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presence viii not be tolerated in
the Transfers union. We win
throw them out, wherever we find
them. as vigorously - necessary"
Beck explained the purpose
of the meeting was 30 speed
organization Of q local unit
Of the Promotionai League Of
the Joint Council Of Team
sfers, similar 20 those now
functicning on q precinct basis
In Seattle and other cities.
Its purpose. Beck said, primarily
is economic TO educate the mem
bership in support Of policies
which protect the wage scales and
working conditions of the union
membership.
If our own members viii have
their parcels and their milk de-
livered, they win make employ
ment for members out Of work
and assure the jobs of those now
employed" he said.
I'VE are interested In poll
tics for the purpose of retain
ing I'm office men who have
shown n conception of the
problems Of labor, and 20 pre-
vent election of men who are
hostile TO labor"
c. M. Dahlager, local organizer
Of the Transfers. presided at the
meeting. and introduced Lew
Shaw, director Of the Promotional
League from Seattle, and a score
of other union executives who
accompanied Shaw and Beck to
Tacoma
The officials OF the local af-
filiates of the Joint Council were
introduced by Secretaries Harry
Satterlee, Roy Welfringer and Z.
d. Quinn. Of the Tacoma locals.
Lester Edge, Spokane attorney.
today had withdrawn from the
Republican senatorial contest In
favor Of Eric A. Johnston. also OF
Spokane.
Edge said he was Withdrawing
so Johnston would remain the only
eastern Washington candidate In
the race.
Paul Preus raised a question
Thursday: Should a candidate
for public office take q day off
during the campaign"
He said he was doing just that.
Thursday was Mrs. Preus' birth
day and the family got an early
start for a tour around Mount
Rainier.
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Calling Mr.. Fixit"
Is Mogozine Story

Presenting the famous question
and answer" expert known to The
Tacoma Times readers as Mr.
Ffxit in a fictional guise, jim
Egan's short story. Calling Mr.
Fixit," appears in the current Is.
sue Of Detective Fiction Weekly
dated Aug. "a, but now on sale
on Tacoma newsstands. While the
story's incidents are mainly mag
mary, an interesting slant is Of
fered on problems that daily come
before Tacoma's own Mr.. Fixit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Garbage Collectors
Strike Is Ended

sEATTLF-se Seattle garbage col.
leetors were hack 70 work today
after . ia-hour waikont for higher
pay.
Return followed q conference be.
tween the union members. city o..
ficiais and the garbage contractor,
In which Il was agreed 10 submit
grievances To committee investi-
cation.
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HAPPY RELIEF
FROM PAINFUL
BACKACHE

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World conditions havs many ~
ear people confused today. hut
ave fsifh In them ard ensn ths
nnsi decision s md. IT, people
- thts ecuntfY IN speak their
rnnytctlens
TITS stateusnt vas na.d- ~
n W. ThuFston. speaking "a NJ.
candidacy Tor lhs stats senate
from ne 1pth District "Wednesday
evening hsfare r. Central fAnof
council
II - xith iseef organizations
- said that ths average citlsea
car express his views eitA unity
"A god offsnse s q rod A..
Tense. he declared.
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Here's More About
Politiculars, Public Affairs
~ JIMMY HAuo

With the COP candidate for con-
gress and his wife were two Of
their daughters. Priscilla and
Norma Mrs. Stanley Dahl and
Mrs. Preus' father. e0-yvar-old
X. I. Haueen, who Is summer
visitor from Iowa.
They planned 20 have lunch at
ohsnepecosh. and complete the
loop in time for a dinner Thursday
evening At their Falkland home.
Campaigning was entirely "out"
for the day.
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Core Of the News
DIES SUDDENLY

Word was received in Tacoma
today Of the sudden death in San
Francisco Sunday of Hugh M.
Woodward. regional wPA director
OF education and recreation. He
had made several speaking appear
ances In Tacoma. and was sched-
uled to appear as a guest speaker
at the WPA educational conference
now being held at the College Of
Puget Sound.
Coffee Specials at Cow Butter
Store. (adv.)
TO DISCUSS DEFENSE
Home defense win be discussed
at the meeting Friday evening OF
Wild West post 81, v. y. w. Ad-
dressing the veterans will be Col.
Jack Major of Paducsh. Ky.
Wedding Flowers. HinH Florist
tadv.l
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me regular polling pises n each
precinct an ~ used FOR register.
lng the residents II that precinct.
Thompsonas letter aid registration
CLERKS would ~ rsid - fer thsiF
DAYS work
Davis was replying Thursday
that the ecunty's election sst-ur
= ready - operate On short notice.
Tue 70 preparations already made
Tor the coming elections
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Service Friday at 8

A prayer service viii be held
at 8 p. m. Friday at Temple Beth
Israel. No. 4th and J SITS. Rabbi
Montague N. A. Cohen extends Q
welcome to all interested.
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wPA workers in Washington
who leave their Jobs for national
guard duty viii be reinstated auto
maticaily upon their return from
service and given an opportunity
to make up their. project payroll
time. 1t was announced yesterday
by Carl NJ. Smith. state Work
Projects administrator.
Vote for c. A. Mckinney for
public land commissioner. adv.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
WINDSOR ENJOYING
VISIT IN FLORIDA
Duchess Well On Way To Re-
covery From A Serious
Dental Operation

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Dec. 12-
-R-The Duke of Windsor Is
taking advantage of a weeks visit
to the United States for the sort
of rest and privacy rarely permit
ted to one in his position.
Now that the Duchess is well
on the way to recovery from a
serious dental operation, he is &C.
cupying his time with reading.
short motor trips, and a bit Of un-
ostentatious shopping in stores
away from the principal business
districts.
Because of his wife's hospitaliza-
ton, the Duke has the perfect ex-
cuse for a polite mo" to the scores
of invitations he received for one
sort of function or another.
He acknowledged personally a
request of Fred B. Snite, Jr., par
alytic inmate of an iron lung, for
permission to call upon him at the
hospital, going to Snite's Miami
Beach home for a private chat with
the boiler kid"
On this and similar trips the
Duke was driven about town by a
Miami Beach policeman in a large
sedan. On each occasion, he was
accompanied by his Scotland yard
bodyguard and an aide, Capt.
Drury. Associates said he was
recognized only rarely.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Dec. H.. Up With
receipts further reduced, hogs held
fully steady today with the top at
1925, while cattle and lambs sold at
strong to 25.cent higher levels.
Hog trade, however, was active at
the steady levels. Quotations in the
dressed market were unchanged to
so cents higher with best loins at
$3.50 per hundredweight.
The turnabout in the cattle trade
came as a result of short receipts
with steers and yearlings especially
in limited supply. Best steers made
SIS.
GUS Dept. Asr.Isalable hogs 49,
900; total 22,5o0; active, fully steady
with Wednesdays average; top 6.25
freely; bulk good and choice 10000
lb. averages 6.10-25, mostly 6.15-25
for 220-2s0 lib. butchers; 160-1S0 Id.
underweights generally 5.75-6.1O;
most 33O.400 lib. packing sows 5.4O-65;
heavier kind 5.15-35; shippers took
500; holdovers 1000.
Salable cattle 5000; calves 1000,
fed steers and yearlings in very limit
ed supply, strong to Is, mostly 1O.1o
higher; good and choice fed heifers
sharing: advance: common and medi-
UNI heifers slow, but strong; cows
very active and Is to rs higher; bulls
strong but vealers weak; hardly
enough steers and heifers here to
make a dependable market; all inter-
ests buying however and crop we'll
cleaned up at 1O.00-13.00; extreme
top 1900 paid for prime 1167-lb. aver
ages; 1050.lb. choice yearlings 14.1o;
several loads weighty western steers
10. 00-14.00; good grade offerings
1o.5o-11.5O; very little under $50,
weighty cutter COWS to $50; beef
COWS shared general upturn at 5.75'
$50; weighty sausage bulls to 1885;
most vealers 1000 down; very few
1880.
Salable sheep 5000; total 10000; fat
lambs strong to rs higher, mostly 10
up; sheep steady; feeding lambs
strong; bulk good to choice fed west
ern lambs 100 lbs. down 9.40-50; top
$50 freely; few just good loads 9.25;
good to choice 103-107 lbs. 9.10-25;
fall shorn lambs S.75; closely shorn
S.15; yearlings 7.50-S.25; slaughter
ewes 3.5O.4.25; few loads 71-lb. feed
ing lambs $40.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Dec. 12.@RNNo cash
wheat. Corn No. 3 mixed 81; No. l
yellow old IS IL; No. 2 yellow 81
IA; No. 8, 60 IA to 81 IL; No. 4.
81 3-4; No. 3 white 81; No. 4, "a
IA. Oats No. 1 white 40 IA to
-; No. 2, 40 to 40 IA; No. 3,
80; No. 1 white heavy 40 IL; No.
u, 40 IA; No. 3, 80 IA; No. 4, SO
"a; No. l mixed heavy SO IL;
No. l red heavy SO IL; Nc. 2. 80
Barley mailing 81 to 81 IL nomi-
nal; feed AZ to 50 nominal; No. l
60; No.. 4, 81; sample grade 40;
No. l mailing 81 to g.; No. 8, So.
Soybeans No. 2 yellow IS 81 to
96 IL; No. 8, 90 3-4 to IS 3-4; No.
a, 90 to "a 10; example grade 81
10.
Field seed per hundred weight
nominal; Timothy seed 400; al
sike $50 to HOO; fancy red top
$50 to 800; red clover 800 to
1000; sweet clover $50 to 400.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
DOMESTIC
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-R-With
wheat traders still under the spell
of usually favorable new crop pro-
spects, prices drifted lower again
today. in the absence of com.
mercial and speculative demand.
Snow and rain blanketed much
of the hard and soft winter wheat
belts, augmenting moisture sup
plies which some crop experts said
should make possible favorable
early growth during the period of
plant revival in the spring.
Much of the weakness of wheat
was associated with selling Of De-
cember contracts in which trading
will cease a week from Saturday.
The selling was attributed in part
to interests possibly with accumu-
lated profits who do not wish to
take delivery, although, so far,
only 10, 1000 bushels have been tend
cred and outstanding contracts
still exceed 5000, 900 bushels.
December wheat fell l 1-8 cent
at n stage and deferred con
tracts were off almost that much.
Closing prices were 3-8 to 7-8 low
er than yesterday, December 80
l-8, May SO to 86 1-8; corn closed
1-8 to IL down, December 60 IL,
May 60 IA; oats IA off to 1-8
up; rye unchanged to 3-8 lower;
soybeans 3-4 to l IA down and
lard Z to Is lower.
Increased shipping business in
wheat, with II, 1000 bushels sold,
had only slight supporting effect.
Traders, likewise, paid little at
tention to gossip concerning pos
sible Greek and Finnish purchases
of grains as we'll as Red Cross re-
lief in accessible European coun-
tries. British interests were in the
market for Canadian wheat. From
the domestic standpoint there was
on evidence of any improvement in
commercial demand. No. l hard
wheat was quoted here at 81 3-4
cents, or 2 IL over the December
price. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
TRENDS CONFLICT
IN BOND MARKET
Group Of British Bonds And
Some Domestic Issues
Register Gains

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-R-Con-
flicting trends prevailed in the
bond market today.
A group of British empire bonds
rose 2 to 4 points, rejecting en-
thusiasm over the turn of the war
in Egypt, and a selected group of
domestic issues made some pro-
gress but there we're many losers
of small amounts at the close and
numerous loans ended unchanged.
Governments were mixed.
Sales of 49, 27, 100, par value,
compared with $11, OBJ, 900 on
Thursday, the best volume in sew
eral weeks.
Principal beneficiaries of the en-
thusiasm for the British cause
were: new South Wales IS of ST,
up 4 IA at 60; the IS of SO. up
2 at So; Sydney 5 lbs Of '55, up
3 at IS, and Australia 4 LIS of Sc.
up l 1-2 at 81.
Domestic loans lacking on plus
signs included Lehigh Valley termi-
nal IS at so 3-4, Southern Pacific
4 lbs at 80. Pennsylvania 4 LIS at
los IL and International paper IS
at 1O2 SO.
Unchanged to lower issues in
cluded Western Union IS, Portland
General Electric 4 lbs, Montana
Power 3 3-4s. American Telephone
3 Ids and Erie SIS.
U. S. governments ended 1882
Of a point higher to 1882 lower.
Trading in this group again was
quiet on the stock exchange but
brisk over the counter. Secretary
Morgenthau was represented as
greatly pleased at the reception
accorded the $500, 600, 600 fully tax.
able notes which traded over the
counter at prices from 100 IL to
100 1882. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-R-Sales
closing price and net change Of the
fifteen most active stocks today:
U S Steel Is, 70O-70B; a e.
Comwlth and Sou 13,200-Ab no.
Std Oil N J H. 0O-33B a Is.
Crucible Steel 1O,9OO-46%; a 2%
Gen Elec 10, 600-34; &c.
Std Oil Cal 49, 00-1SA; a Is.
Cons Eds 10, 200-22; a u.
Colum G and Ell 9,200@S; a Is.
socony Vac e,ooO-SA; no.
Gen Mot s,10O-50A a H..
Int Nickel 7,S00-24%; a u.
Chic Pneu Tool 7,500-14&; a g.
Am Rad Std San 7,oo0-eh; no.
Para Pict 6,900-10A; no.
United Corp 6,900-1%; no.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
|BELK SENTENCED
FOR KILLING MAN
Charlotte Taxi Driver Given
30 Years For Staying Of
Jake D. Hunt

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 12-RNClif-
ton D. Belk, 19-year-old white cab
driver, was sentenced today to. 80
years Imprisonment for the STAY
inging of Jake D. Hunt, negro fill
ing station employee, December 8.
A superior court jury returned
a verdict of second degree murder
after celebrating a little more than
an hour. The sentence, the maxi
mum provided by the law, was
passed by Judge Luther A. Hamil-
ton. A first degree verdict, carry
ing the death penalty, had been
asked by the state.
When Judge Hamilton completed
passing sentence, Belk sprang to
his feet and shouted, Il appeal
Still talking and protesting, he
was led away by deputies who
placed him in a nearby cell where
he continued to shout and beat
against the bars.
Hunt was shot to death with a
22-calibre rifle at the filling station
where he worked. A short time
later Belk drove to the police sta
ton with the weapon and surren-
dered.
The taxi-driver, employed by a
10-cent cab company, commended
he shot in self-defense. He testified
that Hunt had threatened him with
a knife, whereupon he drove home,
obtained the rifle and returned te
the filling station, opening fire, he
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
DRY O

NEW YORK, Dec. Ill., The
|rayon goods market continued &C.
tive and firm.
Cotton goods trade was restrict.
ed to covering in heavy industrial
and sheeting numbers against ex.
tension of government business for
defense purposes.
Many mills in the wooden indus
try r as much as one month be-
hind schedule on needed shipments
of civilian goods. The trade esti-
mates several months of intensive
production necessary to correct
this situation.
The silk market continued in the
doldrumS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
NEW YORK METALS

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-LR-Cop'
per steady; e%lectrolytic spot, Conn
Valley, 1900; export, fas N Y, 1925
II. 0 Tin steady; spot and forward
1910. Lead steady; spot, New York
5.50-55: East st. Louis 5.35. Zinc
steady; East st. Louis spot and for.
ward 7.25. Quicksilver 1877. O00.169. 90.
Pig iron, aluminium, anthony, plati'
num-, Chinese Wolframite and do
nestle Scheelite unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, Dec. 12-LB-(U. S.
Dept. Agr.)- Potatoes, arrivals IS;
on track 329; total US shipments
416; supplies liberal, demand slow;
market steady; Idaho russell bur-
banks US No. /, 1.42 IL to IS;
Nebraska bliss trium- his US No.
l, 1.55 to IS; Minnesota and North
Dakota cobblers IS per cent or
more us No. l, 100 to 05; early
Ohios 80 per cent US No. l, 100
bliss triumphs IS per cent or more
US No. l. 95 to ITO. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
NEW YORK EGGS

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-R-Eggs
BIB; firmer. Mixed colors: fancy
to extra fancy 20 to 30; extras z8
IA to % 1-2; graded firsts rs to
rs 10; seconds Is to 2 51-2; medl-
ums % IA; dirties No. !, % 70
% -; average checks 20 IL to
81. Refrigerator, fancy to extra
fancy "a IL to Is ID; extras g
IL to "a; standards % IA to H.;
firsts % IL, seconds 81 to q ~;
dirties 20 IA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
9elect1ve t-Min Rally Enables Stock Mart To Finish Higher
Yugoslauia And Hungary
SIGN Broad Agreement

BELGRADE, Dec. 12.-R-Yu-
goslayia and Axis-aligned Hungary
bound themselves today in a broad
pact of Lasting peace and eternal
friendship"
The accord. which provides that
the two countries consult on all
questions which could concern
their mutual interests" was sign.
ed after two days of negotiations
between Foreign Minister Alksand-
er Cincar-Markovic of Yugoslavia
and Hungarian Foreign Minister
Count Istvan Csaky.
A joint communique issued after
the two officials put their sigma.
lures to the pact said the strength.
ening of Yugoslav-Hungarian rela.
tons would serve the best inter-
ests of the two neightor countries
and also the well-being of tn e
Danube BASIN" 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
NEW YORK SUGAR

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-GP-Do-
nestle raw sugar climbed a couple OF
points today after a boost in the re-
fined price but late profit selling can
celled part Of the rise.
The close was unchanged to 1 point
higher, Sales amounted to 1850
tons.
World futures closed unchanged to
1 lower on transfers of $3.50 tons.
At the new level refined locally was
4.4o cents against 4.35 previously.
In the raw market an operator
bought 1000 tons Of Philippines now
loading at 2.95 cents, where most
offerings were firmly held.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 12-RH
CUSDA)-Livestock: Hogs: Steady.
Good and choice 180-225 lbs $50
to $40. Top 6.1O. 10o-12o lbs 40
to $50, 120-l40 lbs 400 to $40; 40
100 lbs $40 to SIS; 160-180 lbs 5.55
to $50; 225-250 lbs $40 to $50; $50
300 lbs $40 to $50; over $50 lbs
500 to $50. Sows under $50 lbs
4.35 to 4.85; over $50 lbs 1886 to
4.35.
Cattle-cows and bulls generally
steady most fat dairy-type cows
500 to $50 Gamers and cutters
mostly $50 to $50. Some thin can
ners down to 800. Heavy sausage
bulls 600 to $50, light weights
mostly 500 to $50.
Vealers: Steady, fairly active de-
mand for best grades, dull on COM
mon offerings. Practical top around
100; a few fancy selling slightly
higher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-RHThe
free" British pound sterling
closed IA cent higher today in
terms of the dollar.
The Canadian, dollar advanced
1-8 cent at Sc IL United States
cents.
Other leading foreign currencies
were unchanged.
Closing rates follow Great Brit
ain in dollars: 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, equiva-
lent to discounts on Canadian dol
lars in New York Of buying 9.91
per cent, selling 900 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 10 IL per cent dis
count or $3.50 U. S. cents.
Europe: Great Britain, official
bankers foreign exchange COM
mittee rates., buying $4.02, selling
$4.04; open market, cables $4.04;
Germany 0.07n; (benevolent) 1875;
Finland 2.05n; Greece .68n; Hun
gary 9.77v; Italy SOC; Portugal
4.01; Rumania unquoted; Sweden
q. 85; Switzerland 1920; Yugoslav-
is assn.
Latin America: Argentine Off
ial 29.77; free 1884; Brazil Off
cial SOS; free sos; Mexico 20. 75n.
Far East: Japan 23.48; Hong
kong 1912; Shanghai 6.07.
RATES in spot cables unless
otherwise indicated).
N-nominal. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
LATE CLIMB LED
BY STEEL ISSUES
,ssoeiated Press Average Oh
60 Stocks Closes Up 2
OF Point At 44.2
,v FREDERICK d

~rW YORK, Dec. 12.-LR-Tax-
.n;no difficulties persisted in the
GA. market today but a selective
w.. o,inute rally, led by steels and
'";ar industrials, enabled the list to
'I;.h moderately higher on balance.
rso onening was on the rising
-. buf failed to follow through and
,I1 irresularity prevailed until the
l nno, hour when bidding revived for
lumber Of the metals.
rro Associated Press average of 60
..Ls finished up 2 of a point at
80 its first advance of the week.
rso+ il a not a one-way street,
a,.oyar was shown by the fact that,
- Sag individual issues traded, there
40 gamers, 22S lowers and 23S
unchanged.
There we're scattered active fur
esnecially toward the close, and
.nsfers totalled 7S1,410 shares COM
sa,,od with S1S,66O the day before.
business optimism, actual divi-
,ords and hopes for more favorable
.,o,end disbursements, and a bit
hooripr view of the war dispatches
..,ro helpful factors, brokers' said.
1rservers also felt that offerings for
.to establishment of tax losses or
,qin. may have about run their
rrse, thus putting the market in
healthier technical position.
Preference stocks with stable divi-
,o,d arrearages were bullish per-
.orrners. these being propped by the
.io, the forward stride CT industry
uon1d enable companies to re.:ace or
SOW off accumulations. Universal Pic
,urps Preferred shot up IA points or
scattered sales and ended with a me-
advance of 9 at 119, a new years
npak. Up l to more than 3. also
A. new 1910 tops. were Crucible Steel
common and Preferred. American
Sbinbuildinc and Chicago Pneumatic
Tool.
Ending with modest Improvement
we're [. 5. Steel. Bethlehem, Youngs-
Town Sheet. Chrysler, General Mo
Iors. Western Union. Union Pacific,
Great Northern. Anaconda, Kenne-
colt. LoeW's, Du Pont, Allied Chemi-
cal. Cu5an-American Sugar Preferred
and Pittsburgh Steel Preferred.
Under water were American Tele-
phone. Santa Fe. Montgomery Ward,
Eastman Kodak, U. s. Gypsum,
Westinghouse, Boeing, J. C. Penney
and International Harvester.
Rails generally about held their
own although it was disclosed last
weeks freight loadings climbed more
than s~eaSOnally.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, Dec. 12.-RE(U.
S. Dept. Agr.)-Sheep 800. F
lamb market around steady with
Monday. Top 10 lower. Good and
choice, ewes and wethers 1925 to
so. Few medium throughout $50
to 9.25. Few Gull and common
kinds 500 to 800. Sheep lacking. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
Increase In Wholesale
Commodity Index Noted

WASHINGTON, Dec. r. Up -
The bureau of labor statistics to-
day reported an increase of OIL per
cent in the wholesale commodity
price index for the week ended De-
cember Z.
The increase raised the index
to 1913 per cent of the 1926 aver.
age. The bureau said this was the
highest point cached by the index
since mid-March of 1888. The i'm
cas- for the week of December
7 was attributed to price advances
for farm products and food.
swore, when the negro again ad-
vanced toward him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-13
NEW YORK BUTTER

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-R-But-
ter, 1888, 236; steady. Creamery:
higher than 81 score and premium
marks Sc IA to 81. 81 score, cash
market IS to 1874 to 366; SO to 81
score "a to IS IL; "a to 81 score
81 IL to 80 IL.
Cheese 174, $50; firm. Prices UNI
changed. 4