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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
Stock Mart Suffers Fall
In Closing Hour OfTrade

,, work.. July 15@Pl-The
~ market suffered a last min
'' ,oiII today after numerous IA
TX = nod touched peak levels for
,,,s-y four years
FI was little actual news to
nv far the belated setback:
a'coY" bulletins from virtually all
Ba'"' stl, were encouraging to
i'onH forces and business develop
dII'sD ,ardlv could be called pessi-
15'.% brokers', consequently, at
i.-S". i...5 the stumble mainly to
t''o. osshing on the long recovery
~o'.' The theory here was that
~ was entitled to a substan-
sy s,, technical correction
.f;,,ge we're slack from the
' and trends only mildly irreg-
s,SI' mil the final half hour. Vol
0'1' ,Ion picked up briskly as pric-
'lT Tosan 10 slide and. at the close.
t' Ysos ys of fractions to several
''." ', were felt by the majority.
p'"n ,t.rod issues. at the same time
9'S'' ,,d Ia emerge with modest
p!us signs.
r,,. Associated Press GO stock av-
fall 4 Of a point to 52.9.
ido.t % reaction for any session
,.oo rune IA. Transfers totalled j.
'-n ro6,0 shares compared with l.
e-s9S Wednesday
Polls stels, rubberS, motors
vail orders were in the fore
s,anr @ Of the slip-up: A handful of
lie managed to keep ahead as talk
sar.isted s of a likely boost in crude
s.tes Utilities were under less
,rossure than other groups as the
ssrnings picture here seemed a
rifle brighter
+ s Steel went into the new
bgb' category by a nose alter ma
d.y but ended with a net loss OF
;l Others prominent on the oft
.i5e included Bethlehem. Aoungs-
,oun sheet. Chrysler. General Mo-
,srs Santa Fe. y. Y. Central,
conbprn Pacific. Southern Kali
rs, Northern Pacific. L. S. Rub
nor GOODYEAR. Goodrich MontSom-
.rr Ward. Sears Roeguck, Du
Pant, Westinghouse, J: |. Case,
Tinted .Aircaft. Anaconda. Amel1-
,a Smelling. Western Union. Con
Slated Edison. Pepsi Cola. Nehi
ror,.. Coca Cola and Union Car
u1
'besapeake & Ohio and Ohio Oil
sere among the few issues main
aiming peaks for 1943 or longer.
Others cTnging to gains were Cur
lis Publishing, Pure Oil, mterna-
tional Nickel, American Can and
Air Reduction.
Bonds were mixed any commod-
ties lower At Chicago wheat was
off 5-9 to 3-4 of a cent bushel,
cats down SO - l 3-8; rye in ar
roars ! 1-8 to 2 3-4 and hogs off
1925 cents. Cotton lost 20-40 cents
a bale.
Retreating In Tie Curb We're
Electric Bond and Shares, Cities
Service, Aluminium of America and
Cuban Atlantic Sugar. Improve
ment was held by Phoenix Securi-
ties. Sunray All and n. J Zinc.
The aggregate here was 3S6,71f
cry Ward. Sears Roebuck. Dl
v'av. Northern Pacific. I, s Rub
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16

ed on the item or its container by
the manufacturer.
Rubber drug sundries not in
cluded in the Victory line, manu-
factured after January 81, l943,
are such special products as bulb
goods and baby nipples and tub.
ing. For these rubber drug sun
dries, marked with an "R" if not
with the ceiling price, retail sales
prices will be furnished by the
manufacturer or supplier. This
maximum price is a fixed percen-
tage of the manufa cturer's base
price.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, July 15.-(P)-
(U. S Dept. Agr. 1Livestock-hogs
good and choice 160 to- 800 lbs.
1880; 100 to 12O lbs. 1910; 100 to
142 lbs. 1850; 140 to 100 lbs. 1910;
over 300 lbs 1886. Sows under $50
lbs. 1898; $50 to 500 lbs. 1850: over
500 lbs. II 10; good stags $50.
Cattle fat dairy type COWS 1000 to
11.00; Gamer, cutter and common
100 to 1000; good heavy sausage
bulls 1900; vealers 1880 good and
choice spring lambs 13 SO to a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
QUARTERLY EARNINGS

NEW YORK. July 15.-(R>-Elec-
trio Bond & Share Co. today re-
ported quarterly net earnings for
the period ended March 81 as ST.
324,737, compared with quarterly
earnings of 81, 800, ,438 in 1912, while
earnings for the IL months ended
March 81 were reported as $3.50,
$40, compared to $8,251, ,847 last
year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, July Is. - (P> -
Cotton futures prices declined 20
to 40 cents bale today on light
hedge selling and liquidation. The
principal support came from trade
price fixing.
Mills continued to show meagre
interest in spot cotton and trade
gossip was to the effect that spin.
ners generally were amply sup
piled for near-term period.
Futures closed 20 to 40 cents a
bale lower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
FINAL CURBS
HUDSON BAY PROFIT

WINNIPEG, July 15.-R-1Ca-
madam Press)-After payment OF
taxes in the United Kingdom and
Canada amounting to 5,529, 327, a
net profit of S502, ,2O7 from trad
ing for the year ending January,
1913, was realized by the Hudson S
Bay company. it was announced
here today. Profits for the pre-
ceding year amounted to S403, ,264,
with tax payments of S3,l28,219.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
BROKERS' LOANS

WASHINGTON, July Is. - lR -
The Federal Reserve Board re
ported today that loans to brokers
and dealers on securities had by
reporting member banks in New
York city totaled $949. .000,0 900 ir
the week ended yesterday. an In
crease of $3,OO0,000 compared with
the previous week. Loans fol
inc corresponding week year
ago totaled S483. 900. 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
RALEIGH POULTRY

RALEIGH, July l5.-tRt-(NCDA)
Egg and poultry markets strong
er with light receipts.
Raleigh. S. grade A large
(clean white) As: grade A hens, all
weights, 20 to %.
Washington.-U, S, grade A large
43 to as; some broilers and fryers,
% 1-2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Ca, July 15.-tR-
Turpentine Sc 1-2 cents a gallon
offerings 81 $50 gal. bbls.); sales
1850 gallons; receipts 1853 barrels ;
shipments none; stocks 33, 432 bar
rels.
Quote; B 2,82: D 3.09; E 3.54: f
3.56; G 1858; H 1858; | 1858: K
$50; M 3.0l; N 3.82; VIC 3.87; WV
438; x 438.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16

really feel like a different person.
| am glad to give PoW-o-lin my
Whole-hcarted endorsement
PoW-o-hn is a purely herbal pre-
paration for relief of distress as
described by Miss Smith, when
due to constipation. Thousands
praise it. PoW-o-lin may be OBJ
tanned at Toms Drug Store.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
CHICAGO BUTTER-EGGS

CHICAGO, July 15.-(R-Butter,
receipts e57,048; steady; prices as
quoted by the Chicago price cur
rent are unchanged.
Eggs, receipts 11,047: unsettled;
prices unchanged at OPA ceiling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
NEW ORLEANS SPOT

NEW ORLEANS, July 15.-tR-
Spot cotton closed quiet Is cents
a bale lower. Sales 225. Low
middlin 1910. Middling 2O.60,
good middling 21.05, receipts 2,195,
stock 217, 102.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July Is.
-(R-Turpentine receipts 105 ship
ments 2, stocks 37,056.
Rosin receipts 545 shipments
III; stocks 154,025
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. July 15.-tP)-
Cotton futures declined hree to-
day, closing steady Is TO 20 cents
bale lower
Open High Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
MIDDLING

NEW ORLEANS, Jolly 15.-LP-
The average price of middling 1916
inch cotton today at 10 designated
Southern spot markets was 35
cents a bale lower at 20.94 cents
a pound; average for the last 30
market days 21.0S; middling rs
inch average 1885.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
CHARLOTTE SPOT

CHARLOTTE. July Is -(P)-
Spot cotton 21.25
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Myron 6. Clear, 81, Dies;
Was Former D. T.. LAWYER

Myron Gregg Clear. 81, former
patent attorney here and a native
of the District, died December
in a Long Beach (CaGfD hospital
according to word received here.
Funeral services were held last
Sunday in Long Beach.
Mr.. Clear was a graduate of
Georgetown University law school
in 1915 and had practiced law here
until 1899, when he moved to Cali
fornia to live in Huntington Park
Last year he moved to Long Beach
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Viola P. Clear Of Long Beach: two
daughters, Mrs. Nell c. Jones of
Long Beach and Mrs. E. c. Faris, jr.,
of Miami Beach; two sisters, Mrs.
Mary c. Wilson of Pittsburgh and
Mrs. Sue H. Harris Of Laguna
Beach, Calf, and q granddaughter
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Rites for Lula Bell Yates
Planned al Takoma Park

Funeral services for Mrs. Lula
Bell Yates, 63. resident Of Takoma
Park, Md, for % years, were to be
held at pm. today at the Takoma
Park Presbyterian Church with
burial in Fort Lincoln Cemetery
She died Wednesday at her home
at Allegheny avenue, Takoma
Park.
Born In Pittsylvania County, Va,
Mrs. Yates made her home in Falls
Church, Va, for many years before
moving to Takoma Park. She was
a member of the Women's Society
of the Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church and Of the auxiliary of the
Takoma Park Post, American
Legion.
Besides her husband, Roy C.
Yates, she is survived by five chill
dren, Roy G. Yates, jr., serving
with the Army In Iceland; Kenneth
O., Mrs. Elizabeth Mccarthy, Mrs
Grace Newshaw, all of Takoma
Park, and Corpl. William F. Yates
stationed at the Army Air Field
Maxton, N. G. A brother, John r
Mcdaniel, Takoma Park, also sur
wives.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
B. H. Didawick Dies;
Rock Creek Miller

Benjamin H. Didawick, 66. miller
in charge of the historic old Pierce
Mill in Rock Creek Park, who died
of pneumonia Wednesday at Cas-
ualty Hospital, was buried yester-
day near Woodstock, Va, after
funeral services there. He was a
native of Shenandoah County, Va.
Mr.. Didawick came to Washington
about five years ago to take charge
of Pierce Mill, the last of eight
mills which operated at one time
on Rock Creek.
Widely known for the excellence
OF his flour, Mr.. Didawick numbered
among his customers Secretary of
the Interior Ickes and had received
orders from as far away as Florida
and California. He especially
prided himself in the buckwheat
flour produced at the mill He said
that other mills have to add wheat
to grind it and claimed that this
mill was the only one to turn it out
Iunadulterated Besides buckwheat
he also turned out whole wheat and
corn meal which was all ground by
stone.
Last year he was forced to stop
selling his products for public con-
sumption because the mills ceiling
price Of so cents for 5-pound sacks
made the operation uneconomical.
The mill, however continues to
make whole-grain flours for the
Welfare and Recreation Associa ton
Of the Public Buildings. which oper-
ates the cafeterias in the Govern
ment buildings. This association
also has charge of the mill
Mr.. DidaUick is survived by his
widow, daughter, Mrs. Gladys T.
Hamlin OF Danville. Va. and a sis
ter. Mrs. Annie B. Lambert of
Woodstock.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Harry {. MdweN, IS, Dies;
Navy Yard Instructor

Harry Courtney Kidwell, IS,
machinist instructor at the Navy
Yard, died of a heart attack early
today at his home. No Erickson
road, Cabin John Gardens.
Mr.. Kidwell had been employed
at the Navy Yard since the last
war, when he came here from
Richmond. Va. He was an elder of
the Garden Memorial Presbyterian
Church and active in Eagle Council
No. "a. Daughters of America. He
was a son of the late Magistrate
William H. H. Kidweu of Henrico
County, Va
Survivors include his widow. the
former Ida Pearl Conner; two sons.
Edward c., of Washington, and
Garnett F., of New York: and two
daughters. Mrs. Gladys M. Stewart,
Upper Marlboro, Md. and Mrs.
Hazel L. Lambright, of Washington.
He also is survived by five grand
children and one great-granddaugh-
ter
Evening star., 1943-12-11
New Parts Needed for Chair
May Delay SIoyer's Execution

needed because of change in
power systems at the penitentiary,
but were turned down. The chair
has not been used since 1929, he
said
He said Nebraska planned to ap-
peal from the Kansas City boards S
ruling but meanwhile we're shop
ping here and there trying to get
this equipment" An attempt to
borrow the transformers from Mis-
sissippi was baked when it was dis
covered resolution by the Missis-
sippi Legislature, which doesn't
meet until after the execution date,
would be necessary, he added.
MacAvoy's attorneys had an
nounced they intended to appeal to
the Supreme Court, which would
delay the execution. They have un-
til December l8 to file the appeal.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Henry Albert Hesse
Funeral Services
To Be Held Monday

Henry Albert Hesse, rs, retired
chief of the division of investigation
and review of the Civil Service Com
mission, who died Thursday at
Washington Sanitarium, will be
buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery after
funeral services at pm. Monday
at the Lutheran Church of the
Reformation, 212 East Capitol street.
Mr.. Hesse, who retired In 1898, had
served IS consecutive years with the
commission. He had visited every
State IN the Union and every i'm
portant city while with the COM
mission.
In 1913 he became chief of the
examining division and became the
first chief of the division of investi-
cation and review in 1920. Mr..
Hesse was in the commission when
Theodore Roosevelt was commits
sioner.
Native Of District.
A native of the District, Mr.. Hesse
made his home at 13 Wetherill road,
Westmoreland Hills, Md. He was
educated in the public schools Of
this city and Cornell University and
was a lifelong member of the
Church of the Reformation.
He was the brother of the late
Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, one time su-
perintendent of the Metropolitan
Police Department.. His father,
John Conrad Hesse, native of
Germany, received the Congression-
al Medal Of Honor for special serv-
ice during the Civil War.
Veteran in Commission.
At the time of his retirement Mr..
Hesse was the second oldest en-
ploye in point of service in the
commission. He was a member of
the Association of Oldest Inhabi-
tants of the District and the Cornell
Club of Washington.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Louise G. Hesse; a son. John G.
Hesse, and two daughters, Mrs.
Madaline H. Slye and Miss Marion
Hesse, and two grandchildren.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Nation S Milk Deficit
Expected 10 Reach
|4-Bi|Iion-Pound Mark

The Agriculture Department has
warned that If milk production con-
tinues at the present level. with
usual seasonal changes, consumers
will be faced with a 1000 ,00o, ,00o-
pound deficit next year.
Much more than the usual sea.
sonal recovery from the present low
point of production will be necessary
II 1914 milk production is to ap-
proach 1943 levels" the final crop
report Of the year stated yesterday.
The department estimated milk
production this year at ll8,20o ,0O0,-
600 pounds, or per cent less than
the record high of last year. Based
on the current level of production,
the 1914 estimate was for Il4,OOO,-
600, 900 pounds.
Percentage of COWS being MIXED
on farms was said by the depart
ment to be the lowest since 1925.
The War Food Administration and
Office Of Price Administration moved
recently to remedy the tight feed
situation in deficit areas by raising
the ceiling price of corn cents a
bushel. 1t is hoped this will encour-
age the movement of more grain
from the Midwestern surplus areas.
Brightest spot in yesterdays re-
port was the announcement that de-
spite local labor shortages, crops on
American farms have been gathered
with no more than the usual har-
vestlng losses. Some areas reported
substantial crop losses last fall be-
cause Of labor shortages.
A small acreage of potatoes was
caught by Wintry weather in the
Northern States, and there have
been local delays from shortages of
labor, the department said, but with
the help of good weather, farmers
have managed to gather in their
crops.
Total production of oranges and
tangerines for the 1884 season was
estimated by the department at
96 ,290, 900 boxes or 8 per cent more
than the large production Of last
season and 13 per cent more than
production in 1912. Grapefruit
production also is expected to be
high.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr, Dec. 11-Be-
cause the Nebraska Penitentiary's
prisoner-made electric chair needs
new parts, the scheduled execution
December 80 of Pvt. Joseph Mac
Avoy of Brooklyn may be delayed,
Chairman Ralph Cox of the Neb-
raska State Board of Control said
last night
MacAvoy, formerly stationed at
the Harvard. Nebr., Army air base,
was sentenced to the electric chair
September l8 after being convicted
of the attack-murder August 7 of
Anna Milroy, 16-year old Sutton,
Nebr high school girl.
Mr.. Cox said Nebraska authorities
applied to the regional War Pro-
duction Board at Kansas City in an
effort to obtain new transformers
Evening star., 1943-12-11
nt-Confro| Director
To Study Threatened
Eviction Of Tenants

Requested to intervene to prevent
the threatened eviction of III per-
sons from three buildings at 26l8,
2620 and 1892 Thirteenth street
NV, District Rent Control Admin
istrator Robert Cogswell today said
he would investigate the case to de-
termine If any violation of the rent
control law might be involved.
Whether he will intervene in the
eviction cases, now pending in
Landlord-Tenant Court. depends on
this investigation, he said.
Mr.. Cogswell's Intervention in the
legal battle for possession of the
property was asked yesterday in q
complaint filed in behalf of l3 OF
the Is tenants by attorney O. r
Mcclure. Mr.. MCGUIRE charged
the Fidelity Mortgage Investment
Co., owner of the property, with at
tempting to evict the present ten
ants SO that 1t might, after making
minor improvements, raise rents
now controlled by rent ceilings.
The is tenants, who with theil
families and numerous roomer.
total Ill persons, were notified te
vacate by the company about 8
month ago, Mr.. MCGUIRE stated
The company explained at thai
time that it was negotiating witt
the National Housing Agency TO,
the latter to lease the buildings ane
remodel the present five-roon
apartments into smaller units fol
war workers. Thirteen of the ten.
ants, Mr.. MCGUIRE said, refused tt
give up possession, and eviction
proceedings have been brough
against them in Landlord-Tenan
Court.
The buildings now are occupied Il
capacity, with as many as sever
or eight persons in some of tn,
apartments. and remodeling int
smaller units would not provid,
housing for any additional persons
Mr.. MCGUIRE maintained. Most O.
the present occupants are wa,
workers, he said.
A spokesman for the Nationa
Housing Agency said, however, tha
the agency is convinced that NJ
great hardship is being imposed or
the III occupants. Many are room
ers and numerous vacant rooms nov
are available here, he pointed out
Families now in the buildings will
be given an opportunity to rent tn,
smaller apartments after the re-
modelling.
The spokesman explained that re
modelling of the three buildings wiz
provide additional housing here TO
couples and small families typ
OF accommodation greatly neede,
at present. Plans call for the Q
large apartments now in the build
ings to be converted into AZ smalle
units, it was said.
Ernest F. Henry, chief attorne
for the Rent Control Administra
ton, pointed out that if the owne
is evicting present tenants in orde
to make substantial alterations /,
good faith he is within the law.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Sofia Raid Warns
Satellites to Give Up

LoNOoN, Lee. IL (fl.-WlLN q
mighty air blow on Sofia, capital
of Bulgaria, the Allies yesterday
drove home a warning to Adolph
Hitler's Balkan satellites to get out
of the war amid mounting signs that
the pro-Nazi Bulgarian and Hun
garian governments faced a show
down with their own masses.
The heavy attack-the Sofia radio
said waves of Allied planes dumped
explosives for los minutes-came at
the height of what appeared to be
a Bulgarian government crisis. A
few hours after the raid, it was
announced that the Parliament had
been sent home for week, move
suggesting an attempt to stem grow
ing demands for peace.
The Sofia broadcast said the as
sault caused great destruction and
killed many persons. Balkan dis
patches reaching Sweden said the
greatest damage occurred around
rail and troop barracks areas and
that members of Parliament inter-
rupted their session to take shelter.
The rail yards are a mile from
Parliament.
Bulgars Caught in Mixup.
For the last two days, Dobri
Bojilov. the pro-German Bulgarian
premier, has been trying to hold
together his sagging regime after
Ia vote of no confidence, and is
taking over the foreign portfolio
for himself after the minister re-
signed, it was said.
The Bulgars appeared to be caught
in a whirling political and military
mixup to which the country's rela-
tions with Russia, with whom she is
not at war, may be key. In the
opinion of foreign military experts
the Bulgarian Army might oppose
a Turkish invasion, but would be
unreliable, even mutinous, If asked
to fight the Russians.
Sofia In the last few days has
gone to some lengths to publicize
the fact that military attaches have
been exchanged by Bulgaria and the
Soviet Union. The London Daily
Express voiced the opinion that the
country's peasants would welcome
Russian invasion, pointing out
that the Bulgarian peasant is "a
warm Slav.'
Dispatches from Stockholm, mean
while, quoted persons familiar with
Hungary as saying that satellite
state has faced a growing threat Of
complete occupation by the Ger
mans since the Teheran and Cairo
conferences.
Hungary Seeking Way Out.
The Hungarian people and even
the government were pictured as
convinced that Germany had lost
the war and that way OUT for
Hungary must be found soon. The
most concrete evidence of that senti-
ment was said to be found in the
cooperation of two parties-the
peasant, or small landowner, and
the social democratic, representing
the opinion of IS to 80 per cent OF
the population. They are reported
to be pressing hard for peace.
Reports of mounting tension in
Rumania also continued to come in
as that country faced the threat of
the Red Army advancing in South
ern Russia. Hundreds of persons
were said to be fleeing the cities
after leaf1et raids promised real air
raids.
The German radio, meanwhile,
reported that Turkeys Foreign Min
iSter, human Menemencioglu, re-
peated to German newspapermen
yesterday what he had told Allied
correspondents the day before:
Turkeys foreign policy remains un-
changed.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Raids
Continued From First Page

NSoAllliiISu l iolll L IL OF dS6.t
thoroughly with bombs and that
numerous fires and explosions sent
smoke spiraling 5000 feet into the
air.
AS if to clinch the demonstra-
ton of Allied supremacy in the air,
the German Air Force last night
lost one-hfth of the first raiding
force it was able to send over Britain
in eight days.
Four DO-217s' out of the estimated
20 planes which crossed the South
east Anglican coast were shot down
by night fighting Mosquitoes patrol
ling the Thames Estuary to London
The German raider force, de-
scribed by the Berlin radio as quite
strong" dropped bombs at several
places, blowing out converts win
dows at one town and injuring the
mother superior and eight other
persons. One woman was killed.
The Allied headquarters commu-
nique which announced that all the
zig LlDCI dlOlo lClulllCu Sd1Sly Sdlo
they slugged their way safely
through swarm Of 40 intercepting
fighters, shooting down IL OF them
Only two Allied planes were lost
during yesterdays entire operations
by Northwest Africa air forces, it
added.
The British Broadcasting Corp,
quoting the Hungarian news agency,
described the damage done at Sofia
as considerable, and said the
agency AIDED significantly: "Passen-
ger and express trains have been
Cancelled on important Bulgarian
lines"
1t was the third Allied raid on
Sofia in a month.
Meanwhile, in an indication that
more and equally destructive Allied
raids on the Balkans were expected,
the headquarters of Marshal Josip
Broz (Tito's) Yugoslav guerrilla
army broadcast an appeal to all
Yugoslavs today to evacuate enemy
held towns and localities "as the
Allied air force is helping the op-
eratlons of Yugoslav units"
Urged to Leave Shops.
1t urged all railway and factory
workers to leave their workshops.
Resumption of the air offensive
after days of poor weather came
as the Air Ministry disclosed that
aircraft production has reached such
a level that plane losses, even at
the exaggerated rate claimed by the
Germans, would not halt the bomb
ing offensive.
Bomber losses were said to be
diminishing month by month, with
the losses in November being pro-
portionately as low as in any month