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Evening star., 1946-09-18
Late Selling Burst
Drops Stock Leaders
One 10 Seven Points
By Victor Eubonk
Associoied Press Finonciol Writer


NEW YORK, Sept. ia late
burst of selling hit the stock market
today and knocked over leaders one
to more than seven points. a num-
Der to new lows for the past year
or longer.
The direction generally was
downward from the start despite
intermittent attempts at recovery
when extreme losses were reduces.
Dealings were relatively quiet until
after midday when steels, motors,
rails and most industrials began to
tumble Off the first time this
week the high speed ticker tape fell
behind actual floor transactions for
a space in the final hour. Most
pivotals were at or around the
days bottom near the close. Trans
fers expanded to about 100000
shares compared with Tuesdays
low for the month Of 100000.
CONSPICUOUS on the slide were
United States Steel, Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet, Chrysler, Gen
eral Motors, United States Rubber,
Goodrich, Goodyear, Santa Fe,
Union Pacific. Southern Railway
Southern Pacific, American Tele-
phone, Electric Power & Light, Ana
conda, Kennecott, Montgomery
Ward, Douglas Aircraft, Interna-
tional Harvester, Caterpillar Trac-
tor, Du Pont. Johns -Manville
Standard Oil IN. j.. international
Telephone and Hiram Walker.
Evening star., 1946-09-18
Washington Exchange
PUBLIC UTILITY

SALFN.
Capital Transit Co.-53 at 333s
National Mortgage & Investment pfd.-
40 at 6ss.
Evening star., 1946-09-18
C.&P. Telephone Co.
Reports New Peaks
In August Service
By Edword c. Stone

Continued expansion of the Chesa
peake & Potomac Telephone CO
is revealed in the monthly repor
out today showing 375,628 station
in operation at the end of Au
gust compared with 67,6O9 a yea,
ago, and establishing another all
time peak in phone service.
This is a gain of 3,108 telephone
over the preceding month this year
and one Of the best advances il
1946. officials reported. The up
swing is expected to continue a
more and more new materials be-
come available for installations.
Average daily calls in August mum
bered 1878, ass, a substantial IN
crease over the total of 1909 429 il
August, 1945, the report showed
The number Of calls has registered
a gain in every month this veal
over the like periods in 1945.
ae Bank Section to Meet.
The first fan meeting Of tht
safe deposit section of the Distric'
Bankers Association will be helc
this evening at the Lee Shera.
ton Hotel, with Ropert w. Gran.
dali, new chairman, presiding. HI
is assistant cashier of the Liberty
National Bank The program will
be devoted to the latest safe deposit
problems.
S. William Miller, president Of
the District Bankers Association
has returned from a vacation al
Ocean City, Md. He will leave here
for Chicago later this week with
tie Washington delegation attend
ing the annual ABA convention
4 Bank Declares Dividend.
Directors of the Bank of Com
merce & Savings have declared the
regular quarterly dividend of $3.50
per share, payable September 80 to
stockholders of record September 20,
Thomas j. Groom. president, an
nounced today.
First Washington bankers to leave
here for the ABA Chicago conven-
ton will be Robert V. Fleming, for
mer ABA president; Francis G. Ad-
olson, jr., and Wilmer J. Waller.
They will start tomorrow, to be fol-
lowed Saturday by the rest Of the
delegation.
The Treasury today announced an
offering of Is per cent certificates,
series J-1947, on an exchange basis,
par for par, to holders OF 3,439, ,855,-
0O0 series H-1946 certificates which
mature on October /.
Hates Gets National Honor.
George A. Hatzes, manager of the
Washington Office of the Fidelity
Mutual Life Insurance Co., was
elected president of the Managers
Association at company convention
held at Murray Bay, Canada.
The fall dinner of the Women's
Committee of Washington Chapter,
American Institute of Banking, at
the Mayflower last night, drew the
largest attendance on record. The
program won great favor, Miss
Martha Rountree of radio fame be-
ing the guest speaker.
Capital Transit stock sold at 333s,
ex-dividend, on the Washington
Stock Exchange today, off 1s from
the last previous sale, on 52-share
turnover. National Mortgage g. In
vestment preferred was also off an
eighth.
The National Board of Fire Un-
derwriters has estimated the Ma
tons August fire losses at S40,019,-
900, an increase of s5,923,0 900, or IT
per cent over losses in August,
Evening star., 1946-09-18
Chicoao Livestock

CHI; chicago, NJ, Sept. 1s Up, rUsDAr
HOGS, 700; early salable receipts $50;
feeder under. 40 pounds steady to 50
higher at 20.0050: boars. Is 0O-l8 20;
all weights slaughter barrows and gifts
sows and stays, 1920. ''
Cattle, 800; calves. 1900: generally
steady with Tuesday; one short load OF
steers containing a represent alton Of
medium and good fleshed animals, 17.25;
odd head light yearlings, 17:00-1s.5O; in.
dlvidual choice steers to 1000; medium
and good heifers and mixed yearlings
1I2.00-16O0; odd head good cows. up &c
] 90; common and medium beef cows
s:25; good bulls around 13 o0-40; medium
and good, IL .00-12.75 choice vealers
I9;0 800; medium and good, 1850 Is;
stocker and feeder steers, 10.0O-17 90.
Sheep, 300. market steady, good and
choice spring lambs, 17.50-19.0O; top
1900 freely to shippers and butchers;
early packer top. II so; sprinkling merely
good kind, 16.00-17 90; feeders takinq
number thin kind, 12.00-15 90. and oc-
casionally higher: cubs, / .0O and down;
extremely light kind as low as ZOO in
extreme; slaughter ewes mostly 1907 90;
cullS, 4 90
Evening star., 1946-09-18

Hourly Sales on the Exchanke To-day:
II 100 am $50 900 1900 noon $50 600
100 pm $40 900 900 p.m $50 600
Approximate Total 100 900
tUnit OF trading. 10 shares: sales printed
ha,ng n nu reoraanzea undsr u nansep,ci ssssrsnip Or
or securities assumed by such compa nies.
Rates OF dividend In the foregoing table
quarterly or semiannuai declaration Up-
less otherwise noted special or extra divi-
lends are not included. TX dividend
stock dividend. Cash or stock. De
elared or paid 20 far this year. Payable
ln stock. e Paid last year. h Payable d
paid or declared this ysar. = New issue.
Evening star., 1946-09-18
N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE

(NoTE-Revised Sales not included }
tfurn; shed by the Associated Press.I
Evening star., 1946-09-18
Business Briefs

Gasoline production dropped to
I4,796 900 barrels in the week ended
September Ia, a decline of 467 ,O0C
from the IS 5,263, 900 barrels produced
in the preceding week.
Commercial, industrial and agri-
cultural loans increased $158, 900, 600
at member banks in 10l leading
cities during the week ended Sep
teBber II. Federal Reserve Board
total loans increased $4,000 900.
Electric consumption for the week
ended September IA was ASH, Isl 900
kilowatt hours, the highest for any
week since February 3, 1945. Con-
sumption in the week ended Sep
tember 7 was Aba, ,404 900 kilowatt
hours, and in the week ended Sep
tember Is, 1945, was 4,l06, 1877 000.-
Edison Electric Institute.
Steel ingot production this week
climbed half a point from last week
revised rate of SO per cent to 89.5
percent.-Iron Age.
General Motors production of
passenger cars in the United States
last week totaled 23,345 units, COM
pared with 1887 in the preceding
week. GIN passenger car output
from January to September IA this
year amounted to 384,250 vehicles
compared with 1,397,849 for the
same period of l94l.
Montgomery Ward and Co. had
profit of S20,558 500, equal to 1881
for the six months ended July 81,
compared with s7,801 ,102, equal to
sl.36 In the first six months of 1945.
The Babcock e. Wilcox Tube Co. has
purchased a welded boiler tubing
plant at Alliance, Ohio, from the
War Assets Administration for ST.
3l5,794.
Rubber Exports from the Malayan
Peninsula during August totaled
76,649 tons, 40 per cent above July
shipments of 45,938 tons, while
Singapore dealers and warehouses
had on hand at the end of August
stocks amounting to 60,689 tons
Registar of Statistics.
State of Louisiana refunding bonds
at s4,972 600 maturing serially from
Sept. /, l947, to 1858 inclusive, were
awarded to syndicate headed by
Blythe 81 Co. on bid of l0005
Issue has been placed privately.
approximately IS Virginia Bank
ers will attend the 72nd annua
convention of the American Bank.
ers' Association, which will be helo
in Chicago September 1925.
Cotton Consumed during Angus
totaled 855,5l1 bales of lint ane
86,917 bales of linters, compared
with 729,958 bales of lint and 93,79t
bales of linters consumed during
July of this year, and 738,449 bale,
of lint and 17,479 bales of linterl
consumed during August of las
year.
Merchants Distillers Corp. net fol
fiscal year ended June 80 totaled ST..
l72,23l, equal to $144 against 1864.
47o or 81 cents in the like 1914;
period.
Kroger Co. sales in 4 weeks ended
Sept. totaled s47,764 ,693, up S..
percent from $50, ,769. .458 in the 1874!
weeks. For SO weeks sales of 1885,.
200, SAG were 2l.7 percent higher thar
$300,814,938 year ago.
Greyhound bus passengers mum.
bered 94,942 900 during the first 81,
months of 1946.-Greyhound Cor.
poration.
Consumers Power Co, subsidiar,
of Commonwealth g. Southern Corp
postponed indefinitely the date 70
opening bids for the purchase of /;
number of common shares sufficien
to provide the company will
$40 600 ,OO0 The sale had beer
announced for September "a.
Evening star., 1946-09-18
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Sept. is lPp.-Foreign ex-
change rates follow Great Britain in dol
Canadian dollar in New York open
market 35s Fer cent discount or 9637Ia
United States cents, unchanged.
Europe: Great Britain, 81 03l2, un-
changed. France tfranc) .S4X, unchanged;
Sweden (krona), 27.S6, unchanged
unchanged
Latin America Argentina free 24.so
unchanged Brazil free $50, unchanged;
Mexico 20.63, unchanged
Evening star., 1946-09-18
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Sept 1S LP.-Cotton
futures moved niger today under the slim
ulus of aggressive mill buying and scat
tered outside demand which readily ab-
More active selling OF goods in the cot
ton textile market contributed ito the
better action Of the market. The Govern
ment weekly weather report was gen.
crop.
Late afternoon prices were 40 cents to
1IO a bale higher, October. 81 .o2; De-
Evening star., 1946-09-18
Chicuoo Grain

CHICAGO. Sept Is tP,-Led by de-
ferred deliveries of wheat, grain prices
firmed today Buying, came from com,
some of it was believed to be short
covering.
nouncement by the Commodity Credit
Corp that its various Offices had pur-
chased 14,229,465 bushels OF cash grain
between September 9, when its new buy
ing program was inaugurated. and Sep
tember II.
Corn In the spot market sold as high
as ST go a bushel for No. l yellow.
Extreme gains were erased in the last
hisher M h'tSss thsn yesterday's est days ffnish' WHEAT
closed unchanged to a cent higher: jan
uary, 81 97A: corn was up hsA; jan
Evening star., 1946-09-18
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index of
35 commodities today advanced to l42 u.
Previous day, 141 so: week ago l40.5 !;
month ago. 144.l1; year ago l0S.73.
1876. 1915 1874, 1943
Hish - I4g.47 I12,s1 1878 l0J54
Low l12.02 10790 l06.03 1o3 43
1926 average equals 1909
Evening star., 1946-09-18
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-13
.SW M MING MEET
STARTS TOMORROW


Entries continue piling in Adam
Smiths office at the YMCA, as
the amateur swimmers of South
eastern North Carolina prepare to
compete in the cove on the north
ern extension Of Wrightsville
Beach.
A natural amphi-theater will af-
ford seating accommodations for
spectators on three sides with
boats being able to pull into sight
of the 50-yard course, on the
fourth side.
Twelve races are listed on the
program with the limit of two
being set by Smith, who will be in
charge of all events.
All swimmers entering in the
days program r eligible for the
100-yard free for all race.
Included in the different races
are: 100 yard swim, boys-11; so
yard swim, boys-31; 25 yard swim,
boys-36; so yard back stroke, boys
IS; so yard brest-stroke, boys-5;
100 yard free-style, men-4; 30 yard
breast-stroke, men-4; so yard back
stroke. menu.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-13
Plans tt
Sponsor AT Least One
Race Yearly

NEW BERN, Aug. Pit. Col.
Albert T. Willis, USA, retired), is
af commodore of the neWly-or-
N1lzed Eastern Carolina Yacht
tso, formed here Friday night
WA boat owners and water sports
Enthusiasts.
Rembert R. Rivenbark is fleet
captain; John Haywood Jones, flag
captain; c. NJ. BoWden, purser; c..
I Daugherty, measurer; and E. E.
Lane, superintendent of the club
house.
A three-man governing board
Vas elected, with terms of office
staggered at one, two and three
years. R, H. Morrison, represent
,8 motor boating interests; Mutt
0sfWlck, sailboat interests; and
u William H. Willis, larger boat
owners. The commodore, fleet cap
tan and purser will also be on the
board.
FOR the present the engineer
'l-!dlhg at Barbour Boat Works
WI be used by the club. The ten
e4Ne plan for a club pelnant con-
aN's of a red background, with
hi re New Bern bear symbol in black.
'Ae New Bern bear and colors
WE considered appropriate for the
sn'fe area, since Swiss also set.
aea IN other parts of this section
'"o many New Bernians also NOV
VI 10 other places in the region.
tentative plans for the club cal
wi sponsoring of at least one mo-
WI boat race during the year, two
''Aooat races and one organized
uuiSe OF larger boats. The orga1i'
.alon plans to act as a focal point
WI boating interests throughout the
''Slern part of the state. AS soor
a constitution and bylaws have
'een ADOPTED, the club will affili
.e with a national organization
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-13
BRAZLE DEFEATS
CHICUBS, 5 TO 0
Stan Musial Collects Four
For Four To Help
Batting Lead

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-(P)-Stan
Musial, the National Leagues lead
ing hitter, collected three singles
and a double for a perfect day at
bat Monday as the st. Louis Cardi-
nails BANKED the Chicago Cubs, so.
Musical, who has pounded out IL
hits in his past Is times at bat in
three games, still wasn't the entire
show in the Cardinals fifth straight
victory.
He had to share the hero seat
with Al Brazle as the tall left
handed posted his No. 4 victory of
the season with a three hitter.
Brazle allowed two widely scatter
ed singles and a double. Twice the
Redbirds voided these Chicago
swats with double plays as the
Cubs had only two runners left on
base, none getting as far as third.
Claude Passeau, veteran right
handler, started for the Cubs but
had to be removed in the third.
Attempting to field Marty Marion's
slow rolling bounder in opening the
st. Louis third, Passeau slipped
and twisted his ailing back.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-13
Hanover League To Celebrate
Doug Seasons Night At rpm
Softball F a IN To Express
Appreciation To Sick
Youth Tonight

1t will be Doug Seasons night
at Robert Strange park tonight,
when the Loyal Order of Moose
plays the Post Office and
Southern Bell a doubleheader,
starting at I o'clock.
Although Is year old Doug,
who is recovering from a col
lapsed lung, will be unable to
attend the twinbill given in his
honor, the youngster wis be
able to hear most of the cele-
brating from his home a block
and a half away.
The softball, used in the two
games, will be presented to
Doug, the leagues official
- scorekeeper. with all the play
ers' autographs on it along
with a collection from the
crowd, expressing the ap-
probation of all for the youths
outstanding service.
Reports indicate that one of
the largest crowds of the sea
son is expected to jam Robert
Strange's stands for the special
event.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-13
FOOTBALL BEGINS

day night" Brogden emphasized.
Brogden did not say approx
mately how many turnouts he ex-
pected the first day, but over 40
r believed making plans to try
out.
Players returning are Jimmy
Piner, Buddy Bridges, J. C. Price,
"Bubba" Sykes, Jim Gibson, Don
Hyatt, Irwin Gore, Butch" Swart,
"Tinkey'' R Rogers, "Mustard''
Mathis, Bobby Stewart, Bobby
Haas, Doc" Venters, Fritz Stel-
lies, Brian Mullinix, Neal Patrick,
Jim Thorpe, Craig Hampton, Jim
Dillon, Linwood Grissom, Charlie
Smith, Billy Quarles, Herman Wick,
Joe Warren, Paul Maultsby. John
ny Daughtry, Carl Jenkins, Clayton
johnson, and many others.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-13
|New Bern Forms Yacht Club;
"a Boats Headed By Willis
D Detroit Triumphs
On Kell's High Fly

CLEVELAND, Aug. II. -(P)-
Detroit's Tigers pushed over a run
in the 10th inning Monday to win
a 3 to 2 verdict over the Cleveland
Indians in the opening match of a
three game series.
Eddie Lake scored the winning
run after George Kel's high fly
was caught with. the bases loaded,
The Indians hadtied up the score
with three hits for two runs IN the
eight after being held hitless for
seven innings by Al Benton.
Steve Gromek was charged with
the loss. He gave up seven hits
and was succeeded by Joe Berry
in the ninth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-13
PIRATE BATTING AVERAGES

Coach Leon Brogden announced
last night that New Hanover High
School football practice would start
Wednesday afternoon at 18th and
Ann field, and said that Il hope
all boys in the 10th, 18th, and 18th
grades will try out for the team"
Pointing out that the first work.
outs would be from $50 to 7:30 in
gym toys, Brogden added that he
had chosen the time schedule, be-
cause of the great number of boys.
who work to late in the afternoon.
Il also want the players, who are
lettermen and the ones who practic
ed during the spring to come by
the gymnasium this morning, If
they desire to get their shoes early.
Otherwise, they must line up with
the rest of the candidates, Wednes-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-13
Pittsburgh Keeps
Up Winning Streak

PITTSBURGH, Aug. IL. -(R-
Edison Bahr gave Cincinnati seven
hits Monday as the last place
Pirates nosed the Reds, 8 to 2, for
their third straight win. 1t was the
seventh loss in a tow for Cincin-
natl.
Three of Cincinnati's hits were
doubles by Bert Haas. The Reds
first baseman doubled home the
first Cincinnati run in the second
inning and got his third two-bagger
to start inning rally that fell short.
The Pirates scored their winning
run in the sixth on two singles,
a sacrifice and an infield out.
Ed Heusser was charged with
the Reds defeat. ElWell Blackwell
finished the game for the losers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-13

in the second inning, when Station
singled in Britain, who also had
one-based.
The big fourth frame saw Brit
tain ground out to second base,
Poklemba walk and go to second
on a passed ball, and DiOrio drop
a hit into the outfield, driving in
Andy. Station was given a free
pass, Edens rolled to second, but
Gregory doubled to drive in both
DlOrio and Station.
D1Orio's homerun in the 9Th ac-
counted for that one run, and the
BUGS tailed their last two, when
Davis and Poklemba banged hits
that brought in Smith and Hog
ox,D
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-13

good reason for his splendid
average. This does not include
yesterdays contest with San
ford. Keep up the good work,
Johnny!
His ambition is to become
the greatest pitcher in
baseball history. He pitches
for Cleveland's second divi-
sion Indians, and has won FL
games and lest six. During the
las tive Cleveland games. he
has saved two tits in a fireman
role. He has never pitched in
the minors, coming straight to
the big time, when discover
ed. Who Is this fireball hurler.
who shut out the Yanks with
a no-hitter at the first of the
season? Those confused Amer
lean league batters call him
Rapid Robert Feller.
From San Diego to Miami.
from Portland to Minneapolis,
from Dallas to Cleveland, the
crisp autumn winds bring forth
another of Americas most
thrilling sports-FoOtball, Foot
ball, the game that mean
clashes Of heavy claden giants
against one another, the excit-
ing Friday or Saturday games
between arch rival schools, and
the glee Of winning or the
gloom of losing. We look for
ward to seeing great pigskin
stars like Glenn Davis and
Doc" Blanchard of Army,
Johnny Lujack and Jim Mello
Of Notre Dame, Harry Gilmer
of Alabama, Charlie Trippi of
Georgia, Bob Fenimore of
Oklahoma A and M, Tony Minisi
of Navy, and all the others
gallop to new gridiron fame,
bringing cheers from their ma
tional audiences. To al this,
we shout, "Godspeed!"
Never has a baseball club
baen more surprising than the
Brooklyn Dodgers of 1916.
With only old Dixie Walker,
disabled Pete Reiser, Pee
Wee Reese, and wartime
star Ed Stanky returning, ex-
perts showed Leo Durocher's
Buns down their standings in
spring training predictions.
Yet, this four-some are play
ing such inspiring ball that
youngsters Carl Furillo, Gene
Hermanski, Ed Stevens,
Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten,
Tony Lavagetto, and Ander-
son are following their lead
ership in grand style. 1t is
this teams college spirit
which is keeping Brooklyn up
there, and even If they do not
win the pennant no one can
say that the Dodgers have not
been a tremendous standout,
when the baseball records of
'46 r written.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-13
Hanover Highlights
BY GENE WARREN

baseball comes to an end in
i Tobacco State league, Sc
,ber 2. Also ending ON this
.,te are the hopes Of any club
ssloa fourth place to compete
The championship .playeffs.
".nbough Sanford and Clin-
are on top of the league so
% as won-lost records are
aancerned, officials decided
',%en organizing the circuit that
nost-season series would de-
.,rmipe the champion.
The reason is obvious. In
u,;nor league baseball player
Ranges come so often to a club
'h,, = team finishing the latter
a.rt of the season is some
.;mes entirely different from
,be one, which, began. A post
season playoff gives clubs
IKE Wilmington and others a
rightful opportunity to make
,heir final stab at the flag.
The Pirates have displayed
hetter-than-average baseball
,urinp the past month, per-
lifting them to rise from the
am nercentage group to over
40. L. M. Pollock and other
pirate rooters believe that with
Nate Andrews, Johnny Will
bourne. and Johnny Edens for
the local pitching corps, Will
miugton could win the pennant
in a p,ayoff series.
But first remember, "Shun-
new" Brittain's BUGS must gain
, fourth place position in the
standings for a playoff.
Some local fans may glance
At the Pirate batting averages,
and wonder "why do they keep
Joe Gregory, who is hitting
only .l67 in the lineup"
To explain, Gregory is the
,eadoff man for Wilmington,
because he gets on base more
often than any other player on
the team, including the 800
batters. Every game the op-
posing pitcher will usually
open the game by tossing
four balls by Gregory. The
other sluggers drive him
home for a run. This walk
does not count as an official
time at bat, nor as a hit, but
when the contest is over it
means the different on many
occasions between victory and
defeat for the Pirates.
Since his arrival at Whining
lon, Gregory has been at bat
50 times, and scored IA runs
on only six hits. Edens, the
BUGS leading batter, is hit
ting 1892, but has tailed only
eight times. See the differ
ence?
While on the subject of
Johnny Edens, the local boy
has driven out at least one
hit in fis last ten games-a