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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
NEW YORK G

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-CP-World
sugar contracts dropped a to S
points today. Prices were under
pressure throughout the session.
The selling, market men said,
appeared to reflect the less prom
Using outlook in the near future
for demand from Europe for the
raw staple. Sales totaled $3.50 tons;
March LIB, May 1.52b.
The domestic list ended 2 points
lower to 1 up on sales of Is, $50
Ftons. Commission houses bought
contracts supplied by Cuban and
Puerto Rican producing interests.
Several sales of raw sugar were
reported at steady prices. A lot of
$500 bags of prompt Cubas changed
hands at 1913 cents, an advance
of 1 point in the spot delivery.
Refined moved slowly at 4.70
cents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, Jan. ALPHA brisk
business was done in rayon goods
in textile trading today. Demand
centered on print cloths, pigment
taffetas and acetate satins. .
Worth Street selling agents re-
ported only routine cotton cloth
business at steady prices.
Turnover in silk goods was con
fined to fill-in lots, selling far below
replacement price levels. Wooden
goods markets generally were quiet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
What Stocks Did
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

aA" AORK, Jan. A. Up The
uund sterling dropped 2 cents in
ms OF the dollar today. 1t was
lllst wide setback in days.
Aihs quarters explained the
([stion was due principally to ces.
H.. " vear-end short covering.
rbo ~ Foreign Exchange traders
no recently cancelled their short
h., oS covering commitments were
Ersr,ir ne market. Consequently
F,srlIng slipped down to a more
kba otner side of the fence was
lent N, M with a jump of .O6 of a
f II Inc French franc dipped OF
kba Seii' and the belga .o2 of a cent.
c,os %isS franc was unchanged.
lain i. rates follow: Great Bri.
Era,+ M collars; others in cents:
Great britain, demand, 1892 IA;
bills 3D. prItain' cables 3.sa; so-day
c9na6 1,0S "a; 9o-day bills s.s7 So:
h.. Ca' Montreal in New York s7.s1
aiada, New York in Montreal
Eg,s3.. ~; Belgium 1881; Denmark
Cermol inland loon; France a.23:
cresoa 4O,25n, benevolent 1880:
boz. ',Sn; Hungary 17.son: Italv
ss7s. N9,neflands 1888; Norway
PORTUGAL 3.69n; Rumania,
94g. Sweden 23.s; Switzerland
y Argentina (officiaD 2e.77:
SI's T (free) 22.55: Brazil (of.
co "a o,go; Brazil (free) SO: Mexi.
39,'On; Japan 23.4s; Honekong
:s355n shanghai 1856: Yugoslavia
wise indicated. 'S'les unless other
a~Nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, Jan. 4 D Gu.
S. Dept. Agr.)-Hogs 700. Butchers
from 24O lbs. down and packing
sows mostly 10 lower, weightier
butchers steady. Good and choice
120-210 lbs. 6.2O-45, practical top
6.45; 22O-24O lbs. 5.e0.6.15; 250-S00
lbs. 5000. Packing sows under 400
lbs. 4.90.5.15, weightier sows mainly
$3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
NEW YORK EGGS

NEW YORK, Jan. 4-R-Eggs
24,21S; irregular. Mixed colors:
fancy to extra fancy % 1-4-23;
standards %; firsts 20; seconds IL
1-S-1S; mediums Is; dirties No. 1,
15-l5 IL; average checks 14-f4
"a. Refrigerator, fancy and heavy
weights 17-19 IL; standards Is IL;
first Is IL; seconds IA 1-4-3-4
mediums 14-14 IA; dirties IA IA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
IOCK MARKET RUN INTO MILD SELLING SQUALLS
RICHMOND HOGS

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. A. LIP -
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., good and
choice 100 to ESQ lbs. 5.40-5.9 90; 10.
140 lbs. 4.65-5.10; 140-160 lbs. $40
$40; 250-300 lbs. 5.15-5.65; over 800
lbs. 4~.S5-5.40; sows under $50 lbs.
4.40-4.90; over $50 lbs. 3.90-4.4O.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
NEW YORK BUTTER

NEW YORK, Jan. 4-R-Butter
1,214,154, firm. Creamery, higher
than extra 81 1-4-32; extra (92
! score) 81; firsts (S8-91) 1880 IL;
seconds (S4-80 26 1928 IL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, Jan. 4.-R-
Peanut quotations: Jumbos 3 ga
bunch 3 Id to 3 II; runners
to 3 3-8. Market remains firm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, Jan. f. Up Butter
657, 755, steady, prices unchanged
Eggs 1894, unsettled; current re
ceipts II; other prices unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 4.-R-
Trading in cotton futures here to-
day was irregular with profit taking
and hedge selling offsetting foreign
buying and price fixing by mills
Closing prices were steady 2 points
net higher to 2 points lower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05

Only since 1910 has machinery
been used to any extent. to manu-
facture nails. They had previously
been made by hand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
spot CnTrnN

Fpot ",4 ORLEANS, Jan. 4.-(R-
EhspsseSS ''on closed steady and m.
Low sa,es z'oo6.
PHI; mlddling 1881; middling
Fsio1s. 1000 ss1 middling 11.7s; re-.
'l'00l' stock S77,123.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05

A full dentists kit contains 5000
different instruments
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
CHICAGO LARD

CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-R-L a r d
tierces 600; loose $40; bellies 6.25.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05

CHARLOTTE COTTON
CHARLOTTE, Jan. a GP Spot
11.05.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
STOCK AVERAGES
Movement In Recent Years

No. 10. low ---- 17.5 81 23.9 1863
's nigh --- 1869 1888 184.3 1877
w low $500 SIG 95.3 61.S 61,8
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Rotary Club Presents
New Bus 10 Run
Mercy Missions
17-Yeur-OId Vehicle
Praised as 1t Is
Taken Out Of Service

Henceforth a brand-new shiny
gray bus will replace the historic
vehicle used for II years by the
Washington Rotary Club on mis-
sions of mercy throughout the city.
For II years "Old Rotary" had
circulated constantly through the
streets of Washington, visiting
homes, hospitals, schools and other
institutions in the interest of the
needy, without regard to race, creed
or age.
Since 1880 the old bus had trav-
eled 10000 miles, made 5,224 sep
arate trips, carried 133,486 pas
sengers and operated a total of
15,o76 hours.
At a luncheon yesterday at the
Willard Hotel the club and honored
guests paid tribute to the faithful
old vehicle. Present besides club
officials were Miss Maude Alton,
principal of the Americanization
School; Mrs. Adele Knoblock, direc-
tor Of the Christ Child Society; Harry
E. Thompson, director of the recrea-
tional activities of st. Elizabeth S
Hospital, and Charles Fyfe, director
of the Washington Boys Club. Also
present was Edward M. Elliott, dis
trict governor of the l80tit district
of Rotary international.
History of "Old Rotary" was given
by A. F. E. Horn, immediate past
president of the club.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Shippers Sign n. N. U. Pact
Covering 10000 Seamen
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Agreement
on a new two-year contract covering
between $4,000 and 10000 seamen in
a score of East Coast and Gulf ports
was reached last night between rep
resentatives of shippers and the Ma
tional Maritime Union &C. I. o..
The agreement. still to be ratified
by the membership of the union and
by officials of the 10 steamship COM
panies affected, will replace q con-
tract that expired September 30. It's
terms have been extended monthly
during negotiations, under way for
three months.
Both sides claims gains" in the
new contract, which retains the
present wage scafe, ranging from SIS
to $120 a month.
Joseph Curran, N. M. q. presi-
dent, said the union could reopen
the wage question at the end Of six
months. He said the seamen had
won Increased provisions for over
time payments, improvements in the
working rules and restriction OF the
employers right to reject union men
for bogus 'unf1tness.'
President Frank j. Taylor of the
American Merchant Marine, repre-
senting the ship owners, said they
had retained the right to employ
men from IAN outside source" in the
event the union was unable to fur
nish requirements for any particu-
lar rating.
In a joint statement Mr.. Taylor
and Mr.. Curran said the new con-
tract furnished a sound and con-
structive basis for developing order
ly labor relations and for assuring
stability in the maritime industry
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Wife Finds Man in Como
And Woman Murdered

Ey the Associated Press.
ALIQUIPPA, Pa, Jan. "A wife
summoned to her estranged hus-
bands apartment gasped in horror
upon finding him sprawled uncon-
scious across the body of young
woman whose throat had been cut
from ear to ear.
A butcher knife that lay nearby
had been used to slash the partly
clad woman, identified as Lucy
Miller, 23-year-old domestic Of
Richeyville, Pa.
Louis Lukinich, IS, millwright, lay
across the woman's body, reported
Patrolman Ed Nay and Phil Bas-
tine. The mans head was swathed
In rags and towels, his mouth close
to an open gas jet on the floor.
Firemen rushed to the scene and
revived Lukinich. Removed to a
hospital, he was declared in fair
condition with good chances of re-
covery.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lukinich of nearby
Ambridge stumbled upon the trag-
edy yesterday and summoned police.
She said she had gone to the apart
ment in response to message sent
from her husband by their son
Frank, who had lived with his father
since separation of the couple three
years ago.
Signs of a struggle in the four
room apartment were reported by
Officer Nay. He said rug was
rumpled into pile and furniture
overturned.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
House Members to Attend.

Ten members of the House Mill
tary Committee arranged yesterday
to fly to Miami, Fla Friday in Army
planes to attend the air meet and,
en- route, inspect national defense
projects.
The group will include Chairman
May, Democrat, of Kentucky, Repre-
sentatives Thomason, Democrat. Of
Texas, Harter, Democrat, of Ohio,
Edmiston, Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia, Costello, Democrat, of Cali.
fornia, Anderson, Democrat, of Mis-
souri,, Arends, Republican, of Illinois,
Clason. Republican, of Massachu-
sets, Martin, Republican, of Iowa.
Elston. Republican, of Ohio and
Harness, Republican, of Indiana.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Record Field 10 Vie
In AN-American
Air Races
200 Racing and Sports
Planes Are on Hand
For Miomi Meeting
~ the Associated Press.

- the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. IA record
breaking field OF amateur and pro-
fessional flyers swarmed down out
Of cloudless skies from the North
today to participate in the all
American air races and vie for
nearly $11 900 in prizes and trophies.
Already 200 racing and amateur
sportsman planes have been checked
in at race headquarters and off,
cials reserved all available parking
space at two huge landing fields for
500 more expected for the aerial
carnival, extending from Friday
through Sunday.
Most of the flying contingent is
expected from the ranks of man.
moth "hivver" armada, now making
q leisurely flight southwark from
Orlando.
Fifteen Speed Flyers.
High lighting the three-day pro-
gram of aerial thrills is the $3.50
Bernarr MacFadden Onto Miami
Trophy race, with IS speed flyers
taking of Friday from New York
City, Rochester, Detroit, st. Louis
and Houston on fast cross-country
dash here in stock model craft.
The program also includes nu-
merous minor races, competitive
aerobatics singly and in fleets, para
chute jumping. precision flying by
mass formations and virtually every
other sky thriller known to aviation.
Other Races Planned.
One of the featured breathtakers
will be a three-day series of COM
petitive hair-raising events by trick
flyers vieing for the famous Freddy
Lund Trophy 1t is offered by the
widow of the noted stunt pilot, killed
at the national air races in Cleve-
land several years ago. Last years
competition was won by Vincent
Burnett of Lynchburg, Va, with a
difficult rectangular loop, outlined
with smoke trailers.
In addition there will be, a 25-mile
race for the Col. E. H. r. Green
Trophy; a 25-mile race for the
Glenn H. Curtiss Trophy; 50-mile
race for women for the K. K. Culver
Trophy; another 25-mile race for
the feminine contingent and a free
for-all at Is miles for both men and
women.
Four squadrons of National Guard
planes also have scheduled their
appearance, two from Tennessee
and one each from Maryland and
New jersey
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Former Studebuker
OfficioI Hangs Self

By the Associated Press.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Jan. 4.-The
body Of Jay E. White, 81, former
assistant personnel manager Of the
Studebaker Corp, was found hang
ing in the basement of his home yes
terday and Coroner Donald Grillo
said he had taken his life.
Mr.. White, active in the American
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Mrs. Wood, Widow
OF Inventor, Dies
Dy the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Ogden Wood, 66, widow Of
Henry A. Wise Wood, inventor OF
many modern newspaper machines
died last night at her Fifth Avenue
home following q heart attack.
For many years she was active in
patriotic and political activities, but
opposed women suffrage.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Judge Davenport Dies;
Former Representative
D, the Assoctated Press,

61 the ABSociated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. ~
Judge James S. Davenport Of the
Oklahoma Criminal Court Of Ap-
peals collapsed and died in . hotel
lobby yesterday. He was IS.
In Indian territorial days. he was
the only white man ever to hold tho
ofice Of speaker of the Cherokee
Indian Legislature. He served four
terms as a representative in Con.
gress, beginning in 1907.
Judge Davenport was Democrat.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Mrs. Puttie Pritchett,
Aunt Of Swanson, Dies

Dy the ASSociated Press.
DANV1LLE, Va, Jan. 4.-Mrs.
Pattie M. Pritchett, 81, an aunt Of
the late Secretary Of the Navy
Claude A. Swanson, died at her
home here last night. Secretary
Swanson was named for her hus-
band, Claudius Augustus Pritchett,
who died rs years ago.
Mrs. Pritchett, who was active
until three months ago. is survived
BY the following children: Mrs. G.
J. Blair, Mrs. Elizabeth Pritchett
Coleman, Miss Anne Pritchett and
Evening star., 1940-01-04

DR.. Harry w. Pritchett Of Danville;
G. A. Pritchett Of Whitmcll, A. q.
Pritchett Of Richmond and John H.
Pritchett Of Winston salem, N. g.
Evening star., 1940-01-04

Legion, had been . State appraiser
for closed South Bend banks since
leaving tbs automotive firm.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Game Warden Takes
$85 Fine From Boss
FOR Illegal Fishing

By the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER, N. H., Jan. 4.
Philip e. Morris face was very
red, but more than cold air
caused it to get that way.
He was in a party Of eight
caught fishing through Lake
Nubanusit ice by Game Warden
John w Martin.
Mr.. Morris paid all Of the
fines, which toled $s5.
He is Mr.. Martins boss
chairman of the New Hamp-
shire Fish and Game Commits
sion.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
BeIqion Tax Measures
Voted by Deputies

BY the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 4.-The Cham
ber Of Deputies yesterday approved
amended bills for new excess profits
and defense taxes, thereby complet-
ing passage of the governments 1910
financial program totaling 2o,656,-
100000 francs (about $688, ,533, ,00O.
1t was expected the bills would be
approved promptly by King Leopold
and become law today.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Court Reserves Decision
On Seaboard Interest
BY the Associated Press.


NORFOLK, Va, March 23.-Fed-
eral Judge Luther B. Way reserved
decision yesterday on a motion. by
the Underlying Bondholders' Protec-
tive Committee in the Seaboard Air
Line Railway receivership that an
interest payment of $224000 be made
before payment of attorneys and
trustees fees.
The fees, amounting to $l80,000,
were recommended by Special Mas
ter James E. Heath, and represent
about 80 per cent of the total
amount of fees, approximately
S260,OOO, approved by Heath. The
latter's report recommended that
about go per cent be paid imme-
diately.
Attorneys for the committee,
which is headed by Edwin G..
Baetjer, Baltimore lawyer. appeared
before the Circuit Court judge yes
terday, but r. Parke Jones, chief
accounting officer for the receivers,
told the court that he did not think
it advisable for the receivers to pay
both the S224,000 interest payment
and the fees.
The committees spokesmen said
that for the past five years the COM
mittee has had an agreement with
the railways receivers for the pay
ment of S224,000 annually in in
terest on certain of the underlying
mortgage bonds of the company,
The agreement has expired, and
the committee asked that provision
be made for the interest payment
when due July /.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Wushinqton Produce

BUTTER-93 score tubs. 30Ea; 1-pound
prints, 81; Apound prints. 81 "a; % score,
tubs, 29l2; l-pound prints 30: h4-pound
prints, 30ia; 81 score tubs, 2sA; l-pound
prints, 2s'4; A-pound prints. 29h: 90
score. tubs 27ha; 1-pound prints c1%;
l4-pound prints. 2s4: 50 score tubs. c64:
SLh4 80 score, tubs. 25is: l-pound prints
25'A A-Dound prints 26h.
LIVESTOCK - Calves 10: lambs aR
Other livestock houses closed on satur-
From Agricultural Marketing Service
Prices paid net fob. Washington
EGGS--Market steadv. For eggs can
died and graded in Washington March
23). Whites U. S, extras, large. 90; O. S.
extras. mediums, l6: U. S. standards, large,
y; U. S. extras, mediums IS; u s trades
u. For nearby ungraded eggs: Current
receipts, whites. IL mixed colors 16
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Fowl.
Colored, all sizes. ii to 10; No. IS IL to
y; Leghorns.. ~ to IL. Roosters 8 to O.
Chickens, Virginia Rocks. hroilers and
tryers. all sizes 10 to 90: No. IS. II to 13
Delaware Rocks and Crosses, Broilers and
y. Turkeys: Toms. old. 10; hens old,
IL. Young guinea keats, la4 pounds and
Up; 16 pound; old keats 10 pound.
Capons pounds and over, 90 to "a;
No. Is and slips 16 to T.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Wool Market Continues
To Mark Time in Week
BY the Associated Press.

BY tTe ASSOCldJeu FItoS.
BOSTON. March 23.-The Com
mercial Bulletin today reports:
THE wool market is marking time
pending openings in the finished
goods and some improvement in the
general business situation. Spot
trading has included small lots of
territory wool, mostly in the range
of IS to 80 cents. clean basis, for
good class offerings of good staple.
Some odd lots of class 3, described
as top-making woods. have changed
hands in the range of 83 to 85 cents,
clean basis.
"A small quantity of fleece wool
quarterblood and three-eighths Ohio
moved here at SO cents, in the
grease. Later manufacturer
turned down an offering of quarter
blood and three-eighths Northern
Illinois 1eeces of the old clip be-
cause of the easing in top futures
due in part to peace talk. Ohio
delaines of good average types sold
this week at IS cents.
Buying of old wool remaining at
country points and contracting for
the new clip has slowed down ap-
preciably in all quarters during the
week. Reports from the State Of
Texas are to the effect that buying
is at a standstill."
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO March % up u. S. Depart
ment of Aericulturel .-Salable hogs. 300:
total, $500; ,nominally steady shippers
took none. holdover, 500; compared week
sgo--l lSO-240 pounds. 1918 higher;
heavier butchers 1925 higher light
weights mostly steady: packing sows 15
higher.
salable cattle, 200 calves none: COM
pared Friday last week-Fed steers and
yearlings steady to 25 higher. mostly steady
to strong with undertone dull on good to
choice offerings meager supply strictly
choice and prime cattle in class by them
selves: few heifers steady to H5 up for
week; COWS strong to 5 higher: bulls lo-1 5
lower and vealers .O0-50 lower, with
sorting much closer fed steers and heifers
prtdominated in comparatively small run;
TOP steers 1900 paid for 1913 pounds
put next highest price. 1880; paid for
heavies and l,o43-pound, yearlings; only
supply. 11.oo75; bulk. s.25-lo75, with
s50-9.25; extreme top, 1875: best lights.
975: cutters selling at 425-d75 mostly
heavy sausage bulls closed at ZOO down;
CHOICE heavy vealerS at 1880 down and
light vealerS at $50 down.
Salable sheep, 1.5On: total $500. COM
pared Friday last week: fat wooled lambs
closing 25-40 higher late top closely sorted
handyweghts. 05n; bulk closing 1n.15-35.
only few overweights downward to 1000;
not enough native sprineers to test quota :
lions: clipped lambs 1928 higher: late
TOP, $50: bulk. $500: few small lots
lightweight Easter spring lambs, l. so
1900; fat sheep. 2s-4o lower; late top,
b.25: bulk for week. 5.25-50.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
D. {. Store Sales Top
Year Ago by Slight
Margin in Week
Four Weeks Volume
6.2 Per Cent Aheud
Of 1899 Levels
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

Department store sales in WASH
inston for the week ended March
is were only or per cent above the
corresponding week year ago, the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
reported today.
Retail sales, however, reflected
sharp gains in Easter trade over
the previous week this year, the ad-
vance being IL per cent. The week
ended March 9 registered an up
turn of So per cent over the week
ended March 2.
The IL per cent rise in the Capt.
tai over the previous week compared
with an average of per cent in
the whole fifth district and per
cent in Baltimore. The fifth dis
trict gain over the same week last
year was S per cent.
Cumulative sales in Washington
In the four weeks ended March l6
stepped up So per cent over the
like period ended March 18, 1899.
while the average for the fifth dis
trict was slightly higher, 7 per cent,
the report stated.
Next weeks review is expected to
reveal further retail sales advances,
as merchants reported today that
Easter business here has been very
heavy.
Directors of the Columbia Ma
tional Bank have declared a divi-
dend of So per share, payable as
follows: One dollar and fifty cents
per share to stockholders of record
March 25, payable April /, and $1.50
per share to stockholders of record
June 25, payable July l, according
to announcement by President
Frank j. Stryker.
Directors of the Security Storage
Co. have declared the regular quar-
terly dividend of SIPS per share on
the capital stock, payable April 10
to shareholders of record April S.
President c. A. Aspinwall announces.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Air Carrier Stocks
And Specia|ties Up,
Others Narrow
Mild Trading Spurts
Lift Days Volume
To 100000 Mark
BY VICTOR EURANK,


NEW YORK, March 23.-Buyers
again turned to air transport stocks
and specialities in today,s market
and left most leaders to shift for
themselves in narrow territory.
While sluggish intervals were fire.
quent in the brief session, mild
bursts of activity sent the days
volume to around 100000 shares.
Outstanding news was lacking
both at home and abroad and few
traders inclined to reach for issues
in any department.
At the same time, lightness Of
offerings was attributed to the grow
ing belief in financial quarters the
European war may soon take on
fresh intensity and spur the allied
demand for goods in the United
States.
Heavy passenger traffic for the
air carriers brought forecasts of a
substantial jump in profits of a
number of these companies and was
said to have been a prime factor in
recent strength of shares in this
group. Pan American Airways,
American Airlines, United Airlines
and Eastern Airlines bounced up /
to about 3 points to new tops for the
year Or longer.
Loft, an occasional spectacular
performer, became a fast mover
once more on the upside, sprinting
to new years high
Support was accorded such stocks
as du Pont, Dow Chemical, Sears
Roebuck, Douglas Aircraft, Boeing,
Glenn Martin, Chrysler, Western
Union, Spicer Manufacturing, Ben
dix and American Telephone.
Almost at a standstill were some
steels, rails, utilities. rubbers, oils
and coppers, with small declines re-
corded for several pivotal issues in
these categories.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
Wholesale Volumes
Ahead of Year AGO
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department re-
ports that survey of 2,806 whole
salers shows February sales were 11a
per cent less than in January, but
IL per cent higher than in February,
1882
Of the group, 1885 gave inventory
figures showing that stocks at the
end of February totaled $223, $780,
600, compared with $220, ,354 900 At
the end of January. and $205 ,296 900
at the end Of February, 1899.
Evening star., 1940-03-23
February Milk Sales
SIiqhtIy Above 1899
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 23.-Sales Of
fluid milk in February increased
2.48 per cent over the comparable
month last year, with daily sales
averaging 6.552 ,002 quarts. the Milk
Industry Foundation reported.
Evening star., 1940-03-23

Bonds

~ private wir. direct to The mar.