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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-01-24

The Ole Bird That Totes In His
Bill that little heart-warming and
family commenting bundle stopped
the other day at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. r. H. Beadle, out on Rose
Street, leaving one of its precious
bundle in the care of Mrs. Richard
I. Middleton, their daughter, John
ME, now the wife of the President
Okolona Industrial Institute; it's
boy, and already bet they've start
ed figuring on whether to make him
a lawyer for his great grandfather,
photographer for his grandfather,
or a preacher for ibis papa.
THAT GROUP OF YOUNG FELL
Lows, rather we'll dressed and in
telligent looking seen up and down
Parish Street early this week were
group OF recent graduates from
the Civilian Air School, conducted
by Miss Villa Brown in Chicago,
who were here enroute to being tax
en- in the Air Corps Of the Army.
MIR. CLARENCE AUSTIN, well
known to the fellows up and down
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-01-24
News From Port
Gibson

Mr.. Tom Gibson is now a mem
Der of the County Training School
FACULTY. He is working in the De-
tense Department.
Rev. M j. Gilbert. pastor of
Second Baptist Church, was at
MS best Sunday. The church was
talrly packed with members and
friends.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-01-24
Cosmetics Handed Down From The
Ancient Egyptians, Marie Finds

stick on the center of your lips,
letting it fade out lightly to the
edges. This will make them seem
less full. If your lips are on the
thin side, apply your lipstick even
ly over the whole surface. Don't
make the mistake of running the
lipstick out over the natural line
This can always be detected and
looks worse than thin lips.
Some Womeg prefer applying
lipstick directly from the stick,
others with a lipstick brush. You
can probably get a sharper, clean
er line TO your lips with brush
it's worth trying anyway if you
haven't used one. If you use the
stick, start at the outer corners of
your mouth and work in toward
the center.
OUTLINE EDGES
If you use a brush, outline the
edges of the lips first and then fill
in. When you have finished, be
sure to blot off the surplus lipstick
with tissue.
Always remember that makeup
of any kind is not beautiful in it
self. It's real purpose is to supple
ment your natural charm You
hear men say every day that they
don't like rouge and lipstick. The
truth is they do like it when it
m a kpc won marc q tfraofi1T Tho
thing they don't like is being
made too conscious of the fact
that you are wearing it.
What are your beauty problems?
Write: Marie Downing, Larieuse
Beauty Bureau, 1909 Lindcll Blvd,
st. Louis, Mo, and she will be glad
to answer them. Be sure to enclose
a self-addressed, stamped enve-
lopc. 3
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-01-24

SOME ADVICE TO coLoRED
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Conmod;tyPrice
ChongesmW Week
BY the Associated Press.

I
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-The Asso-
ciated Press weighted index of 35
wholesale spot commodities rose to
10227 per cent of the 1926 average
in the week ended December 18
compared with 10191 last week and
94.38 in the same period a year ago.
On Thursday a new 1912 high of
l02.48 per cent was established, but
the barometer declined the next day.
New highs for the year were set in
two components-industrials rising
to 9931 per cent of the base year
compared with 1913 last week and
98.l9 year ago, while grains and
cotton advanced to 11494 in the
week against 1929 and 102.68, re-
spectively, for a week ago and a
year ago. The food group remained
unchanged at 8770 for the third
consecutive week.
Individual staples advancing in
cluded bituminous coal, turpentine,
hogs, rye, corn, wheat, oats, cotton
and wool. Cattle and lambs de-
clined.
Components of the index, with the
base year 1926 equal to 100, listed for
the current week, a week ago and
one year ago, follow:
Evening star., 1942-12-20
War Orders Squeeze Out
Cotton Textile Buyers
BY the Associated Press.

oy iIc ASsCCldteu fIeSS.
NEW YORK, Dec, 19.-Lend- lease
inquiries and heavy Government
commitments this week again
squeezed out most civilian buyers
of cotton gray goods and related
items.
Trade sources said the War Pro-
duction Board had frozen wide
sheeting supplies on which it had
received insufficient bids recently
in order to fill lend-lease order.
There was small business in Osna-
burgs and print cloths suitable for
agricultural bagging trade. Broad
demand was noted for popular 80
square print cloths which have been
sold out for the first quarter of l943.
The Army made awards on 90
991 553 yards of cotton twills during
the week. Some mills reported a
let-doWn in operations and ex-
pressed concern regarding labor
losses to the draft.
Woolen goods business still was
restricted but mills were willing to
accept more civilian business in
Worsteds for next year now that
civilian quotas have been raised and
Government orders are on the de-
cline.
Lend-lease needs caused mills to
hold back on releases of woolens
although they were in good demand.
Womens wear lines in finished
goods continued high in retail deal
ings.
Rayon gray goods. when available,
moved in good volume.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Dividend Meetings

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (SpeciaD Among
the important companies which will hold
dividend meetings in the coming week are
Corn Products Refining Co, National Dis
tilers Products Corp, and Washington Gas
Light Co. A list of the meetings of COM
panies definitely scheduled is reported by
Fitch Investors Service rs follows:
Monday, December Fl.
y. Gotham Hosiery Co. Inc. CT pfd }
a PM.
Tuesday. December 22.
Gimbel Bros, Inc. tpfd.l t10:30 a.m.)
MeSaH CORP tcom.l t3:30 PM.
McCrory Stores Corp. t5fs pfd) (2:3O
p.m.l.
Reading Co. tcom) u2 m).
Wednesday, December 23.
7et pfd.) e PM.
Wsshington Gas Lisht Co. (com }
tQ:30 AM.
West Penn Electric Co. t7% and o..
ThuYslAy, December "a.
National D1sttllers Products Corp. (con. }
I'll AMI.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Flour Trade Revival.
lifts Wheat 10 New
Peak Since 1887
Chicago Prices Boosted
Fractions to More
Than q Cent
BY FRANKLIN MULLIN,
Associated Press Market Writer.

CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-Renewed
buying of mills, flour users and pro-
fessional traders today lifted wheat
prices fractions to more than a cent
to new peaks since 1887.
Other grains shared in the ad-
vance, corn and rye reaching highs
for the past several months. Buy
ing centered in December delivery
contracts, in which trading ceases.
after Tuesday, and many of the
orders were made to cover previous
short sales. However, mills and 9TH
er commercial interests apparently
were seeking actual grain, particu-
larlv in the case of wheat, since
supplies have been inadequate in
many markets recently to satisfy
enlarged demand
Wheat closed 12-1ss cents higher
than yesterday; December, $l367s;
May, S1.365s-a4; corn, 8,-l1s up;
December, 1911; May, 92$4 -7s; oats,
1s-as up; soybeans, 7s-1 higher, and
rye, ss-11s higher,
Sharp Rise Cited.
With today's gains. wheat has
shown an advance of to II cents
a bushel since December /: corn, 2
to cents; oats, l to cents, and
rye, to 9 cents. This attracted
profit taking early in the session.
No sales of cash wheat were re-
ported, but on the basis of nominal
quotations No. 2 hard was priced
around SLAB, representing an ad-
vance of about Is cents the last few
weeks. This price was II cents over
the Government loan rate, widest
margin of the season, and IL cents
over the level that prevailed dur
ing the flour ceiling base period.
Traders said principal factors
stimulating demand for wheat are
the demand for flour, expectations
that flour ceilings may be raised,
although this is not certain, and in
dications the new Congress will be
asked to raise parity prices. This
is encouraging farmers to hold back
grain, although the trade had re-
pol llldl dtIl dLLlNC
were loosening up supplies in some
localities. Official estimates of 1912
harvests were slightly smaller than a
month ago for all major crops.
Cash Corn Also Gains.
Spot wheat rose 1-1l2 cents, and
choice cash corn was up as much,
although a considerable portion of
the corn receipts represented poor
er grades Shipping sales totaled
$4,000 bushels
Traders said oats prices Jagged
behind partly because of reports
that additional Canadian grain had
been bought for importation, along
with some barley. They estimated
domestic cereal interests had bought
more than 100000 bushels of Ca
madam oats so far this year.
Grain range at principal markets
today:
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Higher 1941 Steel Profits
Shown in SEC Survey
BY the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19-
Twenty eight steel companies re-
ported combined net sales of S4,822,-
100000 in 1941, compared with So
234,000,000 in 1910, the Securities and
Exchange Commission announced
today in the sixth of new series
of industry reports from the survey
of American listed corporations.
The companies reported net
profit after all charges of 1924 0O0,-
900 in 1941, s33,OO0000 increase
over the previous year.
Those reporting included the fol-
lowing producers with blast furnace
facilities Alan Wood Steel Co.,
American Rolling Mill Co., Bethle-
hem Steel Corp. (DeD. Colorado
Fuel & Iron Corp, Crucible Steel Co.
of America, Inland Steel Co., Jones
& Laughlin Steel Corp, National
Steel Corp, Otis Steel Co., Pitts
burgh Steel Co., Republic Steel
Corp, Sharon Steel Corp. Tennes-
see Coal. Iron e. Railroad Co., United
States Steel Corp. Wheeling Steel
Corp. and youngstown Sheet & Tube
Co.
The report also included the fol-
lowing products without blast fur
mace facilities: Allegheny Ludlum
Steel Corp, Barium Stainless Steel
Corp, Carpenter Steel Co., CONT
mental Steel Corp, Copperweld Steel
Co., Follansbee Steel Corp, Granite
City Steel Co., Keystone Steel g.
Wire Co., Laclede Steel Co., Rustless
Iron & Steel Corp, Universal
Cyclops Steel Corp. and Vanadium-
Alloys Steel Co.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Supreme Court Asked
To 1oApproveC. &N. ".
Payment TO RFC
$50, ,000, 900 on Hand
To Meet Debt, Leave
Something for Shares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec l9-Attorneys for
the Chicago e. Northwestern Rail-
way said today they had asked the
United States Supreme Court to ap-
prove use of available cash to pay
the roads obligation to the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. The move,
they said, is designed as step
toward eventually permitting share
holders to realize partial return on
their investment.
Under a reorganization plan for
the road, approved by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and con-
firmed by the court, the stock had
been declared worthless.
The petition said that because of
NorthWestern's financial status since
the reorganization in 1910. the road
now has S60,000,000 in cash or it's
equivalent to pay in full the RFC
debt of S4817S,750. Under the reor-
ganization plan this debt was settled
by alloting to the RFC securities
with face value Of S135 1888 ,808,
consisting Of new securities of a pro-
posed successor company and those
Of other companies held as invest
mentS.
Under the lawyers plan, which
was presented by Attorneys Helen
w. Munsert and Luther M. Walter,
securities to be reliquished by the
RFC in return for cash would be al
located among holders of 20-year
convertible bonds Of 1949 and pre-
ferred and common shareholders.
The reorganization plan has allotted
the bondholders s400O0,0O0 or half
their claims, in securities of the sue
CeSSor company.
Providing another $40000,o00 to
| the bondholders to satisfy COM
pletely their claims would leave
about S95 000,0 900 of the s135 1888 .808
Of RFC securities for ALLEGATION to
/ preferred and common shareholders
Since both classes of stock share
/ equally in the distribution of assets,
this would allow ALLEGATION of so per
! cent of the par value of the preferred
stock 1922 1896 ,OOO) and the common
stock (S158 ,440, ,330).
Evening star., 1942-12-20
AustruIiun Wool Sold
Below Ceiling Price

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON. Dec. 19 Omitted States
Department of Agriculture) The
center of interest in the last week
on the Boston wool market was the
auction sale Of Australian wool held
on Friday
At a well attended auction. 4,602,-
SIT pounds of semi-sound and DAM
aged wool was offered, of which all
was sold.
Prices paid for the semi-sound
wool averaged about cents under
ceiling. The Reconstruction FL
nance Corp. announced during the
week that the United States had i'm
ported and in storage 100000, 900
pounds of foreign wool on October
81, l942, and in addition to this,
225, 100000 pounds of wool was in
storage here for trans-shipment to
the United Kingdom.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Cotton Mills Slowed,
But RATE Remains
Well Above 1941
1884 Per Cent NovembeI
Average Compared With
1928 Year Ago
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Census Bureau reported yes
terday that the cotton-spinning in
dustry operated during November at
1884 per cent of capacity, on a two
shift, 80-hour week basis, compared
with 1869 per cent during October
this year and 1898 per cent during
November last year.
Spinning spindles in place No
vember 30 totaled 23.843,8O8, of
which 22,948,2 ,248 were active at some
time during the month, compared
with 23299,l56 and 23,Ol2,046 for
October this year and 24.210,898 and
% ,069, ,146 during November last year
Active spindle hours during No
vember totaled 10,558, ,436, 1876, or an
average of 443 hours per spindle in
place, compared with 1929, ,157 BOG
and 478 for october this year. and
9,901 1856 ,642 and 400 for November
last year.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
SEC Revises Utility
Accounting System
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19.-The
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion made public yesterday the first
revision of its uniform system of ac-
counts for public utility holding
companies since its original system
was adopted in 1896.
The commission said the changes,
adopted after consultation with rep
lesentatives of business, industry
and other regulatory bodies, would
be effective January l, 1943.
Besides technical changes design
ed, the commission said, to improve
and clarity the system of accounts,
the revision affects accounts, too,
investment securities and ad-
vances; 100, discount on capital
stock; l2l, commissions and ex-
pense on capital stock; 100, reac-
quired capital stock; $50. capital
stock; 200, dividends; and 24O, taxes.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Seoboord Can Buy
Branch Line Bonds
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 10. Au-
thority to purchase certain first
mortgage bonds of two component
branch lines, the Raleigh and Gas
ton Railway and the Raleigh and
Augusta Air Line Railway, was given
to the receivers of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway in an order en-
tered yesterday by Judge Luther B.
Way in the Federal District Court.
The order, effective until Jan. IS,
1943, set the purchase price at 5000
for each $1,000 bond, plus accrued
interest thereon on January l, 1943.
First mortgage bonds of the two
branch lines affected by the order
total $2,200,000, and are about
equally divided between the two
roads.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Rise in Prune Juice
Prices Is Approved
BY the Associated Press-

BY the Associated Press.
The Office of Price Arministra-
ton has put Gamers sales of prune
juices and prune concentrates under
specific price ceiling, at levels
somewhat higher than those which
have been in effect"
Under the general maximum
price order, each Gamers price for
concentrates was pegged at his
highest March level. The new price
will be the average March figure
plus six per cent, plus the actual
increase in the cost of the dried
prunes used in the concentrate The
same formula will be used for prune
juice or other prune products. ex-
cept that an increase of eight per
cent instead of six per cent is
allowed.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Panhandle Producing
President Resigns
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-The resig-
nation of Henry w. Wilson from the
presidency and board of the Pam
handle Producing and Refining Co..
Wichita Falls, Tex, and election of
New York Financier Serge Rubin
stein to the post were announced
yesterday.
Wilson planned to assume direc-
ton of development of oil and gas
properties recently acquired in
Northern Mexico by American inter-
ests afiliated with British American
Equities, Inc the announcement
said.
In addition to becoming presi-
dent, Rubinstein will continue as
chairman of the board.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Canadian Employment
Continues to Climb

OTTAWA, Dec. 10 Canadian
Press The trend of employment,
almost uninterruptedly favorable
since the war began, was upward"
at the beginning of October, the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics re-
ports. and the trend of payrolls also
showed an upward slope.
Compared with September /, en-
ployment increased IL per cent and
payrolls 18 per cent. Industry en-
ployed l,403,353 men and 412,3l9
women. Women thus comprised 90
per cent of the total personnel Of
l,815,672.
Inclusion of financial institutions
increased the figures to 1885, ,689
men and AL, ,l56 women, with women
constituting 23.5 per cent of the
total.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Republic Steel Denies Waste
Of Nickel in Arnor Plate
Wires Senate Committee WPB Hos Facts
To Refute Charge Made by Murray
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 10. - Republic
Steel Corp. today described as with
out foundation" CIO President Philip
Murray's declaration that Republic
has been wasting nickel in produc-
ton of armor plate.
The steel concern telegraphed
Chairman James E. Murray of the
Senate Small Business Committee:
The statement read for CIO Pres
ident Philip Murray before your
committee on Wednesday, in which
he charged Republic Steel Corp.
with wasting nickel and other alloys
in the production of armor plate. has
been called to our attention. Philip
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Bond Drive Reaches
,$276,621,998 Mark
In Fifth District
43.627,57l Of War
Issues Sold Here
Through Friday
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Total sales of all Victory loan
securities in the fifth district from
the beginning of the intensive cam
paign through December I8 reached
$276, ,621 ,99850, Edward C. Anderson,
executive manager of the Victory
campaign, reported last night.
That was a gain of about So
100000 over the preceding day, when
the total stood we'll above 1856, ,O00,-
600, one of the best gains of the
whole drive.
On that date, December 18, total
sales of all issues in Washington
had climbed to S43,627,571, accord
ing to WinsloW B. Van Devanter,
chairman Of the District Com
mittee.
The Washington total included
S4,422,000 additional holdings of
Treasury bills by Capital banks,
but does not include subscriptions
by these same institutions to the
one-year Is per cent Treasury bills,
Mr.. Van Devanter said.
Heavy Buying of Notes.
In his previous report through
Thursday, Mr.. Anderson said at
headquarters in the Richmond Re-
serve Bank that Nle latest fifth dis
trict totals include S3,l42,950 of the
series A notes and $23 3,228, 900 of the
series G notes.
Maryland leads the fifth district in
Victory loan purchases with a total
OF $9S, 148,544 through December IT..
On that date Virginias part in the
total was S56, 6,474,172.
West Virginia had sold S22,215,-
1873; North Carolina, S43,747, ,585,
and South Carolina, SIS 1853, ,479, the
report showed Sales of tax savings
notes in Virginia alone amounted
to $6,8So,475.
Fifth district workers redoubled
their efforts during the week to
reach their share of the national
quota. The biggest drive of the
kind ever attempted ends next
Wednesday.
1t was limited here yesterday that
the Treasury will have a glowing re-
port to present, one which will con-
tain some most impressive figures.
Norris Started as Messenger.
Richard A. Norris. recently elected
executive vice president of the Lin
Evening star., 1942-12-20

steadily through Richard A. Norris.
the various departments of the bank
until he was made cashier and
then vice president. He is former
president of Washington Chapter
American Institute Of Banking; a
director of the Columbia Permanent
Building e. Loan Association and of
the Northern Market Co., which
operates the o Street Market.
Born in Washington, he was edu-
Gated in the public schools, later
graduating from. the Institute of
Banking.
Yule Postal Receipts Soar.
In the first half of December the
Washington Post Office smashed all
former records for a similar period,
judging by the amount of mail han
died and postal receipts, Postmaster
Vincent c. Burke said last night.
Receipts were 3186 per cent
heavier in the first IS days of De-
cember this year than last, Mr..
Burke stated In this period receipts
totaled S739, ,902 At, against S560357. rs
in the first half of 1941, a gain of
S178,54471.
Postal revenues so far this month
crossed the $l000,000 mark on Fri
day, and it is predicted by postal
officials that the total for the month
will be close to Sl,750,0O0, far ahead
Of any previous figure.
While there was some let-up in
parcel post shipments yesterday, a
tremendous amount of letter mail
is being handled, transportation be-
tween the Office and the railroad
trains presenting new problems
daily. officials said. Mail to and
from the Army camps is enormous.
SemiAnnual Dividend Voted.
Directors of Terminal Refrigerat-
Ing & Warehousing Corp. have de-
clared the regular semi-annual div
idend of $3.50 per share on the out
standing stock, payable December
81 to stockholders of record Decem-
ber 18, Perry P. Johnson, secretary
announced yesterday.
Peoples Drug Stores common
stock moved up to 18 on the New
York Stock Exchange during the
week. closing at the best price in
several weeks The stock has been
as high as 231s this year, and also is
listed on the Washington Stock Ex-
change.
The Treasury is about ready tc
begin the minting of pennies and
a new three-cent piece out of zinc
coated steel. as the Treasurys drive
to bring pennies and other small
change out of boarding has met
with brilliant success.
A total of $40, ,408 in Victory loan
securities was sold in Loudour
County, Va, to investors other than
commercial banks druing the first
two weeks of the December Victory
loan campaign.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

Murray's accusation is without foun-
dation.
The War Department as we'll as
the War Production Board is in pos
session of all the facts. We respect
fully suggest you ask this informa-
tion be made available to your COM
mittee. 1t will provide a complete
refutation of the charges advanced
by Philip Murray"
Murray declared both Republic
and United States Steel Corp. were
guilty of wasting nickel and that
United States Steels projected ar
NOR plate plant at Gary, Ind, would
eliminate from the war effort many
small steel companies which he said
had saved the armor plate program
Evening star., 1942-12-20
State and Municipal
Financing to Drop
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-The total
of new State and municipal flnanc-
ing scheduled for next week sank to
the exceptionally low level of around
S1,000,000, a compilation by the
Daily Bond Buyer disclosed.
This compared with this week S
volume of s5,600,000 and a yearly
average to date of S20,880,000.
Only two pieces of new financing
appear on next weeks calendar of
any size. Suffolk County, Il. Y, will
receive bids on Tuesday for $3.50 900
general refunding bonds maturing
from 1854 to 1856 and on the same
day Phoenix, Ariz., will sell S339, 900
refundings due 1928.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Priorities Barred
| As Firm Spurns
| War Orders
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The War Production Board said
yesterday the International Edge
Tool Corp. Newark, N. j.. had re-
fused to accept any war orders" ="
and refused it all priorities and allo-
cations of scarce materials for an in
definite time.
The board stated that the COM
pany last September was offered an
order for steel knives and choppers
needed in the war program, but the
firm refused this order and all sub
sequent orders
1t was WPB's first action of this
type.