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Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK.

NEW YORK, January 31.-Out-
standing strong spots developed In to-
days stock market and gains OF frac-
tions to or more points were scattered
over a broad front.
Motors, steels. rails, utilities, oils and
specialties were in the van Of the for
ward push. A number of new highs
for the past several years were re-
corded.
Conspicuous advances were held by
Chrysler, General Motors Santa Fe,
New York Central, Northern Pacific,
Great Northern, Union Pacific. ALE.
ghany Corp. Consolidated Gas, North
American, Public Service of New Jersey
United States Pipe, United States
Steel. Bethlehem, Continental Can,
American Can, Standard Oil OF New
Jersey and California. Johns-Mans.
vile. Collins & Aikman, Warner Bros,
and Douglas Aircraft. The mines were
easier and American Telephone about
unchanged.
The late tone was firm. Transfer,
approximated 100000 shares.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON.-Trading was quiet on the
and oil Shares vepe qesy s,inport.S ns snH nriess
advanced Chinese and Japanese bonds
weakened while other stocks were subjected
lar.
PARIS.-Prices were strong on the
Bour.e today as financial circles viewed .
certain. Bank industrial and international
issues advanced, while rentes were frac..
tionally higher. The closing tone was frrl.
BERLIN.-1rreRularity and auietness
prevailed at the opening of the Boerse to-
day. Buying orders later stimulated trad.
ing. The closing was sustained.
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Chicago Grain

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 31-Overtor-
ping 81, wheat late today reached
Sl.00l. for May contracts.
Threats of coalition between farm
and bonus blocs in Congress to get
currency imitation exerted bullish in.
fluence. Besides, Winnipeg and Liver.
pool markets developed relative firm.
ness.
Wheat closed firm, 14a1s above
Yesterdays finish, May. 993sal.o0:
corn unchanged to Is higher, May,
6oa6ols; oats unchanged to 70 up and
provisions unchanged to a rise of Is
rents
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HOLDERS TO BACK PLAN
FOR PRESSED STEEL CAR
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoCIated PreS5.
NEW YORK. January 31.-Charles
Hayden. chairman of the Deposits
Committee for Pressed Steel Car Co.
l0-year per cent convertible gold
bonds, has advised bondholders that
the committee intends to assent to the
plan OF reorganization proposed by the
company at a court hearing scheduled
for March 5.
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filed with the
Pu bile Utilities
Commission, net
profits of $685.
417.39 comparing
with $976.l06.27
In the previous
year, a decrease
of $3.50, $3.50, or
so per cent.
Operating rev.
enues during 1885
totaled $685.
500. .S8, q gain Of
$685., ,399. .06. or II
per cent over the
previous year. At
the same time
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RAIL DEFICIT SMALLER,

NEW YORK, January 81 R.-The
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail-
way Co. has reported a December net
operating deficit Of $l2l,7 ,759. compared
with a net operating deficit of $l26, 1863
in the final month Of 1884.
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METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK, January 81 R,-Copper
export. s.79as:7b, Nn steadisr; SPOT and
sgdt %o,s uafhsnssd steady st u. spot ~
Zinc dull: East st. Louis. spot and future,
4.s5. aluminium. 19.0Oa22.0O. Antimony.
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New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, January 31.-Cotton
weakened today under near month
liquidation and scattered selling, at,
tributed to relatively easy Liverpool
cables and reports from Washington
pointing to the gradual liquidation OF
the Government l2-cent loan cotton.
March was relatively weak. selling
off to ll.l6 during the middle of the
morning, or 81 points net lower. whila
October at 1926 showed a net loss OF
IL points.
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Liverpool Quotations.

LIVERPOOL January 81 tP.-Cotton.
$4,000 bales. including 5000 American.
Spot moderate business DONE prices j
points lower. Quotations in pence: Ameri,
can strict good mddlins ~: good mid.
ding. D. 49, strict mddlins, go; middlins.
- IA: strict low middlins. 594: low mid
ding. 5,1i: strict good ordinary 554:
good ordinary. 5.24. Futures closed ouieS
and steady; March. 5.92: May 5S6: July.
fical noon closing. January, 1886. 5.9t
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Chicago Cash Market.

Cash wheat, no sales reported: corn
No. 5 mixed, 54a55; No. yellow, 571.a
58l2; oats. No 2 white, 321s; sample
grade, 27a27l2 rye, No. 2, 62l4; soy
beans. sample yellow. 72l2; barley, "a
a82; nominal feed, 30a45; mailing. 81
ass; timothy seed. 3.l5a25 hundred.
weight; clover seed, 120oa1s.o0 hun,
dredweight.
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LIVERPOOL. January 81 LP.-Wheat
utures closed steady
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HIGHER COSTS CUT
TRANSIT EARNINGS
Net Reduced to $383,417,
Compared to $976,106
in Previous Year.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

BY EDWARD Z. STONE.
Mounting expenses In 1885 cut total
net income of the Capital Transit Co.
to less than one-half Of the 1884 figure.
according to the annual report lust
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Baltimore Quotations.
Liverpool Grain Prices.

BALTIMORE. January 81 ,P,.-Wheat.
NO. >, red Winter. sarlicky, spot domestic,
1.0l; January. l.OI
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concert Of the orchestra for this sea-
son will be given Sunday afternoon,
April 5, In Constitution Hall, and
plans are already under way for an
interesting group Of soloists. as well
as the two series Of concerts Sundays
and midweek and the three series Of
students concerts In the high schools.
Among others in the large audience
were Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Harlan
Fiske Stone; Miss Mabel Boardman.
whose box adjoins that Of Mrs. Roose-
welt. was evidently detained by work
ut the Red Cross, Of which she is sec
retary, though guests occupied the
box; Mr.. and Mrs. william F. r. Hit.
who are In town for o short stay from
their home near Warrenton; Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry B. Spencer, Mrs. Truxtun
Beale, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl A. Droop.
Mrs. Demarest Lloyd and her son, Mr..
Demarest Lloyd, jr.; Mrs. Henry Par
sons Erwin, Miss Dolores Crawford,
Miss Harriet Winslow, Miss Mary
Winslow, Baron Antoine Beyens, Sec
ond secretary Of the Belgian Embassy;
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Carter, Miss
Olivia Phelps Stokes, Mrs. George
Maurice Morris and her daughter. Miss
Patricia Morris; Mrs. Oliver Owen
Kuhn, Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, Mr..
and Mrs, Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs.
Edwin B. Parker and Miss Alice J.
Clapp.
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Weddings Elsewhere
OF Local Interest

Miss Helen Marie Lund Of Takoma
Park, daughter Of Elder and Mrs. A. o.
Lund Of Brooklyn, N. Y, and Mr..
Charles o. Seek, son Of Mrs. and Mrs.
Best Seek Of Laytonsville, were mar
ried Tuesday evening In the home the
young couple will occupy near Cal
thersburg, Md. The ceremony was
performed by the father Of the bride
IN the presence Of small company Of
relatives and friends Of the couple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Crosby an
nounce the marriage Of their daugh-
ter Gladys Of College Park, Nd. to
Mr.. Gordon F. Pitts Of Brandywine,
Md. The ceremony took place in the
First Baptist Church Of Hyattsville,
Md. Saturday, DR.. B. p. Robertson
ofI1ciating. The bride and bridegroom
were attended by Mr.. and Mrs. Clif-
ton Strickland.
The bride wore navy blue suit and
q shoulder bouquet Of gardenias and
lilies Of the valley.
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Benefit Ball to Aid
Flood Relief Funds

With . view to doing as much rs
possible to swell the fund for food
relief work. the various employees vel.
fare organizations throughout the
Government are sponsoring Q special
flood relief bali, to be held at the
Shoreham and Wardman Park Hotels
Thursday evening from 10 to 1880
O'Clock.
Tickets win be 81 each. with the
entire proceeds going to the American
Red Cross for use in food relief work.
The hotels will turn over all their
facilities for the evening without
charge.
A select committee Of Government
employees is handling arrangements.
Tickets will be honored at both hotels,
so that those who attend may visit
back and forth II they 50 desire. A
special effort Is being made to en-
courage all Government ofiicials and
members Of Congress to attend.
Those who 60 to the Shoreham
will be entertained by Mr.. Barnee
and his orchestra, while at the Ward
man Park Mr.. Phil Lampkin and his
famous radio band will play.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
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Niemeyer.Cronise
MARRIAGE SATURDAY.

MIR. and Mrs. Clyde H. Cronise Of
Bethesda, Nd, announce the marriage
Of their daughter Mildred Lois to Mr..
William Price Niemeyer, also OF Be-
thesda, Saturday. The wedding took
place In Frederick, Md.
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wore q becoming gown Of brown with
accessories to match.
The Undersecretary Of State and
Mrs. william Phillips were present as
were Mrs. Henry L. stimson. wife Of
the former Secretary Of State: Mrs.
Wilbur J. Carr. Mrs. William e.
Borah, Representative and Mrs. Sol
Bloom, Miss Vera Bloom. the civil
service commissioner, Mrs. Lucille
Foster McMillin. wearing . smart
black costume trimmed with q gay
print material, and having with her
the chief examiner Of the commission
and Mrs. L. A. Meyer. Also present
were Capt. and Mrs. G. G. Calhoun,
Col. and Mrs. George G. Thorpe, for
mer Representative and Mrs. Fred
Britten, Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin,
DR.. Fenton Bradford, Miss Dorothy
Kurtz, Admiral and Mrs. Mark Bris-
tol. Mrs. william r. Dennis, Miss
Mary Patten, Mrs. Jacob Leander
Loose, wearing . blue velvet gown and
hat Of the same material trimmed
with q blue ostrich feather. and Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman.
Symphony Concert Draws
Manv Prominent perxons
The new counselor Of the British
Embassy and Mrs. Mallet were guests
Of Mrs. Tracy Dows In her box at the
last Thursday afternoon concert Of the
National Symphony Orchestra, DR..
Hans Kinder conductor, which was
given yesterday afternoon in Consti-
tuition Hall. Mrs. Dows also has with
her her son, Mr.. DIN Dows. The last
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NATURE
WARNS YOU

An inactive Hvoe = natures
warning thst u 3 time Sse -.
tion. Hesdschss. augyishnsss.
and that depressed feeling are
signs Of faulty elimination,
known as constipatisn.- Inter
nal cleanliness Il the secret Of
keeping physically fit. Flush
away all poisonous matter from
your intestinal tractw with HEXA-
SOL, the dependable saline laxa-
tive. Feel Hike yourself again.
HEXASOL is . physician's pre-
scription that has been used and
recommended for ev& . quarter
Il . century. Safe, sure and
agreeable 70 take. Get . gem
ereus bottle, to-day, for emily
~, st yeW nearest drug Seere.
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Senator to Be Host
Safety COMMITTEES

Senator Henrik shipstead will be
host at luncheon at the Capitol Nom
day when he will entertain the mem.
bers Of the Women's Safety Commit
tee sponsored BY the American Auto
mobile Association.
Senator shtpstead Is interested In
the further development Of play spaces
for the children Of the District Of
Columbia In behalf Of their safety
away from tranic. This Is . measure
with which the Women's Safety Com
nittee has co-operated extensively.
White Ponies Increase,
1celands white ponies are increasing
ln number.
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Reception
InHOnOrtO to
King Fuad
Minister of Egypt Oh.
serves Rulers Birth
day Anniversary.

CONTINUED From Third Page.)
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Springs Fovorite
The Casual Coat

THIS COAT CONES IN BRIGHT cHAMoIs,
NAVY. GREY AND LONDON TAN. MADE OF
EXCELLENT QUALITY cAMEL's HAIR AND IS
BEAUTIFULLY LINED. SIZES IL TO Is.
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Exceptional
The Jacket Frock

THIS LITTLE JACKET FRocK SPORTS 4
DOTTED SILK JACKET TO MATCH THE
BLOUSE UNDERNEATH. THE SKIRT IS OF A
SOLID COLOR TO GIVE IT A SMART con-
TRAsT, AND CONES IN NAVY, BROWN AND
BLACK WITH WHITE DOTS. SIZES IL to IS.
Evening star., 1936-07-14

nents, Inc, against five New York
banks, was reversed today by the
United States Circuit Court Of Appeals
in unanimous opinion.
In reversing the decision of Federal
District Judge Julian w. Mack, the
higher court directed that the suit Of
Celia Kelly of Minneapolis, be sent
back to the lower court for determine
ton Of certain issues raised in the
complaint, after which, the appeal will
be heard as to all issues presented to l..
Miss Kelly sued the Hanover Ma
tional Bank & Trust Co., Commercial
National Bank e. Trust Co., Irving
Trust Co., Guaranty Trust Co. and the
Bankers Trust Co.
The holder of $1,000 in debentureS,
she sought to recover as security for
herself and other debenture bond
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"Lady Musher'' Helps Rescue
Glacier Priest in Rapids
Chance ArrivaI of MOtorbOat Fishing
Party Saues Father Hubbard After
Craft Is Smashed on Rock.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JUNEAU, Alaska, July 14.-The
chance arrival of motorboat fishing
party led by Mary Joyce, Alaska's
attractive lady musher," helped save
Father Bernard Hubbard when his
boat was wrecked recently in Icy
rapids of the Twin Glacier River, the
explorer disclosed yesterday.
Miss Joyce, who drove a dog team
1000 miles last Midwinter to a Fair
banks ice carnival, and her party had
sailed their boat downstream to view
the rapids.
"She was horrified, she told me
later, to see q man on a rock and a
wrecked boat In the raging waters,
Father Hubbard said. She ran their
boat ashore and found George Gatty
q member of our expedition.
HE jumped in and piloted 1t down.
stream. I leaped into 1t as 1t swirled
past and we soon were safe below the
rapids"
Describes Experience.
Father Hubbard. describing thu
wrecking of the river boat from which
he and Ken Chisholm, former Santa
Clara foot ball player, had leaped %,
almost o miracle" onto rock, said II
was the first serious mishap in his IL
years of Alaskan exploration. He gave
great praise to Chisholm.
Father Hubbard's specially built
light weight steel boat and much val
liable equipment were lost in the acci-
dent, which occurred last week. He
ordered a new one shipped, but plan
ned to return to the scene with a
heavily built wooden river boat he
bought here.
with the high water aiding us, we
had gone through the rapids both
ways several times and all but the last
load of our tons of equipment were
safe at our island base camp" said
the University Of Santa Clara priest
Freed Dogs and Jumped.
'The last trip, our propeller sheared
a rock. Our heavily loaded boat hit
and turned over. We managed to
unsnap the chains of Mageik and
Magook, our sled dogs. and jumped.
Ice foes were swirling down the
rapids and their position appeared
precarious Chisholm volunteered to
try to swim the rapids. Taking off
his boots and shirt, he received the
priests blessing and plunged in.
He went under twice, but. chilled
and numb, made shore and ran
through the forest to camp" Father
Hubbard related.
His shouts aroused Nicholas Cava-
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"just hadn't got around to coming to

"just hadn't got around to coming to
town."
Fowler lives between Conway and
Tabor, N. C. He said he had gone
to Tabor and was returning home
when the hooded procession seized
him and whisked him to swamp and
laShed his bare flesh.
Tabor Is about miles from the
scattered community known as Claren-
don, where a grand jury recently at
tributed the flogging of at least six
persons-four women and two men
to night-riding vigilantes.
A self-styled member. of the night
riders in purported confession
named a preacher and two women as
the leaders and said the victims were
flogged because they were ''undesir-
ables.'
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liere, cameraman, and John Dimond,
his assistant, and they returned with
ropes and axes. With night coming
on two hours later, Miss Joyce's boat
appeared.
The expedition will establish two
more base camps, one on the Taku
ice cap and a third at the Devils
Claw. Ascents of the Devils Claw
peaks are planned, as well as ice cap
and other scientific observations on
the Canadian side Of the boundary.
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holders, certain securities which ths
insult Utilities Investments transferred
to the banks as security for loans ag-
gregattng $14,500, 900.
She contended provisions of the
debenture issues were violated when
the loans were obtained from the de-
fendant banks and that, the banks had
knowledge Of the restrictive clauses.
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ANOTHER RCAROL|NA.
FL0GG|NG |SL|STED.
Farmer, 40, Shows WeIts
Inflicted by Band of
Masked Men.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey tne ASSoclateu FreSS.
WILMINGTON, N. c., July IA
Another flogging was reported from a
remote section Of Columbus County
today on the heels of an inquiry
into a band Of girl-whipping. night
riders"
Monroe Fowler, a 4o-year-old South
Carolina farmer who lives near the
State line, walked into the sheriff
office at Conway, s. c., and said he
was nogged four nights ago by . band
Of Is masked, white-robed terrorists
The farmer barred his back and ex-
hibited a mass of deep-livid welts-
the marks, he said, of the Ngilantes'
lash. He offered no motive.
II was whipped with q belt six
inches wide" he said. II fell on my
knees, nearly unconscious. and then
they jerked me up and beat me
again"
Asked why he did not report the
incident sooner, the farmer said he
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FLOGG|NG VICTIM
ASKS FOR REPORT
Miss BIagden Will Try to
Inspect U. S. Data on
Share Choppers.

Miss Willie Sue Blagden, 28-year-
old Memphis social worker, Socialist
party member and share-cropper SYM
pathizer, who was the victim of a
fiogging near Earle, Ark, June Is
during trouble between planters and
tenant farmers, was in Washington
today, determined, If possible, to gain
access to o confidential report made
to the Department Of Agriculture on
conditions among the Arkansas share
croppers.
Her visit was to be brief, however
Arriving here late yesterday, she was
interviewed by reporters, planned to
visit the Agriculture Department this
morning and then 60 to New York for
several speeches, including one for the
League for Southern Labor on July %,
on the tenant farmer problem. Later,
Miss Blagden said, her counsel will
proceed with efforts to prosecute the
white men who fogged her and Rev.
Claude williams, Little Rock Presby-
terian minister.
The confidential report, she de-
clared, was submitted to the depart
ment by Mary Connor Myers. q men,
Der Of its legal staff. after q visit to
the Arkansas cotton country, where
number of incidents have occurred
since efforts began to expand the
Southern Tenant Farmers Union.
Conditions Deplored.
Miss Blagden deplored living and
working conditions and the wages OF
Southern tenant farmers, especially
those in Arkansas.
Share croppers there, she said, earn
about rs cents a day and out Of this
have to pay excTbitant prices at plan
tation commissaries for the necessities
of life.
Recounting incidents preceding the
hogging, she said that a meeting OF
the s. T. r. U. was broken up on June
8 at Earle, with brutality and the use
of ak handles" Miss Blagden said she
was not q member Of the union but
sympathized with its efforts.
Prank Weems, a Negro. who lived
at Earle" she continued, ''was
knocked unconscious and has not
been seen alive since. Some people
have even said they saw him dead
Mr.. williams and I offered to help
with a funeral for Weems on Tues
day, June 16, If we could find his
body. There were o lot of rumors at
that time that he was alive. You
couldn't have secured colored min
lister to preach the service because OF
the danger involved.
I'VE went to Earle to find Weems'
wife. A young man who took us to
the neighborhood, Roy Morelock, was
beaten while we were waiting for
| Weems' wife. When we reached the
car, six wen-dressed white men were
waiting for us. This was on Monday
June 15."
Drove to Plantation.
After asking her and the minister
questions, Miss Blagden said they
were forced to drive to plantation
The minister, she said, first was
hogged. Then Miss Blagden was
whipped.
Miss Blagden Is convinced her as
sailants were planters and that she
knows their identity.
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John L. Lewis to Speak.

John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers of America and
chairman Of the Committee for Indus
trial Organization, will speak on
American Labor at the Crossroads"
at special luncheon Of the National
Press Club in the club auditorium to-
morrow at 1890 o'clock.
Evening star., 1936-07-14
INSULL BONDHOLDER
UPHELD IN APPEAL
Suit Against Five Banks Ordered
Reheard to Settle Com.
plant Issues.

Bv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July IA lower court
decision dismissing the suit of a bond
holder in the insult Utilities Invest
Evening star., 1936-07-14
Largest Fruit of Kind.

The double coconut of the Seychelle
Islands. in the Indian Ocean, is prob
ably the largest single-seeded fruit in
existence.
Evening star., 1936-07-14
Poison Gas in War.

Long before 1914 the chief nations
Of Europe agreed not to use poison
gases in warfare.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-07
BEER LICENSE sIGNERs

The application of George Alger
for an on sale generally class d beer
license for the Village Restaurant, in
Rising Sun, was granted by the
Board of License Commissioners on
Tuesday. The signers for the Ii
cense were: Frank Tosh, Hugh
Evans, Thomas Riale, Sadie Ayers,
Jesse Lawson, Harry Woodrow,
Forest Baker. w. K. Bird, H. E.
Brinton. A. E. Crowl, w. s. Robin
SON.
The application of Thomas S.
Riale for class D beer license was
held because of technicality, the
location of the business in the appli-
cation being given as Southwest
corner" OF Queen and Cherry, where
as the business is located ON the
northeast corner of Queen and
Cherry streets.
The signers for the license are:
Jesse Lawson, Harry Dinsmore, H.
E. Brinton, w. K. Bird, Charles
Ferguson, D. D. Hanna, George Cox,
Jr., Leroy Jones. Arthur Dinsmore,
Harry Fisher.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-07
CANNING SEASON OPENS

Cameron Bros. expect to begin the
pack of sweet corn at their cannery
here in Rising Sun next week. The
Polish labor, transported from Balti-
more, and employed at the cannery,
will arrive on Saturday. These
families are quartered in the houses
provided for them ON the cannery
grounds. In addition a large num-
Der of local people are employed at
the cannery,
Tomato canneries of lower Eastern
Shore began operations last week on
what promises to be one of the great
est tomato years in the history of the
industry on the peninsula which gov
eminent data reveals is the nations
tomato patch" The season, thus
far, has been most favorable and
with the increased acreage the crop
bids to be bumper one.
The ripening of the crop and open
ing of the canneries means employ
ment to thousands of people who live
in the communities where the crop is
grown and canneries are located.
Hundreds of others will migrate to
the tomato sections to help harvest
and can the crop.
Government reports recently is
sued revealed the peninsula as the
greatest tomato producing area in
the nation. Many of the canneries
that in bygone years only packed
the crop in cans, now manufacture
catsup, chili-sauce and tomato juice.
The season, as rule, is a long
one, the canneries operating until
late in October.
Local tomato packers will start
canning tomatoes sometime the lat
ter part of August.