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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
NEW YORK T

NEW YORK, Jan. 21-R-Cop-
per steady; e~lectrolytic spot Conn.
Valley 1900; export, FAS NY 1880
to 1900. Tin steady; spot and near
by 50.15; forward SOL Lead
steady; spot, New York 5.50-55;
East st. Louis 5.35. Zinc steady;
East st. Louis spot and forward
7.25. Quicksilver 166.00 to 1853. 90.
Pig iron, aluminium, anthony,
platinum, Chinese wolframite and
domestic scheelite unchanged.
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Ninth SUCCESSIVE
FAILURE TO RISE
1ong stalemate Leads to
D Earning Buying on Theory
Upturn in offing
-, FREDERICK GARDNER

,-w YORK, Jan. 2l.-R-In-
Me-. stocks backed down in to-
dus. market after trailing with
dss IN an early rally and gains
f,'t factions to more than a point
o. =. tbe majority were converted IN
losses Of as much at the close
:, was the ninth successive ses'
.,ap in which the list, as a whole
WI been unable to advance. This
1 n,s stalemate apparently lie d
!s"s s',yine in the morning on the
arv a technical upturn was in
"S r.ilnre of The forenoon swing to
,.llour through, however, discocr'
i uaad those with bullish inclinations.
ss sols moved up for a while but
."snutally slipped with the others
Though reducing losses at tn e
ai..l0T Motors we're relatively weak.
49, carriers managed to finish
NTH nortions of their initial i'm
provement' n or,na -
en- stocks was off q of a point at
Ss5 about where it was in the
later part of December when the
recovery push got under way.
Dealings picked up to 577,sso
-hsras against 377,280 yesterday,
which was the smallest aggregate
since Oct. q.
prices began to fade when
Joseph P. Kennedy, retiring am
b.ssador to the court Of St.
James's, testified before the house
foreign affairs committee regard
;no the critical state of the British
and urged the United States to keep
mi Of the war. Tax fears and I
rattle over the lease-lend legisla-
finn we're among handicaps cited
by brokers'. Word that Great Brit
ain intended to %conscript labor also
IVES thought to have been a de-
pressing factor.
Private offering of 5000 shares
of Woolworth after the close con-
tinued to keep such off-the-ex-
change deals in the limelight. The
stock ended off 10 at 30 3-8, which
was the price at which the block
vas to be sold.
U. S. Steel was off IL, Youngs-
town Sheet 81 and Bethlehem un-
changed. Prominent losers W
General Motors, Chrysler, Interna-
tional Harvester, Douglas Aircraft,
Kennecott, Westinghouse, du Pont,
Allied Chemical, Union Carbide,
Texas Corp, Montgomery Ward
and Consolidated Edison.
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DRY GOODS

/. NEW YORK, Jan. 21-CP-Wool-
en- piece goods for spring apparel
were in good demand. A quieter
trend prevailed in cotton goods with
buyers paying top prices. Box loom
print weaves were most active in
the rayon section while silk goods
continued very quiet.
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Mt. Airy Schools Are
Closed by influenza

MI. AIRY, Jan. 21.-R-Schools
were ordered closed today by Su-
p%erintendent L. B. Pendergrap
when more than 20 per cent of the
students were absent because of in
fluenza. Glasses will be resumed
Monday. 4
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U.StOCk Ran3e Since 1877
WHAT STOCKS DID
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-UP-Weak-
ness IN wheat futures at times today
pushed prices down as much as a
cent a bushel below the previous
close to the lowest levels in three
weeks, Some resting orders to buy
checked the declines at times but
commission houses We're more ag-
eIessVe on the selling side.
wheat futures closed Is to 1 cent
lower than Mondays final price,
may S012-s, July 1850; corn was
A-1s off, May 62&-S, July 62%;
sho oats 1s-1l2 lower.
Range follows:
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EGGS

NEW YORK, Jan. l1.-R-Eggs
1881 weak. Mixed colors: fancy
to extra fancy 20 to 81; extras 10
81; graded firsts 10; current re-
ceipts 10; seconds II IL to 3-4;
mediums II IL; dirties No. 1, II
-; vaerage checks Is IA to -.
Refrigerator, standards 10 firsts
II IL to "a; seconds 16 to Is IA;
mediums Is IL; dirties Is IA to
10
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Jan. 21.-RNTur-
pentine 81 IA; offerings 46; sales
2, SOC gallons; receipts 9; shipments
143: stock 1Ol678. Rosin offerings
900: sales 254; receipts 842; ship
ments 1923; stock 171,287. Quote:
B $50; D 1.58; E & F 1.60; G
ISL to 10; H 1853 to "a; I 1.65 to
"a: K 200; M 2.10; N 2.25; VIC
2 SIS: WV & x 276. 4
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STOCKS IN THE SP0TJJGHT

ot the s, closing price and net change
dav sie ilfteen most active stocks to.
= = sou I Pac 2o,aoo-s%; a %.
NY C sseer 10, loo-65A; dk.
Atcbi Sentrai l4,ooo-13%;a %.
Gen eli Na l2,2oo-23; a q.
Chrr MOTORS l2,ooo-441A; d T..
A,nrassler S,2oO-65k; d IL.
Par aeo n. 7,eo0-24M; d q.
ara PCT 7,2OO-11: No
Gen III H. N 6,Soo-s3H; d u.
S s1oaou III 5,9oO-5; d n.
Bur- a 0,7OO-8%: a Is.
Curtisss u w. Mach 5,50O-Sh; d 4.
Am Psa wright 5,4OO-Sa; d u.
ALI FAD Std San 5,20O-6a: d y.
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NORFOLK SPOT

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. Iii Up -
Spot cotton 5 points lower. Mid
ding fair, 1915; good middling,
1850; middling, 1920; good ordi-
nary, sos; sales, 237; receipts, 0;
shipments 0; stock 80, III. Market
steady. 4
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C~OTTONsEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21.-RH
Cottonseed oil closed steady.
detachable prime summer yellow
$50 nom; prime crude 5.40b, Jan.
Mich. 6.03b, May 6.14b, Jly 6.22b,
Sep. 6.29b.
B-bid 4
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LIVE POULTRY

NEW YORK, Jan. 21-lRELive
poultry. by freight; firmer. Fowls,
colored best 20 IL to 81; leghorns
l6. Pullets, rocks % to "a; colored,
small 81. Old ROSTERS 10. Turkeys,
hens "a; young toms IS. Ducks II.
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BUTTER

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-RHBut-
ter 1,179, 1856 steady. Creamery:
higher than 90 score and premium
marks 81 to 81 81; 90 score (cash
market) 80 "a; 88 to 81 score 20
IL to 80 1-2; 81 to 81 score q to
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PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Jan. 21.-RH Pea
nut quotations: jumbos, 3 IA to
$40; bunch, 3 1-8 to 3 IA; run
ners, 3 to 3 1-8. Market continues
firm. 4
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BUTTER N EGGS

CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-R-But-
ter, receipts 1859; steady; mar
-ket unchanged:
Eggs, receipts 1884; unsettled;
market unchanged. 4
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N n SPOT

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21.-R-
Spot cotton closed steady 4 points
lower. Sales 1887. Low. middling
$50, middling 1905, c-od middling
1850, receipts 2,233, stock 531, 759.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21.-R-
Cotton futures were depressed by
hedge selling and long liquidation
here today. The market closed
steady 4 to u points net lower. -
n-e- NIL Axxx G1AnA
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BLEACHABLE

BleaoS % YORK, Jan. 21.-R-
closed ps d cottonseed oil futures
contra ~ to II lower. Sales 108
Jly, 8 st sas Meh. e.52b; May e.58b,
A. o:eSb' Sep 6.75b.
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LARD

CHICAGO, Jan. 81 @ Lard
!~ierces SGT; loose $40; bellies
i1.75.
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NEW YORK SUGAR

Spot nominal; middling 1857.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22

CERTAINLY it's all right to read
" in bed provided you sit cor.
rectly and have good light. One of
the many attractive new pin-to-wau
lamps over your bed gives grand light
for easier reading. Be sure to use 4
lOO-watt bulb in this lamp.
You also need good lighting in
other places in the room as we'll
Some of these places are shown here.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-29
Ma uI0V
Battle
Rd9,e S

SINGAPORE. Dec. %. cUP) -
British forces have contacted
enemy troops in the Perak river
area south of Ipoh a general head
quarters cOmmunique said today
Ipoh is the SouthernmOSt pene-
tration of Malaga yet acknowledged
by the Far Eastern command, al
though the Communique did not
indicate whether the japanese have
captured or merely by-paSscd the
city.
It is an important railroad and
tin center.
CThc German tranS-Occan news
agency, quoting a Tokyo dispatch,
claimed the japanese occupied Ipoh
yesterday
Ipoh lies almost in the center Of
the northwestern province Of Perak,
marking the start of modern COM
munications lines with Singapore,
some 300 miles to the southeast.
DEFENDERS RETREAT
Japanese forces have driven
British and Indian troops from their
Perak river positions and forced
them into retreat the Berlin radio,
quoting a Tokyo dispatch from Sal
gon, French Indo-China, said.
CAncther German broadcast,
heard by the United Press in Lon
don citing a Japanese dispatch from
Bangkok, Thailand said the Jap
anese had launched an effective
attack from the north. west and
probably the southwest against Ipoh.
The British were said to have erect
ed strCng fOrtifications III the Pc
rak river area defended by the
11th division composed mainly of
Indians -
The communiquc said the royal
air force attacked the Sungci Pa
tani airdrome in southeast Thailand
again a night starting large
fires.
At Kuantan on the eastern Ma
laya coast, it said, japanese air
craft bombed and machine gunned
| British positions without damage OF
casualties.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-29
Commundos Stab
Against Germany

resumed offensive of its own, the
royal air force attacked Germany
in force during the night. center
ing on WiIhelmshayen and Emden
naval and submarine bases, Rhine
land industrial districts, docks at
Dunkirk, France, and German air
dromeS in Holland. Raids on the
German territory targets were Cu
a sharply Intensified scale.
Coastal command planes, at the
same time, hit two ships off the
Netherland coast and planes of the
fighter command, racing across the
English channel, bombed and ma
chine gunned airdromes and other
targets in occupied France and
Holland
Loss of seven planes in the night S
attacks was admitted
The joint communicate said that
WarShipS engaged In the VaagSoe-
Maaloy raid suffered only super
ficial damage and that British mill
tary casualties were exceedingly
light Loss of II British planes was
dQIIlIJlCu DllJ II NdS dSStI ltA lIldl
four German planes were destroy
ed
TIME TABLE KEPT
1t was asserted that the raid was
carried out from start to finish
on an exact time table.
British forces landed first at
$3.50 a. m and the last men left
at 2:40 pm.
Vaagsoe's importance. it was noted
lay in the fact that it is a Ger
man convoy assembly point tcr
troops and supplies for the Rus
sian arctic front
The communique implied that the
Germans and Quislings were caught
completely by surprise.
Eight ships were caught in har-
Dor the cOmmunique said. Five of
them, merchantmen, ran themselves
onto the beach, Tho British de-
stroyed them and sank two armed
traWlCrS and a tug.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-29

LONDON, Dec. 90. up Brit
iSh land, sea and air forces in a
dramatic raid on the Norwegian
coast, wiped out two German gar
risons, destroyed nine ships and
valuable installations and captured
So Germans and nine Norwegian
QuislingS, a cCmmunique said to-
day.
British shock troops landed on
two islands off the Norwegian coast
Saturday under cover of a smoke
screen laid down by their planes
and a bombardment by airplanes
and WarshipS, while long range
bOmbers blasted the nearest Ger
man air field, 100 miles away, to
prevent the dispatch of rcScu c
planes. it. was disclosed.
Landings were made on the island
of VaagSoe, key German convoy
base, on the 62d parallel of latitude,
between Bergen and KriStiansund,
and on the adjacent island of Maa-
10y.
Oil talks. ammunition dumps,
dustrial plant and a lone German
tank were destroyed during the six
hours and 10 minutes the shock
troops remained ashore.
A joint communique of the admir-
atty, war office and air ministry
described as complete success a
raid which appeared to be a full
dress rehearsal for the day when
Allied forces mean to take the war
to the continent of Europe for the
Knockout blow against Germany.
There have been clear indications
that Britain, using its secretly
trained commando shock troops,
enviSages raids OF bigger and big
ger scale, anywhere from the arctic
circle to Frances Bay of Biscay, in
preparation for the day" when it
is Germany's turn to fight an in
Vader from the west.
Raj ATTACKS
Following up the raid. in a newly
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Inside Story Of
Jupun's PLANNING

pilots gained in experience. Amcri-
can missions provided some CT the
faVorite targets for natiOnalistIc-
minded filters who daily grow III
proficiency.
The navy rchearscd landing op-
erationS. The LANDINGS at Hdnl-
chow, at Hainan. at Bias Fay au,,
other places were used in jHc
actual China fighting. but duyine
lulls there great Segmcnts Of tho
fleet we're used in mancuycrs else
where,
One section of the Korean coast
en- the China sea approXimatin4
the Hong Kong terrain. was used
Tor large scale mancuTerS which
were intended as training for dll
ultimate attack on Hong Kong Just
when or under what circumstance
an attack ON Hong Kong would be
made was not known. but japanese
naval commanders wanted to BE-
prepared.
The Japanese used in China ONLY
a fraCtiCn of the supplies they nave
bought in such huge quantities III
recent years, mostly from tho Unit
ed States before application of the
export embargo on goods to Japan.
| The balance was either stored or
used for keeping the fleet con-
stantly in wartime condition.
The Japanese mind takes natw-
ally to endless, repetitious practic-
ing The first lessons in school
deal with the Aesop fable in which
tortoise, by perseverance and un-
ceasing activity, outdistanced the
fleeter hare. The children get an
immediate application of that in
learning the characters Of the writ
ten Japanese language. which re-
quires many hours of study and
practice.
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Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20, 1901.
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and sunday Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the SUNDAY roSt-Prcss, eS-
tablishcd 1866 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company, 625
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Paul JenKins, publisher; A C
Johnston, vice president and gen.
cral manager; l.. a. Fitzhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
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OF Japan
Then there are "Alona MeaI
Goodby". Men for the Fleet,
Listening Post "Yanks Over the
Burma Road" Wings of Defense, ~
The Bombing of Honolulu Para
chute Nurse tie latter about Wo-
men in defense.
LEADS LIST
First new war script To 20 into
production in Republics "Rcmem-
Der Pearl Harbor," with 20th-FoX
quickly following with IS crct
Agent of Japan Alfred Hitchcock
is directing q previously prepared
creep jccpy. The Saboteu,' and
will give it few current twists.
Pacific Blackout' is a new title
slapped on Paramount's already
completed midnight Angel.
Among scripts being revised to
include up-to date developments
are FoX'S "Dakar'. which will be
b&ckgrounded in a japanese port in
stead of the French African base;
and Last outpost, filmed by Para
mount in 1885 and now being re-
iiggered into a story of the gallant
defense of Wake Island. "A Tommy
in the L. S. A., which was to have
been a sort of companion piece TO
"A Yank in the R.A.F.' now will
get a title change and a stronger
story dealing with this whole con
tinents ayiatiOn-trainine effort.
So. as mOvie-gOcrS, you can sec
what you're in for especially since
dozens Of other war stories, as yet
untitled. are being proded through
the typcWritcrs.
PATRIOTIC POOL
More than 1000 screen and pub
licitv writer's among the studios are
bcing organized into a pool of lit
Crary talent and have pledged their
services to all government agen-
cics. They'll write scripts for special
films and patriotic radio dramati-
cations, also all sort of speeches and
pamphlets
Among new governments sponsor
cd pictures will be a series of 10
or 70 civilian protection shorts
to be made and distributed as
quickly as possible throughout the
nations target areas the east
and west coasts, and gulf cities
Hollywood studios will help make
item. and there are to be two
types: public instruction films CX-
planning blackout precautions, air
raid shelters and the like; also in
Structire pictures to be shown in
the training of air raid WardenS and
other civilian defense forces.
Hollywood contractors were quick
to take advantage of local uneasi-
Tess about bOmbings, and the trade
papers blossomcd with ads offer
;l& aselte"s built to official" spe-
,ititatio@s.
hrt directors, sct designers, mo-
jcl makers and SPECIAL effects CX-
rCrlS are being recruited for cam
outage planning in this region, and
the specialists in illusion may be
able to show the Army a few tricks.
Most of the studios also are pre-
PAIRING to CamOullage themselves.
Chief danger is that enemy flyers
might mistake the big sound stage
buildings for airplane hangers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-29

(EidtOr'S Note: The author of
the following dispatches spent five
years as manager of the United
Press bureau in Tokyo, obtain
ing at firSt-hand many hitherto
unpublished details of the growth
of the japanese war machine and
war strategy
BY ii. o. THOMPSON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. CUP
Lonely stretches along the Korean
coast were used by the japanese
as rehearsal grounds for their at
tacks upon the Philippines, Singa-
pore and Hong Kong.
When the strategy for Japans
attempt at complete domination of
East Asia was first mapped the
plan was for piecemeal advances
toward the south-First Hong Kong
then the PHILIPPINES, Singapore and
the East Indies.
Fast moving world events and
the increasing desperation of jap
ans situation caused the switch
to all-out, simultaneous attacks OIL
tie principal British and American
strongholds in the western Pacific
When I arrived in Japan in 1895
the Japanese were just beginning
dive bombing experiments. The
navy tried out this new technique
off the Yokosuka naval station, near
Yokohama. In the first attempts
the Japanese pilots levelled off at
high attitudes. But gradually they
heightened their dives until they
barely skinned the water as they
Strengthened out.
There were frequent casualties.
Notices appeared from time to time
in the Tokyo newspapers that pilots
had been killed during "mancuVers. -
but the rehearsalS continued.
The China war provided a more
calistic training Ground and the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-29

issues which fitted directly into
allied grand strategy plans were dis
cussnd.
Foremost among these issues was
whether Russia might enter the
Pacific war in time, thus involving
herself in a tWo-front war when
she might need all her energies
for her enc front against Nazi
Germany.
InformantS here suggested that
among the questions discussed were
whether British and American fore
es might be placed at the disposal
Of Russia. whether the present skim
by Iranian route might be eX-
banded to meet Russian supply
needs and whether Russia could
su ply China if the Burma road
were cut.
TIMING GOOD
For once, the timing of events
had not been unfavorable to the
Allies. Eden was sent to Moscow
to discuss how Russia and Great
bl lJdlIi illBllU DCSl, dS dllltS, Jake
advantage of the German reVerSeS
in Russian and Africa. Japan at
tackled the United States and Bri-
tain while Eden was ca his way
Then came the Rooseyelt-Church
conference at Washington and the
Allied conference at Chungking,
China.
The British ambassador to Turkey
and the British minister to Iran
were present during the Stain
Eden talks, as were high repre-
sentatiyes Of the Chinese army
The Importance of the Moscow
conference was shown also by other
who attended.
Ivan Maisky. Russian ambaSsa-
dor at ACndOn; Sir Alexander CadO-
gan, permanent under secretary for
foreign affairs; II Lieut.. Gen
Archibald Nye, vice-chief of the
imperial general staff accompanied
Eden.
A communique issued at midnight
said the conferees had IAN eX-
haustive exchange of views of ques-
tiOns relating to the conduct of the
war and postwar organization of
peace and security in Europe" =
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HoIlywood's
Fan Gle S
ByPauI Harrison

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. % All the
motion picture companies arc
plunging into programs OF War pic
lures which, before the delugc re
lakes to a trickle, probably will have
the fans clamoring for comedy and
romantic relief. At least that's what
happened when the us. entered TN"
first World War.
Here are most of the titles regis
tered to date titles to which Stc-
ries will be fitted: Pearl Harbor,
first claimed by Edward Small. ana
with three other outfits making
later bids for it; Wings Over Ha-
wall" Wings over the Pacific" and
wings Over Alaska; Sunday in
Hawaii, The YenOw Peril, Tho
Yellow Menace" and Secret Agent
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Reds Will Take Part in
Grand Strote9Y Of Allies

LONDON. Dec. %. up Russia s.
full participation i'll fast-formna
inter-allied grand strategy on Il
world scale has been assured. it was
understood today, as the result CT
conferences at Moscow between for
eign secretary Anthony Eden and
premier Joseph Stain
Moscow reported tina Walter
Thurston, counselor of the united
States embassy to Russia. had cen
ferred with Eden daily during his
conference with Stain and had sent
full reports to Washington where
they were available for President
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-29
FARMER FREED OF
BLAME IN SHOOTING

PHOENIX, Dec. %, cUPp O. f.
Holmslcy, A5. TOl'c.on district far
Nor, Was fire." today OF blame for
the fatal shooting of Fcliciano Men
doza, 40, farm worker. A coroncr's
jury decided that Holmcsley acted
i'll splf-defcnse when he fired .
heavy caliber rifle at Mendoza aG-
ter the man threatened him WITT q
pistol.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-29

Roosevelt and Prime Minister Wins
tom Churchill.
Jhurston flew specially from Kui-
byshcv with Col. Philip Faymon-
vile. United States military attachc
to be present durin2 The Stain
Eden talks.
STRATEGY DISCUSSED
1t was taken for granted here
that Stain and Foreign MiAistel
ViacheslaV Molotcv had expressed
the obvious desire Of Russia to de-
eide its own military commitments
II was believed certain also that