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Tip) PERALD-PRjESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, STOCKS CLIPPEI GROUERS S110U Santa Claus Express By King Cole RtfUttnd O. S. PaUBl OOle CONFIDENCE! FRUIT OUTLOOK BY SELLING BUT TD TAKE TO SANTA CLAUS, DEARS: HE WILL GIVE DROP IS SMALL THEM TO CHILDREN OYER THE VfoRLP! rv f- Local Fruit Men Win In Sho Wall Street It Optimistic But Troubled Over Affair Abroad Held At Horticultural Meeting 10 7Xr5b9 op we twsi THtvu Lovay Aiiwse rctfs 1 fad 'sBmKEMy pos us to I ,1 TAN Wfr l-MT; 1 I I A. WH VUUVJ ty I REW YORK. Dec.

8 (AP)-Light BY HERB NAFZIGER GRAND RAPIDS, Dec. total attendance of more than 2400 growers clearly points to fruit belt prosperity, and confidence in next year's prospects, according to officers of the Michigan State Horticultural society which is holding its three-day annual meeting In Grand Rapids. That manufacturers of machinery and other fruit farm supplies share the growers' optimism is shown by the fact that every available inch of space Is taken for commercial exhibits in the spacious basement ex Stock Quotations APPLE JUICE SALES URGED NORTH BERRIEN DAIRYMEN SET YIELDCOSTS Two New Members Added To Cattle Improvement Association OFFICERS Ot7 FRUIT GROUP I 1 rS; --I mJiii Above are two men well-known to southwestern Michigan fruit growers H. Don Hootman (left) of Michigan State college, and Jameg Richards (right) of Ean Claire. At the annual meeting of the State Horticultural society in Grand Rapids yesterday Mr.

Hootman was re-elected secretary and Richards was named treasurer. Hootman has frequently appeared on fruit programs here, and Richards is former secretary-treasurer of the Berrien County Soil Conservation association. hibition hall of the civic An extensive apple show of fanr. iruit lends lively color and a frui a Yrvm a tj flu rateen tnousana dollars was paid out by the Horticultural society in prize money to winners in the annual apple show. Among the first prize winners was the Hilltop Orchards of Hartford who dragged down firsts on a tray of Grimes, and plates of Northern Spy, Greening and Wealthy.

H. T. Bigelow and Son of Bangor took first cn bushel Jonathans and on plates of Jonathan, Starklng, Steele Red, Wagener, Skyman, Cortland and Rome. Other Bangor growers who took prize money were Allen Overton, D. Kennedy, Donald Taylor, Art Zan-tillo, Don Nicholas, and Glen Royal.

H. T. Bigelow took first in the fancy gift box class. In the high school exhibits Sparta took first, Bangor second, Benton Harbor third, and Fennville fourth. The best bushel of apples in the show "was a bushel of Mcintosh shown by Homer G.

Waring of Ke-wadin. The highest sweepstakes on trays was taken by J. R. Braman of urana Kapias on a tray of Golden, Delicious. The best plate in the sho was a nlate of Starting exhibited Anderson of Brunswick.

The apple show Judges were R. E. Loree, -H. P. Gaston, T.

Merrill, and H. A. Cardinell. Two veteran fruit growers were honcred last night at the society's annual banquet at the Hotel Pant-lind. Those receiving this year's honorary recognition awards were Phillip Klenk and Henry both from the Peach Ridge section near Sparta.

J. Richards Treasurer Arnold Schaefer, prominent Sparta grower was elected president at the society's business meeting yesterday. J. J. Hill of Montrose was named viee-presldent, H.

D. Hootman of East Lansing secretary, James Richards of Eau Claire, treasurer. Eugene Heu-ser of Hartford was re-el-cted lor another term on the executive board and Allen Rush of Romeo was 4 newly elected board member. Ths horticulture groups "annual spring meeting will be held in Pon-tiae late in February. Next summer's orchard tour will take place in the vicinity of South Haven, the exact date to be set later.

At the time of the summer tour a memorial tablet will be erected to the memory of T. T. Lyon, pioneer Van Buren county fruit grower, who bequeathed to the society the grounds and now leased to the South Haven experiment station. Lyon also left to the society a $10,000 trust fund. Yesterday's convention program opened with a talk on cold storage on the farm by William Zech of Berrien Springs.

Zech operates his own stor- vA Paramount Pictures 11 Parke Davis 41 Park Utah Con 11 Penney (JC) 79 Penn 19 Phillips Pet 40 Procter Se Gamb 55 Public Service NJ 29 Pullman 33 Pure Oil 9 Radio Corp of Am 7 Reming Rand 15 Reo Mot Car, 2V4 Repub Steel 22 Reynolds Spring 9 Reynolds Tob 43 St Joseph Lead 43 Stl-San Fran Schulte Ret Stores -Sears Roebuck 72 Shell Union Oil 14 Skelly Oil 26 Socony-Vacuum 13 Sou Cal Edison 22, Southern Pacific 17 Southern Ry 18 Southern Railway pfd 29. Sparks Withington 3. Sperry Corporation 43. Standard Brands 6. Standard Com Tob 2.

Standard Gas Elec 3. Standard Oil California 26. Standard Oil Indiana 26. Standard Oil New Jersey 50. Stewart-Warner 9.

Studebaker Corporation 7. Sutherland Paper 30. Swift Se Company' 18. Texas Corporation 43. Texas Gulf Sulphur 31.

Texas Pac Trust 8. Timken Detroit Axle 17. Timken Roller Bearing 48. Transamerlcar 5. Underwood-Elliott 67.

Union Carbide 86. Union Oil California 18. Union Pacific 88. -United Aircraft 38. United Corporation 2.

United Fruit 59. United Gas Improve 11. S. Industrial Alcohol 25. 'U.

S. Rubber 48. U. S. Smelting 61.

U. S. Steel 62. U. S.

Steel pfd 116. Utilities Power Se Light A Vanadium Corporatino 25. Wabash Railway 1. Walworth Company 7. Warner Bros Pictures 6.

Western Union Telegraph 23. Westinghouse Airbrake 27. Westlnghouse Elec Se Mfg 114. White Motor 12. Woolworth (F.

49. Worthlngton Se 20. Yellow Truck Se Coach 18. Youngstown Sh Si Tube 49. Total today to noon, 360,000.

Freight Strike Ties Up N. Y. Christmas Trade rilin switched the stock market from the rising track today and lead era backed down fractions. A few aircrafts. rails and special ties managed to hold on to modest phis signs near the lourtn nour.

The fact that volume again dwin- died appreciably on the appearance of declining tendencies seemed to Im press boardrooms lavoraoiy. ine inference being that much of the year-end income tax adjustments had been completed. Fear Trouble Abroad Revised nervousness over the Italo- Trench row and heaviness of the British pound and French franc in iprm of the dollar. It was said, help ed offset hopes for a domestic business upswing in the spring. Irregular bonds and commodities offered scant Inspiration to followers of stocks.

Foreign securities markets were ragged. Backward most of the time were Bethlehem, General Motors, U. S. uiiMwr Texas Fperry. Ana- nonda.

American Can, International Harvester Du Pont, Owens-Illinois and General Electric. Resistant were Glenn Martin, Boeing, Douglas Aircraft. Greyhound Consolidated Edison, Electric Auto-Lite, Great Northern and American Telephone. Under water In the curb were Electric Bond Se Share, Lockheed, American Gas and Lake Shore. On the "big board" V.

S. Smelting and Devoe Se Reynolds weakened, the former following word of a strike in the company' Mexican mines and the latter reflecting yesterday's dividend omission. Universal Pictures Universal Pictures preferred jump-ad sharply to a new high for the year MmandinE business for the concern I roused thoughts of a possible nearby dividend on this stocx, tne nrsi in several years. Orders for 13,000 tons of rails by Norfolk Western drew some sup port for steel shares on tne supposition their carriers would have to come the market soon. 1 The armament them was still a bolstering influence for the aviation department.

New York Bond Market NEW YORK, Dec. 8 Issues wandered erratically to a gen erally narrow bond market Falling back a point or more by mlddav under light offerings were such issues as Carriers Se General 5s, Erie first 4s of "96,, Laclede Gas 5s and Federal Light Se Traction. 8s of 14 Forward about as mucn were Marion Shovel "Western Maryland 4s and Republic Steel 4s. U. S.

governments moved evenly as traders awaited tne treasury mia-December financing. Leaders 'plotting a -narrow course included Minota Central 4s, Erie Ks of Santa Fe At of "95 and American Se Foreign. Power 8s. Detroit Produce DETROIT. Dec.

8 (AP) (USDA) APPLES: Supplies liberal, demand alow, market about steady, eastern crates: Mich. US No. 1, 2tt in. min. Baldwins 85-LOO; Delicious 1.40-1.65; RI Greenings 1.10-155; fair quality 1.00; Grahams 140-; Kings 1.00-1.25; Jonathans 1.50-1.65; Mcintosh 1.35-1.65; Spys 155-150, fail- quality 1.00-110;' Wagners 24 in.

min. Jonathans 1.40-1.50; Suows 1.10-125 bu. baskets. CELERY: Supplies liberal, Demand alow, market dull. Mich, dozens washed locally 40-45; 2-3 crates washed 3 doz.

stalks square hearts 80-85. LEAF LETTUCE. Mich. 10 lb. baskets hothouse 3i.

MUSHROOMS: Mich, pound cartons 17L 23- ONIONS: Supplies moderate. Demand slow, market steady. 50 lb. sacks US No. 1 85-95, few 1.00; whites 75.

2 in. and larger 1.30. POTATOES: Supplier moderate demand slow, market about steady. 100 lb. sacks US Mich.

Russet Rurals 1.10-155; Green Mountains few sales 1.50: Maine Green Mountain 2" in. 1.75-1.80, few 1.85: Idaho Russet Burbanks washed 2.00-2.10. unwashed 1.90-2.00; 10 lb. sacks Idaho Russet Burbanks 22-24. 15 lb.

paper sacks US No. 1 Maine Green Mountains 29-30: 24 in. min. 30; mesh sacks Chlppewas 31. Detroit Livestock DETROIT.

'Dec. 8 (AP) 500; steady. Good to choice rearlings. dry fed. 9.00-10.50: fair to rood yearlings.

dry fed, 8.00-9.00; good to choice heavy steers, dry fed 9.00-10.50; fair to rom neavy steers, ory lea. 7.73-B.7&; fair to good grass steers and heifers, 6 25-750; common butcher cattle, 5.00-6.25; godo to choice bjef cows, 5.25-.75; common to medium beef cows, 4.75-5.25; canner and cutter cows, 3.25-4.75; old rims, 3 00 down; best butcher bulls, 650-7 00: best heavy weight bolognas, 6.00-50; medium weight bolognas, 5.00; light common bulls 4.00-5.00;. stock bulls. 5.00-6.00; good to choice stackers and feeders. 7.00-9.00; common to.

fair stackers and feeders, 5.00-7.00; milkers and springers, 50.00-75.00. Veal calves 300; steady. Best grades 11.00; few select, 11.50: fair to good, 10.00-11.00;- light to common, 4.00-8.50. Shep and lambs 1.000; active. Best lambs, 955-50; few train lambs, 6.75 fair to good, 8.50-9.00; seconds, 3.25 down; best sheep.

3.75-4.00; culls and common, 1.00-2.00. Hogs 500; market steady 7.40. Chicago Poultry CHICAGO, Dec 8 (AP) Poultry live, 2 cars, 47 trucks, geese weaiea balance steady; geese 14ft; other pj ices unchanged. Dressed turkeys steady, prices unchanged. CFrWILLE POTATOES GREENVILLE.

Dec. 8 (AP) Potatoes steady; deliveries light. Shippers paving growers cwt. for U.S. No.

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (AP) Stock market quotations at 1:30 p. Adams Exp, Air Reduction 63i Alaska Juneau 9'i Alleghany Corp 1 Al Chem Dye 180 Allis Ch Mfg 45 Am Can 94i Am Car Fdry Am St For Pow Am International 6 Am Locomotive PI 68 Am Sa $8 Pf 38 Am $5 Pf 33 Am Rad St 16 '4 Am Roll Mill-20 Am Smelt 51U Am Stl Fdrs 33 Am Tel Sn Tel 149 Am Tob Am Wat Wks 12 Am Woolen 5 Am Zinc 6 Anaconda 33 Arm 111 5H Arm Pr Pf 43 Atch St 36 Atl Refining 22 'i Aviation Corp 6T4 Baldwin Loco Ct 13 Bait Se Ohio 6 Barber Co 18 Barnsdall OU 17 Bendlx Aviat 22 Beth Steel 71 Boh Al Brass Khi Borden Co 16 Borg Warner 30 Brlggs Mfg- 28 Budd Wheel 4 Burr Add Mach 17 Butler Bros Byers (AM) Co 11 Calumet Se Hec 8 Can Dry 9Ale 184 Canad Pacific 5 Celanese Corp, 22 Cerro De Pas 46'i Ches Ohio, 33 Si West. Chi Grt West Chi Se Stp St Pf, Chi Rk Is Se Pac, Chrysler Corp, 79 Collins Se Aik, 3314 Colum El, 6 Colum Pict Vtc IS Coml Invest Tr 69 Coml Solvents 9 Comwlth South 1 Congoleum-Nairn 26 Congress Cigar 7 Consol Edison, 28 Consol Oil, 8 Container Corp, 13 Cont Can, 38 Cont Motors, VA Corn Products 63 Crucible Steel 37 Cudahy Pack 13 Curtiss-Wright 6 Dome Mines 32 Dow Chemical 133 Du Pont De 144 Eastman Kodak 182 Eaton Mfg 21 El- Auto Lite 34 EI Power Lt 10'i El Storage Bat 30 Erie l' Fed Mot Truck 4 Firestone Se 23 Free port Sulph 27 Gen Elec 41'4 Gen Foods 37 Gen Motors 47 Gen Ry Signal 2 Gillette Saf 7 Glidden Co 23 Goodrich (BF) 22 Goodyear Se 33 Graham-Paige 1 Gt Nor Iron Ore Ct II Gt Northern Ry Pf 24 Hercules Powder 74 Holland Furn 45 Homestake Mining 50 '4 Houd-Hershey 14 Hudson Bay 32 Hudson Motor 7 Hupp Motor 2 Illinois Central 15 Inland Steel 87 Inspiration Copper 14 Int Harvester 58 Int Hydro-Elec A 6 Int Nick Can 52 Int Shoe 31H Int Tel Se Tel 8 Johns-Man vtlle 101 Kennecott Cop 42 Kresge (SS) 204 Kroger Grocery 20 Lehigh Val Coal 2 Libby Glass 52 Myers 98 Loews Inc 58 Lone Star Cement 58 V4 Louisville Se Nesh 57 Mack Trucks 27 Magma Copper 35 Marshall Field ll'a Miami Copper 10 Mid-Cont Pet 15--- Midland Stl Prod 26 Mo-Kan-Texas 2 Mo Pacific Montgom Ward 5014 Motor Wheel 14 Mueller Brass 26 Murray Corp 8 Nash Kelvinator 8 Nat Biscuit 25 Nat Cash Register 24 Nat Dairy Prod 12 Nat Power Lt 7 Natl Steel 77 Ah- Brake 40 NY Shipbuilding 14 North Amer Co 21 Nor Pac 10 Ohio Oil 9V4 OtU Steel 12 Packard Motor 4 age for his crops of apples anrLV peaches. Carl Sweikert of Hopkii BY INSTITUTE Plan Move Utility And Unclassified Grades Of-Apples GRAND RAPIDS, Dec.

8 A far-reaching plan for the sale of utility and unclassified grades of apples in the form of high grade clarified and pasteurized apple Juice was broached at a meeting of the Michigan apple Institute by V. R. Gardner, director of the Michigan experiment station at East Lansing. Gardner stated that latest methods recently perfected at the experi ment station by R. E.

Marshall make possible the marketing of pure high quality appie juice compeuuon with, other soft drinks. Though low priced to the consumer, the juice would pay the grower. 80 cents per bushel for his unclassified apples Recent exoeriment in the manufac ture and sale of the new-type juice in Lansing shows a very strong de mand for this super-quality, fruit drink. Rarl Steimle. manaarer of the Sod us fruit exchange was named chairman of a committee to plan the Duuomg and operation of a demonstration plant in Grand Rapids for the manufacture and sale of the new juice.

Other committee members are R. A. Buvce of Bangor. William Schaefer of Sparta and Russell Evarts of Lapeer. The demonstration plant would be" operated by the Michigan Apple Institute wlth the' full cooperation of the research and technical staff of the Michigan State college and Experiment Station.

The new type apple juice is made crystal clear a new low-cost method and Is pasteurized by a newly perfected "flash" method. The result is a pure apple juice far superior in appearance, flavor and keeping quality to anything hitherto known. Gardner predicted that every bushel of Michigan utility and unclassified grade apples could be marketed within the state at a good profit to the grower by the new apple juice method, FREY NAMEDDEPUTY STATEJECRETARY DETROIT, Dec. 8 (AP) Appoint ment of James G. Prey, of BattJe Creek, as deputy secretary of state, was announced here today by Harry Kelly, of Detroit, who takes office as secretary of state, Jan.

2. Observers saw in the appointment of Prey, to the politically important post of deputy secretary of state an attempt today to heal an Incipient rift between young Republicans and the old-line party organization. Frey was one of a goup of aspirants for state office whom Young Republicans had been grooming for places on the party ticket prior to the state convention in Grand Rapids, which resulted in a complete organization victory. Boomed for state treasurer, his fight for nomination never reached the convention nodr. Chicago Livestock CHICAGO, Dec.

8 (AP)-(USDA) Hogs 18,000 including 3,500 direct; active; fully steady with Wednesdays average; only few early sales 5-10 cents oft; tor 7.55; bulk good and choice 160-290 lbs. 7.35-50; with 7.40 and .45 paid freely; good medium weight and heavy packing sows 6.90-7.15; smooth light weights to 7.25. Cattle calves 1,200, market less active than Wednesday's; shippers and order buyers paying steady price for strictly good and choice offerings; killing quality much less desirable than Wednesday; thus tending to softm a current decline on common medium and ordinary good grades; bulk steers of value to sell at 8.75 to 11.00; long yearlings 12.50, the top: several loads yearlings as well as Ilea, "wjn.j 0vx steady; best 10.15; light heifers sold up TO lU.ao laie weiuiesasy; cows steady to weak; bulls strong to shade 9.50; weighty sausage bulls up to 6.85; no Win SLOCKClB acre, muucmic supply warmed-up yearlings and light feeders going back at J.50 to 8.50. Sheep 7,000 Including none direct; late Wednesday fat lambs steady to strong; spots 10 higher; bulk 0.00 to SJ25; packers top S.35; one load to shippers 9.45; yearlings steady; medium to choice 6.50 to 8.00; today's trade fat lambs active strong spots tA Viafai1rh0i" IU- hllllr ft 2S down; sheep steady: native ewes upward to 3.75 and 4.00. Butter and ggs CHICAGO, Dec 8 (AP) Butter 681,456, weak; creamery specials 93 score) 28K-29; extras (92) 28; extra firsts (90-91) 21-; firsts (88-89) 26 72; seconds 84-87 H) 21Vi; standards (90 centralized carlots) 27-28.

Eggs 2,977, weak; fresh graded firsts 26; refrigerator extras 22 standards 22 U. firsts 21; other prices unchanged. It costs 21 cents to produce a pound of butterfat and 95 cents to produce 100 pounds of milk, according to a report covering milk production in the North Berrien Dairy Herd Improvement association during the last testing period. The association average, based on tests of 355 cows, showed production cf 6312 pounds of milk and 28.8 pounds of butterfat. During the past month two new members have joined the organization.

Dr. W. A. Smith, well-known Berrien Springs physician, and Bren-nan Se Jones of Sodus. The tester, Noble O.

Walrott, In submitting his report stated that herds are in barns on a winter feeding program. An abundance of good quality roughage tends to cut down oh feed costs because less high concentrates need to be purchased, he suggested. The Emmanuel Missionary college herd of 47 Guernsey and Holstein cattle receive recognition for producing 8934 pounds of milk and 36.6 pounds of butterfat per animal in the large herd division. The Mt. Pleasant purebred Guernseys owned by R.

A. Stelnke set the mark for the medium sized herds with an average of 908.4 pounds of milk and 40.9 pounds of butterfat. In this same class The Walnut Lane purebred and grade Guernseys owned by Miles Skinner were a close second with an average of 735.3 pounds of milk and 40.1 pounds of butterfat. The Julius Ginter Se Son herd of grade Guernseys topped the small herd division with an average ol 745.8 pounds of milk and 36 pounds of butterfat. The Tamarack Ridge purebred Guernseys owned by Fred Gleason were close behind with an average production of 740.5 pounds cf milk and 36.2 pounds of butterfat.

Individual Recognition Given with name, breed, owner and production shows: Two Year Olds Willowlea Valdora Edna, RG, Berrien Infirmary, 1,764 pounds of milk, 49.4 pounds of fat; Carcll of Mt. Pleasant, RG. Harold Stelnke, 1.131 pounds of milk, 48.6 pounds of fat; Cal- of Hickory Grove, RG, Clark Se Nimtz, 912 pounds Of milk, 48 3 pounds of fat; and Prlncette of Tamarack, RG, Robert Tills trom, 954 pounds of milk, 43 pounds of fat. Three Year Olds Helen of Walnut. Lane, RG.

Miles Skinner, 1,302 pounds of milk. 724 pounds of fat; Lily of the Mud Farm, RG, R. A. Stelnke, 1,482 pounds of milk, 63.7 pounds of fat; Mary, GO, Julius Ginter Se Son, 1,119 pounds of milk, 53.7 pounds of fat; nd Blossom, GG, Miles Skinner, 930 pounds of milk, 47.4 pounds of fat. Four Year Olds No.

7, GG. Charles Wyant, 1278 pounds of milk, 79.2 pounds of fat; Alice, GG, Julius Ginter Se Son, 983 pounds of milk, 63.1 pounds of fat; Donna of Pipestone Creek, RG, J. A. Stump St Sons, 1,128 pounds of milk, 62 pounds of fat; and Queen, GH, E. M.

college, 1,470 pounds of milk, 554 pounds of fat. Mature Animals Pat Ormsby 8ylvta, RH, E. M. college, 2,085 pounds of milk, 70 pounds of fat; Bess Fobes Ormsby Sylvia, RH, E. M.

college, 1,689 pounds Of milk, 642 pounds of fat; Dorothy of Peach Ridge, RG, Miles Skinner. 1,014 pounds of milk, 614 pounds of fat; and Bell of Meadow Lane, RG, Hudson Brothers, 1260 pounds of milk, 58 pounds of fat. JR. FARM bureau to HOLD 'FUN NIGHT EAU CLAIRE, Dec. 8.

The Berrien nmint.v Juninr farm bureau has In vited members of the Senior farm bureau to "Family Fun Night" on December 12 at the high school here. A program of entertainment, run and information Is being planned by the committee. The event will start at 8 p. m- and refreshments will be served. In charge of the affair are Mr.

ana Ur Hnrrv Nvc find Mrs. Emmet Naoe, August Schulfz, Gladys Pudell, Francis Moie ana Ktoert rue FENNVILLE CTORY HEAD TO Gt TO FLA. FENNVILLE. Dec. 4 George Bur leigh, manager of thstefien cider mill and vinegar facty here, will leave with his wife Shortly after Christmas on a vacation In Florida.

Keith Hutchlns. empltred in the plant for the past five will as- sume charge during absence. In addition to thi Burlelgh's ar works. the 8tefien company also has a pickle works where the specialty dills. Thr factory has enjoyed a good year although Ahe short apple crop made raw materials more scarce than usual.

told of how he uses junked raiiroaio. refrigerator cars for farm cold storage, and Otto Klenk of Sparta told of his storage installation. W. C. Dutton or East Lansing warned against injuring the apple foliage with Improperly proportioned spray materials.

On varieties susceptible to scab growers were advised to use lime-sulphur solution previous to the blossom period and wettable sulphur thereafter. On non-susceptible varieties th: wettable sulphur was recommended throughout. In the cover sprays a corrective materia was advised to offset arsenical Injury. The best corrective was said to be four pounds each of zinc sulphate and, lime to 100 gallons of spray mixture. 'L.

M. Turk of the M. S. C. stressed the need for more humus and organic matter In orchard soils, and advised i fertilizer with the cover crop seeding.

Astounding Yields Percy Anderson of Fremont told bow he grew the biggest yield of ap- pies ever produced in Michigan on an CHICAGO WHEAT PRICES CLIMB CHICAGO. Dec. 8 (AP)-Asser- tions that foreign political news was more disturbing than any time since the Munich settlement lifted Chi cago wheat values of a cent at times today. Significance was attached to an unexpected sharp upturn of Liverpool wheat quotations and to a fall of British exchange rates. Word that some United States corn, estimated at 200,000 bushels had been purchased for shipment to Europe helped give independent strength to corn prices.

The Buenos Aires corn market was closed today, but Argentine quotations showed decided ad ditional upturns last night after business in Chicago had enoed. Chicago receipts of corn were again meager, only 71 cars today. Rye and oats turned with wheat and corn, provisions held about steady. At the close, Chicago whet futures were Vt-Vi higher compared with yesterday's finish, Dec. 64tt-, May 67-.

corn May 52-, and oats unchanged to hi cent advance. BIG TOLL AS TYPHOON SWEEPS PHILIPPINES MANILA, Dec. 8 (AP) A terrific tvphoon swept over several provinces southeast of Manila today, leaving thousands homeless, causing floods over a wide area, and disrupting com munications. Meager reports listed. nineteen dead.

The storm passed south of Manila, hit northern Mindoro island and swept into the China sea. All sectors reported heavy damage to private end public properties, and to crops. A typhoon signal, indicating the center of the storm was over the region, was hoisted In Sorsogon, Allay, and Camarines Sur provinces. Masbate, Romblon, Marinduque, Ley-te, Samar and South Tayabas provinces also were hit hard. Communication lines in fifteen provinces were prostrated.

FATHER COUGHLIH SUES FOR LIBEL DETROIT, Dec. 8 (AP). Father Charles E. Coughlln, pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower, filed a suppressed suit for $2,000,000 against the Detroit Free Press in circuit court today, charging, libel. The suit, filed by the Detroit law firm of Milburn and Semmes, seeks (l.OOO.OOO actual and $1,000,000 punitive damages.

I Port Commission To Meet Monday On Twining Basin The Twin City Port commission will meet next Monday at 4 p. m. at the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce offices to take action upon the recent request of the St. Joseph and Benton Harbor Chambers of Commerce that steps be take" at once to request the city commissions of the twin cities to join in condemnation proceedings to acquire sufficient land for the construction of the projected new turning basin for St.

Joseph harbor. NEW YORK, Dec 8 (AP). Paralysis of trucking in New York, with attendant crippling of Christmas shopping deliveries, was threatened today stevedores employed at highway terminals struck and truck drivers joined in a sympathetic movement by refusing to handle cargoes. By forenoon, a the major freight terminals reported stoppage of work at the platforms. Strike leaders 2,000 stevedores were involved in the walkout and that the strike, which started at midnight, would extend to Jersey City and-Hoboken, N.

J. BERRIEN REFUGEES' APPEAL SUM TOTALS $1,438 IN 12 DAYS The executive committee of the Berrien County Appeal for the Emergency Relief of German Refugees (Jewish, Catholic, Protestant) will meet Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the St. Joseph room of the Hotel Whitcomb in St. Joseph, it was announced today by J. J.

Theisen, committee chairman. The sum of $1,438.92 has been subscribed by Berrien citizens and business firms In the first 12 days of this local canvass for refugee relief funds, committee secretary C. P. Fletcher announced this morning. Subscriptions ara being received at the Farmers Merchants National bank and the Bmton Harbor State bank, in Benton Harbor, and at the Peoples State bank in St.

Joseph. The, fund collected here will be equally divided between the three faiths of refugees Jewish, Catholic and Protestant. It is pointed out that because of the emergency existing in the refugee situation and the acute needs of the three national "refugee relief bodies with whom the local organization is cooperating, the Berrien Appeal hopes to complete its canvass within a short period, possibly by December 15; SPECIALIST ON POULTRY TO BE AT EAU CLAIRE EAU CLAIRE, Dec. 8. A poultry specialist, -Carl Kidman of Michigan State college, will speak on poultry raising and feeding at a meeting to be held at the Eau Claire Co-Op- erative on the evening of December 13.......

Although the meeting is sponsored by the co-operative, all persons may come regardless if they are members or dot, the committee arranging the program stated. Besides the poultry part of the program there will be motion pictures on calf feeding. Refreshments will be served following the Coughlin Offers Jews Raiio Time To Answer His Charge DETROIT. Dec. 8.

(AP) Father Charles E. Coughlln today offered the lost 45 minutes of his radio hour next Sunday to the Detroit Jewish Community council for any answer" lt may desire to make to his charges that Jewish capital supported the Russian revolution. acre of ground On two acres of Northern Spy trees, set 30 by 30 Itf and 28 years old, Anderson harvest Detroit Stock List DETROIT. Dec. 8 (AP) Noon stock prices: Allen lis Burroughs A Com, 18 Commonwealth Sou 1 Detroit Se Cleveland Nav.

.63 Graham Paige Com 1 Hurd Lock .58 Kingston Products 2 Kinsel Drug Co 52 Mahon (RC) Glass A pf 23 McClanahan Refin Inc. .78 Parke-Davis 41 Peninsular Metal Pri 2 Rlckel 3 Standard Tube 2 Tom Moore Dist .40 Walker Co 3 Warner Aircraft Cora .93 Wolverine Tub Pf 88 Mithawaka Livestock MISHAWAKA, Dec. 8 Pigs 100 to 140 pounds, 8655. Hogs 140 to 160 pounds, 160 to 180 pounds, 180 to 240 pounds, 240 to 260 pounds, 260 to 280 pounds, 280 to 300 pounds, 300 to 325 pounds, 325 to 375 pounds; 375 pounds and up, $6.35. Sows Under 350 pounds, $655; J30 to 500 pounds, 500 pounds and up.

$5.85. Stags Under 500 pounds 500 pounds and up, $4.50. Calves 9 cents tops. Bulls $6. Spring lambs 6 cents a pound; Chicago Potatoes CHICAGO, Dec.

8 AP) (USDA) Potatoes 78, on track 341, total US shipments 492; Idaho Russets and Colorado McClures, best quality steady, fair quality sUghtly weaker, northern stock steady; supplies liberal, demand very slow; sacked per cwt. Idaho Russet Burbanks US No. 1. very few sales 1.70-80 showing slight freezing 1.65; Colorado Red McClures US No. 1, cotton and burlap sacks 1.75-90 according to quality and color; Wisconsin Round Whites US No.

1. 1.00-10; Michigan Russet Rurals US No. 1. 1.10; North Dakota Bliss Triumphs 90 per cent DS No. 1.

and better few sales 1.45-55: Earlv Ohlos 9 Oper cent US No. 1. 1.30. Saginaw Bean Market SAGINAW. Mich, Dec.

8 (AP) Michigan Bean ShiODers association Thursday prices: Haudplcked pea beans 1.65 per handpicked red kidneys light 2.75. dark 2.75; hand-tricked velloweves 3.00: choice reclean- ed cranberries light 3.25, dark 2.75. at the rate of 1,833 bushels per aet The trees are in sod, they were prun- ed rather heavily the past eight years, spraying was stopped June 15, no thinning was sulphate of am- monia fertilizer was applied early in i the spring at the rate of seven to 10 pounds per tree. Anderson said this phenomenal yield was partly due to consistently good care and partly to an excep- i tionally favorable growing season. The trees bloomed very heavily and five colonies of bees were used on the two acres for pollination.

Anderson i said, "Outside of that I just stayed out of the way and let 'em grow." V. R. Gardner, Michigan, experi- i ment station director, explained the factors that determine and Influence coloring of apples. Roadside markets were discussed by S. A.

Green of Hillsdale, J. J. Hill ofjj Montrose, and F. C. Ehrinsrer rr Adrian.

Carl Busklrk, of Paw Paw, chair- an of the resolutions committee man said his report will be ready for ac tlon on the floor of the convention today. Other committee members are J. J. Hill of Montrose and Floyd Helsel of Grand Rapids. TRAIN COACHES OVERTURNED AUSTOT.

Tex, Dec. 8 (AP). The engine and all except two coaches of the Missouri Pacific railroad's crack Sunshine Special overturned near Mc- Neil, 15 miles north of here today, juring the engineer and a mail ctei, No passengers weit reported injured-.