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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
FOREIGN ISSUES
RISING SLIGHTLY
Other Bond Groups Rest In
Narrow Groove During
Saturday Trading +

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-@--For.
eign dollar bonds took their turn at
the advancing side in today's mar
ket, leaving other groups to rest in
a narrow and slightly irregular
range.
Brokers said day-to.day traders
picked up most of the foreign obi,
cations on the theory they might
respond to continued inactivity in
the central European war sector.
Official announcement by the Ger
man news agency that the high
command expected quiet along the
entire western front in the near fu.
ture" received prominent display in
board rooms.
Gains Of fractions to a point OF
more were posted by Belgium IS at
"a, French stamped Is at Ill, Ger
man government Is at II IA, Ital.
ian rs at 70, Japan 6 lbs at 81 and
Australia 4 LIS at 80 IL.
In the main domestic group, util.
tiles and rails did retter than 9th.
ers. Moving ahead for small gains
were Utilities Power and Light IS
at 81 IL, st. Paul IS at 6 7.S, Con-
solidated Edison 3 1.2s at 107 81
and Southern Railway As at 81.
Unchanged at lower were Stude'
baker IS, Shell Union 2 lbs, Port
land General Electric 4 lbs, Mon
tana Power 3 3.4s, international
Telephone IS and Bethlehem Steel
s 3-4s.
U. S. governments were all but
neglected but the undertone re
manned firm. Closing prices ranged
from 6-32 of a point lower 70,
treasury 2 7-ss of 1860 to a gain Of
1882 for the 2 LIS Of 1915.
Total sales of $3,096, 600, par
value, compared with 81, $685. 500 last
Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Sales, closing price and net change
Of the fifteen most active stocks
today:
Loft, 49, 0O-22A; al.
Bklyn-Man Tr, 9,900-15K; al.
Comwlth Edison, 7,O00-32; DIS.
Union Bag and Pap, 6,300-14%;
az.
US Steel, 5,soo-65%; DIS.
Am Hawaii SIS. 4,600-32A; AZ.
General Motor, 4,3o0-54h; an,
General Elec, 4,20o-40%; an.
Radio, 4,1o0-5A; ais.
Ell Pow and 1t 81 Pf, 4,1oo-S5;
al u.
US Rubber, s,Soo-3s%; DIS.
Reynolds Metal, 3,600-12A: as.
Consol Edison, 3,400-31M; all.
Stand Brands. 3,200-6h; no.
Curtiss Wright, 3.2o0-10h: no.
Stand Oil Ind, 3.2o0-27A; ais.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
Slightly Irregular, Lower
Trend Appears During
Short Session
BY FREDERICK GARDNER

NEW YORK, Jan. 6. -P- The
stock market today shuffled out Of
the first 1910 week with a slightly
irregular lower trend.
A few utilities, motors, mail or.
ders, rails, coppers and specialties
managed to retain modest advances,
but issues unchanged to a shade
down were we'll in the majority at
the close.
While business news of the mo.
ment was fairly cheerful, traders
generally showed a disposition to
keep commitments light or stand
aside altogether pending illumination
on Forthcoming congressional ACTIVE
ties. In addition. some in Wall street
began to express fears the economic
curve was due for a stable setback
in the near future. Opinions, though,
varied regarding a possible recess
sion and, here and there, the belief
was expressed that the spring drop
in industry would be less severe
than expected.
Start Off Slipping
The list started the short day with
prices slipping. It was an up-and.
down jog until near the finish when
a number of stocks attracted mild
support. Dealings were slow through
out.
The Associated Press average of
go issues was off i of a point at
SIG, but on the week held a net
gain of a. A year ago the COM
posite was at 52.4. Transfers Of
BAL, 800 shares compared with $685.
955 last Saturday.
On the offside fractions to a point
or so today were U. S. Steel, Ameri-
can Telephone, Youngstown Sheet,
Union Pacific, U. S. Rubber, J. I.
Case, Douglas Aircraft, Kennecott,
Westinghouse, Union Carbide, Johns
Manville, Standard Oil of N. J. and
DUPONT.
Loft made another new high with
an advance of a point. Others end.
ing ahead included A~merican-Ha-
waiian Steamship, on reports of the
sale of four ships to the British:
International Paper preferred, Elec-
trio Power e. Light preferred, Brook
lyn-Manhattan Transit, Bethlehem
Steel, Chrysler, General Motors.
Montgomery Ward, Boeing, CONSOLE
dated Edison, Southern Pacific and
Anaconda.
Helpful marketwise were indica-
tons next weeks steel mill opera
tons would hold around the recent
sharp rebound, that department
store sales are well up on a year
ago, that freight loadings are ex-
banding and motor a demand ex-
hibiting few signs Of slackening.
Higher by fractions in the curb
were American Cyanamid "B", Am
erican Gas & Electric, Technicolor
and Fisk Rubber. Bath Iron Works
and Humble Oil slanted downward.
Turnover of 1900 shares compared
with $4,000 a week ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-lR-(U. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Salable hogs 200; to-
tai 4,20O; steady trade on small
supply available; load good and
voice around 210 lbs average to
shippers 5.85; small lots medium
weight butchers 5.60-75; shippers
took $50; holdover 500; compared
week ago.: good and choice barrows
and gifts 200 lbs down steady to 10
lower; others slightly uneven but
little changed; packing sows $40
lower.
Salable cattle none; calves none;
compared Friday last week: strict
~ good and choice steers and year.
lings fully steady instances higher
on yearlings; medium to good
steers closing 25-40 lower: common
offerings steady to Is down; choice
heifers steady, others weak to %
lower; cows strong to % higher,
bulls fully steady; vealers so to LOO
lower; replacement steers around
steady; weeks tops: 11.6o paid
1923 Id. yearlings, 1105 and 1858 ID.
steers; 1888 ID. bullocks 11.50; bulk
steers and yearlings S.50-10.50; fair
sized quota steers and yearlings
from 1O.75-11.4O; choice to prime
99E> ID. heifers 11.25, best light
weights 1000, bulk shortfeds 1850
900; beef cows 7.50 , mostly 500
700 trade; cutters to 5.75, 5.25-5.5o
freely; Gamers 4~.25-4.S5; few 800
weiehty sausage bulls to IT'S, bulk
strong weights 7.40-7.65; vealers
early to 1850 for selects, practical
limit late choice lots HOO: bulk
stocker and feeder steers 7.25-S.5o,
few lots to 9.25.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 6. -H9-- After
slumping almost a cent due to SELL
ing inspired by receipt of further
moisture in the grain belt, wheat
prices today recovered much of the
loss. The late buying was attributed
largely to purchases to cover short"
accounts for over the Weekend.
Wheat closed unchanged to ga
lower compared with yesterday, May
S1.03 7-S-5-S, July $1.01 3-S-1-4;
corn unchanged to 3-S down, May
SO Is, July SO 3-4-5-S; oats I'M
changed to Ia lower.
Open High Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
NIGHT COURSES
TO Be RESUMED
Classes In General Shop Will
Get Under Way Tues
day At 1880
BY GLENWARD BLOMME
Director of Publicity, New Hanover
High School

The Winter and Spring session
of the New Hanover High schools
night classes in the general shop
will get underway Tuesday night at
1880 p. m. The instructors will
meet with the old and new students
in the shop building at 18th and
Market streets to explain in full
the entire course which will meet
twice a week or Tuesday and
Thursday nights for 10 weeks.
The metal class will be under the
personal direction Of M. j. Mcleod,
graduate Of Stout Institute of
Menomonie, Wisconsin,, instructor
in the high school metal shop. Nc
Leod will offer the student inter-
esting courses of instruction in
machine drafting, sheet metal con-
struction, sheet metal drafting, ma.
chine lathe and Welding-both arc
and acetylene. The instructor has
been with the high school for
three years and is a very capable
teacher III Tie metal arts.
George Sandvig will teach the
drafting courses, which were popu-
lar in the Fall courses. He is also
a product of Stout Institute and is
serving the local school system for
the first time as mechanical draw,
ing teacher and cooperative en-
ployme t co-ordinator. Sandvig will
offer drafting courses most suited
to the students respective trade.
For instance if a student is a plumb
er, carpenter, heating engineer or
brick mason, he may take the draft
ing course most suited to his pro-
fession. Other courses to be taught
are: architectural and machine
drafting, blue print reading.
The Fall classes were most sue
cessful and all men in shop trades
especially are urged to take advan-
tage Of this opportunity to better
themselves in their chosen profess
SiOnS,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
INDUSTRY MAKES
I QUICK RECOVERY
J., Rebounds After Holi.
Jaw slump; Orders Are
Slightly Less

Work., Jan, 6.-(R-While
,.s; mes peered ahead for 1910 por-
busI" +his week, bargain hunters
tel.s clean oft the shelves of re-
help' stores and industry made a
l la,,, snap back after the New
ysar's Day holiday
n, rabound was not sufficient to
n Of the almost unprecedented
hs'5 ,ction figures of the last month
pi's hut it was sound enough to
" .+o;n a high daily average of
la New orders did not equal
utnn,ents OF goods, however, and
sn!p manner of pulling them in was
NV trst.week- of-the-year puzzler for
executives
a.. the same time the leverage ac-
.n,,,1ated in the past four months
w.. enough work on the books to
s..o factories to high capacity op-
atoms for the next two or three
.en+bs at least. The men directing
~. and sales debated whether to
..sor a fast course now when unit
.roduction costs are low because of
lhs bigb rate of operations, or to
.ata tbe middle fairway of let-down
later on should consumers find their
noo5s satisfied and quit buying.
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins
,o,e5 a warning in this respect. He
said:
AS industrial activity is not being
sr,v supported currently by incom-
10 business of corresponding vol
rme, some readjustment in produc-
tive activity can hardly be avoided
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
Two German Freighters
Leave Brazilian Ports

RIO GRANDE DO Sui, Brazil,
Jan. 6.-R-The 6,062 ton German
freighter Rio Grande, which the
sunken pocket battleship Admiral
Graf Spec was reported to have PLAN
ned to escort home, departed tonight
loaded with grain.
The Rio Grande had been locked
here fully loaded for several weeks.
Another German freighter, the H.
Brazil. She had been there since the
start Of the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
METALS

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.--A9-Brlt-
ish inquiry for copper brought non
metal markets out of a new
years torpor this week.
The English buyers asked for a
fair tonnage of semi-finished prod
ucts. But what most surprised metal
dealers was that of specifications
did not call for use of Canadian or
British Empire copper. The trade
had expected England to fill her
copper needs within the empire but
this order will apparently be taken
of with United States metal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-P0Cash
wheat No. 4 red tough 1.o4 S-4.
Corn No. 1 mixed Ga IL; No. 2,
IS; No. I yellow $3.50 "a; No. 2,
So 3-4-59 "a; Nc. 1 white IS 1.4.66;
No. 2, SIS IA; sample So IL.
Oats No. 2 white "A: No. 8, 43;
No. 4, AZ IA; sample 40 IL.
Soy beans No. 3 yellow 1.16.
Barley mailing 54-68 nom: feed
1880 nom.
Timothy seed 4.40-65 nom.
Red %cloverseed 12.50-15.00 nom.
Red top 8.50-9.00 nom.
Alsike 4. 00.17.O0 nom
Alfalfa 17.50.22.50 nom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
OIL FUTURES

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-P-New
speculative buying boosted cotton
seed Oil futures 4 to 8 points today.
The market responded readily as Of
ferings appeared slowly.
Trade was SUSPENDED one hour
earlier than usual in memory Of the
late John Med. MURRAY, former pres
ident of the New York produce eX-
change.
Sales totaled % contracts; Jan
7.08b, Mch 7.15b, May 7.23b, July
7.34b. (b-bid)
Crude oil was quoted nominally
at 5 rs cents in the southeast and
valley and 5 rs to 6 in Texas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
Joseph S. Guide Assumes
Duties With NOSES.

Joseph S. Guide has assumed his
new duties as manager of the Lum-
berton office of the North Carolina
State Employment service.
GUIDE, formerly manager of the
Henderson NOSES office and a mem.
Der Of the employment service per.
sonnet since July 1, 1884, succeeds
I. Lee Parker, who becomes mana
ger of the Hendersonville office.
Before going to Henderson, GUIDE
was a senior interviewer in Winston
Salem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
WILL LEAVE
WEATHER BUREAU
Local Worker To Take Post
At Tallahassee Airport
Station

James H. Huff, assistant to Paul
Hess at the U. S. government wealth
err station here, has been transfer
red to Tallahassee, Fla, for service
at an airport weather station there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Huff will leave Will.
mington tomorrow morning.
He has been at the station here
for the past two years, coming here
from Knoxville, Tenn.
Huff will be replaced by Ruben
Banks, who has been stationed at
the Cape Hatteras station for some
time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
EGGS

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-lR-Eggs
23,557; steady. Mixed colors: fancy
to extra fancy 1928; STANDARDS
81 "a; firsts 20; seconds Is 1918;
mediums 16; dirties No. 1, 15 IL;
average checks IA 1-4-3-4. Retrlgera-
tor, fancy and heavyweights II IL
20; standards II; firsts 16; sec
onds IA 1-2-15; mediums ALA IL;
firties IA IA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
HOGS

BALTIMORE, Jan. 6.-lR-(U.
S. Dept. Agr.)-Hogs 525. Steady.
Good and choice 140-210 lbs. 6.20-45,
practical top 6.45; 12O-140 lbs $40.
So; 220-240 lbs 5.O0-6.15; 250-300 lbs
5000. Packing sows 4.65-5.15. Com
pared with week ago 1140-240 lb
butchers and packing sows 20 low
25O.300 Id butchers 10, and 100
140 lib slaughter pigs 80 off.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
AVERAGE

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6.-N-
The average price Of middling
15-16ths inch cotton at ten south
ern spot markets today was IA
points higher at 11.04 cents a
pound; average for the past thirty
market days 1855 cents a pound;
middling 7-8ths-inch average was
1886 cents a pound.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
GOVERNMENT
SIry
POULTRY

NEW YORK, Jan. 6-GP-Dress-
ed poultry generally steady. Fresh
and frozen prices unchanged.
Live poultry, by freight, steady.
Chickens, Rocks II. Fowls, colored
20; Leghorn IA. Pullets, Rocks 81.
Old ROSTERS -; turkeys, hens %;
young toms 1S. Ducks. IA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
PREDICTION

WASHINGTON, Jan. G. GP -
Senator John Bankhead DALAI
predicted today that Alabama's %
delegates to the democratic national
convention would be pledged for
Speaker William Bankhead DALAI
his brother.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
EARNINGS

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-R-- The
Federal Reserve bank of New York,
for the calendar year 1889, today
reported net earnings of $4,S31,0 900
after expenses and other deductions,
but before dividends, contrasted with
1921, 900 in 1888.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
DAIRY PRODUCTS

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-R-But.
ter 297,9 firm. Creamery higher
than extra 81 3-4.32 IL; extra (92
score) 81 IL; first (SS-91) 29 1-2-
81.
Cheese 157,347, firmer. Prices I'M
changed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
Stocks Slip During Day.
End Week With Gains
Answers To
Uranium Crackers

Questions on Comic Page)
1. Andante: (c) moderately slow.
2. Coda: (a) closing measures OF
composition.
8. Allegro: (b) lively.
4. Pizzicato: (d) directions to pluck
strings with fingers.
5. Cadenza: (b) incidental solo.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
COTTONSEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6.-0p-
Cottonseed oil closed steady. Bleach-
able prime summer yellow 7.lon'
prime crude nom. Jan. 6.6Ob, Men
6.65n. May 7.75n, July 6.85n.
n-nominal; bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
DETACHABLE

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-F-
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed 4 to 8 higher. Salets % con-
tracts. Jan 7.0SB; Mch 7.15B; May
7.23B; Jly 7.34B.
B-bid.
The market closed at 11:15 a. m.
as q mark of respect to the late
John Med. Murray, former produce
exchange president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
COFFEE

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-P-Specu'
lative interests kept their hands in
their pockets in the coffee futures
markets today. Sales dWindled to
1,750 bags, all in Santos.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
NORFOLK SPOT

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 6-QP-Spot
cotton Is points higher. Middling
fair 1875; middling 11.35; good ordi-
nary $50. Sales none, receipts So;
shipments So; stock 27,267.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
N. G, HOGS

RALEIGH, Jan. 6.-LP-(NCDA)
Hog prices were steady on North
Carolina markets today, with tops of
$40 at Rocky Mount and Kinston,
and 5.65 at Fayetteville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
SUGAR

NEW YORK, Jan. 6-(P-Sugar
futures traders appeared still per-
p | e d regarding developments
which might affect the 1910 quota
and placed orders warily today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, Jan. 6.-P-Pea-
nut quotations: Jumbos 3 81; bunch
8 Ia to 3 IL; n 8 to 8 3-S.
Market active.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
BUTTER AND EGGS

CHICAGO, Jan. 6-R - Butter
sos, 0 firm; prices unchanged.
Eggs SILL; firm; prices unchanged
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
LARD

CHICAGO, Jan. 6. - Up - Lard
tierces 500; loose $751;; bellies 6.12.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
NEW T T

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. g. R-
Weekend covering advanced cotton
futures here today and at the close
prices were steady net 4 to 6 points
net higher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07

A glance at the fraternity calen-
dar for this week tells us that the
boys will swing back into their reg
ular meeting schedules with the Hi
Kappas converting at 8 o'clock to-
morrow night at GIT North Fourth
street and the Omega lads gathering
on the same night and at the same
time in the club room in he Odd
Fellows building. The Sigma Gam
ma frat meets Wednesday night at
while the Y. M. c.. A. will be the
scene of the PhalanA regular sup
per session on Friday evening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
POTATOES

BALTIMORE, Jan. 6.-R-Pota-
toes unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
CHARLOTTE SPOT

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 6.-OP--Spot
cotton 1895
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07

Rubber, sugar and coffee were
respectively the principle agricul-
tural imports Of the United States
lin 1888
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Jan. CLIP The
cotton futures market woke up in
the trade today and moved forward
at fast clip.
Closing gains Of 5 to 18 points
were scored when suddenly aroused
demand swept the ring bare of Of
ferings.
Overcoming the timidity tn
characterized Fridays session, spot
houses, Wall street interests and
shorts stirred the market out of a
morning Of lethargy.
While the possibility that a fur
ther increase in hedging sales might
~unsettle prices still agitated the mar
ket, traders were unwilling to part
with contracts except at substantial
advances. AT that, offerings came
out in dribbles.
Worth street reports revealed that
concessions in cotton textiles made
during the week had failed to at
tract more than a handful of ne 7
orders. Prices at the close of the
week displayed s%oftening tendencies.
Exports Friday 1920 bales; seas
IN so far 3,314.919. Port receipts 49,.
091; port stocks 1888, 295.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07

The Red Cross first aid class, to
be sponsored by the Interfraternity
council and to be composed of mem
bers of the various fraternities, will
get underway within the next two
weeks according to Howard Ozment,
president of the Sigma Gammas,
who is chairman of the arrange
ments committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07

Postponed due to the holiday seas
on, the fraternity basketball league
is expected to start action in the
immediate future. Present plans call
for at least two games a week to be
played between the fraternity teams
on the Y. court.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
Fraternity
Notes
BY r. j. POWELL

Jimmie Taylor, a member OF the
Phalanx fraternity, was elected presi-
dent of the Interfraternity council
for 1910 at the Thursday night meet
ing Of the body held at the Y. NJ. c.
A. To serve as vice-president the
council chose J.. D. Hufham from
the Sigma Gamma frat while the
Alpha Omega's Clinton Lockamy was
voted secretary and Jesse Sellers Of
the Hi-Kappas was given the posi-.
ton of corresponding secretary.
The retiring officers are: Amos
Woffori, Phalanx president; lobby
Whitaker, Sigma, Gamma, vice-presi'
dent; and Henry Sellars, Hi-Kappas,
secretary.
Several new representatives were
introduced at the Thursday night
meeting. The membership now con
sists of Jimmie Taylor, Sam Bisse.-
te, and Wallace Moses from the
Phalanx; Lyman Kinlaw, Clinton
Lockamy, and Norman Curtis Tor
the Alpha Omega; J. D. Hufham,
Carl Welker, and Ernest Habenicht
of the Sigma Gammas; and Morris
Merit, Jesse Sellers, and Frank
Haines for the Hi-Kappas fraternity.
The Hi-Kappas gridders last Sun.
day wrote fms to a rather disap.
pointing football season by bowirg
to the Clinton All-Star club in a
game played in the Sampson county
ton. The score was 6 to O..
In reviewing the teams accom-
plishment for the season, we find
that the frat eleven won two games
while dropping four decisions. In the
season opener, the Kappas were
trounced 10 to 0 by the Elks hide
pendent outfit and followed up by alb
sorbing their second consecutive de-
feat at the hands Of the Lumbe-'-
ton All-Stars on Thanksgiving Day
in Lumberton, by the close score OF
IL to Z.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20

Sea lions require about 80 pounds
of fish daily to keep them in good
health.
In migrating, birds follow the
courses of rivers and coasts to their
destination.
A glass, level full of water, with
ice extending above the water line.
will not overflow when the ice
meltS.
In the last 300 years, the dunes
of the Sahara desert have moved
southwark more than 1856 miles,
and ruined what once was fertile
farm and grazing land.
Pure nickel has been adopted for
the entire coinage system of Ecua-
dor.
Recently, a Norwegian whaler
caught whale which bore in it's
body harpon of the type used
more than 40 years ago.
Barbados celebrated the 30Oth
anniversary of its first elective as
semblv during the summer of 1899.
The planet Jupiter is bigger and
heavier than all the other planets
rolled into one.