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Evening star., 1940-03-02
Vonodium Corp. Nets
$1,224,450 in Year
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 2.-Vana-
dium Corp. Of America and subsidi-
aries reported net profit for 1899 of
1924. .450, equal to 3.25 a share on
capital stock, compared with $751;
314. or 81 cents q share, in 1898.
Company controls mines In Peru.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Oil Burner Orders
Climb in January
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Manufacturers of oil burners. the
Census Bureau says, booked 13,108
new orders in January, compared
with 1856 in December, and 9,916
in January, 1899.
Shipments amounted to 1858 in
January, compared with 13,30O in
December and 8,738 in January,
1899.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
MetoI Market

NEW YORK. March 2 R.-Copper.
steady; electrolytic. spot; 11.60: export,
f.a.s. New York. IL 20. Tin, steady; spot
steady SPOT, New York. 5.25-3O; East 81.
Louis $40: Zinc. stesdS; East st. Louis.
spot and forward. e;7Si Pig iron, alumi.
Chinese woiffamits and domestic schasiit:
uuchAuged.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Confectionery Sales
Far Above Year Aoo
BY the Associated Press.

oy tut hSSUCIdLeU FIeSS.
The Census Bureau estimates that
January sales of manufacturers of
competitive chocolates and confec-
tionary were about 13 per cent
higher than in the same month
last year.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Rubber Futures

NEW YORK. March Q tP-Crude rub
Der futures closed 7-22 higher. Sales. No.
/. standard. SO contracts. March. 1889;
May, 1S.4O-42: July. 18.1sb. Smoked
ribbed spot, 1S.o7n. Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
D. T.. Postal Receipts
Reach New Peak
For February
Total of $626,S25
Shows $49,14l Gain
Over 1889 Month
By EDWARD C. STONE.

Receipts at the City Post Office
In February smashed all records for
that month in the history of the
Washington Office, 1t was learned
fro,,a of6niolc To
Evening star., 1940-03-02

Also extra or extras
Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers Inc. which
states they do not necessarily reflect act
ual transactions or firm bids or offers, but
should indicate approximate prices.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Washington Exchange
SALES.

SALES.
Capital Traction 1st 5s-$1,OO0 at
1901; $1,000 at 1901.
BONDS
Evening star., 1940-03-02
New York Sugar

NEW YORK. March 2 R.-sugar fu.
lures had mixed price trends In q thin
Domestic contracts closed lower as pro.
Queer selling and week end speculative
sion house buying
World futures moved irregularly. Selling
oy commission houses and little Euro
operators and trade and commission
Duty free saw offerings ranged from 81
available at about 285 cents duty paid.
No sales were confirmed
Henned remained quiet with Eastern
nEms reporting small business at 4.5O
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Federal lund Bonks

NEW YORK. March 2 R.-Federal Land
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Chicago Stock Market

CHICAGO. March 2 R-Following is
the complete list Of transactions on the
Thicono Sfock Evehonuo fodov.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK March . EN.-National As
sociation Securities Dealers Inc:
Evening star., 1940-03-02
United Stotes Treasury Position
BY the Associated Press.

position OF the February
Evening star., 1940-03-02

ruturnes No 3 closed UNCHANGED to z
Glacier County chief., 1940-07-26
Nc Spirit

Northumberland. the spirit Of
your husband wishes to speak to
you.
Madam-It can't be him: Henry
naver had any spirit.
Glacier County chief., 1940-07-26
HOUSEHOLD PLANNING

Bride-I saw it stated somewhere
that a man needs eight hours of
sleep and woman needs ten. I
think that is true.
Groom-Oh, yeah!
Bride-Yes; you can get up early
in the morning and have the fire
made, the house warm and break
fast ready when it's time for me to
get up.
Glacier County chief., 1940-07-26
Why Brak.

Little David Say, Dad, what kind
OF things are ancestors?
Dad-Well. son. that means your
relations that have gone before you.
I'm one. and your grand-dad is an
other.
David-Then why do people 20
around Dragging about them so
much?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
4CT Celebrates tooth Anniversary
Bv Buving IS Diesel Locomotives

I Richmond enabled the quick trans
port of troops and supplies.
The three railroads were badly
damaged during the latter part OF
the war. Tracks were torn up,
bridges burned, and valuable rec
ords destroyed.
Early Photos Located
It is of interest, therefore, to re-
cord that five excellent photograph
have been discovered of the early
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
Several of these were collected by
Mr.. Joseph Lavelle, of Woodside,
Long Island, and the others come
from the archives of the Atlantl
Coast Line Railroad. Good photo
graphs of early railroads are hard
to get. Many an old-time railroad
has vanished or been absorbed,
without leaving any Photographic
record of its beginnings, even OF
a single locomotive, train or de-
pot. This is particularly true OF
railroads existing before the com
mencement of the war between the
states, when photography was not
as common IS today.
OF tn five photographs of the
old Wilmington and Weldon the
earliest is of an engine that ran
in 1859. 1t proves that there were
fredericksburg locomotives even
before the great war between the
states. It was in 1869 that Balti-
NOR capitalists rehabilitated the
Wilmington and Weldon in the fl
nancial reorganization following,
the war. In 1871, the railroads EN-
bracing the Weldon route adopted
the term Atlantic Coast Line"
because the roads SC closely paral-
leled the Atlantic Ocean. This was
at first merely the designation OF
a route. The railroad companies
forming the route, however, used
the terms on their locomotives in
addition to their own names.
Another of the photographs show
a locomotive built by William Will
son for the Wilmington and Wei
don in 1870. The third photograph
Id wood-burner with two passen-
dates from 1891. The fourth is an
gers, believed to be the Whining.
ton and Weldon, and dating from
1898. The fifth is quite a modern
locomotive built in 1894. 1t was on
April 81, 1900, that the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company of
South Carolina, and the Whining
ton and Weldon, the Norfolk and
Carolina, and other railroads, were
sold to and merged into the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad Com
pany of Virginia, which then had
its name changed to the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
TRADES TRAINING
OFFERED BY NAVY

Training in practically all of the
m~odern-day crafts is available tc
young men who voluntarily enlist
for six years of service with the
United States Navy, R. L. Deloach
local naval recruiter, said yester.
day.
At the Naval Training Station,
Norfolk, Va, they are afforded an
opportunity of becoming adept al
any one of Is different trades,
and, incidentally by so doing, ad.
vancing in grade, he said.
Significantly enough, this year
marks a new era in the school &C.
tivity at the training station, for
the new trade school building will
be opened in the very near future.
The building will be occupied by
the machinists, metalworkers, and
woodworkers schools. The com.
munication, electrical, and or.
dnance schools will remain in
the building they now occupy, De.
loach said.
Scientific advancement in t. e
equipment and armament of the
modern man-o-war make it essen
tial that well trained personnel
be available for their operation
and upkeep. To this end, he said,
the recruit acquires documentary
knowledge of the trade of his cho-
ice during a short but comprehen-
sive course, the object of which
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
MARRIAGES

Five white couples secured mar
riage permits during the past
week at the office of Adrian B.
Rhodes, register of deeds, as fol-
lows:
Henry B. Jennings, Jr., SO, of
Durham, and Miss Rebekah
Wright, 20, of Wilmington.
Cornelius Swart, IS, and Miss
Annie Braak, 20, both of Whining
ton.
Halle M. Rivenbark, "a, of Ra-
leigh, and Miss Norma M. Hall,
20, of Winter Park.
James D. Carr, "a, and Miss
Resale Waters, 26, both of vii
mington.
Ferris L. Grooms, 81, Of Fort
Bragg, and Miss Louise Ketchum,
10, of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Bonner To Take Oath
In Washington Monday

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Up
North Cardinals newest member of
congress, Representative Herbert c..
Bonner of Washington, N. c., takes
the oath of office Monday.
Elected from the states First
district to fill the unexpired term
Of former Representative Lindsay c.
Warren and the regular two year
term beginning in January, Bonner
chose Armistice Day because the
House members will be back in full
force.
He was eligible to take the oath
Immediately after his election last
Tuesday, but during the recent cam
paign congress met in abbreviated
sessions because so many members
were away campaigning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Registrants' Aides Are
Named By Van Leuuen

c. Van Leuven, chairman Of the
registrants' advisory board for the
city board, No. l, of the Selective
Service draft, yesterday an
nounced the following men have
been appointed to assist regis.
trants in filling out questionnaires:
C. C. Beekman, Shell Oil COM
pany: VIM. L. Bozeman. Whining
ton Savings and Trust Co.; D. A.
Brown, J. w. Murchison Co.; John
Carter. Cape Fear Shipping Co.;
Waddell A. Corbett, Corbett Pack
age Co.; VIM. P. Emerson, Will
mington Terminal Warehouse Co.;
Fred B. Graham, Wilmington Saw
ings & Trust Co.; R. L. Grower,
A.C.L. Offices; H. H. Harris, Tay.
lor-Colquit Co.; G.. S. Hopkins,
Swift & Co.; Ralph V. Huband,
Security National Bank; S. D..
Hurst, Jr., A.C.L. Offices; A. X.
Hutto, Seaboard Air Line. Acme
Bldg; Hooper Johnson, Willetts
Realty Co.; T. R. Jones, Standard
Oil Co.; Wilbur D. Jones, Carolina
B & L Association; A. B. Love,
A.C.L., 400 N. 18TH; J. Thomas
King, J. w. Murchison Co.; E. A.
Laney, Morris Plan Bank; Empie
Latimer, Bradleys Creek; Herbert
Latimer, Bradleys Creek; David
c. Lee, j. H. Bate Co., Inc; Ward
law E. Lewis, Armour & Co.
Plant: George S. LeGrand, A.C.L.;
Dwight McEwen, Jr., Southern
Box & Lumber Co.; c. C.. McIn-
tire, Odd Fellows Building; D. M.
Motto, National Oil Co.; Herbert
L. O'Neill, % Carolina Apis; Hor-
ace Pearsall, Wilmington Oil &
Fertilizer Co.; Roger S. Riley,
Southeastern Shipping Service; j.
D. Robbins, VIC Chemical Co.;
Jos. E. Rose, A.C.L.; R. M. Shep.
pard, Hugh MacRae & Co.; R. H.
Tate, Peoples Savings Bank &
Trust Co.; G. K. Tilden, E. W.
Godwin's Sons; C. Van Leuven,
No. l Acme Building; r.. D. Wad-
dell, ]. w. Murchison Co.; A. S.
Watkins, Spofford Mills; John c.
VESSEL, Jr., Murchison Building;
Nice. B. Wilson, A.C.L., 1906
Chestnut St.; Louie E. Woodbury.,
Dr., Murchison Building.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Labor Magma Charta'
Upheld By High Court

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9.-R-
The state supreme court denied a
rehearing today in the Howard auto
mobile case decision, which defined
the rights of unions and employers
in labor controversies.
The decision, hailed by unionists
as a magma charta for California
labor declared California courts
have no right to enjoin peaceful
picketing: held the closed shop legal;
upheld the secondary boycott and
asserted unions might picket a bust
ness even though there was no dis
pute between the employer and his
emplOveS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10

is to give him a good foundation on
which his career can be built.
Just before he finishes his re-
cruit training, each man is given
a series of tests to determine his
general intelligence and basic edu-
cation. At the same time he is
given an opportunity to apply Tor
admission to any of the various
service schools.
Deloach also reported four addl-
tional first enlistments as appren-
tice seamen as follows: James
.. Hammond, 81, of Cerro Cor
do; Livingston F. Butler, 81, of
route one, Bladenboro; Marvin A.
Rivenbark, Is, of route one, Bur
gaw; and James C. Holdford, 10,
of 1114 Roderick Avenue, city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10

lit was the first time a train OF
cars had ever been pulled con-
tinuously as far as ISL niles on a
railroad. Bells yer rung, l6l shotS
from cannons we're fired, M for
each mile of the line, and a bar
ecue was given for $50 people.
Part of the railroad had been IN
use as early as 1888, for the first
meeting of the stockholders OF the
line was held on March IA, 1886.
Governor E. B. Dudley was elect
ed President, Gen. Alex McRae,
Superintendent, and j a m e S 5.
Green. Secretary and Treasurer.
The line was not known at this
time as the Wilmington and We'll
don. It had originally been char
tered as the Wilmington and Raj
eigh, but there had been some dill
ficulty in getting subscriptions to
build it from the people of Raleigh.
and so in 1855 the name was then
changed to Wilmington and Wei
don. Nowadays, it is usually re-
ferred to as the Wilmington and
Weldon. as the name of Whining
ton and Raleigh has all but been
forgotten.
Farmers Helped
Money was hard to get in those
days. It was not uncommon for
farmers to furnish timber or teams
to work on the right of way IN
exchange for stock in the railroad.
The lines were local enterprises
pushed by enterprising citizens,
and the loyalty they then felt for
the railroads has survived to this
day in the friendly feeling toward
the Atlantic Coast Line.
With the completion of the Will
mington and Weldon an important
North and South route was estab-
lished. Passengers going NORTH
from Wilmington took the train at
Weldon for Petersburg, Va, over
the Petersburg Railroad, a dis
lance of fifty : nine miles. From
Petersburg they took tn Rich
mond and Petersburg Railroad to
Richmond, a distance of twenty
three miles. Then at Richmond,
they again changed cars and took
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac to the North.
South of Richmond the new lines
passed through a region that later
become known to military tacti-
clans the world over. For there
Lees starved and tattered veter-
ans stood desperately at bay and
hemmed in by the much larger
armies of General Grant, CON-
posed of better fed and better
clothed soldiers, and taking toll
in life and blood for every foot Of
ground relinquished, unit; the be-
loved "Marse Robert" ended the
unequal struggle by surrendering
at Appomatox Court House.
Bread Line"
At Petersburg the Confederacy
received a mortal wound, for when
Petersburg fell and the railroads
now comprising the Atlantic Coast
Line were seized by the Union
armies, the Bread Line" of the
Confederacy was cut, for the Rich
mond and Petersburg, the Peters
burg, and the Wilmington and We'll
don connecte Richmond with a
section which had furnished large
quantities of supplies for Lees ar
mics.
Their importance was further
magnified by the fact that Will
mington was the principal, and for
a long time the only, open port
that could be used by blockade
runners bringing essential supplies
for the forces of the Confederacy.
Fort Fisher commanding the
mouth ct the Cape Fear River be-
low Wilmington, was of the ut
most importance to the Confeder-
ate plan of strategy and the rail-
roads connecting Wilmington and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
INDIAN PAGEANT

RALEIGH, Nov. 9.-R-An all
Indian cast will present a pageant
in the gymnasium of the Indian
State Normal school at Pembroke
December 81 depicting the early life
and development of the Indians in
hat area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10

The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
will celebrate its Tooth annlver
sary this year by adding 10 Diesel
electric passenger locomotive units
the largest order of its kind OF
record, to its Florida fleet.
When the swift Diesel stream
liners begin their runs with en-
larged trains, they will be enthusl-
astically welcomed in the South'
The Coast Lines one-hundredth an
n~iversary, it is confidently predict,
ed will mark its greatest travel
wear. All signs point to the biggest
tourist movement in Florlda'S MIS-
tory.
The parent road of the Coast
Line, the Wilmington and Weldon
was opened to traffic on March y,
1910. At that time, the Wilmington
and Weldon was the longest rail
road in the world. 1t extended lol
miles from Wilmington, a m o S t
completely across the e OF
North Carolina, to Weldon, at the
head of navigation on the Roanoke
and near the Virginia line.
In 1910 there were 1900 miles OF
railroads in the United States. In
that year it became possible for
passengers to reach Charleston.
from New York by rail in 66 hours,
from Baltimore in ~ hours, quick
err than could be done by boat.
IL Miles Per Hour
Railroad travel in those days
was at the rate of about II miles
an hour, including stops. The rail-
roads were not connected and pas
sengers, on reaching the termin-
ais, walked from one train to an
other.
Although the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad dates it's beginning to
the Wilmington and Weldon, which
was, for those days, par. OF a
through system, the earliest in a
point of time of the more than one
hundred short disconnected rail
roads which later became a part
of the Atlantic Coast Line was the
short Petersburg Railroad charter
in 1880. This railroad ran fifty
nine miles almost straight south
from Petersburg, Va, to Weldon,
N. c., at the head of navigation
on the Roanoke River. 1t began
operations over a part of the line
in October, 1882.
Tracks of Yellow Pine
The Petersburg Railroad brought
the produce of the interior to the
Roanoke River whence it was car
ried down to steamers fo- the
Eastern cities and Europe. This
railroad ran on tracks on yellow
pine on top of which were attached
iron straps, one half inch by two
inches, and secured by cross ties
of white oak, IL inches in diam
eter. 1t did a good business from
the start. The highways were hor-
rible in those days-filleG h
deep ruts. In the rainy season
they often became impossible even
to the strong six-horse teams that
were engaged in freighting. At the
end of the rainy season the rail
road lines became so cluttered uI
with freight that the early loco.
motives could scarcely make the
grades. In fact, it is recorded
that the locomotives of the Pc.
tersburg Railroad could not have
pulled the trains up the incline
from the boat landings on the Roa-
noke River. For this reason, the
freight was rolled from the train
down an inclined plane to the boat
landing.
This ucces of the Petersburg
abroad led to the chartering of
the Richmond and Petersburg on
March IA 1886, and it opened op-
erations over the twenty-three mile
of line in May , 1888. 2
Longest Railroad
When the Wilmington and We'll
don vas opened on March 8, 1910,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
ONLY COPY

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 9.-CR-
Mrs. ]. A. Rollings of Richmond
earned this week that she possessed
the only copy of the first printed
edition with words and music of
The Star Spangled Banner" known
by authorities still to be privately
owned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
CHICAGO Livestock

CHICAGO, Sept IL ~, Omitted States
Department OF Agriculture .-salable hogs
5000; total. 5000; market slow, eener-
ally I5-25 lower than Thursdays average
closing at full decline: top. 6.s5 bulk
good and choice, @0O240 pounds 600
50: @4O-210 pounds, 65O-15; some 20
3Oo-pound butchers. 6;25-6o: heavier
weights 5.15-6 Is; smooth 100000 pound
packing -soWs 5.15-6.lO: most 36O-45O
Salable cattle, 500: calves. 200; cleanup
trade in steers, supply mostly carryover
medium and good grades, $50 20;
load l,091-pound long yearlings, lbs;
fed heifers scarce; few loads and lots.
common and medium grassers and short
feds. slow. weak az 1000. downward 10
around 500, that included three loads
medium and coed welehty to medium cows
at e OO-@5; COW trade less active and
steady Receipts compared largely can
ners and cutter cows at 3.75-5.25, bulls
and vealers steady at us and 1880 down.
saiabie sheep 5000; total. 1000 Late
yesterdays spring lambs, fully :, steady;
closely sorted Idahos. $50; bulk. 5000
and choice natives and westerns. 81 D
as. Todays trade, all classes steady;
closely sorted, handyweieht. Western spring
lambs. $50; bulk good and choice lots;
915-25; best natives. %; BULK. SmaIl
lots q.On-l5 yearlines, 7.15: best ewes
400; bulk, mixed native lots 3.oo-'o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. Sept. 10 R.-Poultry, live,
35 trucks; hens arm: SPRINGS easy: hens;
up, colored IA: Plymouth Roik, 16; White
Rock. p; Under 4 pounds, colored. "A;
Plymouth Rock, 10; White Rock l412;
ducks, Az pounds and up, colored, Is;
small colored II; small white, IL: geese,
old ID; young. 13; other prices UNCHANGED
Butter, receipts, 1,00S,0 steady; mar
ket unchanged; eggs. receipts, $500:
steady; dirties 14A: checks. IA: other
prices unchanged
Potatoes, arrivals 81: on. track. 237;
total u s. shipments. $50: supplies mod
Idaho Russet Burbanks. U. S. No. 1. $50;
Oregon Long Whites, y. s. No. l. 1876;
Nebraska Bliss Triumphs, generally good
quality. 1;3545: Minnesota and North
Dakota Cobblers. s5 per cent y; s. No. l.
Early Ohios. SIS to 90 per cent U. 8. No. 1.
SOL .05; Minnesota and North Dakota Bliss
Triumphs, IS to 80 per cent U. 8. No. /,
sQ,l.25 Wisconsin cobblers. q. s. No. /,
~ -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Midwest Refineries
Preferred Offered
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Public
offering was made today of $4,000
shares of Midwest Refineries, Inc.
$3.50 dividend cumulative convert
ible preferred stock by an under
writing group headed by J. G.
White & Co., Inc. The stock was
priced at S25 per share.
Net proceeds to the company,
after deduction of estimated ex-
penses, will amount to $718,750, of
which 1892 ,061 will be used to repay
certain obligations of Imperial Re-
filming Co., which company has
merged into Midwest Rehneries,
Inc.
The balance of $3.50, 500 is to be
used to provide additional working
capital from which will be reserved
amounts to pay for completion of a
reforming unit at the company's
Alma plant, estimated to cost $70,-
1T, and for a cracking unit at
ImperiaFs plant No. 2 estimated
to cost $273 ,491.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Bond Averages

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13-The bond
market tended downward today, but
there were enough issues posting
plus signs to give the list spotty
appearance.
Changes either way were measured
largely in fractions toward the end
Of the session.
A decisive exception to the main
trend was Warren Bros. IS, which
jumped more than points in COM
paratively heavy turnover. Demand
followed news from Cuba of favor
able legislative action on claims OF
that company.
In the foreign dollar list Czecho-
Slovak IS showed up with loss OF
around 6 points. Italy Is dipped
around point and Canada As tended
downward.
United States Governments fluc-
tuated narrowly while the market
waited for announcement OF antlcl-
pated Federal financing plans.
Domestic corporates marked down
included Phillips Petroleum IS,
Southern Pacific refunding As,
Mobile & Ohio collateral SIS. North
Western a., S of '49. Continental Oil
pa, Illinois Central 4a4s and West
ern Union IS OF 60
There was mild degree Of profit
taking in Warren Brothers IS before
the close which cut down the days
net gain to l point at 43.
Childs Co. debenture IS, recently
on the skidS. came back u points
to end at 34ls, and Laclede Gas IS
extended their rise of previous ses-
SONS Ia points to 54l2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
United Biscuit
Plans to Retire
Preferred
BY the Associated Press

DOVER. Del, Sept. ia pan to
retire old preferred convertible COM
ulative stock of the United Biscuit
Co. of America and create new pre-
ferred cumulative shares was ap-
proved at special meeting of stock.
holders at the Office of the COM
panys agent, United States Corp.
Co., here today.
The old preferred was 9,798 shares
of convertible 7 per cent par 500.
An amendment voted to the COM
panys certificate of incorporation
replaces that with 100000 shares of
5 per cent cumulative preferred. par
500. The change retains 100000
shares no par value.