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Evening star., 1944-08-14
Selected Stocks Up,
But Many Leaders
Lack Support
by VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer


NEW YORK, Aug. 1A.-Motors,
rubbers and selected industrials at
tracted modest bids in todays stock
market although many leaders were
q trifie depressed by lack OF invest
ment interest.
Such support as appeared In the
rather lackadaisical session again
was based partly on the idea the
surrender of the Nazis would find
the home front better prepared for
reconversion than most had ex-
pected. There were numerous doubt
ers. however, and these continued
to tighten accounts and adjourn to
neutral territory to await more
definite bullish inspiration.
Rails and steels were Indifferent
performers from the start. The
recently bullying junior automotive
issues, which rested toward the end
Of last week, displayed signs of life
for a while, but failed to follow
through and near-closing trends
generally were notably irregular
Transfers for the full proceedings
Of around zoo, 900 shares were among
the smallest for a full stretch in two
weeks.
Ahead fractionally the greater
part Of the time were Chrysler, Gen.
eral Motors, Graham-Paige, Hupp
Motors. GOODYEAR, Goodrich, Ameri-
can Telephone, American Can, East
man Kodak and Texas Co. Stun
blers at one period or another in
cluded United States Steel, South
ern Pacific, Western Union "a" New
York Central. American Water
Works, Du Pont and Kennecott.
Bonds were steady.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Aug. - P.-salable hosss;;
II 900: total. 5000; very active. all
hogs sold early; fully steady; good and
choice 16o-240 pounds, 14.75; weights
salable cattle, 10000; salable calves:
1000; good and choice fed stters and
yearlings 25 higher: supply choice oner.
inss small; seneral killing quality plaf11est
dium grades very slow. uneven. mostly
steady TO IS over dist1ess 81 sales late .s, mex,
price 1870 paid for long yearlinss; light
yearljngs. 1898: bulk slaughter steers,
13 1917 90; heifers steady to strong. best
1900; bulk IL 5O-16.O0; beef COWS steady
to weak. Gamers and cutters weag to IS
lower: bulls weak; vealers steady at 1900
down; stocker and feeder market strictly
4 dry weather afi.ir. demand all grades
and weights limited.
salabie sheep. 1000; total, 5000; slow:
asking steady, bidding weak to fully IS
lower on all classes: sorted good and
choice native, spring lambs held above
400, senerally bidding 1880 down on
most small lots Eradiing medium to
choice; good good shorn yearlings held
above 1l.50. bidding 4.75 down on chorn
slaughter ewes.
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Cotton Textile Market
Quiet During Week !:
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE cot
ton textile market remained quiet
last week as the industry awaited
announcement of new ceiling prices
on print cloths.
Although mills have heavy mil
itary orders, and recent directives
leave little goods for the unrated
civilian market. some activity is ex-
pected when the new ceilings are
set because mills have some goods
accumulated for civilian use.
Trade quarters discussed the pos
sibility of a new directive covering
the entire textile field. which would
require manufacturers to set aside
a percentage of their machinery ex-
clusively for Government orders.
Price ceilings were raised on bed
sheets and pillowcases by approx
mately per cent at manufacturers
levels
Very little new business developed
in the woolen goods markets as mills
concentrated on Government orders
and deliveries against existing civil
ian contracts. The rayon goods mar
ket was quiet.
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Wushinoton Produce

From the War Food Administration
Prices paid net fob. Washington
EG0S-Market frm. Prices paid for
Federal-State graded esgs received from
grading stations, august 14): Whites
browns, mixed colors, D. 8. grade A, large
dium. 81; q. s. GRADE b, iara:. 81: u. 8.
grade B. medium, SO; u s. Grade c.
$3.50; average, 28h. Current receipts
nearby unRraded eggs, 1880 Receipts
Government sraded eggs 470 cases (three
days..
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Re-
ceipts light. Prices paid net fob Wash
inEton permitted transportation charges
lnciuded according to mileage). Broilers
and fryers, 27-29; fowl, 25-27
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Warm again
tonight, low In upper 70s. Sunny.
hot and humid tomorrow, high in
mid COS.
Maryland and Virginia-Continued
hot and humid without relief ex-
cept scattered local thundershowers
over mountains late this afternoon
and evening and again tomorrow.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
clear at Great Falls.
Report for Last 48 Hours.
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. ''' ALL
MONDAY. AUGUST H. eA
Chicago Grain

-. CHICAGO. Aug. II 0p.-Selling hit
the rye pit today, droppine prices a.
much - . cent at times 70 new sea-
tracts before . rally recovered most OF
the los.es. The rye action affected wheat
adversely but oats showed independent
Favorable war news on the European
and Pacific fronts diScouraged longs from
holding rye. There were contendlng in
nuences IN the market. continued corn
belt drought being Offset By the war news
and harvesting OF the spring wheat crop
In the Northwest and in Canada.
bushels, fairly heavy.
Wheat closed u lower to v. higher,
september. 1;63h. after September and
up " to .1h cents, september. e9A-N
Rye rallied to close " Of to Ia cents up
September: 1.04ss.N,. after December and
1.03as, respectively. Barley was " to N
htGher, 4eptemher, LII
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Gain Is Maintained
By Wholesale Trade
In Fifth District
BY EDWARD C.. STONE

ny LDV AMI u. S1ONE.
Net sales of 259 wholesale firms
In the, fifth district in June ran
per cent ahead of June, 1913,
the Richmond Reserve Bank has
just announced. Industrial supplies
made the best gain, 16 per cent,
followed. by groceries, up 9, and
drugs with an per cent rise.
Auto supplies sales rose S per
cent and the miscellaneous business
OF 90 firms was 6 per cent better
than a year ago. Tobacco sales
were unchanged, while dry goods
sales were down per cent; elec-
trical goods, 10; hardware, 8; paper
and paper products, 2.
The same review reported that
retail sales by five leading furni-
ture houses in Washington In June
were Is per cent higher than a
year ago and in the first half year
were up per cent. The nth
distric tgain was 10 per cent in
June and per cent in the six
months.
Washington building permits in
June totaled $1,959, ,034 against
$2,551 ,023 year ago. Building per-
mits in the nth district in the
half year amounted to 1851, $50
against $22,957,087. Bank debts in
June in Washington were up l3
per cent and 9 per cent in the six
months. There were only two COM
mercial failures in the fifth dis
trict in June, involving $4,000.
Verificatlon Centers Opened.
Louis j. Kroeger, new ration cur
rency director, has announced that
eight veriflcation centers under the
Ration Banking Division of the
OPA have been opened in different
parts of the country. The offices
will check and audit ration cou-
pons, stamps, tokens, and help in
reducing the work of the banks.
These Offices now have about $50
people employed.
Ration banking has grown to
very large proportions as shown
by his report that there are now
100000 ration bank accounts,
into which 81 100000 deposits were
made last year, representing 400,-
100000 items against which 49,
100000 checks were drawn.
War Bond, Stamp Sales OF.
With the passing of the peak of
the Fifth War Loan Drive, sales of
War Bonds and War Stamps at the
City Post ONCE declined in July,
oficials reported today.
Bond sales in July numbered
1898 against 24,047 in June, while
the face value of the bonds totaled
s774,58l.25 in comparison with
$1,l51 062.50 during June.
War stamps sold during July to-
tailed Sl85 600, compared with $303,-
900 in the preceding month, the
report stated.
Marx Convention Speaker.
Raymond G. Marx, controller of
the Riggs National Bank, will be
one of the leading speakers at the
annual meeting of the National As
sociation of Bank Auditors and
Controllers in Cleveland in Sep
tember. Postwar bank operation
will be headlined
Taxes on safe deposit box rentals
in the fiscal year 1914 totaled So
593 ,674, a gain of more than $500, 900
over the preceding year, the Bureau
of Internal Revenue has reported.
David Bornet, vice president of
the National Savings g. Trust Co.,
has returned from a vacation at
South River.
William L. Beale, vice president
and trust officer, American Security
e. Trust Co., is on his vacation.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Kansas Wheat Crop
Cut by Heavy Rains
3y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., Aug. 14.-Heavy
July rains cut estimated Kansas
wheat production 9,905 900 bushels
to 1913, 8,413, 900 bushels, which would
be the States third largest crop, H.
L. Collins. Federal-State agricul-
tural statistician, reported.
Near record-breaking precipita-
ton in the Western two-thirds Of
State kept combines from the field
and the overripe grain lodged badly
and developed heavy weed growth" {"
Mr. Collins explained.
At the end of the month, some
5,000,000 bushels were piled on the
ground in western counties, some
of which was severely damaged by
wet weather.
Last year Kansas produced 144,-
2Ol 900 bushels.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Sharp Decrease Seen
In Cottonseed Crush
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Census Bureau reports that
cottonseed crushed In the cotton
year, August / to July 81, totaled
1858 ,58S tons. compared with 4,%o7,-,
TO tons in the previous year. ID 5lts
Cottonseed on hand at mills July
81 totaled 118,70l tons compared
with 80 1856 tons q year ago.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Market AVERAGES
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. AUG. IA R,.-Foreign ex-
change rates follow (Great Britain In dol.
lars, others in cents):
Canadian dollar In New York open
market, 81 per cent discount, or 90.12h
United States cents, UP .06h Of . cent.
Europe-.-Great Britain. of1cial buying.
4.02; selling. 4.04.
Latin Americar--Argentina. free, 25. .o2.
unchansed; BRAZIL. free, 5.15n; Mexico,
20.65n n Nominal.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Approximate salss TsAay.

ADDreximats Sales TeAay.
11:00 am. 157 $50 1900 noon 300 o2o
100 pm. ala $50 900 p.m.- Ae7 27o
tUntt OF trading, 10 shares; sales printed
in full In bankruptcy or receivership or
being reorsentzed under Bankruptcy Act.
Rates Of dtvidends in the forexoing table
quarterly or semi-annual declare ton. On.
less otherwise noted. special or extra divi-
Il II rights sAlso extIs or sxtrss. Css6
O. stock; ePsclare4 q pad % far thii
ees |tsyrsls e y tex fsid last pear.
lated dividends paid or assiaTsi t6is Year.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Four Percent Treasury Bonds
OF 1944.54
Notice Of Call for Redemnf;on


To Holders Of percent Treasury Bonds of
1944-54. and Others Concerned:
/. Public notice is hereby given that all
outstanding 4 percent Treasury
Bonds Of 1a44-54, dated December
-. 1924. are hereby called for re-
demption on December is, 1874, on
which date interest on such bonds
will cease.
g Holders of these bonds may, in ad-
vance Of the redemption date. be Of.
fered the privilege OF exchanging all
or any part Of their called bonds for
other interest-bearine obligations OF
the United States, In which event
public notice will hereafter be given
and an ofncial circular governing the
exchange Offering will be issued
Full information regarding the pres
entation and surrender of the bonds
for cash redemption under this call
will be found in Department Circular
NO 666, dated July 81, 194l.
HENRY MoRGENTHAU. JR
Secretary of the Treasury,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
-Washington. Auzust "A, 1a44
Evening star., 1944-08-14

Haloid Co. net for the half was
SLOT ,928 or rs cents vs.. $l23,8 or
81 cents g. year ago.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Washington. Gas common-10O At 24h,
10 ut 24h.
oarnnckel 6hx pfd.-26 at 2eh.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Odd-lot Dealings

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IA L9.-The Sc
curities Commission reported today these
dealers or specialists on the New York
Stock Exchanse for August 12: 1.4O4 pur-
chases involying SO .492 shares; 1.?4s
IL short sales involving 1898 shares.
Savannah (Ga.) Gas Co. applica-
ton to reduce from $25 to $12 q
share the par value of its $500
shares of capital stock was ap-
proved by the SEC.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
N. Y. Bond Market
lfurnishel y TIE Asseeiste1 Rress.)

DT OF I11UEA
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lot Nor 8a4S 81 1o3
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NOTM IS 50 - tn
NYC en- q 0S 73A
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lW Md bMs77 A1o5N
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lIWilson Co IS 6S 1o@
Evening star., 1944-08-14
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Aug. IA P,-Increased
hedge selling against the new cotton crop
today caused 4 reaction in the futures
market. There was some liquidation ac-
ferings were absorbed Through scale-down
price fixing.
Late afternoon prices were IS to 20
cents Q bale lower. October 212l; De-
cember, 81 .O4 and March, 2O.S1
Evening star., 1944-08-14

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, Q2. 3:45 pm. Year ago, 81.
Lowest, 76, 6:4S am. Year ago, 76.
Record Temperatures This Year.
HiEhest, 9s. on June 1s
Lowest, II, on January 9.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, Aug. IA R.-DividendS
declared.
IRREGULAR.
Pc Stock OF Pay
Rate. riod. record. able.
Beau Brummell Ties 15c - 9-l 9-15
Regular.
Clark Equipment 7uc S-oS a-'5
Dobeckmun Co -2bc 9-I 9.11
Unit Aircraft Prod d-25c q S-26 els
Evening star., 1944-08-14

BELBCTO LII
TREASURY. 900
% 63-61 - 100 Al
2Ns 60-66----1oo -
2hss 70.06---.11o 10
NEW YORK CITY
% 80 .---- ll3N
NOREI0N. 200
Canada b 81 1o21t
ChilMBoNs01a 16N
Chile NIB o. ga 1M
Denmark O. a. AA
Haiti q b2--- e7N
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Rio de J 81 40 ~N
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DONE8T1C. 200
Am r b T IS SO 121A
Ang G N deb 81. 90
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B4O 06 A----- 53iA
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BAO 5000 D. 5zN
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BoSt Ne ~ 90 93N
Brk Ed 3Ns SO 1904
Cal n p 3hs 66 1oAN
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Evening star., 1944-08-14

BelQ hem. .SU-- J
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Bene Ind L.60e. !
Best&Co l.60a. !:
Best Foods lie a
Beth Steel 4Aae.
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BohnAl&B 1l2e
tBon Am A A. ~
Borden I.2Oe *
Borg War 1.60 1
BrAnln AIR. .6U !.
Brewing Corp 2.
Bridgeport.R ~
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Bklyn q @ Ne !
Brown Shoe 2 !
BucyruS-E .30e i
fBucyrus pf = II
Budd Mig /.
tBudd Mfg of 35(
tBudd Mi pf g. 81
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Buff Forg 1.35ex
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Butler Bros.45e I
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Evening star., 1944-08-14

20 far this year. tO * extra. h5 s5 90
extra: % 10c extra. (p) Paid In 1o43.
Evening star., 1944-08-14

Humidity for Last 4S Hours.
from nom Saturday to Nom todayl
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-11-02
Federal Lond Bonk
Declares Dividend

A 10 per cent divident payable to
all stockholders of record Septem-
Der 80, 1914, has been declared by
the Federal Land Bank of Spokane,
R. E. Brown, president, today ad-
vised l. D. Rognlen, secretary
treasurer OF the local National Farm
Loan Associations at Kalispell
The stockholders consist Of ma
tional farm loan associations, with
the exception of a few borrowers
who have obtained loans direc. from
the bank, Mr.. Rognlien said
This dividend, which approx
mates $400, 100000, is the first ..e-
clared by the bank in more than
20 years." Brown told Mr.. Rcgnlien.
1T carries out the cooperative func-
ton of the institution to return
savings to its stockholders and re-
fleets the improved financial eondi-
ton of the bank made possible
through sound operations and the
general improvement in agricultural
conditions"
The office at Kalispell serves
farmer-owned national farm loan as
sociations in this district, and is one
OF so such offices serving cooper
alive associations in the long-term
farm loan business in the four states
OF Montana, Idaho Washington, and
Oregon.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-11-02
Ed Henrichs
Dies Suddenly

Libby friends received kilograms
Monday from Mrs. Ed Henrichs
stating that Mr.. Henrichs had passed
away Sunday, Oct %, at Phoenix,
Ariz., where they had recently
moved in the hope of benefittinG
his health. Funeral services were
held Wednesday.
Mr.. Henrichs WIS boIGs Decy 3,
1887. at Mt. Vernon, Mo He had
lived in this district for many years
where he had been employed by the
forest service. He received his first
appointment with the service on
May |. 1923, as scaler on the Zoo
tenai National Forest, and worked
on this forest continually until June
|. 1914, when he was retired due to
III health.
While with the forest service he
worked on timber sales and as dis
trict ranger in charge of the Cab
met ranger district now known as
the Troy ranger district, also on the
Libby ranger district. When the
Gees were first brought to the
Kootenai Mr. Henrichs was appoint
ed as Camp Superintendent.
Survivors include his wife, Cola,
one daughter by former marriage,
a brother and two sisters.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-11-02
Gets Glimpse Of
Creations
Magnitude

II. G. Johnson of the Brown
Foundation delivered a lecture in
the Junior High auditorium Wednes-
day night that held the closest at
tention of an audience composed of
high school students, faculty men,
bers and few toWnspeople. The
lecture was a planetary explanation
of the American sky and was illus
trated with slides and mechanical
gadgets to make clear the move
ments of the heavens. It ran all the
way from views of some OF the
large telescopes OF today to meteor
markings on the moon and into in
terstellar space
The lecture was most instructive
and left an impress on the minds
of the audience of the unimaginable
vastness of the universe, using that
word in its all inclusive meaning
After glimpse of the magnitude
of creation, closing thought was
that some higher power must have
had hand in it. The lecturer closed
by answering a number of questions
from the audience.
The lecture was sponsored by the
Libby High School Student Coun-
Gil.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-11-02
Kills Grizzly
Bear With
Rifle

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Steele, Ural,
enjoyed a hair-raising visit from a
grizzly while out berry picking near
Pinkham Creek divide last July.
When asked about the incident, Mrs.
Steele told the following story.
while my husband and / were
visiting at my home, we took berry
cans, food and a tent up into the
mountains. We left July Is and
went up Ten Mile trail toward the
Pinkham Creek divide near Ural.
That night we camped by the creek
where we could enjoy the beauty
of the mountains. Part OF that night
we could hear something moving
around near our tent. The next day
we picked some berries and enjoyed
the freshness of the creek.
THAT night we again heard the
same noise near the tent We slept
lightly at first, but toward morning
we we're both sleeping soundly,
when / was reused by a scratching
on the tent. awoke with start
10 look into the face OF two-year-
old grizzly bear ~He-h2d ripped the
tent about six feet and stepped in
on the foot OF the bed. | screamed
and he backed off a few feet, but
had no intention of going. We could
see he was pretty mad. All we had
was % single shot for protection.
We were using Western rim fire
cartridges, % long rifle solid lead
nose.
MY husband handed me the gun
and | shot the bear behind the
shoulders. Bruin leaped about eight
feet the first jump and ran to the
creek, about a hundred feet distant.
He bawled loudly for about five
minutes When we got there, we
saw him laying astride of drift
log at the edge of hole in the
driftwood. He lay lifeless by the
waters edge, the bullet having
broken a rib on lone side, gone
through the lungs and out the other
side"
Mr.. and Mrs. Steele are we'll
known ranchers of the Sweetgrass
mountains. She is the daughter of
Mrs. Anna Husek, resident of Ural
since 1903. Mr.. Steele is the son of
Brigadier General Sir Samuel Ben
field Steele, late Of the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police, who saw
service for As years.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-11-02
Roosevelt Wins

President Franklin D. Roosevelt
defeated Republican candidate
Thomas E. Dewey Tuesday night at
student straw ballot held during
an assembly period in Libby high
school, Roosevelt received 119 votes
compared to 81 votes garnered by
Mr.. Dewey.
Judge Left Erickson, democratic
candidate for governor of Montana,
received IS votes compared to T3
votes favoring reelection of Gov
ernor Sam Ford.
Prior to the student body ballot
ing, short talks were made in behalf
of the interests of all four candi-
dates. Speakers included Margery
Hunter, speaking for Dewey; Alice
Rodgers, for Roosevelt; Jim Raft,
speaking for Erickson, and Jim
Maurer for Ford. The activity was
sponsored by the journalism class.