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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17

Roll $40, G. Backus 4S2, G. Stew
art AL, C. Erlewine 524, II. fowler
533. Totals SAG, 795, SS6-2529
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17
= Cunniqnham's

Connolly ass, Yohn asa, Herbst 529,
L'Amoreaux 432. Harner 46S, Handi-
cap 81. Totals 74S, 500, S54-2422.
Haab's
Shreiner Az, Smith tAye0 iS5,
Stoll 494, Schoolmaster (Ave0 043,
Franklin 564: Totals s2l, SSl, SCI
1868.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17
HOUSE LEAGUE
Standings


Harris 457, Pierson 479, Living
ston 502. Osborne Az, Streicher Sr.
469. Handicap 147. Totals $50, SS7,
S55-o531.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17

Detroit. Dec. II ms - The
growing demand within labor
ranks for an immediate and per-
manent peace between the Clio and
the ALL in the interest OF unit
ed war effort today was expected
to be laid at the door Of the clio
Greater Detroit and Wayne Coun-
ty industrial council.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17
Boxing Results

NEW Coliseum TAM
Mauriello, 1921, New York. knocked
out Jim Turner. 21S%, Texas ID;
Curley Stangelo. l29%l. New York
outpointed Joe Stack. 126A, Phila-
delphia (S).
NEW YORK-(Broadway Arena)
Irwin Kaplan. 1871. Los Angeles.
drew with Vim Rossano. l47%. New
York 80; Roman Alvarez, 140h
New York. drew with Jim Pierce,
1874, Vancouver, b. c. (6).
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17
oliver
RIVERSIDE LADIES' LEAGUE


Garbe S74. kuster 3sS. Whitmire
335, Kuhn 3s5. Miller 49l. Handicap
81. Totals 624. 6S2. 7l9-2025.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17
Workouts Underway For Golden Gloves Competition
Sports Calendar
THURSDAY.

THURSDAY
Wrestling
Green Hornet vs.. Dale Wayne.
Dale Haddock vs.. Frankie Hart.
Walter Roxy vs.. Dean Rockwell
Ypsilanti Arm0ry, $50 p. m.
Basketball
Ypsilanti High School vs.. Dear
born High School, Ypsilanti High
School gymnasium, preliminary
game 700.
FRIDAY
Swimming
Ypsllanti High School vs.. Ann
Arbor High School, Ypsilani High
School pool p. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17

Franklin 43S, Weaver 372, vii
hanson 373.. Anders 4i4, Ryan 455.
Totals 657, 621, 7S4-2062.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17
Packers
Moore

Schaffer $50, O'Hara SIS, Battelle
Az, Hayward SS4." Wisbin 43O,
Handicap ). Totals 57i, $50, els
1881.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17
American Leqion

schrepper 449, Williams $50. Tun-
nlcliffe Ala, Hayward 49,. H. Smith
534. Handicap 1902, Totals sos, 1874
ssh PAS.
oliver
Sinkule 5l7. Stein sos, Lambert
$50, Meyers 5l3, Jones 52s. Totals
S3s, s7l, $4,000
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17
Shaefer

Stewart 3i1. West 373, Connolly
395, Wales (aye) 402, Crouch 492,
Totals els, $50, 73S-20O3.
Packers
Coxford AZ, Kindshoyen 439, Hut
chins 355, Hufnagle 3l4, Harner
469, Handicap IS. Totals 679, 746,
659-20Sl.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17
OLD SALMON GREEK ROAD NOW (L05ED
 BY GEORGE BROS.

Announcement is made today by George Brothers that the old Sal- mon Creek road on the Glacier Highway will be closed to traffic, effective immediately
 The road extends through George Brothers property. It was planned to be closed for some time, but only recently the owners received a quit claim deed from the Terri torial Board of Road Commissions CTS, giving them the right to close the road
 The reasons for the close, state the owners, is due to the fact that many people drive across h e property during the night and vari- ous articles have been taken.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17
Manuscript Hunt Sfarfs,
 All 5ettions
Ken MeCormiok to Spend Weeks Looking
 for Writers
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, April IT. A manuscript hunt that will take Ken Mccormick from Manhattan to the Midwest wheat fields and from the Great Lakes to the Pacific is under way This chief associate edi- tor for Doubleday, Doran will spend the next six or eight weeks travelling about the country, in dulging in leisurely discussions with authors, meeting news writers, chatting of publishing trends, and garnering new manuscripts-bio- graphical. historical, fictional-for possible publication.
 One of the ideas of this trip will be to meet those people who nave stories to tell but can't write. There are people like that Oscar Levant is one. A witty glib young man in conversation, he became tongue-tied at a type writer. It was only question of bringing the right collaborator tc him, and the result was "a Smat- tering of Ignorance which en- joyed phenomental success.
 Mccormick thinks writers who live away from the Industrial East may be discouraged by what appears to be an overdose oi war books under European date lines. But this is only the froth Of the publishing business, nc points out-thin and transparent.
 McCormick is anxious to discus what he calls regional work" witf writers in various sections of the country By regional is mean definitive locale. A woman whc
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX

All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years, who are not sailors in the United States Navy or Revenue Cutter Service, volunteer firemen, paupers or in- sane persons are required to pay an annual School Tax of $5.
 This tax is due and payable after the first Monday in April and shall be paid before May l, providing you are in the Territory, on said first date; if not, the tax is due within 30 days after your arrival in Alaska or within 10 days after written or oral demand is made upon you by the School Tax Col lector. Taxes not paid in accord ance with the foregoing require ments shall become delinquent, and each person delinquent shall be subject to fine of $2.
 All persons subject to, and refus- ing or neglecting to pay said tax are subject to fine of $25, or im- prisonment in jail for a period of one month.
 CITY OF JUNEAU,
 School Tax Collector
 for Juneau
 Publication dates, April 14-15-16- 17-1819-21, 1941. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17
ktkinIeyIs
 Making Trip

SEATTLE, April IT. Steamer Mount Mckinley sailed at 9 o'clock this morning for Alaska ports with 198 passengers aboard, including 75 steerage.
 Passengers aboard the steamer booked for Juneau include Allen Shattuck, Lester Jones, o. B. Tweedt. Mrs. A. Kunzas, P. F. Claw eau and wife, (stop-overs for Sew ard; A. Anderson, Y. Soldering, Mrs. B. w. Carr, George Bassett, E. A Meyring, Mrs. John Tando, A E. Running, Albert Bostedt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17
Has Poor House
 Exemptions, Too

TULSA, Okla, April 17--An aged couple, shabbily dressed, appeared at the tax assescr's office to claim homestead exemption on their one rcom house. The exemption was more than ample and the personal assessment was practically nothing. The clerk started to turn away
 Say queried the old man, ''how about them entanglement taxes?'
 This was taken to mean taxes lev jed against intangibles leash, stocks and bonds-so the clerk inquired.
 DO you have some?"
 Sure do,' the old fellow reported, producing bank book showing de- posits in excess of $10,0O0.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17

Spruille Braden, U. s. ambassador to Colombia, arrives at New York. He returned to make report tc the state department in Washington on conditions in the South American
 country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17
(YANE STOPS HEREDURINC
 SURVEY TRIP

Only recently returned to its head quarters at Ketchikan from sev- eral weeks overhaul at Seattle, the Coast Guard cutter Cyane, com manded by It. F. K. Johnson, dock ed in Juneau at o'clock this morn ing for water and supplies before continuing to the Westward.
 The vessel which sailed from the Channel at II o'clock this morning, is on a survey cruise of the West ward area for new lighthouse sites. It. Johnson said the Cyane would be gone for six weeks and would then return direct to Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17

lives ten years in box car prob ,biy has a good story to tell, but
 ne should write about life as she ,nOwS it in bCXcarS, not attempt
 9 glamorize it with the lights of New York. He things it is unnec- ,ssary to generalize too broadly, as
 aany authors do, in selecting lo-
 ales for plot action. If you're writing about a small town in Min ncsota, make that picture so true to Minnesota that readers will know that this couldn't have happened in any state but Minnesota. That s what he means.
 On a manuscript hunt such as this the routine is this. You go nto a town and announce through the newspapers that you will be available (to writerS) for inter- views. In one day on previous hunt in Chicago, Mccormick talked with 52 persons. From them he ob- tained 99 manuscripts. Of these, two were accepted, and both developed into successes.
 Cleveland, Chicago St. Paul, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco will be the major stops on this trip, though. he will branch out into smaller cities from these points. It depends on what Heads he has and what the prospects are.
 Mccormick, though technically Jerseyite CT was born there but we moved about five minutes later'D will be heading into famil- far territory Most of his boyhood was spent in the Midwest and his formative years in Salem, Ore. He came to New York about 13 years ago and at one time held seven part-tinc jobs. He played a piano three hours day, he worked in a library ln the mornings, etc. Even tually he became identified with Doubleday, Doran, and now he is their chief associate editor. He is married to former nurse st Bellevue who keeps him enter tained with hospital stories. T also used to write novels,' he says T wrote three. Were those same novels submitted to me to- day I wouldn't accept them. That's the way the publishers I submitted them to felt about it.
 Try classi.iea ad in The Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17
MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NoRTHBoUND
. Denali due Saturday. . Mount Mckinley due Sunday.

Denali due Saturday.
 Mount Mckinley due Sunday.
 SCHEDULED SAILlNGS
 North Sea scheduled to sail
 from Seattle tomorrow at 10
 a. m.
 Columbia scheduled to sail from
 Seattle April 19 at 9 am.
 . Princess Louise scheduled to
 sail from Vancouver April 9
 at 9 am.
 . SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS . Tongass scheduled southbound at midnight tonight.
 North Coast scheduled south bound sometime tomorrow . afternoon. . Baranof scheduled southbound . 10:30 o'clock Saturday fore { . noon. . Alaska scheduled southbound { . Monday.
 0 Northland southbound Tuesday. { . Taku sch d Il le d southbound | . next Wednesday,. ( . LOCAL SAILlNCS [ . Estebeth scheduled to sail every ( . Wednesday at p. m. for St. ( ka and wayports. [ . Naha leaves every Wednesday | . at l pm. for Petersburg, Port [ . Alexander, Rake and way ( . ports. [ .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17
TIDES

(Sun Time-April 18) High tide-5:4 :46 am, 14.0 feet. Low tide-12:34 pm, 18 feet. High tide-7:i7 pm, i2.7 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17
Taku isNoW
 Norfhbound

SEATTLE. April 17.-Steamer Taku sailed for Southeast Alaska ports this forenoon Passengers aboard for Juneau are Mrs. w. A Collins, Mrs. Rex Chittick, Miss Peg gy Harris.
 The Taku goes to Ketchikan, then to Sitka and calls at Juneau cn the southbound voyage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17
HALIBUT PRICES
 ADVANCES HERE:

Juneau halibut prices raised frac- tionally today as skipper Olaf Aase of the Marie unloaded 6,000 pounds of fish to sell to the Alaska Coast Fisheries at 7.30 and 530 cents a pound and the Fern II, Capt. John Lowell, sold 11,000 pounds to the Alaska Coast Fisheries at 7.3O and 535 cents a pound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17
ATTENTION EASTERN STAR

There will be dinner, Tuesday, April 22nd honcring Past Worthy Matrons and Patrons. All Eastern Stars and escorts arc invited. Start ing at 6.30 pm. s,larp at the Tenn pie. If you have not made reserva- tions, call Mrs. Josephine Sullivan, Green 413, or the Worthy Matron or Secretary before Saturday.
 HELEN WEBSTER, adv. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17

WHY SUFFER with your feet? Phone 646. Chiropodist Dr. Stoves. (adv)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-17

Empire Classifieds payl
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28
PUSH FIGHT FOR
FEDERAL MILK CONTROL

The fight being carried on by In
ter-State Milk Producers Coopera-
tive to obtain higher milk prices for
its members through Federal
State milk marketing order is being
resisted inch-by-inch by milk deal
ers. This is evidenced at the hearing
being conducted jointly by the Fed
eral and State governments on pro-
posed price increase to farmers. This
hearing, in Philada., being held at
the request of the Interstate group,
was originally convened on October
% and has twice been recessed upon
the insistence of milk dealers and
the Pennsylvania Milk Contorl Com
mission, and is now entering its fifth
calendar week.
The testimony placed upon. the
hearing record thus far has been
presented by producers, principally
Interstate, and every word Of it is
being subjected to exhaustive cross
examination by various attorneys
representing dealer interests. Deal
ers, as yet, have placed no direct
testimony upon the hearing record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28
CHEVROLET NEW SERVICE
PROGRAM

Field operating programs for an
army of more than $4,000 Chevrolet
service men in 8,400 dealerships
from coast to coast, previewing
plans and policies for 1912, will be
the subject matter for series of
eight regional conferences to be
held in the next month under the di-
rection of Ed Hedner, national d.
rector of service for Chevrolet.
A complete review of 1941 service
advances and reinterpretation Of
the service mans role under the new
conditions imposed upon motorists,
will share the attention of the As
zone service managers, eight region
al product representatives, and the
dozens of recently appointed mill
tary service managers now working
directly with army personnel thru
out the country.
First of the series of meetings was
held in Flint Monday, with the final
session scheduled in Oakland, CAL,
Dec. s. Thus, with the opening Of
the new year, Chevrolet service men
the country over will have latest
factory information on new, approved
service procedures. Heavy emphasis
is to be placed on maintenance, as
motorists face future in which dur
ability and dependability may be
classed as supreme motor car vir-
tues.
Dealers service managers will
confer with zone officials following
the regional meetings, to assure
quick distribution of information
prepared by Central Office service
heads.
Assisting Hedner will be H. NJ.
Page, manager of the military SER
vice department, and e. l.. Harrig
and c.. M. Dvenport, assistant service
managers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28
GOOSE OR DUCK MAKES At
TRACTIVE HOLIDAY DISH

For the family that chooses goose
or duck for the traditional Thanks
giving or Christmas dinner, it is
helpful to remember the following
suggestions, according to Miss Mar
garet McPheeters, specialist in nut
triton for the University of Mary
land Extension Service.
Both the duck and goose are fat
and so it is well to be cautious in
adding fat to the stuffing. Celery,
parsley, and onion are used as sea-
soning vegetables and among the
herbs, savory, thyme, sweet mar
joram and sage are favorites. Other
good additions to the duck or goose
stuffing are dried apricots, prunes,
raisins. and tart apple cubes candied
with sugar.
Put stuffing in both the tail and
neck cavities, but do not pack it.
Then, draw the skin of the neck to
the back and fasten it with string or
strewers, and sew up the opening
under the tail. Tie the legs and
WAA60 ClOoC " tAO UOQy Win O
that crosses at the back where the
marks will not show.
Start roasting the duck or goose
with the breast down on the rack of
a shallow pan, without water and
without cover Roast a to pound
young duck at moderate temperature
(35O degrees F. for 2 or IN hours,
or until the breast and thigh are
tender when pierced with a skewer;
roast 10 to IL pound young goose
at 325 egrees F. for to hours, or
until tender.
Ducks and geese are fat enough
to be self-basting, but they must be
turned about every half hour to get
all the parts cooked evenly. If the
bird is very fat, prick the skin dur
ing the roasting to allow the fat to
drain out.
Slicing the breast correctly is a
simple trick that makes for success
full carving. First remove the leg
and wing on the side nearest you
just as for any other bird. Then
make deep cuts in the breast (about
2 inches apart) through the skin and
flesh and down to the bone. Start
these cuts at the ridge in the middle
of the breast and have them go down
the side at right angles to the ridge.
Then lift out the sections of the
breast meat and you will have a
layer of Drowned skin and rich fat
on top of each. Repeat the carving
process on the other side of the
bird.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28
NINTH DISTRICT FARM GROUP

The November meeting of the
Ninth District Farmers Club was
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
B. Fassitt. The president, Howard R.
Brown, presiding. After singing
Flow Gently Sweet Alton, roll call
was answered by my hobby.
Experiments were discussed. Mr..
Charles Morris gave report on the
Civilian Air Defense test held in Oc-
tober, his home being one of the OBJ
servatiOn posts. Mr.. j. q. Miller,
County Agent, gave report on All
club work. Some of the boys are
getting feeder lambs for projects.
Farmers are reporting the best corn
crop in several years; the Japanese
beetles have not done as much dam
age as formerly. The Government is
asking for an increase in the pro-
dmction of meat, poultry, milk and
tomatoes. There is a special need
for canned tomatoes in Great Brit
ian. They can be used as drink in
place of water. Miss Helen Irene
Smith, Home Demonstration Agent,
announced that the county chorus
was to go to Dorchester county to
help celebrate the 25th anniversary
of Miss V. M. Kellar's work in the
state. She also announced the coun-
ty council meeting at Elkton High
School on November Is. Miss Mary
Barber, food specialist for the War
Department, is to talk on food for
defense, there will be exhibits of
flower arrangements, canned goods,
etc.
Mrs. Atlee Armour spoke of our
defense program; we are to make
use of what we have and not buy
luxuries. The inspection committee
was composed of Messrs. VIM. Eng
land, Thomas Mcdowell and j. e.
Crothers.
After enjoying fine dinner and
pleasant social hour, the club re-
convened with singing. Mr.. VIM.
Graham, principal of the Rising Sun
High school, gave splendid patri-
otto talk. He said we forgot we were
Americans, we forgot our RESPONSE
bilities, we forgot to worship; we
must learn to appreciate what we
have and to share with the needy,
we must keep the flag waving. The
spirit of America must be cherished.
Mrs. j. 2. Miller gave an interesting
talk on there is nothing new under
the sum-. Mr.. Cecil Ewing spoke.
Mrs. Fassitt told of their trip over
the super-highway and through West
Virginia. Mr.. Fassitt read an article
on tax legisltion. Mr.. Bower gave
an interesting report ON the milk
meeting held in Philada. The meet
ing adjourned to meet with Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Fox in December.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Ancient and Modern Necroman-
cy, Alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism
Denounced" will be the subject OF
the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches
Of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, No
vember 80.
The Golden Text will be from Jer
30: 8 & g., "Thus saith the Lord OF
hosts, the God of Israel; Let not
your prophets and OWNERS, that be
in the midst of you, deceive you
Nor they prophecy to you falsely in
my name; have not sent them,
saith the Lord.
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Deut. ell:
For these are the commandments,
the statutes, and the judgments,
which the Lord your God command
ed to teach you, that We might do
them in the land wither we go to
possess it,.
The Lesson-Sermon also will In
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy. among which
is the following. page 48s, Corp
oral sense defrauds and lies; II
Mosaic Decalogue to meet It's own
demands"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28

On the basis of reported yields
and conditions about November /,
the indicated 1941 production of
Maryland grain crops, including corn,
wheat, oats, barley, rye and bucx-
wheat, is about 8 percent below the
production of 1910. but is percent
above the 10 year average 1890
39), according to the Maryland Crop
Reporting Service. The production: Of
these grains is estimated at 27,S52,-
900 bushels as compared with 49,
10000 bushels in 1910 q aud
27,2Ss, 900 bushels for the 10-year
average. ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28
"wOMEN's PART IN ARMY
FEEDING"
by Miss Mary I. Barber

BY Miss Mary l. Barber
"Women's Part in Army Feed
ing was the interesting subject pre-
scented to the ESQ women who assem-
bled at the Elkton High School on
Saturday, November Is, to listen to
the expert Food Consultant--Miss
Mary 1. Barber, whose delightful
personality charmed the group.
Some of the points emphasized
were:
1. A total defense program can be
successful If 1t is supported by total
population.
Q. Women think of it in terms of
their daily health-education-re-
creation and above all, adequate nu-
triton for their families.
8. Army has adopted $50 million
sons. Largest nutrition project in
the country, all to be fed, clothed,
and housed and taught hundred
methods for defense--all races
creeds and varying cultures.
A. Enough yeast purchased for
400 million lbs. of bread.
5. Army eats whole beef every
81 seconds day and might.
6. Cans of vegetables stacked one
on another would make pile 8,962
miles high.
Z. Various types of diets used for
the different forces
8. All meats approved in Washing-
ton and all prepared by trained
cooks.
8. Food is sometimes over cooked
due to fact it must not be served q
minute late.
These and many other facts were
presented.
Mrs. Otis McCauley, recently elect
ed president, in her greeting en-
phasized the willingness of Home
makers to do their part in the nutri-
tional program and cooperate with
the various agencies: Childrens Aid,
Needlework Guild, Red Cross, Hos
pital Program, Defense which de-
ponds on Homemakers groups to put
ideas across to Communities. In
time of stress, storm, emotional up
sets, history points out that women
have given courage and leadership
to the humanities of better living.
All county reports showed an in
crease i'm food conservation and the
making and buying Of improvements
due to more money available.
Incarnation about county reports
will appear in Homemaker's Column.
Miss Venia M. Kellar, State direc-
tor of Extension Service for Women
spoke on Trends in Home Demon
stration Agent work. She present.
ed 10 point program of Agricul-
ture for women and emphasized
the need for increased membership.
The Homemaker's chorus under
direction of Mrs. j. B. Fassitt OF
Rising Sum assisted by Mrs. John
Wilson of Rising Sun presented four
numbers:
1. Egyptian Song, g. Gypsy Trail.
8. The Cat And The Grow, 4. The
Lord is My Shepherd.
An excellent display of exhibits
and achievements were enjoyed.
Those presented were: Red Cross
Miss Lorraine Fassitt; Needlework
Guild--Miss Anna Balderston; Can
ned Goods--Mrs. Lloyd Balderston;
Flower Arrangement--Miss May
Kimble; General Exhibits--Mrs.
Mary Baus.
The Westminster Guild of the
Presbyterian Church served the
luncheon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28

According to the Maryland Crop
Reporting Service the production Of
potatoes in the State is estimated at
2,342,000 bushels compared with
2,898,000 bushels last year and
2,997,000 bushels for the last ten
years. The indicated yield is SO bu-
shells per acre compared with 115
bushels last year and q 100 bushel
average for the last decade. EARLY
crop yields were fair and. as dig
ging progressed. yields for the late
crop were slightly better than we ex-
pected q month ago.