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THE INDIANAPOLIS ST AH, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 103S. 20 Trends of Business. Live Stock Gale Bmvs Off Rhode Island Jobs iped Out Bv Corn Pickers! Displace 195,000 Men in; ilk 'l ffZ3c share. Thia compared uith net, assets of S.50..V'7.571.

or a common share, on June 50, last. and S2S.fi52.2ri7, or 78 cents a common share, na. Dee. 51, last. Barn-dall Oil Company and Sub- siIiaries Reported a not profit of 52.602,520.

equal to 51.15 a share, for the first, nine months of 1958, compared ith $2,252,604 includ- i ins prolit from property i sale1, equal to 09 cents a for the tirst. tun- months of 1057.) Norfolk Western Railway Net income for September was $2,615,571, a decrease of $169,965,1 compared vuth September last; ear. Earned on common stock in! September whs a compared with si. 95 in September i lat year. Net income for the nine months of this year was i a decrease of compared ith the same period in 1057.

Earned income on common "Huskers' Army," Es-timates Say. By PACL B. SHOF.MAKER, Associated l'res. Farm Fxlitor. Chieajo, Oct.

24. Mechanical corn pickers. th almost uncanny machine which snaps ears of standing corn, husks and deposits them in a aon, are beginning to have an appreciable effect on farm labor usually employed temporarily at this season. Farm implement manufacturers reported today they expected sales 'of nickers to exceed those of last cornfields in the Middle West, agri cultural authorities figure that it is safe to estimate each machine dis- stock for the nine months was 'year when approximately 22,000 S7.5S a share, ompared ith ent into service, a in the same period in 1037. With upwards of 65,000 of the Business Failure In the l'nited 'pickers cutting swaths through Providence, R.

Oct. 24. (U.P. Evacuation of the Rhoc' Island shore from Westerly through Newport and along Narragansett bay was advised by coast guard and state late today as lowland i sections faced unusually high tides iand winds expected to reach gale force. It was in these sections that the death toll was heaviest in the hur ricane and tidal wave a month ago when 6S2 persons lost their lives throughout New England.

The Providence river had reached a point comparable to a nnrmallv high tide at 3:30 p. m. (Central standard timet, although high tide was not until 7:30 p. m. The prospect of high waves was heightened when the United States Weather Bureau forecast southeasterly winds reaching gale force) from New Haven, to East-port, Me.

Attendance Officer Finds Youths on WPA Jobs Hazleton, Oct. 24. UP) Truant officer William Teuthold reported today that checking on th absence of a score of youths from the high school led to the discovery they were working on WPA jobs. He ordered the youths back to school and threatened to arrest their parents under the compulsory attendance laws. Another group of youths applied unsuccessfully to school officials for leaves of absence for two weeks to take WPA jobs.

Carries Gun forHoldup Men Until One Takes It Philadelphia, Oct. 24. UP) Benjamin H. Garrell, drug stor proprietor, carried a pistol for nearly a year as protection against, holdup men. A Neero seized him early today, took $3 and the places three hand pickers, or men.

Many farmers, after fin BUZZARD FELLS ITILITV POLES IX WISCONSIN' Northern the season in the Midwest, when a snow and sleet felled many near Rhinelander. Communications and electric light services were Wisconsin felt the first bliiiard of utility poles and wires surh as these, disrupted in several communities. ishing work in their own fields, do custom work with their machines, charging from $1.50 to $2 an acre. But tens of thousands of huskers are being paid around 4 cents a bushel to harvest the golden ears throughout tne corn neir. Hfiai the future holds for the.e men is a question.

Ray Murray, former Iowa state secretary oi agriculture aim now administrative assistant in the Iowa WPA office, who made a sti'dy of farm machinery equipment and its relation to labor, said "Within five years harvesting corn by hand probably will be as outmoded in Iowa as cradling grain." Cost 2.S Cents a Bushel. Agricultural economists at the deferred his departure for "probably several days." (At Lannion, France, a special police inspector was appointed on permanent assignment, ostensibly to keep watch on the security of Col. Lindbergh and his family. (The town is 12 miles from Port-Blanc, small port on France's northern coast, where Lindbergh lands in commuting between th? mainland and his home on Illiec island. I (French authorities declined to sav whether the special protection was requested or taken on their own initiative.) Lindbergh Studies Nazi Labor Front Rerlin, Oct.

24. UP) Col. Charles A. Lindbergh spent three hours today inspecting the German labor front's bureau for vocational education ment. and business manage- He was described as having shown "great, interest." The American flier had planned morning hut Unhorsity of Illinois college Brrljn )ms Te Gulf Sulphur Company -us t-t ended of 3 4 cents a ei marges.

.1 or SJ iTr.ts a quarter. in ke 193 dener.il ration and Serf em nor Printing Ink SubMiliarie iApoj Corpo- For the tod nrt income of 17" equai tn 17 against S164.0" share, 1 he and in th" like ouar aff charges, a riimmon share, or ten's a nrooo.iini rents a share, or of IO-'m. Ont'nl F'niinilry ompan For the September (jiiait'-r, reported not losy of OL-W aft-T charges a-ainst net os of SLIJJ in the Septemher, 1 "7, quarter. Rrtin.wi k-Balke-( nllender oin-pany anil Snhi(liarips For the September quarter, reported net income of after charges, equal after riivi'len'l requirement on the $5 ed Ptock to 51.27 common share. This compared with net income i.f $21 .705.

or 67 cents a preferred share, the pre-cedino quarter and or a common share, in the September tjunr'T of 1017. Keystone Stfrl and Wire Company For the September quarter, lepnrted not of J.S.T.22I after chaises, equu' to 11 cents a capital share against or 27 cents shate, in the like 19.TT quatter. Siinonds "a antl Steel Company For the line months ended Sept. reported net income of after charges, equal lo -It cents a capital shate. This romjmr.d with net income of Si.5fi5.411 after charges, in provision for th" utidistrihuiefi profits surtax in the like period, equal to $5.13 a capital sha'-o.

If I iif Kiclcp Corporation 'an Investing company' --Reported net assets as of Sept. totaled eiial to $1.15 a common Distilled Spirits Output Declines in September Washington, Oct. spirits production and withdrawals declined in September and in the first three months of the current fiscal year, the liurcau of Internal Revenue reported today, Production of all types of spirits in September totaled 9.214.322 gallons compared with 13.KG0,.V.)1 in September last year. Production for July, August and September of this year amounted to 21.0S4,-187 gallons. In the corresponding period last year it amounted to 32,001,311 gallons.

September whisky production fell to 4,997,0.31 gallons fiom in September, 1037. Rum, gin and brandy output also declined. Whisky production for the lirst three months of Hie fiscal year was 13,1 20,413 gallons, compared with 22,71 1,082 for the same thiee months of 1037. Quarter Gold Imports ri 1 tfTO Ai1 Otal Washington, Oct. Ireasuty announced today that 111 July, August and September ill gold was transferred to the United Stales from foreign countries, chiefly in Europe.

In the preceding three months imports totaled only Newly mined domestic gold for the last three months totaled compared with in (he precrding Ihree months. Silver bought tinder the silver purchase net of 1934 totaled line ounces, compared with 72,620,500 in the previous period. Madison Oil Conspiracy Case Hearing Continued Chicago, Oct. 21. CP.

I A hearing on nn order to vacate th dismissal by Federal Judge Stone of 11 defendants jn the Madison oil conspiracy case was continued to Nov, 7 by the Circuit Court nf Appeals today. Judge Stone sentenced 17 defendants hut disregarded the jury verdict in dismissing 10 individuals and one company convicted of conspiracy to tix prices. SUGAR AND COFFEE. SUC, A It. New York.

Oct. Raw- sugar was iinchan-jeil todav at 3.10c (or spots with no sales rcportrd. In futures the No. 3 contract held relatively steady on coning and a little trade having, while the Nn, eased under Hqm- dation and hedge sellin although there were partial recoveries on R.ine ot prices i No llch. covei ing.

Low. Close 2 Ok 05 ti.OS '2 11 t2. 13 March 2 0i May 2.08 Julv September Kid. Relinrd vv.as tinchnnced at I ot 4 to I for fine granulated. COKKKK.

New York. Oct. 21. Coffee eased t.idav under commission house Inundation. Santos opened 1 point higher to fi points lower and closed 2 In a points lower.

Sales. 17.0I1H Rio opened 2 to 3 points lower and closed 2 to 4 points towel. Sales. Closing ttiotations: Santos. December.

8 73c; March. Slav, July, fi sue; September, December. I 3.ir; March. 4 tic: May. 4 49c; July, 4 51c: September.

4.57c. Cost and freight offers Included Santos Rourhon 4s at 7., "ale lo 7.KOc. Smt coffee, steady; Santo 4s. 7Vi8'lc; Rio 7s, (111( A(i() POTATOES. Chicago.

Oct. fnited States Department oi Agriculture t- Potatoes- Receipts, lfil cars, on ttack 291 ears, total fnited Slate shipments Saturday 20 cars. Sunday cars; Bliss Triumphs, slightly stronger, otner varieties steady, firm undertone; supplies moderate; demand fa.tr Sarked a hundredweight Idaho Russet Fairbanks, fnited States No, 1, $1.45 l.fi.'i; Colorado Red McClures, ('piled Slates No. 1, $1 65'fi 1.7(1; Wisconsin round whites, United States No. 1.

Michigan Russet Rurals, United States No. 1. Hoc: North Ilakola Bliss Triumphs. 90 per cent fnited States Nn. 1 and better, $1.23 f.140; Cobblers, fnited States No, i.

Karly Ohios, United States No. 1. Minnesota Cobblers. 85 to 90 per cent United States No. 1.

$1 'u 1.05. RAW SILK FUTURES. New York. Oct. 24.

I.V Raw silk futures (old contract) closed 1 to 2', cents higher. Sales, 230 bales High. Low, Close. December 1.811 180 'LiS's February 179 1.7s 1.79 No. 1 futures closed unchanged to 1 cent hither.

Sales, 210 bales 1.77', 1.77'i 1 771 April 1.78 1.77 1.77 No. 2 futures closed 1 to 2 cents nlgher. Sales. 20 bales. March 1.74 1.71 M.i4 Open market mo-day basis': Japanese special crack double extra 81 per cent 13-15s, $1,90.

'Bid. NEW YORK JRV GOODS. New York, Ort. 24. VP Cotton goods msrkets wer quiet today out prlcea held firm.

There was a steady flow nf business in finished goon, but volum waa not large. Raw silk advanced 2 cents a pound. Rayon yarns were in slightly- better demand following larger sales tri rayon gray goods. Burlap ws quiet and steady. CANADIAN SILVER.

Montreal. Oct. 14. KVi "liver closed unchanged, Bids: October, futures $42 24. a live stock Hozs.

Catt'e. C.if Yes'erdav 1 tk aco 8 1 Year 51 EXTREME RAXiE OK HK net Good Heaiy Medium I'KH 1 47.20 .5.1 i.S't .411 IS 7.0"! 7 i 7 25 7.35 7.35 n-J. 50 li 411 lit 4n 7 5.1 7.84 Ltd if 7. si) 4 5 i fti) ji 7. 7 21 22..

2 70 TO S-Vif 7 9i 7 95 r.7o-.r '85. 7 94 8 (Xi Marked display of activity and strength yesrerdav featured trading for ho.s and lamhs on the market r.o prices again moved upward sharply. Receipts ot slaughter rattle were iii mm: to afford an 'curate test of tii pro situation. Price of veals and cn es were strong ard in General sates of tlv e-e roaoe at 57.50 10 a hnn.trcr.ie. according er.i-e weicii The top.

svio, was pan fur 1'" snd t'ic ion. ais-i pound stock I'nncrw rich advanced 15 certs a 1-. sales at 9" to J7.75 15 rents to 25 mads st $7 l.j to 87 flow? were up saie although 3 lew light, rm'iotn packers rraile an extreme n( i7 75 Th.s r.sc 1-. prices nf ail grades rd in vw'h price pa-n a' other It reflected a better market situan fresri fork. I.amh.

Advance. llk a.Tl Most fed step's were sold at and were of the merely mail choice yearling. .59 to 19.75 One bl-tiSht a htlU sleets tOD si 1 Oe na at 57 io JV5'' movea sT.au Some sales he fcrs at J7 to a'eadv In -'5 ceri a Cutter nil' were steady v.ith J.t.75 to SI 75 as all were beef $5 to ririiin-lci ui'is me up to $7. Bulk of cood ealers hr'mtht 111. although a few ch ce kinns Viuume.

I looked hiner ales at i-iws a' salealiie 410 t'. alt iineu i 50 tn npaw of stl 50: medium veal 59.50, also were full, An urcer.t d.rmrd 1 lamhs lmoste-1 prices 25 cents i. 5' hnndredweicht, ninst i'f grading cashine at to so tr fair lamhs were hated a' 50 end culls J5 and helnu. SUuth'rr fal tent tn.it "hum 75 slieep were quoted uncharieu 1 :) to J.l a bundredwe.fcht. HOGS.

Licht, 1n to 17" lh Lieht, 170 to l'o His Light, 10 to ito ln. Light, 190 to 200 h. Lleht, 200 to 210 lbs Medium, 210 to 220 lh, Medium. 220 tn 240 Heavv. 210 tn 20 lhs Heavv, 2o to 2'-o Ihs Heavy, 20 tn Ihs Heavy, tn Ihs Heavy, 32 i to 400 Ihs Pir.s.

PIks, 150 to 1fi0 Ihs Pics, 140 tn 150 llis Pies, LI" to no Ihs Piss, 120 to ISO Ihs Pips, 100 to 120 Ihs PACKING SOWS IJcht. smooth Heavy, lo'iEh CATTLE. Ji 0" II 'l I 151; Fleers (750 to 90(1 Ihs) Choice Good Medium Sieera 1900 to l.loo Ihs) Choir Good 10 25 5f 11.75 A 50H 10,75 7 00 j. U0 1 1 ml fi 12 2'i 8 75.111 25 7 25 if 25 medium Wrera (1,100 to Ihsi Choict Good Medium (Oerrs (1.300 to 1.500 Ihsi Choir Good lleifera (500 tn 750 lbs) Good and choice Common and medium Helfera (750 tn 900 Ihs) Good and choice Common and medium Cows flood and choice Common to lair Low culler and culler Bulla Good Common to medium Vealers It 251? 12.75 9 00 .1 1 1.25 7 25 it II 25 11.50W 12 75 It 00'u 1125 25" 10.511 4. So it 7 UO 25 10 50 8.U0 11 6 75 oil 3 75 tf' OU 50 ff 4.50 it 25 Good to choice 10 00 i 11.50 Medium lion, lu.iio Cull to common h.uow 7 ou KLAl'GHTKR SHEEP AND LAMHS.

Limbs Ppnnc lamhs $9 ooie 9511 Common and medium ti.5n-, 9.1m Culls heep aooyi 5 uo Common to cood 1.5u 3 00 LIVE STOCK BV WIICE, Cincinnati, Oct. foiled stales rteparinien'. of AKiiniltiirei Hoc Itiii Ihs up, 5c to 10c tunher than finlav; lighter wcichls and sows, siea.lv; lop. s. 10 for 100 to 225 Ihs; 225 to Ihs, 110 io Kii h.w, J7.tiii'u 7.75; 100 to Ho Ihs.

7.35; (iood packing sows, Mi, 25.1 6..5. Cattle Mieera and cows moderately active, lully steady to strnns; heilers, slower, undertone weak; hulls, sieady, about two loans cno.1 aterrs, S10; purl load. S9; bulk plain and medium, mjs; package lols htht to me- uiumweisnt heilers, S7 nOi, s.50; cood heef cows, 6 25; eligible to 50, piain and medium, St.75., 5.75; low cutters and cotters, 4. practical lop hulls. Sfl 25; bulk, i.V; vealers, lirm, practical top, 511.50; Kod and Ml 511.50; mhers, $10.

50 down: stockers and tceders In liberal supply, slow. -Wrong lo 25c higher, or up to Ss.75 for liood trucked-in lambs; la ishter ewos at J3 oown. Louisville, Kv Oct. 21 'P1 -ifnltcd Hales Department of Acucullure i (kittle -Receipts, 1.5iio; market active; killing Fleers and heilers moslly 25c higher; cows and bulls, atrons to 25c up: lightweight Blockers, slow, but feedlni; steers ailivc and slronn, full load to choice kiil-lb diy-lrd steers, $10. Ihe day's lop, lew lois short led steers and heilers.

5o bulk plain and medium trassris fi alini. under too lbs. lew i cows up to So, bull, plain to nicdlum, to 5.50, cuitcr primes mainly sneUv kind, 25 or top bulls. 5i 25. Calves Receipts.

900; oiieniui; steady lo weak as compare! wilh Kriday; eallv bulk and choice, Sll'llho; early lop, Ml. 50. liny II'-ccipls, l.ono; active; 20c lo hither on butchers: packing sows, siroiiK to 25c up; early top, ss.lo lor 1 -non e. 190 to veights, hulks, good and hoice liio tn 250 J7.S.V.I S.ll); 250 10 300 lbs, $7 00 7.911; 300 to 350 lbs scarce, 7 70; bulk pood packing sows, (j 75. Sheep Keceipis, 350; strong to 25c higher thin Kriday on fat lambs, good ewes nd o' wethers.

J.S.25H R.5o; lew choice to Ss bucks discounted 51 and common thro.v- 1 cuts moslly 55.50 down; slaughter ewes, steady at .2 3. 1 East St. Louis, 111., Oct. i.l'i I (United States Department oi Agriculture' Hoes-Receipts. 9,500.

200 direct; moslly 15c to 25c above Kriday average; inp, 58.15: hulk pood and choice 100 to 2so His. SSI, 10; good sows. 57 ij 7 50 moslly; lew heavies. SH.85d ft 90. Catfe Rcccipls.

7.509; calves, 4.5O0; Including 3.00U cattle and ralves through: market steady to strong on steers: butcher vearliogs. stead to 25c higher; covvstuff, bulls ntiil vealers. steady; steers largely few 510 and better; heifers and mixed yearlings. SHfj 8.r0; odd lots. 59 9.73; beef cows.

S4.75'u5.75; sausage bulls, Sfi.15 down; top vealers, 511; stneker feeder steers, $3.50 8.75. Sheep Receipts, n.500. Including l.ooo good to choice lamhs to all interest, tlirnvvouts. slaughter ewes, 52.75'd 3.25. Chicago.

Oct. lUnlted States Department of Agriculture) flogs Receipts, 17,000. including 5,000 directs; mostly lOr tn 15c higher than Friday's average: moderately active at advance; top. SS.15; bulk cood and choice 200 lo 290 lbs. 57.90-,, S.

10; 170 10 190 lbs. largely 7.85: 110 to IttO lbs. 57.50 7.75; good 350 to 550-lb packing sows, 57.15 7.50; lighter weights op to 57. shippers took 2,500: estimated holdover, 1.000. Cattle-Receipts.

17.000; calves. 2.500; fed steers and yearlings, strong to 25c higher; kinds grading good and better 15c to 25c op: clearance good: general market measurably tmproved over low time last week; top. 513.50 on mediumwetght steers, several loads $13'. 13.35; best yearlings. 512.35: sizeable supply yearlings.

HO.SOii, 11.50; grassy and short fed steers, all weights selling $10 downward, unevenly steady to 25c higher: about 8.000 Western grassers In nin mainly strnckers selling steady; yearling stockers, S8f.i9, mostly $8 8.50; choice offerings up to $9.25 and better, however, some with weight at that price: slock calves, fed heifera strong, best $11; cows, steady to strung: Western grass cows and heifera scarce, but bolts 10c tn 15c higher; practical top weighty sausage hulls, 56.85: vealers, $10 Mill. 50. Sheep Receipts, 11.000, including 4.000 directs; fat lamhs closed active strong to 15c' or more higher: yearlings, 25c up: sheep and feeding lambs strong to 25c higher: tnp native lambs, S9.15: bulk $8.759: hulk Westerns to shipps. $9 10; most yearlings. $7 'o 7.50; slaughter ewes, 3.25Q 3.60; feeding lambs, 17.408.10.

CRCDE RUBBER. New York, Oct. 24. tPi Crude nihber future closed unchanged lo 15 points lower. Bales, No.

1 standard, Kli contracts. High. Low. Close. Dtcembrr 18 9(1 1892 March 17.08 16.52 16.94 ll.V! I0.8i 16.87 Smoked hlbhed spot.

16 85c nominal. PEPPERMINT OIL. 'New York. Oct. 84.

VP) Peppermint oil quo'itlons In New York today; Naturil, K.Zi, redistilled, $2.35. 1 a a i i i i 12 Buildings Demolished By Powder Plant Blasts Columbus, Oct. 24. CPt A prairie fire touched otf the Hercules powder plant near here today and demolished 12 buildings in a series of spectacular explosions, but the 50 workers had time to get out 1 safelv. Schools here were closed as the blaze approached the plant at Turck.

four miles north, and roads ere blocked for two miles around. Turck's whole population of 200 and farmers of the countryside were evacuated. t. W. CARR.

PRESIDENT States for the week ended Oct. 20 advanced to 227 from 226 in the trecedinz week, Dun Eradstreet reporter A ear tah'd 100. Tide Water Associated Oil Company and Subsidiaries--Reported a net 'income of $2,421,200, equal to 20 cents a shate on the common stock, for the quarter ended Sept. This comnares ith or 1 cents a share, in the previous i quarter, and $1,474,755, or 62 cents, a share, in the corresponding quar- tor Inst year. I 'nited (1,1,11 of America Reported consolidated net prolit of $273,620, or 56 cents a share on the common stock, for the quarter ended Sept.

30. This compares with $221,515 or 11 cents a share, for the June quarter, and $272,510, or 51 cents a share, for the corresponding 1037 quarter. Railroad Leader Attacks U. S. Aid to Competitors Cleveland, Oct.

24. J. Pelley, president of the American Association of Railroads, proposed today "if the government is going to subsidize our competitors, let it subsidize us." Pelley addressed a luncheon preceding the opening of a convention of the Associated Tiallic Clubs of America. "All we need is an equal opportunity to meet our competition," Pelley asserted, "We ask that the government treat the railroads as business. (Jive them a freer! hand Io price the only commodity they sell and Io meet our competition as best we can." lie attacked government maintenance of the Ohio river channel.

"I don't know why it is done but it certainly takes freight from the railroads, and the taxpayer foots the bill," lie said. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Apples New crop Maiden Hlush. 11.50; SI. 7502; Jonathan.

SI. 75'. 1..5 t.otoen I iciteioiis, i.io, i.rimes uiiiiifii, 51.50; Wolf River. Northern Spys. 511 Boxes, hancy Jonathan, 100s to 52 Avocados (Kl.V), $1.50 hox.

Hananas 4 a pound; cut off. 50-pound box, $1.75. Crab Apples SI, Miff 1.75. Cranberries 25-pound hox. $3.25.

Grapes -White seedless. California rokay. $1.40. Grapelinlt California seedless, $2 30 (3 Lemons Sunkist, 54 75. lames li a d.c.n iirances Calilurnia Junkist Vaicnnns.

Jlllf 1 50. I caches 1 (t-pnullil hox, $1.00. I'ei'rs- Burl let Is, 53 bo. Persimmons Indiana, 12-pint erale, $1. Prunes I H-rtutnil lug, 5ltrl2o VV atermelons Indiana.

15 25c. V'KCKTABLKS Artichokes California, dozen, 9nc, Broccoli Clel, a bunch, I7'ac. Beets II 20c a do7en. Beans- Striiigless, round, a bushel; Lima. 3(le a lb.

Brtissrll sprouts Per quart, 18c. Cabbage II bushel. 74 Hoc. Carrots II G. 51 'u 1 24 a bushel.

On I lornla. b-duien crate. $2.50 Coin 11 lily 25c a dozen. Celery dnr.en, 40 85e Celerv Canbage Ohio, basket. 90c Caiiliilowr-California, 10 to 12 per orate, 51 2.

Chives a doren Cucinnlicis (lut'loor. 75c doen. Kgg Plant -II. $125 a bushel. (panic 15c a pound Kale-A tiushel II 40c.

Leek II. G. 2.V a bunch. Lettuce -Leaf, 11 15-pounn basket, title. CihlcMiiia Iceheis.

$3.2... Mini -II II Mustard It, (1., ItOn a bushel. Mushrooms Home-grown, pound. 30c. Onions-Indiana yellow 50-lh.

sack. Indiana sack, Idaho white -50-lh. sack. $1.50. Pirslev 30c a doen.

Peppeis It, $1.25 a Bushel. IVhs Washington 'leiepnuiie. M'f nam per, S3 50; $2 25 a bushel. Radishes Ohio whilw or button. f' a dozen Riiiabagos -Waxed.

potind bag, Spinach Home-Giovvn, 63c a bushel. Tomatoes It. 51.50 a tiushel, iuniips II. 25c a dor.cn. POTATOES.

Idaho Russets, 100-pound bag. $2: Michigan Round Whiles. $1.25 1.5.": North Dakota Triumphs. $1.40. Sweet Potatoes Indiana, a hamper, 85c; Tennessee Nancy Hall, Porto ltirans, a bushel craie.

$1 15. M18CKI.LANF.Ol! S. Indiana Pur Can Sorehum 10-pound can. Sic. in.sieis Standard.

$1.5031.75 a gallon. Coconut 50x100 $4. cider Slx-gallrm cartons, $2. Chestnuts Italian, a pound. 1)1 LITH 1 LAXSKK1).

It.ilnth, Oct. 24. Mi Flaxseed Closed lower. October, unquoted; December, cash, M.81 1, 'q 1.83'-,. The DEBIINKER.

I5y John Harvey Ftirhay, l'h. I). COLLEGE ATHLETES DO NOT DIE YOUNG Because college athletics are quite strenuous, many people believe that they cause the players to shorten their lives by several years. Population figures and life insurance stalstics, however, tend to disprove th. old myth, showing that college actually live a little longer than other insured1 people.

Over a period of 20 years the fomer athletes showed only they to-; agriculture, after a study, reported the average cost for husking corn with a two-row mechanical picker at 2.3 cents a bushel, as compared with 4.5 cents by hand labor. For this reason alone, agricultural authorities agree, it. is saf" to nssum? mechanical pickers will grow in popularity. R. II.

Raker, Ohio Slate Uni-versity rural economics research assistant, that 510,000 acres of Ohio corn would be harvested Ihis year with mechanical pickers. He estimated the cutting, shocking, husking and cribbing ol con', at 22 hours of man labor an acre as compared with an average of four hours of man labor an acre with a mechanical picker. In recent years farmers have leportcd dilliculty in obtaining temporary help for the corn harvest, but reports from throughout Ihe corn belt indicate an ample and. in some instances, an overabundant supply of help this year. owans to Star Pitcher iiusk Ringsted, Oct.

24. (CP.) Rob Feller, youthful pitching star for the Cleveland Indians baseball team, wiil demonstrate his corn- husking ability at the slate contest here Thursday. He will appear with I wo teammates. Catcher Rollie Ilemsley and First Basema Hal Troski. Feller also will hurl few fast halls to Hemsley, find Troski will display his hitting ability.

Approximately spectators are expected to see the husking contest. Elahorate preparations are being made for the" event. A ton of lfi.000 buns, 2,000 loaves of bread. 300 pounds of coffee and hundreds of dozens of doughnut." and cakes will lie served spectators ov 150 waiters. Trouble Really Piles Up When These Moles Dig St.

Louis, Oct. 24. (1 Moles really were causing a mountain of trouble at. famed Shaw's gardens here. Smoke forced underground, cyanide powder, various varieties of traps failed to make any impression on the pests.

Then Dr. D. C. Fairburn, garden horticulturnlist, pressed an automobile into service. A hose attached to the exhaust was inserted into a fresh nicle burrow.

The result: Earthworms crawled hastily out of the soil, writhed in agony and died. Centipedes, beetles, ants, scampered off in all directions. The moles disappeared. Seven Die as Roumanian Planes Crash in Storm Bucharest, Roumania, Oct. 27.

tU.P.) Two military airplanes cracked up today ith loss of seven lives during a storm which swept the Black Sea area causing extensive property damage. A seaplane crashed near Suityol, killing three otlicers, including an air flotilla commander. A military hydroplane crashed returning from maneuvers at Galatz. Four we killed. Houses at Galatz and Busau were destroyed by the storm and sev eral ships in the Black Sea were in distress.

Accidental Drowning, Report in Dodge Death Little Current, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 24. (Canadian Press.) A verdict of "accidental death by drowning" was returned by a coroner's jury today in an Inquest into the death of Daniel Dodge, Detroit (Mien.) millionaire. Dodge's 19-year-old widow was Iptc-sent at the inquiry. Dodge drowned in Georgian Bay Aug.

io when he toppled from a speedboat taking him to hospital for treatment of injuries suffered in a dynamite explosion. Annrnt) 010.000 AuinrA For Reservoir at Shoals Washington, Oct. 24. (U.P.) The War Deportment today approved an allotment of for preparation of definite plans for the Shoals Inn.) reservoir In the Ohio river basin. RS.

HELEN BATES SANDERS, 825 West drive, Woodruff Place, is a singer' and composer, and, naturally, a lover of harmony and beauty. Mr. Sanders' business requires the use of the family car, and, many times, Mrs. Sanders and her daughter, Mary Louise, were stranded at home, when they wanted to attend distant concerts or visit some of the beauty spots of Indiana. Mrs.

Sanders decided that TWO cars in the family would make for MORE harmony than ONE and from that decision to scanning the used car ads in STAR Classified was only a step. She found an interestina offer a beautiful 1937 Plymouth advertised by Sullivan O'Brien. The end of the story's shown above, with Mr. Sherman presenting the keys to the happy artist "A direct sale through a STAR Want Ad doesn't cause any commotion in our organization that's why we advertise that's why we use the STAR. "We've used practically 80 of our advertising appropriation in the STAR for years, and EXPECT a good share of our business to come directly from our offers in STAR Used Car Col umns." TOM O'BRIEN.

SECY-TREAS. NATURALLY, people turn to the paper with the MOST advertising, when they're in the market for used cars. STAR Want-Ads. for many years, have carried MORE used car advertising, day in and day out, than ANY OTHER Indiana newspaper. Offering readers the best selection; they bring advertisers the best RESULTS.

92 per cent as many deaths tts other insured men of same life expectancy. Thus It appears that college athletics do not injure most participants, (Copyright Ledger Syndicate.).