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Evening star., 1942-03-31
Big Advance Brings
Farm Staple Prices
Close 10 Parity
SO Per Cent Rotio
Seen by Department
Of Agriculture
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department an
nounced yesterday that prices Of
farm products on March Is averaged
43 points higher than on the same
date a year ago, while prices OF
commodities purchased by farmers
averaged "A points higher.
Both prices received and prices
paid by farmers increased by one
point over the February level.
This brought the average price of
farm products to 80 per cent of
parity, (parity is the price which
would give a farm product the same
relative purchasing power it had
during a specified period, generally
1909-lD.
The 43-point rise in prices
farm commodities raised the index
figure to LAG per cent of the l909-14
period while the 24-point increase
in the level Of prices paid by farmers
brought that index to l49.
The department said supplies of
agricultural products continued
ample for current needs although
demand was strong with the income
of industrial workers remaining at
recent high levels.
While producers Of all farm COM
modities were getting higher prices
than q year ago, the department
said prices Of whedt, corn, butterfat,
potatoes, eggs and cotton were below
parity because Of relatively higher
prices for commodities used in pro-
duction.
Farm products bringing prices
above parity included chickens, hogs,
beef cattle, rice, lambs and wool.
March Is prices for commodities
compared with parity included:
Cotton, 1906 cents a pound and
1885; corn, 1874 cents a bushel and
95; wheat, 1851 cents a bushel and
1908; potatoes 1899 cents a bushel
and 1914; rice. 1886 cents a bushel
and 1908; beef cattle, sl026 a hun
dred weight and $7.71; hogs, 1924
a hundred weight and $1069; chick
ems 18 cents a pound and 1859: eggs,
258 cents a dozen and 26.1; butter
fat 35.7 cents a pound and 404.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Washington Produce
STOCK and

BUITER-93 score. tubs 39i4; pound
prints 39s4. h-pound prints. 4Ul4: 81
score, tubs, 372-; pound prints, 3Sh;
l4pound prints. $50: 81 score, tubs, ~;
pound prints. I1l2; i4-pound prints, 3S:
90 score, score, tubs. a6!s: l-pognd prints, &
35'.: I-pouna print 36h: h-pound
prints, So; I4-pound prints, :i5l2.
LIVESTOCK - Calves. 14l2: spring
From Agricultural Marketing Admins
tration. Prices paid net fox Washington:
EGGS-Market steady. Prices paid for
Federal-State graded eegs received from
grading stations tMarcn 3D: Whites,
United States extras, larse, 29-30i2, most
y 30; United States: extras, me4ium.
large, 27-2s mostly .7; U. s. standards,
U. S. extras, large. 2S-2Sl2, mostly rs,
U. S. extras. medium 26-2712. mostly %,
U. S. standards, large. 2627l2, mostly 20;
U S. standards, medium 25: U. s. trades,
"a. Nearby ungraded eggs current re-
ceipts. whites, 26-26h: mixed colors, %
c5Az. Receipts. Government-graded eggs,
25S cases
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Fowl
colored. 4 pounds and UP, 22-23: Leghorn
hens. 3l2 pounds and up, 1917; No IS.
10. BOOSTERS. 1915 Chickens Virginia
10. IS, iS-is, Delaware and MARYLAND;
capons. So pounds. IS: ! pounds and up.
1928. Turkeys young TOMS 16 pounds
and up, "a: young hens, 10 pounds and
up. cs-oa: No. Is and undersizes, 1s.
Guineas young, ali sizes, 20; old, 10.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Termination of Hupp
Trusteeship Ordered
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT. March 3l-United
States District Judge Frank A.
Picard ordered the trusteeship
of the Hupp Motor Car Corp. ter
minated today and announced credi-
tors would receive 100 cents on the
dollar Immediately under a reorgan-
ization plan.
The Hupp paint is engaged in war
production
An r. F. C. note of 100000 has
been reduced to s550,000. Taxes
current and delinquent. have been
paid.
The court named a special board
of directors to continue operations
until the annual meeting of stock
holders in l943. The board will
include Millard F. Rockwell, j. W..
Rethmeyer, John E. Murphy, Bing-
ham D. Eblen, William B. Mayo,
Charles H. Ackerman and seventh
member yet to be named.
Murphy was the Federal trustee
during the reorganization.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Treasury May Lend
Silver for Use at
Aluminium Plants
Industry Needs Metal
As War Substitute
For Copper
BY the Associated Press.

by tLc hsSOSIdttu
Secretary Morgenthau said yes
terday that the Treasury may lend a
large quantity of silver to the
aluminium industry for use as q
wartime copper substitute.
He said the loan was suggested by
the War Production Board and
would be made if Treasury lawyers
said it was legal.
Mr.. Morgenthau explained that
the aluminium industry wanted the
silver to replace copper as electrical
conductors.
Present laws forbid the Treasury
from selling any Of its $500, ,O00, 900
ounces of silver until the world
market price reaches 81 90 per ounce
The current price is fraction more
than 35 cents.
At the same time, Mr.. Morgen-
thau reiterated recent proposals
that Congress repeal the restriction
on selling silver and all other silver
buying legislation on the books.
The Secretary said the reason FOR
the w. P. B. suggestion was that all
OF the imported silver was being
purchased by other branches of in
dustry and the Government stocks
were the most practical source of the
metal needed by the aluminium
makers.
Silver mined in this country is
not purchased industrially because it
commands a subsidy price from the
Treasury, by law, of I'LL cents an
ounce.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Enormous War Production
foreseen by Bankers
By the Associatec Prea.

By the Associated Preas.
NEW YORK, March 3l.-The
American Bankers Association pre-
dicted today in its ofncial journal
that war production will increase
faster than we are daring to hope
in our present debated condition"
Methods making this "prodigious
expansion" possibly will resemble
those which in the half century or 50
ending around 1880 made this coun-
try the leading producer OF the
world. the survey added.
The association expressed the be-
lief that there would be less and less
heard about the Government taking
over industry and everything, be-
cause the progress has already gone
father than is generally realized and
too far in some instances for the
good Of the production program"
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Machinery Industry
To Set New Record
This Year
More Than 900 Tools
A Day to Be Made,
Magazine Reports
BY the Associated Pres4

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 31-Operat-
ing at the highest level in history,
the machine tool industry will turn
out this year more than 375 900
machine tools, or well in excess of
1000 q day, the American Machin-
ist reported today.
1T is by. far the largest volume
ever turned out by the machine tool
industry here or in any other coun-
try said the publication.
"One reason why war production
in this country is climbing sharply
is that some 10000 machine tools
manufactured the past year have
been put to work"
March, the survey added, has
been record month for new orders
for many machine tool companies
and dealers. The industry was said
10 lead all other American war in
dustries in the average number OF
hours worked per week.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Baltimore Livestock

BALTIMORE. March 81 lP, UNITED
States Department of AgricultureD.- Ill
am quota tions:
Cattle. l75. Steers mostly nominal;
one small lot 1.IS6 pounds good grade.
! LBS: small lot 1.4O0 pounds good to
choice grace. 1900: small lot go pounds
medium to good Grade. 11.75: cows steady;
Gamer, cutter and common grades mostly
7.00aS.5O: few head fieshy cows, 600; one
at $50; bulls nominal
Calves. 75. Uneveniy steady to so low
er on good to choice grades: other grades
STEADY: top. 1880. paid sparingly for few
outstanding calves: good to choice grades
most}S nTs s dE Is 5oa16-oo: medium GRADES HOO
Hogs. $50. Mostly Is lower than Mon
day except packing sows steady: practical
top, Il 05: good TO choice ISO-2iO pounds.
Il. Scala .O5: 160-1S0 pounds and 22O-240
pounds, 13 60aS5: 240-26O pounds. 13.35a
so: 140-16O pounds. 13.20a45: 26O-3OO
pounds. l3l5a40: 130-140 pounds. 1890
a13.05: 120-130 rounds, 12.70a95: pack
lnc sows. 12.45a95.
Sheen. none. One small lot "a pound
medium grade slipped lambs, 1000.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Warehouse Facilities
For Wool Surveyed
BY the Associated Press

BY the ASSOclated Press.
BOSTON, March 31-James j.
Window, United States Department
OF Agriculture ofncial here, yester-
day sent out questionnaires to wool
dealers and warehouse men to de-
termine the storage space available
as of May l IN an anticipation Of
a large shipment Of domestic wool
Window said he expected about
90 per cent of q a million pound
clip of domestic wool to start East
ward around April Is.
If sufficient space was not avail
able some of the wool might have
to be stored en- route He said
he expected to make monthly sur
veys of storage facilities through
August so that wool shipments
might arrive as rapidly as possible.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Defense Expenditures
Top IS Billions
By the Associated Press.

By the Associa Press
Defense expenditures by the
Treasury since the beginning of the
fiscal year last July now exceed
SIS ,O00, 100000
The Army spent nearly half the
total. with the Navy, lend-lease and
other activities accounting for the
rest.
Through March 81 the division
was: Army. s7,42o, ,487 AS; Navy, s4,-
325 1888, ,166: lend-lease, $3.50, ,792,-
800; Federal Security Agency, $117,-
218,551; Federal Works Agency,
$3.50 .632 OBS; Presidents fund. $133,-
085 ,927; selective service administra-
tive expense, $21 908, ,708; Maritime
Commission, s293, ,136,922; War
Shipping Administration, Sl0,759,-
1854; miscellaneous, $209, Al GAS.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Check Transactions Show
Decline During Week

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board said
today that check transactions OF
banks in 274 leading cities during
the week ended March Is totaled
S10,9l4,0 ,0OO, 900, compared with s12.-
1868 900 900 in the preceding week
and $685. ,O0O, 900 in the correspond
ing week last year.
The decline from the preceding
week was attributed to the fact that
the earlier week contained large
amounts of tax and other mid
month transactions.
Comparisons with a year ago, by
Federal Reserve districts, follow
lin millions of dollars):
Evening star., 1942-03-31
SimpIified Radiator
DESIGNS Ordered
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Production Board yester-
day ordered the simplification of
tubular radiators, eliminating the
production of large-size tube radia-
tors The order, effective April 16, is
expected to save about 1,50O tons of
cast iron annually.
simultaneously, the w. B. P. iron
and steel branch announced that
manufacturers of seamless steel tub
ing. who do not produce their own
steel, will no longer receive alloca-
tions of SeTi-fnished steel. Hence
forth. these manufacturers must rely
on the use of priority ratings. the
branch said, instead of receiving
automatic allocations.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Wholesale Commodity
Index Up Further

The general level Of commodity
prices was higher last week, accord
ing to the weekly wholesale COM
modify price index compiled by the
National Fertilizer Association.
Resuming its upward trend in the
week ended March %. 1912. this in
dex rose to 1249 from 1910 in the
preceding week. This is the highest
level reached by the index since 1929
A month ago the index was 1884
and a year ago 1929. based on the
1858 average as 100.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Kroger Volume
Sharply Ahead
OF Year Ago
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, March 3l.-Kroger
Grocery e. Baking Co. ofncials re-
ported today sales OF $27 4,716 for
the third four-week period, ended
March 81, an increase Of "a per cent
over sales of 81, ,034 ,sl2 for the cor
responding 194l period.
Cumulative sales totaled $40, ,O9l, =
492. up 27 per cent from the like
period last year.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Asbestos Textiles Curbed

Disclosing that the Army was
about to ask bids for more than
100000 :,airs of asbestos gloves, ehe
War Production Board issued orders
today prohibiting manufacturers
from delivering asbestos textiles ex-
cept for manufacture of industrial
packings or to fill orders carrying
defense preference ratings.
Evening star., 1942-03-31

NEW YORK. March 81 fP,--Late for
elgn exchange rates follow tGreat Britain
in dollars others in cents):
Canada.
Ofioial Canadian Control Board rates
for United States dollars buying, 10 per
cent premium; selling. II per cent pre-
MUM: equivalent to discounts on Cane
dian dollars in New York of buying a.al
per cent selling. 9.C9 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York onen mar
ket 1873 per cent discount, or s6.S7i2
United States cents.
Europe.
Great Britain. official bankers FOREIGN
Exchange Committee rates.. buying. 4 .02:
selling. 4.04 open market cables, 4o3'4
Latin America.
Argentina. official. 29.71:. free. 3.13
down .04 cent; Brazil. oficial 6.05n free.
soon: Mexico. 2o.61n.
Rates in SPOT cables unless otherwise
indicatedD Nominal
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. March 81 0P'.-Poultry. live.
pounds and down. JAY; Leghorn hens,
81: Springs, under pounds, White Rock,
20; other prices unchanged
unchansed
Egss receipts 33.sO0; unsettled; fresh
eraded. firsts, local. 2s1a: current receipts.
2117 dirties, 26s&: checks, 26H; other
prices UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Shoe Chain Volumes
Larger in February

~ the Associated Press.
Chain retail shoe stores, the Com
merce Department says, increased
sales by II per cent from January
to February, in spite of seasonal
decline in most retail chain sales.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Odd-Lot Dealings

PHILADELPHIA March 81 P-The
Securities Commission reported today
these transactions BY customers with odd
lot dealers or specialists on the New York
Stock Exchange for March 80: S12 pur-
sales involving 3s,440 shares, including
IS abort sales Involving $50 shares.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
STOCK and Sales
Dividend Rate Add An Hish I

Unit OF trading, 10 shares. In bank
ruptcy or receivership or being reorganized
under, Bankruptcy Act. or securities as
sumed by such companies. Rates of divi-
dends in the foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
or semi-annual declaration. Unless other
wise noted, special or extra dividends are
not lncluoed xd Ex dividend xr Ex
rights. Also extra or extras. Cash or
stock. e Declared or paid SO far this year.
able in Canadian funds. k Accumulated
dividends paid or declared this year
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Packard President
Resigns Because
OF III Health
Crash Injuries Force
GiImon's Withdrawal
From Busy Post
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT. March 31.-Max M.
Gilman, president of the Packard
Motor Car Co., has resigned, effec-
tive tomorrow, because of i'll health,
Alvan Macauley, chairman of the
board, announced today.
The move Was necesSitated by
Ill health" said Macauley's state
ment. "A serious accident has hos
pitalized Mr.. Gilman since last
January. Faced with an even longer
recuperation, he feels that the in
terests of the company will be better
served by his present withdrawal,
especially in view of the day and
night operation currently demanded
of the company in its 100 per cent
production of war goods"
Gilman, World War pilot in the
United States Air Corps, had been
with Packard since 1918, starting as
a salesman in Brooklyn, N. Y, be-
coming truck sales manager in New
York, and vice president of sales in
the New York branch, and rising to
general manager of the company in
1884 Gilman was named president
in 1899 on the resignation of
Macauley to become chairman of
the board.
Gilman suffered a fractured right
leg and serious head injuries in an
automobile accident January %.
Phone Veteran to Retire.
NEW YORK. March 81 P-
James w. Bancker. director and vice
president of the Western Electric
Co., will retire today after nearly
so years service which paralleled
growth of telephone communications
in America.
He started as an office bov with
Western Electric in 1892 at $3.50 a
week.
He holds also other Bell System
posts.
He is director of Bell Telephone
Laboratories, the Teletype Corp, the
Nassau Smelling g. Refining Co. and
chairman of the Manufacturers
junction Railway, Chicago.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Washington Exchange
SALES-AFTER CALL.

Washington Gas com.-l0 at Is.
Riggs Bank CONS at 282
Capital Transit Co.'s at 81, Is
at 81.
Evening star., 1942-03-31

'Ex dividend Plus extras a Paid so
tar this year s2S extra. $500 extra.
zoe extra. mSl.50 extra. Paid in
1871. $4,000 extra paid December 20,
1a41. $4,000 extra.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
u. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK. March 81 P,.-Prlces
quoted in dollars and thirty-seconds;
Evening star., 1942-03-31
BONDS

MISCELLANEOUS
Ter RAW Cp 1st a. 1a4s 1921
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Foreign Exchange

Subject to Federal taxes. but not to
etate income taxes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-01
NOTICE OF MARsHAL's SALE

United States of America, 1st Judi
 cial Divn.. District of Alaska, ss
 Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue of writ of execution, dat i ed March IT, 1942, issued out of the District Court, of the United States for the 1st Jud. Div'n., District of Alaska and in pursuance to the judg- ment rendered in said Court, on the 14th day of March, 1942, in cause No. 4683-A, COLUMBIA LUMBER COM PANY OF ALASKA, a corporation, Plaintiff, versus Harry Ellingen, and The B. M BEHRENDS BANK, a corporation, Defendants, I have, on this l7th day of March, 1922, levied upon the following described real estate, situated in the City of Ju- neau, and Territory of Alaska, to ! wit:
 That certain lot, piece or parcel of tideland which is now filled in and which is located adjacent to and on the landward side of Willoughby 1 Avenue and upon which is now sit uated the Earl Apartments" in Ju- neau, Alaska, which lot, piece or parcel of land was formerly owned ] by E. J. Ellingen, now deceased, and i by him bequeathed to said Harry Ellingen, and said Earl Apart ments" and improvements situated i upon said lot, and that I will, ac- cordingly, offer said real estate for sale, at public vendue to the highest and best bidder for cash, on the 17th day of April, 1492, at II o'clock a. m, at the front door of the Federal Territorial Building in Juneau, AL aska.
 Dated, Juneau, Alaska, March IT, 1942.
 WILLIAM T. MAHONEY, U. $. Marshal,
 By WILLIAM J. MARKLE,
 Office Deputy. First publication, March IS, 1942. Last publication, April Is, 1942.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-01
(ANTATA FRIDAY IN GRADE SCHOOL
 OPEN TO PUBLIC

Juneau Junior High School chorus is making it's bow to the public on Friday of this week when the boys and girls will present a cantata, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Wilson. The program will begin at 8 o'clock in the Grade School Audi torium The entire performance is free and all Juneau residents are invited.
 Miss Merle J. Schroeder, school vocal-music director, is in charge.
 The source of the sleepy hollow cantata is the famous legend by Washington Irving, American author of the last century. It concerns the adventures of lanky Ichabod Crane, a crochety schoolmaster, Katrina Van Tassel, his sweetheart, and Brom Bones. the rival.
 The cantata tells the whole story in concentrated form, including the famous ride of the headless horse man and the weird disappearance of Ichabod.
 As an extra-act entertainment, a group of twelve second grade chill dren will present a Dutch dance between scenes. Shirley Davis will accompany the cantata.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-01
HOLY WEEK OBSERVANCE
 BEGIN N ING
Services Start Tomorrow di Church of Nativity, SoI-
 emn High Mass

Important Holy Week services at the Church of the Nativity begin tomorrow, Holy Thursday, with a solemn high mass at 8 o'clock, with Bishop J. R. Crimont, Celebrant, the Rev. William G. LeVasseur, Deacon of the Mass and the Rev. Edward c. Budde, Sub-Deacon.
 Master of ceremonies will be Kenneth Thibodeau; Acolytes, Dick Mccormick, Jack Harrington; Staff Bearer, Terry Lennon; Mitre Bear CT, George Shaw; Book Bearer, AL bert Shaw; Candle Bearer, John Monagle; Thurifier, Francis Smith; Incense Bearer, James Mccormick, 1, Train Bearer, George Gilligan; Torch Bearers, Gerald Shaw, Jerry Wade, Bill Pagaran, Sandy Stevens, Joe Stevens and Bobby Mccormick
 Immediately following the Mass, the procession of the Blessed Sac rament and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament throughout the day; 7:30 pm. to 8:30 pm. Holy Hour.
 Good Friday Services
 800 am. Mass of the Presanc- tified; unveiling of the Cross, the veneration of the Cross by the Bishop and attendants, followed by the whole congregation; the pro- cession of the Blessed Sacrament from the repository to the altar. From 12:00 o'clock noon until 800 pm. the Three Hours Agony will be given by the Rev LeVasseur and the Rev Budde, assisted by the choir. At 7:30 pm. Solemn Way of the Cross, and the veneraticn of the cross by the congregation, exposition of the True Relic of the Cross and blessing of the whole congregation with the relic of the True Cross.
 Readers of tM Passion on Good Friday will be Merritt Monagle, Harley Turner and Kenneth Thibo- deau.
 Holy Saturday
 TOO am Morning devotions, Blessing of the New Fire, Blessing of the Paschal Candle, Reading of the Prophecies, Blessing of the Baptismal Font and Pontifical High Mass by Bishop J. R. Crimont. Readers of the Prophecies, Harley Turner and Merritt Monagle. The Sisters Choir, assisted by the ladies of the parish, will fur nish music throughout Holy Week.
 Easter Sunday
 There will be four Masses On
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-01
Pasior Wood
 Returns Here

Pastor H. L. Wood. Seventh-Day Adventists Mission Superintendent, arrived in Juneau yesterday from Fairbanks, ending an extended six weeks trip among the churches in the interior and Bristol Bay areas.
 Two newly-built churches were dedicated with fitting services. One at Pilot Point, Alaska, where the mission has fine Ekimo congrega- tion. The second church dedicated was at Aleknagik C"Wrong Way Home" in Eskimo) in the community so widely publicized last spring by a story of the community published in the Saturday Evening Post. Since that article appeared in the Post the fan mail has increased until near ly all the women and young school students in the academy have had to assist in answering this mail and still there are hundreds of fan let ters they have not had time to either read or answer.
 The annual church convention is in progress this week in Juneau and will close Sunday evening. Pastor M. L. Miles, of Juneau, is assisting in the speaking.
 Next week the clergymen and mis- sion workers will go to Wrangell for dedicatory services for the new church just built there, after which five days of convention work at Ket- chikan will end this springs ses- sions. The trip south will be made on the yacht Messenger.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-01
MUMpS STILL LEAD
 IN DI5EA5E REPORT

Mumps still led the number of communicable diseases in the Ter ritory last week, according to the regular report issued today by the Territorial Department of Health.
 Anchorage listed Il cases of humps and five of influenza, and six cases of humps were reported in Annette Island. Ketchikan had seven and Nome listed eight. A total of 36 cases of humps in the Territory was found by the col laborating epidemiologist's report.
 Five cases of tuberculosis among natives were reported on their death certificates.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-01

Easter Sunday, GOO am, 800 am, 800 am. and Solemn High Mass at 10.30 by Bishop Crimont, assist ed by the Rev. LeVasseur and the Rev. Budde, s. J. Confirmation will be administered at the 10:30 Mass by Bishop Crimont.