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Smyrna times., 1940-11-21
KENT COUNTY BIBLE
SOCIETY

The annual meeting Of the Kent
County Bible Society was held yes
terday at Milford, Rev. j. F. Stone
cipher, President, r. M. Cooper,
Secretary. The attendance was not
large, but the reports of the treas
urer, John T. Kakes, and A. Cow
gill, of the Bible Depository show
ed the past year one of larger re-
ceipts than usual President Stone
cipher read his report and various
points were discussed by Rev. DR..
Mof1tt, A-gt. of the American Bible
Society, George NJ. Jones, Rev. R.
Watt, and others. The amount re-
ported on hand by the treasurer,
was $335.56, $3.50 of which was
donated to the Parent Society. R.
M Cooper, Robert D. Hoffecker
and w. T. Vaules were elected Life
Members of the American Bible
Society. The next meeting will be
held in Wyoming. A public meet
ing was held at night, to be ad-
dressed by Dr. Moffit and Revs
Bunstein and Watt.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-21

and after laying Is eggs she went
to setting and on the oath of May
she Matched Is young turkeys. of
which number ten were successfully
raised. On the 23rd of June the
hen commenced laying again, and
Smyrna times., 1940-11-21

up to the 10th of October she laid
103 eggs.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-21

Members of the Georgetown
Alumni Association will have a
white Elephant Card Party on
Tuesday night, November 26, at
the school for the purpose of rails
ing funds to promote the associa-
ton. The association was formed
IL years ago, but for the past two
or three years interest in it has
Jagged.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-21
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

The Civil Aeronautics Authority
has recommended establishment of
an airport at New Castle to cost
S234,000, it was learned from
Washington. The CAA plans to
survey three airport sites in the
state.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-21

Motor Vehicle Commissioner Will
liam d. Denney Thursday reported
the motor vehicle division of the
State Highway Department issued
1,457 new motor vehicle registra-
tions during October, with attend
ant receipts Of S9,457.85. The ag-
gregate income of the motor We
hicle department for the month
was $21 ,16005, of which S10,653
was deposited by the Wilmington
office.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-21

Two women escaped injury
Thursday when their car skidded
on the Odessa road
and overturned in a field. They
were Mrs. Mary Stidham, the driv-
er, and Mrs. Mae Burns, both of
Odessa.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-21

Jimmy Cubbage, 4-year-old son
of Magistrate and Mrs. Walter S.
Cubbage, is getting his start in
practical political routine early. A
Dover drugstore is conducting a
contest In which the child receiv-
Smyrna times., 1940-11-21

Toothbrush "bristIes" that never
knew a hogs back-they are made
of nyIon.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-21

MIDDLETOWN CREAMERY
TO BE REBUILT
The loss upon the Midd!etown
creamery burn Wednesday morn
ing, was S11 900 with an insurance
Smyrna times., 1940-11-21
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO

Continued from Page Two)
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Retail Trade Jumps
; 10 9 Per Cent
Above Year Ago
Bad Weather in Some
Sections Results in
Irregular Coins
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 1.-Spring
merchandise took hold with fair
promise this week although retail
buyers tuned their buying to the
weather report, Dun & Bradstreet
said today in a weekly survey.
Gains for the country as a whole
over last year were estimated at
from to 8 per cent.
Shoppers who did brave the late
winter storms were good spenders,
the agency said, but bad weather In
many sections made for irregular
gains over last year.
For many stores this week was
the start Of the Easter selling
period" the review said.
"Womens accessories were among
the fastest moving of the non-sale
items, with the vogue for matching
bags, gloves, and shoes contributing
appreciably to volume.
Demand tended to lag in mems
furnishings. but sales of work clothes
were exceptionally brisk and some
retailers reported total clothing sales
so far in 1910 were the best for any
comparable period in several years.
"Midwinter furniture promotions
concluded with substantial gains
over last year.
Grocery volume was slightly be-
low a year ago in nelghborhood
stores, and ahead by wide margin
in supermarkets.
THE automobile trade, with an
expansion in sales of Is to IS per
cent, continued to report buying
strong in both rural and industrial
sections"
Evening star., 1940-03-01
D., N. 81. R. Mortgage
Bonds Are Called
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, March III. P.
Morgan & Co., as sinking fund
agent, is notifying holders of
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Rail
way Co. first mortgage 31a per cent
bonds, due October l, 1862, that
S445 900 principal amount of these
bonds have been drawn by lot for
redemption on April /, 1910, at los
per cent.
The drawn coupon bonds and the
principal amounts for redemption of
registered bands will be redeemed
and paid on and after the redemp-
ton date at the Office of j. P.
Morgan & Co. or j. P. Morgan e.
Co., Inc, New York City. Interest
on these drawn bonds will cease to
accrue from April l, 1910.
On February Is, 1940 principal
amount of these bands previously
drawn for redemption, had not been
presented for payment.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
|$9,7o9,074 Earned
By Electric Bond
& Share Co.
1889 Net Compares
With So, ,40l Isl in
Preceding Year

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March l.-Electrie
Bond & Share Co. reported 1896
net income of $9.7o9, ,o74, equal, after
preferred requirements, to "a cent.
a common share. This compared
with 1898 net income of $9,40l ,25l
or 18 cents share.
Fourth quarter net income totaled
$2,592,974, or cents a share, com.
pared with the equivalent 1898 total
of $2,605 $3.50, or 9 cents share.
New England Telephone.
The New England Telephone &
Telegraph Co.'S annual report
showed earnings of $7.37 on COM
mon stock during 1899, compared
with $5.21 in 1898. After payment
of a $3.50 dividend and minor
charges. the report stated, a bal
ance of $l,061 ,465 was placed in the
surplus account, restoring that ac-
count to approximately the same
level as before the hurricane and
floods of 1888.
Total operating revenues, $77,251,- =
l42, were said to be the highest in
the company's history.
Republic Aviation.
Republic Aviation Corp, formerly
Seversky Aircraft Corp, had tenta-
tive net profit of $88,518 after all
charges in the final three months of
1889, the first quarterly profit in the
history of either company, w. Wal
lace Kellett, president, announced.
Republics backlog of untitled
orders since the beginning of 1910
has risen to $15,055, 900 from $1l,-
633 900, he said, adding that 1910 de-
liveries will exceed $1O,OO0,OO0.
Net sales in the final 1899 quar-
ter, rejecting deliveries of pursuit
airplanes to Sweden and elsewhere,
totaled $739,177.
For the full year 1899, a net loss
OF S524,7Sl was indicated, the Re-
public chief said. compared with
1858 1866 in 1888 The 1899 loss was
said to include "Write-off of SlO8. 500
OF deferred expenses from earlier
periods"
Cream of Wheat.
The Cream of Wheat Corp. in its
annual report listed net income for
1889 at $1,019,958 or $1.28 a share on
the 100000 outstanding 81 par value
shares. In 1888 net income was
ST ,232 ,291, equivalent to S2.05 per
share. The report said the decrease
was partly accounted for by charg-
ing off demolition of its old plant
and by loss on foreign exchange
in operation of the company's Ca
madam plant.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. March ! up Omitted States
Department Of Agriculture1 .-Salable hogs
5000: total. 10000; opened fully steady
with Thursdays average; closed dull on
weights $50 pounds up: late sales $40
lower than early top. 5 80; bulk good and
choice. 1s0-24O pounds 5.25-55: 24O-270
pounds. butchers .5.00-35: 270-32O-pound
averages. generally 4S5-515: heavier
weights around 475: good 40O-55O-pound
packing sows, 415-50: lighter weights. up
to 465
Salable cattle 900: salable calves. 300
fairly active cleanup trade: prices nostly
steady with instances stronger on cows:
common to just good grade steers. 7.75-
9.25: best yearlinss, 1O.4O. averaging
around / .060 pounds; part load good s25-
mound hefers. $50. other heifers. $50
downward: most canner cows, 3.15-4 25:
cutters, up to 25: common to medium
beef cows, mostly 55O-6.25: sprinklng
good kinds Up to 6.75 practical limit on
weiehty sausage bulls, 700; vealers mostly
l. 80 down: few selects upward to 1900
Salable sheep, 5000: total 5000: late
Thursday. fat lambs closing mostly 1918
lower: clipped offerings declining more:
top. 1000, to all interests for fed West
erns: bulk this class, 1880: double 115-
pound average. 9.25: most clipped lambs,
s.15-25: sheep and yearlines arou q
steady nothing strictly choice offered: to-
days trade. active; fat lambs. 1920 high
er: spots up more: bulk good and choice
fed range lambs 9.9O-101O: few, 1918:
closely sorted fed range lambs, 1925;
hand y-weight freshly shorn lambs. $50:
fat sheep scarce, steady: odd lot medium
weight feeding lambs. 900.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
]. ". A. Plans Expansion
In Spring Schedules

Special Dispatch to The Star.
+ NEW YORK, March 1-Expansion
of spring schedules to take care Of
the expected rush by travel diverted
to this country by the European
war was announced today by Trans
continental g. Western Air, Inc,
with a q per cent boost over its
schedules for March. 1889.
The new schedules will 60 into
effect March /, according to v. P.
Conroy, vice president in charge Of
traffic and sales, and will include a
total of 18,650,826 passenger seat
sales, compared with 1866 685 seat
miles operated in March of last year.
Conroy said T. w. A. expected to
operate 1,103,774 flying miles during
March, compared to 960,877 miles
operated in March, 1899, which he
added marks the first time in T.
w. AS history that we have operated
more than a million miles a month
on a year-around pasis."
He said there had been no appre-
ciable reduction in mileage during
the winter, and estimated March
traffic would show a 66 per cent in
crease over the same month last
year.
Chief additions to the new sched-
ules include two additional flights
between Kansas City and Chicago,
put into operation on February 13,
and two additional flights into Fort
Wayne, Ind, connecting with
through flights at Chicago. Flight
80. leaving Chicago at 8:15 am,
will stop at Fort Wayne, arriving at
9:16 am, and flight 10, leaving New
York at pm, will arrive at Fort
Wayne at 1929 pm, making stops
at Pittsburgh, Columbus and Day.
ton.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
New York Produce

NEW YORK. March l P.-Eegs, 20.-
55s: weak; mixed colors. fancy to extra
fancy. 20A-22: extras 2Oh: storage
current receipts, 1s-1sA; seconds. 1s-1sN:
mediums, .1S.1sh: dirties, No. /, 1sA-h:
average checks. 17-17l2
Whites-Resale of premium marks 24h-
y: nearby and Midwestern, premium
marks. 22la-24; specials %: standards
2O12-21: resale of nearby heavier me-
dlums. 20a-23: nearby and midwestern,
mediums. 19E-2O.
Browns-Nearby fancy to extra fancy
SA-23 nearby and Midwestern. specials,
~ standards. 20I2-21; mediums 19-1912
Duck eggs, 35-36
Butter 634 ,633; steady; creamery, hish-
er es Than extra. 2SA-29R: extra t92 scorel
2SHa: frsts fsS-9D. 2734-28K: seconds
tS4.S7), 26h-27h
changed
Dressed poultry steady to firm. Fresh
and frozen, prices unchanged.
Live poultry. BY freight, slow. Chickens
SSolored; 10; fowls, colored. 2O-2OH some
q; leghorn, 1s: old roosters, 13; turkeys
mems %; young toms 49, ducks. IA
By express. steady to weak Chickens
Broilers., crosses. fancy. 2OIa-2i: colored
-; s,ds Leghorn, 90. Fowls, colored, 20-sl;
6Iegshorn' nearby, 1920: Southern. 1919.
Pullets, Rocks. fancy. large. 20; medium
*. crosses, medium. %: small 21: reds
70. Old roosters, IA. Ducks, "A.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
STAR, WASHINGTON D. c., FRIDAY MARCH L.
Excess Bank Reserves
Climb 10 Another
Record in Week
Government Spending
And Gold Purchases
Are Chief Factors
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Lendable excess reserves Of banks
set another record high-$5,690.- :
600, ,000-in the last week.
The Federal Reserve Board said
that the previous weeks total had
been increased $6OOO0,0O0 in the
seven days ended February % due
to Treasury gold purchases and
spending.
The boards statement said:
During the week ended February
% member bank reserve balances
increased $77,0O0,000. Additions to
member bank reserves arose from
decreases Of $11, ,0O0, 900 in money in
circulation and $35, 900 900 in Treas
ury deposits with Federal Reserve
banks, and increases of $4,000, 900
in gold stock, $4,000 900 in Reserve
bank credit and $1,000, 900 in Treas
ury currency, offset in part by in
creases Of $4,000, 900 In Treasury
cash and $28, 900 900 in non-member
deposits and other Federal Reserve
accounts. Excess reserves of MEM
ber banks on February % were esti-
mated to be approximately $780,
600, 900, an increase of 10000, 600
for the week"
Changes in member bank reserve
balances and related items during
the week and the year ended Feb
ruary %, 1910, were reported as fol-
lows:
Evening star., 1940-03-01
New York Sugar

NEW YORK, March / P.-World sugar
futures were steady today as the trade
continued to look for better prices. In
er to y lower. May. 1855, July, l. So.
Inactivity in raws and lack Of new de-
velopments at Washington resulted in q
dull market in the domestic contracts.
Prices were unchanged; May. 1.94: July,
200
Raw offerings continued fairly large in
Guiding both Cubas and duty-free sugars
held at prices ranging from 2sS to 2 %
cents. depending upon position. Buying in
terests in second-half March arrivals was
indicated at IS cents
Refined held at 4.50 cents Withdrawals
were fairly good.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
6. f. Board Orders
Common Dividend
Of 5 Gents
1889 Income Equals
SLAB q Share Against
96 Cents in 1888
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 1.-Directors
of General Electric Co. today au-
thorized a dividend Of IS cents
share on the common stock, payable
April Is to holders of record
March IS. Last year the company
paid Is cents each in April. July
and October, plus 65 cents in
December.
Net income for 1899 amounted to
SAL ,236,000 after charges and taxes.
This was equal to $143 a share on
common, compared with $27, ,729 1923,
or 96 cents share, in 1898.
The company reported it booked
last year orders totaling $3.50, TAB, 900.
compared with s252,l76,223 in 1888.
Expenditures for plant improve
ment and equipment amounted to
sl1,024,000, against $l2,000,000 in
1888.
The year end balance sheet
showed $ll0,047 900 in cash and
marketable securities, against $685.
7l4,571 year previous. Inven-
tories rose to $74,645,O00 from $685.
517,634 the preceding year.
General Electric stockholders to-
tailed 209,914 at the close of 1889,
a gain of 1884 for the year.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Lamb and Wool Prices
Expected to Be Better
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MIDDLETOWN, Va, March l.
Lamb and wool producers, meeting
here last night, heard the cheering
news that prospects point toward
improved prices for their products
this spring.
George c. Herring Of the State
extension service, said lambs are
selling higher at this time than they
did, the first of March a year ago
and that indications are prices will
be better during the entire l940
season.
Wool prices, he said, will range
this year from 40 to As cents. The
domestic supply at this time is not
sufficient, and there has been some
importing, ne said.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Auto Production
| Dips to 100,855
Units in Week
D. the Associated Press.

u the A3t0citted PttSS.
DETROIT, March 1.-Ward's Au-
tornotive Reports today estimated
this weeks output Of the country's
automobile plants at 100,855 units
compared with 102,670 last week
and 78,705 this week a year ago
The slight decline was attributed
to one-week shut-downs in two
plants.
Placing the February output at
more than 100000 units" Wards
said the first quarter would see at
least 1900, 900 cars and trucks COM
pleted.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Puris Exchange Rutes

PARIS. March ! tP1.-The United States
dollar continued at 1880 francs t2 2s3
cents to the franc, in foreign currency
dealings today. The rate compared with
the franc at 1927 cents In New York
oveInieht Exchange on London. 116 625
Principal rente issues in the bourse were
3 per cent. 400 francs: 4l2s "a" $780,
4Es. 1887, 215.S5
Evening star., 1940-03-01
2,750 Tons of Lead Sold

NEW YORK, March l LP.-St.
Joseph Lead Co. reported 1000 tons
of Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
yesterday at $50 per 100 pounds,
East ST. Louis; 1900 tons at $3.50,
New York, and $50 tons at the New
York average.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
U. S. Treasury Notes
Metal Market

NEW YORK, March / R.-Copper
steady elec.rolytic spot .116O; export,
f;as; New York; 11.62h-75, Tin barely
47.35: Lead steady: spot, New York,
525-30; East St. Louis. $40. Zinc steady;
East st. Louis, spot and forward 575.
platinum: Chinese wolframite and domes-
tic scheelite UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Washington Exchange
SALES

Capital Traction 1st 5s-$1 900 at
100.
City & Suburban 5s-$1 900 at 103ls,
$1,000 at 103h.
National Mortgage 4 Investment
pfd.-50 at ~.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
London Bur Silver

LONDON. March / fP.-Bar silver
2oI.d; Oh u. Equivalent, 1861 cents or
the dollar basis. 81 .03.) Bar gold, 1855
unchanged Equivalent. 1884, So
Evening star., 1940-03-01

Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers. Inc. which
transactions or Arm bids or offers. but
should indicate approximate prices, and
unless otherwise indicated. are - quoted
by the sponsor or issuers.
mot quoted by SPONSORS or issuers.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
London Tin Prices

LONDON, March ! R-Tin. spot, f252
15s bio. 1888 IS asked: future, f252 los
bid f252 15s asked.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Mortgage Loans
WINTHROP, MITCHELL 4 CO.

CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED HARrNElSHn
We, the undersigned, desiring to form q
fimited partnership pursuant to the laws Of the
District Of Columbia, do hereby state and certify
Is follows:
]. The name Of the partnership isWINTHROP.
MITCHELL 4 co.
II. The names and places Of residence Of TIA
members. general and special. are:
Evening star., 1940-03-01

NET PHEMIUMS WRITTEN DURING
THE YEAR
Total.
Ocean marine - S199,407. 50
Motor vehicles 160S.16
Inland navigation
and transporta-
tion - 1904
Total zs1a7 61s.39
F., B. zELLER U. s. Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
27th day Of February. 1870
EUGENE stage.
tSeal) Notary Public
tifcate filed in New York County. Clerks
No rs. Registers No. 0-S-20. Commits
sion expires March 80, 1910.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Investing Companies

NEW YORK. March / t41.-Nationa
Association Securities Dealers Inc:
Evening star., 1940-03-01

HENRY ROGERS WINTHROP $4,000.
WALTER ScHUrrLER $50 10000
MrLroN w. HOLDEN 900 10000
GRACE c. BABcocK 150O00.00
Hanson K. BIRD 100000
CLARK WILLIAMS 100000
2sied: Deeember 3lst, 1859
HENRy ROGERS WINTHROP
LEEDS MITCHELL
THEODORE E. CUNNINGHAM
JOHN ]. FAcAN
HARRY c. ScHAAcx
GEORGE R. THORNTON
AL,lED I. PaEsroN, Jl.
WALTER ScHUTrIEl
RIcHA1D F. BABcocx
Henry F. GoDYREY
RIcHARD 2. LoAsBY
MnroH W. HOLDEN
THOMAS MILLER
ARTHUR J. G. LILLIAN
JAMES J. MAsrERsoN
WILLIAM P. S. EARLE. n
HENRY w. BULL
WILLIAM ]. CuNNrNcHAx
GEORGE F. BRENNAN
GRAcE c. BAscocK
HARarsoN K. Bird
CLARK WILLIAMS
FREpERrcx H. CLARxsoN
francis ]. RDcEwAy
FRANK R. ScHuHANN
1he foeesoins certificate duly acknowledge
Was filed and recorded on the nth day o
February, 1910 II the olkce Of the Clerk o
the District Court Of the United States for thl
District Of Columbia. together with IN alkd1vi
b. two seaeral partners stating that the sped
ked cash Contributions Of the special partner
have been actually paid 10 god iaith iste u
partnenhio fund
Evening star., 1940-03-01
sTATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Ocean Marine Insurance
Company, Limited

OF New York New York. on the 31st day of
December. 1899. as required under Section
645 OF the Code of Law for the District OF
Columbia.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
BONDS
PUBLIC UTILITY.
MISCELLANEOUS.
STOCKS

PUBLIC UTILITY.
Evening star., 1940-09-13
Devils IsIond, Worst Prison
World Ever Knew, Near End
Eight Who Fled Tell How Horror Increased
After Conquered France Cut Colony Loose

Jungles, lying in wait for urubus-
a native carnivorous bird resem-
bling crow. They were armed with
clubs. stones and improvised sling
shots. Presently one of the men hit
the bird and it fell to earth. All of
the hunters started forward and
most Of them arrived simultane-
ously at the spot where the bird
had fallen. They fought over pos
session of their prey as only hungry
men can fight. The bird was eaten
on the spot"
jolly Constant, At, of Mantle,
France. who put in five years on the
island because he slashed to death
a fellow sailor, told this story:
THE last supply ship France sent
to the island arrived in February.
1t came from Canada, laden with
flour. The first we learned of food
| shortage was in March, when some
of the guards rounded up a half
hundred prisoners and sent them
into the jungle after game.
What little game they bagged
was turned over to the guards, who
ate 1t. This procedure continued for
weeks. ending only when the prison.
ers themselves began eating the
game which their own hands had
shared"
Snake Victims Die in Agony.
Jean Touzin, 43, of Vichy. France,
who served five years on the island
as Swindler, said:
Even before France abandoned
the island, medical care was poor
enough, but since abandonment
there's been none at all. Men bitten
by snakes die in the throes of
agony. Many natives and a generous
portion of the convict colony are
lepers. Now medical care Is denied
them. The result is they die like
flies"
How did they escape from the
dread isle? Here is the story as told
by Alexandra Poulin. 81. of Rennes,
France. murderer who spent ul-
wards of six years in the penal c-I-
ony:
"As liberes (men who have served
their sentence in the penal colony
and who yet must serve an equal
number Of years on the island out
side the colony We earned some
where between eight and ten francs
a day Q6 to 20 cents). We pooled
our money, lived on the scantiest Of
menus, stale supplies and clothing,
and after long privation found we
had amassed 500 francs $50. With
this we bought a canoe from the
natives and set sail for Trinidad.
After II days in a fragile canoe
in open seas. we reached Port of
Spain, where British authorities per-
mitted US to remain a few days. fin
ally launching us on our way with a
30-foot sloop, equipped with provis-
ions for 12-day voyage.
Seven days later we arrived at
Arroyo, Puerto Rico, where friendly
officials permitted us a three-day
rest. Resuming the voyage north
we made Miami despite storms Of
near-hurricane violence"
The three others held here are
Louis Jeay, "a. of St. Etienne; Paul
Yard, 81, of Lille, and Emile Favre,
80, Of Paris.
Evening star., 1940-09-13

talk about Wall Street capitalism
and Main Street capitalism here, in
the county seat of Stearns County,
one-time home of Sinclair Lewis,
who based his novel, Main Street"
on life in nearby Sauk Centre.
The Republican party, Mr.. WAL
lace said, is the party of Wall Street
capitalism. opposed to the Demo-
Gratis Main Street capitalism. The
latter, he said, favored financial &C
tivity like that which existed before
the World Wharf.-The making and
selling Of things-while the Wall
Street interests were mainly con-
cerned with the selling of stock and
the development of holding COM
panies.