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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18,1940 THE FREEPORT JOURNAL-STANDARD MARKET REPORTS-STOCKS AFTER ATTEMPT AT RALLY BETHLEHEM, CHRYSLER, V. STEEL, FEW OTHER FAVORITES HOLD New York, Dec. straggling upturn in the stock market noon met opposition today and prices resumed an indecisive drift. Clinging to small advances were BethJhem, Chrysler, American Telephone, Sperry, United States and General Motors. Lower-priced rails resumed a recovery trend in an uneven bond market.

Reports the national defense ad- viiory commission might adopt shortly a scheme for rationing steel other vital metals helped concentrate financial attention on the attempted speed-up of defense production and aid to England. The "Iron Age" said the proposed priority system on metals apparently was "Intended as one method of living prompt aid to Great Britain, far as the steel Industry is concerned, since the supply of steel Jot defense projects and for full civilian consumption has not yet proved to be inadequate. Demand for steel, the trade publication reported, remained heavy in major selling areas but elsewhere a let-down was noted. Navy contracts for 40 additional destroyers and for expansion of facilities enhanced the picture of rising Washington pres- of acceleration of war Industry. Agreeing with conclusions of numerous other forecasts, the U.

S. bureau of Agricultural economics predicted still greater Industrial Improvement in following the upswing in factory indices this year. Selling increased in late dealings, making the day's turnover approxi- nately 700,000 shares. Clewing Prices A Adams Express--5T4 Alaska Allied Chem and Dve--162(4 Allis Chalm American American Car and Fdy--29 American Locomotive--1C American American Power and Lt--2Vi American Rad and St S--6i American Roller American Smelt and Ref--42 American Steel American Tel and Tel--166 American Tobacco B--69 American Water Works--6 i Zinc and S--7 Armour of Illinois--4'? Atch and F--1 Atl Ref--24 Atlas--7 Av Corp--4 Bald and O-- Barnsdall Oil Bea Cream-- 24 Ben Av Beth Stl-- So Boc Airp-- 1714 Border. Borg Warner 20 Briggs Mfg-- 24 '1 Budd Mfg-- 5 Budd Whl-- 7 Cal and Hec Wl Can Dry Ale-- 12 Can Pac-- Case-- 55 Cater Tr-- Cclanese Csrro De Pas Certd Prod-- Ches and Ohio-- 4,2 Chrysler Corp-- 74 Cola-- 106 Colgate Pal'iolive Peel 11 Coluni Gas and Elec 4'j Com! Credit 29 Ccml Solvents Com and Saiath Cons Copper 6 7 Cons Edison-- 21" Cons Oil-- 5 Contl Can-- Oil Del-- 19 -i Com Prod-- 42V Crown ZeHcr-- Curtiss Wright-- Deere and Co-- Delaware Lack and W-- 2N Distill Corpor S-- IS Domes Mines 16'.

Douglas Aircraft 77 DM Ponl dc Hem Eastman Kodak-- 233 Electric Auto Lite 33 Electric Bpatr-- H'- Kniric Power and Lt General General! Foods-- 36 General JSolors-- 4S 3 Gil Sri R-- 3 Goodrich-- Ooodyear-- 18 Ot Wor Ir Ore Clr-J5 3 Ot HOT Ry PJ-351. Becker Prod-- 7U Honotake Mln- Hood Her B-14 Houston on-- 4 I 1C-- Inspjnl Inlerlake IntHar-- Inl Nick dan-- I and PT-- I and T-3U Mm Copper Kresgc 8 Knter Grocery-- Llbby Owens Ford Liggett and Myers B--94 Vi Loews Loft Mack Trucks--27Ti Marshall Masonlte Corpor--27 Vi Mid-Continent Minneapolis Montgomery Ward--36Vi Murray--7v-i Nash Nat 2 Nat Cash Reg--13 Nat Dairy Pr--13-J, Nat Nat Ld--17 Natl Stl--66 Newport In--8 C--13'A. No Am Nor Am Co--Wi Nor Pac--6 Ohio OtisJStl--8A Owens El Packard--3 Par Penney Pennsylvania Railroad--21 Phelps Dodge--34 Philip Phillips Public Service J--28 Pullman--26 Pure Oil--7; 8 Radio Corpor of Radio Keith Orph--3tf Remington Rand--8Vi Republic Reynolds Tobacco B--31K 3 Safeway Stores--41 Schenley Sears Shell Union Simmons Co-- 19T4 Smith Socony Vacuum--8 Southern Southern Sperry--38 Standard Brands--6 Standard Oil Cal--18 Standard Oil Standard Oil J--33K Stewart Warner--7 tt Stone and Webster--7 V4 Texas Corp--39 Texas Gulf Sulph--36'4 Tide Water A Timken Det Axle--29 Timken Roller B--49 Vi Twent Cenutry Union Carbide--68 Union Pacific--75 United Air United Aircraft--43 United United United- -Fruit--68 United Gas Imp--9S United States Rubber--M United States Steel--67 United States steel pf--128't Wal worth--5 i Brothers Pict--3u Western Union Teleg--19 Ti Westinghouse Air Brake--30 Westinghouse El and Mfg--103 White Wilson and Wool worth Yellow Truck and Coach--15 Youngs town Sheet and T--39 Zenith Radio--14S. Closing New York Curb American and T--llii Ark Nat Gas A--1 vi Cities Service--5Vi Cities Service pf--M Cleveland Com and South--1-64 Eiec Bond and Ford Can A--10 Gulf Oil--31 3 i Humble--63 Lone Nat North Amer and pi--85 Republic Aviation--4H United Gas-- tfnited Lt and Power A--5-16 United Lt and Power GOVERNMENT BONDS Trcas 45-43-- MH.12 Trcas 3s Treas 59-5S--11O26 HOLC 3s 52-44--10tJ. Chicago Stocks P.

Armour 4 BcntJis-- 32 Bore Warner 30 BuUcr-- 4 Cent Ps Pfd-- Chgo Corp-- Chpo Yellov-- 9 M. Com Ed-- Ciadahy PId 77 Gt Laics Dredge-- Std Drcdce 2 s-- 2H, WJs Bank Sh-- 15.40; new high on crop; next highest price 15.15; stockcr trade slow, steady; suitable kind scarce; me- cilum heifers 0.00 down; good and choice kind'steady; little selling above 11.00; best In load lots 11.50; but odd lots up to 12.50; cows and bulls strong to shade higher; weighty sausage bulls to 7.40; cutter cows 5.85 down; vealcrs steady at t.5Q fr 10.50. Salable total laic yesterday's trade: fat lambs steady to 15 cents lower; mostly steady; top 9.15 springly to shippers; bulk good to choice fed westerns and natives 99 pounds down 9.00^9.10; load 84 pound yearlings steady at 8.25; today's trade: little done early on fat lambs; asking strong to fully 15 cents higher or up to 9 25 and slightly above on good-to choice grades; most early bids steady to weak; package medium natives sold steady at 8 50 with a few common sorted out 6.00; yearlings steady; good to choice fed yearlings 8.0008.25; load mixed shorn yearlings and twos 6.00 straight. LIVESTOCK ESTIMATES Chicago, Dec. salable livestock receipts for tomoirow: cattle, sheep 5,000.

A I Chicago, Dec. of December contracts of wheat and com, in which trading ceases Saturday, lifted prices to cents at times today and helped to strengthen quotations of deferred deliveries as well as other grains. E-educed marketings of both wheat and corn at principal trading centers attracted attention. Twelve interior terminals including Chicago received only 173,000 bushels of wheat and 444,000 bushels of corn compared with 272,000 and 1,023,000 respectively a week ago and 348,000 and 882,000 a year ago. Washington trade reports were that the Red Cross has asked for bids on 5.000 barrels of flour for Greece and 50.000 to barrels for Spain but purchases have been held, in abeyance.

were: Wheat, 12 cars; corn, 100; oats, 44. Wheat closed cent off to cent higher compared with yesterday; December 88 May 84 to corn, unchanged to cent higher, December May 60H to oats unchanged to Vi of a cent up. cate lots per paid by rc- talleis, hotels, restaurants and Institutions wore down 2 cents, U. S. extras, white, lobte, 36; cartocm.s 37.

Poultry-- Live; 1 car in. 34 tiuck-s; steady to i hens over 5 pounds 15; five pounds and under, 12'i leghorns, 10' broilers, pounds and down, colored, 1C; Plymouth Rock, 16; White Rock, 10; 16; four pounds up, colored 16; Plymouth Rock, 17; White Rock, ITa'. under 4 poundi, colored, 15; Plymouth Rock, 16; White Rock, 16; roosters, Leghorn roosters, 10; clucks, 4'i pounds up colored, 13; white, small colored, 11; small white, 11; geese, 12 pounds down, 13 a over 12 pounds, turkeys, toms, old. 12; young, over, 18 pounds, 15; 18 pounds and down, 1C; hens, 13; capons, 7 pounds up, 21; under 7 pounds, 19; slips, 17. Turkeys, box packed, toms, young, 14 to 16 pounds, 21'L-; 1G to 18 pounds.

18 to 20 pounds, 2m; over 22 pounds, 21; old toms, young hens, all weights, 24 Vi. Cheese-- Twins, Daisies. ISVi'SlS'i; Longhorns, 13 'Aft 13 Potatoes Arrivals, 127; on track, 371; total shipments 433. Supplies Liberal; demand moderate; market firm. Idaho Russet Burbanks, IN AT CITY HALL (Continued Prom Page I) 1 GO; Nebraska Bliss Triumphs, 1.75 1.80; Minnesota and North Dakota Red River Valley section Cobblers, late Tuesday 1.02 i Early Ohios 1.00; Bliss Triumphs, unwashed, .75 a 1.02' 2 Colorado Red McClures 1.50.

GHATS SD High Low Wheat- Dec. 88 88 May 84'- 83 '-i Jul? 79 78 Corn- Dec. PKOVISIONS Previous Close Close 83 88H-88 84-84 i 84U-34 784-79 May July" Oats- Dec. 39-, May 35-; July 60 60 60 39'i 35 Soy Beans- Dec. 86'i May 89 July Rye- Dec.

43 May 46-i 46 July Lard- Dec. 4.12 4-12 60 li 59'i-S. 39 '-i 87-j-j, 86 Vi 43 46 4.12 35 39'i 88 3 83-4 46 47 4.10 No. LIVE STOCK Chicago. Dec.

States Cepartnwnl of Afrtcaltoret--8ala- pie total HMO: cen- tra! trade active; 10 cents lower lhan Taoday's average; top 625: bulk food and choke am to 2M pounds tnosl 3M to 330 pound butchers wtJl- finished 170 to 1M poond 1 good pacttnc 49 pounds down -V25f 5JO: few Hgtit botcher Wads 5.65; most 4W to SM pound sows. SOOSM. Satable CaWJe-- 10.0W; 1,000: an grades and choice Mid prime utedium weights and weighty steers steady; medium to good heavies doll: general Acer market aJow; wrth tods grading gvud Hid pntomhMtlng; awrtly trade wttli eral tends 14.00 and strictly prone 1377 pound aveiagevbringing CASH GRAIN Chicago. Dec. Wheat--No.

2 hard. 89 Vi: sample grade. i9 No. 1 hard. 90.

Com-- Ko. 4 mixed, No. 2 yel- TT 624: No. 3 yellow. 60 S62'4; No.

yellow. No. 5 yellow 55 No. 3 white. 67: sample grade 2S54' Oats-- No.

1 white. 41: No. 2 while 40 No. 3 while sample grade 1 white heavy. 4 IS: No.

2 heavy. No. 3 white hearv 38H" No. 4 white heavy. 8'V: No.

1 mixed heavy. 38'38H: o. 1 red heavy. Barley-- Malting nominal, eed. nominal; No.

2 maH- ntj 62, Soy Beans-- No. yellow. 91: No. vciiow 89HS90: No. 4 yellow.

sample grade. S5S- Flcld seca per nunarcdwelsht. nominal: Timothy seed. 4.00: Alsike Clover seed. Ixncv Bed Top, 75008.00: Red Clover seed.

SJOOO 10.00: Sweet Clover. 3-SQfiHLOO. PRODUCE Chicago. Dec Bailer-- Bc- ceipts '436524 pounds: market. wca3t: creamery.

93 score. 356 92 score. 91 score. 90 score, 89 score. 33: 88 score, 90 score, centralized cartcns, 34.

Egss-- RcccJpls 3.060 cases: market weak; fttsh graded firsts, 36; firsts. 25: current rc- ceipts, 24: duties. SO 1 fresh checks. Tcfriscrslor dwcJcs. 17; refrigerator extras.

22: refrigerator standards. 21 3 Department ol agracafrurc quoii- Uons on eovcmmcnt gradod eggs. COURT HEARS HOtt' 'GULP 'DISINTEGRATED' THREE SUBS PERILING CANAL Los Angeles, Dec. scription of a gold-producing love ray that filled the coffers of the I Am cult to overflowing was placed today before a federal court jury hearing the mail fraud trial of 10 of the organization's leaders. Mrs.

Muriel Bliss of Chicago testified that the I Am leaders preached that the ray, radiated toy mass vibrations, had saved the from disaster and precipitated gold into "love gift boxes." She said that the cult leaders told their 1.000,000 followers throughout the United States that so much gold had been amassed that the I Am treasury was sufficiently large to pay the entire debt of the world five times. They also promised. Mrs. Bliss said, that I Am devotees couid precipitate a little gold for themselves by calling on the "love ray" pipeline but that she tried the formula seven days a week for years without success. She even tried to an automobile, she said.

"Do you inquired Federal Judge Leon R. Yankwich. "that the automobile would come down from heaven instead of from Ford's "Yes. that's we were taught." she replied. The government contended that the "love ray" actually operated through the facilities of the United States mail service, and that through it Mrs.

Edna Baliard. widow of the I Am founder, her son, Donald, aixi the eight others on trial mulcted their followers of S3.000.- 000 in recent years with allegedly fraudulent claims of supernatural powers. 'Subs Destroyed' The Ballards told Mrs. Biiss to practice sex abstinence and to advise her married daughter to do likewise, she told the court. She said she complied.

Mrs. Ballard once told her. Mrs. Bliss said, that Ballard. who died last year, was asleep in Mt.

Shasta and was awakened at the sound of a. talc breaking. about, he Walnut avenue. Wllllarn Timms, 446 North Nursery avenue. Fourth ward-John Schuth, 603 South Galena avenue.

Leroy J. Blatlau, 4 East Douglas street. Sixth ward-Warren E. Scovill, 869 West Pleasant street. Seventh ward-Louis Kracht, 1428 South Carroll avenue.

City Clerk Gorge W. Loveland. 622 West Stephenson street. City Treasurer R. H.

Bangs, 1233 South West avenue. Supervisor A. H. Ludolph, 732 West Cottonwood street. John Hart, 424 West Main street.

S. J. Ludwlg, 209 South Galena avenue. Robert J. Crlddle, 1408 West Lincoln boulevard.

Assistant Supervisor John H. Williams, 219 West Winnifred street. Justice of the Peace William Roscoe Carnahan, 1314 West Stephenson street. M. L.

Karels, 210 West Washington place. Homer Shons, 116 West Douglas street. Roman F. Zdler, 747 West Ringold street. Constable William Brandt, 501 South State avenue.

Charles Bird, 645 West Chestnut street. Charles Price, 609 South Cherry avenue. PEOPLE'S TICKET Mayor Emil Raih, 528 East Illinois street. William E. Buck, 1001 West Galena avenue.

Aldermen Third ward-Leonard Som, 20 South Sherman avenue. Frank Daniels, 911 East Shawnee streeo. Frank Perta, 721 East Winnishiek; street. Fourth ward- Walter E. Mack, 311 South Van Buren avenue.

Ferd D. Tappe, Licondo hotel. Fifth ward-Peter cmourke, 803 South Carroll avenue. City Clerk William S. Shouer, 929 South Carroll avenue.

Supervisor Theodore Terry, East Spring street. Alfred P. Miller, 704 South Benton avenue. Charles L. Crow, West Homer street.

Harry G. Scheldt, 902 South Float avenue. Justice of the Peace Joseph G. Myers, 526 West Galena avenue. Constable Frank J.

Knauff, 419 North West avenue. Later Filings Additional filings later today included: Louis A. Klemke, 611 South Benton avenue, alderman Fifth ward; Edward S. Jacobs, 725 East Iroquois street, alderman third ward, and Oscar Rotzler, 515 North Walnut avenue, assessor, all on the People's ticket. PHONE the baby but were unable to find him in the smoke, gaa and flame- filled room.

The child's body wad later found in the ashes of the house. Davldsmeyer drove his wife and Cox to the Beardstown hospital where Mrs. Davidsmeyer died. The two who were treated for burns, are expected to recover. An inquest Into the baby's death will be held heie today and another into the death of the mother will be held today at Beardstown, 3100 BABY BEING TRAINED FOR IMMORTALITY IS RETURNED TO PARENTS New York, Dec.

experiment in the attainment ot immortality has ended for Baby Jean Gauntt, who was never to hear mention ot death or disease. She's going home to the modest flat of her mother, Mrs. Catherine Gauntt, a domestic--leaving the 110- room one-time Vanderbuilt mansion on Long Island which has been occupied since 1938 by the Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphysicians. The fellowship's leader, James B. Schafer, and bis followers express belief that illness and death are caused by destructive thinking, and that Immortality "can be actually achieved, not as a ghost or spirit." They planned to rear Jean in line with their belief.

The Metaphysicians took blue- eyed, red-haired Jean under their roof 15 months ago when one of the followers reported that her parents were unable to support her and were willing to have her adopted into a suitable home. "Now," said Schafer. "the I have adjusted themselves and they want her back." The fraternity will permit her to do. The Metaphysicians had never adopted her officially. Jean was a year old In June.

Whether she goes on being immortal, Schafer Indicated, was for her parents to decide. $10. C. OT OFFER AS HEROIC EFFORTS OF TWO YOUNG MEN FAIL TO SAVE YOUNG MOTHER AND IAIY Chandlervilie. HI, Dec.

of two young men in attempting to rescue a 19-year-oJd farm mother and her six old baby from a blazing house was related today as plans were made for inquests into the deaths of Mrs. Louise Davnismeyer and her son, Billy. Mrs. Davidsmeyer died at totrn hospital several hours after ah; a ferocious panther through taken there by her husband, the foliage. jtJrville Davidsmeyer.

21. and feeling of love s-arpt over me." neih Cox. 19. a farm helper. The she qoted Ballard as sayuig.

"It baby burned to death when the lire went out like a ray of light lo the destroyed their farm house. SURVIVORS TELL OF SEA 1UGEDY DESCRIBE BOW CAPTAIN AND STEWARD WENT DOWN WITH SHIP panther. The vicious glare in the panther's eyes softened, and he came up to me. I stroked his head and he lay down and rolled over like a kiUcn." Assistant C. S.

Attorney Halph Lazarus introduced as evidence yesterday a report of a Chicago I Am meeting in 1939 at which BaUaro called on his followers to "make the call" and aid the organization's secret sen-See" in disin- three German submarines the Panama canal on a mission of destruction. Within an hour Ballard reported Shal the had Urc dcnrod effect and the had been destroyed, one when 11 was less than 60 miles from the canal entrance. HWrr'-s plans for a world con- ipacst In one of the sub- STATE Show Starts At r. M. lfe-15c ITOMGtTf--tMS THURSDAY li)rilbi! Xerrr BcfceW ITT Free Show SAT.mRM..KG.2l 10 P.

M. ealare KMdies. pwaiMr. bring canned frail, anythint to help tm Xmms the FREENRT Ihtilrt TIE RIM SEAT The Davkismeyer family, irith Cox. were sitting In the kitchen of ihcir home when kerosene with Davjcsmeyer was attempting to revive a fare, exploded, spraying ihc Mazing fuel over the room.

The only csit being blocked by fire. Jhe young father kicked out a and jumped to the ground. He then forced another door into ibe house and was able to drat wife and Cox outside. The two men returned to the blazing house in an attempt to rescue marine? and those in their waterproof containers, were to remain on the Pacific floor "unUl the day when we oring it forth and reveal ihr evidence which it con- BaJJard was quoted tell- the Chicago meeting. A West Coast Port, England, Dec.

18--'LP)--Fifty-three passengers and 99 crew members, survivors of the torpedoed liner Western Prince, arrived today -scith the story of her master, Capt. John Reed, who three whistle blasts to departing lifeboats before going down with his ship, and an heroic steward who "went down with the old man." Among the survivors were C. D. Howe. Canadian minister of munitions and supply: W.

C. Woodward, of Vancouver, member of Howe's staff: E. P. Taylor of Toronto, director of Canadian munitions production: James Bone, editor of the Manchester Guardian: and Col. A E.

McCrae, member of the British purchasing commission in the United States. Among the six passengers and nine crew members believed missing was Gordon Scott, Montreal financier, who was lost when a lifeboat overturned. The Western Prince was torpedoed last week-end off the northern tip of Ireland. All passengers took to lifeboats. The said the torpedo did little noticeable damage when it hit, but that soon the chip slowly settled forward.

'Goodbye The lifeboats were launched into high aeas when after several hours a rweue ship arrived, one of them was tossed against the side of the snip, crushing passengers and crew members who were attempting to climb a ropa ladder. Another lifeboat capctoed, and some of its occupants were drowned. Captain Reed stood on deck and shouted to the circling lifeboats: "Goodbye. Oive my respects to all at home." Then he blew three blasts of the ship's whistle. The sound was like the ship's requiem to those in the tossing lifeboats.

A moment 'later she sank. Standing by the master's side when the ship went down was a cockney steward named Pranks. Survivors said he had helped fill the lifeboats: then stayed aboard. Pellow crew members shouted to him: "Come on. "I'm staying behind to do some looting, he replied.

"I'm slaying along with the old man." WANTS MOEE BACK PAY FOR 72 yOUNGSTOWN SHEET WORKERS Pittsburgh, Dec. Steel Workers Organizing committee today rejected as "Inadequate" an offer by the Youngstown Sheet Tube to pay 72 SWOC strikers $47.000 in back pay in settlement of charges brought before the national labor relations board a.s an out' growth of the 1937 "little steel" strike. In a letter. Lee Pressman, C. I.

O. general counsel, asked the NLRB to proceed with hearing of the union's charges against the company whereby the SWOC claims 300 workers were entitled to back pay of more than $200,000. The company's plants In Youngstown, South Chicago, 111., and. Indiana Harbor, were involved in charges of discrimination, refusal to bargain collectively" and fostering a company union, first filed with the NLRB by the SWOC in 1937. Pressman asserted that Youngstown Sheet Tube's proposal for settlement "contemplates that those strikers who have not yet been returned to work since the stnke, will continue to be denied reinstatement." This group includes about 40 men.

"On the company union issue, the respondent has not offered to disestablish all of those organizations which are clearly company unions and which have been in existence in Its plants," Pressman wrote to the labor board, which has been attempting to negotiate a settlement of the SWOC charges. "It is not clear whether the respondent has agreed either in its proposal, or at the subsequent conference, that it would accept a consent decree in which full stipulation of facts would be incorporated. "On the issue of the charges of refusal to bargain, we must again state our firm position that we feel that the complaint should issue and the case proceed to trial on these charges, just as on all the others, unless a satisfactory understanding can be reached as part of the settlement. "In regard to the question of remedial wages for the strikers, we submit that the offer falls far short of fulfilling the rights of the men." CIVILIAN PHOT TRAINING AT U. OF I.

TO CONTINUE Champaign. Dec. BRIGGS WORKERS GO BACK TO WORKUNOER A TRUCE Detroit, Dec. employee the Briggs Manufacturing company's Vemor highway plant returned to work today under a truce which'provided for a cocfereoce on a dilute that led to a walkout yesterday. Members of the United Aulomo- btie Workers (C.

I. O. 3elt their Jobs In prulest against what their leaden Mid was ihe re- ItuaJ to transfer a TJ. A. F.ol L.

employe to another plant. T( KITE at 9:00 P. M. -MOVI1 TURF NITE lllllliyilllllllttlllHINIHlHIillUlUllllillilllUlilll iiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiniiiHniiHiBnmimnmHiiiiiiHiinwi TONITE al 9:10 P.M. --SPECIAL LADIES'-GIFT NITE Today All Day AND THURSDAY ALSO --DINNER COUPON FOR 11 Inch MEAT A Ladies attending or Thursday will receive a Cereal Dish and Coupon for the Big Meat Platter, which wffl be riven next week.

Be Sure to Get Yours FACE THIRTEEN CAA civilian pilot training program will be continued next semester at (he University of Illinois, Dean M. L. Engcr of the college of engineering reported. DETROIT OHAIN REFUSE HELP IN SEmiNGJ-ABOR FIGHT Detroit, Dec. F.

Dewey. federal labor conciliator, said today that counsel for Nelsner whose chain stores In the Detroit area have been picketed during the pre-hollday shopping season, had rejected offers of federal mediation. Dewey said his invitation to A conference had been turned down by Albert E. Meder, the company's attorney. "It is the first time In my experience In Michigan, involving many labor disputes, that any company has refused the courtesy of a joint conference called by the United States government," the conciliator said.

Forty-one variety stores In Michigan are affected by the strike of clerks who are members of tho United Retail and Wholesale Em- ployes (C. I. The union is demanding higher wagps, shorter working hours and improved working conditions. REP, DIRKSEN CALLS PLAN FOR AID TO BRITAIN 'TRANSPARENT, INGENUOUS 1 Washington, Dec. Dirksen (R-lii) described today as "ingenuous and transparent" President Roosevelt's proposal to lease and mortgage war suppUes to Great Britain.

"It, appears," Dirksen said in a prepared statement, "as a plain effort to circumvent ih" provisions of the Johnson act and the neutrality act" Dirksen asserted that the credit and loan provisions of these acts were designed to prevent the United States from becoming involved in the financial affairs of Europe "to the point where soldiers would be required to go forth and retrieve our Investments." He added: "From that standpoint. difference does it make whether belligerent nations owe us in goods or dollars? The net effect IB the same." A little more than a third of world's population is Christian. fATlQ FUN FOR ETFJLTONE-- TOUNG AXO OLD ALIKE AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY SHOW ATTENTION-- BOYS and GIRLS-- ALL AGES Fill in this J9m wtah to participate in the giyantie AMATEUR CONTEST to te IwM at the ratio Theatre next Saturday Mornlnc. Dec. 21.

Name Afc Address Telephone Type Arl NOTE: Leave Urn tiapin at Box Office mail to Fatfo Theatra before Friday Al mtlesflMfci are to appear stage win he anmmccd Salvrday CONTINUOUS FROM 2 T. M. 25c Plus Tax from to JliiON THE SCREEN1HJ1 Today Thurs. PLUS A SUrlHnf Companion Feature Give Golden Hours of En- lertainment. Theatre Coupon make good Xmas Gifts.

Tonite Fun For All Community Singing Popular Song Hits Led By JACKIE RUSSELL Music By an Organ TONITE--THURS. EVES. Double Entertainment HIT No. 1- Movie Mile" Thur. Evt.9:IOP.M.

Tickets Given Thurs. -HIT No. C- WHO fS THE PHANTOM KIIUR OF WISTARIA HALL? Yehodi kitws, bit WHO'S YBWW? Extra Added AltraclMns! CARTOON NEWS Adm. 10c-25c.