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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
MARKET ENJOYS
RECOVERY SWING

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-R-Buoy-
ed by visions of large-scale peace
time prosperity, the stock market
this week enjoyed its widest gen
eral recovery swing in fourteen
months with the industrial average
hitting its highest level in more
than eight years.
The climb was steady on fair
sized volume after a stumble Mon
day on rising apprehension over
vanish ng war profits for numerous
companies. Relaxation OF federal
controls and Washington's go-ahead
signal for speedy reconversion and
output of civilian goods turned the
tide Tuesday although many lead
ers remained hesitant.
Hopefulness for quick business
transition, short-lived unemploy-
ment and big consumer spending
lifted trends Wednesday but volume
was the lightest in about two weeks.
A feature in this session was
squirt of preferred stocks of Chesa-
peake & Ohio subsidiaries on the
parent roads merger proposal.
Advances of one to five points
were scored for motors and other
favorites Thursday with the over
all average achieving its second
widest jump since Dec. 30, l94l.
The motor and rubber groups led
Fridays bulge when the w. P. B.
announced removal of all procuc-
ton quotas for new passenger cars.
Questions regarding taxes and price
ceilings, however, tended to re-
strain many investors.
The Associated Press 60-stock
composite finished with net gain
for the week of 19 points at 65.9,
broadest upturn since the week end
ed June II, 1874. In the final ses-
son the industrial average mount
ed IL points to 1884, a top mark
since Aug. 4, 1887. Both the rails
and utilities still were well under
their 1945 highs.
Bonds trailed with stocks to
greater or lesser extent but COM
modities did little on balance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-P)-Wheat
futures slumped franctionally today
on hedg eselling against the new
sprin wheat crop and other bear
ish developments. Other grains we
firm, although late profittak:ng cut
advances to minor fractions.
Hedge selling was expected to in
crease in wheat, since the new
Northwestern spring wheat crop
now is moving to market in
volume. Also upsetting to wheat
prices was lower New York cot
ton market and trade belief that
there will be a sharp reduction in
use of granular flour for industr. al
alcohol, since the government has
ordered IS per cent cutback in
industrial alcohol manufacture.
Rye climbed about cent in early
dealings on buying stimulated by
the government announcement that
more grains, other than corn and
grain shorghums, may be used in
manufacture of beverage alcohol
for the last four months of 1915.
The monthly allotment was set at
5000, 900 bushels, compared with o.
500, 900 bushels in August.
nrnv1 uinh nuy TI4ea
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
five new BUSES
ARRIVE IN CITY

Five of IL new q passenger bus
es ordered by he Safeway Transit
Co. arrived in Wilmington Friday
and probably will be put in opera
ton on routes served by the COM
pany some time this week.
Delivery of the other buses is as
yet uncertain but one is expected
to be delivered here within a few
days.
Five Safeway drivers, E. W.
Ward, J. W. Thomas, R. Batson,
W. D. Small and ]. o. Bell, drove
the vehicles, described by T. J.
Baird, superintendent of transpor-
tation, as the ''most modern being
made by Ford'', here from Union
City, Ind.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
Belgium Says America
Owes Her $120, 900, 900

LONDON, Aug. 25.-R-Belgian
Finance Minister j. Kronacker
said today that termination Of
lend-lease leaves the United States
owing Belgium $120, 900, the
Brussels radio reported.
Belgium in the only European
nation left in the position Of a
creditor by the action, the broad
cast quoted Kronacker as saying.
american authorities have
shown their. sympathetic under.
standing of our position" he added
''They are fully aware of Difficult
ties which such a financial situa'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
others unevenly steady to IS lower;

others unevenly steady to IS lower;
increased supply medium grade
grass heifers at 11.00-13.5O; cows
Is lower, market very uneven,
comparatively little above 1900.
odd specialties to 400, however;
most common and medium beef
cows 9.25-12.00, Gamers and cutters
7.00-8.25; Weighty beef bulls higher
early but advance lost, sausage Of
ferings steady to Is lower; vealers
so lower, winding up the week at
1900 down, with heavy slaughter
calves at 1880 down; most grass
bulls 9.25-11.50; heavy sausage Of
ferngs to 1925; most beef bulls
13.00-1400, outside 1900
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-lP-
Closing foreign exchange rates
follow Great Britain in dollars,
others in cents:
Canadian dollar in New York
open market So per cent dis
count or 9037 IL U. S. cents, .06
IA of a cent lover.
Europe: Great Britain $4.03, I'M
changed.
Latin America: Argentina FIR
2503, unchanged; Brazil free SIS;
Mexico 20.65.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
Wilkinson Named Member
Of Durham Paper Staff

DURHAM, Aug. 25.-R)-A. A.
Wilkinson, for the past 10 years
head of the Duke University News
Bureau, has resigned that post to
become associate editor of the
Durham Morning Herald. He will
begin his work with the local
paper on Sept. 10.
Wilkinson is a native North
Carolinian, having lived in Winston
Salem, Statesville, and Asheville
before coming to Durham in 1922.
He is a graduate of Duke, and dur
ing his undergraduate days there
was editor of the Archive, student
literary monthly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-(P-(WFA)
Potatoes: arrivals SO; on track
1O9; total US shipments 1854; sup
plies light, demand good, market
firm for best stock, dull for 9TH
ers; California Long Whites, baker
size, $40; Nebraska Red Warbas
US l, Size A, 800; Cobblers 230;
Idaho Russet Burbanks 3.35-3.40
Wisconsin Cobblers, generally good
quality, 2.15.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-tR-Cash
wheat, No. 2 red 1865 IL. No corn.
Oats, No. l mixed heavy So a.;
No. l white heavy 81 IL; No. l
white extra heavy So IA; No. l,
white heavy 81 IL; No. 1 white
extra heavy IS; No. white heavy,
tough, So; No. 2 white heavy
So IL; sample grade white heavy
go "a; cample grade white, heat.
ing and tough, So IL. Barley nom.
inal: mailing 121-1.39 IL; feed
85-1.05. Field seed per hundred
weight nominal; timothy 5.75-6.00;
red clover 13.50-140O.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
N. C. EGGS. POULTRY

RALEIGH, Aug. 25.-LRE(NCDA)
Egg and poultry markets steady.
Raleigh-US Grade AA, extra
large, S.; fryers, broilers, and
roaSters, 1913.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
Omen Hiph Inv Last


RALEIGH, Aug. 25.-LH-(NCDA)
Hog market active and steady
with tops of 1855 at Rocky Mount
and Clinton and 1895 at Rich
mond.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
SUNDAY, AUGUST % IN.

t tr'' we, would entail for a small ,,,,.
Try like ours. 1t is to ' h. e eo0A
be found" '0iutlon will
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26

anese frontier cross the s'S ioisa
owned island of Soviet So. 5GlntH
and japanese Karafuto. 'aSnaIla
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
SPOT COTTON

IN NEW .t ORLEANS, Aug. 49,,
cen cents a bale lower; sales s9E o., y
2z a;, good God middling 22 t.5la'lal
ceipts s,4s4; sticks 2la aoa 's
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
SPOT BUTTER AND EGGS

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-P)-The
spot butter and egg markets were
nominally unchanged today.
Egg receipts 9,799 cases; but
ter 515,113 pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 25.-(P-
Cotton futures closing prices were
steady, 10 to 80 cents a bale low
er.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
NEW YORK POULTRY

NEW HUhA FOULIRY
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-R)-Live
and dressed poultry firm. Prices
unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26
NEW Work. COTTON

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-P)-Cot-
ton futures were under pressure OF
hedge selling and scattered liq-
uidation today and closed at or
near the lows for the day to show
losses Of 80 to IS cents bale.
Sales of about $4,000 bales in the
DC .ober 1915 position by leading
spot firm featured the market and
had an unsettling effect on the en-
tire list. The October selling was
attributed to hedging against the
new crop or liquidation Of long
account. Mills were the principal
buyers on the scale-down along
with some short covering in the
1916 crop delivery.
Traders followed with interest
the hurricane in the Gulf of Mex.
leo which it was reported will
strike into Texas where picking
and ginning are getting into fuller
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-26

BUY VICTORY BoNns
Evening star., 1945-07-17
B. F. Larcombe Dies;
Retired U. 5. EmpIoye

Benjamin F. Barcombe, 90, of 237
Eighth street Sc, retired employe
of the Weather Bureau, died yester-
day at his home after an illness of
two years.
A native of Washington, Mr.. Lar
combe attended the old Jefferson
School in South Washington. He
worked for the Government Print
ing Office for about 10 years before
transferring to the Weather Bureau
in 1878. Mr.. Larcombe started there
as printer He was head of the
Publications Division at the time he
retired in 1882 after 81 years of
service. At the time he entered the
Weather Bureau it was part of the
Signal Corps of the Army.
He was a member of the Masonic
Veterans Association, serving as
president in 1924. He also was a
member of Columbia typographical
Union, No. 10l.
Mr.. Larcombe is survived by
son, John d. Larcombe of Phila-
delphia; a daughter, Mrs. Mary L..
McGhee, and two sisters, Mrs. Rob-
ert Jenkins and Mrs. Georgianna
Loane, all of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at the Lee funeral
home, Fourth street and Massachu-
sets avenue NE Burial will be in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Montgomery Board
Appoints W. F. Day

Willard F. Day of Chevy Chase,
civil engineer and former manager
of Henrico County, Va, today was
appointed county supervisor by the
Montgomery County commissioners,
meeting at Rockville.
This is the first appointment of
four county Offices created at the
recent session of the Maryland Leg
islature. Mr.. Day will take over
his duties August / at a salary of
$4,000 year.
Mr.. Day was city manager and
city engineer for Staunton, Va.
from March, 1923, to March, 1884
He was county manager of Henrico
County from 1884 until December,
1910, when he resigned to enter war
work.
Born in Baltimore October IT,
1894, Mr.. Day attended the Milton
University School. He completed
the International Correspondence
School course in civil engineering
and also course in personnel ad-
ministration offered by the Insti-
tute for Training in Municipal Ad-
miniStration.
Mr.. Day makes his home at 1924
Langdrum lane. Chevy Chase, with
his wife and 17-year-old daughter,
Evelyn. A son, Pvt. Willard F. Day,
jr., is at the University of Chicago
where he is taking an Army spe-
cialiSt course.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Himmier in Favor
OF Compromise Peace

April 9-"Alfieri Ambassador to
Berlin) has come to Rome on leave.
He does not report anything espe-
cially important, but is less optimis-
tic than usual. On the other
hand, the declaration made in the
greatest confidence by Bismarck
(Nazi minister in Rome) are most
interesting.
Germany must have peace by
October, no matter how things go,
he said. The army cannot and will
not take the offensive at this time.
1t has had its spinal column
broken by the removal of its best
military leaders. There is conster-
nation in the party. Himmler him
self, who was an extremist in the
past, wants a compromise peace.
England will be ripe for negotia-
tions, especially if there is a posi-
bility of collaboration by the Ger
mans against the japanese in Asia.
Are these the imaginings of Bis
marck, or do they represent German
opinion?"
April 10-"Host-Venturi explains
the abolition of sleeping cars, dining
cars and f1rst-class cars on the rail-
roads. 1t is Mussolini who wanted
this provision for purely social rea-
sons. In Trieste the other
Evening star., 1945-07-17
lsiHRstoni;nq
&Remindety@a

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
K-2 through P-2 good through
July 81. Stamps o. through U-2
good through August 81. Stamps
W. through z-2 good through
September 30. Stamps Al
through Ell good through octo-
Der 81.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
To- through X-2 good through
July 81. Stamps Y-2, Z-2 and
Al through C-l good through
August 81. Stamps D-1 through
HI good through September 80.
Stamps il through Nj good
through October 81.
Points for Fats-Yeur meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp No. SO valid for
pounds through August 81. Next
stamp valid September /.
Gasoline-B-7, CT, B-8 and ca
coupons good for gallons each.
A-l6 coupons valid for s galore
each through September 81.
Shoes-Airplane stamps l, 2 and
in Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each. StamJ
4 becomes valid August /.
Fuel Oil-Periods /, 2, 8, and 8
coupons good for 10 gallons per
unit through August 81. Period
coupons for 1856 season now
valid. All currently valid coupons,
except for serially-numbered cou-
pons of definite value. will expire
August 81.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
HitIer's Long Talk
Puts General to Sleep

"On the second day after lunch,
when everything had been said,
Hitler talked for an hour and 40
minutes without interruption. He
omitted nothing: War and peace,
religion and philosophy, art and
history. Mussolini looked at his
wristwatch I had my mind on
my own business. Only Cavallero
Gtalian supreme commander) pre-
tended he was listening in ecstasy.
Gen. Jodl (Hitler's personal
chief of staff went to sleep on a
divan, after an epic struggle. Gen.
Keitel was staggering. but succeeded
in keeping up his head He was too
close to Hitler to let himself go.
"One does not see any physically
fit men on the streets of German
cities and villages. Women, chill
dren and old men. Also foreign
laborers. Slaves of the earth.
Edda (Ciano's wife and Mussolini's
daughter), who visited a camp for
Italian workers, found man who
had been wounded on his arms by
the scythe blows of brutal guard.
She told Hitler, who staged a fit
Of anger and ordered all sorts of ar
rests and Investigations. 1t won't
change the course of events.
Losses in Russia are heavy.
Ribbentrop says 275,000 dead. Our
Gen. Marras military attache in
Berlin) raises it to 100000. With
amputations, frostbite and the seri-
ously Ill who won't recover by the
end of the war, the figure rises to
100000.
British aviation is hitting hard.
Rostock and Lubbock literally have
been razed. Cologne has been hit
heavily. The Germans strike back
but with less violence. 1t only partly
consoles the German population,
which is accustomed always to give
it and never to take it back. 1t
leads many of them, who have dev-
astated half of Europe, to weep
about the brutality of the British,
who are making innocent Prussian
families homeless The serious
thing is that they mean it.
THE trip didn't arouse much. in
tereSt in Italy. Every one
Expected Hitler would announce an
offensive against the Russians. In
stead he started one against the
German people ttotal mobilization.
so-called)."
Tomorrow = Triumphal march
through Cairo is II Duce's dream.j
Evening star., 1945-07-17

night, the undersecretary of the
postal service had to be put into his
train through the window.
The government hasn't gained in
prestige"
April "Mussolini visits the So
ciety of the Friends of Japan. More
and more he likes to refer to himself
as the first friend of Japan in the
world De Peppo (ambassa-
dor to Turkey says the Turkish
ideal is that the last German soldier
should fall on the last Russian
corpse"
April 13-'Long conversation with
Donna Edvige Ql Duce's sister,
. She wanted to relieve her
heart on a matter which has now
become a national question: The
Petacci family. She has
made up her mind to talk to II Duce
about it."
April 14-"The japanese have
proposed a tripartite declaration of
independence for India and Arabia
First reactions in Berlin are un-
favorable The Japanese move to-
ward Europe is unwelcome. Musso-
lini on the other hand would like to
support the japanese Immediately" :"
April AT Bismarck says the Nazi
consul general in Milan receives
many offensive letters. The last one
ran like this: We hear you are
looking for a new residence. We
offer one which Is very beautiful, and
worthy of you. of your people, and of
your leader. The address is such
and SUCH The consul went pune
tually to the address, and found
himself at the doors of the jail"
April 22-"n Duce informs me
that Marshal Kesselring, on his re-
turn from Germany, brought Hitlers
approval for the landing operation
against Malta" CThe invasion never
came off,
April 24-"The japanese mill
tary attache vented his criticism
violently of the German attitude
and their way of waging war. Ger
man political warfare is all wrong,
according to the japanese. y"
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Petocci Family Accused
OF MeddIinq and Stealing

March 29-"Gastaldi, the former
federal secretary in Turin. comes TO
me with a story of his arguments
with a partner. Up to this point
there is nothing bad, but as usual
the Petacci family is concerned, and
people gossip about it.
"The Petacci family neddles on
one hand, gives political protection
on the other, threatens from above,
intrigues from below, and steals in
all four directions. This scan
dal will spread and will involve II
Duce. But what can one do to warn
him, especially since two of his most
intimate collaborators are making
loads of money!
April III Duce has learned from
an industrialist that this saying is
current in Germany: I'm two
months we shall win the war against
Russia, in four months against Eng
land, and in four days against Italy" !"
April 5-"Del Drago returns from
Paris. In Berlin there is nothing
new on the surface. In some Ger
man circles he was told that after
the offensive on the eastern front,
which practically will liquidate the
Russians, they are hoping for a
compromise peace with the Anglo
Saxons"
April 6-"When Goering was in
Rome we spoke of the possibility of
returning certain Italian paintings
now in France, particularly those
belonging to Jews which were Sc
questered by the Germans.
Among the names mentioned was
that of RothSchild who owned many
Boldinis. Today Goering sent me
Boldini as a gift, and his letter be-
gan as follows: Unfortunately,
there was nothing left in the Roths-
child home If this letter is
found some day, it will appear that
it was 1 who instigated him to sack
The homes of the Jews and that he
was sorry he had arrived too late" :"
Evening star., 1945-07-17


International affairs continued to
60 badly. At Hitler's headquarters,
Ciano heard it said repeatedly that
"America is a big bluff" 1t was to
him the whistling of small boys past
the graveyard.
Ciano wrote:
March I9-"Pavolini minister of
popular enlightenment returns from
conversation with Goebbels (Nazi
propaganda minister) and paints a
dark picture of Germanys situation.
He spoke of a crisis of the regime,
and of walking on the edge of a
razor They no longer talk
of beating bolshevism. They win be
satisfied If they reach the Caucasus.
"Pa~olini related a funny story.
When GoebbelS sent Farinacci Gas
ctst secretary a bust of Hitler, the
bust was brought by the gauleiter of
Essen, who pretends to speak Ital-
ian. but doesn't. In delivering it, he
said: Your eXcellency, Minister
Goebbels has entrusted me to bring
you questa busta (this envelope,
something empty without original
ideas. Goebbels is the first to laugh
about it."
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Man Held on Charge
OF Possessing Heroin

Rubin John Dorsey, 38, of the 600
block of K street NE, yesterday was
held in $4,000 bond for hearing
August l by United States Com
missioner Needham C. Turnage on
charges of possessing sl32 worth OF
heroin.
According to Federal narcotics
agents, they arrested Dorsey at
Second street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV. Saturday after several
blocks chase by automobile Dorsey
finally left his car and threw six
l-ounce packages of the drug to the
ground before agents overlook him,
the agents said.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Opium Feared Threat
To u. S. Troops Abroad

Because thousands of American
troops now are stationed in opium
infected areas of the world, the
opium problem once more assumes
a serious menace, calling for immedi-
ate attention, Representative Judd,
Republican, Of Minnesota said yes
terday.
Author of the Judd resolution
urging opium producing countries
to restrict production to medical
needs, the Minnesotan praised At
ganistan and Turkey for their re-
striction, the growth Of popies and
production of opium.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Collection Of Tin Cans
Reported in Sudden Spurf

Apartment residents salvaged
twice as many tin cans in the first
IL days of July as in the whole
month of June, but still are Ear
from the peak expected, the Dis
trict Salvage Committee said to-
day.
In June about 5000 pounds of
tin cans were contributed by the
900 apartment houses listed by the
committee. In the first IL days Of
July more than $4,000 pounds were
given.
Apartment residents once gave as
much as 10000 pounds month,
William A. Xanten, refuse depart
ment chief, said The salvage lead
ers hope they will reach this peak
again in the renewed drive Cor
tin cans.
Figures on can collections from
homes will be totaled at the end
of the month. Home collection is
done automatically by garbage
men. Apartment residents must csll
Republic 9488 for pickup by volun-
teer trucks.
About 500 of the 900 apartments
have not asked for pickups for a
year, the committee said.
Evening star., 1945-07-17
Bill 10 Increase
Veterans Job
Rights Planned
Rees to Act Unless
Civil Service Corrects
Present Situation

Resuming his verbal battle with
the Civil Service Commission over
preference for veterans, Represent
ative Rees, Republican, of Kansas
announced today he would introduce
a bill to give further preference to
veterans in Government jobs unless
the commission promptly corrects
the present ''intolerable situation. "
In new blast at the commission,
which he prepared for delivery on
the House floor early this afternoon,
Mr.. Rees accused the commission of
"misinterpretation" of the law and
charged it with intellectual dis
honesty"
The ranking minority member of
the House Civil Service Committee
said the commission is contending
that the Veterans Preference Act
Of 1914 states that veterans who
have fair efficiency ratings must be
discharged before non-veterans with
higher efficiency ratings when re-
ductions in force are made in the
Federal service.
Calls Claim Incorrect.
He added mot only is this con-
tention incorrect, but the fact the
commission is willing to publicize
such misinterpretation of the law
as administered is added proof that
veteran should be appointed to
the commission Immediately to
safeguard veterans civil service
rights"
Under the law, Mr.. Rees said, the
commission shall give due effect
ito military preference as well as
to tenure, efficiency ratings and
other conditions of Federal employ
ment. He contended that veterans
as against nonveterans are to be re-
tanned in Federal jobs when the
efficiency ratings of either is above
good" or below good" He agreed
that the act is silent" on the ques-
ton of whether a veteran with an
efficiency rating below good" shall
be discharged before a nonveteran
whose efficiency rating Is "above
good" but stressed that the act re-
quires the commission to give due
effect" to military preference.
The commission is not doing
this" he continued, but on the
contrary it appears to have gone out
of its way to give minimum effect
to veterans preference and maxi
mum OBJECT to the meaningless and
subjective efficiency ratings"
Disputes Agency's Term.
Mr.. Rees also quarreled with the
commission in that it said it had
placed 327, 500 veterans in Govern
ment jobs in the past 81 months
insisting that this merely meant
that the commission had given its
approval to that many veterans jobs
not that the commission
had placed" that many veterans.
Saying the commission had not
offered reports as to how many of
the veterans had found their jobs
first, Mr.. Rees said this is the type
of intellectual dishonesty which the
commission uses constantly before
the Appropriations Committees of
Congress to justify excessive OPP
preparations"