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Extremely Light Selling Lowers New York Stock Market Friday losses range OVER 2 POINTS War Newt Provides Scant Bullish Inspiration; May Correct Rally NEW YORK, June 12.—1^1-The lightest kind of selling lowered siock market trends today without louching off much real weakness. An attempted recovery shift at ,|,e start soon faded. Losses, rang ing from fractions to more than 2 points at the worst, were suDsta.r tially reduced in the final hour but few leaders were able to finish in plus territory. The drying up of offerings brought m a little late bidding on the theory the downward move since Monday may have gone a long way toward correcting the re cent sharp rally. Usual lightening of accounts for the week-end was a factor. The score of the Coral Seas battle, released today, was cheering but war news of the mo ment provided scant bullish inspir ation. The business and tax pic tures still were cloudy enough to restrict demand for securities. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks was off .3 of a point at 35.5. Transfers of 220,220 share* were the smallest since May 18. They compared with 281,910 yesl terday. American Telephone, down 2 1-2 at one time on the revival of di vidend apprehension due 1o reduc tions in disbursements by the com pany’s subsidiaries, cut the decline 5-8 at 114 7-8. Off a point or so were Liggett Myers “B,” Westinghouse, Allied Chemical, Deere and J. I. Case. Lesser set-backs were registered for Bethlehem, Chrysler. General Motors, Western Union, Santa f'e, Great Northern, Standard Oil i.M J.), Anaconda, Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward, Du Pont, Phil :p Morris and Douglas Aircraft Minor advances were held by Johns - Manville Southern Pacific, Southern Railway and Boeing, Bonds and commodities were mixed. At Chicago Wheat was un changed to off 3-8 of a cent a bush el, corn down 1-4 to 1-2 and hogs steady. Cotton was up to to 25 cents a bale. In the curb Montgomery Ward A was up 3 1-2, Mead Johnson ■ i-2. Midvale 2 and N. J. Zinc 1 1-4 on negligible turnovers. Be hind were American Gas, Colum bia Oil & Gas, International Ps tioleum and Gulf Oil. Turnover here aggregated 36,925 shares ver sus 51,095 Thursday. 3 STOCK AVERAGES 30 15 15 60 Indust Ralls Util Stks Let change _ d.4 Unch d.3 d.3 Friday - 51.9 14.5 23.9 35.5 P:ev day _ 52.3 14.5 24.2 35.6 Month ago _ 48.6 15.1 23.2 33.8 tear ego __ 58.9 17.1 31.7 41.3 1942 high _. 56.0 17.6 27.3 38.7 1942 low ... 46.0 14.5 21.1 32.0 941 high ... 63.9 19.0 35.5 45.0 1941 low ... 51.7 13.4 24.5 35.4 SO-Stock Range Since 1927: u. 1930-40 1932-37 1927-29 ™gh - 54.7 75 3 ^77 Low - 33.7 I6.g 61.8 -V RICHMOND LIVESTOCK RICHMOND, Va., June 12.—(E— u S. Dept. Agr.)—Hogs: Steady "nil Thursday. Top 13.25; good 5nd choice 180-300 lbs. 13.25; 100 200 lbs. 11.75; 120-140 lbs. 12.25: 140-160 lbs. 12.75; 160-180 lbs. '2 05: over 300 lbs. 13.00. Sows un der 35(-' lbs. 12.50; over 350 lbs. 225; stags 9.25. Cattle: Largely nominal. There "as a slightly weaker undertone on steers the first of the week, some rales lower than a week Good fat slaughter steers hulked 12.50-13.00, with strictly 60od and choice fed steers some "'hat higher. The general market <m other classes was slow through out the week. Fat dairy type C0Ws brought mostly 8.50-9.00, "?me slightly higher; few offerings p S°od beef type 9.50 and above, "anners and cutters, downward to ‘ w and under. Heavy sausage Dblls up to 10.75 and slightly above, with common and medium weights in.00 down. Vealers bull, with close practical top 13.50, 40if ciloice selling upward to ,SheeP: Spring lambs about j eady• odd-lots selling from 13.50 °"n. according to w’eight and quality. -_\T FOREIGN exchange , NFw YORK, June 12.— «t—Clos ? Foreign Exchange rates follow .. ‘eat Britain in dollars, others in cents!: . ^aaada: official Canadian con bu' b°ard rates for u- S. dollars: line™ 10 per cent Premium, sel* lent P per cent Premium, equiva 1- . discounts on Canadian dol D. ‘ In New York of buying 9.91 r ent' selling 9.09 percent, '-anadian dollar in New York * i.STa0eScent disc°unt Europe; Great Britain official, cow e.rfS F 0 r e i g n Exchange CToa6 rateS; bl™ «4'02; eel 34 44 04 open market; cables tvk. t*sJin spot eebles unless other W1*e ’ndicated. N—Nominal. 3 PUT ®™CAGO BUTTER 'va-;ItCA?°' June 12-W- Butter j/l ^y todiy: 93 score 36 3-*; M- « V5 1-*; 90. 34 3-4 ; 69, 84 fcoV* centralized cerlots: 90 12 H35 3'4; 89’ 84 1*4 inside; 88, I Closing Stock Quotations bt thk associated press UUVERNMENT Treasury: 2%s 80-55 _ HP 15 Owner’s Lean « 52-44 ..103.28 . „ DOMESTIC A T and Sf 4s 1$.109% B and O Cv QO St .. I9ys Can Pac 4s Perp.. 70 C B and Q 4%s 77 —. 65 Chi and E 111 Inc 97. 21% Chi Gt West 4s 88 . 63% Cri and P Rfg 4s 34. 12% Fla East Cat 5s 74 _ 12V* Hud Coal 5s 62a - 39% Hud and Man Rfg 5s 57_ 44% Ill Cent 4%s 66 —. 41% L«u and N 4%i 2003 _ #1% M K and T Aj 9s 67. 15% Mo Pac Gen 4$ 75_ %% N Y C Rf 5s 2013 .. 58 H Norl and W 4s 96 - 125% Nor Pac 6s 2047 _ 59% Penn R R Gen 4%s 65_101% Phil Rd C and 1 C.v 6$ 49..,_ 9 Seab A1 Cn 6s 45 ...8% So Pae Rig 4s 55_... 62 So Ry Cn 5s 94 .. 86% So Ry Gen 4s 56. 63% West Md 4s 52.. 85 Foreign; Australia 4%s 56 ... 63% Brazil 6%s 26-57 __ 30% Rio Gr Pb Sul 6s 68__ 14 Closing Bond Quotations BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Adams Exp ...._ 6 Air Reduction _ 31% Alaska Jun _ 2% A1 Chem and Dye_134 Allis Chal Mfg 1_ 24 Am Can.. 68% Am Car Fdy ..23% Am Coml Alco _ 9 Am Rad and St S . 4% Am Roll Mill __ 9% Am Smelt and Ret- 36% A T and T -.114% Am Tob B_ 44% Anaconda . 23% Arm 111 _ 2% A T and S F —-. 32% ACL _ 30 Atl Ret... 16% Aviat Carp.. 2% Baldwin . 10% B and Q - 3 Barnsdall -- 8% Bendix Aviat .-. 20% Beth Stl ....— 51% Boeing Airpl - 14% WHEAT GOES UP A BIT FRIDAY Mill Buying And Short Covering Responsible But Market Weak CHICAGO, June 12.—<*»>—’Wheat prices tried to rally again today and scored gains ranging from fractions to a cent at times, du? to mill buying and short covering, but the market was weakened late in the session by declines of al most a cent in corn. Wheat closed unchanged to % lower compared with yesterday, July $1.18%, September $1.2114-%; corn %-% lower, July 86-88%; Sep tember 88%-%; oats 14-% off; soy beans unchanged to 1% lower: rye unchanged to % down. Open High Low Close WHEAT— Jly .119% 119% 118% 118% Sep .121% 122% 120% 121% Dec _124% 125% 124% 1211'* CORN Jly _ 86 % 86% 85% 86% Sep _ 88% 88% 8814 83% Dec _ 91% 91% 90% 91% OATS— Jly . 48% 48% 47% 48% Sep.- 49% 49% 49% 49% Dec _ 51% 51% 51% 51% SOYBEANS— Jly old_171% 172 170% 171% Jly new-173% Oct . 17214 172% 170% 170% Dec _172% 172% 172 172% j^YE_ • Jly . 64 84% 63% 64% Sep _ 67% 67% 66% 67% Dec _ 71 71% 70% 71% LARD— Jly _ 12.65 Sep... 12.73 Oct. 12.65 Dec -___-__ 12.63 CHICAGO GRAIN CMICAUU, June n—ur>— narvey 5. Williams, grain market observ er, said today part of the weakness of com prices here was attribut ed to cheaper offerings to sell corn stored at Buffalo, due possibly to the necessity of clearing space for wheat. Government forecast that the supply of slaughter hogs this year would be between 96 and 100 mil lion head, compared with the pre vious high mark of 86 million, was taken as assurance that live stock feeding requirements for corn will be unusuay large. Secretary Wickard intimated government officials had discussed possibility of a change in the law to permit reducing the national wheat allotment below 55,000,000 acres and he referred to the need for wheat in production of alco hol, rubber and meat. This indi cated, traders said, government ex perts are studying means of re ducing the nation’s huge surplus. A trade report said some sec tions of Oklahoma and Kansas had received excessive moisture for the wheat harvest while --ore western areas in the soui ,-*st need rain. Excessive rain and hu midity was reported in parts of the soft wheat belt and dry weath er is needed f or the harvest season. The Canadian government report showed spring wheat condition as of June 10 was 109 per cent of normal compared with 98 per cent a year ago. Winnipeg reports told of fear of frost damage to coarse grain in some sections of Western Canada. -V NAVAL STOKES SAVANNAH, Ga , June It.— Turpentine 54 1-2; offerings 48; sales 2,100 gallons; receipts 119; shipments 80; stocks 7,641. Rosin: Offerings 375; sales 110; receipts 220; shipments 386; stocks 54,029. Quote: B 2.11; D 2.32; E 2.50. F 2.65; G 2.80; H 2.76; I 2.80: K and M 2 *8; N 3.00; WG 3.05; WVV and X 3.11. Borden . 19% Borg Warner __ 20% Briggs Mfg .._ 181/i Budd Mfg .-.__ 2% Budd Wheel . 0 Bur Ado Mach.— 7% Calumfet and Hec._ 3% Can Pac---—,-- 4% Case J I ——_ 69 Caterpil Trac.._ 35 Ches and O __ 30 Chrysler -——.— 60 Coca Cola . 76 Colum G and E .. 1% Coml Credit _ 20% Coml Soiv ___ 3% Comwlth and Sou_ 7-32 Consol Edis _ 13% Con Oil _j 4% Corn Prod ... 49 % Curtiss Wright _ 9 Curtiss Wright A. 16% Davison Chem _ 9% Dfel Lack and W_ 3 Doug Aire ..... 53 Du Pont — .—.—. 112% Eastman Rod __ 129 Eiec Auto Lt .. 26% Elec Pow »nd Lt -- 1 Firestone .—.-. 15% Gen Elec ... 26% Gen Eoods _ 30 Gen Mot .. 37% Gillette _ 3% Glidden _ 14% Goodrich_ 17% Goodyear . 17% Graham Paige-- % Gt Nor Ry Pf _•- 20% Hud Mpt.. 3% 111 Cent .. 5% lot Harvest. 46% lot Nick Can ... 27%. Int tel and Tel. 2% John* Man ...- 56% Kenneeott —.- 27% Kroger Groc . 26% Libby OFG1.. 25 Ligg and Myers B_63% Loews ___—__ 41% Lorilard _ 13% Mack Truck .-. 38% McCrory Stores .-. 11% Mont Ward ---- 29 Murray Cprp-r- 5% Nash Kelv .'- 5 Nat Biscuit ..—. 14% Nat Cash Reg - 16% Nat Dairy Prod - 14% Nat Dist -- 21% Nat Lead - 13% Nat Pow and Lt- 1% N Y Cent -r. 7% No Am Aviat - 10% North Am -- 7% Nor Pac - 5 Ohio Oil . 7% Pac G and E.. 19% Packard ------- 3% Param Pix - 14 % Penny J C- 66% Penn Dix.. 1% Penn R R - 19% Pepsi Cola -j- 31% Phillips Pet - 36 Pitt Scr and B -4% Pub Svc N J --- 10% Pullman - 31% Pure Oil- 7% Radio - 3% Rem Rand- 8% Rep Stl . 13% Reynolds B - 25 Sears ..,-- 52yg Shell Un -.-.. U% Socony Vac - 7% Sou Pac - 19% Sou Ry . 13% Sperry ...—- 2$% Std Oil Cal .—- 20% Std Oil Ind .-. 24 Std Oil N J- 34% Studebaker.-. 4% Swift.— 22% Tex Co.. 33% Tex Gulf Sul.-.— 31% Timken Det Ax . 24% Trans Amer . 4% Un Carb - ---- Un Pac . 66% Unit Aire - 24% Unit Corp. % Unit Drug .-. 5% Unit Fruit . 55% Unit Gas Imp .-. 3% U S Pipe----. 25% U S Rub . If U S Steel . 46V4 Vanadium .-. 16 Vick Chem .-. 35 Va Caro Chem- 1% Warner Pic —- 5% West Mary .-. 2 Western Union - 25 % West Elec and Mfg . 70% Wilson - --- 4% Woolworth - 26% Yell T and C .. 11% Youngs S and T „.w.- 29% Final stock sales - 220,220 CURBS Can Marconi . % Cities Service - f% El Bond and Sh- 1 Gulf Oil . 26% -V STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT NEW YORK, *me 11— </P) — Sales, closing price and net change of the 16 most active stocks today: Pepsi Cola 6,700—21%; down %. Gen Mot 4,700—37%; down %. Int Mer Mar 4,300—7%; up %. Packard 4,300—2%; up %. Int Tel and Tel 4,100-2%; down %. J Std Oil N'J 3,600—34%; down %. U S Steel 3,200—46%; no. Int Min and Ch 3,000—4%; up % United Corp 2,600—%; no. Socony Vac 2,700—7%; no. Eureka Vac Cl 2,600—2%; up % Warner Piet 2,600—5%; down %. Va Caro Ch 6 Pc Pf 2,500—32%; up 1%. Aviat Corp 2,200—2%; no. Am Tel and Tel 2,100-114%; down %. * N Y Central 1,100—7%; down %. BOND MARKET LOAFS ALONG Trading Much Curtailed; Rails Found Unchanged With Foreigns Down NEW YORK, June 12.—(£>)—The bond market loafed in a narrow range today with minor gains and. losses the rule at the close. For the fifth straight session trading was drastically curtailtxi, transfers totaling $5,006,000, vyar value, against $5,058,000 Thursday, The rails and industrials in the Associated Press averages W'ere unchanged. The utilities ancV for eigns were down a little an®l the lovy-yields up a shade. Posting slight improvement were Southern Railway 5s at 89 7-8, Southern Pacific 4 l-2s at. 47 3-4, Republic Steel 4 l-2s at 101 3-8. Missouri-Kansas-Texas 5s, at 3 3 and Raltimore & Ohio Stamped Convertibles of ’60 at 19 1-8. Wis consin Central 4s gained. 3 1-2 on heavy turnover. Unchanged "to lower were, among athers. Northern Pacb&c 3s and 6s Pere Marquette 5s, Nickel Plate 4 1-2s, St. Paul 5s, Jjfirie 4 l-2s, Il linois Central 4 3-4s. and Western Union 4 l-2s. U. S. Governments were steady but only a trifle changed on the stock exchange and over the counter. A few South American issues, including Brazil 6 l-2s and Rio De Janeiro 8s we/re a little higher while other foreign bonds were quiet. BOND AVERAGES 20 10 10 10 Rails Indus Util For Net cihange Unch Unch d.2 dl. Fridaty - 60.6 103.1 95.3 49.2 Prev. day . £0.6 103.1 95.5 49.3 Monifr ago ~ 64.2 103.6 93.9 47.7 Year ago __ 64.7 104.9 101:2 44.9 1942 high — 65.6 103.7 100.6 49.4 1942 low 60.4 102.6 93.6 41.5 194,1 high .. 66.5 105.4 102.2 51.4 1941 low ___ 58.3 102.9 98.9 38.0 . 19-Low Yield Bonds Friday --H2.1 Previous day ..112.0 Month ago...112.0 Year ago --- 113.9 1942 high --113.1 1942 low __111.7 1941 high --1" 115.1 1941 low_ 112 1 -V-11"' CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, June 12.— (TP) —Hogs, cattle and sheep sold at steady prices today as moderate salable receipts were in line with slaught ering demands. Top price on hogs was $14.25, off 5 cents from the early high in the preceding session but equal to the peat obtained toward the close yesterday.Most sales were at $14 to $14.25. Trade started slowly, but picked up in activity later and there were no holdovers. There was little beef on sale, the few steers available going mainly at $11.50 to $12.75. Strictly good steerg sold at $13.85, the day’s top. All other classes were steady. A few native spring lambs brought $15.50 to $15.75 while shorn old crop types sold at $13.50 and $13.65 in a generally steady trade. (U. S. Dept. Agr.)—Salable hogs 7,000 total 14,0Wf active; mostly steady with Thursday’s average; top 14.25; bulk good and choice 180 to 330 Lbs. 14.00 to 25; most well finished 160 to 80 Lb. offer ings 13.75 to 14.15; bulk good 400 to 550 Lb sows 13.50 to 85; shippers took 200; no holdovers. Salable cattle 1,000, calves 300; week-end trade more active but very little beef in crop; run mostly medium to good steers selling at 11.50 to 12.75; top 13.85 on strictly! good 1293 Lb. averages; scattered lots heifers steady at 10.50 to 12.50; cows cleaned up at 9.00 to 10.00 on most beef coavs; cutters 8.75 down; heavy sausage bulls up to 11.75, steady; light kinds dull at 9.25 to 10.00; vealers steady at 14.75 down; only small packages 15.00; stock cattle closed the week 25 to 50 lower. Salable sheep 1,000, total 5,000; all classes around steady; good and choice shorn old crop lambs with No. 2 skins 13.50 and 13.65; few small lots good and choice na tive springers 15.50 to 75; one deck choice shorn ewes 6.60; throw-outs 5.00. 3 YT WHAT STOCKS DID: Fri. Thu. Advances _ 148 199 Declines _ 229 193 Unchanged _ 169 18/ Total issues_:_ 546 584 -V—-— N. O. COTTON NEW ORLEANS, June 12.—W— Cotton futures closed steady net unchanged to 1 point lower today Open High Low Close Jly - 17.82 17.92 17.80 17.89b. Oct . 18.35 18.49 18.29 18.42 Off 01 Dec _ 18.46 18.61 18.43 18.57 Unch Jan „ 18.54b_ _18.62b_ Mch _ 18.66 18.82 18.64 18.74b. May . 18.84 18.84 18.74 18.85b -_ THIS CURIOUS WORLD %“l™ I i—— ---- ANSWER: One characterized by rioting and fighting-. COTTON FUTURES NEW YORK, June 12.—(AV-Cot ton futures closed 10 to 25 cents a bale lower today after fluctuat ing over a narrow range most oi the session. Tading was quiet. Incentives were lacking, traders said, because of confusion over the status oi farm legislation created by the deadlock over the amendment tc the agricultural supply bill relat ing to disposition of surplus gran: below parity. The range of futures: Open High Low Close Jly 17.85 18.00 17.82 17.95 Up Oi Oct __ 18.15 18.32 18.12 18.23 Up 0; Dec _ 18.29 18.44 18.25 18.36 Up 02 Jan . 18.36bl8.35 18.35 18.44nUp 02 Mch _ 18.48 18.61 18.44 18.56 Up Oj May „ 18.58 18.71 18.55 18.67 70.02 Spot middling 19.47n. CASH GRAIN CHICAGO, June 12 — I® — Nc wheat. Corn No. 1 yellow 85; No. 2, 84 86; No. 3, 83 1-2—86; No. 4, 83; No. 2 white 97 3-4—99. Oats No. 3 mixed 50; No. 1 white 51 1-4—1-2: No. 2. 50 1-2 - 51; No. 3, 49—49 1-2; No. 4, 47 3-4; sample grade white 44 3-4. Barley malting 99-1.07 nominal: hard barley 81-87 nominal; feed and screenings 58-62 nominal Soybeans No. 2 yellow 1.69 1-2; No. 3, 1.62 1-2—1.67 1-2; No. 4. 1.61; sample grade yellow 1.43 1-2. DRY GOODS NEW YORK. June 12—(fl—Small amounts of cotton textiles were sold today for shipment but in most cases orders carried priority ratings. Sales to the civilian trade were very light. The woolen goods market was quiet but new business with cloth ing manufacturers was anticipated as a result of the liberalization of prices for women's wear. Principal activity in rayon goods was the interchanging of materi als between converters. _v._ N. C. POULTRY RALEIGH, N. C„ Junt 12—MV (NCDA)—Eggs and poultry mar kets steady. Raleigh—U. S. extras large (clean white) 30 to 31; colored hens 17 to 18. Washington — U. S. extras large (graded white) 34 1-2 to 36; col ored fowls 21 to 22. ■-V RAILROADS CHICAGO, June 12—MV-Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railraod today reported April net income of $48,144 against net loss •f $218,456 In April, 1941. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway reported April net income of $888,095 compared with net in come of $230,102 in April, 1941. -V N. C. HOG MARKET RALEIGH, N. C., June 12—MV (NCDA)—Hog market steady, with tops of $13.25 at Richmond and $13 at Rocky Mount. -V MIDDLING NEW ORLEANS, June 12—(A*)— Average price of middling 15 - 16th inch cotton today at ten designat ed southern spot markets was 18.62 First Sweet Peppers Sold On Clinton Mart CLINTON, June 12—The first box of sweet pepper of the 1942 Sampson county crop, brought a price of $4.05 on the block at the Clinton produce exchange on Thursday. This price, which was paid by Louis Daughtery, a local buyer, after several minutes of spirited bidding, is the highest price ever paid for a bushel of pepper in Clinton. -v— Tobacco Farmers To Get Fuel For Caring Crops RALEIGH, N. C„ June 12. —(iP)— The State’s tobacco farmers were promised today that an adequate supply of fuel oil would be avail able for curing purposes this year. The assurance was contained in a letter which W. A. Parker, sec retary of the North Carolina oil jobbers association, received from Senator Bailey. It read in part: “I have received assurances from Mr. Leon Henderson that an adequate supply of fuel oil would be available in North Carolina for curing their tobacco. “There is a critical fuel oil short age, so I am informed, but it is certainly my hope that the farmers will have no difficult^ in receiving enough to properly cure their to bacco. “Certainly I wish tc be helpful to the farmers in every way pos sible.” 3 -V— Teacher At Hallsboro Reports For Army Duty WHITEVILLE, June 12.—W. D. Lewis, agriculture teacher at Hallsboro, today is leaving to re port for Army duty in Florida Lewis is the third agriculture teacher from the Hallsboro school to be called to the Army in the past 12 months. Johnny Moore, who reported for duty several months ago, is now a captain with the Army Air Corps. Later, D. N Simpson, ' who succeeded Moore, was called into the service. -V N. O. SPOT COTTON NEW ORLEANS. June 12.—— Spot cotton closed quiet 3 points lower. Sales 476. Low middling 15.30, middling 18.30, good mid dling 18.75, receipts 361. stock 358,957. -V N. O. COTTONSEED OIL NEW ORLEANS. June 12.—VT Cottonseed oil closed steady. Bleachable prime summer yellow unqouled. Prime crude 12.50b. July 13.501* Sep 13.15b, Oct 13 00b Dec 12.90b. _ —V CHARLOTTE COTTON CHARLOTTE, June 12. — (JP) — 'Spot cotton 18.65. M. G. Grissom Escapes Injury When Lexington Goes Down In Coral Sea Marshall Graham Grissom escaped without injury from the United Staves aircraft car rier Lexington when it sank in the Coral sea battle, W. L. Grissom, his father, said Fri day. Grissom, who is 21 years old and has the rating of second steward, wired his parents following the sinking. He re ported that he was safe at an American port. The sinking of the Lexington was confirmed today by the Navy department. Grissom also wired his fa ther, local wholesale producer, a second time for money on which to come home. All his belongings were lost. The young man, graduate of New Hanover High school, was enlisted in the Navy on April 10, 1940. He had served on the Lexington since April 15 of last year. His last visit here was on November 2, 1940. -V-: County’s First Group Of Married Men Enter Army Friday At Bragg Included in the 46 men entering the Army Friday at Fort Bragg from the two local draft boards was New Hanover's first contin gent of married men. The married group was the first to be drafted or inducted on a vol untary basis from the county al though a number ol 3-A men have entered the arm-'' through local boards, having been transferred from other communities. The married men were sent by county Draft Board No. 2. City Draft Board No. 1 made up its quota from 1-H men. previously deferred because they exceeded the 28-year-old age limit. The city board sent a total of 34 men, seven being transfers. Six of the number they ordered for induction entered other branches of the armed forces. The county i board sent 12 men, including four transfers. Only one man failed to appear for the induction. The following entered the Army through the city draft board: Fred D’Lugin, 719 North Third, Robert Wagner Montgomery, 207 Red Cross: Lonnie Burriss, 612 South Fourth; Clifton Williams Nixon, Jr., 101 South Third; James Lloyd McCoy, 619 Market; Clarence Blanchard McCoy, 405 Dock; Har vey Kenneth Holder, Greenville; John Oliver Marshall, 1601 Prin cess; Julius Eugene Saint-Amand, 1917 Princess; Durward D. Christ man, Raleigh; Willie Gardner Pad gett, Holly Ridge; Lee Ervin Rus sell, 1603 Castle; James Judd Thomas, 1616 Orange; Charlie Ru dolph Harts, 909 South Front; Jo seps Terry, 510 Church; Alex Pope Mercer, Wrightsville Beach; Lewis Bernard Carroll, 715 Grace; Golev Phillips, 308 Dawson; Leo Wilson Walton. 611 South Sixth; Garland Brate Smith. 508 South Second; Harry Lee Walker, 815 South Eighth: Stoddard William Rockwell. Jr. Norfolk, Va.; Richard Benjamin Rhodes, 208 South Second; Otis ■Calvin Wells, 310 >avis: John Ed ward Lanier. 902 Market; George Allison Mallard, 602 South Front; end Robert E. Fowler, 32 Spofford Mills. The following transferred to the city board: Samuel John Snowden, 20-A Nesbitt Courts; William Fred erick Pridgen, 12 North Ninth; Donald MacRae, 75 South Third; Herbert Clyde Bell,- 108 South Seventh; Pershing Dewain Tripp 107 Walnut; William Nathan Shearer. Wilmington; and Alton Wyatt Edwards, 1102 Grace. These entered the Army through the county draft board: Russell LeVert Mincy, Sunset Park; Ed ward Weaver, Sunset Park; Wil liam Theodore Osborne, R. F. D 3, Wilmington: James Robert Hag ler, Sunset Park; Clarence Lamar XCing, R. F. D. 2, Audubon; James Preston Butler, Savannah, Ga.; Ashley DeWitt Brown, R. F. D. 1, Wilmington; and Addison Hewlett. Jr., Sunset Park. Hewlett entered as a volunteer for Officer’s Candi date school. These four transferred to the county board: George Joseph Smith, Carolina Beach: James Herberg, 2717 Princess; Eli Har vey Garner, R. F. D. 1, Wilming ton: and Onsby Batson, R. F. O. 1, Wilmington. They are registered with boards outside New Hanover -V The cod lays an average of 5,000,000 eggs during its spawning season. _ MORGAN FOUND GCILTY FRIDAY Negro Soldier Gets Verdict Of Manslaughter In Death Of 10-Year-Old Boy A verdict of guilty of manslaugh ter as charged was returned Fri day by a jury in the case of Wal ter B. Morgan, negro soldier on (rial for the highway death of Joe Allen, 10-year-old Greensboro boy, here May 10. Judge C. Everett Thompson re cessed the court at 1 o'clock after the Morgan case had gone to the jury as only two criminal cases remain to be tried at this term of superior court. Sentence will be imposed on Morgan this morning. Since Monday, the court had dis posed of 48 criminal cases with only one not guilty verdict, leaving 17 cases to be carried over to the July term of court. Ruby Peele, cousin of the young Greensboro boy who was killed when atj Army truck collided with the car in which he was riding on the Wrightsboro road, took the stand and identified Morgan as the driver of the truck. Solicitor David Sinclair also placed State Highway Patrolman J. L. Flowers and J. L. Wilson on the stand to testify that Morgan appeared to be under the influence of liquor when arrested at the Wilmington Air Base shortly aft er the accident and that the Army truck assigned to him showed evi dence of being in a collision. Roland Richardson, the driver o» the car, said that the Army truck came out into t^ie highway from a church ya:4 and crashed into the side of the automobile, tearing away a part of the left side of the car and hurling young Al len’s body into the highway. Defense Attorney Edgar L. Yo*v placed Morgan on the stand ana the negro testified that the truck, identified by its license as the ve hicle which collided with car, was assigned to him. He declared that he parked it in the motor pool of the air base prior to the accident and was in ins quarters, asleep, at the time tii! accident occurred. On cross-examination by Solici tor Sinclair, the negro, whoss home is at 2409 Johnson street. Raleigh, said that he had been dr'nking the night before the ac cident and had over-stayed hia leave by approximately one hour. Judge Thompson sentenced Sam mie Allen, Wilmington negro shoe repairman who, earlier in the week, submitted a plea of guilt” io assault on a white woman with in tent to rape, to from five to seven years in state prison. Allen, who was indicted by the grand jury on a charge of rape, was alleged to have assaulted a white woman here last month after driving off her soldier companion. A verdict of not guilty was re turned in the case of Robert T. Davis on a charge of larceny and receiving. The jury returned a verdict for divorce in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Lucille Burkheimer Cleapor aga'nst Charles C. Clca por. Included in the cases continued until the July term, Solicitor Sin clair said, is that of Johnny Mr. Koy, Wilmington negro tavern operator, who will be tried for his life for the fatal shooting of Kim Corbett, negress, and Robert Brock. Wilmington white man, win? appealed a guilty verdict of assault on a minor from recorder's court, where he had been sentenced to 18 months for allegedly severel / whipping his two-year-old step child. Brock’s continuance was grant* ed on the request of Defense At. tornen Yow' over the objection of the state, the solicitor said. -V Columbus People Double Bond And Stamp Quota WHITEVILLE, June 12.—Colum. bus county citizens bought almosr. double the county’s quota of War Bonds and Stamps during May, ac cording to a report issued by J. N Coburn, chairman of bond sales in the county. Total sales of bonds for the month was $50,050 and $3,516.10, the quota set by the Treasury de partment for this area for May was $29,000. FOIL TIHE THIEVES We brand your license or any other number on both sides ol each tire. Investigate at once. CAUSEY’S I Comer Market and 12th
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