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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 81 Up - The
wheat market was steady in tone,
but a dull listless affair otherwise
today. Trading, aside from a brief
furry at the start, dragged weari-
ly along without much life to 1t.
Prices advanced as much as IL
cent at the opening on buying in
duced by belief the declines pre-
vailing for the last seven consecu-
tive market days had run their
course. However, the market sag
ged soon and most of the day found
little change.
A furry of selling at the close
depressed prices for the eighth
consecutive day to below the pre-
vious close. Declines were small
and the range was unchanged to
IA cent down, May 81 3-8 to IA,
July 76 3-8 to IA; corn IA to 3-8
down, May 81 IA to 3-8, July 81
IL; oats unchanged to 1-8 higher.
Selling came chiefly from houses
with connections southwest and
was generally light and trihing.
Fairly liberal buying by a big Chi
cago operator offset the selling.
nrau Iirh Tou, CJoea
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short covering, investment buying Help Stock Mart To Regain Balance

vironment to send the boys bach
the same type they came"
Any man that ,debauches these
young men is playing directlys tn
the hands of enemies. he said, for
to be a good soldier. a man must
be well in mind. body and morals.
Jack Russell, chairman of 1.-THE
model aviation committee, reported
that Lloyd Hathaway, reputed. to
be one of the best model aviation
authorities in the country, andfnow
located in Winston-Salem with tho
city's recreation department., has ac-
copied dictatorship Of the Model
Walton meet to be held in, Will
mington this year. An unaffiliated
model aviation club has already
been formed at the high schoolaahd
has about IS members, he said; This
group will meet next week to- IDn.
slider the scope the club will cover
whether high school age boys, city
boys or the entire county. Latefsit
will affiliate itself as an AMA,e Stub
in order to compete in the summer
meet. -->s.
Hathaway will meet with a com.
mittee from the Wilmington Exc
change club February 16 in Green's
boro to outline the flight eventss
cl~assifications and type Of flight
Russell said. The Winston-Salem
club had agreed to bring several
ox~o,;o,ool oo,o o,oIa1ie{, - will.
mington in the near future. o..
Bernard Soloman announced that
several model airplanes will be dem.
onstrated Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock at the airport,
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W.StOck Range Since 1921
WHAT STOCKS DID
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Jau. 31.-CR)-The
German benevolent mark jumped 1
= cents to 20 United States cents
today.
Foreign exchange brokers explain.
ea the rise was due to recent i'm
pfoFement in the German registered
marx, from which the benevolent
mark is derived. The benevolent
u1dlk Is used for charitable and
other non-commercial remittances
10 Germany.
SWISS banks, the main source
VI supply for registered marks, have
'een reluctant sellers lately, a devel-
Ypaeht associated with fears the
C,iled States planned to sequeste1
oil foreign funds.
lne commercial Swiss franc dipped
% Ia U. S. cents. Other major
''tts We're unchanged.
losing rates follow Great Britain
" %uollars; others in cents:
canada: Official Canadian control
@OSfa rates for U. S. dollars: buy
"s ~ per cent premium, selling II
vent premium, equivalent to dis.
Ai'S on Canadian dollars in New
sM mA OIL buying 9.91 per cent, selling
Sas per cent.
saDadlan dollar in New York open
came, aAeV II IA per cent discount or
VIZ U. s. cents.
Europe; Great Britain, official
r,..S efs foreign exchange committee
oo.s ' buying s4.O2, selling s4.o4;
n,nu market, cables s4.03 -; Ger
],na ' N'o7; (benevolenD 1000; Fin
1a-. 1'0Sn; Greece .6sn; Hungary
sr ..ni Italy SOC; Portugal 4.o1;
yusss, 1916; Switzerland 1926 (x);
:. latin America: Argentine official
fvso nee 1852; Brazil official 6.O5n;
N1s 900; Mexico 2o.7on.
ym. e. East: Japan 23.4s; Hongkong
'I @ Shanghai 5.55.
siss es IN spot cables unless other
Use indicateO.
Nominal.
i"r commercial transactions.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 31-LR-U. S.
Dept Agr.)-Potatoes, arrivals n;
on track 423; total U. S. shipments
GIT; old stock supplies heavy; de-
mand light; market about steady
CT best stock; Idaho Russell Bur-
banks U. S. No. l, lao to SIS; Ne
braska bliss triumphs U. S. No. l,
1.40 to As; Minnesota and North
Dakota cobblers IS to 80 per cent
U. S. No. l, 100 to 05; Bliss Tri-
umphs 70 per cent OF more U. S.
No. 1885 to 1.25; Wisconsin round
whites U. S. No. /, 80; New stock
supplies moderate; demand very
slow; market dull and weak; Flor
ida bushel crate bliss triumphs
U. S. No. 1, 1.50 to IS. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 31.-GP-
USDA)HLivestock: Hogs It's. Good
and choice $50 to o25 lbs. 1855 to 7.75.
100 to 100 lbs. SIS to 6.25; 120 to 40
lbs. 6.25 to SIS; 40 to 100 lbs. 6.73
to 7.2O; $50 to 1SC lbs. 7.2O to 7.55;
$50 to 225 lbs. 1855 to IT'S; 225 to
go lbs 7.05 to 1855; 250 to 800 lbs.
SIS to 7.25; over 800 lbs. $50 to Ills.
Sows under $50 lbs. 500 to $50; over
$50 lbs. $50 to 500.
Cattle: Steers slow. Medium and
good slaughter kinds 900 to 1000.
Fat dairy cows 5.25 to 5.75 with can
ners and cutters $50 to 4.50. Sausage
bulls $50. Vealers steady. Good near
bys 1900 with some choice up to
$50, mediums 500 to 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-R-Cash
grain: Wheat No. l hard 80 IA;
No. Q, 88 3-4 to 80: No. 2 mixed
80.
Corn: No. 5 mixed Sc to SO; No.
2 yellow "a IA; No. 3, 60 3-4 to
81 3-4; No. 4, SO to 81 IL; No. s.,
Sc IA to So IL; sample grade
white 81 to SIS ga.
Oats: No. l read heavy 81 "a;
No. l mixed heavy SO; No. l mixed
extra heavy 81 ga; No. l white
heavy SO "a; No. 3 white 81 IL;
No. 3 white heavy SO to 38 IA;
sample grade white 81 IA.
Barley: Mailing Sc to 66 nom;
feed AZ to So nom; To. l mailing
So: No. 2 mailing tough 66.
%Soybeans: No. 2 yellow 80; No.
3, SO ga to 100 Ia; No. 4, "a 3-4 to
SO L..
Field seed per hundredweight
nominal:
Timothy 400: alsike $50 to 1900;
fancy red top 7.50 to 500; red
clover 800 to 1000; sweet clover
$50 to 400.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
DEATH CURVE
SIGNS ERECTED
Mayor Cooper's Request Is
Met By State Highway
Commission

Acting swiftly on the heels OF
a letter from Mayor Thomas E.
Cooper calling it's attention to the
hazardous traffic condition at that
point, the state highway depart
ment yesterday began erection OF
safety warning refectors on the
straight-away approaches to the
South Third street curve, near
Greenfield lake, where one man
was killed and two others critic
ally injured in an auto smash-up
early Wednesday morning.
Orders to place the brilliant
reflector lights Immediately were
issued from the local maintenance
offices of the highway depart
ment. Mayor Cooper's letter Wed
nesday was addressed to the Fayet'
teville Office of the department
divisional engineer.
The police-styled death curve,
a sharp one, is located a short
distance beyond the city limits on
Third street, Immediately south
of the Mill Creek bridge. The &C.
cident-death there Wednesday
morning of a young Georgia en-
gineer employed al Holly Ridge,
was the second fatality at the point
in "a months, police records dis
closed. No less than ten other per-
sons have been injured in auto
accidents there in the same period
of time, the record shows.
In his letter to the divisional
engineer, T. T. Belts, Mayor
Cooper cited the accident reports
and labelled the curve a menace
to traffic safety. T h mayor
asked the highway department to
take appropriate action to make
that section of the highway ap-
proach to Wilmington a more
safe one.
The reflector lights being in
stalled yesterday will serve to eau
ton night motorists of the treach-
erous,. almost right-angle turn. By
reflection, the lights will trace an
unmistakable pattern of the curve
ahead long before the travelling
vehicle is on the turn.
Police investigation of accidents
at that point have indicated, in
most instances, that the driver
failed to slow his speed upon
approaching the curve, too late
realizing the sharp angle in the
road.
Advised by the highway de-
partment yesterday morning that
the curve was being adequately
posted, Mayor Cooper expressed
his appreciation for the depart
ment's quick recognition of the
hazard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
OFFERINGS REDUCE
MANY BOND PRICES|
Scattered Rails Contest Trend
And Few High-Priced In
duStrialS Also Resist

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-CP-Mod-
crate offerings were enough to de-
press most sections of the bond mar
ket by fractions to around a point
today. Scattered rails contested the
trend and a few high-priced indus
trials likewise resisted.
The Associated Press average of
all groups was down from Il to a of
a point with the exception of the
low-yields, Which were up 4 at Hal.
Sales of Sc, 6S1, 400, par value, COM
pared with $7,915, 900 the day before.
Brokers said the fresh recession,
coming after several days of back
ward tendencies, was due, apparent
ly, to the temporary lack of invest
ment and speculative interest. Many
commentators attributed it to ap-
prehension over the turn of affairs
in Europe.
On the losing side were, among
others, Central Pacific IS at 40 Is,
International Telephone IS at 80, Col
orado Fuel & Iron IS at SO, American
4 Foreign Power IS at So 5-S, Nickel
Plate 5 lbs at II ga and Western
Union SIS at rs IA.
Moving up moderately were Wal
worth As, Southern Railway As,
Southern Pacific 4 1-2s, international
Telephone SIS, st. Paul 5s, and Rock
Island general As.
U. S. governments were offered
in small quantity throughout the
day and ended down 1882 to 1882 of
a point.
Losers in the foreign group in
cluded Buenos Aires 4 3-Ss Australia
4 1-2s and Milan 6 LIS.
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Army Orders

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. -R-
Army orders today:
Lieutenant Colonies
, George r. Owens, GAG, Little Rock
to Camp Davis.
Roy S. Gibson, GAG, Camp Uptons
to Camp Davis.
Majors
Braxton de G. Butler, ONO, Fort
Benning to Camp Croft.
Roy Lloyd Cecil. Cd. Res, Colum.
bia, S. c., to duty, Fort Bliss.
Captains
James E. Poore, Jr., Fort JACKIE
son to Camp Croft.
John F. Anthony, Jr., FA., Fort
Sill, to Fort Bragg.
John w. Fischer, fla, Fort Sill
to Fort Bragg.
James T. Lyons, MAC, Denvey
to Camp Croft.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
EXCHANGE CLUB
DISCUSSES RENTS
Effect OF Camp Davis Or
Wilmington Talked Al
Civic Luncheon

A roundrobin discussion of the
effect Camp Davis and the ship
yards will have on the life of Will
mington was argued in yesterdays
luncheon session of the Exchange
club.
Bernard Soloman served as pro
gram chairman and led the discus
sion. Clayton Holmes was the first
speaker and said that the effect of
the new developments is already be-
ing felt in the city. He reviewed
the main topics stressed by Col.
l.. r. Simpson in his address before
all the civic clubs, and remarked
that taking advantage of the gov
eminent choosing this location dur,
ing the emergency will prove no
advantage to U.S."
Robert Dannenbaum gave an ex
ample Of his own rent being raised
with no repairs to the house in sew
eral years having been made. He
said that as a business man in the
city he has seen no appreciate in
crease in business to offset the rise
in rents. Most of the people work
ing for the new developments, he
said, have come off the farms where
they already owe debts, and unless
Wilmington c~ooperates in helping
them pay back their debts, the en-
tire community will suffer.
Sam Berger suggested that a com.
petent nan be put in control by the
city commissioners to raise the taxes
if the property had increased in val
ue for the landowner to raise the
rent. He said that the stores have
had to put new help for the new
era, but that the city has not even
added policemen to look after the
law.
Backing the ~city-manager plan as
a possible solution was suggested,
and Alex Hoffman, pointed out that
no law exists to curtail the rent in
creases
Taking the side of the real estate
dealers, Wilbur D. Jones said PEG
pie should familiarize themselves
with the real conditions before max.
ing decisions. when things react
badly with rents, the real estate
man gets the blame" he said. I've
Gently a lady called me, in fact
quite a number of people, and said
the mayor had referred her to me
because her rent had gone up, and
I am chairman of the fair rental
proposition on the city's defense
setup. I have no authority to make
her landlord come down." he said.
Too much property in Wilmington
is already over-taxed, he said, and
too much goes tax free.
The Rev. r. H. Satterfield, guest
of the club, spoke briefly Oh the
moral aspects of the Camp Davis
community. Il spent three years in
the United States Army" he said,
as an Introductory remark. About
95 per cent of the boys coming to
Holly Ridge will be young men. not
old, hardened soldiers. The majority
of them will come from good homes
and have not known an immoral en-
vironment. 1t is UP to the city to
create a moral and spiritual en-.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-R-De-
mand for cotton goods today en-
braced practically every type Of
material. Between 5000, 900 and
5000, 900 yards of print cloths were
sold, with a tightening delivery
situation holding sales in check.
Mills asked 5 ga cents a yard for
64X64, Or 1-8 of a cent increase.
Demand for wooden piece goods
was brisk, especially fabrics for
summer suitings. Substantial sales
were reported for standard type
of rayon good and business in
finished goods was encouraging. 5
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NEW YORK SUGAR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21-(P-Do-
'nes.ic sugar futures were up l
to e points today on sales of 1850
tons.
The world list finished unchang-
ed to / up on sales Of 2,450 tons;
.73B, May rs LIB.
Philippine raws totaling 4,2OO
tons, part in the spot position, sold
at 2.95 cents a pound, up one point,
Other offerings were available at
2.97 to 3 cents.
Metropolitan interests placed
large orders for refined sugar as
the 4.40 cent price expired. Tomor-
row the base will be As.
No. 3 range follows:
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
INWARD BOUND
Steamers
Stoamor


Dakotan, 1854 tons, from Pacific
coast ports via Puerto Rico and
South Atlantic ports with general
cargo for Cape Fear Shipping COM
pany.
Marjory, 1894 tons, from Texas
City with cargo of potash, c. D.
Maffitt and company, agents.
Maltran, 2,125 tons, from Port
Tampa with cargo of phosphate
rock, Heide and company, agents
TankerS
ESQ Bayonne, 1852 tons, from
Baytown with gasoline for Standard
Oil company.
Republic, 1929 tons, from Texas
City, with cargo of gasoline and pc
troleum products for the Republic
Oil company.
Phoenix, 3,511 tons, from Hous-
ton with cargo of gasoline and pc
troleum products for the Shell Oil
company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-R-Ad-
vances of 4 to 8 points in cotton fu-
lures today mirrored heavy demand
for cotton textiles, especially from
the industrial trade.
Turnover in print cloths and re-
lated items in Worth street was esti-
mated at above 10000. 900 yards.
Goods sold for delivery through July
and popular numbers brought a Is
cent a yard premium for nearby de-
livery.
Exports Thursday 7,245 bales; sea-
son so far 671,807. Port receipts 90
236. Port stocks 3~,470,951.
Do-~a foJ1ou,s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
NEW YORK EGGS

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-tR-Eggs
10, 1924. Mixed colors fancy to extra
fancy 10 IA to 81 extras 49,;
graded firsts 10 IA; current re-
ceipts IT IL; seconds II to II Ia;
mediums II to II Ia. dirties No.
1, II to II IA; average checks
16 to 16 IA. Refrigerator, standards
Is IL to II; firsts 16 to 16 IL;
seconds Is to Is IL; mediums
IA IL to Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
NEW YORK T

NEW YORK, Jan. 31-R-Cop-
per steady, electrolytic spot Conn.
Valley, 1900; export, FAS N. Y.
1880 to 1900. Tin firm, spot and
nearby $3.50, forward $3.50. Lead
steady, post, New York 5.5o-55;
East st. Louis 5.35. Zinc steady.
East st. Louis spot and forward
7.25. Quicksilver 10000 to III, 900.
Pig iron, aluminium, anthony,
platinum, Chinese wolframite and
domestic scheelite, unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
RALLYINC EFFORT.
LACKING, HOWEVER
fractional Recoveries Tackled
IN Few Steels, Motors
Oils and Rails
- FREDERICK GARDNER

!'rv YORK, Jan. 31-R- A
Ne" short covering and some in
D''s nent buying helped the stock
veSl Io+ to regain its balance to-
asr : although a strong rallying urge
was lacking
"1 fractional recoveries were tack
49, few steels, motors, rails,
ed ~ conpers and aircrafts. Minus
OLD, however, were plentiful at
s sae finish. Dealings were reia'lVe-
Two list cot off to a fairly good
~" Int stumbled occasionally
sIalt Anal prices, for the most part,
Anu well under the days best
' Ssis we're posted in the forenoon.
Tho Associated Press average
,m issues was up i of a point at
o. ,sy hut still vas near the low
W. a..rLs Of last August where it
h 1usnned in the preceding session.
a.Vr ,be month the composite show
VI net loss of 1.8 points. Trans
tsrs totalled 1854 shares com
Nv. rod with rs, ITO Thursday which
p pals the largest volume since Dec.
81.
Steel company earnings state
,xents higher automobile output,
arnsnding retail spending and
Salvation the market had been
IN . downward drift since Jan. 10,
hrokers said, served to bring in
some support. Nervousness over
the Hitler speech seemed to have
W. ned but war fears still were
nresent as a market handicap and
tax clouds persisted.
A gloomy indicator was seen IN
the sale of a stock exchange seat
for s27, 900, a new low since 1898
and s. 5000 under the 4l-year bot
tom quotations established in the
mast several weeks. Notice also
was taken of the institution of gov
ernmental priorities for machine
TOOL makers beginning Feb. % and
a drop of 81 a ton in the price Of
steel scrap at Pittsburgh.
U. S. Steel was unchanged but
Bethlehem and Republic chung to
fractional advances. Ahead were
Chrysler. General Motors, Santa
Fe. N. Y. Central, Great Northern,
Montgomery Ward, Sears Roe
ruck, Boeing, Douglas Aircraft,
Kennecott, American Smelling,
Consolidated Edison, Standard Oil
Of N. j., and Texas Corp.
The restricted nature of the
days proceeding was shown by the
fact only 746 individual stocks were
traded against S61 the day before.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
srocKs mi THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-CR-sales'
closing price and net change of the
most active stocks today:
US Steel 12.900-62; no.
Gen Mot 7,600-43h; az.
Colum G and e 6,300-4A; q Is.
Atchison 6,20O-21I a H..
Anaconda 6.100-23a; no..
South Pacific 5000; no.
Para Pict 5,80O-10B a Is.
Unit Ges Imp 5,600-9A: a a.
Curtisy Wright 5,3O0-SA; no.
Repub Stl 5,000-19h; a u.
Radio 5,000-4h no.
North Am Co 4,70o-15E; d y.
N Y Central 4,600-12B; a Is.
Packard 1905; no.
Comwltk Eds 4,50O-2Sh; no.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
BuTTEc

CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-R-Butter
receipts 693, 256; steady; creamery
80 score 20 IA; other prices un-
changed.
Eggs, receipts 10,441; steady;
fresh graded, extra firsts, local
II IA, card II IL; first, local II,
cars II IA; other prices I'M
changed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
OFFICE

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 3l.-R-
The ministry of defense announced
today a recruiting office has Been
created for speeding applies. ion
of the recent CONSUMPTION law SUBJ
of he recent CONSUMPTION law sub.
jecting all Mexicans to military
service. 1t will open tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
BALTIMORE HOGS

BALTIMORE, Jan. 3-(RH (U.
Dept. Agri.) Hogs 500. Mostly S
lower than Thursday; good and
choice 100 to 240 lbs. $40 to IS;
practical top 1865; $50 to 100 lbs.
500 to As; $50 to 300 lbs 8.15 to
So; $50 to 160 lbs 800 to Is; 14O
to $50 lbs. 7.85 to $40; 100 to lac
lbs. 7.50 to IS; 120 to 100 lbs. 7.3C
to SIS; packing sows 6.35 to IS. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
QUARANTINE

LEXINGTON, Jan. 31.-RLThs
municipal board of commissioners
in an effort to stamp out rabies,
instituted a 90-day quarantine Of
dogs. The police department has
been given orders to shoot all dogs
running loose on the streets. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va. Jan. 31.-R-
Peanut quotations: Jumbos 3 IA
to $40; bunch 3 1-8 to 31-4; run
ners 3 to 8 1-8. Market continues
strong.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
NEW YORK RITTER

ter Az YORK, Jan. ~31.-R-But-
higher a,o4S; steady. Creamery
marks 81 0.i " score and premium
ha(rken y. q 81 "a; 90 score cash
% 10 " ~ "a; SO to 81 score
q to % % 80 IL; 81 to 81 score
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
NEW YORK L

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-RLLive
poultry, by freight: Slow. Chicken
colored II to 10. Fowls, colered
10 to 20; leghorn II to 18..&Old
ROSTERS IA. Turkeys, hensN rs;
young toms 10. Ducks II. r. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
SHIPPING NEWS
CLEARED AND SAILED
Tanker

C. B. Watson, 1882 tons, for
Smith Bluff after discharging car
go of gasoline and petroleum pro-
ducts for the Cape Fear Terminal
company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
IN PORT
Barge and Tow

Mclean, 314 tons, in tow of Tug
Cynthia, discharging cargo for Naco
Fertilizer company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 31.-QP-
Trade buying. covering and favorable
textile reports, strengthened cotton
futures here today. The market
closed steady at net gains of 5 to 8
points.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Jan. 31.-R-Tur-
pentine 81 IL; offerings 8; sales
400 gallons; receipts %; shipments
II; stock 1O,419 rosin offering
IS all sold receipts 1903; ship
ments 632; stock 170,f- e.
Quote: B, 1.55; D,E,F,G, 1854;
H, 1.67; I LA; K, POI M, 200
N, 2.25; VIC, 2.55 WW,X 2.76. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
CHICAGO LARD

CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-R-Lard
tierces $40; loose 5.57; bellies
II. rs, 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01

CHARLOTTE COTTON
CHARLOTTE, Jan. 31-R-Spot
cotton 1910
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
NEW 0RI FANS 7

Spot nominal; middling 1892.
Evening star., 1941-01-06

thief. There was deep hurt In her
voice, tears in her beautiful eyes.
II am not, Dan. I am not thief" "
Still he said nothing as he stood
there. He took a hard breath as
though it were difficult for him to
breathe under the circumstances.
Please believe me-" she begged.
fervently I'm not what you are
thinking
Warns of Arrest.
"Why did you come here, Honey?"
he demanded savagely at last. why
did you bring me the stolen dia-
mond? You know I'm the district
attorney"
That's why I came to you, Dan.
I intended to let you know about 1t.
Only I wasn't quite ready. You
won't understand that, of course, u
she said, wistfully, and lifted her
eyes to him again, and they were
glazed with salty tears. Joe will
kill me for this"
stop saying that" he told her,
bluntly.
Il think he knows now that I
took the stone He called just few
minutes ago and said he was COM
ing up. That's why I left. couldn't
see him-I am afraid of him"
"Danburne will never kill you. y
he stated, firmly, and into his eyes
crept the light she had seen there
Evening star., 1941-01-06

when he told her that he loved her.
Her heart leaped happily. But then
it sank at his next words.
"You know I will have to arrest
you, Honey" His voice was dull as
if all life had left it. His broad
shoulders sagged.
She turned deathly pale and
stood up
Because I brought the diamond
to you?" She shook her head. She
put the box in his hand and his
fingers closed over it automatically
IN a hard grasp. 'Dan-I-"
Suddenly, he pulled her into his
arms and kissed her hard and
roughly as if trying to erase the
agony in his heart by the deed.
Honey felt all the breath crushed
! from her body as his arms went
hard around her but she did not
mind. Death in his arms would
have been welcomed. Then he let
her go abruptly and she stumbled
! backward against the chair she had
been sitting in, a bundle of emo
tions, lips bruised and trembling.
Honey" The name was a half
sob as he moved step toward her.
The Doorbell Rings.
The doorbell rang sharply at that
instant. Honey stifled a scream
with the back of her hand.
Its joel" she gasped, eyes filled