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Evening star., 1940-03-29
Odd-lot Dealings
BY the Associated Press

day these transactions By customers With
odd,lot dealers or specialists on the New
York Stock Exchange for March 2S: 52l5
purchases involving 145.55O shares: 5333
sales involving 133,497 shares. Including
6S short sales involving 1,794 shares.
Evening star., 1940-03-29
London Bur Silver

LONDON, March .4e~ t1.-1ar siIvs,-
20sd. unchanged. (Eauiyalent 81. az
cents. based on dollar at S403) Bar gold.
1855, unchanged. Equivalent. SS3.s60
Evening star., 1940-03-29
Rubber Futures

Der futures opened 9 to higiier. Nay.
IL; 20b; July, 1872; September, l7G0.
Evening star., 1940-03-29
New York Suoor

NEW YORK. March 20 uP-Susar flu.
lures, No g. opened unchanged to i lower
May, 1s7b: July. 1874; September, / .9o,
January. 200; March, 2.03b. Bid.
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New York Bur Silver

NEW YORK, March 20 (R.-Ba
silver, 34A, unchanged.
Evening star., 1940-03-29

In pankruptcy or receivershlp OF peine
reoreanized under the Bankruptcy Act OF
securities assumed by such companies
Rates OF dividends IN the foregoine ia bile
are annual disbursements based on the
last Quarterly or semi-annua] decIara-
tlon unless otherwise noted special or
extra 0lvldends are not included a Also
extra Or extras Accumulated dividends
paid last year Declared or paid e.
lar this wear PAYABLE in stock gPaid
,ast year Cash or stock Accumu.
lated dividends paid OF declared this year
W UnGer rule Wv With warrants ~
without warrants war Warrants
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New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. March 20 t4-Nationa
Association Securities Dealers. Inc.
Quotations as of > o'clock.D
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Evening star., 1940-03-29
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. March 29.-Dividends de-
elared-prepared by Fitch Publishing Co.:
Accumulated.
Evening star., 1940-11-18

ties in the second raid last Friday
night.
Evening star., 1940-11-18

four foreign aircraft Of unidentified
nationality which bombed this neu-
tral country's soil yesterday for the
third time since the opening Of
Italian-Greek hostihties.
Just before dawn the invading
planes bombed Kicevo and two
nearby villages, some 40 miles from
the junction Of the Greek-YugoSlav-
Albanian borders. The two previous
attacks were on Bitolj. about 10
miles north Of the Greek border.
The raiders dropped 26 bombs yes
terday, an Official announcement
said, some Of which fell near
Kicevo's railway station. The an
nouncement said that for the most
part they fell in open fields, how
ever.
There were no casualties and only
minor damage, the government said
although there were unorlcial re-
ports that many persons were in
jured at Kicevo.
There were conflicting reports as
to the direction from which the
planes came; some said they came
from Albania, others that they were
from the direction Of Greece.
Several persons were killed and
injured in the first raid on BitOlj
November 5. There were no casual
Evening star., 1940-11-18
Japan Carefully Watches
Situation in ThoiIond

TOXIC, Nov. 18 GA Foreign
Office spokesman declared today
that Japan is watching carefully"
the situation in Thailand (Siam( e,
where Japanese press reports alleged
Great Britain and the United States
are pressing for conclusion of a
triple assistance pact.
He said there was no official con-
frmation of the newspaper reports
but said the Japanese Legation in
Bangkok advised there were wide
spread rumors of similar nature.
The japanese press asserted the
United States and Britain threat
ened to halt oil and munitions ship
ments to Thalland unless she came
to terms on a defense pact and
threatened q blockade if she aban-
doned neutrality.
Britain and the United States had
offered economic aid in Thailand's
campaign to obtain territory from
French Indo-China and military
support-native British troops and
American Warships-in the event a
foreign power attacks Thailand, the
japanese reports said.
The British Minister. according
to these reports, presented the
proposition to Premier Sonegram
November IA in a tvo-hour talk. and
Thailand was expected to reply
soon.
Evening star., 1940-11-18
Mrs. RandIe Enters
Guilty Plea TO Seven
Mail Fraud Counts
Health, Diet Lecturer
Asks Judge Morris
For Leniency

Mrs. Rosalyn Randle, who has
lectured on diet, health and per-
sonality building in various parts
of the Nation, today pleaded guilty
before Justice James w. Morris in
Criminal Court to seven of eight
counts in an indictment charging
her with using the mails to de-
fraud. She is expected to be SEN
fenced soon by Justice Morris, after
he has studied the case
Assistant United States Attorney
Arthur B. Caldwell, who prosecuted
Mrs. Randle in District Court on
a charge of false pretenses, under
which she is now serving a three to
eight months sentence in District
Jail. told Justice Morris today the
Government is willing to drop the
eighth count Of the indictment.
Unwittingly Mrs. Randle cor
responded with postal inspectors,
as they built up a case against her
which resulted in an indictment by
the District Grand Jury. An in
Spector posed as a sick person, the
Government SAYS, and Mrs. Randle
declared that she could cure cancer
and paralysis by diet.
Mrs. Randle, clad entirely in black
burst into tears as she told Justice
Morris that she is the sole support
of a 12-year-old daughter.
Justice Morris was careful to make
sure that MIS-. Randle understood
the charges to which she pleaded
guilty. After conferring with her
attorney, Kelly Kash. she announced
that she was pleading guilty to seven
counts.
The lurist made it clear that there
was no implication OF leniency in
Evening star., 1940-11-18
Irving billiard Named
Siqmu DeItu Chi Head

DES MONIES, Nov. 18.-Irving
billiard, editorial writer for the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, was elected
national president of Sigma Delta
Chi, professional journalism frater-
nifty, at the closing session Of its
annual convention here yesterday.
Willard r. Smith, Madison. Wis,
manager of the United Press. was
named vice president in charge of
professional affairs; Palmer Hoyt,
publisher Of the Portland Oregonian,
vice president in charge of under
graduate affairs, and DR.. Chiffon r.
Bush, Stanford University journal
ism director, vice president in charge
Of expansion.
G. B. Dealey Of the Dallas News
was chosen national honorary pres
Evening star., 1940-11-18
MussoIini
Continued From First PageD

Cen. Soddu, who after his visit
teleeraphed me November Il:
"I went this morning TO visit the
Julia Alpine division and must re-
port a magnificent impression was
brought back from this superb unit,
stronger than ever in its Alpine
rocks
With absolute certainty I tell
YOU We will break Greece's back.
Whether in months or II months,
It little matters.
The war has barely begun. We
have men and means to annlhllate
all Greek resistance. English aid
cannot prevent accomplishment of
this most firm proposal
To think or suspect something
otherwise means not to know
ne
We have a million men under
arms. But We can call 100000
more II necessary. Germans
and Italians together, Ve are bloc
Of 10000 900, resolute. compact and
firm from Norway to Libys
4IllS U4OC al tdOS has N4CtO4S III
It's fist"
Preparation for the fight between
the totalitarian powers and the
old World began at the time the
sanctions were voted by the League
Of Nations, II DuCe declared.
He congratulated the Italians on
the spirit with which they bore war
imposed sacrifices, then warned:
These sacrifices so far are toler-.
able. but they may become more
severe"
Mussolini began his speech with
a furious attack on England, which
he said was exclusively to blame for
the war.
The peace could have been pre-
served, he declared, If England had
not rejected every one of Germany's
attempts at rapprochement.'
It could have been saved, he
added, if England had not adopted
program of "encirclement" OF
Evening star., 1940-11-18
British Deny Greece
Offered Use of Bases

LONDON, November l5 lP).-
Premier Mussolinis assertion that
Greece offered Britain the use of her
air and naval bases as long ago as
last May was denied in official Brit
ish quarters today.
British authorities said II Duce'S
speech at Rome evidently was in
tended for home consumption, the
main purpose being to counteract
uneasiness arising from the setbacks
suffered in the Greek campaign.
Evening star., 1940-11-18

Grows are remarkable for their
intelligence.
Evening star., 1940-11-18
N. B. {. TO Permit Latins
To Resend Programs
By the Associated Press.

By the Assocla ated Press.
NEW YORK. Nov. ia new
move to promote Western Heml-
sphere solidarity will be started jan
uary l when the National Broad
casting Co makes available to 20
Latin American nations many of its
short programs.
John F Royal, N. B. C. vice presi-
dent in charge Of international re-
latiOns, announced yesterday that
the company would permit num-
ber of local radio stations il coun-
tries below the Rio Grande to pick
up and re-broadCaSt at no cost the
extensive short-Wave Latin Ameri-
can programs of N. B. c.
The programs include news events
told in Spanish and Portuguese.
The service we announce today
will be one to foster understanding
Of American aims and policies and
our way of life" said Mr.. Royal.
Evening star., 1940-11-18
ThaiIand Clashes
Increasing, Talks
Dead, French Say
japanese Report Britain
And U. S. Press Pact
On Bangkok Government
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VICHY, France, Nov. 18-Dis-
patches from Hanoi, French Indo-
China, yesterday said local border
engagements with Thailand (Siam)
had increased and that negotiations
on Thailands territorial claims had
reached a dead end.
A Foreign Office spokesman en-
phasized, however, the local char
acter of the skirmishes.
Admiral Jean Decoux, Governor.
was reported to have declared Indo-
China will resist any aggression
from Thailand.
Thailand troops were reported
increasing In numbers along the
frontier and press editorials grow
ing more violent against Indo-
China.
Evening star., 1940-11-18

ldent; Oscar Leiding, New "
Associated Press cable editor, 5
retary, Barry FarlS, New York
ternational News Service. treasu
and Elmo Scott Watson. Chics
Executive Council chairman.
Chosen to the Executive Con
we're Frank Thayer, Wisconsin L
versity; Richard Wilson, Washu
ton correspondent for the
Molnes Register and Tribune: c
ton BlackmOn, managing editor
the Southwest Insurer, Dallas. :
Paul B. Nelson, Chicago. pubhs
and editor Of the Scholastic Ed.
Evening star., 1940-11-18

Germany and II England. in re-
sponse to Mussolinis last-minute at
tempt to forestall war after the
Polish invasion had begun, had not
imposed "humiliating conditions
that German troops should with
draw from Polish soil
He said Italy's operations in
Egypt foreshadowed resumption Of
the Italian offensive and added that
the italian attack on Sidi Barrani
must be taken not as the con-
CluSiOn, but as a premise"
Evening star., 1940-11-18
Athens
Continued From First Page)

Continued From First Page)
communique contained report of
Greek naval operation in the Adri-
attic Sea between Italy and Ru-
mania.
ON November AIS" the COM
munique said, "a Greek destroyer
fotilla under Admiral Kavadlas
made a raid through the Otrano
Channel into the Adriatic Sea. The
Greek f1otilla steamed as far as the
Island of Sasero, but nowhere sight
ed enemy craft and returned to its
base"
Evening star., 1940-11-18

sentence because of Mrs. Randle's
plea of guilty. Both Mrs. Randle
and her attorney pleaded for leni-
ency for her.
Evening star., 1940-11-18
Italian Bomber Crash
In YuqosLoyia Reported

BELGRADE, YugoslayIa, Nov. l6
lP,.-Unofhc.a reports said an Ital-
ian bomber crashed early today
near Danilovgrad in Southern
Yugoslavia near the Adriatlc coast,
after YugOslav antl-airCraft guns
fired at the plane. There was no
immediate confirmation.
-Four members Of the planes crew
were reported killed and one in
iured Italian uniforms and IN
sigma were found in the WTeckage.
YugOslav authorities began an in
qulry at the site OF the crash.
Evening star., 1940-11-18
Planes Violate Yugosioy
Soil for Third Time

BITOLJ. Yugoslavia, Nov. 18 (P).-
Yugoslav pursuit planes gave chase
and anti-aircraft batteries fired on
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Farmer, 81, Found Shot
In Virginia, Gun Nearby

Randolph Harrison, 80, a retired
farmer, was found mortally wound
ed this morning near an outbuilding
at the home of his son, James r.
Harrison with whom he had been
living near Navy, Va.
According to Sheriff E. P. Kirby,
who investigated the case, a single
barrel shotgun was found lying near
Mr.. Harrison, who died before police
arrived.
Mr. Harrison was discovered by
his son and daughter in law, who
told Sheriff Kirby they heard shot
about $3.50 am. and rushed out
side where they found Mr.. Harrison
lying unconscious.
Sheriff Kirby said Mr.. Harrison
apparently had rested the gun
against an old harrow with the bar
rel pressing against his stomach
He evidently had used small stick
which was found near the gun, to
fire it, Sheriff Kirby said.
DR.. T. B. McCord, Fairfax County
coroner, said he would issue certi-
f1cate of suicide.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
German

BERLIN. June 8 LP.- The
daily comnunique OF the Ger
man high command tolloDs:
Our operations south of the
Somme and the Aisne Canal con-
tinue to proceed successfully. On
the Southern Lower Somme also the
enemy was pushed back.
The air force supporting the army
ground fighting on the Southern
Somme successfully bombed with
strong forces troop concentrations,
columns of infantry and artillery
positions.
The number of prisoners taken at
Dunkerque increased to $4,000. The
force executed armed reconnaissance
against the British, and on the south
coast of England units of the Eng
lish air force as well as the harbor
were bombarded.
At Narvik, the air force supported
army units fighting there by ef-
fective attacks on enemy positions.
Gasoline tanks were set afre and
one enemy cruiser sustained two
severe bomb hits.
A German U-boat off Northwest
Ireland sank an enemy auxiliary
cruiser of $4,000 tons.
Nocturnal enemy air raids on Ger
man territory generally caused i'm
material damage. In one city the
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Chilean Liner Is lowed
To Anchorage After
Hitting Breakwater
10 Passengers Taken
To Safety Following
Panic Aboard Ship
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone, June 8
With water in her bow up to the
anchor line, the 7,216-ton Chilean
liner Copiapo was towed today to
an anchorage just off the Panama
Canal channel after striking the
west breakwater at the entrance OF
Cristobal Harbor.
The ships ITO passengers and her
crew were rescued without injury
A passenger. DR.. Adolfo Villanueva
Lazo, Peruvian delegate to the
Washington Scientific Congress, said
panic followed when the ship struck
but that all passengers were taken
off by launches and tugs.
Some Of the passengers were
American women en- route to Join
their husbands in the Panama
Canal Zone.
Officials blamed the accident on
a navigator's failure to see the
breakwater lights.
The steady stream of passengers,
arriving in small boats, taxed hotel
facilities in Colon and Canal Zone
residents opened their homes to
care for the unexpected arrivals.
A few of the passengers showed
signs of nervousness, but many were
laughing over their experience
Among those rescued was Hans
Hauser, well known skier, who was
on his way to Chile.
Evening star., 1940-06-08

North and Middle Atlantic States
Local showers at beginning of week; again
about Wednesday and again at end of
week: Moderately, warm most Of week in
'.i Ohio ' Valley Vale; and Tennessee Local
showers and thunderstorms Tuesday and
Wednesday an dagain toward end of week.
half.
The disturbance that was about 500
miles east by south of Nantucket, Mass,
Friday night, has remained practically
stationary during the last II hours with
t29.59 inches. The disturbance that was
over Iowa Friday morning is advancing
slowly east t-northeastward, Houghton Lake,
Mich, ,007S millibars (29.76 inches,
with an ill-defned trough extending south
disturbance is advancing slowly eastward
over the northern Rocky Mountain region,
Miles City. Mont, 5000 milibars (29.50
inchesl. high-pressure area is moving
lantic coast, Eastport. Me, 1,Ols6 mlli-
bars t3O.0S incheSl, and pressure is rela-
lively high over the South Atlantic and
east Gulf States. Jacksonville. Fla, 1865
pressure area is advancing eastward over
Northern Minnesota, Duluth, l.0l4.2 milli-
bars t29.95 inches, and pressure is high in
the North Pacific States, North Head.
Wash. ,O23.7 millibars .t30.23 inches.
CURED in Washington. the northern Rocky
Mountain region, the middle Plains States.
the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, the Lake
regiQp. the Appalachian region and in the
Middle riian n Gal States emperaturss have
middle and southern Rocky Mountain re-
gion while they have fallen in the middle
and northern Plateau, the upper Lake re-
sion and the upper Mississippi Valley.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Canada S Premier
Speaks Of Possible
j. ). Aid in War
Old and New Friends
Will Arise to Help,
Says Mackenzie King
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, June 8.-Prime Min
lister w. L. Mackenzie King pointed
Canada's attention today to "old
and new friends a reference
to the United States-for possible
help if widening war ranges new
enemies" against the Allies.
Speaking at a time when the
world is expecting an Italian move
to join Germany in the war, the
Prime Minister said in a radio ad-
dress last night:
IF new enemies oppose us, we
may be sure that old and new
friends will arise to help us. The
worldwide significance of the con-
flict is being realized in every land
Cites Roosevelt's Views.
you know how earnestly anc
vigorously the President of the
United States has spoken in the
name of humanity. There has beer
modified in the cause of freedom
the conscience of the civilized world
and tyranny will long remember the
power of that conscience and the
final effect of the worlds condem.
nation upon the forces of evil"
Mr. Mackenzie King said attention
hitherto had been centered on Ger.
many as the sole enemy, but added
that the coming phase of the wal
will witness operations in entirely
new theaters of war" and will mos
certainly be marked by conflict be.
tween nations that thus far have
escaped or avoided hostilities"
Referring to recent statement by
Britain's Prime Minister, Winston
Churchill. that the New World woulc
carry on the fight if the worst should
befall England and France, Mr.
Mackenzie King declared Canada
would rise to the challenge of new
responsibilities in the war.
He disclosed that Canadian SOL
diers now are guarding strategic
areas in Newfoundland, easternmost
British possession in this hemis-
phere.
Troops In North Atlantic.
He said Canadian troops are serv-
ing in the British West Indies anc
the North Atlantic, but did not state
whether by North Atlantic he meant
any area other than Newfoundland
From the hafbor of Dunkeroue
and from the citadel of Calais, the
bravest men in the world battleo
their way home to fight once more
for liberty and goodness and mercy,
he said.
Il speak the heart and mind OF
our country when I say that every
fort in Canada will be another
Calais and every harbor another
Dunkerque before the men anc
women of our land allow the light
and the life of their Christian faith
to be, extinguished by the powers
of evil or yield their liberties te
the tyranny of Nazi brutality"
Evening star., 1940-06-08
}. F. Donovan Wins
Review in $500 Action

The United States Court of Ap-
peals yesterday agreed to review the
$500 action brought by James F..
BUZZ" Donovan against Maj. Ernest
w. Brown, police superintendent,
for allegedly holding him in Gus
tody In violation of the so-called
six-hour writ.
Donovan, sentenced last month
to serve from three to six years for
robbery, lost the action against Maj.
Brown in Municipal Court several
months ago, and the appellate tri-
bunal yesterday granted a writ of
error. Donovan's attorney, James j.
Laughlin, contended that the Dis
trict code provides that unless a
police official issues warrant
against a prisoner within six hours
after a request is served, the official
shall forfeit $500 to the person so
detained.
Donovan said he was held for
investigation" for some Is hours
before he was freed.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
D. T.. Bankers Elect
A. N. McLachIen,
Put 0ffuH in Line
DeIuno Sees Sacrifices
Ahead in Meeting
Democracy Challenge
BY EDWARD C. STONE
Star Stan CORRESPONDENT.

HOT SPRINGS, Va, June g.
Archibald M. McLachlen, vice presi-
dent and treasurer OF the McLachlen
Banking Corp, was elected president
of the District Bankers Association
at the closing session of the 22nd
annual convention here today. He
succeeds Ord Preston. president of
the Union Trust Co. and has been
first vice president during the past
year. At a years of age, he is one
Of the youngest presidents the as
sociation ever had
T. Stanley Holland, trust officer of
the American Security & Trust Co.,
was elected first vice president; John
A. Reilly, president Of the Second
National Bank, was named second
vice president; A Scott Ofutt, vice
president of the City Bank, third
vice president, and Albert S. Galley,
executive vice president of the Lin
coin National, was named treasurer
for his 29th term. Frank j. Hogan
was again asked to serve the asso-
citation as general counsel.
Puts Offutt in Line.
Election interest centered largely
In the selection of third vice presi-
dent, which places the candidate in
line for the association presidency
Naming of Mr.. Offutt means that
he will be at the head of the organi-
zation four years hence. He was
general chairman of this years con-
vention and has served on many i'm
portant committees.
Representatives of the District
Bankers Association in the Ameri-
can Bankers Association were also
elected at today's session.
Francis E. Robey, Bank of Com
merce & Savings, president of Wash
ington Chapter, American Institute
of Banking, reported on the years