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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
HARRINGTON

]. G. Messner, superintendent of
schools, announced today that the
annual Candle Light Carol Service
by the Harrington High School will
be given next Wednesday evening,
December II, at 7:45 o'clock In the
school auditorium.
The Christmas service will be-
gin with an organ-piano recital
given by Lila Chason at the Ham
mond organ and Melvin Brobst at
the piano The invocation will be
given by the Rev. Thomas Jones.
The high school glee club will sing
many Christmas anthems. The So
loists include Paul Hawk, Louis
Jennings and Miss Roselle Hick-
man. There will be selections by a
mixed octette composed of Eerda
Ruth Vane, Roselle Hickman,
Gladys Kemp, Anna Lee Brown,
Ray Masten, Lewis Warren, Paul
Hawk and Melvin Brobst. There
will also be selections by the Brass
Quartet which consists of Ray Mas
ten, Bobby Jester, Matthew Eek
rich and Billy Knox. This part of
the program will be under the di-
rection of Melvin L. Brobst. The
Christmas play is called a BED OF
Hay" written by Agnes E. Peter
son and directed and coached by |
Miss Sally Winfrey and Mrs. Mar
lam Kinard of the faculty. The cast /
Is composed of Dick Richards,
Gayle Smith, Thelma Wix, Lewis 4
Warren, Jane Pride, Donald Kent,
1rmond Hobbs and Cubbage Brown.
rhe Rev. Robert Green will pro-
lounce the benediction.
The glee club, accompanied by
lila Chason, consists of the fol-
owing sopranos: Hazel Sharp, Ir-
me Downes, Clara Koontz, Verda
Ruth Vane, Roselle Hickman, Zita
1immerly, Doris Hall, Jane Pride,
Dorothy Harding, Emma Lee Welch,
Betty Mae Tyndall, Grace Wanda
luillen, Mary Tatman, ElOlse
Price, Louise Wiley, Elizabeth Ann
dcKnatt, Marian Welch, Grace Il
Sreen, Pauline Draper, Josephine
dasten, Anna Mae Hendricks, Pau
Inc Dakota, Doris Shuttle, Doris
,lendaniel, Jean Flannery, Doris
Ianson, Evelyn Morris, Mary Lee
brown, Ruth Wyatt, Irene Outten,
luth Sherwood, Sara Carey, Ruth
lustin, Mary Mccoy, Florence Out
en-, Ethel Starkey, Marion Price,
'helma Reutsche, Christine Powell,
,thel Webb, Anna Lee Derrickson;
he following altos: Elma Hntson,
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Kent Dairy Farmers
Plan 1912 Program
loonllnuea IrOm r1rst raeel

committee consisting of Lyndon d.
Gaulk, Nathaniel w. Taylor, Doug
las Fry, w. Smithers Snow, Dudley
Grossley and ]. Elmer Pratt. As
sistance will be given also by Ken
meth w. Baker, county agent SUI
pervisor and coordinator, of the
University Of Delaware Agricultur-
al Extension Service, who is help
ing to supervise and direct the poll
icies of the Kent County Dairy
Herd Improvement Association
which was organized over two
years ago for the purpose of Sc
curing official milk and bntterfat
production records on the individ-
ual cows in these herds.
During the past year ESQ dairy
farmers in Kent county requested
the series of six dairy service let
ters, prepared by the Farm Man
agement Specialist and distributed
through the county extension office,
pertaining to various subjects deal
ing with herd management, rations
and the growing of pasture and
other feed crops. A recent survey
In connection with this project in
dicated that "a per cent of these
cooperators reported as following
Recommended feeding and herd
management practices during 1941,
and many others requested that
these service letters be continued
These practices included improved
grain rationsl planting of emergen-
cy and permanent pastures, use of
grass or legume sllage, time Of cut
ting hay, fertilization, lining and
clipping of pastures, also the rota-
tion Of pasture fields along with
the production of adequate grain
crops. 81
Another feature of this dairy
feeding and home grown feed pro-
duction program is the Countrywide
dairy school which will be held |
some time in February, with the
assistance of the dairy advisory |
committee and specialists from the
University Of Delaware. Topics of
interest to all milk producers viii
be. discHssed, as was the program
at similar school held last Feb
ruary in the Capital Grange Hall in
Dover and attended by over thirty
dairy farmers who expressed their
desire for another meeting this
winter.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
No Road To Riches

No profession performs a great
er service for the American people
than medicine. Upon the doctor
falls the great task of keeping us
physically and mentally healthy,
And the typical doctor does that job
without regard to his own comfort.
his own pleasure or his own purse.
To become a doctor takes ten
years of rigorous education. And
after graduation many more years
must go by before the young medi-
co can hope to develop sizeable
practice. Yet the financial re-
wards that come to the doctor are
extremely moderate in the light OF
the long and costly training he
must undergo.
Medical Economies" recently
published a survey of the. gross in
come OF some $500 representative
men of medicine. Slightly more
than SO per cent of these doctors
had incomes ranging from $1,000
to $6,500 a year Less than per
cent had incomes of more than
s16.500. And only seven-tenths OF
one per cent enjoyed incomes in
excess of $30,509
+ These incomes, remember, are
gross incomes Out of them must
be paid all the doctors heavy ex-
Office, supplies, nurses,
etc.-before he has
anything left for himself
Medicine, in short, is no road to
riches, and all doctors know it.
Doctors of great reputation, with
very large practices, are often mod
est earners-because so much of
heir work is done without pay.
rhe poor man who can pay little or
nothing gets the same attention
rom the doctor as does the rich
nan who can pay much. The goal
If medicine is service to all.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
VOLUNTEERS FIGHT FIRES

In many communities volunteer
auxiliary fire fighting forces are
being trained and established. That
should be done now by every town
in the nation.
These groups can serve two high
ly important purposes. First. they
will be able to render assistance to
the regular fire departments. In
times such as the present, fire is
real disaster. We must keep our
factory wheels turning for defense.
We must preserve our materials
and labor for defense. Shortages
and priority restrictions make the
replacement of burned homes and
other buildings extremely difficult
and, in some cases, absolutely i'm
possible.
Second, these auxiliary fire fight
ing forces will be yitallysneeded if
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
$921.46 Raised Here
In Red Cross Roll-C Call
CONTINUED rrom rIrss Page,


Fisher avenue and vicinity, Mrs.
Leroy Stevenson, Mrs. Jamison I;
East Front street, Mrs. Roscoe Cal
loway, Mrs. Paul Monroe; Causey
avenue and vicinity, Mrs. VIM. v.
Sipple; Lake View avenue, Kings
Highway, Mrs. c. ID. Holzmueller,
Mrs. Lester Adkins, Mrs. Stephen
Toadyine; Clark avenue and vicin-
ity, Miss Elizabeth Messick, Mrs.
Della Deakyne; Eugenia avenue,
Mrs. Wilmer o. Lankford; West
Front street, Mrs. Raymond Smith,
Miss Elizabeth Collins, Mrs. Harry
Vinyard, Mrs. Oscar Maloney;
North Walnut street, Mrs. w. R.
Pierce, Mrs. ]. G. Sharpe, Mrs.
Anthony Summers, Mrs. Mabel
Sichterman; North Second street
and vicinity, Mrs. Lee Hirsch;
North Washington street and vicin-
ity, Mrs. James Cannon, Mrs. Har-
vey Davidson; Bratten's Heights,
Miss Ida Roosa, Mrs. Hyman
Roosa; Milford Neck, Mrs. Leonard
French, Mrs. leverage; Cedar
Neck, Mrs. Philip Jacobs, Mrs. Bes-
sic Watson Shew; Slaughter Neck,
Mrs. George H. Draper, Jr.; Prime
Hook Neck. Mrs. T. r. Wilson;
Shawnee to Boulevard, Mrs. VIM.
M Watson; Boulevard, Mrs White
ley Jewell; hospital, Mrs. Cannon;
Houston; Mrs. ShoeiEley Daugherty,
Mrs. Vim. j. Johnson, Mrs ]. ". |
Mrs. r. W. Bennett,
Mrs. Edgell Coates, Mrs. Charles
Hayes, Mrs. Martin Quiilen. g
2 The chairman of the Milford !
Branch Of Delawafe Chapter AM
srican Red Cross, Mrs. Wallace Nc
Faul; vice chairman, Mrs Willard |
Pierce; treasurer, Mrs. o. B. Bach; |
Mrs. Wilson s. Vinyard /
Mrs. Bayard Wharton is production I
chairman and has charge Of the
Knitting and Mrs. Stephen Toadyine
las charge of the sewing. Both are
loing splendid work.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Sen. Tunnell
Appeals For
United Front
goon.lnusd lr0m glrs. Passl

The banquet is held by the Phil
adelphia organization each year to
celebrate the anniversary Of Della
wares ratification of the Consti-
tuition on December z, 1887.
J. Hampton Moore, former mayor
Of Philadelphia, was toastmaster.
Entertainment and dancing follow
ed the banquet.
AT a business session, the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Captain George H. Anderson; first
vice president, John L. Graham,
Jr.; second vice president and his
torian, A. O. II. Grier; secretary,
John E, Harper; treasurer. Louis
DhHadaway. Henry E. Cain, Jen-
Iiings Hood, and John v. Postles
were named to the board of COVER
nQrs. n
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12

Estate taxes dropped to $576.20
tContinued from First PaRe)
this year, in comparison with ,$201,-
26055 in 1910, while inheritance
taxes decreased from 1921, $40 SO
last year to $24S,753.79 this year.
Franchise tax collections also
dropped from $3,111,952.16 last
year to $3,106,827.05 this year
The lone item of increase was
that of licenses, which rose from
1926 ,O66.22 in 1910 to $24,5S7.14.
The total collections of income
taxes, licenses, Inheritance taxes,
estate taxes and franchise taxes in
New Castle county dropped from
,294,955.96 last year to $685.
701.5O this year.
Increases In Two Counties
The two lower counties each
showed increases, however, Kent
county rising from $3,172,9 .93 in
1910 to SO, III ,59690 this year, while
Sussex county increased from
$10S, 1891 in 1910 to $126,414.77
this year OF the Kent county fig
ure, $3,106,827.O5 of this year and
FofA41fuVHsAO VI AOGl 1NdA lCPl CpCut
franchise taxes. No franchise
taxes are collected in New Castle
or Sussex counties.
Income taxes collected in New
Castle county for the year ending
October 81, totaled $1,504, ,379.49,
compared to $1,66l, ,938.70 for the
similar period last year. Kent
county's income tax collections
were $25,091.42 for this year and
$23, ,1S4.28 in 1910, while Sussex
county's income tax collections
were $70,49S.0S this year as COM
pared to $60,094 in 1910.
Licenses Rise
License collections this year in
New Castle county rose to S177.-
469.76 from 1854. 4.4S0.51 in 1910.
They increased in Kent county to
$25, ,528.01 from $24,014.53, and in
Sussex county from $S7,571.1S to
$4S, ,5Ss.S7.
Inheritance tax collections in
New Castle county dropped from
$267 ,276.2O to s2l6, ,276.05. They
rose in Kent county from s13,-
snQ96 to $20, ,150.42 and in Sussex
Rty from $1O,55S.7s to $12,S27S2.
New Castle county was the only
one which produced estate tax col
lections in either year, dropping
from $201 ,260.55 to $576.20.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
resbyterians Launch
Attendance Crusade
tcOntinusu lrOm FIRST Page,

these seven worship services par
ticularly helpful and inspiring.
Under the direction of central
committee numerous Friendly Wis
itors' promote attendance in well
defined geographical areas. A care
full register of attendance at each
service is kept and promotion for
the week follows the very intelli-
gent and efficient Strickland pat
tern.
The local crusade director is G.
Frank NAPLES. The central COM
mittee members are J. /. Bowman,
w. S. Daugherty, ]. H. Rosa, Miss
Lena Short, Miss Elizabeth Std
ham and Mrs. Wilson S. Vinyard.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Grangers Elected New
Officers Last Week

Norvei Swinford, who is stationed
at Fort Miles, Lewes.
THE sum of $500 was voted to
the American Legion Auxiliary to
pack Christmas boxes for the sol
diers at Fort Salisbury.
Tomorrow evening, Saturday, De-
cember Is, e. Paul Burkholder, SUI
pervisor of rural schools in Kent
county will be the guest speaker.
The public is invited to attend this
meeting,
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
CANNON

Mrs. E. w. Short and daughter,
Miss Anna Short, were Philadel-
phia visitors on Saturday.
Mrs. Fannie Short spent the
weekend in Wilmington with Mrs.
Lizzie Short.
Mrs. John Cannon spent Satur-
day and Sunday in Wilmington with
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12

her son, Edward Cannon. who was
operated upon for appendicitis last
Friday evening in the Milford Mem
orial Hospital.
Mrs. Raymond CLANCY went to
Elizabethtown, Tenn, on Sunday to
be with her mother and Mr.. Cha
ney's mother, both of whom have
had the misfortune of having brok-
en- limbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Storms of
Chester spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Allen
John Cannon visited Mr. and Mrs.
viii Frazier on Sunday afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12

Carson, Rodger Dyer, Bobby Hollo-
way. Billy Horleman. Lewis Welch,
Jimmy Williamson. Betty Bradley,
Maxine Cain, Betty Felty, Marie
Felty. Doris Harrington, Janet
Harrington, Lillian Harris, Pauline
Hayman, Virginia Layton and Eliz-
ahafh Warren
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12

war from the air ever comes to this
country. We all hope that won't
happen, and at the present time no
enemy is in a position to attack us.
But times change fast, and the de-
velopment of long-range bombers
both here and abroad narrows the
oceans and the continents. London
was saved by volunteer fire war
dens who had to learn their Jobs
under the most difficult conditions.
History may yet tell what towns
and cities in the New World were
saved by fire fighters, no less than
towns and cities in the Old
There is a place in defense for
everyone. And fire protection is one
of the most vital of defense actiyi-
ties.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12

Plenty of people are ready osteI
the world, if 1t doesn't cost them
any money for publicity.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
State Tax Decline
OF 1878, ,424 Reported
E.,state Taxels pron

Estate taxes dropped to $576.20
lContinued from First PsRe)
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Comment.


BALTIMOREFeeng hampered shopping during the
wholesale
Wholesalers volume replacement
duy operating good level continued
CHICAGO-Real remained about with the previous
well ahead Whole
steel declined 81 of capacity against SO last week
partly repairs partly the
capacity large steel
CLEVELAND-D
Wholesale buying likewise considerably than last
S125 81 ahead of the week
DETROITRain SeP ice combined shoppers
totals fell below previous
per Wholesale distribution
lis scored in the
KANSAS CITYComparaveN favorable shopping weather helped
retail volume good level this week sales somewhat
half the month with Bank ceaings
oaed sll4lO7000 80 the
LOUISVILLE-The volume department
ported than 25 above latest
plies reported Is to 20
470 900
PITTSBURGHReta trade this week
results in shoe apparel lines but volume whole
IS higher than last Home furnishings
per
maintained the high level Of
IS
ST LOUIS-Departmen declined seasonaly per
like period of 1910 Wholesalers reported
Manufacturers products paper piston rings
shoes continued to operate favorable
YOUNGSTOWN-Retail continued
slightly ahead of last comparable
moderately
since the fall of 1929 Employment conditions
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Swiss Franc Jumps;
u. 5. Freezing Of
Funds Feared
Holders of Dollar
Balances Nervous
Over Possibility
b. the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Jan. 25,-The bid
price of the Swiss franc shot UP TO
around "a United States cents to-
day, the highest in around years.
as overseas holders of dollar bal
ances nervously pondered the pos
sibility that over the weekend the
United States might license move
ment of all foreign funds.
Banking quarters said no business
was done at the higher price. which
was about ?, of a cent over the
previous close. because the Central
Bank of Switzerland refused to sup
ply francs for any but commercial
requirements. For bona fide buSi-
ness needs the bank offered francs
at around 1888 cents, up about
1f20 cent.
Foreign exchange dealers said
some OF the demand for francs might
represent German business cleared
through the neutral nation.
Months ago fears of a German
invasion of Switzerland prompted
wholesale withdrawal of national and
international capital from Zurich.
AS these fears Waned. the money
was gradually repatriated until now
it was believed, Switzerland again
ranks high as depository for funds
If the United States should
freeze" foreign balances. however.
the money held here might be tied
up Indefinitely.
Another source of demand for
francs came from foreign owners of
United States securities who were
liquidatlng their holdings under the
same fear of SequeStration Proceeds
were converted, if possible, into
Swiss francs in many cases.
Also higher in relation to the dol
lar were the currencies of Hong
Kong and Argentina. The Shanghai
dollar was little lower
Closing rates follow Great Britain
in dollars, others in cents:
Canada.
oficial Canadian Control Board rates
Tor United States dollars: Buying. 10 per
cent premium; selling. l per cent premium
equivalent to discounts on Canadian dol
lars in New York of buying, 99l per cent:
selling 900 per cent
Canadian dollar in New York open
market. l6S4 per cent discount or So -
United States cents
Europe.
Great Britain. official Bankers Foreien
Exchange Committee rates. buying 81 90
Selllng. ~ o4 open market. cables 81 O3 -
germany. 40o1n: tbenevolenu. 1910:
Finland :05n: Greece .6Sn: Hungary
10 n; Italy. sos: Portugal 40l Sweden
;"So; Switzerland. 23.3:;; Yugoslavia
Latin America
Argentine. official 2977: free. o375;
Brazil official, 6.05n; free. soon; Mex
leo. 2O.10n
Far East
Japan; % IS; Hong Kong. 23a2;
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
| indicated
Nominal.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Copper and Zinc Firms Face
Growing Metal Scarcity

American metal be expedited. The
copper was bought with the possi-
bility of scarcity in mind, but de-
livery was not planned before
March.
Zinc producers pushed expansion
plans and paved the way for still
further additions to smelter capac-
ity as estimated 194l needs rose
still more.
Only one major producer of cop
per had any sizable amount for
sale, and then for delivery in April.
The price remained at II cents a
pound, with available supplies be-
ing rationed
Zinc held at 714 cents EAST st.
Louis although scrap zinc climbed
to around 8 cents. Prompt ship
ment of refined was virtually i'm
possible to obtain.
Custom smelters of copper charged
1919 cents, but even the la-cent
premium failed to disclose enough
refined copper to satisfy all de-
mands.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Income Tax Don'ts

The Bureau of Internal Rev.
enue has prepared a series OF
articles on the Federal Income
Tax. which will be published in
the business and financial sec
ton of The Star beginning to-
morrow.
The series will include infOr-
nation of vital interest and i'm
portance to millions of persons
whose income tax returns for
the calendar year 1910 must be
filed not later than March Is.
In a previeW of the series, the
Bureau gives these dont's:
DON'T prepare your income
tax return until you carefully
read and understand the in
structions accompanying the
forms. Make out a work sheet
and check it with the instruc-
tions before filling in the forms.
DON'T delay in making out
your income tax return. Tax
problems deserve careful study,
and the early assembling of your
data eXpedites this.
DON'T destroy the data from
which your return is compiled.
You will need them for possible
rechecking and verifying the
return.
DON'T overlook any item or
schedule on the form which you
are required to fill out. They
are all necessary to the exact
computation of your income tax.
DON'T omit any explanation
or information that Is essential
to a complete audit of your re-
turn. An ounce of care may
save you pound of unneces-
sary expense, and time and an
noyance both to you and to your
Government.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Big u. S. Rubber
Supply Regarded
| As Vital
BY the Associated Press


CLEVELAND, Jan. 25.-John L.
Collyer, president of the B. F. Good
rich Co. said today that every
step must be taken to insure that
not crisis in the Far East interferes
with procurement of the rubber
supply essential to defense.
Collyer made his statement at a
regional conference of Goodrich
executives.
Our ability to attain Self-suf-
ficiency in terms of rubber is de-
pendent on the speed with which
the United States creates produc-
tive capacity for the new synthetic
materials he remarked. BY the
end of l94l. if the present rate of
shipments is not interrupted. this
country will have stock-piles of nat
ural rubber equivalent to more than
a years supply. when added to
manufacturers inventories.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-The cop
per and zinc industries saw growing
evidence this week that they might
lack the capacity to meet heavy de-
fense. commercial and British de-
mands in 1941.
Both metals brought premium
prices in some sections of the trade.
Orders were turned down by the
big producers time and again be-
cause of lack of supplies.
Reports were widespread in the
trade that priorities system would
be set up for zinc, and one for cop
per might be in the offing.
Defense officials, pleased with the
way major producers have kept cop
per and zinc prices stable, displayed
less pleasure over the premiums
charged by sellers of re-refined
scrap metal. Zinc came in for spe-
cial attention in this respect.
The copper industry frankly asked
that delivery of 100000 tons of South
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Heavier Taxes Cut
Security Storage
Earnings in Year
S9l ,854 Net Represents
S2o2 Decline From
TotuI for 1899

Net earnings for the Security
Storage Co, for the year 1910. after
taxes and depreciation. totaled SOL
85486, which is 1922 .O4 less than the
1889 net earnings. President c. A.
AspinWall reported at the annual
meeting of the stockholders. How
ever, he said, local and Federal
taxes were S10,767.73 more than in
1889 50 that net earnings from
operations. before taxes. during
1910 were in excess of those for
1899 by slO,76773.
During the year the employees
pension fund plan was abandoned
and all contributions made thereto
by employees were returned. plus 5
per cent interest, Mr.. Aspinwall re-
ported The balance was returned
to the company and a reserve of
over $4,000 created from which fu-
ture payments to those employees
who were already retired under the
plan will be made.
Prospects for 194l are considered
good in respect to earnings. but fur
ther tax increases are anticipated.
For that reason the directors de-
cided to reduce the dividend from
Sl25 per share per quarter to 81
each quarter, with a further diStri-
button at the end of the year
should earnings Justify such action.
Mr.. ASpinWall added.
At the stockholders meeting these
directors were elected for 1941: C.
A. ASpinWall, William J, Flather. jr.;
Chauncey G. Parker, jr.: H. L. Rust
jr.; Corcoran Thorn and Lloyd B
Wilson. The following officers we're
reelected:
c. A. Aspinwall. president; c. w
Pimper, vice president and treas
urer; Paul Alvey, secretary; Ralph
HOuSer, assistant treasurer, and
Philip Gore. assistant secretary.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Wheat Prices Ease
As Snow Improves
Crop Outlook
. Large Parts Of Belt
May Escape Worst
OF Cold Wave
By FRANKLIN MILLIN.

CHICAGO. Jan. 25.-Wheat fu-
lures contracts for settlement in
July and September fell more than
a cent a bushel TO-DAY TO the lowest
levels since December %.
Most of the setback occurred in
the final hour ana was attributed
principally 10 selling inspired by
prospects that much of the winter
wheat belt may escape the worst of
the cold wave spreading over the
Northwest and by receipt of protec-
tive snow III many areas Selling
was attributed to shorts as we'll
as those llquldating long" accounts.
The war. approach of maturity date
on Government loan wheat and
prospective farm legislation were
unSettllng factors.
Wheat closed at the low point of
the session. Ills lower than YES
terday. May. 6514 -; July. 791S 10:
September, 79a~-!4. Corn was !
off to i up. MAY. So: July. 6312-a> {:
oats, unchanged; soybeanS. 12-"t
down: rye. ISL off. and lard un-
changed TO higher.
NeW-crop wheat contracts sold at
a discount of cents or more COM
pared with May futures. represent =
ing the old crop due to the fact that
MAY will expire before the new har-
vest is we'll under way. Traders
said the old crop premium reflected
the commercial supply situation
due to the loan program.
Many points in Kansas and Ne
braska had snow and there was pre-
cipitation elsewhere. Forecast of a
moderate cold wave in parts of
Kansas. therefore. caused no alarm.
Grain range at principal markets:
May wheat Prev