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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
DOWNWARD TREND
NOTED IN MARKET

NEW YORK, Aug. 26- Up -
Stocks generally turned downward
in the past short market week
as thoughts of a sudden ending
of the European war continued
to inspire light selling by those
who feared industrial reconversion
difficulties at home.
There were exceptions through
out the 5-day stretch, especially
among utilities and other stocks
thai stand to benefit Immediately
by the return of peace. Rails
never got anywhere in particular
although they maintained their bal
ancs fairly well in the face of
the antitrust action filed against
AZ roads. The Wrangle in the War
Production Board aroused some
apprehension because of its threat
to transition plans.
Volume dwindled from Monday
on and this brought in a little
investment nibbling Friday al
though trends generally ended with
sidewise motion. Principal Sc
curities markets in the United
States and Canada recessed TO-
day, as they did last Saturday,
and will Sept. 2 and through La
Dor Day.
The Associated Press average
of go stocks was down g of
point at $40 on the week.
Secondary railway bonds were
shaky throughout in reflection of
the Justice department monopoly
suit.
Cotton exhibited strength on the
move for higher government loan
rates. Today this staple was I'M
changed to up Is cents a bale
and wheat at Chicago off 1-8 to
up SO of cent a bushel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Aug. 26 -(P- Com
mission house buying and short
covering caused upturns in wheat
and rye futures markets today
but oats were under pressure
throughout the session and the May
and July contracts sold ae new
seasonal lows.
Some wheat purchases resulted
from wet weather which has de-
layed further the harvest of the
northwestern crop. Most of the
trade, however, was limited to
spreading. Quantities of Septem-
Der and December wheat chang
ed hands with traders paying a
two-cent premium for the nearby
delivery.
At the close wheat was 1-8 to
SO higher than yesterdays fin
ish, September $l.55 1884. Oats
were off IA to 7-8, September SO
IL So. Rye was unchanged to
IL higher, September $107 1-8
Barley was unchanged to ga low
er, September $1.15 1-8.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, Aug. &c. Up -Pota-
toes, arrivals $, on track go, to-
tai U. S. shipments $50; supplies
moderate, demand good; for west
ern stocks the market firm at
ceilings; for best quality northern
stocks market firm; for fair quail
ty northern stocks market dull and
weak; Idaho russell burbanks, U.
S. No. 1888; Colorado bliss tri-
umphs, U. S. No. l, $3.51-3.53; Me-
braska red warbas, U. S. No.
D3.85; North Dakota bliss tri-
umphs, commercials, $2.60-2.65;
Wisconsin bliss triumphs, U. S. No.
l (unwasheO, $3.O0-3.25, (washed
$3.50; cobblers and chipewas, U.
S. No. $2.80-2.90.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. 26-tP)-(WFAy
-Salable cattle 800; calves, 100:
compared Friday last week: strict-
ly good and choice steers strong,
all others fully Is higher, closing
active, instances so. up on common
and medium grades; fat heifers
fully Is higher; beef COWS showed
$500 advance, with strongweight
Gamers and all cutters sharing adj
vance; light Gamers Is up but still
under pressure; bulls 25-40 higher;
vealers steady at 500 down, but
Gull weighty calves so lower; stock
ers and feeders very scarce, thin
light kinds closing firm, however;
demand fairly broad for eighty
feeders scaling 800 lbs upward,
habitat offerings to 4.35; common
and medium thin stockers 8.O0-O.-
so; top fed steers 835, several
loads scaling 225-435 lbs. at that
price; next highest 8.25; consider
able buyer pressure on choice cat
tie selling at and above 800; best
yearlings S.25; heifer yearlings T.
so; bulk fat steers grading medium
to choice 350-8.00; common Of
ferings 9.75-.50; bulk fat heifers
3.00-7.00, with western grassers
up to ,3.75; cutter cows closed at
7.25 down, with light Gamers at
5.25, these having sold as low as
4.5O during week; wintered beef
COWS up to 400, good northwestern
grassers to 1925; heavy sausage
bulls to so, but most light and
medium weight grass bulls 800
9.75..
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Aug. 26. - P) -
Closing foreign exchange rates fol-
low Great Britain in dollars, 9TH
ers in cents:
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 9 1916 per cent dis.
count or 9006 Ia U. S. cents, UNI
changed.
Europe: Great Britain official
buying $4.02, selling S4.O4
Latin America: Argentina free
24.95 up OF of cent. Brazil free
5.15n; Mexico 20.65n.
n-Nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
FOR SALE

WE INVITE YOUR INSPEC-
TON, BY APPOINTMENT,
OF THIS MOST BEAUTIFUL
HOME 2106 MARKET, con-
sisting of, living room, dining
room, breakfast nook,
large bedroom, sun porch,
back porch and nice bath.
Upstairs, 2 large bedrooms,
tile bath, extra large linen
room, extra large closets
throughout the home. Large
cellar, central oil heating
plant. Lot about 80 by $50.
Two grapevines, pecan tree,
one cherry and apple tree,
nice garden, chicken yards
and double garage, concrete
floor. Priced to sell.
5 room home, two room gar
age apartment, lots 80 by
SO feet each. Across street
from Castle Haynes Depot.
5 room apartment and store,
less than 2 years old. all
city conveniences. Nice pay
ing business, fronting High
way IA. 5 and one half miles
out. Lot 100 feet, 3 acres. land.
20 nice rooms and store, lot
$50 by 210. Just across
Brunswick River, Highway
1T. Extra good tourist bust
ness.
6 rooms and store, Eastbrook,
one mile north of Leland, IA
acres of good farming land
and extra good business, pay
ing about $135.00 weekly.
6 room home all city conven-
fences, room home, acres
land on Masonboro Sound.
4 room house and 36-eight
tenthS acres. 7 miles Castle
Haynes Rd.
S room home, one. half acre
land, Corbetts Landing, Mid
die Sound.
7 room home, 3 extra large
lots, Cherry Ave-, Audubon.
Buy this lovely room home,
fronting on Middle Sound,
known as Livingston Place.
Has Artesian Well, beauti-
full white water. About SIS
acres. $50 feet water 'front.'
age. A place that affords
great business opportunity
and certainly grand place
to retire.
4 room home, acres land,
z miles Market t. Rd. Large
new barn, smoke house and
nice fenced pasture. You
can't wait to buy a bargain.
See HUGHES and MORTON.
w. T. SWINK, Asso.
Wallace Bldg.
I'd and Princess Dial 1881
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
MIDDLING COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26-LP)-
The average price of middling Is
16 inch cotton at ten designated
Southern spot markets today y S
5 cents bale lower at 21.59 ce.' S
pound. Average for the past 80
market days was 21.56. Middling
10 inch average was 20.44
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
CASH GRAINS

CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-(R)- Cash
wheat, none.
Cash oats, none.
Barley, mailing 115-1.39 IL
NOM; feed 1.10-1.16 nom.
Clover seed, red top 15.50-16.0O
per 100 lbs. Country run.
Timothy seed 6.25-5O nom. per
100 lbs. Country run.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
18O.-LegaI
EXECUTRIX NOTICE

Having qualified as Executrix of the
Estate of Bruce B. Cameron. Sr. de-
North Carolina. this is to notify all per-
sons having claims against the estate
OF said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at Room 704. Murchison
Building, Wilmington, N. c., on or be-
fore the 22nd day of July, 1945, or this
notice will be plead in bar Of their re-
covery. All persons indebted to said es-
tate will please make immediate pay
ment.
This the 22nd day of July. 1914.
LOTTIE F. CAMERON
Executrix Estate of Bruce B.
Cameron. Sr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-(PeAfter
early weakness the cotton market
steadied today, closing unchanged
to Is cents a bale higher. Trading.
was light pending developments on
the Bankhead proposal to raiso raw
cotton prices to full parity levels.
Profit taking, indicted by Fridays
sharp advance, dominated the mar
ket'S early dealings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26.-R-
Spot cotton closed steady 10 cents
a bale higher. Sales 1902. Low
middling 1912 middling 21.52; good
middling 21.92. Receipts 4,349.
Stocks 280, 452.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
N. C. EGGS. POULTRY

RALEIGH, Aug. 26. - R) - NC
DA-Egg and poultry markets
steady at Raleigh; U. S. grade
A large eggs (clean white) a. to 4S;
hens, all weights, % to Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26. -(P)-
Cotton futures advanced here today
on trade buying and weekend COW
ering. Closing prices were steady
10 to 20 cents bale higher.
Omen High I oW Clnca
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
N. C. HOGS

RALEIGH, Aug. 26. up - NC.
DA-Rocky Mount hog market
steady with top of 1425.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
S5.-Help Wanted-MaIe
CALENDAR statesmen


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girls and. other exclusive pictures. Ac-
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demand. Permanent, direct connection,
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HELPERS (WHITE) with
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA:
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER:
Miriam Whitenef HUMPHREYS VS..
o. Odell HUMPHREYS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE

The defendant above named will take
notice that action entitled as above has
been commenced in the Superior Court
Of New Hanover County, State of North
Carolina, to obtain an absolute divorce
against the defendant on the grounds of
two years separation; and that the said
defendant will further take notice that
he is required to appear before he
Clerk of the Superior Court of New Ham
over County North Carolina. at his Of
flee in the City of Wilmington, in the
above State. on or before the 18th day
of September, 1914. to answer or demur
to the complaint in said action Of the
plaintiff now on file in the office OF
the said Clerk of the Superior Court
Of New Hanover County, North Carolina,
or the plaintiff will apply to the Super
Tor Court of said County for the relief
demanded in said complaint.
This the 25th day of August. 1914.
LON J. WARD, Asst
Clerk of Superior Court
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27

SIXTY ACRES LAND: $3.50. GOOD
building site, located two miles west
of Leland facing Atlantic Coast Line
and highway "a. Leaving city shortly.
Dial 5183 921 North Third. d,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-27

WE HAVE A FEW SMALL TRACTS OF
land on Myrtle Grove Sound. Geo. A.
Biddle. 238 Princess. Dial 1891
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-26
>rec.al To nm prrRoIr rIMEs

MT. PLEASANT. Feb. 25-Wil-
liam Larsen 31-year-old high
school music teacher exhibited no
regfet as police held him I'M ISa-
bella County jail here today for
shooting a l5-year-old boy who
threw snowballs al his trailer
house
Gle admits the shooting and
seems 10 feel he MAS justified.
County Sheriff Joe RaWson said
after talking 10 Larsen. THE
boys had been SnOwballing his
trailer for some time, he says.
but | think it's "A pretty un-
equal kind of warfare-snOw
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-26
Expert TestifieS
On Engine Peril
InSdbotdge Trial

a federal court triabof three
officials of the Bohn ALUMINIUM
and Brass Corp. was adjourned
until Monday today after a gov
Crnment witness cited the dangers
of -writit1E Irrpt1T1C CUETUCS, II
practice which the firm allegedly
followed
He is Fred + MoScoNicS teChni-
cal adviser of the army central
procurement district
While the witness said no would
reject defective castings with
even a mark on them If they
had been welded. he admitted on
CroSS-eNamination that other vital
parts OF airplaneS are welded m
Guiding the engine supports and
landing gear.
MoScovicS. 10 whose testimony
the defense StrenuOuSly objected
on the grounds that he was not
qualified expert admitted also a
lack of knowledge concerning en-
CINE tests and the battle service
record Of RollS-Roycc engines
which The Bonn company makes
for Packard Motors
Earlier, Federal Judge Picard
sustained a defense motion per
hitting three defendant officials
of the firm who are charged with
sabotage, 10 continue 10 conduct
business affairs while the hearing
is in progress.
lie held however, that M least
one Of the defendants must be IN
court al all times during the hear
ing.
Defense Attorney William Henry
Gallagher filed the motion assert
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-26

So that when I find women here back home 49,.
women who are doing swell job buying bonds, Civ
ing blood taking mans place spelling their
record by not responding to the counry's urgent
plea for used kitchen fats feel we're letting those
boys down hard Cooking fats are urgently needed TO
make the glycerine essential for gunpowder shells
bullets For the wonderful sulfa drugs that prevent
infection; for many other battlefield uses
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-26
America Wants
GI Bill Of Rights
Says Vet Leader

WASHINGTON, Feb. p The
American people want one thing
for the millions OF men and
women who are fighting Americas
battles throughout the world:
That they be guaranteed the
fullest possible lle in the Ameri-
can understanding Of that term.
Omar p. Ketchum, representa-
i've OF me Tgi0ranS OF Foreign
Wars. told "a House committee to-
day that is Just what the CT Bill
of Rights VIII provide. KGchum
said
III poll were to he taken
among our fighting men and
women today, asking them
what they wanted most. they
would give YOU two answers:
TO TTt the WaT OVVF AS
speedily "a possible.
. ITO know that they will have
every opportunity America can
offer them: \ chance to get
job, make a home and provide
for their family
For the Inside News" Of
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-26
Trailer SnOWlDaIied.
Teacher Shoots BOy

balls against a eO-guage shot
gun"
The youth, George KaSel. was
in Community Hospital, where $50.
shotgun pellets were removed
from his legs yesterday. County
Prosecutor Russell ID Oterbne
withheld formal charges pending
the outcome of the injuries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-26

ing that the firms work ON war
contracts would suffer if they
were compelled to remain away
ll,l4e=All Observation-Disclosures
Eaton assistant manager OF Plant
- Paul CordeS superintendent
and George King "a foreman
Three government witnesses
testified yesterday that the Bonn
officials knew they We're violating
their contract with Packard Mo-
lois when They permitted welding
OF cracked airpl9no engines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-26
Gas Cheating Scars

WASHINGTON. Feb. a. tUP)
Some 100000 gallons of gaSo-
line found their way into the
black market during January, the
OPA reported today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-26

For the Inside News" Of
" Washing tuti.@ F.uiiuw Paul Mai
Ions Column in the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-26

You cont begin 10 appreciate what terrific wartime Job
United Shirt Distributors doing Until you selection Of
shirts for spring. What xaeyl What syIe And what vauel
Those swagger British Stripes and handsome Candy Stripes
only two OF the great features ready at 75 Handsome
Oxtods and Dover whites still available al this price, With
% stores in Detroit alone United does the outstanding furnish
ing Job for any city in the country See this selection for your
Easter shrtsYou Why United leads them a Yes more
Michigan United Shirts than any other brand-and
there good reasoos~why!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-13
Now It's Gone Airline"

First we had Zone World" then zone
Man," and now it is proposed to merge
the Nations commercial air carriers into
what is called one "All-American Flag
Line" to give the United States the jump
in the airfield of world commerce Sen
ator McCarran of Wyoming is author of
bill, which proposes to endow the alag
line" with potential working capital in
excess of a billion dollars. All the car
riers would pool operations and no one
carrier could own a controlling interest.
BY a simple twist of phraseology the
measure introduces civil aeronauticS
code by which Government regulation
would be raised to maximum heights
under authority of a reorganization Of
the Federal Civil Aeronautics Authority
and Air Safety Board. The Government
owns complete airline system, includ-
ing airportS in every part of the coun-
try, and there will be a surplus of planes
for every civilian purpose, after the war.
In short, Government control of the air
lines is possibility, and this would be
the entering wedge in public ownership
of transportation systems. If legislation
like the McCarran bill is enacted the
present National Administration will do
the rest. Such a war baby" would be
another step in the direction of taking
over the railroads and the steamship lines
There wouldn't be far to go in the case
of the steamship companies as most of
them are pretty closely tied up under
Government operation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-13
Strikes and National Service

Britain's mounting labor unrest is
alarming. Strikes last month cost mil
lion work days. Unless strikes are
checked, D-Day might become not the be-
ginning of a liberating invasion, but a
sort of Dunkirk in reverse-strong mill
tary force but precarious support.
Britain has a national service law. It
can freeze the worker to his job, move him
to another, fine him for absenteeism. His
boss can be penalized for firing him,
boarding his services, employing him in
efficiently. Britain can do about every
thing except keep the worker contented,
and prevent his walking off th job.
Taking look at Britain, il is not hard
to see why the War Manpower Commits
sion has defiled the administrations plea
that America needs national service
law, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-13
AnYbodY's Guess

The problem of getting our uprooted
labor force back home is going to be a
major obstacle to orderly postwar recon-
version. But there is rather more press
ing problem concerning these wanderers
which is intriguing politicians at the
moment. That is the task of getting
them to the polls in November, wherever
they may be. 1t is going to be a very
considerable task. And coupled with the
uncertainty of the soldier vote, it will
make the coming election headache
for Straw-vote pollers and betting COM
misSionerS. This year the voters senti-
ment may not count for as much as their
geographical situation. Only IL states
show actual population gains over 1910
(based on ration book registrations) after
their men in the armed forces have been
Subtracted. twenty-five others have
added more newcomers than they have
sent into service, though their present
total population is under the 1910 fig
ure. The other IL have a net loss of 49,
600 after deducting service men.
Besides these changes, there have I'M
doubtedly been population shifts between
states that cancel out without affecting
the statistical total
Voting requirements differ Some states
wear. There are numerous other differ
ent qualifications. Foresighted away
Trombone workers may have kept vot-
ing residence in their own community.
But some have certainly neglected to do
so. All this is going to add up to plenty
of confusion, no matter who the candi-
dates are. No one knows how effective
the soldier vote will be, though it surely
win work better than in 1912, when only
$4,000 uniformed voters out Of some 4OOO-
600 got their ballots counted. Nor is it
possible to foretell how the labor shift
viii influence the total vote. About the
only safe bet is that the military and in
dustrial displacement will cut down the
total.
What partisan effect all this will have
is anybody's guess. Both sides will claim
the advantage, and with plausible rea-
sons for their contention. 1t seems safe
to assume that the majority of service
men and industrial workers supported the
President in 1910, if they we're old enough
to VOTE If the President runs again, and
the majority of both groups get to vote,
they might swing several borderline
states. But if many of them should lose
their vote, through failure to receive a
ballot or through improper qualifications,
the swing could just as easily go in the
other direction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-13
Paiamas Are Warmer

There has been a good deal of talk
about (a) manpoWer shortage, and (b)
paper shortage. We had never queS-
tioned the existence of either until there
came to hand study on Family Be-
havior, Attitudes and Possessions" which
is Valume 4 of a series called Family
Living as the Basis for Dwelling Design
Now we wonder. The study is, as you
might expect, design for building post
war houses around prospective jewellers
habits. But it is also lot more. AS
explained in the preface (there are also
an Introduction and an Analysis of the
1roblem) here is stuff for the Sociolo-
EST, the anthropologist and the psycholo-
Ut as well. Having read the fascinating
monograph, such learned gentlemen will
probably share our amaZement that civil
ization and the family have managed to
come thus far without this Volumes help.
The authors pried into the inner work
ings of some typical American families,
and the following samples are typical OF
their findings:
''Twelve women have triple mirror,
Of whom six use it for combing hair, three
for dressing, and three make no useof it
at ALL" (ThiS is followed by Table 40,
"Per Cent of People Putting on Clothes
While Seated.')
"All husbands shave standing in the
bathroom. Three women read, three
smoked, and IS reported they sang in the
tub" Besides straight reporting, the
study has some brilliant deductions:
"AIthough the nightgown is most popu-
lar in both winter and summer, there is
shift to pajameS in winter, which means
they must be warmer" Capital, my
dear Holmes! But how the deuce did
you ever figure it out?)
Bathroom sleuthing disclosed that So
per cent of the families use the tub for
umbrella storage, and 81 per cent for
foot washing. Also that SO per cent can
reach the faucet while sitting in the tub.
It also reveals that when Showering most
women report they do hot get their hair
wet. The reason is that they wear cap
and most do not mind it. OF those who
do get their hair wet so per cent mind it. )"
oven, get yourself cap and stop
equaWking.) Occasionally there is a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-13
AS A MATTER OF FACT

A proclamation in the state that
should be seriously considered at this time
is the recent one of the Connecticut gov
ernor concerning Child Health Day which
comes May L. In this he calls the atten-
ton of parents to livelier interest in
their own flock. The flower of many a
fine flock seems to have gone bit weedy
of late as statistics show, so it will not be
amiss to peruse the governors statement
which says in part: that it is encum
bent on parents ito watch over their
children with loving care, to protect
them through intelligent application of
scientific knowledge and to guide them
toward the fulfillment of their individual
capabilities which will insure their health
and happiness in years to GOMEZ