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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
SlEPS IN HALF-HEARTED DEALINGS
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-LP-Hogs
sold slowly today at evenly lower
prices. Weights from 220 pounds
were steady to 10 cents lower
while heavier butchers we're down
5 to Is cents. The market topped
lat $50.
Cattle trade was slow and draggy
with prices weak to rs cents low.
er. Texas fed 7s0.pound yearlings
sold at 1925, but most steer of.
ferings sold under $50.
Fat lambs We're active and fully
steady. Wooled offerings sold from
$50 to 1000. Sheep were about
STEADY.
(U. S. Dept. Agr.)-Salable hogs
II, 1000; total 10000; opened slow;
CLOSED more active than early;
weights 220 lbs. down steady to 10
lower than Thursdays average;
heavier butchers SIS off; mostly
1918 lower; top $50; good and
choice 1S0.22o lbs. $3.50; 22O-24o
lbs. 5.15.50; 240.27O lbs. 4.90.5.25;
most 27o32o lbs. 4~.65-5.o0; good
4oO-550 lbs. packing sows 4.0O-s5;
lighter weights to $50; shippers
5000; estimated follower 500.
Salable cattle 1000; salable calves
800; slow, draggy cleanup trade;
prices weak to Is lower on most
all killing classes; bulk steer crop
common to just good kinds selling
at 7.50-9.50; short load choice Texas
fed yearlings 1925; few loads heif.
ers around, selling upward to 900;
beef cows 5.75-s.25; most cutters
under 5.25; Gamers 4.0o-5o; prac.
teal top weightY sausage bulls
7.25; vealers bulking at 1O.O0.11. 90
on good to choice kinds: closing
trade on stocker and feeder classes
slow.
salable sheep 5000; total $500;
fat lambs active fully steady; wool.
ed offerings 100 lbs. down $50.
1000; outside paid freely by all in
terests; loads lacking finish 9.75
and below; Sc lbs. lambs short;
80 days $40 recently shorn SO lbs.
weights SIS; sheep steady; native
ewes around AIS; choice westerns
quotable $50 up.
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What Stocks Did
E EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-LR-The
Oelsa rallied in the foreign ex.
Uahse market today.
"nlie the Belgian currency NOV.
Gu up .e Of a cent in terms OF
.Ie dollar, sterling dipped 3-8 Of a
ssnt' Inc French franc 90 1.8 of a
. NJ and the guilder .O2 of a cent.
-ne sWlss franc was unchanged.
Money experts said the RE in
uHs oelga appeared due to demand
usSed on war dislocations in Eu.
fopean trade.
S'oslhs rates follow (Great Brit.
III dollars, others in cents):
great Britain. demand, S.s5 IA;
s "a S,s5 rs, 6O-day bills 1884 IA;
r,uay bills 1892 ga. Belgium 1888;
rrshflark 1898; Finland 1.75n;
lance 1ance PA 81; Germany 1920
benevolent 1900, Greece .73n;
auisary 17.e5n; Italy sos; Neither.
s aIus $500; Norway 22.73; Portu-
30 30, 0'oon; Roumania .e3n; Sweden
So 80 Switzerland 22.43; Yugoslavia
., Argentina, official 29.77; free
s.S'; Brazil, official, sos; free
W., Mexico 16.75n; Japan 23.4s;
Dmrskong 24.s3; Shanghai 700.
u'a'es In spot cables unless 9th.
"s indicated. n-NominaD.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
NEW YORK SUGAR

NEW YORK, Feb. %. -R-
Buyers rushed the domestic sugar
futures market today when they
heard from Washington domestic
sugar quotas had been cut.
Final prices were up 3 points
after top gains running to 6 points
had been trimmed by profit.taking
and hedge selling. Turnover of 3d.
500 tons was the heaviest since the
first week of the war last Septem.
Der.
While brokers declared a cut OF
1885, tons in the quota was not
a particularly heavy reduction, its
real value was as a cue to admin
istration views on sugar prices.
Also cheering to traders was
that although today was first no.
tice day for March, no tenders
were posted. Some observers said
refiners might decide to take de.
livery on March futures.
Offerings in the raw market were
Immediately advanced following the
uota revision. The spot price NOV
ed up 2 points or sales of 5000
bags of Puerto Ricans at 2.85 cents
a pound.
The world list ended unchanged
to / IL points up on turnover OF
500 tons; Mch 1853 ~; May 1.59'
IL.
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LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 23.-tP-
Livestock. ,Hogs-good and choice
160 to $50 lbs. $40 to $50; 100 to
14o lbs. 4.30 to 4.80; 40 to 100 lbs.
4.80 to $40; $50 to 800 lbs. $50 to
$40; over 300 lbs. ABS to 4.S5.
Sows under $50 lbs $3.50 to 40;
over $50 lbs. $40 to $50.
Cattle-Market about steady.
Steers-Strictly good fat butcher
steers 8.25 to $50; mediums $50 to
7.50; common 500 to 600.
Heifers-Average run nearby me.
dunn heifers $50 to $50; good beef
breed heifers $50 to 500.
Cows-strictly good fat butcher
COWS $50 to 500; mediums 4.50 to
500; common and Gamers 1925 to
4.25.
Bulls-Good fat butcher bulls 500
to $50; lights 500 to 500.
Vealers-Good vealers arou d
1000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
RAILS DECLINES
HIT BOND MARKET
Losses Give List Definitely
Spotty Appearance At
Close OF Trading

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-(R-Per.
sistent declines in rails unsettled
the bond market today.
While losses for most active is.
sues were held to fractions, sizable
drops in various loans were suffi'
GENTLY numerous to give the list
a definitely spotty appearance at
the close.
Offerings in the rail group, fairly
numerous from the start of trad
Ing, picked up heticeably in the
afternoon following the weekly car.
loadings report of the American
Association of Railroads showing a
decline in loadings higher than had
been expected.
This situation was not helped any
by statements of some rail execu.
tives, including Frederick E. Viii.
hanson, president of the New York
Central, that he looked for a taper.
ing off in revenues soon.
Lower by major fractions to a
point and in some more were
Burlington Returning IS at IS,
Louisville & Nashville first As at
IS, Great Northern 4s at 101 IL,
Observation-Disclosures IS at IA and
Southern Railway 4s at 81 IL.
A few foreign dollar loans like.
wise retreated readily under light
offerings. Adriatic Electric Is drop
ped 10 points, Brisbane IS yielded
8 ga and Norway 4 LIS lost 1 IL.
Bucking the trend were a moder-
ate number Of trading favorites,
including Allegheny Stamped SIS,
Commonwealth Edison convertible
8 lbs, International Telephone IS,
and Japan 6 LIS.
Total sales of S., sos, 500, face
value, compared with $5,S12,S00 on
Wednesday.
/ U. S. Governments were as much
as 7.32nds Of a point on the off
side in the light trading.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-LP-(U. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes 1863, on track
1877; total US shipments wednes,
day IT'S; Thursday 401; old stock
supplies rather heavy; best quail.
ty Western Triumphs, washed firm
demand fair, Idaho Russets and
northern stock all varieties about
steady demand light; sacked per
cwt. Idaho Russets US No. ], few
sales LIT 1922 IL; Colorado
Red McClures US No. /, few sales
1.60-70; Nebraska and Wyoming
Bliss Triumphs US No. /, washed
10000; 80 to s. per cent US No.
1, unwashed few sales $50; Mime
sofa and North Dakota Red River
Valley section cobblers rs to IS
per cent US No. 1, 1.10.15; Bliss
Triumphs 10 to IS per cent US No.
1, 10000; early Ohios Is to IS per
cent US No. !, 1.15-22 IL; Wis.
consin cobblers US No. /, lao;
Katahdins tagged u~nclassified
1.20; Green Mountains tagged I'm.
classified 1875; new stock dull, sup.
plies moderate demand very slow;
Florida bushel crate Bliss Tri.
umphs US No. /, washed very few
sales 2.00-05.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-R-A fore.
cast OF a cold wave over the grain
belt and the days budget of war
news stimulated enough buying to
hoist wheat prices almost two cents
a bushel today to the best level
in seven weeks but most of this
advance was wiped out before the
lclose.
Redemption Of loan wheat at
some markets was reported sub.
stantial, due to attractive prices
ranging up to more than 20 cents
over loan rates in many instances.
Hedging. of wheat thus marketed
contributed to selling pressure
which the market had to absorb.
AMI this, along with profit taking,
caused the reaction. Statements OF
government authorities Indicating
that war has produced no i'm.
provement in farm exports attract.
ed attention.
Wheat scared as much as / 70
cents in the first hour. This lifted
May contracts to SLOT ID, the
highest since January 3 and al.
most II cents better than at the
start of February. July sold at tho
best level since December 10 and
september established a new high
for thu season
After midsession, however, sell.
ing increased, b~attering quotations
down steadily. The close was only
1912 higher than Wednesday,
May $1.06-1.05 rs, July $1.04 Id
1.s. Corn finished Ia off to 1-s
up, May 81 1-4-1-S, July 81 5-S;
oats unchanged to 1-2 higher; rye
Isl cent up and lard 2 higher to
2 lower.
Some buying Of wheat was cred
tied to milling interests. Exporters
took 100000 bushels of Canadian
wheat to go to the United King.
dom, with more business in pros
pect, but no domestic sales were
reported.
A forecast Of rain turning to
snow to be followed by a sharp
temperature drop over much OF the
wheat belt induced buying on the
theory that If snowfall is INSULT.
Gent extreme colt. might damage
wheat in some localities.
Open High Low Close
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No. 3 range follows:
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO. Feb. 23.-R-Ca s h
wheat No. 4 yellow hard LOS 3.s;
No. 2 q liked 1.08 Ia.
Corn No. 2, mixed IS -; No. ?,
So Ia; No. 1, yellow So to So "a;
No. 2, So IL to SO -; No. l., white
81 1-2; No. 2, 66 10 to 3.4.
Oats No. 2, mixed AZ 3-4; No. 3,
Il ga to ~ 1-2; sample grade mixed
80 1-2 t o40 10; No. 2 white 43 IL
to A 3-4; sample grade white 40
IL to II IL.
Rye No. 3, 70 IA.
Barley, mailing, Sc to IS nom;
feed 40 to so nom; No. 3 maltfn.'
60 to "a.
Soy beans No. 8, yellow Ill IL.
Field seeds per 100 lbs nominal.
Timothy 400 to. 5.25.
Sweet clover 4.50 to 5.25.
Red clover 1850 to 1900.
Red top $50 to 900.
Alsike 1900 to 1900.
Alfalfa 1900 to 23.00.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-R-Cot-
ton futures today sold at the high
est price since mid-January. when
the market abruptly slid down from
two.year peaks.
The list advanced despite heavy
selling in March and May by lead
ing spot interests, which has kept
these deliveries under fire for sew.
eral weeks.
Because of evening.up in the
March position, trade was at a far
livlier clip than recent sessio, 3.
Short holders Of that delivery cov-
cred commitments freely while
price-fixing by mills took large
quantities of the staple off the mar.
ket.
Ffrmness Of the market under
selling fire also empted speculative
conttngents to the ring in larger
numbers. In the face Of heavy l.
quotation, the spot market reached
11.08 cents a pound, top since Jan.
uary Is.
Open contracts in March at the
close Wednesday totaled EOS, coo
bales. with only 2 IL trading days
until first notice day.
Worth street reported a fair bust.
ness in fancy cloths and speciality
numbers but staple constructions
were neglected. Prices were trim.
med a shade following sales late
We'd. esday at concessions.
Exports Thursday 1875 bales;
ceipts 1855; port stocks ~2,977,91N,
Range follows:
NEW:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
Woman Offers To Sell
Brains For $4,000

ATLANTA, Feb. 23.-R)-Stirred
by the plight Of the jobless, 4 g.
year.old Pickens county widow wrote
the state employment service cffer-
ing ito sell my brains for scientific
purposes to be deliverable at death
-. so I can pay these poor unem.
ployed men to help me on the
farm"
The service said she'll be able to
hire plenty of men If she gets her
asking price. She wants $4,000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
N. Y. COTTONSEEp OIL

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-QP-Cot.
tonseeu oil closed unchanged to {
points up today in a session given
ever largely to switching out Of the
spot month.
OF 247 contracts traded, 1876 were
in the form Of exchanges. First no.
tice day for March will be next
Tuesday. March ended 7.0Ob, May
LAB, July 7.25, Sept. 7.31b. d.
bid.)
Crude oil sold at 6 cents in the
southeast ana valley. Mill offerings
were sparing. Texas quoted S S.4
to rs bid although some ter ninaI
points reported sales a shade under
6 cents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Feb. 23.-QP-Tur-
pentine firm, 81 IA: offerings AZ
sales AZ; receipts none; shipment.
none; stock 1890. Rosin firm; eff.
ferings none; sales none; receipts
81; shipments none; stock 1856, O37.
Quote: B, D 4.S0; e SIS; F 5.45;
G $50; H 5.55; I 5.57 1.2; K $50;
M 5.62 IL; N SOS; VIC 5.72 -;
WV, x $40.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

,,n @sw YORK, Feb. 23-1R1Sales
fftaas price and net change of the
see most active scoci 8 today.
Iesooard Airl 5o,4Ot: 4. down II.
p ps $1,000; 27A. own ~.
tud an Alrw 1890; 16A, no.
Meoaker 1890; 12A. down 4,
cubs IN Parry 10000; 1917, dix.
Us s0sn Am sug 5000; rs, no.
An Bee 1900: 57k. down y.
n 1ad Std San 7,1oo; 81 az.
Silva central 1000; 16A, down 4
snor King Coalit 6.4oo: 81 MI
Std V ~, " s,1oo: liz, up 4.
cnr rfonda $500; soN. down Il
Cons wright $500; 1915, dH.
ooppernin $500; as, az.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
MlDDLING COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23.-(R-
The average price of middling lbs
l6ths-inch cotton today at ten south.
ern spot markets was 5 higher 1t
1892 cents a pound; average for the
last 80 market days 1869 a pound.
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RITTER

CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-H9-Butter
1,080,S46 1.-TWO days) easy; cream
ery'9S score, % IL; 90, %; 81. 81.
3'4; go, q ga; 80, n IL; SO, 81;
80 centralized carlots % IA.
Eggs 2o.S46 1.-TWO days., easy;
fresh graded, extra firsts local 20
cars 20, firsts local 10 IL. cars
10 3.4; current receipts IS 3-4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
little INTEREST
EXHIBITED in LIST
Associated Press Average Ot
60 Stocks Slips 3 Of
Point At 500
~ FREDERICK GARDNER

NEW YORK, Feb. 20. - Up
,.,css stepped downward today in
s~,n.bearted dealings notable chief
" for the absence of many traders
from wall street.
Mast Of them had hied themselves
..om the exasperating market on
Nv excuse that Washington's birth
,.y and Sunday were SO close to-
Ds.bsr there wasn't much use of
norking the two intervening days.
osuces In the financial district
ssre. as a result, pretty we'll de.
populated.
Even the few shares which had
,.rved as leaders in an attempt
y. an upswing earlier in the week
sronned today under disinterest.
.s,le from the transfer of a few
,,rye blocks of Loft and Seaboard
.r Liue-at lower prices-nothing
winch happened during the morning
aud the rest of the day was even
HUu AN
less active.
The Associated Press average of
"a selected stocks slipped 3 Of a
mint at 500. Transactions totaled
sN 1850 shares compared with 1884,.
S0 on Wednesday. Gaps of as much
as q minute elapsed between sales
during part of the day.
Commentators advanced no speci.
fe reason for any of the declines.
One suggested: WELL, prices have
N 20 somewhere and there wasn't
enough interest to cause a climb"
The more conscientious searched
for news which would cause the
assumption of some definite trad
ing stand. The chief features which
met the inquiring eye were dia-
metrically opposed: a contraseason.
al drop in freight car loadings and
a better.than-seasonal rise in auto.
mobile manufacture,
Much the same two-sided state
uent was applied to the state Of
commodities, a few of which made
definite gains. Cotton, for example,
rose "a to As cents a bale despite
belief in some quarters that the
textile industry might be piling up
a surplus of goods by it's overtime
labors, while other sources talked
Of European needs.
Wheat at Chicago reached a new
high, closing up Is to IL cent a
bushel, largely on reports of I'M
seasonably late low temperatures
in the winter wheat urea. Corn
was Is cent higher to IA lower.
The lift in commodities, however,
made no impression on stocks,
which included in the downgrade
list U. S. Steel, Bethlehem, Gen.
sral Motors, Eastman, Sears Roe.
buck, Anaconda, American Smelt-
ing, stndard Oil Of N. J., Texas
Corp, Pennsylvania Railroad, New
York Central and Johns.Manville.
Among the few which gained q
bit were Fajardo Sugar, General
Electric, Westinghouse, and Brook
Ign & Queens Transit preferred.
Downward in the curb moved
Nehi Corp, Phoenix Securities, Gulf
Oil, Creole Petroleum and Niagara
Hudson Power. Transactions were
$4,000 shares compared with 1867
900 yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
NEW YORK EGGS

NEW YORK, Feb. 23-@CP-Esgs
23,3S7; weak. Mixed colors: fancy
to extra fancy 25-~25 1.2; extras
"a 1874: storage packed firsts
"a 14-1.2; graded firsts "a LA
IL; current receipts 23-23 -;
seconds 20 S-4-23; mediums % 1.2
-3-4; dirties No. /, % 1884;
average checks 20 3.4-21 II. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 23.-GP-spot
cotton quiet; prices 2 points high.
er: quotations in pence; Ameri.
can, strict good middling S.64; good
middlfng 1924; strict middling s.14;
middling 8.o4; strict low middling
1914; low middling 7.69; strict good
ordinary 1924; good ordinary $50.
Futures closed 2 to 3 higher. Mch
7.S5; May 100; July 7.92; Oct
It's; Jan 7.64.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23.-(R-
Spot cotton closed quiet, 6 points
higher. Sales 4.73. 8
Low middling go; middlins
HOO; good middling HIS; receipts
4,179; stock 81, 116.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
NEW YORK POTATOES

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-R -Po.
tatoes steady. Upstate, No. i, sacks
GOO lbs.), round White, partly
graded, mostly $50; katahdin NJ.
1, far, selling LIS to IS. No. /,
sacks Goo lbs.), Long Island, Green
mountain, 2.15 to 25, fair 1.S0 to so,
some 200, poorer 1 SO to rs. -1aine,
Green mountain 1875 to 200, 2-inch
200 to ZIG; Chippewa and katahdin
No. /, 200 to 2.15. New crop: bushel
box or crate, Florida, red bliss 1875
to 200, few sales EOS to 10, ..oorer
l.S5 to rs. Sacks ESQ lbs.). Cuba.
red bliss No. ], 2.10 to is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
N. Y. COTTONSEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2S.-LP-
Cottonseed oil closed steady. Bleach.
able prime summer yellow 7.O5 nom:
prime crude 5.S7 IL nom. March
SD; May 6.66b; July SIT; Sept.
6.83b.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
BUTTER

NEW YORK. Feb 23.-LR-But.
ter 877,389, easier. Creamery. high
er than extra 1923 3-4; extra coz
score) % "a; firsts (88-91) Is
% 1-2; seconds (S4-8D rs 81
q 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK. Va, Feb. 23.-CP9-
PEANUT uotations:. Jumbos 4; bunch
3 5,S to 3 3.4; runners 3 3.S to
3 IL. Market still dull.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-24
NEW COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. % () -
Cotton futures advanced today due
to foreign and domestic trade buy.
ing. Closing prices yer steady 6
to z points net higher.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-06-01
Displaeiug Negro Labor Aid To
Fifth Columuist Says Rev. White

in an address 10 The young poo
pie OF Plymouth Congregational
Church Thursday afternoon, The
Rev. Horace H. White said part:
American industries that are
expected 10 take war orders have
been asked TO inspect these en-
ployees for citizenship and 70 be
sure that no Fifth Columnists' are
among the ranks doing Govern
ment work. IL seems 10 me. fitting
and proper. al this time. 10 call the
attention OF the American mani
iacturers and the employers OF
abor 10 the loyalty OF the Negro
workers
zone OF the resons II is so easy
for Fifth Columnists to get into
our industry in America Is thai we
have pushed aside American labor
ers, especially II they have been
black workers 10 take on aliens.
That Is one OF the reasons whv the
Negro population in the city Of De-
troit is unemployed all out OF pro-
portion to its numbers to the total
population. The instances where
Negroes have shown disloyalty to
their country can be counted on
one hand. whether he was working
as soldier or as a man In the
factory or on the farm Therefore.
it seems that the Detroit employ
els Of large numbers Of workers
would turn 10 a local source OF
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-06-01
One Senator Will.
Sponsor Health
Bill Amendment
Say Shortage Of
Time Prevents
Investigation

WASHINGTON-(A n Pr - Sen.
Ralph Barbour. Republican. OF
New Jersey. rallied to the cause OF
the Negroes affected by the fall
ure OF the educational committee
OF the senate TO adopt the amend
ment 10 the national health biiI
Che wagner-George acD as offer
ed by the National Medical associa-
ton and other organizations inter-
ested IN seeing that Negroes get
a fair deal in this legislation plan
ned 10 relieve the lack OF hospitals
in benighted areas.
Refusals 10 sponsor such an
amendment on the floor OF the sem
ate. where it will have 10 be Of
fcred. came from Senator Wagner
OF New York: Senator Lucas Of
Illinois. who declared he had no
time 10 60 into the matter and 10
the necessary research on Il: Sena-
tor Murray. who said his position
on the committee prevented HIM
from doing this: and Senator Tho
mas OF Utah. who also declared
that his position on the committee
prevented him from taking an ac-
tive part.
Senator Wesley OF West virgil
MIA was approached. but due 10 the
political battles in his own state he
was out or town watching the pro-
gross of the situation.
Other Senator'S tried 10 pooh pooh
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-06-01

loyal labor. namely. the black
workers
Il hope We don't begin to look
outside Of Detroii to nh vacanc ,es
that will be left by aliens. Negroes
are excluded almost entirely from
the trades and skilled operations In
factories There are several hum
drcd OF Negroes who have grad
uated from technical schools and
are DESTROYS Of getting apprentice
ship. but are excluded by labor or
carnations ard factories from get
ing the apprenticeship training
Certainly It would seem that dur
ing this emergency industry and
labor would cooperate 10 give the
Negro workers an opportunity In
American Industry"