 4.75-5.25; most beef cows
5000 practical top weighty
sausage bulls 200; mostly SIS
down; selected vealers to 1850;
mostly 10. o0-11.0 90; light stock cat
tie more active.
salable sheep 1000; total 1000;
active; fat lambs steady to strong;
sheep steady; wooded lambs 9.15'4o;
finished 119 lbs. weights $50; CLIP
ped lambs $685.; good to choice
native slaughter ewes eligible 4.25-
rs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
10 Low Yield Bonds
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb 16.-LP-In one of
the most hectic ten minute trading
periods of recent grain market his
tory wheat prices jumped abruptly
almost 5 cents a bushel today just
before the closing bell.
The markets action was all the
more spectacular because the sud
den swift rise caught dealers COM
pletely off guard. Every broker in
the crowded pit was frantically try
ing to execute orders without know
ing the reason for the sudden rush
to buy. After the final bell, with
last trades as much as a cent apart
in various sections of the pit. they
scurried for an answer to two ques-
tions-who bought, and why?
The best explanation was that
purchasing, which some said origin
ated in the east, inspired by reports
of heavy Canadian export business
and good sales of U. S. Pacific Coast
wheat, caught the pit bare of offer
ings shortly after 1 p. m. prices had
worked up from an early fractional
decline and were resting slightly
above previous closing levels.
AS the advance got under way
stop loss orders placed by previous
short sellers were thrown into the
pit, accellerating the upturn. May
wheat did not stop until it reached
S. .04 IL, up 4 ga overnight and 5
IA cents from the early low 1t was
the highest price since early in
January and was within 5 cents OF
the two year peak established IN
mid-Decemper.
Wheat closed 8 to 4 ga cents high
en- than yesterday, May $1.O3 IL to
1.O4 IL, July $1.01 IL to $1.02. Corn
was unchanged to 3-S up, May st
IL, July 81; oats Is to IL higher;
rye 2 to 2 3-S up and lard 2 to 5
higher.
Traders searched the news for
reasons for the outburst Of buying
but found little except for sale OF
|, 1000, 900 bushels of Canadian to
Great Britain and the Continent. A
rally at Beunos Aires, which had
been more than a cent lower, at
tracted attention iaasmuch as an
official Argentine crop report was
expected later in the day. Some
thought rumors about the war
coming from abroad or Washing
ton or about the loan program
may have been heard but moth
ing Of this nature was uncovered.
Open High Low Close
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What Stocks Did
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND. Va, Feb. 16.-R-
livestock: Hogs-Good and choice
lou TO $50 lbs. 40 to $50; 100 to 140
.os' 4.5o to 4.S0; 40 to 100 lbs. 4.05
u 10; 25O to 800 lbs. $50 to $40;
ovef 800 lbs. 4.35 to 4.S5. Sows under
stu lbs. $50 to 40; over $50 lbs.
$40 to $50.
eattle-Market quotable a b o ut
steady.
eteers-Strictly good fat butcher
s'eefs s.25 to $50, mediums around
''ag to 7,50, common 500 to 500.
nelfers-Nearby medium heifers
~" TO $50; good beef breed heifers
7.5o to 500.
eo~s-Strictly good fat butcher
so"s 900 to $50; mediums $50 to
oOV' mediums $50 to 500; common
'Aa Gamers 1926 to 4.25,
nulis-Good fat butcher bulls 500
0sV; lights 500 to 500.
sealers-Good and choice vealers
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
LATIN AMERICAN
ISSUES ADVANCE
Dollar Loans Score Gains
While Those Of Scandina-
Wan Nations Retreat

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-OP-Dollar
loans of Latin America advanced
and those of Scandinavian countries
declined today in a bond I
alert to the worlds news.
REPORTS of Red army advances in
to Finland were Immediately reflect
ed by drops of as much as 2 points
in some Of the bonds of Denmark
and Norway.
The peaceful side of the world
was mirrored in gains by bonds OF
Argentina, it's capital city, Buenos
Aires, and Cubas. The bonds OF CO.
lumbia, which bond men believed,
were behind the buying squirt,
through announcement of intention
to resume servicing Of its lonS-de-
faulted debts, held steady.
U. S. treasures, lightly traded,
closed in the narrowly uneven
range of 5-32 point higher to 4-32
lower.
Corporates, in general, were SINH
larry ragged, but New York City
Traction issues got a heavy play for
gains ranging up to 4 points. Among
t h e we're Observation-Disclosures
Transit stamped 4 IFS at SO 5-S and
the 4 LIS of '66 at So; Brooklyn
City Railroad SIS at IA "a; Third
Avenue As at So; and PETERBOROUGH
Rapid Transit IS at 80 II.
Fractional gamers among corpor-
ates included Western Union IS of
80; Frisco 4 Us of '6S; Illinois
Central 4 3-4s; and Allegheny 5s
of '49.
Issues moving lower included
American & Foreign Power 5s at
81; International Hydro Electric IS
at ~ L.; New York Central 5s at
So SIS; and Walworth As at "a 3-4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
N. Y. COTTONSEED OIL

NEW YORK., Feb. 16.1R1
Traders in cottonseed oil futures
hustled to get rid Of their holdings
in the March delivery and to buy
later months today. Nearby liquida.
ton was taken care of by r%efiners
and the market closed 4 to z points
higher.
Sales totaled 221 lots March 7.O5b,
March 7.05b, July 7.2S, Sept. 1884.
Oct. 7.31b. (b-Bid).
Crude oil was steady at a nominal
price of 6 cents a pound in the
southeast and valley and 5 ga to
5 rs in Texas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.@F-CU. 8,
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes IS, on track
369, total U. S. shipments 1888: best
stock about steady, ordinary stock
dull, supplies liberal. demand SLOW
and limited, mostly to best available
stock from all sections; sacked per
cwt. Idaho russell Burbanks U. s.
No.. !, few sales $50; Colorado red
McClures U. S. No. l.. 1.65; Nebras'
ka bliss triumphs U. S. No. !, wash
ed few sales 2.10 to Is; fair quality
ITS; unwashed 80 per cent U: :,
No. l, $50; Minnesota and North
Dakota Red river valley section cob
blers 80 to 80 per cent U. S. No. l,
1.2O to 80: bliss triumphs IS per
cent U. S. No. !, few sales 1.25; WIS
consin round whites U. S. No. l, LAO;
katahdins U S. No. /, washed. cot
ton sacks 1855; new stock dull sup
plies moderate, demand very slow;
no track sales reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
NEW YORK 6

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-F-
Sugar futures fought their. way out
Of lower price territory late today,
partly by a soaring Chi
cago wheat market.
Domestic futures closed unchanged
to / point higher, helped by .specu'
lative demand and operator cover
ing. Sales totaled 14,600 tons.
Final range Of IL lower to IL
higher in the world list was the best
showing for the day. Sales totaled
1900 tons; March 1856; May 1855 IL.
Raw sugar held steady with Cubas
offered at 1875 cents a pound c &F
and duty frees at 2.S5 cents. An
overnight sale of 14,E00 tons Of Do
minican raws for March shipment
to French refiners at 1.4S l.2 cents
was confirmed.
Refined remained at $50 cents.
No. z range follows:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
Services Held
For Jacqueline Mckee

CHADBOURN, Feb. 16.-Funeral
rites for ~Jacqueline Mckee, two.year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rossie
H. Mckee, of Chadbourn. who died
in a Wilmington hospital Thursday
afternoon, were held from the Wards
Station Holiness church this after
noon at 8 o'clock.
The Rev. N. B. Stevens conduct.
ed the services. Burial followed in
the church cemetery.
She is survived by her parents;
one brother, Charles Edward; two
sisters, Ava Lee and Veta Myrl Nc.
Kee; her grandparents. Mi. and
Mrs. Grover Mckee and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Mercer, Of near Chad.
bourn,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, Feb. 16-LR-Sales,
closing price and net change of the
fifteen most active stocks today,
Loft 29,40o; 29%, up Is.
Bklyn Man TT 2S,70O; 1878, up u.
Studebaker 23,700; IL, no.
Murray Corp 16,40G; 8, up u.
n Y shiubldg 1880: 1915, up Is.
U S Steel 12,100; 5S1s, up q.
Cons Copermin $500; SA. up u.
Cluett Pea $500; 42A, up IL.
Anaconda $500; 29A, up TX.
Curtiss- Wright 1900; 1912, no.
Union Bag and Pap 7,300a 14A,
up r..
. Nash-Kelv 1900; tn, down u.
Cont Motor $500; AZ, up u.
Packard $500; 3h, no.
Socony-Vac $500; 11%, no.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-P)-Ca S h
wheat sample grade red Ctough) 81.
Corn No. 3 mixed. 81 "a; No. !
yellow 81 IL to So ga; No. 2, 81
to So; No. 8, Sc Sd to So Ia; No
1 white IS IL No. 2, 66 IL.
Oats No. 3 mixed AZ; sample grade
mixed 81 1.2; No. 2 white A to 40
Ia; No. 3d. 43 IL to 3-4; sample
grade whate 40 "a to AZ.
Barley, mailing, S. to IS nom;
rfeedr40 to SO nom; No. 3 barley 81.
Soy beans per 100 lbs. nominal;
timothy seed 4.90 to. E.25; sweet
clover $50 to 5.25; red clover 1880
to 1900; red top $50 to 800; .alsike
Is. 90 to 1900; alfalfa 1900 to $500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
DR. GOODS

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-N-Low'
er prices for coarse yarns were re-
ported in the gray goods market to-
day. Print cloth held steady at the
basis of 5 Is cents for 64x6os.
Fair inquiry for dress goods de-
veloped in the rayon section. Com
bination yarns for prompt shipment
were fairly active, stimulated by
the good movement of finished
cloth.
Scattered sales of sheer silk to
undergarment cutters were report
ed but the silk market otherwise re-
NAMED quiet.
Business in wooden goods contln'
ued slack.
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SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 16.-IP-
Spot cotton closed steady, Z points
higher. Sales 535.
Low middling 9.S4; middling 1894;
good middling 11.S9; receipts 49,
04S; stock 89,901.
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Ca. Feb. 16.-'f'-
Turpentine firm 81 IA; offerings 10;
sales %; receipts 9; shipments
none; stock 1879. Rosin firm; OF
ferings none! sales none; recelp.s
IS; shipments 1880; stock 1SS'z4l
Quote: B, D Ats; e $40; F 5.zo;
G, H $40; I, K, NJ $50; N SOB; VIZ
$50; WV, x $40.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
NEW O R POTATOES

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-R-Po,
tatoes steady. Upstate, No. 1, sack
100 lbs.), round white, partly
graded $50. No. 1, sacks Goo lbs.),
Long Island, Green Mountain 2.15-
rs, fair 1.75-2.00, poorer 1906,
some lower. Maine, Green Noun
tain, No. 1, 1.95-2.00, Pinch 200
2.1O; Chippewa and Katahdin 200
2.1O. New crop: bushel box orcrate,
Florida, Red Bliss 2.0O-2.1O, fair
1885. Sacks ESQ lbs.), Cuba, Red
Bliss No. 1 and 2 2.10.15.
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NEW YORK Eccs

Nv" YORK, Feb. 16.-R-Eggs
ext urn. Mixed colors: Fancy to
~. fancy % 3.4 to 80; extras 2S
storage packed firsts ~ 81;
1'e a"a fifsts q 1.2; seconds Is IA TO
Aieculms 26: dirties No. l, 26:
'se checks % 1.2 to "A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
BALTIMORE POTATOES

BALTIMORE, Feb. 16.-(P-Po-
taoes: Truck-10O lb. sacks U. S.
is, Md, Pa, round whites, lao to
60, few higher; Chippewas and kata-
dins, 100 to Is, few higher. Sweet
potatoes unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 16.-LR,-Cct-
ton - Limited demand for spot.
prices 10 points lower. Expectations
in pence: American, strict good mlo'
ding s.72; good middlng $50; strict
middling S.22; middling SIP; strict
lew middling 500; low middlng III;
strict good ordinary 1872; good ordl'
nary 6.97. Futures closed 2 ct 5 low
err. March 1893; May 1877; July
1888; Oct. 1888; Jan. .7.72.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
BuTTER

CHICAGO, Feb. 1s.1F'-bntter
$50, us, unsettled, prices unchanged.
Eggs 1881: fresh ungraded, extra
firsts local % IL. cars % IL; firsts
local % Ia, ears % IL; other prices
unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, Feb. .16.-R-(U.
S. Dept. Agr.)-Hogs $50. Slightly
higher. ITO to 210 lbs. 5.95 to $40;
practical top $40; 220 to 240 lbs
5.65 to 90; 40 to $50 lbs. $50 to IS;
$50 to 800 lbs. 5.25 to IS; 120 to 140
lbs. 5.25 to SO. Packing sows 4.20 to
IN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
ADVANCE IS AIDED
BY COPPER issues
-. Push Reduces Early Los
sss And Helps Many Sc
lected Favorites
.. FREDERICK GARDNER

.u YORK, Feb. 16.-@-Under
leadership of coppers and assert
p snipDuilding and traction issues
stock market today put on a
ps ninute recovery shift that re-
a early losses among leaders
'u.'. n,t selected favorites up sub
rntially.
u,;,e the late bulge aided vir-
.',v all departments, it was not
asicient to put the list up as a
'ao1e. The Associated Press aver.
'as of go stocks was off i of a point
5os. Volume vas small most of
H.. time. but picked up on rising
r'..ies and total transfers amount
~ 10 Ss4,12o shares against 75s,715
yesterday.
Tho news generally was uninspir-
.,a either from politics business or
rnrope. although some in Wall
..rasr professed to see a slackenins
- tho recent industrial downturn.
"roppers. Jogging along in the rear
..,rs for the past few months,
...med to have been spurred by re.
,nrts of heavier foreign purchasers,
to.ether with a brisk jump in do.
..sstic sales yesterday to the largest
,r.resate since last November s.
Anaconda, Kennecott. Miami and
PHELPS Dodge were popular among
these shares.
Aided by some short covering,
Broklyn. Manhattan Transit pre-
tcrred climbed 8 7.S points to 81
"a, a new top for the past year or
60 Most of these shares have been
deposited under the N. Y. city trac-
tion unification plan and the scant
holdings floating in commission
houses we're in big demand.
y. Y. shipbuilding preferred al
81 made a new years high on word
the company vas low bidder for the
construction of two naval cruisers
10 cost s17, 800, 600 each.
Broeklyn.Queens Transit prefer.
red. 8, NJ. T., common and Cluett
Peabody were among those to reg
ister 19s9.40 peaks.
On the upside at the finish were
L. $. Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler,
Montgomery Ward, N. Y. Central,
Pennsylvania and Union Bag &
Paper.
Losers of as much as a point or
more we're Westinghouse, Dow
Chemical. Eastman Kodak, j. c.
Penney. Owens.Illinois, Sears Roe
buck, General Motors, Douglas Air
craft, Glenn Martin and Lockheed'
A slight dip in this weeks auto
motive production was undisturb-
Ing to the motors. Previous output
estimates for February were STEP
ped up and sales of new cars for
this month to date we're said to have
declined less than seasonally.
Rails also inclined to ignore a
contra-seasonal drop in last weeks
freight loadinss caused mainly by
falling industrial and coal ship
melts. Spotty retail distribution
throughout the country retarded
merchandising stocks. Aircrafts lag
ged as a dispute vas reported over
ALLEGATION of British-French war
plane orders.
A sharp rally in wheat futures
at Chicago was a helpful feature fol
stocks. This cereal ended up 3 to
81 cents a bushel, buoyed by talk Of
a bigger export demand. Corn was
unchanged to 3.S ahead. Cotton
gained 10 to 40 cents a bale. Bonds
we're mixed, as were European Sc
%curities markets.
Marked up a notch in the curl
were American Cyanamid "B" ant
Phoenix Securities. Trimmed a lit
tie were Brewster Aero, Lake Shore
and American Gas & Electric. Turn
tver Of $4,000 shares compared
with 10000 Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
N. O. ~COTTONSEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 16.-R-
C~ottonseed oil closed steady. Bleach
able primo summer yellow 7.05
nom prime crude 500. Mch 6.55bs
May 6.67b, July 6.7Sb, Sep Ssh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
NEW YORK BUTTER

NEW YORK, Feb 16.-R-But.
ter 339,525, steady. Creamery: High.
err than extra 20 IA to 80; extra (92
score) 20; firsts (SS-91) 20 IA to ga;
seconds (S4-87) Il to 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, Feb. 1s.-tR-
Peanut quotations.: Jumbos 4; bunch
3 5>S to 3 "a; runner 3 s.S to BIZ.
Market remains dull.