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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-05-15
MARINES ARE SKY TROOPS

Dropping down to earth II para
chutes is not entirely new to the U. 3.
Marines, but developments in Europe
have led the sea soldiers to devote
more attention to this means of land
ing and getting the "situation well IN
hand.'
In recent weeks groups of Marines
have been practicing the gentle art OF
parachute descending at Lakehurst,
N. J. The course includes special gym
nastic training for the students as
well as the packing, manipulation, col
lapsing and handling of chute, method
of making the jump and landing.
Jumps from training tower are
followed by the first live" leap
from a plane at about 1900 feet. and
then gradual lowering of the altitude
until the 'chutist jumps from $50 20
700 feet Leaps from a lower altitude
are considered unsafe.
IT takes six weeks of steady train
ing to make parachute jumper. The
technical problems they might have
to solve under actual combat conditions
will be taught them later.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-05-15
WHEAT PRICES ADVANCE
IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Sharp advances in wheat futures
prices at important Midwestern mar
kets were reflected In some advance
ir Pacific Northwestern markets dur
ing the week ended May 8, according
to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Cash wheat followed the advance in
futures and principal classes showed
advances of around cents per bushel
at Portland as compared with the pre-
vious week. Trade reports indicated
fairly heavy selling by growers at coun
try points of wheat redeemed from
Government loans since current values
as such as to make this feasible. Mills
and exporters were taking these of
ferings in order to accumulate supplies
for future needs. Sales of flour for ex-
port under the indemnity plan were re-
ported as larger than during previous
week. Indemnity payments held I'M
changed at so cents to the Philippines
but were advanced 80 cents per barrel
to the Americas to $1.35 per barrel.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-05-15

Around $4,000 barrels of flour were
reported sold to North China during
the period. No new export sales Of
wheat however, were reported. Wheat
receipts at Puget Sound and Colum-
bia River terminals declined again
and totaled 5S1 cars for the week a
gainst $40 cars last week. Crop con-
ditions in the Pacific Northwest con-
tinued to be reported generally favor
able. Wheat millfeeds markets We're
holding steady to firm, and the wheat
market appeared very firm as the
period ended, principally influenced
by the firm markets in the Midwest.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-05-15
TILE ONE THING THAT MATTERS

The factories of America are work.
ing full time again-double time, in
many cases. as thousands of men and
women go to new jobs each week.
There Is no need now to "make
work' for people. Instead, the prob.
lem is to find people for jobs that
must be done if defense production
IS to go forward according to schedule
or ahead of schedule as Mr.. Knudsen
of the Office of Production Manage
naent in Washington asks.
We are vitality concerned with this
defense sffort--housekeepe as we'll
as factory managers, school children
US well as bankers, ministers as well
as draftees in the army. Upon the
success of this effort depends not
only physical safety but those Gan
Gent lberties' that have been ours
ever since we became nation.
Of course none of us can even
imagine living in community where
we can't say what we think, no mat
ter how many other people may see
1t quite differently. We just don't un,
derstand hesitating to 20 to the church
we believe in and we can It conceive
what it would be like to be governed
by people we didn t put into office
ourselves. But the right to live as free
men and women with the privilege Of
self expression is not inevitable. 1t
was achieved through the centuries
by effort and sacrifice. We see now
that it can only be preserved through
similar effort and sacrifice. Right now
this freedom of ours is in grave dan
ger and until it is safe nothing else
matters very much.
If there were fire in your neigh
borhood and sparks were flying to-
ward your house, you wouldn't 60 on
building an annex, or putting up new
curtains at that moment. You'd drop
whatever improvement you were work
ing on to do what was necessary to
save your house. After that you could
60 back to the other job.
Today our national house is in dan
ger and nothing should distract us
until we have enough defense equip
ment to make it safe. To be sure we
must keep our family life as normal
as possible. That's part Of keeping
the country safe. We must take good
care of our children and give them
feeling of security. But do we need
to 20 in for costly national improve
ments when we haven't yet built the
guns and tanks, the ships and planes
we need for safety7 Should we keep
on pouring money into non-emer-
gency projects when we need billions
for defensea
Women see things like this because
we know from our experience with
the family budget that money can't
20 two places at once and that big
job or expense means going without
lot of small, pleasant, but non.es-
sential things for time.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-05-15
n, 1: ; :: :; :!!'|gkkfIilll
THIS BUSINESS $ g.
SUSAN THAYeR w: u" KllG7|

About twenty years ago the Army
Air Service established parachute
school at Rantoul, ILL.,, and number
of U. s. Navy and Marine Corps jump
ers were trained there. Later many
training jumps were made by Marines
at Quantieo, Va, and San Diego, Calf
Although in recent years this type
Of training has not been especially
stressed, parachute troops are now
considered by some experts as essen
tial to the success of military opera
tons.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-05-15
WHEAT OVER ABUNDANT

elf the United States ground ana
baked all its wheat in the next year,
we'd have more than 1900 loaves for
every family in the United States
and the average family eats only
500 loaves of bread in a year, says
Administrator r. r. Evans of the AAA
in explaining the difficult osition of
wheat farmers and the continuing
need for a wheat program, owe have
a superabundance of wheat, and it
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-05-15

may be good thing some day. But
tight now we have a lot more than we
can possibly use."
England, /" Evans continues, is
MT wanting our wheat. Canada alone
has enough surplus wheat to feed
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-05-15

Britain, and with shorter haul than
from American ports. 1t is concentrat-
ed food like meat, canned milk, but
ter, dried eggs and dried fruits that
England wants. England simply has
to conserve her shipping space
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-05-15
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The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1941-05-09

EoET-LK2.}S COUrCIL IT,7TS
Tho lLotanuska Valley Eomorlalzo11
Council mot at the Recreation Con-
ter, Monday, Aay S. Mrs. Fohn-
Hanson, Home Dom. Loader dis Gus sod |
points to consider re assuring tho
success Of honerlcl1ors clubs. She
also told about hone demons trait on |
clubs in southeastern Alaska. iiiss |
J. Hazel Zimmerman, Terri toriol
Al club loedor, told about Al
club work throughout the crritory i
spoke on Al plans FOR the Iioton-
uska Valley.
Plans for cleaning and caring
for the Indies lounge were dis
GUS ot,. liz. L. C. Stock stated
that tho jcni tor WOULD sweep it
every cay. = co1uai too will in
vostigato the cost Of curtains
and slip covers for the dovon-
ports ano chairs. Tuoseey, lay
27 Wes set IS the G&y for ovorJ-
one to assist in cleaning and paintt
ing the lounge.
!. tour for all horonal,ors to
one Of the mines WIGS planned FOR
soro day in JUL. lirs. c. V.
King outlined tho program for the
Eomonakors camp ct Kings Lake,
Juno 1920. RS. Iclzcrt gave q
report from tho monu contest
connai ttoo. Tt was decided to
have solao oducoti onol wo nix on this
and to havo the contest ct c lotorI
date.
hrs. Thur1o presided at tho
.nootinG ond IRIS. II. c. Hanson octod|
soc. pro-tor,. Tho next cornell
nc oting Will be held liondoy,
Au Just 4 instead Of July 7 Quo to
tho confli ct Wi tn tho Al camp.
Hrs. l-dala Werner will di cuss
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1941-05-09

NORTH STAR. All CLUB Ri CRIT
Our first nooting woa hold at
the Extension OFFICE F1id: Apr. 4.
Whom our roll was drawn u it Was
found that only OF the :~3I.5ors Of
tho original North Star Wo2o in
tho club this yoar. Jonoll l4iller
was conferred the honor lead also
tho duty) OF boing tho prosi don't.
The rost OF the exc cutivo commit
tee are as follows: Luc lilo -onaghan
Sc secretary, Dick Wilson Wool rcsi-
cont and Betty Broastrom reporter.
Anothor meeting was hold at
the Lounge, April 10. Not obooks
Woro livcn out md our VIC is
cussod. Aony rules Of tho Ali club
Vorc brought up and rlodo cloor.
Both Hiss Stephens on and II. Rico
Woro present and VIC woro 'atoful
for thoir holp.
Botty Brooa trom
Reporter.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1941-05-09

l4rs. James Berry will talk or
wool yarns used in weaving ct the
Aiv orbono HomcaalIors club, May IA
ct the Claronco auornstrovl Homo.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1941-05-09
MOTICE-l-T-7 IT, NC

NOTICED 67ETINC
rlooting OF the Mnte mska
Valley Protc ctivo Associate will
be hold in the Lounge Room Of the
Re creation Confer at Palmer, hon
doJ, Iay 10 ct 800 P. II.
ALL mol1bcrs urged to ettond.
Visitors Wc1comc.
Francis I4cnry
Socrotary.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1941-05-09

Hrs. LGan Vernon will dis cuss
Flowers that WI II grow in Alc ska
at tho Civic Contor Ho,no1aakers
mootinG, Wednesday, lay IA.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1941-05-09

HOSPITAL NOTES
Rov. and hrs. Woodrow Ilurth
wore pros ontod with @ baby girl Moy
Potor Foff from Gklutna
tonsillo ctoIny.
rotor Sunrise of Curr- was
noW patti ont.
Margaret Miller Of CURRY was
O patient at the hospital TOR @ day.
Frank o'Noill is again roceiv-
ing rlodi cal treatment.
I1rs. Ray Roborchol, IS. Charloi
Cope ald Ars. Nollo5t, Of ..asilla
are re coivinG ncdi cal tree t11ont.
Robert Broostron an6 rs.
Lynch have boon dis charged during
tho past Wook.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Bond Averages
10 Yield Bonds.
By the Associated Pres

by INC ASouA ltt ltnos
NEW YORK, April 10.-The bond
market was generally higher today
despite a lack of rising power in
Some departments.
Going into the final hour frac-
tional gamers outnumbered the un-
changed and lower group by slight
margin. International Telephone IS
developed independent strength,
gaining more than a point at one
time.
Such issues as Missouri Kansas
Texas SIS of 50. "A, Missouri Pacific
SIS of IT, F" Baltimore & Ohio
convertibleS and Southern Pacific
AIS of 80 were turned over in brisk
volume at slightly improved prices.
Dealings were quiet in United
States Government bonds in the
listed market Over r-the-counter
trading concentrated on the newly
issued Reconstruction Finance Corp.
notes. which were dealt in at a
premium over the offering price.
Long-term direct loans were mostly
a little lower.
In the foreign division, Belgium 6s
lost points on a single tranactiOn,
and Rhine-WeStphala IS of 50
moved down sharply, also in thin
trade. Elsewhere prices were mixed
and narrow.
City of New York 3s turned lively
and added a small fraction.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Bituminous Output
Reduced by Strike

The strike Of the miners through
out the industry is responsible for
the small production since April l
The National Coal Association
from incomplete Carloadlng reports
from the railroads. estimates btu
minOuS coal production in the United
States for the week ended April 5
as approximately 3,425,0O0 net tons
Production for the corresponding
week: 1910, 6953,OO tons: 1889. l
68700 tons. Percentage of change
from 1910, 5O7; from 1889, 1890.
The report of the BitumInouS Coal
Division Of the Department of IN
terror shows production of 100000
tons for the week ended March %
and 100000 for the week ended
March %.
Production calendar year January
l to April 5, 1941, 135.083,OO0 tons
lsubiect to revisionp: January l to
April 6. 1910. I26 100000. Increase in
1941 over 1910, 8,633, 900 tons, or 6.6
per cent.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
War Material Shipments
From Philippines Soar .
Ry tie Associated Press.

L
MANILA, April 10.-The Philip
pines shipped 1921 900 worth Of
copra and coconut products to
Japan. China and Russia during
January and February, representing
a marked increase over the similar
1910 period.
Jorge B. Vargas, secretary to PreSi-
dent Manuel Quezon, wired the in
formation to J. M Elizalde, resident
commissioner at Washington, yester-
day at the latter's request. Pre-
sumably Elizalde requested the in
formation for interested American
authorities.
Japan took S480176 worth of the
products, compared with only 50 584
worth during the entire year of 1870
China purchases totaled S211,314,
compared with 1910 purchases of
S31932. Russia bought S130, 500
worth of copra.
A bill designed to halt expectation
of such products, which some quar-
ters believe may be reaching Ger
many through Russia, has been in
troduced in the National Assembly
COconut oil and copra are used in
the manufacture of explosives.
Figures also were disclosed show
ing the Philippines re-eXported
$936,622 worth of rubber, metals,
textiles and products manufactured
from them during January and
February. Most of these exports
also went to China, Russia and
Japan.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Results Of R. F. {. Offering
Please horgenthau
By The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau
said today an offering Of $500 100000
Of Reconstruction Finance Corp.
notes. made to the investing public
yesterday. went very we'll
He said he had no figures yet on
the amount of subscriptions, but
indicated they exceeded the amount
Of available securities by a vide
margin.
Acting as the banker Of the R. F. C..
the Treasury sold $500 100000 of q
per cent 1l2-year notes and $780,
100000 of 1l8 per cent 2i4-year
notes.
The Secretary said subscriptions
were nearly even on both types of
securities. with the lls per cent
notes having a slight preference
among investors.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Armstrong Cork
Sales Total
S57,353,703
3y he Aesociated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LANCASTER, Pa. April 10.-H.
w. Prentis, jr, president Of the
Armstrong Cork Co., told stock
holders at their annual meeting yes
terday that rs per cent of the COM
panys 1910 sales resulted from
products that required no Cork-a
raw material made scarce by world
conditions.
Total sales during the year
amounted to S57353 7O3, he said,
adding:
"A careful tabulation indicates
that sales amounting TO 70 per cent
in dollar volume of the total sales
made by the company in 1910 could
have been carried out without the
use Of any cork whatever. ~
All directors were reelected.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
u. 5. Steel DiscIoses
March Shipments
At New High
TotoI of l,720,366
Tons Reported Largest
In Firms History
BY tit Associated Press.

BY tit Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April Shipments
of finished products by subsidiaries
OF United States Steel Corp. in
March were the highest in the COM
pany's history at 1.7203 tons.
This compared with February
shipments of l,548,451 tons and 93l,-
905 tons in March, 1910.
The previous high Ior shipments Of
finished products was in MAY. 1929,
when the tonnage aggregated
1,7O1874.
For the first three months Of 1941
shipments totaled 4,95l,271 tons,
compared with 3,O86,753 in the like
1910 period.
The American Iron & Steel Insti-
tute reported that March steel pro-
duction set a new record at 7.146.372
net tons, equivalent to 100 per cent
Of the industry's rated capacity.
The March total was IA per cent
above Februarys output of 6,250413
tons and SO per cent larger than the
March, 1910, out-turn of 1890 090
tons. 3
Flrst-quarter production likewise
reached new peak, said the lnStl-
tute, totaIng 2O,339 ,869 tons, an
average Of SO per cent of capacity,
This compared with 1855 800 tons
in the 1910 first quarter, or 724 per
cent Of capacity.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Retail Food Costs
; Per Cent Higher
In Last Year
Advances in Meets.
Eggs, Dairy Products,
Cited by Report
By tie Associated Press.


The retail cost of food has in
creased almost 3 per cent in the
past year, largely because of higher
prices for meats, eggs and dairy
products, the Labor Department re-
ported last night.
Between March, 1910, and Marcn
this year retail prices in selected
cities in New England increased less
than per cent. but in most of the
other cities, where price changes
have been watched, the increases
have been as high as 8 per cent.
The largest increase since March,
1910, was 81 per cent in Norfolk,
Va. An increase of nearly 6 per
cent was reported for San Fran
cisco.
Between February 18 and March
Is retail food costs over the country
increased one-half of per cent and
the department said that prelimi-
nary reports from 18 cities on April
L lIlUICdJeu 1uI IIltI pIICt ddE Eol4CCS.
NEW YORK, April 10 (SpeciaD -
The advance in wholesale food mar
kets continued uninterrupted dur
ing the week ended April 8 and the
Dun d BradStreet wholesale food
price index rose 3 cents to another
new high since November. 1887.
At S275 the current figure rep
resents a gain of IL per cent for
the week and a cumulative increase
of 10 per cent since the beginning
of this year when it stood at $3.50.
The rise over the 1910 comparative
of $3.50 amounts to 1876 per cent.
Advances this week were shown
for corn, rye. barley, bacon. lard,
cottonseed oil, eggs, potatoes, rice,
steers, hogs and lambs Declines
appeared in wheat, oats, butter and
cocoa.
The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale
food price index represents the sum
total Of the price per pound of 81
foods in general use.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Chicago Grain
3l The Associated Press.


CHICAGO, April 10-The wheat
markets recovery from its retreat
that followed opening of hostilities
in the Balkans continued today,
with prices moving upward for net
gains of a full cent at times.
Buying. originating with profess
sional and commercial interests and
partly involving -four business, was
Limited. however, and was offset by
transactions to adjust accounts for
the Good Friday holiday. The pos
sibility of far-reaching develop
ments in the Balkans and unceT-
tainty about details Of the first Gov
ernment crop report of the year to
be released later i'll the day, re-
striCted operations.
Wheat closed ls-5s higher than
yesterday: May. 905a-i2; July, 3d.
80: corn unchanged to 5 lower. May
6728; July, 677l; oats, unchanged to
1,iobor
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Eicher Succeeds Frank
AS 5. {. {. Chairman
ss the Associated Press.

Edward c. Eicher was elected
chairman of the Securities and EX
change Commission yesterday and
said Immediately he would continue
the policies of his predecessor.
jerome N. Frank, who soon will be-
come a judge of the Second Circuit
Court of Appeals.
Mr.. Frank resigned as chairman
yesterday, but is not expected to re-
sign as commissioner for several
days.
"I think that it goes without say
ing, in view of my record. that !
will continue Mr.. Franks policies"
Mr.. Eicher told reporters. Il be-
lieve in those policies, and my record
of support is the most convincing
evidence 1 can give that they will be
pursued"
Mr.. Eicher is 81, native of Wash
fngton County, Iowa, and former
member of Congress from the 1st
Iowa district.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Auto Production
Declines to New
Years Low
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
DETROIT, April 1O-Automotive
News in its weekly survey of auto
mobile production estimated today
that this weeks assemblies would
total 100,395, which it describes as
new low for the year and due to the
halting of operations by the Ford
Motor Co.
Last weeks output was estimated
at 114,500 cars and trucks. A year
ago this week assemblies numbered
103,853.
The trade publication placed Gen
eral Motors production at 54,580 cars
and trucks, compared with last
weeks $500, Chrysler output was
estimated at 26.705, compared with
the previous weeks 26,592.
A few Ford branches were re-
ported able to get about one days
operation this week before materials
supplied by the Rouge plant were
exhausted Their output along with
the production of the Ford Canadian
plant was placed at total of 2,45O
cars. Last week the Ford aggregate
was 1850.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Allied Kid Reports
Sharp Sales Guin
Special Dispatch 20 The Star.

Special Dispatch 20 The Star.
NEW YORK, April 1O-Continu-
ing the upward trend shown in
February. March sales Of Allied Kid
Co. totaled Sl.O38 .948. an increase of
43 per cent over the figure of S724,-
523 in the same month Of 1910.
An even larger gain was shown in
physical volume, which amounted to
4700.985 feet in March, l941, up 49
per cent from the figure for March
of last year.
For the first nine months of the
current fiscal year, which will end
on June 80, 194l. sales totaled So
646,6 ,60i, compared with S6,975 286 in
the same period of the preceding
year. Physical volume aggregated
31.576.179 feet for the nine months
ended March 81 l941. against 81
395, 1872 feet i'll the same months of
l939-40.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Wholesale Commodity
Index Up Further

The weekly wholesale commodity
price index compiled by the Ma
tional Fertilizer Association rose
still further last week rejecting the
continued upward movement in the
general level of wholesale commod-
ity prices.
In the week ended April 5 this
index stood at 1887 per cent Of the
1935-1939 average, compared with
1929 in the week previous, 1904 a
month ago and 978 year ago.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Bull Named to Board
OF Southern Pacific
By the Associated Press.

VERSAILLES. KY. April TO-
Secretary William F. Bull, San
Francisco, Calf, was elected a di-
rector of the Southern Pacific Co.
at the railroad corporations annual
meeting of stockholders yesterday.
The meeting was held at nearby
Spring Station, where the railroad
maintains its "home Office al
though it has no track in Kentucky
The concern has been incorporated
under Kentucky law since 1884.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Miscellaneous Markets.

Additional New York markets as COM
piled bv the Associated Press.
COCoA@o,Futures closed 80 higher:
September, "a.
LEAD-Futures closed to lower.
Sales, 10000 pounds September. . 53b.
STRAITS TIN-FutureS closed 10 to 10
higher. Sales, 1920 pounds. May
81 cob
RAW HIDES-FutureS closed 7 to Il
higher Sales. 5.240,000 pounds. June
13.7Sb September. I3.S5-s6; December
IL "a. Spot No. l Western lght native
COWS, lab.
CRUDE RUBBER-Futures closed ; to
90 higher. Sales, No. j standard % con-
tracts. new standard 70. Old. May, =? IS.
Smoked Ribbed spot '9 % i5n. -'-V
CoFFEE-!spot steady Santos No 4;
a94-1O; Rio No. Z, B94 Santos No. 4 d.
futures closed s to higher Sales. 1880
BAGS; May, assn: July. assn; September,
Sales, Sales 80 So bass iS july. 6-5on e -S''e-
RAW s1LK--,Futures. closed. > to .3la
cents lower. Sales. 200 bales. June, 2.7Sb:
July, $50; September, $50.
b Bio Nominal.