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Evening star., 1942-05-12
Stock Market Eases
Fractions in Light
Profit Taking
Reluctance Of Most
Holders to Unload
Cheers Traders
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.


NEW YORK. May 12.-Profit TAX
ing interrupted the recovery jaunt
of the stock market today, although
pressure was exceptionally light and
losses generally restricted to frac-
tions.
The forward move met opposition
at the start and. with the exception
of scattered favorites which man
aged to cling to modest advances,
minus signs predominated in the
final hour.
The encouraging feature Of the
proceeding, from the standpoint of
bullish contingents. was the evident
reluctance of most shareholders to
unload commitments. Transfers
for the full session dwindled to
around 250.000 shares notwithstand-
ing several sizable blocks of low
priced issues.
The stimulating flow of war news
seemed to have slackened as a
trend motivator and accounts were
trimmed here and there on the idea
moderate technical reaction might
be in the offlng in view of the al
most steady two weeks rally.
There was nothing much hearten-
ing in the news of business and in
dustry and Wall Street inclined to
step carefully pending further light
on the forthcoming tax bill. The
House Ways and Means Committee
was scheduled to begin voting to-
morrow on changes in individual
income rates and exemptions
An assortment of new lows for the
year was in evidence. Among these
were General Steel preferred, New
York Air Brake, Bath Iron Works
and Philco Corp. Goodrich pre-
ferred went into new high ground
for the move.
In arrears the greater part of the
time were United States Steel,
Bethlehem, youngstown Sheet,
Chrysler, General Motors, Great
Northern, United States Rubber,
American Can, Du Pont, Douglas
Aircraft, Kennecott, General Foods,
Standard Oil IN. j. and Texas
Corp.
Republic Steel skidded when di-
rectors declared 25-cent dividend
against so cents disbursed in April.
Resistant were American Tele-
phone, Anaconda, Sears Roebuck,
General Electric. Johns s-Manville,
Loew's, Standard Brands and Philip
Morris. Twentieth Century-Fox
came out in trades of 1000 to 5000
shares and was about unchanged.
Most Bonds Decline.
A majority of active issues dipped
lower in the bond market. Going
into the final hour declines of frac-
tions genesally and in some cases
a point were well distributed over
the corporate list against only scat
tered gamers, principally in ths
utility and rail sections.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. May 12.-All grain
futures, with the exception of oats,
were sharply lower today.
Wheat at times lost q full cent,
while corn was down y, rye III and
soybeans off 21s cents. The bearish
Interpretation placed on the Gov
ernment May crop report and in
dications that the Senate farm bloc
might recede from its announced
stand against permitting the sale Of
Government-owned wheat for feed
purposes at prices less than parity
unsettled the market.
The downtrend failed to uncover
any general liquidation, and the
retreat was orderly, with occasional
fractional rallies.
Wheat and corn closed at or near
the best levels of the session. Wheat
finished Is to 5s cents under Mon
days final prices, May, 121A; July,
1.24A-ss; September, 1251a; corn
was unchanged to % lower. May.
871s: July, 90-901s; oats, Il to Y
higher; rye, to IA lower, and soy
beans to cents off
Evening star., 1942-05-12
Metal Working Firms
Reported Far Ahead
Of Schedules
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, May 12.-The out
put of war goods by metal working
companies is mounting at a rapid
rate. with many firms far ahead of
projected schedules, reports Burn
ham Finney, editor of American
Machinist.
The beneficial effects Of three
shift operations and of new plant
additions going to work for the first
time were felt in machine tool pro-
duction for March.
The total for machine tools alone
rose to S98,000,000, a gain of S13,-
600, 900 over February. The increase
in dollar volume from February to
March was appreciably more than
the total monthly output in a pre-
war month, Mr. Finney states.
If presses and other machinery
which does not cut metal were
added, the March figure rose to
s109, ,000,0 900. 1t is a safe guess that
April showed improvement over
March.
The machine tool industry be-
lieves that the new ALLEGATION order
E-1-b will operate far more salts
factorily than the now-abandoned
stamp plan. The new system, which
replaces the priorities scheme in
force for the last year, is half way
between the plan heretofore pre-
vailing and the complications of
the stamp plan. 1t is essentially
move to allot machine tools more
equitably among the contractors of
the armed services. It involves a
reshuff1ing of orders now on the
books of machine tool companies,
a tremendous task In itself.
Still tighter controls over the use
OF steel will be exerted. Almost all
non-war consumers have been
barred from getting any further ton
mage until after the war. The pres
sure for certain alloy steeIs Is SO
great that high priorities do not in
sure a buyer deliveries within a
reasonable time.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
Veteran Officer Refires
From AIIis-ChaImers
BY the Associated Press.


MILWAUKEE,, May 12.-Retire-
ment of William Watson, "a, vice
president in charge of manufacture
ing, was announced today by Walter
Geist, president of the Allis- -Chalm-
ers Manufacturing Co.
Watson, who had been associated
with the company since its organ
ization in 1901, will be succeeded by
James M. White, general works
manager. Watson will be available
in an advisory and consulting ca
pacity.
White entered the Allis- Chalmers
graduate trained course in 1929, and
for six years was manager of the
La Porte Qnd) plant. He was
brought to Milwaukee as general
works manager in April, 1941.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
London Market Turns
IrreguIorly Lower

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 12.-Trading was
restricted today and the stock mar
ket closed generally easier.
British funds were irregular. IN
dian bonds were maintained and
Argentine rail bonds were. firm In
the foreign list.
Industrials were steady and deal
ings quiet. Home rails were feature
less, oil issues reactionary and Kaf-
frs and diamond shares dull.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
$4,000, 900 u. 5. Bonds
Bought by Prudential
BY the Associated Press,

NEWARK, N. j., May 1.-THE
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
announced the purchase today of an
additional 5000, 900 in Government
bonds, bringing its Government bond
holdings to total of 81 ,339 OCT 900.
Company officials said the amount
was greater than the entire national
debt OF January l, 1917, which was
placed at 81 1,226,954 IBIS.
The latest purchase includes bonds
of the 1867 series at 21z per cent.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
Debt Cut Revealed
By Southern Pacific
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 12.-The South
ern Pacific Co. reduced its outstand-
ing debt by the public by $39, 1903, ,46a
in 1941, A. T. Mercier, president
said today in the pamphlet report
covering the year. The reduction
was accomplished by retirements
and acquisition.
Net reduction in debt was only
s4,683, ,463, however, due to the is
suance of equipment trust certifi-
Gates and serial bank loans.
The system expenditures for road
extensions, betterments and addi-
tions totaled S34,368,489 in 1941,
against $12,778,559 in 1910.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
California Jobs Increase

SAN FRANCISCO, May u (Spe-
aD.-Californi factories during
February employed approximately
$4,000 wage earners, says the
Business Outlook of the Wells
Fargo Bank. This is an increase OF
Al per cent over the same month a
year earlier. During the same Pc
riod, average weekly earnings
($42.26) were up 33 per cent anc
total weekly payrolls showed a 9;
per cent gain.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
Railroads to SheIve
Special Auto Rates
By the Associated Press.

CHI c A GO. May 12-Westerr
Railroads announced today discon-
tinuance for the duration of the
war, effective June 1, of the ship
ping of privately owned automo-
biles in expedited freight service or
the so-called extra ticket plan in
use for some Is years.
Under this plan a private auto
mobile could be shipped on the
owners passenger ticket plus an
extra ticket, plus cents a mile
From June l on automobiles must be
shipped on straight freight or ex-
press rates.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
w. P. B. Weighs Curb
On Use of PIywood
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Manufacturers of plywood have
been notified that restrictions may
be placed on use of the product for
non-essential building, the War
Production Board said yesterday.
The notification, along with pro-
posals for increased output of Doug.
las fir and Ponderosa pine plywood
lumbers, was delivered at recent
meeting of the Softwood Plywood
Industry Advisory Committee. Ar
thur T. Upson, chief Of w. p. BIS
lumber and lumber products branch,
announced.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
Extension of !. 6. 6.
Powers Is Approved
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated PreSS.
The House approved and sent tc
the President yesterday legislation
making freight forwarders subject
to the same regulatory authority
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion now exercises over railroads
and motor lines.
Under the measure, carriers of
small lots, usually less than car
loads, handled for miscellaneous
shippers, would be subject to the
I. c. C.'s rate-making and regula-
tory powers.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
Stott Is Reelected
Exchunqe Chairman

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 12.-Robert L.
Stott yesterday was reelected chair
man of the New York Stock Ex-
change.
Percy w. Brown Of Cleveland,
William w. Cabell of Richmond
and James j. Minot of Boston were
among nine Governors chosen.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
Underwear Output Up

Production of knitted underwear
the Census Bureau says, increased
to 2,542,167 dozen garments in
March, compared with 2,271 1896 in
February and 2,185,554 in March Of
last year.
Evening star., 1942-05-12

tUpit of trading. ten shares: sales
printed in full r In bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorgani.ed under Bankruptcy
panies. Rates of dividend in the FOREGOING
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-annual declara-
tion. Unless otherwise noted, special or
extra dividends are not included. I'd TX
dividend. xr Ex rights. Also extra or
extras. d Cash or stock, e Declared or paid
last year Payable in Canadian funds.
Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year.
Evening star., 1942-05-12
Odd-Lot Declines

PHILADELPHIA, May 12 dP.-The Sc
curities Commission reported today these
transactions by customers with odd-lot
dealers or specialists on the New York
Stock Exchanse for May. IL: 1897 pur-
ehases involving 44,5s3 shares; 1.4s6 sales
sales involving LOGS shares.
Evening star., 1942-05-12

ChIcaEo Cash Market.
~ Wheat. No: z hard. 1;221a; No, 1, 20:
No. yellow, s7-s7N: No. 2, S6s4-s7: No.
3, S4A -s61a: No. 4. S3la-s4: No. 5 white.
94A., Oats. No l mixed. 81; No. 3, 563s:
Barley, malting: s3-1.03. nominal, feed and
screenings, 5s-65. nominal Soybeans, No.
2 yellow. 1.S4: No. 3, l.7S.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-01

ended IN the shooting OF another man
Nevada City was getting little tired of his
gun-play by that time so Plummer struck out for
Oregon. He tied up there with couple other out
laws, Bill Mayfeld and Cherokee Bob" Talbert.
Mayfield had killed sheriff in Nevada and Chero-
kee Bob was head Of a gang of robbers.
Plummer moved east into Idaho, around the|
mines at Orc Elmo 1t was mighty wild country,
full of badHaen like PlHmmeF who had been chased
out of the California and Nevada gold camps Plum
mer soon was head-man of cutthroat band oil
road-agents But ne was pretty slick about it. He
stayed in the background
Everybody who didn't know him figured he|
was a mighty fine citizen. They didn't know he|
was pulling the strings for every robbery and stage
holdup Finally the Idaho country began getting
wise to the gang. Plummcr he couldn't pro-
tcct them any longer When they headed east
toward the wids of Montana Plummcr disappeared
with them.
He landed in Alder Guch about the time they
struck gold there. Plummcr was on the ground
floor When word of the rich strike spread over
the trails there was another stampede to the newt
diggings. That always brought all kinds of folks,
lots of them bad.
The outlaw chief started out fooling everybody
again. He always was trying TO leave his blQSl VI
past behind him. but he couldn't ever keep it bJ ~
long. He kept up his fine front around the BOOM
camps of Bannack and Virginia City He even fell
in love and married a fine girl who was tricked by
his slick ways. But she didn't stick with him long
The country filling up with the outlaws
he'd had under his wing in Oregon and Idaho|
There was one link to his past that had Plummer
scared while he was counting his wife. That was
Jack Cleveland, one of his band. Cleveland liked
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-01

1t Bill Gay He had made himself right at
home, had big fire going and supper on the stove.
'Yuh must ave bin lost Frank, when yuh
found this place he said.
| reckon it was about halfway from nowhere,
but didn't know why it suited Bill so good until
after we ate our supper. You didn't ask fellows
any questions in those days You just kept your
ears open-and your gun handy.
He figured he knew me SO he started to talk.
Remember Billy Richie he asked me- "Well,
Blly's dead. Granville Stuart's Vigilantes caught
him an hung him along with a bunch of other fell
lers.-Said he cattle rustier.
wasn't surprised to hear that, knowing how
he had started running with the Lame Bradley
pack of outlaws
Billy was a good friend O mine Gay went
on. 1--WE fought side by side with Ouantrell an
pitched camp together clean across the plains
to Californy an back TO tn Black Hills. was hot
under tn collar when heard what they'd done TO
Billy. | rode into White Sulphur Springs an started
hangin around tn saloons TO see what | could find
out Pretty soon | heard Teller braggin' how
he'd helped hang Billy Richie | couldn't keep
my mouth shut. | blew off what thought about
tn whole bunch that strung him up.
This Teller got mad at what | was sayin. We
went for guns an | killed him. | knew | had
TO light out o there in a hurry so | jumped on my
boss an was gittin away when sheriffs posse
cornered me. | sockcd IN my spurs an rode
through tn posse with both guns goin'."
| asked Bill if he killed any Of the posse but he
didn't know. He had been riding til he hit my
ranch, he said. ~
Well he stayed with me two days resting up
and getting his belly full Of grub, but he knew the
country was too hot for him TO STAY long
sold him horse, bein mighty particular to
give him one that didn't have my brand on it, fixed
him up with tarpaulin and some bedding gave
him plenty of grub so he wouldn't have to show
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-01

up in a town for long time
got mighty busy looking the other way the
morning he left my ranch | didn't want to see
which way he went
1t was a long time after that before went to
town One of the first men met was the sheriff.
Hear about Bill Gay?" he asked me.
told him hadn't
"He killed two deputy shcriffs gttin' away
from kiln at White Sulphur Springs.
didn't say anything.
But we got him. He headed south and they
picked him up down in New Mexico We brought
him back gave him a trial an hung him.
1t wasn't my turn to start talking Bill Gay
was a likabe cuss. but he ended up like most of
the rest Of his kind and l reckon he had it coming
to him.
|AY and Richie weren't the only fellows who
" found out how handy the Montana boys
could be with a rope. That country didn't stand
for much tomfoolcry. When the Nigilantcs went
to work cleaning out the outlaws they were out
for blood and got it.
I've told about the hanging of Joe Sade, the
terror of the Overland, but the biggest roundup
of badmen the Montanans ever put when
they strung up the Plummer gang
One of the oldest characters the West ever
saw was Henry Plummer. | reckon you could call
him renegade gentleman. He good-lOOkng
rascal and nc fooled lot of people for quite
while with his polish and fine manners He had
a way with the ladies' too, and it got him into a
peck of trouble.
Nobody ever knew much about his start. He
first showed up in the California gold camps Be
ing such handsome scamp he didn't have much
trouble getting attention from the women folks. He
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-01


wound up about as tough as they ever got.
Bill made rich strike up the guch north
OF DeadWood and quite a settlement grew
up there. They called the place Gayville
in his honor.
Bills wife about the prettiest
thing IN skirts anywhere in the Black
Hills. Bill knew it, and so did everybody
else with half an eye. young miner
got to paying too much attention to her
to suit Bill SO he up and shot the fellow
one day
Well, they had trial and Bill went
to the pen for a couple of years
1t was after he got out when / met @galSE8
nm was working on ranch on SzZa
the Grand River in Dakota Territory in
the early eighties. In the Winter cow
boys didn't have much to do but sit
around the bunkhouses and play draw
poker That was all the amusement we
had on long Winter nights on a cow
ranch.
One day two trappers camped close
TO our ranch That night they came over Ga
to visit us 1t didn't take us long to get to
them into the poker game. One of the
fellows was Bill Gay. The other one was
Jim Barnes
They hung around the rest of the Winter and
got well acquainted with Bill. He told me all
ABOUT killing the fellow up in Gayvie and serving
his time in the pen
had heard about Bill Gay before that Winter.
When was making trip over the Oregon trail a
year or two before got pretty chummy with an
had been with Quantrcl. After the war they had
to high-tal it for California Things were too hot
for them around Missouri and Kansas They
headed back for the Black Hills when word got out
about finding gold there
bfi Cay sad everything RitChc had told me
about them was true. But ! reckon he didn't tell
yuh how lazy he got after we hit Dcadwood did
he? Bill asked me. He wouldn't work so he
throWed in with Lame Bradley an ms gang of
outlaws an went to Robin stagecoachcs
Well | knew all about Lame Bradley too I'll
get to him little later. was finding out enough
to know Cay and Richie hadn't been running in
very good company
When Spring came Gay and Barnes pulled out
for Dcadwood to sell their furs
Several years went by before met Bill Cav
again. And ! logged over good many more
western trails IN the meantime had built nv
self a ranch on Brook Creek south Of the Yellow
stone River IN Montana. | had a little bunch Of
oattle and was living there alone The range wasn't
fenced n those days. You spent most Of Your
time lne-ndIng TO keep your stuff from straying
clear out Of the country
left the ranch one morning TO round up stravs.
II was after dark when got back AS l rode into
the corral saw a light in the house There was
strange horse ~ the stable. so knew was going
TO have company that night
unsaddled and started for the house TO inves-
tGatc when "a voice called Co me out OF the dark
Hello. Frank. Amt lookIn for company, are
yah ''
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-01

The Old Frontier Badmen and Good Well, Wasted
Little Time in Argument Most Disputes Were Settled
Quickly - With Pistol Bullet Fight That Started
Over Nothing More Serious Than a Dirty Often
Became Such Brawl Is Shown This
Print From the New York Public Library
-Cent1pedeS- caH't-teaeh my tough old hide
RattIeSnakeS have bit an crawIed right
off an died:
I'm wild an woody an full of Heas
An I've never been curried below the knees;
I'm wild, wild wolf, an it's my night to howl
Old Cowboy Ballad.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-01

"Once Henry n
Fair. Camps in til
His Gang of n
Stage Passenger Hd
Boot BCfOrc the q
"Thcn II Vas
! diudbiCS and Gallo
Just about eighty
the daring Pony
~ his horse and dash
dust on the first lap
OF Wild and woody Wd
laws. mountain blIzza
deserts. and wildern|
Mississippi and Califd|
|, was the bcginnii
and the hurdy gurdy Il
fighting marshal who /
took a shine 70 a
married won a n. a
Mrs. Nedder, living
in Nevada City. The
h u : b an d eau z h t
Plummer and the
wife together and
Plummcr settled the
resulting rg ument
with a bullet through
Nedder's back
settled thin gs Tor
good.
He wiggled out of
that scrape but it
wasn't lon & before
he got mixed up in
a fight over a couple
dancehalI gals That
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-01
CHAPTER VII.
Men. DO Your Duty."

Men. DO Your Duty"
1912 by American Weekly Britain Rights Reserved
A FELLOW l knew mighty well in those days
- was Bill Gay, who started out all right but
wound up about as tough as they ever got
La gaceta., 1942-03-17

individuos, que tienen segura-
mente muchas cuentas PEN
dientes con la justicia. Basic
lie saber al senior juez que han
sido los verdugos de nuestra
sobrina-nieta, Celita, la hija
del ingeniero Pedro de NIhez,
durante muchos amos. I'm a.
Ear venturoso, nos hizo un dia
a mi esposa y a mi, e~ncontrar
a nuestra sobrina, en- ell circo
ambulante que regenteaba es-
tie individuo, que es un anti
quo trapero de Madrid; ell
gran parecido de nuestra So
brina con su madre, nos hizo
reconocer a la nina en- un pue
bio de la provincial de Burgos;
pero perdimos sus huellas, y
aunque estos individuos fue-
ron detenidos, por no resultar
cargo alguno contra ellos, hu-
DO que ponerlos en- libertad.
Entonces Sc fingian franceses.
La gaceta., 1942-03-17

ri marques pudo, pues, con-
tinuar su declaration acusado-
ra:
-Perdimos la pista de mi So
brina-nieta, como iba diciendo a
listed, senior juez; pero a los po-
cos meSes, por un nuevo azar,
volvimOS a encontrar sus hue
Has. Gracias a las informacio-
mes de un peri6dico, supimos q.
habia debutado en- Zaragoza u.
ma compahia de circo infantil /;
las sehas que daban de las dos
nihas artistas, nos hicieron sos
pechar que Sc tratara de Celia,
Y ALA fuimos mi esposa Y yo;
pronto nos covencimos de que
no nos habiamos ~engahado. Nos
pusimos al habla con Celita, nos
dimos a conocer, la hicimos com
prender que eramos suS tios-a-
buelos, Y conseguimos arran-
carla la promesa de que nos Sc
guiria a Madrid.
La gaceta., 1942-03-17
SIGUBN SIN COBRAR LETO
Y GABE

Como 81 Sc tratara de una bro
ma, la Comisi6n de Boxeo no sc
reuni6 aver, por falta de quo
rum. Siguen sin cobrar ell dine
no que sc les adeuda, ganado en-
buena lid, Jose Leto, director de
Tommy Gomez, y Gabe Men@n-
dez, mentor de Buddy Scott.
Ell empresario Frank Lamar
que lie adeuda a Leto mas de
$500 y a Menendez, que sabe
"moverse", menos de $500.
La Comisi6n resolvi6 citar de
nuevo para ell microbes, a las
IL 80, en- la ''taberna" de Mas
Bros.
IPor que Sc tolera en- esta ciu-
dad de Tampa que un empresa-
rio Sc burle de los gladiadores e
indirectamente del pGblico?
La Comisi6n tiene ell deber de
exigir una fianza que g~arantice
a los pdgiles ell dinero a que tie
men derecho. Mas de $4,000 Sc
~recaudaron en- las taquillas; pc
70 a los boxeadores sc les deben
cerca de $1,000. Los acreedores
del empresario recurrieron a Ia
acci6n judicial y sc apoderaron
del dinero. Y 81 la Comisi6n nc
Sc reune Ell jueves y cumple cor
su deber... ientonces para qua
strive?
La gaceta., 1942-03-17

-lY Sc vino con ustedes p
interrumpi6 el juez.
NO, senior juez. Ahora vie
ne un episode terrible; era en-
Zaragoza, como va lie digo; una
noche, luego de haber asistidc
por la tarde a la function del cir
co de los -pequenos artiStas, mi
esposa y yo nos pusimos al ha.
bla con nueStra sobrina-nieta,
que habia lido a las tiendas de-
barrie del Sepulcro, cerca de-
puente Nuevo, a comprar provi-
stones para la pequeha compa-
MIA; Celia resistiase a venir con
nosotros. Nos puso como condi-
cion previa, avisar a sus compa.
heritos de trabajos Y luchas, Y
nosotros consentimos en- dejar.
la volver al circo.
Ella Gamma delante de noso-
tros, en- esa bora en- que la fe-
ria decrece en- animation, Dor
ser Ia bora de oenar, cuando, de