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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-03
GRAIN
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, July 2-(P)- Heavy
selling entered the oats futures pit
Friday forcing prices down as
much as 3 cents a bushel under
yesterdays close for deferred de-
liveries.
The market reacted to reports
Of heavy receipts of hogs and a
recession in the cotton market.
Corn was bid up the daily 5 cent
limit at the opening and held there
throughout the day in the face of
bookings OF 1000, 900 bushels. Mar
ket analysts said the heavy book
ings, the largest since last falls
crop movement, indicated that the
cash market had caught up with
prices offered producers from
other sources. Cash corn was quot
ed at $2.14 Monday and $2.16 Tues
day for No. 4 yellow.
Barley started S cents higher
than the previous close, but the
heavy corn bookings and indications
that livestock producers are salts
fled with present prices carried
prices 2 cents under the days high.
Oats were mixed at the start, with
the July delivery up the 5 cent
limit while deferred contracts were
selling under the previous close.
AS trading developed, commission
houses were inclined to take profit
on all advances and local traders
followed their lead. =.
At the close oats were IS high
er to 3 cents lower than the previous
finish, January 93b, corn was 5
cents higher, January $1.56R, and
barley was up 3 cents, November
$1.43k.
Only two deliveries of oats re-
manned above the former 88 cent
ceiling price. September, Novem-
Der, December and March all were
below the former ceiling, and the
days low in the November delivery
was IA cents below the former
maximum.
To-arrive bookings of oats were
placed at 225, 900 bushels with cash
purchases largely within the 81. o.
$1.05 range.
Private crop reports indicate the
spring grain crops are progressing
very favorably. Harvesting of the
oats crop is expected to start with.
in the next two weeks, with pros
poets that the yield will out-do last
years heavy crop.
Open High Low Close
CORN
Jan "".... ...... -..... 1862
wal -..... ...... 1862
OATS
!ly " SO SO $685.
aug W 90A SO 1894
oep osh 89k 87A 87M
NOV o8k 1872 1854 87H
Dec 88A 8SA s6M 87M
MAR ~ SO 87h S7%
Dec 1.43A 1.45A 1.4sM 1.4sM
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Volume On Exchange
Drops To Lowest Figure
OF Past Year
K AT A GLANCE

MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK, July 2.-(P)-
Stocks Mixed; special issues
advance.
Bonds--Narrow; rails irregu-
lar.
Cotton-Lower; commission
house profit taking.
CHICAGO
Oats-5-8 higher .03 lower;
profit cashing.
Hogs-Somewhat lower on
large receipts; top S16.50.
Cattle-Mostly steady at new
high levels; top $3.50.
Stocks sold were:
Railroads, 10000.
Utilities, 10000. x
Others, 600, 900.
Bonds:
U. S. governments, none.
Railroads, S2,840,O00
Others, S1,100, 900.
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CHICAGO

CHICAGO, July 2.-Re(UsDA>
The butter market continued in a
confused state Tuesday and the
Y. 5. Department of Agriculture,
said no price quotations would be
made. The market was firm. the
department added,
Egg were firm; large No. 1 and
No. 2 extras ~39.5-4O.5; No. 3 and
No. 4 extras 37-39.5; standards 35-
81; others unchanged.
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COTTON
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, July 2-P)-Cot-
ton futures moved lower Tuesday
under persistent pressure OF COM
mission house and New Orleans
nrofit taking. Final prices were al
tho lows for the day, down $l.So TO
$3.50 a bale.
The selling was predicted on the
possibility some form OF price cur
troll will be restored by congress.
Talk of a buyers strike among con.
surners and reports in the press %
urice reductions in some fields also
had an unsettling effect on 1raoe
sentiment. f.
Some quarters felt the market
md discounted all the f~avorsb1e
elements in the cotton picture LOT
the time being.
Spot cotton markets were 1lr1a
with offerings scarce.
Action was taken by the New
York Cotton Exchange board 20 re-
duce margins on futures tradlng.+
Futures closed $1.80 to S2.2o a
bale lower.
Open High Low Last
J1v 3149 31.52 31.O7 31.07 off A
Oc+ a e 31.55 31.15 31.16 off SO
Dec. 31.64 31.65 31.23 31.26 off 81
Mch 31.61 31.62 31.20 31.2O off 40
NOV u * 81 IS 31.19 31.20 off 81
Jly 31.37 31.37 31.01 31:01 off So
Middling spot 31.76n, off 80
N-Nominal; b-bid.
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NEW YORK, July 2-R-In one
pf the slowest sessions of the past
year, a few special thin" stocks
Tuesday jumped several points
while tie majority of leaders mill
ed ind;fferently over a narrowly
irregular route
For most customers it was a
case Of cautious participation OF
aloofness because Of the uncertain
ty as to whether the OPA had
suffered a real demise OF was
merely dormant pending its reviva.
by Congress-. The question OF
prices, consumer resistance, mount
ing competition in all lines as con-
trolls were eliminated and tie
thought that the third longest Dull
market in history may have dis
counted a business boom served
TO cool buying enthusiasm.
Dealings Negligible
Dealings were negligible from
the start and trends notably I'm
even at the close with losers il
the majority. OF 912 issues appear
ing, against 1,O35 the day before
60 declined and 275 advanced. TIL,
Associated Press 60-Stock Com
posite was of 2 of a point at 1872
Transfers of 760. 900 shares com
pared with 1850, 900 Monday an,
were a low for a 5-hour stretcl
aimee March IL when the total o
TO, 900 was a minimum since las
Aug. 8.
Among assorted %favorites, A. Q
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N. G. HOG MARKETS

RALEIGH, July 2.-(P-(NCDA
Receipts light in hog market.
Tuesday. No quotations available a
Rocky Mount. At Clinton the mar
ket was strong with top at Is 10
At Smithfield all offerings at 100
At Richmond top 1880 for gooc
and choice barrows and gifts. Sow.
Is. SO.
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NOV ....., don
Dec l.43k 1.45k 1.43k 1885
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NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS, July a. ~
The average price of middling
15-16-inch cotton at ten designa-
ted southern spot markets Tues
day was $1.95 a bale lower at 31.05
cents a pound. Average for the past
30 market days was 29.30. Middling
7-8-inch average was 1882.
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soled raffia sandals, looked as trim as if she
had been piped on deck for boat drill, and had
carelessly slipped into the most suitable gar
ments in few seconds. She must have been
up and about for some time.
10 Marks amaZement breakfast included
not only coffee, fruit and eggs, but fresh milk
Il found two cows, with calves, at the home
farm" Evelyn explained, 'and thought we
needed the milk more than the calves did.
Look at the cream on it.
And honey too" he exclaimed.
From our own hives. There are rows and
rows of pots in the storeroom."
She appeared to be talking quite cheer
fully, and he also tried to play his part Then
a curious waxen pallor crept over her face
Suddenly she covered her face with her
hands, and with a shuddering cry, as though
protesting against some fearful memory, she
put her head down on the table and wept.
MARX rose and stood beside her. Don't
do that" he said - almost harshly, for he
was afraid of tenderness
The harshness of his tone pulled her to-
gether I'm sorry" she said; but the stream
ing eyes with which she looked at him were
estranged, and seemed to be wondering at the
new hardness of his tone.
Don't you realize what has happened?"
he said. Don't you realize that, even before
the disaster, things had gone utterly beyond
the use of tears?"
She saw the torment of all the past weeks,
and the memory of it in his eyes; and she
knew instinctively that, while he was trying
to save her from breaking down completely,
he was also trying to master his own tender
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ness towards her. Forgive me" she said, in
low voice. Forgive me, Mark"
Forgive you?" he said. 1T won't be easy
to forgive you for making the world look like
the happy place it was intended to be. How
can l ever forgive you, unless - so far as
the past is concerned - we adopt the brave
motto: The heart must either break or turn
to bronze?' 1t is one thing or the other now.
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mourn enough for all that has happened
And how are we to mourn for the uni
verse? Let the angels of God do that. could
weep for one, or hundred, or thousand;
but how is it possible to weep for all mankind?
Thank God, there was no one very near to
either of us. They have gone, by their own
act, to their own place; and, if there is any,
thing in what we believe, they've gone to
better world They've all gone together, to
the endless generations that prosecuted and
burned and slaughtered one another before
them; and - if what you believe is true -
they've got another chance of purging them
selves or being purged"
Here" she said, lis the key to the whole
disaster. The race came to destruction be-
cause great part of it had ceased to believe
in that unchanging ground, the distinction
between right and wrong 1t used the words
in all its international disputes; but it didn't
believe in the only reality that gave them any
meaning. 1t had lost the religion of Christen-
dom It was more or less the same all over the
world: degradation, brutality, and cheap in
sdious propaganda against every code of
honor in private life. How could such people
stand up and preach, self-righteously, about
international morality when they were con-
vinced that morality itself was out OF -date?"
1T WAS few days later that Evelyn began
to talk with new and almost contemptuous
courage of her flight from Rome. In her haste
she had left certain personal treasures at her
fiat
She asked Mark if he would 90 back with
her to secure them and bring them to Ravello.
There were letters, photographs, books that
had been given to her by friends, and many
other things that she was loathe to abandon.
He was glad that she had made the sugges-
tion Faint as the chance now seemed of there
being any other survivors in the world, there
was even less chance of establishing contact
with them through the very inadequate clue
which had been left at Evelyn's fiat in Rome.
The notices he had fastened at the entrances
of St Peters and in the Vatican gave no hint
of their subsequent movements; and unless
some personal friend or relation, knowing her
address, were to make direct investigations.
her little fiat might remain unexplored till
Rome itself was drawn into the earth's breast
and buried. He thought it was certainly desr-
able to leave more messages in Rome, where
they could not be overlooked by any possible
explorers. If there were any considerable
number of survivors across the Atlantic, they
would certainly explore that central city of
the worlds history. He thought it best to con-
centrate on this, and then keep to the one
definite place at Ravello where they might be
found
f1E GAVE this to Evelyn as an additional
reason for their journey; and she agreed.
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know its name - while they watched the
fish, radiant as tropical birds, fash through
the illuminated vistas of the strange world
around them. Then Mardok made a state
ment so startling that her flesh crept in sud-
den suspicion that he was insane
"All this is very pretty" he said, in his low
grating voice, but now want to talk seri-
ously to you. did not bring you here merely
for artistic purposes. brought you here to
save your life"
He told her that at three o'clock that after
noon - it was then half f-past - the unknown
weapon had been brought into operation He
told her all he knew about it. and apparently
there was very little that he did not know,
for he had been largely responsible for it's
development, and he was the only person liv-
ing who had really prepared any defense
against it. His experiments with the diving
bell had simply developed out of his plans for
his own safety. and the safety of anyone
whom he chose to accompany him.
The world, when you return to it," he
said, will be very different place"
HEN, to her horror - for she felt sure now
that he was a maniac - he explained why he
had chosen her as his companion. At that
moment he did not know that the wave of
death would be world wide in it's range; but
he seemed certain he would be in the position,
afterwards, of an absolute dictator.
He told her that the secret of several un-
known weapons was in his possession. In the
age to come, the overcrowded planet would
be almost depopulated; and when the few
survivors from the outlying parts of the planet
had been brought together, his power would
be absolute. 1t was of the utmost importance
that he should have the right woman to share
his destiny - and possibly to bring new
dynasty into being. He knew as soon as he
saw her, he said, that he need look no further
You have youth beauty, intelligence; and
you have another gift which will be invalu-
able in the comparative isolation which is to
be ours - you amuse me-"
Then, with strange passion, he began to
paint the age to come as he saw, it. 1t was to
be world from which the soul had vanished
Science and mechanism, in the hands of an
autocrat, would solve all problems and con-
troll everything and everyone except the con-
troller himself There were to be no more
morals. or "taboos," as he called them; for
science would replace the primitive inhibi-
tions of conscience, and make it possible to
enjoy many things which formerly were re-
garded as forbidden fruit
lHEY would be as gods, above good and
evil. Religion would be abolished. Love"
would be regarded for what it was - the
of the life force, drawing the sexes
together for its own purposes This magnet
ism would be controlled by the race to come,
turned on at their pleasure exactly as they
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themselves of their helmets only to dis
cover that one of those little things which
have so often marred the schemes of the un-
scrupulously mighty had now seriously upset
Mardok's plan. The yacht in attendance
loomed high over their heads, with one men,
Der of the dead crew gaping at them over the
side; but the small boat which had swung
at the stern was no longer there Mardok had
been counting on this boat for their escape,
for it was impossible to board the yacht with
out help. Possibly, the captain of the yacht
had sent-someone ashore in the boat - per-
fectly reasonable proceeding in view of the
only facts in his possession - and the wave of
death had prevented its return.
lHEY were more than a mile from the coast,
and Mardok was poor swimmer Indeed he
was kept afloat only by his cork jacket His
tone changed now, for there seemed to be no
hope of his reaching the shore unless they
could get boat. Evelyn. therefore, volun-
teered to swim ashore and bring one back to
him, while Mardok prevented himself from
drifting away by holding on to the yachts
cable.
When Evelyn landed, she discovered, of
course, that Mardok's predictions were GER
tainly true of the immediate neighborhood,
and that no human aid was obtainable She
at once pushed out in small rowboat but
to her horror, when she reached the yacht she
found that Mardok had disappeared His cork
jacket would have kept him afoat, but there
was no speck to be seen in the whole shining
circle of the sea. She noticed, however, that
there was now very strong current running
round the bow of the yacht
She thought that Mardok must have re-
leased the cable for moment and been un-
able to reach it again. She let her boat drift
with the current thinking it would take her
in his direction 1t was carried swiftly toward
distant wooded promontory. In half an
hour, she landed on this, but she could see
no footprints on the sandy beach, and no sign
that anyone else had landed there 1t seemed
likely that Mardok had been carried past the
promontory into the open sea, in which case
- unless some other survivors of the death
wave picked him up he was almost certain
to perish.
1t was growing dark now, and she had to
abandon her search Her experiences during
the next few hours were terrible enough,
though with Mardok' s predictions in her mind
she quickly realized the full extent of the
catastrophe. Very soon she found an empty
car and drove through the night back to
Rome. A little later she made the hasty jour-
ney to Paris, in search of the friend whom
she believed to be staying at the Hotel
Matignon. =. She had found her, dead, in
her badroOo
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HEY would be as gods, above good and
evil. Religion would be abolished. Love"
would be regarded for what it was - the
magnetism of the life force, drawing the sexes
together for its own purposes This magnet
ism would be controlled by the race to come,
turned on at their pleasure exactly as they
turned on electricity. There would be no
more broken hearts, for those sentimental en-
tanglements which used to be described as
affections" would be destroyed like so much
poison ivy by the higher intellect of the future.
He thought that, eventually, they would
master the secret of life and conquer death.
After this, their main problem would be to
discover some way of migrating to another
planet, when the dying sun could no longer
warm our own.
The diving bell was fitted with system of
escape doors, and Mardok now produced two
diving suits devised for this purpose. They
reached the surface with ease, and Invested
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f1E GAVE this to Evelyn as an additional
reason for their journey; and she agreed.
Personally, he would have been content if, for
the rest of their lives, they could remain un-
disturbed in this Paradise among the hills;
but there was another side to the matter now,
which troubled him greatly. 1t was not be-
cause, in the most literal sense, she was "the
only woman in the world" that Evelyn had
come to fill his heart and mind He loved this
gallant young comrade of his; it had happened
as quietly and gradually as the light comes at
daybreak.
When they arrived in Rome at the door of
Via Margutta 40. Mark noticed that there
was now no mask of death staring out of the
porter's box. He peered into it, and saw only
Continued on page IA
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car and drove through the night back to
Rome. A little later she made the hasty Jour
ney to Paris, in search of the friend whom
she believed to be staying at the Hotel
Matignon . She had found her, dead, in
her bedroom.
Her own car had broken down on the way
and she had taken another from garage, but
exchanged it for the two-seater, outside the
Louvre. As she told Mark of her panc-strick-
en- flight, he longed to lay his hand on hers,
but checked the impulse.
Then he took up the tale, and told her of the
ticking watch in the little bag at the Louvre,
and of his long search for her.
MARX was awakened next morning by a
knock on the door, and cheerful voice calling
breakfast" 1t was all ready on the veranda
when he got down, little ashamed that he
had not been in time to help.
1t was new Evelyn that appeared this
morning - very charming but very efficient,
in blue shirt and slacks. Her slender figure,
with its belt of plated cord and the rope
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.T01Vnseud-Ac
W Weddn1g Yesterday

st. Margaret's Church was the
scene of the wedding yesterday OF
Miss Helyn Yale Acosta, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Francis J. Acosta
and Mr.. John Burnett Townsend
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Irving U
Townsend, jr., of Waban, Mass
The Rev. Armand T. Eyler officiateG
at the ceremony at o'clock.
Escorted by her father to the altar
the bride wore a gown of parachute
nylon and veil of illusion held in
place by a wreath of orange bios.
SONS. She carried a bouquet o1
white roses and lilies of the valley
Miss Angeline Acosta attended hel
sister as maid of honor, wearing {
gown of pink net and carrying pinl
carnations and blue delphinium
The Misses Martha Townsend, sistel
of the bridegroom, and Anita Acosta
who were bridesmaids, wore yellow
and blue net gowns and carried
bouquets of mixed garden flowers.
Mr.. Robert A. Townsend was bes
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Golden Weddmg
Celebrated TOdar

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin
Stifler of Silver Spring will cele-
brate their golden wedding ami
versary with an "open house. this
afternoon from to o'clock.
Mrs. B. w. Ruark, daughter of
the Stiffiers, and their son, Mr..
Bartram F. Stiff1er will assist the
couple in receiving. Presiding in the
dining room will be Mrs. Bartram
F.. Stiffler and Mrs. James M.
Charves, aided by Mrs. Ralph Tor
reyson and Mrs. Townley Gamble.
Last evening Mrs. Ruark and the
younger Stifflers were hosts at a
large dinner party at Hayden Farms
in honor of the couple.
Mr. Stiffler was prominent in real
estate in both Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties before his re-
tirement eight years ago. During the
past few years he has devoted his
entire time to the conservation of
fish and wild life and has published
monthly magazine on that subject
called "Otherwise." His wife has
been prominent in the work of the
Woodside Methodist Church and has
served on the official board of the
church for many years.
Their family includes two chill
dren, four grandchildren and three
great-grandchildre
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Miss Mary Louise Wright, daugh-
ter OF DR.. Willard H. Wright of
the United States Public Health
Service, and Mrs. Wright, became
the bride of Mr.. James Thomas
Campbell, jr., yesterday afternoon.
the wedding taking place in the
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
with the Rev. Donald L. Leonard Of
ficiating at 4 o'clock.
Escorted and given in marriage
by her father, the bride wore a dress
of white marquiSette featuring a
lace bertha and long train. A
coronet of ruffled illusion trimmed
with orange blossoms held her veil
of the same material and she car
ried a cascade bouquet of gardenias,
stephanotis and gypsophila. .
Mrs. Richard Quigley was the
matron of honor, wearing aqua mar
quisette and carrying mixed bou-
quet of garden flowers and Joanna
Hill roses, and the other attendant
was Mrs. Harry w. Sigmund, who
wore pink marquisette and carried
mixed bouquet of garden flowers
and delphinium. Each attendant
wore a headdress matching her
bouquet.
Mr.. Sigmund was best man for
Mr.. Campbell, whose parents came
from their home in Paducah, KY,
for the wedding. Those serving as
usherS were Mr.. Glenn A. Wise of
Albany, Mr.. Edward Rankin of Kan
sas City, Mr.. Joseph Martin and
Mr.. Robert E. Wright, brother Of
the bride.
The brides parents were hosts at
the reception, after which the cou-
pie left for California by way of
New York. They will be at home in
Kansas City after July !.
! Mr.. Campbell attended Purdue
University and his bride is a gradu-
ate of Queens College.
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man for his brother, and their
cousin. Mr.. James Townsend, jr., and
Mr. Theodore r. Acosta were the
uSherS.
Following a honeymoon in New
Hampshire, the couple will reside in
Williamstown, Mass, where Mr..
Townsend is student at Williams
College and member of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity. He served as a
pilot for three years in the Naval
Air Corps The bride recently was
discharged from the WAVES. and
formerly was flight stewardess on
Navy transport planes.
Mrs. Orval E. Goodsell of North
Arlington, with her children, Joan,
Margo and Virginia, have gone to
MacAman, Idaho, for the summer.