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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-08-19

WPB says: Only in extreme en-
ergencies such as damage caused
to dwellings by fire, flood, tornado,
earthquake, storm or similar catas-
trophe, may home owners get pre-
ference ratings from their nearest
Federal Housing Administration
field office to obtain lumber for
repair work-In no month have
waste paper collections met the
goal set by WPB, and the drive is
100000 tons short of its 1914 objec-
tive.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-08-19

How much do you think Hitler's
captives would put into War Bonds
if they had our jobs?
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-08-19

would deprive her of large source
of war labor; 8, It would deprive
her of an area hitherto compare
lively free from Allied bombing in
which she had been developing
new war industries.
Bravery Alone Is Not Enough"
Bravery alone is not enough
to win battles" declared General
A. A. Vandergrift, commandant of
the Marine Corps in urging youths
of pre-military age to return to
high school this fall. ITO have bra
very without knowledge is to be
only half prepared. If you have
been employed in the factory or on
the farm this summer-you should
plan to go back to high school this
fall. We in the Marine Corps feel
you can best serve your nation and
your fellow men at school, now,
building the sound mind in the
sound body.
Work Clothing Prices Revised
While retail prices on war mod
els of simplified and Standardized
mems dungarees and overall jack
cts and mems and boys bib over
alls are increased at all sales levels,
effective August 26, under a re-
vision of the OPA Staple Work
Clothing Price Regulation, the av-
erage retail price of the sanforiz-
ed chambry work shirt in indie
pendent stores will be reduced by
about 10c a garment Retail prices
of other garments on the average
will be no higher than at present
and lower than prices at which
many of these garments sold in
recent months. OPA assures con-
sumers that altogether the price
revisions will hold the line" on the
cost of living.
Christmas Mailing Month"
September Is to October Is has
been named Christmas Mailing
Month" by the Army and Navy,
which this year have $4,000 uni
formed men and women in their
postal services to handle an esti-
mated 70 million Christmas pres
ents-three times as many as last
year, the Office of War Informa-
ton says. Packages mailed during
christmas Mailing Month" should
reach their destination by Christ
mas Day. Packages should weigh
no more than five pounds and have
combined length, width and depth
of not more than SO inches.
Roundup
OPA announces: Mark-ups rang
ing from $3.50 to So a hundred
pounds for quality cleaned grass
and legume seeds when sold by the
farmer producer to a planter.
Maximum prices to be established
on cabbage sold by growers on the
average will cause no increases in
retail ceilings a. Maternity dresses
that viii retail for $199 and $3.50
and slips that will retail for S1.05
and $1.15 have been added to the
list Of garments in the program
of low priced garments that meet
WPB Observation-Disclosures or
mailing expenses may be added to
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Subscription $500 Per Annum In Advance
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS ON TRAINS

The question has been raised as to why the railroads have
It installed radio communications on trains, thus helping to
inmate accidents. AS a matter of fact, the railroads and
mmunicatiOns companies have worked on this very problem
r more than twenty years. Many lines have put experimental
do equipment into actual use in limited areas, but technical
difficulties have so far made its universal application i'm
tactical.
Beginning in the year 1922, a special research committee
& the American Railway Association (the predecessor of the
-sSociation of American Railroads. undertook a program Of
Iesearch on radio problems in collaboration with leading manu-
lacturers of electrical equipment. Since that time efforts have
not been relaxed in the search for workable methods of radio
communication on moving trains.
AT present the Pennsylvania railroad has in operation a
train telephone Incorporating the best features of former ex-
periments. 1t is undoubtedly the forerunner of better equip
ment still to come.
1t is easy to forget that radios on trains for purposes OF
lntercommunlcation must be one hundred per cent dependable
in every way before their adoption can be even considered.
During all the years that scientists spent working out the
bugs" in home radios, people endured earsplitting im~perfection
for the sake of the novelty of the thing. AS improvements
were announced, old radios went out the back door and new
ones arrived at the front door. But when lives depend upon
perfect performance, such procedure cannot be followed.
The railroads can be expected to put radio communication
on trains as soon as it reaches a point of practical application
and will add to the safety of train operation.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
NO TAX RABBITS LEFT IN HAT

After reading scholarly talks on our tax problems, and
after listening to arguments for and against different methods
of taxation, one fact stands out cearly-everybody must now
pay sacrificial taxes, and government extravagances must be
cut as drasticany as taxes are increased.
If we fail to do this, we admit that we prefer to pass on
to the boys at the front not only the risk of life and limb. but
the obligation of an unnecessarily high public debt. We make
no sacrifice in buying interest-bearing bonds which create debt
and IN perpetuatlng every boondogging political project, while
our fighting men sacrifice their lives and opportunities and
families to preserve us safe from hardship at home.
Unless those enjoying war profits and war wages paw
heavy taxes now to hold down the national debt and prevent
the devaluation of the dollar, and unless government expenses
are cut to the bone, there will be no chance of lowering the tax
rate alter the war so that industry and the people can have
the tax lelet necessary to encourage the accumulation Of
earnings and savings which are essential to industrial expan-
sion on a peacetime basis that will provide permanent Jobs
for all.
No amount of rhetoric can change these facts
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
French Buy Masterpieces
To Hedge Against Franc

MADRID.-The new m%illionaires
of France-merchants engaged in
the black market-are frantically
buying up masterpieces of art at
auctions in their eagerness to con-
vert francs into articles of intrinsic
value, Paris correspondents of the
Spanish press report.
1t was explained that Frenchmen
who before the war were unable to
distinguish a Corot from a colored
photograph now are enthusiastic
buyers and sellers at the Hotel Du-
rot, where many French art auctions
are held.
The annual of Public Sales"
which gives the prices paid for
works of art sold at public auctions,
listed n of Corot's lesser pictures
sold in 1943 for 1891 900 francs. (The
franc was worth SOB at the time
France was occupied.) The picture
was last sold in 1875 for 500 francs.
A Degas sketch, which brought
1000 francs in 1884, sold for 288, $50
francs in 1913, and the same artists
portrait, which sold for 10000 francs
in 1908, brought 100000 francs.
In a single days auction during
the year a total of 1913 pictures were
sold for a total of SIS, 1000, 900 francs.
Art experts were reported making
fortunes both as buyers and agents.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29

"This estimated net potentia'
feeding value of 1924 in the by
products from a ton of beets, plus
a price of 1888 per ton for the
beets testing 17.2S% sugar, the ten
year average for Billings, would
make a total value OF $18.57 per
ton produced" he says. In other
words, for the grower who con-
serves and feeds all his b~y-products
a 13-ton acre yield of beets would
nave a gross value of $241.41 per
acre or $4,828.20 gross value for the
beet crop from 20 acres.
Maynard calls attention to re-
cent government inventories on live
stock and feed supplies, which show
an all-time peak in livestock, but
which also indicate that feed sup
plies that were at the highest level
in the last 20 years on January /.
1913, had dropped 20c to the lowest
level in the last seven years bv
January 1, 1914. He points out
that the urgent demand for more
cereals for human consumption and
Tor industrial purposes will mean a
heavy drain on soil fertility in a
nation that has depended on live
stock manure for the main source
OF its plant food and calls atten-
ton to the opportIDi afforded
beet farmers Of TIE Billings area
year to provide sugar and mo-
lasses for the war program, and at
sam time to produce by-pro-
ducts for livestock feed from the
same acreage to help replenish the
-e%rtility of their farms through a
formal and economical feeding pro-
gram. "SOil fertility will be a
,itaI need of both the nation and
he individual farmer" he says.
and will become increasingly i'm
with the prospective heavy :
rain of food crop requirements d,
nd with the continuation of the .
-ar. J
"The outlook for livestock feed !
lg in 1914 is good" he says, "for !
lose who will have an ample sup (
~ of low cost feed with which to I
'place high cost concentrates" He (
.resses the fact that beet by-pro- 3
lcts are the cheapest and most 2
ficient livestock f~attening feed :
at can be produced on the farm. :
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Powdered e""; hrvo surged for
ward as oue Of the bigger food fac
tors in the q Without them, the
marines would have had a less
varied diet. Other fighting men Of
the United Nations, and civilians
in England, Russia, and in other
countries who fight behind the lines
look upon powdered eggs as a well
come addition to scanty rations. The
space saved in shipping the eggs in
powdered form means that a much
greater supply of nourishment from
this vital food is reaching our sol
diers and our allies. About nine
million pounds a month go to world
outposts.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
WhatAre Sugar Beets Worth L7 1914?

With prospective feed grain
prices, the 1915 beet crop should
have a total potential value of $18.57
per ton for farmers of the Billings
are who will conserve their tops
and make full use of their beet by
products in feeding operations this
coming year, according to E. ].
Maynard, formerly with Colorado
and Utah state experimental sta
tons.
"The highest price for beets in
history, coupled with relative grain
replacement values of by-products,
as shown by the principal expert
ment stations and based on prospec-
tive scarcity and high cost of on
centrates during the coming year,
can make this return possible" he
says.
Beet tops more than any other
feed have been responsible for the
difference between profit and loss
in feeding operations throughout
the entire intermountain area this
year, according to Maynard, who
has reports from leading experiment
stations which indicate that we'll
preserved tops from a ton of beets
have shown a grain replacement
value equal to 143 pounds of corr
in fattening livestock. with corn
at $3.50 per cwt.," he says, "This
would give tops a potential feeding
value of 1888 per ton of beets.
"While no beet grower could ex-
pect to sell his tops in the field
at any such figure" he says, can
average of 50 tests conducted at
six experiment stations have indi-
Gated that with corn at that price
the value is there for the beet
grower who will conserve and use
properly.
According to similar reports
rom experiment stations, the dried
pulp produced from a ton of beets
las a feeding value equal to 1912 Z
POUNDS of corn" he states, "and at '
he present low ceiling price or =.
,ulp of approximately $2l.OU per l
on at the feed lot this would mean |
net saving to beet growers of an !
$1.66 in the pulp produced r
er ton of beets, provided they ;
sed the amount their beets pro- II
uced to replace grain in their {,
operations. l
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
'Change of Pace

Monotony in color slows down eff
hclency. Different colors in corri-
doris, rest rooms, l~avatories and
lunch rooms in industrial plants and
other business places produce a de-
sirablc "change of pace" in the
mental attitudes of the workers
passing through them.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
Commercial Center

Smolensk's position beside the
Dnieper made it a natural center for
commerce between the Baltic and
Black seas, and between western
Europe and Moscow. At the height
OF its trade prestige, in the 10Th
century, the city's population was
at 200, 900.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
CALENDAR
looming Events.

Monday, April 8.
The Laurel Woman's club will
meet at 2:30 p. m. with Mrs. S. S.
Bliss of the Void apartments for
election of officers.
Evergreen Rebekah lodge will
meet at 8 p. m. After the meeting
there will be a party for new mem
bers. All members are urged to
attend.
The Laurel Federated club will
meet in the evening with Mrs. j.
Melvin Williams. Mrs. r. G. r'ul-
Ter will have charge of the topic,
Decorative Tricks" Roll call will
be answered with an item on simple
landscaping.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
Wisconsin Stacks Fish

While fish-stocking activities nee
essarily have been curtailed because
of the war, Wisconsin still managed
to put out $50. 127. 719 game fish in
desirable locations throughout the
state last year.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
uN-N N- Nh- HN- WN- -AH- hN- hN. 1htS
CLYDE II.
MOORE
AuctiOneer
Phone W. A. Combs,
6~160--Billings
Shin Tonnage
sHEmHmnmumn lnam

Deadweight tonnage is the carry
ing capacity of cargo, fuel and stores
of a ship expressed in tons of 2,240
pounds, representing the difference
between displacement loaded and
displacement light. Gross tonnage
is the entire internal cubic capacity
of the ship expressed in tons of 100
cubic feet to the ton.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
Good Ventilation

Adequate ventilation in storage is
essential. Furthermore, squash or
other fruits should be piled no more
than three deep, and preferably in a
single layer.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
West Had a SawmiII in 1897

The first sawmill west of the Mis-
sissippi river was built in 1927 by
the Hudson's Bay company at Fort
Vancouver, in what is now Washing
ton State
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
Raised Old GLORY

United States marines were first
to raise Old Glory in the territory of
Alaska after its purchase from Rus
STA, at Sitka, October 10, 1867.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
CUt When Wet

If ripe buckwheat is cut with a
binder while it is still wet with the
morning dew, far less grain will be
lost by SCATTERING.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
SlODing

Field trials show that satisfactory
terraces car be built on slopes up
to 6 or 8 per cent by using a tractor
and moldboard pillow.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
Letters
From Our Boys

package. The news from the paper
was very interesting as far as
basketball goes. If Laurel didn't
win the tournament it at least top
ped the league.
The trip across was rough but
enjoyable. l didn't get the least hit
seasick. We had to sleep in ham
mocks, which was something new
for most of US.
1 am in the best of health.
Mrs. Christine Gunter has a letter
from her son Oscar, who is in New
Guinea. He tells of a very inter
esting football game between army
and navy men stationed there, which
the navy won by a score of 1919.
Oscar says that was due to navy
getting better chow. 1t was rather
warm for football, SO to 100 de-
grees. Lieutenant Foot, formerly of
the Chicago Bears professional
team, was their ball carrier.
Oscar also mentions that he had
heard from Jackson Parker.
Sgt. Roy w. Edwards in a letter
to his parents discloses that he is
now in England. He described the
country and asked about Charles
Shearer and Les Kucera, and anv
others from Laurel who may be in
England.
Herman Harding, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Casper Harding, was promot-
ed recently to first class petty of
ficer in the U. S. navy and is now
stationed at Pearl Harbor. He at
tended Laurel schools and graduated
from L. H. S.
He was on the Lexington when it
was sunk, but was rescued.
Public relations office, Miami
Beach, Fla, March 21:
Madison d. Hartley, 81, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Hartley of sos
Date avenue, Laurel, has begun
studies at army air forces officer
candidate school here, which, when
successfully completed, will qualify
1im for a commission as second
lieutenant in the air forces.
He was formerly stationed at
Fort Logan, Colo, where he held
he rank of warrant officer, j. g.
Before entering the army he at
ended Laurel high school.
Officers trained here direct vital
administrative operations of the
AAF. ]
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-29
Wednesday, April 5.

Announcement has been made that
the meeting of the Veterans of For
Wars Auxiliary, and pot luck
supper, will be at the E. L. Fenton
home.
Evening star., 1944-03-05

Under D. C. law, couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day, 1uait three full days and
receipe their license on the ffth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Deaths Reported

Thomas E. Allen, 30, 1923 w st. Sc
Caroline c. Brauner, 81, 3165 Adams st.
Francis H. Bronaush, 81. 313 Claiming st.
Josie E. Mace, 70. as03 Chanting ne.
kathryn l; Bromly, 7s; go H st. ne.
Ghesfs Gse p.s4aS 5 1926 4s a ADt
Laura B. Lambert. "a, 1852 Quincy st. NV.
Catherine NJ. McGinnis, "a, 1850 Hemlock
John r. Groves. s5. 1os sth st. ne.
Lewis. Lewis F Blake, n.se 6S; 5l4 sad lss St. Sc
James North as ss, II Y4oi Ss Whittier ie St. s. NV
Sallie E. billiard, 81. 5521 Colorado ave.
wiIiie,Y Y. Muse, 81, Soldiers Home.
ESse ESs BISom hIo5n e. g. ss6s SlS 81 iath St. st.
Earl Groves, 81. Ii09 7th st. NV
Frank Gittleson, 81, 24O1 F st. NV.
William G. Mays, so, S01 C st. s.w.
Paul Snyder, So '4612 4th st. NV.
Henry A. Sweeney, 46, 1929 Columbia rd
Mary Carney, 81. 1926 18th st. NV.
Catherine c. Reardon' 81, 3715, woodley
L. b 5. Burton, se, al5- c st. Sc.
Esr EeIfn Dnsmore. h aases 13 5s 5siPsson st. NV VA
Infant Nelson R. Allcock, jr., 1884 Web
William W Dayis a6y y, NO sos BAR. Barry p! NV
VIM William Fope eas0a 70, sue fS Pains B. NV
Maneryia Williams, 65. 1923 9th st. NV.
Ida johnson, SO, 218 Canal st. s.w.
Roland II: Johnson, 30, 1888 22nd st. NV.
,TIn Herman n @ Brown. an SS, so Lossn 6. nv.
wills Jackson. so. eS3. NJ st. NV.
Infant Herman d. VAUGHN, 1920 G st. NV.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
District Woman Chrisiens
Liberty Ship in Maine

Mrs. Marjorie r. King, wife OF 1t.
Col. Philip F. King, who is at
tached to the general staff at the
War Department, yesterday christ
ened the Liberty Ship Stanton H.
King at the New England Ship
building Corp, South Portland, Me,
according to an Associated Press
dispatch.
The ship, named in honor Of Col.
Kings father, was launched only
38 days after the laying OF the keel,
SURPRISING the yards previous rec
ord of II days.
Stanton H. King was superinten-
dent OF the Sailors Haven in Bos-
tons Charlestown district for At
years. He died in 1899.
Col. and Mrs. King live at 23O1
North Wakefield street, Airing
ton, Va,
Evening star., 1944-03-05
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington. D. G.
SUNDAY, /, je44. ss'ssgi.5tt

will play the arrangement this after
noon when he appears as soloist
with the National Symphony Or
chestra at Constitution Hall. It Will
be the first time the work has been
performed in Washington.
The pianist made the trip from
Paris to New York in six months.
He had been held in Czechoslovakia
when the Germans occupied Prague
on the eve Of his departure for a
concert tour of France and England.
When he finally was released
through diplomatic Intervention, he
reached Paris only to find the
enemy there also.
II started walking" he recalled,
knowing not where was going,
but just wanting to move"
At Bordeaux he learned the city
would be occupied within "a hours,
and went on to Tours and then
to Marseilles. There he left France
Evening star., 1944-03-05

InAxnsly, TINT 1t Is highly profitable
|and necessary. to support national
budgets thrown out Of balance by
the war and loss OF normal trade.
Tnsidious Beginning' Cited.
This Is the first insidious begin
ming in our own hemisphere. We
do not like it and yet. OF course,
We have no power to forbid them
to grow It.
"If we can get all the United
Nations to come together on this
proposition and agree to limit the
production Of opium to the strictly
medicinal and scientific needs Of
the world, then its further extern
sion can certainly. be prevented"
4 Mr.. Judd recalled that the United
States took the lead in opium con-
troll early in this century by stamp
Ing out its use in the Philippines,
then encouraging international
agreement .At The Hague in 1926
and In Geneva, in association with
the League Of Nations.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. C. laD, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, 1uait three full days and
receipe their license on the ffth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Brooks. rs, BOIL Sherman ave. NV;
Charles Brooks. 27, Fort Dix, and Selma
cufts sash. aiiS Isss sssy s xard and
Riehsra Washington, %; fresno. Calf
Harlan Goodwin; is:. Bangor, Me; and
Ellen Hughes ls 3s 3sso = 18th ioS;h. st; NV;
Leroy sSd Waens Rae Harris rs s Toras e.
s0SSPh Mlilisms, & 20. o. 171s ST. St. NV: ~. N..'
Sc. and Lille owens, 19. 617. c St. Sc.
Charles SotS Lane o ri Ss and Bessie Aanes
joseph aaS HS5iRsat foiSsrt, % and Mary y Robinson,
nEtsi Gsteiie si peiosch a0 "a. ssI 4th St. sw
Jessie sns Py Psnsh Il bunssf ssT sc iss
Fred savlns Bunshash. = a;S ,r 81 St, Louis. and
willie MlsF csSsaaIis Saaafiso nj and Norma
EuEsds Edee MaTray M 20 :2 yesrson ST. snd
Russell stiles. SO. Red Bank. N: J.. and
Grace Cooper 81. 1888 New Hampshire
EdxsId snd ca2s aGste5 Cohen a e. fve5S go @ @kenneds
Benjamin Moss, 20, Key West. Fla and
Ruth Coates; 20; I743 ! Columbia n rd. NV; and
Gus Athanas. 26 Quantico, and Victoria
Levathes. =. 422a 18Th St; NV Tlosn,t.,
Lester Buzzard, 40; PALMYRA, N j. and
wsm Esn'fs RuaneE BTaeE g. g. M Eorh Adams 81 Mass
and Florence Patashnick, 20, 27l4 9th
Francis Fran IS Barry, 81, 1414 Madison st: NV;
and Margaret Carney, 2l, 4o2 Shepherd
Philip Phil Z Acrossheld, ss. IS 9th st. Sc, and
Bernard Trawicky, 2s., Fort Bennings and
Margaret Bridges, "a. 1850 PEABODY ST.
Dorothy Mqcklou' 81, ss1nsIsaa;t eineIsnat and
Aa6a porothy SS kesrn; ,$5. Lafsyeste Hotel. q
Forest Colyin. 10. Navy Yard. and Eva
Turner; n;,l.' Is Stanley; % VA Va I'll .rd .r,.ne
RossTs asnsoa ms5 g s54s 3 HsR st. st. aaa arlene
Frederick Adams, y, wauw;atosa; Wis, and
BarbaFs p riSs FesteE q! so5s 5avr41sy Wis and
vaieska Rubie., 70, MeIidIan, Miss.
ISSUED at Rockville.
Augustus C. Kitchen, "a. and Penola Wade,
80, both of Memphis
Edward c. Washington, 81, and Bertha
M. Moore, 26 both Of Washington.
George F. Lunger, 26. Fort Myer. Va; and
Margaret Wilson 21, Suitland, Nd.
Willard ]. Holt, p. Cherry Point; N. C.,
and Dorothy Oserton, 20, Washington;
Edward L. Valentine, %, WASHINGTON, and
Lila Fucker, Is. Arlington.
Thompson. 81. both of Washington.
George A. wilson III, 81, and Ruth E.
Beane, 81. both of Rockville.
James L. Collier. %. Fort Dix, N. j. ana
Margaret R. Elliott, 1s, Arlington.
Daniel R. Seabolt, %, Bethesda: and Mar
celia Young, 23 Redwood, w. Va
William L. Gaines. 2S. Camden, Ala ana
Betsy ]. Donnell, 20, Quantico. :,
Louie Lee Teel, % and Katherine V.
Gray is, both of Alexandria.
Issued at Alexandria.
Morris Colen, 50, Selma, Ala, and Dora
Marcus, so. New York.
Samuel H. Gould, 81, Fort Belvoir, and
Cecilia Lewis, Ia, Alexandria.
inc E. Proulx, %, washington:
william Pellicciotti, 21. Alexandria, and
Ella Jornov, %, Washington.
Winters r. Miller. 21, and Mary F. Scott,
p, both of Washington.
Francis Taylor, SO, and Francenia Watts.
40, both of WASHINGTON,