davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

waitress gives up and disappears into the
kitchen for good?
s-When you're in a hurry do you let
people detan you with long irrelevant stories
which get you nowhere fast?
9-At parties where your host hopes you'll
circulate do you corner yourself with the
guest of honor and take all his time keeping
other guests out in the cold ?
10-Do you cat-nap and day-dream on the
way to work when you could be reading or
catching up on world affairs?
II DO you neglect to have the right
change for the bus-then keep whole line of
people waiting while you try to break ten
dollar bill?
i2EDo you forget on which side of the
street the odd and even numbers are, then
have to zigzag back and forth to find an
address?
13-Do you cross the street amid lanes
of fast-moving traffic, tangling up the whole
works?
14-Are you member in good standing Of
the Streetcorner Spectators Club, spending
hours watching the world from The curb2
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26
At The Office

You're being paid for your time.
Waste II and you waste the company's
money. II you haven't gotten that raise
see II you do any of these things
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

One Certain Method of Wasting Your Wife,s
Time Is TO Muss Up the Newspaper So Thor
oHghly That 1t VIII Take at Least Ten Minutes
to Straighten II Out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

exploring fer it -narltest-Aft4ca- Behind
the Bathtub?
19-Do you leave your clothes IN crum-
pied heap so they have to be pressed next
morning?
(YouIl save time by hanging them up
When You're Out
do you walk against the tide Of pedos
TRANS making everyone dodge and deiour
around you?
DO you accost slight acquaintance
on the street by making him guess who you
are and where he met YOU
3-Do you flirt with the telephone opera
tor?
Heated complaints on things you can't
help will waste your own time and other
peoples as well DO you rant about:
Your nlothcr-in= iaW??-- -
Politics?
The weather p
The way time flies
5-Do you stow your hat-oheck away in
any ono of your pockets then have to turn
them all inside ont to retrieve If ,
6-Do you stand on street corners gazing
up into space soon collecting crowd of people
who do the same thing
DO you take so long 10 make up your
mind when ordering in a restaurant that the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26
l9LgN9X YAl

A-Snblime Delight of
the Time Waster Is
Never TO Have the
Right Change for the
Bus. Asking the
Driver TO Change "A
$40 Bill Holds Up the
Line. at Least Three
Important Minutes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26

by weekly Britain Rights
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27

oCENTRALIA, ILL.,. Aug. 2S-
R - Their war cry - Bxxxx!
Bzzzz! - wouldn't frighten .
mouse. A baby's hand could
crush q dozen. But mosquitos to-
day have Centralia crying "un-
Gle"
Fourteen husky managers Of
municipal soft ball teams last
night voted to forfeit the rest OF
the seasons games to the In
sects- the third team ut every
contest-unless there's In early
frost.
Only the weather, they agreed,
could stop the mosquito 3. Human
efforts to play out the schedy0e
by spraying players and specta-
tors with man-made insectido
was partially successful but
abandoned because Of the cost.
This was the latest Of . seftee
Of triumphs for The invading n
sect army. They have ~ Guy
% ho1ploos the mayor appealed
to thu stnta health department
for . pied piper to stem the -
sault. An expsrt from TIE Uni-
yersity q Illinois was dlepoteh9o
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27
Lions Club Members
Enjoy Stag Day Outing

= Members of the Mount Glenn
ems Lions Club were attending
a Stag Day outing at the Clin-
ton Valley Country Club this
afternoon.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27
Centra1ia Cries Uncle
ONLY CHANGE IN WEATHER CAN STOP
INVADING MOSQUITO ARMY
CITIZENS AVER

but .Centralia hasn't been . for
tunate q story-book H am In
See .sUNCLE'-PAgo 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27


e. )e Of their noTtl1egn column
4tom IraQ BY thr)tstihe through
PAitak pan, one 5ot tie Str0ng.
est natural positions Of he Irsn-
ians IN that section. ina reach
ing Shahabad, ~ c0mmuniQue
said. The lraniane were said 70
have been terrifying the Pass 9or
the past month. &
In the south, the BritiSh rid
they landed additional troops q
the Persian Gulf port u Bandar
Shahpur In order to protect Brit
ish subjects at Bandar Ia Sh1r,
eight miles 70 the north, who
they d eclared were being
threatened with arrest
NAVAL UNITS ACTIVE
British gunboats were report
ed moving up the Kafun River
from the Persian Guh toward
Ahwax, l20 miles away. Mop
ping up operations were said 70
have been completed ut. Khcr-
ramshahr and a ba d . n. near
Bandar Shahpur, was Imported
quiet.
The communique said Russian
forces, advancing IN . broad
front between the IraQ border
and the Caspian Sea, apparently
See WAD-Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27

eile Isle
ION was
1 enjoy
cause ]
+, or So
so we'll
ng to talk
use they
power to
pleasant
e 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27

~ SeSie'oiy Va
lay. "Miss Rich
y chosen from q
vi beautiful contest
, bettiest baby enter
r6y contest will be
1by Richmond, 1871"
king and baby queen
| chosen. n
kst teams of work
he district will COM
hQrse-pulling con-
E horse-pulling ma.
Michigan State Col
. used 70 insure fair
curacy.
parade and q pet par.
LlQNS-Rags 3 -
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Capital Store Sales
For Year Register
10 Per Cent Gain
Volumes for December
13 Per Cent Above
1899 Mark

In line with previous forecasts. de-
partment store sales in Washington
in the calendar year 1910 scored a
10 per cent gain over 1899. the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Richmond re-
ported yesterday. Retail sales in the
Capital in December were 13 per cent
ahead of the same month year ago.
Sales in the fifth district averaged
10 per cent higher in 1910 than in
1880 and in December were II per
cent ahead of the previous year.
Norfolk led all cities in December
with rs per cent gain and Charles
ton, S. c., ran second with 25 per
cent pickup. These cities also led
the district in yearly advances.
In the December report seven i'm
portant Sears, Roebuck & Co. stores
are included for the first time. They
are located in Washington, Balti-
more. Richmond, Norfolk, Charlotte.
Huntington and Charleston. w Va.
All percentages are rounded to whole
numbers to conform with reports
issued by other Reserve banks and
the Board of Governors of the Fed
erai Reserve System. the report says
The gain in Washington sales in
December 1899. over December. 1893,
was only 2 per cent, the review
shows. Percentage comparisons for
December. 194o and the year 1910
with like periods in 1899 follow:
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Sharp Wheat Decline
Wipes Out All Of
Week. Advance
Form Stocks Report
And Russo-Germun
Deal Are Factors
By FRANKLIN MULLIN,

CHICAGO. Jan. 11.-A Sails cents
drop of wheat prices today. sharpeSt
break of the new year, wiped out
all of the laborious creeping advance
chalked up this week.
The setback was attributed TO
beariSh interpretations of the Gov
ernment report on farm stocks and
the reported RuSSo-German grain
deal as we'll as the unsettled tone
of securities. A letup in mill sup
port, which has contributed strength
most of the week, permitted short
selling and profit taking to domi-
nate the trade. Some dealers also
noted signs of slightly increased
marketings recently in sections of
the belt and Minneapolis reports
told of some loan wheat selling.
At the close May wheat was quoted
at 865i - and July at 82ls 80. Corn
finished As lower; May, 6214 IS;
July. 6212; oats, 1s-l4 off: soybeans,
las-ll2 lower; rye, al lower, and
lard, unchanged to down.
Lagging mill purchasing, a re-
Election of sluggish baking demand,
was explained by R. l. Mansfield,
trade expert, who said limited flour
business is due to likelihood of a
concealed processing tax in the new
farm bill and a desire to judge pub
lie reaction to the new vitamin
-four which will be introduced as
soon as official standards are pro-
mulgated.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Pennroad Receivership
Expecfed 10 Be Asked
BY the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. Ire
ceivership for the Sal 100000 Penn
road Corp. will be asked within
four or five days" by group of
minority stockholders, State Senator
Harry Shapiro informed the United
States District Court yesterday.
AS Shapiro. counsel for the group,
served notice of their intentions,
Federal Judge George A. Welsh set
February 10 for the trial of suits
instituted by three groups of. in
vestors who seek to hold the COM
pany and several officers liable for
losses they contended totaled more
than s50,000.000.
Judge Welsh rejected pleas of
counsel for the defendants. includ-
ing the Pennsylvania Railroad, for
postponement of the trial. The at
torneyS contended it would be i'm
possible for them to prepare within
month.
Shapiro told Welsh he intended to
file the receivership petition be
cause it is a grave question whether
this company should be continued
in the hands of the persons who
have brought this condition about"
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Defense Agency Orders
Nitrate From Chile

BY the Associated Press.
Jesse Jones announced yesterday
the Defense Supplies Corp. had con-
tracted with the Chilean Nitrate
& Iodine Sales Corp. of Santiago
for 100000 short tons of nitrate of
soda, defined as strategic material
by the Army and Navy Munitions
Board.
The Federal loan administrator
said the price would be $18 a ton,
which would make the total cost
around $5,400,000. Delivery at the
Chilean ports of Iquique, Tocopilla
and Antofagasta must be made be-
fore June 80.
Of the total, 100000 tons will be
shipped directly to the United
States for storage and the balance
will be stored temporarily in Chile.
Jones added that the Chilean
company would pay the Chilean
government $40 per ton of the pur-
chase price in United States cur
rency, in addition to Is per cent of
its profit on the deal as required by
Chilean law.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

Capital Bank . reres inompson
and later with the Home Savings
Bank. In 1912 he took charge of the
financial affairs of Harry Ward
man. Inc. and in 1922 went with the
w. A. Pierce Lumber Co.. being
president of the concern when II
was liquidated.
He is a former president of the
Washington Rotary Club, Columbia
Country Club, member of the Board
of Trade and a prominent Mason
He is a trustee of Oak Hill Gene
terry. In both the transit and trust
companies. he holds important
committee memberships.
The directors elected Leon To-
briner vice president; John M
Fisher, secretary and treasurer. and
Nathan Poole, assistant secretary
and assistant treasurer. Directors
elected for 1941 were Charles G.
Abbot. Leicester Chapman, George
w. Harris, James M. Johnston,
Harry King, Frank T, Mitchell, Ver-
non G. Owen, James Brown Scott,
S. Percy Thompson, Leon Tobriner
and L. Perry West.
Vice President Tobriner reported
that net earnings in 1910 were the
largest in the history of the COM
pany.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
BY FREDERICK GARDNER,

Associated Press Financial Writer.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE stock
market took a rest today at slight
ly lower levels after another week
of generally rising prices.
A few rubbers and specialties
managed to tack on advances dur
ing the brief session, but steels,
motors, aircrafts and leaders in
other groups finished with a per-
ceptible limp.
A large portion of the relatively
negligible volume was accounted for
by several low-priced shares, the
majority of which ended a shade
ahead.
The Associated Press average of so
issues was off / of point at 449.
the first dip since the creeping re-
covery got under way January 3.
On the week the composite showed
net gain of Z, its third con-
secutive weekly upturn.
Transfers totaled 361 ,44O shares,
lowest Saturday turnover since No
vember 30 The aggregate compared
with 384970 a week ago.
Trade News Favorable.
Business news. brokers said. kept
selling light and inspired little
buying here and there. Optimistic
straWs were seen in forecasts next
weeks steel mill operations would
maintain near-capacity levels. re-
ports of mounting retail activities
and expanding railway traffic and
predictions 1910 earnings for rub
Der companies and other selected
concerns probably exceeded earlier
estimates.
Many of those who cashed in yes
terday on the lengthy upSWing. bro
kers said stood aside for the week
end on the theory war shocks were
a possibility over Sunday. Forma-
ton of a Defense Board Iron and
Steel Priorities Committee led to
the question of just how other in
dustries might fare If governmental
restrictions were instituted Steel
scrap was cut sl.50 ton at Pitts
burgh.
Among stocks under water frac-
tions to a point were U. S. Steel,
Bethlehem. Chrysler. General Mo-
tors. Douglas Aircraft. American
Telephone. Anaconda. Dow Chem
ical. U. S. Gypsum. j. I. Case, Union
Pacific. N Y. Central and Sears
Roebuck.
American Locomotive preferred
pushed up a point to a new 1940-1
top Modest gains were retained by
U. S. Rubber common and preferred,
Goodyear. Goodrich. Chesapeake e.
Ohio, Willys-Overland. Graham
Paige. Brooklyn Manhattan Tran
sit, Corn Products and CeloteX.
Curb Losses Recorded.
In spotty curb minor losses
were recorded for American Gas.
Bell Aircraft. Humble Oil and Lake
Shore. Sherwin Williams was mod
erately higher Sales here approXi-
mated 10000 shares, versus $4,000
last Saturday.
The Presidents annual address to
Congress. calling for all-out aid to
the democracies against the die
tatorS. together with the Chief Ex-
ecutive's Wednesday message pre-
senting the second greatest national
budget in history, were the high
lights of the weeks news market
wise and caused little speculative
excitement. The list was up on bal
ance Monday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday and unchanged
Tuesday. Rallying rails and bonds
touched off the weeks most bulliSh
performance on Thursday.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Herndon Bank Votes
Bio Stock Dividend
Dispatch to The Star.

HERNDON. Va, Jan. 11-Direc-
tors of the Citizens National Bank
of Herndon today announced the
distribution of 100 per cent stock
dividend to stockholders of record
January TO-
The bank was organized in 1885
with a common capital of S25 900
and S25.000 of preferred stock pur-
chased by the Reconstruction FL
nance Corp.
Retirements of preferred stock
have been made as earnings per-
mitted and upon each such retire
ment an equal amount of common
stock was issued to trustees as a
stock dividend
All of the preferred stock has
been retired and the trustees now
have in their hands for distribu-
ton the 5000 of common stock
thus issued
Certificates will be ready for de-
livery at the annual stockholders
meeting January IA.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Cotton Futures Saq
After Rise 10 New
Season S Highs
| New York Prices End
Unchanged to Four
Points Lower
BY the Associated Press.

by Inc Associated PRESS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Cotton
futures reacted today after demand
based on an estimated record break
ing December consumption lifted
prices to new highs for the season.
The final range was unchanged to
points lower.
Buyers grew hesitant around 1850
cents pound for March and May.
Increased spot house and Southern
hedge selling checked rising ten
dencieS.
The New York Cotton Exchange
estimated domestic consumption of
all cotton in December at 785 900
bales. This compared with 745 900
in November and the record of IT,
900 in March. 1887
Worth street textile dealers saw
orders squirt 10 an estimated $50
per cent of current mill production
Turnover was figured at around
100000 yards and prices moved
up Is to /. cent yard for key con-
StructionS
Exports Friday, nil; season so far,
618712 bales Port receipts. 2.835.
Port stocks, 3,446139.
Ill
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Plants Are Expanded

BALTIMORE, Jan. II tSpeciaD -
Although no new industrial estab-
lishments for Baltimore and vicinity
were announced during December by
the Industrial Bureau of the Balti-
more Association of Commerce, ex-
pansions of 13 existing industries
were made known. These projects
represent plant investment of So, ,440,-
900 and will require 1874 additional
workers.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Copper Stocks Cut
Sharply by Record
Shipments
December Movement
Largest for Any
Month in History
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 11-Decembei
domestic shipments of refined cop
per scared to the highest for any
month on record and lowered stocks
to the smallest in year, the Cop
per Institute disclosed today.
Shipments climbed to 112,67l tons
from l02 .483 in November. Export
shipments totaled 10 tons. first since
1886 tons of domestic origin metal
were sent abroad in August.
Domestic stocks of refined metal
declined to 142.772 tons from l58,4lS
at the end of November. Blister
stocks were reduced 1908 tons.
making a total drop in all copper
stocks of 27,744 during December.
Total production of refined cop
per stepped up to 97035 tons the
largest since the Copper Institute
started its compilation in July. 1888,
and probably the largest on record.
This compared with 96.283 tons in
November.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Idle Funds Expected
To Reach New Peak
By the Associated Press


NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-EXcess
bank reserves are expected in bank
ing circles to set a new record dur
ing the current month. Observers
here believe they will cross the 7
billion-dollar mark.
In the last three weeks excess re-
serves have increased $40 100000
to total of $6,84O, 100000. Currency
in circulation decreased S105 900, 900
last week as funds used over the
holiday period began to return to
the banks.
A continuance of this trend is ex-
pected to boost idle banking funds
in coming weeks.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Industrio|ists Spend
Huqe Sum on Research

American industrialists spent
1920 900, 900 on basis production re-
search last year, it was estimated
yesterday in survey reported to the
American Chemical Society.
Dr. William A. Hamor, associate
director of the Mellon Institute of
Industrial Research, made the sur
vey. The figure is $5O0O.OOO more
than the estimate for 1899.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Corn Grind Increases

NEW YORK, Jan. IL (SpeciaD.-
A corn grind of 6,018,325 bushels
during December for products going
into domestic use was reported to-
day by the Corn Industries Research
Foundation. This compares with a
grind of 5,976,018 bushels in the pre-
vious month and 5,l83, 1870 bushels in
December, 1889.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Bank Deposits
AtAn.1ime
Peak Here
S41e,ee1,889 Total
Far Ahead of June
And Year Ago
Bv EDWARD c. STONE.

Total deposits of S4l9 69l ,889 81
In % Washington banks on Decem-
Der 81, 1910, disclosed a gain OF
$50, Isl, ,565.16 over deposits of $361,-
539 .32446 a year earlier and an IN
crease of S35 OILS .38429 over deposits
of 1884 676 ,505.33 on June 80, &C
cording to a bank analysis COM
pleted yesterday by Auditor Audley
A. P. Savage of the National Saw
ingS & Trust Co.
Other amazing gains are revealed.
Five years ago, on December 81,
1885, the banks had deposits OF
1898 ,693 ,526 63, jump since then
of s125 .998 ,36299. In the past 10
years deposits have moved up more
than Sr52 100000; in the last IS
years more than $3.50, 100000 and
in two decades have increased the
total by $256947 89515, although
there were As banks in the city on
December 81, 1920.
Surprising Gains Noted.
Deposits in "a District banks on
December 81, 1915. amounted to
only S85.3705369 "a, making a gain
in the past Is years of 1894 ,32l,-
352.68 On December 81, 1907, 33
year ago. deposits in 27 banks to-
tailed $19 ,131, 1874 48, making a gain
since then of S400,5 ,560,105.l4. Since
December 81, 1888, the year of the
bank holiday, banks in the Capital
have gained more than Sl97, 100000 in
deposits. the review revealed.
Between June and December, 1910.
all classes OF banks pushed up de-
posits. National banks gained S23.-
915.78215 savings banks added
S4925, ,80139 and trust companies
$6173 BOOTS.
Riggs had a gain of S13311 998.
Metropolitan, S2,315,696; Hamilton,
S2.145.403; American Security. 81
SAL ,093, and othes5 had poportionate-
" good advance, the summary dis
closed.
Deposits on December 81, 1910.
Auditor Savages compilation show
Individual bank deposits as follows
on December 81, 1910:
NATIONAL, RANKS
Evening star., 1941-01-12

gagged N private H. n UIuuIHtS'
practice, he has been identified with
such organizations as the Eastman
Kodak Co., General Electric Co.
and Yale & Towne Manufacturing
Co.
Mr.. Giddings is vice president OF
the newly formed Richmond chap
ter of the national association, which
he was instrumental in organizing.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Steel Scrop Reduced
S1.50 q Ton More
B, the Associated Press.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 11.-No. 1
heavy melting steel scrap was gen.
orally quoted at s22 to s22.50 a ton
today, decline of sl.50 ton from
the previously established quotation.
Other grades were correspondingly
lower.
The new quotation was not based
upon steel mill buying, but rather
represented brokers quotations.
A more definite picture of the
scrap situation is expected to de.
velop early next week, when rail-
roads close their lists.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Personal Loans Discussed.
Earnings Of Central
Far Above Year AGO
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1l.-New York
Central Railroad, for the first Ii
1910 months, reported net income
of $7,264.849 after charges, equal to
$1.13 a common share, compared
with S382.834 or cents a common
share in the like 1889 period.
For November alone the road re-
ported net income of $1.986,513
contrasted with s1,936,9l3 in No
vember, 1899.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

at 6UI F11teentn
street NV, it
was announced
yesterday. He
III C ce ID S the
late John Poole.
Mr.. Thompson
W a S born in
Washington in
1877, educated
in the public
schools and at
western h ! g n
School. His first
business c o n =
nection was with
the N a tion a |
Evening star., 1941-01-12

ants, on JOBS
a n d Proce S S
Costs" at the
Hamilton Hotel,
Wednesday at 8
pm.
Mr.. Giddings
is a graduate of
New York Uni
versity, class of
1921, where he
speci a lized in
cost accounting,
factory organi-
zation and man
agem ent. Al
though now en-
Evening star., 1941-01-12
New Orleans Prices,

COttOnSeed oil closed steady. bIeaChaDIe
prime summer yellow. 6.4u nominal. Prime
crude 5 so. January. sob; March, 61Ob;
May. R2Ob: July. 6.32.
b Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Percy Thompson Elected
American Co. President

S. Percy Thompson, director in
the Capital Transit Co.. and in the
American Security & Trust Co. has
been elected president of the Amer
ican Co, real estate firm located
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Accountants to Hear
Expert From Richmond

Howard A. Giddings of Richmond,
Va, will address the January meet
ing of Washington Chapter, Ma
tional Association of Cost Account
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Odd-Lot Dealings
By the Associated Press.

The Securities Commission reported yes
terday these transactions nv cuostmers
with odd-lot dealers or specialists on the
New York Stock Exchange for January 10:
5000 purchases involving l04.S .S2s shares;
3.553 sales involving a3.033 shares. in
cluding - short sales involving 607 shares.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Jan. II P--Dressed poul-
try generally steady. Fresh and frozen
prices unbalanced.
Live poultry. by freight easier. Fowls,
colored, 1920. By express. nominal; no
sales