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MET FINISHES j EXCELLENT week I rtit YORK, Dec. 16.——The ■ ^ rket today concluded one ■ ^ and strongest weeks ■ ofKs l t‘ june with recently ■ : :Cf e Vails and assorted Indus St!inlblPfpp*inf sufficient selling re l^’nc^ to stall the rise. ■ (;S'8' , lhat the averages, with 1 pminor interruptions, had been ■ y' „c.v 7-year peaks since the ■ ; nf the month on heavy vol ■ r«rt ,ended to sober Wall street , Accounts, consequent B f ' "j-ei'e lightened, particularly I if V the carriers, on the idea ■ sr‘°30rhle technical correction was H’.^east a possibility. ■ ‘rulers were speedy from the 9 D ;„d turnover of 1,021,340 ■ s:ar compares with 1,044,800 a ■ !:'al■ ao(,’and was the second larg ■ 'fV-Vdav aggregate since June ■ (;‘j.‘ a, the twelfth consecutive I V-jnn in which turnover exceed | .‘j.'. millicn-share level. Total I y ‘the week of 8,328,310 was a M" -a figure since the period ei|d fl ‘"owing t0 delininS rails- the As I listed Press 60-stock composite I off .1 0I" a P°int at 58.1 but I *!‘the week showed a net gain I ‘I broad. 852 issues registering. I L these, 327 were up against 525 I down or unchanged. ■ s,eeiSi motors and rubbers were I rrowly lower over the short 1 Wretch. "Losers included Santa Fe, I y y. Ceniral. Southern Pacific, I southern Railway, Chesapeake & I Ohio, Chrysler, U. S. Rubber, Ana I ‘jda. Westinghouse, American I TTnifpri Aircraft nnrl s-ars Roebuck. Ahead were Alle ghany Corp.. most active perform er which came out in blocks run rjng *o 50.000 shares; American ien. General Electric, Douglas Aircraft, J. C. Penney, Philip Mor ris and Allied Chemical. Bonds and commodities followed a slim course. At Chicago wheat was up 1-8 to off a cent a bushel. Coton was off 15 cents a bale to up 35 cents. In the curb support was accord ed Noma Elec'ric, Northeastern Airlines, Polaris, pressed metals and ravtheon. -_V STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT NEW YORK. Dec. 16- -(AP)—Sales, dosing price and net change of the fifteen most active stocks to day. Alleghanv 30.500 314 A 14. Conf Motors 28.200 9% A 14. Cclum Gas and El 23,90,0 414 A 14. Sinclair Oil 21.100 1514 D ^4. United Corp Pf 16.900 41% A 14. N Y Central 14.200 2214 D %. Stone and Weo 11.400 1214 A %. Pi'i Svc N J 10,300 17% A %. Bah Ohio 10,200 1014 No. Pa ino Min i),400 20 A %. E! Pow and Lt 9.100 4 A %. Im Tel and Tel 8,600 1 714 D 14. Noth Am Co F.300 19% A V8. Bait and Ohio Pf 8,100 19% A 14 Am Wat Wks 7.900 8% No. -V FOREIGN EXCHANGE NEW YORK, Dec. 16. — OP) — Foreign exchange rates follow (Great Britain in dollars, others In cents): Canadian dollar in New York open market 10 13-16 percent dis count or 89.81 1-4 U, S. cents, 06 1-4 of a cent lower. Europe: Great Britain official buying $4.02. selling $4.04. Latin America: Argentina free 24.92 unchanged; Brazil free 5.25n; Mexico 20.65n. — Steak On The Hoof — $4.25 A Pound r s„„?4o1,T ^?5k’ 1000-pound grand champion steer of the Great Western ‘y.®.stock Show ** Los Angeles, Calif., poses above with his owner, William Marxmiller, right, and his purchaser, Paul McBride, after show"amP **a^ krou®'kl $1-25 a pound for a new selling record at the Stock Market Quotations (BY THE ASSOCIATED Jr BESS i Adams Exp _ 137^ Air Reduction _40% Alaska Jun __ 6 Alleghany ____ 3% A1 Chem and Dye _157 Allis Chal Mfg _ 397/b Am Can ___...._92% Am Car Fdy _40% Am For Pow _ 2M) Am Pow and Lt _ 2% Am Rad and St S_11% Am Roll Mill _ 15% Am Smelt and Ref__40% Am Sug Ref _54% A T and T _164% Am Tob B -66 Anaconda _2814 Arm 111 - 6% A T and S F _ 79% Atl Ref _ 30% Atlas Pow _61% Aviat Corp _ 5 Baldwin -26% B and O _ 10% Barnsdall _ 16% Bendix Aviat _47% Beth Steel _64% Boeing Airpl _ 17% Borden ..._ 33% Borg Warner _39% Briggs Mfg _38% Budd Mfg _ 10% Budd Wheel _ 10% Burl Mills _ 39% Bur Add Mach _ 14y8 Calumet and Hec _ 714 Can Dry _30V2 Can Pac _ 11% Case J I _36% Caterpil Trac -50y2 Champ P and F _30 Ches and O _50 Chrysler _92% Colum G and E.. 4% Coml Credit -38% Coml Solv _ 16 Comwlth Sou _:— 11-16 Consol Edison _24% Con Oil _ 32 Cont Can •-37% Corn Prod _59% Curtiss Wright _ 5% Curtiss Wright A -18V8 Davison Cham _T-15% Del Lack and W _ 8% Doug Aire _ 69 Vo Dow Chem _121 Du Pont ____159 Eastman Kodak _176 Elec Auto Lt 4414 Elec Pow and Lt_ 4 Freeport Sul _32 % Gen Elec _ 40 Vs Gen Foods _41VS Gen Mot _64% Gillette _ 14 Glidden -2514 Goodrich ^_54 Goodyear _50% Graham Paige_;_5% Gt Nor Ry P£ _46Vi Hud Mot _ 15 Hupp Mot _ 4 111 Central _:_20% Int Harvest _82 Int Nick Can _28% Int Tel and Tel ..17V4 Johns Man _104% Kennecott _36% Kroger Groc _36Vi Libby O F G1 _53% Ligg and Myers E _78% Loew's _79 Vi Lorillard _ 19 Louis and Nash _101% Mack Truck __48 Mo K T __ 4% Mont Ward _51% Murray Corp _ 13 Vi Nash Kelv _16 Nat Biscuit _24% Nat Cash Reg _33% Nat Dairy Prod _ 25% Nat Dist ___36% Nat Lead _24% Nat Pow and Lt _ 7 Vi N Y Central ..__ 22 Vi No Am Aviat _:_ 9Vi North Amer _ 19% Nor Pac _20% Ohio Oil _18% Otis Elev _*_24 Pac G and E _35 Pac Mills _:_42 Packard ._ 5% Param Pic _29% Penney J C _109% Penn - RR _33 Pepsi Cola _66 Phillips Pet _44% Pitt Scr and B - 5% Pub Svc N J _ 17% Pullman - 48% Pure Oil _ 16% P.adio _•-10% Radio K O _ 9% _ n --J 005/. Repub Steel - 19% Reynolds B _- 31% Seab Oil _23% Sears _106 Shell Un _25% Socony Vac _ 13 % Sou Pac -40% Sou Ry __— 33% Sperry - 27% Std Brands _28% Std Oil .Cal _ 37% Std Oil Ind _33% Std Oil N J ——_ 56 Stewart Warner _ 16% Studebaker _ 19V4 Swift _.32% Tex Co _ 48% Tex Gulf Prod _ 6% Tex Gulf Sul _ 351/4 Timken Det Ax _1_36% Transamerica _ 111/4 Trans and West Air __ 28 Union Carbide _80 Union Pac _117% United Aire -29% United Corp -- iy8 United Drug _ 16 7A United Fruit _91% Unit Gas Imn _ 13% U S Indus Chem _39% U S Pipe -351/2 U S Rubber _54'A U S Smelt and Ref_55% U S Steel _60% Vanadium _211/2 Vick Chem _48% Va Caro Chem _ 3% Warner Piet _ 131/2 West Mary _ 5 West Union A _45 West El and Mfg _116%4 Wilson _109 Woolworth _42% Youngs S and T _40 Final sales, 1,021,340. CURB Can Marconi _ 1% Cities Service _ 15% El Bond and Sh _ 9% -V NEW YORK tOTIOW NEW YORK, Dec. 16—(iP)—The cotton futures market developed a steadier tone late in today’s ses sion on mill buying and local de mand. Trading was quiet reflect ing dullness in the spot markets and a disposition to await recom mendations on cotton policy which may arise from the peace confer ences at Washington last week. Futures closed 15 cents a bale lower to 35 cents higher. Open High Low Last Mch —21.92 21.93 21.89 21.90 off 3 May __.21.83 21.86 21.83 21.84 up 1 Jly _21.45 21.48 21.44 21.46 up 1 Oct _20.47 20.57 20.43 20.53 up 7 Middling spot 22.27n. off 6. LET’S BUY ANOtHER BOND Proposals Invited ior Constructing Refuse Incinerator and Incinerator Building Wilmington, North Carolina Sealed proposals will be received by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Wilmington, North Carolina, at the City Hall until 10 o’clock A. M.'. E. W. T. on December 27th. 1944, for the construction of a Refuse Incinerator, having a cauacity of 225 tons in 24 hours, at which time and place they will be pub licly opened and read. The work for which proposals are invited consist of furnish ing ali the necessary material, labor and equipment for the erection of c. complete incinerator plant, consisting of two units of furnaces, chimney of proper size and all appurtenances ex cept building and plumbing. Plans, specifications and contract documents are open for public inspection at the office of the City Engineer, City Hall. Wilmington, N. C., and at the office of the Associated General Contractors, Charlotte, N. C., or may be obtained from the City Engnieer upon the deposit of five ($5.00) Dollars which will be refunded to bonifide bidders. General Contractors are notified that “An Act to Regulate the Practice of General Contracting,’’ ratified by the General Assembly of North Carolina on March 10, 1925, and as subse quently amended, will be observed in receiving and awarding general contracts. Plumbing and Heating Contractors are noti fied that Chapter 52, Public Laws of 1931. as amended by Chap ter 57. Public Laws of 1933. will be observed in receiving and swarding plumbing and heating contracts. r-ach proposal shall be accompanied Dy a casu ucpuaa a certified check drawn on some bank or trust company au 'horized to do business in North Carolina, of an amount eaual to not less than Five (5%) per cent of the Proposal; or in lieu 'hereof a cash deposit or certified check for 2% and a bid bond 3c; 0f the base bid; said deposit to be retained in the event failure of the successful bidder to execute the contract with 1,1 ton days after award, or to give satisfactory surety as re quired herein. (North Carolina Public Laws of 1933. Section 1, Cnapter 400, and Michies North Carolina Code of 1935, Section 7534 (0) 1 and 1316 (a). A performance bond will be required of the successful bid tor in an amount equal to one hundred (100) per cent of the contract, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the con tort and upon the payment in full to all persons supplying •abor and furnishing materials, equipment and apparatus for and in connection with the work to be performed under the contract. „ The right is reserved to reject any or all bids and to waive a‘l formalities or to award or contracts which, in the opinion of the Mayor and City Council, appears to be for the best inter est of the City. Proposals must be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed 0 J Ft. Benson, City Clerk and marked “Proposals for Con struction Refuse Incinerator”. All proposals must be made up Pj1 blank forms provided and included in contract documents. bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for me receipt of bids for a period of 30 days. Any bid received after the scheduled closing time for the toceipt of bids will be returned to the bidder, unopened. J* A. Loughlin, City Engineer J. R. Benson, City Clerk Bond Quotations ACL 4%s 64 _ 98% B and u 4s 4a_ aa-/4 Can Pac 4s Perp _ 95% CB and Q 4%s 77_112% C and El Inc 97 _ 60 CGW 4s 88__ 90% CRI and P REG 4s 34 .. 49 Cl Ut 4%s 77 _103 D and RG West os 55 _ 514 Hud C 5s 62A _ 73% Hud and Man 5s 57 _ 32% 111 Cent 4%s 56 _ 77% Int Gt Nor 6s 52_ 66 MK and T Aj 5s 67 _ 84% Mo PG 4s 75 _ 34% NYC Rfg 5s 2013 _ 87% Nor Pac 6s 2047 _103% Penn RR 4%s (55_ 119% Ph Rr>~ Ci 6s 49 _ 34 Sal C 6s 45 _ 54% Sou Pac Rfg 4s 55 _105% Sou Ry Cn 5s 94 _ 122% Sou Ry Gen 4s 56 _ 95% West Md 4s 52 _ _104% FOREIGN BONDS Aust 4%s 56 _ 95% Braz 6%s 26-57 _ 58% Poland 5s 50 _ 25 Rio Gr Do Sul 6s 68_ 37 ____XT___ CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—<•?>—May and December wheat were weak and under the pressure of liquida tion today but most of the rest of the grain list registered fractional gains. Corn was firm at the finish with the spot contract up nearly a cent. Long- liquidation of December wheat, which opened lower, was spurred by reports that 200,000 bushels of the grain had been tend ered at Minneapolis. Many of the sales were made against pur chases of the new crop months, July and September, v'hich were steady to firm most of the day. Some purchases of deferred wheat fu.ures were attributed to short covering prompted by a re port on the trading floor that Sec retary of Agriculture Wickard had denied he would advocate a two price plan under which parity would be guaranteed only for that portion of the wheat crop used do mestically for food. A rumor that such a plan was being considered caused heavy liquidation Thurs day. The trade in corn futures was dull. At times the December con tract was up a cent with most of the demand coming from shorts. Country offerings of cash corn were the smallest in weeks. Book ings were estimated at 71,000 bush els compared with 800,000 bushels last Wednesday. Open High Low Close WHEAT Dec -1.69% 1.69% 1.68% 1.68% May —1.64% 164% 1.63% 1.63% Jly „.1.54% 1.55% 1.54% 1.54% Sep —1.53% 1.54% 1.53% 1.53% CORN Dec — 1.13% 1.14% 1.13% 1.14 May —1.10 1.10% 1.09% 1.1014 Jly —1.09% 1.10% 1.09% 1.10% Sep —1.09% 1.09% OATS Dec — 69% 69% 69% 69% May .. 63% 63% 63% 63% Jly —. 59% 59% 59% 59% Sep 58 59% 58 58% RYE Dec -1.11% 1.11% 1.10% 1.11% May —1.09 1.09% 1.08V4 1.08% Jly -.1.07% 1.07% 1.06% 1.06% BARLEY Dec —1.13% 1,13% May .. 1.02% Jly — 97% -V NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16—(A5)— Cotton closing prices were steady 45 cents a bale higher to five cents lower today. Open High Low Close Mch —21.93 21.93 21.92 21.91b off 1 May ..21.86 21.86 21.83 21.85b unch Jly —21.49 21.51 21.48 21.51b up 2 Oct .-20.47 20.57 20.47 20.55 up 9 b—bid. ■■■■ ' L. And N. Seeks Permit For Large Bond Issue WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—(A>»—The Louisville and Nashville railroad today asked the Interstate Com merce Commission for authority to issue $53,835,000 of first and re funding mortgage bonds. They would be used to retire three out standing issues callable at 105 next April 1. The new bonds, series F, would bear interest at 3 3-8 per cent. An annual saving of $631,469 in interest charges will be effected, the L. & N. said, totaling $36,625, 200 if projected to the maturity of aaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooooET E the bonds to be redeemed. It said a sinking fund for the series F bonds would reduce the principal amount outstanding at maturity to about $38,500,000. -V CHICAGO BUTTER CHICAGO, Dec. 16—OP)—The spot butter market continued firm today! and prices were nominally un changed. Receipts totalled 218,227 pounds compared with 118,534 pounds yesterday. Grade AA, or 93 score butter, was priced at 41 1-2 a pound, grade B, or 90 score, at 40 3-4 cents, and cooking grade, or 88 score, at 39 cents. The spot egg market was nomi nally unchanged. Receipts tdBsy were 11,224 cases compared with 8.024 cases yesterday. Extras were quoted from 46 to 49 3-10 cents per dozen, standards from 40 to 43 6-10 cents, and dirties from 30, 59, 34 1-2 cents. -V CHICAGO POTATOES CHICAGO, Dec. 16.— (IP)— Pota toes, arrivals 63, on track 138, total U. S. shipments 736; supplies light; for western stock demand good, market firm at ceilings; for best quality, northern stock de mand moderate, market firm; Ida ho Russet Burbanks, U. S. No. 1, $3.39—3.52; Nebraska and Wyo ming bliss triumphs, U. S. No. 1, $3.35—3.39; Minnesota and North Dakota bliss triumphs, fair quality, $2.50; cobblers, commercials, $2.50; Wsiconsin Katahdins, commercial, $2,26 1-2; main Katahdins", U. S. No. 1, $3.25. -V SPOT COTTON NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16.— Spot cotton closed steady unchang ed. Sales 2,352. Low middling-17. 56; middling 21.40; good middling 21.80 receipts 1,722. Stock 228,880. -y SPOT COTTON CHARLOTTE, Dec. 16. — (£>) — Spot cotton 21.65. --V BUY YVAR BONDS AND STAMPS Wise Americans Now Fight COUGHS or Bronchial Irritations Due To Colds -With Buckley's "Canadiol" Almost instantly you get the sur prise of your life—coughing eases —right away it loosens up thick choking phlegm—opens up clogg ged bronchial tubes — makes breathing easier. There’s real economy in Buck ley’s—all medication — no syrup. Half to one teaspoonful will con vince the most skeptical. Get Buckley’s “Canadiol” made in U. S. A., the Cough Mixture that outsells all others in Austra lia, New Zealand, Canada and many other countries on merit alone. At all good druggists. BROOKLYN PHARMACY FUTRELLE’S PHARMACY LANE’S MARKET STREET PIICY HOPPY HORSE _$13.98 ROCKING CHAIR - Was $4.98 _ __$2.98 DOLLS OF OTHER NATIONS_$3.98 FIREPLACE GRATES_$5.95 TREE TOP ORNAMENT (Angel)_$1.69 EXERCISE SETS _$5.98 PLAID SPORT SHIRT_$2.98 MODEL AIRPLANE _$1.50 TENNIS RACKET _$5.98 TENNIS RACKET _$4.50 FULL LENGTH KOVELS _49c LEATHER JACKETS _$12.98 GALVANIZED ROILER_$4.98 (Can Be Used As Roaster) CANVAS COVERS_$6.98 to $18.98 (Can Be Used As Play Tent) RAG DOLL _$2.29 COFFEE MAKER-Was $1.19_49c COFFEE MAKER-Was $1.49_69c COFFEE MAKER-Was 79c_39c COFFEE MAKER-Was $1.79 _69c OLD HICKORY CASSEROLE_$2.49 to $3.98 OLD HICKORY PIE PLATE_49c CENTER BOWL—With 3 Candle Holders-Was $2.20 __98c ROSE DINNERWARE—53 Pieces_$19.98 HAND PAINTED CLOTHES HAMPER_$5.98 I i 4 307 No. Front St. Wilmington, N. C. Dial 6628 I - --- --- --I ‘ POWER CONSUMERS SAVE $165,223,302 RALEIGH, Dec. 16.—(/P)—North Carolina consumers of electric power have saved $165,223,302 in the past 11 years and telephone users have saved approximately $11,000,000 In the same period, 80 year-old Edgar Womble, rate ex pert for the State Utilities Com mission, said today The savings were effected, Wom ble said, through the cooperation of the Utilities Commission and the electric power and telephone com panies operating in the state in re ducing the consumer rates on elec tric power and telephone service. Most of the rate reductions were voluntarily made by the com panies, he said .although in 1932 when the commission began the task of obtaining reductions, the companies contested vigorously against cuts, he added. “The rise in savings effected annually for electric power con sumers parallels the state’s indus trial growth in the last 11 years," Womble said. “Conversely it shows the increased consumption ot pow er brought about by lower rates. Cheap electricity attracts consum ers.” f Basing his figures bn a table composed of the five big electric power companies operating in the state, Womble's report showed that consumer savings through re duced rates rose from $2,031,951 in 1933, to $31 547.609 in 1943. -V American women spend $594, 000,000 a year on cosmetics and toilet preparations. I 3-E>c. SOLID MAPLE BEDROOM SUITE f Early American 3 Style | $10998 I $23.00 DOWN BAL. MONTHLY ^: Usual Carrying Charge ^ I Distinctive Early American sty- & ling in genuine oak veneers and K other hardwoods. Check the "V beauty of its details, size of in dividual pieces, fine quality r* construction, to prove its value, Bed, chest-on-chest and vanity. I BOUDOIR CHAIR $Q.9« All hardwood construction . . . covered in bright floral design ed tapestry. A bright spot for your bedroom. SEWING CABINET $12-98 Busy seamstresses pick up min utes with this fine walnut finish ed cabinet. Designed for Con venience: the revolving tray brings thread and darning cot ton easily to hand. SLUNBERSOUND | PILLOW § w $J.98 I Washed, dried and fluffed by Sears famous Paragon process. *3 Crushed turkey feather*. Heavy c* feather proof cover. O SLUMBERJACK \ UTILITY BLANKET f SIZE 62 x 82 ***_ I $5-49 80% wool with rayon and cotton. Heavy 31/2 lb. weight. Just the thing for warm sleeping comfort at an unusually low price. COTTON SCATTER RUGS WHAT WONDERFUL GIFTS THEY'LL MAKE 1 !Rugs make lovely gifts — and they’re permanent reminders of your thoughtfulness. In Sears large collection you’ll find rugs of varied sizes, styles and colors. I OVAL RAG RUG *1 1A I 18” x 36”.$1.13 Decorator Chenille d*o on Size 24” x 40” .... | - j CHECK SHAGGIE *o qq S Size 24” x 44” .... OO I - LUSTER SHAG £|- ia Size 24” x 48” .... $0.4? . ii-' - : ' . .. ■ .... i