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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
SHOWDOWN IS SOUGHT
Drive Expected To Be Con-
tinued To Full Extent
OF Reich's Powers
GOERING IN CHARGE
German Reports Stress At
tacks On London Har-
Dor, Industrial Areas

BERLIN, Sept. 9 (Monday).-R
Germany loosed on London today
her biggest bombing planes laden
with new "super-bombs."
Both the craft and the explosives
are of the deadly type reserved *
clusively for Nazi knockout blows on
special detectives. =
In these new smashes in a con.
centrated effort to give the English
defenses a paralyzing shock, Ger
many obviously sought a quick
showdown in the war.
To Continue Drive
Everything indicated that the drive
now would be continued with relent'
Hess fury to the full extent OF the
Reich's powers.
Speculation on whether der Tag
had come centered on the fact that
Reichsmarshal Hermann Wi1helm
Goering had assumed personal d.
rection of the attack. which seemed
unlimited in time and in the number
Of planes participating.
It was believed that Goering
would not personally associate him
self with anything but a major war
action.
Returning German airmen agreed
that the British anti-aircraft fire
continued vigorously, but conveyed
the impression that British fighter.
plane defenses were losing force.
One member of a propaganda com.
pany, returning from a flight over
London, said anti-aircraft fire made
the air extremely rough. The con.
cussion Of thousands Of shell ex-
plosions threw his plane e. from
their seats, he said, and many re-
turning German machines r e
SCARED by 20 or 30 shell fragments.
Some German fighter pilots, how
ever, said they escorted bombers to
and from England without having
anything to do in the way of defense
against British planes.S
Attack Factories
Fragmentary reports from Nazi
bases in France and the low coun-
tries stressed the new attacks on
London harbor and industrial re-
gions, claiming factories, arsenals
and fuel stores were destroyed.
There were occasional brief reports
of attacks on Liverpool, Manchester,
Southampton and other cities, but
the assault on London overshadowed
all else.
In mentioning the "super-bombs"
for the first time, authorized Ger
man sources gave no description,
but it was reported one such great
missile was capable of leveling any,
thing in a radius of 500 yards, and
that the conclusion losses airplanes
about like small boats in a wild sea,
even at heights of several thousand
feet.
(Whether these heaviest Of Ger
man bombs used so far constitute
the stored "secret weapon" Of Adolf
Hitler was not disclosed).
(But the Nazi shortwave radio in
a German language broadcast heard
Continued on Page Two)
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GROUPS GPOWERFW
EXPL OSIKES RELEASED
IN PARLIAMENT AREA
Goering Tells Nazis
Terrific Attack On
London Is Under Way

BERLIN, Sept. 8. - Up -
Reichsmarshal ermann Wilhelm
Goering, commander of Ger
many's %airforce, reported per-
sOnally to the nation today that
q terrific attack" is in progress
against London.
Goering spoke briefly over the
radio, presumably from the head
quarters where he is directing
the German air assault.
Adolf Hitler entrusted him
with the task of attacking "the
heart of the British empire"
Goering said, reporting that he
was watching waves of German
planes headed for England.
His remarks were an unsched-
uled surprise, following a tram
scribed propaganda broadcast.
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DEP0SED FRENCH
LEADERS ARE HELD
Daladier, Reynaud A n d
Gamelin Taken Under De-
cree Issued-Sept. 3, '39

RON, France, Sept. 8.-RE
Three deposed top leaders OF old
France held in the war blame"
cases-former Premiers Edouard
Daladier and Paul Reynaud and
former Generalissimo Maurice
Gustave Gamelin-were taken into
custody under a decree authored
by Daladier himself, it was dis
closed today.
The three former officials, ar
rested yesterday, are being held in
strict administrative internment"
at Chateau Chazeron, a feudal
stronghold near Chatelguyon, five
miles from this seat Of the war
guilt trials.
Their detention was ordered I'M
der authority of a decree law en-
acted by Daladier after war broke
out Sept. 3, 1889, providing for in
Continued on Page I've,
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ROME, Sept. 8-R-Destruction
of a British patrol boat and a
British submarine in the Mediter-
ranean were reported today by the
Italian high command.
The patrol boat, accoring to the
high commands communique, was
sunk by an Italian submarine IN
the approaches of the Strait OF
Gibraltar. 1t was not Identified.
In an air attack on Malta, Bri-
tain's central Mediterranean naval
base, Italian hiers reported a IL
rect hit on a British submarine
lying in drydock and considerable
damage and fires in buildings OF
he Maltese arsenal
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industries expand. Combined with
it is a government-industry cooper
alive program for training men in
industrial plants and a vocational
training program for schools.
The commission is building a
reservoir of skilled labor through
training programs in the National
Youth administration, the Civilian
Conservation corps and the WPA.
The NYA Program has $1,000 in
training, the CCC 300, 900 learning
defense trades and the WPA 25,-
600 enrolled in training courses.
The Civil Service commission,
Hillman said, is recruiting 100, 600
skilled civilian workers for navy
yards, arsenals and other defense
establishments 3
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Destruction Of British Patrol Boat
And Submarine Claimed By Italians

out losses. British fighters who
tried to repel the attackers lost
a plane, the high command said.
It also reported a British air
attack on Buna and said one native
soldier was killed.
(In Cairo it was learned that
all but four Of the complement OF
148 aboard the British destroyer
Hostile, sunk by a mine in the
Mediterranean Aug. %, had been
saved by a British warship, and
had returned to Alexandria. The
four who died were sleeping in the
section of the ship which colided
with the minel 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09

Body To Work
On Draft Bill
Supporters Oh Peacetime
CONSUMPTION Dissatisfied
With Delayed Draft
CONFUSION CHARGED
Connally Predicts That
Committee Will Strike
Out Fish's Amendment

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-lR-
Senate supporters of peacetime
CONSUMPTION expressed general dis
satisfaction today with the delayed
draft amendment adopted by the
house last night before it passed
the Burke : Wadsworth selevtive
bill by a vote of 1853 to 149.
At the same time, both Demo-
cratic Leader Barley of Kentucky,
an acting Republican Leader Aus
tin of Vermont said that this and
other. differences between senate
and house versions of the compul-
sorry military training legislation
should be adjusted speedily by a
joint h~ouse-senate committee.
By a seven vote margin, 207 to
200, the house directed a 60-day
recruiting drive, stimulated by a
presidential proclamation, before
any men were conscripted to sup
ply the first quota of 400, 900 train
ees for the army.
To Fill Difference
Under this proposal, advanced
by Rep. Fish (R.-N. ", the regis
tration of prospective trainees
would be carried out, but the draft
would be applied only to fill out the
differences between the number of
volunteers and the quota.
After next Jan. l, the President
oo111l na11 fN,~ m 01lifiNrn NIJNfo
Of 400, 900, and, after another 60
days, invoke the draft if there were
insufficient volunteers.
Senator Connally D.-Tex.), who
helped defeat a similar proposal in
the senate 43 to Al, said this at
tempted mixture of voluntary and
compulsory systems would delay
and confuse the whole program"
IF part of the men come from
volunteers, then those who r con-
scripted will be branded as slack
ers," the Texan said. He predicted
that the senate-house committee
would strike out this provision.
Early Action Seen
Senators said there would be less.
difficulty over other senate-house
differences and some predicted fl
nal congressional action would
send the first peacetime military
CONSUMPTION bill to the White House
before this week ends.
Leaders indicated that once this
was done, they would renew a
drive for congressional adjourn
ment, or at least a recess until
after the November elections.
A possible snag for this schedule
is senate action on the excess prof
its tax bill, now pending before the
senate finance committee.
Chairman Harrison Cd. Miss
was forced to abandon plans for
senate consideration early this
week because Of failure of defense
advisers and treasury officials to
agree on tax concessions for con-
struction of new defense facilities.
Harrison still talked, however,
about senate action sometime this
week.
A final deficiency appropriation
to round out the national defense
program and a dozen minor meas
ures pending in the senate and
house would clear the legislative
calendar of urgent bills. II
The job Of compromising tn
house and senate differences on
the training bill will begin tomor7
House members Of the con-
ference committee, headed by
Chairman May D.-Ky.) of the mil
itary committee, YER named. last
Chairman Sheppard Cd
Tex.) Of the senate military COM
will head the senate group,
to be appointed tomorrow. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
LEAVES O U. S.

BARCELONA, Sept. 8 |R-
JOSEPH Stokes, representative OF
the Quaker relief organization who
came here after being refused per-
mission by the Germans to enter
occupied France, was reported to-
day to have left for the United
States. 3
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ATTEND SERVICES

LONDON, Sept. 8-R- King
George and Queen Elizabeth and
their daughter. P%rincesses Eliza
beth and Margaret Rose, attended
Intercession Day Servic' today in
the Royal Chapel at Windsor Great
Park. The ling later inspected a
guard of honor from tn home
guards of his estate. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
Bolton Woman Killed
In Crash In Georgia

WAYCROSS, Ga, Sept. Sup
Mrs. Alphas Beard, 80, of Boil.
ton. N. c., was killed in a crash
between two automobiles here
today, Sergeant C. H. Jones Of
the state highway patrol re-
ported.
The officer said Waycr0ss po-
lice reported several other per-
sons were slightly injured in the
accident.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
CENSUS ORDERED

vICHY, France, Sept. 8-R-An
immediate census of all livestock
and other farm animals was order
ed today to determine what stock
is IN hand to carry unoccupled
France through the winter. s
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Partly cloudy pre-
coded by scattered showers Monday
tuesday unsttled and somewhat cooler.
meteorological data for the "A hours
ending $3.50 p. IN. yesterday.
Temperature
1I a. m. Il; 1880 a. m. Y; l:5O ?.
m. 81; 1880 p. m. 76; maximum ~;
MINIMUM 81; mean II; normal 70.
1:SO a. N. IS; 1870 a. n. 80; 1:3o p.
d. 70; 1880 p. m. rs.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. M,
LILO inches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09

III, u.JId, sunset UP, W0VH
"N l'4op moonset, -
.ape Fear river stage at Fay
Neville, at 8 a. m. September 6,
Wa@sAsHlNGTON, September 8.-R-
and G1tller bureau records of temperature
h :, rainfall for the "a hours ending 8
sraa m' IN the principal cotton-growing
ss..eds and elsewhere:
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For Today
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
u. S. Revenue For 1899
Totals $4,957,O4O,O38

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-tR-The
treasury reported today revenue
collections from all sources in the
calendar year 1889 totaled s4,957,-
046, O3S. This was $550,567. 312 less
than the $5,507, 61S, $50 yield for the
1883 calendar year.
Figures showed these collections
for the 1888 and 1889 years, respec-
lively:
Alabama ~s17,23S,429 for 1888 and
$15,464, 1854 for 1899; Arkansas ST..
S54,S93 and $~7,953,217; Florida $43,.
1884, 1870 and $50,41S, 1913; Georgia
$33, 277, 1898 and $34,137,426..
Kentucky sips, 325,1O7 and $780,
1852, 1873; Louisiana $49,021,473 and
$45, 1892, OFT; Maryland 41,143, 1853
and 1872, SS6, 143. Mississippi $685.
036 and $F,947,353; New York ST.
1877, 356,390 and $685., 757,122; North
Carolina s312, 1861, 1856 and $313,4S7,-
233; South Carolina $11, 1913 1884 and
$9,714, 697.
Tennessee $~31,443,O91 and $32,421,-
900; Virginia $2O6, 6S1,4 and $217,-
1885, $50; w. Virginia $24, 1922, 700 and
$20,492,31O.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
NEW YORK 7
The Associated Pres

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-CR-Cot'
ton futures rose 1 to Is points in
a thin market today. ,
After waving back and forth
without much stamina most of the
session, the price list rallied at the
close when buying orders from
mills and spot houses hit the ring.
Traders said frankly they were
a gocd deal more interested in the
outcome of agricultural legislation
pending in Washington than to
days trading. The market also
drew a blank from textile centers
as far as trading influences were
concerned.
In early dealings prices tagged
along after higher Liverpool and
Bombay quotations. Commission
house selling around noon revealed
only ~listless support and prices re.
treated.
A late selling furry took the
market by surprise and bids we're
marked up quickly.
Cotton goods business was viz
tually at a standstill as selling
waited for converters and
printers to place orders. Slack de-
mand for finished goods at retail
centers also checked activity Mills
resisted attempts to cut prices.
Exports Wednesday 1892 bales;
season so far 4~,168,207. Port re-
ceipts 10,297; port stocks BOOSTS.
Range follows:
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What Stocks Did
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-tREU. S.
Dept' Agr.)-Potatoes 1877 on track
3d. total U. S. shipments 743;
slshtly weaker, demand slow, sup
'leS liberal; sacked per cwt. Idaho
'usset Burbaaks U. S. No. l., few
Saies 2,S5 to 200, mostly 1856; Colo
'"uo red McClures U. S. No. 1, good
soIor l,SO; Nebraska bliss triumphs
=, J. No. L., washed 200; to OF IL,
10 10 SO per cent U. S. No. l, wash
Gu I'0; unWashed 1856; Minnesota
heQ river valley section cobblers 80
per cent I. S. No. 1, 1.25; North Da-
"9'a Red river valley section cob
pelS ~ per cent U. S. No. 1, 100;
niss lrlNmphs Is to 80 per cent U.
=, NO l. few sales Ito to Is; U. S.
NJ. l. l.S5; Wisconsin katahdins u.
NO l, 140; u~nclassified few sales
Nv late Wednesday, Michigan rus
~ Iurals U. S. No. l, car, lao, new
SUCK dull, supplies light, demand
very SLOW; street sales, Florida
w SuSilel crates U. S. No. 1, washed,
'''s trlumphs very few 200.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. Up The
price slump which has taken about
IL cents from the value of a bushel
Of wheat so far in 1910 continued
today.
Wheat lost a cent as May con
tracts fell below 96 for the first
time since December II. Although
rallying slightly in late dealings.
the market closed 1-4-7-S lower
than yesterday with May at 96-
96 1.8, and July SO 1-4-3-S. These
prices were 10 to IA cents below
the seasons highs established in
December.
Forecast of rain o. snow in
parts Of the southwestern hard
winter wheat belt and liquidation
of grain that has been held under
government loans for almost a
year induced most of the selling.
Corn and rye were weaker than
wheat. Corn closed Isl Ia lower,
May 81 3-4-7-8, July "a 1885,;
rye was / 3-S-1 So lower; oats
1-2-5-S down; soy beans 1 Is
Il Ia off and lard unchanged.
Indications Of increased activity
in Substituting U. S. wheat exports
helped to steady prices at times.
Export interests reported sale of
some wheat for shipment out Of
gulf ports to continental Europe
but this business could not be
confined. Some traders expressed
belief it could not be done without
the subsidy and said there had
been no announcement of extern
sion of the program beyond Pacific
coast operations. Further inquiries
for Pacific coast wheat were re-
ceived from Oriental buyers but
high freight rates and difficulty
in obtaining vessel space were re-
ported holding up this business.
Some buying was attributed to
mills and professors also were un-
derstood to be buying directly wheat
withdrawn from loans. Traders
pointed out that if these purchases
were to cover flour already sold
it was probable the wheat was not
hedged. While this tended to limit
the bearish effect of liquidation OF
loan wheat, they said, it also is
'curtailing commercial demand
which ordinarily might be satisfied
in the open market. Government
sources suggested withdrawal Of
loan wheat was conservatively es-
timated at more than 100000 BUSH
els daily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Feb. 1. P- Hog
prices were mostly steady to five
cents lower and spots 10 cents
down today in a slow market that
topped at $3.50. Outlet for practi-
cally all slaughter classes of cattle
was very narrow and clearance
again was draggy at steady to weak
prices. Rank and file of the steer
crop graded medium to good. Top
was s11.25. Fat lambs sold strong
to is cents higher, best reaching
$9.40.
(U. S. Dept. Adjustable hogs
$4,000; total $4,000; slow, mostly
steady to five lower than Wednes-
days average; spots 10 off; top
$50; bulk 1SO-220 lbs. 5.30-55; 22O-
24O lbs. $3.50; 240-270 lbs. $40
40; 270-330 lb. butchers 4.85-5.15;
heavier weights 4.75; good and
choice 14O-16O ID. underweights
4.75.5.25; good 360-550 lb. packing
sows 4.25-65; lighter weights to
Ats; shippers 1000; estimated hold
over 1000.
Salable cattle $500; salahle calves
LOCO; very draggy market on all
classes and grades; steers and
yearlings steady to weak; shipper
demand narrow local killers went
very slow; strictly good and choice
steers and yearlings under pres
sure; strictly choice and prime
kinds absent most steers and year
lings sold at 100000; extreme
top 1925 paid for long fed ,1,469-lb.
averages; few loads long feds HOO;
some of these scaling 1850 lbs;
best yearlings 1885; common kill
ers down to CTS mostly 7.00-25;
medium offerings 7.50-S.50; heifers
weak to rs lower dull at decline;
choice kind absent; best Colorados
9.25; COW weak to Is lower at new
low on crop; most beef cows 5.25-
{. 90; only choice cows s%paringly
at 700; cutters 500 down; bulls
weak mostly 700 down with best
sausage offerings 7.25 and light
kinds down to 500. Vealers steady
at 1900 down mostly 11.00-50.
Salable sheep 5000; total $500;
fat lambs strong to Is higher;
sheep steady; wooded lambs. 9.1O-25;
several loads 9.35 to shippers top
$40 to small killers; 103 to 106 Id.
lambs 9.00-1O; fall shorn lambs
S.75; yearlings and sheep scarce.
few native ewes eligible 4.25-75.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
ECCLES RENAMED
AS BOARD CHIEF
President Roosevelt Appoints
Utah Banker To Federal
Reserve Board

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-R-
President Roosevelt today reap
pointed Mariner S. Eccles, 49-year.
old Utah banker, chairman of the
federal reserve board for four more
years.
The regular term of a federal re-
serve governor is IA years, but
since Eccles has indicated he wants
to return to his former large bus.
mess interests at the end of the
Roosevelt administration, the Pres
ident gave him a four year term
by rearranging the tenure of Ches-
ter Davis, former AAA admins.
traitor.
Davis resigned from the board
and was reappointed simultaneous
ly to a new 14-year term so that
Eccles could be appointed to fill
out the four years remaining in
the term for which Davis was
appointed originally.
Reserve board officials said they
did not regard the four year ap'
pointment of Eccles a any indica-
ton of how long Mr.. Roosevelt
might remain President, explain
ing that this was merely the short
est term for which Eccles could
have been appointed. At that, they
said, Eccles might resign sooner,
particularly if President Roosevelt:
went out Of office.
Eccles has been known during
the new deal for his espousal OF
the deficit spending theory, cen
tralized banking credit and exami-
nation control and other economic
theories.
A native of Logan, Utah, Eccles
began his career as a Mormon mis-
sionary, but he turned, while still
a young man, to the business at
fairs which had already made his
family wealthy. By the time ne
came to Washington, he was the
owner of a string of Utah banks
and associated with large lumber
sugar and construction companies
of the west,
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SLUMP CONTINUES
FOR SEVENTH DAY
Associated Press Average OF
so Issues Off Il Of
Point At 1913
p, FREDERICK GARDNER

NV YORK, Feb. 1-(P-Efforts
tin,id buyers to pull the stock
o. n,.nt out of the rut met with faint
saonse today and despite scattered
iesp snots the trend generally was
.l;gbtIv downward.
# was the seventh consecutive ses-
-. in which the list, as a whole,
4uisbed unchanged or lower.
rbo Associated Press average Of
~ iss,es was off i of a point at
NV On Feb. 1 asst year the COM
;+o stood at 50.2. Exemplifying
~ DAYS indifferent performance
's tbe turnover of 460,535 shares,
,noi1ost for any 5-hour shift since
lan %. The volume compared with
e10O1O the day before.
Tho news was neither particular
j.. oood nor bad, from a speculative
s+ondaoint, and both buyers and sell
arc we're unable to derive a great
mount of Inspiration from the Eu.
,,nnoqo talking war, the domestic
~rolitiral shuttle or business indica.
tors.
Noted in poardrooms was a con-
iva seasonal increase in last weeks
froieht loadinss,. and a few carriers
raotstered faint Improvement; a cut
IN the domestic. copper price by pro-
ducors, and metal shares did a bit
better: signs Of a further drop in
novt weeks steel mill operations
most stocks in this group were at a
sandstill: a boost in some tire prices
hy Goodrich, and rubber company
stocks edged upward; and a reduc-
lion in crude quotations by Stand
ard Oil of California, which failed to
disturb the petroleum stocks.
A~ircrafts did relatively well, Glenn
Martin, United and Speery ending
with modest advances. Talk persist.
ID of expanding foreign demand for
war planes Continental Motors and
Studebaker again were among live
lest performers with minor gains
One reason for activity in low-priced
motors was that these companies
might be ir line for overflow bust
ness from aviation engine makers.
+ S. Steel was off Is and Beth.
lehem up IA. General Motors was
down is and Chrysler up as much.
Losers included Sears Roebuck,
Montgomery Ward, Westinghouse,
Du Port, Allied Chemical, Union
Carbide, Johns-Manville, Consolidated
Edison, Tidewater Oil, n. Y. Central
and Douglas Aircraft.
rooklyn-Manhattan Transit pre-
terred entered new high ground for
1939-40. UP / IL at Sc as New York's
transportation u~nification plans were
pressed. Ahead also were Goodyear
Goodrich, I. S. Rubber, Great North
ern, Anaconda, Wheeling Steel, J
lease. Loft, Loew's, international.
Paper and General Electric.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. l. W.
Livestock: hogs - receipts light,
steady Wednesday. Quoting good
choice 16o-25O lbs. s5:1O-5.6o top
12O-14O lbs. 4.30-4.S0; 14O-16o IDS.
4.So-5.1o; 25o-3oo lbs. 4.6o-5.1o; over
300 lbs. 4.35-4.S5. sows under soo
lbs. 3.6o-4.1O; over $50 lbs. 3.1o-3.6o.
Cattle - Vealers strong, other
classes quotable steady with former
days this week.
steers-strictly good fat butcher
steers S.5O-S.75, mediums around
6.5O-7.5 so. common 100000.
Heifers-Average run nearby meol-
UNI heifers ~5.50-6.50; good beef e
heifers 7.50-S.00.
Vealers-Good fat butcher pulls
6.OO-6.5 so, extra choice little hlgher'
lights around 100000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
NEW YORK G

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-R-A
drop in raw sugar prices let loose
a steady stream Of l%iquidating or.
ders in the domestic futures con
tract today.
The list closed 2 to 3 points down
or sales of 22,SO0 tons.
Lack Of immediate interest in
sugar by Britain and other over
seas nations dashed water on trad
ing ardor in the world list. Prices
were unchanged on sales of only
300 tons. March closed 1855, May
Isl IL bid.
The spot price in the raw market
dropped a total of 5 points on the
day to 2.S0 cents a pound when
Cuban duty-frees sold at that level.
Sellers appeared quite willing to
make concessions on an asking
price Of 2.85.
Refiners started to confirm the
mass of business placed on a six
month contract recently at 4.50
cents. .
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