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Evening star., 1940-05-05
Smaller Profit
us Reported by
|HumbIeOI
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, May 4.-Humble OIL
d Refining Co. today reported 1899
net profit Of SO, 9,950, ,2s7, equal to
1888 . share, compared with $751;
600, $50, or $39S . share, in 1898.
The decrease, according to the re-
port, was due primarily to a sub
stantial reduction In crude prices
but was also influenced by lower
pipe line tariffs established In Octo-
ber, 1888.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Short Week Sturts

NEW YORK, May 4 F.-The
cocoa futures market began its usual
summer decline today by suspending
dealings for the Saturday session.
The market will resume Saturday
trading In October.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Nominated by Club

NEW YORK, May I (Special).-
belmont K. Pfefer, manager Of tho
municipal bond department Of the
National City Bank Of New York.
has been nominated for the presi-
dency Of the Municipal Bond Club
Of New York for the coming year.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
ID. C.. Clearinxs Gain.

vt O1Vss13 33ABO 0WHAas
District Of Columbia bank clear.
ings in the first four months of this
year reached the highest point for
that period since 1881.
April clearings made a slightly less
favorable showing. They failed to
equal their 1887 mark by . very
small margin, but otherwise were
the highest for that month since
1880.
Clearings in April and the four
months Of different years are given
below:
Evening star., 1940-05-05

Joshua Evans, IT,, Wilmer ]. Waller
and Frederick p. H. Siddons.
Washington Chapter, American
Institute of Banking, has fixed May
II, next Saturday, as the date for
the annual spring dance at the
Indian Spring Country Club. Her
bert D. Lawson, jr., is in charge Of
arrangements.
Rural retail sales in the first quar-
ter Of 1910 were about 8 per cent
ahead Of last year In this territory
and up 8 per cent In the Middle
West, the Commerce Department
reported yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

At Alexandria, receipts for April
totaled $l2,583, q gain of 1873 per
cent over q year ago, 200 per cent
above the 1887 month and o43 per
cent ahead Of the same 1929 month.
The four-month total reached
54,55l, . gain of 1919 per cent over
year ago, 1922 per cent ahead of
1887 levels and 91.6 per cent above
the 1929 period.
Alexandria receipts for April and
the four months Of various wears:
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Loan Association Names
FL. Pearce Counsel

Elonzo T. Morgan, President ol
the Progressive Building q Loan As.
sociation. yesterday announced tn.
election Of Frederick L. Pearce a.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Follows Seasonal Path.

March consumption, high point
for the year to date, followed the
usual seasonal pattern, which calls
for steady climb through the
spring months to the years peak,
usually reached in July or August.
Totals for the three months so
far this year are compared below
with the same 1889 months. Deci-
mails represent fractions of a gallon.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

Cottonseed oil closed steady. Bleachable
6.S7ia.6. Dob: MAY. 9. .45b: July. 6.4sb: Sep
temher. o.65b; October. 6.56b; December.
b Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

COTTONSEED on.
pleachahle cottonseed oil drifted lower
today as redner hedsinS against crude
purchases outwsighed local covering for
the week end. Final prices were un-
chansed to 2 lower; May. 6.95b; July,
6.99b: September. 7,06b: October, 7O6b:
December, .7.06b. Bid. Sales totaled
volume in the Southeast at 8 cents Z
pound. The valley quoted 81 to 8 nomi-
nal: Texas 81 to 5A. depending upon
location.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

- Cash wheat. sample. mixed. o. Corn
No. !; mixed. 74M; No; l yellow, 6s-oeh.:
No; 2, 67ss-o9; No. g., 6s-6sA: No. 5.
mixed, 80; No. 2 white. 424-43M; No. s,
42A,A; sample Grade white. Al. Barley.
mating, $3.50 nom; feed. 1880 nom;
Soy beans, No. 2 yellow, 1.1Oha: No. 5.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Express Records Set.

Washington railway express ship
ments. in April and the first four
months of this year set new records
for those periods, the Railway Ex-
press Agency revealed last night.
April shipments totaling 163,2 ,237
were down seasonally from 1859
in the preceding month, but were
1913 per cent ahead of 147,998 in
April, 1899.
Shipments for the four months Of
the year to date totaled 631 ,916. a
gain Of 9.8 per cent over SIS, ,104 for
the same 1899 period.
With few Interruptions, express
shipments here have been climbing
since 1929. Last year, when new
records were set all along the line,
the years total stood around 46 per
cent ahead of 1929.
Shipments for April and the first
four months OF recent years are
given below:
Evening star., 1940-05-05

Statistics on new-car titles in ad-
joining sections of the Metropolitan
Area are not available, but they
probably would make better show
ing than the District itself,
Evening star., 1940-05-05
INDUSTRIAL Activity

A. r. MARKET NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. barometers marked time
this week. as shown the above chart based
cated Press statistics Stocks and practically
unchanged Bonds fraction higher Industrial activity
held at the same level the previous week. nerruptng
decline which had carried the index down IA of pre-
ceding Is weeks
Evening star., 1940-05-05

Winnipeg Cash Market.
WINNIPEG. May 4 R.-Wheat, No 1
northern. go: No. !. s7A: No. 5, s3h.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
New Orleans Prices.

NEW ORLEANS May R.-Cotton f,.
lures were quiet and irregular here today.
Closing prices were steady. s points net
lower to 1 HIGHER
Evening star., 1940-05-05

Titles in the first four months of
1910 and 1889 are compared below:
Evening star., 1940-05-05

Trust Co. stock appeared on the
board at $50. Capital Traction IS
closed the week at 101N.
Washington Gas Light preferred
was quoted ex dividend at 104 bid,
with 105la asked. Mergenthaler
Linotype registered 151a bid and II
asked. Railway & Electric COM
mon is now carrying bid Of $500
q share, with none offered.
Macy Insurance Club Speaker.
William Macy III of the Phoenix
Mutual will be the principal speaker
at the next meeting Of the Life In
surance Club of Washington, to be
held at the Parrot Tea Rooms
Tuesday. Mr.. Macy has been asso-
ciated with the washington branch
Of the Phoenix Mutual for six
years, is president of the Monarch
Club and member of several other
clubs.
Mr.. Macy's subject will be "Pros-
pecting." an important phase in
successful underwriting. Scientific
prospecting is a much discussed sub
ject in the clubs monthly meetings.
The May meeting concludes the
years activities with the exception
Of the annual party to be held at
the Chevy Chase Country Club in
June. .fl -.
Financial District Comment.
Robert v. Fleming, president OF
the Riggs National, was reelected
treasurer of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce at the re-
cent annual meeting.
Harold v. Amberg, Chicago
banker. elected president Of the
Association of Reserve City Bank
ers, is q personal friend Of several
Washington financiers, those at the
convention being Mr.. Fleming
Evening star., 1940-05-05
COTTONsEED on

SPOT, nominal: middlins (N-inch). 1884.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Stock Market Drifts
lrreguiarIy Lower
Al Week 'sCIose
Commitment Liehtsned d
As Traders Awuit
War Developments

what stssks D,S.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

Plans are being completed for the
might of Thrills to be presented
at Griffith Stadium Friday for the
benefit of the Masonic and East
ern Star Home.
A rehearsal for the big pageant
parade will be held at the ball park
Thursday at $50 pm. The grand
marshars staff and three represent
atives of each participating unit
have been requested to attend. The
grand marshal is Brig. Gen. Albert
L. Cox, commanding officer of the
District National Guard.
Attractions of the Might of
Thrills" were described this morn
Ing over Radio Station WRC by Fred
Smith, president of the Washington
Real Estate Board.
Afternoon feature of the show will
be baseball game at 430 pm. be-
tween the Quantico Marines and
Boiling Field Air Corps teams.
A band concert will be presented
from 7 to 7:45 pm. A queen will
be crowned. The pageant parade
will start at 8 pm. to be followed
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Death OF Two Who Ate
From City Dump Probed
Nv the Associated Press.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 17.-City
health authorities and police
scanned autopsy reports today in an
investigation of the deaths of an
unemployed house painter and his
wife who told police they had scav-
enged city garbage dump for food.
Robert Hardwick, 81, and his wife,
Lettie, Il, died within five minutes
of each other Saturday night. Hard
wick, idle for months, had been
promised steady painting job soon.
Detective Don Owens said a ten
tative diagnosis blamed their deaths
on food poisoning" Autopsy reports
and analyses of remnants from their
last meal-cornbread and coffee
were expected to give the final
answer.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

India, in the summer. Each year
these stations lose a large number
of their speakers and artists, who 60
to the cooler climate Of Simla. A
new station at Simla has been con-
nected with Delhi and Lahore and
there the artists broadcast as If
they were actually in the other sta
tions.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

Treat yourself to real sleeping comfort-buoy-
ant, reoxne, soothing comfort your body
needs for refreshing rest-with Spring-Air
Mattresses that bring you these one-Iosting
feotures
. Automatic Adjustment body weight and
shope-no distortion in any sleep position.
No Side Sway or Side Sog-Sprine-Ai Air con-
struction eliminates thot
. NoiseIess-no KNOTS" to work loose and
squeak and disturb your sleep.
. DurobIe-sustoned comfort that does not
diminish with use.
. Clean Buoyont Cotton used throuehout-
without Jumping or packing.
. Long wear Tiekines, toiIored for long-Iost-
ing beouty-not just for today.
BEDROOM FURNITURE, FIFTH FLooR.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

tanned complexion. It speeds up Natures proc
ess Of taking off Gfeless, unattractive surface
skin in tiny, almost invisible partieles. Ex-
poses the lighter, clearer skin beneath. Start
using Mercolized Wax Cream tonight ~ d.
rected for fairer and prettier complexion.
Saxollts AstriHgsnt tightens loose surface skin.
Gives delightful sense Of freshness. Reduces
excess surface oil. Dissolve Saxolite Astringeae
in one-half pint witch hazel and use daily.
PheIaetins 00pRatoU removes unashtly facial
hair quickly. Pleasant and easy to use.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
ADVERTISEMENT.
Pains in Back
Nervous, Rheumatic

Wrong foods and drinks, worry, colds and
overwork often put strain on the Kidneys.
sages, Swollen Ankles. Rheumatic Pains,
Nervousness, Dizziness, Circles Under Eyes
and feeling worn-out. often are caused by
non-organic and non-systemic Kidney and
very frst dose of Cystex goes right to work
helping the Kidneys flush out excess acids
and wastes. And this cleansing. purifying
fly make you feel younger. stronger and
better than in years. A printed guarantee
wrapped around each package Of Cystex in.
sures an immediate refund Of the full cost
everything to gain and nothing to lose under
this positive money back guarantees so get
cystex from your druggist today Tor only 35e.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Four Ethiopian Chiefs
Join Allied Forces
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June ia Reuters.
British news agency, dispatch from
Jfbuiti last night said four Ethiopian
chiefs had arrived there with troops
to cooperate with French forces in
campaigns against the Italian mill
tary.
The chiefs included Kagnaz Match
Mokria. chief of the Ethiopian i'm
perial guard before the country was
subjugated by Italy.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Thwarts Attempt 70 Fire
Car With Plane Motors
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SARNIA, Ontario, June 17-A Ca
madam National Rallwas guard Sat-
urday night thwarted an apparent
attempt to fire freight car laden
with airplane motors en- route from a
Montana plant to Fort Erie, Ontario.
Thomas Laing, the guard, said he
discovered fire in the car shortly
after the train left Port Huron,
Mich, for this Canadian border
point, Just across the st. Clair
River.
Strips of blanket soaked in an in
flammable liquid had been showed
into the car through holes bored In
the floor and set afire.
Laing extinguished the blaze be-
fore damage was done. The four
motors, consigned by the Glendale
Motors at Kenna, Mont, were trans
ferred at Port Huron during the
day for shipment to the Fleet Air
craft Corp. at Fort Erie.
Followed Explosives Train.
DETROIT, June II P).-The De-
troit Free Press said last night that
freight car, which was set on fire
while en- route from Port Huron,
Mich, to Sarnia, Ontario, via the St.
Clair River International Tunnel,
was a part of train which followed
by only Is minutes another sup
posedly bearing explosives.
A conference of Canadian and
Michigan officers was held at Port
Huron yesterday. Sergt. Stanley
Peoviak of Michigan State police
said he was investigating the pos
sibility the car was set on fire IN
the Port Huron yards.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

by an outdoor circus, featuring dogs,
monkeys, acrobats, dancers, jugglers
and clowns.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Broudcusters Keep Cool

Broadcasters are managing to keep
cool in spite of the furnace heat that
drives them out of Delhi and Lahore,
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Clearer Complexion
by using
N ercoIized
Wax Cream

This dainty Skin Bleach
helps fade freckles and
liRhtens 4 dull. drah aun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18
|BEFQ r.: :; THEEdRR!EEEzKF E(tE};!6;
M CENTRAL sF 9az So RUPERT GRAYS0N
RUPERT GRAYSON

he had to pass through the
kitchen. Sambo's domain, and If
the Negro was still awake -?
Gun, strained his ears, but could
hear no sound, except for Trent's
breathing coming family through
the closed door. He catfooted to the
closed door of the kitchen, turned
the handle very slowly, and opened
it an inch. No light in the kitchen,
and no sound.
He decided, if Sambo should be
there and should wake, to look as
sleepy as possible and ask Tor
drinking water. That might pass
muster, or it might not-could only
try it.
He switched on his torch, and
sent the little beam of light
searching around the kitchen. No
one there.
With a faint sigh of relief Gun
slipped, ghost-like, into the kitchen
and closed the door behind him.
A second door opposite to him,
leading to the entrance passage.
He opened that with less caution,
not anticipating that anyone would
be on the other side.
Luckily his anticipation was cor
rect.
Noise1essly Gun moved forward
to the office door. 1t was locked
but the key was on the bunch he
had borrowed. A Yale lock, and
only two Yale keys in the collec-
ton. That was easy. Gun let him
self into the office, and let the door
lock itself behind him.
The room was pitch Clark, but he
remembered with a grateful heart
that the curtains over the single
window were dark and thick. He
could, therefore, put his torch on
with safety-comparatively.
He sent the little circle of light
flashing around the room, then
crossed to the window and made
sure that the window vas properly
covered, so that no CLEAN of light
could be seen from outside.
Satisfied of this, he still did not
dare to put the electric light on.
Despite the thickness of the cur
tain stuff, that might show
Continued on Page Nine)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-18

trousers, but not his shoes, and put
his electric torch in n pocket,
and the automatic in the other.
Now came a ticklish job-to get
the keys from under Trent's pill
low. The brute had the clothes
pulled up well over his face, too.
Gun crept to the bedside on his
hands and knees, and very softly
began to explore with n hand. II
was nervous work, and Guns
nerves were not in the best trim
He was surprised and annoyed to
find himself wet with perspiration
after a few seconds. His fingers
touched something hard and cold
which raised his hopes for a mo-
ment, and then caused him to
curse inwardly. 1t was not the
keys, but the pistol. And the keys
were behind it.
Nothing for it but patience.
Slowly, with the tips of his fingers
Gun worked the automatic aside a
little, bit by bit, until at last his
fingers could get past it, and the
tip of the forefinger could hook it.
self around the keyring. Then the
business of drawing it slowly to-
ward him, not inch by inch, but
fraction by fraction.
But it was done at last, and he
had the keys in his hand.
Then, still on all fours-there
must be no shadow across the face
of the sleeper-Gun crept to the
door, opened livery slowly, in
case it should creak-and at last
stood in the passage outside.
He closed the door behind him
noiselesly-then realized that he
had forgotten to fake his bed, in
case Trent should vale, or par
TALLY wake, and take a, glance
at it.
Hands and knees again, a d
back into the room. More quickly
and less cautiously this time-the
precious minutes were slipping
away all too quickly.
Gun arranged the bols+>r to look
as much like a sleeping form as
possible, and then back to the pas
sage. On his feet ono more, and
the legs still shaky, curse it.
Now another danger to be faced.
The bungalow was queerly de-
signed, and to get to Trent's office
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-07
1O8 LIVES LOST WHEN
BRITISH LINER BOMBED

MISUNDERSTANDING of the g.
441-ton British passenger liner
Domala, with a probable loss of
1O8 lives, was announced by the
admiralty Sunday night as the
battered and fire-scarred vessel
reached an English port after a
nightmare voyage from Antwerp.
The announcement followed
swiftly the disclosure that Bri-
fish plane had been shot down by
mistake by three Royal Air Force
fighters and the admission that
two British cargo boats had been
sunk by mines yesterday.
On the credit side, Britain re-
ported her air force had downed
a German Heinkel bomber in
France-the third in two days.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-07
FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR
ELKIN SUNDAY p. Nj.

ELKIN. Thomas Barnett, II, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Pinkney Barnett,
of Jonesville, was fatally injured
and five others were hurt, two of
them seriously when the auto
mobile in which they were riding
overturned on the road between
Crutchfield and Boonville this
Sunday afternoon. The injured
youth died while being brought
to Hugh Chatham hospital here.
Seriously injured were Miss
Marie Collins, about Is, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Collins,
of Elkin, and Miss Ruth Groce,
Is, daughter of Wallace Groce,
of Elkin, who was reported still
unconscious at the hospital Sun
day night.
Others hurt were Miss Carolyn
Barnett, Is, sister of the dead
youth, Hubert Ester, 81, and
Verne Ester, 10, both of Roaring
River.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-07
FAST AIRLINER WILL
TRAVEL TO S. A. SOON

NEW YORK. The worlds first
liner designed to fly at $50 miles
an hour at heights of four to five
miles will be turned over to Pan
American Anyways by the Boeing
ing Aircraft company of Seattle
on March II the transport COM
pany announced Saturday night.
With maximum of 80 seats
supercharged engines, flight deck
and passenger compartment, the
four-engine plane will be put in
service on one Of the carriers
runs to South America.
Other planes of the same type
will follow. Before the start OF
the war in Europe, at least one
of them was intended for trans
atlantic service, but whether it
will be assigned to that run will
depend on the continuance of the
combat zone" designation for
Ireland.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-07
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL
TOMB is UNEARTHED

CAIRO, Egypt.-A kings ran
som in gold and jewels that for
$500 years had graced a Pha-
roah's mummy shone in the free
Egyptian sunlight Saturday.
Archaeologists rejoiced in the
discovery and exploration OF a
tomb some considered more I'M
portant to historians than Tut
Ankh-Amen's = that of Psou
Sennes, second king of the 2lst
dynasty and possibly one OF Solo
mons many fathers-in-laW.
Discovery of the tomb two
weeks ago and the opening OF the
royal sarcophagus February 70 IN
the presence of modern Egypts
ruler, King Farouk, crowned IL
years of toll by the French Egyp-
tologist Pierre Montet.
Working for Strasbourg uni
versity, Professor Montet grubbeo
patiently for a decade in the
sands of San Ell Hagar, west OF
the Nile delta site of the ancient
city of Tanis built by Ramses the
Second as a holiday resort.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-07
NATHAN'S CIR. HIGH
SCHOOL N E w S

Miss Tolbert, the Home Eco
nomics teacher at Nathan's Creek
high school, spent the week end
with Miss Irene Eller.
Mr.. A. B. Hurt was in Lenoir
on business, Saturday.
The senior class has elected the
following superlatives: prettiest
girl-Zell Bare; most handsome
boy-Zeb Black; cutest girl
Iona Fawlkes; cutest boy-Glenn
Austin; friendliest girl-Lucille
Carson; friendliest boy-Bland
Nuckolls; best dressed girl
Ruth Woodie; most dignified gir]
Grace Faircloth; best all-round
student-Paul Douglas; most stu
dious-Martha Shepherd; most
popular girl Lucille Carson
most popular boy-Arnold wy
rick; class monkey-Roy Good
man; teachers pet-Glenn Aus.
tin; best sport-Maynard Gam.
bill; biggest flirt-Zell Bare.
Mrs. Pauline Eastridge, the Ii
brarian, attended the Library
Training meeting Monday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-07
Firms ALLOTTED SUM
BY BANK TRUSTEES

Misunderstanding to pro
vide funds for hard-pressed Fin
land, the Export-Import bank al
located $2O,OoO,OOO for that ma
ton Friday, even before Presl.
dent Roosevelt had signed the bill
under which the loan was made
possible.
Jesse H. Jones, federal loan adj
ministrator, announcing the ac-
ton of the banks trustees, said
the president had advised him
that he would sign the measure,
by which Congress yesterday in
creased the banks capitalization
$100,OO0,0O0.
Hjalmar Procope, Finnish min
lister, expressed gratitude for the
loan and declared that his coun-
try had just begun to fight.
Don't think that Finland is
beaten because we've suffered a
few reverses," he said: Finland
is a land of 10000 lakes and we'll
fight at every one"
He said a considerable portion
of the $2O,O0O,00O credit would be
spent for American oil, gasoline,
wheat, corn and lard.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-07
WELLES' GERMAN VISIT
AROUSES SPECULATION

"Reminiscences Welles left
for Paris Sunday after a farewell
from DR.. Hans Dieckhoff, recalled
German ambassador to the Uni
ted States, which aroused specu-
lation as to whether they might
have ironed out the question Of
representation between the two
countries.
Dieckhoff, who has remained
here since November, 1888, when
the American ambassador was
called home from Berlin to re-
port on the anti-Jewish cam
paign, appeared with other Off
Gals at the blacked-out Anhalter
station to bid Welles farewell
after being conspicuous by his
absence at Welles' arrival Friday.
Protocol calls for a diplomat
accredited to another country,
but temporarily at home, to greet
arriving diplomats from that
country.
Quarters close to the German
foreign office have said that For
eign Minister Joachim Won Rib
bentrop particularly regretted
the absence of an American am
bassador from Berlin at this time
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-07
FLU TAKES LIVES
OF 224 IN NJ G.

RALEIGH.-The influenza cpl
demic which swept many Sec
tons of the state in January took
224 lives, the state board of
health said Sunday night.
The disease caused but So
deaths in January, 1889.
Pneumonia deaths rose from
315 in January, 1889, to 327 in
the same month this year, and
deaths from pulmonary tubercu-
losis from 146 to 155.
Deaths from preventable acct
dents in January totaled 142,
compared with 119 year ago,
and suicides rose from II to 30.
A total of 453 children under
a year old died last January,
compared with Ali in January,
1899, while the number of ma
ternal deaths in the month this
year was 33, against 80 a year
ago.