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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Dec. 70 Up - ALI
classes of livestock sold at gen
orally steady prices with lambs
showing some strength. >Recelpts
in the hog and sheep markets were
moderate and in the cattle marke!
rather limited. j.
Although hogs generally sold at
steady levels, the market Lacked
firmness in spite of a further re-
duction in receipts and the top
fell to $685..
Steers were in very small num-
bers with nothing strictly good or
better included. The market was
a cleanup trade on COWS and hell
ers, the former selling slow and
weak and the latter showing a
more active Quilt.
W. S. Dept. Adjustable hogs
II, 900; total 5000; market active,
fully steady with Thursdays ave-
rage; top 6.35; bulk good a d
choice 100 to 270 lb. averages 6,20
to 30; most 270 to 800 lbs. 6.10 to
80; 100 to 1870 Id. lights generally
800 to Is; good packing sows 425
lbs. down mostly $50 to S.; with
$50 to $50 Id. kind 500 to Is,
shippers took 1900; followers 500.
Salable cattle 1000; valves 300;
market. generally steady on all
classes; mostly a clean-up-trade
on cows and heifers; with cows
slow and weak and heifers showing
a little more active outlet; buyers
attracted to medium to good kind
at recent sharp decline; new loads
steers 900 to HOO; these medium
to good; common kind $50 to SOC;
load good yearlings 1926; stockers
and feeders slow, steady at 9.55
down to $50; best heifers 1000;
mostly 9.25 down to 800; common
heifers scarce; Gamer and cutter
cows 4.25 to SIS; these and beef
offerings at 6.25 to 100 a little
lower than the weeks high time
but higher than week ago; bulls
steady; weighty sausage offerings
to TAO; few selected vealers to
HOO; mostly 1880 down.
-Salable sheep 5000; total 5000;
fat lambs steady to strong; spots
shade higher; other classes about
steady; good to choice fed west
ems and native lambs up to 100
lbs. 9.25 to 81; latter top to Ship
pers; load 106 lbs. go; eight cars
Kansas wheat field lambs 9.15 to
Is straight and moderately sorted;
few medium yearlings 7.50; best
ewes quoted to $50; feeding lambs
8.85 to 900. )
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
SALVATION ARMY
RENAMES BOARD
Reports For Month OF No.
yember Are Heard At
Annual Meeting

The local advisory board of the
Wilmington post of the Salvation
Armv was reelected at a meeting
Thursday at the Citadel, 215 South
Front street.
Members of the board are James
F. Post, chairman; the Rev. Walter
B. Freed, vice-chairman; Mrs. Har-
riss Newman, secretary; Roger
Moore, treasurer; Mayor Thomas E.
Cooper; J. Holmes Davis, Jr., r.. A.
Dunlea, j.. H. Ferguson, the Rev
J. F. Herbert, Addison Hewlett, Jr.,
E. w. Mango, John o. Marshall, Mrs
Nash Miller, Col. William V. D.
Ochs, Mrs. Donald Parsley, r. b
Roberts, J.. Earl Sneeden, John c
VESSEL, Jr., and Thomas H. Wright
A report of activities for the month
of November was made as follows;
Open air meetings conducted =
indoor meetings %; meetings in coun'
ty Jail 4; Ladies Home league meet
ings 4; Sunday School meetings al
Fourth and Wright streets s; Young
PEOPLES Legion meetings 4; total 56'
Transient men assisted 165; meals
given s46; lodging given $50; women
and children assisted Z; local home
less men assisted 9; families assisted
in emergency IA; garments
given. 1876; pairs of shoes given IL;
cases referred to Durham home and
hospital /.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Dec. 20-R-Dealers
closing out accounts in December
contracts, in which trading ceases
tomorrow, bid up the expiring
wheat option a cent a bushel to-
day and this demand helped to
keep the entire market on a firm
basis.
December wheat closed 3-4 to !
cent higher than yesterday at 80
IA to 3-8, a premium of almost s
cents over May and exactly ten
cents over July, 1941, deliveries.
BY this sharp price spread, one OF
the widest on record, grain men in
dictated their belief that on the
basis of present conditions new
wheat next July is worth a dime
less than current delivery grain.
Deferred wheat deliveries closed
unchanged to SO higher, May 81
SO to IL, July 70 IA to 3-8. Corn
was 1-8 to 3-8 up, December &C
7-8, May 60 IL to 3-8; oats 1-8 to
3-8 lower; soybeans unchanged to
l IA higher; rye 1-8 to IL up and
lard 10 to Is higher.
Most of the buying of December
wheat was attributed to previous
''short" sellers eliminating obliga.
tons to deliver actual grain and
to cash dealers or consumers wish
ing to take delivery in view of quo
tations of 80 3-4 for No. l hard and
80 for No. 3 red in spot market.
AT the opening contracts involving
81, 556, 900 bushels remained to be
settled either by pit operations be-
fore Saturdays close or by de.
livery by December 81.
Open High Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
E YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Dec. 20-RE The
cotton futures market today was
virtually locked in pre-holiday
trading apathy. Final prices were
unchanged to l point lower.
The seasonal lull in textile mar
kets and quiet spot markets help
ed curtail operations.
Contracts were supplied chiefly
by Bombay brokers and hedging
sales from the south. A small but
steady stream Of buying came
through from Japanese accounts.
the trade and mill interests.
Some of the demand was said te
represent further lifting of hedges
against staple sold to Russia.
Worth street cloth dealers re-
ported inventory considerations
dominated slow trade. Mill asking
prices held firm, however, despite
efforts to trim quotations.
Open High Low Close
Jan, 9.99 9.99 9.99 n9.99 Off l
March 1912 1918 1912 1912 Off /
May 1906 1910 1905 1905 inch
July 1888 s.s6 9.s2 9.Ss Unch
Oct. 80 $50 $50 $50 n9.s1 Unch
Nominal.
Spot nominal; middling 1892.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
FOREIGN

NEW YORK Dec. 20-R-Mild
pressure developed in the free for
eign exchange market today
against the c%urrencies of Hong
kong, Shanghai and Argentina.
The Hongkong dollar dipped .O2
of a cent to 1918 United States
cents, the Shanghai unit lost .03
of a cent at 5.83 cents and the Ar
gentine peso .03 of a cent at 23.611
cents.
The Canadian dollar inched up to
So ga cents. The Swiss franc gain
ed .O3 of a cent at 1921 cents.
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
II per cent premium, equivalent
to discounts on Canadian dollars
in New York of buying 9.91 per
cent, selling 900 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 10 IA per cent dis
count or 86.75 U. S. cents.
Europe: Great Britain, official
(bankers foreign exchange COM
mittee rates., buying 500, selling
$4.O4; open market, cables $4.04;
Germany 40.07N; (benevolent)
1880; Finland 2.05N; Greece .6SN:
Hungary 19.77N; Italy sos; Por-
tugal 4.01; Sweden 1885; Switzer.
land 1921; Yugoslavia 2.35N.
Latin America: Argentine official
2 VT; free 1851; Brazil official
6.05; free sos; Mexico 20.75N.
Far East: Japan 23.48; Hong
kong 1918; Shanghai 5.83.
(Rates in spot cables unless
otherwise indicated.)
N-Nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
Market Dec6ne Is Halted And Some Issues Retrieve Part Of L0sse
INVESTMENT B0NDS|
RETREAT in MART
Many Speculative Loans Have
To Struggle To Retain Part
Of Thursdays Losses

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-R-Bonds
Of prime investment rating lost
ground uniformly today as many
speculative loans struggled to regain
a part of Thursdays losses.
Turnover in the low yield group
was too small to suggest significant
selling but market observers report
ed a thinning of demand and attri.
buted it to year-end influences.
Heaviness in the top flight issues
brought out other theories, n hav.
ing to do with the basic factor of
money rates. Talk Of possible action
to cut the xcess reserves of the fed.
eral eserv system, to discourage
credit initiation in the financing of
defense has been deeply PIONEERED in
investment circles, and some have
been disposed to regard it as a pre-.
lude to a hardening of interest rates.
A number of high priced industrial
loans dropped IL point or more and
U. S. governments closed at losses
ranging to 22-32ds Ct a point. Stand
ard Oil of N J 2 3-4s, Shell Union Oil
LIS, Montana Power 3 3-4s and Beth.
lehem Steel 3 lbs, all selling above
par, finished lower.
Lower priced liens scoring modest
gains included Portland General
Electric 4 IFS at II IL, Missouri Pac-
ific "F'' SIS of IT at 10 IA, Delaware
and Hudson Refunding As at 4S 3D.
and Allegheny Corp. Stamped IS of
80 at 81.
Light selling cut prices Of loans
of Japan, Italy and Norway by l to
2 points.
Transactions totaled $9,475,150 face
value against $S,742,225 Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
WHAT STOCKS DID
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-R-(U. 5.
Dept. Agr.) - Potatoes, arrivals
lO7; on track 357; total u. S. ship
nents 437; supplies liberal; de-
mand very slow; m;.rket dull with
slightly weaker feeling prevailing;
Idaho russell Burbanks U. S. No.
l, lao to S.; Nebraska bliss tri-
umphs U. S. No. l., 1.65 to IS;
Minnesota and North Dakota cob
olers 80 to IS per cent U. S. No. l,
IS to l.02 10; early Ohios 70 to 80
per cent U. S. No. 1, 80 to LOO;
bliss triumphs 80 per cent or more
U. S. No. l, 80 to 1.3c; Wisconsin
green mountain U. S. No. l., 1.l5.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
GREEK SOLDIERS
BRAVE ZERO COLD
Fighting Reverts To World
War-Type Trench Warfare
Because OF Weather
BY j. YVES GALLAGHER

WITH THE GREEK ARMY ON
THE NORTHERN A ALBANIAN
FRONT, Dec. 19.-LR-A SILVER
ing italian sentry of Bersaglieri
crept furtively about an icy ledge as
a Zero wind whipped his coat about
his legs.
1--WE could kill him if we wished"
a Greek officer at my elbow observed.
I turned away from my peephole in
the observation post in n of the
advanced trenches on this front.
In this sector the fighting has re-
verified for the time being to World
war-type trench warfare because Of
the terrific cold and the heavy
SHOWS.
A short distance ahead of me was
a mountain where thousands of Ital-
ians are entrenched with a big as
sortment of artillery.
Behind me was a shell-riddled vii.
lage; on the right a wind-swept
lake; on the left, the mountains held
by the Greeks.
The sky lead grey, flecked with
snow fluries.
Trench mortar bombs thudded
wickedly. Overhead, there was the
crack of shrapnel shells.
Occasionally our post shook from
the burst of 6-inch shells nearby.
The italian sentry was a joke to
the Greeks. He moved carefully. A
burst from a Greek rifle would have
finished him in a minute.
There is no use killing him." the
Greek officer, tall and tanned, ex.
planned. "He cannot see anything,
and every time one of our men feels
cold all he has to do for comfort is
look at the italian sentry"
But from their trenches, several
hundred feet above the virtually de-
serted village, the Italians were
shooting at everything that moved
in the little valley in the daylight.
They were using machine-guns and
the 6-inch shells.
The fact that they were dug in
higher than the Greeks made it cold
er for them.
The Greeks were surprised when
we showed up. They had not seen
any other newspaperrnen.
AS we drove an ancient station
wagon out of the mountain path
leading to the village a soldier told
US the valley road was under fire.
When we reached the valley floor,
the driver went 60 miles an hour
and we raced down the she'll pitted
road until we were stopped at a
Greek outpost.
Here a young officer gI&led us to
the front line, 200 yards beyond the
post.
He insisted we proceed Indian file.
20 yards apart, across 100 yards Of
open field to reach the village itself.
We crossed all right, and the pre-
caution seemed silly until the officer
turned and said the entire field was
within easy rifle Shot of the Italians
on the mountain.
1T must have been too cold for
them to shoot you," he. added non
Ia ntly-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
Longer P. O. Hours
Are Announced Here

The parcels, general delivery
and stamp windows of the post
Office will be open today from
8 o'clock until 6 o'clock in the
afternoon, according to an an
Eouncement yesterday by Post
master Wilbur R. Dosher.
The above windows will also be
open Sunday from 9 o'clock until
6 o'clock in the afternoon.
Deliveries will be made both
Saturday and Sunday. All persqDs
who are expecting packages are
requested 10 leave someone home
to receive them, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
E YORK G

NEW YORK, Dec. 20-R- Do
mestic sugar futures advanced l
to 2 points today in response to
buying created by a favorable
overnight appraisal of better than
expected November delivery fig
ures. Sales totaled 1850 tons.
Many deliveries in world fu-
lures sagged into new low ground
for the season when discouraged
long li%quidations met with little
support. Final prices were down l
to l IL points on sales of $500
tons; March .72B, May IA LIB.
Raw sugar held quietly steady.
Duty free and Cuban offerings
we're held at 2.95 cents a pound
and believed available at 2.83 but
buying interest ranged from 2.9o
to 2.93 cents.
Refined was unchanged locally
at 4.35 to 40.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
STORES

SAVANNAH, Dec. 20.-R-Tur-
pentine firm 81 to 81 ii; offer
ings SO; sales 1900 gallons; re-
ceipts 66; shipments So; stock H.
$40. Rosin firm; offerings 225. all
sold. Receipts 497; shipments 427;
stock III, 749.
Quote: B, 1873; D, 1.41 to 81; E,
"A to 81; F, las to S.; G., lisa
to II; H, 1854 to II; I, 40 to "a;
K 2.10; M, 2.08 to 10; N, 2.20;
VIC 2.52; WV, X, 2.75.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.|RE
prices throughout. the wooden piece
goods market were firm ~ad tend
ing upward today as traders re-
ported wool consumption continu-
ing at the highest daily rate re-
corded since June.
On the other hand, cotton goods
sctlvlty lapsed into the pre-inven-
lofy quiet which characterized the
market early this eek. Mill ask
ing prices remained firm and UNI
Changed.
IN rayon goods demand W a S
spotty and business light. Silk
goods continued inactive. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
REFUNDING PLAN

NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-R-An-
H0uhcement of a $4,000, 900 refund
lug plan by Phillips Petroleum Co.
Way topped the financing new OF
month which already has seer
s0-0'ooo,Oo0 of public offerings by
s~ofpofations. The new offerings were
spo'llghted by a recommendation of
public utilities division Of the
turtles and exchange commisson
aise there be sealed competitive bid
ing Tor Utility Holding company
'Shcing of more than S11.000.00
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
E YORK METALS

NEW YORK, Dec. 20IRECop'
per steady; electrolytic spot Conn.
Valley, 1900; export FAS NY.
1880 to 1900. Tin steady, spot and
nearby SOLO; forward SOTO. Lead
steady, spot, New York $50 to SIS,
East st. Louis 5.35. Zinc steady,
East st. Louis and forward 7.25.
Pig iron, aluminium, antimony,
quicksilver, platinum, Chinese
wolframite and domestic scheelite,
unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, Dec. 0.-R-(U.
S. D. A.)-Hogs 200; mostly
steady with Thursday; good and
choice 1870 to 24O lbs. 6.55 to 80;
practical top $50; 100 to 100 lbs.
6.45 to 70; 40 to 100 lbs. 6.35 to
go; $50 to 300 lbs. 6.25 to so; 49,
to 40 lbs. COS to 30; 120 to 13o
lbs. 5.85 to 6.10; packing sows 5.35
to IS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
WANTS NAILS OUSTED

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. 20.-(R
-Egon L. F. Ha%nfstaengl, son OF
Ernest F. S. (Putz) H~anfstaengl who
once was a friend of Chancellor Hit.
Ter, declared today that America
should wake up to the urgency Of
the times and expel all Nazi Off.
Gals from this country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
PROFITS REDUCED
IN LATE TRADING
Turnover OF S32,230 Shares
Largest Of Week; Aver
ages Are Unchanged
~ GARDNER

NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-LR-The
,.rsthy stock market decline was
.,,ted today and selected issues re.
tri.yed portions of recent losses.
Forward tendencies were exhibited
.t the start and gains of fractions
n 4 point or more well dis
tributed around midday. The rally
hon Wavered and extreme advances
n,ere reduced at the close. Minor
occasions were plentiful and numer-
ous issue held at Thursdays final
levels.
Dealings picked up occasionally.
The turnover of s32,230 shares COM
rared with $4,000 the day before
and was the largest of the week.
The Associated Press average of 60
stocks was unchanged at 43. OF 1874
Individual issues traded, 1929 were
III. e5s down and 252 unchanged.
Early buying appeared, brokers
said, on the theory the list was en-
titled to at least a temporary revival
after five successive retreating ses-
lions. Business news continued as a
rron but restraining influences still
wore seen in the sketchy war news,
more year.end adjustments of &C.
counts, worries over 1941 taxes and
some apprehension regarding speed
ing up of the defense program.
Y. s. steel, Republic and Youngs-
Town retained minor improvement
and Bethlehem was off a trifle. Next
weeks mill operations were expect
Al TO hold at record capacity levels
for a Christmas holiday week al.
though dropping from the preceding
reriod because of Yuletide suspen-
sions.
General Motors was down 1-S and
Chrvsler up IA as predictions were
, made that new car and truck regis
,rations in the third quarter of
around 1000, 900 would establish a
record for the period.
n. Y. shipbuilding, American Ship
building and Electric. Boat tilted up
ward in the wake of the latest Brit
ish order for ocean tonnage ag9re-
eating s1OO, 600, 600.
Ahead at the finish were Interna-
tional Paper preferred, Mullins Mfg.
preferred, American Smelling, Ana
conda, N. Y. Central, Great North
ern, Santa Fe, Sears Roebuck, Doug
las Aircraft, Boeing, Dow Chemical,
Eastman Kodak and General Elec-
trio.
Merchandising issues were bolster
ed BY indications Christmas shopping
would reach a new peak in the past
10 years.
In the losing division we're Ameri-
can Telephone, Standard Oil Of N. j.,
Westinghouse, United Aircraft t.
Union Pacific, Johns-Manville, U. S.
Gypsum, International Harvester
and Phelps Dodge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-R-Sales
closing price and net change Of the
Is most artive stocks today.
Std Oil NJ 1890; e3A, dA.
Int Tel and Tel 1890; "a, al.
U S Steel 14,400;. 67%, an.
socony Vac 11,100; 81, dA.
Int Nickel 1890; 20, no.
Gen Elec 10, 800; 32%, as.
Gen Mot $500; 49%, dis.
Comwlth and Sou 9.400; n, no.
Beth Steel $500; S3A, DIS.
Packard $500; 3, DIS.
North Am Co. $500; 16A, as.
Cons Eds 5000; 21&, no.
Radio 1900; Az, DIS.
Am Rad Std San 1900; 6%, nc.
Woolworth 1900; 30%, DE-.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
NEW YORK EGGS

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-R-Eggs
10, 251; firm. Mixed colors: fancy
to extra fancy % to %; extras
27 IL; grade firsts 26; seconds
"a IA to Is; mediums % IL; dir
ties No. l, %; average checks q
to q IL. Refrigerator, fancy to
extra fancy "a to "a IL; extras
% to % 10; standards % IL; firsts
% to q IA; seconds 81 to 81 IL;
mediums 81 IA to 81 IL; dirties 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
NEW YORK BUTTER

NEW YORK, Dec. 20-R-But-
ter Az, 499; easy. Creamery: High
er than SO score and premium
marks "a 3-4 to As IL; 90 score,
cash market "a IA to IL; 1891
score SO to "a IA; "a to 81 score 81
to 80 IL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-R-
immigration officials have refused
to permit 20 prisoners who escaped
from the French penal colony at
DEVILS island to enter this country,
it was learned today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
NEW WORK POULTRY

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-R-Live
poultry, by freight, weaker. Fowls,
colored 16 to 10; leghorn 10 to Is.
Pullets, rocks %. Old roosters II
to IA. Turkeys, hens % to g;
young toms II to 10; ducks IS to is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
N, O. COTTONSEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2O.-R-
Cottonseed oil closed steady.
detachable prime summer yellow
$40 nom; prime crude At. Dec.
5.37b, JAM, 5.38b, March. 5.4ob,
May 5.50B, July 5.56b.
B-bid. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2O.-R-
Spot cotton closed quiet l point
lower. Sales 708. Low middling
1886, milling 9.86, good midling
i .36, receipts 1882, stock 534, Ill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Dec. 20.-R-Peanut
quotations: jumbos, 80 3-8 to 3 ~;
bunch, 3 1-8 to 3 IA; runners, 8 to
Is 1-8. Market quiet and unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
NEW r. COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20.-R-
Hedge selling erased early advances
in cotton futures here today. There
were no sales on the close. Final
bid prices were steady unchanged
to 1 point net lower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
BUTTER

CHICAGO, Dec. 20-R-Butter,
receipts 668, 079; weak; creamery,
90 score "a IA to "a Ia; 90 80 80;
80 80, SO 81 IL, 80 centralized car
lots 80 IA. Other prices unchang.
ed.
Eggs, receipts 1881; unsettled;
market unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
CHICAGO LARD

CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-R-L a r d
tierces 4.37; loose Att; bellies 1887.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
COTTON

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 20 & :
Spot cotton u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21
STOCK AVERAGES

6O-Stock Range Since 1927
1898 1926 1929
High ------ 1873 1913 1871
Low ---.-- 1877 1863 61.S
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BALTIMORE POTATOES

BALTIMORE, Dec. 20-R-Po
tatoes unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21

Open High Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-21

No. 3 n follows:
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Donation Party to Be Today
For Little Sisters of Poor

A fisherman's daughter, who
worked as a servant girl more than
100 years ago founded the Little Sis
ters Of the Poor, at whose Washing
ton hospice at Second and H streets
NE, the Knights of Columbus and
other friends will hold the 18th an
nual Donation Party at 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
In the century of its existence
since its founding by Jeanne Jugan,
the Little Sisters of the Poor has
had $4,000 young women in its ranks
who have devoted their lives to car
ing for more than half-million old
people.
Jeanne was still a young girl when
Evening star., 1940-11-17

rier-borne air attacks against italy
has been demonstrated. Should the
British inaugurate land-based air
operations from Greece, Italy may
really begin to feel the smashing
weight of air war. From such
bases the British also might be able
to operate with advantage against
German attacks in the Balkans.
On British ability to maintain
sea and air superiority in the Medi-
terranean theater Of war may de-
pend in the long run the outcome of
World War II. And its air superb
ority may depend on the fact that
both in England and the United
States there now are going into
mass production airplanes which
are definitely superior in perform
ance characteristics to those designs
which were frozen" three and four
years ago by the Germans and
which today form the bulk of the
German air power,