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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
PALESTINE C0NFAB
SUCCESS DOUBTFUL
Arabs Say Expected Break
down In Talks Will Put
Issue Before UN

LONDON, Aug. "a LIP Arab
leaders in Cairo and Jerusalem to-
day predicted failure Of British
sponsored conferences next month
on Palestine and declared the
breakdown would give a legal basis
for taking the problem to the Unit
ed Nations.
In Tel Aviv, a Jewish leader said
Zionists would boycott the discus
sion unless the talks were based
on establishing a. Jewish national
state.
Britain has invited Arabs and
Jews to confer with British Off
Gals, and a government spokes-
man said the meetings were scae-
duled to start sometime lin the
first 10 days of September"
In Jerusalem, janet Bey Hus-
semi, deputy chairman Of the
Palestine Arab Executive. said that
Gin London we hope only to reach
an insoluble conflict between Great
Britain and Arab states who are
members of the United Nations so
that there will be a legal basis for
presenting DUR case to the U. N.
General Assembly, He said he
saw no hope of agreement.
Arab spokesme1 in Cairo ex-
pressed a similar view. One said
the conference would fail because
Britain would present a scheme
to partition Palestine-unacceptable
to the Arabs - and that Arabs
would insist on an end to Jewish
immigration and granting of indie
pendence to Palestine. Britain, he
added, would not agree to the Arab.
Mrs. Goldie Myerson, acting
member of the Jewish Agency
Executive, said in an interview in
Tel Aviv that Jews rejected the
partition or federation plan under
the British High commissioner for
Palestine, and believed a U. N.
trusteeship was not necessary.
Britain nonetheless went ahead
with preparations for the confer
ence.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevia
flew back from Paris this after
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
NAN WITNESS IS
SOUGHT IN PROBE
Investigation Into Pre-Wa ar
Construction By Sem
ate Group Pushed

WASHINGTON, Aug. "a -(P)-
The Senate War Investigation com.
mittee has asked American occu.
patton authorities in Germany tc
hunt up. Werner Plack, former
Nazi foreign office official, fol-
what Senator Kilgore D-W Va
says may be 'Gmportant testl-
mony" in an inquiry into pre-wa1
defense construction.
Kilgore told a reported a sub.
committee he heads wants to gel
Packs story of his reputed as
sociation with Hans Wilhelm Roll,
Germantown n~aturalized citizen,
who held contracts on several mil
itary installations on the west
coast and in Hawaii before the
japanese. attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Kilgore subcommittee has
begun a preliminary investigation
into the activities of Col. Theo-
dore Wyman Jr., former Army dis
trict engineer at Hawaii. 1t is act
ing on recommendation of the
Senate-House Pearl Harbor In
vestigation committee for a fur
Their inquiry into the failure tc
complete defense construction
..--l. L~Go,- H.
Several previous Investigations
have developed testimony that
Wlman was chummy VITA Rohl.
attending parties on the %latter's
yatch. There also was testimony
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
Sale HOLIDAY
Announced By
Leaf Growers
Flue- Cured Marketers
Reach Decision To De-
fer Sales In Raleigh
CONGESTION CAUSE
Sales To Halt On Thurs
day, Aug. 29, To Re-
sumo On Sept. 5

RALEIGH, Aug. "a - up A
five-day sales holiday for flue-
cured tobacco markets, beginning
Thursday morning and ending on
the morning of September 5, was
announced today by Fred S. Roys-
ter of Henderson following a meet
ing of a flue-cured Tobacco Mar
ketlng committee here.
The 15-man committee composed
of five growers, five buyers, and
five warehousemen, determined
on this action becaIe of conges-
ton now existing in many of the
redrying plants of many buying
companies, Royster said.
Because of the holiday, Register
said, the opening date for the
Middle Belt markets will be de-
ferred until September l6. The
opening date of the old k4lt mar
kets will be deferred until Sep
tember %, Register said.
The committee, according to
Royster, recommends that to-
bacco growers not grade or place
their tobacco on the markets any
faster than the proce 3sing plants
can handle their offerings.
The group also warned the grow
erS not to place their tobacco or
warehouse floors too far in ad-
vance of sales for fear of damage.
Register said that the action of the
committee is certain to be for
the best interests" of the farmers,
and Warehousemen, and he urged
that all concerned give their full
cooperation,
w. P. Hedrick, senior tobacco
marketing expert of the State De.
partment of Agrilcure, said tonight
that the action of the f~lue-cured
tobacco marketing committee lis
exactly what most of us have. an
t%icipated."
There are so many redrying
plants on their tobacco from the
Florida Georgia markets." He'd
rick said. MANY are behind on
the Border Belt crop, and some are
behind on the eastern North Caro-
DINA flue-cured CROP"
He pointed out that at least
three larger r%edrying plants are
now tied up with strikes by work
ers - two in Winston-Salem and
one in Greenville. The n in
Continued on Page Two, Col. g.
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must MAKE AMENDS
FOR D0WNED CRAFT
American Planes Resume
Flights Over Routes
Skirting Yugoslavia

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-UH-
The State department said tonight
that Yugoslavia apparently has
complied with the U. S. ultimatum,
but the incident will not be closed
until Yugoslavia makes amends
for shooting down two unarmed
U. S. Army planes with a loss OF
lives.
Yugoslav Marshal Tito has given
orders that no foreign planes yer
Yugoslavia are to be shot down
under any circumstances from now
on.
GU. S. European headquarters
in Frankfort, Germany, announced
that American airforce flights
from Vienna to Udine, Italy, will
be resumed today. 1t was this
route the two Touchdown planes
were flying.)
Yugoslav compliance appeared
to have averted a grave crisis in
U. S.-Yugoslav relations.
On the basis of the wording Of
the U. S. ultimatum, it also ap-
peared to have eliminated the
American threat to take its case
before the United Nations Security
concil.
A state department announce
ment said this government will
determine its course in the light
of Yugoslav efforts to fright the
wrong done in shooting down the
two American planes. and in the
light of evidence y obtained from
survivors.
1t said full reports on what Yu-
goslavia's efforts to make amends
have not been received here yet.
Nor have reports of the survivors
accounts, which are being made
directly to Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes and Sen. Tom
Connally, D., Tex, at Paris.
The department said there
would be no further announcement
on this governments attitude until
such reports have been received
and examined.
1t appeared, however, that the
crisis had blown over, or that at
least it had been greatly minimiz-
ed by Yugoslav acquiesence to
U. S. demands as set forth in it's
48-hour ultimatum
1t was revealed that a letter from
Marshal Tito to u. S. Ambassador
Richard c. Patterson, Jr., agree
ing to the U. S.. demands was
delivered Is hours before the ulti-
matum was to have expired at
9:15 am. (EST) today.
Announcement that Tito had
complied with the ultimatum was
based on messages received by
the department from Patterson who
conferred Thursday with Tito at
Bled.
Patterson said Tito received him
in a friendly manner" and that
the Yugoslav strongman empha-
sized that he was Extremely sor-
ry" for the shooting down of the
two American planes-one on Aug.
9 in which there Vas no loss Of
life and the other on Aug. 20 in
which all five men aboard were
killed.
Patterson said Tito has given
orders that mo foreign planes
are to be shot down under any
circumstances and that the "in-
cidents will not be repeated.
He said that Tito also told him
Yugoslavia will always accept
planes forced off course by weather
trouble, olss Of direction or me-
chanical difficulties in reasonable
numbers"
Tito told Patterson that the plane
cidents did not result from any
special order and were mot in
retaliation' for the shooting by
American border patrols of two
Yugoslavs who entered the U. S.
occupation one in the Trieste area.
Patterson said Tito refuted State
Department figures of authorized
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
BY EDWIN SHANK

FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug.
24.-P)-The code word Gene
terry" led to the recovery by Army
Investigators of a hoard of Kron-
berg castle crown jewels in a Hud-
son, Wis, house, a prosecution wit
ness testified today at the trial OF
WAC Capt. Kathleen B. Nash Du-
rant.
The defense protested the treas
ure had been illegally seized by the
Army without a search warrant
and without permission OF the
of the house"
Maj. John D. Salb of the Army
Provost Marshal's office in Wash
ington, D. c., produced a note
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
COMMUNISTS START
BIG CHINA DRIVES
Area North OF Yangtze,
Immersed In Civil War,
Ready For Fight

NANKING, China, Aug. "a -U.R
- Central News Agency dispatch
es reported today that over 300,-
900 Chinese Communists troops
had opened three %offensives
against Nationalist strongholds
north of the Yangtz river.
All China north of the Yangtz
was already immersed in Civil
War or preparing intensively for
battle, the dispatches said.
The three offensives were said
to have been opened by three sep
arate armies. One army was re-
ported pu hing through north
Kiangsu province, destroying
dykes and threatening Marking.
Leading Nationalist Army com
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
Drue On Black Markets
Promised By Government

cause price controls are being
restored.
Serving blunt notice OF a no
holds-barred campaign against
price chiseling, Porter said IN MS
weekly radio speech that from
now on out the word Will be -
black marketeers beware!
Porter said the anti-black mar
ket campaign is being mapped out
by the Justice, Treasury and Ag-
riculture departments and CPA.
He gave no details. Earlier in the
week, however, he said OPA
would double its enforcement
Continued on Page 5; Column p
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Crown Jewels By
Discovering Code Word

which he said was written and
signed by the ~43-year-old former
Phoenix, Ariz., country club man
ager during an Interrogation in
Chicago last June g..
Capt. Durant was being detained
at the time in connection with the
disappearance of the jewels valued
at 81. 500, 900 and later was charged
with larceny, embezzlement and
conspiracy.
The note read:
ITO Eileen, Jack Cher husband.
Col. Jack w. Durant, or David
maj. David F. Watson).
Il have confessed to having the
Continued on Page S; Column s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
By MEL MOST

PARIS, Aug. "a (P Italian.
Hungarian. and Romanian peace
treaty commissions argued for
hours today without achieving any
positive results in a day climaxed
by the Ukrainian complaint to the
United Nations Security Council!
that Greece menaced peace in the
Balkans.
The arguments marked the end
of the fourth week of the confer
ence and the first week of discus
sion of actual treaty drafts, but
the delegates had accomplished
nothing more thus far than ap-
proval of a mere three paragraphs
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OF Page Two; Col. a CONTINUED o Page Two; Col. 81
UW Council Told Greece
Menace To Balkan Peace

OF the Italian peace treaty drafts
'premable.
The day also developed what ap-
peared to be an attitude on the
part of the Yugoslav delegation Of
veerlng away from controversies.
1t was after the meetings of the
Italian economic, the Hungarian
and the Romanian political and
territorial commissions that
Ukralnian Foreign Minister Dmitri
Manuilsky announced to a news
conference the complaint to the Se-
curity council against the '~irres-
ponsible policy of the present
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
LITvINOFF CUSTER
SIGNALS SHAKE j
Former Red Ambassadors
To Germany, Japan Get
Top Soviet Posts

LONDON, Aug. 24-P-Russia's
shifts in her foreign ministry,
dropping Maxim M. Litvinoff, ex-
ponent of international coopera-
ton, today put the former Soviet
ambassadors to Germany and ia
pan in posts as TWO of Foreign
Minister v. M. Molatov's top as
~sistants.
The Soviet announcement that
Litvinoff, 70-year-old veteran of
Moscow diplomacy, had been re-
lieved Of his post as deputy foreign
minister, aroused widespread
speculation of a possible sharp re-
adjustment in the Kremlin's for
eign policy.
L%itvinoff's dismissal from his
post without any announcement of
a new assignment, coupled with
the Communist newspaper Prav-
daS disclosure of a purge in
inc Communist Central committee
IN The Ukraine. caused diplomats
mere 10 speculate whether Russia
mlght be drifting further along a
course of nationalism.
Lltvinoff. champion of collective
lSecurlty, has been reported by re-
ceh( visitors to Moscow as ailing,
VllA his influence on the wane.
LllVlnotfs reputation as a champ
I'M OF collective security went back
me days Of Geneva when he
au'ocated united steps in the
E-eague of Nations to halt Ger
many progress toward aggres-
s.on' His position as a friend of the
Onl.ea States and Britain extend
IT, back to 1888 when he arrived
n Washington and negotiated with
PRESIDENT Roosevelt the United
s.a.eS recognition of the Soviet
ne was suddenly replaced by
MOi0'oV as foreign commissar on
tsa5 - 1899, in the midst of ne
tul'uonS with Britain and France
a mutual assistance pact. The
saallcance of this dismissal o!
rmylno1f' who had been foreign
+ tnmissar for a decade, became
wa, IN August, 1889, when Russia
IN" ~uenly concluded a non-agres.
,,s~ pact with Germany and the
WI broke out a month later.
Een T4en russia became a bellige.
hut with Germany's invasion Of
4 ooVlet in 194l, Litvinoff re.
E%eOnllnued on Page Three: Col. d,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
BY GEORGE PALMER

BELGRADE, Aug. 24.-(P)-
A representative of the graves
registration commission said
tonight that U. S. Army work.
ers' Investigations indicated
that the bodies of only three U.
S. filters had been found in a
mass grave in the Yugoslav
mountain village of Kropovnik.
AS Army workers searched
the grave, the representative
said, the question again was
raised as to whether five
American airmen, as had been
supposed, or only three, died in
the blazing wreckage of their
U. S. transport plane shot down
near bled, in northwest Yugos-
lavia, on Aug. 10.
The commission infOrmant's
statement followed by a few
hours an accusation by Yugos-
Law Premier Tito that U. 5.
Army authorities deliberately
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
II, BY ERNEST C

|prica 1INGTON, Aug. "a -W.H-
|ter +'s e. Administrator Paul A.. Por-
||.rnn disclosed today that the gov
s. rallent will announce in a few
10 L con, the toughest program YETI
|prico 'oat the black market when
&c.,, CsiHngs are put back on meat
BRIL- acknowledged that new meat
khose Np!LihgS may be higher than
.wben ".iich prevailed June 80,
|exnir.5p 'lce controls temporarily
|nes++ eo And he predicted that
b. 8. particularly pork will
F1atnra''e next month, but for
reasons and not be-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
YUGOSLAV COMPLIANCE
WITH WTZMATUM SAID
NOT TO END INCIDENT
Bodies OfThree U.S..
Filters Found Craze

ordered flights over Yugoslav
mil tary insta-altions.
The flights were carried, Tito
charged, for "reconno tering
those regions which our mill
tary units are occupying in
Zone B and the rest Of the
frontier zone"
A graves registration squad
could identify positively only
one body found in the grave -
that of Capt. H. F. Schrieber.
The informant said Identified
ton was made by a dog tag
found on the body.
Eyewitnesses to the shooting
down of the transport plane by
two Yugoslav pursuit planes
told u. S. investigators they
had seen two men parachute,
apparently to safety, as the
bullet-riddled craft siralled to
earth in a cloud of black
smoke.
Later, however, U. S. author
Continued on Pace Two. Col. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25
WEATHER

North Carolina - Partly cloudy with
moderate temperatures this afternoon.
tonight and Sunday. Slightly cooler east
and central portions tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-25

Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-16
Chains TO Spend
Over 500 Million

NEW YORK. Jan. 10 Reports
from SIS chain store companies.
operating some 10000 stores in
all fields of retailing, indicate
that the total 1916 investment by
all chains in store moderniZation
will reach an estimated total of
S519,567 .953 according TO a sur
vey just completed by the publi-
cation, Chain Store Age. The
figure compares with $133 9S7, ,746
spent for this purpose by the
chains in l941.
The 1916 estimate is greater
than that made by the magazine
in June. l943, when 1t was antici-
pated that the chains would have
a backlog of S500000,000 to spend
for store construction and mod
ernization in 1916 If the war
ends by that year.
Estimates cover new stores. in
cluding replacementS. equal 10
8.43 per cent of the stores now in
operation. The chains will re-
model 1425 per cent of their eX-
istine stores. without considering
minor repairs and routine refur-
biShing of stores. These percent
ages substantially exceed those
for l94l-i.5 per cent and 9o per
cent, respectively.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-16
Gives Market S
Danger Signals
Ry LEMIs HNNEY

Professor Of E,onomic,. Nev ior1 University
The bull market in stocks con-
unued 10 make progress last
week, with an the usual trim
mingS.
Tho composite average Of 100
stocks was carried 90 a new high
since 1881. slightly above The
peak of 1887 Incidentally. the
market probably established a
wider range of oscillation for the
future, as was suggested by its
action last November II definitely
came back 20 the upper edge of
a wider upward path. This SuG-
gcSts that when the next inter
mediate reaction comes. II ~
likely 10 be a good one.
Mass opinion about stocks is
apt 10 be- more oIen wrong than
right So II IS that the careful
trader viii note that market
letter writers seem 10 be getting
more unanimously bullish- a dan
ger signal As Yet. thcy mostly
retain caution. and accordingly,
~ may hc doubted that any
nearby correction viii be more
than a period of hesitation or a
minor dlO
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-16

Mixed

NEW YORK Jan l6 APP
The stock markc, generally de-
clned fractions M fairly active
early dealings.
Lower 40 the opening were l., S.
Steel Be,hleheW Union Carbide
General Electric. Consolidated
Edison, American Telephone. Re
public Steel Radio Corp and Ana
conda TcNaS co. ana Sears Roe
buck were among those mp slightly
and a good number of issues were
unchanged.
Board rooms noted The rather
peSSimi>uc report of the trade
magazine Iron Age that II saw no
more than a $3.50 chance of an
other poStpOncmcnt Of the steel
strike scheduled for Jan. 2l unless
an agreement IS reached.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-16
Clearing House
Elects 6. 2. TAFT

George r. TAFT. vice president
of the Manufacturers National
Bank has been elected president
of the Detroit Clearing House
Association. succeeding II. Allen
Smith. vice president of the Com
monwealth Bank.
Charles T. Fisher Jr.. president,
National Bank of Detroit. was,
elected first vice president, Joseph
NJ. Dodge. president. Detroit
Bank, was elected second vice
president, and John c. Calhoun.
assistant cashier of the Manufac-
turers National Bank. is the new
secretary and treasurer,
TAFT has appointed the following
as chairmen of the respective
committees: executive committee,
Charles T. Fisher Jr.; operations
committee, Charles A. Stoll, sec
ond vice president, Manufacturers
" tional Bank; advertising,
Adrian A. McGonagle, controller.
Detroit Bank; auditing. William
Duell, auditor. Detroit Bank; per-
sonnel and personnel relations.
A. T. Wilson. vice president, Ma
tonal Bank of Detroit.
George D. Miller of Miller, Cam
field, Paddock and Stone, was re-
appointed legal counsel.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-16
Ry sILER rREENIAN

Just 20 60 a bit ayIa'ion-Wlso,
Pe1nNlvaH1a-Ccntral AirlincS is
losing no ume m fsStng out
The possibilities ot The Wayne
County Airport A DC-4 has
hecn flown In ard landed al
Romulus and II seems that the
up-and-Comine Pcs Vail lose no
time ln nuEuIa'lrE service with
fOuT-motored ships
II was found that the Pea
RlrlircrS can use not one run
way ar Wayne County but
three Other alrllucs may only
he able 20 use one because they
load somewhat heavier than
Pea.
FIRST passenger service is CN-
.pcCtcd 20 start ho., on Jan 20.
There viii be ul pickup Of
passengers here af this run,
however The company VIII in
augurste itS flights OF DC-4s by
bringing IN ServICemcn from
Chicago. Later on. il VIII start
regular passenger piCkupS here.
As for ticket office facilities
az RomuluS. Pea is ready 10
use portable ticket Offices until
quarters can oe installed
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-16


HOCS--Receipts 900 opened steady. early
sales oarrows and gifts under 500 pounds al
Sl5 cell, Gel,ing no action Others
generally forced market account short sup
plies part load choice ll76 lbs steers.
xl7 IS: other sales good short fed steers and
down 10 sl3 Is most sales common and me-
alum 0cei cows. 500 ! ? so, Gamers and
cutters SIC 20 scattering sausage bulls
upwards 70 Sl2.5O, replacement cattle
cALvEs-Recelpts $50 Another forced
choice veaiers' si7 5osis. few few common @ and AND
medium $l2ei culls down 10 81
Sat5s sHtEEPESesPts o,RcS, 5, Zoo Sms ,d. receipts
strong, most good and choice native lambs
Si2 Ne top scattering common and me-
terinG fat ewes. upward 20 81.
PITTSBURGH
piInSBURGH .,.sI Jan 10 ms ,INSsol-cArTLE-
good to choice. sl7els 40 medium 70 good.
sI4 5o@l65o: common to medium, sl2@
alum "tfs to good s0sd SnSc' SOC common re %
dun Slo@ IL, COWS. good 70 choice. sl1 so
@ ; so; medium, se@ll. Gamers and cut
Il common to medium Saall
HoGs-5o steady l6o-1s0 lbs. SIS 10
@i5 40 10000 lbs SIS 1osl5 20: 200
Is 20 3oo-s5o l6s'' si5ai5 90 ioo-iso
lbs $50 30. rOughS : Z. SQidl4
SHEEP-2OO. steady Choice lambs ti5a
l s so medium 20 rood. Sl3 7Smif so
common. S9@li. ewes. S4@7 wetheB,
81 5ons
CALVES - 100. steady. Good 20 choice.
tt7-S0n - 40 medium Si4 50als so
culls and common S7HI2
CHIC AGO
CHICAGO Jan Is tiNSl --HOGS-a 500.
STEADY Top. tl4 IS; bulk, heavy. medium
and light. SASS. Hight lights si465a
II SIS packing sows. Sl3.75al4io pigs
Sl2ald.
CATTLE 600 steady Calves 400. steady
Beef steers. choice. S165Onls medium. Sl2
a16 so. yeArlings. Si2ols Butchers heifers.
S11@lS COWS $40 5O014 so bulls. si0@
II 50. calves. Slla 50 Feeder steers. sii
IL so efockere steers StOai4 as: cows
and heifcrS Segl27S
SHEEP 200. steady Lambs {i4@i4 as.
common. tiia14 yearlingS $il@l3. feed
ers Sl3Wi5.5o ewes. SSm7 IS
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-16

Edward j Derum and NJ r.
Pence have been appointed re-
Clonal managers OF WHY'S
Overland Motors. il has been
announced by George Harold
Bell. director of sales.
Derum. former district man
ager for ChrySler Corporation
in both the Salt Lake City and
Detroit regions. will direct sales
4, in the Chicago area of the Uni
'versal Jeep and other WHY'S
products scheduled for 1916
marketing.
Pence. who has q background
of more than 20 years expe-
rience in truck and passenger
car merchandising. will be in
charge of North and South
Carolina. Georgia and Florida,
with headquarters in Atlanta.
For the last three years he has
been connected with the army
in an automotive adVisory
capacity.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-16
Ndsh-KeIyinator
Profit Declines

Nash-Kelvinator Corp. and sub
salaries report for the fiscal year
ended Sept. 30, 1945, a net profit
of 81, ,492 ,63S, or SO cents a share
on the 4,29l, ,110 common shares
outstanding. This compares with
net income of $3,065, ,290 or II
cents share for the preceding
fiscal year, when a provision of
$3.50, 900 was made for recon
version.
Total income amounted 10
SlS4, 1854 in 1915, agsinst
S275, ,554, $40 in the 1914 fiscal
year.
The report states that the cor
poratlon'S share for the l94o year
of net profits, less dividends. of
unconSolidated subsidiaries. which
has not been reflected in the
above statement. amounted TO
$196,643 for domestic subsidiaries
and to approximately $4,000 for
foreign subsidiaries