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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
BUlE IS IN HOSPITAL
Five Men Arrested; Con-
flicting Stories Told To
Police Officers Here

Douglas Buie, Of Council, was
shot and seriously wounded early
yesterday morning in Bladen coun-
ty when he and five other persons
were accosted by game wardens
while in their automobile on the
highway about a mile and a half
south of Council.
Buie was brought to James Walk
er Memorial hospital here for
treatment of a wound in the left
side. Attaches at the hospital said
last night that his condition seems
satisfactory"
Two conflicting stories we're told
to police officers here. yesterday
morning about the shooting, which
has resulted in four men being ar
rested on charges of violating the
game law and Game Warden Earl
Carroll being charged with an as
sault with a deadly weapon. j..
CdFTOl > OIOTy
Carroll, a Columbus county game
warden, told officers here that he
and the Bladen county game war
den, Jim Holton, discovered a par
ty composed of Mr.. and Mrs. Doug
las Buie, Mr.. and Mrs. Mack My
ers, of Whiteville, c. L. Heath, OF
Acme, and Sam Owens, of Council,
hunting deer near Council station
in Bladen county with a spotlight.
He said that he placed all of them
under arrest.
At this point, he related, Buie
grabbed his gun and in the strug"
gle that ensued the gun went off,
shooting Buie in the left side.\
Carroll said that all six persons
were in the car with the spotlight
and that there was a high-powered
rifle in the automobile. He said
that he brought Buie to the hos
pital after the shooting.
The shooting took place about
2:30 am, and Buie reached the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16

The sheriff said the negro was
George Thomas, %, of Georgetown.
He was not taken to the Jail here.
Instead, the sheriff said, he was
rushed to the state penitentiary at
Columbia for safe-keeping. The
prisoner, the sheriff said, was
identified by the alleged victim.
The mob began forming about
dawn. Men went to the sheriff's
sleeping quarters and woke him;
then, despite the officers protest
that he did not have the suspect,
forced him to turn over all the ne
gro prisoners in the Jail, anyway,
to see if the woman could identity
her assailant among them.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
TROOPS CROSS BORDER
AS THEY FIGHT PARTS
OF GRAZzAM,S FORCES
Claims NibeiWa
Battle Hell On Earth
BY EDWARD KENNEDY
WITH THE BRITISH

BY EDWARD KENNEDY
WITH THE BRITISH
FORCES AT NIBEIWA IN
THE WESTERN DESERT,
EGYPT, d e c. Is R-An
Italian officer, captured here
last week when t h e British
opened their offensive, told me
today the battle which ragged
for an hour around Nibeiwa
was '"The nearest thing to hell
ever seen on this earth"
Nibeiwa is a strong desert
fortress from which the Ital-
ians had intended loosing their
thunderbolt against the Brit
list lines in Egypt.
1t was taken by surprise and
from what I hear the battle,
while not the greatest in Brit
aims smashing assault against
the Fascist troops in Egypt,
was perhaps the most. deci-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
ROOSEVELT TALKS
AT WARM SPRINGS
President Tells Patients He
May Spend Two Weeks
With Them In March

Warm SPRINGS, Ca, Dec. IS
1f'-President Roosevelt had a
ong telephone conversation with
secretary Hull in Washington to-
say and later told patients at the
, ma!oaflon for infantile paralysis
m.'ilns here he would spend two
"eekS with them in March eff the
world survives"
lne remark was made extern
ftmm%dneously in a short talk at a
tt~M,sneon, with no amplification to
n nsiea'e whether any special sig
~rrrdrce should be attached to it.
1nfee hours later the President
br pal'e for the national capital
special train. At the station he
IVntInna
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
+. R. Expected To Discuss
Question OF British Aid

p, WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. R-
a. administration officials said to-
vi. 'ney expected President Roose-
do, ~ discuss the question Of finan-
fl, a'o and increased material help
IN. aieat Britain in his Estate Of the
IN message to the new congress
nini ame, some believe, the ad-
a. Fatlon will let matters go along
NJ uney are now.
nrot Se sources Said the President
si,, "'4y would treat the c%ontrover-
Rem question of financial aid only in
,nsth terms, and suggest that
sftss De worked out by congress
er, consulting administrative lead
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
BLOCKADE COSTLY
TO GREAT BRITAIN
Maritime Source Says At
tacks By Axis Is Costing
$4,000 Tons Weekly

LONDON, Dec. 15-REThe Axis
blockade is costing Britain approx
mately $4,000 tons of shipping
weekly, a maritime source said to-
day, adding this is not going to
slow down our war effort although
we may have to tighten our BELTS
If an answer to the shipping raid
r is not found in more destroyers
for convoy duty or in permission
to use Irish ports, this source said,
Britain would simply put guns be-
fore butter"
An ~unspecified number of de-
stroyers is under construction, and
the effort to persuade the Irish
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: RAM and continued
cold Monday and Monday night. Tues
day cloudy somewhat warmer.
(By o.. 8. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
Temperature
1:3O a. m. 46; 7:3O a. m. 46; 1:3O p. m.
"a: 1870 p. m. So; maximum 81; mini
Mum A: mean 40; normal 40. ~
Humidity
1:3O a. m. "a; 7:30 p. m. 90; 1:30 p. m.
81; 1870 p. m. SO.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. m.
0O2 inches. Total since first Of the
month 0.39 inches.
Tides For Today
(From Tide Tables published by U. s.
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Wilmington - 1O:51a 5:36a
II :05p 6:22p
Masonboro Inlet ----- S:2Sa 2:2Oa
8:48p 2:5Sp
Sunrise lila; sunset sop; moon
rise Flip; moonset 8:24a.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. c., }
at 8 a. M, Dec. Is, 81 feet.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
SMITH RETURNED
TO GREENSBORO
Will Face Charges OF Con-
spring To Violate State
Anti-Lottery Laws

Guilford county authorities re-
turned George (Crip) Smith, describ'
ed as the head Of the numbers racket
over the state, to Greensboro about
noon yesterday to face charges OF
conspiring to violate the state anti.
lottery laws.
Smith, along with James Davis
and James Irving, negros, we're ar
rested here Friday night by sheriff's
officers on a similar charge.
Sheriff C.. David Jones said thai
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
AXIS MAY CARRY
WARFARE TO SEA
Italian Editor Says German
Navy Will Be Enlarged
In Near Future

ROME, Dec. 81. - Up - Virginia
Gayda, editor of the Rome newspa-
per II Giorndale.. d'Italia and often
regarded as premier Mussolini's
spokesman, indicated today the
Rome-Berlin Axis would carry the
war against Britain to the sea in
1941 with growing naval forces"
Gayda said the German navy
shortly would be enlarged with the
addition of two IS, 000-ton ~battleships
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
MEXICO, U. S. AID
PACT DISCUSSED
Is Expected To Shape Into
Far-Reaching Program Of
Full Collaboration

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 15-R-
A mutual defense understanding
between Mexico and the United
States, expected to shape into a
.far-reaching program of military
and economic collaboration within
the next year, was reported unotf-
cially today under discussion be-
tween Mexico City and Washing
ton.
A source close to the administra-
tor of President Manuel Avila Ca
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16

a few days to make a study Of
the situation.
Commissioner Wade said that
they had a very satisfactory con-
ference with RFC officials" and
said the officials will probably take
several days to study the lengthy
brief on the project submitted by
the Wilmington delegation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-16
War
Interpretive
BY W A E. M

BY EDWAKD e. BOMAK
Britain's latest moves to put
guns before butter" give added
point to the recent series of official
warnings on both sides Of the At
lantic that events ri shaping up
rapidly toward a new and decisive
crisis of the war, to be expected
by early spring.
Notice that England's meat ra-
ton is to be reduced further and
an estimate that her shipping loss
es have mounted to an average of
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Evening star., 1940-08-16
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK, AUG, l6 R.--The free
British pound climbed ! cent to Sd O342
today. only u cent below the price az
which ooe1 ocial Ia nk sterling may oe purcnaSeo
The current free price is the highest
since last fall.
Business commitments calling 1or pay
ment in free sterling have almost van
ished money dealers reported: Within a
month, observers prophesled. Tree Sterllne
will have disappeared and all dealings
by London financial authorities. 49,.
Hons Kons and Shanghai dollars, improyed
in relation to the o. we're G1f unchaneed
Late rates follow tGreat Britain II
dollars, others in cents):
Canada.
oficial Canadian Control Board rate:
for U. S. dollars; Buylns; ~ pei, per zen zen.
premium: selling. II per cent premium;
in New York of buying. g91 per cent; sell
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket l3's per cent discount, or so.o2h7
U. S. cents.
Great Britain. official bankers For
eign Exchange Committee rates., buylng'
500: selling, S4 4.O4; open market. cables.
4O3Ia Germany, 1000: toenevolentl
Is4o; Finland 20oni oe Greecei eortussi n 5sa; sa
Rumania, ASH: Sweden 23s7: Switzer-
land, % 80; Yugoslavia 2.3on.
Latin America.
Argentine. official 2917; fTee. ~ %
56a5Ii, 81 5i ofhcial, 600: iree' DUO MeAico'
Japan; 234s; Hons Kong 22.4l; shans-
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indlcated). n-Nominal.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Arms Company Plans
New Stock Issue

Harrington g. Richardson Arms
Co. has filed registration state
ment with the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, covering 160, 900
shares of Glass A stock of 81 par
value, of which 10000 shares will
be offered publicly. Barrett Her.
rick & Co., Inc, is named as the
underwater for the proposed offering
of the shares.
The company's present outstand-
ing capitalization consists of 44,720
of first preferred stock, 10000 shares
of Glass A stock Of 81 par value and
$50, 900 shares of common stock of
no par value.
Net proceeds from the proposed
financing will be applied to the re-
demption of the company's first pre-
ferred stock, payment of bank loans,
for engineering, development and
tooling of new gun models, and for
purchase of additional machinery
and equipment. The balance will be
used for additional working capital.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Retail Trade Runs
6 10 10 Per Cent
Above 1899 Levels
Unit Volume Increase
And Higher Prices Help
Boost Expansion
q, the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Holding at
better than seasonal levels, the
weeks retail trade throughout the
Nation ran to 10 per cent ahead
Of the corresponding period last
year, Dun g. Bradstreet reported to-
day.
An increase in unit volume as well
as a slightly higher average of
the survey pointed out.
Retailers reports" it continued,
Commented frequently on the evi-
dent willingness of customers to buy
better-grade merchandise. A mild
'trading-up' tendency was noted
particularly in industrial sections
and included not only ready-to-wear
but durable home furnishings, ra-
dios and electrical appliances.
Transactions in wholesale mar
kets indicated that retailers unwil-
lingness to make commitments con-
tinued to lag behind the actual i'm
provement in retail trade. Under
current buying procedure spot de-
mand has a more prominent place
than usual in almost all lines of
merchandise.
"The' frequency of requests for
hurried delivery reflects the mar
row stock margins on which op-
erations are being conducted"
Evening star., 1940-08-16
American Foundry
Net for Six Months
Totals S580,625
Consolidated Oil Corp.
Reports S2,030, ,027
Income for Half
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Americen
Machine & Foundry Co. today re-
ported net profit for six months
ended June 80 of s580,625, including
dividends received from Interna-
tional Cigar Machinery Co. IA subs
sidiary), but exclusive of propor-
tionate earnings of International
Cigar Machinery Co. not declared
as dividends. This equalled SO cents
a capital share. In the first half last
year the company and subsidiaries
earned S3l5,084, after deduction Of
homecoming charges of s161 900,
equal to 81 cents share. The cons
pany makes tobacco fabricating and
other machinery in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Consolidated Oil Corp. If
Consolidated Oil Corp. and Sub
sidiaries. Nationwide marketers Of
petroleum products, reported for the
six months ended June 80 net in-
come of s2.080,027, equal to IS cents
a share on the common stock. con-
trasted with loss of S872,67l nj
the first half of 1885,
Included as homecoming income
was S850,513 arising from the sale
of wholly-owned subsidiaries to
Mexican government" 4
The Mexican government petrol
cum agency in May announced an
initial payment of $1,000, 900 had
been made toward total of s8,5OO,s
600 agreed as compensation for the
Sinclair properties taken over by
Mexico. Z
Harry F. Sinclair heads Consoli-
dated as chairman of the Executive
Committee.
Vanadium Corp. of America.
Vanadium Corp. Of America and
subsidiaries for the six months
ended June 80 showed profit of
s916,690, equal to s243 a share on
the capital stock, against a profit
of s380,095, or s101 a share, in the
initial six months last year.
The company owns the worlds
largest vanadium deposits in Peru
and plants at Bridgeville, Pa; Mag
ara Falls, N. Y, and in Colorado.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Commodity Prices

prssE sEw wsssd Y4Rs ASs Prss
35 commodities today declined to os'o3
'"fT Previous day day; se4o; week ago; g 1884;
1910; 1899; 1898. 1s33-37.
HuN E5sh ss:6s ss6s s57s ss7s $3.50 $3.50 All al
usGs uSiss.1I.psss, sye5sss eqSs1i MsIk1ts ieoo
pressure of general selling today. Com,
mission house liquidation was prompted
by weakness in securities and outside mar
position. Final prices were 13 to IA lower.
October. s9.6b: December, STD; March,
Spot, standard tops. 97.O. OF 1.5.
ZINC-Futures closed unchanged to 81
6.45b; December, S.3ob.
He Ssss a ead aaet ane tin SANTOS aaases No.
ea.-7: Rio No; = .5h. Cost and freishts
etferinss dEsa incluaed s6 Santos Bourbon ss and
Sales. 5000 bass. September. 5.11; De-
Rio No ! IA. futures lower. Sales,
'oS eR1bE Ss6i PssfmRss R1sBEFasnies a1sn closed
lower to 6 higher. Sales, No. standard,
As contracts, September, 19.54b; Decem-
'ei smoked ribbed spot. 10 sen - -
ssR5s@OeE Ssmssal s,41 a.4s@0' october 247'; No.
SocoAm5Fqtures ,ses,.r closed 81 oe Lower: Ds:
ceRseS RSW a1pfutuTes sn Msrse eSsa eSsed 474s low
se eer sslss sSs loss0SSee Dses@Se1 psaaas Msfeh
SCOT, No. Western light native cows
b Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Army and Navy Orders
Put Mills al Capacity

BS the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. l6.-United
States Army and Navy orders for
fabrics have taken the capacity of
a number of wooden mills, the New
York Wool Top Exchange reported
today.
with the Army insisting on
quick delivery" the report said. 1T
now appears that considerable
loomage will be tied up over the
remaining months of the year"
Some knitting mills are buster
than they have been in years filling
Government orders for wool socks,
it was noted.
The military business. it was
said, has offset slack in buying for
civilian requirements.
The National Association of Wool
Manufacturers announced the in
dustry added $500 workers to it's
pay rolls in June and 100000 to
the weekly pay rolls.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Desultory
selling dragged most bonds down
fractions to more than point to-
day in a market plainly uneasy over
the big-scale bombing of England.
Many traders, rather than operate
In the dark, stayed out of the deal
ings awaiting fuller disclosure Of
the effects of the aerial fighting
and British chances of holding out.
British Empire bonds generally
were in a narrow range, with minor
gains and losses showing in late
trading.
Rails slipped and losses of more
than point were recorded in
Mobile e. Ohio SIS of 1888, Pitts
burgh & West Virginia 4l2s and
New York Central 412s of 20l3.
Among the losers were Common
wealth Edison convertible 3i2s Of
'58, Columbia Gas e. Electric IS of
'61, New York Steam 3l2s, Portland
General Electric 4l2s, Firestone Tire
312s, Illinois Central 434s and
Southern Pacific 412s of SO.
Gamers included International
Paper SIS. Goodrich 4ils. Missouri
Kansas-Texas SIS of 80, Frisco 4l2s
of '78, Texas Corp. IS and Western
Union IS OF IS.
German, japanese and Canadian
1oanS inclined 6OW11Ua r6 while
Australian issues improved,
United States Governments float
ed through narrowly mixed price
territory.
A few loans carried gains to the
close. Ending fractions to around
point higher were Walworth 4s, at
SO; Loew's 312s, at 103; Armour
Oelaware) as of '55, at 102, and
Nickel Plate 512s, at 63l4.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Consumer Demand
Moves Pork Prices
Near 1939Leve|s
July and August Sales
Offset Influence Of
Increased Receipts
BY WILLIAM H. LOCHNER,

ASSOCIATED treSS Market writer.
CHICAGO, Aug. l6.-Consumer
demand was credited today with
moving hog and pork prices near
last years levels and in some cases
above them.
The demand has increased suf-
ficiently during July and August to
offset the influence of increased
receipts. Receipts at principal mar
kets are we'll in excess of those of
a year ago, and Federally inspected
slaughter of hogs has likewise in
creased.
With the exception of the two
hot periods near the end of July,
top hogs have hovered around the ST
per hundredweight mark, which is
slightly under top prices of a year
ago but the highest level of this
year. Drove cost has run slightly
under or over the Sc mark, but
week for week has been higher than
a year ago and now is more than
dollar higher.
Price ABOVE year Ago.
Top price Wednesday was S6.85,
as compared with S6.55 a year ago,
and drove cost Tuesday was S6.13,
compared with $4.95 a year ago. In
contrast to these levels the top sank
to a low of $500 on June 20, when
average cost was well below the S5
mark.
Although higher wholesale pork
loin prices are seasonal at this
time, best loins are now quoted at
81 cent a pound, or 3 cents below
last years levels and the best level
of this year. Market analysts do
not look for any repetition Of the
sensational price rise in pork which
occurred at the end of August and
the beginning of September last
year, when prices rose to 80 cents
pound, even though some pack
ers now look to heavier pork orders
from Army sources as a result of
the training program.
Market analysts said the heavier
consumer demand is direct re-
suit of higher income. which is in
creasing at greater rate than
pork production, although the lat
ter is still higher than consump-
ton.
Heaviest Stocks Since 1884.
Although stocks of pork on Au-
gust /, totaling 548,77l 900 pounds,
were the heaviest for that date
since 1884, they were not heavy
enough to counteract the greater
consumer demand and effect lower
prices, market analysts said.
Hog slaughter and receipts dur
ing July, although well in excess of
a year ago, showed steady declines
from the previous month. This
bears out Government estimates
that the 1910 pig crop would be
smaller than year ago but still
larger than the 10-year average,
indicating that supplies may run in
excess of normal for at least an
other year.
Heavy hog slaughter, however, has
indirectly effected lower lard prices,
inasmuch as domestic consumption
and exports, reduced considerably
by the war, have not been great
enough to reduce very heavy stocks
of lard.
Lard prices recently have been
at the lowest levels since 1888, be-
ing quoted at less than S cents a
pound, compared with peak of 81
cents last year and more than II
cents in 1885. In 1888 lard sold
below cents a pound.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Figures
What TheyMeon
~ private wire direct to The staI
By JOHN L. BECKLEY,
Associated Press Statisticisn.

NEW YORK, August 16.-The Sc
curities business has gotten its first
break in six years. That's how
Wall Street today viewed the rider
to the investment trust bill which
gives the S. E. c. the power to
waive or reduce the 20-day regis
traticn period for new security is
sues.
Ironically, the rider giving the
investment banking industry this
concession was attached to bill
bringing another section of the Sc
curities business, investment trusts,
definitely under Federal supervision
and control.
Nevertheless the investment COM
munity saw in its passage some
cause for rejoicing. 1t was the first
relaxation of what the street con-
siders "burdensome restrictions"
since the Securities Act of 1888 was
eased into a workable form by the
amendments passed in 1884.
Not Too Optimistic.
After such a long dry spell the
investment bankers were able to
squeeze some drops of comfort out
of this concession to their de-
mands. Spokesman for the indus
try said it reflected the growth Of
a more informed public opinion
concerning the essential functions
of the machinery for distribution
of securities.
But while the change was hailed
as a step in the right direction, the
investment banking fraternity was
not too optimistic over the benefits
which might spring from it. AS
one of them said:
1T all depends on how the S. E.
C. uses its discretion to shorten
the registration period. If, as we
have reason to believe, it is in a
mood to cooperate, the waving of
the 20-day period will materially
speed the offering of new issues.
However, there is still the detail
and red tape of registration, which
take at least four to six weeks,
even though the waiting period is
entirely eliminated. Private place
ment of securities directly with
large purchasers avoids this delay
and enables big borrowers to be sure
of catching the market at favor
able moment"
Growth of Private Placement.
Private placement of securities
with large buyers, principally in
surance companies. is direct out
growth of New Deal security legis-
lation, investment bankers contend.
Private sales first attained sizable
volume in 1897, when they ac-
counted for 1877 per cent of total
capital f1otations.
The 20-day waiting period plus
time and expense involved in reg
istration has inf1ueced many COM
paies to place their issues private
ly. In some cases, bankers con-
tend, they could have obtained a
better price through public offer
ing and would have chosen that
method If it had been possible to
place their securities on the market
propmtly at an advantageous mo-
ment.
In the growth of private place.
ments, which eliminate their serv-
ices, underwriters have witnessed
large inroads into their bread and
butter. In 1888 direct sales in
creased to 31.8 per cent of total new
issues and in 1889 reached 33.1 per
cent.
In the first seven months of 1910
private placements fell off to 20
per cent of total volume, but that
is still far too large to suit the
investment bankers. The way they
look at 1t, 1t is almost one-third of
their rightful business.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

0y TIC hooONldlCd
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Crashing as
much as 5 cents a bushel, wheat
prices today plunged to the lowest
levels since late in August a year
ago as the market reeled under the
impact of heavy selling movement
that accompanied increasing inten-
sity of the war over Britain.
September wheat tumbled as low
as 667s, more than IL cents below
the minimum level at which it was
pegged for three weeks following the
price break of mid-May. This fig
ure was about IA cents below the
Government loan rate for deliver
able grade of wheat here.
Although the market rallied after
the midsession break, wheat closed
27s-32s lower than yesterday, Sep
tember, 68l2-68ss; December, 7014 =
701a. Corn closed ls-9s down, Sep
tember, 60ls -601.; December 54As:
oats unchanged to 4 down and rye
pa lower.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Utility Declares Dividend

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (SpeciaD -
Directors of General Water, Gas &
Electric Co. today declared a divi-
dend of Is cents per share on the
common stock and the regular quar-
terly dividend Of rs cents per share
on the So preferred stock, both pay
able October /, 1910, to stockholders
Of record September u, 1910.