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Evening star., 1942-10-16
Selected Stocks Up,
But Many Leaders
Continue 10 Lag
Prices Slightly Mixed.
Volume Declines to
Around 500, 900
BY VICTOR EUBANK,

ASSoAidtSo IACoo- fAAAdASA"b VhitSAs
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Prices re-
vived selectively in today's stock
market. although many leaders still
exhibited a distinct. lack of buying
power.
Selling slackened at the opening
and, with steels pointing the way
assorted fayorites began to edge
forward. 1t was far from a ore
way trail, however, and, near the
close, trends were slightly mixed.
Dealings we're well under those Of
the slow-going THURSDAY, transfers
of around 100000 shares being the
smallest for any five hours in more
than two weeks.
The news from Stalingrad was a
bit more bearish and many GUS
toners inclined to restrict commit
ments pending outcome of the big
battle in the Solomons. The two
day decline-yesterdays being the
sharpest since July 23-apparently
brought in bids on the idea the tech
nical position of the market had
improved and that the lengthy up
swing might soon be resumed.
There were scattered gains ano
losses of to points or so in the
final hour but variations of fractions
were the rule.
American Car & Foundry pre-
ferred got up better than 3 points
when the highest New Jersey court
upheld an injunction restraining the
company from paying a common
stock dividend until disbursement
not exceeding ST had been made or
the senior stock for 1886 and an ad.
ditional preferred dividend of $l.2!
paid for 1888. The common stoci
rose about a point.
Doing fairly well were U. S. Steel
Bethlehem, Chrysler, Sears Roe
buck, Montgomery Ward, Wool
worth, Kennecott, Santa Fe, d.
Pont, Union Carbide. Standard Oi
IN. j., and Air Reduction.
In the faltering division were
American Telephone, U. S. Rubbel
preferred, Caterpillar Tractor, Amer
ican Smelling, American Can
United Aircraft, U. S. Gypsum ant
Johns -Manville.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Treasury to Market
$500, 100000 Bills

By the Associated Press. I
Secretary Morgenthau announced
yesterday that the weekly offering
Of 9l-day Treasury bills would total
s500,000,00o, an increase of $780,
000, 900 over the offerings of recent
weeks,
The total will represent $3.50, ,000,-
600 of so-called new money" for
Treasury use, since the 91-day bills
which will mature during the same
period total only approximately
$3.50, 900. =
Tenders for the new bills will be
received at Federal Reserve Banks
and branches up to the closing hour,
pm, E. w. T., October 10, the
announcement said. -F
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Insurance Presidents
Cancel Convention
By the A.sociated Pres.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-The As
sociation Of Life Insurance Presi-
dents yesterday announced cancel
lation of its annual convention,
scheduled for December 10 and II
in New York, ito cooperate with the
Of1ce of Defense Transportation In
the suggestions 1t has made for re-
lieving the wartime strain on the
Nations transportation facilities"
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Firms Nume Chonoed

WILMINGTON, DEL, Oct. Is t1.
ockholders Of Sterling Products,
Inc, voted yesterday to change the
name Of the company to Sterling
Drug. Inc. A special meeting was
called for that purpose.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. Is LP,.-After an
undecided trend cotton futures advanced
here today under trade buying Contracts
expired quietly at noon. The market
closed steady. 10 to 90 cents q bale higher.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Princes Help in Harvest

Prince Tomislav, IA, and Prince
Andrej, IL, brothers of King Peter
of Yugoslavia, helped with the har-
vests for three weeks in Britain.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Price-
fixing operations featured light trade
in cotton today, with prices moving
narrowly.
There was a good demand from
mills for spot cotton, while prices
held firm at marketing centers, in
f1uenced partly by tightness in other
grades and withholding movement
by producers.
Trading in October futures termi-
mated at noon at 1912, up 20 cents
a bale
Late afternoon values were 10
cents a bale higher to IS cents
lower, December, 1926; March, 1912
and May, 1888.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

To keep our independence, instead
Of being kept In dependence, start
regular bond-buying program
riEht now. 4
Evening star., 1942-10-16

NIUuIIng, SpOt, 10 Son,
October contract expired at noon today
C0ttonseed OIL.
Blea achable cottonseed oil futures closed
13 ssb
bid. n Nominal.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

fUnit OF trading. 10 shares: sales
printed in full. : In bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorganized under Bankruptcy
Act, or securities assumed BY such COM
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-annual declara.
tion. Unless otherwise noted. special Or
dividend. xr Elk rights. q Also extra or
extras. d Cash or stock. e Declared or paid
so far this year. Payable in stock. & Paid
last year. Payable in Canadian funds:
! K Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year
Evening star., 1942-10-16

.cottonssed oil closed steady. October
I3.20b; December, January and March
13;25b. Spot cotton closed steady: 20 cents
ding. 1885, middline, 1891. good mid
ding, 1895. Receipts 3,O21; stock, 263,.
S97. Bid. n Nominal
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Baltimore Stocks
Commodity Prices
eI eciAl pispatch to Iha etar

NEW YORK. Oct. l6.-The Associated
commodities today declined to 1O0.33.
Previous day. 100.41: week AGO. 1OO.70;
1872. 1911. 1870 is3s-ss.
Low. - e6.54 7T.os $3.50 4i.41
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-21
Steel Workers Convene

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~ ''''''' nv" J "'''p '"'-
,"' = e'"'''i"''' supplied y "!'h FUNDS ana
'"''' ~ 20 o''' an" 90 'h' Impossible. For
decades oId-!lne labor leaders had shaken
their heads and said that >tee could never be
organized. For tits basic American industry
was also the basic STRONGHOLD of INIT
,.n;on;.n
-'"' "''''' NJ VII ~ ; i'''o'fS''iP' ana WIN
'"e courageous ana SeIi-S"eriiIcing efforts
Of countless steel workers. the impossible has
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-21
Little Luther

Gust think" said Little Luther. "of all
the bullets that could have been bought with
that to shoot at Hitler"
with what - demanded his father.
''The $4,000 that congress voted to
give Martin Dies and the S3S5,OO that the
Dies committee already has spent
Listen. Luther. Martin Dies has been
doing his country great service by exposing
fifth columnstS"
Martin Dies has been exposing for sew
eral years now, Daddy and he never touched
any real fifth coumnistS like Coughlin. the
Franco agents. George Christians, Deather-
age, all of whom are fascists."
But. my boy, Mr.. Dies is holding secret
hearings down in Texas right now on Axis
agents and spy plots
HE never showed any such consdera-
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-21


Make payday Victory Day put 10
percent In war bonds.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-21

am protcctinr but this doesn't make
me discouraged because intend 10
do all In my power to make the
United State victorious IN this war
Tor survival After this is taken care
OF know that there will be means
and ways OF handling such slave
drivers just rs there were before !
WAS inducicd. understand that
Local 1874 has made 1t Il grievance
and has taken u up with the COM
pauy This makes us strong
THIS war can only b. won b. the
iull cooperation OF all under
stand that here Is q great drive IN
our community To buy 4. S. War
stamps and bonds. Let's all OF Us
get behind this drive one hundred
percent You civilians shouldn't find
this announcement TO do besides be-
ing air raid wurdCnS. training IN
Red Gross. rationing all articles tho
government secs NJ to ration. when
We boys IN the armed forces arc
giving Our all Don't let anyone tell
YOU this war isn't serious. but put
your shoulder 10 the wheel and
bring Yourself TO an understanding
as soon rs possible so that tho ones
that are lucky enough 10 endure
this great struggle will be able 10
return TO the ones We love and live
In peace once again. urge each
and everyone OF YOU TO attend YOUR
general membership meetings and
thrash YOUR problems out 10 a
finish This makes us all strong.
Fv; John r. Fatkin.
Camp Bowie, Texas
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-21
Shocking Tory
Tax Plan

A shocking proposal to take bread from
the mouths of the lowest-paid families. in
order to relieve the tax burden on the rich.
has Just come from the House ways and
means committee.
This committee has actually voted to
lower income tax exemptions TO such point
that single persons earning only $3.50 a
week, and man and wife with only SD week
between them. will have to lower their stand
ards still further to pay income taxes
The same committee only a few days
before, voted to reduce sharply the corpora
ton profit taxes proposed By the I. S Trea-
sury.
In earlier opposing the Treasury pro-
posals to lower income tax exemptions the
Clio Committee on Taxation declared; The
reduction Of the exemptions would make d
further deep cut in the income which Ameri-
can workers need to enable them TO turn out
the maximum war production"
The issue now before Congress is whether
needed tax revenue shall come from high war
profits; or whether. in order to spare war
profits. the poorest in the land are to he
deprived of the barest necessities they must
have to keep body and soul together.
Let your Congressman know your OPP
position to all present proposals to lower in
come tax exemption still! further.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-21
First Aid In
Poetry
BY ALBERTA {. MULLIGAN
Member Local 1874

Our First Aid Course started. but
not BY our will.
With cup OF coffee in the Diamond
Grill.
Twas cold outside and the coffee
was hot.
So We went TO study OF tho vital
spot.
The second lesson started
0.f time
With bandaging wounds and using
Iodine.
The square knot wasn't very
simple at that.
But when VIC came TO tourniquets
and the Crayat
Right over left. vLsa-vcrSa.
left over right
Our goal seemed to be Just
In sigh,
We learned to use bandaRcS on tn,
head.
They're too far over tho eyes.
the teacher said.
Then came Damaging wounded
shoulder.
And for one big girl. 1t took two to
hold her.
That will be all for this
lesson.
Please wear Stacks for tho next
session.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-21
Clio Hits Plan
TO Lower Tax
Exemptions

WASHINGTON ,FP,-LowcrinC
OF the exemptions granted income
tax payers as proposed by Sccrc-
tary OF the Treasury Henry Nor
ecnthau was protested here MAY
10 by the CLOS committee on taxa
ton.
In letter 10 the House ways and
means committee. which is consider
ing tax legislation for this year. tho
committee contendcd that Morgcn-
thau's proposal was made TO offset
los OF $500 millions in taxes from
corporations.
We believe" the letter said. at
70 be most unfair TO place such
heavy increases In taxation upon
the American workers and others in
the low income brackets solely to
relieve corporations. fully able 10
pay
We have checriully agreed 10
the greatly increased individual in
come tax rates OH low income as
first proposed by the treasury be-
cause We know that American work
crS are ready and willing 10 bear
their fair share OF the cost OF our
victory.
We respectfully urge the COM
mit;ee TO restore corporate taxa
ton 10 al least the amount asked
Tor by the treasury and TO reject
any proposals for reduction OF
the individual income exemptions
and for sales tax
Morgcnthau proposed lowering the
present exemptions OF $500 and
$500 for single and married per-
sons TO 5000 and $1,000.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-21
SOLDIER ASKS FOR
LETTERS FROM HOME

Editor. Voice or Labor
I was Cclancsc worker and
member Of Local 1874 before went
into the Army am writing to YOU
and to all the people in Western
MARYLAND to tell them not TO forget
We boys W. like to hear from home
either in the form OF letters o!
packages
Py, Charles Oliver.
Co G. 307th Ini-77
Fort jackson. S. C
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-21
Local 1874 First Aiders Line I'D
Miners Draft Exempt

WASHINGTON 'Pl--DcclarinR
coal production and railroad trans
poriation are activities vital TO the
success OF the nations war effort
and listing critical occupations
within these industries. Mai. Gen
Lewis b. Hershey. director OF Sclcc-
tive Service MAY 6 advised state
directors that persons engaged in
the listed occupations may be- con-
Sidercd or dcicrmcnt from military
service rs necessary men"
The critical occupations IN tho
coal industry were certified 10 the
Selectiyc Service System b. tho U.
S. Bureau OF Mines. Hcrshcy's me-
morandum states Sixty-two occu-
pationS are listed ranging In al
phabciical order from plaster" to
"wcldcr
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-05-21
AID RUSSIANS

NEW YORK CFUl--AFL Pres.
william Green and CLIO Pres. Philip
Murray have accepted positions on
the board Of directors OF Russian
War Relief Inc
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-01
spy AIDE FACES
TREASON CHARGE
German-Born Mechanic In
dicted; Death Pen
atty Possible

NEW YORK, Aug. 81 R "A
charge of wartime treason carry
ing with it the possibility of a
death sentence was returned to-
day against a 43-year-old German
born mechanic, Anthony Crame~,
who was accused by the govern
ment of assisting two of eight
German saboteurs landed by SUBJ
marin on the American east coast.
Arraigned on the charge before
Federal Judge John c. Knox. era.
mer was held in default Of $50, 900
bail and will appea~ for pleading
Sept. q. He was the first to be
indicted of IA accused aides of the
saboteurs The eight Nazis were
convicted by a military commits
sion in Washington and six were
electrocuted.
Traitorous and reasonable
acts was the way the. indict-
ment summed up the 10-counts
against Cramer, who came to this
country from Germany in 1925 and
became natu~alized citizen in
1886.
According to the Indictment, Car.
mer harbored, aided and advised
Werner Thiel and Edward John
Kedling, both of whom died in the
District of Columbia electric chair
Continued on Page Three; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-01
TEACHERS OFFER
SCHOOL PROGRAM
Institute In Session AT
Washington Proposes
1O-Point Platform

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31-tR-An
immediate adjustment of the ele-
mentary and high school programs
to coordinate their curricula with
the wra program was urgently
recommended today by special
committee before the National In
stitute of Education and war.
The institute, composed OF school
officials and teachers from all over
the country. has been meeting mere
for four days.
The committee of educators, en-
phaizing that ''education mus must T.
make its special and particular
contribution to this struggle, de-
c1ared that fighting with learn
inc is the slogan of victory" and
urged 10-point program under
which students may prepare to
meet the demands of the ramed
forces. ,,,
.There is not time to be overly
fcontinued on Page Three; Col. 3,
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-01
Naziis Drive
Wedge Near
Stalingrad
But Reds Continue Gains
On Flank By Beat
ing Italians
RAINY SEASON STARTS
Hitler Offensive Is Said
Checked In Caucasus
Two-Pronged Drive

MOSCOW, Tuesday. Sept.
l. = R) - A new German
wedge has been driven into
Soviet positions southwest of
Stalingrad, but the RED Army
continued to gain on the Nazi
flank to the northwest near
Kletskaya after overwhelming
an italian detachment, the
Russians announced officially
early today.
The Germans advanced in
the Kotelnikovski sector at
the cost of "very heavy
losses, the communique said.
Northwest of Stalingrad be-
tween the Don and Volga
rivers the Russians said their
troops inflicted enormous
losses in men and materials"
on a German group Whlch
had infiltrated into our de-
fense positions" and also
routed and partly destroyed a
German reinforcement col
umn which sought to exploit
that salient.
Russians Advance
Of the situation inside the Don
river bend itself where the German
north flank is being menaced the
communique said:
"In the area of Kletskaya our
troops carried out active operations
and advanced. italian troops which
were defending this sector attempt
ed to resist but We're overwhelmed.
The following booty was captured:
SO guns, 265 machine guns, 1,500,-
600 rounds of ammunition, and a
great number of rifles. trucks and
other war materials. Prisoners were
taken"
The Russians also reported the
capture of three populated places
CONTINUED on Page Hhree; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-01
SOIL LABORATORY
site IS ALL0CATED
Fund For Building Will
Be Sought By Group
Headed By CHAPLIN

After Chairman Addison Hewlett
explained a request of a committee
of farmers for a site on which to
erect proposed building for the
soil research laboratory, the board
voted to permit use of county land
near Roosevelt Gardens on motion
of Commissioner George w. Trask.
Action of the commission came
simultaneously with an announce
ment of Director L. G. Willis that
equipment of the laboratory, locat-
ed in a building near the Whining
ton Army air base, had been NOV
ed to new quarters by order of
the Army.
County Agent R. w. Galphin, who
heads a subcommittee composed
of A. G.. Setter, G. H. Hutaff and
H. B. Rivenbark, said last night
that work would begin soon toward
securing an allotment for erection
of the building.
In announcing removal of the
equipment of the laboratory, Direc-
tor Willis said some Of the machia-
cry has been placed temporarily
in a converted dwelling at Mason
boro Sound and in the Hanover
Mutual Park house at Wrightsboro.
The laboratory office is located
in the county agents office il the
customhouse.
Although experiments will not
be made until October, Director
Willis said the laboratory would
continue to make tests. He added
that farmers take soil samples to
the office.
The county voted to allot $50
for travelling expenses of County
Agent Galphin on trips outside the
state during the year in the in
terests of farmers with the provi-
sion that MIR. Galphin contact the
chairman of the board before max
ing such trips.
Mondays action of the board
came following request made
several weeks ago by committee
of farmers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-01
FIVE INDICTED
IN WAR FRAUDS
Two Discharged WPB Men,
Three Tool Dealers
Named By Jury

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81 P -
Acting on information furnished by
War Production Chief Donald M
Nelson and the War Frauds unit OF
the Justice department, a Federal
grand jury today indicted two. dis
charged WPB officials and three
dealers in used machine tools on
charges of conspiring to defraud
the government and interfere with
the war effort.
An Indictment was returned IN
the District of Columbia court
charging conspiracy on the part
of Robert B. Rhoads, of Indianap-
oils. and Ralph L. Glaser, New
Haven, Conn, who were chief and
assistant chief, respectively, OF the
available used tools section, WPB
from January to August 4, when
they were dismissed from their
$4,000 posts. ..
Named with the WPB officials
in the conspiracy were Louis E.
Emerman of Chicago, president OF
the firm bearing his name, and
described as one of the largest
tool dealers in the United States;
Clarence j. O'Brien and his
nephew, Frank L. O'Brien, Jr., OF
PHILADELPHIA. The five are cnarg
ed with conspiring to prevent crltl'
cally-needed machine tools from
being allocated to war contractors
Rhoads and Glaser are allegeo
To have made a profit of $3O,00t
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-01
ALLIES MOP UP
in new GUINEA
Bombers Attack Jap Bases
AT Lac, Buna; Fires
Seen For 30 Miles

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Sept. l
(Tuesday-(P-Allied land troops
are mopping up scattered Jap units
in the jungle of a peninsula along
the north shore of Milne bay, in
southeastern New Guinea, General
Mac acArthur's headquarters report
ed in a communique today.
Ground clashes were continuing
at Kokoda, midway between Buna
and Port Moresby in southern New
Guinea, and also at Salamaua far
to the north, the communique said.
Allied bombers heavily attack
ed japanese bases at Lac and
Buna, dropping ten tons of explo-
sives among ground planes, build
ings and fuel dumps at Lac, it
said.
Fires visible for 80 miles were
started
The communlque:
Northwestern sector-Activity
limited to reconnaissance.
Northeastern sector-Lae: II a
surprise attack allied medium
bombers attack Bgmberl heavily
damaged enemy installations in the
airdrone area. Ten tons of bombs
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-01
Soldier Bound To Rail
BvGermans In Canada

RED DEER, Alta, Aug. 81
canadian Press = Pvt. b.
Schweigert. 30, told police to-
day he had been bound hand
and foot and left on railroad
Saturday night by two German
speaking men who had ques-
toned him about the Royal
Canadian army service corps
camp here.
w. Barrett, engineer of
northbound Canadian Pacific
railway freight train, said he
applied his brakes in time to
halt the train within a few
inches of Schweigert's body.
The soldier was unconscious
from shock.
Schweigert told police he
struck up acquaintance with
the two men in Red Deer Sat
urday night. They offered to
drive him to camp, but instead
they headed in the opposite di-
rection and asked him ques-
tions about the camp he re
fused to answer.
Schweigert said the men
finally gagged him, tied him
with wire, and left him by the
track with his feet fired to one
rail. He said he heard the two
men talk German before they
moved away.
He is in hospital here for OBJ
servatiOn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-01
Meat Added
To Program
Of Rationiing
Federal Agencies Unite In
Recommendation To
Nelson's Board
lB0UT 4 MONTHS OFF
,tep, Says Wickard, Made
Necessary By Heavy
Civilian Buying

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81
-P-The government to-
night decided upon nation
wide rationing of meat in
view of what Secretary of
Agriculture Wickard called an
sbnornlally large demand
srising from record high ci-
Villain buying power"
The decision took the form
Of a recommendation" to the
War Production Board by the
Food Requirements commit
tee, composed of representa-
tives of the Army, Navy,
Iend-Lease Administration,
WPB. the Office of Price Ad-
ministration, Board of Eco
nonnic Warfare and the state
and agriculture departments
Four Months Ahead
1n4smuch as the committee is the
In, food control agency in the gov
.nment. its recommendation was
sonsidered tantamount to a final
decision.
Under the recommendation, the
-stioning would take effect in about
four months, or as soon as rationing
machinery can be set up.
In the meantime, packers sales
for civilian use will be curbed by
4 war production board order as
SIGNING quotas for civilian sales
The order. expected in about two
weeks, will apply to beef, veal, pork,
lamb, mutton and sausage.
A government campaign for vol
mtary reduction in civilian con-
SUMPTION possibly including "meat-
ess days" will be instituted shortly
10 cut average consumption to about
II pounds pere person per week
about the average of the last 10
years.
The food requirements commit
tee unanimously agreed that con-
sumer rationing is the most equit-
able method of assuring each civil
jan his fair share of the normal to.
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~