Railroads Lead~Stock~MarkeF In General Retreat In Price ,r\y YORK- Dec- 7-t5>!-Rails I®" .tock market on a mod led tlie neral retreat today al erate B ttcred favorites mana though s ' the (ren(j With fair ed to e°m fed ad«nces' . . ■■■- . wpre depressed from CafJV die move to get the the Itat Commerce Commission Inters’3 j;,ht rate and passen o canc „ran|ed earlier in Sel'fare „ an offset to wage in die >,far a 'ffrmvme outlook for a rela ‘f I.,, war stemmed buying ' '1 peace group although most : ‘ lo-pi-ilv soft armament is °f faded to revive to any notice , Lent. Selected stocks were able ‘ _ e,,rn;ngS and dividends proppca nfferingS remained p!°,f felit side- Little bullishness on ’ Lived from battlefront news, 'the list slipped at the opening j while recoveries appeared “"d and there in the final hour, fsing declines running to a point f more predominated. °U, A«0ciated Press average of rn stocks "as off .2 of a point at ®?o ipi; was the exact figure .corded by the composite on De ,C last vear, the day be w the Pearl Harbor blast. The average from then on maintained * irregularly lower course to ,Dri] 98 when it hit the 1942 low 32 a comeback then got under war and the barometer touched tht year's peak of 40.8 on Novem ber '/■ Today's dealings were compara • velv sluggish, transfers totalling 494 540 shares against 530.033 in the preceding 5-hour stretch. Despite the general backWfftd e-r of the market, there was a handful of new 1942 highs. Among thE-e -.ere Phileo. Zenith Radio and Eastman Kodak. Prominent rail losers were San ta ft. Pennsylvania. Southern Pa cific. Southern Railway. Great Northern. Union Pacific and Ches apeake k Ohm. Exceptions in this ernup were Norfolk & Western, with a gain of 1 3-4 ana Morris & Essex. up 3-4. Or. The offside elsewhere were Bethlehem. General Motors, Chry sler. Anaconda. Kennecott. Gene ral Electric. Du Pont. Woolworth. International Telephone. Standard Oil iNJ*. Sperry Glenn Martin. Goodyear and Union Carbide. Modest advances were retained by Standard Oil of Ind.. Phillips Petroleum. U. S. Steel. Montgom ery Ward. Boeing. J. C. Penney, Loews. American Telephone, Am erican Can. Westing'house and Al lied Chemical In a mixed curb plus marks were held by American Cyanamid “B,” International Petroleum, Niagara Hudson Power. Pittsburgh Plate Glass. Shr-rwin Williams and St. Regis Paper. Losers included Penn road. Republic Aviation. Electric Bond & Share and Brewster Aero. Turnover here was 128.165 shares versus 111.135 last Friday. STOCK AVERAGES 30 15 15 60 Indust Rails Util Stks Net chg .... d.2 d.2 Unch d.2 Mon . 57.5 17.4 26.3 39.8 Prev day .. 57,9 17.9 26.3 40.0 Week ago .. 57.3 17.6 26.6 39.7 Month ago.. 58.5 18.9 27.3 40.8 Year ago ... 57.5 15.8 29.7 40.0 >942 high ... 58.5 19.7 27.5 40.8 >942 tow .... 46.0 14.4 21.1 32.0 >941 high ... 63.9 19.0 35.5 45.0 >941 low ... 51.7 13.4 24.5 35.4 60-Stock Range Since 1927: „. L 1939-40 1932-37 -927-29 nigh - 34.7 75.3 157.7 Lo"'. -- 33.7 16.9 61.8 WHAT STOCKS DID ., Mon Sat ™va!1«s .. 201 2Q4 Declines .. 3S9 180 unchanged - 229 222 total Issuer _ 769 606 --V *EW YORK COTTON Ah\v 5 0RK. Dec. 7—-al8.99 18.93 18.97 Up 01 18.80al8.73 18.71 18.71noff 05 ' 18-81 18.84 18.77 18.79 Up 01 j,ay - 8-67 18.69 18.63 18.63 off 01 Oct S'58 13-60 18.54 18.54 off 01 )— The average price of middling 15-18 inch cotton today at ten designated southern spot markets was 5 cents a bale higher at 19.56 cents a pound; average for the past 30 market days 19.29; middling 7r8 inch average 18.67. -V-— NEW ORLEANS SPOT NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7.—(#)— Spot cotton Closed steady 15 cents a bale higher. Sales 1.946. Low middling 16.15; middling 19.40; good middling 19.85. Receipts 1, 557; stocks 307.692. --V— NORTH CAROLINA HOGS RALEIGH, Dec. 7—UP)—(NCDAi —Hog markets steady with taps of $13.10 at Richmond and $12.85 at Rocky Mount. FCC TO ASSIST SMALL STATIONS Chairman Fly Says Some thing Must Be Done To Help Broadcasters WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.— W) — Chairman James L. Fly of the Communications Commission said today something must be done to help small radio stations losing j revenue because of the war. He told reporters that some of the stations were hard-pressed fi nancially because of a decrease in local advertising from which they receive most of their revenue. There was a possibility of loans Fly said, added that this would raise the question of giving the government a stake in piivate broadcasting. He also expressed doubt of the feasibility of relief through tax adjustments. Fly declined to express an opin ion on suggestions that the gov ernment might permit the stations to deduct from income taxes as j business expenses the time devoted to war bond sales and other gov ernment announcements. \T N. C. POULTRY—EGGS RALEIGH, Dec. 7—\B—(NCDA) —Egg and poultry markets steady. Raleigh — U. S. extras large (clean white) 47 to 49; colored hens 22 to 23. McMillan’s NOMOPPIN cures sorehead gone and „ the service! BUY WAR BONDS "Here I am with an auto that's dying on its feet. I need public transportation more than ever, and you go and change the service. What's the big idea?" • Yes ne have, and you deserve an explanation. To the extent that we have been able, we have furnished new or additional service to war plants and government establishments. By minimizing standing time of vehicles, and by the speeding up made possible through reduced street congestion, we have been able to cut the number of vehicles needed on some routes. All this has been done in accordance with directions from the Office of Defense Transportation in Washington. Uncle Sam informs us that we must get the maximum possible use out of our tires. We’ve been asked to change schedules on our rubbe'r-tired service until we carry at least a seated load on every trip. For that reason, service has been re-adjusted here and there, espe dally on the lighter lines. It’s just one more step in the government’* program to conserve materials and win the war. We know that you’ll understand. Cooperating uith American Transit Association Working to Keep Transportation Roiling TIDE WATER POWER CO. LIBRARY GETS 79 NEW BOOKS 29 Novels And 50 Works Of Non Fiction Now On Shelves Of Room ■■■■■ j Seventy-nine new books. 29 nov els and 50 works of non-fiction in j eluding 11 biographies, were placed in circulation by the Wilmington iju’blic library during November, Miss Emma Woodward, librarian, said yesterday. The fiction list: | ‘The Harvey Girl.'’ Adams: "The Shining Tree,” a Christmas story, Borden: “Primer for Combat,” J Boyle: “Look to the Mountain,’ Cannon: ‘‘The Heart Does Not For get,” Colver; “Violet.” Cook, ' Voyage of the Heart.” Creed: “Valley of Decision,” Davenport; ‘Thirty Days Hath September,” Disney; “Wolf in Man's Clothing,” Eberhart: “Law Man of Power Valley,” Field; “Norma Ashe,” Galspell: “Under the Thatched Roof,” Hall; ‘Rim of the Desert,” Haycox; “Man At War,” Heming way; “House of Shade,” Home; “ There is Today,” Lawrence; j “Partners of the Badlands,” Lo max; “Street of the City,” Lutz; ‘Cadet Widow,” Nielson: “Coffee Cream,” Overstreet; “Crescent Carnival,” Parkman: “Turning Leaves,” Proctor; “The Three Bamboos,” Standish: “My World and Welcome to It,” Thurber; “The Day Must Come,” Turbull; “Ask Adam,” Wright; and “Time of Peace,” Williams. The non-fiction list: “An Introductory Course in Phil osophy,” Nicholson; ' Family Re lationship.” Arlitt: “Thomistic Psychology.” Brennan: "The World At One in Prayer.” Fleming; Pa tients for Hitler.” Reimann: "Men and Volts,” Hammond: “You Don't Have to Exercise,” Steincrohn; “Psychotherapy in Medical Prac tise,” Levins; “The Art of Seeing,” Huxley, “Submarine at War,” Low ‘A Pilot's Meterology,” Halpine; "Man Behind The Flight,” Jordan otf: “The Land We Defend,” Ben nett; “Mrs. Appleyard’s Kitchen, ' Kent; “Thrifty Cooking for War time,” Winn-Smith: “Life with Ba by,” Godwin; "Bookkeeping Made Easy,” Sheff: “Get Tough,” Fair bairn; “The Metropolitan Book of the Opera,” Sanborn: ‘America's 9.3 Greatest Authors,” Burnett; “Country Poems,” Coatsworth, “The Murder of Lidice,” Millay; PETROLEUM JELLY WORLD'S LARGEST SELLERat MANOR , \Z ANN SHEMDAN ill "Wings Tor the Eagle" With Dennis Morgan Geo. Tobias “A stirring story of men who make bombers and victory possi ble.” Also Nett’s and Selected Shorts 11:20 — 1:23 — 3:26 — 5:29 7:32 — 9:35 ‘Innocent Merriment,” Adams; ‘Treasury of Great Poems, Eng lish and American,” Untermeyer; "The Eve of St. Mark,” Anderson; ‘‘The Best Plays of 1941-42,” Man tie; "Collected Poems,” Housman: “Virginia is a State of Mind, Moore: “Red Hills and Cotton,” Robertson: "Big Spring,” Phillips; ‘Stump Ranch Pioneer,” Davis; “Suez to Singapore,” Brown; ‘We’re in This With Russia,” Car mil; “Desert War,” Hill; “Com mando Attack.” Holman: "Napol (&n at the Channel.” Lenanton; "Guilt of the German Army,” Fried; “Behind the Face of Japan,’ Ciose; “Storm Over the Land,” rnd the following biographies; ‘"They Also Serve,” Baker: “Time of My Life,” DeVighne; “One Pair of Hands.” Dickens: “Morgan and his Raiders,” Holland: “Victor Hu go,” Josephenson; “I Remember, 1 Remember,” Maurois: “Towards Freedom,” Nehru: “G B. Shaw.” Pearson: “No Hiding Place.” Sea Liook; “Castor Oil and Quinine. ’ Vandergrift and “Tobacco Tycoon,’ Winkler. -V Marine Corps Begins Special Message Work WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—(*)—The Marine Corps announced today that it had instituted a speedy aftd inexpensive means of communica* lion which may be used from any public telegraph, cable or radio office in the United States to send messages to Marines overseas. The service is known as EFM (Expe« ditionary Force Message) and each message costs 60 cents, plus tax. There are six special Christmas texts which may now be sent, and starting December 28 senders may combine any three of the 103 stan dard fixed-text messages ahd send them as a single message. I >(■«• Supply of HLANKKTS j .lust Arrived CAUSEYS Cornei' Market and 12th LAST DAY! Gay Military Musical! Victor Mature, Lucille Ball L "SEVEN DAY’S LEAVE” With a host of radio anil screen staFs! 7 new songs! Mid-Night Show Tonight "WHO DONE IT?’1 ^ - - "-T—= Bl-Y BONDS f - ■ - NOW! Today-Wed. & Thurs. Comedy and Romance Irene Dunne as the , ‘LADY tS A JAM** k^ With Patrick Knowing Ralph Bellamy ^ taaaii America Will Never Forget "WAKE ISLAND"' with Brian Donlevy. Robert \ Preston, Albert Dekker L Shows; 11-12:40-2:00 4 :20-6:10-8-9 :S0 > 1 fir (II H p. m ■ i i » (Plus Tax) ! Today Only! Something New in Comedy Judy Canova LJoc fi. Brown in “JOAN OF OZARK”