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^ V -- ---’ ’ ~ * ■■••“*** Ik/JU » Ml 1 Stocks Stage Belated Rally In Response To Japanese Naval Defeat MIDWAY VICTORY INDICATES TREND guying Starts Slow But Increases During The Late Afternoon yE\V YORK, June 8.—UP)-So railed peace stocks in the blue fllip class put on a belated rally in today’s marxet, apparently re bonding to the big mid - Pacific victory over the Japanese fleet. He'itancy was the rule at the tart" and mild irregularity left trends in doubt by mid-day. Early failure of the list to celebrate the bias’, at the Oriental Axis partner ,,as a bit disappointing to Wall stree' and selling cropped up after ihe opening. Realization of the im portance of the best war news 4nce the world conflict broke then be„an to take hold and nervous shorts ran to cover. The covering operation proved to be difficult because the wanted ,tocks were not for sale except at wide spreads. Eastman Kodak was the first to turn handsprings and with jumps of 1 to 2 points it even tually was up 3-4 points, closing with this gain. In most of the broad advances, however, turnover was restricted. In addition to the Kodak Sprint er I to 4 3-4 points were tacked on Coca-Cola. Texas Co., Philip Mor r;s American Airlines, Eastern Air Lines, Union Pacific, Ameri can Telephone, Texas Co. and In ternational Harvester. J. I. Case u.as up 2 1-4 at a new year’s high and General Motors and Pepsi Cola made new 1942 peaks. It as not a one-way swing, how ever. as steels, utilities, coopers, aircrafts and mail orders were under water the greater part of the day. Rails improved at the las!. The Associated r'ress average ui 60 stocks held a gain of .5 of a point st 36.3. highest mark since March 4 and the best day’s upturn since May 21. It was the fifth suc cessive advance in this barometer. Transfers totalled 355,690 shares against 486,710 last Friday. Buying timidity in the morning was attributed mainly to the fact the recent recovery had been the most sustained since January and analysts thought some sort of con solation or resting period was due. Stocks doing moderately well in cluded Santa Fe. N. Y. Central, Chrysler. Great Northern. Ameri can Can, Homestake, Union Car bide. Johns - Manville and U. S. Gypsum. U S. Steel ended unchanged and Bethlehem down 1-4. Lower were Goodyear, Goodrich. Sears Roe buck. Glenn Martin, Western Un ion. Kennecott, Consolidated Edi son and Westinghouse. Bonds were a shade mixed. A drop in cotton futures was a trifle unsettling. This staple, up about $1 a bale in the forenoon, retreated in the final hour and finished off S'.50 to $1.65 a bale. At Chicago Wheat was off 5-8 to 1 cent a bushel, corn unchanged to off 1-4 and hogs were_steady. On the upside in the curb were Gulf Oil, Humble Oil, Creole Pe troleum, Consolidated Gas of Bal timore and Sherwin Williams. Turnover here aggregated 43,385 shares versus 66,634 Friday. 3 STOCK AVERAGES 30 15 15 60 Indust Rails Util Stks Net ch« a.6 a.4 a.3 a.j Mon. 52.9 15.0 24.5 36.3 Prev. day — 52.3 14.6 24.2 35.8 Month ago . 49.2) 15.5 22.9 34.2 Year ago .. 57.9 16.7 31.4 40.8 1942 high 56.0 17.6 27.3 38. < 1942 low ... 46.0 14.5 21.1 32.0 1941 high .. 63.9 19.0 35.5 45.0 1941 low ... 51.7 - 13.4 24.5 35.1* 60-Stock Range Since 1927: 1930-40 1932-37 1927-29 High _ 54.7 75.3 157.7 Low. 33.7 16.9 61.8 -V NEW VORK COTTON NEW YORK, June 8—(/P)—'Cotton futures prices dropped sharply again today, losing as much as SI.65 a bale in a swelling volume of speculative liquidation headed up by selling orders from New Orleans. The closing range, $1.50 to $160 a bale under Saturday’s finish, left Prices at the year’s low levels set last Jan, 2. Observers said recent buyers, noting the more favorable tenor to Private crop accounts and the in difference of mill buyers to recent ly dropping prices, had decided to lighten their commitments. Stop—loss orders uncovered by fhe downturn lent momentum to fbc liquidating movement. Some traders said many mills *Pparently had filled their nearby requirements of raw cotton and out of the market pending de y’. nns on farm legislation in Washington and international deve 'optnents. Tie range: Open High Low Close M' 17.83 18.10 17.59 17.50 Off 31 - 18.14 18.39 17.87 17.90 Off 30 7**- - 18.27 18.53 18.02 18.02 Off 30 V.'Y - 18.32bl8,55 18.42 18.10nOff 32 $ch- 18.43 18.72 18.20 18.20 Off 33 luay 18.52 18.76 18.32 18.30nOff 30 Nominal; B—Bid. bpot nominal; Middling 19.13. —-v CASH GRAIN CHICAGO, June 8—UP —Wheat 1 hard 1.16 3-4. Corn No. 1 yellow 85 3-4-86; No. : ' 80 3-4-86; No. 3, 85 14 12; e 4, 8384 3-4. Oats, No. 1 mixed 50-50 1-4; No. 50 1-2; No. 3, 48; No. lwhite 49 ,t51: N°- 2 49 1251 12: N°- 3‘ Earley malting 99-1.06 nominal: 1 ard barley 81-87 nominal; feed dn" screenings 58-62 nominal. Soybeans No. 2 yellow 1.68 1-4; No- 3. 1.66 1-2-1.65. Closing Bond Quotations by the associated press GOVERNMENT _ Treasury 2y*s 56-54 ---io5.ill DOMESTIC At and Sf 4s 95_ 109% B and O Cv 60 St.” 19% Can Pac 4s Perp_ 6934 Cb and Q 4%s 77_65% Chi and E 111 Inc 57_ 22 Chi Gt West 4s 88_ 63% Cri and P Rfg 4s 34 ..II 12% Clev Un Term 4%s 77c_ 60yi Fla East Cst 5s 74 . liy8 Hud Coal 5s 62A__ 41 Hud and Man Rfg 5s 57 ...II 45% 111 Cent 4%s 66_ 42% Int Gt N Aj 6%s 52 .... 1% Lou and N 4%s 2003 _ 91% Mk and T Adj 5s 67. 17% Mo Pac Gen 5s 75_ 2% N Y C Rf 5s 2013_J.. 49 Norf and W 4s 96_125% Nor Pac 6s 2047 _ 61% Penn Rr Gen 4%s 65_101% Phil Rd C and I Cv 6s 49_ 9 Seab A1 Cn 6s 45 __ 9 So Pac Rfg 4s 55. 64 So Ry Cn 5s 94_ 90 So Ry Gen 4s 56 .. 63% West Md 4s 52 .. 85 FOREIGN BONDS Australia 4%s 56 __ 63% Closing Stock Quotations BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Aaams Fxp _ 6 Adams Millis _ 19 Air Reduction _ 32% Alaska June _ 2% A1 Chem and Dye_134 Alleghany _, y-32 Allis Chel Mfg _ 24% Am Can _„„ 68% Am Car Fdy _ 22% Am Coml Alco _ 8% Am For Pow _ % Am Rad and St S_ 4% Am Roll Mill _ 10% Am Smelt and Ref_ 37% ATT .. 120% Am Tob B _ 46 Anaconda _ 24y4 Arm 111 _ 2% A T Sf . 34y4 ACL... 21 Atl Ref . 17% Atlas Pow _ 46 Aviat Corp _ 2% Baldwin _ 10% B and O _ 3 Barnsdall __ 8% Bendix Aviat _ 30% Beth Sal _ 53 Boeing Airpl_ 14% Borden _ 19% Borg Warner _ 27 Briggs Mfg.. 18 Budd Mfg _ 2y^ Budd Wheel _ 6% Bur Add Mach _ 7% Calumet and Hec_ 6 Can Dry.. 11 % Can Pac _ 41/* Cannon Mills _ 30 Case J I _ 70% Caterpil Trac _ 33% N Y. BOND MARKET HAS LITTLE CHANGE Few Issues Move Outside Narrow Final Range; Rails Finish Even NEW YORK, June 8.—Prices were about unchanged on average in the Bond Market at the close today, only a few issues attracting enough attnetion to move outside the narrow final range. A few of the Bellwether rails, trailing behind for a time earlier in the day, managed to finish even with Saturday’s close. Otis Steel “A” 4 l-2s of ’62 be came the quiet session’s most ac tive issue with a net gain of 2 1-2 points at 98 3-4 on a turnover of 5324,000, face value. Other indus trials were about steady. Volume for the full day was $5, !59,300, face value, against $5,898, 100 Friday. Averages for each di vision of the Associated Press bond measure were unchanged. There were fractional gains for St.Paul Railroad issues on reports the Supreme court had granted a review of the proposed reorganiza tion and losses for Chicago & North Western General Mortgage 4s on word the same court had failed to act on a request for a similar action for that road. In the foreign section, Australian 4 l-2s gained a point at 63 1-2 while the rest of the list was mix ed. U. S. Governments were quiet and steady. 3 BOND AVERAGES 20 10 10 10 Rails Indus Util For Net chg. ... unch unch unch unch Mon. _ 61.3 103.5 95.3 49.1 Prev. day . 61.3 103.5 95.3 49.1 Month ago . 64.8 103.5 94.4 47.5 Year ago ... 84.2 104.7 400.9 44.4 1942 high ... 65.1 103.7 100.6 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 Mon. ---112.1 Month ago_ 111.9 1942 high_ 113.1 1941 high - 115.1 Prev. day r_s---112.0 Year ago _ 113.5 1942 low _ 111.7 1941 low ..112.1 -V BOND ISSUES NEW YORK, June 8—(fl— The New York Stock Exchange report ed today that 1,166 listed bond is sues with a par value of $61,956, 472,933 had a market value May 29 of $59,257,509,874, an average price of $95.64. This compared with 1,163 issues with par value of $60,571,663,883 and market vilue as of April 30 of $57,923,553,616. an average of $95.63. _xr_' DRY GOODS NEW YORK, June 8.—If*—'Tex tile mills and converters today were occupied with the usual Mon day checkup, and only scattered sales were reported against gov ernment orders and to the Civilian trade. Nearby supplies of grey goods were pretty well cleaned up and producers were reluctant to offer materials for the third and last quarters. Little business was done in woo len and rayon textiles as mil's awaited further government orders Ches and O _ 30% Ches and O .. 30% Coca Cola _ 78% Chrysler _ 61% Colum G and E _ 1% Coml Credit _ 21% Com Solv _ 8% Comwlth and Sou _ 7-32 Consol Edis _ 22 Con Oil_ 5 Cont Can _ 26% Corn Prod _ 49% Curtiss Wright _ 6% Curtiss Wright A .. 21% Davison Chem _ 9% Del Lack and W_ 3% Dow Chem_109% DuPont _,.112% Eastman Kod_132 Elec Auto Lt _ 27% Firestone _ 15% Lien Jtiiiec _ zofg Gen Foods _ 29 Gen Mot _ 38 Gillette ... 3% Glidden _ 50 Goodrich _ 17% Goodyear _ 17% Graham Paige _ 11-ld Gt Nor Ry Pf . 25'% Hud Mot . 3% Hupp Mot _ % 111 Cent .. 6 Int Harvest _ 47 Int Nick Can__ 27% Johns Man _ 58% Kennecott _ 27% Kroger Groc _ 26% Libby Of G1 - 25% Ligg and Myers B_ 66 Loews _ 41% Lorilard _ 13% Mack Stores _.— 297s McCrory Stores _ 117s Mont Ward _ 30 Murray Corp _ 5% Nash Kelv _ 5 Nat Cash Reg - 16% Nat Biscuit _ 15y4 Nat Dairy Prod - 137s Nat Dist —. 20% Nat Lead - 14 Nat Pow and Lt- 17'g N Y Cent . 7% No Am Aviat -- 10% North Am _ 8% Nor Pac _ 57i Ohio Oil . 77i Otis Elev _i_ 13% Pac G and E_ 197's Pac Mills - 15% Packard _ 278 Param Pix_ 15 Penn Dix - VA Penn Rr _ 19 y8 Pepsi Cola _ 22% Phillips Pet -. 36% Pub Svc N J_.- 10% Pullman _ 22 % Pure Oil _ 772 Radio _ 3% Rem Rand _ 87/g Rep Stl .. 147i Reynolds B ...-— 25!/i Seab A L, - 3-ie Seab Oil _ 11% Shell Un _ 11% Sears _ 54 Socony Vac - TVs Sou Pac _ 11% Sou Ry _ 13% Std Brands _ 3% Std Oil Cal _ 20 Std Oil Ind _ 24 Std Oil N J. 347/g Stewart Warner _ 6Vs Studebaker _ 4% Swift _-— 23% Tex- Corp - 34% Tex Gulf Prod_- 2% Tex Gulf Sul-- 30% Timken Det Ax- 27% Transamer--- 4% Trans and West Air- 9% Un Carb _- 65 V* Un Pac - 68% Unit Aire _ 25% Unit Corp - 5-16 Unit Drug- 5% Unit Fruit _ 55% Unit Gas Imp .. 3% US Ind Alco...— 26% US Pipe .— 25% US Rub . 18% US Steel ..47% Vanadium - 16% Va Caro Chem ..— 1% Warner Pic - 5% Western Union -— 25% West Elec and Mfg- 72% Wilson --- 4Vs Woolworth _. 26% Yell T and C . 11% Youngs S and T - 30% Two years ago 772,138,500. Final stock sales, 855,690. CURB Asso G and E a-— 1-35 Can Marconi - 7-16 El Bond and Hh. IV* Gulf Oil . 27% Total today 5,259,300. Previous day 2,294,500. Week ago 6,230,300. Year ago 4,881,400. Two years ago 5,709,500. Jan. 1 to date 1,013,656,200. Year ago 980,843,875. -y-i— STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT NEW YORK, June 8.—(/P)—Sales, closing price and net change ot tfte fifteen most active stocks to day. Pepsi Cola 10,500, 22% up %. United Air L 6,800, 11% up %. Gen Mot 6,100, TS up %. Pan Am Airw 5,400, 18 no. Gen Real and Ut 5,500, 5-16 up 1-32. Std Brands 5,000, 3% no. N Y Central 4,900, 7% up %. North Am Co 4,700, 8% no. Consol Coal 3,700, 5% up 7/s. South Pac 3,600, 11% up %. Param Piet 3,300, 15 no. Woolworth 3,200, 26% up %. Penn Rr 3,100, 19% no. Int Harvest 3,000, 47 up 1%. Kennecott 3,000, 27%-%. J GRAINS RISE AND FALL DURING DAY Good Early Increase Noted, But It Is Wiped Out At Close CHICAGO, June 8—(£)—Gains of more than a cent a bushel were posted in the wheat and rye pits early in the day. with advances almost that good registered by oth er cereals, but these were wiped out before the close. Wheat tumbled more than 2 cents from the early highs, rye more than 3 cents and soybeans 3-3 1-2 cents. Wheat closed 5-8-1 cent lower than Saturday. Tulv $1.16 5-8. September $1.18 781.16 corn unchanged to 14 off. July 85 7-8-3-4. September 88 1-4: oats 38 58 down: rve 1 34-2 lower and soybeans 1 382 lower. Wheat came within about a cent of the eight months lows posted last week. July oats equaled last week’s 1942 low. some soybean futures were at new bottom f: gores for the season and all rye contracts hit lows not quoted here since No vember. Early buying w as stimulated largely by Washington reports that a bill will be introduced in tile Senate making mandatory loans at full parity, instead of 85 oer cent of parity, on basic agricultural commodities. Traders pointed out that should this legislation be pass ed the wheat loan rate, for exam ple. would be raised from $1 32 basis No. 2 grades in Chicagj, to above $1.50. However, thev said the legisla tion undoubtedly w ill provoke sharp controversy in Congress and some dealers expressed belief no more 1942 wheat will be put in storage under 100 per cent of par ity loans than would be sealed at the lower rate since prices now are about 15 cents under the 85 per cent of parity figure, on a Chicago basis. Independent weakness shown by rye after midsession helped to up set the wheat market. T r a ders said prospect of a big cron and diversion of the distilling industry to industrial alcohol manufacture with corn and wheat the principal grains to be used, depressed rye. The distilling industry was under stood to have been producing in dustrial alcohol at the1 rate of 70. 000,000 gallons annually for use in production of smokeless powder and to meet other war needs. This was achieved by conversion of ah stills equipped to make 190 proof alcohol. About half the industry remains to be converted by reequipping plants with necessary machinery and when that is completed 200. 300,000 gallons can be produced annually. consuming 80,000.000 bushels of corn compared wit h normal needs of 30,000.000 bushels, flonserable wheat also may be nsed. Expanding harvest helped to dc-» press wheat while shipping sales af 90,000 bushels of corn and 126, 300 oats supported prices of feed ing grains. Prospects of a big crop and lagging demand for meal de pressed soybeans. Lard closed unchanged to 7 :ents per hundredweight higher. Open High Low Close WHEAT: Ily. .117% 118% 116% 116% Sep.120 121% 118% 119 Dec. _123% 124% 121% 122% CORN: Ily. _ 86 86% 85% 85% Sep.. 88% 89% 88% 88% Dec. _ 90% 91% 90% 90% OATS: Jly. 48% 58% 47% 47% Sep. - 48% 49% 48% 48% Dec. _ 51% 51% 50% 50% SOYBEANS: Jly., old_169% 170% 167% 168 Jly., new..169% Oct.170% 171% 168% 169 Dec. 172 172% 169% 170% RYE* Jly. 64% 65% 62% 62% Sep. - 67% 68% 65% 65% Dec. 71% 72% 69% 69% LARD; Jly. - 12.50 12.52 12.50 12,5* Sep... 12.60 Oct. .'- 12.57 Dec. - 12.67 12.70 12.67 12.7C -V_ RAILROADS CHICAGO, June 8.—(A—Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad today reported April net income of $68, 119 against net loss of $15,952 in April, 1941. Chicago, Indianapolis and Louis ville Railroad reported April net income of $74,272 against net loss Of $36,805 in April, 1941. - 3 --—V CHICAGO BUTTER CHICAGO, June 8. —(£) —Butter was unsettled today: 93 score 36 3-4 92, 36; 91, 35 1-4; 90, 34 3-4; 89, 34 ; 88., 33 1-2; centralized car lots; 90 score 35 3-4; 89,. 34 1-4 88, 33 3-4,_ 3 T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.- v THE TOP OF WYOMING'S DEVIL'S TOWER, CURIOUS 3G7-FT. VOLCANIC ROCK STRUCTURE, IS LITTLE DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE FROM ANY OTHER ACRE AND A HALF OF WYOMING PRAIRIE... flEING COVERED WITH OACT7JUS, ■SAGe S/St^SM AND Gfig ASS. ' IN SOME OF THE EGG - LAYING SNAKES, THE YOUNG HATCH OUT within a few m/hofes AFTER. THE EGGS ARE LAID. • 6-8, F&R A HOUSE TO BE COMFORTABLE, / IT MUST BE COOL WHEN ITS WARM ) AND WARM WHEN IT'S COOL," l I S»ys MRS. S. M. HOOPER., . ) OCALA, FLORIDA. \ ^ —- —» , V m*~ — - J RICHMOND LIVESTOCK RICHMOND, June 8.— (£>)— (U. S. Dept. Agr.)—Livestock: Hogs — Steady. Top 13.35. Good and choice 180-300 IPs. 13.35; 100 120 lbs. 11.85; 120-140 lbs. 12.35, 140-160 lbs. 12.85; 160-180 lbs. 13.15; over 300 lbs. 13.10. Sows under 350 lbs. 12.60; over 350 lbs. 12.35; stags 9.35. Cattle — Steers fully steady Most offerings fat slaughter steers 12.50-13.00, strictly good and choice 13.25. Cows slow with general un dertone barely steady to weak Fat dairy type cows 8.50-9.00; odd head good beef cows 9.50-10.00, canners around 6.50-7.00. Bulls about steady, practical top 10.75. Light weight bulls 10.00 down Vealers about steady. Good and choice mostly 13.50-14.00. Sheep — Spring lambs quotable 13.50 down. -V FOREIGN EXCHANGE NEW YORK, June 8.—(TP)—Clos ing foreign exchange rates follow (Great Britain in dollars, others in cents): Canada: Official Canadian con trol board rates for U. S. dollar: Buying 10 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 9.09 per cent. Europe: Great Britain official, (Bankers Foreign Exchange com mittee rates) buying $4.02, selling $4.04 open market; cables $4.04. Latin America: Argentina offi cial 29.77: free 23.62, up .02; Bra zil official 6.05n; free 5.20n; Mexi co 20.67n. Rates in spot cables unless other wise indicated. N—Nominal. -V NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS, June 8.—(TP)— Cotton futures closed barely steady 26 to 29 points net lower today. Open High Low Close Jly. 17.80 18.20 18.58 17.68 Off 29 Oct. . 18.29 18.55 18.10 18.14 Off 27 Dec. . 18.46 18.68 18.23 18.29 Off 26 Jan. . 18.59 18.62 19.59 19.32b Mch._ 18.63 18.82 18.44 18.43b May . 18.81 18.88 18.57 18.54b B—Bid. -V. N. O. COTTONSEED OIL NEW ORLEANS, June 8.—IJV Cottonseed oil closed barely steady Bleachable prime summer yellow unquoted. Prime crude 12.50b, July 13.20b Sep 13.10b, Oct 12.95b,‘ Dec 12.85b. B—Bid 3 -V N. O. SPOT COTTON NEW ORLEANS, June 8.—(A»)— Spot cotton closed quiet 22 points lower. Sales 306. Low middling 14.8, middling 18.08, good mid dling 18.53, receipts 140, stock 296. 012. 3 -V-— WHAT STOCKS DID Mon. Sat. Advances _*-1- 314 224 Declines _ 151 87 Unchanged _ 190 156 Total issues - 655 467 -V MIDDLING NEW ORLEANS, June 8.—— Average price of middling 15-16 inch cotton today at ten designated soqthern spot markets was 18.28, down 29. 3 Camp Davis Volley Fire REDUCED PRICES The camp exchange restaurant, next to camp heaquarters, has a new price schedule, one that re duces the prices of various items from 10 to 20 per cent. This means a great deal to the soldiers, hun dreds of whom patronize the res taurant after duty hours. FOR CIVILIAN M.D.’S Flight surgeons are needed, and needed badly for the Army Air Forces, Camp Davis has been ad vised. Medical men in civilian life, particularly those under 35 years of age are being asked to make application to the Air Surgeon, Army Air Forces, Washington The physicians, if accepted for service, will be commissioned as officers. PHOTOGRAPHY LAB Camp personnel are invited to visit the new photo lab, north of the post office, a camp exchange concession. The laboratory . studio is equipped to do portrait work. “V-Mail” Several weeks ago it was an nounced that “V-Mail” was to be inaugurated f or the benefit of troops in foreign countries. Well, the unique system is now in ef fect. Under this new service, mail from U. S. soldiers in foreign serv ice is forwarded to a central point where it is censored and photo graphed on small rolls of micro film. Relatives and friends of the soldier get the letters just the same — photographs, that is — and at the same time considerable cargo space is saved for v i tal shipments. SURPRISE! Camp Davis is going to have a novel device in its observance of Flag day. It’s really worth while but more about that later. NICE RECOMMENDATION Culled (from the Holly Ridge Barrage: “Boys In Battery H, 514th CA are all waiting to meet Private Kravitz’s girl friend, who is coming to camp very soon. 'She has a wonderful vocabulary ” -V—— NAVAL STORES SAVANNAH, Ga„ June 8.—i/P)— Turpentine, 55: offerings, 5.00; sales 5,500; gallons; receipts, 64; shipments, 187; stocks 7,418 rosin. Offerings 352; sales 244; receipts 261; shipments none; stock, 54,304. Quote B 2.19; D 2.40; E, 2.53; T 2.69; G 2.80; H 2.81; I 2.86; K 2.97 M 3.01 N 3.07 WG 3.10; WW and X 3.20. Totals include Saturday ship, ments and receipts. -V SPOT COTTON CHARLOTTE, June 8.— (£>)—Spot cbtton 18.70. U-BOAT ATTACK SURVIVORS LAND Tell Of Determination To Return To Sea As Soon As Possible WASHINGTON, June 8.—(10—'The Navy announced today a small United States merchant vessel had been torpedoed in the Caribbean area. Survivors have been landed at an east coast port, the Navy said. THREE DEAD A GULF PORT, June 8.—(A>)— Survivors of a small United States freighter torpedoed in the Carib bean May 19 told here of the death of three of the crew of 37 in the early morning attack by a subma rine believed to be German. The sinking had been announced previously by the Navy which re leased details today. Twenty - four of the Survivors were brought here. “It scared hell out of me,” ad mitted Joe Layton of San Antonio, Tex., “but I’ll be going back—after I go home and get married.” George A. Weston, bearded Afri can-born chef, declared: “It was the first torpedoed ship I was ever on, in 35 years at sea, but I’ll be on some more. I want to help President Roosevelt win this war.’ Second Mate Robert L. See, 44, of Tampa, said the torpedo struck at 4:40 a. m., on the starboard side of the ship, killing three of the crew. The others managed to get away in two lifeboats before the submarine surfaced and began shelling the sinking ship. Some 30 hours later, the surviv ors landed at a Caribbean port. The Captain, R. J. Dexter of New York, and nine crewmen remained at the port, and the remaining 24 were brought to the United States by a merchantman. See said he had just completed his watch and was asleep when the torpedo struck. “I didn’t hear the noise,” he said. “What awakened me was the wreckage of the bulkhead falling on top of me.” 3 -v Testaments Are Given To Camp Davis Troops Two representatives of th e Pocket Testament League of New York City who have been spending the week-end at Camp Davis were pleased with the reception the sol diers gave them. • Conrad R. Baehr, who was ma chine-gunned by the Japanese while a missionary in China, and C. W. Anderson have been distri buting pocket testaments to en listed men, free of charge. The two men have visited sev eral of the camp chapels and have given a lecture, on ‘America’s Spiritual Foundations.” The lec ture was illustrated with colored slides. Sunday night at Service Club No. 1 an audience obtained 150 of the pocket testaments. attractively bound in a washable brown ma terial. The cover is stamped with the words. ‘‘IT. S. Army.” So far on their tour of army camps. Baehr and Anderson have held 65 meetings in seven weeks before ten thousand men. T h ey have given out thousands of tes taments and gospels. FOIL TIRE THIEVES We brand your license or any other number on both sides of eaoh tire. Investigate at nnre. C AESEY’S Corner Market and 12th Exchange Clah Pledges Assistance To City USO The Wilmington Exchange club recently pledged assistance to the local United Service Organizations and to all organizations in this community and in the country, which will promote the highest efficiency of the forces armed for combat on land, sea and in the air, J. L. Trogdon, secretary, said today. The following facts were set forth in a brief prepared by the civic organization: The Exohange club of Wilming ton recognizes the hard fact that this republic is waging a total war against the most dangerous enemies to the political, moral and religious interests of mankind; That our nation has a Divine call to resist and overcome the attacks of the forces of those ene mies, Which have already robbed, persecuted and decimated many righteous governments, and aim to subvert all peaceable society: That in the interest of honor, integrity and truth it is our duly to support liberally all the aids of arms, armor and morale which we have already established among us for the above objective; We therefore pledge our gener ous assistance to the U.S.O. and to all organizations in this com munity and in the country at large which will promote the highest efficiency of the forces armed tor combat on land, sea and in the air. May God grant us the Victory. -V Questionnaires Wanted By County Draft Board County Draft board number two yesterday ' issued a call for the immediate return of about 75 oc cupational questionnaires from men who registered in the Third Registration and have not made their returns. The Bureau of Census in Wash ington has made a urgent appeal for the questionnaires and they must be returned immediately, draft officials said. The board began mailing the oc cupational questionnaires on May 16 from a roster of 1,226 men. Many of this number are delin quent in returning them. Eases the Pain Soothes the Nerves Headaches, and nerves upset by minor pains, usually respond promptly to the quick-acting ef fectiveness of “BC” Also relieves neuralgia and muscular aches. Use only as directed. Consult a physi cian when pains persist. 10c & 25c sizes. RAPID PACKAGE DELIVERY Between Wilmington and Jacksonville North Carolina Only Packages of 150 lbs or loss accepts for ? 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