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Evening star., 1943-06-19
Late Races
Charles Town

=, THIRD RAcE-Purse. s4oo; claiming.
S3.year- -olds and up: : furlongs
Strummine (Bracciale) 81 80 loco !, 90
Kate Smith (Austin) 34o . eo
Vote Boy tRooU / %
Time. :26+s
,or,i Also n ran-Flasetta. Waugh Scout Doc
TORS Nurse, Pavilion and Curves.
FOURTH RACE-Purse. s4oo: claiming
3-yesr -olds and up; i. miles
Singing Steel lRooU 9.e0 $50 so
J. Hal tKirk) 300 40
Jim Wallace tGarretD 800
Also ran-AIsace. Allen Caid and Mystic
Man.
FIFTH RACE-Purse. S4O0: claiming:
3-yesr-oids and up; about ga furlonFs.
Mardi Gras tRoot) I.4O 800 so
Honeymaid tGsrretD ESQ 40
Oomph tAustin) $50
Time, 0:50.
Also ran-Laush and Play. Oyster Bar
Nom De Plume Never Home and Hi Toots
Earlier Results
And Entries for Monday on Page B-5
Evening star., 1943-06-19

Fr11lAADELfa MA, June ~
The Mats were leading the Ath-
letics today at Shibe Park before
a crowd of 1000.
The score at the beginning of the
fifth inning was: Mats, 5; Athlet-
les, o..
FIRST INNING.
WASHINGTON-Case singled to
left. Spence walked. Vernon was
hit by a pitched ball. filing the
bases. johnson was called out on
strikes. Early beat out a hit to Sic
bert. Case scoring. Priddy flied to
Estalella, Spence holding third
Clary walked, forcing in Spence.
Sullivan famed Two runs.
PHILADELPHIA-White flied to
Spence. Early was hit in the groin
with a pitched ball and after a few
moments of rest continued CATCH
ing. Mayo singled to center. Ty-
ack lined to Spence. Estalella
popped to Clary. No runs.
SECOND INNING.
WASHINGTON Carr asuuel
walked. Case flied to White. Spence
walked. Vernon hit into a double
play, Suder to Hall to Siebert. No
runs.
PHILADELPHIA - Siebert was
safe on Priddys tumble. Suder flied
tn Snepce Eoll Niod to roca Cu,ift
singled to left, Siebert stopping at
second. Valo batted for Arntzen
and grounded out, Sullivan to Ver-
non. No luns.
THIRD INNING.
WASHINGTON - KucZynski now
pitching for Philadelphia. johnson
1See BASEBALL, Page A-20
Evening star., 1943-06-19

Todoy's Home Runs
National League.
Walker, Brooklyn, 7th inning.
Holmes. Boston, 7th inning.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

(See owl, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1943-06-19

tSee NAVY, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1943-06-19

From ths United States Weather sursau Report.
Continued rather warm tonight. Temperature
today-Highest, SO, at noon; lowest, SO, at 8 am.
81 at 3 pm. Full report on page Az.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

tSee MEAT, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Mats Lead Athletics,
SO, in Fifth Inning
Al Shibe Park
Case Scores Two ToIIies
For Griffmen, Stealing
Home for the Second
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Umpires-Messrs Pipsras and Summer
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1943-04-04

handicap to any about defense program if the
Negro citizens of Chicago ave any we'll
founded reason to believe they are being dis
eliminated against in employment opportuni-
ties in defense work >"
1t is my firm opinion that drawing of the
racial line in defense activity makes mockery
of the whole defense effort. Our defense pro-
gram was undertaken to defend democracy.
Opportunity for persons of all races and creeds
to earn living is basic tenet of democracy
"A successful defense program depends
upon full cooperation by and among all class
es of our people. Racial discrimination, wheth-
er in industry or any other field is a dangerous
impeachment to our national defense program
and cannot be tolerated."
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1943-04-04
Mayor Kelly's Public UHerances
ASSAILS MOB VIOLENCE

No American leader has spoken out more firmly
than Mayor Kelly against lynching and mob vio
lence Under the heading, MAYOR ASSAILS
BIAS" the Chicago daily press quotes him fol-
lows:
'Mavor Kelly, in telegram today to the Minis
ters Alliance of Chicago, denounced racial discrim
nation and expressed the hope the day would come
when education would bring about complete equal-
ty for colored and white peoples -.
{" 1T is my firm conviction that no discrimination
because of race, color creed should be toler
ated,'" Mayor Kelly wired. g deplore lynchings
and all mob violence just am against all dictator
methods"
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1943-04-04
DEMANDS FAIR PLAY IN INDUSTRY :

On Wednesday, August 6, 194l, the Chicago
daily press published the following news item
under the heading: MAYOR NAMED TO
HEAD CIVIL DEFENSE HERE. KELLY'S
FIRST ACT IN NEW POST is APPEAL TO
FIND JOBS FOR NEGROES"
"Mayor Kelly today was appointed United
States Director of Civilian Defense for Chica-
90 bv the Civilian Defense Council in Wash
ington. His first act was to issue written ap-
peal to defense industries I'm the Chicago area
to make special efforts to provide jobs for Ne
groes."
81 believe" the mayor declared in state
n1ent, (" that it would be tragic from stand
point of community welfare and also definite
Evening star., 1943-11-25
Extortion Defendant
Granted Freedom
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Federal
Judge John Bright yesterday dis
missed an indictment against one
Of eight defendants charged with
|conspiring to extort more than ST.
900, 900 from the motion picture in
dustry. reserved decision on a SIM
liar motion for another, and heard
arguments on q like motion for the
other six.
Dismissing the charge against
Ralph Pierce Of Chicago, the jurist
said:
Il don't see that this man has
been tied into this conspiracy and
my only conclusion is that this in
d1ctment be dismissed and I 50 Or
der"
Judge Bright's action was fol-
lowed by a motion by Defense At
torney j. B. Wegman that a ver-
dict OF acquittal be directed against
Louis Kaufman of Newark, N. J..
another defendant.
The judge reserved decision and
gave defense and Government at
torneys until Monday to submit
memoranda.
Arguing motion for dismissal
OF the other six men, A. Bradley
Eben Of Chicago, defense attorney,
contended that prosecution was
barred by the statute Of limita-
tions."
Mr.. Eben said that no proof had
been presented showing that any
OF the defendants, within three
years Of the findings of the indict-
ment, had knowingly or intention
ally participated in any act in fur
therance of the alleged conspiracy,
and therefore prosecution was
barred"
The six, all OF Chicago, are Louis
Campagna, Philip d'Andrea, Fran
els Maritote, John Roseli, Charles
Gioe and Paulde Lucia.
Evening star., 1943-11-25
U. 5. Forces Mop Up
Last laps in Gi|berts;
1900 Killed on Befio
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PresS.
PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 25-In
a bloody four-day battle, Ameri-
cans have annihilated all but a
few Of the japanese on the Gill
bert Islands, climaxing their
conquest with the capture Of
Betio and its strategic airf1eld.
from where new thrusts may
come soon.
Betio fell to Maj. Gen. Julian G.
Smiths I'd Marine Division at dusk
Tuesday. Most of its 1000 defend
ers died on the sandy battlefield.
Even as Betio was overwhelmed.
marines and soldiers were ferreting
out remnants of the enemy on the
other two atolls, Maxim and Abe
mama.
The Japanese fought back des-
perately on Betio, largest of the
TaraWa atolls. 1t was there the
enemy had gathered most of his
strength to try to save his air base
facilities. Only few hours before
the decisive blow, the defenders
counterattacked fiercely. They not
only failed but actually hurried
their end, for, as a Navy spokesman
said, it enabled the marines to con-
centrate their fire.
No Time Wasted.
NO time was wasted by the
Americans in mopping up or in
constructing new defenses on the
Islands. 1t was almost certain that
Army engineers, coming in with as
Sault troops, already had begun
building entertainments on Maxim.
Repairs probably have begun too
on the excellent airfield at Tarawa
Tor more blows at the Japs, possibly
toward the more strongly defended
Marshall Islands couple of hun
dred miles to the north or toward
Nauru to the southwest in the di-
rectlon of Rabaul; again perhaps at
Iruk itself, 1900 miles on west and
the hub of Japan'S sea might.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz, COM
mander in chief of the Pacific Fleet,
mlnclng no words about attacks
which may soon fork from this first
Central Pacific land invasion, has
told neWsmen they might expect at
tacks wherever the Japs are"
Few japanese were taken prison.
ers. Admiral Nimitz said yesterday
as he announced the mid-Pacific
victories that no accurate estimate
could be made of casualties on either
side, but that the enemys losses
have been heavy"
Bombings by the 7th Army Air
Force, begun both on the Marshalls
and the Gilberts week before the
lnvasions, are continuing on the
Marshalls, where they are being car
ried out by Liberators based on the
Ellice Islands, nearly 1900 miles
southeast of the Marshalls, with the
help of torpedo and dive bombers
from carriers.
Betio fell just 76 hours after the
American amphibious forces waded
onto its low, sandy shores last Sat-
urday Its conquest was the Short |
est siege of such a strongly defend
ed island in the Pacific. The Japs
hammered historic Wake Island,
defended only by few hundred
marines, for II days before its cap
ture.
To defend the tiny island, which
is less than 2 miles long and 1000
yards wide, the enemy employed
artillery and mortar positions, ma
chine gun nests, pill boxes and con-
Centrated fire. Against this deadly
Evening star., 1943-11-25

defense, came the marines under
Gen. Smith of Elkton. Md. In the
bitterest fighting, often hand-to-
hand with bayonets, they routed the
defenders.
Maxim was the first islet to fall,
and Abemama was not far behind.
The 9th Infantry, commanded by
Maj. Gen. Ralph Smith of Tucson,
Ariz., captured Maxim in a spectacu-
lar enveloping move at dawn in
volving both infantry and tanks,
and following an artillery barrage,
to crush the Japs intrenched in
pill boxes and blockhouses made of
coral and COconut tree logs.
Evening star., 1943-11-25
George BIumentha| Estate
Appraised at $8,035,573
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-George
Blumenthal, philanthropist and
former president of the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art, left a net
estate of $8,035, ,573, an estate tax
appraisal showed Tuesday.
OF the total, 100000 in cash
and 54 per cent of the residue was
left to his widow, Mrs. Mary Ann
Blumenthal. Mr.. Blumenthal died
on June 26, 1941.
More than one fourth of the resi-
due was divided among three insti-
tutions: 4 per cent to the Museum
OF Art; l9 per cent to Mount Sinai
Hospital, Of which he was president
emeritus, and per cent to the Fed
GRAFTON for the Support OF Jewish
Philanthropic Societies.
Evening star., 1943-11-25
LOST RATION COUPONS.

"a" AND &C. GAS RATIoNING BOOKS,
issued to Brereton Poole, Bethesda. Nd;
a.S aSD %! 5s!Gia GAS RXTioN M 1f BOOKS issued
t. John H. FRANKIE, 626 Otis pl. NV
r. GAs RATION and tire inspection rec
n.y. GAS MssfsaF RaTioN 3 Book issued to Fed p5
snSin ssrick E ,G 9ieSte' 4o5 Thayer ave. Silver
SB" SBEnG Gas Nf RATION BOOK. vicinity A2inp. FIR
FssaSE GssoEiyHE H EooR G2lusgs ft issued
Albert ofstrom. 1921 45th st. NV. WO
Gas RATION BOOK t, issued to Edward
mss s dendaonS Jn st. and nw oneY Tae fontaa RsTs
GAS RATION BOOK A. food ration books 3
1913 5Sth ave, Paramount Heights, Md
Gas RATION BooK "a" issued to wyatt
SAs Gas Gas K4froN BOOKS AND 6, issued te
Pwsn p,es n Iet,rR IL Ryon' eas4 Ritchie I'd; Sc
IS: S5ase rSWaHsR. WsR RATION BOOK, issued as' to
RAFoS bo6Ks 6MKIspSS hos 3p aN6 Kaney sEa,d
Sssss, S$9, RI i, Bennins, B. &. Hiiside HhseS
BxTioN BOOK NO. 3, issued to Mary F.
FRFsTrsb RaTf6bN ssa Cook St s6 nv T3 Md4id 4I1s
"A" ~. RATION BOOK, issued to M Win.
RATION CARDS I, g, g. Finder return to
DR.. William E. Taylor. 1903 7th st. NV
RATION BOOK NO. 3, issued to lena,
Norris. Gordon and Evelyn Boenovitz
RATION isi BOOKS NOS; !, 3, A.. Books
issued to Louise. Walter and James II
Inrtas Rirtlss. BED BED 3, Box 9, Wilson lane. Be
RaT1os fhfTdei 4s Rook NO. 3. issued to Marian F.
Kinert, $50 1st ave. Silver Spring. ST.
RATION BOOK NO. 3, issued to Violet
MsTle kaTfoS oTSay9ri RooS Sefs No Pleasant Nd
RATION BOOK No, ;. issued to L3ella
WAR RATION BOOK No. 3, issued to
Ebert L: Davis; 32l7 Rhode Island ave,
WAR, RATION BOOKS No. 4, issued to
Elizabeth Forster Gresor Forster. Elizabeth
and Mary M. Forster. all of 1903 Rhode
Island ave. NV. o5s
j. 5 AND 4 RATION BOOKS 90, Rather
tne Brooks. Kate Scott Brooks. Alexandrs
AacNeilL 22l0 Pa. ave. NV. ME. 6199.
Evening star., 1943-11-25
LOST

BELGIAN SHEPHERD. black, male, an
St. Sc. Noy. u; reward; RA 7344 after s.
aand cc2rrd5s; on Capital Transit bus. Cali
BiLLFoLD, black. serviceman's. Monday,
s. ration book No. As66s73. issued to
Idward Il B F0tS GO l5S5 $685. Euclid ST. NV liberal
rsTard caII At. 500 i'0' anu papers
n1LLFoLD 4sI,rd blaek sontannS in s s14e Noy
BILLFOLD, wine leather, containins driv-
10 t " KathTyn ;; Eichholz' 1904 $6th St E
CAT. yellow tiger: male. lovely pet; strayed
90. CO. os69
CAT To5 red sFpGd male srayed from crate
CHANGE PURSE, initials, Upper. DE
a32o A3ordn E1t coS9v so2 FsRsTd Fhsr washington
et5tik1G cockFR PS sPANIEL NeWsrS Srown and White
spotted vicinity Idylwood; Virginia tag
6l3l4; reward. Phone Bryan, Falls Church
COLLECTING BOOK. black covered, Peo-
pies Life Insurance: lost Saturday, pm,
WT VW5Ginitye 1Nh and Columbia rd,' reward.
DAcHsHUND, brown, female, collar with
NAM many buttons: reward. Phone oxford
EYEGLASSES. mans. dark brown. tor
tolse shell; brown case; lost Sat, Nov 20.
possibly IN cab; reward. DU. 1877.
name William A. Becker. Finder please
call Hobart 0146 or leave with guards
y s. DEBT. OF Commerce. 25'
IRISH TERRIER, male, tan colored, named
Mike" .. C. license No. 34l46 Call Me
3l06: Coffay. 1915 Jefferson pl. NV
KEYS, in case containing identification
cards. at Union Station. Reward Phone
Republic 1900 Branch 1912
NOTEBOOK, black leather containing val
liable class notes. possibly on 14th st car
line. Reward North 1921.
POCkETBOOk, lost On 11th st. between
g and H, containing money and ration
books issued to Malvin Galloway and Mary
7; Hopkins, 1l04 Sumner rd. Sc. FIR. 7219
RING, lady's. gold seal; marked T. A. E.
from H. r. E. and R. T. E., Dec. 25th";
lost in park Col. and Belmont rds; reward
Flnder ID apply 1868 Col. rd., Apt. 304.
WALLET, black, containing N. Y. oar and
operators license. Social Security card,
Gar pass s.; reward. Call L. Nordsiek,
re $50 Ext. 3126 26'
WRIST WATCH, ladys: on North Capitol
81. near Gallatln or possibly on Hawaii
ave: reward. HO. 0aS9.
WRIST WATCH, diamond, Hamilton. lost
in or near New England restaurant Monday
rlsht: reward. Call TIA. ASIA or EX 9l44.
WRIST WATCH, mans. Hamilton, lost
Tuesday at Marlboro Race Track: has
sentimental value. Call RA 1881 after
Wednesday. any time Thursday and Sun
Evening star., 1943-11-25
RubuuI
Continued From First Page.)

Rabaul't waning prestige increased
japanese warship losses in that area
during November to IA deStroyers
and cruisers sunk, 20 destroyers
and Is cruisers damaged or probably
damaged. The bulk of these losses
have been inflicted by Admiral
Halseys and Gen. MacArthur's s
bombers, there having been only one
other naval battle.
The scene of today's battle was
far north of the other engagement,
fought before dawn November 2, 40
miles from the newly-won Empress
Augusta Bay beachhead. In that
encounter, the American warships
sank Jap cruiser and four destroy
ers, damaged two cruisers and two
deStroyers out of task force of IL
and emerged with some damages
but all af1oat.
Today's battle disclosed that
United States WarshipS daringly are
on patrol in waters between Bou-
gainville and New Britain, where
hitherto they had been reported to
have ventured only for two swiftly
executed night bombardments of
Buka.
Torpedoes Sink Two.
Intercepting the southbound de-
stroyers, Capt. Burke's force quickly
sank two with torpedoes. The re-
mainder turned about, but Amer
ican gunnery proved devastating
during the subsequent chase.
On land, sea and in the air the
Northern Solomons operations IA
vored the Allies. Bougainville' long
imperative airfelds southeast of the
American beachhead were ripped by
50 more tons of aerial explosives
and Buka was pounded by "A tons.
Ranging ever closer to the Philip
pines, American Liberators sank an
S,0O0-ton enemy freighter- transport
in the vicinity of Halmahera, in the
Dutch East Indies southeast of
Mindanao.
Lives Up to Name.
The spokesman for Admiral Hal
sey said Capt. Burke lived up to his
nickname. He engaged the enemy
without knowing the size of the
force. y
After the torpedo attack sank two
enemy ships and his force was un-
able to close for another torpedo
attack, Capt. Burkes ships opened
fire with their forward batteries.
The Japs' fire was inaccurate be-
cause of their rapid flight.
Capt. Burke's gunners quickly be-
gan to register hits and the Japs
slowed perceptibly and began to
scatter, presenting separate targets.
One Jap destroyer went down.
Still pursuing the enemy ships
almost under the nose of the Rabaul
defenses, Capt. Burke's destroyers
attacked the fourth doomed enemy
vessel, which sank Is minutes later.
Saw All Four Sink.
All four ships were seen to sink.
said the spokesman, and there was
no doubt whatever about their de-
struction. While the fifth was DAM
aged, the sixth apparently escaped
without noticeable damage.
Toward the end of the battle there
was some moonlight, but most of
the illumination during the fight
was provided by star shells. Amer
ican land-based planes dropped
flares during the battle.
At 4:30 am. all was peaceful ex-
cept for the engine noise of our
ships air cover. AS the destroyers
left the scene Capt. Burke noticed
part Of the hulk of one enemy ship
still afloat, and he called for the
Evening star., 1943-11-25
WPB Voids Authorization
To Boost kewsprint Stocks

Py the Associated Press.
The War Production Board today
revoked its recent amendment
authorizing newspaper publishers to
increase newsprint inventories dur
ing the first quarter of 1914 to the
extent their allowable 1943 last
quarter quotas were not used.
Under the new ruling, publishers
may use newsprint saved out of l943
last-quarter quotas in the first quar-
ter Of 1914, but will not be allowed
to add such savings to their in
ventory stockpileS.
Evening star., 1943-11-25
Berlin Papers Feature
|Samos Over bombino
Dy the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Yester-
days Berlin newspapers featured
the Germans capture of Samos Is
land, in the Aegean Sea, over the
Raj attack on the German capital.
The DNB agency transmits a press
review daily to Nazi diplomats and
agents abroad. Yesterday, United
States monitors said, the review
noted that the Samos story had
been used prominently and in BAN
ner lines" while the gripping aerial
assault was reported under banner
lines OF medium size only"
1STANBUL, Nov. % Delayed) up.
-1rineo, metropol of Samos, and
members of the provisional govern
ment formed on the Aegean island
after its first capture by the Allies,
have escaped to Turkey, advices
from Izmir said today.
1t was believed that the metropol
and the provisional government
the first free government constitut-
ed on Greek soil since the original
German occupation-would Join the
exiled Greek government in Cairo.
Evening star., 1943-11-25

fighter planes which had illuminated
the scene to sink it, which they did
One admiral has called Capt
Burke the kind of destroyer COM
mander who would take his ships
into Rabaul Harbor if necessary, and
he practically did this today.
Evening star., 1943-11-25

JIMMY ROOSEVELT CHATS WITH CORRESPONDENTS
COL James Roosevelt OF the Marines the President
chats with Lief Erickson Oef Press war corre
spondent and Barney McQuade Chicago Daily News corre
spondent tght aboard Army transport
This just before he participate in the capture of
Maxim Island 1t not Col Roosevelts visit to the
island He with Carsons Marine raiders when they
raided the island last year. A P Wirephotos
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-12-22

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Partly cloudy and colder To-
night. Temperature - to ~
west portion and % 10 ;? east
portion. Thursday partly clordy
and colder.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-12-22
Chacon Urges
u. S.-Bolivia


La PaZ. Bolivia, Dec. 22-(AP)--.
y desire for reflective cooper ltion'
between the United States and DO
lNIa and AN early settlement of ne
GOtidiIonS concerning tin and qui-
nine WAS expressed today by IA min
lister in the new government Of
President Major Gualbcrto V:!lar-
rUCl.
II believe an effective co1pe"a-
ton ought 10 exist between the
United States and Bolivia" asserted
Minister of Economy Gustavo Cna-
con, and that within the shortest
time possible VIC should face the
matters left pending by the laXrcs5
OF The former government. includ-
ing tin and quininc. In the inter-
Csts OF both countries these mat
tcrS should not be further post
pOncd."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-12-22

Other columns. swinging ou, To
the vest. were within 80 mics OF
POlutSk.
Al the extreme southern end of
In" "OO-miIc lunS battlefront. NEAL
whII". Russian armies liulidalcd the
NHZI bridgchcad on the south barb,
oil the Dnlcpcr opposite KhCrSnn.
rear the rivers mouth and dispa;-
chcS said Il iul! scale attack ap.iry,
The city itself was expected mo-
Mcntarily.
In the center OF the line. The Ger
M MS were said Ia Dc commentaries
inG IN three key sectors. The Mos
cow war bulletin said the NaZ:.
struck III the area between Znlnbi,,
and the BcrcZi-a river in White
RuSSia. south ot koroStcm i'm tho
Nl"v bulge. and N the Kiruvoerud
sector in the Du!cpcr river bend.
khcrSun's capture would rcndcy
untcnablc the German positions il.
NiE"pCL manganese center in the
Dricpcr bend. KrivOi Roe. ana
Nikniacv. northwest of KhcrSun ON
the Bug river. together with .qru,
German forces scattered through
uUt The area.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-12-22
Increase In
1913 Acreage
OF N. c. Crops

Raleigh, Dec. ut D-DCSpitc
wartime shortages al Labor. supplies
and equipment and adverse weather
conditions. North CaIuilna farmers
harvested 6.53i 900 acres ol prinCi-
pal crops this year the State Depart
mcnt Of Agriculture reported today.
The 1913 total shows ~ increase
of t"u percent over the number o.
acre harvested last year. and tour
percent above the icn-ycar average
iron 1882 To ly+l Last years total
acreage was 6,i05.UOO acres and the
tcn-yca' aver Sc l. 625i. 900 acres.
In addition. 6ul 900 acres of wheat
have been seeded this fall for har-
VcStlng next spring, AID the dc
partmCnt forecasts ~ yield of I.2l2.-
O00 bushels, compared with 5,8l2,OOO
bushels harvested this year.
The department described the
growing and harvesting season as -
mixture OF good and bad. y late
spring irccIC damaged truck crops
and MAS the principal cause of the
short crops oi apples. peaches ana
pears.
Heavy rains in midsummer were
followed by dry conditions in Lite
summer and fall. affecting The growth
Oi cotton. corn and tobacco crops.
Added To the difficulties were an
acute shortage OF Labor. equipment
and other farm supplies necessary
for heavy planting and marketing,
the department SAID.
One favor. bl" feature Ul the 1913
season has DcCa the excellent WcI-
thcr during the harvesting season.
Ii enabled growers 10 gather large
crops with minimum Of labor. par
tiCularIy in reference Ia cotton,
where field losses were kept at Il
minimum.
Yields Of most Of the crops were
above average this year, but were
moderately lower than those last
year, the department said. An cNccp-
ton was in peanuts, which yielded
1850 pounds an acre, compared WIlh
The ten year average oil LIZ pounds.
The increase in acreage was re-
Elected by heavier packing nl corn,
tobacco. peanuts. irish pot toes. soy
beans and hay crops. The depart
mCnt listed these increases
Corn, 25 900 acres above last year
tobacco. 800: irish pOtatocs. 2O.OUo.
peanuts. 35,OOO: hay. 239.OV. The
acreage of SOybcdus cut Tor bay m
crcasc from 10000 TO 26l,OOO while
the acreage for beans dropped from
268, 900 To 257.OOO. Harvested acres
of cotton was the same al 64o'ooo'