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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-14

M Va, Aug. l3.-Rl
Livestock. Hogs good and choice
$50 to 225 lbs. CTS. 100 to 100
lbs. $4.75 to SIS; 100 to 40 lbs.
$5.25 to SIS; 40 to 100 lbs. $5.75 to
$40; 100 to 100 lbs. $500 to 6.55;
225 to $50 lbs. $6.05 to 6.55; $50 to
300 lbs. SIS to 6.25; over SOC
lbs. $5.65 to els.
Sows under $50 lbs. $500 to $50;
over $50 lbs. $3.50 to 500.
Cattle-fat dairy-type COWS $3.50
to $50, Gamers and cutters $3.50
to 400. Good beef type $3.50 to
$50, heavy sausage bulls mostly
$500 to $50, lights $500 to $50.
Vealers 5000 on good and choice
offerings.
Good and choice spring lambs
900, mediums $500 to 800, COM
mon $500 to 600. 2
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. 10 up Hogs
closed Is to % cents lower today, af-
ter opening steady to 10 lower. The
top was $685.. Fed steers sold steady
to a shade lower under increased re-
ceipts, but all other classes of cattle
were mostly steady. Spring lambs
suffered the first set back in some
time, declining Is to % cents.
Receipts totaled 49, OC with 5000
direct to packers. Shippers took
1000 and 1000 were held over. Best
wholesale pork loins were steady at
yesterdays q cents level.
The fed steers which ere weak
today had been selling, at very high
prices compared with strictly choice
grades. Several loads of steers sold
at $12.
u. S. Dept. Agr.)-Salable hogs
10000; total 1 5000; uneven; mostly
steady to 10 lower; closed 1926
lower than Mondays average; top
6.s5; bulk 2O0-24O lbs. 6.50-so; 240-
270 lbs. 6.25-65; 270-33O lbs. 5.75-6.35;
most packing sows $50 lbs. down
$3.50; good 360-500 lbs. 4.75-5.45;
shippers took 1000; followers 1000.
Salable cattle 5000; calves 1000;
choice and prime medium weights
and all grades yearlings steady: fair.
ly active; but mediums and strictly
fed steers weak to 25, mostly 10.15
off; all such kinds recently selling
very high compared with strictly
choice grades; common killers and
stockers steady; fed heifers fully
steady: COWS steady to strong; bulls
1915 higher: yealers 25 higher;
largely fed steer crop; top 1900; best
yearlings 1855; heifers yearlings
Ills: grassy steers 9.25 down to
$50; these going mostly on stocker
accounts; most grass fat cows 800
700; cutters up to $50; heavy sau-
a g bulls to 1885; vealers to HOO.
Salable sheep $500; total 1000;
fairly active, spring lambs mostly
1926 lower; fed yearlings and fat
sheep strong; bulk good and choice
western and native springers 9.25-
Is; all lots fat natives 9.S5; throw
outs natives 7.50 down; choice handy
weight fed yearlings 8.25; other 7.5o'
Is; few fat native ewes 3.75; bulk
2.50-3.50.
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STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-LR-Sales,
closing price and net change of the
fifteen most active stocks today:
Int Pap and P, IS ,600-15: d1h.
US Steel, 19,1OO-50B; u3A.
General Motors, Is, 200-46A d2S
Loft, IA, 000-20B; dis.
Int Pap and P Pr, 1900 - 53% /;
DIS IS.
Bklyn Mani TT. II. 5oo-2s1a; DIS.
Beth Steel, 11,400-74b; d4h.
Republic Stl, 9,900-16; d IL.
Chrysler, 9,500-69B; d4%.
General Elec, 9,O00-32B dps.
NY Central, 7,500-11; d1.
Yellow Truck, 6,50o-12m; DIS.
Studebaker, $780,; d..
Am Rad and Std San, 500 - SIS ;
Curtiss- Wright, $780,; dk.
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Rail, AND FOREIGN
ISSUES HARD HIT
Break Sharply AS Traders
Follow Selling Trend In
Stock Exchange

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-RERail
and oreign dollar bonds broke
sharply today in the orst setback
in three months.
Bonu traders followe the selling
VIII hit stocks when The finan-
cial district became uneasy over
the big German air attacks on
England.
Many corporate issues lost l to
more than : points. The Associ-
ated Press composite price OF 20
rails was off a point at the close
and 10 foreign issues we're down
6 of a point
Off about 2 CT, more we're such
loans as .:lleghany SIS of 1850,
stamped, Delaware u Hudson re-
funding As, l York Central IS
and Nickel Plate 4 LIS
British Empire issues wer con-
spicuous losers. Australia SIS lost
2 IL at At and Queensland Is
dropped 2 at 80. Down a point or
more were Canada SIS, Australia
4 lbs an New South .J..les IS.
Japan 6 LIS yielded l IA at "a.
Domestic utility an. industrial
issues held litter than rails but
losses ruled in t e S e
groups, too. Consolidated Edison
3 LIS, Pacific Gas 3 3-4s and Fire
stone Tire 3 lbs were off fractions.
Losses in U. S. treasury secur-
tiles ranged from 1872 to 1872.
Transactions increased to S.
107, $50, face value, from So, 723, 500
yesterday. l
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WHAT STOCKS DID
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-R-Cot-
ION futures had a steady opening
To-Day but slid down to final losses
Of > to 8 points.
Tenor of the market changed
as reports piled up of air raids
oa England. War weakness of Sc
eurltles and h e commodities
acleo as a drag on cotton too.
MoSt offerings represented hedg-
ns' Southern selling, and COM
mission house and prfessinal Ii
quldatin.
a late timid rally cut extreme
Sses' Expectations that tomor-
Nv" $ weekly weather report would
ulavorable touched off the
'"1riliihute demand, brokers said.
b;a worm street reported scattered
DiuS under the market we're soon
~ n'u r Mills, however, chung
nSl prices for textiles.
t,i Exports Monday nil; season so
pa. 1850. Port receipts IA, 1922.
'~' Stocks 2,400. 713 2
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NEW YORK G

NEW York, Aug. 13.-RJ-Do-
mestic sugar futures trailed the
world contract today as the latter
again reached record low prices.
The world list lost l IL to 3
points on turnover of 1880 tons.
The decline in securities outweighs
the effect of a steady raw market.
Refiners bought nearly 10000
tons of afloat Philippine raWs at
the unchanged price of 2.65 cents
a pound. A cargo of Cubas for
September shipment was held at
a basis of 2.70.
Local refiners continued to quote
400 to 4.35 cents for fine gran
ulated,
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LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 13.-R-
Limited demand for spot cotton.
prices l point higher. Quotations
in pence: American, strict good
middling 1852; good middling 1872;
strict middling 8.07; middling 1877;
strict low middling 1877; low MIDI
ling 81; strict good ordinary 1872;
good ordinary 6.87.
Futures closed 3 to 6 points high
er: Oct. 7.45; Jan. us; Mich 7.04;
May 6.93; Jly $50. 4
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641,35O.
CURB
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-R-All fu-
ture deliveries of wheat and oats
crashed to new low levels for the
season today before rallies set in
and wheat recovered about half
it's extreme two cent loss.
Corn displayed independent
strength throughout the session,
but lard futures also dropped to
the lowest prices in seven years.
The market suffered a severe
attack of war filters and prices
were lower from the start in SYM
pathy with sharp breaks in secur-
tiles. Uneasiness over war devel-
opments was the prime market
factor, virtually all other news be-
ing ignored.
Wheat finished 3-4 to 1 1-8 cents
under Mondays final quotations,
September 70 3-8 to 10, December
"a 80 to IL. At the extreme low
points, September touched Y Ia
and December 70 IA, off 2 and
2 IA cents respectively.
Corn was steady throughout the
session, ending 1-8 lower to Ia
higher, September 81 to go Is,
December Sc 1-8 to IA; oats were
SO off to 1-8 up; soybeans IA to
38 lower; and rye "a to l cent
lower. Lard lost Is to 80 cents a
hundredweight, the latter on the
March delivery, which 0sed at
5.97. l
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CASH GRAIN

vhaa4 AGo, Aug. -P-Cas
M no l hard Is; No. 2, "a 1.2;
nan+t o. "A; No. 2 mixed "A IL; No. l
rerh spring heavy IS.
veno NO. l mixed IS IA; No. 1
~. % l-4-1-2; No. 65-65 1-S.
% Is No. l mixed 20 -; No. 2,
NO 8, 30; No. 1 white 30
wbite NO ?. 80, No. 8, 20 1-2; No. 1
H. NieaVy 80 1-2-31; No. 2, 80 Ia
,so, l red heavy 20 1874; No.
plAed heavy 20 1870.
fsed aey mailing 50-5S nominal;
A.5a. 0o-4o nominal; No. 1 mailing
NO. 2, 52-56; No. 8, 81.
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Only Young Men OF Highest
Eligible AS NavyRecruits

feel that our policy, as outlined in
instructions to recruiting officers, is
a sound one. Past experiences have
made it necessary for us to ISSUE
the instructions referred to. How.
ever, the ease of each applicant is
carefully studied, and determination
is made upon Individual merits"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-14
Cooper Orders Raid
Liquor Cache Found

Police officers and ABC agents
raided 7O7 McRae street early yes
terday morning and captured 113
one-half gallons of non-taxpaid
whiskey.
The raid was made on order Of
Mayor Thomas e. Cooper after he
received information the liquor had
been stored in the house.
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BUTTER AND EGGS

CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-R-Butter,
receipts 1,002,310; firm; market
unchanged.
Eggs, receipts u, 1896; firm; fresh
graded, extra firsts, local 10, cars
10, firsts, local Is IL, cars 16 IL;
current receipts Is IL, dirties 10
IA, checks 10, storage packed ex
tras 10 IA, firsts 10.
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Otis Announces Class
For Adult Education

Mrs. Josephine Gillikin and Mist
Mamie James Fennell will be at the
Y. M. C. A. from 9 to II a. m. Mon
day, August 10, and 8 to s p. M.
Wednesday,, August II, to discuss
plans for organizing classes in adult
education.
Jennings OTIS, of the immigration
and naturalization service, said yes.
terday special attention will be given
to those who desire to prepare for
naturalization. All interested per
sons are invited to attend.
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COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. l3.-RE
The average. price of middling IS
16 inch cotton at 10 designated
Southern spot markets today was
S lower at 1902 cents per pound
average for the past 80 market
days was 1925 cents a pound.
Middling 7-8 inch averabe was
9.83 cents a pound. 2
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N. Y. OIL

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-R-Cot-
tonseed oil futures broke into new
seasonal low ground today with
declines of 6 to Z points, with the
exception of August, 1899, the low
est since mid-1934.
A general liquidating movement
was influenced by a lower stock
market and weakness in lard.
Sales totaled 159 lots; Sept, SAT
bid, Oct, $40, Dec, $50 bid, JAM,
5.62 bid, March 5.71.
Crude oil was quoted NORMALLY
at 4 ~ cents a pound in the south
east and valley and 4.30 to 4 80
in Texas. 1
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COTTONSEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13.-(R-
Cottonseed oil closed steady. Bleach
able prime summe yellow 5.75 nom;
prime crude 4.37 LIB. Sep 4.97b; Oct
5.00b; Dec 5.10b; Jan 5.12b; Mich
5.22b.
b-bid.
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BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, Aug. 13.-R-
S. Dept. kgr.)-Hogs $50. Stea-
dy with Monday. Good and choice
ITO to 220 lbs. sos to 7.20; practical
top 7.20; 220 to 240 lbs. $40 to IS;
$50 to 800 lbs. $40 to 70; $50 to 100
lbs. SIS to 80; 140 to $50 lbs. $40
to IS; 100 to 14O lbs. sos to $40;
100 to 100 lbs. $50 to sos. Packing
soWs 4.85 to 5.35. 4
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FRESH WAR FEARS
GRIP WALL STREET
.ssociated Press Average Of
60 Issues Drops 1.3
Points To ALI
40 FREDERICK GARDNER

Rf
NEW YORK, Aug. 1a.-R-
c.ock market leaders suffered
.seir worst spill in nearly three
sontbs today as fresh war fears
..;rned Wall streets speculative
forces.
calling waves in the forenoon
.nanded volume substantially
s .arn recent creeping sessions and
~" ranged from l to more than
POINTS for pivotal industrials. The
.doe slowed after midday as at
n,nts a recovery were made. FL
'al nrices were a shade above the
laws in most cases.
The Associated Press average of
en- issues dropped 1.3 points to
T7 bigget decline for a single
dsv since May 81. Breadth of the
. uai was exemplified by the
socT 773 individual stocks changed
lands against 564 yesterday.
Transfers of 641. $50 shares COM
aared with 2S9, 24O the day before
snd we're the second largest since
June 70.
European dispatches stressing
;rtansification of the air battle
nvpr England indicated to finan'
o;.1 observers that the zero hour
nv the British might be at hand.
Fears the long-threatened invasion
copld not be withstood, brokers
so;d caused numerous traders to
unload or tighten commitments. In
Wow of the ''thinness'' of the mar
kt. and the withdrawing of many
lids. quotations wilted quickly.
There was plenty of good bust
ness news. and hopes industry
would be spurred by growing de-
tense spending still were high. but
Ill of this was insufficient to Offset
nervousness inspired by oversee
development.
Favorable items included action
Of the house yesterday in passing
the much debated transportation
bill which is expected to aid the
railroads. an upturn in CONNER
cial loans by banks after two con-
secutive weekly recessions. re-
ports of a continued high rate of
automobile sales and sustained de-
mand for steel products.
Prominent share sliders were U.
S. Steel. Bethlehem, General Mo-
tors, Chrysler. Montgomery Ward,
Sears Roebuck, Douglas Aircraft,
Glenn Martin, United Aircraft,
Westinghouse, Allied Chemical,
Eastman Kodak, Du Pont, Ameri-
can Smelling, International Paper
common and preferred, Lott,
Great Northern, ]. c. Penney and
American Telephone.
Rails, oils, utilities, and rubbers
were subjected to less pressure
han other groups. l
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NAVAL, STORES

nonaANNAH, Aug. 13.-P-Tur
sa,as lirm p Sd; offerings SO
ma~ l'o0o gallons; receipts 1873; ship
offo". So; stock 14,O28. Rosin firm
sbisss loS, all sold: receipts 1868
p''ehts LOO; stock 1e6.150.
HT LIS; D 1.22: f 1874; r c
VISA, LOO; NJ Ito; N 1877; VIC 2.15
WY 2,S5: x 2.s7,
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LIVE POULTRY

NEW YORK, Aug. 13-R-Live
poultry, by freight, broilers, rocks
10; colored 1917; leghorns 16. Fowls,
colored II, some 16 IL; leghorns u.
Pullets, Rocks 20. Old %roosters 10-11.
Turkeys, 20. Ducks 10.
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RITTER

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-RHBut-
ter 1,159, 765, steady. Creamery:
Higher than extra % IA to %; ex-
ira (92 score) %; firsts (88 to 81
Tubs & Cartons rs Ia to q 12S
seconds ga to 80 "a Il to Is 3-4.L.
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NORFOLK SPOT

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 10. -N)-
Spot cotton 5 points lower. Middling
fair 1850; middling 1905; good ordi-
nary 7.90. Sales none. receipts one;
shipments none; stock 32,528.
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EGGS

Aug. 13-(R-Eggs 24,505; firm.
Mixed colors: fancy to extra fancy
20 1-2-25; extras 20; storage packed
firsts 17-17 Ia; graded firsts 16
1884; mediums is; dirties No. 1,
IA 1884; average checks Is H.
ID
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District Legion Rally
To Be Held At Pier

American Legion posts in the Sew
enth district of the state will hold
a meeting at the Atlantic View pier
tonight at Z O'Clock. it was an
nounced yesterday.
Roy Mcmillan, of Raleigh, will
be the principal speaker at the meet
ing.
Approximately 100 are expected to
attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-14
H

NEW YORK, Aug. 10. - R -
B1eachable cottonseed oil futures
closed 81 lower. Sales 1853 contracts.
Sept. 5.47b; Oct $40; Dec. 5.60b; Jan.
Ssh; March 5.71.
Bid.
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POTATOES

BALTIMORE. Aug. 13.-RNPo-
tatoes: Md, Pa, and Va. 100 ID.
Sacks cobblers and round whites
U. S. Is IS to 80, few 95 to LOO.
Sweet potatoes unchanged. a
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NJ n SPOT

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13.-P)-
Spot cotton closed quiet ten points
lower. Sales All; low middling 800;
good middling 1885, receipts 2,591;
stock 531,111.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13.-P]-
News from abroad indicating that
the Nazi blitzkrieg gaainst the Brit
ISL Isles was at hand and weakness
in other markets softened cotton flu.
lures here today. Closing prices
were steady ito 9 points net lower.
0pan Iinh Inu, ClnSa
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PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va. Aug. 13.-R-
Peanut quotations: Jumbos $50 to
4; bunch 3 1-2 to $50; runners 3
IA to 3 3-8. Market quiet. 4
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Sugar Loaf mountain, near Rio
de Janeiro, is some fifty feet
than the Empire State
building. 4
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SPOT COTTON

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Aug. 49,
R-Spot cotton 1910.
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LARD

CHICAGO, Aux1 1s.-R-Lard
~tierces 4.s5; loose 4.4o; bellies s.62.
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STOCK AVERAGES

60-Stock Range Since 1927:
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Adequate Wage-Hour
Records Are Demanded

Field agents Of the Wage and
Hour Division have been ordered to
take immediate action against EN-
ployers Who have failed to keep
true and adequate records, Col.
Philip B. Fleming, administrator, an
nounced today.
Incomplete wage and hour records
are the most serious hurdle con-
fronting our inspectors" Col. Flem-
ing declared. "This is true Of all
Of the Is regions into which the
country has been divided for en-
forcement purposes. I have directed
that employers violating the law in
this respect be prosecuted. The law
has been in effect 1S months, and
no one can plead ignorance Of the
record-keeping operations. Any en-
ployer, therefore, who does not keep
these records Is properly suspect"
Regulations issued under the
Wage-Hour Act require listing Of
the name Of each employe, home ad-
dress, hours worked each day and
each work week. hourly rates Of pay,
total wages paid, and date of pay
ment, the Wage and Hour Division
pointed out in = statement. In some
instances, 1t said, violators have
falsiied, or destroyed records.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Americans Are Safe,
Hague Envoy Phones
Amid Guniire
Gordon Reports 10 Wsllss
Nationals in Three Cities
Have Been Brought In
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Pr6ss.
Americans ct The Hague. Amster-
dam and Rotterdam were reported
safe today by George A. Gordon,
United States Minister to the Meth
erlands.
Mr.. Gordon, barely able to con-
duct the telephone conversation on
account Of the noise Of anti-aircraft
and machine gun fire. told Under
secretary Of State Sumner Welles
that al Americans In The Hague
consular district had been brought
In" and were safe, except for one
family that lived in an outlying dis
trict. A military attache had gone
out to escort 1t to the city.
The State Department was unable
to say whether Mr.. Gordon meant
In saying brought in" that the
Americans had been taken to the
Embassy.
At the beginning Of this year 500
Americans lived In the Netherlands.
There were TAT in Belgium and 65
in Luxembourg.
Consul General Frank G. Lee In
Amsterdam told Mr.. Welles at 4:35
am. E. s. T0 that because Of the
closing Of the borders he had In
structed Americans Ito sit tight
and keep in touch with him.
Mr.. Lee described Amsterdam As
quiet, but he said he had heard that
there was some firing in the streets
Of Rotterdam.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Clark Accuses Red Cross
Of Propaganda for War

~ tuv AS0OCl8t00 Ef008s
Red Cross ofllcials were accused
yesterday by Senator Clark, Demo-
crat, Of Missouri Of joining tn AN
attempt to inflame the public mind
with the idea that We must inevi-
tably be drawn into . foreign war"
The cause Of his outburst was q
series Of announcements that the
Red Cross would enroll medical
technologists willing to serve in the
Army or Navy "in 4 national emer-
gency."
Placing these announcements In
the Senate Record, Senator CLARK
declared they were In the same class
as remarks by Assistant Secretary OF
War Louis johnson, Admiral ]. K.
Taussig Of the Navy and certain
propagandists."
Senator Clark, Z World War vete-
ran. told the Senate that the Assist
ant Secretary of War had been
going about the country telling peo-
pie 1t was inevitable that We viii be
drawn into war"
Admiral Taussig, he said, had fol-
lowed the Japanese style Of naval
officers attempting to conduct for
eisn relations" by predicting Z wal
with Japan.
Dewitt Smith, director Of domestic
operations Of the Red Cross, said
the organization had been enrolling
nurses, anesthetists and others fol
possible service In the Army Or Navy
since 1912. and that the announce
ments referred to by Senator Clark
were routine.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, b.. 9, FRIDAY NAY 10 1910
+. Dean Warner Dies;
Ex-Purtner of McAdoo
~ the A,soeaat Prsss

~ the Associated Hrssa.
SAWTELIE, Calf, May 10.-R.
Dean Warner. -. former law partner
q william Gibbs NcAdoo. died yea
terday ct the National Military
Home, 10 days after m operation. :,
Mr.. Warner WAS president Of the
World War Combat Council, COM
posed Of ~ "front lire" veteran
groups. He was national president
Of the Rainbow (42d) Division Vet
Grams In 1854 and In 1888 Was first
commander In chief II the Associa-
tion Of Combat Troops Of the A. Z. r.
He was Z graduate Of Drake Uni
versity and the University Of Chica-
90. His body will be sent to Bland
insville, Ill.,. where his mother. Mrs.
Anna Warner, lives.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Soviet News Agency
Denies Any Policy
OF Pan-SIayism
ldeo Is Thoroughly
Reoctionoy Trend
Toss Declares
~ the Associated prsas.

~ the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 1O.-Foreign re-
ports that Soviet Russia has adopted
. policy Of Pan-slavisrn and pro-
ceeding from this was encouraging
Rumania to help Yugoslavia II the
latter Is attacked by italy, were
declared ridiculous" In q statement
today by Tass, Soviet ofncial news
agency.
"1n the opinion Of responsible
Soviet quarters Pan-Slavism in gen
eral. and in the sphere Of foreign
policy In particular. Is . thoroughly
reactionary trend Incompatible with
the policy Of the Soviet state" Tass
said.
The Tass statement WAS issued
less than a. hours after authorita-
tive quarters In Belgrade, Yugo-
slavia, had let it be known that .
Yugoslav military mission will leave
shortly for Moscow, and had ex-
pressed the opinion that Soviet
Yugoslav military alliance may
result.
Intense Military Preparations.
This development was construed
In diplomatic quarters in the Bal
kans as q trend not only by Yugo-
slavia but also by Bulgaria, two
Slavic nations, toward all pre- World
War dependence upon the big Slav
nation, Russia, for protection.
Yugoslavia has been making intense
military preparations in recent days
In apparent fear Of q German or
1talian thrust.
The Tass statement also denied
reports that Sweden is taking part
in secret talks with Moscow which
may remove the Swedish fear Of
German INVASION" and that Sweden
and Finland were negotiating mu-
tual assistance pacts with Russia
similar to those concluded by Russia
last fall with the three Baltic states,
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Report Called 'Fabrication."
This, said Tass, is "a fabrication
from beginning to end"
Last Saturday the Soviet news
agency issued . statement to the ef-
feet that Germany and Russia had
consulted each other regarding
Sweden's neutrality and had found
It to their mutual advantage that It
be maintained.
While the Tass statement denied
that Czarist Russia's Pan-Slav pol-
icy had been revived, 1t did not deny
that Russia is interesting herself in
the neutrality Of Southeastern Eu-
rope for other reasons.
Soviet Russian diplomatic sources
In Sofia, Bulgaria. today said the
Soviet had conveyed to the two rival
European camps, Britain and France
and Italy and Germany, that she
did not desire to see either Of them
embark on any militaristic adven-
lures In the Balkans which would be
detrimental to Russian interests.