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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961.

Sabre-rattling over

Berlin hits WALL STREET Wall Street

World rubber market

New York, July 12,

New York, July 12.

Rox subber futures today Stocks retreated all along the line today

closed 10 to 30 points higher with sales of 26 contracts.

Standard contract closed 25 to 30 points higher with no sales reported.

A limited volume of offerings made parc extra-responsive to condnission house and deaktr buying

Brukers

reported a scarcity

uf offering

it the

pinct

market.

No

1 rss wats pound.

Lily, pot

quoted 2934 reis

nointial.

In Shigure,

with no lead whatsoever from oversens

the

market was slow to open with Brst budness at around pr. vien final closing levels,

Interest

11

Fair buying. stendied prices will sellers served rise in 312, for Augu 1 In thin trading.

There was hefter interest for

but majority lower sheets

buying was on switch basis.

iti

24 was quiet in the afterno with te vinderture steary prices rising slowly towards the

luse.

interest

onfituted

Lowers with busins al on switches In London, the vulder market was quietly stearty with pet, quoted at 24-15 18 penno

In Amsterdam. the market

-UPL was stendy Today

New York

sugar

New York, July 12. World No. 8 sugar futures today closed one to six points lower with

soles

of 28 contracts. Domestic No. 7 sugar closed une peint lower unchanged to with sales of 53 contracs.

in a "strategic" withdrawal before East- West sabre-rattling over Berlin. Electronics and "glamour" issues were especially

hard hit with losses ranging past seven in Zenith. IBM was a lone winner, up about six on a good earnings report.

F

Honolulu ed and Certain-Tred ↑ Gillette Co. dropped five or six at their Godrich, Worst. Ange Oil, Reynolds Foodyear Fere & Hub,

Grier, W.it & Cu bero. Litton and Beckenan three calf b

American Tolace, gerill and or mare, Minnesota Mining, Texu histru-n Pustness Mach

Harvester ments, Varian, Perkin-Eliner Nickel and others about two points or in Paper

Incl fel & TO June 2 Kusser Almaliwan Central Railway stutt

Kenneeult Copper Libby Owens Ford with a grie 1 more than four Liggett & Myers ht Great Northem and Northern | fekheet Aitt Parbie Bailouds dropped over a jinns Star Ceneri

Lothard, pikat esch. Subukan Gas drop- Martin ....

thee & Cons

hed more an

Tee

wake of government anti-trust arting Anerican Elert-le

Pison

110

CHATTER

Now York, July 12. Bache and Co. has reviewed the market's technical pic- ture of the past two wooks and says that the most| important feature of the rocont rolly has been a relative lessening of sell- ing pressure without substantial increase in buying force.

O

The firm concludes that while this one-sided development has 614

produced a technleal rebound, 435 still

necessary that GALE

seems 37 further building musi take BO place.

473

60

519

49

UK steel output declines

London, July 12. British stool output in Junc averaged 447,500 tons o work against 466,100 tons In May and a weekly 466,400 tons in June one

year ago.

The Iron and Steel Board announced this today and said weakness in demand showed up during the month.

First half-year steel produc- tion ut 12.22 million tons failed to come up to expectations and War 170,000 tons below lost year's gires at this time.

Pig iron output in the Janu- ary-June period moved up to 7.94 million tons or 62,000 tons better than last year's half-year performance.

EXPORTS

The Board said demand for sheet steel and tinplate was now reviving.

im- Steel exports were still invest-proving and in May at 203,000

Good stocks can now be pur- BG phased with greater conâdence

because of improved ment psychology which is based ZEN JON cauitous optimism rather than speculative fervour, cording to the Alexander Hamilton Institute.

50%

113

115

Ar Were

Metro Goldwyn Mayer Mintropolis furywell Minnesota Mining & Mig Münsinter Chemical Montgomery Ward

57

1ER 7098

287

Moore McCormack Lines Metorics Inc.

1180

กร

7544

Commonwealth akker weak spools.

Para- Gas Light, Temple's

National Fisuall Pictures. 42

Warnerational Cash Register Inspiration National Dairy Prod. Brothers Pictures,

American National Distillers Copper and North Aviation went against the lower National Gypsum trend with gains running eluso to a point or ifttre,

National Lead

New York Central

Northwest Airlines

Ohan ......

Ole Midhauson Chem

Talay's volume was 3,070,000 arte Gas & ES

shares.

Of a total 1270 issues traded,

62

BO

162%

121

40'2

70

Pan A. Waste Airways

10

Paramount Pictures

741

i

Pennsylvania H..

131%

Pepel Cola

13

DEL

201 were higher and 738 lower : Plzer, Charles

Phelps Dodge

Philip Murtin

American Exchange volume Phillips Petrol

was 1.110,000 schares,

Bonds volume $0.080,000.

Pere Cl

Quaker Ons

Radio Corporations

amounted to Raytheon Chempainy

Closing prices

(Allied Chemical Corp

Allis Chalmers

Republie Steel

ずら

Reynolds Melain

472

-UPI.

Reynolds Talanceo

12012

Royal Dutch Petral

2

Si tegin Paper

3-4

Seara ineliek

Shell Of

AUT

Shett Transpart

Sinclair On

41

$601

Sacany Mol:

407.

South Am. Gold & Plat

South California

Edison

M00

HA

Sothern Company

Sporty Stat

274

·

Standard Brands

8412

Standard Of California

52

American Can

izat

American Cyanumald

Standard Of Indiana....

51

10

Standard On New Jersey

American Motors

American. Smelt & Refin

+17

Standard CH Oblo

Americas Sugar

Sterling Drug

American Tel & Tel Ainericon Fabacea

11.

Studebaker Packard

Texate Ine

554

75

521,

An early mixed trend to the raw murket brought light and sculteret

futures.

Hiquidation

In world raws, an operater here reportedly was a buyer of 14.000 tons of Brazilians, Aurust shipment, a price paid working ut to alwat 6.38 cents a pound, delivereri Balaner of the Bra- zilian tender reportedly will be included in a new offering of 30,000 tons for the U.S. market next Weslnesday--UPI.

METAL MARKET

REVIEW

London, July 12,

Aluminium Lau Alumintain Company Ameruda Petroleum American Airlines

Armico

Steel Anaconda Company Armour & Company Associated Dry Gras Aftonte Nefining

Baldwin Lima Banditon Bendix Carp

2 thirhen Stres

נו

Thompson Ramu `W. Tidewater

Ol

Twent. Century Fox Trans World Airlines

551, Union Carbide

402%

Union On California Uton Peltic

United Alteran Comp -1933% United Air Lines

United Fruit

j

Encing Airplane

Borden Co.

ho

Borg Warne

410

US Industries

Burroughs Coco.

317%

tl Ines

Canada Preffe Bail

US Rubber

are. J. 1. C.

21

Cetane Corp. Am.

#

ferm Corp.

34

Chrysler Corp.

Cues Service

531

www

Coen Cola Corp. Colgate Palmolive

The tin market was steady commonwealth Edison

and spot

three

with months unchanged. Yesterday's improvement was Just in the couper market today, due mostly to the lack of oul- side demand.

Trading was moderately uc- five.

Lead and zine were steady but quiet today.

In New York, copper futures today closed 12 10 14 potats Jower with safes of 14 contracts. Small operations were mixed and without distinct feature, traders saiti.~~~UPI.

Consolidated Edinha Conthientat ll Corn Products Co. Croke Company Crown Zetterbach Curtis Wright Dull Corp-Sengranvi Douglas Aircraft Dow Chemical. Traupont de Nemach

US Simolt & Ren

US Steel

Warner Bros. Pictures

Western Union Tel.

Westinghouse Elretrie

Yole & Tone

4514 Youngstown Sheet &

Zenith Raho

544

6534

0714

182.

Eastern Air Lines

Eastman Kodak

Foud Marinery & Chem.

127

General DVERORES

62%

Ford Motor Co.

General Electric

General Mills

General Motors

General Telephone

Georgia Pacifle Corp. Gelly OR

THE EVENING NEWS

of

MANILA

is now on sale in

Hong Kong

Available at:-

• Kowloon Bookshop

*

Mirador Mansion,

64, Nathan Road,

Kowloon.

Swindon Book Co.

25, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

• South China Morning Post, Ltd.

1-3 Wyndham Street,

Hongkong.

Tol. 26611/5

and Salisbury Road, Kowloon. Tol. 64145

ac-

Stock Trend Service says that n technical signal has been given that summer rally will follow ...the trend of average stuck prices still appears upward, sc- cording to Moody's Stock Survey,

★ ✰

Standard and Poor's says that last the market's perfonnance week strengthens the better that the previous sell-off Was merely ti consolidation movement—a temporary inter-

ruption of the major frend.

It

says the list generally was placed in a healthier condition by the

consolidation.

The Dow Theory Trader says

seems that before the end of July and not later than early August we may well see new bull market highs in the Dow- Jones Industrial and Utility AverageUPI.

Agreed merchant

rates

Belgian Francs maximum selling 854.

Exchange rates

tuns set the high point for the post-war years except for Octo- ber 1959 when the U.S. steel strike made shipments soar. While imports are declining the net exports of steel "are mov ing

the strongly upwords," Board said.

Over the first five months of the year, steel exports

ran

at the rate of 224,000 tons a month against 192,000 tons a month in 1959, the previous best year for foreign sales. UrI.

Record U.S.

beet crop forecast

Washington, July 12. Robert H. Shields, President

of

United the

Statos Beet Sugar Association, predicted today that pro- duction of the commodity will sat a now record in 1961-2,786,500 tons. Shields made the prediction on the

basis of an ogriculture department crop report yester- day which estimated the 1861 domestle beet harvest at 18.577,000 tons,

He said that if the beet har- vest products the amount of sugar he anticipates, it would Įbe about 250,000 tons more than marketing the American beet quota is likely to call for

Business was done in the local national interest

unoniciol exchange

market this

morning at the following rates;

Sterling noles (per

US dollar (yer $1)

4.24%

Australian notes (per £l)

101

Indonesian rupiah (per 100) Slam Mena_(per 100) Singapore Straits)

Sugar

"It would seem to me in the to revise the Act to reflect at least the beet sugar industry's CUT- 19.95 Tent production potential," 12.77 Shields said, "Otherwise, sugar will have to be

5.305

3.40

25.70 beet acreage

1.01 reduced-UPI.

COMMODITY PRICES

2424-243%

July

Oct.

Des.

SUGAR

NEW YORK

Closing prices, all in cents per

Aug.

Estate crepe thin July

thick July 271 AMSTERDAM

Closing prices all in guilders

per kilogram, c.i.f. July,

No. 1 rubber

No. 2 rubber

1b.:

Contract No. 8 (world)

Oct.

3.03

Mar.

3.03

May

2.5%

July

2.05

Sept.

Spot-World Average) 3.00

Total Sales: 29 contracts.

Kepl

No, 3 rubber

No. I crepe

METALS

300

34.75

NEW ORLEANS

-Closing prices ail in cents per 16:

Spat July

More losses than gains

in London

market

London, July 12. Falls outnumbered gains in industrial stocks today when yesterday's minor rolly petered out through lock of follow-through. Fears of p bank roto change tomorrow UN- settled already sensitive markets and brought frac tional declines among the leaders.

and Associated Courtauld Electrical Industries were BRINg Brm exceptions in the quiet pence trading adding a tow each, while Imperial Chemical, Dunlop, Rolls Royce Unilever declined little.

Stec! shures lost ground, enginecring counters drifted and stores showvel scattered falls. Mutors Durc

generally cased.

papers

Banks and Insurances edged upwards but gilt-edged stayed

Shell's big deal in

the chartering

market

(The Shell Olt Company arranged to hire Ave 80,000-ton trukers for 20 years. Does this Indicate a boom for the thin me? tanker business which has been going through a Alexander Thomson investigates.)

By Alexander Thomson

London, July 12,

John Kirby has fixed up a series of shipping deals for the Shell Oil enterprise which

he calls "unprecedented”.

in the doldrums although War Kirby, 48 and hefty, is "marine co-ordinator" for

Loan 3 per cent mannged a 1/164

£52-9/16th. goin to Dollar stocks tended lower. Foreign bends were idler, Soary

mining Fold

Anance houses staged an improvement of five state with a handful

small. mines but business

out small gains Coppers cked but tins went into retreat.

held finn after Oll leaders narrow movements,

was

In plantations rubbers turned

lost their quiet and bounce

tcas while

neglected-UPI.

recent were

Closing prices

British Government Securities 2. Consolidated-38-3/10. 2ly Conversion 62-11/10. 3. Savings 1055/05-0

Savings 1960/70-£779.

3. Savings 1985/75-LA-{1/10.

Overseas Bonds

5

Gernik (Naweek09.

5% Japanese. Assented-1975.

banken & Insurance

Barclays Orden 7.

Chartered Dunk-54.

Guardian Assurance-305 31,

Hongkong Bank-£189. Lloyds Bank-£61.

Lombard Banking Ord-17 44

ad, National &

Prudential Astley-£22-11/10.

011

Royal Bank of Canado-£27. Royal Insurance Ord.-181 34. British Fetroleum-47a du. Burmah O-375 d. Shell Transport Ord-1214, Royal Dutch-€ 12. Ultramar Company id.

trets Engineering Babcock & Wilcox Ord- Durman, Long-ha (d. Guest, Keen Ord-80s. Harland & Wolf Ord-15% d. Stewarts & Loyds Ord-434. Summer & Sons Ord-50% 17%d. Tube Investments-70s. United Steel-50 Bu. Vicker Ord-31m 115d.

Electric

Assoc. Eler. Induiries 376 Del.. Elec. & Mus. Industries-37 English Electric Ord-318. General Electric Ord-329 9:1 Philipe Lamp Warks-10-19/32, Rediffusion Ord.--38s 9d.

Industrials

Assoc. Portland Cement-78 7d. Boardman Morden Ord-3 Bd. Borax (Holding)-17 101d. Decen Records Ord-578 B. Dunlop Rubber Ord-20s Stad. Fisons Ord-448 30.

Gilman (Holdings) Ord.-Ge 1159. International Computer-3 G Turner & Newall Ord. 62s 41. Unilever Ord-1318,

Wiggins Tespe Ord-66

Chemicals

0.

Imperial Chemical Ord-87 45d. Monsanto Chemleats 1590.

the group. He is supremo for its fleet of 180 oil-tankers operating everywhere in world.

HONGKONG

STOCK EXCHANGE

Business done on the Hong- Stock Exchange this kung morning amounted to approxi- mately $4,350,000. Noun quota

and tlona

the morning's transactions:

Skater Buyers Selleta HK Bank 412 414

HK. FE.

Invest.

Whort Wheelock

Ita.. "

HK Hotel..

Balew 70 411 200 0 410

000414 170 i 14 50412

2012

400 74%

100

LOGO

400

the

in the last three weeks from his office in the shipping guarter Kired nye

of the City he has 80,000 tonners for 20 years.

Chartered

"No one has ever tonkers for HR for alwad

na the me over

leaving for Devonshire and the noa.

that, he told weekend before

These denis have caused more than a ripple in places like the Minories and St Mary's Annexe

the where

shipping abound.

offieca

For this is the first time the Shell group has

boen In this chartering market in G sub- stantial way since 1958.

Some people say is return 19 a "bullish" sim for oll-fankvi

are having companies who mighty thin time just now. They argue that Shell must believe an upturn in tanker freights is on the way If it thinks it right to begin chartering again.

I am not at all sure this is the way to interpret its recent activity in hiring additional tonnage.

paying.

Look at the rates the group is They are reported as starting at as low as 11/0 a ton month and overaging 14/2-1/2 for some of the ships. WATCHFUL

have

I doubt whether there been long-term charters as low as that since the shipping slump of the early 19300.

20%

*7

500 27.10

3300

20.70

400

404

100

404

13.70 14.19

2000

13 DO

3.225

500

3.55

12500

1.80

per

110 IK Dock

Talkas Dock 742

+

113 700 110

1000 £ 117

75

400 14

200 0 13

Provident

24

47a

1000

HK Land

TO 71%

1600

200

100

HK Realty

2.723

21, 25000 16 22)

New

2.373 265

HK Tran

99% 13

KM Bus

019

台店

320 8219

Yaymot!

Ch. Light

135 138 391

400 130

40

Fu A 40

500 40

1020 40

500 40

3000 3.775 5000 m 2.725

2000 2.60 204415

13004415

100 15

440 821

600 e 82

In the autumn of 1999 when alanker boom was at its height, tonners wCTC fetching

ton for seven-yea

50,000

30/- charters.

This

Jates! chartering business, it seems, had been almost like a came of poker with each side sitting straight-

faced and walchful. 300 L 02

The owners who have

2000 * 3014

200 x 40

100 22 4114

Ord!~~221

HK Electric

#1 482

400 ♪ 412

4135

4152

Cinemas & Television Loss Empires Ord-On Del. Bank Organisation Oru-27 10. Stol Theatres- Bl.

Paper

Bowater Pape: Ord-32 94.

De a Rue Ord-54s pa. Splcers Ord-47s 6tl.

Tobacco

7190.

Beltish-Amer. Tob, Ordm. Carreras "B" Ord- Gallaher Ord-428 1794. Imperial Tobscen Ord-70 30.

Motora British Motor Orda Du. Hawker Siddeley OrdZIN O Jaguar Care Ord-90s 45. Holls-Royce Ord-4s 6d. Westland Aircraft-10s 'd.

Textiles Bradford Dyera-10s 1024. Called Fripfors' Ord-12 41.

Paton & Baldwins- Coots P "Courtaulds Ord-36# 9d. Fine Spinnere fird-26. Lancashire Cotton Dri-334 45.

Axed

up to hire the ships to Shell probably ordered them som.c

years ago expeeting the boom to continue.

When

31 collapsed they

persuaded thio shipyards to delay building. The yards, full up with niker work, wero happy to oblige.

But

41%

orders,

GUD $1

200 tới 12

1000 41

300 $130

8500 $1

IK Tel....

02

Gal

300 4134 100

1500 * 67

400 58

500 $735

2006 5a

HK Gas... 23.10 23.20 2006 er 23.20 600 6:23.30 500 or 23,20 5000 or $20 1000

7.28 buyers

32.50

2.10 buyers

2.24 buyers Oct.

34.55

2.53 buyera

Dec.

--UPI,

Mar.

35.78

May

34,00

July

55.70

Oct.

34.05

Dec.

31.20

LIVERPOOL

Closing prices all in pence per lb.:

42n.

Open interest: 850 contracta. Contract No. 7 (domestic)

American Contract

Gilman

5.20

NEW YORK

July

23.65

Closing prices all in

Oct,

24.45

Distillers Cn.

cents

Dec.

Nov.

0.25

Mar.

6.25

Lead

per lb.:

Mar.

25.30

Guinness (Arthur) Ord-51′′ od. Ind Coope Ord-13.

Jarding

20.00

23

MPY

25.50

Starex

May

July

10.10

July

34.50

July

Zine

Oct.

21.45

Spot(Bulk, duty paldi 0.40

Sept.

10.10

Mixed Contract

Tutat Baled: 23 contracts

July

11,15

July

24.00

Open Interest: 2,506 contracts.

Oct.

UPL

11,00

Dec

20.00

Mar.

30.21

Muy

Jully

30.20

Oct.

30.10

30,07

50.02

RUBBER

Copper

Sept.

July

Sept.

Oct.

Doc.

Jan.

Mar.

May J

NEW YORK

LONDON Closing prices, all in sierling

Rubber futures closing prices, per long ton:

***

nit in cents per b

Rex Standard Tin

Buyers Salter

July

29.15

29.03

Sept

240.70

20.05

Spot 3-inonth

014

#13

023

Nov

20.75

Copper

Jan.

20.70

Spot

230

BEAT

2003

May

2-month Lend

Spot

21314

3-month

0316 105!

Zine

Spot

*7716

3-manti

7718

---UPI.

SINGAPORE

Closing prices all in Strolts

cents per 16. Lob. Malayan poris!

No. 1 July

| No. 1 Aut.

No. 2 July

No. 3 July

No. July

Spot rubber unbaled

Blanket prepo

LONDON

No. 1 pole crepe

0432-03

7016-3115 91.572 Closing prices all in pence per

No. 1. Res spot

Asept.

7812

23,60

25.05

UPI.

FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

NEW YORK

Closing raten:

.00%

2.7059

2.7700

7,75:00

SPO

2.0725

Great Universal Ord-50s, Great Universal "A" Ord-03s 3d. House of Fraser Örd-631 10d. Lyons (3) "A" Orid=74_14y<t.__ Marks&Spencer "A" Ord-110

Tate & Lyle Ord-44s 3, United Drapery Ord-73_Del, Woolworth (F.v.) Oni.—338 34. Miscellaneous Bowmaker Ord-15 941. Belt. Commonweal Sihip. Ord-37 Canadian Pacific Ord-1445. City of London Real Prop.-30

"Cunard Bleamship Ord-138 1gq. Forestol Land & Timber-14 dif Bussines Withy Ord-30 3. Hongkong & China Gan--378. Hudson Bay Co-E8-5/10. Indo-China Def. Ord-21# 68. Land Securities Ord-30s.

P. & O. Steam Nav. Def.-37a 3d.

nes

British Tin_tøvestment-Hia 90.

De Beers Def1242134.

London Tin Corp-29%

Stout IOZE BG.

Petaling

Blu Tinto Bearer)-30

Roan Antelope Copper-&• Dyd

Trunch Menus.

Rubber & Tes

Imperial Tea Ord-141 34.

Cement....

Dairy

07 (22%

43

12 12.40

3000+ B

150 28.70

100028.90

30 - 20.00

to u zu

now they have Fot through most of their ether

"What

about

your tankers?" they have been asking.

Customers have had to decide whether to cancel orders and lose their deposits or tako pot luck in the chartering market.

I suspect

Shell has that been walling for Just that to happen and hne Jumped in quick to take ndinntire of

This why it will be able to average out high rates it had to pay to hire ships when the last boom was onl

To carry oil about the world

nextla

the group

100 20.00 tons of tankern.

10 million

It Owna [about 4 million tons itself. The

0 million

tons it hires from independent owners,

30 20

2450

20.00

000 $29

100 0.90other

000 → zu

100 68 28.90

300 (20

300 20.9

2006 20 1000

50 61 10.00 400 20 300 20.00

1000 6 6745 200431

01:00 44 4312 1004315 2004 300 43 400043

2000 67

30 40

Watson Textilo

1000

Nanyang Amal Rub.

1019.

Rub. Trust

1.40

0.40 615 5000 + 0.45 20000,49 7.90 3000 75

13950

Union Corporation--45 412.

Walker Goki Mining-10% ud.

City Hotel

3912

10:06 7.8S

4 4 300

2005

Western Hoftings=110x.

$29 43

.1730

Anglo Indonesian Plant.~44 06. Ceylon Tea Ord-234.

Humphreys

20 80

600

Kuala Lumpur-Kapong-35 02d. Lambak Hubberadīs čd.

-Itouter.

Blar

L.C.

Forty

240

50

BI

Inti Invert.

10 10.20

Allled

Allvent

Macro Elec.

Tope

COTTON

Canada ..

England offlelal

Australia

30-days

Do-daya

New Zealand South Africa

Tadla

Pakizion Hong Hang

LONDON

Clasing rates: New York Montreal Arkatordam Ironwe NEW YORK

Copenhagen Closing prices all in cents per Frankfuri Ib.:

Lisbon 8pc

Oxto Bochqint Milan

Vienna Zurton

2.70 7/10-3,70 0/10 2,00% −0.001

138.00-120.739

1.000

0.1-0. 19.0735-29.95 14.2816-14.2036 1A-1722 732-13 10 29.0136-19/013

UNIT TRUSTS

First Hanging Band: $1.83 (buyre), $1.42 (#eller).

End Jengkang und: $1.01

} (büyer), $1,67" (solfer)."

16.

2434-20

Sellignent house term:

SATISS

23-2512 2516-1542

July

July/Best,

deneta) marketa, e1f. kaša, port

Mar.

July

May

Oct./Dec. Jan./Mar Agr./June

34.75 nom

13.40

36.28

35.78

10.00)1⁄2-10.009,

1309 və 2015

140 or 24.50

1500 2000 2000 of 24.20

5500 M 31.00

200 245

20 240 100 40 52 200

1000 de să!!

CHEAP TONNAGE

Don's just arranged provide 400,000 tons of cheap tonnage. Two more similar transactiona are said to be in the offing.

The odd thing about it this I that the ships being hired in this way are not duo far do- livery until 1503.

So Shell will be getting aỏ- vantage of cheap Transporta- don from them until 1994.

Ten years after John Kirby has refred will all be pencing from his recent poker Kame" in the charter- ing market.

Kirby, you will have guess- ed, is a lively character. Ho recounts with

gusto great stories of his ɑnya as " roughneck and roustaboui" on

the Amerlenn oflfields.

But ono Ike' besi is how he Cime to survive the depression at the beginning of the 1930.

"I joined as a 17-year-old offee boy" he once told me. "Those wero dimoult daxe.

A lot of people had to be

ped. ut no one could. Are me. Bomebody had to get the hoarca tea."-London Exprem; Bérview,

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