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RADIO fWMFD Wilmington 1400 KC SATURDAY, OCTOBER *0 7:30—Family Altar. 7:45—Musical Clock. i:00—Daily War Journal, i: 15—Musical Clock. 8:30—United Nations New* Revue. 0:00—The Breakfast Club. 70:00—Fannie Hurst Presents. 10:30—What’s Cooking. 10:55—News Summary. 11:00—Chatham Shopper. 11:15—Trans-Atlantic Quiz. ll:SO—Meditation Period. 12:00—Let’s Dance. 12:30—Farm and Home Maker*. 1:00—News. 1:15—Musical Interlude. „ 1:25—News — Wilmington Star-News. 1:30—Eddie Condon’s Jazz Orch. ;0O—Army-Duke. 2: j—i ocnbalJ uame. 4:30—Horace Heidt. 5:30—After the Game. 5:45—Hello Sweetheart. 8:00—Holy Church of Jesus Christ. 6:15—News—U. P. „ . . 6:25—News —Wilmington Star-News. 6:30—Sundown Serenade. 7:00—Gallup Looks at the Election. 7:15—Football Roundup. 7:30—Meet Your Navy. 8:00—Early American Dance Music. 8:30—Boston Symphony. 7:00—Dem Natl Com pgm—Truman. 7:30—Parade of Spotlight Bands. 8:55—Coronet Story Teller. 10:00—Guy Lombardo. 10:30—The Man Callel X. OVER THE NETWORKS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 Eastern War Time P. M. (Changes in programs as listed due to corrections by networks made too late to incorporate.) Note: Listings subject to change for late-scheduled political broadcasts. 12:30—Atlantic Spotlight, Variety — nbc Stars over Hollywood. Dramatic — cbs National Farm and Home Prog. — blu 12:45—Red Cross In the Pacific — mbs 1:00—Adventures Ahead, Drama — nbc Grand Central Station & News — cbs Eez You, a Slanguage Quiz — blu Navy Bulletin Board Half-Hr. — mbs 1:30—^The Baxters. Family Skit — nbc Weekly Report to the Nation — cbs Eddie Condon’s azz Concert — blu Taking. Luncheon with Lopez — mbs 1:45—John McVane from London — nbc 2:00—Victory F.O.B. from Detroit — cbs Football Game to Be Announced — blu To Be Announced (until 5:30)—mbs Musicana, a Variety Program — nbc 2:15—Football To Be Announced—nbc 2:30—Football to Be Announced — cbs 5r00—To Be Announced (30 mins.)—nbc The Philadelphia Orches. Hour — cbs News: Stopak Concert Orches — blu 5:30—Hupert Hughes & Comment—nbc Dancing Orch. for Half Hour — mbs 5:45—Curt Massey & Vagabonds — r.bc Nancy Martin Songs Program-blu 5:00—1 Sustain the Army Wings — nbc Quincy Howe and News Time — cbs Edward Tomlinson's Comment — blu Prayers; Hails of Montezuma — mbs 5:13—People's Platform, a Forum—cbs Harrv Wismer’s Sports Report—blu 6:30—People’s War, H. Fleming — nbc Soldiers with Wings, Guests — blu Hawaii Calls Native Musicale — mbs 5:45—Religion in the News. Talk — nbc World News and Commentary — cbs 7:00—Special Dramatic Broadcast — nbc Lionel Barrymore as the Mayor—cbs War Correspondents, Overseas — blu The American Eagle in Britain — mbs 5:15—Leland Stowe & Comments — blu 5:30—Ellery Queen Drama — nbc-basic Grand Old Opry Program — nbc-south America in the Air, Dramatic — cbs Meet Your Navy, Great Lakes — blu Arthur Hale’s Comments — mbs-east 5:45—Dancing Music Orchestra — mbs 6:00—The Rudy Vallee Program — nbc Kenny Baker and Variety Show — cbs voritr Amoriran Dancing Music — Dlu Frank Singiser ■ Newscast — mbs-east Arthur Hale with repeat — other mbs g-15—Music is for Remembrance — mbs 8:30—Truth & Consequence Quiz — nbc Inner Sanctum Mystery Drama — cbs The Boston Symphony Concert — blu Detroit Symphony Orchestra — mbs 8:55—Five Minutes News Period — cbs 9:00—National Bam Dance Show — nbc Saturday Hit Parade Orchestra — c«s Chicago’s Theatre of the Air — mbs 9:30—Can You Top This. Gags — nbc Spctflight Bands, Guest Orches.—blu 9:45—Saturday Night’s Serenade — cbs 9*55—Quick Quiz Time 5 minutes—blu 10:00—Barry Wood Variety Party — nbc Guv Lombardo and Orchestra — blu i Results. Inc., Dramatic Series — mbs i 10:15—Correction Please, a Quiz — cbs 10:30—The Grand Old Opry Show — nbc Man Called X and H. Marshall—blu Mvsterious Traveler, Dramatic — mos 10:45—Fifteen Minutes Talk Time — cbs 11:0b—Variety and News to 2 a.m. — nbc News, Variety. Dance 2 h.—cbs & blu Bam Dance Hr.; Dancing 2 hrs—mbs NAVAL STORES SAVANNAH, Ga„ Oct. 26.—(B— Turpentine 72-1-2 cents a gallon, offerings 26 (50-Gal. Bbls.); sales 1,300 gallons; receipts 14 barrels: shipments none; stocks 27,159 barrels. Rosin: (100-lb. drums), offer ings and sales 225; receipts 101; shipments 299; stocks 17,272. Quote: B 5.05, D 5.12, E 5.65, F 8.75, G 5.79, H and I 5.81. K 5.85, M 5.87. N 6.03, WG 6.28, WW and X 6.55. -V N. C. HOGS RALEIGH, Oct. 27.—(B—(NCDA) —Hog markets steady with tops of 14.40 at Clinton, 14.55 at Rocky Mount and 14.65 at Richmond. -V The War Food Administration h%s in the United States about 2, #00,000 tons of foodstuffs on hand to meet emergencies. — 7:30 P. M. FINANCIAL NEWS Stock Market Quotations (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) ■* _ Alleghany - A1 Chem and Dye -150 Allis Chal Mfg - 35% Am Cn - 38% Am Cr Fdy - 38% Am Roll Mill ---— 14% Am Smelt nd Ref —--— 39% A T nd T ---163% Am Tob B - 67% Ancond —. 26% Arm 111 .... 5% ACL _-_ 33% Atl Ref . 29% Avit Corp . 4% Bldwin ..—.- 23 B nd O -.--- 3% Bmsdll ..-. 16% Bendix Avit -.—-. 43% Peth Stl .. Boeing Airpl . 16 Borden - 33% Budd Mfg . 10™ Burl Mills ..' 3o% Bur Add Meh . Case J I .-.—- 33% Caterpil Trac ..- 43 Ches and O . 4°% Chrysler - Jy/8 Coml Credit -j- fl/f Coml Solv _ 15J8 Comw’th and Sou - % Consol Edis —— 25% Cont can _ MV2 Corn Prod _ 59 y4 Curtiss Wright - 6 Curtiss Wright A --- 18 Doug Aire _ 70% Dow Chem --—— 126 Du Pont _155 fastman Kod --166% irestone _ 51 Gen Elec .- 38% Gen Foods _ 41% Gen Mot _ 6iyi Goodrich _ 5014 Goodyear _ 46% Gt Nor Ry Pf .... 40 Int Harvest _ 77% Int Tel and Tel _ 16% Johns Man _ 97% Kennecott _ 34% Ligg and Myers B _ 79 y4 Loews _ 64% Lorillard _ 19 Mont Ward . 50% Nash Kelv _ 15% Nat Dist . 35% Ny Cent —. 17% No A mAviat_ liys Nor Pac _ 15% Packard - 5Vt Param Pic _ 25% Penny J C _ 197 Penn R R _-_ 30 Pepsi Cola _ 62y4 Phillips Pet'_ 44 Pullman _ 45% Pure Oil _ 16 Radio _ 10% Radio K O . 8% Rem Rand _ 21 Repub Stl -,-18% Reynolds B _ 51% Sears - 98 Sou Pac - 30% Socony Vac _ 12% Sou Ry - 26% Std Brands _ 38%' Std Oil N J-- 54% Stewart Warner - 15% Swift _ 30% Tex Co -. 46 Union Carbide _ 80 United Aire - 30% United Corp - 1% United Drug -.. 15 United Fruit - 87% Uit Gas Imp - 12% U S Rubber .. 48 U S Smelt and Ref . 52% U 'S Steel - 57% Vanadium - 18% Warner Piet - 12% West Union A - 43% West El and Mfg---104 Woolworth - 42% Final sales 827,335. CURB Cities Service - IS 1-4 Colon Dvmt - 3 5-8 El Bond and Sh . 9 3-4 _v Bond Quotations A T S F 4s 95 .- 125 ACL 4%s 64... 89 B and O 4s 48.. 92% Can Pac 4s Perp _ 94% C B and Q 4%s 77 _..111% C G W 4s 88 __— 88 Cri and P Ref 4s 34 - 43% Cl Ut 4%s 77__ 99% Dand R G West 5s 55 .... 4% Fla E C 5s 74 .. 51% Hud C 5s 62A .. 72% Hud and Man 5s 57 - 60% III Cent 4%s 66 _ 66 Int Gt Nor 6s 52 .. 19% L and N 4%s 2003 ..— 105% M K and T Aj 5s 67 - 48 Mo P G 4s 75- 25 Nyc Rfg 5s 2014 -- 73% Nor Pac 6s 2047 .. 98% Penn R R 4%s 65 .. 117% Ph Rdg Ci 6s 49 .. 29% Sal C 6s 45 .. 44% So Pac Rfg 4s 55 ..— 104% Sou Ry Cn 5s 94 -119% Sou Ry Gen 4s 56- 93 West Md 4s 52 - 105 FOREIGN BONDS Aust 5s 55 -100 Aust 4%s 56 - 96% Brfaz 6%s 26-57 .. 59 Rio Gr Do Sul 6s 68 . 37 bonds Treasury 2 l-2s 69-64 Dec .- 100.3 -V Todays Pattern 9260 SIZES >•14 MARIAN MARTIN Pattern 9260 goes to the head of the class, for its all-around excel lence! Easy button front. Nice in wool or cotton, checked or plain. 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BROUGHT TO YOU BY r#ALLIS CHALMERS and your local Allis-Chalmers Oeoltr Traducing 1600 farm and Industrial Products that Further American Good Living NEW YORK COTTON NEW YORK, Oct. 27. — VP) — The cotton futures marked devel oped an irregular pattern today as traders continued to await actual operations of the government cot ton purchase program. Closing prices were 35 cents a bale higher to 15 cents lower with the near months relatively steady on ag gressive mill buying and covering. Market advices reported mill buying o spot cotton has been small during the past week. Ship pers are taking the bulk of the offerings in the southeast. Futures closed 35 cents a bale higher to 15 cents lower. Open High Low Last Dec . 21.64 21.70 21.64 21.68 up 5 Mch - 21.75 21.81 21.74 21.80 up 7 May 21.76 21.83 21.76 21.80 up 5 Jly 21.58 21.62 21.53 21.56 off 2 Oct. . 20.82 20.90 20.78 20.79 off 3 Middling spot 22.18n up 2. n-Nominal. -V NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 27.—tff)— average price of middling 15-16ths inch cotton today at ten designat southern spot markets was 5 cents a bale higher at 21.42 cents a pound; average for the past 30 market days 21.62; middling 718? inch average 20.24. SPOT COTTON NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 227.—tff1)— Spot cotton closed steady and un changed. Sales 6,300. Low mid dling 17.55, middling 21.30, good middling 21.70, receipts 2,185, stock 317,181. MARKET PRICES ARE IRREGULAR NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—UP>—Buy ers displayed a little more cour age in today’s stock market and, while many leaders continued to operate at lower levels, selected issues were lifted fractions to a point or more. Mixed tendencies prevailed at the start. Recoveries began to ap pear in most departments after midday and final prices were no worse than a shade uneven. Low quoted stocks, most of which got nowhere, came out in blocks runn ing to 33,000 shares and propped volume although slowdowns were plentiful. Commitments were reinstated here and there on the idea the list had undergone sufficient liqui dation for the time being. Earn ings, dividends and individual st uatons propped favorites. The Pa cific victory, however, again serv ed as a cautionary influence be cause of the feeling that severe reconversion pains might follow a simultaneous ending of both the far eastern and European conflicts. The Associated Press 60-stock average was up 2 of a point at 54.7 Of 843 issues registering, 338 were up, 271 down and 234 un changed. Transfei totalled 827,335 shares compared with 927,090 yes terday. Steels rallied in the final few minutes, U.S. Steel ending up 3-4 and Bethlehem 7-8. American and Foreign Power common hit a new year’s low, down 1 3-8 at 2 1-8, and the second preferred lost 2 points, while the two senior cu mulative $6 and $7 stocks rose 1 3-4 and 2 points, respectively, in the wake of the company’s re capitalization plan. Grumman Air craft pushed up 1 7-8 to a 1944 top. Texas co. advanced 7-8 in re sponse to a 50-cent extra disburse ment, first since 1941. improved were (.nrysier, oama Fe, Kennecott, Sears Roebuck, Douglas Aircraft, United Aircraft, du Pont, Eastman Kodak and Al lied Chemical. Losers included Zo nite Products, liveliest performer; General Motors, Goodrich, West mghouse, Johns-Manville, North American, Deere and Montgomery Ward. Bonds were mixed. At Chicago wheat was up 1-8 to 3-4 of a cent a bushel. Cotton was 35 cents a bale higher to 15 cents lower. -V CHICAGO POTATOES CHICAGO, Oct. 27.—IP)—(WFA) —Potatoes: arrivals 156; on track 276; total US shipments 8.39; sup plies moderate, demand slow; for best quality western stock, market above steady; for north ern stock, market dull; Idaho Rus set Burbanks, US No. 1. 3.10-3.28: Washington Russet Burbanks, US No. 1, 3.40; Colorado Red Mc Clures, US No. 1, 3.14; Minnesota and North Dakota Bliss Triumphs, commercial 2.35-2.45; Cobbler commercial 2.30-2.40: Wisconsin Chippewas, commercials 2.30. -V NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 27. -(^Pi Cotton closed steady 20 cents a bale lower to 15 cents higher. Open High Low Close Dec ... 21.65 21.71 21.65 21.70 up 3 Mch .i 21.76 21.83 21.76 21.79 unch May 21.78 21.84 21.78 21.80 np 1 Jly ... 21.5 921.64 21.57 21.59 off 3 Oct ... 20.87 20.87 20.78 20.83 off 4 -V N. C. EGGS, POULTRY RALEIGH, Oct. 27.—(PI— (NCDAl —Egg receipts light; poultry mar ket steady. Raleigh—US Grade AA large 56; hens, all weights, 25. Washington unquoted. -V— CHICAGO BUTTER, EGGS CHICAGO, Oct. 27.—(P—Butter firm! receipts 537,588. Egg re ceipts 4,404. DAILY CROSSWORD Avnuisa 1. Girl’s nickname 5. Culture medium 9. Reluctant 10. Anxious 4 12. In harmoily 13. Tilt 14. Coined 3 16. Turkish 1 magistrates 17. Foot-like 3 organ 2 18. Disease of chickens 20. Girl's nickname 21. Helped 24. Candid 27. Web-footed bird 28. Level parts of staircases 30. Aloft 31. Bom 32. Ostrich-like bird 35. Ireland 38. Curved marks 40. Draws closer 42. Angry 43. Nickname for Katrina 44 Kind of duck 45. Killed 46. Ovule of plant DOWN 1 Hobgoblin 2. Merits e. Lrtjt. 11 stana (print.) 4. Parchment 5. Roman, money 8. Festive 7. Eager 8. Paves again 9. Light 1. Dwell 5. God of the underworld1 9. Pigsties 1. Particle of addition zz. Distress signal 23. Sign of In finitive 24. Voluble 25. Swords 26. Indefinite artiole 22. Pen point 32. Shun 33. Appbrtioned 34. Employer 36. Balustrade 37. 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