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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19

lIcNI, anu one
OF the outstanding traffic experts
OF the nation.
when we first started this
holiday broadcasting," says
Raines, I'VE had the officers
give a canned SAFETY talk.-Ne4
found il didn't work out. Now
each officer il on his own.
Their all college trained and
know how 10 broadcast in the
most effective manner"
Each officer is on the mike for
IS minutes and is then relieved
for 90 minutes by his partners.
WrightS associates are Patrolmen
James Dunn and Russell Huber.
At Woodward and State. Pa
trolmen Rayniear Stats. Guy
and Herbert German
alternate white at Farmer and
Gratiot Patrolmcn Alex Singer
Charles Duff and Harry Copeland
broadcast.
AL have substantially the same
technique as Wright. Courteous
pleading for traffic cooperation
with occasional stern commands
10 Watch While You Walk 10
the most fragrant Violators.
Betty Hutton the Detroit litter
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19

Wright is one Of nine safety
burcau officers who daily during
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19

them. But the rest of the crowd
didn't and they weren't publicly
embarrassed,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19

Harry r
HOWSe is the
new president
Of the SanlaC
County Assoc
citation Of De-
trolt -. a mil
lion and one
half pounds Of
turkey viii be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19

prepared BY amy COOKS Tor The
Christmas dinners in the camps
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-19

Betty Hutton the Detroit litter
bug WHO starred in Broadway
shows. has been gwen a contract
as a regular on the Bob Hope pro-
gram H. O. Fritz CTISloT
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19
Big Mississippi Fair
And Dairy Show At
FAIR GROUNDS
THOUSANDS IS EXPECTED TO
ATTEND THIS GREAT EVENT

On September % the Mississippi Fair
& Dairy Shows, according to announce
ment from the secretary, Mr.. Hillman
Taylor, will open at the Fair Grounds
This is destined to be the greatest Fair
81 Dairy Show i'll the history of Meri-
dian.
Thousands of people from every walk
of life will be trudging their way tc
the Queen City to witness the various
amusernents and entertainments to he
enjoyed from September % through the
9th.
1t will be a pleasure to witness the
fire works displayed each night. Many
wild animals will be seen at the Miss
issippi Fair & Dairy Show.
The Johnnie ]. Jones exposition will
attract wide attention. Jimmie Lynch's
death dodgers will captivate thousands
of people during the week. Don't miss
the various attractions. Make your days
longer and your life happier by visit
ing the Mississippi Fair& Dairy Show
Gates open at 800 AM daily. Park
ing space inside the ground, 1Oc.
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19

appreciative Of the cotton industry after
reading the book than before because of
its historical background"
]. R. Otis, Director of Agriculture
Tuskegee Institute, says that the book
briefly states the conditions under which
other cotton producing countries loom as
a factor in our own national production -
Honorable Henry A. Wallace, former
Secretary of Agriculture and now Vice
President of the United States said 10
the Forword to the book that at presents
in simple, non-technical style, a story OF
cotton at home and abroad. It uses easily
understood words, photographs, charts
and photographs to tell in entertaining
fashion what has happened to cotton
since its legendary origin in India SOCK
years ago"
From the limited supply of the book.
on hand copy will be sent to any tea.
cher or other educational leader upor
request with the compliments of tn,
Southern Division of the A.A.A.
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19

opportunities offered" said Mrs. Be
th,me. n
Il have just come from trip thru
a large part of the country" she de-
clared, land am impressed by the fact
that our youth are not taking advan-
tage of the work experience opportuni-
ties of the National Youth Administra-
ton, Many of the youth have Not been
properly advised and apprised of the
future employment possibilities in ma.
tional defense industries and many
more are not aware of the opportunitie:
for taking defense training"
The increasing tendency on the par
to hire Negroes, and the fact that all
of many of the defense contract holders
future contracts, in keeping with the
Presidents Executive Order, will con
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19

The above is the likeness of Miss Maggie
J. Young the charming and popular
daughter of Reverend and Mrs r. L
Young.
Miss Young is a freshman at Paine
College, Augusta, Georgia. She left
Harris High School of Meridian as .
ranking student OF the senior high school
class. She had done extra work while at
Harris High School and SO advanced iI
her studies that she was able to take
a rigid examination for freshman col
lege. She made the grade with honors
and she is in the ranking group of the
Freshman class.
Miss Young is exceptionally talented
in musci having been taught by Prof
Hayward Myers of Meridian.
She took shorthand and tipping while
at Harris High School under the tutor
ship of Miss Dorothy Harris, who is
now holding a government position il
Washington, D. c. Miss Harris is the
daughter of Professor and Mrs. T. J
Harris
Miss Young got her foundation at the
East End School with Miss Emma B
Ivy as principal.
Her many, many friends are proud Of
her success.
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19
DR.. Bethune Urge Negro
Youth To Take
Advantage OF Defense Training

tain 80 discrimination" clauses, stated
Mrs. Bethune, removes any existent
reasons for Negroes not taking full adj
vantage of every training opportunity.
This tendency to hire Negroes has
been noted in practically every section
of the country. Striking examples can
be found in the aviation industry, the
ship building industry, the construction
industry, and In ordinances work. These
industries demand machinists, welders.
sheet metal workers, forgers, electricians
in ever increasing numbers. 1t is esti-
mated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the Department of Labor that by
1912, $4,000 new workers will be need
ed by the shipbuilding industry and
over 10000 by the aviation industry
Already, ordnance plants throughout
(Continu d on page col. u
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19

duction. The Agricultural Adjustment
Administration thru DR.. l. W. Duggan
has done a wonderful and helpful piece
of work in publishing this wook.'
Mrs. Carrie ]. Gleed, Chairman, Home
Economics Committee, Tuskegee Institute
says: 81 shall use the book a great deal
in my classes"
DR.. M. F. Spaulding, Director of Agri-
culture, Langston University in Ok aho-
ma regards the book as IAN excellent
discourse on cotton, very condensed and
suitable for use in studies on cotton for
crops classes in Land Grant Colleges
Alva Tabor, Head Itinerant Teacher
Trainer in Agricultural Education for
Georgia Negro schools, with headquar-
tiers at Fort Valley considers the contents
and illustrations as "the most valuab'e
publication dealing with cotton which has
yet been made available for teachers in
our elementary schools, high schools and
colleges"
Mrs. Marian B. Paul, State Supervisor
of Negro Home Demonstration Work
Orangeburg, South Carolina, says that
the book ais an encyclopedia of the cot
ton industry"
D. c. Jones, State Teacher-Trainer OF
Vocational Agriculture for Oklahoma
with headquarters at Langston says that
aside from industry, the book is excel
lent source material for classes in Voca-
tiosal Agriculture"
John w. Fisher Director of Agricul.
ture, Southern University, Scotlandville
Louisiana, says that 'the students in our
Department of Agriculture will be more
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19
Mr.. Chas. M. Shedd
Formerly Of Piney Woods
School Piney Woods,
Mississippi, Plans To Make Meridian
His Future Home; Is Now Connected
With The Goodwill Printing Company

quarters and possibly his home. in Me-
ridian. #
Mr.. Shedd comes to Meridian with 0
splendid record, having served at Piney
Woods School, Piney Woods, Miss, 10
various capacities for about q years.
He headed the printing department at
Piney Woods for a number of years.
He served as treasurer of the school for
a while and he was first clerk in the
Post office at Piney Woods. He has
had quite BIT of experience in travel
Mr.. Shedd received his practice trai1i-
ing in Iowa Falls, Iowa and a short
course at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
After leaving Piney Woods last year
he worked in a printing department
in Vicksburg, under the management Of
Reverend A. A Cosey.
Mr.. Shedd is married and has three
children.
The official staff of the Weekly Echo
is happy to have Mr.. Shedd on its Of
fetal roster and it feels that he will
not only be an asset to the Weekly
Echo, but to the city in general. All
Of us join in extending to Mr.. Shedd q
hearty welcome.
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19
500 C.. M. Els And
Visitors To Attend
Convention
REVEREND E. F. YOUNG

He will be the host-pastor of the
Missionary Convention next week, Sept
ember Is and &C.
500 To Attend c. M. E. Convention
More than 500 pastors, delegates and
friends are expected TO attend r1e c.
M. E. Missionary Convention to be held
at Zion Hill c. NJ E. Church next week
September Is and 26.
Mrs. S. E. Blackman is the District
President. Many outstanding visitors
are expected to attend this convention.
Mrs. Blaclxman is asking all Missionary
workers to bring Art Work from their
various societies. Rev. July Williams
of Columbus. Mississippi, ex-pastor of
the Pleasant Grove Circuit is expected
to be present.
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19
REVEREND r. L. YOUNG

Reverend R, L. Young, Presiding Elder
of the Meridian District Of the c. M. 2
Church is now on a ten days vacation
visiting Washington, D. C. and other
points. He is off for a much needed
rest He is expected to return for the
c. M. E. Missionary Convention of the
Meridian District which convenes N
Zion Hill c. M. +. Church September
18th and NH.
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19

Tuskegee Institute, Ala, (SpeciaD-
Round The World With Cotton Is
the tile of recent book prepared under
the joint supervision of DR.. l. w. Duggan
Director, Southern Division, A A. A.
and DR.. Paul v. Chapman, Dem OF the
College of Agricu ture, University Of
Georgia.
Copies of the book along with Tea
cher's Guide for its use as supplement
tary text book, are being distributed to
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19
DR. BETHUNE URGES NEGRO
YOUTH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF DEFENSE TRAINING

WASHINGTON, DC Sept. 10, 1871
Much of the burden of preparedness
for Negro participation in the national
defense efforts of this country rests On
the shoulders of the Negro himself de-
clared DR.. Mary Mcleod Bethune, in
a statement issued from her office IS
Director of Negro Affairs of the Ma
tional Youth Administrator.
''The efforts being made by the Nat
ional Youth Administration and by
other governmental agencies to see that
equitable opportunity is gives Negroes
for experience and training for defense
occupations will bear fruit only as the
Negroes themselves take advantage of the
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19
NEGRO EDUCATIONAL
LEADERS PRAISEBOOk
ON COTTON

Negro educators through the office of Al
bon L. Holsey, Field Administrative As
siatant of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration which is located here.
A few comm ents selected from many
of the letters received here concerning
the book follow:
M. c. A. Talbert, Director of Agricul-
ture Acorn College, Minissippi, sayu
that "the book will be used as a supple
mentary text for our course in cotton prs
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19

Reverend R. L. Young Presiding Ell.
der, states that he expects round re-
ports from all pastors, this being his last
District meeting in winding up six
years as a successful Presiding Elder.
The weekly echo., 1941-09-19

The Goodwill Printing Company is
happy and pleased to announce that
Mr.. Chas. M Shedd, formerly of Pincy
Woods, Mississippi, has chosen his head
Evening star., 1941-03-14
London Tin Prices

LONDON March IA NPl.-Tin. steady;
spot $3.50 IS bid. 1850 ] 5s asked; future,
G267 / 0s bid 1857 15s asked
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Cotton Consumption
Remains Far Ahead
Of Last Year
Census Bureau Finds
February Rote Below
Preceding Month
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Census Bureau reported today
that cotton consumed during Feb
ruary totaled 793,628 bales of lint and
l06,937 bales of linters, compared
| with 843,274 of lint and 114,l44 of
linters during January this year
and 661,71 of lint and 86,16l of
linters during February last year.
Consumption of lint cotton in Feb
ruary included 20 900 bales, distribut-
ed by the Surplus Marketing Admin
iStration through various cotton
mattress programs, compared with
$4,000 bales distributed in January.
Cotton on hand February % was
reported held as follows;
In consuming establishments,
1,905,41 bales of lint and 542,l12
of linters, compared with 1,874,611
of lint and 516.773 of linters on jan
uary 81 this year, and l700,394 of
lint and 442,i87 of linters on Feb
ruary 29 last year.
In public storage and at COM
presses l4,038,9l7 bales of lint and
83,587 of linters, compared with IA
$685. ,189 of lint and 85,529 of linters
on January 81 this year, and 12,-
1878 of lint and 144, ,784 of linters
on February 20 last year.
Imports of foreign cotton during
February totaled l4,2l0 bales, COM
pared with 1924 bales during Janu-
ary this year and 36,613 bales during
! February last year
Exports of domestic cotton during
February totaled 0,597 bales of lint
Evening star., 1941-03-14

Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers, Inc, which
transactions or firm bids or offers but
should indicate approximate prices, and
unless otherwise indicated. are as quoted
by the sponsors or iSSuers.
mot quoted by sponsors or issuers.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. March IA Up Omitted States
Department OF Agrlculture) .-Salable hogs
1000; total. 1880; generally steady to
10 hleher than Thursdays average; ad-
top, 500 sparingIy; bulk good and choice
lS0-24O pounds, 175-S.00; most 24O-27O-
pound, 7.60-S5 210-330-pound averages,
1870; bulk smooth 400-500-pound pack
ing sows. 6.75-G 90; heavy and rough kinds,
$50 and below.
Salable cattle. 1000; calves, 5000;
small supply medium and good lightweight
steers and yeariings fully steady: largely
9.OO-1O65: weighty steers scarce, one load
good around l,500 pounds, HOO; mod
erately active trade on all classes to local
big killers. several loads good heifers seal
II %; market active on both cows and
heiferS: both classes fully steady. strong
weight cutters cows from 6.50-75; bulls
weak; odd good heavy sausage bulls. S.25;
vealerS steady; practical top 1850.
Salable sheep, 5000: total. $500; late
Thursday. fat lambs fully steady. few decks
choice handy weights 1I.15; bulk good
and choice handy and medium weights,
i03-I0S pounds, I0.66-75; double and
deck lghtweight shorn lambs, 9,40-5O; fat
sheep scarce, steady; today's trade, fat
lambs opening steady TO 10 lower: most
early sales GOOD to choice handy and medium
weights, fed wooled lambs, 10.75-11 90,
with few loads choice medium weights held
slightly higher; fat sheep scarce. steady.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Farmers With Hoard
OF Wheat Watch
Price AnxiousIy
Every Market Swing
Hos Big Audience
Across Nation
BY FRANKLIN MULLIN,
Associated F1ess Market writer

CHICAGO, March l4.-Wheat
farmers with a stake in a 5000
100000 hoard of unsold grain are
watching with unusual anxiety every
tWingS of Chicagos delicately BAL
anced market these -shadoWed
GAYS
That perennial index of grain belt
proSperity-Wheat price-haS more
than ever momentouS significance
because of approximately 275,0O0,000
bushels which producers have pad
locked in elevators and Silos that
break the country horizon, in farm
lot bins and in city warehouses.
Usually in late winter the wheat
farmers chief interest is his new
crop. But this year it's different.
Farmers have "paWned" to Uncle
Sam for about S20O,0O000O the
largest amount of wheat ever in
volved in the ever-normal granary
program-enough to satisfy domestic
requirements for five months. They
have about six weeks in which to
decide whether to tear up their
pawn tickets" or pay of the loans
and take back the collateral.
1910 Profits Recalled.
With prices fluctuating nervouSly
around level at which it is prac-
tically a toSSup for either course
Of action, every small swing of the
market has a tremendous audience
from Texas TO the Dakotas and the
Pacific to the AppalachianS
A year ago there were 100000 900
bushels up for collateral. but no
doubt remained as to What pro-
ducerS would do. With wheat around
a dollar, they were taking their
papers to the bank, paying the
Government in full and selling the
wheat at tidy profits.
Last summer and early winter
farmers stored 1910 wheat at an
average loan rate of about 70 cents
a bushel when the market price
was below that figure Since then
interest, storage and handling
charges have accumulated to
maximum of about 10 cents. To get
a profit that would encourage re-
demptiOn of loans farmers would
have to receive an average price of
at least 81 cents, traders said.
Spot Price Higher.
In Chicago the loan basis for No.
2 hard and red was 81 cents, and
the price in the spot market now
is about a dime higher. or enough
to cover accumulated charges.
Traders said that in some sections
OF the belt prices are even more
favorable while in others they are
not high enough to permit redemp-
ton.
Some loans on wheat stored in
warehouses already are coming due,
and all of them will mature by April
30. Loans on farm stored wheat,
which comprises less than a fourth
of the total. can be extended. If
all or any large portion of this
grain were turned over to the Gov
ernment, it would be the first time
since inauguration of the program
that Uncle Sam has had to take
on substantial amount of wheat,
Evening star., 1941-03-14
New York Produce

, NEW SE;T YORK, March IA R-Esgs.
Mixed coiors-Fancy to extra fancy.
irsts, l9; Graded frsts, 1884 current re-
celpts 1874: seconds, 1s-1Sh. mediums,
Is, dirties, No. l, 1734: average checks,
whites tresales of premium marks.
-253)-Nearby and Midwestern premium
standards. i9a4-2O tresaIes of exchange to
fancy heavier mediums, 20-221a); me-
diUmS 1872.
Browns-Nearby and Midwestern fancy
to extra fancy. 2QA22h: specials, 1874
2oj Dsts sssndsgds aaE1 543 t9I; mediums 10.
Butter. 1896, 1852; steady to firm: cream
cry. higher than 90 score and premium
marks. 31h-32: 81 score (cash market),
= 1891 score. 29A-3094; s4-s7 score.
Cheese s9,61s; steadier. Prices un-
changed
Dressed poultry firm; fresh boxes, fowls.
36-42 pounds. 1920; 4S-54 pounds. 2I-23;
60-65 pounds, 2l-23; turkeys Northwest.
ern young hens. l9h-25; young toms, IS.
2lla: frozen, boxes, fowls. 36-42 pounds,
1920; 1854 pounds. 21-23; 6O-65 pounds,
GLIB, other frozen prices unchanged
Live, poultry steady; by freisht, fowls,
colored. 21: Leghorn, Is: by express
chickens, crosses. 21-22; broilers, Rocks, %;
crosses 2l-21 "a, some %: fowls, colored
roosters, IA; ducks, Is.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Chicago Produce

26 trucks; firm: hens over pounds liz
pounds and under. 2l; broilers 2fs
pounds down. White Rock. 20. springs,
urices unbalanced.
Butter. .c.-.pts. 900, ,7a4; weaker;
Creamery. 9H score. 3Oi2-a4: o., 3OI.:
EggS. receipts. 3OOS5: firm: fresh
graded, extra flrsts. cars is; dirties, l5Io.
other prices UNCHANGED
Potatoes. arrivals, 1926; on track 55s,
total Y. S. shipments. $50. Old stock. sup
plies heavy. demand slow. market about
steady: Idaho. Russet Burbanks. U S No
Triumphs U. s. No. |, 1915 Minnesota
and North Dakota. Cobblers. S5 per cent or
more y S. No. quality, 95-1 02la: Bliss
IrlumphS. so per cent more U S No 1
quality 9o-1 10. New stock, supplies light,
demand light market steady, Florida,
6ushel crates. Bliss TriumphS. o. s. No.
J. .45-65 per crate
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Koppers 194OSaIes
8.2Per Cent Above
Preceding Year
Firm Reports Profit
Ofs3,e34,S32 Equal
To $2.73 q Share
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DlSpatch to The Star.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. March "A
The 1910 report to stockholders of
Koppers Co. and subsidiaries, issued
today, states that sales for 194C
were 80 per cent ahead of 1889,
and that consolidated earnings,
available for dividends on the COM
pany's 6 per cent cumulative pre-
ferred stock, we're 1884, 1882, COM
pared with S2,374,650 for 1889.
Earnings applicable TO common
stock were S2.73 per share, against
SLIT in 1899
Regular dividends of $1,000, 900
were paid on the preferred stock,
and $250,000 was paid on the COM
mon stock during the year.
These figures consolidate the ac-
counts of the Wood Preserving
Corp, formerly treated as an in
veStment. Minority stock of this
corporation was acquired or re-
deemed and it was made a division
of Koppers at the end of 1910, in
line with the Koppers policy of
simplifying its capital structure.
Tar, primary tar products and
chemicals provided 299 per cent
OF the total sales for the year;
wood preserving products, 25.5 per
cent; coke, 2l.2 per cent; contruc-
ton, shop work and piston rings,
1853 per cent; gas, SIS per cent, and
miscellaneous. IL per cent
Untitled orders at the end of the
year insure an improved volume
during l94l, according to the re-
port.
Research activities have been
greatly expanded. both in the COM
pany's laboratories and at Mellon
Institute of Industrial Research. -
says the report, which adds: "A
variety of Investigations are under
way, relating both to better utili-
zatlon OF the present products of
the company and to the develop
ment OF new chemical products"
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Retail Trade Gains
Further Despite
Bad Weather
Store Sales Average
6 to 10 Per Cent
Above Yeor Ago
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 14-Retail
trade, despite snowy weather, con-
tinued to expand moderately this
week and dollar volume of sales
averaged to 10 per cent above last
year for the country as a whole,
Dun & Bradstreet reported today.
The cold slowed down sales of
spring apparel, but more than off,
setting trade declines in the cloth
ing category were improved retail
totals in home furnishings and au-
tomobiles.
Strong demand was noted for
cooking utensils, dinette sets, sun
lamps, beds, bedding, slip covers,
curtains, sheets and pillow cases.
In some cases stores were having
difficulty maintaining stocks.
Sales in New England averaged
5 to per cent above last year; East,
to per cent; Middle West, to
II per cent; South, 6 to IS per cent;
Southwest, to II per cent; North
west, to per cent, and Pacific
Coast, 4 to 10 per cent.
Wholesale houses reported no
letup in the steady stream of
orders for current and future
needs" the credit agency said. The
high light of trading continued to
be the heavy flow of business for
future delivery. Stock ordering in
many lines was described as the
greatest in years"
Department store sales in the
week ended March 8, the Federal
Reserve Board reported yesterday,
were even with the corresponding
week last year.
In the week ended March l, sales
had been 5 per cent above a year
ago, and in the four weeks ended
March they averaged 7 per cent
above the similar period last year.
BY Federal Reserve districts,
comparisons of the one week ended
March 8 and the corresponding
week last year were:
Increases-CleVeland, |; Atlanta,
3; Chicago, 4; Dallas. !, and San
| Francisco, 6 per cent.
Boston. 3; New York,
2; Philadelphia, 18; Richmond, 6,
and Kansas City, per cent.
In the st. Louis area sales were
even with last year. No figure was
available for the Minneapo dis
trict.