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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
JOHNS MANvlLLE
AND CASE CLIMB
O.nk And File urn To
Sleepy Drift After Early
Feint On The Upside

.-m WORK, July 17-R-Buy-
Me-" concentrated in a few
ing today while the market
sto 'sajsbIv tried to get out of its
a,n,,ber of shares moved up a
~ more, including j. I. Case,
poll carbide, U. S. Gypsum.
.f S, Manville and Caterpillar
lI a. tbe rank and file returned to
p" PAW drift after an early feint
s +be inside failed to develop into
Oh ~ roal thing. Gains partly or
ue o1lv we're erased when traders
WIFI" the market did not have
n,Isb TO carry forward the mod
lt pntlrn of the previous session.
National politics was the chief
;c If conversation in Wall street
.op rooms. However, market
~aromentators mostly leaned to
,ba view President Roosevelt's
.b;rd.term statement was "a Sec
ondarv market factor, with spec
,lators generally killing time wait
ua for the threatened Nazi blow
n@oinst England and for the bust
moss trend and tax proposals in
Washington to take more definite
shape.
The proposed excess profits tax
c.;rl was rated a big obstacle for
+bo market since it was figured
likely 10 absorb much, if not most,
If whatever expansion in corpor-
sto earning power results from en-
laraed defense spending.
Shareholders had numerous ex-
bibits in way of mid-year earn
mos reports 10 show Improvement
in business profits in recent
months. Moreover, trade reports
continued to harp on Pre- spects of
further industrial expansion as the
defense program gathers speed.
Corporate bonds generally held
nreyjous gains and some continued
tbe climb. The buying all around.
though, was cautious in contrast
with the. brightness of the trade
news,
The Associated Press composite
price of 50 stocks was unchanged
at All. With dealings slackening
as the rally faded, transactions de-
clined to 381, 800 shares compared
with 1880 yesterday.
Closing off fractions to more than
a point were United States Steel,
Bethlehem. Westinghouse, United
Aircraft. Douglas. Loft, dupont,
Anaconda. Chrysler. Standard Oil
Of New Jersey and New York Cen
tral.
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LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, July 17-R-Spot
cotton quiet, prices II points lower.
Quotations in pence: American,
strict good middling 8.61; g o o d
middling 8.21; strict middling sos:
middling 7.96; strict low middling
7.81; low middling 7.56; strict good
ordinary I'll; good ordinary 6.76.
Futures closed Is to Is lower.
July 7.42; Oct. 7.13; Dec. 6.93; Jan
$50; Mich. $50; May GIL. 4
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CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, July 1.-RECash
wheat No.. l hard 6 ga to IA;
No. 3 mixed "A light smut:
Corn No. l yellow 63 ga to g.;
No. 2, Sc ID;
Oats No. l mixed heavy new 80
3-4; No. l mixed 81; No. 2, 81 IL;
No. l heavy red new 80 IA to "a;
No. 2 white "a to "a IA; No. 8
whites 2 ga to 80 IA;
Barley mailing 48 to So nom; feed
IS to 43 nominal;
Soy beans No. 3 yellow 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
EGGS

NEW YORK, July 17.-Eggs
80, 95l; weak. Mixed colors: fancy
to extra fancy 10 to %; extras 10
IL: storage packed rfsts II IL;
graded firsts 16 ga to II; current
receipts 16; mediums is "a; dirties
No. l, is IA; average checks II to
IA IA. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, July 17.-Tur.
pentine firm 20 IL; offerings al;
sales none; receipts 318; shipments
none; stock 1885. Rosin firm; Of
ferings 296, all sold; receipts 1856;
shipments 200; stock 174, 154. Quote,
B, LIS; D, LIB; E, 1.25; F, G, H, 1,
1.27; K, 1872; M, 1877; N, ITO; VIC,
1877; WV, 2.25; x, 2.35. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
MIDDLING COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, July l7.-(P)-
The average price of middling 1916.
inch cotton al ten designated south.
1898; average for the past 80 mar
ket days was 1856; middling rs
inch average was 1918.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
RITTER.

NEW YORK, July 17.-R-Butter
662, 052, firmer. Tubs, creamery.
higher than extra q to q 81; extra
(92 score) 26 IL to 3-4; irsts (88 to
81, tubs and cartons Is to rs IA;
seconds ga to 80 % to "a "a. q
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What Stocks Did
NORFOLK SPOT

NORFOLK, Va. July IL LIP -
Spot cotton 5 points lower. Mid
ding fair HOO; middling 10.45;
good ordinary $50. Sales none re-
celpts none shipments none stock
1850. 8
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BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, July 17.-U.S
Dept. Agr.)-Hogs $50. S a d y.
Good and choice, ITO to 210 lbs.
$50 to 7.25; practical top IT'S; 22o
to 24O lbs. 6.65 to 80; $50 to 300 lbs.
500 to Is; 100 to 100 lbs. 5.S5 to
$40. Packing sows 4.85 to 5.35. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
COTTONSEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, July IL Up
Cottonseed oil closed steady.
detachable prime summer yellow
6.05n; prime crude 5.12 LIB; Jly
5.54b; Sep. 5.59b; Oct. 5.60b; Dec.
5.62b; Jan. 5.64b.
B-bid: n-nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va. July 17.-Pea-
nut quotations: Jumbos $50 to 4;
bunch 3 IL to 800; runners 3 IA to
3 3-8. Market unchanged 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18

Spot nominal; middling Q5-16
inch) 1868.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
NEW COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, July 17.-tR-
Cotton futures declined today under
long liquidation. and easiness in Sc
curities. Closing prices were steady,
seven points net lower to % higher.
Open High Low Close
.J,11v (a) 9.55 $50 $50 $50 up %
July (New) No quotation
Oct AZ e.54 Gas 9.46 off z
Dec $40 $40 9.33 9.33 off Z
Tan 9.31B-- 9.25B
Mich $40 $50 go Glib
May 9.O2 9.02 8.96 8.94B
July (41) $50 $50 $50 STAB
B-Bid; a-Expired at noon.
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BUTTER AND EGGS

CHICAGO, July 17.-R-Butter,
receipts 999, 872; steady; market
unchanged. Eggs, receipts 16,719;
unsettled; market unchanged. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-18
LARD

CHICAGO, July II Up Lard
~tierces so; loose 4.85; bellies $50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
SOUSA'S CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC

JOHN PHILIP soUsA, whose portrait appears
on the new two-cent stamp as the second in
the composer group, is to the military march
what STRAUSS is to the waltz. AS long as sol
diers march and mortal flesh is thrilled by
martial strains, SoUsA will remain in top place
among composers of this kind of music.
But it was not in his marches alone that
soUsA was great. He pioneered in the re-
organization of bands, charging the woodwind
sections, decreasing the brass and s~oftening
the "~battery' to such an extent that SYM
phonic compositions performed under his bat.
on became the things of beauty they are when
played by orchestras.
Back in the days when he had his baad at
Manhattan Beach for the summers and played
sacred concerts at the Metropolitan on Sunday
afternoon, he produced BEETHovAN's Ninth
Symphony with a chorus of two hundred which
is still talked about by the few still living who
heard it. The trick was turned, in this per
Torrance and many others of note, not only
by readjusting the separate choirs of his band
but by training the woodwinds, especially the
clarinets, with such skill and understanding
that they actually resembled strings in the
quality of their tones.
1t was only with the marches that the
SoUsA band retained the characteristics of the
customary brass band. In finer stuff he set a
new fashion, which was so effective that all
bands of note have adopted his methods. Even
GOLDMAN, the new idol, and all of the service
bands at Washington have emulated him, with
vast imnroVanpnt of thpir nr0dI1ot
SoUsA was a many-sided man, living a full
life from the time he first toured the country
in the second violin section of OFFENBACH's
youngster, banged the cymbals, played fourth
trombone, rose to conductor at 26, composed
numerous songs, operettas, orchestral suites, a
~cantata, and wrote two books, to say nothing
of the 142 marches that led to his being dub
bed the March King" Not much of his music
aside from the marches, had particular merit
and is already forgotten. The marches will live
on because of their stirring quality. But, we
think, when history assigns him his place
among the great, it will be for his yeoman
service in reconstructing band organization
together with his martial music, that great
est credit will be given.
With Music Week still in progress, it would
be appropriate that Wilmington music lovers
devote a part of their time to a study of this
man, a great American, and great modern pic
neer in music exploration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
REGISTER NOW

THIS matter of getting voters u
l. is a serious task, not because registrars are
inactive but because the voters themselves "ie'
or seem to be, Indifferent. MOI more 'n"n Wv
fourth of the enfranchised citizenship VI 1e"
Hanover county has been enrolled accoioins
to a report made before the Young Democratic
Club.
The total vote at the forthcoming primary
election will establish a record low, unless the
attitude Of eligible participants changes quick
". There is but one more day, next SATURDAY,
when registrars will be at their customary
posts. The following Saturday will be chal'
lenge day.
This means that all unregistered voters
must become enrolled promptly if they are to
cast votes on primary day. 1t should be under
stood that registrars will list %eligibles at any
time, but are at the registration points only
on Saturday. The law does not require them to
visit the homes of voters or solicit reglstra'
lions. They will, however, enroll any voter at
their own homes whenever application is made
in person.
The duty to register cannot be over-em.
phasized. We function on the theory that a
majority shall rule. This is the principle be-
hind popular elections. But if a majority of the
citizenship fails to register, and so loses the
right to vote, majority rule is impossible and
elections go as a minority dictates.
And the United States, throughout its en-.
tire political structure, has suffered severely
through minority rule. To prevent the con
tinuation of this pernicious custom, it behooves
every New Hanover county citizen over 81 and
otherwise entitled to participate in elections
to enroll on the great register within the very
short time still available.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
Editorial Comments
From Other Anq|es
PROFESSIONAL?
New York Herald-Tribune

After the Norwegian debacle, those who have
regarded British sea power as a strong bulwark
to the comfy of nations must take what comfort
they can from the historical fact that the navy
of England has been in difficult situations before
this-and come out ahead in the long run.
In the seventeenth century, for example, when
her pretensions to dominion over the seas were
at their highest, Great Britain had the shame
full experience of watching her carved and gild-
ed men-of-war go up in flames in Chatham dock
yard, while a Dutch fleet spread at will through
the Thames Estuary. And this was only thirty
years after John selden's Mare Clausum' as
serted that the %lordship of the circumambient
ocean was vested in the British crown.
Neurological changes in naval warfare, as
far-reaching as the development of the %airplane,
have also been a threat to British sea power be-
fore today. When the iron Confederate ram Vir-
ginia shattered the wooden ships of the United
States squadron in Hampton Roads in 1852, and
was only stopped by the timely appearance of
the Monitor, England saw her wooden walls van
ish over night. Those towering three-decked
ships Of the line, with a proud tradition reach
ing back through Trafalgar to the defeat of the
Armada, lay at the mercy of a cheesebox on a
raft, and all the nations could compete with the
ruler of the waves in building iron ships.
Similarly, England outmoded most of her own
navy when she completed the first all-big-gun
batt1eship, the Dreadnought, in 1907. This gave
eHS Ioh OAhAo navy OH ~
build a fleet within measurable distance of
matching the older fleet of Great Britain-a
process, however, which ended in the mass
scuttling of the surrendered German ships in
Scapa Flow.
The torpedo and the torpedo boat were also
hailed as the answer to established sea strength
the cheap answer to the fleet in being. The sub
marine gave ominous warning of its power in
the early days of the World War, when three
British cruisers were sunk in succession by a
single U-boat. Yet British sea power has persist
ed In fact, retaining for three centuries and a
halt Its position as one of the significant factors
in world history.
Ihere is no blinking the truth that the condi-
tlons which gave rise to and supported British
naval strength-strategic, political, economic
are changing. Argument by analogy is always
dangerous, and it is impossible to calculate the
stresses winch such a weapon as the British fleet
may Withstand now by reference to the days
OIL Neison and Rodney, or even those of Jellicoe.
nevertheless, British sea power has withstood
'rennenoous strains; it has seen many captains
ana Kings depart. Perhaps it is toe early in the
game TO say with Kipling land Air Marshal
Goerlng)' "far-calld'' our navies melt away"
Eeila"iy, americans, whose safety depends so
largely on their own eet-and the British fleet
as weh-will not ~gleefully sing the recessiona1
of the fleets. e "e o"so
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

an indisputable advantage. The whole principle
is wrong by every rule Of decency and inte-
grity-this violation of neutral soil-but it has
given him the edge ever since Munich, and
will continue to do so as long as the Allies
fail to outsmart him.
Because they still believe in a fair fight by
honest means, and respect neutrality as some
thing sacred, the Allies must find another
method of performing this essential feat. They
are not liable, in any circumstances, to dupli-
cate H1rLER's duplicity. They will continue to
depend upon actual conflict within establish.
ed war areas to defeat him. To do this they
must coordinate their forces in all branches, on
the land, the sea and in the air.
The present inquest" into the war admin
i~stration by the British House of Commons
may bring about this coordination. If it does,
there is reason to think that the Allies will be
able to deliver the death blow to H1rLER1sM.
If it does not, the sad reflection is that HITLER
will continue to "save'' the little ~neutrals of
Europe as he saved Norway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
THE OLD FAMILIAR REFRAIN

In the light of previous performance, it is
difficult to avoid the belief that HITLER is pre-
pairing another thrust through Hungary. Ber-
lin processes to have heard that England and
France are to strike through southeastern Eu-
rope not later than May 20. simultaneously
Budapest says the German government has
asked permission to send troops through Hun
gary if occasion requires.
This is strangely reminiscent, HITLER. wait
ed to invade Norway, it will be remembered,
until Great Britain mined Norwegian waters.
He had his plans perfected long in advance.
But when he struck, it was ostensibly to
save Scandinavia from the Allies-not, we were
expected to think, because he had any purpose
of his own to accomplish.
Now, if the signs mean anything, he is build
ing up the same excuse for invading the Bal.
kans. The gathering of Allied forces and the
movement of Allied warships into the Mediter
ranean, in anticipation of a Nazi thrust, offers
the Berlin dictator just the opportunity he
seeks to deliver another blow for the safety
of the Balkans. And HITLER is nothing if not
an opportunist.
It's the old familiar strategy. And the pity
is there is no reason to SUPPOSE it will not be
as effective in southeastern Europe as it was
} Allies, at whatever price in honor, HITLER has
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK

WASHINGTON, May S-Steve Vasilakos, who
has peddled peanuts to every President since
Harding, says it's time he became an American
Tn good American now,' he grins from the
goober emporium he operates on the sidewalk
outside the White House grounds, "only I amt
got papers,"
Come August s. Steve is sure he will have
this technicality out of the way, for he predicts
that he will pass his citizenship examination as
sure as popcorn pops.
Steve arrived from Greece 80 years ago and
after a brief career in the back of a restaurant
launched himself in the peanut-popcorn business
He doesn't recall the details of how he got ul
courage to roll his cart up to the executive man.
sion.
Presidents Need Peanuts
II come here with friend" he said, land the
people buy. Some days Presidents wife buys
Everybody sees my peanutspopcorn is good
They let me stay"
Five years ago, the capital police chased Steve
away from his post. They decided his lnpaint.
ed cart as the busy intersections was a traffic
hazard.
He complained bitterly. President Coolidge used
to be a personal customer. He said Presidents
needed his peanuts.
The police showed him traffic choked Penn.
sylvania avenue and the tourist filled East Exc
cutive Avenue .
you're a hazard" a lieutenant told him.
II almost fight says Steve.
But recently-during his night school studies
for citizenship-Steve learned the meaning of
hazard in his grammar
'It amt so bad"
Aid From Mrs. d
But Steve had to take his problem to Mrs.
Roosevelt. She appealed to the police. They NOV.
the cart off the street onto the sidewalk and
Steve stayed. Now he's got squatter's rights at
1900 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Nov 1 say to myself what I been thinking
Steve tells me, II love this country
For the last seven years, Steve has set aside
two days of the year to turn over his days earn.
ings to worthwhile causes.
On one, he gives his earnings to the Red Cross.
On the other, to the Community Chest.
Americas peace in the face of Europes war
has made a deep impression on the squat little
fellow from Greece.
United States is quiet" he said, II love him.
I join him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
GO TO WALLACE

The strawberry festival at Wallace, an
nounced for May 81, offers Wilmington an ex-
cellent opportunity to show it's will to COOP
crate with its %neighbors in worthwhile prof.
ects.
Wallace reasonably expects the festival to
attract large attendance from southeastern
North Carolina, and hopes to reap a harvest
in good will as we'll as build up a thriving
market for it's crop. These benefits can be OBJ
tanned only if the people of this district attend
it, even if the trip involves sacrifice of other
engagements. This is particularly true of Will
mington, the largest city Of the area, and be-
cause of it's greater population capable of send
ing the greatest delegation.
It would be eminently appropriate for the
Chamber of Commerce, or other civic organ
~ization, to promote a motorcade and conduct
an active campaign for participants, so that
our interest in Wallace's fine adventure may
be demonstrated.
A stream of autos and buses a mile long,
or even longer, entering Wallace on its day
of celebration would be mutually advanta
geous. If we scratch Wallace,s back now, Wal
lace will gladly perform the same service fol
us when we need 1t.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
WELCOME ASSURED

There would be great honor to Wilmington
if it were permitted to be host to the young
democrats of North Carolina during their an
nual convention.
In extending the invitation, the local Young
Democratic Club has shown it's participation
in the proverbial friendly spirit of the city
and it's beaches. If Wilmington possesses one
virtue that takes precedence above all others,
it is hospitality. The city and its entire pop
ulation is never SO happy, nor so efficient, as
when entertaining guests.
Because of this fact il is to be expected that
every civic body, in addition to many individ
uals, will back up the democratic clubs in.
vitation with a food of letters to the state
organization, that it may know by the volume
and the heartiness of the appeals that we dc
most earnestly hope the convention will be
held here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
BY Robin Coons.

HOLLYWOOD, May 8 - Andre
Kostelanetz was in town the other
day. I know that because I saw
him and talked to him at his Hol
lywood apartment, where t G
phone kept ringing and the door.
bell kept buzzing and a secretary
came and went and a servant or
two passed unobstrusively to and
fro.
AS to where the peripatetic com.
poser and conductor is today, and
where he will be tomorrow, your
guess is probably better than mine.
He may be in your home town for
all I know.
Andre, or "Kosty," as his friends
dub him, is a clock-watcher. For
those who like sentimentally to
think of musicians as garnet
dreamers, this is disquieting, but ii
goes to show what the modern
whirl has done to some musicians.
Kosty wears a wrist watch, gift
Of the madam lilly Pons), and il
is a beauty, with the letters of his
name in place of figures around
the dial. The dots of phosphorus
on the two hands, however, are
Kosty's own idea-''to tell time al
night"
The generally hectic pace about
the Kostelanetz fourth-floor office.
home had settled down into a mild
bedlam, to quote Archie Mayo's
immortal phrase, and Kosty was
relaxed. He is a shortish, chubby,
bland fellow, alert, bespectacled,
his generous baldpate sun-pinked.
He wears Stacks and a rough linen
sports shirt, and one leg straddles
the chair-arm at those odd mo-
ments when he is not answering
the phone or buzzer.
Everything was practically ready
for his departure by plane for Min
neapolis, where he would conduct
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under CounciLMdnager Administrator.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Uid-
err Turning Basin, With ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sust%ained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern, North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported by one.
countrywide tar.
S%hipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina. developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape groUin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sanatorium
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

the symphony orchestra in a con-
cert (Miss Pons would meet him
there, coming up from New Or
leans) before flying back to Holly
wood. He had bought space on
two returning planes, in order to
be sure to arrive here in time for
rehearsal before going on the air
with his weekly program. I'm
mediately after the broadcast he
would fly to a Denver concert, and
there was a Chicago engagement,
and all in all he would cover about
Il 1000 miles within 10 days, which
wears me out just thinking about
it. Not so this Kosty-'I'm accus-
toned to it; it's all a matter of
planning, and flying and making
connections" he said casually
The most I've ever been late was
three or four hours, and that only
once"
He has Travelled, the air lines tell
him, about 400, 900 air miles in the
five years he has been trying to be
everywhere at once. The miles in
clEde flying trips to visit Miss Pons
who likewise cover territory but
generally by rail.
The musical couple have a farm
house at Silver Mine, Conn.,, to
which they retire when schedules
permit. They spent Christmas Eve
there, and will be together again
there by May Is, if plans work out.
Lily has christened the place Gen
til Homiere," meaning something
like pleasant little retreat"
I had, to laugh at Kosty's so far
ungratified desire:
Il want to see what America
looks like. We toured New Hamp-
shire during Jul last vacation, and
it was beautiful. I want to see the
rest of the country"
This from M of the country's
most Travelled men!