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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
ADVANCE Ut Shipbuilding And Shipping Shares Brightens Market

James Walker Memorial hospital,
and 18th street passes in front of
the newly erected Community hos
pital.
After passing 18th street h e
route would go so far east as
to become circuitous.
On 10th street a number of prop
erty owners have p%etitioned for the
paving of streets and are willing
to pay their share of the cost.
There are not petitions for the
paving of any of the lnpaved Sec
tons of 18th street.
Under the agreement with A..
F. Powell, district highway COM
missioner, the city would be re-
quired to pave all unpaved streets
to be used south of MacRae street
and Powell will attempt to get the
state highway and public works
commission to pave those needed
north of MacRae street and have
all the sterets made a part OF the
state highway system.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
PRICES SCRAMBLED
IN BOND EXCHANGE
S%elective Buying In Second
Grade Rails Keeps Aver
ages On Firm Ground

NEW YORK, Dec. A. Up The
bond market tugged and hauled both
ways today and ended with price
changes we'll scrambled.
Selective buying in second grade
rails and a scattering of miscellan'
eous corporates served to keep the
Associated Press averages on firm
ground. Rails and industrials were
unchanged and utilities scored a
minor gain.
Continued sluggishne~s of the
stock market was a restraint on
general buying activities but low
yield liens and U. S. governments
seemed to be favorably regarded in
view of reports from underwriting
quarters of a good disposal of the
several large new corporate issues
placed on the market the last few
days.
Fractionally higher at the close
were Consolidated Edison 8 LIS Of
As at LOG, Commercial Mackay De
bentures at Al 1-2, Santa Fe As of g;
at 1Os "a, Allegheny Corp. Stamped
As of '49 at 80 IL and Walworth As
at Is rs.
Rio Grande Western As and Spok
ane International first IS moved uI
1 ga and 4 respectively on fair &C
tivity.
Bonds losing a little ground in
cluded Nickel Plate 5 LIS at 70 ia
Western Union IS of 80 at II
Delaware & Hudson Refunding a:
at 4S and Chesapeake & Ohio 3 LIS
at lO4 IL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-R-Cash
wheat No. / red "a 81; corn No. :
mixnd g. IA to 81 IL; No. l yellow
Sc 3-4 to 81 IA; No. 2 yellow 81;
No. 4, SO IA to g. IL; No. S
So to SO "a: No. 4 white &c II tc
7; No. 5, IS "a; sample grade,
81 to Sc.
Oats No. 1 mike extra heavy
80 IA; No. l mixed heavy 80 IA;
No. l white 40; No. l whit heavy
40; No. 2 white heavy 80 3-4 to 40;
No. 3 white 38 IA; No. 4 80 IL;
sample grade white heavy SO Ia
" ga.
Barley mailing 81 to Sc nominal;
feed AZ to 81 nominal; sammple
grade tough So; No. 2 mailing 81.
Soybeans No. 2 yellow 100 IA
to -; No. 3 SO IL to 100
sample grade, 81.
Field seed per hundred weight
nominal; timothy seed 3.75; alsike
900 to HOO; fancy red top 7.50 tc
300; red clover 800 to 1000; sweet
clover $50 to 400.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
252ND IS LOOKING
TO HOLIDAY LEAVE
Greater Part Of Regiment
May Move To Fl. Screven
In Near Future
BY JACK

FORT MOULTRIE, S. C. Dec.
4.-With Christmas a little more
than three weeks off, the bulk of
the 252nd regiment of Coast Artil-
lery is looking forward to possible
holiday leaves. The press reports
from Fort Bragg and Fort Jack
son state that men there h a v e
been given holidays from Deem
Der 81 to January 2. No leaves
have been mentioned at this point
as yet, although there is no known
reason as to why the same priv
leges should not be granted to this
station.
May Move Regiment
By way of grapevine communi-
cation it is understood that most
of the 252nd will be moved to Fort
Screven, Ca, within a very short
time, possibly before the end OF
this year.
Fort Screven is a typical d
coast artillery post. 1t is small.
compact, and with plenty of beau.
tiful foliage and palmettos. The old
barracks and officers quarters
are still being utilized. The origi.
nal batteries are to be seen in
their position alono the Atlantic
coast, just IS miles from Savan.
nah, Ga.
In Barracks
The first battalion, which has
been stationed there since Septem,
Der %, now occupies barracks. The
special units: Headquarters bat
terry and the Band, from Whining
ton, Service battery, Whiteville,
and the medical detachment from
Greensboro will also be in bar
acks. The remaining units, Sec.
ond and Third battalions, will be
housed in temporary wood-frame
tents, which, when equipped with
the funnel-shaped Sibley stove, will
be comfortable quarters for S x
men.
This regiment, among the first
to be called, has had ample op.
%portun;ty to become hardened sol.
diers. Due to good food, (Which
gets better as the books grow old.
er; plenty of exercise, sunshine,
and lots of rest, little illness has
been suffered among the troops.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Bank Seeks Receiver
For Hilton Lumber Co

The Wilmington Savings and
Trust company, and F. 3. Graham,
trustee, have filed suit in superior
court against the Hilton Lumber
company to collect S21,500 and in
terest from October 1.
The plaintiff alleges the defendant
borrowed $50, 900 on March Is, 1910
and gave a chattel mortgage on all
manufactured lumber, ard lumber
in the manufacturing process at the
Hilton Lumber company, and all logs
belonging to the company and those
to be cut. The plaintiff requests a
receiver be appointed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
FOREIGN

NEW YORK. Dec. 4-LP- The
Canadian dollar closed 1-16 cent
higher at s. 1915 United States
cents in foreign echange dealings
.oday,
The Argentine free pesos declin-
I'd % Of a cent.
Most other major foreign cur
1encifs were unchanged from the
previous day.
Closing rates follow Great Brit
ain II dolla.s; others in cents):
Canada: Official Canadian con-
troll board rates for U. S. dollars;
buying 10 per cent premium, SELL
ing II per cent premium, equival-
ent 10 discounts on Canadian dol
lars in New York of buyig 9.91 per
cent, selling 900 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 10 1-0 per cent dis
count or 86.93 3-4 U. S. cents.
Europe: Great Britain, official
bankers foreign exchange COM
mittee rates.; buying $4.O2, sell
ing s4,O4; open market, cables
ssO4; Germany 4O.05N; (benevol-
emit 1880; Finland 2.05N; Greece
.B6N;; Hungary 19.85N; Italy SOC;
Portugal 4.01; Rumania .48N; Swe-
dap 30 o., C--.1--l 90 81 :.
Yugoslavia 2.35N.
Latin America: Argentine Off
cial 29.77: free 1857; Brazil Off
clal Cos; free sos; Mexico 20.75N.
Far East: Japan 23.48; Hong
Kong 1854; Shanghai 500. <
Rates in spot cables unless
Otherwise indicated.)
Nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Johnson Is Transferred
To Naval Air Station

Wilton F. Johnson, of Elizabeth
town, has been transferred from
the naval training station at Nor
folk to the naval air station at
Jacksonville, Fla, for instruction
and duty. R. L. Deloach, local
naval recruiter, reported yester-
day.
Six recruits are home on leave
following completion Of prelimin-
airy training. They include: James
T. Gilbert, of Bolivia; Walter r..
Jackson, of Council; Marvin N.
Carter, of Pikeville; John F. Arnold
of Southport; Earl B. Fonvielle, of
Tabor City; and Refer E. Gore, of
Whiteville.
Enlistments during the weekend
included: William D. Wilson and
James H. Powell, of Magnolia;
Robert K. Peterson, of TomahaWk;
Isaac E. Ray, of Leland; and Ell
wood Taylor, of Rocky Point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Spanish War Vets Head
Will Visit Here Friday

Edward ]. Sharp, of Kannapolis.
department commander of the
North Carolina department of the
United Spanish War Veterans.
will make an official visit to Will
mington Camp No. 8 Friday night
at 8 o'clock.
The local commander of the
United Spanish War Veterans
camp has urged all members to
be present as Commander Sharp
will speak on matters of impor-
taEce to all members.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, Dec. 4-lR- GU. S,
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes, arrivals 81.
on tracF 427, total U. S. shipments
Sni supplies heavy; demand fair;
lOf Idaho russets u. S. No. / mar
ael slightly weaker. for u. S. No.
market about steady, for other
secaon market about steady or
utSl stock: Idaho russell Burbanks
~" >. No. l, LAT 10 to 5; Negras.
nd ollsS triumphs U. S. Mol, LAC
" ~; Minnesota and Nirth Dako.
ID ID COOLERS 80 to IS per cent U. S.
w. l. 9o to LOS; bliss triumphs &c
pVi cent or more U. S. No. l, sc
" W e5V; early Ohios 80 per cent
D. No. l, 95. Wisconsin Katah.
AAS U, S. No. /, 1.2O.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-R-Sales
closing price and net change OF the
fifteen most active stocks today:
Comwlth and Sou ia, 5000; D LIS
Int Mel Marine 1S. 800 ii; A u.
U s Steel II, 4Oo-67%; A a:
U S shipbldg 1o,2oo-25%; A 1%
United Corp 8,800-1k; no.
Loft S,4OO-21; A Is.
Repub Stl 7,200-22A; A Il.
Consol Eds 7,100-22; no.
Std Oil Ind 6,2O0-26A no.
North Am Co 6,000-17; A X.
Woolworth 5,SO0-31%; D u.
Socony Vac 5,700-8%; A IS.
Greyhound 5,7OO-11A; %.
General Motors 5,3OO-49%; no.
Gen Elec 5,3OO-32B; D Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Fair, Warmer Weather
Is Forecast For Today

The mercury skidded to a new low
for the season here yesterday, going
to "a degrees, but weather bureau Of
ficials forecast an END to the cold
weather last night by predicting that
today will be fair and warmer.
A low temperature of 81 degrees
is expected early this morning.
Gentle to moderate northeast and
easterly winds will predominant to-
day.
Temperatures yesterday ranged
from a high of 48 to a low of "a
with the mean Is degrees below the
51-degree normal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDEX UNCLAIMED
y. shlpbulIding, Electric
poat And Other Marine
Issues Make Gains
~ FREDERICK GARDNER

WORK. Dec. 4.-CP-British
NJ" for American-built ships
dsl''' hoost to shipbuilding' and
sa'eo shares today and provided a
s1i+ s,o+ of action in an otherwise
Nl5. =, stock market.
,rr;nc fractional declines in the
h" ,i+, of issues-most of which
may ho1qnced off by rising moves
StI' tho close-were attributed in
pm" .oin to individual liquidations
'I' holdings for the purpose of year
VA TAX accounting.
CIV" w.. Associated Press average OF
,o.tod stocks remained unchang'
"5,u Transactions totaled $751;
eu chores compared with $4,000 yes
terde,y. ~, .u.,,
l,me represented large-scale trans.
n,s of commonwealth and Southern
...f, closed with its price unchans'
,,.boueh it was lie point off
.sro,eh most Of the day.
Tho final bell found the steel group
,.od nv virtually the same frac-
.:,ns with which the session started,
singing 10 a close a series OF fluc'
.,,a+ions which carried the issues re
nsstedIy above and below the water
line,
small lifting influences appeared
,,.o in the day after Secretary Jesse
LIMOS commented that he considered
.ba British government a good risk
and that this years volume OF
CHRISTMAS business will shatter all
nrevious records"
Steel shareholders were interest ]
in a report by the magazine Iron
Voc that the steel industry and its
,,,stomer we're experiencing no
steel shortage" and that it could
produce 10000. 900 tons of steel ingots
in 1871 with present facilities.
Gamers included n. Y. Shipbuild'
inc Electric Boat, International Me
camille Marine. American Hawaiian
Steamship. Loft. Tut Pont, United
Aircraft. L. s. Steel, Youngstown.
Harvester and Texas Corp. On the
oftside we're Chrysler, Western I'm
IN Eastman and y. Y. Central.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Condition Of Bishop
Blake Termed Fair

Attaches at James Walker Me
mortal hospital reported last night
that the condition of Bishop Edgar
Blake, retired Methodist church
official, who was injured in an au.
tomobile accident on the Castle
Hayne highway Sunday, was fair
and appeared to be a little bet.
ter"
Mrs. Blake, who was also injured
in the accident. vas reported in q
Satisfactory" condition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
BALTIMORE HOES

s. n.lllMoRE, Dec. 4.-R-(U.
lOc bian Agr.)-Hogs, Is. Mostly
cboin ,lsn Ter than Tuesday,; good and
practioo 10o to 240 lbs. $40 to IS;
s s't nc top e.e5; 1850 to 100 lbs.
40: 25o w. i4o to $50 lbs. 6.15 to
10 14 s00 TO 300 lbs. 6.10 to So; 1870
lbs. ~ $ IL lbs. sos to GO; 1920 to 1870
$40 ia ~ 70 10 500. Packing sows
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
NEW YORK EGGS

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-R-Eggs
q, $40, irregular. Mixed colors:
fancy to extrs fancy "a IA to
"a "a; extras "a; graded firsts
% -; seconds 26 to 2" IL; medi-
ums "a -. Dirties No. l, "a IL;
average checks % l to 3. Re
frigerator, fancy to extra fancy
5 IL to 27: extras %; standards
% "a to "a; firsts % IA to IL;
seconds 81 IL to q; mediums l;
dirties / to l IL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
DRY q

WV" YORK. Dec. 4.--LR-Heavy
;rs OF cotton goods and sheet
t nss maintained a strong position
nr 4oS al full asking prices while
iao+s ana broad cloths were neg
o, wis continued to report an i'm
sn vveu demand for better grade
sslo "o[Sled clcth. Activity in whole
cide cloak and suit markets SUBJ
Sloed somewhat.
bo steady influx of orders into
uroe 'asoh goods market kept vol
m.sL al a high rate. In the silk
cfan Ae' only odd lots of crepe de
''eile changed hands. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Collections In County
Court Total $l,656

Collections in the recorders
court during November totaled ST.
CSC, C. L. (Tinkey) Myers, deputy
clerk in charge of recorders court,
reported yesterday.
The November report included:
fines, S796. 80; costs, $685.; Jail
fees, 1920; emergency pension
fund, $780,; state pension fund,
$108.0 5; police pension fund, $3.50:
and turnkey fee, $15.85.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Dec. A. Up Prime
steers reached a new lhree-year high
of $15.35 in a strong to rs cents
higher market. Hogs sold 5 to ia
cents lower after opening steady
with the top unchanged at $3.50.
Fat lambs were steady to a shade
higher.
Better grade steers and yearlings
we're strong to 25 higher while others
we're steady to strong. Cows were
25 cents off for the second day.
Salable hog receipts were smaller
than yesterday, but packers had
$4,000 billed directly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Dec. 4.R-Tur-
pentine firm 30 - to 80 3-4; offer
ings 1876; sales $500 gallons; re
ceipt 172; shipments $50; stock
II, APO. Rosin firm offerings 432,
all sold; receipts 881; shipments
II; stock 166, 348.
Quote: B, $50; D, E, 1.6O to 63;
F, 1853 to IS; G., 165 to 70; H,
1.72 to II; I, 100 to 8S; K, 2.lO;
M, 2.15; N, 2.20; VIC, 2.52; WV.
x, 2.75. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Arguments In Housing
Case Will Begin Toda,

Arguments in the case of the
Housing Authority Of the City of
Wilmington VS. K. c. Sudbury and
wife will begin at $3.50 o'clock this
morning before Judge Clawson L.
Williams, who is presiding over
the November civil term of New
Hanover superior court.
The putting on of evidence by
both plaintiff and defendant had
been completed when court ad-
journed late yesterday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-R-Live
poultry, by freight, steady at the
advance. Fowls, colore' Is to ID
IL. some fancy carry 10; leghorns
10 IL. Pullets, rocks %. Old roos-
tiers 10. Turkeys, hens "a, young
toms 10, l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Cotton Control Vote
Will Be Taken Here

The cotton control referendum will
be held Saturday from 9 o'clock I'M
til 5 o'clock in the county agents
office at the c~ustomhouse.
Members of the referendum ON
mittee, appointed at a recent meet
ing of county committeeman, are:
L. A. Covill, chairman, r. l.. Garris,
H. r. Canady, and w. E. Cox, alter
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
E YORK BUTTER

NEW YORK, Dec. =. -R-But-
te- 668, 1882; steady to firm. Cream.
cry: higher than 81 score an d
premium marks IS IL to So IA.
81 score, cash ms .ket IS Ia; 50
to 81 score 80 IA to 35; "a to 81
score 80 3-4 to 80 "a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-CP-Near-
by cotton futures deliveries came
within an ace of the seasons TOT
marks today in the third consecutive
advance. Final prices were 3 to Z
points higher.
popCo follows.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK. Dec. 4.-Peanut gu.
atins: Jumbs, 3 3-8 t 3 1-2;
bunch, 3 1-8 t 3 IA; runners.
3 t 3 ID. Market steady. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05

The German air force utilities
thousands of Junkers Juno Die
sci engines of 700 to 1900 horse
power for long-range bombing
planes. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CHICAGO

r%eceintrA Dec. 4.-R-Butter.
e%haneod 'l2.995; firm; market un
flesh a ou. EEgs, receipts 1885; firm
inch laoed' firsts 81. Other prices
wv S
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
BUTTER

CHICAGO, Dec. 4-LP- Butter
was firm and unchanged today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Range follows
NEW YORK SUGAR

NEW YORK, Dec 4.-R-World
and domestic sugar futures struck
opposite price courses today but
trade remained at recent slim lev
els. y.
"A Po1lnuvc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CHARLOTTE COTTON

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 4-LP-Spot
cotton 1920.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 4.-B-
| Cotton futures advanced here today
on smaller private crop estimates and
trade buying. Closing prices were
steady 4 to 6 points net higher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Retarding Defense

It is regrettable that the house should repeat
the battle against CONSUMPTION which was
FOUGHT for so long a time in the senate and
carry it even to greater lengths than in the
upper house of congress.
The United States cannot settle its problems
with fist fights on the floor of the national
legislature. The sooner members of the house
find that out and discuss the proposal to create
an armed force by s~elective draft-if it needs
further discussion, which we d~oubt-without
personalities and politics, the better for the
national defense.
The cry is raised in the house that conscrip-
ton is not democratic. What more demo-
cratic method could be devised for raising an
emergency army than by enrolling men from
all walks of life in all sections of the country?
That, truly, will be much more representative
of the people at large, who are the foundation
of democracy, than a volunteer force-whlch
were it possible to raise such a force-Whlch
would be composed of men ambitious for mill
tary careers or. others from the lowest strata
who would seek refuge in the army from either
gainful private employment or imprisonment
for crime. In the final analysis a volunteer
army would closely resemble the French For
eign Legion, composed almost entirely of mis-.
fits.
Blu the argument for delay of the draft to
give the volunteer method longer trial is
s~pecious. 1t has been proved, since the national
defense program was launched, that too few
eligible men will visit recruiting offices and
enlist. There have been some recruits OBJ
tanned by this system, but their numbers are
insufficient to man the defenses of a single
important city. Experience in recent months
has demonstrated that volunteers will not ar
rive in sufficient force in the time the United
States has to form an efficient army. When
house MEMBER demand a longer period for
the volunteer experiment, they only retard the
adequate rearming of the nation when speed
is the prime requirement of defense.
With the situation what it is in the house and
the controversy growing hotter, it must be
to everybody what would have fol-
lowed had President Roosevelt put it up to
congress to deal with the question of giving
a part of our destroyer fleet to Britain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Defense Insurance

Two insurance angles of the national de-
tense program are receiving close scrutiny
by insurance observers. One development from
the program is that through the increased
activity of industry to meet defense require
ments an increase in industrial accidents is
likely to occur. Although it is still too early to
gauge the full effect, observers believe that
the increased business which the casualty
companies will put on their books will tend to
have a beneficial effect on casualty stocks.
Evidence that such is likely to be the
case is seen in the strength being displayed
in stocks of insurance companies doing a
casualty business.
1t is pointed out that the casualty companies
will increase their premium income through
the increased business and the better expert
ence gained by the spreading of the risks.
The other insurance angle is the problem OF
insuring the lives of those men to be called
up for service. At present the life companies
are insuring men who join the United States
fighting forces, but in many cases the insur-
ance is not adequate. Because, the ability to
earn will be curtailed during the training
period, adequate insurance protection cannot
be bought. Consequently some observers be-.
lieve that the government will supply the mex
essary funds for premium payments or-as
in the last war-insure the lives of the men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Of Vital Importance

Delivery of so American destroyers to Brit
ain, which is to start within a few days, will
have far-reaching effect on a troubled and
war-crazed world. The Importance of the
deal completed with Britain is greater than
The mere addition to her naval strength repre-
yented by these small warships from this coun-
ny, although that added strength is in itself
40 small matter.
Because the transaction included a pledge
by Britain never to surrender or sink her navy,
The United States will have no reason in the
near future to move her fleet from the Paci-
dc. This cannot fail to put a check upon ia
pans expansionist ambitions and aspirations
IN French Indo- China. That alone is tremen-
lousy important.
With this new destroyer fleet Britain will
be better able to prevent a German blockade.
As conveys for supply ships the destroyers
can be counted on to lessen German subma-
rine effectiveness. Also, if the British war
administration sees greater need for them
here, the destroyers may be detailed to the
Mediterranean area where they can prey on
Eta1y's conveys and substantially reduce the
supplies which Italy's African forces must
nave or yield. The Italian armies on the
other side of the Mediterranean cannot SUBJ
list on the land, but must be supplied with
,ood, munitions, everything needed for mill
tary operations, from, home sources. With
hese cut off or substantially reduced the
African invasion by Italy will wind up as a
lud. The American destroyers can contribute
70 this effort.
On this side of the Atlantic, the acquisition
IF bases in British possessions will not only
strengthen our own defenses but bolter the
,ther American republic to greater union
against possible invasion, either by foreign
armies or foreign ideologies. With our army
md navy air forces within striking distance to
,epel attack, the American governments and
peoples wi. be more. ready to support with
whole hearts the program adopted by the re-
rent Havana conference.
From every angle, except that OF the lsola-
ionists, the exchange of destroyers for bases
b a move for restoration Of world peace.