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Evening star., 1941-06-20
U. 5. Balloons 10 Be Made
OF SYNTHETIC Rubber
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 20>All-Ameri-
can barrage balloons, their fabric
made of synthetic rubber, are about
to be constructed at Woonsocket, R.
l., the United States Rubber Co.,
which is to undertake the manufac-
ture, announced today.
The contract, an educational
order, was placed by the United
States Army Air Corps. The Woon-
socket plant, which has been idle for
some time, will make all the parts of
the captive gas bags except the
ascension cables.
The synthetic rubber to be used
will be neoprene.
The Army already is training bar
rage balloon battalions to handle
the defensive equipment for the
protection of such vital targets as
naval yards and airplane factories,
the British having demonstrated the
effectiveness of captive balloon
protection.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Exports Take More Steel
Than Auto Industry
Ry the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, June 20.-American
steel companies exported more
finished steel in 1910 than was taken
by the largest single domestic in
dustry, the American Iron g. Steel
Institute reported.
Out of the total of 45,851 900 tons
of finished steel shipped by COM
panies representing SO per cent of
the total domestic output, 8,099 900
tons was for export, principally to
England and South American ma
tions. Thes leading domestic steel
using industry was the automobile
field, which took 7,185,000 tons, or
15.7 per cent of the total. compared
with total exports of 1T per cent.
The study showed shipments to
jobbers and dealers amounted to l46
per cent of the total; construction
took 1913 per cent, and the railroads
and allied trades, 81 per cent.
The survey was the first of its
kind ever undertaken by the insti-
tute.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Miscellaneous Markets


Additional New York markets as COM
piled by the Associated Press:
STRAITS TIN-Futures closed 10-15
higher; sales, $4,000 pounds. September
62.50n. No sales in lead futures.
COFFEE-Spot firm. Santos No 4
futures closed 3-6 lower; sales, 12.50O
bags July, 1O63h: September, l0,71b;
December, 1071n. Rio No: A, futures
September, : 20: December, z 16n.
CRUDE RUMgBERE,Fusurss M closed ce6+racl 81 .
July. 81 .25b; September 20 .a5b Decem-
ber, 90. e5b smoked ribbed, spot. 2l son.
RAW HIDES-Futures closed 5-13 lower
Sales, 2,720,OO0 pounds. June. II .54i
september. IA "a; December. IA sen. Spot,
No. ! Western light native cows, -.
RAW SILK-Futures closed "A cent lower
TO "a higher. Sales, 500 bales. July
1e4hb August. 2.96b; September, 2.96b
COCOA-Futures closed UNCHANGED to
l lower. Sales, ;s22 tons. July 49,
September, 7 ssh; December, 7.0S.
Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

Ey tne Associated PresS.
NEW YORK. June 20.-Cotton
futures opened higher to 3 lower
July, 1418; october, l4.39; Decem-
Der. 1449; January, l4.54a; March,
1456; May, 1855. ASKED.
Cotton futures rallied on active
mill and New Orleans buying after
an easier opening. At the end of
the first hour all active positions
except October had reached new
four-year highs and we're up to
II points. July sold at 1923; Octo-
ber, l4.47, and March, 1859.
Cotton quieted down somewhat as
mill and New Orleans buying in
evidence earlier tapered off. Gains
of as much as 10 cents bale were
pared partly by local realizing and
hedging. Beginning the second hour
values were up to points; July,
1925; October, 1447; March, 1855
Evening star., 1941-06-20
She'll Union Oil
Votes Dividend
OF 40 Gents
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. June 20.-Shell Un-
ion Oil Corp. today declared a CONS
mon stock dividend of 40 cents a
share. At this time a year ago 25
cents was paid. The total last year
was rs cents.
R. G. A. Van Der Woude, presi-
dent, said results so far this year
have shown satisfactory trend,
and it is expected that the second
half of the year will show an i'm
provement over last year"
The situation of the corporation
as to earnings, surplus and cash JUS
titled the dividend action, Van Der
Woude said
The dividend was made payable
July 21 to stockholders of record
July 8.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
McKesson Authorized
To Sell S2,5OO,OOO
Debenture Issue
15-Yeor Obligations
To Provide CopitoI
For Expansion
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 20.-Federal
Judge Alfred Coke has authorized
the trustee of McKesson & Rob-
bins to sell s2,500,000 of 15-year
sinking fund debentures to provide
more working capital for the firm
ir order TO handle a larger amount
of business.
These debentures will be in ad-
dition to s11,200.0O0 of debentures
and s5,600000 of preferred stock
which will be sold to pay creditors
in accordance with reorganiza-
ton plan.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON, June 90 D0 United States De-
partment of Agriculture) Actual TRADING
was slow in Boston today on greasy shorr
fo- territory wools but few sales were
closed. Brisht fleece woods received very
few INQUIRIES, with quotations on combins
ranging mostly 46-4s cents, in the grease
The finer grades of foreign wools were
receiving very little demand, but quota
tions were steady. Woolen woods suitable
for making goods on pending Government
contracts were receiving numerous induir-
les.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Assets Of Investing Firm
Top Year Ago
SPECIAL Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, June 2o.-Net as
sets of Massachusetts, Investors
Second Fund, Inc, on May 81, 1941,
totaled s6,353,622, equal to SIT per
share on 8l8,093 outstanding shares,
according to the funds thirty-fourth
quarterly report.
This compares with net asset
value of s6,223,78l, equivalent to
s7.58 per share on 82l ,494 shares
outstanding May 81, 1910. On Feb
ruary %. 1941. net asset value
amounted to s8.12 per share.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Central Issue Offered

NEW YORK, June 20 (Pl.-Offer-
ing was made today of s15,000,0 900
New York Central Railroad "a per
cent equipment trust certificates at
prices to yield from 040 to ESQ per
cent, according to maturity. Solomon
Bros. & Hutzler headed the offering
group.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. June 90 R,-Trading In
gray goods was at standstill today as
mills were unwilling TO sell pending further
developments on price ceilings. and buy
ers withdrew in anticipation Of obtaining
materials at cheaper prices later.
ALI types of woven rayon goods we're IN
brisk demand, but the volume OF sales
was limited at firm prices. Woolens and
silks rem aimed quiet.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Federal Farm Mortgage.
Hnme OHners Loan
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, June 20-The Associated
Press veishted wholesale price index of
35 commodities today advanced to 81 .os,
new 1p4l high. Previous day, 81 IS;
week ago. s7.13: month ago. s4s6; year
ago. 71.s4.
1941. 1910 1889. 1888,
Eish - s7as 1928 1922 9s.14
Low 77.O3 $3.50 63.7S 41.44
Qe26 average equals 1000
Evening star., 1941-06-20
New York SUGAR

NEW YORK, June 90 dp.-Cubsn buy
ing carried domestic sugar futures into
hish ground for the season, with ad-
vances of 3 to points. July was 259
and January 266.
Speculation as well as Cuban buying
also forced world futures into new high
ground. prices gaining ga to 51z points.
December. 1.07h. and May, 1.12.
Onerlngs OF raw sugar were quoted
from 3 SIS to 3 80 cents.
Refined was UNCHANGED at 5.05-5.10
cents.
Futures No. 8 closed "a higher; sales,
Evening star., 1941-06-20

Cottonseed oil closed strong. Bleschable
1915. July, IL 7sb; September. IL. Job;
October 11.57b: December, 11.4sb; jan
uary. 11.50b
b Bid Nominal.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
New Securities Sac
To Lowest Level
In Eight Weeks
Deorth of Refundinq
Issues Responsible
For Decrease

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 2O.-Public Of
ferings of new securities dwindled
during the week ended yesterday to
$24,033,421, the smallest total in
eight weeks, Standard e. Poor's
Corp reported today.
A dearth of refunding issues was
responsible for the decline in new
offerings. Nearly s21 100000 of the
total represented new money, about
half of which was taken by corpora
tions.
Comparisons follow:
Municipal.
This week. Previous week. Year ago.
Sl3.247,000 Sl7,593,l53 S25,63s,64
Public Utility.
S13.OOO,O0O S7,600,O00
Railroad.
S4,290O00 S17,065,0O0 ----
Miscellaneous.
--- --------- s1.1so,oo
Stock.
s6,496421 100000 S32o.oOo
Total
s24,O33421 s47,95s.153 s34.74se41
Evening star., 1941-06-20

In bankruptcy or receivership, or being
reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act, OF
securities assumed by such companies
Rates of dividends in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the
last quarterly or semi-annual declaration
Unless otherwise noted. special or extra
dividends are not included a Also extra or
extras Cash or stock Paid last year
PAYABLE in stock gDeclared or paid so
far this year hPayable in Canadian funds
Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year WV With warrants. XIV With
out warrants war Warrants sUnit Of
trading less than 100 shares; sales are
given in full.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Cottonseed Oil.

Beachable cottonseed oil futures closed
15-22 higher. Sales. 266 contracts. July.
12.15b; September. II .a1: October, II -
b Bid.
NEW ORLEANS, June 90 Up. - Cotton
futures made new season highs again to-
day on new price fixing and scarcity Of
contracts The market closed . to B
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Odd-Lot Dealings
DOMESTIC
By the Associated Press.

The Securities Commission reported tn
day these transactions by customers with
odd-lot dealers or specialists on the New
purchases involving 5o,O13 shares; 2Ss3i
sales involvine "a, 104 shares, including Al
short sales involyins 1881 shares,
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Government Bonds
Over the Counter
Treasury,

NEW YORK. June 30 LP.-Over the
counter United States Government bonds:
Quotations as of 2 o'clock
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Wool Futures

NEW YORK. June 20 GP.---A wave of
long nauidation and Boston selling forced
wool tops down almost . cents today.
iesdins spot interest was the principal
buyer on the scale-down, while short COW
erins was attracted by the low levels and
values recovered partially in late trading.
Grease wools were quiet throughout the
6sy, with fractional changes
Grease wool futures closed unchanged
Evening star., 1941-06-20
London Tin Prices

.pot aofN s9s} los Ihs bid tssi IS asked future.
1858 los bid, 1884 fsked.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
London Bar Silver

LONDON. June 90 P.-Bsr silver.
c3i.d. UNCHANGED. Equivalent. 1880
cents).
Evening star., 1941-06-20
Baltimore Stocks
New York Bar Silver
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK. June 20 R.-Bar
nslver, BAN, unchanged.
Evening star., 1941-06-20
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. June 90 LP).-National As
sociation Securities Dealers, Inc.
CLOSING quotations
Evening star., 1941-06-20
CHICAGO Stock Market

CHICAGO. June 90 GP,-Follovins is
the complete list Of transactions on the
Chicaso Stock Exchange today;
Evening star., 1941-06-20
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
By private wire urect to Ths Star.
Stock and Sales

Stock and Sales
Dividend Rate. Add 90. Hirh.Low. Close.
Acme Wire (sog). los 20A 20& 20%4
Ala Grt Sou (3g)- sos 81 81 81
Allied Prod d. zoos 15h 15h 15H
Alum, Co nFf ray 60s 11Ik 1116, 11lM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-19
Derby Shelton Road . Undergoing Repairs
Traffic Maintained on Route No. S. While Project Con-
 tinues; DetOur Provided on ROnte No. Is

ment southerly from the end of present concrete pavement on South Main street tt Route No. 2O-- windsor Locks-East Windsor. Re. inforced concrete slab on bridge oves the Connecticut River. ohe-way traffic.
 Route No. 29--
 New Canaan. Ia miles of rein, forced concrete pavement on Soutr avenue.
 Route No. 32-- VI
 Franklin :. Lebanon Windham Grade crossing elimination at Will Hams crossing.
 Route No. 34--
 orange. Bridge and approaches at Wilbur Cross Parkway on Derby avenue.
 Orange-west Haven. 2O,406 feet of reinforced concrete pavement on Derby avenue.
 Route No. U. s. A.
 East Pomfret.. Approximately 6 Ia miles of bituminous nacadarl pavement and steel girder bridge; also, sight line cut at intersection of routes 93 and i0l on the Phoe- nixville- -Pomfret road. Slight delays. Traffis is urged to avoid this section If possible. Best route is posted.
 Winchester Construction 5 miles of reinforced concrete pavement or Winsted- Norfolk road, from about ] mile easterly of Norfolk center. Route No. 58-- w
 Fairfield. 8 miles of bituminou' macadam on Black Rock Turnpike Route No. 63-
 Litchfield- Morris. 5 miles of bi- luminous macadam surface from the junction of routes 63 and 73 south erly.
 Mtddlebury- Watertown. 2 Ia rniles of hituminous macadam surface from the junction routes 63 and 7S Southerly.
 Route No. 04-
 Glastonbury. 3-4 miles of bl. luminous macadam pavement oM Hebron avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-19

Construction in froce in the State of Connecticut, announced by the Connecticut Highway Department September l7, l94l, for the week ending September 27, 1941, together with surface and shoulder oiling' This report does not include the Wilbur Cross Parkway which is be- ing constructed on new location.
 Closed for Construction =
 DetOur Provided Route No. 15--
 Stonington. Extension of bridge over williams Cove.
 Stratford. Scale pit and ap- breaches on Barnuin avenue cutoff Route No. D.
 Bozrah. Yantic River bridge and approaches. Routes Nos. 9 and 16-
 East Hartford. Main street Bridge on the Hartford bypass. Route No. 4--
 Cornwall. Repairs to Cornwall bridge. No interference with traffic Route No. U. s. B.
 Berlin-Mcriden. lS,OT6 rect oi concrete pavement on Wilbur Gross Parkway.
 Berlin -Newington. 6 miles of rolled gravel surface on Berlin Turnpike East Hartford. Main street and Ellington road. l-2 miles of rein forced concrete pavement. Route No. U. s. 5A--
 Suffield. Construction of scale pit and approaches.
 Windsor. 3 1-2 miles of reinforced concrete pavement on Hartford Windsor read.
 Route No. U. s. G.
 East Hartford. About 1 mile oi reinforced concrete pavement on Burnside avenue.
 Route No. B.
 Beacon Falls-Naugatuck. 3 l-2 miles of reinforced concrete pave- ment from Beacon Falls northerly. Derby-S Shelton. Bridge repairs to Derby-Shelton bridge
 Waterbury -Naugatuck. Construc- ton 1 IA miles of cancrete pave-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-19
British ''Land Girls" Reap Harvest Of Praise For Raising Record Food Crops Throughout England

hands for certain categories of work. They are far better with livestock, for example. Animals respond to their gentle treatment.
 On one farm, a girl in her early twentieS is responsibnle for a flock of 800 sheep and carries on alone through larribing season without any losses at all. Again, girls are more amendable to instruction than men and "catch on" quickly to the work.
 FOLLOW IN
 MOTHERS FOOTSTEPS
 There are daughters of land girls of the last war working on the farms where their mothers started. A mother and her three daughters are working together on farm in Suffolk. The farmer owner gave them a caravan to live in and put them in charge of the traction engine driven hay press which he hires out to farm CTS in the district Wherever the Hhy-pESeS BOeS, lIl0IS BOeS ule caravan with Mrs. Ling and her three daughters, sometimes for three days at Q time.
 Mrs. Ling, who is the wife of a London policeman, does the cooking and cleans up the "mesS' which the hay-press leaves be- hind. Dorothy, Mary and Joan aged respectively 24, 20 and 1s feed the machine. Their employ CT declares that while 1t is a very tricky Job, they have mastered t admirably and have proved them- selves every bit as good and re- liable as men.
 The ls4l Land Girl Is slick and miles mere attractive than her counterpart in the last war Clad In workmanlike shirt and dung arees, slacks or jodphurs, there Is no possible resemblance to her predecessors who Tapped about in shapeleSs skirts and blouses com plete with SunbonnetS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-19
CITY PLANNING
 WAGE INCREASES
Budget Directors State
 ment on Living Expenses < Starts Speculation

Political circles speculated today whether a statement before the board of finance yesterday by Bud- get Director Thorvald E. Olsen iIl- dicated that the administration was planning to provide for wage in- creases of 6 or 2 per cent in the 1942 budget. MT. Olsen, during discus sion of city employees requests for increases, said that living costs had increased only about 6 per cent. City workers have generally asked for 20 per cent boosts, on the ground that living costs are much higher.
 No decision on the pay increases will be made until work on the pro- posed budget for next year Is near completion. The question will be given detailed study, with figures showing salaries and wages in com- parable cities having been secured. one proposal the finance board will consider is that emergency bonuses be paid, to be withdrawn when the war boom is over
 Yesterday the finance boerd re- ceived requests from the teachers and from Bronson library employees for 20 per cent increases. Many other groups of employees had all ready applied.
 Granting of 20 per cent increase to all city employees would mean a four-mill increase in the tax rate, MT. Olsen told members of the Lions Club earlier yesterday, Half of the city's budget is devoted to paying salaries, he said.
 He described the methods follow ed in preparation of the city bud- get, saying that the preparation of next years budget Is already well underway, with much preliminary work having been completed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-19

which they were given was hand- cd over to war charities after they had deducted their food and transport expenses,
 Montgomeryshlre farmers were given something to think about some weeks back when i8-year- old Ruth Lloyd pioughed 22 acres
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-19

of land from dawn to dusk. Driv- ing c three- -furrow tractor, 1t was estimated she had ploughed some l20 miles of furrow no mean achievement, considering that an average farmer seldom ploughs moro than acres a day and even then thinks he Is doing well. AZ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-19

though a husky, healthy girl, Ruth Lloyd was not brought up on a farm but interrupted her B. A. studies at Oxford to become @ Land Girl.
 Farmers are full of praise for woman labor, They declare that girls are superior to male farm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-19

Reese are considered worth 50 times as much for cross-polllna~ ton of fruit blossoms as for the yal- ue of their honey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-19
OVER 10000
 WAKE UP "ARMY"
MM
< M N
ROsETTE HARGROvE NEA Service staff Writer

London. - If Great Britain's prospects of Q record harvest are fulfilled, she will owe it in a very large measure to her army of Land Girls.
 Since the beginning of the war over 10000 women have enrolled in this all-important army.
 On the land, as in other branches of vital war work wo- men have proved their worth and their ability to do things which heretofore were considered mems jobs--rlding tractors, ploughing, tIllIng. and sowing fields--besldeS tending livestock, dairy farming and market gardening,
 They work long hours, from grey, cold dawn to Sundown, in oil sorts of weather, sometimes even daring attacks from the air while at work in tho fields, and thinking nothing of it. In their ranks mannequins, ShopgIrls, ar- tists, manlcuristS, socialiteS work side by iee with farm women
 Thanks to their uhtiring ef- forts, hundreds Of acres of scrub and gorce have been reclaimed to produce foodstuffS,
 OATS GROW NOW
 ON SCRUB LAND
 Tn Llncolnhlre and Nottingham- shire respectively, the coun- try will harvest a heavy crop of oats from 700 acres Of land which, until last March, had been under Ecrub.
 Again, in staffordshlre, 300 girls undertook to reclaim 200 acres of beet, thus saving many tons of sugar. Labor shortage endangered the entire crop and women came to tho rescue. Many of them were voluntary workers giving up their spare tImc and even annual vacations, The uSual rate paid to agricultural labor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-19

India will construct at Delhi Q new radio station 10 times as pow- erful as any other in the coun- try.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
DIED HELPLESSLY
(Wo cora Horo1dl

Up to date we have seen no re-
port to show who was responsible for
the loss of the valuable lives of the
crew of the submarine %, which
sank in the Atlantic last month. Those
men should never have been sent
out with that out of date, and unsea-
worthy craft. The navy department
supports flock of so-called naval ex-
perts and one or more of them made
a fatal blunder and should be pun
ished. The tragedy of the case is
illustrated by a letter written to
President Roosevelt by the father of
one of the victims. Here is a para
graph: "Tom was a valuable man to
his country. For seven years he
worked Loyalty to earn his rating of
mate first class. You,
too, have sons who have acquired
rank and position in the armed forces.
If they are serving on sister ships
of the 90, or are dependent upon
obsolete equipment, I beg you, as one
father to another, transfer them to
positions Of safety. Then if we are
attacked, they may die honorably in
the face of the enemy, rather than
at the hands of their own
government"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
Then and Now

Some of England's best known lead
ers praised Hitler in 1888 and prior
years. Among them was Prime Mini
ster Winston Churchill.
Hitler was pictured by Churchill
as being liable, highly intelligent, and
honest" If the present form of Eng
lish government should ever 60 down,
said Mr.. Churchill, then "let us hope
that we may have Hitler to lead us"
What does this mean? Does it mean
that after all Hitler and Churchill
belong to the same school of thought?
Are the war-minded now trying to
fool the American public into another
war to do the fighting for Great
Britain?
When former Gov. Phillip LaFol-
lette of Wisconsin, returned, about
two years ago from trip to Eng
land, France, Germany, Russia, the
Scandinavian and other European
countries, he reported that high gov
eminent officials and great industrial
leaders in England said that they
would not have anything to do with
the Communists, but that Mr.. Hitler
was entirely different. after all'',
said the English leaders, "Mr. Hitler
is a gentleman and we can talk with
him, we can do business with him"
Therefore the question: Are we
Americans again being duped? IT
Churchill and Hitler could get along,
then why all this excitement? If we
attend to our own knitting, we will
be much better off.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-07
Not Millions But
Billions Now

Congress appropriated seven billion
dollars for aid to Britain, helping to
underwrite Europe's war. Senator
Nye who has been a member of the
Senate Appropriations Committee for
sixteen years, said that old committee
members were quick to vote the seven
billion dollar gift to England, but
that these same old members used to
complain about appropriations Of ten
thousand dollars for research and in
vestigations toward making more uses
of surplus farm crops. They COM
planned over a hundred million dol
lar appropriation as aid to the Ameri-
can farmer, and every now and then
called attention to the rising debt.
When the seven billion dollar ap-
preparation to England came up for
discussion and vote, these same Sena-
tors demonstrated against any delay
to help push the war of other coun-
tries. In other words, minor appro-
priations would bankrupt our coun-
try, but seven billion dollars was
not so much, said the Senators, when
divided up among all of us.