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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05

eastern STANDARD TIME)
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday):
(By U. s. Weather Bureau)
temperatures:
80 a. m. IL: 1880 a. m. 35; 1:3O
p. m. 81; 7:30 p. m. A.; maximum 56;
minimum "a; mean As; normal 30.
Humidity:
1:3O a. m. 81; 1880 a. m. "a; 1:30
.. m. A: 80 p. m. 81.
Precipitation:
Total for the "a hours ending 1880
p. M, 600 inches; total since the first
of the month, O.99 inches.
Tides For Today:
(From Tide Tables published by U,
s. Coast and Geodetic Survey:
High Low
Wilmington ----- II :36a. 6:21a.
-----p. 6:40p.
Masonboro Inlet ---- 9:19a. 3:17a.
9:45p. 3:34p.
Sunrise 6:36a: sunset clip: moonrlse
9:12p; moonset 8:17a.
Cape Fear river stage at Fayette-
Vile at a. M. March 4. ?2.22 feet
Continued OH Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05
$4,000 GERMANS
REPORTED SLAIN

LONDON, Thursday, March D.
-(R)-Ihe surrounded German
army Of $4,000 in the Staraya
Russia sector has lost $4,000
killed since the attack began,
the News-Chronicle reported to-
day in dispatch from its Stock
holm correspondent.
He said that dul.ng a binding
snowstOrm the trapped Germans
were heavily shelled Wednesday
and that attempts to fly supplies
to the beleaguered troops had
cost the Germans 200 planes in
three days.
The Daily Nails Stomkholm
correspondent reported the Rus
slams were massing troops for
frontal assault on Orel after
General Heinz Guderian, the
German tank expert, had re-
Rcted a demand for surrender.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05
MAr is The
biggest BARGAIN
4fERED In T0DAY'S
AAR.NEWS ADS

N"0"lng the answer to this
s'eS'ioh may save you sew
tral dollars.
"ae" a you start looking for
,"e biggest bargains don't
,O'set the WANT ADS.
Usually the lowest available
y, m'ces are announced In the
''assified section.
More adult readers read
noiAk-NEWs . WANT ADS
'nan read any other news
,ase ,9 inside the paper. Want
Snopplng is one of the
W., MY hest ways to save
hn 0l'eS' Thumb your way
~oh l'h TO the Want Ad section
NOW.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05
WEATHER

FORECASTS:
& NORTH CAROLINA and SOUTH
CAROLINA Slightly warmer
with occasional light rain Thurs
day, beginning in west portion early
Thursday.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Huge Spring Pig Crop
Ito Start for Market
In Next Few Weeks
Livestock Men Hope
Offerings Will Ease
Meat Shortage
BY FRANKLIN MULLIN,


CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-Within few
weeks the greatest flood of meat
animals in history will begin to pour
into the Nations livestock markets.
This will be the marketing of
the record spring crop of pigs, which
producers have been fattening for
months.
Livestock men said today they
hoped this would bring relief from
the Nations meat headache
combination of local shortages at
many points, particularly in the
East. and of threats of meat alloca-
ton, rationing or livestock price
ceilings.
While the big increase in market
ings will be hogs, livestock men said
any expansion in the supply of one
type Of meat automatically eases
the demand for other types. The
September run Of hogs at slaughter
ing centers usually is larger than in
August and the big supplies begin
to pour in by October. Heavy mar
ketings last through most of the
winter.
Prices Usually Dip.
Normally hog prices decline as
supplies increase. Last year, despite
increasing demand, there was only
drop OF about Y cent pound from
the average price in September to
that In December Whether there
will be any reaction at all this wear
remains to be seen.
The recent steady rise of livestock
prices has undermined the ceiling
structure holding consumers meat
costs down to March levels.
When ceilings on dressed meats
went into effect last spring, meat
trade experts thought this would
tend to stabilize livestock values
! But competition for meat from civil
ian consumers, military buyers ano
lend-lease exporters so whetted de.
mand that cattle rose about Is pei
cnt and hogs 8 per cent since then
| Even lambs have moved upwarc
from levels that prevailed wher
ceilings on dressed lamb went into
effect only about three weeks ago
Professors Squeezed.
Recently, average hog prices have
been at highs since 1920 and cattle
since 1928. AS result, meat proc.
essors have been caught between
rising live costs and stabilized
+, dressed meat ceilings.
Many have complained that they
cannot continue to operate under
such a situation. This has brough,
a demand for livestock ceilings OF
adjustment in meat ceilings. Gov.
ernment authorities are working or
a program, possibly involving ra.
tioning to consumers or apportion.
ing of supplies to bring relief tt
professors as well as retail dealer.
who claim to have been handicapped
by the ceilings.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Chang Tells Army 10 Stay
Out Of Indian Dispute
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
sCHUNGKING, Aug. 24.-General-
lssimo Chang Kai-shek telegraphed
officers and men of the Chinese Ex-
peditionary Forces in India several
days ago ordering them to conduct
themselves with modesty and cour-
tesy toward Allied troops and not
to become involved in the political
problems of India.
The message was similar to one
forwarded by President Roosevelt to
United States troops instructing
them to avoid becoming entangled
In India's troubled political situa-
ton.
Expressing my great concern"
over the welfare of Chinese sick and
wounded, Gen. Chang said he had
dispatched United States 1t. Gen.
Joseph w. Stillwell, chief of staff of
Allied troops in China. to inspect
conditions and issue orders for i'm
provements and for intensification
Of training.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Ward Baking Co. Propose,
Write Down of Assets
b. tie Associated Press.

By TEE Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-The Ward
Baking Co. plans a write-down of
assets to modernize it's accounting
practices and to permit the early
payment of a dividend on the pre-
ferred stock.
The par value Of the 7 per cent
preferred stock would be reduced
to $50 share from 500 and prop
erty and plant account would be
written down by $2,928,O36. Coco
will, copyright and trade mark,
would be written down to 81 from
81 ,595 900.
It was the intention of the di-
rectors, the company said, to de.
clare a 50-cent dividend on the
preferred stock as soon as stock.
holders approved the recapitaliza.
ton plan. It will be voted on at {
special meeting September 20,
Profits for the n weeks endec
July 4, before Federal income taxes
were 1909 $50 against loss o1
$173,025 for the like period of 1941
Dividend arrears on the preferred
stock amounted to $45 q share as
Of January l. 1942.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
House Leader AssaiIs
Drugstore Generals
For New Front Pleas
BuIwinkle Cites Coses
Of Same Criticism
In Other Wars
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Acting House Speaker Bulwinkle
thumbed the pages of history today
to support his contention that what
he termed the second-front "pres-
sure boys" of today are following a
line as old as the Nation itself.
Aroused by receipt of a plea that
every member of Congress get be-
hind the movement to open a second
front in Europe, Representative Bull
Wrinkle said he believed 1t was about
time everyone realized that military
matters ARE solely for the supreme
military command to decide"
The Carolinian whose active serv-
ice in the World War earned him a
majors commission, said he was
disguised" by a resolution from the
National Maritime Union of Amer
lea, which he quoted as asserting
that any public official who does
not speak out now for second front
is completely unworthy of labor's
support In the coming elections"
Scores Drugstore" Generals.
An avid reader of military his
tory, Mr.. Bulwinkle recalled that
Washington, Lee, Lincoln and virtu-
ally every other wartime leader had
been plagued by pressure groups
made up largely, as he described
them, of drugstore generals"
Certain groups, he said, were dis
satisfied during the Revolution be-
cause Gen. Washington did not act
swiftly enough to. suit them or failed
to conform to their conception of
military strategy.
History, he continued, shows that
the first battle of Bull Run In the
Civil War was fought before the
Northern forces were ready for it
simply because Union leaders yielded
to pressuer to crush the rebels
right now" The Union Army came
out a poor second in that row. Mr.,
Bulwinkle recalled, and among those
captured by the victorious Confed-
crates was member of Congress
who, with hundreds of others, had
driven from Washington into Vir-
ginia to witness what they had
thought would be picnic for the
Northern forces.
Capture Served Him Right"
ut served him right" Mr.. Bull
winkle said; "he was one of the
pressure boys who helped force the
ISSUE"
The pressure boys" were just as
active in the South, Mr.. Bulwinkle
commented, although they centered
their efforts there on getting Army
commissions for their non military
friends.
'It seems to me-" Mr.. Bulwinkle
said, that when you put men ir
charge of your armies and hold
them responsible for the success OF
failure Of those armies, you should
allow them to make the decisions. ;
Evening star., 1942-08-24
CHICAGO Livestock

CHICAGO, Aug. "a 0q9 GU. s. Dept. OF
Agriculture) -saiable hogs, $4,000; total,
ns;e69:. 1s 900; active steady to ostTons I'll
144ss6-15S.05: 05 TOP; a51o; 24o-7o pounds.
l6O-S0 pounds. 1435-14.9O: sows strong
to 10 higher: good and choice, $40 pounds
down. a $3.50; 330-4O0 pounds 14.1O-35;
good 40O-550 pounds. 13.6O-1415
Salable sheep. $500; total, 5000: OPEN
ing very slow; bidding barely steady or
around 1926 on best spring lambs held
unevenly higher upward to 1850: other
classes steady: good to choice yearlings,
l2.0O.25; medium to good kinds at 11.25:
throwouts mostly $50; small lots fat
salable cattle. 1900: calves. 1900; fed
steers and yearlings steady to 26 lower;
mostly 1918 Oh with medium to good
Grades carrying weight and all grades
yearings showing most decline: very little
change on moderate supply strictly good
slow. however. and somewhat on peddlins
stable supply 15.75-16.25 long yearlings
1900 largely 13.75-15.75 steer and year.
ling market with order buyers much less
active than last week: heifers weak to 25
lower; best 1925: cows slow, weak: bulls
and vealers active and steady; weighty
sausage bulls. 1900, and choice yeaIers
90: stock cattle scarce. active; choice
light yearlings to 1880; comparable calves
to 14.50.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Washington Produce

BUTTER-93 score. tubs. 44A 1-pound
prints. 45A; H-pound prints. 45A: 90.
score, tubs, 43A: 1-pound prints. 43A;
A-pound prints. 44A 81 score. tubs, Al;
20 score score tubs, 42A: "a l-pound 20 prints 4ah:
ss score, tubs. 41s.: 1-pound prints, 42A I:
!, LIVEsTocK-calvss. is; sprins lambs,
FROM Agricultural Marketing rar Admin.
istration. Prices paid net fob. WASH
EGGs-Market steady on .sraded eggs:
stronger on nearby ungraded. eggs Prices
paid for Federal-State-srAdedf eggs re-
'esiyed @ from Eyadinr stations August 24.
syeraEe. 45h; q. s. extras, medium. IL
81 .ysras Az Staads.ds 1:Tss
trades, 1895; average. 33ha Browns
o. s. extras, large, 43h-45; average, 44h;
2: g. extras, medium. 39h-4O; average,
40; y. 8: standards, large, 39-41; aver
age. 40; y. s. standards. medium, 35-37;
average. SO; U; 8. trades, .321a-34; aver
a., age. g. ,n,a Nearby ungraded EGGS, current
Receipts, Government-sraded eggs, 246
cases.
LIVE PoULTRY-Market slightly weak
er on chickens; steady on Others Fowl.
eolored. 5 pounds and up. 21-22; under
pounds 1920: Leghorn hens. 3la
kG0sts5s MsTyi,na iSls Rods Chickens: DslaxsIe snd
heavier sizes: No. Is. 90: Reds, O s5-9S: S:
and hens. 2S.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Chicago Grain
b. the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-Although
most new wheat harvested in the
spring crop zone is being held for
Government loan, increasing re-
ceipts at northwest terminals, spill
ing over in shipments to Chicago,
had a depressing effect on prices
here today.
Wheat was off almost a cent as a
result of moderate hedging sales
and weakness of other grains, with
corn and rye futures losing about
cent and selling at seasonal lows.
Heavy receipts Of grain at Minneap-
oils, principal spring wheat termi-
mails, included mostly barley, wheat
and oats.
Short covering and some buying
attributed to mills and cash grain
consumers rallied prices before the
close. Wheat closed unchanged to
q lower compared with Saturday:
September, $l.17h; December,
s1.203s; corn unchanged to a oil; /;
September, 1885,; December, s5h-
86; oats. 3s% lower; soybeans, "a of
to 4 up, rye, ny lower.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
BeuII


from one envelope, $167 from an
other and that returns from two
automobile auctions and one mis-
cellaneous auction could not be ac-
counted for. Capt. Barrett reported
that the chief property clerk had
borrowed 500 from the special De-
tective Bureau fund, which had not
been returned.
A special fund of $4,000, used for
paying emergency expenses of the
Police Department, also was in Capt.
Beall's custody, but accounts were in
order when an audit was made
about three weeks ago.
District Auditor Arthur r. Pilker-
ton said today that auditors from
his Office would make a thorough
check of Capt. Beall's accounts. i
I Maj, Kelly was at, The District
Building today to confer with the
Commissioners and was authorized
by them to issue the lookout for
she missing police officer and to
charge him with embezzlement.
7 Enlistment Theory Rejected
Police discounted a theory that
Capt. Beall may have enlisted in
the Army to escape facing an ac-
counting of the funds of his office
It was pointed out that he would be
fingerprinted as part of the routine
Of joining any of the armed service
and his fingerprints are on file at
police headquarters.
Friends said Capt. Beall tryed to
get an Army commission about a
month ago, but was rejected for lack
of the proper college credits.
Police first discovered Capt. Beall's
disappearance Saturday morning,
when his wife, Mrs. Lena Beall, tele-
phoned to ask il her husband had
come to work. 1t developed that he
had driven Mrs. Beall to the home
of friend Friday evening and had
told her she would have to 60 home
on a streetcar as he had to return to
the Office.
When the missing police officer did
not show up by Saturday night, Maj
Kelly ordered the safe in his Office
opened and discovered the empty
cash envelopes.
Complained Of Headache.
Maj Kelly recalled that Capt
Beau had appeared concerned over
something at a meeting at police
headquarters Friday and, when
questioned, had explained that he
had sore throat. The police super
intendent added that Mrs. Beall had
told him her husband had COM
planned Of a headache when they
left their home Friday night.
Capt. Beall, who became police
, man in 1924, lives with his wife and
three children, aged 18, 16 and ~
years, at 1918 Ingraham street NV
He became h sergeant in 1881, 9
lieutenant in 1885 and in July, 1910
was made a captain, succeeding In.
spector Harvey G.. Callahan as CHIEF
property clerk.
Inspector Clarence Talley wa,
named acting chief property clerk
| today.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Judge Rufus {. Foster
Dies in New Orleans
BY the Associated Press.


NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 24.-Judge
Rufus E. Foster, II, senior jurist Of
the United States Fifth Circuit
Court OF Appeals, died at his home
here last night after a long illness.
President Theodore Roosevelt
nominated him district Judge for
the Eastern District of louisiana in
1909 and President Coolidge elected
him for the Circuit Court in 1928.
Judge Foster had been senior
jurist of the circuit for about 10
years, presiding over the tribunal
which hears appeals from Federal
District Courts in Florida, Georgia
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
Texas and the Canal Zone.
Born on a plantation in Mathews
County, Va, he was the son OF Capt
Gustavus Foster and Catherine
Moore Foster.
Survivors include the widow and
two daughters, Mrs. Charles Lynch
of Washington, and Mrs. August
Mysing, New Orleans.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Cotucomb Army Routed

An invisible army" battled on
eight months after the city above
it had fallen, the German news
agency disclosed recently in an
nouncing the "scleanup" of a Soviet
force which had hidden in the cata-
combs OF Odessa, Black Sea port.
The army kept up its fight in the
miles OF catacombs forming a laby-
rinth from which for weeks they op-
Grated their own short-wave sets
and took orders from the Russian
command.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
American Sme|tinq
Reports $5,253,641
Net for Half
Result Compares With
$6,768,8l7 Earned
In 1o4l Period
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-The Amer
lean Smelling & Refining Co. and
subsidiaries reported net income of
s5,253.641, or S160 common share,
for the six months ended June 30,
compared with $6,768,817. or s2.29 a
share, in the like 1941 period.
Estimated income and excess
profits takes we're $9,574,535, against
81 1888 ,738 In the comparable six
months of 1941.
Jewel Tea Co.
Jewel Tea Co., Inc, retail food
merchandising firm, reported net
income of $593,753, or 86 cents a
common share, for the % weeks
ended July 18. This compared with
earnings of $1.35 common share
in the like 194l weeks.
F. j. Lunding, president, told
stockholders earnings are being af-
fected by price ceiling because il
had been customary to set retail
prices on the basis of average OF
inventories. In many instances
average costs were lower tnan the
costs which we must now pay foi
replacements as stocks are sole
out"
Pet Milk Co.
Pet Milk Co. reported for the June
quarter net profit of $380,031, equal
to 10 cents common share, against
$606, AIT, or $1.37 share in the Sec
ond quarter Of 1941.
Mead Johnson & Co.
Mead Johnson & Co. reported fol
six months to June 30 net profit oil
$500 1892, equal to $3.46 share on
the common stock, compared with
$844, ,496, or $4.75 a share, in the first
half Of 1941. The company makes
infant diet materials.
Garlock Packing Co.
Garlock Packing Co., after all de-
ductions and provisions for Fedora
taxes. reported net profit of $500 ,38.
for the six months ending June 80
equal to $3.50 per common shar,
against $645,922 and s308 in nk'
| 1941.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Gable
Continued From First Page }

Rockbestos has mailed to the other
defendants In advance of opening of
bids copies of its own bids and the
other defendants have copied the
Rockbestos prices and terms of sale
and have submitted them to various
Government departments "as the
competitive bid OF such defendant
licensee."
The indictment revealed that in
20 sets OF bids opened between Au-
gust ~, 1899, and April II, 1912, by
the Bureau of Supplies and Ac-
counts OF the Navy, the bids sub
mitted by all the defendants partici-
pating were identical to the last cent.
These contracts ranged from $4,000
to more than $6.OOO,0O0
Attorney General Biddle disclosed
that one defendant already has re-
turned to the Navy Department
more than $250,OOO on cable. con-
tracts totaling approximately $2O00,-
600.
The Attorney General said that
the Government would seek a
prompt trial of the defendants, who
face a maximum penalty of two
years imprisonment or a fine of
$4,000, or both.
License Given Government
According to the indictment, the
Rockbestos Products Co. in Decem-
ber, 1882, gave the Government a
non-exclusive and non-transferrable
license to use ABC cable throughout
the life of the patent on this prod
uct. This cable has been widely
adopted in naval construction, and
current Government purchases OF
ABC and various unpatented cable
sold by the defendants amount to
approximately $4,000, 900 a month.
Earlier in 1882, the indictment
added, Rockbestos had issued to
General Electric and to the Okonite
Co. licenses to sell ABC cable, with
the stipulation that no sales be
made at prices lower or on condi-
tions of sale more favorable to the
purchaser than those fixed by Rock
bestos. In January, 1888, these
agreements were amended to lift
the price-fixing provisions on sales
to the Government.
Subsequently, Rockbestos entered
into similar licensing agreements fol
the sale Of ABC cable to other oi
the defendant companies.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, Aug. "a GP.-Poultry. live. 80
trucks: IRREGULAR: hens, over 5 pounds, 81;
3 pounds and down. 23la; Leghorn hens,
ored. "a, Plymouth Rock. 25a; White
Rock; 2bE: springs, 4 pounds up. colored,
under 4 pounds, colored. 81; Plymouth
Rock. 23E: White Rock, 90 bareback
chickens. 1920; roosters, 1874: Leghorn
roosters. 15: ducks, Az pounds UP. colored.
141a: white, 14la; small. colored, 14h;
white. 14h: geese. 13; turkeys, toms old.
Butter. receipts s3s, ,os3: steady; prices
quoted by the Chicago price current
creamery; 90 score. 42-42h: 90, 41a4: 81,
41A: 30. 41A; 80, 4OA; SS, 39A; 90,
centralized car lots. 4lsa
EGGS. receipts 11.l24 firm: fresh
eersded; erst. @ extra nrsts' local a5h: cars. 3eh;
ceipts, 81: dirties. 31K: check, 29-3O;
storage-packed extras, 31A: nrsts, 33H
Evening star., 1942-08-24
A. <. F..
Continued From First Page. J

States troops for action-their mot
to is: Let's get it over with
and their smart, well-drilled ap-
pearance at the debarkation ports
accented the statement of Maj. Gen.
Mark Clark, commander of United
States ground troops in the Euro
pean zone, that only crack" out
fits were being sent here.
Navajo Indians Included.
Sun Drowned, war whooping
American soldiers-with some Nav
ajo Indians among them-were in
cluded among the arrivals. Every
branch of the service for the new
striking force being assembled un-
der 1t. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
commander in chief of American
forces In the European theater, was
represented.
Among the vessels which have
been hauling troops there appeared
at one British port for the first time
Liberty ship-a heartening sight
to Britons, acutely aware of civil
Ian and military privations which
are attributed by their leaders to
shipping losses.
Tank crews filled their machines
with gasoline at the dock and drove
away ready for action.
Army encampments from the
Eastern seaboard of the United
States to the Great Southwest have
been represented among recent ar
rivals.
Irish Predominate.
Filipino and Chinese were in
cluded among the thousands OF SOL
diers arriving IN the latest convoy,
but plain Brooklyn Irish returning
home" predominated.
How can 1 get to County Mayo or
Sligo" Sergt. John r. Duffy, "a, of
Philadelphia inquired. Tn heir to
an estate there"
seftt. Duffy "a Bartender in civil
ian life, was born in Sligo and his
mother ihsMayo, but there is little
chance he will visit his home as it
Is In Eire-forbidden ground for
American troops. ii
Pvt Gsorge Braden, 50, of Brock
lyn, q member of an air force ground
crew, might never have left the
auld sod the way he rolled his rs.
"Sure'n I was born in Carrick
Macross (Eire) and I've a brother
in Maghera Clone" he said. Pvt.
Braden did not get to the United
States until he was 81.
Capt. r. v. Myers of Bluefield, w.
Va, expressed the opinion that
none Of these boys will have any
trouble getting along. They are
the cheeriest lot I've seen landed
in long time"
Veterans Retrace Steps.
All the ground crews were eager
for news of the United States Fly
ing Fortress raids over German
occupied Europe.
Capt. Myers and Capt. j. w
Cooksey Of Beaumont, Tex, retraced
a trip they made quarter of a
century ago. Capt. Cooksey was
pilot in the 25th Pursuit Squadron In
the First World War and Capt
Myers was with the engineers.
AS the troops landed in Northern
Ireland, an American fighter pilo,
in Spitfire swooped low and
waggled his wings in salute.
There was one soldier who would
have preferred to go to the Pacific
theater of war. He was Pvt. Sins
Yee, %, of Philadelphia. His mothe,
was last heard Of in Canton, China
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Armco Dividend Voted

ASHLAND, KY, Aug. "a (P-
American Rolling Mill Co. directors
today declared a quarterly dividend
of $1.12la share on the Az per
cent cumulative convertible pre-
ferred stock payable October Is to
stockholders of record September Is.
Directors met here to attend dedi-
cation of new blast furnace.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Failures Drop Sharply

NEW YORK, Aug. "a (P).-Busi-
ness failures in the week ended
August 20 dropped to lat from 174
in the preceding week and compared
with 227 in the comparable week of
1941, Dun & Bradstreet reported
TODAY.