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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
MIND YOUR MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
1. In a double wedding who
gives away the brides, if they are
sisters?
2. Is the ceremony read to both
couples at the same time?
3. At a wedding rehearsal, are
the words of the ceremony re.
hearsed?
4. When the wedding party goes
down the aisle after the ceremony,
who goes first?
5. In walking down the aisle
after the ceremony, may the brides
maids walk with the ushers?
What would you do if
You are invited to a small home
wedding. Would YOU
(a) Not answer the invitation,
whether or not you plan to go?
(b) Answer the invitation as
soon as you receive it?
Answers
l. The father. though the young.
er daughter walks down the aisle
on the arm of a brother, uncle, or
otner man Of the family.
2. Yes.
8. No.
4. The bride and groom.
8. No.
Best What Would You Do So
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10

ferns. The TERED wedding cake was
topped with a miniature bride and
bridegroom. The blidal party was
assisted in receiving by the BRIDE
groom's mother, Mrs. Agnes c..
slsher. Other assistants were Mrs.
Harry E. Bremen, Miss Eleanor
Lannan and Mrs. William Y. Ter
rill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher will be at
home after February Is at 14zS
Harvard street N, w.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
PERSONALS

A. B. Mintz, who has been a pa
tient at Bullock hospital, has been
removed to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Chadbourn Bolles
are spending several days with Mrs
Bolles' parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. L.
White, at their home in Oleander,
before going to Burlington to make
their home,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
BALL WILL
BE GIVEN AT

SOUTHPORT, Feb. "a Valen.
tine masquerade ball will be given
on Wednesday evening, February IA,
at the Southport community hall at
9 o'clock. Prizes will be awarded for
the best costumes. The public is
cordially invited to attend. A small
admission will be charged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
CUNNINGHAM .
EDWARDS

RALEIGH, Feb. 9.-Shown here
are members of the Engineers
Council which will present the
annual Engineers Fair at N. C.
State college March 2a. Hal F.
Randolph of Raleigh is president
Of the council. Other officers are
Macon M. Dalton of Durham, vice
president; B. A. Hildebrand of
S~tatesville, secretary; and P.
Porcher Gregg of Florence, S. c..
treasurer. Their associates are NJ.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10

cheering; R. I. Edwards of Char
lotte and J. V. Hamme of Oxford,
geological engineering; and F. A.
Paschal of Siler City, ceramic en-
cheering.
The council is composed Of two
representatives from each of the
eight departments in the School
of Engineering. President Randolph
is in ceramics, Dalton in mechan-
ical engineering, Hildebrand in
chemical engineering and Gregg in
construction engineering,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
REEVES & lQAHE0RD

E. Watson Of Winston-Salem and
W. D. Sharp Of Greensboro, cleo
trical engineering; r. B. Reaves
Of Raleigh and L. N. Boney of
Wilmington, architectural eng;-
neering; F. o. Truslow of Draper,
chemical engineerng; E. H. John
son of Angler, construction engi-
neering; F. c. Cunningham and
L. A. Fletcher Of Raleigh, indus
trial engineering; H. R. Crawford
Of Hendersonville, mechanical en-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
Club Clock

st. Cecelia's auxiliary of St.
James Episcopal church will
have a food sale this morning
beginning at 9:15 o'clock at the
Grocerteria.
The Juvenile Music club will
hold it's regular meeting this
morning at 10 o'clock in the
Great Hall of st. James parish
house. A full attendance is de.
sired.
The Alpha Adar s~ororsity will
sponsor a candy sale this morn
ing at the Open Air Curb mar
ket.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10

at the Carolina last week, and News
of The Day completes a fine short
program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10

Sterling Calder executed The
sculpture work of the statute of
William Perrin, atop the city hall
of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Meat Packers Name
Advertising Agency
Special Dispatch to The Star.


CHICAGO, July Progress in
its recently announced extensive
plans to advertise meat and its place
in an adequately nutritious diet
was reported today by the Institute
of American Meat Packers in an
nouncing the appointment of gen.
eral advertising agency.
The agency appointed, with the
approval of the Institutes board of
directors, is Leo Burnett Co., Inc,
of Chicago. 1t will start operating
Immediately. The company ham
died the Institutes advertising ac-
count in connection with sausage
promotions during recent months.
1t is anticipated that a substantial
part of the advertising appropria-
ton will be spent in newspapers and
magazines reaching a very large
number of people throughout the
United States. Radio, medical and
other professional publications and
other recognized media also are ex-
pected to be employed.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Foreign Copper Price
Slips Below II Gents
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, July 1.-Copper
for foreign delivery slipped below
the 11-cent-a-pound mark last week
as repercussions of the French sur
render continued to rumble through
metal markets.
Demand from overseas customers
was practically at a standstill and
copper was available as low as 1880
cents pound. A week ago the price
was Ills cents.
Experts said the foreign market
had yet to stand a real price test
because demand was so slow.
The unsettlement spread to the
domestic market, where copper de-
chned to II cents a pound before
the fall was checked by little less
gloomy view of the immediate tU-
ture. At the week end business was
reported in the resale and custom
smelter markets at lis cents a
pound. The big primary producers
stuck to 1l1a cents, which they have
maintained since late February.
Activity in the lead market sub
sided after several weeks of vigorous
turnover. The price was steady at
5.00-505 cents a pound.
Zinc held firm at 6.25 cents a
pound, East st. Louis, but volume of
new orders tapered off.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Defense Projects Boost
Construction in South
By the Associated Press.

bs lpe associated Press.
BALTIMORE, July Boosted
by national defense projects, con-
struction contracts awarded in the
Southern States this month totalled
$50 ,809 ,000-the highest figure for
the past eight months-the Manu-
facturers Record reported today.
No other June since 1880 equalled
this month in the amount of work
undertaken, the industrial pubhca-
ton said.
The Record said June projects
financed who'll yor partly by Govern
ment agencies aggregated $75 1885,
600. Private construction, such as
work on commercial, residential
church, theater and industrial con-
tracts, made up the remainder.
National defense measures included
expansion of Army and Navy bases
with large amount going for
facilities to protect the Florida pen
insula and the Gulf Coast-and pri-
vate power plant projects. Develop
ments were noted also in the chemi-
cal, petroleum and textile fields.
"One Navy project at Corpus
Christi, Tex, coastal town, amounted
to over two-thirds of the govern
mental building total" the Record
said. This was the first big prof.
ect let under recent cost-plus con-
tract authorization"
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Home Furnishings Firms
Cheered by Outlook
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July 1.-Chicago fur
niture manufacturers looked optl-
mistically toward the coming months
today and predicted that much OF
the money being poured into arma-
ments would be reflected in conSum-
er spending for home furnishings.
Their forecast was occasioned by
the opening July of the two-week
summer furniture and home fur
nishings markets at the American
Furniture Mart and the Merchan-
disc Mart. The goods to be shown
will be placed in retail showrooms
next fall; the expositions here, ex-
pected TO attract thousands of buy
ers, are restricted to the wholesale
trade.
Leo Karpen, president of the Chi
cago Furniture Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION, said that during the last
few weeks improved consumer buy
ing has already been translated into
larger orders from certain industrial
centers. In every city where arma-
ment projects are under way, retail
business is increasing and stores feel
encouraged to buy now that employ
ment is showing such a sharp up
ward trend"
Another furniture manufacturer,
P. w. Pelts, said consumer buying
was gaining so rapidly that stores
must prepare with more complete
stocks of furniture.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
BY VICTOR EUBANK.

Associated PreSS FINANCIAL writer.
NEW YORK, July 1.-Stocks gen.
orally drifted lower in today's mar
ket as traders lightened commit
ments pending clarification of war,
political and business developments.
1t was one of the slowest sessions
In the past year or longer, transfers
for the five hours approximating
only 275,000 shares. The ticker tape
was idle for minute or so at a
time during the greater part of the
proceedings.
While nothing was particularly
weak, declines of fractions to around
point or more were well distrib-
uted at the close. Modest plus signs
were to be seen here and there.
Such optimism as was engendered
by the Willkie nomination last week
appeared to have faded a bit, with
Wall Street stepping softly in the
matter of election opinins pending
the Democratic convention the
middle of this month.
The outstanding confusing ele-
ment marketwise was the Russian
stab at Rumania and the inability
OF financial quarters to determine
whether this meant a break with
the Nazls or was just another chap
ter in the axis plan book.
The tax question again came into
the market limelght as the Presi-
dent recommended to Congress en-
actment of "steeply graduated ex-
cess profits" levies to be applied
to "all individuals and all corporate
organizations without discrimina-
tion."
A decrease in this weeks esti-
mated steel mill operations of 1913
points at 74.2 per cent of capacity,
due to shutdoWns for the holiday
Thursday. was hardly surprising to
speculative quarters, but steel shares
were under water from the start.
Announcement of large naval
awards for war vessels helped such
stocks as Electric Boat and New
York Shipbuilding, although these
were far from buoyant.
Principal laggards were United
States Steel, General Motors, Doug
las Aircraft, United Aircraft, West
inghouse, Texas Corp, Phelps Dodge.
American Smelling, Consolidated
Edison and Eastman Kodak. Rails
and rubbers were narrow.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Prices on Virginia Wool
Show Improvement
BY the Associated Press.

bs tUe ASSoCldLeu FTeSS,
BLACKSBURG, Va, July 1.-Vir-
ginia wool producers have Jared we'll,
on the whole. in disposing of their
1910 crop, George c. Herring, v.
P. I. animal husbandman, reported
today.
About 40 per cent of the
States volume, approximately 100000
pounds, was sold through local pools
affiliated with the United Wool
Growers of Harrisonburg, of which
K. A. Keithly is manager.
The first sales conferences set for
May 80 and 81 were postponed to
June 6 and 7. On the original dates
set the market was slow and un-
certain, but week later the mills
were trying to fill their orders at
prices three or four cents above the
previous week. Prices received va
ried from 81 to 38 cents pound,
with 4 to S cents off on rejects.
An effort has been made to get
more Virginia fleeces tied with paper
tWine, and premium of half
cent a pound was paid this year.
This premium probably will continue
in effect in future years until the
practice of tying wool becomes
established on practically all farms.
The reason for properly tying
feeces is that tied wool can be
handled more economically. The
woolen mills inspect and sort all
wool before it goes into manufac-
ture. One fleece may be divided
into four or five different lots. If
the fleece is tied, much time is
saved in sorting and the manufac-
turer can pay more for such wool.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Merrill Lynch Discusses
Chain Store HOLDINGS
srecial Dispatch to The Star.

i
NEW YORK, July 1.-Inaugurat-
ing new departure in brokerage
practice, the firm of Merrill Lynch,
E. A. Pierce a. Cassatt, in accord
ance with its policies. discloses the
extent of its aggregate direct and
indirect interest in various chain
store companies in its latest manual
of 80 companies published today
under the title of Chain Store Sta
tistics-1940 Edition"
The firm is doing this in order
that customers may judge for them
selves the possibility and the extent
of bias on the part of the firm in
the presentation of data. The firm
groups the companies in which it
or its general partners have inter-
estS under the headings Large y
Substantial" and Small" Large"
is defined as over 100000; Sub
stantial," between $4,000 and $780,
600, and Small less than $4,000.
The manual itself, which is one of
a series on chain stores issued by
this firm, makes a comparison be-
tween the earnings and dividend
records of 10 representative chain
store companies as group and nine
other major industry groups, each
industry including 10 represent
ative companies.
This study points out that earn
ings for the chain store group have
made a consistently impressive
showing over the past 10 years, with
1899 earnings II per cent above
those of 1929. Chemicals were the
next best group, with their earnings
for 1899 equaling 1929.
The favorable record of chain
stores, according to the manual, was
not confined to one year. Average
earnings of the chain store group
over the past decade were 88 per
cent of the earnings for 1929. The
next best earnings average-again
that of the chemical group-was 70
per cent of 1929 earnings. Other
industries trailed, with steel's 10
year average being per cent of 1929
earnings.
The dividend record of the chain
store group shows that dividend
payments exceeded the 1929 total
in seven out of the last 10 years.
Dividends of the chain store group
for 1899 exceeded 1929 by As per
cent.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
New York Bank Stocks
Higher During Week
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 1.-The current
upward movement in the New York
City bank stock market continued
during the last week, with moderate
gains recorded at the close, accord
ing to records compiled by Holt,
Rose g. Troster
The aggregate market value Of
16 leading issues at the close on
Friday, June %, was s1,341, ,414,O0O
compared with $1,324, ,o73,O0O at the
close of the previous week, an in
crease of SIT, 7,341 900, or 81 per cent.
The current average yield of the
Is issues is 4.82 per cent, compared
with yield of 4.88 per cent on
June 21. The current market value
equals 95 per cent of the known
book value, against SO per cent at
the close of the previous week.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July Increasing
flow of new wheat to market helped
to depress wheat values during most
of the session today, but after the
lowest quotations in 10 months had
been recorded prices recovered all
of the loss and pushed upward to
gains of almost a cent a bushe!.
Government flour purchases and
the fact that large quantities of
new wheat were being stored for
Government loans tended to sup
port the market and when selling
diminished prices rallied easily.
Wheat closed 5s-7s cent higher
than Saturday, July 747s-75, Sep
tember 75l2-75as, corn A-34 up,
July 60l2, September 5S-577s; oats,
Ms higher.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Journal Suspended

PHILADELPHIA, July 1 (P).-The
Philadelphia Financial journal sus-
pended publication Saturday, after
more than 40 years, because ECO
nomic factors are inexorable." The
Journal announced it's other activi-
ties-periodical bulletins furnished
to subscribers and the Dow Jones
news tickers-would be continued
with Improvements"
Evening star., 1940-07-01
FOREIGN Markets

LONDON, July l 1P.-Sharp advances
in British government bonds accompanied
a general rise in stock prices in the market
Sass a Was M M nd The
upswing in the industrial division con-
tinued. New gains appeared for domestic
to push forward Kafhrs moved listlessly
but mining stocks held steady to Arm
LIVERPOOL.-Cotton futures closed un-
wake Of declining Bombay and New York
markets. Trade ceutered on evening up in
the spot month.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Egg Market Support
Will Be Continued
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 1.-The Gov
ernment will continue to support
domestic egg prices at least through
the end of the year, according to
the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
The exchange announced it had
received word the egg-buying pro-
gram for the new fiscal year be-
ginning today will be undertaken
by the Surplus Marketing Admin
istration, which will take the place
of the Federal Surplus Commod-
tiles Corp. in this operation. The
F. S. c c. has purchased more than
100000 dozens of eggs so far this
season.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK, July 1 dP.-Dry goods.
Cotton goods dealings slow, with con.
verters and printers checking prices. Trad
ing in woolen fabrics continued active and
were reported to be eager to cover fall
requirements. Rayon fabrics more active
with a good demand for pigment tafietas
silk market as trade awaited new fall
lines OF dress goods to be presented next
week.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Visible Grain Supply

NEW YORK, July l (P.-Visible
supply of American grain showed
the following changes from a week
ago Tin bushels: Wheat increased
42l 900, corn increased 346,0O0, oats
decreased 233, 900, rye decreased 128,-
600, barley decreased All 900.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Southern Pacific Asks
Bids on Locomotives
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1.-The South
ern Pacific Co. has asked for bids
on 20 type 4-8-4 locomotives for
passenger service, it was announced
today.
The inquiry marked the first time
this year the big carrier has en-
tered the market for locomotives.
In 1889 the company spent roughly
s7,500,000 for this type equipment.
The contemplated purchase is part
of the normal replacement program.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
June Pork Production
Highest in 7 Years
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. July 1.-The Institute
of American Meat Packers esti-
mated United States pork produc-
ton in June was the largest for the
month in seven years.
Estimated production of pork dur
ing the first half of the year appar-
emily was the largest for the period
since 1928, the institute said. Total
meat production was 10 to Is per
cent above that of the correspond
ing 1889 period and the 1898
average.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Production of Boots
And Shoes Declines
BY the Associated Press

1iSoONIdVCV
Production of boots, shoes and
slippers, other than rubber, report
ed to the Census Bureau for May
totaled 29,261 $40 pairs, decline of
1,794,246 from April and 3,446, ,2O8
pairs below the May, 1899, total.
Evening star., 1940-07-01

ChIcakO Cash Market.
Cash wheat. No. g. yellow: hard. 76I4.
4orR; ss, No. NJ yeiioT, US,t s4-6s; No 2 Sc; No.
Oats, No; ! mixed, 83a4; No. ., 331a: No
2, 3lia-32s.;, sample Grade. -3O-311a: No
, white. 35 u: No. 3, 34-3434: sample
grade. 31s4-32ia Barley. mailing. 1856;
nominal: feed. 35-43 nominal Soy beans.
No. 2 yellow. 70; No. 3. 1874.
Baltimore Quotations.
BALTIMORE, July l LP).-Wheat. No.
Q red winter. Rarlicky, spot, domestic
(old), S4.
Evening star., 1940-07-01


Unit OF trading. shares
In bankruptcy under
Bankruptcy ACT securities
Rates OF dividend the are the annual dis
special or extra dvidend a
included " - ~'N" N'''Ne'O' Aie no'
.a xEx tS diydsnd @ X tx rights exr. extras
accumulated olvloends paid last
Tar this year iPayabe in stock Cash or
Evening star., 1940-07-01

Rude carriages were known In
France in ls47 in the reign Of
Henry II.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Short erm Securities
Reported BY Smith. Barney g. Co

NNcpoIteu py oHlItu, Barney d Col
Ala Ct South "a" IS 1e4s 1857 osi%H iioh nst
Allegheny Cp Cv SIS 1914 75K rs
Amer Tel e. Tel 5Ks l943 1861 1O6sa
Austin & Northwest IS 194l 9O1a 941s
Central Foundry IS 1941 o.
Cent R r Of Ga IS 1912 - 54A
Chi Union Sta As 1914 - 103 los
Childs Co 5s 1943 41K A
Colo Fuel & Iron 5s '43 1929 1861
Conn g. Pas Riv r r As '43 SSh
Cuba North Rwys 5las AZ 23h 24M
Della & Hudson As 1943 so 81
Fed 1t g. Trac IS 1912 lob 1O3A
CIR Rapid Sind 4As 1941 lO3
Init Hydro-Elec IS 1874 4SE 4SA
Interna Mer Mar 6s 194l "a SIS
Laclede Gas 1t IS 1912 S4h SIS
Lake Erie g. West 5s l94l 88 "a
Lehigh Val Term Ry 5s Al 40 48
Lggett & Myers rs 1914 123A 125
N Y Cent Il Hud Riv As AZ 80 9l
N Y & Long Br As 1941 25 "A
Norfolk & Southern IS Al 81 70
Penn Co 3las 1941 1O1h
Penn-Dixie Cement 6s 1941 1OOh l0O17
Penna r Co As 1943 1OS
Poop Gas 1t e. Coke 6s '43 112R 113K
Phila, Bait & Wash As '43 109h 10
Studebsker Corp 6s 1915 92Ha 93x
Tex e. or IS 1943 62
Union Oil Of Calf 6s 1912 10 111A
Utah Power d 1t bs 1874 100ss 1001s
Warren Bros IS 1Q41 2sas 2ph
West n = h Pa Is 1o43 1O7A 1OSM
Evening star., 1940-07-01

Approximate SoIes OF Stocks the NJ Y Stock exchonos
ll0o A. M------- $4,000 1900 Noon ~ 10000
100 Pm. 100000 2:OOPM 20o nm
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-27

The Pacific and Northwestern
companies have an active and di-
rect interest in stimulating develop-
ment of the region because togeth-
er they represent an investment of
more than $65,OOO,OOO in a business
whose progress depends entirely
upon the progress of the territory
served, Mr.. Mckee pointed out.
1--WE have an abundance of cleo
tr1city in this region and all of us
want to see it put to productive use
in ways that will help every one,"
said Mr.. Mckee. 'tSince electricity
is a commodity which cannot be
exported to distant markets, we must
develop the market here at home.
The more prosperous this region is,
the better market it is for every-
body, including ourselves"
Copies of "River of the West" are
now being mailed to a carefully Sc
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-27
Story OF Rich Northwest Told in
New Book River of the West

,,osioned to interest new capital
dovelopment of Columbia basin
y a 48-ps &c illustrated book
ssiver of the West" has just been
.Iaospd bv Pacific Power & Light
ran,nanv for distribution to lead
80 industrialiSts and investment
--ouns throughout the United
s.otes according to Roy Skill. dis
trict manager.
Toxt of the book was written by
,.hart Ormond Case, nationally
,~oun Pacific Northwest author,
w. has woven a wealth of factual
r,atsrial and historical background
.nfo a swiftly-moving story of the
communities that exist in the re-
gion.
,..rch and editing went into the
seduction of the book, which is
hsinp published as joint project
~ pacific Power and Light Com
nanv and its sister company,
northwestern Electric.
aNeed for a comprehensive book
about this region has become more
and more apparent as our industrial
engineers have gone about seek
inc new industries said Paul B.
Mckee, president of the Pacific
company. an the East, a big part
Of the job is to convince industrial
prospects that the Pacific North
west is a good place in which to in
vest capital. Few of them have any
idea of the resources and produc-
tvfty of our section of the Pacific
Northwest until the facts are pre-
sented.
since the first step in getting in
dustries here is to sell our part of
the country. we decided to produce
a book that would serve as a door
ouener' and tell the basic story in
an interesting and convincing man
ner.
Each community served by the
Pacific and Northwestern COM
panies has felt the need for such a
piece of promotional literature
about the region, but none of them
has been in a position to produce
II. By uniting the resources of the
two companies, however, and with
the enthusiastic cooperation of
chambers of commerce and other
community organizations in gath
ering the material, it was possible
to do first-class job, which should
result in great benefit to us all"