davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-29

).
Treasure Island, DR.. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped,
etc, etc, every complete.
roISToI 81 breathess novels stories. Anna Karenina,
Kreutzer Sonata, The Cossacks, Love, many more.
POE 81 tales poems essays of Americas greatest writer!
Annabe Lee, The Raven The Gold Bug, Murders in the
Rue Morgue The Pit and the Pendulum-and others.
rBSIA The famous Wilson and Archer translation of his
daring plays, each complete, including Dolls House.
Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, Peer Gynt, several others
BALZAc Ia complete noveettes of irresistible frankness
and realism Girl With Golden Eyes, Imaginary Mistress,
the Desert The Cat and the Racket and many
other famous tales.
KPllR6 Complete novel The Light That Failed, and
other exciting sories74 ballads including
Gunga Din, Danny Deever, Tomnson, The Vampire.
DUMAS 1872 stories episodes of romantic adventure
-Cannibals, Nine DuBarry The Wedding Night, Grecian
Slave Girl Glory Of Love, The Smuggers Inn many others
TO- CONAN DOYLE All the best of Sherlock Holmes-The
Sign Of Four, RedHeaded League, more-plus sew
eral other great works.
H. EMERSON 12O Poems and Essays, plus Biographical
Studies, Conduct Of Life, etc.
H. FLAUsERr Complete Novels and Novelties Of ire
sstible fascination including Nine Bovary Salammbo, The
Trial, etc
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-20
A RADIO ORA

Kitiino musorral es meg
jobb angol ismertetessel szol-
gait a Nagybizottsag a multi
hetf6 estl radio oran 1O:15-t6l
1O:30-ig a WFMJ allomason. A
misor zene reszet a kitiin6
Medve-Szikora zenekara szol-
galtatta Mrs. Lakatos Erzsebet
es Szikora enekszamaival.
DR.. Laurisin Jen6 vezette be
az el6adast, mig a felolvasast
Franks Erno tartotta Kossuth-
rol, a nagy magyar szabadsag
bajnokrol.
Hetf6n este is1net lesz radio
ora ugyanezen id6ben.
A Nagybizottsag Radio Bi-
zottsaga felhivja a magyar,
barmilyen hangszeren jatszd
zenei tehetsegeket vagy eneke-
Seket, hogy jelentkezzenek XII
probaIasra a WFMJ radio al
lon1ason (W. Boardlnan ST.
barmelyik csit0rt6k este, vagy
jelentsek kivansagukat a radio
bizottsag eln0kenel.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-20

silva a kormanyferfiakat a
Bridgeport Sz0vetseg is ezer-
nyi tagsaganak hiiseger6l az
Egyesilt Allarnok iranyaban.
Kes6bb 4 konsencio ilegy bi-
zettsagra oszlOtt, aznelyek k0-
zul a legfontosab abbnak, a penz-
igyi es jelenteseket vizsgal6
bizottsagnak Orosz Antal, a
trentoni "Fuggetlenseg' seer
keszt6je az choke es el6ad6ja.
A szervezesi bizottsag eln0ke
Antal Ferenc, a konvencio k0lt
segeit megallapit6. bizottsag
eln0ke Paulovics Janos es az
alapszabaly bizottsag eln0ke a
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-20

Hetf6n reggel az amerikai es
magyar himnuszok eleneklese-
vel nyilt meg az els6 nagy ma
|gyar egyleti konvenci6 Young
stownban. A Tod House ter
|meben tilt ossze Bridgeport
Szovetseg rninden negy evben
megtartott nagy-gyiilese, mi
utan el6z6 este a delegatusok
nagy resze jol osszeismerkedett
a Youngstown 16-ik osztaly
nagy sikeru 40 ewes jubileu-
man a Scent Istvan teremben.
Desc Janos, a Szovetseg er-
demes eln0ke, aki most t0ltotte
be eln0kke megvalasztasanak
28-ik evfordulojat, nyitotta
meg a konvenciot, amely mi
utan meghallgatta az elnoki
megnyitot, megvalasztotta Ros-
ia Jozsefet, az egylet alelno-
ket Philadelphiabot konvenciot
vezet6 elnoknek ess DR.. Mark
Albert new york; delegatus
magyar ugyvedet a konvencio
jegyz6jenek.
A f6tisztvisel0k jelentesenek
meghallgatasa k0vetkezett.
K0zben megjelent William B.
Spagnola, Youngstown varosa-
max olasz sziiletesii polgarmes-
tere, akit Brogley Ferenc, a
Youngstown Magyar Egyha-
Yak es Egyletek Nagybizottsa-
ganak choke mutatott be.
Spagnola a varos neveben i'd
v0z0lte a k0zel 100 fonyi kon-
vencion resztvev6t es kll0n0-
sen AIT hangoztatta, hogy a
mostani nagyon nehez id6kben
minden kulfold0n sziiletett pol
garnak egysegesen Amerika, a
fogadott haza mellett kell all
mia.
Roosevelt eln0k0t es Bricker
ohioi kormanyzot siirg0nyileg
! idv0z0lte a konvenci6, bizto-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-20

Youngstownban jol ismert
warreni Druga Mihaly.
A bizottsagok kedden egesz
nap dolgoztak es jelentesek
megtetelere a szerdai gyiilesen
lkSrtilt q soR
A szerdai napon meglatogat-
TAX a konyenciot a Verhovay,
a Rakoczi es a Reformatus
Egyesiilet f6tisztvisel6i, vala-
mint DR.. Kerekes Thor egye-
temi tanar, az Amerikai Ma
gyar Sz0vetseg iigyvezet6 tit
kara Washingtonban. (Errol
ktilon cikkben szamolunk be.)
A youngstown 16-ik osztaly
kitett magaert a vendegek TO-
gadtatasaban. Szombaton, ami
kor az egyesulet tisztvisel6i es
igazgatoi lit yoltak, hogy a
konvenciot megel6z6leg igazga-
tosagi gyiilest tartsanak, Latos
Jozsef elnok, Gagyi Janos jegy-
es delegatus (tagja a penz-
ugyi bizottsagnak) es Husocz-
ky Jozsef ugykezelo mindenben
szolgalatukra allottak. Vasar-
nap a nevezettek es Gagyi Bella
allandoan oft voltak a Tod
Houseban, hogy az erkez0 de-
legatusoknak segitsegere le-
gyenek es 6ket utba igazitsak.
Nemcsak a youngstown Szo-
vetsegi tagok, hanem a varos
magyarsagab6l sokan j0nnek
el a vendegek meglatogatasara.
OFT lattuk gyakran Beniczky
Jozsefet, Habodasz Gusztavot,
Borbely Janost, Hamory Gusz-
tavot, Horvath Istvant, Brog-
ley nagybizottsagi elnok0t es
meg sokan masokat.
| A konvencio val6sziniileg
szombaton kes6n este er We
get, de lehet, hogy athuz6dik
a j0y6 hetbe.
J (Folytatasa a Blk oldalon)
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-20
Egyhangu lelkesedessel csatla.
kOzott a Verhovay es Reforma-
tus Egyesuletekhez a SzOvetseg
tamOgatasaban
NEGY Macy EGYLET
YOUNGSTOWNBAN
ia Nagybizottsag megvendegel-
te a Bridgeport, Verhovay, Re-
formatus es Rak6czi Egyletek
fOtiSztviSelOit

Tortenelmi esemeny szinhe-
lye volt szerdan delutan a
Bridgeport Szovetseg konven-
cioja Youngstownban.
Egymasutan leptek a kon-
vencio szine ele a t0bbi Macy
magyar egyletek eln0kei es ker-
tex a konvenciot, hogy a
Bridgeport is ada kezet a ko-
z0s magyar munkahoz az
Amerikai Magyar Sz0vetseg
keretein beliil.
A kerelmet tenyekkel tamasz
touta ala DR.. Kerekes Thor
washingtoT1i egyetemi tanar,
az Arnerikai Magyar Szovetseg
iigyvezet6 otitkara es vegtil Mt.
Borsy1Kefekes Gy6rgy, volt
youngstow1ii esperes-lelkesz Is
jelenleg a Reformatus Egye-
stilet szervez6 titkAra gyujtd
beszedenek hatasa alatt .
Bridgeport konvenci1 q egyhan-
gulag megszavazta az Ameri-
kai Magyar Szovetseghez vak
csatlakozasat.
Mar szerdan delel6tt meyer.
keztekg a vendegek. A Verho.
vayt Darag6 Jozsef elnok, Ben
cze Janos titkar es Revesz Kal-
man szan1vev6 kepviseltek. A
Reformatus Egyesilet reszer6]
lit voltak Mt. DR.. Ujlaky Fe-
reno eln0k, Molnar Istvan tit
kar, Bory-Kerekes Gy0rgy szel
vez0 titkar es Kovacs Miklos
szervez6. A Rakoczi Egylet ne
veben Varga Istvan eln0k es
Vasas Jozsef titkar j0ttek el
Bridgeportrol.
Delben a Bridgeport latta
vendegiil a t0bbi nagy egyle.
tex tisztvisel6it es a 10 ujsag.
iroval kepviselt amerikai ma.
gyar sajt6t.
A konvencio delutani gyiile.
sere Desc Janos eln0k vezette
be a latogatokat, akiket Macy
taps fogadott. Desc eln0k be,
mutatta 6ket egyenkent es fel.
sz6litotta Varga Istvant, a Ra.
koczi eln0k0t, aki tartalmas
r0vid beszedben hangoztatta 8
magyar 0sszetartas szUkseges-
seget.
DR.. Ujlaky, a Reformatus f6.
elnok ARA buzditotta a kon.
venci6t, hogy dolgozzon a j0.
v6ert, a, masodik nenfzedek.
ert, az amerikai magyar el6re.
haladasart. Hangoztatta a.
Amerikai Magyar Sz0vetsee
szliksegesseget.
(Folytatas az six oldalon.)
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-20

oRSzAGoS ESEMENYNEK ICERKEzIk
A YOUNGSTOWN vERHOvAY UNNEP

Az utobbi eSztend6k soran
mem igen volt alkalom ARA,
hogy az orszag minden resze-
ben lako Verhovayak testver-
talalkozora gyuljenek. A junius
23-an lit Youngstownban tar
tando Verhovay Nap - amint
ait az el6jelek mutatjak -
minden tekintetben orszagos
jellegu lesz, mivel azon het xii
l0nb0zo allan sok szaz fonyi
Verhovay tagsaga ad egymas-
max talalkozot.
Kil0n jelent0seget ad ennek
a napnak a y-nyertesek
elso orszagos osszej0vetele. Az
elmult negy esztendo soran a
Verhovay tagszerzesi versenyek
nyertesei magyarorszagi lato-
gatoba jartak, most lesz az els6
alkalom, hogy az ohazat meg
latogato, tengerjaro Verho-
vayak k0z0s talalkozora gyiil-
mex ossze, hogy az uton szov6-
d0tt barati szalakat erosebbe
teve, felelevenitsek az egyutt
toltott sep heteket. A jelentke-
zesek remelni engedik AIT,
hogy ezen a Verhovay Napon
mindazok oft lesznek, akik a
Verhovay jovoltabol meglathat-
tax Magyarorszagot.
i Nemcsak Ohio allan min
den reszeb6l, hanem New York
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, w
Virginia, Illinois es Michigan
allamokb6l nagybar1 kesziilnel
ferre az ilnnepi esemenyre
| Observation-Disclosures a Verho
vayak, de nagy szammal lesz
mex magyar testvereink is, akil
a messze iiidehr6l osszesereglet,
tex soraban minden bizonnya
szamos, reg mem latott, kedve.
ismer0sre fognak lelni. l.44
A Barta erdoben mar regge
szalonna sutessel kezd6dik a,
linnepseg, delben a Verhovay
: Napot rendez6 youngstown
fiokok diszebedet adnak a ha
jojegyes verseny -nyertesek tisz
teletere. Delutan nagyszeri
szorakozas, ket pompas zene
kar, musorszamok varjak {
: k0z0nseget.
| A misor kereteben fellep {
hires es kedvelt cleveland ko
mikus, Matyas Janos, akinel
szereplese biztositek ARA, hogy
mindenki pompasan fog mu
latni.
Az alkony oraknak igazi lin
nepelyesseget k0lcson0z az u
tagok felavatasa. Darago 10
zsef k0zponti eln0k, t0bb mini
negyvenketezer Verhovay test
veri k0z0ssegebe veszi fel az
a k0zel szaz vi tagot, akik 8
helyi verseny soran allottak
: Verhovay nagy taboraba. 9 ad
: ia at a verseny nyertes young
stowni fioknak a Verhovay Sc
gely Egylet gyony0ru kek Sc
lyem lobogojat unnepi beszet
kisereteben.
: A youngstown Verhovay Nj
pom jelen lesz a k0zponti tisz
ltikar teljes szamban, valamin
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-20

a k0zponti iroda alkalmazottai
is.
Amint halljuk, a cleveland
Verhovayak szaz tagu kiild0tt-
seggel kepviseltetik magukat,
McKeesport, Pittsburgh es k0r-
nyeke, Alliance, Canton es Ak
ron szinten keszul ere a szep
innepre.
A Barta erdot el lehet er1li
a Mahoning Aven, melye1l a
18-as ut vezet. A Mahoning
Ave vegen jelzotablak lesznek,
amelyek mutatni fogjak az
utat. A gepkocsikkal nem rem
delkezoket a Mahoning Avei
villamos vegallomastol a rende-
zoseg fogja kiszallitani.
Sport szamok is szerepelnek
a miisoron es pedig a Verhovay
Liga soft ball csapatai koziil
Youngstown Homestead ellen
fog jatszani es ugyancsak jat-
silk Cleveland ellen is, mig
Beaver Falls es Sharon talal-
koznak egy mask merk6ze-
sen.
4 A gyermekek reszere lesznek
versenyek.
!. Az orszagos Verhovay talal-
koz6 egyik kimagsl6 esemenye
lesz Fay Fisher Andor, q Yer
hoyayak Lapja n1agyarorsz&gi
| szerkeszt6jenek szemelyes meg
!, fjelenese.
{ Fay Fisher alig ket hete err
kezett vissza Budapestrn 0t
! isrneri minden Verhovay, alf
: Magyarorszagon jart, inert 8.
llvolt az, aki odahaza condos
. kodott r6luk. .,s.sss1n
: Ugyancsak erdekes f1esz egg,
a mutt evben Balog tagtars ar
tai az 6hazai uton keszitett
filn1felyetel is, amelyets este q
! szabad eg alatt fognak bemu-
, tatni.
A mostani tagszerzesi YER
seny alatt felvett vi tagok,
akik szemelyesen eljonnek a
Verhovay Napra, teljesen in
gyen megkapjak a Verhovay
! jelvenyt, mint a Youngstown
fiokok ajandekat.
Verhovay tagok, akik hal
landok messzir6l erkez6 tag
testvereinknek szallast adni
vendegszeret6 otthonukban, ke
retnek, hogy jelentkezzenek
Turner Jozsefnel, a 1O8-ik n6k
titkaranal. Sokan jonnek, sok-
: max kell maid szallas.
A tanchoz ket zenekar szol-
galtatJa zenet: a Medve-Szi-
: kora zenekar es a Rendes test
! verek zenekara. Az egyik kiviil
: a szabad eg alatt felallitott
! nagy tancpadlon fog jatszani,
a mask csarda nagyterme-
ben.
A bizottsag szivesen latja, s6t
szeret6 Swivel meghivja az lit
id6zo Bridgeport Sz0vetseg
] delegatusait es tisztvisel6its
Belepti jegy ara $IO0, ami
! ben a deli bankett is bennfog-
: laltatik. Delutan a belepti dij
t csak IS cent.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-20
HUNGARIAN RADIO

"Sorne of the highlights. of
Hungarian history were given
briefly on the Hungarian radso
program on June 10, 1910.
Ernest Franks was the an
nouncer and the following is
his talk on Hungary"
How Much Do You Know
About Hungary and the
Hungarians?
The ancestors of the Ma
gyars are first found on the
slopes Of the Central UTals.
After a halt of a few genera
tions east of the Carpathians,
in 895 the Magyars abandoned
their Black Sea and home and
moved west, pitched their
tents on the Middle Danube in
the fertile plain where the
Huns and Avars had success
sively settled before them.
Through invitation of their
neighbours and by the gradual
assimilation into their stock
of surrounding German and
Slav elements they became in
the course of some generations
Europeanized, and founded
under the name of Hungary
a mid-Danubian State which
has continued to our day.
Some ethnologists held that
the Hungarians were of Tur-
kish stock, others that they
were Finnish, probably they
were a mixture of these peoples.
Stephen, the first King, a
wise ruler laid a solid founda-
ton for the Hungarian King
dom. It is claimed, according
to H. G. Duncan, of the U. of
Colorado, that a Magyar view
ed the land of North America
long before Columbus Ger
tainly the Magyars began to
come to this country early and
played a much more important
part in Our Revolution and
Civil Wars than their appar-
emily small numbers would in
dicate. Their attainments as
army officers; physicians, and
business men indicated that
we received some excellent
citizens from Hungary.
A citizen of distinction in
: the q. s. a. was Colonel
Michael de Kovats of Hun.
garian birth.
It was in 1776 that the i'm.
mortal words of our Declara.
ton of independence were
heard, It was i'm 1776 that
Michael de- Kovats secured
permission to leave Budapest
and come to America. He i'm.
mediately left for France anc
met Benjamin Franklin anc
Silas Deane in Paris. To these
gehtlernen he offered his ser
vices to fight for the Amer.
ican cause. In Paris at this
time several divisions of Ca
valry tIpDps were being organ
lied. Kovats rendered great
service in organizing his form
er comrads in arms to join the
american revolution.
On January 8, 1778, Kovats
old friend Count Casimir Pu
lasky recommended that tht
well known cavalry officer re
ceive a commission to trair
the American cavalry in tht
Pulasky regiment. We read il
a, letter which Kovats wrote tt
George Washington that "I
Congress will honor me witt
the regulation of the cavalr,
I shall faithfully execute ant
glory in the honor of such {
command which will also Civ,
me an opportunity to shov
my attachment and fidelit,
for this country's cause Hi
commission was ratified il
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-20

REGGEL SZALONNA SUTESSEL
BELEPOJEGY A BANKETRE ES
IS CENT. - BANKET KEZDETE
MAHONING AVEI BUS
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
CALIPATRIA NOTES

De ANA chapter of the OAR.
gave a benefit bridge party Satur-
day at the home of Mrs. E. George
Luckey, regent in Brawley. The
money will be given to the British
relief fund. Mrs Luckey and Mrs.
r. l.. Sperry of Calipatria were CO.
hostesses. Mrs. Sperry is chairman
of the Red Cross section of the
chapter.
Present from Calipatria were:
Mesdames R. L. Sperry, Loie Ford,
l.. L. Lyerly, Genevieve Thomson,
w. T. Fowler, Vance Wilson, NJ
l.. McKendry, Irma Mccullough,
Ruth Chase, Alfred Adams, Frances
Rademacher and Miss Eleanor
Lechler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Farmer and
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Sperry and son,
Bobby, were guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Brownell
last Friday evening
A nursery for the care OF chill
dren of the members of the Cali
patria Woman's club will be held
every second and fourth Friday from
2 to 4:30 at the home of Mrs.
Eugene Werve at 534 North I'M
perial. A small charge will be made
for each child.
Mrs. Cecil Clouse and daughter,
Cleona, returned Friday from trip
into the northern part of the state
where they visited relatives.
Mrs. Harrison Martin was hostess
to the bridge club of which she is
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
Navy Will Probe
Mid-Air Collision

PENSACOLA, Fla. Oct. 80. (UP)
"A naval investigation was order
ed today in the mid-air collision
of two navy training planes which
resulted in the deaths of Ensign
j. H. Hicks OF Los Angeles and Ca
Diet Donald Rockwell of Pilot Rock.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
SIee Best Speaker
AT T0astmasters

Louis Slee was voted best speak
er. and George Rives, the most
improved at the meeting of the
Laconian Toastmasters' club Tues
day night in the California hotel.
Ed Aiken was toastmaster and
other speakers we're: Wendell Hub
bell. Jack Sumner. Roy Main and
George Kirk. c. II. H. Small was a
guest of the club.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
Wallace Denies
Disturbing Peace

Charles Wallace, FL Centre pho
tographer, appeared before Judge
Lee Nuffer in police court Thurs
day morning and pleaded not gull
ty to a disturbing the peace charge
The complaint was signed by Ed
ma Morrison and charged Wallace
with making loud noises . tum-
ultuous conduct threatening
-. quarreling -
Wallace told Judge Nuffer there
was no basis for the charge. Trial
was set for p. m. Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-31
Cooking School, Dude Ranch,
On Ca|ipatria' S Crowded Calendar

a member, Wednesday. Refresh
ments were served to: Mesdames
Joe Bailey, w. J. Young, r. l.. ISper-
ry, j. c. Writ, Herbert Reedy, E.
L. Becker, p r. Hunt, G. A Sperry
and the hostess, Mrs. Martin. Mrs.
Becker received first prize, Mrs.
c. A. Sperry, second and Mrs. Hunt
consolation.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
4 Loose-Leaf Centers Sell
100000 Pounds in Day

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, May
"a record high of 100000 pounds
of tobacco was sold at Southern
Maryland's four loose-leaf centers
last Tuesday, it was revealed today
by a local warehouseman, who de-
clared that sales volumes in the first
three weeks of the present season
had gone way beyond" anticipa-
tions.
Two warehouses here sold about
270,000 pounds alone last Tuesday,
it was said.
Prices are said to be averaging
about to 10 cents more than those
of last year in the 'in between"
grades of tobacco, with the top price
running to 40 cents a pound.
The volume and prices were at
tributed to the fact that individual
companies are willing to pay better
price for tobacco that they can see
when they make their purchases"
The four loose-leaf centers in
Southern Maryland are located at
Upper Marlboro, Waldorf, La Plata
and Hughesville. p,
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

Associated Press FINANCIAL Writer.
NEW YORK, May 29.-Stocks
worked point or so higher in q
war-burdened market today and
bonds and commodities followed the
upward lead.
Traders moved hesitantly, avoid
ing heavy commitments prior to the
Memorial Day closing, and only
about $4,000 shares We're ex-
changed. Some of the longer gains
were pared near the close.
Steels, motors and most other
war babies received the majority of
support throughout the session.
Early rises based on fair-sized over
night orders were maintained in
varying degrees through the five
hours, despite the slow trading.
Favored during most of the day
were Youngstown Sheet, General
Motors, Chrysler, United States
Rubber, Caterpillar, Sperry, East
man, Allied Chemical, Johns-Man.
vile, Du Pont, American Can, Ken.
necott, Phelps Dodge, American
Telephone, Western Union, Great
Northern preferred and Chesapeake
g. Ohio.
Many short traders were reported
covering positions and other opera.
tors were represented as optimistic
over the firmness shown by prices
Yesterday despite the Belgian sur
render.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Gasoline Price Cufinq
Becomes General in West
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-Gas-
oline price cutting became general
in the Pacific Slope States today.
The cuts were started by Standard
Oil Co. of California.
Prices went down 2H cents on
first grade, ~ on second and on
third.
San Francisco prices were 10, II
and Is cents, respectively, on the
three grades.
Standards brief and unexpected
announcement of the cuts merely
stated 1t acted to meet competition.
Matching Standards reductions
were Texas, Richfield, General, I'm
ion, Gilmore, Signal and Rio
Grande. Odacials of other compa-
nies went into huddles.
In the background of this price
war was the usual economic angle
surplus stocks.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, May 90 P.-sterline
and the French franc improved today in
relation to the dollar in the face Of con-
tinued reports of serious Allied reverses.
change traders appeared A impressed iess,sn with M
the stability of the rates Sterling added
around 3 00I Y cen, cent and the French franc
The Canadian dollar ignored the trend
1874 United states cents. The Swiss franc
Late rates follow GGreat Britain in dol
lars, others in cents):
Canada.
Omcial Canadian Control Board rates
for United States dollars: Buying. 10 per
cent premium: selling. IL per cent pre-
MUM. equivalent to discounts on Camp
dian dollars in New York Of buying, e51
Canadian dollar in New York open
market, gin per cent discount, or 1880
United States cents.
Great Britain, demand, 3.17H: cables,
GUM unauoted; Denmark unquoted FIN
4O.02n benevolent. 1856: Greece. o.s1ls;
Hungary: 17.65n: Italy. sos; Netherlands
unauoted. Norway unauoted,. Portussl,
s1itserisnd, - 4s; SSn Yugossvis, vscen ss5n
Latin America.
.sS.ns's ss. o sSs 7ss7 a:: sfS f. l:.ise
Far East.
Japan: 2a.4s; Hong Kong. 1897; shsns-
(Rstes in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated. NominAl)
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Continental Aviation Files
Statement With 5. {. e.

BY the Associated Press
Continental Aviation & Engineer
ing Corp, Detroit, a company or
ganized May 13 to develop high
output" airplane engines, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission yesterday a registration
statement covering $4,000 shares of
81 par common stock.
The corporation disclosed that it
had been formed to take over from
Continental Motors Corp. all of its
business in connection with airplane
engines of 500 horsepower and over.
The property acquired in addition
to plant and equipment included
four uncompleted orders from the
War Department and one from the
Navy for development programs, on
which there was an aggregate un-
expended balance of $750,0OO.
The S. E. G. was advised that in
formation regarding the orders was
secret because it concerned national
defense.
Explaining that its military orders
were for development rather than
production, the company said that
there was presently "an unprece-
dented demand" for high-powered
engines and that this country had
only three large producing sources
Of such motors.
Proceeds from sale Of the stock,
estimated at $3.50, 900, will be used
for working capital, including pur-
chase Of tools, dies, patterns and
special instruments, the company
said.
Van Alystyne, Noel & Co., New
York, was listed as underwater,
Warrants for 10000 shares have
been sold to Continental Motors
which presently owns the new COM
pany's outstanding 10000 shares Of
common stock, while warrants to
purchase 1900 shares have been
reserved for officers and employees
Of the company.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Three BeIeion Vessels
Tie Up in New York
N the Associated Prass

1y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 29.-Three Bel
gian ships in New York Harbor
when King Leopold ordered his
army to surrender were instructed
to tie up here pending developments,
their operators said.
The ships are the 7,430-ton Vile
d'Anvers, the Gambia, 9,626 tons,
and the Mercier, 1886 tons.
The United States Lines, which
operates seven former American
ships under the Belgian nag, said 1t
was undecided what to do with
them.
As In the case of Denmark, the
British are expected to class Bel
gian ships as enemy" vessels, leav-
ing them subject to seizure by the
Western powers.