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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-06
l.. A. POULTRY
LOS ANGELES Sent G III

LOS ANGELES. Sept G. UP)-
liens. leEhorns, = 90 lbs. :. lie
Hens, leghorns. over 4 lbs. -. 13c
DO. over 4 lbs. .............. 13c
Hens. eolored. sA to lbs :. Ise
liens. eolofed, over 4 lbs -. I9c
BfoIlers. over = up to Ia lbs. Ice
Broilers, over ] 4 up TO 2A lbs. 1sc
fryers, leghorns, over pa up to Ice
fryers, coiored. 2lz-3L lbs - IL
Fryefs. eolored. over 3z lbs up Ae
Roasters. colofed ...... He
Old fooSters. cotoFed ....... s
Old roosters. ieghorn ......... g.
stays s..t.ts@..s#..t. 1s6
nuckltngs. over 8 pounds -. 15e
DuckltnEs. under 8 pounds -. Ia
old ducks ................ Sc
Young geese ................. 15e
Old tom turkeys ............ IL
old hen turkeys ..s.. .......... lie
eapons lbs. and uu . "a
Rabbits. No. / VIII. 3k-4x lbs. lie
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-06
BANKS
MPLS. FLAX FUTURES

LOS ANGELES. Sept 6. GUP)-
Transamerica ...-.....-..-.-... 47-2-5
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-06

too jittery in juggling pitchers. the
Red Birds might now be within
striking distance of the lead had
they not lost the services of Brown
and Marion for a month early in
the going Brown went out when a
bad bounce broke his nose, Marion
when he injured a knee as Joe
Vosmik of Flatbush broke up a
double play.
A lot of Humpty Dumptys were
used in spring exhibition games
with the result that regulars were
not in shape when the boys started
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-06
MIZE IS JUST BEHIND
RUTH'S RECORD PACE

With the theories Of Branch
Hickey and Blade tossed out the
window, the Cardinals should start
quicker and bet back into their
pennant-winning ways in 1s41.
A pitcher or two capable of VIM
ming in the National League scarce
ly can miss coming from high
rolling minor league farm outfits.
Ernie Koy more than balanced
the Medwick barter by himself,
and Messrs. Breadon and Hickey
got Sl32,500 in cash and other ath-
letes in the deal that sent the dis
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-06
San Diego Team
Leads Ball Series
By Two to0ne
ALBEMARLE.

ALBEMARLE, N. c., Sept. 6.
(UP)-Trailing two games to one.
the Albemarle American Legion ju-
nior baseball team hoped to tie
the series at two all today as they
meet San Diego in the fourth game
OF the little world series.
Albemarle took its first game of
the three out of five series yesterday
with a 6 to win over the Califor-
mans.
San Diego won the first two games
by one run margins. 6~5 and 3-2.
The Californians got nine hits TO
Albemarle's eight. but two of the
Albemarle hits were good for triples.
Loose play by the San Diego in
field also aided in setting up scoring
opportunities.
The score
Albemarle ..-...-..... 102 021 000-6-3-t
San Diego -. ITO OO1 O00-3-a-
Lisk & Boyer: Williams. Brad
shaw & Usher.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-06
L.V. Liquor Store
Carries Biq Stock

Business has shown a mark
ed improvement in volume
over business received at the
old location" stated Henry
Marcot only yesterday.
The store recently was mOv-
ed from 463 Main.
The new location, as II. Mar
cot, owner and manager, point
ed out, affords an ideal spot
for customer convenience.
Plenty of parking space for
automobiles is always avail
able.
Two employees, besides Mar
cot, assure courteous services
from the complete stock of
domestic anG imported liquors,
wines and beers.
"A large stock of iced goods
is on hand at all times for
customers to select from"
MarcOt said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-06

For reaching most people at
smallest cost use Post-Press want.
ads
Evening star., 1940-04-22
London Tin Prices

LONDON, April 90 GP.-Tin easier;
spot, f252 15s bid. f253 asked. futures,
f247 bid f247 IS asked
Evening star., 1940-04-22
American AirIines
Reports S3o4,o53
Net in Quarter
Result Contrasts With
Only $23.800 for
Sume 1899 Period
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, April 22.-American
Airlines, Inc, during the quarter
ended March 81. 1910, earned $304.-
053.16 after provision of $66,880 for
Federal income taxes, as compared
with $23,800.98 in the corresponding
quarter of 1899, it was announced
today by c. r. Smith, president. The
1910 first quarter includes $llO,-
024.95 profit from the sale of flying
equipment.
During the first quarter Ameri-
can Airlines transported 1855 rev.
enue passengers, as compared with
76,l21 in the first quarter of 1899
an increase of 1873 per cent.
Revenue passenger miles flown to-
tailed 81, 4,l46,633, as compared with
81 ,909, ,563 in the corresponding
period Of. 1889, an increase of 69.7
per cent. The company flew $685.
581 revenue miles, as compared with
3,622,428 revenue miles in the first
quarter of 1899.
Passenger revenue was $2.737,-
560.75 in the first quarter, as COM
pared with S1,628, ,93405 in the same
period of 1899.
Mail revenues totaled $946, ,681 Ct
as compared with $835,41O.43. Ex-
press revenue was $119,71185 as
compared with $95,73O.47. Other
revenue in the first quarter of 1910
was $58,203.49 as against $49.124.43.
Total operating revenue was $780,
1875. an increase of 48O per cent
over the same quarter in 1899, when
it was $2,609, 1898.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Court Holds Assessor
Lacks Power 10 Rule
On Business Tax
Opinion Involving
Constitutional
Objections Reversed

The assessor of the District OF
Columbia, as an administrative Of
fetal, lacks inherent power to rule
on constitutional objections to the
business privilege tax, the United
States Court of Appeals held today.
The court reversed and remanded
to the Board of Tax Appeals of the
District a case involving Harry
Panitz and William D. Katzen, CO.
partners trading as Harry Panitz e.
Co., of Baltimore. A similar de-
cision was reached today by the
court in the case of the Washington
Petroleum Products, Inc.
Paid Tax Under Protest.
The partners, through their travel
ing statesmen selling to retailers here
in the calendar year 1896, sold
$172, 1920 worth of goods: they had
obtained the necessary license and
wrote letter paying the business
privilege tax of $7O3.56 under pro-
test. They then filed petition for
refund with the Board of Tax Ap-
peals of the District, which dis
missed 1t for want of jurisdiction on
the ground that they had not paid
the tax involuntarily and hence were
not entitled to contest it's validity.
The board took the position that
since the partners paid the tax with
out proceeding to the hearing the
assessor would have accorded them
before revoking their license. they
failed to exhaust their administra-
tive remedy and hence did not pay
the tax involuntarily within the
meaning of the statute.
Opinion of Court.
But the court today, in an opin-
ion written by Associate Justice
Fred M. Vinson, held that neither
the law nor the rules laid down by
the District Commissioners author
lied the assessors to relieve against
forfeiture of a license on the ground
that the act was unconstitutional
Representing the partners were
Attorneys Morris Rosenberg of Bal
timore and Fred w. Weitzel and
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Plane Export Policy
Is Praised by Beech
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. April 22.-Walter
H. Beech, president and general
manager Of the Beech Aircraft
Corp, Wichita, Kans., today ex-
pressed much satisfaction with the
recently announced policy of the
United States Government to release
for export to the allied powers
several current models of military
aircraft, heretofore restricted for
the use of Americas armed forces.
There are several reasons why it
is sensible policy. to release these
planes to the allies" Mr.. Beech
stated. I'VE can build up our ma
tional aircraft production resources
without expense to American tax
payers, by filling allied orders now.
The hiring of thousands of ad-
ditional workers in our aircraft
factories will materially benefit the
unemployment situation"
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Two Groups Join
Campaign 10 Rid
Capital Of Rats
Speakers Bureau PIuns
Fight for Appointment
Of D. c. Control Expert

The addition of two groups in a
city-Wide drive on rats was an
nounced today by the young peo-
pies group of Chevy Chase Pres
byterian Church as a speakers bu-
reau of IL youths prepared to appear
before local organizations urging
the appointment of a District rodent
control expert.
Latest additions to the undeclared
war on Washington's rodent popula-
ton are the colored Salvation Army
and young people of the Metropoli-
tan Baptist Church.
The speakers bureau, under the
direction of Mrs. Arthur w. Dudley.
will address organizations on its
plan for the establishment of a
special Office in the District Health
Department.
Money Declared Available.
I'VE have been informed both the
money and personnel are available
for the District to create such an
Office" Mrs. Dudley said today. IF
we can convince the District that
such an expert is necessary, then
our rat worries should be over"
The bureau is also planning to re-
quest other young peoples groups
to take action in their neighbor-
hoods.
More than 1000 poison filled pei
let's have been prepared by the
Chevy Chase group with the Coop
GRAFTON of Temple Center, scene of
a recent successful rodent drive, and
are being distributed in rat-infested
areas.
Five Talks Planned.
Five talks already have been
planned by the bureau, Mrs. Dudley
said.
Housing chairmen of neiphbor-
hood councils, she said, have been
informed of the campaign through
Mrs. Helen Dewey Hoffman, head of
the Washington Housing Associa-
ton.
Evening star., 1940-04-22

Farm Bill Is Delayed
By Split in Cotton
And Grain backers
Dispute Over Division
Of Benefit Payments
DeudIocks Measure
BY the Associated Press.

=
A month-long deadlock over the
81 900 100000 farm bill was attrib-
uted by well-informed members of
Congress today to a dispute over
division of farm benefit payments
among cotton growers on one side
and corn and wheat farmers on the
other.
One Senate leader predicted that
joint Senate-House committee
would be unable to compose differ
ences between the two chambers and
that these Senate proposals would
have to be taken back to the House
for separate votes:
The s212 100000 for parity pay
ments to cotton, corn, wheat, to-
bacco and rice growers.
The $S5 900, 900 for removal of sur
plus farm products, part Of which
would 60 to finance the stamp
plan" for distributing food to low
income groups.
The $50,O00,000 in loans for the
farm tenancy program.
1ne parity payments would be in
addition to $500, 100000 of soil con-
servation benefits approved by both
the Senate and House for farmers
complying with administration con-
troll programs. However, the Senate
directed that these additional pay
ments be used to lift farm income
to at least rs per cent of its 19O9-13
purchasing power
Because both corn and wheat
prices recently have been near or
above these levels and cotton prices
have been low, the bulk of the parity
fund would go to cotton growers.
Attempts to revise this parity
formula to provide for a more even
division of funds among major crops
have failed.
Evening star., 1940-04-22

Norman ]. Morrison Of Washington.
The case was heard before Associ-
ate Justices Henry w. Edgerton,
Vinson and Wiley Rutledge. Rep
resenting the Washington Petroleum
Products, Inc, was Attorney Louis
A. Spiess, and in this case Chief
Justice D. Lawrence Groner, Asso-
ciate Justices Edgerton and Rut-
ledge participated. Validity of the
Evening star., 1940-04-22

business privilege tax was upheld
IN a number of cases recently by
the United States Court of Appeals
here.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Holdings Of U. 5. Steel
Stock in Britain
Reduced in Year
Company Report Shows
Decrease of Around
rs, 900 Shares
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 22.--Stocks of
the United States Steel Corp. held
in England were reduced by about
125,000 shares in the year ended
March 81, the company's figures on
foreign holdings disclosed today.
Most of the reduction took place
during the war period, apparently
to raise dollar exchange for war
purchases.
Total foreign holdings of it's COM
mon stock at the end of March, the
corporation reported, were 717,272
shares, or 80 of the outstanding
issue, compared with 1896, or 8.4
per cent, at the end of December
and 872, 400, or 108 per cent, at the
end of March, 1899.
F'oreign-held preferred shares
were down to 74,152 from 75,21O at
the end of December and 1881 at
the end of March, 1899.
Common holdings of the three
countries having the largest repre-
Sentation in the United States Steel
share list compared as follows:
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Corn Products Earns
$2,361,538 Profit
By the Associated press

NEW YORK, April 22.-Corn
Products Refining Co. and subsidi-
airy sales companies reported net in
come for the March quarter of 81
36l ,538, equal after preferred divi-
dend requirements to rs cents q
common share. This compared with
s2,0O3 1853, or 62 cents on common, in
the first quarter last year.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Heads Bank Group

LYNCHBURG, Va, April % lP-
w. R. Harrison of Danville was
elected chairman of group four of
the Virginia Bankers Association
here Saturday. He succeeds Scott
Nesbit of Covington.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
THE WASHINGTON D. c. MONDAY APRIL o. 1s4o
Municipal Financing
Volume to Increase
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 22.-About
SIS ,000, 900 Of new municipal securi-
ties are scheduled to be offered to
investors in the next 80 days, or
about $6,000,00 more than were in
view at the same time a month ago,
bond house compilations show.
Despite the increase, however, the
market is expected to have no diff
Guilty in absorbing the increased Of
ferings. Demand for tax-exempt
securities continues to be brisk and
new issues reaching the market
lately have been easily absorbed.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
E4iLII1s1434!ln1
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this positive money back guarantee SO get
Cystex from your druggist today for only 35c.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
United States Treasury Position

By the Associated Press.
eIp The position OF the Treasury April
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Money Market

NEW YORK. April 20 (P.-Call money.
paper. u per cent. Time loans steady; 90
20 days, y: four-six months. Ia per
5000 days. i7-it per cent: four months
Is-i2 per cent: fve-six months. s.-,. per
cent. Rediscount rate, New York Reserve
Bank. l per cent
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Steel Quotations

NEW YORK. April % Up --s,ee, nric..
per 100 pounds fob. Pittsburgh: Hot rolled
sneets' base price. 90 Galvanized sheets.
$50, Steel bars. 2.15,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-16
Holmes County Democratic Convention
Elects Executive Committee, Delegates

2, Miss Brannon. DR.. w. b. Hyde and
s. r. King; Beat three, J. M. Var
borough, j. w. Eakin and Jim CHS
holm; Beat 4, Carl Parrish, B. M.
Jones and Clyde Smith; Beat S, w. z.
Jones, John Turner and H. B. Jones.
Twelve delegates will go to the state
convention in Jackson. This county
has six votes so each delegate will
have one-half vote and the entire
delegation will go uninstructed but
bound to vote as a unit.
Delegates elected were j.. w. Lat
ham, e. T. Nelson, D. T. Ruff, Edwin
White, w. Kinds Jumper, DR.. w. B,
Hyde, Miss Hazel Brannon, John M
Marlborough, DR.. j. S. Rosamond, S
r. King, B. M. Jones and B. w,
Humphrey.
The state of Mississippi will have
18 delegates to the national conven.
ton which meets in Chicago on July
Is.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-16
Seventy-Five Students
Expect To Receive
Diplomas Wednesday

About seventy : five students are
expected to graduate from the col
lege department at Holmes Junior
College at the end of this semester.
The graduation exercises will be 1T
1920 on May 22nd. Members Of tho
graduating class are:
Louis r. Adair, Blue Mountain;
Ralph NJ. Allen, Vardaman; Virginia
Louise Anderson, Graysport; Ellis Ar
mold, Jr., Goodman; William Trou
Biggers, Chester; Hazel Boyeste, Pa
ducah, Kentucky; Margaret Brown.
Durant; Wilbur w. Bullock, Jr, Tyler
town; John A. Burch, Fulton; Cyrus
Hugh Butt, Walden; James w. Cain,
Sails; John Charles Cameron, Jr.
Maud; Evelyn Cannon, Calhoun City;
Game Tomlinson Carlisle. Weir; Mary
Virginia Carter. Lexington; Vera Gle
ment, Black Hawk; Writ Stewart
Coleman, Jr, West Point Mable Marie
Converse, West Point; Walter l. e
Crawford, Pickens; Catherine Crisler.
Durant; Hubert James Davidsoa,
French Camp; Jewel Dickerson, Hick-
DRY Flat; Laura nellie Doolittle. Der
ma; Ralph Edgar Dorroh. Stat e
Springs: Allein Mynelle Douglas
Goodman; Clara Elizabeth Floyd. Big
Creek; G.. ". Floyd, Jr., Ripley; ChaJ.
Hugh Frederick, Hickory; Edward
Houston Frederick, Hickory; Calvin
III. Gibson. Columbus; Herman L
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-16
Stote Income From
Commodities Are
Also Listed

A primary need of Holmes county
agriculture is larger farm income.
Farmers need more money to buy
many things needed in the home mi
on the farm and to make long needed
farm and home improvements.
A study of the different sources
of income as made by the Mississippi
Extension Service reveals that the in
come on many farms could be in
creased If farmers would develop at
least three important cash enter
pfises, including crops and livestock.
Livestock farmers almost invariably
have larger farm incomes than far
mers who produce crops alone.
The farm cash income of Holmes
county for 1888, the last year fol-
which figures are available, as es-
timataa by the Division of Agricnl-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-16
Stokes Funeral Held
In Durant
Rites Said For Fl
Year Old Murine
Resident Here

Funeral services for Bobby Stokes,
81 year old son o. Joe Stokes, Of
Oxford, formerly of Durant, were held
last Friday afternoon, May 10, in the
home of his aunt, Mrs. Marcus Love.
The Rev. E. S. Lewis officated.
Bobby was enrolled in the United
States Marine Corps and was station
ed at San Diego. He was on duty at
12:15 o'clock midnight, April 26, at
the ammunition store house. The
telephone over which he reported was
located at an 81" on a $50 foot pier
extending out in San Diego bay. Short
ly thereafter some sailors heard q
cry for help a. well as a sentry stat
Toned nearby. When they went to see
where the call came from Bobby's
cap was on the pier but he couldn't
be found. Deep sea divers started
work Immediately and worked until &
o'clock in the morning. They resum-
ed diving at eight o'clock and worked
for many hours to no avail. His body
was found Saturday, May 4, about
one and one-quarter miles from where
he slipped off the pier.
The night of the tragedy there was
a rain and thunder storm and the
current at the pier was said to be
very strong. In addition he was
weighted down with a heavy coat and
a gun and belt. These reasons were
advanced in explanation of the fact
that the body was not found ooner
A Guard of Honor accompanied
Bobby. Interment was in Mizpah with
the Southern Undertaking Associa-
ton in charge.
Surviving are his father, Joe Stokes,
and brother, Joe Early, an aunt, Mrs.
Love, and an uncle Clyde Stokes anc
Miss Rosa Ramsey.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-16
FSA Sponsors Tour
In Holmes County

So that the leaders in the Delta
may know what the Farm Security
Administration is doing to help low
income farmers become self-support-
ing. a "Know-Your-Farmer" tour will
be held May 20. 81 and 20.
The schedule is:
May 20. Holmes County at Lex
ington at 900 am.
May 81, Leflore County at Green
wood at D.; am. and at Swan Lake
at 200 pm.
May %, Coahoma County at Ciarks-
dale at 900 am. and in Bolivar
County at Cleveland at loo pm.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-16
Sophomore Class PIoy
At HJC Tuesday

The sophomore class play, "A
Prince There Was" by George n
Conan will be given at Holmes Junior
College auditorium on Tuesday eve
ming, May 81, at eight o'clock.
This play is repu:ed to be one of
the cleverest written by Mr.. Cohan
He also wrote Seven Keys to Bald
pate" the major production of The
Little Theatre Guild given earlier 10
the
The cast of a Prince There Was"
is:
Mr.. Martin, a mar of wealth, Fer.
guson Waston; Bland, his faithful SER
want; C~arruthers, his friend, John
Camerson; Comfort, a little girl,
nellie Douglas; Mrs. Prouty, keeper
OF the boarding house, Virginia Car
ter; Miss Vincent, Evelyn Cannon;
Gladys and Short, detectives, Mable
Converse and Ralph Dorroh; Mr..
Cricket, authority on international at
fairs. Wilbur Bullock; Miss Woods,
struggling young arthoress, Margaret
McDanoald; Della, Nina watson:
Eddie, Thomas WATSON. Miss Edith
Thaxton, class sponsor and teacher
OF speech and dramatics, is director
of the play.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-16
HJC Commencement
Schedule Given

The complete calendar of com
mencement at Holmes Junior College
Is given today:
Sunday, May 18th
100 p.m.-Senior Dinner.
300 p.m.-Glee Club Concert.
4:30 p.m.-Band Concert.
500 p.m-Sermon, DR.. NJ. L. Smith
President Millsaps College, Jackson.
Monday, May Goth
4.3o p.m.-Open House, Seniors ane
guests, Presidents home
Tuesday, May 2lst
200 p.m.-Class Day Exercise, High
School Seniors.
500 p.mr-Exhibit and Tea, Hom'
Economic Cottage.
500 p.m.-Class Play, College Sen
iors. "A Prince There Was" by Geo
nj. Cohan.
Wednesday, May 22nd
1890 am. - Graduation. Chester
Swor, Southwide Student Worker
Clinton, Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-16
81 CorIey Announces The
Pussoge Of New Bills

Commissioner of Agriculture 81 Cor
portant bills affecting regulatory work
in the State of Mississippi were pas,
sed by the Mississippi legislature dur
ing the 1910 session.
The bills, as passed, lea with the
shipping of fresh vegetables, the sale
of mixed fertilizer and fertilizer ma
~terials, and the allotment of fund
for the maintainence of the depart
ment.
House Bill 425, An act authorizing
the creation of a fresh vegetable con
troll board in the Copiah vegetable
area. This board consists OF 4 grow
ers and 5 shippers who recommend
to the Commissioner Of Agriculture
regulations governing the handling
and marketing of fresh vegetables
The Commissioner Of Agriculture is
authorized to enforce the recommend
ed regulations so issued. Violation OF
the issued regulations constitute q
mtsdemeanor and punishment Is pro.
vided for same.
House Bill 651, An act to amend
the present fertilizer law and to pro-
vide for the registration, labelling and
analysis OF acid forming and non-
acid forming fertilizer and fertilizer
materials. This law will eliminate that
material so often referred to as sand
in Mississippi fertilizer Further pro-
visions of the act state that all fer
tllizer n fertilizer materials must
be approved by the Commissioner of
Agriculture, State Chemist and the
Director of Extension before sale and
that the Commissioner shall be no
titled within "a. hours of every ship
|! ment of fertilizer.