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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-12
ATTENTION O.E.S.

Regular meeting of Juneau Chap ter No. ', Tuesday, pm. Valen- tine card party and refreshments. (Signed) LILLIAN G. WATSON, adv. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-12

Ten inches of fell in Atlanta. Came in with the wind, doubt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-12

Try an Empire ad.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK. June l (P.-The British
change market today after Yesterdays S
abrupt ,run-uo of cents in relation to
Money dealers reported trade in the
even for week end. Most operators
preferred to keep their books clear,
Other chief foreign monies including
Late rates follow tGreat Britain in
dollars, others in cents).
sI Canada.
for .. s. dollars ir suyins 10 1Spe per tasas cent
premium, selling II per cent premium,
equivalent to discounts on Canadian dol
lars in New York of buying 991 per cent,
selling 900 Der cent
m.Ttet aeaT Cent in asw York
ss 9rsat sdds1 nstsn sH ssmanS sdGs2 a2l 1852 Gables
Finland 2OOn: France SO: Germany
4O.12n fbeneyolent. $500: Greece. 81 "a;
Hunsary; 1765n: Italy. sos: Netherlands,
30: Rumania sen: "'sSsH Sweden r9!!sE1l ss s5n
Latin America.
Argentina. oficial 2a77: free - .36:
Brazil oficial. sos: free. SO: Mexico.
16.o0n.
japan: a3.4s; Hong Kong. so.so shans-
hal. 5.55.
. RATES in SPOT cables unless otherwise
fndicated)
Nominal
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. June l.P' united STATE e-
,ets Ct In mostly
finished hogs and cleanup lots; not enousn
good and choice hogs to try prices: ouotaole
TOP so , hppsTs Ged %sek sso
weighing around $50 pounds and under
spproximately steady; heavier weights and
.oss ssaSie Sis satts 900 no calves COMPARED
Friday last week fed steers and yearines
steady: all Grades under pressure late IN
ever. considering increased receipts, early
in week and lower hide prices; heifers
closed steady to strong; cows strong TO ;.o -
steady. als but ti vealeT 5s-1 90 lower; Largely
steer and heifer run, with common and
GRADES sase ssarse
below trade requirements: lone-fed heavy
steers scaling 1850 pounds upward in
T9es GOOD % choee and
top; strictly prime fed steers 12.4o: next
steers. 100: heifers. 1885; light Offer
inss. 1925; killers got very little under
s.75. feeder dealers competing for qualified
on choice vealers on post-holiday trade,
10 so; outside. 100:
salable sheep, 500: total 5000; com
light; old-crop lambs showing curtailment,
with woolskins practically out Of picture:
proes on II Fed and sprr
higher. fat sheep strong: best native spring
lambs in very small lots FPS; practical
top. 12.15, with bulk better kinds, II So
100. and throwouts, 9.0O-9.50 several
doubles California sprinsers scaling from
p.75; best fed clipped lambs. 9.S5: bulk.
q.25 $50; some as low as SIS: one double
fed woolskins in medium flesh, 9.75: fed
s.75-3.50: mostly medium and weighty
kinds. with very few light enough to bring
400: culls mostly 30 down, with shelly
Gamers to l so and below.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Wool Trading Restrained
By War Uncertainties
BY the Associated Press.

BOSTON, June 1.-The CONNER
cial Bulletin today reports that "un-
certainties due to the war abroad
have had a distinctly restraining
effect upon activities in the wool
textile industry on this side. Hardly
any business has been done on
Summer street, and this merely re-
fleets the apathy and uncertainty
existing in the markets higher up.
There are somewhat conflicting
reports on piece goods activity, but
most observers report very little
civilian business on the docket at
the moment. Spinners and combers
generally agree on this proposition.
There is, however. some business
coming through for Government
account. Two openings of bids have
been made this week by the Army
quartermaster. which activity may
help the civilian market.
western activity has been at a
minimum both in wool and mohair,
with prices generally held firmly by
growers
Foreign markets are offering very
little wool to affect this market
materially"
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Stock Leaders Slip
Fractions 10 81 al
Week 'sCIose
War Uncertainties Cut
Market Volume to
300, 900 Shares
By VICTOR EUBANK,

NEW YORK, June War i'm
ponderables continued to act as a
drag on stock market buyers today
and leading issues were permitted to
slip fractions to point or so.
While the fact that dealings were
negligible from the start-transfers
for the two hours approximated
100000 shares, smallest since early
May-provided a little encourage
ment for bullish forces, few were
disposed to reach for favorites be-
cause of fears Italy would enter the
conflict on the side of the Nazis
over the week end. Brokerage
quarters warned of the possibility
of a fresh market shock in the event
of quick Italian shift and a new
Hitler blitzkrieg.
At that, lack of any real pressure
of offerings was attributed to the
belief of many the administration S
huge rearmament program would
give numerous industries shot in
the arm" and more than offset dislo-
cations of this country's foreign
trade occasioned by further re-
verses to the Allies In addition,
the opinion was heard in the f1nan-
cial district that securities prices
may already have discounted much
of the bad news" that has come
from overseas.
Stocks moped from the opening
on, with lower trends interspersed
whit feeble rallies and subse-
quent retreats. Although minus
signs were we'll distributed at the
close, modest gains were to be seen
here and there.
Lacking much support were
United States Steel, Bethlehem,
United Aircraft, Douglas Aircraft,
Lockheed, Sears Roebuck, Montgom-
cry Ward, Westinghouse, du Pont,
Johns -Manville, American Smelling,
Great Northern and Texas Corp.
Among resistant shares were
American Telephone, Southern Pa
cific, Sperry, Allied Chemical and
Phelps Dodge. General Motors and
Chrysler were unchanged during
the greater part of the proceedings.
Bonds were mixed, with German
loans improving. Commodities were
bit ragged. Free" sterling and
the French franc dipped in terms of
the dollar.
In a spotty curb, improvement
was posted for Aluminium of Amer
ica, American Cynamid "B," Mid
vale and Fanny Farmer. Easier were
Gulf Oil, Electric Bond g. Share
and Singer Manufacturing.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Capital Store Sales
Ahead Of Year Ago
In -Four Weeks
Latest Weeks Volume,
However, Loes Behind
1899 Levels
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Cumulative sales in Washington
department stores in the four weeks
ended May rs averaged 6.2 per cent
more than sales in the similar pc
riod ending May 81, 1889, the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Richmond
announced today.
Weekly sales, however, for the
week ended May Is were 34 per
cent less than sales for the corre-
spending week last year, the report
said. and sales we're 81 per cent
lower than in the previous week this
year
Washington stores made a record
very similar to that for the whole
fifth district, which reported sales
down 4 per cent from the same
week last year, S per cent from the
previous week and up 7 per cent in
the four-week period compared with
last year. the review stated.
10 Morgan on Bank Program.
10 V. Morgan, sole member of the
Board of Tax Appeals, District of
Columbia, will address the Hot
Springs Convention of the District
Bankers Association on THE Tax
Situation in the District of Colum-
bia," it was learned today Hilleary
G. Hoskinson is chairman of the
Program Committee.
Mr.. Morgan has held his present
post since July /, 1898. Born in
Leonardtown, Md, he is graduate
of Holy Gross College and the
Georgetown law school, member of
the District bar and at present a
lecturer on taxation at Southeast
ern University.
Home Mortgages Increase.
The Federal Home Loan Bank
reported today that urban home
mortgage financing by all types OF
lenders in the United States in April
was 81 per cent ahead of April, 1899,
and 13 per cent better than March,
1910. The survey covers mortgages
of $4,000 or less.
Savings and loan associations put
out S110,787 900. banks and trust
companies, 82,569, 900; individuals,
s56,561 900: insurance companies,
s27 ,oe1 900; mutual savings banks,
sl3,122,000, and others, s50,203,0 900,
making a total of 1854. $4,000 in
l24.721 different mortgages, the re-
port stated.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Washington Produce

BUTTER-93 score. tubs, 2ss.: 1-pound
taSs mound nflts urinss' ss' ss e.
5s9e 5sPouqd % ls,l prints; ssA [;pound prints.
;%h: s5M; ,srp ,shr-poqnd prints: a7's:s So score;
prints. SSs5,h; ss score. tubs, ss: i-pound
OrnTS vrsTockccsy.a. sS PRINTS in :n2n, Il lamb,
II. Other livestock prices unavailable to-
From Agricultural Marketing Service
Prices paid net fob. WASHINGTON:
GGGS-Market about steady. Prices
paid for Federal-State graded eggs re-
ssiyed from grading stations tJune u:
Whites. U. s. extras, large, 21-23; q. s.
extras. mediums, 1919; q. s.. standards,
diums. 1917; y. 8. trades. 1e-l7. Browns.
U. 8. extras, large 2O-22; q. s. extras,
mediums. 17-1s; U. 8. standards. large
1919; U. 8. standards. mediums, 16-17:
U. 8. trades. 1917. For nearby ungraded
eggs: Current receipts. whites. 16. few
LIVE POULTRY-Market about steady.
Fowl: Colored. all sizes. II: No. 2s. 1918;
Leghorns, 1914. Roosters. $40. Chick
ems: .n ., ,virsinis Books; broilers and fEyers,
ware Rocks and Crosses, broilers and
hieher: under lbs. 1915. TURKEYS:
hens and toms. $40.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 1.-Cotton fu-
lures fluctuated actively in a 49,
point range today. Final quota
tions were to 3 points lower.
The list advanced early in SYM
pathy with steadiness at Bombay
and on trade and Wall Street buy
ing. Later the market reacted
sharply under hedging by large spot
houses, plus foreign and domestic
liquidation in near months.
Prices recovered later on short
covering and trade price fixing, at
tracted by the lower levels.
The range follows:
Old contract:
Open. High. Low. Close.
July ------ 9.46 9.47 9.2s e.3s-4O
Ty July a.4a s.5s s,4e $50
December - $50 $50 $50 s54-57
March - s$9 s:3e s.ss s.sf-se ssf
Middling spot 7s-inch). 1O.21n.
Cottonseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
2-S higher. Sales. IL contracts. July.
5.9Sn; September, 6.O2b: October, O4b;
DECEMBER; DECEMBER; 612; January, 6.10. b Bid
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Brokers' Looms Down
$4,000, 900 in Week

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported that last week S loans to
brokers and dealers on securities
held by reporting member banks in
New York City totaled $3.50, ,OO0, ,0O0
For the week ended Wednesday the
total represented a decrease of $53,-
100000 when compared with the
previous week
Loans for the corresponding week
a year ago totaled 1858 100000.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Chicago Grain
BY the Associst ted Press.


CHICAGO, June IAN attempt
to rally the wheat market on the
basis Of war reports from abroad,
gains of almost 2 cents at Winnipeg
and likelihood OF return of hot
weather to the Southwest fell fiat
today.
Early gains amounted to about y.
to y cent. but buying soon quieted
down and prices fell as much as a
cent from the highs to below pre-
vious closing levels before steady
ing. Much Of the advance scored
at Winnipeg in the first few min
utes was lost later. Favorable crop
progress in the United States en-
couraged quiet selling that appeared
after the first few minutes.
Foreign cables remained confused,
but reports of a renewed Allied drive
from the south and of possible entry
of Italy into the war kept dealers on
the alert, although most of them
were willing to hold to the sidelines
if possible. Great Britain was re-
ported to have bought some Cana
dian wheat overnight, which caused
the early runup at Winnipeg.
The weather map showed light to
fairly good rains in the Ohio Valley
and in the Canadian belt, while
crop experts said the first suggestion
of warm weather has appeared in
the Northwest and a similar outlook
is developing in the Southwest. They
said this may favor spread of black
rust prevalent in the Southwest.
Offsetting this were the more IA
vorable reports of domestic crop con-
ditions. The Atchison, Topeka e.
Santa Fe Railway survey said Kan
sas wheat has improved at least 10
per cent the past month and larger
Oklahoma harvest now seems prob
able. The private crop reports to
be released early next week were
expected to confirm recent what
gains.
Corn prices were steady despite
reports that the movement of grain
to Great Britain as a result of the
recent subsidized export sales of
Is ,000, 900 bushels is being curtailed.
Although some of this corn has been
clearing from Chicago recently in
lake vessels a number of boats that
were to have been sent here for corn
have been diverted to Fort William
for wheat. However, 107,0 bushels
Of corn cleared today for Montreal.
There were rumors that Great
Britain had Cancelled its corn order
but Government omcials denied this.
At II am, wheat was u ~ higher,
compared with yesterdays finish;
July, 81A; September. 50, and corn
was Nv up; July, 6lA; Septem-
Der, 60T. =
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. June dividends de-
clared Published by Fitch Publishing Co.:
Extra.
Pc Stock of Pay
Rate. riod record. able
Kysor Heater = 6-1 els
Resumed.
Bath Iron Works 25c - 6-15 IL
Reduced.
Commercial Credit 15c @ CLIO 6-2o
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Universal Aircraft
Pluns Everett Plant
BY the Associated Press.

SEATTLE, June Ivan Mer-
rick, ST., one of the incorporators
two weeks ago Of the 81, 900 900 Uni
versal Aircraft Corp, said yester-
day 1t probably would establish its
factory at the Everett (Wash0 Air
port.
He said the company had pur-
chased the Stearman-H Hammond fac
tory at San Francisco, would move
1t to Puget Sound, and that rep
resentatives were at Washington,
d. c., negotiating for the sale Of
training planes to the Allies and
the United States Army.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Baltimore Stocks
Ohio Bross Declares
Dividend of 50 Cents
y the Associated Press.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BY Cne ASS0C16ted Press.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, June 1.-Di-
rectors of the Ohio Brass Co. have
declared dividend of so cents a
snare on common stock, payable
June "A to stockholders Of record
June 8.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
New York and CHICAGO
Loan Trends Differ
By the Associated Press.

BY Che AsS0cl6ted PreSS.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ports that New York banks reduced
their commercial, industrial and
agricultural loans by $4,000, 900 to
total Of 81, ,658, ,000, 900 in the week
ended May 20.
Chicago banks increased similar
loans In the same week by 1000, 900
to . total Of 4412, ,000, 900.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Zenith Radio (1e). l Q

Unit Of trading 10 shares.
In bakruptcy or receivership or being
reorganized under Bankruptcy Act. or
securities assumed By such companies
Rates Of dividend in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarter or semi-annual declaration Unless
otherwise noted: specie1 or extra dividends
are not included.
Ex dividend xr Ex rights Also extra
last vear pecared or psid se fsr Pse f,s
year. Payable in stock. Paid last year
h Cash or stock Accumulated dividends
paid or declared this wear.
Evening star., 1940-06-01

r In bankruptcy or receiversnip or beinR
reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act, OF
securities assumed BY such companies,
Rates OF dividends In the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the
last quarterly or semi-annual declara-
extra dividends are not included. Also
extra or extras. d Accumulated dividends
paid last year. Declared or paid so
far this year. PAYABLE in stock Paid
last year. h Cash or stock kAccumu-
lated dividends paid or declared this year.
ur Under rule. WV With warrants. Nv
without warrants war Warrants
Evening star., 1940-06-01
r IN AN CIAL.
AND CURB MARKETS
Curb
By vrivats wire direct 70 The star.

Stock and Sales
Dividend Rate Add 90. High. Low. closs.
Ala Ct Sou (3e) 75s SO 62M SPA
Alum Co Am (2e) 35Os l53 151 1872
Evening star., 1940-06-01

Stocks
.By Private Wire Direct to The starJ

Dividend Rate. Add co. High Low Close
Evening star., 1940-03-13
Defense
Continued From First Page.)

ing American warplanes to France
and Britain.
Disagreement over this policy
contrasted with the one-sided House
approval yesterday of a $685. ,000, ,0OO
expansion bill which would add 43
ships and 1,011 planes to the Navy's
strength.
The new pursuit craft, congress
sional sources disclosed, already is
being tested and is smaller and
more easily maneuvered than the
present model. It's development was
said to be one of the principal rea-
sons why the War Department
sanctioned release of the 400-mile-
an-hour type.
In reply to question on the pro-
ductivity of the American plants,
Mr.. johnson said United States pro-
duction was following schedule He
said that at the present rate 1900
planes and 10000 motors a year
are being taken off the production
lines in various American plants.
Meanwhile, the naval expansion
bill went to the Senate, where
greater opposition was anticipated
In the House only 81 votes were cast
against it, with 3O3 votes for it
Chairman Walsh of the Senate
Naval Committee has argued thai
appropriations should be voted first
for vessels already authorized.
The Navy bill provides for three
aircraft carriers and an unspeci-
fled number of cruisers and subma-
rines. Information on these was
not included, in order to keep secret
the size and exact number of ships
! in each category.
Evening star., 1940-03-13
Capital Hopefu|s
For 'Jody' Role in
Film Try Lines
Six Of Eight Chosen
Here Are Coached
By Talent Scout

Six of the eight potential "Jodys,"
chosen from a field of 648 aspirants
here, tried their ability as actors
today.
The boys, all hopeful to play the
role of Jody in the movie version of
The Yearling," received coaching
from Talent Scout William D. Deer
ing, who selected the Washington
Youngsters after two days of inter-
views with stage-struck mothers and
their sons.
Mr.. Deering devoted his time to
going over the lines with the young
sters one by one. Each boy was
taken into a little dressing room
backstage at the Capitol Theater;
the others waited their turn, mean
while memorizing a few lines from
the script.
your father is sick in bed" Mr..
Deering would tell the boy before
him. Your mother and father are
farmers and the deer is eating up
the crop. And the father wants
you-that's you-to go out and shoot
the deer.
you are very sad about this be-
cause the deer is your friend. You
are very detected. Do you know
what that means?"
The lad shakes his head.
Mr.. Deering tries again:
Say you had a little dog and
somebody shot him. You know how
you would feel them"
The boy mods, understanding at
last, and the coaching goes on.
The boys selected are: Richard
Hawkins, 621 Thirtieth street NV;
Joseph Gaines, 1108 I street Sc;
Jack Hardell, 1926 Cathedral ave-
nue. NV: Victor Phillips, 400 Van
Buren street NV: Sidney Jones,
1412 Morse street NE; Franc
Sherry, 9o8 Twelfth street NV;
Franklin Sa+twell, 200 Rhode
Island avenue NE, and Robert
Lennon of 304o1s R street NV.
Evening star., 1940-03-13

all licenses must be renewed as of
February /.
Stand or Sit to Drink?
Later, the committee became in
volved in a discussion over the rel
ative merits of perpendicular" and
horizontal" drinking. Maj Ernest
w. Brown, superintendent of police,
recommended several days ago that
a man be allowed to stand up and
drink on the theory that both the
bartender and drinker would know
the degree of intoxication.
The debate came to an abrupt
halt, however, when Representative
Schultz declared:
1T would be horizontal drinking
if they try some of this new book
beer
F. Joseph Donohue, an attorney
who has represented clients before
the A. B. c. Board, preceded Mr.
Lodge on the witness stand and dis
cussed the case of George Walsh
Upshur street restaurant proprietor
who was denied a license to sell
liquor by the drink. Mr.. Walsh's
Establishment, it was brought out
is about a block from the sea food
restaurant of Leo j. RosSiter whose
license to sell liquor by the drink
was renewed by the A. B. G. Boaro
after start of the liquor inquiry. The
license had previously been refused
The special House committee in.
vestigating the District liquor situa.
ton today indefinitely postponed
the inquiry after completion of the
testimony of Thomas E. Lodge
chairman of the Alcohol Beverage
Control Board.
Evening star., 1940-03-13
Republican Votes
For Democrats
DispIeoses Glass
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
II every Republican votes Demo-
cratic next fall It's going to make
Senator Glass, Democrat. Of Virginia
an unhappy man-so he says.
Majority Leader Barkley was re-
minding the Senate yesterday that
II 1t had not beeli for the, votes of
millions of Republican," the Demo-
cratic party would not be in power.
Queried Senator Glass: wouldn't
the Senator think it extraordinary
If all the Republicans in the United
States had voted the Democratic
ticket?"
1T might be extraordinary" re-
piled Senator Barkley, "but I'd well
come it."
well, I wouldn't" snapped Sen
ator Glass.
Evening star., 1940-03-13
Miss Anne Mcdonnell
To Wed Henry Ford Il
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 13.-The en-
gagement of Miss Anne Mcdonnell
to Henry Ford, I'd, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edsel Ford of Crosse Pointe
Shores, Mich, was announced last
night. No date for the wedding has
been set.
Miss Mcdonnell, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James Francis Mcdonnell,
who maintain residences here and at
Southampton, Long Island, was
graduated from the Convent of the
Sacred Heart and later studied at
the Grottaneli School at Sienna,
Italy.
Mr.. Ford is a grandson of Henry
Ford. A graduate of Hotchkiss
School, he is a senior at Yale and
manager of the crew.
Miss McDonne.ls family is promi-
nent in New York society. Her
father, a graduate of Fordham Uni
versity, is a broker and partner in the
Stock Exchange firm of Mcdonnell
& Co.
Evening star., 1940-03-13
Use Of Wire-1apping
By G-hen Limited,
Hoover Declares
Says He Once Bonned
Practice Now Employed
In Some Crime Cuses
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
J. Edgar Hoover said today that
uses Of wire tapping by his Omen
have been 'few and far between"
Interviewed after the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee rec
commended yesterday a general in
quiry into wire tapping by Federal
and private police agencies, Mr..
Hoover declared that he consistently
had opposed the practice.
In fact, he said, he originally
banned its use by the Federal Bu-
reau Of Investigation three months
before a Supreme Court minority
criticized the practice in 1928.
The system was reinstated in 1881,
Mr.. Hoover said, on instructions
from Attorney General Mitchell ito
conform to practices in the Prohibi-
ton Bureau" Mr.. Mitchell had
been questioned by members Of Con-
gress, he explained, as to why one
branch of the Justice Department
used wire tapping and another did
not.
Limited to Some Crime Cases.
Since its reinstatement, Mr.. Hoo.
yer added, wire tapping has been
limited to specific cases of such
crimes as kidnapping, extortion and
fragrant white slavery"
Wire taps never have been used
in any case involving civil liberties"
he said; never in any investigation
involving labor or subversive activ-
ity, and never has the wire of q
Senator or member of Congress been
tapped"
He said that wire taps never had
been used for evidence, but only for
"collateral'work in developing leads.
In June, 1888, he refused to indorse
legislation proposed to legalize wire
tapping evidence.
Senator Norris, independent, Of
Nebraska expressed the opinion that
a congressional investigation of wire
tapping was not needed as far as the
F. B. I. was concerned, and voiced
concern that an inquiry might be
used for political purposes.
"TOo Close to Election"
Were too close to presidential
election to expect fair investigation
by Congress" he said.
Senator Norris has protested to
Attorney General Jackson what he
termed "inhuman, indecent and un-
lawful" treatment of persons ar
rested by F. B. I. agents in Detroit in
an investigation of Spanish recruit
ing.
But think that will be remedied
without any action of Congress"
Senator Norris said. "I have lots of
faith in the Attorney General, and I
don't believe he will let such things
60 on in his administration.
ITO my mind, wire-tapping or use
of recording machines is not nearly
so vicious or bad as the practice Of
third-degree methods"