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Evening star., 1943-07-03
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star,

,,IEl BALTIMORE. July s.-po,stoes, 100
bushsl: 3,oo-e.5o; asparasus. dozen
200; nearby J. a5-: 90; beets crate. IS
SO: nearby. bunch, 6s; broccoli. crate.
l.!5-200: cabbase. 5o-pound sack. So
western. crate. .504 so; 50-pound sack
1.!5-o.00 caulifiower. crate. l5o-".oO;
sele5, osEs. s5ss 9eTn s5ae bsbe 5
l .O0-4 SO; nearby. half bushel. ,o0-I IS:
eggplant, bashei, da 100. ,,oo.a l4-bushel
western, Icebers 500. IS: nearby.
eushe nd 2s,5o' Lima beans pusheI 800
nearby bunch, SO; peas bushel. 200
peppsrs bTsheI 3coa ~" nearly Tby
hsif 11ssei 1sef ,omsoes. Seesn lur nesiSy
$50; nearby, half bushel, "50-3 80; tur.
Pin; Osshs a ,nn:. 5S S,be nea!es hs sd
ssntaloupes. southern; bushel, ,?.5-s.5;
tt e. baes.s,g1es ons4 so
10: lines, quarter box 1 .00-4 so; oranges
boz 4oo,5 peaches do hslt 5@ npsheI r,,nb, 80
pi.S ries, pint. red. 1873 black, quart. IS
35; watermelons. each, 50l,0o.
Poultry and Esgs.
solss lyt Psv1tFyh51e1s 'ev -ass and 'rse1' pound
EsssGlEe.rey; unsr.dsd; current aaaI reesipss .a
dozen. white. 3e-44: mlxeo coioIs' 5o-''o.
Hutts5-Prints, pound, 81 score as
e; ss3Ia. psekinE stock. 1928 Receipts 43'oas
Livestock Market.
Furnished by the Union Stockyards Co,
Cattle, 25. COMPARED with week ago
week: Slaughter steers. heiiers and cows,
IS higher; bulls, 75 up: stockers and feed
ers UNCHANGED: pair m strictly choice 94o 20
good and choice around 1.l40-pound steers
1890 bulk sales; s I50oal6:l9;; @ &c ,eommon nnsl
dium d.iry:b5ed hsiters; i:.75ala Is; can
odd head to 1850: few sect bulls, i45oa
l5Go msdium o and good heavy ,ans sausage g
1873 sood, weighty feeders. $40: bulk
medium and good, 14,o0al5 800: few COM
mon Eeo9 stesaeTs dST1 1tS IL week
vealers steady; sorting close: Good and
choice is. 59-l6.50; latter price for strict
sooife easS Guns down e0on 10 sos ano "e0'u"
s hisher 10" praetes sHs ss 'so GOOD IGT snd
eeSnd eoSsi 0sefS"s s1S .ns ss SS to to iS
113,s6-13,9o: $50 to leo pounds. I3.s5-
lflU. lou 70 lou pOunQS, l4.UO- oU'
1870 to 22O pounds 14.3O-l455; go to
24O pounds. l4.20-14.45: 24O to 260
pounds, 14.10-14.3 50; 260 to 300 pounds.
13.9O-14 25: sows, l295-1445. Prices
are based on srainfed hogs.
fat spring lambs 80 lower; slauehter ewes
steady: practical top and popular price;
1880. Good and choice 65-to-S0-pound
spring lambs, 14.5o-15.50; buck lambs out
at 90 less; common and medium, ! 90
1880; culls down to $50. Choice ,slaueh-
ter ewes, 500: medium and good, : 90
1.50; Gull and common, 2.5O-6.O0.
Grain Market.
Wheat. No. . red winter sarlicky spot
domestic: bushel opening price, old. 50;
new. .41l2. Oats, No. !. white. domestic
busheA s4s5: No. ?, $3.50. On all sales Of
oats to the local trade. excepting those on
tion. which Is paid by the buyer. Rye. No
,. bushel, a5-1.OO. Hay, timothy clover
and mixed ton. 81 Oo-.3, 90. Wheat straw
No .. ton. 100, Millfeed.. ton. spring
bran. 49.00-50.0O: standard middlings,
80. .O0-5OOO.
Evening star., 1943-07-03
d. C. Store Sales Up Sharply.

washington department store
sales for the week ended last Satur-
day. June 26. were 81 per cent ahead
OF the corresponding week a year
ago, the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond reported today.
Sales in the Fifth District were
up % per cent. gained "a per cent
in Baltimore and scared 81 per cent
in q group of other cities. Sales in
the Capital were 10 per cent lower
than In the preceding week this
year and were down slightly more
than in other cities.
Cumulative sales in the Capital
in the four weeks ended last Satur-
day were l3 per cent ahead of last
year and l8 per cent in the whole
Fifth District. Baltimore sales were
up 81 per cent while other cities
showed . 4s per cent gain.
Installment Loans Decline.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported that the combined outstand-
ing consumer loans of commercial
banks. industrial banks, small loan
companies, and credit unions were
s949 900, 900 at the end of May or
3 per cent less than at the END
Of the previous month and 38 per
cent less than at the end of May
1912.
The volume OF installment loans
made in May 1943 was Sal ,00O, 900.
S per cent less than in April and
l8 per cent less than in May 1912.
Commercial banks showed the larg-
est decline for the year, "a per
cent, with credit unions reporting
% per cent and industrial banks
IS per cent.
Small loan companies reported
the same loan volume in May l943
as in the corresponding month Of
l..
Evening star., 1943-07-03
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. July 3 P.-Late foreign
exchange rates follow Great Britain in
dollars. Others in centO:
Canada: Ofncal Canadian Control Board
rates for United States dollars: Buying
10 per cent premium; selling. ii per cent
premium, equivalent to discounts on Ca.
madam dollars IN New York of buying, 8 9l
per cent: selling. 9.09 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket. 9is per cent discount or 90.31i2 United
States cents. ,s cent hieher.
Europe: Great Britain official Bankers
Foreign Exchange Committee rates., buy
ine. 4.02; selling, 4.O4.
Latin America Argentina. official. % -;
free. $500. Brazil official. 6.O5n: free,
5.30n; Mexico. 2065n.
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise in
dicated. n Nominal.
Evening star., 1943-07-03
Trousers Torn
In Storm Cost
Circus $40

The wind and rain storm that oc-
CURED on the evening of June II
while the circus was in town had
repercussions in Municipal Court
today, when william T. Martinez,
1925 Olive street NE, was awarded
a $40 judgment against Ringing
Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Mr.. Martinek, who sought $50,
claimed that when patrons rushed
for the exit as the storm ragged he
was knocked from his seat. His
knee was bruised and trousers torn,
he said.
Judge Aubrey Fennel expressed
the belief that $40 would be sum-
cient for the repair of the trousers.
Evening star., 1943-07-03
CLOSING CHICAGO Grain

CHICAGO. July ? DP.-Wheat prices
House late Yesterday in sustaining the
Presidents veto of the Commodity Credit
Corp. bill. hut oats and rye held firm
on good commission house buying
Mills supported wheat and hedge selling
while present. was less than expected A
private crop forecast placed total wheat
production this year at 752 cocoon bush
els compare with the Governments June
estimate of 131 .0O0. 600 bushels.
At the close wheat was Sal cent lower:
July. .46ss-i2: September ! .46'.-7s; oats
were "a lower to Is higher July, 69's, and
Evening star., 1943-07-03
IS in Society for Blind
Make Blood Donations

Fifteen members of the Washing
ton Society for the Blind made
blood donations today at the Dis
trict Red Cross Donor Center.
Contributions in the last two days
were increased by 297 pints when
the mobile unit visited Boiling Field
to receive donations from WACS
and other members of the fields
military and civilian personnel.
Evening star., 1943-07-03

Approximate Sales Today.
HOO am 120 $50 1900 noon AS2 $50
Rates of dividends in the foresoing table
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration. Un-
less otherwise noted special or extra div
idends are not included.
< Ex-dividend xr Ex-riRhts. . Also extra
or extras. dCash or stock. e Paid last
year. Payable in stock. Declared or
paid 50 far this year h Paid in Canadian
funds. Accumulated dividends paid or
declared this year.
Evening star., 1943-07-03
WooIen Manufacturer Dies

CHARLOTTE, N. c., July 3 tP).-
John Tillett, treasurer of the Leakes-
vile Woolen Mills near here and
a member Of prominent North
Carolina family. died early today at
his home here after a heart at
tack. He was So years old.
Evening star., 1943-07-03
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, July 3 LP-The cotton
market was of about 81 a bale at one
time today on liquidation induced by House
action sustaining the presidential veto of
the antisubsidy measure.
In later trade prices recovered partially
as liquidation dried up. and price fixing
and weekend covering lent support
Futures closed 40 to 45 cents q bale
Evening star., 1943-07-03
] |'u|For. Bonds

Rates OF dividends in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the last
less otherwise noted, special or extra div
idends are not included Also extra or
extras. Cash or stock Paid last year.
Playable in stock Declared or paid SO
far this year. b Payable In Canadian funds.
< Accumulated dividends paid or declared
warrants.
Evening star., 1943-07-03
N. Y. Bond Market


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Evening star., 1943-07-03

There are more than 10 conven-
lent branch offices for Star Want
Ads. located Throughout the city.
Evening star., 1943-07-03
Baltimore Stocks
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Counting three to q family, more
than half a million people will read
this issue of The Star. If you have
want" tell them through = Star
want Ad." Phone MA. 5000.
Evening star., 1943-07-03
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Evening star., 1943-07-03

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Evening star., 1943-07-03
ChicaeO Cash Marke

Chicago Cash Market.
No wheat. No corn. Oats sample Grade
white 69ia. weevily and musty Barley
mailing. 1.12-1.16. nominal feed. O5-
1I0: nominal. Soybeans. No. > yellow.
1.1L.
Evening star., 1943-07-03

Middling spot, 21.69n.
n Nominal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

Colombian jungles. This Is in CO.
operation with the Institute of Inter-
American Affairs in Washington
which aids local authorities in the
work of hygiene and sanitation. The
same procedure has been followed
in other countries.
Last February an agreement be-
tween the United States and Peru
provided that South American re-
public with an airway system for
transporting rubber from the forests
to river and seaports. h
BY the end Of 1914 it Is expected
that Haiti will be producing 10000
tons of natural rubber per annum,
which will be marketed by SHADA
(Societe MISUNDERSTANDING de De-
veloppement Agricole), an organiza-
ton set up by the governments OF
the United States and Haiti. One
hundred thousand acres have been
sown with ''cryptostegia," rubber
producing plant that grows very
rapidly. Thousands of Haitians have
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07
South American Jungles Throb With
New Rubber Boom; Scientific Methods
Are Used to Protect Native Harvesters
Biggest Problem
LackRa LandRoad U. Rubber in Miami

Proof that progress has been
made was demonstrated recently py
the Bureau of Standards in Washing
ton, D. c., which produced 9 pair
of rubber heels from the latex OF
"Hevea Brasiliensis" trees growing
in Florida. The experiment cost
the department Of agriculture !!
years Of research and thousands OF
dollars but government chemists re-
ported the quality of the latex COM
pared favorab1y with East Indian.
In this promising test-tube rubber
plantation are growing more than
1000 Hevea from Haiti, Puerto Rico,
Mexico and the East Indies. 1t IS
the only rubber. project on planta-
ton scale ever attempted outside
the tropics. Some of the trees are
IS feet high and ten inches in d.
ameter.
Tree Survives Florida Cline.
For a tree whose natural habitat
is in the region Of the equator, the
Hevea's endurance and adaptabill-
ty to temperate climate has amazed
scientists. Periodic measurements
have shown that its early growth has
been as rapid in Miami as in Haiti
and Mexico. It's resistance to cold
weather has been incredible, sur
viving temperatures as low as 70
degrees. Like many northern trees
it has been found to shed its leaves
in winter, reducing frost danger and
making it particularly well-suited to
Florida cultivation.
The entire rubber reserve has
sprung from seeds, many of which
were sown nearly two decades ago.
After sprouting from seedbeds the
young trees were transplanted into
deep depressions near the water-ta-
BILE so the tap roots could find per-
manent moisture. The. creamy,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-07

been engaged to attend the planta-
tons.
"Cryptostegia" originated in Mad
agascar and reached Haiti in 1912 as
a decorative plant. Since then it
has spread without assistance over
many parts Of the island.
Combat Leaf Blight.
DR.. e. w. Brandes of the U. S.
department Of agriculture is enthu-
siastic about the progress made by
the Americas in combating rubber
plant diseases. The South American
leaf blight, he said, is being con-
quered by development of disease
resistant trees. These hardy trees
in turn are being crossed by hand
pollination with high-yielding Orien-
tai rubber trees further to improve
yields.
Victory over the leaf disease is q
great forward step in the hemi-
spheres rubber expansion program,
said DR.. Brandes.
On one of the Ford plantations in
Brazil, million trees fell victim
to its ravages,. but it was observed
that a few full, leafy canopies OF
healthy trees stood out sharply
against background of pest-ridden
neighbors.. This meant that the
blight, carried from tree to tree by
wind-blown spores, had not infected
them. They were immune.
Scientists then bud-grafted the inn
mune tops to other trunks and pro-
duced a high-yielding, disease-resist-
ant plant. The work Of developing
the resistant tree by the system Of
cross pollination is an arduous task,
but it is ultimately the best solution
to the problem. It is being done on
a large scale in Brazil, where lies
the hemisphere's greatest potential
supply Of latex.
Meanwhile horticulturists at the
Federal Plant Introduction Garden,
Miami, Fla, have been experiment
ing with homegrown" rubber
trees.
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By VIRGINIA VALE


VX|HEN Director King Vidor
w began telling Brian Don
levy about Ellis Island, the day
Brian did his first scenes for
America" he replied "Bet ]
know more about Ellis Island
than you do" Seems that in 1911
he returned to the United States
from Ireland with his mother;
unaware that she had to pay a head
tax before being re-admitted, she'd
spent all her money. A phone call
to her husband in Sheboygan Falls,
Wis, would have settled the matter.
But as she had hot Irish temper,
she insisted on arguing with all the
officials. $50 they put US in a cor
ner and ignored us until Mother
cooled off," said Donlevy. "That
was two days later!"
Bruce Bennett, on location with
Humphrey Bogart for Somewhere
in Sahara" received a letter ask
ing him to become Pan-American
co-ordinator. Several years ago he
was in Guatemala, making Tar
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gan picture; the outfit ran out Of
funds, and while stranded Bennett
made friends with a number Of in
fluential people. Now, asked to
choose co-ordinator, they've asked
for him.
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white latex tapped recently was Q
welcome sight to the botanists who
had cared for them so long.
Experts have found that trees
grown from selected East Indian
seeds in the Florida garden has pro-
duced a higher yield Of latex in
general than miscellaneous Hevea
from other tropical lands. Expert
ments in hand pollination have been
tried with marked success to deter
mine its possibilities.
Two methods Of tapping have been
tried-the half spiral every other
day, and the full spiral, every three
or four days. The half spiral has
proved most desirable, u enabling
workers to retap over the old scars
every seventh year. AS in most
rubber trees a purer and slightly in
creased flow of latexl Isl found to-.
ward the lower trunk! .0s ''t9sia :
Technicians do the tapping here.'
Two grooves are cut into the tree,
with a regulation tapping knife-an'
oblique cut to start the flow of la
tex, and a vertical channel cut to-
guide it to the spout which 'empties
into a glass receptacle held to the
tree by wire holder. In the we'll
equipped laboratory Of the introduce
ton Garden the chemist coagulatess
the latex with ascetic acid. It is,
then rolled, washed and dried, and
the samples sent to Washington for
study.
Operation of the station at Miami
has been generally overshadowed by
other steps taken to relieve the rub
Der shortage in the United States.
Much publicity has been given to
the effort to bring the guayule shrub
into cultivation in the Southwest.
A variety Of chemical compositions
have been exploited for their rub
berry characteristics. And, of course,
there is the government vast syn
thetic rubber program. utilizing oil
and grain.
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Gardener Should Only Cultivate to Kill Weeds

stirring dry, NEEDLESS soil. Cultiva-
ton should not begin too soon after
a rain because moisture viii evapo-
rate faster, and lack Of water often
Is limiting factor in plant growth.
Any one Of several types of hoes
is satisfactory for garden work, and,
sometimes it is an advantage to have
more than one type. Heavy hoes
are best for chopping weeds out of
heavy soil, and the pointed hoes
are better adapted for opening fur
rows for planting seed. fyA
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To remove a stain left by adj
hesive tape, apply kerosene, then
wash the spot with warm suds.
-. ~ y fg
An old pair Of curling irons
makes an excellent gfipper to use
in dyeing garments. You can grip
the material firmly and swish it
about in the dye bath and it will
not slip off as it sometimes does
when stick or something OF. that
sort is used.
Butter will spread more smooth
ly- and go further if a little hot
milk is creamed with it.
Aluminium pots and pans leave
their marks on the surface of sinks
and enamel drainboards.a Such
marks can be prevented by plac-
ing rubber mat on that part OF
the sink most likely to come in
contact with the alurhinuni, or
they can be removed by using a
mild cleaner applied with a damp
cloth.
Mixed with salt, vinegar will
clean disco1ored copper, brass and
silver, and remove ink stains from
the fingers. Diluted with water, it
will clean gilt picture frames.