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Steels, Utilities Widen Advance In Stock Market i ■ w - — Specialties Also Strong But Many Leaders Affect ed By Profit Taking i ____________ By BERNARD S. O’HARA NEW YORK, June 6.—UP)— Steels, utilities and scattered spec ialties extended the advance in to day’s stock market but many lead ers were stalled by profit taking. Although several of the so-call ed war infants found the going a bit rough final plus marks of small fractions were in the majority. Bullish sentiment was sustained partly by the favorable color of war reports. Some traders inclined to cash in because of the week-end recess and the fact the market had taken a good recovery ride since last Wednesday. Offerings were well absorbed, however, by those who thought the forward swing still had plenty of power. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks was up .1 of a point at 35,8, its best level since March 5, and on the week showed a net gain of 1.2 points, biggest weekly jump since January. It was the fourth successive daily advance in the composite. The ticker tape loafed frequently in the short session but there was activity enough to lift volume to 192,760 shares, largest for any Saturday since May 9. It compared with 131,630 in the pre vious Saturday session. A Dreatc in major commuuiuea helped stem the demand for shares to some extent. Cotton futures fell $2.50 to $2.75 a bale, with peace talk receiving the principal blame. At Chicago wheat was off ' 5-8 to 1 1-4 cents a bushel, corn down 5-8 to 7-8 and hogs nominal ly steady. Bonds generally were higher. Prominent stock gainers includ ed U. S. Steel, Bethlehem, North American, Consolidated Edison, N. Y. Shipbuilding, American Vis cose. Anaconda, General Motors, Sears Roebuck. Dome Mines, Boeing. Johns-Manville and Stan dard Oil of Indiana. In the losing division were San ta Fe. Standard Oil <NJ), Dow Chemical, American Can Du Pont, Union Carbide, Allied Chemical, United Aircraft. International Har vester and Montgomery Ward. STOCK AVERAGES 30 15 15 60 Indust Rails Util Stks Net change., a.l Unch a.2 a.l Saturday_ 52.3 14.6 24.2 35.8 Prev. day— 52.2 14.6 24.0 35.7 Month ago .. 48.9 15.3 22.7 34.0 Year ago .. 57.1 16.6 31.3 40.4 IP40 high .. 56.0 17.6 27.3 38.7 IP*” low .-- 46.0 14.5 21.1 32.0 19*' high ___ 63.9 19.0 35.5 45.0 19*' low — 51.7 13.4 24.5 35.4 GO-Stock Range Since 1927: 1930-40 1932-37 1927-29 High .- 54.7 75.3 157.^ Low _ 33.7 16.9 61.8 WHAT STOCKS DID: Sat. Frl. Advances _ 224 389 Declines __ 87 12? Unchanged _ 156 193 Total issues _ 467 704 -—V CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO, June 6—W)—An out break of selling, terminating the grain market’s temporary show of strength the past few days, car ried cereal prices sharply lower today. Rye led the decline, tumbling almost 3 cents at one stage to new lows for the year. Other grains declined fractions to about a cent while soybeans fell almost 3 cents. Prices were near 1942 lows in most cases. , A break in cotton prices and prospects of big wheat, rye and soybean harvests this year were principal bearish factors. The market lacked support from pro cessing and consuming interests in evidence the past few days. Rallying slightly from the lows of the day, wheat closed 5-8—1 1-4 cents lower than yesterday, July $1.17 3-8—1-4, September $1.19 7-8; corn 5-8—7-8 off, July 85 7-8—86, September 88 3-8—1-2; oats 1-2— 7-8 down; rye 2 1-8—2 3-8 lower and soybeans 1 1-2—2 7-8 lower. WHEAT— Open High Low Close Jly -117% 117% 117 117% Sep .120V4 120% 119% 119% Dec -123% 123% 122% 122% CORN— Jly .— 86% 86% 85% 86 Sep . 88% 88% 88V4 88% Dec - 91% 91% 90% 90% OATS— Jly. 48% 48% 47% 47% Sep - 49% 49% 48% 49 Dec - 50% 50% 50% 50% SOYBEANS— Jly old — 172 172 169% 169% Jly new- 171% Oct .171% 171% 170% 170% Dec -172% 172% 171% 171% RYE— Jly —. 65% 65% 64 64% Sep . 68% 68% 67 67% Dec .. 71% 72% 71 71% LARD— Jly —. 12.45 Sep . 12.55 Oct.. 12.57 Dec . 12.65 -V CHICAGO BUTTER—EGGS CHICAGO, June 6—<JP)—Butter receipts 1,306,261 pounds; unsettled creamery 93 score 36 1-2—37; 92, 36; 91. 35 1-2; 90, 35 1-2; 89, 34 1-4; 88, 33 1-2; centralized carlots 90, 36. Eggs 30.880 cases; firm; prices Unchanged. -V SPOT COTTON NEW ORLEANS, June 6—(Pi New Orleans spot cotton closed quiet 51 points lower. Sales 48. Low middling 15.00. Middling 18.30. Good middling 18.75, receipts 350. Shocks 394,573. Unlisted Stocks The National Association of Se curities Dealers, Inc., District No 11, published the following retail prices based on quotations furnish ed to it by certain dealers as at 5 p. m., June 4, 1942. The asso ciation assumes no responsibility for these prices, as they are only indicative of the general current market. Description Bid Ask Acme Spinning_167 _ American Trust Co. (Charlotte, N. C.)... 332 342 American Yarn and Process _ 98 101 Bassett Furn. Indus tries _13 % 15 Bibb Mfg. Co. ... 95 100 Brandon Corp. “A”_ 58 61 Carolina Insurance Co. 24 26 Carolina Power and Light $6 Pfd. 94% 97% Carolina Power and Light $7 Pfd. _ 104 107% Carolina Tel. and Tel.. 125 136 Chadwick-Hoskins Co.. 9% 10% Chadwick-Hoskins Co. 8% Pfd. 100 103 Chatham Mfg. Co. 6% Pfd--107% 111 China Grove Cotton Mills .104 ... Crescent Spinning_ 80 84 Colonial Stores, Inc. 5% Pfd. . 39 42 Colonial Stores, Inc. .. 10% 11% Dixie-Home Stores, Inc. - 7% 9 Dunean Mills _ 37 41 Durham Hosiery Mills Cl. “A” Pfd. 39 42% Eagle Yarn Mills_ 85 Efird Mfg. Co. _ 82 85% Erwin Cotton Mills ... 18 20 Flint Mfg. Co. .. .16% 13% Georgia Home Ins. ... 21 23% Gossett Mills _ 51 54 Guilford Nat. Bank_ 39 42 Hanes, P. H. Knitting . 12% 14 Hanes, P. H. Knitting 7% Pfd. - 114 116% Home Tel. and Tel... 5% 6% Jefferson Standard Life Ins. . 18 20V, Majestic Mfg. Co. ... 135 145 May McEwen Kaiser . 12 13% Monarch Mills _ 85 90 Mooresville Cotton Mills _ 26 29 North Carolina Rail road . 160 170 National Yarn Mills... 72 76 Occidental Life In surance _ 1% is/4 Orr Cotton Mills . 52 Perfection Spinning .. 83 89 Piedmont and North ern Rwy... 43 46 Piedmont Mfg. Co._ 28 30 Pilot Full Fashion Mills _ 4 5 Pilot Full Fashion Mills 6%% Pfd. 19% 20% Riverside and Dan River Mills _ 6% 7% Riverside and Dan River Mills 6%% Pfd. 86 90% Rose’s 5-10-25c Stores.. 23 26 Security Nat. Bank... 14% 15% Smyre, A. M. Mfg_ 16 18 Sonoco Products_ 22 25 South Carolina Power $6 Pfd... 77% Southern Webbing Mills.. 53/4 714 Sterling Spinning_ 81 84 Stowe Spinning _ 81 85 Taylor-Colquitt _ 25 27 Textiles, Inc. .. 3 334 Textiles, Inc. 4% Pfd. -..... 13% 15 Tidewater Power $6 Pf.d- .-. 20 26 Tubize-Chatillon Corp. 7% Pfd. _ 98 102 Union-Buffalo Mills 7% 1st Pfd. .. 99 102 Union-Buffalo Mills 5% 2nd Pfd._ 25 28 Victor-Monaghan Co. . 52 55 Virginia Public Serv ice. 6% Pfd. - 48% 53% Virginia Public Service 7% Pfd. _ 55 pi Wachovia Bank and* Trust Co, ... 42% 45 Washington Mills_ 130 137 West Point Mfg. 32 35 Wiscassett Mills ..III” 125 130 __ "XT CHICAGO LIVESTOCK „ £?IC^G0- June 6—Ilf)—Salable cattle 100; calves 100; compared Friday last week: Strictly good and choice fed steers and year hngs, losing early advance, fin ished barely steady; common, me dium and low-good grades de clined fully 25, instances more; steers predominated during week but supply figures smaller both ,,cfly and in aggregate, largely 12.00—14.00 trade; practical top weighty steers 15.40; but one load choice to prime 1310 lbs averages reached 16.40; little passed 14.50; however; fed heifers 25—50 lower, choice offerings topped at 14.35; cows lost early advance, finish ing 25 or more lower; cutters clos ed at 9.00 down; weighty sausage buHs strong but light kinds weak to 25 lower, outside on weighty sausage offerings 11.90; vealers fully steady at 15.50 down; stock cattle steady at 12.00—13.75 mostly, i/?cnCe stocker yearlings to 14.50 and choice steer stock calves to 16.00. Salable hogs 300; total 8,300: nominally steady; not enough good and choice hogs here to test mar ket; quotable top 14.30; shippers took none; holdover none; com pared week ago: All weights and saows 15 to mostly 25 lower ■___tr CHICAGO POTATOES CHICAGO, June 6—UP)—(U. S. Dept. Agr.l—Potatoes arrivals 72 on track 122; total U.S. shipments 1,220; npw stock supplies light demand moderate; southern Tri umphs firm to slightly stronger California long whites firm- Cali fornia long whites U.S. No. 1, 2.90 3.10; Louisiana Bliss Triumphs U.S. No. 1, 2.85 3.10; Mississippi Bliss Triumphs U.S. No. 1, 2.80— 85; Alabama Bliss Triumphs US No. 1, 3.00—25. -V SPOT COTTON CHARLOTTE, June 6—(A*)— Spot cotton |18.95 Closing Bond Quotations BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DOMESTIC B and O Cv 60st.. 19% C B and Q 4%s 77.. 66 Chi Gt West 4s 88 . 63 Vi Qri and P Rfg 4s 34- 12% Fla East Cst 5s 74- 12% Hud Coal 5s 62a..- 41 Vi Hud and Man Rfg 5s 57_ 45% 111 Cent 4%s 66 ... 42% Lou and N 4%s 2003 _ 92 M K and T Aj 5s 67_ 17% N Y C Rf 5s 2013 . 49 Nor Pac 6s 2047 .. 61% Penn R R Gen 4%s 65_101% Phil Rd C and I Cv 6s 49_ 8% Seab A1 Cn 6s 45_ 3% So Pac Rfg 4s 55_ 65^5 So Ry Cn 5s 94 - 89% So Ry Gen 4s 56 - 6314 Third Ave 4s 60 _ 51% West Md 4s 52 .. 84% FOREIGN Australia 5s 55 - 66 Australia 4%s 56 _ 62% Brazil 6%s 26-57 .. 3014 Rio Gr Do Sul 6s 68 ... 16% Closing Stock Quotations BI THE ASSOCIATED PKESS Air Reduction _ 32% Alaska Jun _ 2% A1 Chem and Dye -134 Allis Chal Mfg .134 Allis Chal Mfg _ 24% Am Can _ 68 Am Car Fdy - 22y» Am Pow and Lt- % Am Rad and St S - 4% Am Roll Mill --— 10 Am Smelt and Ref- 37 Am Sug Ref- 17V4 A T and T . 119 Am Tob B - 45% Anaconda - 24% Arm 111 _ 2% A AT and Sf. 33% ACL .. 20y4 Atl Ref .-. 17% Aviat Corp - 2% Baldwin_ 11 B and O - 2% Barnsdall - 6% Bendix Aviat - 29% Beth Stl ..-. 531/4 Boeing Airpl _ 14% Borden _ 19% Borg Warner _ 23 Budd Mfg _ 2% Burl Mills _ 16% Bur Add Mach - 7% Calumet and Hec_ 6 Can Dry _ 11 y4 Can Pac _ 4y« Cannon Mills _ 29% Case J I _ 68% Caterpil Trac _ 33% Champ P and F _ 14% Ches and O_ 30% Chrysler _.- 60 V3 Colum G and E_ 1% Coml Credit _ 22 Coml Solv . 3% Comwlth and Sou_ 7-32 Consol Edis _ 13% Con Oil __-. 5 Cont Can _ 2G% Corn Prod _,_ 49 Curtiss Wright _ 6% Davison Chem _ 9% Doug Aire _ 13 Dow Chem _109% Du Pont..112% Elec Auto Lt _ 27% Elec Pow and Lt .. 1% Firestone _ 15% Gen Elec _ 26 Gen Foods _- 29% Gen Mot . 37% Gillette . 3% Goodrich __ 18 Goodyear __ 17 Graham Paige _ % Gt Nor Ry Pf. 20 V4 Hupp Mot _ % Int Harvest _ 45% Int Nick Can .. 27 Int Tel and Tel . 2% Johns Man _ 58 Kennecott _ 28% Loews _ 42% Lonlard _ 13% Louis and Nash - 59% Mack Truck _ 29% McCrory Stores - 11% Mont Ward - 29% Murray Corp - 5% Nash Velv _ 5 Nat Biscuit _ 15 Nat Cash Reg - 16 Nat Dairy Prod - 14 Nat Dist-- 20% Nat Lead _ 14% Nat Pow and Lt- 1% N Y Cent -. 7% No Am Aviat _ 10% North Am _ 8% Nor Pac _ 5% Ohio Oil _ 7 Otis Elev _ 13% Pac G and E - 19 ' Packard _ 2 Param Pix - 15 Param Pf_-111 Penny J C _ 663/4 Penn R R _ 19% Pepsi Cola _ 21% Phillips Pet - 33% Pub Svc N J —- 10% Pullman _ 22% Radio _ 3 Vs Rad K O . 2% Rem Rand _.. 8% Rep Stl _ 14% Reynolds B - 24% Sears _ 54% Shell Un. 11% Socony Vac _ 7% Soil Pac _ 10% Sperry - 25% Std Brands _ 3% Std Oil Cal . 20% Std Oil Ind . 24 Std Oil N J . 34% Studebaker_ 4% Swift . — 23% Tex Co. 33% Tex Gulf Sul ..— 30% Timken Det Ax _ 27% Un Carb .. 64% Un Pac _ 66% Unit Aire _ — 25% Unit Corp _ 9-32 Unit Fruit . 53% Unit Gas Imp__ 3% U S Ind Alco . 26% U S Rub_ 18% U S Steel . 47% Vick Chem . 33% Warner Pic _ 5% Western Union __ 26 West Elec and Mfg _ 72% Wilson _ 4% Woolworth _ 26% Yell T and C _ 11 % Youngs S and T_ 30% Final sales _ 192,760 CURB Cities Service _ 2% El Bond and Sh_ 1% Gulf Oil _ 26% STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT NEW YORK, June 6— (IP) — Sales, closing price and net change of the 17 most active stocks today: Warner Piet 7,900—5%; up %. Gen Mot 5,000—37%; up %. Patino Mines 3,900—19%; up %. Int Nickel 3,600—27; down %. Kennecott 3,600—28%; up %. U S Steel 3,300—47%; up %. Dome Mines 3,100—13; up %. Consol Edis 2,800—13%; up %. Am Viscose 2,800—27; up 1. Chrysler 2,800—60%; no. Gen Elec 2,700—26; no. Pepsi Cola 2,700—27%; up %. Radio 2,400—3%; no. Anaconda 2,400—24%; up %. Marine Midi 2,100—2%; no. Param Piet 2,100—15; up %. North Am Co 2,100—8%; up %. •-V CASH GRAIN CHICAGO, June 6—(.P)—Cash wheat No. 2 red 1.18 3-4. Corn No. 1 yellow 84—85 1-2;. No. 2, 83 1-2—85; No. 3, 84 1-2—3-4; sam ple 70—74. Oats No. 2 mixed 50; No. 1 white 51; No. 2, 50; No. 3, 48 1-4; 50; No. 4, 47—48 1-4; sample 45; No. 1 special red 50. Barley malting 79—1.05 nom; feed and screenings 58—65 nom; No. 3 malting 1.06. Soybeans No. 3 yellow 1.65; No. 4, 1.60 1-2; sample 1.51. -V NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS, June 6.—(/P)— Cotton futures declined over $2.50 a bale here today on renewed peace ideas, stop loss selling and liquidation of the July position. Closing prices were weak 51 to 53 points net lower. Open High Low Close Jly - 18.41 18.41 17.88 17.93 Olf 51 Oct . 18.88 18.88 18.38 18.40 Off 52 Dec . 19.04 19.04 18.51 18.55 Off 53 Jan . 19.06b_ _18.59b_ Mch _ 19.14 19.14 18.71 18.71 Off 52 May . 19.07 18.93 18.92 18.81b ... b—Bid. -V N. C. EGGS AND POULTRY RALEIGH, June 6—(J")— (NCDA) Egg and poultry markets steady. Raleigh—U.S. extras large (clean white) eggs 30 to 31; colored hens 17 to 18. Washington—U.S. extras large (graded white) eggs 34 to 36; colored fowls 21 to 22. -V MIDDLING COTTON NEW ORLEANS, June 6—(TP)— The average price of middling 15-16 inch cotton today at 10 des ignated southern spot markets was 50 points lower at 18.75 cents a pound; average for the last 30 market days 19.85; middling 7-8 inch average 17.93. -V N, C. HOGS RALEIGH, June 6—(A—(NCDA) —Hog prices steady at Rocky Mount, top of $13.10.* -V At a London auction a lock ol Napoleon’s hair brought $5.25. ,, Medical Care By LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D. A timely addition 10 war liter tae is the manual of instruction, “Handbook of Civilian Protec tion,’ ’prepared for laymen by the Civilian Defense Council of the College of the City of New York. It is a small, compact manual which contains a great deal of in formation which we hope that we will riot need but which we should study “in case.” Chapter I discusses "Total War and the Civilian” and gives a good outline of the organization of ci vilian defense with training re quirements for the following groups: messengers, drivers, aux iliary firemen, rescue squads, aux iliary police, air raid wardens, fire watchers, emergency food and housing, nurses’ aides, demolition and clearance crews, road repair crews, decontamination squads and utility repair squads. Chapter Titles Chapter II describes “Air Raid Conduct and Services;’’ chapter III, “Fire Fighting;” chapter IV. “Incendiary Bombs;” chapter V is on “Poison Gas;” chapter VI is on “First Aid;” chapter VII is on “Civilian Conservation and Sal vage” and chapter VIII is on “Nu trition in the Wartime Emergen cy.” The book runs to only 184 pages but is very complete and wen illustrated. ‘We have attempted,” writes the author, “to condense the large amount of available literature on civilian defense into a volume of be understood by the man on the clearly written matter designed to street. In addition to all the basic civilian protection problems cov ered, we have included material on a number of problems never before treated in a single volume. Thse include psychological con duct during air raids, the protec tion of records, rare books and art treasures, and complete and authoritative advice on salvage. The book is unique in that a group of highly trained specialists have succeeded in expressing highly technical information in words of one and two syllables.” Its Ten Commands As an example of the clear and succinct rules I quote here the ten commands for air raid conduct: “1. If away from home, seek the nearest shelter. Get off the street. “2. If you are driving, park your car. Shut off all lights. ‘‘3. If you are at home, send all members of the family to the ref uge room. Have as little window exposure as possible. Equip the home shelter with drinking water, toilet facilities, a flashlight, a port able radio, a strong table, food and reading material. "4. It is not necessary to turn off the gas at the meter unless bombs are actually falling in your immediate vicinity. ‘‘5. Blackout your home com pletely. Not a single crack of light should be seen from the outside. “6. Keep away from windows. Flying glass splinters are danger ous. “7. If bombs fall near by, get under a heavy table or an over turned davenport. “8. Do not '-ush out of your home when the all clear signal sounds. “9. Keep tl>e blackout. The raid ers may return. "10. Keep calm. Keep cool. Set an example for others.” QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS X. Y. Z.:—“If an expectant mother has one or more birth marks on her body does she have - to worry about her baby’s having ; the same?” Answer: No. 2 RAILROAD ISSUES EXTEND R DV RY Utility Loans Selectively Higher While Industrials Hold Narrow Range NEW YORK, June 6—W—Rail loans in the bond market today extended the recovery that start ed at midweek after a protracted decline. Utility loans were selec tively higher while industrials held to a narrow range. Another market highlight was strength in Pacific British Flag issues on official reports of heavy Japanese losses in the Midway area naval engagements. Austra lia 4 l-2s and 5s posted frac tional gains and New South Wales 5s climbed about 3 points. Showing buoyant action in the rail division were St. Louis South western First 4s at 78, up 2, New England Railroad 4s at 71, up 4 1-4. Other railroad gainers were Illi nois Central 4s at 42 3-4, Louisville & Nashville 4 l-2s at 92, Pennsyl vania 4 l-2s of ’60 at 121 1-2, South ern Pacific refunding 4s at 63 5-8 and Portland General Electric 4 l-2s at 85 1-4. U. S. governments were quiet and steady. BOND AVERAGES 20 10 10 10 Rails Indus Util For Net change . a.2 Unch a.3 Uncb Saturday_ 61.3 103.5 95.3 49.1 Prev. day _ 61.1 103.5 95.0 49.1 Month ago .. 64.9 103.6 94.2 47.7 Year ago_ 64.3 104.7 101.0 44.6 1942 high __ 65$.6 103.7 100.6 49.1 1942 low ... 60.4 102.6 93.6 41.5 1941 high ... 66.5 105.4 102.2 51.4 1941 low ... 58.3 102.9 98.9 38.0 10-Low Yield Bonds Saturday _ 112.0 Previous day _ 112.0 Month ago _119.9 Year ago _113.3 1942 high . 113.1 1942 low . 111.7 1941 high . 115.1 1941 low _ 112.1 NEW YORK COTTON NEW YORK, June 6.— UP)—'The cotton market today ended a week of generally declining trends with fresh losses of $2.75 a bale. The extreme drop in some contracts before the slump was halted was around $3.25 a bale. Blamed for the new note of sell ing was fear the market’s founda tions were still shaky from recent active speculative buying. Peace talk was fostered by re ported serious Japanese losses in t'*e Midway naval battle and the trade heard that mills were carry ing large supplies of raw cotton. Puncturing bullish ideas still more were favorable crop reports. The break in prices was the widest since mid-October and car ried the July position well below the 18-cent level for the first time since January. Selling was gen eral, a fair part coming from New Orleans. lne range: Open High Low Close Jly — 18.40 18.40 17.83 17.90 Off 50 Oct _ 18.70 18.70 18.08 18.20 Off 50 Dec _ 18.84 18.84 18.20 18.32 Off 53 Jan . 18.90bl8.49 18.49 18.42nOff 51 Mar . 19.00 19.00 18.49 19.53 Off 52 May 19.09bl9.01 18.60 18.60 Off 55 ^Spot nominal; middling 19.44, off -V Air Warning Service Program Slated Today The Blue Network, prominent broadcasting hookup, will present a special hour broadcast this after, noon beginning at 3:30 o’clock, in which the work of the Aircraft Warning Service will be described. At the special request of the War department, the regular Sunday Army Hour program will be de voted to this work and to the al lied activities of the anti-aircraft and First Fighter Commands. Radio station W.M.F.D. will car ry the program and everyone is invited to listen. " 4 -V FLIP FOR FIGHT An 18th century zombie may have helped the handful of Minute Men who turned back the British regulars at Lexington and Concord in 1776. While waiting for the ad vancing troops before dawn of April 19, the stalwart soldier-farm ers fortified themselves at the Buckman Tavern bar with copious glasses of what they called flip. I Sunday School Lesson BY WILLIAM E. GILROY, D. D. Editor of Advance Text: Mark 15:33, 34; Luke 23:33-46 The tragic story of the death of Jesus on the Cross is the theme of our lesson, with particular em phasis upon the words of Christ from the Cross. The scene on Calvary followed quickly the agony of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. We are wont to say that there is an agony of soul that is greater than any physical pain, but this is not quite true, for physical pain means agony of soul as well. A martyr may bear h i s sufferings, upheld by his faith and deter mination to let nothing induce him to renounce his fidelity to right and truth. But while man lives and is conscious, the body cannot be separated from the spirit, and bodily pain, no matter how courageously it is endured, often means agony of spirit. It is in the light of this that we must interpret the cry of Jesus, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Here, as in the agony in the garden of Gethse mane, is emphasized the deep and real humanity of the Christ who suffered on the Cross. It was the human cry that Job in another way had uttered when, under the burden of his afflictions, he had been tempted to curse God and die. It was a momentary cry of in tense anguish, but the spirit of Jesus under suffering was mani fested more truly in His attitude toward the penitent thief. He knew in the moments following His out cry that God had not forsaken Him, for He said to the thief, “This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise,’ ’and as the sun’s light failed and darkness came over the land, and the veil of the temple was rent in twain, in the same spirit in which He had pray ed in Gethsemane, “Not my will, but thine be done, He cried, “Father, into Thy hands I com mend my spirit.” This was the final word from the Cross. But a significant part of the scene is contained in the passage in John 19:25-30, which it is sug gested should be compared with the verses in our lesson from Mark and Luke. Here is a scene that mothers will understand, for we are told that there stood by the Cross the mother of Jesus. The woman who had cherished her babe in Bethlehem; and who had kept and pondered in her heart all the things that suggested the great part that her son was to fulfill, followed Him all the way to the Cross, there sharing His suffering, and giving Him the help of h e r presence. Could mother-love have been greater? Jesus still had a thought for His mother, and even in His agony commended her to the beloved disciple John. There are mothers today in many homes in our land who cannot be present to share the agony of sons in far off battle scenes, mortally wound ed or in deep pain. May they be upheld by the Christ who died and by the spirit of the mother of Jesus who was faithful to the end! 4 BOATS ASSIGNED TO PORT OFFICE Five Will Be Used To Safe guard Wilmington And \d jacent Local Waters | Three new Coast Guard p0.p vessels have been assigned to •? captain of the port's 0ffiCe • ' to make a total of five be used to safeguard the pott'‘J Wilmington and adjacent tccal ters, Lieut. R. W. Thresher Cj3' tain of the port, announced S--?’ day. The three new boats. th3 rro 920, the CGR-923 and the cor.j,*,' were pleasure craft before war. Donated by their owner* the government for the du-v/1 they have been painted theV'51’’ dard grey of the Coast Giav/fj are manned by members of T‘" Coast Guard’s enlisted re er who, in many cases, served atw > the vessels before they were tEi into the Coast Guard’ Several of the newly*,^ boat crew members are from E. Wilmington area. Together with the two pick** boats that have been stationed here for the past few years «•* former yachts will be used to trol the harbor, enforce war-tjL' regulations applying to shipping and protect vital war installations and plants along the river apj other waters under Lieut. Threew er’s jurisdiction. . Read Opposite Page About Charge Accounts ANNOUNCEMENT TO THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR BILLS - CHARGE ACCOUNTS INSTALMENT OBLIGATIONS Under The New Federal Credit Regulations ★ • Every citizen wants to cooperate with the Government in its plans to ward off the peril of inflation. To conform with the new credit regulations is your essential part of the program. This bank like wise wants to do everything possible to further the program by as sisting individuals and merchants to meet these regulations fully and constructively. Those who have been able to pay their bills within thirty to sixty days are not affected by these regulations. If you have only one store bill to settle, you can probably do so easily and readily by paying the store the total amount owed in six equal monthly instalments of not less than $5 each. But if you owe several stores, plus doctors' bills, insurance premiums, taxes, and lump-sum mortgage curtails, for example ... and find it difficult to see just how to arrange your program to meet fully your obligations as a citizen and a customer . . . The Morris Plan Bank of Wilmington is prepared to help you work out a convenient, constructive plan in keeping with your income and obligations. Over the period of the past thirteen years this bank has made many thousands of loans to individuals to meet their problems and carry out their plans. It stands ready today, as a result of this exper ience, to meet your problems and to help you conform fully to gov ernmental regulations in a sound and proper manner. You incur no obligation in inquiring by mail, by telephone, or in person how this bank can serve you helpfully. The Morris Plan Bank of Wilmington Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH By bIUjTd®^ 1 ) • / 3»sa.i
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