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RAILROAD bonds CLIMB SHARPLY 1(nve Into Year’s Highest ‘ l evels And Bolster Market •vW YORE. Dec- —Rail 7bonds moved into the highest ,l'ad levels of the year today and Pt:ce ,.d modest strength to other Pfns 0f the listed market. feCtlLnri for the carrier loans ^inspired, brokers said, by the *7’ outlook for the transporta * industrv as indicated by a •*" seasonal rise in carloading t week and heavy bookings of •*'' v passenger traffic, which 191 some roads has already estab lorJri new records, riding was the most active for • Saturday since May 18. Total *"■ , 55.738, 400, par-value com sa'ed with S4.648,000 last Saturday. Associated Press average of , ‘ il bonds rose .2 of a point to J, a new 1940 high. Other groups Itie compilation reflected a stea Prominent in the day’s advance 1 southern Railway 4s, South ’ Pacific 4 1 -2s, Northern Paci f” 4s Rlissouri-Kansas-Texas 5s, rreat Northern 4s. Erie 5s, Ameri t Foreign Power 5s, and Western Union os. International Telephone 4 l-2s d 5s rose 3-4 and 1-2 respective f. in heavy turnover following re torts the company was dickering for disposal of its Rumanian pro perties. _ 5 NEW YORK COTTON ,-|rVT YORK, Dec. 14.—(.P)—News of record November cotton consump L brought a little buying to the (stores market today but supply and jgjjnd was too small to force a de rive trend. The final range was 1 u«points lower. Trade and spot houses supplied most of the support. Bombav brokers sold because of a further decline in the East Indian market. The recession there carried iribtv.Xew Y'ork price differences ;r’;he widest of the season and en eouraged profit taking on operations tarriV' on simultaneously in the two markets. Worth street reported the week’s alft of all staple print cloths and related items fell short of current production. Good demand developed for jeans, however, following award of large government contracts. Exports Friday 3.737 bales: season ■0 far 545.75S. Port receipts 4,968. Port stocks 3,336.800. Range follows: Open High Low Close Mrii 10.22 10.22 10.17 10.17 Off 02 jfav 10.14 10.15 10.10 10.11 Off 01 Jrlv __ 9.95 9.95 9.91 9.91 Off 02 Oot' 9.3S 9.39 9.38 9.38nOff 01 r.-N'ominal. Spot nominal: middling 10.37. NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14.—CP)— Cnnon futures were dull here today. Closing prices were steady 1 point Set lower. Open High Low Close Jan... 10.13b_10.11b lick. . 10.24 1 0.24 1 0.24 1 0.24 Off 1 Mat.. 10.19 10.19 10.16 10.16 Off 1 Mv„ 9.93 9.99 9.97 9.97b Oct. - 9.43 9.43 9.43 9.42b Dec. .. 9.37b_ 9.36b b—Bid. POTATOES CHICAGO. Dec. 14.— W—U. S(. Dept. Agr.l—Potatoes, arrivals 72; on track 301; total U. S. ship ments 360: supplies moderate; de Biand slow: about steady; saccked per cwt.-Idaho russet Burbanks U. S. 1, 1.50 to 55; Colorado red Mc Clures U. S. 1. 1.45; Nebraska bliss triumphs U. S. 1, 1.70; Minnesota and North Dakota cobblers 85 per early Ohios 80 to 85 per cent U. S. tent or more U. S. 1, 1.00 to 05: 11.00 to 92 1-2: bliss triumphs 85 Per cent or more U. S. 1, .90 to ’■00: Wisconsin round white U. S. 1. .95. 1 V. C. HOGS RALEIGH, Dec. 14.—UFi—N. C. D. A.)(—Hog prices at Rocky Mount were steady today with a ®P of 5.95. 1 Shipping News ARRIVED Tankers C B. Watson, 3,382 tons, from Sabine. Texas, with gasoline for « Cape Fear terminals. CLEARED and sailed Tanker Guifking, 4,093 tons, for Port ™ur, light, after discharging "So of gasoline for the Gulf Re Iuil”g company. IN PORT .. Cutter tons ^ C cutter Modoc, 1,290 j) from cruising along coast. j/Ked at customhouse warf with Commander Belford in com Piana. ... Tug and Barge „ Warbler, 7150 tons, with tol.m= barge, Chapman, 40 tons, (fl ,IBg on steamer Severance, ves ajem° C' D Maffltt and company, s,„,, Barge , “"Worn, 423 tons, C. D. Maffltt “mpany, agents. (j, , Steamers Iju . ’ Villarperosa, 3,621 tons, ln port account of war. Muireranct'' 3,653 tons, with sur com ’ m di"i-ess, C. D. Maffitt and Bani’. agents. c Bar Dredge biitin? °ck’ 1'600 tons, U. S. Army ls bar dredge. INWARD bound V p ,Tug and Barge *l>au% j, lmus and barge Wauke tri’h' r "'27 ton*’ from Port Tampa iou„anarso sulphur for Heide and \\- . Tankers trtijtk Rj "iHs, 4,351 tons, from tip? (e ufI "ith cargo gasoline for ar Terminal company. Closing Stock Quotations BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Adams Exp _ 5% Air Reduct _ _"Zl_ZZZ 42 Alaska Jun _11111111 5% A1 Che mand Dye _ZZZZZZZZZZ'l66 Alleghany _“ Allis Chem _.ZZ._ZZZ!I'87 Am Can__ZZZZZ_" 37% Am Car Fdy _-ZZZZZZZ 30 Am Coml Alco _ 5% Am For Pow_ZZZ 1 Am Pow and Lt_ 2% Am Rad and St S_ 6% Am Roll Mill. 15% Am Smelt and Ref_-45% At and T- 168 Am Tob B_69 % Anaconda _27% Arm 111 _ 4% At and Sf_: 17% ACL-14% Atl Ref --24% Atlas Pow_69% Aviat Corp_ 4% Baldwin___;_17% B and O_ Z__ 3% Barnsdall _ 8 % Bendix Aviat_33% Beth Stl _88% Boeing Airpl_17% Borden _18% Borg Warner_20% Briggs Mfg- 2% Budd Mfg- 5% Budd Wheel_ 7 Burr Mills-16% Burr Add Mach_ 7% Can Dry -13 Can Pac_ 3% Cannon Mills _37 case j l -58% Caterpil Tract_50% Ches and O_42% Chrysler _76% Coca Cola _106% Colum G and E_ 4% Coml Credit_29% Coml Solv_10% Comwlth and Sou_13-16 Consol Edls _22% Con Oil _ 5% Cont Can_37 Corn Prod_42% Curtiss Wright__ 9 Curtiss Wright A_28% Del Lack and W_ 2% Du Pont _,..164% Eastman Kod_136% Elec Auto Lt_35% Elec Pow and Lt_ 4% Firestone _15% Freeport Sul _37% Gen Elec _ 33% Gen Foods_36 Gen Mot_50% Gillette _ 3 V Glidden_13% Goodrich _13% Goodyear _18% Graham Paige_;_ % Gt Nor Ry Pf_27% Hud Mot _ 4% Hupp Mot_ % 111 Cent _ 7 Int Harvest_54% Int Nick Can_24% Int Tel and Tel- 2% Johns Man_61% Kennecott _35% Kroger Groc _28% Libby OFG1-43 Ligg and Myers B_94% Loews _- 33% Loft_19% Ijorillard_18% Louis and Nash__ soil Mack Trucks__2s% McCrory Stores_ “ i a il Mo K T _ £ Mont Ward _ J7% Murray Corp_" 7% Nash Kelv_IIIIII 4% Nat Biscuit_I_H 17% Nat Cash Reg__IIIII 13 Nat Dairy Prod_IIIIIIII 13% Nat Dist ___24 Nat Lead J_17% Nat Pow and Lt_1_ 6% N Y Cent_1_;_13% No Am Aviat_!_17 North Am_16% Nor Pac_-_ 6% Ohio Oil _ 6% Otis Elev_16 Pac G and E_28% Pac Mills -13% Packard _ 3 % Pa ram Pix_1_10% Param Pf_ 97% Penn Dix _ 3 Penn R R_ 22 % Phillips Pet _:_41% Pitt Scr and B_ 6% Pub Svc N J_29 Pullman _26% Pure Oil_ 8% Radio - 4% Rad K O_ 3% Rem Rand_ 8% Rep Stl_22% Reynolds B-*_32 Sead A L _ % Seab Oil_13 Sears_'___77% snen un_11% Socony Vac_ 8% Sou Pac_ 8 Sou Ry_12% Sperry_39% Std Brands_ 6% Std Oil Cal_ 18% Std Oil Ind__26 Std Oil N J_33% Stu debaker __ 8 Swift _22 Tex Corp_40 Timken Det Ax_29% Trans Amer- 47/a Trans and West Air_17% Un Carb _ 71% Un Pac-78 Unit Aire_43% Unit Corp_ 1% Unit Drug_ 4% Unit Fruit_69% Unit Gas Imp_ 9% U S Ind Alco_23 U S Rub_23% U S Smelt and Ref-64 U S Steel_-69% Vanadium _34 Vick Chem_,_43% Warner Pic_ 3% West Mary- 3% Western Union_21 West Elec and Hfg-103% Wool worth - 32% Yel T' and C-15% Youngs S and T-41% Total sales, 390,360. CURB Asso G and El A- 1-16 Can Marconi- % Cities Service El Bond and Sh- 4% Gulf Oil-31% STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT Sales, closing price and net change of the fifteen most active stocks to day: Seab Air 27,600— % : d 1-16. U S Steel 6,600—69%; d 1. N Y Chi and Stl Pf 6,500—31%; d %. Radio Keith O 6,400—3%; a %. Comwlth and Sou 5,700—13-16; no. Warner Bros 5,300—3%; no. Gen Elec 5,100—33%; a %. Int Tel and Tel 4,900—2% ; a %. Socony Vac 4,700—8% ; no. Cons Edis 4,200—22% ; a %. Hayes Mfg 4.100—3% ; a %. Stand Oil N J 3,900—33% ; d %. Jones and Lau Stl Pf 3,500—106; a 3%. Int Nickel 3,300—24%; d %. Schenley Dist 3,300—11% ; a %. N. O. AVERAGE NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14.—Wl— The average price of middling 15 16ths inch cotton today at ten des ignated southern spot markets was 2 points lower at 9.84 cents pound; average for the past 30 market days 9.76 cents; middling 7-8ths inch average 9.63 cents a pound. 1 BLEACHABLE NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—(A5— Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed 5 higher to 3 lower. Sales 53 contracts. Dec. 5.83, Jan. 5.75b, March 5.82b, May 5.92, July 5.97b. B—bid. 1 N. O. SPOT NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14.—W— Spot cotton closed steady and un changed. Sales 1,575. Low middling 8.95; middling 9.95. Good middling 10.45, receipts 889, stock 528,790. 5 BUTTER AND EGGS CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—«P»—Butter, receipts 551,617; steady; market unchanged. Eggs 4876; steady; refrigerator extras 22 1-2; refrigerator stand ards 2 1-4; other prices un changed. 1 LARD CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—(»—Lard tierces 4.20; loose 4.47; bellies 9.00. HIS ‘RATTLE’ MEANS BATTLE COPENHAGEN, Denmark UD—A young graduate of the Forestry in stitute is complaining in the courts because he stood second instead of at the top of his class. His misfortune, he asserted, dated from an automobile acci dent which caused a “rattling” in his head. He said it affected his ability to study, enlisting the sup port of several professors as wit nesses. The student believes 500,000 kroner, about $1,000, would straighten the matter up. ' 1 ABB SIAAON *QUALIFIED" FOR MATCH WITH JOB LOUIS IN DETROIT IN MARCH BY USING WEIGHT To ADVANTAGE AGAINST ROSCOB Tolbb.. SIMON\ A RESIDENT OF RICHMOND HJLL,L.I., IS LARGE ENOUGH AT LEAST.. STANDS . 6 FEET 4... WEIGHS / 254.. HE'S THE Jy BIGGEST THING U boxing HAS M r>tca?pn s/Airp . Stocks End Steady Week With Leaders Off Trifle AP Average Of 60 Stocks Shows .1 Of Point Drop At 44.2 BY FREDERICK GARDNER NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—(A>>—The stock market today ended a fairly steady week with a slight limp. While an assortment of special ties and senior issues exhibited individual strength, many leaders slipped a notch or two in the brief session and closing prices were irregularly lower. Little Inspiration Traders apparently found little inspiration in the war news but the fairly optimistic business pic ture, including actual and pros pects dividends and pleasing earn ings statements, brought in se lective bidding. Some speculative contingents, however, inclined to even up accounts in order to be on the safe side in the event of possible happenings over the week end. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks was off .1 of a point at 44.2 but on the week was up as much. Large blocks of several low quoted issues, evidently liquidated for tax adjustment purposes, put the two-hour volume to 390,360 shares. The turnover last Satur day amounted to 403,877 shares, largest for a short day since Nov. 16. U. S. Steel lost a point and Yougstown Sheet 5-8, while Beth lehem finished with a gain of 1-8. There were late predictions next week’s mill operations might slip owing to shut-downs here and there for repairs. Nickel Plate preferred pushed up at the start but was thtown for a loss when the company de nied reports of plans for refinanc ing some bond maturities through a loan from the R. F. C. Jones & Laughlin preferred, on the other hand, advanced 3 1-2 to 106, a New Year’s top. Among losers were Chrysler, U. S. Rubber, Sears Roebuck, Boeing, Anaconda, Westinghouse, Union Carbide, North American, N. W. Central and Standard Oil of N. J. Seaboard Airline sold in blocks of 5,000 to 10,000 shares, off 1-16 of a point at 1-8, a new 1940 low. Emerging with modest improve ment were American Telephone, General Motors, Kennecott, Ameri can Can, Loew’s International Tele phone, United Aircraft and Texas Corp. 5 AVERAGES 30 15 15 60 Indus Rails Util Stks J\et change d.2 unch d.l d.l Saturday_ 63.3 16.2 34.7 44.2 Previous day . -63.5 16.2 34.8 44.3 Month ago_ 64.7 17.3 35.7 45.4 Year ago_ 72.6 20.2 39.1 50.9 1940 high_ 74.2 20.5 40.6 52.2 1940 low_ 52.3 13.0 30.9 37.0 1939 high «... 77.0 23.8 40.6 53.9 1939 low_ 68.8 15.7 33.7 41.6 60-Stock Range Since 1927 1937-38 1932-36 1927-29 High _ 75.3 72.8 157.7 Low ___ 33.7 16.9 61.$ WHAT STOCKS DID Sat. Fri. Advances_-_- 206 423 Declines_ 266 219 Unchanged _ 212 208 Total issues_ 684 850 CASH GRAIN CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—WV-C ash wheat No. 1 hard 91; No. 1 mixed 91. Corn No. 4 mixed 58 1-2; No. 2 yellow 61 1-2 to 62 1-4; No. 3, 59 3-4 to 61 1-2; No. 4, 56 3-4 to59 1-4; No. 3 white 65. Oats sample mixed 32; No. 1 white 40 to 40 1-4; No. 3, 38; No. 4, 37; sample 34; No. 1 mixed heavy 39 1-4; No. 2 red extra heavy 38 3-4. Barley 54 to 64 1-2; nom; feed 42 to 52 nom; No. 1 malting 59 to 62; No. 2, 58; No. 3, 53 to 58. Soybeans No. 2 yellow 91 3-4; No. 3,_89 to 91 1-2; No. 4, 88 to 88 1-4;~ sample 87 to 87 1-2.. Field seed unchanged. 1 Local Stocks And Bonds (Quotations furnished by Allen C. Ewing and Co.) STOCKS Atlantic Coast Line Company of Connecticut, common, bid 16%; ask ed, 17%. The Carolina Insurance Company of Wilmington, bid, 28% ; asked, 29%. Carolina Power and Light Co., $7 Preferred, bid, 111; asked, 112%. Carolina Power and Light Co., $6 Preferred, bid, 107; asked, 109. Massachusetts Inestors Trust, bid, 18.52; asked, 19.91. Peoples Savings Bank and Trust Company, capital, bid, 30; asked, 32. Remington Arons Co., Inc., com mon, bid, 6%; asked, 6%. Security National Bank of Greens boro, bid, 15%; asked, 17. Taylor-Colquitt Company, bid, 29; asked, 31. Tide Water Power Company, 86 Preferred, bid 33; asked, 38. Wilmington Savings and Trust Company, capital, bid, 30; asked, 32. BONDS A. C. L. R. R., First Consolidated Mortgage 4’s due 1952, bid, 72%; asked, 73%. A. C. L. R. R., L. and N. Collateral Trust 4’s due 1952, bid, 70; asked 70%. A. C. L. R. R., Collateral Trust 5’s due 1945, bid, 75; asked 76%. A. C. L. R. R.j General Unified Mortgage 4%s due 1964, bid, 57%; asked 58%. Florida East Coast Rwy., First and Refunding 5’s due 1974, bid 7%; ask ed, 7%. Charleston and Western Carolina Rwy., 1st Mtg. 5’s due 1946, bid, 100%; asked 102%. (All quotations nominal and sub ject to change without notice.) f FOREIGN EXCHANGE NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—OP)—The free Argentine peso and Shanghai dollar lost a little ground in the foreign exchange market today but most other major rates were un changed in relation to the U. S. dollar. The peso slipped .01 of a cent to 23.6; U. S. cents and the Shanghai unit lost .4 of a cent at 6 cents. Unchanged were fre sterling at $4.03 3-4 and the Canadian dollar at 86 1-2 cents. Closing rates follow (Great Brit ain in dollars; others, in cents). Canada: Official Canadian con trol board rates for U. S. dollars; buying 1 per cent premium, sell ing 11 per cent premium, equiva lent to discounts on Canadian dol lars in New York of buying 9.91 per cent, selling 9.9 per cent. Canadian dollar in New York open market 13 1-2 per cent dis count, 86.5 U. S. cents. Europe: Great Britain, official Bankers Foreign Exchange com mittee rates), buying $4.2, selling $4.4; open market, cables $4.3 3-4; Germany 4.7b; (behevolent) 18.55; Finland 2.5n; Greece ,68n; Hungary 19.77n; Italy 5.6; Portu gal 4.01 Rumania unquoted; Swe den 23.85; Switzerland 23.21; Yugo slavia 2.35n. Latin America: Argentine offi cial 29.77; free 23.60; Brazil offi cial 6.05; free 5.05; Mexico 20.75n. Far East: Japan 23.43; Hongkong 23.77; Shanghai 6.00. (Rates in spot cables unless oth erwise indicated). N—nominal. 1 METALS NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—(ffl—Cop per steady; electrolytic spot, Conn, valley, 12.00; export fas N. Y., 10.25 to 11.50. Tin steady; spot and nearby 50.05; forward 50.10. Lead steady; spot, New York 5.50 to 55; East St. Louis 5.35. inc steady; East St. Louis spot and forward 7.25. Pig iron, aluminum antimo ny, quicksilver, platinum, Chinese wolframite and domestic scheelite unchanged. • HOGS BALTIMORE, Dec. 14.—W—(U. S. Dept. Agr.)—Hogs 1300. Steady with Friday; good and choice 180 to 240 lbs. 6.50 to 75; practical top 6.75; 160 to 180 lbs. 6.35 to 60; 140 to 160 lbs. 6.25 to 50; 250 to 300 lbs. 6.20 to 45; 130 to 140 lbs 5.95 to 6.20; 120 to 130 lbs. 5.75 to 6.00; packing sows 5.30 to 80. Com pared week ago: mostly 10 higher. NORFOLK SPOT NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 14.—CP)— Spot cotton unchanged. Middling fair 10.60; middling 10.05; good or dinary 7.90. Sales 45 receipts and shipments none stock 31,366. 1 Closing Bond Quotations BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DOMESTIC At and Sf 4s 95_109 B and O Cvt 4%s 60__ 13 Can Pac 4s Perp_ 51 C B and Q 4%s 77"_ 72% Chi E 111 5s 51_ 15% Chi Gt West 4s 59__ 29% Cr iand P Rfg 4s 34_ 6% Clev Un Term 5%s 72_ 83% Clev Un Term 4%s 77c_ 68% Erie Rf 5s 67_ 18% Fla East Cst 5s 74_ 7% Hud Coal 5s 62a_ 27% Hud and Man Rfg 5s 57_ 43% Int Gt N Adj 6s 52_ % Int Mer Mar 6s 41_ 71% Lou and N 4%s 2003 - 98 Mk and T Adj 5s 67_ 3% Mo Pac Gen 4s 75_ 1% N Y C Rf 5s 2013_ 66 Norf and W 4s 96_127% Nor Pac 6s 2047 _ 65% Penn R R Gen 4%s 65_108% Seab A1 Cn 6s 45- 5 So Pac Rfg 4s 55_ 58% So Ry Cn 5s 94_ 92% So Ry Gen 4s 56- 59 Third Ave 4s 60_ 65 FOREIGN Australia 4%s 56- 51 Brazil 6%s 26-57 - 15% Ger Govt 7s 49- 14% Italy 7s 49 - 14% Italy 7s 1951 - 46% Orient Dev 5%s 58_ 43 Rio Gr Do Sul 6s 68_ 8 GOVERNMENT Treasury 314s 41_102.29 314a 45-43 _108.14 314s 46-44 _ 109.17 2%s 47-45 _110.9 314s 49-46 _113.17 214s 53-49 _ 108.24 2%s 60-55 _ 111.26 2%s 65-60 _111.16 Final sales, *5,738,400. AVERAGES 20 10 10 10 Rails Indus Util For. Net change_a.2 a.l unch a.l Saturday_X61.3 105.6 100.3 38.3 Previous day _ 61.1 105.5 100.3 38.2 Month ago .... 60.1 105.3 100.3 38.8 Year ago_ 58.2 101.6 95.8 48.8 1940 high _ 61.2 105.9 100.7 53.5 1940 low_ 48.3 98.9 90.3 35.1 1939 high_ 64.9 102.0 97.5 64.0 1939 low _ 53.4 95.8 90.4 41.7 10 Low-Yield Bonds Saturday_114.6 Previous day -.-lf4.6 Month ago_113.7 Year ago_110.9 1940 high _- 114.6 1940 low _108.4 1939 high _112-6 1939 low_103.6 x—New high.__ CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO, Dec. 14— (A*)—Buyers were after December wheat in mod erate quantities today to even up accounts or acquire deliverable con tracts but deferred options weaken ed due to forecast of a large Argen tine crop, bearish international trade statistics and private reports of in creased country sales in some areas. Wheat closed unchanged to % low er compared with yesterday, Decem ber 89%-89, May 85%-%, July 80% 80; corn %-% down, December and May 59%-%; oats %-% down. WHEAT: Open High Low Close Dec._ 89% 89% 88% 89 May_ 85% 85% 85% 85% July _ 80% 80% 80 80 CORN: Dec._ 59% 59% 59% 59% May_ 59% 59% 59% 59% July_ 59% 59% 59% 59% OATS: L.c._ 39% 39% 38% 38% May_ 35% 35% 35% 35% July_ 21% 31% 31% 31% SOYBEANS: Dec._ 89% 91% 89% 89% May_ 89% 90% 89% 89% July_ 89% 90% 89% 89% RYE: Dec.- 42% 43 42% 42% May- 46% 47% 46% 46% July- 47% 47% 47% 47% LARD: Dec. - 4.22 4.22 4.15 4.15 Jan. - 4.27 4.30 4.20 4.22 Mar _ _ _ 5.46 May - 5.72 6.75 5.60 5.60 July- 5.90 5.90 6.77 5.77 Sep. _ 6.12 6.12 6.00 6.00 SUFFOLK PEANUTS SUFFOLK, Va., Dec. 14.—(JPI— Peanut quotations: jumbos 3 3-8 to 3 1-2; bunch 3 -8 to 3 1-4; run ners 3 to 3 1-8. Market quiet. 1 Answers To Cranium Crackers Questions on Comic Page 1. The U. S. freighter City of Rayville was sunk off the coast of Australia in early November after striking a mine. It was the first U. S. casualty at sea since the outbreak of war. 2. British Mediterranean fleet at tacked the Italians at the harbor of Taranto, claimed to have inflict ed great damage, which the Italians denied. 3. Four German merchant ships attempted to sneak through the British blockade from the harbor at Tampico, Mexico. Encountering ships in the attempt, they fled back; one of them was scuttled to avoid possible capture. 4. The Jervis Bay, a converted cargo-carrying liner convoying ships across the Atlantic, held off a German attack while most of the ships in the convoy escaped. 5. The Queen Elizabeth, world’s largest liner, left its dock in New York City, presumably to act as a troop ship. 1 COTTONSEED OIL NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14.—— Cottonseed oil closed steady. Bleachable prime summer yellow 5.60 nom; prime crude 4.62 1-2; Dec. 5.25b, Jan. 5.26b, March 5.35b, May 5.42b, July 5.48b. B—bid. 1 Firemen Declare More Toys Badly Needed With Christmas drawing nearer, firemen of the city have had to set Tuesday morning as a deadline for accepting old toys to be reno vated for the underprivileged chil dren of the city, Fire Chief J. Ludie Croom said last night. Many toys are needed yet to allow the firemen to do as complete a job of spreading happiness as they would like, he said, urging the pub lic to make Its contributions speed ily. He urged the public to stop by Fire headquarters on South Fourth street today and see the many toys which have already been repaired and refurbished and are ready for distribution to unfortunate children who oiherwise would have none on Christmas morning. Statistics show that it costs a department about 40 cents each time an item is returned. COMBINE BEAUTY AND USEFULNESS 1 In this historic and beauti ful mansion of the Old | South, the Keetey Treat | ment is given to unfortun , ate men and women addicted to liquor. It is a scientific treatment, pro ven over a 60-year period . . . and with » i half-million patients. If j you have a loved one , who needs this help, get j the facts. i THE ! 1 KEELY INSTITUTE 447 West Washington Street GREENSBORO. N. C. ' Sit down and SAVE! ✓ Actually, it’s just that easy! A comfortable chair, a few minutes of freedom . . . and the advertising pages of this paper can save you money every day in the week! At this season the stores are crowded with people. There’s so much going on, that it’s sometimes hard to find the best values and the right articles on their counters. But right now the papers are crowded with adver tising, too. Stores and manufacturers everywhere are telling you about more products than at any other time of the year. It’s easy to find the things you want... at favorable prices... in this newspaper. So sit down with the paper, right now! You’ll save your disposition and dollars, tomorrow.
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