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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-R-Active
sessions and higher prices again
marked all livestock markets
today with spring lambs Is to 40
cents higher, hogs 10 higher, and
cattle strong to Is cents up.
Advancing for the seventh conse-
cutive session and lifting the best
prices SITS above last weeks low
but still about $3.50 below the sea-
sons high mark, a few decks of
native spring lambs sold at $40,
with the bulk at $3.50 to $9.75.
The top on hogs was lifted to
$685., only Is cents below the high
mark set at the beginning of July.
Heavier butchers however W e r e
steady to 10 cents lower.
Killing classes with today's adj
vance were mostly Is to so cents
over the week earlier.
(U. S. Dept. Adjustable hogs
5000; total II, 500; fairly active on
weights 240 lbs. down, mostly S to
10 higher than Thursdays average;
heavier butchers steady to 10 low
err; sows little change; top 6.85;
bulk good and choice 200 to 240 lbs.
$50 to 80; 240 to 27O lbs. butchers
$50 to IS; most 270 to 300 lbs. $50
down $40 to IS; $50 to $50 lbs. gen.
orally 4.85 to $50; heavier weights
4.50 to Is; shippers took $500 hold
overs 500.
Salable cattle 1000; calves 300;
all killing classes strong to Is high
err; steers, cows and heifers show
ed maximum advance; measurable
supply beef here and market a
forced affair due to scarcity accom-
panied by broad demand on both
local and outside accounts; market
closing for week at new high on all
classes; most steers today 8.75 to
! 1925; these medium to good grass
ers and short fed offerings; best
II. 25; fed heifers 1925; grassy and
short fed kind down to TOO; supply
grass cattle this week unusually
scarce; today's native and south
west grass COW crop selling at 4.5O
to 5.35 for Gamers and cutters and
SIS to 700 for grass fat offerings;
medium weight bulls $50 to 6.35;
best vealers 10.50; not enough stock
cattle to make a market.
Salable sheep 1000; total 1.50O;
spring lambs Is to 40 higher; bulk
natives straight or lightly sorted
$50 to IS; few decks 1000; throw
outs $50 to 7.60; odd head native
yearlings 7.50 to IS; bulk fat ewes
2.5O to $50. a
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STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, Aug. g. Up Sales,
closing prices and net change of the
fifteen most active stocks today.
Int Pap and Pow 13,200; 1874, up
y.
Cons Oil $500; 6, no.
Curtiss Wright 1900; 7%, up Is.
U. S. Steel 1900; 53k, up ": ,
Gen Motors 1900; 47A, up 1B. y
Studebaker 1900; 6&, up Is.
Gen Elec $500; .33A, up y.
Butte Cop and 2 $500; 4, up a..
Int Pap and Pow Pr 1900; 56B,
up 2 Is.
United Corp Pf $500; 1914, up ~
Radio 5000; Az, no.
Cons Eds 800; 2sA, down IS. y
Bklyn-Mahn Tr 5000; 24k, no.
Beth Steel 1900; 1915, up V.
Comwlth Eds $500; 30B, no.
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Gross income from sales--$ 5000

Gross income from saleS--S 6,OOO.OO
Such expenses Us baskets, pack
ages, paper, Irvine, ice, icing of cars,
delivery truck, delivery labor, Of
flee salaries, insurance IN buildings,
interest, taxes, and other general
operating expenses should not be in
cluded in the cost of sales, but should
be deducted in arriving at the net
taxable income.
The farmer should use due care
in valuing farm products, livestock,
etc., for inventory purposes, and
should be consistent in the method
of valuation adopted.
Rents received in crop shares, ben
efits received from the government
and other miscellaneous income
should be included as income in the
year in which such income is re-
duced to money, or the equivalent
of money. Proceeds of insurance,
such as hail and fire should be in
cluded in gross income to the amount
received in cash or the equivalent
of cash for the crop injured or de-
stroyed.
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N. Y. OIL

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-R-Cotton'
seed oil futures rallied 6 to IL
points today and broke a weeklong
decline.
Southern interests, shorts and
new speculative buyers combined
to force prices upward. The recov-
cry accompanied a sharp upturn in
lard.
Crude oil sold in Texas at 4.30
cents a pound at low freight rate
points. No quotation was posted in
the southeast and valley. 4
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RICHMOND LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 9.-RH
Hogs good and choice $50 to 225
$6.55 to $6.75 top.
100 to 100 lbs. $4.75 to SIS; 120 to
140 lbs. $5.25 to SIS; 40 to 160lbs.
over $50 lbs. $3.50 to 500.
Cattle fat dairy-type cows around
$500, some $3.50 with cutters $500
to $50 and Gamers $500 to $50.
Top on sausage bulls $6.25.
Good and choice vealers $3.50.
Spring lambs, $3.50 to 8.75; COM
mon and medium $500 to $50. 4
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DRY GoODS

NLUH w.
v. wv YORK, Aug. 9.-R-Bro-
nors. NJ lhe rayon goods market re-
II ",ea spun yarns continued to 70
ivsr a.se lots today and quick de-
aies We're hard to get.
Increased number Of bids was
s,r. elole in cotton goods but worth
srr.n reported actual business was
ed ~; ID of silk stocks depict.
trih M me recent heat wave con-
tha 'u u'M to a brighter outlook in
ne silk goods trade. '" -
yooa sheartening to the wooler
th ,s.S market was the theory that
ret, Ifalt bill might cut heavily into
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MOTORS, PLANES
ALSO MAKE GAINS
,..o,;ated Press Average OF
"a Issues Advances a
Of Point To 42.S
,prnERICK

nv FREDERlCh
.l n YORK, Aug. 9.0R-The
New market managed a selective
stock 4odav after failing to make
r'p' ,roaress in the FIVE preceding
sss slvls led the advance in the
s aso Motors, aircrafts and
tol sai then stepped out in
spss . Many morning climbers slip
foi. liter midday but a small as
p su finished near the top. Vol
sou seral was the best in the first hour,
1 mailing substantially thereafter
nrices wavered. Activity again
s;.ted up a shade on the final lap.
pls n",ino to the fact Allied Cheni-
u snd Eastman Kodak jumped 4
s ca each on a small turnover,
~ y Associated Press average OF 60
;nv was up 4 of a point at 42.s.
l ssv,nces. on the whole, ranged
t.am fractions to around a point.
Trsnsfers of 1903, 800 shares COM
-.rsd with 206, 800 the day before.
The DAYS upward reversal was
~.ttrjbuted by brokers mainly to the
;a., of some traders the market
w ss due for a comeback owing to
ths substantial drying up of Of
t.rines. The argument for this
tbeory was that the turnover yes
terday was the second smallest in
q years.
The lack of any real buying rush
still was blamed on fears in fin
ancial quarters of a market shock
II the British are unable to with
stand a nazi invasion which, judg-
inq from intensification of air raids
in the past few days, some observ-
ers believed to be imminent. In
addition, the tax question and poll
tics remained as factors making
for speculative conservatism.
Motors exhibited strength despite
a sharp drop in this weeks output
Of new cars resulting from shut
downs for model changeovers. Re-
ports Of sustained automobile sales
and predictions production would
begin to mount soon helped prop
this group. Steels, utilities, rails,
oils, coppers and mail orders
showed only modest advance at
the close.
Baldwin Locomotive and Ameri-
can Car l. Foundry came to life
on reports these companies were
in line for stable armament con-
tracts besides larger orders for
railway equipment. Both retained
fractional improvement.
In front at the last were Chry-
sler, General Motors, Allis
Chalmers, United Aircraft,
Curtiss- Wright Common and a."
DUPONT, Johns-Manville. Texas
Corp, International Paper & Pow.
er Common and Preferred, Union
Carbide, Anaconda, American Tele-
phone, Sears Roebuck, Santa Fe
and Western Union. 3
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pOTATO

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.|R-
Estimated sweet potato production
for 1910, based on August l condl-
ions, was IS, 673, 900 bushels, 3,l27,-
900 bushels less than the July l
prediction and the smallest since
1896, the agriculture department
reported today. The 1910 estimate
compared with 70, GIG, 900 purduced
in 1899 and a ten-year d929-30)
average Of 70, 346, 600. 5
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POTATOES

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-R-U. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes, arrivals 80;
on track 144, total U. S. shipments
supplies rather light, demand is
light; market slightly weaker; Ida
no russet Burbanks U. S. No. l,
2.15; Idaho bliss triumphs U. S.
No. /, 100 to 1875; Idaho Il G
whites U. S. No. l., 1855; Nebraska
copblers fair to good quality 1.10-
IS; Nebraska bliss triumphs good
equality 1.70-85; Colorado bliss tri-
umphs U. S. No. l, 1850.
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RAIL, INDUSTRIAL
ISSUES ADVANCE
Best Gains Among The Car
riers Are Scored In The
Lower Priced Groups

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-'RN
A long list of rail and industrial
bonds today advanced fractions to
more than two points in turnover
that topped the previous session by
more than $500, 900, face value.
Best gains among the carriers
were scored in the lower priced
group as buyers heard talk OF ex-
panding traffic possibilities and IN
cluded Baltimore & Ohio stamped
convertibles at IL IL, Nickel Plate
4 LIS at SIS IL, Southern Railway
As at 81 IL and Delaware & Hud-
son refunding Is at so.
Industrials favored included
Goodrich 4 las at 103 IL, WalWorth
IS at 50 and Youngstown Sheet As
at 1O5 IA.
Utilities appeared upset by a 4
1-4-poing drop in Portland General
Electric 4 LIS at IS 10. Brisk turn
over forced the price down in the
wake of news payment of m o r e
than 81, 500, 900 had been asked OF
the company by a New York bank
which claimed a default on note
payments due last May. Pacific
Gas 3 3-4s and International Tele-
phone SIS were also lower.
In the foreign dollar list Belgium
IS bounced IA points to 81 on sale
of a single bond. Others higher
were Finland IS, Italy Is, Japan
6 LIS, Milan 6 LIS, Brill 6 IFS
and Argentine February As of IL.
U. S. governments loafed along
at declines ranging to 9-32d of a
point.
Turnover of S 3,473, 875, face value
compared with 1888, 100 Thursday.
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.-RETur-
pentine firm 81 II bid; offerings
IS; sales none; receipts 226; ship
ments 81; stock 1888. Rosin firm,
offerings ia, all sold; receipts l.
$50; shipments I'll; stock 1863, 231.
Quote: B., LIS; D, 1.22; E, 1.34;
F, 1.58; G, H, I, 1.60; K, 1l61; M,
1.68;N, 1.85; VIC, 2,13; WV, 2.33;
x, 2.37.
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NEW YORK EGGS

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-REEggs
8,447; firm. Mixed colors: Fancy
to extra fancy 20 IL to "a 1-3; ex-
tras 20; storage packed rfsts II to
II IA; graded frsts is IL to 81;
mediums Is; dirties No. /, IA IL;
average checks 10 IA to. IL.
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'V-StOck Range Since 19e7
WHAT STOCKS DID
NEW YORK SuGAR,

VIEW YORK, Aug. 9.-(R-
Inc world sugar contract tottered
,n.o new record low ground today
uiaef further liquidation. Final
ps,eeS were off 10 to 2 points on
ssies OF 1850 tons. September clos
Cd ;73b, Dec. II LIB.
me domestic list ended unchang.
~ 70 Z points up on turnover OF
~ IONS. Raw sugar generally
as .ia AZ zD cents a pound but no
sale was confirmed.
.eiinea remained locally at 4.20-
NO. 5 range fo1Jou,..
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r

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 9.-R-Spot
cotton quiet, prices ! point higher;
quotations in pence: American
strict good middling $40; good
middling 500; strict middling 7.94;
middling 1884: strict low middling
TIA; low middling 7.54; strict good
ordinary 7.09; good ordinary 6.74.
Futures closed unchanged to 2
higher. Oct 1872; Jan 7.06; Mich
6.97; Jly 6.79. z
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COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 9.-R-
The average price Of middling !
16ths inch cotton today at ten de-
signated southern spot markets
was 4 points lower at 1910 cents a
pound; average for the past thirty
market days 1929 cents; middling
7-8ths-inch average 9.91 cents a
pound. 4
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Cash GRAIN

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-RACash
wheat No. 3 red 76 "a; No. l hard
rs; No. 3, IS; No. l dark hard u.s.;
No. 2 mixed rs.
Corn No. l yellow 65 IL to 81;
No. 2, 66 -; No. / white rs IA;
sample grade 81.
Oats No. / mixed 80 IL to 81;
No. l white 81 IA to 81; No. 2,
81 IL; No. 8, 80 IA to 81 1-4;sam-
No. / mailing So. z
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BALTIMORE POTATOES

BALTIMORE, Aug. 9. - Up -
Baltimore p e s-slightly
weaker. Truck-N. ]. 100 Id. sack:
cobblers U. S. Is 80 to 100. E. Sh
MI. 100 Id. sacks cobblers U. S. l!
80 to 95.
Sweet potatoes - N. c. bu. has
Jersey type U. S. Is Its to 2.2s
| exclude rest.
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BALTIMORE HOGS

Dana 1IIMoRE, Aug. s.-R-W. S.
bjggb ,, Agr.'-Hogs CTS. Mostly 1Oc
cb saer than yesterday. Good and
NM WE, !7o to 22O Id. 6.85 to ITO:
n ' ,so top ITO; 22o to 24o lbs.
hs l'V lbs. $40 to IS; 1870 to lao
51o 900 to $40; 100 to 100 lbs.
5as 10 %. Packing sows ATS to
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INWARD BOUND
Barge

Barge
Nanticote from Norfolk to loat
cargo Of lumber at J. Herbert Bait
Lumber company.
Steamer
Emilia, 2,91S tons, from West In
dies with general cargo, CD. Maj
fit and company, agents.
Tankers
1s De Spanish Mario, $3.50 tons
from Mexico, with cargo petroleum
products, C. D. Maffitt and com
pany, agents.
Munger T. Ball, 1902 tons, from
Beaumont with cargo of gasoline
Cape Fear Terminals company
agents.
Motor Tanker
Montteler from Baytown with car
go of gasoline and petroleum prod
ucts for the Standard Oil company
Steamers
Dakotan from Pacific coast port
via Puerto Rico and South Atlantic
ports with general cargo. Cape Feal
Shipping company, agents.
Nor.) Siane from Cuba with car
go of sugar, Heide and company
agents.
Aust from Chile with cargo Of nj
trate of soda, Pryde Forwarding
company, agents.
Nor.) Nidareit from Charleston
to load cargo of fertilizer, Heide an6
company, agents.
Tug and Barge
Tug Cadmus and barge DurWen'
from Tampa with cargo of phosphate
rock, Heide and company, agents.
Barge
Allegheny from Norfolk to LOAF
cargo of lumber at the J. Herber
Bate Lumber company.
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BUTTER AND EGGS

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-PN Butter,
receipts loss, 1868; firm; market
unchanged.
Eggs, receipts 1854; steady;
storage packed extras Is IA. first
16 IL. Other prices unchanged. 2
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BUTTER

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-R-Butter
423, lat, firm. Creamery: h 6
than extra % to % 3-4;extra (92
score) q -; first (88 to 81 tubs
& cartons e to q IL; seconds (84
to 81 "a t. Is IL, 2
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SPOT CnTroN

sn NV ORLEANS, Aug. s.-tR-
lover 'oeton closed quiet 10 points
Sin 1aies 1884. Low middlins
ms. midollng 1910, good middlins
~ receipts 1887. stock $50, 172. .
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. g Up -
| Cotton futures were quiet here today
with most traders awaiting the gov.
eminent loan announcement. Closing
prices were steady Z points net lower
to nOint higher.
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PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va. Aug. 9.-lREPea-
nut quotations: Jumbos 1888 to 4;
bunch 8 IL to $50; runners 3 Ia
to 3 3-8. Market steady ...... ....2
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i. S. Revenue
Act Of 1910
By CHARLES S. LOWRIMORE
n ID
GROSS INCOME OF FARMERS
ON ACCRUAL BASIS
C.. p. A.

When the farmer adopts the ac.
lcrual method as a basis for report
ing his annual income for income
tax purposes, it is necessary that all
sales be included as income, whether
the products were sold for cash or
on credit does not alter the require.
mentS as to inclusion. 1t is also
necessary that the farmer use in
the cost of sales and operations the
amounts paid out plus Tn amounts
due to creditors. 1t is therefore
necessary that records be maintained
of all receivables, amounts due from
customers, and all payables, amounts
due to creditors. 1t is also neces-
sary under this method that an &C
curate inventory be taken at the
end of each income taxable year.
Gross income as defined in the
Revenue Acts means the sales, less
the cost of sales, and is determined
in exactly the same general manner
as for any other type of business
or industry, for example:
Inventory at beginning IS 100000
Purchase of farm
products 1000 90
Purchase of livestock, etc 1000. 90
Purchase of plants & seeds 100000
Purchase Of fertilizer ---- 100000
Labor, planting &
harvesting 1000 90
Tractor expense - 1000. 90
Feed for draft and work
animals 100000
Small tools and imple-
mentS lOO.OO
Depreciation, tractors,
work animals, and farm
equipment 900. 90
Crop insurance ----------- 10000
Medical services, labor &
ANIMALS luU.UU
Feed for livestock and
poultry raised for resale 500. 90
Total cost of sales ------$10, 900. 90
The net sales should be determined
as follows:
Amount billed to customer $40, 00O.0 90
Less:
Freight, trucking, etc. 100000
COmlQlSSlOIS ueuuCleu ny
agent ------------------ 100000
Discounts allowed ----- 1000. 90
Other deductions as agreed 1000. 90
S 1000 90
Net sales 16,000.0 90
Less cost of sales (above) 10, 000. 90
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-R-A
gloomy export outlook focused
selling on the October cotton de-
livery today and the price declined
5 points. Later months showed
more stability, closing unchanged
to l point higher.
Market attention was diverted by
Washington news, President Roose'
welt had approved $3.50, 600, 600 fol
a cotton loan. Prospects, observers
declared, indicated that around g.
900, 900 bales of the staple might
be put in a loan, which led to the
forecast the loan basis would be
around 8 IL cents.
Cotton exports Thursday 5,05l
bales; season so far 1890. Port re
ceipts II, 2 Port stocks 2,46l,ll2
Range follows:
Open High Low Close
Oct. 9.41 9.42 9.36 9.36 Or
Dec. So s.s2 s.32 9.2S 9.S1 Uncf
March go 9.13 9.08 nall Unct
May 80 S.92 1872 8.S9 n8.92 Up
July 8.68 3.71 8.68 81 Uncf
Nominal. 49,.
Spot nominal; middling (15-1'
inch) 1913.
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COTTON

CHARLOTTE, Aug. 9.-RESpot
cotton 10.40.. -
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CLEARED AND SAILED

Motor Steamer
Qtalian) Villarperosa, 1891. tons,
with part cargo scrap iron.
Yachts
Ruth King, so tons, at Maffitt's
pier at Wrightsville Beach under
command Of Capt. Brooks.
Drifter, SO tons, docked at Wrights'
vile Beach.
Army Transport
General Nathaniel S. Greene, $40
tons, U. S. Army transport, locked
at customhouse wharf, Captain
Franklin in command. c. D. Maj
fit and company, agents.
Barges
Barnegat and Lottie loading car
goes of lumber at the J. Herbert
Bate Lumber company.
Tug and Barge
Tug William G.. Scott and barge
Fell-Lovland, 500 tons, loading cargo
of fertilizer, C. D. Maefitt acd COM.
pany, agents.
Steamer
Suweid, 1888 tons, discharging
cargo of sulphur for Heide and COM
pany, vessel to master.
Tug and Barge
Tug Ontario and barge Waukesha
| discharging cargo of rhinestone,
Heide and company, agents.
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LARD

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-R-Lard tt
erces 4.87; loose 4.40;- bellies $50.
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LEAD RALLY IN STOCK MARKE
Shipping News
ARRIVED
Tanker

Roanoke from Port Arthur with
cargo Of gasoline and petroleum
products for the Texas Oil company.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-14
Fifth Column Sabotage Forces New
Precautions in Airplane Factories,
Speaker Tells e. Centre Rotarians

orders and name the time limits.
The United States has learned
more about aviation in the last six
months than during any similar
period in our aviation history. A
new model plane-big improvement
over the previous models-is often
not even completed on the assembly
line, before superior model re-
places it. In one instance, sixty
planes were being completed. After
the first three were taken off the
assembly and tested and examined.
all 60 we're junked because engineers
found it possible to make material
improvements. The sixty planes
were superior to anything pre-
viouSly created
Many secret developments are I'M
derway. One is the development Of
a new bomber capable of flying from
Hollywood to Berlin and back to
New York, carrying 100 tons 100000
pounds) in bombs, at a speed of
400 miles an hour.
Lawler was presented as speaker
of the day by Stevens H. Harris,
who presided in the absence OF
President Harry Maddux.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-14
London Told j.. 5.
Fearful Of Peril
If Germans Win
Continued from Page II

Dutch East indies and Malaga.
India-A temporarily independent
federation struggling against Ger
man and japanese pressure and
internal strife.
Canada-Retaining nominal indie
pendence in close association with
the United States.
Allied Western Hemisphere pos
sessions-Taken over by the United
States at Allied request.
Australia New Zealand - Possibly
forced to accept dictated peace open
ing their doors to japanese immi-
grafton and ultimate domination.
The reports suggested that the
key to the world order would rest,
after a German victory. on the
Berlin-Rome axis. rulers of Europe
and Africa. Russia was seen as a
reluctant onlooker. japan was sug-
gested as the ruler of East Asia
and the Pacific and in a position
to cut off U. S. trade with the East
Indies.
The naval combination of Ger
many Italy and Japan, it was
suggested. would be supreme in
European waters. the east and
south Atlantic. the Indian ocean
and south Pacific. Vast as are
American resources, it was noted.
they would not equal those of the
totaltarian combine.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-14

NEW YORK, June Ia. up
Police Commissioner Lewis j. Val
entine has distributed to police Of
ficialS documentary evidence" that
the Italian consulate general in
New York is alegedlv promoting
Fascism in the United States
through propaganda, it was learn
ed today.
Valentine handed to borough
commanders and inspectors of the
criminal alien. sabotage and bomb
squads a confidential memoran-
dunn listing alleged propaganda &C
Invites of the consulate with in
structions to make arrests when
ever and wherever necessary.
TIL police investigation was re-
ported ordered at the request Of
federal authorities and was said to
be a part of a nationwide drive
against arti-national defense activi-
ty.
The facts exposed demonstrate
beyond the shadow Of n doubt
that the three organlza lions which
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-14
France Totfers After Paris Falls;
British viii Accept Decision If
Necessity Forces French Surrender

same thing in Poland. This is only
one step removed from complete
tary spokesman. I'VE have seen the
dissolution"
France and Great Britain-urg-
emily appealing for American ma
terial aid-fought back despite the
intensity of the German offensive
and scattered blows by Italian air
and naval forces in the Mediter-
ranean and African areas.
Men and guns of the second
British expeditionary force we're
rushing to France in what British
called enormous" numbers, circling
around the wedge which the Nazis
had driven between the two allies
as far as the big port of lie Havre.
The British admiralty, admitting
the sinking by a U-boat of the
armed auxiliary cruiser ScotStoun,
said that British bombing planes
had scored direct hits on the Ger
man battleship Scharnhorst off the
Norwegian port of Trondhem.
Great interest centered on con-
versations of the new British and
French ambassadors to Moscow with
Soviet Premier Viacheslav Molotov,
because some sources believe that
the Russians may yet aid the Allies
rather than see Hitler dominate
all Europe and because the Com
youth newspaper published
with official approval-an appeal
for the proletariat to fight for
France.