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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
LESS SUGAR
Sugar Allowance Cut to Give Sold
iers and Allies the Amount Needed.

Two pounds of sugar per person a
month instead of three pounds during
month, is the new rule of the food
administration, and without a doubt
American people will most cheerfully
endeavor to abide by the new rule
laid down, being determined to do
everything that will be Of the slight
est aid in helping the Allies and the
forces of Pershing to defeat the
Huns.
The cause of the change in the
sugar rule is due only to the fact
that the Allies and the Yankee sol
diers need more sugar, and is effective
from August l until January /.
A similar order to public eating
houses limits their sugar to two
pounds each ninety meals served. 1t
is expected by the food administra-
ton that the limit of two pounds a
month will fully meet the needs of the
Allies and the American soldiers in
France.
The ration is a voluntary one, but
attention is called to the fact that
the sugar allotment for the various
states will be made on the basis of
two pounds per person a month. and
the failure of the people of any state
to hold to the ration will create a
deficit in the sugar of that state
which will not be met by the national
administration.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
Estate of Michael Mcnamara. Jr.

STATE OF MICHIGAN The Probate Court
for the County % Gratiot.
At session of said court. held at the Pro-
bate Office in the village of Ithaca in said
county. the 18th day OF July. A. ID. 1918.
Present Hon. j. Lee Potts. Judge Of Pro-
bate.
In the matter Of the estate of Michael
Mcnamara. Jr.. Deceased.
Cornelius Mcnamara having filed in said
court his petition praying that the admins
tration Of said estate be granted TO himself
or to some other suitable person.
II is ordered. that the 18th day Of August.
A. ID. 1918. at ten o'clock in the forenoon. at
said probate office, be and is hereby appointed
for hearing said petition:
II is further ordered, that public notice
thereof be given by publication of a copy of
this order. once each week for three successive
weeks previous 10 said day of hearing. in The
Alma Record. a newspaper printed and cir
cuated in said county.
J. LEE POTTS.
A true copy. Attest. Judge OF Probate.
MADGE +. BARNES, $40
Register of Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
HEARING CLAIM.

hEANiN1 1LAIMo
STATE OF MICHIGAN-The Probate Court
for the County OF Gratiot.
AT session OF said court. held at the Pro-
bate Office in the village of Ithaca in said
county. the 5th day Of July, 1918.
Present. J. Lee Potts. Judge.
In the matter of the estate of z. j. and
Olive l.. Lathrop. Deceased.
The above estate having been admitted 10
Probate and Marble Slingluf appointed Ad-
mnistrator thereof
1t is ordered that four months from this
date be allowed for creditors To present their
claims against said estate and that such
claims will be heard by said court Thurs
day, the 7th day Of November. next. at ten
o'clock in the forenoon.
IL is further ordered that public notice
thereof be given by publication of this order
for three successive weeks previous to said
day of hearing. in the Alma Record. news
paper printed and circulated in said county.
A true copy. Attest. j. LEE POTTS,
MADGE r.. BARNES. Judge OF Probate.
Clerk Of Probate, t5l-4)
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
LEGAL NOTICES
Estate Of John Brink

STATE OF MICHIGAN-The Probate Court
for the County Of Gratiot.
At session of said court. held at the Pro-
bate office in the village of Ithaca in said
county. the 3ist day Of July A. d. 1918.
Present Hon. j. Lee Potts. Judge of Pro-
bate.
Deceased
Louis Brink of Alma, Michigan. having
filed in said court his petition praying that
the administration of said estate be granted
TO himself To some other suitable person.
II is ordered that the 3lst day of August.
next. at ten o'clock in the forenoon. at said
probate office. be and is hereby appointed for
hearing said petition:
Ii is further ordered that public notice
thereof be given by publication of this order
each week for three successive weeks
previous To said day Of hearing. in the Alma
Record. newspaper printed and circulated
in said county
a true copy. Attest. j. LEE POTTS.
MADGE r. BARNES. Judge of Probate.
Register of Probate. $40
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
Estate Of Mary Clark Rollin

Estate Of Mary Clark Rollin
STATE OF MICHIGAN-The Probate Court
for the County Of Gratiot
At session Of said Court. held at the Pro-
bate Office in the village of Ithaca, ir said
county on the 2gth day Of July A. ID. 1918.
Present Hon. j. Lee Potts, Judge Of Pro-
bate.
In the matter Of the estate of Mary Clark
Rollin, deceased.
Mary A. Rollin having filed in said court
her petition praying that the administration
Of said estate be granted TO William A. Bahke
TO some other suitable person.
IL is ordered. that the both day OF August,
next. at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at
said probate office. be and is hereby appointed
for hearing said petition:
IL is further ordered. that public notice
thereof be given by publication OF copy OF
this order. each week for three success
i've weeks previous 10 said day of hearing. in
the Alma Record. a newspaper printed and
circulated in said county.
J. LEE POTTS.
A true copy Attest Judge of Probate.
MADGE T.. BARNES (54-4)
Register of Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
Estate Of Margaret A. Hall. Deceased
TEARING CLAIMS

hEAhlNG CLAIMS
STATE OF MICHIGAN--The Probate Court
for the County of Gratiot.
At a session Of said court. held at the Pro-
bate Office in the village OF Ithaca in said
county. on the 5th day of July, 1918
Present. J. Lee Potts, Judge.
In the matter OF the estate of Margaret A.
Hall. Deceased.
The above estate having been admitted to
Probate and John u. Hall. of the village OF
Elm Hall. Michigan. appointed Administrator
thereof
II is ordered that four months from this
date be allowed for creditors To present their
claims against said estate and that such
claims will be heard by said court on Wednes-
day. the 9Th day of November. next. ut ten
O'Clock in the forenoon.
II is further ordered that public notice
thereof be given by publication of this order
for three successive weeks previous to said
day Of hearing. in the Alma Record. a news
paper printed and circulated in said county.
A true copy. Attest j. LEE POTTS,
MADGE r. BARNES. Judge of Probate.
Clerk Of Probate. (5l-D
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
MISCELLANEOUS

s. REWARD-If party who took old
coat from Messengers store Tues
day morning containing pearl han
die pocket knife and pair eye
glasses, will return same, above
reward will be paid and no ques-
tions asked. 53-1-c
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
Good Natures Limitations.

"A good-natured man." said Uncle
Eben, "ain't allus to be relied on "a
take an interest in other folks trOu'
bles. If he was he couldn't keep bein'
good natured."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01

Church of Christ
Pine Street
]. S. Raum, Minister.
10 a. m.-Bible School.
IL a. m.-Worship and sermon.
6:30-Y. p. s. c. f. meeting
7:30-Song service and sermon.
The minister has returned from
his vacation and will preach both
and evening.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
Presbyterian Church.

Presbyterian Church.
Sunday school, $3.50 a. m.
Morning service, 1920 a. m.
DR.. Fred j. Soule, director of set
Element work, Warner House, Balti-
more, Md, will talk upon various
phases of city settlement work.
c. E., Gas p. m.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01

WANTED-Ford town car body.
Putnam & Bemis, w. Superior st.
54-1-p
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01

Free Methodist Church
Final services by Rev. j. b. Girls
void Sunday morning at IL o'clock.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
FOR sALE-REsrDENcE PROPERTY

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Good
desirable house on trolley line near
Flint, for property in Alma. In
quire +. NJ. Richards, ia River
Union phone Ala. 5l-4-p
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01

Baptist Church
Sunday School, $3.50 a. m.
Morning service-10:30 a. m.
Young Peoples Meeting-6:30 p
ms
No preaching services in the even
ing.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
LOST AND FOUND

FOUND-Ladles' black pocketbook
containing letter and some money.
Owner can have same by proving
property and paying for this no
tice. Pearl Curtis, Ithaca. Union
phone 1856. 54-1-p
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01

FOR SALE-House and lot on
Pleasant ave. Inquire of George
Myers, 203 Pleasant ave. stop
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01
THE CHURCHES

st. Johns Church
Sunday School $50 a. m.
Holy Communication-10.30 a. m.
Sermon: Angels Meeting Men"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-01

BUY W. {. S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
FOR NEGRO SOLDIERS
Funston Boys Appreciate Topckans
Entertainnent-Wa Visitors.


Titus Alexander, secretary of the
Knights of Columbus wra activities,
No. 3 (negro section). at Camp Fun
ston. is in Topeka today. He spoke in
terms of high praise of the entertain
ment given at the nights of Column
bus hall No. 8. at $50 o'clock, July
10, when the program was furnished
by Mrs. John NJ. Wright, Malcolm
King Griffith and L Mord Allen, all
of Topeka. Three thousand people
attended the concert, including off,
GERS and men.
An athletic exhibition will be given
by the organization at Funston. Aug
ust 3. by the sos and sos infantry, all
colored troops. AS that date is WISH
tors day. friends of the men from
Topeka are invited to attend. The
regular days for visitors are first and
third Saturdays and Sundays of every
month. The white troops are visited
by hosts of their friends on those DAYS.
and the colored troops wish ais to see
their relatives and friends on visiting
days.
The Knights of Columbus hall for
negro troops at Funston was the first
one to be built in the United States.
camp Meade. Camp Dodge and Camp
Plke now have similar halls In the
hall at Funston some $500 soldiers
are received every day. The mai
brings to the building a thousand LET
ters daily.
The Y. w. c. A. will open a hostess
mousse for the negroes at Camp Fun
sion August 3, and a party of Topeka
people VIII go to the camp to be nres
ent at that CEREMONY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
Unknown Men Demanded Mrs.
0atney Sign Husbands Release
Alone in Room, She Was Awak-
ened Early This Morning.
HANDKERCHIEF OVER MOUTH
"Other Woman" Is Named in
Co. Att'y's Office Today.
No Warrants Yet Issued Fol-
lowing Lengthy Investigation.

Mrs. Frank P. Oatney, alone in her
bedroom at her home, 1887 Garfield
street, was awakened shortly after
midnight by two men standing at the
foot of her bed. They seized her,
tied a handkerchief with something
on it, over her mouth, and demanded
that she sign a paper which she told
Hugh Fisher, county attorney. today
was release on her husband, a street
car conductor.
Mrs. Oatney resisted and struggled,
she told the police, the county attorney
and Hugh Larimer, sheriff, today. She
managed to slip the handkerchief
from her lips and screamed, she says.
The men were frightened by her out
cries and after obtaining some letters
written to her by her husband and
anonymous missives. they ran into the
street and disappeared. In their haste
they dropped some of the letters, and
also a letter which apparently was
written to Oatney by an affinity.
Couldn't Identify Men.
The woman today declared that it
was too dark to see the men well
enough to give good description OF
them.
Oatney. according to the wife's
story, has been away from home for
about a month, but still contributes
to her support. He works for the
street car company here.
Mrs. Oatney, accompanied by her
husband, appeared before the county
attorney today Ind told her story. At
ter questioning Oatney, Larimer and
Fisher brought the alleged other
woman" into the county attorneys Of
flee for investigation. She gave the
name of Ruth Wilson.
No Warrants Issued.
After an Investigation lasting sew
eral hours, no warrant mad been issued
by Fisher. However, he ordered Oat-
ney, Mrs. Oatney and the "other wo-
man. to return for further question
ing late this afternoon. Up until this
afternoon they stoutly denied knowing
anything about the attack upon Mrs.
Oatney this morning, and Mrs: Oatney
pleaded her husbands innocence be-
fore Fisher.
A few weeks ago. according to the
police, Mrs. Oatney came to police
headquarters with a number, of
anonymous letters which were threat
ening and ordered her to give up her
husband. According to the police the
letters were signed Ruth"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

on the state house grounds Monday
night. New men enlisted in the COM
panies. An announcement was made
by Maj. P. B. Hamlin that uniforms
will be ready for the men in a, shor.
time. He also announced that a spe-
cial school for commissioned officers
only would be held Friday evening at
the home of Lieut.. c. L. Wilcox, 1914
Guthrie avenue, beginning at 1880. Of
ficers are asked to attend in uniform.
Uniforms will be distributed next
Monday night, according to expecta-
tons of Major Hamlin.
DIR. E. A. Billings has been COM
missioned captain in the medical off,
GERS reserve corps of the United
States army and expects to be called
to service within a few weeks. Dr..
Billings came to Topeka ten years ago
from Kansas City, where he was grad
uated from the Kansas University
Medical school. He has since been
practicing his profession in this city.
He is the twenty-fifth member of the
Shawnee County Medical society to
enter the service. He is a thirty
second degree Mason and a Shriner
While he is away his wife will go to
Rich Hill. Mo-, to be with her parents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
TAKE OFF u. P. TRAINS
p. Q. c. Allows Road to Withdraw
Four Services in Kansas.

Applications of the Union Pacific
Railway Co. to withdraw four passen-
ger trains from its service in Kansas,
were today approved by the public
utilities commission. An application
to withdraw two additional trains,
was withdrawn by the railroad.
Under the order of the state COM
mission, the Union Pacific will remove
from service passenger trains Nos. 1853
and 10, between Salina and Oakley.
It will also withdraw trains Nos. 579-
$50 between Manhattan. Kan, and
Beatrice, Neb. The application of the
railroad company for permission to
remove from service trains Nos. 5S5-
$50 between Salina and, Hill City, was
withdrawn by attorneys for the rail-
road company. The order approving
withdrawal of the four passenger
trains, is effective imm ediately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
G.. r. BRIDGEPORT of Alabama
Heads Industrial School.
Well Known Negro Educator
Succeeds Sup't w. r. Carter.
WITH THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE
Prof. BRIDGEPORT Spent Is Years
With Booker Z. Washington.
Recently Engaged in Food Ac-
tivity for Government.

The board of trustees of the Indus
trial and Educational institute, a
school for negroes, of Topeka, has
unanimously chosen as the new super
intendnt, G. r. BRIDGEPORT, formerly
of the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.
BRIDGEPORT is to succeed William p.
Carter, who has lately resigned from
the superintendencN of the school.
Bridgeport is said to be a man of
a good deal of distinction in negro
educational work. He has been con-
nected for sixteen years with Tuske-
gee, the school founded and conducted
by the late Booker T. Washington.
Bridgeport was head of the agricul-
tural school of the institute, and gave
agricultural lectures of much helpful
ness to the students. He was edu-
Gated at Trinity Normal school, Ath-
ems, Ala, Talladege college, Tai
ladege, Ala, and took a degree from
the Massachusetts Agricultural col
Iege, and his bachelor of science de-
gree from the Boston university.
He was transferred from his work
ct Tuskegee to government service in
the line of food production, especially
in the investigation of cereal crop
raising He was given Jurisdiction in
that work of neatly all the southern
states. While he was at Tuskegee, he
was mayor of Greenwood, the town in
which the school is located. He has
been engaged in educational work for
twenty-five years. having been inter-
ested both in rural and in city schools.
He conducted the farm demonstration
work at Tuskegee.
BRIDGEPORT has arrived in Topeka
to take immediate charge of the
school. His predecessor, William R.
Carter. hGT been superintendent of the
institute for the last seventeen years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

Dance tonight-Kellam Hall.-Adv.
A trainload of selects to Camp Fun
ston this week will be accompanied
by T. E. rout, general secretary Of
the Railroad Y. NJ. C. A.
A meeting of the shop men at the
lumber sheds this noon was addressed
by the Rev. T. D. Halbert, of the Sec
ond United Brethren church.
The playground baseball teams play
as follows: Quincy, 8; Washington,
Z; City p'rk, Z; Ripley, 6; Westlawn.
13; Polk, 6; Potwin, 9; Chesney. o.
At a recent meeting of the local
teamsters' union, the organization vot-
ed to unite with the State Federation
of Labor and to send a delegate to
the convention of that federation.
Frank w. Golden, 412 Topeka ave-
nue., was entrained today for Camp
Funston by local draft board No. 2.
Golden will fill a place made vacant
by a man rejected on account of physi-
cal disability.
A joint meeting of the trade extern
sion and agricultural committees of
the Chamber of Commerce will be held
tomorrow noon at the Chamber. The
meeting has been called to make plans
for an automobile trip to the Salina
tractor demonstration.
The executive committee of the
Shawnee County Farm bureau will
meet at 10 o'clock Thursday morning
in the office of A. D. Folker. county
farm agent, in the court house. I'm
portant business will come before the
meeting and every member is urged to
be present. Plans will be made for
an automobile tour of demonstration
to the agricultural college and the
Salina tractor show. 1t is planned to
have all the business of the meeting
over in time for the circus.
A divorce was granted by Judge R.
D. Carver in the district court to John
L. Simmons, Santa Fe employe,
from Jessie ClarF Simmons. Mrs.
Simmons waived summons and did not
contest the suit. The case was tried
pursuant to a motion for emergency
filed with the petition last week by
the plaintiff who expects to be called
soon for military service. He claimed
that the marriage was fraudulent and
that the defendant had represented
herself as the widowed mother of two
children, where as the two children
were born out of wedlock.
The Ninth battalion of the state
guards had their regular weekly drill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
SEND 43 NEGROES
City Draft Board Names Funs-
ton Draft for August.
This viii Exhaust Glass 1 of
Both Topeka Boards.

The names of forty-three colored
men who will be entrained~ for Camp
Funston by the city draft board early
in August were announced this morn
ing. Board No. 1 will furnish twenty
two men and board No. 2 will send
twenty-one men to camp. This will
take the entire supply of class l ne
gro registrants of both boards, it was
revealed. The men will probably
leave on one of the first five days in
August. the date not yet being def
nitely set. The names as made public
this morning follow:
Board No. l.
Albert Ewing. 1852 Lane
Simon Z Hoe 1135 Washington
Hudson Logan, 1919 f Tenth
Henry c. Jones. 1900 Topeka
Howard h0Trip t +; c; ca rms 14OI JACKSON.
Thomas Steele, GIL f. Twelfth.
o. G. Bryant, 2215 Union.
James Kennedy. S26 Clay.
George Radford. 1923 Van Buren,.
odell J. Lay, 1907 Monroe.
Minus Gentry, 1924 Lincoln.
Frank Brandon. 1917 Washington.
Joe Norman, $50 Center
F fesFstt F. bmFe 23 3q2H
Henry Thompson, Chicago.
William Seals. 622 Horne
Henry Archer 1905 Topeka
William Baugh. Ills Washington.
Board No. 2.
Walter IL. Mickens. IA Haskell.
Metree NJ. Raynor. 926 n. Topeka
Edward Woods, 1900 Madison.
Charles Waters. 222 Jackson.
William D. Barbcr-rOute 5.
William Parker. 917 \. Topeka
Edison Williams, cO7 n. Monroe
John Mapu, 907 N. Topeka.
Frederick Bradford, SOB n. Tyler.
James Pay. 800 Kansas
James L. Eagleson, Santa Fe hospital
Tom Germany. Wagner. Okla.
Fleet Smith. 1927 n. Madison.
Fred Thompson. 907 n. Madison
Edward J. Addison. 115 N Quincy.
John D. Jackson. 213 Kansas.
Archie Dupree, 129 n. Monroe
William Thompson, 93I n. Fillmore.
Robert F. Chisholm, 1903 W. Laurent
John Wilson. $50 f First.
Roy Smith, oil College
William f. Richardson els Western
T. r. Harris A05 Madison.
Harry Williams. 123 \. Van Buren,.
Lee johnson, 300 jefferson
Earl Walker, 915 n Lincoln.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
FIX FLOUR PRICES
Price at Mill in Kansas City
Will Be $3.50 a Barrel.
Retailer Will Be Allowed a
Margin of $1.2O a Barrel.

Washington, July 23.-The food
administration expects this week to
have in tn, hands of every mill in the
country schedule of prices at which
flour and feeds from the 1918 wheat
crop MAJ be sold. This, it is be-
lieved, will guard the public against
extortionate Profits.
Nearly five thousand price SEIZED
ules have been delivered. The price.
are for carload lots bulk at the mill
1t is believed that competition in many
instances will lower these prices
1t is necessary to add to the an
nounced prices, the cost of packages
This averages IS cents barrel, when
flour is shipped in small packages
s1ch as two-pound cotton sacks.
1t is also necessary to add the
freight freight from the milling point;
For sales of less than carload lots
SO cents a barrel on flour may be
added and where sold by mills to in
dfvidual consumers, S1.20 a barrel
Allow Retailer S1.2O a Barrel.
The jobber may sell at no NOR.
than Is to SO cents over the delivered
cost to him. and the retailer at n,
more than s1.20 over the price he
pays. Each invoice from the mil
will contain list of food administra-
ton prices so the buyer may readily
make comparisons.
Prices to the retailer from the mill
at principal points include:
Boston, $1,000; New York. $1O6I-
Aberdeen. S. D.. s9.65: Fort Worth,
Tex. s10.12; Omaha. $3.50: Ell Pasc.
s10.Ss; Chicago. SOFA; Galveston
s1o,2s; Cleveland, s1o.ss; Duluth
s10:o5; Minneapolis. 5000: Wichita,
S9-5s; Kansas City, Mo-. $3.50: ST
Louis, $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
ONLY THREE MORE DAYS
Topekans Have Short Time to Repister
for Primaries.

Three more days in which to regis
teri
City Clerk -Coven sounded a solemn
warning today to every citizen who
wishes to vote at the primaries. If
you haven't registered, do it now, for
the books close at 10 o'clock Friday
night. May 20.
The usual last minute rush expected
by the force in the city clerks office
began this week and is gaining in
velocity every hour. But in spite of
this, the city clerk sticks to the theory
that registration this year will not be
as heavy as usual.
The clerks office on the third floor
of the city building will be open every
night until 10 o'clock until the books
are closed, and the elevators will be
running up until that hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
ANOTHER VESSEL LOST?
Rumors of Distress Signals From East
of Island of Nantucket.

Nantucket, Mass, July 23.-Com-
plete mystery today shrouded the re-
port of a vessel in distress few
miles east of the island of Nantucket
brought here yesterday by an un-
known aviator. Coast guard crews
from stations on the islands and else
where searched the vicinity where
the disabled craft was reported to be
without finding any trace of her.
Marines were inclined to doubt the
truth of the story. as many unfounded
rumors had been current since the
sudden appearance of the submarine
off the coast of Cape Cod Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
LUMBER PRICES STAND
Government VIII Not Modify Its RuI-
ing of July 2.

washington, July 23.-The war in
dustries boarI today refused the re-
quest of wholesale lumber dealers that
it modify the ruling of July 2, which
provided that no manufacturer deal
ers or others should accept orders for
mill shipment above the maximum
prices fiXe on July IA