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Show INCREASE III FINES AND CARDS SHOWN IN REPORT OF LIBRARY An Increase in the amount collected In fine and a fain in the number of cardi issued by the public library Wednesday pointed to an Increase in use of facilities of the main library and tion with a background of the last World war. Since checkers were stationed at doors of the library, a considerable loss In stolen books has been averted, avert-ed, she reported. During 1939 the library collected 221.23 for lost books, compared to 113.93 the preceding pre-ceding year. ' three branches. - Miss Johanna H. Sprague, librarian, li-brarian, reported (4474.67 collected collect-ed la fines In 1939, compared to J4015.58 In 1938. The library Issued 17,369 new cards In 1939, she reported, bringing bring-ing the total In circulation to 71,-006. 71,-006. That figure Is a gain of 6037 over the total at the end of 1938, when 64,969 cards were recorded. Visitors to the library and branches totaled 3,092,074 In 1939, Miss Sprague said. Since outbreak of the European war, books dealing with Europe's history and peoples have Increased In popularity, as have books of tic- |