BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES— MISSED , JUST By EIX; ---— DOWNWARD TILT f iT i S. I — n^NANOAlTNEWS VU. 'WWSX WtW .’ONSt RADIO NOTED IN MART WMFD Wilmington Market Quotations Stock NEW YORK, Dec. 27.— Wl—1The ^ KC market tilted downward 1400 Jack Armstrong Serial—blu-east Goodrich _ 52% j ATSF 4s 95 _... 129% enforcing the new OPA regula- Serial 1 Senes, Superman—mbs-basic Goodvear _ 49% ACL 4%s 64_ 99 5:45—Front Page Farrell Serial nbc tions. _ — Nor Pf ebs Gt Ry 46% O 4s 48 _ 38% Wilderness Road, Serial Drama B and Buyers swamped city stores last — blu-basic Tnt Harvest _ 79% Capt. Midnight, a Serial Can Pac 4s Perp- 95% after that — learning grocers in other blu night Hop Harrigan Repeat Tnt Tel and Tel _ 18% CB and 4%s 77_113 — Q Tom Mix, Cowboy Serial mbs-basic still were selling point-free goods Johns Manv _ 100% Mins. — nbc C and El Inc 97_ 60 6:00—News Report for 15 35% and accepting expired stamps be- Fifteen Minutes of News cbs-basic Kennecott ; CR1 and P Ref 4s 34 49% cause had not received an of- — they of the Serial blu-west and B _ 78% ! Repeat Terry Ligg Myers Cl Ut 4%s 77 _ 102% Comment on the War — mbs ficial OPA order. Police were call- Prayer; Loews _ 74%i D and RG '.Vest 5s 55- 4% 6:15—America’s Serenade: Sports — nbc to two stores to a near- Lorillard _ 18% I ed quell Calling Pan-America a Concert — ebs Fla EC 5s 74___ 56% — Mont Ward 50% riot. Repeat from Dick Tracy blu-west Hud C 5s 62A _ 71% — mbs a formal Chick Carter, a Boy Detective Nash Kelv _ 15 j Hud and Man 5s 57_ 31 OPA officials, issuing C:.TO--Jack Armstrong's repeat — Din Nat Biscuit _ 23% a check to see ... order, began today — 111 Cent 56 Repeat, Superman Serial mbs-west 4%s 76% — Nat Cash 32% that OPA rules a^-e enforced. 6:45—Lowell Thomas & Newscast nbc Reg_ Int Gt Nor 6s 52 _ 66% being World News and — ebs Nat Dist _ 36 Commentary MK and T Aj 5s 67 ... 84% — blu-basic Henry J. Tay’or Comment Nv Cent __ 22% 4s 75___ — Mo PG 36% N. C. FRUITS, VEGETABLES Capt. Midnight in repeat blu-west No Am Aviat_ 19 R'ic-t of Tom Mix Serial — mbs-west Nyc Rfg 5s 2013 ... 88% RALEIGH, Dec. 27.— (UP) — 7:r'" Como’s Supper Club — nbc-basic Nor and W 4s 96_ 93% and — (NCDA)—Fruits vegetables: Ta Mystery.” Dramatic ebs Nor Pac 6s 2047 ...J_ 103 DR. ROBBS— By ELLIOTT and Fred Waring’s Musical Variety — bul Full-Cut Apron New York.—Sweet potatoes, m:\r- j — Penn RR 4%s 65_119ya Fr Lewis. Jr.. Comments mbs iret stronger. Bushel baskets US 7:’.''-World War via Broadcast — nbc Ph Rdg Cl 6s 49.. 34% I AND ALL THE I HAD A GL-N DURING — Carolina Puerto Ri- J'himie Johnston & Bill Slater ebs Sal C 6s 45_ 54% Mo. 1 North T- Ee Announced — mbs I oHO I (15 mins.) Sou Pac Rfg 4s 55 105% ;ans 3.00-3.25. TIME YOU WERE "SEANCE"...YES, I 7:50—Bob Burns & Comedy — nbc-basic market THE SPIRIT...BUT, APPARE — 94 KILL Irresistibles. Girls Vocal other nbc Sou Rv Cn 5s _122% Washington Cabbage, YOU AND YOUR brother I PLANNING TO — Caro- Mr Keen. 30 min. Drama cbs-basic Sou Rv Gen 4s 56_ 95% steady. 50-lb. sacks North PLANNED TO NOT — COME INTO FATALLY.,, It’s Murder. Safety Drama Skit blu West Md 4s 52_ 105% ina domestic roundtype, 2.00-2.25. Arthur Hale and Comment — mbs-east AND WAS WOUN FOREIGN BONDS dull. MY HOME —DURING A i 7 '5—Kaltenborn and Comment — nbc New York: Apples, market

— Aust 5s Chester Bowles Talk on OPA blu 55_ 99% Bushel baskets US No. i 2 1-2 inch GEANCE TO MURDER —; MYSELF/ — Aust 56 _ Dance Orchestra for 15 mins. mbs 4%s 96 minimum delicious 3.00-3.25. B^O- The Frank Morgan Show — nbc KNEW, BUT Braz 6%s 26-57 _ 58 ME,YES,I Suspense. Mystery Drama Show — ebs -v- Rio Gr Do Sul 6s 68 .. 37 I LET Frank Newscast — mbs-east YOU CONT'NUE,) Singiser 1 NEW YORK COTTON — Final /~thur Hale with repeat other mbs bond sales $10,581,800. PRETENDING TO — — 8-15—Lum and Abner Serial Skit — blu 9387 TREASURY BONDS NEW YORK. Dec. 27. (ff) S Serenade — mbs SIZES BELIEVE YOUR -nny Skylar Song 2 s 54-52 Dec. 15_100.10 up .1 Futures closed 10 to 25 cents a 8■'"'I— Dinah Shore. Variety Show — nbc S.M. L 2s 60-55 5 _ bale T’-o — 112.22 up .16 higher. r>atv, Valiev. Sheriff cbs-basic Ex. L — 2 Low Last America Town Meeting Forum blu l-2s 69-64 Juno 5 100.12 up .2 Open High LIES!/— S"mrr»v Kaye’s Music Varieties — mbs 2 l-2s 71-66 6 _100.13 Mch 21.94 21.95 21.93 21.94 up 3 p-""—~ v** — ebs Minutes News Period May .. 21.87 21.89 21.87 21.8ft up 3 9:00—Bing Crosby & Music Hall — nbc 2 Jly ... 21.50 21.52 21.49 21.51 up yT"irr Bowes Amateurs’ Show — ebs RICHMOND LIVESTOC K Oct 20.60 20.61 20.59 20.61 up 5 Gabriel Heatter and — mbs Comment RICHMOND, Va. Dec. 27. — (TP)— --- f: '-Dramas from Real — mbs Dec 20.52 20.54 20.52 20.48 up 3 Life —

— (USDA)— C —Joan Davis & Variety nbc-basic Hogs': 3200. Market Middling spot 22.33n up 5. Bob Burns with repeat — other nbc steady with Tuesday. 180-240 lb. n-Nominal. Corliss Archer. Dramatic Series — ebs grain-fed hogs 14 10. 100-120 lbs. -V- P:"—Five Minute Story Teller — blu 10.85. 120-140 lbs THE GUMPS— ONE WAY TO MA’A I 10-Abbott & Costello Comedy — nbc 12.70. 140-160 lbs. NEW ORLEANS SPOT QUIEl First Line. Drama About Navy — ebs 13.35. 160-180 lbs. 13.95. 240-270 lbs. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27.—MV- BE 'r P-mond Gram Swing Comment—blue 13.70. 270-300 lbs. 13.20. 300-330 lbs. PON'T SO THAT'S STRANGE-1 WHY THE BIG SAIT -"-nry Gladstone in Comment — mb- Spot cotton closed steady 25 cents QUICK TO I'M NOT USUALLY HE SHELLEP Cl 330 MISUUPGE, — Weights lbs 12.70. 10-15—Andy Russell’s Song Show blu 13.05. up a bale higher today. Sales 1,155, MAMA HERE'S — Good sows under 350 lbs 350- p Carnegie Tel'c of People mbs 12.35; low MIN'S FIN-IT WAS — middling 17.70, middling 21.45, I 10:50—The Rudy Vallee Varietee nbc 500 lbs. 11.85: over 500 lbs. 11.10. RIGHT ON THE FLOOR and Guest — ebs good middling Larry Douglas Songs Good stags 8.10. 21.85^ Receipts, UNPER THE BUFFET- The March of Time and Guests—ebs none, stock 27,811. — Cattle: Market slow. Top dairy The Army Air Forces Program mbs -V- 11:00—News for 15 Minutes — nbc-basic type cows bring 8.00-9.00; medium — N. C. POULTRY The Sunper Club Repeat other nbc to good 6.50-8.00; common grades News. Variety. Dance 2 hr. — cbs-blu RALEIGH, Dec. 27.—(tf)—(NCDA) — kinds 3.50-4.00. Newsreel; Dance Orches, 3 hr. mbs 4.50-6.00; shelly

— and and News to 1 a.m. nbc are 8.50- —Egg poultry markets steady. 11:15—Variety SIZE 40 TAKES V/i Good butcher bulls selling YDS. U. S. -V- 9.50; sausage bulls according to Raleigh: Grade AA large MARIAN MARTIN all NAVAL STORES size and quality 6.00-8.00. Good and 54; hens, weights, 25. Scoop! Complete protection in a choice vealers 14.00-14.50; Washington: U. S. Grade A large SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 27.—(iP)— steady roomy apron, amply cut for cover- medium calves 11.00-13.00; common 55 to 56. Turpentine 79 cents a gallon; of- age! Note width, length (almost to 8.00-10.00. -V- ferings 67 (50-gal. bbls.); sales, hem of dress); non-skid straps. -V- N. C. LIVESTOCK 3 550 gallons; receipts, 44 barrels; Pattern 9387 in wide size range: CHARLOTTE SPOT RALEIGH, Dec. 27.—OP!—(NCDA) shipments, none; stocks, 24,865 small (14-16), medium 36- Dec. 27. — — —Richmond and Clinton mar- barrels. (18-20; CHARLOTTE, (TP) hog 40)) large (42-46), extra (48- cotton 21.05. kets with of 14 '0 and Rosin: (100-lb. drums), offer- large Spot steady tops 52). Large size, 1 3-4 yds. 35-in. 14.15 respectively. Rocky Mount ings, none; sales, none; receipts, This pattern, together with a BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS , stronger with top of 14.425. 62, shipments, none; stocks, 14,- needlework pattern for or 1 590. personal LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE SADIST Bl i household decoration, TWENTY Quote: B, 5.05; D, 5.12; E, 5.65; 'r CENTS. DAILY CROSSWORD TOE n ¥TT i7 “1 f—■ n t■■■■■■'— ass— 1 .s.g— >■ 1 ■ ■ ■ —- -ca-,------F, 5.75; G, 5.79; H, 5.81; I, 5.81; M Send TWENTY CENTS in coins K, 5.85; M, 5.87; N, 6.03; WG, ACROSS 4. Past 24. Also BUT HERE'S ITSl for these patterns to The Wilming- y= 6.28; WW, 6.55; X, 6.55. 1. Thick slice 5. Division of 27. Seize, a? in THE IDEA1 THERE'S ROPE~WA! COME ton Morning Star, 165 Pattern f MELVIN! -V-,- 5. Marine an hour wrestling SNEAKING A SOMETHING WERE, TOU, ANb Dept., 232 West 18th St., New ■ oh! mehciful NEW marr.mal 6. Blunder 28. NAWSTT BEAST | THERE’ CANT | GET WWATS ORLEANS COTTON York 11, N. Y. Print Bristlelike J plainly SIZE, 9. Neat 7. UNDAH OUR SEE IT VERT TO NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27.—(#)— NAME, STYLE NUM- Exchange organs ^COMIN’ heavens' , ADDRESS, 10. Therefore l PO.RCV WELL'" TOU-y ; Cotton market closed steady un- BER. premium 30. Poetical foot to 15 cents a bale higher. 11-Fix 8. Per. to (3 changed FIFTEEN CENTS more syllables) fa Low Close brings 12. Journalist the p Open High lobes 31. _-X’ you the Marian Martin Fall and Foxy L..i Mch — 22.99 21.99 21.94 21.98 up 1 11. Intended 32. Winter Pattern Book full of (humorous) Goddess of May 21.92 21.92 21.89 21.92 up 1 smart, 14. Sambur 12. Female A pig harvests Jly ... 21.54 21.55 21.52 21.54 unch easy-to-make styles. free pattern (Ind.) 13. Pieceout 33. Devastation 12-Z6 Oct ... 20.62 20.64 20.62 20.64 up 3 is printed right in the book. 15. Court 15. Sorrow 35. Anger Yesterday’* Aniwer 16. Tree 18. Fear 38. Biblical 42. Meadow 17. 19. A Boy's weakling mountain 43. Pig 22. Should all Germans be nickname Slice 40. Fish 45. Accomplish punished 18. Open uplands &u. music noie for Nazi crimes and atrocities? 21. Mother-of- pearl 23. Speck MAJOK 25 Real OUT OUR WAY— By J. R. WILLIAMS OUR BOARDING HOUSE ... with 26. Mists 29. Little child WELL. YUH GOT \ Isav,twiggs, LISTEN to THIS \ THE^W 11. SIDEBOARDS (from Shop THERE.' \ LETTER-. "SIR,NOUR. M.OLDV ARDENT TONE \ 12. Cry of pain MOW IF YUH OMLY HAD ATOP OW THAT j JOKES FINALLV HAVE A OF THAT 14. Occurring THIMG l BELIEVE POISONED ME —WHEN''/OU F/FAN MAIL, T \ ; each day A HE’D HAVE LITTLE DUG UP THAT ONE ABOUT J DON'T THINK j 56. Close to DIFFICULTY IM ~ THROWIM' J MOST SMASHUP6 BEING HE MEANS 57 Kettle YUH, WES/ fA CAUSED A NUT WE WANTS 59. 6V AT THE Y'J Weep _ WHEEL, SOMETHING f TO SHOOT 10. Mineral { spring INSIDE ME SNAPPED— VOU A 11. Lissome ) f I HAVE DECIDED TO J I GAME OE 13. Trust in GHOOT POOL f 14. ] S Comply ^nou 15. Puppet •6. Fuel ■7. S-shaped molding DOWN 1. Astral 2. Ring of a “YES!” says Major E. Lessner “NO!” says Dorothy Thompson chain 3. Sum up Are all Germans basically barbarian, or just the Nazis? Tonight, 'Z'2* on CRYPTOQUOTE-A America’s Town Meeting, authorities come to grips over this cryptogram quotation stirring issue. “Punish all Germans for Nazi crimes!” says Major BOPL GJI Frr, grl Erwin Lessner, author of “Phantom Victory—The Fourth Reich.” spttjl frr JNRW. MF “Punish the Nazis!” PF EJJK PF only pleads* Dorothy Thompson, famed MTYMTMLR _ columnist and commentator. What do you think? Hear both sides S P W H G H R. tonight on AmerUa’s Town Meeting, sponsored by The Reader’s Digest, S:r;n. WMFD. or’S™ raAN ^olSntab? DIS' Distributed I he by ONLY OUT .T-?tu 41 King Feature, Syndicate. In* ^--——— U. 8. PAT Ofr. / 2