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Evening star., 1941-08-05
Stock Averages
By VICTOR EUBANK,
sO- Stuck Range Since 1927:
Associated Press Financial Writer.


NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-While spots
of resistance were seen in today S
stock market, many leaders gave up
the struggle and retreated to mod
erately lower territory.
Trends were indefinite from the
start and minus signs of fractions
to a point or so were plentiful at
the finish. Dealings picked up &C
tivity at intervals and transfers for
the full proceedings were around
100000 shares.
Aside from an assortment OF
sketchy news developments tending
to restrain bullish fervor, some Of
ferings cropped up on the theory
the market may secently have oeen
going through a topping on period
in the wake of the lengthy recovery
jaunt. The list, on average, had
been unable to record single ad-
vance in the six preceding sessions.
In the days news budget viewed
as a bit cloudy marketWise was word
railway managements had rejected
demands of the big five operating
brotherhoods for 30 per cent wage
raise. Notice also was taken of Ad-
ministrator Henderson's plea before
a House committee for quick pas
sage of price-control legislation.
Bulletins from German-Russlan
battle fronts and the Far East,
brokers said. we're hardly calculated
to revive optimism. Tax worries at
home were seen as partly offsettlng
such infationary psychology as con-
tinued in boardrooms.
Stocks in the backward class most
of the day were Santa Fe, Southern
Railway, Great Northern, American
Telephone, Youngstown Sheet,
Goodrich, Douglas Aircraft, Sperry,
International Nickel, Union Carbide,
Johns-Manville, Anaconda and
Sears Roebuck.
Consolidated Aircraft was con-
trary actor, jumping to new 194l
top Contesting the drift we're Beth
lehem Steel. General Motors, Chrys-
Ter, Texas Corp, North American,
General Electric and J. c. Penny.
Bonds and commodities we're un-
easy. Cotton futures in the morning
broke about 81 bale but cut losses
to 81 to $3.50 a bale in late trade
At Chicago wheat was app1oxima
unchanged to off Z cent bushel
and corn Il to 4 in arrears.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
860, 900 Tons Capacity
Of New Steel Plant
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK Aug. 5.-Steel circles
heard today that the new pig iron
and steel facilities to be installed by
the Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp. at
the Edgar Thompson works at Brad
dock, Pa, would add $4,000 net tons
of annual pig iron capacity. Car
negie- Illinois is the principal steel
making subsidiary of United States
Steel Corp.
Construction of the new works is
to begin Immediately under con-
tract between the corporation and
the Federal Plant Corp. signed last
Friday. The plant corporation will
retain title to the new facilities,
which will be built with Federal
funds and operated under lease by
Carnegie-Illinois.
The overall cost of the proposed
construction will be s32,000,000. with
completion scheduled for the end OF
1912.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
New York Bdr Silver

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 tF.-Bar sill
yer, AA, unchanged.
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Steel Company Faces
Shutdown on Defense
By the Associated Press.


COATESVILLE. Pa, Aug. s.
Unless more scrap iron is made
available the Lukens Steel Co. will
be forced to halt work on national
defense orders within two or three
weeks, Hugh Kenworthy, company
purchasing agent, declared today.
Mr.. Kenworthy said the company
is now operating at capacity, but
that 1t is able to purchase only
enough scrap for so per cent capac-
ity operation and its reserve supply
soon will be exhausted. He said the
Governments scrap price fixing
program had discouraged dealers
from collecting scrap and that ex-
ports to Japan, halted only recently.
had curtailed the Nations supply.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Sears, Roebuck Sales
al % Over Year Aoo

CHICAGO, Aug. 5 (P).-Sears
Roebuck & Co. today reported that
July sales totaled S72,869,575, COM
pared with S5l .35l 1896 year ago, an
increase of 41.9 per cent.
Sales for the six months February
through July aggregated s42S. 1867. $50
compared with 1923, TAG 1926 for the
corresponding 1910 period, an in
crease of 30.3 per cent.
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Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. Aug GP.-Butter receipts,
1.23Qr !O1: Arm: creamery, eS score, 35l4;
o9, 34s4; 81, 34L: SO, 3354: So 32s4;
ss; 31la; go, centralized CARROTS. 34la
Esgs receipts, l5,13a; firm; checks,
2H q other prices unchanged.
Poultry. live, A. trucks: small hens.
easy heavy hens and White Rock chickens
hrm; balance steady: hens, over ) pounds.
goa ) pounds and down, 1919; broilers,
3Is pounds. and down, White Rock. 1g;
springs, under pounds, White Rock, 20lz.
ducks, 4 "a pounds up. colored, IL: white.
-; small. coored, IL; white, IL; other
prices unchanged.
tUnitsd States Department OF Asricul-
turel-Potatoes, arrivals, A.: total ship
ments, 153; on track, 1856; supplies mod
crate; demand light market. on better
quality Idaho Russets and Western Tri-
umphs Arm: on Nebraska Cobbfers steady;
Colorado Bliss Triumphs. U. S. No, ],
1862. 90; Idaho and Oregon Bliss Tri-
umphs u S. No. j, a0-2 90; Idaho Rus
set Burbanks. U. s. No !. 1.70-a0; Ne
hraska Bliss Triumphs, U S, No. !. 1.s5;
Cobblers, U. S. No. /, 1.20-30; U. S. COM
meTcials, .10-15.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON, Aug. 5 lP, Omitted States De-
partment Of Agriculture).--A fair weight
sold in the Boston market today. Good
French combing lengths, graded fne ter
ritory wools. moved at .S1.O3 to 81 .0h.
torial wools, were selling in moderate
volume at 81 to 81 .03, secured basis
Suoerwarp and good topmaking fine
Australian wools were selling in fair
valume at steady prices, compared with
last weeks sales.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Odd-Lot Dealings
B, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Securities and Exchange Commission
reported these Transitions b. customers
with odd-lot dealers or SPECIALISTS on the
New York stock ExchanEe for Ausust 4:
s.sao sslss irT,lv,ns Gs,p9ss sp9s h sh.rss insiud.
ing x2 short sales involving $40 shares.
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Federal Lund Bunks

NEW YORK. Aug. 5 QPl.-Federal Land
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Cash Grain Market.

Cash Grain Market
Cash. wheat. No. l red. 1Oti7-1 osi4;
No ., i.0iI2-5a; No l hard, 101'.; No ,,
l0ii9; No B. 1-06la; No. / mixed, 1.o5ia;
"a samTie Grade, Is; No ysHlloTt 7si16'.'
Oats. No. / mixed $685.; No. 2, S.
36'. No. / white, 31iz-3s: No. =, 81
ara. No, 3, 3474.361a' No. 4, 32A-54'
sample grade. 30-32
Barley mating. 53-66 nominal: feed
and screenings. 1880 nominal No. 8
mailing, 90.
Field seed per hundrsdveisht nominal.
Timothy, 4OO-4 IS: a1sike, oO0-1o 90.
WINNIPEG, AUG. 5 lP.-Grain range
today: Prev.
December - .7sls .76l. 10. .76i..
octs6ss ,4ol. 80 .gss. ,ss1.
NO. wINSaPdo hIPd . gus No fssh NorfssFn, Thsis ei.
No ?, ,sf..; oats No, . white 4o'ti
Baltimore Prices.
BALTIMORE, Aug; R1.-Wheat. No.
l.O7; August. 1.07; corn, $3.50.
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b4U.UUU
unit
bankruptcy under
BANKRUPTCY Act securities
Rates OF dividends annual
included " - ~ ' ~ NV
xEx dividends Ex rights Also extra or extras Cash
stock Paid last Payable Declared or paid
5ividends
Evening star., 1941-08-05
FREIGHT Cars Handled

NEW YORK, Aug 5 GP1.-Revenus
freight cars handled by railroads report
ing today for the month of July and for
the week ending August included
Evening star., 1941-08-05
Baltimore Stocks
Special Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Aug. s.
Sales. STOCKS High Tow rloss
5 Bal Transit pfd--3.so SO 3.so 9se
90 Cons Pow com So So Sc
3 Cons Pw 41aeo pfd lI7h 1ISla l1SI,
IL Fidelity & Depos 13I l31 13I
l Finance Amer
so Hous Oil pf vtc 90 % %
30 MonR w p 7T 2S34 cS34 2S3z
10 q Fid & Guar 24a 241a 24h
$4,000 Bal Tran deb As A Al Al Al
300 Bal Trans IS A Asa ASA Asa
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30

N THE MATTER OF THE
GUARDIANSHIP OF THE ESTATE
OF A. Il. LAWRENCE, absentee.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned Guardian of the above
entitled estate of A H. Lawrence.
absentee, has received a license from
the Probate Court for Wraugell Pre-
cinct First Division of Alaska, to
sell all OF the real property of said
estate, and that / will ON Monday.
the 9Th day of June. 1871. at 2 o.
clock in the afternoon. IN the office
OF the United States Commissioner
for Wrangeu Precinct aforesaid, Of
fer for sale and sell to the high
est and best bidders. all of the
right. title and interest of A. II.
Lawrence. absentee, in and to the
following described lots or parcels
ef land together with the improve
meutts theron, situated in Wran-
cell Townsite, to-wit:
Lot Ten (1O1 in Block Five-A C5-A1
Lot Twelve az in Block Seven IL
Lot Thirteen tl31 in Block Seven
q.
Lot Thirteen l15l in Block Thirteen
G3l.
Sealed bids will be accepted at
the office OF the United States
Commissioner for Nrangell Pre-
einst. as aforesaid at any time prior
to said sale Such bids must be ac-
eompanied by certified check made
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30
Robert Evans
Speaker For
Memorial Day

While business ceases and all
stores close for the day, Memorial
Day will be observed in Wrangell
this year with special services at
the Coliseum theatre at 1880 a. m.
to be followed by services at the
cemetery.
With Department Vice Command
er E. NJ Campbell in charge at the
theatre, Robert Evans, high school
teacher, will deliver the Memorial
Day address. At the cemetery ser
vices will be in charge of Brig. ].
S. Gillingham of the Salvation
Army.
A Special musical program has
been arranged under the direction
of Mrs. VaIborg Coulter
Complete program will be found
elsewhere on this page
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30

nance depot near Elwood. Ill The
same company has been issued a
permit to connect a St Louis wire
into the offices of the Atlas Powder
Co plant at Weldon Springs. No
and Western Union has been auth
orized to establish a wire from Los
Angeles into the Interstate Aircraft
and Engineering Corp. offices at FL
segundo Calf.
The chuckle is that in these ma
tiOnal defense plants. where secrecy
is such that you cant stick your
toe into the trent door without
Four-A-1 credentials. the Federal
Communications Commission order
reads Granted, with the under
standing that the service is to be
made available to the public
And don't think for a minute
that the message carriers don't a.
bide by this If any person presents
himself to the front door and says
simply. q want to send tele=
gram they had better let him in
or else or else the law has been
violated and the private Wire
won't be there any more. That's
democracy with a Capital-D
Knudsen, The Wizard
When recent figures were issued
about next years allotments fer
new automobiles. they came out
this way: This year. 5,289.972
cars, next year. 4,224.152 cars. re
duetion, 1,O57994 cars
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30

1t didn't take someone very long
70 discover that these figures didn't
add-but OPM already had shut up
shop fer the day When he error
was relayed 10 the homes. Junior of
ficials swarmed out like flies Knud-
sens own private secretary even
Joined the chase for missing figures.
We're next years quotas wrong by
several thousands or We're the re-
duction figures wrong?
About midnight latter tie hours
of eombing work-sheets with plant
quotas in OPM files everybody gave
up. Knudsen was attending a pri-
vate party at the Mayflower He
walked out to find a beyy of his
junior executives. They explained
their dilemma. Knudsen adjusted
his glasses. glanced briefly over the
figure-maze Work-sheets and said.
Somebody made an error on the
adding machines The correct fig
ures the, 1871 production, 5,289-
972. proposed allotments. 4224-
INTRODUCTION. l.065. SO cars
It's that kind of thing that makes
Washington folk so positive thai
Bill" Knudsen knows all the ans
wers.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30

payable to the undersigned or by
legal tender of the United States of
America. for the full amount of all
cash bids.
All sealed bids SO received will be
opened and read in the presence and
hearing of those assembled at The
time and place aforesaid. whereupon
oral bids may be submitted by per
sons then present and desiring to
bid.
VIM. c. LAWRENCE.
Guardian of the estate of A. H.
Lawrence, absentee.
First publication, May Is, 1871.
Last Publication. June 6. 1911.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30

of May %. 1884 as Stat S091
Anchorage Serial No. 09604, for a
tract of land described as Tract u
of the Wrangeu Group of Home
sites situated near Wrangen. Alas
ka. Plat of I. s. Survey No. 1921.
containing $50 acres. and it is nov
in the files OF the I. 5. Land office.
Anchorage. Alaska
ANY and all persons claiming ad-
versely any of the above mentioned
land should file their adverse claim
in the district land office within
the period of publication or thirty
days thereafter. or they will be
barred by the provisions of the Sta.
tutes.
GEORGE A. LINGO.
Register
Date First Publication Apr. 4. 1871
Date Last Publication, May 80. 1871
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30
ON THE
WASHINGTON
FRONT
By JACK sTINNETT#

WAsHINGTON-The capital off
the cuff.
In a way. this is a laugh on the.
G-men But it is a variation of an
old story about the fellows who put
gasoline in the fire extinguishers.
The Federal Bureau of InYestiga-|
ton is doing a good deal more than
you know. about. 1t is checking ey-|
erything under the sun. 1t checks
defense plants to see what goes on,
if anything in the way of sabotage.
The other day, FBI men We're in
vestigating a pier and wharf area
Il cant tell where) and came on
81 water barrels. filled to the brim.
Over each group of them was this
sign: For use only in case of fire. u
The pay-off was that five gallons
of fuel oil floated on top of each
barrel. The conclusion was stagger-
ing. The FBI settled down for an
about investigation
But instead of saboteurs, the FBI
found health officials. These men, it
was definitely proved, had come into
the case on a hurry-up call-and
their orders were to eliminate all
mosquitoes in the neighborhood.
The first thing was to spread oil
and lost of it-over the open fresh
water barrels. 1t murdered the mos
quitoes It wasn't until the FBI
knocked on their doors that the
health men realized they had made
flaming torch out of every fire
prevention water keg in the yicin-
ity.
Laugh Provoking Law
Sometimes American laws make
American laughs. One that Wash
ington is chuckling over is the in
terstate communications statute
which makes it prohibitive for any
interstate telegraph system to es-
tablish a private wire"
Postal Telegraph recently has
been granted permission to put a
special leased circuit from Joliet,
ILL.,, to the United States army ord
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30
NOTICE

Notice IS hereby given that AL
fred A. Anderson has made applf=
cation for a domestic. under the act
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
FUNERALS

The funeral of Nufm Dickey was held at the AlderSon funeral home yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock with services conducted by Rev. Peter Dzubay of the Russian orth- odox Church.
 Funeral services for William Thomas of Marion, sales manager and assistant chief engineer at the Waterbury Tool Co.,, will be held this evening at the Alderson fun eral home, 70 Central avenue, at 7:3O o'clock. The body will be taken to the William Schlemn funeral home in Bogota, N. J., for services tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
 The funeral of Mrs. Martha Vol skis of 82 Carver street will be held
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
:-: OBITUARY

Main street on Friday morning at SIS o'clock. A solemn high Mass of requiem vii be celebrated at g o'clock at St. Francis Xavier church.
 Burial will be in new St. Josephs s cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening, and to- morrow afternoon and evening.
 BAGLEY-Mrs. Helen Sullivan Bagley, of 32 Park Place, died early this morning after a brief illness. A native of St. Johns, New Bruns- wick, she had resided for the past 50 years in this city. Mrs. Bage- ley spent most of that time in the Brooklyn section. She was the widow of Edward Bagley.
 Her survivors include: two sisters. Mrs. Joseph Tracy of this city, and Mrs. Minnie Kelly of Ellensworth, N. Y.; one niece, Mrs. Rosalie Kerr of New York.
 The funeral will be held from the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main street to the Immaculate Con- ception church, at a time to be an- noumced.
 Burial will be in new St. Jo- seph'S cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

karia. Hitler would have to fight on two fronts for one thing, experts said, though he had asserted he would uevee do so.
 It was not believed in British quarters that Jugoslavia would sub- tnit to a German march across its territory, which Germany might need to do if 1t attacked Greece through Bulgaria first.
 Also, Bulgaria is called the night mare of military campaigners. Nearly all its railroads run east and west. Its roads are few and bad and its mountainous country is un- favorable for a mechanized army. Tn some quarters 1t was said there were only two or three mountain passes suitable.
 May CoeEce Greece
 ~Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 19 (UP) - Authoritative sources reported today that German representatives were negotiating here in an attempt to coerce Greece into making peace quickly with Italy, using the new Turkish Bulgarian non aggression declaration as a lever. Greek quart CTS denied knowledge of any such negotiations.
 Belief was expressed in diplomatic quarters that Greece faced the choice of making peace, Or risking 8 German attack before Britain could send forces to aid her, or of becoming a battlefield if British forces arrived before the Germans could attack.
 Stick to HongkOng
 Hongkong, Feb. 19--(UP)-A Brit ish military spokesman said today that Great Britain will not abandon Hongkong in event of attack and is making "au preparations humanly possible" to defend this far eastern outpost.
 The spokesman said that "in spite of all the Japanese assurances Brit ish military authorities are taking no chances"
 !. He said that Hangkong would be defended to the last with all the power that Britain can muster at this point.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
Talbot Approves
 PL0T1 To Appoint 6th Commissioner

Compensation Commissioner Joseph E. Talbot of the Wa terbury district today stated he is fully in favor of the proposed sixth commissioner now under discussion at Hartford.
 MT. Talbot recently was the target of editorial comment Ac- ~''sius '-''n of spending more time at golf and other activi- ties than at his offices. "At no time," said MT. Talbot, 'have I ever expressed myself in the matter of . sixth commission CT but now I wish to go on record as approving such . move. As for my golf, I intend to play the game no more nor less than in the past. My work here keeps me very busy, and there is absolutely no basis for the insinuation that I'm not on the job"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
HENRY DURANT
 SENT TO JAIL
North Main Street Resi-
 dent Has Ham in Possess A sion When Nabbed

Sixty days in New Haven County Sail was meted out by City Court Judge John L. Gaffney to Henry Durant, 42, of 239 North Main street, on e charge of vagrancy this morning. The accused was question cd for having 8 ham in his possess sion when arrested.
 Durant said someone on Cooke street had given him the meat, and offered to prove 1t by taking the po- lice to the store. Complaints of can wasting made by the accused throughout Cooke street were made by residents, who said the accused, If he found doors opened, would walk into the house and demand food. Numerous complaints were sent in citing the effrontery used by Durant in his wanderings, so po- lice placed him in custody.
 During the same time Durant was arrested, na intruder walked off last night with a bulging pocket of Twenty-Five pennies from the store owned by Harry Lindenberg at 27 Bishop street. Lieut.. Ernest Pakul of the vice squad made the inyesti- gation after Patrolman Patrick Joyce noticed the break at 10 o'clock.
 Dursnt gave his home as Bidde- ford, Maine.
 Continuance to March was grant, cd to Laurence L. AtchiSon, 46. of RED No. Waterbury, arraigned for speeding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19


 bombed off Ireland yesterday.
 Merchant shippinpg east of Har- wich was said to have been attacked.
 The high command said that in low level attacks on air fields yes- terday, barracks and grounded planes were destroyed. Hits were said to have been scored on several railway stations and two moving trains. Tracks were alleged to have been destroyed.
 The air force was said to have bombed the British at Benghasi. North Africa, yesterday with good results" The con1munique claimed also that troop concentrations and motorized columns had been dis persed southwest of Agedabia, south of BenehaM.
 British Planes Quiet
 British planes last night did not fly into Germany and German occupied territory, according to the high command. The crew of one plane which yesterday made a forced landing in occupied territory was captured. Two German planes were lost yesterday, it was admitted.
 The official news agency said in its account of German raids on Eng land yesterday that a railroad bridge near Stowmarket had been hit. It said that railroads, trains and equipment were the main targets.
 The agency said German bombers yesterday damaged merchant ship ping in a North African tarbor and caused several fires. It said that Remington was among the Eng fish air fields attacked yesterday.
 DNB said that a German bomber had sunk an enemy merchantmen of 5000 tons at the mouth of the Humber.
 British >ParachutistS London, Feb. 19--(UP) --- British parachutists who landed in southern Italy last week were members of volunteer force in training for an invasion of enemy territory since last summer, 1t was disclosed today.
 British newspaper correspondents who had been permitted to see the training exercises, said the para chutists wore crash helmets. goggles and closely fitted jackets and trou- serS gathered into German-style boots.
 Equipment was dropped to them in Italy in kit bags, 1t was disclosed.
 The parachutists, it was revealed, are under a volunteer system from all branches of the army, including the pioneer service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
HIS LONG CURLS
 MUST BE SHEARED

Denver. Feb. 19.-(UP)-Tommy Roberts. 24, surrenderS his 14-inch, blond curls to the barber today, in the interest of national defense. Roberts is 8 guide from the noun tains. where it gets extremely cold, and he let his hair grow for four years because 1t keeps his ears warm
 He fears, however, that the utility of curls won't be appreciated in the army. That was demonstrated yes- terday, when he walked into a draft board onice. Several draftees were undressed for medical examinations.
 T never saw guys go for their pants in such a hurry" he said
 "They thought I was woman. '' May I help you. Miss?" an oficer asked. q want to enlist" Roberts said, in a bass voice. When the of- ficer recovered, he told Roberts it could probably be arranged, after his local draft board approved his application, and he got haircut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

DIGILANI-Donato Digilani, wife of Emil Digilani, of 1883 North Main street. died at the Waterbury hospital last night after a short ill., ness. A native of Italy, she came to this country 28 years ago. Mrs. Digilani resided for six years in Providence, R. L, before coming to Waterbury, where she has lived ever since
 Her survivors include, besides her husband. five sons, Pasquale, Vic- tor, Raymond, Armando and Orlan- do: five daughters, Margaret Ersi- lia, Flora, Palmina and Grace Dig liani, all of Waterbury: her parents, MT. and Mrs. Domenico Tortis of