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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, June 27-(R-The
british pound jumped 26 cents to-
LAY in relation to the United States
blar.
Traders in the .'free" foreign ex-
Aange market, tying Canadian
ssurrency to the improvement in
DE pound, bought up the Cana
Nan dollar, raising it's price 3.75
" 5. cents to a quotation OF 85.5o
tents.
The Swiss franc also gained. rls.
as .O5 of a cent. The nominal
Rotation of 4O.10 cents to the Ger
nan mark was unchanged.
Closing rates follow Great Brit
I'm in dollars. others in cents:
treat Britain, demand unquoted,
,,s0les 400, 60 day unquoted. w
'ssy unouoted. Belgium unquoted,
pennark unquoted, Finland 2.Oon'
rance VA unquoted. Germany 4O.oo'
aelherlands unquoted. Norway un-
!:aaoted, Portugal 3.90n, Rumanla
d, sa. Sweden 1888. Switzerland
HO5, Yugoslavia 2.35n.
Argentina official 29.07, free 21.50
sqa Brazil official Cos, free $40.
IeSlco 20.75n: Japan 23.48, Hong
'0ng 24.78, Shanghai $50.
Rates in spot cables unless
Vaerwise indicated).
N'nominal. 4
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N. Y. OIL

NEW YORK, June 27-R-
detachable cottonseed oil futures
advanced 8 to 9 points today as
trade interests promptly absorbed
liquidation of July delivery.
Firmness in lard and hogs and
the official estimate for a smaller
1910 pig crop attracted support.
July finished at Gosh; Septem-
Der GIG; October 6.20b; December
6.25b; January 6.27b (B-bid).
Crude oil was firmer. Buyers
were reported. at S IA cents a
pound in the southeast and valley,
up l-8 of a cent. Texas quoted S
cents nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. June 27-R0Hogs
reigned IS to Is cents higher to-
day, the top price advancing to
the highest point of the year
$500. Fat steer prices advanced
Is cents in an extremely active
market. Spring lambs again sold
strong to IS cents higher.
Hog receipts totaled IS, 900 with
1900 consigned direct to packers.
Shippers took 1,500 and holdovers
amounted to 1000. The gener-
al market was fairly active. Pack
ing sows were 10 to IS cents high
er The top price for best pork
loins remained at $13 per hundred
weight.
Everything carrying flesh W a S
in broad demand in the cattle mar
ket. Heifers were strong to Is cents
higher. Cows were strong, bulls
strong to IS cents higher, and veal
ers active to Is cents higher. Light
steers topped $11.15.
GUS. Dept. Agr.) - Sa1able hogs
1000; total 5000; general mar
ket fairly active; Is: to Is higher
than Wednesdays advance; pack
ing sows 10 to IS higher; top $50;
most good to choice 200 to 270 Id.
weights $40 to SIS; 270 to 800 lbs.
SIS to As; 472 lbs. butchers 4.70;
100 to 200 lbs. largely 5.25 to so;
light sows AIS and above; bulk
good $50 to 500 lbs. 4.25 to 70; ship
pers took 1900; holdovers 1000.
Salable cattle 5000; calves 1000;
very active market; steers Is high
err; instances more; everything
carrying flesh in broad demand to
both local and outside killers; heif-
ers strong to Is higher: cows
strong; bulls strong to Is higher;
and vealers active, Is higher; few
steers to killers under 900; top
Ills paid for light steers; best
yearlings 1890; numerous loads
1880 to HOO; then stockers dull,
and meaty vealers not wanted on
country account because of recent
sharp killer advance; best fed
heifers 1000; numerous loads g.
Is to IS; heavy sausage bulls to
TAO; 7.25 paid freely; light Gamer
cows 400 to SO; but weighty cutters
800 and better; good to choice
vealers $50 to IS strictly choice
kinds 1000.
Salable sheep 1000; native
spring lambs active; strong to IS
higher; bulk handweights 1915 to
Ills; light kind 1000 to Is; throw
outs $50 to $50; no westerns here;
short deck light weights fed old
crop lambs 8.75; others $50 to
500; two loads around 81 to rs
lbs. Oregon yearlings in feeder
flesh 6.75; fat native ewes 2.75 to
3.75; culls and old sheep $50 to
$50. 81
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LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, June 27.-tR-
Livestock: hogs Is cents higher;
good and choice 180-225 lbs. 5.30-5.50
top. 100-120 lbs. 3.50.4.00 120-140 lbs.
4.00-4.50, 140-160 lbs. 4.50-4.95; 100.
$50 lbs. 4.95-5.30; 225-250 lbs 4.80-
$50; 250-300 lbs. 4.50-5.00; over 300
lbs. .4.40-4. 80. .Sows under $50 lbs.
3.75-4.25; over $50 lbs. 3.25-3.75.
Cattle-light. Steady on COWS and
bulls. Weighty sausage bulls $3.50,
lights 5.50-6.00. Medium dairy type
cows around 4.50-5.50, Gamers and
cutters 100000. Vealers active. Top
on good and choice grades $50.
Medium grade spring lambs 8-8.50
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
f YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, June 27-(RLCot-
ton futures advanced moderately
today, recovering late in the day
from afternoon lows when trade
covering and scattered local buy
ing failed to attract offerings. FL
nal prices were 4 to 7 points high
er.
Supported by domestic mill and
foreign buying, prices followed a
steady course throughout the day
although liquidation cut into ex-
IRENE highs.
Cotton goods selling agents said
Worth street activity was limited
to price checking.
Exports yesterday totaled 5000
bales; season so far 6,278, 721. Port
receipts 3,044; port stocks 2,513,1 1852.
The range follows: 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
E YORK G

NEW YORK, June 81 Ill.,
A steadier market for raws helped
domestic sugar futures to gain a
little ground today. Trade interest
and operators were credited with
both buying and selling. Final quo
tations we're l point higher on sales
of $3.50 tons.
The world contract slid back at
ter a moderate early rise. The
close was barely steady, 3 points
net lower to l point higher. Sales
1900 tons. The July position was
under pressure from notice that
80 tenders will be issued tomorrow.
July closed at 81 LIB; September
SO LIB; December 1.02 LIB;
March 1.04b (B-bid.)
Two sales of raws yer reported
aggregating 1000 tons at 2.72 and
2.71 cents.
Basis price for refined remained
at 4.50 cents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
IN PORT

Steamer
(Italian) Villarpcrosa, 1921 tons.
libeled and partly loaded with cargo
of scrap iron, Cape Fear Shipping
company, agents.
Yacht
Drifter, 81 tons. at Wrightsville
Beach.
Gutter
Modoc, 1890 tons, U. S. coast guard
cutter, locked at customhouse wharf.
Barges
Monocacy and Harold loading, car
goes Of lumber at J. Herbert Bate
Lumber company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, June 27.-R5-SaIes,
closing price and net change of the
fifteen most active stocks today:
Packard, 43,400-3A; an.
Cornwlth and Sou, 20, 7O0-1k; no.
Loft, 16, 400-23% as.
US Steel, 8,700-51k; as.
Colum G and Ell, S,200-6h; Az.
United Corp, 7,700-2; dB.
Radio-Keith-O New, 1000 - ~;
no.
Elec Pow and 1t, 6,7oO-5%; al.
Gen Motors, 6,600-43A a1h.
United Airc, 6,4o0-33A; an.
Republic Steel, 5,500-16% ais.
Curtiss-W Wright, 5,300-7; no.
Std Oil N J, 4,900-33%; DIS.
Anaconda, 4,700-20A; aA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, June 27-iR-Dry
goods: further government buying
has resulted in price increases for
wooden goods and contributed to a
better demand for mems and wom-
ems wear. Cotton goods business
continues slow with mills maintain
ing asking prices. Garment cutters
purchased small amounts of rayon
summer dress goods and washable
fabrics while occasional orders
were written for silk sheers and
pure dye prints. !
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CASH GRAIN

Chicago, June q -R- No cash
wheat.
Corn No. l yellow IS to 66 IA,
No. l white IS "a to rs.
Oats mixed grade 30 IL; No. l
white IS to 35 IL; No. 8, 50 IL to
"a IA: No. 4, 81; sample grade,
80 IA.
Barley mailing 40 to Sc nominal;
feed IS to 43 nominal.
Soy beans No. 2 yellow 80 "a;
No, 8. 80 IL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
LIVE POULTRY

NEW YORK, June 27-R-Live
poultry firm. By freight: fowls,
colored 10; leghorn IS. Old roosters
IS. Turkeys, hens 10. Ducks IL.
BY express: chickens rocks %;
crosses 20-21; reds 81. Broilers,
rocks 10 IL to 20; crosses 10;
reds II; leghorn II to 10. Fowls
colored 10; leghorn Is IL to II,
southern IA to IS. Pullets, rocks
small Is to 20. Old boosters 1918.
Turkeys, hens 10. Ducks II. l
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, June 27-RETur-
pentine firm 26 IL; offerings 267;
sales II; receipts 172; shipments
/, $40; stock 9,166. Rosin firm; Of
ferings $50 all sold; receipts 658;
shipments 1,434; stock 172,413.
Quote: B, $40; D. $40; E, $50;
F, G., 3.75; H, I, K, $50; M, 4.2O
to IS; N, 4.70; WIG, 500; WV, 5.65;
x. $50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, June 27-R-Mod-
crate business done in spot cotton,
prices 7 points higher. Quotations
in pence: American, strict good
middling 1928; good middlng 7.8;
strict middling 7.73; middling 1853:
street low mddlng 7.53; low md
ding 1928; strict good ordinary
6.48.
Futures closed unchanged to 10
higher. July 7.28; Oct, ITO; JAN,
6.83. l
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INWARD BOUND
Barge

Barge
Proctor from New York with
cargo of lubricating oil, Southeast
ern Shipping Service. agents.
Beatrice, 2,18S tons, from Puerto
Rico via Jacksonville with general
cargo, c. D. Maffitt and company,
agents.
Marjory, 1894 tons. from West
Indies with general cargo, c. D.
Maffitt and company, agents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, June 27-R-(U.
S. Dept. Agr.)-Hogs 800. 10 cents
higher. Good and choice ITO to 210
lbs. 5.55 to $50; top $50; 220 to
24O lbs. $50 to 5.55; $50 to 800 lbs.
4.8O to 5.35; $50 to 100 lbs. SIS to
$40; 40 to $50 lbs. 400 to 555; 100
to 40 lbs. 4.65 to 400; 100 to 100
lbs. $50 to ATS; packing sows $40
to 4.20.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
UTILITIES AND RAILS ADVANCE MARKET
POLITICAL FUTURE
APPEARS BRIGHTER
Traders Are Not So Pessimis-
tic over The European
War Developments
py FREDERICK GARDNER

1FW YORK, June Fl. - Up -
.,cks rallied moderately in today's
.,orket as traders felt a bit better
.,ording domestic politics and not
nossimistic over European war
Equipments.
Gains for ~aircrafts, utilities, rails,
majors and %specialties ran to 2 or
.,ore points at the best. These were
.h,vpd in most cases at the close
I'd volume was negligible through
out.
The Associated Press average of
ia issues was up 8 of a point at
AS. Transfers of 441,O20 shares
n~onpared with 634,900 yesterday
..apn the trend was downward.
Many in Wall street, brokers said,
,,d the idea a Constructive" candi.
ate would win at the republican
o,nvention and a revival of hope
here had much to do with putting
MODS under the share list. At least,
he battle at Philadelphia took some
+ the edge off the overseas con-
fict.
continuance of European peace
alk in boardrooms- was believed by
most observers to have remained as
the principal bullish handicap, es-
,ecially for some of the so-called war
socks which had. trouble in making
be recovery grade. Rejecting partly
the idea Hitler and the British might
ome TO terms was a sharp upswing
in the free pound sterling and
canadian dollar in terms Of United
Safes currency. The new turn in
Rpssian-R umanian affairs seemingly
ras more p~uzzling than depressing
narketWise.
Business news at home continued
~ncouraging, although some quarters
gsgested 2. let-down might be in the
1fing. Helpful was a more than
aasonal increase in last weeks
teight loadings. the total touching
new 1910 high for the third con-
eutive week.
Steels. while wavering occasionally
hiring the session, were aided by
breasts mill operations would hold
hove so per cent of capacity during
fry and August. Expectations OF
nearby rebound in power con-
mption as rearmament spending
|as under way, together with wish
b thinking" on politics, were said to
I'VE benefited utilities. Aircrafts
blk a new lease on life as opinion
las expressed this industry, despite
be s per cent profit limitations on
Enernment- orders. would show sat
Eactery net earnings.
4mong prominent share gamers
ere Douglas Aircraft, J. c. Pen
by. Glenn Martin, Consolidated Edi-
En. North American, Public Serv-
lie of N. j., Great Northern Penn
F~lvania, DUPONT, General Motors.
|~nrysler and Montgomery Ward.
Eackard was active at a minor adj
Eance on further reports the COM
any would go into airp1ane and ma
line engine building.
Edging upward in the curb were
american Cyanamid 3d." Electric
Bind and Share. Jones and Laughlin,
Phoenix Securities and St. Regis
2arer. Turnover here was around
1900 shares against $4,000 the day
|tctora
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RETURNS HOME.

BOSTON, June 27. Up - Seven
teen-year-old Sally Sears returned
to her home today after her socially
mother, Mrs. Evelyn Sears
Of Boston and Hamilton had APP
pealed to the police to find her.
Failure of Mrs. Sears to receive a
p~re-arranged telephone call after re-
ceiving a telegram from her daugh-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
PLANE TRIPS

PANAMA., June 27-R-An un-
specified number of U. S. army
planes will take off at dawn to-
morrow or a trip to Central Ameri-
can capitals. They are to return
July 2. Official sources said it was
routine training"
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Shipping News
CLEARED AND SAILED
Tankers

C. B. Watson, 1882 tons, light for
Texas City after discharging cargo
of gasoline and petroleum products,
Cape Fear Terminal company,
agents.
Tri-Mountain, 1894 tons, light for
Houston after discharging cargo of
gasoline and petroleum products,
Cape Fear Shipping company,
agents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28

Senator Styles Bridges of N W
Hampshire, at the close of the
second ballot at the republican
convention today, released his de-
legates and urged them to vote
for Wendell Willkie. 3
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MIDDLING COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, June q -R-
rIe average price of middling
~lo inch cotton at ten designated
spot markets today was
naa ee higher at 1868 cents a
r~u,o; average for the past 80
10 days was 1924: middling
y inch average 1919.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
Omen High LOW Close
EGGS

NEW YORK, June 27-tR-Eggs
1885; steady. Mixed colors: fancy
to extra fancy 1922; extras II ID
to 3-4; storage packed frsts II to
II IA; graded frsts 16 IL to 3-4;
current receipts IS IL to 81; me-
diums Is IA; dirties No. 1, 16; av-
erage checks IA IL to IS. /
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N. O. OIL

NEW ORLEANS, June 27-RH
Cottonseed oil closed steady
detachable prime summer yellow
900 nom; prime crude SIS. July
5.59b, Sep. Sob, Oct. 5.73b, Dec.
5.77b.
B.bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
POTATOES

BALTIMORE, June 27-R-Po.
tatoes (new)-slightly weaker. 100
Id. sacks cobblers U. S., Is bright
1.25 to 1.35 hu. bas. cobblers u. S.
Is, IS to 80. Rest unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
POTATOES

BALTIMORE, June 27-(R-Po-
tatoes mew)-slightly weaker. 100
Id. sacks cobblers U. S., Is bright
1.25 to 1875 bu. bias. cobblers U. S.
Is, IS to 80. Rest unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, June 27-R-
Peanut quotations: jumbos $50 to
4; bunch 3 IL to $50; runners 3 IA
to 3 3-8. Market steady.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
BUTTER AND EGGS

CHICAGO, June 7-R-Butter,
], 102, AL, firm, prices unchanged.
Eggs, 22,031, steady, prices I'M
changed.
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SPOT

NEW ORLEANS, June 27|R-
Spot cotton closed steady and I'M
changed. Sales 218. Low mlddllns
9. 80. middling 1920. good middling
|11.35, receipts 1880, stock 616,214.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, June 27.-LR)-
Trade buying and covering advanced
cotton futures today and closing
prices were steady / to 8 points net
higher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-28
CHICAGO LARD

joron CAGO, JUNE 27-lR- L d
Ives o'S5: loose $40; bellies 500.
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cotton, 1850

CHARLOTTE COTTON
CHARLOTTE, June 27.-LP-Spot
cotton, 1850. p
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ter from Philadelphia, led her to ask
the aid Of Boston police in a search.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-05
Military Men Visit Men denhaII Flats in Sur
 veY Today 400 ((( W0RKMEN
 FOR METLAkATLA
Half Million Dollars Listed for KetChikdn Dis
 tri(t Field

An Army airfield on the Menden- hall Flats is apparently definitely planned project for the near future, it was apparent today, as service engineers made a visual survey of the site, but it appears that con- struction of the field hinges on the question of which arm of the Gov ernment will undertake the job.
 Examining the site this after noon were Major Dale Gaffney Commander of Ladd Field air force who arrived here from Fairbanks Saturday; Col. B. c. Dunn, District Engineer from the United States Engineers Office in Seattle, and West Point Professor Major John Paul Dean. who arrived here yes- terday on the Baranof after in- specting the Annette Island air field project; and C. A. Rosto, of the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
 Major Gaffney declared this morning that construction of an Army landing field here is con- tingent only on favorable Congress sional action on the recommenda- ton for the project in Rivers and Harbors monies.
 Gaffney expressed the belief that facilities for servicing Army planes are definitely required here and will be installed, but a matter of construction jurisdiction is appar- ept
 Site Surveyed
 Civil Aeronautics Authority en- gineers have surveyed the site. Ter ritorial engineers have examined the possibilities. U S. Engineers have made exhaustive study of the plan to dredge a small boat chan nel and use the tailings to build up an airport. The Army itself has made it's own survey.
 Roughly, the airfield project would involve construction of two or three mile-long runways, using the pres ent Pacific Alaska Airways airport as the base point from which to work
 CAA official Rosto, who has spent the past two weeks touring the In- terior, described the airfield poten- tialities at Mendenhall as beau tiful."
 When constructed, the Juneau field will represent with Metlakatla, Yakutat, and possibly at some fu-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-05
CONDITIONS pR0pITI0Us
 FOR ATTACK
Weather, Tides Now Ripe for Great Assault to
 Be Made on Isles
(By Associated Press)

Weather and tidal conditions make the time propitious for the Nazi invasion of the British Isles. No indication of the time when the strike will be made, however, is seen.
 The British Air Force reports the Germans are busy preparing { for the invasion at French ports. also in Norway. The British are ready, says the War Ministry.
 Royal Air Force planes kept smashing at continental objectives over the weekend to hinder the as- saults.
 The British report three Nazi planes were shot down over Eng land during Sunday and that one British plane was downed in the battles.
 The Berlin report declares that much damage was done Sunday in Southern England by Nazi air raid CTS and admit British planes pene- trated northern and western Ger many but aver that although many bombs were dropped the damage caused was exclusively against non- military oblectives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-05
pr. Frederick A. Cook,
 Ardit Explorer, Passes
 Away After Long Illness

LARCHMONT, N. r., Aug. 5.-Dr. Frederick A. Cook, onetime Arctic explorer, died here today after an illness of many months. During his illness, President Roosevelt h granted him a full pardon.
 pr. Cook came into world pron1- thence in September, 1909, through his announcement that he had dis covered the North Pole, only to be shorn later of all the honors that had been heaped upon him because of his claim to that achievement.
 Five days after Dr. Cooks an- nouncement, a similar one was made made by the late Admiral Robert E. Peary, the claims of the rival explorers precipitating one of the most spectacular and wide spread controversies involving the long search for the top of the earth.
 Messages Out of Arctic
 The two men gave their messages to the world while enroute to civi- lization from the north frigid zone, Dr. Cook being on his way to Den mark and Admiral Peary at Indian Harbor, Labrador. When they reached points whence it was pos sible to give more details of their explorations Dr. Cook claimed to have discovered the pole on April 2l. 1908 one year and five months before he had sent out his first message. Admiral Peary announced that his discovery of the pole was made on April G. 1909, just five months to the day before he was in a position to tell of it.
 Claim Denied
 Eventually, the data submitted by pr. Cook was held to be insuf- ficient to substantiate his claim that he had been at the pole and | Admiral Peary insisted that when he was there in April, 1909, he could find no evidence of any one having preceded him to the spot. The claim of Dr. Cook after that generally was discredited, while the data submitted by Admiral Peary was accepted by the National Geo. graphical Society and he was there after accepted as the discoverer of the North Pole.
 pr. Cook began his life of adven- ture shortly after he concluded his medical courses He was appointed surgeon of the Peary Arctic Expe- dition in 1891 and thereby gained his first experience in the North Polar regions. In 1893 he led an expedition along the west coast oi Greenland and made a second visit to that section in 1894. Three years later he went as surgeon with the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, where he remained until 1899. For his
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-05
MILITARY TRAINING
 Up,5 SENATE
Committee Sends Measure for Attion- -Regisfrd-
 lion from 21 10 30

WASHINGTON, Aug, 5. - The Military Affairs Committee today voted 12 to 3 to send to the Sen- ates floor, the Burke -Wadsworth Compulsory Military Training Bill.
 The measure as finally arranged, requires registration of about 12,- 100000 men from 21 to 30 years, in elusive.
 The action clears the way for the consideration of the measure by the Senate this week along with the belated m easure contemplating Presidential authority to call the National Guard into active training.
 Considerable opNosition to the two measures is expected on the floor of the Senate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-05
! ARRESTS NOW MADE
 ON PACIFIC
Investigation of 22 Months Is d-Assdssind-
 lions Planned

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. B. District Attorney Burton Pitts an- nounces that the investigation Of Communistic activities in Southern California that has been underway for p months has resulted in the arrest of two men and the accumu- lation of startling amount of evil dence" pointing to a plot to assas- sinate prominent Americans and violently overthrow the govern ment.
 Britain Webster, longShoreman, has been jailed in connection with the five-year- staying of an anti red maritime unionist, John Riley, of San Pedro, who was beaten and kicked to death in free-for-all be- tween five unionists and 30 Com munists to gain control of the San Pedro union.
 Clyde Champion, San Joaquin Valley Cannery Workers leader, was arrested Saturday at Bakers field.
 Officials decline to make detail statement on the charges but Pitts said the grand jury will meet to- morrow to hear mass of evidence about efforts to influence Hollywood film personages toward Commun- istic ends, and capture and destroy labor unions.
 Red leaders are sought in San Francisco. Portland and Seattle.