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Evening star., 1940-06-26
Norfolk & Western
Will Improve S8,000,O 900

BY the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va, June 26-The
Norfolk 81 Western r way an
nounced today that it would pro-
ceed Immediately with an improve
ment program which involves an
expenditure of approximately So
100000.
The program includes the pur-
chase of $4,000 tons of 13l-pound
steel rail and fastenings, 1000 new
55-ton hopper coal cars. 500 40-feet
box cars and fifty 50-foot cars.
The proposed outlay is in addition
to the S20,000,000 expenditure for
additions and betterments during
1910. which was announced at the
beginning of the year.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Sonto Fe Buys DieseIs
For Freight Service

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 26.-The Santa
Fe Railway today announced the
purchase of two 5,400- horsepower
Diesel-electric freight locomotives
listed as the first to be used by
any road for main line freight
service.
The carrier also bought 10 modern
steam locomotives adapted for use
in hauling either freight or passen-
ger cars.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Vacuum Cleaner Sales
Set AlI-Time Record
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, June 26.-Sale of
1886 household vacuum cleaners
in May established an all-time rec
ord for the month, C. G. Frantz,
executive secretary of the Vacuum
Cleaner Manufacturers Association.
announced today.
The May figure compared with
l70,2G9 in April and 114,377 in May,
1889, and played large part in
piling up the second largest jan
uary-May total in the industrys
history. Five-month sales of 1885,
IT'S were exceeded only by 835 1898 in
the same period of 1887.
Evening star., 1940-06-26

financial d i S.
trlct. He is a
partner of Fol-
ger. Nolan & Co.,
in the American
Security Build
ing. He has
been very active
in the Bond
Club, last year
" as secretary
and treasurer,
and had much
to do with the
success of the
annual outing.
Associated with
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Business Looms Gain
For Third Struiqht Week
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press.
NEW YORK, June 26.-Business
loans of reporting member banks
in 101 cities rose S10,000,G00 last
week. but the gain was confined
principally to new commitments by
large city institutions.
Loans to industry, commerce and
agriculture increased Sl2,000,O00 in
Chicago and $4,000. 900 in New York,
but declined s6,0OO,000 in other
areas.
1t was the third successive weekly
gain for business loans of the 101-
city banks as a whole.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Missouri Pacific Seeks
S75O,OOO for Equipment

By the Associated Press.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad ap-
piled to the Interstate Commerce
Commission today for authority to
issue s750,000 of equipment trust
certificates for use in connection
with the purchase of new equip
ment costing $4,000.
1t will include a streamlined train
to be operated between Memphis,
Tenn, and Tallulah. La: II Diesel
switching locomotives. one Diesel
passenger locomotive and 80 hopper
cars.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Commodity Markets
To Close on Saturdays
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 26-All mar
kets of Commodity Exchange, Inc
rubber, hides, silk and metal futures
will close Saturdays for 10 weeks
beginning July s and continuing
through September 7, it was an
nounced today.
Action of the exchange leaves only
the cotton maret and the securities,
exchanges operating locally on Sat-
urday during July and August. Mar
kets followed similar schedule last
year.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Sontu Fe Net Income
Shows Gain for Nav

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, June 26.-Santa Fe
today reported net railway operating
income for May was S63l. .637, an
increase of s525,5S2 compared with
May. 1889.
The Rock Island Lines reported
s286,039 for May. an increase of
$l96,496 compared with May, 1899.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Baltimore Quotations
Odd-Lot DEALINGS

The Securities and Exchange
commission reported today these
transactions by customers with odd
lot dealers or specialists on the
New York Stock Exchange for June
25; 1887 purchases involving lOO.-
881 shares; 3,3l7 sales involving
92,443 shares, including 10 short
sales involving 1853 shares.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
New York Metal Market

NEW YORK June % Chopper bare
ly steady; electrolytic spot, Connecticut
Valley, 11.1212-5O: export, fas. New York.
lilo. Tin barely steady; spot and nearby
52.25;. forward, 1875. Lead steady; spot,
Zinc. steady; East St. Louis spot and for
ward. 6.25. Quicksilver I9S.00-200 90.
Pig iron. aluminium antimony. platinum.
Chinese wolframite and domestic scheelite
UNCHANGED
Evening star., 1940-06-26

year in the management of the Bond
Club are Frank M. Hall, president;
Myles H. Quail, secretary and treas
urer: Harold c. Patterson and G.
Fenton Cramer, governors. Accord
ing to custom, Mr. Folger will be
president of the club next year.
Bank Association Official.
T. Stanley Holland, new first vice
president of the District Bankers
Association, started his banking ca
reer the hard way, as a. runner in
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK June 26 LPa.--There was
fairly active wooden goods demand for fall
lines in textile markets today Prices
were strong, still under the influence Of
Government buying orders.
Inquiry was light for cotton goods at
steady and unchanged prices. Silk bust
ness was negligibfe Sales of rayon sum-
mer fabrics were routine.
Evening star., 1940-06-26

the trust de-
partment of the
American S e.
cul'ity & Trust
Co, in 1908. In
1917 he was
elected an as
sistant trust Of
fcer and in 1888
trust officer. the
position he now
holds.
Mr.. Holland
graduated from
G e o + g e town
University Law
School in 1912
Evening star., 1940-06-26

Unit of trading. 10 shares
In bankruptcy be
ACT or securities assumed by such
nursements based the
included " N-e 1o'
Accumulated dividends paid last paid
lar TINS year PAYABLE in stock
stock Accumulated dividends declared this wear
Evening star., 1940-06-26

ChicaEo Cash Market
CASH wheat. sample grade. hard, Is
Corn; No. mixed. 75l,: No, / yelIou.
81 4CrS-3oi+ No, l white, 75la.
-, pats. NO. 3 mixed, 81: No. / white.
pie ., graGe No ia "a ,9-35'a; No. 3. 33ia; sam
An Barley mailing. $3.50. nominal feed,
Evening star., 1940-06-26
WinnipeE Cash Market

Winnipeg Cash Market
WINNIPEG, June If 1P-Whest No.
! northern. II "a; No. >, 6SIs No g. 63s.
oats NO. > white, 30la: No. 3, go
Baltimore Quotations.
BALTIMORE. June 20 (P,-Wheat No.
REQ winter, garlicky. spot. domestic 20,
Evening star., 1940-06-26
New York Bar Silver

NEW YORK, June 26 R.-Bar
silver, 3434, unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-R-Reports
of export inquiry by Russia and
Portugal for Canadian wheat,
strength in securities and a better
demand from mills boosted wheat
prices as much as a cent a bushel
at times today, but profit taking
and pressure from longs in the
final hour erased most of the gains
Closing prices were IA to IL cent
off for December wheat while the
deferred positions were unchanged
from yesterdays close.
The early advance brought
prices to the highest level since
last June for the nearby delivery
and to new seasonal high for May
and July. Reports of favorable
weather conditions in most of the
winter wheat belt, with greening
fields being pastured in some sec
tons, contributed to the weakness
of the July contract.
Final wheat prices were I'm.
changed to IL cent lower than
Mondays close, December 81 IL
to 3-8, May 80 1-8 to 80; corn was
IA to 3-8 cents up, December So
1-8 to SO, May SO IA; oats were
unchanged to 1-8 off; rye unchang'
ed to SO lower; and soybeans un-
changed to IA higher. 4
Open High Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Oct. l. -RE H o 6 S
moved strong to 10 cents higher
today, the top advancing to $6.65.
Fed steers and yearlings S d
strong to Is cents higher while 9th
er classes of cattle were unchanged
Fat lambs were steady to IS cents
up.
The advance in hog values fell
on butchers scaling 100 pounds and
up and on packing COWS. Receipts
undershot previous estimates by
5000, totaling $1,000 with 1000 di-
rect to packers. The wholesale pork
market declined, best loins fall.
ing to SIG per hundredweight.
GUS Dept. Adjustable hogs,
$4,000; total $1,000; butchers 100
pounds up and packing sows 5 tc
10 higher, mostly 10 higher than
Mondays average: top 6.65; bulk
to so; bulk 300 to $50 lbs. $40
to 60; bulk 80 Otto $50 lbs. 6.15 tc
Is; most $50 to 400 lbs. SIS to6.2 20;
400 to 500 lbs. $50 to IS; shippers
stock 500; holdovers 1000.
Salable cattle 5000; calves 1000;
fed steers and yearling including
light heifer and mixed yearlings
strong to Is higher; market I'm.
even but generally active at ad'
vance; due to sharply abridged re
ceipts and rather acute scarcity
strictly good choice and prime of
ferings; killing quality heifer rur
medium to good; strictly choice
kind absent for several days;
COWS very carce and FULL steady:
bull steady to weak, mostly 10 tt
Is lower for week to date; vealer:
Is higher early; but closed steady
after 1900 was paid rather freel.
stockers and feeders continue
much more active and general;
Is higher early; but closed late
last week; yearlings going at 81!
to 1880; selected lots to 11.40 ane
heavy feeders at 8.75 to $50; strict
ly choice medium weight steer
topped killer market at 1875; sew
eral loads 1880 to 1900; some 1912!
lb. yearlings fed showed here mad
1925; several strictly good tt
choice lots turing at 1900 to IS
mostly $50 to 1880 market on fec
steers best yearlings Its; cutter
COWS SIS down; sausage bulls IL;
on down.
Salable sheep 5000; total 1000
fat lambs closed upward f l.
steady to 10 higher; top 9.35 OF
six decks good to choice Washing
tons averaged go lbs; bulk good tt
choice natives 9.15 to Is; a few w
to 9.35; yearlings strong to Is high
err; three decks fed Texas yearlinE
IT'S to $40; slaughter ewes I'm
changed, scattered sales BIZ
down. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
SUTT0N'S TRIAL
SET FOR NOV. Is
Continuance Gives Holland
New Reprieve; Death
Date Jan. "a

RALEIGH, Oct. 1.-OP-Shep-
rose Holland, under sentence Of
death for the murder of his step
son in Duplin county, will get a
new reprieve to set his death date
for January "a due to continuance
of a case in Duplin county against
two men charged with conspiracy
to murder the child.
Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill
said today the new reprieve would
be necessary as Hollands death
date now was fixed as November
8.
Yesterday at Kenansville Judge
Leo Carr ordered the trial of Ralph
Sutton and Mott Sutton, charged
with conspiracy to murder Ray
Goodman Holland, the stepson,
continued until a special term of
court starting November 10.
The Suttons were indicted after
an appearance by Holland before
the Duplin grand jury last sum-
mer. Holland was convicted in
July 1889.
Defense attorneys objected to
the continuance yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
rket Gets Away To Fine October Start By Pushing Rail Stocks
RAILROAD BONDS
MAKE GOOD GAINS
Domestic Loans Trail Along
At Uniform Upward Pace
But Foreigns Suffer

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-|R-Rail-
road bonds forged ahead to new
highs for 1910 on average today
while most domestic loans trailed
along at a fairly uniform upward
pace. There were some bad breaks
in the foreign department.
Further evidence the rails were
doing increased business in haul
ing freight and carrying passen-
gers, plus new statements by lead
r in the industry that they were
in excellent condition to cope with
any volume of business the govern.
mental rearmament program
might impose was translated into
gains of major fractions to 2 points
or more for some carrier obliga-
tons.
The Associated Press average OF
20 rail bonds advanced Z of
point to 60.3, beating the old 1910
high by 3 of a point.
A few of the best gamers were:
Atlantic Coast Line collateral As
at ,6S IA, Big Four" 4 LIS at
81, Boston Maine q 3-4s at 72,
New York Central 4 LIS at So 7-8,
Nickel Palte 4 LIS at so 3-8 and
Northern Pacific As at rs.
Ahead elsewhere were, among
others, National Dairy 3 3-4s, West
ern Union SIS, Republic Steel 4 LIS
and General Steel Castings 5 LIS.
U. S. Governments were 4-32 of
a point higher to 4-32 lower.
Sales of SO, ITS, 700, par value,
compared with S., 442, 300 Monday
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Oct. 1..R-
Demand for Swiss francs to repa-
rate war-scared capital sent the
rate up 6-1OO of a cent to 23.Ol
u. S. cents today, highest price
of the year.
Foreign money dealers said a
minor squeeze had developed as
Swiss corporations transferred bal
ances out of the U. S. on the
theory loss of the neutral nations
independence would result in the
blocking of foreign-held balances.
The companies desired to avoid the
loss of working capital in such
fashion.
Bankers pointed out the U. S..
had blocked money held here by
European countries taken over by
Germany.
The Canadian dollar failed to
hold a gain of l cent and ended
1-8 lower at IS ga U. S. cents.
Free sterling dipped + IL cents
to 4.03 ~.
The Hongkong dollar lost about
1-3 cent and the Shanghai dollar
lilo cent of recent gains. South
American units held steady.
Closing rates follow Great Brit
ain in dollars; others in cents:
Canada: official Canadian con
tro1 hoard rotoe for TT G Ia11,rc.
buying 10 per cent premium, sell
ing II per cent premium, equiva-
lent to discounts ON Canadian dol
lars in New York of buying 81
per cent, selling .09 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New Y o r k
open market IA IA per cent dis
count, or 1915 u. S. cents.
Europe: Great Britain, official,
bankers Foreign Exchange COM
mittee rates., buying $4.02, selling
$4.G4; open market, cables 4.03 II;
Germany 40.O0n; benevolent)
1850; Finland 2.05n; Greece SO;
Hungary 19.50n; Italy SOC; Portu-
gal 4.Ol; Rumania .48n; Sweden
1882: Switzerland 23.01; Yugosla.
via 2.35n.
Latin America: Argentine off.
cial 80 IT,. free 1925; Brazil off
cial Cos; free sos; Mexico 20.65n
Far East: Japan 23.48; Hong
kong 1857; Shanghai 5.66.
Rates in spot cables unless
otherwise indicated).
N-nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
RICHMOND HOGS

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 1.-RE
Hogs good and choice 1870 to 20
pounds 5.35-6.55. 100-12O lbs. 400
sos: 12O-14O lbs. 5~.05-5.55; 140-l6O
lbs. 5.55-6.OO 160-l80 lbs. 6.OO-6.35;
225-250 lbs. $685.; 25O-3OO lbs.
5.55-6.O5; over 300 lbs. 5.45-5.95.
Sows under $50 lbs. 4.0O-5.30;
over 300 lbs. 4.3O-4.80.
Cattle fat dairy type COWS 5.oo
to $50; good beef breed slightly
higher; cutters 4.00to4.50 Gamers
800 to $50. Heavy sausage bulls
600 to $50, lights 500 to $50.
Vealers 1000 practical top. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
E YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-R-Cotton
futures stuck to a close course to-
Gay and final prices were unchang-
ed to l point down.
Trade and mill demand furnish
ed most of the support. Contracts
were supplied mainly by hedging
and professional selling.
Pressure was light but buyers
were curbed by the fact that most
active positions still were above
loan levels.
Textile agents said a moderate
amount of cloth was sold at I'm
changed levels. Sales of gray goods
we're estimated at under 5,0OO,O0 t
yards at a late hour.
Exports Monday nil. Season sc
far 1873, 1876 bales; port receipts 49,
343. Port stocks 2,319,822. 4
Range follows:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, Oct. 1.-(R-U.S
Dept. Ayr. (-Hogs $50. Steady with
Monday. Good and choice 100 to
22O lbs. 6.65 to 80; practical top
$50; 22O to 24O lbs. 6.55 to 80; 100
to 100 lbs. 6.45 to 70; $50 to 300
lbs. 6.35 to go; $50 to 100 lbs. 6.35
to go: 40 to $50 lbs. 600 to 25;
100 to 40 lbs. $50 to 600; 100 to
100 lbs. 5.55 to 30. Packing sows
4.85 to 5.35. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
1NDIJSTRIALS ALSO
MAKE GOOD GAINS
po.l Prices Are Established
IN Forenoon Wren Volume
Is The Greatest
nv d

NEW YORK, Oct. L. Up - The
.a,l market got a flying start on
the new month and the final quarter
+he wear today by pushing up in
,..+riaI n rail leaders to more
than 5 points.
The extension of Mondays selec-
.;v0 dyance was not accomplished
',,+bout some profit taking diff
.rItv however, and, at the close, top
ouotations were reduced in the ma
iority Of cases.
Peak prices were established in the
.,ronoon when volume was largest.
There were frequent slow-downs
,f,er midday but the turnover
aaounted to SO7,1 100 shares COM
naro3 with 403,O70 yesterday.
The Associated Press average of
en- issues held a net advance of 6 of
, nojnt at 45.1. The market was not
,blv broader than in the preceding
session. 794 individual stocks being
traded against 651 the day before.
NJ the total $40 we're up, 81 down
and 1853 unchanged.
Motiyating the speculative revival,
brokers said, was a favorable inter
nretativn of the new excess profits
tax bill passed today by the house /;
growing optimism regarding business
nrospects rejecting the huge defense
spending program; higher hopes of
The British repelling the Nazis, and
-. slieE.t lessening of worries over
Far Eastern complications intensi-
fled by tho recent shift of Japan to
the Rome-Berlin axis.
Steels we're in front throughout.
As market analysts voiced the opin-
ion companies in this field, along
with railroads. air transports, utili-
lies. pills and mining concerns would
suffer much less than some other
lines from the proposed taxes on ex,
cess earnings.
4 number of senior shares having
siZeable accumulations of u d
dividends again were among the
strong spots of the list with upturns
of / t. : points. These included is
sue of American Woolen. General
Steel castings. Pittsburgh Steel and
Pacific Coast Co.
Prominent common stock climbers
We're L. :. Steel. Bethlehem. 1oungs-
w Sheet. Great Northern. Santa
Fe. Pennsylvania. Pullman. Chrysler.
Genera. Motors. Montgomery Wa1d,
Douglas .Aircraft. American Tele
rhone. Anaconda. Dow Chemical. Al
lied Chemical. Du Pont, Eastman
Kodak. Martin-Parry and Standard
Oil Of y. ].
Permits for the sale Of securities
held under wartime exchange con
troll in Canada were resumed today
but it vas not believed any sizeable
offerings came from this source.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
CHICAGO POTATOES


CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-R-U. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes, arrivals
113; on track BIT; total U. S ship
ments 582; supplies liberal; de
mand for northern triumphs bes'
quality moderate, market firm
with slightly stronger tendencies
for other varieties all sections de
mand slow, market about steady
Idaho russell burbanks U. S. No. l
1.5O to 60; Colorado red Mcclure:
U. S. No. /, 1.35; Minnesota ane
North Dakota cobblers 80 to 80 pei
cent U. S. No. /, rs to IS; bills:
triumphs 80 to 80 per cent U. S
No. /, rs to LIS. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
iO-Stock Range Since 1927:
WHAT STOCKS DID
NEW YORK SUGAR

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-lR-
Domestic sugar futures pushed
ahead as much as 3 points today
before profit taking interviewed. Fl
nal prices were unchanged to l
up on turnover of 1000 tons.
Bullish factors included firmness
IN raw and refined sugar, expec-
tatlons of early extension of the
quota system and concern over
Philippine supplies should the Far
Eastern conflict broaden.
Refined was unchanged locally,
Out IN the south two interests ad-
Vanced prices IS points to 4.30 as
Of the close Oct. 2. 4
M . faJ1z,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
f YORK EGGS

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-R-Eggs
20. 1928; firm. Mixed colors: Fancy
to extra fancy Is IL to %; ex-
tras Is; graded firsts 81 Il; sec
onds 10 to 10 IL; mediums ID IL;
dirties No. /, ID IL; average check
is to is IL. Refrigerator, fancy
to extra fancy % to 24-2; extras
81 IL; standards 20 to 20 -; firsts
20; seconds 10 to 10 II; mediums
10; dirties II IL to 18 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-R-No cash
wheat
Corn No. l yellow 81 IA to IS
IL; No. 2, IS.
Oats No. l mixed 80 IA; No. 3,
white 80.
Barley mailing 48 to SO nominal:
feed IS to At nominal. G
Field seed per hundredWeight
nominal; Timothy seed 1865; al.
sike cloverseed 900 to HOO; IA
red top $50 to 800; red Glove.
800 to 1000. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Defeated Candidate Is
Given Workhouse Term

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-(P-Joseph
E. civilians, who was defeated
two weeks ago in a bid for a re:
publican congressional nomination,
today was sentenced to rs days in
the workhouse on a disorderly con-
duct conviction based on an anti.
Semitic street speech.
Seven days he spent in the psy-
chiatric ward at Bellevue hospital
were deducted from the sentence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, Oct. l.-UP-Sales
closing price and net change of tn,
fifteen most active stocks today:
Gen Motors, 29.40O-49B; ass.
US Steel, 26, 4O0-59a4: a1a.
Ct North Ry Pr. Is, 3OO-2S5s as
\ Central. 7,5O0-14$; al.
Graham-Paige, 10, 1905; allie.
Press Stl Car. -, 700-12; ass.
Penn RR, II, 200-22I; az.
Pullman, 10. 0O0-23S; ALI.
Martin Parry, 10. OOO-97s: a1A.
Cont Motors. 9.60O-33s: al.
Beth Steel, S,9o0-SO5s; ais.
Yellow Truck. 8,70O-15k; az.
Repub Steel. S.4OO-1SA: az.
Curtiss-Wright, 1908; az.
Anaconda, 7.500-22%: as.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Mcclure Memorial Church
Formed At Castle Haynes

The Mcclure Memorial Presbyteri.
an church of Castle Haynes was or
ganized Sunday night by a commits
sion of Wilmington P~resbytery con-.
sisting of the Rev. c.. Il. Storey, d.
D., chairman, the Rev. J. w. Whit
Nmore, D. D., the Rev. G. \. Wilson,,
d. D., and Elders George S. Boy
Ian, John Z. Woodburn, and S. A.
! Haines. The Rev. A. d. p. Gilmour,
d. D., and the Rev. A. j. Howell,
| other members of the commission
We're unable TO be present.
Some 40 years ago DR., A. D. Nc
Clure, then pastor of s.. Andrews
Presbyterian church, began preach
ing in the Castle Haynes community
and the work has been carried on
steadily by The st. Andrews church.
The late William Fl. Sprunt erected
the present brick building as a me-
mortal to DR.. Mcclure and the Rev.
C. C. Myers has served the congre-
cation as mission pastor from 81. An
drews.
For the organization meeting spe.
cial music was rendered by the male
chorus and st. Andrews choir. Sew
enty-three members of st. Andrews
were dismissed to become the char
ter members of the new church.
INo, MANY ,toa1u. la I-mpn from ST.
Andrews have held services e I
Sunday under the direction of the
Men-Of-The-Church. The men of st.
Andrews will continue Il conduct
services there twice a month and
1.-THE mother church will continue 10
support the work in many ways.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 1.-RHS p o t
cotton quiet. prices 50 points lower.
Quotations in pence: American,
strict good middling 8.65; good
middling 8.55; strict middl1ng $40;
middling $50; strict low middling
$40; low middling 100; strict good
ordinary 7.45; good ordinary ITO.
Futures closed Is to Is lower.
Oct. 7.89: Dec. 7.55; Jan. 7.56;
March 7.36; May 1925; July us.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
NEW YORK METALS

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-R-Copper
steady; electrolytic SCOT Conn. Val
ley 1900; export Fas N. Y. Tin
steady; spot and nearby 51.5O for
ward 51.25. Lead steady; spot, New
York 500 to sos; East St. Louis
4.85. Zinc steady; East St. Louis
spot and forward 7.25. Pig iron,
aluminium, antimony, quicksilver,
platinum, Chinese wolframite and
domestic scheelite unchanged. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Oct. 1.-R-Tur
Senrlne firm "a ga to 25; offerings
loS; salse 1850 gallon; receipts
I'"' shipments %; stock 49, 65
nos firm; offerings 268, all sold;
receipts 1888; shipments 844; stock
194 ,2o7. Quote: B, 1.5O; D, Isl;
T.. +, SO to IS; G., 1.61 to So;
~ VIC, III; WV, x, 2.55. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
70. 3 range follows:
DRY GOODS

INV YORK, Oct. I.-NR
demand for wooden goods w a S
pFiSk, and mills report all spot
holoing sold and enough orders on
naho to keep factories busy for
several months. Gray goods moved
III mderate volume at unchanged
ptlceS. Purchases Of spot spring
VI last year trading in silk ma
Ieyon fabrics have bolstered sales,
put price levels are below those
'eflals was limited. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
CENSUS CONDUCTED

HONOLULU, Oct. 1. - Up Otto
Joiro Okuda, acting japanese con
sul-general, said today a census OF
all japanese aliens and japanese of
dual citizenship was being conducted
in the Hawaiian islands at the be.
hest O. the Japanese government.